The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-13 00:00:00

bw..13, 1836, LIVERPOOL POLICE. • ' CHAPLIN V. LLOYD. Il useviec Foue.—This case, which came on before the ma cirates on Wed n esday, was deferred till Thursday, in order that the • Harbour Masten might be present at the hearing. a s saptain Ch a pli n th en s t a t e d that on Saturday week the Eliza Price steamer, belonging . to the Woodside Ferry Company, was rossing the river, and in passi the Aimwell steamer, be- lagging to the Rock Ferry Com ng pany, the helm of the latter was put a-starboard, thereby causing her to run into the Eliza P rice and to do some damage to her gunwale and quarter st4 nchions, a bill of which, amounting to £5 55., had been pre sented, and was refused payment. He called the master and % seaman o f th e Eli za Price, who said they thought the damage was done wilfully. Samuel Lloyd, master of the Aim- Tell was then sworn. He stated that the Aimwell started rem the upper steps and the Eliza Price from the broad steps, and that, when about half way across the river, be tween Birkenhead and Woodside, the Eliza Price came up on the east s id e of the Aimwell and endeavoured to pass her, butnot doing so so readily as she expected, sheered off about twice the length of herself, and then came so as quite to cross the bows of the Aimwell. He declared he steered a straight course for Rock Ferry S.W. by S., and never varied from it. Im mediately on the vessels coming in contact, he stopped the engine,and the Eliza Price, after getting past the Aimwell, had` to haul up to the N.W. to go to-Woodside. Two seamen belonging to the Aimwell, and a gentleman who was a passen ger on board her at the time, corroborated the testimony of Samuel Lloyd, and in answer to a question from Mr. Hall as to the time and tide, the former stated it was the twelve o'clock boat from Liverpool, and about one hour's flood, and that it was not the first or second time, but of frequent occurrence, that the Woodside boat had passed them in that way, and that the Eliza Price had no business on that side of the Aimwell, as it was out of her course. Mr. Hill then asked if the Eliza Price was a faster sailing heat than the other, and was answered by Lloyd that she was. The harbour' master pointed out to Mr. Hall, on a piece of Paper, the relative positions of the two boats; and Mr. Hall said it appeared to him quite clear from the evidence, that the Eliza Price had gone on the east side of the Aimwell, merely from a spirit of rivalry, and for the purpose of showing her superior speed, and animadverted strongly upon the impro- Pelety of sash conduct.—The case was accordingly dismissed. " A HELPIIATE."—On Friday, at the Police-office, Ellen Connaught, a stout brawny-looking Irishwoman, was brought before Messrs. Hall and Roskell, the magistrates on the bench, on a charge of having knocked down her husband, and soundly basted police constable No. 285, who had interfered, on the night before. The policeman stated that he was on duty in Dale-street the night before, when he heard a great noise, and, On going to see what was the matter, the first thing he saw was the prisoner knocking a man down, who it appeared was her husband. He desired her to go home, when she immediately threw herself into a "scientific" attitude, gave him a tremen dous blow, and finally succeeded. in laying him prostrate also alongside her husband. He was obliged - to knock for assist ance, and it took other two policemen besides himself to secur e Tier. Mr. Hall—" Did you see her knock the man down ?" Constable—" Yes, sir, she did it like winking." (A laugh.) Prisone r —" Oh, s hut, it was only me husband ! ' (Laughter.) Inspector Heaton said she was exceedingly violent. It took the officer and another to secure her. The officer alone had no chance with her; she had severely beaten him. Mr. Hall— " What do you say to beating the officer?" Prisoner—" Oh, very sarry.for ;that." Mr. Hall—" You seem to think you have a right to strike your husband, and if he submits to it it is all very well—(laughter)—but, as you have struck the officer, we shall fine you ss. and costs, or commit you for seven days." INTEMPERATE BEHAVIOUR AT THE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. --A rough-haired lad, whose person had a very distant acquaint ance with soap and water, named John Mooney, apparently a carter, was on Friday placed before the magistrates on a charge of "kicking up a shindy" the night before at a temperance Meeting. David Davies, a respectably-dressed Welshman, aps patently recently imported, deposed " that te night pefore tere was a temperance meeting in Stanhope-street, and tin has bin tilers every week. Last night tin person come in and pegun to curse and swear, and said " Cot tame," and kick up a terri ble row, and pleach take notice he annoys . te Temperance So ciety every wick. I tried gentle persuasions for him to go home, put he knock town gentle persuasions, so I call te Tere was more of 'em ten collected, and they cot town into te cellar, and turned te cas off, and put all te place into an uproar." Mr. Hall—" Quite drunk was he ?" Complainant—" He ap peared to pe very trunk till he cot outside, when te officers come, and ten he run peautifully. (Laughter.) They made a great teal of tamage in te place, for which we are answerable, proke several windows, and put a crutch across te pottomof te door, so tat every one tat run out from te row tumplecl into de street." Aeßoliceman said the prisoner was quite tipsey. Mr. Hall— " You not being in the habit of seeing drunken men, don't know when they are tipsey." A witness stepped forward and said he was requested by the society to attend to complain that they were very greatly annoyed by these practises. Mr. Hall (to prisoner)--" You are a very silly fellow to get drunk in this way ; I recommend you to enroll yourself in the society." Pri soner—" I went there for that purpose." (A laugh.) Mr. Hall—"To whom does the property belong?" Witness—" It is an Unitarian school-room, and we are responsible for any da usage while we meet. I don't know what the damage is on the present occasion." Mr. Hall—" This case concerns the owner of the property, who ought to have been here. I cannot detain the man for want of his evidence. All I can do is to fine him ss. for being drunk, which he must pay." ROBBERY.—A marine store keeper, named Daniel Moran, who resides in Forrest-street, was on Friday placed before the taagistrates on a charge of stealing seine shirts from the Royal Institution, in Colquitt-street, the night before. Mrs. Eliza Munro deposed that she was keeper of the Institution, where she resided. The yard door was frequently left open' for the children to leave the school. She put five shirts upon the kit chen dresser, and then went into the Institution. She returned ill about an hour, but found the shirts had disappeared. She gave information to a policeman of the robbery, and on Wed nesday morning John Dowling, constable, showed her the shirts. Policeman John Dowling deposed that, from the information he received he went to the house of the prisoner, and on search ing it he found concealed the shirts in question. The prisoner, in defence, sate that a boy left them at his house in a bundle, and Ise put them away in the closet without looking at them.— . tie-Was committed Co take his trial. IMPOSITION OF HACKNEY COACHMI4.N.-012 Friday, at the Police-office, a hackney coachman was' summoned before the magistrates by a gentleman named Ryan, for an overcharge. Mr. Ryan stated that he was at the Theatre on Thursday night, and engaged a car, to the best of his knowledge at a little before twelve o'clock, to convey him home to 37, Grafton-street. On arriving there the driver charged him Os., which he thought was too much, and he told the driver if he took it he should take his number and summon him. The defendant got the money, and a-person lie had on the box immediately drove the coach off, so that he could not et the number, and then the defendant ran after the coach. He followed him, and collared him, and called - st. policeman. The defendant then called the coach back, and ,he got the number. Martindale, the coach inspector, said the engle fare was 25., and the double 4s. •, in either case it was an overcharge. The defendant said Mr. Ryan had offered him 3s. far single fare, and he was entitled to double fare, and double fate "ov coorse" was Go.—Mr. Hall said be was behaving in a very irnaroper manner; he should fine hint 7s and costs. ALLEGED FELONY, UNDER EXTRAORDIN A RY CIRCUMSTANCES . . e-sOn Friday last, Thomas Smalley was placed at the bar of the Ouliee Court to answer a charge of having feloniously appro priated to himself a carriage belonging to Mr. Matthews, of Summer-hill, Dublin. That gentleman deposed that the pri soner came to his premises in Dublin, a few days ago, and re quested to have a saddle horse. Witness replied that he could not acconimadate him, with a horse; but, if he chose, he might have a ca,rriage and pair, which were accordingly lent to him. the prisonar stating that it was very probable he might requite the use of thefts until the following."day. Mr. Matthews, how ever, was astonished, iu about two hours after this transaction by the appearance of his own chop-fallen charioteer,' without tither horses or carriage. Having - obtained from the man all the information which he could-impart, witness sallied out on a voyage of discovery, and at length succeeded in discovering his horses, which were standing on the quay at Dublin; but the carriage, he was informed, had been put on board a steamer 'which had already sailed fur Liverpool. Mr. Eastwood deposed that the prisoner, on his arrival at Liverpool, had sent to him ter a pair of horses to bring up the carriage to the hotel. The request was complied with. After the arrival of the carriage at the Royal Hotel, prisoner offered it to Mr. Eastwood for sale; but that gentleman declined to bargain for it. Mr. Lucas proved that it was subsequently offered to him for sale; but he also refused to purchase, on the ground that it was not customs ary for him to do so. He, however, went to the hotel to see the carriage, for the purpose of informing the prisoner of its value; and it was soon after removed to Mr. Lucas's repository, with in injunction that it was to be sold as soon as possible, the prisoner, as he asserted, having no further use for it. The vehicle was a kind of britska, or covered car. In answer to a question from the magistrate, Mr. Matthews stated that his own coachman had been got rid of for a few minutes by some ma useuvre of the prisoner, and that then he mounted the box him ' self and scampered off like a devil. Mr. Hall having inquired from the prisoner if he had any questions to put to the witnesses, he replied by giving a 'copious narrative of the whole transac tion. He stated that, previous to having hired the carriage, he had imbibed a considerable quantity of whisky, to which he was so unaccustomed that it left him altruist senseless and power less. When the coachman deserted him in the streets of Dublin, he asked a - man which was the way to Liverpool, 'and just then the horses took it into their heads to run away with hint and the britska. which they did at such a headlong pace that it was impossible for hire to have stopped -them even had he been in a completely sober state. On their arriving at the quay, by some magical process or other, which it was utterly impossible for him to explain, the carriage and himself were transferred to the steamer, he having first given the horses to a parson to take care of; and, on landing in Liverpool, he hardly knew whether he was in Ireland or England, such was the power of the " rale mountain-dew." The magistrate was of Opinion that the case had better be tried in Dublin ; and, after some conversation with the prosecutor, that course was decided nit. The prisoner was, accordingly, ordered to be taken to Dublin by police-officer. Flockha.rt. ROBBERY AT THE POSTOFFICE.—On Saturday, at the Police office, a young man named Joseph Brown, one of the swell mob, Was brought before the magistrates on a charge of robbing Mr. Algernon Sidney Tripe of £5 and a few shillings at the Post office on theist instant. Mr. Henry Jones deposed that he saw the prisoner, in company with four or five other` com'panions, at the Postoffice, on the delivery of the letters on the day in question, push into the crowd, and put his hand into Mr. Tripe's pocket. He had seen him frequently at the Postoffice. Tho mas Davies gave similar evidence, that he saw the prisoner at the Postoffice window push against Mr. Tripe, and, dive his hand into his pocket. He had frequently seen him at the Post- Office and he also saw him there the night before , when h e t ook himinto custody, and marched him to Duncan street Bridewell, where he gave hint in charge. The prisoner was committed to bake his trial for the offence. We have heard of a number of similar robberies at the Postoffice during the crowding to obtain the letters at the deliveries. DEFACING WALLS.-On Saturday, at the Police-office, two bill-stickers and a boy were brought before the magistrates on a ehargg of defacing the walls of the town with whitewash as an advertisement for Messrs. Earpe and Co., of Whitechapel. In apectoi Bridge deposed that that morning. at one o,clock, as he was coming up Dale-street, he saw the -three prisoners white washing the walls as a preparatory process for painting an advertisement for Messrs. Earpe and Co. He had had several Complaints made to him from individuals that their walls were defaced by this advertisement, and he in consequence took them into custody. Mr. Whitty said that during the last week he had had several complaints made to him bis gentlemen of hav ing their walls defaced by this advertisement. Mr. Hall—a It disfigures the wall, but dues no injury to it. I n London i t is tne moat common thing in the world to see it." Mr. Whitty— ."_ It does not make the wall less strong , b ut it defaces it." Mr. " 41 —" When on a blank wall, it is someth iri g to amuse." One of 'the prisoners said he did not isnow there was any harm in .. . "that they were doing. or he shoard not have undertaken the int); Mr. Hall said there was a law against it: they were ha hle to a penalty of 20s. for every offence. The men said they were ordered to paint on le where there where hills stuck. Mr. Hall inquired if the wail 'against which they weee pa intin g was k Wank wall or a dwelling-house. The inspector, after several r oundabout replies ; Sea a it was blank wall they Were painting. Mr. Hall —" Then the information is not within the act of par liament." .Discharged. AN INGENIOUS DEFENCE.—Yesterday at the police-office, two girls named Elizabeth and Mary Armstrong, were placed before the Magistrates charged with having stolen a quantity of clothes from a house in Fazakerly-street. Dock constable, No. 31, deposed that he was returning home from duty in Fazakerly street, when he beard an. alarm given that a house had been broken open. He went into an empty house in next door to the one which was broken into and on going up stairs he found the two prisoners there endeavouring to conceal themselves. — A woman who followed him found a bundle of clothes down stairs. The occupier of the house which had been broken into deposed to the clothes being hers. Her house had been entered by bieaking, a pane of glass in the window and removing the window fastener. The prisoner Eliza Armstrong, on being asked what she had to say in defence said, that her brother had given her some money on Saturday night, and the night before they met bhn in Oldhall-street, drunk, when he asked them to give him some of the money he had given them on Saturday night, to which they replied they had not got any. He then told them if they did not give him some money he would " lick'em." They said, "don't lick us in the street, wait how ever till you get home," and they ran down the street and into the empty house for safety. As they went in, a woman ran out and ran against them and they knew nothing whatever of the clothes. The officer said they denied the robbery when taken. Mr. Hall ordered them to be remanded and he would consider what to do with them. Roaneev.—Yesterday at the Police-office, two women named, Mary Anne and Ellen Quilliah, were placed at the bar on a charge of robbing the warehouse of the St. George's Steam packet Co. The case was remanded from Saturday to afford tlme for the attendance of a witness from Manchester. Police man, No. 5, deposed that on Friday last, he stopped the two prisoners and a lad in Scotland Road, with some fustian and two pieces of counterpane. He asked the woman who was car rying the bundle to let him look at what it contained, as he knew the lad to be of bad character. Whilst he was examining the bundle the lad made his escape. As they could not give a satisfactory account of the things contained in the bundle, he took them into custody. A warehouseman of the Steam-packet Co. deposed to their warehouse having been broken open on Thursday night, and some bales containing goods similar to those found on the prisoners having been taken from them.— A young man from Manchester, in the employment of Messrs. Potter & Co., deposed to selling the goods to Messrs. Gibbon & Co., of Dublin, on the 20th of last month, and that those were a part of the goods he had so sold; he had not, however, seen them packed and sent to the Railway, and the case was accordingly further remanded to allow the opportunity for the attendance of the packers of the goods. COURT OF REQUESTS.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr: Commissioner Lo wrs nEs.) PROPPING A Cutiumtv.—Yesterday, at the Court of Re quests, a rather pretty looking female, scantily dressed, named Yates, was summoned before the Commissioner, by a plasterer named James Daffy, a genuine son of Erin, for the sum of Bs.6d. for " propping her chimbley," which Mrs. Yates re fused to pay. The complainant on being sworn said—" I agreed yer honer wid dhat dere 'ootrran to colour tree , rooms for her for 16s. Well, ver harmer, de work , was done and de money paid. (A hem!) An' shore enough whin de woman's husband paid me de money, siz he, James siz he, fetch a lather and repair that there chimbley on dhe roof. Wid dhat same, yer hanner, I did dhat saute, an' propped up dhe chimbley, an' dhe charge comes to Bs. 6d. This gentl,'man 'll piny to you dhe illegaut way in which I elewated the chimbley to dhe perpendickler." The gintleman called on by the plaintiff, whose coat exhibited all that regard for ventilation about the elbows, which usually distinguishes the coats of " Irish gintlemen," then said, " Well shur, that gintleman's husband as refuses to pay, emplied me to flag a thrifle. First and foremost I axed 'im was id extra work ?" The Commissioner.—" Tell what was done ?" Witness.—" There was a leetle flaggin', and the chimbley was prapp'd The Commissioner.—" What was the flagging?" Witness.—" Id was in dhe back scullery, and in dhe leetle house." Defendant—(dropping a courtesy)—" I noes nothink of the debt; what I agreed for was this: he was to colour one room up stairs, to slap-dash one room down stairs, and to colour the pantry, the petty, and the scullery, and to do any other triflin' jobs whet wos of no consequence. And as to whet flaggin he did, all he did wos to prop up a flag on the petty flour with a brick ; and as to the roof, he put up a lodder and propped the chimney with a brick, for which I gev him his 'lowance, I had the work examined by a competent and well edecated gintle man,, who said the work was too well paid for already. Bless your worship, he nearly capsized the chimney while he was propping it, he was so drunk." The Commissioner.—" Have you any witness here to prove the value of the work?" Detendant.-" No, sir." The Commissioner.—" Then I =it order the debt to be paid with costs." A CONVENIENT " TWO AND THREEPENCIi."—A person named Robert Shelton M'Kenzie, who is employed on the Journal newspaper, was summoned by Mr. Robert Arnold, news agent, for a debt of £1 4s. I.od. for newspapers furnished to him, for which he refused to pay, on the ground that 2s. 3d. of the amount was paid. The !defendant did not appear. Mr. Ar nold's young man then stated that this amount was owing to Mr. Arnold by M'Kenzie for the Age and other newspapers, which had been supplied to him betwixt the 18th of May and the 18th of September. The account, amounting to £1 4s. 10d. had been rendered, but the defendant disputed the amount of 2s. 3d. A former bill had been presented to him of £l.2s. 3d., of which he paid 20s. on account, and left the 2s. 3d. on, which was added to the next account; and now he stated that he had paid the 2s. 3d., and refused to pay the present account on that ground. He had never paid the 2s. 3d. as he had stated. Amount ordered nisi. TO MR. COUNCILLOR MORECROFT. Mr. JAMES HEYWOETIL—My explanation is gene before the public, and, if I am to receive my condemnation, let it be at the hands of that public, who are the beat judges. (Loud cries of " No, no, 'icy.") Mr. MORECROFT.—WE are the BEST JUDGHS l We are the represen tutiver of the public. Mail Report of Council Proceedings of yesterday. SIR,--I ask pardon of that public, whom I believe you de spise, for bringing such a thing as yourself in any way before them; and I am of opinion that my fellow-electors of Lime street ward aught to ask pardon of God and their country for sending such a representative as you into the council chamber. They were indeed hard run for a respectable candidate, when the bright idea flashed across their minds that you were a fit and proper person. But you are there, and you now and then let drop an idea; and the above is one. Despising that public who sent you there, (as all radicals secretly do,) you arrogate to yourself alone•the right of judging the sentiments of others, and with ridiculous self-impor,tance enact the grand inquisition . Your absurd remark las you open to merited castigation, if I were disposed to spend ' much time upon you; but my object is simply to tell you, that one of the most glaring defects of the municipal bill is the possibility of having such as yourself in flicted upon us to the exclusion of men of talent and indepen dence, and also that I may offer you a word of advice, viz., that as soon as your term of ignoble servitude has expired, you will best consult the interests of yourself and the public by minding your own business, and not making foolish remarks in the mu nicipal bear garden, whose game is evidently above your com prehension.—l am, sir, yours, &c. AN LLECTOR OF LIME-STREET WARD. December Bth, 1836. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. - - Sllt,-1 shall fell obliged to you, by giving these few lines a place in your paper, in order that the public may observe, how we are watched by the vigilant police, as they are termed : in Edge-lane sometimes, in the course of a week, you may see two policemen together walking down the lane, but they are generally to be seen IDLING their time about the South Gates of Edge-hill Church, and conversing with other policemen, who, at the same time, must be neglecting their duty ; and at Whatever hour I have been returning home after dusk, I never had the pleasure of meeting one of these vigilant gentlemen, and in the day time, I have frequently seen people riding on the parapet, and the beggars in this neighbourhood are a com plete nuisance. All this might be avoided if the police did their duty, which I am sorry to say is not the case and as we are going to have a tax laid upon us for lighting, and watching, and shalt have to pay the same, I think we ought to have some understanding respecting these vigilant men. I am, yours, &c, A RESIDENT' IN EDGE-LANE. TO THE EDITOR 01 7 THE LIVERPOOL S'TIND.4RD. SIR, —perhaps some of your readers may be able to tell who now drives the gig formerly belonging to the late Mr. Parr, surgeon. This forenoon, while going at a most culpable rate, it went over the son of Mr. Jones, shoemaker, in Vauxhall road. So careless was the driver that he did not see the child till undo the horse's head, when he drew up; but before he could command the horse, it had passed over the child. On seeing this, he whipped furiously, and went off at full speed. In any one this was unfeeling, and unexcusable ; but if he be a surgeon, as suspected, it was absolutely infamous. The child, I understand, is much injured, and •might have bled to death before a surgeon was obtained. I am, yours, &C. (Wedfiesday.) • A WITNESS. SPINNERS STRIKE AT PRESTON.—Up to Friday hist, at noon, the dispute between the master spinners at Preston, and their journeymen remained unsettled. Active exertions are making by tbe turnouts to collect funds for their support from trades men and mechanics of every description. OLDHAM SPINNERS' TURN-OUT.—The turn-out of the Old ham operative spinners is not terminated, in consequence of Messrs. Hague's having been unable to settle the difference with their spinners. IL is estimated that no fewer than 4,000 hands are unemployed, dependent for subsistence on the lim►ted funds of a spinner? union, and on the contributions of the hands in work. JOINERS' Tutus-our IN BURY.—There has been a partial turn-out of the house-joiners for what is tantamount to an ad vance Qf wages. We understand that the men propose to work only nine hours per day, instead of ten as formerly, but demand the same wages. We have heard of only three shops in the town where the demand has been made, and the masters in each case have refused to comply with it. TH$ LANCASTER MINING COMPANY.—We understand that. Professor Philips has arrived for the purpose of cornmcneinik a geological survey in this district,- on behalf of the Lancaster mining company. We understand, that the miners on Mr. Lodge's estate, pear Galgate, were mistaken, and that they have not yet arrived at coal of the quality required.—Lancaster Ga zette. BOLTON OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—The quarterly meeting of this association took place on Monday evening last, M the Reading-room, Newport-street, on which occasion there was a full meeting of the members, and several respectable gentlemen, well-wishers to the cause, honoured the meeting with their presence. A committee of twelve persons, With power to add to their number, was eledted for the ensuing six months. Two-hundred and fifty ioluMea of books have been presented to the society by William Bolling, Esqi, one of the members of the borough, and the following res'olution was carried unanimously. " Ordered that the thanks'of this meet ing be given to William Bolling,'Esq. for his handioitte dona tion of books." The following resolution was also carried una— nimously. "Ordered, that the thanks of this meeting be g iven to Mr. Foster, the editor of the Baton Chronicle, for his advocacy in the cause of conservatism, and his unflinching: efforts in behalf of the poor." Mr. Foster in a feeling speech returned thanks, a n d completely Vindicated himself from the base insinu ations whil.h had been' leselled against him in a. 14' hiy-radical paper published in the town. Ile also entered his name as a member of the association, being the first political society he had ever joined in his life. Several new, members entered on Monday night, and several persons have expressed their deter mination to join the association on Monday evening next. Ttiere are now nearly 500 members, and the prospects of the NOsociatiOn: are trnly.f4ittering..,_ • . r'rHE LIVERPOOL STANDARD MEETING OF THE TRADESMEN'S CONSER VATIVE ASSOCIATION. Last evening a special meeting of this association was held at the Large loom, at the King's Arms, for the purpose of tak ing into consideration the extraordinary and tyrannical pro ceedings which transpired in the council on Wednesday last, and also for the purpose of testifying their approbation of the manly, straightforward conduct of Mr. James Hey worth, who was made the object of an unprecedented attack. The Large Room was nearly filled, and there could not be less than 500 people present. Shortly after seven o'clock, the time appointed for the meet ing, Mr. Wilkinson was proposed to the chair. The CHAIRMAN then said, the business on which we are met this evening is oue of the greatest importance. We are assem bled for the purpose of recording our disapprobation of the re cent proceedings in our Town Council, to express our strong repugnance to the system of exclusion which they have thought fit to adopt, and to strengthen the hands of the conservative members of the Council, in their opposition to the tyrannical and unjustifiable policy of the majority against which they have to contend. I shall not anticipate, by any remarks of my own, what will be urged on your attention by the gentlemen who are about to address you. I have no doubt that you will be unani-. mous in the expression of your opinions respecting our liberal Town Councillors; and I have a firm conviction that that ex pression of your sentiments will lead to beneficial results. It will lead to the humiliation of the self-styled reformers who now want to have their own way in all things relative to the govern ment of our good old town, and it will tend to hasten the tri umph of sound conservative principles in the administration of our municipal affairs. He was sorry Mr. Holme had been un expectedly prevented from attending the meeting. He had re ceived from hint a letter which he would read to them. " Renshaw-street, Monday Morning, Five o'clock. " My dear Sir,—Being under the necessity of setting off this morning for London, to fulfil an appointment made before our meeting was fixed upon, and one which I could not evade without causing much inconvenience to other parties, I have to beg that you will supply my place this evening, and state to the meeting why I am absent. '°lt being our duty to oppose tyranny an d mischief i n ever shape, however respectably those evils may be personifi e d, think that, as a body united for loyal purposes, we ought not, and cannot, pass over the conduct of the Council on Wednesday last without remark and reprehension. Mr. Hayworth must be supported, and well too, in his virtuous attempt to lay open to the public gaze the secret rottenness and the base selfishness which characterise our popularly-elected Councillors. Honesty of purpose requires no concealment—it fears not the face of day —it can walk abroad in the light, and bid defiance to suspicion. But mischief delights in secrecy—it broods in darkness—and . fears the light because its deeds are evil. " If the Council were honest in its intentions it would need no previous meetings with closed doors. For years the party now in local power, (for a short time only,) bawled out most lustily against the old Corporation because no reporters were admitted. Now, however, they try to blind the public by 'evad ing free diScUssion. If, after the,resolutions of our society, they still continue to meet at the Angel, I hope, for decency's sake, they will alter the sign. It requires no great stretch of imagi nation to point out one more suitable for such deeds of darkness. " I do hope that no one will in any degree soften down any of the resolutions—they have been well considered—and, as trades men, we want no circumlocution, but plainness of speech. " We will not allow these men to triumph over principle, but will keep a watchful eye over their proceedings, and boldly challenge them with their egregious folly and perverse and in consistent conduct, as often as they shall act the part of tyrants and hypocrites. " As public men who have made large professions, and who have always invited scrutiny, it is our duty to freely canvass their actions as a proof of their motives, and to hold them up to censure when we are convinced they deserve it. "Ifwe do not this, what is the use of our association.—l am, my dear sit, yours very faithfully and toryisticallv, " SA M L.. HOLME." Mr. ODELL rose to propose the first resolution. He said he felt a degree of diffidence in addressing so large an assembly, especially as he knew there were many others present more fitting for the task. Let men be of what principles they might —of any party in the town, whether conservative, whig, or radical, he must look with pity and concern on the recent con duct which had distinguished the town council. (Hear, hear.) In the annals of Liverpool there never had been consummated so great a disgrace as had been inflicted on the town on Wed nesday last. The most inveterate enemy of the old system could not bring to their charge anything so disgraceful in its nature as the proceedings in the council of last Wednesday. (Hear.) 'lt appeared that Mr. Alderman Brown was thunder struck that any gentleman could make such a charge against the Town Council as had been made. Poor foolish man ! He would now tell him, and, if there would, tell him to his face, that there were hundreds in the town that would reiterate the charge ; and they were prepared to prove that the charge was true. It appeared from the reports of both the tory and radical press, that not one in the council, however they might deny the charge, could disprove it. It appeared that Mr. Evans was very sore about certain terms being applied to the council—that they weretermed " a servile majority" and " a political cabal," and that they had brought "deep dishonour" upon themselves and the town. They did not like the word " cabal." That word took its origin in the reig n of Charles 11. Perhaps the country was never so likely to be brought to a fatal termination in all its institutions as when the affairs of the state were under the guid ance of what was then termed " a cabal." The name took its origin from a number of men (Buckingham and others) who took upon themselves to direct the affairs of state. It was a term that applied to a part only of the executive. He thought that the history of the unfortunate reign of Charles 11. must have flashed across the memory of Mr. Heyworth when he applied that term. There was so great a similarity in principles and reli gion with that unfortunate cabal for this country with those men in the present council, that he really thought a more happy allusion could not have been made in reference to the cabal istic meeting at the Angel Inn. (Loud and long -continued cheering.) He would ask was it ever meant to be kown to the constituency what was carried on at that meeting? It was com pletely a fortifitous circumstance that brought it -to light. That hole and corner meeting was never meant to come to their knowledge. He thought so far they were justified in calling ita cabal. It was met on a particitlar question, on which, perhaps, the town of Liverpool felt more warmly than any ottibT, if there was any one question more than another which affected the in terests of a Liverpool man. It was the proper choice of persons to fill the duties of the office-of the dock trust. Those men who had been the loudest to brawl about liberty and the' admission of reporters into the council-room, had managed to convene a majority of the council at a meeting at an hotel, to decide on one of the most important questions relating t o t h e welfare of the town. They concentrated all their force, they fixed on the men who on their character are afterwards chosen, and who, in the plenitude of their wisdom, they think the Most fit, and all discussion in the council as to the qualification s of the members chosen was thereby avoided. The public never could have become acquainted with their capabilities if t h e , were unknown to them, because all d is c ussion with regard tir, them was avoided by a preliminary hole and corner meeting Now, as to the cowardice of the thing ; it was the most cow ardly and un-English like action that ever was committed. There would have been some extenuation for it if there had been any equalization of parties, six of Tory and six of Whig, and if they had had very talented opp onents to beat ; bu t such was net the case. They knew that they had a majority—th e y had no fear that the men whom they would propose would be carried, and it was the lowest cowardice to cheat the public of the discussion of the merits and demerits of the men they in tended to propose. He had never been more struck with the conduct of any gentleman than be had been with that o f Ai r. James Heywortn. How he could have withstood the systematic attack that had been made upon him he could hardly imagine. He must have the heart of a Hercules. It was evident that there must have been "a preliminary meeting to arrange the uniform attack that was made upon him. Mr. Hey worth had nobly set himself against the establishment of a dangerous precedent. He asked the Mayor to show him the power of the Council to investigate his conduct, and he would be then prepared to sub mit it—(cheers) —but be was unable to do so, and sneaked'out of the question by saying "he would put it to the sense o f t h e Council." Here they had a gentleman, in as high a station as a burgess could attain to, succumbing himself to the purposes of faction. To do justice to the late Mayor, W. Wallace Currie, he did think that had he presided that discussion would never have been allowed to proceed. (Hear.) He was always willing to award praise where it was due. (Cheers.) H e re gretted to find that that gentleman had sat still and quiet throughout the whole of the meeting, and then came out as a peacemaker. He had listened to the whole tirade of abuse that had been heaped upon one of their body, and then drew a com parison between Mr. Heyworth and the other members of the Council. He said, "It is scarcely worth while to notice the speech, considering the quarter Irom which it came." He thought there was scarcely any one member who could be placed in competition with Mr. James Heyworth, and such an expression did Mr. Currie very little credit. (Hear.) B u t there was one person named Coglan in the council (loud laughter;) they were the most ungrateful men in the world not to discover that he was the greatest man that the age had ever produced—their history recorded nothing like him ; S c i p i o Africanus was nothing to him; they must go to Roman history to find his equal—they were a most ungrateful set of men not to admit him to be the greatest patriot that ever existed in Liverpool. Mr. Coglan felt very acutely fur the situation in which Mr. Heyworth was placed, and gave him every chance of creeping out of it. But he was not the :tan they imagined. He stuck to the point, and they could not put biin down. Ho reminded him of a verse which he had read, and which - ,was strongly biought to his mind : The man whose mind, on virtue bent; Pursues some greatly good intent, . With undiverted aka, ,Serene beholds the angry crowd, Nor can their clamours fierce and loud His stubborn honour tame." Mr. Odell concluded by proposing the first resolution : "That the secret meetings of a majority of the Town Coun cil at the Angel Inn, are unsatisfactory and disreputable, calcu lated to defraud the public out of that knowledge of Cdrporate affairs which the majority of the members for many previous years so loudly demanded; that public discussion is thereby evaded, and a secret system adopted inconsistent with honesty of purpose, and repugnant tot he feelings of Englishmen." Mr. HAu.ntsTY briefly seconded the resolution,which had his most hearty concurrence... , The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. SMITH then rose, he said he was not accustomed to come prepared with a speech in his pocket, like Mr. Joshua Walms ' ley, and he might_ therefore be supposed to be rather in a quandary, in addressing such a meeting. He had no doubt, however, but that Mr. Evans, would be as much surprised, on this occasion, as he had been on the occasion of Mr. James Heyworth's speech. To think that any person should rise in so numerous an assembly as that, to propose a vote of censure on the Solon. of the Town-hall. Such, however, was the case, and he had had a resolution put into his hand which went to find'. fault with those " potent, grave, and reve rend senigiors." .He wished he could go the whole hog, and say, "My very approved good masters," but he could not. Even 'though their deliberations were enlightened by the "light of reason" of Mr. William Earle, jun., who sat amongst them, and shed around him the bright radiance of his light. (Loud cheers and laughter.) He should confine himself as closely as he could to the subject of the resolution, which was the appoint ment of their political partizans to all places of importance. When they came into office they opened a crusade against every tory officer. In the first place, they turned out Mr. Foster, the Town-clerk, and why? They found that they could not make a tool of Mr. Foster. .He was a man who would not be dis graced by such proceedings as have emanated from the Coun cil; with regard to hint, however, they had behaved with some degree of fairness. They hid said that they had• turned him out, becauSe he was a tory. They accordingly did so, and because theY wante d a snug birth for Radcliffe , th e pre : ',sent town-clerk. '[`hey then wanted a depirty : town-Clerk, and a suitable person was soon fthind in Mr. Crook, who had . worked hard for thenvby sig niii g hundreds, of objections against t or y vo ters; therefore thy had ap'pointed hint to that situation. A coroner was wanted, and they soon found a whig peculiarly qualified for the oflike, in the person of Mr. Curry. Mr. leritler, the surveyor, was a tory, and very' unable, therefore, to' sVifvey .buildings,. and for that reason' tliey bed faint gen S-7.4,,, whig or something , more,erit the Ef4ssten' 11.-ss,i;iie;/ 'to d 44,11 situation. They then wanted a treasurer, and, of course, Mr. Case, a tory, would not do : although there was no imputation against him he must make room for Mr. J. Wybergli, who had been chairman of the radical association. But the treasurer must have a clerk, and they had picked out a gentleman named Mr. Alexander Neilson. It was rumoured in the town, that he had not been put into this office fOr any peculiar fitness, but because he had been a very active canvasser. He mentioned this there to give him an opportunity of contradicting him. Then a very worthy man of the name of Ro.coe wanted a situation, and they turned out the old sergeant at mace, ostensibly, because he could not find securities, in order to make way for him. The same principle had guided them in the appointment of magis trates, without embodying one single conservative. Those very men who so loudly had cried out against the tories for electing only tories when they were in office. They had received a sharp rebuke, however, from the Secretary of State, although a whi g , for he -had appointed five tories amongst the num ber. They had been actuated by the same principle in the election of the dock committee. They had refused to elect men well qualified to represent the interests of the town in the dock estate becase they were tories. He would adduce Mr. Bibby for instance, whom they had refused. They had shown their liberality by appointing Whigs and radicals to every place of importance. They had then appointed Mr. Harvey as soli citor to the dock estate; and many had voted against Mr. North for party purposes, who on former occasions had voted for him. When a new head had been wanted for the police force, they had turned out Mr. Parlour, who, as a tory, of course, would not do. and had promoted Mr. Whitty—(" a clever man too.") Ho was happy to hear them give honour where honour was due. He believed Mr. Whitty to be a clever man, and it was very currently reported that the speech which was delivered in the council-room by Mr. Walmsley, and called his speech, was written by Mr. Whitty. (Cheers, and loud cries .of " True, true.") He was happy they had so clever a head to the police force. On looking at the joints of the police tail they found " metal less attractive." They found a Lyons—(loud cheers)— a man who came from Ireland, without friends, and was appointed, under the Reform Association, as canvasser, at 255. per week, and he then was appointed on the police force. This showed also another thing, that the Reform Association, with all their boast, employed paid clerks to do their work—a circumstance which he was not aware a single Conservative ward did. He had heard that day, that notwithstanding the recent disgraceful disclosures with regard to Lyons, that he had been reappointed on the police force. (Loud cries of " True.") Had there ever been such a disgraceful occurrence. (Loud cries of " Shame.") He trusted that they would show that there were eleven or twelve hundred men in Liverpool who looked with a jealous eye upon the proceedings of the Council. He concluded with proposing the next resolution. "That the Town Council by appointing only political parti zans to public situations, have evinced an utter disregard of impartiality, and pursued that course which they formerly con demned in the old Council." Mr. ItICHARD PATTISSON said, it was with no ordinary satis faction that he-rose, for the first time, to address the assembled tradesmen of Liverpool, and especially did he congratulate them on that wise act of policy which had presented such an imposing front in opposition to the enactments of their local legislature. He was not going to indulge them, like their friend of the Chro nicle, with a selection from /Esop's fables. They . had compared Mr. James Heyworth to the frog who, in attempting to rival the size. of the ox, had destroyed himself. He was willing to award to Mr. Evans the instructive properties of the ox; but as the comparison was instituted between their respective proportions, he could not yield to Mr. Evans such an advantage over Mr. Heyworth. Nor would the meeting readily believe that, if Mr. Heyworth was in size but a frog, Mr. Evans was an ox. He was not going to amuse them, like the Albion of that day, with a descriptive account of a "Spanish Bull-fight," nor the adven tures of a "Donkey Driver;" for although this might please the fancy, it would assuredly fail to influence the judgment. But as their opponents had indulged in fable, he might select one which was more immediately applicable. Most of them would remember the fable where the servants conspired against the life of the cock, because it gave intimation of the approach of day by its crowing, and which now regulated their hours of sleeping, fancying that when the cock was dead their slothful ness could ncit be discovered. (Cheers and laughter.) In seconding the resolution which he held in his hand, he might, with the permission of the meeting, avail himself of the privi leges which, as a member of that society, he possessed of com menting upon the circumstances which had brought them to gether. He disclaimed on his own part, and on the part of the members of that association, that any purely factious Motives had influenced them in their opposition to the enactments of the Town Council. If they censured them, it was because they deemed them deserving of reproof—if they arrayed themselves against their policy, it was because they conceived their measures injurious to socieiy,•and fatal to the happiness of the country--if they op posed their measures it was because they had forfeited all claim to the respect of their fellow-townsmen, by selecting men to oc cupy situations of trust, who possessed no other qualification but the strength of their lungs and the recklessness of their prin ciple. (Cheers.) He was exceedingly flattered by the reception which the tradesmen of Liverpool had given him. The resolution with which he had been entrusted was of such a nature that it rendered it imperative on his part, as an honest man, that the meeting should be put in possession of sufficient evidence, be fore the motion was submitted to their approval. It was of a two fold character—it charged them with partiality and with in consistency. The former part of the charge had been substan tiated by the speaker who had preceded him, who had supplied the detail of the various appointments, and he bad left but that part which affected their moral character, in violating those professions which they had uniformly made previous to their accession to office. There was one circumstance especially to which he would allude, and one which he was persuaded would be taken advantage of by their opponents—he referred to the wording of the resolution. It was stated that they had' only appointed to offices of trust and honour men who entertained the same political opinion with themselves. He wee pre pared to justify that phraseology, inasmuch, as .it was uniformly adopted by their opponents. The act of the majority was always considered as the act of the whole and as such recognized. They would recollect that at the meeting on Wednesday last, Mr. Egerton Smith complained that any charge of partiality should be preferred against them, since they had appointed Messrs. O'Kitl, Ellice, and Shuttleworth, to situations under the Corporation. Now this was very well as far as it went, but they would bear in mind that the Whigs al ways asserted they had the voice .of the country with teem he cause they possessed a numerical superiority,—that is, they possessed the suffrages of the people. Now, perhaps, there was no word of such an extensive, and at the same time of such a destructive meaning. They asked, who are the People? Were they the landed proprietors? "No!" Were they the residents in our seats of learning? ." No!" Were they our industrious mechanics or our plodding artisans? "No !" If they asked them who are the people,—what answer did they receive?— None whatever. They were obliged to put the question and find the answer. The people were that incongruous mass who professing no principle in common,—bound together by no com mon tie,—held by no common interest,—but who were associ ated to further the interest of some licentious demagogue, and to advance a line of policy of which they knew nothing and cared as little. ( Loud cheers.) Allusion has been made to the private meetings held at the Angel Inn, to pre-arrange and select men who were after Wards approved by them in the Coun cil, and this conduct they were told was honourable and straight forward and in accordance with their enlightened policy. He would ask, what was to be understood by the display of jesuiti cal artifice and sophistry, which was practiced in the Council. Either that they relied upon the ignorance or credulity of their constituents or confided in the violence of their partizanship. But he would ask, did not such conduct prove that the obligations of morality were relaxed in exact proportion with the advance of liberality of political opinion—that moral delinquency and political partisanship were closely identified. And no other reason could be given for their secret meetings at the Angel than that they shrank from any investigation of their conduct. And it was because Mr. James Heyworth had acted the part of an honest man, and had exposed their wicked designs, that they had become infuriated, and held him up to the scorn and con tempt of his feilow-men The circumstances under which they they met together were of the most pleasing character. They were associated together for the defence of their principles, and it was their duty to support those men who came forward boldly as the champion of those principles they professed. (Cheers.) And they tendered to Mr. James Heyworth their need of praise, because he had had the manliness to oppose the policy of their opponents, and expose the mischievous character of their designs. Their opponents had shown their inconsistency in supporting an officer from the borough fund, a principle which they opposed when out of place; and although they had in one or two instances appointed men of conservative principles to situations under the corporation, it was because they could not find men connected with their own party to occupy those situa tions. (Cheers.) That meeting was of public importance; the influence of that associatio n had been felt throughout the town, and its influence would have a direct bearing upon the local le gislation. In seconding the resolution which had been so ably moved by Mr. Smith, he had only to suggest that, as sufficient evidence had been afforded to justify the approval of the meet ing, he hoped that every man interested in the prosperity and happiness of the town of Liverpool would,not fail to give the resolution his support. (Loud cheering.) • The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried unanimously amidst loud cheering. Mr. T. M. GLAnsToNE then rose and was received with cheers. He said the warm and enthusiastic manner in which they had received his name emboldened him to offer his sentiments on. the subject of the meeting. „, He did not doubt but that be should receive their attention. He moved' the next resolution with all sincerity, and he hoped that it would strengthen the bruads of the conservatives and show the feeling which actuated the town. They need not be surprised at the proceedings in the council on last Wednesday, when they considered the consti tuent parts of which it was made up. The-people had been im posed upon in the men who had been returned. Ott that occasion there was seen " patience on a monument smiling at grief" in the person of our worthy chief magistrate. There was a noble air in the bearing of Mr. Heyworth, standing at bay as he did at the odds of six to one, having for his support the foundation of truth and equity. He bore out the quotation, that " Twice is he armed that hath his quarrel just," and stood nobly in defence of the .constittition of our country. (Cheers.) His reply to Mr. 14:vans's vituperation, that he had a moral principle and religious sentiment to do that which was right, showed the man. He was bold enough to say he feared God and honoured the king, and would not be placed before the council in the light Mr. Evans chose. He concluded with proposing the next resolution : "That the conduct of the majority of the Town Council on Wednesday last, was most inquisitorial and tyrannical towards • James Heyworth, Esq., and utterly at variance with their for mer professions." • The resolution was received with loud cheering. Ma. Li.ovo, in seconding the resolution, said, Our radical town, councillors strongly remind me of a bed of nettles. (Laughter.) You are alt aware, gentlemen, that the nettle is a I most nauseous and contemptible weed, which, if timorously handled, produces a most unpleasant sensation, but which, if vigorously grasped, is as harmless as a cabbage leaf. (Laugh ter.) Precisely such is a radical town councillor. Handle him with a timid delicacy, and he will sting you to the quick; but seize upon him with energy and determination, and he shrinks under your gripe incapable of inflicting the slightest wound. (Cheers.) That this comparison lc by no means far-fetched o r exaggerated we have abundant proof in the proceedings which have led to this meeting. Hitherto the serv ile majorit have y met with but few checks on their reckless and dangerous course. The opposition to them has been necessarily feebliteiona and in efficient. But since the accessioh of so many addl con servatives to the minority matters have taken a different turn. (Cheers.) Mr. Heyworth, in particular, has fearlessly trampled upon our corporation nettle-bed. (Cheers.)- He has grasped the most towering of these despicable weeds with the hand Melded a giant, and they have elded to the pressure, and left him untouched by the poison of their stingg. ( Cheers. ) But, leaving metaphor aside, let us take a more serious view of the scandalous and tyrannical proceedings of Wednesday last. lam not sorrv—however disgra&ful to the town of Li , verpool such proceedings must be considered, and whatever de gree of disgust they are calculated to excite—l am not sorry that the ludicrous Gree - of Wednesday has been enacted. In deed I am glad that it has been iierformed, although it must be a cause of de.l4 regret that such a rerputable gentleman as Mr. James' Heyworth has been an involuntary actor in these truly lausLable scenes. Why should we be glad that they have been gone through ? Because they have served to e•virme the iurtate despotism of the radicals—(cheers) —because they have opened to view the secret and corrupt mot ives by which our self-styled reformers are actuated—(cheers)—because they afford us a useful lesson to warn us of what we may expect from the further ascendancy of republicans and anarchists. (Cheers.) The essential character of radical reformers is now fully de veloped before the eyes of the Liverpool public. They have proved themselves the deadly enemies of freedom of discussion ; they have shown themselves to be proud, arrogant, assuming, conceited, and overbearing tyrants; they have gloried in being selfish and corrupt; they have endeavoured, by brow-beating and cowardly intimidation, to silence the voice of truth, be cause it ventured to proclaim their own baseness and incon sistency. (Cheers.) And yet these men, who have emulated with so much zeal the conduct of the congenial inquisitors of popish Spain, were formerly the apostles of freedom. They formerly declaimed with the utmost vehemence against every species of tyranny and oppression —their incessant clamour wets about the iniquity of excluding the public from all knowledge of the Town-hall doings—they most zealously pt eached against what they called the corrupt exercise of patronage—they most vir tuously exclaimed against the division of office among poli tical partisans. But what have they done since their accession to their present offices? They have uniformly given the lie to their previous professions—they have acted in diametrical opposition to their avowed principles. (Cheers.) 'They began their career by electing sixteen of their fellow radicals into office as aldermen, including among these several who were re jected by the people. , (Cheers.) Thus they began their reign by offleing. a deliberate and gratuitous insult to the people of Liverpool. This act of theirs has been well followed up. They have subsequently dismissed the old and true servants of the corporation for the sake of installing into office their own creatures and dependents, men of at least questionable abilities, but possess ing the indispensable qualification of being prepared- to " go the whole hog" with their liberal patrons. (Hear hear, hear.) They have converted the Corporation Schools, formerly fre quented by children of all denominations, into exclusive nurse ries of Popery and Socinianism. They have acted on the most exclusive system in the appointment of the. Dock Trustees—a measure against which they bad eloquently declaimed for years. They have concocted all the real business of the Corporation in secret conclave at the Angel Inn—(cheers)—subsequently meeting in the Town-hall merely to record their predetermined arrangements, evidently in reluctant compliance with an hulls 'lsensable formality. (Cheers.) Mr. Hevworth has had the courage to denounce all this, with his usual ability, at a meeting of his constituents. For taking such an unpardonable liberty witll these dignified personages they call him to account. Yes, for daring to give expression to his honest opinions—for avow ing his independent convictions—for publicly animadverting on the public acts of public characters—these babbling teachers of freedom and- equality assail him with the grossest virulence. (Cheers.) They attack him with every species of abuse which personal hatred and political rancour can suggest—and for what ? For merely doing that, iu doing which they claim immunity for themselves. (Loud cheerjng.) By this shame less inconsistency they have made the sacred name of li berty a byeword among their neighbours. But how did Mr. Heyworth treat the attack upon,,him? „pot by shrink ' ing from the subject, and screening himself behind the unfor tunate reporter, as many do when 'similarly circumstanced. No! he boldly met his assailants foot o.foot—he distinctly authenticated the'report by verifying its substantial accuracy— and he clinched every- urgumeut in his previous speech with fearless and persevering energy. (Cheers.) But he did this like a gentleman and a christian. He did not forget what was dile to his character. He did not- return railing for railing. He opposed truth to falsehood and misrepresentation—he op posed argument to abnse. He braved the storm of their dis cordant howlings without being moved. He shook off his puny assailants " Like dew-drops from the !inn's mane." And was not Mr. Heyworth to be supported in this independent line of conduct ? Would not the public of Liverpool respond to this appeal to their patriotic feelings, and come forwari in support of conservatism? Wonld not they strengthen the hands of the minority in the Town Council in their noble opposition to the servile majority ? (Cheers.) Though the minority we* comparatively small at present they looked forward with hope and satisfaction to the future. They knew that •sixteen radi cals, unalloyed by a single conservative, would have to go out of office next November. They knew of the extent of the reaction which was then in progress, and which would enable them to re turn at least 10 at the next election. This, with a further Atli tion of 8 at the next subsequent election, will give the conserva tives a practical majority in the Council, after the retirement of the 8 aldermen whose period of office wilt tle-n terminate. Then let us go hand in hand for the purpose of achieving that consummation; and never rest satisfied until all the radical members of the couucil have slipped away quietly from their seats. Among these would depart the present Mayor, who had acquired no additional honour to his character since his eleva tion to the civic chair. He had indeed on the recent occasion done every thing to degrade himself in the eyes of the commu nity. He had not acted the part of chairman or moderator over the council—be had rather increased the disorder which he was bound to repress. He had himself become a party to the attack upon Mr. Heyworth, and had assailed him in as many as 34 speeches. If he had acted at all as a judge, it was "To judge the strife, and more embroil the fray." (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meeting, and it was carried unanimously, Mr. JAMES PARKER said, since he had entered that room he had had a resolution put into his hands . ; though last it was one of the most important before that meeting that evening. They had heard a very eloquent definition of the word people from Mr. Pattisson. He should like to hear Mr. Morecro(t's defini tion of that word. Mr. Morecroft told them, that as Councillor for Lime-street Ward, that he was the people. They would suppose from that that he had been returned without a dissenting voice. On the contrary, the majority by which he had obtained his seat was very trifling. The resolution he had to propose he was quite certain would be responded to. He concluded with proposing "That our best thanks are due to James Heyworth, Esq., for his fearless independence and public spirit in exposing the partizanship of a 'servile majority' of the Council, whose secret acts can only be designated those of a political cabal,' and that he may depend upon the sympathy and support of thou sands, while he honestly and fearlessly exposes th e public con duct of that majority.' Mr. Hs vats briefly seconded the resolution. He said the)* owed many thanks to Mr. Heyworth for having taken the bull by the horns as he bad done. The CHAIRMAN their put the resolutioti t and it wa`s carried by acclamation, followed by three cheers. Mr. RICHARD DAWSON, on being called for, rose. He said he was not prepared to expect the honour they had conferred upon him. He conceived that the Tradesmen's Conservative Association of Liverpool had given the general tone throughout the kingdom of Great Britain to all similar societies. There was no one in the town of Liverpool who had better performed his duties than their worthy chairman, and be conceived that the "meed of praise" was due to Mt. Wilkinson fur the ardu ous task he had Undertaken, and of which lie had so well acquit ted himself. It bad been suggested to him that a deputation of the Tradesmen's Conservative Association should wait upon Mr. Hevworth to communicate their congratulations on his recent conduct. He begged to propose that the deputation should be appointed at that meeting, and that it should consist of Messrs. Wilkinson, Cooper, Hardisty, and Byford. These gentlemen were then unanimously chosen as a depu tation. After this three cheers were given for the chairman. The company then, after singing " God save King," in which Mr. Holden sung the solo, separated shortly after nine o'clock, DEFINITIONS OF WHIG PHILOSOPHERS. "POLITICAL CABAL."-The liberal majority of the town council is a political cabal. Vile Alderman Evans's Speech at the late Council Meeting—.. NA re (the whigs) did meet (exclu sively) to elect thirteen men that we could depend upon." A LOGICAL CONCLUSION.—" We have beard complaints of speeches being misreported; therefore the report of Mr. James Heyworth's speech, wherein he accuses the council of `deep dishonour, must be a perversion. —Speech of Alderman Evans. THE LAW OF HONOUR.—" The line of policy."—Speech of Mr. Councillor Coglan. " PacnecisioN." — " We came with the determination to support measures in the council that were previously brought f qrwa rds at a meeting of a majority of the councillors." — Speech of Mr. Councillor Coglan. " I give in the list of names selected to go down as dock committee men."—Speech of Mr. Councillor Rathbone. " REPUDIATION OF PRE-ARRANGEMENT."—." I for one repu diate the sentiment that any pre-arrangement was ever entered into at the Angel Inn or any other place."—Speeell of Mr. Councillor Coglan. Vide "Predecision." "AN ACT OF PRUDENCE."—KForty men meeting together lest they should he beatea by the dignity, the force, and the genius of ten."—Speech of Mr. Councillor Ceylon. LOG ic.—Example : "It is essentially necessary that it should go abroad that the Bible is communicated whole and entire to the protestant children i • therefore those who say that the Bible is sacrificed have staled what is not true."—Speech cf Mr. Coun cillor Coglan. "LIBERALITY."—Accusing a man of libel, and refusing to hear his defence.—Proceedings of the Reform Council. " DIMINUTION OF CHINE. —"Owing to the exertions of the watch committee, a considerable diminution of crime has been the consequence."—Speech of Aldermen Robinson. " Tlie state of crime in Liverpool absolutely calls.for the sessions which are now convened. In six weeks the calendar presents 70 cases for your consideration. It 'is quite alarming to think that such a mass of crime exists."—Recorder's Speech at• last . Week's Sessions. "13torr POSSIBLE-PROTESTANT Eou6ATroN."—An Unitarian layman hearing children repeat the Protestant Catechism. " I am prepared to state that the Proivstant children in these schools will be made as good churchiNen es in any school in , Liverpool."—Speech of Mr. Councillor liathbone. " 'Where he (Mr. Rathbone) understood it, he had endeavoured to explain the Catechism and the Bible to the children in the sense of the clergy."—Speech of Mr. Councillor Rathlume. "CoNstsTaricY.•'—lntroducing the Irish system of education into the corporation schools because they were exclusive, • and continuing the system because it made them mo're Proceeding!. p f tirccier.c."—" "THE VOLUNTARY' .That which ha s b een taught by the Deity himself under the Mosaic dispensation."— Speech of Mr. Councillor Lawrence He xtv o r th. "THE LIGHT" OF ELOQUENCE.—EXRTEpIe : "I look on it that in this circumstance. of the Angel Inn, and this sort of work, we are going from the charge of those words that were so offensive to the council."—Sp eech of the Mayor. ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION.—ExampIe: "Let a man have any religion or no religion, he was at perfect liberty, to have his children educated ih these seminaries (the corporation schools) w ithout departing in the slightest degree from the principles he entertained.', —Speech' of Mr. Councillor Blackburn. THIS CLERGY TAUGHT INSANITY.—The clergy are edncated at the universities, where "the light of reason is scarcely ever allowed to enter."—Spieek of the Mayor. Vices of TIME.—" Time is valuable by man because man is man."—Speech of Mr. Councillor Lawrence Heywerth.- 'the Stainford Mercury of last week complains that the sexton of . St.. Michael's Ch urc h, i n th a t town,tolling in the bell for a funeral, pulle d it so irregularly as to show he was in an angry temper.—Lineoln G a zet t e. How DOES A SIIIP Ristoint.it A WONAN?--Decause man knows not the expinse till he has got one; because they look best when well rigged ; becansetheir value depends on iheir age; because they are upright . , when in stays; because they bring nevi's from abroad; because they wear caps and bonnets; because they are often abandoned; because they are often painted. BBDOUIN ARABS.—If the Bedouini be an evil, they are, I think, a most riecessary one; the desert can never be peopl ed but by , rii . ving tribes, and without them the most useful anim als in fhis part of the world would be lost ; for men brought up in toiOni could never attend to the breed of cainels or the trans port of goods from the richest quarters of the globe. As it is not fair to judge of the Arabs by the rules of civilized tile, they should not be so generally condemned for their maraudingyr% pensities as they sometimes are:. they possess many amiable qualities—hospitality in the highest degree, and.geneT. a sense of honour that is rarely to be met with in en i s g i h Y te ' ned countries: It seems a sort of : right in them to levy taxes upon all that pass through their territories ; and I would as soon think of refusing the dues. at a custom-house as of resisting the payment of a reasonable &viand' from them..—Skinner's Over t/rid Journey to India.' . MISCELLANEOUS Two A uvergtiets sieepifig in the same Tooth, one Said to other—" lieter,!".—" Nell!"-" Are you asleep 7"—" Why r'., —" Because if you are not asleep, I wish you would lend mit half-a-crown."—" Then I am asleep." VERY EXTRAORDINARY, IF .Exeter paper Sava, "During the storm of Tuesday, a man at Mouut li,u(iford tiae driving home a cow, holding the tail of the animal in his hatiti, a tree fell across it, completely severing the tail from the body, and leaving it in the man's hand. Both Mau and OW were uti-. - hurt." A strange tumour is mentioned as prev4lent at Paris,,tla'ai the Emperor Nicholas is insane. Another rumour concerning the Czar is, that he has- met with another accident, and has broken his dollar bone.. All these matters indicate, plainly that it is expected he will not live long. . • 1 EaToRT.—A jolly, corpulent, and exceedingly self-aatisfied functionary demanded the name of a person who . waited upon him on business. "My name is Fatt, was the reply. " Fatt t fat indeed; you're _lean enough in all conscience!" "True enough, Sir, trueenoligh," was . the stinging and just rejoinder; there's just this difference between us, that while I am better taught than fed, you, on the other hand, are very considerably better fed than taught!" . . . . . NOTIONS OF LEGISLATIoN.—At the Abbeyfeale petty ties— sions, last week, a son of Bacchus was fined ss. under the new, act, for being drunk. On leaving the court, after paying the fine, he said in a loud voice, " "I would be more daysint for the the parliament to make a law for atoppiug tithes than to be ta l / 4 .-.. ing the little change out of a poor crathilr's pocket. O'Con nell must have been in Kerry when it passed."—Limerick Star. - "There is a soothing attraction in the Wor'd BalSamic,•which renders it peculiarly pleasing to those who are suffering under the pressure of Disease, and to a peculiar ClaSs of Patients; those who are afflicted with disorders of the Urethra, &c., Mr, WRAY'S BALSAMIC PILLS, from the numerous cures effected by them, have a just and pre-eminent claim to the most distinguished public patronage."—Morning Advertis e r. . _ _ BIRMINGHAM DRAPERY COMPANY.-At a meeting of the shareholders of this defunct speculation, a few clays ago, the holders of scrip were informed that an advance of £2 per share would be required to liquidate the demands to which the direc tors were liable. The original payment per share of £3 10s, had been sunk in working the . concern, with the eiception of a first dividend of 10 per cent.—Birmingham Advertiser. A rusty old bachelor on the wrong side of fifty, who had just got married, wrote his friend as follows If you love the Crea tor, you ought to marry to raise more worshippers; if you love the ladies, you ought to marry, to make them happy; if you love mankind, you ought to marry, to perpetuate the glorious race; it' you loFe your country, to raise up soldiers to defend it; in fine, if you wish well of earth or heaven, you ought to marry, to give good citizens to one, and glorious angels to the other.'-- If he doesn't sing a different tune at the end of a twelve month,. we are note judge in such miktters-,tliat's Ortean'i - Bee. , . JOHNAON'S OPINION OF ECONOMY.—AII to whom want is ter.: rible, upon whatever principle; ought to think themselves obliged to learn the sage Maxims of our parsimonious ancestors, and attain the- salutary . arts of contracting expenses; for without economy none can be rich, and with it few can be poor. The mere power of saving what is already in our hands, must be ul easy acquisition to every mind; and as the example of Lord Bacon may show that the highest intellect cannot safely neglect it, a thousand instances every day prove that the humblest may practise it with sutcess.—Rambler. VALUE OF EARLY RISING.—The difference of rising every morning at six and at eight, in the &tate- of forty years, sup posing a man to go to bed at the same time he otherwise would, amounts to 29,000 hours, or three yews, 121 days, and 16 hours, which will afford eight hours a day for exactly ten years ; so that it is the same as if ten years of iife were added ;--it weighty consideration, in which we could command eight liours every day for the cultivation of our minds or the dispatch of business. CHURCH -RATES.—A small knot of papists and political dis senters, in sweet and consistent alliance, are aiming,to get up a little bit of agitation in this town on the subject of church rates. Before these pious and suffering creatures exhaust their energies in this long-cherished cause, it may be well to remind them, that Lord Melbourne and his ivhig-radical colleaguei have not the most distant intention of abolishing church-rates. They will modify the payment to suit the consciences of certain scrupulous persons, but 'they have no notion—indeed, they dare not make the attempt—of up-rooting that which: is held by as good and lawful a tenure as any freehold estate in the kingdom. Newcastle Journal. NORTHWICH.—The waters, which lately inundated this town, made a• breach in the embankment, close to the salt works ad-; joining the leek, ,at Wilton Brook, and washed down a lime kiln, carried away a large quantity of coal, and did besides, considerable damage to the works. At Leftwich. works, on the banks of the Dane, the water got into one of the store-houses,.. burst the flues, and destroyed upwards of one hundred tons of salt; some of the pans were also washed down. At many of the works the salt had, in anticipation of a flood, been shipped en board the flats, or the loss would have been much more serious. At Winsford and Wharton, the destruction. of salt was very great ; upwards of 1,000 tons being completely lost to the dif ferent proprietors. A STUPID DOG.—The following note by Sir Robert Heron Bart., was lately read at one of the meetings of the Zoological Society; it gives an account of an extraordigary instance of want of sagacity in a dog :—" A large old white female terrier followed me," says the writer, " hits autumn from Granthain She remained perfectly satisfied for three weeks, when, on my again going to attend the petty sessions, she again followed me. I then found that shebelonged to one of my colleagues, the Rev. Mr. Ottley, and that she had long been a great favourite in the family, who were greatly distressed at her loss. It happened that Mr. Ottley and I each rode a Chesnut pony with a long tail. This had completely deceived the dog, whose unsentimental friendship did not prompt her to ask any further questions." MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENT:—The following amusing hand-bill has been iesned by a Dprsetshire labourer ' and it is to be hoped that it will.,Prove successful bill fo:: . a Wife. Matrimony. Charles Warren, Marnhull, Dorset. My family is as follows :—The eldest boy is 13 years old, the younger boy five years old, and a girl eight years old. My house is my own, anal have lid - rent' to pm I have an acre of potatoes, half blues and half whites, this year. My wife has been dead twelve months ago last Shroton fair. The children live by themselves in the day time, out I am always at home with them a night. I do think' it would be better if there was a womiln to took artier them, both fur the children and riivSelf. I have got eight shil lings a week for my work, and the boy two shilling a week, and have constant employ. I want a good steady woman between 30 and 40 years old for a wife; I do not want a second family, I want a woman to look after the pigs while 1 am out at work." . RATS IN Paars.One of the principal reasons for the long delay in removing the depot of the filth of Paris from Mont-. faucon, is the dispersion it would cause of the myriads of rats which have hitherto found their subsistence there, and which no doubt would assail the Faubourg du Temple, and probably, , cause the destruction of many houses. Various means of get ting rid of this plague, previous to the proposed removal, have, been tried in vain. Even poison has failed, and besides, this is attended with numerous, dangers. The most successful expee client has been frequently hunting them with dogs. To renders . the slaughter the more extensive, all their burrews or outlets, are stopped at midnight, and then,. in the morning, the chase, bas been made by torch-light. On some of these occasions, as many as 45,000 of these animals have been killed in a morning.. Their skins, when properly stripped off, without holes or other damage, are sold at one sou a-piece, to make gloves. During the last year• e these battles have been very much attended. — London paper. WHIMSICAL OCCURRENCE.—A singular instance occurred On Tuesday of the effects of over anxiety in destroying presence of mind. A joint-stock bank having occasion to remit a large sum of money to London, a confidential agent was sent up with £106,000 in a parcel. The parcel was cerftained in a dads crimson bag with a spring lock, and the gentleman entrusted with the money kept it on his knee during a journey of nearly, two hundred miles. On ,arriving in London he got into a cab and drove to his banker's inieete bard-street. Overjoyed-at the result of his successful mission. he leaped out of the cab and, entered the banking-house, hut to his amazement discovered he had dropped the bag in the cab with the £106,000. The con sternation occasioned may be easily feaginect, but the means, adopted for its recovery were matted w:11 - 1 great prudence. lits large reward was offered for the ‘ reeovery of the parcel, hut only, lan pounds was promised to whoever restored ,the bag left" in a s cab to its owner. The result was, that ie a short time three cabmen made their appearance, including the driver of the. cab. in which the parcel was left. Ten pounds was given to . -the principal, and five pounds a-piece to his companions.-ebension paper. [lt is stated that the head-manager of. the Nett liens and Central Bank is the absent gentleman who left the £lOG , OOO' in the cab.] Tee SOUTH Asi n ICAN BLOGD-1-10 UN re—This animal, called also the Cuba blood-hound, possesses but little pretensions to the charaCter which he has assumed, as,far at least as the sense of smell is concerned, or compared with the noble animal which has formed-the subject of the preceding observations. When the Spaniards originally visited America, they found the natives anineffensive indolent Face of beings, over whom they very soon began to exerciser the most bat barous and unrelenting cruelly ; they subjected theirs to insupportable .labour in the mines, by sihich thousands were annually swept away, while those-. who endeavoured to avoid suchen overetiarged_ measure of hunr*fi, misery, by runniog,to the woods and-other - plaices for the..puu•-. pose of secreting themselves from their 'cruel oppressors, were hunted like wild beitsts.—The indigences dog of Americasfa a small weak creature, and the natives were struck withhorror on . beholding the large ferocious dogs Which acconifanied the Spaniards. To' be brief, the dog taken by the 'Spaniards to Atnerica4as a sort of mastiff, found all over the Europeap eon- . fluent, remarkable fur its savage disposition, its ,fierceness and its activity. This dog, this South American blood-hound as ho is called, is nearly as high as the English teastiff, hilt his head' is smaller, the lower part more tapet, lips much, closer, legs re thee thin, but cleaner than tliose of the dogs just tuetitioued; his countenance presents a most malignant savage appearance. With such animals the persecutednatives of America were pur sued and half worried to death ; with thefts also ; subsequently, have the runaway negroes being hunted dovin by the remorse less Spaniards. However, when these dogs were Used, it was called of being hunted by thesec:y.::llllloliiiaitni:: generally found necessarry to einplUy tistrialler canine a ssistant, a • Pinder, on account of the inferiority ani mal's sense of smell. When the MAtroons in Jamaica appeared in arms for the purpose of shaking ofr their intolerable oppress of hit larger sion (under the governorship of Lord Balcarras,,) a nuinhec of these dogs were procured, with their Spanish alte?idants,f_rpeuxa Cuba; ,and so terri fi ed Were the eufortehate blacks at the id sub mitte'd. imus a a te tate of vr country hi e h b o u r u t u l i a ' a P s, n a i r voefat at te intervals, rodent ie ason in peTrhßaßps,HaEspcGoEmHp°lGe.t—e Tashthhlitbeolf"atrii°er.a_cir tt l' 4 in h h e a d bl e ti h n t g 'gs this re ; ti a r retire indeed much of nets nun' igira ns w T e h i e t . hceadlgleed tt9u o ss r i e n t s e o r t r h a 'a t to eat of their treasured lioarei7•ea t k ts a , t into temporary life by a hog, on the eon lays 0p..n0 stere for fhe. winter, but, re tiresf.ois Teary , and rolling itself b t s ie the fiolenee of the tempest,, upin t t , o 3 it a s t a s r c o i l t r t b l a ' ir ij s t p o a tseeds dreamless slumber, ourlistar star m ore . pruioundly torpid by the bitterest and only Itsrutdaelrerdetreats are ru the bolrows trees a w s • e h , ic w V er r e e frost. (1' • decayed at the bottom o f . the trunk, underneath its b the earth has been washe, e eeey from under the budge naked roots, in holes of reeks, ortn- . stuy similar prutected excavation. The female produces' front fee to four youtig elms early in-the summer; at "hi:rrh" they are blind, and covered with nascent s pines, which rime white, soft,' and ll'exible of firit, but• become' hard in the course of a day or. two. 'l 4 ln.i nest is formed with considerable. art ;' . and the root'even where there is -no other covering", is capable of throwing ore the rain, and preserving the iatssior entirely 'Sty. ,!Btiffon relates that he has repeatedly placed. the mother and . the young in a place of confinement ; . but that, instead of suckling. them, she invariably killed tliem, notwithstanding she was proVided with plenty ;if food. The same naturalist has a, stillibiently absurd story respecting the breeding of these anitnalir,;sibiell, as Well as Many o•lier fables, he has copied implieitlYrect± the credulous Pliny, who, how ever, received it from nelestfiti authority than Aristotle him-' self. By the eloquence of t?G diction , and his great popularity„!. Buffon ha s be e n the meane r Of perpetuating this, with Wrp merable otheterrors.—BOY British . Quadilipeds.