The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-02 00:00:00

SELECT VESTRY. -YESTERDAY. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Select Vestry was held in the board room, workhouse, at ten o'clock, yesterday. Rev. Rector Campbell occupied the chair, and the other members present were Messrs. Shaw, Denton, Bradl ey , S atchell, Chesney, Mellor, Rawle, Owen, Bairstow, Whitty, Woodruff, Luff, Gardner, Wensley, and J. Jones. The minutes of the last vestry were read. WORKHOUSE COMITTEE. The minutes of this committee M contained nothing of any importance. It appeared that the numbers admit ted to the vagrant sheds during the week were 176 males, 126 females, and 44 children—in all, 341. The number in the hospital on the 22nd ult. were 664, including 48 fever and 73 itch. The total numbers in the house on the 26th ult. were 2,500. Mr. Shaw moved the adoption of the minutes, inclu ding a recommendation to purchase some new Mills for the use of the workhouse. The minutes were adopted. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL'S COMMITTED: The minutes of this committee contained the following entry : " The chaplain having reported that John and Thomas Rice, two of the boys in the schools, being P ro t estants, were entered on the books as Roman Catholics, they were called before the committee and questioned on the subject, and the baptismal register of Thomas Rice at St. Peter's church Was submitted. Resolved, that these children be entered as Protestants in the register kept at the schools, and that the chaplain and Mr. Coates be directed to report to this committee, in future, all instances in which chil dren express a desire to have their religious denomina tion altered in the books, as also to report every par ticular connected with the admission and discharge of each child." Mr. Whitey inquired under what circumstances the baptismal certificate of these boys was inquired into, and the mistake was made in the registry ? The Chairman said the Chaplain came to St. Peter's church and inquired whether the boys had been baptised there, and whether the certificate of baptism could be found there. The register was examined, and the cer tificates were found there. Mr. Whitty did not think it proper that such exami nations should take place there generally. Mr. Owen said it appeared that the children were brought in by their aunt, who was a Roman Catholic, and entered as Roman Catholics! The children stated that they themselves were Protestants, and that their father and mother were so. Under these circumstances the inquiry was made, and it was found that they were Protestants. Mr. Denton thought that explanation ought to be satisfactory. He was quite amazed at the sensitiveness displayed by Mr. Whitty. Mr. Whitty should be at all times happy to express satisfaction when he was satisfied with a fair and legit imate explanation. But still he held that it would be improper if, after the religious denomination of children had bean already fixed, it was permitted to Mr. Holmes, or anybody else, to go and investigate the circumstances of each child as he thought proper, and it was for the sake of preventing such a principle from being estab lished he made his remark, but without at all meaning to deny that the explanation in the present instance was satisfactory. The subject then dropped, and the proceedings were confirmed. FINANCE COMMIT"FEE. Among the cheques recommended to he drawn by this committee was one for £7O increase of salary to cne of the ministers of St. Paul's. Sonic discussion arose upon this question, which was ended by the chairman and Mr. Woodruff explaining that the item should not properly speaking, have been brought before the vestry at all, as the payment was one which Counsel's opinion had decided the overseers were bound to make. The chairman accordingly directed that the item should be withdrawn from the finance committee's books. The proceedings were then confirmed. Mr. Denton moved according to notice, for a return of the number of. assessments revised during the last six Months. The motion passed without opposition. SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF RELIEF. The minutes of this committee were read, from whiel it the clerk TO THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OP THE RELIEF DEPARTMENT, Gentlemen,—l am re last to su b m i t for quired b y your resolution of Monday your consideration such arrangements with regard to the duties of paid officers in this-department, under the present altered circumstances, as appear calcul a t e d to render it, as f ar as possible, efficient and satisfactory in its workin g. I would, in the first place, remark that upon some of the points connected with this subj-ct the vestry have already given expression to their views. On the 3rd Jnly last they approved, and the poor-law board have subsequently approved, first, of assigning to Mr. Evans the duty of attending to th , casual cases; second, of assistance being aft relieving officers- in the writing up of their books and third, of the proposal to appoint an out-door inspector-- this, however, has since become a vexed question as the vestry is concerned. Now, with regard to Mr. Ev, be admitted, that his long services, As an officer, entitle him to the first po, partment, and I trust you will - consider hitherto assigned to it. As superintending assisted by Mr. Pierce and Mr. Conway, as c, to me,that his duties should now be fixed as follt 1. To attend the relief quorums when required. 2. To deal with the casual cases, whether applications fo, relief, or removal to Ireland, Scotland or the Isle of Man. 8. To keep all necessary books and forms, and to check the payments in out-door relief, and certify the same to the vestry. clerk. lorded to the , I Lb natured effici, and forms ; fins, it will general and h on in tl ks, it a 4. To make all necessary reports and returns from time to time to the vestry-clerk. 5. To attend to the business appertaining to deserted or neglected families, should the committee, upon consiel see at to continue the business in its present form. 6. To have the oversight of all the officers attached to thin department ; to see that their duties indoors are duly per formed, and to report to the vestry clerk, for the information of the proper committees, any dereliction of duty on the part er those officers that may come under his notice. Upon the second point—namely, assistance to the relieving officers—no difference of opinion appears to exist. On all bands it is an admitted impolicy to withhold from them such ass stance as will leave them free to the vi g il ant di scharge of their out-door d u ti es . Th e assistants, however, should be ex pressly prohibited from acting im any way as relieving-officers except with the ssnction of the superintending relieving-officer in emergent cases. WThe duties of Messrs. M'Clelland, Martindale, Blewer, hyte, Walker, and Williams, as relieving officers, are especially prescribed by the poor law board ; and those of the following officers, with a few slight exceptions as to forms o f books, scc., will remain as at present, namely—Pay-clerk, M r. Atherton ; assistant-clerks to the relieving officers : removing officers, Messrs. Felton and Woods; bread distributor, Mr. Messenger. oration ; The remainder of the business hitherto attached to the relief department I propose to transact in my own office—as the removal of paupers, non-resident, and non-settled, accounts; &c. With regard to an out-door inspector, I may state that I was strongly in favour of such an appointment in the first instance, and that nothing has since occurred to alter that fepinion. Cross visiting, properly carried out, has always been ound effective in the detection of mpostnre, but th ere i s no f4Cea: pt present t o per f orm it; and if the relieving officers, gs is proposed, bo . confined to the dnties of their di.tricts, there will be no one to inquire into the applications for servants or apprentices. With every check upon the relieving officers i , odeors, there is none whatever where it is most desirable, pa rely, out-doors. His conduct towards the poor at their Owellings, and h ow o f ten he visits his cases, if at all, must ketuftin 4nclieeked ; nor can any investigation into complaints against out-door officers be eTeiently investigated without an in4lligent and experienced off - Ker.—l have the honour to be, gentic4;4lP, your obedient servant, CHARLES II ART, Yeßtry Clerk e , and Head Superintend en t Parish Offices, 31st Decembr, 1855. It appeared that a motion was made by Mr. Bradley to the effect, that the consideration of the question of appointing an otit•-door inspector, be deferred until the ether recommendations were carried into effect. That it aquas moved as an amendment, by Mr. Woodruff, that the 4ppointment be approved of, and advertised for, a t a salary of el5O a year, liable to be discontinued at a notice of three months. The amendment was carried. Mr. Denton moved the adoption of the recommenda Mr. Bradley seconded the motion, observing that he had not now, under the present circumstances, any objecti on t o h av i ng an i ns p ector appointed, and he would, therefore, withdraw the opposition. Mr. Woodruff: Whatever has been the change in Mr. Bradley's mind, my mind has undergone no change. Mr. Denton : I had hoped this would pass without any discussion. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman said the adoption of the resolution would make such an alteration as would amount to the rescinding of a former resolution, • order to perfect the thing, it would be necessary to give notice of motion, and have it carried at the next ineetin , Mr. Woodruff : Not to re-open the dir and, therefore, cus.sion, I supp ose 'lshe Chairman : Oh, no ; only pro for This suggestion was ultimately agreed to, and the rueti3n allowed to stand as d notice. The Clerk was proceeding to read a letter, addressed to the Chairman of the Select Vestry, when Mr. Bradley asked : What is the s i gna ture o f that letter, Mr. Ran ? The Clerk; John Dignan, NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 1 1856. Mr. Luff: I move that that letter be referred to the committee. Mr. Denton : I second the motion. Mr. Gardner : The letter is addressed to the vestry, and it has a right to be read here. (Hear, bear.) Mr. Chesney : I move that the letter be read. Mr. WoodrUff: I second the motion. Mr. Luff: Previous to the meeting of the committee, notice was sent to Mr. Dignan to attend. Mr. Dignan did not condescend to come to the meeting, but he sends a letter, a long document, which probably contains much that is not fit to go to the public. Mr. Woodruff : I protest altogether against any motion to refer that letter to a committee without having it read here in the first instance. This proceeding would open a very wide field for irregularity. (Hear. hear.) If this document is referred to a committee without being read, the same may be done with other documents. I protest again it as contrary to all rule, and quite illegal. . _ Mr. Denton : I consider it very irregular for this letter to be read. Mr. Dignan sent a letter yesterday to the committee stating that he intended to submit a letter to the board. Mr. Chesney : Very well—he has submitted it. " Denton : I think before it coma to the board it le before the committee. : Would it not be better, in the first 1 any report the committee may have to The Clerk read a minute of the committee's meeting, by which it appeared that a letter was read from Mr. Dignan, declining to attend the committee, but stating, that he intended to address a letter to the general board.. Mr. Chesney : hey adjourned until that letter from Mr. Dignan should be read to the board. t Mr. Bradley : Therefore, now comes the time, I sub mit, to refer that letter to the committee before it comes to the board. Mr. Chesney : Oh I not at all. Mr. Bradley : I submit to the discretion of the chair. man, whether, as I am concerned so much in this matter, and involved in a charge made against me, it is cor rect in Mr. Dignan to take this very unusual course of proceeding. I submit to you, sir, whether it is not right and correct under the circumstances, to refer this letter at once to the committee, to take it into considera tion, without its coming in the first instance before the vestry further than pro forma ? Mr. Woodruff is per fectly well aware, that there is no irregularity in such a course at all, and I am surprised at him to take the course he has. It only shows the partizan spirit— The Chairman : Oh, really, I must request— Mr. Bradley : Ido feel aggrieved in this matter, Mr. Chairman, and more particularly when I find gentlemen taking such a position— The Chairman : Yes, but really I think it is better not to make these remarks. Mr. Bradley : Such things ought to be clone in - an open and candid manner. The Chairman : It struck me, that I hardly knew whether I should permit this discussion to be rais all. Here was a document addressed to me as chairman of the select vestry, with a request that it should be read at the board, and it struck me in the first instance, that it then became as it Were, a public document, and that for the vestry to say it should not be read, but should be referred to a private committee, would be rather an arbitrary proceeding, and there was a question . in my mind, whether I could permit such a thing to bi done, and whether I ()light not to insist upon its being read. But the proceedings of the committee yesterday certainly make an alteration, because Mr. Dignan says, lie will not appear before the committee, and will write to the vestry, and, therefore, the circumstances are changed, and I think it is now quite in the power of the vestry to say by their vote, whether they will have the letter read or not —but it must be put to the vote. Mr. Satchell was anxious to do justice to Mr. Bradley as well as to Mr. Dignan. He thought if the letter were read now it would, to a certain extent, prejudge the question, as it would go to the public through the medium of the press. Mr. Shaw contended that the letter was a public docu ment, having no reference to the committee, or to any individual whatever. Ir. Owen thought, in justice to Mr. Dignan, the committee ought to hear what he had to say, as he had ;sailed there by Mr. Bradley. Whitty would suggest that Mr. Bradley should 'Lw his opposition to the reading of the letter. Bradley : I think it is dealing unfairly with the subject to allow the letter to be read until all the matter has been gone into before the committee, and the corn. mittee had brought up their report to the board. That is the usual cour6e. To do otherwise isdealing in a one sided manner with the case, and is not placing we in a fair or proper position. Mr. Whitty : I do not wish to place you in any unfair or improper position. There is a special committee appointed by the board, but that committee has no power to do anything more than to request Mr. Dignan to appear here. Of course Mr. Dignran may refuse, if he thinks proper, and may address any communication he thinks fit, as a rateplyer, to the board. If the docu ment were not read to the board, Mr. Dignan might publish it to-morrow, or any day he thinks fit. Ido not at object would be gained by attempting to sup. :v. It would be a much more candid and fair d it now at once. (Hear, hear.) ton : Mr. Dignan has refused to attend, and ' give his reasons. Vauxhall -ward, and is, or was, an assessor in the ward, and when the Select Vestry refused to swallow this indigestible pill, Mr. Bradley turned round, and has since made the Select Vestry the laughing-stock of the town, by showing that there was na necessity for the appointment at all. Fourth,—Pending the decision of the Select Vestry, res pecting this appointment of an out-door inspector of relieving officers, Mr. Bradley, without consulting any one, appointed the youth Blundell an assistant relieving-officer, in the Parish office ; and the act was so illegal, so unprecedented, that the members of the Vestry who investigated the case dismissed Blundell, and passed a vote of censure on Bradley. Unhappily, the connection between the Parish-office and Vauxhall-ward is not easily severed, for last November the same youth, Blundell, acted as the secretary to Mr. Roger Haydock's election committee ; and Mr. Haydock is known to be the nominee of Mr. Bradley. Fifth,— It is a fundamental rule of Parochial law that no out dcor relief shall be administered except in the presence of three or snore guardians of the poor. Ido not stop to inquire whether this law be good or bad—right oriwrong in the work ing. It is the law, and as such it ought to be respected. It was framed, no doubt, to prevent the pOssibility of collusion ; and this law, which in Liverpool affects an outlay of £30,000 habitually outraged by Mr. Bradley, who is known a year, to have d without a s -door relief for days hi accession, alone le memberof the N _ s.. It must be clear to every one tl system so loose and illegal, every inhabitant of Vauxh might to " the recipient of outdoor relief ;" and when it remembered that the person who dispenses this relief is the very Genius of Intrigue; who never does anything without a motive,—who succeeds in all his little tortuosities and jobhery by an extraordinary amount of cunning, the only mental power, sash as it is, which he possesses,—the inference is one which ought to impresi the ratepayers of tho town: being present to check t, under a his proce. It is no answer to say that certain members of the Vestry have not attended the quoruins, and that Mr. Bradley has discharged the ditties which they ought to have fulfilled. I talie thy stand'upOn the illeiality of the relief so adininistered ; I hear in mind the antecedents of the man who administers it ; and I assert that there can be no proper circumspection when all the legal fences with which the Legislature and the Poor-law Board have surrounded the administration of out door relief, are thus rudely. broken down, and trampled under foot, by a person in the position of Mr. Bradley. The power, too. which he assumes over the paid servants of the Parish is worthy of a passing notice, as illustrative of this phase of the question, and one incident will make-it clear. On the day when the late excellent Mr. Edward Gray expired, a man who bad served the parish in the most confidential capacity for more than a quarter of a century,—his fellow clerks, anxious to pay a small tribute of respect to his memory, partially closed the blinds of the Parish-office, but Mr. Bradley, whose consent had not been asked, rudely and peremptorily. ordered the blinds to be raised. The incident, I repeat, is small in itself, but it reveals a world of meaning. A oe, then, we have a member of the Town Council and of the Vestry, who is proved, in a series of transactions, to have Treated the Municipal and the Parochial rates as if they were his own personal property. These proofs, pray'bbserve, do not rest on my unsupported assertion. They are not matters of belief, but of Faor ; and the !facts are to be found in the records of the Corporation, and the books of the Parish. They cannot be erased ;" no denial, • no vituperation, no personalities, can invalidate them ; and every person who takes the trouble to refer to the original documents will arrive at the conclusion that many a criminal has been executed on evidence less convincing and crushing. Before facts so specific and established, a general expression of opinion in a letter fades into insignificance, and it Appears to me to be the sublimity of impudence, or affectation, on the part of Mr. Bradley to simulate all this wrath, when he has allowed charges so grave and so degrading to hang over his head for a couple of year3--charges, be it remembered, which were tangible and could be grappled with—and has added to the number by his conduct in the eve of Blundell during the year which has just closed, and by hii illegal expenditure of the Parochial-funds. Sustained by such evidence as I have adduced, I think I am ju , t'fied in rebuking this weak and foolish person in the language of England's greatest poet— " Till thou cans't rail this seal from off this bond, Thou but offend'st thy luncrs to speak so loud." I declined, as I have stated, to appear before Mr. Bradley's committee, because, knowing his omnipotence in the Vestry, I felt that I could not, whatever proof I might adduce, depend upon a fair and impartial tribunal. It was reported, for instance, in the 'published proceedings of tho last Vestry meeting, that when Mr. Bradley had secured the nomination. of his committee, he cordially shook hands with all his supporters on the occasion, and thanked them for their exer tions. I should be extremely, weak to submit myself to the adjudication of his sympathisers—to the tender rnerciesof men, some of whom have been placed on the Vestry by himself, and who have been voting during the last few months, that what was white on one particular Tuesday, was black the fortnight after. lad tress this letter to you el New Year's Day—a day of felicitations—and I hope that Mr. Bradley's friends will have generosity enough to return the compliment by shaking him with equal cordiality by the hand, when they hat heard this communication, for he will require, in my judgment, all the com fort they can give him. In - conclusion, I must express my conviction that Mr. Bradley's position in the Council is sustained by the machinery which he puts into action through the instrumentality of the Vestry; and if he were once ejected from the last named body, he would disappear at the expiration of his .term from the former That the double nuisance would thus be estin. uish'd, effectually and for ever, is as eertaia as the natural law that effect follows cause It may seem absurd to waste this long eommunir man so mentally and morally small as Mr. Bradley; but it must he remembered that he almost exclusively controls the oxpenditure of £120,000 per annum of the public money—a fearful power to confide to such hands; and I think I have rendered a service to the community at large by this portrait of the TOWN's ALMONER. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, Jan. 1, 1856. JOHN DIGNAN. Mr. Luff : He appears to have a high opinion of the .tion on a Vestry. • - The Chairman : What is your pleasure'to do with this letter? Mr; Chesney : Now you had better refer it to the committee ! Mr. Wensley: It is almost useless to refer it to the committee, as Mr. Dignan declines to attend. Mr. Woodruff moved that it be inserted on the minutes in the nmal course. Mr. Chesney seconded the resolution. Mr. Denton : I am astonished that you would ask such a thing— Mr. Woodruff: Mr. Denton may express astonishment, if he thinks fit. Mr. Denton : It is an insult. Mr. Woodruff : I do not feel that it applies to me, and therefore I do not consider it an insult. Mr. Gardner moved that it be referred to the com mittee to report on. Mr. Rawle seconded the motion. The latter course was understood to be adopted. Mr. Bradley : I shall refrain from saying one word about a document of that kind, knowing, as I do know, that it is to be placed in the hands of a committee to report upOn. Then will be the time when I shall make some observations upon the character of Mr. Dignan. The business of the vestry then terminated. WATSON v. BAINES --to-- TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. Sir,—ln your report of my case against Messrs. James Baines and Co. for wages, heard on Saturday last, you ought, in justice to me, to have stated, in opposition to the grounds of defence against my claim, that I based my right to wages on the constant, unusual, and unwarrantable interference of the Captain of the Oliver Ding, and his taking the keys of the store room from me frequently, without assigning just cause, the first instance occuriug two days after sailing from this last May. This, (repeated several times) and being called to other duties not properly belonging to me as purser, and the want of assistance in getting to hand stores ag -s they were required, which, from - the first, thheld by the captain's orders, and occasionally had to be rendered by some of the passengers, prevented me from keeping as correct an account of the consumption of the stores as under other aid ordinary circumstances I should have done ; and although the stores unaccounted for appear large, yet, after due allowance is made for breakage and other casualties, the deficiency is by no means unusual in voyages of the ordinary duration between this port and Melbourne and home again. I did complain of the hearing, and do so still. What if I was, as suggested against me, incompetent for discharging my duties? it was the bounden duty of the captain to super sede me, instead of continuing my services to the termina tion of the voyage, and then, and not before, set up that ground as the reason for 4lot paying my wages ; and this, in my opinion would have been more in accorda nce w ith the authority and power which a captain is empowered to use in all cases of unti ness. Had I been deprived of my office, the subsequent repudiation of my claim would not have appeared so inconsistent as it does now. I have filled the office of purser previously, with satisfaction to, my employ ers, arid 1 think the foregoing explanation, which I trust you will insert in your columns, will show why my accounts were imperfect.—l am sir, yours obediently, Liverpool, December 31, 1855. LEONARD J. WATSON WINDSOR THEATRICALS.—The next theatrical pe;form• ante at Windsor Castle is to take place on the 10th of January, when the entertainments will consist of Mr. Planche's drama of "A Wonderful Woman," and Mr. Oxenford's farce of ",Only a Halfpenny." Mr. Charles Mathews was, we believe, to have appeared at the following repiTsentation on , the 24th. lair. Kean, has, however, received a communication from him, in which he states, that he is expressly forbidden by Mr. E. T. Smith to perform at Windsor, in c onsequen ce of the royal p a t ronage being withheld from the theatre of which he is the lessee and director. TOWN COUNCIL-YESTERDAY __;*,.___. A special meeting of the Council was held in the Town hall, at eleven o'clock, yesterday, in conformity with the Municipal Reform Act, for the discharge of certain formal business. The Mayor, John Stewart, Esq., presided. The Mayor was appointed a trustee under a local act of 9th Geo. IV., for enabling the trustees of Mrs. Ann Moly neux's charities, in Liverpool, to grant building leases, and for better vesting the estates in them : for confirming exchanges, and other purposes for the benefit of the charities. The Mayor, Mr. Flemming, and Mr. Gregson were appointed three trustees under the local act of 7th Geo. IV., for establishing St. James's Cemetery. The Mayor and Mr. Aldermen Bennett were appointed the two members of the Council to execute the p3wers given to the Mayor and senior alderman by the local act of 10th Geo. IV., cap. 15, relating to the school for the indigent Blind of Live-- the chapel attached thereto. as commi appointor it of forty-one members of the Council Iners to carry into execution the local act of sth Geo. I the better regulation and encouragement of pilots, &c., the only changes that were made were At John Lawrence, Mr. Aiken, Mr. Sheil, and Mr. Haydocli in the room of Mark Wood, A, WALLMEY EMBANK :enderson, Big- The Mayor, Mr. liornby, and Mr. Alderman S. Ilolme. were appointed three commissioners under the local act of 10th Geo. IV., for the embankment on the north east side of the Leasowes, in Wallasey and Great Meols, in the county On these appointments coming under consideration, Mr. Alderman J. Holme said, that though they were a special council, and though he knew .that the business ought to be confined simply to the appointments in the paper, yet he would with their permission make one or two remarks on the subject of the Wallasey embankment, for he was sure that the importance of the subject not only would justify him in making those remarks, but would cause the council to readily listen to them. (Hear, hear ) He was perfectly willing to incur any responsibility of a reasonable nature.in undertaking the duties of a commis sioner under the act, but having been for some years a commissioner, and having frequently visited the embank ment, and having some practical experience of the great difficulty in the establishing and maintaining sea-embank ments, he thought it right that the council, and through the council the public at large, should know their position with reference to the embankment in question. He regretted to say that the total amount of rates which they were authorised to levy under the Act of Parliament, ted altogether only to about £3,300 per annum. Of that amount the Corporation of Liverpool contributed one half, or about £1,660 ; •Mr. Viner, the largest landowner there, contributed about £9OO, and the remainder, £7OO or £750; was contributed by the various landowners who were possessors of land under certain levels of the tide. During the time he was absent from England,be found to his great regret when he came home, that very serious damage had been done to the embankment by a heavy gale of wind during a high tide last winter, and he bad been appalled to find that it required no less than £SOOO to repair the damage done and to make an extension of the embankment, in consequence of some of the sand banks being washed away. The result was this, that they bad to incur a debt of £4500, a year and half's amount of the rates, and they could do nothing but increase that debt in case any unforeseen casualty should atise—a casualty which impossible for any man to say how soon it might Lrise. It was of no use blinking the question, and he should state at once that without making the real circum stances known, he, for one, would dare not incur the responsibility attaching to the duties of the commissioners. He found, als ), that a large mass of clay had been swept down, which everybody should know was detrimental to the navigation of the river. The sand banks, too, bad been decreasing year after year, between New Brighton and Hoy lake to an alarming extent, and when they knew that those sand banks had formerly served as an embankment against the sea, and when they were aware of the power of water when it once acquired the mastery, and that on that shore strong north-westerly would raise a 22 feet tide to 26 feet, he, for one, had no hesitation in saying that if they were again visited with such a gale as they had been a few years since visited, on the 7th of January, the damage that would be done would be almost irreparable. Fle should also mention that when the embankment was first made there were 300 yards of fore shore, and that that fore shore, having been since washed away, the great difficulty which the surveyor had to contend against was in mabitaining the foot of the embankment_ In consequence of the action of the tide a great part of the embankment bad sunk three or four feet, and they had accordingly been obliged to add to the tnp of it. It was originally formed of sand, and it was then coated with clay, and paved with a pebble pavement, and when he saw that it had cost £O,OOO to repair the damage done in a single year from a small hole being made in the embankment, he could not conceal from himself that it was the period was not far disfant when the public bodies of the town would have to make a sea wall, in all probability commencing distance wot: nbe and ending at Hoylake. The and the cost would Id be about eight miles, '400,000 to £500,000, and in expressing :ould say that he had not arrived at it without serious reflection. The time was not far distant when that large expense would have to be incurred for the safety of-the port, and probably next session of Parliament they would be required to go for extended powers for the purpose of raising a much larger sum than they were empowered to do under the present act. The corporation had not much land at the other side of the river, and, therefore, had not a very large pecuniary interest there, but he would not shrink from saying, that the Dock Committee, as the owners of enormous property there, should join the corporation in the expense of erecting such an embankment as would make this great port, its shipping, and its property, quite secure. No one would, for a moment, suppose that he could doubt the judgment and talent of their most able corporation surveyor, but his time was so occupied now—(he, Mr. Holme, knew as a fact, that he was frequently working till eleven o'clock at night at his house, and up again at it at five o'clock in the morning)—that it was impossible for him, whatever might be his ability, or energy, to pay that attention to this subject which its importance imperatively demanded. It was impossible for him, unless they gave him a deputy surve3or to attend to the bus-floss of the council, to pay that attention to the Wallasey embankment which it should receive ; and as the subject was of such importance that it should be promptly attended to, he would suggest that the surveyor be relieved of that responsibility, and a gentleman of first-rate talent, and accustomed to the construction of large sea walls, employed to attend to it. lie did not care whether Mr. John Hartley, Jun. or not, but it was necessary that they should have the best talent which the country could produce, for the purpose of making an embankment which would be a bulwark against the sea, and preserve this port from the perils which sooner or later, under the present state of things, would unquestionably take place. amount to from Xs that opinion he el- The matter was allowed to drop. In the appointment of forty-one members of the council, to be commissioners under the acts relating tol the churches of St. Paul and. St. John, the only new appoint ments were Mr. Aiken, Mr. Farnworth, and Mr. Law rence, in the room of Mr. Arthur Henderson, Mr. W. J. Horsfall, and Mr. Mark Ward, out of the council. The twelve members appoir.ted last year as com missioners to inspect and audit the dock accounts, and the members appointed commissioners under the Income and Property tax, were re-appointed. A memorial forwarded by Mr. B. J. Thompson, very numerously and respectably signed, was read. The memorialists complained of the inconvenience which persons crossing the river experienced from the ferry boats starting by the baths' clock, which did not always correspond with St. Nicholas' and St. George's clocks, and prayed that an illuminated clock might be so placed there, that all could see it. Mr. C. Stewart suggested that St. George's and St. Nicholas's clocks should be made to keep the same time, and if the boats started by either of them, the inconve nience would be remedied. [St. George's clock is at present kept by the parish. and St. Nicholas' byithe corporation, and, as a matter of course, they never by any chance agree.] On the motion of Mr. Alderman S. neitne, seconded by Mr. Alderman Dover, the memorial was ordered to lie on the table. !4'," This concluded the business. lie gives his reasons in that letter. Then, his letter should go before the upon his modesty— Mr. Bradley's modesty now fr: . I cannot compliment Mr. Bradle Well, don't mind saying anything r. Woodruff: - His character is being investigated by the committee— The Chairman : We have talked quite enough upon the matter. Mr. Woodruff His impeachment of me for partizan ship, coming, as it does, from such a source, will receive from the public very little reliance. The Chairman : Let us discuss the question upon its merits, whether the letter is to be suppressed or not. (Cries of Hear, hear, and vote, vote ) Mr. Luff said, That as the gentleman did not attend, but chose to write that long document, and after the vestry had given the matter to the committee to enquire into, he thought it only just that the committee should have the document first, and let them report upon it. Mr. Whitty : I cannot think it would bps fair to the writer "of letter to hand over to a special committee a document which was not intended for a committee, but for the board. Mr. Owen : Mr. Dignan has been apparently attacked at this board, and he ought to be heard in self-defence, either in writing or person. The vestry finally divided, when there appeared : For reading the letter : Messrs. Woodruff, Shaw, Rawle, Chesney, Bairstow, Gardner, J. Jones, Owen, Whitty nine. Against : Messrs. Bradley, Denton, Lull, Mellor, Satchel!, Wensley—six. The Clerk accordingly read the letter, wnich was as follows : MR. BRADLEY'S PHOTOGRAPH TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECT VESTRY. Rev. Sir,—J received recently an official notice from the Aerk, requesting me to attend one of your committees, ie purpose of explaining a passage in my defensive letter of c. 20, written in reply to a vindictive attack made on me ie same day by Mr. Bradley, in the Select Vestry, where I had no opportunity of confronting my assailant, and which letter appeared in all the Liverpool journals of the following The challenged passage stands thus—" I am not Je belief that a considerable number of Mr. z , supporters in Vauxhall.ward are the recipients of out-door relief, at the expellee of the struggling rate-payers Vestry C AlthoUgh I declined to attend the committee, for reasons to be explained hereafter, I am happy to be afforded the oppor . stating what induced me to form the belief expressed sentence which I have quoted. First, —lt was proved before a special committee of the "onncil, in November, 1853,—tw0 years back,—that `tempted to corrupt an elector of Vauxball•ward, .:ring him the remission of his water tits Municipal vote; and that when Stop .est man, refused the bribe, Mr. Bradley, fears. threatened to distrain upon his goods for e through the medium of the corporate investigatd and probed to the b o tt om b y t h e committee e f a t he council, e which consisted of the most influential and honourable members of that body. Of this committee Mr. john Brarnley-Moore, the present member for Maldon, was the chairman ; and on the committee were Mr. George Holt, Mr. Hugh Hornby, Mr. ner, M r . S amuel Holme, and other mebers of the co Tur- uncil, whose public and private characters are guarantees for the ruth and justic e of their decision. This committee, so )nstituted, arrived, UNANIMOUSLY, at the conclusion, that -barge against Mr. Bradley was clearly and indisputably tunityo of the r rious cha Second. r Melllt tie same year Mr. Bradley was charged by a )f the Town Council, i n hi s own presence, in tber, with haring attempted to corrupt two or 1 in the same ward, at the municipal election, his position in tie Parish office. Writhing spirit of a whipped Ay for protection, and cal meeting of that body, 3tantially followed rustic coroner's jury, which, having to -nce of manslaughter, returned a Df that da the report 'ed that they subs of "sat ved him right." immer of the present year the Select an out-door inspector of the relieving-officers, when Mr. Bradley, true to his old instincts, attempted to place in the situation an inexperienced youth, named Blundell, to control the acts of men old enough to be his sire. The only qualifi- cation which the boy Blundell possessed was this,--that his father was Mr, Bradley's principal electioneering supporter in LIVERPOOL ART-UNION The annual grand drawing, in connection with the Liverpool Art-Union, took place at the Exhibition Rooms, Old Post-office-place, yesterday. In the absence of the Mayor, Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., was called on to preside. The Chairman expressed his regret that the Mayor was unable to be present in consequence of the sitting of the council that day. Ile congratulated the society upon the fact that the year's exhibition has been a very successful one, although he expressed a doubt whether, in general, Liverpool was not in: this respect behind many other places. The following report was read:— REPORT, The Art-Union of last year having declined to the lowest sum ever collected in Liverpool, there appeared every proba bility of, this useful mode of encouraging the arts being altogether abandoned as far as regards our local society. It was determined, however, to try if a more extended patronage could be obtained, being confident there was sufficient spirit, and love of the arts, in Liverpool and the neighbourhood, to keep up a good local Art-Union, if properly and judiciously mana zed. Accordingly, lett outh Line were sent to nearly all the nobility id Cheshire, to a number :of Liver- nearly all the !rely to become agents in 1 towns in the north of England, south kc. The answers to these applications ;petted, very :various, hut the prepon vourable side; and the society, as now 'O, as n derange was on t ents the very impos g giamm seen its circular This enlarzed est tsion of its influence could not be realised 'clonal expense, buy. than it did when reconstructed, foul years - ago, on a much smaller basis than it is at present. No society of this kind that is known costs less in its management; or returns so great an amount of the money subscribed in pictures to the shareholders. about some amounts to - no more the whole expenditure The subject of agents in distant towns will have to be well considered by a future committee, as they have been a great expense with very little return. The committee are still deter mined not to spend the money of the subscribers in prints, as it so materially diminishes their- chances of obtaining a picture, which is considered their chief object. They at the same time return their thanks to Mr. Palmer for his very liberal donation of eighty prints of Wilkie's " Blind Man's Buff," which will be given to the first eighty blanks, the first name drawn to have the framed one. The expenses have been aslollows : • - Expenses of management, which in. elude postage, paper, incidental ex penses, stage, &c., ..... - Printing .. Advertising Secretary ... Commission to Collectors, &c~ Total expenses , . £3G 5 9 The sum left in the hands of the Treasurer is £50.5, which has been allotted in prizes as follows :—One of £5O ; one of £4O ; two of £3O; two of £25; five of £2O; fivo of £l5; nine of 10 ; and eight of £5. The Committee are desirous of announcing that they intend to alter their plan of operation, by commencing the next year's Art-Union immediately after the closo of the present, and by having the drawing over before the exhibition opens, they will thus enable the prize.holder to come into the exhibition on the first day of the private view, and select his picture when the full choice of the exhibition is before him. The drawing then commenced ;.two of the 131ns-coat boys, as usual, drawing the names and the prizes, which occupied about en hour. The following is a list of the PRIZES C. Atkinson, Lark lane, Toxteth park Miss Broom, Lord street Miss Maclntire, 20, Duke . street . Mr. Tamplin, West Derby ... James Jones, 35, Chapel street Henry Heap, Mathew street John Rivencroft, John Pilkington, Water street A. Bayley, Blackstock street John Crossley, Tue Brook • L. B. Fox, 53, Castle street Walter Hay, Salop , . Miss Winstanley, 9, Dean street Thomas Middleton, 102, C , atham street.. D. Currie, Abercromby square.. Mrs. It. Y. Yates, Dingle J. Whittaker, Lancaster buildings George Nickson, 16, Canterbury street Mr. Tamplin, West Derby . £5O riingsdale Lodge, Birkenhead Mrs— R. Y. Yates, Dingle Mrs. R. Rathbone, Woodeote...., John Pilkington, Water street... . .. Joseph Breth er t on , 10, G renv ill e street „ Thomas Green, Wellesley terrace, Prince's park Joseph C. Ewart, M.P., New Btighton Thomas Blackburne, Liver chambers Ideates, Greenfield Hall, Holywell John Pilkington, Water street John Lamb, Ilk Liss Lucy , Shuttleworth. Mount pleasant -nli Leather, Exchange buildings.. ' Earl, Lancaster buildings ''ver, Lord street 'hanks to the el- ❑yton, near Presco A. vote c Ilardirnan •• • 5 THE TRAGEDY TN LONDON, We have already recorded the committal of the wretched man, Corrigan, under the coroner's warrant for the wilful murder of his wife, striae which period large crowds of idle persons of both sexes assembled in front of the late residence of Corrigan, and several police con stables of the H division were in attendance 'in Selby street East, Waterloo -town, to preserve order among the curious, who were anxious to catch a glimpse of the visi tors to the four unfortunate children who have been left in the care of Mrs. How, the sister of the deceased woman. On Saturday afternoon, shortly before one o'clock, Mrs. How proceeded to the House of Detention, Clerkenwell, ed her to bring to the A girl with her, but was not tied to the prison, as the father and brother of Cor a had just visited him in the cell, and, in ace miance with the prison regulations, she was directed by the turnkey to attend at twelve o'clock the following day. The clothes were taken from her, and subsequently they were handed to the prisoner. The interview between Corrigan and his father and brother in the cell was of a painful character. The prisoner exclaimed, " Oh, father !" and at the same moment he embraced • his aged parent with deep emotion, and in a paroxysm of grief he shook hands with his brother and pressed him to his bosom. The meeting was of short duration, and in a few minutes the prisoner was again in th the articles the prison She had the eld the care of a keeper. It seems that since his incarceration in the gaol he has been several times employed in writing to his friends, and on Sunday morning he attended Divine worship in the prison. In spector Gernon has been to a great number of shops in the Cutlery trade, and from what transpired on Saturday afternoon there seems but very little doubt that the fatal knite with which the murder was committed was purchased at the warehouse of Messrs. Davis and. Son, 66, Leadenhall-steet, c ity. The knife is precisely similar to those kept in Stocfr, except that the one taken from Corrigan has no maker's name. It is a remarkable fact that this is the shop where Blakesley (who - was executed for the murder in East cheap, some years since) purchased the butcher's knife shortly before that dreadful tragedy was perpetrated by him. On Monday morning a number of benevolent persons commenced a • subscription in behalf of the four poor children. Mrs. Burton and Mrs. Fearon, who sustained such serious injuries on the arms and hands in the struggle for the knife, are still in a weakly condition, and the former is yet under the care of Mr. Cook, the surgeon. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAY. (BEFORE IN RE. PATRICK twelve otcl,3ck report of the proce :h the b -0-- the 4eire ogs in tho c, to state the 11n 11 ft rman was proposed by Mr and secondedby Mr. Verelst. The Chairman, in a An° edging the compliment, igation which the society expressed his sense of the obl owed to its committee and officer The proceedings then closed. LONDON GAZETTE .-__--,,,____ BANK RCP TS sam, Hey ford and Rugbrooke , Northamptonshire, iron storemaster. LEONARD LAWMAN, Chancery-lane. and Coborn New-road, Bow, law stationer. WM. SEAGER WHITE, Handsworth. Staffordshire, chemial and druggist. WM. IVtaartszs, Haley Mill, near Dartford, Kent, and St. Paul's Church-yard, City, paper manufac turer. JAS. HARRISON, City, commission agent. ROWLAND HILL BLACKER, Brigate-street,importer of foreign silk goods, mantle manufacturer and warehouseman. ISAAC nava, Manchester, victualler, and coffee-house keeper. JOSEPH NOAKERS, Birmingham, glasscutter. GEO. WAGNER, late of North Audley-street, and now of Bernard-street, Russell square, auctioneer and house agent. GEO. TAYLOR, Derby, silk manufacturer. BAXTER BARKER, York, innkeeper. THE LATE CATASTROPHE AT KILE.EE.--The Limerick Chronicle gives the following additional particulars of the very melancholy casualty which took place at the Puffing hole Table Rocks, near Kilkee : The weather on the coast had been for a few days previous wild and stormy. The Atlantic surges were impelled against the rugged cliffs to a height seldom seen by visitors, and the foam of the angry billows floated in the air, and fell inland a considerable distance. After church service on Sunday, the weather brightened up, and the wind had fallen, but there was a fearful swell on the ocean, and several persons walked towards the cliffi, to enjoy the mar i ne prospect for miles at both sides of the bay and Mrs,. Fisher, Lieutena n t-C o lo ne l H am pd en Pepper,, of Lissenisky, Robert Smithwick, Esq , and Miss Smithwick. the daughter of Peter Smithwick, Esq., of Shanbally, Tip perary, formed one of the groups. They agreed to visit the Puffing Cavern, which the day after a storm usually throws up a fountain of sea water in the most fantastic f a shion ; and if the sun happens to play on this romantic spectacle, the successive jets-d' eau exhibit the varied hues of the rainbow, the ceaseless motion of the tide below keeping all the attractive features above in full exercise. The immediate locale of this singular object is approached by a sliding pathway from the cliff, and then about a perch of almost level granite rock direct to the cavern Lieutenant-colonel Pepper and Miss Smithwick were in advance, and the former urging the others to move on, when a coast-guard man on the cliff warned the party of the danger of venturing out, and Captain Fisher observ ing a huge wave rolling in called out to Lieutenant-colonel Pepper to mind himself, when the sea broke on the rock with a thundering crash, saturating Captain and Mrs. Fisher, and completely overpowering Lieutenant-colonel Pepper and Miss Smithwick, who were both dragged together by the receding swell into the shaft of the Puffing hole and there disappeared, to the horror Itnd amazement of those persons who , were providentially saved from a similar fate, though dripping wet and exhausted by the violent shock. The alarm of this tragic event was promptly given ; the police, fishermen, and coastguards hastened to the fearful scene, bat no human being dare approach the brink -of the Puffing-hole, which had just engulfed two victims in the prime of life, and probably mutilated their bodies in a short time by the Maelstrom action of the maddening waters in the Massive cauldron within. The remains of the unfortunate lady and gentleman have not since been found. Part of an overcoat that Lieutenant Colonel Pepper wore, and the sleeve of Miss Smithwick's dress were cast ashore in the vicinity of this awful catas trophe. Lieutenant-colonel Pepper had a large sum of money on his person when he fella prey to the merciless element. lie served for years in the India Company's Bengal army, and returned to his native country not long since. The lamented lady was grand-daughter of the late Rev. Robert Gabbett, D.D., and we are informed by mutual , friends that arrangements were in progress for their matri monial union, when this terrible calamity occurred. How true is it that man proposes and God disposes ! The sur vivors have returned to Lissenisky-house, near Nenagh, the seat of Theobald Pepper, Esq., brother of the unfortunate officer. I>nkrt various othc 1 it in a very large a d from ti name appeared as a trustee, an action was brought against him, and he was held to be responsible as well as the others, and, the consequence was, that his bankruptcy ensued. The first application which he (Hr. Bardswell) had from Mr. Lee, the registrar, requiring the production of the dam meats, represented that he had been instructed by a creditor, to make the application. Ile (Mr. Bardswell), however, well knew that it could have been no creditor and that there was some improper object in making the application, because he knew, a s a f a ct, that there was not a single creditor of Mr. Magee's who, at the time of his - bankruptcy, was a bona .fiele creditor of his that had not been paid subsequently by Mr. Magee to the full extent of 20s in the pound, and that not a single shilling was now due to anyperson al creditor. It had been intimated to him that the present application emanated from the court itself, and that it was with the view of carrying out the act of parliament which required that all proceedings in exis tence prior to the month of November, 1842, should be brought into court ; and it had also been intimated to him, that although the papers might be brought into court, that circumstance would not warrant an inspection of them by any third party without a proper notice. His Honour : Certainly not. Mr. Bardswell continued t o s a y th a t i n th a t _ case his whole object was the inspection of the papers for an iinpiu - He did not. knew -ined, as his objection was to d illegitimate he was purpose in iihether order in doing so, but he would ask the court to give a special direction that the papers should not be inspected without the authority of the court being given on proper application by the party seeking the inspection. His Honor said that general instructions of the kind were always given to the officers of the court ; but that after what had taken place in this case, those orders would be again given, and the officers directed that any request for the inspection of the papers should be in writing, and that it should also be laid before the court to consider whether it was a legitimate rerest or not. At the same time the court could not tie itself down to any restriction, but would see that every proper caution was used. Mr. Brougham observed that in all cases that caution was used, and the solicitor of the assignee'notified of the request. Mr. Bardswell said that was all that could be asked. There was not a single thing now to be done under the fat, and an improper attempt having been made to inspect the proceedings, he was naturally led to be un usually circumspect and careful in the matter, The matter then dropped, and the papers were delivered immediately afterwards to the messenger of the court. POLICE COI RT.—YEsr EMMY (BEFORE MR. ROM ILY.) BASE COIN.—A young female, named Georgiana Wil son, was sent for trial, for having passed several base crown pieces at different shops in town. • THRFT 1W A MILLINER.—A nice-looking young female named Matilda Smith, was charged by Mrs. Lightfoot, of No. 3, London-road, in whose empl.oyment she was, with having stolen a quantity of property in the millinery line. The girl admitted the fact, and alleged she was in distress. She cried bitterly, and said the only rela tive she had in the world was a brother, who was at sea, and if he heard of it, his heart would break. She did not care about herself, but about her brother. The com plainant said, she did not wish to be hard on the girl, who was committed for one month ILLEGALLY PLEDGING.—A woman named Margaret Kelly, who keeps a sailor's boarding house, at No. 15, Crooked-lane, was charged with having pledged the clothes of a young man named Abraham Young. The complainant said he had been absent for some time, and on his return the day before Christmas, he found his trunk had been emptied of Pa contents (clothes), and the defendant gave him the tickets, as she had pledged them. The prisoner admitted that she took the things, but said the man was away for two years, and that he owed her an account, and she took the things to pay herself. The complainant denied the vatement, but admitted that he said he would forgive her if sho released the goods: She was ordered to pay the amount, or to be imprisoned for one month. (BEF3RE MR.' T. »qcroN.) • A DROP o' SP IRITS !—Two persons , named. , James Madrell, and J. Hooley, were charged by officer 198 under the following circums'ances. The officer said he was on duty at the C o ili ng woo d d ock on Monday, where there we.e gaugers measuring whiskey that had arrived by the Cork steam packet. He saw seine persons in the hqt drinking, and the prisoners asked him to have a drink. oe the whiskey out of a bottle which they produced. He refused, and asked had they any more> They said they had, and produced two bottles. He then inquired, of them if these were samples ? and they said " no." He then took the whiskey to the central police-office, where he received instructions to arrest the prisoners for steel ing the whiskey. Subsequently, Madrell said the bottles were samples. He then went to Mr. Wilson, the agent, who informed him he did not allow the men to take any samples at all. Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the prisoners, stopped the witness hero, and said this was not evidence. He proceeded to cross-examine the officer, who in reply, said he did not take any of the whiskey with the prisoners. One of the prisoners was the delivery, and the other, the forwarding clerk, at the office of the company at the dock; they were in the place —they ought to be at their duty. The steam-boat was dig, charging cargo, and there were seven casks of whiskey on the quay opened by the excise officers, who were taking samples. The excise-officer was called, and he said the officers took samples, but after trying them, the samples were returned to the casks. The policeman, in reply to Mr. Bluck, said the prisoners had not removed, nor did they attempt to remove, the whiskey from he, huts. There was not the least secrecy or concealment made about it. Mr. Robert Richmond, spirit merchant, Cable-street, said he had had two puncheons of whiskey from Cork, by the steamer Nimrod, One was sent off to Manchester direct from the docks, the other was,hrought to his store. Mr. Blue':: Wi l you swear this whiskey now produced is yours ? Wi'ness : I cannot tell that. Mr. Bluck : Was the cask foil ? Witness: Yes, one was as full as usual, but that which °vale to me was from quart to three pin's shore. The excise -officer said when he measured the cask at the dock, it corresponded exacta y with the contents of the permit. It was usual when the ownerspresent, to hav e men t h ere. It ,vas hi tyto spirits b waTvgre up the c as k s , but in this case he left it to be done by others. Mr. Black : And there were other casks of whiskey there also? Witness: Ther e were several oth er cas k s open. Mr. Bluck contendcA that no matter how irregular his clients might have acted, they had not committed a felony. It was quite usual for men, when gauging whiskey in this way, to take a glass. Mr. Richmond : They had no authority to do so. Mr. Bluck : It being Christmas time, ?rhaps, there o u ght to be a littl e l a tit u d e allowed,'His, clients bore an excellent character, and no one could say, w h o heard the case, that they contemplated a felony. The whiskey would have been drunk in the shed, had not - the police_ man interfered. Mr. Bolton remarked, that he was far from saying that the conduct of the prisoners was free from impropri&y, but he thought the whole thing arose from the neglect of the excise officer in not bunging up the casks. He cautioned the prisoners as to their future conduct, and discharged them. NOT THE REAL TIN. luaguire, was charged with stealing 251bs of block tin, value 355, from a cask the Coburg-dock. - From the evidence, it appeared that there was a cask of the metal left in the dock, and in the adsence of a person Who was left to watch it, the prisoner Plundered it. He admitted the theft, and said it was distress that caused him to do it. Committed for two months. —James HARLEQUINADE ACCIDENT.—On Friday night, towards the doze of the pantomime at Cov(nt-garden theatre, the harlequin, Mr. C, Brown, struck his bead aga i nst a pro jecting piece of wood an d fell heavily o n hi s s h oulder, which b was dislocated, He received prompt surgical at tendance, but was removed to his residence in a state of great suffering, TEVENSON.) l3ardswell attended at he summons of •suanco of t ces detailed in our on Monday, : and circumstances under up a be conc3rn, somev reasons which .st instance, to Elie proceedings been declared a ue from himself, own trustee, with siness, a parties, who were _ - -here in Lancashire, and who in— But :.s his