The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-01 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE: (P romthe xford Herald. The Lord Bishop of Ely has appointed the Rev. Charles Ward, M.A. Rector of Maulden, a Rural Dean for the Dean ery of Fleet ; and the Rev. C. C. B. Bawnell, M.A. Vicar of Milton Earnest, for the Deanery of Clapham.—North ampton Herald. Rev. A. Creery, Curate of Ballintoy, to the Perpetual Cu racy of Dunseverick, vacant by the appointment of the Rev. James O'Hara to the Carrowdore District. Rev. W. B. Lawrence, to the Curacy of Nantmel, Rad • norshtre. Hon. and Rev. Francis Grey, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, Perpetual Curate of Buxton, Derbyshire, son of Earl Grey, to the Rectory of Gateshead, Durham, void by the resignation of the Rev. John Collinson, M.A. of Queen's College ; patron, the Bishop of Durham. Rev. Champness Pleydell Bragge, B.C.L. to the Rectory of Chilton Cantiloe, Somersetshire, vacant by the death of the Bev. T. Tomkins ; patron, John Bragge, Esq. Mr. George Townshend Duffield, of Brasenose College, was yesterday elected a Fellow of that Society. Mr. Nathaniel Morgan, of Brasenose College, has been appointed an Exhibitioner on Mr. Hulme's foundation. The Rev. Edward Riou Berens, M.A. of St. Mary Hall, has been inducted to the Rectory of Downham, Essex, vacant by the cession of the Rev. E. Benyon ; patron, R. B. Berens, Esq. Bruton-street, Hanover-square, London. The Rev. Samuel Stead, M.A. of Brasenose College, has been appointed Perpetual Cnrate of Burton-on-Trent, Staf fordshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Hugh Jones; patron, the Marquis of Anglesey. The Rev. Williams, D. Veitch, M.A. of Balliol College, has been appointed one of the Domestic Chaplains to the Marquis of Bute. The Rev. W. J. Ballard, M.A. of Trinity Coll., has been instituted to the Rectory of Albourne, Sussex, vacant by the death of the Rev. George Wells ; patron, John Goring, Esq. The Rev. J. Dallas, to the Curacy of St. Luke's, Chorl ton-upon-Medlock. The Rev. William F. Sims, 8.A., of Magdalen Hall, has been appointed to the Curacy of Ruislip, Middlesex. The Lord Bishop of Durham has appointed the Rev. John Collinson, M.A., of Queen's College, the Bampton Lecturer of 1813, and Rector of Gateshead, Durham, to the Rectory of Bolden, Durham, vacant by the death of the Rev. N. J. Hollingsworth, M.A., of St. John's College. The Rev. W. J. Brodrick, M.A., of Balliol College, has been instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the Rectory of Bath, vacant by the death of the Rev. Charles Crook ; patrons, the Trustees of thelate Rev. Chas. Simeon. The Rev. Frederick Brown, M.A., of Exeter College, has been instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the Rectory of Nailsea, with Bourton, Somerset, vacant by the cession of the Rev. John Langdon ; patroness, Mrs. Mary Brown, widow. The Rev. T. Pope, one of the Conducts of Eton College has been appointed to the Vicarage of Christ Church, Mon. mouthshire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. R. Roberts patrons, the Fellows and Provost of Eton College. PROMOTIONS. Rev. R. H. King, M:A.,toiiisitectory of Wendon Lofts with Elmden Vicarage, Essex, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Fiske ; patron, John Wilkes, Esq. Rev. C. Tower, Chaplain to the Lodge of Freemasons at Chigwell, Essex, to be the Provincial Grand Chaplain. Oct. 10, the Rev. H. A. Bishop, M.A., of Catharine Hall, Cambridge, on his own petition to the Rectory of Long Stowe, Cambridgeshire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. William Barry. The Rev. J. Haworth, M.A., of Christ's College, Cam bridge, having been appointed to the Benefice of Christ Church, Chester, by the Bishop of Chester, the Rev. Chan cellor Raikes, and the Rev. W. Gibson, (the joint trustees,) has resigned the Vicarage of Croxton, Norfolk ; the patrons of which are the Masters and Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Henry Thompson, 8.A., to the Rectory of Fobbing, in the county of Essex, and diocese of London, void by the resignation of the Rev. J. H. Randolph.—Gazette. Rev, J. Stratton, to the Rectory of St. Paul with St. Margaret, Canterbury. Rev. Mr. Poole, to the Mastership of Mansfield Free Grammar School. Rev. A. Manning, to the Chaplaincy of the House of Correction, Devizes. Rev. Mr. Thomas, to the Perpetual Curacy of Thornton, Yorkshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Bishop ; patron, the Vicar of Bradford. LORD BROUGHAM'S REPORTED DEATH. (From the Morning Poet.) PENRITH, THURSDAY EVENING.—I have just had the satisfaction of seeing Lord Brougham, who has returned to Brougham, after his excursion to the lakes, as well in health and in as good spirits as his best friends could wish. The cause of the rumour which agitated London is still involved in mystery. Mr. Shafto, whom I have also seen, is cer tainly not the author of the report ; and his name has been most wantonly used by some person. I forward you the fol lowing letter from Mr. Shafto, which you will perceive com pletely exonerates him : - • .4 To the Editor of the Morning Post. " Brougham, Thursday, Oct. 24, 1839. " Sir,—ln reference to a letter which appeared in your paper of the 23d instant, alluding to a letter giving an ac count of Lord Brougham's death, and signed with my name, I beg to deny having written any such letter, or any letter at all, to Mr. Montgomery or any other person, with an ac count of Lord Brougham's death.—l remain, your obedient servant, " B. DUNCOMBE SUAFTO." The accident, as I mentioned before, was a very frightful one, and might have been attended with most serious conse quences. The plunging of the horses has been described to me by an eye-witness as terrific ; and if one of the wheels of the carriage had not come off, so as to prevent the horses from running off with it, all the party would probably have been severely hurt. It is singular that Lord Brougham, fearing lest any false reports of the accident should be con veyed up to town, wrote to his family and some friends, tell ing them there had been an accident to the carriage, but warning them not to believe any idle rumours that might reach them. Mrs. Shafto behaved with remarkable courage and presence of mind. The only mode in which the false report can be accounted for is, that it sprang from some person in Penrith who saw the carriage which was sent for return with Mr. and Mrs. Shafto, and without Mr. Leader and Lord Brougham, who walked home another way, having previously despatched expresses to Carlisle and Penrith for medical assistance for the driver. This circumstance might have iodueeti SOUR, perm). in Penrith to believe that Lord Brougham and Mr. Leader were injured. In reference to this affair, the Morning Post of Tuesday publishes the following letter from Mr. Shaft°, with its en closures : " To the Editor of the . Morning Post. " Fern Rill, Windsor, Oct. 28, 1839. " Sir,—l beg leave to' enclose a 6opy of the letter, which received on Monday the 21st instant, and which I showed to Count D'Orsay about an hour after it reached me, and after wards to Lord Uxbridge, whom I - met by accident on my way to Fern Hill. `.` As the letter bears the postmark of " Penrith," and as I was not at the time acquainted with Mr. Shafto's hand writing, I never for an instant doubted the authenticity of the letter; and I remained under the painful impression of Lord Brougham's death until the following afternoon, when I was relieved by receiving at Fern Hill a letter from Lord Brougham himself. " f have since seen several letters written by Mr. Shaft°, the writing of which is entirely different from that which received on the 21st instant.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant, "ALFRED MONTGOMERY." " Brougham, Oct. 19, 1839. " Dear Alfred,—l have just but time to send you a line to tell you of a terrible accident which happened here to-day, and has almost bewildered me. We were going to see an old castle, when the cirriage, a horrid old thing from the inn, broke down, the splinter bar and axle being completely worn through ; and, after being dragged some way, on we were clashed into the ditch. I escaped ; but Lord Brougham was kicked by one c f the horses, and being stunned by the kick could not get away from the carriage, which fell on him, and crushed his head. He died on the spot. Leader is so injured from his fall, that he can scarcely survive. Leonard is away shooting, and I am in a shocking state—alone in the house, and scarcely know what to do. I send you this that you may tell Lord Wellesley.—Yours truly, " 11. SHAFTO. _ _ " To Alfred Montgomery, Esq., Kingston House, Knightsbridge, London."' The Post adds the following remarks, which, whether well or ill founded, agree pretty generally with the conjectures and inuendoes which pervade the press, both metropolitan and provincial : "In another part of our paper we give a communication from Mr. Alfred Montgomery, relative to the report of Lord Brougham' s death, which so agitated the town yesterday se'n night. The mystery of the matter is, however, still unex plained. Who forged the letter purporting to be from Mr. Shafto ? That is the question. " Our contemporaries are beginning to make shrewd gues ses, 'and to indulge in sundry sagacious inuendoes on this point. " One thing we can promise —we shall not be in a hurry again to believe any statement of Lord Brougham's death, even though there Mould be good reason to b e li eve h e h as written the account himself." STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.--During the last three days, two additional failures have been announced, both, we believe, in some de gree connected with the one to which we alluded on Friday, and one of them of considerable magnitude—the debts being variously stated at from £42,000 to £50,000. The other, we believe, is of small importance. Owing to these failures, and to the general pressure on the market, the demand for yarn was extremely limited, and prices were not only generally lower, but exceedingly unsteady—sales being made at the same time at rates varying id. to md. per 1b.,. for the same qualities and descriptions of yarns. Manufactured goods of all kinds were also in very limited demand, and at prices a shade lower than those of Tuesday last. In consequence of the unfavourable appearance of the market, a meeting of the spinners of coarse yarn, in Oldham and the neighbourhood, was held on Monday evening, when it was resolved to work only nine hours per day for the next six weeks. The esta blishments to which this resolution refers are, however, ge nerally of very limited extent, and the diminution of produce cannot be reckoned at more than 40,000 weight a-week. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, OCT. 28. We have had another dull market to-day, but little or no change in the prices. Wool has not been much inquired af ter, and its price nearly stationary. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, OCT. 29.—1 f any thing, this was a worse market than last week, there being fewer buyers and less demand; but, although the accidental sales are not large, it is satisfactory to know that special orders are suffi ciently extensive to employ the greater part of the operatives. The manufacturers determinately keep from creating heavy stocks, so that prices remain firmer than could be expected, and when the demand increases, they may suddenly rise. Wools of finer sorts are lower, while the coarser qualities re main pretty firm. A general dullness prevails the ware houses.—Manchester Guardian' It is said that Mrs. Butler (formerly the lovely Fanny Kemble) has a work forthcoming, but whether it is a novel, travels, poetry, or a plump baby, we have not heard.—New York paper. USEFUL SUGGESTIONS TO YOUNG MEN.—In the course of my travels, I have seen many a promising and fine young man gradually led to dissipation, gambling, and ruin, merely by the want of means to make a solitary evening pass plea santly. I earnestly advise any youth who quits that abode of purity, peace. and delight, his paternal home, to acquire a taste for reading and writing. At every place where he may reside long, either in England or on the Continent, let him study to make his apartments as attractive and comfortable as possible; for h e w ill fi n d a li tt l e extraor di nary expense, so bestowed at the beginning, to be good economy at the end; let him read the best books in the language of the place in which he lives ; and, above all, let him never retire to rest without writing at least a page of original comments on what he has seen, read, and heard in the day. This habit will teach him to observe and discriminate ; for a man ceases to read with a desultory and wandering mind, which is utter waste of time, when he knows that an account of all the in formation which he has gained must be written at night.— rlewton's Sketches in Biography, MISCELLANEOUS. There is now growing in the garden of Mr. Bentley, of Aston, near Oswestry, a splendid dahlia (" the Countess of Liverpool,") which is nearly ten feet high, and has thirty five blooms! The Lord Bishop of Salisbury's two brothers, Henry Denison, Esq., of All Souls College, Oxford, and Alfred Denison, Esq., of Christ Church, are on the eve of quitting this country to settle in South Australia. The Dutch journals announce the death of the Baron Van Brienen, leaving an only son, the inheritor of property to the amount of 65,000,000 of francs (£2,600,000), with the ex ception of portions bequeathed to several charitable in stitutions. THE RIGHT KIND OF PRESSURE.—The Germantown Telegraph says, " There is a tremendous pressure through out Pennsylvania just now. The poor barns groan under the loads which they are obliged to bear, and some fears are en tertained of their breaking." A CuniosiTY,—On Monday, a very fine and extraordi nary large sized root of parsley was gathered in the garden of Mr. Henry Stainforth, file-cutter, Spring-hill, Crookes moor side, Sheffield, which weighed 71b. 40z., and measured four feet in diameter ! The chemists and druggists of Leeds intend closing their shops at eight o'clock in the evening during the winter months, commencing on the first of November ; a com mendable proceeding, and one that may be adopted with ad vantage by all shopkeepers. A FINE LEAP.—A few days ago, a fat heifer, the property of Mr. George Taylor, butcher of Newark, that had been put into the yard of the Robin Hood Inn, for security, made her escape by leaping the gates, a height of 6 feet 4 inches, which she performed in the most gallant style-- Leeds Intelligencer. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. Great exertions are making in the neighbourhood of Clay Cross, to complete one line of rails, so as to allow of the line between Whit tington and Derby being opened in January next, for the conveyance of cokes to the latter place. Mr. Henry Tufnell, private secretary of Lord Minto, is to be the new Lord of the Treasury. Mr. Tufnell has an nounced himself as a candidate for Devonport, as successor to Sir Edward Codrington, whose appointment to the com mand of Portsmouth has caused a vacancy in the represen tation of that borough. A curious prohibition was annexed to the leave most libe rally given to Mr. D. Roberts, the artist, by Mehemet Ali, to enter all the mosques, and make drawings of their interiors. He was accompanied by a Janissary, (being also himself in the Arab dress,) and forbidden to use pencils of the bristles of the unclean beasts. They must be of camel's hair, nothing piggish being admissible. On Monday a solicitor called at the house of a merchant in London, pursuant to the request of the latter, to settle an account. On knocking at the door, he asked the cockney servant if his master were at home. The servant answered— " No, sir, master is just stept out to fetch a walk." The lawyer observed hastily, " You should have fetched it for him, and then he would have remained at home to keep his appointment." The celebrated stallion, President, died at Waitwith, near Richmond, Yorkshire, on the 31st Sept. at the advanced age of 29 years. President was own brother in blood to Prime Minister, and was bred by the late Sir Mark M. Syk es , B ar t., his sire being the celebrated Sancho, his dam, Miss Teazle Hornpipe, by St. Peter; grandam, Hornpipe, by Trumpeter. —Leeds Intelligencer. CENTENARY MEDALS. — Messrs. James Heeley and Sons, of Biimingham, the authorised agents and mrnufacturers of the centenary medals, have already struck off nearly 200,000 of their very beautiful designs, for the supply of the society in various parts of the kingdom. They have orders in hand for as many more, in addition to the supply for the foreign stations, which are as yet to be completed. Richard Le Noir, the Arkwright of France, the first cotton manufacturer of the country—who, after having at one time from the station of a labourer, raised himself to a fortune of nearly a million sterling—died in Paris on Saturday a poor matt, having been ruined at the restoration by the competi tion which English goods brought into the markets of the continent. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The quantity of earth work removed, and the number of men, horses, and eng ines, on the un fi nished portion of this railway, namely, from Rugby to the Trent, was 185,203 cubic yards, 3,505 men, 343 horFes, three locomotive and two stationary engines. The whole of the earthwork between Leicester and Rugby was three millions of cubic yards ; of this, 2,400,000 has been removed, and the quantity done last month was 132,792 yards.—Leicester Chronicle. POTATOES.—The Government have effected the ruin of the fruit-growers, and, if what we have heard be correct, the potatoe-growers are in some danger of receiving a similar favour. We have reason to believe, having received infor mation from a source on which we can implicitly rely, that an application is now under the consideration of the Lords of the Treasury, to lower the present duty on foreign pota toes, and to alter the mode of estimating it. We warn the potatoe-growing districts, which supply the London markets, to lose no time in looking into this:matter.—Maidstone Journal. PAPER-CUTTING MACHINE.—At Loch Paper Mill, near Linlithgow, an improved cutting machine has been at work these four months past, constructed and fitted up by the enterprising genius of Mr. John Brown, engineer, Ander ston, Glasgow. It is of a very simple construction, and will certainly be a great benefit to paper-manufacturers in cutting the sheets of a size to the greatest nicety, without broke ; pot paper 240 sheets per minute, or 360 reams per twelve hours; other sizes in proportion. It has been examined by several gentlemen in the paper trade, and considered a supe rior invention.—Glasyow Courant. LONGEVITY.—A numerous body of the tenantry of Capt. Bryan, M.P., assembled at Jenkinstown, on Thursday even ing, to welcome his return to Ireland. Amongst those who participated in the rejoicings on the occasion was Mrs. Whe lan, a hale old grandame, aged 105, who "tripped it on the light fantastic toe" as merrily as the youngest. She danced for a considerable period without any appearance of fatigue, and seemed to enjoy the scene, as if the weight of three quarters of a century had been suddenly removed from her shoulders.—Kilkenny Journal. A CURIOSITY.--TwO men having quarrelled in a sugar refiner's at Valenciennes, one of them threw his comrade into a copper of thick molasses. The latter scrambled out, covered from head to foot with the sugary stuff, and, angry at his adversary, rushed into the streets just as he was, to make his way to the King's Procorpio-, to obtain ba ga i dress. It was treezing very hard at the time, and the sugar became so firm, that when he arrived at the house of the magistrate he looked like a substantial stick of barley sugar. His arms were candied to his side, and he was compelled to ask a by-stander to ring the bell for him. This curious ex hibition attracted crowds of spectators, and excited much merriment. PIGEONS.—We are not aware whether pigeon fanciers have ascertained the average duration of life of this bird, when old age is permitted to terminate its existence ; but however this may be we are in a situation to enlighten the curious on this matter. James Garside, of Birkenshaw, has now in his pos session a male bird of this species, which he purchased 16 years ago, and which was at the time upwards of two years of age, so that the bird is now in its 19th year. About two years ago it began to manifest signs of physical decay ; the female with which it was mated ceased to lay axy eggs, and latterly its sight has failed to such a degree that it was with difficulty it could steer its aerial flights, and its owner has very considerately placed it in a large wicker cage.—Leeds Intelligencer. Lord Nugent has issued an address to the electors of Aylesbury, declaring his intention to persevere in his obsti nate course of opposition to Mr. Cavendish,. our Liberal candidate. His Lordship has not, however, left himself without a loophole through which to escape the performance of this his rash avowal. We would rather that his Lordship had declined altogether; but we think it is a matter of but little importance, as Nugent's power to do mischief is now so curtailed that his presence as a candidate at any future elec tion will have no sensible effect. To talk of Nugent's chance of being returned is the height of absurdity ; his Lordship will not find a dozen of the " independent electors of the bo rough and hundreds of Aylesbury" ready to support him. — Aylesbury News. As the Socialists declare their willingness to have their views freely examined, Mr. Brindley has always afforded them an opportunity to reply to his statements ; he did this at his late lectures in Manchester, and in order to accomo date their means, gave them free admission, whieh they abu sed by involving him in the expense of damage done to the property in the room. If they are really anxious that their system should be investigated, they will prefer the decisions of a respectable and intelligent audience. Accordingly, he now challenges Robert Owen, or his approved advocate, Mr. Buchanan, to meet him at these lectures; offering either of them equal time with himself, to vindicate their views.— Should they refuse to do so, the public will then see that the object of socialism is only to impose on the ignorant, and pander to the vices of the dissolute and profane.—Manchester Courier. MILITARY MEN OF FIFE.—The following remarkable anecdote was told by General Durham at the ordinary of the late meeting of the Caledonian Hunt, in returning thanks for the army :—" I have, on former occasions," said the gal lant veteran, now in his 70th year of service, " mentioned in public, that at one period of the late war, there were no fewer than 17 general officers in the army belonging to the county of Fife, and that to this no county in Scotland could produce a parallel. As the correctness of this statement has been doubted, I shall now give you their names; they were—the Earl of Hopetoun, the Earl of Balcarres, the Earl of Eglin, Sir J. Oswald, Sir R. Ferguson, Gen. the Hon. J. Leslie, Gen. the Hon. D. Leslie, Sir W. Erskine, Sir. D. Erskine, Gen. Viemyss, Gen. Ramsay, Gen. Durham, Gen. Mon crieffe, Gen. Anstruther, Gen. Grahame Stirling, Gen. Nis bet Balfour, and Gen. Clephane—(great applause) and having named these, I think I am safe in saying that no county in Scotland but Fife could boast of the like." AWFUL CIRCUMSTANCE.—The following awful instance of the uncertainty of human life, occurred on Tuesday fore noon last, in the person of Mrs. Jenny Worthington, linen draper,'"of Poulton. She left home in the morning, in good health, intending to visit the new town of Fleetwood, but, melancholy to relate, she was attacked by sudden illness, after proceeding about two miles on the road, and being placed in Mr. R. Lytham's house, medical assistance was procured as soon as possible. A little blood was extracted, but the un fortunate woman remained insensible till about eleven o'clock in the evening, when the vital spark became extinct. The deceased was sixty-six years of age. It is a singular coinci dence, that Mr. Thomas Worthington, her late husband, nine years ago, was seized with a stroke out of his house in the afternoon, was brought home and died under similar circumstances the same evening. —Preston Chronicle. MR. SHARMAN CRAWFORD AND " REPEAL. " —This gentleman—who, if he be a wild politician, is unquestionably one of Ireland's best landlords—has answered the address of the Trades' Union, inviting him to join in the traitor cry of " Repeal." He declines the honour of playing second fiddle to Dan. The agitator held out to him the. hand of pardon— it was refused—and now Mr. Sharman Crawford will never be forgiven. He is weak enough, or sensible enough, to with hold hie assent to become a tool in the hands of the great giver of Irish seats and English places, from the constabulary to the privy council. He has done more—he has actually given a blow to the public enemy ; and vehemently protests against future attempts at humbug, by reference to the say much and do nothing " associations," that " rest in the si lent oblivion of the grave," and are remembered only by those who transferred money from their own pockets into those of O'Connell. The tricks of the juggler have been thus exposed by the party he summoned to his aid as an assistant. A CASE FOR THE TEETOTALLERS.—A few days since, a certain individual, of Manningham growth, took it into his head to marry ; the event accordingly took place, as he was announced in our last list of marriages ; the object of his choice was a widow. The interesting ceremonies being ended, and ritual demands settled, our hero and heroine be took themselves to the house of the farmer, where they in tended to carry on the execution of conjugal duties. Night came, they retired to rest, and night passed away, when morning came, lo ! the fair object of our hero's affections was fled, unacountably, clandestinely, and most certainly. Disconcerted at the loss of his better half, he rose, and by virtue of an anxiously persevering inquiry, ascertained that the reason of his wife's departure, was that he " kept no thing to drink." On learning this, our disconsolate "wor ser' -half summed up his finances—went to a gin shop, and immediately entered to the dr. side of his budget, the item : " gin for my wife." Whether after purchasing " gin for his wife" he has succeeded in reclaiming her we have not heard, but where are the teetotallers ?—Leeds Intelligencer. Lord Ashburton has laid out upwards of £lOO,OOO in the purchase of land in Devon within the last year. A woman died lately in Italy, at the advanced age of 143 years, after having eight husbands, the last of whom survived her. That noted place of resort for wild fowl, " Romney Hey,' has within these few days been visited by flocks of wild ducks and other wild fowl. Lord Lynedoch is the senior peer of the house of lords being in his eighty ninth year. His lordship is in full enjoy. ment of all his faculties, and very active considering his ad vanced years. IRISH TRANQUILLITY.-It costs £12,000 a-year more to maintain the peace in the counties of Cork, Tipperary, and Limerick, each of which is under Popish influence, than is expended for the same purpose in the nine counties of Pro testant Ulster, although their population exceeds that of Cork, Tipperary, and Limerick, by a million souls.—Dublin Evening Mail. AN IRISH DIVISION.—The new number of the Quarterly Review informs us with great gravity (see page 415) that "in the Congress of the United States (as a recent traveller remarks) one half of a speech is addressed to electors a thou sand miles off, another half to the ladies in the galleries, and the remainder to the Congress itself." The reviewer should have mentioned the name of this ingenious traveller, EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY. -- Captain Minchin, of Bellville, near Dundram, county of Dublin, planted in Janu ary last two red•nose kidney potatoes, weight half a pound, in stable manure and coal-ashes. As the, stems - advanud he had the plant earthed up like a celery, and the produce was eighteen pounds and a half, being thirty-seven times the original quantity. A slice was taken from the root end of each, and they were planted on that end. An immense-sized eagle, of a dark colour, and spotted, was observed on Saturday last hovering over Romney Warren. When first seen it was near the earth, but soon soared to a great height. A heron was also observed at the same time, and heard to make a croaking noise, as if in terror at the winged monster. And whilst our correspondent was in conversation with the Looker, whose house is situate near the spot, a fine large woodcock flew past, and settled in a field about a hundred rods from them. The Gazette de Commerce of St. Petersburg states, that the minister of finance r ece i ves regu l ar l y every month from Paris, London, Berlin, and Vienna, models and drawings. of all the new discoveries in machinery, tools, implements, &c.; specimens and drawings of all silk, cotton, and woollen staffs; of porcelain and glass ; and that all the native manufacturers are invited to see and examine them at the ministry of finance on the 15th of every month. ULVERSTONE.—A good deal of excitement existed on Monday and Tuesday week, in consequence of a poll being taken on the subject of a rate for the purpose of lighting the town. After two days' poll the pro-rate party obtained a majority of 27 in favour of the rate. The rate was opposed on the ground that the law expenses incurred in defending the former rates were to be paid out of it. The town will now be lighted during the coming winter. DANCING IS POWER.--A country newspaper, having given an account of a chartist meeting, at which plumb-cake and dancing were the chief entertainments, observes,—" Such congregations as these must convince both the dissembling wbigs, and the ultra church-and-state tories, that the work ing classes are alive to their own interests, and that a poli tical change is inevitable." Who could object to a political change produced by dancing and plumb-cake ? THE WEATHER.—Since our last, the weather has been all that the husbandman could wish, and the potatoe harvest progresses with rapidity. A gentleman who has visited, within the last fifteen days, several of the northern counties of England and much of Scotland, confirms our former state ment, that the crops have been well saved in every quarter in which he has journeyed, with the exception of the bleak est uplands, and even there the last wains will have per formed their work by this time.—Scottish Guardian. PERFECTION OF STEAM.—Jonathan says—" To such per fection they have got steam in Kentucky, that a grocer there has discharged all his shopmen, and actually has two engines to serve in their places. A cunning Cilia observing this, thought it a good opportunity to help himself. He accord ingly went in, secured a loaf of sugar, and was about to make off ; but it was " no go," for one of the engines collared him, gave him in charge, and when I left the office (continues Jo nathan) the engine was about to give its evidence." DYEWOOD.—A method of extricating the colouring matter from wood has been lately employed by a M. Besseyre with much success. He first reduces the woods to very small divisions, and then immediately places them in a closed ves sel, exposed to a current of steam. When the whole has at tained 80 degrees of heat, it is uncovered, and watered with several pints of cold water. By means of a tap below, the condensed liquid is drawn off, and thrown back upon the chips, and this operation is repeated until the dye has acquir ed sufficient strength : it is then subjected to evaporation over an open lire, and subsequently in a sand bath, and the extract becomes a mass, which is soluble in warm water. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The excess in the actual cost of the Grand Junction Railway, in the items of land and works from Birmingham to Warrington, as compared with the parliamentary estimates, was £309,129 9s. 7d. ; the par liamentary estimates amounting to £1,040,000, and the ac tual cost to £1,349,129 9s. 7d. There was, moreover, an ad ditional excess of £351,703115: ld. ; of which £64,85315. 4d. was applied to the purchase, from the Warrington and New ton Company, of their line, while the remainder was expend ed on stations, locomotives, &c., which, strange to say, were not included in the parliamentary estimates. The total ex cess, therefore, upon the line, as now in operation, was £660,833 Os. Bd.—Railway Times. POUND WISE.—Mr. Rowland Hill, the ;projector of the insane penny postage scheme, has been installed in a room at the Treasury, Whitehall, hitherto occupied by one of the secretaries, with a salary of either £l2OO or £l5OO a-year. Some persons may think, perhaps, that St. Martin's-le- Grand presented a more appropriate sphere for this gentle man's labours ; but to this rumour says that Lord Lichfield objected, down to a threat of resigning if any attempt were made to place this viceroy over him. At any rate, Mr. Hill has managed pretty well for himself, and has illustrated the proverb, which says, " If we look after the pence, the pounds will take care of themselves." Taking Mr. Hill's salary at the lowest alluded amount (X 1200), it will require the post age of 288,000 letters to pay it.—Argus. ARTESIAN WELL AT GRENELLE.—At a late sitting of the Academy of Sciences, M. Arago stated he had that morn ning been making some thermometrical experiments at the Artesian well at Grenelle, in order to ascertain the tempe rature at the 'depth which had already been attained, viz. 483 metres, or 1,584 feet. When the workmen had reached 460 metres, the chalk was of a peen colour, indicatin g the proximity of water. Since then the chalk had become mixed with clay and of a dark colour, a still stronger indication that the sheet of water which it is intended to meet is near. M. Arago used the thermometer of M. Walferdin, and after hav ing taken all the necessary precautions in order that the pressure, which at such a depth is equal to fifty atmospheres, might not injure the bulb, six thermometers of the same kind were successively let down to a depth of 481 metres, care having been taken not to lower them until thirty-six hours had elapsed since the boring, in order that the heat which this work might have communicated should have sub sided. The thermometers were left in the well for thirty-six hours. The heat at this depth was 27° of Reamur and 9240 of Fahrenheit; being about twenty-three metres for each de gree of temperature. M. Arago expressed a hope, that no water might be found for 100 metres more, as in that case there would be a permanent hot spring at the very gates of Paris.—Mechanics' Magazine. FUEL FOR STEAM PURPOSES.—A new description of fuel for steam purposes has lately been invented by Mr. Stirling, of Limehouse : and an experiment, to prove its superiority even over the best Welsh coals, was made last Saturday, at the furnaces of Messrs. Fairburn, engineers, at Mill Wall, Bankside, under a high pressure engine, during the long period of eleven hours, with the most perfect success. The saving in fuel alone was not less than twenty per cent. in comparison with that description of the best coals usually used in the works of these gentlemen ; and the space occupied by Mr. Stirling's fuel was one-third less than that usually set aside for coals. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed another experiment to be made of the properties of the fuel, at Deptford, where, should it be equally successful, a new era will be speedily created in steam navigation, the supe riority of Mr. Stirling's invention being made manifest in a considerable saving in expense, in the creation of a much more powerful heat than can be raised from coals, and what is still more important, is an immense saving of room on board ship. EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE OF FORTUNE. —M T . John Mobbs, who died at Islington about the 1789, by his will be queathed a large and ,valuable estate, then known as the Wenlock Farm, to executors upon trust for the benefit of his two sons, then of the ages of three and four years, who " were to have proper schoolmasters, to be qualified to be come ornaments to society and to be brought up to the Church of England." The executers, in violation of the trusts reposed in them, at a proper age apprenticed the boys to shoemakers in the neighbourhood of Shoreditch, and they have up to the present time undergone many vicissitudes, totally ignorant of the splendid patrimony to which they were entitled. The property, which, during the present century has been considerably improved, comprised about 200 acres of land, now nearly all built upon, and several old established and first-rate public houses in Hoxton Old-town and its vicinity, among which the following houses are par ticularly mentioned in the will :—The Old Ivy House, the Queen's Head, the Cock and Greyhound, the Rosemary Branch, the King of Prussia, the Britannia, the Bacchus, the Plough, the Green Man, the College House, the Whit more's Head, the Robin flood, and the Noah's Ark. The will of Mr. Mobbs, after having been secreted by the dif ferent parties in whose hands it has been until within the last few weeks, having come into the possession of his sons, has just been proved in Doctors' Commons. The property must at the present time be worth at least £3oo,ooo.—Morning Herald. EXTRAORDINARY CURE (DISTORTION OF THE FOOT) AT THE RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY.—IR an age when improve ments in all the arts of life are continually brought into use, when the skill of the mechanician and the artizan pervades the whole circle of society, and the enjoyments of every in dividual of the community are daily extended by fresh disco veries in art or science, it is gratifying to find that in medi cine and surgery, which have for their end the preservation of life and the restoration of health, similar advances are made. The discovery of vaccination, which affords the means of extirpating a loathsome and fatal disease, will most ho nourably mark the present age to all future times. In sur gery, too, operations are now familiarly performed, for the cure of injuries and diseases which, a few years ago, were believed to be incapable of relief from human skill, and con demned the sufferer to a life of torture and despair. We have heard lately of the successful treatment of one species of inconvenience and deformity, that has usually been re garded.as incurable ; and we are desirous of giving that pub licity to this new exertion of skill which it so well deserves. Distortion of the foot, by which the use of the limb is almost wholly prevented, is at length found to be capable of remedy. It was stated in some of the medical journals, that Mr. Lit tle had seen an operation for this disorder practised in Ger many, which he immediately adopted, and repeated in Berlin and London with the greatest success. A few months since, a boy named Charles Monday, from Charlton-on-Otmoor. in this neighbourhood, of five years of age, who had a dis torted foot from his birth, was brought to our Infirmary : the heel was drawn up to the calf of the leg, and be could not touch the ground with that foot. The senior surgeon, Mr. Hitchings, having considered the case, thought it favourable for the new operation, which he accordingly performed. We understand it to be the separation of the tendons that are contracted, in this case of the tendo Achillis. This was no sooner done than the foot, in an instant, assumed its natural position; the boy rested the limb, properly bandaged, for a few days, when, such is the wonderful provision made for the restoration of our frame to healthful function, a deposition of tendinous matter took place, which united the severed parts, and lie was then enabled to walk without difficulty. This deposit, we understand, is not, strictly speaking, ten don, but it is a secretion of a similar substance, strong, elas tic, and insensible, uniting the ends of the real tendon, and enabling the muscle connected with it to act in its proper di rection. The patient was brought again to the Infirmary a fortnight ago, for a slight ailment, not connected with his former disorder, and shewed that he had the healthy use of his limbs, with scarcely an appearance of lameness. We have thought it right to notice this example of surgical skill, in order to apprise those who may hitherto have regarded their sufferings with despondency, that their case is not hopeless, that art has yet large stores for the succour of misery, and that science may still avail to the restoration and healthful use of every part of our curiously compacted frame, even un der circumstances which, hitherto, have been regarded as past cure, and without the possibility of alleviation.—Oxford Herald. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS A special meeting of the Town Council was held on Wed nesday, at eleven o'clock, in the Council Chamber, Tower-hall. EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE. In his report under the above head, the Town-clerk set forth, that he considered the present time, the last day of their meeting in the municipal year, as a fitting opportunity to draw the attention of the Finance Committee to the fol lowing facts, bearing upon questions of great importance. On careful investigation, it appeared that, after defraying the obligatory expenditure, and the discretionary applications of surplus in matters of annual recurrence, and - which (always subject to annual revision) might be expected to be perma nent, a disposable annual surplus of greater amount than about £lO,OOO could not be calculated upon—a fund which ought not to be too much relied on, considering the various contingencies to which it was subject. The following extra ordinary payments were made last year :-Ist, in the pur chase of land as follows, Magazines £2007 12s. 7d. ; New Police Stations £6594 12s. 9d. ; Land, &c. New Haymarkets £8955 95. 2d. ; Premises Benn's-garden £290. Total £17,842 14s) 6d. Second ) in Public Improvements of extra ordinary nature, (exclusive of improvements under the Im provement Act,) St. James's Market £2517195. 7d. ; General Improvements (extra) £4291 3s. 11d. ; Borough Gaol £3277 17s. Bd. • Baths £1917 2s. 11d. ; Slau g ht er H ouses £l7OO 1s 4d. ; dustom-house £9135 13s.6d.—Total, £22,849185. 11d. These it was obvious could not have been met by ordinary income, and indeed were defrayed out of extraordinary re ceipts not likely often to recur in the same or any other shape. In the improvement and increase of the Corporate Estate, amounting to upwards of three millions nett or clear of debt, and its administration for the public good, occasions would arise, when it would be the interests of the town, that investments in purchases, and for extraordinary purposes of improvement should be directed to be made. If however, such investments were made to any extent, the whole surplus revenue would be entirely absorbed to the manifest injury of the present claimants, on the benefit of its application. With this impression on one hand, and on the other with the opinion, that the interests of posterity ought to a fair extent to have protection, the Town-clerk - submitted, that all such extraordinary investments as might "hereafter be deemed by Council proper for the public good, might be made, by means of money raised on bond, subject to the following regulations to be made obligatory by parliam - entary provision. First, that the property to be acquired by the investment, shall yield at the least a nett rental equal to the interest on any money borrowed for its payment. Secondly, that for re placing the investment where there is no rental, or a proper proportionate part of it, when there shall be rental less than the required amount, a reduction fund of £2 per cent. per annum shall be created, and set apart. On calculation, it appeared that in twenty-eight ye, rsthis fund of £2 per cent. per annum, at four per cent. compound interest, would pay off the principal. After some further ex planations, the report stated that the Council had at present before them, as prospeetive charge upon the current year. the following extraordinary subject* :—Site of Old Fort and land surrounding, £27,850 ; Haymaikets,,£47lo and £5OOO ; Boundary-place, £lB5O ; Building Observatory, £l5OO ; Schools, £3300 ; Land, Gill-street, for new Market, £6415 ; Addition to St. James's Market, £2OOO. Total £52,625. THE COUNTY REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE The Town Clerk has considered the report of this institu tion for the year 1839, and also the memorial of the Rev. C. W. Lawrence, of which the following is a copy . " To the Worshipful the May or and the Town Council of Liverpool. " Gentlemen,—As the chairman of a meeting of the com mittee of the Lancashire County Refuge for the Destitute, held on the 11th September instant, I am directed respect fully to submit for your consideration the claims of the cha rity to your patronage and support. The institution was opened in the year 1823, under the auspices of many of the town and county magistrates and other influential individuals, for the reception and reforma tion of females liberated from the several gaols and houses of correction belonging to this county, suitable premises for the purpose having been purchased in Roscoe-street, in this town, where the operations of the Refuge have since been conducted. " Since that time upwards of three hundred and twenty females have been admitted into the house, of whom the committee have every reason to believe at least ninety have been decidedly reformed and restored to their relatives or friends, put to service, or otherwise assisted to procure an honest subsistence. These have been received from the Kirkdale House of Correction, the Borough Gaol, the pri soners at Lancaster Castle, Preston, and Salford, and some recently from the Police-office in this town ; the proportion from the former two prisons having, for some time past, amounted to nearly one-half of the whole number admitted. The average number of women in the house at any one time amounts to from twenty-four to twenty-eight. " The Refuge is under the care of a committee of gentle men ; and the management of the women is committed to a competent matron, subject to a committee of ladies who visit the institution daily, under the gratuitous superintend ence of a chaplain. The women are carefully instructed in domestic servants' work, and taught to read, sew, and knit, so as to qualify them for reoccupying a creditable position in society. _ _ " For further details, and the rules for the management of the house, the committee beg to refer to the accompanying report of the institution. In consequence of a recent considerable increase in the admissions, especially from the Borough Gaol, the income of the institution, which was hardly at any time sufficient for its support, has become deficient to meet its expenditure by nearly £lOO per annum. " The committee, therefore, on behalf of the charity, take the liberty respectfully to solicit the favour of your kind con sideration of its claims, and of such pecuniary assistance as you may think it fit to contribute to its funds. " I am, Gentlemen, " Respectfully, " Your obedient servant, " C. W. LAWRENCE, Chairman, pro tem., Chaplain of St. Luke's Church. " Liverpool, September, 1839." The TOWN-CLERK submitted his opinion that the Council were authorised in their discretion annually to apply a sum out of the surplus income, for the promotion of the institu tion. ROYAL INSTITUTION REPORT. The Town-clerk has considered the memorial of Sir John S. P. Sainsbury and Dr. Reynolds, the vice-president;, acting on behalf of the Liverpool Royal Institution, of which the following is a copy : " To the Worshipful the Mayor and Members of the Town-council. " The Memorial of the President, Vice-Presidents, and Committee of the Royai Institution,— Sheweth, " That this institution was founded for ' the promotion of literature, science, and the arts,' in furtherance of which objects large sums have been expended in the erectiop of school-rooms, capable of containing more than one hundred boys ; in the formation of a gallery of casts, and of a museum of natural history, now one of the most valuable and exten sive in the kingdom ; in the purchase of philosophiCal appa ratus, and the occasional delivery of lectures .on sublects of general interest. _ _ "That the operations of. the managing committee have, however, been greatlY impeded by thelimited state of their finances, the greater portion of the furid originallY subscribed having been expended on the purchase and fitting up-of the buildings ; , and that, during the last four years, their efforts have' been still further - restricted from the annual grant of £l5O, formerly voted bythe corporation, having been dis continued. "Your memorialists beg to state that it has been their constant endeavour to render the institution as generally be neficial as possible to the inhabitants of the town at large ; that artists and students have free admission to the gallery of casts ; that on the payment of one shilling, or by an an nual subrcription of one pound, the museum of natural his tory is open to all Classes, and that one day in each month it is open gratuitously to the public ; a privilege of which, during the last six months, upwards of awenty thousand per sons have availed themselves. " On these grounds your memorialists venture to indulge a hope that an institution, from which so large a portion of the community derive instruction and amusement, may not be deemed by the members of the present town-council un deserving of the support and encouragement which it has for merly experienced from the governing body of the town of Liverpool. " Signed, on behalf of the Committee, " Jot4S. P. SALUSBURY, Vice-Presidents." " Wm. REYNOLDS, The Town-clerk has considered it his duty to communi cate with the vice-presidents, and from Sir John S. P. Sains bury, he has received the following letter :-- " Royal Institution, 17th October, 1839. " Sir,—Your letter of the 7th instant has been laid before the committee, and, in compliance with your wishes, I have been requested to draw up the following statement, which I trust may prove satisfactory, and justify you in making such a report to the members of the town-council as will induce. them to grant the prayer of the memorial presented to tbein at their last meeting. " The Royal Institution was originally established in shares of £lOO each, the number of which should not exceed five hundred. But two hundred and sixty-six only were sub scribed for. Of the fund thus raised, the greater portion was expended on the building, in the purcha s e of specimens, and their requisite cases. Th e surplus was invested in pub-. lic securities, and furnished the only source of permanent income. Within the last year, shares have been issued at the reduced price of £4O, conferring precisely the same rights and privileges as the original shares.. Of these, about' sixty-eight have been taken. Annual subscribers are also admitted to the museum and lectures, on terms explained in the enclosed circular. The income derived from all these sources is barely adequate to meet the current expenses of the establishment, repairs, salaries of officers, &cc.; conse quently our finances will not admit of purchasing any new specimens, or even providing c ases f or a l arge p or ti on o f those which the institution already possesses—a circumstance which cannot fail exciting much apprehension, lest they should be materially injured from unavoidable exposure ; an evil which is greatly augmented on those days when the pub lic are admitted, not only from the liability. to accidental injury,.but from the dust occasioned by so large a concourse of persons (the manlier on thelast .openday exceeding, seven thousand); and it is only doing justice to the orderly conduct of the visiters, that every precaution should be taken to secure the specimens from any risk of being damaged. The committee trust, therefore, that the consideration may have its due weight with the council, and induce them to lend their aid in preserving a collection which, for extent and high state of order, need not fear a comparison with that of any similar institution in the country, and which is 'now ren dered accessible to all classes of the community. " It is, perhaps, right to add, that at .a former meeting of the committee, it was agreed, that should the Education Committee of the council apply for admission to admit a limited number of the children attending the corporation schools- to visit the museum occasionally, such permission would be gladly conceded.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN S. SALUSBURY, Vice-president." The report of the Town-clerk was similar to that on the preceding subject. WATCH RATES. The following is a copy of the Town-clerk's report on the subject of the rate for watching, empowered by a recent en actment : " The Town -clerk, in the outset of this report, would ob serve, that ever since the passing of the recent act of Par liament, it has been a subject of consideration with him, and has been likewise suggested to him by several members of the Council, whether it might not be desirable to remove the obligation on that body to levy a rate to the additional ex tent provided for by the legislature. The Town-clerk now submits that a clause might be procured to be inserted by government in a public bill in the next session, to give to Councils of Municipal Corporations, having surplus revenue, after payment of obligatory expences, the power to apply money, part of such surplus, to the payment of any amount of watch expences that may be incurred, and which may ex ceed the amount to be levied under the general act of 1835. The Town -clerk understands that a public bill will be brought forward by government in the next session, to amend the Municipal Corporations Acts, and that the barrister, who, under the direction of the home office, will have the prepara tion of this bill, will give attention to any suggestions on be half of the Council. The amendment will be properly brought before parliament, as a general proposition applicable to all boroughs having surplus income over obligatory expenditure, but to guard against the possibility of disappointment, the object in view might be included in the notice, for the next session, of a private bill, which, for other purposes, will have to be directed by the Council." THE DOCK COMMITTEE'S NOTICES OF APPLICATION TO PARLIAMENT. The notices for the new bills, approved by the Dock Com mittee were read to the Council. They are very lengthy ; but the following abstract will put our readers in possession of the main features. Application to he made in the next session for leave to bring in a bill or bills for 'power for the trustees of the docks to purchase, and for the Council to con vey to them, the several graving docks belonging to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough, with the quays and appendages, with the power for the trustees to make a wet dock, with basin, piers, river .wall, and other works, on the west side of the Salthouse Dock, and ,to extend, enlarge, and alter the Salthouse Dock. Also a power to enlarge and alter the graving docks purchased, so as to make them avail able for the acComodation of steam-packets; and to make new graving docks on the land belonging to the trustees in the parish of Walton-on-the-hill. Also power to the trustees to erect warehouses on the west quay.of the Prince's Dock and land adjacent -thereto within the dock walls, and to erect warehouses on the wharfs and quays of the said intended wet dock to the west of the Salthouse Dock and land adjacent theaeto not extending beyond the dock walls, and to manage all such warehouses, and to use the same for the deposit and custody of goods and merchandise, and to grant transferable warrants and certificates on the deposit therein of goods and merchandise, (the occupancy of the said warehouses b'y the trustees being subject to parochial rates,) or to let or demise the same warehouses, 3vhen built, to any joint-stock or other company or companies, anl, in either case, to fix rates or other charges for goods or merchandise deposited therein ; and power, so far as relates to the Prince's Dock and "the said intended wet dock, to take charge of and unload all goods from and into vessels lying in the said docks ; and; for facilitating the business of the docks to unload acd take charge of goods from vessels in any of the docks of the said trustees, and to warehouse or store the said goods, with power to pass all necessary entries thereof with the officers of customs, and to fix rates and charges to be made by the trustees in relation to the matters aforesaid, and to make bye-laws for regulating the use of the warehouses, and for the regulation of all persons employed in and about the same, and the carrying on of the business connected with such warehouses, and concerning the admission of fires and lights, &c.: to make or authorise the making of tram-rods on any of the quays or wharfs of the present or intended docks or basins, and across or along the streets or highways upon such quays ; and for power to purchase from the Councilor others any land and strand of the river Mersey, or other place that may be required for any purpose herein-mentioned. The remaining powers to be applied for are powers to raise mo ney, to receive rates and dues, to adopt a new mode of ad measureinent for vessels navigated by steam and using any of the docks, in order to obtain a just and adequate compen sation to fix a rate on steam-vessels, craft, or boats plying on the river, for the time such vessels may use the docks or basins, except as pretectures against storms ; to lay an extra rate for vessels lying in g the docks longer, than three months, a prOvision for preventing the shipment of aqua-fortis, vi triol, &e. without due precaution, to make bye-laws con cerning fires, &c. on board ships ; for permanently establish ing the union of the •dock and town police, and regulating the payment of a fair proportion - of the expense of maintain ing the, same ; and to alter enlarge, amend, &c. the former dock acts. Notice further given, that the plans and sections, with books of reference, will be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the county palatine, at Preston, on or before the 30th of November next, and, for public inspection, with the clerks of the parishes of Liverpool and Walton-on the-hill, on or before the 31st of December next. Mr. DAVID llonGsorr begged to express his dissent from one portion of the subject which had been brought before them, and in doing so, he was sure he expressed the opinion of Many gentlemen in the room. The point to which he alluded,' was that relating to the building of warehouses on the Dock Quays. He was sure he was expressing the desire of others who would take an active part in opposing the mea sure, and who would not, however hopeless it might be at that juncture, permit the subject to pass without entering their protest against it. _ _ C‘inatii.:. hoped the Council would understand, that the documents which had been read, merely related to the • notices, and were not such as oug - 4to give rise to any dis cussion. The question would again be brought before them, and gentlemen who opposed the measure, would have an op portunity of expressing -their opinions at the proper time. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. Mr. SHELL said, it was not his intention to oppose any grant to the Royal Institution, and he hoped it was under stood that the grant proposed was only for one year. How ever, unless they made that Institution a little more popular, he would oppose any such grant in future. The Institution was only opened once d month to the public, and could there fore be of no use in improving their taste. He hoped en deavours would be used to make it a little more popular. He bad a remark to make on the subject of the Town-clerk's re port respecting borrowing money. If it were intended that the confirmation of the report of the Finance Committee were to pledge the Council to agreement with that report of the Town-clerk embodied therein, he should oppose it. They ought to have had more time for the consideration of a sub ject so important, than that given by the mere hasty reading of a report. If they were to be bound by the confirmation, he would move an amendment. He asked the question, and would proceed accordingly. The TOWN-CLERK said, so far as he was concerned in submitting the report to the Finance Commitee, be thought it desirable that the discussion should he allowed to stand over till December. It was desirable, however, that the notices should be given as required by the standing orders of the House, and if they were allowed to stand over, it would be too late. He was satisfied, that the more deeply the sub ject was considered, the more clearly it would appear that the measure was expedient. Mr. SANDS thought the subject oughtto have been brought forward before. Mr. CASE thought they might merely empower the Town clerk to give the requisite notices, and the subject could stand over for discussion either at a special council, or at one of the monthly meetings. if they did not ultimately coincide with the report, the notices would fall to the ground. Mr. SnEIL said he should regard such proceedings as that proposed as a deviation from the constitution of the Council and of the municipal act. He should therefore bring for ward an amendment, that the proceedings of the finance committee be confirmed, with the exception of that point to which he had alluded, that the Town-clerk's report be print ed, and that the subject be discusied at a special Council, to take place some time after the 9th November. Mr. Sheii explained, that he should,have brought the matter under the notice of the finance committee, but he had been unavoid ably absent from Liverpool 'during the last month: • Mr. CURRIE said the amendment which Mr. Sheil had stated his intention of bringing forward, did not .affect the proposition of Mr. Case. All that was required was to have power to give the notices, and it was wished that the discus sion should take place at a Council to be summoned here after, when, however, it Would be too late to give the notice. .He would add,:that the. measure was a very important one, as they - could not go '.on improving the town in the manner that was required without some extraordinary means. The plan proposed by the Town-clerk seemed best adapted to the purpose. They had one very large sum to pay to the ord nance, which must be provided for. The TOWN-CLERK said the subject might be discussed at a Special Council, or might be fixed for the first Council in November. He might remark, that it was not contrary to the spirit of the municipal act to seek poWers to borrow mo ney, as the principle was distinctly required by that act. If the bill proposed passed, the taking up money on bond would be similar in spirit to the powers vested in the Corporation by the municipal act. Why should a Council like that, pos sessed of a corporate estate, wi.h three millions of money, be driven to the discreditable plan of raising money upon mortgage, when they could, at a day's notice, borrow money on their own bonds ? There seemed to be a desire in the Council to adopt Mr. Case's suggestion at once, but ultimately the amendment of Mr. Sheil, put into the following form by the Town-clerk, and seconded by Mr. Mellor, was paised .—That the report of the finance committee be adopted, with the exception of the report on extraordinary,expenditure, as to which the ne cessary parliamentary . notices be authorized, but that the subject should stand for the discussion of a Special Council, to be called in the course of the present year, and that in the interim the report be printed, and circulated amongst the members of the Council. HACKNEY COACHES IN CASTLE-STREET, &C. The Town-clerk and Surveyor had reported to the Finance Committee in favour of the Stand from Brunswick-street southward for hackney coaches and cars being removed to South Castle-street, opposite the so u th s id e o f S t. George ' s Church, the number of carriages being limited to eight : also in favour of a regulation for compelling the carriages on stands to be placed in their lines at a distance of not less than four ket prom any part of one to any part of the other. These alterations are to be effected by rescinding the present bye laws, and ordaining a new act throughout. The report was approved. WATCH COMMITTEE. In the report, of .the Watch Committee, it was set forth that the - Chairman having vacated his .seat, Mr. Case took the chair, when it was moved by Mr. JOHN NELSON WOOD, that the best thanks of the committ e e b e presente d to Jo s h ua Walmsley, Esq. for the zeal, ability, and impartiality, with which he had presided over the committee during the year. The motion was seconded by Mr. MELLoR, and 'passed una nimously. POWNALL-SQUARE MARKET. The Market CoMmittee reported, on the subject of Pow . nall-square•Market, that the proposed alteration of opening Edmund-street to the market, and enclosing the market, was unnecessary, as the acCommodation at present possessed was sufficient for the wants of the neighbourhood. BILLET MASTER. Power was given' to the. Watch Committee to appoint, as Billet Master; some person in their own office, with an addi tional salary of per annum, and to pay also an additional salary of £25. per annum to one of their clerks, for such oc casional services as may be required. CONVEYANCE OF CONVICTS TO NEW SOUTH WALES. 'Pile MAYOR. read the following letter, which he had re ceived from .Mr. Potter, the Chairman of the Liverpool -Ship owners'. Association, enclosing a copy of a memorial trans-' mitted to the Marquis of Normanby : "Liverpool, 18th Oct. 1839. " Sut,77-It has occurred to the Committee of the Liverpool Shipowners „Association, that your : Wors.hip, on behalf of the 4 T - Otvii Council. of Liverpool, by a proper representation to Gi:iierninent, might valuably promote the restoration to Liverpool of the privilege (not to say right) of competing for the public contracts. for the conveyance of 4iish-convicts,to New South Wales , of which we have been, u naccoun t a bly, de , rived for some years past; and, with this view, I was - qudated to" forward you the enclosed copy of a representation .wq,are makingle. the .Bone Secretary on the subject, with a request that von will, obligingly, aid us therein. (Signed) " WILLIAM POTTER, Chairman. " To the Worshipful Thigh Ilornby, Esq. Mayor. he - Memorial 'to - the Marquis of Normanby was as follows " Mr Loßn.—On behalf of the Liverpool Shipowners' Association, I respectfully address your Lordship on the sub ject of the Government tender for the conveyance of convicts from Ireland to New SOuth Wales. In, and previous to, the year. 1836, Liverpool shipowners had, the privilege 'of making their tenders in common with London • and there was an "obvious propriety therein, inasmuch as Liverpool is situated much nearer the port of embarkation in these cases ; and for the same reasons provisions and sea stores can be laid in at a much lower rate than in London,—where, for some cause, inexplicable to us, thi s employment is of present monopolized by a few houses. That Government, therefore, will find their advantage in opening these contracts for con ception at Liverpool, and trust your Lordship will also be desirous, in that case, of restoring to the shipowners of that port a privilege of which they seem to have been unreasonably deprived,. we cannot allow ourselves to doubt ,• and we shall be greatly obliged by your Lordship directing the proper in quiry to be forthwith made with that view. We may mention, that the contracts for the conveyance of emigrants have always been Open at Liverpool,—which leaves us more at a loss to account for our exclusion to the other case. (Signed) " WILLIAM POTTER, Chairman." The Mayor said, as the Finance Committee were negotiating with the Government on the subject of the conveyance of convicts frOm`this town, which was at present chargeable on the Borough fund, it would he well therefore, to reter the subject. to that committee.—A gree d to. • THE MAYOR. • The MAYOR said, shortly before he entered the Council chambeg he was made acquainted with the subject of a placard which had been posted about the walls of the town, making a very grave charge against him. He should make no apology for occupying their time in explaining his conduct in reference to the subject alluded to, for he believed that when they appointed him to preside over their deliberations, they thought him incapable of unjust or partial conduct, and he thought it was his duty to show them that he was incapable of the conduct attributed to him.• • • The MAYOR proceeded to read a placard which he said was headed, " Gross partizanship. The MAYOR," &c. The placard reflected on the conduct of his worship in having, as the writer alleged, directed that the polling-booth for Abercromby Ward be not held at the Phoenix Inn, because a • Conservative committee sat there. The MAYOR said it was stated to him, by the chairman of the ward, that some inconvenience had been experienced in consequence of the polling-place being at a house where a committee of the Conservative party held their meetings. In consequence of this, he gave directions that the polling places should not be fixed at houses where the committees of either party met. At the same time he said he would not have any thing to do with the appointing any other places for them. An objection was made to him by the other party, in consequence of the Phoenix Inn not being appointed ; but he referred the complaints to the proper persons, end he was now totally ignorant of what place had been appointed. He hoped the Council, and the town generally, would con sider that he was not amenable to any such charge as that which had been brought against him—(hear, and applause.) Mr. CAst hoped he should be excused if he brought for ward a motion, which he had intended to propose at a later period of the day. It was a vote of thanks to the Mayor, for his excellent and impartial conduct during the year of his mayoralty. It was important to them, and to the town at large, that any imputation on the Mayor's character should he forthwith rebutted. He had pleasure, for one, in declaring that the conduct of the Mayor had been governed by strict impartiality. He moved, that the Council cannot separate, at this its last meeting under the present mayoralty, without expressing their best acknowledgments to Hugh Hornby, Esq., the Mayor, for the steady and efficient discharge of the important duties of his office during the past year, as well as for the courtesy and impartiality with which he has presided over their deliberations. Mr. JOHN SMITH said, in rising to second the resolution, he need scarcely add one word to the deserved eulogium pronounced by Mr. Case. Placed in a difficult situation, as the Mayor had been, it would readily be admitted, that he had performed his duty in a manner so impartial as to have given satisfaction to all parties, and to men of all shades of opinion in the Council. The motion was carried by acclamation. The MAYOR said, in awarding him the thanks of the Council, they had given him a recompense exceeding his merits. He was compelled to confess to many failings in his official capacity, both in and out of the Council ; but what ever they might be, they were not intentional. There was no impropriety in saying, that in restoring back the honour which they had conferred upon him, it was as unsullied by anything unworthy as when he received it. PROPOSED SCHOOL ON THE SITE OF ISLINGTON MARKET. Mr. BOLTON said it was not from any hostility to increas ing the number of corporation schools that he was led to oppose the proposition of the Education Committee to build a school on the site of Islington Market : on the contrary, be should wish to see these schools increased till there was one in every ward. He thought, however, that the selection of Islington Market had been made without due consideration of the importance of the locality and the value of the land, which was in the vicinity of the proposed new Courts and St. George'§ Hall; and might be required for other buildings. He hoped the subject would be referred back to the School Committee, in order that they might select some other site, instead of the valuable ground in quetion. Mr. COGLAN cordially seconded the motion. Mr. BLACKBURN said the subject had been under the consideration of the Finance Committee, and they bad come to the determination not to oppose any resolution which might be brought forward on the subject. Mr. Blackburn urged the importance of schools being erected somewhere in the vicinity of Dale-street, the avenues f rom w hi c h were densely populated with those classes who most needed edu cation. INTERFERENCE OE SALARIED OFFICERS WITH ELECTIONS. Mr. Isaac Holmes was called upon for his motion on the interference of Salaried_ Officers, in Municipal Elections. Mr. HOLMES regretted he had not had an opportunity of bringing forward his motion at a former meeting, for as no committee would now sit before the election it would now be ineffective. He would however take an early opportunity of bringing the subject forward next year. If it were proper to fulfil the provisions of the 22d Geo. 111. cap. 41, in respect to the interference of Government officers, how much more proper would it be to prevent the interference of the salaried officers of the corporation with municipal elections. There was nothing more improper than for persons to canvas who received the public money. However as there were many gentlemen in the agonies of dissolution, he would not disturb their dying agonies by any further rema r k s . Mr. NVALMSLEY said, if Mr. Holmes had been on any of the committees he would not have considered it necessary to bring such a subject forward. Many gentlemen might have entered the committees with the notion that partiality was exercised, who were now undeceived. The Watch Commit tee was one in which it might have been conceived, and from the patronage which it was supposed to possess that parti ality had been shown, but those who had had an opportunity of observing its proceedings know that not the slightest ad vantages of a political nature was then gained. The Council adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. VESTRY MEETING A meeting, i❑ vestry, of the parishioners of Liverpool was held on Wednesday, in the church of St. Nicholas, pursuant to public advertisement, for the purposes stated in the an nouncement. Small slips of paper, with the following re quest printed thereon, and emanating from the Reform As sociation, were extensively circulated amongst the radicals, and the conservative rate-payers having got scent of the same, and considering that they also had a right to be enlightened on the subject of the promised disclosures, there was a pretty gpod muster of both parties. The prospect of another con test for a rate-collectorship served also to bring to the meet ing many of the friends of the respective candidates. The following is a copy of the document above referred to : " Extraordinary vestry meeting, to be held in the Old Church, to-morrow, Wednesday, October 30, at one o'clock. The friends of good and responsible parochial government are most earnestly requested to attend, and, by their pre sence, mark their sense of some curious disclosures which will be made, relative to the manner in which parish situa - - tions are made the engines to serve , party purposes." " A LIBERAL." The Rev. Jonathan Brooks took the chair, as the senior rector. The Rev. Augustus Campbell, the junior rector, was also present, but retired when the proceedings commen ced. MR. LOWNDES, the vestry-clerk, read the notice by which the meeting had been convened. Mr. ECKERSLEY read the report of the select vestry, and Mr. HART the summary of account. for the half-year ending the 20th September, which, with the resolutions subsequently adopted, are advertised officially in another part of the paper. The CnAinmAN intimated that the book of the minutes of the select vestry were now laid before the parishioners, in ejmirEnne e with the directions of the act of parliament, but, as they were aware, the proper time for discussion upon them was the annual general meeting. The first business to be transacted was the appointments. Mr. JAMES ASPINALL, before they proceeded further, observed that the recommendation in favour of the appoint ment of Mr: Peter Plumpton, one of the candidates for the collectorship, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Walthew, was said to be from the select vestry, and not from the church wardens and select vestry. He wished to know by what majority that recommendation was carried ? Mr. KusnAw.—By a majority of one ! (Hear, hear.) Mr. ASPINALL protested against that recommendation being received—(cheers)—as fraught with impropriety. They had seen what the last contest had done for the town. The vestry had not only paid their own debts, but had £13,000 in the bank. He had no objection to vest in them the power to elect their own officers ; but thought it was of importance that if they did not do so at one time they should not at ano ther. (Cheers.) Mr. SLATER proposed Mr. Peter Plumpton for various reasons. He had fulfilled the office of visiting overseer for several years. (Mr. Aspinall—Four years. They knew how laborious that situation was. He had the whole town to tra verse more or less ;he had to visit-the confined, dirty, filthy streets, crowded with the poor inhabitants, and to go to the garret and the cellar, where disease and sickness prevailed, and often proved dangerous and fatal to the lives of the occu pants. He (Mr. S.) had no doubt that Mr. Plumpton would discharge the duties of his new situation with credit to him self and advantage to the ley-payers, and thought it right that a useful public servant should be promoted whenever an op portunity occurred. Was it not better that they should ap paint a man of proved integrity than a complete stranger ? Another consideration was, that Mr. Plumpton had been educatel at, the Blue Coat School, and put out to apprentice ship by that laudable and excellent institution; he had been abroad, and returned home with an excellent character. He had sustained his honesty and integrity so well that it brought him the situation which he now held. He (Mr. S.) asked was this not a gocd criterion for the situation for which Mr. Plumpton now applied? There was another consideration which he would mention, although he was aware be should touch upon tender ground. In former appointments politics had been introduced, and were the only ground of recommen dation. This ought not to be. Politics ought to have no in fluence whatever in the appointment of a collector of parish rates. He did not know what Mr. Plumpton's politics were, and it was not on any such ground he proposed him. Mr. RUSIITON seconded the nomination. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE had no hesitation in expressing his high respect for the select vestry, and acknowledged that in most instances he would listen to their reoommendation; but he thought that this was not a fit and proper time for them to interfere. If they had been the proper persons to make this appointment. the legislature would have placed the power in their hands. But it was peculiarly the province of the rate-payers. He had no personal disrespect for Mr. Plumpton, but approved of the eulogium passed upon him by Mr. Slater ; but because Mr. Robinson, the person whom he intended to propose, h a d no t th e go od fortune to haiie been already selected to fill a situation in the parish office, it was not therefore pro ve d th a t h e was un fit t o d o so. Mr. Robi nson was backed by the highest testimonials, and if the rate payers chose him he would make a good collector. He (Mr. L.) thought they should not make the appointment a politi cal one, and protested against mixing up politics in those discussions. He had known Mr. Robinson and his family for many }rears, and it was on the ground o f hi s fit ness a l one that he proposed him. He begged to nominate Mr. Joseph Robinson, Mr. MPINALL seconded the nomination. Mr. Slater had stated the excellent qualities of Mr. Plumpton, whieh nobody had ever denied. He had an opportunity which Mr. Robinson had not had of serving the parish, but Mr. Robinson could bring a good character from his last place for, twelve years. As for politics, he did not know what Mr. Robinson's feelings on that score were, but he asked who were the first to introduce politics into our local affairs ? (Cheers. Cries of " The tories !" " No, no ! the radicals !" He said the radicals. (Cheers and hissing.) The CHAIRMAN expressed a hope that whatever reasons any person might have out of the vestry for supporting a particular candidate, they would not think it proper to in troduce political feeling into that place. As to decide who had introduced it on any former occasion, it was clear that each party would claim exemption from the charge. He trusted that the vestry would never again be made a bear garden of, as it had been some years before, but from which imputation, to'the credit of the pari s hi oners , it h a d f or many years been free. _ _ _ Mr. ASPINALL should not have mentioned politics at all, if allusion to them had not first been made by Mr. Slater. He agreed that this was not a political questiDn, and did not wish it to he so considered. He seconded the nomination. The CHAIRMAN said that politics having been alluded to, he hoped they would not be alluded to again. Mr. FRANCIS LEE JONES having expressed his regret that politics should have been mentioned on the part of any candi date, proceeded to attack the character of Mr. Peachey, the collector last appointed. He said that Mr. Peachey had mixed himself up with the electors in Great George Ward, and that complaints had been made against him at the Parish office, that he did not bring sufficient money in. (Question.) The CHAIRMAN said he had nothing to do with the present vacancy. If Mr. Jones wished to make any charge against Mr. Peachey, he should bring it forward specially. - Mr. KILSHAW, one of the churchwardens, said if Mr. Jones had any complaint to make against Mr. Peachey, it should be tendered at the board, when it would be received and duly inquired into. Mr. WRIGHT, churchwarden, said no complaint of the kind had ever been brought before them or either of them. Mr. JONES repeated hiN statement. The CHAIRMAN put it to him whether he would not huve considered it unfair had his character been thus impeached in public vestry, and recommend him to bring the case before the board. He had been a member of the select vestry ten years, and had never seen politics introduced there ; nor had any charge ever been brought forward there that they had neglected to deal with it. Mr. JONES having been called upon to state by whom the complaint had been made in the Parish-office, named Mr. Hart. Mr. HART denied that he had ever made such an observa tion. He believed that Mr. Jones made the complaint at the office himself. Mr. JONES inquir e d, did M r . H ar t ever say that etS (r, eers oi plaints had been made? Mt. HART.—No; you told us so yourself. ,-- 11 laughter.) t the sele' : : Mr. BIRKETT e x pl a i ne d, th a t th e reason why, 8 - t 0 IT' vestry yesterday, he had vo t e d aga i ns t Mr. PlualP c,ettt that though the rule generally might be a good orle ,l l, select vestry had not for a number of years had left the appointment to tie parishioners. t oo good he thought the recommendation should he a s ,., tool mous one. Another reason was, that on his return Lthat bt he had seen Mr. Plumpton's advertisement, sta ti Tcpeti`! confidently relied on the select vestr to secure h:s " cc t rol . , and introducing politics into the q y uestion. 11 , 1 st ta t ' towards the churchwardens had been anything u s ' ought to be, as both of them voted against him• Mr. BARNES thought the select vestry deserved e the recommending to the rate-payers a person in ' cl ' °l could place confidence. Mr. SLATER said he had been informed bY that both the candidates were tries. is chars' Mr. HARBOR]) bore testimony to Mr. Robinson 10 1 as an honest and laborious man. bie b Mr. H. T. ATKINSON deprecated the practice bjecO inter; .4!. hitherto prevailed, of making parochial offices the° ,r 0 political contests. (" Go to Scotland Ward."), ds After some further conversation, a show os b ,,S, n n wo. taken, and was declared to be in favour of Mr. Rc`",. J tII Mr. SLATER demanded a poll, seconded by THEW. Friday being the day appointed for the contest, the polling fo r co ll ec t or was fi xe d to talc e Plat' 14t0c);.4 the Session's-house, on Monday morning, at ten ° s a O P. PROPOSED GRANT TO MR. WALTHEW, THE RETI ft- T COLLECTOR. cal t/)1 Mr. HUGH MoLv NEu x proposed that Mr. should have a retiring salary of £l5O. ;t• 0. fi l Mr. JOSEPH S HEPPARD secon d e d th e propos-- I° ,„ 0- t Mr. MACNAUG HT i nqu i re d if th a t h a d been the """ • his salary s sel Mr. KILSHAW replied, £lBO per annum, and a £2O. t odu cti° oo °' Mr. MACNAUGHT contended against the in- r , s erf ta such a principle as that of pensioning off the town s ,bt If they were adequately paid, and careful, theY.,° s Walt; able to save enough to keep them in old age. Al r ',,, c ed had no claim whatever on them : he might have '" .01 per annum. „ 40,4 Mr. ROBERT BOYDEN put a great number 0 1 the churchwardens, with a view to show that Mr . had not been faithful to his trust. ed 111 Mr. KILSHAW replied th a t h e h a d b e en suspen d t o l e overseers, and that the select ves t r y h a d confirreel d is pension. The reason was o b v i ous : h e was old an be and not fit for the duties. His books were ele ar ; s itist paid up every penny, and they had nothing to say se s$ honeA lon yst. . g conversation ensued, in the course of v, els° elicited, that through some omission in his boolo; 1 ' 1 ,011: the new assessment, a number of persons had d sai e franchised. it appe are d, h owever , th a t tortes h a as well as radicals .s. be Mr. HARBORD sug g e s t e d th a t £5O a y ea r shoul a to him. ,of scar- Mr. G. WRIGHT defended his errors, on the age, and moved that £IQO a year•should be given. too'Mr. Mr. URQUHART also put a n u m ber of questi on ' to cast a doubt on Mr. Walthew's integrity. refe i Mr. HART replied that he had paid in all lie bait% 6" as far as they were a bl e t o ascer t a i n . They bnuetell for believing otherwise. B u t th e y cou ld not exac t " til his successor should have gone the round. Mr. KNAPPER also asked several questions. fir Mr. HART replied that at the end of each year d ° thew's accounts were found correct. Mr. BARNES moved that the question should to the next annual v es t r y, t o g i ve an opportunity for gation. Mr. BRYDEN seconded this proposition. m e ' re Mr. HARBORD and Mr. WRIGHT w ithdrew and Mr. Barnes' was carried. THE NEW POLICE RATE. a ri "0 0 The next question was whether a di s cretio n n of oe th t should be given to the select vestry t o a pply to r c ii 01 the ensuing session fo r an ac t t o re li eve the connig4l borough from any obligation to levy a watch rate in tb in the pound, under the a uth or ity o f an a ct passe" oft) session of parliament? in tent ° c ti'l Mr. CLARKE denied th a t it was e v e r the 1 0 0 °1,4 common council to lay thi s ra te. It was a grata! 3,,t0.,s the legislature, and if they had fo un d it comPul', c at r a!eilt the rate, that moment they w o u ld h ave c ome 11°- -e• it. (" You be quiet, Clarke, you've got a lic e if o oth,t said this on authority—(" N am e, name”) --0" trS of Mr. Bolton. (Laughter.) He thought the e dit;V acting prematurely, and moved an adjournment sithe 000si Mr. ISAAC HOLMES co n t en d e d th a t a copy °f T ronl fj been lying in the council chamber, an d nothing; 00 0 0 1 been said about it until after the I s t o f Novem be '' o tb e Y ley payers would have been pounced upon, had ~ b e : „ 11 o rdel e ,i o it to light. It was requis i te to t a k e s t e ps now , J"10 1 ,i ,4 the necessary notices should be give n if the coulLeet" their duty. Nothing would pl ease th e c ouncil be' 1 4 the rate-payers to let the opportunity pass. icy oP Mr. BARNES asked whethe r , w h en the questioaoealiti, up in the council, eight out of ten were not 011 Pf o r Pf e jO r rate ? Heraccused Mr. Holmes of beinprese nt on g TT d on ~, purposes. (" What are you here for ?") 0 5," resolution. A beg j itl‘ Mr. BIRKETT moved that the powers requireuthe the select vestry. The parish authorities, when ' 3 o'o' was first broached, were threatened by the coun e the fp ; rate—to be taken in the lump, in the same way aS Ai t fin j, O rates, &c. It was sixpence in the po u nd, but ifil e r di taken at eightpence, as not abo v e seventy-tiv e fr ° any rate was collected. Nothi ng h a d been bes bepte t i l council until the notice for this application I 'l, 013 or, lished. If the rate were persisted in, the poor bel must be raised. By giving the powers suggeste,'L- n e '': leave it to the discretion of the vestry to p.roceep might require. The town council might join them thought proper. It ought not to be put off, ',„ s ti) . l,s•, were not quite sure that the council intended t° as t h e in it, and the 14th of November, he believe the ",4 day for giving the re q ui s it e no ti ces . He thong ° f o r t 11 0 :1 vestry deserved the thanks of the rate-payer s , tber gcstion, as, in order to pay the council six;:ence 1 " they must levy a rate of eightpence. at t j. Mr. HOLMES said that a re p or t h a d been rea . re d O a r cil to-day, proposi ng th a t p ower s h ou ld be prce u nt ou t / in a public bill next s e ss io n , t o au th or i s e payrn e " n f th e surplus funds of the corporation, to the extent , tional amount under the act of th e l as t session. .victnol Mr. HARBORD, as one of the greatest ind„d,it ic .V, o payers in the town, s a id if the rateha I been lei% t I fi e f %$, Boatave him—clo) a-year on his: propertY , c he should not like to withhold the discretionallofyy the vestry. It was a happy thing far the p eoP A le if on e thet they had two public bodies to r ely on, and st ito not do its duty the other would. After some further conversatiol, Mr. Clwaralcseth his motion, observing that hi s on ly object - ,tor to pense, and the recommend a ti on o f the select Y e ' '4 vied unanimously the el" of ° ,;" The next proposition, to give the vestry - lion o oq power to see that the proposed bill for the er e 0 , 0 d; warehouses did not escape the parochial rate!' e pe d tr mously adopted after a brief conversation. the a gratuity of £l5O to Mr. Wainwright, of Office, London, for his services, was also auto s t , ' , Mr. HARBORD suggested that the vestry lii o f th' et , t 4 be held hereafter in the Sessions-house, in li eu refe'o l ' church ; but the chairman obse rv ed that any try. the effect could not be binding on a future y es the y4i of parliament prescribed the parish church ' l l 4 l O , e the transaction of the parish business, but t'-licen journ immediately after the bu s i nes s had cornotlr. The meeting occupied two hours and ague ° e C 4 TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE A -- I' 4 This Association held their annual meen n e ori evening, in the large room of the York Hotelt. Holme, the president of the As soc i a tion, took I ' o o l 4o eight o'clock, amidst the acclamations of the 111 t he ; Several new members having been admittea,,o.VA MAN rose and said—Th e period had arrive or ,0 course of time, whose chariot none could tetereanlit, became their duty to meet together, to take a 5. 0 events, and to devise mean s fo r f u t u re usefu l° 8 0 1 1 . i sociation had been in e x i s t ence f or four Yea rs ts . Oak and he trusted had not been without its 0 -0 c ow met to db that a s an un it e d b o d y , w hich they the l:„,0 in their indi v id ua l capac i ty —t o streng then eel: opyl to support that which they deemed good , o te which they thought pernicious, and to Loa d cli; e tit anew to the best interests of the land. (L' 01 ',; 3 1 0 '..,,' trusted that on the occasion , being their a" °- o cl might he permitted to glance at the state alai diect, the conservative party ; and he felt assured t° ,l 3 O r dear to all their hearts was prospering as ina f 0 0 (ciy, wished. (Cheers.) Associations in defence 0 0 „4',,,, tions continued to be formed throughout the r ot* —it mattered not whether by the title of con se tes el o o , testant associations, for conservatism and P r° l ( l be e fr o twin sisters, and he trusted they never W o° t the A spirit of loyalty was spreading throuebl he after the excitement of the last few years, ti et erle i I the country was fast settling down into a, eel j, uphold the institutions of the empire, and W e the tri . on day showed that those principles were to (Cheers.) Many of their friends might ' c i s f l oa t be _ t tPj sent unskilful and wretched pilots ejected toe t oe t Ffr and the management put into the hands o i t io • D e i 4s ° ted, by ability and character, to save the s " - tia . l e ' l • tri not be too sanguine. There was a proPe r r o r a proper place, for every . thing ; and lie, : I ot it o )i not wish to see the present ministry displac e ,, o ice e: l 6 accumulated transgressions, th e i n dignant ' o ht „ tion demanded their dismissal- They °e l& that everything in nature w hi c h was ;Itit ia edify o•ey, growth. That which sprang up quickly ''P e c i, The inferior animals whi c h were qu ickly Pr ° ;pt . ,' destroyed—the nobler were of slow grow th, j a te ,{ d,' ence is longer. The bramble and brushw°°,,etert growth, but they are evanescent in their ell al. „'"uite.lje o l;',4 dily decay. The oak, on the other hand , r, e i"wh' s ,o_,e, to arrive at maturity—a hundred storms inl e pr e jltr i , its branches before its roots will have been ett (C t ei the soil ; and years must roll away before i t „ l iiieete 4l o o.l. Britain's sons and Britain's thunder to other o Such is the British constitution, the gro% t c he ilr e:; , 9 founded on experience, and interwoven w il o ot 6 (111 1 / man, and the nature of the soil in which i t p o ly rep Foes without were powerless ; and it could ! e f e tie jt ) ,,eq by the insanity of those who ought tobe its Osit then he trusted that w e m i g ht patientlY ,l o t o.e time, till a change of men could be made.' „ t ivit ) ;'itkj man ent, he did not counsel inattention or In s i ta l no part of our duty to s t an d b y w ith foldet od 111 1 e0 4 4, axe is laid at the root of th e cons titution , 8 0 08 li e :// plants of popery and infidelity were twini° l4 ,. ew itf„Plii? giving it an appearance of beauty, but i ‘ l t 'lt d 1 every every principle of its vitality. (Cheers.; to bo,.. l ,6i l Seri no time for the prime minister of the larri tio r ter the queen day by day, converting. \V in t res t ' e fiu boarding house, and neglecting the vital in e s eital, b eir, (Hear.) Our colonies are jeopardised bYeO nagement—onr monetary affairs are sh a k 0 . ,: d it ie f,e our manufactures are i n a h e l p l ess conditihoer ding territory to terriotory —is pushing o r °Atl i ' Mediterranean, and is already looking t° f r iof tri( sions. France is forming settlements in A .tio , of England is causing agression on every are e it ( ol papal Rome, by directing its emissaries to ,•1ier 0 1,1 4 A,14 ► lance of parties, and to throw its influel t . ee , th e os i ft;" gain its tyrannical ends, is virtually inovlool e ;a l ,° colonial department, as well as of the, 0 ,; ( 1 1 ';',i disguise or conceal the fact as we I ° , a '' ' 'o7oo/) in her grasp the government of Englanti•-; 5 0 0 . e r But the men who have reduced us to th es „tlon a dd redly be overthrown: for the eyes of the nr ier y, eo t o e to be opened to their duplicity and trea c le 0 ,0, from office, when it takes place, will be r 0 0';, 1 0 1 0.,,1 exclusion. Conservative principles ha se ol ;he, they are principles of truth and equitY , what wed eventually be victorious. (Cheering.),.., ce el e r ee,l l ' do ? We are to use all means to In" ~ to, o ta' principles at the head of affairs. W e g o - r e i al our franchise is not conferred for e_ r b ich o o aggrandisement. It is a 'sacred trusutes\lotivoititr,.:oo, general benefit of all, and we must and those alone, who will uphold the 11 ,. ° 00 ri e !, ''•X. and the welfare of the land ; because n°4 l , tiPpe future generations will be benefitted ' re d 13 1,1 i sures that are good, as they will be inJ e o - loo l ". in measures that are pernicious. Let il l r o e ri to home—let us look at the acts of our 1 0 ° flest c o o e most brilliant promises when they W er f e f a rnilY id popular honours. Th e y complained 0 ~becit; exclusive dealing—of the necessity of r