Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-03 00:00:00

NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH. Yest erday, the corner stone of a new Catholic Church was laid in Eldon-street, Vauxhall-road, by the Right Rey IN ' -ur. Goss, Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool. Th to er ewas a lame and respectable assemblage present 0 vl ls tness the c eremony , w hi c h , i n t h e C at h o li c ,„ tir e.) is on e o f solemn import. There were also th yre se e at a large number of clergy, amongst whom were Can Rev. M essrs. Nugent, O'Reilly, and M'Grath ;• C ane Cookson, Vicar Gene r al D u g gan , St. Joseph's; Grid Wahnsley, Al mon d, G ran t, D u t er t re , H o lland, ridges, Cardinal, Holmes, Lines, Tobin, Philau, Walter e ka• ki Il an) Vand erp it te, and others. A mongst t h e respect- R en —Men were—Mr. Byrney, Mr. V. Edwards, Mr. Y) Mr. Doyle, Mr. Walton. A large number of respectable ladies were also present. The musical (lay) ePartment was led by Messrs. C. and Napoleon Nono, the ofeminent musicians and vocalists, and the choir was led by t R ev , Mr. Al mond. The Rev. Mr. Bridges was master th --e ceremonies, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Holland. and u gia, the architect of the church, was also present, ,„„ 1 ,, a great m any respectable persons from the l ocal i ty, vI a! lu 'ud not belong to the Catholic religion, *ere also at n a los s ,, e ls anee, altogether there could not have been Th p , "' a n a couple of thousand persons present. th e w as a large t en t erec t e d on the gro un d, a nd a t th e et Meend there was a ver y excellent band, led by the etc alts. Xono, that performed music appropriated to th e asi en• There was a full choir of clergy, and the chief Catholic wa s families of th e t own were present. The tent end hu ng ae Nvith flags and banners, bearing inscriptions th imBs g frein Scripture. The ceremony commenced eyprocession of clergy, preceded by a large cross, and h 4 .• fo llowed the bi s h o p. Th e i n t ro d uc t ory prayers atOarni g been chaunted, the bishop proceeded to lay the by making th e s i gn of the cross on the several r. eons of it, &c. The Litany was then sung,, the clergy 8 7:Qin ?. After this, the Bishop again proceeded to the 04 . e 4 , blessed an d- spr i n kl e d it with holy-water, and Th e red uP prayers, as prescribed by the Roman ritual. th e . cl ergy then formed into procession, and incompassed toinner walls, sprinkling them with holy-water, and stinting the prayers, which were responded Be ss the c h o i r . O n th e re t urn o f th e pro ess '1 iell again to d in t the he usual way, and lowered toce of the stone, it its des was ,a blesse gaati o ,. It contained an inscription, of the usual form, t T til Raton, & c . ; the date of the year, some coins, and e b , lik ?. The history v of this church is rather curious. re ` 4 ' been got up in . a ery poor locality, and was much g l ared, as the majority of the inhabitants of this densely ~ ' r eWded part of the town are Catholics; and they are i ndebted to the exertions of the Rev. Mr. Vanderpitte, a missionary priest from Belgium, who has, almost kaided and alone, been enabled to commence t he * work. Heretofore he had rented an old Itorehouse in Blackstock-street, for the purposes 14 religious worship, and some couple of years % go) he commenced penny subscriptions, and the result of this was th e wor k o f yesterday. The site of the ch urch is beside the school-room (built a few years ago), la El don -street. The ground was heretofore waste, but We believ e the Rev Dr. Goss was enabled to purchase it, for ce rtainly it will ha ve b een t urne d t o b etter use, B ° l2l e time since, as we are informed, it b vi r a s'a place used for pugilistic encounters and drunken goo d aW ls. It is sa id t h at the Rev. Mr. Vanderpitte has the 'wishes of every class of Christians in the locality, ILB be h • done much to forward both the temporal and IlPsuirecietussa.l welfare of the people, and every one wishes him I tn ar a T zl e h e: is t i c n b -nreh, when completed, will be one of the Liverpool. Its interior arrangements will be of ti ;' e l l ,l ll der the immediate superintendence of the bishop Prine - r iee ese, to suit the congregation, which consists will b Pally of " the labouring and poorer classes. Its length 78 fepet its tit 160 feet, its breadth 64 feet, and its height b 2; t f h ee - ?hli h tl . aTe being divided from the aisles by fine bays The other bays are smaller, being broken east e e n r„erY at the west end, and the chancel at the tog o f The columns will rise 17 feet before the spring the the arch, and are being executed in stone from Polish eru Y tile quarry. The bases will be of red granite am e d.. The church will have an apsidal east end, .ele rest w 'll be lighted principally by a large-sized si nzie °Ty composed of rose windows. At the east end tab - st• ghts, enriched with columns of marble, will be be bet ituted for the circular windows. The sacri▪ sties will be ce w eell the church and presbytery. The roofs will suetart of open frame timbers, except over the of ea,,rY, where they will be pannelled after the style th e i "', % incent of Paul, in St. James's-street. Most of of -tialerior wall will be of Bath stone, and the exterior to h a lluull and, with redstone dressings. It is intened f erei the whole of the windows of stained glass, by' a Th e go artist, who has also undertaken the mural decorations. th e church, it is said, will be ready for opening before £4 m e n il d of the y ear . Th e con t rac t h as b een t a k en a t byLib r Mr. Yat es , th e success f u l t en d er f or t h e F ree under Y. The arc hit ec t i s E. W e ll ey Pugin, of London, itkittWhose di rect i on t h e w h o l e o f t h e wor k s w il l procee d , r. Cook is the clerk of the works. 'R ev Th en the re li g i ous ceremony h a d term i nate d , t h e add L'r Goss ca me i n f ron t o f th e au di ence , an d te r led the assembly in short but earnest and energetic 8 1: The following is an epitome of his observations, I le we re listened to with much attention. _ th e : They had witnessed the solemn dedi▪ cation of of t e e ' ll reh, which was called the " Church of our Lady holiteonciliation," and he was happy to have an oppor gin not only of officiating that day, but of addres thi4° t hat lame and respectable assemblage. All be t belon ge d t o God, not because he possessed them, a ethi e ,, e ause he had created them out of their original fo r 1; and all things that came from God were good, eae l ,, e ,,aad made all things animate and inanimate—all f rom his hands good at the time of the creation. 1 , 0 / all 'knew, that there were also evil things in the evil o , but these did not spring from God, but became si t account of the transgressions of man by sin. By and ',, a tan, who was originally an angel, fell from his state, had it was allowed to him over man, and he t it to a certain extent over body and soul, if we did t go a ,_ Iv es ke right use of the gifts of God to prevent it. I hee,„ ril lY awful to contemplate the power that Satan had, of J o be God allowed him power. He alluded to the book ov er s' i l, , , and the power that God allowed Satan to exercise I torldr at holy man, in the first instance, as regarded his tha t substance ; but, when he could not shake his faith *as 4 , t r espect, Satan requested power over his body,which_ tei. set e i l a° given to him. He then drew a picture of the ee l) , es of Job and his afflictions, and said it was eere r f o l, ed by his friends,. inflictions o were called " Job's and „,‘"rs, ' that the inflictions were for his sins s not t itenees against the Almighty, but such was either e case. He argued that it was no sign, t hey o f a nation nor of individuals, because jeffi shti7: Agut be cast and trodden down, to say it war! an e o. for their sins, but that God might be glorified by wing his mercy and power. He entered rea so , 4ll explanation of the ceremony, and the B Aria l ,Wby salt and water were blessed and Of t VeU On the building to chace away the influence 1a 04 , - me evil spi r it. I n the building of ships, ale4 s s ) and other places of habitation for man, there was t hat ce remonies used for that purpose. Me showed_ eer em Ar wti the earliest stages o f christiani▪ ty such said were used; but he went even farther, and that th e very heathens had used ceremonies li e the dedications of their houses of worship. h„ referred to Vespasian and Constantine, who th e .n assist e d to carry out the clay from the place where. 1 th e ' o uidation stone of the church was laid. He besought finis t°, exert themselves, by prayer and assistance, to r ee t he house to the Glory of God. The rich should a 4t ( i l eet that they were only God's vicegerents on earth, G ot i a l t i-,ng as stewards ; so they ought . to contribute as th e au prospered them. The richest man, along with of e Poo , rest beggar, in the end could only claim six feet th e r o as his re s ti ng pl ace , and, theref ore , w hil s t h ere , th,, - J r , B a old do good, b ecau se God could as rea dil y ca ll II Queen from her throne as the beggar from his hovel. th, sh ewed wh a t t en th ousan d people—and there were b v 4 t hat numb er o f C a th o li cs i n the district—could d o lf av su bscribin g one penny a-week ;in a year it would agaie,,..t, intemperance, church ou t o f d e bt. He spoke strongly di s h although he said he could to see the honest, sober, and industrious o r able in a legitimate way, ' to have his quart th ale to ' his meals every day, but strongly deprecated 0, practice of going to public-houses, and getting into thesociety that led to all sorts of crime. He eulogised th e fr eedom that Catholics now possessed, compared to • p e rsecutions to which they were subject some years i? ti ) arid said they were grateful for it, and should show di d Y kindness t o a ll their Christian neighbours. They not know how soon Catholic and Protestant ra inist • 'ea„ asters might be called out in the field of battle to li.,i.nister to the wants of the men who would be t gu tnlg their battles, and he implored them all u Possess good-will towards each other, and 'stand shoulder to shoulder, as they wouldin defence of their country. After an eloquent appeal to be all charitable towards each other, he gate the assembly his solemn blessing, and then—_ • The Rev. Mr. Grant pronounced an indulgence of forty dap, to be obtained under the usual Catholic conditions. The Bishop then pronounced the benediction, and the large assembly separated. The band performed (under Mons. Nono) several beautiful airs. The whole passed off with considerable eclat. NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE Of what is the House of Commons made ? Of Members for Land and Members for Trade, Of Members for Cotton, and Timber and Ships, And Members for Stocks, and Shares, and Scrips; But it's like a Church without a Steeple, For no Man there represents the People. The House has Members far Foundries and Mines, And Members' for sundry Railway Lines, And Members for Sugar, and Tea, and Spice, And Members for Pepper, and Coffee, and Rice ; Yet it's like a Church without a Steeple, When there's no Man there to speak for the• People The House of Commons is not without Members for Ale and Beer, and Stout, And Members for Whiskey, and Members for Gin, The House of Commons there are within ; Still it's like a Church without a Steeple, 'Cause nobody there cares a curse for the People There are members for Church, both high and low, And Members for Meeting-house also ; And gentlemen whom the house could spare, Old Nick, I fear, has some members there ; SO it's like a Church without a Steeple. These swells have no time to think of the People. And there ars members—too large a lot For the venal rogue and the drunken sot, Members returned through L.S.D. For Sovereign Alley, by W.B. Just like a Church without a Steeple, Such Gents have nothing to spare for the People Now being constituted so, The House of Commons has fallen low, For genius and,commanding mind, As in the time of need we find, They are like a Church without a steeple, In a pinch" they have always to turn to the people It has plenty of mouths to talk and prate ; But where are the heads to rule a State ? They'll preach and prose till all is blue, But which of them knows the thing to do ? All•the time like a Church without a steeple, When the work must be done it is done by the People The hour is come, BRIGUT leads the van, And nobly he's backed by the BUTTERM4N So now, honest friends, it is very plain We shall not seek Reform in vain ; The House shall no longer be "minus " a Steeple, Next session "the" KELLY shall sit for the People WANTED IMMEDIATELY Ist. A large extension of the Suffrage 2nd. Vote by Ballot ! ! 3rd. A more equal apportionment of Members to Population ! ! For further particulars, APPLY AT THE BUTTER PLACE DEATH OF MR. COMMISSIONER PILILLIPS. Mr. Commissioner Phillips died on Tuesday night at his residence in Gordon .square. From the moment he was seized with the sudden illness on Monday, after he had sat as Commissionor in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, to his death, he remained in an unconscious state—his death arose from apoplexy. The late commissioner was called to the Irish bar in 1809, and to the English bar in 1821. He was an able criminal lawyer, and practised at the Old Bailey until his appointment by Lord Brougham; as Lord Chancellor, to the district Court of Bankruptcy at Liverpool, when the bankruptcy laws were altered. There he sat for some years, and on the appointment of Mr. Commissioner Pollock to the Chief Justiceship of Bombay, he was transferred to the Insol vent Debtors' Court as one of the commissioners, by which he lost £3OO in the salary. He was commissioner of the last mentioned court about 14 years, and attended on Monday, when he appeared in good health, and it was not until after he left court that he complained of illness. He remained insensible and speechless from the time he was attacked. The late commissioner was a warm and kind hearted man.—Globe. ALTERATIONS IN CUSTOMS' DUTY.—The Times says it is reported that various modifications of the tariff are contemplated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his next financial arrangements. ME AUSTRIAN LOAN —On the Stock Exchange, on Tuesday, dealers still manifested a disinclination to enter into purchases, but at a late hour a small premium was offered, and ultimately premium ranged from 4 to 1. FORTIFICATION OF OUR COASTS.—The Daily News treats as authentic the reports current that an item, involving the expenditure of many hundred thousand pounds on fortifications for our coasts, will figure in the forthcoming estimates. _ THE MIDLAND RAILWAY DIVIDEND. —The forthcoming dividend on the stock of the Midland Railway is officially announced at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum, against 5 per cent per annum at the corresponding period of last year, and has been favourably received PASSPORT SYSTEM.— Last year the decrease of trade in the opposite ports of France and England amounted to 10 per cent. At Dieppe, it amounted to 12+ per cent. on the aggregate. Nearly all this falling off occurred in the early part of the year during the rigours of the passport system put in force after the attempt of Orsini. COMMERCIAL FAILURES.—Advices from Paris announce the stoppage of Messrs. Vernier and Roger, described as bankers, of that city, and of Orleans; as well as of Messrs. Poisson and Co., in the silk trade, with an establishment at Lyou,s. The liabilities in the latter case are estimated at about 600,000 francs, or £24,000 sterling. THE MURDER AT SHEFFIELD.—A few particulars have been published of a brutal murder at Sheffield. On Monday evening, George Plant, brewer's traveller, was apprehended on the charge. He was under the influence of liquor ; and stabbed the deceased William Wilson, opposite the post-office, with a dagger, which he had been displaying in other parts of the town. _ . In the Revue desdes Deux - Hondes is a letter from M. de Lamartine, in which he delivers an opinion that " the peoples of Spanish and Portugese America are the nobility of the New World ; their principle of life is honour and not money." Lastly, he declares that, were he a younger man, he would fight for the independence of the Spanish and Portugese on the American continent. CANADA. —lntending emigrants should obtain the Government and other pamphlets on the resources o f Canada as a field for emigration, the Map of the Railways in Canada and the United States, and the several other documents containing full particulars of through fares, dates of sailing of vessels, and all useful information, which continne to be distributed gratuitously to all persons applying, either personally or by letter, at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, 21, Old Broad-street, London, B.C. A SAD MESSAGE BY THE WAVES.-011 the 24th inst , a bottle was picked up from the sea shore at Allenby, by the coastguard stationed there, containing a paper upon which was inscribed the following : —"Off the Scillies ; blowing a whole gale ; masts gone by the board ; water six feet in the hold ; making fast in spite of all hands to the pumps ; master and three of the crew overboard. (God help us.) James Harris (Mate). American ship Jane of Boston, Dec. 24th, 1858. If this should happen, by God's assistance, to reach land, telegraph to Lloyd's in London immediately. Cargo thrown overboard. No hopes for the ship."—Carlisle Examiner. PURSUIT OF THE MURDERER OF MR. ELY.—The Clonnel Chronicle, of Saturday, says : " Intelligence has reached Clonmel that the constabulary of the police stations between Dungarvon and Cappoquin have just been engaged in a hot pursuit, through the broken country near Clashmere, after Delany, who has just turned up in that district. The fugitive, it appears, is armed to tho teeth ; and we regret to state that his extraordinary activity enabled him this once to outrun his pursuers. He escaped into the woods of Ballintaylor, but so exciting was the chase, that in his passage through that thick plantation, he lett behind him his shoes. As the police are now so close upon his trail, his arrest may soon be looked for." EXTRAORDINARY AND USEFUL INVENTION.—There is nothing that housewives complain of with greater truth fulness, than the breaking of some favourite piece of glass, valuable china, or earthenware. In hundreds of cases such things cannot be matched, and of course cannot be mended. The latter want has been obviated by an extraordidary and effective invention, by Mr. Adshead, 01 Derby Pottery, near Derby .It is a cement that may be said to heal, in a perfect manner, all cracks and breaks in the articles spoken of ; and not only in these, but in mar ble,. alabaster, &c. The benefit of this article need not be dwelt on. We have seen some of its effects at Mr. Hall's, our neighbours, and the glass that has been cemented by it is stronger in that part than in any other. The article is very cheap, and no house can be long without it. Mr. Hall is the agent for its sale in Liverpool, and all interested can judge for themselves, by looking in at his establishment. Agent for Liverpool, E. T. H a ll, 23, South John - street. Sold in bottles, ls. each, or sent free n receipt of xtesien postage stamps. THE NORTHERN TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1859 salaries of Mr. T. M. Anderton and Mr. Richard Ellis, clerks in the magistrates clerks' office, be increased from £l5O to £2OO per annum each. 4. Report on the probable income and expenditure of the corporation, for the year commencing Ist September last, and ending 31st August next ; and consideration of the propriety of voting "gratuities to the public charities, which grants, as passed by the Council last year, were as follows : —The Dispensaries, £157 10s ; North ern Hospital, £lOO ; Southern, £lOO ; Royal Infirmary, £105; Ophthalmic Institution, .£100; Refuge for the Destitute, £25; Ladies' Charity, £3O; Lying-in Hospital, £3O ; District Provident Society, £lOO. The recommendation in reference to the increase of the salaries of Mr. T. M. Anderton and Mr. Richard Ellis, clerks in the magistrates clerks' office was deferred. The other recommendations, with the exception of that referring to public charities, were adopted without oppo sition. Mr. Woodruff remarked, that the arrangements in the surveyor's office would be a saving of £7O or £BO a-year. Mr. Stewart said, that the estimated expenditure of the Corporation for the year ending on the 31st August next, had been laid before the council and made up as nearly as circumstances would permit; It necessarily followed, that parts of this account could not be very closely estimated, being a little uncertain, but they had taken the best course in their power to arrive at the fairest and best conclusion, and the council would observe, that in the aggregate, there was a considerable surplus for the current year. The gross surplus was £20,140 ; but a portion of that has already been appropriated by the votes of the Council, leaving a probable available surplus of £10,563. With regard to the surplus, he thought it his duty to call the attention of the Council especially to a letter which he had received. He was sorry to say that, since the report was printed, only on Monday last, • a letter had been received from the treasurer, in reply to one addressed to the treasurer by the late Mayor, in September last ; and, certainly, that letter tended rather to discourage him in the belief that they should have expenled the whole of the £lO,OOO during the municipal year. It was not for him to criticise letters coming from high places, but, certainly, a more unsatis factory letter he never saw. It seemed to ignore the whole of the arguments that were ably given by that council against the objections made by the treasurer against certain payments, made some time ago. In reference to the amount received from prosecutions, so far as he understood, in July last it was arranged that they should separate the money which was absolutely paid, from that part of the account which consisted of provisional charges, and he certainly understood that upon so doing the mo:iey out of pocket would have been paid, whilst the provisional charges would remain over fur arrangement. He thought it was only fair, and the. treasurer 'would only be doing his duty by going into these provisional charges very closely. Gentlemen did consider that they had so arranged the matter that the money paid out of pocket should be no longer postponed. Gentlemen were aware that, after the meeting in July, some tithe elapsed, and they received an order for £6,000 some odd pounds on account of this money paid out of pocket, with a very enormous string of objections to pay the greatest part. However, this was only half the sum which the Corporation had ex pended. And a very able letter was prepared by the Town-clerk in answer to this long string of objections. That letter was signed by the then Mayor, in the usual way, and sent up in September and every means in their power to haVe the matter arranged, because they were mixed up with the corporation of Manchester. It was agreed by the treasurer that they both should sail in the same boat, and arrangements were made with the Town-clerk in Manchester, and a letter prepared and sent up in Sept., and up till Monday last they never received any commu nication, and he did not see that they were one whit nearer the point with all the explanations given by that council. Under these circumstances, perhaps the council would see the propriety of not expending the whole of the £lO,OOO. The estimate presented a feature which no other estimate before ever did, and this arose from the change which had taken place in the amount of the town dues received. In their estimates of that it ran over a series of years, and a large sum of money was received in lieu of what was derived from these dues. In the estimated expenditure in the shape of interest, they would find it was aggregated at upwards of £20,000. It was, in his opinion, of the utmost importance that that corporation should maintain that income which arose from capital---money which represented what used to be the former income of the corporation estate and the great town dues. The closest attention had been paid to the subject, in order to arrive at the best way of securing that income. The money to be paid by the Mersey Docks and Harbour board has been paid to the very day. On the 31st Ail. the bonded debt was £1,177,428, and during the muni cipal year of 1857, from September to the 31st Aug., 1858, that money was reduced to £1,045,000, and so the bonded debt stood at the commencement of the present municipal year. At that moment the absolute debt of the Corporation was £971,364 ; so, in point of fact, rather better than £200,000 had been paid up since the 31st August, 1857, in the reduction of the debt ; or at least 41 . per cent. interest met on the average of the bond so paid off. To-morrow there would be £2,000 more paid. The following is the report adopted by the finance committee . At a meeting. of the Finance Committee, held on Friday, the 28th day of January, 1859, present, John Stewart, Esq., chairman, &c., &c., the following report having been read, resolved, that the same is approved, and that it be printed, with the data on which it is founded, and that a copy be sent to every member of the Council : The Financial Sub-committee appointed to consider the probable income and expenditure of the Corporation during the present municipal year (commencing on the Ist of September, 1858, and ending on the 31st of Aug., 1859, REPORT That they have investigated the accounts of the Corpo ration, and considered the state of the income and expen diture. That they are, of opinion that the in come of the Corporate Estate from all sources, cannot be estimated for the cur rent year at more than That the amount of obligatory expendi ture cannot be estimated at less, for cur rent year, than Leaving a gross surplus of And that the continuance of branches of discretionary expenditure (the schools, the public charities, &c.,) for the public benefit of the inhabitants, hitherto sanc tioned annually by the Council, may be stated at £6,277 0 0 And also sundry improv ments already sanctioned by the Council 3,300 0 0 £103,960 0 0 83,820 0 0 £20,140 0 0 Leaving as available surplus JonN STEWART, Chairman of the sub-committee. Mr. Jeffery asked an explanation as to the interest. and also as to the item of reserved rents which amounted to £3,042 ; how that amount rose, and also how it was that the presentations at the assizes and sessions amounted to £6,300 against £721 last year._ , . Mr. Stewart said, with regard to the first question, they had to pay the interest on a million of money, bat they were now in receipt of interest on a million and a half produced from the town-dues, and other rights and privileges. Therefore this became interest on money, and the interest was greater when the Mersey Dock Board paid regularly every half year, than the interest they had to pay on the bond debt, and in order to apply that capital which they received periodically from the docks, they paid up arrears, of course by interest, and it was quite clear that £26,000 being substituted for £130,000, would lesson the million alluded to. In reference to the question of prosecutions, the law in this case charged the gross sum, assuming that they should receive £lO,OOO, and taking that to the credit of last year, it was only a small balance. In reference to the reserved rents it was a sum received from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and a sum also received from the George Hotel. Mr. Gladstone said he saw that the tobacco warehouse was set down at £6,292. Now in that particular instance he believed there had been no change in the rent of the tobacco warehouse for a number of years. The corporation, he was informed, were bound to keep the building in repair. It appeared to be a very exten sive building, and required a large amount of outlay, and it appeared to him that the site of that warehouse was one of the most valuable sites in Liverpool. It appeared that the question had been under consideration, whether they should continue in reference to this warehouse as at present, and he would like to be informed whether there had been any change or advance in the rent of the building. That corporation had a very peculiar mode of doing business, as when property sometimes ought to advanced in rent, the corporation had been in the habit of lowering them. Mr. Stewart said, the warehouse had been leased to the Government, and as prompted by . the Town-clerk, there was, he said, eight years yet to expire. The Government had now, in point of fact, sub-let it, but had offered it to them to take the lease off their hands, and he confessed he was one of those who considered that 0,000 was more valuable paid_ by Government, th to. give it into the 'hands of any one in trade, lad, thereforft, they did not it advisable to take the lease off their hands. The rent had been increased, and it was only fair to state, that the Government gave a certain per tentage on the outlay. Mr. I outlay ? The Town-clerk : It is so Mr. Beckwith said, he had been told, on very good authority, that the person who rented the warehouse was making from £B,OOO to £lO,OOO a year without expending one shilling out of his own pocket. Mr. Stewart said he could not see how £B,OOO or .410,000 could be made out of the rent of a building. If the person chose to become a warehouseman he took upon himself as great a risk as any man in trade, but he believed that the warehouse had been generally employed as a store for tobacco, and he could not be con councillor, and that I should be guilty of a great derelic tion of duty, if I did not bring it before them. The Mayor : You referred to a resolution which has no reference to the matter before us. Mr. Jeffery : 1 have a right to refer to it. The Town-clerk : We have not received any communi cation about it. Gladstone: Then the increase has been on the The Mayor; The resolution to which you have referred will not come before us this day. Mr. Jeffery : Then it is not before the council. But I was letting you know that the finance committee were dealing with an imaginary surplus fund, when they did not appear to know that there would be a deficit of £23,300. This large item they had, in their ignorance, omitted in their calculations, and I conceive that it was my duty, being in possession of the facts, to make it known, and it would have been a dereliction of duty on my part, if I had not done so, . _ _ siderea more or less than a warehouse-keeper. He thought it was one of those things which they should pass over. It struck him that it was absurd to ask the Council to legislate upon such - a question. Mr. Jeffery said it was not a matter to be passed over. If the , lease had. been offered to be thrown up to the Corporation, and that they had been obliged to expend so much money, and that it was making £B,OOO, he thought it was worthy of their con sideration. He could not say much about it, as the matter had come up before him unexpected, and for which he was unprepared. The Chairman of the Finantit Committee had said that the holder of this ware house was nothing but an ordinary warehouse-keeper, but he (Mr. Jeffery) could not agree with him, as he thought him an extraordinary warehouse-keeper. If warehouse-keeping were so profitable, he should like to 3 7 6. Bramley-Moore said, he was of opinion. - that Mr. Jeffery was not in order, at that time, but he had listened to his observations with_ great attention, and, without any opinion, he thought the motion was of im portance ; but, as the time would come when the matter would properly come before them, he did not see the use of going all through it, when it would have to be all gone over with again. Mr. Jeffery said, he did not see how he could be out be a warehouse-keeper himself. Mr. Stewart said he could not conceive how such a matter could come to pass as that mentioned by Mr. Beckwith. Mr. Beckwith repeated what he had at first stated, that he bad his information from one of the first tobacco merchants in Liverpool. Mr. Cooper thought it a most remarkable statement, and he thought that Mr. Jeffery and every man in the Council would not rest one moment till the matter would be thoroughly investigated. He for one would not leave the room till he knew what was the truth of the matter. Mr. Jeffery: lam perfectly satisfied with that state ment. Mr. Sheil moved, that the full details, relating to the date of the lease, be brought before the Council at the next meeting. Mr. Jeffery seconded the motion. The Mayor : Please put your motion in writing. Mr. Sheil : Most certainly I will ; but Mr. Alderman Cooper says I am not in order. The Mayor : You are perfectly in order, as this is a quarterly council. Mr. Shiel : I was fullly aware I was, but I wished to be sure, and when I heard it, I thought I had a right to inquire, and be certain, taking the magnitude of the worthy alderman who asked the question. (Laughter.) Mr. Bennett said, while Mr. Sheil was drawing up the resolution, he would tell them what he had heard regard ing the matter in question. - He had- just been out to make inquiries; and had found that, about ten years ago, the government leaSed these premises at a certain sum. Some time after, they advertised the premises to let. No Liverpool gentleman would take them except the Government would confine the storing of tobacco there exclusively. The Government would not do this, and at length a gentleman from Dublin came and took the warehouse; and it might not be to their profit to take that warehouse into their own hands again. Again, as regarded the extension, the interest paid on the money expended was at the rate of 6 per cent., which was a very fair return. The Government were very anxious at one time to get it off their hands, but there was a great difficulty in obtaining a tenant at all, and now that a tenant had come he was a stranger. In his opinion it was just one of these mare's nests which were brought before the Council from time to time, taking up their valuable time, and which, when spread over the country, spoke very badly for that Council. It was preposterous to think that such a statement as that, the person who now has them is receiving a benefit of £lO,OOO. Mr. .Mozley asked the date of the lease ? The Town-clerk said it was for 21 years from 1856 Mr. Bennett said the lease had becii before the Council for confirmation, ai in all other cases. Mr. Mozley : There are seventeen years of it still to expire. - . . . . The May_or: Mr. Topping will explain the lease Deputy Town-clerk :The lease in question contains a power for the Customs to lease the property for 21 years, and also to give it up at the end of ten years, by giving six months' notice. Mr. Stewart : That is most important. Mr. Woodruff : So the whole affair has turned out a "mare's nest." (Laughter.) . _ _ Mr. Sheil said, s unar the'cireumstances, and with that explanation, he would withdraw his motion. _ _ Mr. Stewart : Sir, I have, as chairman of the finance committee, given a cursory view of the public estimate of the expenses of the Corporation for the ensuing year, and it will now be my duty to move that the sum of £2,000 be voted to the Corporation schools, and other charitable institutions. Mr. J. R. Jeffery said, before that motion was put, he begged to ask the chairman of the finance committee a question, and that was, whether he had been in communication with the chairman of the water com mittee, as to the deficiency that was likely to accrue in the working of that committee He said he had on a former occasion, in a conversation, expressed his opinion that there would be a deficit in that committee ; and he had calculated—of course it was only a calculation—that that deficit would be £15,000, but what was his regret to find, that at the meeting of that committee, held on Monday last —he was sorry to state the fact—that instead of the deficit being, as he had calculated, £15,000, it had grown to the large sum of £23,353, which would be the actual deficit. It was a very large amount, and it must be made up. It might be that the Finance Committee imagined, that as the Water CoMmittee was under a separate Act of Parlia ment, that the Finance Committee of the Corporation had nothing whatever to do with any such deficit, and that it would not stop them from applying their surplus as they thought proper. If the Chairman should have formed that opinion, he (Mr. Jeffery) would remind him that, although the money was received under a separate Act of Parliament, the lease of the Coporation Estate was held by the bondholders as a collateral security, and therefore one of two things must arise ; either the Finance Committee of the Corporation must provide that necessary sum from the revenues of the Corporation, or the Water Committee must apply for powers to borrow the money, which they would have to capitalize, and yearly pay interest upon it, until the receipts balanced the expenditure. He hoped, however, that neither of these courses would have to be adopted, as it was a most suicidal course. But, he said, he had gone to some pains to ascertain a proximate idea, when the receipts would balance with the expenditure. Of coarse it was only —it could only be an estimated calculation, on either side and on each side he had taken a liberal view. Mr. Jeffery explained that it would take until the year 1870, ere they arrived at that culminating point; and, if they paid 4 per cent. on the money borrowed, the loss to the Council would be £161,753. lie begged to call the attention of the Council to that fact, and asked whether it was one that the finance committee should deal with. In referring to the taxation the liquidating such an amount would entail, he said that the persons living outside the parlia mentary boundary would only have to contribute a portion, and when, he said, that the amount of 4d. in the pound might be applied for, with the id. that was levied last year, it would be seen that those persons living outside the Parliamentary Borough, would only have to pay id. rate, while others would have to pay 4'd. in the pound. This would be manifestly unjust. Mr. Jeffery was then proceeding to remark, that the only course that could be adopted would be for the Council to carry the resolution he had moved in the Water Committee on the previous Monday, to which he should not be out of order in referring to —as nothing— Mr. Wm. Earle said, he rose to order. I wish to know whether we are on the water committee, or the other committee ? The Mayor : On the other committee. Mr. Jeffery : The other committee. Then I will explain. Mr. Earle : I did not ask you. I asked the Mayor. You take up so much of the time of the council uselessly by your long speeches about nothing, and when you are quite out of order- Mr. Jeffery : Then I tell you- Mr. Earle : I have asked the Mayor, and he h as decided. I did not ask you. Mr. Jeffery : Then I tell the Mayor, and through the Mayor you, morethat come before the proceedings of the waterproperly The Mayor : I think your remarks Will Committee. _--- Mr. Jeffery : Sir, it is a subject of finance. Ido not see that the water committee have more to do with it than another. The Mayor : I think so, and so does the Town-clerk. Mr. Jeffery : If that is the o pi n i on of the Mayor, then I will bow to it, but I cannot see how it can effect the water committee. It is a question of finance. The corporation are about to deal with an estimated surplus revenue, and I am pointing out to them that there is no such surplus revenne, but that there' will be a deficit, and I think I should not be performing my duty as a of order. The Mayor : You are out of order. Mr. Jedery said, he was calling the attention of the Council to an omission made by the finance committee. He wished the Council to know the fact, and if he was out of order—if he was not doing his duty as a member of that Council, he did not know what he was doing, and he paused fora reply. _ _ _ Mr. Stewart said, tlieie could be no doubt, hitt that at present the subject was perfectly out of order; but when the question did come before them in a proper shape, it should have his best attention (hear, hear) ; but if there was a deficit in the water committee, he had no doubt but it would be met : but, as a greater proof that Mr. Jeffery was out of order, he had even observed how it was to be provided for. (Hear, hear.) When the subject came before the finance committee, it would be dealt with. Mr. Pieton thought his friend Mr. Jeffery was not strictly in order. Mr: Hodson said, he very much regretted that Mr. Jeffery should have made the an nouncement, that the water committee had a deficit, although such was undoubtedly the fact, but he had no hesitation in saying that the. water com— mittee would .not call upon the finance committee to liquidate it. (Hear, hear.) . - Mr. Alderman Bennett contended that, under the cir cumstances, Mr. Jeffery was perfectly in order, and in alluding to the deficit of £23,000 in the water committee, he had only folloWed in the same course as Mr. Stewart had done, when he had alluded to the letter that had been received from government, which would entail a loss of LlO,OOO, but he trusted, whatever might arise, that they would continue to give the grants to the schools and other charitable institutions in the town. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Jeffery said, if the Council were satisfied, after hearing the statement he had made, he did not see any advantage in pressing the matter further on them at present. Mr. Alderman Cooper thought they had every reason to be satisfied, after the statement of the chairman of the committee, that they were not likely to be troubled for any deficiency Mr. Ryleiasked, if there were a deficiency, how was it to be made up—where was the money to come from? It was all very fine to talk of the council not being troubled, but it would be found very troublesome indeed to have to pap £25,000 a year. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Gladstone contended that Mr. Jeffery was perfectly justified in the course he had adopted. Mr. Jeffery per ceived that the council were about to vote away a sum of money, which sum he considered was beyond their means under present circumstances. He believed that the council had a debt hanging over their heads, which they would have to meet, and it therefore appeared to him prudent to withhold spending the money proposed, until they had distinctly . ascertained that they were authorised and justified in doing so. If Mr. Jeffery had made such a statement withont giving his reasons for it, the Council would no doubt have demanded his reasons. Therefore, however inconvenient and unpalatable the loss of time might be to some gentlemen, he (Mr. Gladstone) believed, that in the course he had taken, Mr. Jeffery was on ly doing his duty. (Hear, hear.) The amount, however, to be appropriated to the schools and charities would in any case, even if Mr. Jeffery's statement should turn out to be absolutely correct, have to be borne, and to be provided for even out of a rate, if it should be needful. (Hear, hear.) Education was one of the first things to which they should give their assistance, and . he therefore thought that, so far as that amount was concerned, the motion would be allowed to pass. The amount for improvements might, perhaps, be allowed to stand over. Mr. Stewart said, the amount which he at present moved, £2,000, would have to go to the schools in any case. The motion then passed. Mr. Stewart moved the grants to the various charities, which were also passed. In moving the general proceedings of the committee, Mr. Stewart remarked that the amount for public im provement was to provide for votes which had already passed the Council. It did not, in fact, require a vote, because the Council had already sanctioned the outlay. Mr. Jeffery asked why the balance sheet had not been produced, together with the finance statement ? At the last Council meeting. he had called attention to the omission of that document from the accounts as presented at the close of the financial year. He observed also that it did not appear now to be the practice for the auditors, even the paid auditors, to attach their signatures to that portion of the statement which had hitherto—that was to say down to August, 1857 —been submitted to the Council. He wanted to know from the chairman of the finance committee why the balance sheet had not been presented to the Council, together with the statement of the probable ineomc and expenditure of the Corporation Mr. Stewart said he had been many years a member of the Council, and he was not aware that the finance com mittee had, upon the present occasion, departed from any previous custom. He knew no reason at all why it should be so, and he believed the committee had taken the usual course Mr. Topping (Deputy Town-clerk) said he believed what Mr. Jeffery had stated was correct, and that previous to the year 1857, there was such a document attached to the annual accounts. Last year it was omitted, but he did not know the reason why it was omitted, unless it was because of Mr. Wright's account. Mr. Jeffery : I thank you for that candid admission. It was by the assistance of that balance-sheet that I dis covered the position of the Clerk of the Peace's account ; and in the absence of it no gentleman of the Council, or of the Finance Committee, could possibly become aware of it. lam much obliged to you for the candid admis sion that it was withheld in consequence of that reason. Mr. Jeffery finally moved that the Finance Com:nittee be instructed to furnish, for the information of the Council, at the next meeting, the balance-sheet, showing the assets and liabilities of the corporate estate, as was the usual practice previous to August, 1858 ; and further, that the signatures of the auditors be in future attached to the document on the final page instead of the previous page. Mr. 133ckwith seconded the motion. _ _ Mr. Stewart hoped Mr. Jeffory would not press his motion. He would take care to inquire into the reason why such a document had not b3cn produced, and if ho could find•no substantial reason assigned to the contrary, it should be brougbt for Ward in future. _ Mr. Jeffery then consented to postpone his motion for a month - Mr. Alderman Parker drew attention to that part of the proceedings which stated that the committee had decided against having the Wellington testimonial placed upon the site of the old Islington market, and moved that that resolution be not confirmed, contending th a t it wou ld be a most ineligible position. rise and regret that the testimonial was Mr. Alderman Gardner secon d ed the motion, and expressed his surp to - be a column instead of a statue. Mr. Alderman Bennett approved of the decision of the committee, believing that the site , especially with all the attractions goi ng on around, would be quite unsuitable. The effect, arch i t ecturally, of a lofty column placed near St. Geo rge ' s Hall, would be to dwarf the hall, and to detract from its beauty. Mr. Alderman Cooper also thought that the effect of a tall column near St. George's Hall would be injurious to that building. All the committee had done was to recommend to the Wellington Testimonial Committee several other sites for their consideration. Mr. Steains said, if the gentlemen of the Testimonial Committee would allow their funds to accumulate, at compound' interest, until they could obtain an equestrian statue, the committee would have no objection to the proposed site. Mr. Stewart hoped the council would not take this question out of the hands of the committee, who could arrange all the details in the most friendly manner between themselves and the Testimonial Committee. t . n. Mr. Parker finally consented to withdraw the m Mr. Hodson drew attention to a memo rial inhabitants of St. Anne's Ward, praying that moved the clock of from om th e that St. Anne's Church might be illuminate d . I . h and stated that the annual the request be complied with , cost would be only £l7. Mr. Cooper secon ded the motion. Several other gentl em en opposed the motio n on the TOWN COUNCIL. The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held in the Town Hall, at eleven o'clock, yesterday. The Mayor, William Preston, Esq., presided. ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY. Mr. Steivart said : Mr. Mayor, before the business commences, I believe I shall only state the feelings of the gentlemen who surround me, generally, when I announce that I intend to move, that a dutiful and loyal address be presented to her Majesty from the Corporation of this town, upon the happy occasion of the birth of a son to her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia. (Cries of hear, hear.) I am quite sure that, whilst the Corpora tion would be ready to show their loyalty to the. Queen, in her capacity as the Sovereign of these realms, and that she would receive such a testimony gratefully, it will be peculiarly acceptable to her now on an event so important to her Majesty in her domestic relations ; and, I am quite sure that the feelings of her sex, those feelings which she has always displayed, So mach . to her own honour, so much to the advantage, by such an example, of the people of this country generally, will render especially gratifying to her Majesty the presentation of an address from- this Corporation, expressing not only their feelings of loyalty, but their congratulations upon an event so interesting and so dear to her. (Hear, hear.) The birth of a grandson to her Majesty, who, if his life is spared, will certainly become the sovereign of an important continental kingdom, must lead us: to hope that the relatiips which are thus created may continue to exist, to the pi*Zinotion of the peace and welfarelof both countries, and may be considered as a happy event in every respect, public and domestic. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Charles Turner said : It is very gratifying to me, Mr. Mayor, to be ' allowed the privilege of seconding the resolution which has been moved by Mr. Stewart. The happy event which has occurred in the Kingdom of Prussia is one which very nearly effects the feelings of our beloved Queen, and I am quite sure that the loyal feelings of the people of Liverpool would prompt them to desire that such an occurrence should not pass without a public manifestation of their sympathies. (Hear, hear.) Everything, sir, which affects or touches the feelings of our gracious Queen, in her private capa city as well as that of a Sovereign, is deeply interesting to the people of this country. The birth of a grand child, is an event which comes home to the hearts of all ; and, when the child thus born is, as has been remarked by Mr. Stewart, a prince destined, if he lives, to be the future monarch of the Kingdmii of Prussia, and allied, at the same time, so closely to the Royal family of England, it is an event which, I think, we have every reason to hope will exercise a very favourable influence upon the future relations of both countries. (Hear, hear.) Princess Frederick William of Prussia has, by her marriage, adopted another country, to which her first duty is now owing. But I am confident, from the character of that princess, that she will regard the country of her birth with feelings of affection, such as those with which we regard her. (Ifear, hear.) At all events, we can never forget that she is the eldest born of the Royal family of England, and by her amiability of tem per, and kindness of disposition ' has endeared herself to all'who has had the honour and the pleasure of lcnowing her. (Hear, hear.) I have great pleasure in seconding the resolution. The motion was carried by acclamation. Mr. Stewart moved that a committee be appointed to draw up the address, and that the committee consist of Messrs. Earle, Aikin, and the proposer and seconder of the addresS. Mr. Alderman Parker hoped the address would be pre sented by the Mayor and the committee. Mr. Ifyley said; upon a former occasion it was inti mated that the more convenient course would be to forward the address through the Home Secretary. Mr. Turner suggested that they should ascertain what the course pursued by other towns would be. Mr. Jeffery asked what other town Liverpool ought to follow ? He thought they ought to act independently. He hoped they would present the address through their Mayor. . . _ After some conversation, the committee retired to pre pare the address, and upon their return, . . . . Mr. Stewart read the following address, of which he moved the adoption : " To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. "May it please your Majesty—We, your 11fajesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool, approach your Majesty with the expression of our heartfelt congratula tions on the birth of a Prince to your Majesty's illustri ous daughter, the Princess Frederick William of Prussia. In common with all your Majesty's subjects, we should rejoice in the occurrence of any event tending to promote the domestic happiness of your Majesty, and of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort ; but we especially hail the present occasion as one tending, with the blessing of the Almighty , God, to cement the union of two great nations, and to promote by their united influence and example the blessings of peace and the progress of civilisation, and freedom throughout the world. Educated under the eye of your Majesty, your illustrious daughter has continued to reflect those high qualities which have justly won for your Majesty the affectionate regard of your subjects, and, we doubt not, that she will in her present sphere, and in the more exalted one to which in course of events she may be called, afford to the subjects of her adopted kingdom a brilliant example of public and domestic virtue, and that she will instil into the mind of her son those admirable principles which she has herself received under the guidance of your Majesty. We fervently pray for the continual happiness of your Majesty and of your Royal family, and that your Majesty may long be spared to reign over your subjects, dutiful from obedience, and attached to your Majesty's person from the equity and justice with which your government is administered." Mr. Stewart observed that the general opinion of flip committee was, that to forward the address to the Home Secretary would be the most proper course. Mr. Turner seconded the adoption of the address. lir. Gladstone said, the address might be very appro priate and excellent, but there was one expression intro duced to which he entertained a conscientious objection, and he therefore felt bound to mention it. He noticed that the words, " with the blessing of Almighty God," were introduced. Now he disliked the too frequent use of that name. It tended, in his opinion, to lead rather to irreverent than to devotional feelings, whilst he admitted that it was a subject to which it was impossible to attach too much importance. It was very far from his wish to derogate in the small est degree from all that was great and excellent in connection with the introduction of such words, but such :a practice always suggested to his mind that everything else worked without any claim whatever to the blessing of Almighty God, or else why make any exception, and introduce the 'words in an isolated in stance ? He took exception to the introduction of those words. He conceived that the Almighty Being saw and governed everything on the face of the earth, and that his omnipotence, his omniscience, could not be questioned by any human being ; and, therefore, to attempt to retail in small parcels that which was grand in itself, and placed above their reach, had always ap peared to him, whether he were right or wrong in his opinion, to be misapplied and uncalled for. Mr. Turner quite agreed that, upon ordinary occasions, it was not desirable to introduce the name of the Supreme Being, but he could not agree with him that upon the present occasion, it was not proper to introduce it. (Hear, hear.) He thought, if there ever was an occasion when it might with propriety be introduced, it was upon the occasion of the birth of a grandchild to the Sovereign of England—the birth of a prince, whose future career they hoped, with the blessing of God, would be the instrument of so much happiness to two great countries, and to the world at large. (Hear, hear.) He would be the last man in the world to wish for the introduction of such words upon an ordinary occasion, but he thought their introduction was fully warranted in the present instance. (Hear, hear.) _ _ _ It was AnallY resolved, that the Mayor should be authorised to communicate with the Secretary of State and with the Tow' Clerk in London, and to ascer tain what mode of presenting the address would be most acceptable to her Majesty, and should be empowered to act in accordance with the course which he is advised is the most proper under the circumstances. FINANCE COMMITTEE The proceedings of the finance committee contained the following recommendations :- 1. Recommendation that, in consequence of the death of Mr. Fox, the staff of the Surveyor's office be arranged as follows : Mr. S. B. Parry, assistant, with the following duties, viz., the charge of the estate, plans, the register of leases, survey of property for new leases, and the examination of ac counts for work done by tradesmen, salary . . £2lO 0 0 Mr. G. H. Rollett, as principal draughtsman, with the charge of buildings in progress, and of repairs of property in possession, salary Mr. Anthony Watson, at present and since 1851, a supernumerary clerk, as assistant draughtsman, salary £l3o 0 0 the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly council pursuant to the standing orders. 2. Recommendation that the discretion given by, and contained in, the act of 7 William IV., and 1 Vic., cap. 19, as to the appointment of an assistant, or deputy recorder, should, at the next sessions, be exercised by the recorder. £2lO 0 0 3. Resolution of magistrates recommending that the