The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

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THE AFFAIRS OF TOXTETH-PARK

,voured with a copy of a memorial pre-

fore remarking upon it, we shall endeavour to place before
our readers. It is well known that for some time past—
in fact, since the domination of the Liberal party was
established in the Parish-office, many complaints have
been made against them of unfair dealing in electioneer-
ing and registration matters, by the Conservative portion
of the ratepayers. At the recent meeting for the election
of overseers it is loudly urged that the same kind of prac-

tices prevailed. The memorial states that shortly previous
to the meeting, a second rate, of one shilling and eight-
pence in the pound, had been laid, very few bills for which
had been issued until the day before the meeting; and
many parties attended the meeting, not aware of such rate
being laid, who were informed that they could not in

nee be allowed to vote unless

it was p:

'he consequence was, that the opinion of the
ayers at large was not taken as to the list brougli
'ard, but only the opinion of those who had bee

iously prepared to support such list.
The memorialists remind their worships that, out of
0,000 assessments, nearly 5000 haire been excused pay-

ment of the rates, on the recommendation of the o

seers; and they suggest, without urging any charge on
this account, that the affairs of the parish should not be
vested so entirely in the hands of gentlemen interested in
the ownership of cottage property, as, it is stated, they
are at present

urge upon the bench, as a matter of justice to the
fide ratepayers of Toxteth-park, that at least one
_ unconnected with non-ratepaying property should
De selected for office, and they submit for choice the
names of four eligible parties,—Messrs. Charles Batten,
James Brook, John Payne, and B. B. Jones. The

memorial, we may add, is most respectfully worded.
We have been informed that the magistrates have taken
umbrage at this proceeding of the Conservative rate-
payers, although we cannot perceive at all upon what
grounds. Nothing of unfairness is imputed to the bench.
They have laid before them a plain statement of facts.
They are told that something like manoeuvring has been
practised to prevent a fair expression of the opinion of the
entire body of ratepayers, as to the names of the overseers
most eligible, being presented to them. And the prayer
urged upon them—a most proper one in our opinion—is,

e their undoubted power to defeat any
It cannot have been contemplated by
—the magistrates would not tolerate their
,wn property to be so dealt with—that the management
f an extdnsive parish, and the privilege of deciding who
hall be excused from the payment of its rates, should be

dealt with almost exclusively by a class of men, whose
tenants are composed nearly altogether of those
who are usually in the habit of seeking exemption

parties

We shall not enter, at present, into any comment upon
the numerous complaints which reach us from the Park.
We shall, however, take an early opportunity.

GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—The Rev. John Crump,
late curate of Prescott has been presented, on his re-
moval to the incumbency of Bootle, by his late parishion-
ers, with a handsome purse, containing thirty-five guineas,
a Pocket Communion Service, and twenty-one volumes
of handsomely bound theological_ works. The pa-

rishioners assembled in the Town-hall, and the chair
being taken by William Ackers, Esq., Mr. Galloway
delivered a suitable address, to which Mr. Crump very
feelingly replied. Prior to this meeting,
_Mr. Crump had

received a handsomely bound bible, and also a superbly
finished gold watch, from the parishioners, for his devoted
attention to the schools and the poor of the town, and we
congratulate the inhabitants of Bootle on the removal of
such a workman to that portion of the vineyard.
ROBBERY OF A HOUSE IN QUEEN SQUARE.—One of
the members of a confraternity well known by the cog-
nomen of "swell mob," was on Sunday night last, de-
tected through the vigilance of constables Toole and
Grisenthwaite, immediately after committing a burglary
in Queen-square. Grisenthwaite stated that whilst on
the watch for such characters in the vicinity of Queen-
square, Toole and he observed the prisoner and another

' man passinc, along the streets, and from their appearance
they excited the suspicions of the vigilant detectives.
They arrested them at once, and proceeded to search their
persons, when they found on the prisoner a large bunch
of skeleton keys, chisels, turnscrews, and all the imple-
ments necessary for house-breaking ; and also a quantity
of silver plate, spoons, forks, &c., and a gold brooch. On
the other nothing was found. He stated also that the
property had been claimed by a lady since the occurrence
had taken place. Toole stated that he had examined the
keys, and he found that one of them opened the hall
door of the house in question ; and also that one of the
chisels corresponded with the marks made in a cabinet
which had been wrenched open in the search for valuables.
The property having been identified, the prisoner was
committed by Mr. Rushton for trial.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BENEVOLENT EDUCATIONAL
SOCIETY.—In one of our publications in January last, we
noticed, at length, the particulars of a meeting held at
Mr. Lascelles' Rooms, Great Richmond-street, for the
purpose of forming the above society, and we hailed the
attempt as being worthy the encouragement of our bene-
volent and charitable townsmen. We now feel much
satisfaction in recording the remarkable success of the
undertaking, and from the character and constitution of
the committee, we doubt not their well-intentioned la-
bours will be fully appreciated by those who are anxious
of seeing imparted to the poor the incalculable blessing of
a sound religious education, in strict accordance with the