The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-01 00:00:00

h oer toure es es of intelligence on the loca I supply, but because arsur ice ra.rY that they should have some master mind to (A ste t s to l el>on this subject, and whose opinion wouldbe cal taptasaaad the public mind in a fair and honest direction. a tt h t ita ar e tt e he said, he wrote for Mr. Gladstone; he came oessions-house, and after consulting together he i 4 'anit e ' e a! ling that nothing could be done, for the parochial ' i t Of an () , Ll . ld not listen to the proposition for the appoint ilaineer. However, two or three days. afterwards, a ° n the same subject was brought to him, whicn he a r tebet ae 'memorial being presented to the Council. A confe s.4,tee ell t heparochial c - ommitteeand the special water corn tia' a e Council took place. The ohat conference ati em "otan. After that the parochial committee requested ,fit of himself and the other gentlemen who were IY I tha a l'n him in the negociations. They did so wait ea ay . were tut he (Mr. R.) thought - that it would not be fair t a 'nitt ee _ enter into negociations on behalf af the parish s ad aawttliout first putting them in possession of all the k rlr e. ac"Lall.th conversations which had previously taken .! aft e aordingly he told them all that he had now detailed, rust they proceeded to discuss the propositions ,- iev ataho was then that Mr. Dover suggested that two en °the,. I e appointed —one behalf the arish and a tt hi ae j t apo o n u beb,lalf of the Council. on That pro of positio p n was , . then ta c it w as L I hext proposition was made by Mr. Picton, the'ller the ltat thecastin of the pipes should be suspended koala,Nla nine supply bud been tested to the satisfaction of or "ee• At the root of that proposition he put these a NI o at mmething near to them :—" That this is to 6e car a'tesase"zufiffe by the corporation. If the contractors will „no s nt to this arrangement, then that the best possible illipelaa'a'eaobtained, and that the casting be stopped, lest that Ofeej"„ tt utle of the expenses should operate as a reason for a!ao ect " t i with the scheme ." That resolution was taken to a!oltiti a „," Water Committee, by which it was adopted. The t ; t r tta tt " ea waa then brought back, and agreed to by the Parish , 4 of a i a• rhere was, to be chaff protest against it on the ti o the ' e w members but the rman and all the members aa-,l7nittee—the'se three excepted—said that the resolu iatd l e „ 'eel fairly passed. Mr. Richard Harbord said he ta'ner sit the chair, and Mr. Dover said he would not move t a ;tara ta el ) If this resoktion was contravened. Under these te',he ' la n ces the resolution was declared to have been passed, t, Liv e atted that its effect would be to bring the good people 'Pool t l s . v „,, - 0 a right understanding, and that it would l'"stivans, of relieving them from a very critical I tC 44 o c a t l e y r .,'Onsition which did not involve mere money mat ch a position in which there were many points of tip we, S take,—for it must not go forth to the world that nacapable of governing them..elves ; that they were ,411 n uttin g each other's throats • standing with daggers t i , 4 1 1 / a - e ''' ar n e 7 subject which, above others,. should receive la 'nee r , , and scientific consideration. (Hear, hear, 1. • I This was a spectacle which he would no longer tat, t wa s ta t , in aeca a spectacle xyhich gyieved him very much, ve . ry itt,„ l ,aaa '• It was a sight which was much more enaily 4aael d escribedc • it was one he could assure them which 1 1a d ittie s "' yery much. (Applause.) The mischief p a e r .litairs was that when neg,ociatioas embodied reso talltionaltes took va r ious views of the subject matter of these tiiPi °liiil o anooordiog as they were biassed in favour of their V.; 11, " 8 . That was just the case with the reports before 'se a e report which they had heard read he confessed had übli c a . tt . e ; ill a clear, succinct, and forcible manner before theS e4 fi rtiial a ute Repot t of the Council did something m . ore. sae applause.) Now let us not exaggerate anything; tti 4. e Was but trifling. He had read the report of the great Care, and he had paid great attention to the ii a, taj er the report then before the meetig, and from a full ,tiZ, l , l le o a a ti a e n of both documents he came l to the conclusion o t - i c a n graph referring to the appointment of engineers ° ne in which there was any material difference. !t a no then read the paragraph in question, and pru kas",,et bj his was the point upon'which all this unhappy thlf- Vlno s T arisen at the last moment, but still any reflecting ' or th , see that a ll th ese were points which, in the regular N: 4 la ta n gs, miast e inquired into by the engineers. (H , ear, Daij a Must be b referred to them for their decision. The at;ll'owa in dispute, then, was the insertion into the report of i6,eet a , i `°uncil of a more amplified statement of the duties i t ,"; 4 .eals than what appeared in the . report then before etis t a,.‘ttat the committeeof the council had done so with tatattlea'aing the committee of the parish. (Hear, hear.) He oa'rio s ' to the report, which, as he said before, put te its h a t,olear and concise manner, and he was also bound Ar. Picton had stated the whole of their transac liqt,leYaanerY fair impartial, and upright manner. (Cheers.) ;1100'MM this report of the Paroclfal Committee, he did seeing this vexed question settled in an amicable ‘li.:!eti,;a::`'nfar manner. (Hear.) With what they might do 2g in ra' he would not interfere with ; but he could not lia 4 a a * " .1 cautioning them against allowing their feel ntsdat°,ne single question to lead them to do that which 7 ' t Va al ?are occasion again to regret. In all negotiations ,Nneed this I mPpened that some - things were hastily . done. Ofbecause he wished to notice one word in the "r• Collins. He had said that the mediators threat t47 ecnroMittee, and that the committee winced and r the 1: t10 1111°''' , what was th W e fact ? hen the mediators saw 4 ;4 1 4 v a ,:Pns referred to, they told the committee that they ta s i i to. o rme with their former resolutions, and advised a ck and reconsider the matter. They did so. All the ra a nt was, ifsuchresolutions were proposed they ahould h ° 'n further negociations. The committee did re al; tast a matter, and the result was that they adhered to . It tesolution. The doctor's speech was very humour- Ng was v Pit, fo r ,ery well to have the fun, hut it was bad to have gir 'tou.'"on fun. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) Asa friend Otili:P --11 5 one who had long struggled for corporate re ki4idio`:niPlored of themthem to cast aside all narrow-minded 5 0d to have this matter settled in a fair, honest - " ( aixay which would be conducive to the welfare of hear.) He implored them to cast aside all ot t TPes which had been put in the way of a fair settle d/Alt us question and come forward prepared to solve the y Nes " e men of sense They had now an opportunity of 41M he hoped they would embrace it. (Loud cheers, i 'a i "„Nal' a the worthy in gistrate4 resumed his seat.) N a 'iliaja' t hs of the meeting were then given to Messrs. Rush ene, and Bold, for the part which they had taken in aii„a it o , as Matter to an' amicable conclusion. ta t , t `t,l x . 013, returned thanks in brief but suitable terms; after i tta th• • of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the e n separated. CO UNCIL MEETING, YESTERDAY. I, l lie thlatt ~e e n eeting of the municipal year was held yesterday, ; , ,,;:', l ll i t "; eh-chamber. Present.—the Mayor Messrs. J. I Hersfall ,Gardner, G. H. Lawrence, Lawrence, lj /CI) / "Qrnson, .1. iki W. Nioni, cs, , ,stinson. Mann, Freine, J. IC Lloyd, Sands. W. Bennett, L. p r l, ft a 6.' , ‘Er, Inltrifann. Briscoe. Bent, Robinson, Bell, Isj, () gem 11 indlev Watson, Morris, Rirnmer, Jones, Walth 1 ,4, 1 ,1, w evr, It. Henderson, Stitt, Turner, Chilton, to y , '"..druffe, Procter, Ferguson, S. Holme, Jas. I, l 's; " Henn Mr . D 'ffield having read the accounts for 4eiw4y q - ear • T. 11 t / 4 ° „e,ee , dings of the Finance Committee a recommenda ,!l;)tilit n " f veleil to the Council that application he made to pit mail,, the Treasury to sell a plot of land, in Hope-street, ,t4, l an „ t d as a site for a school, in connection with the lLi t 'te / ripe]. oi r r oied . e Inoceedings of the Finance Committee were li till e , ( l4, , ON asked if there was no chance of getting the 14 H r • (i erry let ? os. • LAWREN CE replied that he had not heard. Oiltt w 780 N wished to know if itAvere true that during Sjtitilelc several accidents had occurred which would en (.l leirable expense on the Corporation? 4 1t,,• Ti to ' LAWRENCE thought not. shell t "ON hen asked if sufficient passengers were ob iilttil.). p": , ,,Y for the coals consumed in workin the engines? : 1 1"N1 set o answer the honourab g le member for drEtt whose conduct be characterised as that of a i kl,' l ll i 'i• He referred to little insinuations made by that h 4, 10,' th last meeting af the Council le(Mr. Parker) 'l ,lltt a t ta/4 1 " r the e honourable - member for Set) . tla i nd Ward, take t'ilt,,lllture "4 . hundreds 'HI away of p oun before impor d stantcame di on 1 0 . ivolving the 'ltNii i Psrker then Wi th history of the Birkenhead ferry. A disputeharl Ot t Tlen e ,;` l, ssrs Willoughby. the former lessees, and, in 'lftyl. ty b oa : lt Was under the autliorisaion , of the Council were purchased; therefore, the Council, and not noittee. ought to be blamed, if blame were due to cr ti the change that has taken place in the manage rle ferry. With rpect to the purchase of the reap they were built here, instead of being brought was that it was found that our own builders 1 t ,hetter vessels than could be got from Scotland. 'tl t ry "e ( "oats were obtained, it was intended to submit y; 1 , 4 1 44 Public tender. Mr. Parker thought Mr. Thomson o,:a tl :lit e/ ,,. 0 , 2:05t unmanly course in thus attacking withoutte '111 1 1\ 1 11. :1 L , r ife ie su fe t t ile y a bilntdetheCitteenatlle„mala's" s siz i t e e w 4 .* A /:;• ose to say that a simple question had been asked 411 11 . uk time had been occupied by Mr. Parker, but, w 4, 'tit . lat time he had not given an answer to it; a good Personal 1)&1 been heard, but not whether the tk a4 :n;r not. , Hear.) wh it observed that the question from Mr. Thomson 1, I r : ether the boats were paying for the coals they con -11,1 %f 1 ii ' " explained that his meaning was, whether the i„ l to,nty 'e general expenditure they occasioned. He went MBhq g' WA Air. Parker had thought fit to compare him to a 1, D er Irt Thomson) should not retaliate in a similar (;,sosonalities should never be resorted to by him. He nerye, that £2OOO more had been paid for the than the sum fo . r which they could have IC from an eminent firm in t.cotland. I r' t); , l l 4 t% 1"0 und erstood it was intended to offer the ferry with A ' ,t ',Public competition. '(Mr. G. H. Lawrence i,Nt t j Alt rather premature in his observations.) Mr. ef t I ligh,'" e rf'ly rose for the purpose of saying that it was 4; 1 401, Jicilesirable that, if possible, the Council should let t to ' d ear, hear.) They must make their minds 4, c onsiderable saciifice ; but let the terms he what 1 , should advise this course for adoption. The be te „ r ot . the Finance Committee were then confirmed. 4° Dr kl closErt AND LIGHTING COMMITTEE. 14 °ceetlings wern likewise confirmed. I t e N)i int . B of thisß COMMITTEE. 41 yo ',,' li lt , committee, baying been mad, r ieltsoN, the chairman, said that the marine lit tle eol Chang e that would be nec h essary . in the chart very sho r tly. Th e re c e ipts f or tne past finan rkyo""ed those of the previous one by .i'3,000. 14 enquired the amount of the tonnage, and kii t he ll re v i n sotv stated it to be ),:1-15.727 tons ; the amount Year was 1,355,710. by which it appeared that %1", a" tonnage there had been a decrease during the t,"11..;ed 51 ' ne balance on this account, as it appeared by the it,4%qllA , was ..e4.500. t he 4 I ,t w .8 ternent e xPlained that really it was £18,500, and the t t r ) 'ti i t e 4 n ot atonce perceptible was owing to peculiarity f , ii .51 1 , 1 t14., n t1f keeping the accounts. th n t m lsoal having moved the confirmation of the otion was seconded, and confirmed by the T h. Aro ce i y i IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. ' 1 ... 2 ' 8 of this Committee being read, e t t t 50 4 11 et. tlottwE and said, before moving the con -111)EL1.44 It accounts of the important character of those b'L li tea l neer 1, w ,"1d give a short synopsis of what had been ac tb,s'lit h, the committee with which he had been con -1,;,„ so because in the present flickering condition of i t ; h events might occur which would deny to him the 14 In a r h por a ° f Making that statement there at a future period. s ° , n .had power to borrow £250,000. to be applied c , k , ‘ "ti 4 „ ta n , u".lect to the approval of the Council ;—(hear)- 1 1 4 711,;,:0rth,;* 6 7,C00 ltad been already laid out in the I)..„ l 4,' t ''' As. , ize Courts. A considerable amount had been h t el-1131:oving, Cooper's-row and Fenwick-street, within Ik 11 E? t , vari en "-• They had spent £55,5C4 in purchasing pro 11,41seerseht Places in the town, which though not wanted ,tt”ea h,tl.net would ultimately he rcq'tired, and it had i totor , pre its requirement by the Corporation became 1 11 / a A or . it was well known how the value of 11, 5 t 1 ,.. hei le estimation of owners when they were ap -11.•".3301, Pg required by the Corporation. Of the above w o ni,,, n a t tl been exuended within thelast few years. To ens eel to complete the improvementsnow - in progress, I(? purchase some property at the corner of Han tkin; li e t 6tll ) , ti ;.‘' a rehott.se in Lime-street; the latter had been 4 E1, 1 °11-• i ‘anged, owing to the co-operation of Mr. Rim kft,l4 wo it i o wished all . parties concerned in such Iran- L,' l l. as ti t "e i s desirous to ‘ meet the Corporation in their ti le at gen ' 1 '1; ' • p ro t.entan had been. (Hear, hear.) With re ttrel,llo:4e 1 ,-, D A . t t ); ), t i l k i , H ante) -street, he feared the committee th, Th en „-ote Eie a satisfactory rgcoil , lo . be O h ' W l (l, , n i no . t nre was the great thoroughfare, Elliot doh s 4 tiu r c_ of which was rendered necessary by reason Da%si n ,,, , ,t of omnibuses which were continually pass- I I ary T° I ,42ere. He was happy to say it had only been e hrr r o al this street three shops and nsollorten Lthre inlYove i ments Tecluired thr e e d e la l r i s ons i e l s . an k t e l t shops ; and he re- Wriloa e4l7),,Provements contemplated there, because the t he tplinsi t he Possessors of the Saracen's Head, for T here "t was ony pa id at present, ould thereby " were two other reasons w why this r im- provement should be carried out: first, the great thoroughfare required it, and, secondly, it Would enable them to open Peter-street. Thus they would leave the improvement com mittee a large quantity of land, and would also bring money into the exchequer. Other property had been secured at the south side of :tlbait's-brow and in the Old Haymarket, which it is intended ultimately to take down ; thus a great number of dilapidated housgs would be removed, and a view of the Assize Courts would be thrown open to Dale-street. In Old Haymarket three houst•s had been secured for the purpose of carrying out the improvements in the vicinity of the Assize Courts. Nothing had yet been done with regard to Preeson's=row. These were some of the matters which had been accomplished, although there were various other blocks of property which might be got at a small expense, and which would be a great acquisition to the corporation, but which, for obvious reasons, he refrained from iodicsting. Were he to do so, probably a number of speculators would rush into the market. Mr. Holme concluded by paying a compliment to the courtesy of his colleagues, and trusting that the same politeness would be shewn to his suc cessor. MR. THOMSON asked it' anything had been done with respect to Burlington-street, and remarked that there need be no ap prehension of speculators rushing into the market, as far as that locality was concerned. Mr. HOLME replied that it did not come within the power of the Imprsyement Committee. The proceedings were then confirmed. LAW COURTS COMMITTEE, Mr.:J. B. Lloyd said he believed that Mr. Kaye had some ob-' servation to make, and he would afford that gentleman the op portunity of doing so before he moved the confirmation of the accounts. The MAYOR.—You can make your statements first. Mr. J. B. LLOYD then entered into some details, to show the advisability of retaining Mr. Wordley, the draftsman of the late Mr. Limes, in the service of the corporation, at an in creased salary, viz. ..t'24o. He also explained that the com mittee had confirmed the purchase of certain books of refer ence. amounting to a little more than £lOO, made by Mr. Weighttnan, although he deprecated the fact of the purchase, without the sanction of the committee. Mr. KAYE then rose, and having thanked Mr. Lloyd, pro ceeded to make a recommendation to the Law Courts' Com mittee, the purport of which was to induce them to furnish more ample accommodation in the new Assize Courts, for the public, and especially for the reporters to the public press—the reporters had an arduous duty to perform, and unless they had facilities offered to them, it was impossible they could dis charge those duties efficiently. Mr. Kaye then went into de tails of the style of architecture adopted in the erection of the Hall, as well as with regard to the space in the interior, and complained that all the accommodation afforded to the public was a flight of steps in the back'part of the court—not a single seat except two forms in a small gallery, capable of seating 32 persons. He asked how females were to be accommodated under the circumstances, and thought that the public ought to have been consulted, as well'as the judges and barristers. Mr. TnowsoN rose to second the motion. The MAYOR advised Mr. Kaye to abstain from putting the recommendation formally as a resolution, but to lay it before the chairman of the committee, who he had no doubt would attend to it as Mr. Kaye desired. This was acceded to, and Mr. J. B. LLOYD hoped Mr. Kaye would take his assurance on behalf of the committee, that it was his most anxious desire that the public should have every accommodation it was pos sible to give them. With respect to the reporters a whole box was appropriated to their use—a bax similar to a jury-box—the entrance to which was so arranged that the reporters would have ingress and egress without the necessity of going into the crowded court.—(Mr. Kaye was glad to hear that).—Mr. Lloyd then went on to shew that if seats were placed on the steps spoken of by Mr. Kaye, they would be the means of obstruct ing the entrance of the court ; he said there were several cor ridors which would he capable of accommodating a large num ber of persons, and in this respect St. George's Hall possessed accommodation that did not attach to that of Westminster Bail, with itsgreater demands in that respect. He concluded by promising Mr. Kaye that everything practicable should be done for the public comfort and convenience. The proceedings were then confirmed. MARKETS' COMMITTER, Mr. PARKER moved and Mr. WOODRUFF seconded the con firmation of the proceedings of this committee, which were accordingly confirmed. GAOL COMMITTEE. The accounts of this committee were next confirmed. TOWN-HALL COMMITTEE. From the proceedings of this committee, it transpired that in future the admission to the Town-hall would be limited to Monday afternoon, when a charge of 6d. each person would be mode, unless the visitor were introduced by a member of the Council. The stock of wines was announced to be very low, and it had been agreed to grant .elOO to replenish the corporate wine cellar. . _ In answer to a question from Mr. SAMUEL HOLME, The MAYOR said the wine by his direction had been sent in in cypher, and consequently it was impossible to know to whom the diferent samples belonged. The proceedings were then confirmed. HEALTH COMMITTEE, Mr. PARKRR wished to be allowed to correct what appeared to be an error in these accounts; the Paul-street Baths appeared to be minus £162, but it should be remarked that .elOO voted for painting had never been applied, and that .430,000 children had been allowed to bathe gratuitously—each being provided with a clean towel ; if the wrshing of these and other items were taken into account, it would be found that the, balance in favour of the baths would be ."19. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE thought it should be remembered that they paid nothing for their water. Mr. JOHNSON objected that the tenders for buildtng the baths in Cornwallis-street had not been publicly-advertised for. Mr. PARKER was of opinion that advertising :in this case would have been attended with great evils, as parties unable to find thenecessary plant would have been induced to accept the contract, and after giving much trouble would have been com pelled to give it up : he cited instances in which this had oc curred, and in this view lie was supported by Mr. Nicol and Mr. Bennet. He said the mode adopted by the committee was to make it known to all the extensive buildeis in the town — men who were capable of carrytng out such a contract. Mr. BucxwiTo and Mr. THOMSON were both in favour of open contracts. Mr. MANN took the same view as regarded the present case, as it was a specific job, the cost of which might readily have been calculat,d by any person in the trade ; though he agreed that there were cases where to advertise for tenders might be una,lvisable. Mr. WALTHEW asked Mr. Driffield to read the resolution passed on the 2nd August, relative to the erection of the Cornwallis-street baths, and upon this being done, it was fonnd that unlimited publicity was ordmed, consequently Mr. Johnson's amenument could not stand, and the proceedings were confirmed. Before the present "extraordinary" edition of the STANDARD reaches the hands of many of our readers, the " tug of war 7 will have commenced in the various dis tricts of the town, the result of which is felt by every one to be of surpassing importance to the future well being of this growing community, no less in a moral than in a sanatory and financial point of view. We have already expressed ourselves strongly on the urgent necessity of regarding the opinions of the respective candidates on other suljects than those of water or the rating of our public estates, though we are not disposed to underrate the pressing importance of the latter much agitated ques tions, neither have we seen any ream). to doubt the soundnest of our original, but strong and often reiterated opinion, that we possess in our own locality as much water as we need use, and of as pure qbality as we can desire. We ask the calm consideration of the electors for a mo ment, whilst we call back their attention to one or two subjects which seem for the present to be entirely over looked. Can it be suppCsed that the objections of the opponents of the system of scriptural education in our corporation schools have been altogether removed, because that party has lately been so silent on the subject ? We trow not. It is only because they have been reduced to such a miserable minority in the Council that they have ceased to raise their voices against it. Let them once again obtain an ascendancy in the Town-hall, and we may rest assured that they will attack that system with all the virulence which characterized their agitation a few years back. What can we think of the consistency of the elec tors of West Derby Ward, for instance, if, after their loud denunciations of the Romish plan of education three years since, they now throw those opinions overboard, and re turn as their representative, Mr. Mather, a gentleman per sonally highly respectable, no doubt, but quite unworthy of their confidence on this and other questions, involving deep and abiding principles. Let us take another subject which is perhaps nearer being made a point of discas,ion than many of the elect ors appear to imagine. We allude to the financial condi tion of our ecclesiastical establishments. It is evident from what has appeared within the last week in the Mer cury and other papers, that those "enlightened" journals are disposed to overlook the blessings conferred on the poor by a church,—" St. Thomas," for instance„—where seats are provided " without money and without price," and that they merely calculate the result of such an " institution" as affects the debit or credit sides of the corporation accounts. Will the Bighams and the Ferni houghs be likely to satisfy the wishes of the Pretestant electors of Liverpool on such points as these? Let the constituencies, before recording their votes this morning maturely reflect that they are about to send to the Coun cil chamber gentlemen who will retain their seats for three years, during which many questions of equal or more im portance than that of water will have to be decided by their local representatives. We have on previous occa sions alluded to some other of these, and for the present verbum sat. The following gentlemen have now ceased to be mem bers of the Council, but several are candidates for re election : Everton Ward Scotland Ward. Vauxhall Ward J. G. Morris. St. Paul's Ward Exchange Ward James Tyrer. Castle-street Ward James Aikin. St. Peter's Ward .. J. A. Tinne. Pitt-street Ward T. Toulmin. Great George Ward.. Rodney-street Ward . S. Holme. Abercromby Ward ..., .... T. Kaye. Lime-street Ward St. Anne's Ward ...... W. Bennett. West Derby Ward ... . Gen. H. Lawrence, South Toxteth Ward W. Watson. North Toxtetli Ward R. Benn. In Everton Ward, Mr. Chalmers would have been defeated had not the Conservative committee been asleep. For Scotland Ward, Mr. Bigham opposes Mr. James Holtne, but surely the electors will not reject a tried and valued servant for a narrow-minded sectarian like his op ponent. Mr. Bigham must not merely be defeated, but must be made to feel that he ought never to presume to urge his claims for a seat in the Council chamber. There is little excitement in Vauxhall Ward. Pro bably Mr, Atkinson will obtain an easy victory over Mr. Rat h bone. The polling in St. Paul's Ward will be somewhat sin gular—two Anti-Pike Conservatives—Dr. Games and Mr. Godfrey—opposing each other. Mr. Stitt has declined to stand. J?nr Everton, Exchange, Pitt-street, Ahercromhy, Lime-street, St. Anne's, and North Toxteth Wards, there is no opposition. In Castle-street Ward, Mr. Aikin has served the elec tors with much satisfaction, ever since the passing of the Municipal Bill, and we are surprised to see his party treat him so unceremoniously, but he is evidently too respecta ble for them. We understand that Mr. Tinne has been withdrawn for St. Peter's, as the validity of his 'election in consequence of his being abroad might he questioned. We hope sin cerely that Mr. Clarke will be returned. We need not refer in detail to the other wards ; and we will now only again desire the electors seriously to weigh the responsibility which attaches to the duty which they will have once more to discharge to-day. The following is a list of the retiring members, and of the present candidates:— WATER COMMITTEE. From the perusal of the proceedings of this committee it appeared that, at their last meeting, a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Mr. H. G. Harbord. Before confirm ing them. _ _ Mr. BENNETT made a few observations; be regretted the absence of Mr. Harbord, who, he was sorry to say, from a note he had Oust received from that gentleman's b other, was dangerously ill; he was sure his friend would have experienced great pleasure, had he been present, in hearing that resolution read over, but he feared he had attended in that place for the last time. MR. HODSON seconded the report of this committee, and entered into details relative to the dismissal of Mr. Macdonald; he had applied for a month's leave of absence, which had been granted to him, but at the expiration of the term he did not make his appearance. After a lame of time he sent in a sur geon's certificate, shewing that he was irka weak state of health; accor•.lingly Dr. Duncan was requested to have an interview with him, and for that purpose the medical officer went to his residence, but failed to see him ; in fact it was well known that Mr. Macdonald had beer seen about the streets in his usual health. Under these circumstances it was thought necessary to dismiss Mr. Macdonald. Mr. FREME thought it was extraordinary conduct on the part of Mr. Macdonald, and must attribute it to a failing in mental as well as physical health ; he, therefore, should advise that some further inquiry be made into the matter. Mr. HonsoN wished to inquire then if Mr. Freme considered Mr. Macdonald a hydro-monomaniac? The question was nul lified by the confirmation of the accounts. Th Church Expenditure proceedings were next confirmed, as were the proceedings of the Observatory Committee. A communication to the Mayor was then read; it purported to be a memorial from a number of persons, who had during many years been summoned on juries at quarter sessions, com plaining of the withdrawal of the usual allowance of refresh ments. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said their attention had first been drawn to this custom by Mr. J. lt. Lloyd, the chairman of the committee, who showed that it was illegal in the first place, and explained how it became a custom. In old times the mayor used to regale the jury with a dinner; at length that course was commuted to a money payment; this was the course when the reform party came into power; but really they had no right to pay jurymen, who were discharging a duty they owed to their country ; they should also bear in mind„the exemptions and privileges which jurymen now enjoyed; formerly they were able to be dragged to Lancaster (hear, hear); there was no instance in any other part of the country of juries being paid. Mr. Lawrence went on to state that it had been found avisable to withdraw the allowance formerly made to coroner's juries on the same ground that the allowance of refreshments in the case of juries at quarter sessions had been withdrawn. He appre ciated the kindness of the Recorder, who was in favour of the allowance being continued to juries, but he (the Recorder) had never said it was legal. Mr. R. HENDERSON thought the custom referred to was sanctioned by usage. He then went on to shew that it was ne cessary for jurymen to have refreshment, and if it was not pro vided for them they must leave the court, to the hindrance of public business; further, it was to be presumed, when they left the court they went home for the purpose referred to; but now that the town had extended so considerably, this course would . . in many cases be impracticable: for these reasons he thought a change was desirable in the course, and that laymen ought to be remunerated just as well as the professional ; he saw no reason why the old practice should be abandoned, Mr. TnomsoN took the same view of the question. Mr. HORNBY opposed this view, and asked why jurymen at at Quarter Sessions should enjoy a privilege not known to those of Assize. Mr. LLOYD 'opposed it on the general grounds, as well as from the abuse it was liable to; and indeed which had formerly existed. Mr. SAMUEL HOLME gave an instance of the way in which juries managed these matters in the good old times. When he was a young man he happened to be a guest at one of these dinners, and he observed that one juryman and then another introduced a friend, until the number amounted to 30, and these thirty carried the thing so far that the funds granted were insufficient, and a general contribution had to be made; he reuabered his share was 235. or 245., so he thought it would have been more econornieal for him to have gone home to dine. Mr. R. HENDERSON withdrew his opposition, and the pro. ceedings Were confirmed. Mr. Nicoa then rose and said there remained,one duty to be performed, which he claimed as the senior alderman of the borough, and which he felt gre a t ple as ure in rising to perform, but which he was sure was a pleasure that would have been felt by airy member of that Council who might have been called upon to undertake that duty. It was to return thanks to the Mayor, not only for his exemplary conduct as chief magistrate of this town and Mayor of this Corporation, but also for the manner in which he had dispensed the hospitalitiee of the room up stairs. He thought there could be no dissentient voice. He alluded in graceful terms to the elegant manner in which his worship had entertained Royalty and the otherdistinguish ed personages who had visited the town during his mayoralty, and especially to the circumstance of the change lie had brought about in the matter of deficient weights and measures, and the manlier in which the honest tradesman had been dis tinguished (ruin the dishonest. Mr. Nicol then referred, amidst much applause, to the subject of the relief that had been afforded to the public charities. He was about to con chute, when he said he was reminded that he had passed over a subject he had intended to refer to before; that was the popu larity his worship had gained by setting the example to future mayors of introducing ladies to the Town Hall. (Applause.) He hoped to see that example followed. He regretted not hav ing mentioned this before, as he wished the last remark he made to be on the subject of the charities, for the healthy re suscitation of which they were beholden not only to the Mayor ' but to his excellent lady. (Loud applause.) Mr. PARKER, as one of the senior members of the Council, briefly seconded the motion, he passed a high eulogium on the Mayor, who, he said, had gained the good wishes of 999 out of every 1000 of the ladies of the town. (Applause ) apparently lobouring . under deep The MAYOR responded, emotion; be said be was sure every gentleman in the room must feel and sympathise in the embarrassment he must ne cessarily feel at the kind manner in which Mr. Nicol and Mr. Parker had referred to him. He could only say he felt an ample reward for ever}, exertion he had made if he had met the approbation of that Co mcil and the aypro bation of his fellow townsmen. •It had been his endeavour in that Council to direct its proceediut s with impartiality, and he could truly say he had known no man' s politics. Mr. Nicol -had alluded to the good he had been instrumental in bringing about in reference to the weights and measures; but he must be allowed to say, that by far the g reater merit in this matter' should be claimed by their excellent officers. The cases brought before him at first were of a very general and aggravated Retiring Candidates. Ward. Members. Anti-Pike. . Pro-Pike. Everton IW. Atherton T. Chalmer, jun. Scotland J. Holme John Bigham J. Holme Vauxhall 'J. G. Morris .1. Atkinson W. Rathbone St. Paul's J. Stitt J. Games T. Godfrey Exchange J. Tyrer .1. Tyrer Castle-street 'J. Atkin Thos. Avison J. Atkin St. Peter's J. A. Tinne J. C. Fernihough Thos. Clarke Pitt-street 'T. Toulmin T. Toulinin Great George J. Rogers J. Rogers Rodney-street S. Holme A. F. 'ones S. Holme A bercromby T. Kaye li. Hall Lime-street H. Danson .1. A. Picton St. Anne's W. Bennett W. Bennett West Derby G H Lawrence C. Smith G. II Lawrence A. Henderson D. Mather S. Toxteth W. Watson It. Harbcrd W. J. Horsfall N. Toxteth lt. Senn Thos. Lloyd It may, however, be interesting briefly to subjoin the voting (in the various wards in which this ycar there is opposition) at the dose of the poll in 1846, when the present retiring members were elected : Scotland Ward James Holme .... 229 W. Thornhill .... 221 Vauxhall Ward .... J. G. Morris • 118 T. Chalmer, sea. .... 79 St. Paul's Ward .... J. Stitt 143 J. Briscoe Castle-street Ward.. J. .Ailtin .. Unopposed. St. Peter's War:!.... J. A. Tinne. .. Unopposed. Gt. George Wa.d .. J. Roger5... T. Dover .Rodney-st. Ward .. S. Hohne. . 366 T. 800th.... West Derby Ward.. G. 11 .Lawrence. Unopposed. South Toxteth Ward.W. Watson l7l T. T. Gl. - .zebroA We attended the Philharmonic Concert which was given at. the Hall in Hope-street, on Tuesday night, wit h much pleasure. We heard Miss Hayes, Miss Poole, Herr Direcke and Signor Bnrdini. Ttiese distinguished artistes acquitted themselves well, and the audience seemed highly gratified with their performance. Miss Hayes fully justi fies the very favourable opinion we have already expressed, and we repeat that in purity of intonation she is not to be surpassed by any vocalist of the present day. We trust she will soon return to us again, and we doubt not she will receive as cordial a welcome as that with which she was greeted on Tuesday evening. Miss Poole has a voice of capital quality ; it is of good volume acid great rich ness; and she well deserves tit be elas-led amongst our best ballad sinners. The audience showed their apre elation of her efforts by encoring her, ❑ot oely in her sale, but also in her ductt with Miss Hayes ; and -he must have been highly gratified with t he favourable imp - ession she had made. Messrs Herr Dameke and Burdini sustained their , parts very creditably ; but we should like to hear them again before giving an opinion as to their merits as vocalists. M. Benedict presided at the piano forte. Nothing could be more beautiful and judicious than his accompaniment; and his solo performance on this instru ment seemed to be very much relished by the savans who were present. Briccialdi gave two fantasias on the flute in excellent taste. We have heard the same composi tions rendered by Richardson and Carte, and we must own that we consider the execution of these gentlemen very much superior to that of Briccialdi. We could not help thinking that the latter could not put forth all his energy on this occasion ; and he must certainly exhibit. a greater daring in this, before he can expect his name to be associated with those above-mentioned. The cho russes were well-selected, and admirably sune, and the delivery of the classical overtures shewed a steady im provement on the part of the band, and attention and care on the part of the conductor. ratter; but now, be was pleased to say, they were confined to the lowest class of shopkeepers and those who matte it their business to prey upon the poor emigrants who resort to the town. His worship here became much ailected, and express ing himself unable to say more, sat down amidst general ap plause. He was afterwards cordially shaken by the hand, previously to leaving the chair at the close of the meeting. jP flittnthpal Clertion, THIS DAY. WARD MEETINGS On Tuesday a numerous end highly respectable' meet ing- of the electors of Vauxhall Ward was held at the house of Mr. Duggan, Waterloo-road, for the purpose of nominating Mr. William Rathhone as representative of the ward, in Waite of Mr. Morris, the retiring representa tive. Mr. M'Gregor presided, and expatiated upon the different municipal subjects now exciting such lively in terest. Mr. Murdoch, chairman of Mr. Atkinson's com mittee, addressed the meeting at considerable length. He spoke in highly eulogistic terms of Mr. Rathbone's long- services to the town, upon which points he would not put Mr. Atkinson in competition with him ; but Mr. Atkinson was before them as the symbol of their honest determination, however great was the man's name who opposed him—however useful his services had been—how ever conscientious had been his conduct—Mr. AtkinSon was there to show that, after the electors had spolwri so unmistakably upon the two great gut stems before them, they would not be misrepresen , ed.Mr. Ambrose Lace, at the invitation of the chairmao, entered into lengthened particulars relative to the water qiiestion, and attempted to show that the Pike project would in the end be the most economical and best that could be devised. Mr. Brown proposed Mr. Raffilione as a candidate, and the chairman declared the motion carried, though this was disputed by several parties present. On the same night a meeting of the friends and r.•p. porters of Mr. James Itilme was held at the Bull Inn, Great Howard-street, Mr. Thomas Wilson, ship builder, in the chair. The meeting was numerously attended. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings. referred to the two great questions which at present agitated the town. With regard to the much-vexed water question, he thought, if it was found they could obtain water under the town at a cheap rate, they should have it ; but if they thought they could get it cheaper at a distance, they ought to go to a distance for it. As to Mr. Holme, ho had known him for many years, and knew that he was a practical man. He was the only practical man in the Dock Committee; and, say what they the com merce of the port, which could only be worked by practical men, was of far greater importance than all their water questions. After some other remarks in favour of Mr. Holme, the Chairman introduced Mr. Holme to the meeting.—Mr. Holme commenced by referring to his eenduet in the Council during the last three years, and s,id that he was not ashamed of anything he had done; and in advocating the Rivington Pike scheme—for he avowed himself in favour of it, and they might turn him out for it if they liked—(hear, and cheers)—he had been influenced by a desire to benefit the town. After saying it would be a disgrace to the town if they turned out those gentlemen who had been so useful merely because they advocated the Rivington scheme, Mr. Holme con- trasted the new candidates who were now put forward against those .several gentlemen, and then entered inte a defence of the Rivington project, contending that eves, in a financial point of view, it was the best scheme had been devised for supplying the town with water. With a view to prove this statement, he entered into variety of statistical statements. Mr. Hohne then alludes. to the rating of the docks, expressing himseif stronziy thvour of it. He said it was a great evil that the Did: Committee were becoming tradesmen in every particular vet still, at the same time, not contributing one farthiin to the taxes of the town, when tradesmen generally wers heavily taxed. The Dock Committee, in fact, were he f!orning• monopolists of the trade of the town, and takioc it out of the hands of private individuals, and surely they ought at least to hear a portion of the taxes. Mr Holme then said that he objected to a certain portion of the an nual expenses incurred at the ()thee in Cornwallis-street, and thought they might be reduced without any detri ment to the public interests. After some further remarks, Mr. Holuie concluded by saving that he should be glad to answer any questions that might be put to him. After several questions had been asked and answered by Mr. HAtne, it was unanimously resolved that he was a fit and proper perAon to represent the ward in the Council. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated, having previously expressed an unanimous determinatiori to do all in its power to secure Mr. Holme's election. PII IL EIARMONIC CONCERT. MR. BRIGHT ON IRELAND The Manchester Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association held the first of their meetings for the winter a few evenings ago, at the Free Trade Hall. The orator of the occasion was friend Bright, and his elemience seems to have exhausted itself on Ireland, alleece the worthy quaker has recently arrived, primed with statisties relative to landlordism and protestantism, for the edifi cation of his compeers in the next parliamentary cam paign. The burthen of Mr. Bright's song at. the Man chester meeting was of course to old and- oft-repeated tunes, nevertheless, the reader and listener who stop to consider, at certain stages of the oration who it is that holds forth, and to reflect on all the circumstances attend ing quakerism, with the peculiarity of its dogmas, must feel some surprise at the bias its hopeful son Bright betrays for Popery. In reply to the hypothetical objection of the presence of " something in the Catholic religion which makes it impossibleforany peopleto be prosperous wit'i it," Mr. Bright points triumphantly to Belgium and Lam hardy, and asks it' the people of those countries are not of the same religion as the Irish. We are not well enough ac quainted with the condition of the peasantry of these coun tries to deny that the demoralizing tendencies of supersti tion and idolatry, evinced wherever these causes exist, are absent in these special kingdoms. But granting (which we by no means can on Brother Bright's authority), that in Belgium and Lombardy Popery way be seen instigating industry, encouraging the arts, and developing geneeally the intelligence and capacities of its votaries, we are of opinion that the position has been maintained after a very negative fashion. What ! could the insignificant terri tories of Belgium and Lombardy only be indicated as the bright spots on the face of the Catholic: continent ? What of Spain, Italy, France, &c. ? Should we not rather account for the misery we see amongst the Irish peasantry by causes which we know approximate the peasantry of two-thirds of Europe to their condition, than believe that their demoralizing superstition is not the °right of the evil, because the same religion is professed by two comparatively small kingdoms, the subjects of Which are more prosperous than the Irish people ? Mr. Bright defies the imputatiaii of " Special pleadings." But apart from the weakness of the position, another consideration arises, and that is the coasistencv of a mem ber of the Society of Friends advocating the religion of the Pope, for the positive defouce of that religion, undertaken. by Mr. Bright, is certainly tantamount to a vindication of its tenets. Mr. Bright too, in aiming a weapon at land lordism, obviously attempts mischief at Protestantism. Does he for„ et that to Protestantism his precious sect owe their existence and welfare, and though the Church may regard the Quakers rather as an excrescence than a healthy limb, still she has, in accordance with her mild rule, borne with the vagaries of the latter, hoping by indulgence to absorb the " proud flesh" into the sound body, ra ther than to extirpate or destroy ? If Mr. Bright think anything at all of his religious faith it must be to him a consideration of paramount importance ; and if so, _where is his consistency, we repeat, in singing paeans to Popery, which would take very decided measures with such schismatics as the Quakers. Under Protestant ascendancy the Quakers have grown up a wealthy society, of whose wealth, indeed, Mr. Bright is no inapt represen tative. They could never have existed under Popish sway ; or if toleration had been extended, it would have been so limited that they must have continued a despised and persecuted sect. Ingratitude is one of the basest crimes ; but Mr. Bright's offence i* that and something worse; the prais ing of a malignant enemy, from whose clutches he con ceives distance renders him safe, because that enemy happens to be the implacable foe of the persons who fos tered the sect to which _he belongs, but which chooses to regard she s.iurce from which it springs with malice and an uncharitableness. Mr. Bright, in his speech. r,futes alss another hypo thetisal o'ojection to the probability of the Irish becoming t a prosperoui people, under a congenial form of govern ment ; and that is the obj"ction of race—" that you can • Make-nothing of them." This oki..etion, corjaintly with the one already dilated on, he meets by instancing the success which attends the Irish in America and elsewhere. Now, we believe in both these causi. , s—i hat of religion and that of race—the former is certainly infinitely the more depressing ; and this is proved in the very instances ad duced by Mr. Bright to show the reverse. When the Irish emigrant leaves his land of ignorance and mendicancy, and lands on the shores of England and America, he assumes almost a new nature; he is surrounded with the examples of industry and order, and, from necessity, is taken in and becomes a part of the novel system. His native indolence and Celtic inaptness in this mode is reproved and tutored, and he is henefitted by the influences under which he acts. Because the Celt, when transplanted, is susceptible of moral elevation, is it to be inferred that the same elevation can be accomplished in the mass at home? The difference of the cases is obvious. In Ireland, the peasantry, whether from the instincts of race, n'r from other muses, the growth of ages,—and it matters not which he the catee, the consequences are identical,—the popuhtion are sunk in indolence, devoid even of the energies to turn the scanty means of subsist , nee which they. , see around them to the best advantage; where thena is means there is extravagance and. waste, where the former does not exist there is squalor and despond ing,7that is the character of the people.. If we see them .proskrnus in the United States, .we see. them um?, r the favourable aspect working up to the example of :in intlu trions nation, and surely it is no argument of the excellence of their religion because the same degree - of misery does not attend them in that new 100-:ion. 'flue they are Ca tholics sill, but not so the country they have chosen their home, as a fraction of the populati,jl t livy will nee, sarihy share iii the general pro, t ,it-r ; the d vt ,-,,,: cs i,;ic; of the country are, in fact. proti'staiit, like a iz;and. :sir. Bridir, to hay.: illti.tratesl poi;t. of his argitii•fit, si oia have skew!, tim coutktri, in which Li,. of Irish paph , try fir,. to I.e seen to such wcre Roman Cathn!ic ecainrries ; as the *ez.v , c shim!, the in. At a nces go rathrr to refute than to sup,.or argunc..rt. The Irish erni&rant does not have i, s tow.t.y n. home in the enhghtet.e.l eountries of lkiniErsitly and B gium, but in her,tical England and Aitu-,riea, when.. his prosperity—if prisperity he has—is not Owing, as Mr. B.ir.:ht would have it, to his own extraordinary energy, and the elevating influence of his idolatrous faith, hut to the fact of his bring in a great nieasuce freed from this last fatal power, and bring warped into a system by which unwittingly he is benefited. LOLA MONTES Assemblee Nolionale gives another letter from its correspondent at Barcelona respecting Lola Montes. It is dated the 20th, and is as follows :—" My previsions are realized; the husband of Lola Montes, forty-eight hours after his departure, wrote to her from Mataro, imploring pardon. He besought her to allow him to return to her feet. He terminated his epistle thus :---` If you have ever to complain of me show me this letter, and it nill bo your talisonm.' Mrs. Heald set out next day by the railway, and some hours after brought baCk Mr. Heald. According to what he states, he declares that others persuaded him to depart, but scarcely had he been 'separated from his wife when be dvsired to return ; three times he attempted to escape on the road, but too good a watch was kept over him. At last, when he arrived at Mataro, he refused to go any further, and then wrote her the letter alluded to above. When returned to his wife, he complained to her of all those who had persuaded hint to break his chain. Mrs. Heald is in the greatest anger; her eyes dart fire ; and if ever she meets with those who wanted to separate her husband from her, I do not know what may not happen. It is said that she-is 'about to publish a statement of her late adventures." May I beg the favour of your forwarding this letter to Mr. Ho;me's Committee forthwith, with a request that, if it be their intention again to publish the correspondence appearing in the Standard, they will in fairness publish this explanation also. Rev. W. Pollock. Yours sithfolly, J. H. GREGORY, Secretary to Mr. Jones's Committee. 51, ; !toJney-street, October 30th, 1849. My Dr;AR SIR, I have ju A received youltiblsor, and as amendment upon the cours' proposed by you — ififf?ealitiuding*rrazraph, I sug gest to you the indepenib-nt publication of it with this reply. I am really unable to see how toy correspondence with Mr. Holme can be understood to cast the slightest reflection on your motives or conduct. Upon the one hand, I have dis tinctly stated more than once that 1 promised•my , vote to Mr. Jones. in - entire ignorance that Mr. Holme was in the field ; so that you could not have " canvassed against" him, or at tempted in any way to injure him in my estimation. His name was never named by you. And on the other hand, lest any person should set down this silence on your part to an un worthy motive, I stated in my second letter, (when I now found that my correspondence was likely to become public.) that you were a gentleman "above all concealments," and that you un questionably "supposed me to be in possession of all the cir cumstances of the contest." To the account which you give of our interview I unreservedly subscribe. You came to me not to canvass me, but upon A. matter of business, and when the matter of my vote was intro duced, it was precisely as you have stated. No man could have dealt with another in a more candid and straightforward way than you with me. When I promised you my vote for Mr. Jones, it was not for any interest I felt in municipal affairs, but because you hat asked it, and in order to show the estimation in which I held you; and that estimation is by no means diminished by anything which has since transpired. 1 was sure you were wholly incapable of having brought Dr. M'Neile's name so unfairly before the public. Believe me, my dear Sir, with great cordiality, Your very true and faithful • WY M. rou.ocK. J. H. Gregory, Esq. RODNEY STREET ELECTION. We have !wen requested to publish the folio ving let ters, which have passed betoeen Mr. Pollock and the Secretary to M. Janes's. Committee, in conscquence of the publication of the correspondence Letween Mr. Holme and the Rev. Mr. Pollock ; and which we re-publish in our fourth page to-day : 34, Sandon-street, 30th October, 1849. MY DEAR SIR, I felt very great regret at seeing in to-day's LIVERPOOL STAND ARD the publication of a correspondence between your self and Mr. Holme on the subject of your vote at the ensuing ,nunici pal election. The correspondence is calculated to give rise to an inference, notwithstanding your kind remark at the clove of your second letter, that there was an absence of candour in the manner in which your promise was obtained. You will recollect that my call upon you had purely reference to a matter of business, and the ensuing election was merely mentiorrd incidentally as I was leaving your house. I told you my friend Mr. Jones was a good Churchman ands good Tory—opposed to the Rivington Scheme—and a man qualified in every respect for a seat in the Council; and you therefore promised him your support. I have no recollection of anything more having passed. It was neither my place nor my wish to introduce Mr. Holme's name by way of contrast or otherwise. I have canvassedfor Mr Jones, not against Mr. Hohne, anti should very much regret at having any personal motives attributed to me. I could not have entertained the slightest doubt that you were not aware of the fact of Mr. Holme being the retiring Council lor—it was, I had conceived_ a matter of notoriety. I distinctly deny having mentioned your name on a single occasion Imy way of influencing a vote. I sin nut swarm. of Bay ing canvassed a member of voor congregation, neither am I aware of your name having been made use or for tile above purpose by any member of Mr. Jones's committee, or by one of the canvassers. I assure yon that I wits ignorant that the pa; nitwit referred to by Mr. Hahne had appeared is the forward, until I saw his letter to you, on taking up the STAN DAR this morning. Dr. M`Neile's name was mentione.i in conjunction with your own, at a ineeting of Mr. Jones's committee, by Ir. Jones him self, who had heard of the. Conversation between you and 1/r. Arigeile from a different source altogether. Yon had requested me nut to mention Dr. 111`Neile's name, and it was not my intention to have • one so. . . THE ROYAL VISIT TO THE CITY, His X.yal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Windsor on Tuesday morning, about ten o'clock, end arrived at Buckingham-palace shortly after eleven. They left the palace for Whitehall about a quarter-past twelve o'clock, and were received in their passage through the park with the most lively demonstrations of loyalty. At twelve o'clock, the lord mayor and the civic authorities entered ae sate barge, and proceeded up the river, followed by all the barges of the city companies, gaily decorated with flags. At twenty-five minutes past twelve, Prince Albert and the royal children, attend, d by the Msster of the Horse, and by Lady Lyttelton, &c., arrived in three car riages at Whitehall stairs, wilt re they were received by Lo-d Adolphus Fitzelarence, who conducted then. to the royal barge. They looked very well, and were enthu siwtically cheered. The procession started from Whitehall at forty-five minutes past twelve, in the order mentioned in the pro gramme, and had a most imposing appearance. The river was covered with boats. Of every kind. The windows and roofs of the houses. indeed every point fram which a view could be obtained were crowded with spectators. The Hungerford Suspension Bridge literally bent beneath the weight of the crowd assembled on ii, and the other bridges were equally crowded. Tire weather was splen did, and the whtre scene may be described as unequalled in the annals of •aquatic pageantry. The procession arrived at the Custom-house at one o'clock, and the royal party were received on landing by the corporation, headed by the recorder, the Dukes of Cambridge and Wellington, the Marquis of Anglesey, rrid Sir Robert Peel. Tie interior of the exchange pr,lented a magnificent appearance. At twenty minutes past one, the prince entered the building, leading the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and accompanied by the lord mayor, the prime minister, aid the other officers of state and mem bers of the household, and were received with tremendous cheers. The recorder read an address to the prince, who made a suitable reply. Several gentlemen were then introduced to the prince, and after some few minutes spent in admir ing the building, a splendid luncheon was served up, the lord mayor proposing the usual loyal toasts, winch wore warmly responded to. The royal party I,ft, on their return, shortly before three o'clock, emharkine on board the Fairy yacht. The pro cession reached Whitehall shortly after half-past three o'clock: The prince left for the Paddington railway sta tion, on his return for Windsor, shortly afterwards. COMMON SENSE VERSUS COMMON LAW. A SCENE IN AN IRISH COURT OF LAW HALF A CENTURY SINCE. (From the Dublin University Magazine for Nov.) " 13 fore such masters of equity as Lord Redesdale or Sir Edward Sugd-n, an ignorant practitioner was soon w•eighecl in the balance and found wanting. The stimulus to exertion which an early marriage gave Mr. Bennett, sent him speedily into the Court of Exchequer. The Chief Baron was a man of peculiar sagacity; the in tricacies of the Irish character were instinctively faini:iar to him. The Wrong common sen'e of Mr. Bennett soon orought him into tavimrable notice in the court, and busi ness began to flaw in upon him rapidly. At that time proceolings of our oiurts did not, as now, become public prop;-rty, by the aid of reporters ; and, in the natural emirs, of things, liberties were taken, in the confidence of a cornier, which could scarcely be allowed in the op-n publicity of our present practice. The Chief Baton, in the nook of the Exchequer Bench, with his droll, waggish countenance, demolishing an argument with his wit, or scouting subtlety with a sneer, the fraud of the litigious tenant had no pro.pect of escape, and the claim of the landlord as little chance of defeat. A nice way of pay ing rent with a special demurrer,' was the caustic pre face to the ominous words, 'We nut overrule y,ur dermnrer.' " How we remember our enjoyment of a scene in court, when a member of the bar, since honourably distinp,niilied in his career. determined on making, the Chief Baron litten to a learned' argument. A young fop had hir,d a horse to ride from Dublin to the race-course, at Bel lewstown, (about eighteen miles,) he returned on the same day, and from the length of the journey, and the severity of the ride, the horse died. The owner demanded the value of the horse, but the young ga!lant resisted : an action of trover was b-oui,lit, and the dtfenne set up was infancy. It was urged that this was virtually a case of contact, and infancy a full defence. The jury, however, under the di , ..etinn of B iron Pennefather, f,und a verdict for the plaintiif, and his lordship reserved for the con sideration of the Court of Exchequer the que•tion of the law. When , the leadlig counsel, the present Judge Perrin, staled the point, he was interrupted by the Chief Baron, thus:— " Mr, Perrin, suppose the v num: man had shot the ho se. you say he was not resptu ?' ".The acute mud of Judge Perrin at once perceived That ti;is question exposed the invalidiv of the defence; and he reheved hin,self from the difficulty by saying, • That was nut. this cas , e;' but that his lei.rned friend who was on the same side, was preparrd to :'rgue the quest , on i , utmor:ty. The ji - inhuT, with a pile of hooks, folio, quarro, and nc avo, looked • unutterable things;' the Chic: Baro;! le( red jo.Tosely at the 'l;i-eat guns' and mi.Aetry, and the a tack commenced. •• Counsel.---' My lord , , I propose in th's case to call aLur a ten;ivn to 5011:0 atlth,ritie, two hundred .re...rs old, jukes 1111(1er:400U the co:union law oetter than they " Chief Baron.—` May be so ; but we're b.tter up to horses now.' " Some eases were ci'ed and patiently heard; wl.en the counsd th.iught a little illustration might enliven the argument. " Counsel my suprose an infant, wiSh t, make a show of rr,:iierty, b,ri owed my Imrse, pocket-luyik. anti n•iu-ed to pay or return it, would trover main'ainatde 1' " Chief Baron.—` Perhaps not ; it is not unlikely that if the young gentleman disposed of the cm-tents of the purse. he might properly be indicted a.id hanged.' " Tne discomfiture of the counsel, and the arch gravity of the Chief arroo's couatenance, non never he for gotten by any who *hared in the mertiment of that me morable rencont e. " .Nly lords, Ibis is virtually ,a contract of hiring ; thi-re is no t.,rt—n.) ri et armis—nothing which any man who understam?s the- law of the land can say inners phis .ase out, of the oFeration of the general rule as to the c:iritrai is of infants. " Atter roc+ eding in this strain for a long period, n o d exhausting all the auOtorities which he had brought into court, he sat down uaer the belief that he had ° wen the Chief Baron a ' nut to crack,' which would': try his powers. "Now the peculiarity of the Chief Baron was this, whenet er lw got hod of a good plain sterling principle, which di,posed at the vase before hini, he disregarded ar g,urn,nt and authority as the idle wind.' ". Here, said he, a horse was hired ; he was ridden to the race-course; rJreshed with a canter there, and then Since the conviction of the Mannino several circum stances of very considerable importance have come to light, which, if any doubt could possibly exist as to their guilt, would appear to be almost conclusive on the sub ject. It will be remembered that, after the verdict had been pronounced against the prisoners, the woman made a violent speech, in which she asserted her innocence, and appeared to make it a strong point in her favour that she loved the deceased, and could have been married to him if she had pleased. It has, however, since been ascer tained that for son's t me before the murder O'Connor Tad been paying his a , d eases to a young woman, and they were on the point of being married ; it is known that Ma deg an' Lis w'fo were aware of the fact, and it is probable that, feeling t re marriage would in all proba bility have the effect or breaking off all connexion be tween them, they determined upon the desperete measure of getting possession of his property by murder. Another curious fart has also come to light. The trial, as our readers are aware, lasted two days, and the prison ers each day retired from the court for a short time to take refreshment. Of course when the prisoners were first received at Newgate they were narrowly searched, and every instrument with which they might. inflict injury, either upon themselves or others, taken away from them. Upon the second day of the trial, in- consequence of something that came to the knowledge of the prison officials, it was considered prudent to search the female prisoner, and in her pocket there was found a large piece of broken glass, a most dangerous missile, well calculated to have inflicted very deadly injury upon any person who might have been struck with it. It was immediately taken from her, and thus no doubt. from the violence subsequently exhibited by the prisoner, some desperate mischief was prevented. How she obtained possession of the glass remains a mystery. The counsel for Mrs. Manning have resolved to aban don their application for a writ of error. The point, however, whether she stands in the po , ition of an alien will still be submitted to the Criminal Court of Amon'. The next sitting of the Court will be on the 10th of November, and if the question sletuld he sent before that tribunal it will, of course, be disposed of on that day. Manning has made some extraordittary disclo, , eres relative to the murder and his former connexion with O'Connor, which will not he made public until after the execution. He persists in the statement which was handed to his learned counsel, Mr. Serjeaet Wilkins—" That his wife shot O'Connor, and afterwards tt reatened to shoot him unless he helped her to bury the body." He seemed more composed on Monday, after his interview with the chaplain, and several times wished to see his brother and his solicitor, Mr. Nuns, to whom he wishes to make some communication. His brother called at the gaol on Moe day, end delivered a letter from his sister in the coure - ry. The letter was shortly afterwards delivered to hint by the governor, and the asntents seemed to affect him in a great decree, as he wept several times on reading it. 11:s brother did not see him. Prior to the trial, and while his unhappy wife was confined in the gaol where she now remains, she wrote several indecent letters to her hus band, couched in the most obscene language and written in broken English. In none of them, however, does she allude to the murder, but she defies him to get her gold watches. Copies of these letters were shown to Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry during the trial, likewise to the Attorney-General, but no attention was paid to them. AUTUMN. (FROM POEMS ItY7THOS. -- J. OUSF.T.EY.) The flowers nil are fading, Their sweets are ritlA now; And night sends forth her shading, Along the mountain brow; The bee bath ceased its winging, To flowers at early morn : The birds have ceased their:singing., Sheaf'd is the golden corn : The harvest now is gathered, Protected front the clime ; Tie le tres are seared and withered, That late shone in their ju•iioe. Thus when fourscore years are gone. o'er the frail life of man, Time sits heavy on his throne, as rear his brow we scan; Like the Autumn leaf that falls, when winds the branches wave Like night-shadows daylight pails, like all, be finds a grave. SECOND l'7M N Standard Office, Hull-past Four o'clock. THE ELECTIONS THIS DAY. The eventful contest is now over, and though the oppo nents of the Pike Scheme and the atlvlcates of Duck Rating have not succeeded in every instance, yet they_ have returned no doubt a suff:ient number of their friends to defeat one scheme a.:11 carry the other. The following tabli Lou: (as far as we ca at. the election just cl printed in italics:— le exhibits the, state of the poll each mid procure it) in the contested wards Lased. The advocai 'ea of the Pike are Pike 4. Maj. I 135 1 : • , 1301, 110 1 1 137 1 255 304: ?,41 265' I 161 1841 199 227 i I 1 1 423 i 88 2141 84 85! 74 ridden back to town, r.nd dies of the abuse he receives. A trespass vi et armis r wh'cli I will venture to translate into plain English, ith whip and spurs;' and sc it is plain to us all that, in law and justice. he who killed the horse should pay the price of him to the owner." THE BERMONDSEY MURDER. SCOTLAND .1. llohne J. Bi:Olain VAUXHALL. J. Atkinson. Iluthbone ST. PAUL'S. J. Gaines T. Godfrey CASTLE-ST. T. Avison J. Aikin . ST. PErEu.'s. T. Clarke si, J. Fernihon4h RoDNEY-ST. S. Hahne A. F. Jones WEST DERBY A. Henderson .... 62i D. :Mather. G. 11. Lawrence .. 35 . SOUTH TOXTETH. It. H arhord. W. J. 115 The Co mcil is now consti of the advocates of the. Pike 1. mum.; WART) Yrstoserv , Alderman D. Ilorlyxon.... Walihew.... 1 Ed. [Amp(la:c.. 2 T. elm lnter .... 3 2. SCOTIA - in WARD. uted as fa [ovv:;. names .inted in italic' : - GEORGE WARD. Yrs to serve Cooper 4 H. G Flurbord 1 re again pi 9. GfiEAT ‘ldertnan .. J. 10. RonNEI ittlerwati J. t; W a .... 2 jto , - , rs r-s ravET WARD N. W00d.... 4 . Book. r 2 A. F..l , ,nes Al►lerman A Nwairsoq I .1. Woodruff 1 3.1 horapson 2 3. Higha►n 3 3. VAUXHALL V. Ann. Alderman T /1. 1 \V. Preston .... 1 T. L. Hodson .. 2 J. Atkinson 3 4. ST. PAITI,'S WARD. 11. ABERCROMBY WARD 'Aldermn J. Praetor R. C. Gardher .Hugh Krill Beni a rtt flail Alderman J tio::nes 4 R. B. lii ,T. itri.roe ' 2 T. Godfrey 3 5. FX,IIA1•01.; WARD. 12. LIME S tItEET WAND. alderman .1. H. Moore.— 4 .1. B. Lloyd 1 J. Johi)son 2 J. A. Pieton 3 13. ST. ANNE'S WARD. Nitlectilun E. Melgmeux 4 . 1 . Parker W. Frt•me W. Bennett . I 1. WES r DERBY- WA RD. • lidermaii lient J. I?f , aki.r K. NI, Ileeliwith 2 Al,l•rman J. Lavirence.... 1 G. 11. Ilorsciill.. 1 7'. Litacriale.... 2 .7. '7'..rrr. G. CASTLE srn EET WARP. Aliennazi R. S. rienderson G. Holt 1 Hugh HernLy 2 T. Avisart A. 7. ST. PETEIt'S WARD. Aldelmuu W. Nicol 4 a. Reit J. Fer7.7lson ? J. C.Fernilimult 3 '5, Snin'il ToXTF.TH WARD, li'derniali,f. H. Turner R. I,: :Tone, .„ 1 HintiTey : . 2 S. PITT-STVERT WARD Ahlertnati 7'. 501 , 14 'l'. Rubinson 2 I'. Touhnin 11'..T, linrriall I NoRTII TONTI,TH .11entlatt T Cha(o./ ir. Magn Fk4er • • T. 1.1, , yd Thee are. therefore, now 'n (he Couna : Advocates of the P,ke- ilermen nnciliors 13— at • . . Opponents of the Pike ite.men .... 5 ipuncillots ... 25 —-1 J fizeinFt the Pi dg-and in farnur or} rating the Deck , ' . . The following gentlemen tv , -,e reineo-d tutoppoScd : Thomas Chalmer, ju , for E. amain ; Ja tics 'Pyres; fir Exchange; Thomas T , if:nio, for Pitt .street ; J. go t :-, for Great G.!o-te; Bernard nail, for Ahercromby . ; 3. A. Pietou, for Line-street ; W. Bennett, for S.. Ann's; and T. Lloyd, for North Toxtet h. Though the result in Rodney-street and S,,uth T.,xteth, Wards was partly looked for, yet the in t j,riti,”3 a7e ve-y much larger than even the friends of the suc-N:.ss:ul candi datt-s anticipated. There can be no questiOn that - Mr. IT:job:it'd Hirlm owes his defeat in a great me„, nitot , ther—to the interference of the Confedei hail. the leaders of that meddlint body not. attempted to tate to the electors, Mr. Llorsfail (as he state,: in hi. dress) would not have cone foeward ; but -to dis4n , ,l have the constituencies become with the officious dicta tion of such people, that %clic:ever they appear their f :ends arc sure to lose. SCOTLAND WARD. • A protest has been entered against Mr. Bigbain's re. turn, for want of qualification. 139 ! 229 93 5 or' .... of well Ol d I be fore' ere pint tbe I t° stieg,