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

conviction; th'at any movement in favour of Chris-
tian education to be valuable should be conscien-

most enormous amount of money spent in procuring a
report that is only so much waste paper ; and who will

In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ;
I heard my own mountain goats bleeding aloft,
And knew the sweet strain that the corn reapers sung.

hive to pay for it

h a movement has taken place so lately as
Diced
_ eed to learn. A meeting was
held at the Blue-coat School, presided over by the
cted senior rector of Liverpool, and sanctioned
of that great supporter of
M`Ner.e, and by many

" The Town-Clerk.—The Corporation.
" Mr. Earle.—Then I think the government are to
blame for sending down such incompetent persons. They
should have sent men here who would be prepared to give
an opinion and to guide the government. Upon my word,
I never saw such a report as this—never ! Mr. Parker
said the government would follow the suggestions con-
tained in it ; but he should remember that they have
thrown aside reports of more consequence than this.
(` Not water reports.') I do not know whether they were
fire or water reports, but the principle is the same ; and
this I know, that there never was anything like to this
report ; for a more foolish, inconsistent, ignorant piece of
stuff never was collected together. (Loud laughter)."
Now it may be that the principle, upon which
these ambulatory commissions are based, is bad.
We rather imagine that they had their origin with
Mr. Earle's own party. We never heard Mr. Earle
himself denounce the mission of a New Poor Law
Commissioner as either a farce, or the execution of
his task as something little less than a swindle.
Oh no ! The delegates of Somerset House and
Municipal and other Commissioners have always
been, in Mr. Earle's eyes, the most pure, enlight-
ened and virtuous of human beings, perhaps be-
cause. they never interfered with any of his pet
crotchets. Messrs. Herbert and Page unfor-
tunately have so in'erfered ; hint ille irce—hence
these contortions of temper, and these vials of
wrath opened above their unhappy heads.
We could have pardoned any degree of exaspe-
ration, however, which the honorable gentleman—
we beg his pardon, the worthy Councillor—might
have felt, as well as any amount of oddity in his
way of expressing his feelings ; but when he goes
on to impute to Messrs. Herbert and Page absolute
incompetency for the task intrusted to them, we
must—as to the latter at least ; the former we have
not the pleasure of knowing—beg leave to cry him
nay. Mr. Page is fully competent—competent
beyond the ordinary run of such officials ; and
unless Mr. Earle has seen something which he had
not the opportunity of seeing—unless he has been
down on an exploratory expedition into the strata
around Liverpool, or guaged to the fraction of an
inch the fall of rain on Rivington Pike—unless he
has ascertained to a nicety the demands of the

Then pledged we the wine cup, and fondly I swore,
From my home and my weeping friends never to part ;
My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er,
And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart."
The picture is altogether finely conceived, and most ar-
tistically executed. It is being engraved excellently by
Edward Goodall, Esq.
Mr. Grundy has also received, and will for a few days
have on view, a portion of the original water coloured
drawings of " Scotland illustrated,"—a work now in
course of publication by Hogarth, of London, uniform
with Roberts's Holy Land. The drawings are by C.
Stansfield, R.A., G. Cattermole, G. L. Leitch, T. Cres-
wick, A.R.A., D. Roberts, R.A., J. D. Harding, J.
Nash, and H. Mac Culloch, R.S.A. They will be li-
thographed by J. D. Harding, and a portion, coloured,
will be fac-similes of the drawings.

ast, we are re

by the countenane,

e-
angelical Christianity

others of the local clergy.
We shall conclude by expressing our earnest
hope that such of our upper and middle classes, as

an interest in the welfare of the poor, will now
come forward and support this measure; let them
hesitate because it has been introduced
a Whig Government, let them not ask
any good thing can come out of Galilee,
they may be certain that a measure which is sanc-
tioned by the Bishop 3 of the Church, and by such
men as Lord Ashley, the respected Rectors of this
-town, by Mr. WIN elle and others, whose zeal in
defence of Protestantism is well known, cannot be
adverse to the interests of true religion—let then
every one who regards_ the temporal and spiritual

whethe

A SPECULATIVE PAUPER.—A. poor-looking woman
was brought up yesterday, and charged by one of the
helping officers at Pickup-street, with selling the bread
and soup tickets she had received at the Parish-office.
The tickets, four in number, which she had in her pos-
session, were taken back to the Parish-office, and she
was discharged. _

interests of his poorer brethren come forward now
and petition in favour of that plan of Christian
Education which now awaits the verdict of the
country. The petition lies for signature at the
STANDARD Office and other places.
On Thursday a meeting of the patrons of the
Yorkshire Yeomans' Schools was held, at which
'Lord Morpeth, who was in the chair, made a speech
of considerable length in favour of Government
kfter sp; aking of the great want of
education amongst the lower classes, his lordship
made the following remarks, which we recommend
to the attention of the dissenting bodies.

PASSING BASE COIN.—A woman named Mary Thomp-
son, an old offender in this line, was committed by Mr.
Rushton, yesterday, for passing two base half-crown
pieces, on Saturday last, in St. John's Market. It ap-
peared that she purchased some geranium plants, which
came to 5d., and passed off one of the pieces in payment,
and when the man discovered the quality of the metal,
she coolly reached him another equally bad, when he had
her taken into custody. _ _

MOTION TO ADMIT. REPORTERS TO THE MEETINGS
OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. - We remarked a few
weeks ago, upon the anxiety felt by the town at large to
learn something of the proceedings of this committee ;
and urged upon. its members the propriety of allowing
reporters for the press to attend its proceedings, reminding
them that such-a course was adopted by the highway
board, whose functions they now exercise. As an addi-
tional ground for urging the step, we instanced the large
powers given to the committee, including the levying of
heavy rat -

ucation

" Then, when in such a state of things, the leaders and
ornaments of denominations and communities come for-

` You are interfering with our labours, you
are interrupting our progress, you are weakening our in-
fluence, you are subtracting from our numbers,' sorry as
I should be, incredulous as I am, yet, when such things
are put forth as argument, I am forced to say, I cannot
much care. (Loud applause.) We are churchmen here.
It is thought that church schools will gain by the new
arrangement. If so, it will be because they meet it with
answering efforts. (Renewed applause.) But I disclaim
any such grounds for our proceedings. It is because I

d and say,

_.,es, anu imposing fines for infringement of their
oyelaws. We are glad to learn that the subject is about
to be taken up by the committee. We can perceive no
satisfactory reason for any coyness or difficulty upon the
subject on the part of such a body, comprising 23 mem-
bers of the elite of the council chamber; and we trust
that no material opposition to the proposal will be offered.

VALUE OF LAND AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Saturday an
inquiry. took place at the Town-hall, Birkenhead,
.for, the

ha out of the pale- of the
f the denominations—there is a vast, destitute, ne-

mill owners for compensation and determined,
what Mr. Hawksley his_pet engineer has never yet

purpose of assessing the value of two portions of land re-
quired by the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company
for their extension line from Grange-lane to the new docks.
The first portion of land belonged to Mr. M'Adam, and
the price fixed by Mr. Wightman, the valuer appointed by
two magistrates, was accepted by the owner. The sum
paid for it was £6,924 15s. 10d. for the land, being at an
average of 28s. sd. per yard and £llO for severance. The
jury found for these sums. The second portion was a piece
of land, consisting of 1,200 square yards, belonging to
Mr. Laycock, iron merchant, and situated at Bridge-end,
within about 150 yards of the new docks. The company
had paid down as compensation for it after the rate of 50s.
AN opportunity of relieving himself of a little of per square yard, the price fixed by Mr. Wightman, the
.ie bile, or whatever else it may be, which excites valuer appointed by the magistrates. A number of wit-
aim, whenever the business connected with the nesses were called on behalf of Mr. Laycock, who swore
that in their judgment the plot was worth £4 to £4 13s.
management of the Dock Estate comes before the per yard. On the other hand, Mr. Wi,.,o.htman considered
Council, is seldom neglected by Mr. Eyre Evans. 50s. its full value, and Mr. Stewart said it was not worth
It. seems as if he would travel from the most re- more than 455. Mr. Crompton and Mr. T. Atkinson ap-
mote point of her Majesty's empire of Great Britain peared as counsel for the railway company, and Mr. E. G.
Temple for Mr. Laycock. The case was adjourned to
and Ireland, and we had almost added of her colo-
yesterday, when at the conclusion of the inquiry, the jury
nial possessions, rather than lose a chance of bait- assessed the value of the land at £3 18s. per yard.
ing a Dock Chairman or Deputy-Chairman, or EDINBURGH, LEITH AND GRANTON.—We have much
throwing a shower of grape in the shape of insinu- SDI ~iLL DEBTS COURT.—This Court was opened for the
ations, taunts, comparisons,' and direct charges first time yesterday, under the new Small Debts Act, pleasure in stating that Captain Coddrington,.. of the
amongst the sub-committees and other members by Mr. L'owndes, the presiding Judge of the Court. Railway Board, inspected the works on this line yester_
day, which appeared to afford the gallant inspector every
(if the Dock Committee. The memory of the gol- At St. James's Church, on Sunday last, the sum of
den age of Whig-Radical supremacy in that body £27 was collected for the schools attached to the church, satisfaction. His report will be immediately forwarded
haunts him—waking and asleep, in sickness and after sermons by the Rev. W. Chave and the B. H. to London, and it is expected that the line will b_2,opened
for general traffic. in the course of next week. Na e have
in health ; and the most vague hope—the merest Hampton. had the satisfaction of examining the stationary engine
adow of a chance—of bringingOn Sunday last, after two very excellent sermons, by
back that golden the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, the sum and powerful apparatus for working the incline,. and we
of can confidently affirm that a more substantial and coin.
seems to excite in him a vitality and a restless £97 10s. was collected- in' St. Andrew's Church,' in this
which defy all external agency to repress plete, as well as ingenious body of machinery, has not
town, in aid of the funds of the schools in co nnexion bee.n erected on any similar undertaking in the empire.
with the church. It is furnished with every. facility and improved means of
che proposal to substitute, for the present mode ST. JUDE'S RELIEF FUND.—The amount received by applying the power recently introduced. The. rope, (a
• the committee, up to last night, was £4,801, but
paying the Dock Solicitor by fees on business sorry to learn hat the alancwire rope,) is remarkablefor strength and elasticity, and is
nthe treasurers hwanedar•ies worked
with the utmostsmoothness, f rely avoiding the
en i
hisprofessionalcapacity, .
,one by him in
Aalar), of £l4OO a year brought out Mr. Evans, in from the brief but expressive appeal of the committee) respect, as well as others, we have no doubt the result
the Council Chamber, on Wednesday, like another land,
reaching the committee from various parts of Ire- will prove that the directors. have acted wisely ip adopting
Chatham. The illness induced by his recent acci- character.
continue tinueto be of the most urgent and distressing thealso stationary engine in preference to locomotives. It is
satisfactory to us to state that the dispute between
dent, and the persuasions of friendship, seem to Archdeacon Rushton stated at a meeting of the friends the Company and the Town 'Council has been arranged,
have been alike disregarded. The chance of letting of national education in Manchester on Friday, that dur- and further litigation avoided. We still retain our decided
off a diatribe upon dock management outweighed , ing the last five years there bad been 186 new day schools opinion that in this matter the Edinburgh Corporation
their united efficacy. Well, the opportunity has in connection with the Church of England in the diocese hove acted most. vexatiously and improperly, flaa.ing.
of Chester alone, while the whole nuinber erected through the convenience and interest of the public to individual
been enjoyed. Mr. Evans has had his speech—has the British and F
oreign School Society in England and in vanity and pique; but the question is now at an end, and
placed before the world the usual quantity of self Scotland for that period was not more than 192. At the we dismiss it. It has been arranged that the chimney
laudation, mingled with reprobation of the doings same meeting the Rev. Hugh Stowell stated that his con- stalk shall be reduced, but, of course, that it shall remain
of those who differ with him in opinion upon dock gregation had contributed £4,000 for the establishment in its present situation. Arrangements will be made by
of schools in connection with the church, that they had the engineer to prevent this alteration from interfering
matters ; and what is the effect produced ? No-
never received a farthing from the state, and that they with the efficient working of the machinery.—Seottish
thing, except the establish of-fact that IVI
meat ther. did not anticipate receiving any assistance, i Railway Gazette.

aria alleys, with

every sight ai
cesses to ever

mnd of contamination, choking the ac-
nse, without any sense of duty to earth

~ ..
of his rivulets and reservoirs, we should' be dis-
posed to back the professional and unbiassed opi-
nion of Mr. Page against the second hand opinion
of the Whig-Radical member for St. Anne's Ward.

3 heaven

upon whom no iiord of instruction ever
)m no breath of love ever settles ; these,

.pon wi

limed by Lambeth, unknown to Geneva, unconverted
—I would invite, I almost wish I could compel,
in. (Hear, hear.) Ido not so much care to
d, so that there was a hope of teaching them that
s their brother, and that God is love.' "

by Roll',
to come

It is just-possible that the Government may be
in error in- the conclusions to which they have
come. It is possible also that the engineers con-,
suited by the Council may be wrong, as the Coun-
cil have already decided that one competent party,
employed by them, and who reported against their
scheme—Mr. Cunningham—was wrong. Engin-
eers, like doctors, differ; and few men are infallible.
The public however in these matters are disposed
to trust the impartial opinion of the Umpires—in
which position Messrs. Page and Herbert stand—
rather than the opinion of the retained counsel or
the retained engineer in favor of his own scheme.