The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

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for Repeal purposes,

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after mass on Sunday," must of
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ged in

bringing criminals to justice, than in inst
them to rebellion, or deluding them
of Repeal

ith the cry

OUR column

this day record the lamentably
a gentleman—James Aspinall,

sudden death c

But yesterday, as it were

full of his usual buoyant spirits, and, apparently

in the enjoyment of more than his usual health.
To-day--such is the precarious hold which the
strongest of us has upon this world—the defaced

tenement of clay is all that is left. The beating
heart is still for ever, and the
animated it has gone to its eternal accoun
'There were few men who possessed a
share of the confidence, the respect and t'

which once

zreater

tion of the people of Liverpool, than the lamented
deceased; and few by whom they were better de-
served. His hand was ever open to the call of
benevolence; and hundreds whom he has left be-
hind him have reason to attribute to his bounty
much of the comfort of which they are in tl

ae en-

joyment. He was one of the originators of the
Collegiate Institution ; and to his exertions and
influence the success of the effort to found that
valuable institution is greatly indebted. He was
also a liberal supporter of the Blue School; and,
indeed, of every local institution or work ,which
had for its object the benefit of his fellow human,
beings. The endeavours made to promote an im-
provement of the health of the town had, in him,
an active labourer, until within the last few months,
when the state of his own health imposed upon
him the necessity of a temporary sojourn in a
place (Cheltenham,) which he always found to agree
with his constitution better than Liverpool. .H e
was a warm friend of the Church of England, and

actively suj

,ported every e

fort to maintain anc

end its efficiency

Mr. Aspinall vas a Tory of the old school, never
swerving from his consistency to follow the doc-
trines of expediency, or hestating to devote to the
cause his means or his mental and bodily energies.
He was the life and soul of many of our most
keenly contested elections; and as chairman, for
many years, of the committee for Castle-street
Ward, his exertions, and the tact with which they
were put forth, will be remembered by many who
worked with him, poor as well as rich. To the
former, in particular, he was always most approach-
able. He was a member of the old Corporation,
and in 1835 was Mayor of Liverpool, which office
he held over the year, vacating it only' when the
new body came into power. In 1841 he entered
the Council again as a member for Pitt-street Ward,
defeating one of the most popular men of the
the Whig party, Mr. Hugh Plornby, by a raaj
of 42. In 1844 he presented himself for re-election,
and, although the ward had, in the previous year,

the es

ion in which

was held

ie electors of all classes and shades of
opinion, that Mr. Aspinall's return was unopposed.
We believe it was his intention to retire from the
Council at the next November election.
The colour was placed half mast at the Town
Hall, the Parish Church, and other public build-

amongs

ings, in honour of the deceased

The funeral, we understand, is to take place
to-morrow (Wednesday); and his body is to be
deposited in the churchyard of Wavertree. The
remains will leave London to-morrow (Wednesday),
morning at six, and the funeral cortege will start
from Edge-hill station, on the arrival of the train
bringing them, at about half-past two, p.m.,
where it will be met by his friends and relatives.
It is said that he will be accompanied to the grave
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have not tiiis information from authority, and have
felt a delicacy in making enquiries from those who
must have sorrows sufficient of their own to occupy
their minds. This much, however,.is certain, that
the fellow-townsmen of the deceased, of all cl
and ranks, would be happy to be allowed

last tribute of respect is his memory, were
assured that, by so doing, they w
contrary to the wishes of those nearest,

ere not acting

to him