The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-15 00:00:00

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013. r et,,,iii3r," C'T DHAM STREET.—On Thursday,
Of the
inducclin-Of7f,W'ite
-;:' join ,".:id to the pastoral charge
, "` the Scotris Oldham-street,
'h Church,lace
rook p .
,Lieutenant Henry, R.N , the Liverpool Agent to her
Alaiesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners,.uc
ja about to be removed to Dubliu, and he .Z.f to be '
ceeded in this town by Lieut. Hodder.
b of Thursday, an inquest was held on the
1:;137,of Ellen Coine, a young woman about 23 years of
.
/7' oY taking arsenic. The jury returned a verdict of
•eo de se.
p.l3n Thursday, a fire broke out in a joiner's shed in Mr.
buitn:,s4 Plantation, Oakfield, Birkenhead. The shed was
• Afters'4d and a considerable quantity of timber and
tools were destroyed.
sBSaatr.—Flonner Holden, an exhibitor of wax-work
(Pres in Leigh-street, was fined 5s and costs on Tues-
El, for an assault committed boy in his establish •
411,ent iMon a servant of Mr. Maya the hairdresser.
day"BE BY A LODGING-HOUSE KEEPER. —On MOl.l-
- Mary Trigge the keeper of a lodging-house in
.10ra]
On ter- row, was co' mmitted for trial by Mr. Rushton,
a 5 charge of having stolen £25 from William Williams.
- earPenter, who rented an apartment from her.
eoulaNseauourEa.—A woman named Jones has been
aurritted for trial for the manslaughter of Mary An ,
elkes
lie. • The prisoner and deceased had been quarrel-
bal. when the former gave the latter a push, and she fell
leetwards on the flags, striking her head with great vio-
-", end died soon afterwards.
I:tr-terae ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, a man. named
.118°11, iu company with two other men, was hoisting a
tee piece of iron, called a connecting rod, at a yard at
ha' "al end of the town. When the iron was reared to
-`" killed
r'euiredhiptnosition it slipped from the chains, fell upon
ItCt/4110--1400 tons were advertised for auction on
fe_ouday week, and no disposition shown to purchase;a
17 lots sold at 1:7 2s. 6d. of the cargo per Abbotsford.
eautie2).ll.siness of the week, for actual consumption, may be
nearly.lldt'd at about 300 tons. Our stock at present is
60000 tons.
r.itr
bars l'teit--On Thursday last, a beautifully-modelled
.bur, called the Favourite, was launched from the ship_striLlog yard of Messrs. P. Chaloner and Sons, Baffin-
rk The '
ceremony
io of christening was performed by
27;*.r. Cbaloner, junr. The Favourite is upwards of
pt Nu burthen,
ildersnew measureent, and is, as yet, the
oPeeta of the bu. ni
~? pi.,
thh4,. -_•‘"G AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.--On
th „:suaYt in reply to a question from Mr. Tirane, the
toaCroae stated that- he expected they would commence
.deraY the mains for the new work next week. It was or-
tdi dared
on the suggestion of the chairman, that in future
auelications as to cellar openings, in new and old build-
itra,'L ahould be accompanied by a plan of the intended
D
`" of the openings.
Sta„l4,"TH By BURNING.—An inquisition was held on
\i'aj,rua7, before Mr. Curry, touching the death of Sarah
tva '',"at aged 60, who resided in Henderson-street. She
ite:CDund with her clothes on fire yesterday morning
after' and was so severely burnt, that though attended to
v eriaards in the Workhouse, she died on Thursday.
beeeradie„,.
' " Died from the burning ; but how her clothes
4 rfle Ignited, no evidence."
Fleallil4lVlNG STOLEN GOODS.—On Thursday,. Patrick
tee ;11. was committed for trial, chatged with having s
tlitid„Luanas in his possession, the property of Thomas
!Atrarn, provision-dealer, Edgar-street, Marybone,
ise;:e 'hap had been entered through a hole which had
Pag-,,,111,,a,de in the roof, some time between Sunday even-
tak -" al matting and upwards of twenty hams
tal td irony 7
t er.
Thj„ttAottotNAßY DISPATCH IN SHIP BUILDING.—
hialdiOellairs, a ship of 609. tons, was launched from the
tat thelt Yard of Messrs. Clark, on the Bth of March.
114 d same day. a sloop of about 70 tons was laid down,
},e 1948 eonapleted and launched on the Bth of April.
ilit4ail therefore begun and finished in about 26 work-
-Blatrid/s• The sloop was built for Messrs. C. W. and F.
, en,
Al'4-'1451011 ON THE RIVER.—At the Police-court on
kick 41,P. Hamilton r'earson, captain of the Queen, Wood-
,liine,'esaAt, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of
'`.Y 1 ' uama d one of the New Brighton boats, whilst
Plenet:iltisaitolehgoer off George's Pier. The defence was that
hoe 0 was accidental, and that the complainant's
hop,,,was at anchor within the buoys. Mr. Rushton,
by tl,sveer.,
_ordered the amount claimed, £7 10, to be paid
'll defendant.
,teie ,iti. TIMBER SALE.—Messrs. Challoner
.and
.hFle--
atiii,gra Periodical sale of furniture, machine-making, s
lastlp Issa.trig. and other woods, advertised in our paperon ceo` Will be sure to command attention, not merely
it
Ilia tihat of the extent of the sale itself, but also because
lqttiit-e the first since the repeal of the duties on all
'434
bugs
wood. It will take place, we perceive, on th
ilfb„-mo 24th instant, when an unusually large attendance
ItaYers
may be exiTcted.
tr,abialvD.:raetssaeidEs IN OMNIBUSES.—On Thursday, a fashion-
fellow named Hadfield was committed for
berOun a charge of having robbed Mrs. Jones, of West.
the **street, of a purse containing some sovereigns,. in
tell, oolton omnibus. Two other fashionable looking
~.ehst.:B, named Cowan and Wilson, were remanded on a
, r 'eb°, f having robbed Miss Deakin, of Bootle,. and
the 4. ",ake of T t th ark in two other omnibuses,
110011 ' -" e -1) '
lit e and Aigburth.
Whichlibee:vr IlsiltsTatan.—We bad much pleasure, a. few days
Which is' r! inapecting an exceedingly ingenious inkstand,
"Ida fair to surpass all previous inventions. It con-
tbs„iinel yof a large air-tight screw, with a funnel top,
111 th-
gh which there is a small hole. This screw is fitted
eotap-re top of the inkstand, and when screwed. down, the
41. „essed air at once forces the ink into the small. fun-
tilile ~k.h.ia being the whole of the machinery it is impos-
`eat):" pecotne disordered. It is the invention of our
°fa (."4,1, Mr. Ladyman, and forms another to a number
pBai and excellent inventions he has lately produced.
et, "erst. A
grty
011 CcIDENT..—An inquest was held before Mr.
rade' Saturday, on view of the body of Peter Rogan
kil ' aged 22, residing in Grosvenor-street. Deceased eree,,,a,bother man were on Friday engaged on a siege
Irlia j;laplinst a house in Burlington-street. Deceased.
e"ae C;"'ng a plinth stone of a kitchen window, while it
"beng raised about 1-16th of an inch to its level,
Meath lt', gave way, and in falling deceased had hold
4 the st tags
Aired n Prie and pulled it after him. It
instantly uon his
"",,n crushed it to pieces, so that he . ex. -
'lila . deceased was a married man with a wife and two
I,:4inow left destitute. Verdict—" Accidental death."
ial-assit
p e . HIRE ANNUAL SESSION.—The General An-
t,ttn,:llol-1 for this county was held on Wednesday, at
4:1e.c.-.4,ll;viehen7omagiesdt.rtat,eesrweielrle
wpsre.s_ent, chiefly from
IN ison .Dria Division. The Chairman, Thomas Batty
b !ii tio„,,sq., prot.os I solutions of which he had
hl'ic A:!_fiel, the first being as o o .
so" That the direLu-
f :p.m. at Lancaster be enlarged, as to be cape-
Ihtin 'tinting from 1000 to 1100 patients,. under._ _ the
Oil R„,11 of the visiting justices." Mr. William Mar-
Lta. th-;".mitted his amendment,separate asylum
Ztte „:01ithern Division is absolutely necessary." The 1
mff:strilZas carried by 50 to 15. The other resolutions o
ed tititt'rman were adopted.
ffigy) "OF SCOTLAND.—On Thursday. last,t the,
tihne-
lieateti ~?f the Rev. John Reid to theminis r
litlliiiar;-oureh, in Oldham-street, took place. R The_pr_e-
-I:,ttti: services were gone through by the
Rev. J. T.
ii,latti of Rodney-street ; thereafter,. the
from
Dr.the
Myth li; !'shaving given an admirable discourse rom
rc,,P li Nix), proceeded to the solemn act of inducting.
tlit,pe'l to the spiritual charge of the congregation ar..--
ttls' t° the fro prescribed by the establishment in
Ati 4m.
~.., m
d re 4 , Dr. M'Nair afterwards, according tn custom, 1.1:le, ,leu the newly admitted incumbent on the importantf
tltiot;ietolved on him, and the Rev. Mr. M. 'Glashan, o
elitir'sje, having addresed the congregation on thrir
th-,4.- relation to their pastor, the interesting service
brat tiAlmf.., Reid preached on Sunday afternoon, for
1141,"ailt in his new charge..
0 11, ''-lara.--The following inquests were held on Tues-
ttNEt ',Toll Smith died on Saturday last, at the Nor-
I, ,TPital, from the effects of a fall into the hold of a
tb;ed '''''°llt three weeks ago, at Glasgow ; he had re-
ibstitt: enntusion of the left thigh, from which erysipelas
14k iseal:ll„ich resulted fn his death.--On Monday morn-
efmthe h parrington, a child seventeen wee=ks old, fell
out skull of an emigrant ship, and receive a
.fracture
qloia ~,._', which terminated in death the following day.
*t rtwardaY morning, Ann Brown, a girl eleven years
ttollt itit'ing with her parents in Prince William-street,
tat!), tor„ 4 neighbour's house, and, in a short time, was
4,,i1t :,'ReChn out into the street in flames. The fire was
,',4elrekd by the neighbours, but the deceased was
herblll -Y II rat, and died the following morning at the
"
kiltiser o.l,_tant, under the care of Margaret Chester, of
thy
~ht, 47,-street, was put to bed in his usual health,
tittbf,,atC,'wing morning was found dead. It appeared
01 ,„"ad ensued from convulsions—the result of
kt;ettb;44eB. Verdict accordingly.
pd,-.AII'AL DEATH IN THE RAILWAY GOODS TUN-
lhtiY 0C1,17-1- Ingllest was held' on Saturday, on view of the
ose!p'ilb. n'illiatn Davies, aged 38 years. Deceased was a
ti b" nil the Liver colan'd Manchester Railway, or
IVv4ti ietween Wappingpand Edge-bill. On F. itlay week
tousl'Oisitpl the tunnel, about a quarter of a mile from the
kitle 4,..nnd. at the wheel where the trains are attached
e 'at! '"iess • f s came up the
44, cal their
rope. A train o waggon
...
1,44 gist
seenWa to the Edoe-hill station. The rove AgC4-•er alt,.- rnesseynger" was attached to the train by
,l'ito,i,i'en fn, and then to the endless rope, aid the signal
:lie„,ilies, el. them to be drawn up. Deceased went up
n"' 4114,1*
_,Soon afterwards another train came to the t,a,t 4:21° to to go up also Deceased was shouted to,
ilie7slitr-s.7lglit get out of the way, as a noise was heard
,11rt Les 'LL,rat of a train coming down the " down" line.
,„"te :'ette'hu ran across: the line, and the train that had
14‘,,aet1t.v,,-",:'een st,rtedwasseento run back again. The
,ar'ain til's standing by 'the wheel at the time, behind
illk„,traim at...vias standing and the first train ran against
thl:4 m otl " Immedi t I ''
fter the collision deceased
j,e t tahat his anti exvY a
as broken, which it was found to
'opts I'e Was Picked up and taken to the Southern Hospi-
nt„liD h A Messenger" attached to the train that had
tlket'irrthnat"4l:troken before the waggons. had got up
.quite
i?te ae breaks!'
They were stopped immediately a. ter,
ti,,14„t,,0 he taan got off to put on the break, but
.on
0 tcrl he foundell and put out his light. On his recovering
ti,vft,q. the a__o the train going hack. He jumped upon
Ohs- He gg nm, but could not get. to the break for_ the 4glii tiralt co sad over another carriege, and there found
tl4lteotittle, wereergeollizith a bale of cotton. The waggons at
th vt, and i_ gat full speed.. Finding. he. could do
to W 4 itio„," Older to save his own life, he jumped off,
e;:6o,4o.triniustatUned. On recovering he went down to
V.`te4,lsltal . ation, and found what had happened. At
,tdi a a, ' was found necessary to amputate the de-
t't, ol°, but he died from the injury on Friday
4ecidental Death."

DICKINSON V. MURROW AND OTHERS.
In this case, John Dickinson, merchant, of Sunderland,
was the plaintiff; and Peter Morrow, John W. Murrow,
and Wm. Worthington, merchants, of Liverpool, were
the defendants; and the action was brought to recover
the sum of £1042 175., being the proceeds, after the pay-
ment
of all advances and commissions, of a cargo of wheat
purchased in Dentzic, consigned to defendants' care, and
sold by them for the plaintiff. The whole question rested
upon the construction of a written correspondence be-
tween the parties, in which the defendants were first di-
rected by the plaintiff to account for the proceeds of the
wheat to Mr. James Scarth, which order, it was alleged, GLEN AND ANOTHER V. THOMPSON.
was afterwards countermanded. This case, which had been adjourned from the rrece-
After the case had proceeded for a long time, it ended ding day, was proceeded with by the examination of wit-
in a verdict, under his lordship's direction, for the defen- nesses for the plaintiffs' case, the greater portion of whom
dant, with liberty to the plaintiffs to move to enter a ver- were parties engaged in shipping, and ended in a verdict
diet for the plaintiff. being taken for the plaintiff for £375 7s. 10d.
THE ISLE OF MAN JOINT STOCK BANK.
ALLEGED BRIBERY—CRITCHLEY V. PARKER.
The proceedings in this case excited great interest. CONNELL (CLERK) V. GANDY.—The plaintiff, James
The following gentlemen composed the special jury :
Connell, was a clergyman residing at the Isle of Man, and
Messrs. Henry Salomans, John Moore Priestman,
defendant, James Gandy, a gentleman of considerable
Samuel Lomas, Robert Simon, John M•Dowall, Francis property residing at Kendal, and the action was to try
Henry Langley, Robert Jones, John Dale, Edward whether the defendant was liable, as a shareholder in the
Isle of Man Joint Stock Bank. Mr. Martin, Mr. Wat-
Goodfellow, and Samuel Linnington. The two reform
son, and Mr. Robinson, appeared for the plaintiff, and
solicitors were pitted against each other in the case—Mr.
Berry being the agent for Critchley, and Mr. Snowball
Mr. F. Kelly, Mr. Baines, Mr. Cowling, and Mr. Drink-
for Mr. Parker. water, for the defendant.
Mr. MARTIN said though the action was brought to re-
Mr. Knowles and Mr. Crompton appeared for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Atherton for the de-
cover the small sum of £23, yet the question the jury
fendant.
would have to try was one of very great importance to the
shareholders of the Isle of Man Joint Stock Banking
At the request of Mr. Wilkins, all the family of the
Company, and to the creditors of that concern ; for it
Brownbills were ordered out of court.
Mr. KNOWLES stated the case. The action was brought
was, in point of fact, whether the defendant was apart-
under the 54th clause of the Municipal Corporations Act, ner in that bank, or whether he was discharged from his
liability in it. The case, therefore, which he (Mr. Mar-
for the recovery of a penalty of £5O from Mr. Parker,
tor having used undue and improper influence to procure
tin) had to make out to the satisfaction of the jury was
his election for St. Anne's ward, on the Ist of November that, the defendant was a shareholder in the bank from
t
last. Upon that occasion the candidates were Mr. James the year 1836 to 1843, when it stopped payment and be-
Parker, on the conservative, and Mr. Wm. Earle, on the
came bankrupt; that he allowed himself to be held out
to the world as a partner in the bark, and that the bank,
reform side. On the 22nd of October, about eight o'clock
at night, Mr. Parker and another gentleman called on on the faith of his being known to be a partner, obtained
credit. In the year 1836, the jury would recollect that
Brownbill. who is a watch finisher by trade, residing in
Comas-street, to solicit his vote and leave his card. Two great efforts were made throughout t'se country to estab-
lish Joint Stock Banks in lieu of carrying on the system
days afterwards, Brownbill received a letter from the
country, stating that his wife's mother was dangerously which had previously prevailed of private banking. In
ill and that she wished to see her daughter ; and Brown-
that year a bank existed in the Isle of Man, which was
bill, not having sufficient money to pay the expenses of carried on by Messrs. Wolf and Forbes, uuder the firm
his wife's journey, sent her to Mr. Parker to say he of Wolf and Company. A company was raised, and the
wished to speak to that gentleman. Mr. Parker accord-
business of that bank was transferred to it under the
ingly called, and after having read the letter, said—" I name of the Isle of Man Joint Stock Banking Company.
Mr. Forbes was appointed manager of the new bank, and,
suppose s sovereign will do." Brownbill replied "No :
in the month of August, 1836, Mr. Gandy, the defendant,
lend me £5 and I'll vote for you," although he had never
voted for a conservative candidate before. Mr. Parker wrote, in answer to a letter from Forbes, stating that he
and y) an d
his
(Gn wished to
remarked that £5 was a large sum ; that he mint go and
shares in the Bankfrieds . The defendant andhave two
his brothethousanr bd e-
see the treasurer of his committee; and that he would
call again at three o'clock. He returned at one the same came, at the commencement of the business, preprietors
in the concern to the extent of one of the whole
day, bringing with him five sovereigns, which Brownbill
number of shares. In the same yeare-tent the deed of settle-
took,
able on anddemand, ob ser signed a promving, atisory notethe fosamer the
time, amountthat pahe y-
ment was drawn up and executed. The bank was car-
should be unable to pay it on demand. Mr. Parker pat-
tied on with the names of Mr. Gandy and Mr. Hindes
ted him on the shoulder, told him not to put himself out
as the trustees, and in 1837 a dividend of 5 per cent. was
of the road about it ;to pay it a sovereign at a time ; and declared ;in 1838 7 per cent. ;in 1839 5 per cent. ;in
that he should never be troubled for it. Brownbill then 1840 and 1841 8 per cent., and so on till 1834, when
observed that he should not vote until the afternoon of the bank stopped payment. It would appear that
ibe day of election, whereupon Mr. Parker suggested to the London and Westminster Bank were the agents
him the propriety of recording his vote at ten o'clock in in London of the Isle of Man Company, and, in conse-
the mop nine, as that would be the most convenient time.
quence of some irregularity existing in the accounts of the
Brownbill voted, at the election, against Parker, was a latter in 1839, Messrs. Williams, Deacon and Co., mane-
-
gers of the former, wrote to Mr Gandy on the subject. A
plied to six days afterwards for payment of the monepy,
great number of letters were then read by Mr. Martin
and was summoned to the Court of Requests, where Mr.
from the defendant to Messrs. Williams, Deacon and Co.,
Parker, after three hearings of the case, was nonsuited.
Mr. Pat ker made a statement of the circumstances before to the manager of the bank in the Isle of Man, and to Mr.
G
the Commissioner of the Court, in which he admitted Garrett and Mr. Dumbell, two of the d rectors. The ob-
jeet of these letters was to show that Mr. Gandy took an
that he had gone to Brownbill's house and seen the letter,
active part in the management of the bank' that he was
adding that he had lent the £5, as be was in the habit of
doing, out of a feeling of charity towards the distressed considered by Messrs. Williams Deacon and Co., as one
n.an, and that he had taken the promissory note as an of the responsible parties in connection with it, and that
acknowledgment of the debt. He denied that it had been he was so held out to the world. The learned counsel
given as a bribe ; for, after the money was lent, Brownbill after reading the whole of the correspondence down to the
said,—" one good turn deserves another," and Mr. Par-
Period when the bank stopped payment, after which pe-
ker immediately observed—" I have nothing to do with
nod Mr. Gandy resigned his trusteeship, proceeded to ex-
;Arlin the law relating to partnerships, and contended that
your vote; vote as you please." These were the main
circumstances of the case; and the learned counsel sub-
Mr. Gandy, as the law stood, was clearly liable to pay the
mitted that whether the jury believed Brownbill's or Mr. claim of the plaintiff.
Parker's version of the transaction it was impossible to A copy of the deed of se'tlement was then put in and
doubt tt,at the money had been given to se read. conveying over the banking establishment of Wolf
the eure the vote.
and Forbes to the new company, to be called the Isle of
Mr. Thomas Tyson, a clerk in the Town-hall, was
first witness cellea. He proved that there was an election Man Joint Stock Banking Company, with a capital of
for St. Anne's Ward last November; that Mr. Parker A:47,000, in 10,000 shares, and appointing Mr. Gandy. the
was returned, and accepted the office of Councillor of the defendant, and Mr. Hindes, of Cottage Mona, the trus-
tees. It also appointed five shareholders, exclusive of the
roll.
Ward ; and that Brownbill's name was on the burge,s-
manager if he be a shareholder, as directors to manage
James Brownbill was next examined, and deposed to the batik.
all the circumstances relative to the receipt of the letter,
Mr. KELLY drew his Lordship's attention to the list of
shareholders, which contained 137 names, but did not
the interviews between him and Mr. Parker, and the '
lending of the £5. He was closely cross-examined by mention how many shat es each person had. He also
DI Wilkins.
stated that the document appeared to be printed in 1837.
_ A number of letters were then put in and read, and se-
Mrs. Brownbill, the wife of the last witness, corrobo
rated his testimony as to the lending of the cash, but de- veral witnesses called in support of the case for the plain.
nied that she was in want of money at the time trot() and tiff, after which the Court adjourned.
,
see her mother. ,
Mr. John Maitland, reporter, deposed to what took ' NISI PRIUS COURT.—FRIDAY,
place in the Court of Requests at the hearing of the case At the sitting of the Court this morning, the case of Coes-
before the Commissioner. ' NELL V. GANDY was resumed, when a number of wit-
Mr. Hatch, one of Mr. Parker's committee, was the nesses were called in support of the case of the plaintiff.
last witness, and upon his cross-examination he distinctly One of them, in his cross-examination, admitted that irs
deposed that the transaction, so far as his knowledge ex- the action, to which he was a party, he was indemnified
tended, bad nothing whatever to do with the Conservative by the attorney to the plaintiff, Mr. Parry.
committee. This closed the plaintiff's case.

DOCK COMMITTEE.-THURSDAY

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SOUTH LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES. The promissory note was then put in and read; and the MR. KELLY then proceeded to address the jury on be- . the authorities named ; but if they did ne
passion t proceed
of the actto
g ,
.--- case for the plaintiff closed. half of the defendant, whom he described as a gentleman
;carry it out within six months from th
NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY. Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury in a powerful speech whose character was above all reproach and imputation, i then they reverted to that in the old act. Very strenu-
THE BANK OF MANCHESTER AGAIN. for the defendant. He commenced by saying that fright. but who had felt himself bound, and who had been ad- I ous efforts were made on the part of the Birkenhead
ful penalties were attendant upon the conviction of any vised to resist this as a series of actions, of which this ' Commissioners for the old clause to be retained,—in fact,
MAGEE AND ANOTHER V. SMITH PUBLIC, OFFICER.
person for brieery, and that if the evidence adduced by formed but one, because he was satisfied that he was not ! every kind of obstacle was thrown in the way of an
In this case, which was tried before a special jur
y, those who instigated the present proceedings had been bound by law to answer those demands—that he was not amendment upon it. In the course of evidence it ap-
Messrs. Magee and Cochrane, marine store dealers. of equal in strength to the malignity which suggested it, he bound in conscience to pay one farthing of any of them. Peared that the Dock Committee had communicated to
Liverpool, were the plaintiffs ; and the defendant was Mr. should tremble for the consequences. He had, however, He invited their most serious, and he need hardly add, them what they had done ; but no answer was returned.
William Smith, public officer of the Bank of Manchester. very little apprehension that they would convict any man for he felt assured he should have their impartial attention This statement excited surprise ; and it was endeavoured
The action was brought to recover £278, the balance of upon such testimony as had been given ; for, however in- to the nature of the caee he had to lay before them. It to be extracted from him (the Chairman) that they had
an
.account for rope and canvas, supplied to the paper eria- veterate and enthusiastic they might he as Reformers, it was incumbent on them to consider who were the real been at the Dock Office to examine the plans. He said
carried on by Messrs. Edward Hilton and Na- would be their duty to shake off entirely from their cause parties to the action—what was the real nature of the he did not know,—if they had called it was without corn-
nutae:'!°rY,
thaniel \% aLifir at Over Darwen, in 1841 and 1842, and such contemptible men as Prownbill, After commenting, claim and the object for which it was set up. It was not inut.ication either with himself or the secretary ; and their
the substantial question which the jury had to try was, at some length, and with great severity, upon the conduct the action of the respectable clergyman who bad brought visit was not an official one. They next wished to em-
whether the Bank of Nanchester were really the ProPrie- of Brownbill, he asked how the jury would have felt, it. If their claims had been made, not as they were by barrass the committee by having revisors appointed, and
tors of the paper manufaclory, whether it was carried on should the very man whom their charity had relieved the shareholders, but by the customers of the bank, who at one period a clause was agreed upon, naming the Chair-
for their use and benefit, and whether Messrs. Hilton and turn round and wound them with that very charity, and had confided in it in consequence of Mr. Gandy appearing I man of the Cheshire and Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Co., though nominally the proprietore, were nothing more cover them with shame and contempt when they were as a partner, and had they applied to him, if he had found (Rector Brooks.) But the deputation resisted this and
than agents of the bank, or of Mr. Burdekin, the then entitled to nothing but gratitude at his hands. Mr. Par- such to be the case, then,
although he should satisfy the other propositions on the same principle. They declared
manager of it. The whole case turned upon a deed of in- ken was naturally indignant at the imputation. He de- , jury beyond all doubt that in law he was not liable, yet he emphatically that the Dock Committee were an independ-
spectorship executed in December, 1811. when the con- trrmined immediately to commence proceedings against I would rather have taken his chance of being able to re- cut body, and that they would not acknowledge any foreign
interference, but that, regarding it as an indignity, they
cern was very largely indebted to the bank, and by which the man who had so attempted to asperse his character. cover some portion of it back, and would have paid the
instrument, it was contended on the part of the plaintiffs, Was that any argument against him ? If Mr. Parker claimants though those claims amounted to between ' would not sanction it in any shape whatever. Eventually
the bank became possessed of the whole of the property, had known that his note of hand was a proof of bribery, £lO,OOO and £15,000. But it was not the action of such all the propositions of this kind were rejected altogether.
and were authorised to carry on the business henceforward would he not have thrown it into the fire? Would fie customers, but by the Isle of Man shareholders, woo all ' With regard to what had taken place about the models and
for their own exclusive benefit, Messrs. Hilton and Walsh have brought this man to the Court of Requests? Guilt knew that Mr. Gandy ceased to be a shareholder in 1840, Plans, he would state that when the reporters had with- '
drawn. On all accounts he considered the Dock Corn-
being merely agents. The deed was put in evidence, and was always cowardly—it always shrunk from investiga. and he was therefore not liable, and although he knew
witnesses were called to show that the bank acted under tion. Not so here. Mr. Parker, in effect, said, "I have that Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co. to whom be- ' naittee had reason to refer to this bill with satisfaction
rather than otherwise ; and so far from being " beaten,"
Cow-
the provisions of the deed until Messrs. Hilton and Co. behaved to you as few men would have behaved. You tween £BO,OOO and 90,000 was ue, had made no claim
they wished.
became bankrupts in 1842, when the whole of the property are, comparatively speaking, a stranger to me. I found upon him, and did not intend to make any. Therefore !as some people were pleased to say, they had obtained all
was taken under securities held by the bank. you in distress, and I relieved you. I told you your vote they found that the parties taking proceedings were
Mr. WORTLEy, on the fart of the defendant, submitted was your own. But it is too bad to lay a trap for me—l demnified by the attorney for the plaintiff. There had Mr. BOLD stated, that the credit of the successful re-
i sistance to the clause for admitting the reference to two
that the plaintiffs must be „nsuited, „ tee pound, first, say not whether at your own suggestion or that of others been put in and read by his learned friend, Mr. Martin,
i justices of the peace, belonged entirely to the chairman
that the act 7th Geo. rer, chap. 46, for re guiating joint- —to work upon my charity, and then to treat the fruit of a great number of letters which had passed between Mr.
1 (Mr. Moore).
stock banks, did not authorize the company to sue, °retry my charity as the fruit of knavery and dishonesty!' Gandy and Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co. the Direc-
party to sue them, in the name of their public officer, ex- Such was Mr. Parker's case. He was ambitious to re- tors of the bank, and its managers, extending over a period I Mr. Alms; again referred to the subject of models and
cept in transactions relating to banking; whereas it was present the ward. He (Mr. Wilkins) considered it an from 1836, when Mr. Gandy became a shareholder, down
clear, that in the present case the company were sued as unwise ambition ; the prize was not worth what it to February, 1840, when he ceased to be so; but what : The CHAIRMAN said it was. very desirable not to say
paper makers, not as bankers, Secondly, he submitted cost ; but there must be such ambition : it was one of that correspondence had to do with the present case he i any thing about them in public, but as soon as the re-
that even if an action could be maintained against the pub- the elements of human action and of human progress. was at a loss to imagine. In the year 1840 Mr. Gandy
1 porters were gone, he would undertake to satisfy Mr.
lic officer under such circumstances, it could only be in He said, " I have been four years the representative of was dissatisfied with the mode in which the business of plans.
i Aikin on all points.
cases where every partner would be liable, in order that this ward. Many may think me unfit for the office. Be the Bank was conducted, and therefore he determined to '
dispose of his shares, but so far from the concern being THE MONSTER GUN FOR THE AMERICAN
the transaction might appear to be within the scope of the it so. But I will not submit to an imputation on my in-
partnership, or else some evidence must be given of a tegrity. I have heard that there is tome individual who lat that time considered insolvent, Mr. Gandy was assured
NAVY.
previgus authority, or a subsequent recognition by each has said that he will spend £lOOO to put me out and dis. I that with prudent management it would become prosper-
partner of the transaction; wheas, there was no such grace me. I will see whether might shall overcome right. i ous, and, so far from suspecting that anything like The heavy piece of ordnance, ordered some time ago in
evidence in the present case. Here argued that the partner- I court investigation and scrutiny." The learned counsel I insolvency' would ensue he allowed the purchase-mono Y this town to be made for the " Princeton," United States
ship entered into by the shareholders of the Bank of Man- concluded his powerful and effective address by pointing lof his shares to remain in the bank, and in the fol- steam frigate, is now approaching to completion ; and
chester never contemplated in any degree the manufacture to the very significant fact, that Mr. Critchley was not in lowing month, (March, 1840,) be advanced £6,000 to being the largest cannon ever made in this country, and
of paper at the Darwen works; but that the object of the court, and that not one of the witnesses could be brought enable them to go on, and in the month of October requiring in its construction great skill and attention to
co-partnership was simply to carry on banking; and it to own any acquaintance with him. in the same year, another sum of £12,000. This lat- perfect it as a solid mass, it has become an object of con-
had not been shown that more than three of the directors The learned JUDGE then summed up, remarking that ,ter sum, with the price of his shares, was still due to Mr. siderable interest and curiosity amongst nautical and
of the bank had the slightest cognizance of the transaction the case mainly depended on the conversation which Gandy by the bank. Was it not then very extraordinary scientific men.
,
the bank in
in question either before or after. passed between Mr. Parker and Brownbill relative to the that Mr. Gandy, having ceased to be a shareholder in It will be remembered that the Princeton had on board
Mr. MARTIN, on the other side, contended that there £5 note. The fact that the paper in which the five cove_ 1840, should now be. called upon to PaY a gun of great weight and calibre, which, last year, burst
was nothing in either objection. As to the first, suppo- reigns were enclosed had Mrs. Parker's name on it would every creditor to whom the bank owed anything in 1813 ? on being fired, while a large party of American officers
sing an action were brought against the bank for the cost lead the jury to suppose that the money bad come, not and was it not still mere surprising that Williams, Dea- were present to view the vessel. by which several parties
of a counter suppled to them, lie apprehended the pub from the treasurer of the committee, but from Mr. Par- con and Co.. who had claims on the bank to the amount lost their lives, including the secretary of state. It is in
officer would be sued, and it was clearly the intention of ker's own house. After his lordship had quoted and re- of nearly £90,000, were nut at the head of the list of ac- lieu of the gun then destroyed, which was of malleable
the legislature that he should be the party to be sued in marked upon some portion of the evidence, . tious which had been brought against Mr. Gandy. They, iron, and made in America—but as it appeared imper-
any demand against a banking co-partnership. With re- One of the jury said—My lord, we shan't trouble you however, had made no such claim nor would they. It fectly—that that under notice, and of the same material,
spect to the second objection, it was a question for the to proceed any farther. We have made up our minds.— was contended on the other side that although Mr. Gandy (requiring if well made less bulk for a given strength than
jury whether the shareholders were not to be responsible The Foreman immediately announced a verdict for the ceased to be a shareholder in 1840, yet he continued to cast-iron,) was resolved upon.
for the acts of their directors or managers, and whether defendant. hold out to the world that he was still a partner in the The gun was manufactured in the solid by Horsthe directors were not authorised to act in the manner The announcement was received with loud and pro- bank, and that on the faith of that representation the fall, at his " Mersey Steel and Iron Works,"and being
they did for the purpose of obtaining the debt. tracted cheering, clapping of bands, and saving of hats plaintiff and others had trusted the bank. It would, how- of great length and proportionate thickness, the securely
The JUDGE .—I shall tell the jury that there is no evi- and handkerchiefs, by the dense masses of the populace ever, be proved that in July, 1840, Mr. Gandy gave no- welding or conglomerating the whole from pieces into one
dente of it.
who crowded the area and side entrances to the court. tice to Messrs. Williams, Deacon and Co. that he ceased equal mass before turning and boring, required the utmost
Mr. WORTLEY further contended that there was no The cheering only subsided for a moment, to be again to be a shareholder, and therefore at that time the effect effort of modern skill, and the aid of powerful machinery
question at all for the jury, even supposing the action was arid again renewed. The excitement was greater than we of the letters which had been put in ceased also. Up to in heating and fashioning it. In the rough it was nearly
maintainable ; but that the only question was one of law, ever before witnessed in a court of justice. Amidst the the period when Mr. Gandy ceased to be a shareholder in fourteen feet long, and little short of thirty inches in
as to whether the bank became proprietors of the works enthusiasm which prevailed, the bank, namely, in February, 1840, he (Mr. Kelly) ad- dime ter at the thicker end. A round shaft of seven
under the deed.
The JUDGE was only indistinctly heard to declare, that tnitted that be was liable for every shilling the bank then inches in diameter was first formed, and on this, as a
His LORDSHIP said, he should leave to the jury to saY if any one was brought before him for creating the tumult, owed, but subsequently to that period, having had no foundation, were successively laminated wedges of iron
whether the concern was carried on by the banking corn- he should immediately order his committal. control over its affairs, having received no share of the placed longitudinally, on edge, and reversed in position so
parry for their own benefit.
The crowd then made their way down the principal profits, it was neither just nor reasonable that he should as to fit. These placed round the original spindle, were
Mr. WORTLEY.—WiII your lordship take a note of the staircases into the adjacent streets, where the cheering be called up ,n to pay any portion of the losses. (as well as the shaft) brought to a white heat, and se-
various objections I have made?
was so enthusiastic that it was distinctly heard in the A number of witnesses were then called on behalf of curdy welded by a hammer, eight tons in weight, worked
The JUDGE.—Yes.
Exchange Room. the defendant.
by steam. Another layer, in like manner, was added
Mr. WORTLEY then addressed the jury upon the case,
ACTION ON A POLICY OF INSURANCE. Mr. MARTIN replied, and the learned Judge having over the former, and so on until the whole was of the
contending that the deed of inspectorship did not differ
~ summed up the case, a verdict was returned for the plain- requisite thickness throughout. When thus so fir
from other documents of a similar kind, and that there GLEN AND ANOTHER V. THOMPSON,—(SPECIAL JURY.) tiff, damages £23.
fashioned, and proved to be perfect and equal in all its
was not the slightest evidence that the bank intended to The plaintiffs were George Glen and Co., of the firm Leave was given to Mr. Kelly to move the court above parts, the mass—a most creditable, and, indeed, extra-
of. Glen and Anderson, merchants and shipbrokers, of on several points of law raised in behalf of the plaintiff. ordinary ry specimen of forged work—was sent to the works
carry on the business of paper manufacturers, or control
this town., and the defendant, George Thompson, the re-
the concern of Hilton and Co. further than to secure the
In four other cases verdicts were taken for the plaintiff, of Messrs. Fawcett and Co., engine makers and founders.
presentative of an insurance company called the Forth subject to the points reserved, it being understood that The gun, as sent to the foundry, weighed 11 tons 3 cwt.
debt due.
Marine Insurance Company. The object of the action
His LORDSHIP left this question for the jury, and gave
Mr. Kelly tendered a bill of exceptions. 2 qrs.. 111 b. In the turning and boring it was reduced in
was. to re over the difference between the sum of £450,
it to them in writing—whether they were satisfied, upon
______4,_____
weight about 2 tons 1 cwt. The length of the cannon,
Paid into court, and the sum of £825 ; the last-named
the evidence given, that the business of Darwen was car-
NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATURDAY. now that it is turned and bored, is 13 feet, and the bore 12
sum being the amount of loss caused by the shipwreck of
tied on by the directors of the bank, in the name of Hil-
ECCLES AND ANOTHER V HARPER. feet in length, and 12 inches in diameter, leaving a thick-
the Emerald, which had been insured with the defendant
ton and Co., but for the benefit and on account of the
This was an action brought by Thomas and Richard ness of solid metal of one foot at the breach. In form the
to the extent of £lOOO.
Eccles against Samuel Harper for the recovery of £l2OO piece is plain and unassuming in appearance, without
bank. In summing up, he expressed an opinion that the
It appeared that in 1842 the plaintiffs purchased the
effect of the deed was to give the whole control of the bu-
brig Emerald, and put her in good repair. She was then on a policy of nuisance effected on 220 bales of cotton, raised mouldings or rings, (on the French system,) the
siness carried on by Messrs. Hilton and Co. to the three-
shipped at Savannah, for Liverpool, by the Caledonia. object being to attain the required strength at each point,
sent out on a voyage to the East Indies, before which
tors of the bank.
time a policy of insurance had been effected on her for The defendant pleaded, that the policy had been obtained without useless metal; and the whole tapering nearly ,
The jury retired at half-past four o'clock, and returned
by fraud and concealment on the part of the plaintiffs. equally frem the breach, which is 274 inches in diameter, '
£3OOO. She reached the island of Juana on the 11th of
into court at ten minutes' past six, with the following
verdict, which they delivered in writing :—" We believe August, 1842, when the captain arid part of the crew The plaintiffs denied that it had been so obtained, to the muzzle, which is 19 inches—giving a thickness of
Mr. Knowles and Mr. Crompton appeared for the metal to it as a tube of 71 inches at the former, and 34 1
the business was carried on by C. H. and E. Hilton and went. on swore tof obtain water. Having got what they
plaintiffs, and Mr. Martin, Mr. Huggins, and Mr. Pol. inches at the latter. Tile model for this gun was provided
required, t ey e t the island with the view of regaining Hilton and Walsh, on their own account, though under
• lock for the defendant. by the Americans, who ordered it, and was made on an
the vessel, but, owing to the darkness of the night, did
the control of the bank, and that it was not carried on by •
not fall in, with her.
imagining The vessel remained on the coast, Mr. MARTIN said, that, although he was counsel for inch-and-a-half scale.
the banking company for the benefit and on account of
the defendant, his duty was to open the case, and, to The turning and boring occupied over a space of nearly
and the mate, there had been some treachery
the banking company, though in the name of Hilton and
prove that, in consequence of a material concealment on three months, though the operation is by no means slow,
Walsh." on the part of the natives, and not deeming it prudent to
the part of the plaintiffs, the policy was void in point of considering the quantity of metal to be cut away at a The
Ilia ,ny of the crew on shore, proceeded on his voyage.
Mr. MARTIN.—What does your lordship say now with
law. The plaintiffs were manufacturers at Blackburn, dual and cautious rate to prevent any imperfection. The
The captain, and the men he bad with him, beat about in
respect to the operation of the deed ?
His LORDSHIP said the facts were upon his notes and the ocean for ninedays, and suffered great privations but
and the defendant was a London underwriter ; and the first drill introduced was seven inches in diameter; and
the finding of the jury, and he would put the case in any eventually succeeded .n regaining the island. The vessel ,
action was brought on a policy of insurance effected on about a foot from it, a 10-inch boring-head followed on
I
shape which might be desirable for the opinion of the reached Madras and discharged, but on the 15th of Octo-
-220 bales of cotton sent by a ship called the Caledonia the same shaft, making a bore of 10 inches at once. An
court above.
t -
ber a storm arose, and in consequence of the absence of from Savannah to Liverpool in the
enri 1g of 1843, the 11i-inch drill was next used, and finally one of 12 inches.
After a conversation, it was agreed that a verdict should docks at the port, she was obliged to put to sea to ride average length of that voyage being f.rornitventy-fie to The gun, finely adjusted in the lathe, was turn, b
the o-
thirty, thirty-five, and from that to forty days. Upon rers being stationary. The finishing operatioedn with the
out the storm. She sustained considerable damage, and
be entered for the defendant, with liberty to move to enter
the 3d of December, 1842, and again upon the 3d of Janus 12-inch drill took three successive days and nights, with-
her merits were cut away. On returning to Madras, it
a verdict for the plaintiffs if the court should be of opinien
was considered. the expense of taking her to a port for any, 1843, the plaintiffs addressed a letter to Messrs. An- out intercession, the engine being kept at work, lest by
that, under all the circumstances, they were entitled to it.
drew Lowe and Company, merchants, at Savannah, giv- ceasing even far a short time the contraction or expansion
repairs would be more than she was worth. The con-
-
ins an order for 500 bales of midland uplands. Upon the of the iron might, from alternate heat and cold, prevent
signees deemed it advisable to sell the hull, which was -
NISI PRIUS COURT.—WEDNESDAY. accordingly don', and £7OO realized by the sale. The 29th of February, 1845, a letter was written by Lowe and the production of the desired trueness of the bore, or
------- defendant paid £450 into court, and pleaded that it was Co to the laintiffs to the effect that the had shipped on leave a mark. As it is, the bore is as fine and smooth as
sufficient, he not being liable for more than the average boned the pEliza 222, bales, and by the YCoronatipon 200 that of a first-rate fowling-piece ; and the exterior of the
loss. The action was consequently brought to recover
bales, and that they recommended insurance to the early guri is equally bright arid even.
the difference.
care of the plaintiffs. The letter was received on the 16th Through the centre of the breach a large hole is drilled
A mass of evidence was read over (the witnesses being rigliMzoartchho;bli,litto,fttodegh it mentioned the shipment by the to admit of a thick bolt, with a large head, to be counter-
sunk in the rounded cup' or basin of the breach, where the
absent at sea) to show the amount of damage, and the p
piendg andnot invoice showed_ that the 222
bales 'had been shipped, circumstances under which it had taken place, by that vessel, but on board charge will be deposited. This bolt terminates exteriorly
in a strong. screw,_ upon which will be secured the outer r or
the Caledonia. Upon the 7th of April, the Coronation,
After one witness had been examined on behalf of the
plaintiff, the court adjourned. which. had been laden three days after the Caledonia, ar- terminating breach piece as a finish; and this p:n is so
rived in the Mersey; and upon the 3d of May, when theat the head, and will be so closely fitted, that it
massive
--oar--
Caledonia was known in Liverpool to be a missing ship, will become part and parcel of the gun, and cannot be
NISI PRIUS COURT.—THURSDAY. the plaintiffs wrote to London and effected an insurance blown out by any explosion which the piece will bear. In
in the ordinary way upon the cotton on board her at the looking through this bole (now open) the whole resembles
usual rate of 12s. 6d. per cent. The question was, whether a huge telescope.
the fact which the plaintiffs knew, but did not reveal, j The piece will be poised on its carriage on strong trun-
about the Caledonia was material, namely, that the cot- nions of 84 inches long, ferged upon a massive iron belt
ton had been shipped so far back as the 14th of Fe- or ring encircling the gun near its centre. The belt is 114
bruary.
inches in width, and 34 in thickness, and will also be
After the examination of a number of witnesses, brightly polished. It will be put on in a hot state, so as to
Mr. KNOWLES addressed the jury on the part of the contract in cooling, like the tire of a wheel. Immediately
plaintiff's, contending, that they had not concealed any I in ft ont of this belt (which cannot move towards the breach,
material fact, which, by law, they were bound to commu- from the increasing thickness of the gun, as well as a
nicate. Owing to the variance between the letter and small fianche) a groove or flat ribbon indenture has bees
bill of lading, it was not until the 28th of April they were turned out of the gun. Round this a hoop or belt of iron
assured that the cotton was coming by the Caledonia. will be put on to fit flushly, but not welded ; and over
He further contended, that Lloyd's list and the New Yo,k this another strong hoop of iron will be driven on hot,
Shipping Gazette contained an account of the exact time and in contracting will clip the other so tightly, that the
when the vessel left Savannah, and that, under such cis- trunnion belt will become immovable, or, as it were, in
cumstances, the underwriter might have informed him- one mass with the guts, to resist all recoil or shock, the
self of every material fact about her before the policy gun itself not being weakened in the least degree by any
was effected.
drilling or perforation to secure the belt.
The Jury, after an absence from court for an hour and The balls which this monster gun will carry, will each
a half, were of opinion that the fact was material, and be 111 inches in diameter, a quarter of an inch being left
that the underwriter did not know it. Their verdict, for windbore, and will each weigh in cast iron 2361b,—50
therefore, was for tne defendant. that the piece is in reality a "236 pounder." Before delivery
This terminated the business of the assizes I it will be proved at Bootle Bay, with a double charge of
gunpowder (451 b.), and two balls, weighing (of course
together) 4721 b. It will be covered during the experiment
with mats and sand, to avert the consequences of any ac-
-
cident from disruption,—though this, from its adm.rable
Present Messrs. Moore, (in the chair,) Houghton, Smith, and scientific construction, is by no means to be appre-
Horsfall, Middleten, Aikin, Royden, Tobin, Kendall, tended. The Princeton is, we learn, to be here shortly
Sandbach, Bold, Wood, and Evens.—A letter was read to take the monster on board. We hope the Yan-
from Mr. J. B. Yates, Chairman of the Southern and kees will make the best use they cart of it, though we
Toxteth Hospital, soliciting a further subscription or do- opine that it will serve chiefly as a national toy to be
nation in behalf of that charity. Mr. Horsfall, seconded brought into play on high-days and holielays, when a feu
by Mr. Aikin, proposed that 100 guineas should be given, dejose is in requisition. Should they unhappily come to I
on the grou ,d that they were about to alter and enlarge a war with us—which we deprecate for sundry reasons—
the building. The motion was deferred until next week. and attempt to use this our hume-made gun against our-
THE NEW DOCK DILL. selves, we can soon turn out a hundred such—or bigger
The CHAIRMAN, having been called upon by Mr. Aikin, still—in a month if need be, and help ourselves to it
proceeded to report progress on this bill, by naming the without the trifling inconvenience of paying for it.
different clauses which bad passed the committee without
alteration. He stated, in the commencement, that the
first salutation he received on 'Change, after his return THE JUSTICE OF ENDOWING MAYNOOTH
from London, was, " Well, how yon have been beaten— EXAMINED.
how soundly you have been thrashed ;" but he was happy
to say that the deputation had succeeded in everything. The following able remarks, upon the injustice and im-
In the course of enumerating the clauses, he stated that, policy of facilitating adivisaion to the orders of the Rom-
in the Bth, a recognition of the authority of the Trinity ish Church in Ireland, by an increased national grant,
Board had been added. On the 23rd, which refers to whilst we virtually close tne doors of our Protestant Uni-
landing stages at George's Pier, being arrived at. versities against poor aspirants to the ministry of the
Mr. EVANS inquired what had become of the model establishment, we quote from the London Times:—
that had been sent up to London. " Let us see what we are about. It is proposed to
The CHAIRMAN replied that it was yet in the lobby of educate the Catholic clergy, not indeed entirely at the
the committee-rooms of the House of Commons. national expense, but in great part—to give £20,000 or
Mr. EvANs.—What use was made of it. £30,000 a-year for the purpose. Now, although this
The CHAIRMAN.—It was not opened ; the committee seems so fair and so natural, it is just worth remembering
did not require it. He then read the clause, as passed by that the state does not give one sixpence to educate the
the committee of the House as follows : members of any other religion. Talk of established reli-
t And whereas, by the said recited act, passed in the gions ! Why, the only clergy educated from the taxes are
7th anti Bth years of the reign of her present Majesty, it those of the oppressed Irish Catholic church. The state
is enacted that the trustees shall, within twelve months gives nothing to the English Universities, and if it did
from the parsing of the act, construct, at George's Pier, those bodies do not pretend to cheapen education to the
in the said town, a slip net less than fourteen feet wide, candidate for orders. They have, in fact, quite the con-
with an inclination of not more than one inch vertical for trary effect. The tradesman's son who goes to Oxford
every twelve inches horizontal, and shall construct and with a view to orders generally spends from first to last a
place at the foot of each slip a moveable landing , thousand pounds before he gets the curacy and £BO a-year
stage, as in the said act is mentioned ; and, whereas which is to be his portion for halt his days. A clever,
a slip constructed in the mode prescried by the last thoughtful, sedentary boy, after remaining a couple of
recited act would not be sufficient, and it is expedient years at the head of the first class in a neglected grammar
that, in lieu thereof, a slip or landing stage, of different school, is transferred to the office or the counter. For
construction, should be erected at George's Pier aforesaid, one reason or another, he wishes to be a clergyman. If
as hereinafter provided. be it enacted that the trustees his friends have not hundreds to throw away in a rash
shall, within three months from the passing of this act speculation lie may as well wish to be an Emperor, or cry
submit to the commissioners for executing the office of I for the moon. Every year there are thousands of pro-
Lord High Adf
miral, arid to the commissioners for the Liaising young men so gifted, so circumstanced, so impelled,
conservancy o the Mersey, for their approval re- so disappoihted. A few centuries since they would have
speciively, a plan and section of a slip or !reeding place, walked to Oxford, begged daily at the buttery batch of
to be constructed at George's Pier, in lieu and instead of 1 some benevolent college, and slept, six in a bed, in some
the stip or landing place mentioned in the last recited act. 1 dirty hall. Now they have no possible resource. They
And the trustees shall, within twelve months from the I die or grow rich, as the case may be. Such is the state of
passing of this act, and according to the plan and section ! things in England. In Ireland there is an opening. The
to be so approved as aforesaid, construct at George's Pier , peasant farmer's son, with testimonials from a hedge
aforesaid, in lien and instead of the slip or landing place i school, applies to the priest, who gets a subscription for
mentioned in the said last recited act, a slip or landing , him in aid of what his fiiends can scrape together. With
place of such form and construction that steamboats not , ' twenty pounds, if so much, in his pocket, he gets a nomi-
drawing more than six feet water tray, at all times of the ! nation from a bishop and enters Maynooth where he is
tide, have convenient access thereto, and that passengers, wholly educated and partly fed and clothed by' the British
carriages, and horses, may be thereby conveniently state; and in three or four years he finds himself' in the
landed thereat and embarked therefrom ; and the trustees receipt of £2OO a-year, and in the enjoyment of all pri-
shall for ever keep and maintain such slip or landing I 'lieges, powers, pleasures, and prerogatites, parochial and
place, and complete the same within twelve months from political, of aP. P. Now, on what principle is the state
the passing of this act, the provision contained in the said to offer a premium to Catholic ambition, while it allows
recited act respecting the erection of the slip or landing the orders of its own " established church" to be so inex-
place therein mentioned shall revive and be of the same orably closed against aspiring poverty ?
force and effect as if this act had not been passed." " All know that facilities of education have an immense
In reply to Mr. AIKIN— influence on the popularity of creeds? It is an every day
The CHAIRMAN explained that, by this clause, the occurrence for a half-educated youth tn enter a Dissenting
Dock Committee• were at liberty to devise a plan for a college, who would have been only too happy to embrace
landing stage, which was to be submitted for approval to the bigotries of Oxford but for their extravagant cost.