The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-26 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1852.

be solemnised in the church of St. Martin's-in-the-
Field, amidst the rejoicings of both distinguished fami-
lies, and their private and political connexions. The
heir of Netherby has not, as yet, shown those qualities as

a public man for which his versatile papa is celebrated,
and has never yet figured in parliament, but he is a gen-
tleman of high honour and cultivated mind ; —the Lady
HERMIONE ST. MAUR is a great heiress in many respects.

the beauty of her mother,

the cele

.brated

" Queen of Beauty" of Lord EGLINTON'S tournament,—
the wit of the SHERIDANS, (she is great granddaughter of

RICHARD BRINSLEY,) and the princely blood of the So-
MERSETS—the proudest of the proud peers of England.
Discarding all party considerations on such an occasion as
this, we may all wish the young couple
chorus of the epithalarnium

y, and join in the

"Happy, happy, happy pair !
None hut the brave deserve the fair."

The winter theatrical campaign has begun auspiciously.
The Haymarket doors are open. The Princess's, ruled
by KEAN, is nightly crowded ; and the ever young
and fascinating Madame VESTRIS has again returned
to the scene at the Lyceum. The preparations for
the Christmas pantomimes are already on foot, though
the Lord Chamberlain has put a gag in the mouths
of the poets to keep their tongues from wagging too
fast on a certain dangerous topic. Free licence is given
to them to joke upon any person or thing, from the
crown to the kennel, in this country ; but they must not
pass a jest upon the Gallic cock, or the yet more awful
Gallic eagle. With that exception, pantomimists and
others may amuse the merry boys and girls at Christmas,
according to old ancestral habitude. Punch is furious at
the idea of interdicting the Emperor of the French from
the realms of fun, but the fiat of the Lord Chamberlain is
absolute, and has gone forth, and so the only thing we
can do thereanent on the stage for the future is to sing,
as no doubt we shall—

" Oh, no, we never mention him,
His name is never beard."

COMIERCLIL AND MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.
THE payment of the October Dividends has only
very slightly decreased the supply of Gold in the
Bank, the principal increase in the circulation having
consisted of notes. Hence the Money-market re-
mains buoyant, with every probability of further
abundance of accommodation to the commercial
classes. Without further great increase in our
Imports, as compared with Exports, or an inordinate
investment by Capitalists in Foreign Shares, Loans,
&c., the influx of gold, which may now be expected
to be very great for some months to come, will most
probably insure to the country, for some time,
the advantages of a full currency.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 16th of October gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :

Public deposits £ 4,898,568; Decrease £4,177.870
Other deposits .. 13,107,431 ; Increase 1,614,381
,st 3,096,196; Decrease 463,461
On the other side of the account—
£13,950,375 ; Decrease £238,807
11,187,061 ; Decrease 1,296,508
11,392,445 ; Decrease 1,263,200

Government

securities

Other securities

Notes unemployed

The amount of notes in circulation is £23,659,860,
being an increase of £1,407,675 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £21,670,458, show-
ing a decrease of £47,560, when compared with
the preceding return.

Notes issued

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
;C35,052,305 Glvrnt. DAL. £11,015,100
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin &buln. 21,033,151
Silver bullion .. 19,154

£35,052,305

£35,052,305

BANKING D
Prop.'s capital .Xl4

53,000
3,096,196

Other deposits
7-day, &c. bill

specie from California. Moreover, consumption
was known to be active, and spinners desirous of
getting into stock. Up to the publication of the
circular the sales had reached 94,870, of which
Speculators took 40,720, and Exporters 3090 hales,
at full prices. On Friday 12,000 were sold, in-
cluding 4000 on speculation and for export. On
Saturday 15,000 bales were sold, of which 3000
were for speculation and export. The arrival of
the Canada yesterday, bringing accounts of a firmer
market in the United States, has given increased
confidence to the trade ; and the sales have been
TO-DAY 12,000 hales, including 4000 on specu-
lation, at very full rates. Irrespective of the re-
ports of damage done to the American crop, and
its ordinary precarious state at this season, a feel-
ing appears to prevail that the consumption by the
trade is sufficiently large to require the largest
quantity which America is likely to produce.
CORN MARKET.—The demand is fair; and for
fine samples of Wheat and Flour prices are well
maintained ; millers and de•llers, however, buying
cautiously. On Friday and Saturday the arrivals
were fair, including 7021 quarters Wheat, 1285
ditto, and 2670 sacks, and 5873 barrels Flour. from
the United States and Europe. The arrivals Coast-
wise were small.

Wool..—'There has been a good demand for
Foreign Wool during the past week, and some
considerable sales have been made at very full
prices. The Sales in London are, if any thing,
going off firmer than they opened. The prices
realised are quite ld. per lb. higher than the July
sales.

THE

APPROACHING MUNICIPAL
ELECTION.

remained submerged, and lost in the fast-flowing tide of
human existence. From the frequency and regularity
too of the superintendent's visits, he has every oppor-
tunity of marking the general progress which the schools
make, and it is satisfactory to be able to state that the re-

The committee proceeed to state:—

" That one of the most constant, as it is one of the
most cheering signs of the success of Ragged Schools, is
the marked change in the conduct of the childre❑ toward
their teachers. As soon as kindness, combined with firm-
ness, has impressed them with the conviction that all the
arrangements are directed to their benefit, the respect,
attention, and efforts to please become peculiarly evident,
and will compare favourably with schools of a much higher
order.

They conclude by saying—
" The committee are very happy to say, that owing to
the unwearied exertions of the treasurer, the funds of the
union are in a better condition than by last report ; and
they would earnestly impress on all Christian men the
urgent necessity of liberality in the support of a society
whose efforts in extending ragged schools are mainly
restrained by the comparatively limited amount of funds
at their disposal. Though thirty ragged schools may be
said to be in active operation amongst us, it must be
remembered, that to afford school accommodation for the
15,000 uncared for, untaught, ragged children, which, by
a careful computation, are kwon n to be in Liverpool, we
would require at least a five-fold addition ; and as there
are many destitute localities yet unprovided for, it would
be most gratifying to your committee to find themselves
in a position, by the liberality of their fellow townsmen,
to extend a helping hand to those whose hearts may be
stirred up to make additional efforts for the rescue of the
multitudes of children who are perishing for lack of
knowledge."

Mr. RITCHIE, the treasurer, addressed the meeting,
and gave an account of the funds of the union. The
amount at the disposal of the committee was almost double
that received up to the period of the last anniversary.
£l5O had been expended during the year, and there was
about £ll in the bank. (Cheers.)
The Rev. Dr. HUME moved the first resolution, that
the report be approved and adopted. The Rev. Doctor
delivered an eloquent and pathetic appeal in favour of the
institution, which, as well as the other eloquent addresses,
we are compelled to omit from want of pace.
The Rev. Mr. Howson, principal of the Collegiate in-
stitution, seconded the motion, which was passed unani-
mously.
The Rev. Mr. MATTHIAS proposed the second resolu-
tion, which was seconded by3lr. RATCLIFFE, and adopted.
A collection was then made, during which a hymn was
sung.

The Rev. J. B. LowE proposed the third resolution,
urging strongly the necessity of support to the Ragged
School Union.

The motion was seconded by Mr. HEATH, and carried ;
and, after thanks had been voted to the chairman, the
meeting separated.

THE PROHIBITORY ORDER OF THE
POOR LAW BOARD.

IMPORTANT MEETING AT MANCHESTER,
YESTERDAY.
A meeting of deputations from boards of guardians and
ratepayers was held yesterday (Monday) at the Albion
Hotel, Manchester, for the purpose of arriving at a more
correct understanding of the general views and sentiments
of the several boards of guardians in the county of Lan-
caster, the West Riding of Yorkshire, and those parts of
Cheshire to which the late prohibitory order of the Poor
Law Board was addressed, and to afford an opportunity
for a clear expression of opinion thereon. The attendance
of deputations was very numerous, and the members of
Parliament present were, Mr. W. Brown, M.P. for South
Lancashire; Mr. J. M. Cobbett, M.P. for Oldham; Mr.
James Heywood, M.P. for North Lancashire; Mr. Jos.
Brotherton, M.P. for Salford : Mr. R. T. Parker, M.P.
for Preston ; and Mr. W. Patten, M.P.
Mr. R. T. Parker, M.P., was called to the chair, and
in opening the proceedings said, he had heard since
liefcame into the room that it was the intention of certain
parties to introduce the subject of the county expenditure,
but he objected to take the chair if such a course were to
be persisted in. (Applause.) He, however, took the
chair on the understanding that the county rate subject
should not be entertained by the meeting.
Mr. SHACKLETON moved the first resolution, which was
as follows That this meeting, composed of aeputations
from boards of guardians and ratepayers in the county of
Lancaster, the West Riding of Yorkshire, and parts of
Cheshire, and having, it is believed, the sympathy of the
great majority of the hoards of guardians to; which the
new order of the poor law board, dated August 25, 1852,
has been addressed, hereby accord its condemnation of the
sa,d order on the following grounds :—First, because the
continuous decline for some time past, and the present
satisfactory payment of poor rates, rendered unnecessary
any resort to stringency or any experimental innovations
in the administration of relief ; secondly, because the pro-
visions of the new order generally can only be carried out
by disregarding alike the results of experience, the dic-
tates of humanity, and the interests of society ; and
thirdly, because the effect of the order is to destroy all
independence, and interdict all discretion on the part of
boards of guardians, and consequently to cover with insult
the representative process by which such boards are con-
stituted; that an examination of the order in detail only
confirms the estimate of its general character and tendency,
in proof of which this meeting wontd rpGr to Art s,solootod
merely for the sake of illustration. This article enacts
that no relief shall be given to any able-bodied male per-
son while he is employed for wages or other hire or remu-
ration by any person. Such a restriction must (in manu.
fecturing districts especially) operate with great cruelty
upon the industrious poor, and either greatly increase the
immediate burdens of the ratepayers, or largely contribute
to the increase of mendicacy and crime. In this district
it is no exaggeration to say that one-half of the cases
requiring relief are those of persons in receipt of inade-
quate earnings, from causes over which they have no con-
trol. By the vicissitudes of trade an operative may be
placed upon shorttime by the breaking down of machinery,
by the occurrence of fire, and numerous other con-
tingencies, the income of his family may be so
curtailed as to render it temporarily insufficient for
their maintenance ; I et, in all such cases, if the head of
the family apply for relief, all independent labour
(the proceeds of which are, pro tanto, a saving of therates,)
must be relinquished, and where a trifling advance would
have sufficed to sustain the family in industrial occupa-
tion ; whereas an enormous charge is incurred by main-
taining them wholly as paupers, to their own moral and
social degradation, and the serious burthen of the rate-
payers. In the event, however, of the partially-employed
poor generally declining to accept relief in such form and
upon such terms, a frightful increase of mendicancy and
crime may be expected. The restriction in question,
therefore, can only result either in the whole-
sale manufacture of pauperism, or in grievously
injuring society by its attempted repression; and
that, extending its observations from Article 5, this
meeting would reprobate also such restrictions as appear
in Articles 1 and 2, which, without providing against im-
posture, will needlessly augment the work of Poor-law
officers, and harass a large proportion of the recipients of
relief—as also the provisions of Article 6, requiring Guar-
dians to find full employment of a special kind for all
able-bodied out-door paupers,—a requirement not only of
very questionable utility, but in direct opposition to the
past policy and orders of the Poor-law Board itself, and of
its predecessor, the Poor-law Commission. That Articles
3 and 4, if objectionable on no other ground, are incapable
of being satisfactorily administersd by reason of their com-
plicated character, the collision they enjoin with past
usages and prescriptions, and the numerous exceptions to
which they are liable. That, in short, the entire Order is
uncalled-for, perplexing, and mischievous ; that it can
only be carried out through the sacrifice of all discretion
and humanity by Boards of Guardians and the surrender
of all right of control or opinion by the ratepayers : and
that therefore this meeting requires its total and imme-
diate revocation."
He said the prohibitory order issued by the Poor-law
Board, addressed to 110 Unions in this district, not only
affected the welfare, comfort, and happiness of the poor,
but it also deprived the guardians of that discretionary
power which was necessary, for giving that relief which
the nature and circumstances of each individual case re-
quired. (Hear, hear.) He was not aware that the Poor-
law Board possessed any power to carry this order into
effect. His opinion was, that the order was nothing
more or less than a foul conspiracy against the people of
this country ; it was a foul but miserable attempt to es-
tablish a system of centralisation, in order to deprive the
people of this great nation of its undoubted right
manage its own local affairs, and expend their own money
to the best advantage. (Applause.)
Mr. DICKIN, Vice-Chairman of the Oldham board of
guardians, seconded the resolution. He said that the
board of guardians to which he belonged had found that
they could not consistently with the rights of the rate-
payers, and the duty they owed to the recipients of relief,
carry out this prohibitory order, more especially in
reference to article First.—After some remarks from Mr.
PARKER of the Barnsley Union, Mr. JOSEPH LIVESEY,
one of the deputation from Preston, in supporting the
resolution, said that this order was inconsistent with
previous orders, and clogged with too many difficulties,
that it was clear they felt the difficulty before the order
was issued ; hence Article 4, which contained five lines, was
followed by most elaborate exceptions, containing twenty-
two lines.—The Rev. J. L. FROST, from Bradford, said
that the qestion had been asked once or twice
by previous speakers what the object of this order
was. He would throw out a hint as to the object and
ultimate result of this order—there were stipendiary guar-
dians in every union. (Hear, hear.)—Mr. HAWKRIDGE,
of Nottingham, said, with respect to Article 1, he would
ask any gentleman present if he would be the willing in-
strument to destroy, to a great extent, the kindly feeling
which often, to a very praiseworthy degree, animated the
hearts of the lower orders of this country. Article 5 was
most preposterous, and had been drawn up by parties
better acquainted with drawing-room carpet logic than
with anything practicable for the working classes of this
country. (Laughter.)—Mr. BAKER said he thought that
the case of a break-down in a factory was provided for by
the first exception to the order ; and the principal thing
they had to fight against was the taking away the discre-
tionary power from the guardians.—Mr. WATTS, from
Chorley, said the board of guardians to which he belonged
had adopted every course which it was thought advisable to
meet the rules sent down by the commissioners. They had
received an answer, and it was well known that they would
not reverse therule which had been distributed to the Boards
of Guardians. This being the case, he thaano.- •
necessary that they, as Boards of C

....uardians, should take
_
up this matter determinedly; that they should at once
inform these gentlemen that trampled upun their rights,
and the rights of the poor, that we will not abide by the
order sent dogn from them to us, as Boards of Guardians.
—After a few words from Mr. CARTER, of Great Bolton,
and Mr. LNGHAm, of Wigan, the Rev. Mr. BADNALL,
who represented the West Derby Guardians, said, that,
surrounded as West Derby was, by so many and various
interests, he might say that it had always been the en-
deavour of the board, so long as he had been connected
with it, to carry out the recommendation of the Poor-law
Board in London. They had never kicked very much
a&aint the Fricke. Whey had inq auxieu§ tg do their