The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

SELECT VESTRY

--- I The usual periodical meeting of the members of this
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) ! board was held yesterday morning, at the board room,
Brownlow-hill. Mr. Shaw occupied the chair. The
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. other members present were—Messrs. Woodruff, Denton,
The
Ruche great talk of the day is the circular of the Bold, Gardner, Whitty, Owen, Luff, Mellor, Nixon,
Crellin, Satchel!, Taylor, Syren, Smith, Chesney, Bair-
civ. lea Government relative to the affairs of stow, Cook, and Hand.
fianceev and Naples, which will be already in your ! The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting.
(is. This I
THE WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE.
eatio_ . circular is considered a new compli- I
The proceedings of this committee were real, and
tainiu In the Neapolitan affair, and will most cer- I contained, amongst other recommendations, one to the
tell 3' /flake the French Emperor feel greater effect that Miss Mary Murphy be appointed anurse
bin
tietiligntlance than ever to follow England in her
accepted.tsurgicallie
Frwards,
,h and,the
statisticall so,
usrenvse several tendersthees
tab-
e
kr:- therein, though he of course has gone too lishment it appeared, that during the past week, 193
Thy ° back out altogether—at least it is thought so. males, 99 females,hd and 34 children, making a total of
i that 326 ptehres ot
entsa, l
number
paupers,shelter
includingi n the v
theran t
sick,sheds
in;
and cliew which Russia takes of the Neapolitan
AlN'l4reek questions is notoriously entertained by the workhouse, was 2,060.
ef t 'La, Prussia, and all the despotic governments 1 Mr.f.l3irstovr, without comment, moved the confirms-
lie, lit'nPe, and it is not doubted that they will give ti on b e the
ti
h a v proceedings,o.b
een seconded,
tiesse°43" encouragement to maintain it with firm- Mr. Satchel' said, he should take that opportunity, if
ilell ;Nay, according to some well-informed people, he was not out of order, of opposing that portion of the
eir-stia Would not have issued such an energetic Proceedings s
onewhichn the efe rnr eudrsteos the.
ne could
raise
of
revMeriss
al
antill'ar if she had not some ulterior object in view, reasons for taking such a step. He might do so from the
tiria if
she had not been certain that, if need should
theout roefc otiniiumme nthderrtei onw
ewasru tmade,wu
w h thereuwbeerien gexonol;cfiz.ove,
Hisd
IN" kere verbal support from the other govern- opinion was, that so important a matter might have
reasonablyhad bee n a l been
atallowedattendance,
dt
ao have
hatstood e over until l there
l the
111,4ta° To speak plainer, people regard the
lid:Biart note as the first public step towards the vestry, eandidalrygerand honesntelye, that meat.w not on those
against
of an alliance between the despotic powers grounds that he opposed the appoint The person
tA Ill't En(Pland and France, and a new and more recommended was a Roman Catholic. Against the
s;rtb,_ e.
woman personally, he had not one word to say, but he
alloele War than that just concluded, consequently, did it solely on principle. He would take that oppor-
Th. ars to them to be " looming in the future.' tunity of saying, that a gentleman had called upon him,
i itilibiS 110 doubt a foolish exaggeration, but such and asked him to support the appointment, and from his
Th'e opinion of the easily alarmed Parisians. conduct,h it
bmutigahttt thent i have appeared that he
ehyradutigiven
theeZhe Opinion of the easily alarmed Parisians. his assent, but at that time be did not know the woman's
e are not wanting some, however, who console religion, and he really felt some surprise that any per-
4erwselves with the reflection that France, under son, knowing that she was a Roman Catholic, should
Present ruler, will not
have '
asked him to vote for her, and sacrifice his own
'
L.,
unit again allow herself to religious feelings, which were well known. (Laughter.)
ed with England against the despots. He could understand parties having Roman Catholic
The
nurses in reformatories, and other such establishments,
the , German papers never say, two days together,
but he could not understand the object of their having
Waft aloe thing about Naples. Their. last version
one there. (Laughter.) No doubt but most of them
would will remember, that the King of Naples would remember the old fable. The man was walking that certainly not yield ; their tale of to-day is, home one evening, when he saw something, apparently
Atiet there are chances of an arrangement. The cold and dead, lying in the grass ; he picked it
the Arlan Government, however, dreading that if up—he carried it home and showed it to his
1,4 tglied fleets should present themselves before wife and children, and they took it to the fire and
teittles there would be an explosion, are sending warmed it • life appeared, and when life did return,
I °l.eetnents to its army of occupation in the what did the animal do? They all knew. He begged
•'eßat*
its ions, and was also increasing its forces in them to take warning by the fable, and in conclusion,
/ieb°,,Wn provinces. The departure of Baron begged to move that the appointment be referred back
Th"er for Vienna, on the 22nd, is announced. to the committee.
Otee Constitutionnel publishes an article on the Mr. Mellor begged to second the amendment.
Mr. Smith : Is the appointment in accordance with
riehvql Which the English are making to form a
Gelf.ltY from the Mediterranean to the. Persian the wording of the advertisement ?
A. Vestryman Are the words, "No Catholic need
efter'tand on the opposition which it is said they apply "at the bottom ?
(If Stl° the project for cutting through the Isthmus The Vestry Clerk then read the advertisement direct-
tept.". Those efforts, and this opposition, are ing the appointment.
hNts,svented to display marked hostility to France, Mr. Smith, as one of the committee who bad recom-
aw4ll,oh as she has shown a determination to mended the appointment, submitted that they had acted
and he cutting through of the Isthmus effected ; in strict conformity with the advertisement, and he
are n,e English public are reminded that such acts assured them they had had some difficulty. in arriving at
qiieu
It4y lated to place the alliance in danger. In a conclusion, and had had several adjournments on the
subject.. He would ask what were the few to do if the
be either paper, such a style of reasoning would
others did not attend to their duties. Is the work to be
orga_iY, but in the Constitutionnel, the semi-official
left undone ? The question, then, really was, has the
Peer.,l, it attracts attention. In the opinion of some
vestry confidence, or has it no confidence, in their corn-
theoe, it is one of the strains which shows that
mittee ? For his own part, he had never asked the
'l.,„,Wied is blowing to a rupture of the Anglo- question as to what was her religion, but had done the
TZeh alliance. same as he should have done in his own establishment—
b " fall has again made notable progress on the selected the person whom he believed to be the best
urBe
ked ~,, to-day. The Threes closed at 55c for cash, suited for the place. He did not ask the question,
444 '',,ue for time below the quotations of Saturday, g, What religion are you?" He did not think that
4e the Threes of the Second Loan of 1855 at if religion had anything to do with the matter.
the and if 35e ; the Bank of France shares, 50f ; Mr. Denton could not conceive why it was that. a
ei
r heads .
th Scarcely
had
hadsix
Orieeredit Mobilier, 20f cash, and 401 time ; the Romanaths
had
datholise
dwuarser recommended.,
going
oattint since they
herey
1:if;t1,1;s Railway, 35f and 40f; the Nord, 10f and
Lne ,amfenmaie in one of the wards position,
ttild 20,. Eastern (old), 10f and 15f; ditto new, 101'
and trying to make proselytes amongst the patients in
1414 4,; Lyons, 27af and 37af; Mediterranean, 25if
the ward. He thought the committee should have well
1111(leit; Western, 13f and 27f; Southern, 125 f
considered the subject before they made such a recom-
Lipari' ; Great Central, 25f and 37if. The prin- mendation as they had done.
Crew. cause of this decline was the apprehensions Mr. Whitty said it must be gratifying for the Catholics
Bated by the Russian circular referred to above. of this country to hear that theoretically they could hold
any places ; but if the views of Mr. Satchel' were to be
confirmed by that vestry, it would be practically telling
them that no Roman Catholic could hold any situation,
not even that of a nurse in a workhouse, at the munificent
salary of £l2 lOs per year. Would this vestry rise itself
by confirming such a view ?
Mr. Satchell:. Will it lower itself ?
Mr. Whitty thought that it would do so, for it would
be telling the 260,000 Catholic ratepayers of the town
that they were not fit to hold the menial situation of
nurse, at a salary of £l2 per annum. He did not
believe that the board would confirm such an idea, but
would treat it with contempt, therefore he would not
occupy their time any further, but leave it to the good
sense of the board to decide.
Mr. Bairstow thought the matter so ridiulous that it
was not worth attending to. But Mr. Satchell had re-
marked upon the smallness of the attendance, and had
sneeringly alluded to two ex-olicio members being pre-
sent. He would tell Mr. Satchell, that it was his duty
also to have attended. He thought the refusal an insult
to the Catholic people. It was a disgrace, after the Roman
Catholic soldiers had fought in the East, so valiantly
during the late war. Surely, if Roman. Catholics
were fit to fight the battles, and Roman Catholic women
went out to attend them in the hours of sickness and
death, it was hard to say that no Roman Catholic should
be allowed to attend a ward in that house. They had
no business with the religion of anybody, but had a right
to select the best they could get, because a man's reli-
gion was between himself and his God.
Mr. Satchell then rose, as the mover of the amend-
ment to reply.
Mr. Nixon rose to order.
Mr. Fiairstow contended that the mover of an amend-
ment had no right to reply, but would bow to the deci-
sion of the chairman.
A rather animated "scene" then took place, not very
dissimilar to those which so frequently occur at an out-
township board, which, throughout England, has gained
such an unenviable notoriety—that of West Derby—in
the course of which—
The chairman called upon the members to record
their votes

PHILHARMONIC HALL,

OPERATIC CONCERT, LAST NIGHT

Pep the first time in Liverpool we had, last night, what
illetollYteunced as a " Grand Opera Recital." One of our
Ike cotemporaries gravely informed us, a short time
449 that the object of those recitals was to enable the
beari• gude" to " whip the devil round the pos., by
:It dressPeratic music without the abominable adjulicts
gilth,,es, scenery footlights, and the multifarious
IPel`.‘ies of a theatre.' We don't believe that (if such
.steteh.thie reason) the object has been attained, because
k'sling.luK where there are creatures capable of hearing and
BPhe;.2 an Opera, they will go to hear it in its legitimate
Zre it,; Another and better reason in which the recitals
tp,•:"d to have originated was in the growing dislike to
ste,Velltineous concerts," and the desire to hear in their
So tuore continuous works, which the provinces cannot
thei.,lilY do at a cheap rate when all the operatic para-
NN-balia is required. The experiment tried last niht
totize said to have been successful. The performances
,ksgeeeed with the early scenes of Lucrezia Borgia,''
he
°a Grisi appearing in her once famous character of
Ls▪ lieeee,lr;giang • She sang the " Come Bello,' an he
duet, with Genaro. Her performance we
,hre`eat not attempt to criticise—the singing of an
Lune Was there; but we hesitate not now to say (a
pol 4 silence having been maintained on this tender
as fruru an over-delicate gallantry) that the time
esititeeeree when a long cherished favourite should
I,lllnfil'utu Public performing. The ashes of a great past
Ball
suffice to keep alive the encomiums of present
ahoZit-emte;,Bl, Signor Maao has sang better in our experience,
bi",„Lne charms of his grand voice were felt. He gave
@ntfeiteatoe listlessly, and obtained little applause ;
111'3 subsequent performance of Almavina, in the
gviakohlre, he improved, and occasionally sang with his old
tdtte3; The serenade was characterised by a delicacy
s Peculiar to Mario; and he sang excellently in the
,nrk,"tti Titti," but seemed glad to resign the harder
,he nf the concerted pieces to Signor Lorini, who sang
Lekti;.ll.Ble, In the vile wooden tone which is his " great
Madame Gassier took the role of Rosina,
t,7141C„• atiZed in every note she uttered. A clear,
tone runs through this lady's vocalism,
'ocopm''q add perfect execution, and an unusual feast is
41e—r„ „_ She obtained an encore in Una Voce, and
1 the flinging lesson, when she sang " La Zingarella"
rag 1:-.`440, and in the encore substituted the ever-charm-
-1/les.lealtlef the same composer. Mons. Gassier, a most
earitone, sang the music of Figaro with his usual
1717,48! ...and ease ; and Signor Rovere took the part of
•s• tk,.'"th Such gusto, as to make all long to see him on
p,tl age. The chorus was partly imported from London,
iTer-`a by our local corps, acquitted itself well—the
Nti-Deol section proving they are capable of better things
‘ritingenerally hear from them. The band was small
i„Nart,Tue,r. and mediocre in talent, but was generally sue-
",gsfiste'c'tl,neulyt.least so in the beautiful overture which went
4r•
tauttlettl Performances are now ail the page here—con-
oat nu operas being announced on all hands,-.bringing
eYery performer of note before us.
t II- •
°N. OPLORD MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF LONDON.-011
4:11"47) Mr. Alderman Finnis was elected to fill the office
Mayor of London for the ensuing year. Sir A. W.
intek,2B nuns was received with hissing.
bm teDO-'„)41, oar TEE FANNY.—This vessel remains at present
tonsil ofd in our impression of yesterday. There are a
Ait lirooura afloat about te colliion, but we forbear
the aeY, as no doubt there s a
will be n enquiryinto
144,p:sets connected with the transaction.
roor. BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.—In re
enth --,;(oCord Taylor. The bankrupt was formerly an
settles dry, in Liverpool. He this day applied for his
Clthin'iri: Mr. Dodgson, the part of the assignees, had
tiLnitro„,‘° say in opposition, and observed
hitsthe
Otio„-r‘'s Misfortunes had entirely arisen from co-
n'4l.-" with the Amazon Life Office. His Honour, under
ths— eire
-se -tunstances granted an immediate certificate of
zri sec class.
Espolivuhts'rs.—ln nests were, yesterday, held by the
w:lte ,C° eq, F Currjr, Esq., on the following
et war (1--`-'nrtherbody of John Jarvis, a man of colour,
?I the shipo whose body was found
r!1.01111e. ',LI Queen's Dock on Sunday morning last.
tki• olcint,y3ood drowned.—On the body of John Buck,
14. ;4'l, /3 years of a e who lived in Gilbert-street.
.71r aon- asab,ale old man,ga!nd walked to Lowe hill and
retir turday last, the day preceding his. death:
fpal eu to bed about eight o'clock that night, and
11,11101 4antcl dead in his bed next morning. Verdict, died
and 4„ ural causes.—On the body of Mary Horrocks,
dad Was4 Years, She was the wife of a stone-mason,
4V-1112 very much addicted to drink. On Satur-
rtl4e,.... she was so drunk that she could not go to bed,
es ieFt, eaornieg was found dead sitting in a chair. She
seven children.V4Y4nd,She was separated from her
•V‘-cliet, a7.!1? allowed her a maintenance. of 4s per week.
tiry tiqaetu from excessive drinking.—On the body oe
lons e' a child, five weeks old, who died in con_
ofttlarick.°ll ‘}oarg. the European,i on her voyage from
Ny. 0114 „ verdict, died from convulsions.-0. n the body
Itlaterloc Clarke, 23
Itiv road Stationof they of age, a horse driver at the
aY.
thatclaY, the was crushed between two
tnot lea% r 16th September, and was injure waggons on
d so severely,
t, resulted in the Northern Hospital on. Sunday c
in last In ret • %gilt rY expres returning a verdict of death,
cidental
44,, to h___ sed it as their opinion that a signalman
cot`,lo that `it Tewbeen placed where the accident occurred. ;
it4r th as
anything
but complimentary to tne
be— n attend e jury that no official from the company
ance, although warned by Mr. Blake, the
Wouldhe presence of Mr. Wildgoose, the superin-
lere44
_be necessary to answer any .questions in
`u the cause of the accident.

A division then took place, when there appeared for
the original motion 12, and for the amendment 7.
The original motion was therefore declared carried,
and the appointment of the nurse was confirmed.
MORE RELIGIOUS BICKERING&
Mr. Luff: Mr. Chairman, if I shall not be out of order,
I wish now to put a question to you. It is on the same
subject which we have just been discussing. I have
been informed—on what believe to be good authority
—that it is the practice of this house to tend the Roman
Catholics, on the Sunday, to a place of worship with
Protestant officers, while the Roman Catholic officers are
left at home. I wish to know why those officers are not
sent with the persons of their own faith ? Surely it
would be better that such persons should go and see how
they behave in a place of worship, rather than send per-
sons of another faith, who do not go near the building.
The Chairman : It is not the fact.
Mr. Luff : From the information I received, I believe
that it is the fact.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of this committee were read and con-
firmed,

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of this committee recorded the fact,
that one of the officers of the workhouse had been sus-
pended, but that his case had been subsequently heard,
and all the accounts being found' correct, he had been
reinstated. It also recommended the payment of an
instalment to Messrs. Arthur, and George Holme, and
one to Mr. Whiteman.

Mr. Woodruff on moving the adoption of the proceed-
ings, briefly explained the steps the committee had
pursued.

Mi. Denton argued, that no money should be paid to
Mr. Whiteman, until he had supplied the board with
certain measurements, which he had promised to do.
He moved that no money be paid to that gentleman.
After some conversation, the motion was withdrawn,
but it was understood that the subject would be brought
before the board, on a future occasion.

ELECTION OF A COLLECTOR.
Mr. Roberts was elected a collector. The numbers
were for Mr. Roberts, 14 ; and for Mr. Georges, 4.
On the result being declared, one of the vestrymen
perpetrated a pun, by saying that the losing candidate
was George the fourth.

It was -distinctly understood, that tli?is appointnient
was to take place without prejudice to any alterations
that might henceforth be made with the collectors.

DISPUTE HETWEEN A MEDICAL OFFICER AND ONE OF THE

REGISTRARS

Mr. Nixon called the attention of the board to some
misunderstanding which had recently taken place, be-
tween Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Sommers, which had led
to the resignation of the latter gentleman. He suggested
that the opinion of the Poor Law Board should be taken
on the subject.
A conversation ensued, in the course of which it was
stated, that the law on the subject of medical men sup-
plying Certificates, was clear and dejinite.
Mr. Woodruff expressed his regret, that gr. Sommers
should have so hastily sent in bii 'resignation, because
his services were almost indispensible. He hoped that
time would be given for him to withdraw it.
The subject then dropped.
Some routine business was then disposed of, and the
board adjourned.