The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-15 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council was held on Wednesday, in the Council Chamber, Town-hall. • . FINANCE COMMITTEE. In the minutes of the proceedings of the Finance Com mittee, it was set forth that the committee had received a communication requesting their interference with the lessee of the Birkenhead property, to preserve the custom of con tracting for ferryage. The committee had decided that they could not interfere in the matter. Mr. CASE moved the confirmation of the procee ings. He said he had brought up the returns of the salaries f the respective officers of the corporation formerly moved fo , and also the returns of the expenses of deputations to London. THE CHESHIRE FERRIES. Mr. PLATT wished to ask if a clause could not be introdu ced into Mr. Willoughby's lease, stipulating that he should convey passengers across the river at the same charge as here tofore. He understood, that though Mr. Price had the pri vilege of ferrying from the Cheshire shore, he had no exclu sive right to carry them back. Mr. CASE said the subject had been fully considered, but the lease was already granted. The object of keeping down the rate, however, had been fully accomplished. A small in crease in the rate had been determined upon, with which all parties appeared to be content, and Mr. Willoughby was willing to contract for one, two, three, four, five, six, or seven years. SirJ. WALMSLEY said there had been no intention on the part of the Railway Directors to advance their rates. The rates were formerly three pence per each person. They were now two pence. The directors wished persons on one side of the water to be on the same footing as those on the other. Some of the inhabitants dwelling on the other side of the water paid no more than a farthing for each passage. Mr. CASE said the lease was not signed but the draft was prepared and sent in, which amounted to the same thing in effect, Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said the directors of the railway were requested to raise the casual titres' to threepence, in order that the burden might fall upcioadaem rather than upon the comparatively few contractors of Birkenhead, some of whom paid no more than a farthing. The TOWN. -CLERK, in reply to a question, said that the corporation had formerly purchased the right to ferry passen gers from this side of the river, which right about seventy yeays ago was given to the public and had been lost by lapse of time. The exclusive right on the other side, now vested in Mr. Price, had been carefully preserved. As regarded Birkenhead the corporation had now the same power which had been vested in Mr. Price, which power they had acquired by 'purchase. Mr. G. HOLT asked if the corporation had a right to open a new ferry on any portion of their property on the other side of the river; The TOWN-CLERK said they had not a right to establish a new ferry on any Of their land ; they could do so on any land between the Birkenhead Ferry and Monks' Ferry. That right, however, they had leased to Mr. Willoughby. It was confided to him for seven years. The draft of the lease was sent in •, and though it was not signed, it was as effectual in law as if it were signed. Some discussion arose as to whether the Council were in order in discussing the question. It appeared that, the lease haci been ordered by the Council some time since, and the whole proceedings confirmed. There the subject dropped. Mr. CASE moved the appointment of Mr. Richard Rad cliffe, jun., as Chief Clerk to the Town-clerk, at a salary of £250 for the present year, commencing from the Ist of January last. Mr. PLATT seconded the motion. Mr. BIRKETT found fault with the system of anti-dating appointments. He did not mean that Mr. Radcliffe was not entitled to every shilling he was to receive, but he objected to the system. _ _ The 1(1AY0 R said Mr. Falcon resigned his office on the Ist of Janhary last, and Mr. Radcliffe immediately commenced the performance of the duties. It was but just, therefore, that he should be paid. The TOWN-CLERK read the following report, formerly laid before the Finance Committet, on the subject . :— _ " The Town-clerk submits for the consideration of the Finance Committee, and, if approved, their recommendation to the Council of the appointment of Mr. Richard Radcliffe, jun., as the successor to Mr. Falcon, the late principal clerk in the Town-clerks' office, at the salary after-mentioned. Mr. Richard Radcliffe, jun., on the Ist of January, 1841, when he commenced as such successor, had served an ap prenticeship in the Town-hall of four years and a half with out any salary, making, with servicp in a private office, an apprenticeship to the profession of upwards of seven years. lie has for some time been entitled to admission as an attor ney, and his application for enrolment has only been post poned for the convenience of business in the Town-hall, and iu consequence of the late official changes. " The proposed appointment has stood over, that some ex perience may be had of the way in which the office of suc cessor to Mr. Falcon would be discharged by, the party pro posed, and that the new deputy Town-clerk might be able to speak on the subject of efficiency. " The appointment of clerks in this department has hitherto rested with the Town-clerk, but one obvious circumstance makes the appointment in this case peculiarly proper, to be specially submitted to the consideration of the Council. " The salary of Mr. Falcon was £350 per annum. For the successor now proposed, the town-clerk submits £250 for the first year, commencing from the Ist January last,. and thereafter £350 per annum during the pleasure of the council. " Town-hall, Aug. 27, 1841." The TOWN-CLERK added that the Finance Committee had not deemed it right to pledge themselves in any way as to what salary they would give in future. The appointment was confirmed. Mr. PROCTER moved that the returns of salaries and de putations be printed for the use of the members. Agreed to. THE WATCH COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Watch, Lighting, Cleansing, and Fire-police Committee having been read, Sir J. WALMSLEY moved their confirmation. He also moved that William Williams and William Walthew be ap pointed assessors for the lighting and cleansing rates for 1841-2 ; that Richard Widdowes and others be appointed collectors of the lighting, cleaning, and fire-police rates in the parish of Liverpool ; and that the fire-police rate be laid as usual, -at one halfpenny in the pound. In doing so he stated that the latter rate bad amounted last year to £1524 15s. ad..; that - the contributions - from the fite . -Office had amounted to .£390 6s. 10d., making a total of £lBO3 10s. Id., .and that the balance to the credit of the parish was £ll 12s. Id. Mr. PLATT seconded the motion, which was agreed to. THE MARKETS COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Markets Committee, comprising notices for. the amendment of market acts, were next read and confirmed, after some complaint had been made by Mr. Harbord respecting the narrow width between the standings in Cleveland-square Market, which the committee promised to take into consideration. THE TOWN-HALL ESTABLISHMENT COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Town-hall Establishment Commit tee were read ana confirmed. THE EDUCATION COMMITTEI The proceedings of the Education Committee, comprising the appoi n t men t of M ar i a nne Boyce to the situation of b second mistress of the South School, the consideration of which was postponed at the meeting- of the council on the Bth ultimo, pursuant to the standing orders, having been read, Mr. HARBORD asked whether Marianne Boyce was a pro testant ? Mr. YATES said she had been particularly recommended by the Bishop of Ferns. Mr. HARBOARD asked whether it was the protestant or the titular bishop who had recommended her ? Mr. YATES said it was the protestant bishop, and that she herself was a protestant. Mr. SIIEIL rose, and with considerable animation said he would always protest against such a practice as the present. The law of the land asserted that they were all equally eligi ble to sit in the council, and therefore no system of exclusion ought to be adopted with regard to the persons qualified to teach the children in their schools. The remark made by Mr. Harbord had its origin in a species of religious bigotry, which had long existed, but which happily was dying fast away at present. He never made any remarks unfavourable to the religious opinions of his neighbours, and he certainly thought it unjust, unfair, and ungentlemanly for any man to be constantly remarking on the creed and religion of others. There were men insane on the subject—men whose minds were so warped, so prejudiced, so deranged, and so contrary to the order of nature that they could not refrain from the habit ; but when he saw a man who never lost sight of his own interest dealing in such a way, he would never shrink from denouncing.such a proceeding as being unworthy of any liberal-minded man. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SANDS said he was nut aware of the reason Mr. liar bord had for asking the question ; but whatever that reason was, he (Mr. S.) wished to state that some respect had been had to the religious principles of the teachers, not from any bigoted feeling at all, but for the purpose of accommodating the children belonging to each denomination. Some respect had been paid to the question as to whether they were Roman catholics or protestants, not out of any disrespect to the denomination to which Mr. Sheil belonged, but that they might attend to the children when going to and returning from their different houses of worship. (Hear, hear.) • Mr. HODGSON said he was in hopes that the subject would he passed without any notice, particularly as the time was fast on the approach when effect would be givea to the views of the majority of the council on the subject of education. (Hear, hear.) But since it had been introduced, he felt that lie should not be doing his duty to the public if lie allowed it to pass sub silentio. Perfectly agreeing as he did with the inquiry made by Mr. Harbord, not invidiously as regarded any personal feeling, but for the maintenance of truth, he rose for the purpose of giving it as his decided opinion that the masters and mistresses of the schools ought to be of the established religion. (Hear.) In saying thus much he meant no offence to others ; but no mannerisms of expression —no 'attempts to fix individually on him the insanity of feeling, or anything else, which " liberal" gentlemen might choose to sa y, would ever prevent him from maintaining the truth fear lessly there and everywhere else to the utmost of his power. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he hoped that the schools of t h e town would be plac e d on th e i r r i g h t f oot i ng i n a very short space of time. The mAyon. said they all assembled in that chamber on t erm s of equality — he , filling the chair, as a p ro t es t a nt dis senter, and Mr. Sheil, sitting at th e ta bl e, as a R oman ca tholic ; and any remarks such as Mr. Hodgson had just given utterance to were not only unjust an d unca l led-for, b ut Im pertinent and improper. (Hear, hear, laughter, and uproar.) Mr. HODGSON said he would do his duty at all times what ever might be the opinion of the mayor. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PARKER said he looked on himself as one of the party to whom Mr. Sheil alluded in his address, but he felt that if the term " insanity" could be applied to any one, it might well be applied to Mr. Sheil himself from the violent man ner in which be bad given utterance to his expressions. (Hear, hear.) Since Ile had had the honour of a seat in the council, Mr. Sheil asserted that three-fourths of the civilised world belonged to the Roman catholic faith, and he suppo se d he meant to say that the rest of the i world w M e r. re The MAYOR interrupted. He thought Parker out of order. Mr. HENRY LAWRENCE thought it the duty of the mayor, holding the position he did in the town, i to state openly wh en he thought any member was indulging in mproper remarks ; but, at the same time, he had used words a few minutes . be fore in reference to Mr. Hodgson in which he was not just , i , fi . ed. (Hear, hear.) Those words were " improper," and pertinent ;" and he (Mr. Lawrence) shou ld say, that, filling the situation the mayor did, and to which lie had bei:l , l elevated by his fellow -to wns men, the word " impertinent was one which should not have emanated from the chair. (Hear.) The MAYOR said he had not meant to apply it particularly to Mr. Hodgson, because there were other members present who bad indulged in remarks derogatory to the rel i gious feelings . , of their br e th ren . If, however, the word - proper was a better word, be would most heartily withdraw the word " impertinent " and substitute the former one. Mr. 1.111 : 130R110 rose to expl a i n . He had asked the quest ion prior to giving his assent to the contirmation . of the proceed ings, and merely for the purpose of satisfying himself upon the subject. It lie bad done anything unhandsome in asking the question be should be ready to make an apology; but he should do himself the justice to state that, when he put the question, he had no intention to insult the feelines of Mr. Sheil personally. (Hear.). He had the most kindly feelings towards the Roman catholics themselves ; but he had a dis inclination to give the slightest assistance to their particular creed. (Hear, hear.) He would wish t o b an i s h f ro m his mind at all times any ill feeling towards his kindred flesh, but he never would be instrumental in de s t ro yi ng the faith handed down to him at the sacrifice of the lives of his fore fathers. (Cheers.) Sir J. WAi i xisLrY, in moving the appointment of Marianne Boyce, wished the members of the council to recollect that they had appointed both Protestants and Roman Catholics to the schools ; that the childreri of both persuasions vtere as well cared for as they possibly could be, and that the funds by which the schools were suppdried were not the property of one creed or class in particular, but the property of all. Mr. SHEII, begged to second the motion. He did so with pleasure, though he knew Mrs. Boyce to be a member of the established church. He wished to remind Mr. Sands, that up to a late period there was no Roman Catholic mistress in the South School. Nevertheless, the Roman Catholics were willing to depend on the truth of their own doctrines, and were in no fear of having them affected by what seemed to affect the nerves of others. (Hear, and laughter from the radicals.) The motion was carried, and the proceedings were con firmed. THE CHURCH EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Church Expenditure Committee were read, from which it appeared that Mr. John Tomkinson had contracted to repair the Church of St. Michael for £450, and the Church of St. Martin for £lBO, and that his contract had been accepted. Mr. CASE congratulated the council on the much smaller sums for which both those churches could be repaired than was supposed in the first instance. (Hear, hear.) The proceedings were confirmed. HEALTH COMMITTEE. ., . . The proceedings of the Health Committe,e, comprising a notice of bills for the improvement of small dwellings within the Municipal Borough, were read and confirmed. Mr. BIRKETT advocated the shutting up of certain of the parochial burial grounds. Some discussion ensued on the subject; Mr. Evans and others proving that such a step would either be infringing on private rights, or putting the Corporation to expense for compensation. Mr. Birkett said, an amicable arrangement could be come to. Ultimately, Mr. Birkett's proposal assumed the following shape :—" That the Town-clerk be directed to submit to the House of Com mons a clause in the notice of the bill proposed for limita tion of interments in certain of the parochial burial places ; and that the Health Committee be empowered to settle the terms of such clause, and to take the subject thereby pro posed into consideration, and to report to the Council thereon." The MAYOR read a communication from the Pilots' Com mittee, complaining of the danger arising from steamers being moored too near the pierhead. Referred to the Finance Committee. The MAYOR presented memorials from the 'inhabitants of certain parts of the town, complaining of nuisances from various factories and from marine-store dealers keeping large quantities of bones in their cellars. Mr. CASE moved the following resolution :—" That the memorials on the subject of nuisances presented to the coun ell he referred to the Finance Committee, with directions to the prosecuting solicitor to report to that committee thereon, and particularly how far the alleged nuisances appear to affect the general health and comfort of the borough, in order that, with the report of the prosecuting solicitor, the Finance Committee may report to the council on such restrictions as may appear to the committee proper for relieving the council from prosecutions that may appear to be so far of a private or limited local nature as that they ought not to be taken up by the council prosecuting for the public, and at the expense of the general borough fund." The resolution was seconded by Mr. JORDAN, and carried unanimously. The council adjourned at a quarter before two o'clock. The final meeting for winding up the business of the rnu nicipal year will be held some time about the close of the present month. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. LIME-STREET WARD MEETING The conservative burgesses of this ward assembled in great numbers on Wednesday night, in the large room of the York Hotel, for the purpose of electing a fit and proper person to be put in nomination as a candidate for the representation' of the ward in the Town Council at the next election, on the Ist November. JAMES ASPINALL, Esq., presided. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by stating that, in consequence of the absence of their regular chairman, he had been requested to preside over them upon that occasion. He wished the gentleman had been present, because he thought it highly requisite that every man should attend to his own ward, there being plenty of work to be accomplished prior to the Ist of November. (Hear.) He was sorry, how ever, to say that indisposition had prevented him from being in his usual place, but as he (the chairman) was an old hand and an old stager at the work, he never shrunk from attend ing whenever called upon. (Hear, and cheers.) Since he last had the honour of addressing them great and important changes bad taken place in the administration of the affairs of the country. It was in accordance with the voice of the people that the queen had changed her ministers, and he sincerely hoped that her majesty's present advisers would do all in their power to- fulfil the expectations of all classes in the country. He would, however, pass by the subject of the administration, and come nearer home, because he thought that they had plenty to do at present without occupying their time with political affairs. If the country had been misre presented had not their town been misrepresented also ? (Hear.) For the last six years they had had a town council which had been tried, and he left it to the public to decide whether they had not been found wanting . (Hear, hear.) If they would only look at the corporation accounts which had been just published, they would see what had been doing by the party at present in power ; for they had not only spent their income, but he spoke within compass when he said that they had expended of the capital of the town more than £44,000 per annum. (Cheers.) What had they done with it ? What had they to show for it? (Hear, hear.) If they were to continue to go on in such a way, they would very soon be bankrupts; so that the sooner they changed their town council the better. (Great cheers.) He felt gratified in presiding over them that evening, because he had the satis faction of presenting to them a friend of his own, who, he was quite sure, would watch over their interests with care and attention, and who had been intimately connected with one of his dearest friends—a man whose health and transcend ent talents had been sacrificed for the good of the town. (Hear, hear.) He felt extreme sorrow that Mr. Foster had not been spared to them. It bad, however, pleased the Almighty to take away their valued friend from them ; but while they deplored his loss, he hoped that there were many among them who might in some degree supply his place, and he was glad that a gentleman would be nominated to stand as a candidate for that ward, who, if elected, would justify the warmest expectations of his supporters. (Hear, and cheers.) He wished to impress upon them the necessity which existed for exertion, and to inform them that he him self was a candidate for another ward—(great cheers)—where he could state, from experience, their enemies were very active indeed. In the course of his peregrinations that day he found the candidate of a neighbouring ward canvassing from shop to shop in the radical interest. Facts of this kind should stimulate them to exertion. If they worked properly the possession of the Town-hall was within their grasp—nay, more, he thought the power of electing the mayor of Liver pool for the ensuing year was also within their grasp. (Cheers.) The chairman concluded by entreating them once more to redouble their exertions in the cause, is which case they would show their adversaries, on the Ist of November. that they had " Hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoyed to guard." Mr. AMBROSE LACE then came forward - to move the first resolution, and he was received with hearty applause. He said he was very much obliged to them for their kind recep tion, and he would detain them from more important busi ness only whilst he proposed a candidate for the representa tion of the ward at the next municipal election. The chair man had opened generally the occasion which had called them together, and he had alluded in warm but very just terms to the merits of the gentleman who would be proposed as a can didate. (Hear.) The conservatives of the ward had often met in former days with not quite the same prospects of suc cess which he thought they might now reasonably entertain ; but if they did not obtain success at that time, they were not wanting in courage and perseverance. (Hear.) Their per severance, lie was happy to say, had resulted in their present prospects of victory. (Cheers.) When the town-council of Liverpool was changed, and the inhabitants had the right given to them of choosing the members of it, it was thought, and very justly too, that all who paid taxes ought to have a voice in the selection of those members ; and it was held that the object should be to choose men for their fitness for the situation rather than from any other principle. (Hear.) But what kind of a spirit did the first council shew ? Was there any thing in it but the most decided partizan feeling ? Was there any consideration of a man's fitness for the situation ? No. (Cheers.) If be had not been recommended by a junto which sat at the Angel, he was not permitted to have a seat. (Hear.) They seemed to think that if a man would not put up at the Angel he must be devoid of common sense, and to tally unwilling to attend to such duties as cleansing the streets, the keeping of a good watch, and the improvement of the town. (Hear.) What had been the consequence? Why, that they had disgusted every one. (Hear, bear.) He had no hesitation in saying, that if the town at large were polled as it was for the elections of members of parliament, the decision of the people would be that there was not a man of the party styling themselves liberal, but which he called il-liberal, worthy of again going into the council. (Loud cheers.) There might be particular wards where, from cir cumstances, the liberal party might return one member, but the general sense of the town was against them. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Lace) did not look to what a man's politi cal principles might be if he were suited to administer the local affairs of the town well; and he should have been glad at the outset of the municipal changes to have seen that prin ciple observed ; but when the opposite party had themselves laid down a rule that no man was to enter the council chamber except he espoused similar political principles to their own, bow could the conservatives avoid going upon the same track? (Hear, hear.) It was, therefore, their duty now to gain the mastery, and shew they had the power to let in those men whom they considered fit and proper to ad minister our affairs. The system now acted upon was the entire exclusion of their class of principles unless they got the better. The chairman said they had the Town-hall in their grasp, and if they did not take it now they never would. That was the fact. In looking for persons to represent them, they should have a man of competent station and ability, one who could devote time to his duties, and who, from his habits of business, would be able to see that the affairs of the town were well and properly administered. (Hear.) Such a man they would have in Mr. John Buck Lloyd—(cheers— one whom he well knew, whose business habits he was ac quainted with, and than whom they could not have a better candidate. (Cheers.) Mr. Lace concluded by moving a re solution to this effect, which will be found in our advertising columns. Mr. ROBERT RIGBY, in a short speech highly complimen tary to Mr. Lloyd, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously amidst loud cheers. A deputation consisting of the mover and seconder of the resolution having introduced Mr. LLOYD, that gentleman was received with many rounds of applause. He com menced by begging to be allowed to return them his grateful acknowledgments for the marked attention with which they had been pleased to receive him. He returned thanks to Mr. Lace and Mr. Rigby for having proposed him. The Conservative feelings which had been early instilled into him, and in which he had been brought up from his earliest in fancy, were the only recommendations he could have, com paratively unknown as he was to the great majority of the electors. It was gratifying to him to think that for such a ward as Lime-street, which numbered twelve hundred constituents, such staunch men as Mr. Rigby and Mr. Kil shaw had been returned ; and proud should he be if their exertions should place him at the head of the poll at the next municipal election, for then would Lime street ward be truly Conservative. With respect to the local questions which had agitated the town since the pass ing of the reform bill, it was unnecessary for him to say a word. He had recorded his vote, and in that vote expressed his feelings on those questions generally. He felt that the discussion of the questions which agitated the country at large was not the province of an individual who aspired merely to municipal honours ; but he might remark t hat their conservative principles were in a position some what similar to that occupied by their troops when on the top of the pagodas with Canton within their power ; they should take care that they had no Captain Elliott among them to check the onward progress of Sir Robert Peel and the conservative party in February next; and they should also take care to return to the municipal councils those men who would support his government, not by expres sions of liberality, but by corresponding acts. With regard to any information that he might possess as to their general inte rests, he had learned it all in consequence of having been con nected for a few years with the late lamented town-clerk. During that connection be had an opportunity of knowing s omething about the affairs of the dock estate. (Hear.) He had also been intimately connected with the corporation enquiry which lasted so many days, and terminated to the great honour of those who had managed the affairs of the corporate estate. If they should do him the honour of re turning him at the approaching contest, he could assure them that he would use his utmost exertions to promote the interests of the town. (Hear, hear.) He thought these were times when all persons were called upon to sacrifice some portion of their time to promote the public interest. (Hear.) It was much to be regretted, that the ward could not have the valuable services of Mr. Ambrose Lace. (Hear, hear.) Before he (Mr. Lloyd) consented to be put in nomination, he enquired where Mr. Lace was, because he was fully aware that no ordinary impediment would prevent that gentle man from coming forward. (Hear, hear. hear.) He was grieved that domestic affliction, and the great age of his worthy and respected father, the mantle of whose talent and integrity had fallen upon his son, should be the cause of Mr. Lace withdrawing from the ward at this moment. lie trusted, however, it would not be long before he might be persuaded to take upon himself some portion of the arrange ment of affairs in this town, capable as he was from his capacity for business, and his knowledge of its general interests. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Lloyd) again returned the meeting his sincere thanks for their reception of him, and he had only to repeat that if they should do him the honour to return him, no exertion should be wanting on his part to promote the welfare of the ward, and of the town in general. (Loud cheers.) Mr. KILSIIAW , moved the appointment of a committee to conduct the election on the part of Mr. Lloyd. Mr. GEORGE RIDING seconded the motion ; and it was unanimously carried. M. ISAAC HOLMES and Mr. PARKER next addressed the meeting impressing upon the conservative burgesses the ne cessity for exertion in the ensuing election. Mr. JAMES TATLOCK then moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Aspinall for his conduct in the chair, and it was carried amidst enthusiastic cheers. Mr. ASPINTALL thanked the burgesses for the honour done to him He must again impress upon them, that it was im possible to win any ward without strenuous exertion. The meeting then separated, having first given three cheers in honour of Mr. Lloyd. ST. PAUL'S WARD. A meeting of the conservatives of this ward was held on Tuesday last. Joshua Edwards, Esq., is candidate for the Ist November. We congratulate the electors on the choice of so respectable and suitable a gentleman to represent the ward in the Town Council, and wish him every success. ST. PETER'S WARD. On Monday, the Radicals of this ward held a meeting in the Clarendon Rooms, when resolutions were adopted that Mr. Woolwright, the retiring member, should again be put in nomination. He will be opposed by Mr. Ebernezer Rae, on the Conservative interest. VAUX II ALL WARD. The radical electors of this ward met on Tuesday night, and resolved on putting in nomination Mr. William Preston, who was rejected at the last election. GREAT GEORGE WARD. Mr. William Rathbone is the radical candidate for the re presentation of this ward. His friends met on Wednesday night, at the George Tavern, Bryden-street, when several flaming speeches were made. Mr. James Lawrence will be Mr. Rathbone's opponent. EXCH AN G E WARD. Last evening, Mr. Henry Holmes met the radicals of this at ward,Lindon's Room, Hunter-street, when they passed resolutions for again bringing him forward. EVERTON WARD. We understand that there will be no contest in this ward the radicals having discovered that they have not the slight. ea chance of success. . 2, MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yes terday. The following members were present :—Messrs. Benn (chairman), T. Holt, Smith, Aiken, Holmes, Evans, G. Holt, Tobin, Moon and Hornby. At twelve o'clock, the usual hour of meeting, there were but four members in attendance ; and it was twenty minutes past before a suffi cient number arrived to constitute a committee. The Sub-Committee of Works reported that an agreement had been made with Messrs. Foster and Stewart, to execute the carpenters' work at the new shed at Victoria and Water loo Docks, upon the terms of the existing contract for erect ing the other sheds. Also, that they had agreed with Mr. Cottrell for slating the new shed upon the terms agreed for slating the other sheds. Both works to be completed within three months.—Received and confirmed. The Sub-Committee for the department of the Marine Surveyor reported that the stock of oil was reduced to 920 gallons, and they recommended that circulars be issued, requesting tenders for a fresh supply for the next half-year. Reports from the Marine Surveyor, and the keepers of the Point of Ayr and Hoylake life-boats, were read, detailing the circumstances of the loss of the Urania, on the 7th instant, as described in the Standard. Great praise was given to the conduct of the crews. The total number of persons saved was 277. The reports were ordered to be entered on the books. The sub-committee for the Marine Surveyor's department recommended that the use of Watson's code of signals be discontinued from the Ist of January next. Ordered. A new life-boat, for the use of the Formby station, was ordered to be built on a plan similar to that recently built for the Hoylake station. Another boat was ordered to be built for the purpose of conveying stores to the Rock Light house, the one at present being unfit for the duty. Fifty copies of Rear-Admiral Carden's chart of the Welsh Coast were ordered to be supplied in consideration of its ac curacy, and of the gallant officer being a loser by the publi cation of it. The Harbour-Masters' Sub-committee reported the death of Thos. Jones, keeper of the gates at the Queen's north graving dock, and they recommended that John Proben, who had had charge of the fishing boats at the south end of George's Dock, he appointed to succeed him. The salary is 18s. a-week. Referred to the committee. An application for some assistance to Benjamin Bamber, employed at the Queen's Graving Docks, whose furniture had been totally destroyed by the late fire in Watkinson street, and whose family saved their lives only after much difficulty, was referred to the committee for the harbour masters department. The application was made by a lady named Preston. residing at No. 1, Chesterfield-street, and her letter stated that the unfortunate sufferer had been fifty years in the service of the trust, and that his family were in the greatest affliction by this calamity. Mr. Tonpr asked whether the committee had any power to render assistance? The CHAIRMAN replied that they had under the provisions of the new act. The usual quarterly report of the use of the stages, in the south division of the docks, was read and received. Three plans sent by the Finance Committee of the town council respecting the removal of the testing cable machine to another site, and the appropriation of some land belong ing to the corporation, were referred to the sub-committee of works. The committee then adjourned. MEETING OF TRADESMEN'S ASSISTANTS A numerous meeting of the members and friends of the Assistant Tradesmen's Association was held on the evening of Tuesday, in the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, for the purpose of considering the propriety of memorialising their employers to abridge the present hours of business, by closing their shops at seven o'clock in the evening.—Mr. Flower was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, after having opened the proceedings, said he was very glad to meet the members of the associa tion once again. The occasion which had brought them to gether was one of great interest, and be believed, it would issue in gaining their objects. He would not tell them why the step that they were now about to take had been so long delayed, because he could not do so without exciting feelings of irritation, which he hoped would be avoided on all bands. For his own part he had none but the kindest feelings towards the employers, and. as far as his influence went, he would en deavour to cultivate the same in every heart. There were among the employers many benevolent and kind-hearted men ; many of them were much inclined to be friends to the assistants ; but they had been prevented doing what they wished by men less enlightened, and therefore less charitable, than themselves. He thought, however, by approaching them in a spirit of gentleness—he would say humility, by the use of which term he did not mean any thing degrading — by approaching them in a respectful, moderate, yet firm tone of calm reasoning and persuasion, the assistants would yet ac complish their long-cherished object. (Hear, hear.) The address which had been prepared, would be found written in the very mildest tone. He would not himself enlarge upon it, as that duty would devolve upon the gentleman who had undertaken to propose it, but he could not help taking this opportunity of saying, a word about the association. A great deal had been said, even by the assistants themselves, against it ; they had enquired what it had done ; and many of them had cried out in reply " Nothing." He could not avoid ex pressing some surprise that such a conclusion should have been arrived at. One thing at least which it had done was that it had roused many of their own body from a state of in difference and apathy, as to their cause, and made them some of its most indefatigable and active members. If it had done no more than that, he contended, it would be enti tled to praise ; but the fact was, it had done more, for it had wrought upon the public mind, from the peer to the peasant, in a manner that the warmest supporters of the cause could not have previously calculated upon. (Hear, hear.) The list of the donations, which would be read before the close of the proceedings, would prove that they had friends, and strong friends. They had besides had the strongest support of the press of all parties. (Hear, hear.) They had had the clergy on their side ; their cause had been pleaded from many pulpits : and only last Sunday one of our most popular preachers. unasked, introduced the subject to his congrega tion in' a most forcible manner. (Hear.) Surely this was doing something. (Hear, hear.) Further, they had wrought a change in the sentiments of a great number of the employ ers, who before were rather unfavourable to them ; for they had perceived that the object was pursued not rashly, as might have been expected, but with calm and temperate rea soning ; that no offensive epithets had been used ; and thus he (the chairman) believed they had gained many friends —even among the employers. The facts, he considered, proved these statements ; for although they were not able to announce a general closing of the shops earlier, he would invite any one accustomed to walk the streets in an evening, to look at the empty state of those shops, which kept open after seven o'clock. (Hear, hear.) The chairman, after a few further remarks, concluded by calling upon the mover of the first resolution. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD then came forward and moved that the address (which will be found in our advertising columns) be adopted. In support of this he delivered a very long written speech, in which he entered upon the discussion of the general question. He asserted that the motives of the assistants had been maligned, their position and treatment misrepresented, and a charge brought against them of holding the language of intimidation, in the letters signed " A. Shop keeper," which appeared recently after the meeting in the Sessions House. To each of these points the speaker replied, in a manner that called forth considerable applause, and he concluded by declaring that the cause of the assistants was the cause of truth, of justice, and of humanity, and therefore it would finally prevail. Mr. CAMIDGE seconded the resolution in an able speech, expressive of his opinion that, under existing circumstances, the address was the very best mode that could be adopted by the assistants to obtain their end. The resolution was unanimously carried. Mr. W. B. JONES, in moving the appointment of a com mittee to communicate with any of the principals, mentioned that the tradesmen's assistants in Australia and New York had recently succeeded in their efforts to obtain an abridge ment of their hours of labour. This was gratifying encou ragement for those of Liverpool to persevere. Mr. CHARLES WILLMER seconded the resolution in an animated address, in the course of which be quoted an article from the Edinburgh Review, the writer of which, indirectly indeed, but still with great force, urged a variety of grounds for the curt a il ment o f t h e h ours o f labour. T}lc resolution was carried after a few remarks from Mr. BRAHAM. A resolution th at t h e meet i ng d o a djourn till the 20 th I nst., in order to receive the report of the committee, having been carried , on th e mot i on o f M r. H. B. J AC KSON, seconded by Mr. E. P. Joxus, the meeting separated. BEHISLEM.. - -TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE REV. B. Ears. —The congregation of St. Paul's Church, Burslem, o n Tuesday last, presented their respected minister, Brabazon Ellis, with a purse containing eighty sovereigns, as a testimony of esteem for his zealous and indefatigable ewer s Rev. tions. THE THAMES TUNNEL. —This stupendous work is rapidly advancing to com p let ion. The sub-marine cutting has been finished some months, but in order to secure easy facility of entrance, it has been found necessary to bore fur • ther beyond the high-water mark than was originally in tended. A VIEW OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS SINCE 1837, In the year 1837 the radical faction reigned triumphant in this town. Candidates for seats in the council, as was justly observed t•y one of the speakers at the Lime-street Ward Meeting, were selected not for their fitness to assist in ma naging the affairs of the town, but because they " put up" at the Angel. In that year their evil principles were found out, and at every succeeding election they have had the mortifica tion of seeing conservatism advance, until it has at last ob tained a position which bids fair to annihilate radical domi nation and its consequent misrule for ever. In November, 1837, the total numbers who polled on each side were— Conservative Radical .... The total number of electors polled was 6040 ; the gross ma jority of the radicals 146. The conservatives at this election were successful in four wards only, whilst the radicals carried the immense majority of twelve. In 1838 only twelve wards were contested. On this occa sion the Conservatives returned six, and the radicals ten councillors, whilst the Radical gross majority on the polling was 225, as appears by the following statement : Conservative Radical 2565 In 1839 the tables were completely turned; the Radicals, instead of having, as on every former occasion, a considerable majority on the gross poll, were left in a pitiable minority. In spite of the boasts of the Mercury ; in spite of the lavish outlay of money through the medium of the Protector Soci ety, and of the influence of the (il-)liberal majority in the Town Council, recklessly and tyrannically exercised, the Conservatives triumphed. The total number of electors on this occasion was 9406, of whom there were Conservative Radical .... Leaving a gross majority to the Conservatives of 194. The Conservatives won eigkt wards, with the further considera tion that the Radicals owed the return of no less a number than three councillors to the casting vote of the mayor, Mr. Hugh Hornby. That twelve constitutional men were not carried was thus owing to the accident of a mayor being in office holding liberal principles. Besides, on looking at the majorities we have, no doubt that thirteen might have been carried if the conservative forces had been a little 'more judiciously disposed. The folloWing is the final state of the poll in each ward at the election of 1810 Majorities C. L. Hodgson .. 3OB Brown Scotland Gladstone Thornhill 215 .. 0 1 Vauxhall Copeland .. ...... 108 Preston B6 .. 22 0 St. Paul's.... Hollins head .. 177 ArGuffie 167 .. 10 0 Exchange. Sands Wood Castle-street .. llope 206 Aikin St. Peter's .... Rae Priestley Pitt-street .... Toulmin Rathbone __.. Everton Great George's Cooper Taylor Rodney-street . . Birkett 269 Holland Abercromby. . . . Proctor 314 Todd 277 .. 37 0 Lime-street. . . . Kilshaw Blackburn St.Anne' s Davies lBB Slater West Derby. ...G. H. Lawrence 156 Heyworth 9O .. GO 0 South Toxteth. . Sheppard l3B Platt 144 .. 0 6 NorthToxteth. . Harbord Duncan 233 Conservatives returned Radicals Total number of Conservatives polled Total number of Radicals polled -16 3409 3210 Total number of electors polled Total Conservative majority... Eleven conservatives were thus returned against five radi cals. We expected that twelve would have been carried ; nevertheless we were well satisfied with the result. The mortification of the radicals was without bounds. Some time afterwards Mr. W. Wallace Currie died ; a conserva tive, Mr Alexander Smith, was returned in his stead, after an obstinate contest with Mr. Rathbone, who had been pre viously defeated by Mr. Toulmin, for Pitt-street Ward. An other addition to the conservative number was made by the substitution of Mr. Parker for the late Mr. Coglan, and a third by the judgment of ouster against Mr. Quayle, who had assumed the representation of Everton Ward, and the acces sion of Mr. Shand, thus making the relative numbers in the existing council to stand thus : Conservative Radical (including 16 radical aldermen) Radical majority We know that a conservative majority in the next council is, with the most ordinary exertion, beyond dispute. One half of the present radical aldermen, whose names we have given, retire. To secure the election of eight conservatives in their room, will require eight conservative councillors to be returned, which would give to us a majority of two in the election of aldermen. But before the eight radical aldermen retire, they will be entitled to vote in the election of the chief magistrate. This is a most important consideration which we trust will be a strong stimulant to universal exertion in the approaching contest. To secure the election of the Mayor TWELVE CONSERVATIVE COUNCILLORS MUST BE RETURNED ON THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER, and reasoning from the progressive majorities from 1838, we have no hesi tation in saying, this desirable consumation may be effected. In concluding this brief and hasty summary, we call upon all true Conservatives to carry on the good work, which has for the last three years been so successfully progressing. Let not either past or prospective victories lead either to individual or collective supineness. - -.011..---- RETIRING COUNCILLORS.—The following are the names of the retiring councillors : Evertor and Kirkdale Ward—Mr. John Holmes. Scotland Ward—Mr. Isaac Holmes. Vauxhall Ward—Mr. Thomas Case. St. Paul's Ward—Mr. George Wright. Exchange Ward—Mr. Henry Holmes. Castle-street Ward—Sir Joshua Walmsley. St. Peter's Ward—Mr. John Woollright. Pitt-street Ward—Mr. Hugh Hornby. Great George's Ward—Mr. James Lawrence. .Rodney-street Ward—Mr. Henry Lawrence. Abercromby Ward—Mr. Robertson Gladstone. Lime-street Ward—Mr. Thomas Morecroft. St. Anne's Ward—Mr. James Parker. West Derby Ward—Mr. John Shaw Leigh. South Toxteth Ward—Mr. William M`Kee. North Toxteth Ward—Mr. Alexander Smith, jut]. RETIRING ALDER M EN. — Mr. Jos. Hornby, Mr. Richard Slid, Mr. Robert Roskell, Mr. Thomas Blackburne, Mr. Thomas Booth, Mr. Robert Benn, Mr. George Holt, Mr, C. 11. Jones. TIIEATRE ROYAL. Bellini's opera of " Norma" has been played during the last few nights to very fashi ona ble houses. The plot of " Norma" is this : Norma, (Mrs. Wood,) a Druidical priest ess, is secretly, and against the rules of the order, espoused to Claudian., (Mr. Wood,) the Roman pro-consul, in Britain. She has an interesting little family of two children. Claudian gr ows tired of his wife, and becomes enamoured of Elbertha, (Miss Poole,) a young priestess. Norma discovers this, and attempts, but in vain, to reclaim her husband. The upshot of it is, that Norma confesses her guilt in breaking her vow, and sacrifices herself on the altar, as an atonement for her crime. " Norma" has some charming passages in it ; but we do not trace in it the beauty and gracefulness of the " Sonnambula." Several portions are extremely brilliant. The aria, by Claudian, " When bound in slumber's golden chain," is very fine. The scena, " Seditious spirits," was splendidly sung by Mrs. Wood. The scena and duetto, " Go, proud maiden," and the duetto, " Oh! bitter memo ry !" were highly applauded. The latter is the brightest gem in the opera ; it was delightfully sung by Mrs. Wood and Miss Poole. Mrs. Wood's acting was generally good, but her denunciation against her husband was given with an energy which startled many. Miss Poole sang " Elberta" well. She gave the Cavatina, " The sacred rites fulfilled," with great taste and judgment. Her voice is as clear toned as a bell. Mr. Wood played Claud au with much spirit. The whole of the scenery is new. The opening scene, the Crom lech or Druidical temple, had an excellent effect. After the opera, Madame Giubilei has gone through a charming and animated dance with Miss Webster, called a " Pas de Deux el Jaleo de Xeres." They each dance the same pas, and the action is similar. It requires great skill and knowledge of time to do this well. These fair danseuses are excellent in it, and have been encored every night. Madame Giubilei is slightly made, of sylph-like appearance, and graceful ; her foot and leg—not to speak of them proafnely—arc symetrical. In the afterpieces, Mr. T. Lee has appeared in Irish cha racters. He possesses much humour and has a rich brogue. We perceive that Adolph Adam's opera of the " Postilion" is announced for to-night, for the benefit of Mr. Giubilei.— Mr. Brough's benefit takes place on Monday. It is reported that Lord Ellenborough is destined to suc ceed Lord Auckland as Governor-General of India. RAILWAY FROM LANCASTER TO GLASGOW AND EDIN BURGII.—An important meeting was held in Carlisle, on Saturday, for the promotion of this great national work. It has at length been taken up in earnest ; and parties have en gaged in it who are not likely to suffer it to be set aside, or allow its execution to be have come forward with a most Grand Junction RailwaY liberal offer in aid of the u ndertaking—namely to take shares to the amount of £200,000, on condition that the landowners along the line take shares to the amount of the value of land required. The Directors of the North Union Railway, in a similar spirit of liberality, offer to subscribe £50,000. The Preston and Lancaster Railway Directors, it is expected, will do the same. The London and Birmingham Railway Direc tors, who are deeply interested in the undertaking, will il no doubt come forward with a liberality commensurate w the largeness of the funds at their disposal and the magnitude of the work to be accomplished, the assents of no less than six hundred landowners on the line have been obtained ; and it is a matter of sincere congratulation that not one dissentient has been found.—Carlisle Journal. DEATII OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR J. BAYLEY, BART.—,- On Sunday last the above l H ea e wasrned baronet expird a t Vine House, near Sevenoaks • born in 1763, and was brought up to the legal profession. In 1790 he married Miss Markett, youngest daughter of Mr. J. Markett, of Meophant Court, Kent. For many Years he was a ju s ti c e of the Court of King's Bench, and subsequently a Baron of the Exchequer, and was knighted in 1808. In 1834, on his retirement from the bench, be was created a baronet. The deceased is suc ceeded in the family honours by his eldest son, Mr. John Edward George Bayley, born 1794, married in 1812, Miss Fector daughter of Mr. John Minet Fector, the eminent banker , at Dever, and sister of the late member for Maidstone. THE POLYTECHNIC SOCITEY. The general monthly meeting of this Society took place on Tuesday evening, at the Royal Institution, Colquit-street, and was numerously attended. Mr. John Grantham, Pre sident of the Society, occupied the chair, and called on C. W. Williams, Esq. for his promised communication ON INCREASING THE EVAPORATING POWER OF BOILERS Mr. WILLIAMS, who was provided with a number of working models and other apparatus, wherewith to illustrate his views, addressed the meeting in a very clear and scientific manner on this important subject, developing a most inter esting discovery of his own, which, (already practically tested,) will be extremely valuable as effecting a more rapid generation of steam without increasing the size of the vessel, or the requirement of additional fuel. The question, he said, involved the improvement of our boilers by a very sim ple contrivance, whether as applied to land engines, or to the advancement of steam navigation. There were two leading consideration) in the application of fuel, which were un happily confounded—one the generation of heat, and the other its judicious application. The first appertained more peculiarly to chemical science, which it was not his present object to dwell upon ; and the second to mechanical appli ance, to which he should more immediately address himself. The object in view was to transmit the greatest possible amount of heat for the generation of steam, with a given quantity of fuel. Heat was imparted by two distinct media, namely, radiation and conduction. By radiation, heat was conveyed to bodies not placed in contact with the burning matter or actual flame, but at some short distance from it, as was evinced by placing the hand pretty close to the flame of a candle, or near a fire. By conduction, heat was conveyed by metal or other substances not consumable: as. for instance, by a boiler placed on a fire, or a piece of wire put into a fire, or the flame of a candle, and which would so conduct it to the hand that held it, that it must soon be relin quished. In the heating of boilers, to cause the ebulition of water, both modes were necessarily operative. In radiation the heat evolved proceeded in direct lines, or radii from the combustion to the boiler or other body exposed to it. It a thermometer were placed with the ball near the candle, though not touching it, the mercury would rise by radiation ; but if placed immediately over the flame the heating would be greater, but different in the mode ; for in this case it was not fairly radiation, but a compound medium, radiation and the heated and ascending gas being combined. The speaker then exhibited the model of a boiler with its tortuous flues, through which the several gasses passed ; and expressed his conviction that nine-tenths of the heat in marine and land engine-boilers was immediately received from the furnace, and not from the gasses, which might be. made available to the same end by an improved construction of boiler. The general opinion of parties working steam-engines was, that to add an inch to the furnace would add to the heating of the whole boiler; but this, he considered, was treating the boiler with great neglect, for the object could be accomplished without such increase of the furnace. He then proceeded to describe the principle and effect of his improve ment which he illustrated by a small plate of metal peforated in the centre in a round hole, into which a moveable iron pin was inserted, projecting on either side. The means of con ducting heat to water in boilers had been much neglected, reliance being almost solely placed on effecting the object in. view by increasing the size and immediate heating power of the furnace, to the disregard of the use and economising of the heating gasses. His plan was to insert a number of iron pins through the plates of the boiler, one end of them pro jecting into the flue, and the other into the water in the boiler. These pins, exposed at one end to the heat in the flue, became hot, and acted as powerful conductors, through the boiler plates, of the heat into the water. Hitherto, the question of the mere smooth surface of the boiler exposed to the flues had been alone considered; and the only remedy for defective generation of steam was conceived to be an in crease of that surface, or of the furnace, or both. The pins, however, thickly inserted, (which he had successfully applied to the boiler of a steam-boat,) were found to arrest the heating gasses in their progress along the plates of the boiler, and greatly to hasten and maintain the heating of the water and the consequent generation of steam. A pin of half-an-inch in diameter projecting three inches into the flue, gave a heating surface of 41 inches, and by its con ducting power and interior projection (as we understood the speaker) that half-inch gave as much heat as 9 inches on the outer surface of the plate. Air was a good conveyer, but a bad conductor (or depositor) of heat; for it carried most of it out of the chimney. His object was to arrest the heat in its progress, and give it out at the right place. The current of heat passing along the plates of the boiler rendered them only tranverse conductors ; but the heated pins were longitudinal conductors. The speaker here exhibited three small model boilers, placed in a row, and detached from each other, but purposed to be heated by one common round flue. He showed a portion of a flue, equal in length and diameter to that under one of them, and studded or bristled inside and out with small pins or bolts; and stated that by placing this under either of the boilers, he had found the evaporating power greatly increased, with the same quantity of fuel be fore used. lie also showed several iron pins that had long been experimentally in use in the boiler of a steam vessel with great success. Ile had endeavoured to ascertain the proper length of which they should be, so as to remain as du rable conductors of heat. One of seven inches in length (about half of which projected inside the boiler, and the other half into the flue) had become slightly oxidized. Ano ther, of 4 inches long, was so little affected that the smallest mark of the hammer, which it originally bore, was distinctly visible. He, therefore, considered about 4 inches to be the proper length. These pins could be so applied that a super ficial foot of boiler plate was rendered equal in the property of heating to a foot and a-half in the ordinary way. In other words, there was an actual gain of 50 per cent. He further illustrated his invention by three evaporating pans, one of them with pins projecting into the boiler and also into the flues, which he called double condurtors ; another with pins or bolts, having merely a rounded head driven up in the in terior of the boiler to the surface of the plates, and projecting like the others into the flue only,—called single conductors ; and the third, a plain boiler, on the usual plan without any such conductor. The first he had found the more powerful in producing speedy evaporation ; though the second with solid rounded heads like those of a brass nail were scarcely inferior, inasmuch as the heat was strongly suffused in the water, in radii from the beads or knobs in the boiler. The third, or plain boiler, was greatly behind either in evapora ting power. A gas lamp was affixed at one end of the double conducting pan, containing 22lbs. of water, and the evapora tion appeared to be rapid. With 30 feet of gas it had been brought to the boiling point in 2 hours and 46 minutes. The others required a longer time, and the evaporation was less and the waste more. The following was the result of nume, rous experiments Waste 406 .. 320 .. 284 Common Pan Single Conductors.... 7 D - ble Ditto 8 Evaporation, . 4 lbs 14 oz —Jou— He had tried them often with precisely the same results, so that there could be no error. The pins he had used in the steamers were only roughly fashioned by the hammer, and driven into holes drilled in the plates, by a man who went into the boilers. They at first leaked a little, and it was apprehended that they would be insecure. In a short time, however, they became perfectly tight of themselves, and it was with some difficulty those produced were driven out. He then combatted, in a clear and comprehensive manner, an opinion expressed by Dr. Fyfe, of Scotland, in a tract published by him, that anthracite was the best fuel or coal for engine boilers. That opinion was founded solely on the fact that anthracite contained the greatest quantity of fixed carbon, or, in other words, left the greatest residue of coke. He differed from the deduction of the Dr., with whom he had corresponded on the subject. That gentleman had begun at the wrong end; he should have considered not the fuel alone, but the vessel in which it was consumed. He (Dr. F.) had taken no means to ascertain the quantity of heat that escaped in the gasses. He had set down the hy drogen at nought, because he had not had the power of con suming it by the common furnace and boiler. He (Mr. W.) felt certain that the common Scotch coal was superior, if properly employed. Mr. Williams's communication was listened to with great attention, and he was frequently greeted by bursts of ap plause. Shortly before he concluded, Mr. Durant, one of the engineers of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, stated that he had tried the pins or spikes on the lecturer's principle in the boiler of one of the locomotive engines, with great success. He had only 105 pins driven into the boiler, and the steam, which could not before be kept up, was now abundant. The CIIAIRNIAN then invited discussion on the subject, and some doubts were expressed and questions put as to the advantages of the invention, all of which were ably replied to by Mr. Williams, and ended in the complimentary ac knowledgement of all who demured, and the concurrence of all who were present, that the invention constituted a valuable and immeuse practical improvement in the construction of engine boilers. PATENT BRICKS FOR FLUES. The Secretary then introduced to the notice of the meet g an invention of Mr. Welsh's, architect, Castle-street, id Birkenhead, of a peculiarly formed brick, for the con itruction of circular flues in chimneys,—climbing boys being io longer allowed by act of parliament. A patent had been taken out for these bricks, representations of which, as well as of common bricks, were produced, showing their applica bility ro the erection of chimneys of the usual exterior form with flues. The patent brick is merely shaped on one side in a concave form or segment, and outwardly rectangularly, so that the common brick can be fitted to it outside. A gentleman present remarked that a patent had been taken out for precisely the same form of brick for the same purpose, by a person in Manchester, fourteen years ago ; so that that patent having, he supposed, died out, this was only a renewal of it I There were, he added, (tubes for the same purpose, which could be built round ; and which he considered prefer able, and less costly. ELECTROTYPE CLOTH PRINTING. The SECRETARY then showed several specimens of cotton cloth, the principal or flowered portion of the pattern of which was effected by a new application of the electrotype pro cess , invented by our townsman , Mr. Spence. The ground-work on the copper printing rollers was first engraved in the usual way, and the flowers or other portion of the design afterwards affixed to it, slightly in relief. Mr. Spence stated that he had frequently gone to Manchester at his own cost, and as sisted the house that printed the cloth to perfect the process ; but though they had saved some thousands of pounds by it, they had made him no recompense whatever. He could only attribute this to the fact that he had may invented it, but had not applied it practically. The SECRETARY lamented that men of genius should thus find their valuable achievements unrequited. The case of Mr. Spence was analogous to that of Henry Bell, to whom was due the first successful application of steam to naviga tion, but whose merits had been gr►evously overlooked while others derived the advantage. It was announced by the CHAIRMAN that Mr. Dirks was under the necessity of resigning his office as Secretary, as he was about to change his residence. lie eulogized that gen tleman's exertions on behalf of the society, and stated that Mr. Salt had been appointed in his place pro. tem. until the next general meeting. The thanks of the meeting were proposed and heartily given to Mr. Williams for his communication, and to Mr. Dirks for his services. The latter replied in a neat manner, stating that he hoped to be serviceable to the society, though absent from its meetings. Several gentlemen were nominated and seconded as can didates for membership at the next meeting. The members and their friends then partook of tea and coffee in a room ad joining the theatre, and afterwards departed, highly gratified by the intellectual proceedings of the evening. POPISH LOYALTY.—At an entertainment given on Mon day week, by the Roman Catholics of Staley Bridge, to com memorate the opening of their new church, the Rev. Mr. Anderton proposed first " Pope Gregory XVI.," and then " The Queen." Several priests and between 400 and 500 other persons were present. HORRIBLE CRUELTY.—On Wednesday night week, some ruffian entered a field belonging to Mr. W. Hunt, of Rush ton, near Tarporley, and so brutally cut and hacked a fine cart mare on her hinder parts, that before morning she bled to death. A reward is offered for the detection of the brute, which, as the police are actively inquiring into the matter, it is hoped, will soon take place. THE NEW AMBASSADORS.-1 he appointments of the re. presentatives of her Majesty in foreign states, under the pre sent administration, are now, we believe, finally arranged. Lord Cowley will be the British ambassador at Paris ; Sir Robert Gordon at Vienna; Lord Stuart de Rothesay at St. Petersburg; and Sir Stratford Canning at Constantinople. Mr. Fox will, it is believed, remain for the present her Ma jesty's Minister at Washington. No immediate change is in contemplation in the British embassy at Madrid; nor is it probable that any important change will take place in the representation of Great Britain at any of the European courts, with the exception of those already mentioned, and the Court of -Naplea. THE WHIG MES-ALLIANCE That the anti-corn-law agitation, upon which the Whig party has thrown itself for support, possesses no deep or per manent hold upon the public mind it would be a waste of time to attempt seriously to demonstrate. For with whom, in fact, does that agitation originate? Not, certainly, with any great and influential class in the community. Not even with the manufacturing interest as a body ; but with a section only of that interest—a comparatively small and morally powerless section—one which dare not unveil either the ulte rior objects which it has in view or the immediate moving cause of its frantic struggles. The really influential portion of the manufacturing body either scout altogether connection with its efforts, or view them with a jealous apathy ; whilst the working classes, for whose benefit they are ostensibly made, regard them with open and declared distrust. These classes, in the manufacturing districts at least, will not allow themselves to be juggled by the specious plausibilities which form the staple of its daily tirades. They know well the real object which is concealed beneath the cry of " cheap bread for the working man ;" and whatever may be their fondness for the abstract idea conveyed by the term cheapness, they have a goading and bitter experience which tells them that the substance, if it could be realized, will never be permitted to add one iota to the sum of the working man's happiness — will never be suffered to place one comfort within his reach which the reckless cupidity of his employer can abstract to his own uses As an engine of party annoyance, it is, alone, that the agi tation of the league can be regarded ; for to any other object than the creation of a temporary effervescence upon the sur face of public opinion it is manifestly incapacitated from di recting itself. It is in possession of none of those elements of strength by which the success of great questions are brought about under a representative form of government. It has neither leaders to whom the people look up with respect and confidence, nor has it one powerful body amon g st the people upon whose support it can unhesitatingly rely. The factious motives of unseating Sir Robert Peel's ministry set aside, we question if the undisguised object of the league—the with drawal of all protection whatever from the agricultural body— would obtain the support of one-tenth of the representatives of the people in the present parliament ; and, most assuredly, we can see no prospect of such a change in our system of re presentation—none, at least, which the league would venture upon—as would consummate that object, in the overthrow of our existing industrial interests and the transfer of the pro perty of the nation, and the substantial power of the govern ment as well, into the hands of an aristocracy of new poor law philosophers and manufacturing capitalists. The infusion of new elements of democracy into the con stitution, the adoption of the ballot, the abolition of the rate paying clauses of the reform bill,—all or any of these expe dients would not, we are confident, produce such a parliament as would be required to realize the dream of Mr. Richard Cobden and his fellow leaguers. Such a parliament as would be returned by the aid of these concessions to democracy would doubtless be prepared to rush with all due haste to the settlement of the corn-laws, the timber duties, or the sugar duties ; but it is equally certain that they would also be prepared to go much further—far, in fact, beyond the point at which the league would have them stop. The mill owners of Manchester and Stockport are not disposed, for instance, to trust the settlement of the factory question into the hands of their own enfranchised operatives ; and yet the working classes of the manufacturing districts would most assuredly be prompt in demanding such a settlement. They are scarcely more disposed to place the settlement of the poor-law question iu the same hands. They are not anxious to see the propriety of taxing mill machinery seriously mooted ; or to witness the starting of a hundred other similar questions, into the discdssion of which democracy would un hesitatingly plunge. No, no; the manufacttring agitators, with the fear of Chartism before their eyes, have assuredly little hope of working out the objects for which they clamour so loudly, by the infusion of additional democracy into the constitution; and as little, we think, from any effort in a contrary direc tion. The parliament, which a reformer of the league school requires, is one which will devote itself to the securing of a free trade in corn, labour, and every other commodity ; but will not enter upon the task of alleviating the pressure of the new poor-law upon the poor ;—a parliament of Unitarian philosophers—of men steeped in the heartlessness of the fac tory system ; and we venture to question, not whether the materials for such a parliament could be found—(for they are abundant)—but whether, until the character of English men be changed utterly, it is possible in this Christian country to devise any system by which constituencies could be formed to return such a parliament, or a power strong enough to afford it protection from the storm of execration, which its acts in one session would drawn. That the government of Sir Robert Peel is not willing to yield to the dictation, or to be terrified by the bluster of a party so utterly powerless—so hopelessly isolated—so tho roughly bankrupt in the sympathy or respect of any influen tial portion of the community—is scarcely surprising; but we may well wonder at the suicidal blindness of the whig party—or of the respectable portion of it, at least, if any such portion is remaining—in allying themselves with such a mass of vapouring and conceited helplessness. Surely neither Lord John Russell nor Lord Palmerston can have the pre posterous folly to suppose that such an alliance will shorten by one day the period of their exile from the regions of Downing-street ! Surely neither of these acute politicians can ever dream of being borne into office upon the shoulders of the paltry spouters of the anti-corn- law league, or floated out of the " slough of despond," which they now so worthily occupy, by any influence which can be exercised upon the public mind by the malthusian supporters of those twin abominations—the new poor-law and the factory system. THE OPPOSITION TO SIR ROBERT PEEL'S GOVERNMENT, The system upon which the opposition to the government of Sir Rober Peel has thus far been conducted by the free- trade agitators in parliament and their allies throughout the country, presents a remarkable resemblance to the practice of Mr. St. John Long—a quack as eminent once in the me dical world, as Doctor Bowring, Mr. Cobden, or any other corn-doctor, can ever hope to be in the world of politics. The principle of the quack medical was, that disease of the . _ corporeal frame was to be expelled by the creation of an ex- tensive sore ; and the quack political appears equally san guine that a conservative government—in his eyes " the rankling evil which afflicts the state"—can be removed b) the creation of similar sores upon the body politic. There is this material difference, however, in the course by which the former practitioner arrived at his results, and that con templated by the latter. Mr. St. John Long looked for the actual absorption of latent humours by the real suffering which he produced ; and thus there was a spice of philosophy in his practice, despite its quackery. His imitators, howe ver, in the spirit of the vulgar showman, are satisfied with the profit to be reaped from the mere exhibition of the mi sery which they conjure up, and of the frenzied contortions of the patient during the process of ulceration. That the practitioners upon the body politic have been moderately successful in their efforts hitherto, we are com pelled to admit. The virus in their possession has been widely distributed; excoriation, bodily and mental, has been abundantly produced; and a mass of misery and, withal, of exasperated feeling spread through our manufacturing dis tricts, which it is distressing to witness in the heart of a Christian land, and which. moreover, could not coexist with a poor-law administered in any other than a Malthusian and unchristian spirit. Nor were they less successful in their choice of the exhibitors, by whose hands the veil was to be withdrawn from before the dark picture of living horror which their art had conjured up. What tongue more fitted than that of a Cobden to dilate upon misery almost unendu rable—to paint it in due melodramatic colours, and with proper conventicle solemnity ? Who more capable than Mr. Thomas Milner Gibson to throw a dash of bitterness into the picture—the bitterness with which the conscious spirit of the apostate ever teems ? Or who more eminently quali fied to work out its details than the statistical, pure, and patriotic Doctor Bowrina ? And yet with all these appliances, and notwithstanding the undoubted fitness of the instruments, the result towards which they were directed has not been achieved ! The exhi bition was opened in St. Stephen's ; night after night the curtain rose before numerous and respectable auditories ; Mr. Cobden exhausted all his show-booth oratory—fumed, fretted, and stamped—" tore his passion to rags," and " split the ears of the groundlings ; the peripatetic doctor dived into the cellars and alleys of Bolton with an alacrity which is wonderful—since it is not paid for—to drag his quota of famishing weavers upon the stage; we bad marvel lous stories, from others of the corps dramatique, of families subsisting upon sawdust—a feat which the pigs of the sister island, unfortunately for them, could never accomplish ; and yet parliament has been dissolved, just at the precise time when it would have been, had all this display of zeal for the suffering poor, (!) on the part of the anti-corn-law impostors, never been made; and the administration of Sir Robert Peel, in despite equally of agitation and quackery, still stands firm in all its integrity of purpose, and in all its unassailable strength ! The onus of the wretchedness dis played has not recoiled upon his head, or upon those of the great conservative party by whom he is supported ; but upon that wretched and worthless faction by whose imbecility so vast a mass of suffering—and that it is vast who can doubt? —has been permitted to accumulate without even an attempt at a remedy until at the last hour, when they felt that office and its advantages were slipping from their grasp But have these exhibitions been made in vain? Has an observant and reflecting people contemplated unmoved the scenes which have been revealed to them ? We say most unhesitatingly it has not ! The people of England know that for years past a tide of unexampled wealth has been pouring into our manufacturing districts ; and they ask now, with a start at the contemplation of these highly wrought horrors—" Can it be that starvation and famine are so very close attendants upon manufacturing prosperity ? Is there no middle state between the Elysium of ample demand and this dark and despairing picture ?" And well, indeed, may they ask these, and even more searching questions. Well may they pause before consenting to hazard their all—to rest the sceurity and well-being of the industrial interests of an entire community—upon a foundation so unstable and so perilous ! The exhibitions, however, have now ceased for a time, upon the metropolitan boards at least, and the performers have returned to carry on their laudable avocations in the pro vinces. The process of excoriation will be recommenced; fresh virus will be infused into each smarting sore ; and the unhappy victim of their practices will be racked by his tor mentors to the extremity of human endurance, in the hope of wringing from his misery some wild convulsive effort, in the midst of which a reckless faction may be enabled to scramble back into the occupation of those seats fro m which an indignant and insulted people have so lately hurled them ; but we ask, seriously and advisedly, have the reckless agita tors calculated all the chances of the game in which they are embarking ? Are they sure that, even with the aid of the reverend gentlemen, whose aid they are about to they can controul the storm which they are bent upobrais ing ? Is it so certain that the rage of an i n furiated an h d hun ger-stricken population may not at length t u rn upon t eigandd flies which sting them into madness, or lacerate the baud which, to goad them into outrage, snatches the food from before their expectant lips ? We have for a reply : We certainly do not anticipate such an ebullition of feeling as will hazard the safety of conservatism, however eagerly directed to this end may be th e efforts of the League and its reverend allies, during the parliamentary recess. , We have that confidence in the good sense which pervades tee working classes of Great Britain, to trust that they will not be seduced into violent outbreaks, to further the designs of a faction in whose inmost hearts they must know that they are the ob jects of the bitterest contempt, and whom they have never yet trusted without being deceived and betrayed. But we are by no means so confident that the endurance of a people under torture and maddening agitation can be depended upon by those within, the immediate ,, reach of their first frenzy. " The engineer' may be twist with his own petard," whilst he, against wh ose walls the engine is directed, remains unin jured; and we warn the Cobdens and the Bowrings, and some gentlemen, too, who are nearer to us than these cham pions of the League, that the course upon which they are bent i s one of which the danger to the operators is imminent, although the results to conservatism we do Pot few TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL SeTiINDARL SlR,—The anecdote related by the Rev. F. Parry at the an niversary of our Protestant Association, respecting the liberal support which a certain wealthy gentleman gave to literature, by clubbing with a friend to take the Penny Magazine weekly, reminds one much of the support which many of your niggardly politicians give to the conservative press, by your together to take the Standard, Courier, or Mail, at half price with a friend, from the Exchange or other news rooms. This should not be. When we consider what a mighty engine the press is, I must say I do think it disgraceful that the conservative press of this town has not better sup port than it has, for there is no mincing the matter that the radical press is better property in Liverpool than the conser vative. If the Liverpool gentlemen feel so indignant at the remarks of Mr. Stowell respecting the support given to the Protestant cause in the two towns, let them look well to this. The leading conservative paper of Manchester is decidedly good property, and is really well supported by the conserva tives of the town. I will maintain, sir, that to give good support to the conservative press, your merchants and tra ders should give their exclusive support to that portion of it, and, in less than twelve months, they would produce a vast change in the state of things, and render the conservative press a vast deal better, as it now is a vast deal more respec table, advertising medium than the radical press. lam not writing in the dark on this subject. For I have been in the habit of spending some hundreds per annum in advertising, (not in this town,) and I never gave 6d. to the radical press in my life, and never would consent to give a single adver tisement to them. " Our radical contemporaries have not much to thank me for," and I never wish them to have. It is common to say that men in business have nothing to do with politics; but if I detest radical opinions, and consider them destructive to the welfare of the country, how can I consistently do all in my power to spread then,, which I un doubtedly do, by giving them advertisements? In politics I am decidedly •` an exclusive dealer," and intend to continue so. I think lam safe in saying, that the radical press of this town is in a great measure supported by conservative adver tising. Although I shall not give my name to this, I enclose it for any friend who may wish to know it.—l beg to remain, sir, your obedient servant, AN OUT-AND-OUT CONSERVATIVE. LONDON MONEY MARKET AND TRADE REPORT WEDN SDAY EVENIN The Tea market has already lost some of that improved appearance observable in it yesterday at the public sales, Company's Congou have gone back to is 91d, and there being very little business done in other qualities. On Change, some parties called Company's is 91d. There were some rather large sales in Colonial and other produce, which went off generally about the same as yester day. . The Indigo auction goes on without spirit. The Stock Market opened with a very discouraging ap pearance this morning, and Consols at 874-. Eventually, how ever, the market revived upon some rather extensive pur chases for to-morrow, and at the close of business had ad vanced to 88 for money, and for next account 88,1 to a. Bank Stock was IG4 to G. India Stock 241 to G. Exchequer Bills lls to 13s premium. The dealers were busily engaged in making up their accounts for to-morrow, which is settling day. Foreign Securities also improved generally as the home market grew better. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents were 501 to 14, the Five per Ceuts 98.1 to *. Belgian ]OII to 21. Spanish Active with the Coupons 19k to,. Portuguese Five per Cents 291 to 304, the Three per Cents 18 to Brazilian 55 to 7. Mexican 244- to *. Colombian 19i to 4. It is asserted that in the memory of man, there has not been so wet a month of September as that just past, except September 1818. A LEARNED MAYOR.—At the Lichfield municipal regi stration court, the learned liberal mayor stated that he could not decide without coming to a conclusion ! This sage re mark was followed by loud peals of laughter. We are glad to hear that the Rev. Henry Melvin, the popular minister of Camden Chapel, Camberwell, who has been dangerously indisposed for nearly a year, returned to his duties last Sunday. A correspondent in Wednesday's Times, resident in liam burgh, shows that bread is cheaper here than in that city, where no corn-laws exist. True friendship is like sound health—its value is seldom known until it be lost. A good deal of excitement has been created by the at tempts, which are gradually being made, to exclude the pub lic from Richmond Park, in order to preserve the game for Prince Albert. WHIG FREEDOM OF ELECTION. — EarI Fitzwilliam, who has often held up himself, and been held up by others, as a pattern of political liberty, has given four of his Peterborough tenants notice to quit, because they voted contrary to his wish at the late election. The Rev. Robert J. M'Ghee, M.A., the firm and uncom promising advocate of Protestantism in Ireland, is likely to be appointed to the vacant deanery of Cork. - - EXTRAORDIANARY OCCURRENCE.—A gentleman of the name of Pugh, from Presteign, was in company with others on the Beacon Hill, Radnorshire, on the 28th of August last, when he shot a fine grouse, attached to the leg of which was a canvass bag, containing in an envelope, on which was writ ten " Clock, £2 Bs. 6d.," a silver fourpenny piece. Mr. Pugh retains the coin as a great curiosity. A SHOWER or FISHES--On Thursday afternoon, during a heavy thunder shower, a considerable number of small fishes tell from the clouds, at the Town-hill, about a mile north-east from Dunfermline. They were in general from three-and-a-half inches in length, and although they must have fallen from a considerable height, many of them were alive after they fell, and jumping among the grass.—Fife Paper. RARE AND CURIOUS Booxs.—Amongst the sale of curi ous books of the late George Chalmer's library, there was a copy of Wolsey's Grammar, with the directions for the school, written by the cardinal himself ; also Marlow's tra gedy of Richard Duke of York, from which Shakspere has unceremoniously plagiarised, was knocked down to Mr. Rodd, at £l3l ; the highest price ever brought before by a single play was £97 for the " Taming of the Shrew." A LOFTY ABODE.—The highest inhabited place upon the face of the globe is a farm house. situate 13,500 feet above the level of the sea. or about two miles and a half above that level. This lofty and elevated habitation is situate on the highest peak of the Andes, in South America, Chimbo razo, which rises to 21,440 feet above the level of the sea. It may be truly said that the dwellers in this farm house are ac customed to, and move in, " high life." LONDON Comrosrroßs.—The journeymen printers of London are in a very distressed state. From twelve to fif teen hundred compositors and pressmen are said to be out of work, and there is but little prospect of any improvement in the trade for some time to come. The many failures amongst booksellers caused great stagnation, and this has been in creased by the small quantity of printing required for the late short, do-nothing parliament. One or two meetings have been held by the men, preparatory to a more public one, to consider the propriety of making an appeal to the public on their behalf. SUPERSTITION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.--A lad, about eighteen years of age, on Wednesday night, the 29th ult., disappeared under strongexcitement ; and, it is supposed, threw himself off the bridge at Melksham, into the Avon, and was drowned. To recover the body, his friends on Saturday were firing a gun along the banks of the river, be lieving that the report would burst the caul and raise the corpse to the surface. On Monday they beat a drum along the bank, believing that the drum would cease sounding when opposite the corpse ! Of course both methods failed. Letters from the northern districts of Northumberland, North Durham, and Berwickshire, describe the crops there as being very good, exceeding rather an average; but they also state that fully one half is yet in the fields, and that there is little prospect of their being gathered in undamaged, as the fine weather is completely broken up. The wheat of the north of England is, it is added, of a better description than that of the south, this year. The severe weather of the last week has brought over woodcocks at this unusually early period. MAGNIFICENT COLUMN BETWEEN Ross AND WEX FORD.—The column erected by General Browne Clayton, on the rock of Carrig-a-Dagon, adjoining the mail-coach road between Ross and Wexford, is now completed, and presents to the eye one of the most chaste and classic ornaments of which the country can boast. The column, including the capital, which is of the Corinthian order, is constructed of the finest cut granite, and is ninety-four feet four inches high. General Browne Clayton, who commanded the 12th light dragoons, has erected this column to commemorate the con quest of Egypt, under the command of Sir Ralph Aber crombie, K.B.—Waterford Chronicle. A lady once heard a clergyman preach, and was so enrap tured with him, that she sent him a letter to the following effect :—" Dear Sir,—There's my hand, (my heart you have already,) with my fortune, which is very considerable. Will you accept? I am, &c., ANNA." The clergyman, unmoved by the entreaties of the lovely, fair one, replied in the follow ing terms :—`• Madam,—Give your hand to industry, your dowry to the poot, and your heart to God." SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A person of the name of Richard Shaw, residing at Oldfield Carr, near Poulton-le lde, who keeps a quantity of hens, having for a week past lost the eggs of one of them, which was a constant layer, he ; was induced to make a strict search, but for four or five days without success. At length, on Thursday week, he saw the hen come cackling off an apple tree, in the garden, in which was a magpie's nest. He immediately got a ladder, and ex amined the nest, when to his great surprise he found nine of the hen's eggs deposited in it. The nest is about fifteen feet from the ground. _ _ ---- - A SUICIDAL FAMlLY.—Saturday evening, between five and six o'clock, a determined attempt at suicide was made by a young married lady, whose connexions are of respec tability at Brompton. She suddenly rushed down the stairs leading from Hungerford-market to the Thames, and, in the presence of several persons, precipitated herself into the river. An alarm being raised, some men entered a boat and pro ceeded to her assistance, and succeeded in taking her out of the water as she was on the point of sinking, and conveyed her, in a state of total insensibility, to the Swan Tavern, where the most kind attentions were immediately paid her. Surgical assistance being procured, after some time she was restored to her senses. On being asked the cause of her making the rash attempt on her life she burst into a flood of tears, but objected Ito assign the cause. She admitted that she was married, and that her aunt, a respectable old lady, resided in 13rompton-row, Brompton, giving the name and address. Mr. Howard, the landlord, immediately despatched a mes senger to her aunt, acquainting her of the unfortunate circumstance. On the messenger's arrival, to his astonish ment, on communicating the circumstance, the old lady did not betray the least surprise, but cooly answered that it was nothing more than she had daily expected, she having at two previous periods, made similar attempts, and that she be longed to a suicidal family, her two sisters having put a pe riod to their existence some time since, one by precipitating herself from a boat into the river, and her eldest sister poi soned herself at her residence near Regent's-park. The young lady having recovered was safely restored to beg aunt, and she accompanied her once again safe to her residence. THE MANNER OF DISSOLVING PARLIAMENT IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. .--- The following curious piece of historical information is derived from a rare work, entitled " Records of Parliament," printed in folio, 1602. Ann. 27 Reg,. Eliz., Sept. 14, 1586:—The Lorde Chiefe Justice of England, the Lorde Chiefe Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lorde Chiefe Baron of the Exchequer, and the Maister of the Rolles, beyng sente down from the Lordes to the Commons, the sayd Lorde Chiefe Baron having the in grte seale of England, declared that her Majestic hmatvoytn te g •t iv th day of com mission to dissolve the present Parliamentv untill the day appoynted. Which do ne, Feb.lfollowing, and soe whereupon itiewamsbr...vuw,iacrer.acnthaadinjobuerrinaeidn standing j es ti es up most, and pri n p c u e t i t i ien andgt h e r iods o y u s e ' il k i r n 'e c ni i n e e m ss b e r s a , nseivenoiffiheedrllkinfato ai d ar n l ' o r ee ef da hh dm ae the House in the messages a of the til u. " t i g fn.ii d e clarations can rdest o iien f dg h ri nett e ra r walaHruvantisideigt:monotefosvts, preser vation. r,de s y thankfull acceptations together 3oyn our hearts and minds the House that we do: d it writing, by earnest prayer unto Almighty God together in humble a House in the service of her A ajes ie lie could ; i f t He tbens for the long continuance dr a i n t a ; M ajestiesasy paper,ew e l l a .r e ne s i t i an honest, godly, an well written, he would . to say after him, as she should pleased thembeg i n and say whichbeing a s sented to before them ; everie ' one kneeling upon his knees, the sayd Mr. Vice-Charo berlayue began the said prayer, which being ended, everie one depart untill the sayd 4. of adjoto.ment,"