The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-29 00:00:00

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Then, to public fountain
and everything that tends to the

he Condition, the improvement of the
Con of the tastes, the enjoyment and

amusement of the humbler and woking classes, I shall
always be found a warm and steady supporter. (Applause.)
I now came to the town dues, and here I have no dila
culty. .They are ours hear)—we Wive a preso-'
tive right to and

vested interest in them, and it i
f the land to deprive the tows
o. public that they should b

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ed, then

a. fair equivalent

awed by competent persons—be paid to us out of the
olidated fonds of the United Kingdom. Therefore, on
his matter I shall be prepared to join the general chorus,
to government and to Manchester," Hands off, gen-
(Applause.) As a commercial man and a
shipowner, I may be expected to say something about, the
Birkenhead estate, and what is called the Cheshire
In this matter I shall lay down for my guidance
I and distinct've principle—" that the interests
Aire side of the river and the Lancashire side
(Hear, hear.) The rise and prosperity of
ahead and iti adjacent coast, are the rise and pro-
yof Liverpool ; and vice versa, (Hear, hear.) The
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of the C
are identical

the highway for the commerce of the port, and I
can recognise no more distinction between the two sides of the
river than I should between the Surrey end Middlesex side

the Thames, or, what perhaps. is "more familiar, than
between the east side and the west side of Castle street.
(Hear, hear.) With this broad and distinctive principle
shall allow no class influence, nor .breeches-
pocket interes's to divert me from carrying' it out, whenever
my vote or advice may be reciaired, (Applause.) I am
rejoiced to see that the subj.ct of the approaches to the
river has been taken up. They have long been a standing
disgrace to the town, and I only wonder that s rangers
have not, ere this, united to indite them as a public
nuisance ; and if Mr. Alderman Bid will steadily pu sae
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[afore It

plan for Emending them, he will became the most
popular, instead of the most unpopular, man in the town.
(Hear, hear.) To this ward, it is a very important
matter. Such is our local situation that we clnnot have a
public park, but we can have a broad handsome street -or
promenade, a continuation of Lord street carried on the
high level on arches, passing on the left or south side of St.
George's Churnh to the Prince's Pier ; thus enabling the
inhabitants of the ward to enjoy a delightful walk and
obtain the refreshing breezes ocur noble river withogt
danger to life or limb, and without being well slushed with
mud, as at present is too often the case. (Applause.) As
a trustee called upon to assist in administering a large and
important trust, it will be my duty to make myself
acquainted with what the corporate estate consists of, and I
do'not apprehend the difficulty which some seem to imagine
James 1 there

,s. I cannot for one moment believe that with such

gentlemen on the finance committee as Mr. Hugh Hornby,
Mr. Stewart, Mr, Preston, and the Messrs. Hobile, there is
anything to conceal, or any occasion for mystification.
(Hear, hear.) It may be that by the lapse of time and
alteration in the value of property in different localities the
fall rent is not obtained in some cases, but beyond this I
believe everything to be just and right. Economy—that
wise end prudent economy—l shall ever advocate, but
y that I will give way to a false economy, a
and pound foolish system of dealing with the
corporate estate. (Hear, and applalse.) I think the ex-
pression which has been used elsewhere of " princely paid
officials," is an unfortunate one, inasmuch as it is not a
eorregt one, and, much as I admire the energy and respect
the ability of the gentleman who used it, I think he did not
intend to convey the meaning which triany person's have
,ttached.to it. Ido not think the public officials of the
•are overpaid ; and it must be borne in mind that,
ace of the wonderful discoveries of gold, the
f used property' and labour is to advance, and that
the -cost of living, and labour are dearer now
than they were 15 or 21 years since, or, in other words, £1
now will not go further 'than 15s would 20 years ago.
Therefore, gentlemen, on all such questions I shall be
v the pringiple "that the labourer is worthy of his
what is more farailiqr, tl a fair dayls Wan f,

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house rent,

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and respectful manner three or fohr of the burgesses to
whom X am an entire stranger, whether I am
.a member of
the Church of England.. Now, although this ts.a question.
entirely and partiCularly pepson4.l t') myself, will publicly.
answer it. I am an humble though unworthy member of
the Church of Englatad.L.dovoted to her mild and tolerant.
forms of worship—loving her institutions and venerOlog all
that is good belonging to her, Ardently attached from my
earliest youth to the principles of civil and religious liberty.
I have not now in my more mature age any recantations to
make, any professions to offer. I may also add that I have
always been an advocate for that system of trade usually
designated and generally known to free trade, but which

deal with them

would probe the question to the bottom, and enlighten
them, he hoped, much more than they had hitherto
beon enlightened, for he thought a great deal of ignorance
existed upon the question even up to the present day. He
passed on to allude fo the Corporate property, of which he
remarked thit no inventory had been made out for many
years. From this fact had arisen some very awkward.
mistakes. They had' heard within the last few days of one
gentleman holding offices beneath the very shadow of the
Town-hall, who had been exceedingly chagrined to find
that while all the rents of the private property were rising
everywhere around him, his rent still remained the same
very small amount he had been paying some fifteen years
back. (Hear, and laughter.) In the question of the
corporate property, he urged the attention of Mr. Steains.
Alluding to the rating of docks and dock warehouses, he
remarked that, although it was rather a serious question to
give a decided opinion upon that night, still his principle
was that in general they ought to tax property wherever
they foiled it, and that, in the rating of the dock warehouses
and the docks, they would find the time and legitimate
source for the compensatioc they might receive _for the less
of the town dues. Mr. Rawlins dwelt at same length upon
the question of education, remarking that although
he bad heard many promises made last year upon
that subject, he did not find that any step in re-
ference to the great subject of education had been
taken in the Council during the past year. He strongly
condemned the course pursued in the Connell by which the
principle upon which the cJrporation• Schools were estab-
lished had been altered, and, as an inveritable result, all the
Roman Catholic children sent upon the streets. (Hear,
hear.) He urged that the proper course to he pursued was
to hack back upon the original principle, or, if that were now
not be achieved, at least to maintain that principle in any
future established institution. Having deprecated the
system of making political principles the test of selection
for municipal honours, to the ignoring of practical qualifi-
cations by general acquaintance with the subjects usually
involved and ability to engage in them, Mr. Rawlins
concluded, amid loud applause, by proposing the resolution.
Mr. Robinson seconded the motion.
The Chairman called on Mr. John Aikin to support it.
(Applause.)
114 r. Aikin sail the chairman had taken him rather by
surprise ; and after the admirable manner in which the
resolution had been moved by Mr. Rawlins, he thought any
support upon his part would be perfectly unnecessary. He
.. nate not, however, altogether sorry to have afforded to "him
nd an opportunity of saying a few worth, not only because he
the could most fully and satisfactorily endorse all the good
ais I qualities and promises which had been laid at the door
—that of Mr. Steains, —and he trusted, that when at the
ce, but end of there years Mr. Steains again appeared
corny, a before them, some of those p:omises would have been
with the redeemed—but also to assure Mr. Rawlins, and other gentle-
nk the ex- men in the room, that, however sincere gentlemen might be
incely paid in making professions, and however earnest m;glit be the
it is not a expression of their own desire to carry out great measurer,. of
,y and respect public improvement, yet there were BC4 many difficulties to
.ink he did not be encountered, that they must not expect these difficulties
.y pereona have could be too speedily or too easily surmounted. (Hear,
c officials of the hear.) It required some time to be in the Council to become
orne in mind that, acquainted with the various duties attached to its commit-
cries of gold, the tees. It required great study to become acquainted with
co advance, and that the vast amount of properly over which they had control,
,hour are dearer now and time, therefore, should be allowed. (Hear, hear.)
Jr, in other words, £lThere wore gentlemen in the Council who attached the
a would 20 years ag_ o. highest importance to the great question of education, and
A questions I shall be to the other questions that Mr. Steains had referred to, and
labourer is worthy of his if they sent to the Council room gentlemen like Mr. Steains,
,"a fair dayts wage fer a they would strengthen the snag of that pea).—
I have been asked id a kind (hear, hearj—and. would bring about the day

succeEsfully Co

The coestion of e(

3ucation was no

doubt as important as it was difficult. The schools bad
beep full, be believed, for 3 ears past 3 and it wRs cleeply to
be regretted Oat D 9 desire nut been
expressed
py the Edu-
Cation Committee to extend 'these schools. But when Mr.
14 wlins told them that, it additional sac,* were esta-
blished in Liverpool, they 4bould' no longer be on the
principle on which the present schools existed, it would at
once be clear to them bow very 'cautious any one should be
in venturing to propound a doctrine sucit as that, which
would be ignored by a very large majority of the Council.
(Hear, hear.) With reference to the publication 9f thy.