The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-20 00:00:00

Nay 20, ISSi;

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

The fourteenth and last ordinary meeting eves, of the
bets of this society was held at the usual place last
J. B. Yates, Esq., in the chair. Re'
Before the business of the meeting commenced the 0
Dr. HumE entered into a very extended explanatioatilie
refutation of the observations made by Dr. Inman at lost
preceding meeting relative to the alleged charges ft ;/411
the officers of the society contained in a peinPhlet re(ci
pamphlet
published by the former gentleman. He rep sheo
his object in writing the pamphlet referred to wog °bolsi
that the society suffered from the narrowness of its
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and indicated some similar societies in other te„beit
whose high standing was in part to be traced to ;lob
peculiar organisation, one important feature of woucii,
was the equal balance of the members of e°ll
who were chosen to act in sectional departments. „a
contended that Dr. Inman's assertion that this
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been done in their society was incorrect; lite:.•011
denied that the number of papers on natural ulded
as stated to have been read was correct, and prettori
to place nearly the whole of those papers in any ca—od
rather than that which had been assiffned to tbec;. -se
then as for the members of council constituting te;(00
called department of natural history, heagaindissente"„s td
Dr. Inman, on the ground that they had no pretelsl."ol
the important positions assigned to them—none ,uti'ing.
occupying the position of professors or teachers nay' ile
right to act asre presentative: of any particular scisoy
directed attention to the obnoxious paragraph in his fats
phlet, as quoted by Dr. Inman, to shew that hisaccuser t
both mistaken in his (Dr. H.'s) meaning, and inc°ri,reaefill
his interpretation. He complained of the attack "and
been made on him during his absene,e',„
concluded by challenging his opponents to rereZct.
portion of what he had given utterance to on the eg"iPA
Dr. INMAN briefly replied. He said he should le he
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his character in the hands of the society, to
whoeit:
thought he was pretty well known with reference to.
charge of want of courtesy on his part, in net
apprised Dr. Hume of his intention to ice Pug-d
observations made in his pamphlet. He retort° tis
bringing a similar charge against his oPPeniellialed
theto r rebut
etrhs eo charge ht ahreg
having printed the objectionable remarks ,`"-edeff
to, without having apprised the society. fie pr°6l-t. bf
been distinctly made. With respect to wliet,„pre
be considered to be natural history, there trig"' that,
seoocfie
twyr
whicho f attentioncharg charge
h et to
o theirnte ntdreuasilliti
a difference of opinion, but he contended
the element of natural history was much greeteurilo.
their society than the element of either literature or Pio,
sophy. These remarks formed the substance of MA' 1310
man's justification ; after which, Dr. Behrend re
paper, which formed the business of the evening.

The Duke of Portland has made a return of 35 Per
to his numerous tenantry in Northumberland. g COIV
It is now confidently stated that the Pope "a-
demned the Queen's College in Ireland. oof
On Thursday a splendid first-class East indfs,nl7,4oo'g.
1200 tons, called the Clymene, was launched at Vi er-pdt
ton. She is the largest vessel ever built in Cumberia
and will sail from this Dort about the middle of Junit'
A toasting fork maker in humble circumstances, cost
mingham, is the fortunate holder of a picture whic`;rerea
him little more than £5. He has already been e'
£lOOO for it, but its value is estimated at £l5OO. vrOt
A series of resolutions against the Papal Aggressiondig,
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uayros rasiineomdnFt:irjniobdretaitltyiwye
leoaSesrnyt2naD7ondtro.,i
na3qt.B Cooke,el Belfast, satn,
d oneafter a
overy w
os t oral.
eagb e rs,
West Kent, on view of auebsotd , istoll,'
ywawsh dpraotveidi High talidatoor:
Mr. Todd, a barrister, who was accidentally drowne the
Easter Sunday, whilst cruising with some -friends in
Thames, below Gravesend. I'o4'
Capt. Somerset, who is now in the House of COOO,
tion for assaulting a policeman, is visited daily blr 110
bers of the nobility and members of parliameni'„a so
wears the prison dress, subsists on the prison diet,?"
fares in that respect as any other inmate of the gsel'eesC
On Saturday a splendid demonstration took PlB6. F.
Cambridge, on the occasion of the presentation to, to for
Young, Esq., of a requisition to become a candid:
the representation of that county, at the apPre,";o
general election. Great enthusiasm prevailed, anuichife
evening a grand banquet was served up at the
LiThe on Hotel.
lessees of the Caledonian and Dumbartotiliseliviel
Rail:vay have applied to the shareholders to be rie,, rent
from their contract, offering £BOO in addition to tani-ptof
up to the 15th instant, and to hand over to the e 0 al Wig
the extra plant, valued at about £240. The prePl'ops
been accepted, the lessees stating that their re%ing up
asking for the concession originated in their
ea:lnaction with the West 1-Fghland trade. quarter
TITHE REDEMPTION TRUST.—At the last efrnorte.
meeting of the Tithe Redemption Trust, it was rep sing
that 25 cases of alienation of parochial tithes were Prd
for consideration, and several fresh applications 11,rust i 5
received. By a statement recently issued by the coy
appears that, according to the return of the Titll titheo
missioners, in May, 1848, the annual amount e,'„,,god;
then commuted in the hands oflaymen was X731,5°' gseeSi
belonging to clerical corporations and their le hog,
£650,216 Bs. 4d. ; to schools, colleges, and ~id.;
pitals, and to their lessees, £187,519 ss. *-tii°
total, £1,569 271 3s. 71d. Attention is called to tot
recommendation of Lord Harrowby's commission,,,,o9
the leases of the tithes belonging to clerical corporso;of
should be suffered to expire, so as to bring the 60,10
capitular bodies within the operation of the 3d and gad
Vic., c. 113, by which due provision is required testae,
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, out of such
-
for the spiritual wants of the parish. Court
BREACH OFua PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—In the - oser
Queen's Bench, on Wednesday, a breach of proms 0
" Cutting V. Le Blanc," was heard. The plaint',3,o year
young woman, the daughter of a farmer, who inliffoo
1839 was residing at Tooting ; at that time the plem.,or
17 years of age, and the defendant, who is a
large practice, then became acquainted with her, ifeeperr
duced her to come and lire with him as his houSe"id
saying that at that time, for family reasons, he c°u lived
marry her, but that he would do so ultimately. slue
with him until the rear 1847, when he succeeded in Ate)°,
ing her, and in 1848 she was delivered of a child. 4,00"
time the plaintiff had many letters, in which the de'dsar
had promised to marry her ; but the defendant %L eta'
ceeded in obtaining possession of them, destrole'door*
and in 1850 turned the plaintiff and her child out ol.,00!1:
without a penny in the world, in the most heartlePth tril;
ner. After the case had proceeded a certain lel. 0
defendant's counsel consented to a verdict for £P sic' the
Humphrey accepted this sum. Lord Campbellisooll
defendant should have done so long ago, an
never have allowed the case to come into court. j„,tltP;
FALL OF A NEW BUILDING, DREADFUL LOSS C".1c0%
—On Saturday morning, about a quarter before 110 0J
the inhabitants of Gracechurch-street, London, 5,09;
vicinity were dreadfully alarmed by a most sudde?roooosg
similar to a peal of thunder, accompanied by se rit °
cloud of dust. As soon as the atmospheie got clearoeti,
ascertained. from the cries and groans of the wib°r 00.;
that the iron roof of a new building intended , odetrg
mercial chambers had fallen in, burying beneath f", 0 pre'
to bell
a number of workmen who were employed °_,nbsire
mises. The premises were very extensive, anuTbere gel'
in course of erection for about nine months. iron
to be about 140 apartments. It is supposed a some 1",11
der, crossing one of the staircases, broke &Ml tbrOlit
perceptible defect, and by its falling weight broke. bull
th
wall towards the court' 00
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as
stbeer itnn l
al
,nthedp riwirzohendi
which
ovienrt asuocfc
consequentlywsshi eehi
drew
r eebawecTi
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of
with it a part of the external
nres
number of persons killed was six, 50 far as ee"
long,ascertained.
a one To wr ot
wootlmi e rosrea,rei t ni
so tfeeaxrpeedc, te
ared t
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islul rtivai vd r 11:,

ruitslNCE ALBERT'S MODEL HOUSE FOR FOUR. haiiv:
le
AT HYDE-PARK.—In its general arrangement, the b the
ing is adapted for the occupation of four families °off
manufacturing and mechanical operatives, svh°,l°s the
reside in towns or their immediate vicinity; ans. 1 "L"
value of land, which leads to the economising of sPa oot,
r f°
the placing of more than one family under the en o
in some cases, renders the addition of a third, and evoch.fits
fourth, story desirable, the plan has been suited to squisl t
arrangement without any other alteration than the retoillefeij
increase in the strength of the walls. The most prootectoe
peculiarity of the design is that of the receding and Pr oribbtet
central open staircase, with the connecting gs"!'rices,'"oo
first floor, formed of slate, and sheltered from the seine
by the continuation of the main roof, which 0000 7r,
the entrance to the dwellings. The four tenelcli tof
arranged on precisely the same plan—two on `alell'be
As the peculiarities of the building aro the exchl;tii4 the
hollow bricks for the walls and partitions (exce,r 50'6
foundations, which are of ordinary brick worl(t,/ 001, ,01
entire absence of timber in the floors and r00G.1.04
formed with flat arches of hollow brickwork, 1.1v9.1./- roulli,4s°
eight to nine inches, set in cement, and tied biePt to,
iron rods, connected with cast iron springers, " 00'4110°
on the external walls, and bind the whole snot, "dc'
together; the building is thus rendered firePr-notr,lo,
much less liable to decay than those of ordinary cove
tion. The roof arching, which is levelled with, ""secSi.
and covered with patent metallic lava, effectually
the upper rooms from the liability to changes 13' 0010
ature to which apartments next the roof are 4 of
fand
t uo aft bl
era),
percolationsubject,
effectually
moisture so common throUg! ti
transmission of sound as we' 0011;0
floors,
floors.—Builder.
, Cs 04,
MARRIED.-011 Sunday last, at St. John's II
oiimtpeded by the hollow 11c: tcPliC
Chapel, Latham, Mr. Frederick Morton Jones,fc sti
tor, Huddersfield, to Elizabeth, daughter of 3". r.
Sharrock, of Scarisbrick.

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