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CCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Gazette of Tuesday contains the following announce. tents:—The Rev. Edward Vernon Lockwood, M.A., late haplain to the House of Corn moos, to be a Prebendary of anterbury. void by the death of Earl Nelson; the Rev. :dward Repton, M.A., late Chaplain to the House of Com sons, to be a Prebendary of Westminster, void by the death f the late Dr. H. Ryder, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; he Rey. Temple Frere, M.A., late Chaplain to the Ho use o f :onsmous, to be a Prebendary of Westminster, void by the ranslation of the Right Rey. Dr. J. Allen, late Bishop of Metal, to the see of Ely. Th. Rev. John Taylor late Curate of noniron), Essex, has nrimprasientecl by the Bishop of Norwich to the perpetual 7ater orloOtimaftrer - The Rev. Geo. Chetwode, Rector of Ashton-under-Lyne, : Se presented the living of St. John's Chapel, Lees, near Oldham, to the Rev. G. D. Grundy, A.M., Minister of Ne %:berthong, Yorkshire. The Rev. T. G. Simcox, M.A., of \Vadham College, Ox lord, to the Perpetual Curacy of Smethnick, Staffordshire. The Earl of Stamford and Warrington has appointed the Rey. John Thornycrott, M.A.. of Thornycroft Hall, one of his Domestic Chaplains, vice the Rev. James Smith, de :eased. The Rev. James Holme, 8.A., Incumbent of Low Harrow gat.. to the Vicarage of Kirk Leet ham, Yorkshire. Patrons, Vansittart. Esq., and Lady Turner. The Rev. T. H. Ashworth, tube Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Ca rnarvon. The Rev. D. Evans, to the Rectory of Llanllwchaiarn, Cardiganshire. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The Rev. John Watson. 8.A., to the Rectory of Bremil ham, Wiltshire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Browulow Potchett. Patron, the Rev. Rushout Bowles. The Rev. Richard Waddy Elgee, to the Prepend of White church and Rectory of Kilmakea, Ireland, vacant by the death of the Rev. * Joseph Miller. Patron, the Bishop of Ferns and Ossory. The Rev. Nicholas Cuthbert Fenwick. to the Rectory of Killenick, Ireland, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. R. W. Elgee. Patron, the Bishop of Ferns and Ossor'.. The D T . Rolf e. , to the living_of ' l'etuplemore, Ire nd. Patron, th e Archhishap of Cashel. The Rev. Richard Sale, of Epping, has been appointed Chaplain to the Epping Union. The Dissenting guardians of this union, acting with those of Braintree having refused to elect a chaplain, the question was brought to the vote, when there appeared—for the appointment,l4 ; against it, 10. OBITUA RY. November 5, the Rev. W. G. Maxwell, of Twyning. near Tewkesbury. The rev. gentleman's death was occasioned by the accidental discharge of his gun, the contents of which so severely fractured his arm that instant amputation was deemed necessary, but he expired imme4liately after the operation. At his house in Titlev, Hertfordshire, in the 72d year of his age, the Rev. John Bissell, 8.D., Vicar of Leintwardine, Mr. Bissell was for many years an active and zealous magis trate. Aged 63, at Gloucester,the_Rev. John Kempthorne, Rec- tor of St. Michaels, with St. Mary de Grace, Gloucester. The Rev. Thomas Toke, Rector of Little Canfield, Essex. At an advanced age, the Rev. John Griffiths, Rector of Brechfa, and of I.lendilo-Abercowin, Carmarthenshire. lie had served the Parish Church of Brechfa upwards of fifty years, and was alvrapr respected for the virtues of his cha racter. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD. Nov. lo.—Many of our readers will r.member that when Queer, Adelaide visited the Universit‘, in Octo ber, 1835, and was inspecting the portraits of our founders and benefactors in the Bodleian Gallery, Her Majesty was graciously pleased to promise her own portrait and that of her august consort, as additions to that collection. We are happy to say thlt two splendid full-l eng th por t ra i ts, pa i nte d by Sir D. Wilkie, has arrived during the present week, and are placed in the Gallery. They are admirable likenesses, and that of His Majesty is rendered of peculiar interest, siace it is, we believe. the last picture for which our late Monarch sat previously to his lamented death.—Orf. Herald. The Regius Professor of Divinity commences his private lectures this day. He will deliver his public lectures on Fri day, the 2-3rd inst., at Christ Church. The Margaret Pro fessor of Divinity will begitt a course of lectures on Thurs day, this 29th instant, at one o'clock, in the hall of Magdalen coll. The Professor of Poetry will read his terminal lecture on Tuesday, the 20th, at the Clarendon, at two o'clock. The Rev. H. Cary, M.A., of Worcester coll., has been mopointed by the Vice-Chancellor to act as Proctor in the University Court, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Perkins, resigned. J. T. Bridges, M.A., of Wudham college, was last week admitted ad eundem in the University of Cambridge. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 10.—On Monday last, the sth instant, the Rev. Dr. Hodgson, Master of St. Peter's college, was elected Vice-Chancellor for the year ensuing. The Seateinian Prize for the best English Poem upon a Theological subject. has been adjudged to the Rey. 'l'. Han kiason, of Corpus Christi coll.: Subject—" Ethiopia stretch ing out her hands unto God." The following is the subject of the Norrisian Prize. Essay, for the present year—" The Divine origin of the Holy Scrip tures may be inferred from their perfect adaptation to the circumstances of Human Nature." The following gentlemen of St. John's coll. were on Mon day last elected Scholars of that society:—Jones, Bainbridge, MOrrice, Hill, Ackland, Bailey, E. P. Smith, Leeman, Slight, Marsh, Martyn, Reyner, T. H. Brown, Rogers, Williamson, Clubbe, Ellicott, Sangster, Loyd), Shadwell, sen. Shears, Morse, Ainger, R. B. M a y or, Sh a d we ll , j un., Robinson, Simpson, Sheringham, Balderston, Kirby. The Earl of Altamont, eldest son of the Marquis of Sligo, the Hon. G. D. Browne, eldest son of Lord Banmore, Lord G. Manners, the Hon. A. Saville, the Hon. C. Ver e k e r, the Hon. F. Needh am , th e H on . W. H. Lyttleton, the Hon. D. Fortescue, and Sir S. Clarke, Bart., have been admitted of Trinity coll. On Monday last, being the Anniversary of the Gunpowder Plesi o o.assmaa&-wa s preached at Great St. Mary's Church, by the Vice-Chancellor, (the Master of St. Peter's coll.), finin St. John, 18th chapter, part of 31th verse—" My king dom is not of this world." STATE OF TRADE. Ligna.—There is considerable activity in the demand for woollen cloths, principally, it is understood, for foreign con- sumption, and in execution of the orders brdught by the Great Western and subsequent packets. The market on Tuesday was not quite so brisk as the one on Saturday, but there was a fair business done. Wool continues firm in price. BaAnFoan.—Our market here, on Thursday, was about an average one, but there was little of the animation visible some few weeks ago. The sales of manufactured goods were not large, but there was a brisk demand for yarn at firm prices. Wool was consequently better to sell, and as the stocks are tot large prices underwent a slight improvement. HUDDERSFIELD.—We had a very good market here, on Tuesday, both in the piece -hall and iu the merchants' ware houses. A large business was done in doeskins and tweeds of good quality and pattern, which generally realised former prices. It is understood that several orders have been issued for goods for the spring trade, so that there is a fair prospect of the operatives being tolerably employed during the winter mouths. This has given considerable firmness to the wool market, and the middle and lower qualities of wool are look inctip in price. kiIiCKMONDWIK R MARKET.—.The demand for blankets continues but moderate, and although on last Thursday's market there were more merchants, yet the quantity of goods manufactured is greater than the demand. This causes prices to decline a little, although wool maintains its price. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Nov. s.—The demand for coarse goods has been uncommonly brisk to-day, and the market has been cleared of pieces of that description; the last week's prices have been freely given. Wool remains arm, and has undergone no change. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, Nov. 9.--We have a steady and regular demand for all descriptions of combing as well as short wools this week, and fully maintain the late advances in them. YORK WOOL MARKET, Nov. B.—Our supply to this day's market has been chiefly warehoused wool. must of which has found takers at prices nominal upon our last reports. These markets will be continued fortnightly. OLDHAPC—The working of the machinery of the Oldham cotton mills "short time," was expected to have been much more general than it has proved to be; nearly forty small concerns, chiefly waste spinuing, machinery, are in operation short time only ; most of the large manufactories are work ing full time. The demand for line as well as coarse yarns is slack, but tolerable business is doing in pow e r-loom c l o th s . METAL MARKET, Nov. 7.—We have little information to convey relative to the state of the Metal Market. The de mand for metals has certatnly not decreased since our last notice; but it has not made that advance which bad been an ticipated from the reports so current as to the issuing of ex tensive orders from the American houses, for goods of the manufacture of the town and district. Our quotations for the respective qualities of Copper, are £9O, £92, £94. 'Fin, £B5 for common blocks; £B7 for liars, and £9O for refined. Spotter ranges between £23 and £2s.—Birmingham psi!er. THE TEA TRADE, Moe pa r.— T he deliveries of this ar ticle were last week again larger, having amounted to 518,8611h5. The trade is tolerably brisk. The silk trade in Nottingham has again turned; there are some very extensive orders in town, and there is a be:ter prospect for silk hosiery than has been known for sonic months pact. —Notts Review. THE ASIRRiCAN TRADE.—We congratulate our fellow townsmen upon the prospect of a very improved state of trade between this country and America during the ensuing winter. It was stated by one of our most active merchants, at a pub lic dinner last week, that orders to the amottla of at least one hundred thousand posn:ls were received by the Greet Western when she arrived from her October trip across the Atlantic. —Birmingham Advertiser of 771 IA reday. The shipping trade at present is remarkably good in Leith. The docks exhibit a greater show of business than for some time past. A fine American ship, the Merchant, a tem perance vessel, is discharging a cargo of upwards of S(X) bbds. sad tierces of Virginia tohaccco. Other vessels are discharg ing fruit and wine, and several with large cargoes of flex, tallow, and other Baltic produce. In consequence of these foreign arrivals, the coasting trade has improved in a corre sponding degree.—Dumfrie s herald The state of trade in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, is very far from being satisfactory, the price of wool being 15 per east, higher than at the corresponding period of last year, and goods selling at nearly the same prices. Manufacturers complain, as it is serious with those who must throw their goods on the market; but the large manufacturers have com menced holding for next season. The state of the water and the weather generally are exceedingly unfavourable for fluish ing.—Shrewsbury Chronicle, Llanidloes Flannel market on Monday was very ill supplied with goods, in consequence of the previous bad finishing weather. It is scarcely possible to give any proper quotation of prices, as the quantity of business transacted was consider ably less than for the last six months. Several buyers at tended.—lbid. AN APOLOGY FOR A M tsTAKE.—We are informed that an tipology was posted on the gate of Emel Castle, addressed to r. Johnston Stoney, stating that he was not the person in tended to be shot, and hoping he would overlook the little aeeidenr he bad met with.—Newcastle Guardian. It appears that the practice of scraping with the feet as an sraprussou of disapprobation, familiar in our Universities, is of venerable antiquity, for Peter Martyr f 1119) mentions that be was saluted with it before finishing a discourse on one of the satires of Juvenal, by one or two idle youths dissatisfied with its length. - - EXPLOSION OF A POWDER MILL AT FAVERSHAM.—At ten minutes before 11 nu Thursday morning last, the dread ful report of one of the corning mills of Mr. Hall, at Oare, containing half a ton weight of treble powder, produced uni versal consternation in the town and neighbourhood. The mill in question was situated about three quarters of a mile from the town. The injury sustained by the extensive des truction of windows and buildings generally is trifling when compared with the loss of life. 'Three unfortunate men, who Worked in the mill, have met an untimely end; two only of these have yet been found. Their bodies (or portions of bodies, for they were rent asunder) presented an awful spec tacle. A man, named Thomas Adsley, was sowing wheat in an adjoining field, and was killed by a piece of timber, which cut his body asunder, breaking his leg and head. Fragments of the building were blown to the extent of half a mile, and the trees surrounding split asunder. The house of a Mr. ?fink, im.particular, the storekeeper, has suffered great in- MY; the windows are blown Dot, and- nearly every pane of OW is the dwelling broken. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The first meeting of the new town-council was held on Friday, at twelve o'clock, in accordance with the provisions of the municipal act, for the purpose of appointing the mayor for the ensuing year, for the election of eight aldermen in lieu of those who retired on the expiration of their third year of office (being those who had the smallest number of votes at the election of the 16 aldermen in 1835), and for the re-appointment of the various committees. ELECTION OF MAYOR. The MAYOR (Mr. W. Rathbone) said, the first business which would come under the consideration of the council, was the election of a gentleman to act as his successor in the mayoralty. Mr. Councillor D. HonGsoN then rose and said that it was unnecessary for him to do more than to name le gen whom he meant to propose. trir — mn - tolstation, and property, all parties must admit that he was well quali fied for office, •thougb, unfortunately, his name wasmot in what might he called the raffle of yesterday, according to the account they had of it. He, therefore, was not placed with them as an awkward competitor for office, but was perfectly free and unshackled, being uncommitted to any course what ever. He felt great pleasure in nominating Mr. John Shaw Leigh as a fit and proper person to till the office of mayor during the ensuing year. Mr. Councillor J. SMITH said, that on no occasion had he ever risen with greater pleasure to second a motion than he now felt in rising to second the nomination of his excellent friend. If the possession" of a great stake in the town—if urbanity of manners, seldom equalled and never excelled, and if integrity of conduct and honest independence of char acter, such as, he might boldly assert, Mr. Leigh could lay undoubted claim tn, formed the requisites for the office in question, then he thought that gentleman was in all respects eminently entitled to the high station for which he had been nominated. (Applause.) Mr. Councillor W. W. Cult ti is rose to propose a rzentle man whom be thought not inferior m all the qualifications which had been already named, for whom he felt a great respect, whose urbanity of manners—(sbould he enumerate again the different qualifications which had been mentioned in favour of Mr. Leigh ?)—a gentleman whose urbanity of manners, whose property, education, station, general con duct in council, whose regularity in the discharge of all the duties which had fallen upon him, must have attracted the notice of every membor of the council, and eminently en titled him to their most favourable considration. He felt great pleasure in nominating Mr. Hugh Hornbv. (Cheers.) Mr. Alderman BENN seconded the motion With a great deal of pleastire. The Maxim after having made the enquiry, waited a few moments in order to ascertain whether any other gentleman was to be put in nomination, and no member having risen, was about to proceed with the voting, when Mr. Counciller HIGGINS rose to ask whether they were to vote by name, or simply for or against the amendment. Mr. Councillor Boi.roN observed that no other had been named because perhaps another amendment might be pro. posed, and that was the time to propose any one, before they went to the vote. (Cries of "Certainly.") The Mayon replied that another candidate might still be put in nomination, if any gentleman wished it. If so, that was the proper time to do so. Mr. Councillor MoitEcaorr immediately got up and said that he should beg leave to propose a gentleman whom he thought every way entitled to be elected to the civic chair. When he mentioned the name of Mr. Joshua Walmsley he was sure that a great number of gentlemen would bear testi mony to the ability and zeal with which he had served the public during the last four years. (Applause.) He need not say any more, but would simply propose Mr. Waliusley for the office of mayor. A short period of silence hereupon ensued, and The Ms. You at length asked if any person would second the !notion of Mr. Morecroft. No reply was given; but after another pause, Mr. Alderman EVANS at length rose and said, that he was not present at the preliminary meeting asserted to have been held the day before, and he certainly should not have been present in the council chamber that day, had he not wished it to be distinctly understood that be would neither refrain from giving his vote nor expressing his sentiments. He had the highest respect for Mr. Hornby, and be had the greatest confidence in his executing the duties of the mayoralty in the best possible manner; but as two gentlemen had been actu ally brought before the council, and nominated to the office of mayor on the ground of their private worth, be considered himself bound to say that they ought not to look so much to private virtues—though certainly they ought to look to pri vate vices, if they did exist—as to public conduct. Under these circumstances, and without wishing to shrink from the question, he begged leave to second the nomination of Mr. Walmsley. Mr. Alderman SHEIL wished to have it generally under stood how the votes were to be taken. Suppose that the first person on whom the votes were taken were to have a majo rity, more or lees, was he to be considered elected, or that person only who had a majority of the whole of the council lors present. He thought that if they wished to prevertt misunderstanding, and to ascertain what their position really was, they ought to come to a decision beforehand; and he thought that the proper way would be to declare that that person only could be considered as elected who had a majo rity of the whole number ibf persons present in his favour. Mr. Councillor JOHN SMITH observed that the question was already decided. The act of parliament made it impera tive that the mayor should be elected by a decided majority. After some further conversation it was arranged, that in the event of none of the three candidates having a decided majority of the councillors present voting for him, the ques tion should be put again between the two highest. The voting was then proceeded with, and when it came to the turn of Mr J. S. LEIGH to declare for whom he voted, that gentleman begged that he might be permitted to refrain from voting altogether. The MAYOR said, that as he (Mr. L.) had remained in the room, he could not now be permitted to escape. He was quite assured that Mr. Leigh would prefer not voting; but he thought that it was now incumbent on him to vote, since be had remained. Mr. Leigh might surely vote for himself; for there could be no impropriety in it whatever, as he had allowed himself to be pnt in nomination. Mr. Councillor LEIGH, having no alternative, reluctantly, atlengtb, consented to vote in his own favour. The result. of the division was—For Mr. 11. flornby, 36; for Mr. J. S. Leigh, 16; for Mr. Joshua Walmsley, G. The members voted as follows: For Mr. Hornbii—Councillors J. Holmes, Thornhill, Pres ton, Frankland, Mellor, H. Holmes, Bolton, Pilcher,Wahns lev, Bright, Priestley, Lassell, Harvey, Carson, Blackburn, Mason, Coglen, Jordan, Platt, J. Cropper, junior, Ramsdell, Duncan, Currie; and Aldermen Sheil, Booth, Roskell, Lea thorn, Hall, Jones, Benn, Moon, Buller, Barclay, Robinson, Herworth, and the Mayor. Poe Mr. Leigh.—Councillors Hodgson, Houghton, I. Holmes, Shand, Case, Barton, Wright, Sands, Bibby, C. Lawrence,Wood, Gladstone, Smith, G. H. Lawrence, Cooper and Leigh. For .11r. Wahailer/. —Councillors Woollright, Hornby, llig gins, Morecroft ; and Aldermen Hornby and Evans. Abeent.—Councillors Hey worth, J. Lawrence, Segar, Brecklehank ; and Aldermen Holt and creme. Mr. Councillor RaTrieose then declared Mr. Hugh Hornby to be duly elected, and after having addressed a few words of congratulation to the new mayor, Mr. H. Hornby took the chair, amidst manifestations of applause. The TOWN-CLERK having administered the usual oath to the newly elected Mayor,— The Mayon. said that he could assure the council, with perfect sincerity, that he had no•wish to occupy the chair to which he had been elected. He was quite conscious of the arduous duties and deep responsibility which attached to the office, and he knew that a comparison would be made be tween his performance and that or his immediate predeces sors, which could not fail to be greatly to his disadvantage. At all events, the example of his valued friend, Mr. Rath. bone, had proved that by strict impartiality, and au assiduous and conscientious discharge of the dutices of his office, the Mayor of Liverpool might hope to obtain the good opinion of all classes of his fellow-townsmen. He considered the uni versal approbation which had been bestowed upon Mr. Rath bone as scarcely less creditable to the good feeling and candour of the inhabitants of the town, and he alluded par ticularly to those who were opposed to Mr. Rathbone in political opinion, than it was favourable to himself and to the part v of which he was so distinguished an ornament. (Much applause,) No exertion on his (Mr. Hornbv's) part should he wanting to justify the choice which had been made, and he should ever consider the testimony of their esteem as one of the most valuable anti flattering rewards that could have been couferred upon him. In presiding over their delibera tions, he hoped that he might expect the co-operation of every member in enforcing a strict adherence to the standing or ders of the council, without which there could not be that order and regularity in their proceedines which should cha racterise the deliberations of such a hotly, and which was ex pected by the electors who had sent them there. ELECTION OF ALDERMEN. The M A von observed thnt the next business of the council vrould be to elect oight gentlemen, in place of those retiring, to serve as aldermen for the respective wards. - Mr. Councillor Bot.Tos said, that before proceeding to the election, he should like to make a few remarks relative to the character of one of the gentlemen who would be put in com petition. Much allusion had been made during the late election, verbally as well as by placards and paragraphs, to Mr. Thomas Holt having defrauded the excise, and if it could be shown that he was guilty, he was unworthy and unfit to sit in that room, and he (lCir. B.) felt assured that the council would so think. He should briefly gu into facts, to chew the falsity of the assertion that had bee❑ made. In 1820, Mr. Holt purchased a sixth share of some glass-works at Sr. Helen's, for which he paid £2200, and, by never inter fering in the management, was what is called a sleeping partner. He attended once or twice a-)ear, when a general statement of the affairs of the concern was submitted to him and the other partners, and the profits, by these statements (although none were actually pnid), always appeared to be very moderate. In 1828, an information was laid by the ex cise that frauds bid been committed on the revenue, and proceedings were instituted in the Court of Exchequer for recovering the penalties. These continued some time—three of the four partners making strong affidavits of their inno cence. The books were placed with Mr. Holt, who examined them most minutely, with the view of ascertaining the amount of the fraud that could have been committed whilst he was a virtner ; and after much labour, and with the best informa tion he could collect, he came to the conclusion that the go vernment might have been defrauded to the extent of £5000; but so large an amount was denied by the managing partner. At the• end of 1829, or beginning of 1830, Mr. Holt was introduced to Mr. Huskisson, when that gentle man was so satisfied of the innocence of Mr. Holt, and with the accuracy of his statements, that he agreed to accept £s,(iOi) as a fine to the concern, to end the matter, and it was so ended. Mr. Holt and two of the partners then became most urgent to obtain a dissolution of the partnership, which being opposed by the other partner, application was made to the Chancery to ter tninate it, and, after considerable delay, the dissolution was agreed upon, and the accounts left to re ference; the referees agreed upon were Mr. Banner, Mr. King, and Mr. Lawson. In addition to the original cost of Mr. flolt's share, he has paid £3,529, making in all £6,329, which may be reduced about £l,OOO when the buildings are sold; and from the commencement of the partnership Mr. Holt never received anything back, either as principal, profit, or interest. He (Mr. B.) would only further add, that from a long and intimate connexion with Mr. Holt, it was his sincere conviction that that gentleman would not knowingly injure or defraud any one to the extent of the smallest fraction. He need say no more to clear Mr. Holt from the foul aspersions which bad been cast upon him, and to the truth of the statement which he had made he defied contradiction. Mr. Councillor RATHBOME returned his thanks to Mr. Bolton for the bold way in which he had come forward to meet the assertions contained in the placard alluded to—a placard of the most false and malignant character. He felt personally obliged to Mr. Bolton for meeting it in the way he had done: for it was just and right that they should be jealous of the character of those persons whom they intro duced into that council. It would have been wrong to have elected any man on whose character there remained any such aspersions. Whatever the political feeling of gentlemen might be, he trusted that every member of the council would always feel that only by only maintaining its moral inte grity could its high character be supported. Mr. Councillor NV A I.NISLEY begged to offer his testimony to that which had been already offered in support of the truth of the statement made by Mr. Bolton, and as to the unstained character of Mr. T. Holt. He had himself made inquiries on the subject from persons cognizant of the whole particu lars, and therefore he spoke unhesitatingly. A gentleman of high legal attainments, an d w h ose c h arac t er as a magis trate was known and appreciated by the whole community— he alluded to Mr. Hall, the present stipendiary magistrate— had been concerned in the affair alluded to between Mr. Holt and the excise; and that gentleman had stated as his decided opinion that Mr. Holt came out of the transaction with Kis character not only unsullied but unsuspected, and that he had acted throughotit in the most honourable, up right, and straightforriard manner. Mr. Councillor JOHN SAitrit handed in the following me morial, which the TowN-ct.ERK said that it would now be the proper time to lay before the council. lle accordingly read— "To the Worshipful the Mayor, and Council of the town of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster. " The memorial of John Walker, of Liverpool aforesaid, Chair man of the irest Derby Ward Conservative Association, and a burgess of the said town, "Sbeweth,—That the majority of the burgesses of West Derby Ward are in their political opinions conservatives, which has been proved by their having elected three gentle men of similar principles as their representatives in the town council, notwithstanding every effort used by the reform party to return gentlemen favourable to their principles, and who were in every respect eligible for seats iu the town-council, a fact corroborated by your electing three out of the four who has. thus-unsuccessfully_ appealed to the constituency of that ward, as aldermen, on their rejection by the ward. "That at the last election John Sh.sw Leigh, Esq., a con servative, was a second time returned to the council unop posed. "That the election of aldermen by the town-council from the reform party alone, and more particularly from those who had been unsuccessful in their attempts to obtain seats there through the instrumentality of the votes of the burgesses, has tended to keep alive the feeling that political opinions were the only standard of eligibility to a seat in your council, and that the object of reformers in wishing corporate reform was not, as was formerly stated, that no party should alone mo nopolize offices of trust, but that all parties in the state should be equally represented. "That hitherto the actions of the council have been in di rect contradiction to the professions of the reform party on advocating municipal reform, inasmuch as, without noticing the fact that sonic of the wards have returned a majority of conservative councillors, vet the council have in all cases ap pointed aldermen favourable to reform measures, treating with disregard the voice of the people thus declar,•d, and creating a system of exclusiveness which it was the object of the re folio bill to prevent, and which tends, more than any other thing at the present time, to keep alive a spirit of bitterness and acrimony which all parties admit and regret. "lour memorialist therefore prays, that at the present election of aldermen you will be p;eased to take into your con sideration the claims of West Derby Ward to a conservative alderman, thus evincing a desire to soften and allay the as perities of part•, that at future elections of councillors the burgesses may be induced to select the individuals most eli gible, without reference to their political principles. "JOHN WALKER. " Liverpool, oth November, 1838." The Town-CLERK said that the method of electing the al dermen would be for each councillor to write down, at length, the names and residences of the respective gentlemen for whom they voted, and to hand the document personafly to the mayor. . . Voting papers were then handed round, and as these had first to be filled up by each member of the council, and were afterwards read over seriatim by the mayor, the proceeding was necessarily a very tedious one, and occupied a consider able time. Fifty-one papers were handed in, and seven coun cillors who were present abstained from voting. The result was as follows: Messrs. T. B. Barclay. Eyre Evans, T. Holt, James Moon. Thomas BuLey, and W. I'. Freme were re elected, and Messrs. William Earle and Enoch Harvey were elected in the room of Messrs. George Robinson and 0. Hey north. LWe may observe that nearly all the voting papers of the liberals were filled up with the same names, and in the same order, showing that they had been copied from some previous arrangement ] The voting was as follows : Votes Mi. William Earle, jun. Mr. J. Moon Mr. E. Evans Mr. T. B. Barclay Mr. T. Holt Mr. T. miney Mr. W. 1) Frerne Mr. E. Harvey • 36 36 36 35 31 Mr. W. Dixon, (Great George street) 14 Mr. H. Lawrence Mr. J. Gibbons l3 Mr. G. B. Ham Mr. R. B. H. Blundell Mr. John Walker 5 Mr. Edward Gibbon .. Mr. Adam Hodgson Mr. W. Dixon (Evertol)) Mr. T. Bolton Mr. John J. Blackburn Mr. John Cropper Mr. 0. Heywurth 1 Mr. R. W. Wood, (West Derby) COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS. _ . Minutes of the proceedings at the last council, and of the various committees, were then read over by Ihe Deputy Town-clerk. DOCK COMMITTEE. On the motion of Mr. Alderman LEATHOSI, seconded by Mr. Alderman BENN,—Mr. Alderman Evans, Mr. T. 13. Barclay, Mr. Thomas Holt, and Mr. H. Holmes were re elected membets of the Dock Committee; and Messrs. Geo. Holt and Robertson Gladstone were elected in the room of Messrs. Rawdon and Walmsley, the former of whom had ceased to be a member of the conned, and the latter having signified his wish to resign the office. MAYOR'S ALLOWANCE, Oo the motion of Mr. J. Elo►.MEs, seconded by Mr. T. BOLTON. it was decided that the Mayor's allowance should be £2600, as had been settled in 1836. Mr. ISAAC Hor.mlis wished to know what was the allow ance fur keeping the Mayor's carriage. Ile understood that it was C 700; and if so, it was a great deal too much. £5OO was enough, in all conscience. It was here intimated to Mr. Holmes, that if he did not intend to follow up his remarks by a motion, he was nut of order ; and if he did wish to do so, the proper time would be when the Town-hall establishment came under notice, to which the item of kqeping the carriage belonged. QUARTERLY MERTINGs. It was agreed that the three quarterly couucils, the days of meeting for which it rested with' the council to fix, should be held—the first on the first Wednesday in February, the se cond on the first Wednesday in May, and the third on the first Wednesday in August, us heretofore. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. Mr. John Wyberg, treasurer. and Mr. Thomas Perry, re ceiver of town dues, were continued in their offices, as were all the other officers of the corpoiation. On the reappointment of the morket-keepers being mnoved, Mr. Councillor Isa AC Hor.sms said, that he niched to make known to the council the highly improper conduct of one of the market-lookers, named Robert Grouse, at the late municipal election. Instead of attending to his business, he was looking out for votes for the liberal members, and like wise ordering people in the market to vote in accoidance with his tufty will. Ile mentioned this for the purpose of in ducing the council to issue as order to all their servants not to interfere in elections; it was conduct which every one ought to set his face against. Ile did not like that the ser vants of time corporation, - instead of looking after their busi ness, should be sent out in search Of votes. Although the liberal party were at present in the ascendancy, and find it profitable to permit market-lookers and others to act thus, the time might come when they would be in the minority, and grievous then would be their complaints, if such a system were pursued by their opponents. Th e y oug h t , t h ere f ore, t o joini n saving that conduct so flagitious should not be tole rated, and endeavour to put a stop to it forthwith. STANDING Ott GERs. Mr. Councillor J. Ho LNIEs, seconded by Mr. J. Platt, moved that the standing, orders and by-laws for the regula tion of the council be continued in force. The TOWN-CLERK stated that the rejection by the Finance Committee of a new lease of the land on which the Seel-street school is built, on terms less than it is worth, had caused the embodiment of a new by-law for the regulation of the council, which was as follows :—" That it be a fixed principle that no grant be made in aid of any school, except those which are the property of the corporation, or under the immediate con trol and ►management of the council." Mr. Councillor BbAcx BURN also wished to call their atten tion to by-law N 0.6, which had respect to motions and amend ments. It was to the effect that, whenever an amendment was made upon an original motion, no second amendment should be proposed until the first was disposed of. Now, every one must be aware that they were constantly i❑ the habit of violating that by-law, and he thought they ought to make the rule harmonize with their practice. It was ex tremely important, before the vote was taken on the first amendment, that gentlemen should be allowed to become acquainted with the character of the amendment or amend ments that were to follow, because the knowledge of those must evidently have a great influence on the voting—in fact, they might be such as many would have preferred to the amendment that might have been carried iu the first in statics. It was proposed to allow the by-law to stand as it was, merely altering the words, "no second amendm e nt s h a ll b e proposed," to "no second amendment shall be discussed" or "taken into consideration;" but Mr. Councillor D. HonGsol maintained that there was no necessity ‘shatever for the alteration, as the nature of the coming amendments was always necessarily made known in the speeches in opposition to the original motion. The conversation on that point was therefore dropped, and the by-law alluded to by the Town-Clerk, respecting grants of land to schools, taken up. Mr. Councillor BLAcKuuRN said that he had no objection to adhere to the standing order; hut he thought that the grant of land to the Deaf and Dumb Institution was opposed to it. The TowN-ci.s.ux stated that the Finance Committee had looked upon it rather as un hospital than as a school. Mr. Councillor BLACKBURN did not object to the grant at all; but he was of opinion that their standing order should harmonize with their practice. Mr. Councillor HArnuoNE moved that the consideration of the question should be postponed. Mr. 'Councillor 'rims. iiitu'vEY thought that it would be as well to suspend the standing order when that particular case came before them. The TOWN CLKRK said they certainly had the power, in the same manner as the House of Commons, of suspending their standing orders; but he suggested that the difficulty might be obviated by making it read, "that it be a general rule," instead of "that it he a fixed principle." Mr. Councillor Tilos. HARVEY thought that it would be better to leave both out, and allow the law to be—" That no grant," &c. After some further conversation, during which Mr. It ATti rioNE consented to withdraw his motion, the by-law was passed with the omission of the initial words "that it be a fixed principle." It was also agreed that the standing orders should be printed, and a copy given to each councillor. FINANCE COMMITTEE. 06 the motion of Mr. CURRIE that the members of the Finance Committee be elected. Mr. Councillor CoopEn said he thought that, as one-fourth of the towu-council were conservatives, one-fourth of the members of the committees should be conservatives. Mr. Councillor BOLTON said that it was the intention to propose four conservatives on the Finance Committee, and that was rather more than their just proportion. M r. Councillor THOMA s CA sr: regretted that there had been any mention of politics made; the mostefficicient men ought to he put in, without any reference to their political opinions. Ile had been fur many years a member of the Finance Com mittee in the old council, and knew the evil of frequent changes. He thought that a considerable portion of those who had been on should always be retained, and be inter mixed with a few of the members newly come into the coon so that they might also be brought up to the duties of the office. Mr. Councillor Cvnulg thought Mr. Case's proposition a very good one, and it had been followed in•the present in, stance. Of the four new members to be on the committee, three were new councillors. The committee was then appointed, its.members being— Messrs. Carrie, 'l'. Bolton, J. Holmes, R. Houghton, R. Sheil, J. S. Leigh, John Bibby, T. Blackburn, John Crop per, Charles Lawrence, Thos. Harvey, I'. Bulley, James Moon, W. 'Thornhill, and E. Pilcher. It was agreed that the council should meet next day, to take into consideration a letter from Messrs. Wahnsley and Lawrence respecting advowsons, and a memorial from a number of master builders. IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.. The members of this committee are--Zessrs. T. B. Bar clay, 'l'. Case, H. Holmes, I'. Booth, J. Cooper, W. Earle, C. H. Jones, W. Shand, J Platt, and E. Evans. WATCH COMMITTEE. During the election of this committee an amendment was proposed. On the motion that Mr. Mellor should f o r m one movedof its m a e s tn a b n e a r s m , . m . 2 11 to thatas Case,Air. Cooper s h ou ld b e elected. seconded by Mi. Shand, The amendment was lost by a large majority. 'Mr. John Smith also moved that Mr. Cooper should take his place; but that motion was also negatived, amidst considerable Merriment. The gentlemen composing this committee are—hlessrs. W. Thornhill, J. Walmsley, J.' Mellor, W. Preston, T. Case, Wm. Earle, jun., J. Woollright, G. H. Lawr en c e , W. Lassen, It. Bright, J. N. Wood, V. Higgins , F. Jordan, J. Lawrence, R. Houghton, W. M. Dun can , G. Ramsden, F. Sands, T. Coglan, E. Segar, J. Barton, T. Bulley, E. Hat vev, and W. P. Freme. Mr. Alderman Wm. Earle here entered the room, and took his seat amidst some applause. Mr. Councillor THOM As CASE wished to know whether he number of this committee must necessarily be limited to 25. • The answer of the town-clerk was in the negative. Mr. Councillor THos. CASE then proposed that the name of Mr. Cooper should be added. Mr. Connelllor C. IL JONES moved as an amendment, that the number should be only 25. The amendment was carried amidst renewed merriment. Mr. Councillor COOPER rejoiced . very much that he was not elected on the 6mithittee. - - BOROUGH COURT A NDCOURT OF REQUESTS COMMITTEE. Members elected—Messrs. E. Evans, T. 111orecroft. T. Harvey, W. Rathbone, R. Bright, J. Mason, W. M. Dun can, and J. Lawrence. The TowN-CLuitx stated that this committee would hare to meet next day, to decide whether notice should be giver. of an application for a bill to enlarge the powers of the Court of Requests. TOWN DUES CONINIITTF:E. The members of the Dock 6;;Iit;;;;In accordance with the rule of last year, are to form the Town dues committee. MARKET COMMITTEE. Messrc. H. Holmes, Duncan, Thornhill, Evans, Freme, Wood, Jordan, and Higgins. TOWN-lI.A LSTABLISIIMENT COMMITTEE. Messrs. Rathbone, W. Earle, Beun, Houghton, and Ba relay. Mr. 'Councillor . ISAAC l-lotstEs, having been asked if he now intended to make any motion with respect to the allow ance for the mayor's carriage, again repeated his conviction that the sum of . £7OO was too large. Mr. Councillor J. 1-lot.mEs remarked, that there were many other items included in that sum. Nrr. Councillor IS AC HoLNIES declined to make any motion on the subject at present. EDUCATIoN COMMITTEE. Previous to the formation of this committee, Mr. RATH RONK read the following, statement of the number of children in the two corporation schools:— Number of children on the books. North school South sch00l Average attendance. North school . South school. 753 663 Increase in the present year North sch00l South sch00l 508 Proportion of Roman Catholic and Protestant children. Catholi- 650 Catholic. 363 Protestant 362 I Protestant .... 281 - 1012 I . Mr. Councillor IsAnc ilot.mEs wished to know what was the number of children belonging to the Church of England in the two schools. Mr. ItATHBONE replied he could not tell. These distinc tions, he was happy to say, had not been so closely noticed in the schools. Committee.— NJ eFsrs. Earle, Rathbone, Bullev, Holt, Jones, Walmsley, Blackburn, Lassell, Ramsdell, Priestley, Harvey, Roskell, Benn, Barclay, Shell. GAOL CONISIITTEE. Nlessrs. Currie, Earle, Bolton, Booth, Ramsden, Harvey, Benn, Logan, Evans, Hodgson, Houghton, Rathbone, and Rockall. GARDEN COMMITTEE. Messrs. Jordan, Moreeruft, Smith, Carson, Cooper, and G. Lawrence. Mr. Councillor Jounser stated that the committee had plans of improvements for the gardens, which would much increase their utility and appearance, especially that at the Mount. CUSTOM-HOUSE COMMITTEE. Messrs. Jordan, Booth, Priestley, Leatnorn, Moon, Sheil, and Wood. CHURCH EXPENDITERF: COMMITTEE. Messrs. Platt, Earle, Woolwright, Ramsden, Benn, and Case. CHOICE OF ALDERMEN. The Mayon then said that the councillors of the several wards might now proceed to elect their respective aldermen. Several of the aldermen were located; but it appearing that this could not be done for all the wards, in consequence of a number of the councilmen having left, and the act requiring that the choice should be made when the whole of the re presentatives of each ward was present, the town-clerk thought t hat it would be better to call the councillors together for the special purpose. Two or three gentlemen called attention to the fart that there is to be a charity sermon preached at St. Peter's Church, on Sunday, in aid of the funds of the Blue Coat Hospital, and requested that the mayor would signify his in tention of attending, when no doubt the whole of the council would honour him with their company. They thought, as this was a moat deserving institution, that the mayor would most probably consent. The 'MAY ou said that he might at once state that it was not his intention to attend St. George's Church, but to go to his own place of worship on Sundays. He was not aware that there was anything in the municipal act in the slightest degree interfering with the religious opinions or observances of the mayor, and had therefore come to the resolution which he had mentioned. Mr. Councillor BOLTON regretted that the point had been raised at all; 'gut he still submitted that the mayor might, on the particular occasion previously alluded to, attend St. Pe ter's on Sunday, without altering his general determination. The MAYOR ultimately acceded to the wishes of the gen tlemen who desired him to attend the charity sermon. The council broke up at a quarter past lour, and stands adjourned to Wednesday week. SPORTING _INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. THE DERBY.'—As in London, so with us, the leading favourite cannot be moved; and further, two or three out side horses backed at Tattersall's yesterday have, since our last quotations, found favour more extensively here, namely, —Lord Albemarle's colt Tros, by Priam, Mr. Bowes's Ac celerator, by Velocipede, and Erin-g o -b rag h, b y Emancipa tion (the last being, we believe, one of the lots sold at the late Mr. Yates's sale of yearlirws to Mr. Speed, of Liver- pool, and subsequently to Mr. Bowes): all have been backed at our quotations. Mr. Day's Bulwark, by Defence, and Mr. E. Peel's, the Dey of Algiers, by Priam, have each been fancied at copious odds; the latter, we rather think, is or wiil be transferred from Hedgeford to Col. Peel's lot at Newmarket. Zitnmerman (out of the Carpenter's dam), although a beaten favourite in the two-year-old race at Don caster, is still nibbled upon. From present appearances, the Derby cannot fail to be a greater betting race than has been known for many years. The following are the average prices {Attie horses most in fashion TH E DERBY. _ 11 to 1 against Ld. Jersey's bro. to Bay Middleton. (t f ) 17 to l „ Mr. Wreford's Westonian. 18 to 1 „ Duke of Rutland's Flambeau. (t freely) `22 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Interim. 27 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Epidaurus. 33 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Accelerator (r) 33 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Brin•go•bragh. (t) 40 to 1 „ Mr. B. Peel's Dec of Algiers. (t) 40 to 1 „ Col. Anson's Zimmerman. (t) 40 to 1 „ Mr. Day's Bulwark. (t) 45 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Tros. (t) TATTERSALUS, THURSDAY. The attendance yesterday afternoon was far from numerous; and it will be seen froth the subjoined quotations, that the Derby betting was confined to a small number of horses. Lord Jersey's horses keep their places; but from the repeated offers made to bet against them, Flambeau and Westonian %,ould seem to be less in favour than when we quoted the odds from Newmarket. The following is a list of the few engage ments entered into : THE DERBY. 11 to 1 against Ld. Jersey's bro. to Bay Middleton. 18 to 1 „ Duke of Rutland's Flambeau. (0 18 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Westonian. 30 to 1 ~ Lord Albemarle's 'frog. (t and aft aff) 30 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's A ccelerat or . ( t ) 35(X) to 100 „ Mr. Allen's Fitz-Ambo. (0 4000 to 100 „ Mr. Bowes's Epidaurus. (t) DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-TWENTY LIVES LOST. • • ( From the Plymouth Journal, of Thursday.) About one o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, three pinnaces, having on board the men employed at the Break water, left the Chatham hulk, which is moored inside that structure, as a rendezvous for the men; the sea was then run ning vciy high and the wind blowing a f ear f u l ga l e from S.S.W. The destination of the boats was the quarry at Ores ton, but, as they proceeded across the sound, and especially so when approaching the Cohler-buoy, where the run of the ebb tide from Catwater meeting the seas which came in from the S.S.W. produced a peculiarly heavy swell and very dan gerous suface. When about two-thirds of the way across the sound, a man in the leading boat exclaimed that the second pinnace had disappeared. At the same instant the crew ob served that several persons on the 01(1 Victualli ng O ffi ce point, and the Batten, were waving their hands atunaking other gesticulations as if to call their attention to some particular circumstance. The boat immediately made into the Victual ling ()filet point, where the crowds, who had assembled to witness the effects of the storm, told the crew, that the second pinnace had sunk, and that some of the crew were then cling ing to the Cobler. The crew of the second boat immediately struck their sail, and at the imminent risk of their lives, put about, and went back to the spot where, as nearly as could be judged, the ill-fated vessel went down. Not one of the crew were to be seen, and nothing but some of the hats and baskets belonging to the sufferers was recovered. The boat itself was seen bottom upwards, and in that state it floated to rocks under Mount Batten. From the particulars which we have been able to glean from parties who witnessed this la mentable occurrence, it appeared that the boat was coming in at a rapid rate, having a reefed lug sail set, when upon descending a heavy sea, which followed close upon another, the boat's way completely buried her in the sea ahead, and she instantly went down. The first boat very nearly shared the same fate. She was some distance ahead of the second pinnace, and when near the Colder, buried her bows in the same manner, shipping so much water that she was fill e d nearly up to the thwarts : this was fortunately baled out be fore the circumstance recurred, which it did several times on her way in. This boat was also in a state of the utmost jeo pardy when she faced the sea to return to the spot were the pinnace sunk; she, however, ultimately reached Oreston safely, the crew being in a most miserable state, front the terror which their own situation had produced, and the sorrow which they could not but feel from the loss of their " brothers," as they emphatically termed them. The third boat did nut leave the Chatham until sonic time after the departure of the other two, so that she was too far behind to render any assistance. Up to last night none of the bodies had been washed on shore. The most heart-rending sight which we witnessed in the course of the day was the return of the bereaved widows from Oreston, whither they had gone to learn the truth of the ca tastrophe. The condition of these poor creatures was pitiable in the extreMe . , and their tears and lamentations could not but move a heart made of the sternest stuff. One of them was accompanied by the children who weresharers in her calamity, and a more distressed group has seldom been seen. CHESHAM CHURCH -RATE.—On Thursday last the church wardens of Cheshain, Buckinghamshire, curried a t hurch-rate by a majority of 66, or more than three to one.—Bucks Herald. AWKWARD MISTA KE.—" What is your business. Ma 'lame ?" asked a counsel recently of a witness on the stand. "I keep a seminary for the destruction of young ladies" was the answer.— Boston (America) Herald. DANIEL LA MISERT.—At the sale of the property of the late Mr. Owstan, a suit of clothes which had been worn by the celebrated Danial Lambert, was disposed of amongst other curiosities. The clothes consist of a coat, waistcoat, and nankeen small cloths, and the dimensions are as follows The coat-29 inches across the back, 23 inches round the elbow; in the waistcoat there are 18 button-holes (2 inches asunder), circumference of the arm-hole 46 inches, round the waist 96 inches, length 46 inches; width Of small Clothes 96 inches, round.the knee-baud 33 inches, top of thigh 55 inches. They are in good preservation.—Le icester Journal: • • • CORRESPONDENCE. EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD. TO 711 E EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST:IND./IRD. Ste,—" Where is the use of crying over spilt milk," says the proverb, and where is the use of poring over and recal ling the circum s t ance o f our d e f eat?. None, as it respects the past, but only to enable us.to do better for the future. Amongst others, one cause of:ostr defeat was our inatten tion to the registration in the ward, especially in the town ship of Kirkdale. The fact of all three of the overseers being radicals, should have put us upon our guard. The most ac tive of them being a Roman Catholic, and the circumstance of this person pairing off with Mr. Shaw, the overseer of liverton, and then voting, - shows what we had to expect from him. There is not a Romanist in all the village that was not on the list, or scarcely a radical of any sort, whilst there 4-1,0 e • of s overseers resides at l'azakerley, yet he was on the register for a house in Kirkdale, in a street which dues not exist. Another cause of cur defeat wairtbe intimidation unspar ingly used by our opponents. A borough magistrate went round amongst the public-houses and beer-shops canvassing. He was seen on the day of election in close conversation with a man who had usually voted on our side, and who, last licensing term, applied . for a license, but was refused ; this same magistrate being upon the bench. This man did not vote at all. 1 hope these circumstances will be remembered by his brother magistrates next year. A person, a conservative, employed at the docks, wag told that if he voted for us he would be unshipped. We had great occasion to complain of the conduct of the officials connected with the parish church of Walton. It will be remembered that our opponent was a dissenter, and an unbaptized Christian, if such a thing can exist. Yet one of the ministers of that church came five minutes too late to vote. One of the churchwardens refused to vote at all; and the other not only voted against us, but was one of those who formed a knot about a dozen of persons, who were kept con cealed in ambush, and pounced upon us at the close of the poll, and thus completed our defeat. Another cause was Mr. Itolmes's known opinions upon the " warehouse question." Many persons who were opposed to him in politics, and who had votes in other wards, would not vote in Everton, but voted in those wards where the radical candidates were adverse also upon that question; and Mr. Holmes would not now be one of the representatives of this ward, were It not for his opinions upon that point. The defeat of the radicals in \Tensilell, St. Paul's, and Scotland wards, may be attributed to that;—indeed, the warehouse cause—c o n s id er ed as a separate question—wi“ most successful. Out of sixteen Wards, not more than four returned•persons unposed to this interest; which convinces me that either the dock warehouse scheme is an unpopular measure, or that the warehouse influence is must extensive— much more so.than our radical gentry scent to contemplate. Your's respectfully, HOMO. MR. SLEIGH'S NOTICE OF "QUE" IN THE AIEIICUItY. 70 THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 8111,-1 - laving been informed .that the Mercury of last week contained an insidious attack on my character, in the form of questions signed " Que," by some one who was either ashamed or afraid to attach his name thereunto—conduct which savours strongly of the assassin-like principles of de mocracy; and however unworthy such may be of any notice, yet for the sake of the cau se w hi c h I h ave es p ouse d here, as well as that I am neither ashamed nor afraid of the circum stances which gave rise to them, either here now or there some years ago, but rather glory in• the cause which produced such effects, I beg to trouble you with a few remarks. It is as undeniable as that there is such a country as North Ame rica, that whenever any party in religion or in politics are defeated in the United States, the vanquished party use their utmost endeavours to vilify, ruin, or even assassinate their opponents. The persecution and calumny to which Mr. George Thompson, who went from this to advocate the cause of two-and-a-half millions of slaves, was exposed (see his 'account thereof), constitutes one, out of. thousands of cases, that may be adduced. As to myself: having. in the years 18.35 and 6, been challenged by the infidels of America to a public debate in defence of the truth of divine revelation, and having, after ahout sixty nights' debate in all, in the presence of thousands, triumphantly vanquished my infidel opponents, as the subjoined resolutions testify, (see No. 1, 2,3,) they forthwith, in rage and malice at their defeat, not only formed various conspiracies against me, but poured forth such a torrent of abuse and slander, that nothing but the magnanimous conduct of the intelligent, virtuous, and respectable part of the community could have sheltered me from their machinations, (see No. 4,5, 6,7.) Thus, Sir, you will perceive that. slander and abuse are now the lot of every man who ventures to defend truth, either in religion or in politics. The cause which I triumphantly (through God's assistance) advocated in that country, and the cause which I have feebly defended here, are so analogous, that similar results are quite n a t ura l. Notwithstanding the resolutions referred to, so inveterate were my enemies that I had to appeal to the laws of that country in three separate actions for libel, two criminal and one civil, in all of - which I suc ceeded: one defendant was heavily fined and imprisoned (for publishing Ole identical pamphlet alluded to in the Mer• clay); the second, after having been found guilty, was, at my earnest solicitation, pardoned • and the third I withdrew, on defenda n t ma ki ng me an ample acknowledgment, signed by his two counsel, and paying an costs, which amounted to several hundred dollars! Now I beg to notify the Editor of the silercury, for whom I do not entertain one atom of ill feeling, notwithstanding all his urbanity towards me, that copies, duly au th ent i cate d , o f t h e recor d s o f cour t, and the orieinal documents referred to by me, are in my possession, and are at the service of that gentleman for perusal, should he at any time think itworth his while to call on me previous to my departure for the metropolis. f would have, in my late lectures here, fully detailed all these circumstances, as an additional illustration of theg/orious effects of republican liberty, did they not necessarily involve too mucli e!zotisin; but should the they of the Mercury entertain the least doubt of the correctness of any one point stated by me, I ant ready to meet him berme the public, at a moment's no tice, thereby affording him an opportunity, not only of dis proving the same, but also .of chewing how deserving I am of the epithet "political quack," so politely applied to me by said Editor. thii is the first notice, and this shall be the last, through the columus,of a newspaper, that I wilt take of such attacks; and endeavouring to follow the example of Captain Basil Hall, R.N., who declared he would never read a word of what Americaus thought proper -to say about him, and apologising for the length of this commanication, I am, Sir, yours very faithfully, W. W. SLEIGH. 50, Pembroke-pldce:Nov. 12th, 1838. Y.S.• My chief object in giving these statements is to save trouble, to the Editor of the Mercury—to others who appear disposed to ina:ign me—and to myself. My desire has ever been to live at peace with all . men ;. but if I cannot have peace except by either ceasing to defend truth, or by appealing to the laws of my country for protection, I must, however truly painful to me, adopt the latter alternative. DOCUMENTS DEPUTING TUE CALUMNIES ALLUDED TO. (No. 1.)-PHILADELPHIA. "CHRISTIANITY icromous.—At an over-crowded meet ing, . held on the 30th instant, the following resolution was carried unanimously, and with enthusiastic applause : " Resolited, 'That the public discussion between Dr. Sleigh in defence of Divine Revelation, and the Represen tatives of the New York and Philadelphia Free Inquirer?' in support of Infidelity, it has been satisfactorily proved that genuine Christianity is of divine origin, and that the attacks made by Infidels on the Sacred Scriptures are as frivolous as they are unsupported by reason and common sense, and destructive to the best interests of mankind.'-I . Netn. con.] "'The reverse was then put, and not a single hand was held up to support "(Signed)—The Rev. R. H. CLOSE, JOHN STEEL, foHN MARTIN, The Rev. F. D. W. WARD, THOS. BROWN. M.D., Moderators. ``. Philadelphia, October 30, 1835." . (No. 2.)—NEW YORK. " Reiolved, That the thanks of this meeting be presented to Dr. Sleigh, for the abl e an d efficient manner in which he has. defended Christianity, and incontrovertibly proved the truth of the Sacred Sciiptures, and for the important benefits that must lesult froM the scone to the moral interests of this community.' [Carried nnanimoush . .] . " (Signed) • • •." Amos BELDEN, Moderator. AT ID York, Feb. 1836." Signed also oti ‘helialf of the meeting by the Rev. W. C. R. M•Cartee, D.D., Rev. N. Bangs, DAL. iteY John Knox, D.D., Rev. Thos. De Witt, D.D., Rev. Alex. Prondfil, Linus Stephens, M.D., D. M. Reese, M.D., John Neilson, M.D., R. H. Maclay, M.D., J. J. Brownlee, A. Maclay, jun., M.D., Isaac Fran cis, M.D., Rev. Arch. Maclay, A.M., Rev. W. Parkinson, Al., Rev. B. Waugh, Rev. C. G. Somers, A.M., Rev. Tint. Merritt, Rev. H. Chase, Rector of the Mariners' Church,' Rev. 1.. Pease. Chaplain of the Hospital, Rev. T. P. Hunt, Rev. W. N. Bangs, Rev. D. De Vinne, D. Fan slaaw, &c. &c. (No. 3.)—BosToN. " Resolved, s the sense of this meeting, that Dr. Sleigh is entitled to the hearty thanks of the friends of the Bible, for the able and triumphant manner in which he has pre sented the.claims of that Sacred Volume to our belief as 'containing a revelation from God ; and also for the consum mate ability with which he has defended our Heavenly Father from the foul aspersions cast on Him by ancient and modern Infidels; and%that a committee of the following gentlemen present the same to Dr. Sleigh :—The Hon. Seth Shrague, Rev 'Thomas Whitemore, Rev L. R. Page, Rev. P. Dean, Rev. E. I'. Taylor, Rev. J. Horton, Rev. A. Stevens, Rev. T.' F. King, Rev. W. Hague, Rev. S. Streeter, Rev. W. C. Rogers; Rev. •11. Whitatnore, Rev. D. S. King.' [Passed unanimously.l •”.(Sigited) • • , "'ft-minas WHITAMORK, Chairman. " 17, 1836.". • • . • (No. 4.) Extracts from resolutions unanimously adopted by meetings of 'various clergymen, phYsicians, lawyers, &c., held in New York, Dec. 20th, 1835, and in other places, for the purpose of investigating, the slanders alluded to. ".Dr. Sleigh being a stranger in this city, they have felt themselves called upon, in justice to him, to make such en quiries as would place his character beyond dispute; and as the result of that. investigation, they do hereby express their entire and unshaken confidence in him as a gentleman of sound morals, and of the strictest honour and integrity ; " * * and they do hereby. pronounce tits CHARACTER TO EtE VNIMPEACHEDAND u.NIMPEAcHABLE," mice. Signed on behalf of the meeting, by W. G. Brownlee, D.D., A. Alaclay, .D.D., David M. Reese, M.D., N. Bangs. 1).D.; B. Waugh, B►shop in the M. E. C., Amos Belden, Edward Probyn, Horace Holden, barrister-at-law, R. 11. Maclay, M.D., T. Merritt, W. N. Bangs, It. M'Cartee, D.D. (No. 5.) Resolution adopted by the public meeting held in Boston, alluded to in No. 3, and signed as above. Resolved, "As the sense of this meeting, we consider that the character of Dr. Sleigh has been most grossly slandered by the Infidels of New York, he being proved to be au ho nourable man and an exemplary Christian." (No. 6.) Certificate from the Rev. Dr. Wylie. Vice-Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, where I resided the last two years while in America. " To all whom it may concern. " These•lines will certify, that I have the pleasure of being acquainted with Dr. Sleigh. That his integrity and moral character cannot with justice be impeached—that he i• a decided enemy to Infidelity, and a most powerful champion of Christianity, thousands can testify," &c. &c. (Signed) SamtJEL B. WYLIE." (No 7.) Extract from a letter of introduction from the Rev. Doctor Brownlee, and countersigned by the Rev. Dr. AlTartee, to the Rev. Drs. Green, J. M'Dowell, Cuyler, &c. " Rev. and dear Brethren and Fathers,—l beg leave very earnestly to recommend to you the bearer, Dr. Sleigh, who has occupied such a conspicuous position here, in defence of * the authenticity and divinity of the Holy Scriptures. • Receive him in the Lord, as a warm-hearted and clear-headed Christian, as I do verily believe him to be. Ile has many bitter enemies, hut he has also many devoted friends. He happens to be one of those men who are neither loved nor hated -in a moderate degree. The many evil reports got up against him, I hove had the satisfaction Of seeing and healing fully explained and done away. * * Ido not know of a single blot or stain on his moral character. • # • " I am, &c. " W. C. BitowNLEE. " Ns to Fork. March 21st, 1836." .N. 13. Will the, Pljtors of the conservative press in Liver pool be so 'obliging asid publiih the abave? • ' . CHAIRMAN OF MR. CROPPER'S COMMITTEE TO THE•EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—Having observed a letter in th e Albi on o f t hi s d ay, signed " John Finch, jun.," from which it appears that I was in error in my statement at the dinner given to ine in South Toxteth Ward, when I said "that he was a Socialist, a sys tem subversive of all order, and therefore he was unfit to he chairman of Mr. Cropper's committee," I would state in reply, that I understood it to be his father who held that office, and not the son, when I made that statement; and it affords me sincere pleasure to be set right, and to observe that the errors of the parent have not descended upon the child, as the latter has indignantly repelled the accusation advanced by me. Wilful misrepresentation shall never emanate from me, and therefore I do hint this justice; but as to his other re flections, whatever he may think me to be, either by nature uL educAtion. jconsider them merely the hasty effusions of the moment, len stung vvi- moment be mixed up - With his father's wanderings; but he must be aware, that it will sometimes happen that the sins of the father will descend upon the children, rnd this has been his case in Ws instance; but his immediate and dis tinct disavowal of those dangerous tenets is honourable to the understanding of the son. That candour which prompts me to write this, I 'trust will be met by the like honourable usage on his part, whenever we, may come into coalition amid the strife of parties. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, THOS. M. GLADSTONE. Bootle, 12th Novel:l4r, 1838. JOSHUA WALMSLEY, ESQ. TO TILE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST✓INDARD. Stu, —Passing through the Exchange, I picked up this letter; on looking at it I found it addressed to you; it was without wafer or seal. I think some person must have dropt it : I shall drop it in your box as I pass. Yours, &c. A MEMBER OF THE REFORM ASSOCIATION. P.S.—I have not time to readit through; I see it is signed by our Chairman. - Castle-street, Nov. 10, 18.38. DEAR Stn,—You will, I doubt not, be much surprised at receiving a letter from me; I should not have troubled you but that being most shamefully used by my friends, and a ishing to make my complaint to the world, I applied in vain to the liberal journals, they having, one and all, positively refused to lend ma their paper for the purpose,—in this emer gency, I turn to you, mote enemy, hoping that yue,thou g h no liberal, will not turn me away in despair. Should you in pity lend me your ear for a few moments, I will a tale of woe unfold. 'You remember, sir, that some little time ago, it was reported that I was about to retire from public life altogether —to give up my situation of Chairman of the Reform Asso ciation. This report was founded on fact; I was about to retire, for I at that time felt quite sick of public life, and well I might, after the scurvy manner in which I was treated at the appointment of magistrates. I, who thought myself the Great Mogul of the council; I , at whose nod the council stood in awe; I, at whose frown the council trembled ; I, even I, was basely rejected. Yes, sir, those men who bad flattered nte, who had told me that I was the leading man amongst them—that I was the greatest of the great; in fact, that the council was nothing without me—these very men actually (through the ballot box) voted against me, and I was shame fully beaten. I say then, sir, that I had good reason to be sick of public life. From that time I determined to resign, which 1 should have done but for a circumstance which I shall now relate. It seems that my friends, seeing that I was in earnest, resolved to throw me another sop, and I ant actually ashamed to confess that I took the bait. About. three nights after the appointment of magistrates, as I was pacing backwards and forwards in my room, (with clenched fists, vowing eternal vengeance on all that bore the name of radical, ) I heard a tap at my door. "Come in !" cried I, fiercely ; a servant entered, and handed me a letter, which I opened, and read as follows:—" At a meeting of the town council, held last night, at the Angel Inn, tke following resolution was passed unani mously Resolved, that this meeting do intend to make J. Walinsley, Esq. mayor next year, to compensate him for his disappointment in not being made a magistrate.'"—This had a wonderful internal effect upon me ; my heart beat quick —my soul seemekto expand and feel too large for my body—already did I fancy myself what I long wished to be, the King of the Council. I felt too, sir, that I was not desti tute of charity, for at that moment a holy calm came over me, and I forgave all those men that had so deeply Injured me. Yes, sir, I could at that moment have embraced all of them, —that is, if they would but make me Mayor. The change that came over my outward man was not less remarkable : the cloud that had been gathering upon my brow (ready to burst with tremendous fury upon the beads of my friends of the council) instantly cleared away, and a bright sun shine took its place, and remained there till 1 read your paper to-day, when I confess a slight gloom came over me; it was not, however, till after the council had m e t that I found out how I had been jilted. I had some hopes that you were mistaken about the number of those who voted for me at the Angel the other night, and so it seems you were, for you stated them to be nine, whereas they proved in the council to be only six. I shall not attempt to describe to you my feelings on the numbers being counted. 1 rushed from the council chamber in a state of madness, - uttering curses both loud and deep. What, sir, was it not enough to make Rathbnnc mayor before roe? What if he did spit in General Gascoyne's face, and call the Rev. Hugh M'Neile a liar in the council chamber, and threaten to wallop the editor of the Courier? I have done as good, yea better services to the cause of reform than these. Did I not go to London for a candidate ? Did I not, when I had found one, most glori ously deceive hint by tacking a list of names, collected for another purpose, to his requisition? Thus making him be lieve he had a chance-of being returned, though I knew full well he bad none. And did I nut, by means of my tool, Knipe, get all the tory freemen objected to, in hopes that some of them, nut being able to leave their work, would be struck off the list? And did I not, after this, when told of what I had done, stoutly deny it ? All this, and much more have I done for reform; and yet see how I am treated : not only is Earle and Rathbone made mayor before me, but of all other men in the .world, Hugh Hornby ; and that, too, after I had been so faithfully promised. But the Mercury of to-day puts out a feeler. I shall be mayor next year shall 1? No, ; I urn oat to be done again. And now, Mr. Editor. can you do anything fur me? I know you have some influence with the Conservative Association. Can you recommend me to their notice. I do. not want to be chair man. No; any office will do for me, if I can but vent toy spleen on toy former friends. Did I not know that you were above such practice, I would offer myself as objector-general to your association. I could get Knipe again for a mete trifle; and we know a pretty lot of them that we could get struck off the list of voters; or, if required, we could object to every reformer under heaven. You wilt think of it, and try what you can do fur me, for I cannot stay longer where l a in. And in the mean time, I subscribe myself, with bitter hatred to all reformeis, and, if I were not tearful of choking, I would add, love to all conservatives, . November 9, 1831 Yours, with much respect, J. WALMSLEY. THE LIVERPOOL. OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL sr.vmanD. Stn,—Permit me, through the medium of your valuable paper, to correct an unintentional inaccuracy in the speech of the Her. Mr. Davies, at the Music-hall, on Friday evening last, and to explain the objects of the above society as briefly as possible. The reverend gentleman, accounting for the small attendance at that meeting, (Music•hall.) among other causes, attributed it to one which had assembled for the pur pose of forming an Operative Protestant Society its connec tion with St. Jude's Church. Now, I wish to observe, that it is by no means confined to any particular congregation, but to the Protestants of Liverpool generally. The committee having been formed from the members of several congrega tions, my only motive for correcting the mistake is, that per sons wishing to join the association may not be deterred from so doing by she supposition that the tubers of St. Jude's only are admissible. The object of the association was most ably and powerfully laid before the meeting by the chairman, the Rev. F. Ould. in the unavoidable absence of the Rev. H. 141'Isleile, and was received with enthusiastic applause. It was then stated that the association was to have. pure. religion for its basis; a society whose members might be able to prove by their lives the vast superiority of Protestantism over Popery—in pro ducing love to God, loyalty to the sovereignty, and mutual good-will among brethren. Their object is not to much to elicit mete physical force as regards numbers, but to present such an accumulation of principle as shall prove to demon stration that if all those who claim Protestantism as their religion would follow the footsteps of those from - whom they have derived that name, Popery would never have gained that ascendancy, which, through their neglect of duty, she has attained, and a hich now threatens to overthrow o u r estab lishments, which our forefathers have cemented with their blood, and which hare so long formed the bulwarks of our civil and religious liberties. The object of the society is furthermore to enable every member to be ready at any season to give a reason for- the hope that is in him; it is to compose a fellowship into which any person will be received who is resolved henceforth to use every lawful exertions to resist the encroachments of the Church of Rome, and in a Christian spirit to endeavour to convince the members of that church of the dangerous errors and soul-destroying principles of that system, and to evince a marked and determined opposition, upon all occasions, to a system so abhorrent to good government and the best interests of trite religion. I ain, dear Sir, yours respectfully, THE SECRETAR Y OF THE aims ASSOCIATION. THE STEAM-SHIP LIVERPOOL. To THE. EDITOR OF THE ALBION. Sin,—As a vast deal of erroneous opinion has been. created upon the subject of the cause of the return of the Liverpool, by the premature departure from Cork of some of the pas sengers, I, as an eye-witness of what took place there during the four or five days previous to her second departure, shall not, perhaps, be considered as uselessly occupying your co lumns, in giving a statement Of facts connected with the question. The causes of the Liverpool's return were two fold—first, a larger consumption of coal than was expected; and, second, a succession of gales of so violent a nature that, to use the phrase of a passenger, it seemed madness to conti nue to face them. The cause of the opposition of the de merits being beyond our inquiry, it leaves the first point only to consider ; and the following extract from a note addressed to be by Mr. Shaw, the Company's M a ri ne M anager, w i l l , I think, when coupled with the experimental trip from Cove, entirely set that matter at rest : . "On my arrival in Cork from Dublin, I learnt, to my great surprise, that the entire onus of the Liverpool's return was placed upon me; and with such unjust prejudices many of the passengers left Cork, consequently putting it out of my power to give to them the same satisfactory explanation that I have been able to do to those who remained, and who are. in consequenee, deter minced to proceed out in the vessel to New York. In the first place, I am blamed for making al terations in the furnaces after the vessel returned fioni her experimental trip to Dublin; the plain fact is, and 1 defv contradiction, I made no alteration whatever. I suggested, that the funnels should be lengthened three Teet, as the draft was not sufficient to keep up the steam to the full power; and Mr. Forester, Ole maker of the engines, who was on board, concurring in the suggestion, he added the three feet to the length of the funnels, which, I urn sure, lie would not have done, if his opinion had been opposed to mine. The experimental trip from Cove and back has proved the correct ness of the suggestion, and the funnels remain at the addi tional length. I also suggested, that the Lack fire liars should he raised a little, but which was not done for want of time. In my instructions to the head engineer, it will be observed, that I laid great stress nn the use of the expansion valves ; judge, then, how annoyed I was, when 1 arrived on board the Liverpool in Cove, to find they could not be made available beyond twenty-four inches of a seven-feet stroke : consequently they were of no service whatever, as the lap of the slide valves cut off the steam to that extent. With re spect to the fuel, I assert, in justice to myself, that Messrs. Forester and M`Giegor knew the quantity of coals and other fuel on hoard—the former react my instructions to the engi neer of the Liverpool, and so ditl his furem an . Mr. Robinson, and they both concurred in them, and in the quantity of fuel on board. She took out from Liverpool 563 tons, while the Great Western, a larger vessel, never used more titan about 451) tons." . . . After Mr. Shaw had explained t.) the assembled passemzers the above pa, ticulars, he caused the expression valves to he altered at a foundry in Cork, and the Directors then gave instructions, that au experimental voyage shoUld be per formed, under the entire control of Captains Parker and Story, two of the most experienced and able steam-shin com manders in Cork, the latter Lloyd's surveyor, in order to Obtain from them, their qpihion of the Liverpool, both in a nautical point of view and with reference to her consumptien of fuel. The result was, that, with the use of the expansion valves up to forty.two inches, twenty-two hours out of. the twenty-four occupied in the trip, th e consumption of coal's was brought down to twenty-tire cwt. per hour. The captains gave in a report, testifying to that effect., and stating that the vessel had, upon this consumption, twenty days fuel on board when she left Liverpool, aid expressing, also, their entire convection of the capability of the ship. in a nautical point of view, to perform her voyage successfully to New York. The vast utility of the expansion valve was proved by. the Great Western, in her first voyage ; the log-book of which says, "By means of the expansion valve, a great saving of fuel may be effected, with little loss of speed ; that, with half the steam, two-thirds of the power may be obtained 'at all times." As may naturally be supposed, the reports of Captains Parker and Story restored entire confidence amongst the passengers remaining. The whole of them assembled'at a -eLiustsair r isz.au,..at_Cork.,_ by. the_Directut i lte day . be !ere the Liverpool's departure, and, throughout the evening the ut= most cordiality prevailed. A gentleman, one of the passen gers proposed the health of Mr. Shaw, which was drank most enthusiastically, with three times three ; and a requisition was - drawn up, and signed by the passengers, requesting. him to !•!. accompany them to New York, " not doubting, that, by his "" presence and assistance on the occasion, the security and com , fort of the voyage would be essentially promoted." In short,- . so completely had the events of the past few days changed the opinions of the passengers, with regard to Mr. Shaw, that several of them got up at table and said, unless he went o ut • with them, they should decline going : and he has, accordingly, accompanied them. In reflecting upon the circumstances which I have detailed, we perceive another striking proof of the impropriety of forming hasty opinions, and acting upon them. Ilad the gentlemen, who immediately left the Liverpool on her return, remained until time had been given for explanation, they '')•"1" would, no doubt, have adopted the same resolutions as the • other passengers who have proceeded with the vessel, sad would thus have avoided wounding the feelings of an' : yrs' dividual who is second to none in his position, either in ex perience, ability, or energetic industry, and who is, at OH times, ready to sacrifice his own advantage and.comfort to aerve.others.-1 am, Sir, your 'obedient servant, • • ' • VINDICATOR. THE LIVERPOOL STEAMER. :: a r•r, r ..i~ r s , ,s , (FROM THE CORK SOUTHERN REPORTER OP TUESDAY.) The Liverpool started again this morning for New York, about forty of the sixty-three passengers whom she had ou I ) , .*rd, wisp. first leaving Liverpool proceeding in her, The weather has been all this day noisteioir&-ci,.).,,,i5 l i.,vt A 5 the difficulty which the vessel had to overcome in her passage was the great consumption of coal, and as that appears to be conquered, she will, in all probability, snake a good run, end, soon relieve the distressing doubts and anxieties which must prevail about her in New York. All the accounts we have seen and heard represent the Liverpool to be a fine sea sel. From the following abstract of the log for the eight days she was out, it would seem no vessel could behave bettie or be better managed:— Abstract of the Log of the steam-ship Liverpool, from Liver pool to 21. 59. 15. W., and back to Cork. 21st.—Winds, W.N.W., variable to W. byS., blowing hard; with a heavy sea. Distance run, 264 miles. . . 22d.—W.S.W. to S.W., increasing gale; dark cloudy wea ther ; squally, with rain at intervals. Distance run, - 192 miles. 23d.—S.W. by S., heavy gales; cloudy weather; heavy cross sea running; ship labouring severely; engines Working •-• very smoothly. Distance run, 1391 miles. 24th.--W. by N., terrificgale; dark cloudy weather; thesea running very high, and making complet-, breaches over the vessel. The sea broke on boa rd, abaft the paddle boxes,..„,t, which took away the larboard quarter boat, eight truss e s of hay, and filled the main deck. Distance run, 138 miles. Alk% 'e 4 25th.—W. by N. to W., the gale continuing with unabatedi-z. fury, accompanied with tremendous squalls of hail and sleet; a heavy sea broke under the bows, which catried , '!g "*.•-• I away the head-boards, rails, knees, and left nothing stand ing but the cutwater and figure. Distance run,. 153 miles. ' 26th.—W. jr S., variable to N.W. by W., with a most ier- • rifle gale, the sea very high, and breaking very furiously in . all directions; the powerful engines driving th e vesse l , at ' times, Nerdy under water. Bore up for CorkArt"noon • this day. Distance run, 82 miles. . 27th.—W., variable to N.W. by W.; heavy gale; 'cloudy. —7— weather, with torrents of rain. 28th.—Winds very unsettled, from W. to S.E. by S.; _wee- ' . ther more moderate; the latter part of these,24 - hours . wind settled into the N.W. quarter, and blew a' perfect ' hurricane Distance run, 228 miles. 29th.—W.N.W., variable to N.W., blowing a severe with a heavy cross sea running. As we appinaelied Aar' 7F 7 " 6 ' land the wind abated a little. At 4 p.m. came to .Off p 2 ,41 . Pt of Cork. Distance run, 220 miles. Old Head of Kinsale bearing N.W. by N. at noon this day. r..-,e-ea 011 • • , • )';" (CO P Y.) g% Passaye West, sth . Nov I 8.35..; 7 fo 1 Stn,--In compliance with your wish as Director of , the,- Trausatlantic.Steam-ship Company, we proceeded to. sea in the steam-ship Liverpool, a s far as T us k a r an d b ac k t r i thi s , port, and beg to inclose the report of the result of that expe-,;;;;-tql.. , . 4 rimental voyage, which has proved so highly satisfaetory nautical point of view, and which leaves no doubt of die pability of the Liverpool to prosecute and perform her voyage., successfully to Liverpool. (Signed) N. J. PARKER, Commander of the Victory, steaMer; R.. STORY, Lloyd's Surveyor. la J. Harvey, Director qf the Company, now at Cork, • ~•;;':1 (REPORT.) : V` " We, the undersigned, having been deputed by the Direc tors of the Transatlantic Steam-ship Company to make an experimental cruise in their steam-ship " Liverpool," to as certain her consumption of fuel, do hereby report (having kept at full speed, with a strong wind, both before and abaft the beam, for twenty-four hours, and having in that time.: steamed a distance of 185 miles) that her consumption of fuel did not exceed 251 cwt. per hour, having a full command. of steam during that time. It is also our opinion, that, - trom the reported quantity of coals on board the said steamer on . leaving Liverpool for New York, she had quite sufficient for twenty days consumption, at the above rate. We further certify, that the " Liverpool" fully answers our expectations as to her power and capabilities to proceed on her voyage.. N. .1. PARKER, Commander of the Victory, steamer. R. J. STORY, Lloyd's Surveyor. Passage of Cork, sth Nov.. 1838. LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTIO'? LECTURES ON ASTRONOMY. On Wednesday evening John Wallis, Esq., delivcred'his, fifth lecture, in which he explained the theory of . the tides. As these lectures depend in a great measure upon: the 'dia grams and transparencies for their interest,` it is impossible to give any thing like a satisfactory report of them, more pecially as the theatre is involved in darkness during the exhibition and explanation of the transparencies: The - little •';` we -do give of the lecture must, theretore,_ be looked more as a sample of the matter brought forward by Mr: Wal:' lis, rather than as its condensation. .r'.* ~.. Although the principle of the tides is exceedingly simple;. . yet their details are the moat intricate of any braneh g tronomical science, owing to the vast brasses of - eartirsflitch oppose the progress or the tidal waves. In the open aeean, the title has very little velocity, and it is only when it is thrown upon islands and continents - that currents are forttiedbw' We find that the tides differ in height at different perjods yt. the mouth. Thus, when the sun and moo❑ are in coniunc tinn or opposition, the tides are highest; but not on' the'd`ity of full or new moon, because some little time is required,leF,J4Vg the exertion of the influence of the moon upon the tideiv: therefore t he. t ides are always behind the moon. When : lo' come to look at small seas or lakes, the i n fl uence o f the mee,!lt..o4* is not perceived at all, as it is only large masses of sate r which she influences. Thus, in the - Mediterranean thei-C'is' no tide, nor in the large lakes of North America. We find.: that in 25 hours we have two titles in one place; but there not the same interval between the consecutive tides. The r, at spring tides we find there is the least space between the tides ; but when the tides are lowest, the interval is the great-, - est. We.find in rivers that the tide frequently - floes in nit opposite direction to the muon. This is merely because it is a consequence of the current produced in..the ocean. ,The tides of Great Britain are produced by the waters of the At lantic, and our tides are only a consequence of the moon rais ing the tropical mass of the waters. Our tide vanishes at the Naze, on the coast of Norway; but, of course, 'it gives rise to currents much further north. This title again returns along the German coast, We have thus two tides produced in thu' river Thames; the one as the wave proceeds north Ward, arra the other as it returns southward: The high tides in the ..`:;e• vern are caused by the opposition which the _waters of the Atlantic mret with there. If the earth was at rest Cot it' centre, we should have o n ly two tiies in a mouth; but . thc earth being in rapid rotation up on it s ax i s , ice have two tides . in 25 hours. Owing to the greater proximity of the moon I n to the earth than the sun, its influence triton the title is three • times greater than the sun. If we h a il no moon , we 5h0,04,-- have two tides in 24 hours, produced by the sou. tUstead,, however, of being four tides produced when'the'llioon,is to quadrature, we hare one-third of the moon's influence de ducted from the height of the lunar tides, a bin produces tttc neaps, and one . ..third added when the intion is in the syzYge s ' which produces the springs. Whenever we perceive a body moving, there is a force plied. Whenever we speak of forces, we' Merely meaat power capable of moving a body. 'Now, if a force be direct,o! upon a body, it can only make it move in a straight titre' but we have n o 'instance of a celestial body moving 10 , • straight line; that. we are obliged to 1 0 „k,f o r more than. one force when we find such to be the case. A body i"' r . move in a straight line b. the action of a Mtmbei of force" but no body can move otherwise than in a straight Vine e"" cept two or more forces are concerned in deflecting it.. „ Mr. Wallis than must ably qcmcnstrated,' machinery, the theory of the coin pOsitToil application to the heavenly bodies. DIIATII ex bins.—An inquest was held at the Fou" di l Arms, Bolton, on 'Wednesday last. upon the body of Thoulls Brindle, aged four years anda hail. It appeared by the e l " deuce, that the deceased was left in the hou,se on S"t u t lY t . ' afternoon last ; and in warming himself,his clOthes fire, by which he received injuries that .caused his death , 0". the following day. The parents of the deceased are weavl= l ; and in such a state of destitution, that a subscription had made amongst the neighbours, towards defraying -lbt' penses of the funeral. The jury returned a verdict of • dental death." TUE InoN Snie.—The ship ItonsidesCaptain 1% 0 "i% built by Messrs. Jackson, Gordon and C o . o, and -launched kt'- n ea a : i t t lr ic ell l lel: we have before noticed) on the 18th tilt is now loadittg'!i; • the west side of the new Brunswick Dock * , and excites toq t ; - . observation 2 626 ot 1 ) 1 , m i lt e n l g v S i t u led with • , ample Imam, a fine bow and a'clear run. 'tie r , der (such is the advantage of the material of exception of her decks and bulwark, she is built) •is• a' • as that of a river bo a t. m en t. a S n l i i l e ot is he h r e s ti e nt l if i ti e l r lv t!itp-oli).aleg d l E The plates of iron with which'sbenti: it may be said, " planked," lap over each. otherlong he nally, so that the resembles a clincher-built vessel,' is painted below in imitation of copper sheathing - He r b r ie, warks, gunwale, &c., are of wood, neatly pa , lur li e d in and her ports are hinged with brass., Shp-has a frank c1: 40 : serving as a quarter deck, and a small forecastle - ; ft .0 " ,1 whole deck :rod interior fittings exhibit, • ghat inst.° 31 ;iiirlY want of expense. Sipt is full ship 7 rigged; bUt Pyc" jot light and snug, with a Jacoh's ladder' abiift ett . ch lieu of shrouds: The whole of her running. riggfDl4 rx' (tin, cords and she .has a truly. ".rakish" appeptiance:-:" Ter like a small sloop of war.' 'She carries markably light uraft of water; and no doutd. call ; bek, tallied but that she will turn out to be •‘ a clipper is the first iron sailing ship built :Otitis Tiort . t'ne " • - ,•'',,r1c 1 .1. to solve the problem (interesting'. to the tit eactiotila , . i ,:„ ot whether iron be referable to wood in the , c ousti:9 . (. .,' ; sea-going ships, oh' which some doubts are etit'rtifineri...44,y, titularly by navigators of the old school... Same, :tint: that a greater accumulation of sea-weed, bath .S r ;ail will take place on the b o tt o ms ,f iron than on thok , i'f . : o l f rill vessels, while lying in warm latitudes; and tha t O le lee subject to rapid corrosion. We do not couctlr- 11 1 , 0 :14`c a nion; but experiment, which, we believe, go I:I( wttlh_ extremely favourable, both in the African-n.ll , l lo ' l ' . 7, 0 '1), 'oust decide o w q uestion. rethaps the. e xperiutCP!; ,ciittr" tried of heating such vessels, Si): covering„air tile and smoitth coat in . ! of the nature of inoun:- . .= 1) ,% , j 0 iu,d , side," is the ;property of Mr. Carte, or this tywit, tor with parties in London and Pernambuco.' She % ,1 ", the Brazils on Wednesday next, and we wish her.4-1":„Apoo o ut career. As it will in a great meas.re ilectcle.7a:? l ,4 our of the vet y first national importance, natipely : oyaroi :nines or our forests can br , neeforth the iud.' " a t . cal means Ofkeeping - up our c<inmercial'afarint. •