The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-19 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

transfers of claims made for any pecuniary consideration,
shall stand only as securities for the money actually ad•
vanced upon them with simple interest, and for any ex-
pehse which the purchaser may have properly incurred
in prosecuting the claim, and in receiving the money."
The dissatisfaction of the colonists with their governor,
and with the working of the bill generally, continues un-
abated. The next sugar crop is expected to be consider-
ably less than that of last year.

While, in our own local affair's, the nets, made solons
of the corporation ale jobbing as fast as the wings of
folly and extravagance can carry them, their masters,
the Whig-radicals of Downing-street, are purchasing
useless props at a ruinous price, giving away coronets
for a song, and making the way clear for a disastrous and
dishonourable retreat. When a man is regardless of the
price he pays for any article, provided he can obtain
enough of it upon credit, we may depend upon it that he
meditates an act of fraud ending in bankruptcy.
We consider his Majesty's ministers to be in this con-
dition. They are putting their house in order—they are
making free gifts to their friends—they are providing for
near relations—they are pumping the well to the utmost
capability of suction, preparatory to their retreat from
office and their abandonment of the water-logged and
rat-eaten craft which is fast sinking under them.

Let us see what they have done.
Ist. Sir C. PEPS is raised from the Rolls to the
Woolsack.
2:1. Mr. BICKERSTETII is raised from the bar to the
Rolls.

3d. The Attorney-General's wife is to become Sir
JOHN CAMPBELL'S baroness in her own right.

4th. Lord DENMAN, being found inefficient as a judge,
the Court of King's Bench falling into disrepute under
his management, is to be persuaded to accept the speak-
ership of the House of Lords, (salary not named,) and—

sth. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL IS to become Lord Chief
Justice as .soon as Lord DENMAN can be persuaded to ac-
cept the speakership.
This is pretty well for one week's work. It is work,
however, which the ministerial journals tell us has caused
much anxiety under very painful and trying circumstan-
ces. We do not doubt it. Certainly it was painful to
compel Sir JOHN CAMPBELL to tender his resignation—
it was painful to conciliate him with a coronet to his
lady and a judge's wig in prospective for himself—it was
painful to promote BICKERSTETH at the expense of Sir
JOHN, the express condition, we are told, on which Sir
C. PEPYS would move from a certainty for life of £BOOO
a year to the certainty of £14,000 for six weeks, and
the further certainty of only £5OOO per annum for the
remainder of his days.

These were, questionless, painful circumstances ; but
they become doubly distressing when we consider that
notwithstanding the enormous expense entailed upon
the country, HENRY Lord BROUGHAM, the lion of the
last session, the tiger of that which is approaching, has
been diddled, or rather thimble-rigged, as Lord STANLEY
would say, out of all his hopes and expectancies, by his
whig friends—by the very men whom he gratuitously
upheld in office—whom he defended when they had no
advocate but himself—whom he fought for when they
had no othei champion.
This, then, is whig government ! Lord BROUGHAM
has the door slammed in his face by that " creature," as
his lordship calls him, Lord JOHN RUSSELL; while
PEPYS, the unknown bird BICKERSTETII, and Sir JOHN
CAMPBELL'S wife, the baroness that is to be, are shoved
up, in order to keep him down ! It is no joke to sit on
a barrel of gunpowder while a friend is piercing its side
with a red-hot poker' k but this is worse. Lord BROUGHAM
is not only deserted—he is insulted. He is not blown
up; for the explosion would have been a requiem as-
cending to heaven ; but he is kicked into the kennel,
trampled upon by the RUSSELL scamps, spit upon by the
foul-linen gentry of the Irish brigade, hissed by the
souters of Downing-street, and laughed at by every pe-
dantic mushroom of municipal patronage, who, twelve
months ago, would have been proud and happy to have
had the honour to clean Lord BROUGHAM'S shoes.

It will be recollected that when the present ministry
came into office theyvere in so embarrassed a state that
they could not appoint a successor to Lord LYNDHURST.
Lord BROUGHAM, it is said, did not stand well in a cer-
tain quarter, and we do not wonder at it ; but surely,
with all his faults, the noble and learned lord is a million
times more respectable, more accomplished, and more
honcurable and consistent than some of the persons
whom the King has been compelled to recognise and
confront.

At that time, however, the MELnouRNE and O'CON-
NELL cabinet did not consider it safe to quarrel with or
affront Lord BROUGHAM. They put the seals in com-
mission, where they have remained until now. For
nearly a whole year we have had no Lord Chancellor.
The noble lord's feelings were respected, and no succes-
sor to him was named. The noble and learned lord was
grateful. He worked for the ministry by night and by
day. He was the only person of the slightest preten-
sions to oratorical power which they possessed in the
House of Lords; and Lord MELBOURNE would have
been helpless as a sucking babe, and would have been
laughed out of temper and political existence, but for the
chivalrous aid of Lord BROUGHAM.

Now, however, the ministry must have a chancellor—
the King commands it—they must obey or retire; but
rather than retire—rather than surrender place and pay,
patronage and pelf—they agree to sacrifice Lord
BROUGHAM ! When ? This is the startling question—
when At the very moment when the noble and
learned lord is confined, by severe indisposition, to his
house, in a remote part of the country. We do not as-
sert that his dear whig friends are desirous of killing
Lord BROUGHAM—they do not, to use the words of
SHAKSPEARE, " wish him dead ;" but we cannot help
thinking that this unkind, cruel, and apparently treach-
erous treatment, is well calculated to facilitate a consum-
mation which we should be the first to lament. But we
hope better things. Treachery invariably betrays itself,
and carries a sting which proves fatal to its author.
Lord BROUGHAM, we trust, will be in his place to pun-
ish—to torture, to scarify, to maul, to skin alive, and
parboil the dirty place-hunting and unprincipled crea-
tures who have dared to insult him. He has power to
do it—Goo knows he has had temptation enough ! It
is more than probable that the MELBOURNE administra-
tion will have ceased to exist before the middle of Feb-
ruary ; but, if it should linger on till that period, we
sincerely trust that Lord BROUGHAM will be in at the
death, and in good condition, to wake and roast Lord
MELBOURNE and the " creature" Lord Jolts, as the Irish
beggar would say, " according to the custom of our
grandmothers."
With respect to the other appointments little need be
said. Lord Chancellor PEPYS is a tolerable lawyer, but
he is so fly-blown with radical predilections, as the Li-
verpool injunction case proved, that it is impossible the
country can have any confidence in or any respect for
his decisions.
Mr. BIOKERSTETH, as Master of the Rolls, is an un-
tried man. There is some tory blood in him ; he was a
tore, and will perhaps show that he is not a whig.
Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, from the very curious position he
holds, is the most incomprehensible item in the bill of
fare. He has been, rather scurvily, thrust aside. Had
he been an Irish papist he would have been Lord Chan-
cellor. But rarely do we see any talent in an Irish Ro-
man Catholic, further than that which gives professional
reputation to a hard pleader in defence of a desperate
thief or more desperate murderer. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL
is a good-natured, unostentatious, and placid man. He
has dipped deeply into the folly of electioneering tricks
and revolutionary projects. But he is just such a man
whom Lord JOHN RUSSELL might consider fair game in
a contest for power. Flattery tells upon him. A grati-
fying compliment is received as the current coin of the
realm. The " creature" who flatters him thinks he can
drive him, hut he is mistaken. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL may
be led, but cannot be driven, and this his whig associates
have found to their cost.

What claims had BICKERSTETIT to the Rolls which Sir
Jons did not possess in a superior degree ? This is an-
swered by making " JOCK CAMPBELL'S" wife a peeress.
Who is Lady CAMPBELL? She is the unfortunate (laugh-

ter of Lord ABINGER—sIe was a Miss SCARLETT, whose
father was a West Indian creole—whose father was an
attorney, or something of the sort, in Jamaica—and who,
apart from her unbounded love for her husband, is just as
much entitled to the peerage as the most obscure person
in the kingdom. In short, it is a whig job altogether;
for Sir JAMES SCARLET ..Lord ABINGER that is, was and
is a whig, who, though a judge, is as miserable a one as
ever was raised to the bench, and who has done more to
injure and alienate the tory party than any man living.
He is a peer—his daughter is to be a peeress—GoD help
England when it is come to this ! Lawyers only can be
lords ! Coronets are flung like juggler's bubbles ; but
they can only be, arrested by lawyers. Six-and-eight-
pence is the pass-word. Whoever goes to the treasury
with a bag full of falsehoods is sure to obtain promotion.
How it comes that GRIFFITH JENKINS has been passed
over we cannot tell. Is there no honour amongst thieves?
The man who cheated a poor drunken welshman out of
his property, by administering to him certain glasses of
gin until he died of the gin fever, ought not to be passed
over in the desperate and last promotions of the day !

Our excellent and inimitable contemporary of the
Mercury, who, now that he has been elevated to the
high station of a common councillor, we deeply regret
we have not the honour to know, even by the ordinary
interchanges of personal recognition, came out on Fri-
day last in extraordinary brilliancy and announced him-
self to be, whether by appointment or assumption is of
no consequence, the CHESTERFIELD of the new corpo-
ration.

When DOLLY the cook, in a borrowed or stolen dress,
is called " my lady," the airs she assumes, and the cari-
cature of fashionable manners which she exhibits, are ir-
resistably comic. The response is not in a gentle smile,
like a damsel making her fine teeth pay a compliment on
the principles of reciprocity, but in a loud laugh taxing
most horridly the jaws of a burnkin. In this respect our
admirable and amusing contemporary has treated us ra-
ther unceremoniously. In such cold weather it is not al-
ways convenient or expedient to relax a la lantern, into
a guffaw. We are willing to do him all honour; but to
be compelled to laugh is a serious impost upon the nerves
if not an infraction of the constitution, and the civil and
religious liberties of his most ardent admirers.
But we must do our contemporary, the councillor,
justice. He has in his usual imperial manner, laid down
in strong lines the "Duties of a Common Councilman."
He says, in majestic' language, we did vote so and so—
we supported so and so—we are.not to be denounced so
and so—we vote as we please and we care npt a straw for
Mr. JAMES BRANCKER, and so on, which imperious style
we forgive for the sake of the principles and the proofs
of independence which pervade his declaration.

But let us come to his " duties of a Common Council-
man." The intelligent and independent representative
of Vauxhall Ward, says in his usually terse and elegant
manner what follows :

" Whoever expects to give general satisfaction by the
independent and conscientions discharge of his duty in
any public capacity must have read the fable of the Man
and his ASS without comprehending the moral."
The modesty and candour of this assumption reflect the
highest honour on Mister Councillor of the Mercury.
The electors of Vauxhall Ward, we are bound to infer,
are the •man" in the fable alluded to, and Mr. Coun•
cillor SMITH, we strongly suspect, is the "Ass." They
have carried him on their backs to the Town Hall, and
he is inclined to think with us that they are immense
fools for their pains. But he professes to be an indepen-
dent ass. He has qualms of conscience and kicks most
unmercifully at the bare idea of being driven. He stands
up boldly for the natural rights of his kind. He is will-
ing to go, he admits, but he has no notion of going by
compulsion— by unreasonable thumps, or unconstitu-
tional appeals by ashen correctors to his head or hind
quarters—in short he will not be ridden and spurred by
that wicked donkey-driver JAMES BRANCKER the sugar-
baker.

Upon the whole there is a conservative tone about our
contemporary which entitles him to our respect, and for
which perhaps we have to thank this Aid JAMES BRANC-
ICER. He has delivered himself of one or two very sen-
sible observations since he became a councillor. He
says, that there ought to be one or two tories in the list
of aldermen, and that it was upon this ground lie, SMITH,
voted for Mr. ADAM HODGSON. We shall not stop to
enquire whether our contemporary could not assign a
better reason for voting for Mr. HODGSON; for it is
enough to know that certain of the radicals are convinced
that the assistance of a few tories is extremely desirable,
and that the business of the Common Council cannot be
safely carried on without them. It is clear, however,
that Mr. SMITH is not quite at home in the Council
Chamber. He calls anxiously for the protection of the
ballot, and would rather that the public should not know
how, or for whom or what he votes. There are . some
shopkeepers like himself in a similar condition. They
are afraid lest they act counter to their interests, but
none of them have made such sacrifices as our excellent
contemporary. Mercury never stood high among the
gods on the score of honesty, but our Mercury is a pa-
ragon of virtue in the Common Council. He has pre-
cluded himself from doing any work for profit or reward
for the corporation. He cannot supply them with books,
paper, cork jackets, or any thing else. He cannot have
dealings with them by contract, or by accoUnt, in any
way whatever, unless he choose to supply gas for the
use of Mr. WM. RATHBONE, or cold water for the bene-
fit of the Town clerk. Even if he should advertise for
the corporation in the columns of his newspaper, he would
do that which is illegal, and the cost of which he could
not recover in any court of law. A member of the coun-
cil cannot have a debt claim against the council. He
cannot be the auditor of his own accounts—he cannot pay
himself, for he cannot sue himself. Poor Mercury!

The sapient liberals of the Common Council—see
their proceedings—have let out the large room of the
Town-hall for some sort of sixpenny hop, the profits of
which are, it is said, to be given to the Roman Catholic
Orphan Institution. If by this kind of caper some loose
cash can be turned to the benefit of poor children, we
shall he content ; but it strikes us that something very
like an insult is intended by converting the public build-
ings, belonging to the protestants of Liverpool, to pur-
poses which they cannot conscientiously countenance.
The Bible, we understand, is carefully excluded from the
schools on whose behalf this dancing appeal is made.
The Roman Catholic priests take care that not a ray of
light is allowed to penetrate the mental prisonhouse of
these young persons, and that no means are afforded them
of knowing what the SAVIOUR of the world has taught
respecting the meek, the poor, the forlorn, and the desti-
tute, in his own blessed book.
Popery has for the last few years assumed such a do-
minant and tyrannical spirit that it is time for protes-
tants to study their own interests by keeping at a dis-
tance its insidious delusions and most pestilent doctrines.
The true Christian cannot serve Gov and mammon at
the same time; he cannot encourage popery without
writing " fraud" upon his own confession of faith ; he
cannot countenance the irreligious and superstitious edu-
cation of the Roman Catholics without compromising
his own principles, and raising up enemies to that church
which is founded in the blood of the martyrs.

Let the ball proceed by all means—let the rooms be
defiled under a guarantee of twenty pounds—let us see
what the quakers, the unitarians, and the anabaptists can
do in the dance for the benefit of their dear allies of the
Romish church—but let no member of the Church of
England disgrace him or herself by being present. The
inhabitants of Liverpool have been too liberal already in
their contributions to Roman Catholic institutions ; and
blind and stupid they must be if they do not now see
that their very benevolence is perverted into a hostile
weapon against them. They cannot surely be ignorant
of the cruel and terrible persecution which the protes-
tant clergy in Ireland • are suffering at the hands of po-
pish incendiaries and priestly ruffians. They must be
aware of the designs of O'CoNNELL and his band against
the Church of England. Ten bishops have already been
sacrificed to agitation in Ireland. The greater portion
of our municipal institutions is already in the hands of,

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republican dissenters, who are in alliance with Roma
Catholics; and, if we he not vigilant and united, still
greater sacrifices will be demanded and yielded in order
to conciliate O'CONNELL and his legion of furious and
rapacious priests.

But this liberal grant of the Town-hall to charitable'
applicants—where is it to end ? If orphans and Romaa
Catholic spinsters are to have their hop there, are protes-
tants, similarly situated, and having higher claims, to be
excluded ? Suppose that Don BOT MERCURALDIZ, with
his blind fiddler and dancing bear, should condescend to
offer the Roman Catholic orphans the benefit of a night's
performance, how can a liberal common councilman ob-
ject to the bear's waltzing exploits in the Town-hall ?
Suppose that a dance is got up for the benefit of an
unitarian parson sadly out at the elbows, whose salary
is unpaid, and whose flock have deserted him, can the
use of the ball-room be refused ? Suppose that a popish
chapel is in debt from the inadequacy of the penny sub-
scriptions to meet the engagements of the trustees, are
high mass, singing, and other trumpery to be tole-
rated in the Town-hall ? We contend that this open-
ing in favour of the papists, is an opening of a general
kind; and that the " peoples' hall" must be in future a
common hall for PUNCH and JUDY, for WILLIAM RATH-
BONE and THOMAS BOLTON, for Councillor SMITH and
cork jackets, for prick-the-garter gentlemen, and artists
of the thimble-rig—in short, for every nuisance and for
all sorts of filth and quackery—for every thing cheap
and nasty--for smoking as it is done in the floating
tub—for swilling, as it is performed at the Vine Tavern
—in accordance with the rules of this, as PADDY SHIEL
calls it, the age of enlightenment. •
In our long report of Friday's proceedings in the
common council, we have been compelled to cut out
more than a column of debate—of the most arrant trash
that was ever talked in an assembly of men who have
the arrogance to consider a baboon an inferior animal.
We have suppressed their babble, because it is utterly
unfit for publication. Two columns of vulgar talk, in
which BOLTON and RATHBONE are the principal speakers,
we omit in kindness to bur readers. To see sixty per-7.
sons, who would be offended if we did not call them gen-
tlemen, debating about who should have the disposal of
the Town-hall, is a melancholy spectacle. Have these
liberals no respect for their mayor ? They placed Mr.
WM. WALLACE CURRIE in the arduous post of
magistrate, and God knows his is no enviable situation,
but they will not confide to him the disposal of the rooms
committed to his charge, and of which, in law, be is the
proper conservator. What an insult to the first re-
formed mayor! What a galling and personal affront to
a gentleman !—for Mr. CURRIE is a gentleman—and
must be heart-sick of the vulgarity of the " low set" who
tyrannize over him, and who, if they dared, would dictate
who should dine with him in his private residence, and
who should supply his table with pot herbs.
But this was not the only exhibition on Friday which
calls for remark. Mr. Councillor RATHBONE gave the
lie direct to a brother councillor. He rudely, and in the
style of an inebriated coalheaver, interrupted Mr. SAN
DABS with a charge of falsehood. Mr. SANDARS, we
know, is well able to defend his honour against such an
assailant, and he did right in allowing the shuffling and
rabid quaker to make an humble and abject apology to
the Mayor and to himself. In any other society Mr,
SANDARS would have posted him, or sent him home to his
friends with more metal in his lower intestines than he
has courage, honesty, or righteousness in the attic of his

corporation.
But who is Mr. Was. RATFIBONE ? He is one of the
persons recommended to the King as a fit person to dis-
charge the, trust of a justice of the peace for life l• Yes,
to our shame be it said, this unmannerly person, this
rude goth in a wet broad-brim, is to be, saving his
Majesty's sanction, a justice of the peace for life ! This
is the man whom General GASCOYNE has so many rea-
' sons to remember. This is the hissing, fuming, and
spitting creature who is to be a justice of the peace 1.
Lord JOIIN RUSSELL may not know it, but to speak truth
he is enough to bring discredit upon the most respectable
commission that ever was selected in England under a
fiat emanating from the crown.
Another item in the debate of Friday is the claim of
the late Town-clerk for compensation to the amount of
seventy-seven thousand pounds. Under no possible cir-
cumstances can the council, with the assistance of the
Lords of the Treasury, reduce this claim to less than
sixty thousand pounds. Where is the money to come
from ? If the corporation do not resort to the borrowing
system, which they seem to held in abhorrence, all the
surplus revenue of the next two years is actually absorbed
and anticipated. If they agree to borrow, who will be
foolish enough to lend them a single farthing ? If they
do not, or cannot borrow the necessary funds, how are
the public improvements to be proceeded with ? If they
fail in obtaining a large sum upon loan, they will be in a
situation little better than that of insolvency. Under these
circumstances a e wish them joy and a happy deliverance.
In the meantime we have to thank the radicals, who have
so pointedly insulted Mr. JAMES BRANCKER, for fighting
our battles. They are making themselves known in a
delightful manner to the whole community. Their prac-
tical notions of patriotism cannot be mistaken. They
have gained power, but they have created a giant which
they cannot control, and who will most assuredly rise up
in judgment against them, and hew 'them to pieces.
With our most respectful compliments, we beg to assure
them that we shall endeavour to be in—at the death !

Has that very conceited and vain creature, the minister
of St. Mary's Chapel, no friends, or is he so obstinate and
pugnacious as to scorm good advice ? 1 t would really seem
to be so. We thought that we should never again he
called upon to mention the name of the Rev. EDWARD
Hum., of the Blind Church, but lie has forced himself
upon our notice in such a way that we feel it to be our
duty to bring his temper, his pretensions, and his follies,
before the public.

On Friday last this very sensitive person, evident'y
writhing under the castigation we inflicted upon him
some months ago, appeared before the committee of the
Asylum for the Blind to protest against his re-election as
a director, when in point of fact there was ❑ot a person
present to support him, or any chance of his services
being required. He had, however, the opportunity of
indulging in a splenetic speech, and he comp!ained most
biliously of Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE hav►ng aspersed
his character and deserted his chapel. In this speech the
reverend chaplain talked very swaggeringly of pistols and
the consequences. He did not admit that he was any
advocate for duelling, but he hinted that but for his
clerical robes Mr. GLADSTONE must have encountered
him at some chalk farm, at the distance of fourteen paces.
What empty and disgusting braggadocia is all this on
the part of a poor old enervated creature, in a blue cloak
and cold silk hose, who has the honour to be a clergyman
of the church of England We feel half ashamed at
being under the necessity of noticing his flippancy ; and
we should not have noticed him at all had he not had the
weakness to be the reporter of his own twaddle to the
Chronicle of Saturday last.

He complains of injurious aspersions, but he has not
the candour or the honesty to explain their nature, ten-
dency, or bearing. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, it
would appear, left his chapel, as many other gentlemen
' have done recently; but is that a ground of complaint
before the committee of the asylum ? Does Mr. HULL
wish to be acquainted with the real reasons ? If so, we
should judge from Mr. GLADSTONE'S straightforward
manner and honourable character, that he is the last man
in the world to refuse assigning them. At the same
time we are bound to admit that the world has no right
to know what were his motives for retiring from the
Blind Church. We have had no communication with
Mr. GLADSTONE on the subject, and even if we had, his
opinions or his motives of dissent would not effect us in
the slightest degree. All we can presume to say is,
what arises from our own construction ofa very plain case,
and which we justify by arguments which we should use
ourselves in reference to this charity and Mr. HULL.
This is a charity for helpless persons who have been
deprived of the powers of vision. It is a most useful
charity. It is well managed—it is liberally supported—
the benevolence of its object is well appreciated. But

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there are many persons, perhaps Mr. ROBERTSON GLAD-
STO NE among the number, who will agree with us, that.
£5OO a7year to the clergyman of such an institution, who
has no parochial duties to perform, and who delivers a
plain sermon, very plainly spoken, every succeeding
Sunday, is a stipend most unreasonably and uncharitably
disproportiuned to the value of the service he renders.
His original stipend, as fixed by act of parliament, was
£350 a-year. This was quite enough ; and but for some
family jobbery it never would have been raised. By a
sort of hole and corner management, however, an addi-
tional £l5O per annum was made to Mr. HULL'S parlia-
mentary stipend. The parties who voted it did not ex-
ceed seven of the twenty or thirty gentlemen who formed
the committee. It was as clear a job as ever was com-
mitted by any set of men, and Mr. HULL knows it. It
was a job which the present directors are called upon to
purge themselves of as soon as they possibly can. Mr.
HULL must know that his additional salary is not only a
heavy burthen on the institution, but that it prevents
many a poor blind and miserable creature from partici-
pating in the bountiful charity of the asylum.
We have no wish to drag Mr. HULL before the public.
We imagined we had.silenced Itin for ever; but when he
sends his silly speeches, reported and corrected by him-
self, to radical newspapers, he must submit to be exhi-
bited in his true and proper colours. He is evidently the
worst enemy which Mr. HULL has in this community, and
if he cannot see any reason for his flock deserting him,
in his public conduct and his immense salary, it is time he
should be better instructed on the subject.
As to Mr. YATES'S motion, or Mr. MONK'S amendment,
they are like YATES himself, who is an unitarian, and
has no business in such a place, utterly beneath our
notice.

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

City, Saturday gi;riiiiy, Half-past Set4n o'clock.

In the course of this day the money market became brisker
than it was at the opening of the market. Consols for account
advancing to 91 911. The closing prices were, however, for
money, 91 and 90i. Exchequer bills remain at 18 to 20 pm.
Inttia bonds 4to 6 pm. Bank stock, 214. Reduced annuities
91i. al per cent. reduced 100. New 991. India stock 2521.
The value of Spanish and Portuguese bonds has not under-
gone much change to-day, though, if anything, the latter are
lower, owing to the tenor of the advises from Lisbon. The five
per cent. bonds fell from 811 to 84, and the three per cents.
from 543/4 to 531. Spanish stock has only fluctuated to-day be-
tween 50 and 503/4. The passive stock is queted at 16, and the
deferred at 241. A further advance has taken place in Russian
Inetalliques, and they are now quoted 10 per cent. above par.
Danish bonds are at 761. Among the South American secu-
rities the bargains in Chilian bonds have assumed some im-
portance this afternoon in consequence of a rapid advance in
them from 461 to 51, without any very assignable cause. There
is but a small quantity of this stock in the market, and compa-
ratively small purchases have,'in consequence, a considerable
effect on the prices. Mexican bonds remain steady at 381;
Columbian at 331; and Peruvian at 251.
There has been a further improvement in most of the rail-.
way shares to-day. The great western have risen to 153/4 pm.,
the London and Brighton (Stevenson's) to 103/4, London and
Blackwell to 21. London and Greenwich to 9, London and
Birmingham to 67, London and Gravesend to 1, and the north
Midland to 5 pm. per share.

LORD .SANDON.—Our noble representative arrived in Liver-
pool on Thursday evening. About four o'clock on the following
day, he appeared in the Exchange Newsroom, where he was
greeted by a hearty welcome from his constituents. His lord-
ship will be at the Clarendon-rooms from one to three o'clock
every day this week.
TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—We under-
stand that it is Lord Sandon's intention to meet the Tiades-
men's Conservative Association this evening, at eight o'clock,
at the Golden Lion in Dale-street. We hope his lordship's
Visit will ensure a full attendance of the members of the society.
ACCIDENT TO THE FORMBY LIFE-BOAT.—We regret to state
that the unfortunate accident which occurred to the Formby
life-boat, a short account of which appeared in the ST ANDA RD
of Friday last, has occasioned very great distress to the families
of the foar boatmen who perished on that occasion. The four
widows of these poor men (two of whom are pregnant) have
been, left with three orphans and twenty-six fatherless children
in a state of complete destitution. A subscription was com-
menced yesterday at the Exchange Newsroom, the result of
which will appear in another part of our paper. We feel that
we need do nothing more than call the attention of our readers
to the subject to invoke their liberality.

OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION IN CHURCH-
STREET.—The members of this excellent Society had a meeting
in the early part of the week at their new reading-room in
Church-street. From thirty to forty new members were ad-
mitted. The news-room is open every evening. and occasionaly
at other periods, for the members,' who have the means of read-
ing the best daily and weekly papers, as well as the most popular
magazines. and this, too, ror an exceedingly small pecuniary
consideration—sixpence a quarter, we believe. We hear that
the subscription is about to be doubled, but even then the ad-
vantage is great, and the good. to be derived unquestionable.
Our readers are not aware, we believe, that immediately after
the Conservative Dinner 'at Newton,"Lord Frani:is Egerton
placed £25. in the bands of our.,Towastnair, Mr: R. C. Sharp,
for the use of the Operative Association, as an earnest of his
favour, with an assurance thatirneedek further aid would be
gis, • -en This money still remains in the hands of: Mr. Sharp,
no occasion having yet occurred for an appeal to it. About
the time of the Operative Dinner in the Manor Court Rootri,
those patriotic gentleman, Mr. William and Mr. Daniel Grant,
gave for the use of the Society, the very handsome sum of £lOO.
to be applied in the formation of a library. None of this money
has yet been called for by the managers of .the Society, who, by
their careful management, chew that they are .not unworthy the
support which is every day being afforded to them. —..gariches ter
CI) ronicle.

BOROUGH SasstoNs.—The Quarter Sessions commenced
yesterday before the Mayor, Recorder, and a bench of magi-
strates. The space occupied by other matter compels us -to
postpone, until Friday, the publication of our report of the'Re-
sorder's speech, and the trials which have already takeu
place.
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.MASTER HUGHES'S CONCERT.—Last evening we had the
pleasure of hearing this youthful harpist. We have not space
for many remarks; we can only add that our expectations were
more than realized. The air, "Ah vous dirai" was exqisitely
played, and the performance displayed great execution and
taste. The national Welsh song by Master Hughes, accom.
ponied 1”y himself on' the harp, though, perhaps, a great youth-
ful effort, was not what we admired as a vocal one. The
various pieces performed by Mons. Pothonier, on the piano-
forte, displayed considerable execution. The audience was not
very numerous, no doubt owing to the stormy night, and its
being also an Italian opera night at the Theatre-Royal.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' Coutur.—The next courts for the re-
lief of insolvent debtors will be held before W. J. Law, as
Billows :—Lancaster, Friday, March 18; Preston, Friday,
25; Liverpool, Monday, March 28; Chester, Wednesday,
March 30; and Mold, Saturday, April 2,
PARISH RATE.—We are gratified to find that the church-
wardens and overseers have, by prudent management of the
parochial funds, been enabled to reduce the new rate just made
to one shilling and ninepence in the pound, that is, fourpence
less than the preceding rate. This would argue a system of
"parish economy," although our honorary parish officers are
not liberals, and, consemently, are not poor-starving-political-
economists; and, what is still more marvellous, they do not,
like the sages of the Town-hall, ever utter a single sentence
about economy and retrenchment. The new town council will,
however, very soon require the groats saved by
.the paiochial
officers. We rejoice the more, on that account, that the parish
rates are reduced, as auy rate required "to carry out the prin-
ciple's of the municipal reform act' will be the less felt, by the
little tradesmen and poorer classes of householders.

CONCERT AT THE .DELPHI HOTEL.—MrB. LeIMOO, better
known to the musical world, as Miss Cassidy, gives a benefit
concert on Tuesday next, at the Adelphi Hotel, which, from
her popularity as a singer, will, we have no doubt, be well at-
tended. Mr. Brown will perform, on the flute, a new fantasia,
composed for that instrument by Nicholson ; and Master Gil-
low, a young candidate for public favour, of whose extraordi-
nary vocal powers and brilliant execution we have beard much
in private, will make his first appearance before an audience.
The concert will be-conducted by Mr. George Holden.

LISRRALITY OF THE CHESTER CORPORATION.—One of the
first acts of these worthies, after their election, was to discon-
tinue the distribution of bread to the poor, which, previously,
Was annually given to them on the day the new mayor was.
elected. Very charitable indeed.
~,BOrts 6UGH of CLONsu death of Dominick Ronayne,
-c-4(1.,' M.P. for Clontnel, has occasioned a vacancy for 'that
borough. effne, we hope, will be made to redeem the
borough from the hands into which it has lately fallen.
PlitE AT BOLTON.—About one o'clock on Monday morning,
a Cotton mill of Messrs. E. W. and J. Bolling, in Flash-street,
°'S discovered to he on fire. It commenced in the scutching-
r7°ln, and was rapidly communicated to the card-rooms. An
rearm was given, and the workmen and neighbours promptly
ic,„ll,,Qred every assistance. The town's engines were soon
under b
--(lft out, and played so effectually that the flames were got
burnt.ueY half-past two o'clock. About 10001bs. of cotton was
;rbut howinsured the fire originated is not known. Mesars.
a .
80l-
DEATH
°P ADAM ~AMLYNIBURNEE, ESQ.—On the 10th instant, at
a R
-street, sell square, London, Adam Lymburnpr,
.I'' in the 90th year of his age. This venerable gentleman
possessed great urbanity of manners, united to extensive in-
formation ana
sound judgment. He was extensively acquaint-
ed with the provinces of Canada in early life, and his report on
the affairs of that country, in the time of Mr. Pitt, was consi-
dered an able' Production: and might even now be consulted
137ith utility. Those who knew him in private life, will remem-
er hirn with esteem, and his nearer connexions with affection-
ate regret.
COACH ACCIDXNT.—As the Royal Rocket coach was re-
turning from Manchester to Blackburn on Wednesday, the
txletree broke, on descending a hill about two miles from
nu Y Several of the outside possengers were severely injured.
Great credit is due
hu • t the driver, who, though he was severely
Frt himself, managed to prevent the horses from running far-
ier, which would havepincekthe lives of four inside passengers
19
"" great danger, and who !ippeared to forget his own injuries in
attentions to the stiffenng female passengers.
Cower, ItErnnsintrATloN.—lt was stated in the newspapers,
Metropolitan mad provincial, a few weeks ago, that Mr. Townley,
r,)f Townley, had written a letter to Mr. Wilson Patten inform-
mg that gentleman that at the next election, he (Mr. Townley)
etould offer himself as a candidate in opposition to him. We
!I!"aught it a very odd course for any gentleman to take, and set
: dawn for a fabrication; -but, as we were not prepared et the
rime. with the means of contradiction, we let it pass. We have
~"‘e, however, full and so fficied authority for stating that the
report is entirely groundless.—Lancaster Gazette.

ANNUAL MEETING.-SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

On Friday last, the annual meeting of tie committee and
subscribers to this institution took place at the school; ..Major

Brooks was unanimously called to the chair.
After the report of the institution and the Piancial state-
ment for the year had been -read, the Reveknd EDWARD
Hut-t,, Chaplain to the Institution, called the attention of
the meeting to the 10th and 22,1 clam es of the municipal
reform act, from. which it appeareSt ..44,me difficulty would
he occasioned in the election of vice-presidents. The act
under which the Blind School was founded directs that the ap-
pointment of the chaplain, in case a vacancy should occur, is
vested in the mayor, senior alderman, and two vice-presidents,
the latter to be appointed by the committee, and both to he
members of the church of England. The aldermen under the
late corporation having, by the municipal act, been removed,
the meeting hesitated as to what steps they should take with a
view to get the clauses of the act rectified.
It was at length thought better to take the opinion of counsel
upon the subject, and a resolution to that effect was afterwards
passed unanimously. The meeting then proceeded to the elec-

iion of officers.
Upon the motion of Mr. R. W. HouGwrori, seconded by Mr.
Toon NAYLOR., Lord Sandon, M.P., was elected president;
and Mr. Richard Houghton. Mr. James Heyworth, Mr. Shand,
and Mr. Wm. Potter were appointed vice-presidents for the

ensuing year.
Mr. R. W. Houghton, upon the motion of Mr. ROBERTSON
GI.AosToNE, seconded by the Rev. J. B. MONK, Was re-elected

treasurer.
Upon the name of the Rev. EDWARD Huse, chaplain to the
institution, being read over as one of the committee, that gen-
tleman rose, and, interrupting the treasurer, observed that his
object in attending the meeting was, to ascertain whether he
should be proposed a member of the committee for the ensuing
year. Such a proposition having been made, be begged to say
a few words in explanation of the course which he had hitherto
pursued. He should not enter into a detail of all the circum-
stances which took place at a meeting held in that room during
the early part of last year, as most or the gentlemen p resent, and,
indeed, the public generally were well acquainted with them. He
would simply observe that he considered the conduct of the com-
mittee of last year as unparalleled in the annals of any public
body. One member of that body, in particular, allowed himself
to use such a freedom of speech respecting himself as the con-
sideration of the profession to which he belonged ought to have
restrained a gentleman from using. The gentleman to whom
he teferted was Mr. Robertson Gladstone. It. was entirely
owing to his injurious aspersions—injurious in their intent, but
not in their effect—it was, be repeated owing to that gentle-
man's injurious aspersions, and his refusal, on being written to,
to enter into any explanation of his conduct, that he was com-
pelled to print and circulate a number of copies of the address
which he lettered in that room, in order that it might be known
what he really did say. If Mr. Gladstone would reflect, he
would cease to iusult and calumniate clergymen. A clergyman
was as defenceless, if not more so, than a woman. He was no
• advocate for the custom of duelling, which he. considered a
wicked and anti-christian custom—a relic of the brutal ferocity
of a barbarous age. But as the custom existed, he would leave
any gentleman to say what would have been the consequence
had a correspondence similar to that whirls he would read to
them taken place between two laymen moving in a certain class
of society. He hecard a certain report, in March last, the truth
of which he bad ample means of proving, and, in consequence,
he addressed the following note to Mr. Robertson Gladstone:—
" Sir,—l have been informed that you have said that the
language used by me, at the last meeting of the committee of
the School for the Blind, was such as to compel you to resign li
your seat in the chapel attached to that institution. I must beg
you, in the first place, to say whether my information is correct,
and, if so, in the next place, to state specifically, or, if you can-
not do that, to state generally, what that language was." In
answer to this note, I received from Mr. Robertson Gladstone
the following reply :—Sir, I have to acknowledge the receipt of
your note; but must beg to decline entering into any corres-
pondence on the subject contained in it." He did not think
it necessary to mention specifically the expressions used with
regard to him by Mr. Gladstone; he would merely say they
were both insulting and offensive. He therefore felt it his duty,
in consequence of this treatment, to decline being a member of
that committee for the ensuinc, year.
Immediately afterwards, Mr. RoßetursoN GLADSTONE rose.
He said that Mr. Hull had had.the courtesy to inform him a
day or two previously of his intention to bring, his conduct to.
wards him under the consideration of the committee that day;
but what that conduct was of which Mr. Hull complained, he
was at a loss to conceive; and, even if it had been fully stated
by Mr. Hull, he had yet to learn what right that committee pos-
sessed to inquire into his proceedings unconnected with the
affairs of that institution. If he had transgressed any rule, or
done or said anything detrimental to the interests of the institu-
tion, he should certainly consider himself amenable to that com-
mittee, if any gentleman could consider him to be guilty of
such au act. But he denied the power of the committee to in-
terfere iu his private transactions. He had not thrown any in-
jurious aspersions upon Mr. Hull's character; indeed he was
not aware that he had ever mentioned Mr. Hull's name since
the meeting held in that room some time ago, at which most of
the gentlemen around him were present, excepting when on
one or two occasions he had been asked his reasons for leaving
the Blind Church; and with those reasons neither Mr. Hull
nor that meeting had anything whatever to do.
Mr. HULL said Mr. Gladstone had not denied that he had
made use of insulting language to him.
Mr. GLADSTONE.—I do deny
Rev. J. B. MUNK said the subject was entirely irrelevant to
the objects of the meeting.
Here the subject dropped, and Mr. Hull's name, at his own
request, was withdrawn from the committee about to be ap-
pointed.
Mr. JOSEPH BROOKS YATES said, it was well known to the
meeting his sentiments both upon religious and political sub-
jects were of what was called a liberal character; he was a
dissenter, and had served upon the committee of the institution
several years. He had been a subscriber to its funds upwards
of thirty years, and Isis father before him had been a supporter
of it. lie thought they would do wrong if they excluded dissen-
ters from any management of its affairs. his name had been
erased front the•list of the committee of last year in consequence
of a report having got into circulation that. he would not serve
the office of committee-man because he thought those pupils of
the institution who were not members of the church of England
should not be compelled, against their will, to attend divine
service in the Church for the Blind; that report, however; was
erroneous, and seeing the gentleman who had given it currency
present, he called upon him to contradict it.
\lr. CARR said he certainly understood, from a conversation
he had some time ago with Mr. Yates, that the reason he had
just mentioned was the only one which prevented him attending
meetings of the committee of which he was then a member.
Mr. YATES said he' never told Mr. Carr anything of the kind.
Mr. CARR said, then lanttst have been mistaken.
Rev.. Mr. 11cr.4 cemplimented Mr. Yates upon his efficient
services while-oh the committee; and proposed his name to be
inserted on the list for the s) ear ensuing. This having been
seconded, -
Mr. 17 AThs said he should not'serve for the coming year. He
was glad to have had the opportunity of hearing Mr. Carr's ex-
planation,of a matter which had long given him considerable
uneasiness. He was, indeed, frequently misrepresented; only
that day a spekt with his name to it, appeared in one of the
newspapers, which he never uttered, with the contents of which
he was altogether unacquainted until he saw them in print, and
to the sentimens of which he was entirely opposed, as well as
to the object for which that meeting was convened. He thought
there ought to be nu law in the institution which compelled any
inmate of it to attend the chapel against his will, and so long as
such a law was in existence he could never officially serve it.
He had requested to be furnished with a list of the pupils who
were dissenters, and such a list had been handed to him, with
the names of six persons only upon it, but he very much doubted
the correctness of that list, indeed he felt sure there were more
in the house than that number. However, be that as it might,
he should before he sat down move a resolution embodying the
sentiments he had just expressed.
It was here stated that at present the children of Roman ca-
tholies, and pupils of that persuasion, were allowed to go to their
respective places of worship. And that none of the other inmates
had ever expressed any desire to go to any other place of wor-
ship than the chapel attached to the institution.
The Rev. Mr. MONK moved an amendment to Mr. Yates's
resolution, to the effect, that if proper persons could be found
who would take upon themselves the responsibility of seeing
tbat such of the pupils as were desirous to go out of the house
on the Sabbath did go to some place of worship, the committee
should have no objections to grant them permission to do so.
Rev. Mr. liett thought if any of the pupils were allowed to
attend divine service out of the precincts of the institution they
ought to be those who held methodist opinions, as there was
little difference between their doctrines and those of the church.
Mr. YATES.—No, no. Let us have a perfect latitude for re-
ligious opinion. I shall press my resolution.
The Rev. Rector BitooKs said he should oppose both the
motion of Mr. Yates and the amendment that had been pro-
posed upon it; he thought it would have a very injurious effect
on the school, and greatly disorder the internal discipline of
the institution. He was as anxious as any one that liberty of
conscience should he granted to all the pupils, but at the same
time he would never be one to invite or to hold out any encou-
ragement to latitude of principle. He had served upon the
committee ever since its establishment, and he was not aware
that any complaint had as yet been made by any of the inmates,
either respecting their attendance at the church of the institu-
tioe or their being prevented from going elsewhere, and he
thought it quite time enough to cure the evil when its existence
was apparent. If had been stated that the system at present
adopted in the school, in this respect, was illiberal and exclu-
sive; he denied both; and the strongest proof to the contrary
was, the permission now given to those of the Roman catholic
persuasion to attend their own place of worship; nay, more—a
code of regulations was actually in existence, a conformity to
which was necessary to procuring that indulgence. If the same
liberty was required on the part of any other pupils who consci-
entiously differed from the established church, he was confident
that the committee would treat it in the stone way in which they
had already done that on, the part of the Roman cat holies; but.
should they refuse, then would be the time to interfere, and not
till then ; under such circumstances, he should he as anxious as
Mr. Yates that the grounds of refusal should be strictly en-
quired into. To pass such a motion as the one now proposed
would, in his opinion, be a direct censure upon those who had
the management of the charity, a censure of which they were
in no respect deserving. It would carry with it the appearance
that an improper and oppressive restraint had been put upon
the consciences of the pupils, and which he denied had ever
been the case. He should therefore move the previous question.
Here Mr. Carr, at Mr. Yatess request, read the following re-
solution :—"'That a communication be made to such of the
pupils of the institution as are not members of the church of
England, that they are at liberty to attend such places of wor-
ship as they think proper, after giving due assurance to the
committee that they shall be furnished with proper attendants,
and a subsequent eerti6cate from the minister of each place of
worship that the has regularly attended."
Mr. 'YATES having moved the foregoing resolution, the chair-
man called for a gentleman to second it. No person having
immediately done so,
The Rev. J. B. MONK begged to withdraw his amendment.
Mi. SHAND said he had no objections to second Mr. Yates's
motion, not because he agreed with him, but merely that the
sense of the meeting might be taken upon it.
The Rev. Rector Bitooxs moved, seconded by Mr. R. W.
HOUGHTON, the previous question, "That the meeting go on
with the appointment of persons to till up the committee."
The Ray. Mr. Heti said, he should decline voting upon Mr.
Yates's motion. As chaplain to the institution, he thought he
bad better abstain from voting.
The GHAMMAN having put the amendment, it was carried
with only one dissentient, and the original motion was negatived,
only having been supported by ,Mr. Yates, the mover of it.
the names of the committee were then filled up, for which
see Advertisement, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman,
which passed unanimously, the meeting broke up at one o'clock.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—The
members of this powerful Association, resident in Manchester,
held a periodical meeting on Wednesday at the Star Hotel,
James Crossley, Esq., in the chair, when the accounts were
audited, and pew officers elected. The meeting received a de-
putation from the founders of the original Operative Associa-
tion in this town, who communicated the particulars of certain
traftsactions which have occurred within their body during the
last few weeks.—Blanchester Chronicle.

COUNCIL PROOCEEDINGS.

On Friday morning, at eleven o'clock, the council tuet ac-
cording to adjournment.
[We have to make our acknowledgement.; to the Mayor for
his politeness and attention, on all occasions, to the presss. The
reporters were this day furnished with a separate table, imme-
diately under the chair, which added much to theirconveuience,
and facilitated their labours.]
The MAYOR opened the proceedings; by calling on the town-
clerk to read the minutes of the last meeting, which he imme-
diately proceeded to da.

CATHOLIC CHARITY BALL.
Mr. Councillor 11. LAWRENCE said he wished to ascertain
the expence of lighting the rooms.
The TOWN-CLERK then stated that the lighting of the rooms
would take 911bs. of wax candles, the exp eof which was
£ll7s. 6d.; for gas-lights for the rooms, £ 10s.; for gas-
lights on the staircase, £3 10s. ; spermaceti oil, £1 ss. ; total,
£lB 12s. 6d.
Mr. Councillor WooeeniGHT said he was authorised by Mr.
Bretherton to state, that he would bear the expense of lighting
the rooms.
Mr. Councillor SHARPLES.—I beg leave now to move, "that
the request of Mr. Townley, on behalf of the Catholic Orphan
Society, for the use of the rooms be granted."
Mr. Councillor JORDAN begged to second that motion; and
in so doing, he begged to say that there was not a charity in the
town of Liverpool, that for the size of it did so much good. He
thought it a most efficient charitable institution, well and
economically managed, and as such entitled to the best wishes
of this council.
The MAYO:,.—Is it the wish of the council-that the request
should be complied with ?
Mr. Councillor EARLS did not rise to make any objection to
the grant, but did they think it was well considered, whether
they could refuse other applications if that were granted?
Mr. Councillor DUNCAN could confirm that statement. There
could be no doubt if it were granted, there would be other ap-
plications. The Scottish Society. he was prepared to say,
would apply for them as soon us ever this grant should be ob-
tained.
Mr. Councillor RUSHTON was of the same opinion. If the
doors be opened they need never cease granting.
Mr. Councillor RATEIBONE thought it rather unwise in them
to anticipate evils. He thought they were competent to deal
with other cases individually. He was very anxious in this
case that the room should be granted; they had a precedent for
it in the ball for the Ladies' Charity, so far as precedent went.
He did not think that any one could oppose the grant on reli-
gious grounds, or if they did oppose it on such grounds he hoped
they would acknowledge them, and he called on the members
of the church of England present to come forward and support
the motion. as a matter of honesty and policy. Receiving so
much as the church of England did from the corporation funds,
he thought it but fair that the surplus of those funds should be
appropriated amongst all classes. He called on t hem to support
the grant as a matter of policy, for he thought they would not
think it politic to sharpen the conscientious scruples of the dis-
senters against contributing to the church. If they were to have
any scruples or any objections made because this was a catholic
institution, it would not be a matter of policy on the part of the
church of England, because they who were dissenters from that
church were compelled to contribute to its support, even though
differing more widely from them than the church of -England
differed from the catholics. On these grounds he was anxious
that the rooms should be granted, and the expense paid by the
corporation. And if ever they had any other applications made
they would feel perfectly competent to accede to that request or
otherwise. The only ground he thought they had a right to
discuss on was, "is the charity a good one or not." It was en
orphan school, most admirably conducted—conducted more like
a family than a charity. They took care of the children they
took, and if they were put out to place, and if they had any
grounds to be dissatisfied rith that place, the society took them
back again till they could find another, and kept superinten-
dence over them till they were able to take care of themselves.
(Hear.)
Mr. HENRY LAWRENCE was not at all influenced by what
Mr. liathbone 'had said; and he would say with perfect good
feeling, if it was a matter of honesty he should have advocated
the grant without his direction; as a matter of policy he should
not have moved in it. He had always advocated catholic etnan-
cip.ition, and he thought in Ireland there should be a mainte-
nary.° for the catholic clergy. lle thought that some assistance
should be given to the charity on this occasion, provided it be
not a principle to be acted on continually ; but he could not go
so far as Mr. Rathbone, that the expense should be paid out of
the borough funds. One great objection to that was, he did not
think they were entitled to employ those funds till there was a
surplus; in case there should be a deficiency, which he expect-
ed, they would be obliged to have a borough rate. It was be-
ginning to apply a surplus which he anticipated they should not
have to look to. But after the offer made by Mr. Woollright
they could not have that objection.
Mr. Councillor EARLE.—The ladies' charity and this were a
little different; this was a particular charity ; the ladies' charity
embraced every sect; by this charity only a particular class in
Liverpool could be benelitted.
The MAYOR.—Mr. Earle would recollect that the ladies' cha-
rity was not an orphan charity. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Councillor BOLTON quite concurred in the propriety of
granting the use of the rooms; but he thought with Mr. Law-
rence that on all occasions when the room should be applied
for, the parties making such application should be willing to pay
the expenses. (Hear.) This would have some effect in keep-
iug the applications down, if it were understood that the expense
must be paid. Atter the announcement that .he expenses would
be paid, he thought that point might not be pressed on the
council.
Mr. Councillor SHIEL, in reply to Mr. Earle.—There was
scarcely any charity like the orphan charity but must be exclu-
sive. ft would be impossible to educate diem on any general
principle of education. The children there admitted must be
instilled with those particular tenets in which they were brought
up. That objection would apply to every application which
might be brought before them. His view of the case was more
general. He thought that the rooms were built for the benefit
of the town, and that they should not be shut up, but made use-
ful to the town as a source of amusement and gratification ; and
he thought that every application that was made by respectable
persons, and brought forward by persons who would make
themselves responsible to the corporation for the consequences
of granting them, should be received. And as a proof of his
conviction of the correctness of such a course, he was willing to
be responsible for all accidents that might happen to the rooms
on this particular occasion. And he thoughtthat the gentlemen
who came forward to make such applications should be ready
personally to enter into the same responsibility which he was
willing then to enter into.
Mr. Councillor L. HEY WORTH perfectly concurred with Mr.
Shiel, Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. Bolton, with regard to parties
paying the expense. He thought this principle ought to
adopted as a principle, because by anticipating, voluntary con-
tributions they took from the corporation fund, and destroyed the
principle of eli'arity. It would also be an act of inititiceif they took
from the common fund of the corporation, and.bad to lay a bo-
rough rate. They would then extort money from the pocketi
of all individuals for this measure whether they concurred or
not in it. He would say, therefore, as a.principle of justice it
was not right that they should make use of. .the cot poration
funds. His view was that they should haVe the room, but pay
their own expenses.
Mr. Councillor Sits epees.—lt might save a little discussion
to state, that if the room were granted the applicants would pay
their own expenses.
Mr. Councillor EARLE thought it would be better to mention
a specific sum as required for the expenses. There would be
washing, &c. to add..
Mr. Councillor HENRY LawitaNcE suggested twenty guineas.
Mr. Councillor StiARPLES.—Then I move " that Mr. Town-
ly's request for the use of the town-hall for a ball be granted on
payment of twenty guineas for lighting the room.
Mr. Councillor JORDAN really thought it a very paltry sum
for the corporation to stand upon. Out of the tens of thousands
which that corporation bed. 20 guineas was a very paltry sum
to think about for a charity.
Mr. Councillor SAN OARS.—Mr. Rathbone had called on the
protestant gentlemen of that couneil to support this grant. He
trusted he was as great a friend to toleration and education as
Mr. Rathbone.himself. Ile had only one observation to make,
that he had supported every charity where the scriptures were
permitted to be read; he did not know whether in this charity
the scriptures were read or not. (Cries of "Question.") He
contended that he was in perfect order. He would say that in
this charity they were not read; he deeply lamented it. 'With
this protest entered on his part, he should give no further oppo-
sition. Mr. Rathbone had asked " Why should. we anticipate
dithlCuities;" It was wise at all times to anticipate difficulties,
They might Kaye applications for the room from all the chari-
ties in the town ; they might have appliCations for the room for
political debates; and they mighthaye applications for it to dine
Mr. O'Cgtinell. (Hear hear, and cries of "Sandon.") He
knew-the meaning of that cry.. They might have applications
for the room for a dinner to Lord Sandon;—and how could they
refuse that? And they might haie the room asked for by the
temperance society for all the old women in the town to drink
tea there. (Laughter.) They were about to establish a pre-
eedut which would be very inconvenient.
After some further discussion, it was unanimously agreed that
the use of the rooms should be granted, the parties paying 20
guineas to cover the expenses of lighting, and giving a guaran-
tee against damage.
It was afterwards agreed, on the motion of Mr. Aikin, that
the use of the rooms might in future be granted, for charitable
purposes, at the discretion of the Mayor and finance commit-
tee, the parties paying the expenses and giving a guarantee.