The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

At the monthly
1. in

a district rate of 2

the pound on houses, and 2d. on lands, was agreed to, for
the purpose of defraying the expenses of the sewers now
in the course of construction. It was resolved that th
question as to the past and future repairs of the

approach

to Wavertree-bridge be left to a road-surveyor.
FIRE.—On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out at a
cotton warehouse, in Highfield-street, occupied by Messrs.
Isherwood, Foden, and Co., and stored with cotton. It is
supposed to have originated from some sparks from a
chimney having fallen on some loose cotton, and set it in a
blaze. The engines of the fire-brigade and the West of
gland G the spot, and by their

Eng_ ,ompany were promptly on t— _
exertions the fire was soon subdued.
THE BROUGHAM INSTITUTE, established in January
1837, and named after Lord Brougham, has ceased to exist
It was established as a cheap reading-room for the work

big classes, and for some time successfully fulfilled its
mission. Internal dissensions amongst its members, and
the establishment of other cheap reading-rooms more

suitable to the wants of the working classes, rendered it
a losing speculation. The library and fittings have been
brought to the hammer by Mr. Branch.

Til'E ISLE OF MAN.—lie harvest is progressing rapidly
throughout this island, and in the low lands large quan-

titles of grain have been safely stacked; whilst in the
higher and later localities large tracts yet remain un-
reaped. During the week the weather has been fine,
with the exception of Saturday morning, when we had a
strong in-shore wind, accompanied by slight showers of
rain. The Saturday morning's boats did not leave Douglas
or Ramsey until the afternoon's tide, and reached Liver-
pool about eleven at night.—Mona's Herald.

ATTACK UPON A GIPSY.—A female of gipsy-looking
-appearance was attacked, on Wednesday afternoon, .in
Great George-street, by a mob of persons, who threw stones
and mud at her, and used most abusive language. So in-
furiated did they become, that a policeman was forced to
nut the Door woman in a cab and drive her off to her own
house. It seems that, frem .her appearance, the gipsy was
suspected of a design to steal away children, and either to
strip them of anything valuable they might have -about
them, or else to carry them off to some other part -of the
country.

A Ganx. lionsE 'STEALER.—A quiet-looking little girl,
named Sarah Marshall, was charged at the New Bailey
Court-house, Salford, on Thursday. The girl is only 13
years old, and looks even younger, so that people sec

her in the dock were inclined to treat the charge

contempt ; but the statement of the police, that it Was her
third offence, rave quite a different complexion to the
matter. Her father, a small coal-dealer, gave her a very
bad character ; she would not stay at home, but naturally
seemed to delight in an irregular' and vicious life. She
stole the horse from a field, and, when questioned, said it
was her father's. She was committed to three months'
hard labotn;

PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL.—The annual meeting
of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts, will take place next Monday evening, in the Hall of
the Cdllegiate Institution. The Venerable the Archdeacon
of Liverpool will take the chair, and the meeting will be
addressed by the deputation from`the Parent Society, com-
prising the Rev. J. W. Colenso, D.D., Bishop Designate
of Natal, Africa ; the Rev. Daniel Moore, M.A. Incum-
bent of Camden Church, Camberwell ; and the Rev. Peter
Percival, M.A., Missionary from India. Sermons will be
preached on Sunday morning in Childwall Church, St.
Augustine's, and Prescot Church ; in the afternoon at St.
Nicholas', and in the evening at St. Saviour's Church,
Falkner-square, and St. Peter's, Rock Ferry. Meetings
will be held next week at ,Prescot, Egremont, and East-
ham, and the following week at Sutton, St. Helen's, Aig-
burth, Old Swan, Rock Ferry, and Birkenhead.
ORATORICAL STATISTICS.—At the meeting of the Select
Vestry, on Tuesday last, one member, whose loquacity is
proverbial, made no fewer than 115 speeches ! !• The
subjects descanted upon were various, and comprised reli-
gion, medicine, finance, Tducation, besides many matters
of a miscellaneous character. On one or two occasions
the worthy orator left more elevated themes, and exercised
his exalted genius on 'the common topics of oakum and
iron bedsteads. The meeting lasted about two hours, and
as a portion of the time was occupied by other speakers,
though less gifted with the cacoethes loquendi than the
indefatigable member• alluded to, it is evident that he must
have made ample use of his opportunities for oratorical
display. Few if any of the most practised parliamentary
debaters could boast•the formidable total of 115 orations
delivered within such a brief space of time. Such an effort
in this age of progress may not unaptly be termed "rail-
way oratory." The following is a tabulated statement of
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49
Ind ustrial Schools .......................... 22
Miscellaneous

Mercury. 'Total -- `_
115
NEW PUELIC'MEETING Rooms.--A very neatlbuilding
has just been erected in lackin's-hey, which has 'had the
effect of materially improving the aspect of that street,
and which is intended to supply a deficiency that 'has been
long felt. Thebuilders are Messrs. Arthur and. George
Holme, and the edifice, which is situate on the west side
of the street, possesses, both externally and internally,
considerable architectural attractions. The main object
of the promoters is to afford to the various established cha-
ritable institutions of the town accommodation Tor hold-
ing meetings. for the transaction of business. The build-
ing has a very spacious entrance, and four or five persons
abreast may comfortably ascend the stairs. • On the first
floor there -are four rooms, intended for offices, and
which are so•constructed that they may be let off sepa-
rately or together. Upon the second floor there is the
principal room, intended for public meetings, With a gal-
lery three-fourths round, very neatly and comfortably
fitted up, and well ventilated and lighted. Adjoining this
there is another room, suitable for the meeting of any
public body. There is also a large room on the third
floor, suitable for a sale or sampling apartment, and in the
construction of which a novelty has been introduced, that
of having a dear north light by means of windows similar
to those that:light cotton-weaving sheds, and upon the
same principle that is adopted to light theindigo sale-room.
in Mineing4une, London. Water-closets and other Pron.
veniences areulso connected with the building. "Its im-
mediate contiguity to the principal business of the town
must render the edifice very valuable to charitable societies
and others.

DOCK CORLMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday. Present—Messrs. Shand (chairman), Brodlde-
bank, Gregson, Chaloner, Steele, Holme, Lockett, Glad-
stone, and Evans. The meeting was thinly attended,
many of the members being absent on the annual survey
of the lighthouses, light ships, &c.—The committee of
warehouse management recommended that David Kim-
berley be appointed messenger at the Albert dock offices,
at a salary Of els. per week, in place of W. Kirby, whose
resignation was accepted last week. Confirmed.—George
Lidder was appointed one of the crew of the Mao—.

,azines

lifeboat, in place of John Evans, resigned.—lt was re-
ported that the -stock of oil in the lighthouses Itad become
reduced to 500 gallons ; instructions were given to issue
advertisements for a fresh supply of 3,000 gailons.—The

harbour-masters -committee reported that they could not
recommend that the application of the dock gatemen for
an increase of 'wages be complied with.—lt was agreed
that the keepers of weights and scales be put -upon the
same footing as to wages with the dock gatemen—namely,
21s. per week.—Several offers to lend money to The trust
were referred to the finance committee.—An application
from John Major, occupant of a shipbuilding yard on the
west side of the Brunswick dock, to be allowed to erect a
steam engine, was referred to the committee of works.
Mr. Holme supposedthe applicant would do so at his own
risk. Mr. Evans asked whether it might not afterwards
give rise to a question: of vested interest. The chairman
replied that the committees would deal with it.—A letter
was read from Richard Smith, resigning his situation as
one of the officers employed at the landing stage, and
thanking the committee for their kindness during the
many years he had been in their employ. The resigna-
tion was accepted, and it was referred to the committee of
works to fill up the vacancy.

EDUCATION OF THE 1it3013. IN LIVERPOOL.-Yester-
day week, a paper on this subject was read at Hull, by the
Rev. Dr. Hume. It was introduced in the statistical sec-
tion of the British Association, and illustrated by a
coloured map of the borough, exhibiting the constituent
portions of it, and also the ecclesiastical districts in the
whole. The writer commenced by stating that his atten-
tion had been directed to the subject by a benevolent mer-
chant in the town, who thought that sufficient provision
was not made for the education of the poor, nor was that
provision in the places most requiring it. By making
suitable additions to the population return of 1851, he
estimated it to be 398,410; at present, in round numbers,
400,000. If two-thirds of these require, or, at least, accept
aid in the education of their children, there are 266,666,
yarying from utter destitution up to the rank of a well-
paid mechanic and small shopkeeper, who tome under the
designation "poor," as used here. Of these, ithas been found,
from a special inquiry in the town, that 25 per cent. are
of the educational age, or from 31 to 12. The demand in
the whole town, therefore, is 66,866. To supply this,
there is accommodation in church schools of a general
kind, for about 3076; and for 16,390 more in district
schools, which possess school buildings. These, with 1021
in temporary district schools, make the total accommoda-
tion in church schools 20,386. In the schools of protes-
tant dissenters it is found to be 4869 ; iu Romanist
schools, 6450 ; and in schools of a non-sectarian character,
3042. Thus the entire supply amounts only to 34,837, or
little more than the half of the demand. He next referred
to the position of the schools, showing that in the lowest
portion of the parish, containing the poorest and most
degraded of the population, schools are few and far be-
tween, while in Everton, and others of the more fashiona-
ble outskirts, they are so common as almost to destroy the
self-reliance of the lower portion in the middle classes.
Of the accommodation in the district schools of the church,
nearly a half is in the townships ; in the schools of pro-
testant dissenters there is accommodation for only 350 in
the lower portion of the parish, with a perishing popula-
tion of 180,000; the Romanists are repeating the admitted
errors of protestants by providing accommodation for 1000
pupils in Everton, the only part of the town in which the
supply exceeds the demand ; but happily those of a gene-
ral character, including the corporation schools, accommo-
date 2070 in the lowest part of the town. Comparing the
entire school accommodation in the great divisions of the
town with the number of poor contained in them respec-
tively, the ratio is one to five in the township! and upper
portion of the parish, and one to fourteen_ the town.
Some interesting suggestions were made respecting a
remedy for these evils, and a greatly improved plan was
pointed out for the support of education from year to year.
The paper concluded with a comparison of Liverpool and
New York, from which it appeared that Liverpool ab-
sorbed the destitute population of Ireland and other COllll,
tries, while New Yak absorbs, educates, and civilises.