The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-25 00:00:00

[ere the Ind tnd the be. be ►er i to pal Li- Is ed ird he )1e Rion that her first and last appeal was-to the intellect !" W e b eg to i n f orm this very shallow scribbler that the "first and last appeal" of Protestantism has always been to " the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible." This is the test to which the Church of England refers' all disputed points of doctrine or dis cipline. By that infallible test, and not by the erring conclusions of human intellect, will she alone consent to abide. It is a sheer and unqualified falsehood to allege that the Diocesan Society " compliments exploded Popery (by the way, what is exploded Popery ?) by the adop tion of her most hated maxims ;" or that it " confirms the doctrines of abhorred Socialism by admitting, in ferentially, that there is no security for the Church of England but in the regulated circumstances' of a Diocesan School." The avowed object of the Diocesan Society is, not the safety of the Established Church, but the promotion of the temporal and spiritual welfare of the rising generation. It is equally false to say that the Diocesan Society "pronounces truth embodied in science, arts, and let ters, as inimical to religion." The Society " pro nounces" no such thing. It simply seeks to make the knowledge of the arts and sciences subordinate and auxiliary to the sublime truths of revelation. Nearly the whole of the speeches delivered at the Amphithea tre bear upon this point. Will the editor of the Albion have the hardihood to assert that religion should be placed in abeyance to the arts and sciences ? It is false, again, to assert that the clergymen who spoke at the Diocesan Meeting " did religion the grievous wrong of representing her in danger from know!edge, however acquired." Knowledge, per se, can never be a source of danger to religion. It may, however, -be dangerous to the souls of men. Nay, we do not hesitate to say, that knowledge, unsanctified by association with religious principle, has frequently proved a curse rather than a blessing. To deny this assertion implies an inexcusable degree of ignorance of constantly recurring facts. Though - religion is in no danger from the spread of knowledge, we feel assured that superstition may be in some danger from its diffusion ; but not to the extent which the Albion seems to take for granted, or else we should not see so many instances of gro velling superstition even among the most distinguished scholars and profound philosophers. he Albion attains the climax of falsehood and ab surdity when it asserts that the members of the Dio cesan Society "fear knowledge as knowledge." It Would be just as correct to say that they fear food as fo °c l . The Society is expressly organised for the dif fusion a "knowledge as knowledge;" first of all, for the inculcation of religious truth, and, secondarily, for t he spread of scientific and general knowledge. These Praiseworthy objects we trust it will successfully pro secute in spite of the miserable rant of such writers as t he editor of the Albion. No man, who has the hap- Piness of his fellow-creatures at heart, can hesitate to wish the Society " God speed " in an enterprise so Worthy of Christian philanthropists. Let the members continue to pursue the "even tenour of their way" in B Pite of all opposition, and they will soon enjoy the reward of their labour in the increased happiness of their fellow-men. Scarcely a day passes over our heads without pre "lltiog some new proof of the progress of conservative Principles among the various classes of this great com munity; and it is with no little pride that we can refer t o Liverpool as occupying the first place as regards the number and strength of its constitutional associations. Of these, few have rendered themselves more useful t han the Operative Protestant Association. This so ciety is composed chiefly of the Protestant democracy of the town, among whom will be found a great body of the most faithful and zealous friends of our glorious constitution in church and state. We rejoice to find that this association is soon to derive an important ac cession to its strength, by the formation of a branch amon g the shipwrights in Toxteth-park. The Rev. Hugh MReile, as will be seen from the advertisement, has consent e d to become the president of the associa tion, and a public meeting will be held at the Amphi theatre, on Monday next, for its formation. 'We have no doub t th at the proposed association will afford the means of amply refuting the assertions of the radical press as t o t h e defection of the old freemen from the ranks of the conservatives. The shipwrights have raised a standard around which thousands will rally in defence of the time-hallowed institutions of Old England. TRIA L OF MADAME LAFFARGE.— al of ame l 'eflar ge was resumed on the 19th. M. The Bac tri made his Mad reply 1? the Ad vocate- G enera l . T he President afterwards made ote char ge t o t h e j ury, w h o then retired, and after an absence t hree quarter s of an h our re t urne d i nto court, and the eman delivered the following verdict—" guilty, with ex- Mruating circumstances." Th e P res id en t th en or d ere d adame Laffarge to be brought forward. She, h owever , h a d t nt ed, and was i n suc h a sta t e as t o ren d er h er reappear- Z'ee impossible. The resident, , ronounced the nten ce „ her absence P —hard labour therefore for life a p nd exposure in e pillory. Madame Laff arge rema i ns i n a dangerous state. e List of passengers in the ship Independence, of Belfast, a Ntain John 114`Cappin, master, from Quebec in 25 days, V's'ed here on Thursday, the 10th instant.—Lieut. Todd, It'ith:regt., Lieut. Daniel and servants, 88th regt. Rev. John fl t c l Mrs. Radcliff and servants, Dr. Hartwell, Mr. Sical I n n Mr. Terron. The passengers have presented the fol thlug complimentary- letter to Captain M`Cappin :—We, t.;_ undersigned passengers by the ship Independence, cannot ~`"i t, leave of her commander, Captain John Nl`Cappin, at t ° °ut expressing our high sense of the kind and liberal itioention exercised towards us, as well as the able and sca n nelike conduct evinced by him during the voyage from bec to Liverpool, occupying twenty-five days. JOHN RADCLIFF, Clerk. W. T. TODD, Lieut. 85th Regiment. J. L. HARTWELL, Assistan-Surgeon to the Forces. Ewer, 001, Sept. 1 LIEUT. Sept. 88th Regt. 1 Th e j 4,„, Queen has been graciously pleased to approve of Mr. the ns_ s L es i gh as consul at Liverpool for the Emperor of All r .'"‘u las. a k.R iz s tllßE.—King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Ca r Richmond, gent., to be lieutena n t, r i ce Willi ams, .glied t; S. Raingill, gent., to be cornet. f'-'Elern BY PO lSON .—Eli za b e th D um l er i e , the wife of one 0 ' musicians at a theatre in Manchester, destroyed herself 'f-itkursday by taking poison. b e IiIIt IMNREAD FAlRS.—These fairs have, we understand, rac y f p ound areat conveience to farmers and dealers ene ; and we would remind them, that the next fair for g cat &c., will be held on Thnrsday, the Bth of next The Rev. Hugh M'Neile, w e p erce i v e, i s a nnounced t o pr each t . at G reat Crosby, on Wednesday next, when a collec h°ll will b e ma d e towards defraying the expense of enlarging ochurch. Th ere w ill . no d ou b t, be a large, and we may Pe it will be found a liberal, auditory. In B CHO OL OF MEDICINE ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The prize 2:l °tany (lecturer, Dr. ' Dickinson) for the summer season . 4 4f this year, was awarded to Mr. John Holliday, pupil of Mr. i r4 2 11 5 Jones, surgeon, and that in Forensic Medicine (lec turers, Dr. Duncan and Dr. Malins) to Mr. John Dowling, lat e Pupil of Mr. Jeffrey, surgeon. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RA.ILWAY.—This line was ° Pened on Tuesday last, when the first train started from the s t ation at half-past ten o' c l oc k. S evera l o f t h e di rectors and heir friends occupied four first-class carriages, and four tteond-class were filled by respectable individuals. This thin returned to Birkenhead at two o'clock, and at four a trtin consisting of eight first, and the same number of second elats carriages, left Birkenhead for Chester. It was d rawn , tvo engines, and left the station amidst the firing of cannon o 4 tuzzas of the multitude assembled. This railway opened r tie general conveyance of passengers and goods on Wed besdas. SICOND TRIAL-TRIP OF THE " GREAT POOL."— It3l Wadnesday, the Great Liverpool made a LIVE se ß cond short .",,P, for the purpose of testing the effect of some slight alter ia the bridges of the flues, and also of the properties of Oen uality of coal different from that used on th e f orm e r occa tll• The morning was very unpropitious, as f ar as reg arded e Pleasures of an aquatic excursion, the rain falling heavily showers, accompanied by a chilly breeze, the sky being f o'!ereast with dense clouds, and the haze so thick as to close n_t the view of objects at any considerable distance. Very visitors were, consequently, on board, but those few were ;Veil gratified, notwithstanding the state of the weather. At ~.ne o'clock the ship was got out of the Coburg Dock, and eia minutes after that hour pa sse d St. Ni c h o l as ' s Ch urc h . Th ere ou was a b un d ance o f steam, and the engines made through co% from 16 to 16i revolutions per minute, indicating a speed to 12 knots. Numbers of outward-bound vessels were fr lll g their way down the river with a briskish fair wind ~er,u the S.S.E. ; and, to avoid them, it was requisite to 4".V9Ee several slight deviations from the direct course of the the Crosby Light-ship, and at Ioh. the Victoria Light-ship -o"hour precisely from the Coburg Dock. The breeze IvZun,ued as she left the land, and the bell on the Bell Buoy ti t heard as she passed. We may state, for the informa of our readers who are not seamen, that on this buoy is t, a t eribed " Victoria Channel. S.E. by E. E."—the course th I . l e steered to Liverpool from that point. At Ioh. th: ° _,essel rounded the N.W. Light-ship, having accomplished f ro ' distance (about 21 miles) in one hour and forty minutes co b t° °PPosite George's Pier, without the aid of sail, but, of oC t r i e l e, aided by the tide, though not greatly, as she started Parti e t°l 3 of it. On the return she had a strong tide to stein, I , e _ s enlarly from the Victoria Light-ship home. A fleet of 4.144_e1s were now .seen sailing out by the Rock Channel, and lih! ) :,!arge ships and steamers passed close to the vessel. At via tti A 3 rn.' she reached the Victoria Light-ship, and at ter lapcoB Passed several heavy vessels at anchor, waiting for the tu gs ,_ i tit.tide, or making preparations to be towed up by hi; hat were alongside of them. The tide was here run out.Probably a t no t l ess t h an b etween f i ve an d s i x k no t s an ae. At 12h. 26m. she was abreast of the Rock Lighthouse, k aiti nt 12h. 53ra. opposite St. Nicholas's Church; thus hou r the whole distance of upward s o f f or t y m il es in three ocioB.,and forty-seven minutes. At th ree m i nu t es a fter one Ittic e L ., she cast anchor opposite the Coburg Dock. Captain avhoinutte, his o ffi ce rs , an d the visitors on board (amongst lady), then sat down to an excellent dinner, at use the health of the liberal proprietors of, and " great" `9) the Great Liverpool, was not forgotten. We atie ten s f a u r, in conclusion, that the experiment - was highly HYACINTHS.—We beg to refer to the advertisements of Dutch bulbs which appear in our columns to-day—this being the proper season for setting these beautiful flowers, we re commend attention to them. AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.—We understand that there is not, this year, a single objection, on either side, lodged against the list of burgesses for the borough of Preston. After the municipal reform act came into operation the radicals ob tained the ascendancy in the Town-council. Their proceed ings, however, gave such general dissatisfaction that they were, one after another, turned out of office, until, last year, the whole of the councillors were conservatives. The pro ceedings of the latter have been so much approved of, that the electors are almost unanimously in favour of their re election. This circumstance accounts for the agreement be tween both parties to waive all objections to the list of voters. ALLEGED STOPPAGE OF THE INDIAN MAILB.—The fol lowing extract from a letter received by a mercantile firm in Liverpool was on Wednesday posted in the Exchange News Room :—" London, Sept. 22.—We have called at the India House, and ascertained that there was no truth as to the mails from hence of the 4th August being stopped by the Pasha, at least they have not received any account to this effect from Egypt; we were, however, told that they had re ceived a communication from the Admiralty that Sir R. Stopford had informed Sir John Lewis, at Malta, that all letters reaching the Syrian coast, after September 5, would be detained, so that there is every probability that the mails which left this, via Falmouth and Marseilles, at the com mencement of this month, would be kept at Malta, unless some great change had taken place in the interior." PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHES DURING THE SESSION, 1840. —NV. E. Painter, Strand, London.—All conservatives, and indeed all who wish for a readable Parliamentary History of England, should he grateful to Mr. Painter for this publica tion. We have from time to time, during the progress of the session, noticed in their detached form the speeches which now form this valuable volume. The individual por tions of the work are so printed, that each speech can be pro cured separately for threepence, or sent in a stamped enve lope, post-free, to any part of the kingdom for fourpence, previously remitted. Should a conservative candidate, at the period of a general election, feel desirous of enlightening'his constituents on any great question of the previous session, he can procure and spread, at the easiest rate, and in the most unmixed form, the authentic record of the important speeches in the debate. Mr. Painter was the first to supply the means of securing this most important advantage, and richly does he deserve a generous recompense from conservative hands, which we trust he will receive by a very extended sale of this volume. The idea of diffusing information on all the great topics of conservative interest originated in the publication of a single speech, in a form more compact than that of the daily press, and of that speech thousands of copies were ra pidly spread over the country. The poor, but zealous con servative (would that the zeal and honesty of many a con servative in humble life were imitated by some of their leaders in Parliament) sent his fourpenny-piece from a dis tance, and received his copy free by return of post; the cler gyman—(the subject was the church)—procured his hundred copies for twenty shillings ; and long lists of the names of persons in their respective districts most likely to profit by the perusal were sent to the publisher, as he informs us, from 1 the influential and the wealthy, and thus an immense num ber of copies were rapidly and cheaply spread over the whole kingdom. This has been the case, we are happy to learn, with every individual speech since published; and the ap pearance of the work in parts, at one shilling each, supplied by all respectable booksellers in town and country, has in duced the registry of a great number of subscribers among operative conservatives, voters in agricultural districts and tradesmen in towns. The volume, now completed—very conveniently commenced with the speech from the throne on the opening of Parliament, and concluded with her Majesty's farewell to her faithful Lords and Commons—is a record of the greatest value ; and we hope the public patronage will enable this truly conservative publisher to continue his useful labours. A partial summary of the contents of this volume will demonstrate its importance :—Want of Confidence in Ministers, Progress of Socialism, Provisional Grant for Prince Albert, Financial State of the Country, The Irish Registration, Corn Laws, Imprisonment of the Sheriffs, War in China, Church Rates, Church of Scotland Benefices, Church Extension, Ecclesiastical Revenues and Duties, &c. &c. We may add, as an agreeable accessary, that the volume is handsomely done up in cloth, with the royal arms embla zoned on the cover, lending it a most official aspect"— Conservative Journal, August 29. INQUEST.—On Monday last, an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, on view of the body of a male child which was conveyed to the cemetery in a bandbox, and was about to buried there by three suspicious looking per sons. Five witnesses were examined. The evidence of the surgeon. Brereton Nightingale, Esq., was that it was a full grown child, and that in his opinion it was still-born ; but from the circumstance of the umblical cord not being tied, he thought the mother had not proper assistance during deli very.—Verdict, that the child was still-born. Three inquests were held before the coroner on. Wednesday. The first was on view of the body of a female child, one month old, named Ellen Fraser, who lived with its mother in Finney-lane, lead ing out of Atherton-street. The evidence of three witnesses examined was, that its mother was in the habit of shaking and slapping her violently, but the evidence of the surgeon (Mr. George Woods) was, that he made a post mortem ex amination of the body, assisted by Mr. Chalmers, and that they both agreed in opinion, from the internal and external appearances, that the death of the child arose from natural causes. Verdict—died by the visitation of God. The second was held on view of the body of Elizabeth Whiteley, aged 45 years, who resided in Porter-place. The evidence of surgeon Edward Slatter, was, that he made a post mortem examina tion of the body, and found the brain very much congested, there was considerable disease of the right auricle of the heart, and a quantity of water in the pericardium, Verdict —died by the visitation of God. The third and last was on view of the body of William Morris ;aged 23 years, who kept a lace-shop in Byrom-street. The evidence of surgeon John Taylor was, that the deceased laboured for a long time before his death under disease of the blood-vessels, and was of a de licate constitution. Verdict—died by the visitation of God EXTRAORDINARY CASE—UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST A GALLANT OFFICER OF THE " PRESIDENT" STEAM -SHIP, —Mr. Charles Duncan, the second officer of the President steam-ship, appeared before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner for this town and district, yesterday, on a charge, or, rather, a supposition of having been accessory to the death of an in dividual, who was drowned in the Coburg Dock, though, strange to say, the same gentleman has, by his recent adven turous conduct, been the means of saving several individuals from a watery grave, h onoura bl e testimo n i a l s o f w hi c h h e i s now in possession of. It appears th a t on M on d ay n i g ht l as t, near midnight, a fireman, named Turnbull Hedges, belonging to the steam-ship Acadia, lying alongside of the President steam-ship, (which was next to the quay,) in the Coburg Dock, fell, by some accident, from the wall into the dock. Mr. C. Duncan, Mr. George Duncan, his brother, and ano the young gentleman, who had gone on board of the Presi dent to Mr. Duncan's room a few minutes before, were coming on shore, when a splash was heard, and the alarm was given that a man was in the water. Mr. Duncan, on hearing his cries for help, immediately stripped off his coat and waistcoat, and, after using an encouraging expression to the deceased, was in the a c t o f j u mping in to save him, when he was remonstrated with on the danger of the attempt, and, at the same time, seized forcibly by the shipkeeper of the President, Owen Owens, a very powerful man, who, as the deceased had then disappeared, made a remark to the effect that any endeavour he or any one else could make would be in vain. He also similarly restrained Mr. Duncan, jun., who had pulled off his upper clothing to leap in and assist his brother. The deceased was not afterwards seen until his body was found about twenty minutes after the accident. The deceased, it appeared, had previously been with a friend in Stanhope-street. Two women were near the spot at the time. One of them, the wife of a master of a flat, in the dock, and who was waiting for her husband to go on board, saw, (no doubt indistinctly,) the struggle between Mr. Duncan and the ship-keeper, swore to the effect that Mr. D. had hold of the deceased in a struggle on the quay, and that on letting go his arm, he staggered into the dock,— without being st ruc k or p us h e d. The evidence of this wit ness on cross-examination went, however, to shew that she was a person of w ea k com prehension, and entirely mis taken as to the identity of any of the parties or their precise number,—for she pointed out the clerk of Mr. Wardle, (the solicitor employed by Mr. Duncan,) as one of the individuals present on the quay! She told a similar untruth as regarded the number of the parties present. On the other hand, it was distinctly proved by se veral witnesses, including the custom-house officers, the ship keeper, and others, that the accident happened before Mr. Duncan left the ship, and that he was the only person who (afterwards joined by his brother) offered to save his life. The inquest at which these facts were elicited, took place yesterday. The jury were much struck with the appearance of the ship-keeper, Owens, whose dress much resembled that of the deceased—a circumstance that had doubtless mis led the female witness, yet shewed in a serious light the pre carious and uncertain nature of midnight as well as of cir cumstantial evidence. The struggling she had seen was evi dently between the ship-keeper and Mr. Owens. The coro ner's jury brought in a verdict of " accidental death," not only acquitting Mr. Duncan of the grave charge that was igno rantly fastened upon him, but afterwards individually shaking him by the hand, as a brave British seaman, who, in place of at tempting to destroy, had tried to save the life of the-deceased. Mr. Duncan is known to the writer of this hasty paragraph, whose testimony is not here needed of that gentleman's gal lantry i and humanity. Mr. D uncan r e n dered great assist ance n 1828 in saving the crews of two brigs in Holyhead bay, in acknowledgment of which he holds complimentary letters. In company with Mr. M'Corinac, of the " Liver pool," now the " Great Liverpool," he in January lsat saved the life of a man who had fallen overboard in the At • lantic in a heavy gale. On the 21st of July last, nearly at midnight, he jumped overboard in Kingstown harbour from the President Steam Ship, Captain Payrer, to which be yet belongs, and saved two men from a watery grave. The writer of this was on board of the President, and a witness of the fact—a handsome testimonial of which—a large silver snuff'-box—presented by the officers and passengers of the ship—with a suitable inscription, was the result. We should add that the police officers on duty at the Coburg Dock gave their testimony on the inquest with great accuracy and propriety. MEETING OF THE PROTESTANT OPERATIVE SOCIETY, TO ADOPT AN ADDRESS OF SYMPATHY TO THE REV. HUGH STOWELL.—On Tuesday evening last, a meeting of the Pro testant Operative Society was held in St. Mark's spacious school-room, for the purpose of adopting an address of sym pathy to the Rev. Hugh Stowell, in consequence of the recent defeat sustained by that eloquent and indefatigable champion of the established church, in the action for libel commenced and carried on against him by Prie s t H earne . For a consi derable period before the proceedings were commenced, the building was crowded to excess by several hundreds, among whom we noticed a large number of respectable females, all of whom evinced the deepest possible interest in the object for which the meeting was convened, The Rev. Mr. Mar shall took the chair, and the meeting was eloquently ad dressed by that rev. gentleman, Mr. Whatham, Mr. Hanton, Mr. Radcliffe, the Rev. W. Falloon, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Williams. The following address to the Rev. Hugh Stowell was unanimously adopted :—" Rev. Sir,—We, the members and friends of the Liverpool Operative Protestant Associa tion, in public meeting assembled, desire to express our Christian sympathy with you, and to assure you that the late legal proceedings carried on against you by the popish party only endear you more to our affectionate regards, and call forth our earnest prayers to Almighty God that you may be enabled to go forth in the strength of your Divine Master, in spite of all the malice of the enemies of true and undefiled religion, fearlessly and boldly to expose the false doctrines and superstitious practices of the apostate church of Rome. The testimony of yourself, sir, and those others, champions of protestantism, who have stood forth with you in defence of our religion and liberties, have been too deeply felt not to call forth the opposition of the popish party ; and we have no doubt whatever, that the late attack was intended as the first attempt to put down free discussion, by means of which the light of the reformation first dawned upon this land. But we feel assured that the attempt will be in vain ; that thousands and tens of thousands of our fellow-countrymen will arise with righteous indignation, and demand as their undoubted birthright, free discussion, free inquiry, aed a freely circulated Bible ; and that th e resu l t w ill b e, that po pery and superstition will flee away like owls and bats before the rising sun. KWe would, theref ore , respectfully encourage you to persevere in spite of all Opposition ; ' t o b e s t ea df ast, umnoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for asmuch as you know that your labou r i s not i n va i n in the Lord.' " The meeting then separated, after having first given three cheers for Mr. Stowell, three for church exten sion, a n d th ree f o r scriptural education. It was, announced at the close of the proceedings, that a meeting of the Fisher men's Branch of the Protestant Association would be held at the Amphitheatre on Monday evening next, at which the Rev. Hugh M'Neile is to take the chair. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yes terday. The following members were present :—Messrs. Leathom, Benn, Barclay, Thos. Holt, Holmes Middleton, Horsfall, Miller, B u ll ey , Ri p l ey , Chapman, ivans, Tobin, Moon, and Martin. The proceedings of the last meeting were confirmed, and the accounts of the week passed. The SURVEYOR submitted an estimate of the cost of placing reverse gates between Union and Coburg Docks. The cost, with the sill of the same depth as at present, would be £6265, and the time required to complete the work would be ten months ; if the committee wished the gates to be 4ft. Gin. below the sill of the old dock, the cost would be £9754, and it would take sixteen months to complete the work. Mr. HORSFALL asked the Surveyor whether he meant sixteen months' interruption to the working of Coburg Dock, or whether he meant to make a coffer-dam ? The SURVEYOR said he meant to make a coffer-dam. Mr. HORSFALL asked whether the Coburg Dock was now deepened to the level of the sill ? The SURVEYOR replied that it was, and that there was now plenty of water for the largest vessels. Mr. HORSFALL enquired how much more water there was now than when the President was supposed to have taken the ground ? The SURVEYOR replied, about 2ft. 4in. At a 9-feet tide there would now be 17ft. water in the dock. He denied that the President had been aground. Mr. HORSFALL.—WouId she have floated with the pre sent water? The SURVEYOR.—Yes. Mr. HORSFALL. — Suppose reverse gates are fixed, how much more water can you preserve in the dock? The'SURVEYOR.—We can keep the level of the tide in, but no more. A great deal depends upon the discretion of the dock-master. With reverse gates we shall always main tain 17ft. water. The CHAIRMAN said the question was whether the sill be tween the two docks should be deepened, or whether they should put down reverse gates without lowering the sill. Mr. HORSFALL.—DO you mean that the simple deepening of the sill will cost £9OOO, and the placing of the reverse gates only £6000? The SURVEYOR.—Yes : it will be a tedious process, and we shall have to put down a powerful engine, which will re quire some time. Mr. CHAPMAN had given a good deal of attefition to this subject, and the question, he should say, was whether the committee should incommode the trade of the Queen's Dock for 10 or 16 months at so much outlay. Having 16 to 17 feet water at neap tides in Coburg Dock, was not that as much as steam proprietors could expect. He thought that the committee, in having spent £40,000 upon the Coburg Dock, had spent enough for the accommodation of one trade. Besides, the Halifax boats did not take so much water as the President, and they could much easier go in the river to take in coals than in dock. The CHAIRMAN thought Mr. Chapman was under a mis take when he spoke about the accommodation of one trade. The expenditure he described was not for one trade only, but for the purposes of general trade. Mr. HORSFALL said Mr. Chapman had misunderstood Mr. Hartley. Mr. Hartley said there would be 17 feet water only when the reverse gates were put down. The SURVEYOR.—Yes. Mr. CHAPMAN admitted that he had been mistaken. Mr. HORSFALL contended that the inconvenience during the progress of the proposed work could not be great. The expense was certainly serious ; but the inconvenience would be trifling. Mr. CHAPMAN said, when he looked, at the last committee, at the enormous expences of the docks, he thought this mat ter ought to be postponed for further consideration ; the de lay of a month or so could not make much difference in the end, and at the same time it would enable the committee to make themselves better acquainted with the whole subject. Mr. HORSFALL quite agreed with Mr. Chapman that it would be wise to defer the consideration of this question. It was a matter of serious moment, and should be most carefully considered. The further consideration of the subject was then postponed. The SURVEYOR submitted an estimate of the expense of erecting shears upon the east quay of Union Dock. It would be about £3lO. A long desultory discussion upon the ques tion, whether shears should be erected, then took place be tween Mr. Chapman, Mr. Horsfall, and Mr. Tobin. Even tually the subject was referred to a sub-committee. A letter was read from the assistant-surveyor of Toxteth park, stating that the surveyors of that township had no ob jection to the improvement proposed to be made by the committee in Sefton-street. An application from one-of the steam-packet companies for permission to board up a portion of the shed on the south east quay of Clarence-dock was then re-considered. The conversation like those on many other subjects, was carried on in a tone too low to enable us to hear it ; but we under stood Mr. Bulley, as the chairman of a sub-committee, to report that there would be no objection to complying with the application on certain conditions.—Application granted. The SURVEYOR wished for the instructions of the com mittee to put the stages on the dock quays under the charge of the several dock masters. It was stated, that these stages were always lying about, without being considered in the charge of any one. A resolution was passed to the effect that the masters of the several docks be held responsible for the removal and safe custody of the stages. The NORTH HARBOUR MASTER requested permission to place an additional buoy in George's and Prince's Basin. His letter stated that if another buoy were placed as he sug gested no inconvenience would be caused to the working of ships in and out of the docks, and that the bridges would not be kept open so long as at present. The subject was referred to a sub-committee. A letter was read from Jane Nichols and her husband, keepers of the Bidston telegraph station, stating, that in consequence of ill health, arising from excessive labour, they were compelled to resign, and requesting some donation in consideration of their family having been upwards of half a century in the service of the committee. A short discussion followed, in the course of which the Chairman stated that the labour of the station was very severe; and Mr. Ripley mentioned that this was one of the stations which the sub committee on telegraphs had not visited. It was ultimately decided that assistance should be rendered to the applicants, and further enquiry made. The Keeper'of the Crosby Lighthouse complained, in a letter, that if the committee continued to charge him rent for the land he occupied, or declined to build him a stable and car• house, he must resign. It appeared that the rent was only £B, and the salary of the situation was £BO, whilst the salaries of the keepers of other lighthouses was only from £4O to £5O. The chairman added, that he feared the man was not as steady as he might be. The resignation was ac cepted. _. On the application of the widow of the late Edward Tyrell, a superintendent in the police, the arrears of rent (four months) for the south station-house, was granted on her im mediately giving up possession of the premises. The SECRETARY read a letter from Messrs. John Winder and Co , written under the following circumstances. A ves sel was lately sunk near Beaumaris, and a person (whose name we did not hear) applied to the committee for the loan of their diving apparatus, to assist in raising it. Messrs. Winder and Co. having become sureties for the safe return of the apparatus, it was lent. This person it appeared had subsequently hired a flat. The owners of the flat, not being able to obtain the hire, seized the diving apparatus. The present application was to request the committee to inter fere with the party who had seized the apparatus. The secretary said the solicitor was of opinion that the committee could not recognise any party in the transaction but Messrs. Winder, as they were responsible.—Referred to the solicitor. Mr. RIPLEY mentioned that the committee had a lease of the Great Ormeshead telegraph station from the Woods and Forests, but he understood that the land was the property of the Bishop of Bangor. The committee was therefore liable to be turned out of possession any moment. He believed, however, that a lease might be obtained from the bishop.— Referred to the solicitor. The consideration of the surveyor's annual re port was postponed till the next meeting. Mr. EVANS moved, according to notice, " that a sub committee be appointed with instructions, with the assistance of the solicitor, to prepare a bill, having for its object the construction of a new dock or docks, and warehouses upon the dock quays, with such regulations or improvements as may be conducive to the efficient working of the docks, and the good management of the dock estate." It was not necessary for him to enter int o th e mer it s o f th e question, and therefore he should merely move the re-appointment of the sub-committee of last year—namely, Messrs. Leathom, Benn, Horefall, George Holt, and Evans. Mr. BARCLAY seconded the motion. Mr. HORSFALL said the only objection he had to the com mittee was the fact that his name was upon it. He should be glad if any gentleman would take his place ; but at the same time he entertained the same opinions now as he did when the bill was originated, of the importance and necessity of it. The CHAIRMAN and Mr. EVANS said Mr. Horsfall's name could not be withdrawn. Mr. SMITH moved, as an amendment, that the words re lating to the erection of warehouses upon the dock quays, be left out of the resolution. Mr. TOBIN seconded the amendment. A division took place, when there appeared—For the amendment, 3; against it, 13; majority, 10. Mr. CH APM AN, in reference to the contract for oil, read a letter from a gentleman of scientific pursuits, named Taylor, with the object of shewing that the experiments adopted by the committee for ascertaining the quality of the several samples of oil, were not decisive tests of their quality. The letter was referred to the sub-committee, the chairman and deputy-chairman in the mean time to decide upon which tender should be accepted. Messrs. Evans, Horsfall, Chapman, Mellor, and Ripley, were appointed a sub-committee to consider and report upon Mr. Gage's plans for the proposed new dock, by which he says he could afford more water and quay room than will be afforded by Mr. Hartley, and an equal amount of warehouse accommodation. The first meeting of the sub-committee will be held on Saturday (to-morrow). The meeting then separated. THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.—The annual exhibition of paintings in Postoffice-place, nothwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, has been visited by very numerous parties of ladies and gentlemen, who are unanimous in their praise of the collection. We regret that we are obliged to defer until Tuesday next the first of our series of notices of the various works of art which the rooms contain. - - LAIDLAW'S MOVING PANORAMA.—This truly interest ing exhibition is still as attractive as ever ; and is daily fre quented by numerous parties, all of whom seem highly de lighted with its well-executed scenes. The view of Gibraltar is, at the present moment, an object of very great interest, owing to the probability that its strength as a fortification may again soon be tested, in the event of a war with France. This painting struck us as peculiarly well designed and beau tifully finished. EVERTON AND KIRKDALE FLORAL AND HORTICULTU RAL SOCIETY. — Next Monday this society will hold its third exhibition for the present year, in the gardens attached to the house of Mr. New, at Kirkdale. A marquee will be erected as usual, in the vacant space at the north-east corner of the grounds. The show of Flora will be but confined as regards species, • though abundant in quantity and beautiful in ap pearance. We have hopes that, notwith s t an di ng t h e very 'Unfavourable state of the weather, the show of dahlias will be good. The prizes for this favourite are numerous, and the regulations such as to induce vigorous competition. We are in hopes also of seeing a fine display of fruits and vegetables. Should the day prove propitious, a fashionable attendance may be anticipated. MR. HOLDEN'S LECTURES ON ASTRONOMY. —The very interesting series of lectures on astronomy, delivered at the Liver Theatre, by our old and respected friend Mr. Holden, have attracted very numerous and highly respectable audiences. The pupils from most of the boarding schools in town have been gratified with a view of Mr. Holden's beautiful illustrations of this sublime science. The last lecture of the second series will be given this evening ; and on Monday evening next, and the two following evenings, he will deliver a course of lectures on optics. We have no doubt that these lectures will also prove a source of great attraction. Dr. Timmon was on Wednesday last elected one of the honorary physicians to the Liverpool dispensaries. The number of votes recorded was 361, of which Dr. Timmon ob tained 244. CURE OF SQUINTING.—On Tuesday morning, forty-three persons submitted to the operation at the Derby Infirmary, in addition to those we mentioned last week, for the cure of squinting. This defect will soon be rare in the neighbour hood : persons are to be seen in every part of the town with a bandage over one of their eyes, who have undergone the operation.—Derby Reporter. WARD MEETINGS NORTH AND SOUTH TOXTETH. A numerous and highly-respectable meeting of the electors of the North and South Toxteth Wards was held at Mrs. Powell's spacious room, Jackson-street, on Wednesday evening, to nominate candidates, and to make such other necessary arrangements, on the conservative side, as would secure their return at the approaching election of members to the Town Council. The chair was occupied by Afr. DUNCAN GIBIL who, in opening the proceedings, spoke as follows :—Gentlemen, you are so well aware of the purpose for which we are assembled this evening, that it is unnecessary fir me to detain you in going into it at any length; but I should wish to observe, for the guidance of those who may be desirous of recorn *lending or nominating any candidate, that it be expressly understood by them that they must lave obtained the con sent of any one whom they are about to propose, because a regulation of that kind will save a great deal of turmoil and confusion in our arrangements afterwards. It is for you to suggest, to nominate, and to recommend whom you think fit. You are aware of the necessity of having upright arid proper men to represent you in the Town-council, and it is unnecessary for me to tell you that ye have arrived at that time when it becomes incumbent on you to make a bold struggle. (Cheers.) In fact, it is like do or die in the mat ter. No half-measures ought any longer to be depended on ; and, for my own part, I can only my, that I am willing to act in conjunction with you, as well is to render such assist ance with my purse towards the legal expenses of the contest as shall be fair and reasonable. (Loud cheers.) Mr. HORSFALL then rose and said:—l have great pleasure in proposing the following resolution :—" That John Shep. pard, Esq., is, in the opinion of this meeting, a fit and pro per person to be put in nomaintion as candidate for South Tox teth Ward (No. 15) at the ensuing municipal election." I feel, he continued, that Mr. Sheppari is so well known to all present that very few words will be necessary to recommend him to the attention of the electors. He is a man eminently qualified, and perhaps, without meaning to cast any dis paragement on others, as fit, if not the fittest man to repre sent South Toxteth Ward in the Common-council. (Hear and cheers.) He is a man of independent property—was a county magistrate in Ireland—is not fettered from discharging his duty by any business, and we know, from what we have seen of him, that he will be diligent in his attention to our municipal affairs. (Loud cheering.) lam sorry to say, many of our conservative members do not gve that attendance in the Council that we had reason to expect, but I aril quite certain Mr. Sheppard will act differently. I know not that I have anything further to say than that he is a true conser vative, and not afraid to face his ojponents—that he will stand firmly by our venerable institutions, and support the church and state in all their original purity and integrity. (Loud cheers.) We cannot disguise from ourselves the fact that the Town Council is a political body, though they only profess to regulate our municipal affairs ' • and, viewing the body in this light, I fe e l b o ld wear that Mr. Sheppard is a man strongly attached to the church—that he will use his utmost exertions to support her—that he will endeavour to rectify her proved abuses, and, therefore, that he is extremely well qualified to represent this ward in the council. With these few remarks, I beg to propose the resolution. (Loud cheers.) Mr. THOMAS HUNTINGDON seconded the first resolution, which was put from the chair and carried unanimously. Mr. ALEXANDER SMITH, Jun. said—Since entering the room, a resolution has been placed in my hands, which I shall have great pleasure in moving, but before doing so, I would make a few observations on some circumstances that occurred since the last annual contest in these wards. (Hear, hear.) I have been connected with our municipal elections for a long time—indeed since the commencement, and I never met before so numerous or respectable an assemblage as I have the pleasure of seeing here to-night, and this is a con vincing proof to me that the efforts made within the last twelve months, to raise the conservative spirit of these wards, have not been used in vain. (Cheers.) We have now the satisfaction of seeing hundreds of electors present, not only anxious to take part in the 'proceedings of the evening, but to record their votes also in favour of the candidate to be proposed on this occasion. (Hear.) I assure you that it is a most gratifying sight to me, and to those who have been in the habit of acting with me, to find so many assembled here, all united, I believe, in one common feeling of regard and esteem, for the constitution under which we live, and which we have been endeavouring to maintain for years past. A fearful struggle we have had. (Hear, hear.) We found, when the municipal act was first passed, that the flood broke in on us in such a way as that persons were returned to the town-council possessed of nothing like religion, having no regard for monarchical government, or any other thing which we reverence and esteem ; but I firmly believe that the en suing election—that which is shortly to take place—will prove, to the community, that a different spirit now pervades the town ; for numbers have come forward and enrolled themselves as electors, determined not to suffer such pro ceedings again to take place—proceedings which have dis graced us in the eyes of the empire for years past. (Hear.) We have had persons who have been literally thrust down our throats—men with whom we have had no connection, and who have had no common interest with us,; and some have been brought forward as town-councillors, and others, who have been rejected by the electors, have been brought forward as aldermen ;—so that the qualification of an alder man appears to have been, that he was discarded by the electors, and that they refused to return him. (Hear, hear.) But now a great struggle is about to take place. The oppo site party have been using every means in their power to intimidate the electors, and to secure to themselves a majority in the town-council, but their efforts will be frus trated. (Cheers.) We have known men, who were members of the town-council, and members of the Dock Committee, and members also of the Market Committee, going round, and not soliciting, but absolutely demanding, the votes of the persons over whom they thought they had influence. (Loud cries of " Shame.") I dare say there are persons now pre sent who were so circumstanced, and who remember a gentleman, whom Isaac Holmes knows very well—(hear, and a laugh)—saying, that he was a member of this, that, and the other committee, and absolutely demanding that the persons engaged in the different departments in some measure under his contruul, should vote for this, that, and the other indi vidual. lam happy to know that there are not many who would be dictated to in that way, arid I am sure such a spirit will be evinced to a greater degree at the present time. I think the period is not very distant when our party will have the ascendancy in the town-council, in spite of the ma noeures and efforts made use of to keep us out. (Cheers.) You are aware that very many important measures will have to be brought forward during the ensuing year. During the last session of parliament bills were obtained for making, within our ward, two very extensive docki, the Hercula neum Dock and the Harrington Dock. These are points to which I shall take the liberty of calling your attention, be cause, if anything can conduce to our prosperity, it is the erection of these docks in our immediate neighbourhood. (Hear, hear.) I am speaking to men who are owners of property, and to others who reside and carry on their busi ness in these wards ; and I believe I am correct in informing you, that measures are now in progress for following up the bills obtained in parliament—that very shortly you will find the Herculaneum Dock Company bringing their measures to maturity—and that you will shortly see large docks here es tablished. (Applause.) No doubt these docks must bring a vast number of persons to reside in these wards. No doubt they will be of material benefit to every shopkeeper, and to every owner of property in the district; and, therefore, I think you must allow, that we ought to return such persons to represent us in the council, as will follow up and bring to maturity such beneficial plans as these. (Loud cheers.) It is our duty to look after ourselves; and I am sure that, in returning independent and able men as our representatives, we shall best effect the objects we have in view. It is a well known fact, that the radical party in the council are opposed to these plans. (Hear, bear.) They don't want to see docks here, but they want to have everything under their own thumb, and they cannot bear anything like competition. Now, so far as I have learned any business, and I dare say your experience will teach you the same, there appears to me to be nothing like competition to enable the merchant to carry on his trade with advantage to himself and those around him. Here,' then, is an opportunity afforded of erecting docks on the shores of the Mersey at half the expense at which the Town Council can erect them to the westward of the Salthouse Dock ; but they refuse, because they want to establish a monopoly for their own benefit. (Hear, hear.) I suppose they have nephews and cousins to appoint as warehousekeepers and so forth ; and, for my part, I have no objection to their providing for their nephews and cousins out of their own pockets, but I have every objection to their doing so at our expense, or at that of the tradesmen of Li verpool. (Hear.) The gentleman lam about to propose to you, as a candidate for the ward in which I live, is Mr. Har bord. (Cheers.) He is very extensively engaged in busi ness in Liverpool, and owns several warehouses. (Cries of " He's all right.") I sincerely hope he is ; but remember that it will depend on you to make him all right on the first of November. I have now great pleasure in proposing the following resolution :—" That it is the opinion of this meet ing that Richard Harbors!, Esq., is a fit and proper person to be put in nomination as a candidate for North Toxteth Ward (No. 16) at the ensuing municipal election." Mr. T. H. CARTER seconded the resolution. Mr. T. M. GLADSTONE here came forward and said—Gen tlemen, before this resolution is put from the chair, perhaps a few words from a party who feels a strong interest in the proceedings of the meeting, and an elector, may not be un acceptable. (Loud cries of " Hear.") It was intended that I should second the nomination of Mr. Harbord on this oc casion, but such was the anxiety of the meeting, that an op portunity was not given me so to do ; and lam glad of it, for it shows the state of feeling that exists in this numerous assembly, and which is an augury, I trust, of the success that shall attend our exertions on the first of November. (Cheers.) Mr. Smith, having about the same experience as myself in these wards, has fully entered into many details respecting the advantages that would accrue from having fit and proper persons to represent us in the council ; but, why do I refer to these things ? Not that former defeats should make us lax in our exertions now, but that we should, one and all, en deavour to be first, in the day of battle, to mount the breach, and nail the colours of the constitution to the mast-head. (Great applause.) I cordially agree in the terms of the reso lution now proposed—first, because Mr. Harbord is a con stitutional conservative—secondly, because he is an inhabitant of the ward, and next, because he has a-stake in the town. I question much whether many of those who have passed through, under the colour of reform, should be said to pos sess a stake in the town, but we are desirous to place the re presentation in the hands of those, who, having a stake them selves, and having no interest in the advancement of any par- ticular scheme, should do their duty fearlessly, without any predilections but those which govern all conservatives, and which will, I am sure, govern Mr. Harbord. (Hear.) In the advancement of improvements, we may, many of us, differ, but I think we cannot do much worse than has been attempted to be done, with the property of the town, at the hands of its present representatives in the Town Council. (Hear.) When we consider that they are pressing a course which must cost the town some thousands of pounds,—l al lude to their attempted introduction of plans which seem to be the god of their idolatry, and which cannot fail of being an injury to all who reside in the town. (Hear, hear.) I per ceive that it is the custom, when reform candidates come forward, as in Exchange Ward, to advocate triennial parlia ments and universal suffrage through thick and thin—so that they seem ready on those annual occasions —to introduce any agitation. no matter how extensive ; and are not satisfied with confining themselves to municipal affairs, but carry their de structive principles into the very heart of the constitution it self. They are not content to speak on local matters, but they must needs go to refer to that unEnglish mode of voting —vote by ballot—by which a man could smile in your face and stab you at the same time with a dagger to the heart. If my opinion i s th at we may as they want universal suffrage, well have a female House of Commons as one composed ex clusively of the masculine gender. (Hear, and laughter.) But, passing from these considerations, allow me to say that it delights me to behold such a meeting as the present. In despite of former defeats in these wards, I trust that, when the election comes round, and that when I shake Mr. Har bord by the hand on the Ist of November, he will be your representative. (Loud cheers.) Mr. THOMAS DOVER next rose, and said—Gentlemen, the following motion has been put into my hands :—" That this meeting pledges itself to use every legal exertion to en sure the return of John Sheppard, Esq., a n d Ri chard liar _ bord, Esq., to represent these wards in the town-council at the ensuing municipal election. He then continued :—I am sure there is, not a gentleman present who will not cordially agree with this resolution. At the same time I wish to draw you attention to one word that it contains, namely, " legal," and that word has been inserted in it because illegal exertions are about to be made against you by our opponents, and they do not disguise it. It is their intention, I say, from the num ber of frivolous objections they have made, so to extend the tin- a of the revision, that the fourteen days will be expired before they are gone through, and that we shall be obliged to fall back on the list of last year. (Hear.) I believe lAM the first to make known this fact ; but we have not much to fear from that list, for we might have returned fourteen members under it ; and if every exertion is made, not only in these wards but in every other, we shall increase that in number, and then what will become of their trickery, and what will become of themselves ? Why, we shall place them where they ought to be, namely—nowhere. (Hear, and laughter.) I care not, then, w hi c h th ey ta k e ; let them take this year's list, and we'll lick them ; or last year's, and we'll lick them ; so that whichever list they take, lick them we will. (Loud cheers.) In looking round me, and seeing so large a number of gentlemen in the room, I am quite sure they must feel interested in one subject—namely, the system of education pursued at present in the corporation schools. (Hear.) There has been a great deal said about those schools. ' Some will tell you that the Bible is in the schools, and some will tell you that it is not in them. There is an immensity of shuffling, but the truth appears to be this, that the system of education is such as that the members of the church of England and many of the dissenters cannot conscientiously send their children there. (Cheers.) Your determination ought to be, to get a scriptural education for your children, and that the reading of the scriptures shall begin and end the business of the school. (Hear, hear.) We all know that children look to the door when the hour of breaking up ar rives, and that the time for putting the Bible into their hands is not when they are sighing for liberty. In fact, to put the Bible into the hands of a child at such a late period of the day, is to give him a distaste for the word of God. (Hear, hear.) I am not so uncharitable as to say that has been the intention of the council, but the sys tem pursued unquestionably leads to that deplorable result. After some further remarks on the building of warehouses, the speaker concluded by saying :—I hope you will use your most strenuous exertions to return both the candidates pro posed to you. I hope that you will not only give them your votes early on the Ist of November, but turn out as canvass ers, and bring up your neighbours, in order that we may not only beat them in these wards, but beat them in many of the others also. We are now going to reform. (Cheers.) We are going to be once more what we used to be in times past— loyal people, Christian people, church people ; and the time is not far distant when the mayors of Liverpool will not go to the Socinian chapel, another to the Roman catholic chapel, and a third, perhaps, to a socialist meeting. Oh ! that will be a glorious day when we shall see our first conservative mayor going to church. (Great cheers.) We shall all ac company him, and take our wives and daughters along with us, so that the numbers will be so great that even St. George's Church will not be able to hold the hundredth part of us. The speaker resumed his seat amidst great applause from all sides. Mr. ROBERTSON seconded the resolution proposed by the last speaker, which was put and carried unanimously. Mr. SHEPPARD then rose, and addressed the meeting at considerable length. He commenced by observing, that he thanked them from the bottom of his heart for deeming him a fit and proper person to represent their interests in the common council. If he was so successful as to be returned, he would use his best exertions to serve the several classes to which those present belonged. They had heard a great deal to-night on the different questions which agitated the public mind in Liverpool ; but all he could say was that, with re gard to the education question, he would give it his deepest consideration. To the constabulary force of the town he would lend his best attention, in order to have efficient offi cers, and equally efficient sub-constables. After some fur ther remarks, he concluded by calling on them to dismiss the radicals from their town council, and when the opportunity offered, to return Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresawell. Mr. Sheppard resumed his seat amidst loud applause. Mr. II ARBORD next addressed the meeting. He cordially thanked them for the reception they had given him, and, being a plain man of business, and no orator, he could only assure them that, if returned, he would endeavour to main tain, as far as in him lay, the constitution of the country. He had ever been a member of the Church of England, and hoped he should never disgrace her by any act, public or pri vate, of his life. At the same time he had a kindly feeling towards all conscientious and Christian dissenters ; and he believed he might assure them that his politics would ever be guided by the word of God, and not the impulses of the moment. (Cheers.)_ Mr. GLA2nsToNE'then proposed three cheers for Mr. Isaac Holmes and the other conservative members of the town council, which was loudly responded to by all present. MI. HOLMES returned thanks, and the meeting separated. GREAT GEORGE'S WARD Last evening, a very numerous and highly-respectable meeting of the conservative electors of this ward was held at the house of Mr. J. Kirkham, the Stanley Arms Inn, Upper Parliament-street. The purpose of the meeting was to nominate a fit and proper person to be brought forward as a candidate for the representation of the ward in the com mon council at the forthcoming municipal election. Mr. COURTER, secretary to the ward conservative associa tion, said he had been requested to call this meeting to af ford the conservative electors an opportunity of nominating a candidate to be brought forward at the coming municipal election. The association did not wish to act until after they had had the concurrence of the electors ; but the electors having once made their choice, the association would;;- louslY, and to the best of their ability, endeavour to carry that individual. (Cheers.) He moved that Mr. Quirk, vice-president of the association, be requested to take the chair upon the present occasion. (Cheers.) Mr. BARON having seconded the motion, it was unani mously carried. Mr. QUIRK, in taking the chair, expressed his regret that Mr. G. H. Lawrence, chairman of the association, was una voidably prevented from attending and filling that office. He (Mr. Quirk) would merely state the object of the meeting. It was to nominate a tit and proper person to represent the ward in the Town Council, and he trusted they would per form that duty in a manner that would leave no doubt of the result. They knew, no doubt, that it was intended to pro pose their old and tried member again—(cheers)--and with these few remarks he should proceed to call upon the various speakers. Mr. TOMPKINS was sorry that the gentleman be intended to propose as a fit and proper person to represent the ward was not present, but he would be shortly. (Hear, hear.) He rose to propose a gentleman who had and would again serve the ward faithfully and honestly. As a tradesman he was highly respected ; with regard to his political feelings he was a conservative—(cheers) ; but at the same time he would do justice, in all matters, both to tory and to radical. (Cheers.) He had already served for three years in the Town Council; and the electors had only to look to his past conduct to be convinced that no man could have served them more faithfully, or attended more punctually to his. duties, than the gentleman he was about to propose. (Cheers.) He had long been a resident hi the ward : he well under stood the business of the Town Council. (Hear.) He (Mr. Tompkins) was sorry to see political feeling in the council, where political feeling ought not to prevail; but as certain parties had thought proper to make it a political body, he would tell the meeting that the gentleman he was about to propose as a candidate was a sound conservative in principle. (Loud cheers.) More comment from him was not needed. In conclusion, he trusted that, in spite of the efforts of the Precursor Society, the conservative electors of this ward would return Mr. Cooper to the council. He begged to propose the following resolution :—" That this meeting do tender their best thanks to Mr. Joseph Cooper, for the great attention he has shewn to the general interests of the town during the time he has been a member of the council ; arid they respectfully request he will allow himself to be again put in nomination as a candidate at the ensuing municipal election." (Cheers.) Mr. M'Crtum seconded the resolution, and it was unani mously carried. Mr. COURTER said he had just received the following let ter from Mr. Sheppard, the conservative candidate for Tox ;eth Ward : " Mr. Sheppard presents his compliments to the conser vative committee of Great George Ward, and begs to acknow ledge the receipt of their polite note of the 20th instant. " Mr. Sheppard regrets much that it will not be in his power to attend at Mr. Kirkham's this evening. Mr. Shep pard most cordially wishes their candidate every success. " Should the ward again deem it prudent to re-elect Mr. Cooper, Mr. Sheppard feels convinced that this gentleman will do his duty, for he has seen enough of Mr. Cooper in public life to make him believe, that a more honest, faithful, or hardworking respresentative, no ward could desire ; and, in these times, such a man is invaluable. Huzza, then, for Cooper, the candidate who can and will maintain your power, and effectually resist the machinations of those who would equally destroy the constitution and dismember the Empire! " Mill-street, Thursday Evening, " Sept. 24th, 1840." Mr. R. M. GooRE had had a resolution put into his hands which be had great pleasure in moving, and which, he be lieved, would be cordially responded to by the meeting. It was a vote of thanks to the chairman and committee of the Conservative Association of Abercrombie Ward, for the able manner in which they :lad replied to an article in a public print, stating that the conservatives were the first to put fag got votes on the list. (Hear, bear.) He would mention that when a leading and respectable gentlemen in the spirit trade—(cries of " Name")—he meant Mr. James Mulleneux, on the other side, was told there was not a single faggot voter in Great George's Ward, he had not a word to say. (Cheers.) The resolution he had the honour of moving was—" That the thanks of the meeting be given to Mr. Griffiths, the chairman of the conservatives of Abercrombie Ward, for their public and prompt denial of the unfounded assertions in the Liver pool Journal of last Saturday, ' that the conservatives were the originators of the wholesale system of objecting to the respectable freeholders ;' as it is well known the radicals commenced it, and have since refused to accept the offer that both parties should withdraw the:same." Mr. BUCHANAN seconded the motion, and the meeting unanimously adopted it. i :Mr. ROBINSON, one of the conservative representatives of the ward, rose to address the meeting amidst loud cheers. He begged to be allowed to bear his testimony to the merits of Mr. Cooper. There had been great objections to that gentleman being upon the committees of the council, and it was only last year that he had been placed upon one ; but since his appointment no man could have paid more zealous and indefatigable attention to his duties. He (Mr. Robin son) trusted that the next election would place the conserva tives in a position, from which, instead of having to beg and pray to be appointed upon the committees, they would have the power of forming them. (Loud cheers.) All the corpo ration appointments were made by the majority in power ; the present majority he trusted would soon be changed, and that we should soon have something like a fair representation of the town. But it was only by electing such men as Mr. Cooper —men of independent and tried character, who were determined to oppose monopolies of all kinds, that the con servatives could expect and have fair play. He trusted, there fore that the conservative electors would renew their confi dence in that gentleman. (Loud cheers.) An ELECTOR then proposed three cheers for Mr. Cooper in his absence, and three for Mr. Robinson in his presence, both of which were given. Mr. ROBINSON proceeded to say, that for this unexpected mark of their approbation he begged to return his most sin cere and grateful acknowledgments. As long as he had had the honour of representing them in the council, his votes had always been given independently, without reference to indivi duals or party ; and upo n th a t pr i nc i ple he always intended to act. (Cheers.) Mr. JACKSON moved, " That this meeting do publicly re probate the system of objections practised by the radicals against the inhabitants whom they imagine might differ with them ; and they cannot but regret that the Protector Society should have placed upon the registry 163 poor Irish men in this ward, who eventually will become a burden upon the rate-payers of the town." Ths motion was seconded by Mr. WALL, and unanimously adopted. On the motion of Mr. GOMM, a deputation was appointed to proceed to the residence of Mr. Cooper, to ascertain whe ther he was willi ng t o a ll ow himself to be put in nomination. In the meantime, Mr. ISAAC HOLMES addressed the meeting. He said that having now taken up his residence in Great George's square, he was an elector of the ward, and he assured that meeting that nothing could give him greater pleasure than to support the no m i nat i on o f hi s f r i e nd Mr. Joseph Cooper. (Cheers.) When he (Jr.M Holmes) first went into the coun cil, he fo un d t h at M r. C o oper had been a member of it twelve months previously. His previous acquaintance with Mr. Cooper, as a member, was through the medium of the reports in the p u bli c papers ; but they convinced him that Mr. Coope r h a d no t on ly done, but well done his duty—that he had exposed the knavery and trickery of the dominant party in the council, thereby causing a great sensation in the to wn . There was not an individual in that council, therefore, more deserving of the thanks of the town at large than Mr. Cooper. (Loud cheers.) Be fore he (Mr. Holmes) was elected, Mr. Cooper, like himself, was one of the obnoxious. To be obnoxious to some of the individuals ruling, there must be a proof to co nservat i ves i n general that that individual had undaunted dope his duty to the conservative interests of the town. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Cooper, moreover, had frequently come forward in this man ner, and upon one occasion, with regard to the rank piece of jobbing near St. James's Market, he ably exposed the trick ery which was attempted to be practised. He believed Mr. Cooper was the means of completely altering the intentions of the party as to what should be done, and to make them completely ashamed of theinselves— _(Cheers.) Mr. Cooper, at first, was merely a member 6f one committee—the Gar dens Committee ; he was sent (he supposed) to the Mount to look after the crows—(laughter)—but he had a greater duty to perform, for there were vultures to be looked after. (Hear, hear.) In that respect be had performed his duty, for he had, in a great measure, prevented the vultures from doing what they wished. Mr. Cooper. therefore, was highly de serving of their support at the forthcoming election. (Loud cheers, and shouts of "He shall have it.") The following —which was the last—year, Mr. Houghton complained that he had been placed upon too many committees. (Hear, and cheers.) Mr. Houghton, be (Mr. Holmes) be lieved, was a gentleman who wished to pass through the world without being much censured or much buffeted ; he expressed a hope, therefore,that the council would allow him to retire from the watch committee. He (Mr. Holmes) moved that Mr. Cooper should be placed on that com mittee ; Mr. Houghton seconded the motion ; and Mr. Cooper was placed in a situation from which he was enabled to be more useful to the ward and to the town than he other wise could be. (Hear, hear.) With regard to himself (Mr. Holmes) and four or five others, they were not allowed to have their names upon the list of a single committee. The individual who was going to retire from Pitt -street ward— (cheers)—came forward and in the most insulting manner said (the very words by him should never be forgotten) " If some of the wards had disgraced themselves by sending cer tain members to the council, we will not degrade ourselves by placing them upon our committees." (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Holmes) trusted that Pitt.street ward would not be again disgraced by sending that impudent and insolent man into the town-council. (Laughter and cheers.) As he had stated last night elsewhere, that person's political creed was totally contrary to the principles of two-thirds of the electors of Liverpool, and his religious creed to that of 99 out of every hundred. Therefore it would be a scandal to the ward to return a man who, neither in politics nor reli gion, could have any feeling in communion with any ward in the town. He believed he had told the meeting he was an elector of this ward •, but perhaps he was not. He had never yet (although he had formerly opposed the conservative inte rest when all were mad for " reform," as it was called) been served with an objection to his vote. The moment, how ever, that he came into this ward, he was served, first, with an objection to his parliamentary vote as a householder, and afterwards with another to his municipal vote. (Hear.) Mr. COOPER here entered the room, and was received with deafening applause. Mr. HOLMES proceeded to say that he regarded not the objection to his parliamentary vote as a householder, because he was a freeman of the town of Liverpool. (Three loud cheers were here given for the freemen.) He had four sous, who were likewise free, and these were four more votes for the other side to consider. (Cheers.) He mentioned this to show that the objection to his parliamentary vote as a house holder, must have been from sheer malice. (Hear, hear.) When he received notice of the objection he went to the office of the Reform Association, and told them th a t if th ey would withdraw the o bj ec ti on he should be obliged, but if not, that Sir Joshua Walmsley and every radical member of the Town-council, including both his brothers, should be served with objections in his own name —that he might meet them before the Town-council, the revising barrister, and before the mayor himself. Mr. Holmes then went on to say, that there had never been a single question discussed in the counsel upon which Mr. Cooper and himself had not supported each other. This was very gratifying when they had the insolence of power to contend against. The meeting were well aware of a late public meeting of the Reform As sociation, and of the trepidation in which the radical mem bers of the council now were. Mr. William Rathbone was dreadfully afraid of the forthcoming election ; and he be lieved that the greater number of the objections in Pitt street ward had been for the purpose of causing the election to be taken upon the old register which was much better for radical purposes than the present. They were made, he repeated, to return Mr. Wm. Rathbone, because with the list as it stands he would have no chance whatever. (Cheers.) The speaker then proceeded to comment at considerable length upon the proceedings of a reform meeting in Exchange ward, and upon the gratuitous insult in Mr. O'Connell's speech at the Queen's Theatre upon the natives of the prin cipality, and upon several topics of a local nature. He con cluded by an energetic call upon the meeting to return Mr. Cooper which was responded to by loud cheers and cries of determination to do so. Mr. CooPER (having been introduced by Mr. Robinson) then addressed the meeting. He said that after having served the burgesses for three years, it gave him great satisfaction to learn that he still retained their confidence. (Hear.) If it were any gratification to him in the first instance to have been surrounded by numbers who had voted in his behalf, how much more gratifying must it be to his feelings, after he had been weighed in the balance, to find that he was not considered wanting. (Cheers.) It he had studied his pri vate interest or comfort, he should have retired on this oc casion; for his business, and the number of men in his ser vice, required-a great portion of his time. But when he saw an unconstitutional step taken for bringing in the constitu ency of New Bird-street against the respectable constituency of Great George's Ward, he could not refuse to come for ward to aid in averting the downward course. (Cheers.) A great deal had been said against the old freemen, but he must say of them, that he had never yet known them to break their word, and that it was infamous on the part of government to disfranchise them from the right of electing the mayor. (Hear.) Why were they deprived of that? The freemen of Liverpool ought to have had a vote in the election of the chief magistrate, and for the other members of the corporation. (Hear.) We had heard a great deal about the liberality of the liberals, and he would point out an instance of it in the Town Council. Great George's Ward, it was well known, returned three conservative members. It was usual for the members of a particular ward to have the care and control of the markets in that ward ; but although they had had seats in the council for three years they were denied a vote upon the Market Committee, and not one of the mem bers for the ward had a voice in that committee: (Hear.) To whom was the care of St. James's Market resigned? To one man from Scotland and another from Ireland—Mr. Jordan and Mr. Duncan ; and he (Mr. Cooper) appealed to the meeting whether under their management the " widow's landmark" had not been removed in that market. (Hear.) It bad ;—(cheers)—and if a very strict look out bad not been kept over those gentlemen many more things would have gone wrong. He considered the next election as one of mo mentous interest. It affected the question of how the poor should be educated—whether, indeed, the poor should be in structed in the entire word of God, or whether they should have unitarian principles thrust upon them. (Loud cheers.) At the last municipal election they had sixty hostile voters thrust upon them for this ward, but still the bur gesses nobly did their duty by returning Mr. Robinson by a majority of 22. (Cheers.) Having that example before them, he felt perfect confidence that they would be able again to return him (Mr. Cooper) to the council. (Cheers.) But to accomplish this it was of deep importance that every man should put his shoulder to the wheel, especially as nearly every vote in the ward had been objected to in a roost infa mous manner. Mr. Cooper proceeded to detail a case of one conservative burgess (Mr. Orton), who had lived in the same house for 35 years, having been objected to, and to enforce the necessity of attendance on the revision. He concluded an energetic speech by calling upon the burgesses to take care of the registration, as the only certain means of carrying the ward for the conservative interest A vote of thanks was then presented to the chairman for the able manner in which he had presided. The compliment was suitably acknowledged by Mr. Quirk. Mr. COOPER then moved a similar vote to the secretary, which was seconded by Mr. J. W. WAGSTAFF. Mr. COURTER briefly replied. Mr. ROBINSON proposed, and Mr. COOPER seconded, a resolution of thanks to the committee of the Ward Conser vative Association, which was passed unanimously. Mr. E. WRAY, the conservative candidate for St. Peter's Ward, and Mr. WHITE next said a few words; and when they had concluded, the meeting dispersed, highly gratified with their prospects of success in the forthcoming contest. FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—We are still in a state of uncertainty relative to the eastern question. It seems probable, if we place credence in the exertions of M. Thiers' deputy with Mehemet Ali, that they have been crowned with partial success. It appears, then, that the bon: office: on the part of France have been duly appreciated by the conqueror of Syria ; and, in conse quence, he dispatched a courier to Constantinople to convey this important submission to the Sultan, his master. But the mediating system of M. Thiers is nothing but a non sensical comedy, in which the two premiers perform a most miserable role. In a few days we shall hear the denouement of this complex affair. The RevUe de Paris has a very inconsistent article on the eastern question. It asserts that, in spite of her just com plaints, France has not refused to offer her interference for the amicable settlement of the eastern question ; that she has induced Mehemet to accept the conditions imposed upon him, and laid out for him a plan of wisdom and conciliation. This news emanates from M. Mignet, who is in the pay of M. Thiers. The Rime de Paris should first have proved these complaints. Such allegations are used for the purpose of shielding Thiers from public indignation, and imply that such language is requisite to justify his foolish armament. M. Thiers has no more complaints to make against the Eng lish government than I have against Lord Palmerston. He uses every instrument he possibly can think of to keep him self in his situation. He knows perfectly well that he has lost the confidence of the conservateurs ; and as to the party of Barrot, it is on the verge of leaving him in the mud. The republican party despises the man ; so lie has the alternative of fortifying Paris, and every town in France, to defend him self against nobody. Louis Philippe, the man of th e b arr i ca d es, i n company with some generals and officiers du ginie, took an airing, on horseback, in the bois de Boulogne, to superintend the forti fications that are going to be erected there on his property. This royal visit to the works speaks volumes. The man who has been made king of the French, and never king of France —what a mortification !—seems to be very anxious about the immediate surrounding his royal residence, and his brave Parisians, by strong walls, to shield them from foreign inva sion. What a loyal act ! The indefatigable Thiers has been giving orders to make bombs and all sorts of combustibles, to repulse the enemy. What farcical proceedings ! Some of the newspapers exclaim that M. Thiers is the only man in France that can maintain her dignity and national honour. The Siecle is the forerunner of them. It is manifest that M. Thiers is on the point of being expelled from his office by the indignation of the nation. I allow M. Thiers a few days more to indulge in his dangerous pursuits. Three regiments of the line, the 17th, 19th, and 46th,are forthwith be billeted on the inhabitants in the environs of the capital; and fifty villages will be erased from the map, to enable him to carry his designs into effect. Does he think that he will, by the sight of a million of bayonets, crush French blood? Never, The reign of discontent is already beginning td manifest itself in the estansinets. Where are the fathers, the mothers, the daughters, the children inhabiting these fifty villages to be housed? This is an important question yet to be considered. Paris, 22d September, 1840. MR. GELLARD'S PICTURE OF ADAM AND EVE. —This very splendid picture continues to attract a great deal of attention. It is one of the finest specimens of modern art, either for har mony of colouring, poetry of design, or artistical execution. The effect of light and shade is exhibited in a most extraor dinary manner. The touching simpli , :ity and beauty of the female figure cannot fail to be admired, while the muscular and manly grace of Adam strikes every beholder. The lovers of the fine arts must not omit seeing this picture. It is now lighted by gas, producing a singular effect. WOMAN DROWNED. —An inquest was held on Monday_ last at the V e t eran public-house, in Salford, on the body the f 43 Margaret Gib son, aged 61, who was found drowned u in ca Leeds and Li verpool canal, at Grimshaw-park, on Sunday morning la s t. T he deceased left home the evening before about nine o'clock, without stating wither she was going. She had a s on li v i ng in Grims haw-park, and it is supposed VerdictsuPpo d she was going th ere, b ut accidentally fell into the canal . ---accidental death.—Blackburn Standard. The.f illowing paragraph is copied from an Irish provincial journal :—" We have been informed by a Nenagh correspon dent that the tee-totallers of that town are in the habit of parading the streets on the Sabbath evenings, accompanied by the chapel band, and which plays nothing but party tunes for their amusement, and for the purpose of annoying the respectable inhabitants." THE BIRMINGHAM FESTIVAL From own Coepondent. You (I am sure, our be happy r t r o s hear that ) this festival is progressing m os t satisfactorily,- both for the funds of the hospital and the musical treat to the hearers of the perform ances. On Tuesday, the selection at the Town-hall (which has been newly and elegantly decorated by Mr. Scott, artist, at the Theatre,) went off exceedingly well. The music was of a mixed character. The Coronation Anthem, by Knyvett, opened, and Mr. Pearsall's followi ng song, "'ln native worth," from the Creation, was in his happiest style. Much praise is due to Madame Caradori Allan, Dorus Gras, Miss Birch, and Miss Hawes, for the feeling and pathos displayed in their classical execution. of the music committed to their charge. Braham was quite himself, and equal to his palinv days, particularly Luther's Hymn. Phillips and Medd: excellent as usual, and indeed the recitative and air Of former from Israel in Egypt, " Wave from wave," concluding chorus, was most splendid. The evening per formance was very fine, with several encores. I have not time to write at length, and therefore hasten to the gem of the performance on Wednesday. The Lobgesang, or Song of Praise, by Dr. Felix Mendelssohn. lie conducted this exquisite composition. It commenced with a sinfonia, of it rich, pastoral, and religious character ; a melody that " take the prisoned soul, and laps it in Elysium ;" the music is in deed " softly sweet in Lydian measure." " In notes with many a winding bout." "In linked sweetness long drawn out." You will pardon my quoting Milton, but that master poet can alone de s cribe the " music married to i mmortal verse" of this sublime hymn. It rises from the soft song of thanksgivin g t o th e f u ll di a p ason o f p ra i se and joy. yet so delicately a tt une d as t o rea li se t o th e willing and wrapt imaginatio n " th a t un di s t ur b e d song o f pure concert,, sung by " the bright seraphim in burning row." Where all was beautiful in the extreme, it is hard to select a passage, but splendid indeed was a plaintive solo of Braham, in all the majesty of woe—beautiful exceedingly was the choral, " Let all men praise the Lord," and the duet of Caradori Allan and Mrs. Knyvett the very soul of harmony. The conclud ing chorus, " Ye nations offer to the Lord," was a worthy and soul-stirring finale, and elicited the excited plaudits of the auditory, and an unanimous encore. One word of the author—he is a dark contemplative looking man, with genius in his eyes, and his whole frame trembling with the enthusi astic love of his art, showing indeed the triumph of mind over physical endurance. His delight at the success of the performance was intense, and the brightness of his smile indescribable. I can only say that the elegance of his concep tion and the delicacy of his taste, made his hymn an offering fit, indeed, 'to rise through nature up to nature's God.' Great credit is due to the able and indefatigable exertions of Mr. Munden, the conductor, and Mr. Hollins, the organist. I cannot for want of time say more to-day.—Ever tour's. with tt .J S. C PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION The following requisition has been presented to the Rev. H. M'Neile, by sereral constitutional friends, who are de sirous of forming an Auxiliary Protestant Association for Toxteth-park To THE REV. H. M`NEnt Liverpool, Stemb . " Ray. SIR,—We the undersigned, 23d mem ep er, bers of the lBlo pro visional committee, beg leave to inform you that the ship.. wrights of this town, desirous of being united in defence of our Protestant constitution, the safety of which is so much endangered by the open violence of avowed enemies, and the secret treachery of professed friends, have determined on forming a branch of the Protestant Association for Toxteth park, the district where they principally reside, and havede puted us to request that you will accept the office of presi dent of the society, and will preside at the meeting to be called for its formation. " DUNCAN GIBE, WILLIAM WHATHAM, CHRISTOPHER WATSON, WALLS BUCHANAN, JOSEPH EDWARDS WILLIAM TURTON _., JOHNSON BUCHANAN, JOHN PARRY, JOHN ELLAM'ES, CHARLES H TINTON JOHN LONGWORTH, ANDREW CLARKE, ROBERT NPCLAY, JOHN HUDSON, GEORGE SMITH, GEORGE BICKERSTAFF JOH! , KEWN, DANIEL GELLING, EDWARD LAW." We understand the reverend gentleman has accepted this invitation, and it will be seen from an advertisement, that a meeting will be held at the Amphitheatre, for the purpose of forming the association alluded to. Our operative friends will not be found wanting on such an important occasion. Nearly 32,000 quarters of wheat, and 14,000 cwt. of wheat flour, paid duty at the port of Glasgow during the last week. The Carmarthen Journal complains, that, in consequence of the establishment of a rural police force in Shropshire and the adjacent counties, the number of beggars perambulating the counties of Cardigan and Carmarthen has perceptibly in creased. A FACT. — There are now four men in the employ of Messrs. James Brown and Co., Bagley-mill, near Leeds, who have had seventeen wives. One has had six ; two have had four each; and one, though only twenty-eight years of age, is wearing his third The surgeon who opened the body of the late unfortunate Mr. Yarworth is now laid up dangerously ill from having punctured his hand Aightly while dissecting the vicinity of the spine : the gentleman's arm is dreadfully swollen up to the shoulder. CURIOSITY.—We have before us a watch seal originally the property of James Tran, a relative of a person in our office, made from a part of the rock of Gibraltar, thrown up at his feet by the first shot fired from the Spanish floating batteries at that impregnable fortress.—Perth Constitutional. EFFECTS OF TIDE PRODUCTIVE HARVEST.—The contract just entered into with the guardians for supplying the whole of Okehampton union, Devon, with best seconds flour for the ensuing quarter, has been effected at 40s 6d per sack ; that for the last quarter was 51s 6d, being a reduction of Ils per sack upon the next quarter.—Bristol Mirror. A subscription on behalf of the family of the murdered missionary, Williams, has been commenced by the London Missionary Society. Earl Fitzwilliam has given £5O, the Duke of Devonshire £25, the Duke of Northumberland £25, and the Bishop of London and his family £l3 75. LATEST ABSENCE or MIND.—We hear that after the wedding celebration betwt.en Mr. Gage and Miss Knightley, at Firlie, on Monday last, a gentlemau of Lewes rode home a strange nag instead of his own, and never found out his mistake at all. It is thought he had no time to look at the horse, from being too much taken up with the bridal.— Sussex Advertiser. The Lzinster Express contains an account of the appre hension of a gang of robbers. The gang are five in number, and have been engaged for a long period in committing de predations in the counties of Kildare, Meath, Wicklow, and Dublin. They have all signed a confession of the several robberies in which they were engaged, and each wishes to be accepted as Queen's evidence. Sir C. Lemon has offered the site for the erection of a mining college at Truro, £5OO to the building fund, and a bequest (at his death) of £lO,OOO, or if necessary, £20,000, in trust for the endowment of professorships, &c. The building fund he proposes to raise by a levy of one farthing in the pound sterling on all metallic minerals in the county for 12 years. The Education Committee of the Privy Council and the Council of the Duehy of Lancaster approve, and the Queen sanctions the proposed institutions. Her Majesty's brig Pantaloon, of 18 guns, Lieutenant Tryon commander, is now in our river, engaged in procuring volunteer seamen for her Majesty's service. She had been for some days lying off Buncrana, in Lough Swilly, where her object has been attended with considerable success. We have no doubt, from the interest with which her motion■ are watched, that many persons will avail themselves of the opportunity of entering the naval service in her from this city and neighbourhood.—Derry paper. AN INTELLIGENT POLICEMAN.—At the Borough Court, on Thursday last, a case was heard against Mr. Lees, of the Nag's Head, in which a Jew w as th e complainant. The Jews, as may be generally known, swear by the Old Testa. ment, and whilst the oath is administered, stand covered. When the case was called the Old Testament was required, and therefore, a policeman was despatched for one. On his return he said to the inspector, I' Aw connot get an owd Testament, but I've browt a Bible an that'l happen do."— Bolton Chronicle. SPLENDID RuN.—One of the most splendid runs ever witnessed took place with the Devon and Somerset stag_ hounds on Saturday. They met at Harford, seven miles from Dulverton, and after running for upwards of eight hours at a toppieg rate, and in sight during most of the time, the hounds were called off at half-past eight, and the stag made his way over the Brendon-hills in the direction towards the forest. The distance the stag ran is estimated to be at least sixty miles. In our list of marriages the week before last, we recorded that of Mr. James Hobbins, of Chaddesley Corbett, to Miss Harriet Chambers, which took place under very peculiar cir cumstances. On Monday week, whilst Mr. Hobbins was stepping into his carriage with his young bride, he fell down and was taken up a corpse. It may be recollected that Mr. Hobbins wass seventy-seven years of age, and his bride in her seventeenth year.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. THE VICAR OF GEDNEY AND THE METHODISTS.—AII examiner and proctor, deputed from the court of the Arch bishop of Canterbury to take evidence against the Rev. Mr. Escott, the vicar of Gedney, for refusing to bury a child who had been christened by a Wesleyan minister, and whose body now remains aboveground, assembled on Tuesday to hold a court in the vestry of the church, where the necessary testimony was gone into, and the court adjourned to London. The Wesleyan body are prosecuting the suit.—Lincoln Mercury. The Board of Customs having received a report f.-oin Fal mouth that certain contraband goods had been found in the mail-boat of the Royal Tar steamer, on her return from the Peninsula, on the 30th ult., sent down an order to detain the boat when the steamer should go down again, which the offi cers effected on Monday, when she went on shore to receive the mails. In consequence of the company's having been made acquainted with the extensive illegal traffic of the crew of the steamer, they were all discharged, and two of them who were passengers to Falmouth in the Devonshire steamer, were, on their arrival, apprehended, and remanded to prison, to await the decision of the board as to a prosecution being instituted. Rear-Admiral Cochet, who was about to make a voyage in the steam-packet Torridge from Barnstaple to Bristol, on Thursday last, fell overboard at high water, just before the packet was announced for starting. The gallant Admiral was followinghis servant, who carried the Admiral's luggage on board, and in an instant the Admiral was missing. The servant ran over the packet and stared in amazement to find his master, when one of the sailors, hearing a voice in dis tress crying ou t f or h e l p, looked over the s id e o f the packet and saw the Admiral ingulfed in the water, holding on by the paddl e - w h ee l . The sailors i nstant l y f l ew to his assist- ance, and rescued him from his perilous situation, without being injured much, but prevented from pursuing the voyage that trip.—Exeter Times. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—On the 9th of June. 1840, at about ten o'clock, p.m., in Closepettah, near Mysore, the wife of a Rajpoot, Sivasing, was confined . of a boy after the usual time. We have seen the child . with our eyes, but we have not seen such a description . of . child in this world nor heard about it. The child's head is as large as a cocoa nut, and around it are ten others . as b . ig . as limes ; and on the head, which is in the . middle, the hair is four inches long ; it has two small ears without opening or holes, and there is no tip to the nose ; the teeth are as big as t amar i n d stoner, it has two eyes as big as limes, and the tongue hangs out of the mouth about nine inches an d i s a b out three inches in breadth. The child appears otherwi se a b out t h e s i ze of one of a year old. It died about half an hour after its birth.— Bombay Paper. TDB MURDER AT NE WCASTLE. — Fowles, the supposed murderer of Marth a K eel i ng, at Newcastle-under-Lyre, as reported in our last, was apprehended near .Northwich on Friday last, and was on Saturday committed, under the find ing of the coroner's jury, for trial for wilful murder. A small sum of money, together with a ring and a brooch, identified Tas the property of the deceased, were found in his possession. he prisoner was conveyed to Stafford gaol on Sunday morn ing. On the way, it is said, he became very communicative, and told Mr. Cottrill that he did not commit the murder, but that he was in the room at the time it was done. He said it was done by a person who had been at Lichfield vanes as a fidler, and had slept with him on Wed nes d a y night. They divided the money, and the fidler took a large bundle of clothes. They parted just against Jackson's doer . Fowles is the neph ew o f a gentleman who holds a respeenble pnbiic offiee in the eounty of Chester.