The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-03-04 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION VERSUS A DISSO-

LUTION OF PARLIAMENT.

An impression has very generally prevailed, during the
past ten days, that one of the obstacles to the formation
of a Government by Lord Stanley was the refusal of her
Majesty to consent to a dissolution of Parliament, as
calculated to mar the success of the approaching World's
Fair. Such, however is not the fact, at all events the
literal fact. His lordship stated, in his speech on Friday
night, that " he was authorised by her Majesty distinctly
to state that no person would be justified in saving, or in
holding out to belief that, if he had felt it his duty to
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presence of a hostile majority, a dissu.
condition of public business being unadvib:ble, as :I is
other grounds at this time, we came to the :onclustfm
that we could not in such a state of things carry on .74t1s-
factorily the business of the country. " What, we ask, are
those " other grounds" which render a dissolution at this
time unavoidable ? If the public business is so urgent,
and it is found that, with the present parliament, and in
the existing dislocation of parties, it cannot be carried on
satisfactorily by any Government that can be found—
which we believe will be found to be the case, we conceive
that a dissolution and an appeal to the country is the only
constitutional course to pursue. It is the course which
has been pursued in similar emergencies, when Statesmen
have had to propound their measures to hostile majorities.
It would have been competent to Lord Stanley to have
laid before parliament his proposals for the settlement of
the public business ; and in case of a factious or other
opposition, no state of things that we can imagine ought
to be considered as sufficient to prevent the appeal to the
country being made at once. We cannot but still:suspect
that the r xhibition, and the consequent presence of large
numbers of foreigners in the country, are amongst the
most weighty grounds upon which a dissolution has been
regarded as objectionable. Possibly, however, one of the
impressions of Lord Stanley's mind was that the reaction
on the subject of Free-trade was not yet suffieiently de-
cided to ensure the return of a thoroughly constitutional
parliament, resolved upon doing justice to the oppressed
industry of the country.

TO THE EDITOR 07 THE LIVERPOOL S7AIVDARD.

SIR,—T beg to cull' your attention to most tyrannical
proceedings on the part of the Health Committee's ser-
vants. A poor woman; living in a comfortable- cellar,
No. 11, Woodstock-street, keeps a little shop by which
she is enabled to earn an' honest livelihood without being
a burden to the parish. This poor woman, after credita-
bly occupying this abode for many years, has been served
with a notice to quit, signed' by the Town-clerk, because
the cellar proves to be two or three inches short of. what
the act requires. She has no bed in the cellar, having a
room overhead. Can they eject the poor woman when
she does not sleep in the cellar ?
Another poor widow woman has been ejected from an
adjoining cellar, where she was obtaining a livelihood,
but has now to receive parish relief. These proceedings
are made infinitely more odious from the fact of the
owners being put to considerable expense, by draining
the place,—which no sooner is done than the tenants are
ejected.
I hope, sir, you will lend your powerful aid to put an
end to such persecution and tyranny, on the part of those
whose duty it should be to be protectors of the bumbler
classes than otherwise.—l am, &c., SYMPATHY.

CURIOUS DIRECTION.

The following► was the direction on a letter that passed
through our Post-office last Saturday :

Since rhyming on letters is now alt the fashion,
And'newspapers always them copy.
hope they will meet with a just retribution,
If they dare put this in Their columns.
To you, Mr. Postman, I would now speak;
I beg you will perform your duty,
Deliver this letter without a wink
To either the housemaid or cookey ;
And when on your usual beat,
Pray stop at Prince Edwin-street,
And complacently hand this note
To Mr. William Fazakerley.

We understand that the Rev. J. Baylee is about to
provide church accommodation for the numerous Welsh
residents in Birkenhead. The rev. gentleman also pur.
poses opening a ragged school in connection with his
church.

SUDDEN DEATH OF AN INFANT.—An inquest will be
held to-day on the body of an infant whose parents (Wil-
son) reside at Gore-place, Kirkdale. The circumstances
attending the child's death render it necessary that an
inquest should be held on the body.
EXPOSURE OF THE BODY OF A CHILD:—Ori Sunday
morning last, a box was found in the burial 'ground at-
tached to St. Anthony's Chapel, Scotland-road. Upon
examination the box was found to contain the dead body
of a child.
MODEL OP ROME.—This interesting work of art will,
no doubt, be visited by all classes of the public,• who will
inspect the various localities of the city with unusual in-
terest at the present moment, when such universal atten-
tion is attracted to the recent proceedings of the Pope.
The proprietor of the exhibition gives, twice a day an
interesting description of his invaluable and accurate
production.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WATERLOO DOCA.-011 SR-
turdav an emigrant from Tipperary, named Thos. Crowe,
lost hiselife under the following circumstances:---The man
had gone ashore for the purpose of procuring a kettle to
heat some water for breakfast, on his return the vessel
was moving out of the dock gates ; the man, in his anx-
iety I o get on board, fell from the plank he was taken
out of the water as soon as possible but life.was extinct.
GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—Mr. Thomas Kemp, the
late clerk of Christ Church, Claughton, has received a
gratifying token of esteem, from the respected incumbent
of that church, on the occasion of resigning his office, con-
sisting of a very handsome Bible, bearing< the following
inscription :--` z Presented to Thomas Kemp, on his resign-
ing the clerkship of Christ Church, Claughton, as a mark
of esteem and regard, by his faithful friend and pastor,
W. F: Taylor, M. A. February 21st, ISM:P.—Mr. Kemp
is about to emigrate to Australia we believe.
NEW- Cul/Rm.—We perceive that a special general
vestry of the inhabitants of West Derby will be held on
Wednesday week, to consider the inadequacy of the pre-
sent parish church for the accommodation of the inhabi-
tants; and the liberal offers of contribution which have
been made, on condition that a new church be erected on
a difrerent site, according to the design of Mr. G. G.
Scott, which will be submitted to the meeting. The
vestry is also summoned to consider thanecessity for the
immediate purchase and appropriation of a suitable piece
of land for a burial-ground for the parish of West Derby.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The usual monthly meet-
ing of the council was held yesterday, Thos. B. Horsfall,
Esq-., the president, in the chair. After the routine busi-
ness, the report from the committee on the subject of the
Sound dues was brought up and adopted. It was agreed
to memorialize government towards procuring a reduction,
of those dues to a rate commensurate with the benefits-
received by our shipping, &c., in the lighting, buoying,
&c.„ of the coasts of Denmark, and to co-operate with.
other chambers of commerce for this end. Among the
communications were letters from Mr. William Brown,
M.P., and Mr. Cardwell, M.P., ooMr. Mitchell's motion
for a parliamentary inquiry into the present government
of the customs, and one on a proposed shipping-office for
emigrants. A present of books was announced from Mr.
Win. Brown, M.P., for which a vote of thanks was passed.
TEA PARTY.—On Friday evening a convivial tea-party
was held in the schoolroom underneath St. Matthew's
Church, Scotland-road, at which choice speeches were
made by the Rev. Dr. Hilleoat (who presided), Revs. Dr.
Aspinall, D. James, G. Howarth, W. Jones, of St. Paul's,
Mr. Roskell, &e., followed by music, both vocal and in-
strumental,—Miss Mary Brewer, a juvenile harpist, Mr.
Jones, &c., very kindly giving theh valuable services. It
appeared from what was said, that the Privy Council of
Education very properly will not in any way recognise as
schools-rooms placed underneath churches or, chapels,
such as at St. Matthias's, Great Howard-street, and that
wherein the, tea-party was held : how necessary, there-
fore, it is that active educational measures should be
promptly taken to substitute suitable school premises,
covered and uncovered, so as to afford sufficient scope
for the real education of the rising generation in our land,
both in a physical, moral, religious, and intellectual point

of view.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN ISLINGTON...,-A very shock-
ing accident, and one which terminated fatally, happened
on Saturday, in. Islington. An elderly lady, on
.that
day, was in the act of crossing the road .about the
ddle
of Islington ;. at the moment, a long procession of the
" turn-out" seamen was passing, and, whether the noise
of the band which accompanied the body prevented the
unfortunate lady from hearing, or whether. she were at-
tracted by the sight does not appear ; it is presumed,
however, that one or both these causes rendered her un-
conscious-
conscious of the proximity of a cart, the horse in which
came suddenly upon her, and knocked her down. :Tale
prothate, the animal trampled upon her side, and taus
inflicted fatal injuries. She was speedily picked- al).
and conveyed into the shop of Mr. Evans, druggist,
at the corner of Stafford-street, where a surgeon attended
her, and, as soon as possible, she was conveyed to her
residence in Moira-street, where she lingered until the
following morning, when death ended her sufferings.
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STRANGER'S FRIEN.a SOCIETY.— At the annual
meeting yesterday of this valuable society, Mr. Thomas
Kaye took the chair, and stated that he had done. so with
caongnreectatedil
years, during a potion of which he had been treasurer,
the
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in which office he had witnested daily the vast good done
by the society during periods of distress. The society
owed, perhaps, to-no other parties a debt of gratitude so
great as to the family of Mr. Wm. Rahbone, who had
regularly contributed £lOO a year. The object of the
prese'at meeting was, to appoint a treasurer, officers, &c.,
of the society, with a view to its organisation in a manner
different from that under which it had been managed
during the last year or two. The secretary read the
accounts for the past year, showing a balance in the
collector's hands to the credit of the society of £6O 16s' 3d.
The subscriptions during the year had been £247. Mr.
Rathbone moved that Mr. Kaye be appointed treasurer,
and stated that Mr. Beloe had offered to assist him in the
duties. Mr. Kaye accepted the appointment under those
circumstances alone. It was afterwards moved and
seconded that Mr. Beloe's appointment should be that of
sub-treasurer. A long list of gentlemen vas then
appointed to form the committee. On the motion of
Mr. Rathbone, the name of Mr. W. P. Frew, although
not a subscriber, was added to the list ; and it was
explained that his father had been a munificent subscriber
to the society, and taken a great interest in its