The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-22 00:00:00

ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. (From the Times of Wednesday.) Our Dover correspondent sent us last night the following melancholy intelligence. In common with every right-minded person in the kingdom, we most cordially hope and pray that if the information be correct, the attack may be less serious than our informant seems to apprehend DOVER, Nov. 19.—Last evening, about half past 5 o'clock, the Duke of Wellington was taken speechless. Dr. M'Arthur was immediately sent for, with Mr. Halke, the surgeon, who were in attendance as soon as possible, and by reports the duke remained speechless till six o'clock in the morning ; but it is said he is something better to-day. His physicians were sent for from London, and arrived this afternoon at 3 o'clock. (From the Morning Herald of Wednesday) The public will read with great regret the following com munication respecting the health of the Duke of Wellington, which we received last night from our agent at Dover. In common with all our countrymen, we trust that the illness of the illustrious Duke may prove of a temporary nature only. —" His Grace the Duke of Wellington had a serious attack last evening. We understand be had been out with the East Kent harriers in the morning, accompanied by Lord Mahon, and had returned to Walmer Castle; that he was preparing for dinner, having invited some officers of the Dover garrison, when he was taken suddenly and seriously ill. He was im mediately attended by Dr. M'Arthur, the physician residing at Deal, who sent off an express to London, requiring the at tendance of Dr. Hume. The party invited dined at the cas tle, but the duke was prevented joining it. It is said that Dr. M'Arthrir attributes the attack to exhaustion, and de clares there is no symptom of apoplexy or paralysis ; that the duke passed a good night, and is better to-day, but that he is still confined to his room. Dr. Hume arrived from London at Walmer Castle about three o'clock this afternoon, and re mains at the castle with Lord Mahon. (From the Times of yesterday) It is with unfeigned and grateful rejoicing that we find ourselves authorised to remove entirely whatever alarms may have been caused by the melancholy announcement in yes terday's Times, of a dangerous attack of illness having visited the first man of this age and nation. The language in which the intelligence was made public must have led almost everybody to apprehend that something in the nature of paralysis or apoplexy had befallen the saviour of his country. We can assure our readers that there was no shadow of foundation for such a fear. The duke having lived rather full one day, had starved himself the next, eating on Sunday last, as we understand, nothing more than a crust of bread for his dinner. The next morning, after an equally slight breakfast, he mounted his horse, and went out for some hours with the hariers. After his long fast and violent exercise he returned home in a state of much exhaustion, and fairly, in a fainting fit, dropped off his chair ; a ft er w hi c h he went to bed, giving positive orders that a dinner, to which he had invited several military friends, should proceed as if no thing had happened. His grace slept comfortably all Monday night, and has since been rapidly getting well. The only really distressing fact about the case is, that the duke, at the age of seventy, does not seem to have yet discovered the value of his own precious life, and generally takes no more care of himself than a boy of eighteen or twenty. (From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.) WALMER, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20.—The Duke of Wel lington is reported something better to-day, having had se veral hours sleep during the night. Dr. Hume and Sir A. Cooper were in attendance on him at the castle. Lord Alfred Paget, equerry in waiting to her Majesty, drove up to Apsley House, yesterday afternoon, in one of the royal carriages and four, with a special message from her Majesty to inquire after the health of the Duke of Welling ton. The noble lord was informed that Colonel Gurwood, who was then at Apsley House, had just received an express, from Walmer Castle, with a letter from Lord Mahon, sta ting that the illustrious duke was much better and out of danger. Apsley House was thronged throughout the day by the nobility and gentry anxious to learn the state of the illustrious duke. LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM NEW YORK. (From the Third Edition of the Standard of Tuesday.) The ship " Scotland " has just arrived at this port from New York, which she left on the 29th ult., bringing dates four days later than the previous arrival. The state of the money market had not it appears undergone much, if any, favourable change, but a hope was generally entertained that matters would continue to improve. The New York Morning Courier and Enquirer says,— " We do not think that circumstances would warrant us to say that the state of the money market is better. It is true that amongst a few there seemed to be a feeling of confidence and hope springing up ; yet it would be difficult to trace it to any definite cause. Merchants' paper was bought at rates varying from 3to 7 per cent., according to quality. Stocks have generally fallen again ; and, on the whole, very little business has been transacted : less than there has been on any one day for a long time." United States past notes are not saleable. Sterling bills are offered at 3-.1 premium. In specie no alteration. The Baltimore money market continued tight, the banks having continued their issues since the late suspension. The merchants had a new evil to contend with in the in creased rates of Exchange on New York. The banks which collect for that city refused anything but specie or its equiva lent. SAVANNAH, Oct. 3.—lt affords us pleasure to state that the banks in Savannah have not suspended specie payments. Their condition never was sounder than at present. Prices of stocks in Philadelphia improved. The passage of the Independent Treasury Bill, with the specie clause, was about to be acted upon. The small bill policy will thus be suppressed. (From the New York Morning Herald of 29th Oct.) " A heavy depression took plaee at the Stock Exchange yesterday. Sales were small, and prices have again fallen." News had been received of the suspension of the United States Bank, a rumour having there been received that the New York Bank had suspended. A large public meeting of merchants, manufacturers, and mechanics, had been held at New York, at which it was re solved that the meeting had the fullest confidence in the banks, and.recommended a spirit of mutual forbearance and accommodation amongst them and all classes of the com munity. It was farther resolved to support the honour of the coun try by specie payments. THE RIVER WEAVER TRUSTEES. (From Me Chester Courant.) We rejoice to find that the Trustees of the River Weaver have, at length, determined to do their duty to the public and to the large body of men whom they have caused to con gregate on the banks of the River Weaver, by taking some steps towards providing church accommodation for " those employed upon or connected with the river." We feel assured that the present trustees in so doing, are only acting in the same spirit of benevolence which instigated the first projectors of the navigation, to the risk of their private funds, and the devotion of their own good services for the public welfare. We see that the trustees have determined to apply to Parliament fur powers to appropriate the amount of £7,000, in the course of a certain number of years, towards building, and an annual payment of £450 towards the en document of three churches, which seem few enough, in all conscience, when we consider the income which is derived from the river, and the very large proportion (averaging an nually £20,000) which has been for many years paid over towards the temporal benefit of the inhabitants of this county. That the trustees have as much right to go to Par liament for their present purposes, as they had to obtain powers to apply the surplus of their revenue in aid of the county rates, no one in their senses will deny ; and we are glad to find that, in the exercise of a sound discretion, they have come to a determination to proceed in the proper form in furtherance of their good intentions. The present may not, on several accounts, appear to be the most propitious times for such an undertaking, but confiding, as we do, in the goodness of the cause, the pure motives by which it is dictated, and the calm determination with which men are happily gifted when engaged in matters of like paramount importance, we have not the slightest .doubt that sooner or later the work will be effected to the heart's content of its first promoters, and, we will add, to the satisfaction gene rally of the rate-payers of Cheshire. Our contemporary of the Chronicle informs us that the subject was brought under the consideration of the trustees by one of our largest pro prietors, both in the agricultural and manufacturing districts, and that it received the support of 29 of the leading gentle men of, the county ; that is as it should be. We have heard from some quarter of an attempt to raise the cry of " rob bery" against the trustees ; we will, however, venture to express our conviction, that when such a proposi tion as we are now discussing, has received the sanction of the Cholmondeleys, the Egertons, the Brookes, the Warburtons, and other s d ee pl y and personally inter ested in the proper disposition of the Weaver Trust, that if their opinion could be taken, the great body of the rate-payers of this county would be :uend cheerfully and gratefully to acquiese. We do not pretend to name the par ties who have advocated this excellent measure, as the trus tees of the Weaver, in the transaction of th e i r b us i ness, do not adopt the popularity-hunting speeches, under the spe cious name of " Open Court ;'' but, judging from the church building propensities which have shown themselves in the private conduct of the gentlemen we have hinted at, we surely must,be right in believing that they have joined with Mr. Tollemache in acknowledging the principle, " that men have souls'as well as bodies to be cared for." On this point we take the highest possible ground ; we say that the trus tees have done no more than their duty, and in the perform ance of it, we think they have acted with a peculiar forbear ance,and good feeling towards the rate-payers of the county. They have delayed their good wook until, on the score of convenience, no voice, with any show of reason, can be raised against them. The navigation of the River Weaver, tinder the fosterinkcare of the principal gentlemen of Che shirerlias been constructed and maintained entirely from its own resources, without drawing upon the county funds for a single shilling ; no part therefore of its revenues of a right woul4belong to the rate-payers of the county. This has, howeeer, been provided for specially by act of parliament ; and within the last ten years, the surplus paid over to the cou4ty:treasurer has enabled the magistrates to pay off a debt of upwards of X 50,000 to reduce the county rate from six or seven farthings to one farthing in the pound, to pass over one quarter last year without any county rate at all, and, as we'have witnessed at the last two quarter sessions, it has been a matter of much consideration, whether it were neces sary to lay on even a rate of one farthing. We applaud most highly the proceedings of the trustees on this church build ing question ; and, as Christian men, we have every reason to feel proud, that such an example has been set by them, and heartily do we hope that they may find imitators, where ever imitation is practicable. Fourpenny pieces will be in great demand on and after the sth December, in consequence of the new postage. PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMERIDGE.—His royal highness visited Covent-garden Theatre on Monday evening to see the new play of Love. REGISTERED BIRTHS.—The registered births in England and Wales in the year ending June 30, 1838, was males, 204,863 ; females, 194,849 ; total, 399,712. Lord John Russell was not present at the funeral of his father, the late Duke of Bedford, on Saturday. His lordship however, had time to attend Lord Melbourne's cabinet din ner, on Monday. Surely the novelty of a dinner at Lord Mel bourne's must have been Lord John's inducement to attend it. The number of passengers who have travelled on that por tion of railway opened from Ayr to Irvine, from the sth of August to the 31st of Sept. we observe, is 35,514 ; from the Ist to the 7th of Nov., 1318 ; and during the three months 36,832. No trains on the Sabbath.—Kilmarnock Journal. There are, at present, seven seats in the House of Com mons undecided ; those for Ludlow (the return of Alcock being contested) ; Totnes (there being a double return, Blount, a Whig, and Baldwin, a Conservative); and for Bewdley, Devonpo r t, Falmouth, ' Tower Hamlets, and South wark, which are vacant. INDUSTRY.—If industry is no more than habit, it is at least an excellent one. If you ask me which is the real hereditary sin of human nature, do you imagine I shall answer pride, or luxury, or ambition, or egotism ? No, I shall say indolence. Who conquers indolence will conquer all the rest. Indeed all good principles must stagnate with out mental activity.—Zimmerman. A t\ COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR — MONDAY.—This afternoon the Queen walked on the terrace attended by several of the royal suite. Shortly after one o'clock this afternoon their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George and Princess Augusta of Cambridge, arrived at the cast4e. The royal visiters partook of luncheon with her Majesty, and returned to town at three o'clock. This morning the Earl and Countess of Albemarle took their departure for the Stud House, Bushby. Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, and Viscount Ebrington, left for town. The royal dinner party this evening will include the follow ing personages : her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Ladies Barham, C. Dundas, Gardiner, and Eleanora and Constance Paget, Hon. Misses Cocks and Murray, Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of Headfort, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir William Lumley, Hon. C. A. Mur ray, Earl of Errol, and Col. Greenwood, second life guards. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Her Majesty remained within the castle during the day. The Hon Miss Cocks and the Ladies Eleanore and Con stance Paget took an airing in a carriage and four. The Earl of Uxbrige and the Earl of Erroll drove out in a pony phaeton. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the royal suite, will leave the castle for Buckingham Palace to-morrow, at one o'clock. The court will return on Saturday. The royal dinner party this evening will be the same as yesterday. (From the Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.—Her Majesty, as I sta ted in my communication on Sunday evening, will leave Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace, to-morrow. The Queen returns to the castle on Saturday next. It has been remarked here, as " not at all to be wondered at," that Prince George of Cambridge should have gone to Covent-garden to see Love last evening, when he saw so little of it at the castle yesterday afternoon. The visit of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with Prince George and Princess Augusta of Cambridge, was " all over" in less than an hour and a half. Her Majesty, who appeared slightly indisposed at St. George's Chapel on Sunday morning, is considerably better to-day. The question, !` Who is the Lord Edward Howard ?" whose arrival at the Castle is occasionally announced by the Court newsman, has been frequently asked ; but " nobody knows, and (perhaps) nobody cares.' I have in vain-search ed through the Peerage to discover any one having a claim to such an appellation. Now, if the " lord" alluded to is the second son of Lord Surrey (whose Christian name, I ob serve, is Edward), I assume he must have had some title or grant of precedence conferred upon him, which has not yet met the public eye. By courtesy the father of this young gentleman is styled Earl of Surrey ; but even if his lordship were an earl in his own right, this would not give his second son the prefix of " lord," which is assumed, only by cour tesy, by the younger sons of dukes and marquises. Had Lord Surrey a brother named Edward, the assumption of the title would be accounted for; but it does not appear that the Duke of Norfolk has any other son than his Lordship of Surrey. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—This afternoon, at one o'clock, the Queen left the Castle for Buckingham Palace, accompa nied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and es corted by a detachment of the 2d regiment of life guards. The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Eleanor and Constance Paget, Lady C. Dundas, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Barham, Hon. Miss Cocks, Baroness Lehzen, Earl of Errol, Lord Alfred Paget, Marquis of Headfort, and Sir W. Lumley, left the castle for London in the course of the day. The following will remain at the castle :—Hon. Miss Mur ray, Lady Gardiner, and the Hon C. A. Murray. The Hon. C. A. Murray will leave the castle to-morrow, on a visit to Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart., at Hall Barn Park. (From a Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—When the news ar rived here, this morning, of the deeply-lamented illness of the Duke of Wellington, the greatest consternation and grief per vaded the minds of men of all parties, and of all shades of po litics in the town. The conservatives have looked up to the duke as their " guiding star" in every case of emergency af fecting the interests of the crown, the happiness of the people, and the welfare of the country.. I much fear, from an account which reached Windsor, from Canterbury, this afternoon, that our worst fears will be realised, and that we shall have to lament the loss of one of the noblest warriors, and one of. " the most honest and straightforward statesmen" whose deeds, whether in the field or the council, ever adorned the annals of this or any other country. It will be perceived, and will no doubt be duly chronicled by the court newsman, that the Queen left the castle for Buckingham Palace, this afternoon, followed by five of " the Pagets," viz., the arl and Countess of Uxbridge, and their two daughters the Ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget, with Lord Alfred. It is even now a matter of uncertainty whether the Privy Council, which was to be held on Saturday, when the Queen will announce to the council her intended marri age with the Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, will take place at Windsor or in London ; but it is nevertheless expected that the " delicate information" will be conveyed to the council in -London. THE QUEEN. On Wednesday the ministerial morning journal put forth the following announcement " Summonses have been issued to all the Privy Council to attend the Queen on Saturday next, to receive a communi cation from her Majesty. We are not at liberty to allude to the subject of this communication, but it may be readily inferred"—videlicet—her Majesty's marriage with Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, which our Windsor correspondent some days ago announced as positively intended to take place " as soon as possible." Upon this interesting matter the evening organ of the whigs thus echoes its morning contemporary : " The whole of the Privy Council has been summoned to attend her Majesty on Saturday next. The communication which will be laid before the Council relates to an event in which the whole of her Majesty's subjects feel the deepest interest, not only because it affects the personal happiness of the Queen, but materially relates to the future destinies of the empire. We need not more distinctly allude to the im portant subject. A few days will enable us to speak more plainly on it, and its bearing on the interests of this great nation." THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT. (From the Court gazette.) All doubt as to the Prince destined to gain the fair hand of her Majesty was long since set at rest by authentic infor mation, communicated to the public through the columns of the Court Gazette. Those who• questioned the correctness of the intelligence at the time,have been compelled to admit that we were right, and that they were wrong. Everything that has transpired from week to week, and from month to month, has served but to prove that his Royal Highness Prince Albert is ".a favoured wooer." The main question disposed of, the man being known, public anxiety next turns to the period at which the union is to take place. We are enabled to state that " the merry month of May" is the time fixed upon. Her Majesty, who became a Queen immedi ately on gaining her legal age as heiress apparent, is to be come a wife close on the completion of her twenty-first year. (From the Age.) The Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobourg, " my partner," and Prince Ernest, dummy toujours, have departed, until sum moned to return for the happy day—doom's-day for all par ties concerned ; and Prince George of Cambridge has re turned to England, full of health, spirits, and right honest and acceptable British feelings, to find out and rejoice over the happy escape he has had from being chosen Prince con sort of these realnis. By the way, a vast fuss is being made about the portrait of young Albert, which was left behind him, and very tenderly exhibited by the Baroness Lehzen in her private apartment ere it graced the royal left arm on Thursday evening. Now really, to suppose that any human being cares the thousandth part of the sweated abrasion of a farthing for either the portrait of Prince Albert or Prince Albert himself, or any of the Popish and sham-Protestant House of Cobourg, is to suppose that the honourable and moral of the community have abandoned their own pure and beautiful interpretation of the spirit of the Decalogue, and admitted the practical version of it exhibited by my Lords Melbourne and Headfort, and divers other purists of the Palace. For ourselves we may at once put on record our conviction that Prince-Consort Albert of Saxe-Cobourg will not return to England. Wherefore? Because before many weeks are passed the people of Protestant England will have discovered that the said Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobourg is a Papist. He here wears the semblance of a worshipper at our own altar, but, we repest it, he is a Papist. And be it never forgotten, that by the Ist of William and Mary, (many thanks, Mr. Roby, for the hint,) ch. 2, sec. 2, the sovereign of these realms forfeits his or her right upon three contin gencies, viz., attending a mass-house, turning Papist, or marrying a Papist. This act is yet unrepealed—and who will dare to move its erasure from the statute-book ? My Lord Melbourne, will you ? it \.• s DREADFUL MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. On Monday evening the eastern district of the metropolis was in a state of great commotion, in consequence of a dread ful murder committed in the house, No.l, Lower Chapman street, St. George's in the East. The unfortunate victim is a young woman named Lees, the wife of a hair-dresser, who has carried on business in the above house for about twelve months. The parties have been on bad terms for some time, and have frequently quarrelled. Yesterday afternoon between hours of of three and four o'clock, William Lees the murderer, closed his shop, and proceeded to the house o some relations at Islington. He seemed in a very perturbed state, and communieated to his relations that he had mur dered his wife by nearly severing her head. from her body with a razor. They were horror-struck at this intimation, and for some time disbelieved what he said ; but he repeated the dreadful tale so often, and his manner appeared so strange that they were induced to accompany him to his house, where they found his story to be too true. On entering the shop they found the young woman lying stretched on the ground, which was covered with blood. There were several gashes on her face, and a deep wound in the throat separating the jugular vein. There was also a bruise on the right eyebrow, which appeared to have been inflicted by some blunt instru ment. The relations of the unfortunate deceased immediately secured Lees, and sent off to the Denmark-street station house for assistance. The divisional of police soon after wards attended, who said the woman had been dead more than two hours. The body will remain in the house in the custody of Serjeant Graves of the K division and policeman 190 K, until the inquest is held. The murderer was taken to the station-house, in Denmark street, Ratcliff-highway, and he will be brought before the magistrates this morning. His deportment was most extra ordinary. He appeared very unconcerned, and did not ex press any regret at having committed the horrid deed. On being searched a rope was found upon the prisoner, and on being asked what he intended to do with it, his reply was that he meant to hang himself with it, but afterwards altered his intention. The deceased was about 30 years of age, and her husband five years older.—Morning Herald of Tuesday The mails and stage coaches on the western roads, were delayed on Monday morning several hours beyond their usual times of arrival, by the great floods in several parts of the road. A gentleman resident in the village of Greasborough gathered in his gardeiron Saturday last a small dish of green peas, one of Windsor beans, and another of French beans, a brace of fine cauliflowers, a small plate of gooseberries, and one of radishes. Of flowers he plucked the common and double purple primrose, the sweetwilliam, the sweet pea, the candytuft, the carnation, blue nepatica, Clarkea pulchella, the French and African marygold, the pansy, the stock, the hollyhock, the rose, and many other flowers in full' bloom.— Halifax Express. STOCKPORT VIADUCT RAILWAY.-Eight of the twenty two centres for the arches of this stupendous undertaking boing now formed, and five of them being turned and com pleted, the work of striking the centres-has been commenced, in order that the timber may be made available for the con tinuation of the viaduct, as the arch over Heaton Lane (the 9th) will be formed from the timber of the first principal arch. The first stone of the pier of the river arch (the 12th) on the Cheshire side is expected to be laid next week—that on the Lancashire side being nearly completed. \,,,\ \ \\ v\:\ TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday an adjourned quarterly meeting of the Town-coUncil, which was also a special meeting for the con sideration of the Town-clerk'S report on extraordinary ex penditure, was held in the council chamber. THE MAYOR'S ALLOWANCE. Mr. ISAAC HoLMaS,;isl;ed s tOcO;iWta mis-statement which had appeared in the papers, relative to what he had said of the Mayor's allowance. The report in the papers made it appear, that what he wished for was, that the allow ance to the Mayor should be £250 only ; whereas his re commendation was, that, in addition to the allowance, the Mayor should be allowed £250 to expend in charitable pur poses, so that his name might appear at the head of every charitable list. He appealed to the council whether such had not been the nature of his suggestion. Mr. RATHBONE distinctly recollected that such was the meaning of Mr. Holmes. Mr. Alderman G. HOLT stated, that in the allowance to the Mayor there was a sum of £2OO set apart for benevolent purposes, so that he had a sufficient fund for taking the lead in subscribing to charitable institutions, without having re course to his private purse. MEMORIAL OF BURGESSES OF ST. ANN'S WARD. The MAYOR stated that he had received the folloissing me morial, signed by 126 burgesses of St. Ann's ward : " We, the undersigned electors of St. Ann's Ward, have heard, with feelings of great regret, of the unbecoming and unfounded remarks made by Mr. Thomas Coglan, at the meeting of the Town-council, on Saturday, the ninth No vember instant, against the character and integrity of our respected representative, Robert Jones, jun., Esq., one of the councillors for this ward. " We are at a loss to conceive upon what grounds any statement could be made insinuating that he was privy to an attempt to personate a voter of the name of John Bond, at the late election. " We are prepared to prove that the imputation is utterly untrue, and that Mr. Jones was not in the booth at the time of the personation. " We respectfully represent to the -council that Mr. Jones has the confidence of the majority of persons in this ward, and that the efforts which have been made to impeach his honour and integrity have excited in us unqualified dis approbation. In conclusion, allow us to express our astonishment that the name of Mr. Jones does not appear upon any one of your committees : we hope the omission has not been caused by party spirit, and that there is no desire in the council to en gender a feeling of exclusiveness in the choice of the members of the several committees. " Liverpool, 19th November, 1839." Mr. Isaac HOLMES said that he certainly felt extremely sorry to rise on this occasion, more especially when he con sidered the nature of the remarks which had on a former oc casion been made by Mr. Coglan, as to the recently elected member for St. Anne's Ward. It now appeared that the statement made at the last council meeting was entirely erro neous ; and that so far from having been in the booth at the time the disputed vote was tendered, Mr. Jones was not near it ; and also, that if Mr. Jones had wished to have any per son to personate a voter on his behalf, the individual who came forward to do so would have been the very last he would have selected for that purpose. He hoped that, looking at these facts, the gentleman who had made the charge would now be as ready to acknowledge that it was unfounded, as he had been to bring it forward. He understood that the alder man of the ward had been referred to, as one able to corrobo the accusation ; but he b elieved that there had been a mis take as to the time—for, instead of the occurrence having taken place, as stated, at a quarter past three, it could now be proved that it did not take place until a quarter to four. This made a very material difference ; for if the tendered vote had been received without scruple, as he believed many of a similar kind had been, it would have made no alteration on the return for St. Anne's Ward. The charge of an attempt to obtain an improper return must therfore be at once abandoned ; and the integrity of Mr. Jones, notwithstanding anything that might have been said, would be unimpeached and unimpeachable. With respect to Mr. Jones not having been placed on any of the committees, that was not perhaps a point of much im portance ; for they were all well aware how these committees were formed. Besides Mr. Jones, there were four or five others in the council,' himself (Mr. Holmes) amongst the number, who had not been placed on any committee. As re garded himself, the council were surely well aware where he had learnt his political lesson; it was in the school of whiggery where he had been taught, and therefore every allowance should have been made in his case. Those whigs, as he had before said, where so pure in profession, so liberal in thought, that if their professions were taken for their actions, and their thoughts for deeds, we should have a perfect character. But with respect to Mr. Jones and Mr. Rigby, he knew not what language they had used to induce their exclusion. He begged .to move that the memorial be laid on the table. Mr. JOHN SMITH seconded the motion. Mr. COGLAN said, that the gentleman who had just ad dressed the meeting seemed to say that if he (Mr. Coglan) had made an incorrect statement; he ought to feel it to be bis duty to make the amende honorable; and he should do so —nay, more, he should feel it to be his duty personally to make an apology to the complaining party. He begged to call attention to some circumstances that would place the matter in its true light. When a motion was made for in quiry into the case of Connor, who had personated a gentle man named Bond, there was made out a fair and clear case for inquiry into that, without connexion with any other. Some thought differently, and wished the town-clerk to in vestigate every case of personation, real or supposed, in other .wards. During the discussion, he rose and stated that there were some particular circumstances connected with the case in St. Anne's Ward, which deserved to be investigated, and that the amendment could not prevent a scrutiny into that case. The particular features were, as stated to him, that the individual who personated Bond was the brother-in-law of Mr. Jones (now the member for the ward), in itself rather a suspicious circumstance, but it was still further stated to him that Mr. Jones was in the booth—not, as had been ra ther incorrectly reported in the papers, when the vote was tendered ; but the noise and confusion at the time he was addressing the council were so great, that it was very easy for the reporters to make a mistake. What he did say was, that Mr. Jones was in the booth for a part of the time that the vote was under investi ation. Connor did not vote, and therefore he (Mr. Coglancould not have stated that Mr. Jones was present when onnor did vote. If he had then been permitted, he should have gone on to state that during a portion of the time the matter was under investigation, Mr. Jones was present, and that the personating individual was in the view of Mr. Jones at that period. Such was - the information which he had received from Mr. Alderman Benn, Mr. Haydock, Mr. Helsby, and other respectable gentlemen, whose names were a guarantee for their integrity; and with the testimony of such gentlemen, was he to be called upon to retract ? Uhtil it was proved that the state ments of those gentlemen were incorrect, he would appeal to the council whether he was not perfectly justified in with holding any apology or retraction. Mr. Grocott, one of the assessors, had also come forward with a denial, in the Standard of yesterday ; but, in his evidence before the ma gistrates, he said that he would not swear whether Mr. Jones was present or not, but that he was there a little before or after ; and now he writes a letter distinctly denying that Mr. Jones was in the booth, although in his evidence he said he could not tell. He (Mr. Coglan) thought he should be jus tified in calling upon the town-clerk for the depositions, in order that they might be read. The MAYon. apprehended that the proper time for the dis cussion of the subject would be at a future council, when the report of the Town-clerk would be brought forward. Mr. COGLAN said that it was necessary, for the sake of his own character, to show the discrepancy between the statement in Mr. Grocott's letter and his statement on oath. He ap pealed to Mr. Rathhone for the confirmation of what he had said with respect to Mr. Grocott's testimony. Mr. RATHBONE said that he was present when Mr. Giv cott gave his evidence, and certainly, after having deliberately waited before he answered, he (Mr. Grocott) said, that he could not take upon himself to say whether Mr. Jones was or was not in the booth at the time. Mr. JOHN SMITH asked whether Mr. Jones would be allowed to produce evidence on his side. The TOWN-CLERK said, it appeared to him very improper thus to go into the case piecemeal. It might with advantage stand over till the report had been given in. In answer to Mr. Smith, he should say, certainly. If any person presented himself to give evidence on the behalf of Mr. Jones, he should take down what was said word for word, the same as if be were for the other party. Mr. R. JONES, Jun. thought it right that the public should know in what position he stood, and he would tell them ho nestly. Mr. Coglan had stated that although he (Mr. Jones) was not present when the vote was tendered, he was there during a part of the discussion, and that the personator stood within his view. He begged to state, and he thought that he could establish the assertion by evidence on oath, that he had not seen him (the personator) from that time until now. Mr. BUSHELL said, that the question was one of the deepest importance to Mr. Jones, because, if the charge could be proved—which God forbid !—he thought it could not; but if it were, then it would be the duty of the council to request that Mr. Jones would retire from that chamber, seeing that his character would not permit him to occupy a place in that council. Now, it appeared from the memo rial which had been that day presented, and from the testi mony of one hundred and twenty-five persons—(Mr. B. stopped, and requested that some of the names on the first sheet might be read over. That having been done, he pro ceeded.) He thought no one would deny that there were the names of some very respectable persons attached to the me morial, and they had come forward and denied that Mr. Jones was in the booth. (Cries of " No, no," and " They only speak to his character." That part of the memorial which said, " We are prepared to prove that the imputation is utterly untrue, and that Mr. Jones was not in the booth at the time of the personation" having been read, Mr. Bushell continued.) Well, that was something very like their having been present. They would not have said that they were prepared to prove that Mr. Jones was not in the booth unless they had had evidence of the fact, which to them was perfectly satisfactory. That an individual bad en deavoured to personate an elector, and that Mr. Jones was charged with having been present at the time the fraud was attempted, there was no doubt ; but, as far as the council were concerned, the whole question hinged on Mr. Jones's character, and he thought that there ought to be that full in vestigation which Mr. Jones coveted, for it was of the deepest importance that those who sat there should be unsullied, so far as they could be. He suggested that the postponement should be for as short a period as was consistent with a full investigation ; for he must say that, if he were in Mr. Jones's situation, he should not be able to sleep with the thought of such a charge hanging over him. - The MAYOR said that there was no desire to postpone the matter, except until the town-clerk's report could be pre sented, which would be at the next council meeting. Mr. BLACKBURN said that it was extremely injudicious to take up the time of the council in this manner, as the subject must come to a full discussion when the report of the town clerk was brought forward ; and it would have been the wisest plan to have postponed the presentation of the memo rial until then. Mr. HODGSON inquired whether the evidence would be taken in open court, and when and where, because the ques tion was of sufficient importance to make publicity desirable. Mr. JORDAN observed that that was an imputation on the town-clerk, which came very badly from Mr. Hodgson. Mr. RATHBONE said that the idea of the town-clerk hold ing an open court was so absurd that the town-clerk should be excused from giving any reply whatever to the question. Mr. HODGSON rose, but was immediately saluted with loud cries of " Spoke, spoke." Mr. Hodgson retorted by exclaiming, " Mr. Rathbone has spoken more than once." The MAYOR thought that the town clerk had better answer the question. The TOWN-CLERIC stated that if he did hold a court for the investigation of the business, which he had no authority to do, he should not get on very fast. There was no reason why he should deviate from the course hitherto adopted, which was, to take down the evidence of each person, apart from every other witness, and then to ask what questions he thought fit upon it. Mr. COOPER thought it very strange that - this charge should again be advanced without further proof, seeing that, when Mr. Alderman Benn was referred to as the person who could corroborate Mr. Coglan's statement, he, after having been called upon by Mr. Jones to do so, if he could, still kept his seat. (Cries of " No, no • he did not c a ll u p on hi m .") At any rate, Mr. Coglan called upon the alderman to support his statement, and Mr. Benn did not move from his chair. Mr. COGLAN said that when, at the last council meeting, he was called upon to retract, on the mere ground of Mr. Jones's denial, he (Mr. Coglan) got up to address the coun cil, amidst a deal of noise and confusion ; and, pitching his voice to its highest altitude, he said that Mr. Benn could, if interrogated, corroborate his statement. No one, however, did interrogate the alderman, and therefore he did not get up. He (Mr. C.) made no accusation ; he merely stated facts, or what were communicated to him as facts, and asked that inquiry should be instituted. N A% • \ N\,*\ • \ '1 ~ ``. Mr. Alderman EARLE—Our friends are so eloquent at the other end of the room, that we shall never have done. Mr. G. WRIGHT said he believed that it was he who called upon Mr. Coglan to retract the charge which had been made. (Loud laughter from Mr. Alderman Earle.) Mr. Earle might laugh if he liked ; but, in his opinion, it was no laughing matter, and particularly to the accused party. Mr. Alderman EARLE--1 shall now laugh on both sides of my face. • Mr. WRIGHT, in continuation—When called upon, Mr. Benn, who was said to be the person who could corroborate the charge of Mr. Coglan, remained silent ; and in his opinion the one was just as culpable as the other. He thought that Mr. Jones was entitled to an apology. Mr. Alderman EARLE—Don't laugh, gentlemen. Mr. WRIGHT—He thought, lie said, that Mr. Jones was entitled to an apology, seeing the painful nature of the accu sation preferred against him, and, he believed, unjustly. Mr. Jones was a gentleman whose respectability and integrity were as unassailable as those of any in the town. Mr. BOLTON thought the discussion premature. They ought to wait for the report of the town-clerk, and then they would get into the merits of the case. He should propose that they go to the order of the day. The MAYOR then put the motion that the memorial lie on the table, which was carried without opposition. THE ODDFELLOW'S BALL. The MAYOR said that the next memorial was one from the Oddfellows, requesting the use of the Town-hall for the pur pose of holding therein their annual ball, as the Templars'- hall, and other rooms which they had been accustomed to use, were now too small for their increased numbers. He supposed that it had better be referred to the Finance Com mittee. Mr. CURRIE said that they had nothing to do with it, unless it were for a charitable purpose. Mr. HUGH HORNBY thought the memorial stated that the ball was for a charitable purpose. The TOWN-CLERK then read the memorial, which showed that this was the case. The following is an extract :—" We do not merely confine ourselves to the relief of those imme diately connected with us, but, as before stated, to the relief of mankind in general. We could enumerate several in stances had we room, but shall merely state a few, and those few confined to the public charities. On the Ist day of May, 1836, collected at Stockport, after a charity sermon, preach ed at the request of, the Oddfellows, £139 14s. 6d. for the Stockport Infirmary ; in the summer of 1837, at a procession in Manchester, assisted by Liverpool, £5OO for the Deaf and Dumb School. During one year twenty-four lodges in Man chester and Salford expended, in acts of charity, no less a sum than £1450 16s. Oldham Blue Coat School has receiv ed sums of money, among which £lOO stand conspicuous. Thus you see, sir and gentlemen, whatever those may say of us who know nothing of our tenets, our society is, and, ever has been, productive of much good. Nor is Liverpool for gotten ; for we have now established a benevolent fund, for the sole purpose of annually presenting the charitable insti tutions of this town with something in aid of the funds. We have also a fund established for the relief of the widows and orphans of Oddfellows ; and it is our custom to have a ball annually, the profits of which we devote to the said fund." Mr. COOPER said that the institution appeared to be a charitable one, and he should therefore move that the me morial be referred to the Finance Committee. Agreed to. Several applications for the office of manager of the weigh ing machines at the New Haymarket were referred to the Market Committee. A memorial from the inhabitants of Hill-street and the neighbourhood, complaining of the nuisance arising from a steam flour-mill, in Hill-street, was referred to the Deputy Town-clerk. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES said if it were to be established that smoke was a nuisance, they would hardly know where to be gin or end. At the northern end of the town there was hardly anything but smoke. The MAYok said that the gaol business would stand over till the next council. REPORT ON EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE. The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERi read the original report of the Town-clerk on extraordinary expenditure ; is as follows: EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE. The Town-clerk considers the presenttime, the last day of their meeting in the municipal year, as a fitting oppbrtu nity to draw the attention of the Finance Committee to the following facts bearing upon questions of great importance. On careful investigation it appears, that, after defraying the obligatory expenditure and the discretionary applications out of surplus in matters of annual recurrence, and which (always subject to annual revision) may be expected to be permanent, a disposable annual surplus of a greater amount than about £lO,OOO cannot be calculated upon : a fund which ought not to be too much relied on, considering the various contingencies to which it is subject. The following extraordinary payments were made in the last year :- Ist. In the purchase of land, &c., as follows : Magazines . £2,007 12 7 New Police Stations 6,594 12 0 Land, &c., New Haymarkets Purchase of Premises, Benn's-garden 290 0 6 £17,842 14 6 2d. In public improvements, cf extraordinary nature (exclusive of improvements under the Improvement Act,: viz. : St. James's Market General Improvement. Borough Gaol Baths 1,917 2 11 Slaughter-houses .. 1,700 1 4 New Custom-house 9,135 13 6 £22,839 18 11 These, it is 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, which amounts to upwards of three millions nett, after de duction of debt, and in its administration for the public good, occasions will arise when it will be for the interest of the town that investments in purchases and for extraordinary improvements should be made. If, however, such investments are made to any extent, the whole surplus revenue will be entirely absorbed, to the ma nifest injury of present claimants on the benefit of its appli cation. With this impression, on the one hand, and, on the other, with the opinion that the interests of posterity ought, to fair extent, to have protection, the Town-clerk submits that all such extraordinary investments as may hereafter be deemed by the Council proper for the public good, might be made by means of money raised on bond, subject to the fol lowing regulations, which should be made obligatory by par liamentary provisions :-Ist. 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. Or, 2dly. That, for replacing the investment 'where -there is no rental, or for replacing 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 appears that in twenty-eight years this fund of £2 per cent. per annum, at 4 per cent. compound interest, would pay off the principal. And the effect of compound interest would be obtained by annually paying off general bond debt of the corporatiOn, the reduction fund takin. - interest On the debt so paid off, until the object of that fund was attained. Cases will no doubt arise 'in which property purchased, not productive in the first instance of the required rental, would subsequently become so after liquidating the outlay upon it. In such cases the rent, when it might arise, would be fairly applicable to the reduction fund for its diminution or extinction, as the case might be ; and the proceeds of sales, and fines on leases of the property, would be fairly applicable to the same object. At present, the Council have before them, as prospective charges upon the current year, the following extraordinary subjects : Site of Old Fort and land surrounding . £27,850 Haymarkets, further purchases contracted for.. 4,710 completing. Boundary-place Building Obsertatory . Building three new Schools £lO,OOO, probably in the present year about Land, Gill-street, for new Marker 6,415 Addition to St. James's Market 2,000 £52,625 If the plan now proposed should be approved, application for legislative provision will have to be directed by the Coun cil, the Municipal Corporations Act making no provision for borrowing money, and none of the amendment acts making any other provision than that of mortgage—a plan as objec tionable aN it is unisecessary, considering the large property and undoubted credit of the corporation. Town-hall, 27th October, 1839. The TOWN'-CLERIC stated that the requisite notices had been given, and there the parliamentary proceedings stood at present. He then proceeded to read the following : SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT ON EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE. " By an act of the next session, after the passing of the municipal corporations act, intituled, 'An act for the better administration of the borough fund in certain boroughs,' it was enacted, that the power of disposition allowed over the lands and hereditaments of the body corporate, with the ap probation of the treasury, extended to dispositions by way of mortgage; such power being subject to the conditions, that notice of the intention of the council to apply to the treasury, shall be fixed in some public place within the borough one month before the application ; and that a copy of the memo rial shall be freely open to the inspection of every burgess during the same period. _ _ " If authority be obtained from the legislature to raise money on bond, no doubt the like restrictions will be imposed. But in addition to these, in all cases in which the investment does not yield nett rental equal to the interest of the money borrowed, there must, upon the plan proposed, be another and a most important restriction —viz., the report of a com mittee by which it shall pledge itself, not only to the propriety of the investment, but to the fact that there is disposable surplus income to an extent sufficient to pay the interest upon the money to be borrowed, and to provide a reduction fund to the extent of £2 per cent. per annum in addition. Thus, if £50,000 be wanted, supposing that amount to be borrowed at 4d per cent., as can be readily done at present, there will be required, out of disposable surplus income, £3,000 per annum, viz., £2,000 for i n te r e s t an d £l,OOO for re d uct i on . Thenceforward, for 28 years, £3,000 per annum must be obligatory expenditure. " No reduction fund can be effectual that is not based on surplus income : if it were to rest on money borrowed, its most successful result could only be neutralized, or keep matters as they are. On surplus income it must depend ; and that surplus must, in a great measure, always be depen dent on improvement in the various sources of our income, and economy in every branch of our expenditure." " Town-hall. 20th Nov. 1839." Mr. CURRIE said that as a chairman of the Finance Com mittee, he had now to move the confirmation of the report. Whatever strong opinions might be exhibited in that room on other subjects, he was happy to think that they would approach this with minds perfectly calm and dispassionate. For the information of those gentlemen who had been re cently. sent to the council, he would briefly detail the circum stances out of which the Town-clerk's report arose. There were some gentlemen very desirous for the erection of an observatory ; but the subject was often postponed on financial considerations, as not being so important as others that bore upon the committee. In July last, however, the proposition was referred to the consideration of the Finance Com mittee, to treat it upon financial views ; and, to enable them to report thereon, they appointed a sub-committee, of which the Town -clerk was a member, and after a long and careful examination, on an average of the three last years, they stated, as the result, that a surplus of £lO,OOO a-year might be calculated upon. That being the case, the Town clerk then thought it necessary to give his opinion on that report; for it appeared quite clearly that it was impossible for the council to prosecute measures of improvement from that source only, and some other mode was therefore neces sary to meet the expenses. It was thought desirable that, when the necessity for additional expenditure arose, in the accomplishment of desirable objects, they should be empow ered by parliament to borrow money in the way proposed by the Town-clerk —away which was not likely ever to be abused. In the first place, the object to be effected must originate either with the council or be suggested by a committee ; if the latter, then it must be brought before the council. In the next place, when the application to be empowered to raise the necessary supplies was determined upon, they would, as in the case of reversions, have to stick up a notice in front of the Town-hall, and no money could be borrowed unless the Lords of the Treasury found there was no objection on the part of the burgesses, after the notice had been posted up for the space of a month. The council would perceive, therefore, that the power sought was fenced in a very remarkable man ner. To guard against any possible abuse, no money was to be borrowed unless the surplus funds were sufficient to pro vide the interest, as well as two per cent. for the repayment of the principal. If these cardinal points were kept in view, they would run no risk of injuring the corporate estate. The question was one of great importance, and on the decision of that day would depend whether Liverpool was to remain sta tionary, or go on advancing rapidly, but cautiously, to still greater prosperity than it has yet obtaiffed. Mr. JORDAN seconded the motion for the confirmation of the report: ' ` Mr. Alderman EvAsrs quite admitted that the necessities of the, corporation must be provided for in some manner'or other. He conceived that the council might well be entrusted with any power, however great, and on that account it had never occurred to him to oppose their getting the powers sought ; but he thought that it was incumbent on the council to understand well what would be the operation of those powers when they were obtained, and who they were that the powers were to be ceded to. He had no doubt of the sincerity of Mr. Currie, or of the integrity of the Finance Committee ; but that integrity might not always last—they might get interested men on the committee, who would have property of their own, or of their relatives or connexions, which they might wish toldispose of, or they might make use of their influence to their own advantage, or they might be weak men, who would yield to the applications of others, and be made the scape-goats of persons anxious to get quit of property, or of persons desirous to get hold of property. Now, to provide against all this, he should wish that, although they were to get these unlimited powers from parliament, they should have an understanding, in the form of a bye-law or rule of council, that none of the borrowed money should ever be made use of except for great and needful purposes, such as the widening of streets, alleys, or the construction of markets. If they allowed any committee to have the right of buying one house here and another there, the money and property of the corporation would be dribbled away. He knew, from the experience which he had on the Market Committee, that the possession of any property became an excuse for giving a high price for the adjoining property, and, therefore, if the committee had the power of buying where they chose, without any great leading check on them, without any object sufficiently defined, or of such magnitude as to warrant lt, the corporation would get an interest over all the town, to its great disadvantage, and would be carried on for minute objects instead of larger ones. It was now the habit to talk of the wonderfully fine estate of the corporation. He had heard it rated, in round numbers, at three millions nett. Now, the income of the whole estate was £130,000 a 'year, of which the town-clues yielded .£60,000 ; therefore, the return on three millions' worth of fixed pro perty was £70,000. This was, not a return which should induce them to go on increasing their landed or territorial possesiions. Under that view, he disapproved of any pur chases being made beyond the strictest necessity. He agreed in the principle of going to parliament ; but he did hope that the council would afterwards, within itself, adopt some most stringent measure to "confine purchases within their proper limit, and to givis security, certainly not proposed as yet, against the jobbing 'of interested, or the weakness of indo lent, persons on the Finance Committee, or whatever com mittee was to have the management of it. Mr. Alderman SHEIL, after some prefatory remarks, said it appeared that, after defrayingthe obligatory expenditure, a surplus of £lO,OOO remained, to be devoted to the improve ment and increase of the corporate estate : but the mode which had been hit upon to promote that increase seemed to him quite an Irish one---namely, by subtraction. Mr. Evans had correctly informed them that, in the report, the corpo rate estate was estimated at three millions, exclusive of the debt, which, of itself amounted to another million. The corporate estate was consequently four millions, and the income derivable from it £130,000, being just 3+ per cent. Well, the council, of course, wanted to increase the income, and to add to the surplus revenue ; and to accomplish this, the town-clerk had recommended them to borrow money at 4 per cent., to improve the town and to make investments. That is, the estate had hitherto yielded 3+ per cent., and in order to increase the return, they were asked to make pur chases at 4, and they would get back 31.• Then the report proceeded to state that they must not lose sight of the inte rests of posterity. Posterity, it appeared, had an interest in that £lO,OOO, and it was seriously proposed to secure it to them by means of a sinking fund. The man who could pro pose a sinking fund in the present stage of society must have strong nerves. The delusion attendant on such a scheme was not innocent—it was not free from danger. It was through the mystical operation of a sinking fund, which was ultimately to clear off the national debt, that the government of this country increased that debt to a fearful extent ; and it was not till the whole thing had passed away—till its absurdity had been demonstrated by mathematical reasoning, and the expenditure brought down below the income—that any de crease was accomplished. In the same way, it was only by keeping their expenditure below their income that the corpo ration could expect to hand down to posterity the present amount of surplus, and a sinking fund on any other principle than a surplus income, and paying off their debts, was mere delusion. To illustrate the proposed plan of borrowing, he would suppose that £lOOO were to be borrowed, and that two per cent. per annum were to be appropriated towards its repayment, as set forth in the report. This would be £2 the first year, and £2 with interest and compound interest would, in the seventh year, amount to about £24, in the fourteenth year to £32, in the twenty-first to £44, and in the twenty eighth (by which time the present genhation of adults would have nearly passed away), posterity would have to pay £6O. The mode of taking care of the interests of posterity was something like that before alluded to for increasing the in come by subtracting from it—it was leaving to them the pleasure and qualification of paying. It would be more pru dent to go to parliament for power to raise money from time to time, as the necessities of the' town might make it 'desira ble. This course would not be attended with any inconve nience, because they were continually going to parliament, and the cost of any unopposed bill was not very great. He should therefore move—" That the report of the town-clerk be received, and that he be instructed to apply for an act of parliament, empowering this council to borrow, on bond, a sum not exceeding £50,000, to be applied to paying for the site of the old fort, and to' such other purposes as this council may be pieased to direct. Mr. D. HODGSON said that he had no objection to second the amendment, if no other member would. He quite agreed with the chairman of the Finance Committee, that this should • not be made a party question; but he thought that, for the well-being of the corporate estate, the powers given should be confined within the same limits that those persons ma naging their own estates were confined ; and that, when any extraordinary occasion arose, requiring a sum in addition to the usual income, that occasion should be made the subject of a special discussion, so that they might not, by the facility of borrowing money, expend the revenues of the estate by anticipation. He did not think that they should be meddling with £lO,OOO or £20,000 every year ; but when an occasion arose that they wanted £lOO,OOO, let it be a subject of par ticular discussion, as in the present instance, and then they might decide as to the best mode of raising the money. Mr. Jons SMITH said that he did not coincide in the nar row view taken, as he thought, by Mr. Hodgson. If the proposed powers were satisfactory to the council, he thought they would ultimately, be to the advantage, of the estate. Mr. T. BOLTON concurred in the opinions expressed by Mr. Alderman Evans. He thought that they ought only to borrow on occasions of importance, such as the erection of docks, markets; or other public improvements. At the same time, if they looked back to the practice of those who had preceded them in the management of the corporate estate, it would be apparent that if they had never bought a piece of land until it was absolutely needed, the estate would not now be so well off as it now was. If, for instance, the site of the Princes' Dock had not been purchased until the dock was to have been built, the corporation would have had to pay some hundred thousand pounds' more than they did pay. Again, if the land intended for new dock, to the west of the Salthouse Dock, had now to be bought, would any man say that it could be obtained for less than ten times its original cost ? The policy of buying the Wallasey estate was very questionable; but if they had waited till they had wanted it, they must have paid a higher price ; and if ever they should come to need docks there, the interest on the original outlay -would be more than compensated by the difference between the price paid and that which would have been demanded, had they waited. Mr. Shiel had said that the estate yielded only 3+ per cent at the estimated value ; but it ought to be borne in mind that the Cheshire estate did not bring in more than lor per cent. Would any man say, however, that the fu ture value of that purchase was the sum which it had cost? It was prospective, and not present income to which they ought to look. Besides, occasions might arise in which cer tain property might be needed, and if they had always to wait fer the process of applying to parliament, before the purchase could be made, they would often have to pay double the sum for which they might otherwise have obtamedit. He thought that the public had nothing to fear from the borrowing of money in the way recommended in the report. Mr. T. CASE said that they were committed to the expen diture of £52,000, which was £40,000 more than the surplus income, and that sum must therefore be raised. The ques tion of raising money had been discussed and authorised by parliament, who had given them the power of borrowing on mortgage ; but the question now was, which was the more eligible of two modes, that which had already been sanctioned by the legislature, or that proposed in the report. To him it appeared obvious that the . corporation could with more facility raise money by means of bonds than by mortgage, and there would he the same checks in the former as in the latter method. It had been well observed by Mr. Bolton, that if the old corporation had not looked forward, the in come would never have been what it now was, and what hap pened before was likely to happen again. The wise foresight exhibited in the purchases made years ago was the cause of the progressive improvement in the estate, and on these grounds he very much disapproved of the amendment, and should vote for the original motion. Mr. ItATHBONE thought that Mr. Evans had answered himself. If he (the speaker) had understood him, the alder man seemed to . think that every pOwer might freely be given to the council, but that committees were to be distrusted. But, as he understood the matter, committees did nothing unless they were 'authorised by the council, and the council was responsible to the electors. He had so little confidence in human nature that he would have every possible check; but the committee, as had been deemed probable, could not buy a small house here and there, for they could decide on nothing of thfimselves. He looked upon the proposed plan as a very admirable one. Mr. isiAc liisLmEs said that he had yet to learn where the surplus income was to borne from, although he was told that there, in reality, was such a thing, and that it amounted to £lO,OOO. -If they would look at the account published in 1838, they would find there a balance, in favour of the borough fund, of £1?.4,411 ; in the present year, the balance amounted to £63,777, leaving a difference of £60,635. He gave them credit for the difference between the bonds discharged, £57,820, and the bonds issued this year, £39,350, which difference thus appeared to be £18,470, and he gave them credit also for extraordinary payments for public improve ments, amounting to £40,671, making a total of £59,141 ; but it must be recollected that there was an extraordinary income for the present year ; they were to be debited with £12,509 for the sale of churches, and £llO5 for reversions, making together £13,614, which, being d e d uc t e d f rom £59,151, left a balance of £45,527. If to that sum were added the balance of the present year, £63,777, it gave a total of £109,304, showing that there had been an expendi ture this year of above £15,000 beyond the income. Where, then, was the surplus fund obtained from, and how had they a right to speak of building schools and observatories, seeing that such things ought admittedly to be built out of a surplus income only. As he had said before, he could never make out where the surplus income came from. Yet there had been, notwithstanding, a very great increase on what the old corporation received. In 1839 the town dues amounted to £63,269, whilst in 1834 they produced only £48,758, exhi biting an increase of £14,510. Then for fines and renewals of leases there was received in 1839, £25,367—in 1834, £17,256, showing an increase in the present year, as compared with 1834, of £Blll. Adding the two items of increase together, they made £22,620. That was the additional sum received by the present as compared with the old corporation, and for all that, he contended that they had expended £15,000 more than they had received. Mr. BLACKBURN supported the original motion, as he thought that the borrowing; of money on bonds would be cheaper than if it were raised by mortgage, and would at the same time be an accommodation to those who were able and willing—of whom there were many —to lend small sums to the corporation. The TOWN-CLERK said that he rose, not for the purpose of offering opinions, but to state some few facts on the sub ject under discussion. It had been said that the corporate estate was worth four millions of money, and that it produced a revenue of only £130,000, or £3} per cent. But the calculation ought to be made, subject to the consideration that there was one million, at least, of unproductive, yet most valuable property, but for the productive period of which they would have to wait. Calculating thus, there was a return of .£4i per cent on the three million. The next statement to which he sho u ld ca ll a tt en ti on w as, that if the council laid out money in purchases at £4 per cent., they must have an act of parliament to provide that purchases shall always yield £4 per cent. But a great part of the argu ment of Mr. Sheil fell to the ground, if the fair mode of calculating the retu r n was on th e pro d uct i ve proper ty, which he had shown to be £4l per cent. He did not, however, mean to say that investments should in all cases be made at . per cent. It sometimes happened that they yielded a great deal more, and when that occurred, there would be so much actual gain to the corporate estate. Besides, they had reason to expect that if purchases were made with caution, the progressive improvement of the town would continue to add increased value to them. Then they were told that sinking funds were fallacious, and he admitted that they had been proved to be so generally, even by every author from whom he should produce an irresistible argument to show that in the plan proposed in the report they were not so. Hamilton, in his work on the national debt, said, " The excess of income over expenditure is the only real sinking fund by which a public debt can be discharged"—a proposi tion which entirely confirmed the propriety of the course recommended. The town-clerk proceeded to comment on the calculation of Mr. Sheil, who had begun by adopting £l,OOO as its basis, contending that that calculation was in correct, and that in the twenty-eight years, posterity would not have £6O, but £5O only to pay. Mr. SANDBACU could not see that it would make any dif ference to posterity whether the debt was paid in twenty eight years by the annual setting aside of £2 per cent., or by the payment from time to time, of a portion of the bond debt, and by the latter method they would not be encumbered with the useless machinery that appertained to the former. In the raising of money, he did not wish to see any narrow limit fixed, but such only as would extend to all contemplated im provements that prudence would dictate. Mr. CURRIE having replied, the vote was taken on the amendment of Mr. Sheil. For it there appeared three, against it forty-eight. The following is a list of the voting : For the amendment—Councillors D. Hodgson and R. Glad stone. Alderman R. Sheil. Against it—Councillors J. Holmes, G. Quayle, W. Thorn hill, Isaac Holmes, R. Houghton, W. Preston, T. Case, H. R. Sandbach, B. Frankland, J. Barton, H. Holmes, T. Bol ton, J. Priestley, W. Rathbone, H. Hornby, R. V. Yates, J. Cooper, T. Robinson, J. N. Wood, C. Bushell, T. Black burn, R. Rigby, E. Segar, T. Coglan, R. Jones, jun., G. H. Lawrence, J. Smith, J. Platt, W. M'Kee, F. Jordan, W. M. Duncan, W. W. Currie, D. Mather. Aldermen—T. Booth, J. Hornby, It. Roskell, Leathom, G. Holt, C. H. Jones, R. Benn, W. Earle, J. Moon, E. Evans, T. B. Barclay, T. Bulley, W. P. Freme, E. Harvey, the Mayor. The original motion was then adopted without opposition. 1 COMMUNICATION FROM MR. THOMAS HARVEY. The MAYOR read the following communication from Mr. T. Harvey : " Sta.,—The Court of Queen's Bench has granted a rule absolute for an information of quo warrant°, to try my right to act as a councillor for Rodney-street Ward. One of two courses, consequently, presents itself for my adoption, viz., to appear and plead to the information, go to trial before a jury, and ultimately take the deliberate decision of the court upon the case; or to forbear defending the proceedings, and forthwith, or so soon as the forms of law will permit, to suffer the judgment to pass against me. " In becoming a candidate for the representation of the ward in the first instance, after having executed and resigned the office of revising assessor, I acted upon the best judg ment I could form at the time, as to both the propriety of my standing for the ward, and my legal right to do so. " With regard to my conduct in the revision, that had been such as to satisfy my own mind ; and indeed there was not, and never has been, any attempt to impeach it. And I con sidered, and have since been advised by a very high authority, that, in point of law, my eligibility for the office of councillor was undoubted. _ _ _ _ _ " The Court of Queen's Bench has, however, given an in timation (for it is no more) of its opinion, that I was wrong in the course which I pursued ; and I think that it would not be becoming in me to put my own judgment in competition with that of so high a tribunal, the more especially that I am, as a practising attorney, an officer of that court. " I have therefore, sir, to inform you, and respectfully to request that you will apprise the council, that it is my wish and intention to consider the late decision of the court as final, and that in the meantime, until the proceedings are brought to a formal conclusion, I shall not avail myself of my legal right to continue to act as a councillor. Indeed, I have for borne to do so, by not acting on committees or otherwise, from the time I was apprised of the rule being made absolute. " In taking this course, I am assuming that the promoters of the information will not delay their proceedings, so as to leave the ward virtually unrepresented for a longer period than is absolutely necessary. " I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, "THOMAS HARVEY. " Liverpool, Nov. 18, 1839." _ Mr. JOHN SMITH asked whether a new election would take place immediately, or whether it would stand over till No vember next? The TOWN-CLERK replied, that after what had taken place within the last two or three days, it would not be proper in him to pledge himself to any decided opinion as to what would be the proper course of proceeding. He should have to advise with the alderman and assessors, and as soon as he could form a deliberate opiniOn of the course to be pursued, he would make it public. The Council would be aware that this was not a resignation, and legally Mr. Harvey was a councillor. They would have to await the proceedings by the opposing party, who would have to file an information on the rule granted, and under that Mr. Harvey would either have to suffer judgment, or to take such a course as would bring the matter to discussion. That must take place before there was a vacancy. THE WATCH RATE. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES said, that parliamentary notices had been given by the parish and the corporation, with respect to the watch rate. The parish had given notice that they would apply for the rescinding of the act, and the Town-clerk had intimated an intention to apply to parliament for allow ing the act to be optional on the Council. He wished to know whether the two parties could not act in unison. The TOWN-CLERK apprehended that, when he received an order from the Council to proceed to parliament, either in a public bill, or if that did not succeed, in the shape of a clause in a private bill, to make the act optional, there was no ne cessity for opposition on the part of the parish, and he thought that it would not be persevered in. The Council adjourned, at two o'clock, to the first Wed nesday in December. TRADESMEN'S INSTITUTION. This admirable Institution is, we are happy to say, going on prosperously, and rapidly and deservedly gaining public confidence, and we are certain will secure liberal support. The directors are working the Institution so as to afford eve ry advantage of improvement, amusement, and comfort to the member's. Monsieur Girall, a native of Paris, is at the head of the French department. Mercantile, literary, and scientific knowledge can be acquired under competent gen tlemen. Tuesdays and Fridays are set apart for public lec tures. The following is the substance of his tenth lecture on chemistry, delivered on Friday last by C. G. FEINAGLE, ESQ., A.B.T.C.D. The distinguishing characters of metals are their conduct ing powers with regard to heat and electricity, together with a lustre peculiar to themselves, thence called the metallic lustre. It was formerly imagined that great specific gravity was a general property of these bodies, until Sir H. Davy made his important discoveries of the bases of the alkalies and alkaline earths, to which he applied the searching powers of a large galvanic battery. Potassium, the metallic base of potash, was discovered by Sir H. Davy in 1807, by the above-mentioned agency, but in too small quantity to be effectually examined. M. M. Jay, Lussac, and Thenard, however, pointed out a means of ob taining it in sufficient quantity for experiment. Their me thod consisted in bringing fused potash into contact with iron filings or turnings, heated to whiteness in an iron tube. At that temperature the iron abstracts the oxygen from the pot ash, and the potassium being volatile, rises in vapour, and may be condensed in coal vessels, or under the surface of very-pure coal naptha, which, as it contains no oxygen, does not re-convert the metal to potash. In place of pure potash, the carbonate may be used. By heating the bi-tartrate of close vessels, it is converted into an intimate mixture of car bonate of potash and charcoal. This mixture, with the ad dition of more charcoal or oil, may be distilled in an iron bottle, and the metal collected as usual. This metal, so far from being heavy, like the common me tals, is somewhat lighter than water, its specific gravity be ing about 0.86. It is malleable at common temperature ; at 150 degrees it fuses ; at 32 degrees, or the freezing tempera ture of water, it is brittle, and its fracture exhibits a crysta tine arrangement. When freshly cut, the metallic lustre is very distinct ; but it tarnishes by a few seconds' exposure to the air, from which it-attracts the oxygen. A piece of po tassium being thrown on the surface of water, attracts its oxygen, liberating the hydrogen, which takes re, owing to the great heat produced by the action. The purple colour of the flame is due to the vapour of the metal. Potaoh, or oxide of potassium, is formed whenever potas sium iYexposed to the action of oxygen. When this is done in a dry vessel, the potash is anhydrous. A solution of pure potash may be obtained by boiling carbonate of potash with lime, which deprives it of its carbonic acid. By evaporating this solution to dryness in a silver vessel, pure hydrate of of potash is obtained. This, when melted and cast into moulds, forms the potassa fuse of commerce, which, as well as the solution, is much used in medicine and in the arts. To free the solution from adhering carbonate of lime, it must be filtered, and during filtration must be protected from the carbonic acid of the air, which it absorbs rapidly. Mr. F. drew a sketch of Mr. Donovan's filter, which is admirably suited to this purpose. Mr. F. now proceeded to explain the cause of a 'slight ex plosion which occurred when the potassium had ceased to burn on the water. When this metal is burned with flame, it becomes preroxide or tritoxide. When this pieroxide, pro duced by the heat, comes into close contact with the water, it parts with oxygen, and becomes potash. The oxygen be ing liberated suddenly, caused the explosion. For this ex planation we are indebted to Mr. John Wilson, who found that when the metal was introduced into strong and pure nitric acid, this pwroxide fell to the bottom of the vessel as a white powder, which, on the addition of water, was dissolved with effervescence, owing to the escape of oxygen gas. The chloride of potassium is the residue of the preparation of oxygen gas from chlorate of potash, which latter is pro cured by passing chlorine gas into a solution of potash, when both these salts are formed. The latter being less soluble, is easily separated by crystalization. The nitrate is obtained by exposing mixed animal and vegetable matter to air and moisture, when the potash contained In the former unites with the nitrogen and oxygen of the latter. It is chiefly used in the manufacture of gunpowder. The per tentage of nitre in any sample of gunpowder may be determined by washing a known weight with hot water on a filter. On drying the remaining charcoal and sulphur, we can estimate the nitre from the loss of weight. The remaining mixture being treat ed with pure fuming nitric acid, the sulphur is converted into sulphuric acid, the quantity of which may be determined by muriate of barytes. as had been shown in Mr. F. s lecture on sulphur. Carbonate of potash is procured from the ashes of most woods, and is commonly called pearl ash. It may be ob tained perfectly pure by heating to redness a mixture of the bi-tartrate (cream of tartar) and nitre. To determine the quantity of tree potash in a sample of ashes, the neutralizing power of a known weight is tried by the alkillimeter, a simple and accurate instrument. Bi-carbonate may be obtained by passing carbonic acid gas into a solution of the carbonate, from which it differs in be ing crystaline, and not deliquescent. Ferryscyanuret of potassium, obtained by heating animal matters with potash, is used in the arts and in chemistry as a test for many metals. We regret that want of space prevents us from following the talented lecturer through the entire of this interesting subject. Mr. F.'s experiments on the colours of flame,prosdinugeueldarblyy the nitrates of barytes and st r ontia , as well as those on th e detonating properties of chlorate of potash, were beautiful and successful. HEIGHT OF THE AURORA BOREALIS.-It appears from paper read before the Royal Society by Dr. F arqu h arson, that the height of the point to which the streamers seemed to converge, and which is termed the centre of the corolla, was by geometrical measurement of one aurora, 5693 feet aboie the level of the manse at Alford, while the lower edge of the same aurora was only 2481 feet above that level. The tops of the Corean hills, which were immediately under the aurora, are 1000 feet higher than the manse, so that the lower edge •of the arch was only 1500 feet above those hills.—Dearden's Miscellany. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Third Night of the popular Vocalists, MR. TEMPIA,-rTON - and MISS ROMER, of the Theatres-Royal, Coveot - lr'' den and Drury-lane, who are engaged for Eight Nie, s ii„ The new Play of the SEA CAPTAIN, or THE Blr_ n a RIGHT, having been received on the first and 9 0. 711 representations witlr the most distinguished applause, be repeated this Evening. The Opera of LA SONNAMBULA, in which Miss Rom e , and Mr. Templeton were greeted with the most rapturoto applause will be repeated early in the ensuing week. THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 22nd in s V; will be performed, for the third time here, with Scenery, Dresses, &c., the Last New Play, called ' THE SEA CAPTAIN, OR THE BIRTHRIGHT. Lord Ashdale Mr. W. Howard. Sir Maurice Beevor.. Mr. Baker. Norman Mr. Lady Arundel. . .. Violet To conclude with the O M p i e s r i a MC o li f esasvFera.u67:- LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Rosetta.... Miss Romer. Hawthorn. Mr. Templeton. Justice Woodcock .... Mr. Baker. Young Meadows.... Mr. Barker.—Hodge.... Mr. Slaiter• Eustace.. Mr. G. Horncastle. Deborah. Woodcock Mrs. Clarke. , Lucinda.. ... .Mrs. P. Crowe—Madge...... Miss Gram' On MONDAY next, for the BENEFIT of Mr. TO" ~„ PLETON, will be produced, for the first time at this I St; tre, the Opera of THE LOVE SPELL, being the Eng 7„, version of Donizetti's celebrated Oper a of L'Elisir d , D i es . Nemorino (his original character), Mr. Templeton ; Dri o mare (his original character), Mr. G. Stansbury, .bo Theatres-Royal, Covent-Garden and English Opera, has been expressly engaged to give effect to the performsL of the Opera ; Belcore, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Gianctta, Grant; Adina, Miss Romer, as originally performed by bk ) —To conclude with the Musical Farce of NO SON. 9 SUPPER. Frederick, Mr. Templeton ; Crop, M r ' Horncastle ; Endless, Mr. Baker; Margaretta, Miss Roll' LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. m y T HE EXHIBITION of the LIVERPOOL ACAPEP,t, of WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS IS N." s OPEN, at the GALLERY, Church-street, fromfrom No o'clock in the Morning, till dusk. Admission, One Shilliag: Catalogues, One Shilling. Season Tickets, Five Sb illiu ci It is also open in the Evenings, from Seven o'clock tun e Ten, brilliantly illuminated with Gas. Admission, ti Shilling. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Acaderni . EIR Zthirpool FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1839° • By the packet-ship England, Captain Waite, we h ave received New York papers to the Ist instant, inclus ive ; These papers furnish us with little additional genera news of importance. The state of the money lue r ', o continued to absorb the attention of the mercantile community at New York, as well as in most of uF principal cities in the Union. We have given , in a re ther column, a brief relation of the principal fea tu b , fo r Scotland the money market up to the 29th ultimo, whe n " or Scotland sailed. We now proceed to lay befor e ° readers the details of subsequent transactions. The Daily Express of October 31 states that the I hau ness of the cashier of the bank in Philadelphia - he prevented him from advising by the Liverpool of a lit t , funds sent forwards to meet the drafts. Thep aekehe ship Sully, that sailed a few days after, carried o ut t o , letter that should have come by the steamer. Th e °l aw ney market intelligence of October 30 states that; Indiana banks had suspended specie payments. stock market on that day was down at a lower ebb t hat i was ever experienced before. Some description° do y declined 7 per cent. from the closing prices of the 1 , before. The United States Bank opened in th e n i°ll 7 ing at 70, and closed at 67, which indicated a f all °f o f per cent. in one day. The news of the suspelle io specie payments reached St. Louis on the 18th ~f ifir d tuber. The papers of the 19th say nothing in re - to suspension by. the banks of Missouri. cue of The Daily Express of November 1 says that s° las t the banks had extended their discounts within tlielittie few days, and there had been, in consequence , a er , relief to some who were greatly pressed. 1118 a s cantile community generally are described as bo u l f t tab le place pressed as ever, and some suspensions ha d place among some of the most respectable firln s ' sets , is said that they possessed an abundance of a f3 tiog which, however, were totally unavailable under elis circumstances. , d ar The Wheeling Times says it had no doubt, tr e- „i tl a pearances, that most of the hanks in Ohio would `' ss , up their affairs. It is added, by the Daily - 64 t r hati that it would be much better for them to do so to attempt, embarrassed and restricted as they we re. continue business. a t hat The Cincinnati Gazette says of the banks the state that it has good reason for believing' that Franklin and Lafayette banks of Cincinnati Conte 4 40 , plated resuming payment in a few days. 'ob er ' The Michigan banks refused, on the 21st of Oc' all Ohio and Detroit paper, and announced tileit.,deJ tention to do the same by all banks that susP e o g specie payment. These banks are said to be " as stru 4 as the banks of the Lakes." Ics The suspension of specie payments by the bin t han New Orleans produced much less excitement ea to might have been expected. Public opinion see'lliner be decidedly in favour of She expediency of t li %, s e( l sure; and the urgent necessity which led to it, c ` o bo it to be viewed with complacency even by those re' expressed their disapprobaton. Another str ° joa commendation was, the confidence that the s os P e e s the would exercise a salutary influence, by en ablin c r otr banks to expand their circulation, and to gra nt a ear to modations hitherto withheld. There did not aPP or , be any extraordinary demand for specie at N e ' t to the leans. Much curiosity was there manifeste d ag e 'lets course which would eventually be pursued by th York banks. of The Centreville Chronicle says that the banl,iJi re' (liana had partially suspended. They continue' osl6 private indW deem their notes in the hands of d t „, l 0 but refused to pay speci e on th e i r bills held "' banks and by the brok ers . or l4 On the 31st ultimo bill s on L on don, at Ne W be loo r had fallen to 107 and 1071 p er cen t., which w as po t any rate they had sold at for several months. bill'' even at this rate th ere was no money to puren a- t e t here The closeness of the money market was such t lia c oo' was no relief in th e s t oc k mar k e t, but, on the th e trary, some descriptions were even lower than oat previous day. The Courier and Enquire r 7) ,s n j it present all export hence is d ec idedly stopP e may, therefore, be expected that our banks ana that their way clear in enlarging their discoun ts ' it oil the money market will become easier; ind ee "'o l o. 4.l be said to have been somewhat more so to-day'eariotis the distrust, naturally arising from the late Ine d , 10 6 state of things, of almost all the securities otrevdeclr prevented the rates of discount from sensibly ing." " d , d ull at At the latest dates business was generally °veal`po J York, though the prosp ec t s o f speedy iltiP v ot ioll e were more favourable. Purchases of Flour c a ° to be made for shipment, yet prices co ntinu e o ro t ing. A more strikin g p roo f than this cowl'," given of the scarcity of money. At Charlestonietve,l: or siness done was very limited. At Ne w •liess 4 Wednesday, October 16, there was a fair bti• ,„,v0 ing in cotton, but the market had rather a filew' ma r i e fi tendency. Buyers were not willing to co ter bolt' • ket to any extent, except at a reduction, "It& 140 . I st 1 fof continued firm. At Philadelphia, on the 3 to transactions bore a more gloomy „e ll d 1 4 some time previous. Sales were limited , avu a ppearan - r , e at prices greatly depressed. Stocks close o` l ' United States Bank at 794. t Several public meetings of the conamereial at win er ing classes had taken place at New York' , r , coo s ' i gi r p e a x trio i o s vn t i i .n n g g At m ht o et n hd e e t es a te r: r , m difficulties w i ere . take u ve i r t ' e w pa sse a l, ;io meetingsinat determination resolutions o t i h u e t o N n e s w ‘ maintain specie payments, and stronglY r ee° 0 " a spirit of mutua l f or b earance a nd ae c°111 0 ; 11 de a l; among the banks, and among all classes ievt fo r t he It was also suggested that it would be P rI1( a gor a banks to e x t en d t h e i r • di scoun t s , and thusinity, most effectual aid to the commercial 0 011 ; le ba d , o f We regret to learn that the health of Af t '` )l .. 0 0° ,0 A r ollg tl come worse, and that the number an'-‘ s o' of cases had considerably augmented. I t is t ► much of the sickness had been increased , if 110 tire' c ity ex ° ` cases solely induced, by the fatigue s ' o f tl gate ot. old anxiety consequent on the alarming from the late fires. The Mobile Regis i n t hat l o w -4 21 states that deaths had lately occurred in te r, I to i arae black vomit of the most malignant el evil . ' 1 ,0 1 at of the persons 'thus s e i z ed had but latelylll' 'Cu -1 be had ' l the city, and others were old residents. l wbi Augusta was rapidly improving. Pen sac° o lenle tit ' 0 45 been proverbially •healthy from its fi rst se wr ier r ig years ago, had yielded to the infection' brought into it by free intercourse with the and ?V ing cities of New Orleans and 'Al°bile' ''''-h rei „, k ,, i, igkat f; , 4 k t' 11 ltie E .°ve • r l 1 sty ,