The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-18 00:00:00

TO \VN-CO PROCEEDiNGs.

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rate..4y 4,eemeel an '#nortnous sineen ro • lest flie'ette#ol.#" -8400- ..c4II-r.l•r front OA, Wiaehohveuld not get Clergymen to i
troy her, t!tet Popery•might be. establielie!l on -her perform Chat UT). whicli-IN74.,y..metererrepeetet.p.se-_,wheo onlyleeteel .
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• .• .: 1... Ttie enetreil tne; ...Jelin, by adjourement, on . elneseley a,
-.• , egentleureeted the C,toirett.ofe,ll4,l4tiettaften• lert..'hrt Anl- fi::#l4,,cl:, 11 „ •,•.•..-.'.•'. . ; .• . t • .. s
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lee
~ _ • . tier caaracter, invested' her with.. •• --•-. ,. • e.e,en e cee.a., ter tne eespente to prank, oueine...
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heaeii- the children the Ca techisn of ;he ChitrCh 'of' Ei?,.-%-tir,i, aa.i, ~ .• es - •! te„
•."•tilaracter'Of•a el ''' . ‘-', . "rittc. I,LeoitTEits.
Illst lan martyr, and covereil her parse- . wher•e -.he 'underslood. it• 'd - - 'Or - - • •I. % • t a into I into the Cennell roome
, 'en eare:icia Th--err_am, ain ,i.4-,.-!,:sit:se. tr., ' :\-ti-ti #lOOll as toe repot ere were t i ei .
et'k'rx WithieififtisiOn ,xii 0e ' (i '
, . en p.p ry offere 1 ts_lfasalanlb,
..tii, Clergy,--aud in 'the-reading of the i3itive eke: e..,•--. .. ' ' ' ~ .-• -'• - • reire:Mavoir ,:tint he ',het alwaYS been an ativoceite fur the .eia
"We , ' t0.,,,,,m of reporters Intl, that rooM • but he teetverit wee.. arty
• %%ere assorod that all its recOrded at roei ties were the A'e Unitarians disclaim utrifortnitY of belief, it is a difficult . • .# . ,
crimesof ' ' ' • gent leinews etatements wet•e misrepiesented it was only tights
• tori.ner ages; but as it felt its' strength; it be,t,an ',...
matterito say what then creed is. It is, however, generally un- 1., i i a h
i-dt, 3e, #•,umi- -aye alaupportonitytd eetting.thein right: •I oey,
sus
Peak as • -1. . -' • derstood thet they agree in rejecting the•doctrine of the atone- ce ' v seoeett in a Vet's; rude,
rudely, hivt inaile.hiet aptiear to ha e . e . .
4 i ragon, proving., by peijory in parliament, . . ' -
soil by ~.. .4. manner to Mr. Wow. mei in a waY that he should be very eerrve
• . Meet, and etre. unanimous in, denying. the divltlityfief our ea- • • • • • - -
, . persechtiorietid blood in Ireland that its character i to do. tie retina he Was nettle to say In ninepapee (reatlin,g
hlinel ,ee• , eeyiour. - # I froth the STANDARD the following sentence' to :Sir. Weed : -
, ' langitr and •
tinehangeable. 'llien there was a con- i. ~„ ~ , ,
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'asion• ' • etrs caatooone having proiesseu noose.. to be a Unitarian, ## The Jingoes—\\' eaoeestrug vshat your presenipttorte
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parties; while large classes of the friends of the,' - h'
there..ls reason totevet at these opeirons, with
flag hail . '' us seen as you are. seated. Yoe have -asked a ereat motry.
I,_ Objects-which the destructives were wit.? which there is no material disagreement among the members , •
lag to take
d •t t hear your suppositions." Ile was,
quesoons, an we mire .ne
in their way; now- the question is brought• of that sect, are coeincident with his Men. If such be the ease, ' sure that was .a very rude speech which he hail made, 'and lie
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t° One •e • ' • ' -- - ' ' I-and '• • b I'• h t enever.d I - it. it lie merely: tailed. i
. simple alternative—the Protestant Church.. or. how can he, assail honest men a cartstian.—for such we are egget to say tat • i...
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P4ery '-'#e -• i . _ ' !Mr Wood to order he having in befete, whe, in askiog
persuaded he would be accounted,—reconcile to his conecience. •-• .•. - . # - e • . i• „ lie
. #the i',nglisit censtitution or fcrepublic ?,-,-.a tines:. - - - • • qUestionS, toltowed them by presuming sotnet nu,. said;`
tmll wlrich-allows • . .:
. the. treachery of the Church Catechism, eoutainine, a, that ex- . •
, .no room for- neutrality 'compromise, or .
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. "the Town-clerk weld answer questions
"AcCisierse .Tz
- cellent formulary does, an ekoicii declaration that " Goa the had clone.; but he hae asked a great many, and he wouid have
, --- ..ay one triumph we *trait save:lke toUntry;..,
So, ~ Son" bath redeemed. mankind? How can he reconcile this i arrow difficulty in answering them." He ((A not think he had
' entet 'l-; , •fe -1- :, ,f- 1
• ,rt e 1 IN eit I I But, happy as. these presages conduct with that zeal which a sail Weal. he trot been merle to gay, and that if he had, \l r•
sincere belief of the doctrines het ' . - ' ' - •
ate of - il did ot.howe
1 Weed would have called him to elder. e , n , ver,
a retu-rn t 6 -sonnd doctrines, we should: be :hap- espouses is calculated to inspire? Is it consistent in hire to apet beiieve that he had been ietentionally misrepresented :,• but he
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still 'if 'we could aCeelerate its .b d. • '
progress y tree iii, _ .
t. a peal to Mr. Horsfall for the. corroboration of a statement which I thoirght. that it was a mistake Which frail oceurrel In the hurry
the „ • . •
ht.tenii ,1 - implies that •he iestructed the childreu in doctrines which he 1,.-..°1. blisi"ess• ,
•on ano tinga!!,ing the energies Of aur-cfmntry-. . . Me. Coancillor .I. N. Worn was perfectle', sure that Mr. Earle
Mee in • •• e ~ i , : - . cannot but- coreleem.as erroneous? Is it credible that anyone,
questions tnit. inroive weir best interests—toenever...did make use of the exereseiuns weich were in the
°e'ltloi •• • I . ' possessing-any-regard for the opinion 'of the puhlice—any con- STAN riA ao.
2, IA traoe, the contlition•Of•our Manufactories, the:. .cern fur 1* - ' -4. could teach dt r II ti M• C.. •II I ••II - W ,RTll.—" I hold in
,my
• .11; own repute.ion, -w a. wou tbe mos_ ~• t. e.einci or .e..sllEaca la ,
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proePants 0,',/ ' r united ' 1 anti, • q - 1' --' ' • • - 1 hno.'l sooto;hirtj wliich is very un-o:ty relative to what I; said iat 1
gricti,ture, anal;- wit ii in. uen
tiai rewignant to hie own tee ings and ettriviettons —merely for the 1 '
t /his e.riee',
over all, the monetary - state 'of • England. r.lt is , the •. .s:-ii:e of establiehiagea ;Iniaittvleeetkejettaracter of a magi of li- ' The'L'il 3.-y °it prcsmned it only related to whathad.appeared in.
snbtl .:- . - • •
(.. selfish policy of a few tUrbulent spirits in the land, betaiitJ ? . . 7, ..-. :. the room. •, . - .
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ill .1 -II •"I am eite awar
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Mr. t, latincillor Lew It ENeE .. EY WoitTl4.- 11 , - . ..a,
‘.‘ torn there is what Dar -* It- '•. deal of • '
win ca s. a• greatTo c -hibit thii'Marfeer In a -still'etrimgerlight,. we would,aske -
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.. ilam in or.fer in qiiiking on. this stibject;,aiitishodd bit obligolfox,,i
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qc umulated mobility;. to keep up till): agitation in the. 'i"' ' 7 • I/'e in 'hand, is a volt
- • - iksuerperrnission to (.0 so. Ile paper . te# - • ,g •►
public rit. M•Neile fa iritilatilieeelit-heeintheabsence 'deny Itoman Ccile.- „-ie . •'• . t• f What paper Wes not stated.) lon mute
s; epl esenia In .
Itid whatever, saerifice be. made. They have no . • • .•, - ' •
td • .. - - lie Priest or SocinititMililifeillor frOni:these•schonts, were tofu- ,iv express ,etifinients I nevtr intended. If I ander.sloyd,..riyht..;ha
IlPs rot'• • ' • ' - '
rotting without employment-,-no half:blank bills of . i • jinn/ b. • ~,./ ,-• .• • •in this roonvtoi te Orr
struct.the:chiltire_win,thealeetrine Of transubetatifiatien or he- "ti,li""the "',l e".15.:t •., .1-1. '"Y "'Parte", • P
iildin, ._ ~.• .. snot is taia ny litiS COU,I4wI --it ;s in. older that the constiturstemtvito,l
e--eno enginesworkinee"lititited.hours--e-nofreights - • f.•-ililt .? 'W ‘ I,f- t ''.' 't,- , , • :'e -• . • ' • ~. ' • . •i ,,t.i
to c„„„., . • ',_ ~, man pt r_cr• t i y 0a...
.no mica au eit rae.. ueea ..eeii, y /
it:lees-eat Cteht iteri• May, 91'M ci:t Optittoot Oft. diir Melt sc or pic: #,
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countries wnere profit .is absorbed, in fiscal exactions. :tad consistency proctire:for:ruun the uitequiemeal diseoprobeiti.m. -•-eit's -iiii yiring cm reel fiewg. 1 I our setti;ilicitil <ire Intl*ldpOsenica,i
Nn, like I • ,
e otter impurities, the can only be .kept from .of' ~ ~. .... • .. - '
all (rood men 7 .\‘' owl n,,t such conduct redde ` ina'..,e,t ;ha 1 everse of the sen:intenti ire 'hari'•expretwi,‘,
r hill the object er made _ •
Sink h he (I •In,ion is as great as ran Le to the pultlo;;;.:.irred so ~
•of universal censure ?' No Protestant Nil:lister or layarto ceeild, i"4-•oel' le , ' - ~ , • • • , . .e.. . , fit
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i , ing by 'agitation. ' Awake; then, ye merchants of . - „lron tne reporteis oeing of use !hey are an actiot naisaoce,
Liner t 2 so 30; we are convinced; incurring the met ited stigmaed i (~ 1ine,.,,, ,
Leen 'el, Ceeticiller Uralic:is Jerdeire) Fur if .ta inert,:
.‘pooll try what can be clone for yourselves—what ' .:. _
fur - • l.speaks nonsense, it is oeeiraole (n it public:el-11mM know it;
your country during the next session of parliament. and if* he express,: 1ii.0.,1 f wisz,ry, it is ioyottalit that the..pal4lic
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an "example to the land and, as ve. ave.the first in should know it. I only niention this that the reporters in this rOo#U,
wo.ad be so kind that they trill endeavour to be can in 'ivhat•-•:i4
c)almereial enterprise, bth first to d • 1., be -tile e email( . protection . said by this board.'
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ommerce. It is an honourable and praiseworthv [Our Iteeotivett on referrieg to his notes of whet the Mayor
diet say to Mr. Wood, fiads 'a 'slight discrepancy Intl Wien e hat
emulation that. pronipts the mind to that .only real
.pa- .
and what he is represented to have said, and which lie.calt only
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tsnipublie happiness.. • So long as We have This attribute to the hurry of writing out four columns of the council
°lan 1". • '''' - proceedines, occurring the day after a lung meeting :which re:.
ne of - mato,. au appeal, you shall never have the
' ' gitited'all his attentiore and to having to dictate to an atuaniten-
;tool*e •,_ . • , .. .
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#- ogy to tonne for tiegteettog•your (lut r, that you have sts. 'rue substance, however, is precisely the same. lie finds
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nut been reininded of it. --.•• ' ' in his short-hand notes die forme mg, without the omission .of a
word, and, to the best of his belief, it is verbatim. what occurred:
,"rhe,Nlitym' (interrepting Mr. Wood.)--Without suggesting
what your presumptions will be, the •'rown-cleflt will be-ready
:to answer the questions as soon as You are sealed. We must
not have your suppositions. You Lave asked a great nearly
questions, and it will be difficult to remember them." Onr re-.
porter begs to say that he invariably endeavours to give impar-
tially the meaning of every speaker, and, when space will allow
it, freqttenity the very words. With regard to what Mr. LAIN-
rence ileyworth has beeu pleased to say; the renorter bugs to
repeat that he does "endeavour to be correct ;" and in order
that Mr. Lawrence Heyworth may not complain of him as a
nuisance (it* he should be. alluded to) in subjective, Mr. 11..'s
speeches to the rounding off for which nut a few of the town
councillors are indebted to him, the reporter pledges himself in
future; when Mr: Councillor Lawrence Heyworth may sneak
at length, on any subject, to report him literally, in the first
person, that when Mr. Lawrence Hee worth speak.; "nonsense.,
or wiseiy, the public may know it." 'The reporter begs to state
that he has begun to redeem his pledge on the present occasion. I
TOE i.ECTUREit OF ST. JOHN'S STIP.ENo.
The Meetot itninedintely proceeded to the busineis of the 1
council. He was happy to say they lied nut much business
before them. The reason of adjourning the council to that day'
was to get I iirough the business which remained at the termini-
tiou of the last quarterly meeting. The !list thing io order viols.'
a notice from the Itev. Mr. Moss.
The TOWN-CLERK then read a notice sent to hint froinAhe
Bev. fur. Nlose, lecturer of Sr. John's, respectfully deteauding
that the annual stipend of E. 181.), which during the Seven years
past had been usually paid and granted, should forthwith he
secured to him, together with all arrears, in pursuance to the
provisions of an act of par:lament to that end provided. The
town-clerk said he shouideseplain that this claim rested on the
613th section of the multi: ipal act; according to which "..id pen-
'sinus atmeellowauces granted on or before the sth day,of Jure.,
1835„•by time corporate hotly to an'
.retired officer or servatie
or to tile widow 4.r. child of any officer 4ff servant, and all stia
needs or allowances which duriug seven years nest before the
said bib dey of Juire heve,been usually grunted and paid to the
Minister er hale ie ieistee of any chtirCh or chapel. or to t henta oil s-
ter or 'usher of ally scneel, ice.ice.by such corporate body, sha be
secured, a 5.50011 ,Li OekiNTllieatl may.be after the passing of
this ect, tor,every person eotitleeleer accustomed to have and re-
ceive the same, by bond or obligation under the common seal
of the borough, tort of wieeseeremileehe same .shall be payable,:
together wieheell errearsodsueh stlineel.". The sub-committee,
to no had reported on the i'liareh'proceedings, under `the: advice
et counsel, reported to NII. Muss that he was not to be consi-
dereda !Moister or late minister of the Chapel of St, John. but ..•
a peoiuted' by the Common council not as minister, but as lec-
turer. A supolteeentery report had been.matie ou the citcume
stance of Ar. A.,,S I,..hig uppohlted Under the nomination of
the bishop atedunder tile seal of the corporation, with a view to.
its being taken into cetoncieration-when the subject. should again
be brought forward, Mr. Bolton's motion having left that and
other cleines to stand over. Mr. Moss had urged, in bringing:
reticent his claim, that in not residing in the parish of Liver-
pool. he would net he entitled to benefit 'under the eiviewnieut
deed. He wield read several letters on the china v..hict-f had:
passed bet vial hen (the towuelerk) and Meeerti 'Statltteeitorth•
and Hopkins, of Preston, Mr. Moss's solicitors, to eieev the
a:nit:able-manner ie which the question tees treated. The time ii-
clerk then read r.yer several lett.:.re till replies on the subject.
It would be very ,tight. if Mr. Mceie: bed a claim to this bond,
that he should hive it without any expetr-five litigation. The
curse that he shouid rec.:emend was, that the! enroll should he
referred to the fioetice ctemnittee., '
' Mr. .a.ltierteau tl.olliNsoN inquired if Mr. Moss was the offi-
ciating niiiiister if 5t...1 ohn's ; ter, as far Its he could collect,
nis cieitri seemed founded on the word "minister," meaning the
efficiating clergymen. If he was net the officiatiug 'Meister,
he sboold thick that cleim would not avail him. •
'l•he Tow,-ci.KEK said the qiiestion really turned on thie,
whether the act of parliament meant ane' other person than tha
minister of the church authorized to be appeinoel byf he act of
parliament, The opinions of counsel were, that it did not. :It
would anstverres good purpose to enter into the diseussion there.
lie thought Mr. Moss was entitled to have the question fairly
considered. If its legality. could be ascertained fairly, it ought
to be done.so.
Mr. Councillor Jestes Ilex wowrit wished. the 68th . c'lan'g
alluded to to be read # weak' which was accordingly done by the
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town-clerk as abeve.
Mr. Councill.». J. Ilenet ES amoved that the subject be referred.
to the select finance committee.- agreed ' • 2. ,
Mr. Councillor BIBBY wished to know if Mr. Moss had ever
offitnated for the last twenty years for the church named ?
The TOWN•CLEIIK apprehended there could be no doubt but
that he had. .
The MAYolt theught this was rather opening the question
after it had been decided, which was rather unusual,
Mr. Councillor Mime; believed he could state that Mr. MoSs
did officiate occasioually.

being accounted a-hypocrite. •
Now, we would calmly appeal to the common sense of the peo-
ple of Liverpool whether such a man is a proper personto
tie t
entrusted with the education of children,—e,pecialiy in the all
iMportant matter of teligion ? Is s man who knowingly and
avoWedly teaches that which his own conscience must condemn,
a lit and proper Person to rhg on the Education Committee?
This is modern liberality with a vengeance! With such men
as Mr. Itatlabone;iil44liSitirand insincerity must certainly be
considered as convertible terms, or he would not be found mak-
ing a shameful dereliction of duty a matter of boast, and claim-.
jng the praie" V his fellow-councillors for compromising his.
religimck
It is hard,—if it be not impossible,—to determine whether
the' infidelity or the folly of some characters predominates in
their public evhiluttione Let us hope, —it is charitable to
that, in the ceae of Itathbune, than an unchecked imagi-•
.ginntion, and., a. mistaken impulse of feeling, are the secret
Springs from which some of his recent extraordinary perform-
.n: es have arisen. • -

At the adjourned -meeting,. of ,the Town Council, on
edneSday last, Mr. Councillor How, on introducing a
tuution4orthe appointment of a committee to consider
the beittitiele of securing .due publicity and uniformity
in it
ae•Mie,ttr 'corporate properly, took, occasion to ani-
tuadvelq ona paragraph which appeared. in the Standard
or the! 14th October, relative to , the sale of. the Globe
The objectior able part of .the paragraph
al
"ded4t; is that which attributes:to some members ofthe
'committee jobbing, in its most.objectionable shape, and
exercising -an influence quite incumpatible with their
boasthd professions of purity. We were at the time
iu
Possession of Sufficient documentary evidence to justify
the suspicion, and our opinion was confirmed by the evi-
dence taken before the special committee appointed, on
the minion of Mr. Councillor Barclay, to enquire into
the Particulars of the transaction, and also by .the pro-
e=edings in the. Town Council on receiving their report.
Eefore we reply to the attack which Mr. Councillor Hope
has thought proper to make upon the Standard, we shall
lay before our readers the opinions entertained by seve-
ral Members of the Council relative to this transaction,
which proves satisfactorily that we were by no means
singular in the opinion we expressed.
Inthe debate which took place en the 30th of Sep-
tember, on receipt of a letter from. the Directors of the
Liverpool Tradesmen's Bank, complaining of the deci-
ilionof the improvement committee, Mr. Councillor Shiel
said; "it had otten insinuated to him that, members of
the Corporation were interested in this transaction." Mr.
Councillor Bolton seconded the motion that the sale be
annulled. Mr., Councillor Tay Wore thought the best
warwould be to put the land up for sale again. The
motion fur appointing a special committee to investigate
the transaction was supported by Messrs. J. ILlines,Lo•
ears, Thornhill, Harvey, Thornely, Rawdou, M‘Greg,or,
Hohnes, Mellor, Birch, Rushton, H. Hornby,.
.1.
Lawrence, Lassell, Holt, Earle, Ceglan, E. Cropper,
Aliion, G. Holt, J. Cropper, Jordan, Duncan, Tayleu re,
o•':HeYworth, Moon, Bailey, Barclay, Itobiusoo,,Stuart,
13ri;wrt, Surith„ and the Mayor, trout a convictiun that
the're, was ,m'ficierot ground for inquiry, and Chat it \\•,,,!
necesSar-V"th remove the suspicious entertained by the
-11-14tdng ourrieh es, perused the correspondence
which pAirsiad between the Directors of the b.roli and the
iniprw.'einrintconnitittee, and being in possession of se-
veial corrObotative facts,_we were of opirtieu that a ses-
-1.14ii00 of itureir (kitting did attsch to some members of
theie,bnonittee. ys •priblic journalists, in the exercise of
Pabli'i't (Invy'. we le.triest4y and honestly expressed our
• oriininn, and oiled publicattention to the, record of facts
in'anothereolumn. When the report of the committee
was.presented to the Council, twenty.of themembers re-
edit-Arid their votes in favour of Mr. Bulten's motion, that
itAyd nut confirmed.
Such are the, facts of the case as they were presented
'to The public, and thus the matter dropped.
"Our readers will be at a loss to discover in all this the
reason for the charge preferred against us, on two occa-
sions, by Mr. Councillor Hope. He commences his at-
tack by charging us .with commenting on the proceed-
ings of 'the committee in terms of bitter sarcasm and
lionv, and under the influence of a malignant spirit. We
can assure Mr. Councillor. Hope that we are by no means
disposed "to establish for ourselves the unenviable dis•
tiriction of maligning,- the conduct of members of the
Council;' hut at the sane time we are determined not to
fre driven from the stern path of duty by the senseless
and malignant- attacks of any man. Was ,•not this ho-.
meltable councillor aware, when he made tire assertion,
"that there never were any public proceedings more free
front taint of any nature, of any interested motive, either
direct or indirect, on the part of the members of the com-
mittee than were the proceedings, in question"—that '2O
Mernbers of the Council had expressed a etnitrarybe-
lief,•and voted in favour of the land being again offered
for sale, and submitted to. a more honourable competi-
tiOrOk", Mr. Councillorlicpe,is„by profession, a liberal,
-and in the true spirit of seehliberality would fetter pub-
'lie Opinion by abusing men whom he cannot reprove.
We-feel-exceedingly obligedto Mr. Hope for historbear-
ance, for itisjust possible that had he inflicted ,a more
severe castigation we coulti.not have survived it. Verily
it is sortiething to be a rept' tned,apancillor„ He would,
if it Vfere in his power, deter,tts,from exposing injustice,
from c-onnirenting,irpou. the .astions of public men, and
aboveall,frour suspecting-the motives of our iiberal coun-
aillorS, and virilst we quietly sailA with the stream, and-
allowed error sod vice to triumph, he would communi-
cate the cheering intelligence to tire Town Council, that
the STANDARD was, at length, bringing forth" the fruits
of re

entance."

We shall endeavour to profit by the. reproof we re-
frOm some members of the Town Council, at their
iykeeting-on Wednesday, respecting the incorrectness of
lc,,
our It has been our study to give faithful and
inipittil reports of all public proceedings, and we have
l'ioecnredlo ourselves a fair share of public confidence. In
140nrtineheiproceedings of. the Town Council we have
:ijiickidonally departed from our usual course, from an
'''Unwillingness• to expose our liberal Councillors to the
contempt and scorn of their constituents by reporting at
length "their foolish and unmeaning harangues. Our
object has been to give the meaning. although not in the
exact words: But we have failed to give satisfaction to
some few of these Councillors, and are now resolved to
adopt a different course. We perfectly agree with Mr.
Couneillot Lawrence Heyworth, that " if a man speaks
nonsense, the public should know it," and for this simple
reason we have reportei his speech verbatim. And as
past errors, we have printed it in
t,
some atonement for
Italics, and recommend our friends to read it carefully.

'ln the recent proceedings of the Town Council, under the
"Education Committee," Mr. Councillor Bathbone.
• `:lloeakine in defence of the r.vstem of edixation adopted'inohe.
4;'‘''''''Cttrporation Schools, is reported to have said that "he had no
-'s,4l4lt.iit.ktion in avowinz iiiiriFelf a Unitarian Di43senter: but he
'l3-'411.:4',..1), th.sa.;ic litoe say. that he had the coofirm,,tiun i,f
*Ft!„.,„ietiji- ww„ Lr was sorvv was OA preseut
:to heai•
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TABLE OP FEES.
The Towel-c Leak said under the municipal act the council
had to settle the tables of fees for the clerk of'the peace of the
borough, the clerks of the magistrates; dud also of the fees of
the registrar of the civil court; These fees in strictness ought
to have been settled before that time, but, iti consi.goeoce or its
being understood that some procedure las intended by govern,.
ment to fix uniform tattles for these fees, it had been delayed.
A letter hail been received from Mr. Phillips, of the Home-
office, on the subject.. The town-cierk read the letter, which
stated that Lord John Russell, having seen the great disparity
which existed in the tables of fees, thought it would be advisa
ble that a revised awl uniform table of fees should be fixed, and
enclosiog a copy of fees, reqneiting it to be returmelaeith'snCh
observations as might be made upon it. • This subject had been
referred to the consolidated committeeon the dutiesettid solo_
foments of the town-clerk, but that cetnnutlee nut "OM: been
contintied, some other might be appainted to have the claims
referred. It would be for the couued beappoint which. •
MT. Councillor RATHBONE begged to n)Velhat it he referred.
to thee borough court committee; it would Veitne more -witbie
their province. • •
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Mr. Alderman RoaiNso seconded that. Ag
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APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS FOR THE DoCKS, AND 1-11Gti
CoNSTABLIL.
The MA ton said the next thing was the appeiottnent of four
auditors for the docks.
The Tow ei-cLeate .saul the order of 'standing notices was,
when a vacancy:occurred, to name it at tow council and have it
tilled hp the next. He thought, however, in 'this ioaSe, the
strictness of the rule might be dispenser) with
.in the election of
fehr auditors of.the doer: question,. woo were to meet eight
auditors chosen by the ship-owners and other rate-payers, .and
who were to be elected annually.. This vies es vacancy which,
in point of law, the council were bound to take notice of; And
the day of appointment might be either 11Xed for the following
Wednesday, or, in strict accordance., with the rule;tio
the next monthly council. Another thing was the appo
at
intment
of an officer to be-called High-constable. In laving the
rate, the the amendment act directed that the warrant of the mayor
for levying the rate should be directd to a person fillditig an
office of the nature of the high constable: re
which rende it ne-
CesSary that. there should be a Derwin appointed to that office.
The office ::mild be one of very little trouble and not reviring
any emolument; and when it had been m t
mentioned befite, (by
the town-clerk lit was proposed (by the town-clerk) `tit the
office should be tilled up by the deputy town-clerk ; this might
also be referred to the next meeting. These appointments
were accordingly referred.
norks AT TRA.NMERE.
Mr. Councillor E. SMITH said he had been struck by an ad-
vertisement in one of the•Ctiester papers that mornieg. which,
in its ohiieg, mateitally affected the interests of the town. it
was a proposal li, construct at Trantnete two or more wet docks
and graving decks, to be exempt from paying dock rates-to
Liverpool. lie would hated over the advertisement (tithe town-.
clerk to read. ,
The To w NI-crtK thereread the advertisement, which was a.
wilier., signed Samuel Brittein, Chester, to the:effect that ap-
Ovation would be made to parliament for leave to bring iii a
bill fur building, itt the 'township of Tranmere. two or mote wet
(leeks, and two or mere graving docks, with proper piers, works,
warehouses, &c, fit/ the loading and discharging of all shio and,
vessels going there, and for the, discharge of ships loaded fur
Liverpool, anti that a-prevision would be made in the act tq.
exempt all vessels loading and discharging there from the pay.
I meut of all does and rates'levied on ships entering the pert of
Liverpool, and for imposing such dues. on such vessels,. for en•
teeing the said dock,
as in the said act would be particularly
mentioneiL .
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The Marott said in the Old councils there was an order t t
ha
1 the Town-clerk shouldhave ;his eye on,things of this sort,
which
I were likely to militate against the iaterests of the town of Liver,-
pail; and the last year there haft been a resolution to the same
effect which had not this veer been pasea. .
\' The r,,,,,N,,,,,,K saidt he resolution was, `• that the Town-
elerk be instructed to watch all bills before parlia.nent bearine
on the interests of Liverpeol. This net ice•directly affected time
rights of the.terwrr,-fereso4teo.g Ag0.,43 the reigii of Qiteeit Antic!
there was an kid, which ,sta,p,l that. Li;:erpoel was entitled to
•liiiek discs as far ,e, tieslake, and all the inteianediate places
Nit.. r\ i,lerinen Las Iki om, as chairman of the -dock ceumeite
tee. we.a.dstetrittat. the oikillnilt,,o :could take it into their cou-,
ie.era4tit •••,,, ii, "e4-:1;ei. 4..., e' of it before. . „
itte.M aloe still the-nblect might be referred to the oelet,,t.
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