The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

~:\: No , 2 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. NEWS FROM INDIA. The Calcutta mail has reached us, by which we are placed in possession of papers from India of the 17th of September. and from China of the 29th of July. We learn by the Chinese papers that disturbances had again taken place at Canton. The English last year re paired the walls of the Company's garden, which had been broken down at the fire in 1642. They put on a gate, and were in the habit of walking, playing at quoits, and otherwise amusing themselves. On the 15th of July the Chinese endeavoured to force themselves into the garden, but were opposed. Upon this they threw brick bats, and broke down the gate, compelling the English men to take refuge in a boat, in which they made their escape to the Consulate. On the following evening a party of Chinese went armed with brickbats, and at tempted to take possession of the other garden. Resist ance being offered, they commenced an indiscriminate attack upon all the foreigners who came within their reach. Several American gentlemen immediately armed themselves, and drove them from the front of the facto ries. Still continuing to throw brickbats, they were fired upon, and one man was killed and another wounded in the arm, which ended the affair for the day. The Eng lish and American Consuls applied to the Chinese autho rities for a sufficient force to protect the factories, and a message was sent to the 'American man of war at the Bogue to request assistance. Intelligence of the 2Sth informs us that no further rioting had taken place, nor was any likely to occur at present, though it was quite certain that the authorities at Canton were either unable or unwilling to adopt measures sufficiently vigorous to check the riotous disposition of the commonalty. Exchange was heavy at 1 EA, or a small fraction above, at ten months' date. Commercial matters in China were dull. Cotton yarn continued depressed as before. The iron market was over-supplied. Opium was firm, being supported by the smallness of the supply. In rice prices had given way. In tea very little doing. The second and third crops ire said to have been destroyed by the late rains. Rate of exchange on London, at six months' sight, 4s. 3d. per dollar; Government bills, at 30 days' sight, 4s. 10d., in liitle request. Freight to London and Liverpool, £3 per ton of 50 feet. The Hindostan arrived at Suez on the 24th September, wish a considerable cargo of silk goods and about fifty passengers. She sailed from Calcutta on the 18th of September We regret to learn the death of Lieutenant Mackintosh, late Aide-de-Camp to Lord Ellenborough, and subse quently in charge of the Mysore princes. The gallant officer died from the effects of fever. Captain APLean succeeds the deceased lieutenant in charge of the Mysore princes. The Gazelle notifies the cessation of the blockade of San Juan de Nicaragua. DR. GRANT.—This estimable missionary to the Nesto rians died of the typhus fever on the 24th of April at , ICHABOE.—The Melpomene, Sutherland, arrived at Cove from Ichaboe, reports having left there two hundred and forty vessels waiting for guano, forty of which had arrived in one day ! RELIGION IN AMERICA.—Recent accounts describe the Episcopal Church as being agitated by Tractarianisrn ; the Romish community exerting every energy to suppress the unauthorized reading of the Scriptures; the Mor monites falling into confusion, and their brother fanatics, the Millerites, looking for the immediate end of the world. INTERESTIYG DISCOVERY.—A letter from Nantes states that a fishermen of Chinon has just found in a neighbouring canal a statue of gilt metal. It is in good preservation, and is supposed to be of the time of the Romans, one of their camps having been erected near the spot. The captain of the ship Amity, from London, with three sailors, having gone ashore on an island, Trinidad, near the coast of Brazil, and being unable to regain the vessel, their boat having swamped, they had to continue there twenty-three days, feeding on shell fish, &c. They were rescued by an American ship. SPAIN.—The Government is prepared against any .at tempts at revolution. Orders have b een i s sued to size and shoot all officers who are absent without leave. Mi nisters have declared that neither Don Carlos nor any of his family shall be permitted to regain power in Spain. The Chartists, however, and the party of Espartero, are very sanguine as to their ultimate success. DR. WOLFF.—Captain Grover has arrived from St. Petersburgh, and we are inf„rmed that the Emperor of Russia has kindly promised to do everything in his power for the liberation of Dr. Wolff.—[A letter from Constan tinople, dated the 17th October, says, " I am happy to be enabled to state on the best authority, that advices have been received of the arrival of Dr. Wo!ff at Meru, on his way to Teheran."] The German papers state that the Cathedral of Treves, not content with the devotion excited by the holy gar ment in their possession, is now endeavouring to recover one of the nails which transfixed the feet and hands of our Saviour. It appears that this nail. which formerly belonged to the Treasury of Treves, has fallen, it is not very re'l known how, into the bands of the Prince Met ternich. FALL OF THE DOME or A CHURCH.—The Abbe Cros, of Cette, at the moment of the late storm in that town, was looking from the tower of his church at the weather. He saw a black cloud, which he at first thought proceeded from a steam-boat ; but perceiving vessels dashed together, and the roofs of houses torn off, he hastened to descend. lie had not reached half way down, when the dome fell behind him, and burst in the roof of the church. BROBDV:NAGIAN HAILSTONES.—The Memorial Aix informs its readers that the storm which burst over that town, on Sunday week, was remarkable for the strange phenomenon which was witnessed in an adjacent commune. Hailstones of an incredible size fell in the little district of Eguilles, one of which weighed as many as ten pounds! The rest were truly enormous. Luckily the storm occurred in the night, so that nobody was ex posed to the pelting of these terrible cannon-balls from the regions above. STABBING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GAS.-At exhibition of the laughing gas by Professor Elliotson, at Washington-hall, last evening, a sailor, under the effects of the exhilaration, cut the rope with which be was con fined, rushed amongst the spectators, and, seizing another sailor, gave him several severe and dangerous wounds with a jack-knife. The wounded man was taken across the street, and upon examination by physicians it was found that a deep wound was inflicted under the shoulder, and another in the back, near the vertebrae. The sailors were unknown to each other. The wounds are not con sidered mortal.—Boston Post. AN OLD BlRD.—There is in the possession of one of our old Dutch families of this city a parrot known to be 82 years old. This bird is now blind, but, notwithstand ing that, it can walk to any part of the house without dif ficulty, and recognizes the different members of the family by their footsteps. It whistles tunes with great exactness and is quite fond of sacred music. We are informed that in early life this bird like most of its species, was a little wild, and aAood deal given to profane swearing, but for some time rt has laid aside this h a bit, an d, save occasional fits of viciousness, is a staid, reputable, and exemplary bird.—Albany Atlas. A letter from Cettee, near Montpelier, gives an account of a dreadful storm and whirlwind; which visited that town on the 22nd October, and did a vast deal of damage. The government establishment of engineers, a very large building, was utterly destroyed, even the walls not being left standing. The gine roof of the building was carried into he air, and broken into thousands of pieces, which fell in different parts of the town, where they did a great deal of injury. Other large buildings were also destroyed, and the place is described as resembling a town which had undergone the horrors of a siege. A storm prevailed in the harbour that wrecked and sunk six or seven large merchant vessels, besides a great number of fishing and other boats. The number of persons who perished is cal culated at about 30. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.—This noble steamer reached this port on Wednesday morning. The political news from our own Provinces, as well as from the United States, relates chiefly to the pending elections. The first member returned to the New Canadian Parliament was a Conservative, and it is stated that things look well for the Aminitration of the Governor General. In the States the elections are rather in favour of the Whigs; and the belief was beg nning to gain ground that Mr. Clay's election as President was certain. In speaking of American Whigs, it must he borne in mind that that party answers to the Conservatives in England. The Presidency of Texas has devolved upon Mr. Anson Jones, a decided opponent of the annexation of that State to the other United States. The New York money market was easy ; there was a good deal of speculation going on ; but the cotton market was dull. The case of Dr. Kalley appears now to have arrived at something of a crisis. The Portuguese Government has proposed to Lord Aberdeen to give a pecuniary compen sation (about £800) for the doctor's imprisonment of 170 days, admitting the illegality of the proceedings a,gainst him ; but upon the condition that he will imme diately withdraw from Madeira and the Portuguese do minions. Lord Aberdeen's answer has not yet been received ; but in the meantime we learn that Dr. Kalley has again proceeded to preach publicly against the Roman Catholic religion in Funchal, and that a great ferment has been the result. The charter tolerates every form of worship in private, or within the confines of heterodox churches erected within the Portuguese dominions, but it most distinctly announces the Roman Catholic to be the established religion of the state. If, therefore, Dr. Kal ley will not consent to retire, he will certainly be put down by a special law, which no effort of British diplo macy con prevent from passing.—Timet. The latest Quebec papers give particulars of outrages committed by Irish vagabonds, who are using the election season as a time for riot. The paper states that a mob, variously estimated at from 300 to 600 persons, bearing with them two bl az i ng tar barrels, and shout i ng f or sr O'Connell and Repeal," parading the streets, breaking the windows of every house in which no light was visible. This destruction was indiscriminate ; Catholics, Protes tants, Repealers, and Anti-Repe a t ers , suffered a l i ke ; and the windows of the Catholic Church, the Marines' and wherein no li g h t could have been ex- Wesleyan chape ls, pected were demolished. Huge stones were hurled for this purpose of destruction ; y in several i ns t ances b reaking sash and panes. At Johnsons Tavern the damage inflicted was very great, and so in censed was he, and th at after • warning them to desist, he fi red an d wounded one man in three places, with small shot —a sailor of, the Clio, we are told. They returned here agai n at ten o clock, menacing his life, when he again fired , wo undin g another person. Mr. Leek, at the Cove, also fired, and while preparing to give a second shot, was knocked down by a stone thrown at him. It is said that three persons have been wounded but none seriously. ~. t'l -~~ ~'-" ft \" IRELAND. The crop of potatoes in Ireland is stated to be prodigious. REPEAL AssoclATloN.—The meeting of this body last week was unusually flat. We cannot find an incident worth recording, excepting that the rent was again com paratively small, amounting only to £475. The Nenagh Guardian gives the particulars of a brutal murder committed at Borrisoleigh, on a man named Sha nahan, a process server, who was literally beaten to death with stones. DISTURBANCES ]N GALWAY. —The steam frigate Cyclops has gone round from Tarbert to Galway Bay to assist in quelling disturbances arising out of disputed rights of fisheries. A Dublin attorney has been convicted for destroying documents relating to a cause in Chancery, in which he was solicitor The penalty is transportation for seven years, or such imprisonment as the Court may award; but a point was -reserved, on an objection taken by the prisoner's counsel—namely, that the documents proved to have 'been destroyed, being " receipts" and other " exhibits" in the Chancery cause, were not "original documents," The Court reserved the point for the con sideration of the twelve judges. Mr. O'CONNELL ON CONCILIATION. — The Pilot con tains a long epistle from Derrynane. It is more remark able for what it does not contain, than for anything which inquisitive people could discover therein. Not a word about the new movement,: " federalism," or about his own " simple repeal." As to conciliating Protestants, that was never considered a difficult task ; but whether he wilt succeed in coaxing any considerable number to Burghouay is quite another affair. The rumour of this letter being in town got wind towards evening, and every one came to the conclusion that it contained further reasons in support of his own altered views, giving the preference to tedervlism over repeal. FATIIER MATHEW IN TROUBLE.—The Cork Exa miner says :—" What will you think, Irishmen, when we tell you that Father Mathew, the benefacto: of your country, the admiration of the world, has been publicly arrested in Dublin for the balance of a debt due to a maker of temperance medals, and that while in the very act of administering the temperance p?edge The bai liff, like a second Judas, came up to Father Mathew, saying, " Father Mathew, your blessing I" and while the good man called down a blessing upon the bead of the wretch, he took a writ from his pocket, and, thrusting it into the hand of Father Mathew, told him he arrested bite, and then asked for his forgiveness!" THE LATE COMMANDER OF THE PRESIDENT.—A mo nument has just been erected to the memory of Captain Roberts in Passage churchyard, Cork. The cenotaph is a large square building of rich cut stone, with a fine base and cap moulding, and having a bold pediment on either side. On the angles of the monument are represented in strong relief the sterns of the vessels which Captain Roberts commanded, viz.—the Black Joke, the Sirius, the British Queen, and the President. The following is part of the inscription which the monument bears : "This stone commemorates, in the churchyard of his native parish, the merits and premature death of the first officer under whose command a steam-vessel ever crossed the Atlantic Ocean—unchunted bravery exhibited in the suppression of the slave traffic in the African seas, enter prise and consummate skill in the details of his profes sion, recommended him for that arduous service. Lieu tenant Richard Roberts, R.N., in accomplishing it, not only surpassed the wildest visions of former days, but even the warmest anticipations of the present." MR. O'CONNELL'S ANNUAL REVENUE.—Last year, we are informed by The Monitor, the begging collection amounted to £2B,ooo—not bad payment for frothy words and cowardly acts ; and in the same year the sums ex torted, under the name of repeal rent. were-1:17,614 17s. 10d. sterling, making a total of £75,614 17s. 10d., dragged from the poorest peasantry in the world. The weekly collections made during the prese:it year, under the pretence of seeking repeal, amount in round numbers to about £39,000, an account of the expenditure of not one farthing of which has been given ! Now that the delusion is over, and repeal flung by, some statement of the manner in which these thousands have been disposed of, might have reasonably been expected, but instead of an explanation, a new bill is furnished, a fresh exhorta tion attempted. Low, igcorant, and thlahsed as Mr. O'Connell's dupes have hitherto been, we think this is too much even for them to swallow, and anticipate that the " national collection " for 1844 will be a signal failure. —Evening Packet. THE COITRT. Her Majesty and Prince Albert are to visit the Marquis of Exeter cn Tuesday next. Her Majesty has signified her intention of becoming the sponsor of the Marquis's youngest daughter, who is about four months old, and who is to be named Victoria. Sir Robert and Lady Sale arrived at `Windsor Castle, on Wednesday, on a visit to the Queen. There is a report that, at the ensuing rneetirg of par liament, the question of Prince Albert assuming, the title of Majesty, will be pressed on the legislature in accord ance with the wish of a high personage. UNIVERSITY er CLERICAL AEU's. Oxpoun, OCT. 30.—This day the followi,g zentlernen were elected Fellows of University Cole: e :—On the Foundation of William of Durham—Mr. Wiliam Fled ley, M.A., Michel Fellow of Queen's. On the Founda tion of Sir Simon Bennet—Mr. George Gran rine Bradley, 8.A., Scholar of University. PREPERMENN AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. E. Dodd. 8.D., to the vicarage of St. Giles,:s, with St. Peter's per petual curacy, Cambridge.—Rev. A. R. Pennington, to the incumbency of the chapelry district of St. James, Walthamstow, Essex.—Rev. H. Blayds, M.A , vicar of Southstoke, Somerset, the prebend or canonry of Wed more.—Rev. J. Bradford, to the vicarage of l'inhoe, va cant by the cession of the Rev. J. James.— Rev. J. Haigh, 8.A., incumbent of St. Thomas's church, ( rookes, York shire, to the incumbency of St. Paul's church, Eludders field.—The Rev. Henry Lowther, of Dis!inoen, to the living of Aikton, Cumberland.—Rev. H. Roberts, M.A., to the curacy of St, Botolph's, Colchester, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. E. S. Bull.—Rev. W. Sabine, to the curacy of Mylor and Mabe.—Rev. D. Wheeler, to the ministry of the new district of St. Paul's, Worcester. —Rev. J. Trevit, curate of Hordon-on-the-Hill, to the vicarage of the same place, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Lane.—Rev. J. Richardson, 8.A., assistant-cu rate of flaslingden,in the parish of Whalley,tothe newly endowed district of Musbury, in the parish of Bury, Lan cashire.—Rev. W. Thompson, M.A., to the rectory and parish church of Gathcombe, Isle of Wight, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. Worsley.—Rev. Mr. Neale, recently curate of Potterne, near Devizes, to the chaplaincy of the house of correction at Horsley, Gloucester.—Rev. J. C. Gregory, to the curacy of Bradford, Wilts.—Rev D. Lewis, M.A., roaster of the grammar school, Rhayador, to the curacy of Darowen, Montgomeryshire.—Rev. J. B. Meadows. M.A., to the evening lectureship and cu racy of St. James, Clerkenwell.—Rev. J. Hemery, M.A., t, the deanery of the Island of Jersey.—Rev J. Rush!on, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Brackenfield, Derbyshire. OBSERVANCE OF THE RITUAL.-With r e s p ec t t o some usages which are supposed to owe their origin to the efforts of this school, it is much to be desired that more correct notions might prevail, especially among the laity. hatever may have been the object of the success of those r , r;ters of whom we speak in directing attention to such matters, yet the advocates of rubrical observances are more frequently found in the persons of those who have no sympathy with th-ir doctrinal peculiarities. It is necessary that the laity should be made aware of this fact; at the same time, I must caution the clergy that they continually bear in mind that the edification of God's people is the object of all their ministration, and that they wili saerifi( e the end to the means if they offend their congregations needlessly upon immaterial points. I do not say that the interests of religion would not be ad vanced if the performance of our ritual were brought back to what it really was; on the contrary, I believe the reverse would be the fact ; but I do say that ministers take an inadequate view of their duly, if by adhering too strictly to the rubric they thus sever tile affections of their people and alienate them from them. Let them ex plain its nature and uses to their flocks, and so win their minds towards them. From the time that I entered the diocese, I have been consulted by individuals among you on these matters, and they will remember that it has been in this spirit I have ever thought it my duty to advise.— Recent Charge of the Bishop of Chester. DAILY SERVICE.—Another accusation hasbeen brought against the clergy, as if they were violating a solemn en gagement, inasmuch as they do not " say the morning and evening prayer in the church or chapel where they minis ter, or cause a bell to be tolled, that the people may come to hear God's word, and to pray with them." There is every r eason to believe that this injunction, though found in the preface to the Book of Common Prayer, was never in any age general :y observed in our church. N e ith er can th ere be any justice in reproaching the clergy of the present day, because they follow tie practice of their predecessors, and do not commence a service which is neither " accus tomed," nor enforced upon them by the authority to which deference would be due. Granting, however, that the clergyman is bound to these daily services, can he advantageously introduce them? And here we may justly say concerning our people, " 0 that there were such a n heart in them," such a spirit of piety throughout the land, as prepared them for these services, and allowed th e clergy to give themselves more entirely to the worship o f the sanctuary ! It would be well , also, if the temporal circumstances of the people were such as would make them able, even if they were willing, to devote themselves more constantly to " the word of God and to prayer." But the fact, we know, is otherwise. Thesituation of our churches, often remote from the population; the length of our services ; the degree of labour which is required of every man in this crowded country, in order that he may maintain his place in whatever position he fills, whether high or low : these causes render it absolutely impossible that any except a most inconsiderable proportion of our people, even if they felt as David felt concerning " the courts of the Lord's house," should be able to attend the morning or afternoon prayer on week. days. This is not a matter we can doubt about : it has been experienced recently wherever the practice has been tried : it has been long experienced in all cathedral towns, where, unhappily, it does not appear, as some have supposed, that the appe tite will grow with the opportunity. Such being the case, I cannot think it the duty of the minister to commence the practice of daily prayers. But it is very desirable that, b e i ng re li eve d f rom this labour, he should invite his people to such services as rnahy can attend ; that in towns especially, on one, or two, or even three evenings in the week, his ihiiicsh is ehur.chadschuouplodnbtieleopLeonrcito,sufdaaiyn.t—ainchtah day.—Charge of impres sion of cheater. \ \N \ A t‘ •24-4 \~, 7 ~~~ I\ta V.V% THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD THE BIBLE SOCIETY. At the annual meeting of the Staffordshire auxiliary of this society, on Thursday last, the Earl of Harrowby took the chair and opened the business of the day in the following clear and succinct address, which was listened to with the deepest attention :—Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great gratification to me, I may say contrary to all my expectations, to meet you again in this place. Although I am sensible that those faculties are gone which might have enabled me to make any statement that could afford you information or satisfaction as to the progress of this society, yet I hold it to be my duty, from the office which I sustain, once more to testify in public my unabated at tachment to that society to which we belong. (Applause.) I have been a member of that society during a consider able part of a very long life—l believe for about one-half of its duration, and during that time we have seen it ad vance from very small and very unpromising beginnings to that magnitude and importance which it now possesses. We have seen it pass through difficulties, overcome many external obstacles, and triumphant over some and not few internal dissensions, and I think that under the blessing of Almighty God we may hope to see it if not enlarging its sphere, at least continuing:to fill it with hisapprobation, and to the benefitof mankind. (Cheers.) I say " to the benefit of mankind," because I know of no society which is presented to us by history, or of w hich we have any personal ob servation, to which the term " for the benefit of man kind," can so appropriately be applied. (Hear, hear.) All other societies look to individual cases—at least to classes of distress; but this society applies itself equally to the young and the old, to the rich and the poor, to Christians of different denominations, and to our fellow men of every clime. ' (Hear, hear.) It spreads itself over the whole world. It looks on man as a being to whom it is bound to afford assistance; and while other societies provide only temporal assistance in cases of temporal dis tress, this society applies its energies to the removal of that worst, of all distress—the want of religi. nor the possession of a false one. (Hear, hear.) Let us, therefore, go on, and we certainly shall have encouragement to go on if we listen to that report which will be read to you, and which I call on my reverend neighbour to read, with respect to the past operations of the society. Ladies and gentle men, I can only express once more my Ardent wish for the success of this society ; and I hope that, it contrary to expectation, I should again appear before you in my uresent position, I may you meet in a state of increased prosperity. (Applause.) Viscount SANDON, M.P., on rising to move the' adop tion of the report, observed that the report must, he was sure, have given satisfaction to all who were then assem bled, showing, as it did. that this county maintained its position among the contributors to the means of the Bible society ; and that whatever changes might have ,taken place elsewhere, at any rate the pecuniary resources which its supporters in this part of the country were able to afford, were not inferior to those which had been pro vided in former years. (Hear, hear.) Nor indeed could it he very well conceived that their contributions could fall off. It was, perhaps, rather late in the day to look out for reasons for supporting the Bible Society. (Hear, hear.) Those reasons had been so fully, so frequently, and so ably stated, in every part of the empire, and the questions which had arisen concerning it had been so fully dismissed that it appeared to many persons who were called on to take part in their proceedings, an almost needless task to go over the same ground again ; but at the same time, in these days of controversy, every man was called upon to review his former opinions, to examine the ground upon which they rested ; and to see whether they were still sound and solid ; and in consequence of that general ne cessity he had felt himself, among others, compelled to pass his own opinions in review ; and he confessed that he found himself brought to no other conclusion than that at which he had hitherto arrived. (Applause.) He could not conceive why they should be called on almost to give reasons for supporting the Bible Society ; for it seemed to him that if they were Chris inns, and if they took the basis of the Church of England as their guide, he could hardly conceive why they should have any doubt as to their duty of supporting this society. If they were Christians, they were surely desirous to circulate the preaching of our Lord and his Apostles—if they were Chris tians, they surely felt called on to make known the words addressed by word of mouth ta the first disciples of our Lord, and by his Apostles, and which they had left behind them as the inspired oracles of truth. It surely became the duty of all Christians to circulate those oracles as widely as possible ; and if they as Churchmen merely looked to themselves as members of one particular church of Christ, they must equally feel that duty to be incumbent upon them. Why, on what basis did the Church of England profess to be founded ? She professed to teach them nothing but what could be found in the Bible as the authorised will of God. (Applause.) Surely, then, it she wished to do her duty to her own peculiar opinions, it must be her duty to circulate those oracles on which she rested, and to which she appealed for the justification of her opinions. (Hear, hear.) But was the objection th's—that it was wrong to associate with those who differed 'with them as Churchmen on some points but who concurred in supporting the Bible Society ? I confess (said his Lordship) that my view is this—that it is our duty as Christians to concur with our fellow Christians wherever we can concur. (Loud applause.) There are occasions enough on which we must differ, and on which our duty calls upon us to separate—to separate however, _ Ihopeas friends and brothers—(Hear, hear, and cheers,) — who differ upon some points, but who are agreed on this; and, therefore, when we can find a common ground for co-operatiou, surely as denizens of the same country, professing the same faith and entertaining the same hope, it is our duty to co-operate if we find a common ground of union. (Hear, hear.) These are the views and opinions which, looked at again and again, have led me to the same conclusion, that it is my duty to continue whatever sup port I can render to the great object of the Bible Society. (Applause.) I do not wish to trespass further on the time of the meeting, as there are other gentlemen present who will give you details of the highest interest. - I have merely felt it my duty to state, in as few words as possi ble, the simple and general grounds on which I feel my self called on, ai a Christian and an attached member of the Church of England, to continue nay support to the great objec:s of this society. (Loud applause.) MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Well, another of our annual municipal struggles is over ; and although the boasting swagger of Radicalism has prophesied the annihilation of constitutional principles, through the restless movements of Anti-Corn-Law spouters and the foolish rhapsodies of the disciples of Anti-Monopoly Associations, Conservatism still lives — lives ! aye, increases in vigour, and spreads triumphantly. All the speeches and tracts, and all the promises of de ceitful and interested parties—ail the efforts of free traders at the registration-courts in the creation of faggot voters, and in the vexatious opposition to the rightful claims of their opponents—all these have only " back on themselves recoiled ;" and our national and naun'cipal governments, although elected by machinery created by Reform herself, are composed of men professing strong attachment to our apostolic church and to scriptural education, and reso lutely opposed to withstand every effort to overturn the principles on which our commercial and agricultural codes are placed, and men who are confessedly competent in every respect to fulfil the duties assigned to them. As far as our local authorities are concerned, we need not at present refer to any further proof of their capability to promote the general we lf are o f t h e b oroug h, i n con j unc ti on with the interests of the corporate estate, than the annual account just presented to the public; the gratifying state of which, we make bold to say, has been brought about by the far-seeing intelligence and knowledge of business possessed by the majority in our present corporation. But to return to our recent struggle. A short time since we scarcely ventured to anticipate such a glorious result as we are about to record. We feared that the waning activity or Radicalism, combined with the many —alas, how many !—" heavy blows and great discourage ments" dealt out to our Protestant friends by men from whore they had a right to expect a very different kind of treatment,—we say we feared that these causes, and more especially the last, would have so damped the energies of churchmen, as to induce them, in instances not a few, to hold back when their votes were wanted ; but, thanks to their zeal and true-heartedness, they have thrown perso nal affronts to the winds, and have stood manfully for ward at the right time. Enough, however, on this subject ; and proceed we now to register the doings on Friday. and a few remi niscences connected with them. Perhaps we cannot do better than present, first of all, the state of the poll at the various wards which were contested at the election in November last year, premising that Mr. James Aikin (R) was then returned for Castle-street Ward, as was Mr. G. H. Lawrence (c) for West Derby Ward, unopposed:— Wards. Majority. Everton David Hodgson (c).. Chris. Rawdon (a) ..... Wm. Thornhill (a).. Thos. Vernon (c).. - Vauxhall .. Thos. Chalmer (a) , l3l Thos. Case (c)... . . St. Paul's John Deakin (p.) 162.... 17 .... Thos. Sands (c) George Holt (a) . St. Peter's J. A. Tinne (c) Thos. Bolton (a).. Thos. Toulmin (c) Robert Benn (a) 173.... 38 John Sothern (c) l5B Thos. Taylor (a) 64.... 94 Wm. Birkett (c Wm. Lassell ( a ) C. Boutflovrer (c) D. Neilson (c) 154.... 41 John Kilshaw (c) Thos. Morecroft (a) Jos. Hornby (a) . H. G. Harbord (c) 174.... 36 T. T. Glazebrook (c) ll7 John Platt, (a) Richard Harbord (c) Wm. Lockerby (R). 193.... 29 Scotland Exchange Pitt-street Great George. Rodney• street Abercromby Lime-street St. Anne's . South Toxteth . North Tosteth It will be seen from this statement, that last year twelve Conservatives were returned to the Council chamber, and four Radicals. This year, as we shall detail more fully just now, we have been successful in thirteen wards; arid to show that these victories have not been achieved by any influence acting, as did the Reform Bill, with something like mesmeric power on the public mind, it is only necessary to say that for the last five years the number of Conservatives returned to the Council at each election has been almost precisely the same. In 1840 we returned 12 ; in 1841, 13 ; in 1842, 13 ; in 1843, 12 ; and this year, 13 ;—and we may add that on each of those occasions the Radicals were only able to return their successful candidates by majorities miserably small, as compared with the numbers in those wards which returned Conservatives. We now subjoin an hourly statement of the poll contested wards at the election just closed. The of the Conservatives are in italics : in the tames No. 16.—NOZTEI TOXTETH WARD. Alderman—Thomas Chilton (c) ... {William Mann (c) Councillors Richard Harbord (c) ............ 2 John Sheppard (c) Taking it for granted that the six retiring Radical al dermen will on Saturday be displaced by an equal number of " good men and true," we shall then have the Council composed of Conservatives 54 Radicals ... . EVERTON IVA 12 D. The radicals wisely allowed Mr. Thomas Shaw to walk over the course for this ward. The majority of 98 last year for Mr. David Hodgson has evidently been a suffi cient warning to them that their sweet voices will not be listened to in this aristocratic district, and they prudently abstained from putting themselves to the trouble and ex pense of a fiuitless contest. LAW INTELLIGENCI. PARISH aunrcs.—By an act of the last session (7 & 8 Victoria, c. 69,) persons in holy orders can be appointed to the office of church clerk, chapel clerk, or parish clerk, and may be required to act as assistant curates whilst holding the offices mentioned, DANIEL O'CONNELL'S WRIT OF ERROR.--011 the decision of the three Whig Peers in the above case Lord Brougham observed—" It would go forth without au thority, and return without respect." A case the week be fore last, at the Cornwall Sessions, which we find reported in a local paper, will confirm the accuracy of his lordship's prophecy. "An arrest of judg ment in behalf of the defendant Ann Hughes, on the ground that she was not bound to provide for the maintenance of her grandchildren during the existence of their father ; and that, therefore, being wrongly indicted on the two counts so charging her to be liable, and the verdict being a general one, she must on the authority of the recent case of the ' Queen v • O'Connell,' be acquitted on the two remaining counts, which charged her with ordinary assault. After some consideration the Court decided We are of opinion that the first two counts, referring to acts of omission are bad, as regards the grandmother ; but as regards the last two counts, we are of opinion that the record is good ; and we pass judgment on these two counts accordingly.' The Court then passed the sentences." Thus then have the Cornish Magistrates blown to the winds the decision of the Lords. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. The CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES of 25 EOVS each, 10 ft, and only 5 sovs if declared, with 100 sovs added. Last mile and a distance. 122 subscribers, 48 of whom de- cla red. Lord Stradbroke's Evenus, 4 yrs, i'st 101 b (Nat) 1 Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs, Bst The following also started, but were not placed :—Cap tain Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus, Mr. Combe's Fakeaway, Mr. Shafio's Porto Bello, Mr. Newton's Ma Mie, Mr. Griffith's Newcourt, Mr. Salvin's The Cure, Mr. Beres ford's The Altered One, Mr. Wesley's Councillor, Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar, Duke of Rutland's f by Beiram, Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, Lord Exeter's Algernon, Lord G. Bentinck's Emma, Mr. Payne's Walpole, Col Peel's c. by Slane, Mr. S. Scott's b g by Defence, Sir C. Mcnck's Glossy. BETTING.-5 to 4 on Foig-a-Ballagh, (taken,) 8 to 1 agst The Cure, 12 to 1 agst Akhar, (taken,) 14 to 1 agst Newcourt, 20 to 1 agst Emma, 25 to 1 agst Evenus, 33 to 1 agst Councillor, and 40 to 1 agst Glossy. Won very easily by two lengths, Walpole a bad third, Councillor fourth, The Cure fifth, and Algernon sixth. Foigh-a- Ballagh's defeat, decisive as it was, was anything but dis graceful. He gave the winner a year and 4lbs, and from the severity of the pace throughout, ran to a great disad vantage; notwithstanding this, he struggled gallantly to she end, and beat Walpole by four or five length, giving him 351 b, So bad was the start, he and nearly a dozen others lost nearly three or four lengths. The settling was harmless. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for two year-olds, colts Bst 41b, and fillies Bst 51b. 40 subs. Won by Lord Lonsdale's c by Jerry, Torquoise (Bartholomew) beating Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton. Miss Whip, Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Ms, and several others. THE RATAN AFFAIR.—The report of the committee has been laid before a general meeting of the club, and will be published officially next week. Rogers and Bra ham will be warned off the heath, and the former will be prohibited from riding at Newmarket or any other place under the control of the stewards of the Jockey Club. The parties supposed to be implicated by the evidence of Rogers and his confederates are, we hear, exonerated from all dishonesty of purpose, but the committee express their disapproval of the practice of gentlemen receiving and executing commissiors for jockies and others in.rusted with the charge of race horses. It is not the intention of the club to publish the evidence. The match between Foig-a-Ballagh will not be run ; Mr. Irwin receives 150 forfeit. THE CHASE. TIIE CHESHIRE HOUNDS WILL MEET Th is day, sth instant, at o:they Farm ; Thursday, 7th, at Duddon Heath, Friday, Bth, at Highway Side ; Each day at half-past ten o'clock. SIR WM. M. STANLEY'S ROUNDS WILL MEET To-morrow, NiN , ednesday, Gth, at Ilawarden ; Saturday, 9th, at Trafford Village •, Each day at eleven o'clock. Wards. SCOTLAND. James Braticker Isaac Holmes .. ST. PAUL'S. R. B. Hill .... James Stitt .... ST. PETER'S. R. S. Henderson Thos. Bolton .. RODNEY-ST. John Pemberton It. E. Harvey .. M aj o r rity. 1,-13 1-33 LIME-ST: J. B. L10yd.... H. Holmes .... ST. ANNE'S. James Parker.. Wm. Earle .... S. TOXTETH. R. L. Jones.... R. V. Yates.... N. TOXTETH. Win. Mann.... 2741 214 George H01t.... 1-39 1-51 1 1 -42 -15 -39 !,-60 Wre had thus the very unusual number of eight wards uncontested, and for these the following gentlemen walked over the course, for the opposition in Pitt-street and Great George Wards was, as we shall presently shew, anything but legitimate : Conservatives unopposed. Radicals unopposed. Thos.,..Shaw, for Everton. I Wm. Preston, forVauxhall. C. S. Middleton, Exchange. John Holmes, Castle-st. James Aspinall, Pitt-street. G. G. Hornby, Gt. George. Jas. Procter, Abercromby, J. S. Leigh, West Derby. We have this year, therefore, returned thirteen mem bers to the Council-chamber, and the Radicals three. The Conservative voters polled amount to 2205, and the Radicals to 1709, giving a majority of 496 votes fur the Conservative cause. The following is a list of the Town Council as at pre sent constituted. The names printed in italics are those of new members, and the aldermen who retire on Satur day next are distinguished by an asterisk prefixed to their names : No. I.—EvEu.ToN WARD. Yrs. to serve Alderman—*T. B. Barclay (a) Thomas Shaw (c). Councillors{ David Hodgson (c) Francis Shand (c) No. S 3 _..0. 2 _.— CUTLAN NV ARD. Alderman—Richard Houghton (c) James Brancker (a). Councillors Will:am Thornhill (R)........ Richard Houghton, jun. (c) No. 3.—VAUXHALL WARD. Alderman—'Thomas Bulky (it) I,Villiam Pr eston ( n ) 3 Councillors{ Thomas Chaltner (n) Thomas Blackburn (a) No. 4.—ST. PAUL'S WAILD. Alderman—Richard Griffith (c) 3 R. B. Hill (c) Councillors{ It. B. B. H. Blundell (c) J. C. Thompson (c) 1 No. S.—EXCHANGE WARD. Alderman—*James I., , ,wrence (c) C. S. Middleton (c) { 3 Councillors Thomas Sands (c) John North (c) . ___ s , No. 6.—CA STLE-STRE ET WARD. Alderman—*Sir Thomas Brancker (c) John Holmes ....... Councillors Tames Aikin (n) Hugh Horn)y 00: ND. 7.—ST. PETER'S WARD. Alderman—John H. Turner (c) It. S. Henderson (c) Councillors {J. A. Tinne (c) John Stewart (c) No. 8 —PITT-STREET WARD. Alderman—*W. P. Freme (R) (James Asoinall (c) Councillors Thomaswilliam F Tr w l e m et in t ( ( R) (c) No 9.—GREAT GEORGE WARD. Alderman—*Thomas Holt (R) G. G. Hornby (c).. Councillors {John Sothern (c) Thomas hoyden (c) No. 10.— RODNEY-STREET WARD. Alderman—R. S. Crook (c) John Pemberton (c) .... Councillors William Birkett (c) { J. N. Wood (c) No. 11.—ABERCROMBY WARD. Alderman—William Nicol (c) (James Procter (c).. Councillors Thomas Kaye (c) . L Christopher Bushell (c) No. 12.—LIME-STREET WARD. Alderman—J. B. Moore (c) John Buck Lloyd (c) Councillors{ John Kilshaw (c).. Robert Rigby (c) No. 13.—ST. ANNE'S WARD. Alderman—Edmund Molyneux (c) James Parker (c) . Councillors{ Joseph Hornby NO .. Robert Jones (c) { Hornby No. 14.—WEST DERBY WARD. • Alderman—*James Moon (R) J. S. Leigh (c) Councillors{ G. 11. Lawrence (c) .... James Plumpton (c) No. 15.—Sourn TOXTETII WARD Alderman—*Evre Evans (R) R. L. Jones (c). Councillors {T. T. Glazebruok (c) Ambrose Lace (c)........ .. SCOTLAND WARD. This ward, for which the candidates were Mr. Isaac Holmes and Mr. James Brancker, was contested with great spirit, particularly towards the close. As at all the other polling places, the voting in the early part of the day was comparatively languid on both sides, but increased as it advanced, both parties being sanguine, and bath keeping so nearly together throughout, that their respec tive expectations were by no means unreasonable. At the expiring of the first hour Mr. Holmes was four a-head ; by the next he had gained eight in all ; at noon dropped off to but one ; gained ten more by one o'clock, and lost all his advantage by about an hour afterwards. From this time it was as " Greek meeting Greek," and the push ing and scrambling to get voting papers filled up and pre sented became truly amusing—and amusing only ; for though the crowd increased at the top of Burlington street, where was the polling-booth, to many hundreds, the greatest good humour prevailed. From three to four o'clock a number of cabs, coaches, &c., with hurrying voters, came up, cheered by their respective partizans as they alighted at the contiguous committee-rooms to pre pare their papers, and the push at the voting place to have the votes recorded became great and exciting. At three o'clock the reform candidate had turned the tables by about nine votes, and the mass of those who afterwards came up were also on his behalf, so that it became evident, if the numbers were duly summed, that be would win. Mr. Biancker's party, at his committee-room just below, were very lavish in their shouting, but also withal so ex hausted in voters, that w•c observed no one tendering his vote during the first few ininu'es of the prescribed time. At the close Mr. Brancker was declared (though not as then officially) to be thirteen a-head of his oppo nent. We may here remark, that Mr. Holmes owes his defeat to his extraordinary lukewarmness last year in the cause to which he had so long previously attached him self. He then went the lerigth of declaring that he would not oppose the return of Mr. Thornhill, and from the breach of confidence reposed in him created by this avowal, he may now, if he lament his discomfiture, exclaim — "Hine ince lachrynue !" His opponent on this occasion, though widely differing from us in politics, is a gentleman of standing and integrity, and will, we hope, devote him self, so far as we can expect from his opinions, to the in terests of the town. VAUXHALL WARD. The majority of Mr. Chalmer over Mr. Case at the last election, we presume, induced the conservatives to allow Mr. Preston to be returned unopposed. It should be remembered, however, that Mr. Case only consented to stand at that time when all hopes of his success were gone ; and we hope on a future occasion the conservatives will be prepared for action, as we feel persuaded that a careful attention to the progress of events in this ward during the next twelve months would, if not secure a conservative's return, at least pave the way for success at a future period. ST. PAUL'S WARD. The interest excited amongst the voters in this ward was by no means great, and the voting went on with com paratively little vigour, the conservatives contenting them selves with merely securing the election of Mr. Hill, in opposition to Mr. Stitt, the reform candidate. EXCHANGE WARD. Even the personal esteem which is entertained for such a highly-respectable gentleman as Mr. Henry Holmes was not sufficient to induce him to contest this ward—so utterly prostrate is radicalism. Mr. C. S. Middleton, a gentleman whose services have already been of inestima ble value as a member of the Dock Committee, was re turned without opposition. This would have been a vain of one to conservatism, but for the untoward result of Scotland Ward. The election of Mr. Middleton has banished every representative of radicalism from this ward, and we perceive, on referring to the list of the council, that we have now no fewer than - eleven wards thoroughly divested of such pernicious influence. CASTLE-STREET WARD. We know not for what reason conservatism is allowed to sleep here. It is true that hitherto we have never been able to succeed, but we have good reason for thinking that if the conservative committee were to put forth a little more energy, even this " Gibraltar " might be stormed. Mr. John Holmes was on Friday re-elected without opposition. ST. PETER'S WARD. Considerable interest was felt as to the result of the election here, as every effort was used to secure the re turn of Mr. Thomas Bolton against Mr. R. S. Hender sin, the retiring Conservative candidate, and we believe that the Radical canvass gave them a majority of forty, so that they opened the poll with very sanguine expecta tions, and certainly worked hard during the day, and about the middle of the contest succeeded in reduc'ng Mr. Henderson's majority to two. His friends, however, then rallied, and at the close of the poll Mr. H. was re turned by a majority of 39. Mr. Henderson addrcs.sed the electors at the close of the poll, expressing the high sense of gratitude he felt for the unremitting exertions of his friends, and for the honour done him by the electors in thus re-electing him titrir representative in the Council Chamber. PITT-STREET WARD. All sorts of manoeuvres have been resorted to by the meddling busybodies in this district to torment Mr. Aspinalt, the retiring candidate ; but the popularity of that gentleman rendered all attempts fruitless and ri diculous. Some person of the name of Allan, of whom we never heard before. was put forth as the representa tive of Radicalism, and so strong were his claim, that after two bouts' polling, he actually succeeded in record ing two votes! one of which we understand was his own ; Mr. Aspinalt having registered during that time no less than 110 votes. Next year, of course, Mr. Fawcett will be sent to condole with the other rejecteds over the fallen condition of their cause. GREAT GEORGE WARD. With that indecency which seems almost inseparable from radicalism, the name of Mr. Robertson Gladstone was put forward in this ward—of course without the slightest authority--as an opponent of Mr. G. G. Hornby, the retiring member. There was therefure here no legiti mate opposition to the re-election of a conservative. The number of votes recorded were for Mr. I - lornby 136, for Mr. Gladstone 67. RODNEY-STREET WARD The contest in this ward was very spirited, the radicals keeping within a short distatce of their opponents until three o'clock, when the conservatives came up in goodly numbers, and returned Mr. John Pemberton, an excel lent conservative, by a majority of fifty-one over Mr. Harvey. The majority in this ward at the last election was only eighteen, and Mr. Harvey brought to the poll forty less voters than did Mr. Lassell at the last election, At the close Mr. Holmes was called upon to address the assemblage. He said that he had no ordinary gratification in congratulating the electors on the issue of the contest ; and he thought it not improbable that almost every ward which had been contested would return a conservative, and many of them by no slight mak 4 - ities. The ivltig party had been instrumental in carrying the Reform BM, and it could not but be mortityieg to them to dief,v, r that, in fair and open contest, they were signally defeated by the operation of the very bill, which they expected would have secured to them a permanency of v olitiegpower. As the contest in Liverpool had generally been conducted with good humour, and without those personalities which are always to be lamented and deprecated, he ti tested that all animosities would be speedily forgotten—that there might be no undue excitement or triumph over those who, though defeated, were still their townsmen, and were anxious, like themselves, for its welfare and prosperity. It was his great desire that the conservative party, ren dered still stronger as it soon would be, by the exchange of six Whigs for six conservative aldermen. He (Mr. Holme) hoped that all their deliberations strengthened as they would be, might conduce to the good government of the town, and to the prosperity of all its inhabitants. Mr. Holme then thanked them for the zeal which had been ma nifested on the occasion, and concluded by asking them to give three cheers for the Queen, which were heartily re sponded to ; and the assemblage immediately and most good humouredly dispersed. Mr. Pemberton also addressed the electors in a feeling and handsome manner. ADERCROMD WARD. Mr. James Procter, the previous representative for this ward, but who for the last twelve months has retired into private life, was again brought forward, and, though we believe be is at present on the continent, his return was unopposed. LIME-STREET WARD. There was considerable animation here; Mr. Henry Holmes, who retired from Exchange Ward, being put forward to oppose the re-election of Mr. J. B. Lloyd. During the early part of the day the numbers were nearly equal, but at two Mr. Lloyd sprang ahead and increased his majority at the close to forty-two—the largest, we be lieve. ever gained in this ward—which affords a sufficient proof that Mr. Lloyd's services in the Council are pro perly appreciated by those best qualified to term an esti mate of their value. SAINT ANNE'S. For some weeks and even months past the Radical Faction in our town had been making a dead set u p on t hi s Ward, and had determined at all hazards to oust the pre sent indefatigable and honest representative, Mr. Jam es Parker. The means to which they were prepared to des cend were sufficiently shown in the Registration Courts" by the choice specimens of humanity whom they brought up to foist upon the Burgess Roll, as having paid their rates with—save the mark!—their . own mo ney an d net th a t supplied for the purpose by the Radical Committee. Their greatest difficulty however was to find a Candidate willing to undertake the nerculean work of upsetting Mr. Parker, and they were desp a i r i ng ag i tat i ng the mat ter, when, luckily, a fitting person tu rne d up i n the per son of Mr. William Earle, fresh from his recent visit to the Emperor of all the Russias and other great Continental Sovereigns. Mr. Earle, having been solicited, lent his dignified looking countenance ; and full confidence was enterta i ne d of his triumphant return. But, alas ! nothing is certain here below. At the opening of the poll, Mr. Parker took the lead of his opponent, and from hour to hour steadily maintained it —thanks to the energetic exertions of the honest men of the ward, amongst whom, in especial, we may mention Nov. 5, 1841._ the Loyal Protestant Operatives—and at four o'clock was returned by a majority of 13, the numbers polled being': For Mr. Parker (Conservative) .. 231 For Mr. Earle (Radical) 216 Majority 15 Whilst we congratulate the ward upon this result well must strongly urge upon them the necessity of b -in g reared fur next year's contest. No man xce pt one universally respected by his fellow-burgesses. Cs M a Parker, could have withstood the amount of influencean trickery brought to bear against him. The proceedings throughout the day were peaceable and orderly , and n!3t a single instance of drunkenness was observed, except ' n the case of one of Mr. Parker's previously pleeed who, having been "bottled" all night by the Radicals, g was led up to the poll by two of this v i r t uous party, ab out half-past ten in the forenoon, in a state of intox ication. to give his vote for Mr. Ea r le. Radicals, WEST DERBY WARD. re- As usual, a co:iservative—Mr. J. S. Leigh—Was re turned unopposed. SOUTH TOXTETH WARD. The contest here commenced by th e conservative party taking a strong lead, 'and pl ac i ng their candidate , W i . er L. Jones, in a large majority over the opponent, or rat"... the shadow of an opponent, whom the radicals had t lected. (Mr. Yates had distinctly refused to stand on A; score of ill health, aid is at present at Leamington) advantage thus gained the radicals never recovefe ° ', 4 , though they resorted to every sort of meanness to time for their tardy voters to co me up. Thus the "" (1 , tions were put by the a ld erman , M r . Evans, (a c °Pr t s cr usually resorted to only i n c ases o f sus pected frau d ' ) such voters as Mr. Ambrose Lace, Mr. Samuel lini m p . r er , and others, with whose identity an d h onou r he w 3 5, 1 70 feed) , well acquainted, a pr ocee di ng both factious and suiting, and which we should cer tainly not have an tic lis ted from Mr. Evans, h owever grea t t h e emer geneY t" party. The conserv a ti ves , h owever , ma i n t a i n ed their P°, sition through the day ; and a t f our o ' c l oc k had ret urn Mr. Jones by a large majority, the numbers being for Mr. Jones (Conservative) Mr. R. V. Yates (Radical) Majority. 39 rke d Not a vestige of excitement of a n y descriptionVi ar ge the proceedings, although from th e p o p u l ar ity anu. his property of Mr. Yates in the wa rd, an en th us iasm '- favour might reasonably have been anticipated. NORTH TOXTETH WARD. r p of The contest in this ward, between Mr. Mann, ,n the old' school, and M r . G eorge H olt, a bitter sec''ulairs and radical, who a fe w y ears ago sate in the Coun„c;tst alderman of the sa me war d, commenced in g : ood earr t. ': he the hour of openi ng th e po ll , t h e former taking By first two hours a considerable lead of his opponent' as one o'clock, however, the radicals, by the most streriu•- exertions, had pulled up, and were , we believe, at one tteis in a majority, which they announced, to the infinit e grs ai tification of the papist mobocracy of the ward, by Wh •er they were chiefly supported. From this p er i o d the to r i l e - i i began to rally irr great force, and took the lead, l o ir they maintained up to the close of the poll, returning ty. candidate by a majority of 60. The proceedings thr°7 bs t out were perfectly orderly, a n d u nmar k e d by a ny 0' t he excitement which has prevailed on former oc carions , .a conservative party being conscious of th e i r s trength , the radicals evidently dispirit e d an d c h o pf a ll en , their es io didate himself having washed his hands of them, and P ° blank refused to stand, if elected. The following were the numbers at the close c f the P viz : Mann (Tory)... Holt (Radical). Mpjority for the Tory . 60 At the close of the proceedings the successful can dates for both the wards bri e fly a dd resse d the e e e cto r e from one of the windows of th e R o y a l O a k, an us,ilf loudly cheered by the assembla ge , w hi c h was s ubseq! et ly addressed by Mr. Sheppard, and th en di sperse d homeward. CHESHIRE. Last week 'Air. John Langan purchased the estate Ana hall of Thornton, near Rock Ferry, for 9,000 otrinea'' AssAnur.—At the Birkenhead Police•court, on Tb.ll,l.lt day, George Lac:ton was fined Be/in and costs for as s ` A - „ ti t ing Eliza For-shirty, in Higher gton. The dere"; accused the complainant of keeping a disorder - b. , li't e s , and the magi s trates, w h o h a d h ear d o f hi s i rreg ulati tl ` strongly cautioneJ him. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—An i nques t wa s 0-„ Friday a, summoned to b held at Woodchurch, near Biriienhead, on the body of an elderly female, had died in consequence of ill-treatment by an u 6 n ut irl i e ised practitioner in his endeavours to cure a carver. t he c rover, H. Churton, Esq., issued his warrant for ey disinterment of the body. and ordered a post mortets..__, who, it was alle t i e r , amination to be made by Dr. Vaughan and Mr. Fouli‘, of Birkenh. ad. However, on the parties Woodchurch, it was found that the deceased hmi bees buried at Whitchurch, in Shropshire, and thitherti_.,, parties departed, fur the purpose of pursuing the ing FAZE AT BIRKENHEAD.—About three o'clock r n i Tuesday morning last the watchman on duty discoverso l.; the premises of Messrs. Wemyss and Cameron, fire , arid buildes, Ivy-street, Birkenhead, to be on ot The alarm was speedily given, and two of the engine,' 14 e arriving eel, to work, hut, of to the inflammable nature 01 I 1. 0 buildings, whi , •l. :were chiefly composed of wood, in t e h e then three rit,irturt: of an hour the wimle were razed is the ground. There is every reason to suppose that this work of an incendiary, as the fire originated in the ea st end of the building, in a temporary shed used for jointing flooring boards, (into• which no fire was ever admitted) a 0 in the end directly opposite to that in which the stove i s erected. About fourteen men were employed on the „.pre mises, all of vc h. m have lost the whole of their tools. . 7 ' premises were insured in a London office ; and the los s ' exclusive of the tools, is estimated at about £2OO. FALL OF A PORTION OF BIRKENHEAD MARKE I Yr tr About eleven o'clock on Saturday between fifty and st yards of the southeastern wall of the new market now In course of erec!i'm at Birkenhead, by the contrac tors ', Messrs. Fox, l'enderson, and Co., fell down w ith the tremendous crash, burying six of the workmen rive ruins. The unfo r t una t e f e ll ows were engag ed at the ti r in that pa r t o f the b u ildi ng w hi c h i s t o b e con verted underground ce ll ars , an d were r i vett i ng a portion of the iron roof. We are h a ppy t o say , a lth oug h three o f Tbe parties were seriously injured, no person was killed. vi a remaining three were got out of the ruins withou t , ri be e s Of sustained any co n t us i ons o f consequence . The t' t wo, the injured parties are, James Ellis, aged thirtY hes, whose leg was fractured in two places ; Samuel 1111 ,,,, a d, aged twenty-two, wh o rece i ve d contus i ons on the hoed the hips, and both l egs ; an d J o h n C annon , w ho receiscbc, contusions on the head an d l o i ns . Th e poor feliow 6 t a ed a:e all unma rr i e d, an d f rom S ta ff or d s hi re, were rell'vtioll to the Birkenhead Dispensary, where prompt a tten d bf , was paid to th e i r i n j ur i es . Th e acc id ent was ea"s e t bo * the fury of the gale which was blowing at the 01 ,2 ; n tif a contemporary states that the walls are not suffic' e be strong, being where the semicircular windows are trio placed, only nine inches in thickness, the length of u be' brick, and where the pillars, or supports, are erec te r teet ) tween the windows,the thickness varies only from fu ° to eighteen inches. lroej WALLASEY.—On Thursday evening, the adet• meeting of the parisioners was held, to take into con?.itiogr ation certain propositions for the improvement, lie and watching of the parish. On the motion of Mr' fle e. tledale, J. C. Ewart, Esq., in the absence of the e iog Dr. Byrth. was called to the chair. The meeting b a p. been opened by the chairman, and addressed b,Y oj es' Winch, in the speech explanatory of the propose° t ee t sure, Mr. Meadowcroft opposed the project, but he r idt with little support. The following re s ol u tio n was c a , f jet° with only three or four dissenti en t s: —`' That telci n e ess e consideration the great pr esen t an d prospect i v e in' tbe of the population of the parish of Wallasey., it is.e a tie°, opinion of this meeting, very desirable that el , Pl' e - 0 f ° ,; should be made to parliament in the ensuing ee±"'" t re'r an act for the regulation of the affairs of the parish the principle of vesting in commissioners the en ° e ' e g - ittli paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and othercw''''re o , l proving the parish, the establishment and maintenatirla an effective police, and a public market thereon , ; fe te% other powers that may be found necessary for its good government, for which the general law of the ger necessary, it becoming insufficient."—A numb(r Th° tlemen were then nominated to act as a committe e ' secretary proceeded to read the report of the 511 , c 11 0 5,1 mitteeon the ht ads of the intended bill. The fir'" rat e d vests the execution of the act in 21 commissione r- 0p 0 1 . 1 e( at £5O, or possessing property of the value of XL, rel / n p to be elected by the inhabitants rated at £lO to i ll - eciPto of the pcor.—Mr. Brice proposed that the qua'',ol e . should be a rating of £35 instead of £5O. or ere 9 , - ,er 6 ,0 the value of £lOOO instead of £l5OO. Mr. 13,3°-IVele„e -conded the motion, which was carried, after Da r ' es livi,"; had explained, in answer to a question, that the,* o ,.` e . tion was to be in landed property, or houses. 55 1 1 clause provides that seven of the commissionere r i , he 0•: r tire annually by rotation, and be re-eligible. ' o ol l ° l ,t, clauses, relating to the monthly meetings of the c be tte;), sioners, were agreed to without comment. In t e tie tl e which made appointment of auditors of accounts ° ' 10 it was made compulsory, on the s u gges tion of v ie 0 . lips. The next clause r e l a te s to th e li g hting en - l oiPtO ing of particular dist r i c t s , by di rec tio n o f the c° l obl e ble ners, and provides that such tarts only shall b e oviO e it the rates. Mr. Ford suggested that it would p be ttie e t li ft et for the commissioners to take power to manula c B o ot own gas, instead of taking it from Birkenheed%i l ie t e jet a good deal of discussion, an amendment to L the riZ er was carried by a small majority.—The dense au n ot e re the commissioners to take a lease for any te st o r fto to ceeding twenty-one years of any of the existing " e : 'Tog ferries of the parish having been read, it vcas., t " ee e' j o g leave the consideration of it to the conp" te tightA r clauses authorizing the laying of the improvetnen et 'beut "to and watching, and highway rates were passed . I :i sion ers j o g servation.—The clause authorizing the Comm'. e t hagi e ft borrow £15,000 for the general purposes of the , l d bevel toe - od been read, Mr. Ford proposed that the sum sno , i' blank, and filled up by the Committee. .Aete e , oc er various clauses in the report having heel ren"_ , se eotw eg l approved with the alteration named—Mr. Brie% jd i t io o li o by Mr. Sharland, proposed the fellowine as a n e , o pt fro clause. " That all teeiernents under £lO he es ee ts ea t h h ig e h i z p ;, o a v , e , improvement e n r g a h triantge,at:inddwatht watching-rates, for .r t u e e s h , s t h e a l li e , ' o 7 l ,r t,.. g bb e e directly on the respective owners." Carried. Z te ' r ? ? b y oner : Is there no clause for a supplY w eb:0 1000e Solicitor explained that such7power must be T h a t a company, and not by the commis-loners , 9 0d ap pl e ;; ; forms of the Howe would prevent them leti 3 ": i‘n ine„ o . for such powers this session at least.—The solienof We want niter mere than any thing else• b odg itp , suggested this matter would be better left in till' were 4 , committee.—The various clauses of the the mo o , prowed, and a committee formed to carry out "