The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-03 00:00:00

his devices

" The Catholics ", says our contemporary, " do not say
' supersede the Bible so far as our children are concerned.'
But they ask that what they believe to be the Bible shall not
be superseded by what they believe not to be the Bible ; that
municipal ' instruction shall not be framed so as to agree
with any man's peculiar tenets ; that religion which they
believe to be false shall not be taught to their children ; and
all the favour ' they ask is, that their principles ' shall be
free from molestation in the schools of the municipality of
which they are a part. Abundant are the revenues afforded
by the church of England to teach its religion and to favour
its principles. Little is the need to lay the hand of thievish
rapacity oa afund to which no sect has either legally or
morally a better title than any other."

In all but the last sentence of this passage, our con-
temporary only repeats what we had put forward be-
fore in a more formal shape—namely, the yround of
Roman Catholic objection to the use of the authorised
Scriptures, and on this head we are willing to abide by
what we have already said in reply. As Protestants
we cannot recognise the validity of the objection; we
cannot suffer it to go abroad that there is any founda-
tion in truth for the allegation concerning our autho-
rised version, or give any countenance, directly or in-
directly, to so serious and, as we are well convinced, so
unwarrantable an imputation. We repeat that the
Roman Catholic only makes his case worse by calling
our special attention to points which we have already
well considered, and to which we cannot afford the
most distant sanction without abandoning fundamental
articles of our creed as Protestants. And what is the
answer to this ? Why that herein consists our " bi-
gotry" and our " intolerance." But, in truth, bigotry
and intolerance have no part in the originating motive
of our procedure, or in the act itself. It is not bigot-
ry, it is not intolerance, to act in simple consistency
with acknowledged fundamentals of that which consti-
tutes a man's profession. Did the Council of Liverpool
consist entirely, or in the greater part, of Roman Ca-
tholics, we should esteem it neither bigotry nor into-
lerance on their part to establish schools which should
harmonise in their teaching; in all essential articles,
with Roman Catholic belief: They could scarcely do
less without laying themselves open to an imputation
of latitudinarianism or inconsistency. But, under ex-
isting circumstances, our contemporary contends that
Roman Catholics have a " right" to something more
than mere toleration. lie says,—

something
" We humbly submit that they have a right to
more ; that they have a right to .share in secular education
at the expense of the municipality, with other children
the municipality, and that to Iraum religious tests to exclude
them them is a violation of the rights of conscience, inasmuch as
it makes the exercise of those rights penal to the extent of
a temporal loss."
With all deference to our contemporary, we deny in
toto the "right" which he claims, and are ready to
take issue with him on this point. Our Council is
constituted upon the principle of representation, and
it is, as all the world knows, of Whig and Liberal, and
not of Tory construction. Our contemporary and his
party have had the making of it, and if it does not
work to their satisfaction, the blame must rest not upon
the managers, but the makers. But being so fashioned,
upon what pretence, according toall constitutional law,

can the ffsitloriv lay ciLtiut to rights w4ict*

utterly subversive of the principle of representation—,
utterly subversive of the established principle that the
minority must be in all cases ruled by the majority ?
If the Roman Catholics have any such rights as our
contemporary speaks of, it is plain that they cannot en-

force them without an infringement of the constitution
under which they consent to live, so long as a majority
of the Council is opposed to them. But in fact they
have no rights but such as they derive legitimately from
the acts of their representatives; the reasonableness of
their claims is the immediate point under discussion.
To the Municipal Council is entrusted the manage-
ment of the funds of our body politic, and from their
decree there is no appeal but to their constituents at
the appointed periods of election. To them it belongs
to make such an allocation of their income, or the in-
come of the town, (which is the same thing,) to educa-
tional purposes as they may think proper ; and their
business it is, also, to determine what system or plan
of education may be most conducive to the greatest
happiness of the greatest number of the inhabitants.
They determine, we will assume, that it shall be scrip-
tural, and sgetptural without any exception ; and in so
determining, we affirm, that they do not deprive any
sect of ,Fright, nor dispose of the funds of the town
with partiality, or, to use the language of our Radical
contemporary, " lay the hand of thievish rapacity on a
fund to which no sect has either legally or morally a
better title than any other ;" they consult, on the con-
trary, for the best interests of the community at large.
" How," exclaims our contemporary, " by excluding
the Catholics ?" By making Christianity the basis of
their system, we answer. Let them, as they actually
did in the palmy days of Radicalism, adopt the latitu-
dinarian principle, and throw open their schools to all
comers by leaving out the only certain and authorita-
tive source of sound moral and religious instruction—
by making their educational instruction purely secular;
let them do this, and content the Roman Catholics;
but let them expect at the same time to be told, that
they are grossly mis-spending the public income; that
it is no business of theirs to provide ordinary secular
instruction for any class of the community ; that it is
not learned clerks but plain honest citizens that are
wanting; and that from such useless and absurd ex-
penditure—such " thievish rapacity" and extrava-
gance—they must by all means desist ; that all that
we are here putting in the way of hypothesis and con-
jecture is matter of absolute history, and has in reality
taken place. "The town has been polled on the question
of scriptural education, and has declared in favour of
it with a voice not to be mistaken ; our present Con-
servative Council is its reply.

Thus then the scriptural question generally is set at
rest. It only remains to say, shall any sect or class be
exempt from the rule ? Our contemporary, pleading
this exemption for the Roman Catholics, says,—

You are merely asked to recognise the actual fact, that
others receive Christianity in different modifications from
you ; you are not asked to cast a stigma oil your own Bible,
but are asked not to rob them of theirs ; you are not asked
to dispense with scriptural instruction, but you are asked to
allow others to be instructed in what they believe to be
scriptural truth, in like manner as you yourselves are in-
structed in what you believe to be such. To admit this will
not stultify you ; but you will be stultified irretrievably if
you make what you please to call Christianity incompatible
with charity and common honesty."

In addition to what we have already said on this
point, we have only to observe, that if Roman Catho-
lics will not avail themselves of our schools, there are
plenty of others who will, and that there will be no
lack of pupils. We do not look upon it that merely
temporal education would be of much use to Roman-
ists, any more than to any other class of persons, of
the contemplated rank in society; and if they will not
have our moral and religious instruction, they have no
right to take up the room of those who will gladly
abide by all our rules, and receive both.

Since the few remarks were written, which appeared
in our last, upon this important subject, the proceed-
ings of the Dock Committee, held on Monday to inves-
tigate the merits of the plans of Mr. Gage, have been
laid before the public, accompanied with the opinions
respecting them, expressed at that meeting by deputa-
tions from the shipowners and other associations, and
with the report of Mr. Hartley, the present dock sur-
veyor, upon' their practicability. Still, however, we
are afraid that our fellow townsmen at large, and even
the mercantile portion of them, are scarcely sufficiently

acquainted with the exact features of the question in
dispute; and, before venturing upon any decided opi-
nion of our own upon it, we shall endeavour to render
it intelligible in its details to such of our readers as
have not had an opportunity of inspecting the various
plans, without which no accurate judgment can be
formed.

The plan of Mr. Hartley and the Dock Committee,
upon which is founded the act obtained last session—
a modification, it will be remembered, of the original
dock warehouse scheme of Mr. Alderman Evans and
others--is one for the construction of a new dock upon
the site of the ship-building yards and buildings west
of, and communicating with, the Salthouse Dock and
extending to the river wall. It embraces also the erec-
tion of warehouses round such new dock, and such an

alteration of the present Salthouse Dock as, without
decreasing its water space, will increase the width Gf
the quay room at its south-eastern corner, by giving
up a portion of that corner, where it approaches too
near to the houses on the east side of the dock, and
taking from the quay in return a portion of the land
at the north-eastern corner, which is at present com-
paratively useless. In addition it is proposed also to
rebuild and enlarge Nos. 2 and 3 Graving Docks, upon
their present site between the small dock leased to the
Manchester River Company and the Canning Dock
basin ; and to widen a street called Gower-street, which
runs down by the south end of Salthouse Dock to the
river wall. In form, the new dock, as laid down in
Mr. Hartley's plan, approaches to a square, and is en-
tered from the river by an entrance basin with two
gates, formed by enlarging the present Canning Dock
basin, with which it communicates at the north-western
corner. It has also a communication on its eastern
side with the Salthouse Dock. In extent these pro-
posed works are estimated to consist of about 3000
yards of lineal quay space, and 23 acres of water space.
The warehouses to be erected consist of two piles—
one running from the entrance gut at the north-western
corner to the communication with the Salthouse Dock
in the middle of the east side of the proposed new
dock ; and the other occupying the frontage of the
western, southern, and the remaining portion of the
eastern side. The whole is surrounded by a street of
ample width for cartage, from the back of the ware-
houses or from such vessels as discharge into the sheds
below; and space is left on the west side for the for-
mation .of a marine parade in front of the river, and for
the construction, if necessary, of landing steps for the
accommodation of the steam-boats crossing or going
up the river.

The plan, or rather plans—for there are five or six
different ones—submitted to the Dock Committee by
Mr. Gage, and the principle of which appears to have
received the approbation of a considerable portion of
the mercantile interest in the town, we need not de-
scribe at length, after the attention which has been
drawn to them by Mr. Gage himself in his pamphlet,
and the more recent description of them in the report
of the dock surveyor, which we published in our last.
The principle upon which they are designed is nothing
new to the public; and, in fact, differs only in the ex-
tent of its application from that upon which the present
Victoria and Trafalgar Docks are constructed. To in-
crease the lineal quay space afforded, Mr. Gage pro-
poses to substitute for one square dock a number of
canals of various widths, by running tongues of land
into the proposed dock from east to west, by the side
of which a greater number of vessels may load and
discharge than is practicable in a dock covering the
same area, if constructed in the ordinary square or
nearly square form. In one plan he proposes to ex-
tend docks of this formation over the whole of the
space between the Baths on George's pier, and the
extreme south of the site already fixed upon, removing
entirely the Graving Docks and the Manchester Dock ;
and in another, which appears to be the favourite plan
with many of his admirers, he arrives at his increase of
lineal quay space by projecting from each side of the
western face of a square dock, a pier curving inter-
nally, covered with warehouses fronting to the river,
and provided with entrance gates in the centre.
From all the attention which we have devoted to the
subject, and having entered upon it in a perfectly un-
biassed spirit, we mint candidly acknowledge that we
are WA satisfied with any of the various plans pro-
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Salthouse Dock might be laid out with more advantage
to the interests of the port, upon the principle con,
tended for by Mr. Gage, than as proposed in the par-
liamentary. plan; and we are equally convinced that
the projects of that gentleman, in detail, can never• pro-
duce what the public want, along with an increase of
.lineal quay space,—a dock or docks capable of being
efficiently worked. The defects in their proposed
construction, as pointed otit in the report of the dock
surveyor, are, in our judgment, established even more
fully by an examination of the plans themselves than
by the evidence of Mr. Hartley ; and we know that
the same opinion with respect to them is entertained
by other parties equally capable with hint of forming a
judgment with regard to the practicability of their
being worked with•advantage and convenience.
We do not at all under estimate the importance of
the object sought to be secured by Mr. Gage, and so

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urgently prayed for by the various associations—viz.,
an increase of available quay space in the centre of the
port. On 4the contrary, we admit it fully. But the
principles by which it is to be gained are, we submit,
in Mr. Gage's plans, carried to an extreme. If other
docks, already existing, are wider than is requisite,
those proposed by him are as much too narrow ; and
would be found to be so in working. The landing
spaces of 120 feet in width are equally too narrow;
and when it is borne in mind that they are to be used
on both sides, and have but one communication with the
quay and the town, we can only come to the conclusion
that constant obstructions would be the result of their
adoption. And if upon both sides of these narrow
slips, and fronting to the interior water space, the pro-
posed warehouses are to be erected, of any useful
width, we cannot really imagine how cartage to and
from them can go on at all in the dark alleys which
they will then form.
With respect to the plan of a dock with a concave
face to the river, covered with warehouses, we are
satisfied that, on reflection, few even of the most san- ,
guise supporters of Mr. Gage's projects will be found
to insist upon its adoption. Without taking into con-
sideration the difficulty of mooring vessels safely
against the convex quay within, which must strike ,

any impartial man who examines the position in which
they are laid down in Mr. Gage's own plan,—with their
bows and stern off, and only touching the wall amid-
ships,—the danger in case of a gale from the westward,
to those placed in the circular basin outside—which,
when the proposed warehouses five or six stories high
are erected upon it, must be operated upon with terri-
fic effect, and become a perfect Maelstroom—will, we
are convinced, be perfectly obvious.
But, it may be said, the parties most interested in
procuring an increase in the dock accommodation of
the port, and best able to judge what the nature of
that increase should be, have declared their support of
the plans—one or other of them—laid before them by
Mr. Gage; and their disapproval of that of Mr. Hart-

ley, the dock surveyor. With submission we really
think that this is scarcely the fact. They have ap-
proved the general principle, and some of the general
views put forward by that gentleman; and which are
no new discovery even as applied, we believe, to the
very space of ground in question. The declaration of
Mr. Hartley that he has supplied designs for, and
strongly advocated the adoption of the same principle
for several of the recent new docks ; and the fact that
it is at the present hour in practice as applied to the
North Dock, must be satisfactory upon this point at
least. But it can scarcely be said that the mercantile
bodies are very generally prepared to fall into the de-
tails of Mr. Gage ; and upon this very point we are
afraid lest justice should not be done to the real inte-
rests of the town from the course proposed to be
adopted by the Dock Committee. The plan of Mr.
Hartley and those of Mr. Gage are to be submitted to
the examination of the first engineering experience;
and what may be the result of such an examination ?

Why this. The crude and ad captandum plans of Mr.
Gage may be rejected as impracticable, and that of
Mr. Hartley pronounced the practicable working plan;
and yet can it be for a moment urged that such a
judgment, so arrived at, should be decisive upon the
question as to the hest mode of disposing of the land
before us ?

We think not. -The strong manifestation of npinion
to which the plans of Mr. Gage, defective in detail as
we consider them, have led, cannot, or ought not, to
be thus met. The feeling amongst the mercantile
community that the principle of construction contend-

ed for by Mr. Gage is correct, and that adopted by the
Dock Committee faulty, is too prevailing to be slight-
ed ; and we do trust that that committee will pause
before they place it beyond their power to retract.
'We are ourselves inclined to doubt whether their own
plans are entirely approved by Mr. Hartley himself,
although upon that gentleman's head is visited the
discredit which attaches to them; and we contend,

therefore, that if any plans are submitted to the judg-
ment of the eminent engineering experience proposed
to be called in, an unfettered design from Mr. Hartley

himself, and not one only which may have been pre-
pared more in reference to the advancement of a pet
scheme of a portion of the Dock Committee than for
its general advantages to the port, ought in justice to
the public, and to his own professional character as

well, to be amongst them. Mr. Hartley may not pos-
sess the " comprehensive mind" and brilliant concep-
tion of his competitor on this occasion; but he pos-
sesses what is, in the estimation of many, quite as valu-
able—viz., long experience, intimate local knowledge,
perfect acquaintance with details of a practical nature,
and considerable reputation acquired by the substan-
tial construction of so many enduring works around

us ; and it would certainly be equally unjust that his

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reputation should suffer by the construction of an ill

advised work, for whose defects he is not morally re-
sponsible, or that, on the other hand, such a work

should be borne up against public disapproval by the
outward sanction of his name, if it is not, in sincerity,

given to it

Since the preceding remarks were in type, the report
of Mr. Gage to the Dock Committee, and the proceed-
' ings of that Committee at its sitting yesterday, have
come before us ; and to these we appeal with confi-
dence, as confirming most completely the opinions
which we have expressed. The evidence of the Har-
bour Masters is, we think, quite conclusive with re-
spect to the impracticability of Mr. Gage's projects ;
and we can only now repeat our hope that the whole
question, as to the appropriation of the valuable quay
space to which they refer, will be adjudicated upon,
before the Committee proceed to act upon their present
design, even although approved, in, preference to those
of Mr. Gage, by any engineering authority which may
he called in.

Our contemporary of the Liverpool 'limes, when he
penned an article which appears in his last publication,
must really have imagined that the community amongst
which he flourishes are enveloped in worse than Cim-
merian darkness, or afflicted with a lamentable forget-
fulness of facts and dates. "The editor of the STAND-
ARD," asserts this veracious scribe, " is about to do
what the Mail, the Times, and nearly all the other Li-
verpool papers did several months ago ; that is, to show
that this port possesses many great advantages as a
point of departure for the West Indian Mails." In
reply to this pitiful and paltry effusion of spleen, we
can briefly say, that it is not true that we ever allowed
the editor of the Liverpool Times or of any other
journal thus far to outstrip us in the advocacy of any
measure of local usefulness; and a reference to our
file will prove that on this very measure we were as
early and as earnest in our advocacy as our contempo-
raries, and were favoured by being made the vehicle of
conveying several most important communications to
the public, in addition to our own efforts in its be-
half.

Our contemporary observes, in conclusion, that our
stirring it now " must be taken as an apology for our
neglect of a subject of great importance which has
already been fully discussed and explained by all our
contemporaries." Indeed ! But has this important
subject as yet been decided upon by the legislature,
most excellent philosopher ? Is it too late even yet for
the voice of this great town to be raised for the pur-
pose of asserting its claim to the legislative considera-
tion in the decision of this matter ? Not at all we
think, and so thinks the world, and so think and fear,
at the same time, the opponents of the claims of Liver-
pool to such consideration, notwithstanding the disco-
very of our contemporary that we are to sit down

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Perhaps it will be instructive to him to read the foh
lowing remarks, which we quote from a Bristol paper
of last Saturday :

" We happen to know that great efforts are making in
Liverpool, and the several other ports interested in the West
India Mail Station, and we therefore exhort our fellow-citi-
zens to he up and stirring in the matter. Lord Sandon and
Mr. Cresswell, the indefatigable members for Liverpool,
will, no doubt, labour most strenuously in favour of that
town. The Town Council of Liverpool (now a Conservative
body) are about to commence a systematic action, in hopes
of getting the appointment conferred on their town; surely
Bristol will not allow herself to slumber, cud thus forego
without a manly struggle, that which even-handed justice
should award her."
The Times may gather from the above that the peo-
ple of Bristol are fully alive to the necessity of still us
ing every exertion-; and it would certainly be more
creditable, in any and every sincere friend to the inte-
rests of Liverpool, to aid in the attempt which she
must make to be heard, than to sneer at and misrepre-
sent our efforts, which shall be continued to the end,
although we should even tire the patience and offend
the nice " political morality" by which our contempo-
rary ever guides his conduct.
With respeCt to another article, which is also ad-
dressed to us, we shall not trouble ourselves to make
any serious remarks, although its dishonesty would
afford us ample ground for impeaching our contempo-
rary's peculiar morality. We can, in all sincerity, as-
sure him that; the " tricky vein" in journalism will
never succeed ultimately; and recommend him, there-
fore, in future, rather than misrepresent what he cannot
confute in any article of ours, to wait until the Man-
chester Guardian, whose strictures he in general echoes,
has broken ground against us.

The debate which took place in the Council on
Wednesday, on the subject of the Schools, and its
results, have not been answerable to our expectations ;
but we entertain no doubt whatever that a conclusion
satisfactory to all good Conservatives will, after a short
time, be arrived at., For the present, we may say that
nothing has been done; and this is rather an advan-
tage under existing circumstances, inasmuch as the
non-commission of an error is the next best thing, in
ordinary affairs, to the doing of that which, after due
examination, it will appear, ought to be done.
We should not perhaps say that absolutely nothing
has been accomplished ; for the resolution agreed to
by the Committee is, so far as it goes, a step in the
right direction : it is the initiative—the preliminary
which is indispensable towards the introduction of
that sound, religion-based system hereafter to be in-
troduced, or restored to the Schools. The error—if
error it can be called—of the Committee consisted in
submitting that resolution to the Council before they
had matured the new arrangements; and with regard

to these, sure we are that the sooner they put them-
selves in communication with the Clergy, and the
more they consult with them upon the subject, the
sooner will they be relieved from an onerous and re-
sponsible duty, and the more confident they may feel
of satisfying the expectations of their constituents. It
would be just as well if the subject were not again
broached in the Council until a complete and definite
plan shall have emanated from the Committee. Such
a course will probably prevent the exhibition of crude
or absurd opinions or proposals—of discordancy
among members who ought to be of one mind—and
of an evident want of reflection and preparedness
upon the subject, such as has been but too clearly
manifested by some members in the last and former
discussions. The appearance of hesitation, doubt, in-
certitude, and vacillation, which some gentlemen feel
no hesitation in displaying, is, we must say, anything
but advantagelus to our common cause, whether as

Conservatives or religionists, and is particularly dis-
•

tressing to observe, as it can only have originated from
defect of study and adequate investigation of the ques-

tion at issue. We would that gentlemen would ask
themselves, do they really expect to discover some
perfect system which all parties will concur in appro-
ving ; are they in search of a Utopia, a philosopher's
stone, or some other impossibility; or are they only

looking, like mertof common sense, for the best system
they eanfind—that which has fewest objections, and
seems likely to do most good ? If the latter be the
case, we can confidently assure them that there can be
but one result to their researches, and that they will
find the safest and best plan to consist in simply
abiding by that system which, as Protestants and
Churchmen, they would choose for their own children,
and can henwhesitation in recommending for the
children of the humbler classes.

Are they staggered by the objection that such a sys-

tern will not comprehend every religious section—that
Roman Catholic priests will enter a protest against it ?
What could they have expected ? They are under no
obligations to follow the advice of the father confes-
sors of the Romish schism ; they will never be more
safe than when they are keeping such gentry at a re-
spectful distance. They are called upon to choose be-
tween Liberalism and Popery on the one hand, the
Bible and our established institutions on the other;
and will they halt between these two opinions ? It is

time for them to screw their courage to the sticking-
place, and set this question at rest. We do not quarrel
with men for feeling great tenderness towards persons
who may be excluded from the benefits of an institu-

tion by reason of certain rules which, for the greater
benefit of the community, it has been found necessary
to establish within it, provided this tenderness do not
degenerate into culpable weakness; but there is ano-
ther and a more numerous body of persons to be
thought of, and there are certain principles by which
men are bound to abide, be the fruits what they may :
duty is ours ; consequences are God's.

The Municipal Council of Liverpool is not called
upon to establish or endow schools for education of a
merely secular character; and were they to divert the
public funds to such a purpose, the inhabitants at
large would have a just right to complain. They are
called upon to maintain institutions in which general
and religious instruction shall be combined ; and as
religions are many and various, they must make a
choice, they must come to a decision, they must give a
preference on this subject. In doing this, they do not
consult merely for a class, but for all the inhabitants
in common. It is as mu,h for the interest of Roman
Catholics that they should do so as for any others.
They cannot establish schools for teaching Popery; it
would be a most mistaken kindness towards Roman
Catholics to do so; neither are they to be prevented
from establishing schools for teaching from the una-
dulterated and unmutilated scriptures of truth, be-
cause Roman Catholic priests enter their protest
against it. Be the consequences what they may, there
is here no wrong done to any party. In coming to
this decision, Protestants only act consistently as Pro-
testants ; and though Liberals and Papists may rail
and slander, and talk of bigotry, intolerance, and so
forth, it will be easier to endure such reproach, than in
any degree to justify a departure from the strict law of
duty or to foresee the end thereof.

Our London contemporary, the Standard, brings a

heavy charge against the Puseyite party. which, as it
affects their moral habits and practices, they are bound
to answer, either in a supplementary Tract or some
other way. The charge is, that they have made re-
peated attempts, both by bribe and menace, to corrupt
that excellent journal, and bring it over to the evil
ways of Puseyism. " Never," says the able and well
known editor, " in all our experience, which has not
been trifling, have we been exposed to such direct as-
saults to induce us by base motives to prostitute our
columns to the support of a cause condemned by our
judgment and conscience !" Now, if such be a fruit
of Puseyism, what stronger condemnation could be
passed upon the doctrine. "By their fruits ye shall
know them"—and this is one from the new plantation
at Oxford. The virtue of other journalists and public
writers has not, we fear, proved so strong as that of
the editor of the Standard ; at all events, it is certain

that there are now two daily papers in the metropolis
who are very much the humble servants of the party—
one of them an acknowledged apostate from a better
profession—besides several others weekly and provin-
cial, and periodicals. We are not surprised at men
who show themselves so unscrupulous as to means,
feeling desirous of enlisting the Standard in their

cause, as it is a journal in such extensive circulation,
and conducted with first-rate talent; but we greatly
rejoice at the same time, as public journalists, for the
honour of our profession, that there is an integrity en-
gaged in the service of the public, in this department,
which cannot be turned aside by the suggestions of
covetousness, or the fear of an unjust revenge.

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LIyERPOOL INFII4.IIfARY.—In another part of our paper is
advertised a sermon to be preached on Sunday next, at Tri-
nity Church, by the Rev. Thomas Bibby, A.M., in aid of the
funds ; and it is hoped the clergy generally, who have not
this year advocated the claims of so excellent a charity, will
not fail to do so, as it is in need, and every way worthy of
support.

THE BELEVET.—Among the military officers in this neigh-
bourhood who have received promotion by the recent brevet
are the Hon. Sir Edward Cost, who is advanced from the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel to that of Colonel ; Colonel
George Charles D'Aguilar, C. 8., who becomes a Major-
General; and Major John Arnaud, who has received the
step of Lieutenant-Colonel.
The ship John Taylor, from Liverpool for New Orleans,
got ashore on the coast of Florida on the 21st ultimo, and
went to pieces. She had one hundred and fifty passengers.
all of whom landed safely on the beach. It is supposed that
nearly all the cargo was lost with the vessel.

SERMON IN AID OF THE LIVERPOOL FEMALE ORPHAN
ASYLUM.—On Tuesday a sermon was preached at St.
Peter's Church, by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, in aid of
the funds of the above-named excellent Institution. The
Mayor, attended by the Hector and Town-clerk, a number
of clergymen and gentlemen, and the officers of the Corpo-
ration, proceeded from the Town-hall shortly before eleven
o'clock, at which hour divine service was to commence. The
church was well filled with a highly respectable congrega-
tion. The right rev. prelate delivered a most excellent and
animated discourse, which was as strikingly appropriate to
the occasion as admirable for the sound doctrines which it
inculcated. The collection amounted to upwards of £lOB.
THEATRE ROYAL.—Mr. Chaplin, we perceive, takes his
benefit this evening. His labours during the season as stage
manager are deserving of public support. On Monday, Mr.
Stuart invites his friends to witness " Coriolanus" and
" Money." Mr. Stuart, we believe, is about to deliver the
course of lectures on the drama, of which we have spoken
highly. They will afterwards be published by subscription.
On Wednesday, it, will be perceived, Mr. Lynne's benefit
comes off. His bill is a very strong one, and embraces all
the talent of the company, including Mr. Tilbury, who has
volunteered for the occasion.

The commissioners appointed to inquire into the mode
and expense of the collection of the public revenue have se-
lected for their secretary, Mr. Thomas Peregrine Courtenay,
of the Treasury, a gentleman qualified in every respect for
the office. We hear, that Lord Granville Somerset and the
other commissioners will immediately proceed to Liverpool
to inquire into the revenue establishments of that great com-
mercial port. Mr. Courtenay, their secretary, was previously
the private secretary to Sir George Clerk.—Observer.
List of passengers by the steam-ship Britannia, Captain
Hewitt, from Boston and Halifax to Liverpool, 16th and
18th November.—From Boston to Liverpool;—Mr. Mall
and lady, Mr. Weyman and lady, Mrs. Weyman, J. K.
Willmer, German Bryant, F. E. Dixon, James Playfair, J.
Beivlev, Thomas Froste, John Broadbent, W. F. Oakes, J.
Boyd Millen—From Halifax to Liverpool ;—Wm. Chap-
man, Henry Chapman, Mr. Ballantyne, Colonel Barnard,
Edward Smith, Me., M`Caw, Mr. Wigraw, Mr. Rolls, C.
E. Levey, Mr. Graham, Captain Lambert, Captain Alcock,
Mr. Irvine.—From Boston to Halifax :—Captain Went-
worth, Mr. Seizer and infant, Brian O'Hara, Mr. and Mrs.
Newcomb, Mr. Brown, W. S. Fyfe.
PREscoT CHURCH.—The tine old parish church of Pres-
cot has been embellished with a most splendid chancel win-
dow, executed by that celebrated artist, Mr. Evans, of
Shrewsbury, in which are combined the depth and richness
of colouring of the ancient stained glass, with the elegance
of modern design. The subject is the four Evangelists. The
window is the gift of the late Miss Mary Chorley, who be-
queathed a surn of money to be expended for the purpose, at
the death of her surviving sister, the present Miss Chorley ;
and she, with a desire to carry out her sister's intentions, has
not only paid the bequest, but has also most liberally contri-
buted to the necessary alteration in the chancel of the church,
to give full effect to the window.
LITHOGRAPHED VIEW OF Rocrt FDRRY.—A very talent-
ed young artist of the name of Tait has recently taken up his
residence amongst us, and has succeeded in producing seve-
ral correct and beautiful views of the scenery about the town,
and one or two public buildings within it. One of these,
comprising Rock Ferry and the villas adjoining, is now be-
fore us. This interesting and beautiful spot is brought be-
fore the eye with a fidelity that has surprised us, even in these
days of improvement. All is life in the view : the steamer
on the water, and the boatmen who man her, are traced with a
softness and animation which we have never seen equalled,
whilst the green fields and the mansions which have sprung
up within the last few years are touched off with equal ac-
curacy and beauty, and the water with the various objects
upon it serves to impart to the whole a very cheering ap-
pearance. We hope this young man will meet with en-
couragement. 't

SUICIDE.—AiI inquest was held on Wednesday, on view
of the body of Mr. Joseph Johnson, of Grove-street, who
bad committed suicide by hanging himself in his bed-room
on the morning of the preceding day. It appeared from the
evidence of a widow lady, who acted as his housekeeper, that
the deceased had been engaged in some speculations, by
which his circumstances were .rendered rather gloomy, and
that he had been in a low and desponding state of mind for
some time previous to this unfortunate occurrence. De-
ceased had been out of town on the preceding day, and re-
turned home about ten o'clock in the evening. He took
some supper, and went to bed, as witness thought, in liis
usual state f mind. Witness called him about ten o'dock
in the morning, but, receiving no answer, she opened the bed
room door, and saw him hanging. Witness immediately
gave the alarm, when officer 136 came in and cut him down.
He was quite dead. The officer stated that he found the body
hanging close to the window, the deceased having tied two
silk handkerchiefs together, and fixed one end to an iron sup-
port used for securing the window blind, placing the noose
at the other end round his neck. Francis Archer, Esq., sur-
geon, said that he had attended the deceased as medical
adviser for the last two years. He had been called on to
visit the deceased about two years ago. He was then suffer.
ing under an attack of insanity. He recovered afterwards ;
but from the knowledge he (the surgeon) possessed of the
character of the deceased, he felt convinced that he had com-
mitted the fatal act while labouring under a fit of temporary
derangement. The jury almost immediately returned a ver-
dict, that the deceased had hung himself while in a state of
temporary insanity.
DEATH FROM BURNING.—AII inquest was held on Wed-
nesday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., on view of the body of a
female named Emma Porry, who died in the Northern Hos-
pital, from the effects of burning. The deceased had been
servant to Miss Cay, Rodney-street, and on Sunday night,
a young lady, who was in the house at the time, was alarmed
by hearing a noise in the kitchen. She went down stairs
to ascertain the cause, when she met the deceased coming up
completely enveloped in flames. She opened the front
door, and called for assistance, but deceased ran out, when
a man, who was passing at the time, took off his coat and
threw it round the deceased, and thus succeeded in extin-
guishing the flames. She was taken to the Northern Hospi-
tal, where she died on Tuesday. The jury returned a verdict
that the deceased came by her death by burning, but in what
manner her clothes caught fire there was no evidence to show.
PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS.—A special session of her
Majestys justices of the pence of the county of Lancaster,
acting for the division of Kirkdale, being an adjourned ses-
sion from the 11th of November, was held on Wednesday, at
the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, for the purpose of
hearing appeals against the rates of the several places within
the said division, pursuant to the statute 6 and 7 Win. IV,
c. 96. The magistrates present were—Joseph Heyworth,
C. Horsfall, and Charles Birch, Esquires. The only point
of any interest was an application made by Messrs. Venables
and Wardle, on belalf of the licensed victuallers, for the
purpose of endeavouring to stay the increase of beer-houses,
by not allowing a rise in the rates at present levied upon
those parties who intended to apply for beer licenses. Mr.
Venables stated, that it would have been as well if the
different applicants had been served with notices of his inten-
tion, but whatever decision the magistrates might come to
on the subject, he was willing to bow to it. The magistrates
gave their opinion against Mr. Venables, as they did not
think the circumstances of either decreasing or increasing
their rates could have any effect upon the licensed victuallers.
BRUTAL ASSAULT.—A fellow named Richard Arnold, an
umbrella hawker, made his appearance at the bar of the
police-court, on Wednesday, for brutally assaulting a man
opposite the Commercial Inn, near Gloucester-street, on the
preceding evening. From the evidence of a gentleman
who happened to be passing at the time, it appeared that
the prisoner, was endeavouring to force himself into the Com-
mercial Inn, but one of the waiters succeeded in getting him
out. He then seized hold of an umbrella, and struck every
person within his reach. The complainant, unfortunately,
happened to be passing at the time, when the prisoner turned
upon him, and struck the brass point of the umbrella into
his left eye, in such a manner as nearly to destroy the sight.
He was ultimately secured and taken to bridewell. He was
fined £5 and cost, in default of payment to be committed
for two months to the house of correction.

STEALING SUGAR.--John Knight, engine-tender to
Messrs. Vicars and Ring, sugar-refiners, Vauxhall-road, was
placed at the bar of the Police Court, on Wednesday, charged
by those gentlemen with stealing about 91bs of sugar. Prom
the evidence, it appeared that those gentlemen had for a length
of time been subject to losses from quantities of sugar dis-
appearing, and of which they never could get any account.
In consequence of this Mr. Ring was instructed to keep a
good look-out, and, and if possible find the guilty party.
On Tuesday, in consequence of what Mr. Ring had observed
in the conduct of the prisoner, Mr. Vicars searched the
engine-house and found the quantity of sugar stated above.
When he was challenged with taking it, he confessed that he
was guilty, but said it was the first time he had ever done
such a thing, and begged Mr. Vicars to pardon him for once.
Mr. Vicars, however, sent for a police officer and he was taken
to bridewell. He was committed for trial.
ANNIVERSARY OF ST. ANDREW.—On Tuesday last the
annual celebration of the festival dedicated to the patron
saint St. Andrew, took place at the Caledonia Hotel, Duke-
street. Upwards of seventy gentlemen sat down to a very
sumptuous repast, prepared by the worthy Highland host Mr.
Mackenzie. The chair was occupied by Murdoch Macken-
zie, Esq., and among other of the gentry and clergy present
we observed the Rev. Dr. Ralph. and the Rev. Mr. Parke,
together with many of the most respectable merchants of
Liverpool. The vice-presidency was fulfilled by Ephraim
Knapper, Esq., who was supported by Messrs. Richmond,
M`Leod, Revis, and several others. The ordinary loyal
toasts having been given from the chair—viz., " The Queen,"
" The Infant Prince," " His Royal Highness Prince Albert,"
and " The Queen Dowager," all of which were received with
enthusiastic plaudits—the chairman gave " The Kirk of Scot-
land." The Rev, Dr. Ralph, in adverting to the church of
Scotland, said that the constitution of it was such that ap-
pealed to the intellect and the understanding rather than the
gratification of the senses, and he hoped that he, as an hum-
ble instrument, had exercised every effort to promote and
extend the usefulness of the institution throughout life. The
Rev. Mr. Parke also responded in a very admirable speech.
Among other toasts and sentiments, all of which were very
ably responded to, were :—The Immortal Memory of Sir
Walter Scott—tile Established Church of England—the
Town and Trade of Liverpool—the Land we Live in—Her
Majesty's Ministers—the Members for the Borough—the
Duke of Wellington—the Immortal Memory of Robert
Burns—the Mayor of Liverpool—the Towc-council of Li-
verpool—Rev. Dr. Ralph and the Rev. Mr. Parke ; thanks
to them for their good company—the Land o' Cakes—the
Chairman—the Vice-chairman—our worthy Host, Mr. Mac-
kenzie—the Lancashire Witches.
MURDER AND SUICIDE AT PENN INGTON.—The neighbour-
hood of Pennington, near Bolton, was thrown into a state of
great excitement on Monday, in consequence of a poor woman,
named Betty Thompson, having suffocated her infant child,
and afterwards committed suicide. The most intense interest
was manifested as to the cause of this melancholy occurence,
which was attributed by some to a feeling of recklessness,
arising from the extreme destitution of deceased, who was
reported to have been a woman of sober and industrious
habits. She occupied a cellar in Smithy-street, where she
endeavoured by weaving, and occasionally washing, to support
herself and four illegitimate children. • The father of the eldest
(a boy about twelve years of age) being dead, and the father
of the other three (a man named William Wood) having
scarcely contributed anything towards their support,,deceased
was reduced to circumstances of great distress; and her
earnings were found altogether inadequate to supply the
family with the necessaries of life. During the past week,
she was reduced to a state of extreme destitution ; and having
applied to Wood for some assistance, he sent her word that
he would neither come to see her nor send her any help. In
about two hours afterwards, she was found hanging from a
rafter in the ceiling of her cellar, and her infant daughter
(usually called Elizabeth Wood) suffocated iu a mug of
water.

The Chad4tre Pot Ham.le will meet To.merrow
day.) Dee. 4th, at Mere Hall; Monday, 6th, at
Village; Wednesday, Bth, at Bradfield Green ;• Thursd
9th, at Breeton Green ; Saturday, 11th, at the Three Grp
hounds. Each day at half-past ten o'elock.

Minshu{Z

STEALING FROM THE PERSON.—Mary Hoggerty was
charged, at the police-court, on Wednesday, by a Mr. liryd-
son, with having stolen a silver watch from his person, in the
neighbourhood of Cunliffe-street, on the previous evenin4-.
It appeared that they had some conversatio❑ together, when
the prisoner took the watch from his pocket, and ran off
with it. He pursued her, when she threw the watch into a
cellar window, where it was afterwards found by another
person who had witnessed the act. She was committed for
trial.

• PLEDGING A GUN.—A man named Mark M'Donald, was
charged on Wednesday, at the police-court, by a respectable-
looking person, with having pledged a gun, which was
given to him in January last, to repair. It appeared, how-
ever, that the complainant knew four months that it was
pledged, and had several times since spoken to the prisoner
about it, but had not lodged any information against him
until the present week. The magistrate said that he ought
not to have suffered so long a time to elapse without having
him apprehended, and discharged the prisoner.,
The new church in Warwick-street, built (as we recently
noticed) by John Gladstone, Esq., was consecrated on Wed-
nesday by the Lord Bishop of Chester, who delivered a dis-
course eminently suited to the occasion from 1 Samuel 2.j,
30 v. Amongst a numerous body of the clergy present we
noticed the Chancellor, and the Rev. Messrs. Dr. Tatter-
shall, Jones, Rawson, Hassell, Hesketh, Morrell, Nolan,
Knyvett, and Townsend. The prayers were very impres-
sively read by Mr. Wilson, the incumbent, who promises to
be of the greatest spiritual assistance to the inhabitants of
the district, who have been too long deprived of the services
of the church, and who, but for Mr. Gladstone's unparalleled
liberality, would still be destitute of them.
The decay of the teeth and gums arises from different
causes, but principally it may be attributed to early neglect,
ill health, and the use of tooth powders containing mineral
and other deleterious acids, which give a momentary white-
ness to the teeth, while they corrode the enamel. The ex-
treme prevalence of this last cause is too well known to need
comment. To this fact, indeed, is principally to be attributed
the long botanical research, which was happily terminated by
the most felicitous discovery ever given to the world for the
preservation of the teeth, gums, and breath, viz., ROWLAND'S
ODONTO or PEARL DENTIFRICE, which, as a consequent
promoter of comfort and attraction, is certainly the first
dentrifice of the age.—See advt.

At the first annual meeting of the proprietors of the Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam-navigation Company, which was
held on Thursday, some communications were made of con-
siderable public interest. It was ,atated, as not altogether
improbable, that in a short period a more frequent communi-
cation than a monthly one might .be established, in which
case the grant of £lOO,OOO made to this company by the
East India Company would probably merge into a contract
for the mail service. The opening of a transit by Mehemet
Ali for merchandise to and from India, &c., through Egypt,
was announced, and a vote of thanks to the Pasha was carried
with acclamation. From the report of the condition of the
company it appeared that after paying the premiums of in-
suring, keeping up the wear and tear of the vessels, and pay-
ing the dividend declared last May, there remained a surplus,
out of which a further dividend of 31 per cent. for the half-
year was declared, and upwards of £15,000 was carried to
the reserve fund.

ELOCUTION.—On Tuesday evening last, Mr. Alexander
Duncan, professor of elocution, delivered his first lecture
(of a course of four), on this very essential and important
branch of a polite and liberal education, at the Portico,
Newington. The lecturer commenced by tracing the history
of the art from the earliest period, and then proceeded to
offer some observations on its importance as a study, and
the pains taken by the ancients to excel in it. He laid down
some simple rules for the management of the voice, by the
adoption of which the most ordinary speaker might attain to
considerable proficiency in rhetorical delivery. During the
lecture, Mr. Duncan gave several illustrations from our
poetical authors/some of which showed very conspicuously
the transcendant talent of the lecturer, and his perfect
knowledge of the art upon which he lectured. One of the
illustrations,—" The Wreckers,"—was given in a splendid
style, and had considerable effect upon the audience, which
was highly respectable.

DEPLORABLE EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS.-A woman
of about twenty-five years of age, who has paid inanv previ-
ous visits to the police-court, was on Saturday placed at the
bar, having been put into custody for safety—in other words,
she had been found helplessly drunk in the streets. Mr.
Dowling said, " The husband of this young woman cannot
live with her. He allows her ss. a week, but she spends it
in drink as soon as she gets it, and lives the remainder of
the week 'as she best can. She is often, four days together,
without food or shelter; and when in this state, she has
twice or thrice attempted to destroy herself. There are
marks on her neck of an attempt to cut her throat. She is
going to destruction as fast as she can. Perhaps the best
way would be to send her to the workhouse, and let her hus-
band pay for her maintenance." Mr. Parkinson observed
that the authorities at the workhouse were already sufficiently
troubled with drunken persons, and would refuse to take in
one so notoriously drunken as the prisoner. The young
woman said that if she were dismissed, she would not snake
her appearance there again. She was discharged.
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AN UNAUTHORISED INTRUDER.—A young woman, of
very respectable appearance, who hid her face in her hands,
and wept violently, was, on Saturday, placed at the bar of
the police-office. Mrs. Walker stated, that she went out for
a quarter of an hour on the previous afternoon, and, on re-
turning, she found the prisoner in her house, in the custody
of a neighbour. The neighbour, it appeared, had gone into
Mrs. Walker's for some purpose, and found there the pri-
soner, who was a stranger. The girl, with some trepidation
of manner, stated that she wished to see Mrs. Walker ; but
after a lapse of a few moments, she began to exhibit signs of
an intention to depart without seeing the object of her vist.
The suspicious neighbour provokingly remarked, ” You have
come to see Mrs. Walker ?" The reply was, " Yes ;" and
the response, " Then llinsist upon it that on stop to see
her." "Oh, I will call again to-morrow." " Oh, no; I
cannot think of letting you go thus, for I fancy Mrs. Walker
will be glad to see you, and would be angry if I let you go."
" But I must go now; I cannot stop longer," said the young
woman. The neighbour became resolute also, and observed,
" But you shall not go now, I tell you," and straightway she
placed herself, as guardian of the so-called visiter, at the
door. Mrs. "Walker presently returned and found that some
drawers had been opened, and several things removed during
her short absence. She missed from one drawer two links of
coral beads and a gold clasp. The prisoner was searched,
and in her stocking was found a bunch of keys, one of which
would open the outer door. Mts. Walker knew nothing of
the prisoner. A middle-aged and apparently very respect-
able woman here rose, and addressing the magistrates, said,
" She is my daughter. She has never been here before, and
is the best child living. She is the only child I have got, and
lam a poor widow." The prisoner was remanded until
Monday. She left the dock crying bitterly, and calling out,
" Oh dear, what shall I do:

STEALING A MONEY LETTER..—A gentlemanly-looking
young man, named Henry Edward Weaver, a clerk in the
postoffice, was, on Monday, placed at the bar of the police-
court, on a charge of having stolen a money letter. Mr. W.
A. Bond. a senior clerk at the postoffice, said, that on the
27th instant, he saw the prisoner handling a letter in a very
suspicious manner. Shortly aferwards, the young man left
the office, taking a letter with him, and as lie (the witness)
fancied that it was the intention of the prisoner to secret the
letter, be followed, brought him back, and took him into the
office of Mr. Joseph Banning. He then informed Mr. Ram-
say of the circumstance. The letter bore the Liverpool post-
mark of the 27th instant, and was directed to Mrs. Franceys,
Ross-street, Dumfries. It would have gone away on the
following morning, at three o'clock. Mr. John Ramsay,
superintendent of the missing letters department in London,
stated that complaints having been made, at the General
Postoftice, of the non-delivery of money letters posted at
Liverpool, he was sent down hither by his lordship. When
he was informed of the facts narrated by Mr. Bond, he went
into the office where the prisoner was, and said he had reason
to fear that a letter was missing. The young man at once
said, " I confess all," and produced the letter. 'Witness
inquired, " Whatever could have induced you to do such a
thing ?" The young man replied, " I took it for the purpose
of stealing the money." The letter apparently contained
coin. The prisoner was committed to take his trial.

THE SOIREE AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The first
soiree of the 'season at the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street,
took place on Tuesday evening. J. Brooks Yates, Esq., in the
chair, supported by Dr. Freckleton, W. Winstanley, Esq.,
and S. Turner, Esq. The principal attraction of the even-
ing was Mr. Haydon's lecture on the Life and Character of
Sir David Wilkie. The talented artist gave an admirable
memoir of his lamented friend and fellow-student, illustrat-
ing his recital with numerous pleasant and amusing anecdotes.
The lecture occupied upwards of an hour and a half, during
which thee the audience evinced the utmost attention and
pleasure. The company was not so numerous as on former
occasions. We have no doubt that the next, at which Mr.
White will deliver a lecture on music, will prove very attrac-
tive. The promenade was enlivened by the sweet notes of
the seraphine, kindly lent by E. Hardman, Esq., and played
upon by Mr. Davis. We cannot help remarking, however,
that if a good band were placed in the vestibule, these soirees
would go off with more eclat. Several very beautiful speci-
mens of iron work, lent by the Coalbrookdale Iron Company,
attracted great attention. Some very choice specimens of
fine art were also lent by Dr. Reynolds and Joseph Brooks
Yates, Esq. In the theatre several prints, after Wilkie,
were hung up, from the collection of Mr. Mayer, to illus-
trate the lecture. We noticed also some fine paintings sent
in by Mr. Winstanley and Mr. Palmer. We had the plea-
sure of inspecting the coins presented by her Majesty to
the institution, being part of the Cuerdale Treasure Trove,
which excited so much attention last year,—they are
very fine specimens. We were greatly struck by a paint-
ing sent in by Mr. Huggins, the young artist, (whose
" Daniel in the Liuns' Den, " we drew attention to
some time ago, now exhibiting in the Post-office Gallery.)
The subject is " Satyrane stealing the Lioness's Cubs," from
Spencer's Faerie Queen. It is really a very clever work, and
displays not only talent but genius. The picture is composed
of Satyrane, a female figure, the lion, lioness, and cubs.
Satyrane is holding up one of the cubs at arm's length, while
he defies the angry mother. The lion is seen springing
through the gap, with a cub in its mouth, while the figure of
the lady crouches in an attitude of the most intense agony
on a band, a spectatress of the appalling scene. The picture
is finely conceived. The attitude of the man is bold, spirited,
and life-like—stern, full of courage and determination. The
animals are really wonderfully painted. The lion, springing
through the gap, appears without exaggeration to be coming
from the canvas. The position of the lioness is beautifully
managed for effect; rage, fear, and revenge are cleverly ex-
pressed in her countenance. She has all " the wish to wound
but fears to strike' The artist has given that surprizing
fire in the eye, that we Ave noticed before as peculiar to him,
in this picture, not only in the animal but in the man also.
The cubs are equally well drawn and painted. This picture
attracted much and deserved attention. It shows a freshness
of intellect, the forerunner of greater things. The company
promenaded the rooms till eleven o'clock, apparently much
pleased with their evening's entertainment. The following
were amongst the company :—John Leyland, Esq., and the
Misses Leyland ; Samuel Gair, Esq., and Lady and Miss
Gair; Geo. Freckleton, Esq., M.D., and Lady, and Geo.
Freckleton, jun. Esq ; Jos. B. Yates, Esq., and the Misses
Yates ; Samuel Bright. Esq. ; Miss Bright ; Miss Heywood ;
Miss Cumberland ; R. D. Heywood, Esq. ; Samuel Tur-
ner, Esq. ; Miss Trower ; Weber, Esq. and Lady ; Dr.
Scott ; Dr. Duncan ; Dr. Drysdale • Rev. J. H. Shaw and
Lady ,• Wm. Rathbone, jun. Esq. ; br. Carson, Lady, and
Miss Carson ; W. S. Roscoe, Esq. • Snowball, Esq. and
Lady ; James Smith, Esq. and Lady ; Samuel Kearsley,
Esq. ; Rev. Thos. Dwyer; Geo. Ramsden, Esq. and Lady;
Win. Wilson, Esq., Lady, and Miss Wilson ; Mrs. Smith ;
Chas. Inman, Esq., Wm. Inman, Esq. and R. Inman, Esq. Thos. Winstanley, Esq. Lady, and the Misses Winstanley ;
Mrs. Reeves ; John Marriott, Esq. ; Mrs. Sykes ; Raw-
lins, Esq. ; R. C. Rawlins, Esq.l Miss Rawlins ; Miss
Hunt; Wm. Reynolds, Esq. M.D., and Lady ; Richard
Rathbone, Esq., Lady, and the Misses Rathbone ; R. R.
Rathbone, Esq. ; John Taylor, Esq. and Lady ; Miss Mar-
shall; John Eden, Esq. and Lady; S. T. Winstanley, Esq.
and Lady ; the Misses Rimmer ; John Askew, Esq. ; James
Campbell, Esq. and Lady ; M. D. Lowndes, Esq. Lady, and
Mr. Lownde, jun. ; Mrs. Rector Campbell ; Bulkeley
Johnson, Esq. and Lady;, E. Fletcher, Esq. and the Misses
Fletcher; A. Swainson, sq•, Lady, and the Misses Swain-
son ; J. G. Swainson, Esq., Lady, and Miss Swainson ; C.
Barber, Esq., Lady, and the Misses Barber L.
H. Stewart,
Esq. and Lady ; Yates, Esq. and Lady ; L. H. Samuel,
Esq. and Lady • D. J. Jackson, Esq. and Lady ; Samuel,
Esq. and the Misses Samuel Dr. Cohen ; David Gladstone,
Esq. ; F. Yaniwiecz, Esq., 84. &c.

DrAPENtARY ?OR CONAVMPTION AND DlagAte OF 1."
.7. —The importance of this institution may he known
from the fact that from Nov. 22nd to Nov. 29th, two hundred
and twenty-three patients have had advice, and,
number of cases, medicine. The number of cases of asthma
daily obtaining relief, average about twenty. We perceive by
Mr. Cronin's advertisement, his work on asthma will be
published the end of next week. in the greater

LIEU

REV. THOMAS NOLAN.—This gentleman who has only
been a resident in the town a few montits, has made a deep
impression, not only upon his own congregation, which is
now one of the most numerous in Liverpool, but also upon
every member of the Protestant community. A few mem-
bers of his flock have recently presented him with a pocket
communion service, as a small testimony of their gratitude i
for his mintsterial faithfulness and perseverance. It s also
intended, we understand, to enlarge the church by an addi-
tional west end gallery, as the building is already too small
for the accommodation of those who are desirous of bene-
fitting by the scriptural ministrations of this talented and
devoted minister.

The parishioners of Ohlswinford have presented their late
curate, the
aßev. Stephen Cragg, with a purse of forty sove-
reigns and copy of the English Hexapla, elegantly bound,
as a token of respect and esteem on his relinquishing the
curacy of the parish, the duties of which office he has dis-
charged with exemplary diligence during a period of nearly
six years.— Worcester Journal. [Mr. Cragg is now Chap-
lain of the Workhouse in this town, and his labours amongst
the poor are incessant.]
VESTRY MEETING.—A vestry meeting of the inhabitants
was held in St. Nicholas' Church yesterday, for the purpose
of electing a collector of poor's rates in the place of Mr.
Gibson, who has resigned the office. Three candidate!,
Messrs. Bradshaw, Newell, and Burrell were duly nomi-
nated and seconded, and on a show of hands Mr. Bradshaw
was elected, when Mr. Joseph Davenport demanded a poi!,
which will commence this morning at the Sessions House,
at tea o'clock.

A SKETCH IN THE TOWN COUNCIL.

The principal feature of the proceedings on WednesdaY
was, of course, the debate upon what Mr. Thomas Bolton
styles the " eddication" question. An amusing preliminary
skirmish, however, took place upon the question of increasing
the salary of the Superintendent of St. James's Market, in
which Mr. Alderman Evans displayed, as usual, the extreme
largeness of his opinion of himself. "It was I who lowered
this salary," exclaimed the magnificent alderman ; ergo--
the council must not object to raise it at my suggestion.
Mr. Alderman Evans may be, and, we have no doubt, is,
a very clever personage ; but he mistakes most sadly his
changed position in the council since those palmy days when
he might, indeed, have said in the lofty verbiage of Coriolanus

that—

" Like an eagle in a dove cot, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli."

At present, however, his attempts to play the Roman, or to
imitate the grandeur of the Bird of Jove, only remind us of
the attempt of a dwarf to enact the former, or of a turkey
cock to imitate the latter.
Poor Francis Jordan! Reader, have you ever seen the
countenance of a mastiff, when in the act of being " choked
off" from some dainty morsel which he has abstracted from
the larder or from a butcher's stall? If you have, we need
scarcely describe to you that of the " old campaigner," when
the snug piece of patronage in favour of his market protogee
was wrested by the voice of the council from his very jaws.
By the bye, whilst on this subject, will Mr. Alderman
Evans, who " is versed in the biography of superintendents
of,:markets," give us a chapter, in any work with which he
may occupy his forthcoming leisure, of the biography of
members of market committees ? Such a chapter would
contain some " moving accidents by flood and field," which
would well repay perusal.
But come we now to the question of questions, which is
the " Eddication" question ; and first of all let us briefly pay
our respects to Mr. John Smith, and his efforts to " establish
the Conservative cause" by establishing Juvenile Maynootla
for training in the ways of the old Lady of Babylon the chil-
dren of our Irish working population. Now we must say that
we infinitely prefer this throwing off the mask, discarding prin-
ciple altogether, and returning to the paths of Radicalism,
which he once, if we mistake not, adorned, and from which he
must have strayed in a thoughtless hour, to the sly, truckling,
temporizing policy which was hinted at by some other pseudo
Conservatives. We know the meaning of a man who could
propose to cut the Gordian knot of this important question,
by a proposal so monstrous as that of Mr. Smith. We know
that such a man is not a Protestant Conservative ; that his
professed attachment to the constitution of his country is a
hollow mockery ; and we know too what to do with such men
when they again present themselves to solicit the suffrages of
their fellow townsmen.

What a contrast is presented between the conservatism of
Mr. John Smith—that spurious thing which would fondle
with popery itself for expediency's sake—and the manly,
avowed, straightforward conservatism evinced on this oc-
casion by Mr. Harbord ! Oh, how we hate to see this beating
about the bush—this fear of the avowal of the very principles
which have placed them in the Council—the attempts to
conciliate what never can be conciliated, unless it gets all its
own way—which were but too evident on the part of more
than one, or half a dozen, of the conservatives at this meeting !
Amongst these, however, is not Mr. Harbord ; and his ad-
dress, though divested of every thing which the most fastidious
" liberal" could !object to on the score of uncharitableness,
was sound and Protestant, and entirely to the point.
One would really almost imagine from the zeal with which
the present system--the infidel system—we are not afraid of
calling it by its proper name, though some conservatives
may be—laid down for the Corporation Schools, by the
late Education Committee, is defended by Mr. Thomas
Bolton, that the worthy ex-mayor had some strong personal
interests in maintaining it. No man of ordinary nerve
could have ventured to have expatiated upon the eminence
for literary abilities (I) of the gentlemen who have figured
upon that committee of consummate quackery. But, per-
haps, it is "in the bond." Popery beslavers at its meetings
the " liberal" ex-mayor of Liverpool; and upon the princi-
ple of " caw me—caw thee," the same ex-functionary is the
subservient and active agent in forwarding the designs of
Popery in the Corporation Schools.
In strong contrast with the pertinacious hostility displayed
by the common-sense Mr. Bolton against any interference
with the resolutions of the eminent literati of the late Edu-
cation Committee, how can we omit to notice the " gentle
dulness" of Mr. Gibraltar Bright, or Mr. bright Gibraltar,
who is most assuredly, in his own estimation, a comet of no
ordinary magnitude. This luminous gentleman informed
the council that he would endeavour to avoid saying anything
likely to create—what does the reader suppose? why, 4rcite-
tnent Mr. Bright of Gibraltar will not create excitement—
not set the Thames, or the Mersey, or the Docks on fire, or
the fishes in them agape with awe and astonishment ! Hea-
ven help the poor man ; why, he couldn't excite a silly mouse
to commit a petit larceny upon a piece of cheese—a fly to
make an inroad upon a treacle pot, or a Tom cat to dip his
whiskers into a bowl of cream. Excitement ! Oh, murder.
But Mr. Geo. Hall Lawrence ; what shall we say of his
long and studied display ? How shall we describe that which
is neither fish, fowl, flesh, substance, shadow, or anything
else, visible or tangible—which is neither conservative, radi-
cal, popish, nor Scocinian ; but a jumble of everything under
the sun—a collection of negatives, which, in perfect spite of
Lindley Murray, do not, after all, make an affirmative
Really, Mr. Geo. Hall Lawrence, we do not very accurately
comprehend your "conservatism liberalised ". We cannot
at all discover what you would be at, or how you would get
to it. Some day or other, no doubt, we shall be enlightened ;
but at present your views are a problem which we cannot
solve ; and we therefore must, in sorrow, give it up. But we
say no more. We trust that we have misunderstood the
leaning of Mr. Lawrence's opinions, for, in sincere truth,
we have always hoped better things from him. But why
torture us with these ambiguities of speech, when one manly,
straightforward word would settle all our doubts ?

We cannot even glance at the sayings and doings of a num-
ber of other gentlemen who figured upon this occasion, and
describe the animation of tone and manner with which Mr.
James Aiken pointed out religion as the cause of "throat-cut-
ting," blood, and murder, and the direct road to a " lunatic
asylum;"—how Mr. Turner, in a maiden speech—most conci-
liatory, bland, and shaky—drew down the gratulations of Mr.
Alderman Earle—how that gentleman himself fretted, fid-
getted, jumped up and sat down—played as many antics as a
whole menagerie of monkeys—chattered as much broken
nonsense and impertinence as a whole aviary of parrots, par-
roquets, cockatoos, and magpies, and finally exploded and
sate down again, in a cloud of steam, and smoke, and dust
mingled together;--how Mr. Mellor uttered a vast quantity
of inconsequential trash, which trickled from him like the
gin from a half-empty cask when the vent-plug is stopped up
and the cock foul—how Mr. Alderman Evans jerked out his
cock-a-doodle-doo, and threw his arms about in graceful imi-
tation of the motions of the telegraph—bow Mr. Robinson
declared that the Irish extracts were copied verbatim through-
out from the authorized version of the Bible, and fifty other
extravagances committed upon the occasion ; but turn at
once to the more gratifying contemplation of the conduct of
the few who,

" Amongst the faithless, faithful only found,"
stood fast to their Protestantism, and presented an unbroken
front to the stream of conciliation, expediency, and truck-
ling to " liberalism" by which they were surrounded. We
need not select names, which will be found in our report ;
but we must single out one, Mr. David Hodgson, against
whom, in especial, the taunts, and the sneers of the whole
faction were directed, and who yet stood unyielding, return-
ing taunt for taunt, scorn for scorn.

Nothing could be more dignified than the stern intrepidity
of demeanor which characterized Mr. Hodgson—nothing
could be more cutting than the rebuke which his firmness

under obloquy and misrepresentation presented to those
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conservatives who held back in the hour of trial—.

" those trembling cowards who forsook their master"—

except that which he administered to "Liberalism," when he
asked why those gentlemen, who dilated with such mawkish
affectation of charity towards the Roman Catholic poor, did
not go to their own pockets,—as the conservatives had done
when the children of the protestant poor had been thrust out
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the pockets of the public, for the wherewith to gratify their
abounding charity. Under this rebuke even the restless
Mr. William Earle was stilled. We could have taken his
likeness by the photographic process, or modelled him in
wax, as a companion for Hilli-onne Palmerston, or Mehemet
Ali, in the exhibition of Tussaud.
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pictured in the chuckling expression visible upon the faces of
the entire radical body in the council; and it kas struck a
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TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

The usual monthly meeting of the Town-council was held
on Wednesday last, et eleven o'clock, in the Council Cham-
ber, within the Town-hall.

THE LATE MR. BUNNELL

Mr. ISAAC HOLMES pronuunced a warm eulogium on the
character and talents of the late Mr. Bunnell, one of the
auditors of the corporation, and proposed that the following
resolution be entered on the books :—" That this council,
sensible of the great loss which it has experienced by the de-
cease of James Bunnell, Esq., one of the auditors of the
business of this borough, take this opportunity of testifying
their opinion of the great services which have been rendered
to the corporation by that gentleman."
Mr. ASPIN ALL seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE

A letter was read from the Secretary to the Treasury,
stating that the Lords Commissioners had sanctioned the
8,51 e by the Corporation to the Trustees of the Docks, of the
Strand, Graving Docks, and other property, set forth in the
memorial of the council, and alluded to in the act 4th Vic-
toria, c. 30, at the price and on the terms therein specified.
Mr. EvAss found fault with the high price to be paid for
the warehouse property purchased on George's Dock Quay,
&c.

Mr. BOLTON observed that though the price was high, the
purchase was exceedingly desirable, inasmuch as it was de-
sirable to make piazzas at the spot in question, in order to
promote the safety of the public.
The committee recommended to the council to allow the
Recorder, in consideration of his holding two extra courts in
each year, £5O for each court.

Mr.
Mr. LLOYD objected to this, and expressed an opinion that
the Recorder was amply paid, particularly when it was con-
sidered that the stipendiary magistrate relieved the sessions
court of summary convictions, and that the Assessor took
certain civil business formerly tried before the Recorder.

Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE justified the committee. and said
the business bad so far increased, in consequence of the ad-
vance of population and the vigilance of an excellent police,
that the Recorder had more business to despatch than ever.
He hoped the council would not refuse to sanction the re-
commendation of the committee.

The TOWN-CLERK bore out the assertions of Mr. Law-
rence as to the increased business of the Recorder.

The proceedings of the Finance Commitiee were confirmed
lIAIIKET COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of the Market Committee were read, in-
cluding the subject of increasing the salary of Mr. Luya, the
superintendent of St. James's Market, the consideration of
Which was postponed at the council of the 26th ult., pursu-
ant to the standing orders.

• Mr. Jas. LAWRENCE moved that the proceedings be con-
firmed, with the exception of that part relating to the salary
of Mr. Luya.

Much conversation ensued on this subject, and several of
the conservative members expressed their agreement in the
views of Mr. Lawrence.

Mr. JORDAN said he had caused the salary of Mr. Luya
to be cut down on his appointment, in order that it might be
raised if he deserved it. He had performed his duty in a
most excellent manner, and the revenues of the market had
increased under his charge. In 1837 the salary of Mr. Lace
was £lBO, and the rental of the market was £ll5l 2s. 4d. ;
in 1838 Mr. Lace's sala►w was £2OO, and the rental £llBB 4s.
3id. ; in 1839 Mr. Lace's salary was and the revenue
4:1130 7s. ld. In 1840, in the Moth of January, Mr. Lace
died, and in February Mr. Luya was appointed at £l5O, and
the revenues of the market rose to £1414 6s. 10d. In 1841
Mr. Luya had £l5O, and the revenue was £1734 12s. 9d.
Mr. lsAAc HOLMES denied that the duties of any of the
market superintendents were great. Their duties did not
occupy them more than forty-eight hours per week ; and he
thought Mr. Graham, superintendent of St. John's Market,
might attend to all the other markets. (Hear, from Mr.
James Lawrence.)
Mr. COOPER ridiculed the idea that the revenues of the
market had been increased by the conduct of Mr. Luya. The
corporation had expended nearly £lO,OOO in providing extra
accomodation in the market, and the increase of revenue was
the natural consequence.
Mr. EVANS shewed that Mr. Luya was paid less salary
than the others who bad less responsibility and less work.
Mr. MELLOR, seconded by Mr. John Smith, proposed that
Mr. Luva's salary should be £l7O per annum.
Mr. KlLsuAw spoke warmly in favour of Mr. Luya, as
tie best and most industrious superintendent in the town,
with more work to do and more revenue to collect than the
superintendent of St. Martin's Market. He was better de-
serving than any of the others, yet he received less remune-
ration.

Mr. LLOYD and Mr. JAS. LAWRENCE strongly opposed
the increase.

The amendment was put and lost by a majority of 28 to 24.
The original motion for referring the subject back to the
committee was carried.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of the Education Committee were read,
comprising a recommendation, that all resolutions of the
Council, confirming the proceedings of the Education Com-
mittee, so far as such confirmations apply to proceedings of
that committee, which in any wise purport to establish prin-
ciples or regulations for the conduct or management of the
Schools, be rescinded, with the object, that the proceedings
of the present committee and the directions and approval of
the Council may be uncontrolled thereby, in the future
Management of the schools.
The MAYOR said,. before entering upon this question, it
would be better to read to the council the following letter,
which he had been requested to lay before them
" To the Worshipful the Mayor
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" and Town Council-of Liverpool.
" It being generally understood, that it is in contemplation
to discard the Douay version of the Bible entirely from the
Corporation Schools, and to require that all the children
shall use the authorised version of the Established Church,
and shall, moreover, join in a common form of prayer, at the
beginning and end of school, the Catholic Clergy of Liver-
Pool beg, most respectfully, to state to the Council, that they
Cannot conscientiously concur in such an arrangement,
Whereby the religious principles of the Catholic children at-
tending the schools will be compromised, and pray that the
contemplated changes may not be adopted."
The above document is dated Ist behalfDec., and is signed in
half of the Catholic Clergy, by " Thos. Youens," " Thos.
Fiaber,'' " Peter Wilcock,' and " William Dale."
r• MOLYNEUX, chairman of the Education Committee,
moved that the report and proceedings of the committee be
COnfirtaed.

Mr.l:l-Ineorto seconded the motion.
Mr. BULLEY explained that he had, as one of the Educa-
tion Committee, voted against the resolution brought for-
ward. It was too much to expect that the Council should
rescind all the rules and resolutions which had formerly been
passed by the committee, without bringing forward any other
rules as substitutes for them. With respect to the Bible, he
Would not yield to any man in that Council, not even to Mr.
Hodgson in his respect for the Bible, but he never would
yield to such an act of injustice, as the expulsion of a num-
ber of poor children from those schools, and from the only
chance which they had of acquiring knowledge.
Mr. JOHN SMITH spoke at much length, and with great
fervour, against the proposed resolution, and the illiberality
of desiring to turn so many poor Catholic children out of the
schools. He proposed, as a means of setting the question at
rest, that two new schools should be erected for the express
use of the Catholic children. He moved that it be an in-
struction to the Education Committee, to examine into, and
consider the propriety, of providing separate schools for the
Use of the children of the Roman Catholic poor.
Mr. EARLE asked if the committee had read all those
things whica they asked the council so suddenly to rescind.
Mr. PRIESTLEY said, the motion was suddenly brought
forward in the committee, and as suddenly passed, with three
dissentients, of whom he had the honour to be one. The
Motion went to destroy all that had been done by six years
labour, and there appeared in it a haste to cast dishonour
on the labours of some of the most able and conscientious
men who had been iu the council. Mr. Priestley praised the
system, and hoped gentlemen would not vote till they had
examined it, for the effect of such a sweeping resolution as
that which they had heard read would be to turn all the poor
Roman Catholic children into the street.
Mr. BOLTON was about to address the council, when
Mr. EARLE rose and said that this question had been as
Yet unanswered. He had asked whether, before they had
resolved upon rescinding the labours of six years, the com-
mittee had had the rules they wished to rescind read over to
them.

Mr. PRIESTLEY said he had answered that question be-
fore. The rules in question had not been read.
Mr. EARLE wished the public to know that the proceed-
ings of six years were going to be rescinded before they had
ever been read to the committee.

Mr. HARBORD said he had seconded the original motion,
but that, not having an opportunity at the time of stating his
reason for so doing, he wished now to be permitted to pro-
ceed.

Mr. HARUORD said he would give it nevertheless. His
reason was this :—When he had gone to the school he cer-
tainly found its management and general conduct in discord-
ance with the orders and regulations on the books of the
council. This was his simple reason for supporting the
Present resolution, that the whole of the orders and regula-
tions on the books should be rescinded, and that the
committee should begin de novo. In future, he trusted,
the management of the schools would be in strict accord-
ance with the orders and regulations on the books. He
had, heretofore, supposed that such was the case, but found,
on visiting the school, that the management had been relaxed
in order to meet the views of certain parties. (Hear, hear.)
With regard to what had been said about the desirableness
of having peace and harmony restored, he was as anxious as
any man to establish real peace and real harmony ; but he
Wished not to hear people crying " peace, peace, where there
Was no peace ;" and he also wished to observe, that the pro-
testant part of the community could Dever rest upon an arm
of flesh instead of the arm of God. The authorised version
of the Bible was the only spiritual truth which they could
inculcate among the children. (Hear, hear, hear.) If they
Were instrumental in inculcating that which they believed to
be error, they would not only be offending a certain portion
of their fellow-men, but offending the Almighty also. He
had no faith in that false peace to which allusion had been
blade, because it could never last any length of time. (Hear.)
With respect to the division of the schools he objected to
such a plan, because he believed that if he conscientiously
Performed his duty towards God and man lie would be just
as guilty in teaching error in a separate school as he would
be in teaching truth and error under the same roof. With
regard to Mr. Smith's proposition he had no doubt but that
that gentleman had honest intentions in view ; but he would
say that he (Mr. S.) must be ignorant of the vital part of
that duty which he owed to the Supreme Being, when he
stated that he was a warm churchman and a true protestant,
and yet countenanced the inculcation of error in any shape.
He called upon Mr. Smith to act as a true protestant. (Hear,
Lear.)
Mr. SMITH.--And with feelings of Christian charity.
(Cheers from the radicals.).

Mr. HARBORD thought it would be well to know what the
gentleman meant by Christian charity. He believed it did
not mean that protestants should be instrumental in teaching
others error. With regard to conservative principles, he was
at a loss to know how they could be severed from the princi-
Ides of protestantism. Both should be as one. He, as a
Conservative, professed to act as far as he could as a conser-
Vative and a protestant. All his actions were based on reli-
gious principles, and whenever a man acted contrary to those
rinciples, he was deceiving himself and others also. (Cheers)
Ale repeated that he was far from being satisfied with the
general management of the schools. He had put a question
to some of the old members of the council, and was told in
aply that the visiting ladies never interfered with the female
Children in religious matters, but that they merely did so in
vecular things. On going through the schools however, he
nought for further information, and there learned from one
tf the ladies' committee, that the religious part of the edu-
cation was the principal part of what they attended to.
f'eeular matters were not overlooked by them, but the re-
tious education of the children was a principal portion of
their duty. (Hear.) He had seen the books which were at
Present used in the schools. The Douay version, which he
Delieved contained some truth, but a great deal of error, was
°lle. There were also the Irish extracts to which many
entertained strong objections. There were protestant chil-
dren taught by Roman catholic masters, and the authorised
version of the Bible was occasionally introduced. But there
tall such a heterogeneous mixture, that the management of
e schools seemed to him not to be in accordance with the
randing orders on the books. It was high time, therefore.
to rescind the said orders—to begin de novo, and not to in-
troduce any system into the schools but such as should be
sanctioned by the council.
AIIeIN hoped that if the committee were willing to
Proceed without knowledge on the subject, the council would
not do so too.
Mr. SANDS said he rose for the purpose of stating that

though the resolutions had not all been read in committee,
and that the majority were perfectly well acquainted with
their contents. His reasons for supporting the resolution of
the committee were grounded upon his knowledge of the
working of the schools during the last twelve months, which
working had not been in accordance with the orders and
regulations of the council; therefore it was he had moved
that they be rescinded. Many of them were in themselves
good, but others were objectionable ; and it was in order to
make the working of the schools to be in accordance with
any future resolution that he was desirous of voting for the
repeal of the present resolutions. If the council were to
judge of the working of the schools, as indicated by those
resolutions, they would immediately see that some consider-
able alterations ought to take place. But, judging of the
system as it stood by the working of it, perhaps the alter-
ations that would take place might not be so great as many
out of doors imagined.
Mr. BOLTON said this was the greatest piece of discourtesy
he had ever heard of. They talked of destroying what others
had done before they were even prepared to substitute any
thing in lieu thereof. The proposition was the most insulting
that could have been thought of. They had not even read
the rules. He would put it to the chairman of the com-
mittee if he knew the rules.
The Chairman said he was in Yorkshire when the rules were
passed.

Mr. BOLTON moved as another amendment, "That the
recommendation of the committee to rescind all resolutions
of the council, confirming the proceedings of the Education
Committee, so far as such confirmations apply to proceedings
of the committee which in anywise purport to establish princi-
ples or regulations for the conduct or management of the
schools, be not confirmed, but that the subject be referred
back to the committee for their further consideration and
support!'
Mr. BRIGHT seconded the amendment.
Mr. GEORGE HALL LAWRENCE said he wished them to
see whether they could not remodel the schools and put them
on a footing which might be acceptable to the sound-thinking
public at large. He had not been an inattentive member of
the Education Committee, and he had endeavoured to recon-
cile himself to the system that prevailed. He was sorry to
say that he was not able so to do—that the system neither
aided nor abetted religious principle—that it left the inculca-
tion of religious principles either to the children therbselves
or to their masters, who, perhaps, did not know or did not
like the creeds they taught, or to people who left their creeds
at the door, and who were ready to teach Roman Catholic
doctrines, or Church of England doctrines, or any other
doctrines, or to the more uncertain attendance of the minis-
ters of religion. He spoke of the system in one of the schools,
which appeared to have no sanction from the Roman catholic
clergy, for, at the periods set apart for religious instruction,
they had never, or seldom, attended. He thought that if the
Roman catholic children were no better instructed than they
had been at the school in question, their parents could have
• no more reason to be satisfied with the-nature of that in-
struction than the parents of the Protestant children, who,
he must say, had not been neglected. Objecting, as he
did, to the system, it was his duty to state what alterations
could be proposed which would be agreeable to the clergy of
the church, without actually violating or forcing the con-
sciences of those who differed from that clergy. He alluded
particularly to the Roman catholics. This was a problem and
a difficulty so great that if he did not feel that he stood in
that council to fulfil a trust which he was bound to discharge,
he should shrink from any proposition on the subject. But
he begged to propose this on his own account, and not as a
member of the Education Committee, for he had had no
concurrence from them ; he would teach nothing but sound
Scriptural education, no other book or guide as regarded
religious instruction but the Bible ; he would no longer
allow the Douay version, or the Irish extracts to be there,
nor would he allow the Roman Catholic religion to be taught
either directly or indirectly. (Cheers.) He would have the
service of the school commenced and closed with prayer, and
he would give to the pupils all that he considered sound,
Scriptural, and true. He would offer all this ; but at the
same time he drew a distinction between offering and forcing
it on them ; and if it should unhappily prove, as would be
the case in the onset, that there were those among them who
might object to receive such religious instruction, he hoped
some discretioa would be given to the committee—some
power in practice to make such arrangements as would, with-
out interfering with the discipline or fettering the utility of
the school, enable the children of those parents who really
and truly objected on conscientious principles to receive such
an instruction of a secular and moral character as they were
willing to seek for. He knew the difficulty of the question.
He knew he should be told that he ought to give secular, in
preference to religious, instruction—that the latter was
fraught with danger, and that they were imparting a know-
ledge not over good • but he was willing to throw the respon-
sibility of what might ensue from the carrying out of his
scheme upon the priests, who would not give their people the
benefits of a sound religious instruction. And he did throw
it upon them. It was for them to regret the step which they
were going to take. He believed, however, that they would
yet come round when they would see the advantages which
would result from the sound religious instruction that would
be offered, and that in a short time they would agree to re-
ceive the whole of that instruction, which, until then he was
not prepared actually to force upon them. With these feel-
ings he would support the resolution which had been read.
Mr. BIRKETT said the resolutions ought to be rescinded,
but the object was only to rescind them so far as the princi-
ples which shut out the rectors and the clergy were concerned.
He would have no compromise : if the Romish clergy with-
drew their children, on their heads be the sin and the shame.
Mr. CROOK said, whatever were the fate of this motion,
he should give notice of a motion, that the schools open and
close with prayer and singing morning and evening, and that
the authorised version of the Bible be read therein, to the
exclusion of all other versions and of the Irish extracts.
Mr. PROCTOR gave notice to move, that the two rectors
be called in by the committee, to assist at their conferences.
A very long debate ensued, and several members expressed
their opinions on the subject, while many, presuming that the
subject must be again brought before the council, expressed
their opinion, that the discussion of the subject now was a
waste of time, and that an adjournment should take place.
Mr. TURNER said, he for one could not conscientiously
vote till he had read over those obnoxious resolutions. He
had called for the express purpose of reading them on the
preceding day, but he was told it would take a day to peruse
them. He was a firm supporter of the Established Church,
but not of intolerance of any kind. He thought it would be
but fair to read those rules before they passed, and not to
destroy them ; and he thought, that to deprive the Cethoi;
ehildr.” ,sr c4tteatinn would be au aut of injus

ties: He knew of no sect in this town that was exempt from
town dues, or frbm any tax or toll, and he thought an attempt
to deprive them of any benefit that was provided would be
an act of injustice. He would support the motion to adjourn.
Mr. HODGSON supported the original resolution in a long
and able speech, which our limits reluctantly prevent us from
reporting. He said the object of the committee was to re-
move the obnoxious system which had prevailed in the
schools, and which was manifest to the whole town. He
had been honoured by being appealed to by name as the prin-
cipal in the case. He should be sorry, in support of the truth,
if he stood alone on such an occasion, but he believed that
he had the great majority of the town with him on the
subject, and therefore he received the appeal as an honour.
(Cheers.) When the quackery of the late corporation
began to work, there were 1000 children in the North
School, and it was not known whether there were ten
Roman Catholics among the number ; but when the liberal
plans were put in practice—" liberal" according to their
. .

views—a new state of things had arisen, and the present
population in the schools was about three Roman Catholics
to one Protestant, or about two and a half when compared
with Protestants and Dissenters together. The Roman Ca-
tholics formed somewhere about a fourth part of the popula-
tion of the town, and, probably, from their poverty, they
paid a twentieth part of the sum at the disposal of the cor-
poration. The liberality or justice of the late corporation
had introduced into the schools what they said ought to pre-
vail, but which had immediately driven the Church of Eng-
land children away. It appeared, then, that for a population
of one-fourth, and a contribution of one-twentieth, they

thought it but just and liberal to distribute the public. funds
at the rate of three to one in favour of the Roman Catho-
lics. (Hear, hear.) If this was justice, he had lost his
notions of what justice and liberality really were. Cheers.)
He could not consent on any terms to become the patron and
inculcator of what he believed to be a lie. The building of
separate schools was only another attempt to shuffle off an
iniquity. if it were not an iniquity, why not teach them all
under the same roof ? If the council believed that unitarian-
ism and popery were true, why not teach them where they
might ? Mr. Lawrence had stated that they might hit on
some plan as an expedient, forgetting that there was no ex-
pedient where principle was concerned. (Loud cries of
" Bear, hear.") Mr. Hodgson having read the solemn de-
claration which had been made by every member on entering
the council not to injure the Protestant church, concluded by
stating that he would support the original motion.
Ultimately, after several propositions had been made and
rejected, the meeting having been addressed by Mr. Alder-
man Earle, Mr. Aikin, Mr. Parker, Mr. Mellor, Mr. Alder-
man Evans, and Mr. Bushell, the amendments of Mr. John
Smith and Mr. Bolton were withdrawn in favour of the fol-

lowing amendment framed by the Town-clerk, proposed by
Mr. Turner, and seconded by Mr. G. H. Lawrence : " That
the proceedings of the Education Committee be approved
with this qualification, that the consideration of the first of
their recommendations do stand over until they have, in pur-
suance of the second of their recommendations, made their
general report as to the future conduct and management of
the schools."
Mr. HODGSON pressed for a division, when the above
amendment was carried by a majority of 30 to 22. For the
amendment—Messrs. Thornhill, Preston, H. Holmes, J.
Holmes, Mellor, Bolton, Aikin, Bright, Priestley, Aspinall,
Yates, Robinson, Wood, Bushell, J. Smith, G. H. Law-
rence, Jordan, Platt, A. Smith, Mather, Holt, Bulley,
Freme, Evans, Barclay, Earle, Moon, Nicol, Griffith, and

Turner. Against the amendment—Messrs. 'Shaw, Hodg-
son, Copeland, Edwards, Barton, Sands, Rae, Toulmin,
Lawrence, Cooper, Birkett, Procter, Lloyd, Rigby, Kilshaw,
Parker, Harbord, Houghton (Alderman), Chilton, Bram-
ley-wooi:e, Molyneux, Crook, and the Mayor.
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The Council adjourned at four o'clock, to eleven o'clock
on Wednesday next.

TAM 0° SUANTER—ANDERSON'S STATUARY Rooms.—
Mr. Anderson, now that he has removed to Ranelagh-street,
is having crowds of visitors pouring in upon him to inspect
his handy work. The Blue-coat boys have been kindly per-
mitted to see the figures—a party each day going to the
rooms, accompanied by Mr. Foster. The corporation scholars
have also been invited to inspect them. Mr. Anderson is
very liberal to his visitors, as, on paying once, they are not
charged a second time for admission. We regard these sculp-
tuers as astonishing examyles of perseverence, industry, and
skill, and we trust thousands will avail themselves of a plea-
sure they will not have cause to regret.
HALIFAX, Nov. 18.—The Herald, Dickson, from Liver-
pool to Miramichi, was driven on shore, on the sth of ult.,
inside Point Escuminac, and it is feared will be a wreck ;
crew saved. The Elizabeth, Brabble, from Liverpool to
Dalhousie, was driven on shore at Meccon Island in October,
and is a total wreck ; crew saved. A bark, from Liverpool,
was on shore near Sydney, Cape Breton. The Portland,
Robinson, which returned to Quebec on the 3d ult., was dis-
charging her cargo, and was repairing in the floating dock.
Report now has it that the Romish party in Dublin have
resolved to constitute Mr. O'Connll permanent lord mayor,
there being, it is aUeged, no provision in the Municipal Re-
form Bill against the re-election of the same party to that
office, year after year.

FATAL FALL.—On Wednesday, the 17th ult., a young
man named Thomas Morgan, living at Clarach, near Aber-
yestwith, met an untimely death, by falling over a rock be-
tween Clarach and Borth, The deceased, with a companion,
started in the snow from home that morning, with the in-
tention, as it is supposed, of catching rabbits. A rabbit, it is
said, was started, and the unfortunate young man, pursuing
it with too much eagerness near a precipice, fell in. The de-
clivity was not so great but that he might have recovered
himself, had it not been for the slipperiness occasioned by the
snow. As it was, he came down upon the sea shore with his
head foremost, and never spoke more. His companion, at
great personal risk, followed through a more practicable
winding of the rock, to render assistance ; but on finding him
speechless, and the blood rushing from him in torrents, he
was so overpowered that he fainted on the spot. The father
of the deceased came immediately to the place ; but on find-
ing that his son had lost all consciousness he fell on his knees
and prayed. The poor sufferer, however, still breathed, and
was taken to Wallog House, where every assistance in their
power was rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Morris. By this time
Mr. John Phillips, surgeon, of Aberystwith, was sent for,
who came and rendered all the assistance which his surgical
skill could suggest, but to no purpose ; for the poor young
man breathed his last in the course of the day, about three
hours after the accident._ Welshman.