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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

my venerable friend, who established a character for toleration
and moleration that it was impossible not to respect. (Hear,
hear.) I trust his virtues will long remain an example to us
all, and to that example I shall endeavour to conform myself
as long as it shall please God to spare my life among you.
The rev. rector, who was much affected during his addreff44,
concluded by proposing the appointment of a committee.
The Rev. Dr. RAFFLES rose to second the motion, and hz
doing so said, after all that has been said, and said so well, not
only in this place but in ninny others, by persons more com-
petent than himself to speak of the private virtues of the late
Archdeacon Brooks, he should content himself with merely
expressing a hearty concurrence in those tributes of regard.
He considered it an honour to bear part, however humble, in
an endeavour to embalm the memory of a man so eminently
useful and so truly valuable. Upon his character and life
death had now set the seal of eternity, and he had left behind
him an honourable memory which will never perish. We need
have no tears shed for him, for we hear a voice, and it com-
mands attention,—it comes from Heaven. It says, " Write,
blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." And who in this.
assembly does not respond to the glorious announcement;
" Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end
be like his ?" He concluded by cordially seconding the
resolution, which was unanimously carried.
The Rev. Dr. M'IsIEILE moved a vote of thanks to the
Mayor for his kindness in calling and presiding over the.
present meeting. In doing so he expressed a well considered
and eloquent eulogium on the manner in which his worship
had discharged the onerous and important duties of the
mayoralty.
Mr. JOSEPH POLLO CR, county court judge, in the absence of
Mr. Thornely seconded• the resolution, and, in doing so, said:
Of the private character of him that is gone I will say nothing,
but that to be acquainted with him was to admire him, to
know him was to love him. (Hear.) Nor will I say any-
thing of his merits as a clergyman,—they have been attested
by more competent witnesses than I. There was, however,
one province of his duties with which fortune brought me to
be peculiarly acquainted, and on that alone may I say a word.
The bar yesterday testified their approbation of the sentiments
expressed from the bench on the previous day, and in which I
firmly believe, and they gave it as their feeling, that he was
one of the best chairmen that ever presided at a quarter ses-
sions in this great community. I practised before him as a
barrister for many years, and I had in that capacity an oppor-.
tunity of judging of his merits. More lately, I had the pride
and the pleasure of being associated with him upon the bench,
and, from my experience in this double capacity, I believe that
a greater ornament never adorned the bench than our late
venerated archdeacon. (Applause.) He was at once the
Christian clergyman and the upright magistrate,—the exhi-
bitor of God's mercy, and the minister of man's justice. Asso-
ciated by his position with the rich and powerful, he was ever
the counsellor and friend to the humble and the poor. With a
strong practical common sense, that seemed almost intuitive
to seize upon the right and to detect the wrong, and above all-
with that earnest sympathy with his fellow-men, without
which neither priest nor magistrate is worthy of his vocation
—he has left to us an example which we may endeavour to
follow, but which we cannot hope to rival. He has left to us
a memory that is at once recommended to our reason, and
enshrined in our affections. (Hear, hear.) That memory has
been worthily introduced to us to-day by our worthy chief
magistrate; and I have, therefore, great pleasure in seconding
this motion. I should say that the committee, of whom lam
one, will take into consideration the suggestion of Mr. Turner ;
for there will doubtless be a surplus from the subscriptions to
the monument.

The motion was carried by acclamation.
The Mims having in a few neat and appropriate sentences
acknowledged the compliment paid to him, the meeting
separated.