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 lith of September, and from China of the 29th of July. We learn by the Chinese papers that disturbances had again taken place at Canton. The English last year re paired the wafts of the Company's garden, which had beeuhroken down at the fire in 1842. They put on a gate, and were in the habit of walking, playing at quoits, and otherw se 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 factories, and a message was sent to the American man of war at the Bogue to request assistance. Intelligence of the 28th 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 Ioi, 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 overJsupplied. 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. lOd., in Mile - request. Freight to London and Liverpool, £3 per ton of 50 feet. The Ilindostan 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. GRANT.—This estimable missionary to the Nesto rians died of the.typhus fever on the 24th of April at AI I zul. CIIABOE.—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 Tra ctarianis 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. INTERESTIYG 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, having gone ashore on an island, Trinidad, near-the coast of Brazil, and being unable to regain the vessel, their boat having 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 sre and shoot all officers who are absent without leave. Mi nisters have declared that neither Don Carlos nor any of his family shall be pe r mitt e d t o rega i n p ow er 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 best authority, that advices have been received of the arrival of Dr. Wo'ff 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 wel known how, into the bands of the Prince Met ternich. FALL OF THE DOME OF A CHURCH.—The Abbe Cros, of Cette, at the moment of the late storm in that town, was looking from the tower of his church at the weather. He saw a black cloud, which he at first thought proceeded from a ,team-boat • but perceiving vessels dashed t o gethe r , 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. BROBDIONAGIAN 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 he 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 vertebra'. The sailors were unknown to each other. The wounds are not con sidered mortal.—Boston Post. AN BlV.D.—There is in the of one of our,old OLD Dutch families of this city a parrot s 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 whisles 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, but for some tine it has laid aside this habit, and, save occasional fits of viciousnyss, is a staid, reputable, and exemplary bird.—Albani, Atlas. A letter horn Cettee, near Montpelier, gives an aecount 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 Ilia air, and broken into thousands of pieces, which fell in d,fferent parts of the town, where they did a great deal of iojucy. Other large buildings were also destroyed, and the place is describe:l 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 vessels, be,,des 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 Aministration of the Governor General. In the States the elections are rather in favour of the Whigs; and the belief was beg;nning .to gain ground that Mr. Clay's election as President was certain. In speaking cf 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 dedited 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 (abuut £r4oo) for the doctor's imprisonment of 170 days, admitting the illegality of the proceedings against him ; but upon the condition that he 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. Kelley has again proceeded to preach publicly against the Roman 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, Dr. Kal 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.—Timet. 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 w ith them two blazing tar barrels, and shouting for 4. O'Connell and Repeal," parading the streets, breaking the windows of e ver y ho use in which n o li g ht was v i s ibl e . This destruction was indiscrimin a t e ; Catholics, Protes tants, Repealers, and Anti - Repeater s , su ff ered alike ; and the windows of the Catholic Church, the Marines' and 'Wesleyan chapels, wherein no light could h ave b een ex pected were demolished. Huge stones we re h urled for this purpose of destruction ; in several instances breaking sash and panes. At Johnson's Tavern th _e, and that aftere damage i n fli cted was very great, .and so incensed h was warning them to desist, he fired and wounded one man in three places, with small shot—a sailor the Clio, we are told. They returned here again at ten o'clock, menacing his life, when he again fired, wounding another person. Mr. L ee k, a t th e C ove , a l so fired, and while preparing to give a second shot, Was knocked down by a stone thrown at him. It is ail that, three persons have been wounded but none seriously, ~ 10~ THE COURT. 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 four months old, and who is to be named Victoria. Sir Robert and Lady Sale arrived at Windsor Castle, on Wednesday, on a visit to the Queen. There is a report that, at the ensuing meeting 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 E WS. OXFORD, OCT. 30.—This day the following gentlemen were elected Fellows of University Caere :—On the Foundation of William of Durham—Mr. Wiliam Hed ley, M.A., Michel Fellow of Queen's. On the Founda tion of Sir Simon Bennet—Mr. George Gran ;ille Bradley, 8.A., Scholar of University. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. E. Dodd. 8.D., to the vicarage of St. Giles:s, with St. Peter's per petual curacy, Cambridge.—Rev. A. R. Pennington, to the incumbency of the chapelry district of St. James, Walthamstow, Essex.—Rev. H. Blayds, 111. A , vicar of Southstoke, Somerset, the prebend or canonry of Wed more.—Rev. J. Bradford, to the vicarage of Pinhne, va cant by the cession of the Rev. J. James.— Rev. J. Haigh, 8.A., incumbent of St. Thomas's church, trookes, York shire, to the incumbency of St. Paul's church, lludders field.—The Rev. Henry Lowther, of Distington, to the living of Aikton, Cumberland. —Rev. H. Roberts, M.A., to the curacy of St, Botolph's, Colchester, vacant 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 Ilorsley, 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. liemery, M.A., to 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 some 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 are more frequently found in the persons of those who have no sympathy with their doctrinal peculiarities. It i is necessary that the laity should be made aware of this fact; at 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 duly, if by adhering too strictly to the rubric they thus sever tile 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.—Anothei accusation hasbeen brought against the clergy, as if they were violating a solemn en gagement, inasmuch as they do not "say the morning 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 be 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 deyote 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 he 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 he 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 has 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 wilt grow with the opportunity. Such being the case, Icannot think it th e d u ty o f th e m i n i s t er t o com mence thethatPractice of daily p ra y ers . B u t i t i s very d es i ra bl e peop , le being rch serviceselievedfro as mt m hi a s fi l y anabcoura,thteensdh: that ouldit i i n vi t t o e w h ns his especially, on one, or two, or even three evenings in the week, his chur c h should be' open sion which is made upo n the to maintain the impres- Lord's-day.— Charge of the Biaoil of Chester, \\N N IRELAND. N:\ The crop of potatoes in Ireland is stated to be prodigious. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The meeting of this body last week was unusually flat. \V cannot find an incident worth recording, excepting that the rent was again com paratively small, amounting only to £475. The Nenayh 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 Galway Bay to assist in quelling disturbances arising out of disputed rights of fisheries. A Dublin attorney has been convicted for destroying documents relating to a cause in Chancery, in which he was solicitor The penalty is transportation for seven years, or such 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 destroyed, 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 dues 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 Burglionay 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 benefactor 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 blessing ?" 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 I" 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 rich 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—unthunted bravery exhibited in the suppression of the slave traffic in the AM: an seas, enter prise and consummate skill in the details of his profes sion, recommended him for that arduous service. Lieu tenant Richard lt cberts, 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 REVENUE.—Last year, we are informed by The Monitor, the begging collection amounted to £2B,ooo—not bad payment for frothy words and cowardly acts ; and in the same year the sums ex torted, under the name of re eat rent. were—X47,6l4 17s. 10d. sterling, making a total of £75,814 17s. 10d., dragged from the poorest peasantry in the world. The weekly collections made during the preseLt 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 has been given ! Now that the delusion is over, and repeal flung by, some statement of the manner in which these thousands Lave been disposed of, might have reasonably been expected, but instead of an explanation, a new bill is furnished, a fresh exhorta tion attempted. Low, igcorant, and debased 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. \TiIeIVERPOOL STANDARD. \\N.. v. THE BIBLE SOCIE.TY.-- `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 succinct address, 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.) I have been a member of that society during a consider able part of a very long 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 least continu ing,to fill it with hisapprobation , and to the benefit of m an ki n d. (Cheers.) I ay " tone benefit of mankind," because I know of no society which is presented to us by history, or of which we have any personal 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 our 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 procide 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 to 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 present position, I may you meet in a state of increased prosperity. (Applause.) Viscount SA NDON, 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 had 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 task to go over the s ame groun d aga i n ; but at the same time, in these days of controversy, every man was called upon to review 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 tlett 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 Christians, and 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 lett 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 leaked 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, if sbe 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 which 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 upion. (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 can 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 on, as a Christian and an attached member of the Church of England, to continue my support to the great ohjec:s of this society. (Loud applause.) MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Well, 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, Conservatism still lives— lives ! aye, increases in vigour, and spreads triumphantly. All the speeches and tracts, and all the promises of de ceitful and interested parties—ail 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 co ernercial 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 interests of the corporate estate, than the annual account just presented to the public ; the gratifying state of which, we make bold to say, has been brought about by the far-seeing 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 Radicalis m , combined with the many —alas, h ow many !—" heavy blows and ;;neat cli,costrage tnents" 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 lhe 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 (n) was then returned for Castle-street Ward, as was Mr. G. H. Lawrence (c) for West Derby Ward, unopposed : Majority. David Hodgson (c) 221 Chris. Rawdon (a) Wm. Thornhill (a) 223 Thos. Vernon (c). ...... . Thos. Chalmer (a) . 131 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) 261 Thos. Bolton (a) 233.... 31 Thos. Toulmin (c) Robert Benn (a) 173.... 38 John Sothern (c) l5B Thos. Taylor (a) 64.... 91 Wm. Birkett (c) Wm. Lassell (a) . C. Boutflower (c) D. Nei'son (c) 154.... 41 John Kdshaw (c) Thos. Merecroft (a) Jos. Hornby (a) 2lO H. G. Harbord (c) 174.... 36 T. T. Glazebrook (c) John Platt (n) Richard Harhord (c) 222 Wm. Lockerby (a) Wards. E ver ton 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 . _ - - It will be seen from this statement, that last year t*elve Conservatives were returned to the Council chamber, and four Radicals. This year, as we shalt detail more fully just now, we have been successful in thirteen wards; and .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, 12 ; 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 subjf)i contested wards of the Conservat in an hourly statement of the poll at the election just closed. The ;ives are in italics : in the Lames Wards. Time. Majo_ 10. 11. 12. I. 2. 3. 4. city. SCOTLAND. James Brancker 24 45 67 87 118 161 217 Isaac Holmes .. 28 53 68 98 121 152 204 —l3 ST. PAUL'S. R. B. Hill .... 24 41 55 83 102 133 152 James Stitt .... 16 39 53 65 81 107 119-33 ST. PETER'S. R. S. Henderson 43 96 119 160 176 228 269 Thos. Bolton .. 37 83 109 138 162 205 230 —39 RODNEY-ST. John Pemberton 55 97 122 164 198 233 273 R. E. Harvey 45 91 122 138 166 204 222 —5l LIME-ST. J. B. L10yd.... 52 93 116 159 228 268 324 H. Holmes .... 48 87 124 161 212 252 282'-42 ST. ANNE'S. James Parker .. 44 101 130 154 183 204 231 Win. Earle .... 36 87 116 141 179 191 216-15 S. TOXTETEL R. L. Jones.... 175 R. V. Yates.... 136 —39 N. TOXTETR. Wm. Mann.... 274 George H01t.... 1214,60 We had thus the very unusual number of cight 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 shew, anything but legitimate : Conservatives unopposed. Radicals unopposed. Thos ' •Shaw, for Everton. Wm. Preston, for Vauxhall. C. S.liliddleton, Exchange. John Holmes, Castle-st. • James Aspinall, Pitt-street. G. G,Hornby, Gt. George. Jas. Procter, Abercromliy. J. S. Leigh, West Derby. I 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 are 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 (it) Thomas Shaw (c) Councillors{ David Hodgson (c) Francis Shand (c) No. 2.— SCOTLAND \\ ARD. Alderman—Richard Hought-n (c) . {James Branck er ( a ) 3 Councillors William Thornhill (a)...... Richard Ilonaht , m, jun. (c) No. 3.—VAUXHALL WARD. Alderman—*Thomas Bulky (a) William Preston ( a ). Councillors{ Thomas Chalmer (a) Thomas Blackburn (it) No. 4.—ST. PAUL'S WARD. Alderman—Richard Griffith (c) R. B. Hill (c) . • ... . 3 Councillors{ R. B. B. H. Blundell (c) ........ 2 J. C. Thompson (c) No. S.—EXCHANGE WARD. Alderman—*James Lawrence (c) C. S. Middleton (c).. . ...... 3 Councillors { Thomas Sands (c) .. John North (c).. No. 6.—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 H. 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 Aspinall (c) Councillors Thomas Toulmin (c) .... William Fawcett (a) { 1 No 9.—GREAT GEORGE WARD. Alderman—*Thomas Holt (a) G. G. Hornby (c).. { Thomas Royden (c) _ . Councillors John Sothern (c) ... ..... -- 1 No. 10.—RODNBY-STREET WARD. Alderman—R. S. Crook (c) ... . . John Pemberton (c) Councillors { William Birkett (c) . J. N. Wood (c) NO. 11.—ABERCROMBY WARD. Alderman—William Nicol (c) .... ... f James Procter (c). ...... Councillors Thomas Kaye (c).. l Christopher Bushell (c) ...... No. 12.—LIME-STREET WARD. Alderman—J. B. Moore (c) . {John Buck Lloyd (c) Councillors John Kilshaw (c) Robert Rigby- (c) . 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) J. S. Leigh (c). Councillors{ G. 1-1. Lawrence (c) . James Plurnpton (cj No. 15.—SOUTH TOXTRTII WARD. Alderman—*Eyre Evans (It) R. L. Jones (c).......... Councillors T. T. Glazebrook (c) Ambrose Lace (C)... No. 16.—NOA.TH TOXTETH 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 arid 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 that 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 fiuitless contest. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PARISFI 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.—On 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 Sesions, 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.' The Court then passed the sentences." Thus then have the Cornish Magistrates blown to the winds the decision of the Lords. SPO TINGR INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. The CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 so's if declared, with 100 sovs added. Last mile and a distance. 122 subscribers, 48 of whom de- dared. Lord Stradbroke's Evenus, 4 yrs. 7st 10lb (Nat) 1 Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs, Bst .. (Bell) 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Cap tain Harcourt's Sir A bstrupus, 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. Healhcote'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 asst. The Cute, 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, The Cure fifth, and Algernon sixth. Foigh-a- Ballach'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 gallantly to the end, and heat 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 sovs each, 20 ft, for two year-olds, colts B.q 4lb, and fillies SA 51b. 40 subs. Won by Lord Loris&le's c by Jerry, Torquoise (Bartholomew) beating Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton, Miss Whip, Lind G. Bentinek's Miss Ella, 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 next 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 pu r po se , b u t th e 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-Ballagh will not be run ; Mr. Irwin receives 150 forfeit. THE CHASE. THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS WILL MEET This day, stli instant, at 0/they Farm ; Thursday, 7th, at lluddon Heath, Friday, Sth, at 1 - li4hway Side; Each day at half-past ten o'clock. SIR WM. M. STANLEY'S POUNDS WILL MEET To-morrow, NI ednesday, 6th, at Havvarden ; Saturday, 9th, at Trafford Village; Each day at eleven o'clock. 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 amusinc , 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 and 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, if the numbers were duly summed, that lie would win. Mr. Brancker'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 minu'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 Wee lachrymce !" 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. Chalmer 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 on a future occasion 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 months 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 hy 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. Hilt, in opposition to Mr. Stitt, the reform candidate. EXCHANGE \VARD 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 Rain of one to conqeriatistn, 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 wards thoroughly divested of such pernicious influence. CASTLE-STREET WARD. We know not for what iea:;rconS7r;atism is allowed to sleep here. It is true that hitherto we have never been able to succeed, but we have good reason for thanking 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 WARD. 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 sm, the retiring Conservative candidate, and we believe that the Radical canvass gave them a majority of forty, SO that they opened the poll with very sanguine expecta tions, and certainly worked hard during the day, and about the middle of the contest succeeded in reduc:ng Mr. Henderson's majority to two. His friends, however, then rallied, and 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 their representative in the Council Chamber. PITT-STREET WARD. All sorts of manoeuvres have been resorted to by the meddling busybodies in this district to tormen►, 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 how s' polling, he 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 th,3 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 had been contested 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 mortifying to them to discover that, in fair and open contest, they were signally defeated by the operation of the very bill, which they expected would have secured to them a permanency of political power. As the contest in Liverpool 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. ADERCROMBY 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. B. 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 services in the Council arc pro. perly appreciated by those best qualified to form an esti mate of their value. SAINT ANNE'S. For some weeks and even months past the Radical Faction in our town had been making a dead set upon this Ward, and had determined at all hazards to oust the pre 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 I .—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, when, luckily, a fitting person turned up in the per son of Mr. William Earle, 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 liis 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 __,,..-. Nov. 5, 1844. the Loyal Protestant Operatives—and at four o'clock was returned by a majority of 13, the numbers polled being -- For Mr. Parker (Conservative) 231 For Mr. Earle (Radical) 216 Majority .. 15 Whilst we congratulate the ward upon this result, we l must strongly urge upon them the necessity of being prepared for nest year's contest. No man except one universally respected by his fellow-burgesses, r:s is Mr: Parker, could have withstood the amount of influence and trickery brought to bear against him. The proceeding s throughout the day were peaceable and orderly, and not a single instance of drunkenness was observed, except in the case of one of Mr. Parker's previously pledged voter 3. who, having be en "b o ttl e d" a ll n i g ht b y th e Radicals, was led up to the poll by two of this virtuous party, about half-past ten in the forenoon, in a state of intoxicatio n ' to give his vote for Mr. Earle. WEST DERBY WARD. As usual, a conservative-.-Mr. J. S. Leigh—was re turned unopposed. SOUTH TORTETH WARD. arty The contest here commenced by the conservative taking a strong lead, and placing their candidate, Mr. L. Jones, in a large majority over the opponent, or rather the shadow of an opponent, whom the radicals had se lected. (Mr. Yates had distinctly refused to stand on th e score of ill health, and is at present at Leamington.) Th e advantage thus gained the radicals never recovered, al though they resorted to every sort of meanness to ga le time for their tardy voters to come up. Thus the ques tions were put by the alderman, Mr. Evans, (a cour se usually resorted t o on ly i n cases o f suspected fraud,) to such voters as Mr. Ambrose Lace, Mr. Samuel Hoim e r and others, with sl hose identity and honour he was per fectly well acquainted, a proceeding both factious and in sulting, and which we should certainly not have antiotP 3 .: ted from Mr; Evans, however great the emergency to to' party. The conservatives, however, maintained their fo; sition through the day ; and at four o'cl oc k h a d returned Mr. Jones by a large majority, the numbers being for Mr. Jones (Conservative) ..... 175 Mr. It. V. Yates (Radical) ..... . 136 Majority Not a vestige o f exc it emen t o f any d escr i ption mark ed the proceedings, although from the popularity and lar.li e , property of Mr. Yat es i n th e war d , an enthusiasm in 011 favour might reasonably have been anticipated. NORTH TOXTETH WARD. The contest in this ward, between Mr. Mann a tore °f the old school, and Mr. George Holt,, a bitte;sectaria t " and radical, who a few years ago sate in the council as alderman of the same ward, commenced in good earnest at the hour of opening the poll, the former taking f o r the first two hours a considerable lead of his opponent. BY one o'clock, however, the radicals, by the most strenuou s exertions, had pulled up, and were, we believe, at one thus in a majority, which they announced, to the infinite gra tification of the papist mobocracy of the ward, by whom that' were chiefly supported. From this period the torus to rally i n grea t f orce , an d too k t h e lead, w hic . l l they maintained up to th e c l ose o f t h e po ll , return i ng t heir candidate by a majority of 60. The proceedings through: out were perfectly orderly, and unmarked by any of that excitement which has prevailed on former occasions, the conservative party beine conscious of their strength, and the radicals evidently dispirited and chopfallen, their can didate himself ha v in g was h e d hi s h an d s o f t h em, an d point blank refused to stand, if elected. The following were the numbers at the close of the oolb viz : Mann (Tory)... Holt (Radical). . . .. 274 214 Majority for lhe Tory . 60 At the close of the proceedings the successful candi dates for boi h the wards briefly addressed the electors from one of the windows of the Royal Oak, and Wer e loudly cheered by the assemblage, which was subsequently addressed by Mr. Sheppard, and then dispersed v ied/ homeward. CHKSHIRE. Last week .Mr. John Langan purchased the estate an ti hall of Thot mon, near Rock Ferry, for 9,000 euineas. ASSAULT. -At the Birkenhead Police•court, on Thurs day, George Lawton was fined 40s. and costs for assault ing Eliza Forshaw, in Higher Bebington. The defendan t accused the complainant of keeping a disorderly house , - and the magistrates. who had heard of his irregularities , strongly cautioned him. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—An inquest was on Friday summoned to b held at Woodchurcb, near Birkenhead , on the body of an elderly female, who, it was alleged , had died in consequence of ill-treatment by an unauthor ised practitioner in his endeavours to cure a cancer. Tile c roner, H. Churton, Esq., issued his warrant for the disinterment of the body, arid ordered a post modem ex amination to be made by Dr. Vaughan and Mr. F o ullo,- of Birkenh , ad. However, on the parties arriving at Woodchur..ll, it was found that the deceased had been buried at Whirchnrch, in Shropshire, and thither the parties depa r t e d, for the purpose of pur s ui ng the inquiry. - . FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD.—About three o'clock on Tuesday morning last the watchman on duty discovered the premises of Messrs. Wemvss and Cameron, joiners and builde , s, I v y- s t ree t, Bi r k en h ea d , to h e on fire. The alaru was speedily given, and t wo o f t h e eng i nes g ot to work, but, using to the i n fl amma bl e nature of t h e buildings, whi h were chiefly compo se d o f wood, in less thun three quArturs of an hour the wh o l e were razed to the ground. There is every reason t o suppose that this is the work of an incendiary, as the fire ori g i na t e d i n th e east end of the building, in a te m po rar y s h e d use d f or j o i nt i n k flooring hoards, (into whi c h no fi re was ever a d m i tte d) an & in the end direct ly opposite to that in which the stove is erected. Abut fourteen men were employed on the pre mises, all of wh in have lost the whole of their tools. The premises were insured in a London of f ice ; and the loss, exclusive of the tools, is estimated at about £2OO. FALL OF A PORTION OF BIRKENHEAD MARKET.-- About eleven o'clock on Saturday between fifty and silty yards of the southeastern wall of the new market no , ,v rtr course of erection at Birkenhead, by the contractors , Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co. fell down with tremendous crash, b u ryi ng s i x o f the workmen in the ruins. The unfortunate fellows were engaged at the time , in that part of the building which is to be converted into underground cellars, and were rivetting a portion of the iron roof. We are happy to say, although three of the parties were seriously injured, no person was killed. Th e remaining three were got out of the ruins without having_ sustained any cont us i ons o f consequence. T he name s of the injured parties are, James Ellis, aged thirty.tWOt whose leg was fractured in two places ; Samuel Hughes' aged twenty-two, who received contusions on the head , the hips, and both legs ; and John Cannon, who received contusions on the head and loins. The poor fellows,Whi are all unmarried, and from Staffordshire, were remoVeLl to the Birkenhead Dispensary, where prompt attentio n was paid to their injuries. The accident was caused 1)5; the fury of the gale which was blowing at the time, th e a contemporary states that the walls are not sufficiently strung, being where the semicircular windows are to h e placed, only nine i nc h es i n thi c k ness, t h e l engt h o f a s ingle brick, and where the pillars, or supports, are erected be tween the windows,the thickness varies only from fourteel ) to eighteen inches. WALL ASEY.—On Thursday evening, the adjourne d meeting of the parisioners was held, to take into consider' ation certain propositions for the improvement, lighting? and watching of the parish. On the motion of Mr. Lit' tledale, J. C. Ewart, Esq., in the absence of the Ret Dr. Byrth. was called to the chair.- The meeting halcee' been opened by th e c h a i rman , an d a dd resse d b y Mt. Winch, in the speech explanatory of the proposed eae a ; sure, Mr. Meadow cro ft o pp ose d the project, but he tee with little support. The following resolution was carried, with only three or four dissentients :—`' That taking je te ' consideration the great present and prospective increase of the population of the parish of Wallasey, it is, in th e opinion of thi s meet i ng, very desirable that applicati.. oll .. should be made to p ar li ament i n the ensuing session fe an act for the regu l a ti on o f the affairs of the parish tie° ,, 7 the principl e o f ves ti ng i n comm i ss i oners the powers 0 paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and otherwise itei provirg the parish, the establishment and maintenance ° 0 an effective police, an d a pu bli c mar k e t t h ereon, an d e l other powers that ma y b e f oun d necessary f or i ts e ffecte r !, good government, for which th e genera l l aw o f th e land' , necessaryeeit becoming insufficient:"—A number of ge n e tlemen were then nomi n ated t o ac t as a committee.- --1 ", secretary proceeded to read the report of the sub.cotee mittee on the brads of the i n te n d e d bill. Th e fi rs t elms vests the execution of the ac t i n 21 comm i ss i oners , ra te d at £5O, or possessing prope r ty o f th e va l ue o f £l5OO :„./ to be elected by the inh a bit an t s ra t e d a t £lO to t h e r !r t ., of the poor.—Mr. Brice proposed that the qua lificato should be a rating of £35 i ns t ea d o f £5O, or property ta the value of £lOOO instead of £l5OO. Mr. B a nner el, conded the motion, w hi c h was carr i e d , a f ter Mr. o:4ince.. bad explained, i n answer to a quest i on, that the cleah„..e-:t tion was to be i n l an d e d property, or h ouses. The r• clause provides th a t seven o f the commissioners sisal' r at tire annually by rotation, and be re-eligible. The ° is , clauses, relating to th e mon thl y mee ti ngs o f t h e coe n e t, sioners, were agreed t o w i t h ou t comment . I n the H e a l, which made app o i n t ment o f au di tors o f accounts o ptio of , it was made c om p u l sory, on th e suggest i on of Mr. 'ith lins. The nex t c l ause re l ates to t h e l i ght i ng an d wet jO - particul ar di str i cts, b y di rect i on o f the convt l ie to ners, and provid es th a t suc h par t s on l y s h a ll be lewole the rates. Mr. Ford suggested that it m ould he ad v " t b eir for the co mm i ss i oners to ta k e power to manu f ac ture n i c er own gas, instead of t a ki ng it f rom Bi r k en h ea d. and fl e et a good deal of discussion, an amendment to that e i zin g was carried by a small msjority.—The clause author. ex the commissioners to take a lease for any term etl.,; tu re ceeding twenty-one years of any of the existing or 1 : d to ferries of the parish having been read, it was ogre' The leave the consideration of it to the committee.: J o g clauses authorizing the laying of the improvement , it_ ()b -and watching, and highway rates were passed w itho c ;_ to serration.—The clause authorizing the Commissia: i p g borrow £15,000 for the general purposes of the aet.",_,. left been read, Mr. Ford proposed that the sum shouldoe__coo blank, and filled up by the Committee. Agreed t ol d various clauses in the report having bee" read e ve o r n dekl approved with the alt era ti on name d—Mr. Brice, s;'; itioa al by Mr. Sharland, proposed the following as an floe,. fr o, clause. "That all tenements under £lO be rxetre n L t he the improvement rate, and that for such teneimccl-)7rgea highway, ae )e d lighting and watching-rates, shall A a i directly on the respective owners." Carried. — over: Is there no el rose for a supply of waL,ned by Solicitor explained that suelf;power must be 9 ,, : it t t he a company, and not by the commis. loners, : t o a i n g forms of the House would prevent them from .zi. r o ;', e r: for such powers this session at least.—The Far' c ", iic itor, We want water snore than any thing else.—lne ot t s h o l e gg c e o s ni te n d i t t h t e i this . rtil , t h e e r v w a o ri u o l u d s b c e l a b u e s t e t s er o l f e ti ft e i nbti r I a e es ; p c: proved, and a committee formed to carry out the in F 1/ 1\ 'N *V: