The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. NEWS FROM INDIA. The Calcutta mail has reached us, by which we are placed in possession of papers from India of the lith of Se tember. and from China of the 29th of July. We learn by the Chinese papers that disturbances had again taken place at Canton. The English last year re paired the walls of the Company's zarden, which had been broken down at the fire in 1842. They put on a gate, and were in the habit of walking. playing at quoits, and otherwise amusing themselves. On the 15th'of July the Chinese endeavoured to force themselves into the garden, but were opposed. Upon this they threw brick bats, and broke down the gate, compelling the English men to take refuge in a boat, in which they made their escape to the Consulate. On the following evening a party of Chinese went armed with brickbats, and at.. tempted to take possession of the other garden. Resist ance being offered, they commenced an indiscriminate attack upon all the foreigners who came within their reach. Several American gentlemen immediately armed themselves, and drove them from the front of the facto ries. Still continuing to throw brickbats, they were fired upon, and one man was killed and another wounded in the arm, which ended the affair for the day. The Eng lish and American Consuls applied to the Chinese autho rities fcr a sufficient force to protect the facto►ies, and a message was sent to the American man of war at the fugue to request assistance. Intrlligence of the 28th informs us that no further rioting had taken place, nor was any likely to occur at present, though it was quite certain that the authorities at Canton were either unable or un%ill'ni , to adopt measures sufficiently vigorous to check the riotous disposition of the commonalty. Exchange was heavy at 1 In ora small fraction above, at ten months' date. Commercial matters in China were dull. Cotton yarn continued depressed as before. The iron market was over-supplied. Opium was firm, being supported by the smallness of the supply. In rice prices had given way. In tea very little doing. The second and third crops sr, said to have been destroyed by the late rains. Rate of exchange on London, at six months' sight, 4s. 3d. per doll-jr; Government bills, at 30 days' sight, 4s. 10d., in little request. Freight to London and Liverpool, 13 per ton of 50 feet. The Iliodostan arrived at Suez on the 24th September, *wish a comdderable cargo of silk gouda and about fifty passengers. She sailed from Calcutta on the 18th of September We regret to learn the death of Lieutenant Mackintosh, late Aide-dc-Camp to Lord Ellenborough, and ts:ubse• quently in charge of the Mysore princes. The gal!ant officer died from the effects of fever. Caotai4.-.AP Lean succeeds the deceased lieutenant in charge of the Mysore princes. The Gazelle notifies the cessation of the blockade of San Juan de Nicaragua. DR. GRANT.—This estimable missionary to the Nester rians died of the typhus fever on the- 24th of. April at Mozul. lcus.Boa.—The Melpomene, Sutherland, arrived at Cove from Ichaboe, reports having left there two liundreu and forty vessels waiting for guano, forty of which had arrived in one day ! RELIGION IN AMERICA.—Recent accounts describe the Episcopal Church as being agitated by Tractarianisni ; the Rowish community exerting every energy to suppress the unauthorized reading of the Scriptures; the Mot monites falling into confusion, and their brother fanatics. the Millerites, looking for the immediate end of the world. • INTERESTIFG DISCOVERY.—A letter from Nantes states that a fishermen of Chinon ha. just rot nd in neighbouring canal a statue of gilt metal. It is in good preservation, arid is supposed to be of the time if the Romans, one of their camps having been erected near the spot. The captain of the ship Amity, from London, with three sailors. having gone ashore on an island, Trinidad, near the coast of Brazil, and being unable to regain the vessel, their boat having swamped, they had ti continue there twenty-three days, feeding on shell fish, &c. They were rescued by an American ship. SPAIN.—The Government is prepared against any at tempts at revolution. Orders have been issued to s' ize and shoot all officers who are absent without leave. Mi nisters have declared that neither Don Carlos nor any of his family shall be permitted to regain power in Spain. The Chartist -2, however, and the laxity of Espartero, are very sanguine as to their ultimate success. DR. WOLFF.—Captain Grover has arrived from St. Petersburgb, and we arc inf rmed that the Emperor of Russia has kindly promised to do.everything in his power for the liberation of Dr. Wolff.—[A letter from C , mstan• tinople, dated the 17th October, rays, " I am happy to be enabled to state on the best authority. that advices have been received of the arrival of Dr. Wo ff at Meru, on his way to Teheran.") The German papers state that the Cathedral of Trevev, not content with the devotion excited by the holy gar ment in their possession, is now endeavouring to recover one r , f the nails which transfixed the feet and hands of our Saviour. It appears that this nail, which formerly belonged to the Treasury of Trevcs, has fallen, it is not very well known bow, into the hands of the Prince Met ternich. FALL OF THE DOME OF A CHURCII.—The Abbe Cron, of Cette, at the moment of the late storm in that town, was looking from the tower of his church at the weather. He saw a black cloud. which he at first thetight proceeded from a steam-boat • but perceiving vessels da-h e d t• ute ttitr. and the roofs of houses torn off, he has'ened to descend. lie had not reached half way down, when the dome fell behind him, and burst in the roof of the church. BROHDInNAGIAN HAILSTONES.—The MeMoriol Aix informs its readers that the worm which burst over that town, on Sunday week, was remarkable for the strange phenomenon which was witnessed in an adj 'cent commune. Hailstones of an incredible size fell in the little district of Eguilks, one of which weighed as many as ten pounds! The rest were truly enormous. Luckly the storm occurred in the night, so that nobody was ex posed to the pelting of these terrible cannon-balls from the regions above. STABBING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GAS.-At the exhibition of the laughing gas by P , oressor Ellintson, at Washington-hall, last evening, a sailor, under the effects of the exhilaration, cut the rope with which he was con fined, rushed amongst the spectators. and, seizing another sailor, gave him several severe and dangerous wounds with a jack-knife. The wounded man was taken across the street, and upon examination by physicians it was found that a deep wound was inflicted under the shoulder, and another in the back, near the vertebrae. The sadars were unknown to each other. The wounds are not con sidered mortal.—Boston Post. AN OLD BlRD.—There is in the possession of one of cur old Dutch families of this city a p arro t k nown t o b e 82 ye , irs 01a. This bird is now blind, but, notwithwand i,..l that, it can walk to any part of the house without dif ficulty, and recognizes the different members of the family by their footsteps. It whistles tunes with great exactness and is quite fond of sacred music. We are informed that in early life this bird like most of its species, was a little w Id. aqd a good deal given to profane swearing, but for some tine it has laid aside this habit, and, save occasional fit. , of viciousness, is a staid, reputaLle, and exemplary b:rll.—Albany Atlas. A letter from Cettee, near Montpelier, gives an account -a dreadful storm and whirlwind, which visited that tnsyn on the 22nd October, and did a vast deal of damage. The goveroment establishment of engineers, a very large buildirie, was utterly destroyed, even the walls not being lef ottntifng. The z'ne roof of the building was carried into he air, and broken into thousands of pieces, which f , ll in d'fferent parts of the town, where they did a great veal f jury. Other large buildinzs were also destroyed, and the pilce is described as resembling a town which had tindernine the horrors of a siege. A storm prevailed in tt,e ha;.bour that wrecked and sunk six or seven large me. chant vessels, besides a great number of fishing and o , h-r boats. The number of persons who perished is cal. euLitud at about 30. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.—This noble steamer reached this port on Wednesday morning. The political news from our own Provinces, as well as from the United , States, relates chiefly to the pending elections. The first member returned to the New Canadian Parliament was a Conservative, and it is stated that things look well for the Arninistration of the Governor General. In the States the elections are rather in favour of the Whigs ; and the belief was beg nning to gain ground that Mr. Clay's election as President was certain. In speaking of American Whigs, it must he borne in mind that that party answers to the Conservatives in England. The Presidency of Texas has devolved upon Mr. Anson Jones, a decided opponent of the annexation of that State to the other United States. The New York money market was easy; there was a good deal of speculation going on ; but the cotton market was dull. The case of Dr. Kallev appears now to have arrived at something of a crisis. The Portuguese Government has proposed to Lord Aberdeen to give a pecuniary eom pen o - f satioa (about £800) for the doctor's imprisonment 170 days, admitting the ill ega li ty of the proceedings against him ; but upon the conditi on th at h e will imme diately withdraw from Madeira and the Portuguese do minions. Lord Aberdeen's answer has not vet been received ; but in the meantime we learn that Dr. Kalley has again proceeded to preach publicly against the Roman Catholic religion in Funchal, and that great ferment has been the result. The charter tolerates every form of worship in private, or within the confines of heterodox churches erected within the Portuguese dominions ' but it most distinctly announces the Roman Catholic to be the established religion of the state. If, therefore, 1)r. Kel ley will not consent to retire, he will certainly be put down by a special law, which no effort of British diplo. mtgcon prevent from passing . — Time. The latest Quebec papers give particulars of outrages committed__ by Irish v aga b on d s , w h o are us i ng the e l ec ti on season as a time for riot. The paper states that a mob, variously est t im wo atedat from 300 to 600 persons, bearing with them blazi ng tar barrels, and shouting for " O'Connell and'Re Repeal," " parading . the streets, breaking the windows of every house which no light was visible. This destruction was tants, Repealers, and Anti- tt iealer s differed alike . and the windows of the Catholic Church': the. Marines' i and Wesleyan chapels , wherein noli g s l t i o t n c e o s u w ld er h s av i e lu b r e le e d n ex pected were demolished. huge this purpose of destruction ; y in several i nstances breaking r sash and panes. At Johnsons Tavern the damage itifilcted was very great, and so incensed was he, and that after piing them to desist, he fired and wounded one man in three pkices, with small shot—a sailor of the Clio, we are ,they returned here again at ten o'clock, menacing 14§ liftv„when he again fired, wounding another person. Mr. Leek, at the Cove, also fired, and while preparing ICI give a second shot, was knocked down by a stone thrown at him. It is said that three persons have been wounded but none seriously. IRELAND. The crop of potatoes in Ireland is stated to be prodigious. REPEAL AssoctamoN.—The meeting of this body last week was unusually flat. We cannot find an incident worth recording, excepting that the rent was again com paratively small, amounting only to £475. The Nenayh Go irdian gives the particulars of a brutal murder committed at Borrisoleigh, on a man named Sba nahan, a process server, who was literally beaten to death with stones. DISTURBANCES IN GALWAY. —The steam frigate Cyclops has gone round from Tarbert to Galway Bay to assist in quelling disturbances arising out of disputed rights of fisheries. A Dublin attorney has been convicted for destroying documents relating to a cause in Cbancery, in which he was solicitor The. penalty is transportation for seven years,' or such imprisonment as the Court may award ; but a point wag reserved, on an objection taken by the prisoner's counsel—namely, that the documents proved to have been destroyed, being " receipts" and other exhibits" in the Chancery cause, were not "original d icuntents," The Court reserved the point for the con sideration of the twelve judges. Mr. 0 CONNELL ON CONCILIATION.—The Pilot con tains a long epistle from Derrynane. It is more remark able for what it does not contain, than for anything which inquisitive people could discover therein. Not a word about the new movement, " federalism," or shout his own " simple repeal." As to conciliating Protestants, that was never considered a difficult task ; but whether he will succeed in coaxing any considerable number to Burgle:may is quite another affair. The rumour of this letter being in town got wind towards evening, and every one came to the conclusion that it contained further reasons in support of his own altered views, giving the preference to terlerelistri over repeal. FATHER MATHEW IN TROUBLE.—The Cork .Exa miner says :—" What will you think, Irishmen, when we tell you that Father Mathew, the benefactor of your comers?, the admiration of the world, has been publicly errested in Dublin for the balance of a debt due to a taker of temperance medals, and that while in the very act of administering the temperance pledge? The bai liff, Ike a second Judas, came up to Father Mathew, saying. "Father Mt,thew, your blessing ?" and while the good man called down a blessing upon the head of the wretch, he took a writ from his pocket, and, thrustin ,, it into the hand of Father Mathew, told him he arrested him, and then asked for his forgiveness!" THE I,ATE COMMANDER OF THE PRESIDENT.—A MO nutrient has just-been erected to the memory of Captain lltiberts in Passage churchyard, Cork. The cenotaph is 'a large square building of rich cut stone, with a fine base arid c•rp moulding, and. having a bold pediment on either side. On the angles of the monument are represented in strong relief the sterns of the vessels which Captain Roberts contrnanded, viz.—the Black Joke, the Sirius, the British Queen, and the President. The following is part of the_ inscription which the monument bears:— " This stone commemorates, in the churchyard of his native parish, the merits and premature death of the first officer under whose command a steam-vessel ever crossed ihn Atlantic Ocean—and-unted bravery exhibited in the suppression of the slave traffic in the Afri an seas, enter prise and consummate skill in the details of his profes sion, recommended him for that arduous service. Lieu tenant Richard lit bfrts, R.N., in accomplishing it, not my surpassed the wildest visions of former days, but even the warmest anticipations of the present." MR O'CONNELL'S ANNUAL lIEVENUE.—Last year, we are informed by The Monilor, the begging collection amounted to .1.28,000—n0t had payment for frothy words and cowardly acts ; and in the same year the sums ex torted, under the name of reoeal rent, were—X47,6l4 I7a. 10d. sterling, making a total of £75,61.1 17s. 10d.,. dquged from the poorest peasantry in the world. The eeekly collections made duting the present year, under the pretence of se king repeal, amount in round numbers to about £39,000, an account of the expenditure of not one farthibg of which has been given ! Now that the delusion is over, and repeal flung by, some statement of 'he manner in which these thousands have been disposed of, mieht have reasonably been expected, but instead of an explanation, a new bill is furnished, a fr, sh exhorta tion attempted. Low, ignorant, and debased as Mr. O'Corp•ell's dupes have hitherto been, we think this is too much even for them to swallow, and anticipate that •he ' national collection " for 1844 will be a signal failure. —Evening Packet. THE CCU HT. Her Majesty and Prince Albert are to visit tl:e Marquis of Exeter n Tuesday next. Her Majesty has signified her intention of becoming the sponsor of the Marquis's younpest raughter, who is about four months old, and who is to be named Victoria. Sir Robert and Lady Sale arrived at 'Windsor Castle on Wednesday, on a visit to the Queen. There is a report that, at the ensuing meetirg of par liAment, the quertion of Prince Albert arsucti.; the title of Majesty, will be pressed on the legislature in accord ance with the wish of a high personage. UNIVERSITY 15- CLERICAL AEU's. OXVORD, OCT. 30.—This day the following gentlemen were elected Fe-Drivv:3 of University Collet e : —On the Foundation of William of Durham—Mr. Wil hurl tied ley, M.A., Michel Fellow of Queen's. On the Founda tion of Sir Simon Bennet—Mr. George Gran siege Bradley, 8.A., Scholar of University. • PREFERMENTS AND AFPOINTMENTS.—Rev. E. Dodd. 8.D., to the vicarage of St. Giles:s, with St. Peter's per petual curacy, Cambridge.—Rev. A. R. Pennington, to the incumbency of the chapelry district of St. James, hamstow, Essex.—Rev. H. Bl4yds, M.A , vicar of Southstoke, Somerset, the prebend or canonry of Wed more.— Rev. J. Bradford, to the vicarage of Pinhoe, va• cant by the cession of the Rev. J. James.— Rev. J. Heigh, 8.A., incumbent of St. Thomas's church, ( rooktes, York shire, to the incumbency of St. Paul's church, H udders field.—The Rev. Henry Lowther, of Distington, to the living of Aikton, Cumberland. —Rev. H. Roberts, M.A., to the curacy of St, Botolpb's, Colchester, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. E. S. Bull.—Rev. W. Sabine. to the curacy of Mylor and Mabe.—Rev. D. Wheeler, to the ministry of the new district of St. Paul's, Worcester. —Rev. J. Trevit, cut ate of Hordon-on-the-Hill, to the vicarage of the same place, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Lane.—Rev. J. Richardson, 8.A., assistant-cu rate of Haslingden, in the parish of Whalley, to the newly endowed district of Musbury, in the parish of Bury, Lan cashire.—Rev. W. Thompson, M.A., to the rectory and parish church of Gathcombe, Isle of Wight, vacant by the death of the Rev, H. Worsley.— Rev. Mr. Neale, recently curate of Potterne, near Devizes, to the chaplaincy of the }parse of correction at Horsley, Gloucesrer.—Rev. J. C. Gregory, to the curacy of Bradford. Wilts.—Rev D. Lewis, M.A., master of the grammar school, Rhayador, to the curacy of Darowen, Montgomeryshire.—Rev. J. B. Meadows. M.A.. to the svening lectureship and cu racy of Sr. James.Clerketiwell.—Rev. J. li emery, M.A., t r the deanery of the Island of Jersey.—Rev .1. Rusivon, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Brackenfield, Derbyshire. OBSERVANCE OF THE RITUAL—With respect to son e uanges which are supposed to owe their origin to the efrirts of this school, it is much to be desired .hat more Correct notions might prevail, esoecirdly among the laity. Whatever may have been the object of the success of those a rters of whom we speak in directing attention to such matters, yet the advocates of rubrical observances are more frequently found in the persons of those who have no sympathy with their doctrinal peculiarities. It is necessary that the laity should be made aware of thi. fact; at the same time, I must caution the clergy that they continually bear in mind that the edification of God's people is the object of all their ministration. and that they will sacrifice the end to the - means if the y offend their congregations needlessly upon immaterial points. I do not say that the interests of religion would not be ad vanced if the performance of our ritual were brought back to what it really wa. , ; on the contrary, I believe the reverse would be the fact ; but I do say that ministers take an inadequate view of their duly, if by adhering too strict y to the rubric they thus' sever tile affections of their people and alienate th an from than. Let mem ex plain its nature and uses to their flocks, and so win their minds towards them. From the time that I entered the diocese, I have been consulted by individuals among you on these matters, and they will remember that it has been in this spirit I have ever thought it my duty to advise. — Recent Charge of the Bishop of Chester. DAILY SERVICE.—Another accusation hasbeen brought against the clergy, as if they were violating a solemn en gagement, inasmuch as they do not " say the morning and evening prayer in the church or chapel where they minis ter, or cause a bell to be tolled, that the people may come to hear God's word, and to pray with them. There is every reason to believe that this injunction, though found in the preface to the Book of Common Prayer, was never in any age general'y observed in our church. Neither can there be any justice in reproaching the clergy of the present day, because they follow tl e practice of their predecessors, and do not commence a service which is the th ith a e u ri o ` r a i c ty ocuts tomed." nor enforced upon them by h which deference would be due. Granting, however, that the clergyman is bound to these daily services, can he advantageously introduce them? And here we may justly say concerning our people, " 0 that there were such an heart in them," such a spirit of piety throughout the land, as prepared them for these services, and al!owed the clergy to give themselves more entirely to the worship of the sanctuary ! It would be well, also, if the temporal circumstances of the people were such as would make them able, even if they were willing, to devote themselves more constantly to " the word of God and to prayer." But the fact, we know, is otherwise. The situation of our churches, often remote from the population; the length of our services; the degree of labour which is required of every man in this crowded country, in order that he may whether maintain his place in whatever position he fills , high or low : these causes render it absolutely impossible that any except a most inconsiderable proportion of our, people, even if they felt as David felt concerning " the courts of the Lords house," should be able to attend the morning or afternoon prayer on week days. This is not a matter we can doubt about : it has been experienced recently wherever the practice has been tried : it ha. been long experienced in ali cathedral towns, where, unheptsly, it does not appear, as some have supposed, that the appe tite will grow with the opportunity. Such being the case, rcannot think it the duty of the minister to core mehce the practice of daily praers. But it is very desirable that, being relieved from this labour, he should ins ire his people to such services as matey can attend ; that in towns especially, on one, or two, or even three evenings in the week, his church should be open to maintain toe imores ion which is made upon the or_ L . 1 ' d-Lay.—charge of the Bishop of Chester. THE BIBLE SOCIETY. At the annual meeting of the Staffordshire auxiliary of this society, on Thursday last, the Earl of Harrowby took the chair and opened the business of the day in the followit b or clear and s ucc i nc t a dd ress , w hi c h was li S tened to with thedeepest attention :—Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great gratification to me, I may say contrary to all my expectations, to meet you again in this place. Although I am sensible that those faculties are gone which might have enabled me to make any statement that could afford you information or satisfaction as to the progress of this society, yet I hold it to be my duty, from the office which . I sustain, once more to testify in public my unabated at tachment to that society to which we belong. (Applause.) I have been a member of that society during a consider able part of a very long life—l believe for about one-half of its duration, and during that time we have seen it ad vance from very small and very unpromising beginnings to that magnitude and importance which.it now possesses. We have seen it pass through difficulties, overcome many external obstacles, and triumphant over some and not few internal dissensions, and I think that under the blessing of Almighty God we may hope to see it if not enlarging its sphere, at least continuitig:to fill it with hisapprobstion, and to the benefitof mankind. (Cheers.) I ,ay " to the benefit of 'mankind," because I know of no society which is presented to us by history, or of which we have any personal ob servation, to which the term " for the benefit of man kind," can so appropriately be applied. (Hear, hear.) All other societies look to individual cases—at least to classes of distress; but this society applies itself equally to the young and the old, to the rich and the poor, to Chri•tians of different denominations, arid to our fellow men of every clime.' (Hear, hear.) It spreads itself over the who'e world. It looks on man as a being to whom it is bound to afford a s s i s t ance ; a n d while other societies proside only temporal assistance in cases of temporal dis tress, this society applies its energies to the removal of that worst of all distress—the want of religien or the possession of a false one. (Hear, hear.) Let us, therefore, go on, and we certainly shad have encouragement to go on if we listen to that report which will be read to you, and which I call on my reverend neighbour to read, with respect to the past operations of th e s o c i e ty. L a dies and gentle men, I can only expre ss once more m y ar dent wish for the success of this society ; and I hope that, it contrary to expectation, I should again appear before_ you in my ',resent position, I may you meet in a state of increased prosperity. (Applause.) Viscount SANDON, M.P., on rising to move the adops lion of the report, observed that the report niust, he was sure, have given satisfaction to all who were then assem bled, showing, as it did, that this county maintained its position among the contributors to the means of the Bible society ; and that whatever changes might have taken place elsewhere, at any rate the pecuniary resources which its supporters in this part of the country were able to afford, were not inferior to these which had been pro vided in former years. (Hear, hear.) Nor indeed could it be very well conceived that their contributions could fall off. It was, perilous, rather late in the day to look out for reasons for supporting the Bible Society.• (Hear, hear.) Those reasons had been so fully, so frequently, and so ably stated, in every part of the empire, and the questions which had arisen concerning it had been so fully discussed that it appeared to many persons who were called on to take part in their proceedings, an almost needless task to go over the s am e ground again ; but at the same time, in these days of controversy, every man was called upon to revi.w his former opinions, to examine the ground upon which they rested ; and to see whether they were still sound and solid ; and in consequence of that general ne cessity he had felt himself, among others, compelled to pass his own opinions in review ; and be confessed th :the found himself brought to no other conclusion than that at which he had hitherto arrived. (Applause.) He could not conceive why they should be called on almost to give reasons for supporting the Bible Society ; for it sesined to him that if they were Chrisians, a n d if they took the basis of the Church of England as their guide, b.. could hardly conceive why they should have any doubt as 'to their duty of supporting this society. If they were Christians, tbey were surely desirous to circulate the Preaching of our Lord and hi Apostles—if they were Chris tians, they surely felt called on to make known the words addressed by word of mouth to the first disciples of our Lord, and by his Apostles. and which they had sett hind them as the inspired oracles of ' truth. It surely became the duty of all Christians to circulate those oracles as widely as possible ; and if they as Churehinen merely looked to themselves as members of one particular church of Christ, they must equally feel that duty to be incumbent upon them. Why, on what basis did the Church of England profess to be founded ? She professed to teach then, nothing but w hat could be found in the Bible as the authorised will of God. (Applaue.) Surely, then, if she wished to do her duty to her own peculiar opini els, it must be her duty to circulate those oracles on which she rested, and io which she appealed for the justification of her opinions. (Hear, hear.) But was the objection th's—that it was wrong to associate with those who differed with them as Churchmen on some points but who concurred in supporting the Bible Society ? I confess (said his Lordship) that my view is ttes—that it is our duty as Christians to concur with our fefloW Christians wherever we can concur. (Loud applause.) There are occasions enough on which we must differ; and on which our duty calls upon us to separate—to separate however, I hopeas friends and brothers—( Hear, hear, and cheers,) — who differ upon some points, but who ate agreed on this; and, therefore, when we cm find a common ground for co-operation, surely as denizens of the same country, professing the same faith and entertaining the same hope, it-is our duty to co-operate if we find a common ground of union. (Hear, hear.) These are the views and opinions which, looked at again and again, have led me to the same conclusion, that it is my duty to continue whatever sup port I can render to she great object of the Bible Society. (Applause.) I do not wish to trespass further on the time of the meeting, as there are other gentlemen present who will give you details of the highest interest. I have merely felt it my duty to state, in as few words as possi ble, the simple and general grounds on which I feel nay self called on, a Christian and an attached member of the Church of England, to continue ray support to the great objects of this society. (Loud applause.) THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Well, another of our annual municipal struggles is over ; and although the boasting swagger of Radicalism has prophesied the annihilation of constitutional principles, through the restless movements of Anti-Corn-Law Spouters and the foolish rhapsodies of the disciples of Anti-Monopoly Associations, Conservatism still lives — lives! aye, increases in vigour, and spreads triumphantly. All the speeches and tracts, and all the promises of de ceitful and interested parties—a:l the efforts of free traders at the registration -courts in the creation of faggot voters, and in the vezatioua opposition to the rightful claims of their opponents—all these have only " back on themselves recoiled ; " and our national and mu&cipal governments, although elected by machinery created by Reform herself, are composed of men professing strong attachment to our apostolic church and to scriptural education, and reso lutely opposed to withstand every eff in to overturn the principles on which our commercial and agricultural codes are placed, and men who are confessedly competent in every respect to fulfil the duties assigned to them. As far as our local authorities are concerned, we need not at present refer to any further proof of their capability to promote the general welfare of the borough, in conjunction with the iuter.sts of the corporate estate, than the annual account just presented to the public; the gratifying state of which, we. make bold to say, has been brought about by the far-seeing intelligence and knowledge of business possessed by the majority in our present corporation. .•But to return to our recent struggle. A short time .since we'scatcely ventured to anticipate such a glorious result as we are about to record. We feared that the untiring activ;ty or Itadicarsol a combined with the - many —alas. how many !--." heavy blows and great discourage ments" dealt. our to our Protestant friends by men from whom they had a right to exeect a very different kind of treatment,—we say we feared that these causes, and more especially the last, would have so damped the energies of churchmen, as to induce them, in instances not a few, to hold back when their votes were wanted ; but, thanks to their zeal and true-hearteduess, they have thrown perso nal affronts to the winds, and have stood manfully for ward at the right time. Enough, however, on this subject; and proceed we now to register the doings on Friday, arid a few remi niscences connected with them. Perhaps we canno - , do better than present, first of all, the state of the poll at the various wards which were contested at the election in November last year, premising that Mr. James Aikin (it; was then returned for Castle-street Ward, as was Mr. G. H. Lawrence (c) for West Derby Ward, unopposed:— Wards. Majority, Everton ..... David Hodgson (c)...... 221 Chris. Rawdon (a) Wm. Thornhill 00.-- 223 Thos. Vernon (c) . . 222.... 1 .. Thos. Chalmer (ft) 131 Thos. Case (c).. . . .. R. B. B. H. Blundell (c) 179 John Deakin (a) .. Thos. Sands (c) George Holt (a) .. J. A. Tinne (c) .. 261 . This. Bolton (u) .. 233.. Pitt-street Thos. Toulrnin (c) Great George Scotland Vauxball. St. Paul's Exchange St. Peter's. Rodney• street Abercromby ... Lime-street St. Anne's. South Toxteth . North Tosteth Robert Benn (R) N 173.... 38 John Sothern (c) l5B Thos. Taylor (R). Vim. Birkett (c) ........ 279 Wm. Lassen (a) .C. Boutflower (c) D. Nei'son (c). John Kilshaw (c) Thos. Morecroft (R) Jos. Ifornhy (R) 2lO H. G. Harbord (c).. T. T. Glazebrook (c) John Platt (R) . Richard Harbord (c) Wm. Lockerby (R) 193.... 29 It will be seen from this statement, that last year twelve Conservatives were returned to the Council chamber. and four Radicals. This year, as we shall &tail more fully just now, we have been successful in thirteen wards; and to show that these victories have not been achieved by any influence acting, as did the iieform Bill, with something like mesmeric power on the public mind, it is only necessary to say that for the last five years the number of Conservatives returned to the Council at each election has been alo.ost precisely the same. In 1840 we returned 12; in 1841, 13; in 1842, 13; in 1843, 12; and this year, 13 ;—and we may add that on each of those occasions the Radicals were only able to return their successful candidates by majorities miserably small, as compared with the numbers in those wards which returned Conservatives. We now subjoin an hourly statement of the roll contested wards at the election just closed. The of the Conservatives are in italics:— in the tames Wards. Time. 51 . 1kj0. 10. ' 11. 12. 1. 2. 3. 4. nty. SCOTLAND. James Brancker 24 45 67 87 115 161 217 Isaac Holmes .. 28 53 68 98 121 152 204 —l3 ST. PAUL'S. R. B. Hill .... 24 41 55 83 102 133 152 James Stitt .... 16 39 53 65 .81 107 119 —33 Sr. PETER'S. R. S. Henderson 43 96 119 160 176 228 269 Thos. Bolton .. 37 53 109 .138 162 205. 230 —39 RODNEY-ST. John Pemberton 55 97 122 164 198 233 273 R. H. Harvey .. 45 91 122 138 166 204 222 —5l LIME-ST. J. B. 52 93 116 159 228 268 324 11. Holmes .... 48 87 124 161 212 252 282 —42 ST. ANNE'S. James Parker.. 44 101 130 154 183 204 231 Wm. Elwin .... 36 87 116 141 179 191 216 —l5 S. TOXTETH. R L. Jones.... 175 R. V. Yates.... ' 136'-39 N. TOXTETH. Wm. Mann .... 2741 George H01t.... 214!-60 We had thus the very unusual number of eight wards uneontes'ed, and for these the following gentlemen walked over the course, for the opposition in Vitt-street and Great George Wards was, as we shall presently chew, anything but legitimate : Conservatives unopposed. I Radicals unopposed. Tho=. Shaw, for Egerton. I Wm. Preston, for Vauxhall C. S Middleton, Exchange. I John Holmes, Castle-st. James Aspinall, Pitt-street. G. G. Flortiby, Gt. George. .Lis. Procter. Abereromby. J. S. Leigh, Wcrit Derhi. We have thi. yet , r, therefore, returned thirteen mem bers to the Gaincil-chamber, and the Radicals three. The Conscrv, , tivc voters paed amount to 2205, and the Radicals to 1709. giving a majority of 496 votes for the Conservative cause. The following. is a lia of the Town Council as at pre sent con,titir ed. Ti-,e nntne , 4 printed in itdlics are those of new rren,berA, and t!w aldermen who retire on Satur next are distinguished by an asterisk prefixed to their names 1— • No. I.—EVERTON WARD. Yrs. to serve. Aldtra:ar , —*T. B. Barclay (u.) Ti oma , Sh .w (c) 1 - 3 Councillor,' Div•4l 11,,,i.. % . 5 .0 ti (c) , 2 - l' , ain::, Y0a(4.1 c) Nu. 2 —Scwrr.AND WARD. Aticrnlun—Rigl•aril flooq.! ton - (c) Jonie. Brancker (n) { .. .. 3 Council`. ‘ -'l, ill am 3 - ' ~: 1 !illlll (n.) Richiliai 11 , •.tuliton, jun. (c) N. 3.--VAUXHALL WARD. Alciern - au:—*Tomas b..11 , y (a) { ~ .vi;l7;:na Prr.,,ton (R) 3 Cout.cillors Tho , nas k . I!rtialer (a) . Tinnris IPackburn (a) No. 4.—Sp. PAUC,'S WARD. Alderman—Richard Grlfith (c). . 3 R. B. Hill (c) { .... 3 Councillors H. B. 13. H. Blundell (c) . ....... 2 J. C. Thompson (c). • . No. S.—EXCHANGE WARD. Alilerman—*James I, , wrence (c).... {C. S. Middleton (c)..... . Councillors Thomas Sands (c) .. .... John North (c) 1 _. _ No. 6.—CASTLE-STREET WARD. Alderman—*Sir Thomas Brancker (c) {John Holmei (a).. Councilkrs Aikin (a) Hugh Hornhv (a).. , . . N ~ 7.—ST. PETER'S WARD. Alderman—John H. Turner (c) .. . R. S. Henderson (c) Councillors{J A. Tinne (c) John Stewart (c) No. S —PITT.STREET WARD. Alderman— * W. P. Freme (a) {James Appinall (c) .. Councillors Thomas Toulmin (c) .. Wiliam Fawcett (R) .......... No 9.—GREAT GEORGE WARD. Alderman—*Thomas Holt (a) {G. G. Hornby (c) Councillors John Sothern (c) . Thomas Royden (c) No. 10.— RODNEY-STREET WARD. Alderman—R. S. Crook (c) {John Pemberton (c) .. Councilors William Bilkett (c) . - J. N. Wood (c) ___ _ __ N • NO. 11.—ABERCROMBY WARD. Alderman—Widism Nicol (c) (James Procter (c)... Councillors Thomas Kay.. (c) . lehristorher Bu-hell (c) No. 12.—LIME-STREET WARD. Alderman—J. B. Moore (c) . . John Buck Lloyd (c) Couneillors{John Kilshaw (c). . Robert Rigby (c) No. 13.—ST. ANNE'S WARD. Alderman—Edmund Molyneux (c) ..• { James Parker (c) Councilltir., Joseph Hornbv (n.) Robert Jones (c) ___ ....... ..... No. 14.—WEST liERBIL" WARD. Alterman—*Jarnes 'Moon (it) { J. S. Leigh (c).. Councillors G. IL Lrivcrcnce (c) James Plumpton (c) No. 15.—SOUTH TOXTETH WARD. Alderman—*FA re Evans (a) .. R. L. Jones (c) Councillors I. T. Glnebronk (c) . ...... ... . Ambrose Lace (c). . No. 16.—NO?LTH ToKIETII WARD. Alderman—Tnornas Chiron (c) . . {William Mann (c) Counc4lors Richard Harbord (c) John Sheppard (c) Taking it for granted that the six retiring Radical al. dermen will on Saturday be displaced by an equal number of " good men a.:d true," we shall then have the Council composed of Conservatives Radicals .... 54 10 EVERTON WARD. The radicals wisely nlhwed Mr. Thomas Shaw to walk over the course for this ward. The majority of 98 last year for Mr. David Hodgson has evidently been a suffi cient warnivg to them that their sweet voices will not be listened to in this aristocratic district, and they prudently abstained from putting themselves to the trouble and ex pense of a ruitless contest. SCOTLAND WARD. This ward,. for which the candidates were Mr. Isaac Holmes and Mr. James Braricker, was contested with great spirit, particularly towards the dose. As at all the other polling places, the voting in the early part of the day was comparatively languid on both sides, but increased as it advanced, both .parties being sanguine, and both keeping so nearly together throughout, th a t ieir respec tive expectations were by no means unreasonable. At the expiring of the first hour Mr. Holmes was four a-head ; by the next he had gained eight in all ; at noon dropped off to but one ; gained ten more by one o'clock, and lost all his advantage by about .aa hour afterwards. From this time it was as " Greek meeting Greek," and the push ing and scrambling to get voting papers filled up and pre sented became truly amusing—and amusir ' , only; for though the crowd increased at the top of Burlington street, where was the polling-booth, to many hundreels, the greatest good humour prevailed. From three to four o'clock a number of cabs, coaches, &c., with hurrying voters, came up, cheered by their respective partizans as they alighted at the contiguous committee.4ooms to pre pare their papers, and the push at the voting place to have the votes recorded became great and excittng. At three o'clock the reform candidate had turned the tables by about nine votes, arid the mass of those: who afterwards came up were also on his behalf, so that it became evid e nt, if the numbers w e r e duly summed, that he would win. Mr. Br ancker's party, at hi: committee-room just below, were very lavish in their shouting, but also withal so ex hausted in voters, that we onseived no one tendering his vote during the first few mieu es of the prescribed time. At the close Mr. Brancker was declared (bough not as than officially) to be thirteen a-head of his oppo nent. We may here remark, that Mr. Hoboes owes his defeat to his extraordinary lukewarenness last year in the cause to which he had so long previously attached him self. He then went the length of declaring that be would not oppose .the return of Mr. Thornhill, and from the breach of confidence reposed in him created by this avowal; he may now, if he lament his discomfiture, exclaim— "Hine ill e lachurna ."' His opponent on th's occasion, though widely &tiering from us in politics, is a gentleman of standing and integrity, and will, we hope, devote him. self, so far as we can expect from his opinions, to the in . - terests of the town. VAUXHALL WARD. The majority of Mr. Chalmer over Mr. Case at the -last election, we preume, induced the conservatives to allow Mr. Preston to. be. returned unopposed. It should be remembered, however, lhat Mr. Case only consented t.) stand at that time when all hopes of his success were gone • and we hope on a future occasion the c o nserva ti ves will be prepared for action, as we teel persuaded that a careful attention to the progress cf events in this ward during the next twelve month- would, if not secure a conservative's return, at least pave the way for success at a future period: ST. PAUL'S WARD. The interest excited amongst the — voters in this ward was Ly no means great, and the voting went on with com paratively little vigour, the conservatives contenting them.' selves with merely securing the election of Mr. in opposition to Mr. Stitt, the reform candidate. EXCHANGE WARD. Even the personal esteems which is entertained for such a highly-re , pectable gentleman as Mr. Henry Holmes was nor sufficient to induce him to contest this ward—so utterly prostrate is radicalism. Mr. C: S. Middleton, a gentleman whose services have already been of inestima ble value as a member of the Dock Committee, was re turned without opposition. This would have been a Rain of one to con-er ..atism, but for the untoward result of Scotland Ward. The election of Mr. Middleton lvis banished every representative of radicalism from this ward, and we perceive, on referring to the list of the council, that we lv.ve now no fewer than eleven wards thoroughly divested of stub pernicious influence. CASTLE STREET WARD. We know not for what rea,on conservatism is allowed to sleep here. It is true that hi herto we have never been able to succeed, but we have good reason for th'uking that if the conservative committee were to put forth a little more energy, even this " Gibraltar " might be stormed. Mr. John Holmes was on Friday re-elected without opposition. ST. PETER'S WARD. Considerable interest was felt as to the result of the election here, as every effort was used to secure the re turn of Mr. Thomas Bolton against . Mr. R. S. (lender s in, the retiring Conservative candid,ite, and we believe that the Radical canvass gave them a majority of forty, FO that they opened the poll with very sanguine expecta tions, and certainly worked hard during the day, and about the middle of the contest succeeded in reduc . ng Mr. - Henderson's majority to two. His friends, however, then rallied, ant at the close of the poll Mr. H. was re turned by a majority of 39: Mr. Henderson addressed the electors at the close of the poll, expressing the high sense of gratitude he felt for the uoremitting exertions of his friend , , and fur the honour done him by the electors in thus re-electing him their representative in the Council Chamber. PITT-STREET WARD. All sorts of manoeuvres have been resorted to by the meddling busybodies in this district to torment Mr. Aspinall, the retiring candidate ; but the popularity of that gentleman rendered all attempts fruitless and ri diculous. Some person of the name of Allan, of whom we never heard before. was put forth as the ropresenta tive of Radicalism, and so strong were his claims, that after two how s' polling, he actually succeeded in record ing two vote. ! one of which we understand was his own ; Mr. Aspinall having registered during th it time no les , than 110 votes. Next year, of course, Mr. Fawcett will be sent to condole with th•.: other rejecteds over the fallen condition of their cause. LAW INTELLIGENC.E. PARISH CLERKS.—By an act of the last session (7 & 8 Victoria, c. 69.) persons in holy orders can be appointed to the office of church clerk, chapel clerk, or parish clerk, and may be required to act as assistant curates whilst holding the offices mentioned, DANIEL O'CONNELL'S WRIT . OF ERROR.—On the decision of the three Whig Peers in the above case Lord Brougham observed—" It would go forth, without au thority, and return without respect." A ca.e the week be fore la-t, at the Cornwall Ses-ions, which we find reported in a local paper, will confirm the accuracy of his lordship's prophecy. "An arrest of judg ment in behalf of the defendant Ann Hughey, on the ground that she was not hound to provide for the maintenance of her grandchildren during the existence of their father; and that, therefore., being wiongly indicted on the two counts so charging her to be and the verdict being a general one, she most on the , uthotity of the recent caee of the ' Queen v . O'Connell,' be acquiVed on the two remaining counts, which charged her with ordinary assault. Af er some consteltrat,on the- Court decided :—• We are of opinion that the first two counts, referring to acts of omission are bad. as regards the grandmother ; but as regards the last two coml.:, we art of opinion that the record is good ; and we pass judgment on these two counts accordingly.' The Court then passed the sentences." Thus then have the Cornish Magistrates blown to the winds the decision of the Lords. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. The CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES Of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 sovs if declared, with 100 sovs added. Last mile and a distance. 122 subscribers, 48 of whom de cla red. Lord Stratlhroke's Evenus, 4 yrs. 7st 1011) ...... (Nat) 1 Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-Bdllagh, 3 yrs, Bst (MO 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Cap. taro Ilaro urt's Sir Abstrupus, Mr. Con. hr's Pak , sway, Mr. Shafio's Porto Bello, Mr. Newton's Ma Mitt. Mr. Griffith's Newcourt. Mr. Salviri's The Cure, Mr. Bere. , - lord's The Altered One, Mr. Wesley's Council or, Sir G. Heat hcote's Akhar, Duke of Rutland's I by Beirain, Lord G. Bentiock's Croon Oil, Lord Exeter's Algernon, Lord G. Bentinck's Emma, Mr. Payne's Walpole, Col Peel's c. by Slane, Mr. S. Scott's b g by Defence, Sir C. Monck's . Glossy. _ _ _ BETTING.-5 to 4on Foig-a-Ballagh, (taken,) Bto 1 aest The Cute, 12 to 1 nest Akt-ar, (taken,) 14 to 1 agst Newcourt, 20 to 1 agst Emma, 23 to 1 agst Evenus, 33 to 1 agst Councillor, and 40 to 1 agst Glossy. Won vety easily by two lengths, Walpole a bad third, Councillor fourth, The Cure fifth, and Algernon sixth. Foigh-a- Ballagh's defeat, decisive as it wits, war , anything but dis graceful. He gave the winner a year and 4lbs, and from the severity of the pece tht onghout, ran to a great disad vantage ; notwithstanding th . s, he struggled gallantly to the end, and teat Walpole by four or five length, giving him 3510, So bad was the start, he and nearly a dozen others lost nearly three or four lengths. The settling was harmless. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sows each, 20 ft, fur two year-olds, colts 13- , t 4b, and fillies SA 51b. 40 subs. Won by Lord Lonsdsle's c by Jerry, Torquoise (Bartholomew) besting Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton. Miss Whip, Loud G. Bentinek's Miss Elia, and several others. THE RATAN AFFAIR.—The report of the committee has been kid before a general meeting of the club, and will be published offic ally next week. Rogers and Bra ham will be warned off the heath, and the former will be prohibited from riding at Newniarket or any other place under the control of the stewards of the Jockey Club. The parties supposed to be implicated by the evidence of Rogers and his confederates are, we hear, exonerated from all dishonesty of purpose, but tie committee express the;r disapproval of the practice of gentlemen receiving and executing commissiors for jockies and others in rusted with the charge of race horses. It is not the intention of the club to publish the evidence. The match between Foig-a.Ballagh will not be run ; Mr. Irwin receives 150 forfeit. THE CHASE. THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS WILL MEET This day. 5 , 11 inokint, at Oxley Farm; Thursday. 7111, at Duddon Heath, Friday, Bth, at I ILliway Side; Each day at half-past ten o'clock. SIR WM. M. STANLEYS HOUNDS WILL MEET TO-morrow. \\ eduesd.y. 6th, at Hawardeu ; Saturday, 9 h, at Trafford Vlllage ; Each day at eleven o'clock. GREAT GEORGE WARD. With Oat indecency which seems almost inseparable from radicalism, the name of Mr. Robertson Gladstone was put forward in this ward—of course without the slightest authority—as an opponent of Mr. G. G. Hornhy, the retiring member. There was therefore here no legiti. mate ooposition to the reelection of a conservative. The number of votes recorded were tor Mr. Hornby 136, for Mr. Gladstone 67. • RODNEY•STREET WARD. The contest in this ward was very spirited, the radicals keeping within a short distar ce of their opponents until three o'clock, when the conservatives came up in goodly numbers, and returned Mr John Pemberton, an excel lent conservative, by a majority of fifty- one over M r. Harvey. The majority in this card at the last election was only eighteen, and Mr. Harvey brought to the poll forty less voters than did Mr. LaAsell at the list election, At the close Mr. Holmes was called upon to address the assemblage. He sail that he had tio ordinary gratification in congratulating the electors on the issue of the contest ; and he thought it not improbable that almost every ward which had been contested would return a conservetive, and many of them by The Whig party r io'Sliglit mdj ' ret i es. had been instrumental in carrying the Reform Bill, and it could not but be mortitOrig to them to discover that, in fair arid open contest, they were signally defeated by the operation of the very bill, wli;ch they expected would have secured to them a pet manency of t,olitic rl power. As the contest in Liverpool had generally been conducted with good humour, and without those personalities which are always to be lamented and deprecated, he tru-ted that all animosities would be speedily forgotten—that, there might be no undue excitement or triumph aver those who, .though defeated, were still their townsmen, and were anxious, like themselves, for its welfare and prosperity.' It vris his great desire that the conservative party, ren dered still stronger as it soon would be, by the exchange of six whigs for six conservative aldermen. He (Mr. Holme) hoped that all their deliberations strengthened as they would be, might conduce to the good government of the town, and to the prosperity °fa!' its inhabitants. Mr. Holme then thanked them for the zeal which had been ma nifested on the occasion, arid concluded by asking them to give three cheers for the Queen, which were heartily re sponded to ; and the assemblage immediately and most good humouredly dispersed. Mr. Pemberton also addressed the electors in a feeling and handsome manner. ABERCROMBY WARD. Mr. James Procter, the previous representative for this ward, but who for the last twelve months has retired into private life, was again brought forward, and, though we believe he is at present on the continent. his return was unopposed. LIME-STREET WARD. There was considerable animation here ; Mr. Henry Holmes, who retired from Exchange Ward, being put forward to oppose the re-election of Mr. J. B. Lloyd. During the early part of the day the numbers were nearly equal, but at two Mr. Lloyd sprang ahead and increased his majority at the close to forty-two—the largest, we be lieve. ever, gained in this ward—which affords a sufficient proof that Mr. Lloyd's sers ices in the Council ate pro. perly appreciated by those best qualified to form an esti mate of their value. SAINT A NN E'S. For some weeks and even months past the Radical Faction in our town had been making a dead set upon this Ward. and had determined at all hazards to oust the pre sent indefatigable and honest representative, Mr. James Parker. The means to which they were prepared to des cend were sufficiently sho wn in the Registration havingtgistratiopnaid c Courts by the choice specimens of humanity who m they hrot,ht up to foist upon the Burg ess Roll, as rates with—save the mark! — their own won'y on and not i that supplied for th e pu r p o se by the Radieal C Their greatest difficul t y ho w ever was to find a Candidate . of upsetting a fitting person turned up in the Per willing to undertake the herculean wor k agitating the mat_ Mr. Parker, and they were despairing Earle, resh rned i from his recent ter, when, luckily , Emperor M'kllia of all William so visitn of to A t l h r e , the Russian and other great Continental Sovereigns. and full confidence was enteltainedM his dignified been solicited, lent o r f. his E a r t l r e i , n a ll i ti o v , a i I : looking COUntrnance ; return. But, alas! nothing opponent, and f rom h our t —thanks to the energetic is certain here below. At the opening of th e p o ll , c exertions os t tf o e otaikd,ei steadily the It l ,t e isi a i d t atil t n : t f end his t O of the ward, atrsongst whom, in especial, we may mention Nov.s, 184 i. I sV the Loyal Protestant 01 eratives—and at four o'clock returned by a majority of 13, the numbers polled being For Mr. Parker (Conservative) .. • 2 31 For Mr. Earle (Radical) 216 Majority 15 Whilst we congratulate the ward upon this result, of, must strongly urge upon them the necessity of bring we' prepared fur next year's contest. No man except one universally respected by his fello-w-burgesses, Parker, could have withstood the amount of influence s° 'trickery brought to bear against him. The proeeel ling n : throughout the day were peaceable and orderly, and ,°;:0 a single instance of drunkenness was observed, excel''' . the case of one of Mr: Parker's previously pler!ged voter!, who, having been " bottled " all night by the Radics ° : was led up to the poll by two of this virtuous party, afros' half-past ten in the forenoon, in a state ofintoxicatios, to give his vote for Mr. Earle. as is Mr: WEST DERBY WARD. re' As usual, a co iservative—Mr. J. S. Leigh — wa s turned unopposed. SOUTH TOXTETFI WARD. art The contest here commenced by the canservative p taking a strong lead, and placing their ca ndichte..'A r. r L. Jones, in a large majority over the opponent, or ratite, the shadow of an opponent, whom the radicals llad ratter lected. (Mr. Yates had distinctly refused to stand o n m e score of ill health, aid is at present at Leamington.) T I,, advantage thus gained the radicals never recovered, .o though they resorted to every sort of meanness to g a ;., time for their tardy voters to come up. Thus the que. • tions were put by the alderman, Mr. Evans, (a C 4 to usually resorted to only in cases of suspected fraud,) such voters as Mr. Ambrose Lace, Mr. Samuel Ilvin le ! 'and others, with whose identity and honour he was Per fectly well acquainted, a proceedin both factious a nd . 'n , suiting, and which we should certainly not have an ,iciii % ted from Mr. EvanS, however great the emergelleY to , party. The con serva ti ves , however, maintained their 0, sition through the day ; and at four o'clock hail returned Mr. Jones by a large majority, the numbers being for Mr. Jones (Conservative) ..... •• • 175 Mr. R: V. Yates (Radical) ..... . 136 Majority. . 39 ked Not a vestige of exciteme n t of any description m ar e 'the proceedings, although from the popularity end lar,g i , property of Mr. Yates in the ward, an enthusiasm in favour might reasonably have been an'icipated. NORTH TOXTETH WARD. •' or The contest in this ward, between Mr. Mann, a tnri,_„ the old school, and Mr. Geo . rge Holt, a t al and radical, whoa few years ago sate in the council alderman of the same ward, commenced in good earne4r. the hour of opening the poll, the former taking fot t i , t 4 ; first two hours a considerable lead of his opponent. "' one o'clock, however, the radicals, by the m ost strenuous _ it er septa.tni" exertions, had pulled up, and were, we believe, at one oat° in a majority, which they announced, to the infinite ;C o ra ls tification of the papist mobocracy of the ward, hY w h • they were chiefly supported. Front this period tix to b r i i c e ti began to rally in great force, an d too k the leul• w he i r they maintained up to the clos e o f t h e po ll, returning t candidate by a majority of 60. The proc eedings th rol2 F a t out were perfectly ord e rly, and u nmar k e d by any af the excitement which has prev a iled o n f ormer occa" ° ` „4 ' a nd conservative party bein g co nsc i ous o f th e i r s trength' the radicals evid en tly di sp i r it e d an d c h op f a ll en , their clot dictate himself h av i ng was h e d hi s h an d s o f t h em , and P °l blank refused t o s t an 1, if e l ecte d . olir The following were th e num b ers at t h e c l ose o f the P viz:— Mann (Tory)... Holt (Radical). Makulty for the Tory . 6 ° nai' At the close of the p rocee di ngs t h e success iul 0 , 0 dates for both th e W ar d s b r i e fl y a dd resse d th e elec , ere from one cf the wi n d ows o f t h e R oya l O a k, and *,tlf loudly cheered by the assemblage, which was sutiseg u l t i f addressed by Mr. Sheppard, and then diapers qu ie homeward. CHI, SHIRE. Last week Mr. John Lana-an purchased the estate ' IP° hall of Thornton, near Itock ' Ferry. for 9,000 guineas' 0 . Assanur.—At the Birkenhead Pclice•court. on "T„it (lay, George L awton was fi ne d 40s. and costs f or r.s' dent ing Eliza For s h a i v , i n High rßehington. The del e ". o e. accused the complainant of keeping a disorderlt Ir ; e s, and the magi s t ra t es , w h o h a d h ear d of his irreo larlb strongly cautioned him. Ct;Rlotistidal CIRCUMSTANCE.—An inquest was stn ' t summoned to b • held a t Woodchurch. near Brke r ''''' , : 1, on the body of en elderly female, who, it was had died in consequence of ill-treatment by ar ll"'lt'fhe ised practitioner in his endeavours to cure a can ere r t he C rover, H. Cliurton, Esq., i s sued hi s warr ant fa • disinterment of the body, an d or d ere d a pes t ortclie .• rn u N , amination to be m a d e b y D r . V aug h an and Mr• at of Birkenh ad. However, on the parties arrivinteeo Woodchur•li, it was found that the dectres , d l'; (1 .. the buried at Whi•chnrch, in Shropshire, and thit'''',,iry• parties departed, for the purpose of pursuing the 1111- 04 FILE AT BICKENHEAD.—About three o'cloc k re d Tuesday morning last the watchman on duty discoeers the premises of Messrs. Wemvss and Cameron, join are. and builde,s, y-streel, Birkenhead, to be t he The alarm was speedily g i v e n , an d t wo o f the engine' d i e to work, but, o.‘.iFg to the inflammable nature of t i. ee s buildings, whiel i were chiefly composed of wood, in 1 68 Orli three quitters of an hour the w ole were nized tO: be ground. There is every reason to suppos e t h at t his is 1 . 4 work of an inee,idiary, as the tire originated i n the e o ' end of the building. in a temporary shed used forjointili flooring boards, (into which no fire was ever admitted) al , in the end directly opposite to that in which the stove erected. About fourteen men were ea - Inlayed on the Irr e :, office mises, all of wi t , in have lost th e w h o l e o f t h e i r tools. 'JP; premises were in s ured i n a L on d on ; and the, lost '' exclusive of the tools, is estimated at about £2OO. FALL OF A POItTfON OF BIRKENHEAD Mnartgl' .. :, About eleven o'clock on Saturd a y b e t ween f if ty an d yards of the southeastern wall of the new market now], course of erection at Birkenhead, by th e eo ntrietT s s Messrs. Fox, l'enderson, and Co., fell down wit a oe tremendous crash, burying 8 ; 41 of the workmen i". ee , ruins'. The unfortutrne fellows were engaged at the i' n 'to in that part of the b u ildi ng w hi c h i s to be conv erteel2 .o underground cellars, and wire rivetting a portion ed : he iron roof. We are happy to say, although three °r o e parties were seriously injured, no person was killed , av irg remaining three w ere go t out o f t h e ru i ns without hof sustained any contusions of consequence. The narrt . e t : ( , the injured p a rti es are , James Ellis, need thirtY Hu=hes whose leg w as fractured in two places; Samuel at !, aged twenty-two, who rec e i v ed contus i ons or. the Ig - e(1 thebips, and both legs ; and John Cannon. who teen contusions on the head and loins. The poor fel:ows , ! re d a•e all unmarried, and from Staffordshire, were reow , , ;o o to the Birkenhead Dispensary, where prompt at",rtor was paid to their injuries. The accident was caus e t o' the fury of the gale which was blowing at the titrt°: fly a contemporary states that the walls are not suifici e , strung, being where the sem i c i rcu l ar w i n d ow s are I. i ' og ie placed, only nine inches i n thi c k ness , t h e l eng th (la'', be brick, and where the pill ars , or suppor t s, are e recteo eo tween the windows,the thi c k ness var i es on l y f ro m four' to eighteen inches. Ine d WALLASKY—On Thursday evening, the der, Meeting of the y io parisners was held, to take into con si g, ation certain propositions for the improvement, lightio and watching of the parish. On the motion of Ai r 's e t• tledale, J. C. Ewart,' Esq. l in the absence of the _ . ,, jo g pr. Byrth. was called to the chair. The meeting '' a rse. been opened by the chairman, and addressed bYnieo. Wineh, in the speech expl a n a t or y o f t h e propo•e,_d 0 01 sure, Mr. Meadowc t o't opposed th e pro j ec t, but id( with little support. Th e foll ow i ng reso l ut i on was ea j o tO with only three or four dissentients :—"That taking 5 e consideration the great pres e nt an d prosprctice rha of the Population of tie parish of Wallasey, it ie ',l r ' o ti'n opinion of this meeting, very desirable that t'Pi.",:, for should be made to parlia men t i n th e ensu i n g se,7 „ lo on, an act for the regul a tion o f th e a ff a i rs o f t h e Park''' I . s 0' the principle of vesting i n ccrnmissioners the W' e e . paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and ether" T o e ( 4 , provi• g the parish, th e establishment ru and ainten°4 all an effective police, an d a public market thereon• e eru sl other powers that may b e f oun d tiecessury. IT its t, , ' , j is good government, for which the genera l law of the o gen' necessary, it incoming insufficient,"—A numb , r tlernen were then nominated to act as a coinniitt ee i;c onv secretary proceeded to read the report of the Su cl ose mitteeon the loads of the i n tended bill. The fe' t „tea vests the execution of the act in 21 commis.sioner - .. 4 ' 00 ericl at £5O, or possessing property of the value of Xi' re lief to be glee ed by the i , liabitaots rated at £lO to t_ l 4. ica tion of the poor.—Mr. Brice proposed that the (PP" ert y to £5O. or prof , jee se •Zhhe"viadlubee o a f rfliOnOgOoirnft3esaeiln instead of 1 ° 51)0. Mr. ITY win ch conded the motion, which was carried, alter rl ', Oct" had explained, in answer to a questi on , that the,fTe next Lion was to be in landed prop er t y, or h ou ses. s ` os it re clause provides that s even o f the commiss ioner The next ts 6ctwillTo;einui (es,er,ssi annually raetlieatai i b tp: : ::rote r :e o ridt t i rotation, o mw n oi , trhi a to n hi d li yt be re-eligib, l 7e e co nvo the it was made compulsory, r. The neat clause relates to the ment of and M i C t : O n r e s tnli O n Fa ' e t. C ." " ' r l i g hting a comm i s siO' I tO ing of particular districts, by d realer) of th d e be on the suggestion nd w oo' ners, and provides that such I arts wily Fl", d a dvisah? (Iterates. Mr. Ford suggested that ocn l n ' o ho ere the' r for the commissioners to take power to on;',let,d. nod a fter . own gas, instead of taking it f ront Birke t to that rife ° a good dual of discussion, an antend"leln.use authorizing was carried by a small majority. — the corr.rais‘ioners to take a lease ceeding twenty•one years of any of Tf t io l: re e e tt-e coma. , • g leave the consideration of it to th ferries of the parish having teen read, it nt, in of the impr clauses author zinc. the lay d without ob t ; were passed arid watching. and highway rates the Commissioners nervation.—The clause authorizing the act has' • •rat purposes of borrow £15,000 for the gent- iwreeci log t" that. the sum should be cr l ie been read, Mr. Ford Plc? c'et.nxivs,,t.tianesg"nor"fut tuesr,i; b c a l ariiloku,sairtieS uses in t p h, tl t e e rep ri n t P [o ): i ut i (1 1 (1 1 : a ni n t' i 'i eilk‘ .e i e r read- B g r r e e e e d , t e : t e- i fe :l Pl aphrovtd with the a t " , ' t P ic P i s t e ie d n i t i s 'e u f n ' d d e lo r a £ ll lo ats an e eard.tplittif°r°% II d i clause. it rate, and that for such tenement s the iniproveniei highway, a , d lighting and watelim-rates, shall he c ,, _' r a i r o g:i• etly on the respective ow ners . ' Carried„—A ry• (cod eltr,'• • I there no elitist for a supply of water ? b3 l over . Solicitor explained that sech pow er must be Weill! elie a Company, and not by the commis loners, a tad forms of toe House uould prevent them from anl:: , , ,r e: for such powers this session at l eas t.—The We want water mote than any thing else.—Tate c! .. ," Clt of suggested this nomer would be better left in the r and the committre.—The various clauses of the bi 1 W;l e , o ce• proved, arid a committee formed to carry out the ej' N On at the afNirs vh a the tz„, tne' Riv e b eer Plat, h a y vv„ ha,