Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-29 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE [We do rot hold oursc rHE STATE OF PARK TO Tin , EDITOR. OF THI responsible . for the opinions of our correspondents.] LAM NOItTIiERN DAILY TIM The letter of J. I SIR,-1 loes him without just cause end of " park-lan our good old sholiid hay to shOw the corpor ate bo—ri L. Keene (in New York) ; a pie which had old bnildin;;s upon it fronted hotel, was a heavy penalty for to be erected in forty-t - wo day. beyond the eo example (worthy of iniitations, you ashamed to 7 do so 1? Do . you fancy hey too young to too old to learn a►. intend the Yankees to take the lead take the precedence to retrograde ? if so, reformation - is indeed required in our municipal government. In conclusion - , let me then call your attention to our esteemed fellow-townsman, Mr. 3 ,nd " old E effery, w ration of all , advocates for " improvements." The astonishing rapidity with which the Compton House is being re-built plainly showing that, if Park-lane was in his hands alone, it would not long remain in its present (and long past) shameful and dangerous condition. Arouse, then, from .your lethargy, and let us not only show the Americans but also the people - .of Liverpool that we can still, as formerly, GO-A-HEAD, Liverpool, Nov 28, 1859 MARKETS COMMITTEE, Mr. Alderman Woodruff presided at the nival fort nightly meeting of the Markets Committee yesterday, and the other members present were—Messrs. Ridley, Cropper, Barton, Holden, Kitchen, Nickson, Haydock, Johnson, Shimmin, and Alderman J. B. Lloyd. The proceedings of the last committee having been confirmed, CHAMBER OF 'COMMERCE THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS.—TIIE CRUELTIES TO SEAMEN.—REVISION OF TIIE TOWN DUES. -THE NEW POST-OFFICE FOR LIVERPOOL. cordance with , the opinion expressed at the last 'yearly meeting more frequent gener was_ held y hat it would be eleirablo to have s of the members, a guar-, Liverpool Chamfer of •Cotnr one o'clock, Mr: Charles R on, the prE f the Charaber, pregid, ,mongst the othe were Messr NORTHER Exchekmer, when recently in Liverpool, the Chairman went ••on to say, that the interview closed with an assurance from the right honourable gentleman gter having communicated with the authorities wer since r to them e Town Council had gardeci. the purch land at the price nan at which had been restricted the CotTorati Mr. RIDLEY proposed that a constable be apPointed at vacancy occa- Cleveland sion by thd dismissal of the mau who was recently dis charged for drunkenness. Market to fill up the Mr. Sul:milli seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Mr. RIDLEY stated that at St. John's Market there - was a vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Shaw, a very efficient constable. It was necessary that thd office should be filled up immediately ; and, he, therefore pro posed that a 'constable be appointed at St. John's Market. The motion having been seconded by Mr. SUIMMIN, was promptly agreed Mr. RIDLEY said it had been repreSented to him that it was necessary to appoint a constable for St. Martin's Market. He believed this would be a new appoint ment, but it was one which was necessary, and he, there- fore, moved that an officer. be appointed. • In reply to Mr. Haydock, The CHAIRMAN . stated that the new appointrbent would enable them to _do away with the l a b our o f three Extra men at the market, wail the exception of Satur days. Vr.nil seconded the resolution, and suggested that one of the officers be transferred froni St. John's to St. Martin's Market. Mr. HOLDEN thought it strange that no suggestibil of this kind had come from Mr. Stonehouse. He Was quite sure that the duties or that market had never'been properly attended to. Do let them change their officers in these markets, for he was sick of One half of them , . - The motion was agreed to; and, on the suggestion of Mr. JOHNSON, seconded by Mr. ITAyooetc;it was agreed to advertise for three candidates as constables. The question of letting vacant stalls mid shops -was introduCed by Mr. KITCHEN .who said considerable loss was occasioned by the delay that occurred in letting vacant stalls and shops, under a resolution of the committee passed "in 1857, which stated that all vacant stalls, Sze.,'_ should be let by tender, and that tenders should -be a d ver ti s ed for. --- .. ...... ..........,, SA 4,11 •M. Rhind, the auditor', was called into th e room, aw l subject of a measure, in which, at the suggestion of Mr. in answer to the Chairman, said he -- should feel Evart, at their last meeting, it was thought desirable . disposed to think that the present system of letting that the Chamber should take an interest in —he referred stalls, ke., in the market was not a good one ; but that to the question of cruelties committed on seamen on he spoke without having a full knowledge of all the facts connected with the system. If they had a return the high seas. The Council drew up a measure , b u t showing the number of shops that were vacant, the eost they learned that the American Chamber of Commerce of advertising, and the increase . of rent obtained, they had memorialised the British Foreign-office, and had would have some data to go upon. received a faVourable answer, as far as the disposition of The CHAIRMAN said that he knew the old plan now our Government was concerned, to negotiate with other in use was adopted with a very good motive, namely, countries onthe subject. eForeign-office .suggested Th the obtaining as large a rental as possible. The subject then dropped. that the American Chamber of Commerce should The CHAIRMAN said last week Mr. Rhind reported draw up the draft of a bill, and submit it to that the books at St. John's markets were not kept, in them. The council of the Liverpool Chamber accordance with the suggestion of the treasurer, (and it of Commerce expressed their desire that the Government wh was ich was by confirm des edy tble. he committee) with that p rom ptit u d e should take up the question, and their earnest wish to Mr. RHINO said he found that fact a ros e f rom th e join with the' American Chambe r o f C ommerce and the circumstance that the system, being new, was not at that magistrates of the borough in. the preparation of such a time fully understood, but since the attention of 'the in- measure. A draft bill had been prepare I and sent up specter had been drawn to the fact, the books had been to the Foreign-office, but no reply had yet been received posted up. in respect of it. A new scale of town dues had been been Mr. lirreiTEN said the clerk i n the office who had charge of the books appeared t o h ave d one his work issued by the Dock Board, and w hi c h, h e un d ers efficiently. would come into operation on the Ist of December next, The eIfAIRNINN said the auditor was perfectly right unless objections had been made in the meantime, or re in making the report he had done ; and directly Air presentations made to the Bo ar d o f T ra d e b y part i es o b - Rhind found the slightest falling off in the keeping of any cf the books of the markets, the committee hop e d he . feeling to that revised scale o f d ues . N ow, h e b el i eved would at 'once acquaint them with the factoo- that they a good marry- complaints had been made, by parties in might take the necessary steps to insistui)on the servants various trades, as to the way in which the new scale at the 'markets doing their duty. The' Chairman said affected their interests; and these representation's had he elieved the auditor had some remarks to make in b een so f requent l y urged upon the Chamber that they refe b rence tO' the' acrreements. - • . thought -proper to memorialise the Board of Trade to Mr. RhINO dig not think the agreements any check grant a longer time for. the consideration of the queS at all. 'There ought to be a standing tent-roll for each market. , - tion—to allow a further period.of six month s t o e l apse • - • Mr. SuncurN was snrethat the true basis was a proper before the change is made; a period- of time which - Would refit-roll for each market. He had suggested that in give opportunities for all parties interested in it to make the plan he brought before the committee. lie moved such representations to the Board of Trade as they. that the plan of a rent-roil be prep are d, an d submitted to the committee as soon as possible. . might think proper, and by an amicable understanding. • The "resolution was agreed to. • with the Dock Beard get any matters set right to which Mr. RIDLEY stated that, the bars being now removed they objected- In some 'cases, the new rates were found . from Cleveland-square market, he begged to move that to press very unequally on certain raw materials, on the portion of the market 'on-the east side of the main others they appeared to have been levied without any road be entirely cleared of the huts and shops, many of definitiveprinciples so far as they could s ee , an d Whil s t, which were a disgidee" to The neiihlio - itrliood, and a, gre a t inconvenience, an d th a t a c l ear s p ace b e l e ft f or t h e he admitted that important reducti ons had b een ma d e country people. in the ,dues on goods of certain trades, such for instance Mr. STIMIIIN seconded the motion, which was agreed as in the dues upon salt, there were trades which ap peared to be unequally, treated in the matter and to have some just cause for complaint. It was. these facts that had induced . them to ask the Board- of Trade to grant further time for the consideration ,of the new' tariff of town dues. It struck him if the Dock Board had pursued that coarse from the first and had in vited deputations from the various commercial as so6ations in the town to meet them, had heard what those deputies had to say, and had arranged with them, if possible, a revised sear, it would have obviated many, defects ; but as it turned out the whole scale, was revised, printed, and sent up to the Board of Trade: before 'it came under the notice of the Liverpool Chamber at all : hence the difficulties that had beset the matter. lle believed it was at the request of the Beard of Trade that the revised list was seat to the various chambers:and associations, for their considera tion, and the Liverpool Chamber having made their objections to the Board of Trade, he believed they would be listened to, and that a further time for the considera tion of the tariff would be granted. The memorial was only sent up to London a feW days ago, and, therefore, the Council were unable to say whether the Government would accede . to the request or not. The only other matter in which the Council had taken au interest, so The ellAlltlitili statedthat a letter hnd been received by the Mayor, from some of the volunteer corps, applying for the use of Gil - street he 4 a tas a practiee and d ri lli ng ground. The committee last, and, special meeting on the subject on Wednesday of afterc Captain considering the subject, with- the assistance to P ttt.eit,)usfi conclusion eld Mr. Cooper, and othar3, they came vitho e re that it would be undesirable at present materially with the tenants, but that they could, injury to their own property, set apart a portion of thatlt market, five. nights in the week, from eight to, tell, for the use of the corps. The corps highly appreciated the boon conceded to them, and . would , avail themselves of it as soon=as full permission was granted. On the motion of Mr. KITCHEN', the reeommendation of the speak' committee was at - once confirmed. Mr. lirreirtx moved that a special committee be ap pointed to inquire into the whole of the question of market accommodation for the sale of wholesale pro duce, and to report thereon as early as practicable, with such suggestions as may appear to them .desirable, with the view of providing that full and ample accommoda tion which is required, Mr. NICRSON seconded the motion, The CHAIRMAN said the subject alluded - to was most important, and ono which demanded the serious at tention of the Council. He thought it would be better that the general committee should meet once a week till they decided upon some definite plan, rather than refer it to a sub-committee. • Mr. Kitchen's resolution was agreed to ; and the following gentlemen were appointed on the committee : -7-The Chairman; Messrs. llidlev, Nicholson, Cropper, jCitchen, Lloyd, Johnsnn, and Shimmin. This concluded the business. far, unfortunately, without any s4tisfactory result, was the site, &c., for a new post-office. , 14ving detailed the circumstances attending the interview of.vi:e Corporation of Liverpool, the Chamber of Commerce, an 4 ether gen- lemen with the Right Hon,.. the PhAncellv of the le of the r this som vitli a IS Allle report, yet ti 'yowing Do you J., King, &c., ci prepared to Dralinson, Hornby , Charles Holland ape of a .e, Kelly, Reid leade King, )usine,ss done since the last half- lad tr resent any remar subject of public interest, and to answer such ntiestions Idressed to them on the subject matter of proceedings during the last two months prevented ,from bringirb .before the member anything actually done, there several import- ant matters that had occupied the counci would refer; althou [itch he h those matters were in an ineorr report to the bill for the amendment of the bankruptcy law. Gentlemen would have seen in the public prints subject, and met Lord Palmerston and the Attorney- General. The deputation consisted mainly of persons appointed by various Chambers of Commerce, the com mittee of the Social Science Association, who had had it under consideration, and several members of Parliament yf t 1 inforviacv was given pretty fully in the papers, and from it he gathered that the Government were preparing a bill on the subject. They (the deputation) had hoped that from the support given by Lord John Russell before, and his expressed determination, before taking office, that he would introduce the bill, and take charge of it in the House of Commons, that it would have obviated the necessity of introducing another bill, but it appeared that a new bill was to be introduced, and he hoped from the remarks of the Attorney-General that that bill would accomplish the end the commercial community of Liverpool had in view, and that it would give general satisfaction. Mr. Danson, the deputation from this Chamber, Was unavoidably absent that day, but he had received the following letter from that gentleman : DEAR. have to acquaint you, for the hg'drmation of the Council, that, in pursuance of the request of the President, I went to London on Monday ;' and, on Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, with about fifty members of Parliament and representatives of Chambers of Commerce, had an interview with the Premier ,amunuge-nouse, touching the proposed reform of the law of Bankruptcy and Insolvency. The presence of a delegate from tce Liverpool Chamber—none being present from Manchester—was considered to add materially to what-would otherwise have been the weight of opinion in favour of.the measure prepared by the Chambers, and introduced into Parliament last year by Lo r d J o h n Russell. The 'printed report affords but a meagre account of all that passed during the two hours which elapsed from the entrance of the two ministers till thedeputation left. Lord Palmerston, however, said, in effect, nothing. And the - impression left upon my mind by what was said by the Attorney-Cencral , was only that he, on behalf of the Go verruuent, desired to send us away satisfied; but to,do so with the least possible effect upon the freedom of the Government to do anything or nothing .neft session. From Cambridge hotiSe the representatives of Chambers of Commerce adjourned to the rooms of the " Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law ;" and there discussed the propriety of introducing or withholding ti,e bill already prepared on behalf of the cham bers. The - result was the appointment of a committee, to sit in London, and. to endeavour . to learn the character of the ?w, , r4jpent pacaaure a, • vas .to s- -nu the ciele,fat ioon as possible ;, and with instruc together, at once, should it not Jl prove satisfactor At the last meeting of the Chamber, a report was presented, on the subject.of collisions at sea, and that report had been read at the Social Science meeting at Bradford, and ordered to be printed and circulated. He trusted the publicity given to the report would induco some member to bring the subject before the Douse of Conn - Ilona. Council had memorialised the Govern ; for the abolition of the Elbe tolls ; and had been in correspondence with the Government on the rtrent, praying e resol by the I that it h Kith referen md the Chancellor tr y ml 's, Ist Novemb, he Post te, it would h the price demanded for th :hange of o the resolution of ti Town Council, which states that they must decline to make any contribution out of the local funds, in. furtherance .of 4 -office, my lords think it right, - "louncil, to enclose copy of a .de by their lordships, with le upon which the Government e in the erection of new post- the erection of s recently been r a view to establish ought to proceed f can with a To the Mayor Of Liver he minute referrec VT 1.11, 41.1V1 laid down, the present . urinated, or Whether it I am, sir, your obedi- S. Ltnw. to had been published. Now, the request made by the commercial Tnine . nt sa 3lnmunity of Liver- greatly increased cost, either an absolute maximum of local convenience, or the erection of a structure more costly than the end in view may require, or a co-opera tion in some extended plan of local improvement ;" but their request was made because they felt that the site in Dale-street was the best site that could possibly be had in Liverpool for a post-office. That being the case, they urged upon the Government to purchase a site there ; but they *did not dictate how much land the Government should take or what should be the size of the building to be erected upon that site, because those were matters for the consideration of the department. The commercial community only painted out to the Government that the postal business was increasing, and woull every year increase still more, and that the present post-office buildings were utterly inadequate be made at some outlay to answer present purposes, yet within a very few years that would be money thrown away, and the work would have to be done over again. The Chamber had not interfered with details, With could net therefore have urged on the consideration of the Treasury. The chairman concluded by inviting discussion on matters of interest to the commercial firRA ence to the abject of Town D one remark in refer- It had been fie- quently remarked that the .burthens upon imports and exports should be, as light as possible, so as to attract commerce on the one hand, and to prevent itleavirig us on the other kept clearly ; in view rating the docks. his principle seemed to have been whenever they talked about But it ,struck him that this question of th question. Provision was mad dues, that where .1 them comm I in ten for thc Mr. JONES, one of the deputation, said it was their tion to send a copy of the pamphlet to each'Coun cillor as soon as published. He considered that the tenants of houses from £l3 to £2O were not persons of ability to pay, as had been stated to the Council. This :new from twenty years' experience in collecting F i and from taking the census of Liverpool. There females, residing, ia the same house, from whom it would be difficult to collect rates ; and it would, therefore, be m the part of the committee to rescind the resolu could not be dealt with as they now, and with the same benefit to th e wa t er If,.for instance, there were 15,000 houses from s were to be collected, and they were to single Of COITCC ative to tt *owns, dri g to some of the As in his former led& only true and reliabl training a vicious or prop, by an application the mind of in such a manner as to convince hin improper conduct was meant to 1 he said was a matter much mor so a lar )1) ted for ss combined 3 cruelty 01 ed to him. This ly accomplished than at first sight might appear probable to the more casual observer. The intelligence of the horse he re• marked was very generally admitted, y e t some how other, it was not acted on to nearly so great an esnt as it ought to be. The first subject to be use', 4, 5 illustration of his theory, by M r . Itarey, and 0 ' " e success, was the celebrated horse " C ru i se r," 0 " which the lecturer see me d t o cons id er a ce' ,.c, i telling one. With this fine ani ma l h e wen t throu4 anumber_ of experiments, g to show efficacy system, in redeeming. even most refractory of the species to docility. His ne s " experiment was with an unbroken colt, which had never had a bridle on his head or a bit in his mouth. After going through his usual preliminary processes, by he as it were inspires confidence in the horse, as to the good intentions of the operator, he next proceeded t° get him bridled. This was effected with little labour"- and in a comparatively s h or t ti me . Th e proc ess !„ subduing the horse was nex t essaye d, an d thi s Nv,_"'' accomplished in about the usual time, and under th e circumstances which ordinarily occur, and which hav e been already frequently described. In all these :Nit narey was pre-emi nen tly successful, conc l u di ng in tli instance by saddling the horse, and riding hi m abort and across the arena, he th en b ea t a d rum on the animaq back, without evoking almost the slightest symptoms uneasiness or irritation of temper. The third was a young . filly, als o an unbroken specimen. Similar manipulative ft .. ) rations to those already alluded to were equally successl; with her, and she was completely subdued, and renderobedient and tractable. A fourthsubject was an en t horse, represented as an exceedingly dangerous animal' whose peculiar vice was that of biting. H e was il l ' troduced muzzled, but soon after coming under 3r e " Rarey's manipulation, th a t ge ntl eman too k off t h e muzzle. Ire then strapped up his fore leg, and w " speedily so far master that the horse lay down quietly, and allowed Mr. Rarey to open his mouth, and othcr wise interfere with him in such a manner as was roll astonishing. Mr. Rarey, in each of the instances, as is his custom' gave brief descriptions of the leading, characteristics of temper which had led to the peculia r d emons t r ations a the different animals. In his remarks, he laid particular, stress on the value of kindness, combined with e nergy and firmness, by which it is easy to convince a Igo e that he is under the control of a master, without fright ening him or otherwise exciting nervousness or irrita bility. He announced that he would give a nothe r exhibition to-morrow (Wednesday), in the same place, and concluded by stating that, on that occasion - he ld promised a horse to operate on which he w as told woi l ,;, occasion him some trouble; on that lie had no fear; he preferred those which Wein expected to be troubl e ' some, and which were said to be vicious. At the eon; elusion of the lecture, and also several times during 1 delivery, Mr. Rarey was loudly applauded. VitAISEWORTHY CONDUCT OF TH E CAPTAIN - AND CREW OF THE 5- HUNGARIAN. The Canadian papers recently to hand give lelirner details of an act of ga ll an t b ravery an d seamans hiP ,r 1,4/ formed by the crew of the Montreal Ocean Stea l s. o o Company's s.s. Hungarian, while on the voyage Tian- Liverpool to Portland. On-the 9th insta n t, the ' - '4 o ,e garian, while e•oing before a se vere ga l e, 150 mile s in east from St. John's Newfoundland, sighted a vess el a t distress: Withgreat difficulty the Hungarian's life -b° .. was manned by Mr. Hardie, first officer, Mr. Port e d third officer, and five sea m e n , who all volunte ers a for the duty. Undaunted 14 the obvious danger`' the life-boat a n d i ts gallant crew duly near ed the distressed vesse l, w hi c h p rov ed to be the Je.a,,. Martin, bound from. Labrador to Carbonnier, The sails of the Jean Martin were all blown mill , only six of the crew (the rest being exhausted bi working at the pumps), were fit for duty; and the ear, tain, having taken on board a shipwrecked crew, 11P entirely out of provisions. After a most gallant strugi gle against a fierce sea and a raging wind, the the persons on board the Jean Martin, 42 in P ri .a n n ,. l d . e , were safely placed on board the Hungarian. Mr. . 1 " 1 "'• n i to however, who received a severe injury in getting 1 0 the life-boat, was afterwards washed into the-sea ; l a n ce had he not, almost. miraculously, caught hold of a.l - i:r e rope hanging over the stern of the Hungarian: hi s , ra . would assuredly have been sacrificed to his Phi lftlit h j 'ell pie gallantry. The Portland Adrertiser, from we have gle ane d th ese f acts, then g i ves the f o llowiri a 4i On Saturday, as the Hungarian was a pproaZ he Portland, there was a meeti ng o f th e passengers/ 31,40/ officers and crew of the Hung ar i an i n th e large of for the purpose of expressing to - the gallant ere 7 the life-boat their admiration_of their heroic condue ra L te j saving the lives of 42 fellow beings, o n b oar d the ill",, ea t. Jean Martin. The occasion was one of thrillingin, t % of These seven gallant men re assigned the pal' his honour, when Captain Jones expressed to 01 011 t he admiration of their conduct. He then calla 0. 5 01 Honourable James Morris, - of Canada, a distinga i bile member of 'the Legislative Council, to speak and hii fellow officers and crew. Mr. Morris 51.1 c ere We have all heard that brave r y an d h um anity . : he se characteristics of the British sailor, and • certairtlYwea virtues,were never more fully exemplified than on nesday last r by the officers and crew of this shit ) " Jean' sooner had our - noble-hearted captain espied the e s, Martin, with her flag at half-mast, indicating bee than he directed the helmsman to bear down W oo ed and his prompt order 'to man the life-boat and P r to bf to the distressed vessel, was heroic a lly res pondeu, fire you, Mr. Hardie, and you, Mr. P or t e r, and the O ur gallant men opposite, who acco m p an i e d you, an v bicb errand of mercy ; and the successful manner ca d the perilous duty , was discharged, man ifested_ n o clearly to my mind, and to the mind, I ho e the doubt, _of every spectator, that He who holds o il billows in the hollow, of his -hand, was with you , The smiled upon and blessed your noble daring. of exciting scene of that morni ng I s hall never forge t '. o ,l4 is it likely to be forgotten by. the youngest versa' e. witnessed it. The(' prompt and fearless diseh arg _t, duty spoke well for our race, and the kind atte! ear paid to the unfortunate per s ons thrown uP° P ,OO I hands made Us Think more highly of our fellow, bi t m a h n y: friendsof theyou r appreciateac o r n o m u n dn highly h t human o l y and that of your officers and crew ; and I al?, fof directed to intimate that the occasion call', e fel: something more tangible than words, and theo. s n ya a oyu tu rt r o e ;lltygonu l a, n a ja m maop d ttia i s r in e c el aeoa a tic e 4 , ?' a small amount of money has been raised'aill°l'rforc' passengers ~ wit int h which hea -threefter- saloon silver a cups it and those i w nt h h e l op prc o i p w r a i r a d te cbin inscriptions will be purch ase d an d preseatee to you, Captain Jones, another t o y ou , Mr. lard! l ' e fi the third to you, Mr. P or t er ; an d to eac h of ' d tWI" brave sailors before me I am directed to ba n a prof sovereigns, and in d o i ng so, I can only wish yo u , dear s ' perous and virtuous and at its close a haPP"a), solaced (as it is not imp ro b a bl e you may th e me to ss the reflection th a t y ou per ill e d your own lives nd the lives of others.' ' , cci, " The captain,- on behalf of himself, his pA men, thanked the 'PaSsengers for the n o • nenaytour, which he sd was 1 101 .u"'b d e r s.v"" cc y demanded, and which would ao.aini retir t , • circumstances, be repeated. The boat's crew L"' alnidst the harty cheers of the passengers.' Le Ame- splayed b‘ ble upon the question 1 ,tion to give, and A committee was appointed to, take up the question, and ascertain from the various trades in town what were their usages, so that they might codify the whole, and put the mercantile cont. munity in possession of the information in a condensed He was quite satisfied if they could only get at Lie information aril ailaLlc fui to Clic V should be rendering a Brea to the com of Liverpool, becau foreign countries were necessarily ignorant of those which, in some cases, might even overrule the law of the land. It was, at all events, most desirable that the public, both here and elsewhere, should be made acquainted with these particular customs. With regard to what Mr. Macfie had said, h e might mention that the price per yard in Manchester was very little different to that offered to the Government by Liver pool. The Council would take the whole matter into consideration and see what was best to be done with reference to the answer of the Government. • Mr. S. HILL did not think that put in the same categor Post-office here was more of a nation one at Manchester verpool should be Manchester, because the 1 concern than the aue from the Post-office i Liverpool was much larger than that of Manchester, or any other town in the - However, the Council would take the matter kingdom .seconded by Mr ASSAULT BY A WOMAN.—A large boned masculine looking woman named Anne Henderson, was charged with committing an assault on an old woman named Margaret Jenkins. The prosecutrix presented a very pitiable appearance from the severe injuries she had sustained ; her head was bandaged, and blood was trickling down her cheek. She stated that she occupied a room in a house near Burrough's Gardens, Bevington hill. She had fallen behind in the p4ment of her rent, in consequence of which the bailiffs entered and took the furniture. The . prisoner managed to get away her own furniture, leming hers as payment of the debt. tee was Ti ...us conduct on the part of the prisoner raised"soine ill wilt between them, and she said she would inform' the landlord, upon which the prisoner seized a kettle and struck her on the head.. Mr. Mansfield ordered the prisoner to be r e man d e d_ for seven days. .STEALING RIBBONS.---EllZal)eth I _ _ _ into their consideration On the motion Of Mr. MAcr lIOLLAND, vote of thanks was accorded to the chair man, and the proceedings terminated WATER COMMITTEE held in the Couneil-rOom of the Town-hall, yesterday . • • Mr. Hodson in the chair. There were. also present, Messrs. Crellin, Farr, worth, Earle, Rae, Estill,' Wag : . staff, Beloe, and Jeffery. awson, a - respect _ portant one hereafter. At present, all th e y k new was Mr. DUNCAN, water engineer, reported as f o ll ows :-- able-looking young wo man , w h o was out on b a il , that the two funds went into the same exchequer and Filters : The only work done here has been the ordinary ribbonappeared to answer to the charge of stealing some from the shop of Mr. Allcott, draper, Brown were applied for dock purposes. It was quite possible, clearing and sand-washing. No. 6 filter has been re- low-hill. Mr Snowball conducted the def cM if the town dues did increase, that the dock dues might sanded for half the depth required ; the remaining per- Lees, assistan't to Mr Allcott, said that On en S e a . turda r y . be decreased pro- rata. As the town dues formed a charge tion will be put on the first opportunity. At White I afternoon last he was told by a customer that the prise ,which fell in a great measure upon ar ti c l es w hi c h passed Coppice, the a s ph a lti ng i n th e b ottom of the goit is filer had taken a piece of ribbon. He allowed her to go `through Liverpool in transit, he thou g ht it wou ld h e about.,,three-quarte r s com pl e t e . A t t h e Roddlesworth out of the shop, then followed her, and asked her to step , back with him. She denied having taken the r highly desirable to know upon what p r in c ipl e th e nev i - Grange Basin the wo r k i s now comp l ete, an d the Grange ibbon at first, but on being taken to bridewell she sion of the town dues had been based. - The few alterations in use, a' little trimming of earthwork is all th a t i s now confessed it. Mrs. Grey, Prescot, wa s •called and said, he had glanced at left him quite perple x ed as t o w h a t pr i nc i- required, and four men will be retained for a short time, I she was in the shop at the time the prisoner was ; she ple had been adopted. A large reduction had certainly until this is done. The rain-fall for the week ending heard her ask the person who was serving her to Saturday, the 26th, was 1-100th of an inch, and the _ un pLisor e r r pi d i r t es th s e piece she i was ( s i orr other t ribbon ; when the person been made in salt, which was, no doubt, very much de tsuhrened her ro depths of water under the respective overflows of the mended, looking at the excessive charge previously mac charged with ml st e ea s rne• upon it. Ile believed that, instead of sixpence, it was undernoted reservoirs were on the above date---Roddles- diately informed the stealing -under and after prisonerminwase reduced to threepence. On the other hand, they found worth, 9 feet 4 inches ; Rake, 12 feet &inches ; Angle- called back, she. denied any knowledge of it at first, but that the article of coals, which one would suppose was zark, 12 feet 111 inches ; Rivington, 6 feet 31 inches ; afterwards ' confessed she did take it.—Mr. Snowball equally important to the trade of Liverpool, re- Prescot, No. 1, 111 inches; ditto No. 2, 9 feet 10i- said ho considered there was no case against the young mained at the excessive charge of twopence in the ton, inches. The quantity of water received from Rivington w w o es ma n n o , t sitiimereebodyshweas was dressed h d er with ribbons, who after oss le prevailing eeo and had not been altered. Why coal should be burdened during the week was 44,127,944 gallons; pumped from fashion, and- the ribbon w‘ might se ve with that severe tax was quite unintelligible to him ; be- the wells, 35,817,786. The proportion of Rivington to some way or other attached to very possibly dress y . She me ha ll € l l cause they all knew that the large coal field behind well water being as 44 to 35. always borne a good character, and he would call wit- Liverpool, forming as it ought to do an i mmense f und Mr. STITT introduced a deput a ti on f rom th e owners nesses to prove it. She had b een an apprent i ce to a some purchases and on one occasion r h she received, in making tosno discovering much for the export trade of this town, had to compete with of cottage property, who, he said, felt that their, interests were prejudiced, and they believed the interests of the she returnecl the coal fields in various parts of the country, and it mm e ediatel , became therefore a great object to Liverpool to encourage Corporation would also be prejudiced by the recent take. He thought it immediately on have been better 'if that article. They had almost a monopoly of the resolution of the committee, which laid down' as a Mr. Allcott had sent for her father and mother rather salt trade, and why salt should have a consideration rule, that no house above £l3 would have the than have sent her to bridewell. He then called upon Mrs. Snowdciwn, who said that the 'pri s o ner had be en 1 shown to it and coals remain as th ey were, p r i v il ege o f compoun di ng. Th e owners of such houses n apprentice with her for two years, and always found he was really at a loss to understand. He • fully understood the deficiency of the water revenue, her truthful and honest.- She remembered the circum hoped the appeal' for delay made to the Board of and were willing to enter into such new regulations as stance alluded to by Mr. Snowball, of the prisoner re- Trade might be granted, because it was highly necessa r y might remedy that deficiency. They found a clause in ! Ceiving too much change and returning with it. Mr. that the Chamber should see there was so me pr i nc i p l e th e ac t o f P ar li amen t, w hi c h was i nten d ed to b enefit , Mansfield said there w as a li n k wan ti ng i n t h e ev id ence, he 'would,. therefore, remand the case till Saturday, in that revision based upon equity and consistent with them, but which had been taken advantage of. They onmeanime the prisoner . would be allowed to go at liberty the future extension of the trade of the port.. therefore considered that when the committee passed thethe same bail. Mr. MA.eFIE felt very grateful to the Chamber for the resolution they went beyond the mark, though not in- SHEEP-STEALING. --Joseph Allan, a tall, greasy, request they had made that there should be a delay in tentionally. They felt that if the resolution were car- stolid-looking man, was charged with stealing four this matter ; for he was sure that if persons practically • rued into effect, the result would be that not only an black-faced ewes from two fields at Low-hill, opl ul e i l - f engaged in the various businesses had been called injury would be done to the owners of cottage property, lane,them the property of Robert Shackla w dy in r e a o r, y 1 k n m , c l;utcher, together, some of the inconsistencies complained of but that the revenue of the committee would be and three w th n e .t pr , opert l y of li. . T was proved that the might have been removed. (Hear.) lie had attended diminished. He understood that the deputation were prisoner r -street iad , take l a ec t l are . in Lord-street, Edge-hill, for n i s, tt.. house • that a person had the Social Science meeting of Bradfvd, and he was glad ' I to give statistical informationto the committee the o pieparet, that lace •that - assisted him to put a sheep into . p , th re to see that Mr. Denson, as representing the Chamber, had is substantiation of what he had stated, three sheep in it at the time; and that they ..,1 u.,, then handed in, whigh will be answeredw ere other t o t h the ( loser p i tion of four skins which had beer ''ed Li 4 a pamphlet form in a few found and taken to OA Police-office, The prisoner - remanded till Friday. an opportunity of meeting various persor Scotland, who had taken an interest Executi9a Bill, and the United King( .e s , cilia] ill. I days, ilso upon the same with regard to the dock to sufficient to pay interest on:tho dock they should be diminished; but no such rd to the town dues: - The tho wholo of tho.expong nd the provision was mad managcmen the dock dues ;. they were put into the same exchequer o • and.applled exactly .to the same purpose... But, while on the one hand they had the dock dues -ieduceable under -the circumstances he had named, the town dues would remain, 1 sum, but an increasing Is upon that principle that the en handed over to the Dock ues had be Board. He was in con .tation with a member of her 'day; and he asked him upon what r revised the town due He replied, ple at all, except that we must have £140,00( They looked forward also-to the annual increase of these dues.. It was, therefore, quite possible that the town e very least from .them." lt go on lout any power o: their part Board to reduce dues, whereas the dock clues w a were paid for actual services rendered might him that under the same =nag pon wha , duced. It appeared to anomaly. Both these, dues, being ;, ought to be assimilated assimilation should take Such an assimilation would involve many questions which perhaps none of hem were .ed at present ) .diseuss ; but he Rntion of the. Council had beer might have an assimila Lpon somewhat equitable principles C. TIoLL.i? Eon was that the Mr. 134wlins had raised might become DAILY TIMES. The result was an qaderstandiEg that this sikbject would settled; till the n'ed to . rernehi fox . . the preseflt meeting of the Social Selene next year, in imation ti pinions, but the s to thi s in regard to that after all moment N which; het we auges were to be mace with r He did not ,brow any further ob: giving the post-office site which the Jr. Gladstone s in the way of He believed it would not be fair to say, that the Corporation wa selling the land, It was a more exact view to say that the Corporation bought the land as the agent of the Government, and merely wished now to transfer it formally As to the Exchange-buildings, it would be highly satisfactory to them all to know that the subscription moneys had been largely w put down, and that they had the pros . .... pect of a building creditable tic port, and poke of the inconvenience of sending the mails to ,ondon so early as nine in the morning, and argued letters by the half-past ten train, which might be accelerated for the purpose. Now, with regard to the North American mails, he thought no conduct couldwell be moremagna nimous and honourable than that of the Liverpool 1, with regard to the change of Liverp, - ,01 from being the great postal station. At Present there was a disposition to make Cork the station, and to dispense with Liverpool ; and not a word .of opposition Thad been raised to that change. If the change merchant were made, however, it would be well to change the days; and instead of Saturday, which would involve labour on the Sunday at Cork, He would suggest that the mails should be despatched from Liver Cork on Friday -, and from To meet pool on Thursda this there could be a corresponding change in New York. He, also advised the Chamber to consider the simper. or a patent law, and recommended the adoption by the Dock Board of the steam fire-engine. He wished, to know in conclusion, whether the committee had made any recommendation on the subject of badge and porters. titter bi them, and, would be prepared to report at a further meeting of the Chamber, With regard to the Exchange buildings, he could only say the directors would he glad ) see the public enlisting ther There was another matter which had been Lbscribers in the concern be .e the Council, on which they, were not prepared tc report, b he mentioned it because t hey were desirons all the information pc from gentlemen who had that inform hat was the usag nd customs of ti-ad memori:ll which r out as an instance a house at 16 per annum, the owners now paid the rates, which amounted to £4 115., -- leaving a balance of £ll 95., and these houses, according , to the resolution, they would let for £ll 9s, and leave the Coancil to collect the rates. The tenants could claim to be assessed at £ll 9s. He. considered the committe might charge for baths and closets in large extra supplymight alSo be charged to public-houses, a it was well known that about 22 gallons was used for mixing every ninety-six gallons of rum. Gas meters might be charged at the rate of ls. each, and in this way the revenue of the committee would be increased more readily than by the proposed method. . The CIINIRMAN said if they - would send copies of the pamphlet they would consider the matter le public business. -.--- LECTURE ON ART The first of a course of four lectures on "'Art, as a Branch of General Education," was delivered last clon ing, in the Collegiate InStitution, Shaw-street, by William Collingwood, Esq., Associate of the Society of Painters in Water-colours, London. T. D. Anderson, Req.,. Mayor, neenpied the chair, who said he had been very glad to accede to the request of Mr. CollingwoOd =to take the chair, not only because, -as chief magis trate, he thought it his duty to encourage, as far as possible, anything that a large portion of the community felt an' interest in, but because the syllabus announced that the lecturer was to show that art .ought to barnacle a branch of general education, and was adapted to the wants of every class. Understanding that that was the. chief • object that the lecturer wished to prove, he thought it was his duty to take the chair. The Committee of the Privy Council for Education had for years been endeavouring to cultivate a taste for art among the younger. members of the working classes. There was scarcely any station in life in which drawing was not of value, and gave an advantage to its possessor over his fellow men. This, • lie had no doubt, was the view of the matter that was taken by•the Privy Council Committee ; but he believed that Mr. Collingwood intended to treat it on other and higher grounds—as a medium of moral instruction; and in case that it should be supposed (though none who knew Mr. Collingwood would suppose such a thing) that he would place the teachings of nature and those of revelation on an equality, it was to be observed that a distinction was made between the two great books— revelation and nature: It was not generally the pro vince of the chairman to speak on the subject of the lecture; but he made these few observations to show why he, an admirer of art, though not - a judge of art, thought it his duty to take the chair on that occasion. (Applause.) He would not say more, but call upon Mr. Collingwood. (Loud applause.) Mr. COLLINGWoOD said the chairman had so kindly introduced the subject to his audience that he felt en couraged by the kind and generous introduction to en deavour to bring the subject before the public. It might be considered that on a subject so large and so vast in its scope, four lectures could promise little more than a lance at the heads; still he would endeavour to bring it into that compass. . His - object would be on that occasion to speak of art as'suited to all, whether rich or.poor, learned or unlearned, gifted or ungifted. ;Every. man was capable of learning to draw who was capable of learning anything, and the necessity of acquiring such a branch of eeucation - Was - apparent in every-day life. The value of the study was three-fold ; and first, because it enabled the student to enjoy the beauties of 'nature. Nature's beauty was given for enjoyment and instruction. This was proved by the anxiety. which" people manifested in going to the country. The eye never satiated by feasting on the beauties of nature, and , even the most sensual took pleasure in them; while the intep.ectUal mind onjnypd thn fonct with novor-ponsing pleasure. Secondly, Art was a great means of moral instruction. In the drawing of a .single leaf, and. by • drawing it well, the idea of men's dependence on each other could not fail to suggest itself.. The last of these was the influence it had in the training of the mind. If a person studied the art, and never drew a line afterwards, the powers of perception would be so much better, that the person would be more than repaid for his trouble. There was, however, always a distinction to be drawn between the teachings of nature and revelation. These were the two . great books given for our study ; but it should always be remembered that art was not the ladder between earth and heaven. The lecture was illustrated by very beautiful drawings, specially executed for the occasion. The lecturer, on resuming his seat, was loudly applauded, and the meeting separated. 4 LVERPOOL POLICE COURT.—YESTERDAY. Before J. S. MANSFIELD, Esq.) NOVEMBER 29, 1859. Yesterday afternoon Mr. I with illustrat in Her had paid for admittan a number of the lea who from t-the doors, MR. RAREY'S THIRD LECTURE. s third lecture, trans Who to .obtain seats, istrates, lumber r 4 :1 1 , 21 e 111 Yo ' °° C l 5. 141 t) el a ~~ b~ kti kIZ IR th ,,,.1011 006 4R, )I tt 4D t tit % 444