The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-12 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS

rtathelor" will keep. •
Fishing Excursion to Wales" is in type, lint owing to a
press of advertisemeuts it is unavoidabl;deferre,l until. Fri-
t:Qty.
0
in the next riblif-ition. We,.have receivedmost
'>f the periodicals at.a period thhi'ioonth.
WlcitErs."—We shall at all times be most happy to give an
account of the runs Ott cricket matches if furnished to up., in
time.

lox.TiEru GAol.—The. letter eif Hector Timid" hi our next.

To THE PUBLIC.

'lt the suggestion of several of our friends, we have
,been•Zndaced to POSTPONE THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE
LIVERPOOL :STANDARD until the 3d of July, in order
that ue may nOt break in upon the half yearly files of
our subscribers,' and that the new series nay commence
with the first number in the second half-year.

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TUESD,IY MORNING „JUNE' 12, 1838.

(L-'" The. Pubiielition of the Sr. N DA RI) commenced this morn:

lug at 5 Wr.lork.

MEETING OF. Tan TOWN COUNCIL—The usual monthly
meeting of the Council was hell on Wednesday last.
Amongst a variety. of subjects.which engaged the atten-
tion of this auguSt body, that relative to the approaching
coronation possessed the most interest, and led to a very
protracted discussion.

Our readers may not. be possession of the fact, that
for a considerable time past the roost.active preparations
have been in progress . for giving due eclat to this im-
portant event. At a private meetingof the "select few"
who direct... the proceedings of the Council, and on par-
ticular occasions furnish the menthers with instructions
how to vote, it was unanimously resolved that a public
examination- of the children in the 'Corporation Schools
should take place at an early day, the better to prepare
them for the part they are designed to take in the ap-
proaching procession. Mr. Wilderspin has accordingly
received instructions to repeat hiSnovelties at the Town-
hall, this day, to:mot row, and Thursday. We have no
doubt that the farce will be More profitable to himself
than either useful to the children•or amusing to the au-
dience. Of course a very liberal grant will be voted for
his " unweaned exertions in promoting the welfare of
the. rising generation." The self-sts'led "Education
Committee"—that is, 'a body of men-chiefly Unitarians,
Papists, or political Dissenters, Whose professed object it
is to tuutitate,th,• sacred Scriptures so as to stilt the pre-
judices of .eery creed and sect—will-doubtless recom-
mend this quack to the favourable considerAon of the
Council, not for his faithrul 'exposure of• a-System which
relaxes the „morals and .confirnis the. prejudices of the
children.entrusted to Iris:care; but simply'becauSe he en-
deaVour; to conceal' the truth -and mislead the public by
substituting a series of questions which cannot possibly
either improve or i'nstroCfthe rising -generation. His
charity teaches him neither to condenin a.Yice'nor ap-
prove a tirtue at the expense of another's feelings Be
the subjects of-his examination Papists, Infidels,
Churchmen, Methodists; Ranters, oi.Jumpers, his
systere adapts itself with a - ready facility to the feelings
and prejudices of all. But to our subject.—We have
made these remarks simply to introduce a very Itemis-
ing pupil of Mr. WildCrspin, echo Was Speciallyengaged
.to introduce a motion relative to the appropriation of .a
sum of Money from the Corporation • Fund for the pur-
pose of celebrating, the Coronation of her most graciods
Majesty. We allude to, Mr. Alderman Barclay, of
course, an alderman of the modern school ; and it is but
justice to add' that he acquitted himself in a manner
worthy his great master.
la introducing the subject, Mr. Alderman Barclay All
`"erved that " he rose in pursuance of a motion t).,cal
'the attention of this Council to a subject which is,
_tire
sonic time their thoughts, and tor Vkt ITlhe
hoped for their cordial co-operation and !upp
felicity of this langnage, not to mention its grammatical
accuracy, fro far to remove the pre-
judice which has long- be.en,e'hnittiertained against the sa..
s.eif in exceeding doubt
„Ip
enit h :or n.orn int
ot t
al the
luded
labt
could tthderstand him, he
to the coronation of her Ma-
observed, that,:
his c'el'l t 91- course, elicited some
jesty Victoria."
evidently disturbed the equanimity of
athile'laa::isee;,:aini•srna)ind. Thus far his wishes and explana-
matter of fact.' Mr. Barclay assured
tions;
the Council •
that it had been the custom, invariably, in
,
the ancient botough, to celebrate such an event in the
best manner in which it Las been in the power of the
individuals composing it ;" and having got cleverly
through this !natter of history, the alderman again ven-
tured an opinion 4‘ that it would be admitted that no oc-
casion of this kind (namely-, the coronation of her Ma-
jesty ITietori4) ivfthin, "their recollection, bad appealed
more warmly t6-their feelings or called'upon them more
for their exertions." The gallantry of the worthy
Aerman, proverbial in his immediate neighbourhood,
"ems also. to 6'r‘i- eliOited qp!ause in the Council
Chamber. But
1i ow the diflictdty commenced. Tile
slderman's me
the natural rensu'°lrt:
lion had been o v failed' and a short pause was the
WEI at was to be done ? The too-
n the books for a considerable time—the
etttiosity of the Council had been excited—the public
were iryearnest expectation of some effusion worthy of
the position which the alderman occupied in the Coun-
cil—and, above all, some means must be • adopted for
getting to Lendon at tlie, publie expense, anti now for his
memory to fail hint it Was indeed vexatious. Well, gen-
tle reader, as our 'sides have ached with laughing, We
;nay .s well add to your merriment by informing you
;;r!rat the Alderman did. Poor man! He actually
pra.yed to he excused front saving a single word in jus-
tification of his own resolution, on the ground that
" he was . not •in the -habit of addressing public
-companies" The cheering which followed this absurd
request was of the most- deafening character. But relief
el!1)9 at last. A meteor flash passed rapidly across the
imagination Of the worthy alderman, and in the pleasure
Of the motnent, he ventured upon an aphorism, without
reflecting that it was possible to begin well without the
probability of ending well. His success, however, will
be better understood by adopting-his own words, " allud
tut;,
sir,
to the .illtistrions personage Who is now suc-
ceeded to the honours of her ancestors, and who is about
to Asiltne-1.11e: dia(ietil of these realms. 1 (10 not mean as
jinx been the custom occasiorn.lly, when it has been con-
aeit ed that tine character of inch% iduals has not been suf-
. ficieut)y defined l c lair fo .411 ow a proper estimate to he
-Ir;treed.of the real features of their uharacter—l do not
mean to r_ef.t-,lsk.the virtues she may have been --supposed
},,yeittholuvd,rve.ii-ho, • "c: • and be the los-
ttast unof at Fi111,,1