The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

Dee. 3, 1844 MEETING OF MAGISTRATES. was n. Thursday a meeting of the Borough Magistrates v ..,eld to t.,k e i nto consideration the resolutions T f the it ch Committee as to the a ll ege d i n t er f erence w ith th e Pa .h ce, Some a.olconversation to o k p l ace as to sen di ng t h e d epos i - O .s taken in Mr. Parker's case, when it was decided to furnish therm, Mr David Hodgson having said there was a , n aptrit of hostii , y whatever in the minds of the Watch other object towards the magistrates, and they had no object in view but to obtain information for the pur- Po e - of investigating the conduct of one of their own tbo_cloy, to their own satisfactian. They had pre-judged ° ,ning ; and they were desirous to have the evidence in oruer to go through an examination, so that they might arrive at a just conclusion. 0. 1; hi eresolati ons of the Watch Commi•tee (as given in aandlB'g t) were th en read, after which Mr. Rushton rose -aid that at the last meeting they had rather a warm been e ii°,i vora n upon the m a tt er , an d the resolution that bad a passed upo n hi s mot i on. T hat reso l ut i on Contained what he believed to he essential to the good go verociameat of the poece force •, and there was also added to ° _I. ~tt t t it should " be entered up on th e genera l or d e r book he police force." '1 hat resolution passed unani s r gri_o o n ,if It o 2 . vi uiion, r. Dowling who was ord e r e d to , xectite the and s o to enter it, called upon him (Mr. be .L'a liton,a ) the next day, and said he had some doubts whether the magistrates had thought of the fact that " the teonienral order-book " was the property of the Watch _‘:g.itniittee, or that, properly, the agistiates had n 9 tight to order entries in it. Immediately he (Mr. Rush ton)co said " We have no right to eider it in the Watch Wit mo,iittee's book ; get a book of your own, letter it _h Minwes of orders' received by you from the Ma r_ rates, and enter the order there.'' He (Mr. Rushton) ik. n e e t n . had a c ommunication with the Mayor upon the sub the Tolle went over to his Worship, and saw him with awl, wn-clerk H e discussed the question with them, 0 _ ~r 1. "1 the s pec i f i c lin g 11 , pon his own rasp ons ib i l ty, h e excuse d M r . Dow peof that art of the ilteNlehicli related t o the r e ntry rmance of the resolut p ion in the t i o g et Committee's honk, desiring him at the same time the tna -a ; b 2" of his own. in which to enter the order of first n ;r:' r ates. He (Mr. Rushton) also said. that at the ask for ter, actietMg of the magistrates he would explain the mat boak a resolution to prevent any entries in the ~,„ s of the I Vatch Committee. He then said to the a'vjnoYtl7 that h, would take the further step of having finally meeting of the magistrates torthwith ; but it .vas V. u . , Y agreed that it would - not be necessary, as he (Mr. w-il•dzuld not explain the whole business at the first it, nl might he held. He had, therefore, now explained ysr anti be trusted he had ex, rci,ed a sound diacretion, in f er e ,""ting the inadvertence being carried into effect of en- Iv 'g, their resolutions and orders upon the books of the ~'arch Committee, with which they. as magistrates had n otlong to do. (Hear, hear.) Upon some parts of the P r oceeding s of the Vt'atch Committee, he had certainly had sumethin 1 He 'assured the magistrates, that it . g 0 say. ", given him the greatest pleasure to read those pro -Fpedit g-,. They were an approach to an harmonious ac tion between those who had but one interest at stake — the Watch Committee and the magistrates. The Watch Committe e h a d adopted, as one of the i r regu l at i ons , th e aubat 'lice of th e reso l u ti on t h e mag istrates had passed last week, and this new regulation the NO atch Committee could enforce as well as the magistrates could enforce their order. They were, indeed, one and the same : and therefor e , h e h ailed the regulat i on es a s i gn o f a good , and PrnOer:feeli ng i n re f erence to t h ese ma tters, and wt 'e he b Watch with great p l easure emanat i ng f rom the body of the Cornmi tee. It was one of those things that vr"uld redound more to th it honour, and credit, in the town, than any thing done by them for a long time pa-t. He must however, take the tibeity of saying though he agreed with th ese regu l at i ons , that he coulcrE permit, neon any Occasion, any doubt to be thrown upon the au thot ity of the magistrates to issue ord rs for the direction of the police force. He said this to save the right of the magistrate.. He did not object to the form of the resolu tioa of the Watch Committee, which was skilfully drawn —" That it is the opinion of this committee the above resolution [of the magistrates] amount to a regulation of the police forge—(he was 'very glad they had made it. 50)—and can only as such legally emanate from that committee." The words as such saved all cavil about the matter; but still the jurisdiction of the Watch Com me tee and the magistrates can and he wanted it to be understood to each , came very near . that the magistrates had a right, a pre-eminent right, to give orders directly from themselves, to the police force. If the Watch Corn- raittee should fortunately (for he should esteem it a very _1 fortunate circumstance) se e i n any orders which the ma- 1 gistrates issued, such power as might be conveni,ntly by them applied to their own regulations, and by adopting hem enlarge their own jurisdiction. it would give him the greatest pleasure ; and he was sure the magi-grates would issae nu orders to the police force which the Watch Com mittee might riot wholesomely adopt as part of their regu lations. He, therefore, begged to express the great plea sure he felt that the Watch Committee hail, by the fram. lug of this, recognised the propriety and importance of . keeping the officers of police beyond all interterence; L a whilst, at the same time, he must save the jurisdiction of • the justices by saying that their order was in force, as regarded them ; and, as the Watch Committee had made it a regulation, it was in force, as regarded them. There could be no cavilling, then, upon the matter : the magistrates had ordind the Commissioner of Police to communicate any interference to the Mayor; whilst the Watch Conira tee had ordered the Head-constable to c ommunicate it to them, and they would lay it before the Mayor. There was, therefore, little or no difference be tween them ; and, in conclusion, he was very glad to move that the " evidence be sent to the IWiyor, for the in for_h_oietion of the Town Clerk and the Watch Committee." Z .: blon.NuY seconded the motion. siojunsr,vh._ppoosoN was very sorry to hear the expres sions Watch ~,1 14d been used with regard to the languag e of perfe c -onlniittee's resolution, for he could ray, with one et truth, that among the members 4it there was only The sentiment, which was to give efficien c y to the force. ~ 3' certainl y deprecated the assumption of their futic ',va in the regulation of the police, not that they were in pt IduallY jealous, but because they had a duty to perform in tie maintenance of their position and the support of the law. They did think that the order of the magistrates was an interference with them • but they did not see any objecti on to it as a regulation. ' lt was a part of the whole regulation s of the police force, and the Watch Committee did not object to the reiteration of it. After one or two Other ohs-rvations, the speaker said that the Head Con stable and Commissioner had been required peremptorily to carry out the order, by one of the magistrates, by lead ing it at the head of the force, and given to understand that if he did not, there would be a meeting of magistrates called the next day, for the purpose of exelcisinr, their au thority in his dismi-sal. lie was told that if he also asked Permission from the Watch Committee to read the order, the same consequences would ensue. He (Mr. H oigson) did not think that this was a course which any tnagis , rate, for parte ought to have taken with regard to the Head Const a bl e and Commissioner. However, the resolutions of the magiatrate., such as they were, were distinctly fra. Med to p reven t the interference of any individual member of the Watch Committee, without autt,ority, but if they, as magistrates, were in a position to prevent that interfe rence, it was riot a little singular that an individual under .. c mistan ma gistrate should take upon himself, any or A . - ces, tne exercise of his authority to suppress a portion of those resolutions without calling the magistrates together to ask them whether it had their concurrence He quite agreed that, in RD exigency, such an exercise of authority was proper and right; Iv, in this case, where was the haste ? Why were not the magistrates consulted ? The Head Constable had himself sated he believed the whole to be irregular, in fact that it was illegal ; and, after all, what did he do? Why he only read a portion of the re bad induced ,he magistrates to come to the dec m ision. The pirearhole cowained a charge ag a inst a n i n dividual, and '"Rit no lawy er , h e s h ou t I say that whether the indivi dual accused were gu il ty or not, he was guilty of no lega l oterel cTion • therefore, any magistrate publishing and d-- clarin th at i laityg preamble so affect' g his character, would be opposed to a pose , ution. He did not say it would a a tily be so, but he thought the oiscretion exercised by 1 .I';,(2oHead Constable a very sound discretion, iii not going 1 : In t - re. the force arid publishing the resolution, as against uh,i)ndiyidual member of the Watch Committee—a man ea oldl'all not been convicted of anything the magistrates ...a . take cognizance of. He thought the decision of the tie gnistrat. s at their list meeting moat extraordinary, and be confess he was taken by surprise at it. He re- Ped their decisions in general ; they were entitled To consideration,. at the hand of every individual, and he th u ou ld h not speak of them with disresp .ct. But he had h ad t very much since upon their proceediags, and he wer e on with men upon the bench (not here) who th e i_P er r f'efly surprised, that, whilst they complained of to a‘dt.. fertnee of au ind:vidual with their offic rs—not 11 ' id the bw bt t • , u o give effect to it —they should not gav e been th ey . w called together themselves to consider whether body tould warrant the interference by one of their own a,,,.,..,°0811Ppre5s one portion of the resolution they had - 4' ' r• Rus t , - the. last 'rota here said that he had been attacked by agai n , o nw s P,L a ker, but lie did not mean to be provoked say',,, of „o'er stro n ..i v he • in.r••Hod - 5 his feelings might be row.ed, into , reedy o ese Pon what he had said last week, which 01 r • Rushton) had, and which lie deserved now. He dis miss, or hold rad done no such thing as to threaten to gunge to that I.f tott any intimidation, or we any 'in to a im, and , eet to Mr. Dowling. Mr. Dowling came tamed ( ni th'le. he feared het resolution could not be en- It e ara , osho t o .. arch Committee's books; and he (Mr. Wan t to l i is i i greed with him. Mr. Dowling then said " I tie • , Your advice and I hope • i • ou will g ve it to U se 0 You tlink I ' '' n,, O . Ought to submitthis -th e t 0r,,, ,; es to the Watch Committee before I read it cucl i t ~,,t lie (Mr. Rushton) said, "Mr. Dowling, you if y en deel you are either to obey the magistrates or be stilton° ise t , o obey their orders the magistrates must tfovoi s , 'led:. ' As to using any sort of threat to Mr. it aa ,, gof d ismissal, or holding out anything of the kind, N I "' 1-11 nolo - untrue T. fl o ~ Alr. tip ox.—He says so . ige , q3 er. "IT" .. - it is utterly untrue: I deny it alto ane, r t M ''olvetreG was sent for, and during the interval, Mr. t o , vet tilt ,-,BliTox, again denying the assertion, said he illaatiledge Isis honour to this point. He must, now th, a,,Ts. c harge had beer, made, demand a formal vote fro m n. r ":7strate s . as to his discretion in waiving the art of o ,!' t Jtiona re f erred to. p b, y vipe ,s vrry st rong personal allusions were here made Ai r ; t s- Ralabone and Rushton. %o nto 'loloosola which did not mean to take the matter O 'e manner ir, • le ' le _ i it hid been taken tip by Mr. Rush teeth. '"e roaring and ge-; iculstion that came from that fo ro th an Wu re hest h .. b . A --.• h ex:•l it , . to the town in their native th e left bi e tcw in and hi- education to be estimated _ by had 1 , ll' Its . .- r , e ( Mr. Hodgscres) education and conduct a- o anoth . air. B AR l er school. E.-- lashould like to have the opinion of the town on that point ; I t , drik there would be a vast majo rite in favour of Mr. Rushton (hear, hear.) MR. ADAM HODGSON expressed his sincere regret that for the first time these sort or personalities seemed to have been introduced among them. lie earnestly hoped that gentlemen would remembe r the office they held, and the respect they claimed front the town at large, and that they would c-ilmly and quietly discuss the varir-us mat ters before them without indulling in personalities. Mr. Rushton had asked their sanction for withdrawing part of the proceedings of the last mee'ing. and he thought him entitled to it; but, again, he hoped that personalities would not be renewed, and that their proceedings would henceforward be conducted with becoming care and dignity. Mr. D. Honosorr denied that he had referred to Mr. Rushton. Mr. Rushton, he said, had appropriated to himself what was applied to the whole body of magis trates; and he (Mr. Hodgson) shLuld act always as he heli ved to be right. irrespective of any party. Whether he pleased or displeased he did not • care. He was not going to be personal beyond what the s!ate of facts justi fied, but Mr. Rushton most egregiously over-rated him self and his position if he fancied for one moment that he would overawe him (Mr. Hodgson.) He had sat with Mr. Rushton in the discharge of magisterial duty, and should sit with him again, irrespective of what occurred there. N , thing that Mr. Rushton had said should affect his conduct—nut one straw. Ma. RUSHTON.—The less you say of Mr. Rushton, the better, if you plase. Mr. HORNBY rem rked that Mr. Rushton was per fectly justified in altering a technical mistake in the reso lution ; and lie added that the resolution of the Watch Committee h'd been-drawn caretully in such a way as to avoid all off , nce to the tusgistrates. Mr. Dowling having entered the room whilst Mr nby was speaking, was examined by Mr. Rushton as follows : Mr. RUSTITON.—I wish to ask you a question about the magistrates. It has been represented here that you state you were threatened with dismissal if you did not read the resolution to the poli:e-force before going before the Watch Committee. Mr. Dowling.-1 have never made any such assertion. .Mr. I). HOOGSON.—liave you not stated to the mein hers of the Watch Committee, and to Mr. Thompson, what passed between you and Mr. Rushton—that he did threaten you with calling the magistrates together if you did not read that resolution, and that you anticipated con sequent dismissal ? Mr. Dowling.z--1 sta'ed what I state now, that Mr. Ru‘hton told me unl , ss I read those orders, agreeably to the instructions or the magistrates, he would call a meeting of the magi.trate, Mr. D. lionnsoN.— Did you state no inference? Mr. Dowline.—No, sir. Mr. D. HODGSON.— Did you not state before the Watch Committer, that that was the same thing as your dis missal ? Mr. Dowling• —I never recollect having so stated. Mr. D. HODGSON.—Have you not stated that to Mr. Th , nmpson ? Mr. Dov , ling.—l possibly might have stated that the mselorates had power to dismiss me. Mr. D II oncsow.—Did you not state you considered that as a threat ? —that if you did not obey, that that would he the con.equence ? Mr. Dowling.—l have never gone beyond stating—and I prnhahly did state—that the magistrates had the power of dismissing tee if they thought proper. Mr. D. HODGSON.—Have you anticipated that as a re sult ?—have you stated .o or not ? Mr. Dowling.—No, I have not. Mr. D. HODGSON.—Did yon ask Mr. Rushton's per mission to submit these resolutions to the Watch Com mittee Mr. Dowling.—l did ; and Mr. Pushton told me I was not to eo so, but to read them to the force as the order of the magistrates. Mr. b. H ODGSON.—Did he tell you what he would do if you would not? Mr. Dowling.—That is, if I did not read them, he would call the magictrates together Mr. D. H ODGS(;N.—ltecollect ihat you have g;ven evi dence before the Watch Committee. Mr. Dowling.—He said, if I did not read them he would call the magistrates toge.her. Mr. RUSHTON.—Did you come into this room and ask my advice because you were placed between two fires, — whether you should submit the resolution to the Watch Committee before reading it to the police force? I said. no, go and fulfil the magistrates' orders—that is my advice." Did anything pass that would lead you to be lieve I had a hostile feeling, or that I exercised any threat, or held nut any inducement? Mr. Dowling.—No. Mr. RUSHTON —Yon see, Mr. Mayor, the imputation attempted to he cast mum me is perfectly untrue. Mr. D. IlonosoN said he would pledge his honor that Mr. Dowling had stated, he considered that if he hid read those orders without consulting the Watch Commit tee, he should be called before the magistrates, and he anticipated dismissal. Mr. Dowling here appealed to Mr. Hornby as to what had passed in Vie Watch Committee. Mr. HORNBY said most distinctly he had not heard Mr. D.iwling say before the committee that any threat had been used. He was not aware that he ever stated that his impression was that it would lead to a dismissal. After some further remarks of a somewhat personal na- ture from Messrs. Rathbone, Brown, and Earle, Mr. Hodgson left the room. Tne resolution was then carried unanimously ; and on the motion of Mr. ADAM HODGSON, sPconded by Mr. BOLTON, it was unanimously resolved, " that the magis trates cons'der that Mr. Rushton exercised a sound dis crttion, in authorising Mr. Dowling to omit the in sertion in the general order book of the police-force of the minutes of the magistrates at their last meet ing." A vote of thanks was moved to the mayor, for his con duct as wesidinz magistrate, and his worship, in reply, briefly acknowledged the compliment. The meeting then separated, being occupied nearly two hours. DOCK COMMITTEE MEETING ON THURSDAY There were presen•—Mr. Moore (in the chair), and Messrs. Nicol, Middleton, Chilton, Wood, Henderson, Mann, Aikin, Royden. Tobin, Bold, Moon, Sandhar!h, Kendall, Evans, and Ripley. It was agreed to ler 4000 yard+ of land on the west side of Brunswick Dock, at Is. 6d. a yard yearly, to Messrs. Hodgson and Co., for shipbuilding, until they could procure another site—Pfia session to be given up at any time on six months' notice. A letter was read from Mr. T. Wilson, accepting the terms upon which the committee agreed to let him the lan I required for a ship-building yard at the Brunswick Dock, but expressing a hope that he might be allowed compensation tor the build ngs he might erect, or be per mitted to re-l-ase the land for the same purpose. A dis cussion ensued, the result of which wa, that the committee had no power pith re-leasing. On the motion of Mr. Nicol, the standing orders before discussed were adopted, to t,e consi 4 ered in detail in a fortnight. The receipts of dock and light dues at Runcorn for the last month were £52,000 14s. 6d., beltz an increase of £6 Ils. 2d., as compared with the corresponding month last year. THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF WORKS. Mr. EVANS said, in effect, that when he was elected into that committee he was in Ireland, and his conduct was arraigned at the meeting as a justification of removing him from the sub-committee of works. The excuse was, that he was opposed to dock extension ; and what if he were ? If he were convinced that he ought to do so in degree at the time at which it was proposed, it was his duty to do so. He never did oppose dock extension alto gether. He had opposed docks at the south, because he considered it for the advantage of the dock estate to do so. With regard to the north, he thought it premature to apply to Parliament this year ; but he had it always in contem plation that the Dock Committee should construct a large dock at the north ; and indeed he himself was the main suggester and negotiator for the purchase of the land, with a vice to its being so appropriated hereafter. Hi•• opposition to whit he conceived the premature con. struction of docks in that quarter did not render him ioca pabie or unwilling to do his duty and carry out what was ultimately resolved on. So much otherwise ind ed was the fact, that the only improvements in the plans officially adopted were made by Mr. Akin and himself. He re ferred to Mr. Hart'ey. whe her the halt-tide basin which was added had not been suggested by him. Mr. HARTLEY said he believed that was Mr. Evans's suggestion. Mr. Mr. EVANS said he bad thus shown his willingness to work on that committee, and his ability to be of u-e in the executive of dock n anagement. His past conduct had received the approbation and sanction of the rate-payers, the merchants of Liverpool, at d the constituents of the committee. H is election should have p'a.,•ed his past con duct out of view, and absolved him from their hostility. He was not there for the furtheraece of any private views of interest, but the accredited and honoured representa tive of the ratepayers and merchants. With one excep tion. he believed, he was the oldest member of that com mittee—certainly the oldest of the committee of works, at the formation of which he assisted. The ratepayers had had his conduct and views before them for nine years, and it was with a - full keowle •ge of these that he had been elected without any interference of his own. When they flew in the face of that constituency, in order to disgrace one of the members of that committee, they were at issue with the public; and they were on their trial, and not he on his. It might be said that that committee had a right to choose their own sub-committee, but that would not get them out of their dilemma, for they would he judged by the public not according to what they had a legal right to do, but what they were morally bound to do. On the part of those who sent him there, he claimed that station which he had had in the committee in former years, and from which he had been improperly removed. To remove him from an executive committee, where he bad acted a useful part, to a mere negative committee (the fi , .anc ,), was an aggravation of the insult which had been offered to the ratepayers and merchants who had returned him into that committee by an overwhelming mjority, in the ex pectation that he would he there to attend to their inte rests with unimpaired efflei , ncy. If he were not on the committee of works, it was impossible he could perform tbhee r d e u in ti s e t s ate w d hich the public expected. He concluded by reiterating his protest a g ainst the conduct of the corn - Mltee with regard to him, and making a distinct claim to station. ,by some means or other , in his proper Mr. RIPLEY regretted that he had not been present at the last meeting to jon the minority, as no good rea,on had been show n why Mr. Evans should be removed from the sub -committ ee of works. Mr. MOON expressed the same feeling. Mr. Nicot was glad Mr. Evans now thought the rate payers and mer c h ants an i mportant b o d y . f or h e recol lected him speaking of th em as Mae leas than a fug itive body, in which he Mr. N. differed from i.im. After noti cing the hard .-xpres-inns of M r. E., such as " violent and unjustifiable," " insult to the rate-payers," &c., he came THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD to the matter in question. The placing of Mr. Evans on the Finance Committee was proposed by one of the re presentatives of the rate-payers, and all the representa tives of the rate-payers present concurred. If. therefore, they were to be - guided by the opinions of the rate-payers they bad acted correctly. He did not consider it an insult to Mr. Evans, or to the rate pavers at all. Mr. Evans had objected to the act recently obtained, the carrying out of which was the work of the sub-committee, and it might well he supposed that it would be disagreeable for him to carry out a matter to which he was opposed. The fiance committee, too, was almost annihilated, all the members but Mr. Molyneux having retired, and he thought it desi rable to place an old member of the committee upon that sub-committee, along with the new members. The finance committee was an important one, and as Mr. Evans had on every occasion taken an active part in financial mat ters, he thought he would be a very valuable man. He did not consider the committee of works more executive than any other. Finally, he considered the committee quite justified in coming to the conclusion in which they had acted. Mr. BOLD said Mr. Evans had taken so active a part in council and in London in opposing the measure alluded to, that he did not consider he was a proper person to carry out the construction of the works. He referred to the Parliamentary Sub-committee. Mr. EVANS said he was nor present when it was read, and he never thought it worth while to notice it after wards. Mr. TOBIN said he had opposed Mr. Evans because he had used his strongest exertions to prevent the extension of docks. Mr. AIKIN said the same argument that applied to Mr. Evans applied to himself; but he was satisfied that the various committees would not have been proposed as they had been unless previously sanctioned by a number of those who took the leading management in the affairs of that board. Great importance was attached to thia fact , hat, because Mr. Bold, as one of the candidates of the rate-payers, was the mover, therefore it sprang from Mr. Bold and the rate-payers, and not from those holding in terests there. He, (Mr. A.) howe ver , k new too much of the real working of party business to suppose that this was a candid or sincere view of the matter. Mr. Mann, forinstance, who had only attended once or twice, would never have mentioned the names fur a committee if he had not been authorized to do so. He and Mr. Evans were not opposed to dock extension ; what they were opposed to was being hurried into an expenditure in a million and a half to two millions , f money, wh peered to them that a dock could be ohtai ed in N, y Pool for .C 5,000 which would take off the surplus from the docks of Liverpool. accommodate the lying-up ships, and give a space equal to the largest dock in Liverpool. besides pro- viding a place for thee deposit of timber eir her on the land • or water. They believed and hoped that if they could have had a little more time, they would have been enabled to do that which would have prevented the opposition anti cipated from the docks on the other side of the water. He would not say whether the removal of Mr. Evans front the sub-committee of Werks was intended as an insult to Mr. Evans or not, but he thought it was something like an in. stilt to the community which so recently voted him back there—not because of any political party feel , ng. but be- cause they knew his efficiency in carrying out the works and advocating warehouses round the docks. Knowing his efficiency, it was wrong in the committee to lesson i 4 -.. Mr. TOBIN considered that no insult had been intended to the rate-payers. They were sent there without any pledge whatever. For his own part he had voted accord• ing to his conscience. Mr. Evans was not a proper man to go on the committee. Mr. MANN said he had certainly been requested to move the committee, but that was after he came into the room. Mr. EVANS, in reply, stated that when the Board of Works came with a report, their influence was generally so irresistible, that any one who heard it had seldom or ever any chance of 1) , o-hieing an alteration. Thus the Committee ot Works was in reality the organ of the ge neral committee. Mr. Aikin and he had suggested great alterations and improvements in the plans adopted for the docks. There was evidence both of their ability and their will to do their duty. As to what he intgnt have said about the rate-payers eight or nine years ago, and, no doubt, sedulously repeated by his political enernitts, who were legion, still, in d fiance of this alleged they had overlooked it all, for he suppoied they had di, covered sonic little merit in him to re-elect him. Those who proposed him on the committee to which he was ap. pointed, had. no doubt whatever, received their orders. With respect to his being placed on the Finance Commit tee as being an old member, if that were mentioned out of s!o ors it aonld be laughed at. He knew tot where an old member ought to he, it it were not on the first committee of the docks. He (Mr. E.) was the oldest member of the sub-committee and the oldest member of the dock nom mittee, except Mr. Tobin, and,therefore, he should think, it he, like old wine, was of any value whatever, he ought to have bet.n made use.of, where he could have been of the greatest service. To put him on a committee which had absolutely no duties; for they just opened tenders, which were mentioned there, and then accepted or not; to put him on that committee was, as he said before, an aggravation of the insult offered to the rate-payers and the merchants of Liverpool. After alluding to the un biassed manner in which he had been elected, he said that those who continued to insinuate that he would betray the carrying out of what had become law. insinuated what was false. He would tell any one gentleman of that commit tee who chose to take it to himself, that he (Mr. Evans) would hold himself personally responsible for any rawer k b,..,,cnight make. He con s id ere d it a d ar i ng outrage of prides and one be could not permit without giving it the " lie" at once. (Confusion.) The CHAIRMAN called the speaker to order, noticing the language used as exceedingly improper. The party alluded to should he named, and no such language as that applied to the committee generally, which was a gr-as in sult to the whole. He (Mr. E.) had insinuated that the members of that committee had received orders to put him off the Board of Works. Mr. EVANS said "certain members of the committee." The CHAIRMAN asked from whom? Mr. HOLD said he had receiv-d no such orders., Mr. HENDERSON considered the whole committee in sulted The CHAIRMAN remarked on the extreme imnropriety of such insinuations cast upon the committee. For him self. he did not know the constitution of a single com mittee. — .Mr. ToBIN said he should have been insulted if he had been ordvred to vote for any committee. Mr. Evans.—W , th respect to orders, so far as gentle men have declared that there was nothing of the sort, I am bound to believe them. Mr. MA ,N disclaimed obeying any orders. Mr. EVANS said he had no objection to withdraw it. The C HAIRMAN hoped he would withdraw the others too. Mr. EVANS said he was bound to believe gentlemen when they made an assertion, bu he saw no reason for their complaining of receiving orders, because it was the order of their party—another word for saying they yielded to the influence and dictation of one another. As to the opinion he had expressed with regard to any one who would assert that he would knowingly act contrary to nis duty, Ii could not treat it otherwise than he had done. The CHAIRMAN said no such imputation had been cast upon Mr. Evans, and his remarks were therefore un called for. Some explanation followed, to the effect that no such imputation was made, and Mr. EVANS then said he was bound in honour to withdraw the expressions. Mr. BOLD said Mr. Evans would not he deprived of the power of making itnprovernents, because decisions were come to in the whole committee, and not on the Board of Werks. Toe CHAIRMAN remarked that the improvements in the plans were not entirely confined to Mr. Aikin and Mr. Evans. Other alterations were made before they sew them. Mr. EVANS said be was not aware of it. The CHAIRMAN.—However the thing is settled, and the nublic will have the benefit of it. Mr. EVANS .— There were suggestions for great altera tion. Mr. ATKIN did not attach the slightest importance to any sueges-ion he made; it only went to show that they were by no means inim Pal to the interests i f the docks, sod that that wsis a good rrason why Mr. Evans should be on the Sub-Committee of Works. The committee adjourned at half-past three o'clock. COURT OF REQUESTS.-PARKER v. BROWN. BILL. The Commissioner of the Court of Requests having adjourned the case from Friday until Tuesday, that he niight (most:ter how he should decide uuon it, it was ac cordingly resuo , ed on Tuesday morui.•g. Both the parties, a',d several of their friends, were present, but the att ndance of others was very meagre. The COMMISSIONER said, that before he gave judgment he wished to put a question ur two. The defendant. being sworn, said, in reply to questions put, that the application for payment of the primissory note was first made to his brother-in-law, James Brown bill, by Mr. Parker's clerk, ou the 2d Novemner. De fendant was not himself present, and his brother-in-law was not now here. He was his brother-in-law, though of the same name, as they were cousins, and had married two sisters. He supposed Mr. Parker's collector had called on his In other-io• law in mistake. Mr. Wigge, the collector, being called, said, he had called on the brother•in-law of defendant on Friday fort night. the 9th instant. He had mistaken the man, as both were watchmakers, and both of the same name. He did no , see the defendant about it until Saturday fortnight. Mr. Parker, being sworn, sad he had mentioned the amount to be due to his collector amongst other small deb's, but he could not recollect the precise day. His suspicion had been raised (as he before stated) by the defendant drawing his attention to the post-mark of the letter. But he would not have proceeded so hastily against Film, hed he not been informed that a member of the Reform Assoc:ation had declared that they would spend £l,OOO sooner than not turn him out of the ward. He certainly felt hurt at this, and therefore brought the matter forward. The COMMISSIONER then proceeded to give his deci sion with great slowness of utterance and at great length, but we can but give the heads of his principal remarks. He said that the court had undivided jurisdiction in chims of £2, bat be: ween £2 and £5 it had a concurrent juris diction with the Borough Court, in which last the que tion could be investigated by a jury, and an appeal could be had to the courts at Westminster. He remarked on the evidenee of the two parties, and quoted several law authorities as to what constituted bribery and cart uption There were two modes in which the court might cone to a conclusion. One was to nonsuit the plaintiff, w h ch would not prevent him from proceeding in another court if he thought that Bdv , sable; and another was to give judg ment to the defendant, in which case there would be no appeal, and penalties might he proceeded for in the higher courts. He had come to the conclusion that the case was one of such suspicion that the plaintiff could not recover the amount idthis court. He had, not, however, come to the conclusion to g,ve judgment for the defendant, for that would imply that there had in reality been a cor rupt transaction add a bribe, and a path could pro ceed for the penalties upon that jodgment as con clusive evidence. If he saw this to' be a clear case of bribery, he should have no difficulty in pronouncing his decision in that form, which would be final; hut, under the circumstances, he would not pre judice the plaintiff by the selection of courts made by his collector, a person whose coLduct in this court he bad observed to be universally re-pectable. He should not therefore give a conclusive judgment, because lie con sidered it no more than a ease of suspi c i on . Th e p l a i nt iff woWd, by the decision . he sli , ntld come to, have an oppor tunity 01 procec , ing against the defendant in another court, from which an appeal might be had to the superior courts if any penalty were invol , ed. He then decided that the plaintiff should par the costs and be nonsuited. CONSERVATIVE CELEBRATION. On Thursday evening the Operative Prote , tant Conser vatiie Associition, of Toxttth-park, celel:rated the tri umphant return of ei4lrt staunch conservatives from North and South Texteth Wards, at the recent municipal election, by a public dinner. The festive assembly took plac , - at the Royal Oak Inn, lark-road, when a most exlellent and substantial dinner was served in admirable style by the worthy host, Mr. Atkinson. The dinner room was tastefully decorated with evergieens andflowers, and a great number of flags and banners, inscrited with various loyal. constitutional, protestant, and patriotic mottoes were displayed upon the wal s. At the upper end, on either side the president's chair, were posted two krge white placards, exhibitit g the numbers polled by each of the conservati.e ca ndidates, and the majorities by which their return was secured. At about seven o'clock the dinner was served, and upwards of 120 operatives, with the visitors and friends took their seats at the tables. Mr. John Longworth, the president of the society occu r)! d the chair, rind Mr. Inman, vice-president of the so ciety, the vice-chair. On either side of Mr. Longworth were placed Mr. Jones and Mr. W. Mann. two of the newly-elected councillors. The tables were set down each side of the room, and at that on the right of the chairman were seated the following gentlemen :—Coun cillors Gtazebrook and Lace, Mr S. L. Trotman, Mr. H. r. Harbord, Mr. Jos. Cooper, Mr. Short, Mr. Hunting don, Capt. E iston, &c. On the left were Alderman Chilton, Mr. Councillor Harhord, Mr. Jas. Robertson, Mr. W. 13 Jones, Mr. J. Bunnell, Mr. R. Carter, Mi. J. Outran,, Mr. Hunton, &c. On the cloth being withdrawn. the Chairman (who is an intelligent opera tive) proposed, in neht and appropriate speeches, the following toasts, which were received with the greatest enthusiasm. " The Queen," three tin es three; " The Queen Dow ager," three times three ; " Prince Albert, a.id the rest of the Rural fimily," three times three ; " The Duke of ellington, and the House ofPeers," three times three; " Sir Robert Peel, and the Conservative members of the house 'of Cr ntmous ; and may the Premier ever adhere to those Protestant principles by which he was placed in power," thrt-e times three; "The Army and the Navy," three times three; "The Aldermen and Convenors of North and S , uth Toxteth ards," nine times nine. When the hearty and enthusiastic cheers. with which the last toast was received, had subsided, Mr. LACE, as One of the councillors present, rose first to acknoab'dge the coutpliment. He felt deeply the manner in which the toast had been received, and was delighted to meet so in t Iligeni and respectable a body of those whom he repre sented in the. Town Council. He c , nsidered it indispen sabl. necessary that the councillors should meet and mix with their constituents, in order teat both parties might be wade acquainted with each other's sentiments and opinions ; and while the councillors all went into the hall tree to support their own opinions, Et II it was thei boun den duty, if they found those opinions did not concur with the views of their constituents immediately to re sign their seats. (Hear, hear.) With regard to those religious subjects which came before the Council, al though he was not one of those who thought Vie council chamber a tit place for religious debates, hilt rather that it was their duty to promote by every possible means the health and c -mtoit of the lower classes, will he had not the slightest hesitation in saying that his principles were distinctly and decidedly Protestant. (Hear, hear, and laud cheers ) Let them refer to the history of for mer times, when the Papal supremacy extended over all Europe, and look at the ignorance and superstition of all classes, which resulted from its policy ; let them look at the tate of Spain in our own day, and the state of degra dation and misery to which the Roman Catholic religion had reduced that unhappy country, and it would be , s sr u t e a h nge an ind e e r ed ron ir eo te u h s y a co n u d ld be mischief-fraught otherwise t han hostile to y _ (clieers.)—and every man who did not join in support of the Protestant cause was guilty of a gloss dereliction from a plain and saciaol duty. After an allusion to the intro duct on of the Bible into the schools wider the direction of the Council, he remarked that he was in favour of per sua-ive rather than forcible mea-urea fur effecting the conversion of the RomairCatholics, but he did not see much hope of influencing the minds of the old; but he thought by placing the Bible in the hands of the young, the next generation of Romanists would be converted to Protes tantism. He was not afraid of the Roman Catholics gain ing the ascen 'ancy. It was not to be believed in these days that the knowledge and truth-seeking people of Eng land would be deluded by such a system of superstition and idolatry ; and he hoped rather to convett the human ists than feared they would seduce the Protestants from the pure faith. With regard to the boasted increase of Roman Catholics, he thought the priews had drained every penny from the pockets of their deluded followers. arid had used it to create a false show ; and that although their buildings increased. there really was no advance in the number of their worshippers. Wheers.) Several ex cellent letters bad been lately written by his friend, Mr. 11 G. liarbord, on ti.e suiject of in provements in the Park, and he thought that was a subject to which the Council ought to pay great attention. He wished to see the dwellings of the poor made comfortable—public walks—play-grounds, and places of amusement provided for their recreation—so that on a summer's evening, the labouring population might spend their leisure in such a manner as to secure health and happiness, arid by destroy ing vicious and drinking pursuits, to produce among them good and virtuous habits. (Cheers.) Mr. Councillor GLAZEBROOK expressed the great sa tisfaction he telt in accepting the invited n tot warded him by the worthy secretary, Mr. Bunton, to meet the Protestant Conservative Association of Toxteth Palk at that festive board. He agreed with that society in think ing that all genuine, vital. and so id politics were based on Protestantism ; and he thought great praise was due to them for setting an example to a class of society more wealthy than themselves —he meant that eext above themselves—of a firm adherence to such a sound princi ple, the adoption of which was equally impurtact to all classes, Having based his politics upon Protestant ism, he coula then safely trust in the superstructure; and if he was asked why he was a conservative, he should reply, because he saw himself in possession of security to life and property, of a rational linerty, well defined and well explained, and of the right of private judgment ; because he found himself in a country where the freedom of the press was a certain guarantee for the maintenance of true constitutional liberty ; and where the principles of the Christian faith were ever first acknowledged in all public acts— " Church" and State. (Loud cheers.) When he reflected upon the strides towards intellectual, commercial, and n-.tional greatness, made by this country during the few ceirttnies it has ranked among the nations of the earth, and the vast cost of this advancement, and the comforts and blessings now in the possession of this country, and that other nations were still in a bat barous state, worshipping devils, thirsting for each other's blood, and. ranging the woods and wilds naked and untaught savages, he was enahied properly to calculate the position of England. It was reflections like there, and some such, which made him a conservative. This was the more needful, because their privileges were attacked by some: and close familiarity win them had lessened the sense of their value in the minds of others. (Cheers.) Tue mind and spirit of a man ri quired nourishment and refresh ment as well as his body, and be came among his con stituency for the purpose of deriving new strength and encouragement to stand tot th in behalf of principles they professed in common. "As iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend"—(cheers) — and he never came among them, but he received the en couragement lie required, (Cheers.) They were not only attacked by open enemies, but injured by professed friends—(hear, near)—but he would have them never for get that theirs was an association of principle, not of party. (Hear, hear, and cheering.) He would cast off party to the four winds of heaven sooner than relinquish one atom of the principles of truth. He would say that, let a man come to them recommended as highly as he might, of excellent private character and great commer cial elevation, unless he came on Protestant principles, reject him. He would not mention names, but trey had acted nobly, and as he would have them on a late occca sion. when they rej cted a get: lemon of hi, h name and distinguished connexions, because he possessed not-this one thing needful. (Cheers.) Mr. Glazebrook con cluded by a further exhort rtion to prove ta:thlul to their principles, and sat down amid loud cheers. Mr. Councillor HARBORD also returned thanks for the honour conferred on him by the meeting. It was pretty well known that he was a Prwestant, and he was not ashamed further to confess that he was also an Orange man, as Orarigeisna was but the essence of Protestantism. (Cheers ) He, was more proud of belonging to that body than lie was of being a member of the Town Council— (cheers) —not that he lightly estimated the position in which their votes had placed him, but because he could better advance those right, honest, English, Protestant principles wnich he believed to be essential to the well being of the country. After a few other remarks Mr. H. concluded by reiter aing his thanks. Mr. Council-or JONES, in a neat speech, acknowledged the compliment. . r. MANN said—As one of the youngest members of the Council, a.id representative f the last Ward, No. 16, it was fitting he should be the last to rise to acknowledge the honour paid to him, although he was proud to say that be represented a Vi'ard %hien returned its principles by the largest majority to tirt Town Council. He would be, indeed, devoid of feeling it he was insensible to the very kind manner in which they h..d welcomed him amongst them that evening. He assured them he re ceived their invitation to dine with them with much gra • tification—not for the sake of exulting over their oppo nents, alit]: ugh their conduct on the occasion of the late election for North Toxteth Ward was exceecingly ques tionable, putting the electors to the tr. , uble and annoy ance of a contest with a counted*: it candidate, whilst they held Mr. Holt's letter of reiusal to take the office if re turned ; neither did he think M. . Holt well used by the withholding of the letter, and giving cause for suspicion of its sincerity. He was gratified, moreover and espe cially, by their invitation, inasmuch as it afforded him all opportunity of making a more intimate acquaintance with the operative Conservatives of the Ward, a body of men who, if they are true to their principles, must have learned, in common with himself, not only to tear God, but to honour the Queen, and to do their duties in those stations which Providence in His wisdom had allotted e. them. They had all of them their several duties, commencing at their homes, amidst their families, and extending in their proper posiiions through all the relAionships of lile; and he might be permitted to say, without intending it as a. complaint, that the duties of their representatives were anything but of a light or artificial nature, occupying much time, con-tant attention, and frequerely pietplexi g and vexation , ; they had, however, placed the ulough in his hands, and it was not his intention to look bark, and it I would he his object to deserve the approt,atn cf that great body the oteratives of the town, whethr r clothed in a little brief authority or es a private individual. He had been anticipated by the preceding speakers in some re marks lie had intended to base nude, and would, there fore. not detain them further, but take the liberty of niovieg the suspension of the standing order of toasts. whilst he begged the permission of the Chairman to pro pose the health of a gentleman, el high honour, respected and esteemed by all who knew him. one who bad served them in troubloui timts, in whose shoes it was his pri vilege no less than his misfortune to stand—hr said mis fortune, by reason of the dis , dvantnge of the contrast— be need hardly mention the name of their late represen tative, Alexander Smith, Esq. 'Foe toast was drunk with the warmest applause. Mr. Alden:Fan CHILTON r,turned thinks to the com pany for drinking his health ; and apologies for the ab sence-of Mr. Bushby aid Mr. Sheppard were made. Mr. Alderman CHILTON then. in a highly complimen tary speech, proposed the health of the president, Mr. Lonewortle _ _ e toast was drank with three times three hearty cheers, and the Chairman returned thanks. Mr. ROBE aTsosr proposed the health of Mr S.L.Trot man, the late member for South f oxteth, and expressed the great satisfaction all his censtimenta frit with respect to his public conduct as their rept esentive. Mr. TaOTMAN briefly returned thanks, and intimated that his tetirentent front the Town Council was only tem porarv, and owing to other private engagements. The VICE-CHAIRMAN proposed .thz. health of Mr. Joseph Cooper. a gentleman who had also served the el , el ors in the Town-Council. Mr. COOPER returned thanks, and made some excel lent remarks respecting the state of the kwer classes, end providing them with a more plentiful supply of water ; the paving and flagging of ihe courts in the tooen ; and of the n,cessity of a slip at the south end of the town for the Cheshire ferry bows. Mr. Cooper also intimated that he roi.tht eta future period be induced to offer his services as a member of the Council. The VICE-CHAIRMAN proposed " Our glorious eon s'itution in church tied stale.' which was di unk with nine times nine i hecre and " Protestant fire," most of the emu finny adding to the toast the words "and no 6u/ren der ! " Mr. JOHN DOYLE responded to the toast, and in an ex cellent speech enlarged upon the inroads making under our present Conservative administration upon the Pro testant church in these ie,drns. Mr. THOMAS INMAN, in proposing tle nest toast, now felt it necessary to say a few words wi b reference to it. All strong partisans v% ere looked very coldly upon, even by the more moderate of their own party, and wore espe cially by their political and religious opponents, such sub jects, therefore, should be approached in a cautious and deliberate manner, so as not to give umbrage to cur mote moderate friends, or to excite the I. clings of our political enemies. This ought. to I.e our general conduct, but in times like the present. when the Protestant institutions of our country are attacked on every side—threatened too, from that man who was carried to !.is present exalted po sition I - 1 the Protestants and conservative electors of Eng land, by a man who, we must admit, is in the possession of talents of the very highest order, who has raised his coun try from the depths of despondency, m sery, and ruin, to her preset); nealthy and huov ant state; Liss restored trade, promoted commercial confidence, banished disaf fection, and, by his management, has brought us a surplus revenue—in times, too, when associations of loyal . 111:q1 are persecuted by the arbitrary interference of the Radical magistrates of our own borough, it is the duty of every British subject to speak boldly his opinions and to profess openly his principles. Three years since, he thought Orangeism must, of necessity, have been something very monstrous; he was now convinced that every consistent Prot, want is at heart a sound Orangeman, without being aware of it himself, and with, ut knowing anything of the arcana of an Orange lodge. tie would not trespass any further on the time of the meeting, but would prop-ise at once, -" The Grand Protestant Association o f L :ya l Orangemen." . . I'l,e toast wae: received with the most vehement cheering and rounds of Kentish fire, again'and again renewed. Mr. R. HARBORD briefly respond, d to the toast, and stated the determination of every member of the order, whilst unflinchingly maintaining his principles, to uphold the pubic peace and render strict obedience to the consti tuted authorities. Several ocher tAtsts were drank w;th much entliu‘iasm, and some of the company did not separate until a late hour. LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS. , Mr. Henry Phillips Cooper, of Eastham, and Mr. Thos. Vaughan, of Poulton cum Spittle, have been duly ap pointed the High Contt,bles of the Hundred of Wirral, fur the ensuing year. ZOOLOGICAL TRANSIT.—A remarkably fine polar bear, tw , ) royal tigers, and a splendid tigres:, taken from Li verpool, were shipped at Hull, on Thursday, for Ham burg. Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., by whom the foundation atone of Bi, kenhead I), , cka was laid on the 23d ult., has completed his sittings to T. H. Midge. Esq., for a whole length portrait, which is to be placed in the Ton-hall at Birken head. POLYGAMY.—On Thursday last a man named George Morris, alias Moran, was brought up at the Manchester Borough Court, charged with havin4 no less than three wives. It appeared that he had married a woman named Sarah Wood, as his first wife, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, some time ago. He afterwards married another woman, who now lives in Gun -street, Manches ter; and he has married a third, who lives in Liverpool. He was committed to the assizes. A man of the name of Joseph Woods. was, on Thurs day, fined ss. and costs, by Mr. Rushton, for having broken a window of the Mayor's dressing-room at the Town-hall. His defence was, that he had been an attor ney at Leicester for eight years, and that, being now ar rived at the very lowest stbta of destitution, he had bro ken the window for the purpose of being taken into cus tody, and thereby provided wilh bread. He was recom mended to apply to the overseers. MANSLAUGHTER.—On Tuesday, an inquest was held before the Borough Coroner, on view of the body ofJol:n Mtillineux. The deceased, it appeared, was in a state of intoxication, in Milton-street, on the It ins'ant. and gnarrelled with a fellow of the name of John Lomax, whom he accidentally met, and with whom he had some slight previous acquaintance. From words they fell to blows. and, in the scuffle that ensu , d, Lomax threw him o n the ground, and in the fall his left thigh was fractured. From the effects of the injury l►e languished in the North ern Hospital until Saturday last, and then died. A ver dict of manslaughter was returned by the jury, and Lomas was committed for trial. A respe ,. table looking man, named Thomas Kean, was brought up on Tuesday, charged with having forged the will of a gentleman named James Baines. The case was opened at some length by Mr. Owen, teircitor, at thecon elusion of which the prisoner earnestly desired that a re mand might take place until the following day. He said lie had fur witnesses, whose evidence would bring home the forgery to another individual then . in court. 11r. Rushton ordered the case to stand over 'finest day. On Wedm.sda, the prisoner was again brought up. and after some part of the evidence had been gone into, the case was further remanded till Friday, when the prisoner was commit , ed to take his trial at the ensuing assizes. Hoorox AND EASTHAM.—The birthday of Sir W. Massey Stanley, bart.. the worthy proprietor of Hociten and Eastham, was celebrated on Monday list with a series of rural festivities of a most gratifling nature. The hon. hart, entertained near one thousand o f hi s ne i g hb ours and friends to dinner, to a splendid marquee ; and several hundreds of the Bch( olatid other children in the hall. In th afternoon the populace were amused with a profusion of rural sports which created great enjoyment and excite ment, in which the family at Hooton Mixed most freely. The health of the hon. hart. was drank with the most hearty good will and uproarious applause. On Wednes day the worthy baronet entertai ne d a l arge party to a b a l l and supper, which passed off with great 'cr'itt. EMBROIDERY.—We have ju - st inspected one of the patent quaquaversal stands applied, among other pur poses, for needle-work, and pronounce it to be one of the most useful and ingenious contrivances of the prevent day. It consists of a beautiful enriched frame. in imita tion -of carved work, in which the work is enclosed. and ver it is placed a thi c k pl a te glass. The frame is richly gilt, and supported upon a handsome turned p9llar, inside of which revolves a ro d with a joint at , o a screw, that enables the frame to be turned to any tingle, and used either vertically or orizomally, SO as to he applied at pleasure either as an ornamental tab e or firs-screen, rendering it a very useful and elegant ornament to the i drawing-room. Others are in imitation of oak, rose wood, &c., and are re , lfy beauttn.l. We advise our fair readers to inspect them at the manufactory, 52, Bold- I street. SELECT VESTRY, TUESDAY--In the Workhouse, the week beforelast, there. ere 1,791 paupers, who cost is 10id. per head, and £167. 18s. lid. in money. At the same period last year the number was 1.815, at ls. 7jd. vet head, and £146. lls. 6V. The number of out-doo • cases relieve d d ur i n g the past fortni ht was 6,813, at ati expense of £758. 12s. lid ; being 213 cases and £ll. 12s. sd. less than at the corresponding period of I.st year. The report from the fever hospital at the Workhouse shows a Will further increase of cases both of fever and small pox, there having been upwurds of one hundred cases within the ward., attributable to the existence of epidemic pie vailing in the town. Cases left at the last redort. 66 ; ad mitted since, 37—total. 103. Discharged, 22; dead, 6 remaining of fever, on the 22d November, 75. Small pox cases : lett at last report, 1 ; admitted 'since, 8 —re ni„juing, on the 23d November 9. Ophthalmia cases : left at last report, 5 ; admitted since, 4—total, 9. Dis charged, 4 ; remaining, on the 23d November, 5. On the motion of Mr. Arthur Henderson, seconded by Mr. Maynard, an increase of £lOO per annum was voted to the secretary's salary. A subcommittee was appointed to confer with the Mayor respecting the intended new law of settlement. The supply of good wheat straw for the use of the Workhous- for the next twelve months vv contracted for with Mr. John Rimwer, of Hnyton, at6scls. per stone. CHARGE OF MUTINY 44-• ct lout ker and James Elliott were brought befrre Mr. Itushton, at the Police -court, on a charge of mutinous conduct on hoard a vessel in the American trade, called the Jersey. Tar. The testimony of Joan Maare, the captain, and Elias Lessueur, the male suppored by that of Captains Alexander and Bailey, the commanders of Engli , h ves sels, who were present at the time, showed that while the ship was lying at Trieste the prisonets ripen the mate arid beat him severely, and upon Captain M'ii;me inter fering they also struck him. The it en were alterw trds taken be-fore the civil authorities of the pert, and sent home in irons on bo,- , nl t.3eir own vessel. Mr. Ru , liton highly complimented the c ptain for his temperate nni. forbearing conduct ; tie evidence scarcely estanli4red the charge of mutinous intention, but for the assault he ordered that the prisoners should forfeit 'all their wages and each pay a fine of £5, or, in default, to be ipauriscutd two months. MELTING ON THE DUTY ON COTTON.—III accordance with notice given by Mr. Cl re, on Friday week, the Li verpool Cotton Broker's Association met on Thur.day last, for the purpese of taking into consideration a me morial to the Lords of the Treasury, with a view to obtain the abolition of the duty on cotton wool ;—Mr. Mere-Kitt, the chairman presiding. The arguments used by Mr. Clare were, in effict, that restrictions in toe fre e im portation of raw material for manufactures in this country were impoliVc, and especially the. dety on c itton ; that our coetitiential neighbours paid a much less duty, and that it ea, necessary for the comfort of the artisan and labourer, and in order that we might to that end be en abled successfully to compete with foreign re, the duty should be abolished. Mr. Clare proposed a le-solution founded thereon. An amendment was proposed to the effect, that, as it was not the province of the association to move in the matter, the question should be considered that day six months. Mr. Clare's proposition was, how ever, carried by a very large majority. IRON HOUSES.—We some time ago deset ibed the iron palace constructed by Mr. Layeeck for en African king. Since that time Mr. Layceck has received almost intru mertib'e applications for plans of iron houses from d.ffer ent parts cf the world. Ile has now in his workshop, just finished, a very neat iron cottage, which lie bas just built for the use of two maiden ladies residing in the island of St. Lucia. It consists of - hree rooms, each nine feet high, viz., one room 20 feet by 14 feet, and two rooms 12 feet by 10 feet. There are six large jealousy windows, and two small ones over the. front and back doors ; these and the floors are the only parts made of wood. Teere is an inside ceiling of iron in panels, and the roof is in wrought iron frame and covered , with galvanised plates of iron. The walls are formed of double plates of iron, with a thin stratum cf air between them, an arangrmetit that will prevent the passing of the Fele,- heat into the interior of the building, at least through the walls, and keep the interior delgiolully cool. The wriet t f the bedding is font teen tons, and the cost rather more than £2OO. MRS. WARE'S READINGS ON Music.—On Thursday sen'rright Mrs. Ware gave tee first of a s ties of re .dings upon this interesting subject, at the Union Rooms, Sot ter stret t, to a select audience, to whom her able and per !picuous manner of treating it, and the pleasing vocal illustrations by which her lessons were inietsnersed, seemed to afford the liveliest satisfaction. We can honestly assure our readers, and especially those who have families to train up, that. with respect to the correct principles upon which musical instruction ought to be conducted, and its difficulties simplified for the better comprehension of the young, they will receive mu c h u s e_ ful advice and much pleasure by attending Mrs. Ware's lectures. In addition to the matter, which is exet Pent, and displays the poss ess i on b y M rs. W are of a richly stored mind and elegant t ste, we must state that w e never heard a lecture upon any subject more beautifully delivered. Mrs. Ware is evidently an elocution'st of a very high order. In the course of the evenirg Mr. Ware performed, in excellent style, and with great judgment, a fantasia on the piano-forte, and a capriccio upon the violin. The second of the series was delivered on Thurs day evening last, and was respectably attei•ded, by an andience which appeared fully to enjoy the excellence of matter and manner which characterized the former. We should really recommend the engagement (if practicable) of this lady to deliver these lectures at some of our public institutions. As an oratorical lesson merely, independent of their other excellencies, they would be invaluable. BALI. AT THE TOWN name—The fifth annual Cha rity Ball, of the L i censed Victualler's Society took place a t the Towa-hall, on Wednesday evening ; the attendance, though not so numerous (approaching 600) as on former occasions, was of the most respectable description, folly justifying the patronage conferred upon it by the Leigh bouring nobility and gentry. Among the company pre sent who took an active interest in ei+her its proceedings or objects. we were glad to perceive Peter Gr-enell. Req., M.P. and patty, from St. Helen's ; John Lawrence. Esq, and party ; Sir George Munro, Bart. ; Robert Jones, E-q.; P- Wright, Esq ; James Wascn, Esq.; J. Bent, Esq. ; Thomas Rees, Esq.; James Mulloieux, E , q. ; James Radley, Esq.; Jones Miller, Esq., &e. &c. The refreshments t. ere furnished by Mr. Towers, who, on this occasion, outdid him-elf. The music for the two rooms was under the direction of Mr. Herrabito who was in attendance with the well-known Wellington-rooms band, whilst Mr. Parker's Royal Cheltenham hand was placed at the foot of the staircase, who played, during the evening, some of the most popular and favourite airs in their usual excellent style. The whole arrangements were such as to reflect the highest credit en the managing committee, and will, doubtless, be rewarded on future oc casions by an increased patronage front the public. Per haps, however, the gentlemen composing it will deem themselves in some degree recompensed for their disinter es ect exerti ns by the sight of so many lovely smiling faces assembled together in the enjoyment of a pleasura ble end innocent recreation, whose ultimate object was the promotion of the interests of the sacred cause of Cha rity. The company broke up at a late hour, highly gra , tified by the whole of the e, eniteg's n ertainments and arranger. cuts. PRESENTATION TO MR. BROWN, SUPERINTENDENT OF LOCKERS.—A meeting of the custom h .use lockers took place on Thursday evening, for the purpose of pre senting to Mr. J. Brown, a gold watch, and an address expressive of their esteem and regard for him, for the kindness arid urb.nity uniformly displayed by him in the discharge of his duties as superintendent durirer the 12 years he had been amongst them. Mr. Bell, one of the oldest and most respectable officers of the port, was called to the chair, and expressed the pleasure he felt in presid ing on so interesting an occasion, which was alike honour able to both parties. After highly complimenting Mr. Brown as a man and an officer, he said they were about to lose him, but there was the pleasing reflection that he would carry with him the approbation and respect of his brother officers. He felt honoured in being deputed by the sub cribers to present the watch and address, of which he Le:ged Mr. Brown's acceptance, as a small but genu ine tribute of their regard. and hoped he might long live to enjoy the pleasing remembrance of that evening's pro ceedings, as well as the delights of couscioos rectitude, and the full approbation of his fellow men.—Mr. Brown, in affecting terms, expressed the gratheation he felt in reflecting, that while he had ever been ding -- • d faith ful in the discharge of his duty, he had so.' ; ' him self as to leave behind him so many kind ad he • trusted but few enemie s; a t a ll events he , 'd" say he was not aware that he had ever needlessly given offence to any one; feeling, as became his duty, a warm interest in the service, and in the character arid conduct of its officers, he had always urged a willing and cheerful obe dience to its rules and discipline. He 'banked them most sincerely for their very cordial reception, their splendid present, and very feeling and flattering address. He would certainly keep birth by him, not only as res;imo trials of the approbation of his brother officers in Liver pool, but, if requisite, as incentives to the coiainuing in well doing. He would only say it would always afford him the highest pleasure to hear of their continued una nimity, happiness and prosperity —A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman and committee, in the course of which some appropriate remarks were mad- by the se conder, complimentary to the higher officers of the cus toms ' • as a body. INFORMATIONS AGAINST PUBLICANS.-011 Friday, at the Police -court, the following putd cans and heerseliers were fined in the amounts (with cysts) attached to their eames for various infractbris of the local act, ( hi, fly for permitting drunkenness, or selling within hours, ' speci ' ally on Sunday,) when liquors cannot be suppled with law :—Stephen Lowry, beerseller, William-street, 605.: Elizabeth Lynes, beer-seller, Frrereason's-r IV, (>gainst whom there were several former convictions,) 50s ; Bar tholomew Golfing, beerseller, Bolton-street, (nor permit ting men, women. and mere boys—known ileeees, to dance arid drink in his house,) £5. In the foll.'w rig eases the patti s were acquitted :—Behert Ecla a ds, a ing cellar keeper, (ior petruitteg dru ,krneess.) NI i lam Halliday, of the Commercial len, Dree-str. et, wf o was charged with hint ng allow: d dm kermess in his house. This case had been ar 3 jourri ••d horn the previous Ir.day. inspector Burton stated s h at a: ten re i t:ides past two o'cleck on Sunday morning, the 17 h instant, he le and a noise in the house, and on going in with police constable No. 256, he found six young gentlemen in the front par lour ; five of them were engaged in tossing; one was laid full len,th upon the table, and another had his head upon the table. He considered the whole of them to be in li quor; three of them certainly were drunk. A decanter and glasses, one of which contaieeJ wine, were on , n the table. Mr. Halliday toll him the parties were stopping in his house all night.—Police constable No. 256 con firmed this statement.—Mr. Harden, barrister, netwared for Mr. Halliday . He said the house was one of the most respectable inns in the Own ; ,ero tiro. it 11,,u in, n eon ducted now for a per od of halt a century without the slightest complaint. He contended that, a distiticti in ..., must be drawn in the application o f the l aw, b etween houses of this sort, where great conveniences were afforded to commercial men, and houses 7fanttimheartecsh.acraoctitienrie. commercial pari,s found in the house were all inmates, Merl, .ho, it being the end of the week, had ordered sup per to be prepared for them. and it was placed upon the table at a quarter to twelve o'clock. There were o ily two bottles of wine served to them, which, being divided among seven, would not be suffieient to make aev of them &wilt. In conclusion, lie urged that Mr. Halliday had • ds ne more than he was b rind to do it, providing foe the comfort i n a d n e d e d a , cc w o a ir s ra t hoed Orlye tiol I of to resort to hi s house. Mrrn. these •c nonereial n en— witnesses, w h o clearly proved thai the part;es were e ll an a r s d o e f n in t hen due ici'agl lcustomers lodg ers, that only two bottles of wine had been supplied ; that none of them were drunk ; and that all of th, m were in bed in less than ten minutes alter the Lolice were in.— Mr. Rushton, in announcing the decision of the magis trate, said they were of opinion that a ease of drunken ness I.ad net been made out; but he thought it one for caution, because it was quite a mistake to suppose that a house like this was under any other law than the genera .. _-. ' law. The offiters had done qu it e r i g h t i n enterit •4v-‘ N. . 1•_ . ;•• house when they heard the n o i se ; b ut , at t h e same tee ate l 'eCrT'ep 4 . ; ei, the charge of vermitting drunkenness had not riven et 1, - 4 . , ,,, ' ;, , ,,, - -..!4„ ~„i or out, turd the defendant must therefore be acquitted.:; ci : -A : . ! ~,, 1 • ..;) , ....,,,, \ritsit Y• Ili e 4atilea air >.•"''- i ji . . li aw g&A.. Fr ... 3 1: , ..,‘,/ Ti- 4 .\• 4 a .2: sc4: ir ' ii t i be • dteg