Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-07 00:00:00

DOES NOT LIKE.

At the annual dinner of the Warehousemen's and
Clerks' Schools at the London Tavern, on Thurs-
day evening, Mr. Charles Dickens in the chair, that
gentleman, in the course of his remarks, said t
Their motto was not, let U 3 eat and drink, for to-morrow
we We; hut let Us eat and drink, for to-morrow we lire.
(Cheers and laughter). It was because a good and great
work was to live "to-morrow, to-morrow, and to-morrow,"
nod ,was to become a greater and a better work with
every succeeding to-morrow that they eat and drank
there at all. (Cheers and laughter.) Conspicuous
upon the card of admission to the dinner and on the
title-page of the little book descriptive of the
institution was the word " Oleo's," and it set him
thinking that morning upon what sort of schools ho
did not like. (Hear, hear.) To begin with. and like
charity he began at home, he did not like the sort of school
to which Ile once went himself (laughter), the proprietor of
which was by far the most ignorant man he had ever the
pleasure to know. (Laughter.) He was the worst tempered
man he ever knew, who acted upon the principle of snaking
as much out of them, aad putting as little into them
as he possibly could, (laughter), and who sold
them at a figure which he remembered they
used to delight in estienating at £2 4s. 6d. a-head.
(Laughter.) tie did not like that school because he did not
see any business the master had to be at the head instead
of at the bottom, and because, he never could under-
stand the wholesomeness of the system which caused
the abject appearance and degraded condition of
the teachers, that plainly said to the scholars every day of
their lives, " Boys never he learned, whatever you are.
(Laughter.) Above all things, be warned of that in time
by our sunken cheeks,—by our poor pimply noses, so
cruelly erupied in the treaty morning,—by our meagre
want,—by our acid bear,—and by our extraordinary suit of
clothes, of which no human being can say whether they
are snuff-coloured turned black, •r black turned snuff-
celoured—(laughter)—a point on which even we ourselves
are perfectly unable to offer one ray of enlightenment,
it is sa very berg since they were undarned and
new," (Cheers and Isugh`er.) He did not like the sort
of school also because he had a lingering idea
and never forgot his ancient suspicion touching the curious
coincidence th it th bey with 'our brothers to come always
get the pr.zes. (Cheers and laughter.) lii fact he did not
like that sort of school, because it was a must pernicious
and ahominahle humbug altegether. (Laughter.) Again,
he did not like the ladv'e school with which their school
used to dance on Wedrosdays. (Laughter.) There, one
half cf the young ladises, as he looked upon them now,
seemed always to have been in new sfeys and in disgrace.
(Laughter ) Memory depicted to him the youthful en-
dweller of his fist aff.ctions, as ever standing agsinst a
wall in a curious !urchin° of wood, which confined her
innocent feet in the first dancing position, while the arms,
which should have encircled his jacket—(laughter)—were
pin ioned behind her by another instrument of torture,
called a backboard, in the manner of a double
direction post. (oanehler.) Again, he did not like that
sort of Echoed of which th: y had a notable example in his
part of K nt, which wee enriched ages ago by worthy
scholars and g )cel men long deceased, whose munificent
endovereente had he n writ; ed from their original ourp
and in their deteriorated cenditi' n were struggled for with
most indecent pertinacity. (Hear, hear.) Again, he did not
like the sort of schools where the bright childish irna-
gieation was ever disguised, and where the bright childish
fancy, which it was gee I for the wisest of them to remem-
ber, was glo imily and grimly stared out of countenance—
where he had never sees amo 'get the pupils any boys or
any girls,- but little pemts and small calculating tnachinis.
(Laughter)'. He did not by any means like schools in
leather breeches, or with mortified straw baskets of bon-
nets, who filed along the streets to church in long, melan-
choly lines, under the escort of that surprising B-iiish
rage seer, a beadle. (Cheers, and laughtel). Lastly, it
was always comfortable to him to think that he did not
like, some vears ado, cheap distant schools where
neglected children and poor orphans were pensioned
from year to year, and underwent scams of youthful
mis ry, which ought net to be glanced at in that cheerful
scone. Ile would new ketch the sort of school he liked,
It was a school es ablished by the members of an ihdus-
trioes and useful order, for the orphans and necessitous
children of the it own brotherhood and sisterhood. (Cheers.)
That school was originated only four years ago, and in
the first, sht weeks of its existence the young men nab
scribed the large sun of £3,00n, It had been open eel)/
three years, and they had now on their foundation
thirty-nine children, and they would hive in a few days
six more, making in all forty-five. (Cheers ) They had
been most munificently assisted by the heads of the
mercantile houses, and be was glad to say they were name-
ouely represented aroun I him (Cheers.) Their funded
c spital was 14,000 f., and they must still go forward, because
4 children could form but asm It proportion of the ne-
cessitous families beloneiug to the whelesale trade of the
U .n..teguom. (Hear, hoar.) The dwellinv-hawe
which they rented for a smell term of years could afford but
small accommodati,n for their breadth of design, and
to carry the work two degrees further, to better and
host, there must be more wo,k—more e--operation—more
friends—and more money. (Cheers.) He also reminded
them that the ben-fits of the school were reserved to
the children of the subse fibers, and that it was an essential
principal of tie instituti-a to help those only who helped
th mselves. (neer, hear.) The unfortunate children .of a
father so base and criminal as to withhold a subscription
so exceedingly sma 1 as three-pence a-week could not in
justice be allowed t i shoulder out the happier children of
a father who had done that 'Ole sea- ire to the institution.
This was a children's schosl, which was no less a chil-
dren's 1 orne. The inmates were not confided to the care
of cell and ignorant strangers, and never—acccerdine to
its foundation—could leis into such hands. Its aff tirs
must fre'n generation to generarit n be administered by
men living in such homes as those poor children had lose,
--men who hoped that their own children should find a
refuge in it if they were early called away. (Cheers.) In
conclusion, he gave " Prosp: rity to the Warehousemen's
and C cries' Schools." (Loud cheers )

LONDON INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 5.

in re WILLI&Ie W. G NORMAN.—The insolvent, who is a
a journeyman printer in the employ of Messrs. Bradbury
and Evans, applied to be discharged under the act, having
been on bail since Ju'y 'est, when he filed his schedule.
Mr. Reed opposed for Mr. Chase, a creditor ; and Mr.
Sargood supported. The insolvent, who is in a bad state
of health, appeared to be in custody at the suit of Mr.
Jones, a su geon, who had lived in Portugal street, for a
debt for attendance. It was admitted to be a friendly
arrest. The insolvent consulted a person named Guy,
who. acted as clerk to Mr. Edward Govett, an
attorney. Mr. Chase. was a creditor for rent,
and offered to take it by instalments if secured;
he and Mr. Jones were the principal creditors. The action
of Mr Chase, brought by Messrs. Preston and Webb, was
defended by Mr. Guy and Mr. Govett, and the latter was
the attorney in the insolvency. Mr. Chase had been put
to expense by a defence to his action, for which he now
complainer', and the point raised was, whether a petition
concocted on purpose to deprive Mr. Chase of his debt
should be sustained. Towards the close of the case, Mr.
Jones was called.. He proved that the insolvent, whom he
had attended for years, owed him a debt, and proceeded to
state that he was not aware, until about a fortnight after,
that the insolvent had been arrested at his suit. He did
not employ Mr Grayson an attorney, to arrest the insol-
vent. When he heard from the insolvent's wife that he
was arrested at his suit Mr. Jones said he expressed his
"astonishment.' In the course of the case, Gay and
Govett were examined Guy had been paid .£ll, and the
bill was £26. The Chief Commissioner said the evidence
cf Mr Jones had put a new fAture on the case. He was
previously of opinion the best thing would be to dismiss the
petition,because there had been a clear vexatious defence by
the conduct of Guy and Govett, who had made these law
jobs for themselves, the defence to the action, the arrest
and the ineolvency. There had been a fraud on the court
by the insolvent being arrested without the authority of
Mr. Jones, and a fraud on the Act cf Parliament. He was
bound to dismiss the petition, and, in doing so, he hoped
the insolvent would not fall into such bad hands again, and
that he would make some arrangement with Mr. Chase.
All his misfortunes were (added the learned Commissioner)
from having fallen into the hands of the two men, Messrs.
Guy and Govett. (Some applause followed these observa-
tions.) His Honour said : I shall consult the other Com-
missioners, 'whether they shall have the opportunity of
playing such a trick again. (More applause.) The peti-
tion was dismissed.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S. Ranelasth-street.
BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Pinar Years.

A lip, th-ugh it be killed and dead, can sti`ng sometimes
1 ke a deal vr.,sp,
A Cituscx LIMA A COFFIN —There is a church in the
city of London which internally has the exact appearance
of a coffin. It is the church of St. Olave, Jewry, which
has just undergone a thorough eeurse of repair. It was
erected by Sir Chris'oplier Wren, aad is a plain structurs.
The plan, in conformity- with the site, gradually widens
from east to west, and the western wall is splayed off on
both sides. This cADSes the singular coffin-appearance
alluded to,

;91'S. CLOTIIMG MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LgWIS eAd
o PANT'S, RAnolegh 'toot,