The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

IPARTMENT. Gov. Securities £11,319,072 Other Securities 17,254,452 Notes ... 5,213,810 Gold & Silver Coin 601,251 £34,388,5851 £34,388,585 Our SHARE MARKET, after a very idle week and very slight fluctuations on Saturday, became much excited, from more pacific telegraphs from the East. As these were credited, or the contrary, prices were weak or strong, but during that day the bears were gradually raising prices to get in their stock. To-day the excitement has been still greater, the scarcity of stock, even at the advance of two or three per cent., being so great as to create alarm amongst the speculators who had sold for a fall. Of real business there has been no increase, and the amount of this is not great. Local stock, especially Insurance Shares, are steady and in demand at the quotations. We annex this day's prices :—Caledonians, 251 6 lc "} * i 1; East Lancashire, 151; Lancashire and Yorkshire; 631 I 1 4c 31 2 I ; London Stock, 103 1 4 , Sheffield Stock, 20 ; idland Stock, 601 1i 1 i 1 1 ; Dover Stock, 17815 - 16 i 13-16 5 4 - 13-16 15-16. S PRODUCE.-The markets on the whole, with the exception of Sugar, have been fairly supported during the week. Tea has been brisk with ad vancing prices. TO-DAY the Sugar market conti nues dull, the business, including Saturday's sales, i consisting only of 40 hhds. Antigua at 335. 3d. to 335. 6d. for sound, 550 bags Dates at 35s 6d., and 25 hhds. Porto Rico at 345. to 355. per cwt. Of Molasses, 215 puns. Antigua are reported at 17s. 41d. per cwt. There is nothing to notice in Coffee. A small parcel of Para Cocoa has been taken at 28s. per cwt. We have to report a further improve ment in the Tea market since the delivery of the China letters ; common to good common Congou has been placed (chiefly on speculation) at Is. Old. to is ld. per lb., and the demand continues strong ; there is also more doing in scented and fancy Teas. The Stornoway, from Canton, is reported off the port, with several chops of new season's Congou. A speculative demand still continues for Rice, about 20,000 bags having changed hands since Friday at 138., and 300 bags Bengal have realised 15s. per cwt. We have also to notice 50 cases Castor Oil at 4d. per lb., a small lot of Sapan Wood at £ll 17s. 6d., and 15 tons small Nicaragua Wood at £6 7s. 6d. per ton. COTTON.-- 7 The market, during the week, has THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER PHILHARMONIC HALL. GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT. lENDELSSOHN'S WALPURGIS NIGHT. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), Nov. IsT. CHARTER LEFORE EIGHT. [See AIM.] Riberpoot FR0.31 OUR LONDON C9RRE,PONDENT. MONI,It MORNING. A FEE words will di, - .1 ) osc,‘ of the Eastern question this week. There seems to be no doubt that there has been a "set-to" between the Russian and the Turk, near the fort of Isaktchi, on the right bank of the Danube. In Downing-street, on Saturday night, it was stated that hostilities had ceased. These few words embrace all that can be said—profitably—on the subject. Some not uninteresting gossip has been held, within the last two or three days, on the same subject, at two very different places—the University Club-house, where, if you have a brother-in-law a clergyman, as I have, you are safe for pullet and cream—the other place the office of Mr. Timms, the Solicitor to the Income Tax Commission ers. T. himself is as good a creature as his very obnoxious po sition will allow him to be ; in short, his " bark is worse than his bite," which is a great blessing to those who get behind in the payment of their income tax. Not that I want to propitiate T. ; my " withers are unwrung." Pay your taxes -e-not from any love of the thing —the moment they are due : it saves worry ; for paid, in the long run, they must be. T.'s clerks are shrewd fellows, in the snug part of Somerset-house. Our friends in the University Club are, for the most part, quiet gentlemen from the classic banks of the Isis and the Cam. The subject has been the " verdant" letter of Dr. CANTWELL, called the " Bishop of M ea th" b y R oman Catholics, and the still more verdant and sappy" opinion of POLLARD URQU HART, M.P., on CANTWELL'S income tax non-liability. Some bibliopoles of the club, more versed in Greek and the writings of the primitive fathers than the construction, misconstruction, appreciation, signification, and so forth of an act of parliament, think the government has got in a " fix," a " cleft stick." So do not the boys at Somerset house I The first words in the income tax schedule served on the Rev. J. CANTWELL—" Bishop of Meath," as he allows himself to be addressed when seated in his frowsy library chair—are - - Income? from the Trade of ------ Carried on by me at From the Profession of --- Exercised by me at From the Employment or Vocation of —." The first is answered thus :—" An Irish priest." The others follow in the same manlier. Here is no infraction of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, "The Bishop" is entered in the Government books as the Rev. J. CANTWELL, Meath, Ireland, by which he has been served. There cannot be a mistake here. Nor does the Government stop to enquire whether Lichen M.D., P.Q.R., et S.P.Q.R., with hid curi ouly-made and daintily.mounted carriage, piebalds, and , is a real M.D. under the wing of that great stomach curator, Dr. Paurs, President of the Physicians • • ' College . No ; the legal adviser of the I ncome T ax C omm i ss i oners says—", Lichen,i chen, what's your income ?" " Doo Dousand," —do I believe von This suits Lichen's purpose ; it looks well to be rated so high Lichen pays as a regular practitioner. It is very soft for r J. CANTWELL to affect to lay the flattering unction to his soul, thus—" the only income which I receive is derived from the title of the Bishop of Meath, which the government official in his notice does not recognise." Of course not. Then Mr. POLLARD URQUHART. M.P., seeing the lion in the way, confesses that be is " unable to propound any solution of the difficulty, and, indeed, I think it would require a very wise man to do so." The Rev. J. CANTWELL is rated the Rev. J. CANTWELL, and pays " as sick," mid he knows it He is not so " verdant " by half as he would have POLLARD URQUIIART imagine. Whether di p l oraaticinterference is a means of procuring religious tolerance and equality in countries deprived of that essential element of true civilisation, and one which should be resorted to in preference to the moral influence of good example, and the gradual dissemination of liberal sentiments, is a qu es ti on which would appear to b e still very imperfectly understood. The incidents which led to the imprisonment of Miss CUNNINGHAME, in Tus cany, under the operation of an absurd law, are still fresh in the minds of the public of this country, as are also the circumstances of her release. It is not long since I communicated to you the endeavours—the successful endeavours, too—which were made in this country to in terest the government in her b e h a lf ; an d connec ting the fact of her release with the representations that were made by our own government to that of Tuscany, it would not be straining them too much to infer that these pro ceedings occupy, with respect to each other, the relation of cause and effect. To most persons, on the first blush of reflection, it might appear desirable that this should be so. National pride is gratified at the paramount power we exercise abroad and we are able to boast of forcing toleration on unwilling and bigoted princes. On cooler reflection, however we must feel a higher degree of satis faction in the consciousness that these silly abuses of power are spontaneously corrected by those from whom they emanated. I am induced to suggest this considera tion, in consequence of the answers returned by Lord CLARENDON, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to a depu tation of the Evangelical Alliance, who waited upon his lordship, chiefly to direct, his attention to persecutions at present ragin g in Sweden, under the auspices of the Lutheran Church established in that country ; and took occasion to thank his lordship for his prompt and efficient exertions on behalf of Miss CITNNINGHAME. In the ad dress of Sir CULLING EARDLET, the desire was mani fested to ascert a i n th e fact, that the liberation of Miss CUNNINGRANIE was due to the interference of our govern ment, as it was not supposed that Lord CLARENDON'S despatch could have reached in time to, procure her libera tion on the day on which it took place. This doubt was confirmed by his lordship,who said that the despatch came too late ; but that the view of the British Government was, nevertheless, communicated to the GRAND DUKE. His lordship added, that he had great reason to doubt whether the incarceration of MissCUNNINGIIAME was instigated by theGRAND DUKE ;but, however that might be, his minister bad rendered Mr. SCA.RLETT every assistance in his power, in the furtherance of his wishes, and Miss CUNNINGIIIME herself admitted, that, apart from her imprisonment, she had no harsh treatment to complain of. But, as to the main point, Lord CLARENDON emphatically said that he was quite unable to declare what were the motives that had weighed with the GRAND DUKE in liberating her. Upon the whole, therofore, much as we may deplore the existence of such a harsh and absurd law, its exercise ap pears to have b een o f the most mitigated character ; and, taken in conjunction with the fact that that law, however harsh or absurd, had been broken, the conduct of the Tuscan Government appears under a more favourable aspect. The persecutions in Sweden were described by Dr. STELNE, upon the authority of the branch of the Alliance in Sweden, and certain ladies in that country were the subject of the oppression complained of. It seems that the su b stance of the coercionof is this :—Certain members of the Lutheran Church hold religions meetings among themselves, which are illegal unless headed by the pastor of the district, within the church, and in canonical hours. The v i o l at i on o f t hi s l aw i s visited by fine and imprisonment, bread and water diet, exile for three or five years, and for a third offence transportation. A Baptist and a Roman Catholic had suffered a sentence of transpor tation for life. As regards the Baptists, whose creed is that baptism can only take place upon a personal confes sion of faith, they refuse to take their children to the font, and so the police come and take them away from their mothers' arms. They are then baptized, and the Parents fined for not doing so voluntarily. Their goods are confiscated, and a cow is sometimes sold to defray the expenses of the baptism and seizure. Marriage cannot be contracted without a certificate of good character being produced by each party from the clergyman of the dis trict. These cases of oppression had recently increased very considerably in number, and in one village no fewer than sixty peasants had been fined 30s. each, a consider able sum for peasantry worse off than our own. The object of the deputation was to know whether it was com petent to the Alliance to present a petition to the Swedish Diet now about to assemble and, if so, whether the Govern ment would tak e it up. Lord CLARENDON undertook to make inquiries, and to assist the deputation if he could. He was glad there was an authority to refer to, as he had been some time before entrusted with petitions complain ing of oppressions in Denmark, Hanover, and Wurtem berg, which turned out to be quite unfounded. Another great man has passed away from among us ; made great by himself—still keeping in mind the beautiful words of SRAKSPERE— "There's a divinity doth shape our ends, Rough hew them as we may." Somewhere about the beginning of thepresent century there was a Young man in Lonon, by name WILLIAM BETHAII, of good name and family; his father was rector of a parish in the apple county of Hereford, descended from the BETIIAMS of Betham, in another beautiful county of Eng land—the Lake one —Westmoreland. WILLIE BETTIA.II was located in London—doing nothing—could do nothing —yes—one thing. A friend mentioned his name to another friend, who could push the unemployed lad on a little in the way of finding work. The twain called at BETITAM'S humble, though high abode —first floor down the chimney it may have been, as rough city wits characterise the attic. Never mind. " What can you do, young man ?" " Don't know;" half a dozen questions individualised were put, the lad answered frankly in the negative. There was a slip of paper before the youth. What's that ?" He was amusing himself, he said; the scrap had drawn on it a nice bit of fleraulderie,-11 gentleman's study, but when one is given ! , 00 much to it, it is as bad as chess for swallowing time. Tempus edax rerum"—stuff ! Many a fine week's lite rary work has been spoilt by one game at chess. Shade of Lady BLESSINGTON, you may be cognisant of the fact ! tieraulderie—llike to give the French—is that science teaching how to blazon, or explain, all that belongs to coats o f alms public ceremonies, and so forth ; as also how to marshal them properly. The patron looked at the sketch, knew something of the science himself, and what was better, knew a friend in that droll house of motley, not far tom Doctors' Commons—the Herald's Office. He chewed he scrap ; it was liked ; the men of the escocheon and tabard wanted somebody of the sort, who could do the like. The lad BETITAII was engaged, and, after the lapse of half it_ cel lturY, died Ulster-King-at-Arms of all Ireland; Keeper Attend a nt on th e g l o rio us order of St. Patrick ; . 11 '!ePer of the Records in the Castle of Dublin—which dare C y be published for many a long year—yea, the boy I th e e _ s° described, died on last Wednesday morning ;—in ct of shaving, I am told, he dropped down, and in ty.,,expired. irkArltr!i, Strike Home" is the title of one of the most / 4 1 . 1 441,1, 1ri 1zg compositions ever put together, or sung by at tTz• Poor HENRY PURCELL, the author thereof, ,IXauluieearly Shall 37 years—fatal, apparently, to i itj 11, 4 14 ,,na• I name two? MOZART and BEL- Ilt u " l _7RY PURCELL'S " Strike" is not the one I l oo s Ze'! latel y n i ce• The papers have been teeming with at th e p7' c ' e ikes of bakers, butchers, and—oh, me ! linters, 'I r eports—blackguards •; strikes of car d' Ila lame/law, " co y funvforsri, and coal miners too, the last strikes of y per cent, more for our " black e fore •—strikes of smiths and snobs ; Curious Maul' ' a rm ti o ! l r- ear4rs, of masons and milliners, bat of all the strikes in this striking world, the last is most noteable—most pitiable. I refer to the strike of the barbers of the metropolis. These be divided into several classes ; two or three of them altogether original. They are naturalists, fond of the nurtnre andadmo nition of birds; others are botanists, a study in some sort connected with the food of birds ; all are politicians, chiefly radical, but, if a real treat is required, it is to be found at the dramatic barber's establishment,; he's the lad for gossip some such you find in the neighbourhood of all t heat res, easily distinguishable by the droll display of all sorts of wigs in the window, the black scrag for Jack Sheppard, the carrotty for the countryman, the full-bottomed for Peachum and Lockitt, rather looking up at present, the gray wiry one, bald all the way back for the senator, going out since BROOKE went to Liverpool, and so on. No trade in the metropolis presents such a contrast as do next door neighbours among the barbers' brotherhood. The Parisian artist, redolent of a thousand perfumes (mille fleurs) without asking you a question, cuts your hair ac cording to his own view of your contour • if you happen to wear your hat jauntily, a little on side, as some silly young men venture to do, the whim is humoured by the artist, who will not touch a hair on the "off side." For such a crop half-a-crown is the fee. Next door or oppo site you have a poor Irishman trying his hand—nothing new—at "cutting and reaping."—Shave for a ha'penny; hair cut for a penny. A lot of little better than the latter had a meeting the other night, at which methought they lamented rather lugubriously their degraded posi tion : (sic said all of them) ; they had taken the QUEEN'S lieges by the nose from five in the morning till midnight, sometimes all Sunday ; the tariff likewise was much below the mark of respectability and remuneration. Well, they resolved, and rationally resolved, upon a small advance, a mere fractional part of a penny upon the price of their labours. It is the smallest strike on record. They com plain much of ladies' maids and valets • in these the British barber has himself to blame ; the goose and the golden eggs.—lf a barber must needs take five guineas for teaching a valet to curl, he can't expect to have the custom. Of literary chit-chat there is but little. Cheap re prints of once dear books, in the shape of Railway reading, seem to be the popular move at present. Scores of Standard Works are thus being transformed by, and with the consent of, the authors—for a consideration, of course. ALBERT SMITH has just returned to town, after another visit to Chamounix, where he has 'been showing his Mont Blanc at the foot of " the real original." BABINGTON M.A.CAULAY, the historian, has also returned to town, from the same locality. I never saw the right hon. gentleman look healthier. CHARLES DICKENS is now on a walking excursion through Italy, sustaining health, and picking up facts for future use. Sir ROBERT PEEL seems determined to out-do Lord Jorriv MANNERS and the Earl of CARLISLE in lecturing; he rode in a steeple-chase the other day, not far from your neighbourhood, and delivered a capital lecture in the evening. COMMERCIAL 4. MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. THE chief drawback to the restoration of confi dende in monetary and commercial affairs appears to be the protracted settlement of affairs in the East, which have operated in a considerable de gree to produce that inaction in trade which gene rally prevails. The weekly returns of the Bank of England again show a decrease in the stock of Bullion to the extent of £311,168. This may be attributed to the continued payment of the divi dends, as shown by the decrease in the Public Deposits, which amounted to £797,814. Money has, however, been comparatively easy for com mercial purposes, and though discounts have ruled high for long dates, for short bills money has been abundant. There has been a rumour of the in tention of the CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER to fund Exchequer Bills to the amount of four millions, but the report is not generally credited, nor is the market favourable for such an operation, though something of this kind may be practicable a short time hence. TO-DAY the Money Market was more than ordi narily buoyant, Consols having reached 944, which is a higher rate than they have been at for a long time past. This is partly owing to the large re ceipts of bullion by the Argo and the Arabia, and also to more pacific accounts received from the East. There is a general absence of speculation in commercial transactions, with perhaps the single exception of Wheat and Flour, the prices of which have been raised above the average for many years past. As the public feel a greater interest in the fluctuations of this market than any other, it might be as well to look at the probable causes which have led to this advance, and the prospects for the future. On the one side are the diminished productions of our own country ; the failure of the harvest in many parts of Europe ; the increased demand which prevailed a short time since, owing to general employment and higher wages ; and the apprehension of a failure in supplies from the Black Sea. All these causes have operated in one direction, but there are circumstances which may tend in an exactly opposite direction. In the first place, the production of Wheat in this country has been considerably under-estimated, owing to the short supply of English Wheat at country markets, a circumstance to be attributed to the unwilling ness of farmers to sell so long as there is a pros pect of obtaining higher prices. Again, the con sumption of Wheat in this country has been much over-rated, by extravagant calculations, founded on incorrect data, and the demand will be con siderably lessened by the great number of manu facturing operatives out on strike. Another reason for anticipating a reaction is the immense stock of foreign breadstuffs in this country, larger, we be lieve, than at any previous period ; and, then, there are the difficulties in the Money market, and the high rates of discount, which must shortly have the effect of compelling many large holders to realise, and thereby to glut the markets. In addition to all these, there are the enormous sur plus productions of Canada and the United States, which will speedily find their way to this country, when freights are easier, from the disengagement of vessels from 'other trades. We have seen the height of commercial prosperity for some time, and though the fall may not be so great as at pre vious periods, when we had no rich colony to fall back upon, we may confidently predict a reaction from that unjustifiable spirit of speculation which has recently prevailed in the Corn market. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 22nd of Oct., gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ... £2,903,045; Decrease £797,814 Other deposits ... 12,390,653; Decrease 273,573 Rest ... ... 3,170,823; Increase 9,662 On the other side of the accounts— Government securities £11,319,072; Decrease£l36,oB9 Other securities ... 17,254,452; Decrease 170,637 Notes unemployed ... 5,213,810; Increase 201,320 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,145,145, being an increase of £522,240; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £14,960,206, showing a decrease of £311,268, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ... £28,358,955 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu11'n.14,358,955 Silver bullion ... £28,358,955 1 BANKING D l Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000 Rest ... ... 3,170,823 Public Deposits 2,903,045 Other Deposits 12,390,653 7-day & other bills 1,371,064 £28,358,955 been inactive, there being an evident indisposition to purchase beyond immediate requirements. This is owing to various causes which operate in the same direction—the number of operatives out on strike in the manufacturinc , districts, the high price of bread, the unsettled state of affairs in the East, and the difficulties in the money market. Taking these into consideration, the sales have been to a fair extent, and prices.are without altera tion. TO -DAY, the Arabia brought news of a de cline in prices on the other side, but it had very little effect here, the difference now existing not being in favour of importers. The sales amounted to 6,000 bales, including about 1,000 taken on speculation and for export. The market closed heavily without alteration in prices. The follow ing are the comparative quotations : New Orleans, middling fair Uplands, middling 1852. 1853, 6fd. bid. 64d. 6d. 51d. 60. Gad. I SALES. IMPORTS. DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Week Previ- Week This STOCK ending ously ending v —• Oct. 28 this yr. Oct. 281 ` e " r * Oct. 2S -- Sea Island l2 ® 29' 240 17170 Stained , . 1510 5406' 491583. .... Boweds 33 63 7680 0 410230 419800 Mobile 4 63 3370 256160 920683 '• • • New Orleans. 33 83 12610 857350 1 •• • • I !. • Pernams, &c. 63 8 630 60200 1056 51262! 12450 Bahia, &c. 63 63 630 44890 809, 298331 13070 Maranham 63 73 1020 37200 349) 30529 20890 Detnerara,&c . 660 30 535 520 Egyptian 53 93 3970 , 109100 3295 97557 89120 Coin. 5 9 130 10770 17 7032 3550 Surat 123 43 6370 203540 7881 1 264653 167210 Madras .. ; . 3630 Bengal — , 4620 ....! 5910, 2840 36550 ' 2019050 21984 1899627 729450 WooL.—The attention of the trade has this week been occupied with the public sales of colo nial wools, now progressing in London, and those of low foreign wools, which commenced on the 26th and closed on the 28th ultimo, when 6,405 bales were offered for public competition, viz. :- 4,687 bales East India ; 334 Turkey ; 434 Peru vian, Chili, and Egyptian ; 787 Alpaca and Austra lian, nearly all damaged ; and 163 sundries. We had scarcely an average attendance of the trade, which is generally the case when sales are brought on here during the progress of those in London ; and the result was far from satisfactory to im porters. In East India a decline from last sale prices of Pid. per lb. on middle and low yellow and grey ; while first-class whites and yellows, which were not so plentiful, only averaging a decline of A-d. to id. ; part withdrawn. Peruvian also shared in the reduction, to the extent of 11d. per lb. as well as Egyptian, first-class selling at 111 d. to Did., being ld. per lb. below the last sale prices. For Turkey there was no bidding, consequently the whole was withdrawn. This reduction was not looked for to such an extent, but considering the disturbed state of foreign politics, and the present high price of grain, combined with the high rate. at which money is ruling, and the large stock of these descriptions of wool offering here and in Lon don, any other result could scarcely be expected. English and Irish very dull of sale, and in the ab sence of any transactions to report, prices may be considered nominal. The London sales are ave raging a decline of 2d. per lb., notwithstanding the 10,000 bales withdrawn. Messrs. W. GREA3IE and Co., in their circular referring to the decline at the public sales, say : "So considerable a reduction was not to have been looked for from the present position of the Blanket Trade, bat taking into consideration the quantity forced on the market at so unfavourable an opportunity, (in face of the large sales of these Wools advertised to take place in London next week,) it may be considered rather as a proof of the healthy state of the trade that they were cleared off without a further reduction in prices." Messrs. J. ROBINSON and. Co., in their monthly circular, remark : " The consumption appears to be curtailed in the Worsted trade only, which is almost altogether confined to long Wools; this being the case and the majority of the consumers having orders to employ them until the close of the year, their stocks not being heavy, leads us to the conclusion that prices will ere long rally again, as present rates will prevent orders being sent for imports, and countermand the supply from all parts. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS, YESTERDAY. A SPECIAL meeting of the Council, for winding up the business of the municipal year, was held yesterday morn ing, at ten o'clock, in the Town Hall—Samuel Hohne, Esq., the mayor, presiding. There was a full attendance. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN. The minutes of the 1.. t meeting having been read. The first business taken was " the appointment of a fit person, either from the Councillors, or from the persons qualified to be Councillors, to fill the vacancy in the office of Alderman, occasioned by the death of John Holmes, Esq., and to continue in office so long as the said John Holmes would have continued in office, viz., until the Sth day of November, 1853." The MAYoR said—Gentlemen, it is somewhat painful to me that, at the last Council of which I shall have the honour of presiding, it is my melancholy duty to announce to you officially the decease of a very valuable member of this, Council. You will anticipate me in saying that I allude to Mr. Alderman John Holmes, the alderman for St. Paul's Ward. The assiduity, the kindness of heart, the courtesy of manner, and the undeviating rectitude and attention to the business of the Council, which was paid by the deceased alderman, are well known and appreciated by you all ; and I have understood from his most intimate friends that a short time before his death he expressed his intention of not again presenting himself for re-election ; " for," he said, nearly fifty years I have devoted almost one-half my time to the business of the public, and I think it is now time for me to, retire." I am sure, gentlemen, that Mr. Holmes will carry to the grave the respect of every man of this community ; and the melaulholy duty now devolves upon you of electing a successor to the vener able gentleman who has been so suddenly removed from us, amidst the regrets and respect of every gentleman in this great town. (Applause.) The TOWN-CLERK then read the clause in the Act of Parliament, prescribing the mode of election, which is, by each gentleman writing his name, and the name of the party for whom he wishes to vote, on a slip of paper, to be handed in to the Mayor. Mr. HUGE( HORNBY said, before they proceeded to fill up the voting papers, he might be allowed to express, on his own behalf, and he was sure those of the Council, the feelings they entertained in respect to the occurrence which had taken place, and which rendered it necessary for them to proceed to the election of an alderman. After the eloquent tribute which the Mayor had paid to their de ceased friend, it was impossible for him to do more than express his entire concurrence in all that had been said. He might, however, observe, in addition to the Mayor's remarks, that Mr. Holmes, during the long period that he had served the public half-a-century—enjoyed the rare felicity of having acted during that time without having made any enemies in this great town. (Hear, hear.) During the whole of that period, gentlemen of whatever shade of opinion, not only those who agreed with him in political opinions, but also those opposed to him, were his friends. For his own part, he had been associated with Mr. Holmes for several years now, in the management of the financial concerns of the Corporation, and he could not but express the great regret he felt at ils loss. Before he (Mr. Hornby) sat down, he should take an unusual course, but he believed neither an illegal nor unconstitu tional one, in proposing a gentleman to replace Mr. Holmes as alderman. Mr. GODFREY said he thought that was not according to order : no gentleman could propose an alderman. The MAYOR said, Yes, it had been done on former occa sions, and he believed it was right, if they chose, for any gentleman to speak on the subject. Mr. HORNET said they had onlyone alderman to appoint, therefore he thought it fit and proper that they should ex press their sentiments, that they might elect a worthy suc cessor ;—(applause)—and he thought when - he proposed to the Council that the gentleman who now fills the civic chair—(hear, hear,)—should replace Mr. Holmes, they would agree with him that he could not have proposed a more fitting person for the office. He thought they were all agreed as to the manner in which our present chief magistrate had filled the chair during the past year. Nothing could exceed the courtesy with which, on all oc casions, he had treated the members of the Council ; the hospitality he had exercised in this great community,— hospitality extended to all, both to his friends and his opponents,—and the unwearied diligence and energy with which he had discharged all the duties devolving upon him. He thought they could not appoint a more fitting successor to Mr. John Holmes than our present Mayor, and therefore he begged to move that he be supported by the Council. It would be a great satisfaction, he was sure, not only to themselves, but the community in general, if he were unanimously elected. ALDERMAN COOPER would ask Mr. HORNET if there had not been a caucus meeting on Saturday, respecting the appointment of aldermen ? The MAYOR—We cannot interfere with that. _ Mr. WRER said it - ;;Tall — extraordinary --- iact, though none respected the MAYOR more than he did, that those who proposed him could not get one of their own party, and therefore they had had recourse to him. He said it was not becoming in those gentlemen. It became the Council not to be gulled by the party, who, at the caucus meeting, tried first . Mr. HORNBY, then Mr. HOLT, and then Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE ; and because they could not carry them, they caine forward with a fine speech to try and get the civic magistrate voted into the office. If any body had come forward and proposed any one else they would have been likely to have carried, what would have become of the civic magistrate ? (Cries of "order.") Mr. HORNBY could on l y say, for his own part, that he had proposed the Mayor, believing that a more fitting person to fill the office could not be found in the Council, and for no other reason ; and more than that, in voting for an Alderman, he looked to no party whatever. He was quite as ready to support a Tory as a Whig, provided he thought him a fitting person to fill the office. Mr. W. J. HoitsFALL.—Did Mr. Hornby propose the Mayor in the caucus meeting ? The MAYOR.—We cannot interfere with any caucus meeting here. Mr. TOULMIN said—Mr. Mayor : Notwithstanding your high character, both public and private, and the golden opinions you have won from every party, from the manner in which you have discharged the duties of your high office,—it is somewhat painful to me to rise and propose the name of another gentleman lu opposition to youself; but I have to propose the name of a gentleman well known to us all, and well respected by the majority of the mem bers of this Council,—that is, Mr. Thomas Bold. (Ap plause.) And, if necessary, I would appeal to Mr. Turner to speak to his qualifications for the duties of either a municipal office, or as a member of the Committee of the Dock Trust. I beg to propose Mr. Thomas Bold. (Applause.) Mr. CHARLES TURNER said as Mr. Toulmin had re ferred to him, he could say that he had worked with Mr. Thomas Bold on the Dock Committee, and he would not say he was the most useful,• but he would say he was one of the most useful members of the Dock Committee they had ever had • and he was quit e sure th a t the Dock Com mittee and the town lost a most valuable man when they lost Mr. Bold's services in the Dock Committee. (Hear.) Alderman J. H. TURNER said he was one of those Who thought Mr. Bold would make an efficient member, for he knew that he was so when on the Dock Committee. At the same time he thought the chief-magistrate was the first person they should think of. When he first heard of Mr: Holmes's death, he had expressed to the Mayor a hope that he would allow his name to be put in nomination. He had not attended any caucus meeting, and, therefore, he was unbiassed and unprejudiced. Alderman PROCTER said the election of the retiring Mayor as Alderman was not the course always pursued. He had voted for Mr. Littledale last year, but the majority had not thought wise to elect him. Mr. Bioniit said, if this were merely a personal matter between two individuals, it might be allowed to pass quietly on their parts ; but as it involved a great principle, and one embodied in the municipal act, clearly defined in words, it was not wise in them, honest or manly, it was not courageous on their part to sit still without giving a reason for their votes. He was surprised at the attempt made by a gentleman who had been engaged as a can vasser to stop the discussion. Persons could vote for the mayor not only as admirers of his public conduct, but they could vote for him because it was to uphold a principle in volved in the municipal act. But charges had been brought against them that they would not have brought his name forward if at some caucus meeting the choice had not fallen on another party. Did Mr. Bold know the disgraceful traffic attempted to be made with his name—did he know the persons employed, or who had taken upon themselves the disreputable office of going to various members of the Council (at least he spoke for himself as one of them), and offering them the withdrawal of opposition in one ward, and that another gentleman should walk over—(Confusion.) Mr. Buck master, a gentleman connected with a political body in the town, came to him distinctly and offered to with draw the opposition to. Mr. Woodruff in Scotland Ward, if he would vote for Mr. Bold ; —nay, more, if he would promise to vote against Mr. Thomson next year,— The 31.tron,—I think you had better confine yourself to the subject before us. It is not exactly right to have a discussion ; but, as it has been so. on former occasions, I did not wish to stop it. Mr. BIGFIA.M said, he thought ivhen he entered that room that the numerous attendance might be for the pur pose of joining in the compliment which would be paid to the Mayor, that being the last time of his sitting in the chair ; but he could not give them that credit, when he knew that a drum-head court martial had been held to get them there to carry out a certain object. Now, he had not one word to say against Mr. Thos. Bold as a public man ; no doubt he would make a valuable member of the Council, and if he had-taken the course laid down by the Municipal Act, and gone before the constituency of some ward for election, he had no doubt that his great knowledge might be beneficial to the town at large. But having been so recently ejected from his situation on the Dock Commit tee, where there had been so marked a feeling on the part of the most influential portion of the town, the dock rate payers, he could not help thinking that it was unseemly in that Council and unwise to pitchfork him in there, in opposition to one who had been so frequently before the town, and who had presided over the Council. But there was more belonging to this than a breach of prineiple : it was carrying out a dastardly spirit of revenge engendered at the recent Parliamentary election ; all parties were not only abusing the privileges which they hold in putting him in there in opposition to the wishes of the ratepayers, but they thought that, at the same time, they would wreak their revenge upon a person who offered himself as a candidate for this great borough. The object was not to put one in, but to turn the other out. Not one word could be said against the Mayor as a fit and proper person. He (Mr. Bigham) must confess he would rather have had one who entertained political opinions like his own, but he should not allow political opinions so far to influ ence him as to vote for one person who was not as equally fitted for the office as another. Although they might now be defeated by a combination of influences, united for an imvroper purpose, and which disgraced the town in the estimation of all honourable men, he only wished that they had a rule similar to that in the House of Lords, that he might enter his protest against their prostituting their privileges for the base purpose of carrying out political partisanship or personal revenge. Mr. GODFREY said Mr. Bigham had been speaking largely about combination. He wondered whether in the election of Mr. Dover and Mr. J. H. Turner, in which Mr. Bigham was concerned, the same p r i n ciple did not apply. (Hear, hear.) At the caucus meeting the party had first nominated three gentlemen, all of whom declined, and now they sought to upset the other party by naming the mayor. It is not, said Mr. Godfrey, through any respect or love for you, Mr. Mayor. (Laughter.) Now Mr. Big ham should do as he would be done by. He was now con demning what he himself had done twelve months ago. He thought he should act honestly and not make a long speech. (Laughter and applause.) The votes were then taken, after an intimation by the MA.von that they were not bound to the gentlemen who had been named, but might vote for any party upon the burgess roll. The result of the voting was that Mr. Bold was elected by a majority OI 311 'CO Is. The following is an analysis of the division : For Mr. Bold.—Messrs. Stewart, Procter, W. J. Horsfall, Mellor, Godfrey, Tyrer, J. B. Lloyd, Clayton, Lawrence, Tobin, Chilton, Littledale, Robinson, Moly um, Halhead, J. N. Wood, J. M. Wood, Raymond Houghton, John Gladstone, jun., Cooper, Jeffreys, Hen derson, M`Nicholl, Bennett, Toulmin, Anderson, Aked, Wagstaffe, Charles Turner, and the Mayor. For Mr. Samuel Holme.—Messrs. Harmood Banner, M`Guffie, Beckwith, Gregson, Holt, Bradley, Bigham, Fleming, Preston, Johnson, Moss, Brancker, Avison. J. H. Turner, John Nicholson, Langsdale,: Pict,on, and Hornby. Mr. Bold was soon afterwards introduced by Mr. Toul min, and took his seat near the head of the room. After he had sat for a little while, Alderman PSOCTER rose (humorously, we believe) to a point of order, and inquired whether Mr. Bold had made the proper declaration as an alderman ? Mr. Totrx.3zix said the Town-clerk had gone for the books, and would be back in two minutes. he had alluded to it. While on this subject, he must say that the special committee must extend their inquiries, or else it would be necessary for some member to move for a special committee ;—for it was not confined to the bricks. He understood that the robbery had commenced with the excavation of the building, and had gone up to the slates. Mr. HORNEY suggested that was not desirable. All that, they were well aware of. If those statements were made, it only put the parties on their guard. Mr. BIGIII3I would say no more, except that he had good information that this was not confined to the new gaol, but extended to another public work ; and that from the foundation the works shOuld be re-measured. Nothing could satisfy the Council unless the committee employed some respectable surveyor from another town, however respectable the surveyors here might be,—timber, bricks, excavation, slates, everything connected with the building ; and then disclosures would be made which he was quite sure would astonish them. _ _ . Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE agreed with Mr. Bigham's suggestion as to the accounts, and thought they ought to have a complete statement of every yard of property they possessed in every street of Liverpool—of every tenancy, so that they might refer to it, that they might know what assets they really had, and they might then be able to judge whether, in cases of sale, they were deriving profit on prices ; or whether, on the other hand, tenants were paying their rents with regularity, and whether those pay ments were an adequate remuneration for the respective premises they held. It was so he should deal with his own affairs, and he did not think it was an unhealthy prin ciple to apply to the Corporation. As to the other matter referred to, he thought it was the duty of members, on getting such information, to conceal nothing, but lay it at once before the proper authorities. Mr. Toirnmni asked whether any official surveyor had been nominated to go over the building? Mr. HORNBY said, previous to the communication which Mr. Bigham had received, and which had led to the inquiry, suspicion had arisen in his mind of the surveyor, so long ago, he thought, as in April last. Mr. Culshaw had been appointed to measure the whole of the building, perfectly independent both of the contractors and the brickmaker. Mr. GODFREL—They cannot measure the foundations. Mr. HOENBY said it was a difficult operation, and would occupy a considerable time. Mr. Hornby then justified the present mode of making out the accounts, which had been followed for the last fifty years, and said that Mr. Bighorn was wrong in supposing that the cost of St. George's-hall and the new gaol was paid out of the bo rough fund : it was met byborrowed money. Mr. Bighorn's remarks at the last council had done harm, and the party who was making depositions as to the bricks, had in conse quence refused to give them more information. Mr. BIGIEIM asked if Mr. Culshaw had been appointed previous to his putting the letter he received into the hands of the committee? The TOWS-CLERK answered in the negative. Mr. STEWART stated, as a matter of practical experience in such things, that they could not expect to have the result of the measurement and a report on the matter for two months yet. Mr. BIG-MAIL—Was there any suspicion in the breast of the surveyor about the robbery perpetrated at the Wal lasey embankment ? Mr. TOULMIY asked if the measurement taken by Mr. Culshaw was wholly irrespective of the contractors ? Mr. HoaNBY believed it was. No payments had yet been made for the building except on account, and there was a sum of £16,000 due, of which the committee refused to make any payment till the whole building was com pleted. The M Aron did not like to interfere, but hoped, as a member of the committee, that they would not continue that discussion. (Hear.) The matter would be rigidly investigated to the bottom, and he pledged himself, if he was returned to the Council, that nothing would be left undone to probe it to the uttermost. (Applause.) It was their object to bring to justice the parties who had been guilty of that misconduct. He advised the Council at present not to furnish weapons to those who had to defend themselves. _ The remaining proceedings of the Finance Committee were then confirmed. . THE WATCH COMMITTEE: ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUPERANNUATION FUND. The proceedings of the Watch, Lighting, Fire Police, and Fire Prevention Committees, comprised a recommen dation to apply to parliament for power to establish a police superannuation fund. Mr. TOBIN, at some length, moved the confirmation of the proceedings. He was anxious that the Council should express its opinion as to the establishment of the proposed superannuation fund. The object was to grant a superan nuated allowance to officers hurt or worn out in the ser vice ; and also to those who had served a period of 15 years, except under peculiar circumstances. The model s of raising the fund would be by a small weekly contribution (about 6d.) from the men themselves, added to other sources of revenue which the Legislature had decreed should be applied to such purposes. If an officer should leave the service before he would be entitled to the fund, or be dismissed, the benefit would then cease. Numerous objections were urged against this, and some thought that the men should be allowed to withdraw under such cir cumstances the money which they might have paid in. To this Mr. Tobin, at some length, replied. Those already in the force were in favour of such a condition, and those who entered afterwards could plead no hardship, as they would be made acquainted with it on entering. It was, besides, a useful check upon the officers by giving them something to look forward to ; and the principle was no novelty, for it was adopted in the Merchant Seamen's Fund, 1852, the Genet al Borough Police Act, the Civil Service Fund, the Treasury, Customs, and Post-office departments, in the Zletxonolitan and Ilifk.nrhester Po lice Acts, the East India Comp.ay's Service, various benefit societies, and in railway companies that prin ciple pervaded them all. The object was to check the fluctuations occurring in the force. From 1836 to the present time 5000 men had entered the force here, or from 250 to 300 annually. When it was considered that one experienced officer was worth two inexperienced ones, it would be seen that anything done to keep the experienced officers would be a saving to the town, Mr. GREGSON seconded the resolution. Mr. R. GLADSTONE asked whether the fund would be self-supporting, or the borough fund might be called on ? Alderman J. BRAMLEY MOORE opposed the motion, and thought that if the men left, their payments should not be lost to them. The principle with regard to govern ment officers was an exceeding hardship, and there were instances of men serving for twenty years who lost the whole of it. Alderman PARKER moved that that part of the pro ceedings be not confirmed; but there was no seconder. Mr. LIARMOOD BANNER thought it would be a most valuable measure, as did also Alderman BENNETT, who thought that the men would have a pride in making the fund self-supporting. Mr. BIGIIAN expressed fears that this would not be the case, and intimated that both the London and the Man chester police funds were on an unsound basis. Mr. TOBIN replied, and stated that the source of re venue to which he had referred, by which the fund would be augmented, was the sale of old police clothing, &c. The proceedings were then confirmed. THE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE : WIDENING OP PABK- LINE, &C. The proceedings of the Improvement Committee com prised a recommendation to apply to parliament for powers to improve the west side of Park-lane, between Canning-place and Liver-street. The MAYOR intimated that he had received a letter from Mr. John Tipping, suggesting that an old house at the corner of Drury-lane, and the old Ropery should be in cluded in the Improvement Act, as it would be a great convenience to have it removed. Mr. GLA.DBTONE said it was an unseemly edifice, and had been the cause of serious accidents to man and horse. Referred to the committee. Alderman BENNETT, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings, said the whole matter was now in a forward state, and a draft of the bill would be brought before the Council early in November. There was opposition to only one of the improvements, that suggested by Mr. Jeffreys at the last Council. The committee proposed widening Park-lanefrom Canning-place up to Liver-street. This would be a great accommodation, and could be done at small expense. Alderman J. H. TURNER asked what the cost of the improvements in Park-lane would be ? Alderman BENNETT said between £3OOO and £4OOO. MT. BECzwmr.—ln addition to the value of the pro perty we already hold. Alderman TURNER thought the improvement of Church street was most important. Alderman COOPER, on behalf of the residents of the south end of the town, said they had received the proposi tion to widen Park-lane with thanks, and no part wanted alteration more. He regretted they could only take it as far as the church ; it ought to extend to the railway-sta tion in Crosby-street, to and from which there was great traffic with lorries, &c. He was satisfied that if that could be done it would be a great relief to Church-street, and the central parts of the town. Mr. Tnomsorr said it was fully intended to carry out the further widening of Park-lane so soon as the other improvements were completed. Mr. JEFFREYS was glad the suggestion he had thrown out had been successful. He thought the Council had marked their opinion strongly by the small minority against it. Mr. CHARLES TURNER said there was no part of Liver pool where widening would be more beneficial. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE could not suppose that any member of that Council could get up and say that the widening of Park-lane was of greater importance than Church-street. He supposed that the traffic in Church street was as five to one in Park-lane,—aye, ten to one. He begged to move, as an amendment, that the proposed improvement in Park-lane be struck out of the bill. Mr. BECKWITH seconded the amendment. Mr. NicnoLn strenuously supported the proposed improvement. The traffic might not be so great as Church -street, but it was of a more obstructive character. He thought Park-lane ought to be widened up to the railway. Mr. CHARLES TURNER said Park-lane was the shortest road from the Town-hall to the south end of the town ; it was nearly a quarter of a mile nearer than to go along Great George's-street, and the reason that the traffic along Church-street was so great was that all the other outlets north and south were choked up. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PICTON thought the discussion proved that the committee had wisely taken the middle course. He added that it would be a vastly increased improvement if the arches under the Custom -house could be widened for cabs, not for carts or waggons. He knew no improvement that would be greater. (Applause.) After a few words from Mr. R. C. GARDNER, Mr. Glad stone's amendment was then put, and lost by a majority of 31 to 5. The minority were Messrs. Holden, Gladstone, Hodson, Beckwith, and Langsdale. The proceedings of the Courts of Law, Markets, Educa tion, Gaol, and Town-hall Establishment Committees, which contained no entries of special interest, were then read and confirmed. It appears that the average atten dance of pupils at the North Corporation-school is 1,03], and at the South 1,107. The minutes of the Markets' Committee comprised a bye-law to prevent obstructions in public thoroughfares, by the exposure of articles for sale ; but as this required confirmation by two-thirds of the whole Council 04), and there were only 33 members present, it stands over for the neat meeting. TIIE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Finance Committee comprised a recommendation to let Mr. John Laird, Messrs. Clayton and Co., and Messrs. Clover and Co., for shipbuilding purposes, land and premises at Bir kenhead, for the term of twenty-five years, subject to special terms and conditions ; and a report as to proposed appropriation out of the surplus income of £lO,OOO towards the erection of a building for the Public Library, Museum, and Gallery of Arts ; and as to the funds for a proposed improvement of Church-street. Mr. HORNBY moved the confirmation of the proceed ings seriatim, taking first the proposed lease of land at Birkenhead for shipbuilding purposes. He thought, if those leases were approved of by the Council, they would be beneficial not only to the Corporation of Liverpool, but their proposed tenants. The land had been for a number of years lying in an almost unproductive state, and would under this arrangement bring in a considerable revenue ; but what was of more importance, judging from the character of those gentlemen as shipbuilders, an impetus would be given to the shipbuilding trade which would be of importance to the trade and commerce of Liverpool. (Applause). Alderman COOPER seconded the motion. Mr. BIGILAN asked whether, on the terms to be paid under these leases, the Council would lose or gain by the throwing up of the contract of Mr. WiLsox ? Mr. HoaNBY replied that Mr. LAIRD took the whole of the land that Mr. • .11 had, and it was let on about the same terms. t The MAYon beli • or a little more. Mr. R GlansToNik t asked if there was a progressive increase of rent as the time advanced ?—which Mr. HORNBY answered in the negative. This point of the proceedings was then confirmed. Mr. HoBNBY then moved the two other special subjects on the paper. The Committee reported that there was a balance from the surplus which would enable the Council, if inclined, to vote £lO,OOO for the erection of the Free Library. As to the widening of Church-street, taking into account the cost of the other improvements sanc tioned, and the works in progress, the Committee thought that it was not expedient at present that they should in cur the expense which would be requisite for that purpose. Mr. PICTON asked the estimated cost of widening Church-street ? Alderman J. H. TURNER said £lB,OOO was the lowest. Mr. HORNRY said three estimates were given in, and even the lowest estimate would have been an unsatisfac tory improvement of the street. Alderman PROCTER said for the £lB,OOO they could have commenced at the bottom of Lord-street, and taken it up to the head of St. Peter's Church-yard. The proceedings were confirmed. THE ALLEGED FRAUD AT THE NEW GAOL AT WALTON : OTHER ALLEGED FRAUDS. - - Mr. HORNET, in moving the confirmation of the re mainder of the proceedings, said it might be expected that he should allude to a subject which had excited at tention out of doors,—he meant the frauds which had oc curred in reference to building the new gaol. It must be obvious to the Council that in the present state of those proceedings, which were now under judicial consideration, any details on his part would be highly improper ; and that, in short, it became the absolute duty of the Council to abstain from any discussion on the sub ject. He could only assure the Council that although so little had been recorded in the proceedings of the Finance Committee on this subject, it had engaged their earnest attention, and a committee had been appointed, consisting of the Mayor, Mr. Stewart, and himself, to pro ceed against those parties suspected to have been guilty of that fraud and conspiracy; no efforts should be wanting on their part to bring the o ff enders to j ust i ce, an d a search ing inquiry would take Place in respect to every part of the building of the new g ao l . Alderman PROCTER seconded the motion. Mr. BIGHAM suggested that the Corporate accounts might be made out more clearly. They had ostensibly a annually to the parish, £747 t o th e var iou s c h ar iti es , £1,644 to the library, and £896 f or th e M a y or ' s carr i ages , sur plus income of £48,584; but with the £11,442 voted that surplus income was reduced to about £30,000, out of which the cost of St. George's-hall and the new gaol at Walton had to be provided for. The surplus income and borrowed capital were so mixed up together, that it was difficult to distinguish which portion of that expenditure would be continuous. As to the matter mentioned by Mr. Hornby, some members thought that he (Mr. Bigham) had done an injury by mentioning it in the Council. Now the fact was, that he received a letter which he submitted privately to the chairman of the finance committee. He waited quietly for six weeks, and did not receive in that time, as he should in courtesy, any communication from keep silent, had it not oozed out from the Fress. Finding so, and that some wombera had got s' 'tar tuiormation, he should have continued to the committee ; and then THE HEALTH COMMITTEE, Mr. LANGSDALE having moved the confirmation of the proceedings of this committee, Alderman PARKER complained that Mr. Moss had made an unmanly and cowardly attack upon him in the com mittee, making use of his name, in consequence of his voting at the last Council meeting against the proposed deputation to Scotland, on the smoke nuisance. Mr. HA RMOOD BANNER called attention to a nuisance in Crown-street, which had often been memorialised against, but still continued. It was explained that it could not be removed without au indictment, and that the committee could not interfere, as the medical officer had not reported that it was inju rious to health. The place complained of is a " rotten works " (so we understood the words), the property of Mr. Bigham. Mr. GLADSTONE thought they ought to be cautious, and not drive manufactories from the town; and the subject then dropped. Mr. GREGSON next called attention to a deposit of chemical refuse in Boundary-street, which would form the foundations of future buildings, and which must give out an unwholesome effluvium for years to come. The TOWN-CLERK explained that the committee at pre sent could not interfere ; but it was one of the matters which they sought for power to prevent in their new bill. A recommendation for a small increase of salary to three of the officers of the committee stands over pursuant to standing orders • and the proceedings were then confirmed. The proceedings of the Gardens, Church Expenditure, and Observatory Committees were then read and con firmed. THE WATER COMMITTEE. This committee recommended that Mr. Isherwood's contract for the Rivington Works, No. 3, which had been terminated, should be given to Mr. Evans. Mr. HOLT moved the confirmation of the proceedings, and said that Mr. Evans had large means and experience, and offered to take the works in the same way as by the former contract, both as to the past and the future. Alderman COOPER seconded the motion, which was agreed to. The proceedings of the Library, Hackney Carriages, Shipbuilding, and Baths Committees, were then read and confirmed ; the Coroner's account, amounting to £2l 10s., was passed, and this closed the ordinary business of the Council. TOTE OF THANKS TO THE MAYOR: EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF MR. BOBEIITSW GLADSTONE. Mr. 5. B. LLOYD then rose and said : Mr. Mayor, I have been requested, to fulfil a duty which affords to my self the. greatest possible satisfaction, as I am sure it will be to the Council, to receive the proposition that I have to make, which is, sir, to vote the warmest thanks of this Council to you, for the manner in which you have presided, in the last year, over our deliberations, and to- assure you, sir, that in retiring from that chair, you take with you the sincere thanks of the Council, for the firmness, dignity, and impartiality with which you have performed the duties devolving upon you. I can only state my regret that it has not fallen into abler hands to express thanks, not only for the way in which you have presided in this Council, but the hospitable man ner in which you have maintained the duties of that chair throughout the whole year. (Applause.) I. have great pleasure in proposing to the Council that the best thanks are due to you, not only for your services to the Council, but for the services which you have rendered to the town during your mayoralty. (Loud applause.) Mr. GEORGE HOLT said,—lt gives me great pleasure to second the vote of thanks to you. The way in which you have performed all the duties of the office, and the great ability you have shown in that office, not only in this room but elsewhere, wherever you presented yourself as director or chairman, whether in public rooms or on the hustings your perfect impartiality, and fairness, and justice in the office which you fill, has entitled you to hearty thanks from every member of the community. (Applause.) Of course, sir, I have great pleasure in seconding the resolution. (Loud acclamation.) Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE then rose. He said— Mr. Mayor, this is a moment when perfect unanimity of opinion is perhaps more desirable than on any other occa sion I can refer to, and I for one should be very sorry to disturb the feeling which seems to pervade this Council. Circumstances, however, have taken place which I shall not be at liberty now to refer to ; but, hearing this vote of thanks moved, affords me an opportunity of making one or two remarks. I confess that I cannot quite go so far as my friend Mr. Holt has done, but I will do this : I will take very good care that I am not the cause of the creation of any unpleasant feeling, where an evident majority appear to desire the compliment should be paid the chief magistrate of this town. The question I refer to has a reference more to the future than the past, and it is possible I may be in error in labouring under the apprehension on my mind ;—if I am, I stand corrected. It will be in the recollection of the Council that the Mayor has three or four times been absent from our proceedings—one time in Dublin, and another in Lon don. The Council are aware when the Mayor is appointed, he has a right to go away,—that is right enough; but, if I understand correctly, the May - or on these occasions was absent as the Mayor of Liverpool. I should like to offer a remark or two on that point ; bat if he was there only in his private capacity, I shall intrude upon the Council no more. Perhaps the Mayor will be good enough to say. It is as to whether you went to London and Dublin as the Mayor of Liverpool, or in your individual capacity ? The MAYOR—I was invited by the Lord Mayor of Dublin on the one hand, and by the Lord Mayor of London on the other, as the Mayor of Liverpool— (applause) ; and, as the Mayor of Liverpool, I deemed it right to respond to the invitations. of the representatives of the two great municipal bodies of the kingdom ; and I hope while I was there Liverpool suffered nothing.— (Applause.) ULADSTONE—It was quite right and proper that the Mayor should receive those invitations, and equally proper he should go ; but I have always been under the apprehension that the Mayor, as Mayor of Liverpool, was only so within the precincts of the borough, and when he departed from those precincts he could only do so with the acquiescence and approval of the Council. Now, allow me to call the attention of the Council to the possible inconvenience from the under standing being otherwise. I don't allude to the present mayor —take the case of any mayor who goes to London, and there discusses the subject of education. Now, it would be obvious, the present mayor would not state my views on education, and I would not choose him to do it any more than he would choose me to represent his ; therefore I wish to call attention to this. It was usual in earlier times, in my younger days, to state when the mayor was absent. I want to to point out how necessary it is that on any such occasion there should be a concurrence of the Council. I should be sorry to be committed by the Mayor. I never had any personal feeling, but as the opportunity is afforded of making these remarks, I make them as much for the future— (Cries of " Order.") Alderman LAWRENCE deemed it very wrong in Mr. Gladstone— The MAYOR.—I shan't stop Mr. Gladstone. Mr. GLADSTONE said he was in order. A vote of thanks had been proposed to the Mayor, and he should state his opinion, whether right or wrong. Mr. WAGSTAFFE.—If Mr. Gladstone goes on the ques tion of education, I have something to say to him on the subject of education. Alderman PARKER.—I am sure that anything which fell from the Mayor of Liverpool on the subject would be encored by the vast majority of the members here, and .I hope the principles the Mayor holds will ever be main tained by a majority of this council. (Loud applause.) I beg to reiterate our warmest thanks to the Mayor. Mr. PICTON said he could not express the pain he felt, that on the present occasion ' when certainly he supposed for one that there would be a unanimous feeling of respect to our worthy chief magistrate, that the apple of discord in any way or by any gentleman, however worthy of respect he may have been, should be thrown in. (Applause.) At the same time that the question had been put by Mr. Gladstone, he thought it only right that any gentleman who followed on the subject should express his opinion, not in respect to the question of education, for he begged to say that was not before them in any shape or way ; but in regard to the position the Mayor of Liverpool occupies when away from this borough ; because, as Mr. Glad stone had said, it was an important question, and one which they should perfectly understand ; and he did not know any opportunity that was better for properly con sidering it than when there was moved a vote of thanks to the chief magistrate. (Hear, hear, from Mr. Gladstone.) Now he (Mr. Picton) in his simplicity thought that when invitations were sent to the different Mayors of Liverpool (this was not the first time the Mayor of Liverpool had been invited to the Mansion-house), it was a tribute of respect, not as a compliment to the Mayor personally, but a compliment to the great commercial community he presides over. (Loud applause.) It could never be supposed for one moment that the Mayor of Liverpool, in attending a meeting of that kind., be the subject what it might, came armed and backed with the sentiments of the majority, or any portion of the inhabitants of Liverpool, —that was, that he went there to represent their views, — nothing of the kind could be contemplated for a moment. The Mayor's views on education might or might not be the same as those he (Mr. Picton) held ; but he looked upon the invitation in this way :—The Mayor occupies a pre-eminent and commanding position in the commu nity which he presides over ; a great public question was put before the meeting on which he was called to speak, and he giving his views on the subject, not as com missioned to represent the views of the inhabitants of Liverpool, but his own individual views,—he did not see how any gentleman could mistake that for a single mo ment. It did not follow that the Mayor always spoke officially every word he utters. (Applause.) It would, indeed, be a very strange thing if the Mayor of Liverpool, when he goes abroad, was to be tied, bound, and fettered, and restricted from expressing his own opinions, simply because he was Mayor of Liverpool. He ventured to suppose that such a precedent would be a dangerous one, and he ventured to say that when Mr. Gladstone filled that chair, he did not consider that in the sentiments he put forth he was expressing the opinions of the people of Liverpool. He should be sorry to see the day when any such rule should prevail. (Ap plause.) Mr. HODSON said he had now sat for several years in that Council, and had heard several votes of thanks pro- posed to chief magistrates for the way in which they had discharged the duties of that office, but he had never known the subject of education or any matter upon which there was a difference of opinion brought forward in that assembly—(applause)--and he was very sorry that Mr. Gladstone on that occasion should have thought it his duty to do so. He agreed with Mr. Gladstone in many things politically and religiously, but he thought in the way that the Mayor had discharged the duties of his office, he had forgot all distinctions of party. (Applause.) He must confess that if in the office which he was leaving the Mayor must be crippled from giving his individual views, the office was not worth having. (Applause.) He thought Mr. Gladstone had forgotten the time for making his remarks, which should have been when the new Mayor was appointed. He thought the Mayor left that chair unsullied—(applause) ;—and he rose to say that much, because he had himself used every exertion that man e could use, to secure f or ano th er g entleman the seat which he now filled. He (Mr. Hodson) had admired M r. Gladstonei s for his straightf orwar d policy, but he thong lit he Wa now mistaken in tills particular. He could say that b the vey r Mayor one left that chair honoured and respected by e. PPlause-) INtr, JA.74ga TTRER said I I wonder how they addressed TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1853' Mr. Gladstone's brother, when they asked.ashicligoltro.rerigotl Manchester. Did they not address him 0 , 0 0 the Exchequer ? He had no right to give r n " th ' e 3 1 0 % 11 ' there any more than our worthy b fet ter ' y asters e sion-house in London. (Applause.) It a „ s beyond measure. Are not all the ministers ~e n ,tr ed, s ad the situation they hold, and are they to be f tte ot tied by not give an opinion ? The Privy Council were j f g o . de q t any expressions that Mr. Gladstone may have r Mayor had chester or elsewhere. We know that a great toni.san" differ from the Chancellor of the ExchequeliaUil t i s to he said at Manchester —(laughter) —but ~ cop as found with him on that account, neither whenettn,uot, was called by the Queen would he be called t If th e our worthy Mayor has been. (Applause.) ,„. , Mr. Tnomsort.—l must say a word or J r 's: %otos , . Mayors of Liverpool were to be bound as l a i s once thinks, thinks, he ought to remember that hand _ Mayor of Liverpool, and may be again, I 31,1 augl iter does not hold the same opinions as before. tr od! and applause.) I am proud, man, to return you my thanks, and all 00 1e5 ; as a huinf i lu e tot iee men who know you, and all the workino_l men and mechanics join the sentiment. L0,?,b17,0e, live—(applause)—to enjoy your health, and . 1 „„it s ee Ye should live till the 9th of November, we sn''' elected an alderman—(Applause). The motion having been carried by acclatun.taii°—/I' The MAYOR said—Gentlemen : It is soraett e',4 til cult to express in suitable language the heart,—that is my position at the present nunn el ,, l l o t; er aotionl . ' for to a' one mit me to say, in reference to the subject GLADSTONE has alluded, that when I received the e!le. tations from the Lord Mayor of London, u 0 ,1 1,,„ 0 0 Of , hand, and further, from the Lord Mayor of p ,n_if ta no?. other, I deemed it my duty to accept those l a n,l', lo l tia; knowing, that at one of them I was invited to l t d " t otr e opening of an Exhibition, which I hoped I ,d, on t o would be beneficial to Ireland—(applause) ;—%„ of [fist other hand, when I accepted the tati Lord Mayor of London, I was not awn ro e ,' any particular subject would be broaehe d • g o ose famed, of the hos a p n i dtally met t r thwerheichneatrhlye Mansion mayor' ' the kingdom, some had come from all ire t l i a l f ; d „:olv f ;l l o there the Lord Provosts of Edinburgh an d 1 6 ,redn c3 i .P when the subject of education was- 1 1 ln°' doe' ot for an extension of science and art, and not a., er a education —(hear,hear,)---at the desire of the Lord sahl ec to of London, I took part in the discussions on t A l ‘feLl fr° s and I venture to say, that not a single Wor`:,, T o of 1 1 1 ,ii me which could compromise the peculiar oPilsuco seve , individual living Gentlemen, although I have,aeatobe.g occasions been provoked to retort, I have deternb01 1011 ,1 1 ; in silence remarks whichfell from Mr.Gladst one,s ly ' .; filled the office you did me the honour to pla ce iii bad cogs should have known, and doubtless would if 111 ,, tvhtchge dered with kindness, the peculiar difficulty r os e.) 5 o f gentleman is placed filling your chair. (APP a ssio° ought not to, and cannot, take part in the 0 -L' c ie P sr u : the Council, because if he did so, he would beCo; l , w ill e tisan; but let me remind Mr. Gladstone, which 1 o f ill deavour to do without compromising the dign r t ,isee, chair, that when Mr. Gladstone was Mayor 0 1 tio tios e j he assisted at the opening of the Collegiate 1 1„, to the ("Hear, hear," and loud applause) ; an. oll fro ot me, with others, to attend a dinner g- C n i aci "„30 that occasion ; and I then heard at his own tat:deli opitte , his own brother, if I recollect rightly, I heard reeled which I dare say, at the present day, be woth with a t; (Laughter, and loud applause.) Whether it corne,s o osl i t r taste from Mr. Gladstone to make those reraarlis. ' to g. hy ' t he and nothing shall fall from nie to excite angry plause). But if Mr. Gladstone would have waitecitale'e T oe , favour of my constituents, I take my P $ among you, neither from Mr. Gladstone nor a he I, th er man will I ask any favours, but will then_ r ae elagt, position to defend any and every attack made uptnllse.) an my private or public capacity. (Loud BPPl a v hill o pe gentlemen, I will dismiss mfui s ubject. served the thanks of such a that comm pa unity as this, e ye e 5 be.pe single exception, is an honour of which any in do graPoosi bitious. I beg to tender the expression of my oe'P e I ,iol t he for the confidence you have reposed in me, for the for, re . and consideration you have invariably.manifesteci, B ila te i aidl have received from all in discharging the aribi%Af ele c „, o l , sponsible duties of the office to which you unaniniou.„e a r , , a i me. (Loud applause.) I shall carry into privatelPeet o 'o lection of your kindness. and an endorseh.oiriebera my fellow-townsmen that any attempts of n ot „03,e fill the office with general satisfaction hav e .. e eorfw a rl , in vain ; and it will be to me more than a 0 1e,,c; for any labours to which the office has s ubject at` ter more than a recompense for the unkind a ndungew e t iee)l„ o made upon me this day. (Applause.) And if, getsa the favour of my constituents, lam again et a seat in this Council, or, if not honoured with a s'`', pa Council, it shall make no difference with nie,--110st);(, feeling shall rankle in my breast in consequence 0 _ of occurred to-day, but I shall cordially co-opera!ed Gladstone in carrying out the business coinnt''''oew charge, for the general welfare of the whole of the c 'e ntlet/ of my native town.—(Loud applause.) Again , ',VS' . let me tender to you the warmest expression s of th) (Loud cheering.) Time Council then broke up. THE NEW IRON SHIP TArLP S,C , i 0 IT Its Is now an acknowledged fact that vessels e time emigration trade between Liverpool and Austra n ieg 4:def excel those of other ports in their construction, " age s ? o we ties, and beauty of model. The most rapid P 5. 1 4e Ole canvas have hitherto been made by Liverpoo! s%ners this to the great liberality displayed by our sloP, on tiou A pro; internal arran o c•ements for passengers, to the at f . the fo9L' s 0 00 is paid to ventilation, to the excellent dual" g e caPta''' vided for the voyage, and the superiority of t . e _ce lie f roti officers in the service. No .hint, which gested, has been allowed to be thrown away 4 a n us soil po' ship built and laid on for the voyage, presents , t i o hestit h o feature conducive to the improved comfort au. ° r o ar % o il , 1 sengers. This laudable conduct, on time Par' o woe ah tion-houses, has been impressed upon us bY tr i n atol 3 o War= tili,:yngillairer llno ' tal y, at N l ' ° I NA, 11, for which is now being fitted up in the Welling tar one, of Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's white Sta . e ver Australia. se , - fa , The Tayleur is one of the largest merchant v i eS su reta g g ht built in this country, being 2,500 tons new dr ati ar' with a capacity for carrying 4,200 tons of cargo ot tog a the of 31 feet of water. Although a three-decker, h a m , ell i ete, deck, she is only intended to carry passenger s idth. oey, main deck, which is 230 feet long, by 40 feet tS feet experi socato large dimensions enable the owners to sh° r fee t ls.o o osl much more than the ordinary space. Thirty t 0( . 14 e 0 t the common width of ships ; and the along tl he nlw r 0' possessed by the Tayleur allows the space he the deck, between the two rows of bertha, to t han f fi r : the passengers' rooms to be considerably larg—able " The number of passengers which she is caPa, oo) , ho e d rying . , according to her tonnge and deck t . u, t hus '"a She is, however, only to carry 500, who wt„oteaner given up to them the space which would have aFes! A froT,Dti 150 more passengers. She is, as may be concety.eusidelfirioT. size, very lofty, and is well lighted and ventilate'• he r N,pof! have been made, about eight feet apart, alollsiiiis.;pl length, thus opening into every room. A Yen,' ho les through her foretopgallant deck, and four P,hr," l , e slliP„;oc e , stern, afford a constant cnrrent of air through' she has besides covered hatchways,witb Wkn de Cl , "ger' e i and close, thus seven admitting light and air from the ~a sse llo ot There is every facility afforded for classifying th e teill% I I The crew will be entirely separated ; their berths h $ the foretopgallant deck. whic" d int The Tayleur is divided into five compartmems't a Do"f be separated by bulkheads. Between the foreulas d a te oe rl°,, mast is the " second cabin," which will acconllneerysliss,, sixty, in rooms of four and six berths each, in a f,orst' e manner. In the centre of the ship about 140 • I'D cc o will be accommodated in rooms of the same si4 e. will " A d i s termediate forward," and "intermediate aft, each' ( t or; s modate 188, in rooms of two and four berths spa ce er el ts , few steerage passengers will be carried in the rfl'ea o i little aft of the foremast to the bows of the shiP ro ar , a s t o separate access from the deck to all the se co eat In the fittings up of the rooms, &c., adOrtur r fals r • 0 11 ' been spared, which will aid in imparting a di e ' •ell es' the ship. „ ob, 1 0 0;telt The accommodation on the spar deck abov - 'ia ' f rill' a? doubtless, be the chief resort of the passengers iaq t ea •ei t o, t it 01 ther, is unusually great, affording an alnico tt , 0 ,1,, e r0 , promenade of nearly 230 feet in length. cap e po o h with a saloon aft, which will contain the c„_at'„ pP it officer, and a limited number of first-ca"Zas!;',l9;'l ll , o This saloon is admirably ventilated, with vvl o r. and two skylights. A portion of it, aft conyll, ''',.,i e nr`"" Pio ( sofas as a lounging room, and other %01‘illiaghole accommodation of the passengers. The ,'„ r ovl a `red' is on this deck, forward, and is capable m As oa c ll `o , the physical wants of 1000 persons, if rertui re .er 13 0•0 1 ,,,, the Tttyleur is one of the finest vessels Vo l e " - 0 and, since her arrival in this port, has eliciteuses g re tto l o t, miration of nautical connoisseurs. She Post e n s t h f 0 r s ail ,l e ff . of carrying sail, combined with sharpness ''" t on'Y o etir c iiP„ and we venture to predict that she will n° fo r but prove a most comfortable conveYan e n e f tbei s Ti ted She is commanded by Captain Noble, late s'oelna— per ship " Australia,"” a gentleman well the trade. fr ffi. PROTESTANT INST-au Of. -00 - of J3O , bet , LECTURE BY THE REV. JOSEPH , a f LAST night a lecture was delivered to 14' 1 .0, e ly e rall e f iev• the St. John's Protestant Association, antrP t he'll t a .t he ftet . Joseph Bardsley, B.A. The subject Wa„,„ B ;ale" Ow. ri ce the Church of Rome. The chair was """ v vere, e , 'aeo, 6o W. F. Taylor, and on the platfOrokoralot a rswiis;in ' H. Carpenter, G. Read, G. W.- A "l e g' h, Ireland, and W. B. Matthias • t'e r 10 N snEeu. i vd c Fe k i rot s oar o rld n y: T. Gregory, J. P. GAWP: eve;P o 2;o l4) ",,nen speakers, B' w l c ha a c e c n accorded d a e l e v l n was' end c ea r: l iii e t t l ip ed s a ..I,:icres'°,,eito;gentle I.athe dealing with the subject as it was unfo i l n ifi d iPS s' a i d s'et thrw etif ft t e ° - t w h h e o ß a e d v d . red . se L d . t l h r e ela m n e d e , ti t n i f e . ch A a f i t r e ro r fi to a t ofi' [pre 01'0 audience, and explained invaluable oee, - ; ,ilet c iple to AO declare and inculcate theP"." prn i tua' r vvt ( Preo , ligioua liberty, and to show that it wa s '0" hey sle"onse' both the interest and the duty of everY aa t el t tain. He insisted on the right of every 'P o iont a joY to entertain and propagate whatever °No e et tiousiy believe, otherwise it was iniPnagoe tt t oe s l religious liberty. In the Church of I,r sc osSi ° t r°, l held indispensable to suppress free (1 1 presel l t elo 4 :o7,oo, he illustrated by reference to th e sla ve a , events in Italy, in Spain in France sae o Wi ao oDl of which every endeavour had been w as reC-s' l , of ..." — tta The Rev. J. BARDSLEY, on risings Chu re oa strbeealy cheers. He proceeded to show that th: del h ad eit tlhi essentially a persecuting Church.haulDeeh oeooo, Proving that from the earliest times er a persecuting spirit, and that ber o . o ug ' ir :in d .%l persecuting with her teaching. The se :-etrina .„ f ° -e 0 ; reference to historical documents, to "v a in t oOrZ to t . 1 ,0 5 0, rised by the Romish church, and to th„_ re ferre e A ll/„0 1 „4 evidence afforded by recent events. r a e o . otos ttn trt hell,' l o sacre of St. Bartholomew, and the wars , e _ ro nce.. ei . iot o t as proof of Rome's persecuting days, and referred to her yet uusatel..l2,,s s pin tary t of / air_ 4a r it y concluded a glowing lecture by r e , e to Pr es o ove b ' f or e ,e4 l ' watchfulness and indomitable cou vicxso s for d e by the recent cases oft e Nladaia.nancud.a_aijog th er v e i t il e o i e a t : o % able Lillpriveges we now enjoy. r• Oi to the Rev. Mr. Bardsley for the % use, a fter w ; t , This was carried a midst loud app f tratterk.eo ing separated. of a Pre ss ° ry We regret that, in consequence Rey.G. RE LAND seconded,aviottgfietchttiunrketrliqeducitte interesting lecture • line of Mr. 04 Th° ll ' 3s o9 CASE' tab 00 TILE LATE FATAL STABBING unable to find space for more than the" bove Ve was brought up at the Po lice-cour .Y gatin- 6 0 1 ,7'0 A medical ;certificate was handed I I ; a fit $t one of the men implicated in the t lat e e s t te ll st tile wounded man, John Crimp, was not _A De said zr o the Hospital to give evidence, and we i ! ol Z er , a l t 7u : Mr. Campbell, on behalf of the lb f aid, ,uioth r tr oy t inquestpeared hhaardd been o 0 1a., evidence was offered against Wlla c T:_ eel>. said they cola not interfere. The eis as _lsl . True ....aua a week. ---..--....-............-.-.--.......................... l 4 1 :S LIVERPOOL: go rnia c V 1 0 0 Printed and Published every Tuescltlyi ci oat i ., i s poo f 1. , Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON T_U,„iii„ r.r.v.i. Percy-street, at the STANDARD GE N1T,,,,.. Li OFFICE, No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S GRESVI'' ' Tuesday, November I, 1853. -_- . 0 1 TREATII ] A Se •te s of t ITA r le a ' o g aT ti Cb H e ,„. „_ " REICH He 011(1 -Ucte r ,„ N l . r l ' e adele U'AZS ROya] ~