The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-07 00:00:00

COURT OF KING'S BENCH—SATURDAY. ( Sittings in Bancho.) THZ QUEEN V. THE MAYOR, ALDERMAN, AND BURGESSES OF LIVERPOOL. This case came before the court for the purpose of receiving their lordships' judgment on a contested point—viz., whether property (town dues and anchorage dues) which had formerly been rated to the poor of the town of Liverpool was now exempt from rating by the provisions of the Municipal Cor poration Act. It was an appeal against a poor rate which had been confirmed by the quarter sessions, subject to the opinion of this court. Mr. CRESSWELL argued in support of the rate, and submitted that the question would turn on the construc tion of the ninety-second section of the Municipal Corpo ration Act, whin enacted that after the election of a trea surer of any borough, the rents and profits, &c., should be carried to the account of the borough fund. The first ques tion was, what the legislature meant by rents and profits? It never could mean to deprive the parish of the share which it prevroisly - had — ft the prOperty of tie corporation. Mr. WIG HTM AN was heard against the rate. The borough fund was declared to be applicable to public purposes only, and could not, therefore, be rated. A.l the money was dis posed of by act of parliament, and nothing was left for a poor rate. The case of " The King v, Weaver" was applicable here, in which it had been held that a fund in the hands of the trustees fur public purposes, under the regulation and direction of an act of parliament, was not rateable. The COURT took time to consider. THE LATE DISASTROUS HURRICANE. CailLow.—Since the year 1825, the inhabitants of Carlow never experienced the effects of so fearful a storm as that of Tuesday and Wednesday last; one, which continued without intermission during the whole of Tuesday night, and part of Wednesday. The houses, in various directions, presented substantial evidence of the appalling fury of the storm, the roofs being shattered, chimneys blown down, and the small cabins in the vicinity of the town which were exposed totally stripped of their covering. On Friday the storm abated, but at this period the Burrin became so swollen as to sweep away every obstacle which impeded its progress, and over flowed a ...rent portion of Burrin-street, to the great inconve nience of some of the inhabitants. Seine houses in the street were abandoned—the doors thrown open, and the flood per mitted to have free course into the street, part of which were covered with five feet of water. That portion of the street between Burrin-bridge and the post-office, was, for a time, impassable, owing to the strength of the current flow ing from the river Burrin, but in the course of the day a communication was opened with the opposite extremity of the town, by horsemen and car-drivers. Here a great crowd collected to witness the novel spectacle of fishing for eels in the street, and otherwise to amuse themselves, and we regret to say that, owing to their obstinacy in not making a passage for the cars, several accidents occurred during the day.— Carlow Centinel. . CLONMEL.—We have had very stormy weather here ac companied with heavy rains, from the night of Monday to the morning of Friday. The lands east of the town were completely inundated, and seemed an ocean in miniature.— Part of the mail coach road was flooded so as to be almost impassable to a foot passenger. Down at Kileerya bridge the road was only fordable on horseback. Some cabins were levelled about the suburbs ; many houses were stripped of tiles and slates; windows-were burst by the violence of fitful and whirling gusts, and several stacks of chimnies were blown to the ground. As far as we have learned no lives have yet been lost, or personal injury sustained in the neighbourhood. Between Tuomavara and Dunkerrin many trees were blown across the road, but, owing to the prompt exertions of men in the employment of the Messrs. Bourne, they were removed timely enough to prevent any of the coaches being upset or delayed. CASHEL.—It blew a perfect hurricane in Cashel on Mon day night and Wednesday morning, the rain falling in tor rents between the momentary pauses of the tempestuous elements. Some houses were levelled to the ground, and the roofs of others were completely denuded of slates and thatch—and many a shivering wretch was forced to bide the pelting of the pitiless storm. The scaffolding used in re building the new fever hospital, was swept from its position and scattered in every direction with a fearful violence; while a part of one of the gable ends of the building was tossed amid the uproar of the angry element, eddying and storm-borne some minutes. The new chapel that was being built at Kilfeacle, and ready fur roofing on last Saturday night, was levelled to the ground. Trees that for years had withstood wind and weather, were torn from their roots, and scattered about like the frail leaves of autumn. In the me mory of man the late tempest stands unequalled, as far as this neighbourhood is concerned.—Nenagh Guardian. KILEENNY.—We have had a prevalence of very strong S.E. winds since Friday week. It blew almost a hurricane on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Several houses in this city suffered more or less from the effects of thestorm, and a number of trees have been uprooted in the neighbour hood. One gentleman in this county had no less than 63 trees and a large portion of a stone wall blown down on Wednesday morning. The losses at sea will, we fear, be tremendous. A letter received in town yesterday states that the St. Patrick steamer (which used to trade between Water ford and Liverpool) was lost on Tuesday night near the Tower of Hock.—Kilkeany Moderator. NEWRY.—We are convinced that our words will be echoed by all the inhabitants of this town when we say that never, • in the memory of man, was it circumstanced as it was on last Wednesday night. At about eight o'clock the tide rose, suddenly and impetuously, and poured through the streets with awful rapidity. In the course of half an hour every lane and street of what is called "the low ground," presented the appearance of a river, and not only the underground kitchens and cellars, but even the news-room, and numbers of the shops, and parlours, and stables, situated rather higher than the streets, were flooded. The middle of Hill-street was in some places two, and in some places three feet and upwards under water. The area in front of this (the Tele ' graph) establishment was submerged to the depth of at least f• our feet ! and in the counting-house and lower offices the w• ater was upwards of five feet deep. We were just going to press at the moment, and before Our clerks knew on which h• and to turn themselves, so quickly did the tide tumble in upon them, that books and papers of every kind were under water, and it was with the utmost difficulty we got the news papers despatched to the post-office. We have not yet had accounts of any mishaps to vessels in or about the neigh bouring shores. We hope, therefore, none of a serious nature happened. Ardglass has, however, suffered consi derably. The new lighthouse was demolished and the breast work and parapet at the quay considerably injured.—Newry Telegraph. LimEercK.—The wind having come round to the south vest, the spring tide on Thursday was raised by the violence of the storm to the level of the quays. Clare bridge was flooded : Cratloe road and the low grounds at either side of the banks of the Shannon were inundated to a great extent If glasses indicate the pie)ba'ole character of wind, tide, rain and storm, the mercury would give alarming note of furious weather, on Wednesday evening, having fallen rapidly be low all the ordinary marks, yet. the night and morn passed over comparatively harmless, contrary to all anticipation.— Several sail boats coming up the river on Wednesday and Thursday with turf, lost great part of their cargoes by the violent storm, in which some of them had nearly swamped, while others were driven ashore upon the slob.— Limerick Chronicle. BRIGHTON.—On Sunday morning a Dutch galliot came on shore about half a mile eastward of Brighton, without any hands on board. It is hoped, from the vessel being quite empty, that the crew and cargo are safe. The storm was felt severely in Sussex. At Battle the thunder was deafen ing loud, and the lightning extremely vivid ; and the hail stones which fell were as large as marbles; 1,588 panes of glass, in windows and green-houses, were broken by the hail stones at Billinghurst. One farm-house alone had 200 panes broken. At Colchester there was a severe hail-storm—the same at Eastbourne. The mast erected for signals at the Holywell was struck by the lightning, and shivered to atoms. A team belonging to Mr. J. P. Gorringe took fright, and ran over a precipice into a chalk-pit; a boy was in the wag gon, who miraculously escaped unhurt. A tremendous hail storm burst over the town of Horsham-68 large squares of glass were broken at the residence of Mr. Moon. At Little hampton the storm was awful: the electric fluid struck the fantail of Mr. Carter's mill, and, according to Mr. Carter's description, it resembled the explosion of a large rocket, the fluid flying from all parts of the fantail in large and beauti ful sparks. During the raging of the storm at Petwortb, three young men at Sliephain-!,ridge went out in a boat to look after some sheep, the boat was upset, and the only son of Mr. Hearsay and one other was drowned. Mr. Thomas Sherdon, of Byworth, had two sheep killed by the lightning. The storm was also very heavy at Wisborough.green ; the lightning struck the chimney- of the house occupied by Wm. Streater, in which his wife and two children were sitting at dinner. It forced off the top of the chimney, and some large stones passed down into the room, forced off part of the clock face, and then forced the door and window-frame into the garden, causing the greatest alarm to the inmates. — Brighton Correspondent of the Post. - DREADFUL Loss OF LIVES AND DESTRUCTION OF PRO PERTY.—In common with other parts of the county, at Mon mouth, the Varteg, near Pontypool, has suffered from the ef fects of the severe and heavy storms of the week. On Wed nesday the river which flows by that place was continually rising, until at last it arrived at a fearful height, and about two o'clock, at a spot a little below the Varteg, the banks of the river gave way, and the impetuous torrent, in an instant, spread in every direction, and rushed on in its destructive course. There was unfortunately situated close on the out break a small cottage, which was occupied by a poor man named Richard Pugh, his wife, and three children. The only inmates in the house were the three children, aged respec tively seven years, three years, and ten months. During the • .short absence of the poor woman the devastating element had entered her habitation, filling it to the roof; and, although the accident was immediately observed, the little innocents were drowned. The house is completely gutted, nothing but • the bare walls remaining. It is our painful duty to record another accident, also cansed by the heavy floods, at Blanco ' von, on the same day, and which has been attended with a greater and more deplorable loss of human life. It appears from the particulars of this dreadful calamity, furnished to us - by a correspondent, that on Wednesday, between one and • two o'clock, a large pond which supplies the works had, in consequence of the increased flush of water from the hills, burst its bounds, and through some unaccountable cause, the • water, instead of emptying itself into the usual channel, di ' rented its course towards the bridge level, where there were a great many individuals at work. The water rushed into the level, and those persons who were employed in the upper range immediately ran out and escaped; but lamentable to state, there were 15 persons missing—consisting of 11 men, and two boys and two girls, who were working in the lower level, and who had no opportunity of escaping; and it is sup posed they all met a watery grave. Up to Thursday evening none of the bodies had been found, and although great ac tivity prevailed in pumping out the water, still it is feared that a fortnight or three weeks will elapse before the remains of the unfortunate persons will be recovered.—Hereford Times. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews (Vestris) are longing to return. You will see them at London in a few weeks. It is certain that their American speculation pro ves a failure. The fact Is, ladies here will not _patronise Vestris. Had she played much longer in New York, it would have been, compara tively speaking, to empty benches. The same feeling pre vailed in this city. Ladies of high respectability, both for character and fashion, stayed away from the Chesnut-street Theatre when she performed. The audiences were decidedly masculine.—American Correspondent of the Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY COACH ACCIDENT.—On Monday night, as John Griffiths was driving one of Bromley and Newton's one-horse coaches, with three outside and four inside passen gers, towards Manchester, about seven o'clock, he stopped, as usual, over the Navigation Bridge, in order that the leader horse might be taken back: but before continuing the jour ney, the coachman proceeded to search for a top-coat, to accommodate a passenger who was riding on the box seat, leaving the animal in the care of the postillion. On prepar ing to start again, however, and before Griffiths had properly taken hold of the reins, the horse, which is blind and exceed ingly unsteady, took fright, and turning suddenly to the right, knocked down the railing of the fence between the turnpike-road and the canal, the consequence of which was that the horse fell down the declivity, and the outside pas sengers, including the coachman, were pitched headlong into the water, whilst the coach rolled right over, and, with a plunge, fell into the canal also. The outside passengers contrived to scramble on shore; and in a few minutes, with some assistance, those inside were dragged out of the canal. A female passenger and two other persons were immediately put to bed at a neighbouring public-house, and in three hours afterwards, were conveyed to Manchester in a post chaise. Fortunately no lives were lost, nor limbs broken; and nothing serious to the passengers is apprehended. The . horse was not at all hurt, though the coach was very much damaged. No blame is attributable to the driver, who is a remarkably attentive and steady young man..—Stockport Ad vertiser. MISCELLANEOUS. Several second-rate commercial houses at Frankfort have recently been obliged to stop payment; and many German houses are stated, in a letter from that place, to have been considerable sufferers of late by railroad speculations. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, DEC. 3.—We have had a good average market to-day. The demand for low goods continues brisk, and prices are the same as last week. The wool market has been rather heavy, but prices are firm. A BrioTE.—Aire were yesterday informed, by a gentleman who stated himself to have been an eye-witness, that a brute at Lytham, during the present week, in a fit of drunkenness, bit a man's nose off!!—Preston Observer. NAPLES, Nov. 16.--The queen dowager of England ascended Mount Vesuvius a few days since. Her majesty's suite was very numerous, and required 25 palauquins, each borne by twilinen.ALLenala_tivan_tu reach the sumtnit with. out fatigue. ROCHDALE MONTHLY CATTLE FAIR, MONDAY, DEC. .. —There bas been a very numerous show of cattle in the market to-day, but very little business has been done ; drapes and young cattle have been heavy of sale, and might have bean bought at low prices, whilst calvers, in good con dition, have fetched good prices. A trial was made on Thursday, of the effect produced by the hollow shot on the hull of the Prince, late sheer hulk. The practice was admirable. At 1,200 yards the only seven shots fired from the Excellent penetrated the quarter of the ship in a space not exceeding 25 feet by 16 feet from the water, and the explosive effects on board appeared very direful. — Hampshire paper. - . . FEROCITY OF A HYrENA.—Last Wednesday week, while one of the wild beast exhibitions were at Knaresbrougb, the keeper thought it better, from the coldness of the weather, to give the hyeana additional bedding. The animal got some of the straw twisted round its leg; and, being unable to pro cure its release, it became so exasperated, that it bit its own leg off.—York Courant. SINGULAR CIRCUNISTANCE. —A short time ago, a hitch• belonging to Mr. Thomas Booth, innkeeper, Guisbro', whilst ranging with her master in the woods, brought to him in her mouth a young rabbit, which was taken from her unhurt. The bitch having recently had pups, they were immediately taken from her, and the rabbit placed in their stead; and she suckled and brought up her new charge, and (strange to add) they are now living together in peace and harmony. . _ ToomonnEN.—Up to Monday night, there had not been any fresh arrests of persons concerned in the late riots. The mills of Messrs. Fielder]. at Lumbutts, after a cessation of about a day, recommenced working, and have so continued since. It was not known that any of the guardians had for mally resigned: they meet this week, when probably some thing will be determined one way or the other. Of the thousands who pass daily over Westminster Bridge, but few, I venture to say, have noticed bow thickly the old portion of the stone, with which the bridge is built, is studded with fossil remains of testaceous animals. The stone, being, the more fragile, has mouldered, and left the shells promi nent and conspicuous, in many places almost in masses, affording interesting specimens of remains of animals in existence before the formation of the stone by the operati:u of nature. — The Mirror. MARSHLAND POTATOES.—A farmer, residing in the dis trict of Marshland, has this year had under cultivation two hundred and fifty acres of potatoes of the Scotch kidney sort. The produce amounts to one hundred tubs per acre; and the selling price is six shillings per tub of twelve pecks each. The total value is, therefore, £7500. The land is rich warp, requires no manure, and the expense of planting per acre is comparatively trilling, when compared with some districts. — Doncaster Gazelle. CHESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.—We have jus heard, with much pleasure, that the Natural History Society lately formed at Chester has, in accordance with the objects of the society for obtaining free access for the people to na tional monuments, and other interesting collections, ordered their museum to be opend gratis every Saturday from twelve to two o'clock. These instances of good will to the working classes show as much judgment as good taste, and deserve praise and imitation.—Athenseunt. SINGULAR PHENOMENON.—Letters from the southern counties state that the milk in all the dairies along the coast souredin an unaccountable manner last week. It would ap pear as if the acetous influence had proceeded from the south-west, and passed along the entire line of coast, from Bolusbead to Baganbren. The contents of the milk-pans, we are assured, cut and coagulated as if from an infusion of rennet. Messrs. Beamish and Crawford have suffered, it is said, severely, having had a whole brewing of beer converted into vinegar. Speculation is, of course, busy with sugges tions, some predicting the re-appearance of the cholera, others regarding it as a blast or current of electro-galvanic fluid, which is, we believe, the opinion of the itev. Professor Macauley ; but the much more prevalent impression seems to be that the acetous influence emanated from H.M.S. the In constant, which, it now appears, was in the offing during the occurrence of the phenomenon.—Dublin Evening Mail. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—The portion of this extensive undertaking which lies betwixt this town and Rochdale is in a very satisfactory state of forwardness, and will, in all probability, be opened in May or June next. Of the part betwixt Mills Hill and Rochdale, which was the most heavy and difficult, about three parts in the hundred only remained unfinished in the middle of November. The cuttings and embankments, the latter including the impor tant one of Mills Hill and Castleton Clough, were nearly perfected, and permanent rails will be laid in good time on the whole of those works. The bridges (from a difficulty in obtaining stone) were the only works not in a corresponding state of forwardness. The tunnelling at the sururuit is pro ceeding as fast as human skill and activity can promote it, and at Gauxholme a large muster of workmen are daily em ployed in sicking foundations and cutting stone for the erec tion of warehouses and other requisite buildings. DISCOVERY OF THE WRECK OF THE "NORTHERN YACHT."—Strange to tell, the Northern Yacht steamer, the apprehended loss of which justly caused so much anxiety and distress, beset length been cast ashore near Berwick, and in a condition that fully realizes the worst fears that have been entertained respecting tier. Upon hearing the rumour this morning, we despatched our reporter to the spot, which is near Lamberton Coal Pit, about three miles N.E. of Berwick, who found the ill-fated vessel, or at least all that remains of her; hut, though assured of the fact itself, we have not time to give any further particulars this week. It is the flat bottom of the vessel, which is coppered and copper-fastened, and about eiehtv feet long- The Northern Yacht, it may be re membered; Sailed from Newcastle for Leith on Thursday morning, the 11th of October, having on board five cabin and six steerage passengers, and a crew of 13 hands, in all 24 per sons. The night set in extremely boisterous; and though she put ashore a passenger at North Sunderland, and was safe wisps passing Holy . Island, there is little doubt she went down in the storm, in all probability not far from the spot where she has cast up. A stiff gale from the S.E._has pre vailed on the coast for several days, and particularly last night, which has, no doubt, contributed to drive the wreck ashore.—Berwick TVarder. THE DARLINGS.—The exploits of this family in the rescu ing of the shipwrecked are not yet confined to the recent event connected with the loss of the Forfarshire steamer. We have just had pointed out to us, in a file of Newcastle newspapers, an event wherein their heroism shone almost as conspicuously as on the late catastrophe; for which daring endeavour they received no other recompense than the honourable mention made of it in the newspapers. The event we allude to occurred in December, 1831, and is thus noticed:—" On Saturday night, the 27th ult:, about eleven o'clock, the sloop Autumn, of Peterhead, coal laden, ran upon the Naestou Rock, outside Fern Islands, and imme diately sunk. The master, in endeavouring to get the boat launched, unfortunately went clown with the vessel. The other two men (being the whole of the crew) clung to the rigging and topmast; and, as the tide receded, descended upon the ship's deck, and finally, about four o'clock in the morning, the rock appeared, which they got upon, and re mained till about eight o'clock, when they were discovered by the light-keeper, Darling, who, most providentially, hav ing his three sons with him spending their Christmas, got out their boat, and got alongside of the rock about nine o'clock (half an hour before it was covered by the returning tide), and, with great exertion, succeeded in getting a rope thrown to one of the men, who, having lashed himself, was dragged through the sea to the boat—the other poor fellow bad died on the fatal rock, and was left there. With very great exertion Darling and his sons gained the light-house, having broken two of their oars while attempting to approach the rock; but, thus crippled, they got a small sail set, but the wind being against them, they had much difficulty in re gaining their island. Very great praise is due to Darling and his sons fur their great exertions—having run consider able risk in approaching the rock with a heavy sea. A sig nal gun upon each island where the light-houses are would be of very great use in cases of accidents of this sort, when assistance could be immediately obtained from Bambro', North Sunderland, or Holy Island: for, hail it not been from the circumstance of Darling's sous being there, this poor fellow must have inevitably perished, for Darling could have done nothing himself."—Stirling Advertiser. NITROUS OXIDE, OR LAUGHING GAS. —The extraordi nary powers of g as were yesterday se'nnight exemplified at St. Thomas's Hospital on the persons of some of the stu dents. The question then was who would try it; for though all desired to see its effects, no one wished to be the first to 'feel them. At length the gentleman who prepared it put the pipe into his mouth, and closing his nostrils, inhaled a cordial out of the bladder. No mountain dew was ever so potent. In an instant he was twirling round the yard like a dervish in an enthusiasm, and laughing as obstreporously as if the spirit of all Joe Miller's jokes had been discharged upon him at once. The sight was irresistible upon the circle. Grave professors, merry students, and apprehensive spectators, burst into a ca.; chination, laughing at the man in the middle, and at the odd faces they respectively made, until the venerable halls re sounded, and even the grim skeletons seemed once more shaking their sides in sympathetic glee. When this brief fit was over (for the effects of the gas soon terminate,) a muscular young fellow stepped forward to be helped to the second bumper. A copious draught was accordingly squeezed out of the bladder into his mouth. In an instant his face was as burnished as a new copper-kettle, and off he darted, over turning men and tables, with equal i m petuosity, until he made his way into one of the amphitheatres, where he com menced the exordium of Pindaric speech, and stopped look ing quite bashful, as he was commencing the third sentence. The next volunteer entertained the honourable company with a gallopade in the style of a dray-horse about the court-yard. Upon a succession of demonstrators it acted differently ac cording to their tempers and constitutions; but one steady looking student swallowed double as much as any other, and still iemaineil as indifferent as the bladder from which he had imbibed it. Nitrous oxide is the compound containing the smallest quantity of oxygen. It was discovered by Dr. Priest ley in 1772, and by him denominated " dephlogisticated air." It consists of one volume of oxygen and two of azote,'and is produced by heating nitrate of ammonia in a glass retort. Most substances burn in it with far greater energy than in the atmosphere. Sir Humphrey Davy discovered its intoxi cating qualities in 1799. It is colourless, sweetish, and of slightly agreeable odour. THE MOUNTAINS.—A day among the mountains—far in the hills—is a passage in a man's life more touching and re markable than a day in the woods. In the latter, we scarcely ever lose sight of the cheerful haunts of men, or their occu pations. Our sensations are unmixed with terror. The animals and objects around us excite the genial sympathies and impulses of our frame; our emotions are not forced into one channel, or overpowered by one master feeling or pas sion. Alone,- among the mountains, we are reduced to utter insignificance; our sympathies are choked; the soul is thrown back upon itself. The scene is strong with the origi nal, primeval impress of nature, untouched by man or his works. We seem to stand directly in the presence of the Al mighty, stripped of all flatteries and disguises; the bold out lines and peaks of the hills, cleaving the silent, motionless air, appear as his handwriting, sternness and solitude. Such as we now see them, they were beheld by the " world's gr ey fathers," bond and free, in the earliest periods of creation. The eagle still builds his nest among the cliffs; the torrent still flashes down the ravine • the birch t ree or th e p ine waves over the precipice ; and the lake, visited by the red deer and the solitary water-fowl, still beats its banks, re flecting the grey rock and the cloud ; all bitterly careless and unconscious of man, who seems an alien, an encumbrance to the scene. The conquerors of the world subdued nations; but the mountains, like the barriers of heaven, were impreg nable. Woods are perishable and evanescent ; they flourish and fade, " fall successive, and successive rise;" are cut clown or reproduced in their deciduous beauty and leafy splendour : the mountains remain unchanged amidst the mutations of time. Many an eye, now dim, has gazed on them in silent wonder and admiration ; many a prayer, from hearts smote with reverence, or fear, or penitence, the "late remorse of love, or of bumble adoration,"'has been breathed at their base! They remain, from age to age, types of the Everlasting, fulfilling their high destiny of awakening, purify log, and exalting the human mind.—Fraser's Magazine. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The staffs of the English militia are immediately.to be augmented to the . disembodied establishment, as pointed out by the 83d clause of the General Militia Act of the 42d of Geo. 111. c. 90, which directs that one sergeant and one cor poral be appointed to every thirty men, and one drummer to ever) flank company. This is with a view to give aid and assistance to civil power, and to be in readiness to train the men, it being intended to re-organise the militia early in the spring.— Times. DEATH FROM THE EFFECTS. OF CARBONIC ACID GAS. — On Friday, the 23d ult., two fine young women, in the ser vice of William Laxton Esq., of Greatbam, in Rutland, had been washing their bed-room, and, for the purpose of drying the floor, placed a chafing dish, full of bright coals, in their chamber, which they left alight after going to bed. The names of the two servants were Temperance Hibbit and Sarah Ann Carpendale, and their bodies were found next morning quite cold; they had evidently been dead for some hours. On Monday an inquest was held, and a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. It Is a vulgar error that bright or live coals may he used in this manner with impu nity; but this sad event, we hope, will serve as a lesson in future. FORCE OF CONSCIENCE.—The power of conscience was I never more manifest than in' the death of a young man, au innkeeper and farmer, near Newark, last week. When in the agonies of death, he confessed to having poisoned an affectionate mother, about two veers and a half ago. The suddenness of the mother's death was truly awful, and every way corroborative of the fact here stated. The mother was a most humane and affectionate woman, and universally re spected by all who knew her. It was to obtain possessio❑ of the house and farm which was the incentive of this inhuman son. It appears that after she had taken. the fatal draught, she went to Newark, to purchase provisions for the annual feast on the ensuing week, and expired on her return. — Doncaster Gazette. HORRIBLE MURDER.--The Chelmsford Chronicle, of Friday, reports in detail the circumstances attendant on the perpetration of a deliberate act of murder committed at Mountreasing last Wednesday, on the body of a Mrs. Playle, a widow, and the keeper of the Plough beer-shop. The per petrator of the deed was Hilliard, a labourer, between 40 and 50 years of age, and of loose habits, who has professed at tachment to the deceased ever since her husband's death took place thirteen or fourteen months since. She has, how ever, of late, rejected his attentions; and he has threatened, at various times, to destroy her. On Wednesday he shot her. The wretch was secured by the son of the murdered widow. He has observed a sullen state, and declares that he will not be hanged. The greatest precautions are there fore taken to prevent his putting an end to his existence. Some disturbance took place in Whitehaven market on Thursday last, in consequence of the high price of pota toes. The bell was sent round -in the morning inviting the people to assemble in the marketplace. At eleven o'clock a considerable number were in attendance, and, at half-past eleven, operations were commenced by some of the ring leaders taking possession of two or three cart loads of pota toes, and commencing to sell them out at 4d. per stone. Of course many persons got off without paying anything. After a few carts had been emptied, the magistrate and police in terfered, and the riotous proceedings were checked ; the re mainder of the potatoes were then sold off by the owners at 6d. per stone. The people were good-humoured, but evinced a determination not to let the potatoes betaken away, or sold at beyond what they conceived to be a reasonable price. ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.—A man, who gave his name as Joseph Wilks (from Walsall,) was committed on Tuesday to take his trial for robbing an old man of £9 at Chesterfield fair. On Wednesday morning, Wilks and five other prisoners were placed in a close-bodied fly, their legs being chained together by heavy chains. There was no room in the fly for Mr. Hollingworth, superintendent of police ; consequently he rode on the box with the driver. On proceeding towards Derby, Mr. II ollingworth repeatedly descended from the box, and examined the state of the inside passengers, taking ,care to keep a "sharp look-out" when remounted on the box. Nothing suspicious, however, occurred, until the fly was de scending a steep hill leading to a toll gate, between Shirland and Alfreton, when Mr. Hollingworth suddenly observed Wilk's head and one arm projecting from the fly window; in an instant one foot was placed or, the handle of the door, and he sprang to the ground,sand was soon tantivyiug across an adjoining field: On first observing the movement, Mr. Hol lingworth did not lose an instant in descending from the box; but in his eagerness to reach the ground, he did not wait till the speed of the horses was relaxed—his foot slipped, and he was precipitated to the ground with great violence. When in some light measure recovered from the mishap, Mr. Ilol lingworth left the driver in care of the other prisoners, and went in pursuit, but to no purpose. It appears Wilks had contrived to insert a small instrument into the worm (or screw) which fastened the chain round his leg, and by that means had actually cut the worm, The aperture was so small that a penknife could not possibly be inserted, and it is conjectured that the release was effected by means of a saw made from the spring of a watch. It is also conjectured that this instrument was thrown into the fly by an accomplice of the prisoners, as a young man rode by the side of the vehicle for several miles, and was anxious to carry on a conversation with the inmates. The other prisoners appeared quite unconcerned, and pre tended to have been unaware of Wilk's design. LANDING OF LORD DURHAM.—On Tuesday evening a grand farewell dinner was given on board the Inconstant, by his lordship to the officers, it being fully expected that he would be able to land in the course of Wednesday. The vio lence of the storm, however, never abated, but continued the same throughout that night and the whole of Thursday, the noble earl and his family being thus kept on shipboard for so many days though in port, and actually in sight of the win dows of the suite of apartments prepared for their reception. On Friday morning the storm bad ceased, and at a quarter after eleven the noble earl and his family landed at Govern ment-stairs. The party was composed of his lordship, the countess, Lord Lambton, and the Ladies Lambton. They left the Inconstant in the ship's cutter, and were received, on landing, by Major-general Ellice and Capt. White of the Royal Adelaide. A crowd of persons had assembled on Mount Wise and the slope, and in his progress from the wa ter's edge, he was repeatedly cheered, which he. courteously acknowledged. He was dressed in a plain blue frock coat buttoned close, and appeared in good health, though some thing of an air of fatigue, we thought, appeared in his coun tenance. The party proceeded immediately into Govern ment House. Despatches arrived from London to Devon port on Thursday evening last, which it was necessary should be immediately forwarded to Lord Durham. The gale being then at his height, no waterman could be found to undertake the passage, but a man named Weekes was applied to, and he undertook to deliver them. He effected it by crossing the harbour, and walking to Cawstand, from whence, being to windward of the Inconstant, he was enable to run down to her before the wind, and the despatches were safely put on board at half s past eight in the evening. Had his lordship landed on Wednesday, he would have been saluted as go vernor-general, but the despatches that arrived from London on Thursday, announced.the acceptance of his resignation of the highs office he held. He landed on Friday, therefore without the official honour.—Devonport Independent. ISIPROvEMENTS Autrono.—lnvention no longer creeps at a tortoise pace; every useful discovery is now instantaneously made known throughout the greater part of Europe, and is seized upon nearly at the same moment by many different nations. Asphalt is at present the rage in Germany, as with us; footways formed of it, have already added to the com forts of Manheim, Frankfort, and Stuttgart. Several rail ways, also, in progress, continue to heighten the fever of German speculation. The Northern Imperial Ferdinand Railway, from Vienna to Prague, advances rapidly, having 20,000 labourers employed on it, and it is expected that the eighty miles to Brunn will be-completed this year. About sixteen miles have been already opened for the amusement of the citizens of Vienna. The Austrian laws relative to rail ways allow the projectors the profits of the undertaking (which must. not exceed filti!en per cent. on the capital) for fifty years, after which period it reverts to the government. The carriage.of the snails is also stipulated for, and in every purchase, sale, or other contract made by the projectors, a commissioner on the part of the government is a necessary party. About twelve miles of the Leipsic and Dresden Rail way are already' opened from the former city. Also the rail way from Manheim to Bale is in progress, and excites glow ing anticipation.—Athencerint. HOAXING IN DUBLIN.—EXTRAORDINARY RECEPTION OF VISITORS.—At the Dublin Police-office, on Friday, Mr. John Pearson, of Great Brunswick-street, charged Mr. Geo. Flicks, of Cork-street, with an assault. The parties ap peared to be very respectable, and were attended by several young men, and two most fashionably-dressed young ladies. Mr. Pearson stated that he got a most pressing-and polite note from Mr. Hicks to attend a tea party on last Sunday evening, at Mr. Hicks's. He accordingly went there with his wife and another lady : on arriving, be was a little sur prised to find many carriages, cars, &c., assembled about the door, all with company in them. On entering the house, -he found about 40 or 50 persons, all of whom, it appeared, had got similar notes of invitation. But judge of his amaze ment when Mr. Hicks ran up to him, kicked him out in the street, pushed out his wife after him, tore her silk dress, broke her watch, and then began to lay about him and the rest of the company so vigorously, that, thinking bins mad, they all " cut; ' gentlemen losing their hats, some their bonnets, some coming off with half skirts, and others not having afy skirts at all. Mr. Fullham, for Mr. Hicks, said, the fact was, the young men had been friends for a long time, hut Mr. Hicks was informed on Saturday that Pearson had played a trick on him by sending cards of invitation in his (Hicks's) name to 70 or eighty people. The appointed evening cause, and with it came 25 covered cars full of la dies and gentlemen,- all ready dressed for a ball! Mr. Full ham offernd an apology on the part of his client, which Mr. Pearson said he would accept; but Mr. Hicks refused, say ing, " I am the injured party." Mr.-Pearson then lodged iuforinations,• and Mr. Hicks was held to bail. In consequence of some painful reports of a poor woman, named Eleanor Curtis, having been a great number of years confined in a'hovel at flemswell, near Gainsburgh, the re lieving officer, Mr. Tws ford, very properly made inquiry into the circumstances of the case, she being a pauper under his charge: Finding the windows boarded up, and the door fastened with a padlock, he made inquiry of Mr. Beaumont of that place for leave to see her; but . being refused access, he reported the circumstance altogether to the board of guar dians at Gainsburgh, which immediately directed him to take all necessary steps to ascertain the state of the pauper. Ac cordingly Mr. Twiford again applied to the sister of the poor woman, who after some parley consented to admit him to the hovel, where he found the wretched object totally destitute of clothes, grovelling in some straw in a corner, without fire or any the least comfort even in the late severe weather, and compelled to ease nature in the wretched spot in which she was confined. Having been made inure comfortable, she was taken to Lincoln to be placed in the asylum there; but being found only in a weak state of mind, caused it is greatly to be feared by the treatment she had undergone, she was of course sent back, and is to be removed to the workhouse at Gainstlurgh, where she will have all that due attention which her situation requires. Some five and thirty years ago, this poor woman was reckoned the handsomest woman in the neighbourhood ; but unfortunately meeting with some disap pointment in her affections, she brooded over it until she be , came somewhat melancholy, and nearly ever since has been subjected to the most disgraceful treatment. SAri's Scores Lasi DlvE.—Sam Scott, the " great Ame rican diver," has'at length taken to the trade of diving into people's pockets, and seems to evince as much dexterity iu his new occupation as in his old one. He was at Barnstaple last week, exhibiting his aquatic feats, and on Tuesday he was brought before the magistrates of that borough, charged with having, on the previous night, robbed a commercial tra veller, named Prians, of seven sovereigns and one half sove reign. The prosecutor, a Jew, stopped at the Bell inn, on the quay, Barnstaple, where Scott was also lodging. On Monday night Prians retired to bed about nine o'clock, and slept soundly until seven next morning, when he discovered that the sum above stated had, during the night, been ab tracted from the pockets of his trousers, the thief having very considerately left him one sovereign and a few shillings. The landlady of the inn stated that the room in which Scott slept adjoined the one which was occupied by the prosecutor; and she having occasion to go up stairs between 10 and 11 o'clock on the night of the robbery, heard the sash of the window of Scott's room lifted up, and also heard some one walking through the yard. This induced her to go down stairs and into the yard, when she saw Scott on the top of the gateway, whence he dropped himself into the street. Information of the robbery having been given to the police, Chanter, an offi cer,iwent in pursuit of Scott, when he captured him on the Ex eter road, five miles from Barnstaple.Scott,on being taken,was searched, but nothing was found upon him, except two shil lings, a small French coin, and three coppers. On being taken to the station house, a stricter search was made, every part of his clothes having been examined, but without effect, and Scott was about to be locked up, when somebody hinted the probability of his haviug the money in his mouth. He was accordingly desired to open his mouth, which he did, and thrust out Iris tongue; but this not satisfying the police. man, he put his fingers into the prisoner's mouth, and took out five sovereigns from under his tongue. He has since been fully committed for trial. A meeting of the Town Council Was held on Wedneaday, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in the Council Chamber, at the 'fawn-hall, as the - adjourned first Quarterly Meeting for the Gaol and other business peculiar to a Quarterly Council', and also as a Monthly Council, to take into consi deration, and determine upon, the proceedings and reports of committees, memorials, petitions, &c., and the following motions, of which notice had been given. First,—" That a Special Commission he appointed, to inquire into, and report upon the establishment of an Observatory in Liverpool.' Second,—" That a committee be appointed to inquire into the subject of erecting additional Schools, particularly infant schools, for the education of the children of the work ing classes in this town, and to report to the council." CONSERVATION OF THE RIVER. The report of.the Finance "Committee contained resolu tions of that body, as to certilin.,meastil es retonamded to taken' - by the Council, for procuring from the legislature a public bill for the Conservation of the Itiver;with statements of the proceedings of the committee in reference to that sub- jec.- Mr. Alderman EVANS reminded the Council. that on the last occasion the Conservancy Committee, which was ap pointed specially for the consideration of this, subject, em braced several gentlemen of the Dock Committee.• He ob served, that in their negociatione on the subject the Finance Committee had gone into details. He would have recom mended, that, in a matter of so much importance, and which required more local knowledge than they could reasonably expect to find amongst the gentlemen of the Finance Com mittee, that a committee better adapted should have been appointed, one which should have included some members of the Dock Committee. It was certain that the Dock Com mittee would ultimately have to contribute, and it was there fore only proper that its members should be brought into the consultation about the expenditure. He had just heard from Mr. Bolton, however, that it was not the intention of the Finance Committee to proceed without consulting the Dock Committee. He conceived the Government would he influ enced by what was urged on the part of Liverpool; therefore it was the more necessary that the determination come to should be well considered. Heavould now recommend, that, if there were any further negociation, a committee should he appointed, with special reference to the object in view. Mr. Councillor CASE wished to know how far the commit the had pledged the corporation to a certain line of conduct. He understood the Finance Committee would not proceed, unless the Government would take the matter up, and un dertake to pass a public bill. It seemed too much for the committee to take upon themselves to pledge the corporate estate to pay the expenses, without an authority from the Council on the subject. The MAYOII said this was a recommendation from the Finance Committee—like all other recommendations from committees, sent before them for approval—and it could not be considered as an act of the Council till such-approval was given. Mr. Councillor Cass understood, from the report of the Finance Committee, that a memorial had gone to govern ment through the hands of .Mr. Patten. He begged to be informed if such were the case or not. If it were so, the committee had certainly proceeded without the consent of the Council. The Tow N-CLERK said no memorial had been sent. Mr. Councillor C nee IE begged to deny any supreme qua lification, on the part of the Doak Committee, to judge of a mattcrof this description better than the Finance Committee. This was a subject which had undergone much consideration for many years past. A bill was brought forward, and would have passed, had not the President of the Board of Trade interfered. It was now upwards of seventy years since that question had been first agitated, and many attempts had, from time to time, been made to place the etnservancv of the river on a limper basis; but all had been vain, from'the interference of private and other interests, which it was pre sumed'would be affected. There seemed no mode open but to get the government to take it up as a public bill. The Town-clerk would bear him out in the opinion that this was the only way to settle it. Mr. Wilson Patten had approved of the mode on the part of the people of 'Warrington, and had come forward very handsomely on the question. Mr. Councillor PLATT said there was great jealousy on the part of the people of Warrington and Manchester on the subject, and he felt assured that the only way to arrive at a settlement was through a public act of the government. Mr. Alderman EVANS said the subject had been treated as though he claimed for the Dock Committee a greater capacity than any other. In a matter like this it ought to be con sidered that the Dock Committee had advantages in point of information. If they had not, as a body, such advantages, they had been exceedinly remiss, as the matter of conser vancy had been obtruded, almost coercively, on the ming- of every - member. Therefore he thought, in the considers nn of such subject, the presence of members of the Dock Com mittee would be an advantage, and their presence was more especially essential when it was considered that the commit tee would be looked to, ultimately, to contribute. He thought in the hands of government the question would be likely to be impartially considered, In his opinion, the considera tion of the conservancy ought to be entrusted to the elite of the councillors of such men as were supposed from particular circumstances to have snore knowledge of the question than the rest of the members. Mr. Councillor BoreroN wished to say something to allay the feeling that the Finance Committee had treated the Dock Committee discourteously. Mr. Bolton then explained that Mr. Wilson Patten agreed to the bill, as did the inha bitants of Cheshire and Warringten, and there could scarcely be a doubt hut that it would pees. Mr. Councillor WA 131SLEY thought his friend Mr. Bolton was mistaken as regarded feeling. Mr. Evans could have no feeling but such as would be for the benefit of the town. If he understood Mr. Evans aright, there were numbers of gentlemen on the Dock Committee, (and as he was no lon ger a member of that body, he might say so without hesi tation,) who were peculiarly well qualified to form a judg ment on this subject, from their great local knowledge, and from the attention which they had given to it generally. This was what was meant by Mr. Evans. [Mr. Evans as sented.] He - had some of those gentlemen in his eye who could give information of the highest value. It would be well those gentlemen were joined with those who were moving the matter, as they would, he was sure, furnish such rniatiou as would enable the Government to carry the question. The ToWN-CLERK said, it appeared to him that the only measure that could give Liverpool such a Board of Conser vancy as was wanted, was to get the Parliament to grant a public bill. He was of opinion that if they tried for a private bill, they would be met by so many private interests, that they could not get the board they wanted. The interests of Liverpool were the interests of the country, and were they in the hands of any Government, it mattered not -of what party, they must therefore get that which would be beneficial for them, because the general interest would be considered before any private interest whatever. With re gard to the Dock Committee, he had it in view to propose that a committee like that fermerly constituted should be appointed, namely, a sub-committee, to confer with a sub committee of the docks, but he thought tie time hail not yet arrived when that would be necessary.. - COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS. TOWN CLERK'S EMOLUMENTS, &C. Mr. Councillor Iseac HoI,MES thoughtt o eyhen such very large sums were to be pair! as be had heard named in the re port of the Finance Committer, it was too much to call upon the gentlemen of the Council to decide after a mere hasty reading. He thought those gentlemen who, like himself, were not upon any committee, ought to have time to consider when they were to confirm the eepeuditure of several thou sand pounds. He was firmly of opinion that in affairs of such great importance, they ought to have at least a fortnight to consider. Though he had every confidence in the Finance C o mmittee, and in every other committee, yet errors might creep in, there might be mistakes, and he had a duty to per form which he should like to have the opportunity of perform ing properly. There were agency bills he knew in which large sums were taken -off He remembered Mr. Foster's bills, fromwhich on an item of 13s. 4d. as much as Cue. Bd. had been taken. Now he would wish to have the present bills compared with Mr. Foster's. He did not allude to anything that he conceived to be wrong as regarded' the Town-clerk, the Deputy Town-clerk, the Finance Committee, or any other committee, but he thought they ought not to be called upon to decide upon important matters at a moment's notice. The MAYOR said Mr. Holmes must be aware that he was at full liberty to move that any portion of the proceeding of any committee should be postponed for consideration. Mr. Councillor 11 oemEs,—Then I shall propose an amend ment to that effect. Mr. Councillor WALMsLEY said he was exceedingly grati fied that Mr. Holmes had mentioned this subject, as it had been industriously circulated, that the Townclerk had some emolument from the agency business in Loudon. He trusted the Town-clerk would have an Oppoitueity of explaining to the Council. Mr. Councillor ISAAC HO Lin Es, who was about to teat him self, for the purpose of reducing his amendment to writing, earnestly repelled the notion that he had intended to insinuate anything whatever to the dieadvantaee of the Town-clerk. The TOWN-CLERK explaiued, in distinct and ample terms, that he did not receive any emolument whatever, either for professional services, or by the division of fees, except the £2,000 per annum granted by the council for his salary as Town-clerk. He entered into minute and lengthy details respecting his mode of conducting - b us i ness w ile the parlia mentary and common law agents appointed by him in Lon don, and stated to the council the profit's which theSe indivi duals had received. Th e address of th e Town-clerk seas only a lengthened repetition of the above briefly stated facts. In fi the course of the speech the Town clerk p ra i se d th e quali cations of Messrs. Parkes and Preston, his parliamentary agents. - Mr. Councillor ISAAC 110f.MES hoped the Town-clerk would not for one moment conceive that he doubted one word that he had uttered. He thought that everything that he had stated ought to lie received as verity itSelf. However, it was only a few days since he had seen soiree bills of Foster's, and in all cases there was a division of the profits. He was per fectly satisfied with the Town-clerk's explanation, but at the same time he thought that gentlemen who were not on the Finance Committee ought to have an opportunity of examin ing them. He therefore moved that the proceedings of the Finance Committee, so far as related to the payments of any sums of money, should be deferred to the next meeting of the Council, to give an opportunity for the same to be examined by any member of the Council. • The TowN-CLERK said, it was perfectly clear that the bills of Mr. Foster, to which Mr. Helmes had made allusion, were those of the Common Law Agents. Parliamentary Agents never divided. ' 111 r. Councillor Isaac Hot.srEs denied that this was the case. The amendment remained for some minutes without a seconder.—At length Mr. Councillor Howson stepped forward. lie said he thought this would be a good opportunity to consider the matter which had been brought forward. It was very clear that no feeling could be entertained of any thing improper on the part of the Town-clerk.- When gentlemen Were neg lected from the committees, and he stood there, one of those who had been neglected and kept from all the committees, and he thanked them for it. he thought they should have an op portunity of considering before they were called upon to sanc tion any payment of money. Having a duty to perform, he thought this was but reasonable. He conceived it would be an honour to them, and he thought it must be to their wis' as honourable men, that all their acts should be brough ward, so that they might be examined, and persons sa tbat they were well executed. He would himself, in situation, be proud to have his acts so examined, and t " let them come and see how these matters are conducte He thought it would be but a matter of propriety if vouchers of all the sums paid by the Finance Committee were placed upon that table, so that they might undergo examiva tion. Without any feeling of hostility to any gentleman, or any committee, and without any reference to the Town-clerk, against whom there was no imputation whatever, and who he thought possessed integrity of the highest order, he would support the motion,' as one likely to be of general'benefit. He would therefore second it most cordially. Mr. Councillor CURRIE, after stating that the Finance Committee was one in which the council bad necessarily re posed a certain confidence, proceeded to show that it would be inexpedient to pass such a resolution, as many of their disbursements were made for wages, which must be paid at once.. It would be unjust to make the parties wait from month to month for these payments. He thought the coun cil would hesitate before they passed • such a resolution, which he should meet with a direct negative. Mr. Councillor ItoriEnTsom GrAiosToisE said, it was im possible to believe that any agreed in the opinion which Mr. Walmsley said had been so industriously circulated, that the Town-clerk received fees, contrary to his arrange ment with the Council. He had not heard of such an insi nuation, nor could he believe that it was so. For himself, he was quite satisfied with the Town-clerk's checking the bills of his Loudon agents. They ought to be satisfied with that at once, otherwise it would not be placing that reliance in the Town-clerk to which he was, from his 'situation, entitled. He would, however, ask two 'questions of the ,Town-clerk. The first was—he understood it to be the Town-clerk's de sire to imply, that his parliamentary agents had had long ex perience in their profession? Now, according to his (Mr. such a Gladstone's) impresiion, Messrs. Parkes and Preston had not long been Parliamentary agents. He next wished to know how the calculations of their profits were made. The TOWN-CLERK said he intended to allude to the com mon law agents when he spoke of experience. However, Mr. Parkes was a man of great experience, and a sound lawyer, and he must observe, that it was very rarely they could find a man who combined these advantages with knowledge of parliamentary business. With regard to the deduction from the law bills, he had made deductions of £250 from the bills in the present year. Mr. Councillor ROBERTSON GLADSTONE said, that this was not an answer to his question. He was borne out by gentlemen sitting near him, who - heard the Town-clerk make use of the term " long experience" in reference to the selection of Messrs. Parker and Preston as parliamentary agents. He wished to know how many years they had been established in their profession ? The TOWN-CLERK said, he, meant to allude to Messrs. Adlington and Co t when he spoke of long experience, who transacted the general business in London. Messrs. Parkes and Preston had been established in London, as parliamentary agents, since the year 1835. Mr. Councillor EARLE thought they had had enough of this conversation. There has been a very great deal of snuffing and smelling at Messrs. Parkes and Preston. The fact of the matter is, they happen to be of our. side of the question. If they had been tories, we should not have heard a single word about their experience.—(Hear ' and laughter.) Mr. Councillor CASE said he recollected Mr. Parkes' pleading before a committee of the House of Commons a number of years ago, and he conducted the business in which he was engaged in a very satisfactory manner. He thought the passing of such a resolution as that proposed would be the utmost impolicy, as it would put a stop to, or materially retard, all public improvements. Though, therefore, he in tended to vote against the proposition, he must say the council had brought ail this upon themselves. They made the proceedings of their committees complete secrets—their committees were a set of star chambers, and no members of the council were allowed to look at the books in which their proceedings were recorded. He had not, in his experience, been accustomed to such secrecy. Bad as it was said to be, (Mr. Earle, "and as it was,") the books of the committees were open to every one of the corporation. Mr. Alderman EA R LE.—Pleuty of Angel meetings be longing to the old corporation. Mr. Councillor CA never attended any. Mr. Alderman EA RLE.—I never did. Mr. Councillor CASE continued.—lf anv member of the old corporation wanted any information (which he contended he had a right to obtain), he was allowed to examine any of the books. If this openness had now been permitted, this discussion would not have taken place at all. He should vote against the amendment. Mr. Councillor HODGSON wished to be heard in explana tion. (Cries of " Spoke, spoke.") The MAYOR said he could not allow any departure from the rules. Mr. Hodgson had already spoken on the question. Mr. Councillor lionGsoN.—lt is merely in explanation. (" Spoke, spoke.") Mr. Hodgson said he should bow to the chair and the wish of the council, but the privilege of expla nation was one that had been acceded to every other gen tleman heretofore. Mr. Councillor COOPER said the members who had spoken on that subject had misunderstood Mr. Hodgson's allusion to the accounts being laid on the table, and this was what he wished to explain. He did not say the bills ought to be laid on the table, but the vouchers. Ile would ask the Deputy Town-clerk what was the sum of money expended in oppo sing the erection of the bridge at Fiddler's Perry? That had not been mentioned to the council till it was brought forward in the report, and he himself never knew that such a sum had been .expended till it was so brought forward for confirmation. Mr. Councillor SnErr. said, gentlemen who spoke thus for got that it was provided by the Reform Act that the trea surer's books should be open to the inspection of the mem bers of the Council. They had nothing to do, when they wanted information of this sort, but to go and examine the treasurer's accounts. He could not suppose them to be ig norant of this ; but then if they adopt that course it would deprive them of the opportunity of coining to that room and making a speech which, he supposed, was intended to make a very splendid figure next day. (Laughter.) Mr. Councillor ISAAC HOLMES wished to withdraw his mo tion, but was met by loud cries of " Vote, vote." Mr. Councillor RATHBONE said, without the consent of the Council, a member had no right to withdraw a motion. He bought the time of the Council ought not to be taken up in hat wav without its being shown who would support such -e Council went to the vote, when there appeared for Mr. Holmes's amendment, 5; against it, 44. SUPPLY OF WATER FOR FIRE ENGINES. In reply to Mr. Earle, Mr. WALMSLEF intimated that ap plication, had been made to the proprietors of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, to-allow them to place large mains down in that direction; the supply of water to be obtained from the canal. They had directed the surveyor to furnish plans, &c. but nothing could be done till they had an answer from the company as to whether or not they Might use the water. • EDUCATION COMMITTEE. On the motion for the-confirmation of the proceedings of this committee havint , been put, Mr. Councillor D. lionGsoN rose to ask whether there was not an account kept of the numbers of the children, in the corporation schools, belonging to the Romanist, the pro testant, and the various dissenting persuasiofis, so that a regular classified statement might be presented to the council ? Mr. Councillor D. BLACKBURN replied that there was a book in which a record was kept of the professed reli{.7,iou of the parents that brought children to the school. The MAYOR said that he might add,that at the south school the practice had been merely to distinguish between Catholics and protestants ; they made no distinction between the differ- ent sects of protestants. Mr. Councillor JoitoAN happened the other day to be pas sing the south school, when he saw the excellent clergyman (Mr. Aspinall) who is iu the habit of attending to instruct the children, and he stated that the greatest number in that school were Protestants of the church of England. Mr. Councillor DAVID HODGSON thought that they ought to be made acquainted with the real state of the case. The subject was one of much interest. and the town would be very glad to have the facts .before them. Mr. Alderman EARLE said that the schools were very full, the children were receiving . a. good moral and religious edu. cation, and they were learning to love on another, and that was the main Toint. Mr. Councillor BLACKBURN said, this was a revival of the discussion which hai taken place before, and he.thought it could not he returned to without formal notice being given. Mr. Councillor JoHN SMITH.—Mr. Blackburn stated that a record is kept at the different schools ; is that record open for inspection ? • Mr. Councillor RATBBONE observed that they, had no dis tinctions between Protestants and Protestant dissenters. When a child was brought to either of-. the schools, the only - question asked of the parents was, would they wish their child to go to church or not ; the children went from the schools to no other place than to church. As to looking into the mouths of the children to see whether they had the church bite or what bite they might have, he thought that they had something else to do. , • Mr. Councillor BLACKBURN wished to know whether they meet to accuse the veracity of the committee, because the very thing now asked for had only recently been given namely, a statement of the number of Catholic and Pro testant children. If any gentleman wanted to know , the exact number, it should be furnished to him ; but they were not inclined to furnish intelligence to persons who acted un der the avowed intent of searching out what the parents of the children were, and for the purpose of prejudicing them against the schools. There was no reason why they should inflict domiciliary visits on parents who sent their children to the schools. if the councillor for Everton Ward would he satisfied with the numbers, as given by the committee, he should have it. • Mr. Councillor D. HODGSON remarked that he said nothing whatever to call for the discussion which had arisen. He had simply asked a question. whether there was any account classifying the children under the various heads of catholics, protestants, and the various dissenting sects. The MAYOR understood that to be given. Mr. Councillor I. HOLMES distinctly denied that he had any intention of going about from house to house, to preju— dice the parents who sent their children to the 'schools. As to the impropriety of mixing up different sects in one room, he might mentio❑ that he had heard it condemned by a dis senting clergyman, who remarked, that if error were taught at one side of a school and truth at the other, it could not be proper instruction. He wished to know whether he was not, by virtue of his office as councillor, a trustee of the school? The TOWN-CLERK replied that the trust rested in the coun cil in its collective capacity. The corporation were trustees of the schools in the same manner as they were trustees of other things, and the council acted by a majority. CUSTOM-trousE COMMITTEE. The proceedings were confirmed. The MAYort said, that in consequence of the receipt of a letter from Mr. Banning, which stated that he (Mr. B.) had just learned that the authority of the lords of the treasury had been received for the erection of the furniture and fittings of the long room, he had not written the letter ordered at the last meeting of the council. DOCK COMMITTEE. Carlton Gardens, Dec. 3, 1838. In the proceedings of this committee, it was mentioned Lhat it had been resolved that all proceedings with respect to the telegraph should be postponed until the opinion of coun sel had been received. —Proceedings confirmed. BUSINESS nouns OF THE MAYOR. In the proceedings of this committee, it was mentioned that the resolution which he bad come to of attending at the Town-hall from twelve to three o'clock, instead of from twelve to four, had given rise to considerable dissatisfaction • out of doors, he was anxious to state what had been the rea sons which influenced him in the alteration, so as to justify himself, and do away with any impression that he neglected his public duties. The arrangement had been made at the suggestion of the late mayor, who stated that he thought that it would meet with the approval of the solicitors, in con sequence of the earlier hours at which letters now arrived. The alteration had been merely an experiment. He had not the slightest wish to save his own labour; but he had thought' that the alteration would conduce to the more efficient dis . charge of his duties, as he couldhave-devoted the last hour to the public business, without being interrupted by cases of the nature which usually occupied him up to three o'clock. He only wished it to be carried into effect so far as it could be, consistently with the convenience of the public; and if it could not be carried out without inconvenience, he would take the cases until four o'clock as heretofore. Ile said that so far from shrinking from the full performance of his duty, he was not only ready to stay until the usual hour, but lie should be happy, on any occasion, to accommodate the so licitors by transacting their business at his own house; and if it should lhappen that he was from home, it might always be ascertained where he was on inquiry at the Town-hall. Mr. Councillor CASE mentioned that the regulation was not a new one, as had been supposed. A similar arrange ment was made in 1817, when Mr. Currie was bailiff, at the request of the solicitors themselves, and he saw no occasion for the outcry that had been made respecting it. MEMORIALS. The MAYOR read a letter from Mr. Thomas Carson, presi dent of the Liverpool Law Society, requesting from the Council the grant of a copy of the "Inquiry by the Munici pal Commissioners into the Corporation of Liverpool in 1833," for the use of the library of the society. Mr. Councillor BOLTON moved that the grant should be made.—Agreed to. The M Avon then read a memorial from John Brown, on behalf of the widow of Robert Moss, who was turnkey of the Borough Gaol for twenty-seven years.—Referred to the Fi nance Committee. STATUE OF THE LATE AIR. IitZSKISSON. The MA , O;id that he received, On Tuesday, a letter from Mrs. Huskisson, and the u9ltire of the request contained in it, as well as the feeling and beaut►ful language i❑ which it was couched, deserved the most serious attent►on of the Council. The letter would be highly interesting, not only to them, but to the town at large, as ►t related to one w•' had for several years been their representative, and wh • met amongst them a most unhappy and lamented end letter is as follows: S ,—I venture to take the liberty of soliciting you to bring before the Town Council of Liverpool my very earnest re quest that the members of it (with whom I understand the authority to rest) will he pleased to confer upon me the ho nour and privilege of being allowed to place a statue of Mr. Iluskisson under the dome of the large hall of the new Cus tom-house. I am emboldened to solicit their favourable attention to my apulication, in consequence of its having been communi cated to me that, amongst those who continue to cherish and revere the memory of my husband, many consider that it would render to him additional honour to remove the statue, now at Liverpool, to this suggested site, at the Custom-house, as a station proper to recall the efficient exertions of Mr. Iluskiss'on in procuring the valuable concurrence and assist ance of the government in the erection of that splendid struc ture—as a situation more conspicuous and frequented; one snore connected with the fame of 111 r. Huskisson; and which would also be better adapted to display the merits of that ad mirable statue as a work of art. The communication was made to me in the very considerate view of first consulting my feelings as to such a change. Al though highly gratified by the motives which had influenced this proposal, I have yet found myself reluctant to give it my sanction. • Perhaps some of the subscribers to this beautiful memorial might share in such reluctance, and feel that the removal of the statue from its present sanctuary, would be to interfere with the special, nay, even sacred, purpose to which they had been pledged—a pledge which they have indeed redeemed in a manner equally honourable to themselves and to him whose memory they have so beautifully and so touchingly illustrated. It is possible that sojne such feelings might arise, to which, as any other objections on the part of the subscribers, all de ference would be due. But, I venture to hope, that any diffi sulties of this nature, or and cause for contending opinions, would be avoided, should 1 be so happy as to be permitted to occupy this suggested site by a statue of Mr. Husktsson, either similar to, or of equally appropriate design with the one in question. I earnestly solicit the consent of the council to this request, not only as the result most gratifying to my own feelings, but as affording, likewise, I dare to hope, the entirely unobjec tionable means of carrying into effect the intentions and wishes of those who have thus desired additionally to honour the memory, as well as to perpetuate the fame of Mr. Hus kisson. I beg of you, sir, to excuse, and to entreat for me, of the other gentlemen of the council, that they will overlook my ignorance of any more fitting terms or manner of this appli cation, should I have employed either iirproperly. And I venture again to urge my anxious wishes for that permission which I so earnestly desire to obtain. I have the honour to remain, with the greatest respect, sir, your obedient humble servant, EMILY HUSKISSON. To the Worshipful the Mayor, Liverpool. Mr. Councillor LA ssaLL said, that after the beautiful letter which had been read, one feeling only, he felt assured, could pervade the whole council. He should not presume to say one word about Mr. Huskisson, whose merits were far beyond his praise, but proceed at once to beg that they would in this instance waive the usual form, and allow him to move the resolution which he had framed. It was "That this council, deeply sympathising with Mrs. Huskis son in the irreparable loss sustained by herself and the com munity in the death of Mr. Huskisson, on their part most warmly accede to her proposition to place a statue to his memory in the large room in the New Custom-house, and that they will make the propeecommunications to the Lords of the Treasury to obtain their concurrence in a measure calculated to do honour to a name not only intimately con nected with the commerce of the country, but to this town especially, by carrying down to posterity its connexion with that distinguished and lamented statesman." Every one would readily acknowledge that the beautiful statue of Mr. Huskisson, by Gibson, was placed in a bad situation. He, amongst others, had felt sorry that so noble a work should remain in such an obscure place, and, as one of the subscri bers, he might obtain its removal to a more eligible spot, under the dome of the new Custom-house. It was necessary, how ever, before this step was taken, that the feelings of the widow of the illustrious statesman should be consulted, because, if she had the slightest objection, the proposal would at once be done away with. He accordingly wrote to Mrs. us kisson on the subject, and in her answer she seemed unwilling that the beautiful statue should be removed from its hal lowed site, audio prefer, if that met the wishes of the gentle men who had moved in the affair, that another, the work ol the same sculptor, might be erected in the new situation pointed out. The letter placed him in some difficulty, for the erection of another statue had not been originally contem plated by hint, and he therefore felt it right that so important a subject should no longer be managed by an individual like him, but be entrusted to the authorities of the town. The letter to the mayor, which had just been read, was the result of what he had done. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE seconded the motion, in doing which he passed a high eulogium upon the character of the departed statesman. The motion was carried unanimously. OBSERVATORY IN LIVERPOOL. Mr. Councillor BLACKBURN, after briefly alluding to the advantages which would result from having an observatory in the port, and stating that the memorial of the Literary and Philosophical Society had pointed out the top of the new Custom-house as an eligible site for one, moved that a spe cial committee should be appointed to inquire into and re port upon the subject. Mr. Councillor PLATT seconded the motion. Mr. Councillor R. GLADSTONE asked whether the funds ol the Corporation could be legally applied to the erection ol an observatory. The TOWN-CLERK replied that as the erection of an ob. servatory would be a work of public utility, the surplus ie• venue of the Corporation might be devoted to that as well as to any other measure intended for the advantage of the in habitants. Mr. .Councillor BOLTON remarked that he had no know ledge of any surplus revenue. Mr. Councillor BLACKBURN said that it would be for the committee to recommend whether it should be done by applying to parliament for an act, or by the appropriatiou of any surplus fund. The mot ion was carried, and the following committee was appointed :—Messrs. T.Case, Lassell, Mason, Cropper, Platt, Rathbone, Lawrence, Carson, Currie, Leathoin, Jordan, and Blackburn. Mr. Alderman LEATHOM proposed Mr. Jordan the chair man of the Custom House Committee, lobe on the committee, as a question might arise as to an observatory beiti' a de formity to the dome. Mr. Alderman EARLE observed that they might as well place the bust of Mr. Jordan on the top of the Custom-house as an observatory. (Laughter.) As it was now past three o'clock, Mr. Councillor J. Smut' moved that the council should adjourn. There was another motion to bring forward, of which notice had been given, but as it is a regulation that no new business should be introduced after three o'clock, the council consented to the proposed adjournment. LIME-STREET WARD. - DINNER TO AMBROSE LACE, ESQ. On Wednesday evening last, the conservative municipal electors of Lime-street Ward invited Ambrose Lace, Esq. to dine with them, at the Bath Arms Hotel. About eighty gentlemen sat down to a most excellent dinner. Mr. ltobt. Rigby occupied the chair, and Mr. Jas. Owen the vice-chair. In the room we observed Ambrose Lace, Esq T., M. Glad stone, Esq. (late candidate for South Toxteth Ward), Mr. Councillor Joseph Cooper, Mr. Councillor George Wright, Mr. Councillor Isaac Holmes, Mr. Councillor John Smith, John North, Esq., James Carson, Esq., Thos. Pennington, Esq., - Sanders, Esq., John Formby, Esq., Mr. Wilkin son (vice-president of the Tradesmen's Conservative Asso- elation). The large room at the Bath Arms was ornamented with a number of tlags and banners, and in the centre of the room was hung a Union Jack, with the number of voters who polled at the last election-286.inseribed on it. Mr. Holden and an excellent company of glee singers in- creased the harmony of the meeting: The cloth having been removed, and" Nan nobis Domine" sung, The CHAIRMAN _proposed the usual loyal toasts—" The Queen," with three times three. Anthem—" God save the Queen." " The Queen Dowager and the Royal Family," with three times three cheers. Glee—" My dear Mistres, , ." " Our glorious constitution in church and state." (Rap- turous (leering.) The CHA RAI AN hoped this toast would not be passed with. out an acknowledgement, and called upon Mr. T. M. Glad. stone to respond to it. Mr. T. M. GLADSTONE then rose amidst loud applause. He said, having been unexpectedly called upon to respond to the toast which theyihad drunk with so much enthusiasm, he could assure them with as much zeal as it had been given froM the chairman, with the same he received it.. (Hear.) And although he was nut prepared to enter, with sufficient detail, on a subject of so much importance, he should yet be most happy to do it: for he thought that, if one thing more than another had tended to elevate this country both in morality and religion, and also in its standing amongst the nations of the earth, it was the connexion of the state of this country with the Church. (Loud cheers.) It was this conjunction which had elevated the country to the position which it holds. And if he might be allowed by gra dation to show the necessity of conjunction between the state and the church, he would ask any man, if, in his own family, he did not require religion there ? Did he not require some system of morality - and religion by which he could govern his family, to effect that unanimity which must prevail in fami lies if they would be happy ? Without such unanimity, and some standard of religion to go by, no family could be happy; consequently every man must desire religion.—( Hear.) Of families were towns composed; of towns and rural districts were counties composed, and of counties or large divisions of country were countries composed. What was therefore good for a family was good, by gradation, for a country. He, there fore, contended that it was of essential consequence that reli gion should be supported by the state, as by it individuals, families, and the country were benefitted. The church of England, like all human institutions, was liable to infirmi ties, and abuses would creep in • but these might be reme died. The church itself demanded their support, and ought not to be cried down. They ought to maintain it as the reli gion of the majority. If it were nut maintained, in his opi nion the time was not far distant, when the scenes of carnage which had been acted at the French revolution would dis gaace this country. He therefore strongly advocated the union of the church and state. He trusted that the church would maintain its purity; and in that case they bad nothing to fear from the most designing persons. (Cheers.) Song—" With a jolly full bottle." Mr. Isaac HOLMES suggested to the vocalists that they ought not to say, "May all plotting reformers be left in the lurch ;" but all " plotting deceivers." Those who styled themselves " reformers" professed reform only for deception, and he liked things called by their right names. " Lord Lyndhurst and the House of Peers." Three times three. Mr. W. SANDARS responded to the toast. There was no person in the kingdom more fit to be looked up to for the preservation of church and state than Lord Lyndhurst. His talents were unrivalled in the present day, and he would exert them to the utmost in a good cause. This would be proved by his conduct next session in the House of Lords. —(Cheers.) Glee—" Hail, Smiling Morn." " Sir Robert Peel and the Conservative Members of' the House of Commons."—Three times three, and one cheer more. Glee—" Life's a Buinper', " The Army and Navy."—Three times three. Glee—"To all you Ladies now on Land." Mr.Tazt.ocx briefly referied to the imbecile conduct of Loid Minto with regard to the Navy, and to the attention which Russia and France were paying to that branch of their service, and intimated his fears that this country would not long sus tain her ancient character of Queen of the Seas. It was the boast of Mr. Canning, when questioned in the House of Com mons about the state of our naval strength at seine station abroad, that wherever a foreign power had a force, he had al ways one still more powerful in the same quarter. Let the present ministry say this if they could. "The Duke—the Hero of a Hundred Fights,"—four times four, and one cheer more. Glee, "'The mighty conqueror." The Cita temaN called for a bumper, and after passing a high eulogium on the character and exertions in the conser vative cause of the unsuccessful candidate for Lime-street Ward, gave "Ambrose Lace, Esq., our worthy guest,"—four times four. Mr. LACE, on rising, was much cheered. He said, that when he saw such an assemblage before him, and heard the toast, to which be was thankful to respond, proposed and re ceived in so enthusiastic a manner, he could not allow him self to suppose, for a moment, that the spirit of conservatism was either dead or dying in the laud. It was true that some faint-hearted people were accustomed to say, " Oh ! give it up ; what's the use 'of trying?" Why, if their opponents acted on that principle they would have had no need of exer tion, but would have been victorious. Their opponents had taught them, not once, twice, nor thrice, that if they steadily and energetically persevered they would accomplish their ob ject, Ile was quite satisfied, that if they could only disabuse the public mind of the prejudices that had been created and excited against the conservative cause by their opponents, they would win—aye, even in that ward. Ii e had heard it said, that the reformers gave the people their present political pri vileges. Ile denied it ; amid, would reply, that the reformers were as unable to give the people any description of pri vileges, without the common sense of the nation, as was a child. If they could do so, w' by had they not given them annual parliaments, universal suffrage, and vote by ballot, which were so long and loudly called for, but which were de cidedly contrary to the common sense of the nation ?—As 'regarded the old corporation system, it was admitted that some change was required, but it was the people's own feel- ing that gave it to them, and not the reformers or any other body. Again, their opponents were accustomed to say that the conservatives were unlit to hold office. He would not draw a comparison, but he would say that they were quite as fit as any reformer now in the town-council. If any benefi cial change was required, the conservatives could do it as well as the reformers. if they looked at the acts of the mu nicipal council since the reformers had come into office, did they not show, instead of a pure spirit, the greatest bigotry? They would not keep a man whom they could do without, if his opinions were known to be conservative, and they put their friends into the vacant places, alter the very system that they condemned. They imputed to the conservatives all sorts of bad motives; and pretended to believe that if they were in power they would lay 30 or 40 Per cent on the taxes, which would have to be paid merely through their pleasure of spending money. Why had they not common sense as well as the reformers ? (Cheers.) Could they not take care of their affairs as WelLas they could ? ( Hear.) He could_see__ . . . nothing at all in the conduct of the reformers to induce him to think that they were superior in any way to the conserva tives. There was another assertion advanced by their oppo nents, which seemed to have great weight with the electors, viz., that the conservatives are not the friends of the people. That phrase "friends of the people" was sadly abused ; but he would put it to the people whether they had ever found. the conservatives, in their public or private transactions, one whit less liberal, or one whit less kind, to the poor? (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lace here described the attention which Mr. Rigby had paid to the necessities of the poor during the last winter, and alluded to some misrepresentattons in which the reformers habitually indulged against their opponents. He then stated that by perseverance only could the ward be won. It was necessary for the candidate to go amongst the people for two months, from nine in the morning till five in the evening, day by day ' to disabuse Their minds of the false impressions created by their opponents. This he felt would take more time than he could spare, and therefore it was not his intention to come forward again as a candidate. He did not retire because he was afraid of defeat, for the cause which he espoused was right and correct, the disgrace was not to him, but to those who defeated hint. He might have felt disgraced, if the elections had been lust on the ground of any personal misconduct • but he knew that this was not so, for almost every man whoi bad voted against had said, if he would change his political principles he should go in tri umphantly. This he would not do. Had he gone to the council he should have been untrammelled, and not been called upon after every meeting to reply to the question, "Why did you vote for so and so?" If he could not have been trusted as the representative of the weld for three years, without being called to account by his constituents, like the political quack doctor that went about from ward to ward; if that was the only way in which independence was to be gained, he should certainly have despised it. After repeating his in tention to retire, and expressing a hope that sortie person might be found who would be able to contest the ward more successfully, he thanked his friends for their un wearied assist ance, and sat down amidst protracted cheering. Mr. 'ten again rose, and after paying a deserved tribute to the services of the chairman, proposed, " s,obert Rigby Esq., the chairman." Three times three. Mr. RiGny returned his acknowledgements, and pledged himself that, if Mr. Lace would not stand again for the ward, he would either come forward himself or find some one that would do so. (Cheers.) SONG.—The Old English Gentleman. The CHAIRMAN proposed "The members for the county." Mr. FORMBY rose to acknowledge the toast. The county was exceedingly well represented : all the members were good members, and exceedingly clever and honest teen;. and he hoped they would long remain the members fur the county. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN proposed next—" The Members for the Borough, Lord Sandon and Cresswell Cresswell, Esq."— (Great cheering.) Mr. CARSON rose to respond to the toast. He knew not why he should have been called on to acknowledge the toast ; but, if in the contests in which they bad been engaged, be had been in any degree instrumental in securing the return of these representatives, lie must express himself highly grate ful to them for this acknowledgment of it. He alluded to the first municipal contest, when the wards had bean placed un der the management of the central conservative committee. Lime-street ward had fallen to his especial care, and he de scribed the exertions for success which had been made, and which, he was convinced, if persevered in, must at length end in victory. The perseverance of the ward in contesting the election hitherto had been gall and wormwood to their op ponents, who would be glad that the ward should be left quietly to them, that the electors might remain in ignorance of the practises of their party, with which, owing to the con tested elections they were made acquainted. They were told of " justice for Ireland." Had they not a right to have jus tice for England? Was it not a fact that the majority of the electors of England were conservatives? and was it not a fact that they were governed by the Irish tail and had they not a right to be rid of that tail, or to have its effects in some degree prevented. They had only to persevere, and, so far as the municipal elections were concerned, he was satisfied the time was not far distant when conservative principle would prevail in Liverpool. It was merely : - a question of time. The condition of the town-council was not such as to satisfy the town; they had not redeemed the pledges they gave to the people. Some of t hem affected to despise the people. It was really surprising that Mr. William Rathbone, who had gained his notoriety entirely by the applause of the peo ple, should so utterly despise them now as boldly to assert, in the face of day that the people had no right to petition—that the council must shake off the people. Had they ever heard anythisig so inconsistent? Tnis from a man who was never so - happy as when breathing . the . foetid atmosphere of the Clayton-square mob. , The right of petitioning, according to him, was to be done away with. Another extraordinary act of inconsistency in him was his abuse of the press. He could only give him a warning, that if he persevered, in stead of being returned two years hence as a triumphant candidate, he would have to walk into the council-room in the seedy second hand gown of an alderman. (Cheers and laughter.) He concluded with thanking them fur the honor they bad done him. 'the CHAIRMAN then gave "The Conservative Members of the Town-council." (Cheers.) Mr. JOHN SMITH being called on, rose to respond to the toost. He felt highly honoured by the toast which had been given to his conservative colleagues. In the two years that he had been in the council he had been governed by au anxious desire to promote the interests and welfare of the town. (Cheers.) Constituted as the council now was, how ever, -whatever exertions were made by the conservative members were rendered of no avail, by what Mr. Canning had termed "the silent eloquence of a vote." He hoped that those of the electors who had been lukewarm would ex ert themselves, and send a fresh cohort of conservatives into the council at the next election. He trusted that they should see Mr. Lace in the council for some other ward, and that the time would come when Lime street would be represented partially by conservatives. (Cheers.) Mr. Councillor IsAAc HOLMES being called on, also rose to the,toast. , In the days of his ignorance he had once can vassed the ward for Mr Ewart. If ever he came again, they should send-Lim about his business. He (Mr. Holine) was now in the council. He had told them he was soliciting the honour of going into a wasp's nest, and a wasp's nest lie had found it; but when they tried to sting him, be tried to sting them again. (Hear, and laughter.) The sting of the socinian was indeed bitter. They should have seen whin he men tioned the name of a respectable clergyman, the man who had been a twelvemonth like a parrot with its mouth sticlied ; (laughter) it was then opened, and they should have seen with what delight he cast. a stigma, not on one clergyman, but on two. They should have seen the malicious grill with which it was given, and heard the demoniac laugh which rang through the council-room at the mere mention of the name of a clergyman. (" Shame.") Mr. Holmes then contended that there was a greatly disproportionate number of sociniaus in the council; and that on the principle of equal represen tation, the ninth part of a councillor, and the twelfth .part of an alderman would be a fair representation for the socirnans ; instead of which, there were fifteen socinians in the council. He was told that he was obnoxious in the council. He hoped they would send a few more obnoxious men there. (Great cheers ) They were told that the electors had degraded them selves in electing such men as him, and would not put there on committees; but that was not the cause; there was some thing which they would learn there which they would not al together like. ( Hear.) He did hope that the time was fast approaching when the town would he rid of the destructives ; if the constituents in future elections only did-their duty,. he had no doubt of such a result. He concluded with propostbg " Her Majesty's ministers; and may they retire from a si (nation for which they are totally unfitted." (Cheers.) Mr. WRiGHT also briefly returned thanks. He exhorts'd the electors to persevere, and they would succeed in sending a member to the Council for the ward. Mr. LACE, after highly eulogising the exertions of the canvassers, proposed "'The Vice-chairman, Committee, al l Canvassers, and the 286 Electors Who voted for him." (Great cheering.) if all the Conservatives had -come forward, a' they ought to have done, the 286 votes would .have been a much higher figure. He had not, however, resorted to th e intimidation of calling on voters twelve or fifteen times, a' had been done by their opponents, under the pretext of "e" - lightening" them. The V ICE-CH a 'LIMAN, at considerable length, acknowle 4- ed the toast, and described the exertions of the counnittee, and the independent manner in which Mr. Lace had come forward. The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Guests who haise bonne' ed us with their company." Mr. JOHN GLADSTONE, at considerable length and wit h eloquence, returned thanks. Mr. KILSHAIV proposed "The Conservative Press." Le ° g , might the conductors of it live, for they were all good men' tiers of society.. Mr. PATTISSON, of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, briefly acknowledged the compliment. Mr. WILKINSON proposed " The Liverpool Tradesmen's Conservative Association." (Cheers.) •/, Mr. CARSON was called on to respond to the toast, a concluded with proposing " the health of Mr. S. Holule• (Cheers.) 111 r• " Mr. Kilshaw's good health" was then proposed bY - Smith. . Mr. KILSHAW acknowledged the compliment, and Pt; posed " The Liverpool Operative Conservative Aso ° tion." Mr. ROBERTS acknowledged the toast. Mr. DAvis, jun., proposed "The Lancashire W itch e6 ' and the JOHN Maids of ST Cabria." (Ch.) Mr. GLADONE m acknowledged s the toast for th e ladies. " The Town and Trade of Liverpool" was then given , a nd the chairman vacated the chair at eleven o'clock. The company broke up soon after, after spending a s ec° and delightful evening. STATE OF Tuann.—The continued advance in the Pr i : s of cotton at Liverpool has, of course, rendered the spinn er , unwilling to sell, except at improved rates, which , howe i v it '' te ale very difficult to be obtained, and, consequently , very i business has been done. The buyers of twist generally se.eit, to feel no confidence in the steadiness of the cotton tintEketg and, consequently, but only* supply their absolute wan.ed which, at the present season, ire very small. In manuf actu l . v goods There is still a fair business doing, and at pretty factory prices.— Manchester Guardian: . ical " Hannay and Dietriehsen's Almanack, Astrollon'we Ephemeris, and Book of General Information for 18,39. -- c ot are positively at a loss for words to express our astonisbln, t at the unparelleled comprehensiveness of the Almanack published by Messrs. Hannay and Dietrichsen, for the c ol ing year. There is scarcely a subject iu the usual ro uti no events to which we do not find reference in this boob:om, °c pages, at the insignificant cost of fid.,; a sum which N e ' can little mote than cover the -pricarof the paper. est graphical and chronological tablcsjare exceedingly te ldes , jog, particularly those for the resent year. T le nti l eclipses, Sze. are duly noticed, id the progress of F,a,o comet during the remainder of the present year, and Can hart's in 1839, are trace y r agrams of the heave ns • r have the list of the rota of eholds; the House of L o giving the titles of the Pe a the family name, the mott js the Peers, and date of cr t on; the Hous e of Comilonsthe given twice, first alphah t catty, second l y arranged bv• places the members ropy .nt ; the whole of the aroi.Y de p• giving the officers' names • thabetically arranged, (a det-'; tom long wanted) with the dates of connuission,•ond we.oo - the officer holds; the navy list is given in likeenor, ner; the bankers, the provincial and etpolitan poration dignities; ambassadors and c m ons r u o ls; oni ; ve' s beet the list of fairs throughout the kingdom is• by far thei, ever printed ; and in short, as we hare before o bserve T ed to formation upon every possible top i c o f i n t erest is affel'...,3oy the public in this most useful pamphlet. Messrs. I" of t he and Dictrichsen have certa inl y p ut all compct itiou out _ther, field, for, we should say , it wou l d be imp ossible for atiY,,'"ost,' firm to produce a similar compilation at five times the —Morning Chronicle, Oct. 28. • •ello nse ' Published by the Proprietors, and sold at their %‘ a , A stir 63, Oxford-street, London ; and by all Booksellers an'acot tioners in the kingdom. In Liverpool, by Smith, 24 ' land-place. El gm Dr wit