The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-10 00:00:00

Mr Peter George Heyworth, merchant, North John-street,

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Foreman
Mr Thomas Stephenson, merchant, Rumford-place
Mr Alexander Dunlop Anderson, merhant, Cook-street
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Mr Alexander Balfou'r, merchant, Cook7street,

Mr Samuel Marshall broker, Peter's-place
Mr George Barnsley, broker, Tithebarn-street
Mr James Bulser, shipowner, &c., Great George-square
Mr Joseph Coltart, shipowner, Chapel-street
Mr Robert Crooks, merchant, Molyncux-olace. Water-street
Mr William Parkinson Clarke, broker, Rumford-street East
Mr James Daiglish, merchant, Oldhall-street
Mr George Langford Fosberv, merchant, Tithebarn-street
Mr Edgar Garston, merchant, Rumford-place
Mr Ralph Heap, wholesale grocer, Malthew-street
Mr Charles Paul Phipps, merchant, Cook-street
Mr Richard R•inkin, ironfounder, Manchester-street
Mr William Tarbet, jun., merchant, Tower-buildings
Mr John Tyner, agent, Hanover-street
Mr Caleb David Watson, shipbroker, Water-street
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The proclamation against vice and immorality having
been read, the learned Recorder delivered his charge to
the grand jury. He said it was peculiarly gratifying to
him, at this holiday season of the year, to find so good
an attendance of the grand jury; to see so many gentle-
men like themselves ready to come forward and set an
excellent example, by devoting their time to assist in
the administration of justice. There was one topic upon
which he might venture to congratulate them ; and that
was the present state of the jail. The new building
was constructed fur 1,080 prisoners ; but during the
years it had been open it frequently happened that the
number of cells was insufficient to carry out the original
system of accommodating the prisoners ; but at the pre-
sent time that was far from being the case, as on Friday
last the number in the jail was only 726. This diminu-
tion might probably be accounted for by the increased
severity with which incorrigible male offenders had
lately been treated. Instead of oscillating between Liver-
pool and Walton oakum-picking and thieving, numbers
of those under sentence of penal servitude had been sent
to Portsmouth, Chatham, &c., where they had been
compelled to labour at the public works. Perhaps, in
some degree, to the same cause might be attributed the
fact that the number of females now charged with felony
is greater than the nuthber of males. The calendar,
however, on the present occasion, is not light. After a
lapse of five weeks they would find eighty names,
probably to be increased to ninety before they separated.
There were several cases of embezzlement, one to the
amount of £2OO. ' The heaviest charge of theft was one
in which a pig dealer from Ireland got drunk and was
robbed of £BO, of which, through the vigilance of the
police, £6O has been already recovered. This was one of
many cases in which crime in Liverpool was increased,
and great trouble given to the authorities and eipense
to the public, by the profligate conduct of strangers who
visit the town. The offence of pocket-picking seemed
to have increased. In two instances the scene was laid
in an omnibus. There wore also a number of persons
charged with passing base coin. About two years
ago a number of persons were convicted and punished
by the present court for fraudulent plunder by means of
mock auctions. Several cases of a similar description
would come before them, and he thought that when such
practices were brought within the reach of the law it
was highly desirable that they should be suppressed.
According to the evidence in one case a poor labourer
was induced to pledge his property in order to raise
money to buy for 6s. a brass chaia, not worth 6d., and
a watch for £l, whose extreme value was 55., and which
was utterly worthless as a measurer of time. There
was also a case of a very discreditable description, in
which a woman, to mark another against whom she had
some ill-feeling, actually picked away part of her eyelid.
He believed there was not a single case in the calendar
of a juvenile offender—that was, a prisoner under six-
teen years of age. There were several cases in which
he thought nice points of law were likely to arise, but
he preferred dealing with them when the facts of the
case were exactly ascertained on the trial before him.
If, however, when the cases were under consideration
by the grand jury, they found any difficulty, he would
be most happy to give them his assistance and advice.
At present he did not think it necessary, as sound sense
and good law went together. The jury then retired,
and the trial of prisoners was proceeded with.
The following sentences were passed :—Eliza Riley,
stealing three yards of shirting, one month ; Samuel
Heenan, embezzling £l4, five months; Thomas Harvey,
stealing 10s., one month ; Catherine Quinn, stealing
6s. 11d., six months; Ellen White, stealing nineteen
yards of plaid, eight months; Catherine Kirk, stealing
a coat, five years penal servitude ; Ann Stephenson,
stealing two petticoats, &c., three years' penaliservitude.

circular from the Horse Guards reduces the bounty
for recruits to £2, and a free kit of necessaries.

LIVERPOOL PROTECTIVE
BURIAL SOCI ET ir.

SOIREE LAST NIGHT.

A tea-party and soirée, to aid the benevolent fund of
the above most excellent and prosperous institution, was
held last night, in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street.
About 900 persons partook of a bountiful tea, provided
by Mr. Milbourn. Amongst those present were James
R. Jeffery, Esq., Town Councillor ; T. Martin, Esq.;
Dr. M'Clellan, and Messrs. Joseph Shepherd, Henry
Smith, Henry Taylor, Michael Murphy, Frederick
Phillips, IV. Edmonson, Edward Vaughan, J. Carroll,
Patrick G. Murphy, D. M'lntyre, Scc.
It may not be uninteresting to state that this society

was established in 1856. The treasurer is Robertson

Gladstone, Esq. ; and the trustees and guardian com-
mittee comprise, amongst others, the names of Francis
Shand, Esq., James Holme, Esq., Charles Turner, Esq.,
Gilbert W. Moss, Esq., J. R. Jeffery, Esq., J. B. Aspi-
nall, Esq., Alderman Woodruff, &c., &c. The progress
of the society would appear to have been marked ; for
it appears from the published returns that whilst in the
first quarter of its existence the income was £217, in
the twelfth quarter, ending the 31st of December last,
the income had risen to £963. The amount paid in the
twelfth quarter was £4BO, and there is cash in the bank
to the amount of £1,588. We learn that the causes
which led to the founding of a benevolent fund in con-
nection with this society have not ceased to exist. It is
found that notwithstanding all the efforts of the mem-
bers, And the regularity of the collectors in calling upon
them for their subscriptions, from want of employment,
and other circumstances beyond their control, many
have been found at the time of their decease to have no
claim to the benefits of the society under the rules ; and
as the committee and officers have no discretionary
power to dispense the funds of the society except as pre-
scribed by the rules, they have had great pleasure in
distributing to the most deserving claimants a portion
of the fund placed at their disposal, comprising the
surplus of the late annual tea-party and soiree, and the
donations of benevolent persons. The entertainment
referred to having met with the approval of the mem-
bers, the promoters at their solicitation renewed their
appeal last evening to them and to the public.
The CHAIRMAN, on rising to respond, was received
with loud and repeated cheers. He said—My friends,
as a member of your guardian committee, it is with
feelings of unspeakable pleasure I meet you here this
evening to witness such an assembly as that which I
see before me, and to unite with you in exchanging
mutual congratulations on the success which has
attended your efforts in forming such an association as
that of the Protective Burial Society—(hear, hear)—
when I find, as I do, that the friends who have contri-
buted over so short a period, comparatively, as that of
three years—that you have been enabled to soothe the
sorrows, and to allay the troubles, of no less than 800
families during that time, it is, indeed, a subject of con-
gratulation to find that there is, notwithstanding the
expense that was so incurred to the relief of those whose
troubles and sorrows, without that assistance, might
have been materially increased—l say, still to find that
you are in possession of so large a sum of money to the
credit at your bankers as £1,600, after a period
only of three years, redounds greatly indeed to
the honour of those who have had the manage-
ment of your affairs, as well as to the spirit with which
you have joined the society, numbering, as I am told
it does now, so many as 22,000 members. (Cheers.)
Whenever the history of the early period of this
association shall be written, the names of Frederick
Hull and Joseph Shepherd and Timpron Martin and
Henry Smith will be read with feelings of admiration
and of gratitude by all who take an interest in the well-
being of the working classes. (Cheers.) Those gentle-
men have faced difficulties, have !encountered conflicts,
have suffered privation of mind that few indeed would
venture to undertake, not for their own benefit, hut for
the benefit of those who are, have been, or may be,
members of such an association as that which we, as
members, constitute. I find that during the first six
months, that there was a surplus of nearly £260, during
the second year £460, the third year £454, and the
balance—that is the six months together with the first
six months—making the difference up to £1,600 surplus,
after defraying all expenses. (Cheers.) Now, there is
something more, as it appears to me, than a mere burial
society in connection with such an institution as this.
It encourages, it cultivates, it promotes, in the highest
degree, I think, feelings of self-reliance. (Hear, hear.)
Self-reliance, when fully promoted, leads to self-respect,
and self-respect commands respect from others; and who-
ever happens to be in that position will find himself
on the high road to a higher position in society (hear,
hear). Now, I look upon it that this society is placed
upon a firm footing —it is firmly established, and so
long as it is presided over by men of such honourable
conduct and honest intentions as those who have the
management of your funds at present, it cannot but be
a success. (Hear, hear.) Well, now, if self reliance-is
so valuable a thing—you having taken one step in that
direction, I hope you will not stop short there, but that
you will take a second, and, it may be, a third. Allow
me to suggest to our friend Mr. Shepherd, and
those who have worked so nobly with s him
to bring this institution to its present position,
that I think an admirable adjunct might be found
in the establishment of a Penny Bank. (Hear,
hear.) You have already in this association estab-
lished a fund that will provide for decent interment
in case of death. I ask you, then, to make provision
against a time of need, whether that time of need arises
from a want of employment, or from a want of ability
through sickness to be enabled to discharge your daily
labours. (Hear, hear.) Make the provision yourself,
and depend upon it that whenever you have occasion
to have recourse to that fund, the money will be in-
finitely sweeter than if it be obtained from any charitable
source whatever. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) That is
the second development that I would suggest to you,
carrying out the spirit of self-reliance. Then there is a
third, which probably cannot be so easily attained as the
second, because the same machinery in every respect may
be made available for the second as for the first, the
place of residence not interfering in any way with the
full development of either one or the other. Places of
residence, however, will interfere, and that materially,
with what I am about to present to you as the third
means of self-reliance—l mean a school, a weekly school
established for the education of the children, where
a decent and respectable education may be obtained
for a penny a week. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
I should like to see such a school established in every
ward of the town of Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) I
should rejoice to find that one school was found to be
insufficient ; but that the encouragement that the one
school would receive would be the means of causing the
establishing a second ; yea, and a third, whenever it
may be found necessary. (Cheers.) Education, depend
upon it, is more than even necessary. It is to be found,
in my opinion, as the chief corner stone upon which an
edifice will have to be erected, that self-reliance will be
able to construct. The day is fast passing away when
any labour, comparatively, but that of skilled labour,
will be materially in demand. Happily machinery
of all sorts is being rapidly introduced, improvement
after improvement, to supply the place of unskilled labour.
The demand, therefore, in my opinion, for unskilled
labour will diminish in proportion as science and
mechanism shall be found to develop itself. Then
the skilled labourer must of necessity be a man of some
education. (Hear, hear.) It is, indeed, indispensably
necessary for a skilled labourer to be able to read, to
write, and.to•be able to cypher. Let the schools, then,
to which I refer pay special attention to reading and to
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for him to subsist upon. (Cheers.) Then let me say,
so far as the arithmetic is concerned, let that embrace
addition, enumeration of course, subtraction, multiplica-
tion, fractions, practice, the rule of three, and decimals.
Now I desire to go no further than that—particularly
decimals—(hear, hear)—for if we can once have the
masses convinced of the immense saving of time that
would be obtained by the application of the decimal
system, I am perfectly sure the Government, who aro
convinced of its utility, would be obliged to adopt that
system in the next session of Parliament, after the
masses of the people shall be convinced that it is the
preferable system. (Hear, hear, and applause.) I
have one subject more to which I would desire to
call your attention, and to unite my feeling of gratitude
with yours, and that is to find that there is a benevo-
lent fund in connection with your society. (Applause.)
There are many, no doubt very many, who are members
of your association, who continue to pay their weekly
pence in the full expectation and hope that when it
shall please Providence to take them away from their
families, they shall, at least, have left a provision to
place them decently below the sod, so that they shall
not be a burthen upon their friends, and that the feel-
ings of those who survive them shall be wounded as
little as possible. But circumstances, over which they
have no control, may prevent them contributing for a
short period the pence which will keep them in benefit.
It perhaps pleases Providence to remove them whilst out
of benefit, and your rules, which I conceive to be highly
proper, specify that if a member dies out of benefit, the
survivors of his family shall receive no consideration for
the money that has been paid by the deceased. Strictly
acting up to your rules, that is so ; but those who have
charge of the association have. taken a paternal view of
your position, and they have very wisely established a
fund, from which assistance can be obtained when the
officers of the association, after due inquiry, shall
have found that the parties so circumstanced, not
from any neglect or inattention on the part of the
deceased, or from any carelessness, but from absolute
want of the means to sustain their contributions.
(Applause.) Therefore it is that this fund is provided,
so that the survivor shall not wholly suffer loss, but that
some small contribution suitable to the necessities of the
mozneqt shall be made available, ig order to alleviate

the suffering that would - otherwise be increased.
I-think, therefore, from every point of view that we can
take of our present association, we have great reason,
indeed, for our congratulation. If we go on for the
future for many years as we have done for the past, the
amounts to be paid out at the time of death, most
unquestionably, will have to be increased. (Hear,
hear.) It is our duty to commence with the minimum
scale, and to increase that scale in proportion to the
increase of the reserved fund. Establish a fund first,
in order to secure you against the contingencies of the
future. Having established that fund, it is growing,
increasing in amount, and prudence will show you that
it is your duty to increase, to each individual in propor-
tion, that scale which has been laid down for the
guidance of your officers as the contributions shall have
been made to the funds. (Loud cheers.)
The splendid band of the 4th. Lancashire Volunteer
Artillery played an overture in admirable style, and then
the following programme was followed:—Glee, "From
Oberon in Fairy Land," Messrs. Sweetman, Nicholson,
Wilkinson, Mrs. Sweetman, and Miss Sweetman ;
Song, " Maleteer," Mr. Nicholson ; Song, "The
Bucket," Mr. Adam Gibson; Duett, " A.8.C.," Mr.
Nicholson and Miss Sweetman ; Song, " Coming
through the Rye," Mrs. Leeny; Song, Dan Lowry.
Captain GEORGE MELLY, who was received with
loud applause, next addressed the meeting, and seconded
the remarks of the chairman in reference to education.

The second part of the programme, which was as
follows, was then proceeded with :—Overture, Band ;
Glee, "All among the Barley,". Messrs. Sweetman,
Nicholson, Wilkinson, and Miss M. J. Sweetman ; Song,
"The Drunkard's Ragged Ween," Mr. Adam Gibson;
Song, "Heed not their idle Tales," Miss M. J. Sweet-
man ; Song; Glee, " Spring delights," Messrs. Sweet-
man, Nicholson, Wilkinson, and Miss M. J. Sweetman.
Mr.• Shepherd, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Martin having
briefly addressed the meeting, the proceedings terminated
with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

Dancing was kept up until a late hour in the large
room below the hall, and altogether it may be said that
a pleasant evening was spent in furthering a most
laudable object.