The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-14 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

ROSCOE'S NORTH WALES. —A very appropriate and.
elaborate binding, for cloth, has been designed for this uni-
versal work. We have had a copy done up in this style, and
can recommend those who possess copies to give Mr. Webb,
of Castle-street, a call.—lch lien.

AMERICAN Miss BEEF.—We have had another oppor-
tunity of tasting the American mess beef, imported by
Messrs. Waddington, Holt, and Co. When carefully pre-
pared previous to cooking it will be found excellent. The
lean part is firm and of good grain, while the fat interlards
well, and is as excellent as need be. To have it in perfection
the meat should be steeped in pure water twelve hours, then
left to drain in the air twelve hours, then soaked again for
twelve hours, and afterwards cooked, the boiling which
should riot be too fierce, ought to occupy six hours. These
times are for large pieces ; of course, for smaller sizes the
soaking and boiling should be done in a less period. The
broth from the meat is also excellent.

COURSE OF LECTURES AT EGDE-HILL, BY MR. JOHN
SMITH.-It will be seen by an advertisement in another part
of our paper that Mr. John Smith, the popular lecturer on
education, will, at the request of several gentlemen, this
evening commence a course of four lectures on the beauties
of geographical science and the wonders of creation. These
discourses are to be delivered in the national school-room at
Edge-hill. The subject is one of surpassing interest, and
the disquisitions have been greatly extolled.

VICISSITUDES OF THE SEASON.—It is a well known fact
that during the few past years the changes of the weather
and the alterations of the season have been most sudden and
unequal. Variations of this nature are, of necessity, ex-
tremely trying to the constitution ; and there is no part more
exposed to their effects than the skin—that delicate and
finely-formed portion of our frame ; the sudden transitions
from heat to cold, from moist to dry, &c. being calculated,
in a most inconvenient degree, to produce those freckles,
marks, and eruptions, which are so hostile and injurious to
beauty. The fortunate discovery of RowLAND's KALI( DOR,
and the ample proof of its virtues afforded by long expe-
rience, evince that it is admirably adapted to beautify and
preserve the skin fresh and unimpaired—amid the most
trying vicissitudes of the season and the weather.—See advt.
INQUESTS BEFORE JOHN HEYES, ESQ., COUNTY CORO-
NER.—On Saturday last, at Rainhill, on the body of Mr.
John Vose, who died awfully sudden. He had been in his
usual good health, and was enjoying himself with his friends
on Friday night. The next morning he was getting his
breakfast, apparently in his usual health, when he fell off his
chair, with a piece of bread in his hand, and expired imme-
diately. Verdict, " Died by the visitation of God."—On
Monday, at the Boar's Head, Handish, touching the death
of John Bates, a man 6 years old. The deceased worked
on the North Union Railway. On Friday night Jas. Smith,
another labourer o❑ the railway, was going home, between
eight and nine o'clock, and saw two trains, one going to
Preston, the other returning thence. He went down the
railway to his own house, which is on the bank of the rail-
way, and under the same roof as the house where the de-
ceased lodged. He saw a hat on the railway, and, on pro-
ceeding a little further, he found the body of the deceased
lying between the rails, quite dead. On inquiry, it was
found that the two trains met at the place where the deceased
was found; so that the probability is that he was getting out
of the way of the one train when he was knocked down by the
other. The carriages had run over his head, his arms, and
leg, and bruised him dreadfally. Neither the engineers nor
firemen were aware of having run over any thing. Verdict,
" Accidental death."—On the same day, at Orrell Post, on
the body of Henry Gorse, a child about two years and nine
months old, who was burned to death. On Friday last de-
cc..ed's inothe. want out to the shippon, leaving the deceasrd
and a girl, about four years old, in the house. On returning,
after being absent about five minutes, she met: the little girl
screaming, and saw the deceased in flames. She folded him
in her petticoat, and extinguished the flames ; hut he was so
much burned all over his body, that, notwithstanding medi-
cal assistance was procured, he died the following day. The
deceased had, like many children, a strong propensity for
playing with fire, when he could get anything to burn.—On
Tuesday, at Eccleston, on the body of Mary Ann Arnold, a
girl 13 years of age, whose death was occasioned by her
clothes taking fire. On Sunday last, between one and two
o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. WorsPy, who lives next door
to the deceased's parents, heard a loud scream, and, on turn-
ing, saw a light in the yard. On going out, the deceased,
who was enveloped in flames, came running to him, when he
tried to extinguish the flames, but could not. She was car-
ried home, and Mr. Gaitor attended her; but she died in
twelve hours after the occurrence. She said she was stand-
ing by the fire, doing up her hair, before a glass which was
on the mantle-piece, when her clothes caught fire.—On the
same day, at West Derby, on the body of James Garnett.
The deceased, who was about 13 years of age, was, with two
others, skaiting on a pit on Saturday last, when, going to a
corner of it, the ice gave way. He supported himself for
some time with his arms on the ice ; hut at length disappeared
under the ice. The father and others were immediately on
the spot; but it was half an hour before they succeeded in
pulling him out. He was standing upright in the water, with
his head about a foot from the surface, when he was found.
All attempts to restore animation were fruitless. The ver-
dict in each of the three cases was " Accidental death."

ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The second soiree of the season
took place at the Royal Institution on Tuesday last. There
was a considerable increase in the number of visitors, com-
pared with the former occasion. Soon after seven the com-
pany began to arrive, and promenade the rooms. The vari-
ous curious specimens of natural history, in this very fine
museum, were noticed, and commented upon, with as much
interest as if they were only then exhibited for the first. time.
The principal feature of the evening was a lecture, by Mr.
White, upon Music, with vocal and instrumental illustrations.
Mr. White having been engaged by other institutions in this
town, we were led to expect something extremely good. We,
therefore, attended the soiree predisposed to regard Mr.
White's lecture couleur de rose. We were doomed, how-
ever, to be disappointed. Mr. White's subject was a tine
one, and capable of being made very interesting : he had, at
all events, the appliances to work it out, for pianoforte, harp,
and guitar were at hand. The lecture was capable of exhi-
biting research, erudition, and talent. The first might have
been shown by stating a multiplicity of facts ; the second by
reading and devotion to the art; and the third by the spirit
and beauty of illustration. No signs of these could we dis-
cover. The lecture was very discursive. We were carried,
persallum, from the times of Jubal, David, and Solomon,
to those of the Troubadours, and thence to the present date,
namely, that of Thomas Moore, from whose brilliant works
—with all reverence be it spoken—we had four specimens
out of the seven we were favoured with. It is very true the
committee limited Mr. White to an hour to deliver his lec-
ture in ; but in the time given he might have told us a great
deal more than he did, and have more fully exemplified his
subject. We have not room to show what Mr. White ought
to have done : it remains for us to show what he did. His
lecture was " bald and disjointed ;" his facts were all old
everyday ones; his anecdotes uncommonly small and few in
number; while his illustrations were not of the most pleasing
kind. We agree with Mr. White upon the subject of the
introduction of foreign music, to the neglect of our own na-
tional minstrelsy ; but he did not bit hard enough, nor show
by an example, which he might have done, the absurdity of
truckling to and encouraging foreigners—while we have plenty
of merit and talent at home, if properly fosterd. Mr.
White's style is unpleasant : there is a self-satisfied air ap-
parent in all and everything lie does, which is quite painful.
His first illustration—a French Chanson, that of Bloundel,
to Richard Coeur de Lion—was a downright flat affair. if
such was the style of the Troubadours, their demoisels must
have had hearts soft as butter to have melted to such strains.
Mr. White rather tastefully accompanied himself on the gui-
tar. The second illustration was Moore's " The Harp that
once thro' Tara's Hall." It was given in a conventicle style.
Oh ! Thomas Moore—Thomas Moore—entreat Mr. White
to refrain from singing your charming ditties. Miss Ham-
mond accompanied this very cleverly on the harp, and sang
prettily the next illustration, " Rich and rare were the Gems
she wore," also accompanying herself on the harp. This
song received the most marked applause. The song of
" Aileen Arood:' was given by the lecturer, the original words
being sung instead of the better known ones of " Robin
Adair." The next illustration was Moore's '• When Hope's
bright Dream is o'er," to Miss Hammond's accompaniment
on the pianoforte. Miss Hammond had hardly concluded
before the lecturer fairly turned her out of the chair, and,
without comment or introduction, sang—accompanying him-
self—" I'll think of thee." The lecture was concluded by
Mr. White's singing the gay, sprightly, mirthful " Nora
Creina." He gave it in as melancholy a style as he would
have done " Chevy Chase," wherein Witherington is said to
have fought " upon his stumps." Those who have heard
Kate Kearney sing " Nora Creina," must have felt a slight
difference. Kate Kearney would have obtained a screaming
encore, and set all the audience beating time. Mr. White's
appeared pleased when he had concluded. Now, to say all
this is very unpleasant. We had rather be blamed for excess
of laudation than for grumbling ; for praise, like mercy,
" blesseth him who gives and he who takes ;" but really so
uninteresting an affair as this we have seldom had the lot to
sit out. There seemed to be no principle laid down ; nothing
carried out ; and if the illustrations could be taken as exem-
plifying the beauties of music, where we had no less than
tour instances, as we have said before, out of the seven—
from one author—we have nothing further to say on the
subject. It is quite absurd to call such an exhibition a lec-
ture. Mr. White's manner to Miss Hammond—a really
clever and accomplished lady—was anything but courteous.
There was a total absence of those little civilities to a coad-
jutor, which, although they amount to nothing, convey to
the minds of an audience that the principal actor has some
regard for talent in another, as well as the idea that it
is a gentleman who is entertaining them. When Mr.
White had concluded, refreshments were handed round, and
the promenading resumed. The company did not dis-
perse until past eleven o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Tattershall
presided, and, previous to the lecture, addressed the audi-
ence in a few sensible remarks. Mr. John Davies performed
upon the seraphine many popular airs, obliging everybody
with anything they asked him to play, in a ready, willing,
and able manner. This instrument greatly enlivens the
rooms ; but we must say a fine band in the vestibule would
be far better.

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school tea-pot—are sufficiently disposed to consider thein-
as injured saints, overflowing with paternal love for
the pour children who have so ruthlessly been attempted to
be snatched from beneath their sheltering wing.- Their
reverences, of course,—amiable beings !—never raised their
hopes higher than to he permitted to visit and train, in the
faith of Rome, their juvenile flocks in the corporation
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schools. They never interfered with any children except
those of their own faith. They never attempted to debar
their own from reading anything except the Protestant
Bible; and, above all, they never attempted to convert what

was professedly a neutral system of education, so far as reli-
gion was concerned, into one of proselytism to the Rotnish
faith. Injured innocents ! We are afraid, however, that so
much wra.,ll has not sprung from so slight a loss. We be-
lieve we are not in error when we state—and we defy contra-
diction upon this point—that their reverences were far from
being the humble, unassuming, self-denying individuals
which they are generally presumed to have been, in connex-
ion with the schools under the late system. On ie contrary,
under the covert exercise of their insidious influence, those
schools were little better than juvenile Popish seminaries.
Not a book was permitted to come into them without their
sanction; and when we remember the fact, indisputably
proved in,the council, that even a history—a juvenile history
of the Jewish nation—could not be permitted to be read in
those schools without being first carefully purged by a
Popish priest of every passage which, though historically
true, was calculated to reflect upon the conduct of Popery
in time past, destroying its pretensions to the character of
universal toleration and excessive liberality, we have a per-
fect right to conclude, and we ourselves firmly believe, that
it is no mere matter of the Douey Bible or the Irish extracts
which has placed Rome in hostility to the present system,
but that its priesthood know, that, under the management of
a Christian education committee, the hitherto unresisted
control which they have exercised over the education of the
whole body of the children. Protestant as well as Popish,
would be at an cnd. Rome seeks not toleration. She seeks
supremacy!

gXTRAORDINATLY ATTEMPT TO ROB A SAFE IN A
PUBLIC-lIOUSE----TwO men, of rather respectable appear-
anee—Thomas Thompson Woods, and James Burns—were
on Wednesday, and yesterday, by remandment, placed at the
bar of the police-court, on a cherge of felonious attempting
to open a money-safe in a public-house. Ann Sephton, the
wife of Thomas Sephton, publican, Drury-lane, said that
about nine o'clock on Friday night last, the two prisoners
came to their house, and called for two glasses "of ale, with
which she served them. There was an iron safe in the par-
lour, in which they kept their money. The prisoners re-
niained nearly two hours in the parlour. Shortly before they
left, she heard a noise similar to that made on opening the
lock of the safe. The prisoners left the house, and she went
into the parlour and examined the safe, and found it locked.
She had opened the lock with the same key that morning,
and it locked very easily. She deposited some money in the
safe, and locked it again, and took the key into her posses-
sion, and kept it until she heard the sound of the lock at
night. On Saturday morning, about half-past eight o'clock,
the prisoners came again to the house, and went Into the
same parlour, calling for two glasses of ale, with which she
served them. She told them to walk into the bar until the
parlour was cleared out. They said the parlour would do.
and remained there about ten minutes, She sent a person to
watch. and afterwards sent for a locksmith, and again told the
prisoners to zo into the bar, which they then did. The lock-
smith came and opened the lock, and whilst doing so, the
prisoner Woods leaned back on his chair, and took particu-
lar notice of the safe as the smith endeavoured to open it.
The prisoners left the house before they succeeded in opening
it. She found all safe,—nothing had been disturbed that she
could see. On Tuesday night, between ten and eleven
o'clock, she was in the kitchen, when her daughter come to
her and said some men were in the parlour. She desired her
to go into the bar and inform her father, and as she was
leaving the kitchen, she heard the lock of the safe opened.
They rushed into the parlour, and the prisoners were
soon after secured. The police,officers were called in,
and the prisoners were taken to Bridewell. A few minutes
after, Sarah Smith, a young woman who had come into
the house, went into the parlour, and asked for a glass of
ale. After she was served she handed witness the skeleton
key produced, which she said she found at the back of the
parlour tire. Other witnesses, including Mr. Sephton, cor-
roborated this evidence. He had tried to unlock the safe
but could not, after dinner on Tuesday. He believed it was
unlocked when he got the key in. He eventually opened
it, and found all safe. He had a£s note, and upwards of
ten sovereigns in the drawers : they were not displaced. The
skeleton key was produced. and Sarah Smith said she found
it in the coals, at the back of the fire. A police-officer said
that he was called in on Tuesday night, and found the pri-
goners struggling with Mr. Sephton and another person.
They were secured and taken to Bridewell. Mr. Tinckler,
the locksmith, said that on examining the safe, he found
some one had been attempting to open it. The pin of the
lock was broken, and he with difficulty opened it with the
proper key, and left it so that it might be opened with
ease. He left no picklock or key similar to that produced
behind him. This was the principal evidence, and the pri-
soners, who were both known to the police, were committed
for trial at the sessions. The prisoner Woods had before
been eleven times committed, and tour times discharged.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON TAE JCE AT CLAPHAM.—About
four o'clock last Monday afternoon, while a crowd of skaters
and others were amusing themselves on the ice on the Long
Pond, Clapham-common, the ice suddenly gave way, and
three young persons (a brother and two sisters) were im-
mersed in the water and drowned, in spite of every effort to
save them. The names of the unfortunate sufferers are
James Bunce, aged 21, Caroline Bunce, aged 19, and Anne
Bunce, aged 17. Nearly half an hour elapsed before the
bodies were found. This is the second fatal occurrence that
has taken place on the Long Pond during the present winter,
chiefly in consequence of there being neither ladders nor
drags immediately at hand, to be used in case of accidents.
The bodies await a coroner's inquest.

We regret to learn that an accident occurred on Saturday
last, on the Wishaw and Coltnesfr Railway, by which two
lives have been lost. The particulars of this catastrophe, so
far as we have learned, are as follows. The Railway runs on
an inclined plane as far as the village of Motherwell; and
the waggoners before starting from the top of the line at New
Mains are in the habit of placing the horse in a carriage or
basket, when the train moves down the rails by its own
momentum. On this occasion the waggoner followed the
usual custom, and at they same time gave a man and woman
a drive in one of the wagons under his charge. The train
had proceeded to about half a mile from Wishaw, when the
first waggon entered a lye,—the tongue having been left
open—and being thus diverted from the straight course at
the moment that the mass was moving with great velocity,
the waggon was overturned, •and killed the two persons
above referred to on the spot. Their bodies were frightfully
mutilated. We have been informed that the female who has
been thus suddenly deprived of life NI as at the time, on her
way to visit her relations, to apprize them of her approaching
marriage.—Glasgow Mail.
SUSPECTED MURDER.—On Saturday last, a mason, named
Dryden, residing in Macdougal Street, was apprehended on
suspicion of having inflicted severe wounds upon his wife,
so as to cause her death. We learn that the deceased was
seen on the forenoon of Friday in her usual health ; next day
the neighbours suspected there was something wrong, from
the circumstance of neither her nor her husband making their
appearance, and also in consequence of hearing, over-night,
sounds as if coming from a person in great pain. Having
knocked at the door, and being refused admittance, their
suspicions of foul play were increased, and information of the
matter was given at the Police Office. A criminal officer or
two were accordingly dispatched to investigate. into the affair
but they also were denied an entrance iqcji the house. How-
ever, upon one of the lieutenants going to the spot, he, along
with the officers, were admitted and strange to relate, they
found the female, who had been seen the previous day in ap-
parently perfect lealth, dead and laid in her coffin, the lid of
which was screwed down. A post mortem examination hav-
ing taken place, several serious marks of injury were discover-
ed on the head and body of the deceased, there being on the
back of the former, we are informed, a severe fracture. The
husband was of course taken into custody, and a judicial
investigation is now going on. The prisoner, who has hith-
erto borne an excellent chraracter, denies having inficted any
of the injuries observable on his deceased wife.— Edinburgh
Courant.

ATTEMPTED MURDERS AND SUICIDE AT SHEFFIELD.
—ln another column we record the barbarous murder of a
young woman at Mansfield, by a lover discarded for his in-
temperance. We have now to narrate a dreadful event in
this town, arising out of similar circumstances, but differing
in this, that no less than three persons have almost miracu-
lously escaped with their lives, while the author of the crime
is himself his own victim. Hannah, Sarah, and Harriet
Poole, are three sisters, living together at Pye Bank, Bridge-
houses, and maintaining themselves in comfort by dress-
making. Henry Vaughan, the miserable suicide, was a table-
knifehafter, living in White Croft, and aged about twenty-
five. He has paid his addresses to the second sister, Sarah;
but, about eighteen months ago, his conduct had become so
dissolute and intemperate, that she refused any longer to
keep company with him. Soon after he called to see her,
and endeavoured to induce her to revoke her determination ;
but, finding that it was in vain, he drew out a razor and a
knife, and,l throwing open the razor as he sat, uttered
some horrible threat. She, however, spiritedly pushed him
and his seat down together, and took the razor from him,
cutting his hand with it. Since that time he has frequently
alarmed her and her sisters with threats, and has lurked
much about the house as if watching his opportunity. A
few months ago, seeing Sarah near a chamber window, he
threw a large stone at her, from which she very narrowly
escaped. In October last he came with a pistol, and fired
it against the house, declaring he would frighten them to
death. Last Saturday night he was at Mr. Pearson's, the
Barrel public-house, on the opposite side of the road, and
sent a message to Sarah, requesting to see her. She was out
of town at the time, but returned on Monday ; and, in con-
sequence of the violent threats which he had uttered, she
applied to the magistrates on Tuesday, and obtained a warrant
of the peace, on which Vaughan was summoned to appear
on Friday. We understand that he just showed himself at
the magistrates room, and did not remain to answer his
name' On Friday night, about a quarter to eight, the sisters
were seated at their work, when Vaughan suddenly rushed
in at the outer door, and, closing it violently after him,
cried " Revenge ! revenge this night, if I go out a corpse !"
Drawing his hands from his coat pockets, he exhibited in
each hand a pistol. Sarah immediately rushed to the door,
followed by Harriet, who, perceiving that Vaughan was aim-
ing at Sarah escaped down the stairs ; but Harriet, by closing
the door, had shut herself in with the madman, while Han-
nah escaped out of the front door, and, running across the
road to the Barrel, gave the alarm. Vaughan rushed to the
door as if to follow Sarah ; but Harriet, with wonderful in-
trepidity, pushed him backward. Be fell, and she snatched
what she supposed to be the other loaded pistol from his
hand, threw it down and escaping through the door into the
next room, made for the window. She threw open the sash,
and. pushing open the unfastened shutters, was in the act of
jumping out in a stooping posture, when the villain fired at
her. The ball struck her upon the right shoulder blade,
making a superficial scored wound, passing over her shoulder
and by her cheek. Meanwhile, Mr. Pearson, of the Barrel,
with Mr. John Palfreyman, a commercial traveller, and
and several others, alarmed by Hannah, and hearing the
screams of Harriet, and the sound of the shots, came up to
the door. The door was fastened; and Mr. Palfreyman had
raised his foot to force it open, when the desperate villain
fired a third pistol through the panel of the door. The ball
entered the front of Mr. Palfreyman's trousers, tearing his
shirt, and passing along his left thigh, leaving him most won-
derfully without a wound. But, for the peculiar position in
which he was, there can be little doubt the ball would have
passed through Mr. Palfreyroan's abdomen. Finding the
fellow so desperate, no further attempt was made to enter the
house ; but the police were sent for. Lre they came, three
other shots were heard within the house. After a short time,
Serjeants Wakefield and Astwood arrived; and, bursting
open the door, which had been fastened in the inside. Wake-
field entered, and found Vaughan lying on the floor, near the
door. Wakefield immediately seized him by the throat,
kneeling upon his arms, under the apprehension that he was
only feigning drunkenness. But there was no need for this
precaution. The miserable man was in his last agony. His
eyes but once moved, and his guilty spirit was gone. The
last shot heard by the neighbour had been directed at his
own breast. Near him lay three pocket pistols, one dis-
charged, one loaded, and the third with the barrel partially
unscrewed, as if for the purpose of reloading. The suicide's
body was conveyed to the Barrel, there to await the inquest.
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Cr. COMMITTEE

Church, in the place di'. Cluugh, deceased, and
list to bt. Martin's Church, in the place of Wm.

Mr. lIIILKETT moved the appOintment of Mr. Sudlow as
organist to St, Nicholas's Church.

nTit seconded the motion. I\lr. Platt pronounced
a warm eulogy on Mr. Venables, one of the candidates, ex-
pressing a hope, that if ever the council had a similar situa-
tion to bestow his claims would not be overlooked.
Mr. liuuroN asked by what authority the Town-council
made these appointments ? He submitted that they ought to
be in the parish.

Mr. BIRKETT said the council had exercised the right up-
wards of 130 years.
Mr. BOLTON said, the council bad exercised many rights
130 years, which the Town-clerk would tell them had been
taken from them by the municipal act.
The TOWN-CLERK having been appealed to on this point,
gave an opinion to the effect, that the council had assumed
the power of making the appointment, which they might keep
so long as they paid the stipends.
Mr. BOLTON moved, that the council should not inter-
fere in the matter. The motion was not seconded and it fell
to the ground.
Mr. BIRKETT, seconded by Mr. PARKER, moved that
Mr. W. C. Ashlin he appointed organist of St. Martin's
Church, in lieu of Mr. Sudlow, resigned. e
Both resolutions were carried without a division.
MR. SLATER'S RESIGNATION.
The MAYOR read the following letter from Mr. Slater :
" Winsfor•d, 22d December, 1841.
" Dear Sir,—Having ceased to be a resident householder
in Liverpool, and thereby become disqualified to sit as a
councillor for the Borough of Liverpool, I respectfully beg to
give you notice that I do not intend again to take my seat,
and wish the vacancy to be filled up.—l am, &c.
(Signed) " WILLIAM SLATER."
" R. RADCLIFFE, Esq.
The TOWN-CLERK stated that he had taken counsel's
opinion on the subject, and he found that it 'coincided with
his own; namely, that it was extremely doubtful whether
they could proceed as on a vacancy till November next. It
was recommended that the vacancy should not be filled up
till November, and in the meantime Mr. Slater's resignation
was not good.

Mr. HARBORD said, as Mr. Slater did not intend to sit,
he ought to be made to pay the fine.
The TOWN-CLERK said it must be taken that his resigna-
Gun was not good.
Mr. HARBORD would move that the resignation of Mr.
Slater be accepted. He 'certainly ought not to escape pay-
ment of the fine.
The TOWN-CLERK said the question could not be enter-
tained by the council as this was not a resignation.
It was agreed that the letter should he on the table; and
it was stated, as the general understanding, that Mr. Slater
was still entitled to walk into the council and take his seat
till November text, when he will cease to be eligible.
Mr. BIRKETT said this ought to be a lesson to wards not
to elect men who would not pay their fines.
The MAYOR.—That is an unnecessary remark.
THE LADIES' CHARITY.
A letter was read from the President of the Ladies' Charity
requesting the renewal of the lease of the premises in Duke-
street on favourable terms.
Mr. EVANS expressed his opinion that grants of this
nature ought to be made by the corporation without the in-
tervention of a lease. He said, why bind the generosity of
the corporation in the trammels of law?
The TOWN-CLERK expressed doubts as to whether they
would be proceeding legally unless they had a lease and fine.
The letter was referred to the Finance Committee.
ENROLMENT OF INDENTURES.
Applications to allow, under special circumstances, the
enrolment of the indentures of apprenticeship of Daniel
Henry Peake, Edmund Gee, George Henry Gardner, Thos.
Doughty Pritchard, and James Wilson Robinson, after the
expiration of the period limited by the by-law, were &Tad
and referred.

THE NORTHERN HOSPITAL.
The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a communication
from Mr. Robert B. Anderson, Vice-President of the
Northern Hospital, stating that the hospital was at present
inadequate to meet the claims constantly made upon it; that
some of the cases were obliged to be refused admittance ; and
wishing to know if the committee could be accommodated
with a grant of land for the purpose of erecting a suitable
hospital.

Mr. BOLTON said, that if the committee in question could
be accommodated in any way, it would be most desirable,
inasmuch as the purpose for which they sought the land was
most unexceptionable. The Northern Hospital possessed a
stronger claim, in his mind, on the council, than any other
institution which had come before them for many years.
(Hear, hear.)
The letter was referred to the Finance Committee.
THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.
Mr. GLADSTONE presented a memorial, signed by Rectors
Brooks and Campbell, Chairmen of the Collegiate Institu-
tion, stating that they were erecting extensive buildings in
Shaw-street, wherein a sound religious education would be
afforded to all classes in accordance with the principles of the
Established Church ; that the building would form one of
the principal architectural ornaments of the town ; that its
cost would be £30,000, towards which £15,000 had been sub-
scribed ; and that it was vested in fifty trustees. The memorial
concluded by praying for assistance from the Town-council,
expressing a hope that the case would be taken into con•
sideration, and that such a surplus (as had been done in other
cases) would be awarded as the building might appear to de-
serve, and the funds of the corporation would permit. Mr.
Gladstone moved that the memorial be referred to the Fi-
nance Committee.

Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE seconded the motion.
Mr. BOLTON said there was no use in referring it to the
finance committee, inasmuch as there existed a standing rule
which excluded them from exercising any judgment whatever
in cases where grants of money were sought for any purpose
connected with instruction, where such instruction was not
under the control and management of the council. There
were, independent of this, other considerations which would
prevent him from furthering the objects of the memorialists.
The document stated that the institution was designed to be
for th© benefit of all the inhabitants, and immediately after,
it stated that the children were to be brought up in the prin-
ciples of the established church ? He should like to know
how Roman Catholics or dissenters were to be benefited by
it, if the instruction it afforded was to be based exclusively
upon the principles of the established church. It should be
remembered that the persons to receive education in the in-
stitution in question were people of a wealthy class, and, be-
ing so, he considered it unjust of them to come to the coun-
cil, and ask for a grant of money, particularly after they had
adopted a measure which would have the effect of excluding
the Catholic children from the schools of the corporation.
They, further stated, in the memorial, that other grants had
been made by the council to' other institutions. He knew of
none such. (Oh !) A grant had, indeed, been made to the
Deaf and Dumb Institution ; but then all classes shared in
the benefit of it. The same might be said with regard to the
assistance rendered the Mechanics' Institution ; because
there, also existed no exclusiveness ; but, upon the contrary,
every man, whether he was Protestant, Catholic, or Dissen-
ter, might send his children there, and have them instructed
On all these grounds, therefore, but especially on the first,
which prevented all discussion on the subject, he opposed the
motion.

Mr. SANDS asked whether any grant had been made by the
council to the Mechanics' Institution ?
Mr. ISAAC HOLMES said that land had been given for its
erection.
Mr. BOLTON was proceeding to offer some explanation, by
referring to an act of parliament granting the land, when
Mr. SANDS interrupted him by repeating the question
whether any grant, either of land or money, had been ever
made to the Mechanics' Institution? He was anxious, he
said, to have an answer on the subject, because the memorial
stated that similar grants had been made to similar institu-
tions.

Mr. EARLE asked whether Mr. Sands pretended to say
that the Collegiate and the Mechanics were " similar" insti-
tutions ?

Mr. SANDS said he did not, because he hoped the one
would be vastly superior to the other. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. EARLE designated this a brilliant reply, but said he
would not permit Mr. Sands to evade the question. He
wished again to know whether the gentleman maintained
that there was no difference between the two institutions?
Mr. SANDS said he believed there were some traces of a
resemblance between them.
Mr. EARLE said he would allow no swivelling. (A laugh.)
His question was, whether they were the same ?—and he
begged of the mayor to put it once more to Mr. Sands.
Mr. SANDS thought there would be a great difference be-
tween them.
Mr. EARLE remarked that things which were wholly dis-
similar could not be similar.
Mr. HENRY LAWRENCE requested that the standing
order, which bad been referred to by Mr. Bolton, might be
read.

The TOWN-CLERK read it accordingly. It was to the
effect that no grant in aid of any schools, except those which
were the property of the corporation, and under the control
of the council, should be made.
Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE observed that although neither the
Collegiate Institute nor the Mechanics' was under the con-
trol of the council, the grant had, it appeared, been made to
the latter.

Mr. ASPIN ALL asked whether the land had not been sold
to the committee of the Mechanics' Institute for 14s per
square foot, while in reality it was worth 215., and whether
a power of mortgaging the property had not also been con-
ferred If the council had gone to parliament for an act by
which they could benefit the Mechanics' Institution, he
thought they had legitimate reasons for going to parliament
to benefit the Collegiate Institution also. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. PROCTOR believed it was in the power of the council
to suspend the standing order, which had just been read by
the town-clerk, for any special purpose. lie had himself
given notice for its suspension, but he had subsequently
learned from the town-clerk that it could be suspended by
the consent of the council.
Mr. MELLOR said that when Mr. Proctor had given notice
of motion for suspending the order in question, it struck
him at the time that it was merely a precursor for the appli-
cation then made. He (Mr. Mellor) thought the present
application was too bad. At the last meeting the council
had passed a resolution which virtually excluded any bene-
fits of education to the great majority of the poor—(" No,
no,"—confining the funds principally to a portion of the
community. _

The M AY OR said that as the latter subject had been previ-
ously disposed of, it was better not to allude to it again.
Mr. MELLOR proceeded to say it was too bad that they
should adopt a similar principle with regard to the rich. The
memorial stated that £15,000 had been subscribed, and that
the building would cost ..-E30,000 ; and where such sums of
money as those could be raised, it was too bad that the me-
morialists should come to the council and seek any assistance
whatever. The principles of the Mechanics' Institution and
that of the Collegiate Institution were very different. (Hear,
hear.) At the Mechanics' Institution there was no reli-
gious instruction given ; consequently, every inhabitant
had an equal advantage from it. (Loud cries of " No,
no.") In the other case, the benefits could only accrue to
one class of the community—namely, to those who were de-
sirous that their children should receive an education accord-
ing to the principles of the established church. Under
present circumstances it was quite irregular that anything
should be done with the memorial. It could only lie on the
table until some gentleman should move a suspension of the
standing orders • and when that should have been done, he
would strenuously oppose it.
Mr. BinKETT said he should move a suspension of the
standing order. In the meantime he begged to observe, that
he was very sorry to hear such sentiments from any man re-
sidine- in Liverpool, as he had just heard from the lips of
Mr. Mellor. (Hear, bear.) To say that any large school
conducted without any regard to religious instruction, was
designed for the benefit of the whole of the community, was
to him a surprising expression. Be maintained that any in-
stitution which excluded religious education from the child-
ren was a disadvantage to the community ; and he asserted
fearlessly that if such a system were extended over the face
of the country, millions of money would be insufficient to
provide gaols for the people. (Hear, hear.) This was his
opinion, and he stated it openly. He farther maintained
that it was a praiseworthy and laudable object to support the
Collegiate Institution. He was aware that a difference ex-
isted in the minds of many parties at the time of its original
foundation, with regard to the shutting out of the Church
Cathechism from its system of instruction ; and, although
Mr. Mellor had stated that it was designed for the purpose