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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-12-09 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

tog adopted -that system, what, was the consequence?
The immediate practical exclusion of the children who
were then receiving education in the schools. (Applause.)
Now, this was a fact, which no one could deny. His
object was not so much to arraign the conduct of his pre-
decessors, as to defend their own. He believed that the
great error of the Reform Council arose from a desire to
teach what others wished to learn,-rather than what they
themselves believed to be the best,—acting upon expedi-
ency rather than principle—forgetting that they alone were
the trustees—that they were responsible, and to a higher
than an earthly tribunal, for the truth or error taught
within their schools. (Hear and loud applause.) He
would not dwell longer upon this point, for his object was
not to attack others, but to defend the present committee.
What was the effect of the system so introduced? He
had no hesitation in answering that the town made a stand
against it. (Hear, hear, ironically from Mr. Earle.)
They did make a stand, and a most determined stand it
was.. The clergy united as one man; and it had been
eloquently said, " let the clergy be united and there never
stood a statesman in the British Senate—there never sat
a monarch on the British throne, that could resist the
moral influence they would possess." (Loud applause.)
They united as one man; and what was the result? Not
only the erection of two noble buildings in the town, as
monuments of the determination of the people of Liver-
pool to maintain scriptural education, but another result
was the return els° to the Council Chamber of a large and
overwhelming majority of the friends of scriptural educa-
tion. (Loud applause.) Now, what was the course pur-
sued by those gentlemen when they were returned to the
Council ? Denying the right of any man, or of any body
of men, corporate or otherwise, to withhold from the
children committed to their care a single precept, a single
promise of the Word of God, they restored the pure,
unadulterated, authorised version of the Scriptores to its
proper position in the schools. (Hear, hear.) That was
the course they adopted ; and what had that course been
termed? What had the requirement of the use of the
authorised version of the Scriptures been termed ? It had
been termed a system of injustice ! He looked at it, in
the first place, as .a matter of pecuniary obligation, for
Mr. Higgins had asked at the last council why he should
be called upon to subscribe to his own dissenting school
and the schools of the corporation besides. But Mr.
Iliggins did not contribute to the corporation schools.
He paid his town-dues, for certain privileges—the privi-
lege of trading in Liverpool, and the legislature had taken
the funds out of his hands and placed them in the hands of
the electors, and the electors sent men into the council to
administer those funds. (Hear, hear.) Why, then, did
they tell him that it was a system of injustice ? Because
it was a system of exclusion. (Hear, hear, from Mr.
Earle.) Mr. Earle said " hear, hear ;" and be ho
if ped
that that gentleman, in his reply, would tell him, he
could, any one system that was not exclusive. (Great
applause.) Mr. Earle would not tell him that the system,
adopted by the reformers was not exclusive, for it was ex-
clusive both in theory and practice. (Hear, hear.) Mr.
. DOCK COMMITTEE. Earle contended for the principle of abstract right; and
In reply to Mr. Higgins and Mr. Robinson, the Council had been told that every individual in the
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORS said, he was unable to state, community had the abstract right to participate in the
with any certainty as to time, when the Albert dock ware- education afforded at the corporation schools. Now fol-
houses were likely to be opened. The south-east side low that out. The Reform system, any more than the
would probably be completed in a week, but there was no present system, did not act upon that principle. The
prospect of the west side being finished for the next six Roman Catholics and the Protestants were not the only
months. The landing-stage for the Prince's pier was pro- portions of this community. There was a large body of
gressing, and would be ready within the time specified in Jews in Liverpool, and, he regretted to say, a large body
the Act of Parliament—August next. . - of infidels also; and upon that principle of abstract right
The' proceedings were confirmed, so also were the pro- if the Jews were to be admitted, the Council would have
ceedings of the Improvement Committee, with this addi- no right to introduce any portion of the New Testament ;
tion,—that the Town-clerk be directed to serve notices on nor, if the infidels were to be admitted, any • portion of
the owners of warehouses in Water-street and of the va- the Scriptures. (Hear, hear.) Then it was said, adopt
cant ground in Hope-street and Mount-pleasant, and that the secular system, and exclude religious instruction
those notices be included in the bill for which the Coun- altogether : for he liked to meet the arguments fairly.
cil are going to Parliament next session. Then he, asked if that system was not exclusive ? For he
The proceedings of the Courts of Law Committee were maintained that there was a much larger portion of the
confirmed, and that Committee were authorised to obtain inhabitants of Liverpool who would object to sending
estimates for erecting a pediment, upon a plan sent in by their children where there was religious instruction af-
Mr. Cockrell, at the front of the law courts, forded. That principle, therefore, was alike exclusive ;
EDUCATION COMMITTEE. and he challenged Mr. Earle, or any other man, to deny
This Committee reported that there were were 1042 the fact. (Applause.)
children in the schools. Mr. CHALMER—What is Mr. Horsfall replying to ?
Mr. MOLYNEIIX moved the confirmation of the pro- Surely not to my speech.
ceedings. Mr. HORSFALL said he was replying to a charge of in-
Mr. CHALKIER moved, as an amendment, that the Corn- justice, which he would never submit to, and he claimed
mittee be instructed to furnish a return, made up to the the right at the hands of Englishmen, of replying to that
3rd instant, of the attendance of children at the schools, charge. (Hears bear.) If they refused to afford secular
distinguishing the wards from which they came, how instruction, then they were met with the cry of—teach all
many came from each ward, the present cost of support- religions, or teach Roman Catholics in one part of the
ing the schools, the cost of supporting them under the school and Protestants in another part. He put it to the
Reform Council, and the number of children in attend- council, as honest men,—how could they teach one set of
ante at the time the Reformers were in power. He con- children in one part of the school, that there was but one
tended that the children only came from six out of the Mediator between God and man, and teach another set of
sixteen wards; and that, compared with the Everton and children in another part, that there were many mediators.
Kirkdale school, where 448 children were educated for (Hear, bear, and applause.) He never could lend himself
£205, the cost of the Corporation schools was exceed- to such a system as that, and were such a system intro-
ingly great. Amongst other things, there was a charge of duced he would cease to be a member of the Education
£ll5 for cleansing the schools. Committee. He should be sorry even to countenance a
Mr. HORSFALL said, he was exceedingly sorry that Mr. system of injustice ; but he must say, that the system
Chalmer had not adopted the usual course and given some carried on in the Corporation schools was, he believed, a
notice of the present motion ; for he (Mr. H.) should have most correct system. From the little he saw of its
been happy to have anticipated it, and provided him with working, he believed it to be founded on justice and prin-
the details he wished to have, so far as the information was ciple. It was a good practical system. It was a system
in his possession. Mr. Chalmer had alluded to the Ever- which taught the children brought up in those schools, to
ton and Kirkdale school, of the committee of which the be good sons, and good daughters, and, as they got older,
Mayor and he (Mr. H.) were members, and he had told to be good husbands, good wives, good masters, good ser-
the Council that that school was efficiently conducted. He vents, good citizens, good patriots, and good Christians.
was most happy to confirm that statement. But Mr. (Loud applause.) This was the system in the Corpora-
Chalmer also told the Councilthat it was much naoreeco- tion schools; and he should be very sorry it was said,
nominally conducted than the schools of the Corporation. that the Education Committee placed themselves in a po-
This he (Mr. H.) admitted; but he considered that the sition in which any children educated in their schools
Corporation had ever been distinguished for its proverbial
—nay, for its princely liberality, and he should be sorry could turn to them and say, in the language of bitter elo-
quence—" My parents, ignorant and unenlightened,
to think that the schools of the Corporation were to be minded not that I should read the word of God, but you,
placed upon a footing with the charitable schools of the who were not ignorant and unenlightened, by your acqui-
town. (Hear, hear.) If the committee to the Everton escence, instead of yourlprotest, led me to think that it
school had the rich funds:of the Corporation to fall back was unimportant." (Hear.) He should be soma to be
upon instead of the benevolence of private individuals placed in such a position • and he would observe, in con-
their school would be much more efficiently conducted elusion, that he hoped the council would not tolerate such
than they were. (Cries of " Hear," and applause.) Ano- charges, as charges of injustice, when brought against
ther of his assertions was, that the Corporation schools such a system as the one carried on in the Corporation
were extravagantly conducted, considering the number of schools—nay, more, he asked them to continue to sup-
pupils in attendance. He (Mr. H.) believed that they port that system, for, by doing so, they would, he was
were more economically conducted now than they were at sure, have the approval of their own consciences, the sup-
the time that the Reform party were in power ; and with port of the Christian public, and, what was more, the
respect to any falling off in the attendance, Mr. Chalmer blessing of the God of heaven ! Mr. Horsfall here re-
must be aware that of late many schools had been erected sumed his seat, amid loud cheers from all parts of the
in the neighbourhood of those belonging to the Corpora- TOOm.
tion, both Roman Catholic and other schools (hear, hear.) Mr. RATHBONE contended that the system at present
But 11r. Chalmer fastened on one item in the expenditure pursued in the schools was one of injustice, He did not
of the Corporation Schools, and that was the money paid mean to make the charge personal to any one ;he spoke
to the poor charwomen. Now, it so happened, that the merely of the principle, He also contended, in reply to
very first thing he (Mr. H.) put his hand on, when,
year, he had the honour of being placed upon the Educe- •
last Mr. Horsfall, that every inhabitant of the town contri-
buted to the support of the schools, and that error was
tion Committee wasahe expense of the charwomen ; and never taught in them under the Reform Council.
that led him to ask at the time when those women were Mr. SHAND defended the Education Committee, and
appointed. He found that they were every one appointed said he should be a traitor to his country and his God if
under the reform committee. (Hear, hear.) One was a he countenanced the reading of any version of the scrip-
poor Roman Catholic widow, another was the wife of a .
Roman Catholic, and the third was a member of a dis- tures but the authorised one.
Mr. EARLE believed that the real object of all the agi-
seriting congregation. He was unwilling to act then, like
his reform predecessors had acted in the council, who dis. tation which had been going on about the school question
was to turn the Radicals out of power. The clergy took
missed every one' right and left who had been appointed it up ; and from' every pulpit in the town the Radicals
by their predecessors; and he did not dismiss them. He were denounced as heathens. And by whom ? By 32
agreed with Mr. Chalmer that their expense was a heavy Clergymen who signed around robin that they could not
one, but the onus of levying it did not rest with the pre- I enter the schools. How many of them bad entered the
sent Education Committee (applause.) ' But it was im- schools prior to their signing it ? Were they diligent in
possible not to perceive that this was not a question of fi- the discharge of their duties ? Did they go regularly ?
nance at all. (Hear, bear.) It was a question of principle; Did they flock into the schools, now that the smell of Po-
and if the committee were subject, and justly subject, to a pery was excluded from them ? He paused for an an-
charge which, with a flourish of trumpets, was brought swer,
agairist'them at the list Metting of the schools, of conti- Mr. HARBORD—Yes, there is a very good attendance.
nuing a system of injustice,then the sooner the hools were Mr. EARLE expressed his belief that their zeal had
abandoned the better. (Applause.) But if he were ena- cooled since they kicked the Radicals out.
bled to show that they were conducted on a principle of Mr. GLAZEBROOK contended that it was for the public
perfect justice and proper principles, then he thought the
council would not hesitate so long as they were content to benefit that all children should be well instructed in the
principles of the word of God, and that as members of the
'sink £6S:OO or £7OOO a year in the erection of a noble national council, and subjects of a Protestant state, the
building, partly for the promotion of pleasure but princi- . council had'a right to support those principles.
pally for the punishment of crime—to grant £l2OO a-year In reply to Mr. Higgins, who promised to move here-
with a view to the prevention of crime. (Hear, hear.) after that the schools be sold, Mr. HORSFALL said that
Before he noticed the point of continuing a system of in- the minority of the children in the Corporation Schools
justice, he must allude to the conduct of their predeces- belonged to the Church of England, and that Dissenters
sors in the council. He should like to see not only the and Roman Catholics formed the majority.
state of the schools as they were at present, but the state 1 Mr. CHALMER expressed his surprise at the turn the
of the schools as they were under the reform committee debate had taken; but it seemed to him, unexpected as
of management, and their state under the old committee the discussion was, that every gun was charged, and well
of management—under what some would call the old, cora charged' too, with double bullets.
rupt, Tory corporation. He would abstain from saying Mr. MOLYNEUX said he had no objection to furnish
anything personally offensive. There was no necessity for the returns sought for, provided they were required for
introducing charges of religious bigotry. (Hear.) He purposes of information.
wanted not to indulge in any abuse ; and, if he made any The Council divided upon Mr. Chalmer's amendment,
remarks which could give offence, he was sure the gentle- when there appeared :—For it, 10—against it, 32. The
men to whom he might apply them would excuse him far amendment was consequently lost. The following gen-
sooner than he would excuse himself. (Hear, bear.) He tlemen voted in the division : —For it—Messrs. Chalmer,
would just refer then to the state of the schools before the Preston, Rathbone, Holmes, Robinson, Higgins, Hornhy,
reform council took• the management of them; and he Earle, Lace, and Thomas Lloyd ; against it—Messrs.
would give their state, not upon any doubtful -authority,
but upon an authority which would be respected by every Atherton, Shaw, Shand, Tyrer, Middleton, Littledale,
Henderson, Stewart, Toulmin, Aspinall, Southern, C. G.
gentleman in that room—upon the authority of a gentle-
Floridly.
Royden, Birkett, Wood, Reade, Kilshaw, Par-
man whom the reformed corporation did themselves ho. ker, G. H. Lawrence, Booker, Plumpton, Glazebrook,
nour in selecting as their first chief magistrate—the late Jones, Ilarbord, Mann, and Aldermen Houglitonallors
Mr. William Wallace Currie— given deliberately and fall, Crook, Nicol, Bramley-Moore, Molyneux, and t'
upon cath before the commissioners upon the municipal Mayor.
inquiry. COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIONS AT LIVERPOOL.
" Having had the honour to be appointed one of the sub-
committee for drawing up rules and regulations for the manage- very ably report from
The TOWN-CLERK read a
ment of the schools, lam well acquainted with the general sys- Special Committee on this subject, and on the presen,
tern, more especially as pursued at the South Free School, on the system of porterage. The committee reported, on the
committee of which I have acted for a great many years; and, subject of porterage, that a serious loss of time was occa-
so far from its being my impression that the system pursued at sioned, " arising mainly from the non-attendance of the
the Corporation Schools is a bad one, I think it a particularly
good ore. It was stated yesterday, that the childrers,attending porters at the. proper hours—the confusion and loss of
the schools do not understand, or at least that no pains are time occasioned by the unnecessary employment of se-
taken to make them acquainted with the meaning of what they venal sets or gangs of porters at one vessel,—and very
read. Now, I beg to state, that as a visitor, from month to frequently from the want of a proper and responsible su.
month, I have been in the habit-of attending the schools. I perintendent. Your committee feel that nothing short of
have seen the master examining the different classes. I have
seen the master exam ning, the different classes. I have taken a legislative enactment will effectually provide a remedy ;
they therefore venture to recommend that they be autho.
the liberty to examine them on all occasions myself, and have
questioned the children as to their knowledge of what they rized to communicate with the Dock Committee, .with a
read. I speak, however, more particularly as to the school with view of obtaining the insertion of a clause in their pro-
which lam connected. With respect to what has been said as posed new Act requiring the employment of one ea of por-
to the appointment of masters, I have to observe, that Mr. ters only in the discharge of the entire cargo of any vessel
Barrett, the master of that school, came highly recommended
unloading
from the Blue Coat School. The character of the school of that in the Liverpool docks ; the expense of such
discharge to be,borne, as heretofore, respectively by each
establishment you have already in evidence; and a more
attentive, a more exemplary, a more popular schoolmaster consignee of goods. The adoption of the foregoing views
amongst the children does not exist than Mr. Barrett. The will present a fitting occasion for the revision of the rates
are about to leavo, applications are made for the ad-
sclinol is such a favourite one, thst in main, instances when of porterage. The scale which-is now in operation ap-
scholarsmission of younger brothers and sisters in their places; and it
frequently happens that several members of the same family, pears to have been established in the year 1810, since
which period the Whole system of commercial. operations
from the eldest to the youngest, are educated in that schoOl. has materially changed. The committee beg, therefore,
The monthly applications to the committee for the admission of respectfully, to recommend a revision of the present scale,
scholars are more numerous than can be attended to." I so as to make it bear more equitably on the various arti-
So much for the management of the schools under the ' cies of import." The report went on to allude to the
old Tory Corporation. (Hear and applause.) system of porterage in warehouses, but the question was
Mr. EARLF..—What was the number of children in the surrounded with difficulties. With reference to the time
schools at, that time ? I allowed for the discharge of vessels, the committee " are
Mr. HORSFAL—I believe upwards of 1000. What not prepared to recommend to the Board of Customs that
was the course the reformers adopted ? They adopted a the hours of discharge should be longer than eight to four
system, which lie gave them credit for believing it to be ain the winter, arid from eight to half-past five in the sum-
right one. They adopted, what was called, the Irish mer, except in cases of emergency,. for which- the Board
system of education. He was not going into any hack nied 'of Customs has already provided."
dispute, as to whether the Bible was literally excluded or 1 The report was adopted, after a brief speech from Mr.
not; but he boldly asserted, that the Irish system of HoESFALL, explanatory of the difficulties under which
education, which was adopted, was professedly established the committee laboured, in arriving at some some of their
to remedy the so-called vital defects of other systems, conclusions, and the committee were directed to carry
which required the reading of the scriptures ; and he .out the suggestions.
thought this was very synonymous. (Hear, hear.) Hay- The Council adjourned at four o'clock.

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

On Friday afternoon, a numerous meeting took place
in the music Hall of gentlemen, in order to adopt mea-
sures for attempting to meet the spiritual wants of the
large and increasing population of Toxteth Park, by
erecting therein three new churches, with schools to each.
The Lord Bishop of the Diocese, who visited Liverpool
for the purpose of holding a confirmation that day at St.
Augustine 's Church, was announced as chairman. The
meeting was attended by a large number of ladies, and
shortly after two his lordship entered the room amidst
loud cheers, accompanied by a large body of the local
clergy. Among those present, we noticed :—The Rev.
J. H. Stewart, the Rev. D. D. Stewart, the Rev. J.
Jones, the Rev. Hugh M`Neile. the Rev. H. Hampton,
the Rev. T. Nolan, the Rev. F. Ould, the Rev. H. Hig-
gins, the Rev. F. Parry, the Rev. J. G. Leigh, the Rev.
C. Lawrence, the Rev. W. Falloon, the Rev. J. R. Con-
nor, the Rev. R. M`Konkey, the Rev. H. Carpenter,
the Rev. F. Barker, the Rev. R. L. Townsend, the Rev.
Ct. Marshall, the Rev, B. A. Marshall, the Rev. T. Bold,
the Rev. W. Butler, &c., &c. Among the laity were Al-
dermen Houghton, Chilton, and Horsfall; Councillors
Glazebrook, Roydon, Harbord, R. L, Jones, end Mann,
Jno. Rigby, Esq., H. Rigby, Esq., H. Moore, Esq., H.
Walbrend, Esq., J. Howard, Esq., W. Jones, Esq., J.
Swire, -Esq., J. Torr, Esq., R. Mac Andrew, Esq., J.
Senior, Esq., R. Rigby, Esq., &c., &c.
On the motion of R. HARBORD, Esq., seconded by
T. CHILTON, Esq., the Lord Bishop of the Diocese was
called to the chair amid loud applause.
His LORDSHIP then called upon the Rev. D. D.
Stewart,SecretarytotheCommittee,tocommence the busi-
ness of the day by asking the blessing of God ; after which,
His LORDSHIP said,—ln opening the proceedings it was
only necessary to say, that they had been called together
for the purpose of considering a special want, which was
found to exist in a particular part of the district of Liver-
pool, and to which attention had been called. The clergy
of the district were the proper persons to make that want
known to the public at large. They could not help feel-
ing, so constantly going through that crowded population,
how unsatisfactory their labours were, in a spiritual sense,
how inadequate in every respect, and that, after all, sup-
posing they were blessed by God, so as to be enabled to
bring some of the multitude to desire to serve and wor-
ship Him, there was no place open for them in which
they could be received, and no accommodation for them
even in those churches which were called the churches of
the land, but which, he was sorry to say, in some towns,
could no longer claim that :distinctive appellation ; nor
could they any longer be called the poor man's churches,
for no poor man was received into them. He thought,
therefore, the clergy were taking their place ; for though
it was not in their power to supply these wants, it was in
their power to make them known to those who possessed
the ability, and who, it was trusted, possessed also the
will. The clergy, among their various appellations and
duties, were required to be watch-men; and there was
no time at which a watch-man was more executing his
duty than when informing the neighbourhood of the ex-
istence of danger, and he (the Chairman) was sure that
there could be no greater danger than being surrounded
with a' neglected, an uneducated, and unrestrained popu-
lation (hear, hear); and, therefore, he would say that the
clergy had done their duty in convening the meeting that
day ; and further, it was owing to a neglect of duty, thirty,
forty, or fifty, or a hundred :years ago, they were brought
to the state they were in at present. It was because
persons at those times, seeing the population increasing,
and experiencing their own powers to remedy the mischief,
nevertheless allowed the evil to go on unchecked. be-
coming more formidable, day by day, that a heavy duty
now devolved upon society. It was because such was the
case then, that they had now seen the long road they bad
to travel—that hill which they had to surmount, to arrive
at something like a level with the population, and by
these means obtain for them ample church accommoda-
tion. That the public expected that these wants should
be made known, he (the chairman) had had a special
opportunity of judging, for since it was known that he
was about to attend the present meeting, be had received a
letter from a person who evinced great anxiety about St.
Anne's district, in dile town. He wrote that, though it
was desirable that Toxtetb-park should be attended to,
be also hoped that St. Anne's district would not be for-
gotten,—St. Anne's being, as he stated, no better off,
and in the same letter he said that there were residing in
the neighbourhood to which he called attention, many
influential and wealthy persons who only required to be
'called on, to come forward and satisfy all demands.
(Great cheers.) He (the chairman) trusted, therefore,
that no person would think it at all a strange thing to
be called upon, as they had been by the clergy, to
assist to the utmost of their power in relieving the wants
of the particular district of Toxteth-park. When they
read the circular, as probably they all already had done,
summoning them to attend that day. they would read a
description of spiritual destitution which he was sure
they would never allow to remain in its present state.
It was no matter in what light they looked upon it ;
if as citizens, they could never consent to their neigh-
bours being so placed ; if as philanthropists, they
would not consent to the greatest of necessities being
unsupplied ; it did not matter in what light they re-
garded the circumstances of the case, they were bound
by the more stirring and irresistible voice which belonged
to their Christian character to refuse to permit things
to remain as they existed in Toxteth-park. (Cheers.)
The book by which they were guided directed them to
make sacrifices and praaice self-denial, and they had now
an opportunity. The same book told them to do good to
all men, and now they could do no greater good then by
providing the means of sanctification for their poorer
brethren. What work could be better than that in which
they were now engaged? There could. indeed, be but
otie objection to—one hesitation to—one argument against,
that work ; and these were, that the work could never be
accomplished, that the destitution was too great for re-
medy, the evil too extended for cure; that the Hydra
could not be overcome—a Hydra, not with a hundred, but
a hundred thousand beads, whose demands were insatia-
ble, whose calls could not be complied with; that the
.work could not be accomplished by private benevolence,
and that it must be left to the collective community. The
answer to this was, that such objections had been before
encountered and overcome, and that a labour, undertaken
for the glorifying of God, would be blessed by God, and
would prosper; and, to prove that it had already pros-
pered, he would lay before them a few facts. In 1835, the
population of Lancashire, south of the Ribble, and which,
in Ecclesiastical language, was called the arch-Deanery of
Manchester, was 1,344,000, and the churches provided
numbered 208, that is, one church to every 6,500 persons,
and the clergy for that distri t amounted to 270 persons—
that is, one Minister to every 5,000 persons.. During the
last ten years, efforts had been made, efforts which had
met with success—and the present statement, relative to
the same district. was as follows :—the population was
1,638,000, the churches number 308, being one church to
every 5000 persons, and the clergy are 520 in number, be-
ing one minister to every 3000 persons. The success,
slight as it in reality was, would have, ten years ago, ap-
peared incredible, and was certainly an encouragement to
all future exertions ; but, on the good principle that no-
thing was done whilst anything remained to do, renewed
labour and renewed vigour were called for. (Hear.) It
proved that God had smiled on and blessed their endea-
vours, and it was to be hoped that he would equally bless
the endeavours which would take their origin from that
meeting.. Before heaconcluded, be would ask two ques-
tions one was, whether any person—and at every meet-
ing of a like nature.in .Liverpool.. such persons were in
attendanc.—who had already assisted in and contributed
to the formation of church extension, wished that back
again which be had given to the cause ? Could it have
been bestowed more beneficially on objects of luxury, of
vanity, or of extravagance ? And his next question was,
and it was still more important, if they were now less able
than ten years ago to make an exertion in that cause ?
Was the town of Liverpool in no better position than in
the year 1825 ? It was not for him to answer that ques-
tion, but he had only, in looking around him, to observe
the buildings that were being erected, the streets that
were being laid out, and the energies, and the means being
displayed, to receive a reply. If they were to judge by
the prosperity, the blessing of God had not been withheld
from the community ; and sure he was that the power of
the blessing would not be diminished if the resources,
arisinz from that prosperity, were employed in the cause
of Him by whom, and by whom alone, it was given.
(Cheers.)
The Rev.We LTERBUTLER, incumbent of St, Thomas's,
Toxteth-park, proposed the. first resolution :—" That the
present condition of the districts of Saint Jarne's and
Saint Thomas's, Toxteth-park, is such as to require a
prompt and vigorous effort for the moral and spiritual im-
provement of the inhabitants."—The Rev. gentleman
said that any objection which he might have to address
the meeting was overcome by the conviction that as a
clergyman in the district for which they were about to
exert themselves, he was bound to give all the information
of which in his experience be had become possessed.
This district, (that of St. James's) comprehended 3,118
houses, 53 streets, and 181 courts. The population was
about 7000, with the exception of some 3000 persons,
composed of the working classes, depending fbr existence
on their daily labours, and especially of the classes of
ship-carpenters and !' navies," and therefore controlled
not without extreme difficulty by a clergyman. It was
also an emigrating population, constantly altering in the
individuals of whom it was composed; so that of one
hundred of the inhabitants a few months before, there
might not be a single individual now remaining. Before
a church had been built in it, the district was part of
another district, having a population of 2,500. There
were now, in addition to the incumbent, a curate, who
hid, during the year, visited upwards of a thousand
houses ; Scripture-readers, who paid sick visits, and who
held 800 small meetings in the year—meetings most int( r-
esting in their character and beneficial in their results ;
fourteen district visitors, who went over the whole dis-
trict, and annually collected from the poor £7OO, Which,
when required, was returned ; and also a great number
of young men who'rendered efficient service by their dis-
triblition of tracts. All that hail been detailed had follow.
ed as the natural result of the building of one church,
and the extent of the improvement, therefore, in the
neighbourhood, and in the morals of its inhabitants,
could very well be conceived. Schoo's capable of giving
instruction to 800 children, were being organised, and
would be opened at the commencement of the year, and
the very low state of education, existing in the district,
would therefore very speedily be ameliorated. Of the
3118 houses, there were, he regretted to say, 114 which
were public-houses—that is, one public-house to every
thirty houses. It was to be hoped that the new
churches, which they were about to erect. should
be emphatically the poor man's churches ; that they
would hasten to carry out this great object ; that
his Lordship (the chairman) would not have attended
there in vain, but that he might have cause to rejoice
in the work which had now been so happily begun.
(Cheers.)
The Rev. H. HAMPTON, Incumbent of St. James's,
after some remarks as to the origin of the appeal, said—
The population in the districts of St. James's and St.

The annual monthly meeting of the Council took place
on Wednesday at the Town-hall.
The proceedings of the Finance Committee comprised a
notice from the Liverpool and Bury Railway Committee,
relative to the land required under' their act in Thornton-
street.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE moved their confirmation.
Mr. EARLE called attention to the improvements which
were required to be made at the corner of Water-street,
and also at the corner of Hope-street and Mount-plea-
sant. He presumed the Finance Committee had acted
properly in declining Mr. John Gladstone's offer to sell
the land at the corner of Hope-street at the rate of four
guineas a yard. He wished gentlemen would imitate the
conduct of Mr. George,Holt, who gave up the sum of
£llOO to the public, which he might, if he chose, have re-
tained. It was a disgrace to the town that such a man as
Mr. Holt should have been turned out of the Council.
He hoped that Mr. Gladstone would see that he owed
something to Liverpool ; but if he could not be treated
with on a reasonable footing, the Council should seek for
powers in their proposed act to compel him.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said the improvements at the
bottom of Water-street had not been overlooked by the
Finance Committee. He thought Mr. Gladstone's name
ought not to be mentioned in reproachful terms ; for that
gentleman had not been indifferent to the wants of the
town : be had built and endowed a church, and he had also
built a school. With respect to the purchase of parks, be
explained to the. Council the position in which they stood
relative to the disbursement of their funds. They were
bound down by the strict letter of theiruq of Parliament ;
and he was not sorry that they were so bound, for, with-
out some such check or drag chain, the Corporation estate
would hardly be worth 12 years purchase, so many and va-
rious were the schemes which were being constantly forced
upon their attention. Since it became known that the
comparative surplus amounted to £lB,OOO, he had received
proposals innumerable for widening streets and making
various other improvements. He thought the time was
come when they ought to tell their fellow-townsmen to put
their shoulders to the wheel, for the purpose of making
improvements, which were certainly very much required ;
and with that view be suggested that a public meeting
ought to be called, to be presided over by the Mayor. The
laying on of the borough-rate for the purpose, would be a
disgrace to the Council; but, if a full explanation were
made as to how the Council were situated, he did not tbink
the inhabitants would refuse to bear their share of the ne-
cessary expense, in the same manner of Manchester had
done, and Bristol was doing.
Mr. EARLE said, a most unwarrantable attack had been
made upon him. He denied that he had held up Mr.
Gladstone as an object of attack; but he certainly had
held up Mr. Holt as an example to the community at
large. Mr. Lawrence's was a most irregular, inconsistent
speech, for, according to him, a borough-rate was, and it
was not a disgrace.

1
CHURCH -EXTENSION IN TOXTETH PARK. Thomas's is above 37,000. The Established Church has of the calumnies of the world,—" Depend upon it, no
provided for these 1,834 sittings, of which 88 are free to man, in the long run, was ever really injured but by
the poor. Eighty-eight free sittings for 37,000 inhabi- himself, The rev. gentleman sac down amidst great
tants ! I would almost venture to assert, my lord, that applause.
there is not a similar case of appalling spiritual destitution Mr. GLAzeogooK moved, and Mr. HOWARD seconded
in Great Britain. But startling as such a statement may the last resolution, which was carried unanimously,
seem, I have a worse case still. In my own district, St. "That the gentlemen who have hitherto acted as corn-
James's, separating it from St. Thomas's, are 20,000 peo- mtee for promoting and carrying into effect the proposed
pie with.not one free sitting. Don't let me be misunder- plan of Church Extension, be continued, with power to
stood, and in order to prevent it I would say that the poor add to their number, and that such arrangements as
who are'allowed to sit in St. James's are there by suffer- they have already made be confirmed."
ance only, and could be turned out if we were cruel and On the motion of Mr. MANN, seconded by the Rev.
unchristian enough to do so. But as it is, many have Mr. LEIGH, thanks were returned to the chairman, and
been so fastidious as to quit the church rather than come his Lordship having briefly replied the
—.meeting separated.
in such close contact with the poor. Crowding the aisles
is certainly inconvenient to all, and uncomfortable to the
poor themselves. In this statement, my lord, I need not
introduce an almost when I say that this is without a
parallel. Now, if not another word were said, here is a On Monday, the Ist instant, at Ince, on the body of
case made out, amply sufficient to justify the proposal, I William Baxter, aged 40 years. The deceased was seen
large as it may appear, which we have this day brought by the lock-keeper on the banks of the canal, on his way
before you. Can you, dear Christian friends, wonder home, and it is supposed that in crossing the lock he
that we should under such circumstances call you together, must hive been dazzled ny the lights of a colliery, and
and endeavour to arouse your feelings, and enlist your missing his footing, fell into the canal. The lock-keeper
sympathies in an effort to amend so sad and so deplorable found his body the next morning, and the deceased's
a state of things ? What stronger appeal could be adduced watch had stopped immediately after the lock-keeper
to elicit the zealous co-operation and liberal assistance of saw him. It is remarkable, that he had his left hand in
every sincere Christian and every true-hearted patriot? his coat pocket when the lock-keeper saw him just as he
But, my lord, whilst the Established Church has been had when his body was found.
thus culpably asleep, the Dissenters have not been so - On the same day, at Abram, on the body of John
negligent : they have made provision, in the district of Baines, who was descending a coal pit with another
St. James's, previous to my appointment to it, for 4,300 collier, and it appears that one of the hooks of the basket
persons, of which 1,000 sittings are free. How can we which they were in had been hooked to the twigs instead
be surprised that the people, and especially the poor, of to the car; the twigs gave way, and the deceased was
should become alienated from the Church of England, thrown out of the basket to the bottom of the coal pit,
which we are wont emphatically, and perhaps boastfully, and was killed.
to call the poor man's church ; how can we, I repeat, be On Tuesday, the 2nd instant, at Whiston, on the body
astonished, if their affections be estranged from it, and of John Wareing, a bricklayer, the deceased was found
attached to those who have shown a care for their highest by the engineer of one of the trains near Pilch-lane
interests ? The next feature we shall call attention to is, bridge, at_Roby, with his head crushed to pieces • the
that in these districts there are 28,536 persons without deceased was last seen the night before, on his way home,
church accommodation, and at least 2,000 more will be rather tipsy. ,
added before our projected plan can be accomplished. The verdict, in each of the above cases, was accidental
My lord, I hope I shall not appear to exaggerate when I death.
say the half of these should have a provision, i.e., oppor- On the same day, at Woolton, on the body of John
tunity within the walls of our national church. My expe- Mitchell, gardener to Mr. Shand, of Allerton. On the
rience (17 years) tells me that half a population, when 23rd ult. deceased complained to one of his fellow ser-
moderately looked after, will go to a place of worship. vents that he had hurt his thumb ;he recollected falling
Well, then, with a present provision for 1,834, we ought upon some broken stones ;he was not aware ttat his
to be making room for at least 10,000, one-third of the thumb was hurt till he got home; the wound, which ap-
surplus, instead of which we are exulting in the prospect peered slight, seemed to fester. On Tuesday, the 27th ult.
of erecting three new churches, to accommodate 4,500, Mr. Pearson, surgeon, saw it, and ordered poultices.
of which 2,500, at least, are to be free. But think for a On Friday following, the deceased showed symptoms of
moment of the fearful and rapid increase of population in lockjaw. Mr. Pearson saw him four times on Saturday,
Toxteth-park. Why, before one church can be built, but the lock-jaw continued until Sunday at noon, when
the increase will be more than would fill it. Contem- he died, having lived only seven days from the time of
plate, then, as rational beings and Christians, what will it hurting his thumb .
be in a few years hence! This is no visionary opinion or On the 3rd instant, at Warrington, on the body of
speculation of mine, but it is a fact to which the experi- Mary Foden, aged 20, the wife of William Foden, de-
ence of the last year forbids a contradiction, that the in- ceased, was subject to epileptic fits, and being seized
crease in one year will be more than would fill one church. with one fell upon a grate in a stable adjoining her bus-
Now permit me to ask, is it not our bounden duty to our . band's coal-yard, when her clothes took fire, and she was
faithful God and blessed Saviour—is it not our bounden so dreadfully burned that she died the following morning.
duty to our country and our neighbour, and to ourselves Verdicts accordingly.
—at least to keep pace with, if not to anticipate, the On the 3rd instant, at Ashton, on the bodies of Agnes
wants—yes, the wishes and demands—of the people, in- Blinstone, and her son, an infant about nine months old.
stead of tardily lagging behind until the Dissenters and The deceased Agnes was about 32 years old, and the wife
Roman Catholics goad and stimulate us reluctantly to of Thomas Blinstone, of Ashton, weaver. Peter Brit-
take our proper position in providing churches and schools tale, one of the witnesses, proved that she was in hiri
for them? The rev. gentleman went on in an animated house en the 27th of November, when she complained of
strain to press the object of the meeting on the liberality a pain in her head, and she said if the pain continued she
of the audience. should go to her sister. This sister is in the Lunatic
The resolution was afterwards put to the meeting, and Asylum, at Lancaster. She left witness's house, and
carried unanimously. about an hour after her husband came to enquire for her ;
The 'Rev. T. NOLAN, incumbent of St. Barnabas's —he was told she was gone—he came a second time the
Church, in a lengthy and able speech, proposed the se- same night to enquire for her. Witness felt uneasy, and
cond resolution : went to all the pits in the neighbourhood, but observed
" That the parochial system, by applying the energies nothing. On the Sunday following, he examined the pit
of a clergyman to a specified district, supplies the first where she was afterwards found, but could not see any-
remedy for such spiritual destitution, and that the blessing thing of her. On Tuesday last, witness went again to
of -God may be expected to follow an increase of churches the same pit, with the draghooks, and immediatel
The child was
calities." at her breast held by her left arm close to her body, and
The Rev. JAMES STEWART, of St. Bride's, seconded her right hand was hold of his clothes. The deceased had
the resolution. Carried unanimously. been married to her husband between three and four
THOMAS BERRY HORSFALL., Esq , next rose, and years, and had bad two children. The deceased Agnes
after saying that, though he had no immediate connexion was very low spirited, but never was heard to express
with the district of Toxteth-park, he could not have jug- anything that would lead her husband to suppose that
tified a refusal to the request to attend and address the she would commit suicide. Verdict, temporary insanity
meeting convened for such an object, proposed the follow-
ing resolution :
" That it is the duty of the friends of the church,
`every man according to his ability,' to co-operate in a
plan which, by multiplying places of worship, increasing
the amount of free accommodation, subdividing the dis-
tricts of over-burdened clergymen, and adding to the
number of visiting pastors, will extend the influence of
recognised means of grace, promote the glory of God,
and the best interests of the labouring classes."
Mr. Horsfall then proceeded to say, that on the two
classes into which the assembly might be divided—that and was
i
class which considered it incumbent upon their rulers to man being in a state of
provide for the wants now under consideration, and that
class which believed the, onus to rest upon the commu-
nity—there was in the present instance; an equal respon-
sibility and an equal claim ; on the one, because experi-
°`
ence had proved the demand for church extension to be
beyond the power of their rulers to satisfy : and on the seaman named Reason.
other, because it was to opinions like those entertained It appears that the captain having rendered himself
perfectly frantic from drink, and in a state of induced in-
by it that the conveners of the meeting then appealed
(hear, hear.) The resolution which he now moved ap- sanity, imagined that the crew were conspiring against
him, and proceeded to cut at several of them with a cutlas,
pealed to every one to contribute according to his ability ;
which, with loaded pistols, he kept constantly by him.
and in such a community, in so flourishing a town, where
,l he mates at first affected to aid him in chasing the men
daily and hourly exertions were being made for facilita-
through the ship, but when the captain declared his inten-
ting the operations of commerce, for the adding to the
tion to murder them all, they called the men together
splendour of the streets, for the advancerrient of science,
sp around them with belaying pins and capstan bars, and
and for the heaping of luxuries upon luxuries, such an ap-
hatgged of them to secure the captain in the cabin.' For
peal could not but meet with a response as gratifying to
out three
.quarters of an hour they consented to stand
the promoters of the objects of the meeting, as creditable
on the defensive, but his not appearing, and being under
to the principles and morals of the inhabitants. The re-
the dread of the mutiny law, they threw down their wea-
-
solution professed that what was proposed to be done
would be for the benefit of the labouring classes; but he I pans' and refused to stand by the mates. The
conse
uences were fatal—horrible.
would go a little further than the resolution and say. that ' q The following evidence is sufficient to show the utter
the advantages intended to be conferred would not be helplessness of men who have no leader, and want confi-
conferred on the labouring classes alone—for he had deuce in one another.
found that blessing conferred upon one class of society, William Dunn, the cook, was called and sworn. He
were blessings conferred upon all, and that society was so deposed as follows :-1 was in the cabin when Reason was
interwoven, and in its varied relations so closely allied, called down, about. half-past twelve o'clock one day, and
that the good enjoyed by one portion of it was a good saw the captain, with a bayonet in his hand, standing over
participated in throughout (cheers.) He was convinced
Reason. 1 heard a noise, as if the captain was sticking a
that all they desired would be carried out, and that by the
bayonet -into Reason's head, and he was calling out for
liberality of a Christian public, they would be enabled, mercy, to which the captain said he would show him none
with Christian exultation, to point to the churches they at an. The boy Glover then came into the pantry where
purposed to erect, and say, ' , I was kept, and told me the captain had killed Reason.
"These temples of our God, how beautiful they stand, • Julian Cordivisllo said the captain repeatedly called
The glories of our native plains, the bulwarks of our land!" Mars " Brute, brute, brute," and cut him with a sword.
The REV. HUGH NI`NEILE seconded the resolution, The captain,'while at dinner, kept throwing the sword at
and in doing so said, that though he found he was called Mars, and sometimes it stuck in one place and sometimes
upon to address himself, on an exhausted subject, to an in another; and when it fell he told little Harry to pick it
exhausted auditory, in an exhausted evening, he could up and throw it at him again, for be meant to stick him
not depart without gividg his cordial assent to the appeal 1 all over (great sensation). Well, then, after he had done
made by his friencl, the, honorary secretary of the infant ' so, and all the blood came from his body, the captain said
society (the Rev. Mr. Stewart), to a sense of whose I d'Take that brute away—take him away--squeese him."
merits and exertions he was glad of the opportunity of The captain said, " What for don't you arm yourselves?
giving public expression. It was a source of satisfaction Go and call all bands to squeese that brute—
to him (Mr. M'Neile), to feel that they, the clergy, were or else I'll squeese somebody else."
a more distinct account
engaged in their proper place, at their proper work, doing William Dunn, the cook, gave
that which they would be glad to be found doing when as to what occurred when Mars was first called into the
their master came among them. The words of the reso- cabin, after the captain came aboard from Fayal, about
lotion implied that they were about to secure the best the 25th September. The captain, on his return to the
interests of the poor, and this was true. The interests of ; island, sent for Mars and spoke to him, and immediately
the poor were now attracting and occupying attention ; I struck him with the cutlass. The first gash was across his
the insalubrity of their dwellings was being ameliorated, I whiskers, on the right side of his face—a dreadful cut. I
if not entirely cured : ample supply of water to their I heard a great noise in the captain's cabin, and then heard
abodes had its enthusiastic advocates, and means were , Mars breathe short and thick, as if he was strangling.
being taken that would secure so desirable an object: and ; Then all was quiet. In a minute I beard a noise again,
all these, and many other things, now elicited the bene- and heard the captain tell Mars to jump out of the cabin
volent labours of those members of society who were at window. Mars said he could not, and that he wished. to be
all times eager in increasing the happiness of their fellow tried by the laws of his country.
down fingers were cut to
creatures. Now all that was excellent :—they knew the ' pieces, the joints were hanging , and the bone was
full value of it : but supposing everything desired effected, sticking out of his lit.le finger.
all the accessions to human happiness, and to the proton- Mary Blewitt deposed, 1 was a passenger on beard the
gation of human life secured, what then? The question ship Tor. I remember three of the men being in irons
y
reiterated itself in all its power, what then ? Men had I in some part of the rigging. On the 24th of September, I
souls as well as bodies. Improvement committees under believe about three or four o'clock, I heard Captain John.
the municipal government were admirable; Health of stone' demand that the chief mate should be found and
Towns' Associations were admirable things, but when all brought to him wherever he was. The captain had a
which these laboured for was attained, the work of works loaded pistol in his left hand, and a cutlass in his right
was untouched. The object of those was to cleanse the hand. Captain Johnstone always ordered his pistols to be
body; but they would cleanse the soul : they would labour loaded when they were brought to him. He was striking
for a supply of the water which, for every man who drank Hambert right and left over the head and shoulders.
of it, would spring up as a fountain of everlasting life. While Captain Johnstone was cuttineat him he cried for
(Cheers.) Such a resolution must have the concurrence mercy, and said "Spare me." Captain Johnstone said,
of the meeting, and he need use no further argument. In " Now, you overgrown monster—you cowardly brute,
Toxteth-park, the case was not one of mere destitution ; where are you?" With that he .struck at Rambert with
his cutlass. He slashed at him in this manner about the
the evil was not negative; for the seeds of evil were in
_:.,d. and riliere was a congeniality for, evil in the i head and shoulders.
- • - • --- . The noor mete),

INQUESTS BEFORE Y
O. Y
CORONERES, ESQ.,
COUNT

SHIP

THE Al ROCITIES ON BOARD THE
TORY.
We have, within the last few weeks, detailed some of
the circumstances attending a charge of piracy and mutiny
on boaid the Tory cf Liverpool, on her way from India to
England, and we have this week to narrate deeds of atro-
city which are utterly horrible. They make the heart sick.
On Tuesday and 'Wednesday last, Captain Johnstone
was brought up at the Thames Police-office, for further
examination. ' on remanded. The wretched
great debility, was supported by
two policemen, and accommodated with a chair. Con-
trary to expectation, no solicitor or barrister appeared to
sustain the charge, and the prisoner only had an attorney
ro watch the proceedings. The charge was for the murder
"--. mate, Ramberr, the second mate, Mars, and a

at rascal,

umped overboard and was drowned

human soul. These seeds were spread abroad by energe- --- r- ~ .
tic agents—men, who, dissatisfied with the present, longed
for change, believing change would bring them advantage,
and who to bring about change, stooped to means, and meeting of this body was held on Thursday evening ; H.
adopted doctrines which they themselves despised and I Winch, Esq., in the chair. The proceedings of the Im-
disbelieved. Their object was effected by the circulqiisu provement Committee contained a recommendation that
of certain cheap publications among the ignorant, and the gas and water works should be erected on the margin
easily deceived population,—publications put forth in of Wallasey Pool; and that measures should be taken for
shape and guise. He had himself recently read one, the removal of the powder magazines. The two rates for
in the form of an almanac for the next year. and which, the ensuing year were laid, the first for general purposes,
among various other subjects, treated on astronomy and and the second for defraying the expenses of obtaining the
mesmerism ; and one part of the book, which had par- act; and a special meeting of commissioners was appointed
ticularly attracted his attention, was that in which a for the 22d instant, to hear objections, in conformity with
mesmeric patient was answering astronomical ques'ions, the 281st sectiein of the act of parliament. Mr. T. K.
giving replies of the most irreligious and destructive ten- Hassall was appointed clerk to the commissioners, at a
dency. The patient professed to know, by supernatural ,salary of £2OO per annum.
agency, that the planets were the after-recipients of the CONCERT.—One of the best minor concerts thst has
souls of human beings,—some planets, as Mars and been given during the season took place at the Concert-
Jupiter, being hells, and Venus and others places of case. hall, on Wednesday evening last. Miss Whirnall was
te in
(Laughter.) The patient also declared that she saw St. excellent voice, and the multiplicity of pieces she d
Peter, and she described what sort of a man he was • she were all executed with that taste and strict adherence to
also saw Voltaire, and declared he was pretty well off, and musical beauties that characterise her general perform-
in answer to a question as to who was worse off than him, ances. Her duties were far too arduous, and though
she unhesitatingly declared that• Henry Viii was. singing three times consecutively, was highly delighting
(Laughter.) (Mr, M'Neile proceeded to expose the evil to -the audience, it must be fatiguing to herself. Mies
and Popish tendencies of such doctrines when read by an Rose Joseph sang the Wandering Gipsy Girl beautifully.
ignorant population.) All the arguments which could Mr. Reeves was rapturously received throßghout, and we
possibly recommend tbeir adopting their resolution had f
cannot omit noticin the performance oWiss Wilkinson
been gone over, and they had now received the strongest on the piano-orte, whch, considering it was her debut,
of all arguments—tile actual extent of the destitution, was perfectly astounding. She fingers well, and has that
and the certainty that, if they did not exert themselves, delicacy of touch and taste that predict her becoming one
they would deliver over the people to doctrines the most of the first of her day.
abominable and destructive that ever were conceived or To-raorrow evening, Love, the Polyphonist, makes his
professed. (Hear, hear.) •He sincerely hoped, that even first appearance at the Royal Assembly Rooms. Since
greater success than they bad ventured as yet to hope for his previous visit to this town we have had nothing of the
would attend the new soeletyfor church extension, and kind in Liverpool which has given such geneial satis-
that the obstacles which it Wo'ulcl, in the course of things, faction as his entertainments. To compare the merits of
encounter, wouldnat deter them from prosecuting a good these productions with anything of similar character
and great work. It was auseless attempt, as the story of Presented by other imitative artists, hoWever meritorious,
the Painter. proved; tp endeavour to please all men ; for if would be doing injustice to Mr. Love, who does not follow
they commenced by, ieeking to please all, they would end in any degree the style and manner of his predecessors;
in gratifying none (Hear, bear.) Their only plan was but on the contrary, avoids the beaten track, and strikes
to do what they believed to be right ; and, in doing this, out into a path untraversed by all who have gone before
they must pay no attention what people said of them— him. His vocal peculiarities have never been equalled in
nor of what people printed of them either. (Laughter.) our time, and the number of characters he produces, and
They would recollect the saying of Crabbe,—a true saying the distances at which some of them are heard, almost
though not said in rhyme—that a great lie was like a exceed belief. These excellencies, however. constitute
great fish out of water; it makes a great splash and a but an inconsiderable item in the attractions of the
great splutter; but let it alone and it dies of itself. evening's amusements, which, to form an adequate idea
(Laughter.) Tbey would also have to recollect the saying of, must be witnessed, and
hearing him we advise all our friends not
of another eminent man, to a young friend complaining to lose the opportunity of .