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baud some evidence aitcl perthed some correspondence con -neeted with it, and indiflvmable to its being pro p er ly no derstood,) this question, viz.:— " Were Mr. Taylor's Committee justified in issuing an • . Address to the Electors c: Pitt-street Ward, charging Mr. Committee with publishing a " most ATRoctous and LYING attack ?' • -" This is a matter involving the adoption of such peculiar ,language. and is• so grave an imputation, that it cannot be got rid of either by the plea of electioneering excitement, or the alternative of public apology. " One party or the other ought and must receive public and decided condemnation. We are willing to submit to your award, and they cannot refuse to do the same. " Should they, however, decline submitting the matter in this form to your decision, we shall authorise you, as the selected umpire, so to distribute the enclosed amount, if you should decide that the expressions of which we complain were in any degree jnstifiable by the circnmstances. But it cannot be supposed that Mr. Taylor's Committee would leave you as the umpire, in the possible position of having nothing to divide among Charitable Societies, to which, at this time, an accession of funds would be desirable. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, DAVID M'CLELLAN, Chairman. Reply of Samuel Holme, Es., to the recedin Letter. Seel-s i treet, N o vember g vember 3d, 1842. Six,—On receiving yesterday your proposition and en closure, my first impulse was to accede to your request, in the hope that some of our Charitable Institutions might benefit by your chivalrous warmth ; but, on considering the matter, I have arrived at the conclusion, that he who volun tarily places himself between two belligerent powers, is most likely to receive some of the shot : and as, in addition, I really disapprove of the spirit which dictated the remarks on Mr. Taylor's lack of charitable contributions, I fear that I could not arrive at an impartial conclusion, and I therefore beg to return your cheque, and must decline to act as referee in the matter. " I strongly recommend you to let the matter drop with the excitement of tha Election. Why should wa carry our hostility into private life ? And is it not often the case, that there are many individuals whose names do not prominently figure as contributors to our Public Charities, who, never theless, cause many a heart to rejoice in secret by their silent benevolence, and by their unostentatious mode of doing good? Whether this applies to Mr. Taylor or not, I have no means of ascertaining—for my acquaintance with him is very slight. Let us however hope, in charity, that it does; and as he has been rejected by your Ward, and has again retired into private lite, let its sanctity be respected, by suffering these personal questions to be forgotten with the excitement which gave them birth. I hold that any man, to whom Providence has given ample means, and yet neglects to impart freely to his destitute brethren, will be punished by his own reflections, either proximate or remote. " I beg to thank you for your favourable opinion of my impartiality ; but you will he surprised to learn that, as far as I know, I am not personally acquainted with any one of Mr. Taylor's Committee, unless Mr. Aspinall be of the number. " Strong language is frequently used during the beat of an Election, which would be unpardonable in a cooler moment ; and I am sorry to add, that it is not confined to one party. Read for instance the speech of Mr. W. Earle, at Great George Ward. on Monday last, as reported in the Liverpool Times of Tuesday. " I am , Sir, " Your most obedient Servant, " SAMUEL HOLME." " D. M'CLELLA:v, Esq." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR, TT having come to my knowledge, through your courtesy , 1. that you intend Publishing a Placard bearing my Signa ture, and issued about two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and also of making some comments thereon, I have to request that the Public will suspend their judgment until I have an opportunity of making explanation or apology, if either be required. In the meantime I have to request their attention to the following summary of facts, which can be proved by evidence : Ist.—That Mr. Taylor's Committee stated positively that the Donation had been made last year; and partly upon the ground of that assertion (now admitted to be incorrect) had charged Mr. Fawcett's Committee with having published a msot atrocious and lying attack. 2nd.—lt can be proved that I went on Tuesday morning to the Treasurer's house, and not meeting with him there, then to his counting-house, and still not being able to find him, but seeing one of his sons, I was about to state my object, when he interrupted me. saying, I think I know what have called about, and adding, my father has been puzzling himself all morning about the statement of a Donation of £5 having been given to the Institution last year, and, still farther, adding, that it was his the Treasurer's opinion, that if such Donation had been made at all, it must have been in the course of this Year, and not in the last. 3rd.—lt can be proved that I went direct from the Trea surer's counting-house, to the office of the Strangers' Friend Society, to see the Secretary, not finding him there, I went direct to his house, and saw him, and he assured me that so far as he knew, no such Donation had been received, either last year or this ; and from the circumstance of the Secretary being connected by marriage with Mr. Taylor's family. evi dence from such a quarter, both official and private, might well be considered decisive. - 4th.—lt can be proved that I saw the Secretary again to day, arid he again assured me that he was not aware of any such donation having been received either last year or this. sth.—lt can also be proved that r.o such donation ap pears in the Report, dated 1842. Among the list of Dona tions for 1841, and which Report is, I believe, generally pub lished in the month of February. Gth, and lastly.—lt can also be proved that such a Dona tion does not appear even in the Lists of Donations for 1812, which List is of course brought up to the date of the pub lication of the Report ; so that the date " of the publica tion of the last Report " becomes a most important fact for ascertainment ; and clear, until this he ascertained, as well as the foregoing statements established, the Public cannot possibly judge of the matter. I am, Sir, Your obedient and (f'or your courtesy in this matter) your obliged servant, DAVID M'CLELLAN. Thursday Night, half -past Nine o'clock. The bumps raised on a man's head by a cudgel are now, called fray-nological developements. Why are ladies' dresses about the waist like a general meet ing? Because there is a great gathering there. In an age which judges of everything at a glance, author ship is but a second-rate matter in respect to books. No age has equalled the present in the neatness of " getting up" books. They never were such pretty things to look at as they now are. Let an upholsterer orlibrary decorator be the critic, and this age will at once be pronounced as the tip -top of literary eminence. This spirit of an upholsterer is the prevailing spirit of the day. —Morning Post Table Talk. FIRST LESSON IN THE AMERICAN TONGUE.—" Dinner, if you please," said I to the waiter. " When ?" said the waiter. "As quick as possible," said 1. " Right away ?" said the waiter. After a moment's hesitation, I answered " No," at hazard. " Not right away ?" cried the waiter, with an amount of surprise that made me start. I looked at him doubtfully, and returned " No ; I would rather have it in this private room. I like it very much." At this, I really thought the waiter must have gone out of his mind : as I be lieve he would have done, but for the interposition of another man, who whispered in his ear, " Directly." " Well ! and that's a fact !" said the waiter, looking helplessly at me : " Right away." I saw now that " Right away" and " Di rectly" were one and the same thing. So I reversed my pre vious answer, and sat down to dinner ten minutes afterwards ; and a capital dinner it was.—Dickas American. Notes. PEEL vice O'CONNELL—There was a time when Mr. O'Connell boasted of being the best abused man in the world, but that peculiar honour is now transferred from the Irish agitator, whose name is never heard, to the Premier. As a country gentleman said ata late meeting. there can be neither any buying nor selling, any bargaining nor any haggling, without damming Sir R.Peel. He is the bete noir of the country. The old phrase of " theduce is in it," has given place to " The Peelia in it." Whenever anything goes wrong Sir Robert is in it. Sir Robert is in the markets, Sir Robert is in the factory, Sir Robert is in the half work, Sir Robert is in the Jack of buyers, Sir Robert is in the retrenchments of expenditure, Sir Robert is in the reduction of establish ments, Sir Robert is in everything that goes wrong with any body, Sir Robert, we have no doubt, was iu the last gale of wind, and, above all, to sum up everything of calamity, Sir Robert is in the Government.—Examiner. MEETING OF LORD ASHBURTON ANDLOUIS PHILIPPE.— In the year 1798 Lord Ashburton, with one or two friends, paid a visit to the falls of Niagara. Upon their return they stopped to visit the Falls of Genessee. It was late when they had finished their examinations, and, as there was no house in the neighbourhood, they encamped out for the night. They were somewhat fearful that the Indians might try to plunder their camp. and they kept a good look-out. In the • early part of the night they heard a rustling among the leaves and crackling among the dry branches, but whether they pro ceeded from the tread of Indians or wild beasts they could not tell. The footsteps were, however, approaching their tent. They kept strict, silent, and anxious watch for some view or sound that should reveal the character of their visi tors. Soon they distinguished human voices, and saw the shadowy outline of human forms. As the party came near theY beard them conversing in French, and, in a view mi nutes Lord Ashburton gave Louis Philippe and his compa nions a cordial welcome to his tent. They had before met amidst the artificial splendour of European Courts—and now surrounded by the sublime and stupendous natural scenery of the American wilderness.—Rochester Post. LADIES FORMERLY IN PARLIAMENT.—Gurdon in his Antiquities of Parliament says, "The Indies of birth and quality sat in council with the Saxon Wita's." " The Ala- . bess Hilda (says Bede) presided in an ecclesiastical synod." In Wighfred's great council at Beconceld, A.D. 694, the abbesses sat and deliberated, and five of them signed the de crees of that council along with the King, bishops, and no bles." "Kin g Edgar's charter to the Abbey of Crowland, A.D. 961, was with the consent of the nobles and abbesses, who subscribed the charter." "In Henry the Third's and Edward the First's time four abbessess were summoned to Parliament, viz.—of Shaftesbury, Berkin, St. Mary of Win chester, and of Wilton." " In the 35th of Edward 111. were summoned by writ to Parliament to appear there by their proxies, viz.—Mary Countess of Norfolk, Alienor Countess of Ormond, Anna Despenser, Phillippa Countess of March, Johanna Fitz-Walter, Agneta Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St. Paul Countess of Pembroke, Margaret de Roos, Ma tilda Cguntess of Oxford, Catherine C ountess o f Ath o l.— These ladies were called ad colloquium et tractatum by their proxies, a pr i v ilege peculiar to the peerage manfully erag asserted etoappeara their nd act by proxy.' ?LB. —They, no doubt, colloquia/ rights. an inquest THE, RULING PASSION.—_ the conclusion lately held by Mr. Wa l 49's ' M.P., with t beingtenic, which lately took Place in the Borough-refstated that the a n h c e e t ero some coroner's jury bad returned a , ve m rd a i n et , t o he hwoi l against the wife a the Poisoned nit; were gentleman rensarked that the effects of .arsenic d opposite ihat ' i n n g sta . extreme cauSion should be used in eter F n e n r n no that poison was the cause ,of .death. lady, of the age of time back be held an inquest on a maiden ' who, it appeared, 40, who, during lifetime, had been remarkable for rigid aften n tion to the preservation of her beauty, arus_, ed or distorted had a strong desire that the charms and 'r proportion of her features and figure should not be disarrang when she contemplated suicide. She was found d e ad in her bed, the sheets of which were of virgin p"ty, of snowy whiteness. Every article of her night-dress perfumed, and n ight-dresa wa , s . new and of exquisite taste. In one hand s he gently gra sper! a white cambric pocket handkerchief, trimmed with lace, and she wore a pair of pink silk stockings. There was not the slightest distortion of feature, and every appearance indicated that her spirit had taken facile flight during tran quil sleep—so much so, that some of the jury wished to return a verdict of " natural death ;" but afterwards, on his (the coroner's) suggestion, returned a verdict of "found dead." After the inquest, the beadle, on searching her papers, with a view of discovering her friends, found among them two letters addressed to members of her family, in which she declared her intention of destroying hers - elf by means of arsenic. Upon this discovery the body was opened, and it was found that in truth she had died from the effects of arsenic, which had acted upon her nervous system like an anodyne, and no' upon the linings of the viscera like a cor rosive poison. Such a fact was a proof that in Sire!' sadden deaths, generally speaking, safe verdicts could not be come to from external appearances. _ stria aC21151511100 0.; If 7217 11 ,0 1 Viihllga ;*,71 i DESTRUCTION fir LIFE IN CHINA' (Prom the London Sldnciartl.) hen %yr! estimated the loss of life in China at from 9,000 to 10,000 men, we formed our calcelation solely on the offi cial despatches. A narrative of the war has, however, just issued front the press from the pen of Captain Bingham, R.N., who has served with the expedition throughout, which estimates the numbs:- es: the unhappy Chinese who have fallen since tttc commencement of operations at from fifteen to twenty thoti. , :and ! "Their losses," says Captain Bingham, " since the com mencement of our hostile operations against them, may be estimated in round numbers at front 15 to 20,000 men, and about 1,800 pieces of cannon of different calibre, with an Im mense quantity of the other materials of war. Their navy, such as it was, is nearly annihilated ; but still these losses are but as a drop of water in the Chinese nation, and, like the many-headed hydra, it shOots out new armies as fast as previously existing ones are destroyed ; but all, while we act with justice and humanity, to be subdued, by the blessing of Providence, by the British Herculean arm." Frightful as this picture is, the details, as given by Captain Bingham, are even more appalling. Let us take for ex ample his account of the frightful and savage slaughter at Ningpo:— " About 12,000 (Chinese) advanced upon the southern and western gates, the guards retiring before them. On the Chinese penetrating to the market-place in the centre of the city, they were received by a heavy fire from our troops drawn up. This , udden check so damped their ardour, that their only object appeared to be to get out of the city as fast as they c, uld, in doing which they were crowded in dense masses in the narrow streets. The artillery now came up, unlimbered within one hundred yards of the crowded fugi tives, and poured in a destructive fire of grape arid canister. So awful was the destruction of human life, that the bodies were obliged to be removed to the sides of the streets to allow the guns to advance, and the pursuit was followed up by them (the artillery) and the 49th Regiment for several miles." We almost doubted the evidence of our senses when we first met with this pregnant illustration of the character of this miserable war, and cannot trust ourselves to comment on the conduct of those with whom the responsibility of so frightful and fruitless a massacre may happen to rest. On the arrival of the general he put a stop to the slaughter, or twenty thousand instead of eight or nine, might have been massacred. The loss on the side of the British troops is said to have amounted to two or three killed and some dozen wounded! But if a few guns employed ashore could have produced such terrific results, what must have been the effect of the born bardment of densely-populated towns by the powerful naval armament by which our treops.were supported ? Let Cap tain Bingham answer for us. The scene he now describes is Amoy:— " The general bad this day a good opportunity of displaying his skill in military tactics. Perceiving that the enemy had 5,000 men in an extensive encampment on the southern bank of the river, while the city was on the northern, he determined to attack the fore er first (the troops had been landed under cover of the five of the Cruizer, the Columbine, and the Bentinck.) Having divided his small army into three columns; the right and left were despatched towards the flanks of the enemy, which movement they were enabled to execute with out being perceived by their opponents, under cover of a rising ground. The centre column advancing at the same time, the Chinese body came boldly out to meet them. The British troops advanced steadily until within good range, though the Chinese had for some time opened a fire of gingals and matchlocks, directed solely against this column. The order was given to fire, when, at the same moment, the flank companies debauched, pouring in their vollies on the now be wildered Chinese. 13eing utterly confounded at this, to them, most wonderful increase of-force, they gazed in Stupid and motionless auiazernent. A few of them only returned a feel.le tire to the incessant peals which came from every quarter, and then, as it were in a sudden panic, moved, broke up, and fled in every direction, leaving the field thickly strewn with their dead and dying. Our men followed in close pursuit, and many band to hand encounters took place; but the long , Chinese spear could make but little resistance against the British bayonet. Many of these men fought with despera tion, apparently resolved to conquer or die. The residue fled by hundreds to the water, hoping by that means to hide them selves from the vengeance of the red-haired race.' The fire of the rifles was most deadly; the stream shortly became tinged with their blood, when the general, accornpaaied by M. Thom, coming up, the latter bearing a flag, with the fol lowing words in the Chinese language upon it—' Yield and be saved ; resist and perish,' many of them took quarter, and the carnage ceased. On this day, so unhappy fo r th e black haired race, fifteen hundred of whom must have perished, our loss amounted to sixteen killed, and a few wounded. With such a tremendous bombardment as had been going on for two hours in this densely-populated neighbourhood, it Must be expected that pitiable sights were to be witnessed. At one spot we•efoter children struck down, while the fran ' tic father was occasionally embracing their bodies, or making attempts to drown himself in a neighbouring tank. Numer ous similar_ scenes were witnessed!" _At Anninghoy, the bombardment appears to have been cf the most terrific description, and soon drove the Chinese from their guns. Captain Bingham thus describes the exe cution dope upon the wretched fugitives in their fruitless endeavour to escape : " The run bccoming general, many tried to escape round the base of the hill, in doing which many of them became exposed to the Blenheim's broadside, when numbers fell. Finding this fire too hot to allow them to escape along the beach, they took to the water, crawling along on all tours, and bobbing their heads as they saw the flash of the guns, but escaping Scylla they fell into Charybdis ; for they had no sooner got clear of the ships than they became exposed to the rocket boats. The discharge followed the poor wretches into the village. Truly it was an awful day tor the black haired race of Ham." _ _ In another part of the book we have an account of a skilful manoeuire, which placed a large body of the Chinese between two fires, by which 600 were slain, with a loss to the British force of only one killed. The Chinese (says Capt. Bingham) could do notning against the terrific broadsides of the ships, the shells, and the rockets. In numerous instances the Chinese, having; no notion that quarter would he extended to them, rushed upon the bayonets of their invaders, or de stroyed • themselves before their eyes. But we shall not harrow up the feelings of our Christian readers by any further extracts from this "narrative," which is, we regret to say, confirmed by official. documents. Nankin is next to be visited, where the slaughter will, in all probability, treble that of our preceding conquests in China. Such is the na ture of the war. The campaign is, therefore, evidently one of extermination, wheresoever resistance is offered; and the Chinese, having ascertained this fact, will be rendered valiant by despair, and may inflict serious losses on our small army in that neighbourhood. As for the general mass of the population, it cannot be favourable to invaders, whose course is tracked by so frightful an effusion of blood as has marked our progress for the last eighteen months in. China. The Trappists have been authorised to found an establish meat at Alieira. Le Glandier, the mournful theatre of the Laffarge drama, has been purchased by a M. funnel Laborie, a notary at Vigeois, for 81,0001. It appears from a statistical table, - which has been recently published, that the average price of labour in France is if. 90c. per day. Captain Archibald Douglas. 49th Native Infantry, was on Monday brought up at Marlborough-street, attended by his friends and professional advisers, charged with being a de serter from the service of the Hon. East India Company. He was remanded till Friday next, to produce the attend ance of the captain of the ship in which he sailed to Eng land, and to supply other evidence. THE WRECK OF THE RUSSIAN SHIP-OF-WAR.—Lieut. Sigholt, who commands the North Cape steamer, has reported to the Finance Department of the Russian Government, that according to the returns of Captain Treffin, there were on board the Ingermannland, 32 officers, besides the Captain, 830 foreanastrnen, 24 women, and 9 children—in all 896 per sons. Such of them as were saved and reached Norway were embarked on the 3rd of October, in Christiansand, on board of a Russian corvette and a Finlandish sloop. Among these were the Captain, 14 officers, 472 men, 6 women and 1 child. Altogether 493 persons. It is, besides, understood that some have been saved by English cruisers. However, about 400 men have been drowned. THE Brsnor , OF NEW ZEALAND.—Letters have been received at Eton College from the Rev. Dr. Selwyn, the Bishop of New Zealand, announcing the gratifying fact that the bishop had arrived safe, and in good health, at the place of his destination, after an excellent voyage. This circum stance was announced from the pulpit of Windsor church on Sunday evening, at the conclusion of the sermon, by the Rev. Mr. Coleridge, who alluded to the safe arrival of the bishop at his distant see in most affectionate terms. Dr. Selwyn, who was one of the assistant curates of Windsor at the time the appointment was conferred upon him, was highly esteemed for his piety and virtue, throughout the ex tensive districts of Windsor and Eton. THE KING OF HANOVEIL—Hanover, October 22. We are sorry to say that the indisposition of his Majesty the King continues with short interruptions, and that the in tended visit to the Duke of Brunswick for a hunting party at. Blankenburg is given up, as well as the journey to Rattios kischen. As these frequent returns of indisposition for some weeks past have prevented his Majesty front giving audience, he has not been able to receive a number of citizens, who intend to offer their congratulations to his Majesty on the approaching marriage of the Crown Prince, and who, it is said, have in vain sought an audience for some weeks past. The King rides out now and then in a close covered carriage, whereas he was used, to ride on horseback every day, even in the most unfavourable weather. OPENING OF THE WALIIALLA,—TiIe Walhalla, or tem ple built by the King of Bavaria in commemoration of distin guished Germans, was solemnly inaugurated at Ratisbon, on the 18th inst. The whole court arrived from Munich, and the town was crowded with persons of rank. When the pro cession arrived at the foot ( , f the elevation on which the monu ment is erected, the king alighted from his carriage and as cended the steps, accompanied by Princess William of Prussia; next came Prince William of Prussia, with Queen Theresa : the Prince Royal with his consort followed next . ; then came Prince Leopold with his sister, the Grand Duchess of Hesse, and Prince 'Charles with the Duchess of Wurtemberg. A. band of musicians and a chorus, posted on the second ter race, began a hymn the moment the company entered within the gates. The slow movement of the procession in ascend ing the numerous steps which lead to the portico cf the tem ple, formed a highly interesting spectacle. When the king reached the entrance, the President of the Government ad dressed his Majesty in a speebh, in which he dwelt on the importance to Germany, in•a national respect, of this work, which had been conceived, and was now executed. He said —" Walhalla will be the palladium of modern Germany, ,and the name of its royal founder will, until t h e most remote ages, fill a large place in the recollection of every one who has a German heart, and who wishes for the•welfare of his country." His majesty replied—" May the Walhalla con tribute to extend and consolidate the feelings of German na tionality ! May all Germans of every race henceforth feel' they have a common country—a country of which they may be proud, and let each 'individual labour according to his faculties to promote its glory. PoßTuoae.—Accounts have been received from Lisbon by the Tagus steamer to the 24th ult. The Prince de Join ville and the Duke d'Aumale had arrived with a squadron of three vessels, and were received by the Royal Family and the public authorities with the most marked attentions. Sir Charles Napier, to,whom the Queen owes so much, arrived on the following day, and was saluted by the Portuguese forts as he proceeded up the river. Great attention was paid to our gallant countryman by the court and public autho rities. The tariff convention had been brought to a con clusion, the final proposition on the part of Portugal having been communicated on the 22d to the British Envoy. It remained with our government to accept or reject these terms. So me further reductions, but to an inconsiderable extent, were admitted by Portugal on woollen and printed cotton goods. No new general classes of goods were in cluded, but reductions we re here and there admitted in par ticularthlelere reality s ion: without items. of the substantial appearance abatement. Portugals had rejected as inadmissible the several propositions that 3s. 6d. per imperial gallon should be fixed as the duty upon her wines until her export duty o f twe l ve mild i)erppeon port uty wine is done away with; that an additional es ad valorem of 20 per cent. should be retained besides the 3s. • and that the system of specific duties should b e abandoned by Por tugal, and one of ad valorem duties substituted, with regard to our manufactured produce. For a reduction of 45 5.11 per cent. on the import duty on her wines, the staple of Portugal, England obtains in return a reduction of 20 per cent. upon one class, and .40 per cent. upon another class, of her manufactured goods, there being several articles upon which no reduction is admitted. But unequal as the pro posed reduction was, the commercial treaty being signed, it would be impolitic to reject FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1842. The result of the elections just concluded, and espe cially of the contests in Great George and West Derby Wards, ought surely to satisfy 4,g,nilindriii every Conservative with respect to the opinions of the constituency upon one great question—that of scrip tural education in the schools of the Corporation. Can any thing, we ask, be more decisively proved, than the. fact that, upon this question, the burgesses of Liverpool will tolerate no surrender of the principle, in all its integrity, which they have made their watch word in past strug , „;les ? Nothing 1 The funds which we devote to the education of the children of our poor, they will not have perverted to the diffusion of mere knowledge. They will not, either, concede that edu cation in religion, other than that of the received Protestant version of the Bible,• can be permitted with the sanction and at the cost of a Protestant com munity. They bold, in fact, and will continue to hold, faithfully and btedfastly, the conviction, which sOrne men have taunted them with having avowed only as a stalking-horse, and which some amongst themselves would now willingly lay aside, or act upon imperfectly, that no education is good —no teaching is worthy of the name, of education —which does' not, w hil s t instilling into the mind of youth their duty to their neighbour and to themselves, impress it also with their duty to God—which is not a teaching based upon and regulated by the whole Word of God--THE BIBLE. Let us endeavour to direct attention to the peculiar nature of the contest in these two wards, and to the result. The retiring members in both were reputed Conservatives. Upon this very question of scriptural education they were Conservatives, if the conviction that such is the most valuable education be sufficient to entitle them to rank amongst that party. Upon general politics their views were unexceptionable; their private characters we have never heard an objection against ; they stood well with their consti tuents, and had—this education question apart--*-not the shadow of a reason to doubt their re-election to the Council, if the power of the party which first placed them there could effect it. But a notion, unfortunately, had crept into their heads, that " libe ralism" could be grafted upon Conservatism, pro ducing a character which rejoices in the appellation of " a liberal .Conservative"—a character which, if we had to analyse it, we should say contained, as its two principal ingredients, a little mind and a love of the applause of the many. Unfortunately, too, our two " liberal Conservatives" selected, for the application to it of their new views, the . question of education in our Corporation schools. They would be liberally con servative, or conservatively " liberal"—the distinction is imperceptible—with respect to the system in these schools. They would be conservative by halves, and liberal" by halves. They would give Protestants their Bible; but they would give, as well, its roissalS, its breviaries, and its Donny version, to Popery. They would, in short, in the iiberali.,of their Conserva;- tism—strange nmalgatnation,lierplwa miniature 'AI ay nooth, reared out of the funds of n'Protestant town, by the side of our scriptural schools? ; , , But the education question was precisely that to which such an emasculation of sound Conservative opinion could not be permitted , to:apply itself. The great principle 'which it involved could not be split in halves, or warped to suit the objects of lovers of expediency and hunters of universal popubii•it'i; and ,the strong.feeling, which the attempt so to-apply it created amidst the ranks of the Conservatives, soon made itself both heard and felt. One gentleman, much to his honour, retired before the storm which he saw it was vain to attempt to override. Another, how ever, fell back upon an outcry against " dictation ;" proclaimed his reliance upon the " fairness " and " liberality" of the public, and openly boasted, and in that boast was supported by the united voice of the Radical press, that by the sympathy of that party, and the votes of the " liberal Conservatives" of the ward which he sought to represent, he would be placed in a triumphant majority upon the poll. The result of the contest—a majority of 72 against the " Conservative Liberals"—is now before the world; and we shall endeavour, by an analysis of the minority, - to chew to this gentleman and to others, what is the real strength which " Conservative Liberalism" can bring into the field, when opposed to SOUND CONSERVATISM upon such a question as that of scriptural education for the children of the poor. The total number of electors qualified to vote in the ward of West Derby was 497. Of these, the numbers polled were, for Plumpton Smith Majority The total electors polled is, therefore, 294; thus leaving 203 voters unaccounted for, a great number of whom, however, are double voters, and will probably have voted in other wards, the remainder being parties . who have altogether abstained from voting. Of the number who voted for Mr. Smith—viz., 111 — the number of professing Conservatives was 37, at least one taif of which we i:se pledged in the: ttan• vassing book "not to vote on either side ;" and this number of voters may, therefore, he set down as that of the Li`i e• ral Conservatives" of West Derby. Surely, an encouraging prospect this for " Liberal Conservatism," when displayed on so vital a question as that of Scriptural Education! TRIUMPHANT as must he considered the result of the municipal contests on Tuesday, we must confesS that some events have occurred, connected with them, which strike us with considerable pain, and indeed SHAME. It is true that; out of sixteen wards, the Conservative party have been successful in gaining thirteen; that the majority in the Council is increased; by the substitution of Conservatives for Radicals, by three votes, and, by the substitution of sound Conserva tives for wavering Conservatives, by two more, — making, in all, five votes. It is true that we have achieved this, notwithstanding all the nefarious prac tices of our opponents—of which more anon; but it is also true that we have lost three wards by, we fear we must call it, the shameful negligence, or even worse, of our own friends ! We had set our hearts upon at length breaking through the thraldom in which Castle-street Ward has ever been held by the Radical faction. An excellent— an unexceptionable candidate presented himself, brought forward by a requisition such as has rarely been pre sented to any gentleman by any constituency. We have reason to know that the result of the canvass was unusually satisfactory—that, in fact, no reasonable doubt could exist—if Conservative PROMISES were to be relied upon—of Mr. Glazebrook being placed in a proud position at the head of the poll. How Was it, then, that Mr. Hugh Hornby—a gentleman about whose opinions there could he no mistake—a gentle man who did not even condescend to ask for the votes or the confidence of the constituency—was permitted to be returned to the Council, by a majority which, if not so great as we have seen in former years, is at least sufficient to shew that his victory is to be attri buted to no. mere accident ? From the commencement of the contest to its close, Conservatives must have seen that every vote which could be brought to bear upon this ward would be required. There was nothing in the contests in other wards to justify the use of the double votes which might have been polled here; and we do not believe that those votes were so used. Why, then,. our defeat t Why the discrepancy which exists between our expectations and the results,—be tween promises and their performance ? We grieve to say it—our defeat, and the non-realisation of our hopes, we must attribute to conservative supineness. We blame not the committee or the canvassers for this untoward result. They, we have no doubt, did their duty. They trusted that men, heretofore reputed to be warm in the cause of Conservatism, would not shrink from their duty—would not trifle with their plighted word—merely because Mr. Hugh Hornby was " a most respectable man," a " gentlemanly man," an "ornament to his party"—merely because they met him on 'Change, and were on terms of intimacy with him in private life. From such men they looked, and the public looked, for CONSISTENCY — that fearless con sistency which sacrifices private feelings to public duty, —and most deeply do we regret that they and we have been so fatally disappointed. Upon Pitt-street ward, too, we had set our heart, and were perfectly sanguine of success, as were the committee of the Conservative candidate, Mr. Taylor. In this contest, however, we attribute less of blame to those Conservatives who have failed in their duty, inas much as most of them, we believe, were of an humbler litik in life than the defaulters in Castle-street. The influence brought to bear on them was great ; the per sonal activity of their opponents was great ; the candi date brought out against them was perhaps the only one who could have fought the battle with any chance of success ; while against their own candidate,—a gen tleman who has moved hitherto almost exclusively in private life,—detraction and misrepresentation were unscrupulously and unsparingly directed. Still, we cannot acquit of blame the Conservatives of Pitt-street; and we are almost inclined to believe that they do not stand'acquitted before their own consciences. Of Vauxhall we had our hopes, but not so decided as those we had of Pitt-street and of Castle-street ; and we scarcely think that the Conservative party in the town have sufficiently discharged their duty towards this ward to warrant us in laying the Marine of defeat at the door of the constituency itself. Of the voting. in this ward. we have before us an analysis, which cer tainly.phews that it might have been won. By this -1-3 an alysis we observe that-- Mr. Case had votes CUns'eivatives, (duplicates included) who either did not vote, or voted in other wards - 153 Mr. Blackburrcbad.votes • Radicals, as above - 173 1 Dead Twice registered in the ward ..... Doubtful,—did not vote .............. - - ------, Total number on the revised list . Con. Rad. 153 173 Add to Radicals the doubtful 4 177 Deduct from Radicals actual promises to Mr. Case, but afterwards voted for Mr. Blackburn 27 And the utmost force the latter ought to have com manded would have been l5O Add the above 27 to the Conservative column.... 27 And we have Conservatives 180 Radicals 150 Leaving for the Conservatives a majority of 30 This would have been the Conservative majority if "; every man had done his duty ;" and it agrees very nearly - with the result of the canvass, as made up the evening before the election. We trust that we shall not again have such a result to notice in this ward ; and we do not, therefore, regret that it has been this year contested, although without success. An excellent committee has now been drawn together; they know now their strength in the ward ; and in the next two years we trust that the burgesses will he enabled to release from their duties the two Radicals by whom they are at present misrepresented. And now let us glance briefly at the proceedings to which,- along with the supineness of professing Con serVatives, the success of the Whig faction in the above three wards and the strength which they have shown in some others- is principally owing. And, first, turn .we to - Castle-street Ward. In that ward, we are in formed 'that two Conservatives who had signed the requisition•• to Mr. Glazebrook have recorded their votes for Mr. Hornby—nine who promised their votes to Mr. Glazebrook voted for his opponent — and sixty-two who promiSed Mr. Glazebrook did not vote at • all ! What influence, we ask, has been at work to produce a dereliction of .duty so shameful ? Our police reports will show that even personation . of dead men haS . 'not been a species of trickery left out of the tactics of the " Liberal" friends of "purity of election." True, it could not be proved by whom the fellow teeny was suborned to this atrocious attempt, and his connexion with the Radical committee of Castle-street Ward could not he brought to light. The public, however, will be well able to form their own conclusions as to the really guilty parties ; and, at any rate, when such practices are resorted to by supporters of the Radical candidate, less directly connected with him than his own com mittee, but still working for him, and apparently ready to dare all hazards to promote his success, there can be little difficulty in arriving• at the conclusion that a very low degree of morality has characterised the Radical proceedings, and in accounting, in some sort, for . the betrayal, by some Conservatives, of their duty and their solemn pledges. With respect to Pitt-street Ward, we have had there to battle with a system of personal and grossly unfair attack, such as we venture to say has never disgraced even Whig-Radicalism in any contest in which it has been engaged in this town. Mr. Taylor, the Conser vative candidate, we have before stated, has hitherto been known only in private life. Taking advantage of this circumstance, the committee of Mr. Fawcett com menced at once, not to impugn his principles, but to bring against him the charge that, in his private capacity, he had not contributed even so much as from his standing in life he ought to have contributed, to the charities of the.tOWn. "Of no less than fifteen of the Liverpool benevolent institutions," the com mittee; through their chairman (Mr. M'Clellan), • . . aigerted, "it will fie found that ny. only ribscriL!.s to !!! three guineas being the grand total of his charitable contributions?' As a matter of course, it migl,:t have been presumed by any one reading this .accusation, that Mr. Fawcett's contributions to bene volent 'institutions were three dozen, and the amount of those contributions proportional. But we are not informed as to Mr. Fawcett's charitable deeds ! In reply to • this trumped-up and most unfair attack, the cl,rnrnittee of Mr. Taylor showed that the contribu- tions of that gentlemen were—moat honourable to him —to thirteen instead of three charitable institutions; and the amount of those contributions £22 ls. 6d. Thev, without the aid of Mr. Taylor's own know ledge of his own acts, his committee could trace' from print'd documents—(and the committee of his op ron.mt had the same opportunity, if they had been actuated by a spirit of fairness, in selecting the parti cular fifteen charitable institutions to which it was urged he did not contribute)—and we are satisfied that the public will conclude that the list of charities selected as not being aided by him—some of them of a very obscure and notoriously partizan character — were purposely selected to make out a case against the object of their malignant abuse. We will not go into the Jesuitical reply to the advertisement put forth by Mr. Taylor's committee, in which the above information is given to the public, further than to say that it is grossly and pitifully quib bling and unfair. But we must give —and we will give it verbatim—the copy of a handbill which was not only extensively posted on the walls, but even paraded by boardmen in front of the polling-booth on the day of election. Here is this document, which we print in capitals, &c., as it appeared on the walls : " BEFORE YOU VOTE, THtATRE-ROVAL, LitERPOOL. LAST MOUT OP THE PRESENT SEASOA FOR TUE BENEFIT OF MISS H. GARDNER. fly DESIRE, AND UNDER THE IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE OF, THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL, OF SEFTON, THIS present FRIDAY EVENIICG. the 4th instant, L -will be perf , rmed Shakspeare's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. _ _ __ Oberon, King of the Fairies Miss Gardner. To conclude with the Fairy Extravaganza of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty Tickets to be had of Miss Fi. GARDNER, No. 6, Clayton square, and of Mr. COOKE, at the Box•ofce of the Theatre, where places may be taken at the usual hours. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. rp HE Public is respectfully informed that the ce'ebrated .g. Pianist, MIL THALBERG, WILL GIVE TWO CONCERTS at this Theatre, in which he will be assisted by MADAME RONCONI,. AND SIGNOR RONCONI, From her Majesty's Theatre, (being their first appearance in Liverpool,) MRS. A. TOULMIN, AND Mr. JOHN PARRY. THE FIRST CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9. THE SECOND CONCERT ON FRIDAY, NOV. 11. FULL PARTICULARS WILL BE pULY ANNOUNCED. TH EATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. A PARAGRAPH having appeared in some of the Lon -1. don papers stating that the Liver Theatre, in this town, would open for Dramatic Performances on the 7th of this month, I, on the part of myself and Co-Lessee of the The atre-Royal, think it necessary to GUARD PERFORMERS AGAINST ENTERING INTO ANY ENGAGEMENTS for the LIVER THEATRE, such establishment not having any license or authority for Performances of the Drama ; and the late manager was fined Fifty Pounds for an infraction of the law a few months since, and a similar penalty would have been enforced against three of the performers engaged bad not the matter been compromised by the Manager of the Liver Theatre undertaking the payment of a further sum of twenty-five pounds to the different charitable institutions of the town. W. J. HAMMOND. November 2, 1842. IV ti" ISS W ITN ALL r e s p ec tf u lly announces t o Lei' Friends .A. and the R.ghlic of Liverpool and Cheshire her intention of giving TWO FAREWELL CONCERTS, previous to her departere for. London, the first of which will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, the 17th instant, at the ASSEM BLY ROOM, GREAT GEORGE -STREET, Liverpool, and the second on the following Evening, FRIDAY, the 18th instant, at the TOWN-BALL, BIREENHEAD. PRINCIPAL VOCALISTS. MISS BASSANO, (Philharmonic Concerts, London,) MISS WHITNALL, and MR. MACHIN. CONDUCTOR, Mr. E. F. SMITH, who will preside at the Piano-forte. For the Liverpool Concert the doors will be open at seven, the Concert to commence at eight precisely. Tickets, for the Body of the Room, ss. ; Gallery, 3s. ; may be had at the principal Music-shops, the Assembly Room, and at Miss WHITNALL'S RESIDENCE, NO. 2, Upper Duke -street, Liverpool. Birkenhead, the doors will be opened at seven, and the Concert to commence at half-past seven precisely. Tickets, ss. each, may be had at the principal Hotels at Woodside and Birkenhead ; also, at Miss WHITNALL'S Residence, as above. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Having been appealed to on the subject, we can feel no re luctance in saying, that we received the rejoinder of Mr. Fawcett's committee to the reply of Mr. Taylor's ;com. mittee on Monday evening, for the STANDARD of the fol lovvitig day ; but it was left too late for insertion. The whole narrative of the proceedings at the municipal elec tion on Tuesday, which is published in our columns to day, appeared, with the exception of a few verbal altera tions, in a second edition of the Standard of Tuesday (published before five o'clock). 7Libirpool &tanbari. " READ THIS - . " Mr. Taylor has asserted, UNDER HIS OWN HAND FRITING, that he has giien, " during last year," A DONATION of £5 to the Strangers' Friend Society, being a part of what he calls his ANNUAL SUBSCRIP TIONS.' " Mr. FAWCETT'S COMMITTEE are enabled to STATE POSITIVELY, that neither the Secretary nor the Treasurer of the STRANGER'S FRIEND SOCIETY, have any knowledge of it ! ! "NO SUCH DONATION OF £5 Having come to their hands, EITHER DURING THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR, or EVEN in the PRESENT YEAR. • " This almost passes.BELIEF, but that such is the FACT this COMMITTEE PLEDGE THEIR HONOUR. " DAVID M'CLELLAN, Chairman." Now, we ask our readers, is not this a charge so di rect, so damaging to the private character of Mr. Tay lor, that no committee ought to have ventured upon making it, without information the most authentic. The committee of Mr. Taylor had stated that he had last year given £5 to the Strangers' Friend Society. " Mr. Fawcett's committee are enabled to state posi tively that neither the secretary nor the treasurer of tile Stranger's Friend Society have any knowledge of it, no such donation having come to their hand, EITHER DUR ING THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR, OR EVEN IN THE PRESENT YEAR. This almost passes belief, but that such is the FACT this committee pledge THEIR HONOUR." What must, we ask our readers—what must, we ask the public--be the " HONOUR" of Mr. Fawcett's committee, when we tell them that, within the last hour, we have had placed before us a letter* . from Mr. Michael Ashton, the treasurer for the Strangers' Friend Society, dated yesterday, acknow ledging the payment of the donation in question, in January, this year; and stating, moreover, that Mr. Fawcett's committee had no authority from him for de nying its payment, and that he was never appealed to on the subject ! Readers, we ask you once more after this, what Is the HONOUR of Mr. Fawcett's com mittee ? At a late hour last night we received a letter from Mr. M'Clellan on the subject of this placard, and it will be found in our advertising columns. * We do not publish the letter of Mr. Ashton, as we un-,' derstaud it will be the subject of future communication be tween the parties. ' - LOCAL N.EWS. Haw ° a l TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAI.—A rich and: elegant tea-service of plate has been presented to the - 'Rev.' Charles James Hamilton, curate of Birkenhead, which bears tile following inscription 'Presented' to the 'Rev. C. J. iiiittlitatt by the of St. Mary's congregation, as a' token of their esteem." AR? BRITISH QUEEN.—Great apprehensions are begin 'ning to be felt for the safety of this vessel, .Which: left New ork on the 7th ult. Her arrival at Southampton ha's been looked for for some time. Captain :Keane, her late com mander, is not now in that distinguished position, having been succeeded by a Belgian. THE REV. DR. BERRINGTON.—This individual, - who it will be recollected was lately brought before the magistrates, at Birkenhead, on charges of felony and assault, but dis charged from the former and held to bail for the latter offence, procured, the requisite sureties on Friday last, and was discharged from custody. AMPHITHEATRE.—The houses here are very good. This clever company of equestrians appear to give great delight to the audiences. Every night something new is introduced. " Lucy Long" is becoming quite fashionable amongst the mobocracy of this town. _ bwi , • MISS WITITNALL.—TIIIS accomplished singer is about leaving Liverpool, and gives two farewell concerts—one on each side of the Mersey. Miss Whitnall has much talent, taste, and a fine voice, and sings very well when she takes the trouble—on the above occasion, no doubt she will exert her self. CHARGE OF POACHING. — John Clark and Wm. William son were charged before the magistrates, at Birkenhead, yes terday, with trespassing in pursuit of game on the lands be longing to Richd. Burton, Esq., at Caldy. The evidence, however, was not conclusive, it proving that they were on the land mentioned with a dog and gun, but the witnesses not being able distinctly to state that they saw either of the par. ties beat for game, or pursue any, and in consequence the case was dismiseed. DEATH FROM BURNING.—An inquest was held yesterday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., borough coroner, on view of the body of a fine child, named Thomas Low Robinson, son of Mr. Robinson, Cresswell-place, Burlington-street. It ap peared that the clothes of the deceased accidentally caught fire while lie was playing about the hearth on Wednesday week. He was attended by Mr. Pennington, surgeon, but was so much burnt that be lingered until Wednesday night last, when he died.—The jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental death." STEALING CIGARS FROM A SHOP.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a young man, named Thomas Salisbury, was charged by Mr. Richard Gardner, tobacconist, Scotland road, with stealing from him a box of cigars. It appeared that on the previous evening, about five o'clock, while Mr. Gardner was in the back shop, he heard some person in the front, and, on going forward, saw the prisoner taking the box from the window. The prisoner was apprehended, and the property found upon him. He had been in custody for felony in October last, and was committed for trial. EDHGATION .OF THE PRISONERS FOR TRIAL AT THE KIR.KDALE SEssloNs.—The state of education among the prisoners for trial at the sessions now being held at Kirkdale, is very low indeed. Out of the 94 prisoners for trial there are only 3 who can read and write well; 45 can read imper fectly, whilst the very large proportion of 47, or exactly one half of the entire number, have never been taught either. Whilst upon this subject. we may draw attention to the charge of the reverend. Chairman to the Grand Jury, in which he points out some, reasons why , the " public-house clause" in the Liverpool. Improvement bill should be made the general law of the land. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We have now to perform the pleasing duty of announcing to our readers the appointment of the Rev. W. J. Conybeare, M.A., to the Principalship of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution. There were no fewer than fifteen candidates in' the field, all men of high university standing, and that - the only difficulty which the directors had to contend with was that of selecting the best, where so many first-rate scholars were concerned. The Rev. Mr. Conybeare is the son of the celebrated geologist of that name, who has so long been eminent in the literary world, as well by his scientific attainments as by his theolo gical writings as Bampton Lecturer at Oxford. His college career has been exceedingly brilliant. Tina. NEW STEAM-SHIP HINDOSTAN.--A fine lithographed portrait of the beautiful vessel—certainly the finest "steamer" that was ever produced at our port, and perhaps the finest, in build, model, and equipment, in the world—has just been published, and will be immediately recognised as an admira ble and spirited likeness by all who have seen her. It is from a drawing by Mr. Thomas B. Horner, a gentleman connected with the extensive shipbuilding establishment of Mr. Laird, of North Birkenhead ; who has also served in the navy ; has a correct taste as well as considerable experience in naval ar chitecture and rigging ; and has already produced some strik ing and highly approved drawings of vessels—amongst which we may instance that of the Gaudalupe, iron . steam-frigate, built by Mr. Laird, and recently so successful on the coast of Yucatan. The Hindoatan—of which we furnished a de tailed description shortly before she left Liverpool for India —is of 2017 tons burden ; was built by Mr. Thomas Wilson, and furnished with engines (of 520 horse-power) by Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, both of this town. Mr. Horner ap pears to us to have conveyed a faithful semblance of the ori ginal, and to have infused into the whole picture, whether of the vessel, or the surrounding water and distant land and ob jects, strong rays of his peculiar tact and genius. He has, in fact, entered upon and executed his task con amore,—in other words, with that enthusiasm which seldom fails to en sure success even with men of inferior attainments. The vessel is represented as under fall sail and steam. The sails are admirably set ; and she seems, in a somewhat heavy sea, " To walk the waters like a thing of life." The foreground (if so we may term the waters in front,) is relieved by the remnant of a wreck, over which the sea mews are hovering ; and the smaller shipping in the dis tance forma an agreeable contrast to the huge bulk of the steam-ship as site a ppears to be dashing on in the glory of her speed. The sky, which is rarely sufficiently attended to 1 i n na u t i ca l p i eces , i s beautifully and naturally thrown in, indicating- " clear weather and a top-gallant breeze." The lithography, which is in the finest chalk manner of the art in a - France, executed in masterly manlier; and those who delight. in pictures of shipping, (as who does not in this maritime - country ?) would do well to secure an early copy. The picture is large, and is well wo r thy of a handsome frame, to adorn the drairing-rOOtns, or the parloitrs, of all who take an interest in. the rapid and. redeeming progress of steam navigation throughput - the "navigable" world. E I iN i g ot, sinrerely ttillt that there will be no flinching on the part of our clergy on the ar.y;i versary (to-morrow) of our deliverance from the " Plot.' Our Church has ordered the commemoration and it is the duty of our clergy to obey. THE MAYOR'S DINNER.—The Worshipful the. Mayor gave his concluding dinner at the Town-hall, last evening ; and amongst the gentlemen present were Messrs. Toulinin, Tyrer, Cornthwaite, Davenport, Fisher, Hull, Blundell, Ambrose Watu, R. Frodsham, Rogerson, Tnomas Harvey,' W. :Holt, Clarke, Jenkins, junr., J. Banning, Palsgrave, Robinson, Tyson, Wason, Hindle, G. Banner, North, J. Parr, Rigge, Clay, R. Brook, Townshend, Bateson, J. Orred, Morecroft, Nitler, Wybergb, junr., Grocott, Morris, Rad cliffe, junr., Wood, P. F. Curry, Fairelough„ Snowball, Houghton, Thompson, &c. THEFT FROM A Snip.--Two. men and a boy, belonging to a Danish vessel, were yesterday placed before Mr. Rusleoa on a charge of abstracting a quantity cf pepper and some cin namon from the ship. They were observed by a police oflicer to have something bulky about them, and, on being searched, 541bs. of pepper were found on one of the men, 41bs. on the other, and a small quantity of ciunamon on the lad. The captain said that he had articles of the kind on board. The men said that they had found the pepper lying about in the hold, and had picked it up. The officer said he found several of the bags had been broken into and appeared to be slack and deficient. The boy made a somewhat similar story, but as he was young, and the ship was to sail this day, he was ordered to be given up to the captain. The two men were sent to gaol fOr one month. INCREASE OF KIREDALE.—NOIIO Of the suburbs of Liverpool are perhaps increasing to the extent and with the rapidity that Kirkdale is increasing at the present moment. A few years ago it was united with Liverpool only by a long lane, on each margin of which there was here and there a house; but nowihere are some comparatively new approaches which are assumingthe character of streets as fast as possi ble. Besides this, Kirkdale itself is exhibiting a considerable array of streets, in most of which the building of houses and shops is going on. Castle-street is become populous and bustling; and the well-known bowlingsgreen, which was such a favourite resort in the days of the cattle market, is now being cut up, on the Castle-street side, into yards for a range of houses now building, and on the side of the main road,. into frontages for shops. THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—On the Stock- Exchange business was. not brisk A few purchases by the broker who manages. • the dealings of the government, in amount, between X 30,000 and £40,000, were, however, suf ficient to better the condition of,the : market for English se curities, which closed at quotations a trifle higher than those current on Monday - last. : Consols for money and the ac count left off 931 ; Three per Cents. - Reduced, 100; to i! New Three-and-a-Half per Cents.; 1014 to t; Long Annul - ties, 12 5-16 to 8a Exchenher-bills; 57S to 59s premium ; Bank Stock, 165 to 166 ; India Stock, 253 to 255 ; and India Bonds, 50s, to 52s prem. In foreign securities, Spanish Ac fives left off 17/ to .18V; Spanish 3 per Cents., 211 to 22 ; Colombian, 201 to 1 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 38 to 4 ; Belgian, 101 to 102 ex. div. ; Brazilian, 624 to 634 ; Danish, 824 to 831; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 to ; and Mexican, 321 to 2. HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE ARCHDUKE FREDERICK OF ALSTRIA.—We understand his imperial highness and suite, with Captain Fitzroy, - R.N., arrived at Liverpool on Thursday night, after a most tempestuous passage from Glas gow. Throughout Friday he archduke and party visited the public buildings , and on the following morning went by rail ' way to Manchster to see the different manufactories, and in the evening returned to Liverpool to dinner. On Monday his imperial highness and attendants left for Chester, with the intention of making a tour in Wales. The imperial party were first to go to Bangor, and from thence to Shrewsbury, from whence to Birmingham. In the latter town the arch ! duke purposes to stay a day, in order to see the various com mercial establishments and factories, and will afterwards I return to the metropolis by Oxford, where his imperial highness stays two days, so that he may have abundant time to go over the colleges and foundations of the university. His imperial highness is to arrive at Mivart's hotel on Mon day. .At the close of the ensuing week the archduke and suite go for about three days to Portsmouth, but will remain there only a short time, arid then proceed to Brighton, and afterwards come to town for a fortnight, when his imperial highness will finally depart in the Austrian vessel of war now undergoing repairs at Portsmouth. POACHING.—SamueI Bell was yesterday brought before the Rev. It. M. Fielden, and J. Deane Case, Esq., at Bir kenhead, charged with poaching in the plantation of Sir W. Stanley, near Bebbington, on Saturday last. Thomas Rim mer, one of the keepers, stated that about half-past eight o'clock on Saturday evening last, he saw two persons in the turnpike road watching the plantation. Shortly afterwards. he heard a hare screech, and immediately jumped over the wall and pursued the party. One of them got away, but he overtook Bell, and on being searched, two game nets were found in his possession. The place where the party had been was then examined, and it was found that no less than six nets had recently been set. The prisoner in his defence said, it was not proved that he had set any nets. He admitted being at the spot with nets in his possession, but said he was just going to destroy them. Haynes, Sir William Stanley's. keeper, said the prisoner was one of a gang who had last year beaten the keepers. The prisoner in reply said, " Well, sir, I was punished for that." Mr. Fielden said the magistrates were aware of that fact, but did not take it into consideration, For that offence he was committed in the penalty of X 3 and costs, and : unless both were immediately paid, he would be committed to the House of Correction for two months. CAUTION TO NEWS-VENDERS.—On Wednesday, at the Police-court, William Jones, a news-vender, Was put fro ward on a charge of having stolen two impressions of the Liverpool Seam - lard, the property of Messrs. Lace and Ad dison, at the office in the Crescent, on the evening of Tues day last. William Walker, a clerk in the Standard-office, proved .the- case. He deposed • that the 'prisoner brought back three second editions of the paper to. the office on the evening in question for the purpose of exchanging them for third editions, which was geherally done. for all carriers. Witness, who-was very busy at the time, gave him` two of the third editions, and; while iii the act of taking the seconds out of the way, the prison&COntrived• to steal two of the l a tter. - Witness saw the fellow lift a number of the' papers athieli lay. it - la. heap on the counter, and take the two from underneath. The prisoner, in his defence, alleged that the • mistake had arisen in consequence of his having some num bers .ot the Mail i n his care which he fancied were Standards. • --Mr. Walker said the Mails in the possession of the pri soner. were folded at full length, and that the Standards were folded in a smaller manner. 'This was not the first offence of a similar kind of which the prisoner had been guilty.— Mr. 'asked - whether' the steinn - Standards had been taken from him ?-11 , 1r. Walker replied in the affirmative.— The prisoner was ordered to be committed for seven days. WIGAN.—TritmsDAY NIGHT. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The conservatives of Wigan have again proved to their boasting opponents that their principles are honourable and just, and such as command respect and honour from the electors of the borough. The thole number of gentlemen returned as councillors for the ensuing year are those who have espoused conservative principles, and are known to be men of worth and honour. Ashamed of their past misdeeds, the radical party in Wigan have shrunk from a struggle for the ascendancy in the council, fearing the justly merited re proof which they would doubtless have received from the constituents they formerly so misrepresented. Of the ten gentlemen who came out this year by rotation five have been returned, and in no ward besides. the Scboles Ward did any thing like a contest take place. In this ward 'Mr. William Caldwell and Mr. George Green were the retiring council lors, and both again offered themselves as candidates for further honour. Mr. Green, however, lost his popularity a short time ago, in pressing for an additional appointment of police officers, and was opposed in the election by Mr. James Heaton, who gained a majority over him of 21. Mr. Cald well, on the other hand, has risen much in the estimation of his constituents' by a zealous perseverance in the opposition to a fresh police appointment,—and stood at the head of the poll by a large majority. In Queen-street ward, the conser vative Candidates were subjected to a little annoyance, but the opposition amounts to nothing like a contest. The con servatives have every reason to be gratified at the result, which is a clear indication of the opinion entertained by the electors. The following is the list of 'councillors returned for the different wards, on Tuesday last : No. I.—Scholes Ward..—Messrs. William Caldwell and James Heaton. No. 2.—St. George's Ward.—Messrs. J. Fairhurst and M. Barton. No; 3.—Queen-street Ward.—Messrs. F. Houghton and P. Woods. No. 4.—Swinley Ward.—Messrs. Newsharn and W. Edwards. ' No. 5.—A1l Saints' Ward.—Messrs. 1 Eckersley and S. Holt. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE OVERSEERS. • The overseers of the Borough were again summoned be fore the Magistrates at the Town Hall, on Wednesday last, by the pobr-law guardians of the Wigan Union, for neglect ing to pay' X 1512 Ms. lid. upon the orders which had been made upon them by the guardians. Mr. Ingram clerk to 11. Gaskell Esq.,, gave evidence as to the position in which the overseers stood with respect to the guardians. Mr. Whit tle, who is the principal acting overseer, cross examined Mr. Ingram, but elicited nothing which made 'their case more favourable. In answer to questions from the bench, Mr. Ingram stated, that the orders made upon the overseers by the Guardians had all been regularly served upon the assist tanroverseer at the Guardian office, in which he had seen the overseers of the poor transacting from time to time, the business ;attendant :upon their' office. .Mr. 'Whiffle applied to have the case adjourned for a fortnight, as the legal adviser of the overseers was from home, and the notice which they had received was only' short. The Mayor and the Magis trates were of opinion that the case should be settled and that a warrant of distress should be issued, and to be dormant for a short time, to :give- the overseers an opportunity of paying 'the money. • Mr. Aston, proposed that the case should be adjourned, but a majority of the.magistrates were of opinion that the warrant of distress should be made out. Mr. Whittle said he objected to the warrant being made out and left the court declaring his intention to appeal against it. . . A RUSSIAN Cotrur BALL .--Irrimediatelv after my presen tation to the Emperor and Empress of 'Russia, I had the honour of being present at a magnificent ball, which showed the Court in all its splendour. On such occasions no civil costume is admitted. Every one is in uniform, and the vari ety of dresses gives a splendid character to the scene. Ima gine gigantic rooms lit up by thousands of wax-lights an assemblage of . 1,500 persons , women admirably beautiful, whose exquisite dresses add to their beauty, and you would suppose yourself iri a fairy scene. The emperor opens the Court Ball with a Polonaise, dancing at first with the Empress, then with the Princesses of the Imperial family, and next with the ladiesof the highest nobility, or the hand somest. At the Court of Russia beauty has the privilege of the enirie, and causes birth to be forgotten. The Empress loves to collect round her the handsomest faces, audit is rare to seethe' young daughterS of functionaries of fortune and rank altegether secondary becbme ladies of honour to the 'Empress,.thanks to their beauty and agreeable appearance. When the EmPeror has danced a certain number of Polo naises French quadrilles and mazurkas are taken up all con cluding with cotillons. The empress fornaerly was exceed ingly fond of dancing, and excelled in the art, but at present she rarely does more than a figure in a quadrille. or take a turn or two in a waltz. At twelve o'clock the guests repaired to the marble hall and the Imperial family took their, seats at a table 'apart; the others placing themselves at tables ar ranged in groups round the imperial one. The emperor supped in the winter garden, and admitted to his supper table cnly a few chosen persons. This winter garden, orna mented with palm-trees and magnificient orange trees, forms a charming contrast With the supper-room resplendent with tapers. The half light with which it was lit up, the little 'birds; Who, fri , ,thtened by the noise, sent forth from time to time a few short notes, and the perfume from the flowers appeared to me to lae,the triumph of civilization over dark ness, nnsl,Koduced in ,me the effect of an enchanted palace. I bariexttne a little man full of spirits and obligin g , dio 11tihlied~at Yee'eekiaeY who 'in which these wonders threw me. With silver plate there was before me a viSe, weighing; it' was said, 200 killogrammes, in which a man` could hide I learned from my neighbour that this magnificent service came from the Empress.Elizabetb, and, after having been for a length of time shut up in cases, had been discovered two years ago in the marble palace, The simper, which was comaos.ed of hot dishes, was served up by a crowd of footmen, and some Moors amongst them were remarked for.their.strapge and original costume.—.tour. nal de Franejart. . . • : , : nu ea micr • Ditt:',ADFUL CASE OF A C'APTIVIN ASCA.I.JIAINd AND MAITiII7.,\ TINf; 111 S CREW AT SEA. b e fore t, ..vas orong•e. On Wednesday last, Csetain Kereird, cf the Thomas, which letely at rived Mr. Rushton. and Mr.. Ileaeiinaii ,eerie, on a charge et assaulting his first-mate ; seal the csideece, as it.proe ceeded, disclosed (Olive eircuil.stances - which Will be found revealed in the evidence subjoined. Mr. Owen appeared for the complainant. and Mr. Wardle for the defendant. The former, after briefly alluding to the particulars of the charge, vi ch he had every reeson to believe he should be enabled :sa to prove es would seriously affect the character of the accused, called the 'following evidence : Eleazar Colthurst, was first mate of the Thomas on her recent voyage from Tampico to this port. She a rrived here about ten days ago. I remeteher what occurred on the 15th and 17th of September last, on board the vessel while she was on her homeward passage. (The witnees here described several operationi connected with the svcrking at the ship in which he was engaged, together ..nth a man named Charles Gray, who afterwards went overboard.) Mr. Rushton wished for an explanation of, the last ex pression, and Mr. Wardle .said he had an objection .te the question being put to the witness, as they were roe inquiring into that matter. Mr. Rushton overruled the objection, an the witness replied that tar ay was beaten senseleass'by th • captain. Ile then continued :—After being engaged wit i h Gray, I went forward, and the captain struck me with his shut fist. .My nose bled from the blows. 116 then knocked use down three times, and afterwards struck me violently with a rope four times. . I gave him no provocation, by language or otherwise. On the 17th, while they wer e setting topmast studding sails, and I had gone forward ta, help in hauling home the the sheet, the captain' came and again struck me three times. I was weak , and ill on the voyage. I bad a relapse of the yellow fever, with which many of crew were afflicted. Cross-examined.—We left Tampico on the 26th of Jul);i , From the 27th of that month to the 30th inclusive, we li n three hands sick besides the mate. There .Were nine of a crew in all. Alter the 30th July, the master and three hands were alone lit for full duty, and I assisted as well as I coal , ' occasionally. There was much sickness on board till the 10th of September. I kept the lag, and entered the principal oc currences. (The log-book was here produced, and the wits 'less was requested to read the remarks of the 15th Septera ber, and afterwards of the 14th. It related chiefly to weather, and the working of the ship. Mr. Rushton read further extracts as the witness read very slowly. The log it appeared was written by the captain after the .15th. On` c i passage was to the effect, that the people had almost tur tle . the master's wits—so that he was nearly crazyee-frord their refusing to do anything. The witness said that he did not enter the flogging he had got in the book, as he thought i t would be better for him to keep it private. The captain was pUt out of the way by the state of the weather, and the few hands there Were Co work the ship. Mr, Wardle remarked on the fact that there was no entry in the book relating to the alleged assault. Mr. Rushton said it could not be supposed that the tnate would record the fact in the book, which might have pro voked a repetition of the assault. (Some portion of the boob was erased, and other writing substituted, which the captain said he had done, as the mate had entered in it what were lies.) An entry stated that the master found Charles GraY asleep over the bows, and told him he would rope's-end hini if he did so again - . Witness said on one occasion, on the 22d September, the deceased, Charles Gray, was steering and got the ship aback, when the captain rope -ended him, and be afterwards got overboard. An entry of the 21st Septemb er stated, that as the master was walking no the starboard side of the bow he saw a man overboard and sinking, andahat had the day before cautioned him against sleeping on the sprit sail yard. Witness continued : There were four teen able 1 0 work at that time, and also the French boy ; the witness mil also able to do a little. None of those that were able refused to work. John Opie, the second mate of.thc vessel, being sworn,' said-1 recollect the day on which the complainant (Co t ' thurst) was beaten. Ile gave no further provocation than being disabled from illness. He used no bad language, or ll he could not work. I saw Charles Gray on the 21st SePt' I did not see him jump overboard. 1 was below at the time,' The captain spoke about it at the time. It, was my wat ch below. The ship was several times thrown aback whe n steered by Gray. The vessel was not put about to save GraY that I knew of. An Italian sailor, who belonged to the vessel, was thee called, and as he could not speak English, Mr. Dowling io terpreted for him. He appeared to be in bad health, an d was so feeble that he had been brought from the hospital in a coach, and was allowed to sit while he gave his evidence . He stated—l was cook on board the Thomas. I remember a dispute between the captain and the mate on the 15 111 September. They spoke in English. The captain s truc k the Nate, who came below. He beat him. with his fists, an after girds with a piece of wood.. He did not fall from tb blows. Mr. Owen reqUested the Court to ask the witness 'th e cause of i.is illness. Mr. Wardle objected to the question, as irrelevant to the present inquiry. . Mr. Rushton over ruled the objection, and the following evidence was then given':--I am very ill, and am . a patient at the hospital. NI, illnesi arose from so many beatings the captain gave me. was not ill when I left Tampico. During the first half of the voyage the Captain did not beat me at all, but he afterwar ds Commenced doing so frequently, for nothing at first, and after' wards because I did nut understaird English. I did not un derstand his Orders about the ropes of the ship. I admit that I committed a nuisance repeatedly in the hold. 1 could n ot help it they eave me so many potatoes. Ido not think ml ribs are broken, but 1 ant ruptured from the kicks given ine by the captain. Cross-examined Was not ruptured when I went on board. A French bey, named Etienne du Monde, was then called' and his evidence, was interpreted by a gentleman in the courts liesaid,—l tens en board as a boy, not as an able sailor. e l recollect the 15th September. On that day the master etrues• the witness Colthurst. He struck him several times with, his fists, and hi the end,with a handspike. Th e ca ptain foun d fault with him'for the most trifling thing.. He was 01%0)1 quareelang with the mate, and speaking violently to him.. By Mr. litishtoe.--I cannot speak one word of English' I knew they were quarrelling from the gestures and m euaces they used. ExaMination resumed.—Ten minutes.previous to the young man Gray going overboard,' he was steering. The captain called me to take the helm, on purpose to strike him, because lie could not steer properly. I took the helm. The Captaitt then struck Gray with a rope. He fell down amidships from the blows. The captain asked him to assist him in pulling 8 rope. He was tillable - MAI° it, and the captain took ano ther piece of rope, and struck - hire again. Gray afterwards Went to the rope, and attempted to pull, but could not. The OP' taro then got the cook to help him to pull the rope. The young man, Gray, then went forward, and laid his, head Mean his hands. He remained some time with his arms crossed then looked along the ship, and I then saw him s'elaneerc? r , jump overboard. The deceased's legs were full of sores. H e had had the fever, but was better of that. I . faney the We s were caused by musquitoes.. The captain was on the decks on the other side, when Gray jumped Overboard. Gray dill not say anything just before. • . Opie recalled.—l do not knoW whether Gray had bad th e fever ; but he was as ill as if he had.. He appeared to be sometimes out of his mind. • Mr. Rushton said that he - considered the inquiry relative to Gray was due to the captain and to the justice of the case- Mr. Wardle said, for the defence, that the ship was y e , r l short-handed, end the captain had to do every thing himself, even to the cooking of the ft:id, as welt as to attend to all the sick who were on board. The conduct of the crew throughout had been very bad. There was a passenger on board, who died , otherwise a very different story would have been made out. Even the witness Opie had been sixteen or seventeen days off duty, and lie should refer to him for the general conduc e ' and kindness of th e ca pt a i n t o a ll on b oar d, as h e h a d sailed with him before. The captain, he was instructed, had been six ,or seven days together without ever being in bed. He had no witnesses to produce, but should call 0 • as to th e Opie point stated. Opie said be had been two voyages with Captain Kennard, and that there was good usage on board until the men fel l sick, and illusage afterwards. Mr. Rushton said that a case had certainly been made out against the captain, far ill-usage of the mate. The partien lar assault was distinctly spoken to by two of the witnesses as well as the complainant. The captain had no doubt difficul ties to contend with ; but the crew were all sick and f e eble , and worse off than • himself. He had practised the most wanton cruelty and inhumanity towards them ; and with re' spect to the dreadful case of the seamen Gray, but for the last evidence given of his occasional insanity, he should have considered it his duty to commit him for trial before a nother court. There could be no doubt but he had driven that man into a state of mind by his barbarous usage to leap overboard' but that was the act of the deceased himself. For the assault on the mate, which had been proved, he must pay £5, or be imprisoned for two months. It is now confidently stated that Admiral Sir John Talbott G.C.8., is to be the new naval Commander-in-Chief at Ports mouth, and that Lord Viscount Ingestre is to be the fil l captain. Sir John Talbot is one of the most distinguisb e officers in the service. His gallant capture of the Rivo when in command of the Victorious, is one of the brightes t pages in the naval annals of Britain.—Hampshire 'nue pendent. 9 - MURDER OF AN INFANT.—Great sensation has b een Callbe at Harnage Grange, in the parish of Cound, and f or bevel?' miles round, in consequence of the body of a new-born di t a ie infant child having been found in a pool belonging to Arr" Cleeton, wrapped in an apron and a piece of calico, and 00 examination of the body it appeared that it had come to its death by unfair means. Suspicion fell upon a young woman named Martha Danks, who had resided with her father air mother, at Hughley, since May last. By the evidence ad duced before the coroner, John Hinton, Esq., it appeared that the girl had gone home pregnant, and, on Friday, t t h .! 14th of October, a neighbour of Danks's noticed that 511 ; looked very ill, and asked what was the matter with her She replied that she had got a bit of a cold. The inquest vi°t adjourned twice, in order to obtain more evidence. Abeu! fourteen or fifteen witnesses were examined. The coron er summed up the evidence with his usual perspicuity, and the jury returned a verdict of " wilful murder" against Mort" - Danks.—The prisoner was then committed to our gaol t° take her trial at the next assizes.—Satovian Journal. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT.—The new Insolvent Debtors Act conies into operation on Tuesday. It contains fifte e e „ en actments, framed with the vie w o f ena bli ng d e bt o rs.to 14 ' relieved from their difficulties without the necessity of P re h ; viously going to prison. The p ro f erre d b oon can onlY 1 '; conferred on those whom misfortune has made insolvents , least such is the spirit of the measure. The applicants NO; have, on public examinations, to satisfy the commissioner: that,they have.hecome indebted without "any fraud orgroo; and Culpable negligence." There is an ambiguity as to tb° s d Who shall be considered within the meaning of traders a . ,, 0 non traders; Traders, whose debts are under £.300, petition ; and non-traders, notwithstanding the exterl ee t,' bf their incu tn b rances , h ave lib erty to ava il themselves of "- provisions. Public notice must be given of an intended af.; plication, and in the petition the party must state a propo sa l for the payment of his debts. On the filing of the petitiont; protection from all proceedings, either against the person o f property, is given, which is to continue until the hearing , which at least one month's public notification must be gi ven ' ~ ' The property is, however, previously possessed by the set signees, and, before a final order is made, the applicant mus s mussshow that be had "reasonable assurance" of paying all 11 ,1, debts when be contracted them, which debts, with all si debts milers, must be set forth in a schedule annexed to the peti tion, Future property is rendered liable, but not to be t a k en _i: until an order made for that purpose. By the 12th sectirr... the final order may be rescinded at any period on it bon!, proved that the petitioner had not made a full disclosu re . his affairs, or had neglected to give information respecting any subsequently-acquired property. There is no enactres.,l., respecting cases in which the debts may be satisfied. u!.. tiers are to be made and confirmed by the Lord Chan cellor, . These orders have been delayed for some time, thoug! anxiously expected. The act is to be carried into operatipll by the Court of Bankruptcy, and the commissioners in Or country. The general impression has been that the bu sine,3 of the Insolvent Debtors' Court will be considerably e come before that tribunal di minished by this measure, as many persons w ho woul d ha r. will petition the Court of Bank'. ruptei. But petitioners will ha v e to pro v e the propo.sitiorl7 mentierredsein default of which their property will be taken_ which order if improperlY for the-creditors, and th e y will be denie d a final order, ot obtained will be. annulled and to the former rights ofethe creditors restored. One cireurnstanq. however, is quite clea r, that on .filing a petition all proce ed , mss on account of .debts shall be stay e d un til the appear. 111 1.•'• ;,14 4 : 41 E 41 ' 3 - j Oee of the dehtor ;e1 G irm ha‘ wilt out or 1 in stru The L Sep; fc mad moo des lual( then The ) • They and had upon rule town Evert o Scotian Vauxht St. Pau Exchan Castle- St. Pet Pitt-str Great Roane, Abereri Li me ., St. Ant West D South ] North ~, I