Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-30 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. HOUSE OF LORDS —MONDAY. The House met at five o'clock. TUE MUTINY IN INDIA• The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH drew attention to the dis affection of the Bengal army, and asked what measures the government were about to adopt to restore tranquility and punish the rebels. He urged them not to underrate the importance of the crisis, and recommended immediate steps to be taken by sending out troops, and in sufficient numbers, to put an end to the mutiny. The circumstances appeared to him most alarming, and he urged upon the government the necessity of preparing for the worst emergency, even to the extent of employing the militia and placing the country under arms. Earl GRANVILLE did not consider that there was any grounds for alarm, but refrained from expressing any opinion upon the matter till the information which was expected by the next mail had been received. He stated that no measures could have been taken beforehand to prevent the disaster that had occurred, as there was no apprehension of an outbreak, and up to the moment before the officer reported that the fidelity of the Indian troops -might be relied on. Lord Canning had heard from General Anson on the 16th, and he was then at Umballah, and expected to be at Delhi on the 26th, when he would be able to take measures for the punishment of the rebellious troops. There were four Queen's regiments, and reinforcements for both the Queen's and Company's regiments, numbering about 10,000 men, who were about to be sent out, and since the news from India had arrived, four more regiments had arrived, and been put under orders to embark with these forces. He did not think there would be any difficulty in suppressing the mutiny, and restoring tranquility. Lord BROUGHAM inquired whether the funds in India had been affected by the revolution. Earl GRANVILLIE said that the alarm in this country was such that the funds had fallen here, while in India they remained stationary. The Earl of HARDWICK 6 looked upon the mutiny as othiug, when there were 15,000 or 20,000 troops under arms at Aldershot who could readily be sent to India The subject dropped, after some observations from the Earl of ALBEMARLE, who attributed the outbreak to the practice of recruiting the army of Bengal from half-caste natives. CASK OF LIBEL. The Earl of DONOUGIIMORE drew attention to a libel, published in the Examiner, upon the Bishop of Mann. The complaint was of libel in comparison between the conduct of that prvlate and that of his lather. The noble earl moved that the printer of the article in question be called to the bar. Earl GRANVILLE ridiculed the motion of the noble earl, remarking ib would lead them into a contest with that amusing publication called Punch. The Earl of DEBBY regretted that the noble earl who had just spoken had treated the matter so lightly, and observed that the article showed a total absence of gentle manly feeling on the part of the writer. The motion was then withdrawn, and the subject dropped. The European and Indian Junction Telegraph Bill was read a second time. The Forth and Clyde Railway Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Joint Stock Company's Act Amendment Bill, the County Cess Ireland Bill, and the Grand Juries Ireland Act 1856 Amendment Bill, went through committee Their Lordships rose at 20 minutes past seven. ' 1 HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. The Spesker took the chair at four o'clock. The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was read a third time and paased. The SPEAKBR announced the receipt of a communication stating that it was not intended by the petitioners to pro ceed against the borough of Sunderland, and the order for referring the petition to the committee of elections was accordingly read an i discharged. LANDLORDISM. Mr. MLIVIAtiox presented a petition from Donegal, eom- plaining of cases of oppression of tenants by landlords, stating that it was the design of landlords to exterminate the whole body of tenantry, and praying for the appoint ment of a committee to investigate their grievances. The honourable member gave notice of his intention on an early day to call attention to the subject of the petition. Mr. KER SEYMOUR brought up the report of the Marl borough Election Committee. It stated that the com mittee had determined that Major Henry Bingham Baring had been duly elected to serve in parliament for the borough of Marlborough. AUSTRALIAN MAILS In reply to Mr. H..BERKELEY, Sir CHARLES Wool) said that in consequence of the accident to the Oneida, the Emeu had been sent out to supply her place in conveying the Australian mails. The question whether the mail due next month might be ex pected in the proper course at Suez, or by the long-sea route by Cape Horn, would depend upon arrangements made at Sydney. The Oneida was surveyed, and reported unfit for service, and how she came to be sent he did not know. THE MUTINY IN INDIA, On the motion of going into Committee of Supply, Mr. DISRAELI rose to put q lestions to her Majesty's ministers respeeth g the present state of our Indian empire. He alluded to the late war with Russia, in which the best . blood and much of the treasure of the country had been expended in securing India. To the war with Persia which was defended upon the same ground, and to the war with China, upon which the government went as far as to say that it was necessary for the maintenance of the power of England in Eastern possessions, that insult to the British Flag should be visited immediately with punish ment ; yet, now after all these great exertions, the existence of our Indian Empire was indeed imperilled—not by foreign but by internal enemies. Within the last forty eight hours they had learned that the ancient capital of Hincleostan was in possession of insurrectionary and rebellious troops. This was the state of things which he thought necessary to ask for information from her Majesy's Government; and also as to the cause of the disaster, and the steps which it was proposed to take in consequence. (Hear, hear.) Whatever might be the feelings with which the members of that House, or the country might view this intelligence, ha was quite sure that there was one predominant sentiment to which all others must be subservient, and that was a determination to supp lrt the Sovereign and her Majesty's government in all those measures which So grave and critical an emergency might require. (Cheers.) He w,.6 sure that the spirit of this country was so high, and its resources so great, that there was nothing they were not prepared to endure, no expen diture they were not prepared to incur, and no exertion to undergo, to maintain that empire, which it was the boast of this country long to have possessed, and which was the great source of its wealth and power. He demanded from the government whether they were ready to respond to these sentiments, and asked for a full and frank answer to the questions—What was the origin of the disasters what e steps had been taken in consequence ? — Whether government had been forewarned ?—and whether or not it as true that the Governor-General had resigned his held India He did not think that the tenure by which we the was a frail tenure, but it might be made so by the mismanagementhouse of a government ; and he called upon gover nment at the first opportunity to ask flora the M g r o . v V er an explanadAa as to their intentions. to him. In copse would readily respond to the questions put had been take:sequence of what had occurred, steps had about the middle of send out reinforcements to India, and men would be ready next month he hoped nearly 10,000 yto embark from this country for that purpose. The Court of Directors immediately on receipt of the news of the revolt, ma d e an application f or 4,000 th men, and therre, in all there would be 14,000 troops sent out, but the government did not exaggerate the danger as the troops were to be Bent out as 8 measure of security. THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1857. The government deny ing that the Indian Empire was imperilled— (Cheers) —and hoping that in a short time the disaster would be effectually put down. With regard to the facts of the case, the narrative had been rathfully stated in the public papers, and he was proud of the manner in which the Govern ment of India had acted. He had no doubt that the mutinous troops would be reduced as soon as General Anson appeared before the gates of Delhi, but if not it would be an easy matter to cut off their supplies. No ap plication had been made previous to the meeting for an increase of the military force. The reason stated for the outbreak was the refusal to bite the new cartridges, brought before the Government as such a serious cause of disaffec tion as to induce the provision of a remedy. The right hon. gentleman asked whether the Governor-General had resigned. He did not know any one less likely to resign at this important crisis than his noble friend Lord Can ning, and if the mutiny was to be put down by vigour, judgment, or Providence, his Lordship would succeed. (Cheers.) The subject then dropped. PURCHASE OF EXCHEQUER BILLS. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer for an explanation as to the purchase of £287,000 3 per cent. stock, and £2,470,000 exchequer bills, and as to the sale of £2,184,030 3 per cent. stock, and £lll,OOO exchequer bills, belonging to the trustees of savings banks, in the year from the 20th of November, 1855, to the 20th of November, 1856. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained that the government had power given to them of varying securities, andasserted that they had never exceeded the powers which they legally possessed. He denied that there had been any stock jobbing by the government, and stated that the effect of what had been done was to put £B,OOO a year into the pockets of Savings Banks' depositors in the shape of interest. Mr. GLYNN thought that the power referred to should not be possessed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, unless it were compulsory to give explanation to the House as to the amount bought and sold, and the reasons for such purchase or sale. Kr. MALINS characterised the proceeding as nothing but rigging the market. Mr. Weonunc and Mr. AYRTON having made remarks the subject dropped. Mr. RCII then drew attention to the report of the Commissioners on the Superanuation Act, recommending an immeniate increase of £70,000 a year to the salaries of the civil servants, with a prospective increase of £30,000 more. He urged the House to adhere to the resolutions of the committee of that House, rather than adopt the report of a committee not responsible to the House. Lord NAAS complained of the course taken by the hon. gentleman in forestalling the discussion upon his bill, which stood on the paper for to-morrow. Mr. LABOUCHERE hoped the debate would not proceed. Lord Jonx RUSSELL thought the government should take an early opportunity of stating their views upon the subject of Civil Service Superanuation. The subject then dropped, and the House went into Committee of Supply. £48,865 for the Department of Science and Art was voted. On the next vote of £143,035 for Irish Education. An Amendment moved by Mr. BLACKBURN, to reduce the amount by £17,915, the sum proposed for Agricultural Education, was negatived by a majority of 175. The original vote was accordingly agreed to. The vote of £1,625 for the Queen's University in Ire land, was opposed by Mr. Williams and others, and sup ported by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Napier, and others. Upon a division there appeared for the vote 169: against, 55. Majority 114. The vote was accord ingly agreed to. Vote of £3,200 for Queen's College, Ireland ; £3OO for the Royal Irish Academy ; and £2OO for the Romal Hibernian Academy, were also agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress. The Turnpike Trusts Abolition (Ireland) Bill, went through committee. The Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. The Sites for Workhouses Bill was read a third time and passed. The Married Womens' Reversionary Interest Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. ADDERLEY moved the second reading of the Elec tion Petitions Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed, and moved that it be read s second time that day three months. Mr. Mauris supported the Bill. Sir J. SR ELLY moved the adjournment of the debate. The House divided—for the adjournment, 55 ; against, 77; majority, 22. Some further discussion then took place, after wdich he Bill was read a second time. The House adjourned at twenty minutes after two. ELECTION C OMMITTEES.--YEBTEEDAT. C &ALBRI D GE. This committee re-assembled at twelve o'clock, Mr. Deasey in the chair, and the evidence as to the scrutiny was PONTEFRACT. This committee met at eleven o'clock, Mr. Headlam in the chair, and the evidence to show the corrupt state of the bor3ugh, as alleged by Mr. Oliveira in the petition, was proceeded with -- MAYO. This committee re-assembled at eleven o'clock, Mr' Schol , field in the chair, when the case for the petitioner, Colonel Higgins, was continued, and additional witnesses examined to substantiate the allegations of terrorism that prevailed during the election. ROCHDALE, This committee resumed their labours at eleven o'clock ; Sir J. Y. Buller in the chair. Evidence of bribery and corruption was continued. WAREHAM. This committee met at half-past eleven o'clock, and con tinued in scrutiny of the votes which constitute the majority of Mr. Calcraft, the sitting member. NEW ELECTION COMMITTEES. The General Committee of Election met yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, when the following additional committees were struck : SUNDEULAND.-Mr. W. Ewart (chairman), Colonel Forster, Sir C. Jervoise, Mr. S. Warren, and Sir J. Trollops. MAIDSTONE.-Sir F. Davie (chairman), Sir W. P Gall wey, Mr. S. Gregson, Mr. A. Willson, and Mr. G. A Hamilton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. LATEST BETTING. GOODNVOOD STAKFS. 8 to 1 agst Rosati (taken and offered) 14 ... 1 .. Martinet (taken) 14 1 ... Squire Watt (taken) 16 ... 1 .. Fulbeck (taken) 20 ... 1 ... Warlock (taken) 20 .. 1 ... Hobgoblin (taken) 33 .. 1 Bracken (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 4 to 1 agst Arsenal (taken) 10 ... 1 ... Genania di Vergy (taken) 10 .. 1 Fazzoletto (taken) 12 .. 1 Horin ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Ignoramus (taken) 3 .. 1 ... Think Bonny (taken) 10 .. 1 .. Arsenal (taken) 20 ... 1 .. Atirmus (taken) 40 .. 1 . Athlete (taken) 110 .. 100 on Two (taken) 12 to 1 agst Strathnaver winning the Great Yorkshire Handicap Stakes, and Blink Bonny the St. Leger. TILE DEBBY. 20 to 1 agst Streamer (taken) 25 .. 1 .. Long Range (taken) LivicßrooL CUP. 7 to 1 agst Rosita 10 .. 1 Prize Fighter CHELMSFORD HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Renown. ti (MESTER HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Oakball MEMBERS' PLATE.—NEWCASTLE—The Co , amittee have decided that the Stewards of the Newcp:stle meeting had no power or authority to declare bPAs off on this race. All bets, accordingly, made h -ef're the first race, must stand. MERSEY CONSERVANCY AND DOCKS BILL. (ntox OUR OWN REPOERNIL) HOUSE OF COMMONS—MONDAY, Jura 29. The select committee re-assembled this morning, at ,welve o'clock. Mr. Alexander, Q.C., said : The Liverpool Dock Trus tees have carefully considered the decision arrived at on Friday last, both with respect to the preamble of the bill, and with respect to the proposed alterations, and they think it their duty to keep themselves altogether free and unfettered, in order that they may be at liberty to pursue such a course as they may deem most advisable in refer— ence to the future stages of the bill in Parliament. They deem that it would be inconsistent if they were to attend further to discuss the clauses or details of the bill in committee, and they have considered it their duty respect' fully to inform you of their determination. Sir J. Graham : The committee are obliged to you for the intimation. Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C,: On behalf of the Corporation of Liverpool, I have to add nothing to what my learned friend has stated. We have arrived at the same conclu_ lion, and the grounds for so deciding must be stated else where, with a view to ulterior proceedings. Sir J. Graham : Very well. The committee will now proceed to go through the clauses seriatim, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Hope Scott, and the gentlemen pre sent on behalf of Liverpool, then rose and left the com mittee room in a body. In a few minutes, Sir J. Graham directed the learned counsel for Liver pool to be recalled, and in the meantime he would take the opinion of the committee upon a matter which he was desirous of explaining. The counsel for Liverpool were accordingly recalled, and the committee adjourned for a few moments to a private room. On re-entering the committee room, Sir J. Graham said : Gentlemen, I was rather hurried on account of the hour on Friday at which we came to our de cision, which it was desirable to announce to you, so that you might have the interval of Saturday and Sunday to consider it. In giving that decision, I made an important omission on the part of the committee which I wish now to add. It is with reference to clause 35. That clause, as it now stands, is in these terms :—" The Board shall, immediately after the commencement of the act. proceed with the construction of the outer works at Birkenhead referred to in the Birkenhead Docks Act of 1853, and shall complete the same in accordance with the plans which have been sanctioned by Parliament." If that clause be passed in these words, it would be the adoption and con firmation, without modification, of Mr. Rendel's plans, and would be inconsistent with the step which we must take after passing the bill, which will be to proceed with the consideration► of the new construction bill. It is the earnest desire of the committee to give effect to the decla ration of 1855, that when the fusion shall be completed, the Birkenhead construction shall be placed on the principle of these works being completed in unison as far as pos sible with the system of Liverpool, and it certainly will be our desire to consider the next bill in that spirit and with that view. At the same time, bearing in mind the compact with the Great Western Company, an endea vour must be made, not only so to modify the construction under Mr. Rendel's plans as to ensure the completion of the Birkenhead works in connection with the Liverpool dock system but to give an equitable consideration to the claims of the Birkenhead Railway Company, in order to accom plish which, a modification of the 35th clause would be indispensable. I ought also to state, that I omitted, on Friday, one small item of charge upon the Town Council, which we think ought to be transferred, namely, the cost of maintaining the observatory. Mr. Johnson said he represented the London and North Western Railway Company, who had a railway to Birk_ enhead, but who had hitherto taken no part in the bill. He had been unable to obtain a copy of the preamble o f the bill in its amended form ; and he was desirous of ask. ing the committee to introduce an amendment into it, if they had not done so already. Sir J. Graham said the committee had passed the pre amble, and could not introduce any amendment into it now. rejoiced to see three times as many as are here to-night, but I think we are bound to believe that, in all probability, a great many have been kept away by the storm which im mediately preceded the opening of this meeting, but I ask of you, working men, will you help yourselves in this matter ? (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The working men who have originated it desire to help themselves, and they ask you to come forward and join them in the effort. (Hear, hear.) They have sought the counsel of those who, they think, by their different character of experience can enable them to go on with their own practical know ledge to a successful issue. (Hear, hear.) But if the scheme is to be succe slut, it must rank among its mem bers not hundreds, but thousands, of the working men. (Cheers.) For you will understand, that one institution of this kind will not be sufficient for the town of Liver pool. I hope to see that there will be one at least inevery ward in the town. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I will ventare to prophesy—and you will say that the man who stands upon this platform to attempt to be a prophet, must have some gr , unds for his foretelling—that if you really show a determination to succeed, there will be a pressure brought to bear from the outside, if necessary, in order that the Town-Council may render you that assistance which they are called upon to provide. You want in-door recreation for the winter; you want out-door recreation for the summer. Now, the gentlemen who have originated this undertaking contemplated it, I believe, during the close of last year. They formed them selves into a company and registered the company in the beginning of this year. Their notions were according to what they believed to be onr means. We believe the means which they set forth at the time inadequate ; means to answer the demands which are made upon them. In this I hope we shall not be disappointed. There is a pro posed capital of £5OO, but it is a capital capable of ex tension. 1 think it ought to have another cipher I think it should be £5,000. (Loud cheers.) Well, now, I believe that if the working men will show that, according to the prospectus, with shares of only £1 each, all the capital is subscribed, and will then memo rialise the Town Council, and ask the Council to assist them in promoting so laudable and so desirable an effort, some consideration will be shown to them if the Corporation happens to have a plot of laud which would be suitable for your purpose. This remark applies to in-door recreations. There i 3 a plot of land which would be very valuable to you, indeed, for out-door recreation in summer, and of which the Town Council at this moment are making no use whatever ; it is on the top of the reservoir up at Kensington. Now, there is a piece of land some acres. Show yourselves worthy of having the use of it, and I do not despair of the council giving you every encouragement. (Cheers.) The chair man then took up the prospectus, which he went through and briefly explained, after which he concluded his address, amid loud applause, by calling on Mr. William Rat hbone to propose the first resolution. Mr. W. RATHBONE, in coming forward to move the first resolution, was enthusiastically received. He said, that as it was a meeting of work, and as there was a good deal to be said, he would proceed to it at once. (Laughter.) After the full remarks which had fallen from the chair man, very HAI° was necessary to be said on his (Mr. Rathbone's) part. The chairman had told them what were the necessities for recreation ; and he (Mr. Rath bone) was sure that he had seen, as a magistrate of the borough, many instances of what were the bad effects of amusements that were not in themselves innocent. (Hear, hear.) Through the public press they had lately an exposure of some places of amusement; and it was, therefore, unnecessary thathe should further allude to them. He should repeat what he had often before said, that he was most anxious for amusement for the people—for both rich and poor ; for he believed that, without some amuse ment, they would not be the happy creatures they were intended by Providence to be. (Hear, hear.) The ex posures which were made of a certain class of places of amusement in the Liveipcod Mercury, were found fault with by some ; but he, for one, was obliged to all newspapers which exposed the evils of the town. A great deal of evil was rife among them without their being aware of it, but he believed that if those evils were brought immediately under their notice they would not be so negligent, but would make greater efforts than they had yet made to get rid of those evils. He was glad at what the chairman had said about the Town Council, but he (Mr. Rathbone) did not expect much from them—(laughter)—unless there was a strong pressure from without brought to bear on them. The people, however, had the power in their own hands, and he would tell them that as they selected so would they be served. The elective franchise was given to them as a trust for the benefit of all, and just in proportion to the care and public spirit with which they exercised would their business be done by their representatives. (Hear, hear.) He always thought that the mistakes of the philanthropist were much more injurious to the welfare of society than all the hostility of those who did not care a button about it. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) That was a remark which he wished they would lay to heart in the attempt they were now about to make. They should not try to run until they had learned to walk—(hear, hear) —but that whatever they would do they would endeavour to be " merry and wise." (Hear, hear.) So far as his experience went, the wisest were always the most merry, because they were not checked in their pleasures by that silent monitor, con science, they being well satisfied in their conscience that they were not enjoying any pleasure which they ought not to enjoy. They should, therefore, be cautious in what they attempted, and how they attempted it When they were a little better educated, many things which in the first in stance would not be desirable would become so, and they should, therefore, at first attempt nothing that would be likely to be objected to. He need not dwell further upon that point, but would read the resolution which he was about to propose for their adoption. It was as follows— " That, considering the immense population of Liverpool, this meeting is of opinion that there is a great want of un objectionable places of amusement." (Hear, hear.) He entirely agreed in that, and he d id not think there was any one who would get up and say he disbelieved it. (Hear, hear.) Many attempts were made for the recreation cf those who worked hard, but he thought they were some times in danger of making it too instructive. (}Lear, hear.) When he went home after a hard day's work, for the labour of the head was as hard and more wearing than that of the hands, he found that he wanted and would be glad of recreation, and that if he took up a very good and very instructive book he would be asleep before he had read a page of it. (Laughter.) That too would be the ease with many of his hard working friends before him, and therefore, instruction should not always be the great object of their amusement. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, Mr. Rathbone recommended the cultivation of music and public readings, and pointed to the success of the Saturday evening concerts in the Concert Hall, as an encouragement to their proceeding in the present undertaking. (Applause.) The Rev. S. A Steinthal seconded the resolution. He referred to the recent exposures of " Liverpool Life" alluded to by Mr. Rathbone, and observed, that he for one could not concur in that general onslaught in all the public places of amuse ment in the town. He himself had been in some of those places of amusement of which he had not heard a good character, and he had been very agreeably disap pointed at what he found there. It was true he had not found his model recreative establishment, but he had seen some places of amusement in the town which did not deserve the opprobrium thrown on them. There was, however, one general fault running through all those places of amusement, and that was that, even amongst the best of them, amusement was not the sole aim. Profit was sought for them by other means and sources of attraction. It could not be doubted that the great majority of the places of amusement in the town were of the most demoralizing character ; but it was an encouragement to find that the magistrates of the town, roused by the press, were about to take steps to put soma of such places down, and to uproot those baneful nests of iniquity and sin. (Hear, hear). The magistrates, however, could not do everything. The people themselves had a duty to perform, and that duty, he was rejoiced to find, they were about to discharge in organising for them selves a recreative institution. (Cheers.) The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. JAMES SAMUELSON moved the second resolution, which was as follows That it is the duty and interest of all classes to assist in taking immediate and effective steps to provide suitable places for recreation." He con tended that the Recreative Company deserved every sup port from the merchants of the town, and observed that, in his experience, the employer who consulted the amuse ment and happiness of his workpeople, was the best and most cheaply served. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. H. S. BROWN, on coming forward to second the resolution, was enthusiastically applauded. He observed that, with reference to this matter, he had already said his say, and he had nothing now to add to it. He very highly approved of the general principle, the advocacy of which had called them together that evening ; but he wished it to be distinctly nnderstoed that he knew little or nothing about the company which it was proposed by the prospectus to institute. He did not at all regard himself as capable of forming an opinion worth stating with regard to a joint-stock company or institution such as that now proposed; but he was perfectly aware of this, that there had been joint stock affairs and co-operative institutions amongst d whieh ha the workingbeen aboutmen downrighta s amongst e s especially e swindles e i other whey_ a c I s a s w s eers were, they ev er seen in the world. (Hear, hear , and laugh t e r .) There was no gainsaying that ; and, therefore , he hoped that all working men, and everybody else who had anything to do with this company, would first see that it was & matter based on a solid foundation. They should not allow the word " limited" to deceive them into parting with an odd sovereign ; but he was afraid that the word was sometimes used as a sort of catch-penny. (Laughter.) Of course the in stitution which was now proposed, was one in which e ae utmost confidence might be placed, y looked to the names of the directors and consulti-, 1 com mittee, amongst whom were gentleme4 in whore, the people of the town had reason to repose the moat unbounded coViipmee. (Hear, hear.) To. oanzuelsola had said, that the merchants of the town and the employers generally, would be prepared to aid in the matter, but he (Mr. Brown) thought that the working men could do it them selves, and that they ought to do it without help from anybody. (Hear, hear, and applause.) He did not see why the working men should go a begging for their recreative institutions. He thought that if they only set to work wisely, and economically, and resolutely, they would very rapidly raise an institution that would be found to promote the object they had in view. (Hear, hear.) But there was one thing he would go for above all things and at any cost, and hat was a park—not one which he could jump Revise, as the cm at. Wavertree, but a right " big one." (Hear, haar, and laughter.) He hoped that before the land surrounding the town was built on, such a park would be provided, and that he would sea it filled with people rejoicing. (Hear, hear.) Out-door recreation was what they wanted. They should have racing, and fencing, and wrestling ; and though he did not want to go in for a boxing match himself, yet he would not say that there should not be some practice with the " - gloves" as well. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) In conclusion the rev. gentleman hoped that they would see some good result from the movement inaugurated that night. ( Applause.) Mr. Josare THOMAS, Chairman of the Board of Direc tors, proposed the third resolution :-- " That in the opinion of this meeting, the plans of the Liverpool Recreative Company (limited), as set forth in the prospectue now submitted, are likely to be productive of great goo and therefore deserving of every encouragement.' Mr. PHILLIP' IL RATHBONE, in an eloquent speech, which was loudly applauded, seconded the motion. A resolution was carried by acclamation. Mr. EDMUND BAINES moved :—" That this meeting pledges itself to support the Liverpool Recreative Com= pany by every means in its power." Mr. W. H. SYERS seconded the motion, which , was car ried amid loud applause. In answer to a question put by Mr. W. PHILLVES Mr. STEINTHAL explained that arrangements would be made by which females could participate in many of the advantages offered by the Company. This concluded the business of the meeting. Mr. J. Fiacit moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried by acclamation ; and the chairman having briefly acknowledged the compliment, the meeting separated shortly before eleven o'clock. THE PEOPLES' EDUCATION. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMER: • Sir,—Your powerful and constant advocacy of the necessity of educating all classes of our fellow subjects, is arousing the attention of your numerous readers, and directing public opinion to the necessity of immediate and practical action, on this most important of all social subjects. You will therefore pardon me troubling you with a few re marks which may, I hope, be productive cf good, if deemed worthy a place in your i,ournal. While philantraphists of every shade of opinion in religion and politics, are warmly alive to the neceu.sity of giving the masses of the people a sound useful education, little is being done, for want of agree ment, as to the best plan for carrying out such object. Now I think if sensible and practical people would (while the universal philantrophic are rack-• ing their brains for the best mode to begin this most laudable wprk., and yet doing nothing), bestir themselves and help the government and local authorities whore they have done well,. to continue so doing, and, where for want of harmony or some other cause, improvement may be effected, to point out the impediment, and assist in removing it, much of the evils now complained of would be removed. Now, I think that although the Cor poration of Liverpool have deserved great praise from the community, for their zealous attention to the education of the people, their isolation from the government is an evil which ought to be remedied as soon as possible. The management of the Corporation Schools of Liverpool, their effi , :iency, and the benefits which they have confered on those who make use of them, are- matters that the Cor poration may be justly proud of, but here, in a great measure, their usefulness ends. One of the evils that the country labours under, connected with education, is the want of competent and well qual ified teachers ; such can only be produced in well conducted and amply supported public • schools, where the attendance of the pupils is sufficiently large to train the thinking teacher's mind to a knowledge of the requirements necessary to im part education to numbers; each differing in capa city to receive instruction; and not as if the minds of all the pupils were one, and where the means are sufficient to employ many young teachers who after• a practical training, could be safely entrusted with the management of other schools. Now, where in England are there schools so well adapted for such purposes as the Liverpool Carparation Schools? well managed, numerously attended, amply supported, and yet, because unconnected with Government, the blessings that other Com munities would derive from teachers trained in these schools, and the benefits the young teachers would themselves derive from being eligible for appointments to other schools are all lost. Now, I would ask you, sir, as the advocate of the people's education. to point out to the Cor poration of Liverpool the evil of remaining any longer working, no matter how efficiently, seperate from Government. Let them set an er..trniole to the country that it was only necessary tint such connection was proved useful to be adopted, and that, while philanthropists are devising systems and doing nothing, the practical men of Liverpool are preparing the rising generation to enjoy the blessing of our free institutions as enlightened subjects. Apologizing for occupying your valuable ime,—l am, sir, yours, &c. J. 0. N. Tun WEATHER'—Yesterday was chequered by sun shine and tears—intense beat, and terrific showers, with lightning and thunder at intervals. The rain was exces sively heavy, but we believe it was not general. The even ing was fine, and sultry. The atmosphere seems charged with electricity. Quick PASSAGE.—The fine ship Scottish Chief, belonz ing to Messrs. Fernie Brothers, arrived at Bombay on the 23rd cf May—eighty-six days from Liverpool. In re ISHERWOOD.—In this, the details of which ap peared three or four times in our police reports lately, and must be fresh in the reders recollection, erk prisoner was brought ap yesterday, at the Police-court, and discharged, as his worship stated that,no matter how a case of trespass might be sustained, a case of felony could not be found by a jury against the prisoner. WALLASEY INDEPESDENT FRIENDLY SOClETY.—Yester day was quite a gala day at the village of Wallasey, being the anniversary of the above society. The body assanbled in the morning, and heard a sermon in Egremoat church, after which they proceeded to the club-room, Wallasey, where there was an elegant repast laid out for the com pany, which was numerously and respectably attended by the members. The dinner consisted of everything in season; and when the viands were discussed, the usual loyal toasts were duly honoured, after which a number of toasts were proposed in eloquent terms, and responded to in like manner, and the evening was spent very pleasantly, and with satisfaction to all. In the village there were al: sorts of amusements during the day and evening. Two DRATHS BY DRC)WNING, NEAR YoRK.—On Friday afternoon, a boy named Darling, who had been w.ssting in a Hayfield about a mile from York, went to the river Ouse, to procure a ':rink, when he fell i , lto the water, and was drowned. His body was not recovered until late at night.—Another youth was bathing in a brick-pond the same day, rather more than a mile from York, and his life was also sacrificed. DOUBLE AN) FATAL RAILWAY ACCID7NT.—On Saturday morning, as the newspaper train was approaching Leicester. the engine -driver, named Dangles, came in contact wi tl a bridge at Wigsten, abut three miles fr ,, in here, and h( was thrown off the tender, and one of his 4,v3 was cu completely off, and the other was muoh He wt placed upon the break and conveyed t - ,`, Leicester. 0 arriving thtre, at some changing of thP r i o t s , the bred turned over, and the poor fAlwri's )7, ead was then hurt. H ?..as conveyed t 3 the Leicester I • -- r jtirmary on a s!reteher, bu shortly after. died - WHY r ' °Es EN41 " 1 " 3 ' STOP THE WA Y ?—The Sheffie Affairs Committee 114- . I r i i a c .m h e r l e it y , l a w sklg e written to some members of Pa t :ney could infbrm them why Englat stops the way the matter of a ship communication b tween the Miv aiterranean and the Red Sea. Lord God I can only say that as I am in no degr in the s'' crets of the Government, it is not possible for n to irm you what reasons they may have for the cony w u . .eh they have pursued in reference to the ship can ''.cross the Isthmus of Suez. No papers upon the subje have been laid before Parliament of late years." 111 Hadfield wrote :—" I do not know the reason why Gre Britain stops the way; but I understand there is a don as to the practicability of the proposed Suez Canal, ai consequently people do not like to part with the necessa amount lof funds. The usefulness of the measure, if were practicable, and means could be provided. Would beyond all doubt." , THE LIVERPOOL RECREATIVE COMPANY. PUBLIC MEETING AT THE CONCERT HALL. Mr. Merewether, Q.C.: In reference to the remarks of the right hoe. gentleman respecting the question of construction, I may state to the committee that, as soon as this bill is over, we shall be ready to proceed with the Construction Bill. The committee then considered the various clauses of the bill, and introduced several verbal amendments. Among other things, it was ordered that the act should come into operation on the let January, 1858. The clause relating to the transference of the Town Dues from the Corporation to the new Conservancy Board, wns objected to by Mr. Phillips, and, after a short discussion, was agreed to by the committee by a majority of 4 to 1. On clauses 29 and 30, which provide for the transfer of a sum of £600,000 from the town debt to the dock estate, in consideration of the outlay upon a custom-house and sailors' home, in improving the immediate approaches to the docks, and for other purposes which may justly be treated as expenditure for the benefit of shipping and the interests of the port. Mr. Calvert, Q.C., suggested that the consideration of the clauses should be postponed till to-morrow, in order that the amount suggested by the committee to be trans ferred to the Dock Estate might be fully considered. Sir J. Graham thought it would be impossible to shake the opinion of the committee as to the amount which ought to be transferred. Mr. Calvert said it would be advantageous for the promoters of the bill to consider whether clauses in any other shape would better enable them to encounter any opposition they were likely to meet with in another quarter. After a short discussion, clauses 29 and 30 were post. poned, clauses 31 to 34 inclusive. On the 35th clause, Sir J. Graham remarked that the committee had already expressed an opinion that this clause ought to be altered. Mr. Calvert: The clause as it now stands says, " Ths Board shall. immediately after the commencement of the act, proceed with the construction of the outer works at Birkenhead referred to in the ' Birkenhead Docks Act, 1853,' and shall complete the same in accordance with the plans which have been sanctioned by Parliament." The committee think that those plans may receive some alteration in the course of discussion on the construction bill brought in on the other side. My learned friend Mr. Thring has suggested an ingenious alteration, which I think would carry out the views of the committee. He proposes to add after words " Docks Act, 1853," the words —" and shall complete the same ;in accordance with the plans which may be in force in pursuance of act of Parlia ment at the expiration of the present session." Sir J. Graham said his impression was, that that would not carry out the views of the committee. Supposing that the bill became law during the present session, and no other bill should become law, then it would be the duty of the new body of trustees to commence the works upon the plans already sanctioned by Parliament, and it• would not be open for them to consider any modification which might be proposed. Mr. Johnson said he represented the Birkenhead Im provement Commissioners, whose only object was to secure the completion of the works, on whatever plan might be adopted, at as early a period as possible. He proposed to add to the clause a prohibition against the commencement of any new works on the Liverpool shore until the outer works in Birkenhead should be completed. The prohibition would be in these words :—" And it shall not be lawful for the Board to execute any new works on the Lancashire side or she River Mersey, until such outer works on the Birkenhead side shall have been com pleted." Sir J. Graham thought the insertion of such a proviso would only aggravate the objection he had already stated. The committee proceeded upon the assumption that the new board would be trustwotthy, and they would there fore be sorry to fetter the discretion of the board as to any works, unless Parliament provided for new works in some other act. After a short discussion, the following words were in serted in the clause, at the suggestion of the Chairman : " The Beard shall, if they think fit, immediately after the commencement of this act, proceed with the construction of the outer works in Birkenhead, referred to in the ' Birkenhead Docks Act, 1853,' with a view to the com pletion of the same substantially, in accordance with the plans which have been sanctioned by Parliament." Several new clauses were proposed by the promoters and added to the bill. Among others, a clause was inserted defining the qualification of persons to be elected trustees. Any dock ratepayer residing within the borough or cus toms port of Liverpool, or within ten miles of the outward boundaries thereof, namely, Frodsham and Warrington bridges, is to be qualified to act as trustee. Mr. Calvert suggested that the two divisions—South Lancashire and North Cheshire—should be taken, but The committee objected, as in that case the dock rate payers of Manchester would be avowedly included. Other clauses were added, and the committee p,djourned at rour o'clock. A public meeting was held in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, last night, for the purpose of taking steps to support the projected Liverpool Recreative Company, the prospectus of which appears in our advertising columns. The attendance, probably owing to the storm which took place, was not very numerous. The chair was taken, amid loud applause, by J. R. Jeffery, Esq. Among the gentlemen on the platform, were W. Rathbone, P. H. Rathbone, J. Finch, Rev. S. A. Steinthall J. Samuelson, J. M. Sayers, Newton Samuelson, I. H. Saunders, S. H. Booth, Henry Tate, E. Davies, Joseph Thomas, George Matheson, R. T. Steele, Thomas 0-air, Joseph Bonit, Wm. D. Powell, Edmund Baines, James W. Gordon, Adam Gibson. _ _ ... _ _ The CHAIRMAN said: My friends, it affords me very much pleasure to meet you here this evening, because I see in this meeting an effort being made to solve one of the most dif f icult problems of political economy, which is engaging the attention of almost all our thinking men of the present day, namely, how to provide innocent, rational, and therefore elevating recreation for the masses of skilled and unskilled labour. (Hear, hear.) Man is but an unit in the great creation—but what the units are the "sum tottle," as our old friend Joe Hume used to call it, will be sure to be found. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Labour is said, and said truly, to be the source of all wealth, and information to be the source of all power ; and if labour be the source of all wealth, the labourer is certainly worth caring for, worth thinking about, and worth teaching to think about himself. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Man, therefore, as an intellectual being, must have bodily work and intellectual work as well as bread-getting work. (Hear, hear.) I know that it is said by some that recreation is not necessary every man should feel a pleasure in his own labour, in his own work. This may do very well for men whose chief occupation is of an intellectual character; but I submit that if the labourer is to be confined to the work shop, some change, some relief, some relaxation, both physical and mental, is essentially necessary to the eleva tion of the man himself. (Hear, hear.) We boast—and I hope not without some reason —that this is peculiarly an age of progress and of civilisation • but if civilisation requred all work and no play from all of us, I say, then, civilisation of itself would be a failure. (Hear, hear.) If civilisation were so arbitrary ,nd and so despotic as to demand that we should simply be each of us a human machine—that we should work by day and sleep by night —then, I say again, that civilisation would be of itself a failure. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I believe too much time is given to labour—(hear, hear) —and that too little is given to pleasure. (Hear, hear.) Ido not mean to say that a man should always keep himself in a stute of excitement in order to obtain plea sure. (Laughter.) Will any man tell me that there is no pleasure in sitting down quietly and reading an instructive book? Most certainly there is a vast plea sure in it, and at the same time a vast improvement of the intellect and expansion of the mind. But pleasure of another kind is necessary also to the man of sedentary habits during the day, (Hear, hear.) He requires some thing of a more athletic character; and at, this season of the year probably out-door exertion may be essentially necessary to his physical health, as well as to his mental vigour. (Hear, hear) There is an affinity between leisure and labour which probably does not occur to us all at the first blush. (Hear, hear.) I think it was Aaistotle who first said that the great end of all labour is leisure. Is it not so practically ? Whet do we find the prudent artizsn doing ? We find that even out of his pittance he saves a trifle, and when he has put many trifles together, he finds himself in a position to commence business on his on account as a master. Having acquired this position, what does he do next ? Then he sets to work with all his power to acquire as much as will enable him to possess a competence, that he may do—What ? That he may retire from business and have his leisure. Then I say you have thus verified by fact before you, the declaration that the great end of all labour is leisure. Now, for my own part, gentlemen, I should like to see our places of business closed every night throughout the year at six o'clock. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I should like to see two days in the month devoted as holidays. (Renewed cheers.) I say, that if from the first day of January to the last day of December, two days in the month were devoted as days of recreation, and days of pleasure, let the pleasure be of an elevating character. I say there would be as much labour produced from *he Ist day of January to the 31st of December then as there is now. (Hear, hear.) A Voice : More (Hear, hear ) The CHAIRMAN : But we are told that if we enunciate such a doctrine as this, we cannot spare the time. " That what you predict," persons tell us, " cannot be realised." ' Cannot spare the time l What do we mean by " cannot spare the time?" How long since was it, if we are to compare the present with the past, that it occupied an entire day of twelve hours to go to Manchester? (Hear, hear.) What do we do now? We go to Manchester and return again in two hours. Is that no advantage, and is every other men to reap the advantages, and the mechanic not to participate in the benefits? (Sear, hear.) How long since was it when we took six months to go to Australia, and now we do it in seventy days. Clever men, far-seeing men, men of superior judgment, predict that that huge monster which is now being constructed upon the banks of the Thames, is to perform that voyage in something like a mo nth It will be in the recollection, I dare say, of some upon this plat form where parties going from Cornwall to London used to make their wills before starting. (Hear, hear, and laughter). What we can do now compared with what was done in those days, should give us a title to an amount of time for recreation and for pleasure, which it might be said, those who lived in these days were, probably, as compare I with the present, Scarcely entitled to. (Hear, hear). Not spare the time, my friends ? What is the use of cheap literature, cheep trips —by rail and by steamboats, if time is not given to us to enjoy them ? (Hear, hear.) To talk about taking the duty off paper, and having our penny newspapers and cheap perio , :icals and giving us no time to read them, is worse than a farce : it is worse than a burlesque ; it is tantalising to know that such things emanate from the press, and to have no time to read them; for if we merely glance our eyes over them, it is so superficial a glance that it makes no impression whatever, and we forget in less than eight-and-forty hours what we have been reading. Why is this? Because we are so kept up, so screwed up, to a state of excitement by our constant labour, the labour of the miller's horse, that it would be impossible for our reading to make anything like an abiding impression upon our memory. But it will be said, and it has been said— but I rejoice to bear testimony to the fact that the saying has been falsified ; that if you give more leisure to those who have hitherto been engsged for so many hours out of the twenty-four in labour, they will devote it to drink, Now that there will be a certain per centage of the population who will do so, I am quite ready freely to admit ; but in proportion as you give an extended amount of leisure, so do I believe that per centage will be dimi nished. (Hear, hear.) That is the result of my own expe rience. I remember the time when intemperance among the shopkeepers' assistants was almost the rule ; and now I rejoice to say, that from the curtailment of the hours of business, small comparatively as the curtailment is, it has become quite the exception. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) My friends, I have told you that man may be taken as a human machine. Well, that is taking him at the lowest standard ; but even on that ground is he deserving of no care ? Is that machine, which is so fearfully and wonder fully made, because it is made by the great Architect of all, deserving of no care? Who is there who has not seen, and seen only to admire, the great care which is taken of the metallic steam-engine by the man who is the engineer, and has charge of it ? You see all parts beautifully polished, you see them working smoothly along, and you find that every part is well oiled with oil of the very best description adapted to the work. Now, while that engine requires its fire and water, as a metallic engine, so it is quite true that the human engine requires its bread and its water. But then I submit that the one engine would not proceed satisfac torily very long unless it were furnished with oil in order to make it work smoothly, nor will the other machine proceed satisfactorily unless it has a similar ingredient. (Hear, hear.) As oil is to the metallic engine, so I say recreation and relief from labour are to the human engine. (Hear, hear.) If we want a nation of thinking men, if we want generations yet unborn to be healthy, vigorous, and good citizens, things must not be permitted to go en as they have done. We boast of our having self-government, we boast of the power of the people, let that power be as healthy, physically, as it is in our power to make it, and I will venture to say that, i n t e llectually, it will be in propor tion to what it is physically. I take it, then, that we are all agreed that there should be leisure for pleasure, as well as time for work, and that innocent, rational, and as I said before, therefore elevating recreation should be provided. (Hear, hear.) Now, there may be a variety of opinions as to what those amusements should consist of. There may be various classes of amusements, and thero may be a variety of opinions as to the best mode of pro viding them. Hitherto all has been discussion upon this question. Ido not think any man has been bold enough iet to come forward and offer anything practical. But that which is to be proposed to you to-night is of a prac tical character, and you are to say whether you will I accept it. Action is now proposed to you. This effort, I ' ' believe I feel, augurs well, bec ause it has ori g inated with I the working men themselves, (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, I say to you, working rira—and I shpuyl, havt