The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-04 00:00:00

Mt \RIVAL ELECTION. GLORIOUS CONSERVATIVE TRIUMPHS. The struggle which took place on Tuesday must, we should imagine, extinguish any hope which Whig-radicalism could have indulged of regaining its lost influence in our municipal the philosophers, the illuminati, affairs The " reformers, who were to have effected such mighty changes in the world, where are they now ? what are they now? They sit no more in high places. One after another they have been snuffed out or puffed out, like farthing rushlights, or thrown into a corner, like old boots. Sulky and melancholy, they cross our path occasionally, as they creep to their counting-houses or their counters, to sigh over their changed condition ; but in public life, upon the arena of the world, where they strutted and gesticulated of old, we meet them no more. They are a doomed, an extinguished faction. Let us trace their fall, for the instruction of mankind Seven years ago they came into the management of our local They were rampant in the Council and upon the magisterial bench. They promised magnificent things, and a foolish world believed them. They were to purify, to re model, and to amend every thing. Corruption was to be no more ; favouritism and patronage were to cease for ever, and desert to become the only recommendation for office or emo lument. How did they redeem their professions? By repu diating them, and laughing at those who had been duped by them. They filled every office in the town with their tools. They made offices for them ! They jobbed in the open day. They revelled in corruption. They were more shamelessly and insolently venal than even their mendacious tongues had painted their predecessors ; and with " liberty" ever upon their lips, they were more insolently tyrannical in their rule than any party to whom the government of this great town has ever been committed. Need we go far for evidence of all these things ? Are they not notoriously true? Who is' there that remembers not the exclusiveness of their committees? To be a Conservative in those days was to be under a ban,—to be shut out even fro in the fair rewards of merit, to be hopelessly excluded from all favours. The doings of their Market Committee were a scandal to a British community. Their Watch Committee Was a tribunal for rewarding political subserviency. The Town Hail was in their hands—let the recent report of the Paid Officers' Committee be the evidence—a scene of min gled disorder and jobbery. The Mayorality in their hands was a utensil by .vhich our national Church could be insulted. The Schools of the Corporation in their hands were semina ries for the diffusion of popery and infideli But these things could u could not endure the tyranny less faction. Conservatism r continue. - Flesh and blood the monster vigorousl .s energies and attacked Year by year we topped off its strength. Year by year a shoal of empty and Presuming coxcombs were kicked by the honest burgesses of the town into the insignificance from which• they rose. We infused Conservative blood and honest blood into their disho nest and jobbing committees. We outnumbered them at length in the council itself; and we are now, thanks to con- servative energy and perseverance, a triumphant and•over whelrning majority there. A few conceited jays flutter their wings and chirrup within the council-chamber, it is true ; but as an influential body in that chamber or in the borough, the Whig Radical faction is extinct ! And what, let us ask of our fellow-townsmen, are the re sults which we have already reaped as the fruit of our victo ries ? We answer, HONEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The impartial distribution of corporate patronage, and the con version of the corporate influence and property to their legitimate influences. We have uprooted the system by which the children of our poor were trained up in popery, socinianism, and infidelity, and substituted, in its place, a system by which they are being educated in the truths of the Bible and the faith of our Established Church. We have stricken the first blow at whig corruption in the management of the public business ; and we trust before long to see it followed up by the operation of the sweeping broom. If we are to enjoy fully the advantages of conservative administra tion of the affairs of our town, we must not work with whig radical and corrupt instruments ; and although we would not, in imitation of the faction which is now sprawling at our feet, displace good and efficient servants of the public merely because they are not our political friends, we can see neither Prudence nor wisdom in that delicacy which would convert the mere fact of this or that servant having been appointed for his political subserviency to other men into a title to be retained in the possession of his reward. We look for honest government and constitutional government ; and, to secure such, the hands which work must be Conservative as well as the head which directs. With the consciousness before them that this must be the requirement made by a Conservative majority in the council, the faction has fougnt hard in every contest which we have had with it; and in that which has just terminated it have not been wanting in exertion, although that exertion has been characterised by somewhat changed tactics. On former occasions Whig Radical candidates afected to engross the Popular favour. We had flaming speeches. multitudinous gatherings, and profession without limit. On this occasion, however, the faction has effected prudery—has shunned the Popular gaze, and endeavoured to creep into power, where it was once borne upon the shoulders of its friends. Trick has been tried, and surprise. We have had mine and counter mine; but we had no stand-up fighting. We have been sought to be vanquished by a shuffle---by men in ambush — candidates standing behind paper screens ; but we have foiled them at this last effort, and they may now despair. Prior to entering into any statistical detail and comparison as to the voting of this and previous years, we will submit a brief statement of the polling in the respective wards last November : ~, Wards •Everton Scotland Vauxhall Mr. Geo. Quayle (it) .... 303 No conservative candidate. Mr. W. Preston (a) elected. Mr. Jos. Edwards (c).... 308 Mr. Chris. Rawdon (a).. 264 Mr. John Ridgway (c) .. 300 Mr. Henry Holmes (a) .. 329 No conservative candidate. Mr. John Holmes (a) elected. Si. Paul's Exchange Castle-street St. Peter's M r. Eben. Rae (c) Mr. John WoollrigF Pitt-street Mr. Jas. As i . Mr. Hugh Ho. Mr. Jas. Lawret. Mr. Win. Rathbon. Mr. H. Lawrence (c ) Mr. Chas. Holland (R) Mr. R. Gladstone (c). M. James Cooper (re Mr. J. B. Lloyd (c' Mr. Thos. Mr. James Parker kc).... Mr. Thomas Chahner (it) 2G6 Mr. J. S. Leigh (c) ....elected No Radical Candidate. Mr. S. L. Trotman (c)... 241 Mr. W. H. Tayleur (it) ... 197 Mr. Alex. Smith, jun. (c). 374 Mr. W. Lockerby (R)..... 338 Great George Rodney -street Abercromby . . 388 . 257 . 424 ). 416 . 276 Lim e - s treet Mo - reCrOft (xt St. Anne's West Derby South Toxteth North Toxteth Majority It will be seen from this statement, that the conservatives succeeded at the last election in returning thirteen members to the Town Council, out of sixteen wards, whilst their op- Ponents were only able to elect three to represent them, and two of these they were allowed to return without any oppo sition being offered by the conservatives. This result was achieved, not through any momentary excitement, but through the gradual returning good sense of the people, as Will be abundantly proved by an examination and comparison of the various elections, as well as by a remembrance of the effect produced in the public mind by the reckless conduct and unprincipled neglect of duty on the part of the boasting reformers after their elevation to power. It will be recollected, that at the first election after the passing of the Municipal Reform Bill, a mere fraction of the successful candidates con sisted of conservatives, and in 1837 twelve radical councillors. and only four conservatives were elected, and the radical gross Majority was 146 out of 6040 electors polled. In the follow ing year, their returns were slightly more favourable to the c onstitutional interests, but in 1839, the tide which has since led on to fortune " " set in," and nine conservatives and eight radical councillors were elected (a vacancy having oc curred by death), and the former had a majority on the Voss poll of 194 voters (one ward not being contested). In 18 4 0 , when each ward experienced a contest, the radicals only gained four wards out of the sixteen, and the conser vatives had a total majority of 199 out of 6619 electors who recorded their votes. We have already noticed some of the results of last year, and we need only say further in this Place, with reference to it that whilst the total number of electors polled at that period amounted to 8052, the conser vative total majority was 556. One or two reminiscencies c onnected with the last named important contest are worth r ecording. In 1840, for Pitt-street Ward, Mr. Toulinin was elected by a majority of 1 over Mr. Rathbone, whilst in 18 41 Mr. James Aspinall obtained the decisive majority of 42 over a much more popular man, Mr. Hugh Hornby. In Great Georges Ward, last year, Mr. James Lawrence defea ted Mr. Rathbone (to effect whose return every radical exer tion and stratagem were made use of) by a majority of 25, whilst iu the preceding year the majority of Mr. Joseph Cooper over Mr. Thomas Taylor was only two. The con servative majorities in 1811 were in each instance sufficiently indicative of their overwhelming strength; in Everton, as that' be seen from the preceeding tabular statement, they Polled 127 more votes than their opponents ; and _in Aber- erotnby Ward 131 if than for his opponen The following, we 1 Polling in the respec vative candidates are ore electors voted for Mr. Gladstone lieve, are cor ;ive wards inted in i rect returns of each hour's The names of the conser- TIME. 1I hiajo -2i 3I 4 irity 53 69 80 1 90 1041 61 77 108 1221 1381, 91 1161 M I 1501 186 66 811 1131 131 163 118 141 170, 221 277 126 1611 198, 230, 3121 145 1731 1951 214 252 85 1031 1171 156 137 66 83 116' 145 171 87 107 138: 160 190 19 120 134 1 157 i 166, 177 87 53 641 7-1 i 82, 90 107 133 1 1581 70 85 104 86' 123; 10 18 217 85 132 120 159 - 101 123 - 1721 148 241 245! 3131 77 175 i 236 77 102 1 124; 164 2101 8 71 92 122, 1511 202 113 13.11 153; 166 182 95, 1051 112 73 87 63 80 1 103 108, 142 23 28 36: 43, 64 76 126 175 216 278, 129 61 80 100 128 149 WARDS I.—Everton. Francis Shand ..... No opposition. 2.—Scotlana. Richard Houghton No opposition. 7 'homa s Case Thomas Blackburn 4.—St. Paul's 4 . C. Thompson . John Deakin . s.—Exch J ohn North ange. No opposition. T.T. 71. % T. Glazebrook e.street Hugh Hornby -- 7 .—St. Peter's ^ 34 onnel Milne adom Cliff 8 . —Pitt-street siohn Taylor .. Fawcett.. 9.----Great George. Vzonias Royden • • • • Chaloner "(L.-N Rodney-street. 'l',ames . Wood Mulleneux 11.-- Abercromby. Christopher Bushell 'lOll4 Downey 12.-- Lime-etreet. Robert Rigby Thomas Morecroft 0. -..St. Anne's. 4°60, 1 Jone s R. H arvey 14... - West Derby. ‘lanies Plurnyto.. J° h4 n Smith 15, Smith T ox t e th e. J o 486 r da rnace 1P. --North Toxteth ‘,'"!in Sheppard • • Lockerby • • Presuming on the accuracy of the returns before us, derive the following SUMMARY Conservatives returned .. Radicals do. .. Conservatives polled Radicals do. Electors polled Conservative majority The following is a complete list of the Town Council as at present constituted, distinguishing the politics of the mem bers, and the number of years which they have to serve : No. I.—EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD No. of years to serve. Alderman .. .. T. B. Barclay (a) . { Francis Shand (c) ... .. Thomas Shaw (c) David Hodgson (c) ...... No. 2.— SCOTLAND WARD. .... Richard Houghton (c) .... { Richard Houghton, jun. (c) .. Isaac Holmes (c) William Thornhill (a) .... No. 3.—VAUXHALL WARD. .... William Nicol (c) {Thomas Blackburn (a) William Preston (a) ..... Henry Copeland (c) No. 4.—ST. PAUL'S WARD. .... Richard Griffith (c) Councillors Alderman Councillors Alderman Councillors Xlderman {J. C. Thompson (C). Joshua Edwards (c) R. B. B. H. Blundell (c) No. S.—EXCHANGE WARD. ... W. Earle, jun. (a) John North (c) Henry Holmes (R) { Thomas Sands (c) No. G.—CASTLE-STEEET WARD Sir Thomas Brancker (c).. Hugh Hornby (R) . . ..... James Aikin (a) { John Holmes (a) No. 7.—ST. PETER'S WARD. W. P. Freme (a) Samuel Holme (c) ~... Ebenezer Rae (c) { John Priestley (a). No. B.—PITT-STREET WARD. ...... John H. Turner (c) ....... William Fawcett (R) Councillors ..... {James Aspinall (c) Thomas Toulmin (c). No. 9.—GREAT GEORGE WARD. ....... Thomas Chilton (c) Thomas Royden (c) ..... Jaa.es Lawrence (c) { Joseph Cooper (c) No. M.-RODNEY-STREET WARD .. Eyre Evans (a) . {J. N. Wood (c) Henry Lawrence (c) William Birkett (c) . Councillors Alderman Councillors Alderman Councillors Alderman Councillors Alderman Alderman Councillors Alderman Councillors No. 11.—ABERCROMBY WARD ...... Thomas Holt (a) . Alderman Councillors Christopher BUshell (c) .... {Robertson Gladstoae (c) James Procter (c) No. 12.—LIME-STREET WARD . J. B. Moore (c) Robert Rigby (c) .... {John Buck Lloyd (c) John Kilshaw (c) No. 13.—ST. ANNE'S WARD ...... Edmund Molyneux (c) Robert Jones (c) .... {James Parker (c). Thomas Brasssy (c) Alderman Councillors Alderman Councillors Alderman No. 14.—WEST DERBY WARD ..... James Moon (a.) James Plumpton (c) .... {John Shaw Leigh (c) G. H. Lawrence (c) . Councillors Alderman No. 15.—SOUTH VOXTETR WARD . R. S. Crook (c) Ambrose Lace (c). ..... S. Lee Trotman (c) John Platt (R) Councillors No. 16.—NORTH TOXTETH WARD ....... Thomas Bulley (R). Alderman Councillors {John Sheppard c ) Alexander Smith, jun. (c) Richard Harbord (c) Total Conservatives „ Radicals Conservative Councillors Radical do. Conservative Aldermen .. Radical do. . , We will now give a detail of all the occurrences of interest which took place during the day in the respective wards : EVERTON WARD In this ward Mr. Francis Shand, who has resided for many years in Everton, who is moreover an extensive ship-owner, and, we may add, one of our " merchant princes," met with no opposition—the reformers and their Quayle, having before, after long, ()leis part, vexatious litigation, been obliged " to quail " to the Court of Queen's Bench, who declared the present candidate duly elected. The poll, at Mr. Halliday's, Everton Coffee House, was kept open a little beyond an hour, and no opponent appearing it was then closed, and the frame work of the polling-place outside was immediately removed. A number of voters gave their suffrages within the hour for Mr. Shand; as a matter of form, and at the close that gen tleman made a short and feeling address to those around him, thanking them for the honour they had done him, and assur ing them that he should endeavour to repay the confidence reposed in him by the ward, by devoting his utmost abilities to the interests of all belonging to it in the common council. SCOTLAND WARD, In this ward there being no opposition to the Conservative candidate, Mr. Richard Houghton walked the course. The poll, in Burlington-street, was kept open for an hour, during which a number of votes was formally recorded for that gen tleman. It was anticipated that Mr. Houghton would ad dress the electors at Mrs. Barton's, (his committee-room,) but we regret to learn, that in consequence of indisposition, he was confined within doors in Cheshire. VAUXHALL WARD Thomas Case, Esq., coal merchant, was the conservative candidate, and Mr. Blackburn, surgeon, the radical. There was but little excitement in the early part of the day, but to wards noon a brisker interest was manifested, and the voters occasionally came up in considerable numbers on both sides. Mr. Blackburn took the lead at starting, and continued to gain considerably on his antagonist until about 11 o'clock, his partizans evidently making a violent struggle to maintain their vantage ground. After that hour, however, he being then 19 a-head, out of 73 votes, Mr. Case gained rapidly upon him, and reduced that majority by twelve o'clock to 14, and this to all appearance gave indication of a severe contest. The numbers polled at noon were in all only 130, so that by active exertions, Mr. Case's friends had still ample materials with which to overtake and distance their opponent. It may be remarked that Vauxhall is one of the most radical wards in the town, the proportion of Roman Catholics (chiefly la bourers) being comparatively great. At the last election, the conservatives did not contest the ward at all, on this account, coupled with the fact (the legal result of which was then ques tionable) that many of the voters had had their rates paid by the Protector Society. They moreover scorned, as the radi cals this day have done in several instances, then and now, to nominate as candidates mere men of straw, who had no earthly chance of success, and who were put forward merely to create a frivolous and vexatious opposition. After 12 o'clock Mr. Case continued to go on progressing, and the probability is that he would have been successful, had the voters been left throughout to their own free-will and no dishonourable practices been resorted to. At about half-past one, a body of Irish radicals, (24 in number,) in the employ of a radical soap-maker, came up to the poll, and reduced the chances in Mr. Case's favour so much that at that late period of the day, they could not be redeemed. The result, however, considering all the circumstances, affords no :great triumph to the radical cause ; and there can be little doubt tnat the ward will in the next election to a va cant seat in the council return a conservative. ST. PAUL'S WARD The contest in this ward, last November, having been a most triumphant one for the Conservative cause, Mr. Ed wards being returned by a majority of 41 over his opponent, the Conservative party were from the commencement of the canvass tolerably sanguine of success. Their candidate was Mr. John Caton Thompson, a gentleman of the legal pro fession, well known in the ward, and of sound constitutional principles. His opponent was Mr. Deakin, a coal-dealer, carrying on business in the ward ; and, from his local influ ence, supposed by his party to have every chance in his favor. The polling commenced at nine o'clock with great spirit, the Conservative taking the lead and increasing it steadily, the numbers polled being, at ELEVEN O'CLOCK, John Caton Thompson, Esq. 59 John Deakin, Esq. Majority.. Mr. Thompson continued to augment this majority until four o'clock. EXCHANGE WARD It is somewhat singular that, after obtaining a majority of 30 in this ward at the last election, the radicals should have yielded it to their opponents without a struggle. At the contest in 1840 Mr. Sands was returned by a majority of 31 over Mr. Ottiwell Wood ; and we remember hazarding an opinion with reference to the contest last year, that there must have been a slight want of generalship on our part, or Mr. Henry Holmes would not have been returned for a ward hich, as in every instance where property and intelligence are concentrated, is invulnerably conservative. It may be remembered, however, that at the last election a considerable number of votes was placed on the register by the Protector Society—votes which were only placed there through the money of an illegal body ; but at this period of commercial distress we presume that the " sinews of war" were not so plentiful, and that we have, therefore, had to fight with the mere elite of whiggism, which has proved, as usual, a mere shadow. The representative of conservatism in this ward has served, in connection with the facts we have stated, to terrify our opponents, and compel them to relinquish the field and allow us to walk over the course, though one of their pet candidates had to retire to enable us to do so. The number of votes polled for Mr. John North during the first hour was 67, and no vote being offered for any other candi date within the prescribed time, he was declared duly elected. We observed that the question, " For whom do you vote ?" was put to each elector as he tendered his voting paper to the radical alderman for this ward ; and as we did not notice that it was asked at several of the other booths, we fancy it was not necessary, and we hope it was not a scheme adopted for delay. We are not aware that the municipal set requires it; and if not, it merely delays the voting unnecessarily, and might be of consequence in a ward where the polling is almost neck and neck. CASTLE STREET In this ward, as we anticipated, the contest has been a keen one. Never on any previous occasion have the conser vatives introduced a candidate with any very sanguine pros pect of success, but this year, n otwithstanding the most popular man of the party, Mr. Hugh Hornby, was pitted against us, we entered upon the conflict with pretty confident hopes of storming this hitherto impregnable radical fortress. Mr. John Holmes was returned at the last election without any opposition on the part of the conservatives, as the state of the registry, and the results of previous elections, did not appear to justify it. Mr. Glazebrook was the representative of the conservative interest ; and his staunch Church of England principles and well known respectability, presented him as an opponent whom it required all the efforts which ra diculism could bring together effectually to oppose. We wish every contest in the town had been conducted with the same gentlemanly conduct and kind feeling that have charac terised, as far as we are aware, this sharply fought conflict; but we are sorry to say that the meanness and malignity dis played in many other districts of the town forbid us making the concession. At the close of the first hour's polling, the numbers were, for — Mr. Hornby .. Mr. Glazebio Majority . This majority for Mr. Hornby kept increasing until the final close of the poll. ST. PETER'S WARD, (Uncommonly called Gibraltar.) This stronghold of radicalism has at length yielded to us every bastion, rampart, tower, and stronghold. There is not even now A Cliff left defended. Gibraltar ward has given up the ghost of contention—fired its last radical gun—dropped the leprous rag of liberalism—and its garrison marched out with all the honours of war, and dishonours of defeat Year after year the radical majority has grown " beautifully less," until last year, when, " well done our sick ' the co- adjutor of the godfather of St. Peters's new title was left in a minority of 26, and a new ray of light broke in upon the destinies of its representation in the council. Knowing their strength—and " 'Tis well to have a giant's strength, But 'tis tyrannous to use it like a giant", the Conservative electors determined on putting up another candidate to supplant Mr. (late councillor) Bright, whose term of office closed with the present session. Who is to be the man "to fill his vacant place?" One answer only pervaded the thoughts, tongues, and inclinations of the constituency—Mr. SAMUEL HOLME! Who so fit ? The man who, as a' staunch uncompromising Protestant, a strong supporter of the institutions of the country ; a man who never flinched from the expression of his honest sentiments—never wavered one minute—but who, bitting at all times the right nail on the head, knew well how to drive it home and clench it. He is the man, tried and trusted, and one in whom confidence could be reposed. So unequivocal was the call for Mr. Holme, that he, like Cincinnatus of old, consented to be dragged from his occupations to serve his fellow-townsmen, and look after their interests. So unequivocal was the call, that " they of the adverse side" were scared, and for a long time feared to bring out a candidate ; but as " never despair" is a radical motto—and not a bad one, but somewhat musty. as Hamlet says—they looked about until they perceived A Cliff looming through the fog of despond, who (to go back to the tough old Romans again for similies) did not object, like Curtius, to throw himself into the gulf, and be swallowed up. So Mr. Cliff permitted himself to be put into nomination, to help to disturb the peace of the ward—drag the decent tradesmen from their polished counters and fair customers — and stand the "hazard of the dia." Although the electors' have lost their Bright representative, we confidently congra tulate them upon having found a Holme at last, in which all their interests can be safely housed. _ _ At the opening of the poll, there was a great rush of voters. They came up in considerable numbers until half-past eleven, when the numbers slackened considerably. Mr. Holme, to use a sporting phrase, took the lead at starting, and kept it, increasing his majority every half hour. Mr. Cliff's sup porters knew very well at an early hour that there was no chance for him, and one of his advocates publicly declared that he did not deserve to win from the little interest he had taken in the contest, and we cannot but regret that knowing this as the party did, that they should have made the at tempt. The proceedings during the day were of the most uninteresting kind, and the monotony of the poll ing booth was only enlivened by the occasional outbreak of jokery that struggled for a hearing to raise a laugh. So much for Peter's Ward—" Gibraltar." At Mr. Holme's committee room a view of the celebrated rock was very ap propriately exhibited ; this tavern henceforth ought to be called " The Gibraltar." At the close of the proceedings, Mr. Holme attended at his committee room and addressed the electors amidst enthusiastic cheering. In the course of his remarks, he humorously observed, amidst roars of laugh ter, that, in reference to Messrs. Woollright and Bright, whom he described as his personal friends although political antagonists, the former would now have leisure to prepare his speeches for the press in two thick volumes octavo, con taining as they did such profound maxims of political wis dom ; and the latter, having also much learned leisure, might now profitably employ himself, and enlighten others, by the production of an epic poem ; and if Mr. Bright was short of a subject, he (Mr. Holme) begged to suggest that the title of his poem should be, " The Invulnerability of the Rock of Gibraltar ! " Hurrah ! hurrah ! for Church and Queen No power shall divide them ; In vain shall traitors lift their hands With scoffers who deride them. Rove who will in foreign lands, No care have we to roam ; Give us the constitution To guard our English Home. LAMENT, Farewell'to St. Peter's! farewell to my seat! From the Council for ever I beat a retreat, Its brightness has faded, not here may I dwell, 'Tis too tory for me—farewell! oh, farewell ! PITT-STREET WARD Last year this ward was contested between Mr. James Aspinall on the conservative, and Mr. Hugh Hornby (now a candidate for Castle-street Ward) on the liberal interest. Mr. Hornby was a formidable antagonist; but the superior principles of Mr. Aspinall, and the uniform consistency with which he has supported every patriotic object, so operated upon the minds of the burgesses, that they returned him by a majority of 42. They thus spoke their sentiments in a way not to be misunderstood. The candidates to day were Mr. John Taylor, an extensive merchant, on the conservative side, and Mr. William Fawcett, on the radical side. GREAT GEORGE WARD The retiring member here was Mr. Thomas Robinson ; and until within a few weeks of this time no organised opposition was offered to his re-election, although strong dissatisfaction had been expressed by the Conservative party throughout the ward with respect to his past conduct in the council, and particularly the course pursued by him with respect to the question of education in the Corporation Schools. Having addressed the electors however, and vindicated and boasted of the obnoxious conduct complained of, a Conservative candidate to oppose him was forthwith threatened, and at length actually proposed. In the meantime, however, Mr. Robinson had ascertained that by persisting in a contest with the gentleman selected—Mr. THOMAS ROYDEN—he run an almost certain chance of defeat ; and, moved by the repre sentations .and persuasions of many personal friends and connexions, he at length withdrew his pretensions. We cannot but contrast the good sense and good feeling displayed by this gentleman, with that of a mock conserva tive in another ward. The contrast is highly to the credit of the former, who thus maintains his private friendships and private opinions, without violating his consistency as a poli tician, or dividing the conservative majority in the ward. Under these circumstances no opposition was anticipated. At a late hour on Monday night, however, a gentleman, Mr. E. Chaloner, was induced to submit to being put in nomination, in order, if possible, to keep the double votes of the conserva tives from being brought to bear in the difficult wards. For this mean ruse, however, the committee of Mr. Royden were fully prepared, and brought up their voters in such force that at the close of the first hour the votes stood as follows: 10 O'CLOCK. Thomas Royden, Esq. ... Edward Chaloner, Esq.... Majority The numbers were on the increase for Mr. Royden the whole day RODNEY-STREET. The first intimation we received of any opposition in this ward was the delivery of the voting papers of Mr . James Mulleneux at a late hour on Monday afternoon. The result of last year's polling, however, when Mr. Henry Lawrence obtained a majority of 75 votes over Mr. Charles Holland, convinced us that no effectual steps could be taken to resist the return of Mr. John Nelson Wood, the present candi date, who by his firm adherence to the principles which he professed on entering the council chamber, has earned the confidence of the electors. The majorities have each year continued on the increase in this ward, since we first obtained a footing in it, in 1839 ; and no doubt, if we had had to-day a fair stand-up fight, our majority would have been much augmented ; but under the circumstances, our friends have done their duty nobly, and we tender them our hearty thanks for again giving us the opportunity of recordin: for another three years the votes of a gentleman who will be, as he has always been, ready to advance the interests of the ward and of the town. Mr. Wood, on several occasions, has rendered himself of material service in the council-chamber, and we again rejoicc to see him placed there once more. ABERCROM BY WARD For the first time since the passing of the municipal reform bill we have been permitted to return our candidate unop posed, for we cannot condescend to dignify the vexatious trickery resorted to to keep open the poll by the name of opposition; on arriving at or near the polling-place we were surprised to see over the door of a small beer-shop, " John Downey's Committee-room," and on the various walls in the neighbourhood placards calling upon the electors to come forward and record their votes in favour of "John Downey, pawnbroker, Esq." Of course the success of Mr. Bushell, the conservative candidate, was never placed in the slightest jeopardy, as after two hours' polling Mr. Downey only num bered 6 votes, whilst Mr. Bushell obtained 74. We had hoped that the overwhelming majority (131) which the po pularity and firm consistency of Mr. Gladstone procured at the last election would have put an end to any further con fusion in the ward ; but we cannot make much impression on radical minds. The reaction in favour of constitutional principles is, probably, more significant and gratifying in this ward than in any other. For three years after the present mode of iotroducing our municipal representatives into the Town Council was commenced, the radicals succeeded in ob taining a majority ; but in 1838, when Mr. Gladstone presented himself as a candidate, the ward was rescued from their domi nation, and since, the conservative majorites have progressively increased, until we have had this year merely the display of a candidates name, without the introduction of anything more substantial. The ward still continues conservative to the back - bone, and such men as Messrs. Gladstone, Procter, and Bushell, are not likely to be ejected from their honourable positions by any opposition which the whole strength of radi calism can at any time bring against them. We once more return our thanks to Mr. Muncaster, and a few more such as he, for the strenuous exertions which they continue to make use of to further the interests of conservatism at every op portunity. LIME-STREET WARD The contest in Lime-street was between Robert Rigby, Esq.—who was the first conservative ever able to break through the fetters in which the ward was held by the radi cals—and Thos. Morecroft, Esq., who was a candidate last year, and who has previously represented this ward in the Town Council. From the circnmstance of Lime-street being the largest ward in the town, and the narrow majority—B— by which Mr. Morecroft was defeated by Mr. J. B. Lloyd last year, the struggle excited greatinterest,and was expected to be a very close one. Mr. Rigby's popularity in the ward, however, and the activity which he has displayed on all oc casions to forward its interests, inspired his friends with great confidence in the success of their candidate. During the first hour the contest was a neck-and-neck one, both parties putting forth all their energies ; and the numbers stood as follows at 10 O'CLOCK Rigby (c) Morecroft (w) Majority 5 This majority, as may be seen from our hourly return, con tinued to increase. ST. ANNE'S WARD. For some masons, the grounds of which we are utterly at a loss to conjecture, Mr. Robert Jones, the late and present representative for the ward, on the conservative interest, has been pursued by the radical party with unceas ing malignity and misrepresentation. He is, however, still extremely popular in the ward, and the present contest has proved it decisively. His opponent was Mr. R. E. Harvey, who has considerable influence in the ward, and who, like his opponent, is a brewer. Every election for St. Anne's has been keenly contested. Last year Mr. Parker was re turned by a majority of nine, and, as may be seen from our tabular statement—which is published elsewhere—of each hour's polling, the candidates kept close upon each other's heels. WEST DERBY WARD. The contest in this ;L1;1; of a ch a racter hitherto, we are happy to say, unknown in our annals of municipal elec- was realise( during the f Majority tioneerine: A Conservative—haus PiumnoN, Esq.—op posed a renegade from the ranks of his party—a renegade from his vaunted professions of sound Conservative princi ples—Mr. JOHN SMITH. The former was supported by the elite of the Conservatives of the ward. The latter threw himself upon the support of a party whom we find it difficult, almost impossible, to characterise. The former stood upon constitutional principle alone; the latter was championed by the " liberal," the Radical, and the Popish press; was held up as a rnartyr,—a man of sound sense, and liberal conser vative opinions, and, as a matter of course, laughed at for being gulled by such empty professions. Strong as the Con- servative majority in the %a.i.d was known to be, and last year proved itself, Mr. Smith boasted, during his canvas, that he could beat any opponent by forty votes. How this prophecy we now proceed to show. At an early hour the es began to muster round their committee-room, Coffee-house, that of Mr. Smith being a corner wer down on the opposite side. In the latter place, t hour, we did not worthy candidate himself, however, was bustling up and down, looking very merry to see so many of his FRIENDS (!) At the opening of the polling-booth, at nine o'clock, Mr. Plumpton s 7oters presented themselves in great force, whilst scarcely one of the other party came forward for the first half hour. One of these voted for Mr. Smith to fulfil a promise extorted from him upon the assurance that there would be no contest. The other was the illustrious person who was put forward by the Radicals in Abercromby Ward, and who remarked, whilst giving in his vote, " This is the first time I ever voted for a tory." who were prey of parliaMent shout( At the close of the first hour the polling was as follows :- 10 O'CLOCK. James Plumpton, Esq., Conservative 77 John Smith, Esq., Nondescript From this time the only anxiety of the conservative party became how to make sure that the duplicate voters of the ward reserved their votes for other parts of the town, where they were more wanted, so eager did all appear to record their votes against the renegade candidate upon this occa- sion. It was surprising and cheering to see the eagerness with which Conservatives, of high and low degree, presented themselves. unsolicited, to the poll ; and we imagine that if Mr. John Smith could have anticipated half the enthusiasm which existed on the part - of men, once his friends, to place him in an annihilating minority, he would never for a mo ment have dreamt of presenting himself before the Conser vative electors. After the first two hours, instead of ob truding himself continually amongst the Conservatives out side the polling booth, he at length insconced himself inside, musing, no doubt, upon his fast approaching defeat. At one o'clock Plumpton was 47 a-head of his opponent -221 electors having polled out of a constituency of 497, leav ing 276 yet to vote. A number of these being duplicates, were, therefore, expected to poll for other wards, and many declared their determination not to vete at all. At the con clusion of the polling, the majority for Mr. Plumpton had been increased to 72, being exactly two more than had been calculated upon by the canvassers. Upon this result being declared, Mr. Plumpton briefly addressed the electors in his committee-room. I es, sir PERSONATION OF A VOTER, EXTgAORDINAY CASE.—A young man, who gave his name John Fancy, labourer, resident in Fontenoy-street, was, on Wednesday, placed at the bar of the police-court, charged with having presented a voting paper at the bar of Castle street Ward, on the day of the late municipal election and falsely represented that he was the person therein set down, namely, John Grimshaw, watchmaker, Sir Thomas'-build ings, recently deceased. The case was heard before Messrs. Rushton and Booth. Mr. Shuttleworth, the deputy town clerk, appeared in support of the charge, and Mr. Davenport attended for the prisoner. Mr. Shuttleworth briefly opened the case to the magistrates. John Grimshaw, he said, appeared on the roll as a burgess for Castle-street Ward, and he died on Tuesday week. On Tuesday last, the prisoner appeared at the polling place for Castle-street NVard and tendered a voting paper which pur -4 single individual. The ported to be filled up by John Grimshaw. Two burgesses w•as the persor, named in the in the burgess roll and called John Parkinson, who stated that he was a clerk in the office of the town-clerk ; the name of John Grimshaw ap peared on the roll No. 3099, and "Grimshaw, John, house and shop, Sir Thomas'-buildings." There was no other per son of the same name on the roll for that or any other ward. By Mr. Davenport.—l did not know John Grimshaw. I can't say whether he be living or dead. Sir Thomas Brancker, who sat on the bench next to Mr. Rushton, was called and exaniined by Mr. Shuttleworth. Sir Thomas stated that he was alderman for Castle-street Ward, and on Tuesday last-he took the election with tl assessors. The voting paper, which he produced, was ter dered by the prisoner at the bar. It was read by Mr. Ell for Mr. Hugh Hornby. Mr. Raines and Mr. Fletcher w in the booth; Mr. Fletcher said, "John Grimshaw is dear Mr. Raines said the same and he (Sir Thomz by them to put the question. Mr. Raines a are burgesses. He (Sir Thomas) asked tI risoner if h tre of the a called by t SOUTH TOXTETH WARD South Toxteth Ward was severely contested last year by Mr. Simon Lee Trotman, and Mr. W. Tayleure. The re tiring member on that occasion was a radical surgeon, who had no claim on the ward either from station or talent, and when Mr. Tayleur proposed to step in his shoes the contest became not a personal one but one of principle. The bur gesses returned Mr. Trotman by a majority of no less than 44, thus placing themselves beyond all suspicion of whiggery and radicalism. On the present occasion Mr. Ambrose Lace, a staunch and consistent supporter of conservatism, was re quested by them to allow himself to be put in nomination ; and his ready assent being obtained, the support he met with was so unanimous as to tender opposition fruitless. The liberals, however, did not abandon the field without a contest, for at the eleventh hour they prevailed upon Mr. Francis Jordan, the retiring member, who had publicly stated in the Council his intentions of retiring, to come forward again. This was a ruse of no reputable haracter, but hap pily it failed. As appears from our tabular statement elsewhere, Mr. Jor dan had not the slightest chance ofsuccess from the commence ment. It was an unhappy hour for his reputation in which he was induced by ill-advising friends tb break his word. The polling throughout the day, although at times not without animation, was, generally speaking, languid ; and at three o'clock the numbers stood as follows, showing a majority, for constitutional principles which could not be gainsayed. . . Ambrose Lace, Esq. Francis Jordan, Esq Majority NORTH TOXTETH WARD The competitors, last year, fir the suffrages of the bur gesses of North Toxteth Ward, were Mr. Alexander Smith, jun. and Mr. William Lockerby. Mr. Smith, who is a sound Protestant and Conservative, defeated his antagonist in a canter, having a majority of thirty-four votes over him. Mr. Lockerby, not satisfied with this exposition of the opinions of the burgesses in relation to him, ventured to go to the poll again this day against Mr. John Sheppard ; and the result will enable him to comprehend, how, that which is falsely called "liberalism" is scouted with contempt. Although the majority on the first hourly return was in favour of Mr. Lockerby, (by four only,) this of course must not be considered as a correct criterion of the state of feeling, for ever afterwards Mr. Sheppard was immensely in the ascendant. The hourly returns increased Mr. Sheppard's majority ; and though the radicals kept the poll open to the latest hour. they must have known all along that the contest was hopeless. KIRKDALE MICHAELMAS SESSIONS The Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the division of Kirk dale, commenced yesterday, in the Court-house, Kirkdale, among whom we noticed the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, chair man, the Hon. R. B. Wilbraham, the Rev. J. I'. Horton, John Formby, Esq., Peter Bourne, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., &c. &e. The calendar contains the names of 86 priso ners for trial on charges of felony, and eight LI. misdemean ours ; total, 91. _ . _ _ The Court having been opened with the usual formali the following gentlemen were sworn the grand jury. Wm. BOLT, Esq., cdßilling,e, Higher End, foreman Win. Peace, of Haigh, manager. Ormancly, of Haigh, bo - okkeeper. Thomas Billinge, of Ashton-in-Mackerfield, yeoman Henry Arrowsmith, of Astlty, cotton m'anufacturer. Eckersley, of Pennington, gentleman. Thomas Manley', jun., of Atherton, nail manufacturer Ahraham Heys,ofßedford, nail manufacturer. John Cowley, of Billinge, Chapel End, yeoman. Aspioall Whittle, of Billinge, Higher End, gentleman Robt. Aked, of Everton, merchant. George Batley, of Everton , broker. Peter Johnson, of Hindley, coal merchant. Henry Frazer, of Lowton, gentleman. James Worsley, of Lowton, cotton spinner, John Arnold, of Ortnskirk, grocer. _ _ Richd. Martlew, of Ormaii;l;,;binet maker Wm. Atherton, of Pennington, miller. George Glenn, of Toxteth-park, merchant. Peter Bradshaw, of Lowton, yeoman. George Hilton, of Hindley, coal merchant. The CHAIRMAN, in his address to the grand jury, com menced by observing, that although there were a number of cases in the calendar, they were all of the ordinary descrip tion ; and in looking them over, he did not find any which called for the least remark from him. They were the kind of cases which were constantly coming before them at Ses sions ; and a considerable number of them were, apparently, of very trifling importance, but trifling as they might appear in themselves, it was still necessary for them to come before the court, because if petty thefts were allowed to go without punishment, they would naturally increase to a great extent, property would not be secure. The only mode of treating these kind of offences, so long as the law remained as it was, was to try them at Sessions, so that notwithstanding their apparent trifling nature, they must be carefully attended to. He did not know whether there was any other matter for him, to remark upon, or that anything occurred, of a public na ture, between the present and the last sessions which re quired observation. There was, however, one circumstance which be would mention, which, though not occurring in the county, was yet connected with the county, inasmuch as it had relation to the borough of Liverpool. In their last po lice bill they had got a clause inserted, which he could not help wishing that the legislature would enact for the citizens at large. That clause went to require all public houses to close on Saturday nights at a certain hour [twelve o'clock,] and not to be opened again till one o'clock on Sunday. The effect of that enactment in Liverpool had been beneficial, beyond the most sanguine expectations of those who framed the clause ; for it had reduced the number of cases before the magistrates on the Monday morning above one-half, and in many Instances as much as two-thirds. They used to have as many as 170 or 180 cases, almost all arising from drunkenness on the Monday, and they were now reduced to fifty or sixty. That, he thought, every boy who was anxious for the morality of the people of this country, would feel was a very great and essential 'service in such a place as Liverpool. Now, from the observations he had made of the cases which usually came before these sessions, it appeared to him that as many of the cases they had to try arose from the same cause—from tippling in public-houses, (for he could trace a great proportion of them to that cause) — it would be a most desirable thing indeed, and be a great ser vice to the public at large, if such a law were made general. Experience had proved in the borough of Liverpool how suc cessful such a law was, and he saw no reason whatever why it should not be equally successful in every other place. He mentioned this matter in order that it might be known what the effect of the law had been in a great town—that it bad more than answered the expectations of those who framed it ; and he was sure they would all agree with him, that the com munity would gain greatly if it became general.--The chair man then dismissed the grand jury to their labours. The common jury list was then called over, and Mr. James Battersby, of Bedford, and Mr. Tho Mas Cfayton, of Everton, not answering to'their names, were fined £5, each._ The trials commenced about one o'clock ; but during the day nothing of importance took place. HORRID DEATH.—An inquest was held on Tuesday last by Mr. Griffith Jones, coroner for the county of Merioneth, on the body of John Roberts, lime-burner to Mr. Edward Owen, of Garthynhared, when it appeared that John Jones had, on the morning of Monday, the 24th ult., been in com pany with the deceased, drawing lime from the kiln at Gar thisaf, and that on his return from breakfast he found John Roberts in the centre of the kiln, plunged up to his knees in the burning lime. He was in an upright position, with his hands raised above his head. The body appeared a complete burning mass ; and, on a chain being passed sound the trunk, it was dragged out, charred to a cinder. A large iron bar, used for poking the lime from the kiln, was resting near the deceased, but there was no evidence to show bow he had fallen into the kiln. Verdict—" Accidental death." The deceased was 60 years of age, but had not long taken to the lime business.—Carnarvon Herald. BRUTAL ASSAULT AND ROBBERY OF A FEMALE.—At the Cheltenham police-office, on Thursday, John Baldwin and Joseph Karn, of Charlton Kings, were charged with violently assaulting and robbing a young woman named Elizabeth Wildon. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix whose face presented marks of the most inhuman usage) that on Monday afternoon last, being Charlton Kings wake, she went to that village, by appointment, to meet a young wo man named Cooke, with whom she was acquainted, and whilst waiting for her near the Plough beerhouse, a young man named Powis came out and pulled her into the house, where she took a little beer, and joined in two dances which the parties assembled were enjoying themselves with, at this their annual feast. The prisoner Karn officiated as fiddler, and prosecutrix sat next to him for some time. Shortly be fore nine o'clock she left, and when about to open a gate leading into the turnpike road, the prisoner Baldwin caught hold of her, and proceeded to take liberties with her. She struggled with him, and Karn then came up and held her • down, while the other prisoner robbed her of a silk necker chief, a silver watch and chain, two sovereigns, one half sovereign, four half crowns, a shilling, sixpence, a pair of ear-rings, a penknife, and a silve thimble. He ripped her gown up and tore her pocket out. They then beat and kicked her. After they l e ft, she attempt e d to go to the Plough again, but Baldwin met her and knocked her down, and told her if she did ant be off he would rip every rag off her. She then went in search of a policem an . Th e pr i soners were committed to take their trial at the next assizes, but Karn was ' admitted to bail, himself in £lOO and two sureties in £5O. His father (who is a respectable butcher at Charlton) and another person entered into the necessary recognizances. were the individual named in the paper replied, " Yes; lam the man." He was immed He (the prisoner lv take, into custody By Mr. DavenpOrt.—l am sure the prisoner is the pers who presented the paper. I put the question myself. I c not read it from the act, but from a paper .with which I Ns furnished by the town-cleric. I have no doubt whatever tt the prisoner is the man. Mr. Raines stated that he was at the booth on the day o the election, and he saw the prisoner there. He presented paper purporting to be that of Mr. John Grimshaw. H (Mr. Raines) had received information that Mr. Grimsba% was dead. He requested that the questions might be nut t he said he certainly produced the papers, but he was requested to do so by an individual. Mr. Edgar Fletcher corroborated the testimony of the last witness. Knew Grimshaw, and knew that he was dead. Jane Roberts stated that she was servant to the late Mr. John Grimshaw, watchmaker, Sir Thomas's-buildings. He died on Wednesday last. Witness saw him dead. Prisoner.—There are two men there who were near me, and they will tell you that it was not me. Kushton.— rnsoner l3roadrip and John M`Donalc ss box. witnesses were sent round to the wi Daniel Broadrip stated that he was a porter. The prisoner and himself, and M`Donald and some others were standing on the 'Change together, about one o'clock, when a gentle man came up to them, and asked them how they were voting. He said he wanted them, and he took them to a room in Castle-street. He did not tell he wanted, but said, "I'll send for dinner for you left them in the room about an hour, and then returne them, and called out the prisoner and showed him a pap 3 what the job was Mr. Davenport.—The 'prisoner wishes to leave the . Matter as it stands, sir Mr. Rushton.—The case has assumed a aspect now. It appears that there may have been a princi. pal in this case. However, if the prisoner does not wish 0( examination of his own witness to proceed, it may be ir, your option to stop it; but I have no power to prevent the prosecuting solicitor from cross-examining him, , rnewhat different By Mr. Shuttleworti one o'clock. I never s ledge. He left us then soner out and showed him a paper were taken to was not a public-house, but s up -Cast I.—We were taken off 'Change a aw the gentleman before to my k then called theyr office, nex door to a shop, right-hand side ive or su Tt room in which we were p 1 empty. I saw him give the prisoner a what the paper was, as I cannot read duced.) It was similar to that The prisoner then went No one went out but him and then 1 saw him going to Bridewel the man who took us to the room. I iow the man again. l don't know his nam is a porter, residing in Fontenoy seen the man who took us off 'Chang have not to-day I have not seen him The witness was here desired to look round the court. He did so very attentively, and said he did not see the individual anywhere. He was desired,to look round again, and his at tention was directed to that portion of the bench which is on the left of the usual seats of the presiding magistrates. Still the witness declared he could not see the individual. " Draw aside the curtains," said Mr. Dowling. The curtains at the back of the bench were drawn so as to expose most of the space behind. The individuals at the back of the bench were now all exposed to the witness save one, who was seen look ing exceedingly conscious and drawing himself back so as to prevent the witness from seeing him. " No, I don't see him," said Broadrip. The persons in the vicinity of the per. son just alluded to called to him to come forward, which he did, when the witness at once said that's the man." Mr. Rushton before " ." Yes ; there he d—" Who i Mr. Dowling.— name is Reddy. s very well known hero Mr. Rushton.—Mr. Reddy must not leave ti Mr. Reddy hereupon was called round to the court, where he seated himself, among Mr. Shuttleworth wished the othr Mr. Daveni aid the witness t prisoner, and not think it was compete!: The case for the accusers was closed, v as he d brought forward Shuttleworth—The man was put into the box and sworn along with the others, and I submit that I have a right to cross-examine him. , Mr. Davenport—Y es , if I h a d as k e d hi m a question. Mr. Rushton—He has been called by you and sworn, and may be cross-examined. But independently of that, the whole affair has now assumed a new aspect, and this is in. deed a new case, for I tell you that I shall commit your man for trial. He is clearly proved to have presented a voting paper, and falsely represented himself as the burgess therein named. Reddy, who is the more wicked of the two, appears, at present. to have made him the instrument ; but, as be has lent himself to the offence and violated th e l aw, I must send him before a jury, for these things are not to be suffered to pass with impunity. In the heat of party contests men lose sight, it would appear, of all the ties of morality. The con stituency must not be polluted by these nefarious practices. He must go for trial. The Prisoner—Will you allow me to put in bail ? Mr. Rushton—Yes, you will be entitled to bail. If the prosecuting solicitor chooses to call other witnesses, I am ready to hear them, and it will be fur him to say whether he will have the other man (Reddy) taken into custody or not. Mr. Shuttleworth called the witness M`Donald, who con firmed the statement of Broadrip. Reddy took them to the room. He did not know him before. The witness could not say what the paper was which was presented by Reddy to Feeney, nor did he hear the name of Grimshaw men tioned. . _ Mr. Shuttleworth intimated to the magistrates that this essential point in the evidence was wanting. lie could not prove that the paper was the voting paper in question. • Mr. Rushton . (to Mr. Reddy) suspicion, Mr. Reddy, but there is no accusation that is tan gible. The case fails in proof against you. you_are about, for this is a very grave offence Take car Mr. Reddy.—l never did anything of tl spoke to them ; I wish it to be Stated here Cross-question them if you please, and ask in open cour them. I wit that witness to be called back, if . you please, and ask him if he did not see the prisoner give back the paper to me. I merely engaged him as a messenger. Will you please to ask him. -Mr. Rushton called Broadrip back, and asked him if he had seen Feeney give back a paper to Reddy. He replied in the negative. Mr. Rushton told Reddy that he was at liberty to depart. Sonae time after Feeney was again placed at the bar, wh( the depositions of the several witnesses were read against hir and he was committed for trial. Mr. Rushton having ascer tained that he was in indigent circumstances, said, he would be liberated on giving bail, himself in £5O and two sureties in £25 each ;'twenty-four hours' notice to be given of the bail. AMERICAN PIRACY.—The "following is an extract from letter, dated New York,::Saptember 29 :—" I sena a new novel, published, Lpt,,lan, called Perceval .lit The first copy'WaSeseiiieeby the Grey" send with ti TIIE BLA-XTV6i9ViAGEDY.—On Saturday the char against Eiekiel Saihgaiciiid , Witliorw Penn, charged with t robberyund ,tuurder _O*,,,PlX??n)head, and Thos. Coll as being iiiiLatassoiy,'AvAS"'agaml,ine into at the gaol Oxford. , Sincel,thciipri6iiais eaaeaination, Goble, the I cester constablep,kkaVa t g•ep 4 qngaged obtaining further evi dence. and the result was fhhesevertil more witnesses were examined.. The inquiry, fdid notienzil till evening. Hem mings, who was charged with being concerned in the affair, has been admitted evidence. The prisoners were again re manded. That 'the. magistratei have 'determined on com mitting the parties for trial at the March Assizes may be inferred fron - i the fact of t witnesses.over to appear I give eviden the crown at that time FUNERAL OF GRACE DARLING.—The funeral of the heroine of the Fern Islands took place at 13atriburgh, on Monday week, and was attended by upwards of 200 indi viduals belonging to that taeighbourhood, the principal mourners on the melancholy occasion being the venerable father, relations, and friends of the deceased, whose severe bereavement excited the liveliest sympathy. The pall was borne by William Barnfather, Esq., from Alnwick Castle; Robert Smeddle, Esq., of Bamburgh Castle; the Rev. R. M. Taylor, of North Sunder and ; and Thos. Fender, Esq., surgeon, Bamburgh. Mr. Evans, chief officer of the cus toms, and the principal inhabitants of the village and neigh bourhood, joining in the solemn procession. The service was performed by the Rev. William Darnell, incumbent of the parish. At the lowering of the coffin, and through out the whole of the service, many a tear was shed. The coffin, which was remarkably neat, bore the following in scription :—" G. H. Darling, died October 20, 1842, aged 26 years." A severe gale from the N.N.E. prevented the three brothers of the deceased from being present at the last mournful tribute of affection tp their dear sister. It appears that for some time previobs to the death of this truly excellent and exemplary young woman, she was perfectly aware that her latter end was approaching, but this gave her no uneasiness. She had been nurtured in the fear and love of God, and dependence on the merits of her Redeemer, and her hope of mercy increased as her bodily strength diminished. She was never heard to utter a complaint during her illness, but :exhibited the most Christian resignation throughout. Shortly ; before her death she expressed a wish to see as many of her rela tions as the peculiar nature of their employment would admit of, and, with surprising fortitude and self-command, she de livered to each of them some token of remembrance. This done, she calmly awaited the approach of death, and finaily resigned her spirit into the hands of Him who gave it, with out a murmur. The celebrity which this amiable female had acquired effected no change in her conduct or demeanour She was from her earliest years of a meek, kind and gentle disposition, and so she continued to the last moment of her existence. Having been once asked how she could think of continuing to reside on a barren rock after having become so celebrated, and why she did not come on shore and enjoy the pleasures of life, she replied—" Had you seen the awful wreck of the Forfarshire, the melancholy sight would been more than sufficient to have driven the pleasure world out of your mind for ever." The circumstances con nected with the wreck of the Forfarshire were such and so recent that it is quite unnecessary to recapitulate them ; they are engraved on the memory of th e present generat i on, and future ages will read of them in the history of our cola'. try.—Newcastle Journal. ORDINATION OF THE REV. I. R. WELCH Yesterday having been appointed by. the Presbytery c Lancßshire for the inauguration of the Rev. J. R. Welch t the Scottish C formed in the f Oldham-s of a very platform was E centre of the church, above al use of the officiating m;nisters s or seat tended by all the members of the Pras Rev. J. Park, who was absent on t t of tiomesti the poli .eavement), and se Mr. Munro, of II senior member), opened the business with The Rev. Mr. KENNI 'efl, and con- Cl ng atm ,nd minis Lc the r ty that tt by the Rev This don( i in the nainiste re duties of a coogr .e -Royal closes this evenin on the occasion urable impression he business of the scene— , combined with her very give her claims upon a I be irr " A Midsum playgo nr. Ham form of E peec of the past therefore, i thy with man close of a sea would do well to " Come hither " Ashfipld.— 7htish I as to take a littl propriet ;ht have been expecte popular sur that th none. deed, _, and that y. tie still lies in where he first found shelter. and was able on o be taken from bed for - `-• °flaw it up. During last w, ,proved tor some days recove the cott Saturda a few minute Mackenzie was examined reported in othe ntion is not yet closed apers, that he has beer cornimut Macken2 Si' ,ture . birth to ; child; aeaa pistol has 1 yet been r k. broker w brought ho sold ) a man answering ing confronted witt .d, refused t 3..—. Dundee at Mac- About three weeks ago, a labouring man took a fine lively specimen of the Cryllus Mygratorius, or Asiatic locust.:in a field at Stonegravels, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The insect was observed by the men, who, being struck by its unusual appearance and great activity, joined in the pursuit, and after a severe chase succeeded in capturing it in safety. It is now in the cabinet of a gentleman in Chesterfield. We understand that several other specimens of this destructive # nsect have been taken in this and the neighbouring coma -1 ies in the present year. One of these was taken in the town of Sheffield about the beginning of September. Ano ther was taken at Mickleover, near Derby, nearly at the me time, and is now in the possession of R. J. Bell, Esq., A. third specimen was taken about the middle rent, and was found to fifty 13 contained fr leposited. The tleman who hat be dis- of fourteen yards ler specime r 01 of Durh mas Helme —E.L.S.I FATAL ACCIDENT -SAGACI lay an inquest wa .d at a 1, aged 4 large ‘, STATE ( in the she, Paisley v ,t this N ;hem, a of Paisl nce in the county id was transmitted to —On Tues- I will not as far as remuneration goes for his labour; and, is wisdom to be silent. We have little sympa and grumble at the igers who come fors son : it noured the th rs could " blow up would be all any man, or tenants to r .re then pre- with their co - al- that we f such Royl property ke a prefitab S portion of the dialogue in " Spec to us as beinz apropos. In Act ii but this year it be all is have 8 our 1 of the eood " Fo zo kindhearted is certain ything " to the have beer !din the nand has slaved ns what ill be sue. his establishtilen season la will shortly, we understand, commence, will shew what [le winter will do for it. It will have the mnopoly, the local act will close all untie( public will have only " Hobson's On the subject of monopoly shall, if c ,t stands g ust the authoriti 30(1, SO ve that ld, we perceiv s notitied elsewhere his intention of plo ,y infringement of his rights. Mr. Ham- ceeding against for his patent right, and not to In the forthcoming season manynovelties will be produced ; arrangements are making with many leading performers-- amongst them, Mr. and Mrs. Kean, Wallack, &c. ; panto mime is in contemplation ; and at the holiday time a ballad opera wil be produced, the music of which is composed by a gentleman connected with this town, whose numberless songs and ballads, as well as works of a high rank, entitle us to expect something that will " take" with the town, and be highly successful - and attractiv ATE OP no material in the d the who CORRESPONDENCE. HEAR THE CHURCH." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sia,—ln answer to - your correspondent A.M.," I would observe, that Dr. Hook was by no means the original in ventor of the text " Hear the Church," in its isolated form. self not unfrequently met with it so quoted by old !though from not having noted the instances down the time, lam at present unable to refer them. The fol :s may, however, serve to prove that both as corm, the words " Hear the Church, authorised as your correspondent seems to ima k. confession of Farrar, Hooper, Coverdale, Philpot, and Bradford, made at Oxford, 1 have ti towing extrac to sense and 1554," I find this passrq he Catholic church, which are not " We confess and believe, the spouse of Christ, as a most obedient and loving wife, doth embrace and follow the doctrine of these books (of the Old and New Testaments) in all matters of religion, and, therefore, that he is to be heard accordingly : so that those who will not hear this church thus following and obeying the word of her husband, we count as heretics ' "If he will not hear the church, lc heathen." chgmatics, according to this saying : I him be unto thee as an mon on t xiii.. 12 v. D„G_Donne writes thus :—" The first time that ever Christ na r ti4iiechurcl7, he invests it with the assurance of perpetui ''''l..Tpon this rock will I build my church, and the gate's: , • •rC• shall not prevail against it." (Matt. xvi., 18.) T • is denoted the strength and stability of the church j, '.elf, and then the power and authority of the church upon,Athers, in those often directions—" dic ecclesht," complained to the church, and consult with the church ; and then " audi ecclesiam," hearken to the church, be judged by the church, hear not them that hear not the church ; and then " ejice de cute sia," let them that disobey the church be cast out of the church. In all which we are forbidden private couveuticles, private spirits, private opinions . „ I have no doubt that with a little searching I could mul tiply passages to the same effect, but the above may suffice to prove the point with which I set out. I subjoin a further extract from the same sermon, which may serve as an answer to your correspondents :—" To know which are the Scrip tures, to know what the HOLY GHOST sap in the Scrip tures, APPLY THYSELF TO THE cnuncn. Not that the church is a judge above the Scriptures, (for the power and commission the church hath, it bath from the Scriptures,) but the church is a judge above thee, which are the Scrip tures, and what is the sense of the HOLY GHOST in them." Dr. Donne died in 1631. I remain, Sir, yours, &c., CLERICUS PITT-STREET WARD TO THE EDITOR,OF,.THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin.,—Now that the excitement of our election is almost over—l say almost, because it is whispered we shall hear a little more about it—permit me to address you in a few words upon the late very strange proceedings It seems that one of our most respe about a week of the ble drapers, within tion, jumped over his counter, and then by another jump, found himself chairman of Mr. Fawcett's committee, having leaped over all the subordinates, such as secretary, treasurer, and committeemen. "The news papers give us no account of any public meeting on the occasion, but no doubt the chairman was installed by acclamation. Being so very young in the political arena, the chairman could not be expected to know much of political tactics, and therefore his first essay ought to have been forgiven ; but as Mr. Taylor's committee thought not, and published a reply to it, and as that reply elicited some "observations" from Mr. Fawcett's committee, and the whole three documents have been published in the newspapers, as well as circulated in the ward, they have become public property, and therefore liable to be commented upon by any person who will take the trouble. It is a new sort of political warfare to inquire how much money a candidate publicly spends upon benevolent institu tions. A man may be as benevolent as his neighbour, and Yet not pay his money through a subscription-list. The test is a bad one (and I don't think we shall hear of any patent being taken out for these new political scales) ; for a person may be very fit for a councillor whose means do not permit him to subscribe to as many institutions as his neighbour seems to think be might ; and, on the other hand, a person may expend a deal through subscription-lists, whose want of judgment, whose want of time, or whose extreme old age, may render him very unfit to enter the council chamber. But allow me to refer to the attack first published, in which I find Mr. Fawcett's committee misquoting from their opponent's address ; for I don't find in the address the words " making money." No one knows better than the chairman that it is unfair to quote erroneously, and to do so purposely ; though the words in the address may be considered by some as tantamount to " making money , ;" yet, - had those two words been found in the address, the writer would have been ridiculed. As to the twelve societies which they name as not being subscribed to by Mr. Taylor. I would observe that it was most unfair to search the records of only fifteen societies, when they might have searched the records of nearly fifty ; and consequently their sequitur, " three guineas being the grand total of his charitable contributions," is inconclusive, and proved by the statement of Mr. Taylor's committee to be contrary to fact, and admitted in the " Observations " from Mr. Fawcett's committee to be so, because they there acknowledge the subscriptions to amount to ten guineas ; and perhaps, had they known that at first, they would not have issued t•ieir slanderous circular. I quite agree with them that £1 Ils. 6d. subscription should not have appeared as a payment to a charitable object ; nor should the £lO donation have been added up with the subscriptions, but it certainly should have been mentioned as a charitable pay ment made last year, because the attack only speaks of the reports of last year; and not only so, but because a person who gives a donation of £lO in one year to a given object, is very likely to do the same some other year. In bringing forward so novel and unheard of an accusation against Mr. Taylor, the parties should have been doubly cautious, and perhaps in that case they would have avoided another statement, namely—that they had looked through the reports of the last year, when it turns out from " the observations," that, so far as the Northern Hospital is con they must have " referred to the report for 1839." _ I cannot say whether the £5 donation to the Strangers' Friend Society. was paid or not—Mr. Taylor says it was ; but I should .wish to draw the attention of the public to the following extract from - the observations ;"—toe insinuation is bad indeed ; namely—" It may have been given "to serve the purposes of this election."—Yours, &c., AN ELECTOR. [The £5 was paid to the Northern Hospital through Mr. Kaye of the Courier-office, and the receipt of it was ac knowledged through that paper.] 3ud LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) Our columns this day are nearly engrossed with the report of the meeting of the Protestant Association, at Liverpool, on Wednesday. We have the satisfaction of giving to our readers a full and correct detail of the speech of the Rev. R. J. M`Ghee—than which, we will venture to say, a speech pregnant with more important matter has never been deli vered by that gentleman, or we might say by any other in dividual, on the subject of Popery ; and we could earnestly recommend to all men, and not more to Protestants than Roman Catholics, a patient examination of the documents laid before the public, and the plain reasoning on those do cuments contained in this speech Slr. M`Ghee adduces a work of the most unquestionable authority, even from the pen of the Pope himself, in which, before he ascended the papal chair, he asserted the infallibility of the man who fills it—the supremacy of his dominion—the nature of his government—that the very essence of that go vernment is its immutable and perpetual activity—that this activity consists in setting forth and maintaining its laws— that the actual exercise of the church's authority, her un flinching assertion of her .rights, her utter incapability of abandoning her pretensions, is indispensable even to her existence—that her authority is set up by Christ, as supreme over all'hurnan powers—that all who refuse obedience to her are to be. punished—that obedience to her is obedience to God himself—and that the Pope is armed wi h power to enforce obedience, which consists in that of excommunica tion, independent of a ll ot h er power s on earth. Mr.f 11 , 1`Ghee, having demonstrated these premises, argues incontestibly that these principles must be those of the whole body of the Cardinals, who elected as their head the man who had set them forth, and necessarily the principles of all those whom the Pope invests with any authority in all the world. He also argues, a priori, that the man who sets forth such principles must, according to his power, ne cessarily carry his own principles into effect. Then he traces with the most distinct precision the effects which he has before so often brought home against the Irish hierarchy, and which they have never been able, even in one instance, to contravene from the very year the Pope ascended the chair of Peter, namely, 1831. In that year he proves that the Irish bishops of this province enacted their statutes in synod, setting no Dens to direct the consciences of the people. The next year, 1832, the Pope issues his encyclical letter, condensing in it, in fact, the principles of his book. In that year Dens issues from the press, and a code of laws of the must iniquitous, anti-social, persecuting character was added, to give the force of law to the worst principles of Dens ; while books containing the most dangerous doctrines which have ever disgraced the Papal Church, were printed, and are actually at press, some of them, not yet finished, under the authority of the Pope himself, at Rome —and the medals commemorating the massacre of St. Bartholomew are yet being struck from his mint—while the present lecturer in his own college is demonstrating the right of the Pope, as Christ's representative, over every baptized person, as his subject, owing him obedience beyond all that he owes a temporal so vereign—and also is laying down the law that " religious tole ration is impious and absurd!" It is impossible for any sober man, who reads Mr. M'Ghee's speech, to doubt, for a moment, the obj ect o f the Pope and ail the hierarchy of Rome, or to doubt that they are, at this moment, to the utmost of their power, secretly—if, indeed, it can be called secretly—carrying, out their own temporal su premacy,wt speech,ihe every can not only in this immedi a t e empire, but wherever throughout the w or ld . T he statements, in this ich hrow a light over th e un i versal activity of Popery, man remarks, but of which this statement in controvertibly demonstrates the system and the principles, by laying clearly open the mainspring that moves the machinery of it all. Mr. M`Gbee, we would observe to Roman Catholics, shows that this is not the system of the laity but the hierarchy; but he proves how the hierarchy make religion the instrument of moving the laity. We would urge our Roman Catholic neighbours, the n , t o re fl ect what the i ssue o f such a system of iniquity must be. PROPERTY.—`` I do not know," Lit sa ys Dr. Paley, " wise_ thee our attachment t o p ro p er ty be not somet hin g more than the . mere dictate of reason, or even the mere effect of asso ciation. Property communicates a charm to whatever i s t h e object °fi i t. It is the first of o ur abstract ideas ; it cleaves to us the closest and the longest. It endears to the child its plaything, to the peasant its cotta g e. to the landow ner his prospect and scenery. estate. It supplies the plac e ofln stead of coveting the beau t y of distant situations, it te h ch es every man to find it in his own. It gives boldness and gran deurfaiiovitso.,p,LaiNnsataunrdai fe ns tinge and colouring to clay s an d Theology. Pans-TON AND WYDD RAILWAY.—A as } of the share bring holders of the Preston and Wyre Railway w Monday, when it was determined , with the view to -eldon the undertaking in its proper light before the public, that a com mittee should he appointed to devise measures for the pay ment of the interest due to the Royal Exchange Assurance C om pany, and also to report generally on its affairs and pros pects. Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, M.P., a n d M r. I. Abel Smith, M.P., were present to support the arguments addu ce d in the directors' report in favour o f a steady perse verance on complete the part of the shareholders to the whole of the project, including the harbour and docks ; and a statement was made by the managing director, from which it would ap pear, that if proper pecuniary . measures were adopted, a lucrative traffic may eve n t ua lly be opened by means of steam vessels with the northof Ireland, and also the Scotch coast, from Fleetwood. The prol • riety of governme n t b e i ng ca ll e d upon to make a harbour of refuge in th a t l oca lity was a l so hinted at as a point which should stir up the s h are h o ld ers t o exertion to prevent their property being sacrificed through a sale by the mortgagees, and to secure to themselves the fair profits looked for as sure to result from unity among th em in carrying it t o a completion. The committee was named, and another met • tin will be held to r • • wive i ts report. )be, Ellen street Corn _ OF A HOR aer, on Samuel Fret ife of the Ann Fretwell, of 8, Ellen:street IA of last February de - treet, on go o was a carman to a Mr. withers, c irm to a hay-loft up a ladder, on gaining the last step over balanced himself and fell to the ground on his bead, in which state be remained for two hours in an insensible condition. During the time he was lying there several p ets ms who had him called to him, but received no answ he deceased lay was an )atly attached to the dc Near rich was most d in a stable, nd, hearing the dec such a length of time s hind legs burst the door open, and, on coming d, caressed him in an affectionate manner, and its mouth of a macintosh which deceased had , d him to the manger, when the deceased caught ng to its putting its head down, ) and walked home. He had a 1 up, but he still on his head, which was h ght concussion of the brain lie died blow. N 'ntil Death." —ln Paisley, the absence of demand for the usual manuf of the y of the makers have been turning their attenti nd articles of r some weeks past silk, sil mnpieces and handkerchi ad more of them could be forward. During that time d than the maker,: reat number of the many of them so success one extensive the work of those who have been long at these goods. market stands, and with business in its usual state, we ook forward for a pretty brisk run in a small way for h or two to come ; bat, as it is. with trade in such a depressed and hopeless condition, and from tartans being almost exclusively a winter wear, the makers are afraid to enter into the business to any great extent, or to commit themselves by the extensive purchase of the raw material necessary for that purpose, which, perhaps in two months hence, would not be obtained for the finished goods. The numbers on the Paisley relief fund, week ending October 18 .. . • • • .. 6,538 Week ending October 25: ___ • Dependents Females .. Dependents 2.710-3,608 1,355 1,536-2,891---6,492 —ltenfrewshire Refortner go, a mechanical - ha hole in a was solved by pressing one of the projec _,e till it was reduced to half its former thickness ; ption of its original size being afterwards effected of mahogany rods passing throng COMPRESSION OF WOOD UZZIE —A few year piece of t by steeping the wood in warm water. It was at that time pointed out bow this principle of compression might be very practically applied with advantage. Hammers, choppers, and numerous other tools may have their wooden handles thus immovably fixed, by making the hole or mortice in the iron of a tapering form, compressing the end of the handle so as to cause it to pass through the small entrance, and then soaking the wood in water to re-expand it. The bars for chairs and planks for flooring boards, might be united in a firm manner by similar means. It is probably on this prin ciple that we must explain a method sometimes adopted of splitting large masses of stone. For constructing mill stones, a mass of stone is cut into the form of a cylinder, several feet in height. Circular and horizontal indentions are then cut in the surface, entirely around it, and at a distance proper to produce the proper thicknesses for mill-stones. Wedges of willow dried in an oven, are then driven into the indentations by means of a mallet; and when they have been forced to a proper depth, they are moistened or exposed to the humidity . of the night a i r . O n th e f o ll ow i ng morn ing the pieces of stone are found to be severed one from another ; or rather the solid block is rent into parallel circular pieces. Now, in this case it seems probable that the forcible driving of the willow wedges compresses the wood of which they are formed ; while the subsequent wetting restores them to their former_ thickness, and in so doing rends the stone. —Saturday Magazine. ,ssist t I believe you , zur, 1 do, at t of the bad. ,t have .e has r son, and without profit im. The chant las gone by for ace of amusem rate of payment to st Lnd the can b .n tell nothing that is good lie be to sly las red the file tha the rith it ly hadhad of a inda )1 0 lOth ern' the rea d og it 011 their WA , ht it wag 5 few m ate pro book ptaio " w ere Gray him 22t1 'alai' wily Sept• o ver , then of the w ards after ►t on" it tha t id pot ailed , c ourt• )r. ;truc k t , found Y oung aptai" cau se 'r; nraln 9 . 0 0 ° ) fling 3 lathe r ; ire''t e car The 0 01 1 ~sed 0, .. Ile 1. , sores eck' aY did 7 a lbot: Pa y e flog l uisb ed oli! 74 .; ig hto ode' call - ,„1 se ve r ,' le 0 10 r , to ~ 1 a nd ? I ' , to it,: