The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-11 00:00:00

etrimurCia: 7 - at:4 —Ebis Salted Rorie Hides, pry Salted t, and Cow Hides, and 60-tons 27, lithebarn-street, at twelve Valonia, at Hadweo' s, o'cioce. • rro bales Jute, at Wet,ahouse's, 1. OldhalLstreet, at twelve o'clock. 1300 bales Jute, at -Whittaker, Whitehead and Co.'s, 13, Rumford street, at twelve o'clock. 125 bales Jute, at D. C. Buchanuan's, 18, Chapel-street, at twelve 770 bundles Coir Yarn, at Finlay, Lawrence and Co.'s, at twelve o'clock. 100 tierces Carolinallice, at Rayner's, 16, Exchange-bui:dings, at twelve o'clock. 50 tierces , c•arolina Rice, at How and Barclay's, 1, Oldhall-street, at twelve o' lock. 2730 bar Calcutta Rapeseed, at ?ercival, Campbell and:Co.'s, 30, Exchange-street East, at twelve o'clock. 232 pieces 13dxwood, at Harrop's, Liver-chambers, at twelve o'clock. guo drums Turkey Figs, 92 cases Red Raisins, 6 basks Damaged Currants, and 30 cases and boxes Figs, 13,4denach and Son, at the Saleroom, Temple-court, at twelve o'cicck. 40 bags Coffee, at How and B ••rclay's, 1, Oldhall-street, at twelve o'clock. 550 boxe,, and HO half-boxes Valencia Raisins, and - boxes Layers. Fletcher aed Co 's, at the Saleroom, Temple-court, at txelve 260 barrels Common American Rosin, at Eaton's, 7, Exchange chambers, at twelve o'clock. 150 barrels Damaged Ohio Flour, at Flarnett'o, 10, Venwick-street, at half-past one o'clock. -- 1 THIS DAY. On account of whom it may concern. Tuts DAY. the llth ‘nstant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 19, Fenwick.street, About 150 Barrels Damaged Ohio FLOUR. For further particulars apply to J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers. Tuts DAT, the I lth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers. 260 Barre's Common American ROSIN,'" now landing ex London, from New York.—Apply to FRANCIS J. .EATON, Erokr. Tan Dior, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, In the n Cornmercidl Saleroom, 400 c-Drama 501 3-Dino 5 Turkey FIGS, 92 C , tscs fled Turkey RAISINS, landing ex Egypt an, from smyrr,a ; 6 Calks D4maeed CURRANT?, f , X Euphrates; 30 Skeleton Cases FIGS, et Ter eriffe. GEORGE BADENACII & SON, Brokers. To-MORROW. To-MoaaoW. the 12th ins , .nt, at Eleven_ o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, 400 P'arre,s Newt.wn PIPPIN APPLES, landing ex Per is (s.), from New York 690 Bartels Newtown PIPPIN APPLES, landing ex Ericsson (s.). from New York.—Apply to 'GEORGE BADENACH & SON, Brokers. To-MORROW. the 12th instant. at Eleven o'clock, In the] Commercial Saleroom ' 260 Barrels N. P. APPLES, landing ex Persia, I' , om New York.—Apply to Messrs. Callenders, Johnstone and Co., Merchants; or to GE HIGE BADENACIT itc SON, Broliers. TO-MORROW. the 12th instant, 1100 Bags New FARINA. be taken from the Railway.—Apply to ALEX. S. MACRAE, Broker. On account of whom it may Concern. To-stoalow. the 12th instant. at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Saleroom, No. 1, Chapel-street. About 50 Bales False-packed COTTON, &c. GILL, TITHE/tINGTON &. GILL, Brokers. • THURSDAY On TIMICSDAY next, the 13:h instant, at Twelve o'clock. at the Brokers' Office, 13, Exchange 25'° B' ' "jj Fine Bengal RICE, 1531 Pockets j,,st landed ex Thomas firocklebank, Prince's Dock.—Apply to Messrs. Thomas and John BrocklOank, Merchants ; or to T. & H. LITTLEDALE Rt CQ. Brokers. FRIDAY. On FRIDAY next, the 14th instant, at Twe've o'clock, at the Brokers' Offi T. 13, Fxehange-buildings, 900 Bales JUTE, ex Thomas Bencklebank, Prince's Dock.—Apply to Messrs, Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants ; or to T. & H. LITTLEDALE & - CO., Brokers. NEXT WEEK. Returned, Wrecleed. and other Property, to clo.e accounts. On Tnuit'DAY, thet2oth in taut, at One o'clock. at R. W. Preston and Co.'s'Uffice, 4. gs, Water-street, 195 Cases CHAMPAGNE, &'7 Cases 25 Case 4, Vintage 1831, } CLARET, 282 Cases Fine o.d FORT, 12 P yes PORT, 4 Hhds • 9 Hit" SHERRY, :'8 Cases 21 Hhds WHITE WINE, 3 llhds MADEIRA, 413 Ca.es " OLD TOM," 100 Cases HOCK, 75 C-ses 37 Htids t BRANDY, 63 Ed, Together with other WINES and SPIRITS.—For rarticulars apply to R. W. PRES roN & CO., Brokers. T HIS DAY, R. J. NODDER Will respectfully off'r his Selection 3of FPArisian and English ittDING- and WA LICING HATS, BONNETi, and CAPS, with every desc,lption or Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the mast. fashionable and tasteful kind. 81, CUURCH STREET. El - H,A.RGEAIYNT OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, DOUBLE ITS PRESENT SIZE. The patronage and support hitherto accorded to the NOR.,THF.EN DAILY TIMES, has rendered it necessary for the Proprietors to enter into arrangements for its speedy Permanent Enlarge ment to Double its present size. Until this is effected, Double Numbers will be issued whenever a piessure of news,'or an influx of advertisments, shall...render it necessary. In making this an nouncement, the Proprietors, grateful for the flat tering encouragement they have already received, avail'therdsilves of the opportunity to state that they will spare neither pains nor expense to render the' IibaTHERN DAILY TIMEs the most accurate and earliest authority upon all matters of news— Political, General, Monetary, Commercial, and Maritime. The new arrangements, when com pleted, will impose upon the Proprietors the necessity of ceasing to supply extra Slips to Subscribers, but no increase will be made in the rate of subscription, which is now 335. per annum. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES OFFICE, 19, South John Street. t ey• KgrtlVA rria TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1856. THE DAY'S NEWS. The - new Mayor has been elected. Francis Shandy -44c g. is theehief magistrate of Liverpool for-one yearpinus one day. As he is the unani mous choice of the Town Council we must submit to the seleetion, and only hope that when his year of offi.Je terminates he will he in a position to r esign his functions of authority with satisfaction to himself, and the unanimous approval of the community, at large. W e c , mfess that we are somewhat astonished that the opposing party did not test their actual strength upon the mayor's- election. To do so would have shown that they were a united phalanx, and that although not so strong in numbers as the cohorts of the " Prodigal Son's," they were determined to dispute, inch by, inch, the right of any political society to dictate and nominate the party to be Mayor of Liverpool. Much as we admire the manly declarations of Mr. William Earle, who is always at the post of duty, and nothing loath to face the opposing enemy, we should have been much better pleased had he taken up a less assail able position; for, he had scarcely resumed his seat, When Mr. Alderman Parker effectively re torted upon Mr. Earle, as to political societies meeting to determine who should be Mayor. As we 'have repeatedly observed in these columns, we most strongly object to the introduction of polities • into the council chamber. This Mr. Earle unfortunately did. At any other time, and in any other place, his speech would have been hailed with delight by the great body of the burgesses of Liverpool. His eulogy of Mr. George Holt was net only well timed and true, but from the frequent App'y to Apply to " hear hears" - of the council,"met with approbation. - The remarks of Mr. Robertson_ Gladstone were most apPropilate. He grappled with the legitimate point at issue, Mr. Shand'ssqualication fol. the office of Mayor; and he has the satisfaction of knowing, that the subsequent .SPetikers 'Tailed in replying to the important statements which he made. As we haie before - said, we sincerely hope that Mr. Shand may dissapoint the expectations of his opponents, and that all those serling_qualities whieh - his - proposer and seconder boldly averred formed part of his composition may, be realised. It so; none'shall more heartily rejoice than our -solves, nor be more ready, when . theOth of Novem ber,-1857, arrives, to proclaim the ,ability, impar tiality, and zeal which he displayed during his mayerality. Nevertheless, we hold that the elevation of Mr. Shand, who has never been elected by the burgesses of any ward in Liverpool ; and who was " pitchforked." into the council, is fraught with the most dangerous and serious Cense quences,, which it is the bounden ditty of of every town councillor, not only to discounten ance, but oppose with determination and firmness. From this topic -we now turn to the election of Aldermen. . And, as we predicted that they would, the " Prodigal sons" mustered strong for the purpose of carrying out the principle of taxation without representation. They despised all the warnings that we, as public journalists, have deemed it our duty to give during the last month. In the room of Sir John Bent, Mr. Alderman Langsdale, and Mr. Alderman Lawrence they could I not find in the Council Chamber three qualified gentlemen to take their places. They had a game to play, and therefore determined to set at nought the principle alluded to. Accord ingly for the three new Aldermen we find that of the sixteen councillors - who are to come before - their constituents next year, no less than six have lent themselves to the dirty work of "piteltforking outsiders" into the Town Conncil, How these six gentlemen, namely, Mr. H. BANNER, Mr. J. GLADSTONE, Mr. T. WAGSTAFF, Mr. T. FLEMING, Mr. J. A. TINNE, and Mr. B. HALL, will explain away their aldormanic votes of yesterday, we cannot say. Certain we are, that the ratepayers of the wards to which they belong, St. Peter's, Pitt-street, Great George-street, Rodney street, Abercromby, and North Toxteth, will not be slow to acknowledge them as their representa tivcs when their present time of office expires, inasmuch as they have used their best efforts to render the Council to a great extent a non-elective body. • Now that the 'whole affair- has terminated for the present, we take leave of these • rampant "prodigal sons," but when the proper time arrives we will not fain to sound the - tosein of alarm, so that these municipal delinquents shall meet the due reward of their mischievous doings of yesterday. We have reported at full length the proceedings of the 1 Council, from which it - will - be perceived that the committees have been selected, and that, although most thoroughly qualified, Mr. Jeffery was denied a seat on the Finance Committee, simply because he is a junior member of the Council. This may be an excuse, but it is an unreasonable one. . .... .........____. The Town Council of Chester met yesterday, and proceeded to the election of Mayor. The scene that took place is described as being one of the most exciting connected with the choice of that civic functionary, since the passing of the Reform Bill. Two candidates were proposed—Mr. C. W. Potts and Mr. Eaton, brewer. The former gentleman had the support of what the Chester people term the aristocratic portion of the - Council, - and Mr. Eaton that of the tradesmen. On a vote being taken the numbers were-19 for Mr. Eaton, and 16 for Mr. Potts. The • result was hailed with loud and long continued cheering by Mr. Eaton's friends in the Council, and the large number of citizens who were present in the 1 council chamber. Mr. John Jones Cook was elected sheriff of the city. We may here remark that, the admission of the ratepayers to hear the proceedings of Municipal Councils, is a most wholesome one ; and, we see no reason, why the people of Liverpool should not enjoy a- like privi• lege. Lzt the Council hold their meetings in St. George's Hall, and admit the public thereto. This-would prevent much of that jobbing for which our local legislators are at present chargeable. Had it been some years ago, it might have spared the costly infliction of the Pike scheme, and its threatened denounment—a Borough rate', London, too, has been enjoying itself in civic frivolities. Yesterday, the New Lord Mayor—the Right Hon. T. Q. Finnis—proceeded in State to the Court of Exchequer, Westminster, to be sworn in Lord Mayor of the City of London. The affair passed off with great pomp, and still greater cere mony. The useless, we bad almost said fantastic display of the London Corporation was produced in unusual extent and gorgeous display; and, when the civic party assembled at the Exchequer Court, the Judges habited in their black caps, the mirth and laughter of both court and audience was high in the extreme, at the absurdity of the whole affair.. Elsewhere - , Will be found in this day's NORTHERN I'Dmot graphic letter from one of the passengers which sailed in the Indian Queen. The contents of that letter should be read and studied by all persons who contemplate emigrating to the Australian colonies. It reflects' the utmost ciedit on the firm to Which it refers, dernonStrates the interest which they take in all persons going passengers by their ships. We may, however, observe, that this is only one of the many cases of a similar character which have come under our own immediate . observation. THE French Government answers the criti cisms of the British Press by a - declaration of war. This litt'e monosyllable never had a more varied or appalling signification. It is advocated by politicians as a great necessity—a brutal scourge which is to give consistency to public immorality and despotism. Few nations are bound to subscribe to such a doctrine, or to accept, unconditionally, an alternative, which is supposed to embody its own destruction. If the French dynasty—be, it BON APARTE, BOURBON, or ORLEANS—must have war, it does not follow that we are to shed our blood and spend our money in a vain • effort, to feed restless and unstabled rulers. France—we mean the 33,000,000 of living French—want repose. We wait peace. Who, then, is to make war ? If he be a NAPOLEON, he will be our enemy. If a BOURBONIST or FranceO RL S will b T e participates theenemy in of Constitutional titut c i o o n a t a e l s, then E t ut.epe, They will be for ever damned in the eyes of the civilised world, and their appeals to moderation and da u s But,t i ce w e a i a l b t h e i t s r etaatlekd of w w t h a rw,elfol for mer we merited n di s- i little more, be meant to compromise them, and precipitate a civil, instead of a foreign war? It is to be hoped that the present complications of Europe are not to be made the cloak for an attack on the domestic enemies of the Imperial: regime. We care less for Great Britain, at this alarming juncture, than we do for the French. Ou r course was never more clear; their's never more complex and dreary. We must have peace—real, reliable, and unbroken peace—at any price. If we are dragged into bloodshed, we shall start with this cry, and, to attain our ends, no influence must be left untried and - power spared to secure f our or a mi le T , ho h s o e th wh a o t as h s o a t i n l e us a l ti vi d ll a fi h n i d .oa th (l at w T e h a e r y e will d ml i a sc b. over, also, that we will remove all impedi mentstosyt returnhme pt ialte future ‘vo ,of peace of the world before we again itso Continent scabbard. e will otd What o, th e aroused hthe determined spirit of rdto the Cn Great Britain will accompli s h. We shall not go to war to decide whether the treaty of Paris is really worth the paper on which it was written, or, whether it is a great international compact worthy of the age. We will not take up arms to decide whether Bolgrad belongs to Russia' or, to support Austria in her disgraceful occupation of the Principalities, but .to overcome and remove all obstacles to the permanent - peace of Europe. In the furtherance of so great and humane a work, England will be found as united and unbending as she was in the darkest days of the Crimean strug gle. The moral and political influence we shall carry with us abroad, in a contest for Constitutional rights, and the world's tranquility had better be carefully considered by speculative diplomatists before they hazard the last atom of their stock-in trade in universal turmoil.- They had better look round and count the numbers of oppressed nations who only require a mite from England, in the way of subsidies, to enable them to throw off their galling fetters, and bring them to . our succour. We want no alliance with Austria to defend us against Russia. FRANCIS JOSEPH'S empire is fleetless and bankrupt; and if the CZAR should venture to send his flotilla to the aid of any other country, it will give us a chance of ridding the world of a monster scourge. We could not get at it in the. Baltic, and if any circumstance should bring them in our way, 'why, we must only leave our gallant sailors to tell us what they think of them. We shall have nothing to fear'•on land, either at home or on the Continent, once we adopt our policy to the only safe cou rse we can pursue. If, by the law of political affi nit y , F rance a n d Russia really should embrace each other as natural allies, all the rest of the peoples of the Continent must necessarily view them as their natural enemies. This would * be a very awkward conclusion for the troublesome subjects of Foreign Powers to arrive at, at a moment when Great Britain would stand much in need of disunion in the ranks of her foes. She might find, under such circumstances, infinitely less difficulty in securing the services of thousands of foreign troops than she did in the late war. " Constitutional freedom and universal " peace and goodwill" would be a dmirable watch words for England should she b e driven to use them. Let the French Government then reflect well before they thrbw aside t hei r alliance with this country, and plunge headlong i nto a reaction ary or revolutionary war. The 'present diploniatic complexities are not to be removed b y Conferences. Peace ban only be preserved by a bold and.manly attitude on the part of the Western Powers. They alone - itre capable of freeing n ot Bolgrad troops, and deciding whether o r Turke.y of th e Austr,an belongs to Russia according to the spirit and letter of the Treaty of Paris. Their united voices can settle that point, and prolong t h e tranquility of Europe. This is the popular op inion of Great Britain—the primary and paramount necessity of the age—and, if the French Government disregard it, they will, we fear, have forgotten the dignity and welfare of their country and her . throne. We should be sorry to think that the little scan dais of the Manchester Press h ave led the. French Government to adopt the tone o f the Parie journals. They surely can not be seriously offended at a few contemptible on flits which go for ,rninent of Eng nothing with the people or Go v(- ' Fang land. It is a gross abuse of the liberty of the Press to attempt to allude to the private affairs of Allied Courts, yet the allegations. made ' na y be so easily answered, or left to be smoothered by silent con tempt, that they can be no pretext for a rupture between two great peoples. W ha t, then, do the Paris journalists mean by abu sing the British and spitting fire at all the w orld except Russia ? Have they no more respect for the internal safety of France than they have for our free institutions ? Would they have us suppress a Manchester news paper, violate our Constitution, and create inter minable clamour by the wa y of teaching us in Liverpool and London to hold our tongues, a n d leave the public without the comfort of a little chit-chat ? If this is what they desire, they ask us to treat them to a revolution. And if they attempt to dispute our right to write what we please subject to the penal laws of our country, With regard to the vacant Judgeship we are informed that a report is current, that in the event of Sir A. Cockburn's becoming Chief Justice, the vacant Record ership of Bristol will be conferred on Mr. M. D. Hill. Should this be the case, we under stand Sir E. E. Wilmott, whose father was twenty. five years Chairman of the Warwickshire Quarter Sessions, and many years Representative of the County in the House of Commons, will assert his claims to the vacant Recordership of Birmingham. We hear that reports are in circulation that a Court of Enquiry is about to be assembled, for the purpose of advising his Royal Highness the Lieutenant-General Commanding-in-Chief whether the charges which Colonel Beatson (of the Honourable East India Company's Service, and for some time in command of the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry with the rank of General in the Turkish Army) sent in some time ago to the Horse Guards against General Shirley, !ought to be submitted to a Court-Martial. In the case of charges being brought against a General Officer, a Court of Enquiry is, we' are given to understand, the usual preliminary mode of informing - the head of the army as to the facts and thus enabling him to decide what course he ought to pursue. Considerable delay has occurred since the charges about to be investigated by the Court of Inquiry were sent to the Horse Guards ; but this delay is accounted for by the fact that a great number of the witnesses required to be summoned were scattered over the East. They have now all arrived in England, and the accusations brought by Colonel Beatson against General Shirley, of having resorted to improper measures to get up a case against the Colonel, will, it is believed, forthwith undergo the usual preliminary investigation. Our usual Paris correspondence has not come to hand, we are therefore dependent upon other private resources for continental news. From Paris we learn that the French Court had arrived at St. Cloud. The Debqts, in commenting upon the address of Lord Palmerston at Manchester, hopes that, in the words of the P.emier, " as the peace of Europe depends on the fidelity with which Russia performs the conditions of the Treaty of Paris," that " the English Government will carry into the execution of this treaty the spirit of conciliation•and good faith, and the respect for justice and right by which it demands Russia to regulate her conduct !" The diplomatic sittings, for the examination of the Firmans relative to the Principalities, have commenced. Accounts from Alexandria of the 20th ult , state that two new lines of steamers are about to be organised to ply between Suez • and Arabia, and the other between Suez and Australia. Said Pacha was about to leave for Upper Egypt. with 12,000 men—his object being to make safe his authority in that province, and put a check to the encroachments of the King of Abyssinia. By accounts from Madrid, we hear of the exist ence of a new Ministerial crisis, caused. by the question of the convocation of the Cortes. The latest reliable information says that a change of ministry will not take place, and this confirms the assertion that such a chancre was near. Nothing is said as to how the question of the convocation of the Cortes has been decided. It seems that th e N eu f e h a t e l ese a ff a ir is every day assuming more importance. We learn from Frankfort that the German Federal Diet has given in its adherence to the Lonion Protocol of the 24t h May, 1852, and has resolved upon energe tically supporting the demand of Prussia for the liberation of the Neurchntelese prisoners. On the other hand, the Presse of Paris states in a letter from Berne, that the British Legation in S w it zer l an d has already furnished the British Government with different memorials on this question, recommend.. r7%ir7 - 7 inrl - 71VT;""( 1 ift.L Ti...61.17.N 1 1 0. ---LIVERPOOL, T UESDAY. AMER it=.l . __-__. ing - fh - e "am issio — n of Switzerland to the Paris they become revolutionary, and nothing can save I Conference. Now it seems evident that, if the their movements from assuming that lamentable Great Powers of Europe claim a right to submit aspect. This is not what the French mean . And Switzerland to their arbitration, Switzerland must be permitted. to defend itself before, their tribunal. their Government , cannot have considered_ th e It is said that in case no arbitration be resorted to, taken. Should . o s f i t i h o e la course i their , public journals have Pritssiais resOlved . .to push things to an ixtrernity. -, _ u they, lowever, pu'sn. matters too But arbitration, it is to bp hoped, will not be . • far, we must bow to fAte, and make thelest of the rejected. - Austria and England will apparently not succeed in their efforts to have Prussia herself worst of all contests—namely, a revolutionary excluded from the Conference, if the policy of the war l British Government be to procure a fair hearing to Switzerland, by admitting . its representatives to these Conferences. THE old abuse of electing Aldermen from the non-elected crowd was repeated in the. -Liyerpool Town Council yesterday, with all the cool effrontery which belongs .to the career of faction. The prodigals elected a Mayor and four Aldermen from the members of, the Corporation, and four others, AreSSI'S. DOVER, HORSFALL, CBILTON, and flonduTort, were pitchforked into that repre sentative body without a constituendf or a Burgess's vote. This was setting public opinion at defiance, and trampling on the civil and political rights of Municipal Electors with a vengeance. greater contempt was never shown for represen tative institutions since CAL!GULA made his horse Consul. We, however, view the position of a set of men who know they are . doing wrong---oom- milting great political sin—and who are "obliged nevertheless to' continue in their critninal course, as most desperate. Weakness cannot show itself in a more comprehensive and unmistakeable form. Had the strong party attempted to bow to the voice of the Borough, or to do justice to their own side of the Chamber, by selecting eight Aldennert from the ConservatiVe ranks, they must have left vacancies to be filled up by; Ward elections, which they dare not have dreamt of after the defeat they have experienced in Lime-street and Kirkdale. They dare not have faced the Burgesses, and therefore they were compelled to return to their old Corporate vices. This exhibition of .weakness, is one of the most striking proofs of decay we could desire. The pressure from without has compelled them to insult four . of their duly elected supporters—to tell old Council servants that they were not fit and proper persona to be intrusted with a robe. Few high-minded gentlemen would submit to the repe tition of such reproofs. But what will not a toady stand ? Pope must have known something of a certain style of Town Councilmen, when he tells us to— 4 , Search the ruling passion - : there alone The wild are constant and the cunning known." We can give a pretty accurate guess at what this ruling passion is in the majority of the Council, after a brief survey of their acts. They very artfully pocket everything in the shape of a pas-over to keep in place, be their merit ever so gredt. Theyeare nothing for what the outside world thinks of them, as long as they can give a vote for a ,job, or help their factions from being driven into Municipal exile. But the Burgesses cannot surely have confidence in the political integrity of such representatives: The Electors cannot be relying on their trickery for the, maintenance of that power which they prize so dearly. We shall see this question tried next November. In the meantime we observe that Mr. Alderman DOVER was re-elected by no less' than forty-four votes. How comes this ? Did any of the Reformers vote for this double pronged pitchfork slaughter of our Municipal Constitution ? The votes recorded in this case, and in that of Messrs. HORSFALL, CHILTON, and HOUGHTON, will be well worth scrutinising. Some of the " Li "„beral" Councilmen have, it would appear, swelled the numbers of their supporters. What does this mean ? It was understood that Messrs. BRANCKER, TOBIN, and J. HOLME were not to be pressed forward. Appearances demanded that some outward show of fair play towards the prodigals should •b'e- made, that the last-named gentlemen should not seem to hive been wholly overlooked. But all this shuffling and bye-play is the result of weakness. The system has been fairly exposed, and is now understood by every voter in the Borough ; and it only remains to be seen how they will receive, at the next Ward elections, the representatives of such a system. We mistake the character of the Electors who call themselves " Tories" if they will submit to the subversion of the Constitution which secures to them the elective franchise of the Borough. They are not men who will risk their electoral privileges in obedience to the nod of the sapient Eruditi of the Town Hall. " Fair " play," is theirleading motto, and they will scarcely advocate a course which their opponents may, some day, employ against them with overwhelming effect. We must, however, take our leave of the subject for the present. The Prodigals have a large majority, and we must now watch their pro. ceedings as an administrative body, endea vour to keep them from indulging in the excesses of prodigality until the time returns for reminding the Electors of the votes of yesterday, and the conduct of their representatives throughout the year on which they have just entered.- - - - WA.VERTREE LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. The usual monthly meting of this board of commission ers was held at the public offices, Wavertree, last evening. The chairman, .th4s. Rev. William .Badnall, presided. The other t;oinmissioners present were—Messrs. Chaffer, Pictolf, Mishten, Gore,. Geddes, Clarke, Anderton, and Swindell. • The Clerk read the minutes of the last monthly, and sub seuent extraordinary meetings, the proceedings of which were adopted and confirmed. The Surveyor's report was wad and adopted. Mr. Chadwick attended at the board, when it was decided that his tender for the sewerage of the district should be accepted, instead _of that of Mi. Murray, agreed to at the last rneetng d on condition that it was to be cgmpleted by .the Ist of October next. ' This he consented to do, and the contract will, therefore, be given to him. Mr. Swindell wished to know whether it was the duty of the inspeCtor of nuisance, to r.port any nuisance in the district, without his attention had been first called to such nuisance ? The Chairman : Of course it is. Mr, Swinden : I hope that the baard will direct their inspector on that; point. Mr, Chaffer suggested that, with respect to the dispute of this board and that of Garston, that the two surveyors' statements should be submitted to Mr. Newlanda, as a third party, and that his decision should be final; The Garston surveyor was then called before the board when that suggestion was proposed to him, and he promised to submit that proposition to the Garston board at their next meeting. The inspector of nuisances was instructed as to how he was to proceed, in reference to all nuisances within the district. This concluded the general business of the board. The annual meeting of the Seamens' and Emigrants' Friend Society was held last night, in Great George's street chattel. The Rev. Dr. Riffles presided. Dentima UrvivEntirrY.—Mr. A. P. Nevins, formerly of the Collegiate Institution, of this town, has been elected to a Fellowship in the University of AMERICAN MAIIA—The United States Mail Steamer Ericsson, will sail to-morrow for New York with the mails, &c. Letters at the General Post Office op to 12 in the ordinary course will be in time, and with fees to 1 o'clock. The box at the Stage will be open up to 2, late fees on letters IF. THE WEATHER, for the last few days, has been rather disagreeable. Friday forenoon there was a fog, which for some time resembled the darkness of tgypt. Saturday there was a miniature deluge of rain, which lasted all day. Sunday was sunshine and showers ; and _yesterday was_ remar kably bright, bracing and cold. There is again an appearance of fine weather for some time. DISHONEST DOMESTIC,—At the Pollee- Court, yesterday, a well drassed young girl, named Mary Waltefs, a native of Cumberland, was charged with having stolen 4 quantity of property belonging to her master, Mr. Brown, of No. B], Canning,-street. From the evidence of detective officer Povey and Mrs. Brown, it appeared that the prisoner had not been more than a week in the service, and during•that time a variety of articles had been missed by Mrs. Brown, and when Povey was called in, he found the property on the prisoner and in her box. She was remanded. THE TRAGEDY IN PARLIAMENT'STILEET.--DEATH OF . COPE.—This unfortunate man—the victim of the ticket; of- leave convict Marley—After .lingering in a state of great stifft•ring for nearly three weeks, died on Sunday after noon, at two o'clock, from the effects - 'of the frightful injuries he suffered in the attack made upon him on the night of the 20th ultimo. The fatal termination was not anticipated until within a few hours of his decease, when inflammation of the brain set in ; and, notwithstanding everything was done for him that medical science could suggest, he gradually sank, and expired at the hour above stated. It must now be a subject of great satisfaction to all interested in furthering the ends of jiastice, thatappor tunity was taken to enable the deceased to identify his assassin while in full possession of his faculties. OVERLAND JOURNEY TO INDIA;—II afforded us great pleasure on one day last week, upon re-visitin4 the above entertainment, to observe that it was continuing its instructive and entertaining course. To those who can only perform the " Overland Route " in a sort of" Fancy's Dream " we would recommend a visit to this one of our established favourite resorts. The painting is of true life-like simplicity, and reflects the highest credit upori the artist;. and the descriptive lecture, by Mr. Cassidy, which accompanies us throughout the , entire of our " journey by land and sea," is one in which both.old and young will find profit—be highly instructed, and certainly amused. Not the least attractive portion of the hour's lounge is in the "discourse of sweet sounds " produced by the happiestcogibination of musicalinstruments we ever heard. For the purpose of enabling all grades of the community to profit by so instructive an exhibition, the proprietor has reduced the price to the labouring classes, and no doubt his liberalty wilt-he rewarded by large and enquirinc audiences of the "million," to whom, at present, the " Desert" is as a " sealed book." General Nordin, the Swedish amhassador at the court of S'. Peteriburg, has received his dismissal from that post, after having occupied it for nearly twenty years. The wife of General Nordin is a Russian princess, and a lady of-con siderable influence in the court circles. THE TIPPERARY BANK. —This bank is quite a " dig g lags" for the legal profession in Dublin, who have already extracted 'as much metal from is apparently exhausted coffers, as ev_er the proprietors did in their, most profitable days. Iti 7 stores were opened again on Thursday to the learned personages engaged in the Queen's Bench, the Master's Office, and the Court, of Chancery—of.course money moved everything therein. At the same time a second meeting of the delegates from the depositors was held, under the presidency of the Earl of Besborough, at at which a compromise was recommended, which seems the only wise-course to pursue. THE Sumer SEA PASSAGE.—A highly influential meeting of noblemen and gentlemen, connected with Belfast and the adjoining counties, interested in promoting stiortsea communi thm between the North of Ireland and Scotland, the North of t- England anti London, for the 'purpose of securing the speediest transit of mails and passengers, was held on Friday in Belfast. Lord Duffern, Viscount Dalrymple, the Mayor of Belfast, &c., &c., were in attendance. `.Cho meeting pledged itself to support and assist in carrying out the im portant object of -conneeing Dumfries with Stranraer and Port Patrick, by railway ; and fully £B,OOO towards that object was obtained in the room. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—A collision, of an alarm ing character, occurred on this line at Ponder's End (Enfield branch), about twelve miles from London, on Thursday night, which ,perilled the passengers by several trains, and delayed them until some hours past midnight. A goods train ran (at right angles) into a cue train, although the night was clear and light, and smashed several waggons and the engine, and scattered the debris on to b ,th the up and down lines, in such a state of confusion, that it required several hours' labour to clear a passage for the trains. It was evident that gross mismanagement and defects exist on this line—surpassing, if possible, the "arrangements" on those other lines which have testified by their accidents how ably they are managed ! • • THE LATE EARTHQUAKE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Smyrna Impartial, just received, furnishes some interesting details as to the extent of country affected by the late earthquake. On Sunday, the '12t14 October (it says), at a quarter to three in the morning. an earthquake was felt at Smyrna. It was not like an ordinary shook, but rather large undulations, from south to north, which lasted at least for the space of a minute. Some persons affirm that they counted ninety seconds, watch in hand, during the time the motion lasted. Such an oscillation might be the precursor of some violent shock, or rather the shock took place elsewhere, and it was the last vibration. Happily for Smyrna. fears of this kind were not realised ; but another port of Turkey was the victim of a catastrophe.-The Aus trian steamer Adria, on the Egyptian line, which touched at Rhodes on Sunday, brought on tile following morning the sad.news. The earthquake took place there at twenty minutes to three o'clock in the morning. The shock was so violent that it was thought at one moment the earth was about to open into a gulf. More than 50 houses were thrown down, without taking into account those' that were rent. A moslue and a part of the famous tower were also thrown down. A large number of other houses have also suffered more or lesss. but the village of Trianda has been the most serious sufferer. At the departure of the steamer the number of the victims was unknown; it is said to be considerable. The Adril, was at three o'clock on Sunday morning, at a distance of 50 miles from Rhodes, and experienced such a shock that all on board believed that the vessel had struck on some rock. The earth quake was felt in all the neighbouring islands of the Mediterranean. DI3COTERY OP AN ANCIENT COFFIN.—On Saturday last, while smile men, who . were employed ,at. a meadow called Wake Field, were digging gravel, they came Kam a lead coffin at depth of five feet from the surface. It rested upon old oak beams, which were nearly rotted from age. The coffin was so firmly imbedded in the gravel that it was with some difficulty it was extracted. The one side had given way, and allowed the lead on that shin to press down on the remains 'which had been interred within. These were almost entirely decayed, though the moisture had, in a great measure, preserved' the , shape of the legs and chest especially, retaining their form, having lost all the appearance of flesh, and looking me;ely like a human figure moulded with moistened earth. Portions of the skul still remain, as also part of 'the jaw, though so far decayed as to break at the least pressure. The teeth were the most perfect of the remains, being still.whole, and fixed in the different portions of the jaw, tnit quite blaCk. • The coffin was made of cast lead,. and seemed. _ , to have been at first, a quarter of an inch thick, but hadj experienced considerable decay, and was now within 3-16ths of• an inch. There was no sign of any' inscription having existed upon the lid; th.aigh, even if there had. the decay which had taken : place, had rtmoved all traces of it. During the day this relic of ages gone by was disinterred, and hundreds went to see it, as also on the succeeding day. Th e field referred to has only lately been used as the Wake Field; there is, howeyer, no historic evidence, we believe, to show that it had ever been used as a burial ground. Some little time ago an ancient jug was excavated near the same spot. The coffin, which was burst on one side, was six feet in length, one foot broad at the head and foot, and abont 11 inches deep. The remains inside kept a he;ght of about four inches, and on removing a little of the decayed matter of ,the limbs portions of the bones were still discernible here and there. The lid had not been soldered on, but was made to lap over all the way - round. —Worcestershire Chronicle. , , ' WANTED, A MAGISTRATE! During the last week the attendance of the magistrates in the second police court has been most unsatisfactory to the public. We have had, from time to time, occasion to call attention to such grievance, but it ltas now beCorne` intolera— ble, and the only remedy, as we have frequently stated, is the appoMtment 'of some gentleman, who must attend and die charge public business. It is both ridiculous and annoying to witness the waste of public time that takes place every morning in the second police court. How are merchants, traders, artisans, and labourers, who attend as prosecutors or witnesses in the various cases that comes before the court, kept waiting for an hour or two, during the short valuable partion of the day—frin eleven to one o'clock—on the leisure of come gentleman who is dubbed a •" borough magistrate?" Thu merchant is kept from his counting house, traders from their shops, artisans and labourers, whose daily bread is depen dant on the work of their hands, are here deprived of nearly a day's wages—and that is no small item in the week's account of a poor man's earnings. Reporters, barristers, and attornies are kept looking at each other ; policemen, who have been up all night, and who ought to be in bed, in order to be refreshed for the next night's duty, stand shivering in hopeful expecta tion that some J. P. would even by accident step in and relieve them. There is another class of persons who are subject also to hardship, and ',that class consist of prisoners, who, on investigation - of their cases, come to be discharged. According.te our Constitutional law, no subject ought to ba . -kept in custody-longer than n ecessary , an d i t i s a h ar d s hi p f or an inuoc-nt person to be detained a moment longer than he ought. The scene in the court on Saturday morning, embraced all the points alluded to. It was very wet, no doubt, and a magistrate might catch cold if he ventured out. There Was some few, however, one gen tleman, with groat good nature of course, offered to amuse the company by sinking the " Low Backed Car." Mr. Lloyd, the usher, as usual went balooning about 'Change trying where 'he conld light on a magistrate, but his cruise totally failed—ho would as soon have discovered the north west passage. At' last Mr. Hevwood, who frequently comes to the rescue in such cases, happened to come into court, and, seeing the forlorn condition of the place, he, with his usual good nature, took his seat on the bench and proceeded to crscharge the public hu , iness. Again, we say, that the only remedy for the evil—for evil it is—is a paid magistrate. CLAYTON HALL.—TIIE BROUSIL FAMILY.—That inde fatigable and tasteful caterer for the musical public, Mr. E. Thomag,"has, "we are glad to perceive, again engaged the above-named celebrated family, whose wonderful per formances here, a short time since, attracted such atten tion from crowded and delighted audiences. There were many persons in Liverpool who were, by peculiar cireum stances' at the time, prevented from enjoying the pleasure derivable from the performance of this gifted family, and we doubt not that their present visit will be one of unmitigated triumph, and that the public will duly appre ciate the exertions of Mr. Thomas, in affording them such an exquisite treat. • TOWN ,COUNCIL• ELECTION OF A12,.Y0R The ordinary annual meeting of the new Connell wile held in the Town Hall, attweive o'clock, yesterday, for the purpose of electing a M4yor, Aldermen, and 'Committees. The chair was taken by John Stewart, Eeq., Mayor. The Chairman said : Gentlemen, the first busin ess we have to perform will be the election of Mayor, and to that, if you please, we shall at once proceed. Mr. Charles Turner said : I rise, Mr. Mayor, for the yoU , ja the purpose of proposing a gentleman to succ eed high position of chief magistrate of this bhrough, the le duties cf which you have so ably discharged daring the pas t i r ; f and, in nominating Mr. Shand, I have t he pleasure o eman bringing before the council the name of a g entl esteemed by all of us, as one of an old e nd much respected family in. town, this. a merchant of high standing' and valuable member of this council—(lear, hear) —one whet sir, filling the important Post of chairman of the pilot Cern' tuittee, and deputy chairman of the dock committee, hal rendered very valuable services to the trade or the port• (Loud cheers.) I may also allude to his having occupied the chair of the Chamber of Commerce. I have, as chairman of the dock committee, for several yew s had th pleasure of co operating with Mr. Shand in the management of that very important trust ; and I can toil l with truth, that I do not know a more high-minded einu honourable man, one with sounder sens e, or greater sine: ness of purpose. (Hear, and cheers.) I hope, sir, that 7 2 may be the pleasure of the council to elect Mr . Shard by,et unanimous vote ; ard, sir, if elected, I' lehiture t° Pro l % that Mr. Shand will terminate his year of offi ' ce l a avine ° J o happiness still to possess the universal regard and ate', which now attend him. (Hear, hear.) Believing* that Mr. Shand, in every respect, deserves to ha ve this hie.. honour conferred upon him, I beg leave to nominate bt; for the office of Mayor for ie ensuing year. (Hear, hear d er , . pleasure James A. Tobin : Mr. Mayor, it is with very gre-,. pleasure that I rise to second the motion made by Mr. Ta n ot be!' and although I regret that the duty of doing so has entrusted to abler hands, still there is no one in the who could under' eke the office-with greater pleasure tha,fif, -do—from the high sense I entertain of the fitness ° f , - ;, Shand to discharge the duties of the office whiel "„ ft -I now occupied, sir, for the last twelve months. It is u" 1 " -e ; cessary for me to dilate upon the services Whichhelli • Turner has alluded to, and in merely glancing at ta an d I would briefly say that whether we consider Mr. Sh ,,, as one of the oldest members of this council , or as one iv' has devoted very many years of his life — ne arl y thirty, e believe —to the pilot . committee, with wha ich ! A has been connected—and, I believe , it is dneittei upon all hands that that service is the but, organised either in this town or elsewhere , or • " ti ther we consider him as one who has been connectedl"if the dock committee for now a period of something like , ' not rather more than quarter of a century, during sevai.,, years Of whicL• has occupied the- high position of deP l of a very influential body eeportant body—aid be has also held the chairman of that i proud position of thi: town —I mean the Chamber ,(,)t Commerce —or, sir, if merchant, and one w is ' consider Mr. Shand also as a Britt -5 : :lentnre to say tP a ti t : has spent;his whole time among us ; in all these capacities, there is no gentleman the l e r , 'laity who is held in l bighei estimation by his bro,:l' hose chants, and brother townsmen than Mr. Shand is,-one 1+- word has ever been considered as his bond, and whose wil e d. career has been that of a - gentleman of the highest senset.id honour. (Hear, hear.) If we consider him also as s 0 1; 0 owner, I may add that there is no man who has Jl9l.l?sfic much, I believe, to promote (Eli ort the Shand has done, and, with scarcely a single exception, N int h vessels he ever owned have been built in this tor/ hand all these considerations, I say, the claims of .31r• S - we such as ought not to•ba overlooked; and that w ho ire r well - regard his public serviceq, or his private worth, it nttly „ e e become us to - pay to - him • that compliment which eliesctleg proposed. (Hear, hear.) I believe, sir, that in i act Mr. Shand as your successor, we shall elect'one Yho and with firmness, determination, and with impartiality' ; that, at the end of his year of service here, that office as bright one unsullied as you now do, sir. t {i hie successor, and, as - I am sure, has ever been . the e'n d t l it uelte predecessorS ; and that he will entitle himself to tiaf . 1 ,01 of the community for the manner ill which he disc, h ; it the duties of that high and honourable position wuL c ei hk he will traostehito might well become any, even the best among us , to au: 0 tion. (Hear, hear). Sir, it is from these coneideratinoi the have great pleasure in seconding the nomivatOe sat I _ pleasuee Shriiid: 9 ar; I - WET art° Mr. Wm. Earle : Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, I ani ejl ipp that any opposition to this election would he urit o 7, 4 l to Were that not the case, I should- certainly be disPr %t'• make the attempt; not out of any disrespect toward S a o, Shand, as regards his position in society, and his gentl:l_, like bearing in private intercourse, but, sir, highly derogatory to the dignity-of the council that chairman should be selected by . a political p arty o L oot doors— m e not a party belonging to this council , not m; 0 of this counc il, b ut a li` t t e c li que out : o f doors—that ,s,tafitoto body should be allowed I thin it to appoipt,-..wgewtienicao to t ' f near, our proceedings —to elect our chairman, in fact. gear, hear). Was th er e ever anything so monstrou s. ( el ders hear). I allud e , s i r , to that plaice] body whic h is Tha t " The Constitutional Association." (Hear, hear.) wh at party a constitutional ass o ciation, indeed ! I wonderif 030 the constitution of this country would have been, si !'i n ed.."" principles which the gre a t C onservat i ve party enter. a re tall for I will call it the great 'Conservative partY----wi it, oiro same as had been entertained by th e m formerly me al the leaders of that party thought fit to alienate t he ai d the from the tag-rag and bob-tail of that party, and to e a lalell. different governments in bringing about those refornasou"atep were absolutely necessary for the salvation of th e c the and which I firmly believe prevente d re volution sa rase country. (Hear, hear). You know, sir, that it !bei n g tag-rag and bob-tail clique which prevented sou flnt, % 10 ;# elected mayor the year before last. (Hear, hear.)o oleo; that clique which placed- another gentleman in tue,o, IoR I mean to speak with every respect of that gent le °4 o - abiPe - what were his claims in comparison to yours ? .teiir i g whatever, sir: I have-no inclination to use any, trill language towards you, sir ; but I feel that there is 11°,ieepli vidual in the town to whom the burgesses are 0 ,4 0 0/ indebted as to yourself. Your e knowledge of the " I ' d yonl questions connected with the estate—your honour, 311 . s integrity, are a sure guarantee that the affairs of t isi t, F ir,' • are safe in such hands as'yours. (Hear, hear.) , 13 , 00s" suppose you did not choose to ".pay the piPer. i. o psti ec : hear.) You did not think fit to paylargely to the L' , ao keio tional Assobiation, 'and, therefore, you were thus oval . ` too o6 l/ .`; (Hear, hear.). And, sir, if you had not been 13 (08 09 Churchman, you would not now occupy this chair. WV, hear.) say that without fear of contradiction. ti ,ba 1`", was my respected friend, Mr. Alderman Turner, 0)01 been so loug in the Corporation ?—where Mr.2 3r sh oll , and other. respectable individuals ? Why is luor;ee bees proposed in preference to any of them ? Thep longer in the council—their services have been eq. 135,,, 0 -.notwithstanding the praises hestowed upon h i r'hoir l- 0 sir, I can tell you this, let them, if they aspire to Os to O s , of being Mayor of Liyerpool, ,pay largely e nough, en , e Constitutional Association, and I will warrant he ro before long they will have their ambition gratifi ed. ? hear.) How long is this state of things to la st by t i P e i t long are we to be dictated to, as we have be e n gine ir clique ? Sir, we "had - a glorious opportunitY , 3 if opportnnity, of ridding ourselves from this incubto,rt o f ty ro had been a spontaneous de-ire evinced on the 0 1 . 1 . be e P r e council to elect Mr. George llolt to the civic '13 , -O c a he retired from the council. Oies of hear, hea r '4 o l( l , l3° o his retirement bad - been aimouneed,. that bourie 5 % 0 10 b y been taken, and it would have been highly lion ° "i a ted oursolvei, and. I helie4e, Would have been alW r „ ec aon ° ,.) the town at large, for the °lmmunity knows hoW he a l • n e • and respect a man of Mr. Holt 's character. `` . „,,ja til l 04 Look at the character which that gentleman has "i tt ees ° L i d, Look at the attention he has paid to the con: o3 tt ee, ley which he sat, the library and museum coin rcl e pos e i above all, the water committee, in which he w 34 , 11 .,` 0 e °e• tell all sorts of difficulties, and even by the eloqu e V e t Alderman Bennett, which is no slight thing, oot°ttit all - you. (Laughter.) Look at his services is 1)1 Look again at his unbounded charity. cla 6s t► his endeavours to raie the condition of the 100 ' la S " of subscribing largely to every educational porP o3 ' ic eeri' t his his - hand:was ever in his pocket, and he never a lso I aiding every goo d object. (Hear, hear.) 1 ,0° ',-ov, disinterested :conduct upon one occasion -1 , I s t ; rec e e his believe others know, of it—when he refuse" t 99°',00 reward ,from the - corporation for an improve gl e c ; l een e , wed iolftr t ",,, fob ( ' o property, on the principle that the beneficial to himself. Which of us would _ha '.., stir 4 I al. 1,00 that bright example, I should like to know ? ar o I o r, should have found it very difficult to do 50 ' (war. hoar, many in this council who would never do it. `eoliehee lice and, laughter.) Well, sir, Mt. Holt is all ,roach oCil 'llOO liberal-minded, hottest man, wishing to do s s . into °i e it in his power, to adopt the golden rule of "d e t sir be t , , as he would be done by." (Hear; beer.) 13 2 th ous B a 'ett Dissenter, and, therefore, in the eyes of thlt () here e ver b s ol i unfit to occupy this civic chair ! W r os, r t a itb 031 . 4 ,, face , infamous . conduct, ! I must say thi" , s l it i s t tle friend Mr. Turner is at my right bawhere how (ties , , sir, and I need not attempt to point out _onee.o , feeling_ of that so r t s hows any sense of true rei)b ° rth l° hear 1 Mr. Alderman Parker said: the gloro the • gentleman would like to go haok i 836 , gle n were days of 1836. Hear hear.) lo net oerner s O f eon - Reformed Corporation came in, ° th the s"P c servatism was driven from the council. _ Ea be then all in their glory, and every thing l e 0 o at ti l l w ho man now enjovine £5OO a year from the _co"citi,‘bee 7 / i e so o was turned out in 1830 from the offin , ! n.°,_„ ote e. was a conservative, and a radical put , a yir ti f 4 Oct; hear.) At that moment the'. corporatio 73::ur of ~ turneo he ar. o se a year to that gentleman, who wo.s 1100 , s upP - because of his political principles. ( one „ D elo o he " No, no.") To hear Mr. Earle speak o tt u c u atato that the reform !Arty were perfectly burn n ht discu' cou cci did not think that gentlemen had any rig rt o f the hea r.) a pp o intment of mayor, to stigmatise:one (sear' as having done a mean and contemptible _... , . m0m