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yr. JAMES OwEx, the chairman of Mr. Xilahaw's com mittee, also came forward to thank the electors for the noble and manly way in which they had asserted the independence of the ward. (Cheers.) Mr. KILSRAW then briefly returned thanks in a neat and appropriate speech, in the course of which he expressed a hope that his committee were correct in their calculations. He trusted that they would come forward next year, and se cure a much l a r ger 'majority for the conservative candidate. (Cheers.) The following explanatory observations, in reference to the majority which is claimed by Mr. Kilshaw's committee, may be here necessary : The conservatives claim a majority of 4, giving their oppo nents 387 votes, they having 391. The manner in which this is accounted for is thus explained by the clerks on the conser vative aide :—Two clerks were appointed for each side, one to take the names from A to L, the other those from L to Z. One of the clerks on the radical side, who should have noted the names from A to L exclusively, it is known went on for some time taking the names of the whole alphabet ; so that all beyond L were duplicated. When he discovered his error, he proceeded to erase the names beginning with letters beyond L in the alphabet ; but it is believed that he omitted some of them, so as to make up the apparent difference. So confident were Mr. Kilshaw's clerks of this fact last night that they fully anticipate the official return of this day will place that gentleman in the majority stated—namely, four. They have summed up their books repeatedly, and can arrive at no other conclusion. ST. ANNE'S WARD The retiring member for St. Anne's Ward was Mr. Ed ward Seger, who declined coming forward agai n . The new candidates were, on the Conservative interest, Mr. John Davies, an old and highly respectable inhabitant of the ward, and, on the radical interest, Mr. W. Slater. This ward was keenly contested throughout the day, and the two candidates were alternately at the he a d of th e p o ll. Th e re was a con siderable crowd around the polling booth, in Christian-street, in the afternoon particularly, the great majority of whom seemed to be deeply interested in the return of Mr. Davies. The radicals made the most strenuous exertions during the last hour, and succeeded in placing Mr. Slater at the head of the poll. The numbers at the close were : Mr. Slater Mr. Davies .. Majority for Mr. Slater, only .. 4 the regret to hear that this ward was chiefly lost through lukeviarmness and want of alacrity displayed by several o Conservative voters. We hope they will not be so 41114 and indifferent in future. WEST DERBY WARD. The ref tiring member for this ward was Mr. G. H. Law rence,lt w- xonservative) who stood again on the same interest. 7 with some difficulty that the radicals found a candi date in the person of Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, jun., the son of the president of the teetotallers: It was evident from the first hour in the morning that this unfledged aspirant for municipal honours had not the slightest chance of success. Mr. Lawrence maintained his position from the first, and continued to augment his majority from hour to hour until the close. There was very little excitement in the neighbour hood of the polling booth, the opposition to Mr. Lawrence being looked upon as a complete farce. The numbers at the close of the poll were, for Mr. G. H. Lawrence 156, and for Mr. L. Hepworth 96—giving the former a majority of 60. The radicals have no chance whatever in this ward. SOUTH TOXTETH WARD The candidates for this ward were Mr. John Sheppard, gentleman, conservative ; and Mr. John Platt, iron-mer chant, radical. Very considerable interest was excited in this ward, which was nobly contested by the conservative candidate, who, though he has lost the day by a small num ber votes, will, we trust, be triumphant on the next occa sion. Mr. Platt got ahead considerably at an early hour, end though Mr. Sheppard gained rapidly upon him, particu larly towards the close, he (Mr. S.) could not entirely make up his leeway. The following were the closing numbers: — Platt Sheppard Majority for Platt 6 It should b e remar k e d that at a quarter-past three Mr. Platt was but three ahead of Mr.. Sheppard ;at half-past, 6 ; and at a quarter to four, (as well as at the close), only 6. Towards the close of the poll, several slight pugilistic en counters took place, but the police restored order. A good deal . of amusement was created by an old man, who had sa crificed largely to the rosy god, wishing to give his vote to :N!r.. Sheppard, and whose vote was refused on the score of Ms it He repeatedly found his way to Mr. Shep Pard's committee-room, accompanied by his wife ; but his vote not being received when he tendered it, he refused to vote at all. As the polling-place is in the outskirts of the town and the ward extensive, cars and coaches were employed Ol considerable numbers by both parties in bringing up the voters who had lagged behind. The contest was so close to wards the conclusion, that the appearance of these vehicles was loudly c h eere d by th e parties at whose committee-rooms they drew up. It will be observed that the voters had be come nearly exhausted before the close. NORTH TOXTETH WARD - - -- ,_ln this war d th e conserva ti ve can didate was Mr. Richard Larbord, warehouse-owner ; and the radical, Mr. William NtalVfurdo Duncan, merchant. Mr. Harbord took the lead at an early hour, and kept it in good style to the close of the Contest. Here, too, the election went off iu a perfectly Peaceable manner. Harbord Duncan Majority for Harbord The police were on the alert during the day, without Interfering with the'business of the election beyond the necessary maintainance of order, when a breach of the peace was threatened or had commenced. To some of t he wards only six officers were appoint ed, and in ot hers various n u mbers up to twenty, as the oc casion Z e d to require. Inspectors superintended each ; there were sections in reserve at various poin ts, in c ase their services might be required; and we ob served Mr. Whitty at various parts of the town during the day, giving_ moat efficient and impartial instruc tions to those under his charge. No means, however trifling, were disregarded by the liberals to avoid the mortification of defeat. For in stance, circulars were sent round to gentlemen of their mode of thinking, requesting them to interfere with their servants, and others connected with them to in duce them to vote for the radical candidates. We, Ourselves, saw one dated October 22, addressed by Mr. Wilson Ledger,'to Mr. John Cropper, in which he stated that he had been instructed by the central com mittee to request him to call upon John Dalton, of Mill -street, and endeavour to prevail upon him to vote for the reform candidate, in South Toxteth Ward, Mr. Platt. The circular also gave the information that the Committee were sitting every day at Mr. Rathbone's office, No. 10, South Castle-street. This is an incident not very important in itself, except as showing that the mania for reform in Mr. Dalton and others was by no means so strong as in the central committee them- Selves, but that the persuasion and character of Mr. Cropper were deemed indispensable to induce him to vote for the radical candidate. WIGAN MUNICIPAL ELECTION, RETIRING COUNCILLORS. Conservatives Radicals ELECTED Nov. 2, 1840. Conservatives Radicals none ! ! ! PRESENT CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNCIL, (AFTER THIS ELECTION). Conservatives Reformers l3 Ten of the reformers who are at present in the council are aldermen, w h o were e l ecte d d ur i ng th e r eform mania, when t he radicals obtained a large majority of councillors ; but such as been the alteration in public opinion that the con servatives were returned this year without opposition. MACCLESFIELD. RETIRING COUNCILLORS. Conservatives Reformers 6 ELECTED NOV. 2, 1840. Conservatives Reformers 2 PRESENT CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNCIL, (AFTER THIS ELECTION) Conservatives (councillors 29) Reformers (aldermen 12—councillors 7) 19 The numbers once were—conservatives 3 ; reformers 45 Richard Roy, Esq., of Great Stanhope-street, West /ninster, has been lately canvassing Cheltenham upon the Conservative interest. WESLEYANISM OPPOSED TO CIIARTISM. — A respectable clergyman in Wales observes, in correspondence with a friend :—" I must do the Wesleyans the justice to say, that in the Chartist affair they have behaved admirably, as I be lieve they do as a body in all political movements. In fact, they appear to me to feel a consciousness of their might in the country, and to consider themselves more as an integral Part of the state, than as a sect with detached exclusive in terests. In this there is much wisdom ; this must be pre ferred to a right perception of religious obligations, and a sacrifice of private feeling to a sense of public duty ; and I am satisfied this sacrifice does not go unrequited, as the wesleyans certainly possess the confidence and the good will of the country." The gentleman to whom these remarks Were addressed a n d w h o h as fo rw a r ded them to us, adds— ' The Wesleyans in Wales, both North and South, are as Y orthy 111 of this character, as their brethren :in any part of the i ngdo." PORTSMOUTH.—The Rapid, 10 gun brig, will shortly be c ommissioned at this port. The following three-decked ships lire ordered to be commissioned immediately :—The Caledonia, 120, and Impregnable, 104, both at Plymouth, the former as !ion flag-ship of Admiral Sir Graham Moore, and the latter Tr service in the Mediterranean to be commanded by Capt. . 1 % Forrest. The Camperdown, 104, is also ordered for com mission at Sheerness for the same quarter. It is confidently r umoured that the Queen, 104, flag-ship at this port, will be sent out to the Mediterranean as soon as her internal fitments a l'e completed ; and that the St. Vincent, 120, will supply her Pia Ce. A large number of 50 gun-ships are in course of r eparation for the pendant, amounting to 10 sail. The adus and Vengeance, 84 gun-ships, will be commissioned at this port about the 10th of November. Great dispatch is Used in their equipment for the pendant. —Brighton Gazette. " S INGULAR AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. — The week b efore last, two sinkers were engaged by night in a coal-pit b elonging to E. Protheroe, Esq., in the Forest of Dean ; th ey were sinking an air-pit from one measure or vein of ,°al to another, the pit was then about fifty feet deep. wadyoung man, Thomas Coleman, at the windlass or barrel, w il ad sat down a few minutes, while the other at the bottom axis preparing other work. It being about midnight, he fell li e eP, and had a short unpleasant dream, which excited him f °, Much that he sprang forward headlong into the pit, and ',ell about 25 feet, or midway down, where his life was won derfully preserved by his foot catching on one of the hooks h cart bridle, which pierced through the upper leather of shoe and into his foot, near the large toe. He was there ~"Pended for some time, completely out of the reach or ;sslstance of the man at the bottom ; but being a very active e i° l4l g man, after several efforts he succeeded in reaching the self, on which he was hung, and ultimately disengaged him bq Although suffering much pain, he drew up his partner. ell fa c has been unable to work since, but the wound is going vourably.—Bath Chronicle. SPECIAL MEETING OP THE COUNCIL. A special meeting of the council was held on Saturday in the Town-hall, for the despatch of business on hand, previ ous to the election of new councillors. The mayor, Sir Joshua Walmsley, presided. The proceedings of the several committee meetings of the council were confirmed. THE ASSIZE COURTS AND ST. GEORGE ' S HALL. The minutes of the Law Courts'Committee embodied a detail relative to the junction of St. George's Hall with the new Assize Courts. On the Bth October the committee met and inspected certain plans submitted by Mr. Elmes. It was at that meet ing resolved, that Mr. Elmes should be appointed architect to the corporation for the erection of the courts. Mr. Elmes stated, the remuneration which he expected to receive was 5 per cent. on the amount of his estimate, including travelling and other expenses, the premiums already paid forming part of the remuneration. A clerk of the works to be appointed and paid by the corporation. At a meeting the 23d Oct. Mr. Elmes submitted five plans for laying out the site of the Old Infirmary yard. It was re solved that the Committee of St. George's Hall should be in vited to a conference with this Committee, for the purpose of further considering the plans. On the 27th Oct. the Committees met. There were present of the Corporation Committee, Messrs. H. Hornby, Earle, Currie, Rathbone, Sheil, and Barclay ; of the St. George's Hall Committee, the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, Messrs. Hard man Earle, J. Hornby, Booth, Stewart, Kearsley, S. Holme, and Eyre Evans. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks was appointed chairman. After considerable discpssion, a design, submitted by Mr. Elmes, showing a combination o f the Law Courts and St. George's Hall, in one building, was approvedof, and the resolution was phssed which is already before the public. Mr. H. HORNBY said, as the proceedings of the Assize Courts' Committee embodied a proposal which had yet to be submitted, by the St. George's Hall Committee, to the body of the subscribers, he thought it desirable, that the motion submitted to the council should be framed with due regard to that condition. He therefore proposed, that the prcceed ings of the Law Courts' Committee be approved and confirm ed, excepting that, so far as relates to the proposal agreed to at a joint meeting of this Committee and the Committee of St. George's Hall, the confirmation of that part of the proceed ings be conditional with the acceptance of the proprietors of St. George's Hall of the said proposal. Mr. Hornby said, that the Committee, on consulting as to the laying out of the land, had found it quite impracticable to do so on the plan originally proposed so as to preserve the beauty and harmony which were so desirable. They had, therefore, requested Mr. Elmes to furnish them with designs for the two buildings under one roof. This would cause a saving to the subscribers to St. George's Hall, but the sum at first mentioned for the Assize Courts would be found insufficient. There would, however, be no increase of expenditure in consequence of the new designs, for these would be furnished by Mr. Elmes. Mr. EARLE said, from the manner in which Mr. Hornby had put it, it would look as if it were in consequence of the union that the expenditure would be greater, whereas it was in consequence of the increased magnitude of the design. The MAYOR (to Mr. Hornby.)—Have you had any esti mate of the amount of the increased expenditure ? Mr. HORNBY.—I believe it will be about £65,000. Mr. WOOLLRIGHT wished to know whether the designs for the new building would be left again to open competition. Mr. HORNBY.—No. If Mr. Elmes be the corporation architect, that is not necessary. Mr. JORDAN thought the town was greatly indebted to the committee for the arrangement which they had made. The double building, as proposed, would have been a most un sightly object. Mr. BOLTON said, the council would distinctly understand, that there would be no outlay of the public money till the proportionate amount to be paid by the subscribers of St. George's-hall had been received. Mr. WOOLLRIGHT, as a subscriber to St. Georges'-hall, wished to know whether the corporation intended to take the profits of that portion of the building under the new arrange ment.—(Mr. CuuurE, " No, no !") for many of the sub scribers to St. George's-hall had contributed under the impression, that they were not absolutely giving their money. Mr. HORNBY. — The conditions respecting St. George's- hall remain precisely as they were before. Mr. GEORGE HOLT said, it appeared manifest, that it would be for the benefit of the corporation to carry out this proposition, as the hall would be required for many muni cipal and other public purposes. As a subscriber to the St. George'-hall Fund, he could not say as much, for he thought the proposal did not offer the proprietors any advantages, but the contrary; and he thought they would have been better off, as far as the objects of making the hall a place for musical and other assemblies is concerned, if they had purchased a piece of land in another situation, and erected a plain and spacious building upon it. Mr. RATHBONE could not agree with Mr. Holt on the point last named. The £25,000 which the St. George's-hall subscribers were to pay would ensure the carrying into effect of their object ; and he was of opinion that, notwithstanding the grant of land, the building would never have been erected at all but for this arrangement. Mr. EVANS said, nothing in this matter could be consi dered decisive just now : all must depend upon contingencies. One of the most important of these was, that all the money should be subscribed. Mr. RomNsoN.—The council ought to see the plans. The committee has decided upon a new design without consulting the council. Mr. HORNBY.—No : there is no such decision. Of course, no new designs will be decided upon till they have had the confirmation of the council. The motion was passed. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PARKS The Report of the Special Committee appointed on the 10th une last to inquire into the practicability of obtaining land :or the formation of Parks for the public was read by the Town-Clerk, as follows Report of the Special Committee appointed on the 10th of June last, " to inquire how far it is practicable at the present time to obtain land either within or contiguous to )e boun dary of the borough, for the purpose of forming parks, to be for ever kept open for the benefit and enjoyment of the increas ing population of the borough, and to what extent and at what probable cost such land may be procured in suitable situa tions, and to report to the Council the result of their inquiry, after conference with the Finance Committee on the financial considerations requisite." In the prosecution of the duty imposed upon them, your committee commenced by inviting the co-operation and ad. vice of the principal noblemen and landowners in the neigh bourhood, who generally expressed their entire approval of the object, and their willingness to promote the views of the Council. _ _ . -..-... Your committee also directed the surveyor to submit a copy of Bennison's plan of the environs of the borough, with his remarks and suggestions as to particular sites, which might be converted to the desired purpose, and after mature consideration of the subject, and the various sites pointed out, your committee came to the conclusion, that it Gould be advisable, with a view to the cost of the future establishment, to confine their consideration to the formation of one park only of sufficient dimensions, such park to be in a central situation as regards the borough, and as near as may be to the great mass of population. With this view the surveyor submitted a plan of the land between Wavertree-lane and London-road, containing about 200 large acres, the principal entrance to be at Mount Ver non, but owing to difficulties, arising from the improved state of part of the land in this vicinity, and the objections on the part of some of the proprietors to the proposition, your committee were under the necessity of abandoning this most favourable situation. Your committee then turned their attention to the north and south ends of the town. With regard to the former, your committee are of opinion, that no favourable site offers itself on the west side of Everton-hill, as the exposure to the westerly gales would present insuperable difficulties to the formation of a park, and the vale at the back of Everton your committee consider to be too remote for the general use of the public. To the southward, however, your committee were more fortunate in finding an unbuilt space of about 90 large, or 200 statute acres, possessing fine views of the Welsh and Cheshire lands, with the advantage of a variety of soil and surface, and two small streams of water, wholly the property of the Earl of Sefton, who had expressed himself favourable to the formation of such an addition to the convenience and comfort of the inhabitants of the borough, as would be thus afforded. After personally viewing the situation, and ascertaining the boundaries of the proposed allotment, your committee stated their views to his lordship, and in reply his lordship was pleased to signify his willingness to dispose of this land for this purpose at the rate of £1,200 per large acre. The nearest point of this land is about 1- miles from the centre of the town, a distance which, in the opinion of your com mittee, would not be inconvenient to any part of the old bo rough, except the extreme north, which has already the ad vantage of the open sea shore, as well as of the late improve ment of Great Howard-street, and its continuation by Victoria and Derby-roads through Kirkdale and Bootle. In the course of their inquiries, the attention of your com mittee was directed to the possibility of making a boulevard round the town, from the neighbourhood of the southern docks, by St. John the Baptist's, in Toxteth-park, along Crown-street, below Netherfield-lane, Everton, and by the North Boundary-street to the river, with a view not only of effecting an easy access to the place of exercise and recrea tion from every part of the town, and from one part of the town to another, but also as means for more effective ventila tion of the eastern portion of this increasing borough. The formation of such an accommodation appears to be so desir able, that your Committee venture to submit for your con sideration the propriety of suggesting to the public, and to the proprietors of land in this line particularly, in the future laying out and disposal of their land for building purposes, to bear in mind the public health and convenience, and to make arrangements for the forwarding of this desirable acquire ment, so far as their respective unbuilt property may enable them. _ _ _ _ Your committee have, to the best of their ability, ascer tained the object of their appointment, namely, that a park of 200 statute acres, (one half of which is within the parlia mentary borough) may be obtained at a cost not exceeding £lOB,OOO. Your committee are of opinion that sites for the erection of villas may be disposed of on leases for 75 years, to meet the requisite outlay for the making of drives and roads, planting and otherwise improving the land, and that such a rent may hereafter be obtained from the remainder laid out as park ground, as would exceed any annual expenditure, which may be required for the protection of the property and keeping it in repair (the land being at present let at a rent of about £lOOO. per annum.) Your committee beg also to state that they are not without hopes that some public-spirited individuals may be willing to forward the views of the Council by liberal subscriptions, intimation to this effect having been made to your committee, and also that the Earl of Sefton may be in duced to aid the undertaking by a proportionate reduction for the land necessarily required for commodious roads and drives. With these views and expectations, your committee, in conformity with the instructions of the Council, proceeded to a conference with the Finance Committee, for their con sideration of the subject in its financial department ; but that committee being of opinion that they could not proceed to a consideration of so large an expenditure without a more cir cumstantial detail of the probable cost and return, and as the preparation of such detail would necessarily require consider able time and labour, your committee have deemed it expe dient to submit the present result of their deliberations to the Council, in full confidence that the subject may hereafter be met by the council with the same unanimity with which it was received on its first proposition in June last. Your committee cannot conclude without calling the at tention of the Council to the report prepared by the parlia mentary committee for the consideration of the " health of towns," in which parks and open spaces are particularly re commended, and in which it is also recommended that a public bill should be brought into Parliament to authorise, on certain conditions, the imposing of a rate in boroughs for this desirable purpose. And your committee, referring with regret to the particular unhealthiness of Liverpool, alluded to in this report and in that of the registrar-general, beg stre nuously to recommend that a memorial should be transmitted by the Council to the government, urging the adoption of a measure so well calculated to promote the health and com fort of the people generally. And your committee beg also to refer to the copy (herewith) of a letter received, in reply to the inquiries of your committee, from R. A. Sl aney , E sq., M.P., chairman of the parliamentary committee above al luded to, recommending the adoptio n o f suc h a memorial, and further, that, in the event of a bill being brought in, pe titions to both houses of Parliament be presented forthwith. HENRY R. SANDBACII, Chairman. COPY OF LETTER FROM R. A. SLANEY, ESQ., M. P. Walford Manor, near Shrewsbury, Aug. 3. SIR,—I am honoured with your letter of the 30th July, as chairman of the Parks Committee of the Town Council of Liverpool, and assure you your communication gave me gre a t pleasure. I am happy to hear an intention is entertained, of endeavouring to provide parks or open spaces to improve the health and add to the enjoyment of the crowded popula tion of your spirited and intelligent community ; and the more so, because it was with deep regret, the committee over which I had the honour to preside, found themselves com pelled to report a melancholy account of the unhealthy dwel lings; and neg!egted residences of a very large portion of the working classes in your prosperous and opulent city. As in former days you took the lead of all great commercial cities of the empire, in the formation of literary institutions for the rich and middle classes ; so I trust you are about to set (in this matter so advantageous to all classes) an example to the other great towns of the kingdom, which we truly hope will be extensively followed. In answer to your inquiry, I beg to state that it is my hope, the recommendations of the report will be taken up, and acted upon by government, and I am confident, it will have their careful and favourable consideration. In the event of their declining it, (and I intend to press the matter urgently on their intention), it is my full intention to bring in bills founded on the report early next session, and to do my ut most to pass them, and 1 am confident that I shall meet . • extensive support. I have always brought in a building act, (relative to houses under a certain value) as recommended in the report, (which is ordered to be printed, and will be pro ceeded with next session)", to prevent such a construction of houses as is highly injurious to the community. It is of great consequence in this subject to avoid anything of a party character ; and I am happy to say that has hitherto been the case; and many who differ from me in general politics, give their hearty and zealous support to these pro posed improvements. I should, however, humbly submit to the consideration of your committee, that they should not remit or delay their exertions to obtain the requisite places you desire ; either by rate or local grants in aid or subscription, I feel confident the means will not be wanting ! I should think Lord Derby or Lord Sefton, (the former of whom I have the pleasure of knowing would) assist you. I transmitted my account of the state of large towns (and esp ec i a lly Li v erpool) to the f ormer , and he used to take much interest in your improvements. I shall be glad to have my humble efforts backed early next session by any petition from your powerful and influential body, and also by the aid of your able representatives, espe cially Lord Sandon, who assisted me much in the education committee of 1837, and who concurs, I know, generally in the recommendations of the late committee. A memorial to the government before next session, urging them to take up and act on the report would be of great ad vantage, and if commencing at Liverpool, might surely be followed by other large towns in Lancashire and elsewhere. Mr. Tufnell, the member for Devenport, who is connected with government, and was placed on the committee by them, rendered me every co-operation; and with the Hon. Wm. Cowper, (Lord Melbourne's nephew) M.P. for Hertford, assisted me in drawing part of the report. Several gentle men of different politics, among others, Mr. Wilson Palten and Mr. Green gave me assistance, and I feel confident, if the great towns will only speak out, the practical recommen dations of the report will be carried. I intend to visit" Liverpool next summer, at the Royal En glish Agricultural Meeting, and I hope to find your public walks making much progress.—l have the honor to remain, your obedient servant, iSigned) ROBERT A. SLANEY H. R. Sandbach, Esq . . Mr. SANDBACH moved the adoption of the report, which, he said, it would be seen, pledged the council to nothing. He had no objection, however, to postpone the matter till the next council. Mr. HENRY HOLMES seconded the motion. Mr. EVANS expressed his opinion, that the bargain had been too much hurried, and that the committee were about to buy a large lot of land at a retail price. There ought to be a great difference made in the price of land purchased in the bulk and purchased in small lots. He could not help thinking, that, in this case the landlord was likely to get, at least, one half more than he ought to get for his land. Mr. COGLAN, Mr. RATHUONE, and Mr. HODGSON, sup ported the views of the committee; and, ultimately, the re port, which merely professed to be a view of the proceedings of the committee for the information of the council, was adopted. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION The TOWN-CLERK, after stating the interviews which he had had with the assessors, and with several legal gentlemen of the town, touching the rules to be observed and the legal course to be pursued at the municipal election, read over the opinions of himself and counsel which have already been published. The opinion which has been made public was obtained in reply to a case submitted by one of the assessors, who differed from the Town-clerk. The opinion obtained confirmed the Town-clerk's views. The Town-clerk. deem ing that it was proper to have the law clearly defined before hand, so that they might not have anything of that nature on hand on the day of election, obtained another opinion from the Attorney-General, Sir Frederick Pollock, and Mr. Wightman. This is still further confirmatory of the Town clerk's view of the law. The reply subjoined arises from the three following points :—The removal of a burgess after the 31st August ; two or more qualifications in several wards ; and receiving voting papers when four o'clock, the time of closing, is at hand. and taking the same into consideration, and admitting or rejecting them after the booth is closed. The following is a copy of the opinion : OPINION ON THE THREE POINTS. " We entirely concur with the Town-clerk in the view that he has taken on the points submitted. We have suggested a few verbal alterations in the instructions. " Should votes be tendered for wards contrary to the selec tions made by the parties by their voting in November, 1839, or since, we advise that such votes should be rejected. " We think the entry on the roll for any but the selected wards has become null and void by the selection. " We think that the course proposed to be adopted by the Town-clerk is quite correct (Signed) " J. CAMPBELL. " FRED. POLLOCK, " WM. WIGHTMAN `• Inner Temple, Oct. 30, 1840." EXPENSES OF PROSECUTION The return called for by Mr. Earle, of all the persons who were committed for trial in this borough, between January, 1839, and January, 1840, with certain particulars, and the costs of prosecution, was laid on the table. After some conversation, in which Mr. Rathbone and Mr. Case spoke of the utility of a similar return for the county called for by Mr. Earle, at Lancaster, 200 copies of the book were ordered to be printed. Mr. Rathbone, in remarking on the great ex pense of county prosecutions, exdressed a hope that, when the difference in the expenses of prosecutions in this borough were made known, it would offer a useful lesson to those who conducted county prosecutions. _ . THE LOCAL LAWS: HEALTH OF THE TOWN. The TOWN-CLERK said, the council had had laid before them the report of the Watch Committee on embodying in our local acts some of the valuable provisions of the Metro politan Police Act. The subject stood over in consequence of some arrangements for consolidating our local acts. The time had now come when it was necessary to give the parlia mentary notices as regarded the local bill. The application, as to the embodying certain provisions in a public bill, might stand over, hut the notice as to the local bill must be given at the Gazette-office, on the 10th of November. Mr. CASE said, as the Town-clerk had stated the necessity of giving this notice forthwith, he wished to call the attention of the council to a subject which had attracted no inconsi derable attention. He alluded to the number of persons in this town who resided in confined courts and cellars. The registrar-general had alluded to the subject in his remarks on the health of Liverpool. There was not less than 50,000 of the inhabitants of this town living in cellars, which, no doubt, contributed greatly to the ill health of the people. Liverpool was peculiarly situated from the influx of the lower class of Irish, who came over in a diseased state, and communicated disease to the inhabitants by being confined with them in low, damp apartments where there was no ventilation. All he wished was, that such notice should be given as would enable them to avail themselves of any opportunity that might occur during the ensuing parliamentary session. In the meantime, he would give notice of the following motion for the next council :—" That a committee be appointed to make all necessary inquiries, and to take into consideration the subject of inhabited cellars and small dwellings in back courts, with reference to the health of the town and the com fort and convenience of the poorer inhabitants, and to report to the council thereon, with any recommendation that may seem proper to such committee." Mr. RATIIBONE expressed his gratification that Mr, Case had brought this subject forward. It had been his intention, if re-elected, to move, in the re-appointment of the Com mittee on Baths, that they should take the matter also into consideration. Mr. THORNHILL said, he had made considerable inquiries on this subject, and he found that there were numbers of poor persons, in many districts of the town, who had no conve nience for the deposition of the dirt which accumulated in their dwellings. This, from the inquiries which had been made by his directions, he had reason to believe, was pro ductive of much ill health, as well as the more obvious in conveniences which attended it. To remedy the evil as far as practicable, he had ordered that their dust-carts should go through these districts at an early hour in the morning, and with a bell summon the inhabitants to deposit their dirt in them that it might be carried away. This was made known to the people, and it was, for a time, the cause of much im provement. (Hear, hear.) The poor people, however, got it into their heads, that the corporation were making a large profit out of their morning contributions to the carts, and many of them had, on this ground, declined contributing any more. (Laughter.) He had, however, given strict orders to the police-constables to lay informations against all who threw dirt into the streets, and Mr. Rushton had expressed his determination to fine all who were convicted of offences of this nature. After some remarks from Mr. PLATT and Mr. CURRIE, it was agreed, that the Town-clerk should insert notices on this subject with his notices for the Local Bill. COURT OF REQUESTS. The TOWN-CLERK said, it was known, that many of their townsmen wished to have commissioners of their fellow tradesmen to sit and decide cases in the Court of Requests. From the inquiries which had been made in London, they found, that they could not get this privilege in the shape of a private bill. All they could do, therefore, was to avail them selves of some public bill, into which he would procure the in sertion of the necessary clauses, and thus carry into effect the desires of the tradesmen. TURNPIKE FROM WOODSIDE, &C. The TOWN-CLERK said, the next subject was that of the road between Woodside and Bidstone. The corporation had had to pay part of the expense of making the present road and keeping it in repair. The whole expense, hitherto, had devolved upon them and the two other proprietors. Three years ago, the road had cost the corporation £1,713 ; and, during the last three years, in repairs, £6OO more, making a total of £5,313. The other two landed proprietors were now desirous of making a turnpike on this road, from Woodside to Iloylake, and of going hand in hand with the corporation, and paying their proportion of the expense. Perhaps it would be possible to get the commissioners of Birkenhead to adopt the road. It seemed to be the interest of the corpo ration to get the road made into a turnpike, and he advised, that a notice should be given to apply to Parliament on the subject. Mr. PLATT said, there was every desire on the part of the commissioners to adopt the road, but at present, they were unable to do so, on account of the other extensive matters which they had in hand. REFORM IN THE DIRECTION OF WRITS The TOWN-CLERK this county being a county pala tine, if a writ should be issued for the amount of debt against an absconding debtor, it must go, in the first instance, to Preston, to the Chanc ellor of t h e Duc hy , and had then to be addressed by him to the Sheriff. In other cases , w h ere t h e c ounty was not palatinate, the writ went at once to the Sheriff, who was prepared to ta ke the p art y imme diately. This ab surdity allowed the debtor double chance of escape, and only required to be represented to be removed. As a new Chan cellor was about to be appointed,. he thought this would b e the proper time to make th e application. Agreed to. THANKS OF THE COUNCIL TO THE MAYOR. Mr. CASE said, this being the end of the municipal year, h e called the attention of the Cou ncil to their worthy chief ma gistrate, who was about to retire from the office of presiding over their deliberations. They had all seen the kindness and feeling which he had exhibited, and the great impartiality which he had shown in every situation in which he had beeii placed. They had also seen the liberal hospitality which he exercised, thus maintaining the high character of the town. They were all indebted to the Mayor for the kindness which lie had exhibited when presiding over their meetings, and had witnessed his anxiety to afford every person an opportunity of declaring his sentiments. He could not, therefore, let the occasion pass without calling upon the Council to thank him for his admirable conduct. He moved, that the cordial thanks of the Council be given to the Mayor for the ability, kindness, and great impartiality which he had uniformly maintained in presiding over the Council during the past year. (Loud cheers.) Mr. WOOLLRIGIIT had extreme pleasure in seconding the motion. He was sure the copduct of the Mayor had not only won the approbation of the Council, but of the public generally. (Cheers.) The MAYOR said, he begged to thank the Council for the kindly feelings which had dictated their present mark of ap probation. When he accepted the office of Chief Magistrate, he ventured to express the hope, that he might so discharge its onerous and important duties as to be able to return the trust into their hands, not only pure, but unsuspected. He then believed that he shonld best exemplify the purity of his own political opinions, and most efficiently fulfil the wishes of those whose views were in common with his own, by stea dily adhering to that strictly impartial line of conduct which so eminently distinguished his predecessor in office; and, although, during the past year, party politics and party zeal had been more than usually excited, such had been the sup port he had received from all classes of his fellow-townsmen that it had rendered the duty not only easy, but pleasing— (cheers)—and it was doubly gratifying to find, that his con duct had also met with the approbation of the Council. If he might be permitted to estimate the testimony in proportion to the high standing and intelligence of the party giving it, he had, indeed, reason to be proud of the posititon in which they had placed him. Were any stimulus wanting to induce a continuance of that conduct which he had hitherto pursued, it would be found in the sanction they had this day given to it.—(cheers.) He thanked them for the forbearance, cour tesy, and kindness which they had always evinced toward him, which he should ever remember with the liveliest feel ings of gratitude.—(Cheers.) The Council broke up at two o'clock. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—By inadver tance, the name ofJohn Davenport, Esq., M.P. was omitted in our list of donations to the institution ; we are now happy to rectify the unintentional error, and to state that Mr. Da venport has since increased his original subscription of £5O to £lOO. THEATRE ROYAL. — _Mr. Charles Kean appeared last night in the character of Hamlet, and was most rapturously applauded. Since his last visit there is an obvious imprpve ment in all that he does. The plays in which he appears for the week are announced in the advertisement. We have_not heard who is likely to be the next lessee of the theatre. FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.—Sermons appropriate to this oc casion will be preached in almost all the churches of Liverpool on Thursday next. DANCING.—Ladies and gentlemewlequiring instruction 1,44 , in the present fashion a bl e mo d e "'dancing, are respectfully informed they can have p r i vate essons a t an y hour, or join public classes every Tuesday d Thursday evening, on ap plication to Mr. Harwood, 42/Nelson-street, Great George square. A quadrille band will attend the rooms this evening. CHURCH PREFERMENT.—The Rev. John M'Gregor, B.A. late of Walton Academy, near Liverpool, and curate of Lord Francis Egerton's church, Worsley, to the Incumbency of Mellor ; patron, the Rev. Dr. Whittaker, vicar of Black burn. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON.--This fine vessel arrived on Friday from New York, whence she sailed on the 7th ult. The following passengers arrived by her :—Rev. Dr. Wayland, President of Brown's University, Rhode Island; Anthony Dunn, Esq., lady, two children, and servant, London ; A. W. Clements, Esq., London; P. S. Johnson, Esq., New York ; Miss Riley, Dublin ; E. P. Page, Esq., Ohio. ARRIVALS AT THE CLARENDON HOTEL.—Lady Sophia Hastings and Lady Adelaide Hastings and suite, en route to Loudoun Castle ; Lady Hampson and Miss Lowe, with Sir George Hampson, Bart., family, and suite, en route to Malta, per Oriental steamer; Colonel and Mrs. Murray and family, Lieutenant-Colonel Goulden, Major Bradshaw and Mr. Thomas Walker, Lady Murray and party, Captain Hope, R.N., Captain Robinson, R.N., Captain Douglas, Captain Dundas, Captain Metcalf, Captain Barnes, Mr. Henry, Mr. Clements, &c. &c. FATAL COLLISION. — On Friday morning, at five o'clock, as the Commodore steam ship was on her way from Glasgow to Liverpool, when about eight eight miles from Douglas Lights, Isle of Man, she came in collision with a small sailing vessel, the consequences of which were the small vessel went down instantly, and the crew, four in number, were immersed in the water. The engines of the Commodore were imme diately stopped, and two boats were lowered, manned, and despatched in search of the drowning men. They succeeded in rescuing two of the crew ; but the other two, we regret to say, sank to rise no more. Both vessels had their lights burning. COMMERCIAL BANK. — The directors of this establish ment have issued a circular, from which it appears, that at the period of suspension (June 19th,) the bank was indebted to the public £603,704, of which £372,208 have been already paid. The amount of bills current at the former'period was £727,465, of which £584,085 have been paid. Thus an ac tual reduction of liabilities to the amount of £956,383, has been effected in less than four months ! The present liabili ties amount to £141,841, and the assets to £357,823, show ing a balance o f £215,982 assets over li a biliti es . N o legal proceedings have been taken in any instance against the com pany ; and the collection of outstanding debts has b,een ef fected with " very little recourse to the law." This must be regarded as a very favourable view of the affairs of the com pany as regards the public.—Manchester Chronicle. TTIBUTE OF RESPECT. — We mentioned about two years ago that, in consequence of the civil, polite, and courteous behaviour of Captain S. V. Thompson, of the Earl of Lonsdale, steamer, to Liverpool, belonging to this port, several ladies and gentlemen, who had o ccas i ona ll y been passengers to and from Liverpool, &c., entered into a sub scription, and presented Capt. Thompson, with a very massive and splendid silver snuff-box. W e are g l a d to p l ace on record another flattering testimony to the politeness and attention bestowed by Capt. Thompson upon the passengers on board the steamer under his command. Last week, the Earl, which has weekly visited the Isle of Man on its passage to and from Dublin, made a final trip for the season, and a number of gentlemen who had witnessed Captain T.'s good conduct on various occasions, invited him to a supper, pro vided for the purpose, at the York Hotel, Douglas. We believe this gratifying token of respect to our townsman was as richly merited on the one one hand as it was generously given on the other.—Cumberland Pacquet. REPRESENTATION OF CLITIIEROE.—It is boldly and con fidently affirmed by the conservative party in Clitheroe, that after a careful examination of the state of the registry in that borough, and a candid inquiry into the temper and inten tions of the electors, there exists no doubt whatever of the return of Mr. Cardwell in the event of a general election, and that Mr. Fort has not the shadow of a clianre. We have no means of judging how far this statement may be true, but we have it from a highly respectable quarter.—Preston Chronicle (Liberal paper.) WRITING.—We draw the attention of those who require to have their handwriting improved to Mr. Thompson's adver tisement. His plan is excellent, and improvement is visible after a few lessons. We have known very bad penmen be come, under his tuition, free and excellent writers. PRINCE ALBERT.-13y the courtesy of Mr. Burland, of Church-street, we were yesterday gratified with a private view of a most splendid portrait of his royal highness Prince Albert, in the full robes and jewels of the order of the Garter. This picture was painted in Buckingham Palace, by his royal highness's portrait painter. George Patten, Esq., A.R.A., and when completed, received the most unqualified approbation of her majesty, and the highest eulogiums of her illustrious visitors. It is whole length, the size of life, and most ela borately painted. The flowing purple velvet robes, with the satin appendages, the jewels composing the orders of St. George, the Garter, &c, &c, are most exquisitely finished. His royal highness is represented in a standing posture, grasping the sword in his left hand, and holding in his right the velvet hat and plume of the order of the Garter. The likeness is considered a most excellent and truly faithful one, by everyone who has seen the prince. The attitude is free, graceful, and unconstrained. The countenance of the prince exhibits the warmth of spirit, and expression of life itself. The details of the picture add greatly to the general effect by the extremely careful manner in which they have been ar ranged. Her majesty has graciously permitted an engraving to be taken from this justly celebrated chef d'oeuvre of the ar tist, which will be executed by that eminent engraver, Mr. Samuel Cousins Aket, as a companion to her own portrait by the same engraver, after Chalon. By this means her majesty's loyal subjects will be enabled to possess a most splendid pair of regal portraits. As this magnificent picture is only per mitted to remain in Liverpool until Thursday evening, we earnestly recommend our readers to pay it an early visit at the establishment of Mr. Burland. THE ACADIA STEAM-SIIIP.—This fine vessel. under the command of Captain Miller, which left Liverpool on the 4th ult., for Halifax and Boston, reached Halifax on the evening of the 15th, after a passage of 11 days and 3 hours. She left Halifax at ten at night, and would arrive at Boston on the evening of the 17th, in 13 days from Liverpool. The follow ing letter from Captain 'Miller to Mr. M'lver is interesting : " Acadia, Halifax, 15th Oct., 1840. " My Dear Sir,—For fear of no other news reaching you of our arrival, I take the opp or t un ity, by Caledonia, toin form you of the event. We reached the wharf at 7 o'clock this afternoon, and sail again at ten for Boston. The first six days of our voyage was most propitious, and I had gained one hundred miles on my last trip in the same time ; but here my hopes of a quicker passage were blighted by the appear ance of a most unwelcome visitor, in the shape of a heavy N.W. gale, which, with very little intermission, has con tinued ever since. The sea was very high, but the good ship behaved nobly, averaging five knots through the thickest of the gale. If the President met the same, and there is any truth in Col. Reid's theory on winds, I guess she is in it yet. We passed the Sheffield, liner, on the 7th, in long. 21. 30. W., she having left Liverpool on the 2d.—Yours, devotedly, " EDWARD E. MILLER. " David M'lver, Esq., Liverpool." There will be grand doings at Wynstay on the coming of age of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., in May next. NEW CHURCH AT BARDSEA.—For some time past, the landowners and inhabitants of the beautiful village of Bard sea and its neighbourhood have been most anxious to have a church erected among them ; and, for that purpose, several of them, as we are informed, have offered to subscribe most handsomely, and many of them have already put down their names. It only remains, we believe, for T. R. G. Braddyll, Esq., to fix upon a site and plan, &c., and within a twelve month from that time a church would be erected at Bardsea. Without reference to the spiritual benefit of its inhabitants, who are three miles from any church, we cannot conceive what could be more ornamental to the village and the coast adjoining it, than some chaste specimen of ecclesiastical ar chitecture—Saxon, Gothic, or Tudor. Bardsea stands on rising ground, and its church tower would overtop many a " neighbouring hill," and add to the many beauties of Co nishead Priory and its matchless grounds—the Mount Edg cumbe of the north.—Lancaster Gazette. HORRIBLE !—We copy the following from the Vindicator. It exhibits a state of barbarity in the country that we could not have believed possible ; indeed, but for the source from which we derive the information, we should still regard it as incredible :—" Awful and Melancholy Occurrence.—A mel ancholy circumstance took place in Galway on S un d ay even ing week. A man of the name of M Hugh, one of the Clad dagh fishermen, murdered his son, a lad 14 years old, and when he saw the boy's struggles over, he sat d own qu i te de liberately to eat him, and hadactuatly eaten p art o f t h e f ace , when some of the neighbours interfered ! It i s strange that there were other persons in the house at th e t i me of the mur der, and although they did all in their power to prevent him, even cut his head dreadfully with repeated blows of a stool, they found it it impossible. Be held th e b oy ' s neck with a dreadful grasp, and threw him alternately over each shoulder till he ceased to breathe. M`Hugh has been labouring under an unsound mind since the death of his wife. He was a man very well liked by his ne ighbours, and w as cons i dered rather easy in his c i rcums t an ces ; he is at pres ent confined in the town gaol." —Ulster Times. WELSH CHARTISTS.---NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE, OCT. 27.—(Extract of a Private L etter.)—Yesterday the authorities of this town were actively employed in swearing in special constables, in consequence of a public meeting of the chartists having been announced to take place at seven o'clock in the evening, in Victoria-place. One lieutenant, two sarjeants, and 30 rank and file of the 2d b attal i on o f the i rifle brigade w ere called out, to be n readiness in case of dis turbance, and lodged in the house occupied as a military hos pital, in the immediate v icinity of the pl ace of meeting. The remainder of the men in barracks were in readiness for an immediate turn out, and to act decisiv e l y , as circumstances might require. Everything, fortunately, passed off quietly, and the men retired to rest at the usual hour. The picquet, also, returned at half-past nine. A company of the rifles, under the command of Captain Egerton, marched yesterday morning from Brecon to Abergavenny. Another company, likewise, under the command of Captain Dolphin, marched from the same town to Usk there to r ema i n until further orders. Brecon is now garrisoned by the depOt of the 25th regiment. It is rumoured that a charti st r i s i ng is to take place early next month. The villages about here, however, are filling with soldiers, and come what may the troops will be more than a match for them.--Morning Herald. SUNDAY SCHOOLS FOR IRELAND The annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the Irish Sunday School Society was held in the Royal Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte-street, on the evening of Friday last. The attendance was very numerous, every part of the house being nearly filled. On the platform we observed the Rev. Dr, Berth, the Rev. Fielding Ould, the Rev. A. M'Conkie, Rev. Mr. White, Rev. Mr. Peil, Mr. O'Neil, an agent to the society, and a deputation from the parent institution, con sisting of the Rev. Robert Gage and the Rev. William Archer. The Rev. Dr. BYRTH having been moved to the chair, prayer was offered up by the Rev. A. WCONKIE. The CHAIRMAN then stated that although unexpectedly called upon to occupy the chair, he did not o ccupy i t un willingly. It was to him a great privilege to s t an d b e f ore them as the president of the proceedings of the evening, for he felt as he trusted all felt, a strong sense of the imperative demands which this society had upon our best affections. He hoped they would see not only that it was desirable to promote the objects of this institution, but also enter into the higher feeling that it was an acceptable thing to God to place such a cause before them. He should not, however, be discharging his duty unless lie said something about the Sunday School Society for Ireland—(cheers)—and though he would be the first to repel the charge that the Irish were an unthinking multitude as they had been unjustly designated, yet he felt that the slight token of applause, when lie men tioned the name of the society, was an encouragement to him to proceed. He had mentioned the name of the society as a sufficient recommendation of the cause ; and his friend, Mr. Ould, was aware that there were others better able to advo cate it than himself. But there were things which recom mended themselves—which hardly needed to be seconded by human eloquence or earthly logic—and this was perhaps the very reason why they were not adopted, It was so with true religion and heavenly virtue. So with regard to this society. Ready should he be to say much with regard to Ireland, knowing there was a debt to be paid to her which men, Englishmen had never yet been able to pay, and feeling that there were resources in that country at which they might be astonished. It was the object of such societies as this to show what that debt was and how it was to be paid—silently but certainly, without ostentation, but without the possibility of failure. According to his own opinions this was the best way to pay this debt. When the society first began its ope rations there were only about 80 Sunday schools in Ireland, and now there were 3000; give him these 3000 and he would fight popery even at Rome, ' and conquer popery in this country, without the exhibition of one malignant feeling. (Cheers.) It was one of the blessed characters of these schools, which had now existed 30 years, that they had done no more than they intended; and that they had kept them selves as the handmaid of the religion, without interfering with the order and arrangements of the church. (Hear.) The rev. chairman, after some extended remarks upon the utility of the society, concluded by observing, that the only way to destroy popery was by circulating scriptural know ledge, and that this society, which had never gone away to any of the false principles which now prevail in education, would teach that if it taught nothing else. (Cheers.) Mr. O'NEIL, agent to the society, read the annual report of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the Parent Society REPORT " The committee - of the Liverpool Association Auxiliary to the Sunday School Society for Ireland, in laying this, their annual report, before their friends and s ubscribers, are happy to be enabled to state, that the Author and Giver of all good has vouchsafed a continuance of His blessing upon their efforts to obtain funds to follow the all-important object which the parent institution has ever had in view. This object, as the name of the society indicates, is to diffuse amongst the rising generation in the sister land, by means of Sunday schools, the knowledge of those holy scriptures which are ' able to make wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.' All who have themselves experienced the unspeak able peace and joy which flows from a saving knowledge of the gospel of the grace of God, are called upon alike by Christian gratitude to a Saviour and God and Christian love towards their brethren of mankind, to desire fervently and zealously to labour to promote the extension of the Redeemer's kingdom upon earth, by spreading abroad the knowledge of the only name under heaven given among men whereby they can be saved.' That we live in an age when those who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity and truth, are labouring for the aceomplishment of this object, is in deed, to every real Christian, a source of the purest joy, and a call for the warmest gratitude to Almighty God. " But whilst we contemplate with unmingled satisfaction and delight, the vast tide of Christian zeal and Christian exertion, which is flowing like a mighty river through our world, enriching and refreshing every region which it visits, we should take heed lest our unchristian benevolence delight rather to expatiate amidst the grandeur of the prospect un folded to our view, by the successful exertions of missionaries abroad, than to fill up our own sphere of missionary useful ness at home; and though we should rejoice, even with the joy of angels, that the heralds of salvation are going forth to the benighted heathen nations to proclaim to them, Behold we bring you good tidings of great joy, that unto you is born a Saviour." Oh ! should we not rejoice if possible with deeper joy, to assist in conveying these glad tidings to the unenlightened portions of the sister land, where the people are perishing for lack of knowledge, and more to be compas sioned than even the perishing heathen, because, which the light of gospel truth is blazing around them, they are still wandering in the gloom of heathen darkness, and living without God, and without hope in the world. " The SutidaySCfiool Society for Ireland, in the opinion of your committee, has supplied in no inconsiderable mea sure the spiritual necessities of our heretofore neglected brethren in that interesting country. By a reference. to the Thirteenth Report of the Parent Institution, we find that : ' The total number of schools in connection with your society, on the Ist January, 1840, was 3007, containing 227,391 scholars and 21,792 gratuitous teachers. Of the total number of scholars 139,533 were reported to be reading in the Bible and Testament, and 46,871 to be adults above the age of fifteen. From the returns forwarded to your society, it appears, that about one-half of the scholars are now receiving instruction in daily schools. ' The following books have been granted gratuitously, and sold at reduced prices, since the formation of the society, after deducting books granted and subsequently returned to the society) :- 125,074 Bibles 83,469 Freeman's Card for 480,666 Testaments adults 112 Scripture Extracts 4022 Roll and Minute Bks. 984,632 Spelling-books, Nos. 33,674 Class Books 1 and 2 5964 of the Book of Hints 250,874 Alphabets for conducting S. Schools. Your committee deem it important to repeat the state ments made in your last report as to the powerful effect of Sunday schools in counteracting the baneful influence of the errors of the Roman catholic church upon the protestant population especially in districts w he re th e num b er o f Ro man catholics preponderates. And they would further ex press their conviction that at no former period were the Ro man catholic clergy more actively engaged in propagating the pernicious tenets of their religious system. This well-known fact is surely calculated to arouse the friends of scriptural truth to increased exertions, not only by the circulation of the scriptures to enlighten the members of the church of Rome, but also to train up the protestant population in the know ledge of divine truth ; so that knowing even from childhood the Holy Scriptures, they may be enabled to stand fast in the faith which they profess to hold.' • " The committee of the Liverpool Auxiliary Association have much pleasure in reporting that they were enabled, during the past year, to remit to the parent society in Dub lin, the sum of £164 5s Ild ; of this amount, £65 16s 4d have been contributed by the ladies' branch of your associa tion, and their zealous and persevering exertions to assist your funds claim a grateful acknowledgment from your com mittee. Their co-operation has furthered most materially the cause you have in hand, and from the benefit which has already resulted to your association from the plan of raising subscriptions through the medium of collecting cards, your committee trust that a measure which has been found so practicable and productive in many cases, will he more gene rally adopted in Liverpool. _ "Your committee would take this opportunity to record their sense of gratitude to the Rev. Fielding Ould and the Rev. B. Marshall, who kindly permitted the cause of the Irish Sunday School Society to be advocated fyom their pul pits, and collections to be made in Christ and St. Mark's churches during the past year, thus enabling your association to afford to the Parent Institution unequivocal proof that the friends of scriptural instruction in the highly favoured town of Liverpool, are not uninterested in the work of religious improvement going forward in Ireland. "Your committee cannot conclude their report without expressing their regret at perceiving that the hostility of the Roman catholic clergy to Sunday school instruction con tinues unabated. It is, however, important to notice that Roman catholics, if left to their own choice, would gladly avail themselves of the advantages of scriptural education. But opposition to the cause of God, whether it assume the appearance of cunning or open force, must fall before the light of truth, when there are found in the laid so many ready to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints, and to gird themselves for the defence of protestantism, handed down to us by those who witnessed a good confession even unto death—and committing the cause of the Sunday School Society for Ireland to the care and protection of the great Head of the church, without whose blessing no work, however perseveringly continued, can prosper, your com mittee would conclude their report in the words of an elo quent and distinguished divine of our own time, the Rev. Henry Melville : " We know something of the worth of a pure gospel, and a free Bible : and we will bind ourselves by the name of Him ' who liveth and abideth for ever,' to try to preserve unim paired the privileges bequeathed at such cost. The spirit of protestantism may have long lain dormant, but it is not ex tinct : it shall be found in the hour of her church's peril, that there are yet bold and true-hearted men in England, who count religion dearer than existence ; and who having received from their fathers a charter of faith, stained with the blood of the holiest and the best, would rather dye it afresh in the tide of their own veins, than send it down, torn and mutilated, to their children.' " The Rev. A. WCONKEY moved the first resolution. He told the meeting from their hearty responses to some pas sages in the report, and to some observations from the re spected chairman, he was glad to see that the meeting knew what was meant by the Irish Sunday School Society, by Ire land, and by Popery. The principles of the society was for promoting the establishment of schools, facilitating the con ducting of them by supplying books to those who could not pay for them gratis, and at a reduced price to those who could. No books were supplied by the society but the word of God. A third principle was, no interference in the inter nal administration of any school, and no interference with the functions of the minister of the place. Although the society was called a Sunday School Society, it did not promote merely secular education, but, what was indeed the duty of the church and of a Christian government, it enabled the poor man to send his children, to speak Hibernice, to sunday schools in the week day. (Hear and laughter.) Next to our own attendance upon the word of God, it was our duty to supply this instruction to the children of the poor. This being the object of the society, he trusted the meeting this night would bid it " God speed." (Cheers.) The agent had stated that the poor Papists were gradually coining to it by its operations, and he was glad to say that this showed it was not by the power of man it was doinm. this. This so c i e ty was not merely a School Soci e ty, b ut it appeared that was also a Bible Society. (Hear.) It had had but little means to accomplish what it had done. It had received no aid from government—he supposed it had not been asked, indeed—not that the government did not stand in loco parentis to the nation, but because it would not probably be granted. It was therefore cast upon the public for support. £3,200 was the total income of the society —or about £1 to a school in Ireland, that moral waste. How was this ? There were two reasons. One was, that the having such a society stirred up local supply, so that although the help was little it was effec tual ; and the other, that it was all a work and labour of love. There were 23,000 gratuitous teachers, abridging their own Sabbath-day en j oyments, separating themselves from their families, to teach the little children the way to Jesus. The The work, indeed, was of God—whether the people heeded it or not ; but oh ! alas for that heart who would not wish it God speed. (Cheers.) It had therefore claims which no honest' heart could refuse, and no conscience filled with the fear of God could resist. At this period of the meeting, Dr. Byrth, being obliged to cross the river, vacated the chair, and it was taken by Mr. M'Conkie. - - - The Rev. ROBERT GAGE, one of the deputation on behalf of the parent society, seconded the motion. He commenced by saying that the church was exceedingly active in all parts of Ireland, and prosperous too, for even in Tipperary the Sunday School Society was effecting great good. In the year 1809 there was scarcely a single Sunday School in the land, but now there were upwards of 3000, attended by 227,329 scholars, and conducted by 21 , 79 2 gratuitous teachers. This statement alone ought to convince the public of the excel lence of this institution. He was old enough to remember the time when there was scarcely a single school in his ow neighbourhood [a parish in Ireland]. The first he was con netted with he established himself in 1819: it consisted o three boys, two of whom were Roman catholics and one pro testant. Twenty years afterwards he received a letter fron one of these boys in which he blessed God for the instruction he received there. The boy was then ragged and naked, bi now he was the head servant in a most respectable family i Queen's County, receiving £5O. a year wages, and next wee he (Mr. Gage), although he did not know the family, pin posed to visit his old scholar, expecting an introductio simply because he knew the family esteemed the man for h religious knowledge and practise. Shortly aftewards th school increased to 70 Roman catholic children; but the had not been long under his religious instruction when th priest denounced him (Mr. Gage) and his teaching from th altar. The school, in consequence soon dwindled to to children, and eventually it died away. Nearly twenty year afterwards the parish was visited by himself and other clergy men who formed a diocesan mission. He (Mr. Gage) wa appointed to open the mission, and twenty years afterwards who did he see present , --meeting him at the door as a pro testant minister of the Word, but many of those protestan children whom he had taught before, to hear from hi s mou tl the Word of . Life an d salvation. (Cheers.) The work o the diocesan mission could not be injured. A new pries] came into the parish, and he took a subtle way to accomplisl that object. He went to the protestant minister of the parisl —who was known to Mr. Ould—on the Lord's day, and asked him if this was not an interference with his parish, and representing it as spreading poison among men's minds. The minister was secretly with the mission, and he nobly replied —" You are going yourself either to what ought to be the house of God, to your chapel to teach your people—is it not a shame for you not to teach the people yourself, but to try to obstruct others in doing so." The priest went to the chapel ; he denounced the diocesan mission, he said he would curse from the altar any Roman catholic who attended the school house. Notwithstanding all his denunciations, many of the poor Roman catholics continued to attend to hear God's Word, and when it was given up from other causes sonic of them said—" Remember you give us up—it is not we who have given you up." (Cheers.) Did not this tend to chew the advantage of Sunday school instruction in Ire land ? (Hear, hear.) The rev. gentleman then proceeded to mention other instances of a desire to receive Sunday school instruction, the manner in which that desire was spreading, and its effects upon the lives and conduct of the scholars. These narratives appeared to excite deep interest in the meet ing. He next described the blessings of Sunday school in struction upon the Roman catholic population, in the course of which he read a portion of a letter from the agents of the society in the city of Tipperary, describing them, and said it was a libel upon the character and name of the Roman Ca tholic people'in Ireland, to say that if they were left alone they would not receive the Word of the living God. (Cheers.) Several cases were mentioned in proof of this fact. The last subject to which the rev. gent. alluded was that of inter-mar riages between Catholics and protestants in the north of Ireland, which had been carried to a fearful extent. lie had a list in his hand of 44 persons in his parish, married to Roman Ca tholics, and among them were only four who remained Pro testants. He mentioned this subject because he believed the priests of the Roman Catholic Church encouraged Roman Catholic men to intermarry with Protestant females. He had himself visited 22 out of the 44, and he could scarcely find a single spark of vital religion among the whole. But what was the result of Sunday School instruction in that place? He bad in his Sunday School, teachers, children of those intermarriages ; the father and mother of whom regu larly attended the Church morning and evening, having been brought to the house of God through the instrumentality of their children, and more children through the instrumentality of this Society. The Sunday School Society for Ireland was in this way was trenching upon the enemy's ground, and bringing knowledge and salvation to men which by the bles sing of God was the means of turning their souls from dark ness to light.—The resolution was then carried. The Rev. WILLIAM ARCHER, Vicar of Newcastle, in the county of Wicklow, after relating many facts to the same ef fect as the last speaker, moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting recognised the sysrem pursued by the Society as eminently calculated, under the Divine blessing, to promote the temporal and spiritual good of the sister country. The Rev. Mr. WHITE seconded the resolution, and it was unanimously carried. The ReV.'freilD7sru OULD next addressed the meeting. He said that notwithstanding they had arrived at an hour when it was desirable the meeting should close, he would trespass upon their attention a few moments whilst he endea voured to remind them of the great subject which had been brought before them, and which, he trusted, would not be forgotten after they had separated. They had assembled to promote the interests of a great national institution, the de sign of which was the p,romotion of the glory of God, in the training up of children in the knowledge of his truth. The motive which it sought to apply was no other than the con straining love of Christ, and, the means by w hi c hit sought to operate, was the gratuitous assistance of the people of God voluntarily te n d ere d, an d th e spon t aneous liberality and ge nerosity of the Christian public. Its object was no new and untried experi men t. Th e S oc i e t y h a d b een in existence thirty years, during the larger proportion of which its claims had been submitted to the Christian public of Liverpool. At its formation, it was ascertained distinctly that there were not more than eighty Sunday Schools in the whole kingdom, whilst this Society had been instrumental in calling into ex istence considerably more than five thousand. (Hear, hear.) Let the meeting not forget that he was pleading on behalf of 3000 Sunday Schools, in which were taught upwards of 200,000 scholars by 22,000 gratuitous teachers. (Hear, hear.) Let them bear in mind, that these 22,000 teachers, if paid but one shilling a wee k f or t h e i r serv i ces, would cost the Society £57,000. a year ; but through their voluntary and gratuitous aid, the Society was enabled to instruct this immense multi tude of children at an expense not exceeding £3OOO. per an num. (Hear.) This money was expended in the purchase of the books of God, 600,000 copies of which had been distri bnted in a Kingdom which unhappily was distinguished by a tendency to privation, drunkenness, insubordination to the law, and by ignorance of all that elevates the heart. The Auxiliary Society of this town was one of the most valuable which the Parent Society had. Last year it sent to the Pa rent Society £l6O (hear, hear), and lie should mention that upwards of £6O. of that amount were collected by the kind and devoted and anxious diligence of one - individual lady. (Hear, hear.) Having urged the necessity of others to ex ert themselves in like manner, the Rev, gentleman proceeded to say that no institution was more important in its objects, in its success, and even in its difficulties than this ; and that it was delightful to know that whilst the opposition of the Roman Catholic priests to it was never more fierce, there never were more Roman Catholic children in its schools. (Hear.) He would now briefly advert to an objection often urged against the society. It had been charged with being mixed up with dissent, because it gave assistance to schools not in connection with the Church of England. The meeting must bear in mind the peculiar circumstances of Ireland in the consideration of this charge. Of the two millions of Pro testants in Ireland, one million belonged to the Church of Scotland, who were in the position of dissenters, although in reality they were not dissenters, inasmuch as they were as attached as ourselves to the principle of an establishment, and were in close connection with the Established Church of Scotland. (Hear.) Were the society, therefore, to think it right to refuse assistance to their brethren of the Church of Scotland in books, in agencies, and in the various means-of the society in carrying on their Sunday schools ? (Hear,' hear.) Because of this fact, was there any individual so un just as to suppose that the society had a dissenting tendency, or was calculated to further that cause, when he mentioned that its patron was the Earl of Roden, a churchman—(cheers) —that its guardians were all churchmen, that its committee, with one exception—and that a member of the Church of Scotland—were all churchmen, .that its secretaries were churchmen, and that its four agents were churchmen ? (Hear.) And when he further stated that an eminent dignitary of the Church of England, now, alas, no more, was one of the mem bers of the committee—he alluded to the Dean of St. Pa trick's, in Dublin, whom it had pleased God, only last week, to call from the sphere of his earthly labours to an heavenly crown, to the great grief of his own congregation, and the sorrow of the church, a man of eminent talent and devoted piety, was a warm and cordial friend of this institution ; when he mentioned that the Chancellor and the Bishop of this diocese were warm and excellent friends of the society—the former of whom had addressed a letter to him (as we under stood) expressing the deepest and warmest interest in its success—was any one able to say that there was any just ground for the charge? (Hear.) The circumstances of Ire land at the present time were such as to give this society more than ordinarily strong claims upon our affections and support. Never was the cause of Scriptural education in so perilous and critical a situation. (Hear, hear.) Until very recently the whole of the Protestants of Ireland were in op position to the National Board of Education. Unhappily, as he thought, half of them had thought it right to give in their adhesion to that board, and to connect their schools with that system. He did not wish to speak unkindly of them, nor could he forget that Dr. Cooke had been for many years and still was a most attached and valued friend of the society ; but, notwithstanding, he could not but greatly lament that the strong pressure of necessity—the poverty, and not the will consenting—had induced these men to take the very dangerous step of touching the accursed thing. (Hear, hear.) They had thought it right to make a private bargain for them selves with the Board of Education, and to say, " If you will allow us to have a Scriptural education for our children, we will not require, as a matter of necessity, that any Roman Catholic child coming to our schools should read the Scrip tures." (Hear.) They thus recognized what we never could recognize, namely, the right of a parent in saying that his child shall not do that which God says he shall do—not that he should wish the meeting to believe that Roman Catholic parents in Ireland themselvesobjected to their children read ing the Scriptures. He had been himself for twelve years of his life a minister in Ireland; he had laboured in the centre of a Roman Catholic pari s h, an d h a d t h e fullest opportunity of learning the sentiments of the Roman Catholic population. Now he had never known one instance of a Roman Catholic parent, when left to himself, objecting to his child reading the Scriptures ; but there was a dark mysterious man who would go to the house when he was told that a Roman Catholic child went to the Sunday school. When hescowled upon that house, and accursed its inmates from the altar—when he drew upon the terrors of the eternal world in order to accomplish his own unhallowed ends in this—then the Roman Catholic parent, not prepared to brave the curse of the priest, was induced to withdraw and inhibit Scriptural instruction to his child. (Hear.) We thought that these Protestant brethren, in becoming connected with the board of education, had recog nised this right; for they had said, " If any Roman Catholic child comes to our schools, and his parent objects to his reading the Scriptures, we will not force the Scriptures upon that child." (H ear , h ear .) B y t hi s con d uct t h ey sanctioned the heterogeneous constitution of the board—they strength ened the hands of the board—and they gave it such addi tional hold upon th e su pp or t o f the state, that he did not believe any future government could disturb the constitution of that board. flow was the system working in Ireland ? He would give the meeting an illustration of it. One of these Protestant ministers, having applied to the hoard f or assistance, had a school established for the instruction of his own people, saying to himself, " I will have a sound Scrip tural education given to my scholars, notwithstanding I hav e the assistance of the board." The priest, hearing of thi s , sends three Roman Catholic children to the sch oo l, and upon a particular day afterwards he visited it. The Protes tant minister, immensely astonished at the visit of the Ro man Catholic priest, say , s to him, " By what r i g h t or autho rity do you come here ?' Says the priest, " I have as good a right to come here as you : there are three c h i ld ren of my flock here ; therefore, according to the constit ut i on of the Board of Education, I have a right to come here as visiter to see that the rules of the board are observed." The Pro: testant minister says, " You have no r i g h t. " " Let us get information," is the reply. A letter is written, and an an swer comes down from th e b oar d , saying that they cannot allow any interference with their rules, and that the priest is welcome to visit the school. (H ear, hear.) Observe the consequence of this: The priest sends these three children, because not one word of religious instruction could be given whilst they were in the school ; he sent them there that they might close the Bible. When they were gone away the Pro testant minister was permitted to open the Bible, but not till then. (Hear, and cries of " Shame !") This dark mys terious man, the priest, shewed himself even in Liverpool. (Hear.) Schools were established in this town upon pre cisely similar principles. He (Mr. Ould) held in his hand a pamphlet written some months since by a Mr. Trevelyan,a secretary to som e o f the ministers, who, having visited Li verpool, thou g ht i t might be an e x ceedingly useful way of re commending himself to the notice and patronage of his mas ters, to publish a pamphlet upon the Liverpool Corporation Schools. If the respected members of the press were taking any notes of what he was saying, he knew what comments we sho u ld h ave upon his o b servat i ons . Th e y were made, it would be said, with a political view : we should be told that his object i n a ll u di ng t o the pamphlet was the coming elec tion next week. 'He by anticipation replied that he had no such intention ; and no matter what the press might say, he never would attend au educational meeting without lifting up his voice of warning against giving any countenance or support to the sort of education there pursued. (Cheers.) This gentleman told us, that when these schools were esta blished, the clergy of LiVerpool, " both from the pulpit and in many other ways, made these schools the mark at which party and sectarian zeal directed their shafts." This gentleman rejoiced in what were termed " liberal" opinions, yet he was not liberal enough to believe that the clergy might he influ enced in their conduct by something above party or sectarian views. He (Mr. Ould) trusted they had neither. He looked upon it not to be a paltry question of party politics, but a deep religious question. But for this he should not think himself at liberty to touch upon it for one moment. (Hear.) Let him now beg the attention of the meeting to this gentle man's account of the composition of the schools. He says— " There are 536 Church of England children, 936 Roman Catholics, 37 Church of Scotland, 76 Methodists, 62 Inde pendents, 30 Baptists 2 Irvingites, 6 Unitarians, and 1 So cialist !" Here was a model for you! Just to make the picture com plete, and that the schools might be a perfect moral omnibus, they had added one Socialist ! (Hear.) This gentleman told us, what was extraordinary to say the least, that, although there were six Unitarians and one Socialist in the schools, no alteration was made in the religious instruction upon their nrennnt-- There are six Unitarians and one Socialist now attend ing the schools, but no alteration has been made in the na ture of the common religious instruction on their account. The plan of cutting down religious instruction to the stan dard of those who believe least, has never been acted upon in these schools." Why not? He must draw a line of demarcation somewhere. He said no attention was paid to the Unitarian conscience, none to the Socialist conscience, but that the Roman Catho lic conscience must be attended to; therefore, the Roman Catholic priest was invited and encouraged to teach. He (Mr. Ould) should like to know on what principle an Uni tarian minister and a Socialist missionary were not admitted? He would just as soon respect the conscience of one as the other. And why was it that the Roman Catholic minority of this town had their feelings and conscience consulted, whilst the feelings and conscience of the Protestant majority were outraged and insulted ? (Hear, hear.) Notwithstanding this strange admixture of all sorts, after the author had told us that the Roman Catholic children were taught the catechism of their own church by Roman Catholic monitors acting under the directions of their priest, he says— " Besides what has been already mentioned, the last hour in every afternoon is devoted exclusively to religious instruc tion. The Roman Catholics are during this hour always entirely separated from the Protestants. The former are taught the catechism of their own church, and they read and are examined in the Bible, through the medium of the Rheitns version of the New Testament and the Douay version of the Old Testament. The Roman Catholic monitors, acting under the direction of their priests, instruct them in their catechism. The Roman Catholic teachers, where there are any, hear them read their Bible ; and in the South School, where there are no teachers of that persuasion, the Roman Catholic children are taught the Bible by one of the Protes tant teachers, who explains it to them in strict accordance with those essential doctrines of Christianity which are held in common by Protestants and Roman Catholics." This, taken in conne c ti on w i t h another passage, was certainly a curiosity— " The religious instruction g . ven cannot be termed pecu liarly Church of England, Church of Scotland, or Church of Rome; it is only peculiarly Christian." Was not this curious? It was not fish, it was not flesh, it was not bread; it was only food. "It is not Church of England, it is not Church of Scotland, it is not Church of Rome ; it is only Christian !" (Hear.) Then he says— " It contains all that is essential and fundamental in those systems, and in Christianity itself." These philosophers of the corporation schools must be ex traordinary men to obtain what was essential and fundamen tal in popery, and so be able to retain christianity. It was utterly impossible. If there was this obtaining of what was essential and fund amen t a l i n popery, t h ere could b e no christi- The poles were not wider asunder than were what was ,ssential to christianity and popery, and we might as well try to make fire and water coalesce as these two. The author then told us— " These are very decidedly th e most re li g i ous sc h oo l s I ever saw !" Churchmen, Papists, Baptists, Independents, Unitarians, and Socialists all mixed together, taught by all sorts of teachers! But what was the enumeration of the teachers ? " Five of the teachers belong to the Church of England, three are Roman Catholics, four are Scotch Presbyterians, two Baptists, two Independents, and two Wesleyan Metho dists." Yet these were very decidedly the most religious schools this gentleman ever saw ! (Hear.) This was exactly what our christian friends in Ireland had been fighting against for the last ten years ; it seemed the same battle was now being fought in this town. All the circumstances both of this country and of Ireland were such as to impress in the strongest manner upon every individual who loved the truth of God, the neces. sity and importance of rallying round the standard of scrip tural education. (Cheers.) The meeting had been told that the society was not endo wed by the state, and that it had as fair a claim for endowment as any other so ciety. The fact was, there was a time when an en dowment by the state was offered to this Society, and nobly refused. Well was it that it refused ; for whilst other societies which for years had existed, supported by endowments from the state, had had them withdrawn, and the societies almost perished in consequence, the Sunday School Society for Ireland had gone on in its way rejoicing, doing the Lord's work, sowing the seed of religion, which exalts a nation, and spreading truth and order through the land. In the midst of the lawlessness and insubordination which had existed there, this society could point triumphantly to its schools and scholars, and ask in what instance ally of them had raised their arms against the laws of their country, or been brought to appear before the bar of her criminal ju risdiction, or raid the forfeit of his life. (Loud cheers.) Look at Protestant Ulster, with its 2500 Sunday schools, and at popish Munster, with its 350 Sunday schools. They would see by statistical accounts recently published, that there were no fewer than 398 prisoners for trial in the gaol of Clonmel, of whom 70 were charged with the crime of mur der; whereas, in the city of Derry, where he (Mr. Ould) was himself at the last summer assizes, he knew it to be a fact that the judges had almost nothing to do—that the bu siness of one of the courts was concluded in a few hours, and the judge in the other court was only occupied by the trial of a few ribbonmen.—The rev. gentleman then proceeded, with much eloquence, to demolish the liberal doctrine, that there were circumstances in which a state, as a state, might be called upon to promote the teaching even of error itself, if shared in by a large number of the population of the country. He concluded by moving the cordial thanks of the meeting to the officers and supporters of the society. The Rev. Mr. PEILL seconded the motion, and it was carried. The doxology was then sang, and the meeting separated shortly before eleven o'clock. The Earl of Fingal is almost recovered from the effects )f the accident his lordship met with on the Eastern Conn ies Railway. We hear that Lord Alfred Paget is to have th e t roop i n 3 rince Albert's Hus sars , lately commanded by Captain R.A. leynolds.—Brighton Gazette. It is reported that a new comedy, by Sir Edward Lytton 3ulwer, is in rehearsal at the Haymarket Theatre, the cast :ombining the entire strength of the company. The exemplary minister of Cirencester has commenced ►reaching to the Railway navigators in a barn, and his efforts n calling them together are very successful. - - -------- The result of the West Gloucestershire Registration is a gain of sixty-one to the Conservatives. In the Eastern Division the Conservatives are also the gainers. We understand her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to stand sponsor of the infant daughter of Mr. and Lady Louisa Cotes, daughter of the Earl of Liverpool. There is now growing in the garden of Mr. Mark Walker, of Pooley Bridge, an Italian brocoli, six feet four inches high, and three feet eight inches in girth ; and it was planted out of a seed-bed in August last year, and has not had any particular attention paid to it. REPRESENTATION OF TIPPERARY.—The Earl of Glengall and several Conservative gentry have lately held a meeting, at which it was resolved to nominate two candidates, who will oppose the Radicals and Repealers at the next election for the county of Tipperary with every prospect of success. Mr. Bates, the famous cattle b ree d er , o f K irkleavington, in Leicestershire, last week received a Neapolitan pig. It is quite black, and almost without hair, lie will no doubt make his appearance on the English stage at some of the approaching agricultural shows. "WANTED A GOyERN . ESS."--A family i n thi s neighbour hood having advertised i n one of th e L on d on papers for a governess, with instructions for replies to be addressed to Y. Z., at the Post-office, Leamington, no less than one hun dred and sev en letters were deli vere d to the party on their first application at the office in this town yesterday.—Lea mington Spa Courier. A Berne jou rna l states that the French dealers are con tinuing to make large purchases of horses in Switzerland, and that strings of from a 100 to 200 are constantly travelling towards the frontier. Considerable purchases have also been made for Sardinia. In conseqnence of this, horses which sold with difficulty at 12 or 14 Napoleons, now fetch 16 or 18, and prices are daily increasing.—Galignani's Messenger. DISEASE AMONG CATTLE.—We regret to (hear that a disease among the cattle, sheep, and pigs is still prevalent in Sussex. The malady has a serious effect upon the stock markets. Butchers appear afraid to purchase, and the breeders are, of course, desirous of disposing of their stock. The disease, which appears to be very infectious, is produc tive of great inconvenience to breeders and purchasers, and it has baffled the skill and experience of veterinary surgeons. —Brighton Gazette. NEWPORT (MONMOUTH), Oct. 27.—1 beg to inform you that a Chartist meeting took place here last night, by two delegates, from Bath. It caused great excitement here : about 500 or 600 persons assembled i n Vi c t or i a-square, near the Westgate hotel ! the meeting dissolved very peaceably. Special constables were sworn i n, Sir Thomas Phillips and other magistrates sat here the greater part of the night. Phelp and the other del ega t e l eave this place to-day for the surroundinginding hills, Po n ty poo l , A b ersvchan, &c. I believe it is their intention to agitate as much as ever. ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH UNION RAILWAY.-011 Tuesday afternoon last, as Thomas Scotson, a labourer em ployed on the North Union Railway, was engaged in remov ing some earth from an em b ankment, near the junction be tween Wigan and Parkside, leading to New Springs, a large quantity of earth fell on him, fractured his thigh, crushed his body, and otherwise injured him. Mr. Scowcroft, sur geon, was immedately called in, and, we are happy to add, the unfortunate man is now in a fair way of recovery.— Preston Chronicle. RABID PIG.—A pig belonging to Mr. Sowerby, miller, of Pickeri ng , b ro k e from the man who was driving him, and got into the field s . B e i ng h ot l y pursue d for about thre e miles, across hedge and dik e , h e fi na lly retreated into Howld D a l e Woods, wh ere h e b a d e d e fi ance t o his pursuers ; and having taken possession of an adjoining potato -field , he "fared sump tuously every day," to the no little vexation and fear o f th e owner of the field, who durst not approach h i m, as he wou ld sit on his haunches and display his tusks with the ferocity of a wild boar. He was finally secured by ropes and the aid of four or five strong dogs, and led home much m u til ate d with his capture, after having had eight days' absence without leave.—Tyne Mercury, GREAT ✓ HO.`EY HARVEST. —A Hereford paper contains a communication giving an account of the produce of some straw cottage hives, worked at the rectory in the parish of Eastnor, which places in a striking point of view the immense advantages which are enjoyed by the bee -master who is fortunate enough to have his apiary situated in the midst of fine and abundant bee pasturage. " The rectory," says the writer, " is in a parish where Dutch clover is generally cultivated, and in the neighbourhood are large breadths of orcharding and coppicing, the ground of the latter literally teeming with flowers, so that it may really be described as a land flowing with honey. You will, therefore, not be sur prised at the following great yield :—On the 27th August, Mr. Higgins took from a cottage hive 611 b of comb, 581bs of which were pure honey. This hive is bell-shaped, as it is erroneously called, for it bulges in the middle; it is thirteen inches high, and fifteen in diameter at the widest part; it was stocked with a fine swarm on the 29th of May last ; ninety-three days, therefore, elapsed from the time of loca tion to the day' of deprivation. On the same day Mr. Higgins took from three straw hives 411 b of honey-comb each ; they were old swarms of the spring 1839 ; and from several other hives 331 b to 411 b each. From ten of those hives Mr. Higgins has taken a total of 3201 b of pure honey, and 101 b of wax an amount of production, I believe, un paralleled in any apiary in this country."