The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-23 00:00:00

SELECT
VESTRY.-YESTERDAY

The usual fortnightly meeting of the select vestry was
held in the Board-room, Workhouse, at ten o'clock yester-
day. The Rev. Rector Campbell occupied the chair. The
other members present were—Messrs. Woodruff, Whitty,
Owen, Satchel), Mellor, Bold, Denton, W. Jones, Bairstow,
Taylor, Critchley, Smith, and Crellin.
The minutes of the last meeting were read.
WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE.
The minutes of this committee were read. It appeared
that the numbers admitted last week into the vagrant sheds
were 260 males, 78 females, 31 children—in all, 369. The
number of sick cases in the hospital on the 16th inst ant,
was 572, including 30 fever and 40 itch. The number in
the house on the 17th instant, was 2,191.
Mr. Bairstow moved the confirmation of the minutes,
which was carried without any discussion.

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS' COMMITTEE

The minutes of this committee were read, but did not
contain anything of importance.
Mr. Woodruff moved their confirmation, which was
agreed to.

FINANCE COMMITTEE

The minutes of this committee were read, and contained
a letter from Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., acknowledging the
receipt of the vote of thanks passed by the board for his
exertions in opposing the Scotch and Irish Paupers' Re-
moval Bill, and congratulating the vestry upon the result of
the opposition offered,

Mr. Woodruff, in moving the confirmation of the minutes
said, there were two subjects to which he wished to call
especial attention. It would be in the recollection of the
board that, about eighteen months ago, a relieving officer
named Laurence, died, leaving a widow and seven children.
The widow applied to that board for some assistance, which,
except so far as ordinary parish relief was concerned, they
had no power to grant. They regretted this very much,
because Laurence was a very deserving officer, and died in
the service of the parish. Of course, the small remunera-
tion the board were able to give their relieving officers, was
only sufficient to maintaiu themselves and their families in
something like respectability, without enabling them to
make any provision in case of death. As the board had no
relief at their disprsal. they appied to the Poor-law Com-
missioners for authority to increase the salaries of the
relieving officers by such an amount as would enable them to
insure their lives. It was found that £43 per annum would
suffice for all the relieving officers. As these officers bad, in
the course of their duty, to go into the most pestilential
courts and houses in the town, the board thought it advis-
able to enable them to place within the reach of their
families sufficient means, in case of death, to support them-
selves in some bus'ness. It appeared now, that after a delay
of more than a year, the Poor-law Board did not recogase
the principle, and the relieving officers were thrown back
upon their salaries. He thought it most deplorable, that
the vestry was not permitted to make such a wise and proper
arrangement. It would have been little or no expense to
the parish, and a very great boon to the families of the
officers. (Hear hear.) Another subject which had been
under the consideration of the board was, the desirability of
paying to the reformatory committee some small sum when
children, who would otherwise be chargeable to the parish.
were sent to that institution. At present, when children
were found in the streets, the magistrates must either send
them to the workhouse, to the gaol, or to the reformatory
institution. It was undesirable to keep them as paupers in
the workhouse, if it could be avoided. It was still less
desirable to send them to gaol ; and, therefore, the most
desirable course was to send them to the reformatory, where,
after a short training in the exercises of a seafaring life,
they would be enabled to earn their own living. The Poor-
law Board, however, would not allow the vestry to pay one
farthing to the reformatory. It was, therefore, he thought,
only proper the public should know that the vestry, while
anxious to exercise as much economy as possible in carrying
on the parish affairs, were also of opinion, that a little
money judiciously spent in this way, might produce a very
great saving; and he thought it exceedingly improper, that
the Poor-law Board should prevent them from acting upon
that 9pinion.

The Chairman asked if the relieving officers were suffi-
ciently paid at present, to enable them to insure their lives
out of their salaries ?

Mr. Wocdruff : I should say not, sir.
The Chairman thought, in that case, the Poor-law Board
surely should not prevent the vestry from augmenting their
salaries. He should think this a more arbitrary act than
that board had ever perpetrated towards them ; because be
thought, generally speaking, the board treated them with
perfect liberality and deference to their wishes. He would
suggest that, perhaps, the vestry had not set about it in the
proper way. At an institution with which he was con-
nected, it was insisted upon that the officers should insure
their lives. They paid a certain salary, upon the under-
standing that a portion of it should 1).-3 given for life
assurance, and they took care to see that this was done.
Now, it struck him., that something of the kind might be
done in this instance. He could not imagine that the board
would be so arbitrary as to prevent the vestry from increasing
the salaries of their relieving officers, if they felt persuaded
in their own minds that these salaries ought to be increased.
The Clerk read the reply of the Poor-law Board, which
very decidedly refused to countenance an application which
would amount to an increase of s ilary, where it was not
alleged that the duties were increased, or that the salaries
at present paid were inadequate.
The Chairman : Then I do not think we need say anything
more about it.

Mr. Denton asked, whether the committee had yet received
from Mr. Weightman the measurements of the works done
by Messrs. Hoime ?

Mr. Woodruff said, there had been nothing done since the
board had the matter under their consideration. It was
surprising that Messrs. S. and J. Holme, or their sub.
contractors, if they wanted the money, had not taken steps
to have the measurements sent in in the proper way. He
was not aware that the board could do anything more,
except to carry out the determination they had made, not to
pay any more money until they had a full account before
the vestry.
Mr. Mellor said the parish would have to pay the interest
upon the money.
Mr. Jones said the inference he drew was, that it must be
the opinion of the contractors and sub contractors, that there
was very little money to come to them after the measure..
meats had been laid before the board.

Mr. Donton said he had heard it expressed by the con-
tractors themselves, that they were very desirous to have
the measurements. Mr. Weightman was the joint servant
of the parish and the contrac`ors,. and he thought some
co-operation between them would oblige him to send in the
measurements.

It was finally agreed, upon the motion of Mr. Woodruff,
seconded by Mr. Denton, that the chairman should write to
Mr. Weightman, urging. him to send in the measurements.
The Proceedings of the committee were confirmed.
This closed the business of the vestry.

A Carex To Crumw.—At the last sessions of the Borough
of Brighton, the learned Recorder (Mr. Edwin James, Q C.)
with a view of putting a stop to the frequent crime of rob •
bing furnished lodgings, intimated from the bench that he
would disallow in every instance the expenses of pawn-
brokers, and their assistants, as witnesses, when goods were
received by them in pledge Without due enquiry.

NORTHERN TIIVIES.-

NEW CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL IN
BERKLEY STREET.

Yesterday, the ceremony of laying the foundation stone
of a new Congregational church in Berkl3y-street, Toxteth-
park, was performed under peculiarly auspicious circum-
stances. The weather was exceedingly fine, and there was
a very large attendance of the ladies and gentlemen of the
district, who take a deep interest in furthering the
objects of this denomination of Christians. The present

edifice will bo erected to give accommodation to the

congregation formerly worshiping at Hanover Chapel,
which our readers may recollect was unfortunately destroyed
by fire. As a brief epitome of the history of the C ingrega-
tionalists in Liverpool maybe interesting, we subjoin the
following narrative, engrossed copy of which was deposited
in the foundation stone, with some other
" The church had its commencement in a congregation
which, in the year 1829, worshipped in Heath-street, under
the pastoral care of the Rev. George Smith, now of
Poplar Chapel, London. Hanover Chapel was opened

documents

for Divine worship in 1830, when the congregation
which had been gathered in Heath-street, with their
pastor, by whose combined exertions the chapel
was built, removed to it. After labouring with an encou-
raging, measure of success, towards the end of the year
1833 the pastor was removed to another sphere of usetnl-
ness, and the people were left as sheep without a shepherd.
On his removal, the church, which had not acquired strength
sufficient to withstand the pressure of heavy difficulties,
gradually declined, and towards the close of the tenth year
of its history became defunct. In 1840 a new church was
formed, when the Rev. Dr. Raffles, the Rev. John Kelly,
the Rev. Wm. Bevan, and the Rev. Percy Strutt were pre-
sent, and took part in the formation of it. The names of
the parties who formed the new church were Henry White,
Thomas A. Titherington, Humphrey Hall, Henry Davidson,
Samuel Holdsworth, Mary White, Margaret Titherington,
Jennet Ling, Jane and Eliz. Holdsworth. Since the for.
mation of the church as last named, there have been three
different pastors, the Rev. Geo. Pridie, the Rev. David
Loxton, who earned for himself the reputation of an able
and faithful preacher of the Gospel, and the present pastor,
the Rev. John Dewenap, who, on leaving college entered
on his labours on the third Sabbath in July, 1851. At
the time of the destruction of the chapel by fire, there
were many cheering symptoms of revival and of in-
crease, and the hope is prayerfully indulged that when
the new sanctuary is opened, the bright anticipations
which the destruction of the chapel seemed, for a time to
shade and bedim, will be more than realised, and that a
career of prosperity, unknown to its past history, will
follow, and consummate the united effort of pastor and
people." _

- About three o'clock in the afternoon the preliminary
engagements havirg been completed, the Rev. John
Dewsnap, the Rev. Mr. Mann, the Rev. Hugh Stowell
Brown, the architect and builder, took their places upon the
platform, when the ceremony commenced with the singing
of a portion of the 688th hymn.

The Rev. J. Dewsnap then addressed those assembled at
at considerable length, in the course of which he explained
with much minuteness the doctrines the Congregationalists
held, the doctrines that would be preached in the edifice
then about to be erected, anti the objects they had in view.
He concluded by eloquently hoping that prosperity would
attend the of jects they had in view, and that prosperity
might also attend those similarly engaged.
The rev. gentleman then descended from the platform,
when he was presented with a very handsome silver trowel,
bearing the following inscription : " Presented to the Rev.
John Dewsnap, on the occasion of his laying the foundation
stole of the new Congregational chapel, Berkeley-street."
After some further ceremonies, the stone was finally lowered
amidst the prayers of an attentive auditory.
The architects of this edifice are Messrs. Moffatt, Smith,
and Grundy, of Manchester ; and the builder, Mr. Joseph
Hughes, of Liverpool. It is calculated that it will hold
between five and six hundred persons; it will be in the
form of a parallelogram, eighty-one feet long and forly-
three feet eight inches wide, inside measure. The basement
will contain the school and classrooms, which will have
thirteen feet clear height, and be lighted with ten large
window?. The chapel will be entered by two flights of
steps, leading up to an open porch, formed bj a large
archway ; from this the inner porches and staircases give
access to the interior. The seats on the ground floor will
be arranged to have a centre isle and two side isles, the
latter being formed against the side walls, The seats near
the pulpit will be circular, so that all may face towards
the pulpit. Behind the pulpit is a chancel, con-
taining a gallery for the organ and singers. This gallery
will be at a level half-way between the ground and
gallery floors. The main gallery occupies two sides
and one end of the chapel, and will be supported on oak
corbels, built into the walls and resting on iron pillars;
these pillars are disposed at a distance of four feet from
the walls, and consequently do not interfere with the
view of the preacher, arid are continued upwards to
carry the hammer beams of the roof, from which spring
the ached timbers which span the nave. The root will
not be entirely open, but the upper part is celled
off, and forms a space fur ventilation. The chapel
will have no windows under the galleries, except
some small star-like apertures in each bay,but will
be amply lighted by twelve tall windows, and one
large west window placed above the galleries, a gable
will be formed over each window, thus there will be no
eaves gutter over the windows, which, in most chapels
and churches, has the effect of depressing the windows
and darkening the interior. The front to Berkley-street
will be divided into three parts, with two buttresses,
terminated above the root with battlements and crocketed
spires, altogether 80 feet high. The centre part of this
front will have •a large five light window above the porch
entrance, filled in with tracery of the decorated period.
The whole of the exterior, except the back, will be faced
with Huyton wall stone, and all the door and window
dressings will be of white Stourton stone, so as to form a
contrast. The wood work will he stained and varnished
to imitate dark oak. It is expected that the building
will be completed by next February, and the total
cost, including architects' commission, will not exceed

At the earnest request of the Rev. John Dewsnap, the
Rev. H. Stowell Brown, offered a few brief remarks, in
the course of which (although not belonging to the same
denomination) he congratulated his brother Christians,
on the success which had attended their exertions.
This concluded the ceremony.

In the evening a soiree took place in the large room
under Great George-street Chapel. A very excellent
tea was provided, after which several admirable ad—
dress were delivered. A very delightful evening was
spent. The proceeds were to be appropriated to the
funds for the erection of the chapel.

COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY

(BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ, JUDGE.)

This was the opening day of the second July court.
Several fraud summonses were disposed of, none of them
possessing the slightest public interest.
issoLvEscixs.—Mr. Hughes applied on behalf of William
Evans, insolvent, at present a prisoner in Lancaster Castle,
who was arrested under the Absconding Debtors' Art, on the
9th of July, by a warrant from Mr. Conway, then deputy
judge of the court, that a rule should be issued calling upon
the creditor who obtained the warrant to show cause why it
should be set aside. His Honour said he would grant the
application at once.—ln the matter of George Kemp Mr.
Aspinall, for the petitioner, applied for leave to
remove the petition from the file. His Honour
granted the application.—Richard Hardman, insolvent,
was supported by Mr. Husband, and was ordered to
come up on the 20th of August to receive his final order.—
Frederick Middleton was supported by Mr. Husband, and
opposed by Mr. Hime. The insolvent was a custom house
officer, with a salary of £l4O a-year gross, or £126 nett. Mr.
Hime was proceeding to cross-examine the insolvent, with a
view to show that he had given security for persons who were
also security for him; but it transpired that the insolvent had
made an offer to pay off his debt at £3O a-year. Mr.
Hime said if he had been aware of that offer, he would
not have been asked a single question, as he considered it a
very handsome proposition. His Honour remarked that, in
addition, he had no hesitation in saying that if persons would
lend money to men in that station of life when they might
easily have ascertained that ho was giving security for parties
who wero giving security for him, they must expect some
little difficulty in getting paid. The case was accordingly
adjourned to the let October court, when the first instalment
is to be paid.—Joseph Griffiths was supported by Mr.
Roby, and opposed by Mr. Husband. The petition was
adjourned until the 20th of August, in order that
some dates which were wanting might be supplied.—
Giles Lever was supported by Mr. Roby, and opposed by Mr.
Hughes. His Honour adjourned the petition sine die, giving
at the same time protection for one month to enable the
insolvent to assist his creditors in obtaining some information
respecting £l4O, realised by the sale of property belonging to
insolvent, which was seized under an assignment, and of
which insolvent could give no account. His Honour added,
that if the insolvent wised to obtain any benefit from that
court it could only be obtained by giving his creditors the
fullest assistance to obtain some account of that money.

CHARLES MATTHEWS.—We believe (says the Sunday
Times) we are correct in stating that the pecuniary embar-
rassments into which Mr. Matthews has unfortunately
fallen are attribntable to his ill-advised resump ion of the
lesseesl.ip of the Lyceum Theatre after his bankruptcy.
lie had been led to imagine that a number of friends would
come forward to support him in a fresh attempt at manage-
ment, and imprudently undertook heavy responsibilities,
without having secured tangible assistance in the event of
failure. A disastrous season, coupled with the crippled
state of his resources, speedily involved him in difficulties,
with which he has been vainly struggling ever since. The
only course which now remains open to Mr. Matthews is
to pass through the Insolvent Court, and this course, dis-
agreeable as it may be, is that of which he immediately
means to avail himself.

LIVERPOOL,

NEW SYNAGOGUE IN LIVERPOOL

Yesterday, the foundation stone for a new synagoguefor the nen Hebrew congregation in Liverpool, was laid
in Hope-place, with the ceremonies peculia to the
Jewish religion. In the morning, a vesper service was
held, and a sermon preached by the Rev. D. M. Isaacs, who
took for his text the 16th verse of the 28th c. of Isaiah--
"Therefore, thus said' the eternal Gad, I lay a foundation
in Zion, with a stone, a well tried stone, a predious corner
stone, a stone well founded "—in the temporary syna-
gogue, Hardman-street. The congregation was very
numerous ; and at the close of the services, those who
were to take part in the ceremony of the day, formed in
procession, and walked to the site of the new building,
which is immediately to the eastward of the Jewish
schools in Hope-place. On arriving at the ground, the
132nd Psalm, in Hebrew, was sung by the choir, after
which the trowel, which was made by Mr. Sewell, of
South Castle street, and which bore the following in-
scription " Presented to Isaac Schwersensky, Esq., by
the Liverpool New Hebrew congreption, on laying the
foundation stone of the new synagogue in Hope place,
Liverpool, 22nd July, 1856 (5,616)," with an elevation
of the south front of the building, was handed by Mr. B.
L, Joseph, of Bold-street, to Mr. Schwersensky, by
whom the foundation stone was to be laid. In handing
the trowel,

Mr. Joseph said—The members of the congregation
have done me the honour to select me to assist in laying
the foundation stone of a synagogue, and they have done
you, sir, the highest honour of giving you the first place
in the ceremonial of the day. You have, therefore, the
honour of occupying a position which very few hive the
privilege to enjoy. (Hear, hear.) The task we have
undertaken to accomplish is one of no ordinary charac-
ter, having for its object no less a purpose than that of
raising a temple to be devoted to the worship of the
great God of Israel, the Creator of heaven and earth,
that beneficent Being who has protected his people
through troubles and persecutions innumerable, and
enables us, enjoying, as we do, full religious liberty in
this happy country, under a free and enlightened
government and a gracious Queen, to raise a monument
to our holy, anc'ent, and heaven-derived faith. The
recollections of cur past greatness, and the nature of our
mission, as the living witnesses of God's truth, render
it imperative on us, as far as in our power lies, to support
that faith handed down to us by our forefatheas, not by
seeking to destroy the hopes of others (for we Israelites,
happily, hold the belief that God looks down from his
throne on high on all his creatures alike, whatever he
their creed), but by erecting a building in which our own
people, rich and poor, can assemble ; where they can
return thanks to the Creator for benefits received, and
pray for a continuance of his mercy and kindness ;
where they can hear the word of God and learn the
truths of his, holy law. I now, sir, place in your hands
the trowel presented you by the congregation ;. it bears
on its face an engraving of the intended building, which,
while it will hereafter serve to remind you of your
share in the honours of this day, will also keep in your
mind the holy purposes to which it is devoted. May
heaven bless and prosper the work of your hands.
(Applause.)

. The four;dation stout), beneath which was placed a
bottle, containing newspapers of the day, coins of the
realm, names of the trustees, &c., inscribed on vellum,
was then laid ; and, on the conclusion of the ceremony,
Mr. Bchwersensky said—Ladies and Gentlemen, we
have assembled here this day to lay the foundation
stone of a place of worship, and as there appears
to be some misunderstanding respecting our sepa-
ration from our co religionists of the Seel-street con-
gregation, I take advantage of this opportunity
to state that there is no difference of creeds, nor
do we differ on any point of religion ; on the con-
dcaainerdtraytthienigsid,utfhdeseesiiurneb:
trary, we worship the same God, and use the same
forms, ceremonies, and prayers, and, I am happy to say,
most heartily and cordially respond to each other's call
for the relief of the poor and indigent. The object in
erecting the edifice we are Wort to commence, is to
afford more room for the rising and increasing congre-
gation, who cannot :Ilford to pay for seats ;—also, to
meet the views of the most influential members of our
society, who have contributed so largely to carry out
this object. Being a foreigner by birth and education, I
find it difficult to give expression to my feelings on this
occasion, animated as they are from the honourable dis-
tinction imposed upon me by my Jewish brethren, who
have not only elected me their president, but placed me in
this enviable position ; and, although I wish it had fallen
to the lot of a more able man to address you on this
sacred occasi on, 1 cannot but appreciate the high con-1
sideration bestowed upon me; and, in accepting the
trowel, I must say that it will be treasured by me, and,
I trust, by my children, as a memento of our duty to ,
God, the Author of our existence, wbo called us into this I
world, not alone for our benefits, but that through the
medium of our race, religion, civilisation, and morality
may be spread far and wide, and thus prepare all the
nations on the face of the earth for life everlasting and
the world to come. Of the progress of religious liberty
and freedom we could not have a better proof than seeing
ourselves surrounded by our Christian brethren who
have contributed towards the funds for erecting this
building-, thus acting in reciprocity with the liberal
donations our people are continually giving towards
Christian charities. I should be wanting in my duty
were I to omit this oppiirtunity of expressing our thanks
to the Corporation of this borough for the facili•y
afforded us in making this ground reversionary at the
express requisition of our body. It is not my desire to
animadvert upon our political position in this country,
after the continual efforts made by the peoples' represen-
tatives in parliament to admit us to all the rights of her
Majesty's subjects; and I will only mention this as a
proof that reason is fast taking the place of prejudice,
which gives us the bore that people, of whatever religion,
may worship the same God according to their con
sciences, and still be of equal use to their country, of
which our children are as proud as any one. That
we are being on the best terms with our Christian
brethren there can be no doubt, and we are honoured by
the election of one of our people as first magistrate of the
first city in the world. This gives us the hope that ulti-
m itely there will be •no difference in this country, as in
Prance and America, between the Jew and the Christian.
I hold, gentlemen, that difference in creed should make
no distinction in the subjects of the same Monarch, and
that the country should be served by the man b.st quali-
fied ; and I hope the time is not far distant when con-
science will be left at liberty to exercise, in every way,
the functions for which the Almighty has implanted it
in the beings he has created after his own image; that
the rich, of whatever creed, are the guardians of the poor,
and by assisting their fellow creatures in distress they are
carrying out the principles of religion ; and it affords me
pleasure in having it in my power to state, which I do
fearlessly, that there is no sect more liberal or more reek
to assist the needy than my co-religionists, without con-
sideration to the prornptings of conscience. Indeed, we
never ask the religion of a distressed fellow-creature, or
make it the excuse for illiberality, but to the extent of
our means relieve the poor wherever we find them. We
have done much in relieving the poor of this town,
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partial success), fall very short of our requirements.
The cost of the land (freehold), the contracts for the
building, and other necessary expenses, are estimated at
£3,400. The amount thus far subscribed is only £BOO,
exclusive of £2OO received front the corporation as com-
pensation for land ceded to them. We therefore appeal
to our brethren in faith, to the religious and charitable,
to afford us their assistance in forwarding the good work
we have undertaken. We ask those on whom kind
Providence has showered its blessings, and who know
how to use them aright, to aid our humble efforts in
raising a permanent temple to our holy and ancient
faith ; while we sincerely thank those friends who
have already contributed to this object, and solicit a
continuance of their kind co-operation towards its com-
pletion.

- Prayer was then offered up by the Rev. D. M. 'lsaacs,
after which the proceedings, which were witnessed by a
large number of the Hebrew population of the town and
others, were brought to a close by the singing of another
psalm and the national anthem.
The building is to be after designs by Mr. Wylie,
architect, and it is to be erected by Mr. Isaac Dixon,
builder. The total estimated cost is £3,400, and of this
sum £BOO has been collected, including £2OO, the value
of some freehold land taken by the Corporation.

THE FRENCH REGENCY.—The lifoniteur, of Sunday, con-
tains the Senatus- Consulte upon the Regency of the French
Empire. The provisions of this measure, which became
law by the Imperial signature, on Thursday last, are already
known, the Empress being appointed Regent during the
minority of her son, in case of the Emperor's decease.
PROBATES or WILLS.-4mongst the most recent probates
of wills we find the following enumerated : —The will of
the Right Hon. G. Augustus Earl Cowper has been proved
under £40,000; Right Hon. Caroline Baroness Wharn-
oliffe, 46,000 ; General Sir George P. Adams, K.C.H.,
£6,000; Sir John Grey, KALB., £2,000, within the
pole Street,
pravince of Canterbury. Thomas Poynder, Esq., of Wino-
-4600,000 ; James Moon, Esq., of Liverpool,
£120,000; Benjamin Harrison, Esq., of Clapham Com-
mon, and guy's Hospital, £60,000; Charles Russell, Esq.,
Argyle Street, £50,000, within the provinoe of Canterbury.
James Clark, Esq., Clapham Common and Billiter Square,
£40,000; Charles Holdway, Esq Andover, £20,000 ; W.
H. Cole, Esq., Gloucester, £18,000; George Gosling, Esq.,
Reading, £12,000; Mrs. Joan Ann Deacon, Hemel
Hempstead, £BO,OOO. The Countess of Portsmouth died
intestate—personalty £5,000.

WEDNESDAY