Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-10 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL. YESTERDAY. The first meeting of the new Council was held in the Council-chamber, at the Town-hall, at noon. The Mayor, William Preston, Esq., presided ; and nearly the whole of the members of the Council were in their places. ELECTION OF MAYOR The MAyon said, the first subject on the paper was the election of Mayor for the ensulnz year. Mr. WILLIAM fIUILE said :—Mr.Mayor and gentle men,=l rise for the purpose of proposing that my old and very good friend, Alderman J. 11. Turner, should be the Mayor for the ensuing year. I am not going now to enter into the merits of any other candidate or candidates who may be proposed to you for a seat in that chair, for I believe there are several gentlemen who are ambitious of tne honour of sitting in the Mayor's chair; but I shall merely state those ,claims of Mr. Turner which, I believe, will be recognised by the ma jority of the Council. , Those claims have been too long overlooked; and I believe several gentlemen differing from me in politics, and upon the opposite side of the ques tion, have expressed it publicly that they did think—l don't mean in the present year, but at various tinies— that those claims had been overlooked, and that they ought to be recognised. Now, if those gentlemen have so expressed , themselves; I hope that they will support Mr. Turner upon the present occasion, and show that they want to do an act of grace when they consider themselves that the rocognition of Mr. Turner's claims has been too long delayed. He has been, I believe eighteen years lathe Town Council of Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) Ile has been appointed to various committees, and always discharged the duties of those com mittees most assiduously. Mr. Turner is a man possessed of gentleman-like demeanour, and by his truly honourable conduct has gained the esteem and res pect of his colleagues. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Turner has also—l will just look at his claims, for I have put them down on a piece of paper-4 may say, ton, sir, that he, has served a sort of apprenticeship to the mayoralty, for, on various occasions, he has been appointed deputy-mayor by several gentlemen. I will read to you the gentle men's names—Mr. Littledale, the Messrs. Holm°, Mr. Tobin, Mr. Shand, and, I think, my friend Mr. Lloyd, but I don't know exactly. Now those gentlemen would naturally put a deputy in the chair whom they think would conduct the business of the office as well as they would themselves have done had they been in the situation. Those gentlemen have availed themselves of Mr. Turner's services for their• own convenience ; and I can hardly suppose they will now be so ungenerous as not lo assist to place him in the chair that they have hitherto thought him fit and I shall not believe that to sit in asa deputy they will do anything of the sort until I see it. Now there is another qualification of Mr. Turner. He is a staunch Conservative.—(Cries of no, no !)—Pardon me, he is a staunch Conservative. Who says no? Mr. TYRER—I do. Mr. EARLE—Then you know nothing about it. will tell you why. lon are always making blunders in this room, Mr. Tyier. Now, Ur. Turner was at the great feast given to Lord Derby, and he would not have been there unless he had been subjected to the ordeal of passing before a committee, - _ and the fact - ascertained Whether he was Qualified for a seat there. • I will answer for it, too, that he was uproarious as most be trodden upon, or be deemed unqualified for the good society of their fellow-men. This was not the first attempt that the Council had made to put a young maxi over an elder man. Mr. J. H. Turner had the claim of years upon his side, and those qualificationswhich the world called respectable. He did not mean by the colour of cloth, but of a well-trained mind. It was the right of every gentleman who'passed through that Council to have the honour of bein g Mayor. There was not one present who would dare to sully the reputation of Mr. Turner in any shape or form, nor was . there one there who could call in question his . qualification, for he stood before them in the position of an honour able man, whether on the Exchange or ,in his own private dwelling. He was a man that would not submit to any impropriety, or anything mean, to effect an object. He could not for the life of him conceive why he was to be thrown to one side—why his long services were to be lost sight of. Was it because he did not come so far tip the ladder of Conservatism or Toryism, or whatever name they liked to call it by—because he to 1 8 41, whiff there and only three Conservativf to give Mr. Anderson his and - when he glanced rouni well deserved to hold the u gistrate. There was his Inc I the town long Dover, and these jentlem ferred on them of holding gentlemen were at the eloquent speeches, wilica were very much in favour of the Liberals. Now, will you deny that, Mr. Tyrer ? (Laughter.) Well, now, I don't hold the ridiculous opinion that a man's religion or politics are any qualification or diiqualification for the office of mayor. But if they are a qualification, and I must presume that they are so, because, with the excep tion of yourself, Sir, who have so worthily filled the chair with dignity to yourself and considerable benefit to the town, we have had none but Conservatives in the civic chair for years past. Mr. CI-1101LE* TvitzfEtt—Mr. Sohn Holme. - "":_t.1 - r. EARLS-Oh, don't talk of him. He's dead and gone, and the Liberals did not put him in. (Laughter.) Now, if politics he a qualification for the office of Mayor, then my friend Mr. Turner has the benefit of it. With these remarks, I propose that Mr. J. H. Turner be the Mayor for the ensuing . year. Mr. JOHN STEWART, wno was very indistinctly heard, was understood to say, that it was a matter of congratulation that two gentlemen of such high respec tability, character, and position, shmild be proposed to the Council for their choice. Both gentlemen had paid that attention Ito their duties; which must have com manded the good opinion of every one in the Council. He would not say one word in disparagement of Mr Anderson, whom he esteemed and respected ; but here was another gentleman of great respectability and posi tion, and who had the claim to present of very long services. That gentleman was Mr. J. H. Turner ; and on the ground of his long services, he (Mr. Stewart) should have very great pleasure in seconding Mr. Earle's motion. _ _ _ _ . . letain them longer Mr he hr, ,Tyrer, who I there was Mr. C Mr. Bennett, Mr Mr. FRANCIS SIIAND-I feel how difficult it is to propose a gentleman to fill the office which you have held, Mr. Mayor, with so much satisfaction to this Council, and to the borough at large ; but, I may men-. tion the name of a gentleman who has all those quali fications which are indispensable for the discharge of the duties of chief ma g istrate ; and that gentleman is Mr. Thos. Darnley Anderson, who is one of the most popu lar of the members of this Council. ( " Hear, hear," and " no, no.") Mr. Anderson represents a ward in the borough, and he was not chosen by a majority, but was returned to the Council without opposition by the ;whole ; and I can only say that his gentlemanly conduct, that his amiability of temper, as a man of business, has always marked him as a man of prudence in everything of importance in which he has-been en gaged. I am not going into any iiiiitutice of his cha racter or conduct. We know that as a magistrate he has showed his qualification for holding the office of first magistrate of this town. I will not enter into this or that about liberality or party, but it gives me great plea sure to propose Mr. T. D. Anderson to be the mayor for the ensuing year. Mr. Alderman COOPER—I have great pleasure in seconding the motion, that Mr. Anderson should hold the high office of Chief Magistrate. When I look back at his high character, at his ability, at his gentlemanly conduct in this Council and in this town, I consider few men so well qualified to fill this high and important station. He has already rendered great service to the town in re forming its juvenile offenders. He has also subscribed very liberally for the education and improvement of 'the poor, and I am quite satified that if you elevate him to this high position he will perform his duty to the town, to the Council, to his country, and to his sovereign, I have therefore great pleasure in seconding the nomi nation of 21r. Thomas Darnley Anderson. Mr. GLADSTONE felt that such a meeting as that could not be allowed to pass over without some remark. There was a great deal involved in the selection they were about to make, and he was about to record his - vote in favour of Mr. Turner, though he was free to confess that Mr. Turner was not, in many instances, of his way of thinking. Mr. Anderson was an enemy to progress ; but Mr. Turner, on the contrary, was disposed to take a very liberal view of such matters as came before him for consideration. He might say of Mr. Turner that he had not presumed to dictate to any one how he was to act in forwarding his election. He had stooped to nothing mean to obtain a sound or stray vote. He was incapable of such conduct. Ile w as a man of hi g h honour, and, what ever his p olitical vi ews might be, he wished)to state that he was a gentlemen well qualified to fill the office. Previous remours had been circulatedthat dinners had been given, and there were parties out of doors who not on y disregarded the fourth command-. ment, but who had sold . their birthright for a mess of pottage. • It was in , vam to treat the matter in the light colours that they had heard Mr. virtues of Mr. Anderson, who had been a most determined resister . of every improvement, or such as appeared to him (Mr. Gladstone) to be improvements. (Laughter.) Be admitted that his views were individual; bnt often he thought 'correct, and he was determined, if possible, to carry them out. It was in vain to talk of the eharacteristics of Mr. Anderson; he preferred Mr. Turner to Mr. Anderson as a public man. Mr. Anderson was a gentleman, and a well informed man, and if he were of a different way of thinking, he (Mr. Gladstone) would be much gratified; but often when he had looked for grapes he had found thorns, and when he had looked for a mind well trained and well directed, he had found it other wise. For that reason he objected to Mr. Ander son, and, of the two, preferred Mr. Turner. Mr. Earle hart said very properly, that Mr. J. H. Turner had very great claims on the Council. There were a few stray votes that might cause some little difficulty ; but, were they to be told that they were to worship the olden image of ari s t ocracy, w hi c h h a d b een se t u p. Was it in this age that they were to be told to do so or possessed of ability, and had judgment to discuss the matters _that would come before them. It was due to those persons that they should now get some repose; and he could only say, that if the members of the Council again re-elected them, it was high time that Mr. Martin's act, for cruelty to animals, should be brought into operation. (Hear, and "oh 7 . oh !") It was also requisite for the public good, and the cause of progress too, that they should not again sit at that Coun cil. He understood that the Council would meet with the most determined opposition from those who had decided upon securing their return. He asked was qualification necessary in the election of aldermen ; if so, and as he had already referred to that point, be called upon them and entreated them not to have men of ignorance among them, nor permit such to 'hold so prominent a place. Give him a man of education and he would wear him in his heart's core. (Hear, hear.) Let the Council do its duty, and elect such men of intelligence as he referred to, then would it reflect credit upon itself, and be only discharging its duty. _ was a few steps below Mr. Anderson? that was the reason - Mr. Alderman BENNETT rose to reply to Mr. Glad that on this occasion he was to be discarded. He would stone, and in doing so, said he could not permit such a not speak too fast. He had reason to believe that there speech to he made, vilifying as it did, the character of his were some in the room who were favourable to Mr. absent friends, without replying to it. He could designate Turner, and who looked upon it very much as he did it by no milder term, than by saying it was unworthy himself. He concluded by observing that though he of the man who had uttered it, and unworthy of Mr. had no personal objection to Mr. Anderson, yet he had Gladstone. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Gladstone, by making greater confidence in Mr. Turner. such a calumniatory speech, had left himself open to Mr. Alderman J. BRAMLEY-MOORE rose and said he great censure, and was now placed in a most unworthy had come into the room unprepared with information, position. (Hear, and cries of " Order.") for he (lid not know how half a_ dozen men were going The MAYoR—I hope Mr. Bennett, in his address, to give their votes. He had to say that helad not been will temper his words with moderation. canvassed by one of the gentlemen now nominated, Alderman BENNETT said that Mr. Gladstone had either personally or by any one on their behalf; spoken of, giving eyes to the blind, and sending his but he had cone into the room with the intention of absent friends to blind asylums, and attempted to quote voting for Mr. Turner. When he considered the duties scripture ; but his (Alderman Bennett's) only regret that Mr. Turner had performed, and that he had been was, that a man who knew so much scripture as Mr. a member, with himself, for eighteen years, he could Gladstone, should have used it so irreverently. (Hear, speak frotn personal experience as to the manner in hear.) He would . ask that Council, would it which he had discharged his duty. He would not go the doing a scriptural act if Mr. Gladstone had the length Mr. Gladstone had gone, because he was equally power to put such men as the gentlemen he referred convinced that neither Mr. Anderson nor Mr. Turner to, and who were not present to vindicate their own would stoop to anything unworthy. When he looked cause, into Blind Asylums for the restoration of their around him he saw many gentlemen who were worthy sight ; and also into graving docks, that they might of fulfilling the duties of Mayor, and who had great have the shells scraped off them. The men Mr. claims on the office. He had to avow that he voted Gladstone had so unjustly assailed were men who had against the retiring Mayor, and he was sure he did not passed uprightly through every position in life, and respect him the less for having done so. He went were respected and esteemed by all who knew them. on to say that Mr. Anderson was much esteemed, (Hear, hear.) They were gentlemen too. .(Hear and was well fitted to fill the • office of Chief Magis- " order.") Many of them, he could also state, were trate ; but he believed that Mr. Turner was still descended from their forefathers of many generations, more eminently qualified. He did not consider that the and could refer back to those generations with honour feeling was because one was a greater Tory or less a Tory able pride. (A voice—" we are, ally descended from one there than the other. There might be exceptions pair.") Therefore, they had net been limited in when Mr. Turner had gone with the Conservative this respect to some who could . only trace back party, . and when he had done "otherwise. He their descent to one generation. (Hear, hear, and was not going into the question of electing gentle- " order.") He hoped a fair report of Mr. Gladstone's men of liberal politics, for the Liberals had passed speech would be given, as he was sure that when he saw over a person who ought to have been elected Mayor, it in print, he would himself read it with shame and re he alluded to Mr. George Holt,—a gentleman pre- Bret for having given utterance to such expressions. eminently qualified for the office, and yet he had been (Hear, hear.) He (Alderman Bennett) felt so warm passed over by his own party from year to year. ("No, upon the subject he could scarcely restrain his feelings, no.") Yes, yes ;he had been passed over from 1835 and considered himself fully justified in the course he --(lre in the Council sixty Liberals had adopted. (Hear, hear.) He would be most happy The voting papers having been handeu apport on another occasion; declared the following elected:—Messrs. Joseph Cooper ' the room, he saw many that (28), Richard Cardwell Gardner (35), Samuel Heinle ma- (34), John Woodruff (30), James Parker (32), John 'ld Stewart (28), and John.Bramley-Moore (28) • and there being an equality of votes for Mr. Bold (27), and Mr. - Beckwith (27), the Mayor gave his casting vote in Mr. Bold, who was therefore elected. The subjoined table will sl Council voted : in, the M DW the 'member of the 8 F ° • NAMES. ;•-, - • • , t l , • ,%•• - 6 1 t;" .5 ai -• '4 5 1 .9 ' !,) °. 8 g c 3 0 I z. ) Anderson,T. D. 1 1 1 ...... 1 1 1 1 1 Aikin John . Avison Thomas 1 1 1 1.. 1 Barton Wm i i i ... ........ i...... i...... Beckwith R.M 1.. ... 1 ... 1 ... • 1 111 1 . • . Bennett Wm 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Bold Thomas Bowring C. T.........: i 1 1i 1 ........ • Clint F. A. Clerk J0hn....... 1... ... 1 : 1 1 ... 1 1 1 ... : 1 : 1 ,•• • • Corbally C. J. ...... 11 1 111 1 1 :. ••: CrellinJames 1 1 1 ... 1• • 1 Crosthwaite D 1 1 1 ... 1 ... ... 1.. • :.. 1 ... 1 1 Cropper .J.. W . .. . ... 1 1 1 1. . 1 .... 1 Dover Thos .l 1 1. . 1 ...... 1 . 1 Earle William .. . . 11 1 ... 11 1 ... 1 1 Farnworth J :1 : I 1.. . . 1 1 . ... 1 1 1 Estill Edward ... • 1 1 1 I 1 • 1 1 Gladstone . • 1 1 1 1 ... .1. . Graves S. R. 1 : 1 I ... 1 ... „. 1 ::: ::•. .1. .4 Haydock Hodson T. E. i i i i ...... ... Holden Oliver 1 1 ... : 1 1 1 ... 1 ... 1 1 Holme Samuel Horsfall G. H. 1 : 1 I 1 ... „, "i • i Houghtonß.W 1I 1 ... .. •••1 • • • • ... 1 • 1 •• 1 1 Hutchison R. 1 1 1 1 1 ••• ••• 1 1 1 Jeffreys W. P. 1 1 1 : .1 . . 1 • •• 1 ...... 1 1 Jeffery J. R.._ 1 1 1 ... Job Thomas B. 1 1 ... 1 1 1 ... 1 1 •.• • ::•. •• • Johnson 'James 1 1••• 1 • • • • :. . 1 1 •.. , ... : 1 • 1 Kitchen Joseph 1 1 ... 1 11 1• 2 ••• 1 .. • 1 • Lloyd J. B 1 1 1 1 1 Littledale T 1 1 1 ... •••1• • • • • • ... 1 • • • 1 ... 1 1 Livingston J.G 1 1 1 ... .• •• • • 1 ••• •• • ... 1 •• • ••• 1 ... ••• 1 1 Mozley Charles ... 1 i ... 1 . 1 ... 1 : : • NicksonGeorge 1 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... •.. ... 1 1 ... 1 •1 1 Parker James Preston Wm 1 ... ...... ... • 1 ... 1 ... i Rae David ll 1 ••• 1 1 1 ... 1 1 ::: . Robertson J 1 1 1 ... • 1 ... •• • ... 1 ... 1 ::, 1 Ridley Thomas 1 1 1 •• 1.• ••• .. 1.• . : 1 ... 1 1 Picton J. A. 1 . . ..• 1 / 1 1 •i 1 1 1 Robinson Thos. 1 1 : 1 . •• 2 ••• 1.. . . • . . 1 ... Rogers Jobn ...........• . 1 ••• 11 1 • • • 1 I ShandFrancis Sheilßichard... ......... 1 1 ... 11 1 i 1 Shimmin John 1 11.. ... 1. . 1. . . 1 1 1 Steabis Jame 5........... 1 1 /1... 1 . 1... 1 Stewart John 1 1 1 ..:..:...I 1.. / 1 1 ... .1 1 . 1 Stitt John J. . . 1 1 1 1 ... I 1 Tobin James A. 1 1 . 1 ... 1 1 1 Turner Johnll. . . ••.1 1 .•. 1 ... ... Tyrer James 1 : 1 ••• 1 1 1 1 1 Vernon Thos.... 1 I 1 ••• 1 1 1 1 1 Wagstaff Thos. 11 I . . ...) 1 ... ... 1 1 ... ... 1 1 1 Woodruff John ... 1 : 1 .1,... 1 1 .1 1 1 Wilson J. H.... . . 11 1 ... 111_I 1 1 „. MAYOR'S Al ken p: ace, it NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. he position of mayor. He woul ao intention ofsaying: word but for the remarks of Mr. Gladstone, and he . Wmild repeat that he had come in uncanvassed by Mr. Turner or Mr. Anderson, or by any person on their behalf. He had supported Mr. Turner on a former occasion, and he was prepared to do so again with great satisfaction. The votes were then tak follows : • And the members voted a F<>> Hr. 7'. D. Anderson.—Aldermen :—J. B. LloTd, W. Bennett. G. - H. Horsfall, J. Parker, T. Robinson, J. Cooper, R. C. Gardner, F. Shand, R. W. Houghton, S. Holine. Councillors :—D. Crosthwaite, J. Crellin, J. Shimmin. W. Barton, 0. Holden, T. Littledale, J. Tyrer, C. Turner, S. R. Graves, T. Ridley, W. P. Jeffreys, T. Wagstaff, J. A. Tobin, R. Hutchison, G. Nickson, F. A. Clint, J. Farnworth, J. Robertson, T. Vernon, J. W. Cropper, J. G. Livingston. Far .31 - 1.. I. H. Turner.—Aldermen :—T. Dover, J. Bramley-Moore. Councillors :—J. J. Stitt, R. Sheil, J. Woodruff, C. J. Corbally, R. Haydock; J. Clerk, E. Estill, T. Avison, J. Steams, C. T. Bowring, D. Rae, H. C. Beloe, J. Rogers, J. H. Wilson, C. Mozley, T. B. Job, R. Gladstone, W. Earle, J. Johnson, J. A. Picton, J. R. Jeffery, J. Kitchen, T. L. Hodson; R. M. Beck with, J. Stewart, and the Mayor. The' Mayon then said :—The number of votes for Mr. Anderson is thirty-one, the number for Mr. Turner is twenty-eight. I. therefore declare Mr. Thomas Darnley Anderson, elected Mayor. Mr. Anderson, the Mayor elect, was then escorted into Hods o_ room by his mover and seconder, Mr. F. Shand and Holden Oliver Alderman Cooper. The new Mayor having signed the Holme James.. necessary declarations, Holme Samuel Mr. PRESTON, the retiring mayor, said—Mr Anderson, yous X th i n o it .. v %; —lt is my duty—my pleasant duty—to announce to you HutChison R. that the Council has this day elected you to the high. and Jeffreys W. P important office of chief magistrate of this borough. I 'jelegio'lm. B. trust, sir, that you may, during your mayoralty, be Johnson Jame blessed with that, of all blessings the highest— Kitchen Joseph good health; and I trust, sir, that when your time of Lloyd nede dj al B T.A office expires, that you will go into the arms of your Livingston J.t., fellow-townsmen and family with satisfaction. MellorJames,.! The MAYOR (Mr. Anderson) having shaken hands M oor e J. B. with his predecessor, took his seat. He said—Gentle- Nickso ri Caa o r r l e s men, I can assure you that I find it very difficult to Parker James.. e express my feelings on the present occasion, and to thank Preston Wm... you as I would wish to do for the distinguished itte D r :Jo ind J... honour just conferred upon me, in electing me chief Ridley Thoma magistrate of this important town for the ensuing year. Picton J. A... lam fully sensible that there are many gentlemen in the Robinson Thot Council better fitted than myself, from experience and ItofeersjJohn ability, to have occupied this chair; anti that I am Shand indebted to your partiality and kindness for the honour, ShandFrancis rather than to any merit of my own. I can only Shfilßi.uchard. promise y ou , gen tl emen , th a t it shall be my Stearns lun jam J es. earnest desire, by strict impartiality in the Stewart John... discharge of the duties of the office, to justify, in some Stitt John J. measure, your choice. And while I speak, of the honours P o b i , i i n ni 4am i ? i s ios ! ' of office, I hope I will not forget its 'difficulties and Turner Charles responsibilities; and if I did not feel sure that you Turner JohnH. would extend to me the same indulgence and support TryernrerouJrararhioess..:: which have always been given to my p r e d ecessors , I Wagstaff Th os. should not have ventured to take the office. If my pre- Woodruff John Wilson J. H.... decessors felt it necessary to ask for your support to en able them to conduct the deliberations in this room with that dignity which becomes this. assembly, I can say I shall feel it much more. In accordance , with the usual most excellent custom, I shall attend St. Peter's Church, on Sunday morning next, when a sermon will be preached and a collection made in behalf of that ex cellent institution the Bluecoat School ; and I shall con sider it a favour, if as many members of the Corporation and their friends as can do so will, attend. Again I thank you sincerely for the honour that you have con ferred upon me. (Applause.) The election of Aldermen was then proceeded with to supply the places of the subjoined out-going gentle men :—Messrs. Thomas Bold, James Parker, Joseph Cooper, Richard C. Gardner, John Bramley-Moore, Francis Shand, Thomas Toulmin, and James Holme. After the retiring members left the Council Chamber, Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE addressed the Council, and said that they now had come to the question of the election of 'Aldermen, upon which he wished to say a few words, more especially. to the party supporting them. (Hear, hear.) The men who had retired from office were not the men for the progressiye a g e in which they lived. Th e y h a d been long enough engaged in the poesitsion they held, and they were gettinc , worn out in th ervice ; some of them were almost blind, and others wer e lame —in fact they were more fitted for a blind hear,_ and cries of ~ asylum, where they would be taken care of. (Hear, as he said before, O t t, oh.") They were far behind, • An alderman should e be pr a ogressive spirit of the age. and bebaltleto carry out the duties ; h should i also matters s lso f to state distinctly devolving upon him, importance b that left the room, -ay by and clearly his views upon might arise in then Council to write his own me also. It a.," be qualified sought re-elect the eight men who had j us t was against the party in that Council who agreed with them in politics. (Hear, hear.) He asked was such a course had been either just or fair; mind he would, say also, that if the Council did so they would commit a gross blunder. t N h o em t o;nlayndthneiorwa,ge, thatb ut theirtheseeight incompetencygentlemen w"th so long floating in the smooth water,, their exteriors could not be but well tarnished .1 both and the shells a graving dock until the weeds „ oh sea weed and shell. They should be laid up in t pos_t_on Those seekin,?; to be elected to the importan h were scraped off them. (Hear, and o . ) of aldermen in that Council, should be men w o were After the election of aldermen had was moved by Mr. John Stewart, and seconded by Mr. W. Preston, that the usual allowance of £2;000 be voted to the Mayor, to defray his expenses during his year of office, which was carried unanimously. The minutes of the last special council meeting were read and confirmed. The three quarterly meetings of the Council for 1859-60 were appointed to be held on the first Wed nesday of February, May, and August. - ' appointment of a'n'nual ()freers and directors was then proceeded with.• The standing orders for the regulation of the pro ceedings of the Council, and for the government of committees, were then read. APPOINT 711EliT OP COMMITTEES Mr. STEWART said it would be his duty to move the formation of the finance committee, and he then read over the names of those who formed the members of the committee for the last year. He would not attempt to interfere with any of the members, and be had only to say that the committee had attended to their duty, and been as good.a working committee as any of the Corpo ration. , He would therefore submit the names in the order that he had named them ; and, first of all, move that Mr. Samuel Holme be a member. Mr. J. H. TURNER seconded the motion. Mr. STITT wished to call attention to a resolution passed by the Council on that day twelve months, and this resolution (which he read) was to the effect that no member of the Council should be called upon to serve on four or five committees while others only served on one or two, but that the work should he equalised. Mr. STEWART then moved that the following gentle men be members of the committee—Mr. J. Bramley- Moore, Mr. James Parker, Mr. J. H. Turner, 4r. James Cooper, and Mr. James Tyrer. Mr. SHIM. moved that Mr. Robertson Gladstone be a member of the Finance Committee in place of Mr. Tyrer. He thought Mr. Tyrer would second the motion, , a because he must feel it very tedious to be retained on a committee that he bad never attended a meeting of, and th ere f ore i t was sure ly ver y disa greea bl e t o him to at tend. When it was considered that he had never attended a r would d e f m ee e l e m tin u g eh ,. o he li t g h e o d ug f, ht that be a sufficient reason for displacing b hina - and he had no doubt t t i t r e . Tyrer NOVEMBER 10, 18 9. • struck out. Mr. Tyrer _sever attended public business, Francis A. Clint, James Johnson, R. W. Houghton, bear respect to such of its members as might be for he was also a magistrate, but he never :attended to W. P. Jeffreys, Thomas Bold,, James Robertson, _John Dissenters, by placing one or more gentlemen connected his magisterial duties ; and it would be unfair in the Aikin„ J. J. Stitt, J. G. Livingstone, John Woodruff, with Dissenting Churches upon the committee. Council to place a man in a position that would be dis- T. L. 'Hodson, Robert Hutchison, S. R. Graves, Wil- Mr. STEAiNS said that during the .two years he had agreeable to him. He therefere proposed that Mr. Ham Barton, J. W. Cropper, T. B. Job, Joseph Kitchen, been on the committee, he had been unable in fact it Gladstone be appointed in Mr. Tyres room. C. J. Cerbally, John Farnworth, and James Steains. was utterly impossible, to ascertain the religious tenets -Mr. Picros seconded the amendment. The names proposed were agreed to. of any g entleman t here from an y discussion that had Mr. TYRER explained that he lived at some distance The committee were empowered to carry out the taken place. (Hear, hear.) from the town, and the train arrived too late for his provisions of the Sale of Gas Bill; and Me. Daniel Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE thought that statement being present at the first of the meetings of the corn- Houghton was appointed gas inspector, under this act, required some explanation; because, seeing that the mittee, but he was generally present when anything at a salary of £2OO a-year, being the same salary that committee were all on one side, there could be no new was introduced. If, however, the Council were he receive at present. wonder that there was no differesce of opinion expressed inclined to place another gentleman on the committee - in his place, it was for them to decide. Mr. CHARLES TURNER said he was very happy to say he had known Mr. Tyrer as a merchant, and one of the most respectable, as well as of the most respected, in town, and he thought it a rather ungracious move on the part - of Mr. Sheil, to move that such a respectable gentleman, with good sense and sound judgment, should be removed from the Finance', Committee. He (Mr. Turner) had not the pleasure of being a member of that committee, but he hoped the affront would not be cast upon Mr. Tyrer of displacing him on the committee. Mr. AL EARLE would like to sec ME. Gla7 IEALTA COMMITTEE. (Laughter.) He agreed with Mr. AV should be dissenters on the Education Committee doubt the subject of education had been, and would be, a disputed question in the Council ; hear) —but surely there could be no objection to a tiny one or two dissenters on the committee. The MAYOR said there were Dissenters should they not be there ?• o n the mittee last year, for he had himself moved their election Mr. GLADSTONE—Who were they ? The MAYOR—Mr. Farnworth was one. The names above mentioned were then agreed to L a i ! Alderman Gardner next moved the election of The MAYOR said that as the Council were about to elect a Health Committee, he might state that he had received from Mr. Theodore Rathbone, a very long letter on the subject of the inspection of the lodging houses. He could' not decypher the letter, but a copy of it was being made. He understood, however, that the writer desired some gentlemen who take an interest in the lodging-house question to be placed upon the Health Committee. Mr. WILLIAM .IB,LE hoped the Health Committee would pay more attention to the Act for the Regulation of Common Lodging-houses. They ought to bring some of the keepers of those houses before the magis trates, and see if something could not be done to remedy the crying evil that existed in our town. lstone on the with them, and committee, as he dia not generally. agree he wanted him to see with his own eyes what was going on there, that .he might not be led astray with reports that had no foundation. Mr. JEFFERY thought that Mr. T sufficient reason for being absent Gladstone was equal to Mr. Tyr the necessary qualifica mittee .I,,tever Vernon, who is a Dissenter Mr. HODSON had no personal objection vi to Mr. Vernon, but after what had fallen from Avison, he would move that Mr. Avison be a ruen lb the Council instead of M that gentlemen would then remove from th some gentlemen of the Coun zr had not shown He thought Mr. Mr: Alderman DOVER moved that the following gen tlemen,be the Health Committee for the ensuing year : —Messrs. Ridley, Job, Thomas Dover, Richard Sheil, R. Gladstone, T. L. Hodson, Roger Haydopk, J. J. Stitt, Oliver Holden, R. M. Beckwith, C. T. Bowring, T. Vernon, William Barton, D. Crosthwaite, James Crellin, Thomas Avison, and. Clerk. V anon as regarded any of u was anything wrong about the Education Mr. VERNON seconded this amendment. On a division, however, Mr.. Vernon was electe d 19 Y large majority. _ _ ssp cio n Comte that embership on the com- Alderman PARKER moved, and Mr. KITCHIN seconded, the substitution of the name of Mr. Nickson for that of Mr. Clerk, which was agreed to. Alderman "GARDNER then moved the re-elec Mr. Livingstone to fill the vacancy caused by the ment of Mr. Shand frem the Council. Mr. AVISON moved as an amendment the elegy' Mr. Job. On a division, M. stone was elected by 3 si ierable majority Alderman GARDNER next moved, and it was g l ib to, that the following gentlemen should be added to committee, viz., Messrs. Nickson, J. H. Wilson, f f * Beloe, and Gardner. On the motion of Mr. Avison, Mr. Job was addc at iutil a c 1 de Tobin ; but, on the )URTS OF LAW COMMITTEE Alolerman J. H. TURNER moved the following names on this committee :—Messrs. J. H. Turner, John Stewart, James A. Picton, James Parker, Samuel Holme, William Earle, Thomas Littledale, Thomas Avison, and Mr. J. B. Lloyd in the place of Mr. J. Bramley-Moore who was a member of the committee last year. suggested that the Law Courts Committee might be amalgamated with the Town-hall Committee. Mr. Jeffery was proceeding to disChss the question of party politics, when — Mr. WM. EARLE ,suggested that short speeches would meet with the approval of the Council. Mr. JEFFERY said Mr. Earle must not talk to him now as he had been in the habit of doing hitherto. If M. J. R. J Mr. Earle did so then he (Mr. Jeffery)'lVoald meet him in a way very different to that NV hi ch he had hitherto met him- ifter a lengthy discussion, during which the Mayor mes ruled Mr. Jeffery out of order, Y moved, and Mr. STITT seconded, that doore be elected instead of Mr. Lloyd. ion Mr. Lloyd was appointed by a majority Mr. Bramley-- On a d of sixtc MARKETS CO'MMITTE - "fr. JoimsoN moved, and Alderman Coorral. seconded, oodruff be a member of this committee. KWITH said, after the recent votes of the should have thought that a committee of Counci entirel nen would have been appointed Mr. JETTEFY regretted that Mr. Graves was not in his place, for, feeling a great interest in this question, he had consulted several gentlemen in the room, and had discussed the propriety of re-constituting the com mittee, because the 'Council had declared, and he be lieved the public out of doors held the opinion, that they could have no confidence in the late Markets Com mittee. Mr. H Mr. JEI TN—No, no. ERY hoped no gentleman TT Duld take the remark in a personal light. Mr. HOLDEN-But I do take it as personal, sir Mr. RIDLEY rose, in the absence of Mr. Graves, to move the reconstruction of the Markets , Committee, without intending any disrespect to the retiring mem bers. The committee, it would appear, had not done all that the Council expected from them, although the committee had done all that it was in their power to do. (Hear, hear.) The manner in which the plan for a new wholesale market, as propounded by the committee, was received by the Council, clearly showed a want of confidence in them; and it would, therefore, be for the benefit of the town, and for the convenience of the Council, if a new committee were appointed. His intention was to propose the following gentlemen, who, with the exception of Mr. Slid and. Mr. Farn worth, were gentlemen entirely unconnected heretofore with the Markets Committee :—Messrs. Aikin, Nick son, Wilson, Estill, Hutchison Beloe, Horsfall, Job, Cropper, Farnworth, Shiel,,Crel\in, and Rodgers. He would move, as an amendment, the name of Mr. John Aikin. . Alderman PARKER denied that the recent decisions of the Council on the question of providing• a wholesale market could be construed into votes of censure upon the Markets Committee of that day. Mr. WoonnuFF said it was immaterial to him what portion of the work the Council thought proper to confer upon him. The Markets Committee, until the last two divisions on the question of providing a whole sale market, had been supported by a larger majority of the Council than any other committee; and on those two occasions the Council differed with the committee, feeling that a question involving an outlay of £45,000 should be referred for the consideration of the new Council, the old Council at that time being about to expire. He (Mr. Woodruff) had been a member of the Markets Committee for the period of twelve years, and he could defy any . one to point to a single vote that he had given during that time, and say that it had been dictated by party considerations, or that it was contrary to the interests of the town at large. With refe rence to the re-constitution of the Committee, he thought it would be exceedingly unwise to hand over the manage ment of the market estate to five or six new members of the Council. There was a surplus of over £5,000 a-year from that estate, and the continuance of that degree of prosperity mainly depended upon the seivices rendered by members who had been on the committee previously, and who knew the working of the markets. But, whilst he said this, he would not wish to be understood as having any objection whatever to an infusion of new blood into, the committee. All that he protested against was the adoption of the very unwise step of placing the management of the markets in the hands of necessarily inexperienced persons. Mr. BowniNG seconded Mr. Ridley's amendment. Alderman BENNETT thought it would be a most un gracious thing to attempt to remodel the Markets Com mittee, against whom there was no ground for com plaint. Mr. *JOB thought the vote given at the last meeting of the Council was a very significant one, and he was not astonished at gentlemen consequently seeking to • reconstitute the Markets Committee. He believed that a remodelling of that committee was demanded by the public interest, and that unless that were conceded nothing but dissatisfaction would ensue during the pre sent municipal year. On a division there appeared for Mr. Woodruff 15 votes, and for Mr. Aikin 13 votes. The former gentle man was declared duly elected a member of the Markets Committee. -4 Mr. JOHNSON moved that Alderman Raymond W. Houghton be a member of the committee. Mr. RIDLEY proposed as an amendment the name of Mr. Nickson. _ _ Mr. Houghton was elected by 31 votes to 16. Mr. RIDLEY said he had given the Council a fair opportunity of testing the question, and after the two divisions just had, he should withdraw the remaining names orf his list. (Hear, hear and applause.) Mr. JOHNSON moved, and it was agreed to, that Messrs. Holden, Haydock, Ridley, Shimmin, Nickson, Lloyd, Rodgers, Barton, Cropper, and Johnson should be members of the committee. On the motion of Mr. CLINT, seconded by Mr. Smrmmix, Mr. Kitchen was added to the committee. It being how twenty minutes to five, MR. GLAD STONE moved the adjournment of the Council ; but on a division the motion was lost, 30 votes against to 20 for. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. Alderman GARDNER moved the re-election of the following gentlemen on this committee—viz, Messrs. Wagstaff, Jeffreys, Robertson, Crosthwaite, Kitchen, Clint, Hutchison, Cropper, and Ridley. wheyco years a rl r ucl ae Al i sodl n lrp t edp e hrauo r esep interest, classes,aosw:nthiieopoaloln:otr, someMß . otherJOl3 said c as s r i n i t n o f tit: committee, t contribute the tr ibu te trate - payersewards theof alslu support of i o e r n some fm the Schools; and he could see no reason why Who classes should ported by the Corporation for the ben r e o fit Dissenter.c omiCommittee i t n t o e e t b o f e c e r ov e nach p sr r sieydt e du s em e dr n eiieneh t mgd e s d ebreet t hrx h eac e dotl r uf e stf . he did think it was only due thereMt Mr. had Av been is° N that the Council should tious for ME _ TOBIN. thought it was not necessary to place Mr. Gladstone on the committee in the room of Mr. Tyrer. The object of Mr. Sheil and Mr. Jeffery could be as well attained by 4ppointincr Mr. Gladstone to fill one of the two vacancies that had occurred. I be Mr. Alderman TURNER held the same opinion as Mr. Mr. SHEIL A refusing to withdraw his amendment, the question was put to the vote, when twenty-seven voted for Mr. Tyrer, and twenty-five for Mr. Gladstone. Mr. SrEwAirr then proposed Mr. Thomas Dover and Mr. J. A. Tobin. • _ . Mr. TEFFERY wished to remark, that previous to the, separation of the Dock Estate from the Corpora tion, it was thought advisable that no person 'who was a member of the Dock Committee, should be a member of the Finance Committee ; and now that the two inte rests were separate, he thought it still more objectionable. They had had frequent complaints with regard to gentlemen who had pretended to 'serve both interests. He spoke fom his own personal experience when he said it was an injudicious thing for the Council to have on that committee members of the Dock Board. He was sure it must be a very painful thing for a gentleman so situated to have to decide 'on questions that were con flicting in their interest. It was serving or attempting to serve two masters. They had a question of land before them for the settlement of which they might have to go to Parliament, when the Mersey Board and heir the Corporation, interests, and therek it was right Mors of that for the members o: committee tion to Mr. I stated, he would ao personal ound move as an amendment that Mr. Beloe be as a member of the dommitte Mr. STITT seconded amendment Mr. CLINT said he thought if there was a man actuated by high and noble motives in the dischar g e of his duty, that man was Mr. Tobin. He knew if Mr. Tobin felt that to occupy the double position would militate or interfere with each other, he would be the first man to resign. He would leave it as a matter of conscience to Mr. Tobin, knowing that he would do that which his mind taught him to be right.' He had seen questions settled that day which. were but repetitions of ^ what he had seen before, and which were altogether of a party character. He would say, and he regretted to say it, that the interest of the town was sacrificed at the altar of party. He would not be influenced by any such low and unworthy considerations as influenced many, and he had only to leave the question to Mr. Tobin's own good sense. Mr. Pic-rox expressed his regret that party feeling should influence so many. Mr. GRAVES said he agreed with Mr. Jeffery so far as he stated that he was not influenced by any party motives, but he could not see that the interests of the dock estate, and those of the Corporation were separate, and he thought it desirable that the union existing between them should be more thoroughly cemented. It was for the Council to decide whether that union was more likely to be cemented or torn asunder by the members of the one,body forming part of the other's committees. Ile had always understood that the reason the members of the Dock Board were not on the Finance Committee was, that they could not give the time necessary to the affairs of the Dock Board. Mr. Tobin was A gentleman of great experience and high qualifications, and he thought it was very ungen tlemanly to propose a gentleman in his place who had attended for the first time that day as-a member of the Council, in opposition to one whose services had been so I valuable Mr. BELOS said no one could be more surprised than he was when his name was mentioned in opposition to Mr. Tobin. He knew he was not a fit person to super sede Mr. Tobin, and that fact he was sure was apparent to every person. He hoped, therefore, that Mr. Jeffery would withdraw his motion ; and, for his own part, he would vote for Mr. Tobin. • Mr. Alderman S. HOLME said he wished tcrsay a word or two with reference to the remarks of Mr. Picton on the question of parties. No man could regret more than he did that party questions should be introduced. He bad been a member of the Council for fifteen years, and during that time he had never intruded his political opinions on its members. He would ask who had first introduced the question ? The walls were placarded with bills of a political character, and it was published in the newspapers as an ddvertisement. Why did Mr. Picton not then protest against it, if men were to be chosen for their politics, and not for their qualifications ? He would say if a man was to be excluded from the Finance Committee he could not be a member of the Watch Committee, or of. the Water Committee, for the Dock Board had nothin g to do with the Watch Com mittee, and the Water Committee supplied the docks with water. It was quite possible for the Dock Board to act in .concert with these committees, but they could not come into collision. He thought it cast a stigma on any gentleman who had been chosen by a con stituency, and sent there believing him to be able to serve on any committee. Mr. Tobin had great ex perience, and was well acquainted with all the details of the committee, which were, in themselves, important. It would therefore be invidious and an insult to the constituency of Rodney-street Ward to say of him that he was not fit to sit on any committee. Mr. EARLE said, if Mr. Holme had not told them what his politics were, he had taken care to give right good Tory votes on every occasion, and he was sure he would not deny_ that ; and as for the constituency of Rodney-street Ward, they did not care a pinch of snuff how they acted or thought. Mr. TOBIN wished, to assure them that he did not think that it was a personal feeling that had actuated any of those gentlemen who had spoken against his continuing a member of the committee; and he should be very sorry if any gentleman should vote in a way which he would not otherwise do, thinking that he , should feel hurt by the way he should vote. If he had felt that he could not have dis charged his duty honestly, he would have resigned his seat long ago. He did not come here to make money from the commerce of the port. He was a native of the town, and he felt as lively an interest in the pros perity of the town as he did in its commerce. He rejoiced to see those great public improvements, and he would pay as much attention to the improvement of the streets, of buildings, of the sanitary condition of the town, as in the commerce of the port. He concluded by saying he could • not think that the objection was personal. Mr. JEFFERY then withdrew his amendment, and Mr. Tobin was appointed to act as a member of the Finance Committee. Mr. STEWART then moved the appointment of Mr. Wm. Earle, Mr. John Aikin, Mr. James Steains, Mr. Richard Sheil, Mr. John Farnworth, and himself (Mr. John Stewart), Mr. William Preston, in the room of Mr. Shand, retired; and Mr. Robertson Gladstone, in the room of Mr. Toulmin. This was agreed to. The Finance Committee will, therefore, consist of Alderman John Stewart, Alderman S. ,Holmes, Alderman John Bramley-Moore, Alderman James Parker, Alderman H. Turner, Alderman James Cooper, Alderman Thomas Dover, Alderman William Preston, Mr. J. A. Tobin, Mr. James Tyrer, .Mr. William Earle, Mr. John Aikin, Mr. James Steams, Mr. Richard Sheil, Mr. John Farn worth, and Mr. Robertson Gladstone. I COMM!' Messrs. the committee It being now within a few , minutes of five 0 and several members having left the room, 31r, moved an adjournment of the Council o'clock this morning, which was agreed to sion, in which 22 members voted for and 15 ag adjournment. The Council adjo' trned accordingly -.4,---.-.. LADVERTISEMENT. FRIENDLY SOCIETY REVELATIONS A meeting of the officers and friends of the .O"J., Philanthropic Society was held last night at the oti,ll, of the society, Finch-street. The Secretary , in 0 p e12,1 the proceedings, said that the present meeting 'te called to inquire into certain false and malic i o us st•g o meats which had been circulated with the vie, :1 injuring the society. Placards had emanated lirsc another society, and were two in number. The foh° ing are the Main facts of the first cas the placard. Michael McHugh entered as a member of the Philanthropic Society ing to the rules was entitled to the sum of £3 in tie six weeks from the time of his entrance. The f' t in-law died on the very day twenty-six weelcs aT' s l had entered the society. The son thinking hlni t entitled to the funeral allowance, made application t°i secretary, who told him that he was not entitled t° 11; allowance, as his father was two days short of beidoz half member. Such was the subject of the firs, Theo ment, to which was appended the son's mark. w ig was also a postscript•to the effect that, after below -voo to the society for some twelve or thirteen yea rs 0 Tbß penny was received on the present occasion. 't° secretary, after reading the placard, proceeded __:ls plain how the case really stood, which, he said, d jot° follows :--The father-in-law, J. Hutt, was e n t ere 1 4 1 ' 13 the society three years ago by his son, a nd wssioa.i do entered by the daughter some twenty weeks Pr e ,,, - e , B cP_ A , his death. The claim of the son being a jus t " re fan n paid, that of the daughter not being valid ill y vr ll , — r e He produced the books of the society, ;fr,4 ° 4. - ho it was apparent that the twenty-six I f : t,11• an d not completed at the time of Hutt's a" -- nl bel second placard related to Barbara M`Ctietl bore her mark. It stated that the s°: te aa refused to pay a just claim of £l2, givin(re' meetw A ' e , £6. Mrs. M'Coombe present at c rliL c tly "„j and, in reply to the secretary, most al., s ; e at, s", t nied having affixed her mark to the doe" differe; added that the one read to•her was of utrY nature. The secretary. said that by the eaould, the time of the man's entrance his death, be fifty, in which case £6 "I. could allowance. allowance. given now, if sufficient evl r brought to show that the man was younge quite willing to pay the balance. He thouc most unjust and dishonest for any society to take ` 1 tage of a woman's ignorance by making her sign W ,;) a g e : the P r° ,l she did not believe. The placards having been pub u s he thought it but j ustice to the society and the 1 should be published also. 0 t h oug ht that such infa mous documents could onli originated from spit e, and he would warn the pa" be on their guard against any society which had rd that the refutation l to such schemes for blackening the character rd honest society like the present. After some fartb., cussiou, a refutation of the placards was drs„, /r e e s i gn ed by Barbara M'Coombe ; aft er w hi c h the P - t. separated. nto`" „f ri s ell . HIGH PRICE OF FISH.—In consequence, 100 \55., which have recently prevailed, the price of 0 o f Si es al so much that codfish fetchedthe enormous 01 , 111 , 111 ' yesterday morning, in Billinp.:szate Market' Wednesday. tl_ nif1.„.11.11,01' 0,1 excitement t rio e us establishment which sia cm e h n a s s recently enne auriferous been mining created comp SPURIOUS " SPECIMENS OF QUARTZ. "-- VP" e quartz o f 0 c iti manufactured and distributed as the produce, , t the be e, reefs. A case of this kind was investig ate( ' ha s et* police -e t anr up t, w fo h r en ob a ta m in an ing nam m e o d ne E y ho false e r o l# admitted having manufactured Sundry spec,i lli c ref ic telling a slight quantity of gold into th -e ,, ho P:th quartz stones. On his premises being sea r ; ea tlf ber of pieces of quartz were found al ) ,l 3 °'" Course of preparation.—Australian gait. 0 ol us ,' mbpyson, „ret SWINDLING AND ROBBERY BY AN I : 43l3 ';ooC l ",fte, FORMATORY.—Ou Monday, at Wakefield, a .' sos young woman, named Harriet Hartley, bo g 'l, with having obtained a quantity of C O les: 1 1,4",1 fringe, stockings, and other articles, * o ' ll ' Wa'` , ,f'" dlet - On and Glop; drapers, Cross-squa t under the represTntation that she was sent J, A e st Nicholson, superintendent of the West lti(111:17e tory. The prisoner had served her time l il t to tPt.d,, tory, and on the Ist of November she Ncetl,sistv, and obtained the goods from one of t he ,:l. they, were entered in the name - of -1 a' That lady denied that she had ever giv e ' ft . , oo ot; any authority. to get goods in her na me. ret u i peared that after the prisoner had left the 3 i* . v 4 b1 41 to she engaged herself as a servant with Di ga te' the landlady of the Bay Horse, in Kirks not been long there when she said her I :ry see -her at Manchester. She left for th'' JO' after her departure, Mrs. Laing disco o od, robbed her of some a r ticles of clothing.Aoo";tc. 'boots..—The prisoner was committed for t , fr t . stil to ll ,' A MASTER RESPONSIBLE FOR 0 ; 0 ' 0 0 NEGLECT.—In the Glasgow Sheriff's 0 0'1 has been tried which arose out of an acts C,‘ some nine months ago, at the laying of ho del!, Water Company's new pipes. Apo r tion fel l in to o. I', ment of the trench which was being dag„, o ll 3 l workmen, carrying with it two of the : r o .se c ij ' l co' t which were lying ready to be laid, eau s ', ll ,faia?, org,„ - f to the . plaintiff; and the accident, it sv' s " ( 4010 place in consequence of the want of "ra il t he °Vitt fillPPort by wooden props or planks t° 0 0 1 : trench. The judgment is interesting c' 0 1 ' 0 0 deals with a new and difficult oint of c ito master liable for injury and da P mage ca u tt s c e glig ell , workmen through the carelessness or ii 10 0 0 t he manager or foreman ? It is nosy we'usea has 50 master is not liable if the injury is _ n e S it 13 1 5 10 1 r lessness of a fellow-workman; an d 1 a fe a + 1 argued in this case that a foreman is o g l: . de, an man, although perhaps of a higheoi: ,e3heid re that ground the master could n eer °/) It was decided, however, that a In w ork 7oll ' is not in the position of a fellow- 0 „ se a las to be the direct representative .._uforoi absence, and the master is responsiblv carelessness on his par ~RITIS: 'IId ind • .it,r t 14jt,s*, 44,1 t PPR AD SIA • 't • . Q 4 - •• OPA. sil • Ac i lk • .. It tt sl Ati PA. 4tt it i'i • t44 At ti ij h 4 p as ho u e" at eL Theo,.. & ATt W bu ntb --. P e t ( 4, a3f,a„ N rael t hat "enge kke•ir N'ectf,.%),T pt e'cl 114 4 tters el l.. e e. 1 1 11); t 4 bd I. ?la c ald , . 4 ,.. 1 ;441- stre( i„ eet:. 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