The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

TARVIN HALL SCHOOL,

NEAR CHESTER,
FOR THE EDUCATION OF RESIDENT PUPILS
the frtill und-r the superintendence and tuition of
nz resident Masters :
le PrtiNcrea.L.—JOHN BRINDLEY,of Magdalen Col-
ge' Cambridge, Ph. D., M.A. of the University of
ssen, formerly Second Master of the Grammar
Brigg ; and Head Master of the Oldswinford
Hospitil endowed School, Worcestershire.
ASSISTANT.—CHARLES JONES, Trinity College,
FIRST CLASSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL MASTER.—
S. CROOKE, 8.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge,
in double honours.
MASTER,—MONSIEUR BOIN, 8.A., of the
University of Paris.
GERMAN, DRAWING, AND MUSIC MASTER.—HERR
BUELLHUItST, a Native of Hanover.
JuNioa MASIER.—Mr, R. K. BROWNE.
Datt.t, MASTER, and Play 'Ground Superintendent.—
IiERGEANT COX, late of the 40th Regiment.
The 'hove Masers are resident.
TEACHER OF DANCING.—Mr. EDGAR WEBSTER,
Chester.
VISITING SURGEON.—Mr. GEORGE HARRISON,
Chester.
1. Thoe. 're oldects aimed-at in this EstabliAhment are,
Education, a thorough Scriptural and Gentlemanly
underu Matters of high Classical and Mathe-
tualicat attainments.
2. To provide a sound Classical and Mathematical Ed-
ucation for pupils preparing for the Universities and
learned Professions—end an equally sound course of bu-
siness instruction, with•daily practice in the ModervCon.
tinental Languages for Mercantile scholars.
3. To maintiin in every department the strictest Dis-
cipline, united with kindness and moderation, and the
absence of corporal punishment, except in extreme cases
and then to be inflicted by the Principal only. ,
4. Po treat 'he Pupil, as members of the family, pro-
viding them liberally with domestic comforts at the same
table with the Principal and Masters.

5. To include tender one chave every expence both in
Educational and Dorne,tic departments, that there may
no extras for Stationery, Printed Books, Washing, Medi-
cal Attendance, nor under any pretext whatever.

TERMS:
Under Twelve years of age . Forty Guineas per aiinum.
Above Twelve and under Sixteen years of age.. .Fifty Gui-
nea, per annum.
Above Sixteen years of age.. Sixty Guineas per annum.
Private Pupils are allowed a Private Study and seperate
Bedroom.. One Hundred Guineas per annum.
All payments to be made in advance, either Quarterly or
Ultlf-vearly.
Niiniber of Pupils now in the School SIXTY-FIVE.
Tarvjn Hall,.September, 1844.

NOTICE TO INNTORS.
Office for Patentv of InventionsVE
and Registrations of
THE P 14, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
INV ENTrInI"'INSTRUCTIONS gratis, and every in-
fnrmation upon the subject of PROTECTION for
°NS, either by Letters Patent or-the Designs
Actf In 4V hr had by applying personally, or by letter
174ir%tionn.MprieAldLsE. ALEXANDER PRINCE, at the. Office, 14,

HIME ND 'S
PIANO-FORTE AN IA MUSIC WAREHOUSE,
52, CHURCH-STREET.
MESSRS. HIME and SON solicit attention to their
Estlblish ment, where may be seen the most important
IMPROVEMENTS in the PIANO-FORTE,
THE EXTRA-S comprising
IZED SIX-AND-A-HALF`OCTAVE
PATENT GRAND SQUARE,
WITH GRAND PIANO-FORTE ACTION.;
SPLENDIDLY -FINISHED BOUDOIR COTTAGE.
THE HIGHLY CELEBRATED
BICH ORDA & VICTORIA REPETITION'GRAND,
TIIE PATE AND
NT HORIZONTAL COTTAGE GRAND,
Measuring sfl. Bin. by 3ft. thin.,
the manufacture of T. 9, s-r,. JOHN BROADWOoDtt. SONS;
THE PATENT 'REPEATER SEMI GRAND,
AND MICROCHORDON,
of Messrs. COLLARD and COLLARD, with their latest and
valuable impiovements;
TOMKISON'S NEW PATENT PI ANETTE,
and every other variety of INSTRUMENT by the above

Manufacturer:.

Having experienced Workmen constantly on the pre-
mises, Messrs. H. and Son undertake every description
of Repairing and Tuning.
A hirge Assortment for ;HIRE, and a great variety of
Second-hand INSTRUMENTS on SALE.

-HARP STRINGS of the beet quality, in Sets or Singly;
Superior Roman and English STRINGS.
*Old instruments taken in Exchange, or Sold on Corn-

minion.

MUSIC NEATLY BOUND.
IV.B.—Musical Works Engraved, Printed, &' Published.
A great variety of superior-toned A CC 0 R MONS.

We refer those of our readers who are interested to the
advertisement of the Anatomical Parisian Venus adver-
tised in another column. It is a surprising work of art,
and well displays every portion of the frame in which either
the amateur or the professional may be interested.
A VAcT.---In the window of the Servants' Registry-
td6ce, in Wells, may be seen—" Place wanted, by a young
woman, as cook, is a respectable fatmily, where a pious
footman is kept of High Church principles."
NOT BAIL—A "flying stationer," who sells ballads by
the yard, was crying his catalogue the other day, and after
bawlit,g out the first line of his last song, " Oh ! say not
oman's love is bought," immediately added, " for the
small charge of a halfpenny !"
r. ARITHMETIC AND DYNAMICS.—" If," said the Liberal
ird Radnor, to the Highworth labourers, " I could get
a a perch, and let it to you for 5d., I should make you
k prase of 3d." Could Cocker have shown a deeper
,11°.".1,wledue of subtraction, or Archimedes a better ac-
sg 'untance with the properties of the Screw ?—Punch.
AbPL
Tlv . PHI HOTEL.—RANELAGH STREET AND PLACE
io BIS name arose from its proximity to the White
G a ud e, or, as it was afterwards called, " Ranelagh Tea
hear e---," Chelsea
imitation of a similar place of amusement
stood Cwhheisea' in
Middlesex, then in great vogue. It
an a ere the Adelphi Hotel now presents so handsome
fronrearanee,
express This establishment had about 60 yards
theand extended to 106 yards in width. It wag built
for
entert * purpose of affording a general place of
fort beallnment for the public, every convenience and corn-
son •ng
Provided. It was kept by a man named Gib-
tiDit:grorate
~
ei. who lived in it thirty-five years. He was brother to
%.11 landlord of the '° Folly.' In the centre was a rotunda,
d hi the Chinese manner; concerts were given
acts' and superb fireworks were displayed between the
olire,•' he company as-embled were very numerous. The
an ~,e'l°a was under an Italian, and a person named Jolley,
in arateur• The lower part of the garden was laid out
of the yes,
where parties took refreshments ; at the top
;1R ue garden was a noble terraced walk, much frequented
3-e a pro was
1 Lte• In the gardens were all descriptions of
plied flowers; there was also a fish-pond, well sup-
with_,
toad' cart,. tench, dace, &c. It was ahcut five yards
thZ, and confined by a wall; the water being ver clear,
Dlach 4 was observable, and at all times were objects 4. of
this f amusement and attraction. The last exhibition at
uopegard,n
the avourite place of entertainment was in 1760; part of
was afterwards
maker everconverted into the " White
Place Y • A concert was, however, advertised to take
Tuestiav oyening by Mr. ClithProe, firework-
toy the Duke of York, as late as 1766. In Raneh-
Zia_ll;street, 1766, a house was advertised for sale, who
I, ~I allied at £l2 12s. yearly. In 1802 it is stated that
'e,r had been a
sons hine-kiln in this street tor 30 yep.,rs,
7 0 _vvnTch few peons were aware, it beiPs §eCIAMI:• d*
4`4P,Vd Pipiorie, Liverpool.

IMPORTANT MEETING OF i'HE WATCH COM-

MITTEE:
MANLY CONDUCT OF MR. PARKER,
AND TRIUMPHANT VINDICATION OF MR.

DAVID HODGSON.

Tire general meeting of the Watch Committee of the
Town-council was held on Saturday last, at noun. The
principal objects of the meeting were to receive and con-
sider the depositions taken by the magistrates in the case
of Mr. Parker's alleged interterence with the police in the
discharge of their duties, (copies of which had been fur-
nished upon the application of the Watch Committee,)
and to investigate further, the allegation of the chairman,
(Mr. David Hodgson,) at the magistrates' meeting on
Thursday last, that the Stipendiary Magistrate had
threatened the Commissioner of Police with dismissal if
he did not carry out the orders of a previous meeting of
magistrates, without submitting them in the first instance
to the Watch Committee. The following members of the
committee were present :—Messrs. Hodgson, Thornhill,
James Biancker, Harbord, Kilshaw, Hugh Hornby, Hen-
derson, Mann, G. G. Hornby. T. B. Horsfall, J. C.
Thompson, Tinne, Sothern, Glazebrook, Jones, and
Houghton, sen. Mr. Parker did not attend. Mr. Hodg-
son presided over the first part of the proceedings; during
the others, in which he was personally concerned, Mr.
Thine occupied the chair.—As to the reporters for the
public press. of whom seven were in attendance, their ap-
plications for admission acre received and treated with
marked courtesy and attention, the committee appearing
unanimous in a desire for all their proceedings, in these
matters, being known. The admission of the representa-
tives of the press, however, was limited to this special
occasion.
VERACITY OF THE " ALBION."

Mr. T. B. 11ORSFALL, before the business of the day
was proceeded with, wished to ask one question. It had
been stated [in the Albion] that application was made at
the last meeting of the committee for the admission of
reporters, and that the applicttion was refused. Now, he
could only say, that he was present during the whole pro-
ceedings at that meeting, and he beard of no such applica-
tion. If one bad been made, he certainl, should have
supported it; but not having heard it, he begged respect-
fully to ask the chairman, (Mr. Hodgson,) whether any
such application was made, and, if so, upon w hat authority
it had been refused ?
The CHAIRMAN replied, that no application whatever
had been made. He heard, however, before coming into
the room, that an application would be made, and he was
asked to express his opinion upon it, but he said that
being in the chair he would rather that any which he
should give should come from the board itself. He there-
fore expected that an application would have been made ;
but none was made. As there appeared to be some mis-
apprehension on the subject, perhaps some of the reporters
now present would have the goodness to state if such ap-
plication was made, and, if made, to whom?
Mr. HARBOR° thought it would be unnecessary to refer
to the reporters, as he could afford some explanation. In
consequence of the article [in the A bionj having been
brought under the notice of the daily board by Mr. Horn-
by, he, (Mr. Harbord,) as chairman of the daily board,
considered it his duty to cause an investigation to be
made. The result was, that Mr. Walker, who appeared
OD behalf of the STANDARD, was requested to attend the
hoard on Monday afternoon; and by his explanation, it
was satisfactorily proved that no such application had been
made to the weekly board. Mr. IA alker admitted that he
had made an inquiry only as to whether reporters would
be admitted from Mr. Cowan, one of the clerks in the
office, who went into Mr. Dowling's office and put the
question to him. Mr. Dowling, not know ng the reason
for such an inquiry, briefly gave an answer, that it was
not customary, and reporters of 'course would not be ad-
mitted. Had the request been made to the board, instead
of a mere inquiry in the clerk's office, there would have
been no error in this matter. The statement in the Albion
was, therefore, fallacious. Mr. Walker had been asked
distinctly to state, whether the proprietors of the
STANDARD, which he represented, felt at all aggrieved at
the non-admission ; he replied, " Decidedly not"—that
he had made the inquiry not in any wish to persist in the
matter, without be found the committee had predeter-
mined upon the admission. He (Mr. Harbord) had also
taken occasion to satisfy himself on the point by asking
one of the proprietors of the STANDARD whether he con-
sidered there had been a negative given to any application
he had caused to be made ; and that gentleman replied,
1 " Decidedly not."

The CHAIRMAN asked whether the board was sitting at
the time the inquiry was made by the reporter ?
Mr. H A RBORD replied in the affirmative.
The CHAIRMAN.—And no rnes.,age was sent in?
Mr. HARBORD.—No message was sent in. Triere was
nothing more given than the indirect negative, through
Mr. Cowan, that admission to reporters had not been cus-
tomary ; and Mr. Cowan gave that answer without com-
municating anything about the inquiry to the.conamittee
duAtig their sAting. He (Mr. Harbord) had no doubt
that if the statement [in the Albion] were read, the board
would find it, from the beginning to the end, a fallacious
statement, to say the least of it.
This subject then dropped.
case MR. FARMER'S CASE: THE DEPOSIZIONS.
The CH AIRMAN read a letter from the Mayor, dated
November 29, inclosing copies of the depositions in the
of Mr. Parker's alleged interference, taken before the
magistrates. These depositions were readn. length by
Mr. Asl,lll, the clerk; and the substance of them has
already
appeared in the STANDARD.
On the motion of Mr. THOMPSON, seconded by Mr.
GLAZEBROOK, they were ordered to be entered on the
minutes.

Mr. THOMP+ION moved that the proceedings which ap-
peared on the books of the Rose-hill Bridewell be read.
Mr. Ghzebrook seconded the motion.
The CHAIRAIAIV said he had read those books, and he
did not find that they contained any entry whatever of
interference on:the part of Mr. Parker. There had been
no report furnished to that board of any irregularity what-
ever. It was the bounden duty of till officers to put4own
all events that occurred to them in the discharge of their
duty, even of the most minute cbaracter. If a person
was found drunk, or in any other situation to bring him
under notice, there was a report ade of it; and indeed

it was no more than the duty of the officer to do so.
There was certainly an entry, on the,sth of November, of
Mr. Parker having been twice at the station, but.there

was not one word the books (tor he had examined them
himself) of any initrference on the part of Mr. Parker.
Likewise, there was no report of any information being
laid before ihe magistrates of anything chargeable before
the magistrates. So that if the officers had avowed inter-

ferencewiththern (an offence of a serious character) .n-
-stead of receiving thanks—as thanks were offered to them
by the magistrates—for their resisting an undue inter-
ferenc,, he thought that the committee would be called
upon to reprr:bate most markedly the conduct of their
officers for haviog omitted to report to them a matter so
importatr, especially when they knew it was the practice
to make reports of the most minute circumstances that
occurred.
Mr. THOMPSON.—Was there no report made of this
offence to Mr. Dowling?
The CH AIRMAN.—There does not appear to be any re-
port of Mr. Dowling's.
Mr. TIN N B. —Are the officers in attendance?
The CHAIRMAN had di►ected the officers to be in at-
tendance for the purpose of being asked any questions.
Mr. AsuLIN, at the request of the committee, then
read the whole of the entries upon the book of .Rose-hill
station and the central station, on the sth of November.
There appeared upon them Inspector Goudy's report of
the transactions at Allen's public-house, but no report
mentioning Mr. .Parker. In the memorandum book of
Rose-hill station, lowever. there appeared two entries
that " James Parker, Esquire, had visited the station
at a quarter pa-t five o'clock, and again at nine o'clock."
Mr. H ARBORD understood that it was not an uncom-
mon thing fix Mr. Thornhill and other individual mem-
bers of the committee, :to.be in the habit both in the day
time and in the evening of visiting the station houses.
Mr. THOMPSON said he had often done so.

Mr. THORNHILL said he did so perhaps two or three
times a week. He did so last night, but of course he did
not expect the superintendents or inspectors to make re-
ports to the committee or head-constable of every con-
versation that took place. They were not called upon to
do anything of the kind. How this information as to
Mr. Parket had come out he could not say ; It must have
come out horn an inquiry for the purpose.
The CHAIRMAN suggested that, before any further dis-
cussion took place, Use charge actually made before the
magistrates should be read in order that the whole might
be carried through.
Mr. ASHLIN then read Inspector Goudy's report as to
Ailen's house from the Commissioner's books, from which
it appeared that Allen had been fined 50s. This book, in
answer to Mr. Hugh Hornby, was described as a book of
informations laid against parties, which informations are
afterwards heard before the bitting magistrate.

Me. THOMPSON said that, as there was no information,
upon the proceedings just read, of a report having been
made in any way to the committee, or to Mr. Hodgson as
chairman, on the sth of Novemb.er, of the matter re-
ferred to in the depositions before the magistrates,—he
wished to know from the chairman (as being a magistrate
and present at their meetings) in what way the informa-
tion came before the magistrates, and who was the party
conveying that information, in order that that party
might be examined before the committee for them to
ascertain ;dry the same information was not given to
them. The committee had no means of ascertaining the
facts from their books, nor indeed had they any other
means of arriving at them but by bringing the parties be-
fore them and taking their examinations.
Mr. T. B. HortspAi.e, as a recently-elected member of
the committee, was exceedingly surprised to learn that
there was no record whatever of the charges that had been
preferred against Mr. Parker. Was he to understand
that those books were the only books in which such
record would be made ?
The CHAIRMAN —Yes-
Mr. T. B. HORSFALL.—And that there was not a single
minute entered of any charge brought against M r. Parker?
Was he to understand. that the individual—against whom
the constables,
superintendents, or whoever they were,
had so far neglected their duty as not to enter any charge
whatever upon their books—had been puslicly attacked by
the magistrates?
The CHAIRMAN.—It is SO, sir.
Mr. HORNBY asked the chairman if he was able to say
for the information of the committee, whether it had been
usual for the superintendents and inspectors to place upon
the bGoks from which extracts had been read any conver-
sation that might take place between them and members
of the corninitto? Had there been any instance of it since
the formation of the committee? He (Mr. Hornby) had
been a member of it for two or three years, and he never
before beard of any charges for neglecting to make such
entries being
brought before the committee. Tie books
went, kept tor quite different purposes. They were for the
purpose of stating any facts which came under the con-
sideration of the officers relating to the preservation of the
to infurroationg being
pence, or any other matters which might afterwards tend
laid; but not that police officers