The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-07 00:00:00

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in this town, her favourite instrumentality is the as- 'tion would be the commencement of a new course of attributable. They had ample notice of the intendeNINIIMI
-,.-0a ine to the late period in
sumption of a control over the education of the insult and injury, dishonest perversion of their trust, sale ; and full opportunity of purchasing any por-
.,
.eek (last night) at which we received the people. In a neighbouring country, France—semi- and reckless dilapidation of the public estate. They tion of the land which they might require.
•‘ A Constant Reader," we have not the
ens of furnishing infidel and Popish France even—it will be perceived, will not allow us to mistake their character and ob-
him, by reference, with the precise
length between the two points stated ; but we shall with gratification, by all Protestants, that a spirit of jects ; and small wonder -it is therefore that En
comply with his request in our next publication, avail-
-, ourselves of the best authority. g We give, in our second page, a summary of the
opposition is already being aroused against the in- lishmen reject their serpentlike approaches, and re- newsfrom India and China, which reached us last
sidious encroachments of this body. In a series of fuse to place weapons in hands which are so certain night f ,
by the arrival of the Overland mail. It will
received several communications upon the sub-
recent scrutiny into the polling for Scotland discourses, delivered in Paris during the past sum• to use them for dishonest and injurious purposes. be seen
that, nothwithstanding our recent successes
of them agreeing in opinion with respect to
, .......—_—.--___.
the impropriety, and indeed indecency, of the course met, by Messrs. Michelet and Guinet, "on the cha-
,by Mr. Chalmers, and the unjustifiable leaning racter, the objects, and the practices of Loyala," to The termination of the municipal
year in this quarter of the world, the vastly increased
and the prestige of the British name, and our immense ac-
- h o ri ti„ens
as
so
thatthe gstearremenatas. and
raompi ntifilensreopfre-o. which attention has been drawn by our able con- approaching election of a gentleman to fill the quisition of territory and influence in the East, we
of our correspondents—" Dicky temporary, the Dublin University Magazine, the office of mayor for the ensuing year, remind us of are still apparently destined to be drawn into further
,in the first place, the usual following Empressive warning is addressed to the a duty—on this oc, asion a gratifying one—which extension of our Empire—perhaps not to stay un-
ns were not put to the voter; his vote was
I placed on the file without legal opposition people of France and to the people of every country we owe to him whose term of office is now about to til the whole of the fertile possessions of the turbo-
-1; Mr. Vernon's committee were never in which this detestable society has established its expire. We hailed with pleasure, in common with lent despots of India are subject to British rule, and
made aware of the objection subsequently taken, and
the man objected to was struck off on the authority influence : a great majority of this community, the elevation of brought within immediate contact with European
principally, as to his insanity, of this same Mr. Chal- " You have," writes M. Michelet, addressing the Mr. Robertson Gladstone to the mayoralty of his civilization and the light of Christianity. At this
mega, a canvasser
thousand pulpits, which you of Mr. Thornhill, and who had Jesuits of France, " forty
previously bulli:d the man into an agitated or irritated
cause to speak either willingly or per force. You have native town. We felt that, to a member of a family late hour, and in the present crowded state of our
',te, which was the only symptom, according to our
whose name is so intimately associated with the coloums we shall not attempt to enter upon any ex-
applicationa hundred thousand confessionals, whence you influence
-nondent, of any insanity. The same corres- . ..
entire families. You hold within your grasp that which growth of the commerce and the port of Liverpool, amination of our position, and the probable policy
to the Court of Queen's
....., ground of the irregularity of the whole is the influencing spirit of the family. (and of the world !)
__to the brother of one who now worthily occupies of the British government in that country ; but,
edings, and the perfect sanity of the voter; and if --you hold the mother ; the child is but an accessory.
atter can be proved, as we are told that it can to What choice is left to the father when she rushes in a seat in the councils of his sovereign, and the son referring our readers to the summary of events with
-'n, by unexceptionable evidence, we are quite distractedly, when she flings herself into his arms, cry- of one whose advice and warning are never withheld which we have furnished them shall resume the sub-
-eondent's opinion that the application ing out, 'I am damned ! ' You are certain that the ,
in .
Id b. made Whilst upon this subject we must following day ,he will yield up his son to you. Twenty from tnat sovereign the hour of difficulty—such ject on a future occasion, when we shall doubtless
es th, ' all comprehend the course thousand children in your seminaries ; two hundred a tribute was due from his fellow townsmen. And have more ample information before us.
•eeile ~d in the case of disputed votes in thousand just now in the schools which you direct ;it was due also to the private worth of Mr. Glad-
eil re ~ It seemed to us, from all that we millions of women who act only as you will.
FREE TRADE.—A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
d du, .g the scrutiny last week, that there was cc And we, what are we as opposed to this great stone himself—to the zeal and ability with which he
STATE OF lOWA.—The gobemouches of the Anti-
o mucholalv t
a? reeaspproineseillea powertbe
principles somewhere,
which a power ? A voice, and nothing more—a voice to cry had ever stood forward, in public and in private, as Monopoly Association were delighted, last week, by
out to France. She is now warned,. let her do as
.she
and rather too much forwardthe unflinching and unswerving advocate of the in- an address from some Yankee gentleman upon the
will ; she sees and feels the net in which it was thought
)m certain very young lawyers.
to take her while she slumbered. One farewell word to terests of the borough. We were certain that in his resources, fertility of soil, &c., of the State of lowa.
all loyal hearts—to all, laymen or priests (and may hands the office and dignity of chief magistrate would We are not aware whether the State in question has
those latter, from the depths of their bondage, hearken
be firmly and faithfully upheld, and that the charac. entitled itself, by repudiation of its. just debt.s,. to the.
to a free voice !)—let them aid us with brave words or
notice of the Rev. Sidney Smith ; but if in this
= silent sympathy ; and let all united bestow a blessing ter of the "good old town" would in his keeping pleasing predicament I-OWE-A has, at all events,
from their hearts and from their altars on the holy cru- sustain no tarnish or injury. the merit of confessing its obligations. It is a nice
sade we are beginning for God and for liberty ! "
God speed them, say we, in that crusade; and And we have not been deceived ;—nay, our anti- name for a portion of the repudiating republic.
I cipations have been more than realised. The ability,
may England be warned that the time has come A RESPECTABLE (!) CORPORATION.—Our
upon her when her Protestant people can no longer . .
firmness, and dignified urbanity which have dis- good neighbours in
.Manchester are happy folks.
They have a corporation, amongst the members of
tinguished the conduct of the present mayor, during
slumber in a fancied security! There is a vvarning voice . which, as respectable men decline to mingle, they
his term of office—in his capacity alike of chief are fast drafting that class of persons whom nature
abroad, and signs and portents in every quarter of
magistrate, and as the dispenser of the hospitalities and fortune destined to be ornamental portions of
the political horizon, which tell us in language at
other audiences. Amongst the gentlemen elected
of the corporation—are universally acknowledged,
once impressive and fearfully intelligible, that the
on the first of November, we observe an itinerant
and have called forth the tribute of approbation even
Protestants of England and of the empire must . .
indeed,
in 1 spouter of the Anti-corn Law League ; a vendor
from political opponents ;—from some
from henceforth lay aside their inactivity and rallyl of chartist publications • a publican (who on a con-
to the old watchwords and the old princdays past his persevering and relentless revilers. In test has had the honour of beating a tailor !) ; a
the council chamber, as its chairman, Mr. Gladstone I pawnbroker, and sundry other persons of similar
the maintenance of which alone the Protestant in-
rank and standing in the world. Our own Town-
has repressed with a firm hand those unseemly per-
stitutions of their country and the liberties of Europe , council, it is said. by the
.Radical portion of the.com-
sonal ebullitions, which must at times occur, in ail munity (with little consistency by the bye) is he-
and the world are to be preserved from destruction.
popularly elected assemblies. In that chamber, too, coming not altogether so select and aristocratic as
Menaced though we are by the evil influences of he has displayed an unwearying devotion to the it ought to be ; but as yet, it can scarcely afford to
Popery on every side—threatened in one country
public business, and an attention to the legitimately rub elbows with the very enlightened mobocracy
, who compose the Corporation of—(save the mark (!)
insididious approaches of a power almost omnipotent
by rebellion and massacre, and in another by the
expressed wants of the community out of doors
—the port of Manchester !
which are most praiseworthy. And upon the bench,
for ill—we must remember in the hour of danger
the just and truthful remark of our greatest poet, as a magistrate, he has upon every occasion shewn ROYAL LIVER THEATRE.—The frequenters of this
popular little theatre have, during the past week, expe-
an anxious regard for the preservation of the peace rienced the full benefit of the act of parliament by which
of the town, and the distribution, amongst friends the performance of the legitimate drama was permitted to
other than the patent establishments. Several of our and political opponents alike, of impartial even- standard dramas have been presented with an efficiency, so
handed justice, far as regards scenery, dresses, &c., which could scarcely
have been looked for within so short a period as has been
When we look hack upon the series of victories We are proud therefore of the duty of recording allowed for preparation ; and, so far as the merit displayed
by which, within the past eight or nine years, so these things of Mr. Gladstone, and of assuring is cotncerried, with a degree. _of excellencedwich reflects
gzaehc;i•eedhitasupporonvtilleed.spi cot epd
him, in the name of his Conservative fellow towns- particular,
rer
wa and
may the companyinstance
total a change has been wrought in the composition
men, that however high was the position which he the beautiful play of " The Stranger," in which the acting
of the Municipal Council of Liverpool,—and indeed of the whole company, and especially of Mr. Phelps and
in those of the great majority of the corporate towns
previously occupied in their esteem and affection, of Mrs. Gordon, as Mrs. Haller, called down the en
of England,—it is impossible to repress the
he has not forfeited that position—nay, he has in- thusiastic plaudits of a crowded house. We must not
convic-
creased his claims to it—by his conduct in the civic wpaheosaeovantehfiet awesinging
perceive,of our i
s townsmanfixed for Meri
nEes.dLay..Hii4ier,
tion that there must be something in the nature and
chair. To those who reflect upon the arduous na- Hime possesses a sweet voice, and much taste and manage-
the projects of " liberalism" which is alien to the
ture of the duties and obligations attached to the tmoetnht ;e
stand will, with more experience, be an acquisition
hearts and the tastes of the British people. In the
possession of that chair—upon the importunities
e.
management of the affairs of the empire,' we have
se-
and unreasonable expectations of friends to THE FUNDS,g SATURDAY EVENING.—The public
veritiesriislaitnotaclanya gbouotdnpeovseitritohnel.eQsß
ujeinneasnslahafsernot
moneybeen
always been in the habit of seeing the confidence of
he resisted, and the envious bitterness of ene- andythe account closed 96 to 1 ; Bank Stock left off, 1794
the community given alternately to Tory and to .
be appeased, it will
mies to —
Stock 2693 to 2701 •, Three per Cents. Reduced, 95+ to
Whig. As the activity and zeal of one party has . .
light panegyric when we can say of a gentleman, -I; Three.; nd-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 102+ to I ;
flagged, after the achievement of power, its comps- light
has stood thus, the mark, the observed of his Newnu. .Ts hrg-9a.nicktitti-sHaolfose
India en 73.0,
Bonds,
to
755. * ; L Long A
annum.n- titor has struggled gradually upwards to seize the
fellow citizens,—who has passed through the fire— In the foreign market Mexican was done at perrather firmer
reward which awaits success. But no such alterna-
pricw, and finally closed 321 to I, and thetolle.fetriii•eediTreto
that he will bear with him into his private station
tion of power appears likely to attend the two par- attwner3e2.steady224-
the respect and love of many added friends, and the Ipe'r jeanntiss., atcgia The other stocks generally
e
ties in local matters. Liberalism, once ejected from
enemy
deserved dislike of not one additional closed with a favourable appearance; Dutch Two-and-a_
the possession of local authority, gathers no favour. Half per Cents. left of 541- to I; the Five per Cents., 99i
to i j Peruvian, 224 to 23 i Portuguese Converted, 4.31 to
in its day of adversity ; but, on the contrary, ap- An argument was offered by Mr. Alderman 44 ; Colombian, ex Vt etmula, ldlii tlo. 12 ;11211,11tiani013010 to
pears year by year to be spurned more con-
Evans, during the discussion in the Council, on 1 0 i';HE xi
LIVERPOOLIab'
temptuously, and kept down in its abject position Monday week, upon the subject of the proposed anniversary of the sth of November,. thet Rev. H. M'NelieChii
with less of effort. Its struggles for renewed su-
wdeilTwedastawtotenTilluenpntnsetrme ()ns S
sale of a portion of the Cheshire property, so obvi-
h occasion by seeveral bun-
premacy become year by year more ridiculously
ously absurd and irrational that we should have dreds of the Loyal Orangemen of our Town. Th‘e text
We iin
abortive; and we almost look forward to the time
thought it unworthy of a moment's notice had it not morningtiheetwith
owurasetabres,
Ist vorsde oofutrh7,a4t4htehrsPh
have
'
vme told us what
ave
when pure shame will deter it from the folly of sub- been referred to in other quarters as one character- work thou didst in their days, in the times of old." That in
milting its claims to public notice.
iced by the extreme of wisdom. "They" (the Fi-
the evening was a portion of the 21st verse of the 2nd
There is something in this apparently unaccount- chapter of Daniel—" He removeth kings, and setteth up
nance Committee) "had been in a great hurry " , Kings." The sermon of the morning had special reference
able. It is strange that to men, whom we acknow-
urged the Alderman, " to put the land" (Wallasey
of
tthhe
Gunpowder ve r a e
Plots ctrant tirny
tfhreomevetnhiengceoonniseriesendceas ledge to be honest and estimable in private life, we Pool) " out of their hands, for fear it might be
cannot entrust the conducting of lumineousexlanation tohis congregation of the duties of
t" "'cr° h"lness made amenable for any good purpose. Mr. Isaac loyal protestant subjects in such a crisis
.as that which ,
questions of a corporation. But the reason becomes
oft e
theser e .
Holmes had very properly said, that they might sent Presented
Hanoverian
nannsdtynpoton thtehaeccethssrtoooneof
perceptible when we approach to a closer survey of have made the pool very useful—that they could realms. A portion of the Orange body attended St. Bar-
their general policy and character. The Whig- have had it as a receptacle for a certain description werenabaspCrehauerhcehd ahtywthhieclitseev 4rmnksoiliaitnahle to the occasion
Radical, or—to use the more comprehensive term—
of vessels. It would have been a lumber room for CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—We are requested to insert
the " Liberal," never permits himself to act from the
~ the following extract from a letter received from an office-
Liverpool—the very thing that Liverpool wanted.
bearer of the Established Church of Scotland, who had
impulses of his nature ; but is, from the first hour Now it is quite possible that Wallasey, or any been applied to for authority to contradict a statement
of his attainment of power, intent alone upon ad- "
other Pool, might be turned to very convenient and made by a
minister
correspondentScotchof t h e
aLe
ni v errepgpaot f a Jn oivar riztaela
at
eh
ya.t
vancing the interests of his party, and furthering td
he useful account, as a receptacle for vessels on sale— street would not be allowed by his owng church to preach
the objects, however irreconcileable with honesty,
there, provided a minister of the free church is appointed.
for " a lumber room" in fact ; and had the property which that party has at heart. He becomes at once, It
uwri will
contemporary b e o bserved
will, this allegationwe
hope,
have is qaiet e
goodness unfounded.
to
now proposed to be sold belonged to the Dock
,a
Ea—taiLetairliats aayny from
his individual character laid aside, a portion merely Committee, we might have thought that they were correct the error to which4B4 his columns gave publici7.—d
of a soured and unrelenting faction, which pursues, "in a great hurry" in their disposal of it. But authority, ft 'is qui.te ministert' adou
of thet
with a virulence of hate almost unparalleled, the de-
Church of Scotlandh s prohibited from preaching in any
really Mr. Evans might remember that such pro-
struction of those institutions, religion, customs,eknowto that
preaeht,eforyr ytehaer.LSyetycahnsmirliaissi
perty belongs to the burgesses of Liverpool ; that it toetrhegroecshuurpc
to London
and manners, which are looked up to with reverence has cost them some hundreds of thousands,- the in- year it was the Rev. James Smith, of Greenock, (before
and affection by the majority of Englishmen. Nor terest of which hangs like a dead weight upon their the dniiserupliloyni
n;)fotrhme
syneatrsabyesfort%lrebewHeom thebe Rneov. Jamesoee.
is he content with inflicting injury only upon these, revenue; and that before it can be converted into a tion, and he would have none, to preach in a Catholic
but where the power is wanting to effect injury, he ,c
church ! !!"
lumber room," for the especial use of the Dock
contents himself with insulting. ODD-FELLOW'S HALL.—We learn from an advertise-
Committee, its fair market value will be expected ment in another column that a meeting wlil be held on
Wednesday, the 29th instant, for the purpose of further-
That this is no more than the truth, the career of from that body. If Mr. Alderman Evans had been
ing the purchasing some suitable premises to be converted
Liberalism" in our own borough will sufficiently prepared to recommend its purchase from the Cor- !
into an Oddfellow's Hall. The building in view is the
illustrate. Its followers came into the possession of poration, well and good. It might then have been Lord Nelson Assembly Rooms, in Lord I\h'elson-sittl•eet,
wwholehar'e at
desirous present,
olr
sleoltlignsg toi
it. The
,h
office with an overwhelming majority. And what made into a lumber room, or any other kind of re- bcompanyeioinf
premises
h
which- are
were their first acts ? They swept the public offices ceptacle which the Committee fancied ; but the no- very commodious, are every way suitable for the purposesb
of every employe, who differed from them in politi- lion of appropriating it withceat any payment at all t9ortphuebliLrdmere,etainndgselilgeichtluerfeosr letting off
stiotuaottihoenr
is bodies
respectableimo ney i
s to and
cal opinions, however well qualified otherwise for is perfectly outrageous, arc/ iuite inadmissible, a good one, being near theec,
centre of the town, and in a
the due discharge of his duties ; and they filled those We are very ready tc, ant that there may bebe riaTsperd" ini ngsii:aerigeshboofurpoos.o d.
each, fli
payable
a yapurchasehle
i n
offices with the sycophantic hangers-on of their objections to the course taken by the Finance Corn- three enstalments. We have no doubt that the under-
own party. Their next step was to enter the liststaking will be a successful one,. as the very means. so in-
with respect to the disposal of this land. It
mittee, fluential a body possess of letting such an establishment,
against the Established Church. They attacked the may at some day, less remote, perhaps, than is ge- in addition to the utility it will be to themselves, will be
Schools of the Corporation, and exchanging asufficient to secure a lucrative remuneration for the outlay.
Scriptural for a Popish and semi-infidel system of nerally supposed, be found necessary to look out for
a site upon the Cheshire side of the Mersey, not EXCELLENT EARLIER
HOURS,:AM EXAMPLE.—We
CLOSING.I7
e cannot DRUGGISTS'
resist t
eii
oo
pP
ps
0. —r .
Education, alienated the minds of the great mass of
the Protestant community. And here one might only for a lumber room, but even for one or more tunity afforded. us, by an advertisement in another column,
buernynno7aCiansgtlet hs„e theetetnttiooonloosfeour neighbour,
his shop i n antra
have have thought they would have rested—that it would wet docks or graving docks. The.growing disposi-
tion of the Dock Committee to swallow up every the winter months, at least, at eight in the evening,—of
have been sufficient for them to revel in the enjoy- calling
unreasonably
oonfrsthden
during
glwichiear
thtebsepptrraednetieetos
atnlitei
ment of the vast patronage and authority which the available yard of land on this side of the water for
dock purposes, warehouses, &c., may shortly corn- assistants of the druggists of this town are at present
business. We can see abundant reasons to
possession of almost unchecked influence in the
il confinedee
someto
avaricious tradesmen to keep open their
pel us to turn our eyes to the opposite shore, in
corporate body afforded them; but no—such was
shops, and confine their young men to a late period of the.
not the course of Liberalism. It was discovered that search of accommodation for some of the dispo-
sessed branches of our shipping and ship-huildine• night. The puffing shopkeeper may do it, to shew off his
~, 8 well lighted shop, and push off, in the glare of the light,
the property, as well as the influence of that body, trades. But it is scarcely reasonable that the Co the trashy fabrics which will not stand daylight inspection.
A dealer in the necessaries of life may sometimes. be com-
could be wielded for the destruction of their political poration, with its revenue already burthened suffi-
pelled to afford additional facilities for purchasing to the
opponents ; and forthwith was dragged to light "the ciently, and unable to do more than barely escape poor family, whose members have not the opportunity of
warehouse question." The Corporation and the the necessity of a borough rate, should be asked to eexxpeentdionng tehxetirramorosienyairny toheeedaasro.nsßuwtn that
atphpVers gtgois;osr,
Dock Committee would become warehouse owners, hold this property in a state of entire unproductive- medicinesp in cases of extreme sickness, have any neces-
and compete,.with the public money, against a body ness until the Dock Committee, a richer body, re_ sits
eforenpilartseurinfnthue;eirebruensiinness.tsilwl;lisinteweanedantneont o'clock,iieve
of men by whom a large amount of capital had quire its occupation. Let that body purchase it, if andan what the Public—if the evening, will not—ought to pro-
been embarked in the erection of buildings neces- they either require it now, or see its growing value. test against.. There is no class more requirtiunrgn, more
cagy sary to the trade of the port ; and in addition to this But do not tell us that the Finance Committee of veleiavbilnegusoef. relaxation,
tn t a p andapprentices
t imc
eosr more
nlAkaeslsyi s tt o
ants of drug-
object, it was not lost sight of that " Liberalism" the Council are justified in continuing upon the gists. They have
.a branch of science to make themselves
would thus, by becoming an employer, erect for it- shoulders of the burgesses, for untold years to come, sn mastersin wohfi ,effi
theo experienceimyoi t ant taon tdh e
researchinterests of
everyhumanity, a
yis
self a vast influence over the acts and opinions of a a pressure of L 12,000 per annum, the present into- disclosing new features. They aJe under the present.
great portion of the tradesmen of the town.lsavoirtLofn utmost great
importanceportion of
rest payable upon the debt contracted for its fur_ ourstat ewoofrelni things, sp,otohre. medicalal it
Throughout all its public proceedings, the same chase.
that they should be placed in the possession of some:little
shameless spirit was displayed, until at length an leisure for the pursuit of those studies, without which
they can only become machines, as ignorant as the pestle
and mortar, the gallipot, or the unguents which they use
or sell. e hope earnestly, therefore, that we shall see
the good example of Mr. Lathbury followed, as it
deserves to be, by at least the respectable portion of
the trade. Whilst on this subject of early hours we may
express our opinion that the practice of druggists, keeping
open their shops during the Sabbath is, in nine cases out
of ten entirely unnecessary. It may be consistent enough
for the lazy housekeeper, who has forgotten to provide her
spices, her vinegar, or any other similar article during the
week, to have the druggist to resort to on the Sunday ;
but it is unreasonable and improper that some hundreds
of young men should be deprived of the opportunity of
as is usually assigned for the prevailing
attending divine service or enjoying a day of rest, upon a
pretence so flimsy
practice,

ject of the recent

❑; a par

sentation of on

—it appears that

recorde

pondent urges an

Bench, on i

at we cannot a

g ador

guided the decisions

Ein Ziberpool &tanbarb.

TUESDAY 310RAING,'NOV. 7, 1843

At a crisis of s

h momentous interest as is the

to the er

Protestant community--with
of the foulest efforts of Po-

e anniversary of on

g upon us its solemn warning from

past, and a Popish rebellion, not even yet
shed, reminding us of the unchanged and un-

changeable spirit of that dark apostasy, we may
perhaps be excused, by the great bulk of our read-
ers, if we diverge for a moment from the usual to-

pies which occupy these columns, and direct our

" Nought can make us rue,
' If England to herself do prove but true

the on

indignant public succeeded in paring the nails and
gagging the unruly tongue of so palpable a nui-

By the sales already made £7300 of this annual
pressure will be taken off, and the surplus revenue
of the Corporation increased to this amount. A
great boon, we submit, has thus been conferred
upon the burgesses of Liverpool. The Council has
now the prospect of being able to go on with those
measures of local improvement, the necessity of
which is becoming daily more apparent; and if, by
the mode in which this advantage has been gained,

Nor has it learnt humility by its fall. Reduced
now to a mere handful in the Council, its followers

_ .
still lose not an opportunity of directing insult
month after month, meeting after meeting, against
the great mass of that community by whom they are

dist;ustcd and spurned. They will not allow us to
forget their intolerance when in power, or to over-

a possible future benefit to the Dock Estate has
been lost sight of, to the want of forecast on the
part of the Dock Committee the evil is alone fairly

look for a moment the certainty that their restora-