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

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, NEWS FROM INDIA. The Calcutta mail has reached us, by which we are placed in possession of papers from India of the 17th of September, and from China of the 29th of July. We learn by the Chinese papers that disturbances bad again taken place at Canton. The English last year re paired the walls of the Company's garden, which had been broken down at the fire in 1842. They put on a gate, and were in the habit of walking, playing at quoits, and otherwise amusing themselves. On the 15th of July the Chinese endeavoured to force themselves into the garden, but were opposed. Upon this they threw brick bats, and broke down the gate, compelling the English men to take refuge in a boat, in which they made their escape to the Consulate. On the following evening a party of Chinese went armed with brickbats, and at tempted to take possession of the other garden. Resist ance being offered, they commenced an indiscriminate attack upon all the foreigners who came within their reach. Several American gentlemen immediately armed themselves, and drove them from the front of the facto ries. Still continuing to throw brickbats, they were fired upon, and one man was killed and another wounded in the arm, which ended the affair for the day. The Eng lish and American Consuls applied to the Chinese autho rities for a sufficient force to protect the rectifies, and a message was sent to the American man of war at the Bogue to request assistance. Intelligence of the 23th informs us that no further rioting had taken place, nor was any likely to occur at present, though it was quite certain that the authorities at Canton were either unable or unwilling to adopt measures sufficiently vigorous to check the riotous disposition of the commonalty. Exchange was heavy at 1 In or a small fraction above, at ten months' date. Commercial matters in China were dull. Cotton yarn continued depressed as before. The iron market was over-supplied. Opium was firm, being supported by the smallness of the supply. In rice prices had given way. In tea very little doing. The second and third crops are said to have been destroyed by the late rains. Rate of exchange on London, at six months' sight, 4s. 3d. per dollar; Government bills, at 30 days' sight, 4s. 10d., in liitle request. Freight to London and Liverpool, £3 per ton of 50 feet. The Hindostan arrived at Suez on the 24th September, wish a considerable cargo of silk goods and about fifty passengers. She sailed from Calcutta on the 18th of September We regret to learn the death of Lieutenant Mackintosh, late Aide-de-Camp to Lord Ellenborough, and subse quently in charge of the Mysore princes. The gallant officer died from the effects of fever. Captain M'Lean succeeds the deceased lieutenant in charge of the Mysore princes. The Gazelle notifies the cessation of the blockade of San Juan de Nicaragua. DR. GRANT.—This estimable missionary to the Nesto rians died of the typhus fever on the 24th of April at Mozul. keret:Mß.—The Melpomene, -Sutherland, arrived at Cove from Ichaboe, reports having left there two hundred and forty vessels waiting for guano, forty of which had arrived in one day ! RELIGION IN AMERICA.—Recent accounts describe the Episcopal Church as being agitated by Tractarianism ; the Romish community exerting every energy to suppress the unauthorized reading of the Scriptures; the Mor monites falling into confusion, and their brother fanatics, the Millerites, looking for the immediate end of the world. INTEREST'S G DISCOVERY.—A letter from Nantes states that a fishermen of Chinon has just found in a . neighbouring canal a statue of gilt metal. It is in good preservation, and is supposed to be of the time of the Romans, one of their camps having been erected near the spot. The captain of the ship Amity, from London, with three sailors, basing gone ashore on an island, Trinidad, near the coast of Brazil, and being unable to regain the vessel, their boat h av i ng swamped, they bad to continue there twenty-three days, feeding on shell fish, &c. They were rescued by an American ship. SPAIN.—The Government is prepared against any at tempts at revolution. Orders have been issued to seize and shoot all officers who are absent without leave. Mi nisters have declared that neither Don Carlos nor any of his family shall be permitted to regain power in Spain. The Chartists, however, and the party of Espartero, are very sanguine as to their ultimate success. DR. WoLFF.—Captain Grover has arrived from St. Petersburgh, and we are informed that the Emperor of Russia has kindly promised to do everything in his power for the liberation of Dr. Wolff.—[A letter from Constan tinople, dated the 17th October, says, " I am happy to be enabled to state on the hest authority, that advices have been received of the arrival of Dr. Wolff at Meru, on his way to Teheran."] The German papers state that the Cathedral of Treves, not content with the devotion excited by the holy gar ment in their possession, is now endeavouring to recover one of the nails which transfixed the feet and hands of our Saviour. It appears that this nail, which formerly belonged to the Treasury of Treves, has fallen, it is not very well known how, into the bands of the Prince Met ternich. FALL or THE DOME OF A CHURCH.—The Abbe Cros, of Cette, at the moment of the late storm in that town, woo l ooi ups from the. trzwnr of 11;e linrrh flt the weather. He saw a black cloud, which he at first thought proceeded from a steam-boat ' - but perceiving ve s sel s d as h e d t oge th er, and the roofs of houses torn off, he hastened to descend. He had not reached half way down, when the dome fell behind him, and burst in the roof of the church. BROBDIaNAGIAN HAILSTONES.—The Memorial d' Aix informs its readers that the storm which burst over that town, on Sunday week, was remarkable for the strange phenomenon which was witnessed in an adjacent commune. Hailstones of an incredible size fell in the little district of Eguilles, one of which weighed as many as ten pounds ! The rest were truly enormous. Luckily the storm occurred in the night, so that nobody was ex posed to the pelting of these terrible cannon-balls from the regions above. STABBING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GAS.—At the exhibition of the laughing gas by Professor Elliotson, at Washington-hall, last evening, a sailor, under the effects of the exhilaration, cut the rope with which be was con fined, rushed amongst the spectators. and, seizing another sailor, gave him several severe and dangerous wounds with a jack-knife. The wounded man was taken across the street, and upon examination by physicians it was found that a deep wound was inflicted under the shoulder, and another in the back, near the vertebree. The sailors were unknown to each other. The wounds are not con sidered mortal.—Boston Post. AN OLD BlRD.—There is in the possession of one of our old Dutch families of this city a parrot known to be 82 years old. This bird is now blind, but, notwithstand ing that, it can walk to any part of the house without dif ficulty, and recognizes the different members of the family by their footsteps. It whistles tunes with great exactness and is quite fond of sacred music. We are informed that in early life this bird like most of its species, was a little wild, and a good deal given to profane swearing. hut for some time it has laid aside this habit, and, save occasional fits of viciousness, is a staid, reputable, and exemplary bird.—Albany Atlas. A letter from Cettee, near Montpelier, gives an account of a dreadful storm and whirlwind, which visited that town on the 22nd October, and did a vast deal of damage. The government establishment of engineers, a very large building, was utterly destroyed, even the walls not being left standing. The zinc roof of the building was carried into she air, and broken into thousands of pieces, which fell in different parts of the town, where they did a crest deal of injury. Other large buildings were also destroyed, - and the place is described as resembling a town which had undergone the horrors of a siege. A storm prevailed in the harbour that wrecked and sunk six or seven large merchant v( ssels, besides a great number of fishing and other boats. The number of persons who perished is cal culated at about 30. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA. —This noble steamer reached this port on Wednesday morning. The political news from our own Provinces, as well as from the United States, relates chiefly to the pending elections. The first member returned to the New Canadian Parliament was a Conservative, and it is stated that things look well for the Aminietration of the Governor General. In the States the elections are rather in favour of the Whigs; and the belief was begeining to gain ground that Mr. Clay's election as President was certain. In speaking of American Whigs, it must he borne in mind that that party answers to the Conservatives in England. The Presidency of Texas has devolved upon Mr. Anson Jones, a decided opponent of the annexation of that State to the other United States. The New York money market was easy ; there was a good deal of speculation going on ; but the cotton market was dull. The case of Dr. Kalley appears now to have arrived at something of a crisis. The Portuguese Government has proposed to Lord Aberdeen to give a pecuniary compen sation (about £800) for the doctor's imprisonment of 170 days, admitting the illegality of the proceedings against him ; but upon the condition that lie will imme diately withdraw from Madeira and the Portuguese do minions. Lord Aberdeen's answer has not yet been received ; but in the meantime we learn that Dr. Kalley has again proceeded to preach publicly against the Rom an Catholic religion in Funchal, and that a great ferment has been the result. The charter tolerates every form of worship in private, or within the confines of heterodox churches erected within the Portuguese dominions, but it most distinctly announces the Roman Catholic to be the established religion of the state. If, therefore, Or. Kel ley will not consent to retire, he will certainly be put down by a special law, which no effort of British diplo macy con prevent from passing.— Times. The latest Quebec papers give particulars of outrages committed by Irish vagabonds, who are using the election season as a time for riot. The paper states that a mob, variously estimated at from 300 to 600 persons, bearing with them two blazing tar barrels, and shouting for O'Connell and Repeal," parading the streets, breaking the windows of every house in which no light was visible. This destruction was, indiscriminate ; Ceiholics, Protes tants, Repealers, and Anti-Repeaters, suffered alike ; and the windows of the Catholic Church, the Marines' and Wesleyan chapels, wherein no light could h ave been ex pected were demolished. .Huge stones were. hurled f or this purpose of destruction n several insta nces b reaking y sash and panes. At Johnson s Tavern the damage i n fli cted was very great, and so incensed was he, and that after warning them to desist, lie fired and wounded one man in three places, with small shot—a sailor of the Clio, we are told. They returned here again at ten o'clock, menacing his life, when he again fired, wounding another person. Mr. Leek, at the Cove, also fired, and while preparing to give a second shot, was knocked down by a stone thrown at him. It is said that three persons have been wounded but none seriously. IRE LAND The crop of potatoes in Ireland is stated to be prodigious. REPEAL AssociATioN.--The meeting of this body last week was unusually flat. We cannot find an incident worth recording, excepting that the rent was again com paratively small, amounting only to £475. The Nenagh Guardian gives the particulars of a brutal murder committed at Borrisoleigh, on a man named Sha nahan, a process server, who was literally beaten to death with stones. DISTURBANCES IN GALWAY. —The steam frigate Cyclops has gone round from Tarbert to Gshcay Bay to assist in quelling disturbances arising out of disputed rights of fisheries. A Dublin attorney has been convicted fur destroying documents relating to a cause in Chancery, in which he was solicitor The penalty is transportation for seven years, or sue!' imprisonment as the Court may award; but a point was reserved, on an objection taken by the prisoner's counsel—namely, that the documents proved to have been destroy e d, being "receipts" and other " exhibits" in the Chancery cause, were not "original documents," The Court reserved the point for the con sideration of the twelve judges. Mr. O'CONNELL ON CONCILIATION.—The Pilot con tains a long epistle from Derrynane. It is more remark able for what it does not contain, than for anything which inquisitive people could discover therein. Not a word about the new movement,: " federalism," or about his own " simple repeal." As to conciliating Protestants, that was never considered a difficult task ; but whether he will succeed in coaxing any considerable number to Burghquay is quite another affair. The rumour of this letter being in town got wind towards evening, and every one came to the conclusion that it contained further reasons in support of his own altered views, giving the preference to federalism over repeal. FATHER MATHEW IN TROUBLE.—The Cork Exa miner says :—" What will you think, Irishmen, when we tell you that Father Mathew, the benefacto: of your country, the admiration of the world, has been publicly arrested in Dublin for the balance of a debt due to a maker of temperance medals, and that while in the very act of administering the temperance pledge? The bai liff, like a second Judas, came up to Father Mathew, saying, "Father Mathew, your Ness/fly?" and while the good man called down a blessing upon the head of the wretch, he took a writ from his pocket, and, thrusting it into the hand of Father Mathew, told him he arrested him, and then asked for his forgiveness !" THE LATE COMMANDER OF THE PRESIDENT.—A mo nument has just been erected to the memory of Captain Roberts in Passage churchyard, Cork. The cenotaph is a large square building of I tch cut stone, with a fine base and cap moulding, and having a bold pediment on either side. On the angles of the monument are represented in strong relief the sterns of the vessels which Captain Roberts commanded, viz.—the Black Joke, the Sirius, the British Queen, and the President. The following is part of the inscription which the monument bears : " This stone commemorates, in the churchyard of his native parish, the merits and premature death of the first officer under whose command a steam-vessel ever Crossed the Atlantic Ocean—uncLunted bravery exhibited in the suppression of the slave traffic in the Afri an seas, enter prise and consummate skill in the details of his profes sion, recommended him for that arduous service. Lieu tenant Richard Roberts, R.N., in accomplishing it, not only surpassed the wildest visions of former days, but even the warmest anticipations of the present." MR. O'CONNELL'S ANNUAL INVENUE.—Last year, we are informed by The Monitor, the begging collectio n amounted to 4:28,000—n0t bad payment for frothy words and cowardly acts ; and in the same year the sums ex torted, under the name of repeal rent. were-4:47,614 17s. 10d. sterling, making a total of £75,614 17s. 10d., dragged from the poorest peasantry in the' world. The weekly collections made during the present year, under the pretence of seeking repeal, amount in round numbers to about £39,000, an account of the expenditure of not one farthing of which bas been given ! Now that the delusion is over, and repeal flung by, some statement of the manner in which these thousands late been disposed of, might have reasonably been expected, but instead of an explanation, a new bill is furnished, a fr,sh exhotta tion attempted. Low, ignorant, and &based as Mr. O'Connell's dupes have hitherto been, we think this is too much even for them to swallow, and anticipate that the "national collection " for 1844 will be a signal failure. —Evening Packet. THE COIT TIT. Her Majesty and Prince Albert are to visit the Marquis of Exeter on Tuesday next. Her Majesty has signified her intention of becoming the sponsor of the Marquis's youngest daughter, who is about fear months old, and who is to be named Victoria. Sir Robert and Lady Sale arrived at WindEor Castle, on Wednesday, on a visit to the Queen. There is a report that, at the ensuing meetirg of par liament, the question of Prince Albert assuming the title of Majesty, will be pressed on the legislature in accord ance with the wish of a high personage. UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL AETIrs. OXFORD, Our. 30.—Ttsla day Om grrtticuncrs were elected Fellows of University CoDeL e :—On the Foundation of William of Durham—Mr. Wiliam ley, M.A., Michel Fellow of Q ueen ' s . O n t h e Founda tion of Sir Simon Bennet—Mr. George Grafi ;itie Bradley, 8.A., Scholar of University. PREFERMENT'S AND APPOTNTM ENTS.--ReV. E. Dodd. B. D., to the vicarage of St. Giles:s, with St. Peter's p.er petual curacy, Cambridge.—Rev. A. R. Pennington, to the incumbency of the chapelry district of St. James, Walthamstow, Essex.—Rev. H. Blayds, M.A , vicar of Southstoke, Somerset, the prebend or canonry of Wcd_ more.—Rev. J. Bradford, to the vicarage of Pinhoc, va cant by the cession of the Rev. J. James.-Rev. J. Haigh, 8.A., incumbent of St. Thomas's church, t rookes, York shire, to the incumbency of St. Paul's church, Iludders field.—The Rev. Henry Lowther, of Dis:ingtcn, to the living of Aikton, Cumberland. —Rev. H. Roberts, M.A., to the curacy of St, Botolph's, Colchester, natant by the resignation of the Rev. E. S. Bull.—Rev. W. Sabine, to the curacy of Mylor and Mabe.—Rev. D. Wheeler, to the ministry of the new district of St. Paul's, Worcester. —Rev. J. Trevit, curate of Hordon-on-the-Hill, to the vicarage of the same place, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Lane.—Rev. J. Richardson, 8.A., assistant-cu rate of Haslingden, in the parish of Whalley,tothe newly endowed district of Musbury, in the parish of Bury, Lan. cashire.—Rev. W. Thompson, M.A., to the rectory and parish church of Gathcombe, Isle of Wight, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. Worsley.—Rev. Mr. Neale, recently curate of Potterne, near Devizes, to the chaplaincy of the house of correction at Horsley, Gloucester.—Rev. J. C. Gregory, to the curacy of Bradford, Wilts.—Rev D. Lewis, M.A., master of the grammar school, Rhayador, to the curacy of Darowen, Montgomeryshire.—Rev. J. B. Meadows. M.A.. to the evening lectureship and cu racy of St. James, Clerkenwell.—Rev. J. ti emery, M.A., t the deanery of the Island of Jersev.—Rev J. Rushton, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Brackenfield, Derbyshire. OBSERVANCE OF THE RITUAL—With respect to SOUCC usages which are supposed to owe their origin to the efforts of this school, it is much to be desired that more correct notions might prevail, especially among the laity. Whatever may have been the object of the success of those writers of whom we speak in directing attention to such matters, yet the advocates of rubrical observances ore more frequently found in the persons of those who have no sympathy with their doctrinal peculiarities. .!t . . is necessary that the laity should be made aware of this fact; the same time, I must caution the clergy that they continually bear in mind that the edification of God's people is the object of all their ministration, and that they will sacrifice the end to the means if they offend their congregations needlessly upon immaterial points. I do not say that the interests of religion would not be ad vanced if the performance of our ritual were brought back to what it really was; on the contrary, I believe the reverse would be the fact; but I do say that ministers take an inadequate view of their duty, if by adhering too strictly to the rubric they thus sever the affections of their people and alienate them from them. Let them ex plain its nature and uses to their flocks, and so win their minds towards them. From the time that I entered the diocese, I have been consulted by individuals among you on these matters, and they will remember that it has been in this spirit I have ever thought it my duty to advise.— Recent Charge of the Bishop of Chester. DAILY SERVICE.-Another accusation basbeen brought against the clergy, as if they were violating a solemn en gagement, inasmuch as they do not "say the moming and evening prayer in the church or chapel where they minis ter, or cause a bell to be tolled, that the people may come to hear God's word, and to pray with them." There is every reason to believe that this injunction, though found in the preface to the Book of Common Prayer, was never in any age generally observed in our church. Neither can there be any justice in reproaching the clergy of the present day, because they follow tLe practice of their predecessors, and do not commence a service which is neither " accus tomed," nor enforced upon them by the authority to which deference would be due. Granting, however, that the clergyman is bound to these daily services, can he advantageously introduce them ? And here we may justly say concerning our people, " 0 that there were such an heart in them, such a spirit of piety throughout the land, as prepared them for these services, and allowed the clergy to give themselves more entirely to the worship of the sanctuary! It would be well, also, if the temporal circumstances of the people were such as would make them able, even if they were willing, to devote themselves more constantly to " the word of God and to prayer." But the fact. we know, is otherwise. The situation of our churches, often remote from the population; the length of our services; the degree of labour which is required of every man in this crowded country, in order that he may maintain his place in whatever position lie fills, whether high or low : these causes render it absolutely impossible that any except a most inconsiderable proportion of our people, even if they felt as David felt concerning "the courts of the Lord's house," should be able to attend the morning or afternoon prayer on week-days. This is not a matter we can doubt about : it has been experienced recently wherever the practice hes been tried : it has been long experienced in all cathedral towns, where, unhappily, it does not appear, as some have supposed, that the appe tite will grow with the opportunity. Such being the case, I cannot think it the duty of the minister to commence t t h h a e t, pr b a e c ig t n ice of daily prayers. B u t it i s ver y d es i ra bl e relieved from this labour, he should invite his people to such services as rnahy can attend • that in towns especially, on one, or two, or even three e venings' in the week, his church should be open to maintain the impres sion which is made upon the Lord's-day.—Charye of the Bishop of Chester. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD MUNICIPAL ELECTION. 'ell, another of our annual municipal struggles is over ; and although the boasting swagger of Radicalism has prophesied the annihilation of constitutional principles, through the restless movements of Anti-Corn-Law spouters and the foolish rhapsodies of the disciples of Anti-Monopoly Associations, Conservatisai still lives— livesl aye, increases in vigour, and spreads triumphantly. All the speeches and tracts, and all the promises of de ceitful and interested parties—all the efforts of free traders at the registration-courts in the creation of faggot voters, and in the vexatious opposition to the rightful claims of their opponents—all these have only " back on themselves recoiled ; " and our national and municipal governments, although elected by machinery created by Reform herself, are composed of men professing strong attachment to our apostolic church and to scriptural education, and reso lutely opposed to withstand every effort to overturn the principles on which our commercial and agricultural codes are placed, and men who are confessedly competent in every respect to fulfil the duties assigned to them. As far as our local authorities are concerned, we need not at present refer to any further proof of their capability to promote the general welfare of the borough, in conjunction with the interYsts of the corporate estate, than the annual account just presented to the putlic ; the gratifying state of which, we make bold to say, has been brought ab ou t by the far- see i ng intelligence and ' knowledge of business possessed by the majority in our present corporation. -• But to return to our recent struggle. A short time • since we scarcely ventured to anticipate such a glorious result as we are about to record. We feared that the untiring activity of Radicalism, combined with the many —alas. how many !—" h eavy bl ows and great discourage ments" dealt out to our Protestant friends by men from whom they had a right to expect a very different kind of treatment,—we say we feared that these causes, and more especially ihe last, would have so damped the energies of churchmen, as to induce them, in instances not a few, to hold back when their votes were wanted ; but, thanks to their zeal and true-heartedness, they have thrown perso nal affronts to the winds, and have stood manfully for ward at the right time. Enough, however, on this subject; and proceed we now to register the doings on Friday, and a few remi niscences connected with them. Perhaps we cannot do better than present, first of all, the state of the poll at the various wards which were contested at the election in November last year, premising that Mr. James Aikin (a) was then returned for Castle -street Ward, as was Mr. G. H. Lawrence (c) for West Derby Ward, unopposed:— Wards. Majority Everton David Hodgson (c)...... 221 Chris. Rawdon (a) 123.... 98 .. Wm. Thornhill (a) . 223 Thos. Vernon (c) . . 222.... 1 .. Thos. Chalmer (a) Thos. Case (c) . 93.... 38 R. B. B. H. Blundell (c) 179 John Deakin (a) 162.... 17 . Thos. Sands (c) .. George Holt (a) .J. A. Tinne (c). Thos. Bolton (a).. . Thos. Toulmin (c) Robert Berm (a) . . 173.-38 . John Sothern (c) ... 158 Thos. Taylor (a) . . Wnt. Birkett (c) 279 Wm. Lassell (a) . C. Boutflower (c) D. Neilson (c) 154.... 41 . John Kilshaw (c) Thos. Morecroft (a) . Jos. Hornhy (a) 2lO H. G. Harbord (c) 174.... 36 . T. T. Glazebrook (c) ll7 John Platt (a) Richard Harbord (c) Wm. Lockerby (a) 193.... 29 It will be seen from this statement, that last year twelve Conservatives were returned to the Council chamber, and four Radicals. This year, as we shall detail more fully just now, we have been successful in thirteen wards; arid to show that these victories have not been achieved by any influence acting, as did the Reform Bill, with something like mesmeric power on the public mind, it is only necessary to say that for the last 'five years the number of Conservatives returned to the Council at each election has been almost precisely the same. In 1840 we returned 12; in 1841, 13; in 1842, 13 ; in 1843, l 2 ; and this year, 13 ;—and we may add that on each of those occasions the Radicals were only able to return their successful candidates by majorities miserably small, as compared with the numbers in those wards which returned Conservatives. We now subjoin an•hourly statem contested wards at the election ju.s of the Conservatives are in italics Wards, Scotland Vauxhall. St. Paul's . Exchange St. Peter's.. Pitt-street . Great George. Rodney. street Abercromby Lime-street St. Anne's . South Toxteth . North Toxteth . .nt of the poll closed. The SCOTLAND. James Brancker Isaac Holmes .. ST. PAUL'S. R. B. Hill .... James Stitt .... ST. PETER'S. R. S. Henderson Thos. Bolton .. RODNEN -ST. John Pemberton R. E. Harvey in the tames Majo. rity. 1-13 1-33 1-39 1 -51 !-42 1-15 -39 274 214 ,-60 We had thus the very unusual number of eight wards uncontested, and for these the following gentlemen walked over the course, for the opposition in Pitt -street and Great George Wards was, as we shall presently spew, anything but legitimate : Conservatives unopposed. Radicals unopposed. Thos-..svShaw, for Everton. l Wrn. Preston, for Vauxhall. C. S. Middleton, Exchange. John Holmes, Castle-st. James Aspinall, Pitt-street. G. G. Hornby, Gt. George. Jas. Procter, Abercromby. J. S. Leigh, West Derby. We have this year, therefore, returned thirteen mem bers to the Council-chamber, and the Radicals three. The Conservative voters polled amount to 2205, and the Radicals to 1709, giving a majority of 496 votes for the Conservative cause. The following is a list of the Town Council as at pre sent constituted. The names printed in italics arc those of new members, and the aldermen who retire on Satur day next are distinguished by an asterisk prefixed to their names : No. I.—EVERTON WARD. Yrs. to serve Alderman—*T. B. Barclay (a) Thomas Shaw (c) Councillors{ David Hodgson (c) Francis Shand (c) No. 2.— SCOTLAND WARD. .Alderman —Richard Houghton (c) {James Braneker (a) Councillors Will-am Thornhill ( a ) Richard Houghton, jun. (c) No. 3.—VAUXHALL WARD. Alderman—*Thomas Bailey (a) {William Prest on ( a ) . Councillors Thomas Chalme r (a) Thomas Blackburn (n) No. 4.—ST. PAUL'S WARD. Alderman—Richard Griffith (c).. B. B. Hill (c) Councillors {- 11. B. B. H. Blundell (c) ... J. C. Thompson (c) No. S.—EXCHANGE WARD. Alderman—*James Lawrence (c).... C. S. Middleton (c) Councillors {Thomas Sands (c) , John North (c).. No. G.—CASTLE-STREET WARD. Alderman—*Sir Thomas Brancker (c) John Holmes (a).. Councillors {James Aikin (a) Hugh Hornby (a). No. 7.—ST. PETER'S WARD Alderman—John 1-1. Turner (c) R. S. Henderson (c) Councillors{J. A. Tinne (c) John Stewart (c) . No. S.—PITT-STREET WARD. Alderman—*W. P. Freme (a) ... James A spinall (c) .. Councillors { Thomas Toulmin (c) William Fawcett (a) No 9.—GREAT GEORGE WARD. Alderman—*Thomas Holt (a) G. G. Hornby (c). Councillors{John Sothern (c) Thomas Royden (c) No. 10.— RODNEY-STREET WARD. Alderman—R. S. Crook (c) John Pemberton (c) Councillors William Birkett (0 J. N. Wood (c) . No. 11.—ABERCROMEY WARD. Alderman—William Nicol (c) James Procter (c). . { . 3 Councillors Thomas Kaye (c) . Christopher Bushell (c) No. I2.—LIME-STREET WARD. Alderman—J. B. Moore (c) John Buck Lloyd (c) 3 Councillors {John Kilshaw (c) 2 Robert Rigby (c) 1 No. 13.—ST. ANNE'S WARD. Alderman—Edmund Molyneux (c) {James Parker (c) Councillors Joseph Hornby (a) Robert Jones (c) No. 14.—WEST DERBY WARD. Alderman—*James Moon (a) . . IJ. S. Leigh (c) Councillors G. H. Lawrence (c). 1 James Plumpton (c) No. 15.—SOUTH TOXTETH WARD. Alderman—*Evre Evans (n.) r R. L. Jones (c).... Councillors iT. T. Glazebrook (c) Ambrose Lace (c). .. 3 .. 2 .. 1 .... 2 THE BIBLE SOCIETY. At the annual meeting of the Staffordshire auxiliary of this society, on Thursday last, the Earl of Harrowby took the chair and opened the business of the day in the following clear and suecinctaddress, which was listened to with the deepest attention :—Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great gratification to me, I-may say contrary to all my expectations, to meet you again in this place. Although I am sensible that those faculties are gone which might have enabled me to make any statement that could afford you information or satisfaction as to the progress of this society, yet I hold it to be my duty, from the office which I sustain, once more to testify in public my unabated at tachment to that society to which we belong. (Applause.) have been a member of that society during a consider able part of a very tong life—l believe for about one-half of its duration, and during that time we have seen it ad vance from very small and very unpromising beginnings to that magnitude and importance which it now possesses. We have seen it pass through difficulties, overcome many external obstacles, and triumphant over some and not few internal dissensions, and I think that under the blessing of Almighty God we may hope to see it if not enlarging its sphere,,at lea s t continuing:to fill it with his approbation, and to the bensfitof mankind. (Cheers.) I ray " to the benefit of mankind," because I know of no society which is presented to us by history, or of which we have any pessonal ob servation, to which the term " for the benefit of man kind," can so appropriately be applied. (Hear, hear.) All other societies look to individual cases—at least to classes of distress; but this society applies itself equally to the young and the old, to the rich and the poor, to Christians of different denominations, and to cur fellow men of every clime. (Hear, hear.) It spreads itself over the whole world. It looks on man as a being to whom it is bound to afford assistance; and while other societies provide only temporal assistance in cases of temporal dis tress, this society applies its energies to the removal of that worst of all distress—the want of religion or the possession of a false one. (Hear, hear.) Let us, therefore, go on, and we certainly shall have encouragement to go on if we listen t o that report which will be read to you, and which I call on my reverend neighbour to read, with respect to the past operations of the society. Ladies and gentle men, I can only express once more my ardent wish for the success of this society ; and I hope that, if contrary to expectation, I should again appear before you in my I resent position, I may you meet in a state of increased prosperity. (Applause.) Viscount SANDON, M.P., on rising to move the adop tion of the report, observed that the report must, he was sure, have given satisfaction to all who were then assem bled, showing, as it did, that this county maintained its position among the contributors to the means of the Bible society ; and that whatever changes might have taken place elsewhere, at any rate the pecuniary resources which its supporters in this part of the country were able to afford, were not inferior to those which bad been pro vided in former'years. (Hear, hear.) Nor indeed could it be very well conceived that their contributions could fall off. It was, perhaps, rather late in the day to look out for reasons for supporting the Bible Society. (Hear, hear.) Those reasons had been so fully, so frequently, and so ably stated, in every part of the empire, and the questions which had arisen concerning it had been so fully discussed that it appeared to many persons who were called on to take part in their proceedings, an almost needless t as k to go over th e same groun d again ;but at the same time, in these days of controversy, every man was called upon to revi:w his former opinions, to examine the ground upon which they rested ; and to see whether they were still sound and solid ; and in consequence of that general ne cessity he had felt himself, among others, compelled to pass his own opinions in review ; and he confessed that he found himself brought to no other conclusion than that at which he had hitherto arrived. (Applause.) He could not conceive why they should be called on almost to give reasons for supporting the Bible Society ; for it seemed to him that if they were Ch r i s ti ans, an d if they took the basis of the Church of England as their guide, he could hardly conceive why they should have any doubt as to their duty of supporting this society. If they were Christians, they were surely desirous to circulate the preaching of our Lord and his Apostles—if they were Chris tians, they surely felt called on to make known the words addressed by word of mouth to the first disciples of our Lord, and by his Apostles, and which they had left behind them as the inspired oracles of truth. It surely became the duty of all Christians to circulate those oracles as widely as possible ; and if they as Churchmen merely looked to themselves as members of one particular church of Christ, they must equally feel that duty to be incumbent upon them. Why, on what basis did the Church of England profess to be founded ? She professed to teach them nothing but what could be found in the Bible as the authorised will of God. (Applause.) Surely, then, ii she wished to do her duty to her own peculiar opinions, it must be her duty to circulate those oracles on which she rested, and to w hich she appealed for the justification of her opinions. (Hear, hear.) But was the objection this—that it was wrong to associate with those who differed with them as Churchmen on some points but who concurred in supporting the Bible Society ? I confess (said his Lordship) that my view is this—that it is our duty as Christians to concur with our fellow Christians wherever we can concur. (Loud applause.) There are occasions enough on which we must differ, and on which our duty calls upon us to separate—to separate however, I hopeas friends and brothers—(Hear, hear, and cheers,) — who differ upon some points, but who are agreed on this; and, therefore, when we can find a common ground for co-operation, surely as denizens of the same country ; Professing the same faith and entertaining the same hope, it is our duty to co-operate if we find a common ground of union. (Hear, hear.) These are the views and opinions which, looked at again and again, have led me to the same conclusion, that it is my duty to continue whatever sup port I con render to the great object of the Bible Society. (Applause.) I do not wish to trespass further on the time of the meeting, as there are other gentlemen present who will give you details of the highest interest. I have merely felt it my duty to state, in as few words as possi ble, the simple and general grounds on which I feel my self called en, as a Christian and an attached member of the Church of England, to continue my support to the great objects of this society. (Loud applause.) LAW INTELLIGENCL. PARISH CLERKS.—By an act of the last session (7 & 8 Victoria, c. 69,) persons in holy orders can be appointed to the office of Church clerk, chapel clerk, or parish clerk, and may be required to act as assistant curates whilst holding the offices mentioned, DANIEL O'CONNELL'S WRIT OF ERROR.—OR the decision of the three Whig Peers in the above case Lord Brougham observed—" It would go forth without au thority, and return without respect." A case the week be fore last, at the Cornwall Sessions, which we find reported in a local paper, will confirm the accuracy of his lordship's prophecy. "An arrest of judg. ment in behalf of the defendant Ann Hughes, on the ground that she was not bound to provide for the maintenance of her grandchildren during the existence of their father ; and that, therefore, being wrongly indicted on the two counts so charging her to be liable, and the verdict being a general one, she must on the authority of the recent case of the ' Queen v• O'Connell,' be acquitted on the two remaining counts, which charged her with ordinary assault. After some consideration the Court decided We are of opinion that the first two counts, referring to acts of omission are bad, as regards the grandmother ; but as regards the last two counts, we are of opinion that the record is good ; and we pass judgment on these two counts accordingly.' Ile Court then passed the sentences." Thus then have the Cornish Magistrates blown to the winds the decision of the Lords. SPO TING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. The CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 sovs if declared, with 100 sovs added. Last mile and a distance. 122 subscribers, 48 of whom de clared. Lord Stradbroke's Evenus, 4 yrs. 7st 10lb ...... (Nat) 1 Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs, Bst The following also started, but were not placed :—Cap tain Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus, Mr. Combe's Fakeaway, Mr. Shafio's Porto Bello, Mr. Newton's Ma Mie. Mr. Griffith's Newcourt, Mr. Salvin's The Cure, Mr. Beres ford's The Altered One, Mr. Wesley's Councillor, Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar, Duke of Rutland's f by Beiram, Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, Lord Exeter's Algernon, Lord G. Bentinck's Emma, Mr. Payne's Walpole, Col Peel's c. by Slane, Mr. S. Scott's b g by Defence, Sir C. Monck's Glossy. BETTING.-5 to 4on Foig-a-Ballagh, (taken,) Bto 1 agst The Cure, 12 to 1 agst Akhar, (taken.) 14 to 1 agst Newcourt, 20 to 1 agst Emma, 25 to 1 agst Evenus, 33 to 1 agst Councillor, and 40 to 1 agst Glossy. Won very easily by two lengths, Walpole a bad third, Councillor , fourth, Cure fifth, and Al gernon s i xt h. F o i gh-a- Ballagh's defeat, decisive as it was, was anything but dis graceful. He gave the winner a year and 41bs, and from the severity of the pace throughout, ran to a great disad vantage; notwithstanding this, he struggled gallan:ly to the end, and beat Walpole by four or five length, giving him 351 b, So bad was the start, he and nearly a dozen others lost nearly three or four lengths. The settling was harmless. The Criterion Stakes of 30 so•s each, 20 ft, for two year-olds, colts 8,141 b, and fillies Btt 51b. 40 subs. Won by Lord Lonsdale's c by Jerry, Torquoise (Bartholomew) beating Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton. Miss Whip, Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis, and several others. THE RATAN AFFAIR.—The report of the committee has been laid before a general meeting of the club, and will be published officially neat week. Rogers and Bra ham will be warned off the heath, and the former will be prohibited from riding at Newmarket or any other place under the control of the stewards of the Jockey Club. The parties supposed to be implicated by the evidence of Rogers and his confederates are, we hear, exonerated from all dishonesty of purpose, but the committee express their disapproval of the practice of gentlemen receiving and executing commissions for jockiea and others in.rusted with the charge of race horses. It is not the intention of the club to publish the evidence. The match between Foig-a-Ballagli will not be run ; Mr. Irwin receives 150 forfeit. THE CHASE. THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS WILL MEET This day, sth instant, at Oxhey Farm ; Thursday, 7 7 th, at Duddon. Heath, Friday, Bth, at Ilichway Side; Each day at half-past ten o'clock. SIR WM. M. STANLEY'S HOUNDS WILL MEET To-morrow, NA , ednesday, 6th, at Hawarden ; Saturday, 9th, at Trafford Village; Each day at eleven o'clock. LIME-Si J. B. L10yd.... H. Holmes ST. ANNE'S. James Parker .. Wm. Earle .... S. TOXTETH. B. L. Jones.... R. V. Yates.... N. TOXTETH. Wm. Mann .. George Holt.. No. 16.—N0aTEI TOXTETII WARD. Alderman—Thomas Chilton (c) William Mann (c) Councillors{ Richard Harbord (c) . John Sheppard (c) . Taking it for granted that the six retiring Radical al. dermen will on Saturday be displaced by an equal number of " good men and true," we'shall then have the Council composed of Conservatives Radicals .... 54 10 EVERTON WARD. The radicals wisely allowed Mr. Thomas Shaw to walk over the course for this ward. The majority of 98 last year for Mr. David Hodgson has evidently been a suffi cient warning to them thlt their sweet voices will not be listened to in this aristocratic district, and they prudently abstained from putting themselves to the trouble and ex pense of a f.uitless contest. SCOTLAND WARD. This ward, for which the candidates were Mr. Isaac Holmes and Mr. James Brancker, was contested with great spirit, particularly towards the close. As at all the other polling places, the voting in the early part of the day was comparatively languid on both sides, but increased as it advanced, both parties being sanguine, and both keeping so nearly together throughout, that their respec tive expectations were by no means unreasonable. At the - expiring of the first hour Mr. Holmes was four a-head ; by the next he had gained eight in all; at noon dropped off to but one ; gained ten more by one o'clock, and lost all his advantage by about an hour afterwards. From this time it was as " Greek meeting Greek," and the push ing and scrambling to get voting papers filled up and pre sented became truly amusing —and amusing only ; for though the crowd increased at the top of Burlington street, where was the polling-booth, to many hundreds, the greatest good humour prevailed. From three to four o'clock a 'number of cabs, coaches, &c., with hurrying voters, came up, cheered by their respective partizans as they alighted at the contiguous committee-rooms to pre pare their papers, and the push at the voting place to have the votes recorded became great arid exciting. At three o'clock the reform candidate had turned the tables by about nine votes, and the mass of those who afterwards came up were also on his behalf, so that it became evident, it the numbers were duly summed, that he would win. Mr. Btancker's party, at his committee-room just below, were very lavish in their shouting, but also withal so ex hausted in voters, that we observed no one tendering his vote during the first few mit,u'es of the prescribed time. At the close Mr. Brancker was declared ( , hough not as then officially) to be thirteen a-head of his oppo nent. We may here remark, that Mr. Holmes owes his defeat to his extraordinary lukewarmness last year in the cause to which he had so long previously attached him. self. He then went the length of declaring that he would not oppose the return of Mr. Thornhill, and from the breach of confidence reposed in him created by this avowal, he may now, if he lament his discomfiture, exclaim— "Hine Ulm lachryma !" His opponent on th;s occasion, though widely differing from us in politics, is a gentleman of standing and integrity, and will, we hope, devote him self, so far as we can expect from his opinions, to the in terests of the town. VAUXHALL WARD. The majority of Mr. Chaliner over Mr. Case at the last election, we presume, induced the conservatives to allow Mr. Preston to be returned unopposed. It should be remembered, however, that Mr. Case only consented to stand at that time when all hopes of his success were gone • and we hope o n a f u t ure occas i on the conservatives will be prepared for action, as we feel persuaded that a careful attention to the progress of events in this ward during the next twelve month , : would, if not secure a conservative's return, at least pave the way for success at a future period. ST. PAUL'S WARD. The interest excited amongst the voters in this ward was by no means great, and the voting went on with com paratively little vigour, the conservatives contenting them selves with merely securing the election of Mr. Hill, in opposition to Mr. Stitt, the reform candidate. EXCHANGE WARD. Even the personal esteem which is entertained for such a highly-respectable gentleman as Mr. Henry Holmes was not sufficient to induce him to contest this ward—so utterly prostrate is radicalism. Mr. C. S. Middleton, a gentleman whose services have already been of inestima. ble value as a member of the Dock. Committee, was re turned without opposition. This would have been a gain of one to conseriatism, but for the untoward result of Scotland Ward. The election of Mr. Middleton has banished every representative of radicalism from this ward, and we perceive, on referring to the list of the council, that we have now no fewer than eleven ward■ thoroughly divested of such pernicious influence. CASTLE•STItEET WARD. We know not for what reason conservatism is allowed to sleep here. It is true that hitherto we have never been able to succeed, but we have good reason for thinking that if the conservative committee were to put forth a little more energy, even this " Gibraltar " might be stormed. Mr. John Holmes was on Friday re-elected without opposition. ST. PETER'S ARD. Considerable interest was felt as to the result of the election here, as every effort was used to secure the re turn of. Mr. Thomas Bolton against Mr. R. S. [lender m, the retiring Conservative candid3te, and we believe that the Radical canvass gave them a majority of forty, FO that they opened the poll with very sanguine expecta tions, and certainly worked hard during.the clay, and about the middle of the contest succeeded in reducing Mr. Henderson's majority to two. His friends, however,: then rallied, awl at the close of the poll Mr. H. was re- , turned by a majority of 39. Mr. Henderson addressed the electors at the close of the poll, expressing the high sense of gratitude he felt for the unremitting exertions of his friends, and for the honour done him by the electors in thus re-electing him thrir representative in the Council. Chamber. PITT-STREET WARD. All sorts of roanceuvres have been resorted to by the meddling busybodies in this district to torment Mr. Aspinall, the retiring candidate ; but the popularity of that gentleman rendered all attempts fruitless and ri diculous. Some person of the name of Allan, of whom we never heard before, was put forth as the representa tive of Radicalism, and so strong were his claims, that after two bouts' pollin g , h e actually succeeded in record-, ing two votes! one of which we understand was his own ; Mr. Aspinall having registered during that time no less than 110 votes. Next year, of course, Mr. Fawcett will be sent to condole with the other rejecteds over the fallen condition of their cause. GREAT GEORGE WARD. With that indecency which seems almost inseparable from radicalism, the name of Mr. Robertson Gladstone was put forward in this ward—of course without the slightest authority—as an opponent of Mr. G. G. Hornby, the retiring member. There was therefore here no legiti mate opposition to the re-election of a conservative. The number of votes recorded were for Mr. Hornby 136, for Mr. Gladstone 67. RODNEY-STREET WARD. The contest in this ward was very spirited, the radicals keeping within a short distance of their opponents until three o'clock, when the conservatives came up in goodly numbers, and returned Mr. John Pemberton, an excel lent conservative, by a majority of fifty-one over Mr. Harvey. The majority in this ward at the last election was only eighteen, and Mr. Harvey brought to the poll forty less voters than did Mr. Lassell at the last election, At the close Mr. Holmes was called upon to address the assemblage. He said that he had no ordinary gratification in congratulating , the electors on the issue of the contest ; and he thought it not improbable that almost every ward which bad been contented would return a conservative, and many of them by no slight majorities. The whig party had been instrumental in carrying the Reform Bill, and it could not but be not titying to them to discover that, in fair and open contest, 111,-y were signally defeated by the operation or the very bill, which they expected would have secured to them a permanency of political power. As the contest in LiVerpeol had generally been conducted with good humour, and without those personalities which are always to be lamented and deprecated, he trusted that all animosities would be speedily forgotten—that there might be no undue excitement or triumph over those who, though defeated, were still their townsmen, and were anxious, like themselves, for its welfare and prosperity. It was his great desire that the conservative party, ren dered still stronger as it soon would be, by the exchange of six whigs for six conservative aldermen. He (Mr. HOlme) hoped that all their deliberations strengthened as they would be, might conduce to the good government of the town, and to the prosperity of all its inhabitants. Mr. Holme then thanked them for the zeal which had been ma nifested on the occasion, and concluded by asking them to give three cheers for the Queen, which were heartily re sponded to ; and the assemblage immediately and most good humouredly dispersed. Mr. Pemberton also addressed.the electors in a feeling and handsome manner. ABERCROMDY WARD. Mr. James Procter, the previous representative for this ward, but who for the last twelve months has retired into private life, was again brought forward, and, though we believe he is at present on the continent. his return was unopposed. LIME-STREET WARD. There was considerable animation here; Mr. Henry Holmes, who retired from Exchange Ward, being put forward to oppose the re-election of Mr. J. 13. Lloyd. During the early part of the day the numbers were nearly equal, - but at two Mr. Lloyd sprang ahead and increased his majority at the close to forty-two—the largest, we be lieve. ever gained in this ward—which affords a sufficient proof that Mr. Lloyd's ser% ices in the Council are pro. perly appreciated by those best qualified to form an esti mate of their value. SAINT ANNE'S. all hazards making a dead t o o set ust utphoen pre_ and even months past th e R adical For a c r t d i o , n a s towni n o n m d o e h u a r d we tl e e k t e s r had alin e b d e e a r t i sent indefatigable and honest representative, Mr. James Parker. The means to which they were prepared to des cend were sufficiently shown in the Registration Courts by the choice specimens of humanity whom they brought up to foist upon the Burgess Roll, as having paid their rates with—save the mark l —their own money and not that supplied for the purpose by the Radical Committee. Their greatest difficulty however was to find a Candidate willing to undertake the herculean work of upsetting Mr. Parker, and they were despairing agitating the mat ter, w hen, luckily, a fit t i ng person turned up in the per- M son of r. William E ar l e, fresh from his recent visit to the Emperor of all the Russias and other great Continental Sovereigns. Mr. Earle, having been solicited, lent his dignified looking countenance; and full confidence was entertained of his triumphant return. But, alas ! nothing is certain here below. At the opening of the poll, Mr. Parker took the lead of his opponent, and from hour to hour steadily maintained it —thanks to the energetic exertions of the honest men of the ward, amongst whom, in especial, we may mention l .. Nov.s, Nit the Loyal Protestant 01 eratives—and at four o'clock ivij returned by a majority of 13, th e num b ers polled being' For Mr. Parker (Conservative) .. • • 231 For Mr. Earle (Radical) 216 Majority •" • • • • • • • 'l5 Whilst we con g r a t u l a t e th e war d upon * this. resitlt,iteg must strongly urge upon them the necessity of 1) ,1 1 prepared fur next y ear ' s con t es t. N o man exceP,. /Ain universally respec t e d b y his fellow-burgesses, es" 0 1 Parker, could have withstood the amount of influenceing, trickery br oug h t to b ear aga i nst him. The proceed 01 throughout th e d a y were peacea bl e and or d er ly, o° d oi' a single instance of drunkenness was observed, °l ec te rn the case of one o f M r. P ar k er ' s previously plet3ged!,°;c4s, who, havi ng b een "b ottled " all night by the 110°',„,et was led up to the poll by two of this virtuous party, 0 , half-pa s t ten in the forenoon, in a state of intoxi cativ to give his vote for Mr. Earle. WEST DERBY WARD. re• As usual, a co'iservative—Mr. J. S. Leigh—w — turned unopposed. SOUTH TORTETR WARD. The contest here commenced by the conservative P taking a strong lead, and placing their candidate, M r ' e r L. Jones, in a lar ge ma j or i ty over the opponent, or ra i se /he shadow of an rpponent whom the radicals h ad tig lected. (Mr. Yates h a d distinctly refused to stand o n score of ill health, an d i s at present , it Leamington.) The advantage thus gained the radicals never recovered, . 0 though they re:.orted to every sort of meanness to ga l . time for their tardy voters to come up. Thus th coy erse tions were put by the alderman, Mr. Evans, (a lto usually resorted to only in cases of suspected frout„, e , such. voters as Mr. Ambrose Lace, Mr. Samuel Ele z `", t . and others, with whose identity and honour he wits,pl o , fectly well acqu a i n t e d, a procee d ing both factious ana.„,. suiting, and which we should certainly not have anue l r b i, ted from Mr. Evans, however great the emergency t ° 0 , party. The conservatives, however, maintained thei r PO sition through th e d a y ; and at four o'clock had return Mr. Jones by a large majority, the numbers being for Mr. Jones (Conservative) 173 Mr. R. V. Yates (Radical) Majority.. . ............. Not a vesti ge o f exc i tement of any description nortr',. the proceedinzs, although from th e popular i t y and lar property of M r . Y a t es i n the ward, an enthusiasm ill b 5 favour might reasonably have been anticipated. NORTH TOXTETH WARD. vof The contest in this war d, b etween Mr. Mann, stet' , 9 the old school, an d M r . George. Holt, a bitte r s eetnia os and radical, w h o a f ew years ago sate in the cotolcit t alderman of the cam e war d , commenced in good earneitthae the hour of ope n i ng th e po ll , t h e former taking for B y first two hours a considerable lead of his opponent one o'clock, however, the radicals, by the most stren u P.., exertions, had pulled u p, an d were, we believe, at one or e in a majority, w hi c h t h ey announced, to the intinitegoo tification of the papist mo b ocracy of the ward, by Irmu;el they were chiefly su pp or t e d . F rom this period tor the began to rally i n great f orce, and took the lead. w ifc - 4 they they maintai ne d up to t h e c l ose of the poll, returning tl t i candidate by a major i ty o f 6 0. The proceedings throutabt out were perfectly orderly, and unmarked by any U f , t h e excitement which has prevailed on former occa,ions, conservative party beinz conscious of their strength'B; ~ the radicals evidently di sp i r i te d and chopfallen, their . iat didate himself ha v in g was h e d hi s hands of them, and P ° blank refused to stan't, if elected. The following were the numbers at the close of the P VIZ : Mann (Tory).... Holt (Radical) .. 274 ....... NI: j , rity for ihe Tory . 60 al. At the close of the p rocee di ngs t h e successful can, dates for b ot h the wares briefly addres se d th e eleci e n r , from one of the windows of the Royal Oak, and vi loudly che: re d by the asse m bl age , w hi c h was subset:M: ntlf 0 addressed by 111 r . Sh eppar d , and then dispersed qui homeward. CHI; SHIRE. pd Last Week Mr. John Langan purchased the estate 5 hall of Thotnton, near Rock Ferry, for 9,000 guineas. ASSAULT. —At the Birk en h ea d P o li ce -court, on day, Georze Lawto n was fi ne d 4 0s. and costs for as'a-ot ing Eliza Fort.ha,.-, in Hi g h er B e hi ngton. The d e fend e, accused the complainant of keeping a disorderly and the rnagit.trates, who had heard of his irregulari ti " strongly cautioned him. v r idal Cul:Joys neuersraNCE.—An inquest was on "el" a j, summoned to b • held at Woodchurch, near Birkenv e- p e, on the body of an elderly female, who, it was rdie s gs ot , had (lied in consequence of ill-treatment by an tulaua,i h e ised practitioner in his endeavours to cure a cancer. c rover, Churton, E sq ., i ssue d hi s warran t for tbe. ma disinterment of th e body, and ordered a post tnortent. - amination to be de by Dr. Vaughan and Mr. Fou n 'q of Birkenhead. Howev er , on t h e part i es arr iving ' e Woodeher.li, it was found that the deceased had bere buried at Wlii-clitirch, in Shropshi re , an d thither parties departed, fir the purpose of pursuing the inqutrY o FIRE AT BIRKENTITEAD.—About three o'clock Oi Tuesday morni ng l as t t h e watc h man on duty di scov ersr! the premises of Messrs. Wemvss and Cameron, joinel" and builde a, Ivy-street, Birkenhead, to be on n firei The alar was speedily g i ven , an d two of the engines fle!' to work, but. owing to the inflammable nature of the buildings, whi •h were chiefly composed of wood, in 10 6 then three quarters of an hour the wi.ole were razed tothe ground. There is every reason to suppose that this is the work of an iorendiary, as the fire originated in the east end of the building, in a temporary shed used for jointing . , flooring boards, (into which no fi re was ever admitted) Of in the end di-ectly opposite to that in which the stove , ' erected. Ab nit tourteen men were esnployed on theE,,r e ; raises, all of eh m h ave l ost t h e w h o l e o f t h e i r tools. IP premises were insured in a London office ; and theloset exclusive of the tools, is estimated at about £2OO. FALL OF A PORTION OF BIRKENHEAD Martres'r• e , About eleven o ' c l oc k on S atur d ay b etween fifty an d yards of the southeastern wall of the new market now to course of ereei , n at Birkenhead, by the contracto rs ' Messrs. Fox, Penderson, and Co.. fell down with tremendous crash, burying six of the workmen in. t he ruins. The unfortunate fellows were engaged at the tim er . be in that p ar t o f t h e building which is to converted 1T ,,, . underground ce ll ars , and were rivetting a portion of t; iron roof. We are happy to say, although three of parties were se r i ous l y i n j ure d , no person was killed. log remaining three were got out of the ruins without having sustained any contusions of consequence. The name eo , the injured parties are, James Ellis, aged thirty-t e ",, whose leg was fractured in two places ; Samuel Mul c h aged twenty-two, who received contusions on the he w the hips, and both legs ; and John Cannon, who recet contusions on the head and loins. The poor fellow' , vi ol tee all unmar r i e d, an d from Staffordshire, were reali e e to the Birke n h ea d Di spensary, where peompt a tter), be was paid to thei r i n j ur i es. T he accident was c ausee. et ir the fury of the ga l e w hi c h was bl owing at the time, f tb , a contemporary states that the walls are not suffinie u ee strung, being where the semicircular windows are t. le placed, only ni ne i nc h es i n t hi c k ness, the length °fa be. brick, and where the pillars, or supports, ar e erected,o tween the window s ,th e thi c k ness var i es only from f o ur'e to eighteen inches. tired WALeasev.—On Thursday evening, the adi e 'der• meeting of the parisioners was held, to take into con e s ' t i o gr ation certain propositions for the improvement, Fr jt , and watching of the parish. On the motion of Al r 'ner. tledale, J. C. Ewart, Esq., in the absence of the e leB Dr. Byrth. was called to the chair. The meeting "MP been opened by the chairman, and addressed by es' Winch, in the s p eec h exp l anatory of the propose d I wet sure, Mr. Meadowcroft opposed the project, hut h e „Or with little supp or t. Th e f ollowing resolution was Or'ioto with only three or four dissentients That talt 44 rea se consideration the great p resent an d prospect i ve in! the of the population of the parish of Wallasey, it is , tioo opinion of this meeting, very desirable that anP!' c for should be made to parliament in the ensuing ec.' ,sl°fl oti, an act for the regu l a ti on o f the affairs of the par i s h rS ol the principle of vesting in commissioners the pon erS ite' paving, lighti ng , watch i ng, cleansing, and otherwisece of proving the p ar i s h, t h e esta b l i shment and maintene e d 0 11 an effective p o li ce , an d a pu b l i c mar k et thereon. Pete° other powers th a t may b e f oun d necessary f or i ts e linen, good government, f o r w hi c h th e genera l l aw o f the ;et" necessary, it becoming insufficient."— . A nu mber 0 ....e pe tlemen were then nominated to act as a committe e ' c ons' secretary proceeded to read the re p ort o f the o"elausl mitteean the hi ads of the inte n d e d bil l. The first rate° vests the execution of the a c t i n 21 commiss i one rs a n d at £5O, or possessing prop erty of the value o f £jsooell° to be elected by the inhabitants rated at £lO to 1 1 1 .7 jea tie° of the poor.—Mr. Brice proposed that the flu a ' l e tf to should be a rating of £35 instead of £5O, or Pr°,,l'aerr °e the value of £lOOO instead of £l5OO. Mr. t i e " . - Wle c conded the motion, which was carried, after ''' e ' e alifieei had explained, in answer to a question, that th e ill i e tion was to be in landed property, or houses• s h a ll r e : clause pr ov id es t h at seven of the commissioners •, e v ex` tire annually by rotation, the and be re-eligible. con 3 7 -i 7, clauses, relating to the monthly meetings et '; the Pe!, sioners, w ere agreed to without comment. - optioll"" whicii'made app o i n t ment o f au di tors o f ac coun t , r. it was made compulsory, on the suggestion ° ad . w eiteh' lips. The next clause relates to the lightin t f e eommissl; ing of particular districts, by direction of i t an be li a ble ners, and provides that such ; arta' onlY therates. Mr. Ford suggested that it ""°' thei r o manufactu re , e e t er for the commissioners to take power t kenhesd. a"" - et own gas, instead of taking it from Bir- t to that eff e a good deal of discussion, an amendment authx, was carried by a small majority.—The term omen` ere the commissioners to take a lease for r future ceeding twenty-one years of any of the e it isgi: be advisable agreec h e ferries of the parish having been ad leave the consideration of it clauses authorizing the laying of were passed without 0,0 and watching, and big -I)w°horarizing the Commissioners in`i nervation.—The clause ..sl;;:itmheprcoovinemmeinttte,elighti. jib! been read, Mr. Ford proposed Committee. Agreed to" - n j borrow £15,000 for the by l t h e authorizing thatpurposes sum of t s h h e o a n c l t d hhaev ij i l l blank, and filled up v.erolni the alteration name r.,., jo as approved with d ro osed the following as an atin"„ or o l by Mr. Stiorlan ,p he report having d bmeee Brice,read over t o various clauses in the clause. the" That all tenements p under £lO Fe exem et " t ee , A yaris' l , directly on the respective owner." C The lig improvementh t r i a n t g e, a r d d wa th tc a h t in fo g ra s ,t u e (ll ,.si t i e a t l i l e t r ) n r e e n , t a s , must obta , n` t ee Solicitor explained that such:posver • Is there no clause for a supply of water.- „ .I bf nd thet a company, and not by the connnis loners. 1 . forms of the House would prevent them tr.en ar., utr ovar t ly for such powers this session at least. 7 -The c We want eater more than any thing else.—Th e ,7 d , oncehigh "1 N t y l e: l o the committee.—The various clauses o the Inea sur " . proved, and a committee formed to carry out suggested this matter would be better lfetfitleinbtil.i Pr Cc th, Pr,