The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-07 00:00:00

WN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS 8 . 101 8 „ 13 , e Cial meeting of the Town Council was held at the to 4, 7 4 411 . on Toelday, for the purpose of taking into L. ration and determining upon the special proceed , 4 1 k of the Dock. Committee, on the subject of further tf kicteotamodation north and south of the present line 148 c omprising a toersolution passed by that body on ,j , • eject of a notice parliament. 0, lq' PARKER rose and said, he wished to be informed i 6 1 11 rilt)wn-clerk whether gentlemen holding shares in i ile uarrington Dock Company could take any part in r ' karesent discussion, or record their votes on the sub li ' it; ') t to el'"rw-cLEthe question must necessarily la_ TOWN -CLERK said, %sl siouefore the council that day, as to whether the coon ° 1 4,1 ',ld give a notice for a bill in parliament to enable 0 heitaitx trustees to purchase the Harrington estate. This r tto,,,°.!olust arise, if no other question should; and he 'ltrr litt prepared to reply to Mr. Parker, if the council itr ed it advisable. ~It;bI'AJIKEIt again pressed for an answer. ' tot ' uakstnEy-MoonE considered Mr. Parker's ques ; thlvery proper one ; because, if there were any gen ' ts4l7,Present who were interested in the Harrington Wisis'it would b desirable to know heth l'illbiiustifiede in remaining in the w roomer or not they %Id "/i-ccuax asked, whether his opinion was re ,ks ; t hat particular stage of the proceedings? 1,40, 1 . 4 • TH begged to interpose. He could not con nosi cue Town-clerk giving any opinion ; and, without k i l l ng the basis of what the Town-clerk's opinion might 4 h l e i wonld for himself state the determination to which N, s conle upon the subject. It was this—that he Itbst e grn, either directly or indirectly, take part in the i , or vote on the question of the purchase of th e lit t, Niton estate. H e h a d a di rect i nterest i n t h at es tkeb As a numb er o f t h e counc il h e was anx i ous t h at it etchase should be made, and thought that it was the 141 tad intere s t o f the Dock Committee to make it; 11 11 84 toetriber of the Harrington Dock Company, he gi -14111 0 t the sale, and thought that other and better t l4 , p 'ght be ado tr]. - I liisL - s Ptvlsz-cLE tt p x slid, the municipal act laid it down lirrY, that no member should vote upon any matter keinillite should be himself a partner, u o u r t _li n av g e w nn a y te p v e e; t iieltille council A w t h there i p u r h es r e e t t , e : i t uti v a %- e as l9l . h Harrington estate ; k il / 2 ti e ll"? very well, that upon the proceedings of the 'Ns 43 Mittee beinc , read, a very important question ttietise, which would have reference to the Harring- Suck estate. He apprehended that he would not be LtikOder the circumstances, by giving an opinion on ,!titinon which he supposed would arise. The first : 1 1), - ,„ 4 , 11 ould be, whether a part owner of the Harring ate.o'it estate, being a member of the council, could Ithe r i t4 ,,, k e an art i any discussion relating to a notice its;:‘entiori P of the trustees to go to parliament for :144.(4'..,Purchase the Harrington estate. Now, he ` l 4s -ue dlY of ' ion, that no such member could vote Li% thitar! in . `any such discussion. He was also of opi -0 D o L .' °it the question of warehouses on the Harring- Ns ek g e state,members ought to be governed by the 6i, r ale Lset e bapplied to the first question, namely, that , 01 , er of the Harrington Dock esta,.e ought to take ki te vote in any such discussions. (Hear, hear.) )10411010e further discussion, it was decided that the :llt% should be read. 1 0 '''tfteedin,gs of the Dock Committee having been ti t P . -A.N us moved the following resolution :—" Th a t Littotdient that a special meeting of the council should t tikT, f or an ea r ly d a y a ft er th e 9th o f November next, ~...1 4 1:.1 t o consideration the subject of going to podia- CV ,ower to purchase land, &c., to the north and d o h or either) of the present line of docks, for k tl i lloth e ° 4 . l c c k a a.ccommodation f ; andthaelsorufouruspeodwuerewto makenorth 4 lk i h Tst watrd? by waterte ee r gs m and Liverpool Canal, and 11Net:lase land Y n ' ecessary for that purpose ; and that, in IdivetZ it ae, the Dock Committee should be at liberty sk requisite parliamentary notices, all proceedings 117(t e . ' i ng subject to the determination of the trus -3)OClPoncil),jat the special meeting to be called after . 0h le.`ovember next." I N rhlo,on seconded the motion. 1 t itt iCt '°os of the Shipowners' Association, in favour tit ° t'osed purchases by the Dock Committee, were si lt e ti to the council by the Mayor. Tile same r.eso %Ns:vete read in the proceedings of the Dock Corn titZ4 et a ; I,l„,t)obsosr said he would propose a previous TO t)4. kkiZeh he hoped the council would see the propriety 11 . 0 „ t N2old readily assent to it. He wished to separate eOttlqestions. He wished to have a general expres s'ed ,rtlion on the subject of warehouses, and he pro- Altiet,"ll Principle. He wished to move, as aprev f i r o u u m s i t :itig ewthat the Dock Committee be precluded te t te ltos le it e,e or taking any steps as The the building of k ot ektit e . 8 by the said committee. Dock Cominit u ki, t ° a resolution that they would not allow ware ,Ne• '.° enter into the question, not on principle but on 41 e s i l "; He (Mr. Hodgson) proceeded on . principle Vet, 11 1X e ,'Ple that it was wrong to ask to build ware- Clis s 'lta the public money. He was asked where was Z N Y, th a t 4l F. going for the notices. He answered, gene -s:l4it was absurd to give notice for that which L t tild t be made use of. Mr. Hodgson proceeded to Is i s t lista lt , t some length, that to bring warehouses, .built it 4s, e ;",c trust and with public . money, into competition Ori„,_enouses belonging to viduals, was an invasion kit s hs" i ht • a d concluded by moving the amend er - ire r s g et a ' forth. n NtdiTrttillirmo v ed the following amendment to dis -11:1tM1 4 .1 t?f Mr. Hodgson:—" That in the Irent tu of is t s h u i e s Licesr'og authority to the Dock Committee t m u, or the application to parliament for power . o ex -I.le Present dock accommodation, it is the opinion of 111,,N1:inucuil,tbat they shall include in the said notices the t t do c k s. ,', o erect warehouses round all or any of the It it ta r e t F4 . ez said this motion could not be received with k,,itted t At tens,Y became the mover of the resolution sub- Ne o „,Y Mr. Hornby, which stood as an amendment, h e 'Ld be discussed without notice. ii tentlemen present connected with the Harrington s onleti Estate, were Messrs. North, Horuby, Stewart . , iiki' B ushell (as a trustee,) Kilshaw, Lace, and Sir he trancic'er. :it j Tv ° o d, Mr. Kilshaw, and Mr. Lace severally declared ; I . os rltentions not to vote or take any part in the discus- It: tho ugh it was understood that they might be pre & r „ 4'ttip' v klvs said it had been stated that they would, in It the warehouses on new docks, be violating a compact ae'g Warehouse owners. It was, however, the exist l'4,ll,,ta that were alone alluded to, and the word " ex bttcetsitih .:thae been irierted for the express purpose of pre aPplication to new docks, for the eurseof et „,.1c the future. Mr. Evans, after speaking of the ZNeleterence of the north over the south for docks, teeTiat the subject should lie over, and that a cot t n i lli,tht b: aPPointed to inquire into the case, d ca t m ha e to i Villolenlet on its general merits. .When they 6. oth question he would show that in fire insurances f 1 ‘ ll O % . Amer matters Liverpool was sustaining a loss of 1444.-ukper annum under . the present system. uh f th a t VNALL said it was . not with respect to mono h.sci 1 ; he should vote against warehouses ; it was on liLtlit t '' The greatest monopoly would be the patron -01)s, 1 1 , - s sch warehouses would give to any p . arty w . ho li4a, so - ato be in power. There was another thing which 1 4,, ti.e .. t 'wrong. He believed that no less than £170,000 I )1'4444 a lready expended in the half warehouses, as th ey ),ettitscillt c alled, on the Albert Dock. If this were so, he t liZto 13 ° I ftloW where it would end. If the warehouses li e • b e uuilt by private capital he would not object to t to t etnal t a l!e Would not part with the public money to * 44' 1 . 0 14 - W 1 .buildings thlt would not pay, and which toitt e . Ike s et t Injuriously with private . warehouses. He ,Itls"' e the p r `ll , o w, from the Chairman of the Dock corn- Mar; " 4 1.ro ° uable cost of the warehouses . in question. Nts e hihseaaid it would be about nine guineas per 1 6 veeri ins b ut great portion of the expense would Pietll,ern 11.2 4 red a inmaking the foundation of the dock 1 df,, lu •oo6,7 4o ehouses had heen built or not. The sum N. .4,,. Luerefore was toilnt for warehouses only. )01 .* 1N41 . 1 ...—8ut the public money that is 1 24 t. tv s z ri4 r. As s A 8 . --- -Yes ; for the public benefit. i Oste,,,IIIALL,—It can't be for the public benefit to t il it i. thi s ',, l "' Public money against private property. It itt g oas e r " rl 9iPle that I stand up against the building of 1.,, NI with the public money. N il i, Ivas„ e l .? 1 • contended that it would be inexpedient to I t, the h - "uses on the docks in question. Ile thought, k lett bro Per time arrived for warehouses to be erected, N . G. " the quays of the central docks. Itu hi ll • LAWRENCE said he would vote for the ,te e * The shipowners advised that they should Z i k .i s tr i erY Yard of land to the south up as far as ,Y4''' 1 o t .'" e • He th ht it would be wise to do so. t tie e tl- c toink they would be acting either with wisdom I tlt: ° ase; t i t leY were to say in a decided manner that i t - sh ould not be built on the quays of the new VM h 5, 4 1 th ° ,,, -- GsoN said they had no objection to the erec itsee'rtarehouses. Their objection was merely to i q t o 41 which it was proposed to build them. They \444N. hav e them built so that they would not injure t t, 11 oPerty. 11 8. 4 1. 441 8 . 1 .. t R said the proposal was directly against kna,..o,Vodgson had just advocated, for it was to take . Nbli e l fr o in private holders and incorporate it with t ks, i pu ` ru st No such compact as that which had ~ At ee e t l of had been entered into. He was one of the ' l 4, ;004 8 411 ,d the word . existing . was inserted to prevent tl til 4 th e fr om coming within the clause. He should li.k amendment.l.,L 4 tlse t s aid there was an i m pli e d con t rac t th a t no vett should b built till the Albert Warehouses 4r. ' tie d. He e was u in favour of warehouses deci oklititti.k 11/4Vth e - s t l"r contended that the proposal was directly 4 1. s Puke it of the compact. They might as well ex -11:14 , s oiT ti cmonev in the purchase of ships for the t i 4 o p tlitit „tete s Ping freightlow. believedit was understood that 41( is ilt : e tts w ,re a n id ot h t o e ti the Albert warehouses , i O 3 , ti - t e t , t, and he believed no gentleman would i l l i v a w ve . qbeii. e _roPt to violate that compact.. Now, ki k y Whi v e t e d the movement was with the warehouse h in t thU Was forcing this matter forthe purpose of rap to r , •„e erection of warehouses on the quays of the IN Alt D ocks. Visi l l lt ( cN said it was true that they had no intention " 1 . ty o_Parliament, and he was now prepared to show • tithowlght not to go to parliament at all. According It t i lt ) t0 11 ,,g o ,f the parties opposed to him,. they ought klis,,"ed Parliament now, for the experiment had not W e r'',, hi ti ..to allusion to a return made for the purpose . Tid e , tl l 'ie Want of dock accommodation, Mr. Allan Ig i l:, 4 4 l ast four years we have not had any increase 'lto he showed that since 1840 there had been a ti k , e falling off in the tonnage entering the part. ti° t such urgen t neces E,itv t ~ Nov. 7, 1843 ment now as at this time last year. - He wished -to show that the haste was not only dangerous but unnecessary. The Prince's Dock had cost £600,000, and that sum ought to yield an annual return of £30,000. If the Prince's Dock was filled up with vessels lying by for sale, which pay 2d. per ton, it would yield £3,000 a year. They were going to build a new dock, and the two docks together would cost more than a million of money, while they were getting only £15,000 a year from the trade of the whole of the North American colonies, including Newfoundland. If the Harrington Dock Company had talked of making docks for the exclusive use of timber, would not the shareholders have thought them mad ? They deter mined on building warehouses on the dock quays, in order to bring grist to the mill. _ Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORIE said, when the proper time ar rived, no one would more strenuously urge the necessity of warehouses on the dock quays than himself. But the time had not arrived, nor would it, till the expiration of the four years stipulated in the act. Mr. Moore pro ceeded to show the progressive increase of tonnage to the port, since 1812, and to c.mtend that there was a neces sity to go to parliament for power to extend the dock ac commodation. Mr. ROYDEN said it was eight years' since the Prince's Dock was allowed to run dry. It would some day, in a gale of wind, let itself dry, greatly to the astonishment of the public. _ _ M . r. SANDS said, the origin of the late proceedings in the Dock Committee was a letter from Mr. Hartley, ad dressed to himself. He had been previously strongly of opinion that more dock space was wanted, but he did not like to move it till the others did. On the receipt of this latter he (Mr. Sands) felt the necessity of acting upon it. What would the council, what would the shipowners, what would the merchants of Liverpool have thought of him, if he had not immediately taken the proceedings which had been taken. He was authorised on the motion of Mr. Aikin, seconded by Mr. Tobin, to negotiate with the directors of the Harrington Dock Company, for the purchase of 40,000 or 50,000 yards of their land to build a timber dock. Mr. EVANS : No—not a timber dock. Mr. SANDS : Well a dock. He applied to the Harring ton Dock Company, who refused to sell a part of their land. Had he been one of their company, he would have taken another view of the matter, for the contiguity of the proposed dock, would have increased the value of their property forty or fifty per cent. They, however, refused to sell a portion of their land, but finally agreed to take for tne whole of it, the price offered for a part-31s. 6d. per square yard, and they passed a resolution accordingly. He was opposed to warehouses, because they were not wanted round a timber dock, or a steam dock ; and be cause he foresaw that the introduction of that question would defeat the whole scheme. As to the postponement which had been mentioned—let it be postponed a year : he had no objection. He had no interest to serve. but that of the public, with whom his own interest was bound up. He had no crotchet to carry out, and he, therefore, had no objection to the postponement, if it were the wish of the council. The Council divided on Mr. Barclay's amendment, when there appeared— For the amendment.—Messrs. Thornhill, Blackburn, Aikin, Priestly, Procter, G. H. Lawrence, Platt, Barclay, Bulley, Turner, Freme, Holt, Moon, Evans, and the Mayor. Against the Amendment.—Shand, Shaw, Hodgson, Houghton, Isaac Holmes, Copeland, Thompson, Blun dell, H. Holmes, Sands, J. Holmes, Aspinall, Royden, G. G. Hornby, Cooper, Birkett, Rigby, Parker, Plump ton, Leigh, Trotman, Sheppard, Harbord, Houghton, —Alderman, Crook, Nicol, Bromley, Moore, Molyneux, and Chilton. For the amendment, 15; against it, 29: majority, 14 The original motion was carried The following resolution was adopted : " That the con ditional notice be subject to such conditions, alterations, and qualifications, not in effect respecting the points de termined by the Council, as may be agreed upon between the chairman of the Dock Committee, the Mayor, and George Hall, Lawrence, Esq., chairman of the present Finance Committee, and that the notice be settled, under their direction, by the Dock Solicitor and the Town-clerk, the whole being subject to the special council after the 9th of November. THE MAYOR Mr. HUGH HORNItY said, before they retired, he had a very pleasing duty to perform—the most pleasing that had ever devolved upon him in that chamber. It was to propose a vote of thanks to the Mayor, and he hoped they would not consider that vote in the light of a mere matter of course, for he thought from no public body was such an expression ever more justly due. He would not remind those whom he had the honour of addressing, of the ad mirable manner in which the mayor had presided over their deliberations during his year of office, of the great intelligence which he had displayed and of the mild yet dignified deportment which had distinguished him. It was not merely as chairman of that council that he had exhibited qualities so worthy of commendation in every department of his office he had asked so as to gain the esteem of all, no matter to what party they belonged, so that he would have the pleasure of feeling, in his retire ment that he had won the esteem of the whole community. He had sincere pleasure in moving a vote of thanks to the mayor. (Loud cheers.) Sir THOMAS BRANCKER said, he had great pleasure in seconding the motion. The excellent address of Mr. Hornby rendered it unnecessary for him to add further comment. Mr. EVANS hoped the mayor would indulge him in the pleasure of adding one more word on the occasion. He wished to express the deep satisfaction which he had felt in noting the conduct of the present mayor ever since he had been elected to the office. His last vote was worthy of it, and added another halo to those which he already had about him. Mr. AIKIN said, he had hoped the pleasing task of making this motion would have fallen upon him ; but in this good and kindly act there had been a sort of anxiety to be foremost. Mr. Aikin gave his testimony as to the admirable manner in which the Mayor had performed the duties of his office, and expressed a hope that the feelings entertained towards him would prove the commencement of a more kindly spirit amongst them. _ Mr. BUSHELL said, his party felt that they bad a right to claim this honour to themeelves ; but courtesy had in duced them to yield to others a pleasure that was more justly due to themselves. _ The vote of thanks was carried by acclamation The MAYOR said : I beg to assure the Council, that I feel most deeply grateful—more grateful, I fear, than I shall be able to find words to convey—to the Council for the very flattering expression of the opinion entertained of my services during the period I have bad the honour to hold my present office. That those services have been greatly exaggerated, and spoken of in terms they do not merit, 1 must admit ; but I believe I may say that the Council have not over estimated my desire to discharge the duties connected with my office faithfully and impar tially towards all. lam not insensibe to the fact, that, in the attempts I have made to preside over the deliberations of this Council, I may, on some occasions, have appeared to outstep the limits of my duty in endeavouring to check what appeared to me to be objectionable or irregular. It is very possible that this may be laid to my charge ; but I think the council will acquit me of an intentional want of courtesy towards any of its members for whom it was my duty to entertain every respect. I trust they will not be unwilling to attribute my motive to no other cause than a feeling of jealousy for the character of the Council, and a deep anxiety, that. all its proceedings should be so con ducted, as to have no other object than the good of the community in view. I shall retire from this chair, with a grateful recollection of the kindness of the Council, and of the readiness with which they have overlooked many defects on my part, as well as tolerated my interference when, perhaps, I had no right to expect it. (Loud cheers.) The Council broke up at twenty minutes to four o'clock. KIRKDALE MICHAELMAS SESSIONS These sessions commenced on Wednesday last, before the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, chairman, and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar contains about the usual number of prisoners, being in the whole 81 ; of this num ber six can read and write well, IS can read and wite im perfectly, 17 can read, and 36 can neither read nor write. The following gentlemen were then sworn on the GRAND JURY : Josias Booker, Allerton. Richard Gardner, Everton. John Butterfield, North Meols. Robert Newton, North Meols. Richard Kaye, North Meols. Richard Wright, North Meols. John Davies, Great Crosby. Robert Johnson, Great Crosby. John Rawlinson. Great Crosby. Abraham Gartside, Everton. Thomas Banks, Everton. George Pitts, Everton. John Bent, West Derby. Arthur Clegg, West Derby. Thomas Lambs, Toxteth-park. William Skirving, Walton-on-the-Hill Edward Willmer, Liverpool. Edward Bland, Houghton. Joseph Culshaw, Houghton. Thomas Watkinson, Liverpool. Thomas Berry, North Meols. The CHAIRMAN said he had looked over the calendar, but was not aware of any case out of the common course, all of them being of the ordinary character, with which some of them were well acquainted, but if there should be any point of difficulty, the court would be happy to afford Them every information. He was not aware of any point upon which it would be necessary for him to address them, excepting one circumstance, which he thought it necessary they should be made acquainted with, as it af fected some points in the administration of justice, and that was an alteration which had taken place during the last session of parliament in the law of evidence. As it stood before that time, persons could not be admitted evidence who had been convicted and sentenced for any criminal offence, or who were interested parties them selves. The legislature had thought proper to alter it, and now no person was excluded either on account of crime or interest. There were one or two exceptions which related to the evidence of husbands and wives, and also with respect to tenants against landlords in cases of ejectment, where there was an immediate interest; but the rule was generally that persons convicted of crime might be admitted as evidence. He begged to remark, however, that in all such cases it would be the province of the jury to sift such evidence, and give only such credit to it as it deserved. There was another act with regard to the administration of justice, but it did not affect any of the cases which were dealt with at quarter sessions. The jury were then dismissed to their labours. and se veral bills being found, the trials were prnceeded with. No snow falls lighter than the snow of ge ; but non heavier, for it never welts MUNICIPAL ELECTION. GLORIOUS CONSERVATIVE TRIUMPHS Another Conservative victory was vouchsafed to us on Wednesday ;—another crushing defeat inflicted upon poor crestfallen Radicalism !—so utter, indeed, and decisive, as to the scorn in which it is held by the great mass of the community, that we are only struck with wonder that, in past years, the same community can have been misled so far as to pack the Council chamber with men whom they now evidently despise and detest. Of fourteen wards contested, the Conservative party have been successful in eleven. Notwithstanding that in several scarcely an exertion has been used ; and in those which have been lost, we feel satisfied that, with a stricter canvass, and earlier preparations made for the .fight, a victory in the remaining wards would have been as easy of achievement as in those which have been carried. We must confess that the result has surprised us. We never anticipated it. We expected, in fact, a few weeks ago, barely a majority of the 16 wards; and our dis appointment is therefore as agreeable as it is unexpected. We imagined, in our simplicity, that that amazingly en lightened and industrious body of men, the Antimonopoly Association, had so inoculated the great body of the con stituency with their free-trade views, that Conservatism was about to be swamped for ever. A ghastly picture of William Rathbone borne into the Council upon a trium phal car made soft by half-a-dozen pair of our friend David M `Lellan's slop inexpressibles, haunted our visions. We had a dim jdea of seeing the burly form of Thomas Bolton seated once more in his wonted place at the Coun cil table. We half imagined that the shriek of William Earle was not to be for ever lost to us ; but, alas for Whiggery ! alas for Rathbone, Bolton, Earle, and the rest of the small and large fry, about whose superhuman claims, our Mercury's and Albion's vapoured and swag gered to the last ! Some of these would-be champions ingloriously fled the fight—cut and tun—whilst the few who stood up have been sent home so battered and dis figured that their best friends did not know them; and some have not as yet recognised, in the elongated features which presented themselves in their dressing-glasses, the same smirki.ig and smiling faces which presented them selves in the same reflectors about half-past seven o'clock in the morning of Wednesday. Probably a brief state ment of the polling in each of the wards last November will be interesting to our readers, prior to offering any comparision as to the voting in this and previous years Wards Everton Majority Mr. Francis Shand (C) elected. No radical candidate. Scotland Mr. R. Houghton (C) elected. Vauxhall No radical candidate. Mr. Thos. Blackburn (R) 138 Mr. Thomas Case (C) 104 34 Mr. J. C. Thompson (C) 186 Mr. John Deakin (R) 165 21 Mr. J. North (C) elected. No radical candidate. Castle-street.... Mr. Hugh Hornby (R) 312 Mr. T. I'. Glazebrook (C) 277 35 Mr. Samuel Holme (C) 252 Mr. Adam Cliff (R).. Mr. William Fawcett (R) 190 Mr. John Taylor (C) Great George.... Mr. Thomas Royden (C) 177 Mr. E. Chaloner (R) Mr. J. N. Wood (C) Mr. James Mulleneux (R) 132 85 Mr. C. Bushell (C) 172 Mr. James Downey (R) 24 148 Lime-street .... Mr. Robert Rigby (C) Mr. Thos Morecroft (R) St. Anne's.. ....Mr. Robert Jones (C) Mr. R. E. Harvey (R) West Derby .... Mr. James Plumpton (C) 182 Mr. John Smith South Toxteth .. Mr. Ambrose Lace (C) 142 Mr. F. Jordan (R) 64 78 North Toxteth .. Mr. J. Sheppard (C) 278 Mr. W. Lockerby (R) St. Paul's Exchange St. Peter's Pitt street Rodney-street Abercromby The conservatives, as will be seen from this statement, contested last year the whole sixteen wards, and succeeded in returning thirteen representatives of their opinions to the Council, whilst the radicals were only able to elect three members, and those, as will be seen by the preced ing numbers, by majorities miserably small as compared with the numbers in the wards which returned conserva tives. It is somewhat remarkable that thirteen conserva tive candidates were returned in 1841 and 1842, though not precisely for the same wards, and this year we have returned twelve, the same number as in 1840, which is a gratifying proof that the change in the public mind since the palmy days of whiggery is not evanescent, but is as permanent as it is decided. One or two reminiscences connected with the last elec tion are worth recording. The total number of electors polled last year was 4730, and out of these the conserva tives had a gross majority of 828. The total number of Conservatives polled at the present election is 2914, and the number of burgesses on the roll for the fourteen con tested wards is 8354. Although the relative proportion of representatives in the Council is not altered by the recent election, yet the Radicals polled this year nearly six hundred voters more than last year, whilst the numbers for Conservatism are increased very little more than a hundred; but this is, in all probability, owing to the circumstance of the former party having, last November, left three wards uncontested, whilst this year they had a candidate in all but one. There is not much variation in the polling at the various wards between last year and this. The Conservative majorities, with two exceptions, are suffi ciently indicative of their overwhelming strength—their highest majority being 98, whilst that of the Radicals and that in a ward where no adequate exertion was made, (Vauxhall) was only 38. Three years ago Mr. Toulmin was elected by a majority of only one, whilst now he has obtained oxer a very popular man of the Radical party a majority of 38. In 1830 Mr. Joseph Cooper, in Great George Ward, defeated Mr. Thomas Taylor by a majority of only two, whilst, at the present election, Mr. John Sothern polled, for the same ward, 94 votes more than the same Radical opponent. At the previous election of Mr. Sands he was returned by a majority of 31 over Mr. Ottiwell Wood ; but he has this year succeeded in record ing 89 votes more than the rival candidate, Mr. George Holt, one of the Radical pets. This year Mr. Morecroft has polled 98 votes more than were registered for him last year, which is a sufficient reason for the small majotity of Mr. Kilshaw, though that gentleman has considerably more votes than were recorded last year for the Conserva tive candidate. The Conservative candidates for the two Toxteth Wards do not appear to have polled nearly so many votes as were mustered last year, though for what reason we cannot say. The following is an hourl3 respective wards : the nun printed in italics:— Wards, 1, Everton. David Hodgson.... 87 Christopher Rawdon 39 2, Scotland. William Thornhill.. 29 Thomas Vernon .. 56 3, Vauxhall. Thomas Chalmer 11 Thomas Case 9 4, St. Paul's. R. 8.8. H. Blundelll33 John Deakin '24 5, Exchange. Thomas Sands George Holt 3l 6, Castle-street. James Aikin . No opposition. 7, St. Peter's. J. A. Tinne Thomas Bolton 47 8, Pitt-street. Thomas Toulmin Robert Benn . 9, Great George. John Sothern 74 Thomas Taylor .... 14 10, Rodney-street. William Birkett 70 Lassell.... 156 11, Abercromby. 1 C. Boutilower .... 59 D. Neilson.... 7 statement of the poll in the les of the conservatives are Ma fori- -4 I ty. 167 189 88 102 106 142 109 148 199 116 180 177 68 78 48, 62, 88 125 94 112 1851 211 1151 117 141 169 1 145 164 124 145 110 138 130 142 41 49 175 1921 148 1761 1311 146 831 108 , 12, Lime-street. John Kilshaw 132 Thomas Morecroft .42 13, St. Anne's. Joseph Ihrnby .... 38 H. G. Harbord....i3s 90 1341 97 144 172 217 264 337 1 176 222 2681 3341 14, West Derby. G. H. Lawrence .. No opposition. 15, S. Tosteth. T. T. Glazebrook.. 23 John Platt ... 181 127 169 186 210 90 119 152 174 48 1 60 46 55 16, N. Toxtetb. Richard Harbord.. 1 27 William Lockerby.. ilB 67 75 64 72 67 87 95 64 74 79 115 133 167 94 121 155 From these returns we derive the following summary Conservatives returned.... Radicals do. No. of Wards, Conservatives polled Radicals do. No. of Electors polled, conservative majority The follow ng is a complete list of the Town Council, as at present constituted, distinguishing the politics of the members, and the number of years which each mem ber has to serve : No. I.—EVERTON WARD Alderman—T.B. Barclay (R) David Hodgson , (C) Councillors Francis Shand (C)., Thomas Shaw (C) Yrs. to serve, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD No. 2.— SCOTLAND WARD. Alderman—Richard Houghton (C) ..... . ..... 4 Wm. Thornhill (R) Councillors { Richard Houghton, jun. (C) ...... 2 . Isaac Holmes (C) No. 3.—VAUXHALL WARD. Alderman—William Nicol (C). . 4 Thowias Chalmer (R). Councillors Thomas Blackburn (R) .... 2 William Preston (R) No. 4.—ST. PAUL'S WARD. Alderman—Richard Griffith (C) 4 R. B. B. H. Blundell (C).. Councillors {J. C. Thompson (C) . Joshua Edwards (C) . No. S.—EXCHANGE WARD Alderman—James Lawrence (C) Thomas Sands (C) Councillors{ John North (C) . Henry Holmes (R) No. 6.—CASTLE-STREET WARD Alderman—Sir Thomas Brancker (C) ... James Aikin (R) Councillors { Hugh Hornby (R) John Holmes (R) No. 7.—ST. PETER'S WARD Alderman—W. P. Freme (R) J. A. Tinne (C) Councillors John Stewart (C) ... Ebenezer Rae (C) No. B.—PITT-STREET WARD Alderman—John H. Turner (C) .. Thomas Toulmin (C).. Councillors { William Fawcett . James Aspinall (C) No. 9.—GREAT GEORGE WARD. Alderman—Thomas Chilton (C) . John Sothern (C) Councillors { Thomas Boyden (C) G. G. Hornby (C) No. 10.— RODNEY-STREET WARD Alderman—R. S. Crook (C) William Birkett (C) Councillors {J. N. Wood (C). ... Henry Lawrence (C) ....... No. 11.—ABERCROMBY WARD Alderman—Thomas Holt (R) Charles Boutflower (C) Councillors { Christopher Bushell (C) Robertson Gladstone (C) No. 12.—LIME-STREET WARD Alderman—J. B. Moore (C) John Kilshaw (C) Councillors { Robert Rigby (C) John B. Lloyd No. 13.—ST. ANNE'S WARD Alderman—Edmund Molyneux (C) Joseph Hornby (R) Councillors{ Robert Jones (C) James Parker (C) No. 14.--WEST DERBY WARD Alderman—James Moon (R) G. H. Lawrence (C) Councillors { James Plumpton (C) J. S. Leigh (C) . No. 15.—SOUTH TOXTETPI WARD Alderman—Eyre Evans (R)..... . T. T. Glazebrook (C). . Councillors{ Ambrose Lace (C) S. L. Trotman (C) No. 16.—NORTH TOXTETH WARD Alderman—Thomas Bulley (R) ...... Richard Harbord (C). .. . Councillors{ Sheppard (C) Alexander Smith, jun. (C) Total Conservatives .. „ Radicals ... . Conservative Councillors.. Radical Do. ..... Conservative Aldermen Radical Do. 38 10 10 6 Presuming, which we have every reasonable right to do, that the Conservatives return next year the thirteen Con servative councillors who retire, and that then the re maining six Radical alderme❑ will be dispensed with, we shall have the Corporation composed of fifty-four Conser vatives and ten Radicals after next November. Though we must necessarily be brief in our notice of any occurrences of interest in the various wares, we can not nevertheless resist the opportunity of placing upon record a few of the more prominent circumstances. EVERTON WARD. This ward is thoroughly conservative, and though last year no opposition was offered to the return of Mr. Fras. Shand, the radicals have been so stung with repeated de feats, that they determined to oppose the conservative candidate, not only in this but in each of the other wards where there was the slightest probability of influencing in their favour any of the duplicate voters. In addition to this, the hostility of radicalism was peculiarly directed against Mr. David Hodgson, on account of his firm and consistent advocacy of scriptural education, and all other questions calculated to advance constitutional principles. His opponent was Mr. Christopher Rawdon, who the year before last was defeated by Mr. Joshua Edwards in St. Paul's Ward. Mr. Hodgson's majority continued to increase until at the close it reached 98. SCOTLAND WARD In this ward also last year there was no opposition offered on the part of the radicals to the return of Mr. Houghton; but this year their whole strength was brought to bear in support of Mr. Thornhill, who, by his exertions in committees, does, perhaps, more for his party than any other member of the council. Had the conservatives been earlier in the field Mr. Vernon would unquestionably have met with greater success, as he had a majority on the poll until two o'clock, when his opponent succeeded in getting a head, and obtained his seat by a majority of one. Ob jections were made to several votes at this election, and the proceedings before the assessors will be found else where. VAUXHALL WARD. We feared until within almost the last hour that the radicals would have been permitted to walk over the course, but the day before the election Mr. Thomas Case, who at one time represented the ward, and contested it last year against Mr. Blackburn, was again brought for ward against Mr. Chalmer, who, in several wards of the town has, during previous years, suffered defeat, but who, owing to the apathy of the conservatives until the last moment, was returned by a small majority over Mr. Case. ST. PAUL'S WARD. Mr. R. B. B. H. Blundell has rendered too much ser vice to the town to suffer any opposition to him to be successful, though the radicals again brought Mr. Deakin forward. The contest through the day was severe, owing in all probability to a confidence of success on the part of the conservatives by reason of their having won the ward at the two previous elections with such comparative ease. EXCHANGE WARD. To this ward, which last year returned a conservative, Mr. John North, without an opposition, an unusual de gree of attention was drawn, from the circumstance of a rumoured split amongst the conservative party, a portion of whom it was said would nominate another conservative to contest the ward with Mr. Sands. A strong party, too, it was supposed, would support Mr. George Holt, who came forward on the whig.radical interest ; and, from his well known predilections in favour of Mr. Alderman Evans's dock warehouse projects, the strenuous aid of that gentleman's party was confidently reckoned upon, espe cially when it was taken into consideration that the con servative candidate, Mr. Sands, in his place in the council and as chairman of the Dock Committee, is just now strongly at issue with the Evans clique with respect to the proposed new docks north and south of the present dock estate. The contest had therefore a twofold inte rest, as a trial of strength upon the subject of increased dock accommodation, and as a test of the unity of feeling existing amongst the conservative constituency of the ward; and up to within a few days of the contest it was very confidently predicted that the seat of Mr. Sands, opposed by this double interest, would either be lost or, if gained at all, be gained after a strenuous struggle, and by a bare majority. The first two hours of the polling, however, served very effectually to dissipate these antici pations. A spirit of energy and determination, which we can scarcely remember to have noticed in any former contest, appeared to actuate the conservative party; and at ten o'clock Mr. Sands had polled more than double the number of his opponent. He continued, hour by hour, to increase his majority ; and at the close of the poll at four o'clock, he had a majority of 89, a greater number than was ever before gained in this ward ; the numbers being— For Mr. Sands.... For Mr. Geo. Holt Majority, CASTLE-STREET WARD In this ward, for reasons, the propriety of which we are very much inclined to question, Mr. James Aikin was returned without opposition. The majority for Mr. Hugh Hornby (the most popular man on the part of the radicals) last year was only 35, a number which we verily believe, in the improved state of the registry, was not sufficient to justify the quiescence of the conservatives. ST. PETER'S WARD The contest in this ward was between Mr. J. A. Tinne —a gentleman whose family and connections have long been extensively engaged in the commerce of the port,— and Mr. Thomas Bolton, the opponent of town dues, the bitter enemy of the Liverpool freemen, and former mem ber for Castle-street and mayor of the borough. On the opening of the poll Mr. Tinne took the lead, and at ten was in a small majority over his opponent. At eleven, however, Mr. Bolton was a-head, and continued so until two o'clock, when Mr. Tinne again passed him. At three, matters were again reversed, Mr. Bolton being in a ma jority of six. From this hour, however, the Conservatives poured in their double votes ; and at the close, Mr. Tinne was elected by a majority of 31—the numbers being For Mr. Tinne . For Mr. Bolton. Majority From the commencement of the contest, Mr. Tinne's position could have been made equally favourable ; but such was the determination of a number of the electors who had qualifications in Exchange Ward, to secure the return of Mr. Sands by an overwhelming majority, that their votes in this ward were held in reserve up to the last hour. We may mention an occurrence which cre ated no little merriment, connected with the voting in this ward. During the day, a gentleman (well known as a sound conservative, and a member of the Back-bone Club) handed in his voting-paper,. which was recorded in the usual way,,and the vote, to the party's great chagrin, announced to be for—Thomas Bolton! The back-bone conservative had, in his haste, got hold of the wrong do cument, and handed it in without examination. PITT-STREET WARD The contest in this ward was between Mr. Toulmin, the retiring member, and Mr. Benn, on the radical interest ; and from the circumstance of the radical party, and their extraordinary lively chairman, Mr. David M'Clellan, having last year succeeded in foisting Mr. Fawcett upon the ward, it was by them anticipated that Mr. Benn's re turn was secure. At an early period of the day, however, they were disabused of this notion, and at the close of the poll Mr. Toulmin was returned by a majority of 38—the numbers being For Mr. Toulmin For Mr. Benn ... Majority The result of this contest affords another criterion as to the state of public feeling upon the subject of the proposed dock extension. Mr. Benn's opinions, with respect to dock warehouses at all hazards, are well known ; and it is not unlikely that, bad victory shone upon the Whig-radical party, that gentleman was intended to replace Mr. Sands in the chair of the Dock Committee. Modest gentle man ! GREAT GEORGE WARD The contest in this ward throughout the day was a mere farce. Mr. John Sothern, the conservative candidate, may be said to have been returned without opposition, for the announcement of Mr. Thomas Taylor's name, the day before the election, appears only to have been made for the sake of annoyance, for the numbers polled for him throughout the entire day would not certainly justify the committee in putting any gentleman to the expense of a contest. RODNEY-STREET WARD The contest in this ward was conducted, on the part of the radicals, with more than a usual display of splenetic feeling. Mr. Birkett, the conservative candidate, has for some time past been the object of the slander and vitupe ration of the dregs of the radical faction ; and the sup porters of the Whig candidate Mr. Lassen, seem on this occasion to have exerted themselves to their utmost to pander to the malevolent feelings by which that faction were actuated. Abusive placards were freely circulated ; and even private circulars were issued, bearing the signa ture of the chairman of Mr. Lassell's committee, imput ing actual dishonesty and fraud to the conservative candi date. All these disreputable efforts failed, however. From the commencement to the close of the poll the result was never for a moment doubtful ; and at four o'clock Mr. Birkett triumphed over his traducers by a majority of 18—the numbers being : For Mr. Birkett For Mr. Lassell Majority The majority would of course have been much greater but from the circumstance of a large number of duplicate voters having been sent to other wards. ABERCROMBY WARD We are at a loss, even at the present moment, tho roughly to understand the nature of the contest in this ward. When we heard of Mr. Procter's retirement from its representation, we doubted where the committee would obtain an equally efficient member; but when we under stood that Mr. Boutflower had consented to supply Mr. Procter's place, we were in some measure compensated for the loss of the former gentleman. In Mr. Boutflower the Council has added to its number a retired gentleman of the first respectability, able to devote the requisite time to the constituency whose interests he has been elected to watch over, and well qualified in point of intelligence and perseverance to protect those interests. Mr. Boutflower is, moreover, a firm and unwavering Protestant, and we feel persuaded that, on no occasion, where the assertion of any principle is involved will he be found to exhibit the half-and-half policy which has lately characterised the party who style themselves "liberal conservatives." Mr. Boutflower is an old Church of England tory, and we care not how many of such men are sent into the Council. But we said that we are not able to assign a sufficient reason for the opposition manifested to Mr. Boutflower; neither are we ; not so much on account of the overwhelming majorities recorded at the three last elections, but because the gentleman who stood forward as his opponent is well known as a staunch conservative, and not likely to be an accessory to any manoeuvre to dam- ge the interests of the party to which he belongs. The gentleman to whom we allude was Mr. Daniel Neilson, whom, unquestionably, we have no hesitation in saying we should be glad to see a member of the Council, and who would undoubtedly have been placed there had a signification of his desire been made at the proper time; for we believe that Mr. Bout flower only consented to be nominated after urgent and repeated requests on the part of the conservative commit tee. The majority was sufficiently decisive through the day, though the late hour at which Mr. Neilson was an nounced, and coming quite unexpected on the conservative committee, naturally caused no little excitement amongst them. We cannot believe but that Mr. Neilson's best wishes are with the party to which he has long been at tached, and for that reason we are the more unable to account for the opposition. Immediately aiter the close of the poll, Mr. Boutflower, accompanied by a number of his friends, proceeded to the Phoenix Inn, where a large concourse of respectable in dividuals had assembled, and he was received with loud cheers. Mr. BUSHELL (on the party reaching the large room above) appeared at an open window, amidst much ap plause, and, in a brief and neat manner, introduced. Mr. Boutflower to the assemblage as their successful candi date, who, he doubted not, would exert himself in the council for the best interests of the ward and the town. (Cheers.) Mr. BOUTFLOWER then appeared, and was enthusias tically received. He hoped they had not assembled in the expectation of hearing him deliver a speech, for if so they would be disappointed. To make a speech required a degree of talent possessed by few, and which he did not profess to be endowed with. In compliance, however, with custom, and learning, too, that something was ex pected, he would offer a few observations. He congratu lated them on the result of the election, for it afforded a gratifying test of the sound principles which influenced the conservative constituency of the ward. (Cheers.) They were aware that no opposition was there anticipated ; their opponents too well knew the conservative strength of the ward, and their own consequent weakness, to ven ture upon a fair stand-up fight. It was not until Mr. party w t N n a i e n i lesdo that ' s voting-papers we that gentlenaanw r a e su s i a s na e s d s , a e nt n i n d g it as to a w sc h e a r i was going on, that the affair was regarded as otherwise than a trick of the enemy, to embarrass their double votes. He would endeavour to account for the opposi tion. In the first place, he was informed that the state ment he had made of his principles some weeks ago, be fore the assembled conservative constituency of the ward, were too strong for one or two liberal conservatives pre sent: this they publicly expressed, and the radicals acted upon the hint in the way they had seen. His second of fence was, that he was not sufficiently known amongst them, and ought not therefore to represent them. But, if he had the misfortune not to be sufficiently known, it happened that others had the misfortune to be " better known than trusted." (Laughter.) If his opinions had hitherto been strong, they were not likely to be less so from the treatment he had experienced that day. He had now only to thank the committee, who had so zealously exerted themselves in his behalf, and the constituency, who by their votes had placed him in that proud position. There was also another gentleman who had been most active throughout, and who was not to be out-generalled, to whom he owed much : he alluded to Mr. Muncaster, and called upon them to give three cheers for that re spected individual. (Loud cheers for the candidate and Mr. Muncaster.) Mr. BUSHELL was then called for, and, in a humorous address, congratulated the electors on the triumphs they had obtained, showing, as on former occasions, that they could achieve victory, whether directly attacked by oppo nents from within, or by enemies beyond the camp. He concluded by stating that he had heard from Mr. Neilson himself, that he would go to the council if elected ; but he need scarcely tell them that that gentleman had de prived himself of all chance of success, by not coming forward earlier, when the ward were looking for a candi date. (Cheers.) LIME-STREET WARD The contest in this ward presented no features of great interest, and was conducted with great quiet ness by both parties. Mr. Morecroft took the lead in the first two hours of polling, and maintained his position up to three o'clock. He was then passed by the conservative, Mr. Kilshaw, and finally beat by a majority of three votes ; the numbers at the close of the poll being— __.. For - Mr. Kilshaw... For Mr. Morecroft. Majority ST. ANNE'S WARD In this ward the conservative party fought at every dis advantage. The opposing party had their candidate, Mr. Joseph Hornby, in the field for weeks before it was known that the conservatives had even decided upon a contest ; and when, at the last hour, Mr. Harbord was induced to take the field, it was discovered by his canvassers that, in many quarters where they had hoped for support, they had been anticipated, and pledges given either to vote for the whig, or to abstain from voting at all. Under these circumstances, it is not a little demonstrative of the real conservative strength of the ward that Mr. Harbord was enabled to rally to his side 174 good men and true, whilst his competitor, with all his advantages, only mustered 210 votes. From a comparison of the numbers polled in this ward last year, it is evident that a little earlier effort on the part of the conservatives would have insured a very different result. Last year the voting was— For Mr. R. Jones, Conservative .. 210 For Mr. R. E. Harvey, Radical .. 202 Majority for Mr. R. Jones .. 8 Mr. Harbord therefore, on this occasion, did not poll nearly the number of votes at the disposal of the conser vative party, whilst his opponent polled more ; and no doubt some votes would have been given to the conserva tive side which were run away with by the cajolery of the whig party and their canvassers. Were the contest to be fought again next week or to-morrow ; were the sterling toryism of Mr. Harbord to be weighed by the electors against the milk-and-water whiggery of Mr. Hornby ; were the talent, honesty, independence, and usefulness of the former to be set against the partizanship of the latter, such a result as the return of Mr. Joseph Hornby, by the electors of this sound and conservative locality, would not again occur. This may, however, and we trust will be, a warning to " keep their powder dry," and be prepared for the next co n t es t w h enever i t ma y arrive. WEST DERBY WARD. Mr. G. H. Lawrence, the able chairman of the Finance Committee, was permitted to be returned without oppo sition. SOUTH TOXTRTH WARD. This ward is at length, though for the first time since the passing of the municival act, thoroughly conservative, as respects its popularly-elected representatives at least, for it is still plagued with a radical alderman. The con test through the day was very severe, and was only gained by a severe scrutiny into the votes, before the assessors and alderman, which will be found detailed elsewhere, which terminated in the return , of Mr. Glazebrook, who was brought forward to oppose the retiring radical mem ber, Mr. Platt, who it was confidently predicted by his party would be elected, from his popularity and connection with the ward. NORTH TOXTETH WARD For the third time Mr. Lockerby has been induced by the liberals to contest this ward, and for the third time he has suffered a signal defeat. We looked with great interest to the progress of the election in this ward, because we knew that every artifice would be used to prevent the re turn of Mr. Richard Harbord, who has done as much as any man in Liverpool for the overthrow of radicalism and the dissemination of sound constitutional principles. All the combined efforts of his opponents could not, however, place his seat in jeopardy, and he has again been placed in a position to which he has long done honour, and for which he is in every respect well qualified. DISPUTED WARDS SOUTH TOXTETH Several of the votes given in this ward, at the recent municipal election, having been objected to, and a scrutiny of them demanded, the more immediately interested par. ties on both sides appeared in the Mayor's room, on Thursday afternoon, accompanied by many of their re spective friends,—so that the room was inconveniently crowded throughout the investigation, which was long and tedious. The alderman for the ward (Mr. Evans) presided, and beside him sat the assessors—Mr. Leather (for the conservatives), and Mr. Rogerson (for the re formers) ; also the Town-clerk. Mr. Snowball and Mr. Berry appeared for Mr. Platt, and Mr. A. Lace and Mr. North for Mr. Glazebrook. Mr. Evans stated that, with the exception of some few disputed votes, there appeared to be one vote in favour of Mr. Platt, the numbers in the poll-book being for that gentleman 118, and for Mr. Glazebrook 117. According to the Town-hall books, he had learned that the votes appeared to be 118 for each. He had to state that, while he and the assessors were in the bootb, a vote had been tendered, and the name r oted down, but he had forbidden the completion of the entry. It was that of Mr. H. F. Leatham, and the dispute is from the misnomer of the street. The figure 1, to indi cate the candidate for whom he voted, was not noted down in the poll-book before him. A long and uninteresting discussion took place with regard to this vote, which had also been disputed with regard to time, as being tendered after the closing hour ; but this was abandoned, Mr. Evans stating that it was in time, that the only question remaining was as to the misnomer in the street o❑ the voting paper ; and that lie, as one of the returning officers, had not sanctioned the entry. Mr. Leather said it was entered in the usual way ; but Mr. Evans put the voting paper in his pocket. After the evidence of the two poll clerks had been received, the Town-clerk decided that the vote had not been received by the whole of the returning officers, or by a majority of the three; and it remained to be shown whether, being tendered in time, it ought to have been received. Mr. North contended that the error was merely clerical, and did not affect its validity. It was filled up for Park-street, to which the voter had removed, while he had qualified for premises in Bedford-street, where he had previously resided. The voter had, it ap peared, resided for the last six or eight months at Birken head. The voter himself appeared, and his evidence was taken. The Town-clerk decided that the vote was bad, the paper not being filled up according to the require ments of the act. The next case was that of John Brit tain, counting-house, Sefton-street, who voted for Mr. Glazebrook. It was objected that there was no such name as John Brittain on the burgess list, the only per son of the same surname being "Ambrose Brittain." A long discussion ensued on this point between the solicitors, and much tedious and irrelevant legal lore was emitted by Mr. Bury in particular. It was, however, explained by the overseer's clerk, that the name of " Ambrose" far " John" had been inserted in the list by a clerical mis take of a previous clerk, and, the identity of the party being shown, the vote was deemed good by the Town clerk and agreed to.—Objections were then taken to the votes of Thomas Alderson, Upper Hill-street, and Thom, Wesley-street, who had voted for Mr. Platt, under protest, in South Toxteth. After a long discussion and an examination of the plan of the borough, the Town clerk said that both streets were in North Toxteth Ward, and that both parties ought, he thought, to have voted in that ward.—The next objection was by Mr. Snowball to the vote of Ellis Farnwerth, 13, Sefton-street, on the ground that that part of the street was in North and not South Toxteth. He bad voted for Mr. Glazebrook with out protest being made. The Town-clerk said he would take time to consider the case, as it differed from the others, and the court adjourned until Friday for the final consideration of these last three votes, the decision on which would be given at eleven o'clock. The inquiry lasted till five o'clock. The scrutiny was resumed on Friday morning, and, after considerable discussion, it was decided, that the two votes given in favour of Mr. Platt by Thomas Alderson and Isaac Glenny Thom, whose qualifications were in the North Ward, must be struck off, leaving Mr. Platt in a minority of one. The vote of Ellis Farnworth, who voted under similar circumstances, was allowed, on the ground that it was not protested against at the time of voting, as was done in the other cases. Mr. Thomas Rogerson, the reform assessor, signed the return under protest. He contended, that the alderman and assessors had no power to amend the revised list ; their duty was to receive the votes according to the number on the roll, and that no alteration could be made except by a supericr court. SCOTLAND WARD In this ward there were eight votes in dispute, four for reformers, who had omitted to sign their voting paper, though their names appeared at the commencement; three who did not attach the name of the street in which they lived, and one which it was alleged was given by a person of imbecile mind. All the parties making the omissions were respectable, so that there was no suspicion of foul play. The inquiry commenced at ten o'clock on Thursday, and lasted till five. It was resumed on Fri day at 12, and terminated at two, when the Town-clerk decided that, with regard to the five cases of James Ken nedy, William Santley, George Lightburne, and John Shaw, who voted for Mr. Thornhill and Edward Tyson, who voted for Mr. Vernon, ha felt the weight of certain cases quoted by Mr. Snowball, as to the decisions on the old statutes respecting wills ; and he had accordingly ad vised the aldermen and assessors that in those five cases the papers ought to be received, inasmuch as those con tained the qualifications of the voter as well as the name of the candidate for whom he voted. With regard to the second class of cases—those of James Irving, William Thornhill, and James Pellwood—inasmuch as the muni cipal act required that the voting paper should set forth the street in which the property was situated, and for which the voter was rated, he felt bound to declare that those papers were defective, and that the defect was of so essential a nature that it could not be got over. This de cision gave a majority of one to Mr. Thornhill. The court then rose, and in a few minutes after the general return for all the wards was signed by the mayor, and placed in front of the Town-hall. RAILWAYS.----The Grand Junction, Liverpool and Manchester, and Manchester and Birmingham lines, in tend to amalgamate.— Railway Journal. EMBEZZLEMENT. -•• A youngfellow,named Geo.M'Cabe, was on Friday brought before the sitting magistrates, at the Police-court, charged with having embezzled a Bank of England note for £2O, which had been forwarded by parties in Manchester to a Mr. Stockdale, of this town. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner was Mr. Stockdale's office-boy ; and that when he read the letter at the post-office, in October last, he took out the note and got it changed at the shop of a Mr. Jones. Jones subsequently paid it into the Branch Bank of England, in Hanover-street, where it remained ever since. Part of the change, amounting to ten sovereigns, was found in the prisoner's box. He was ordered to be remanded until Monday. COLLISION AT SEA AND Loss OF LIFE.-A letter. dated Menai Bridge, 30th October, from the agent of the City of Dublin Company, says :—" About half-past ten o'clock p.m., on Saturday, the Hibernia, Captain Dani, was abreast of the Middle Mouse, and well to the north ward, to avoid the great number of vessels in the usual track. Captain Dani was alarmed, when walking the poop, by a sudden cry of ' Hard a-port ; for God's sake hard a-port ;' the helm was instantly ported, and by the time Dani could rush along the gangway-plank to the plat form between the paddle-boxes the Hibernia had run right over a small sloop and sent her down, with the captain and one man. She was lying in the trough of a tremen dous sea, without a stitch of canvass set or a light to show her position. It was blowing a hurricane, and the at mosphere almost impervious to vision." Shortly after the collision it was found that the water was running into the forehold of the Hibernia in great force, and the cap tain made up his mind to run round Point Lynas into Malfra Roads, and he beached her in a little cove where there was no swell, and let the ship quietly settle on the strand. At low water the cattle were landed in safety, and it is not thought the Hibernia has sustained much damage. The passengers evince great gratitude to the captain, and say that they all owe their lives to his firm ness and skill. RUNCORN GRAVING Docns.—Several spirited indi viduals connected with the thriving little port of Run corn have it in contemplation to build one or more spa cious dry docks for the building and repairing of vessels. A large plot of land on the shores of the river Mersey (situate between Weston Point and the Duke of Bridge water's dock,) belonging to the Trustees of the late Duke, holds out all the advantages required for such docks, commanding, as it does, a draught of from 15 to 18 feet of water,—and within gun shot of the same are stone quarries of the most superior quality for building, now working by Messrs. Wright and Tomkinson. Runcorn oa thetnepresentsmalln vd c e o fa n os e t r a l i i at n st s ua o s ni tei m y i s e o m, n dr andue eh g y i tr d e dock rtha capable invariably nte ofy happensn receivingre athat to accomodate. This inconvenience is seriously felt. The numberßun corn am amounts n v t e a s t s o e ls veryarriving 3 annually and d t the has port been of steadily increasing for several years past. This year alone there is an increase over last year of 300 vessels. There are at present about 150 ship carpenters employed in the va rious yards. In the graving dock, the splendid yacht, "Psyche," the property of—Jones, Esq., banker, of Liverpool, is undergoing a thorough repair.