The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-10 00:00:00

PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM.

THE Library and Museum Committee have not
been much before the public of late, but their work
is progressing silently and successfully. Already
they have made a first selection of books, to the
extent of between 2,000 and 3,000 volumes; a
catalogue of them is printed, and tenders for their
supply have been called for by advertisement. The
selection of other sets is going forward ; and a
binder has been appointed to put every volume into
perfect order. But, very contrary to the usual
experience of such institutions, the building is
found to be quite insufficient in accommodation
before it is opened ; and arrangements are in pro-
gress for covering in the whole of the disposable
area, so as to make it as suitable as possible at
once. The Library and Museum Committee are
certainly working well, though composed of some-
what heterogeneous materials ; and they have
succeeded in doing what many other committees
do not attempt—they have not only carried the
public with them, but increased their interest.
We have just seen the draft of a Bill to be pro-
posed in Parliament this session, after the approval
of our local Town Council has been secured. It
consists of 21 sections, the first six of which em-

body the general principles already recognised, the
next ten refer to the Derby Museum, and the con-
cluding five notice matters of detail. Of course
this document has no official force at present, but
it is gratifying to notice two provisions which show
that the framers were fully alive to the interests of
the public. One is, that the Council take power
to add to this Committee, as members of it, gen-
tlemen unconnected with the Council, but who
may be eminent in some department of literature
or science. This arrangement exhibits both sound
sense and good policy; and if ever the subject of
the transfer of the Royal Institution should again
be proposed, it will cut away what has hitherto
been an acknowledged difficulty. The other pro-
vision is, that the Council may provide lecture-
rooms, and establish lectures on subjects of science
and art—thus at once turning their collection to
valuable account. This is no more than fulfilling
the intentions expressed in the bequest of the late
Earl of Derby, who was desirous that his magnifi-
cent collection should be a means of education—
not a thing to be gazed at by stupid starers merely.
The fact that Liverpool is one of the first towns to
make practical use of its collections, by lectures on
antiquity, painting, natural history, &c., will go far
to change the reputation which unfortunately it
has hitherto possessed, for its comparative oversight
of intellectual matters.

THE MAYOR AND ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S CH uRe ft,
EVIRTON.—The Worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool has
been pleased to make a donation of £25 in aid of the
funds now being raised for the erection of the new church
in Evertors. We are requested to state that the amount
at present subscribed towards this charitable purpose is
£2,564 14s. 5d., of which about £2,000 have already been
realised and written to the credit of the Mill Road Church.
As £5OOO was the sum originally required for the building
and endowment of this large church, with 600 free sit-
tings, it would appear that rather more than half of the
total cost has been already provided. The undertaking
was commenced in March last ; and we believe that some
of its supporters are sanguine with the hope that it may
be completed, and the church opened for public worship,
by March, 1853.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING.

At Bow-street Police-office, to-day, Feargus O'Connor,
M.P., was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for
assaulting a policeman at the Lyceum Theatre, on Satur-
day evening. Mr. O'Connor denied the charge. The
Globe says it has strong grounds for not holding him
Just now responsible for his acts. Medical, more than
penal control is, perhaps, required. He has no relations
in town.

GREENWICH El.ECTlON.—Nomination this day. Can.
didates Admiral Houston Stewart and Montazue Cham-
bers, Queen's Counsel. Show of hands for Mr. Chambers.
Poll to-morrow.

ENGINEERS' STRIKE.—ThiS morning, at six o'clock,
the doors of .Mau,!sley's factory. Lambeth, were thrown
open. Up to twelve o'clock, no less than four hundred
men had entered, and signed the document prepared ac-
cording to the masters' resolutions.
PARIS, SUNDAY.—Some modification of the decrees
respecting the Orleans property is still considered proba-
ble. Fives, 102 70.

SPAIN.—A. telegraphic despatch dated Madrid, 7th
inst., states that on the afternoon of that day, at a quarter
past one, the criminal who made the attempt on the life of
the Queen of Spain wP.s executed. The Queen's health
was improving.