Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-29 00:00:00

THE UNITED' ASSOCIATION OF' SCHOOL-
MASTERS' OF GREAT BRITAIN.

On Tuesday afternoon, the sixth annual meeting' of
the menabers' of this association was held in the great
room of the Society of-,Arts,.John-street. Adelphi ; the
Rev. Dr. Jacob, head Master of ChriSt's Hospital, in the
absence, through illness, of Mr. T. Tate, F:RIA.S., their
president, occupied the chair.
• The minutes of the last meeting were read and con-
firmed.
Mr. J. Tilleard, the corresponding secretary, then read
the report of the acting committee for the past year, of
which the' following is an abstract :
" The 'committee have to report an, accession of 25
ordinary, members during, the past year.. After re--
moving the names of those members whose subscription
was 'three years in arrear, and of others who had' left
their former schools without communicating their new
address, the list of the association includes 136 mem-
bers. The undermentioned gentlemen have been elected
honorary members and have accepted the title :---=The
Rev. F. C. Cook, M.A., her Majesty's inspector- of
schools; the Rev. B. M. Cowie, Majesty's
her Majesty's
inspectOr of sehools ; the Rev. Dr. Jacob, head master
of Christ's Hospital ; Professor Pillans, Edinburgh
University ; the Rev.' W. Rogers, M.A., Royal com-
missioner on education ; Goldwin Smith, Esq., M.A.,
Royal commissioner on education ; the Rev. Dr.
Temple, head, master of Rugby School 11. S. Tre-
menheere,. Esq., inspectOr of mining districts; T.
Twining, jun., Esq., vice 'president, Society of Arts ; Dr.
Woodford,' her Majesty's inspector of schools.. The
title of corresponding member has been Conferred upon
the following gentlemen, who were appointed by their
respective governments commissioners to the Educa-
tional Exhibition held, under the auspice's of the Society
of Arts in 1851 :—Hon. Henry Barnard, chancellor of
the State University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis-
consin' United Statei; Mr. Fogh, openhagen ; Dr.
o Krafr, Christiana ; M. Milne-Edwards, member of the
Institute of France,. Paris; Counsellor Nissen, Chris-
tiania; Professor Sij estrum, P.A., M.A., Stockholm. There
has been.a larger attendance at the meetings than at
those of former years, showing that the interest felt by
teachers in the proceedings of the association, ,is in-,
creasing—the more so as only two of the meetings
were specially advertised. Itis, perhaps, not sufficiently,
known by persons who are not members, that the meet-
ings are open, free of charge, to all interested in educa-
tion. For the remaining meetings of the present
session, the following papers are promised :—Mr. Brady,
" On Biography as a means of Teachingand Training ; '
Mr. Gover. «On the Necessity of Logical Sequence in
Teaching ;" Mr. Mumford, " What is the duty of
Teachers with regard to the" Decimal Coinage Question ?"
Mr. Teather, " Our Little Boys." The committee solicit
the aid of the members in procuring other papers for
the monthly meetings of the ensuing year, The papers
by Canon Richson,. Dr. Morel, and the Rev. C. H.
Bromby, read at the last annual meeting, and a paper -
by Mr. Alfred Jones, " On the Principle's of Privy
Council Legislation," have been published and issued
to those members whose subscription is not in
arrear. 'A copy of Mr. Jones's paper has also
been sent to every member of the House of Commons.
In pursuance of the recommendation made in the last
annual report, the specimens of publications and appara-
tus collected in previous years, with a view to the
establishment of a permanent educational exhibition in
connection with the association, have been returned by
the librarian to the respective publishers and authors by
whom they were granted. By the treasurer's cash account
for the year it will be semi that the receipts amounted to
£46185. 9d., and the expenditure to £50135. Ild., leaving
a balance of £3.155. 2d. against the association. The ex-
penditure includes the reimbursement to the treasurer of
the sum of £9 ss. 6d., debitedby error in the cash account
for 1854-5, and a reserve balance of 17s. 6d, at the banker's;
the receipts include a balance of £l4 ss. 7d. brought
forward from last year's account : so that the actual
expenses for the year were £4O. 10s. I Id..and the actual
income £32 135., showing an. excess of LI 17s. lid. on
the side of the former. - The chief items of expenditure
were these connected with the printing. and distribution
of the lectures. The excess of liabilities over assets
will be seen to be £2 17s. Bd. The income of the past
year was greater by £l4 than that of the preceding
year. Eighty-seven members paid the annual sub-
scription, and special donations were given towards the
expense of printing the lectures. ' The appeal made to
the members in the last annual repor has thus met with
3/4
that cordial 'response which the eo mittee.anticipated.
With regard to the error alread mentioned, it is but
just to, the auditors for the yeilf in which it occurred
to state that,the mode in which the receipts were brought
to account (in monthly summaries) up to the end of the
year 1856, did not afford the requisite degree of facility
for auditing, and that the error was detected on the
receipts of the early years being posted in detail
into the cash-book. Since the last annnal meeting
the association has lost, through death, one of its vice
presidents, Mr. Edward Hughes, who took a.prominent
part in its foundation, and was one of the most liberal
donors to its funds. We prepose that the vacancy be
filled up by the appointment of Mr. Coghlan. The office
of minuting secretary has become vacant by the resig-
nation of Mr. Braid, consequent on his removal from
London. Mr. Braid has received the cordial thanks of
the committee for his valuable services. The office has
been temporarily filled by Mr. Rosse, whom we now
recommend for appointment by the meeting. A ballot-
ing list has been prepared, in accordance with the general
desire expressed at the last annual meeting. In con-
clusion, the committee congratulate the members on the
increasing prosperity and usefulness of the association,
and call upon them to make, renewed efforts, in the
coming year, to • advance its interest and extend its
benefits."
Mr.- Munro moved the adoption of the report, which
We•erceneled by Mr. Gover, and carried unanimou sly.
a-: teifi worn bl! + •
On. Monday evening, about nine o'clock, a female
was crossing the line at the St. Helens Junction of the
London and North-Western Railway, when a passing
train ran over ler-and-killed her on the spot. '
ACTION AGAINST AN EXEelintlX.—A case which
occupied nearly the whole of Tuesday was heard at the
Manchester Court of Record, before John Monk, Esq.,
Q.C., deputy judge, in' which a weaver, named Boyes,
sought to recover the sum of £23 15s. 541., the expenses
of his brother's funeral, from Sarah Ann Robinson, the
executrix under ' the will 'of the deceased. From the
opening statement of Mr. Holker, who appeared for the
plaintiff, and the subsequent evidence, it appeared that
the deceased kept 'a beerhonse of disreputable character,
in Windmill-street, in that city, that he was married
and had one child, neither it nor his wife having lived
with him for thirteen years ; but the defendant for some
six yeari past had cohabited with him. In September
last, the deceased was taken ill, and .on the' 20th. of
that month the plaintiff, his brother, came to see him.
The plaintiff requested the defendant to leave the house,
which she did, and when his brother died, two days
after he took possession of the property, including
11 21 and some watches and jewellery which were in a.
drawer up stairs, all of which were however eventually
returned to the defendant. The plaintiff then carried
out the requisite arrangements, for the funeral,, as the
defendant made- no attempt to do so, and an learning
that 'the deeeased had bequeathed what property he.
possessed. to ..the 'defendant the present action, was
brought to recover the amount of these expenses.—Mr.
Fernleyi'who, with Mr.: S. Pope, appeared' for; the.
defendant, maintained tl4,the plaintiff banished. the
defendant from the house, seized all the property, break-
ing opena chest' of drawers, contain& £1.50 .in geld
and silver, six gold watches, three , silver watches; a
number of Pins, and other jewelleiy, most of which, had
never.been returned', and that, in point of fact, had the
defendant even n,Qk been, prevented from doing her duty
as executrix, the plaintiff had been trebly remunerated
'for any cost to, which he might have been put. The
learned judge, with regard to the legality of some of
the proceedings referred to, remarked, In summing up,
that.the law allowed a, man to step in and become a
,volunteer to pay the ex,petiees of interring a deceased
person IL it appeared that no one would undertake this
duty, in order to preserve the decencies of life ;
bat it did not allow a man to assume rights belonging
to another, who was prevented from exercising them,
and then turn round and demand payment. If the
jury were satisfied that the defendant had been pre-
vented from fully exeroising her functions as execute's,
or if they were of opinion that ,she neglected those
functions but that the plaintiff had been amply repaid
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with the exception of some items in the account which
did not belong strictly to the funeral expenses, and
which by mutual agreement had been struck out in the
progress of the case.—On the application of Mr, Fern-
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