The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-02 00:00:00

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. GLORIOUS CONSERVATIVE TRIUMPHS. The Elections which have just concluded may with justice be regarded as the last struggle of the Whig faction for supremacy in the direction of our corporate affairs. Since the passing of the Municipal Reform Bill, which gave them unlimited controul in the Council, the Conservative party, by unremitting effort, and, above all, by the influence which character, talent, and honesty in the possession of any body of men will always at length assert for themselves, have, year after year, succeeded in weakening that power which the community in its first delirium of " Liberalism" had erected. Year after year the majority of " the philosophers" has been slipping from under their feet; and, for the last two years, they have only been able to exercise their mischievous domi nation by virtue of the sixteen votes of their own-elected and irresponsible aldermen. This year, however, eight o these votes were placed in peril. One half of the sixteen quasi -hereditary aldermen retire, by reason of the expiration of their six years lease of office ; and the gain or loss upon the whole elections involving the question as well—whether the retiring Whig aldermen should be re-elected or eight Conservatives introduced in their places—the struggle became of greatly-increased importance to both parties, and might, hi fact, without exaggeration, be termed, on the part of the Whig-radicals, a struggle for actual existence. Successful in this, they might be able to weather a few more years in cor porate authority ; but beaten now, they are extinguished— swamped—" done for" for the present century at least ! That it was viewed in this light by the Radical fiction it needs no great discernment or information to tell us. " No thing for nothing," is, we believe, a standing rule with your modern " Liberals ;" and it was most assuredly not out of pure affection that the thousands of pounds which now ap pear on the credit side of the names of some two thousand gentlemen in the town's books, (who have never been ac customed to have such an honour paid them in such locali ties,) were extracted from the breeches pockets of the Whig aristocracy. The Cassidys and Murphys would have slept none the less soundly ; the hod or the barrow have been wielded none the less cheerfully, from the circumstance that these enlightened individuals have paid rates for cellars which they never were called upon to pay before, and will, we much fear, never be inclined to pay again. But Wm. Rathbone and his fellow-protectors would have stood a little lower on their respective polls. Radicalism would have been deprived of the opportunity of making its last kick ; and Whig gold has accordingly been abundantly poured out to make the best of this opportunity. A system of glaring and wholesale bribery has, during the last two years, been introduced amongst the municipal constituencies ; fictitious constituencies, in fact, have been manufactured ; the professing admirers of purity have shone forth as the apologists and practisers of corrup tion ; and we need scarcely, therefore, be at a loss to con clude that on this occasion whig-radicalism has thrown its whole strength into the contest ; for most assuredly it has not spared any means, honest or dishonest, to effect its ob ject; and, with the result before us, we must, at the same time, be equally convinced that from henceforth the con temptible thing will never be permitted to erect itself, from its present prostrate and abject position. We are assured, indeed, with their usual want of truth by the whig party, that the scandalous malpractices complained of were introduced originally by the conservative party ; that they took the first step in paying the rates of their poor voters. It is scarcely necessary for us now attempt a serious refutation of assertions so grossly untrue. We may remind our readers, however, that the excessively pure Whig faction have not only shown throughout a disposition to defend these practices, which conservatism have never yet done, but even attempted to legalize them by act ofparliament It is per haps not so generally known as it ought to be that the bill of Lord Morpeth to amend (?) the present system of regis tration in Ireland had a clause smuggled into it expressly to legalize, in Ireland, the payment of rates for the voter by other parties ; and that the very clause was denounced by Mr. Emerson Tennant as intended to make wholesale bribery the rule, and not the exception, and moreover as borrowed, by its noble author, from the practice of the Protector So ciety in Liverpool ! Of the members who retired this year (sixteen in number), nine were conservatives and seven radicals. Although con siderable bustle and enthusiasm prevailed throughout the day, we have not heard of any breach of the peace, but be lieve that the police have been fortunate in maintaining order in every part of the town. Prior to entering into any statistical detail and comparison as to the voting during this and previous years, we will sub mit a brief statement of the polling in the respective wards last November : Wards Everton Majority Mr. David Hodgson (C).. 308 Mr. William Brown (It).. 287 Scotland Mr. T. M. Gladstone (C).. 214 Mr. W. Thornhill (It).. 215 Mr. FI . Copeland (C).. 108 Mr. W. Preston (R).. 86 ..,. Mr. R. B. Hollinshead (C).. 177 Mr. J. R. M`Gutlic (It).. 107 —lO Mr. T. Sands (C).. 199 Mr. W. Wood (It).. 169 30 Castle-street Mr. Peter Hope (C).. 206 Mr. J. Aikin (R).. 22S 22 Mr. E. Rae (C).. 137 Mr. J. Priestley (R).. 157 Mr. I. Toulmin (C).. 189 Mr. W. Rathbone (R).. 188 Great George's Mr. J. Cooper (C).. 175 Mr. T. Taylor (R).. 173 Rodney-street Mr. W. 11,rkett (C).. 269 Mr. C. Holland (R).. 211 Mr. J. Procter (C).. 314 Mr. T. Todd (R).. 277 Mr. J. Kilshaw (C)... 391 Mr. T. Blackburn (R).. 387 Mr. J. Davies (C).. 188 Mr. W. Slater (R).. 192 Mr. G. H. Lawrence (C).. 156 Vauxhall St. Paul's Exchange St. Peter's Pitt-street Abercrornby Lime-street St. Anne's West Derby Mr. L. Heyworth (R).. 96 Mr. J. Sheppard (C).. 138 Mr. J. Platt (R).. 144 North Toxteth.. Mr. R. Harbord (C).. 240 Mr. W. M. Duncan (R).. 233 South Toxteth At the last election, therefore, as the preceding statement exhibits, the conservatives, through the returning good sense of the people, succeeded in returning eleven, and the radicals not half the number of members to the council. At the election of 1839, when one of the wards was not contested, the total number of electors polled was 6490, and the total conservative majority was 194 ; nine conservative councillors and eight radical being returned, a vacancy having been oc casioned by death. In 1810, when each ward experienced a contest, there were 6619 electors who recorded their votes, and the conservatives had a total majority of 199. This year the conservatives polled amount to 4304, and the radicals to 3748, leaving a majority on the gross poll of 556 to the conservatives. If our readers can carry these figures in their memories, they will be able to see the decided reaction which has taken place in favour of conservative principles, from a similar summary of the voting in 1837 and 1838. In the former of these years the conservatives only succeeded in carrying four out of' the sixteen wards, whilst the radicals carried twelve. The gross majority of the radicals was 116, and the total number of electors polled was 6010. In the year 1838 only twelve of the wards were contested, and the conservatives returned six - and the radicals ten councillors, whilst the radical gross majority on the polling was 225. In 1839, therefore, the tide set in in favour of conservative policy, and has been ever since steadily and rapidly flowing in the same direction. The tables were then completely turned on the radicals, who, in stead of having as on every former occasion a considerable majority on the gross poll, were left in a woful minority. The rage of the radical faction ever since this memorable defeat has known no bounds, and no means have been spared, though of the basest description, to regain that ascendancy in the management of our local affairs which has been so completely and righteously wrested from their grasp. We have already alluded to some of the malpractices of the party, and shall not soil our pages by any further reference to them. The weather in the . former part of the day was attended with constant rain, but about noon the sky cleared, and the subsequent part of the day was tolerably fine, which increased considerably the animation and bustle. The squibs on the walls were extremely few ; there was only one worthy of no tice, and that represented our old friend, William Rathbone, passing a finger-post, pointing four ways, one to Pitt-street ward, another to North Toxteth, the third to Great George's, and the fourth to Green-bank, Mr. Rathbone's residence. He is wending his way, wrapped in a cloak, and with a wofel countenance, on the last-mentioned road, uttering as he strides along the ominous words, " Well, I'm done again." The polling throughout the day was carried on with consi derable spirit on the part of the conservatives, but the radi cals in all the wards appeared quite chopfallen, and the suc cess of their opponents seemed to render them dispirited and careless. It will be seen that last year the majorities in several wards were exceedingly small, but at the present election they are s uch as to render any threat of ulterior proceedings, which will no doubt he indulged in by the radical press, perfectly worthless. Last year the largest majority obtained in any instance was 60, whilst in two of the wards this year that number is more than doubled. The only instance of a result different to last year, and against the conservatives, is Ex change Ward ; and, remembering that the majority last year for the conservatives was 30, we cannot but think that there has been this time a little want of generalship on our part, or we should not have to mourn over this solitary defeat. In Pitt-street, last November, Mr. Toulmin defeated Mr. Rathbone by a majority of only one; this year Mr. Aspinall obtains a majority of 42 o ver a mu ch more popular man, Mr. Hornby. Last year, Mr. Cooper, the conservative candi date, gained his election by a majority of two ; this year Mr. James Lawrence defeats Mr. Rathbone (to effect whose return the radicals would use all their exertions) by a majo rity of 25. We might run through nearly all the wards with the same result, but we refer our readers to the two state ments, and ask thetn to compare them together. The following, we believe, are correct returns of each hour's polling in the respective wards : CONSERVATIVES. WARDS. Time. No. 1, EVERTON., 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 Majority. Thomas Shaw.... 105 178 222 250 279 302 330 127 2, SCOTLAND Isaac Holmes. 3, VAUXHALL 4, ST. PAUL'S Joshua Edwards.. 75 136 176 216 256 283 308 43 96 131 200 247 292 338 10 No contest. 59 130 173 198 223 253 301 5, EXCHANGE John Ridgway 6, CASTLE-STREET 7, ST. PETER'S. Ebenezer Rae.... 8, Pirr.sTEEET. James Aspinall 9, GREAT GEORGE James Lawrence.. 10, RonNEY-STILT. Benry Lawrence.. 11, ABERCROMBY. Robtsn.Gladstone 85 1,3 248 280 347 365 388 131 12, LIME-STREET. John Buck Lloyd. 80 134 195 243 206 353 424 13, ST. ANNE'S. James Parker.... 75 112 136 168 202 239 276 14, WEST DERBY. No contest. John Shaw Leigh Elected without opposition 15 ,, ST H . TOXTETH. S. Lee Trot man .. . NTH. TOXTETLI Alex. Smith, jun No contest 78 121 163 191 212 238 312 53 115 179 221 258 285 317 68 99 145 232 263 265 345 48 128 175 222 261 313 346 50 86 111 125 149 184 241 44 '56 89 162 198 253 312 375 36 RADICALS. Time, WARDE. No. 1, EVIIRTON. 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 Majority Michael Ashcroft. 62 97 122 150 163 178 203 2, SCOTLAND. George Quayle . 3, VAUXHALL. William Preston 4, ST. PAUL'S. Christ. Rawdon.. 42 94 122 166 204 242 264 5, EXCHANGE. Henry Holmes .. 6, CASTLE -STREET John Holmes ... . 7, ST. PETER' S . John Woolright.. 57 117 156 185 209 239 286 8, PITT -STREET. Hugh Hornby 9, GREAT GEORGE Wm. Rathbone 10, BODNEY-STRT. Charles Holland.. 11, ABERCROMBY. John Cooper .... 12, LIME-STREET. Thomas Morecroft 79 124 189 234 281 325 416 13, ST. ANNE'S. Thomas Chalmers 51 102 119 156 195 219 237 14, WEST DERBY. No radical proposed 15, STII. TOXTETH. W. 11. Tayleur 16, NTH. TOXTETH. William Lockerby 36 72 147 194 236 280 339 Presuming on the accuracy of the returns before us, we derive the following 71 104 119 186 234 277 328 No contest 62 139 182 223 248 270 325 21 No contest. 53 91 139 184 220 246 275 29 92 193 210 247 252 320 38 94 139 185 219 252 271 53 103 144 182 227 249 257 31 CO 89 111 140 165 197 SUMMARY Conservatives returned .. Radicals Total number of conservatives polled Total number of radicals polled Total number of electors polled Total conservative majority After the above was in type, we received the following official return of the voting, which, as will be seen, differs very slightly from our own, though we think it best to give both : Borough of Liverpool. MUNICIPAL ELECTION, lsr NOVEMBER, 1811. Final State of the Poll. No. 1. EVERTON WARD. 330 1 Michael Ashcroft 20 No. 2.— SCOTLAND WARD. 313 George Quayle 3O No. 3.—VATTXHALL WARD. Tomas Shaw Isaac Holmes, No other Candidate voted forj William Preston No. 4.—ST. PAUL'S WARD. Joshua Edwards _ 308 I Christopher Rawdon No. J.—EXCHANGE WAILD. 300 I Henry Holmes _ ___ John Ridgway . No. 6.—CASTLB.STREET WARD No other Candidate voted for. I John Holmes.. PETER'S WARD. 312 I John Woollwright Ebenezer Rae No. B.—PITT-STREET WARD. James Aspinall 317 I ,.. Hugh Hornby No. 9.—GREAT GEORGE WARD 344 I William Ratliborie No. 10.—RODNE1'-STREET WARD James Lawrence Henry Lawrence No. 11 Robertson Gladstone 345 I Charles Holland .-ABERC ROMBY WARD, 388 1 John Cooper No. 12.—LIME-STREET WARD 424 I Thomas Morecroft .... 416 No: 13.—ST. ANNE-STREET WARD John Buck Lloyd James Parker No. 14 John Shaw Leigh ... 276 1 Thomas Chalmer —WEST . DERBY WARD. lu I No other Candidate voted for 15.-SOUTH TOXTETH WARD Simon Lee Trotman 241 Wm. Houlbrook Tayleur 197 No. 16.—NORTH TOXTETH WARD 374 William Lockerby .... 338 RD. RADCLIFFE, Town-clerk. Town-hall, Ist November, 1841. Five o' Clock. Alexander Smith, jun The following is a complete list of the Town Council as now constituted, distinguishing the politics of the members, and the number of years which each has to serve. Those whose names are marked with an asterisk (*) are new mem bers. The retiring aldermen are in italics : _ No. of years to serve. No. I.—EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD. Alderman—Joseph Hornby r*Thomas Shaw (C) 3 Councillors David Hodgson (C) 2 Francis Shand (C) 1 No. 2.— SCOTLAND WARR. Alderman—Thomas Holt (R) 3 Isaac Holmes.. Councillors { William Thornhi11. Richard Houghton (C) 1 No. 3.—VAUXIIA.I.I. WARD. Alderman—Thomas Bulley . . *William Preston (R) 3 Councillors { Henry Copeland (C) 2 Henry Robertson Sandbach (C) 1 No. 4.—Sr. PAUL'S WARD. Alderman—William Purser Freme (R) 3 *Joshua Edwards (C) 3 Councillors {R. R. B. B. H. Blundell C) 2 John Barton (C) 1 No. S.—EXCEIANGE WARD. Alderman—Robert Roskell Henry Holmes . Councillors {Thomas Sands James Mellor (R) 1 No. 6.—CASTLE-STREET WARD. Alderman— t John Holmes (11 3 Councillors { James Aikin (R 2 Thomas Bolton (R 1 No. 7.—ST. PETER'S WARD. Alderman—Thomas Leathorn. r*Ebenezer Rae Councillors i John Priestley Richard Bright No. S.—PITT-STREET WARD. Alderman—Thomas Boot/i.. *James Aspinall .. Councillors{ Thomas Toulmin (C) 2 Richard Vaughan Yates (R) 1 No. 9.—GRE AT GEORGE WARD. Alderman—Richard Sheil ( l9 James Lawrence Councillors {Joseph Cooper Thomas Robinson... (C) 1 No. 10.— RODNEY-STREET WARD. Alderman—Eyre Evans Henry Lawrence Councillors { William Birkett . J. N. Wood No. 11.—ABERCRONIBY WARD Alderman—T. B. Barclay Robertson Gladstone. Councillors { James Procter Christopher Bushell (C) 1 No. 12.—LIME-STREET WARD Alderman—William Earle (R) 3 *John Buck Lloyd... Councillors{ John Kilshaw. . Robert Rigby . No. 13.—ST. ANNE'S WARD. Alderman—Robert Been James Parker (C) 3 Councillors { William Slater (R) 2 Robert Jones, jun. No. 14.—WEST DERBY WARD. Alderman—James Moon (R) 3 John Shaw Leigh Councillors { G. H. Lawrence (C)(C) 2 1 John Smith 15.—SOUTH TOXTETH WARD. Alderman—George Mit (R) *S. Lee Trotman .. Councillors{ John Platt Francis Jordan (R) 1 No. 16.—NORTH TOXTETH WARD. Alderman—C. H. Jones .. (R) Alexander Smith, jun . (C) 3 Councillors { Richard Harbord (C) 2 Daniel Mather .. (R) 1 t As the question of who is the alderman for this ward, whether Mr. Harvey or Mr. Nichol, is still under legal investigation, we cannot at present name the gentleman. The present constitution of the council is therefore as fol lows, allowing Mr. Harvey his vote as alderman for Castle street Ward, which it is probable he will have the decency not to exercise under existing circumstances : Conservative councillors. " 34 Radical do. . Do. aldermen .. At the election for mayor, presuming that every member of the couri , nl will record his vote, the numbers will stand thus : For the conservative For the radical Majority for a Conservative Mayor 4 _ At the election of aldermen, anticipating again that all the members are present, the voting (if any) will be as follows : For conservative aldermen . For radical do. Majority for 8 Conservative Aldermen 12 The conservatives will thus elect eight aldermen in lieu of those who retire, when the following will, next week, be the relative nuinbers of the council : Conservative councillors. Do. aldermen Radical councillors Do. aldermen.. Majority for the conservatives Total members in the council We will now give a few brief notices of the progress of the election in the various wards. EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD. The polling-placa, in former years, was at Halliday's, Ever ton Coffee-house. It was on this occasion transferred to New's. the Derby Arms Hotel, Kirkdale, to the serious in convenience of a large and respectable body of the voters. The sttendance was great, and the scene animated. Mr. Thomas Shaw had his committee-room in the lower part of the premises of Mr. Hilton, bottom of Netherfield-road, and Mr. Michael Ashcroft, at Miss Johnson's, confectioner, Kirkdale-road, " just opposite." A great deal of cars, coaches, &c., were driven up, particularly to the former ; and numbers of gentlemen from Everton and the neighbour hood were early in attendance, and handed in their voting papers, on their way to town. Kirkale-road and Scotland road presented an unusually animated appearance, from the number of carriages and well-dressed pedestrians hurrying to fro throughoot the day. The result of the contest was anti cipated at the first hour. The radicals appeared to be as dull and gloomy as the weather, which, however, afterwards brightened up, and the afternoon was fine and sunny. At ten o'clock the numbers were, for Mr, Shaw 105, and for Mr. Ashcroft 62, with a growing majority for the former. At a quarter past ten, the Rev. Hugh M`Neile came up in front and gave his vote. He was greeted with the greatest tokens of respect by numbers of individuals as be passed to and from the polling•booth. At twelve o'clock the votes were 222 to 122, and this ma jority of 100 was, (most strongly.) maintained until one o'clock,--the number then being 250 and 150 respectively. At two it became evident that the radical could not pull up ; and the conservatives had it all their own way. At three o'clock the votes were —Shaw. 302 ; Ashcroft, 178 ; the num bers at the close being-- For Mr. Shaw 330 Mr. Ashcroft being a majority for the former of 127 votes. There was not the • slightest disturbance of the peace throughout the contest. Several police-officers were present, but they were mere spectators of the contest, which was dis tinguished by the greatest good humour. SCOTLAND WARD The radicals in this ward mnstered all their force early in the morning, and up to ten o'clock they managed to place their candidate in a majority of 24. This position was maintained only for a short time ; gradually they began to fall behind, and at twelve o'clock they were in a minority of 14. After this the struggle on both sides became desperate, the canvassers were hurrying about in all directions, and we noticed Mr. Davies, the active secretary, very busy amongst the various electors in the ward ; he was in various districts industriously employed in bringing up troops. About three o'clock, the majority was lessened to about 15. About half past three came the " tug of war." The radical committee tendered their votes, still Mr. Holmes was in a majority of about a dozen, and all the exertions of their opponents, and strenuous indeed they were, could not bring that majority down lower than ten, at which it was reported when the poll closed. We cannot refrain from observing here the unbecoming and disgraceful conduct of the opposite party, who, when they found the tables so completely turned, began (as is their usual practice) to annoy the party opposed to them. Some females in Mr. Quayle's committee-room were so uprorious that it was with difficulty we could collect what fell from Mr. Holmes. After the uproar and cheering had subsided, Mr. Holmes presented himself at the upper window of his committee-room, and thanked the electors sincerely for the honour they had conferred upon him ; it was a great victory they had achieved, and he (Mr. Holmes) thought Mr. Quayle might now ship himself for the Isle of Man, and there grow cabbages. He (Mr. Holmes) had no personal enmity towards Mr. Quayle, or any other gentle man. His object was to accomplish, what they had achieved, a majority in the town-council; and it hitherto had been his object to expose, openly, whatever he (Mr. H.) did think gross or objectionable in that council. Mr. Holmes again thanked the electors, and withdrew from the window amidst loud and continued cheering. VAUXHALL WARD There being no opposition in this ward to Mr. William Preston, (KO the proceedings were comparatively uninter esting. A few minutes before nine o'clock a number of the voters presented themselves at the polling booth, in Vauxhall-road, anxious to deliver their voting papers. The alderman and assessors were not less anxious to receive them, and opened the poll at least two minutes before the time appointed by law, according to their own watches ! The first names received, those of " Patrick Daly and Wm. Hughes," being positively put on record before nine o'clock. The poll was closed a few minutes before eleven o'clock, 62 having voted. The candidate and his friends, and a num ber of the voters, afterwards retired to the committee room, Rocklirs, Vauxhall-road. Mr. Buller addressed the elect ors. He4tated that they had redeemed the character of the ward by returning triumphantly a gentleman who would support free trade, general education, and " the rights of man." But, however great the stake they had in that ward, they had an equal interest in the others, and he trusted that every one present would turn out and give his assistance in whatever ward he had any influence. Mr. PRESTON briefly returned thanks to the voters for the trust they had reposed in him, and added, that when the time for which he was elected had transpired he should de. liver it up unsullied. He was warmly received. Mr. M. ROURKE then addressed the electors. The cause in which they had embarked was that of truth and justice, and he trusted all present would do their best to promote that cause in the other wards. He had heard of some re flections on the Irish voters, but be could assure them that they were unfounded, as they had come like men, and up wards of 100 voting papers were put in, which it was unne cessary to record. Cheers were then given for the candidate and others, and the meeting dispersed. Of course it answers the purpose of Mr. Rourke, and such as he, to talk about the purity of the protector voters, but it is well known that if these fraudulent votes had been ex punged from the burgess list, as they ought to have been, Mr. Preston would not be at this moment the representative for Vauxhall Ward. He enters the council-room as the choice of a lot of spurious electors foisted on the register by the illegal and immoral decision of our impartial and perti nent mayor, and not as the popular representative of those who, according to law, have a right to record their votes. ST. PAUL'S W , ARD The poll opened with great animation, and was kept up throughout the day with corresponding spirit by both parties, who, respectively, did their best to obtain a triumph. The polling place was at the corner of Prussia-street and Ray street, and the doors and immediate neighbourhood were crowded with anxious voters and expectants throughout tl e day. Here, as in most of the contested wards, the majority for the conservative became manifest at an early hour, leav ing little doubt of his success. At half-past eleven o'clock, Mr. Edwards bad polled 166; Mr. Rawden only 116. At twelve, the numbers were 76 to 122—leaving a majority for Mr. Edwards of 54. At two o'clock, the precisely same majority was maintained ! At a quarter to four, the numbers were 304 and 264. And at the close, the conservative was 44 a head. The contest was one of the most interesting of the day in every respect, happily triumphant for the good old cause of conservatism. The crowds in the streets were immense and enthusiastic ; and, we are happy to state, general good humour prevailed throughout. There was a small emeute in St. Paul's-square, shortly before the close, in which an inspector of police got rather roughly handled, being thrown down and beaten on the head, by which party we could not ascertain. He was taken to a druggist's shop in Highfield-street, and was found to be but very slightly injured. At the conclusion of the contest, Mr. Edwards and a num ber of his friends met in his committee room in flay-street, and lie was loudly cheered as the successful candidate, as was also Mr. Councillor Bushell. Mr. BUSHELL addressed the assemblage from one of the upper windows of the house. He introduced to those present, Mr. Edwards as his particular friend, and now councillor, in a brief and neat address. Mr. EDWARDS, who was hailed on his appearance at the window with the loudest acclamations:—Gentlemen, language cannot express the feelings of gratitude with which I am im pressed for vonr kindness in returning me as your represen tative, for I feel overcome by this manifestation of your friendship. You invited me to become a candidate for your favours, and I am truly proud of the result, for you have re turned me by a triumphant majority of 44. In the address which I put forth, I told you that my principles were strictly conservative, and that my votes in the council would be so regulated. I am a friend to the education of the people— especially scriptural education. My desire is that every child shall be enabled to read his Bible. We have fought the bat tle manfully, and with a good and kindly feeling. Towards my opponent, as an individual, I entertain feelings of the highest respect. I considered him a good citizen and a gentleman. I assure you, I would rather have encountered another man. I entered the field reluctantly against him. I told him that I should meet him in fair and open contest ; and having fought the battle manfully, the victory is yours. I again thank you most cordially for placing me in this honourable position of your representative, and shall do my utmost to merit your approbation. (He withdraw amidst the loudest applause.) Mr. BUSHELL being called upon said, that his worthy friend, Mr. Edwards, had made a most important omission. He had merely addressed the gentlemen; but he (Mr. B.) preferred addressing them as " ladies and gentlemen," for the ladies were good conservatives, and ought not to be for gotten. He had, indeed, so high a respect for the sex, that if it were agreed that they should have votes, he should be come an advocate for universal suffrage. They had done honour to themselves and the town in electing Mr. Edwards ass their representative. (Hear.) He was happy to say that the conservative voters had that day consummated a victory which they had for six years been struggling to achieve. They had that day sent a conservative majority to the Town Council, which would prove to be an advantage not only to themselves but to the community at large, as would be shown by the result of the next six years, as compared with the last. Of Mr. Edwards he could not do less than say that he was a good father, a good neighbour, and a good citizen, and he could not fail, therefore, to be a good representative of their interests. (Much applanse.) Mr. WRIGHT congratulated the electors on their making the ward a conservative one. He had himself found it a radical ward, and was rejoiced to leave it conservative. (Cheers.) Mr. ROBERTS, the chairman of the committee, afterwards addressed the electors in a very felicitous manner; and the assembled multitude separated after giving loud and enthu siastic cheers for their representative and his friends. EXCHANGE WARD This being the only ward which the conservatives have lost, out of the fourteen that they contested, deserves some few remarks relative to the cause to which the loss may be attributed. The great number of what the liberal party de signate the " protectors," that are placed upon the municipal register in this ward, residing principally in the low streets that run from Tithebarn-street to Dale-street, and who to a man were expected to vote for the liberal candidate, made the conservatives from the first not once sanguine in their expectations of winning this ward. They, however, though this and other causes militated seriously against them, were not going to let the liberal candidate walk quietly over the course without a severe struggle, and, consequently, con tested the ward well from the opening to the close of the poll. From the commencement of the polling, Mr. Holmes always kept slightly ahead of his opponent, his majority va rying from ten to thirty. From half-past two o'clock until four, there was an immense number of votes recorded, in deed at times so rapidly, that the poll clerks had some diffi culty in taking correctly down the names ; on several occa sions the voting was so rapid, that they had frequently to ask the number of names of the parties whose votes had just been recorded. Erom two o'clock until four, Mr. Holmes maintained, with little variation, a majority of 22 to 28. At three o'clock it recome pretty evident that Mr. Holmes would, without some extraordinary exertions on the part of the conservatives, be the sitting councillor. Our reporter, who was in the Sessions House some time previous to the close of the poll, gives a graphic description of the style of dress and manners of many of the protectors who recorded their votes in favour of the liberal candidate ; many of them being so meanly and poorly clad, that parties who there witnessed their polling, frequently made audible observations, in wonder at such parties being able to get upon the register. About half after three o'clock, Mr. Ridgway, the conser vative candidate, voted for himself, and was shortly after wards followed by Mr. Holmes, who, in like manner, voted for himself. About this time, we observed Joshua Edwards, Esq., the conservative candidate for St. Paul's Ward, came up to record his vote for Mr. Ridgway. Mr. Edwards being a duplicate vote in St. Paul's and Exchange Wards, it was a pretty sure criterion that all went well in St. Paul's. At the final close of the poll Mr. Holmes was in a majority of 21 votes, as nearly as can be ascertained. After the result of the poll being announced, a feeble cheer was raised by some few parties in the Sessions-house, to which the Con servatives present made no objection, feeling certain that the Exchange ward was the only one in which they would have that gratification. There was a great crowd in the street at the close, but all parties quietly dispersed, after hearing an election harrangue out of the windows of the Liberal coin inittee-room, by a drunken man, who was only prevented falling through, by a female, (we suppose his wife) who held him by the skirts of his coat. CASTLE-STREET WARD There was no contest in this ward, Mr. Peter Hope who had been named as the conservative candidate being unwil liing under the existing disadvantageous circumstances to enter a contest with Mr. John Holmes. Mr. Holmes, though not a conservative, is a man of moderate principles ; and we are willing to believe that he is possessed of an im partial mind, as on several questions he has not only voted, but spoken against the schemes of the scheming liberals. He is, probably, the best member of their party whom they could have proposed for this ward in the place of Sir Joshua Walmsley, the retiring member. Mr. Robert Ellison Harvey, the alderman elected by the liberal majority of the council, without being upon the bur gess roll, presided. No notice whatever was taken of the objection to his election. Sir Joshua Walmsley gave the first vote for Mr. Holmes, and several others foll owe d. Th e booths were kept open till a little after ten o'cl oc k, an hour after the last vote was given, when they were closed, and Mr. Holmes of course was returned to the Town -hall as duly elected. ST. PETER'S WARD Who says St. Peter's \V .d is not conservative ? who calls it the Gibraltar of the rads ? and wbo says that there are not true-hearted, loyal, honest, brave, and persevering English men, who devotedly love their church, queen, and constitu tion, in it? . . " I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word," exclaims Gratiano when Shylock finds the tables turned against him ; and so we thank thee, Mr. Radical Bright, for teaching us that word " GIBRALTAR." GIBRALTAR! Would we could scream it upon paper, and let it ring in the mortified ears of every viprous radical, from Mr. Wooll right in 80ld -street, down to the sweep in some back slum and dark alley in School-lane. GIBRALTAR ! An Elliot —not he of China--is Mr. Rae's chairman. and good gene rals are his committee, and brave men are his voters—honour be to them; they have achieved a victory, and all the so phistry in the world cannot make it otherwise. The Rads are not DEFEATED, they are CONCLUERICD! and we shall bear no more of them from this time henceforward. The polling was animated throughout the day. Towards the close, Mr. \%oollright's supporters saw that the game was up, and " despair stood upon their sweating brows," gleams of hope darting in only as some solitary burgess came to add his mite ! At the close of the poll the numbers were tri umphantly delivered thus : Mr. Rae Mr. Wool!right Majority for Mr. Rae, A car, containing two voters for Mr. Woollright, came up the instant the poll had closed, to their evident chagrin and the laughter of the crowd, who, just at the moment, were enthusiastically greeting the returns. Mr. RAE retired to his committee-room, where he ad dressed the voters, his committee, and friends as follows : Gentlemen,—How have the mighty fallen ! How have their boastings ended in smoke! The battle has been fought, and the battle has been won ; the honour be yours—yours the glory of the victory. (Cheers.) Not only have you taken Gibraltar—(loud laughter)—but you have blown it up, —(continued cheers and laughter)—and placed in it I hope a good conservative soldier, who will fight for you the battle of the constitution. It is with no little feeling of pride that I find myself the first conservative member iu St. Peter's Ward since the passing of the Municipal Reform Bill, and I hope the time is not far distant when we shall have three conservatives. (We will, we will, and cheers.) I beg to re turn thanks to the gentlemen of my committee for their zeal and industry in my behalf, and for their good management. I promise you and them I will do all I can for the benefit of the town, and this ward in particular. I thank you sincerely and wish you good day. Mr. Rae then read the returns, which were greeted with immense applause and enthusiasm. Now let us look at the result of the last two elections, and see what a change has come over the opinion of the ward. In 1837, we find out of 621 voters, 192 voters for the radi cal and 168 for the conservative; 1838, we find out of 607 voters, 137 voting for_the conservative and 202 for the radical ; in 1839, we disco - ver Mr. Gibraltar Bright walking over the course, Mr. Roskell being disqualified by being an assessor. Then comes 1840—out of 294 votes, Mr. Rae polling 137 and Mr. Priestley 157, leaving Mr. Rae in a minority of 20. Now comes the crowning of St. Peter's Ward, and behold the change this year; as we have stated previously, the majority being in favour of Mr. Rae 26 ! over Mr. Woollright. Has Mr. Rae changed? No. Has Mr. Woollright lost the es- teem of his neighbours ? No—but radicali;in has—and if we may throw up our caps and shout, it is for the Gibraltar victory in St. Peter's ward. In conclusion we give the con tents of a scrap we picked up oil our way home :-- GIBRALTAR WARD. What ! have we won St. Peter's ward, The strongest hold of all? And scattered wide the boasting rads Like chaff before a squall?— What ! Peter's won ! and Woolright cast Like lumber overboard ? For ever shall its name remain— As GIBRALTAR WARD ! PITT-STREET WARD, be contest in this ward, from the popularity of both the candidates, Mr. James Aspinall and . Mr. Hugh Hornby, was, as might be expected, very close and severe. It might, indeed, with far more truth, have been termed the Gibraltar of the reform cause, notwithstanding the brightness of the intellect which suggested the comparison as to St. Peter's. It is worthy of remark, that in this ward, spite of the various radical influences which prevail within its boundaries, that conservatism has steadily progressed in it from the com mencement of the municipal act, till it has attained a position at once enviable, notorious, and triumphant. To prove this, it is only necessary to give a statement of the numbers since 1837. In that year there polled for the conservatives 208, and for the radicals 229; in 1838, for the conservatives 166, and for the radicals 210 ; in 1839, for the conservatives 189. and for the radicals 192 ; in 1840, for the conservatives 189, and for the radicals 188. We are happy in the overthrow of William Rathbone, whose third defeat we have noticed in our report of the proceedings in Great George's ward. In the present instance the majority of Mr. Aspinall over Mr. Hornby is 42, shewing a victory which, considering all cir cumstances, is one of the most important in the whole elec tion To those who know Mr. liornby's character, it will e unnecessary to state that great efforts were made to secure his re-election, A man of his standing and talent necessarily commanded them ; nevertheless, all was in vain. Mr. Aspi nall, the unwavering and staunch representative of conserva tive principle, was decidedly the favourite from the begin ning, and in the end he was victorious. At the close of the poll Mr. Aspinall addressed a few words to the people, con gratulatory of the success of their efforts. GREAT GEORGE WARD This was the ward, in the election of which Mr. William Rathbone, the twice rejected of other wards, was selected to try his third experinzent to obtain admission into the town council. The "vaulti ng ambition" of the patron of wash houses and other notrums, however, " over leaped itself" in this instance, for it so happened that in no part of the day was he able to obtain the slightest chance of success. The majorities against him from the commencement of the poll ranged from 14 to 40, and finally he was defeated by a ma jority of 20, according to the official return. The greatest exertions were used by Mr. Rathbone's friends throughout the contest, to secure him a respectable position on the poll, they having the sagacity to foresee that victory was totally beyond their power. Nothing of incident, worthy of notice, occurred during the day, unless we except the somewhat laughable circumstance of the Mayor rushing into the con servative committee room, about half-past three, mistaking it for the polling booth, which was next door, and in a tone approaching to despair, demanding to know whether the alderman and assessors had voted for this ward. On being told that he was in the conservative commitiee room, his worship retired, amongst unequivocal laughter, to obtain the requisite information from some more congenial place. It is but just to the people of the ward to say, that though means were not wanting to inflame their passions, and to excite their bad feelings towards the conservative candidate, not a single instance of disorder occurred, so far as we are aware. Just after three o'clock the desperation of the radical committee was at its height ; no efforts were spared to procure voters, and at one time they succeeded in reducing the conservative majority from upwards of twenty to sixteen. Their expecta tions, however, were very soon signally defeated, and at the termination of the contest Mr. Lawrence was left in a ma jority of 20—a result that was received with tremendous cheering. On the close of the poll, the friends of the conser vative candidate retired to their committee-room. when Mr. INGRAM . , chairman of the ward conservative associ ation, addressed the meeting, and congratulated the burgesses upon their having sent the proprietor of Green. bank where the proprietor of Green-baiik ought to go. The whole of the wards of Liverpool had looked to the issue of the contest of this ward with intense interest ; and he was happy to say that the ward had done its duty. For the third time the burgesses of Liverpool had sent Mr. Rathbone, not to protect their interests, but to look after his own luxuriant crops of cabbages and savoys. This result could not have been ob tained without the agent}• of the conservative voters ; it was to them that the safety of the ward was owing. They had, in his opinion, done the good old town a great deal of service in rejecting Mr. Rathbone, and in sending a man to repre sent them who would always endeavour to promote its true interests. (Cheers.) Mr. SAMUEL HOLME being loudly called for, presented himself at the window, and was received with loud cheering. He said that Ile could not but congratulate the assembled electors on the glorious triumph which had this day been achieved, the triumph of those principles under which this happy country had risen to unwonted greatness. (Cheers, and hisses from the radicals.) After sonic time had elapsed, during which Mr' Rathbone's party attempted to drown the voice of the speaker, he continued—He assured those friends on the other side of the street will did him the honour to applaud so vociferously, but who had such an odd and noisy mode of showing their liberality—(laughter)--that if they would only listen to him for a few moments in quietness, he would communicate to them some very pleasing intelligence connected with Mr. Rathbone, of whom, or of any other candidate on the radical side, who was probably as well con vinced of the truth of his political creed as he (M. H.) was of his, it was not his intention to say any thing direspeclul. (Cheers from both sides.) The election had been conducted with good humour, and in good humour he hoped it would terminate. (Applause.) The information: he had to com municate to Mr. Rathbone's friends was this—that although that gentleman had had the misfortune to be defeated in Great Georga Ward, as he had previously been defeated in Toxteth-park and Pitt-street, he had had the good luck to be elected for—Coventry. (Loud laughter, in which the radicals joined.) There was, therefore, no necessity now to make him an alderman. His friend, Mr. Ingram, had told them that Mr. Rathbone might now employ himself with ad vantage in cultivating cabbages and Savoys—(great laugh ter)—but he (Mr. H.) begged to supply an important ingredient to make the dish palatable, and that ingredient was Russian beef. (Immense cheering, and roars oflaughter.) But seriously speaking, it was with no slight gratification that he hailed the return of the electors to good old sound principles. The various appeals, both parliamentary and municipal, which had lately been made, declared without any mistake that England was attached to those noble institutions which elevated her in the scale of nations—that she loved her national church--(loud cheers)—that she loved the pro testant principles which were entwined with her constitution, and gave to it its stability—(great cheering)—and that she would never yield these stable blessings for a paltry system of liberal expediency, which was to often the mere worthless liberality of the lip, but which had no seat in the heart and the affections. (Cheers.) During the contest with the pre tender a century ago, an old Scotch woman, who was oue of his partisans, was seized by a mob and was thrown into a river. Such was her devotion to -the pretender that every time her head appeared above the surface she cried out amidst the bubbling waters, " Prince Charlie yet—Prince Charlie yet." And such pertinacity ought to be exhibited in defence of our principles. Whether in seasons when they are be clouded, or as now, when they have risen triumphant, it is our duty unflinchingly to exhibit our adherence to them, and to the very last to cry out, " Conservative principles yet— conservatiTe principles yet." (Loud cheers.) It was time, however, that he told them the state of the poll in that ward. It was, for _ Mr. Lawrence Mr. Rathbone Majority He had also to add that at least twelve out of the sixteen wards had been won, and he should probably not be far wrong if he said thirteen. (Cheers.) It was now clear that the election of both mayor and aldermen rested with the con servatives—(applause)—and be trusted soon to see Mr. John Shaw Leigh, or some conservative equally worthy, in the civic chair, and he hoped that all would take care and attend to escort him to church, after the good old custom. (Cheer ing.) Eight aldermen would also be selected, who were well known to the tradesmen and mech an i cs o f t h e town — (hear)—not those who carried away copper sheathi ng to p u t it on their ships bottoms in America, but some of those well known and respected East and West India merchants whose names were as familiar as household terms—who built their vessels in our own port—who rigged them with Liverpool spun ropes—and found them with stores, the production of Liverpool mechanics. (Vociferous cheering.) From pliv cal inability he could not say much more—( go o n )—b u t, be fore he concluded, he wished to say —use your victory with moderation. It is not a triumph over individuals—and those our own townsmen—it is the triumph of protestantism—the triumph of constitutional principles. Let us be thankful fo r our victory, and let all of us f or g et the animosities which a r e apt to be engendered in peri ods of excitement, and leave the good cause in the hands of those successful can did a t es w h om we may now hail as our municipal representatives. Mr. Holme retired amidst the loudest applause. Mr. INGRAM then explained that Mr. Lawrence had gone home so ill that it was I mpossible f or hi m to address the people. This announcement was received with much regret, and shortly afterwards the people separated, having first given three times three cheers for the success which had attended the conservative cause throughout the contest. RODNEY STREET WARD In this ward it was quite apparent from the commence ment, that the conservative candidate was sure to be returned by a large majority, and the result has sbewn that such has been the case. From the opening of the poll up to 4 o'clock, no reaction took place , and.theirconservatives performed duty with firmness and spirit. As we have remarked with reference to the election in another ward, the contest here was between a member of the established church on the one hand, and a socinian " gatherer of other mens stuff," to retail before admiring multitudes of the movement party, who listen to the sayings of Mr. Holland as the products of his own enlightened mind. At the close of the poll the numbers were— For Mr. H. Lawrence Mr. Holland.... Majority This is the largest majority ever gained in this ward. In 1839, when the conservatives first gained the day, the ma jority for Mr. Wood was 49 ; in 1840 it was 58, and in this year it is still further improved. ABERCROMBY WARD. Notwithstanding the previous defeats which the Radicals have experienced in this ward, and which we expected would have prevented any contest during the present year, our op ponents seemed determined to offer the most vexatious op position, however fruitless they must have known it to be. For this purpose they brought forward a Mr. Cooper, of whose qualifications for the office we know nothing; for we believe few persons ever heard the man named before. The Conservative candidate was Mr. Robertson Gladstone, who for three years has incessantly devoted his abilities for the promotion of the welfare of his constituents in every respect. Though we know the estimation in which Mr. Gladstone is held by every inhabitant of this district, was gratifying and well deserved, we were not aware until the result of the election yesterday, that he was so overwhelmingly popular. From the returns of the first hour we saw that the contest on the part of Mr. Cooper was a mere flash in the pan. As will be seen from our tabular statement, Mr. Gladstone's majority increased every hour, until at the close of the poll it amounted to 131. A review of the elections in this ward since the passing of the municipal reform bill, affords a most gratifying proof of the steady reaction which has taken place in favour of constitutional policy, For three years subse quent to the introduction of the act we have mentioned, the Radicals succeeded in obtaining a majority; but in 1838, when Mr. Gladstone presented himself as a candidate, the ward was arrested from their unpopular domination, and since then the majorities for Conservative principles have kept increasing. We alluded in the STANDARD of Friday, to the benefits conferred upon the town by the members of the Gladstone family, and we are glad to see that whenever an opportunity is presented, the inhabitants are ready to show that their liberality and painstaking exertions are not lost sight of. We need no further proof than the election of yesterday, to give the lie to all the calumnies which the Ra dical press have delighted to put forward, in a vain endeavour to injure the well-earned popularity of Mr. Robertson Gladstone. The Radicals, from the commencement of the polling were in evident dismay, and nothing could exceed the ludicrous countenances of the few stragglers around Mr. Cooper's committee-room. They evidently were not pre pared for such-a display of Conservative voters as were con stantly congregated around the polling booth, and whose cheerful appearance afforded a striking contrast to the down cast looks of their e opponnts. _ _ _ We have no doit6t that if every ward in the town was managed like this, the same result would crown the efforts of those who would take the trouble to watch over the interests of Conservatism. The exertions of Messrs. Muucaster, Mellor, Weston, and a few others are incessant in Aber cromby ward, and we merely mention the subject and the names of these gentlemen as a stimulus to the efforts of the parties who have time at their disposal in the other districts of the town. It is a fact worth mentioning, that the majority for Mr. Gladstone is the largest that appears in any other of the wards. What will the Journal say to this? if Mr. Glad stone be as represented by, that " journal," the " most un popular tnember of the most unpopular family in Liverpool," is there not something anomalous in the fact, that he has ob tained such a majority as that which we have given above? Only 20 merely duplicate voters, we believe, recorded their votes in this ward, and these persisted in giving their voices in favour of Mr. Gladstone out of personal respect. At the conclusion of the voting, Mr. GLADSTONE spoke from a window in the Phoenix Inn, and thanked the electors for the support of him and the cause. Mr. PROCTER was then called for, and congratulated the assembled electors on the signal victory which they had achieved, assuring them also of the willingness which he should at all times feel to assist in carrying out those valued conservative principles which placed him in the council chamber for Abercromby Ward. He also assured them, that Mr. Bushell would have met them on the present occa sion, but that he was occupied in St. Paul's Ward. Mr. P. concluded amidst loud applause. Mr. Gladstone was then escorted home by his friends, where he again breefly thanked them for the honour con ferred upon him ; afterwards the electors separated, much delighted with the result of the days labour. LIME-STREET WARD The contest in this ward was highly animated throughout. The greatest exertions were made by the Radicals to gain the ascendant; but it was in vain, the Conservatives keeping them at a distance throughout the day. The struggle was, however, a strong one. At twelve o'clock the numbers were For Mr. Lloyd „ Mr. Morecroft Majority for the former _ Peculiar interest was attached to this ward, particularly amongst the gentlemen of the legal profession, as botn the candidates are attorneys. Mr. Lloyd's return was anxiously desired, as, independent of his talents, he is personally greatly esteemed by every one who possesses the slightest intimacy with him. Last year the candidates were so near together on the poll, that both parties, at the close, claimed the ma jority ; but Mr. Lloyd this year has polled more men than on any previous occasion, and has also increased the majority. When the return of three o'clock was published Mr. Lloyd was in a majority of 28, but in the next half hour this majority was reduced to six, which inspired the radicals with a few gleams of sunshine. From this time the voters con tinued to poll as fast as their names could be taken at the window, but the conservatives mustered stronger than their opponents, and at the close placed Mr. Lloyd in a majority of eight. When the booth was closed there were about five and twenty votes still unpolled. The numbers were as follow : For Mr. Lloyd ... Mr. Morecroft Majority Immediately after the close of the poll, Mr. Lloyd made his appearance at the window of his committee-room, and addressed the crowd congregated in front. He said he felt it a high honour to be returned as the representative of the largest constituency of the town, and when he entered the council-room, though he went perfectly unshackled, he would devote all his energies to carry out any representation that might be made for the purpose of forwarding the interest of his constituents. He exhorted all his friends to shew an ex ample of forbearance and good-will towards their vanquished foes.—Mr. James Owen, the chairman of the ward, then came forward, and in a humorous speech addressed the elec tors. He said there was "no mistake" this time, and that in a " fair stand-up fight" they had beaten their opponents. Mr. Owen was evidently labouring under great debility. About three o'clock the mayor and town-clerk drove up at a rapid rate, and after a stay of only a few moments, set off for some other ward. . . ST. ANNE'S WARD During the day great excitement prevailed in this ward. At the opening of the poll the conservatives mustered strong, and at ten o'clock, the first return, the numbers were—for the conservative, 74 ; for the radical, 46. This naturally excited the enemy, and they struggled hard to regain their ground. At eleven they were only in a minority of 10 ; and during the rest of the day, both parties struggling hard for the mastery. It was as much as the radicals could do, how ever, to keep their ground, and with very little alteration, the conservatives kept their station, sometimes 7,8, and 9 a head, but never below, until a little before four o'clock when both parties were equal. Both parties then were put to their wits' ends for voters ; the cars were put into requisition, and the polling was quite equal for about a quarter of an hour. The conservative reserve, however, came up a few minutes before four o'clock, and at the time, the close of the poll, they were declared in a majority of 9. A report was raised in the radical committee room that their candidate had won by one, and three hearty cheers were given for Mr. Chal mers; their spirits, however, were damped, when the official statement announced that they were in the minority. At the close of the poll. Mr. PARKER made his appearance at the window of the Pontacks and thanked the people for having again placed him in the proud position of their representative in the Town Council ; that was the best proof they could give him that his conduct had met with their approbation—his success was the best proof of that. At a time like that, it would not be in good taste to allude to the means resorted to by their opponents, he would rather devote himself to the task of returning them his thanks. He did not like to allude to the means resorted to by his opponents, many of whom he respected personally, but the means bad been most disgraceful. He was proud to be able tai state to them, that they would now have a conservative Town Council, and he was convinced also that they would have a conservative Mayor. (Hear.) He was glad that the government of the town was now to be placed in the hands of persons whose prin ciples were in conformity with those of the party at the head of the government of the country. He trusted that the distress, which had hitherto stared them in the face, would, now that the Conservatives were in power, speedily disappear. (Ap plause,) After the toils of the day, he could do no more than return them his warmest thanks for their exertions, and hoped he would be able to serve. them as he had hitherto done. ROBERT JONES, jun., Esq., afterwards addressed the as semblage. They had now arrived at the climax'of municipal government, as they had of general government, and men were in power now who felt for the people. He was glad they had returned Mr. Parker instead of the other candidate, who felt nothing for them, and did not subscribe to any of the various charities of the town. (Hear, hear.) The assemblage afterwards quietly dispersed. WEST DERBY WARD The e'eXr n in this ward soon terminated, as the radicals were aware fi min the returns of previous years that any op position on the r part was hopeless, and a useless expenditure of mom y. Mr. John Shaw Leigh, the late representative of the ward. was again returned. Mr. Leigh has won golden opinions by his attention to the interests of his constituents, and we rejoice to see him once more in an office which will enable l,im to confer considerable advantage on the commu nity, mid for the discharge of the duties of which his talents and energies so eminently qualify him. The radicals must have been aware of his overpowering popularity, as well as the conservative strength in the ward, or they would have offered sime opposition to Mr. Leigh's return. SOUTH TOXTETH WARD The contest in this ward was between S. Lee Trotman, Esq., a conservative merchant extensively engaged in the West India trade, and W. Tayleur, Esq., of the well known firm of C. Tayleur and Sons—in politics a " liberal" of the first water, an advocate of the " cosmopolitan" :system of education in the corporation schools, a thorough hater of the established church, and, in short, a Socinian. The retiring councillor was Mr. M`Kee, a whig-radical; and the contest was scarcely a personal one, as in some other wards, but a struggle between the conflicting principles of conservatism, and of the movement towards republican institutions—be tween the supporters of an established church on the one hand, and, on the other, of Socinianism, Popery, and politi cal dissent of every hue and form, banded together in " beau tiful propriety" for its destruction. The " liberal" party placed their chief hopes upon the efforts which had been made by the " protectors" to swamp the register, whilst the conservatives relied upon the reaction which had been gradu. ally taking place amongst the electors, and upon the spirit which has been excited in behalf of the religion and the in stitutions of their country amongst the operative class, espe cially of that ward. At the opening of the polling-booth at nine o'clock, a strong body of twenty-six, not particularly well-dressed gen tlemen, about whose nationality there could be no mistake, presented themselves and took possession of the avenue lead ing to the booth. The polling went on rather slowly, and was marked by no excitement on either side, and at eleven o'clock the numbers were announced, giving the conserva tive candidate, somewhat to the surprise of the uninitiated, a majority of twenty-one. From ten to eleven the polling con tinued to go on slowly, and the numbers were announced at eleven—for the conservative 86, and for the radical 60. At twelve o'clock the radicals had reduced the majority against them to twelve votes. The polling between twelve and one was not nearly so brisk as is usual at this hour ; and the radi cal committee-room exhibited symptoms of considerable dis may. Mr. Councillor Jordan might be seen ever and anon emerging from the door to cast wistful glances up and down the road for the coming of the expected forces ; but they came not, and black disappointment Bloomed in the coun tenance of the antiquated radical, whilst the conservatives, merry as larks, from this omen began to reckon the game as their own. At one o'clock the numbers were for the conservative can didate 125, and for the whig 111. During the next hour the protector party pulled up a little, and at two o'clock had re. duced the majority against them to nine. This, however, was the expiring effort, and the conservatives afterwards rapidly increased their advantage, until the close of the poll at four o'clock, when the numbers were— S. L. Trotnaan, Esq W. H. Tayleur, Esq Majority in favour of the return of the former, thus returning, for the first time in this ward, a conservative member to the council. NORTH TOXTETH WARD In this ward, the retiring councillor, Alexander Smith, jun., Esq., conservative, **vas opposed by William Lockerby, Esq., a gentleman entertaining the slip-slop opinions of whiggery, an advocate of free trade, and other similar clap traps, with which the fallen Whig faction attempted during their last convulsive clutch of office to gull the people of England. Of Mr. Alexander Smith's opinions and preten sions, we need say very little. In the council he has dis tinguished himself, throughout his period of office, as an active supporter of conservative principles and measures ; and in addition to his public claims thus acquired, he pos sesses considerable and deserved personal popularity in the ward. We may add that his .unflinching maintenance of the claims of Protestantism upon a conservative government and a conservative council, contributed materially to strengthen the enthusiasm in his favour amongst the loyal constituency to which he appealed. . _ On the opemng of the polling-booth, at nine o'clock, a considerable body of voters were in attendance ; but there appeared to be little excitement displayed on either side, few of the voters wearing favours, and everything displaying a cold and spiritless appearance. At ten o'clock, however, the return of the polling giving a majority of 20 to the con servative candidate, appeared to create some sensation, the conservative canvassers moving about with increased acti vity, whilst their opponents appeared not a little stunned. Between ten and eleven, the polling proceeded slowly, and at eleven the numbers were for A. Smith, Esq., 89, and for his opponent 72, and at twelve for the conservative 162, and for the whig 147. Between twelve and one a strenuous effort was made by the whig party to effect a diversion in their favour, in which they partially succeeded. The trick of substituting the voting papers of the whig for those in the possession of the conser vative voters was tried by an individual, who intruded him self within the space railed off for the voters, no doubt for the express purpose. It was detected however, and the indi vidual attempting it was—(not so promptly, however, as he ought to have been)—ejected from his position by the police. Intimidation was next tried ; and in the very front of the poll ing booth a tradesman, whose name however we do not pub lish, was seen endeavouring to prevent one of his workmen from voting for the conservative, and heard to threaten him with dismissal if he persisted. By these and similar dis graceful efforts the majority for Mr. Alexander Smith was reduced at one o'clock to 4—the numbers being A. Smith, Esq., 198 ; W. Lockerby, Esq., 194. After this hour, however, the whig game was at an end, and the conservatives went rapidly a-head, amidst the cheers of their assembled friends. At two o'clock the majority for Mr. Smith was 17. At three o'clock it had increased to 32 ; and at four o'clock, the close of the poll, the numbers were— Alexander Smith, Esq 375 William Lockerby, Esq.. Majority. of the conservative 36 in favour At the close of the poll in this and the South Ward, the successful members immediately left their committee rooms, abstaining from the usual practice of addressing their Friends. A vast number of both parties were congregated together in tha neighbourhood of the Park-read the whole of the afternoon, and at the close of the polo" the conservatives departed'in a body towards Toxteth-ball, after which they shortly dispersed, leaving the chopfallen radicals not only disappointed in their hopes of victory, but deprived at the same time of the opportunity of creating a row, unless they might choose to get up one amongst their own body. We cannot avoid remarking upon the tardy manner in which the votes were taken in the Toxteths and in some other wards. During the first hour in North Toxteth only 92 votes were polled, notwithstanding the approach to the booth was filled with voters. In South Toxteth only 82 were polled ; iu Everton Ward the numbers were 168, and in Lime-street 159. It is possible that defective arrangements in the former wards might occasion the delays in ouestion— for in fact the polling-places in both were of the most wretched description ; but we cannot but think that, even taking these into consideration, the votes might have been taken with much greater despatch had the gentlemen taking' them displayed a disposition to get through business. MUNICIPAL ELECTION AT WIGAN.—At the election at Wigan yesterday, no radical candidate was proposed for any of the wards, and ten conservative councillors were returned ;bout opposition INVESTMENT OF PROPERTY.—Gentlemen and others who are investing their money in houses and land would do well to cast an eve over Mr. Williams's advertisement, which appears elsewhere. In it will be found some most valuable property, and a safe made of placing money, with a proba bility of a good return. MORE RAPID TRAVELLING. The important news brought by the Acadia was transmitted to London by a spe cial express. An engine and one carriage ' left the Grand Junction Railway station, Edge-hill, on Friday night, at 10h. 10m., and reached Birmingham at 12h. 55m., the distance 97 miles, having been performed in 2h. 45m. After some delay, another engine and carriage were got ready at Bir mingham. The train started at lb. 45m., and arrived at Euston station, London, shortly after the mail train which had left Birmingham at 12 midnight. The news was printed in all the morning papers and in an early edition of the Standard, and copies containing it were in Liverpool by 7, p.m., just 22 hours after the arrival of the Acadia. We understand that the Earl of Morton has unexpectedly and unsolicitedly presented the Rev. Dr. Ralph of this town, to the living of Aberdour, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. William Bryce, one of the Deans of the Chapel Royal, and one of her Majesty's Chaplains in ordinary for Scotland. ST. HELEN'S.—The police of St. Helen's have 'received orders from Mr. Superintendent Storey to apprehend all parties hawking goods for sale without a license. Two or three persons have already been detected in each case. The fines prescribed by act of parliament were inflicted. It will be perceived by our advertising columns, that Mr. Eisenberg, the celebrated chiropodist, has arrived here. The very flattering terms in which he has been spoken of by the London press would alone induce us to believe his visit to this town must result in great benefit to the public generally ; but that belief is strengthened after perusing many autograph testimonials in Mr. Eisenberg's possession, from parties whose rank and great professional attainments render their opinion in cases like the present of the most indis putable authority. BRINDLEY'S ANTI-SOCIALIST GAZETTE,--expOsing and replying to the blasphemous and seditious errors of Social ism, Mormonism, and Chartism, the 2nd number of which is now before us,—we confidently recommend as a most use ful and well-written paper. The present number for Novem ber contains, amongst other articles of interest, a most enter taining satire on the Socialist principles, under the head of " Address of the Beast of Beasts, in reply to a Socialist Beast," which, in a most pointed manner, shows the absur dity of Socialism when reduced to practice. The article on Mormonism exposes most completely the folly and wicked ness of the doctrines of the so-called " Latter-day Saints." The letter to Feargus O'Connor will also be read with much interest. Indeed, the number is full of information and in struction, and we sincerely hope it will meet with a very large circulation. MILNER'S FIRE-PROOF BOXES.—Since the trial of Mil ner's patent fire-proof boxes, advertised in our columns of this day, they have been similarly tested in Hull, Notting ham, Leicester, &c., and also previously in Durham, Dar r lington, &c., certificates of the satisfactory results of which, from the leading parties of each town who witnessed the same, are in the possession of the patentees. In the trial at Leicester, on Friday last, two boxes were submitted to the intense heat of a large quantity of Leicestershire coal and wood, in a state of active combustion, for the period named below—one completely filled with books, papers, and parch ments, the other supplied from the stock of Messrs. Hunt and Son (agents for Leicester), into which a few loose papers and deeds only were promiscuously thrown. The result of the trial gave general satisfaction, and the following letter has been received by the proprietors:— " Haymarket, Leicester, Oct. 15, 1841. " Sir,—Having attended the testing of your patent fire proof boxes this afternoon in the cricket-ground of this place, I beg to apprise you of my entire satisfaction that they are a perfect security in all ordinary fires, and also I have in my possession a piece of parchment which I took out of Messrs. Hunt and Son's box after it had been subjected, for one hour and a quarter, to a strong heat of wood and 5 cwt. of Leicestershire coal. The parchment alluded to is M a per fect state, and may be inspected by any person so wishing, calling upon me. Feeling so perfectly satisfied, I consider it justice, both to you and the public, to make this declara tion, and you are quite at liberty to make use of this as you think proper.—l am, &c. _ _ . . " JOHN R. EVANS, Chemist '—See Advertisement. " To Mr. Thos. Milner.". SHAMEFUL FRAUD.-----A case was brought before Mr Rushton, on Friday, of some importance to the public, and ought to put persons on their guard against purchasing pawn tickets from unknown individuals. it appeared from the statement of Mr. Dowling, and Constable Ainsworth, jun., that it has been the practice of certain pawnbrokers in Li verpool, to carry on a species of fraud of an exceedingly dis graceful nature. The manner in which it is done may be gathered from what follows :—John Graham, a person well known to the police as a suspicious character, was charged by Constable Ainsworth, jun., with attempting to defraud in. Williams of the sum of 165., by offering for sale a pawn ticket purporting to be the ticket of a watch pledged for £2 135., with Mr. M'Pherson, pawnbroker, Tithebarn street. It seems that upon inakin; inquiry into the value of the article, it was not worth near the amount of money stated, and that it was supposed M' Pherson, having a num ber of watches on hand which had not been redeemed, re entered them into his book, in a fictitious name, for perhaps three times the amount of the actual value, and afterwards employed such persons as Graham for the purpose of dis posing of these false tickets for such sums as could be re alised, and upon the present occasion he had offered for sale, to William Williams, the ticket as above stated. Constable Ainsworth said that there was a very material witness now in the Borough gaol for debt, but who could not be allowed to give evidence in the court, he having purchased a ticket of a watch, which when taken out of pledge and examined was found to be altogether useless. Mr. Rushton stated that he was sorry it would be his duty to discharge the prisoner, the evidence not being sufficiently strong for a conviction. He regretted this the more as lie conceived such a system ought to be dealt with in a severe manner. Had it been possible to have had the evidence of the person at present confined for debt, and the evidence thereby rendered complete, he would certainly have committed M`Pherson on the charge of con spiring to defraud ; but the evidence not being complete he would discharge the prisoner. TEN LIVES LOST AT BLYTII.—A truly melancholy ac cident happened at Blyth, on the morning of Thursday last, when ten lives were lost by the upsetting of the life-boat. It would appear that the Sibsons, of Blyth, had appeared off that place, from Archangel, when the owner of the ves sel, Mr Joseph Hogson who is also intrusted with the charge of the life-boat, resolved to man the boat, as is customary, to try if she is sea-worthy, and at the same time to convey instructions to his ship in the roadstead. Mr. Hodgson, Mr. H. Debord, and a crew of ten men were in the boat ; and when they had got into the open sea, which was very high at the time, a wave struck the boat and capsized it. Three or four of the unfortunate men succeeded in getting on the bottom of the boat, which was seen slowly drifting towards the beach, where some hundreds of anxious spectators were waiting its approach to the shore, and ready to render every assistance ; sea after sea broke over the hapless men who were still clinging to the boat's bottom, when the whole were washed from their precarious holding into the roaring surf. It was not long, h owever, till they were drifted within reach of those on the beach, who plunged in, with the most praisworthy zeal, to rescue their fellows from a watery grave. In a short time Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Debord, Henry Kinch, and John Hepple, were got out alive, but much exhausted ; Mr. Hodgson and Henry are Kinch recover ing, but Mr. Debord and John Hepple, expired soon after. The e v en t has p lu nged several families into the deepest grief, and created a general gloom in the neighbour hood.—Newcastle Journal. Six persons renounced the errors of Romanism in St. An toine's church, Dublin, on Sunday. Queen Christina is said to have saved £4,400,000 daring her regency. COUB.T OF PASSAGE.—FRIDAY, 29TH OCTOBER (Before CHARLES CROMPTON, Esq., Assessor.) CONNOLLY V. MOILINAIID This was an action to recover the sum of £l9los. for meat, drink, and necessary attendance, supplied for, and at the re quest of the defendant, to Margaret Tipton, and for work and labour done. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted and on this issue was joined. Mr. MURPHY, M. P., who appeared for the plaintiff, having recited the several counts in the declaration, said the plaintiff was a poor widow keeping a lodging house in this town, and the defendant was au extensive wine merchant, also holding the office of French consul at this port. Some time in the year 1840 he had a female servant in his house, named Margaret Tipton, who was possessed of considerable personal attractions. A slight lapse took place between her and Mr. Morinaud, the defendant. The consequence was, that Mr. Morinaud, being a married man, and not wishing that the matter should come to the ears of Mrs. Morinaud, felt it necessary to remove her for the purpose of her accouch ment to some place beyond the observation of his wife. He, therefore, took lodgings for her at the house of the plaintiff, In the month of May, 1840, to whom he agreed to pay 12e. a week for her board and lodging, during the time the girl re mained there. It would appear in evidence that she remained there from the 20th of May, 1840, to the sth of February. 1841—a period of 27 weeks, which, at 12s. a week, would amount to £lB 10s., which added to £1 for the attendance of the nurse, during the accouchment, would make the amount he (the learned counsel) sought to recover by the verdict of the jury. The mode by which he sought to fix Mr. Mori naud with this debt, and lie had no doubt whatever of being able to do it, was by showing that he had gone to the plain tiff's house over and over again, to see Margaret Tipton, as often as three or four times a day—that he had exhibited a great deal of solicitude for her during the period of her ac couchment, and that he had more than once promised to pay the amount then due. He should show that on one particular occasion Mr. Morinaud had taken her into Cheshire, and re mained with her all night—that when they came back, he repeatedly enquired after her comfort, receiving the satisfac tory assurance that she felt as comfortable as, under the circumstances, might be expected. It would further be proved in evidence that in consequence of some arrears of rent not being paid, the plaintiff, who, as he had said before, was a widow woman, wanted money to discharge them, par ticularly as the bailiffs had been put into the house. If the money due for the maintenance of Margaret Tipton were paid, she thought it would have saved her from this impending visit. She therefore employed a female named Doyle, whilst the bailiffs were in the house, to wait upon Mr. Morivaud to represent her destitute condition, and to ask him to advance the amount of £lO. This woman would tell the jury that Mr. Morinaud the% said that the account which she had put into hand was correct, but as he had not at that moment sufficient money to pay it, he would call and settle it very soon. The matter went on ; the plaintiffs things were seized ; and she had not up to this moment been paid by the defendant, ac cording to the terms of the agreement, which were, that, so long as Margaret Tipton remained in the plaintiff's house, be, (the defendant,) held himself liable for the charge of her maintenance. This poor woman, however, was not able to bear the expense of sustaining her, and as she was not able to support herself, she was at length removed he believed by the parish ; and now he, (the learned counsel,) appeared be fore the jury, to claim eompensation:for her board, lodging, and attendance, amounting to £l9 10s. ; and under the cir cumstances, he thought the jury would say that the plaintiff's demand was not unreasonable.—The learned counsel then called— Mary Connolly, daughter of the plaintiff. She commenced her evidence by identifying the defendant, who sat imme diately in front of Mr. Venables, who appeared for him. She recollected Margaret Tipton coming to reside at her mother's house in May, 18-10: she remained there till April, 1841. Mr. MURPHY here explained to the jury that the plaintiff only claimed up to February, in order to bring the amount within the jurisdiction of the court. The examinatios of the witness being resumed, she pro ceeded to state, that in August Margaret Tipton was confined of a daughter, and she was nursed for one month. The terms of the agreement were, that she should be lodged and boarded by the plaintiff at 12s. a week and £1 for nursing. Witness had frequently seen Mr. Morinaud at her mother's house in the period between May and August, sometimes as often as four and five times a day. She followed him out, when he sent for her. Before she was confined, witness re collected going to the pierhead perfectly well ; on that occa sion Margaret Tipton and Mr. Morinaud went across the river together, and they did not return that night. In May witness recollected her mother asking the defendant about the board and lodging, and he then asked Margaret if she was satisfied with them, and she replied that she was as if she was at home. Something was then said about pay ment. Mr. Morinaud asked witness's mother if she was willing for Margaret to stay at her house; she replied she was if he would pay all demands for her, and he replied that he would be answerable for all until he sent her home, as he intended very shortly to send her to her parents. He did not mention any time up to which be would pay, nor was anything said about the time of Margaret leaving. Mr. Morinaud never came after the child was born. By the ASSESSOR.—He came to our house up to within two weeks before the child was born. He did not come to enquire himself how she was during her confinement, but he sent agpntleman. By Mr. MURPHY.—She remained with us till February, 1841. The parish relieved her from that time, at our house, till she was taken to her own parish, which was on the 26th of April. In cross-examination by Mr. VENABLES on the part of the defendant, the witness said she was 22 years of age and unmarried. She was living with her mother who used to keep a small shop, but she gave it up about twelve months ago, and she had since maintained herself by keeping lodgers. They had no lodgers, neither " ladies nor gentlemen" when Margaret was brought ; nor had they any occasional " visi tors." Witness spent her evenings at home sometimes in sewing, and never walked out in the way he (the learned counsel) meant. 'Witness was quite sure she had never been married j and her mother had been a widow for eighteen years. Her mother was sent for, before Margaret was brought into the house, by Mrs. Rowan, the next door neighbour, but Margaret did not come that night, nor till the morning of the 20th of May, a week after Mrs. Rowan had called. She did not see Mr. Morinaud till a fortnight after Margaret came. Witness did not know Madame Morinaud; she never saw that lady with the defendant at her mother's house.. Mr. Morinaud never remained all night at witness's house, nor all day either, but he came often enough. Witness did not know what he came about. She could not tell where Mar garet was now; she was not in court. Mr. Morinaud never came to witness's house before Margaret was brought there. It was the first time he called that he said he would pay all expenses till he sent Margaret home, and this would be in May or June ; he called again and said he was going to take her to London, and he asked for the bill. He did not say that he and Mrs. Morinaud were going to France through London, and they would take Margaret with them. Her mother had got X 1 16s. from Mr. Morinaud by instalments ; witness had heard her ask him for money ; he always made excuses, and said he would send it. Witness was quite posi tive that Mr. Morinaud came to their house to see Miss Tipton repeatedly, and sometimes four or five time a day ; and she never heard him tell her she might go to France with he and Madame Morinaud, in her mother's presence. Wit ness was not in the habit of walking out with Miss Tipton, although she dined and slept with her. She was not in the habit of walking out with people in the manner the learned counsel meant. Her mother afforded to keep Miss Tipton during all the time without receiving any money for her board by working. She worked at sewing. Miss Tipton never worked at all. Witness was never at Mr. - Morinaud's house. In re-examination by Mr. MURPHY, the witness declared there was not the slightest foundation for the insinuations which had been levelled at her character. Her mother thought Margaret was a poor girl who had been deluded, and therefore she protected her. Mrs. Rowan would have none but gentlemen lodging at her house, and witness believed that was the reason she applied to the plaintiff on behalf of argaret. Jane Doyle, one of the plaintiff's neighbours, said she knew Margaret Tipton when she resided in the plaintiff's house, and had repeatedly seen Mr. Morinaud go there. His visits were a matter of observation ; every neighbour spoke of them. On the 6th of October the plaintiff became em barrassed ; the bailiffs were in her house for rent; and at her particular request witness took an account of hers to the de fendant, and gave it to him. She stood in conversation with him for a quarter of an hour, and told him of the distressed situation of the plaintiff. lie told her the account was £lO 145., and he had not cash enough in the office to pay it, but would come and bring it as.soon as possible. The bailiffs Nvere not satisfied, and they took all the plaintiff's things, and that night neither Margaret nor the child had anything to sleep upon. He said nothing about the account being either right or wrong, but that he would collie and pay it. Cross-examined,—Mr. Morinaud's office was in Sweeting stteet, near the new bank. At the request of the learned counsel she here pointed out Mr. Morinaud, who was in the attorneys' seat. 'Witness had never seen Mrs. Morinaud call at Mrs. Cunolly's. Had been a neighbour of the plain tiff's tor twenty years. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. VENABLES then addressed the court and jury on be half of the defendant. He commenced by saying that it was neither his habit nor his wish to attack the character of females who might be placed in the witness-box ; but when he was instructed that particular facts might be elicited on cross-examination, lie thought, and he should always think it his duty to his client to sift them as far as lay in his power. Ile hoped that in the cross-examination which it had been his duty to make on the testimony of Mary Connolly, he had not stepped beyond the bounds,or exceeded the license, which counsel retained for defence were entitled to use, parii:ilarly as the particulars which he had endeavoured to elicit formed part of his instructions. Had he not exercised the power which he possessed as counsel for the defendant by pursuing the instructions he had received, he should have been guilty of a breach of duty to the interests of his clients. He therefore made ❑o excuse for the line of conduct he had adopted. Mr. Murinaud, the defendant, was a gentleman of rank and influence, holding the office of French consul at this port. He resided at Birkenhead, but his office was in this town. It happened unfortunately for him, that the kindness of his disposition towards an unprotected female, who had had the misfortune to be seduced in his house, had brought upon him all the difficulties of his present position. The young woman of whom they had heard, was, as his learned friend had said, possessed of considerable personal attractions ; and she was an excellent servant. She had been in the service of Mrs. Morinaud for some time, when that lady, who was a foreigner, e actingst streets, o cold a f l discovered that she had become pregnant. Knowing that i leu instead a victim ietti f m t t o r e the e s, arts.with with h al the girl had erred from the pat h of duty , not from vicious 1 s i L e i d c l u i ri c e a r t , i o whomri, b u t he that a t shouldshe had fallen a re p u lsiveness, and turning the girl into h o her shame upon her, both Mr. and Madame Morinaud deter minedeoeh e t n o l h n i td ; e e to keep her in their s ervice ; they determined her shame, to protect her in the time of her f1 . .,u to endeavour to reclaim her intoithe path of duty ; and, in short, to take her with them to France, as their servant still, She left the service of Mr. Morinaud, at a moment's notice, yet her wages were actually settled , • Rowan, she came \i to Liverpool, coolly and made the acquaintance of Mrs. at the solicitation of Mrs. Rowan, providcl ' . he r r s. wit lodg ings. lle found no fault with the i manner in which b Mrs. Connolly had taken her, because Is le had treated er . with kindness up to the time she a of which she was 'lwas brought to bed of the infant t ien pregnant. He supposed that Mrs. Conolly had protected her, and foundwith sustenance u to that time. Mr. Morina ' ud, with thhaetrkindnessofdisposip tion which he had from time to time shown to this poor girl, had before allowed her to wait at table in a state of pregnancy, as would be shown by the evidence of a gentleman whom he should call, and could they believe that .Madame Morinaud would have permitted a woman in a situation of pregnancy to her o wn h us b an d to h ave officiated in her houseold to have waited at her table, or to have remained in the house for one moment ? It would be a strong fact before the jury, with which only he could meet the assertions that had been made, namely, that Madame Morinaud was cogni zant of the situation of the girl, that she was protected by both her and her husband, and that it was not until they were about going to France that Mr. Morinaud said he would settle whatever might be due to Mrs. Connolly on account of the girl. He had shown by the admissions of Mrs. Con nolly herself it was only upon that occasion that money was mentioned by Mr. Morinaud. If this were the . fact, th e alleged undertaking was one b y which in p oint of law Mr. lgorinaud was not bound. Mrs. Rowan took Margaret to the plaintiffs , and no application was made to the defendant for payment till Mrs. Doyle went to him on the 6th October. He hadno doubt whatever that Mr. Morin au d , with the kindness of disposition which characterized him, did say to tier " I have no money now to give you, but when w ill send it to Mrs. Connolly and M argaret Tipton tej l ur y h; would ' a : v his e whole motive was one of kindness, and surely the not visit the kindness by which he was influe nce d w ith the