The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-30 00:00:00

perform efficiently, and honestly, the duties which will devolve upon him. In West Derby Ward, Mr. G. H. Lawrence, the retiring conservative, is opposed by Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, jun., a worthy scion of the king of the tee totallers. We know little of the latter gentleman, except that he professes to be an enemy to the strife of party which has formed hitherto so prominent a fea ture in the proceedings of the council. That this is a bait thrown out to catch the stray votes of a few mo derate men in the ward, we have no doubt ; but we think that Mr. Heyworth's hatred of party contention might have been more fitly shown, than by obtruding himself to contest a ward, in which he ought to have no earthly chance, against a member possessing the qualifications of George H. Lawrence. In the Toxteths the retiring candidates are both of the subservient Whig-radical class, and are opposed by zealous and orthodox Protestant conservatives. Mr. Sheppard, the candidate for South Toxteth, fought last year a drawn battle in the ward ; and we have full assurance that this year, opposed to such a candidate as Mr. John Platt, he will be triumphantly returned by the good men and true of the ward. Mr. Richard Harbord, the conservative candidate for the North ward, is well worthy of the support of that loyal and patriotic constituency, and we trust will not ask their support in vain. The scandalous jobbing of the whig radical party in these two wards is notorious ; and we believe we are not far wrong in anticipating that the day of retribution is at hand. Upon the whole, the personal qualifications of the c onservative candidates may, we think, be fairly tested ag4inst those of their opponents; and if we bear in I d the result of last year's contest, we are fully en titledil to hope for a triumphant result, leaving out of question the reaction which it is well known has taken place amongst the respectable portion of the consti tuency during the intervening period. In nine wards out of the sixteen, the conservatives were successful last year by good majorities ; and in three wards— Everton, Exchange, and South Toxteth—the whig radicals were only returned by the casting votes of the presiding aldermen. In the whole of these twelve wards we anticipate a victory this year for conservative principles; and we believe we may add to these at least two more wards in which the present whip-radi cal candidates will be sent to bestow their talents upon their own private affairs. To secure this gratifying result, one thing only is necessary, an active and persevering effort on the part of the conservative candidates and their friends. Our enemies are active and perfectly alive to the dangers of their position ; they will spare no exertion, hesitate at no fraud, and reject no weapons likely to advance their cause. We are far from advocating a resort on the part of the conservatives to any of these unworthy practices ; but we must impress upon our friends the necessity of counteracting them by continued watch fulness and energy. The present contest, we repeat, is one of overwhelming importance ; and it will be abundantly disgraceful if it is lost by any neglect or cowardice on the part of conservatives. We avail ourselves of the last opportunity which offers itself, prior to the approaching municipal elec tion, for appealing to the conservative electors of Li verpool, and urging upon them the necessity for prompt and energetic measures, in order to secure the return of a majority of conservatives on Monday next. Before we proceed to speculate upon the prospects of the conservatives this year, we shall lay before our readers the final state of the poll in each of the wards for the last four years. In doing so, we shall take the highest number of voters recorded each year in those Wards in which there have been two candidates. The following was the return for 1836 and 1837 FINAL STATE OF THE POLL IN 1836 AND 1837. 1836 Majority. 2837 Maj. WAR DS . C. R. C. C. C. R. C. R. Everton .. Scotland l9B 168 30 0 217 230 0 13 Vauxhall lO7 89 18 0 92 114 0 22 St. Paul's 138 116 22 0 115 163 0 8 Ex c h ange 172 173 0 1 204 193 11 0 C!istle-st reet. St. r, P eter's . . . . . . 192 199 0 7 168 192 0 24 f.ritt-strect 192 151 41 0 208 229 021 G reat Geor ge ~,t3 .wdbey- s t ree t 217 193 24 0 247 261 0 14 Abercromby Lime-street 275 295 0 20 252 328 0 76 St. Anne's West Derby South Toxteth lOO 109 0 9 129 134 0 5 North Toxteth 133 195 0 62 191 232 0 41 ....... .. -.- ... -......... Totals.... 2684 2731 205 252 2946 3093 91 238 Prom this statement it appears that the total number of votes in 1836 was 5415, and in 1837, 6039 ; showing an in crease of 624 votes. The following was the return for the year 1838 : Polled for. Voters. C. R. Everton 705 273 279 Scotland 535 228 195 Vauxhall 3ll 125 103 St. Paul's. Exchange. . Castle-street 674 No contest. St. Peter's. Pitt-street Great George Rodney-street 637 265 274 Abercromby. Lime-street 790 286 348 St. Anne's 487 175 220 'West Derby 470 No contest. South Toxteth . .. 355 102 145 North Toxteth. 693 No contest. Total 8581 2340 2565 On this occasion the conservatives returned six and the radicals ten councillors, whilst the radical gross majority on the polling was 225. In th e year 1839 the contest resulted more favoura bly for the conservatives, as will be seen from the fol lowing statement : CLOSE OF THE POLL IN 1839. Wards. Conservatives. Radicals. Everton.... Mr. F. Shand..... 303 Mr. G. Quayle. .. 304 Scotland ... Mr. R. Houghton.. 232 Mr.H.T.Atkinson 191 • V auxhall... Mr. H. Saudbach.. 110 Mr. T. Chalmer.. 91 St. Paul's.. Mr. J. Barton 178 Mr. J. Deakin . 177 Exchange .. Mr. A. Lace 192 Mr. J. Me110r.... 193 Castle-st... Mr. P. Hope 222 Mr. T. 801t0n.... 245 St. Peter's . Mr. T. F. Roskell . 0 Mr. R. Bright.... 0 Pitt-street.. Mr. J. Bibby.. Gt. George. Mr. T. Robinson Rodney.... Mr. .1. N. Wood 274 Mr. G. L0ch..... 225 Abercromby Mr. C. Bushell 3lB Mr. H. Ripley.... 310 ,Lime-street. Mr. R. Rigby 405 Mr. V. Higgins ...371 St. Anne's.. Mr. R. Jones 192 Mr. J. Mason.... 173 West Derby. Mr. J. Smith 164 Mr. E. James.... 102 S. Toxteth.. Mr. J. Sheppard Ditto .... Mr.T.M.Gladstone 141 Mr. W. M'Kee .. 144 N.TOxtetb.. Mr. R. Harbord 233 Mr. D. Mather .. 257 SUMMARY. Conservatives 9 Radicals Total number of conservatives polled 3342 Do. do. radicals 3148 • Total number of electors polled Total conservative majority 194 Our readers will thus perceive that the conserva tives, with a little more exertion, might have carried twelve or thirteen wards last year ; and as the polling t his year is on the same register, there is no reason why they should rest satisfied with a smaller number t han " a round dozen" at least. We shall feel greatly disappointed if they do not secure a majority in four_ teen of the wards. As so much depends upon the issue of the approach mg election, it may be naturally expected that the ra . d ick' faction will not leave a single expedient untried for the sake of retrieving their recent losses in the re 116ing courts. Bribery and intimidation are among t he most conspicuous weapons to which they have already ha d recourse. But we understand that the plan on which they chiefly rely for. succ ess is that of ~ bottling" the conservative voters, in those wards especially in which the radicals are conscious of their w eakness. The machinery for carrying this notable s cheme i n t o e ffect is already in full operation. I t is, th erefore, incumbent upon us to warn the conservative v oter, lest they should fall into the trap whic h has b een ti so cunningly laid for them. Let them not s uffer th emselves to be called from home on Monday next, ti htil they h a ve previously recorded their votes in fa vour. of the conservative candidates in their seve r al wards. Let them not listen to any idle tales which *day reach them, in order to prevent them from voting In spite, however, of all the trickery and low prac tices to which the radicals may have recourse, we confidently maintain that the conservatives have the battle in their own hands. They have within their reach the elements of certain success. They far out_ number their opponents. The last municipal contest may he adduced as a conclusive proof of the truth of this assertion. All that is necessary is, that they should be true to themselves and to the sacred cause in which they are embarked. It will be a lasting re proach to the conservative electors of Liverpool if they suffer their enemies to steal a march upon them. The magnitude of the interests at stake—the unprincipled manauvres of the enemies of rational liberty—the nefarious conduct of the party that has so long had the ascendancy in the Town Council—and the consciousness of superiority among the elective body, ought to stimulate our conservative friends to redoubled exertions, in order that they may inflict a blow upon the hideous monster, miscalled liberalism, from which, in the town of Liverpool at least, it can have no chance whatever of recovering. To the conservative merchants, in particular, we may say, " Set an example to your humbler brethren, by going to the poll the first thing on Monday morning.". We regret to say that the wealthier classes of conser vatives in this town hare, as yet, been too lukewarm in the good cause. They have not displayed the same alacrity in voting for the conservative candidates as the tradesmen and operatives. The great mass of unrecorded votes, at previous elections, will be found to be those of the wealthier classes. • This ought not to be any longer the case. If there' be a class more imperatively called upon to come forward boldly and unequivocally to place their sentiments on record, in the struggle for municipal ascendancy, it is the mer cantile class, whose interests are so deeply involved in the great questions which have been so long at issue between the "tyrant majority" in the Town Council and the influential classes of the electors. We call upon the merchants to come forward manfully in the approaching contest. Let the electors of Liverpool look at the conduct of the majority of the Town Council on Monday last. Look at the daring and even insulting manner in which these overbearing tyrants urged forwards the warehouse project on that occasion. They well knew that sixteen of their numbers would have to vacate their seats in one short week from that day. They knew, moreover, that there were strong probabilities that the constitution of the next council would be very different from that of the present. They dreaded that a further infusion of conservatism into the council might deprive them of their vaunted majority on the dock warehouse question. Hence their indecent haste to carry their ridiculous scheme into operation, per fus et per nefas. Hence the insolent contempt with which they have treated the electors, whom they have sought to deprive of an opportunity of adjudicating upon the question. Such has been the conduct of those men who have constantly made such loud boasts of their deference to the " popular voice." Once in power, they immediately set that voice at defiance, and laugh to scorn the remonstrances of their constituents. The warehouse project has already caused an expen diture of nearly twenty thousand pounds of the public funds of the town. An expenditure for what purpose ? Merely to augment the patronage, and thereby increase the political power of the whig-radical faction, Are the people of Liverpool prepared to submit to this ? Will the electors pass over unrebuked such a gross and deliberate insult as that which was offered to them on Monday last ? Will they tolerate the rule of men who have set public opinion so utterly at de fiance ? Let them answer these questions at the hust ings on Monday next, and let the answer be one which will strike terror and dismay into the ranks of the pseudo-liberal faction. " A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," ought to be the motto of the conservative electors of Liverpool, while preparing for the contest of next Monday. If they succeed in returning twelve mem bers, there will be a majority of conservatives in the town council before the expiration of 1841. Let this stimulate them to increasing activity. Above all things let them record their votes early in the morning. The evil of delay was never more strongly exhibited than in the case of Castle-Street Ward, last year, when, at the very last moment, a body of conservatives, suffi cient to turn the scale, were waiting round the booth, but whose votes could not be recorded. Let this egregious mistake be avoided in future. Once more we call upon the conservatives of Liverpool to be true to themselves, their country, their Queen, and their God. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. The following letter was quoted at the meeting on Mon day night, in the report, and forcibly commented on by the Rev. F. Ould in his speech. Through want of space we were obliged to omit it in our last publication. In present ing it to the public, we feel sure it will awaken th eir sympa thies towards the benighted poor of the town. It strikingly shews the necessity and utility of the Church Pastoral Aid Society. Every townsman should be acquainted with the fact, that while the society annually expends £0 for our sp i r it ua l improvement, the return made scarcely amounts to £l5O. " To THE REV. C. J • LAWRENCE, SECRETARY TO THE LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY. "My dear Brother,—l much regret I did not know pre vious to Friday you wished for a return of the state of my district, to enable you to form a report for the Liverpool Auxiliary to the Church Pastoral Aid Society. You must, therefore, excuse brevity, and the frequent use of the mono syllable I. The information I purpose giving you shall be arranged under five heads : ulation ; 3 . " 1. The Church of St. S imon ; 2. The pop The morality ; 4. The state of religion ; and 5. The means of doing good, in the district. " 1. The Church of St. Simon is a small building off Dale-street. The pillars of its support, under God, are this society, who allow £lOO per annum to provide a minister, and that friend of God, Mr. Rigby, who collects £9O to pay the rent and expenses. " 2. The population I est i m ate at 5,000 ; the exact amount cannot be told. I have had a census taken of some of the streets, but, on account of the number of lodgers in almost every house, I cannot answer for its correctness. The ma jority of the people are Irish, of the very lowest grade. The following is the return of Peter-street, one of the best streets in the district :-379 adult residents, 250 children ; of the e 379 adults, 29 regularly at tend a place of worship, 31 prof to go occsionally, leavin 319 who never attend the house of God at a all. In this street there are 40 families wthout the Word of God. "3. Of the morality of the district. I cann dp my p ot ien in ink sufficiently dark to give you an idea of the immorality of the people. God's name is fearfully blasphemed, by the old and the young. The Sabbath is sadly neglected. The extent to which drunkenness is carried is beyond conception of The daughter has been known to de p rive her dying father his last shirt, wash it carefully, and then pawn it to obtain drink. If this is the state of mo rals, you will expect to hear but little of vital religion. " 4. Of religion, I regret to say, it is at its lowest ebb The majority of the population, being of the lower order of Irish, are Popish ; and where Popery is, there is ignorance and intolerance. Bigotry and persecution are in every house. My reader has had the clothes torn off his back; the Sabbath school is despised ; the tracts distributed are torn or de faced, and the word of exhortation treated with scorn. Pro testants are only so in name : the churchman, who should be a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kinfdom of heaven,' shews by his evil deeds he has no life in him. Old Protestants are to be found in gross dark ness : one aged couple grounded their expectations of heaven on their prayers, and the saying of grace before their meals; and, when spoken to, added, that if this would not do, a person called weekly and prayed with them. Aged females are to be found despising the Bible—denying a future state. One poor old woman confessed this sad creed in the presence of a party of mourners, who were gathered round the corpse of one suddenly cut off. She spoke with fearful curses, and drove the Word of God from her door. There are children who know nothing of the existence of the soul, nor of heaven or hell—much less of Jesus Christ , the livin g way. But, amidst all this gloom, this moonless moral night, there are instances to cheer the heart. A child goes from the Sabbath school, and reproves with weeping her parent whom she found profaning God's hoy l day. Another child has been known to invite, nay urge, her parent to a ttend c hurch. There is more than one, whose hoary locks proclaim their lengthened years, declari n g the y were in darkness, bu, through attending St. Simon's Church, have come to a knowledge of the truth. There are sick people, who have embraced the offers of mercy I made to them in Chris st' name, and, as they departed , shewed death was their gain. There are careless ones who never entered God's house, but now they love what once they hated. And, though last, not least, there is one who spent forty years in drunkenness , but now he is given to taste a Saviour's love ; and his testi mony is, that he knows faith to be not merely the assent of the understanding, but the confidence of the heart reposing in Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit. "5. Of my means of doing good. 1 have to lament the want of daily schools, having merely a Sabbath school, where the attendance averages 110 children. I derive much hel p from a band of y oung men who distribute tracts, invite chil dren to school, and search for sick persons : these young men assemble twi c e on the Sabbath, to implore a blessing on the congregation and unworthy minister of their church. Through the liberality. of our ever-generous merchants, I have been enabled to employ a Scripture reader at a salary of £5O per annum. His whole time is spent in the district, reading God's holy word from house to house. His assist ance is of the utmost value to me ; and being a young man of known piety, I have no doubt of his being the means of doini; much good. " Duly considering all these things, I feel I have great cause for thankfulness —encouragements preponderate ; and in submitting this report of my little district, I sincerely hope the town of Liverpool will so assist the society, that the liberality and benefits it has reaped may be extended to other large towns, and continued to it. Believe me to be, in much haste, " Faithfully yours in Christ, J. R. CONNOR, " Minister of St. Simon's, Liverpool. " Monday, Oct. 26th, 1840." The Irish representative bishops for the session of 1841 are—the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishop of Killalee and Clonfert, the Bishop of Kilmore, and the Bishop of Clogher. " THE LIBERAL TRIAD." " Popery on the one side, and infidelity on the other, having im bibed fresh vigour from a plausible liberalism, have united in their efforts to undermine the nation's strength, by tearing up, root and branch, its Protestant institutions ln this unholy warfare they are actively assisted by a third party, who style them selves " voluntaries," and who lay claim to a more than ordinary degree of piety and worth."—ADDßEss TO THE LIVERPOOL YOUNG MEN'S ESTABLISHED CHURCH SOCIETY. Go—fraternize with Christ-less Christians—ye Who hold, in faith, our Lord's divinity ; Embrace idolaters—Rome's slavish crews — Strengthen their purposes, promote their views ; The Bible desecrate ; with party zest Reject two-thirds, and mutilate the rest: Then vow " the Scriptures" in your schools are taught, Your " course selective" with religion fraught ; The surest guide to Heav'n for lost mankind, Failh—Popery—infidelity—combin'd. DELTA. EPITAPH ON AN INFANT. (From " Genius, and other Poems, by William Harper," • just published.) He who little children blest, Took thee in his arms to rest ; Infant, as a starry ray, Seen a moment, pass'd away ! LAUNCH OF AN IRON VESSEL.—An iron schooner, the " Cayman," of about 60 tons measurement, was launched yesterday from Mr. John Laird's yard, North Birkenhead. She belongs to Cottingham Moss, Esq., and is intended, we understand, for the West Indies. The " Cayman" is the first iron vessel, we believe, that has been coated with Wall's patent preparation, for preventing oxidation and fouling,—and should it be found to answer the purpose, there is no doubt it will materially extend the application of iron for shipbuilding and other purposes. LIVERPOOL FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY.—On the even ing of Tuesday, this excellent society gave its ninth public performance. The oratorio of Samson was performed , Mr. Geo. Holden officiated as conductor, Mr. Maybrick presid ing at the organ, and Mr. Elliot leading the band. The principal vocalists were Miss Leach, Miss Stott, and Messrs. Lunt, Ball, Stott, Earnshaw, Davies, G. Lunt, and An drews, allot whom elicited warm tokens of approbation, by the style in which they gave the several pieces allotted to them. Of the choristers it is impossible to speak too highly. They are perfect in all that renders choruses excellent, and it must be gratifying to those who have encouraged this so ciety, as well as to the talented individuals who preside over its arrangements, to see such a perfection of discipline in this department. The members of the band performed the parts allotted to thent with much spirit and precision. With the exception of the trumpet accompaniment, to " Let the bright seraphim," which was a failure, the entire perform ances gave general pleasure to the numerous auditory. The Music-hall, on this occasion, appeared in an entire new dress, the interior having been recently much improved by a coat of paper on the walls, another of whitewash on the ceil ing, and sundry slight embellishments, which conduce much to increase the comfortable aspect of the place. The most conspicuous additional feature, however, is the organ, which has been erected at the upper end of the room, surmounting the orchestra. This, we believe, is the same instrument that was formerly in the Music-hall, ere that change took place by which its first proportions were destroyed. IMPROVED LIFE-BUOY BOAT.—There is now on board the Mediterranean steam-ship " Oriental" a life-buoy or ra ther small boat, on a new and admirable construction, by Mr. M'Ardle, the principal carpenter of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-ship Company. It is nine feet in length and three in breadth ; and is pointed at both ends, but differs in the form of the bottom from ordinary boats, the bilges being so constructed, for additional buoyancy and steadiness in a sea-way, that the fall down from the keel is of a rounded shape below the depth of the keel. A midship's sectioi , of the bottom would form two inverted arches or segments of circles with the keel runnini , between them. Over about half the depth of the boat is thrown a platform or deck, with scupper holes at the sides. Under this platform there is a copper tank occupying the whole cavity and made water tight. Above there are also two smaller tanks or air cham bers. Life-lines are attached, and two small paddles pro vided. There is an iron false-keel, and in whatever manner the boat be dropped into the water it will rise to the surface gunwales up, and discharge from the platform any water that may have been taken in by its submersion. The buoyancy is such that one man may safely sit in, or two may safely lie down in it, and be borne dry on the waves, and upwards of a dozen persons who might be in the water, might hold on by it and be saved from drowning until assistance was given. The superiority of this invention to any of the life-buoys we have seen is quite obvious. It is exceedingly difficult for a man to hold on any considerable length of time in a sea-way by any of them, owing to their uneasy motion, and the gene ral impossibility of mounting" upon them so as to obtain rest. Mr. M'Ardle's life-buoy-boat (for so we shall call it) supplies this last desideratum, even to two parties. It is easily let go from the stern of the ship, and as it is of coin paratively small bulk and light weight, we doubt not it will become a general appendage in our line and ocean steam ships. A BEAUTIFUL NEW SCHOONER.—There is now lying on the east side of the King's Dock, a beautiful new Jersey built clipper schooner, called " The Apparition,"—though she is in verity no " ghost" of a vessel, being in every point most " substantial." She is of about 139 tons burthen, was built by Mr. Clarke of Jersey, and owned by Captain Alex ander of that island, who has another vessel of the same size and model on the stocks at the same place. The model of " The Apparition" is very beautiful, and the manner in which she is finished throughout, with every possible im provement and adaptation in hull and rigging for a vessel of her class, has created much admiration amongst practical men. She made the voyage from Jersey to this port in 52 hours—bringing a cargo of apples, vinegar, and wine. She is commanded by Captain Gruchy, and is, we learn, about to proceed to Maracaibo, on the northern coast of South Ame rica, whence she will return hither with a valuable cargo. SACRILEGE.—On Tuesday night the church of St. Luke's, Cheetham-hill, was forcibly entered by thieves, who took the lead from one of the windows, and thus made passage for themselves into the body of the church. Their object evi dently was to steal the communion plate, as they attempted to force open au iron safe in which they supposed it was kept, but this safe was secured by one of Chubb's patent locks, which resisted all their efforts, and the only booty they obtained was a screwdriver and some small keys. — Manchester Chronicle. LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY.—The committee of this society met on Tuesday at the underwriters' committee-room, and voted various sums to different indi viduals instrumental in saving persons from being drowned. The cutter which fired on the South America packet-ship on Friday last, off Kinsale, and subsequently brought to the Limena, a British brig, proves to be one of her majesty's re venue cruisers. She sent her boat on board the Limena, which arrived here on Monday from Nassau, having previ ously fired a blank cartridge from a musket only, in conse quence of the colours of the Limena not having been ex hibited. The cutter, it appears, had her revenue flag and pennant flying at the time she fired on the South America, whose colours were not hoisted as they ought to have been. — Mail. LIST OF PASSENGN:RS BY THE STEAM-PACKET ORIENTAL. For Malta :—Mrs. Bourchier, Miss Bourchier, Mr. le Me surier, Col. Lambert, Dr. Fox, Mrs. Fox, Miss Fox, four children, and two servants ; Mr. Mackenzie, Mrs. Mackenzie, Rev. Mr. Fisher, Miss Pendrill, one child, and one servant; Lady Hampson, two Misses Hampson, Master Hampson, and three servants; Mr. Miller, Miss Miller, Mr. C. Baring, two children, and two servants ; Hon. Mr. Hope, Miss Wedderburne and two servants, Major Woodhouse, Mrs. Woodhouse, M. Zulueta, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Ker, Miss Ker, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Gerstmann, Mr. J. Baring, Mr. Nash, Dr. Dawson, Mrs. Dawson, Dr. Davie, Dr. Robertson, Major Taylor, Miss Taylor and servant, Mr. Burrill, Mr. Landell, Lieut. Fitzjames, Commissary-Gen. Shepherd. For Alexandria :—Mr. Teil, Mrs. Teil, Mr. T. Teil, Miss Warby, Mr. G. Arbuthnot, jun., Mr. J. de M. Arbuthnot, Mr. Cadell, Mr. Crozier, Mr. Thornhill, Mr. Learn. Uncertain :—Mr. Gordon, Mrs. Gordon, Dr. Craw ford and servant, Gen. Corealis, Miss Corealis, and servant. On board the " Great Liverpool," Off Malta, 10th Oct. 1840. CAPTAIN ENGLEDUE. DEAR SIR,—We, the undersigned passengers on board the steamer " Great Liverpool," cannot separate at this place without conveying to you our warmest acknowledgments for the kindness and attention that has marked your conduct to us during our voyage; and as a further testimony of our regard, we beg your acceptance of a piece of plate, which we shall take the earliest opportunity of having presented to you. —Wishing you every success and happiness, We remain, dear sir, yours very truly, EDWARD LYON, D. B. SMITH, M. H. BROWNRIGG, M. WILBRAHAM, W. RAMSAY, M. A. SOUTHWOOD, M. W. COWPER, H. H. WITHERS, J. BARON, ROBT. SMITH, FRANCES J. JAMESON, CHARLES HAGART, ISABEL KENNEDY, HELENA H• WILCOX, GEO. WYNNE, J. S. DAVENPORT, R. DINWIDDIE, H. PEARSON, T. LOCKHART. On board the " Great Liverpool." Malta, 11th Oct, 1840. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—I can assure you that it was with feelings of inexpressible pleasure that I received your kind and flattering letter this morning, and also your very handsome present of plate. It is highly gratifying to me to learn that I have contri buted so much to your comforts during the voyage, and I assure you that it will at all times be my ambition to merit the same favourable opinion of those passengers who may for the future honour me with their company. I remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours very sincerely, (Signed) besides lAn G large D R A n U u G m H b T O e ro F f pFisiketiaEnsd. J. R. ENGLEDUE. FISHES. — Three ;thousand e :t r hsa e o r u ece n n d tly br t e a a k m en , at one draught, from" Whiteman's Cam," a noble piece of water in Knowsley-park. Lord Stanley, the Hon. Capt. Stanley, and a number of friends, were present on this occa sion. NEW MAGISTRATES.—On Monday last, at the Salford Hundred Quarter Sessions at the New Bailey, C. J. Derby shire, Esq., late mayor of Bolton, and John Harrop, Esq., of Ashton-under-Lyne, qualified and took the oaths as ma gistrates for the county palatine of Lancaster. THE PORT OF MANCHESTER !—Under this novel title, for " the metropolis of manufactures," we announced on Wed nesday last, that a vessel had arrived here, direct from Dub lin, with a cargo of potatoes, and was discharging at the Old Quay Company's wharf. We have now to add that this ves sel, the Mary, Capt. John Hill, having discharged her cargo, will, it is expected, " clear " and sail this day for Dublin, with a cargo of coals from the colliery of Mr. Fitzgerald of Pendleton. The next freight of the Mary, on her voyage from Dublin to Manchester, will, we believe, consist of another article of provisions,—meal; a cargo of which she is to bring for Messrs. John and Samuel Barratt and Co., corn mer chants, of this town. Such are probably the small begin nings of Manchester's future greatness, as one of the ports of the united kingdom.—Manchester Guardian. THEATRE ROYAL.—The benefits at this theatre are draw ing to a close. On Wednesday, Mr. Lynne, in taking his, se lected " The Hunchback" as part of the evening's enter tainment—the beneficiaire appearing as Master Walter. Having seen Mr. Lynne in only second and third rate cha racters, we must say that we were most agreeably d-hsurprised as well as pleased with his impersonation, of earted Hunchback. It was graceful and natural, full of true feel ing and dignity, and may rank amongst the best Master Waite' sof the day. The scene in the costly done, palace an of the Earl of Rochdale with Julia, was admirably d by the earnest attention paid by the audience, it was clear that the actor's powers were appreciat oo " d. ed, as They the Amateur deserved " to Miss Faucit's Julia was very g be .w performed the part of Sir Thomas weltCford, went through the part respectably—for an amateur may say, well. Mr. Charles Kean appears on Monday. BITUMEN PAVEMENTS.—The use of bitumen, as a pave ment, being now very generally adopted, it is a great deside ratum that cheapness as well as quality should be attended to. From what we have understood, the pavement of the Parisian Bitumen Company combines both these essentials ; and from experiments lately made in London and Birming ham we believe that their bitumen only requires to be known to be most extensively adopted. In referring to the adver tisement, it will be seen that a gentleman connected with the company is at present in Liverpool, who will, no doubt, be able to satisfy all inquiry. MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVE BURGESSES OF SCOTLAND WARD. The Conservative burgesses of Scotland ward held a public meeting on Wednesday evening, at Mrs. Muskers, in Bur lington-street, for the purpose of meeting Mr. Thomas Mur ray Gladstone, and for taking measures to secure his return to the council at the municipal election on Monday next. On the motion of Mr. ISAAC HoLmEs, seconded by Mr. HILL, Mr. HENRY TAYLOR was called to the chair, and he opened the proceedings with a few appropriate observations. Mr. BIRKETT rose to move the first resolution. It was not his duty he said to introduce a new candidate, but to call upon the conservative burgesses for an expression of their sense of the services of their two conservative representatives. When they considered the assiduity with which those mem bers had attended to their duties, and the zeal and industry they had brought into exercise, he was sure the meeting would would not hesitate to pass the following resolution—" That the thanks of this meeting are due to the conservative mem bers of this ward for their votes and exertions in the council, in endeavouring to promote the interests and welfare of the town." (Applause.) He trusted he should not be consi dered as travelling out of the record, if he expressed a hope that, although two and one now only made one in the coun cil, the conservative burgesses would show, that after Monday next two and one made three. (Cheers.) Mr. HILL seconded the motion, and it was unanimously carried. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES returned thanks on behalf of himself and of his colleague, Mr. Houghton. Two years had now passed since he had been introduced to the notice of the conservative burgesses of Scotland ward. At that time they had but a very few days to secure his return, but they ac complished the object effectually and most triumphantly. They had now before them as a candidate, a gentleman of talents superior to his, one who was well known to the town, and who would do honour to their choice if they returned him. (Cheers..) When he (Mr. Holmes) first came for ward in this ward, the radicals boasted that he had not the least chance of success, but to their cost they found that they had counted without their host; they were then shown that Conservative principles were triumphant in Scotland ward, and he trusted that at the ensuing election they would again find that this ward was truly conservative. (Cheers.) They were told at that time by Mr. Blackburn, whose i..rotogC Mr. Lacon was, "that the principles of reform must be vindicated in Scotland ward, fora person had most auda ciously come forward to oose these principles." The pp principle of reform, he s a id, was then at stake. The princi ple of deception was undoubtedly at stake, but a far better principle—one that was good in practice—was triumph. ant—(hear, hear)—and he had every reason to expect that it would be triumphant again. (Cheers. After some further observations upon the proceedings of the radical faction, in the course of which several leading members thereof received a severe castigation, Mr. Holmes concluded by an energetic call upon the burgesses to spare no effort to secure the re turn of Mr. Gladstone. Mr. J. N. HOLME, after expressing his conviction that Mr. Gladstone would be returned, not by a majority of forty as was Mr. Houghton, but with one of fifty, moved the second resolution—" That this meeting, considering that the interest of this ward would be promoted by the return of Mr. Murray Gladstone, presents its sincere thanks to that gentleman for coming forward as a candidate at the next election." (Cheers) Mr. TISDALE, in seconding the motion, said, that in all elections it was absolutely necessary for the burgesses to come forward early. If they adopted this advice, they would be able to take the lead at first, keep it, and win. (Cheers.) Mr. SIMPSON said he could bear his testimony to the qualifications of Mr. Gladstone for a member of the town council, having had him as a colleague on a public board of some importance. The burgesses c( uld not have selected a better man for zeal, talent, and honesty. (Loud cheers.) Mr. GLADSTONE was then called for, and his appearance elicited deafening applause. He should be unfeeling indeed, he said, if he were not perfectly sensible of the kindness with which his humble name had been received, and he wished he had words to express his thanks for the compliment which had been paid him. He feared the eulogiums which had just been passed on him were far beyond his deserts, but he should endeavour, if he should have the good fortune to be placed in a position of trial, to realise, by his best exertions, the full extent of those eulogiums. (Hear, and cheers.) They were now on the eve of a great and glorious trial ; and now that they had put their shoulders to the wheel, they ought not to draw back. If they did their duty individually and collec tively he had no doubt but the evening of Monday next would be an evening of rejoicing, and he could assure them that if he should have the honour to be their representative, he should feel that he occupied a most gratifying position. (Renewed cheers.) He was glad to find that the nature and results of his canvass as far as it had been undertaken, were highly encouraging. (Hear.) He had been himself in some districts, and had met with the warmest reception. (Hear.) He had been well received even by those opposed to him — (hear)—he would not call them enemies, because he hoped he had no enemies. (Bear, hear.) He trusted that whether the election should be successful or unsuccessful to him in the result, he should have made no enemies, for he had none but feelings of the greatest kindness towards all, and those feelings he trusted he should ever preserve. (Hear.) While on the subject of canvassing, he begged to avail him self of that opportunity to express his opinions thereon, be cause it appeared that some individuals who had been loudest in their professions of attachment to the cause of reform and retrenchment, and all those panaceas which were to do so much service, were above soliciting the votes of the electors. (Hear, bear.) Now he wished to express his opinions on this point distinctly, in order that the burgesses might know the motives which he had in going round to solicit their suffrages. (Cheers.) He had nothing to conceal; he had no private interest to serve ; he had no object to promote, but the public good. He was not ashamed, therefore, to go to every man in the ward, and express his opinions clearly and fully, in order that the burgesses might be satisfied whether he was qualified to become their repre sentative. (Cheers.) Unless they were, he for one would not consent to become their representative at all. (Cheers.) It was an old saving, but nevertheless true, that the man who would put burdens on others should be ready to bear these burdens himself. (Hear.) He considered that was a part of the sacred trust of a representative, but there were others who would not make themselves acquainted with those bur dens. Such, he thought, had no answer at all. Having now given this answer, which he hoped would be found satisfac tory, he trusted he should be able to pay a personal visit to all the burgesses of the ward prior to the day of election. (Hear, hear.) Since he had the honour of e essing the electors in that room before, we had had an exhioition in this town as unconstitutional as it could well be, in consequence of the nature of the municipal reform act. lie alluded to the revision court. (Hear, hear.) The electors of 1840, how had they been disfranchised ? By the lowest of paupers being placed on the burgess list, by two men who were em ployed to sign objections promiscuously, and without reason. (Hear.) If he might invoke the shades of Pitt, and Fox, and Canning, and Huskisson, and if the spirits of those dis tinguished men could look down upon some of the proceed ings 9f the present day, it would be with feelings of shame. How different were the ingredients of which our courts of justice were formerly composed ! (Hear.) Then the judge was impartial, the principles by which the court was governed independent, and the jury impartial ; but in this case we had a judge who was a most active partizan, and the jury were also partizans ; and whereas the principle heretofore was, that a man should be considered innocent until he was found guilty, the principle now was, that a man should be consi dered guilty till he had proved his innocence. (Cheers.) That was the constitution of the revision court. The very materials had the elements of dissolution in themselves ; (cheers) —he believed they were constituted by designing men ; they were produced in deformity, and they ought to be consigned to the evil on e . (Cheers.) The next point de serving of attention was the important measures which affect the town, and which ought to be the leading principles by which to judge of the fitness of any candidate. The first of these points was the question of education, and the second the improvements in the dock estate and town at large. With respect to the former, he looked at it thus—he dissented most distinctly and decidedly from the system of education pur sued in the corporation schools. (Vehement applause.) They told the people the Bible was to be found in those schools ' • but how was it to b e f oun d there? Why, it was on the desks, it might be read as an infidel would read a romance ; but were the precepts and practices declared in the Bible the first principle in which the children were instructed ? Cer tainly not ; and consequently, what the conservatives wanted was, not that it should be there as a fable or an interdicted work, but that the very first principle should be to make the c hildren acquainted with thei r Bibles. (Loud cheers.) What did that book teach us but our duty to God, to our king, our country, and our neighbour ? (Hear.) What higher ground could we take than that in this book? (Hear.) He cared not where they sought for their moral theology, so long as that book which contained the sentiments of our Saviour, where he says, " Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven," was the fundamental principle of their instruction. He repeated it, that this was the first lesson that should be taught to the masters of the schools, and that the instruction thus emana ting from that source should be the instruction given to the children. (Applause.) Lord Stanley the other day clearly put the question. He said that in the course to be pursued by churchmen there could be no mistake, because, as he justly observed, the church is Christian, she draws her rules of faith and love from the Bible, and, consequently , only one course can be taken by churchmen, namely, that they should support that education which inculcated those sentiments which she held in the highest veneration. Hear, and cheers.) He (Mr. Gladstone) fully and cordially agreed with this sen timent, and he would further say lie could not consider that this system of educatton would give satisfaction to any class. Although it might conciliate the infidel, the Socinian, and the atheist, when we found that only one man among the clergy of Liverpool could be a Judas and receive his reward, not only his (Mr. Gladstone's) conviction supported him, but he was supported by the argument, the learning, and the dis tinguished of the world. (Cheers.) The next point to which he would refer was the warehouse question, and the improve ment of the town. (Hear, hear.) From the nature of the dock trust and its strong bonds and connection with the cor poration—an union as extraordinary as any union could be — indeed they were joined by closer ties than were man and wife—it was impossible to divorce them ; but, at the same time, as it was a natural connection, he thought the conser vatives could not watch too closely the great grasp of power by a popular body such as this, lest it should increase to such a degree that no individual would be safe in his own in terests. He was aware that private interests must give way proposition that no one could deny; but if hefound that that which was assumed to be done fur the public good was done for the sake of obtaining patronage and power, and that the power was being bound more strongly in their hands than by bonds of iron, he would cons id er it high time that those bonds should be slackened ; that the de tail and management of those great trusts should be taken out of their hands, and that a more controlling influence should be placed over those estates. He had stated, at a former meeting, that a purchase of land from the corporation by the dock trust was merely taking money out of the right hand pocket and putting it into the left : it was taking from the estate of the burgesses to add to the estate of the bond holders, at a price not more than half the value of the land, if offered to public competition. It was for the meeting to consider whether persons holding his (Mr. Gladstone's) principles were fit to represent them in the council. He used no clap-traps ; he did not cry out for liberality ; he did not go into matters out of his line ; he did not try to persuade them by smooth words, but by facts, and he was sure he was not mistaken in the judgment of English men. He had referred before to modern legislation ; but if he went from local politics, it was no matter of surprise to find the members of the House of Commons defending illegal privileges ; and to find that intrigue in the court had pros trated that flower of beauty and innocence, Lady Flora Hastings ; that Sir James Clark was still retained within the precincts of the palace. and that Lord Melbourne—but of him he would say nothing. (A voice, " Oh, we k n ow him too well ourselves.") He did not wonder, therefore, that these crudities in the reform bill should appear, when we found the heads of the people acting in so extraordinary a manner, both in the highest circles, and in the house of the repre sentatives of the people. His friend, Mr. Isaac Holmes, whose experience in the conned was considerable, would tell them more of the proceedings of that body than he could pretend to do. But they all saw enough in the newspaper reports to convince them that reform and retrenchment were vastly different from what they had been led to expect. There they saw language used which was unfit for gentlemany ears, and that econcomy was altogether avoided. He trusted that their exertions this year and the next would enable them to be in a position to choose the aldermen ; and he could as sure them, that he would, if returned, have nothing to guide him in his selection on that occasion but the qualifications of the respective parties. He thanked them for the patience with whieh they had heard him, and he had only to add, that if any questions were no w asked him, he wo u ld b e rea dy to answer it. Mr. Gladstone then resumed his seat amidst loud cheering. Mr. MORRIS proposed the next resolution—" That every every exertion should be used to insure Mr. Gladstone's success on the 2d of November." Mr. HILL seconded the proposition, and informed the meeting that a certain attorney, whose name was in his pos session, went into an elector's house that day, and made use of the following threat :—" Unless you vote for Mr. Thorn hill you must pay the amount of your bill to me before three o'clock this afternoon, or else I shall have you arrested." (Groans.) The bill was for £25 ss. The man's wife paid the money, and got a stamped receipt for it the same after noon. He mentioned this to show how necessary it was to watch their opponents. Mr. DAviEs, in a short speech, urged the burgesses to be early at their posts on Monday, and victory would be theirs. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE. seconded by Mr. ISAAC HOLMES, the chairman was presented with a vote of thanks and the meeting then separated. LIVERPOOL QUARTER SESSIONS.-TUESDAY. COUNTERFEIT IRISH COIN. James Howard, 27, was charged with having unlawfully had in his possession, 460 pieces of false and counterfeit coin, resembling, or apparently intended to resemble, or pass for, the Queen's current copper coin, called pennies ; and 270 pieces of false and counterfeit coin, resembling, or apparently intended to resemble, and pass for, the Queen's current cop per coin, called halfpennies, well knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, and with the intent to utter and put off the same. Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Henderson conducted the prose cution and Mr. Venables the defence. It appeared, that on the 2d September ult., police-officer 395 saw the prisoner leaving one of the City of Dublin COM pany's steam-packets. He was then attended by a young man who carried his box. Observing that the box appeared un usually heavy, he accosted the prisoner, and asked him if it belonged to him. He replied in the affirmative. The officer asked him what it contained. He said it contained his clothes. As the box was small, and, as before observed, ex ceedingly heavy, the officer was somewhat suspicions, and re quested to see the inside of it. The prisoner immediately took out the key and opened the box, when there appeared some clothes and a few pence in good copper. The sagacious officer, however, seeing that the few clothes exposed to view did not account for the weight of the box, gauged it with his stick, and found that the outside was some inches deeper than the inside. He then requested the prisoner to accompany him to the police-office. Arrived there, he asked the prisoner if he had anything in his box besides clothes ? He said, no thing but about eighteen pence in copper. The officer, con vinced that this could not be the fact, turned out the clothes. The inside then appeared fair and smooth, papered through out. On tearing away the paper, a board was discovered, which formed a false bottom. This was removed, when there appeared a number of paper parcels, which, on examination, were found to contain base copper, made up in sums of 5s an d lOs each. The quantity would have amounted to about £4 or £5, supposing it to have been good. Mr. Powell, the inspector of coins for the mint, stated that the pennies in question were base. They were made of pot metal. The difference in sale and value together between these and good pennies was about lid in every pound of avoirdupois. It was stated that the gain in the transaction would have been 19s lid; and as the prisoner was presumed to be frequently passing between this country and Ireland, his profit on this sort of exchange might be very considerable. The defence set up was, that the prisoner was a baker of buns, and had sold his commodities at Donnybrook fair, where he took the copper, and had merely packed it in this false bottom for safety. A boy from Dublin was called, who stated that he had advised the prisoner to put a false bottom in the box. Witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner a good character. The RECORDER passed sentence of two months' imprison ment. WEDNESDAY. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. James Latham was put to the bar, charged with having feloniously embezzled and secreted the several sums of £49 55., £6B, and £lB 45., which he had received and taken into his possession, for and on account of Messrs. Henry Lovett and Richard Taylor, his masters. Mr. Lovett having deposed to the fact of the embezzle ment, he was submitted to a severe cross-examination by Mr. Murphy, as to whether he had not negotiated with the prisoner, that if the latter gave security for the money the prosecution would be dropped. He admitted, at first, that something of the kind had been in contemplation between them for three weeks, and that in letters which passed be tween himself and his partner, Mr. Taylor, lie stated the prisoner had offered terms, but that he had not decided whe ther they should or should not be accepted. He ultimately admitted, that if he could have got security for the money, no prosecution would have taken place. Mr. MURPHY here applied to the court to quash the pro secution under the circumstances admitted. The RECORDER was of opinion that it ought to be quashed. Mr. VENABLES, with warmth, contended that the trial could proceed. Mr. MURPHY said that it was only trifling with the time of the court to contend for anything of the kind. Mr. VENABLES replied that he was not in the habit of trifling with the time of the court, but especially in such a case as the present it was the furthest from his intention. The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. • PRESENTMENT AND DISCHARGE OF THE GRAND JURY. The following presentment of the grand jury was here read by the clerk of the emu t : " The district surveyor having brought before the notice of the grand jury the dangerous state of certain premises situ ated at the corner of Cases-street, in Ranelagh-street, inha bited or tenanted by Peter Woodworth, John Rowman Jones, and E. and A. Lewis, also, premises 73, Paradise-street, in the occupancy of George Kenrick ; and the grand jury, hay. ing deputed two of their number to inspect the buildings and report, and having had before them the district surveyor and the town surveyor, do, on such inquiry, consider the pre mises in an unsafe condition. "The grand jury feel it their duty to express the satisfac tion they have received from the clear manner with which the police have on every occasion delivered their testimony, and the evidence of activity they have exhibited in detecting crime ; and, in conclusion, the jury wish to impress on the attention of the proper authorities the necessity of amending the condition of many of the public streets and highways, as well as following up, by all legal means, the abatement cf public nuisances." The Learned RECORDER then said that the grand jury had performed their duty with great vigilance ; that the public were greatly indebted to them for their attention ; and that he felt happy in being then able to discharge them. The grand jury hereupon bowed and retired. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. John Roberts stood charged with having assaulted and fe loniously stolen a gold watch-guard and gold key, the pro perty of Thomas Wardle, from his person. Mr. Wardle, attorney, stated that he lived in Islington ; remembers going home about half-past nine o'clock in Septem ber last; when he got to the top of Shaw's-brow, he heard a man following him, and received a dreadful blow on the back of the neck, and, at the same time, a trip, which tumbled him into the middle of the street ; felt a tug, and soon dis covered that, while his watch was left, the guard, chain, and key were gone ; several persons surrounded him, but lie could not identify the prisoner ; subsequently received back the ar ticles stolen. Thomas Croskell examined.—Saw the prisoner strike Mr. Wardle, and run up Mill place ; saw two persons follow and bring him back. John Edwards examined.—ls a stonemason; saw Mr. Wardle fall ; heard him cry out that he had been robbed of his watch ; witness followed the prisoner to the bottom of Hunter-street, where he was seized by a policeman, but no thing was found on his person. James Glover recollects his little boy bringing him Mr. Wardle's watch-guard and key on the morning after the oc currence, which he found in the middle of Hunter-street, in the dirt. The prisoner was immediately convicted, and sentenced to be transported for the term of his natural life. YESTERDAY. UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF FELONY. Joseph Crouch, a respectable-looking man, was indicted, having possessed himself of his books of account as a trades man, with a felonious intent, after he had made an assignment of his estate and effects. Mr. James was counsel for the prosecution,—Mr. Cornth waite, attorney ; Mr. Venables defended the prisoner, attor ney, Mr. Toulinin.. _ _ Mr. JAMES stated the case to the jury, and called CHARLES PEMBERTON, who being sworn, said :—I am managing clerk to Mr. Cornthwaite, solicitor. I attended the meeting at the prisoner's small-ware shop and house on the 23rd inst. It was convened by himself, and for the pur pose of making an arrangement with his creditors, An in vestigation of his affairs took place. A deed was drawn out, and executed by the prisoner. 1 am the attesting witness to that deed, and I saw him sign it. (The witness here pro duced the deed, but it was not then read, and Mr. Venables claimed his right of cross-examination on the points spoken to.) Cross-examined by Mr. VENABLES.—I am paid by Mr. Cornthwaite by a salary. I took the deed to the meeting in blank. I received no directions from the prisoner as to the manner of drawing it up. I brought it ready prepared. I did not furnish a copy of the deed to Mr. Crouch, nor did I tell him of it. Two hours had elapsed at the meeting before I produced the deed. During those two hours, Mr. Crouch was under strict examination by the meeting. No one gave me directions to produce the deed, but I produced it. It was prepared by Mr. Cornthwaite, or at least (said the wit ness after severe cross-examination) at his office. Mr. Cornthwaite (continued the witness in reply) was not cog nizant of the deed. He had not seen it. I told him of it immediately after the meeting had taken place. I told him after I came from the meeting. Mr. Hetherington attended on behalf of the prisoner. Several of the principal creditors were there, including the assignees. I gave the deed to Mr. Hetherington to read. The prisoner signed it, but not under an agreement that the creditors should also sign it. I believe (said the witness hesitating 50111 e time) that I took the deed up, and told the assignees not to sign it. No individual took up a pen and was about to sign it, that I saw. The assignees were Mr. Lilwell, Mr. Morrison, Mr. Alanson, and Mr' Walker. A docket has been struck against the prisoner, and the ground or act of bankruptcy was that assignment. Re-examined by Mr. James for the prosecution.—Mr. Hetherington was acting there on behalf of the prisoner. I attended at the instance of the heaviest creditor. I handed the deed to Mr. Hetherington. He said there was nothing but what was straightforward in it. I have been employed 15 years in a solicitor's office. It is not usual to consnit the principal in such an affair on all occasions. I am managing clerk, and can originate such matters myself. The deed is an assignment of the prisoner's stock in trade, his books and book debts. It is a single deed of assignment to trustees. The prisoner lived in a house attached to the small-ware shop, and had access to the latter. Books of account were produced at the meeting by the prisoner. There was a day book, ledger, and cash-book. They were given up to Mr. Lilwall, one of the assignees, in a white paper parcel, and Mr. Alanson, another trustee, took possession of them. He took them away from the small-ware shop. I saw the assignees take possession of the books. A person was left in possession of the small-ware shop, appointed by the as signees. On the following day, at night, Mr. Walker and Mr. Alanson came to me; and I accompanied them to the prisoner's house. I asked him what he had done with his books of trade as I understood he had carried them away. He made no answer. Mr. Walker then demanded them from him, and he refused to give them up. I asked him in whose hands they were , and he said they were in the hands of Mr. Toulmin, his attorney. Mr. Walker went for a police-officer, and he was apprehended. Cross-examined by Mr. Venables.—l did not advise the assignees to send for a police-officer. I took such part in the conversation as shewed that the deed was executed and the books taken away. The creditors were met to sign the decd. court, to t li o ur th po e rt efr of ec t t he th d a e t ed th wa e p s ri t s h o e n n er read con b v y the eyed c h l i e s rk of the stock in trade, both as hosier, small-ware dealer, and his debts, bonds, bills, &c. &c., all his estates and effects, to the assignees ; considerationand h a t tlies same whiche s d e b s h e sold u ld bteo released. the best e s A advantage—in clause w was to the effect, that if all the creditors should :not sign the deed within on e week, t h h e a d t e n e o d s i a s le d s a h te o d ul o d etat.k2e3pdl, d acaen is the . Cross-examined.— T act of bankruptcy on which the fiat is grounded. The fiat is dated on Monday last the 26th, and the bill was found by the grand jury on the following day. The fiat was found before the bill went to the grand jury. (Witness repeated the names of the assignees.) There was a provisional assigneee. I am not aware that the property would vest in the assignees from the date of the fiat. Mr. VENABLES said—Then, sir e for your future informa tion and guidance, I now inform you that such is the law. (Laughter.) When did you sue for the fiat - ? Wait before the books were taken ? Witness.—l sent for it before the prisoner stole the books. Mr. VEN ABLES.—You are a pretty witness to use such an expression ! What business have you to presume that the prisoner stole the books? Cross-examination continued.—l sent for it before I took Mr. Crouch before Mr. Rushton. The prisoner was not empowered to conduct the business of the shop after the meeting. The parties put into the shop were to buy and sell in the name of the trustees, not of Mr. Crouch. I sent for the fiat on Saturday night at ten o'clock. I dont knoW whe ther the prisoner could or could not have procured bail on Sunday. I don't know that there is not a morning train to London on the Sunday morning. I received the docket on Tuesday. I sent for the fiat on Saturday, went before the magistrates and preferred a charge of felony against the pri soner on Monday, and received the fiat on Tuesday ! The prisoner told me at once, when I asked him, that the books were in the hands of Mr. Toulmin, his attorney. I knew Mr. Toulmin. I served him 14 years. Mr. VENABLES.—Were you discharged from his service ? Witness.—l walked out. Mr. VENABLES here put it to the court whether there was anything like felony proved against the prisoner. He con sidered the charge most unfounded. The REcottnEn. said that the case, if tenable at all, ap peared to be cognizable only to the civil law. He was of opinion that it did not call for a prosecution for felony. The jury expressed their concurrence ; a verdict of not guilty was taken, and the prisoner was immediately dis charged from the dock. Mr. VENABLES remarked that he had never known a more slanderous' prosecution, and intimated that an action would be brought against the assignees and Pemberton for false im prisonment. A feeling of approbation was evinced in the court on the opinion of the court and jury being given. BURGLARY. John Williams, John Thomas, and William Tyston, three very juvenile but frequent offenders, were found guilty of breaking into a warehouse in Suffolk-street, and stealing therefrom a quantity of brass castings, copper, &c. from the works of Messrs. Murray and Brown, brass founders, were found guilty. On the person of one of them was found a quantity of lucifer matches ; and they had all previously been again and again convicted of larcenies. The RECORDER stated that the best thing he could do for them was to pass upon them the sentence of transportation for ten years, with a recommendation that they should all be taken into a penitentiary. VESTRY MEETING. Yesterday, a general meeting was held in St. Nicholas' church, for the purpose of " the minutes of the proceedings, resolutions, orders, and transactions, of the select vestry, and of all sums received, applied, and expended by them ; together with a summary or report of the accounts and tran sactions of the select vestry being laid before the inhabi tants." Mr. Isaac Hutchinson, one of the churchwardens, was called to the chair, and the notice convening the meeting having been read, Mr. Hart produced the accounts of the select vestry for the last six months, and read them. It appeared that the sum of £15,974 Ils. Id. had been received in that period, and that after paying all expenses, a balance remained due to the bankers of £6,777 15s. 9d. Mr. Downie complained thata sum of £1,124 17s. Gd. had been illegally expended, in defending the private interests of the warehouse owners, and that £lOO paid to Mr. Wain wright was a job. He was, at the same time, of opinion, that the select vestry had performed its duty efficiently, and been economical in its expenditure. Mr. Birkett in answer stated, that the sum named by Mr. Downie had been spent by the authority of two previous ley payers' meetings, not in promoting the private interests of the warehouse owners, but in defending the interests of the rate-payers, which were materially affected by the intended new dock bill, the borough watch rates bill, and the inland bonding bill. The payment to Mr. Wainwright had also been made under the authority of a general vestry. At the present meeting, however, Mr. Downie could not move a condemnutory motion, nor could he (Mr. Bit kett) propose a recommendatory onei but he should be able to show to the annual meeting at Easter that the select vestry had been better friends to the inhabitants than they had had for many years. _ _ . Mr. Lowndes, the clerk, at the request of Mr. Downie, read from the minutes the several powers given by the gene ral vestry to oppose the bills named above, and for the pay ment to Mr. Wainwright. Mr. Downie then expressed himself satisfied that the se lect vestry had acted with authority, but he complained that sufficient notice was not given of the intention to hold vestry meetings, and suggested that the bellman should be employed to announce them. The Chairman and Mr. Birkett stated, that the meeting, which was the first the present officers had called, had been advertised in every newspaper from last Saturday to this day without distinction. Mr. Downie wished to protest against the expenditure of the money he had mentioned, but he was told he could not, as the meeting was merely one proforma to submit the ac counts, and no other subject could be discussed without spe cial notice. At the next meeting, at Easter, however, the items would again come before the leypayers, and they might be then discussed. Mr. H. T. Atkinson and Mr. J. Clarke expressed their opinion that the money had been paid contrary to law, but said they should postpone their observations till the next vestry. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and the meeting separated. THE INDIA MAILS. It will be seen from the following letter, which forms part of a correspondence published in the Times of yesterday, that the route to India, through Egypt, is open for the transit of the mails : " TO THE MANAGING DIRECTORS OF THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LON DON. " ALEXANDRIA OCT. 3, lB4O. " GENTLEMEN,—We avail ourselves of the departure of a French government steamer to transmit to you the enclosed copy of a letter addressed by us this day to Messrs. Hunter and Ross, of Malta, on the subject of the India mails via Egypt. Lord Palmerston may possibly receive the commu nication alluded to from Mr. Schutz or Mr. Larking, by the present opportunity ; but as it is very uncertain whether either of those gentlemen will be able to write before the departure of the French post-office packet of the 7th, it might be as well that our letter should be laid before his lordship in order to delay any contemplated alteration in the route of the overland mail. We repeat that the viceroy having pledged his word that he will not interrupt the communication, it is our firm belief that the mails may continue their usual route, unless circumstances should intervene to cause his highness to alter that determination, in which case sufficient notice will be given by him to prevent the mail from being landed. We hereby renew the offers of our service in the event of there being no government or company's officer on the spot to ex pedite the mails, which you willperhaps be so good as to name in the proper quarter. " We remain in baste, " Gentlemen, your very obedient servants, " BRIGGS AND CO." On Thursday evening last, at Hucking, as a servant girl was returning from a distance with a load of water, she met her sweetheart (to whom she was to have been married on the following day), and complained of feeling very cold, placing her hand on his face to convince him of the fact. In the next moment she fell down and expired.—Kentish Ga zette. __ THE ROYAL NURSE.—We are informed that the lady of a professional gentleman of this town has been selected as wet nurse to the expected heir to the throne. We trust that no thing will occur to deprive our fair neighbour of the expected honours and emoluments, the latter of which are to be about one thousand pounds in hard cash, besides those agreeable etceteras which such a position must entail on the fortunate occupant. We have just heard that this appointment, al though not strictly a cabinet one, has met with the entire approval of the First Lord of the Treasury.— Windsor Let ter in the Herald. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-A very serious accident occurred on Monday evening last, to Robert Hopwood, the well known and much respected carrier between this town and Clitheroe. It appears that about nine o'clock in the evening he left this town on his way home to Clitheroe, driving his cart, which was heavily laden and drawn by two horses. When he had got a little beyond Brookhouse a person (said to be a cattle dealer resident in Blackburn,) on horseback, riding at full speed, came in contact with him, and knocked him down in such a position that one of the wheels of his cart passed over • his body, and the poor fellow immediately became insensible. Another carter soon afterwards came up, assistance was procured, and Hopwood was conveyed to his usual rendez vous in the town, Mrs. Greenwood's, the White Bull inn, but the rider by whom the accident was occasioned, rode on and paid not the slightest attention. Mr. Cort and Mr. Bailey, surgeons, were soon in attendance, and upon exa mination Hopwood's left leg was found to be so much shat tered that immediate amputation was deemed necessary. He continued insensible through the night, and at one period we understand his life was despaired of, but we now learn that there is some hope of his ultimate recovery.—Blackburn Standard. THE ENGLISH REGISTRATION.—It affords us much satis faction to find that the Conservatives have gained on the registration, and it may be attributed to the duplicity dis played by the Whig Incapabilities. Reform and Retrench ment has been their great cry—and what has it terminated in—a re-assessment of the Window Duties ; making the honest and hard-workinc , tradesman pay dearly for the light of Heaven. We have heard of many gross cases, and some in our immediate neighbourhood, which have been appealed against, and have called forth a second survey. We shall pay particular attention to the taxation now in operation, and we call upon every person who is liable to the tax to appeal, and not submit to the imposition that has been practised upon them. We are pleased to hear that many men who voted for the present set of adherers, have stated that in the event of an election they will vote for the Conservatives, the true re presentatives of the people.—The Age. DREADFUL STORM IN SHETLAND.—The gentleman in whose house I spent last night has lost no fewer than 12 of his tenants by the hurricane of last Wednesday se'nnight; and his loss is comparatively small. I visited a family yester day, consisting of father, mother and five daughters, whose sole livelihood depended on the exertions of the eldest bro ther, who, with five others of the most able seamen of the whole island, perished. In another house close by, the father and son have perished, leaving a large number of children in the most helpless condition. There are, indeed, 14 whole families deprived of their heads, and cast lonely and unpro tected on the world. The whole of Shetland is- full of la mentation and NVO ; all mirth has deserted the island ; the appearance of almost every countenance is totally different from what it was last week. The bravest seamen and the best fishers have lost all c ourage—they have no heart to venture to sea again, and no hope of success if they do. The storm of 1832, in which 18 boats and upwards of 100 men were lost, was not at all so strong and terrible as this. When at Mossbank I lodged with a poor widow, whose husband and son left their house in a boat, and 20 minutes after their departure were overtaken by a gale, perishing with five others in presence of the wife and family, but a short distance from their own door. In another place, at 13uxta, the laird had four sons and a'nephew (a clergyman), who, with the servant, all perished in crossing the sound in front of their house, while returning from a party of friends. But the havoc of the storm was by no means confined to the sea, for the injury by land is of a very distressing nature. I was on Monday se'nnight over some of the islands of the west, where I saw whole fields of corn completely destroyed. You would have imagined that every ear had been purposely cut off by means of some particular instrument, for the whole field had precisely that appearance.—Letter in the Glasgow Gazette. REPRESENTATION OF MAYO.-Sir Brabazon's death creates a vacancy in the representation of this county, and al ready several gentlemen are nominated as likely to be chosen in his room. Amongst others, V. O'Connor Blake, Esq., G. H. Moore, Esq., and the Hon. C. Dillon are spoken of. It is said that a certain gentleman has already been in communi cation with Machale on the subject, and hopes to be returned through the influence of that personage. The number of freeholders on the register, and qualified to vote at present, is supposed to be not more than 500, so that if a struggle were made, an independant wan might be returned—one who would not be the nominee of the titular and his priests.— Another gentleman, distinguished for his amiable character and untiring zeal for the public good, George Vaughan Jackson, Esq., is also spoken of as a candidate for the vacant seat. —Mayo Constitution. V . /. -•. • . , ... 2), 7 -.. ••/- - . V--0 - I' .' !...` V i.) . r 7 ) '.{ .:-.,./•:, -77' r' , ./ -'%- . -4 !) .mool, -. 1 —.,- • •-...— , I' s •7 , -: • s• _i > ,---' , .' /..-; ~ ., ,,'Y ( fr.. . ~, ~, .. ~. •,• ` lei r.- . .-4.,' ,\'''''-.. ..„.- ' b rsi P CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE WORTHY ELECTORS OF ST. ANNE'S WARD. GENTLEMEN,—The day for electing a representative in council for this ward is at hand. It will be seen next Mon day whether you set any value on your independency and respectability or not. Hitherto it must be confessed that you have done wretchedly ; you have almost in every in stance voted for men of whom you know nothing, and who have done nothing for you ; and, mark ! you are now, unless you keep your eye on the thimble, on the brink of being transferred into the lap of an adventurous Slater, tvlin will be proud to jump over your heads into the council chamber. What a piece of impudence for this fellow to think that you will be the ladder for his elevation ! Has he not just retired from behind his counter " owing to ill health ?" How can he serve you ? But the object is, believe me, to serve a little, cunning, busy body of tipplers, who transact their business at your expense every night at a low pot-house! Let us put an end to such scandalous doings. Let us atone for past degradation, by voting for one who lives among us, and who will benefit the town. Let us cease to be bought and sold by brewers and drapers.—Yours faithfully, Islington, 28th Oct. A BURGESS. SOUTH TOXTETH WARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. "I will be cruel only to be kind."—SnAK. SlR,—Having noticed the Various ravings of some of the " liberal press" against those conservative candidates whom they are afraid of, aid being " fair game," are thereby in vulnerable to their miserable mode of attack—it is true that " ridicule" is a game two can play at, yet I was somewhat amused at the last notice upon " Mr. Sheppard" in the " small beer Chronicle," alias " the largest Saturday's paper," signed " Paddy from Cork." Of course it is not easy to guess who this tinsel " Paddy" is, or whether his mother was a washerwoman, and sold buttermilk near the old custom-house. A certificate, methinks, would be a curiosity. And although Mr. Sheppard is not a " profes sional quack," like some of the Park candidates, he has cer tainly proved himself a tartar to the well-known " Eady and Solomon" who compose the small fry of Toxteth radicals, and doubtless on the " 2nd Nov." will be one of those re turned to the Council that will prove an additional thorn in in the sides of old " Vinegar-hill Fanny," the market Goliath, and " little Billy," the parish " quack."—Waiting your attention, I am, sir, your constant reader, TIMOTHY TICKLE. Stanhope-street, Oct. 29th, 1840. WHIG-RADICAL FALSEHOOD. TO THE ELECTORS OF CASTLE-STREET WARD. GENTLEMEN,—I have heard this day that one of the can vassers of my opponent has asserted publicly in the course of his canvas, that on some occasion I have pledged myself to him that I would abstain from offering any opposition to Mr. James Aiken, in the event of his coming forward as a candidate for your suffrages. I trust that those amongst you, who are acquainted with those principles of truth which have guided my past conduct through life, will believe that, had I made any such pledge, that pledge I would religiously adhere to. So far, however, have I been from giving such a pledge, that although de sirous of continuing in my present private capacity, and not having sought the honour which you propose conferring upon me, I have never contemplated withdrawing myself.from the hands of my friends, so long as I could flatter myself that my humble services would benefit my fellow-townsmen, and advance the success of those principles which are so dear to us all. I remain, gentlemen, _ _ Your obliged and faithful servant, PETER HOPE. [We may add, that we are acquainted with the name of the gentleman (?) with whom this infamous slander has ori ginated, and would warn him to be a little circumspect in his assertions. The cause must indeed be weak which re quires the aid of falshood to bolster it up ; and we are cre dibly informed that such conduct as the above is not confined to the radicals of Castle-street Ward.—En. L. S. A WORD IN SEASON TO THE CONSERVATIVE ELECTORS. TO rHE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—A rather dangerous feeling seems greatly prevalent among many good conservatives relative to the result of the approaching municipal election. Though the idea is not very general, (that we are certain of a triumph,) it is held by a numerous portion of our friends to a dangerous extent ; who, considering the battle won before 'tis fought, may, in over security, not consider their presence in the field neces sary, and by bad generalship may be defeated by an inferior force. Let me intreat our conservative friends to remember, that every man should do his duty—and doing this, we must triumph. Our enemy is wily and cunning, and will take any mean advantage in his power; he is not to be trifled with, and we must crush him, as well by the superior justice of our cause, as by our superior unanimity of heart, and by the general feeling in every conservative's bosom, that on him self depends a portion of success. Let us not he caught sleeping at our posts. Much de pends upon our personal activity and influence, and, if exer cised in the way that conservatives can, if they will, a glo rious victory will be the result. We have 11w power. Let us not by consciousness of its possession neglect to use it. Much depends upon our success ; and it is of great moment, at present, that we should show a bold and determined front against the further advance of radical-social levelling princi ples in this town. Let us " forward " and do our duty, and that which we owe to ourselves and our country shall be well repaid.—Dear Mr. Editor, I shall remain, Liverpool, October 21, 1810. A SENTINEL. ACCOUNTANTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In a report lately published by the authority of Par. liament, a country Barrister, in answering a string of ques tions, describes an accountant in the following unmeasured terms :—" There are in themselves accountants, who get into every bankrupt estate and charge most exorbitantly." The purport cf this illiberal remark is quite clear, but I don't think accountants will have much to fear from it, seeing the quarter it comes from, and particularly as no other commissioner who has been called upon to answer the same questions has travelled out of his way to make the same remark. I dare say this fee-hating witness would not like to have an opinion concerning himself expressed by the accountants of whom lie is speaking. As your paper has a wide circulation, and is found in many distant towns, I hope this will meet the eye of the parties concerned.—Yours, CENSORIOUS. TO THE CONSERVATIVES OF LIVERPOOL. GENTLEMEN,-If you wish to be successful in the struggle which is to take place on the 2d of November, let no trifling difference deter you from giving your votes in favour of the candidates chosen by your own party; do not allow any per sonal dislike to a certain candidate prevent you from voting ; if you do, you give your opponents a chance of beating you, and then they will exultingly taunt you with their success. I hope the disgraceful proceedings in the revising courts, and the attempt of the Protector Society to swamp your honest votes with those of the lowest grade of Irish pig.. drivers, &c., will act as a stimulant to your exertions. Let , the electors of Pitt-street and Lime-street wards particularly exert themselves, and rid the council-chamber of those two men who were the chief instruments in adopting the popish system of education in the corporation schools. In the words of the Duke, I can only say .` up lads and at them !" Let your cry be " Toulmin and kilshaw for ever !" and may success attend your exertions, is the wish of one of yourselves, Liverpool, 23d Oct., 1840. A BURGESS. MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR 1840. RIGHT OF VOTING. The following letter has been addressel by the Town-clerk to the Solicitors concerned on both sides in the election. It will be seen to bear directly upon the tights of burgesses hav ing two or more qualifications in several wards : Town-hail, 29th October, 1839. Dear Sirs,—l have been this morning favoured with a ccpy of an opinion of Sir Frederick Pollock, given yesterday, in London, on the rights at the ensuing municipal election of a burgess who had distinct qualificat:ons i n t wo or more wards, but at the election of November, 1839, had exercised their privilege of selection by voting in one of the wards. The opinion of Sir Frederick confirms the view which I submitted to the meeting of Solicitors on both sides, and which met with their approbation ; and according to which I subsequently advised the Aldermen and Assessors, viz.— that every such burgess will, on the second of November next, be concluded by his selection in November, 1839. Subjoined is a copy of the opinion. I am, dear Sir, yours tr-ly, RD. RADCLIFFE. _ _ John Pennington, Esq., J. G. Snowball, Esq. OPINION• I.—l am of opinion that under the circumstances above stated, " the Roll of 1839 is to continue to be the Burgess Roll;" (is " to continue in force" is the expression of the act.) " A new Burgess Roll has not been duly made." Neglect or informality somewhere must have existed or the Roll would have been duly made; and clearly either the lists were negligently and informally made out, or the objections were so, or both. 2.—1 am clearly of opinion that a duplicate voter cannot claim to vote in any other ward than the one he voted in in 1839. 3.—A voter duly enrolled, and having more than one qua lification, cannot, in my opinion, vote for one ward and after wards during the same year, at a casual vacancy, vote for another. 4.—The voters who, in 1839, exercised their right of voting in other wards, cannot, at the ensuing election vote for St. Peter's Ward. , The last three points appear to me to be perfectly clear and free from all doubt, when the language of the acts is duly considered. By the 44th section of the Municipal Reform Act, a duplicate voter is entitled " to be ENROLLED and to vote in such one as he shall select, but not in more than one. The voter is therefore not merely restrained as to voting but as to enrol men t, in practice ; the name ap pears in all the wards where the voter has a qualification, but the moment (by voting in one ward) he has selected that ward all the other enrolments become wholly void and inoperative, just as if he had selected the one ward and had been enrolled for that only. The Roll of 1839, which is in force for 1840, is not to be considered a new roll, but is a roll which "continues in force ; no new selectio n can therefore be made, but a voter continues to be enrolled and to have a right to vote for the one ward selected before, and no other. (Signed) FRED ! POLLOCK, Temple, 28th October, 1840. We understand the election of Iligh Steward of Cam bridge will most probably take place on Wednesday, the 11th of November. PRESENT TO HER MAJESTY FROM THE EX-EMPRESS OF BRAZIL.--WIN DSOR, OCT. 20.—This mottling, Capt. Lewis, the commander of the Braganza steamer, which arrived at Falmouth on Saturday last, f rom Li s b on, reached Wind sor with a pair of Marmosets (or Brazilian monkeys), with which he had been entrusted as presents to her majesty from the Duchess of Braganza, the ex-Empress of Brazil, and the step mother of Maria de Gloria, the Queen of Portugal. The monkeys (which are male and female) were conveyed to her majesty in a beautiful mahogany cage, carefully wrapped in flannel, to pre serve t h em from the change they had undergone in the difference of the climate since they had arrived in Eng. laud from the Peninsula. They are not larger than a mid dling sized rat, with long bushy tails, somewhat resembling those of squirrels, though considerably longer. Their colour is dark grey, with long feathered ears ; the ears of the female being white, and those of the male of the same hue as the body. The male is considerably smaller than its feminine companion, and both could be placed very comfortably in a quart jug. The monkeys were presented to the Queen, with a letter from the Duchess of Braganza, and they were most graciously received by her majesty. His royal highness Prinne Albert and her royal highness the Duchess of Kent were present, by whom they were greatly admired. i ~...~_ r . 4