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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

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THE AFFAIRS OF TOXTETII-PARK

We have been favoured with a copy of a memorial pre-
sented to the magistrates by a body of highly-respectable
ratepayers of Toxteth-park, the substance of which, be-
fore remarking upon it, we shall endeavourto plate before
It is well known that for some time past-
-, since the domination of the Liberal party was
established in the Parish-office, many complaints have
been made against them of unfair dealing in electioneer-
ing and registration matters, by the Conservative portion
of the ratepayers. At the recent meeting for the election
of overseers it is loudly urged that the same kind of prac-
tices prevailed. The memorial states that shortly previous
to the meeting, a second rate, of one shilling and eight-
pence in the pound, had been laid, very few bills for which
had been issued until the day before the meeting ; and
many parties attended the meeting, not aware of such rate
being laid, who were informed that they could not in
consequence be allowed to vote unless it was previously
paid. The consequence was, that the opinion of the rate-
payers at large was not taken as to the list brought for-
ward, but only the opinion of those who had been pre-
viously prepared to support such list.
The memorialists remind their worships that, out of
10,000 assessments, nearly 5000 have been excused pay-
ment of the rates, on the recommendation of the over-
seers; and they suggest, without urging any charge on
this account, that the affairs of the parish should not be
vested so entirely in the bands of gentlemen interested in
the ownership of cottage property, as, it is stated, they

our readers
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are at present

They. urge upon the bench, as a matter of justice to the
bona fide ratepayers of Toxteth-park, that at least one
party unconnected with non-ratepaying property should
be selected for office, and they submit for choice the
names of four eligible parties,—Messrs. Charles Batten,

payers

Nothing of unfairness is imputed to the bench
They have laid before them a plain statement of facts
They are told that something _

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and B. B. Jones.
add, is most respectfully worded

although ;we cannot

perceive at all u

pon what

grounds

kuvring: nas men
ion of the opinion of the
entire body of ratepayers, as to the names of the overseers
most eligible, being presented to them. And the prayer
urged upon them—a most proper one in our opinion—is,
that will exercise their undoubted power to defeat any

such manoeuvre

the legislature—the magistrates would not tolerate their
own property to be so dealt with—that the management
of an extensive parish, and the privilege of deciding who
shall be excused from the payment of its rates, should be
dealt with almost exclusively by a class of men, whose
tenants are composed nearly altogether of those parties
who are usually in the habit of seeking exemption.

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

GRATIFYING

TESTIMONIAL

-The Rev. John Crum

moval to the incumbency of Bootle; by

Late parishion-

ers, with a handsome purse, containing thirty-five guineas,
a Pocket Communion Service, and twenty-one volumes
of handsomely bound theological works. The pa-

rishioners assembled

being taken by William Ackers, Esq., Mr. Galloway
delivered a suitable address, to which Mr. Crump very
feelingly replied. Prior to this meeting, Mr. Crump had
received a handsomely bound bible, and also a superbly
finished gold watch, from the parishioners, for his devoted
attention to the schools and the poor of the town, and we
eemTratulate the inhabitauts of Bootle on the removal of

—One of

such a workman to that portion of the vineyard
ROBBERY OF A HOUSE IN QUEEN SQUARE
the members of a confraternity well known by the cog-
b." was on Sunday night last, de-
f constables Toole and

tecteu
Grisenthwaite, immediatelyafter committing a burglary
in Queen-square. Grisenthwaite stated that whilst on
the watch for such characters in the vicinity of Queen-
square, Toole and he observed the prisoner and another
man passing along the streets, and from their appearance
they excited the suspicions of the vigilant detectives.
They arrested them at once, and proceeded to search their
persons, when they found on the prisoner a large•bunch
of skeleton keys, chisels, turnscrews, and all the imple-
ments necessary for house-breaking; and alio a quantity
of silver plate, spoons, forks, &c., and a gold brooch. On
the other nothing was found. He stated also that the
property had been claimed by a lady since the occurrence
had taken place. Toole stated that he had examined the
keys, and he found that one of them opened the hall
door of the house in question ; and also that one of the

chisels corresponded with the marks made in a cabinet
which had been wrenched open in the search for valuables.
The property having been identified, the prisoner was
committed by Mr. Rushton for trial.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BENEVOLENT EDUCATIONAL
SOCIETY.--In one of our publications in January last, we
n'"l-..-1• at, length, the particulars of a meeting held at
Mr. Lascenes' Rooms, Great Richmond-street, for the
purpose of forming the above society, and we hailed the
attempt as being worthy the encouragement of our bene-
volent and charitable townsmen. We now feel much
satisfaction in recording the remarkable success of the
undertaking, and from the character and constitution of
the committee, we doubt not their well-intentioned la-
bours will be fully appreciated by those who are anxious
of seeing imparted to the poor the incalculable blessing of
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a sound reliolous education. in strict n, -
principles of our Established Church.
the society are chiefly in All Saints.' ecc

be-lamented transfer of both church and school into the
hands of the Roman Catholics ; and, judging from the

society's report, we wonder that, with sucu
means and for so short a period, four schools have pro-
gressed so rapidly and satisfactorily. In proof of which,
the average attendance of the children of the poor on
Sundays is upwards of 100 ; at the evening school 50.
The reading-rooms also, which are opened free of charge,
are well attended by the parents of the children; in addi-
tion to which several hundred tracts have been circulated
among the poor, and a considerable number of Bibles,
Testaments, and Prayer-books have been sold to them' at
the society's prices. We understand William Bennett
and James Parker, Esqrs., have kindly become annual
subscribers. We would also recommend our Christian
friends to visit the schools • at the same time, any 'mem-
ber of the committee will gladly receive any contributions
for the support of the society. The disinterested exer-
tions of Mr. Windle, the indefatigable secretary to the
institution, are beyond all praise.
MEETING AT RENSHAW-STREET CHAPEL.—Yesterday,
a meeting of the Committee of the Home Mission, in
connexion with the. Unitarian body in this town, was held
in the above chapel, for the purpose of receiving the re-
port of Mr. Johns, the minister to the poor, passing the
accounts of the treasurer, and transactinc, the business.
In the absence of Mr. T. Harvey, Mr.' Avison was
unanimously called to the chair. Several resolutions were
passed, approving of the course adopted in the establish-
ment of ragged schools." The meeting was addressed
by Mr. Rathbone, who remarked on the great change
which these schools had produced in the neighbourhood,
and immediate district of Mr. Johns, and that he deserved
the highest praise for his exertions. Another gentleman
said that where, previously, there was nothing but igno-
rance and superstition, through the blessing of God, there
was now a new light sprung up among the people. 'Where,.
ten years ago, their minister had to go through dens of
iniquity and sin, he now found that he was treading on
classic ground.—Mr. Jevon moved the second resolution,.
which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Martineau, who
detailed the progress of the schools. Their attendance
though at first small, had increased to 200 to 300 in
number, and there was a great desire evinced on the part
of'the children to receive education. He also mentioned that
in schools had been formed on a new plan, simi-
lar to those of Aberdeen, which was, that all children found
begging in the streets, or even taken in the act of felony, in-
stead of being taken to gaol are conveyed to the institution
where they are supported, educated, and taught some
useful trade ; and the consequence is, that in Aberdeen
crime and beggary are now entirely unknown, and in
Manchester are fast disappearing. He hoped the example
would soon be followed by this town. The accounts of
the past year were read by Mr. Thornely, the treasurer,
from which it appeared that the total income has been
£484 10s. 7d., and the expenditure £250. The meeting
was afterwards addressed by Thomas Bolton, Esq., Mr.
Lamport, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Yates, and Mr. Thornhill.
A vote of thanks was passed to the treasurer, and, after a
similar compliment had been paid to the chairman, the
meeting separated.
A GENTLEMAN POLlCEMAN.—Yesterday, Police Con-
stable 256, and various others of the same genus, appeared
before Mr. Rushton, to prefer the serious charge of riot,
assault, and rescue against a Mr. Topping and several
others, for offences committed " against the Queen, her
crown and dignity," in the person of the aforesaid 256,
on the night of Saturday last. The constable stated that
shortly before twelve o'clock on Saturday night last, he
and some other brothers of the baton were returning from
duty, in the direction of Robert-street, when they saw a
crowd of men standing.at the corner of that street, whom
they desired in the mildest language to pass on, and
block up the footpath. This, he said, provoked the ire of
Mr. Topping and the others, who, without further cere-
mony, commenced amusing. themselves by beating the
constable and his companions, after which, with the
assistance of more constables, some of them were taken
into custody, but the rest were rescued. On the other
side, it was deposed by several witnesses that 256 was the
first to give offence, and also to commit an assault.
Richard Lewis, an old mariner, stated that he was one of
the party standing at the corner; that he was waiting
there for a ship-master to take a vessel down the river ;
that he was sober at the time ; and that they were neither
noisy nor disorderly when the constables came up, one of
whom took his stick and " poked " it right into the side
of one of the party named Bowen, and ordered him to
" leave the road, and allow a gentleman to pass." He
(the constable) then knocked the witness down twice in
the channel, after which they got assistance and took part
of them to bridewell. This statement having, been corro-
borated by various witnesses, Mr. Rushton said it ap-
peared to him that an outrage had been committed by
256. He had gone up to the man, and, without inquiring
his business, pushed him off the footpath with his stick.
It was quite right that people should not be allowed to
interrupt the footwalks ; but, then, in this case, the con-'
stable, instead of treating the prisoners 'as reasonable
beings, took his stick and punched one of them in the
ribs with it ; therefore he made himself answerable for all
that occurred afterwards. Such gross conduct was calcu-
lated to bring disgrace on the entire force. He would
discharge all of the prisoners, and order 25G to be sus-
pended.
For several days last week, Dublin was visited with a
perfect hurricane, with occasional showers of sleet. and
rain. The English mails due at 5 a.m., did not reach
until 2 or 3 in the afternoon.

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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE YOUNG
- SOCIETY.

MEN'S

and friends of this

Hail, Bold-stree

The annual meeting of the member
society was held last night in the Musi
Adam Hodgson, Esq., in the chair. Amongst those
present on the platform, we observed the Rev. Canon
M'Neile, Rev. W. W. Ewbank, Rev. Robert Davies,
Rev. J. Cordeaux, Rev. W. Warre, Rev. E. Roberts,
Rev. W. Green, Rev. S. B. Clarke, Rev. W. Wolsley,
Rev. J. C. Cowan, Rev. W. Chave, Rev. H. Hampton,
Rev. R. Flood, missionary from West Canada ; James
Macrae. Esn W M Pichpr Ran _Trihri Lan crtnn Earr

Groom, Esq., G. Langtry, Esc

.our to allow those parties for who—se benefit the society
formed) the hall was about three-parts filled. During
le reading of the Report, hcwever, the attendance kept

until, at an early stage of tl
room was filled by an attentive assembly
ADAM Honosox, Esq., President of the Society, occu-
pied the Chair.
The meeting having be
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proceedings, the

ened with prayer by the

The CHAIRMAN said that it was his pleasing duty about
a year ago, when they last met, to enter at considerable
length into the objects of this Association. It was, there-
fore, quite unnecessary to do so again on this o
their time was limited, and as h

around him many

ed a meeting on this

f vital importance to the

welfare of this vast emporium of commerce ;—taking these
matters into consideration, he would not allow himself to
be led to offer observations of his to the meeting. They

would proceed at once with the business of theevening-;
and he would therefore call on the Rev. Mr. Hampton to
read the report of tT- (Cheers.)
The Rev. Mr -
The renort

read the report

library.. In both they were disappointed by the difficulty of
procuring a suitable room at a moderate rent. Three lectures

nave been delivered during the year by the Rev.-Hugh
Rev. F. Close, and the Rev. H. Stowell, their obligation to which
three honoured men the committee acknowledge with much
thankfulness. The eport then goes' on to show the net
for such a society, the object, and probable result of it.
1. Its necessity.—lt would be impossible for any reflecting
mind.to contemplate the peculiar construction of society in

young men and youths concentrated fro.n all pares of the king
dom within its limits. Many of these leave their homes from
fourteen to,sixteen years of age, with sanguine hopes, buoyant
spirits, unsophisticated minds, and virtuous habits, to enter
the offices of merchant profes-

s, or to pursue some honouri
They have lost the wholesome

sion or employment
parental authority, the comforts and attractions of the domes-
tic circle, and, it may be, the constraining influence of pious
example. And what have they gained ? They gain, indeed, ad-
vantages and facilities for acquiring a knowledge of commerce
in all its extended and varied branches. But, during the hours
not appropriated to the office occupations, most of them ar
left without a protector or guide, exposed t(
tions, and seductive lures, so constantly!

self-indulgence and licentiousness are presented in every shape;
the deadly draught of dissipation is so refined in its mixture,

that simPlicity,Candour, and honesty, unsupported by fixed
Christian principles, are soon carried away, and the victim

ace, its object is to catch young titan and

s soon as they arrive; and before they have formed bad
habits and bad companions, and to band them with young men

'of religious principle and virtuous character, for high and no-
ble, enterprising, and godly purposes. The study of theology,
history, philosophy, especially as bearing on missionary efforts
—with conversational discussions on kindred subjects—lectures
illustrative of our present
_missionary stations and on church

history generally, ivith a library and reading-room, are the
means by which we hope to preserve many from the fatal paths
of worldly pleasures
Lastly, the result.
than the mere effort

This must be the work of 'a higher power
f nn nscnrisitinn bowpvpr Serintiiral an 1

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upon God for the aid of his Holy Spirit, the blessing, we are
assured, will follow. And we have a right to expect that a ma-
chinery, such as we contemplate, will, if rightly directed, pro-
duce a noble result. If the mind, before it is biassed in a wrong
direction, be attracted to a course of moral and religious train-
ing, and to the pursuit of literary acquirements, surely an im-
mediate and valuable result is achieved. But, if we cast our
view a little more in prospective, we can fjresee the strength of
our missionary societies arising out of this early discipline. The
opportunity will be afforded to every member of becoming
acquainted with the state of the Jews—historically and prophe-
tically—with the heathen world, embracing every clime, and
caste, and colour; with our colonists and emigrants, as well as
with the true condition of our crowded and neglected home

pvp.auLava•• nv., nagAAAAA aa“. 1111 11101.1
tion and study, and, under God's gracious guidance, will lead
to a plentiful harvest. And while seeking wisdom from the
heavenly fountain, light from its only source, and grace from

bereth nor sleepeth, but who, we believe, will watch over us
for good.

The Rev. Mr. Cowan moved the first resolution, con-
firming the Report, and nominating

the executive coml.

Mr. J. H. MACRAE felt great pleasure in seconding the
resolution, which was carried unanimously.
The Rev. Mr. M`NEILE then presented himself, and
was received with the most enthusiastic bursts of ap-
plause. When silence was restored, he proceeded to
address the meeting : He said that
been engaged in an I—ouranie ani -a-- men had
important enter-
prise-10,, eney had for a considerable time -been devot-
ing much of their time, their talent, their. means, their ener-
gies, for the furtherance of their object; and when, notwith-
standing all that had been done, they perceived that much, very
4 . he done still; and when they began to feel
.mpt them,

their case to'ex

from the common Intl-mines and the common dec
men ; and when they considered that if the great ente

ardent in the mirk—young and vigotirous heads—strtini into

the places which they had in their day endeavoured to occupy.
They (the chairman and himself), and he said they; but when
he looked around he saw another grey head, (turning to the

said they were engaged in a noble enterprise—the noblest that
could occupy the mind of man. That was the enterprise in
which the Son of Man sent forth his followers to gather his
children together, who had been about in the midst of a naughty
world, by proclaiming to them his promise that all who came
unto him heavy laden should be relieved. (Cheers.) The
chairman and he . (Mr. M`Neile) had, in their time, the pri-
vilege of coming together for the purpose of carrying out the
objects of some of the greatest and best-known societies in the
kingdom. One of them was of old standing, and was,
therefore, the best known, and was, perhaps, the most
useful; one of them was but a few years _in operation, and
another of them had but just started to its work. (Cheers.)
They were all, however, well constructed for carrying out the
enterprise which they had in view they were all well adapted
for carrying out all. the works they had in hand. (Cheers.)
The great principle of all these instrumentalities was to secure
the purity and simplicity of evangelical truth, without doing
violence to any of the ordinances of true Christian piety. This,
like all other ways approaching to truth and piety, was a nar-
row way. It was impossible to be easy and lax in their regard
for order, without doing an injury to some of the essentials of
truth ; and it was quite possible to have the most proper.ob7

servance of order,
i but with the preservation of it (hey might.
inflict the greatest injury to the doctrine of truth. The gua-
ranteewhich they had for the principle which was involved in
that Society of
.young men was to be found in the fact that they
proposed to assist from different institutions, all of which had
done the most effective service to the cause of Christian truth
—they were the Society to which hehad before alluded—(cheers)
The Church Missionary Society had been long and well known,
and the Jewish Missionary Society had also been long and well
and he would add, deservedly known to the Christian public of
the kingdom. It engaged an instrumentality not so extensive
and universal as the Church Missionary Society, but yet
perhaps it was as effective in its own sphere. (Hear, hear.)
Then they were engaged in the production of the Pastoral Aid
Society, whose operations were more at home thaiithe other
two. It was a society whose difficulties had been greater than
any other; but which he was happy to say had weakened the
storm which had been threatened against it. (Cheers.) It had
commended itself to the kingdom at large ; and it had succeeded in
beating down the calumnies by which it had, in its infancy,
been assailed. (Cheers.) It had come forth from the ordeal
through which it had been forced, he thanked God, unscathed;
and it had, therefore, commended itself to all lovers of truth,
and order, and piety in the kingdom. (Cheers.) It was a so-
ciety which, while it supported in the State all that was con-
sistent with the spread and welfare of true and evangelical
Christianity, boldly opposed all that was vacilating and trac-
tarian in both the State and some of the ministers of the
Church. (Loud cheers.) Then came their youngest society,
and he regarded it as a happy circumstance connected with it,
that it had scarcely started into extstence, when the young
men of England came to its assistance. Then came the
Cnlnnial Society. and. although some might sneak to the con-.

gentleman then proceeded to argue for the necessity wcncu
existed for the establishment of that society. in consequence of
the neutral course pursued by the British and Eoreign Society,
with reference to the tractarian movement in the Church. After
which, he said, that he had always been accustomed to speak'
the truth as he believed it—(hear, hear, and cheers) and
they all knew that he hated Popery,—(hear, and enthusiastic
applause.)—and they also knew that , whilst he hated the'
lomish Church as an establishment, that no man would be
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more willing to befriend a papist indiviall..., (Cheers.) ~sut
looking at these things, ►hey all knew that something more than
a mere forbearing neutrality to that halfway-house to.popery—
tractarianism—was called for from all the societies of the
church. It would not do for the British and Foreign Society to
_ _

say that they would not absolutely countenance that erro-
neous and pernicious system : it was not enough for them
to say so, but it was the duty—the bounden fluty—of
_ .

the most unequivocal, their. opposition to. it. (
As regarded the work without, they were engaged in the great
and vasty enterprise which was inculcated by the Christian
dispensation—that of drawing all men together, from the east
and the West, the north and the south, in one vast multitude,
one common family, of which no man could be a member who

would not stand before the throne and the Lamb and praise
him for ever and ever. (Cheers.) And as regarded their
works within, they were engaged, as expressed in the report,
in the cultivation of moral and sound Christian principles,
combined with the pleasing pursuits. of literature, amongst
the young men of England—(hear, hear.) That was a noble

ohject ; and one which-was in every way worthy of their most
strenuous efforts to accomplish.—(hear. bear, and cheers.)—He
considered that as certain instruments were strengthened by
use, .so would the ChristianlMissionary institutions of their
religion be strengthened, and made more and more useful the
more they:were used.—(Hear, hear,)—He believed so because
he believed that they drew their strength from God, and he as
a great source—a heavenly fountain of grace—could never fail ;
and, therefore, the more they drew upon him, the more they
would receive from him; (cheers) and the more vigilantly they
drew on the energies of the young men of England themselves
for missionary enterprises, the more useful they would become
for those purposes. If instead of frequenting those haunts,
which had been so delicatelyAand sensitively, and touchingly
alluded to in what partook more of the nature of a statement
than a report, they could be banded together for the purpose of
cultivating of literary, scientific subjects, not to speakof the
knowledge which they would acquire relative to their own im-
mortal souls ;—if they could be brought to speak of and assist
• the missionary enterprise of the church, for the spread of the
Gospel and the promotion of true religion,—if their minds
could be brought into the atmosphere of intellectual cultiva-
tion ;—they would be supplied with the elements for the enjoy-
ment of the highest aspirations man could possibly be blessed
with; and the elements for capability of usefulness, the extent
of which it was impossible for any living man to calculate.
After some further observations, the rev. gentleman concluded
an eloquent speech, of which the above is but a mere outline,
by observing that, as he had now complied with the request of
the valuable secretary,gnnnNgvhttoohenlTinaasan tht
fairheel
avf
snasneehdl, sooanini
efhret
Ih,
hoe iyorapgseoed-.
he iee twyo-4u cdh getee r ro übnyg
(Applause.) He would, before sitting down, beg leave, in the
most cordial manner, to propose the following resolution
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" That this meeting rejoices at the formation of such a so,
ciety, which cannot fail (under (3od's blessing) of raising the