Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-12 00:00:00

self, and waxes particular in rebutting it. Whereas, the
amount of what I said was simply this, that the failure of
the children after leaving the school was traceable to the!,
insubordination while in the echool. He sneers at the ides_
of investigation into the religious denomination of
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cases' p oduoing disorganisation in the schools. Fete
cases! Have they been few? Daring the last trio.
months seventy-five cases have been minutely inquire!
into,whie during the same period Mr. D has proof:erre!
charges against ye- ions officers. To conduct these inqui_
ries, a large number of children have been called up 0'
witnesses. Common sense tells you how prejudicial, .1P0?
the minds of the children, this must be. Mr. Doyleellstl.
Pies these inquiries by a libsl upon the governor and the
committee of the workhouse. He insinuates that no regard
whatever is paid at the workhouse to the religion of the
parents of the children these. In repudiating this sae?`
der, I have solely in view the information of the pub
not the correction of Mr Doyle. He knows better things.
He knows that the School Cemmittee and the whole Vestrl
are increasingly an tins that no means should be left
untried to prevent all proselytism, whether from design or
from accident.
" Ilia Questions.—We come now to Mr. Doyle's Catechieree
He asks whether the following resolutions have been
respected :-Ist, That disgraceful one which shows that
not even a Catholic pupil-teethes can ba appointed, utile!
by a specter. resolution of the Vestry, and excludes, of
course, any Catholic child, no matter how meritorlotiel
from the office of pupil-teacher, unless the Committee
interfere and make such SPECIAL resolution. I can scud/
think Mr. Doyle knew what he was writing about. There
is, he knows, or ought to know, the same law for the
Protestant as for the Catholic children. Each can be
appointed to the office of pupil-teacher only by serail'
resolution of this Vestry. Where, then, is the ground for
complaint,—where the disgrace. He also states that the
Vestry, many a year since, pegged a resolution that three
Catholic pupil-teachers chouli be appointed, and that the
committee hare allowed that to remain a dead letter ever
since. The facts are these year and a half ago, and
not ` many a year since,' the Vestry resolved for the ap-
pointment of additional Roman Catholic pupil-teaeheret
Since then, one probationary teacher has beets
appointed, and another presented to the Govern'
ment Inspector for examination. Will it be
believed that Mr. Dosletnew these fac's at the time he
was w.iting ? The reflection is painful. 2nd. Whether
the Protestant chaplain observes the rule prohibiting bite
from improper interference with the Roman Catholic chi"-
dren in the schools. This question is put for the purpose
of insinuation. Now, if Mr. Doyle, upon anything worthy
the name of evidence, believed this, why did he not honest'
ly sta'e it and point out the instances to the committee.
But Mr. Doyle is wary : inuendoea are safer, and some;
times, with the unreflecting, serve the place of facts. Weh-
would it have been for the peace and harmony and dlo'
cipline of the school, had Mr. Dsyle himself been free frog
the conduct which he now so virtuously reprobates. At
this very moment the decisions of the committee upon the
religious designations they have investigated are a ' POD
LETTER.' Mr. Doyle's mandate has gone forth and the
children disobey,—under this priestly pressure the cote-
mittee must make haste and eat up their resolutions, or the
Roman Catholic children will become sainted martyrs, and
the committee instruments of intolerance and cruelty.
Bat the question implies that the chaplain is daily guilty 01
this breach of rule with the knowledge and connivance of
the committee—an insinuation which, plainly expressed?
becomes a falsehood. 3rd. That the Vestry, ad but two
members, have vote I that the religious designation of
children, as entered at the workhouse, is not binding'
where children are reg7sterel Catholics. This, again, 10
insinuated rather than asserted. I need here only observe
that the minutes of your proceedings fully repudiate the
insinuation. Mr. Doyle winds up his tirade with personal
slander. Undercover of a clecsic quotation, he applies to
me a character infamous as a libertine and debauchee---
1 a quotation, pointless in its application, but disgraceful to
himself as a man and a minister of peace and goodwill.
The scope, the tendency, and I doubt not, the primary
intention of the whole letter was to represent the School
Committee and this Vestry before the public as a legalised
combination, intolerant and oppressive against the right!
and liberties of the Roman Catholic inmates of the Industrial
schools. Its ultimate c bject is equally clear, namely,
further but unfair concessions. But the Vestry and the
public will be upon their guard. The religion and eights
of Protestants are as sacred as those of Roman Cathodes?
and I feel sere the School Committee wilt still zealously
watch over them, and admit of no concessions that might
interfere with impart al justice to all classes. Mr. Doyle
is :Omitted into the schools as ths autherised teacher of the
Roman Catholic children there In this letter yeti have the
rights he claims ; in his daily conduct you have the power
he exercises, and he has written, unmistakably, the animotus
he entertains towards the School Committee and this
Board. It is for this Vestry now to say, hew far, under
such circumstances. Mr. Doyle is likely to produce that
harmony and subordination amongst the children,
so indispensably necessary for the welfare of
the schools ; and also to sake such special cog-
nizance of the matter as the circumstances require."
The CIIAIRMIN : Do you make any motion ?
Mr. Wm. JONES : I simply move the confirmation of
the committee's proceedings.
Mr. Woonnurr considered the whole thing so out of
order that he should not take any trouble to answer them-
Mr. Desrost d ffsred from Mr. Woodruff, for it satisfied
him that the committee were doing their duty. That wee
not the first time that Mr. Doyle had been brought before
them, and he did think that the Catholic priest should'
send ano her pe-son to take his place in the schools. He
was a very troublesome priest, and should be expelled at
once.

The CHAIRMAN then declared the proceedings confirmed.
Mr. BAIRSTOW wished it to ba understood that the docu-
ment th t had just beea read was not the production of
the committee.

Mr. WM JONES : It is entirely my own views.
The CHAU:X.IN said there was no doubt but that the pro-
ceedings were rather irregular, and must not be acted
upon as a precedent. He would say that if it was attempted
to real another speech he should call on the Vestry, for
they were the parties, to stop it.
At a subsequent stage of the business Mr CritchleY,
who hid given notice that he should move for a select
committee to inquire into the management of the Indus-
trial Schools, came forward and withdrew it.
Mr. BAIRSTOW and Mr. DENTON expressed their regret
that Mr. Critchley should have taken such a step.
Mr. CRITCHLEY denied that in propo_•ing the motion he
meant to cast any reflection on the School Committee.

TIIE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The proceed ings of this committee having been read,
Mr. WOODRUFF said, in moving their confirmation, he,
'begged to call the aktent;on of the board to the serious in-
crease in the number of lunatic cases, not alone in Liver-
pool, but all over England. He then expressed it as his
opinion that a certain class of imbeciles—not dangerous
idiots—might be accommodated in the workhouse at a
mach less expense than by the present method, and hoped
that the matter would be considered by justices, an I that
before long some arrangement would be come to, whereby
such idiots caul Ibe kept in their own buildings. The
next subject was the cottage rating question—as a regular
notice was required, he would only say that formerly there
were six cull etors of cottage property, but from the num-
ber of owners who had compounded for the rate, they
were of opinion that the five remaining would be sufficient
in futu'e, and that there would not be near so
much work. They p Nmose to increase the
two senior collectors salary '£lo per annum, making it
£l6O, and the remaining three at £1.30, and that -the staff
should be gradually diminished unall it was all done under
oae heal, which would be a great saving to the public, and
would be more simplified. He gave notice that at the
next meeting he shoull make a motion to that effect.

ASSISTANT MEDICAL OFFICERS.

Mr. SHAW then moved the appintmsnt of Mr. Croker
and Mr. Parker, as Vats a:6istant meiieal officers to the
Workhouse.

Subsequently Mr. Liddard and Mr. Owens were also
proposed. The Board divZded, when there were eighteen
voted fur the fiat two p:ent'emen, and only two for the
litter. Mr. Craer and Mr. Parker were therefore
elected.

There being no other bu3iness, the beard adjourned.

FLECTIO EXPENES IV Oxronostimr.---It appears-
from the auditors' abstracts of aec,)unts that the expenSes
of the various einilidates at the recent general election were
as follow :—County or Oxforl—Mr. Henley, £32 4s. 6d. ;
Colonel North, £57 2,. 4 '• ; Mr. Aare -Jut, £207 64. 2.1. ;
Mr. Mule, £B7 15s. 3d. CP.I7 of Oxford.—Mr. Largston,
.4660 12s. 101.; Mr. Neate, 4550 Se. G,l, ; Mr Cardwell,
£923 I Is. 2rl. ; Mr. Sergeint Gaselce, £405 14,. 4d,
Banbury.--Mr. Tancreo, £
203 Os. 5.i. ; Mr. Yates,
I:'81 7e. 8!. Woeist.oclr.—The 11a finis of Bicndforii (now.
Dike of Marlb3roull), .451 1,. Oxford Journal.

C iST OF TilE INDL,t MUTINL—The Tines says, the sup-
pression of this mutiny will probably cost the company not
less than £10,000,000. There must be a loan to that
amount either on the security of the company or of the
nation. In the one case the loan will entail a burden of
about £350,000 a-year, in the other case not lets than
£600,000 a-year ; a difference which cannot bat have a
s rious effect on the luiure sources of Indian improvement.
If we lend our credit to the company it should only be on
the understanding that henceforth the British government
shall be wholly and solely responsible far the government
of India without the interposition of the shadow of a shade
between it and the Peninsular, its army, its people, and
ito mauves,