The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-05 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Ben
Charles
Thomas Oakshott, Portsea, brewer.
axles Sharphouse Duggan, Newington, stationer.
teary Trenter, Ipswich, butcher.
t
amin Kurz, Rathbone-place, manufacturing jeweller.
william Bedford, Vithitechapel, Middlesex, baker.
11liana. Harris, Stoke Prior, Worcestershire, cattle
a dealer.
33°"Ph Stanley, Walsall, draper.
elljalniii Abrahams, Taunton, draper.
Thoh Ranson, Halifax, innkeeper.
Inas Moore, Morland, Westmoreland, grocer.
• BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Long, Leeds, spirit merchant.

iLkeethEyre.—Barnard Burns, a boiler maker, re-
°g ~
I Boundary-street, sustained a fractured leg a
Rankin's foundry, Manchester-street, by a lamp
reist• falling on him.—John Routhersford, a rigger,
itlittg in Bell-street, Toxteth-park, fell off an °timi-
se— in Regent-road, and received a scalp wound and
were contusions of the body.
s fire broke,out amongst some bales of cotton in the
xi
atrang's Dock yesterday afternoon. The reel from Seel-
Itiibatt was quickly at the place, and the tire was soon
that;11:0. The damage is estimated at not more
lat iL\ luturrey COURT—tESTERDAT.—RichardBevan,
4d, Merchant and shipowner in this town, passed his
coPurned last examination unopposed, before Mr.
fo 114°6st:suer Perry. The certificate meeting was fixed
°r the 30th inst.
~..441.vvnPooL AND RHYL.—We are informed upon
Zrestionable authority that on the Ist instant, Messrs.
1),,;111 aird, Sons Sc Co., the eminent iron steamship
:clers, of Birkenhead, commenced a splendid new
steam vessel, of 400 tons, to run on the station
c-ween Liverpool and Rhyl, for Messrs. Napier and
of.i the latter place.
A 'CI:LIAILITY OF THE WESTERN WORLD.—The
j°llll I •
rat, g ladies of Brantford, C. W., a few evenings since
driu,r astonished some of their gentleman friends by
t 0 MIR to their different residences and inviting them
attend r
ti
a .uoap-year evening party, and at the same
conducting them to their seats in the carriage; and,
ih feet, tahil entire charge of them during the even-
ut Throughout the ladies showed great attention, and
14 Pretty good example to their gentlemen of the way
videdthings should be done. Excellent music was pro-
file in all cases the lady selected the gentleman.
the Wished to dance with. When supper was announced
I.oo__Rentlemen were politely attended to the dining-
11° tult and attentively waited on at the table. The
weave j of the thing created much merriment, and it
teri not till a late hour the hilarities of the evening
horntaellatecl, when the gentlemen were safely landed at
Tero,z, well pleased with the evening's entertainment.
Leader..
CITY UNION FRAUDS AND THE POOR-LAM
Or qua.A At the ordinary weekly meeting of the Board
of the City of London Union, onTuesday
last, krrns
Presid;_ Alderman Abbis, the chairman of the board,
Bowring, the clerk to the guardians, read
Poor..k.w il"fla the law committee in reference to the
amounts(Liars Payment of Debts Bill, and the
of the late eralichthe tradesmen and treasurer by reason
The committee the union by Paul and Manini.
which had been inr,ialleir report stated that the claims
which the Poor-law 141130unted to £13,463 7s. ld., of
claims to the amount under the act had allowed
rnittee recommended that
should be equally distributed 412,463 17s. 2d. The corn-
rishes in the union, upon the hOaver
payment of this amount
for the Purpose of building a p the whole of the pa-
that such basis fixed by the justices,
Per lunatic asylum, and
payment should exte
Tears, the first instalment to fall
next, the next on the 12th Jun ever a period of three
due on the' 12th JURE,
1 the 12th June, 1862. e) 1861, and the last on

THE rßopasEa PUBLJCOFFICES IN

sTREET.

A preliffinary meeting of the burge.sses and rate-
elers of Liverpool,-.to- tale into—considetatien the
desirability of memorialising the mayor to till a public
meeting on the subject of the proposed town iniprove-
ments, was held yesterday in the tlar;indon-rooms,'
South John.street. rat attendance was very numerous,
comprising intifiy of the leading tradesmen from various
pat of the town.

Mr, Bairstow was voted to the'chair. In opening the
meeting he said they all felt an interest in th town
improvements, as they were subjectz 'dr great importance.
They all knew that impreticitients were wanted, and they
also knew that a Plan had been proposed to remedy in a
great Intelistire the defects complained of.; He thought,
h6*ever,,aud he had no doubt the meeting agreed. with
him, that the scheme 6f improvement should be sub-
mitted to the ratepayers, so that they could say whether
some other plan might not' be more desirable, arid more
worthy the public expenditure. He prestimedthat_they
were All in favour of iniproiements, 10 they had met
tegther simply to consider the desirability of memorial-
ising the Mayor' to pOstpone the adoption' of the
plan recently suggested until the ratepayers have had an
opportunity of expressing their opinion on the stibject.
He felt sure that the Mayor would comply with the
request of the meeting, and call the ratepayers together.
When that had.been done, if the scheme proposed by
the Council met with approval, the hands of its pro-
moters would be strengthened and opposition silenced.
It .was for the meeting to say whether they thought the:
Mayor should be memorialised upon the subject.• c.A
memorial had been drawn up which he would call upon
Mr. Boult to read.

Mr. BOULT then read the following memorial:—

TO THE :liPop,sinriut TH,E MATO&

This requisition of the undersigned litirge Asks and Ratepayers

of the-Borouin of Liverpool
Very respectfully, showeth, —That the' undersigned have
heard that the town council have under their consideration the
propriety of removing Teolif the TOWn-hall the establishment
of the mayir, the town-clerk, and, other corporate officials,
and of ebncentrating the whole of the Istblientliceli in Dale,
street; and also of adopting an, extensive Kik= of public
improvements.
That the undersigned, if. it can he droved, as stated, that
such a removal would be accompanied by ec nomy in. salaries
and conveaitrice to the generitl publiq, can have no objection
to the proposed removal, consid ring the very high late of
local taitation, Which in many instances amounts to 35 per
cent.; but the undersigned consider that the funds necessary
for the erection of such offices can bo properly and legiti-
mately supplied from the capital fund of the corporate estlte,
as the building will continue to be much corporate property
as the press n'. Sessions House and Bridewc 1.
.That the undersigned are by no means 'averse to any ex-
penditure which is absolutely required for the welfare and
con.venienee of the townsfolk, and of strangers frequenting the
town; but having regard to the heavy taxation imposed for
remedying, the sanitary evils occasioned by the neglect-of
former inhabitants, and the sources of .very.grievous expendi-
ture in the Rivington Water Works:and in the vicinity of St.
George's-hall, which are till open. they are of opinion that
no further liabilities of the like nature 'should be incurred at
present, unless an ur_ent necessity can be•shown, especially
as the benefits derivable from the expenditure of the increased
taxation to which the existing, body of the ratepayers are.
exposed, as Well as those from the proposed Public (ACC'S and
improvements, will -be less available to those at whose cost
they will be provided, if erected ouVof income, than to future
inhabitants.
The undersigned, therefore, most respectfully request that
your worship will be pleased to convene a,public meeting of
the burgesses and ratepayers fer the pirpose of adopting such
proceedings relative to the proposed Public Offices and im-
provements as to that meeting may appear fit, and that you
will also be pleased to suggest, to the council of the borough
that any further proceedings upon the subjects referred to
should be suspended by them 'until the burgesses and rate
payers have had the opportunity of giving or withho ding
ro their appval of the expenditure involved in the adoption of
the schemes proposed. ,

' ' • •
Mr. HARRIsON moved the adoption of the memorial.
heartily ,sympathising with the subject, And, cordially
agreeing with the spirit of the petition, he felt great
pleasure in moving its adoPtion., If any of them had a
shop to let, the first question which the purchaser asked
was " what are the charges upon it and it must be
evident that an increase of taxation meant a reduction
in rent to the owner,—the latter circumstance besides
burtheningthe tenant would entail considerable loss upon
the Owner of the property. He-Oinked the gentlemen
Who had:called the pfeserit meeting; for an infinity was
thus begun into the useless and, extravagant expendi-
ture' which would be necessary to carry out the con-
templated improvements. Within the, last few years
Liverpool had had a municipal spenge—St. pe9rge's-
hall—which even now continues' to be a mast costly
ornament. . With this staring them in the face they
were' now proposing to spend" an enormous'. sum
for new Public-offices. The- ratepayers were already
shackled- with a three-halfpenny tax, and there was
every prospect that it would soon be raised to 3d. As
local taxation is yearly increasing, it behoves the rate-
pa.y rs'tb stand by each other, and resist any unnecessary'
expenditure. No one: would think of opposing any
judicious improvement, but let it' be paid for of the'
revenue. It had been said that -a considerable saving
'would be effected by centralising the. business in:Dale-.
street; but the same thing had been said when the
Cornwallis-street offices were opened, and it was now
seen how false that supposition had turned out.

Mr. ROBERTSON seconded the motion. He believed
that the- proposed scheme was too expensive, and that
the offices could be erected for about £30,000.
Mr. O. EwAuer wished to know from ,the chairman
whether this petition was intended to oppose the erec-
tion of new offices. He thought new offices most desir-,
able; but he agreed with the other gentlemen in saying
that the proposed scheme was too expensive.
The -Cna-zumtakr explained_ that. the present meeting
was merely a preliminary one. At the general public
meeting the ratepayers would be at liberty to express
their opinion on the plan.
Mr. SCHOFIELD believed that the memorial fully
expressed the sentiments of the ratepayers. If Mr..
Ewart would look over the amount of taxes he has paid
during the last few years, he would probably alter his
opinion: If a borough rate were once commenced, no
one knew where it would end. He thought that there
were plenty of facilities in Cornviallis-street for enlarg-
ing and improving the present offices.
The motion was then put and carried unanimously.
Mr. HOBBS nominated a committee of sixteen to wait
•
upon the Mayor.
A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated• the
proceedings.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-
EAST.--The Bishop of London has refused to license the
Rev. Thomas Dove Dove, M.A., of Emmanuel College,
Cambridge, to the curacy of St. George's-in-the-East,
to which he was nominated by the Rev. Bryan King,
the rector. Mr Dove was for some time curate to the
Rev. W. J. E. Bennett, vicar of Frome, and joined Mr.
King about three months since. During the interven-
ing time he has been assisting Mr. King in the services
of St. George's, but not as a licensed curate.

STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS.—The executive com-
mittee of the association for the prevention of steam
boiler explosions held a meeting on Tuesday at Man-

chester. Their report said :—" We have made 181
visits, and examined 466 boilers, and 353 engines. 0.
these six visits have been special ; and nine boilers have
been specially, 429 externally, 11 internally, and 26
thoroughly examined, 13 cylinders have been indicated
at ordinary visits. The principal defects met with
during the month are as follow : Fracture, 8 (two
dangerous); corrosion, 20 (six dangerous) ; safetyvalves
out of order, 23 ; water gauges ditto, 11; pressure gauges
ditto, 5 ; blow-off cocks ditto, 7 ; fusible plugs ditto, 4 ;
surnaces out of shape, 10 ; total 8S (eight dangerous).
Boilers without glass water-gauges, 22 ; ditto pressure-
gauges, 3; ditto blow-off cocks, 17 ; ditto back pressure
valves, 61. The other defects are of the ,Ordinary
character, such as leakages from bad joints, causing
slight corrosion, unequal expansion and contraction,
faulty modes of seating, and the injudicious,flell+e-ty of
feed water in a cold state." Mr. HarnisnOlie chief
inspector of the association, writes.' as follows
regard to the well working of this and similar insti-
tutions, various- opinions . will always. exist as to the
mode of carrying out their objects but, in my opinion,
the success that has attended ours ut partioular in tbei
prevention • of accidents,. fully entitolfesthigtsetowhatbsee ipurppivaotret
of all users of steam power', even
an
pcehna reancrt ter
operationsas t o r e n r
tahrreamngleemmednetspeahedeeonft
days ago three little
thanSo niothers
girls' wh"e
age
Norton, at the
JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND REFORMA::::;T:Ionut
ten years, were brought before Mr.
when Lambethit wreso 1 ische
0- cwonu r tt,h
that
tn t
he varioustheir
mothers,charges
tw
eo
drfnelnokny,
and dissipated women, residing in the vicinity of Kent-
en
street, were in the habit of sending them out toplunder,
and received everything they stole. It was also apparethn
the
that;-though so young, they were expert thieves; and
magistrate, anxious to remove them from a life of crime,
and take them from the streets, sentenced them to three
weeks' imprisonment, and , directed that at, the end
of that period they should be sent to a reformatory
for four years. The benevolent intentions of his
worship, as will be seen by the following
communication,
have been frustrated, and nothing, it is•feared, is left to
the poor little wretches who were its objects, but to be
turned into the streets again and recommence their
career of crime:—" House of. Correction, Wandsworth-
common, April 23..—" Sir.—With reference to the three
little girls,- Eliza Wood, Emma Major, •and Margaret
Hawkins, committed by you. on Saturday last for three
weeks, and to be sent to a reformatory school for four
years, I am directed by the visiting justices of this
prison to inform you, with their very great regret, that
they are unable to. point out to you any certified
reformatory school to which they can be sent. The
visiting justices have an agreement with the Rescue
Society for the admission of girls into their reformatory
school at Hampstead as vacancies occur, hut that
school (which is the only one certified under the 19th
and 29th of Victoria, cap. 169, in London or the neigh-
bourhood) is so full that it can take no more of our
prisoners at present, and have already declined to take
Hannah Reynolds, committed by you on the 11th of
February last. Efforts have been made to get the girl
admitted into a reformatory school in the country, but
without effect, and she must be returned to her home.
adeav ours will be made to place the three girls above-
named in some uncertified school, at the expense of the
Surrey Society, and great hopes are entertained that on
the bases of that society a certified reformatory school
honour
ONSLOW, Governor.—To the iloq. G. C.
for girls may shortly be established, so that the difficultywhnow
extiostsbme, sir,forayy
thoeurfutmu roes
tbeoabveodiidenedt
.—selrvilaanytethe ,
RICHARD
Norton, 'Police magistrate, Lambeth."
•

A METHODIST
ryryMINISTFR DEFENDING
--- - -

The anhual catercnce sbctioil of
the INtethoilist Wino:pal *as held two or three
weeks age: ake dtttrlhpt was made to induce the con-
ferebee to take, improved action on the slavery question;
but :the at'te'mpt was defeated by overwhelming
majority.. In the:course of the prooeedingS the folloWing
extraordinaiy defeiieb of th',-; insittiitiet. of slavery wad
delivered t,..,j•

"The Rev. George F. Kettell said that the real
.queition was aS•to the" change of discipline, and that
was; based on the question as to the right of slavery.
Wa'p slavery a sin to: such an extent that a man should
bo excommunicated for holding slaves ? Now, if it was
a sin to hold slaves, there was no alternative; they
must cut it off, root and branch: Yet, brethien *ho
said it was a sic, "objected to the instant abolition of
slavery: ;to*, the whole question • was, slaVeq a
.sin or not ?! There •Was a
,gteat deal of pious rbetotic
and sentimentalism spent on this *theme. Slavery was
Called sinful, bedatise evils grow out of it. He denied
it was necessarily a sin. There were many evila growing
out of the marriage relation in the present imperfect
state .of society, but Marriage Was not sinful per se.
"The Bishop reminded the brAer that he was 'not
speaking to the question:
"Many %51.004—Let him go on ; we like to hear him!
"Mr. Kettell continued—The Sabbath also was made
the occasion of riot and debauchery, but who would dare
to Say the Sabbath was a sinful institution? The old
'ad;;tge, that the world owed every man a living,. was
nonsense ; every .man owed the world his labour ; and

if ;a race would not work, men were right to exact
labour by force. This principle . was understood and
cafried out at the North in our vagrant and wOrkhouie
systems. -The qUestion with' us was not whether we would
adopt such a system,. but whether its adoption was a sin ''
_worthy of excommunication. All the rhetoric expended
abOut people owning the bodiei and souls of slaves was
nonsense.. The, Southerners only owned 'the right to
make their slaves work, and to convey them from one
place to another to make them do so. At Athens and
Rome the bodies and souls were owned, but in our days
slavesmere.treated with kindness, and. cruelty to them
was punished severely., Slavery, as it now existed, was
not a sin. The 'question was, whether they should let
loose 4,000,000 of paupers upon the world ? He depicted
the natural degradation of the negro race, and insisted
that they were best off as at present. The negro in the
West Indies was incapable of taking care of himself.
Emancipation had, blighted one-half of the finest of
the Antilles. This was proved incontestably. 'Toussaint
rpuverture discerned the evils of freedom to the blacks,
and established the famous " Rural Code,' with the intent
to finally enslave all his race. Go where yOu would in
our own north, and the' negroes'were an idle set. If
slavery had degraded the negro, why didn't freedom
elevate him ? He affirmed most eniphatically, that
under God's providence, slavery in. America had been
the only thing which had elevated the negro race,
and he was a bold man who would dare deny it!
In morals; health, and civilisation, the slaves were
far above the free negroes. Many statistics were
give,n to show this. Mr. Wesley was often quoted
as having said that American slavery was the vilest
system under the sun' Mr. Wesley must' have been
blinded by prejudice, or he would never made such a
remark. Folks said we were ‘cottenised' It was a blessed
thing for us thews were. The wealth flowing to us from
the southern cotton crop alone kept alive our institutions
and so-called eleVation. The speaker here went on to
contrast the products of the -south and of the north,
finding an enormous ratio in favour of the latter, and
ending with the ,conclusion that we were the ones
who were . actually deriving the most. benefit from the
institution of slavery. Didn't his brethren love coffee
and sugar, and, he was sorry to Say, tobacco ? Did
they ever think of abolishing slavery by giving up slave
products ? ;It was something very curious to- so a
brother get up and make an anti-slavery speech, with a
cotton shirt on his back, and tobacco in his mouth. (Great
laughter.) If slaiery was 'a relic of barbarism,. lwas
because the negroes were.barbarians ; all this talk about
their being equal with us he didn't believe a word of !
'Twas,all nonsense and. sophistry. AttomptOo alter
southern institutions by such talk made him think of the,
European rival Great Barre,' and Little
Raire.'-- --The people in the latter place built-,a lofty
;steeple, with a wonderful clock in it, looking toward
the rival village, from which the semblanCe of a human
countenance loomed forth and made faces at Great
Barre whenever the clock struck the hour of the day.
This was what we were engaged in doing—making
faces at the south, and he didn't think it was very
dignified, or that it would result. in much hi 'the end.
(Great merriment and onfusion.)"

FIELD-LANE- RAGGED SCHOOLS AND
THE REFUGES-,FOR THE HOMELS..

The annual meeting of this charitable institution has
been held at St. Martin's-hall. The Right Hon. the
Earl of Shaftesbury, president of the institution, occu-
pied the chair ; and on the platform with him were the
Bishop of Ripon, Lord H. Cholmondeley, Sir J.
Lawrence; Bart., X.C.8., with several of the London
clergymen and dissenting ministers, aud one from the
United States, the'Rev. Dr. lkiacican ' •

The report of the committee, which was read by Mr.
S. Tawell, the honorary secretary, was of great length,
but a printed abstract of it was circulated in the meet-
ing. It described the free day schools for boys, girls,
and infants, averaging from 300 to 3.50 ; the adult
evening schools; the industrial classes ; the female ser-
vants' preparatory class ; the mothers class for house-
keeping and other home dutieS ; the penny savings bank ;
the night refuges, of which 8,147 males and 1,368
women had availed themselves during the past year ;
the clothing society; the maternal society; the Bible
classes; the ragged church service ; the missionary visi-
tations, and the monthly prayer meetings. It was stated
that upwards of 10,000 of the. poor and destitute of
London had participated in some of the advantages of
the institution during the past year. Of this number
1,580 had been taken from the streets, and placed out
where they now exercise their own powers, and enjoy
the blessing of self-dependence. The finances had been
well kept up daring the past. year. The alterations end
expenses incurred for the new refuges were all paid, and
a further sum of £2,000 had been invested, so as to
make the interest of the permanent fund equal to all the
rents. The annual subscriptions had increased, but did
not yet equal the expenditure.
The Lord Bishop of Ripon moved the first resolution,
for the adoption and printing of the report, which was
seconded by the Rev. Newman Hall.
The second resolution was moved by Mr. T. Chambers,
the Coininon serjeant, and seconded by the Rev. Mr.
Henderson.

The meeting was afterwards addressed by the Rev.
Mr. Blunt, Mr. J. Payne, Assistant Judge of the Mid-'
dlesex Session, and the Rev. P. Hood.
The president, committee, and officers were elected for
the ensuing year.
Sir J. Lawrence, in moving a vote of thanks to
the noble chairman, said there was no truer Con-
servative, and no truer Reformer, than the man
who devoted his social influence and his talents,
his time and labour, to the furtherance of objects
like this, binding the. different classes of our people
together, the high and wealthy to the lowest:and the
poorest, by thus holding, out the hand of charity, of
Christian fellowship and kindness to the lost, the
degraded, and the miserable. The work which Lord
Shaftesbury had performed, whether it was' regarded in
a social, a. political, per a religious aspect, entitled him,
to be considered the greatest benefactor of his, country-
men.
The Chairinan having acknowledged this compliment,
the meeting iepciated'

Thomas Hopley, described as a gentleman, and
.who
keeps a school at Eastbourne, Sussex, has been com-
mitted
.for 'manslaughter, on the charge of killing one
of his pupils.
The Carlsruhe journals of the 2Sth ult. state that
General de Rena, formerly commander of the gendar-
merie in the grand duchy of Baden, had blown out his
brains ; but they do not say for what reason. They
announce, also, that Baron de Blittersdorff, formerly a
cabinet minister and envoy of Baden, in the Germanic
Diet, having become insane in consequence of unfortu-
nate Bourse speculations, has been place in an asylum.
THE ACCELERATED. CONTINENTAL MAIL SERVICES.
accelerated-mail services, at fixed hours, between
Brussels, &c:,'have commenced. The first train
from London .Bridge at 7 a.m., reached Dover at 9.2,
and the mail packet Prince Frederick William was
steaming
.out of harbour with' pails, pasengers, and
baggage at 9.15. Against a freSh bi'ecie and swell
she made a rapid passage across, and the train left
Calais for 'Paris and Brussels at the appointed time.
During the day the , wind increased so much that
on the arrival .of the train at Calais, from Paris,
atl
10 p.m., nearly low-wafer time, there was too
much sea on the bar for the passengers to go out in
the roads. The new steam tender Poste, however, took
out Captain Devot, and. the mails, and with whenfficulty put them on hoard the John Penn, that
vessel came across them to Dover in the strong wind
and sea in 91 minutes, and they came up to London in
two hours by the new mail train. The weather was
so rough
h.thhaty
the
south-eastern packet could note passengers that left Dover at
eleven
land at Calais, and had to remain iu the roads until
about five p.M. Under the most unfavourable circum-
stances of wind and. weather the olijeet of the change
hems and acceleration of dispatch has been accomplished
The mails that left London in the morning were in Paris
in the evening in time for being forwarded by the night
'mail trains. to the provinces; and by the use of the small
steamer at Calais, the mails that left Paris on Monday
I:ling mail trains, and
night at 7.30 p.m. arrived in, London in time to he for-
wthaerdmeadilstothtahtearprriovveidncinespbayrismfreorm
the
districts beyond
and left that city in the morning at seVen o'clock arrived
in London' in the evening in time to be seat into the
country by the flight mail trains.