Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-06 00:00:00

THE N ORTITERN TIMES. 'LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 , 185'7 QUEEN'S COLLEGE, LIVERPOOL. The inauguration ceremony connected with the opening of the Queen's College, 1 iverpcol, tcck place yesterday, in the Lecture-hall of the Liverpool Institute and School of Art, in the p - eeeece of one of the most numerous gatherings we ever haveseen of the rank, wealth, and respec tability cf the town. The college is in connection with the University of London, and by warrant, under her Majesty's sign manual, is empowered to grant certificates, by virtu, of which its students will be admitted to the examinaticn for deg:ces in arts and laws, and for honour., exhibitions and scholarships coefeired by the Truniver,ity. The chair teas taken by the Right lion. Lord Beeterien, who, on entering the hall was received with the most enthusiastic acclamations. His lordship was accompanied on to the platform by Mr. William Brown, Esq . M P., and James Mulleneux. They were preceded by Messrs. Geo Holt, H. Booth, P. W. Ronald, E. S. Pummel', H M. Heylock, 8 Booth, &c. Members of the Council, Mr. Caries, the Secretary, and followed by th e P ro f essors, v i z .. The Rev. H Griffiths, Dean of the, Faculty of Arts and Laws, D. Cameron, M.A. , Vice Dean, and Professors Rev. J. Cranbrook, Rev D. M. Issacs C. Archer, J. Byerly, F.R C. 8., James Eliot, Geo, ge Hamilton, E.C.B , E. 1111680 D, A. Macilveen, Dr. Itietslag. Next came the Directors of the Liverpool lustitu e, among whom were Messrs S. Thorneiy, C. S. Farnuell Robinson, Sbirtimin, Santley, Evans, Bateman, Goodall, Murphy, W. C. Miller, W. J Mason, &e &c. There eere also present Councillors Picton, S. Holme, J. Stewart, Corbily, J R. Jeffery, Hodson, Stitt, She, Sec R. E. Ilarvey, Richard Rathbone, C. E Rawlins, Esqrs , Rev. Dr. Raffles, Dr. Hume, Dr. Thom, W. C. Channing, Geo. Johnstone, Mr. John Smith, &c. &c. Mr. J. lilueeesieux said : Ladies and gentlemen, I beg to announce to you that Lord Bum:Guest has been re quested to take the chair, and has consented to do so. Lord Bitouatesm, on rising, was received with an enthu siastic burst of applause He said: It gives ma very unfeigned satisfaction to acknowledge to yon, with heart felt thanks, the great kindness with which you have received me ; and which, I may add, is not confined to those who are within these walls, for I have met with the same kindness wherever I have been since my arrival in Liverpool. We are met here upon a most important occasion, •he opening of an institution, which is already in progress of flourishing, aed which, I do most devoutly hope, and, I would add, confidently e erect, will flourish more and more every year of its existence. (Hear and cheers ) When I came, twenty two years ago, to lay the foundation of an institution in immediate connection with the Queen's Col'ege—l mean the then-called Mechanics' Institution, after wards the Liverpool Institution, I little expected that I should live to see it to day, when it sh mid be connected with a Collegiate establishment—that estab lishment connected with a University. (Cheers.) Now, were I, at present, to dwell upon the advelvages of knowledge, the inestimable benefits of education, I should be doing one of the most useless things that it would be posssble f r a man to bestow his lsboier upon For on education, in the first place, as to the benefits of knowledge and education, there is now-a-days happily nothing whetever new to be said. Moreover all persons admit the benefits of educa tion, all or nearly all; and the few who still deny them, may be said to be inconvertible. (Hear, hear.) Now is is en old saying, that to preach to the converted is a useless office ; and I would add that to preach to the inconvertible is a thankless offiee. (Hear, hear.) I care fully therefore avoid addressing either class But now, upon the inestimable advantages of this new Institution buffer me to detain you for a iew moments. Liverpool has been till now, what the great capital, London itself, was until the year 1825 or 1820, wholly without the benefits of a colleg ate astat lishmeet for educe' ion; here were certain classes in the capital, as also in Liverpool, although per haps fewer in point of number, who educated their sons at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ; in Ireland, at Trinity College, Dublin ; and in Scotland.. I shall say a word, however, afterwards, upon the Scottish colleges, for they stand upon another footing. In London there was, then, nothing for those who could not afford, or who did not choose, to send their sons to Oxford or Cam• bridge, there war no means of obtaining a good sound education iu the classics or the sciences, including medical science itself - there was nothing in the capital of teat description. We then founded University College, which was fur many years called the University of London. Since that University was established, the University College has been affilliated with it, as well as the King's College, the younger sister of University College, `if she may not rather be cal'ed the daughter, fur the one sprang out of the other; and now University College in the Metropolis affords the inestimable advantages of a sound education cf ail description., classical as well as scientific, to those who either choose not, or afford not, to send their sons to ( txford or Cambridge. I said a minute ago that I would postpone what I had to observe respecting the Scottish colleges, and for this reason, University Col:ege being chiefly intended to educate the sons of persons residing in the town itself, was placed naturally upon thy ?can't' rut). t, .la., rho 330 lubui b'- °at] fl-lasgow colleges, ; the colleges of Aberdeen and St Andrews, which educate the eons of persons resident upon the spot, which are, as it were, day schools, giving the inestimable adran'ages, not only iu point of economy, but in point cf moral cultivation to the sons to reside under the paternal roof, while they frequent the classes at the college during the course of the day. Upcn that footing mainly was the London establishment constructed. It extends of course, the same advantages to those c ming from the country, lent these are a very small number com pared with those who belong to London itself, and those who come from the country, of ccurse, live in lodgings or boarding-house.', as in Edinburgh or Glasgow. The great bulk, however, living in their father's hotnss, have all the advantage, in point of morals as well as of mere economy, but the higher advantage in point of morals, cf being under the eye and the superin•endence c f their pa rents, while they benefit by the instruction of their masters in the ccurse of the day. Now, this is the plan of this college, the Queen's College, which we are now assembled to open. It will not refuse to receive those who beard or lodge here, their parents not living in Liverpool, but the bulk of those who attend it will naturally be the sons of Liverpool parents, and enjoying the great advantages to which I have just referred. Teat it could be cher wise than eminently successful, I hold that it would be a slan der upon the people of Liverpool to entertain the slightest doubt. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Professors well calculated to afford full instruction in all branches of letters and of science. are ale ady engaged, hive begun, and have actually opened, their classes, and, considering the short time during which those classes have been opene4, had considerable success; but a success which, I will venture to say, will be as etehirg compared with whet, in a very few years—l µould even say months —will attend their useful and enlightened la bours. (Cheers.) I have sad, that connected with this College is an institution which was opened twenty years ago, and cf which I had the great honour of laying the foundation stone at the ti me I t b egan f rom small gin nings. I think so early as the year 1825, I believe it was. it occupied a room, for evening classes only, in Parker street. Some time afterwards—a few years afterwards - it was transferred to what is now the News-room and Museum, in Slater-street ; and I cannot, even in passing, name that news-room and that museum, which I have had the great pleasure of inspecting this morning on my way here—l cannot, even in passing, name them, without. in the first place, expressing the gratification which I feel at finding, that in that noble library of 2.2%000 volumes —confined to the reading room, and not lent out —5OO or 6CO young men daily attend the reeding-room, 100 and odd at a time being all the room can accommodate; and that of the other rooms, the libraries connected with the institution—namely, the two others having bucks to the amount of, I think, 17,000 volutm.a, which are lending libraries, upwards cf 1 200 volumes are issued by the day to read - (hear, hear)--of which 1,200, it is not estimating too highly to say that, not 1683 than four readers benefit by every one of the 1,200 volumes which are issued. (Hear, bear). And let me observe, and it is a most gratifying circumstance, that when the lending libraries were opened, instead of the other fallir g off, it greatly increased the number of its readers. (Hear, hear) But tlet, I cannot pass over, when I mention the news room, and the museum, and the library—l cannot pass over another circumstance which the presence of my mots esteemed and honourable friend, M'. Brown— (loud cheers) —here would have suggested, had I not been aware of it before ; but regarcVng which, his presence also imposes restraints upon me in cxrressirg my feelings, which I know are all your feehngs, with respect to his noble and wise, as well as noble munificence. (Cries cf hear, hear, and prolonged applause.) Now, connected with this Mechanics' Institute, or now called Liverpool Institute, which numbers, as I understand, at this moment, upon an average, 1,400 members ; I rejoice to find that it is eelf euppor;ing. (Cheers) So much could not have been predicted of the small beginning to which I have adverted in Parker-street, and Slater-street, before the year 1835, or before the year 1837, when the new institution was opened ; bat ever since that, save and except with respect to a debt of moderate amount, now paying off by subscription*— but save and except that debt, the whole of that institution is supported in all its expenses by the payments of those who * His Lordship was under a misunderstanding in this particular. We are authoriratively informed that the Institution is entirely self supporting, and although it is not wholly cut of debt yet, during the last three years its surplus increase over expenditure, has so greatly improved its position, and it is now altogether so flourish ing in all i:s operations, that in a year or two, without any grßtititous support it is expected it will be quits free from benefit by it. I will n t enter into particulars except upon two points, and the one is, that there are receiving the benefits of instruction in that institution, but paying for it —there are somewhere about 500 persons, the greater part or almost the wh, le of whom are mechanics and artisans, persons living by daily or weekly wages —(cheers)—a great benefit, no doubt, to them, a great benefit to their em pluyers, a great benefit to the town and society of which th, y are members ;:but there are else,"no di nht, defects, to be ob erved. Five hundred for Liverpool it te e sm a ll a number. and I cot fidensly hope, that if I shall be spered to visit Liverpool, a year or two hence —(cheers) —I sendl find that 500 more than doubled. (sear, hear) Tier, there has been by my friend. Mr. Holt, established a girls' school - (cheers) —which is of the greatest possible advan tage to those persons of their station in life, who ace there educated. I only wi s h it were possible that I could add that I saw any immediate prospect of another kind of school for the bet efit cf persons of an humbler rank in life,— (cheers)—and to be taught, not needle-work not embroidery —not arts of that de: cription, which, however ornamental, to a car air degree useful, in some respect, as society is now cones ituted, almsst Necessary, yet do not come in the room of what I have in my eye, namely, the learning of ordinary common things, so as to qualify such poor girls far being domestic servants (Hear, hear ) At a late conference which I attended officially, I may say, es the president cf the cstablishment—l mean at Birmingham —we had a most important, bat florist painful—l will add, a most heart -tending paper read, by one of the most eminent London medical men, I mean Dr Acton, who clearly showed what frightful effects upon the morals of that class of society are produced, by the parents not stoop it g to let them he taught ordinary things, so as to make them fit for being domestic et rvants, but must need teach them needle-work, to stave on 31. a-day —(cheers)— to struggle fir a few months, and, in some heart--ending cases, even for a year or two, with that utterly inadequate payment for their support, and, sometimes, for the support of a child an infant, or a parent ; and who are in the end, in spite of themselves, and by sheer hunger, driven into profl;gate courses. (Hear, hear.) Now, if instead of teaching them those things, they were taught those ordi nary rt a to s of cookery, washing, aid dome:tic manage. ment, which would qualify those poor girls to bo domestic servant., two consequences would happen —there would no longer be that difficulty, now universal y complained of, both in town and country—in large towns like this, and in the capital itself—that difficulty of obtaining domestic servants ; but that is the least of it. We could submit to that, bad as it is, but there would be an and—there would be a cutting off of that great source, which Dr. Acton has so justly, and without the slightest exaggeration, described that great source of the immorality of young women in London (Hear, hear) I wish to detain you as little as I po siMy can —(cheers) —for there is no hing more useless than a declamatory harangue or speech. when there is something t) be done more to the point and more prac'ical, and so I have fe't it my duty to dwell upon one or two of these particulars, to which I will now add one other, becau-e I had the opportunity of finding, the day before yesterday, when at Leeds, how abs , lutely necessary it was that attention should be paid to it —I refer as intimately, inseparably, connected with their education —1 refer to the important chapter f early closing—(cheers)—and those in whose hands that question may be said t-t rest, are, in the fist place, the employers of young people, those employers being either shopkeepers or manufacturers, and in the next place another class to whom I shall p-esen-ly advert, who have it equally in their power to deal eflletually with that subject. Now, as to manCacturers, far indeed be it from me to insist upon their dismissing their workmen and young work people after twelve hours rather than thirteen hours' employment, or after fourteen hours rather than fifteen hours, because they may answer me ard say there are two things of which men are extremely generous —the ono is their own advice, and the teller is other people's money—(laughter) ; and getterelly speaking, it is too trite ; but soil I cannot help thinkirg that it is the duty of such master manufacturers, so far as they can, to lessen the number of hours that their poor young people are employed under them. I would not have them do it all at once; but supp;se that the time o' those employed for fifteen hours, was reduc, d to fourteen hours this year giving them fair notice, that if they did not work harder durit g those fourteen hours, it would become fifteen hours again in the year after; or that the time of those employed fourteen hours, was reduced to thirteen ; or of those employed thirteen hours, to twelve hour-, for one year, with the same warning given to them that I have suggested in the other case, and if it were found that that was successful, ar-d that she empl yers could do it sanely to themselves, by finding that less time was wasted in listlessness, and more effort made in work—if they found in such a case that they had no material loss (I do not require them to sustain any loss at all, for I go by the proverb of other people's money and our own advice, which I have mentioned), then I think that in the end we would find that even in respect to manufacturers and manufac turing. this nrohlern 'ha soured (OhpAra But now I come to that about which there can be no doubt, and to which the proverb dces not apply. I come to the class of shopkeepers. The bulk cf the com plaint is, that young people are br-night to the shop at seven o'clock in the morning, and instead of being dis missed at seven o'clock at night, afar twelve hours' labour, they are kept cn until nine and ten o'clock at night, after which time is it possible they can go to school ? Is any school open for them at such an hour, er, if it were, could they go there Is it possible, even, that they can think of reading, much less cf education, when they are exhausted after fifteen h urs' hard work and fatigue; for though the work is not hard, the fatigue of standing in the shop is just as much as if they wee working the whole time ? (Hear, hear.) No, they are only fit to go to bed and to think of nothing else. (Hear, hear.) I said t• ere was another class in whose hands this question rested as much as in the former case it rested with the employers, and that is, the customers of the shopkeepers (Hear, hear.) Why can not they go and buy whatever they have to buy at an earlier hour, and enable the shopkeeper to dismiss his young people and to shut up his shop? (Hear, hear ) There was great objection made in London to the half holiday on Saturday, because, " Oh," they all salt, " we cannot shot np—we must keep our shop open until night, because we have customers coming ir." However, they were defeated ; they shut up their shops, the half-holiday is now universal, and they will admit that they do not lose one tingle halfpenny. (Cheers.) That is not enough for me, however - that half-holiday on Sa urday. I want one hour or two given to them every night ; and if customers would only act rationally and benevolently (and of benevo lence I make very small account indeed, unless it is benefi cence as well as benevolence )—if they would act as if they meant not only to wish well, but to do well and do good, they would come at an early hour, and enable the shop keeper to dismiss his young people. (hear, and cheers). I said a little while ago that upon the subject of know ledge and of education there was nothing new to be said. I must, however, fora moment retract that statement. Of the difference between mu ducated, uncultivated, barbarous men, and educated and civilized men, we have had, unhappily, of late years, nay, of late month., a most frightful sample in our Eastern possessions. Those whom we call friends in the disguise of men, and justly so call, are a striking, aye, sarightful illustration of the evils of force and po.‘ er, and the arts cf destruction, which you have taught them, being in the hands of men who are not educated, who are not humanized by civilization (Applause ) See what have bten the results! See the frightful, the hideous scenes which have arisen from etreh men in the possession of such force. Frightful, indeed, to contemplate, almost impossible to allow to pess through one's mind. These c, eettires are the subjects of Princes, who arrogate to themselves, vainly arrogate to themselves, a title to which they have no right --the title of Foes, fet one calls himself 11einjeet :Sing, or Lion Runjeet; that is their Pastern Va> ity and their Eas ern falsehood and hand, for they have no title to ala ,der the animal by assuming his name. (Hear, and loud cheers) The rage of the lion is noble compared with theirs. (Cheers.) There is another enimel by whose name they may call themselves. Let them call themselves tiger and not lion, for the lion only puts to death his victim by his instinct, but the tiger tortures him, torments him before he releases him by death from the torments which have made life not to be endured. (Loud cheers.) Shall all this be passed over when the mutiny is put down ? No, I say no, and the voice of all the civilised world echoes the negative. (Great cheering.) I speak not of revenge—(cheers) -- for we are Christians—(re newed chee . s)—but I spe.ak of retribution, discriminating retribntions for we arejust, and of the wholesome examp'e of punishment, for we are politic and wise. (Groat cheering). That all this may end better than it has begun —worse it could not—that all the evil may be got rid of, and may lead to our, I will not say better governing, but more wisely and discriminately administering oar affairs in the East, is my sanguine hope and con fident expectation—that it may lead to extending to those ciasses the benefits of education, which they so greatly want, and showing them, without the slightest attempt at intolerant interference with•their faith, showing them that at least we are not ashamed of our own—(cheers) - and that we shall set them au example, at least, if we cannot give them instruction, in religious dutios and Christiau morality. (Cheers.) I hive now to thank you, once more, for the great kindness with which you have received me this day, to repeat my earnest hope and my best good wishes for the unlimited prosperity of this Institution, and to ox. press my hope and trust, that either I, or those who come after me, may, in a very few years see with delight, with exultation and delight, that it has not been founded in vain. (Enthusiastic applause). Mr. eixoaos HOLT then came forward and said : Before expressingour grateful acknowledgments to Lc rd Brougham for the great services he has rendered to this meeting, to the insti ution, and to the town at large, a resolution has been put into my hands through which this meeting will do itself the satitlactirn of expressing its pleasure acd congratulating the town of feiveypeol upon the auspieious establishment of the Queen's C.llege (Chee7s.) would be presumptuous in me, or perhaps in any one-- but, ho-sever, I shall on'y speak for myse;f—(laughtor)— to attempt making any cerement upon the resolution which has been placed in my hands It is to this effect —" That this meeting congratulates the public upon the aecession to the town of so valueb'e an institution as the Queen's Col lege, and heartily wishes it every possible success " When I move this resolirion, at the request of the committee and the directors, I know that we are, one and all, animated by the same firm conviction thee, in assisting at the eqablishment of the Queen's College, we ate realising, in its degree, the same principle upon waich the Mechanics' Institution was foundei. That principle had for the object of its desire to serve the cause of the people, to open a way by c titivation and the acquirement of knowledge and leatnin; to the various professions of life, and to place within the reach of each individual who had the ability to seize it, the opportunity of prepseing hiteise!f to serve society and his cauntry when called upon I have, therefore, much pleasure in proposing this resolu tion. Mr. HENRY Boom, in a few words, seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was carriad by aceamat ion. Mr. BdOWN, M.P., rose, and was received with Lud applause. lie said : Ladies and gentlemen, in order to promote, so far as lies in my power, the object which we have in v ew in the establishment of the Queen's Ccllege upon the broadest possible basis, I took the liberty of writing to many gentlemen, who. I knew, were friends of education, and 1 have a number of letters in my hand from them expressing their strong desire to co operate wi'h us in the object we have in view. I may take the liberty of read ing one or two. They are two numerous to read them all ; but there is a very marked distinction between them and ordinary refusals to accept an invi ation, which generally only say that the invited parties are " sorry that an engage ' meat prevents us." (Ch eers an d laugher) But here, upon this occasion, there is not one of the writers who has not assigned a cause for his absence which it was im possible for Him to get over. The following reply I have received from the Bishop of Manchester : Manchester, 28th Oct. 1857. My dear Sir,—l regret to say I shall be unable to accept your most kind invitation, as I am engaged to distribute the prizes at the Burnley Mechanics' Institution to the students of the Eas; Lancashire Union, on Wednesday, the 4th, and shall not be able to return till the following day. Your proceeding has my best and wannest wishes for success. I hope Churchmen :sill ever unite with Dissenters when the objects are such as you advocate. I beg you will present my sincere respects to Mrs. Brown, and with much esteem and rega-d, I remain, ever yours nost truly, ( signed) J. P. MANCHESTER To Win. Brown, Esq., M.P. Lord Stanley thus writes : Knowsley, 29 h Oct., 1857. My dear Sir,—l wish I could accept your invitation for the 4th, and attend the meeting of next day, when the College is opened ; unfortunately, I am prevented from d , ing either, and by the same cause—Quarter Sessions. We have a dinner of the leer and bench on Wednesday the 4th, where I must he present, and the court w 11 sit on the sth ; I apprehend from 10 arn, to 0 p.m With all good wishes for success of Cie ceremony, believe in my dear sir, very faithfully pure, (Signed,) STANLEY. To William Brown, Esq., M P. I have also received letters of apology, assigning various causes, but to the same effect as regards the wises of the writers for our success, front the Earl of Sefton, the Earl Granville, Sir Thomas B Birch, Bart; sir John Pakiugton, Bart; Mr. Ewart, M.P. ; Str Edward Cost, Bart ; Colonel J. Wileon Patten, M.P.; W. E. Glaistone M P., and the Bishop of Chester. However, to proceed o the immediate object I have in view, I beg leave to propose a vote of thanks to the noble Lord who has done us the favor to be p esent upon this occasion. (Loud cheers.) The Carthagsniaes, when any of their great men or their king= paid the debt of nature, sutnmone I a jury to inquire into his character during his life, and if his character was found to be good, th y erected a moon • ment to the man, bu if it was bad, they threw him into oblivion as soon as possible Now, the nation has sat as a jury upon the nobl e L or d w h o i s now at my left, and pro nounced a verd ct that faithful history will raise him a mcnument, in the acquisition of which any man might glory. (Cheers.) He hag, for the last forty years of his life, made areal exertions i n or d er to spread k nowledge, and induce those wno nave the charge of schools, Etna those who have the means of influencing the public mind, to extend knowledge among the great masses of the commu nity. (Hear, hear.) We all know that he has been emi nently successful. (Cheers.) The other day he presided, as he has told us, at a meeting in Birmingham for the establishment of a universal society for the same object. I was exceedingly glad to bear it drop from him that he lived to live many years, which we all most anxiously desire, and to be able to preside over the same society when it comes to Liverpool, as I trust it may, next ear. I can assure him that we will receive the society with a hearty welcome, and that it will give us the greatest possible pleasure an i gratification to tee a society so pre sided over, which is likely to be so useful, not only to Great Britain, but I may say to the whole civilised world. (Cheers.) if his ordehip were not present—as he has said in reference to another individual— I could say a great dea', but lamsue it is not necessary. His public acts, his public worth, recommend him as one of the most valued subjects of her Mejesty, one of the most trust worthy and most successful advec 'fess ofthe people's cause. (Cheers.) lam ewe that I should very much fatigue you and waste your time unnecessarily if I detained you a moment longer After hearing the noble Lord's speech, anphing else would be very dry and very tame, and I shall therefore conclude by simply moving that we now return our warmest and best than. s to his Lordship for honouring us with his presence upon :his occasion. (Lund Cheers.) Me. JAMES Muteexereux said that, in supporting the resolution, he dare not, in the presence of Lord Brougham, venture to express the deep feeling of respect, admiration, and love which he entertained towards that distinguished nobleman for the eminent services he had rendered not only to this c mmunity, but to his country, and to man kind. He would, therefore, of ly briefly second the reso lution, and ask them to pass it by acclamation. (Cheers ) The resolution was paned amid the most enthusiastic cheering. Lord Baoucuram said : You will at once perceive how needless it is for me to exp. ess my hearty thanks for your great kindness, but I mast say that it mortifies and hum bles me to think how very, very mu .h lees I have I een ab e even to attempt Than I could have wished ; but as to ucrets , —I almost entirely deny that any material success has at tended the efforts that I, engaged with others w s r, better and abler than myself in the cause, have been able to make in beha f even of the great cause of popular education. In come things we have succeeded. We have obtained for the people, as my honourable friend near rue has said— we have obtained some material rights for the people. I Only hope that the people will show their sense of those rights which have been bes'owed upon them by continuing well to exercise them—(hear, hea - )---ly choosing good and useful renresentevires for example. (Cheers) I know that is ono c:ase of rights which have b en btained for the people, and by devoting themselves and their children to instruction, y carding their childrsn to frequent schools, and by all ranks even the humblest, taking advantage of the means of instruction which are now largely, I will say lavishly, provided for them all over the country. (Cheers.) I cannot recellect that I am now standing in Liverpool without expressing my infinite gratification at the very whit lesome change which I find to hive been produced in the diminution of the rancorous spirit of party both in Church and State. (Loud cheers.) I could hardly believe that I am in Liverpool now, such as I remember Liverpool, I am sorry to say, five-and-forty years ago (_rest leeught er)—but upcn another ground I will venture to express my extreme gratification. Observe, I say nothing against party, if it is honest, if it is upon principle, if men combine together becaus=e they have really and honestly certain opinion* which they really hold, arid do not take op for the sake of party purposes and as counters, as it were, to play a party game with, but because they honestly and conscientiously bold those opinions, one side oiffering from anothe - -to diet kind of honest and legitimate party no man objects less than I do. But it is to the bad spirit of faction, with all its profligacy, with all its falsehood, and above all, with all its acrimony and virulence—it is to that that I object, and is the ex tinction of that in which I rejoice. (Loud cheers.) One word m re as to a cause in which I, and those with whom I have been a fellow labourer, for 40, 50, or even 60 years I may say —as to that cause there has been the most entire success ; and although I speak in Liverpool, which was once the seat of the infernal African slave trade, it and is to me a matter of unspeakable d e i g h t exultation, which I cannot suppt as ns withinven my bosom, that I have lived t o see ot the shadow of a s h a d e of h ol di ng by that execrab'e traffic. (Loud cheers.) Let us hope that the planter -party will no longer exercise an influence, not merely to be deplored but to be reprobated, over! certa n potentates with whom we are in alliance, and of whom I wish to speak with the greatest respect. I g ieve to find, Vint what I predicted in the House of Lords last July. of the ridiculous pre!ext of encourag'ng the emigration, as it was called, of free Af r ic an lab cur, which was a revival of the African slave trade—l grieve to see, but lam not surprised to find, that what I then ire;tinted has been more than realised, and that the innocent, the useful, and the civilising com• memo of Africa is for the present suspended by that speculation. (Cheers.) I h)pe and trust that there will speedily be an end to it ; but I could never have rested in pE;ace if I had not lifted Lay voice in Liverpool, as I did in the House of Lords, to denounce that which I call, not an ab - ..mination—far from it----but a delusion prevailing elsewhere. (Loud cheers.) The proceedings then terminated. DOCK COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was yesterday, Charles Turner, E-q., in the chair ; the other members present were Messrs. Brocklebank, Bold, Holden, Anderson, Mondell, Gladstone, Rounthwaite, Robinson Holme, Clint, Smith, and Rathbone. THE CROSBY LIGHT. The Marine Department of the Sub-committee of works, reported that complaints having been made of the defective condition of the Crosby light, they had caused another light to be put up, whereby there would be an additional reflection. ME. GLADSTONE said, it was of importance that the im provement should be mtde public. THE CHAIRMAN said there was no change whatever in the po.ition of the light, the only effect of the altera ion was, that the light would be str_nger. THE LIVERPOOL OFFICE IN LONDON. THE CHAIRMAN said, that Mr. Bushed and Mr. Cook wore in attendance, as a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce, on the question of the Liverpool office in London. The deputation were then introduced, and Mr. Busl- ell stated to the committee, that the Chamber of Commerce and the various commercial associations were desirous that the Liverpool office in London, which had hitherto been managed by the late Mr. Wainright, should be continued. The various mercantile bodies had appointed sub-com mittees to consider the question, and they a'l concurred frith the Chamber in the opinion that the office, in some shape or other, should be continued. It was thought that, as an act of justice to our borough members, they ought not to be left without an office in London, for every one knew, who had any experience on the question, that an immense amount of labour was thrown on the members, more than applied to the members for almost any other borough. It was therefore considered desirable that there should be an office in Lend:in, where the members should be able to communicate with different parties on the general business appe taining to the bot ough. The different associations having - greed with the Chamber of Commerce to contribute towards the support of the office,it was thought desirable, before taking any decisive steps, to ascertain whether the Dock Committee considered it advi. , able to contribute, the committee being, as the Chamber believed, deei ly interested in the continuance of the office. Afrer some discussion on the point, The CHAIRMAN said that the subject should have the fullest consideration of the committee, and they would communicate their decision to the Chamber. The deputation then retired. DOCK FINES. On the .motion of Mr. Rathbone, the report of the tub committee on the Dock Fines was referred to the solicitor to prepare the elauees, and report again to the committee DOCK AND GRAVING DOCK ACCCMMOI/ATION AT LIVERPOOL The CHAIRMAN said, the next business of the meeting was the report of the sub committee, appointed to con sider the question of the extension of dock accommodation at Liverpool The report of the sub-committee, which was read by the chairman, was as follows : "At a meeting of the special sub committee, on piens of dock extension, held this 31st day of October, 1857 present, Mr. Ralph B ocklebank, chairman,—this special sub committee, being desirous of enabling the New Trust to further consider the best means of increasiug dock accommodation, and finding that it is unnecessary to specify any particular works, and having as referred to them by the general committee on the 29th instant, taken into consideration the general question of dock and g av'ng dock accommodation, together with the memorials and communications from mercantile associafons, merchants, shipowners, and other parties, representing the necessity of increased deck and quay accommodation on the Liverpool side of the Mersey, in addition to the quay and water space now in course of construction at Birkenhead, are of opinion that instead of the roc emmen lation of the sth instant, the notices of ap plying to Parliament in the next session should include powers to borrow a sum of £866,000 for extensions and improvement cf dock and quay accommodation on the Liverpool side cf the river." Now, bearing udon that question, they hai had a commu nication that morning from Mr. Nichol, who was chairman of a meeting held at Manchester yesterday. The letter was addressed to himself, as chairman of the Dock Trust. [The chairman here read the letter from Mr. Nicholl, which was accompanied by a copy of the resolutions, which he also read, passed at the meeting at Manchester, and which appeared in the NORTHERN TIMES of yesterday.] The chairman, in continuation, said that the question referred to in Mr. Nicholl's letter, and the resolutions that accompanied it, was entirely , beyond the control, i t ary shape or way, of the Dock Com mittee. It was a question whisl was at present entirely in the hands of the Corporation of Liverpool, and it would not coma under the cognizance of the Dick Committee until the let of January next, and, therefore, it was quite ee r es.tete eree— —.al. in which they could deal with it was to send the letter and the resolutions to the Corporation. Mr. BROCKLEBANK said that a copy of the resolutions seemed already to have been forwarded to the Corporation, as well as to the Dock Committee. Mr. RATIIB9NE considered it was altogether a strange document. The Cse.rastees said he was sure that if the parties at Manchester really knew the feelings of that Committee, they would not say what the resolutions alleged, as to the desire of the Committee to keep back the Birkenhead works. He (the chairman) could say on the part of that committee, that there was a most earnest desire—and he believed he might say the same on the part of the Corporation of Liverpool—there was a most earnest desire to complete the Birkenhead works entirely, in the best and most effi cient manner possible; and he was convinced also that it was the most anxious wish of all the authorities in Liver pool, that the Birkenhead works should be fully developed in a manner the most effectual to provide for the trade of the district. (Hear, hear ) Mr JAMES /ICLMIC said, that yesterday ho hai occasion to be in Manchester on railway business, and when he entered the Beard room, he was shown a paragraph which appeared in one of the Manchester newspapers, on the qiestion of dock extension. On reading that paragraph, he thought it advisable to go to the Town Hall at Manchester, where the meeting was then being held, because he considered that the most straigh:f e - ward and fairest way for those who we o holding the meeting to have pursued wou'd have been, to have invited the Liverpool authorities to attend the meeting. As it was, the Manchester pas ties had it all their ewn way. On arriveng at the town-hall, he sent into th - : room for Mr. James Aspinall Turner, the member for Manchester, and also for the chairman of the meeting. Those gentlemen came out to him, and he thought it his duty to inform thorn that he considered it most unfair for such statements to be made without the Liverpool authorities bring present. It ended in this, that he (Mr. Holme) stated to them, that if they would send a deputation to the Dock Committee, to receive information on the subject, the committee would only be too glad to see them. (Hear, hear.) It would, perhaps, be out of place, on the present occasion, to go fully into a question of such vast importance as this was, but he was quite prepared to do so. When it was stated by these parties at Manchester that wo have expended 17,000,000 on further dock extension at Liver pool, he begged to say it was not to. Mr. Hartley had in formed him that they had expended on the north works the sum of £232,000. Tony had expended up to the end cf June £182,000, and, therefore those statements ought not to go out uncontradicted. (Hear, hear.) What object could the Committee or the Corporation of Liverpool have in spending the d ck funds improperly, and in a manner that was not calculated to benefit the trade of the port ? ( Hear, hear) While he ag-eel that they would be mad men to atop or impede the works at Birkenhead, which had already cost such a large sum of money, he would, at the same time, say that it would be equal madness to stop the works on the Liverpool side. What had the Great Western, or the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction Company done that they should set themselves up as the best judges of what was best to provide for the requirements of the port? He thought it was highly necessary for the Dock Committee to set i self right with the commercial men of Manchester, and show them by figures that the money they were spending in giting dock accommodation was really for the benefit of the commercial community. (Hear, hear). Mr BROCKLEB sic believed that the reason why some porti ns of the Birkenhead docks were temporarily sus pendtd WAS, that it was considered M.. Rendeles plans were not the best; and Mr. La,rd himself, ho believed, said so ; and that other plans which had been prepared would have been found to h. better ; that was the real reason why the works at Birkenhead h a d b een stopped. Mr, SMITH a-ked, was it not a fact that the contract for the works on the upper part of the pool at Birkenhead wets going forward, and that, in fact, the works were nearly completed. The CHAIRMAN was understood to reply in the affir mative Mr. SMITII continued : One of the complaints made by those parties was, that nothinb had been done with reference to the outworks Now, on this part of the question, Mr. Hartley and Mr. Brunel agreed on certain plans with respsct to the outworks, which were considered better than Mr. Rendell's plans. Mr. BOLD considered that the committee had nothing to do with the matter. All the discussion, if it was to be discussed, should take place with the Corporation. Mr. Smrrn begged to differ with Mr. Bold. The parties brought charges against this committee as well as a ga i ns t the Corporation. He would ask these gentlemen what it was that they found fault wi!h? It could not be that it POLICE INTELLIGENCE-YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL. BE? )1U MR. MANSFIELD. His Worship acknowledged £1 from Messrs Brown, Shipley, and Co., for Ann Sheran, and also the receipt of a £3 note, No. 77214, for the poor box of the court. COTTON STEALING.-0 wen Kerney, and Patrick Karnes, were charged with haying stolen a quantity of cotton from the ship Lilac Webb Mr. Bluck defended. The pi sonars were employed to remove the " shakings" from the ship, and in the rubbish they put the cotton, but were stopped at the gate by the l oliceman. Mr. Bluck contended that the eta-ge of felony could not be sustained ; the utmost that could be said about it, was that they could not account far the possession of the cotton. The priscnsra were sent to jail for two months, for not being able to account for the cotton. Patrick Higgins, was charged with having stolen a sack of cotton, the property of some one unknown. Mr. Goodcre defended. Officer 418, took the prisoner with the cotton in Vauxhall-road, and he could not tell where he got it. The prisoner was remanded Basa Com—Elizabeth Jones, described as a servant, was charged with at t empting to pass several bate half crowns. She Fent small boys, whom she met in the street, to Mr. Lamb's public-house, in South John-street, for liquor, giving the base half-crowns, in order to get them changed. The prisoner was remanded. BEFORE AIESS&S. EWART, it I'. AND AIKEN. CALETIoN TO &MG& MAKIIRS.—Marcus Maiken, who keeps a shop in St. John's Market, was charged by Inspect.zßeede with exhibiting for sale, 121bs of sau.ges. unfit for human food. The defendant was fined 103., and 49 6d. costs. Enoch Woodcock, of St. Ma►r in's Market, was charged by Inspector .Tones, with having exposed 2151b5. of beef, that was not fit for human food. He was fined 155., and 4s 6d. costs. THE ENGLISFI AND IRISH AUGNECTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. 1 Yesterday a special and extraordinary meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the Cla..endm Rooms, South Juhn Street, for the purpose cf passing a special resolution for winding -up the affairs of the above company, in pursuance of the Joint Stock Company's Act of 1856 57. This meeting was appointed special by a meeting held on the 28th of August last, whAn it was decided that this step should be carried into effect Mr. J. C. Ewart, iII.P , presided. Amongst the other membsrs of the proprietory present were—Messrs J. Maxwell, J. Holme, Chapman, and others. The CHAIRMAN, in in roducing the business of the meeting, said that is was so well known, after what took place on the 28th of August last, that it was unnecessary that he should detain them with any remarks, he would, therefore, at once propose a resolution in confirmation of that already passed, that the affairs of this company be wound up. The President then formerly p~oposed a resolution in acccrelance with the Act of Parliament Mr. BARKER seconded the motion, which was unani mously adopted. The PRESIDENT th:'n proposed a resolution to the toffee', that Mr. Harmcod Walc,it Banner be appointed as the Otiller of the Company, for equally distributing its affairs, acrmrding to the Act of Parliament. This was seconded by Mr. J. Max well, and unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN said that after the able speech that had been made by the chairman of the former meeting, it was unnecessary that he should go into any financial state ment, but he would just observe that the receipts for the first piarter were £7,576 ; for the second, ending June, £9,046 ; and fcr that ending September sE11),005 ; so that it would be seen that they were going on most satisfactory, and he had no doubt but that a clear dividend of 6 per cent, would be paid on the outlay. A vote of thankl to the Chairman concluded the business. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT—Nov. 3. In Al Matter of ALEMANDIR CROFT AVIIITL—This insolvent, who hoc: been a master mariner, lately matter of the brig Laing, train Cunderlanc to St Petersburgh, applied to be discharged from prison. Mr. Sargood opposed for M iss Eleanor Prewster Dalziel, the detaining creditor, for the damages and costs in an action for breach of promise of marriage. Mr Reed supported. The proceedings in the scion, Wait,' v. White, wire put in as evidence. It appeared that the writ was served in April, and the case tried in May, when the insolvent alleged that he was ab.ent from England. Miss Dalziel had lived wi.h her father, who was a ship's butcher at Newcastle, arid, on the tral, several letters written by the insolvent were read. It was alleged that only a short acquaintance had existed between the insolvent and the opposing creditor.. The jury gave a verdict for £s:t, and rho cor's were just beyond £BO. The only other creditor in the schedule was for a balance of Irw costs on his part in this action. Mr. Sargood complained of the damages, and that the insolvent, who had made no offer, had determined not to pay one shilling. Mr. Reed relied on the short acqu•iintance of the punk., and the ab!ence of any real damage to the lady by the insolvent's refusal. The Chief Commissioner said the ease stood before the court on the fact of the verdict by the jury. The action was for breach of promise of marriage, and, considering the position of the insol vent, the damages were to a heavy amount. His Honour gave a judgment of sevin rnen.lis at the suit of Miss Dalziel, from the vesting order on She 3rd Sept. SEDUCTION EXTRAORDINARY. At the nuildhall, city of London, oat Wednesday, Jane St yens was sutmnmed before Mr. Alderman Humphrey under the following ci:cumstances :—klijah Francis Browning, a beotmaker of Fetter-!ane, said : I charge the defendant with using threatening and abusive language, whereby I go in Liar of my life. Alderman Humphrey : What have you been doing to her, 'then ?—Complainant : Nothing, sir ; hut about six weeks ago her language was so violent that I gave her novice to leave rev house, in which she had been lodging. Mr. Buchanan (fur the defendant): You say you hive done nothing to this woman. Now, upon your oath, have you not seduced her from her husband?—Cornplainant : she has been seduced many times. Defendant : Oh ! you wicked man. Mr. Buchanan : Have you not seduced this woman, I say, from her husband ? Alderman Humphrey : Have you had intercourse with this woman ? Complainant : Oh, yes sir; I did 'tot un del s•and the question before. Alderman Humphrey : Are you a mart ied man ?—Complainant : Yes, sir. Alderman Humphrey: Hive you had anything to do with this woman since you have been married ? Complainant : No, sir ; but I have since receive 1 this letter from the defenda husband, in which he threatens me, and afterwards off,rs to set le th , matter. Mr, Buchanan The husband, who nothing of this until last Tuesday, wished to make it up rather than suffer an expo,ute in this court. Alderman Humphrey : 'it all events, you are a very bad woman, Mrs. Stew. ns, to go wi h this man while you are living with your husband. Complaisant : Why it is not loqg ago since her husband found a man in her bedroom. D. fends it Oh you wicked, false man. Mr. Buchanan : You mu-t keep quiet, Mrs. Sevens. Defendant : I cannot, when I hear him say such wicked things. Alderman Humphrey : You must be very had yourself to al'ow this man to seduce you from your husband, and I should recommend your husband to take more rare of his wife. I would a'sa advise you, sir (complainant), to be mare cat ern' in you conduct. You are a very bad fellow for seducing this woman, and I •hall bind you over in you own recognizances of £lOO each, to keep the pekce towards each other, and all her Mejesty's subj.cts, At LEWIS & OWANY'S. Ranelagl2-Areet, BOYS and CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Years. There are 504 paupers in the Cashel Union, beinz a decre.tec of 180 from the same period last year. The we , ,kly average of provisions, &c., was £4B Ils 9d., and the average cost of each pauper is Is. 10k. The guar dians have to V - eir credit a sum of £lOO 18s. 6d., and the tr.collected rates amount to £4,B7s.—L:nterick Reporter. MIL DRUNIMOND, M.P., AND TIES CHURCH —A. valuable piece of ecclesiastical preferment has fallen to the gift of the eccentric Mr. I/ ummurd, M.P. for Wcst Surrey. It is the family living of Albruy, near Guildford, worth betw , en £6OO and 1:700 a year. The last time Mr. Drummond exercised the patronage was in 1834, prior to the time when be became a z?.aleus edherent and "Angel" of the Irvingi'e body. Some inte ect will he klt as to the sort of clergyman the honourable member will select to fill the recant preferment. Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from SIX to Twenty Years LEWIS Zs COMPANY, Kailas/in-um, nart of was with reference to the works at the upper e -- . 4 bees pool, bemuse, as he bad already st ated, their 'tht, pushed forward as much as possible ; and, t° Oft' work.; it had been agreed between Mr. llartley,an Brunel that a better plan than Mr. Be ndeil l °d i° be devised, and Mr. Laird was also ° T otter opinion, and it wes f irther the opinion of weT3 : e cil practical gentlemen. Really, then, if there 015 ,` fis °fo r advantage in Mr. Hartley's, and Mr. Brunel's P,''',„for. Mr. Reudell'e, was not that -' a good ground for cl'i' l J oi f eti t a l few months on a question involving the commerce Mersey. The only other matter was the noncl, of the wall on the north side of the pool. It v ia ,t,ed ti ll tion whether that was not permissive, and he bt' e s;doirg Corporation thought it was permissive, and had beep their best to make arrangements with th ° ° t hese st „,, property, but Lad not yet been able to complete el ler rangements. How, then could the Manchester P v ad j on making these confounded complaints ? (ft As regarded the entire completion of the f u lly t r,; works, there could be no question that it otkr, tended, and he would say further that n° c ' -e ss to have a seat at that board, sv_h ° l ,,, s :loo ;( prepared to do his very best to make D'r,Th' r estl' the very greatest possible advantage to the ' ll 1 ,01 , 1 the port. (Cheers ) Mr. RATHBOHR thought that if the Mayor of 31 , ;‘ ,g ' rJ .d . t° and the Chairmen of the Com 'alw at gfr over to Liverpool, and ree for th tn e e m r s e e lveg forward, it would stop all these com plaints. mou ld to The CHAIRMAN said that if these gentlemen 'l°-ygloa sh Liverpool, the Dock Committee would be very „4, Itthem the progress of the works. 4 0 ;7 0 1 It WAS ultimately agreed to acknowledge i"*".eiritett' e e cation from Manchester, stating that the Cor pora works were at present in the nds of the co commercial that the Dock C omm i t t ee wou ld be WY commercial bodies fro m M anc h ester , if they vl° 6 3 , and inspect the works. c „b CO -- After some dise.uesien on the report of the tee of 'York", lica t na l r elf The CHAIRMAN said that the proposed n - P oe ' l ie: Parliament for po.,eri to borrow the £B66,tn' tti gt, &t o t for the purpo se o f providing against the pe a d r e :ter , into office with th e i r h an d s t i e d , w hi c h tr °-l t hes t- A them from doing anything a t a ll on this side o 'oo' The report was adopted, and the s-licitot prepare the nece ss a r y p ar 'i smentary noti c es. w ort° This was all the general business, and t"'" retired. TOXTETH PARK BOARD OF GIj""ARDIASS 11`. rd The usual weekly me e ti ng o f this Be' p• yesterday ; G. H. Hor s f a ll, Es q , Chairtner'ooso The following Guardians attended:---Megs rB ' B. Jones, C Batten, Mill er , L un t, Sidde e ' ;6o s, Briscoe, Robinson, Wilso n , 111 c Ni co l, and Ife s t L s s g :;llo Amongst the applicants f or o u t-d oo r relief bef' ).- 0 0 dial maker, named Fran c is Sh a lli car , who el l— ot Board, and stated that he entered into an eg f e stamp, with a Mr. Edwards, i n th e Park, Or l e /0 01 Pa rt 4s. a day, but that he was t urne d awa y, es yr° % 0 He had sumteoned Mr. Edwards to the Coun t y d be 0 0 0 he could not get a h ear i ng f or some w eeks, i t shila re elso t great distress. He had sent his wife enu.;so o ,,:sol London, whore he had come from. He ' v i e - pay disabled, and was in great distress. He won — ' o ' 11' 4 1. assistance nfforded to him, when he recovered pr Edwards. He was ordered 6d. a week O r , t f e el/ The applications for relief were then dispose l e 'gt ; 0 0 From Mr. Gouou's (the governor of the o f 1) 8 ' 0 Union) report it app e a re d th a t th e proportion feres,s3, in the workhouse, chargeable to the tr ll ,..i'; P 'esol c ' follows : In the house la s t wee k, 361; r t 9 In the hospital last w ee k, 34 ; thi s week, ,w OUT-DOOR RELIEF FOR THE WEg 5. „, f i r Mr. POTTS (the pay-cl er k) rece i ve d a cli e3l jib e for ont-door relief f or th e wee k. ao Mr. CLEAVER (the clerk) then road the Min n amount TIM APPO of cheques M for sums required „„ 6 1151 1etwj INT ENT CF REGISTRAR OF MAft- h tO - , P" Mr. BATTEN called th e a tt en ti on o ft he Bost - s e published in the Mercury of the 12th OcObterlt ' o tet Toxteth," which, he sa id, re fl ec t e d o n the e pic o ; , Board, in reference to the appointment of l'ar as the registrar of birth?, deaths, and mar" it col: Union, and asked had any steps been taken et L i i o ,r iir s Tho CLERK read the letter that appeared to and also one written by him to the editor of 0 54f demanding the name cf the writer, &c. In 1 1 Bsl e o s ' o tle, letter he rece'ved a letter, signed "B. N. ";hat Park-place," and he took it for granted tha t ' co o ' if 0 man was the writer of the letter in the IferozirPin repot that the editor had sent the writer his letter. gr.,„.00 that communication, he (Mr. Cleaver) write tq vg e 1$ and requested him to call at his office, and to h ri e fec e e d with him, so that an explanation might to lte . ,ren-L co d some time after, Mr. Sales (and a friend of 1 3 7,,, en Is t great anger, ad not only disclaimed beivit,Oir• C 4O the iette - f in tne Aiercury, but also that s'llit', a r rf ," the, had received, bearing his name ; it was 0- 0 0 ` signature, and he knew nothing of it. tpejoes.oo editor of the Mercury, who told him that j. ' the tl° l ,do Toxteth Park-road, was the writer of the lette r ig r , 0 10 3 editor) knew his writing, and that when he go. d t — o de; Os letter, he sent it to the writer to r p'y t o it. ' l ' l° od e ' that Mr. Roberts was a collector eoft-water-rste of r o Corporation. (Hear, he ar .) ege to p A Guardian said he un d ers t oo d th a t tbt er eedc' r etto water-rate was a regula r p a id wr it er i n the le ° B (flo br ' did not see any ha rm i n th at , prov id e d h e sP° ote• end was not guilty e f f org i ng another man'° /39 befote hear.) 1 , f 5& it tom" Mr. BATTEN was desi rous t o nut the - the public, so th a t it s h ou ld b e known W ho t lto s• came from. tot he The CLERK said he was gifts satisfied, eovt yib bsd the writer of the letter. be r i The CHAIRMAN asked if the writer could 00t for committing a forgery on Mr. Sales. A Guardian thought so . (Oa totog eie Mr. epess moved that the letter Lie . e ss e° ° 4 oo i Water Committ ee t o h ave t h e matter i n vese r ge o f e' the Water Committee might know the so rt thl la a they had. pod .• Mr. Mencoe thought it was a p r ivate n ot the Board ought to take any step in it. li e pres,' 4 'et why a public servant should not write for th e t eove public bodies were liable to be attacked. - Ple . forgery of the name was the chief point at i 9 8 , 3",.. The . CHAIRMAN agreed with the last speskl"erills., same time, he thought Mr. Cleaver eughtTe t c‘l'" subject befor the Water Committee. If kennel -1:8 A , he (the Chairman) wou ld d o so , as an indi r eeP" l tliv necked with the board. The m att er was tbe rl „o br 3 / 3 ° Mr. CLEAVER was un d ers t oo d t o sa y he x ' oo affair before the Water Committee. et 000 TIIE NEW WORKHOUSE. W The CLERK read a me mor i a l f rom t he rateP h B o 'oe 00' the erection of the con t em pl ate d new w orj eed °- township, and showing that other toweships ~ a house as that contemplated to be erected. eti reu r tl l ° Mr. 808 I NS O N sa id the Board had very t i 'r e s fj t sicleted the matter, a n d h a d reso l ve to get po ove i to purpose of th e h ouse , an d h e wou ld now in e, former resolution b e no t i n t er f ere d w ith. , e eooso ooe Mr. BATTEN supported the erection of 0-- ; ,„ f e f o r instenced th e case o f t h e I st c h o l era hen t"" •no , w „ Tot _ 0 . 0 . kufficiert accommod a ti on a t th e W es t Derby' ' ee a'o people of the P ar k di s t r i ct . H e re ferred to the 500+ of Leeds, a n d sa id, w ith a pop laticn of one e for one thousand, it was about to buqd a worich° as 0 13 , in addition to wh wag there already. esehin s , ° cre e" ,t Mr. A LPASS seconded the motion of Mr. ' - t he 13 . ; contended that they should look forward t ° sc°," 1 ,0 1 " 1 ,; if population, as such would be compact , Ishe t t o be spread offer a large acreage. Ile arg ue ,, s tellci commodation should be enlarged, so as t ° - number required. Itn l lo,, : i Mr. McNicoe said the memorialists shen' tn'e Cler t ee ot the house was only fir 800, and that the 08 A a tl write to them statirg the ground on which it v n ' a eall to erect the house for the abeve number . b 0 - 0 "oli s e agree with Mr. Batten, that workhouses eh°, he a hospitals in times of visitation of cholera, ! l ois ° 0 05 opinion that out hospitals were better c' A fter patients than workhouses. (Hear, hear.),,noesledfo the discussion ou the point, it was agreed to ae" ro tter O t/ l e receipt of she memo:ial, and to explain tilt:1.0000e; memorialists, and that although the nasee ti ` e to n house by the Poor Law rules, should b al d be for 1 000 persons, yet the accommodation °'° b ser" for SOO. nc t t7e 3 The routine business was then transacted, 3 adjourned. streff t ' At LE COUPA NY'S, Rarl;l3 b. 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