The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-08 00:00:00

first to last,

The concluding portion of the letter quoted is, how-
ever, the most quibbling and Jesuitical of the whole.
" It was not asserted that either the treasurer had been
seen, or that either of them had, directly or indirectly,
authorized the publication of the placard complained
of." So says Mr. David M'Clellan in his letter in our
columns of this day. But can that gentleman per-
suade any dozen men, who understand the English
language, that the placard did not convey or was not
meant to convey the fact that the repudiation of Mr.
John Taylor, as a subscriber to this institution, was
made upon the authority of the parties in question. We
say unhesitatingly no man can deny that such was its
obvious meaning, and that such meaning must have been
intended!

And now, in conclusion—and we trust that Mr.
David McClellan will have the good sense to let the
matter rest here—we give the letter of Mr. Ashton, the

treasurer to the Strangers' Friend Society, to whici
we alluded in our last. We give it the benefit of Si.

rnilar type to that which has graced Mr. M'Clellan',

perpetrations :

" To JOHN TAYLOR, Esq., Edge-lane

" SIR,—In answer to your note, I beg to state that I re-
ceived from you, through our mutual friend Mr. Thos. Kaye,
ON THE 11TH JANUARY, 1842, a donation Of FIVE POUNDS,
which, I believe, was ACKNOWLEDGED i❑ the LivEnPool.
COURIER OF THE DAY FOLLOWING.

" I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
" MICHAEL ASHTON,
" Treasurer to the Strangers' Friend Societ
Liverpool, 3rd Nov., 1842.

" The sentence in the *Cull which has been sheaved to
me I ITAD NO KNOWLEDGE OeLITEVEIL b.efOre 146 W it
ommunicated with me on
'efore no one had, or
" M. A."

in print. .No person whateve:-
the subject, directly or indirect!
COULD HAVE, any authority fro

A comprehensive outline of the scheme of education
which is about to be adopted at the Collegiate Institu-
tion is inserted in our columns of this day, to which
ne invite the attention of our readers. The pecuniary
gradation appears admirably ad4ted to the wants of
the community, and will enable all classes to procure
for their children at home a sound education based
upon religion. •

The Institution will be opened at the end of January;
and there is reason to believe that the schools will be
well filled, Indeed, it would be unreasonable to sup-
pose for a moment that a population of 300,000 souls,
which has, on so many occasions, proved itself so feel-
ingly alive to the importance of religious education,
would withhold its warmest support from an Institu-
tion, in which, by a fundamental law, religious instruc-
tion will for ever be indissolubly connected with secular

knowledge

The appointment of the Rev. Principal, Mr. Cony-
beare, has, we are happy to learn, given general satis-
faction to the friends of the Institution, and it is con-
fidently expected that, under his able superintendence,
the Institution will speedily rank high among the edu-
cational institutions of the country. And knowing,
as we do, in addition, the unanimity of purpose and
feeling which pervades the directors, and the perfect
reliances which the public place in their disinterested
zeal for the success of the Institution, we await the
period of its opening with a perfect confidence as to the
result. '

It will be observed that the committee are anxious to
ascertain the number of pupils which may be expected
to attend the schools : and we trust that parents and
guardians will at once comply with their request, by
which they will be rendering material assistance to-
wards perfecting the numerous arrangements which
must necessarily be required prior to the opening of so
important an Institution.

LOCAL NEWS

At the Quarter Sessions, held on Thursday last, Mr. Wm.
Cleaver was appointed clerk to the visiting justices of the
Lunatic Asylums in this division.

PREFERMENT.—The Macclesfield Courier states that the
Rev. James Dixon, of Trinity Church, in this town, has
been appointed incumbent of Marple, Cheshire.
THE CHASE.—Sir W. M. Stanley's hounds will meet 00
Thursday, 10, at Trafford Village.
Saturday, 12, at Gayton Hall,
Tuesday, 15, at..