The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

THE LI VERPOOL STANDARD.

THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE

The fourth annual conference of this body was held last
week, in the Philharmonic-hall, Hope-street. There was
a large attendance, numbers being present from distant
parts of the kingdom.
On Tuesday a number of the members, both of the
British and Continental organizations, assembled in
Myrtle-street Baptist Chapel, to receive the details of a
missionary tour among the Jews of Austrian Hungary
and Italy, from the Rev. RIDLEY HERSCHEL, who gave
some interesting notices of the social state of those coun-
tries in connection with his countrymen. Although a
nation meted out, peeled and scattered, a number of cir-
cumstances combined at the present moment to give
them an extraordinary amount of influence in Germany,
—recognised equally by the governments and the people ;
—the press was almost exclusively in the hands of the
Jews, and political and social topics were principally dis-
cussed by Jewish pens. In Austria it was believed, whe-
ther truly or not, that the present total absence of coin
arose from the Jews having bought it up; and although
in Hungary there were three millions of Protestants, so
well educated as to have excited the Roman Catholics to
emulate them, yet both yielded the palm of superiority
to the Jews, who numbered about 600,000, and who were '
perhaps the most intelligent and cultivated of any portion
of their brethren in Europe. These statements the rev.
gentleman illustrated by a variety of interesting particu-
lars, and upon them he grounded the urgent necessity of
using every means to place before the Hebrew race the
simple doctrines of a pure Christianity. To show the
practicability of the attempt, he urged the preeminent
success which had followed the establishment of the
mission of the Free Church of Scotland, seven years ago,
at Pesth, where the Jewish patriarch of 50 years, standing
on the priesthood, had publicly embraced the Protestant
faith, and had been followed by hundreds of his country-
men, many of the most distinguished of whom were now
missionaries, or colporteurs, among both Jews and nomi-
nal Christians.—ln the evening the first meeting of the
Conference was held. It was commenced with devotional
exercises, after which the Rev. W. W. EWBANK, who
was called to the chair, opened the business by reading
the Annual Address to the Conference—a really able and
eloquent document. He referred to the losses which the
Conference had sustained during the past year, in conse-
quence of the death of some of its most prominent mem-
bers, particularly the Rev. E. Bickersteth, and pointed
the members of the Alliance to the only source from
whence consolation for such a bereavement can come.
He next dilated upon the nature and objects of the Evan-
gelical Alliance, and in an eloquent manner pointed out
its definite and simple character, showing clearly that its
objects were to promote the union of Christian love
amongst all those who, as already one in Christ, are in
possession of Christian unity. The rev. gentleman next
proceeded to notice a few of the important results which
he anticipated from a more general spread of genuine
Christianity throughout the Catholic Church. After
dwelling on this topic at considerable length, he next
adverted to the want of Christian charity, so often exhi-
bited by professing Christians. Tho address was very
warmly received.—After prayer and praise, the Rev. Dr.
UnwreK, of Dublin, pursuant to programme, urged the
practical resolutions enforced at the formation of the
Alliance, after which the meeting adjourned until next
morning, when the chair was taken by the Rev. JOHN
ALEXANDER, who briefly addressed the meeting, and
introduced the Rev. Dr. King, of Glasgow, on whom he
called to address the Conference on the " solemn and
affecting bereavements with which the Alliance had been
visited." The Rev. Dr. KING introduced the subject by
referring to the origin of the Alliance, and to the prophe-
cies which had been made of its failure, owing to the
union of persons who held such various opinions. He
showed that such prognostications were unfounded, and
that the Alliance had gone on prosperously. Their past
experience had proved that the Alliance could go on har-
moniously, notwithstanding the existence of minor differ-
ences in points of faith. The ray. gentleman then pro-
ceeded to the subject of his address, and in a very feeling
manner adverted to the solemn and affecting bereave-
ments with which the Alliance had been visited during
the past year, several of their greatest men having been
taken from them ; but as it was the Lord's will, they (the
Alliance) should bow in deep submission.—After the
conclusion of the rev. doctor's truly affecting address,
the conference proceeded to elect officers for the next
year and the discharge of some routine business.
The members and friends of the alliance held a soiree,
on Wednesday evening. The refreshments, tea and coffee,
were prepared and supplied by Mr. Cooke, the active and
energetic keeper of the hall, and gave universal satisfac-
tion. The attendance was exceedingly numerous.
After devotional exercises, in which the Rev. Henry
Bryan, of Macclesfield, and the Rev. Tucker, of
Manchester, took part, the chair was taken by John
Cooper, Esq. The first speaker who was called upon was
the Rev. Thomas Cearne, vicar of Sandford. The meet-
ing was afterwards addressed by the Revs. George Os-
borne, of Manchester. Ridley Herchell, of London, Dr.
Pennington, of New York, (a man of colour), and John
Angel James, of Birmingham, the whole of whom en-
joined union on the one grand point of Christianity,—
Christ crucified, the Saviour of the world. The meeting
closed, as it opened, with devotional exercise. On
Thursday forenoon, at ten o'clock, the meeting of Con-
ference took place in the Philharmonic Hall. The at-
tendance of ministers and friends was pretty numerous.
The proceedings of the meeting commenced by devotional
exercises, after which the Rev. H. Grey, D.D., of Edin-
burgh (the chairman), addressed the Conference in an
able and energetic speech, expressing the great gratifica-
tion which he felt at the sight of so many of his Christian
brethren, who had been drawn together from different
parts with only one spirit inspiring them. He then pro-
ceeded with a review of the state of the Society,—the
evils existing, their cause and remedy,—and concluded
by impressing upon his hearers the principles of peaceful
love towards each other.—The Rev. James Lister, of
Liverpool, next made observations. He said he had be-
longed to the ministry in this town for a period of not
much short of fifty years. In Liverpool there had been
an Evangelical Alliance in existence and in operation (on
a small scale) for forty-four or forty-five years, composed
of ministers of all denominations, who had met together,
prayed together, and worked together in the cause for
that period. He trusted that the Evangelical Alliance
would go on progressing, and that its results would be
glorious. The Rev. William Arthur, of London, then
delivered an able and eloquent address upon the topic,
" Personal responsibility in relation to the Alliance."
The Conference retired to transact the private busi-
ness, which comprised :—Report of the council on deputa-
tions ; report of the council on finance ; resolutions in
reference to affairs at Malta ; proposed assembly of
Christians of all nations next year ; and to appoint the
council for 1850-51.—A collection was made at the door
towards defraying the expenses of the Conference. The
public meeting was held the same evening at the Philhar-
monic Hall. The hall was well filled, and the platform
was occupied by a large number of the clergy. The chair
was filled by J. H. Graham, Esq. After singing, the Chair-
man addressedfthe meeting, and was followed by the Rev.
T. Stratton, of Hull ; the Rev. P. Johnson ; the Rey. W.
B. Kirkpatrick, of Dublin ; Professor Marttn' of Aber-
deen ; the Rev. T. D. Foley ; the Rev. Dr. Bell; and
the Rev. A. King. The meeting of Thirsday evening
closed the proceedings.

ere over he ..oug,
they would have them filled as well as any other docks in the
town. At present, a rrejudice existed against them, but as
they were coming into use, this prejudice was disappearing,
(Hear, hear.) The accounts for the year were before
they showed that the Dock Estate was not in a very fir

.... a
condition; but still they should attribute that diminution to
the deficiency of the cotton crop. (Hear.) With reference to
the Albert Dock and the warehouses connected therewith,
there had been a considerable deficit as compared with the
previous year. One-half of the trade that was admitted into
the Albert Dock was from the East Indies, which was the most
valuable portion of their trade; out of the 41 vessels which
entered that dock in the past year, 18 were from the East

Indies. In January a coviiiderible 'reduction had been made
in the charges on articles warehoused there, and this accounted
in some degree for the apparent loss. The warehouse rent for
tea was reduced 20 per cent., the rent on. jute was reduced 33
per cent., on nitre 33 per cent. ,• on American cotton there had
been a reduction in the rent of 12i per cent., a reduction on
East India cotton of 25 per cent., and on Egyptian cotton 10
per cent., and were it not for this reduction the warehouses
would pay this year 4:1- per cent. It appeared from the accounts
that .€13,000 was the amount of the earnings of the Albert
Dock warehouses; but there was an amount of .€4,785 which
stood to the credit of the warehouse since the beginning of the
last year, which he thought might be fairly added to that
amount, which would bring the earnings up to £lB,OOO, or
more than 44 per cent. He concluded by moving the adop-
tion of the proceedings.
Mr. DOVER moved a veto on that part of the accounts rela-
tive to the Albert Warehouses. He contended that those
erections had cost £500,000, and were only earning .€13,000
per annum, whilst they were costing the Dock Estate .€26,000
per annum. When the warehouses were erected we were
promised a return of ten per cent., but they were worked at a
positive loss to the Dock E'itate of .€13,000, year by year. He
said:—lf you will turn to the accounts of the Albert Dock
warehouses in 1849, you will find that the taxes in 1849 were
precisely the same as in 1850. Now, we know that the taxes
have been reduced 33 per cent., and in 1849 the taxes are
charged .€3,388, and in IMO the same sum. There is some
inaccuracy there. (Hear.) How do you explain that Mr.
Chairman? Now, sir, I have an account here sent to me by
Mr. Ashlin, the treasurer of the health committee, and by Mr.
Litherland, the treasurer of the parish, and I find, in 1849, the

taxes were ('5,161 3s. 9d. ; but, in the accounts of the ware-
house, you debit only £3,388. What can be thought of such
accounts as those? (Hear, hear.) They are, in railway par-
lance, lam almost afraid to say it, they are " cooked." (Cries
of "Oh, oh 1") How do you account for that, sir? There is a
difference of nearly £2,000. There is another subject on which
I wish to make some comments, and that is, I find on the cre-
dit side of the account £46,782 17s. 10d., and on the debit side,
for works to meet that, I find £31,490. This was in 1849,
showing a much better state of affairs than in 1850. In 1850 1
find £31,118 7s. Id. for works and salaries; but, on the other
side, I find £35,586 17s. Id. But in order to show that fairly,
you must take the proportions of the salaries, amounting to a
sum of £6,856 19s. That, I say, should fairly and honestly be
added ; and taking this £31,000, and adding the other diffe-
rent items, you will find there is a positive loss on the work-
ing accounts. (Hear.) And how do I account for that? I
account for it in this way ; and I say a blush ought to come
over the faces of shipowners in this room. (Hear, hear, and
"Oh !") Whilst in Liverpool they are paying 25 per cent. for
labour above what is paid in London, they are charging 30 per
cent. less for the discharge of their ships ; and I do say many
of the shipowners of Liverpool are discharging their ships at
the public expense. ("Oh !" and Hear.) Does any gentleman
doubt it? I will put into his hand the published books, and
prove to him there is a great loss on the discharge of skips,
and it is high time this should be remedied. (Hear, hear.)
Why are there so many complaints on the part of the operative
porters against the master porters themselves ? Bemuse the
dock master porter s have to compete with the public purse.
(Hear, hear.) That is the plain English of it, and sooner or
later they will find it out. (Hear, hear.) Ido say, sir, it is
but fair and honest for every man who makes use of those
warehouses to absent himself from the warehouse manage-
ment committee. I say it would be but decent to do so.
(Hear, hear.) It is not fair that a man should go down there
and fix the price of the article at what he is wishful to pay.
(Hear, hear.) Now, sir, beyond the mischief arising from the
construction of the docks, I have shown you they are a loss to
the dock estate. What is the mischief they have done? They
have brought down property worth --'4,C00,000 sterling, and
the reversion of which is in this corporation, to .t-'2,000,000
sterling.
Sir. CHALMER seconded the motion.

Mr. MANN, who had sat on the committee of the dock ware-
houses from the time they were constructed till last year, said
he never had a single hogshead of sugar stored in the Albert
Dock Warehouses; therefore, he did think he was not charge-
able with any attempt to defraud the dock estate by having the
rates in that dock lower than what would be remunerative to
the estate. (Hear, hear.) The charge of cooking the dock
accounts had been made before this, and he had been obliged,
most indignantly to repudiate it so far as he was concerned,
and lie did the same now.

Alderman MOORE, in an able speech, also replied to Mr.
Dover, and entered into a lengthy financial statement, to satisfy
the bondholders of the security of the dock estate. 'raking,
not a single year, but three or five years together, it would be
found that there had been a regular and progressive increase
in the tonnage of the port; and the debt on the dock estate,
compared with its value, was most i»significant. He said
There can be no doubt of the :ncrease of the port of Liver-
pool; it has gone on, and will continue to go on, in spite of
every obstacle that can be thrown in its way, if there is not
downright bad management, of which, I am happy to say, I see
no symptoms in the present Dock Committee. (Hear, near.)
Now, with reference to the income of the docks, and the
amount of the debt, I would say one word. I consider that the
amount of the debt, as compared with the resources of the
docks is most insignificant. (Hear.) You have got a debt of
C 4,300,000, and you have an income of 0300,000. When your
Wapping, Dock is made, that will be increased, and conse-
quently, I consider, the amount of debt, C 4,300,010, to be
insignificant. The dock estate cost nearly C 11,000,000, and
we have got the trifling debt I have just named. The Lon-
don docks cost 04,000,600, and they have to pay a dividend,
and they have that debt: upon' them now. The: St.- Kathe-
rine's Dock, which is only twelve acres, and turns out about
10,080 tons annually, has got a debt of upwards of £3,000,600,
and yet they can reduce their charges and pay a dividend with
a debt of over .C3,0G0,000. What then will the dock estate be
able to do here, or what would it not have been able to do if we
had not reduced the dues, which we have the power of increas-
ing whenever the necessity may arise to do 50,." (1-sear,
hear, and applause.)
After a few remrrks from Mr. Littledale, the Council divided,
when there apveared, for the amendment, 23—against it, 18;
but as it requires two-thirds of those present at a Council to
veto proceedings of the Dock Committee, the original motion
was carried.
The following is the division :
For Mr. Dover's amendment.—Messrs. D. Hodgson, Dover,
Cooper, Procter, Langsdale, Chalmer, Woodruff, Thomson,
Bighorn' T. L. Hodson, Atkinson, Briscoe, Avison, Ferni-
hough, Harbord, Garch.er, Johnson, Picton, Parker, Freme,
Bennett, Beckwith, and Henderson. _ _

Against it—The Mayor, Messrs. T. B. Horsfall, Bramley-
Moore, Bent, Turner, Chilton, G. H. Horsfall, Littledale,
yrer, Holt, Robinson, Toulmin, Tobin, Jones, Hall, Lloyd,
Mann, Fisher.
On the result being declared,
Mr. MOORE audibly remarked—Not one in ten knows any-
thing about it I
Mr. FERNIHOUCH called the Mayor's attention to this as a
most impertinent remark. It was not treating the Council
with the courtesy which they had a right to expect.

Mr. PROCTER and Mr. TYRER defended Mr. Wilson, and,
after some conversation, the letter was referred to the Finance
Committee.

Finance Committee to cease working the Birkenhead Ferry.
He stated last year that the loss on the working of the ferry
was £3,265 is. 7d. _ . _ .

The MAYOR said he had not heard the obseivation

Mr. tHomsoN was requested not to go into the subject, as
negotiations were pending for the sale of the ferry, but he
persevered in his motion. . . . .

- Mr. MANN moved, as an amendment, that a communication
be established between the sou .h end of the town and Birken-
head.

This amendment was negatived, as was also the motion of
Mr. Thomson, the TOWN-CLERK stating that he had legal
opinions, to the effect that, if they ceased to run the boats, they
would lose the right of ferry.

Mr. Tuomsorr withdrew his motion relative to applying to
Parliament for powers to improve Burlington-street, Li mekil n-
lane, Whitby-street, &c., on the understanding that the Im-
provement Committee would take the subject up. A motion
for the admission of reporters to the several committees was
negatived by a majority of 30 to 10.
The site of the Sailor's-home was granted to trustees for the
purposes of the Institution.

THE CORPORATION SCHOOLS,

Mr. HOLT then brought forward the motion of which he had
given notice relative to opening the schools to children of all
religious denominations. He admitted that the schools were
filled under the present system; but previously they were filled
by a different class of children, for, although there were some
Catholic children in the school still, previously there were
two-thirds Catholics and one-third Protestants, being some-
what in the proportion of the population. This question should
not be allowed to rest. The moment was favourable to its
consideration. Strong religious animosities had disappeared,
and a calm discussion of its merits was thereby ensured. In
this question it was not necessary to go into the large subject
of education; for the principle was admitted by the practice

Alderman MoottE ultimately apologised, by stating that he
had not meant to be offensive to any one.

of the Council in supporting schools. Referring to the rules
of the school, which allowed cilldren to abstain from learning
the Church Catechism, whose parents signified a conscientious
objection: all he wanted was to have the authorized version
placed on the same footing. He asked no more; he wished to
introduce no other version ; and, adverting to the nature of
the funds out of which the schools were supported, he asserted
they should be open to all classes and denominations. This
was only just and fair. Nationally, secular education might be
desirable; but in the class of children with whom they had to
deal locally, lie could not consent to do without religious in
struction. It was not, therefore, because he undervalued this
teachin,, that he brought forward this motion, but on the broad
basis of religious liberty which belonged to the Protestant
Church. He asked nothing which they could refuse him : the
subject would not rest long, and it would come with good grace
from gentlemen who had the power to give it. He contended
that if children of different religious opinions were brought up
together, friendship would be formed, and they would be saved
those disgraceful scenes which often took place. He begged to
move the resolution of which he had given notice.
Mr. Avt SON seconded the motion.

Mr. FREME opposed the motion. He agreed in the principle,
but objected on the ground that the time wa, ill chosen, and
that at the present moment the Catholic Ecclesiastics of Ireland
had refused a similar boon on the same ground. He opposed
it also, because he thought he saw in it a desire to introduce
politics into the Council, which, he was glad to say, had for a
considerable period been excluded.

The proceedings of the Water Committee were then read.
The letter from the Lords of the Treasury having been read
requesting a reply to the memorial of the ratepayers,
Mr. HOLT moved that an answer be prepared by the Water
Committee to the allegations of the petitioners, and forwarded
to the Lords of the TieasUry.
Mr. BENNETT addressed the Couticil at considerable length,
urging that in a matter of this importance the Water Coma-
tee should not be permitted to reply to the memorial of the
ratepayers, without submitting the reply to the Council.
After a very long discussion, Mr. HOLT intimated that the
reply was ready.
The TOWN-CLERK read the reply, a very elaborate document,
giving the whole history of the water question, and after some
further discussion, the reply was agreed to, and the Mayor di-
rected to transmit it to the Lords of the Treasury, by a ma-
jority of Vto 13. An amendment of Mr. Bigham's to print
the reply and circulate it was negatived by the same majority.
The Council then a')ourned of twenty minutes to six o'clock
until Thursday, having sat over six hours and-a-half.

➢lr. PARKER, Mr. HALL, Mr. HODGSON, and Mr. T. B.
HORSFA LL opposed the motion, and Mr. MOH AM and Mr.
HoRNEY supported it; and Mr. HOLT having replied, the mo-
tion was negatived by 26 to 5.

ADJOURNED MEETING.
The Council met again on Thursday, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, in
the absence of the Mayor, occupied the chair.
The proceedings of the Library Committee were read and
confirmed; it being stated that a meeting of the proprietors
would be shortly held to determine upon the transfer of the
Royal Institution.
A letter was read from Sir George Grey calling the attention
of the Council to the memorial from the Commissioners of
Wallasey on the subject of the removal of the Powder Maga-
zines, and also a report of Lieutenant-Colonel Waters. The
Home-secretary recommended the subject of the removal of
the Gunpowder Store at Wallasey to the serious consideration
of the Council, with a view to secure the public safety. The
report of Lieutenant-Colonel Waters stated that the nearest
point of Liverpool to the magazines was about a mile and a
half distant, and the nearest point of the docks was about a
mile distant. There were stored in the magazines 721 tons of
gunpowder, and this large amount was a justifiable excuse for
the alarm which existed in the public mind. The magazines
were without a lightning conductor. The building was not
fireproof. The roof was slight and common, and there were
no ventilators. Allowing the magazines to remain in their
present position was a great resignation to chance and good
fortune, which called to his mind the different precautions
which would be observed in such a magazine did it belong to
her Majesty's Ordnance. There had been no accident in the
. Mersey since Ifi73, when a vessel blew up, but such an acci-
dent might not endanger the magazines. The danger was not
so great at the magazines,, as at the beech, and on the carriage
up. After referring to Hilbre Island, Colonel Waters recom-
mended the storage of gunpowder in the vessels employed on
the quarantine ground as lazarettos.
Mr. GARDNER We% astonished that this matter had not be-
fore excited the attention of the Council. He referred to au

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. explosion which took place on the Ulverstone sands, about ;old r • -r , r ~t the statements by
rhe nesday.the witnesses called
on The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wed-
twenty years ago, which had been felt for fifty. miles around. foe
afoot the
soldier defence.
and
a man named Doherty, in mufti, with
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE rose for the purpose of moving, that
the The Finance Committee recommended, in reference to the MILITARY V. CIVIL POWER ,—Constable the able report which had been just read be referred to a spe- --Constable 220 charged
proposed erection of the Juvenile Offenders'' Reformatory, on
chi committee. In moving it he would not detain the Coun-
,
MK the Wall•hill estate of West Derby, that, the cost being esti- cil, because he believed there was no one in Liverpool but was having assaulted him. He stated that about two o'clock
strongly impressed
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per mated at £2,850, the interest on this sum should he paid out
from the magazines being continued where they Isere. He did are of the '1,200 voted in the present year for the formation of the
ad. establishment. The committee also reported that the state of n9t think this was a Cheshire qhestion in his mind it affected
Liverpool one thousand where it affected Cheshire one. If a
teeing that he belonged to the Queen, and would go
the surplus income would justify the purchase of an anemo-
art blow-up were to take place at the magazines, it would be
„, meter for the Observatory. They likewise recommended the
1"" purchase, from Mr. Earle, at 17s. a yard, of a small piece of land frightful and terrific. There never was anything of the kind whither he liked. Upon this the man in civil authority
the at the corner of Lodge-lane and Smithdown-lane, with the known to the amount of 700 tons of gunpowder exploding, and seized him by the stock and began to put his advice into
,
the probability was that every dockgate would be unshipped
in- view of improving the locality.—Confirmed. practice, when the soldier attacked him and his companion
ree The Watch Committee's minutes showed that .meetings bad and every ship in danger, as well as almost one-half of Liver- Doherty assisted : the latter kicked the side of the officer's
the been held "from day to day," but that not a single complaint pool. [Mr. JONES : The "hole town.] H.e thought ver os-
hat out, &c. and both kicked him on the body. Doherty
of the inefficiency of the police had been brought forward. sibly the whole town. This was no question of 'any remyePdial
mgg They had passed a resolution affirming the efficient of the measures being applied. No man could say an accident could was order ed to pay 10s. and costs, for the damage
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police, and that for the proper supervision of the meny,
it was
not take place, and it was purely a question of time; and if sustained by the hat, and the same sum with costs for
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he necessary that two divisional superintendents should be ap- there was an accident in 1673, the greater was the probability the damage sustained by its proprietor, the soldier was
would be another before 1853. He should, there- there
eat pointed, and the committee recommended the Council to ap- that
also fined in th.h.t an-vmni-
fore, with these remarks, move that it be referred to a special
EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.
nd point Mr. Towerson to the north division, at a salary-of .e9OO
per annum.—The proceedings, after a little discussion, were committee, to take such measures as might be necessary for
ie- confirmed; Mr. Towerson's salary standing over until the the removal of the magazines, and to report to the Council;
and that the committee be composed of the following gentle- 42. " In• next meeting. Peter the Great sees Catherine, his future Em-
ild DOCK COMMITTEE—ALBERT WAREHOUSES. men :—Messrs. Hall, Chilton, Picton, Jones, Holt, and Moore. press, for the first time." Augustus L. Egy, A.R.A.
re, The proceedings of this committee contained a resolution ' Mr. GARDNEL—WouId it affect the navigation of the port? There is, of course, considerable merit in this picture, as
Moorte.—Certainly. Many years ago there was an ex-of authorising the committee to go to parliament for powers to Mr.there is in all.the artist's productions. Every figure
f which actually laid the bed of the Thames bare, when , an&
r a allow lights and fires on board vessels, under certain restric-
all the details are correctly, and some of them elabor t ly,
painted. Nothing, for example, can be much betterathein-
tions, to erect a house for emigrants, and otherwise extend there was nothing of the kind as much as regarded the amount
- of the powder.
te, their powers.
he The TOWN-CLERK, on the. proceedings of the committee Mr. HORNBY wished the committee to be careful in consi- the face of the burly soldier on the left of the picture.
re- being read, observed that the resolution contained matter
Bering the interests of all parties concerned, and after some The Emperor himself is also well drawn. Not so Cathe-
which did not arise under the present dock acts.—After some discussion the resolution was agreed to. rine, the future Empress. Low in origin and calling, as
)1d discussion, it was decided that what was termed new matter POSTOFFICE SITE. she may have been, there was no need for the artist to
The communication from the Treasury was read, stating
he could not be considered, unless at a special Council.
paint her clumsy in figure and hoydenish in manner.
that the School for the Blind had been selected as a site for the ~ ~-'
Mr. LITTLEDALE said they would perceive by the proceed-
u- •
ings that the Huskis zon Dock had been opened for-the accom- Postoffice. Such a mere bold-faced sand-girl was never Catherine
,Yr modation of the new Atlantic steamers, and he believed that it Mr. PICTON recommended the merchants to do what he and the Empress of Russia. Another fault, however, we have
rn. was the finest dock in England, and has the widest gates of his friends had to do relative to the Rivington Pike scheme— to find with this picture, It tells no tale except that
namely, to do. the hest they could to carry it out. He would n- any dock in the world; and in March next he expected thewhich the catalogue tells for it. An oyster wench enter-
therefore, advise the merchants to make the best they could
-
whole of this dock, containing thirteen acres, would be opening a canteen to ply her business would have been just as
y lof the site selected, and have a branch postoffice in the neigh-.
„ for the reception of steamers. Another very important mat-
appropriate as the ambitious title given to the picture,
bourhood.
" ter bad been under the consideration of the surveyor, and up_ bourhood.
HODGSON defended the site selected by the Government which we have no guarantee of having the merit of accu-
Is. on which they would have a report in the course of next week.
as the best they could find, and charged the merchants, who rate portraiture of the principal characters to recommend it.
11, He alluded to the accommodation of the coal trade. (Hear, as
generally favourable to free-trade, with a wish to have 60. " A Woman teaehing her Child to read." Eliza
S ; hear.) There was every wish to meet the views of the coal
a monopoly on all matters where their interests or convenience
s;
trade, and to come to some arrangement which would be con- Goodall. This is a pleasing little picture, worthy of the
were concerned. He contended that the site selected would ke ~„ ducive to the interests of both parties. With respect to the approbation of any one who has domestic tastes, and can
a benefit to Liverpool, and he defended the conduct of the di-
',:i Postoffice arrangement, he was afraid, from the letter read on
rectors of the London and North Western Railway, who, he appreciate the virtues displayed in humble life. The
'" Monday, that their wish to meet the authorities would be of
stated, had never made any application to Government on the composition is sweet, and worthy of the sister, or daugh-
rt no avail ; but a letter had been received at the Dockoffice that
, ter, of a very talented artist.
62. " View of Broadwater, Sussex." Copley Fielding.
an morning from the Postmaster-general, inquiring the extent of subject of the site. A discussion ensued, in which Mr. MOORE
Mr. HORNBY, and other gentlemen took part, and subse-
y, the premises they had proposed to give up for the accommoda-
ja tion of the Postoffice; which looked like as if, for a time, they guently a committee was appointed to consider the whole sub- A nice specimen of a rainy landscape.
h‘, were taking it into consideration to allow the Postoffice to re- ject.
125. " Rivington Pike," by Robert Tonge, is a well-
A letter was read from Mr. Wilson, requesting to be released " main where it is. Sheds were being erected around the
from his lease of the new shipbuilding-yard at Birkenhead, in painted landscape, the distances well managed, and the
e- Bramley-Moore Dock, which would help to bring into play the
Id north docks, and before twelve months were over he thought consequence of the report of the Shipt•uilding Committee hay- execution artistic throughout. But it pshumrztzoleebssehuowsuittlodtyis_muazas:
ing been adopted by the Council, the recommendation in which gine what could have induwwceeadtheaarvnseyunppopaliwyni.ter to select so ex-
oe they would have them filled as well as any other docks in the
of town. At present, a prejudice existed against them, but as report, if carted out, would give the shipbuilders an advan-
tcheeedsionugricy.edorfy
oausru bjoct—
they were coming into use, this prejudice was disappearing. tage over him, and throw obstacles in the way of his success.
er Mr. Tt9msorrand Mr. JONES denounced Mr. Wilson's con-
•,, (Hear, hear.) _ The accounts for the year were before them ; ,

-ion art. .1011 t. Jut it puzzles us to ima-
gine what could have induced any painter to select so ex-
ceedingly dry a subject—we have no wish to be witty—as
the source of our future water supply. We shout'
gest for it, although we know thst

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private party, a niche in the Council chamber.
196. " Aqueduct crossing the River Aire, at Shipley,
Yorkshire," J. Clayton Bentley, is a very meritorious pi -
ture. Mr. Bentley has in the exhibition other pieces,
each worthy nr •

ed bya

uy or praise, one of them especially, No.
Country Lane, which is a genuine piece of nature.
29. " Please remember the Grotto," Thos. Webster,
R.A., is one of :,he most spirited and carefully-painted
pictures in the exhibition. The precise meaning of the
scene may not be familiar to all our readers ; but will be
perfectly so to those who have spent the month of August
in London. It is the custom there, on the commence-
ment of the oyster season, for the children to collect the
shells and form them into a kind of grotto, in which a fire
is lighted, to maintain which with wood and coals they
beg coppers from passers-by, holding out an oyster-shell
for a tray, and using the supplication " Please remember
the grotto." The scene is excellently managed, and the
figures the young urchins full of character. No one could
refuse such a petitioner as the shy little girl on the left of
the picture. The laughing little fellows on the right are
exquisite specimens of happy boyhood ; and the business•
like proceedings of the young gentleman, who acts as ar-
chitect and stoker, are excellently expressed. We under.
stand that the public are indebted to our townsman, Mr.
Naylor, who is its owner, for an opportunity of inspecting
this clever picture.

37. " Van Tromp, going about to please his masters,
ships a sea, and gets a wetting." J. W. M. Turner.
R.A. As a specimen of the artist's peculiar style of
gorgeous colouring, this picture will doubtless be prized
by his admirers. It has, however, many faults, indistinct-
ness of drawing apart. The yeasty appearance of the
water is not relieved, as in nature, by any portion of the
clear and transparent element ; and, by an error in per-
spective, the foreground resembles a wall more than a
level plain, or even an undulatfng surface.
12. " Portrait of T. Chilton, Esq. J. Robertson.
We regard this as decidedly the best portrait in the Exhi-
bition. The likeness is good, the attitude easy and
natural, and it is perfect, in finish and colour.
15. " The Halt," by R. Andsell, is a pleasing speci-
men. The horse is well painted ; and the girl tending
it is a fair portraiture of her class, although not so well
finished as the horse.