Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-28 00:00:00

MARRIAGES On the 26th Nov., at Durban, Port Natal, Mr. Geo. Robinson, gr ul erlY of this town, to Mary Ellen third daughter of Mr. T. Udell, watch manufacturer, Great 'George -street. On the 23rd inst., at St. Luke's, by the Rev. T. L. Pain, M.A., - v Zhn Randle Bethel', son of the late Mr. Thomas Bethel', of arr ington, to Miss Ellen M'Covey, of this town. Tuesday, the 25th inst. Miss Stracey, eldest daughter of bt u' Renry, Stracey, Bart., of itackheath Hall, Norfolk, to the Tn. George Watson Milles, eldest son of Lord Sondes, at St. ,„„• e° ,rge's Church, Hanover-square, in the presence of a large -- `,te of the relatives and friends of both families. Ni ull the 27th inst. at Hope-street Church, by the Rev. James Cartineau, George'B. Windeler, Esq. of London, son of the late harles Henry Windeler, Esq., to Marianne, second daughter of 11,a,rles T. Bowring, Esq., of Princes Park, Liverpool p 'f,n the 27th inst. by license, at St. Bride s, by t M. ohls.°n, A.M., Mr ' . Andrew Walker, wine and spirit me chant, Liverpool, to Annie, youngest daughter of Mr. John Ou ton, eaue-street. DEATHS jotil the 23rd in s t. at Giggleswick, in Craven , aged 72, the Rev. _ iggieswick Howson, M. , A. ; 45 years second master of 1, mplOY WVunday last, in Horatio-street, aged 70 years, Robert of i t '; , cooper ; he had been upwards of 40 f , • Porter, painter, Mersey-street. williamson-street, 6 the 25th inq., at his residence, 10, years m the e eet Mr. "I ^ 'lel Bower, aged 65, deeply regretted. B s ' il the 25th i nst., aged 38 Tears, E li za b e th, wife of Thon.i.as, W 4 71141, Esq.' of Norwood, near London, and late of the Southport. „' li daY morning early, the 23rd inst., the wife of M. d e ~ v IIIIWB ,. cyarge-de'affaires'of Prussia at the court of Brussels,t Lady h a r l l Png birth to a dau g hter, who survives. The decease been a resid en t a t B russe l s f or a bout three years, and th Du a was t the ear l y age of 22 years. Madame d e M agnus .14:tghter of Baron de B runo w, the Russian ambassadm at - - )unt for low fore. ities the and 5e is ept• sent and ster fog rel 9 The ,01 1- the lisp ird ° alS° itto 16, Ads. the t he 414' ;ot h the at 40° c all d 60,7 roe' )irl t givg E ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. _We ha ve rece i ved the following o ffi cial account of the above accident : _On Sunday night the 5 p.m. London down train ran :bon tahteBl.i37 p aLP . igeon-bridge, seven miles from Sheffield, The engine ran into a "spoil-bank," and went over on its side, taking the break-van and one E ad rre.T iabe .The firemanithitjThe other coaches were left acr oss the states that he heard a loud c rack, immediately put on his break, but before he had Succeeded the engine left the metals. The cause of the accident was the breaking of the crank-axle of the eno4 0 41 - The driver and fireman, and leading guard, Nie:4sslaiaeLy.n.zd some of the passen.gers, including Mr. received contusions. All the passengers In the train, except three who remained at Sheffield, were take n on to Manchester w h ere th e y arrived two I `, l ,° ll .rs and a h a lf after t i me. The gentlemen injured are doing well. THE CURIOUS CASE IN CHANCERY. 11-Alar.Aavn v. MORTEBOY.--411 this case, in which a question was raised whether a Mrs. Sheppard was married twice to the same person—first, under the name of lames 'Masters, on the 28th of February, 1824; and Btcondly, und er hi s real name of Jo h n Sh eppar d , on th e hof March following—or whether she married two persons (the facts of which we published last week), Judgment was given on Wednesday. The Court, after reviewing the evidence at great length, held there could be no doubt that both the marriages were celebrated Ivith one p erson, namely, the John Sheppard, w i t h w h om ? I le s econd marriage took place, with whom she lived for many years, as her husband, whose widow she was rep orted to be, and to whose estate she had administered. The de c i s i on, therefore, was, that the defendants, to Whom Mrs. Sheppard left her property, were entitled to It, and not the plaintiff, the next of kin, or John Shep pard, w h o would have been entitled to it if the second Marriag e w i t h h i m was i lleg al , i n consequence o f he r fi rs t Marriag e being with a different person, who was really named Masters. ELOPEMENTS AND MARRIAGES. " ELOPEMENT OF AN HEIRESS WITH A NIGGER.." — The Detroit • Free Press thus describes this terrible and unheard-of calamity :—" An elopement and marriage took place on Saturday, which was a little out of the usual line, sufficiently so, we imagine, to satisfy the most craving appetite for the novel and disgusting, both °f Which we have—the latter in sufficient quantity to turn any white stomach in existence. A young girl named Sarah Judson ' whose father lives on a fine property, a Mile o r t wo f rom Pontiac, eloped on Saturday, and came to Detroit. The partner of her flight was a black man, who has been in the employment of her father for sonic time in the capacity of farm hand. The first inti mation that the father had of the intention of the parties Was conveyed by the fact of their flight. They imme diately crossed over to Windsor, upon reaching this city, fully sensible that they could never accomplish their un natural designs on this side, as no official or clergyman could have been found who would have so far transgressed the bounds of decency as to unite the couple, the appear lace of the girl being such as would forbid the union in the mind of any sensible man,to say nothing of the law in the' case. Some person was found in Canada who performed the ceremony,however, and the two were. made one. They are now in Windsor, enjoying the sweets of the honey moon. Th e f a th er f the girl is a red-hot Abolitionist, o f the whole hog or nothing; nigger as good as anybody style. For a long series of years he has disgusted his neighbours with his ranting on abolition and amalgama tion, of which he was disposed to abate not a jot or a tittle from its utmost limit. In order that he might no t be said to preach what he did not practise he Made it a point to treat the numerous coloured - Persons whom he from time to time employed as on a Par with own family. These doctrines he incul heedcated h upon the understandings of his children, and upon the supreme satisfaction of witnessing, a . the practical result of his teachings, his own daughter r ead in the embrace of a greasy nigger, willing and. „ ea- 4, and even enthusiastically reciprocal, in the sweet re of dalliance with which lovers delight to celebrate r arriving their unions The brother of the girl came on the next here on Sunday, and ascertaining their w w as eabonts7 went to her and implored her to return. She ,!.°otented, however, loved her ebony half, was happy emotions Ban ; and couldn't think of going back. The than of a brother at such a girl can better be imagined described. Some men would have blotted out their Zar_ ° re acen with a single blow, but he had been taught that it should Sillose against God or man that his young sister Mme cul p t/11y in the embrace of a negro, and at the same co rn nte look hi m i n th e f ace an d sa y th a t s h e was about is ed. Re we n t h ome as h e h a d come, a l one. Th e g i r l 18 ars old The family are said to have occupied :orssition In societiwhich was first class, and the blow is, herequent'Y, a terrible one. The father is rich and the cil heiress' which makes it very nice for the African of in th e °ice ' The matter has caused an intense excitement girl . I.l eghbourh oo d w h ere t h e part i es are we ll k nown , th e u nvincr been born and brought up where her parentsreside. f • mane t chtficult to imagine any train of eircum _r ght es b be u y whi c h a young and i ntell i gent g i rl coul d b e to form a connect i on so repugnant to a ll t h e senses ; yet th e f act ex i sts. A more complete retribut i on t the cr i me of fanaticism we never heard of. The c i " 4 We can wish is th a t th e f a th er , un d ou bt e dly we ll Ird of his beli e f s b y t hi s t i me, may b e a b le to save hi s " to luegr.d„aughter from the terrible future which now opens A 11 % 1 Y - TRAORDI NARY M ARRIAGE OF A Y OUNG L ADY WITH TLEIL—The past week has revealed another of those an i l a ssorted m arr i ages wh i ch somet i mes occur to t h e grea t • ° Yance of respectable families. The bride in this vitrlitance is the only daughter of a family residing in a a 'ago a f ew m il es from She ffi e ld , w h o h ave b een tr a ist 'ined to move i n the most aristocratic society in b Part of Yorkshi re . It appears the young man had a ee i n a serv an t a b roa d to one o f t h e sons o f t h e f am ily, ao, on returning home had been installed as butler. By What qualities he gained the affections of the, young lady 1 3 not for us t o speculate, but the result Was, OW come Ihree years a g o they were secretly married at a church I._ . 11 London. The secret however was well kept; and !tat is still more extraordinary, if true, it is asserted That at least one little cherub, if no more, has blessed the secret union, all unknown, of course, to its unsuspecting g r and-parents. The bridegroom continued to occupy his position of butler until last week, when a lady visitor Who had been made acquainted with the strange union, broached the subject to the young wife's mother, wbo had very recently been bereaved of her husband. The disclosure created the most painful feelings, in which, however, the offending daughter does not appear to have shared. The result of the disclosure was, the ex butler and his wife left the parental roof for the north. At the Victoria Station, in Sheffield where they took train, the young lady displayed the utmost gaiety of manner, and was observed to converse in a very animated manner With several persons to whom she was known, to whom she introduced her husband. It is stated that the young lady has become possessed of a considerable fortune by the death of her father, who, it is believed would, had her ill-assorted marriage come to his knowledge, have left her differently circumstanced. A fear of the conse quences of parental anger is assumed as the motive for the long and strangely successful concealment of the wedding.—Sheffield Independent. MARRIAGE IN CETLON.-All ordinance, making impor tant alterations in the law of marriage as observed in Kandy, has passed the Ceylon Legislative Council. In Randy, we believe, the Nair custom prevails of one Woman having several husbands, generally speaking, all of whom are brothers. The new ordinance declares this species of polygamy, with certain exceptions, as ,OA() the marriage of minors, illegal. Marriages prior LO the ordinance are of course valid. The district courts n iaY grant divorces, and all marriages must be registered. Bombay Standard. DOCK BOARD The weekly meeting of the Dock Board was held at ong o'clock yesterday, Charles Turner, Esq., in the chair. The other members present wen—MWM D.T.nr; Brocklebank, Rankin, Anderson, "Lubbock, smith, Farn worth, Bold, Moss, Boult, Hutchison, Mondel, Holme, Shand, Bushell, Rounthwaite, Inman, Forwood, Segar, Laird, Graves, Tobin, and Lockett. WORKS COMM 'Tim/ The proceedings containeu,'". a letter front Mr. Ambrose Waln, clerk to the 13 , : aken.head Commissioners, stating that it was not t 4 intention of the Commissioners to construct, at # ... 1 -e present, the whole of the works at Woodside 4ttthorised by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Act of iB5B, and it was resolved that the engineer be requ e sted to prepare plans of the works required by them. 7.1.8 tender of Messrs. Jones and Jump was accepted, for die construction of a dwelling-house, for the north assistant harbour-master, at the north-east side of the Sjtndon graving dock.. The tender of Messrs. William M'Cormick and Co. was accepted, for the construction of a coffer dam at the entrance of the proposed low water basin at Birkenhead. Mr Brocklebank moved that the proceedings be con firmed, which was agreed to. WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee were read.- An application had been made by the tea brokers to be furnished with a statement of the present quantity of tea in stock, and the statement was ordered to be furnished. On the motion of Mr. Hubback, the proceedings were confirmed. MARINE COMMITTEE In the proceedings of this committee it was stated that Saturday next had been fixed for a meeting of the com mittee appointed to consider some means of providing against the anchorage of vessels in the track of steamers. On the motion of 31r. Mondel, the proceedings were confirmed. PILOTS' COMMITTEE A letter was read from the treasurer, intimating that it; compliance with the minute of the 17th instant, that officer had handed over to the treasurer of the dock board a 'bank book, showing a balance to the credit of the committee of £357 19s. 2d., and money amounting to £Bl Os. 6d., and acknowledgments for dock bonds. It was agreed that the committee advertise for a "superin tendent, at a salary of £2OO a-year. 'Mr. Shand moved that the proceedings be confirmed, including a recommendation to grant the late treasurer an annuity of £5O per annum. The late treasurer being a lady, was scarcely fitted to take a seat in the present office, and having been occupied for 20 years in that business, was not well suited for any other line of life. Mr. Tobin seconded the motion, which was carried. DOCKS AND QUAYS COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee were read. Messrs. Brooke and Worthington's complaint, asking for damages done to their ship Manchester in dock, had been investi gated and the committee considered the board was not liable. The complaint of Mr. Brown, master of the ship T. H. Boardman, claiming compensation for having been refused admission into dock at Birkenhead, had been investigated, and the committee had resolved that the claim could not be entertained. On the motion of Mr. Smith, the proceedings were adopted. DEFICIENCY OF GRAVING DOCK ACCOMMODATION The following letter was read from Mr. T. B. Boyden, Chairman of the Liverpool Shipbuilder's Association, drawing attention to the utter inadequacy of the present graving dock accommodation : To the Chairman of the Hersey Dock and Harbour Board, Sir, This Memorial of the Master Shipbuilders' Association showeth, —That the utter inadequacy of the present Graving Dock accommodation to meet the requirements of the trade of the port having frequently been pointed out to, and admitted by the former Dock Trustees, and redress postponed from time to time solely on the ground of the want of the necessary funds, this Association again beg most earnestly to call the attention of your Board to the important subject, and urgently press upon them the necessity of their making provision for remedying this most serious evil, in the application which is about to be made to Parliament ; and further, that the sub-committee to whose con sideration this communication may be referred, be respectfully requested to receive a deputation from this Association, the more clearly to explain the specific requirements of the trade as regards increased Graving Dock accommodation on the Liverpool side of the River Mersey. THOMAS B. ROYDEN, Chairman of the Liverpool Shipbuilders' Association. Liverpool, 25th January, 1859. The letter was referred to the Works and Docks and Quays Committee. BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL A letter was read from the Rev. A. Knox, soliciting a donation and annual subscription from the board to the funds of this hospital, which had been of great service to the men who had met with injuries at the Birkenhead Dock works. The letter was referred to the Finance Committee. A letter was read from Messrs. liaclver, stating that they would require to dock the Persia about the 22nd of February, and would be glad to know if the new 100 feet lock would be available for that purpose. The Surveyor said there would be nothing to hinder her from going into the lock, merely using it as a graving dock, and not coming into it from the river. The Chairman : Going through the Canada dock into it ? The Surveyor : Yes, sir Mr. Will it always be available to be used as a graving dock ? The Turvevor : After that time Mr. Bold ; .I For steamers which cannot get into the graving docks ? The Chairman : Clearly—only for that purpose. Mr. Brocklebank : Under special circumstances ? The Chairman: Under special circumstances certainly A report was read from police inspector Parkins, of the north division, stating that on the 26th of Jannary, about ten minutes to one o'clock, a.m., rockets was let off from a ship lying in the river, as a signal for the assistance of a steam-tug, and one of them fell upon the deck of a Dutch brig lying in • the Prince's Dock, and exploded. Fortunately, one of the crew, keeping watch at the time, extinguished it with a bucket of water, before anything had time to ignite. The report was referred to the marine committee. A letter from Mr. B. J. Thompson, secretary to the Mercantile Marine Association, was read, enclosing et memorial from masters of vessels trading to and from the port of Liverpool, requesting that another time-ball should be placed alonc , the line of docks, and suggesting the Victoria Tower, ° Collingwood Dock , as a suitable place. The memorial was referred to the marine committee. BADGE PORTERS Mr. Afondel moved, according to notice, that the badge portors be placed under the management of the master porter's committee. Mr. Moss seconded the motion. Mr. Rounthwaite moved as an amendment, that the badge-porters be placed under the management of the marine committee. Mr. Forwood seconded the amendment. Upon a division, the amendment was carried by 12 to 11. MR. SMITH'S MOTIONS Mr. Smith proposed the following resolution, of which he had given notice :—" That the resolution of the board, passed on the 13th instant, adding the names of Mr. Brocklebank and Mr. Hubback to the Marine Committee, be rescinded, such resolution having been adopted in violation of the standing'orders of the board." He said the appointment had been irregular ; but if the board thought fit to allow the matter to stand as it was, on condition that it should not be regarded as a precedent, he should be willing to withdraw his motion. He moved it. out ? On); olit answer Could be given under such eiTim. at ite t . Let them, then, try the consti tuton of their parliamentary committee by that test, On the 15th instant, a discussion took place at,e d at board, upon the question of applying to Parlia 7,nent in the coming session for the purpose of obtaining borrowing powers for the sum of £300,000. Whether to certain gentlemen that stun seemed too little or too much, whether they thought the present not a fitting time, or whether, as he had heard it declared at that board, they thought that not a spade should be put into the ground for new works upon the Liverpool side until the Birkenhead works were completed, the facts stood recorded that the gentlemen to whose names he now referred, Mr. Laird and Mr. Bold, were in the minority upon that occasion. Now, he asked whether, under these circumstances, he was not right in declaring that *those gentlemen were unfitting to render any assistance in carrying out the resolution then adopted ? Could any one expect them to fight in the House of Commons for the carrying through of that project? If any one did, it was more than he could do. He did not know what might be the opinions of Mr. Bold and Mr. Laird upon the point, but he could scarcely imagine that they were willing to be placed in the humiliating and degrading position of doing, at the bidding of the board, that which their honest conviction told them to be wrong, and which they believed to be injurious to the interests of the estate. He might be told that the parliamentary committee were required for other purposes than simply carrying out the present resolution of the board, There was, indeed, one special object which would require very serious attention in the next session of parliament. He alluded to the question of the rating of the docks. He did not know what were the opinions of the members of the parliamentary committee with reference to the rating of the docks. There might be one, two, or more, who were absolutely in favour of the rating of the docks. He would ask, would those be gentlemen whom it would be fitting to place upon the parliamentary committee ? When that question came to be considered then it would be time to appoint a special committee, and among others to take such a gentleman as Mr. vans, who had given deep thought to the subject, who had written upon it, and used more efforts than any other member of the board to prevent such a calamity. (Hear, hear.) On the grounds which he had assigned, Mr. Smith contended that he was fully jdstified in declaring Mr. Laird and Mr. Bold, after the opinions they had expressed, unfitted to be members of the parliamentary committee, and he therefore concluded a lengthened address by proposing his motion. • Mr. Evans seconded the motion. He conceived that the arguments of Mr. Smith had been corroborated by the results of the parliamentary committees for the last feiw years ; and he did not hesitate to say that things had been carried contrary to the interests of the dock estate— carried entirely through the defective representation of the Dock Board at London. On this occasion he hoped that instructions might be given to the parliamentary committee which would leave no doubt with regard to their efficiently opposing the rating of the docks of Liverpool. He would not enter further into the subject now ; but he had prepared a j document which every gentleman present would be furnished with before many days were over; and. he hoped no hasty conclusions would be formed on the question before parliament. Mr. Laird said, as his name had been alluded to by Mr. Smith, he should offer a few remarks. In 1855, a volunteer who gave evidence was by no means an advan tage to the measure then before parliament, which was simply an instance to show that a temporary committee or volunteered aid was not the safest. Mr. Smith said he thought no man, whose honest and conscientious convictions were against the proceeding's of any committee, should remain on it. He had often heard Mr. Smith say, that the carrying out of the works on the other side of the river was prejudicial to the interests of the dock trust ; other gentlemen had said the same, and if it were to be decided that all committees should be formed _on Mr. Smith's principle, every gentleman who did not wish to carry out the work in its entirety, should, retire from any committee, the object of which was to assist in carrying out the work. Were it the desire of the board, he should be quite willing to retire from any committee he was on. But let th principle apply to the whole board; let every man make a clear breast of it as to what were his honest convictions, and if they were to be dealt with according to those convictions, in reference to the varied business coming before them, there would be a considerabie change on all the com mittees ; but until that was done, he should remain on the parliamentary committee. Ie should retire when the board asked him to do so (hear, hear) ' • but while he remained on the committee, he should act according to the best of his judgment, and in a fair and honourable manner under all circumstances' that might arise. Mr. Smith's resolution should have been put in a general form, and not applied to individuals. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bold said, if it were the desire of the board, he would retire from the parliamentary committee at once ; whilst a member of it, his only desiie was to do the best he could for the interests of the dock estate. (Hear, hear.) As to any idea in Mr. Smith's mind, that because a gen tleman on the committee did not altogether agree with the views of the board, being unlikely to act fairly, he could only say that he did not think any gentleman would be so dishonourable as to injure the interests of the board, or in any way neglect them. For himself he should try to serve these interests, and carry out the views of the board, though his private opinions might not coincide with the views of the board upon some par ticular matter. Mr. Smith's object had always been to do everything he could to stop Birkenhead ; he did not say he did it in the committee ; and therefore Mr. Smith had no right to say that he would stop it in the parlia mentary committee. If Mr. Smith wished his principle to be acted upon, and was conscientious in its advocacy, he should set the example by giving notice of his inten tion to withdraw from the works committee. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. Bushell said, it was for gentlemen themselves to say whether they could fairly and conscientionsly carry out their duties to the board; and if they could not, he did not believe there was any gentleman at that board who would act on a committee for the purpose of thwarting the wishes of the board. In carrying out an object, they generally like to act with those who shared their views. He did not think they could well lay down such a rule as was proposed, as it would make the matter a personal one , and would be implying a belief that gentlemen were incapable board. ableotconscientiously doing their duty as membe r s of the The motion was seconded by Mr. Brocklebank, and after some conversation upon it, was withdrawn. Mr. Smith then rose to propose the following motion : " That the names of two gentlemen be substituted for these of Mr. Bold and Mr. Laird on the parliamentary committee, the declared opinions of these gen tlemen unfitting them to render any asststance in carrying . out the resolution of the board of the 15th inst." Mr. Smith, in introducing his motion, said he had taken upon himself what, no doubt, was a somewhat ungracious task, and what some gentlemen would probably consider as litigious, vexatious, and personal. He hoped, however, to be able to show that he was influenced by . no unworthy motives, and that the course he was pursuing only pro ceeded from a strict sense of public duty. At the second meeting of the board, when they were called together to consider the report of the special committee, on the formation of the committees of the board, it was his intention to have proposed that the parliamentary committee should not be a standing committee, but that special committees should be appointed, from time to time, as parliamentary business arose, to conduct it. That motion, however, he didnot bring forward, in consequence ofthe failure of three other motions - which he made. lie urged that the example of the great north dock scheme, in 1855, showed that a standing par liamentary committee was like some piece of furniture, which was allowed to hang up unused, as a kind of orna mental appendage, until, when the time came for making it available to some practical end, it was found to be use less. In reference more immediately to the .- present qu estion, he asked what would be thought of the wisdom and on sense of any gentleman w h o , b e i ng ser i ous ly tJ A ttain a particular object, should apply to parties whos e views were diametrically opposed to his o wn, and ask t kem to aid him • n carrying is project anxious xicers THE NORT T AERN TIMES, pniDAY, JANUARY 28, 1859 Mr. Tobin laid, he had seen a good deal of Mr. Bold on the parliamentary committee, and he could say that, whatever might be that gentleman's precon-' ceived opinions, there was no one who more ear nestly carried out, the wishes of the board than Mr. Bold. He had no doubt the same feeling actuated Mr. Laird. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Shand defended the late parliamentary committee, which had done its duty fully, (hear, hear), and he did not believe there was any gentleman on the present com mittee who would, no matter what his private views were, do anything disparaging to the docks. Mr. Brocklebank expressed himself as opposed to the false principle contained in Mr. Smith's motion. The Chairman said, he certainly could not vote with Mr. Smith, because ho considered it was most desirable at the board, that every gentleman should express his views fairly and fully, and he was at aloss to conceive why gentlemen who had so expressed their opinions, should be considered as unfit to be members of a committee appointed to carry out the wishes of the board. The committee had no option but to carry out the wish of the board, and he had no doubt gentlemen would caary out the wishes of the board, though they might have individnally expressed themselves opposed to some works the board might have ordered. It would be most detrimental to the business and interests of the board to object to such gentlemen, because he did not believe there was a gentleman at the board who would not resign his membership of committee when he found that he was prevented from assisting to carry out the work of the committee. He could not conceive such a thing as a gentleman going up to London with instructions from that board, and yet - doing all he could to defeat them ; if that were the case, there would be an end of all confidence among the members of the board. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Smith replied, alleging that his case was not answered, the arguments against it being lame in the extreme. A division was then taken, when there appeared-- For the motion : Messrs. Bold, Boult, Evans, Laird, and Smith-5. Against : Messrs. Anderson, Brocklebank, Bushell, Farnworth, Forwood, Graves, Holme, Hubback, Hutchison, Inman, Mondel, Moss, Rankin, Rounthwaite, Segar, Shand, Tobin, and Turner-18. The motion was, therefore, lost. Mr. Evans : If we want to choose members of parlia ment whom we do look for, but those who hold the same opinions as ourselves. The subject then dropped. The Chairman mentioned, in reference to the question of dock fines, that, at a meeting of magistrates, held on ;Monday last, it was agreed, after a good deal of dis cussion, that an intimation should be conveyed to the 'head-constable and the police to the effect that, in all .cases of goods lying more than 48 hours upon the dock quays, which rendered them liable to a fine of 6 5., infor mations should be laid by the police at the earliest possible period, by which means the heavier Ines might, in many cases, be avoided. This oneluded the general business. HEALTH COMMITTEE. At the usual weekly meeting of this committee, held yesterday, Mr. Sheil occupied the chair. The other members present were--Messrs. Crellin, Beckwith, Vernon, Clerk, Anthony, Barton, Stitt, and Crosthwaite. SANITARY OPERATIONS. The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspector of - Nuisances reported vari ous particulars.of the operations in their, several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 162 nuisances com plained of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to remedy . them ; 961 houses in the -unhealthiest districts, containing 3,036 apartments, and 1,017 cellars had been put under examination with the view of im proving their sanitary condition ; and 165 lodging hOuses had also been examined and reported upon. Mr. Beckwith moved that, in order for the committee to be made aware of the result in each case of complaint for nuisances, the books of Mr. Fresh, and the .report of the Borough Engineer he laid every week before the Tuesday's committee. Mr. Crellin seconded the motion, which, after some discussion, was agreed to. HEALTH OF THE TOWN The Medical Officer of Health reported that the deaths in Livrpool, which in the last week of December were 306, and in the two subsequent weeks 260 and 243, were further reduced in the week ending last Saturday to 232, being 14 less than the corrected average of the same week of the preceding ten years. In the parish 167 deaths were registered; in the out-townships, 65. Of 65 deaths, ascribed to diseases of the zymotie class, 19 were caused by hooping-cough, showing, as in the previons week, a high mortality. From scarlatina, on the other hand, the mortality was lower than in any , week since the com mencement of the epidemic early in August, the deaths beinc , only 13. Fever caused 10 deaths, the sa m e as in each of the two preceding weeks, measles 10, croup 4, small-pox 2, diphtheria 1, quinsy 1. Diseases of the lungs with consumption caused 83 deaths, being 4 fewer than in the previous week. Of the total 232 deaths, 131 occurred before the age of 5. The temperature was high throughout the week, and on Tuesday was 10 deoTees above the average. The mean .of the week was 46 1-10 degrees, about 51 degrees higher than that of the same week of the 13 preceding years. The rainfall amounted to 16 1-100 of an inch. _ _ Mr. M'Gowan mentioned to the committee that Mr. Johnston, a member of that committee, who was appointed commissioner with regard to sanitary and other rates, attended on Wednesday morning, at the Police-court, to hear the cases of parties summoned for arrears of rates. Eleven o'clock was the hour appointed; he waited half an hour, and no masistrate came, and he then went away, expressing his desire that the attention of the Health Committee might be drawn to the matter, as he con sidered it exceedingly unfair that the people who had been summoned should be kept waiting., and no one in attendance to transact the business. _ Mr. J. H. Turner was found, after hunting about. It appeared that it was this gentleman's turn to 'sit on the bench ; but he accounted for his absence through some wrong instructions that he had obtained at the magis trates clerk's office, to the effect that his services would not be required that day. Several gentlemen complained of the inconvenience arising from the non-attendance of magistrates at the Police-court. • Mr. Stitt thought some representation should go from that committee, and moved that the attention of the magistrates be called to the matter. Mr. Haydock seconded the motion, which was agreed to. The Borough Engineer brought before the committee some proceedings in reference to Blackfield-terrace,which is a continuation of Gore-street North, and it appeared Lord Derby was making a new road from Bootle, which the inhabitants of Blackfield-terrace wish to be continued along towards Gore-street North; and, if the committee approved of the arrangement, the inhabitants were willing to alter the leveLs on their street at their own expense. The committee agreed to this, on the condition that the inhabitants sign the necessary documents. The following report of a sub-committee was read in reference to the nuisances in courts and alleys in the town : _ " The attention of your committee has been directed to the condition of the privies in the courts and alleys of the borough, and your committee regret to find, notwith standing the efforts made by the health committtee to enforce cleanliness, that nearly all the places in question are in a most deplorably filthy state. It appears that they are used in common by all the inhabitants of the particular court, and that the inspector of nuisances has no power to enforce on such parsons the duty of keeping the places in proper condition. The courts being close and confined, the, mischief which under any Circumstances would arise from the existing state of things is con siderably increased; and many of the places in question are situated beneath the upper windows of the houses. In most instances the landlords have done everything which could be required of them, and the fault rest ' s entirely with some of the tenants. " The decent portion of the persons having such use of the privies in common complain that, although they are willing to take their share of the work required to observe cleanliness and decency, they have no protection against their neighbours who neglect their duty, and they earnestly request that some steps may be adopted for re medying the evil. The inspector of nuisances reports that he has used all the powers at his disposal to induce the tenants to keep the places in a proper state, but without success, and he adds that if all the parties using the accommodation in common could be by law called upon to do their share of the work, he should, with the assistance of the two assistant inspectors already ap pointed, be enabled to effect a complete improvement. "By the 23rd section of the Liverpool Sanitary Act of 1846, the council are authorised, and they are thereby required to make by-laws, subject to the approval of ono of her Majesty's secretaries of state, for, amongst other things, preventing middensteads or privies from being a nuisance or annoyance to any inhabitant,' and your com mittee are of opinion that it is most desirable to obtain a by-law requiring all persons having the use in common of any middenstead or privy, in any court or alley within the borough, to keep the same in a proper condition ; and that if on inspection it be found in such a condition as to be a nuisance, then that such persons shall severally be subject to a penalty, recoverable before justices. " From careful inquiries which your committee have instituted, it appears there would be no difficulty in ascer taining and proving which of the parties had been guilty of neglect, who might thereupon be summoned and fined. _ _ _ _ _ _ "Your committee therefore submit a by-law framed in accordance with the foregoing suggestion, and they recommend that all proper proceedings may be . taken for giving effect thereto." The committee also submitted the form of a bye-law which would, if in force, inflict penalties on the in habitants of those places, if found guilty of uncleanness. Mr. Crellin moved the adoption of the report, and said he was almost satisfied that, if they had such a bye-law in force, they should have considerable alterations in these courts and alleys. He, and some other gentlemen, went into one of the worst streets in Toxteth-park, Albert-street, and when the people heard that there was somebody coming to visit the place, they commenced cleaning up directly. Mr. Barton seconded the motion. Mr. Crcllin suggested that the two sanitary inspectors be provided with uniform, as the inhabitants did not believe they had any power when they appeared in plain clothes. The suggestion was seconded by Mr. Crosthwaite, and agreed to. A memorial was read from the inhabitants of Manchester-street complaining of the sulphuric suffocat ing fumes issuing from the works of Messrs. Raines and Company. The matter was referred to Dr. Duncan to report upon. • The Borough Engineer mentioned that Mr. Alfred Taylor had got an appointment and was about to leave his office, upon which— Mr. Beckwith asked the engineer, if there had been an application from any of the surveyors in his office, for a vacancy in Rochdale, The Engineer replied, that there had been four, but none of them succeeded. Mr. Beckwith drew the attention of the committee to a statement in the Builder, from which he read the following extract :—" When a vacancy lately occurred at Rochdale, six were selected from 36 to go to the ballot ; four of the six were from the surveyor's office in one of the principal seaports in Lancashire.. The higher the douceur from assistant, to a certain officer, the higher the testimonial with the Barongh arms uponthe faee of it ! so one of them informed me. Strange doings, Mr. Builder ! No doubt you know enough." [The above was a contributed com munication, signed by a " Town Surveyor."' Mr. Beck with thought this ought to be contradicted, and that it was the duty of the committee to set the matter right, knowing, as he did, the honest and independent man they had at the head of this department in Mr. Newlands. Mr. Newland said he was obliged to Mr. Beckwith for mentioning the matter, and he wondered that the editor of the Builder, who was a personal friend of his, allowed such a letter to go into the paper. It was so scurrilous that he - would not have taken any notice of it himself. A. complaint was made against a nuisance in Chadwick street, arising from a sewer, and by which two people were injured. It was supposed it arose from an escape of gas, but it was subsequently believed to arise from some chemical refuse. The matter was referred to the borough engineer, and Dr. Duncan. The report of the inspector of nuisances recommended that several inspectors of police be appointed lodging house inspectors. The recommendation was approved. This was all the business. THE CHARGE AGAINST .A.RCHIBALD MANN, THE VOCALIST. Yesterday, Archibald Mann, the singer, was brought before Mr. Mansfield, at the Police-court. Messrs. J. R. Jeffery and Alderman Turner also presided. Mr. Bremner appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Mitchell, from Halifax, appeared for tbe , defence. The court was crowded by persons who were anxious to hear the case, A number of vocalists and musicians were also present. Mr. Bremner, in opening the case, said that during a long professional career, he hid had many, extraordinary cases to conduct, but never before had he to conduct a case that gave him so much pain. as the present—a more painful or revolting case he never had to bring before a court of justice. He would . tell His Worship who the prisoner was, and who the prosecutor. The prisoner was a musician, and :was originally a sin g er in Norwich Cathedral. The prosecutor having heard him sing there, brought him to Liverpool—lodged, clothed and fed him, and treated him as a friend and one of his family, for a period of from twelve to fifteen months ; and the return he made , for all this kindness was an endeavour to corrupt the children of his benefactor, and bring scandal and unmitigated 'disgrace on himself. In saying this, he (Mr. Bremner) hoped the gentleman who appeared for the prisoner would be able to disabuse the mind of the Bench, if he could, that the prisoner was not guilty of the charge preferred against him ; but he (Mr. Bremner) was of opinion that the evidence which he would produce, was so strong, that the case could not be treated summarily, but that it must be sent to trial, where there would - be a full investigation into all the facts and circumstances, and when truth would be elicited, and when the prisoner would get the benefit of all he could avail himself of, and where also, if guilty, a measure of punishment, equal to the offence, would be inflicted, if the case could be brought home to him. He was about to call evidence, which, -if true, Would show that, although he might be a man in name, he was not in nature, but a beast. Mr. Mitchell objected to these strong expressions as improper, and calculated to prejudice the case. - Mr. Bremner denied that he used any expressions that lie was not warranted in doing. Mr. Mansfield said he understood Mr Bremner to speak hypothetically, and as an advocate. Mr. Bremner then called Charles John Brown, an intelligent boy, 10 years of age, who, having been examined as to the nature of an oath, gave sufficient proof of his knowledge of the obliga tion. He said, I am the son of Daniel Charles Brown, professor of music, living at 46, Falkner-street. We have lived there half a year, and went from Islington. I know the prisoner, Archibald Mann. I first saw him at' Norwich. He has lived with my father twelve or fifteen months, and lived in Islington with us as one of the family The witness then went at great length to state the charge which he preferred against the prisoner —it was heinous in the highest' degree. The prisoner, he said, gave him pennies and twopence a few times, and cautioned him not to tell any one. Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell: I have a cousin named Robert Burton. He is 16 or 17 years of age. He lived with us. I told my father and mother of this affair on Monday week last. Told my cousin before that. The prisoner is a professional singer. My father received all the money he received for his singing. He brought sometimes four, five and six pounds a week in. There was a quarrel between father and the prisoner, as the latter did not hand over all the money to him. Heard • father say he would kick the prisoner out if he did not bring in the money. I heard that more than once. Father did turn him out, neck and crop, from the house. I did not see it, but heard of it. It was after that I told my brother, not before it. Re-examined by Mr. Bremner : It was on Tuesday week the prisoner left, but I had told my father and mother on the Monday evening ; that was the night before he was kicked out. I told my brother in Isling ton, and he told my cousin. Robert Brown, 7 years of age, another intelligent boy, was examined, and having satisfied the bench as to his capacity as to the nature of an oath, corroborated the evidence of his brother, and also proved a distinct and separate charge against the prisoner. Robert Burton, nephew of the two last witnesses' father, 16 years of age, was called. He said I lived with Mr. Brown for about -two and a-half years, and was in Islington when he lived there, and I am now in Falkner street. The prisoner lived with us between 14 and 18 months as a member of the family, having his meals, &c. The witness went on to detail a charge made by him against the prisoner. Mr. Mitchell objected to this witness being examined, as his charge had nothing to do with the charges in the warrant upon which the prisoner was arrested. Mr. Bremner said there were three charges against the prisoner, and he was now proving the third, having proved two already. He had the prisoner then on a warraut and he could make fifty charges against him if he liked. Mr. Daniel Charles Brown, father of the two boys, was examined, and said : I know the prisoner, who has been an inmate in my house for over twelve months, at least. He left on Tuesday, the 18th. I can scarcely say that I put him out, but I told him . to pack up his traps, and leave the house at once, I charged him with the act as complained of by the children. It was in con sequence of something I heard the night before from the children that I ordered him to leave the house. I received a letter from him on Tuesday evening, the 18th. This is in his handwriting. [The letter was produced.] Mr. Bremner read the letter, which was asking forgiveness, and requesting Mr. Brown to meet him on the Landing-stage, an to let him take away his things, &c., from the house. Mr. Mansfield : In consequence of that letter did you meet him at the Landing-stage ? Mr. Brown : Certainly not. Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell : I did not detain any things of his, except what he got at the Liver House, and Mr. Hawks, of Bold-street, in my name, without any authority: I did not write a letter to him, requesting him to go to France or Italy, and wishing him well. I did not write to him on the 19th. I did not write to him at all since this transaction. Mr. Bremner : That is the case for the prosecution. Mr. Mitchell then proceeded to address the Court, and said it was very easy to make such a charge, but very hard to rebut such. If the charges were true, there was no doubt they were very appalling, and must end in the destruction of the prisoner. He said it Was a case got up in consequence of the prisoner refusing to give Mr. Brown any more money he received for his professional services. He alluded to the quarrels which the boy, he said, had admitted, because the prisoner would not allow himself to be mulct, of from £4 to £9 a week, and lie alleged that as a reason why the present case was got up against him. He argued on the improbability of such a state of thine-s existing for . over twelve months, without being discovered, and designated the conduct of Mr. Brown as wicked, and that he wanted to rob and cheat the prisoner. He contended that the boys could not be believed, and held out that the entire case was got up by Mr. Brown to ruin the prisoner, because he refused any longer to hand over his earnings to that man. Mr. Bremner, in reply, repudiated the vile insinuations thrown out against his client, and said he had put Mr. Brown into the box for the purpose of being examined, yet the advocate at the other side never asked him - one word on these subjects, although he might have done so. Yet, he makes a speech full of false charges without the least foundation. His Worship said, it was easy to make such charges as the present, but hard to rebut. He did not think any man would conspire with his children to make such a charge without a cause, the more so as some odium would attach to the children themselves from the nature of such a charge. He would not offer any opinion on the whole case, one way or other, but he thought there was a prima facie case made out, and until he saw something to make him disbelieve the evidence, which at present was not presented to him, he must credit it, and send the prisoner for trial, on the three charges that had been preferred against him. The prisoner was sent for trial ac cordingly. During the time the depositions were being read, two letters were handed to the prisoner, offering him engag e _ ments to sing up the country. BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT. BEFORE SIR E. OUST AND MESSRS. JACKSON, BAR TON, AND COCKSON Thomas Smith Rill, residing at Duke-street, Tranmere, was summoned for selling beer at fifteen minutes past twelve o'clock on the 16th inst. Mr. Bretherton de fended, but, after hearing the evidence, the magistrates inflicted a fine of 20s and costs. Mr. Huntress, proprietor of the Rock Ferry hotel, was summoned for selling drink at half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday morning last, to six of the men belonging to Her Majesty's ship Hastings. Mr. Brotherton appeared for the defendant. The defence was that the men were travellers; and it was proved that the men had been out on leave from twelve o'clock on the Saturday previous, and that their time was not up until twelve o'clock on the Monday. Some of the men had been over in Liverpool, and had come across, and when they went to the defendant's establishment, they ordered some refreshments as travellers. On these grounds the summons was dismissed. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE, BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. ASSAULT.—Joseph Dodd, a young man was charged with having assaulted Mrs. ikephenson, of Simpson-street. The complainant said the prisoner lodged in her house, and on the previous night he came in drunk, and without any provocation he commenced beating - her. • A police man proved that he saw the man beating the complainant, and Mr. Stephenson, the husband of complainant, said he was in bed when he heard his wife calling out, and he went down and found the prisoner assaulting her. Mr. Bluck, for the prisoner, said he was instructed to say that the prisoner only acted on his own behalf, as the com plainant and her husband had assaulted him, and he called a fellow who said he saw Mr. Stephenson and and his wife assaulting Dodd. His Worship said h e did not believe a word of the defence, and sent the prisoner to jail for three months. THE CAR ASSOCIATION AND THE MAGIsTRATEs....: Three hedged car drivers were brought before his Worship, charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of their vehicles, and thus endangering the lives of the public. Mr. Mansfield, on hearing the last case, said, this is no less than the thin ease of badged carmen who have been brought before me this morning on charges of drunkenness. I understand that the car and coach committee have made a complaint to the watch com mittee, that they are subject to the doub le j urisdictio n of the watch committee and magistrates. There is not a word V of truth in the representations male, by the car committee to the watch committee. When car drivers are brought before me for being drunk, they are fined' the same as other people are for the same offence. It is right that the public should know, that I have nothing to do with taking away car drivers badges, and it is right also that the public should not have false statements made by the car committee to the watch committee, and let the reports go uncoutradicted. The late car and inchicy ea:ll464;re committee did their duty to the public in an admirable way, and with very great leniency to the carmen—more than they deserved. lam sure the gentlemen who have succeeded the car and coach committee, will do their duty impar , tially to the carmen and the public, as I aim convinced they will; but it is right that the public should know that the car committee ought not to go . before that•body with a false statement. I know this will go to the public. BEFORE MESSRS. JEFFERY AND PEET. CAUTION TO BILOKERS.—Mr. Tyndall appeared 011 behalf of the Inland Revenue, to proceed against Hannah Rily, broker, of 110, Vauxhall-road, under the 19th and. 20th Victoria, chap. 7, sec. 2, for having acted as a pawn broker without a license, the penalty for which is £5O. Mr. Bluck appeared for the defendant. The case was as follows :—On the sth of January, at ten o'clock at night, a Mrs. Cannon, who lived at 41, Eldon-place, sent a jacket belonging to one of her sons, to the shop of defen dant and pledged it for 2s; next morning she sent her daughter to redeem it, and she paid 2s 8d for it. She had previously made a bargain with the defendant to pay 4d in the shilling for whatever she would lend, and it seemed that Mrs. Cannon had been dealing with defendant for five or six months This was the case for the prosecution. The complainant, on cross examination by Mr. Bluck, denied that she, at the time, intended to inform on Riley. The defence set up by Mr. Bluck was, that the jacket was purchased of his client, and resold to Mrs. Cannon; but this failed, and the magistrates said they had no alternative but to convict. Mr. Tyndall said he would not press for the full penalty in this case. Mr. Jeffery said he did not wonder at poor rates being so high, and poor-houses so full, when such brokers existed. They were an abomination to the poor, and made the poor people who resorted to them poorer still. A penalty of £l2 lOs was inflicted on the defendant. BEFORE MESSRS. SMITH AND HOUGHTON CHARGE AGAINST A CAPTAIN.-Captain W. Lachman, of the German ship "Jane," was charged by one of his seamen, for threatening his life. Mr. Bluck was for complainant, and Mr. Cobb for defendant. The whole case was got out by Mr. Cobb on his cross examination of the man, who admitted that the threat was used on the Ist of January, and that he brought it forward now to get away from the ship, as be could ge more wages on board another vessel. On this state of the case, the bench dismissed the charge. THE BURNS CENTENARY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—l was favoured, on the 20th instant, with a reply or notice on my letter published, on the 19th instant, in the Daily Post, by a correspondent signing himself " Lang Tam," and I have delayed replying for a week, in order to observe how " Lang Tam's " countrymen would conduct them selves and their dances at the ball of the 25th inst. I believe my expression, " uncouth gesticulations," gave great offence, and I would have been glad to recal the same, had the amateur reel performances been such as to have warranted my doing so. I would not wish it to be inferred that the reel dancing on the 25th was not as well performed as possible, but I still say that such a style of dancing is not such as should be the rule at any ball here, and the usual polkas, waltzes, &c., &c., the exception. The committee, however, sowed their good sense (of which they had but little) in the choice of programme of dances, by not allow ing Scotch dances to preponderate. I would ask " Lang Tam" if the yelling and screaming, as uttered during the dancing of the reels at St. George's Hall, is the usual accompaniment to such perform ances, and (if he was present) how he liked the marked tokens of approval elicited by the perform ance of the Scottish band at their conclusion of the second quadrille ? I think the less we have of Scottish management at any future balls, &c., the better, as, with the exception of the refreshment department, the management throughout was most wretched. " Lang Tam " has had his sneer ; I my triumph ; as, notwithstanding his would-be poetry, he did not gain what he evidently desired, viz., a pre ponderance of " uncouth gesticulations." I think, Nl5. eeiuerilthfem from the style of his effusion, such talents as his ought not to be thrown away on so " daft a chiel" as he would make me out to be, while there is so open a market for the display of such talents at Kelly the butterman's,. where I would advise him to offer his services : doubtless he had a trial for the prize poem. I suppose, when he reads this he will feel inclined to apologise for the conduct of his countrymen, of whom only five got " fou" at St. George's Hall ; but probably he will . think it better to be silent, remarking (as . l heard I a Scotch gentleman say on Tuesday evening), if he am ashamed of my countrymen ; " 1 or give and forget both what he said and what I saw htoasmine3ar t m s i Is . i ng George'scoat and Hall hat,t andto-morrow, o r will rol o v , will and heard.—Yours, &c. U. Liverpool, January 27, 1859. "'The suspension is announced of Messrs. B r y an t an d Davies, general merchants, London, with liabilities d o l f n c h ou u rs ildr e cannot sup posed to amount to about £15,000 or £20,000. EXTRAORDINARY AND USEFUL INVENTION.—There is nothing that housewives complain of with greater truth. fulness, than the breaking of some favourite pi ece o f . Mr, obviated by an g cas la e ss s , su v c a l l i u t a h b i l n e g c s h c i a n n a n , ootrbeearthenw matched,araen. e of The beby Ir. Adshcad, of be Derby mended.po Potts r y, n The e latter ar ro erby want .i has t is all cracks extraordidary and effective invention, articlesto h eal , spoken in a perfect o r; an m a an n n o e t r, a been n ment that may be cracks and breaks in sthaied nefit onl o y f in thist h these articlebut n i e n e d mar ble, alabaster, & C . be dwelt on. We o have t 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 ve l • y cheap, and no house can be long without it. Mr. Hall is all interested the agent for its sale in Liverpool, and can judge for themselves, by looking • in at his establishment. Agent for Liverpool, E. T. Hall, 23, South John-street. Sold in bottles, ls. each, or sent fn. on receipt of xtesien postage stamps. STATISTICS OF EDUCATION.—The " National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Prin ciples of the Established Church," has completed its decennial inquiry into the statistics connected with church schools throughout England and Wales. The number of scholars in Church of England week-day, Sun day, and evening schools is reported to be 1,672,415; or about 8.61 per cent. of the entire population of Eng land and Wales. In 1847, the date of the society's pre vious inquiry, the per centage of the population under instruction In Church of England schools was 8.25. There are at present 1,187,086 scholars in Church of England week-day schools ; 1,093,070 in Sunday schools ; and nearly 55,000 in evening schools. The number of evening scholars has more th a n doubled since 1817. The returns embrace other particulars, especially as rega r d, teachers, pupil teachers, and annual income. The results of the inquiry bear striking testimony to the accuracy of the report and tables of the census of education in 1851, which were issued by the Registrar -general in 1854. The National Society's inquiry was conducted b by the Rev. Alexander Wilson, assisted by Mr. Flint, of the Education Commission.