Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-05 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL,

A. special meetirg of the Town Council was held in the
Town Hall, at eleven o'clock, cn E_laturday, fir the purpose
of fix;ng a day fir the monthly meeting, in const (pence of
the Queen's Proclsmatiiin having fixed We inesday next
fo:. the cliq of general fast and hum liation. The Mayor,
Frenc!s Shand, Ef q , presided.
The ATAYon, in is fpw words, explained the object of the
meeting, and s. ggetled that next Friday would be a con-
venient day for the meetiog of the Council.
Me. lioussr said he would move that the standing -
orders be suspended, and Friday fixed mcordinkly fir the
day cf meeting.
Mr ROBERTSON GLADSTONE a-ked if there was any
objection to the appointment of Wednesday week for the
meeting. Toe Cuor ca would recollect, that for every day
in ths week, with the exception of Wednesday. committees
were apdointed, awl it was extr::.niely inconvenient to
indivi •ual members of the Council, as well m,
he thought, injnrioits to the public interests the, the regu-
lar routing should be interfered with, (near, hear.) There
coal be very little differenea between Friday and Wed-
-nes lay as far as the business of the Council was concerned.
They would have another Council at the end of the month
for winding up the basiness of the year, and be did not
think any inconvenience could result 'from the delay from
Friday to Wednesday. At the same time, for himself, be
should take that opportunity of saying that h could not
discover, really, what that. C tuned had to do with the order ,
for humiliatim and prayer. Of the necessity for humili-
ation and pm; er, and the duty which was iticutnbent
upon each r f them in respect of those two object-, he did
not pretend to bold any coration for a moment. 800, con-
sidering that the pia-ties really in fault were the
East India Company, who had had golden oppor-
tunities of doing good. but had neglected and
abused the trust rep)ssd in them, why other parties were
to be held responsible, in the r4glit of God, for the acts t f
that ct m-any, was ready a matter which he for ore conkl

not e,rnp.rehn He did not purplse upon thi.n owasi;•xn
going into are tubject. He felt lAry sti ongly up )12 it, and
perhaps ( n no point more than this did he outer his protest
against it than because a day in the werk was selected, a
day of labour, when th 3 poorer eas•!.3; must of necessity
be the sufferers by the lass of that day's w.,rk Why
they could not have imiwed their brethren of the Roman
Catholic Church, and fixed Snr dsy m a day of humiliation,
he could nt,t comprehend. 11)werer as it Was posstble
another cpp ,rtnnity might preient its=elf for g ing into the
matter, he would reset vs himself for that occasion,
ri he MAYOR said he did rot thin'i that there c Ad be any
objection to Wednesday next.
Mr, BANNKR thought it would throw the C3nncil meeting
ra her late in the month.

. Mr. Efoniox approved of th 3 aaj)urnment t 3 Wednesday
week.

Th 3 ArAY)ft remarked that his time would, pi obablv, 133
fully occupied during the ensuing week with attending to
tho Municipal Clurt.
Mr. Alderman Coorwnsaid be believed he elyntld have
to &lend- daily for four or five days in the visi ,n C. urt
to defend his v0!.3. To his great annoyance, although a
burgess of twenty-four years' statv'ing, he would have to
give up his time in th.t manner, by daily attendance at the
court, in order to maintain his vote.
Mr. Kr, cuts : I dare say a g-eat many of ut are in the
same position,
The. MAYOR presumed the Council would ogres to fix
Wednesday week for the day of meeting.
No objection being further u-ged the Councl adjourn.d
Wedneday week accordingly.

CORONER'S COURT.

Oa E.7,attird-ty No, the C )roner helsl invests on the
bodies of the 'foll,,win4 parsons, who- died 6oui th;) Cir-
curnstAnces detailed in each cise:

John Geiffin, a labourer, age I fifty nine.' 'The de-
ceased was at work at soma cotton ►heds'in Chespside;
and was emplo)ed in stewirg some bales away, %don one
fell u,.)on him, and he died on the spot. Verd "
dental desth."

. .
Joseph Swan, egad fourteen The deceased was the
son of a herbalist, living at Bevicg o t Bash. On the
10,h intant he Wes in the yard. occupied by Mr: B_gin,
a blar.k;ng manufacturer, of' C,Anterbury.street, when he,
way severely kicked on thelead by a h irse. It apeared
that the deceased was s'andirg at the horse's heal, when
it suddenly kicked him lantiy on the head; and injured
him s much that he died at, the L.firrnary, where he woe
instantly conve3e ri. Verdict, " Accidental dea h" • :
_ _

Al-o, on the b,)dy of llridg it Casa.c,the wifi of a p Are-
man. fhe was alone ill the ro:-.m, and wls in the het of
getting some chips from a, cupb)ar when her clothes
e•,ug'rt fir., and before it c3uld be exting.tighed, .1-te way
so much injired that she did shortly after. Verdict.
" Lccidental death:'

All°, on the body of a cbld, named Caarles
five months' oiJ, who died from sufbcation, w:iils in bad
by the side of his nother. Verdict accJi di: ey-.