The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

SELECT VESTRY PROCEEDINGS.-TUESDAY,

Mr. John Smith and Mr. George Holt waited upon the
Vestry, as a deputation from the committee of the Night
Asylum, to solicit the assistance of the parish in obtaining
a building in lieu of that in Freemason's-row, which they
have received notice to quit on account of certain altera-
tions. They had advertised for a suitable place, but had
not vet been able to meet with one.

The Vestry-clerk was instructed to obtain the opinion
of the poor-law commissioners as to whether the board
could legally grant the request of the Night Asylum com-
mittee.

The following report from a sub-committee appointed
in consequence of serious complaints by the visitors, as to
the quality of the tood, and the general management of
the 1 mint-Aria Schools, was then read by the chairman :
" 1 our sub-committee proceeded to the schools on
Thursday last. for the purpose of entering upon this in-
quiry. They examin'-d the superintendent at considerable
1.-mgth, in the presence of the surgeon, and they regret to
find, from the admission of Mr. Coates, that, with the
exception of Friday's rice dinner and Saturday's scouse
dinner, the directions of the committee with regard to the
dietary have not been complied with. For insrance, the
milk for breakfast and supper ordered to be boiled, has
been served cold and unborled, nor has beer been given
them for supper except on one occasion. Moe cover, the
dinner prescribed for Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays,
consisting of meat, potatoes, and broth, singly, has been
cooked together, along with cabbage, &c and served
mixed up as one dish. Pea soup for Monday's dinner
has been made with only half the number of cow-heads
ordered ; and for Wednesday's dinner broth has been
given with suet pudding. instead of sauce.
" Thus the (It rectiJirs of the committee upon this most
important subject have been almost wholly disregarded.
Food which it was intended should be given the children
in varied forms, for the promotion of their health, has
been almost entirely served in one form—a liquid, or
semi-liquid state, instead of solid and liquid alternately,
according to the dietary.
" The re,sons urged by Mr. Coates for this systematic
departure from the orders of the committee are that
knives, fork, and pktes, of which none h-rd been supplied,
are indispensable to the observance of the dietary ; that
milk, when boiled, curdled ; and that beer was disconti-
nued in consequence of several boys having been found

drunk. 'Upon this your committee would observe, that
even if Rood and subs►antial reasons existed in the mind
of Mr. Coates against the use of the dietary, or any part
of it, it was his bounden duty, in a matter of so much
importance, before er►t► ring upon so wide a departure from
the written rule. to have submitted those reasons to the
committee.

" With regard to the consumption of meat, your com-
mittee, and, from an account furnished by the Vestry-

clerk, that a.surning the stock on hand on the Ist August,
as given by Mr. Coates, to be correct, the quantities of
meat supplied the school, according to the invoices, is ac-
counted for by the consumption—which consumption
appears to be on the average per week, tor 18 weeks un to
the above period, as follows :—By the officers, (37
weekly average.consumpt ion, 71b. 14oz each, cost 3s 5►
by the children, (372,) ditto ditto. lib. 3oz. each. c

" In conclusion, your committee would recommend—
" Ist.. That knives and forks be at once supplied for the

use of I

he children

" 2d. That in certain minor matters, which your corn-
mittee will explain, the dietary be altered, and the quan-

" 3d. That a dieter

pared.
" That wooden troughs, similar to those used at the
Workhouse, he provided to convey the various meals,
when ready for distribution, from the kitchen to the din-
ing ball, or other van of the building.

" sth. That such of the dorriestitT servants as are not
unavoidably preventt d. be required to give theleasststatice
at the children's meal tunes, on the conveyance of the
troughs to the dining hall, and otherwise to expedite to the
utmost the serving of the fond to the children %ha.; it is

" HUGH MULLYNEUX
"THOMAS AVISON.'
Mr. BRIGHT remarked, that two months ag

Vestry had passed a resolution directing knives and folks
to be provided. Who had prevented that order- being

carried into execution ?

A letter was read from Mr. Gardener, teacher at the
Industrial Schools, tendering his resignation, on the
ground of " not being able to contend against the oppo-
sition he had met wi h."

Mr. RIDING gave notice of a motion for the appoint-
ment of a successor to Mr. Blackburn, who had vacated
his seat at the board by non-a!tendance. The appoint-
ment hill be made at the next meeting.
On the motion of Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. Townsend, of

13(ild• street, was elected a select vestr}man, in the room
of Mr. Peck.
The appointment of a surgeon to the Workhouse will be
made at the next meetinz.

MODEL OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM

It Affo

of Liver, ocl will next week have an oppnrtunity of in-
specting this interesting and instructive exhibition. Mr.
Brunetti, the ingenious artificer, is a citizen of Dublin,
who, to indulge his own ardent aspirations for a just
notion of the great scene in which the mystery of man's
redemption was wrought, undertook and executed this
model as a labour of lave, with on view to its exhibition as
a work of art. Our Dublin contemporaries designate ttie
model as, according the authority of the most competent
judges, an extremely accume representation of the ancient
city. The Mail says :—" The model represents Ancient
Jerusalem as it stood in the days of the Redeemer—not as
•.

it now stands —theiruin of its former greatness—tne ghoct
of its pristine beauty. The details are, therefore, made
up Par ly from the descriptions found in Doty Writ,
partly from the accounts of contemporary bittoriting, Jew,

Heathen, and partly from the descriptions and
charts given by travellers in all the subsequent ages to the
present. The striking features of th,,, ancient city—the
everlast

.hrre

he for-

tified walls which ran round about it—the r.ivines or
valleys which hemmed it in or divided it—the highways
by which it was approached—the palace of the Great King
—the temple of the Holy G d—ttie awful scene of the
Crucifixion—the -Holy Sepulchre—the Tombs of the
Prophets—the brook Kidron—the Gardens of David—the
gatrs and -towers of the Wall and of the Temple—the
Sheep Gate—the Beautiful Gate—the P0)1 of 13t thesda—
the Hall of Judgment—the Theatres and Circu&es of
Roe-an structure--in short, every locality—and they are
too numerous to mention—recorded it. the Sacred Volume.
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or in toe old histories, as belonging to Jerusiilern or its en:
viroas, is there to he found laid down (::s f.r as the most
stringent examination of documents appears to justify) in
its proper place and proportions relatively to the general
scale. It is not, of course, pretended that the minute de-
tails of streets and private houses are more than the fill-
ing up of the great outhnea in the manner most suitable
to the ingress and approach of the inhabitants to the
greater structures, accommodated to the inc!ination of
the ground, and accordr.g to the artists' conception of
the arrangements of the eastern city. hut these smaller
points are all managed with such skill- and subserviance
to the great and well•aseertained f-attires. as to give to
the whole an air of verisimilitude, which would he want-
ing if the interstices were not filled up according to our
usual notions.

The Evening Pocket says—" The moulder has, with
the most pains• taking assiduity, consulted every plan,
map, and other record that survives. and has not only ar-
riv,d at a representati,n of the city itself,- but of the sur-
rounding hills and valleys rendered memorable by sacred
recollections. The model is very beautiful, and as a
mere work of art, dissociated front the loftier feelings its
contemplation must excite, is entitled to the highest
praise. The meddler has studied, t, o, with the eye of
a painter, the effect produced by the arrangement of the
landscape; and the city with its backgrounds of gradually
rising hills, as viewed from several points, presents a
most picturesque appearance. It must have been a work
of considerable labour, studded-as it is with temples, pa-
laces, and magnificent edifices; with the Great temple
rearing its noble prnpirtions above them all. The model,
which will bear the closest examination, requires to be
studied with care, and we have no hesitation in recom-
mending our readers to inspect it and judge for them-
selves.

THE PUNIsHMENT OF DEATH-

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD.

SlR,—Observing in the list of notices of motions for
the next session of parliament, that Mr. Ewart has Riven
notice of one for the entire abolition of the punishment of
death, I beg leave to suggest to him to add to his motion
the entire abolition of the crime of murder; for surely
nobady can think it just that a man who feloniously de-
prives a fellow creature of his life. should he p.rn,itted to
retain his own. AN ELECTOR OF WIGAN.