The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-02 00:00:00

in them. They were some of the most'respectable men of
the town, they got;iafgood 'dividend, they were satisfied
with the management that brought them that dividend,
and they grossly neglected their duty. (Hear, hear.)
A. Voice : " They gave Mr. Kirkus .4100 to go to
America." (Oh, oh )
Another :'• It is said Mr. Kirkus was dismissed from his
appointment. He was at the cemetery ya3terday, and L
have areceipt signed by him for a grave' (Sensation,)

Mr. Hull: We have had the assurance of the trustees,
through Mr. Lace, that Mr. Kirkus was dismissed, and
that he was to leave on the 31st of March.
Mr. Lace : Mr. Kirkus has been dismissed, and Mr.
Kirkus had no business to sign any receipt for money. A.
clergyman was appointed-in lieu of hi nto perform the
service, and how he has come to sign that, I cannot say.
(Hisses.): _
Mr. Samuel Stitt said that no man could express him-
self to) strongly in regard to the outrage committed in
this painful aff iir, nor was he there to say anything
against what Mr, Williams had stated, further than that
he thought they should have their indignation directed to
the right quarter. (Hear, hear.) He did stand' up, how-
ever.:for the purpose of ' objecting to the resolution, in so
far as it unreservedly and unqualifiedly condemned the
committee of managament, knowing as he did that that
committee' consisted of.gentlemen 'of the highest respecta-
bility and humanity, who had no interest in a pecuniary
way, to'make it worth their while to do anything in- the
matter that was not right and proper. (Laughter.)
A voice: " W hat about the 16 per cent." (Hear. hear.)
Mr. Stitt coniitmed : It was :unwise to stigmatise
the character of those gentlemen when there was evidence
before them that that committee had had no part or lot in
these transactions. Ile might state that the committee
were just as much struck with the revelations that were
made as was any persons in that assembly—(ories of " they
ought to have known them')—and they were most anxious
to do all in their power to moet the present state of feeling
in the town. He had no participation directly or indirectly
in this matter, bet he might state about the dividend that
the average dividend received by the proprietors amounted
to 15 per cent. per annum— (shame, shame)—bat it should
be remembered that theirs was a terminable interest in the
property, and that in a few years it would cease as a source
of dividend altogether. He might farther state that the
amount of interest which any one of the proprietors held in
it, looking at their position in the town, was too paltry to
lead them to do anything improper for the sake of the
money it would bring them. (Hisses.)
A Voice " You are making a lame tale." (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Stitt continued to say they were wrong in charging
the trustees with neglect--(no, no)—and that they should
place the blame where the blame lay.
Mr. Hall again rose to address the meeting, but he
could not be heard.

The resolution was then pit and carried, only two
hands in the crowded meeting being held up against it.
DreMacintyre moved the next resolution. For many
of the trustees he said be had the highest respect, but it
was not for him nor for the meeting to stand up to defend
them against their enemies. (Hear, hear.) That was
their own affair. (Hear, :hear.) They had heard a good
deal ab nit Mr. Kirkus and Mr. Simpson, and they heard
that the committee of management charged them of all
the guilt of what had been comp tined of. Well, legit be
so—(hear, hear)—but how could they again trust those
gentlemen whom they had just, iii a resolution, condemned
of culpable negligenoe in not overlooking better those
men whom they hal under them. (Hear, hear.) There
was no doubt whaiever in his mind that the
committee of management had been guilty of gross negli-
gence. (Hear, hear.) He spoke in the presence of
gentlemen who were" there on their behalf, and who
would agree with him that. the committee themselves
admitted the fact—(hear, hWar)—that they were tulpable
in their negligence of overlooking the men properly. Eat
that admis-ion of neglect would not satisfy the meeting
or the public. (Hear, hear.) They should assist the
meeting and the Health Committee in bringing the
offence clearly home to the persona who we re
guilty, and when they did that the public would be willing
to acquit them of anything more than culpable negligence.
(Hear.) He had to niove that these gentlemen about(' be
henceforth relieved from the duties., the heavy duties that
had hitherto fallen upon them. and. for that purpose he
should propose. a resolution that the management
of the cemetery be takenealtogettier out of their hands.
(Hear, hear.) It would be too hard on the owners
of private graves and vaults if' the ground were
altogether closed—(hear, hear)—and therefore they did not
wish that the thing should be carried so far as that --(hear.
heal) —but they wished that the interments should be taken
out of the hands of those who hitherto had the management of
them. In the prospectus of the Cemetery, when it was first
started, the first statement was that the graves would be
secured against robbery—Goad laughter)—but had they
been secured against robbery ? (No, no.) He thought
not, and he wonld therefore, move the following
resolution That the' managers of the Necropolis have
shown themselves incompetent to the decent conduct of
this burial ground,. and have also violated the order of the
Queen in Council, and it is the opinion of this meeting
that the ground should cease to be made a source of '.profit
to its proprietors, and should be at once put under the
control of some public board, which shall be satisfactory
to the body of proprietors of the family vaults and graves. '
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Corkhill seconded the resolution, abd observed
that one year the proprietors divided 20 per cent, and that
from what he could gather there were not' less than 300
erasures in the ledger. He ShOwed a receipt for a grave
and tombstone purchased in 1828, and he mentioned that
not only was there no mention of the grave in the books,
but that the tombstone had also disappeared. (" Shame.")
Mr. Hall again rose, and amid coneideratile uproar and
impatience, proceeded to defend the trustees. He said that
the mjority of the proprietors never sought to make a
profit out of the cemetery (hisses, and cries of "turn him
out"), and reminded the meeting the. before the Necropolis
was opened, there was no other place in Liverpool where
dissenters could be buried, unless their friends consented to
the reading of the church ritual over them.
Mr. Williamson, in indignant terms, comments I on the
fact, that while many men were ready to speak for the rich
men, the trustees, not a voice was raised for Mr. Kirkus
or Simpson, who earned the dividend for them., (Hear,
hear.)
The Rev. Mr. Back moved as an amendment, that in
place of the words " public board, which shall be satis-
factory, 8re..." the words " under the control of some
parties who shall be satisfactory to the body of proprietors
of the family vaults and graves."
Mr. Cowie seconded the amendment.
Mr. Robert Ellis said that a public board whtse pro-
ceedings would be always before the public, would be
better than any private board, no matter how chosen.
(Hear, hear.)
The amendment was put and lost, only a few hands
being held up for it; and the original motion was declared
carried.
Mr. Bairstow moved the next resolution, which was as
follows :—" That this meeting considers it to be duty of
the Health Committee, as guardians of public decency, to
institute a criminal prosecution against the parties guilty of
the offences committed. He observed that if the trustees
had done their duty,' their feeings would not have been
harrowed as they were, because these outrages would not
have been committed. They had not, however, done their
duty, and now it became the province of the au:horitie
the town to institute proceedings for the vindication
of the law which had been ou'raged. (ffear.)
Mr. Wrigglesworth seconded the motion, which was
unanimously adopted.
Mr. Batten proposed the next resolution, which was
as follows: —" That the committee appointed at the last
meeting be re-elected, and that they be instructed to use
every legal means to carry into effect the above resolu-
tions."
Mr. M`Gill seconded the motion, which was unanimously
adopted. .
On the motion of Mr. Gilmour, it was resolved—" That
a subscription be entered into for the purpose of defray-
ing the necessary expensel, and that every member of the
committee be authorised to receive the same."
' On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Buck, thanks were voted
by acclamation the Chairman, after which the meeting
separated.

ASSOCIATION OF 771 F LIVERPOOL CORN

TRADE.

The annual meeting of this body was held yesterday, at
one o'clock, in the Corn Exchange. Reporters from the
several papers attended, hut they were informed that the
business was confined to the members, and was for the
purpose of receiving the report, and treasurer's accounts,
and appointing five members of committee. The five
retiring by rotation were, Geo. B. Thompson, W. Blain,
S. C. Radford, R. Makin, jun., and F. Maxwell, all of
whom were eligible for re-election.

FRIOHIFUL ACCIDENT ON THE COCKERMOUTH
AND WORKINGTON RAILWAY.

On Tuesday afternoon a fearful accident occurred to a train
upon the Cockermouth and Workington railway, two miles
from Workington. The train was a special one of ten carriages,
returning from Cockermouth after the nomination for West
Cumberland, and conveying the Hoe. Captain Lowther, one
of the candidates for West Cumberland, Mr. Hildyard, M.P.
(Whitehaven), and about 250 supporters of Captain Lowther.
About two miles from Workington the train ran off the line,
the engine turned upside down, and many of the carriages
were more or less injured. It was found that Mr. Mayson,
secretary of the Cockermouth Riilway Company, was fatally
injured. The engine driver was severely hurt, and several
passengers were much bruised and shaken.