The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-03 00:00:00

Yours, obediently,
B. R. HAYDON.

London Rb ~ 1843,

[We have' recefved the above rather wrathy communica-
tion from Mr. Haydon on the subject of the notice, which
appeared in the STANDARD a few publications ago, of the
engraving from this picture. Mr. Haydon's assertion that the
engraver cannot make up for the want of skill in the artist,
will not alter our opinion. We Praised the picture highly—
and we thought even Mr. Haydon would have been satisfied
with when we said—but it seems no ordinary quantity of
commendation will serve him. We did not say that Mr.
Haydon wanted skill, we said, " An engraver made up for a
want of skill in the artist," and so he does ; Mr. Haydon
may not know it, but we do, that nine persons out of ten
disliked the original picture when it was exhibited in the
Mechanics' Exhibition Room—while the same persons
greatly admire the engraving. As for Mr. Haydon's abused
the press, that goes for nothing; and his complimenting
Liverpool as a modern Florence is really laughable, and
shows tr lamentable ignorance of the feeling towards fine art
in the town.—E.L.S.l

The Morninii Chronicle says that " a story is rife that
Lord Brougham is to succeed Lord Abinger as chief baron."
We mentioned a few days since that her Majesty had pre-
sented the munificent sum of £I,OOO to Christ's Hospital,
London. 'lt is a singular fact, that since the institution was
founded by Edwerd VI., no sovereign of this realm has ever
bestowed one farthing upon it.

AN EXTRAORDINARY BAR OF IRON.—The largest bar of
iron ever made was rolled at the Cytarthfa Ironworks, near
Merthyr' Tidvil,Tidvil, on Saturday last. and is, we are informed,
for a house in Ilollarid. It is a cable bolt, 25ft. in length,
and 6 inches in diameter, and weighs about 2,4001 b. The
pile from which it was rolled was about 7ft. long by 12 inches
square, and weighed upwards of £2,6001b5.
SOUTHAMPTON, March I.—The Oriental departed this
morning for Malta and Alexandria with about 70 passengers,
nearly the whole of them for India; and she will take on
board the Indian and Mediterranean mails at Falmouth to-
morrow. She has on board a nurnber of hoises and carriages,
and a large quantity of harness and equipments for the desert
transit in Egypt. The carriages are on two'wheels of large
diameter, and with broad tires. The horses are put to them
curricle fashion. They are very light, elegant, and commo-
dious vellicies.

. .
UNPLEASANT ADVENTURE.—A few days since a young
lady was returning from Bluetown to Miletown late in the
evening : it was unusually dark, nothing being distinctly
visible. As she was crossing the drawbridge, she thought
sho saw an object before her in human form (which, it ap-
pears, was a man idly sitting on the rail), and suddenly
stopping short, thrusting out he; arms at the same time, she
pushed him over the rail,, and the poor fellow, after making
two or three revolutions, found himself in three or four feet
of mud and water. The lady, frightened at what she had
done, screamed aloud, and the man still more loudly cried
Murder," which soon brought some men to the spot, four
of whom in a few minutes extricated the poor fellow from
his perilous and disagreeable situation. After thanking his
friends for their kindness, and blaming himself for his folly,
he returned home to take rest in a bed more agreeable to his
feelings than the one lie had just left, resolving never again
to subject himself to sirni::r treatment.—Kentish paper.
Goon FORTUNE.—Mr. Joseph Leman, of North CadburY,
has prover!, in a Scotch court, his claim to the title, the es-
tate, and the immense sum of money in the funds, of the late
Sir William Leman. Bart., of Norham, Herefordshire. Mr'
Leman's family have lived on or near the same spot in So-
mersetshire for upwards of 140 years. The property consists
of the manor of Barns, commonly called Goodman's Fields'
in London, consisting of Leman-street, Prescot-street, Man*".,
sel-street, Alie-street, and many others too numerous to
name at present—including altogether about 8,000 houses.
There is likewise in the county of Herts, the parish of Nor-
tham, the seat of the late Sir William Leman, which, in-
eluding the church property, amounts to about 2000 acres.
There is also the parish of Worbovs, in Huntingtionshige•
There is another property in Cambridgeshire, called tbs
parish of Rampton : and finally, there is in the funds a sum
amounting to 4:1,600,000, all of which Sir Joseph clainis•
Although an unanimous verdict was returned by the Scot-
tish court. the case will have to pass through the English
Court of Chancery, and the deciSion there given (unless an
appeal to the House of Lords is entered) will be final. This
enormous property has since brought into existence other
claimants.

PERILOUS SITUATION OF A STEAMER.—MUCII uneasi-
'less was experienced on Monday night, owing to a report is
circulation that a steam vessel was seen in a perilous situa-
tion off Rennies Bay, where the unfortunate Killarney was
wrecked, on Saturday, the 20th of January, 1838. It was
stated that about five o'clock that evening, a messenger ar-
rived in town to endeavour to get a steam vessel to put out
to the assistance of another steam vessel, which was seen in
a disabled state off Barry's Point, near the Rennies, and that
she was running on the rocks, as it was blowing a gale f
wind from the S.S.E., dead on the land. As night was fast
approaching, it was deemed useless then to forward a large
steamer, but Mr. Donegan, agent to the river steam com-
pany, dispatched an express messenger to the Rennies,
distance of twelve miles, with instructions that if the assist-
ance of a steam vessel were necessary, and that he conceived
such assistance could be given, he should at once proceed to
Passage and send off the " Tug," which was ordered to be
in readiness. Various surmises
were given as to the name
of the vessel, while that which was most relied on was tba.,. she was the Rhadamanthus, which was expected to arrive in
Cove Harbour to embark a company of the 45th regiment.--
Cork Constitution.

POPERY AND 'run ARMY,—The following extract is from
a Roman Catholic journal. It lays down the law for soldiers
and sailors of that persuasion, and clearly absolves thew
from all allegiance, saue what they owe to the functionaries
of the church of Rome :—" The citizen claims the rights, l°
him discharge the duties, of citizenship. The soldier b?s
chosen his vocation ; let him walk worthily therein. ~.
was not bound to have embraced the military life; but, having
embraced it, he is bound to do his duty, amid the innumera-
ble perils of soul and body, to which it has subjected hill:
.?Vote, his duty is not confined to the person of his comma"'
?iv officer, nor even to the Articles of War. The lanr.°
1,
the aealm is more than both of these
put together. With ''
red coat he assumed a new character, yet
he did not, with
his is
coloured clothes, put away his former character. He .
both soldier and citizen. He is not only soldier and citizen,
he is Catholic. His duties to religion are ever paramoung
to those he owes to the slate. In endeavouring to discharge
the latter he is bound to seek from the church the say!e
helps and counsels he is accustomed to receive fromher?!
his other relations of life. Such are his duties. His rights
are correlative with these. If he is bound to ask the dire_
tions of his confess6r, the latter is bound to impart thew.
The lips of-the priest shall keep knowledge.' There is
„r
reservation in that promise. There is
no department 'ill,
duty upon which she priest is not authorised, nay regl4,;itre
to give counsel to his
_flock. Moral theology, ethics, politics,
or by whatsoever names duty may be sought to be expressed,
the penitent is bound to demand and entitled to receivelT
the confessional the solution of his doubts, and the enlig enment of his Knorance.”

tOWN COUNCtt PROCEEDINGS

A meeting of the Town-council was held in the Town-hall,
on Wednesday, as the adjourned second quarterly meeting
for the matters peculiar to a quarterly council, and as a
monthly meeting for the remainder. The MAYOR presided.

COUNCIL MINUTES.
The Deputy TowN-cLER.K read . the proceedings of the
last council.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The proceedings, resolutior, is, and reports of the finance
Committee, comprised a recommendation as to the sale of
the Queen's Arms Hotel, aryl other large lots of land or pre-
mises by sealed tender, and t de bye-laws relating to hackney
coaches,
Sze., which stood rover for confirmation from the
last monthly meeting. The Surveyor, it appeared, had re-
potted to the committee the result of some experiments with
thenw landing stage at Seacombe-slip, and his opinion that
yvcompleted, the slip vst.uld prove perfectly successful.
The leases were also read. 'I he confirmation of the proceed-
ings having been moved,
Mr. FREME hoped he shceulcl not be considered wanting in
re
pect towards his colleagues on the Finance Committee, if
he objected to one part of tb eir proceedings, but having di-
vided the committee upon it be thought he was bound to
bring the subject before the council. It was the recommen-
dation for the disposal of the Queen's Arms, which, accord-
.il; to the proceedings just read, was to be sold subject to
fle purchaser being compelled to retain the present arch-way
into Cook-street. In the sate of this property he wished to
Jere it to the option of the purchaser, either to throw the
iole open to the street, or :to build an arch over the street
frern the line of the new erection. If this suggestion were
adopted, the public would them the advantage of an improve-
ment without giving anything-for it. He concluded by moving
as an amendment, that the pmechaser be allowed to make the
new erection
on the usual conditions, but not to be compelled
to make an archway.
BARCLAY seconded the amendment.
lir. G. 11. LAWRENCE was fully prepared to justify the
recommendation of the Finance Committee. The only dif-
ficulty he felt in the amendmena: was, as to how he could jus-
tify to himself and the council tile concession of any land to
the Public under existing circumstances. Every yard of land
given was so much capital abstracted from the corporation;
and, unless he could persuade himself that by giving up the
present archway he was improving the rest of the property,
should not have discharged his duty. On this occasion,
however', he thought he could combine an improvement of
este;:wo with what was right and just towards the corporate
0 tiotr • with
could not believe that if the purchaser had the
;°
Ile
retaining the archway, he would think of abandon-
it, for it was the most valuable part of the property ; and
r r the corporati
abando on to abandon the archway would be to
street t; the most important part of the ground.
, nowever, did think they might consent to wide.
to the extent of a footway upon the north side. ...
attest .
tioe P, to widen it upon the south side was out of the ques-
wa• He attached very little importance, however, to the
co:1,1g of Cook-street, for it led to nowhere, and never
eLa" be a thoroughfare of any great importance ; notwith-
•
Vntheg which lie was willing to widen the street on the
rth side, following up the improvements already made in
.'r• Gladstone's property in Union-court. This would throw
Into it seven or eight feet, which would make it a good street ;
more than this he could not consent to do. The appearance
of
Castle-street would not suffer, nor would the health of the
`°"'n be affected by the continuance of the arch ; and, on
everyei ground, therefore. he should adhere to the recommen-
'ak'on of the Finance Committee.
be EARLE contended that the rest of tl
u benefitted by removing the arch.
, M. LACE urged that the removal of the arch would be of
benefit to Whitechapel. Besides, at no distant period there
would be a thoroughfare from Castle-street, through Cook-
street and Temple-street, into Whitechapel.
Ahr- HOLME expressed his total dissent from the plan laid
before the council by the Finance Committee. Mr. Lawrence
said that every yard of land given by the council for improve-
. rents was a loss to the corporation; but he (Mr. Holme)
tcontended they were already extending the corporation funds
oagreat extent in improvements, by widening public tho-
hfares ;
Mai and he was decidedly of opinion that the re-
nder of the land upon which the Queen's Arms stood
N'9111,1 produce a much higher price if Cook-street were
Widened upon the left-hand dde going down. He had, too,
an objection to the arch a
proposed. He did not presume
to enter upon the legal question, whether the removal of the
Present arch, which we:. a segment, could be replaced with
't:)°,_le of an elliptical form, which would have a
greater lateral
that; but this he did say, that if the new arch was con-
structed according to the plan now shown to the council, and
the adjoining buildings were at any time removed, it would
be decidedly unsafe. 'lf the street were to be only eighteen
feet wide, and the arch sixteen feet high, two carts loaded
with cotton could not pass. He agreed with the committee
sh t° the Propriety of selling the property, for the corporation
ould not be ground landlords, but only hold the reversionary
Interest. The building had now, deducting the repairs, rea-
C!lzed no more than two per cent. per annum to the corpora-
o. Mr. Ilolme moved that the report of the Finance
mittee be adopted, with the exception of that part thereof
which related to the sale of the Queen's Arms, and that that
Parbir t be referred hack to the committee for consideration.
Mr. FaEme then withdrew his motion.
BrnieErr said the question now came to this, arch or
h° arch
AiMr. PREME.—An arch estion then (Laughter.)
r. BIRKETT opposed question
Mr. Ho'lnie's tomendment. He
:am, with respect to the other improvements going on in the
`' they were differently circumstanced, as the Improve-
Committee acted t Committee acted under an Act of Parliament, while the
!ost of the improvements suggested by Mr. Hohne must be
;!iiken from surplus revenue, of which they had done. If
.aeY were urged to make improvements, they would inevita-
ulY be driven to a borough rate.
taiblMr. ISAAC HOLMES asked the Town-clerk if it were pos-
e to give up this property for the improvement of the
°w,en without an Act of Parliament.
he which TOWN'-CLERK said, as there was no Act of Parliament
extended thg to, the purpose, they were not justified in giv-
did ri oPot any property save from a surplus income, which they
possess. •
t Mr. PARKER supported the amendment; and Sir T.
rtNetexEn opposed it on financial grounds.
Mr. AuerN said he was satisfied that the health of the town
',oUld be improved by the opening of Cook-street; and,
therefore be supported the reference of the subject back to
committee.
hr° BUSHELL suggested the propriety of tenders for the
aro,
rPerty being solicited, both with the arch and without the

J. ne COW-
yen the

c property would

Mr. ITORNBY said he should support the amendment.
After some observations from Mr. ASPINALL and Mr.
thy"Ns, Mr. Nicol., contended that Cook-street was a great
oroughfareexpressed his opinion that the corporation
"id derive advantage from the arch being given up.
if Ajr. LACE asked the Chairman of the Town-council how,
in the council could not give up any land, they could in this
%ince give up sufficient to widen the street eight feet?
bee'a‘r* G• H. LAWRENCE replied, that the only reason was
u.,se, in the opinion of the Finance Committee, the re-
gi:uor of the property would thereby be improved. To
der
the arch, however, would be a sacrifice of property
ebe
be
Tb was no't prepared towhen justify.
council then divided, there appeared—
For Mr. Elolnae's amendment
Against it

por. Majority
1.1 the amendment.—Councillors Isaac Holmes, North,
Molmes, Sands, Hornby, Aikin, Holune, Royden,
elatluelt, Rigby, Parke, Lace, Platt, Smith ; Aldermen Bair-
crY. Houghton Bulley Earle, Turner, Freme, 110 t,
MaY°°lc,
2I•17icol, 'Bromley:Moore, Moon, Evans, and the
or—
,t,9ainst.—Councillors Houghton, Thornhill, Copeland,
eilusuihaPwon.
'II Lawrence, Birkett,
Aspinall, J. Lawrence, .
Aid & ' H. Lawrence, Trottnan, Sheppard, Harbord ;
Aj'incu Brancker, Molyneux, Chilton-16.
°lther,9,• 11: LAWRENCE said he submitted to the opinion
einahn-or..uncil, but at the same time he assured them that the
side r-P Committee had given the subject the very best con-
ration in in their power, and he did not know that any new
theirres were likely to present themselves so as to change
which°Pinious. He then proceeded to detail other. property
ether it was deemed desirable to sell, mentioning among
Hari, Premises three houses of an inferior description in
morvei,*-street.
the sal LAttLE, Mr. HOLME, and others strongly opposed
in the e.of these three houses, on the ground that they were
'ustairect line of a projected improvement, and because
becrti(rie:ls had frequently occurred of the corporation. having
Property back at an enormous cost. which t. ey
Pr0v,......" sold, in consequence of its being required for nn-
..„Dients
fte •
G. rtan animated discussion of considerable length, Mr.
and ti_I44WRENCE withdrew the property in Hanover-street,
mro.e_sale of the rest was agreed to.
the b t 4. a• LAWRENCE next brought under consideration
had -Ye'laws for the regulation of hackney coaches, which
the i*a'sotod over for some alteration to be made therein from
solved [council. It appeared that the committee had re-
tei° alter the hours at which night fares might be re-
he 114 Those fares have hitherto been receivable between
The h 0 Those
of midnight and seven o'clock in the morning.
illid„gl?roPosition was to allow them to be receivable between
azo_gho,clock in and seven o'clock in winter, and between midnight
summer.
that %w as °Pposed by Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE. who moved
e ru stand as heretofore. This was carried by a
Mr r.ol_ 28 le
to 10.
earriedIJARBOARD moved that the number of persons to be
1.41 d th by cabs should be limited to two ; that of cars to four,
brit at
20f5 double coaches to six. This was lost by a ma-
°f to 4.

The wATcrt COMMITTEE.
rof eport jl?ceedings of the Watch Committee comrrised the
,riVIIICh We have given in another column on the state
AcidArehir ; and a recommendation for the increase of Mr.
aid Tweedie's salary to a fixed salary of £lBO, to be
Droce;,(4,,lallY between the Watch and Highway Boards. The
Vngs were confirmed • and, in reply to an observation
Mr G. H. Lawrence,
the eo JAMES LAWRENCE said the committee would obtain
tractor for the other deparht-'s for the use of teir establishment from the con-
ments.

The
DOCK COMMITTEE.
it a Proceedings of this committee were read, from which
liril).Peared that a bill was now being applied for to place
to and foreign vessels upon an equal footing with regard
ivi7 Measurement for the dock dues.
bad' 13111KETT enquired why the assent of the committee
1,4120 t been asked for this proceeding ?
%thief' SANns replied that there was no time for it, ifthoer
the 21 was to be saved. Ile then explained the. objects„he
topeTlasure, and said the bill would he submitted o
,/,,Neration of the council at the next meeting.
'',e proceedings were confirmed.

It 4 EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
Inkni)PPeareil from the Proceedings of this committee that the
tillti_er of children on the books i- at the North School 987,
boys:i School 650. Avera e Atte' ndancP.—North Scho,el,
~,oek \v244 , girls 217, infants 81 • total 524. Miss Jane \%ll-
- 3 alVointed second mistress of the North Corporation
islar„/ and an addition of £1 pr annum was made to hat Mrs. Lloyd, mistresso of e
the South Infant School. _ TUE MAYOR'S COMMUNICATION.
Plaint'ichiorial from the debtors in the Borough Gaol, coroto-
the vii''sg.of certain privations and hardships, was referred
kittag Justices and the Gaol Finance Committee:
i3jOrt ernorial from Thomas Curran, complaining ot a
was
Po ~t 1 the Commissioner of the Court of Requests, ,
..e,, to the Court of Re uests Committee.
Poqsolution from the Directors of the Leeds and Liver-
the 6.. atlal Company was read, offering water for tuhneciuistweeroef
rtierlePolice in case of fire. The thanks of the co
Th.7l to be returned to the Canal Company..
%tate"c Presentment of the Grand Jury regarding the ruinous
terer..(4 certain buildings in Harrington-street was read, and
T'ed to the Finance Committee.
4,,4 th,. aVointritents of Mr. Edward Bannister, as
j.chief clerk
Venn, as
`ornk; iawn-clerk's department, and of Mr.
4 o,s.n law clerk, were confirmed.
of which he
21441; iNorth postponed the following motion
Pres''verl notice, on account of the limited number of members
1104 tho,e4t;---" That the Cil or the Dock Comm
maintain a
,two bodies eon'
the -r'ul atea h algalj y,
tcshould provide and
lite Pres__ 03- o.at or steam-boats, to be
11 other
and with a
,m, and with additional life-boa bp employed in aid of
I(s'llitt-larY and useful apparatus to be carried. by suchp.rsotpeaemrty-
t‘ilt atilt, Steamboats, steem_boats in the reservation of life and
f, pic•are especially 'of life) Pupon the occasion of shipwreck
4 stier disaster atsea off this port; and that a dep,,, :,
...
lithl3P,Ointed to confer with the Dock Committee or. 1.1e.c
t• ~
t, 115 r that body, with the view of effecting this object."
three
elekcotincil adjourned at twenty minutes Pa