The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-10 00:00:00

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S ent salariol be ' , and givin& a. which if°v 'REErs• t V iw to preve r , ,osing artic fird ere to the uto obstruction , or offeri n g on so offenw7 tcurriog would no. ii al mere s e 0 i i ai er a per 6° ,o .4 illegal- 1 Y , aw apPlie° rmatice: x •der )wn ed ttbe to ' of it 9°- ten ha bee s ll toy- k:s • fi g 0 )winf.r, fir , te° arke't NI • ? 'Oll.llllOl 't here r e lf. Dorf' nms ge ,nd gr• al ° f leMber ° ° to nt ° the c°, ded ° I/ al be ele ii o s on, whie ie Co— ilc 'lO 3/ Lake 'r e g b u v e-I t l ers. A ; g ist', it was be , ties 8 11011. soy ent, it o 10 9 ice ae ' o f the P a t ' this re s P i i i e arred to no "' h a t thes e ad ;hen procee,_ de mild li ke C 0 d C° inetre at co j was he ; and he 0 . mds of Ol e o !l fight be f°, c a o r bote lil t d which s „ iw i d t accoun t, r, hear). 0, rcely kn e : ,connecte r muc h bette nmittee• m to that e 0 rat useum amittee's t t 1 iTd sugglij sired 111 ens Toriaby's;4o ear he , ru it to% Jom co le accallllobl,' a t was del e was, 3 ,v A be e i k how" je" ee, s appeared t d•iPg the folio '~r Tatch ). Anderif, H. Hal l 4 e 01 4 `,„ 11. 1 on O. J. Gla TEE. e r " Er t ovemeo Bent, N S ei n d . , Hoffer ~0 0 1 . ALL w - i Dre ted Ine— rodt m Pictou , st eir end ir• .:d E. cf ;:? i, P lloll oo 4e 6e , 1 1 .2: 0 '0 fin there 3E ' do° tr ft winte ost., , T. 1 "P Tobin, 1,11 s e ffreY s 'ooc Jr. 13 , reque sv. , Ecr io: 4 _•„ittt e , Comit, l lA; s go. 0 , 1 , 0 10 0 0 0 r Pai'" at lli S 113°e , select tllc cont ent, tii i° - 10 [tea ° T: p i ti°d fr.....eY) A. Henderson I A. M. Beckwith, J. Johnson, 8 ''-uulg, J. Stewart, t. Gladstone, J. M‘Nicol, H. °h ead) j. Moss, and J. Holme. th Nir. A ldermall PRESTON GARDENS COMMITTE. ii:proposed the following names t his Committee :--W. Preston R. C. Gardner, W. \ 4 ,l l ett, R. M. Beckmith, J. Woodruff, J. Nicholson, H. el l T. Fleming, A. Shand.—Confirmed. CI i I JRCR EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE. CRAnGE AGAINST MR.COUNCILLOR BRADLEY. j'ir • Alderman MOLYNEUX proposed that the following gentle men should form this Committee :—E. Molyneux, T. lle n gs ` d _ fr ) W. P. Jeffreys, R. Asked, R. W. Houghton, H. ,!er, E. Bradley, and A. Shand. ti,kuothe names were then put and carried, with the excep t f that of Mr. Bradley, to whom tiorsc.edrloonnsor objected. He said—Mr. Mayor, I have myself an exceedingly unpleasant duty ; but I h, ollll cil will admit, when it hears the case, that as sti , e a right to bring it forward ; and I can Th e You I have no personal feeling inthe matter. ttelaisniit n e er a i rt o Y called at my house, in company with another to a; ast any made the statement which he is prepared oath ; and if the facts of the case are fully esta this "I think Mr. Bradley is not fit to hold any office in the ,1•"'il• I hope for Mr. Bradley's own sake, and for P i t) . of the Council, he may be able to establish his to ` r n r , innocence. If he do so, to me it will be very satisfac at 13a ; y 13 , 11 t Mr. Oliver Holden was one of the parties present Stat "us:? : , when the man to whom I allude made his now-",ent) Which is corrobotated by another man, and I will Ittrl i e You the particulars. to ii B L'uderlnall DOVER submitted they could not sit there lee to hearsay. There was no evidence. quite : I would really wish him to go on ; I am e t a k ,e,ll by surprise in this matter. goi .. + 4l derman DOTER : My friend Mr. Hodson is not tu l l o l to State anything he knows of his own knowledge ; but iiiilz ro gentleman calls _on him, and states so and so. I t b .e cannot receive it. : I state the fact. 8 44: 4 , ATon: I think Mr. Hodson will be in order in on th 6 ' t as an objection to the appointment of Mr. Bradley Committee. (Hear.) °Mort : Before the Council commenced proceedings t i t gave this note into the hands of Mr. Brad le y , so t i me has h a d ample time to prepare himself — .„ e 1 4:1COlt are you going to read ? n tea-i.LODSON : The note I sent to Mr. Bra dle y . He then L "°l^llows "Liverpool, Wednesday Morning, Quarter to 12 o'clock. 1 4fo r l l , I think it right to inform you I have rec eived n lation that during the election for Vauxhall Ward, rep' as a supporter of Mr. Powell, one of the candidates, il l e sented to Mr. Stopforth, a voter for the Ward, who was N rl ear for water-rent, that if he would vote for Mr. Powell o tii lif °,ald use your influence as . a . member of the Water k co ttee to prevent a warrant being issued against him to ' t er tlie amount due. 'la ve ' feel it my duty to represent the circumstances that to. t i a calne to my knowledge to the Council at the meeting Y." I am, Sir, &c., THOMAS L. HODSON. i ‘ T 0 E. BRADLEY, ESQ." 441 , 4. 111 prepared to prove this case on the oa th of the man, l i f; will be corroborated by a second person. (let • ALDERMAN MOORE : What tune was that note ,Yered a (11 14 411. • lioDsoN : It was delivered to Mr. Bradley at a r t , ie ter to twelve o'clock. If more in accordance with the tt tl.. .of this Council, I would move for a special committee ttieT_Council, and I think I shall be able fully to establish to b e e ''arge. Although the party is a poor man, I know him r e , i 44 honest and truthful man. On the Friday evenin g 2 8th ilts to the last Municipal Election —i t was on the 1 ... 1 11t tis e -.Loss : If a special committee is to be' appointed the thee' no t b e p rej udged. (Order.) ~thre. 1- loosoN : Let me go on. On the 28th of October ‘ltt l ia four men called at the house of Mr. Stopford in 0,,u. Ward to canvass for Mr. Powell—l beg to tell mlreet - C, Nv ever, that Mr. Powell had nothing to do, either 14 11 - I,„' Or indirectly, with this transaction, he is a gentle rty tPild suspicion in the matter, and would not be a ` 4 ,..Atr - t t in any way whatever. (Hear, hear.) So much 44 , _ r °iVed7 ° SS here again rose to order, but w as not be AT interrupt Mr. Hodson. '- 0b507.4 :I am quite willing to accord with the feel - Mad of f , '' z lr. Moss • but I have a duty to perform to myself you "" the Council, and I will not be interrupted so long as or f,Pe me your indulgent support. (Hear, hear.) Three Of Men called at this man Stopford's house on the night k r " 28tb, to ask him to vote for Powell. He replied that g • 0 . nolden had been a particular friend to him, and ; e4 ed him on many occasions in his difficulties, that he was t o favour of Mr. Nicholson,a;i h d is w in ou a l n d rr g ta o ilit ,o ly record his vote lN(r. h e iA colt), persuaded itteeroom. Whilst he to go there Mr. Bradley 1 %1 in. This man at the time had a man named Jones with him Mr. 0. HOLDEN : Davis. t Mr. HODSON : Davis. Mr. Bradley took Jones and Stop ii„`" into the committee room, nobody being there excepting r lav lZ , ,,,,"' t ,pto ford, and Jones. Bradley pressed on this man e givez i vote for Powell. The man said "I cannot: I son and 11 1 word to Mr. Holden to vote for Mr. Nichol " z11t, ,, ,nothing shall induce me to swerve from it." Nichol rates 441 Mr. Bradley, " are you not in arrears for water air a ho Stopford replied, he was, that he owed some rates d h I lse and stable in Maiden's-green, Highfield-street, to it s but in a very short time he would be able (I ha e ft Mr. Bradley then distinctly stated to him th ere got the words written down)—" Are you not aware will is a warrant out against you ; but," he said, "if you don e " 4 'e for Mr. Powell I will take care there is no harm don't t 0 You, and that you shall be forgiven ; and if you ea b' You must take your own course." Now, I say this t an. e establi s h e d on oath to be the very words used to this kr. This was on the Friday night. On the Saturday w ho Bradley called at his house, and told his wife, ask 1 8 . 4 yr him, and who is prepared to swear to it, to 8 .4111 for the water ticket, that was the bill. But fo at urday night he came himself to the house a g ain, 14 Stopford by fair or foul means to record his p oor or Powell. The man unhesitatingly said " I am a 11 0 1, 1 . - mom, but an honest one; I have given a pledge to Mr. g,3 and I will not violate it." He had the ticket in krat, and would not give it. "If you do this, said Mr. paid ,7Y) I will take your bill and your water-rates will be The man refused, and then he added you must keep I• e ,‘,' ° Yourself, or keep your own counsel. These he was 4 0 '‘red to swear were the words used 'by Mr. Bradley. to Sir, Jones was also offered to have £1 per day given .40 1 during the election provided Stopford would record •ity vote. for Mr. Powell. These men were not to be bought 4 1ther parties ; but I hold if what I state is a fact, when tn, for a committee of enquiry on this when those poor It;' are prepared to 'swear before the magistrates, I say ' B .radley is unfit to occupy a seat in this Council. But, l u l l t la not the only one. Two or three more circumstances sli a t . ° ;_v• riot only connected with this Council; but I think I p o i nt. %) able to establish it, connected with other public ap sleef?lents he holds, where he has sought to carry an thi s -4)11 in this manner; and I say if once this room, if ilg council is to be made the scene, and its members a r e to th e ,40 4 influence to coerce poor men to give their votes , li bertydi ? , of the subject, the freedom of election, and the tY of this assembly is gone. (Hear, hear). People 11 0 4. 84 Y I have a personal feeling in this matter. I have I never knew of it until the day Mr. Holden came Rthis man to my house. I had heard of it, and th i e - 7 to know the fact. I am satisfied as to the truth of th at - ' 4l tement and of the man's honesty, and I judged from man's manner in telling the story that every word he was true. Being myself a member of the water com -1104, but not being able to attend — (hear, hea r, from Mr. ,Ilat.„ l 'P'•) You may hear, hear. On Fr ida y there was a to v Zowitted to the Water Committee of the . parties in arrears ktom summonses had been issued, and it did so occ ur on to 17:Y last that this poor unfortunate man's name happened 14, 01 1 the list, and it is rather remarkable that Mr. Brad .7ould have so perfectly found out that he was one so I:tably suited for his purpose in the Vauxhall Ward. Mr. Holden heard it all ; and he can date L 4 my case. T. il ea t his poor man bears a good character, one which will to 1 , - comparison with the gentleman who has to reply th e — n e • I now leave it to the Council. It is the duty of he w 4l lll6l to see that men coming to this room should be alr e v a il d suspicion, and if those are the facts, the gentleman I i;" 0 to i s not ' fit to sit at any committee of any Council. e g to move that his name be struck off the committee. ken.; , e MAYOR : What Mr. Hodson should do a fter his state- Br e - aV s to move that some one be elected in p lace of Mr. f,,, 4 Y, whose name has been proposed by Mr. A lderman 5 11%1e11x, or that Mr. Bradley's place on that C ommittee 44:" not be filled until the Council has come to some it e illuinuion whether it will appoint a special co mmittee k l uiderstand Mr. Hodson to move. llopsoN If it is denied, I am prepared to prove it ? Mayon Either one or the other of those courses blt r ir t e b l e ‘l a s oa '• HOLDEN confirmed every word spoken by Mr. Hod use}lo He was the party who took Stopford to Mr. Hodson's te eT 7. He was an old servant of his (Mr. Holden's) six hilVears ago, and an honester man he never met. Stopford B ° lll o money and he left him (Mr. Holden) for to keep housethe on his own account. He was sorry to say thi s was pro he only case i n w hi c h M r . B ra dl e y had acted with im- Prietv k MOSS, after referring to the tone of Mr. Hodson's I t ,Tague, said I really know nothing of this transaction ; the first time I ever heard about it ; but Mr. Hodson t Ztaade a very serious charge expctrte. It all rests on the I t ; . elnent of this friend of Mr. Holden's, this Mr. Stopford. 11 11 7 merely Mr. Hodson's statement of what Stopford states. t '',l will tell you something of Mr. Hodson's antecedents Ni,,a‘at ward. (No, no, and cries of chair and order). I th' et. Mr• Hodson debauched that ward more than any man tr av ,e_ver came into it (oh, oh, and chair) ; and the vast ex -...gance and expenditure of money spent in that ward. ", oh), ' PECKWITH rose to order amid s t uproar and cries of down question, &c. about*l.knoss : , comes forward and -makes an harangue of chair Party (the rest of the sentence was drowned in cries part 41, 0 e rder, question, sit down, &c., arising from every `o Council. Chamber). I maintain.—(Chair, order). The MAYOR : Mr. Moss wishing to be regular, you must confine yourself to the charge made by Mr. Hodson. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Moss : I shall do so. Only you did not stop him making that long harangue about a party. I only want the Council to know there were scenes enacted in that ward three years since, much more disgraceful than ever occurred during the last election. (Chair, and order.) I shall support the name of Mr. Bradley; it would be a perfect disgrace to discard a respectable man in this council, on the mere ipie dixit, the exparte statement of a man like Mr Hodson. (Oh, oh, and chair.) Mr. BRADLEY, (who rose amidst the most profound silence) said : It certainly has become a most unpleasant task for me, to stand up here to answer such a charge as has been made. In the first instance I will state most positively, it is a gross falsehood ; and emanating from the party it does, who appeals to character, I think he is the last man who ought to appeal to it, considering what he is really, and nothing . more, a gambler and blackleg in the town. (A scene of indescribable confusion ensued on the utterance of this sentence, followed by an unanimous cry of withdraw, retract, chair, order. Mr. Alderman Parker. Mr. Beckwith, and some other gentlemen were on their legs, endeavouring to make themselves heard, but in vain, the cry of "retract" drowning their voices.) The MAYOR, (when order was somewhat restored, although two or three members were on their legs) said, I cannot allow anybody to rise. (Hear, hear, and. order.) Mr. BRADLEY : Mr. Chairman, (loud cries of withdraw, withdraw.) The MAYOR : Mr. Bradley, it is my duty to require you to withdraw those words and expressions from being applied to any member of this council. (Hear, hear,) I am sure you will see it is important to the conducting of the business, that you should withdraw the words and epithets you have applied. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman PARKER : And also to apologize to the council. (Chair, order.) The MAYOR : Allow me Mr. Parker. Mr. BRADLEY : I withdraw the expression used in a moment when my feelings were excited. (Hear, hear.) But a serious charge has been brought against my private character by this man. Ido think the source from which it emanated ought to prove the untruthfulness of the story. There is no doubt, this has arisen from a party feeling towards myself and Mr. Moss, with a view that we should be taken off of every Committee in the Council, and, for what ? For exercising that duty whichevery man in this Council I suppose exercises. That is, to act according to his sentiments and feelings, when such a time occurs as the return of the representative of any ward in the town. In assisting my friend, Mr. Powell, I certainly did come across scenes that were of the grossest character ; and, as Mr. Holden has really introduced him self into this matter, I must say, so far as I am acquainted with this affair, for it came before me in a very indirect manner, it was this that the -man Stopford, was brought to the Committee-room, and what was his demand ? He wanted to know whether Powell's Committee would give him a sum of £5, and, to the Mr. Jones that Mr. Oliver Holden mentions, a situation as a poll clerk in the election. The Committee at once stated they would not countenance anything of the kind, and, from that moment, I believe that that man whom he calls his own servant, Stopford was never in the room afterwards. To my knowledge certainly not, in any form or shape. That is tho whole and real substance of the matter. The man came there to know whether Mr. Powell's Committee would give him £5 for his vote ; he was in difficulties ; he had lost something like 16 or 16 horses during the last year or the year before, and if the Committee did that, he would vote for them, provided also, they would place this Jones, whom he speaks of, as poll clerk. Now I will appeal to the Alderman of the Ward, to, know whether such a party was poll clerk or not. I can positively state he was not, nor was there any arrangement entered into with those men ; but they were sent at once awry, and told the Committee would not interfere in any such matter. That is the sum and substance of all that I know of. But you, see, Mr. Mayor, this is a mere disguise to do away with the feeling which first dictated this attack. It is because that I chose to exercise the right which every man has a right to exereise, that is, to assist his friend, I am to be brought for ward before the public in this unseemly manner. And for what ? Because I unfortunately beat Mr. Hodson in the Ward, defeated him by the largest majority that ever voted in the Ward. Hence this angry tone of feeling on his be half, and this trumphing up of matters of this kind. I, as a gentleman, sir, give you my wordof honour that every word of what he has said is a gross and downright falsehood. I can say no more, but on the honour of a gentleman I state what I now do. The MAYOR observed that as Mr. Bradley had withdrawn the expressions which were made, at a moment of excite ment, against a member of the Council, and which were not in accordance with the feelings of the Council, he should beg both Mr. Bradley and Mr. Hodson to allow the subject to remain as it stood, if the Council were satisfied with the with drawal of the expressions. Mr. BRADLEY was about to make some observations, when _ _ . The MAYOR again said that it was his duty to ask both Jaim and Mr. Hodson to give their assurance that they would allow the matter to rest as it was. (Oh ! oh! and cries of "that is too much.") Mr. HODSON : So far as I am concerned I wash my hands clear of it, and if you allow me Mr. BRADLEY (interrupting) said that he thought he had a privilege, as a member of the Water Committee, to call upon the Chairman of that Committee, and also the Chairman of the Committee of Works, to state if, for the twelvemonths he had sat with them on those Committees, he had been guilty of anything derogatory either to his position as an individual or a member of the Council. He wouhE ask them if he had not given that strict attention to the duties of the Committees, which every person ought to give when they were placed upon them. He would likewise go on to say that if this matter had any foundation in truth in it, Mr. Hodson himself was on the Water Committee, and it appeared very strange that he (Mr. Hodson) being himself ou the Committee, could permit such a matter to take place. Was it possible for him, as a member of that Committee, to say. -j iir. HODSON : I will prove my case if I get a Com mittee, and I will prove that the man is stating what is untrue. Mr. BRADLEY still felt that he had, in some degree, the privilege of calling on the gentlemen to whom he had re. ferred, to substantiate what he had said. The MAYOR observed that the only question then before the Council was, whether Mr. Bradley should be retained on the Committee, or suspended. Mr. HODSON : I move that Mr. Bold be eleoted in his place. Mr. HORNBY thought that the place should not be filled up until the matter was inquired into. A very serious charge had been made against Mr. Bradley, and if, upon inquiry, it turned out to be the fact, ho thought that not only would it incapacitate Mr. Bradley to be a member of the Committee, but it would be a question, then, whether it would not become incumbent on the Council, to institute further proceedings. By leaving the 'appointment open they would be enabled to do Mr. Bradley justice, (hear, hear,) but to inquire into the charge. He should therefore move that the appointment be left open. Mr. HoLT said that Mr. Bradley had referred to him, as chairman of the late Committee, to state whether o r not he (Mr. Holt) had seen any improper interference in the duties of the Committee by him. He had no objection to say that he had observed nothing of the kind on the part of Mr. Bradley. The present charge was a matter that did not present itself to him (Mr. Holt), and in no way had he seen Mr. Bradley to act in a derogitory manner, either to himself or the Committee. Mr. LANGSDALB, as Chairman of the Committee of Works, could also state that he had never observed anything in the conduct of Mr. Bradley but what was proper and correct. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOOR would not be a consenting party to strike off any gentleman's name from any committee, inasmuch as by such a proceeding they would be pronounc ing a verdict on the gentleman upon an ex parte statement. He therefore thought the course pursued by Mr. Hornby in moving the motion he had done, was the only one that could afford Mr. Bradley an opportunity of vindicating his character from the charge that was made against him. The proper course was to appoint a special committee to inquire into the charge, and he would therefore second Mr. Hornby's proposition that the place be left open. The motion was unanimously adopted. OBSERVATORY COMMITTEE. Mr. Picrox, in the absence of Mr. Neill, moved that the following gentlemen be the Observatory Committee, and in doing so, observed that he submitted the names merely as they had been presented to him by Mr. Neill : Messrs. H. Neill, J. Tyrer, T. Wagstaff, J. A. Picton, A. Hender son, W. J. Horsfall, 0. Holden, J. Gladstone, jun., and J. R. McGuffie. The motion was unanimously adopted. WATER COMMITTEE. Mr. HOLT moved that the following gentlemen constitute the Water Committee : Messrs. G. Hat, J, Cooper, E. Langsdale, T. Avison, J. B. Branker, H. Hornby, T. ag staff, J. liolme, J. Woodruff, T. L. Hodson, J. Stewart, M. Gregson.—The appointment of Mr. Bradley to the com. mittee to remain open for the present. The motion was unanimously adopted. LIBRARY AND MUSEUM COMMITTEE. Mr. PicroN moved that the gentlemen who constituted this Committee last year be re-appointed; but as they would have very important duties to perform in organising the new library and museum, the Committee thought it would be well if Mr. J. Holme were added to their number. The Committee would then consist of Messrs. J. Picton, T. Avison, J. M. Nicoll, W. Bennett, G. Holt, R. M. Beck with, J. Woodruff, T. Fleming, J. Bigham. J. C. Fernihough, J. Stewart, Robertson Gladstone, Sir John Bent, and Mr. J. Holme—the appointment of Mr. Bradley on the Com mittee to remain open for the present. Mr. J. HoixE begged to be excused from this Committee, inasmuch as he was on so many other Committees, and had so many duties to perform that he could not attend to the new duties which were about to be placed on him. Mr. Moss conceived Mr Holme's objection a just one, and well worthy the consideration of the Council ; for no man should be placed on a Committee who would not attend o its duties. There was Mr. Hodson, for instance, who THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. though twelve months a member of the Water Committee, yet never attended it. (Oh ! oh ! and laughter). HACKNEY CARRIAGE COMMITTEE Mr. J. WOODRUFF moved that the following gentlemen constitute this Committee : Messrs. J. Woodruff, W. Bennett, W. P. Jeffreys, R. M. Beckwith, 0. Holden, T. Godfrey, J. R. Mc Guffie, T. Wagstaff, J. Gladstone junr.— Agreed to. _ ° The Shipbuilding Committee was the next on the list, and on its being called over, Mr. Alderman PARKER said that this Committee-wen useless. They had met but twice—first, to appoint a Chair man, and another to give him a vote of thanks. (Laughter). Mr. TOBIN observed that if Mr. Alderman Parker were not so precipitate he would see that there was no intention to appoint a Committee, and would also learn the reason why they had met but twice. It was appointed for a special purpose, and as that purpose had been accomplished, there was no intention nor a necessity to re-appoint it. He might, however, as the matter had been alluded to, express some little satisfaction that the Committee had left the shipbuild ing certainly in a better condition than it was before. He would appeal to Mr. Royden for confirmation of this, and whether they had not established some excellent yards at the west side of the Queen's Dock, where before there were but three or four miserable yards. It was also a source of satisfaction to them, to know that the efforts of the Com mittee had resulted in public attention being directed to the matter—one of the very objects which the committee had in view. No re-appointment of the Committee took place BATHS COMMITTEE. Mr. WAGSTAFF moved that the following gentlemen con stitute this Committee :—Messrs. T; Wagstaff, J. Parker, R. C. Gardner, J. K. M‘Guffie, J. C. Fernihough, S. M. Mellor, J. Gladstone, junr., T. Fleming, and W. P. Jeffreys.—Agreed to. SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INQURE INTO THE CHARGE PRE- FERRED AGAINST MR. BRADLEY. Mr. HODSON, in moving the appointment of this Com mittee, said that be wished it should be perfectly impartial, he therefore selected some - of the principal members of the Council, to act on it. They were Mr. Hornby, Mr. J. Holme, Mr. Bramley Moore, Mr. G. Holt, Mr. J. R. M‘Gufe, Mr. J. H. Turner, Mr. C. Turner, and Mr. J. Stewart. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Moss also be put on Mr. FERNlnotran suggested that Mr the Committee. Mr. HOLDEN objected, as Mr. Muss was a party mixed up in the allegations. Mr. Hodson would also name Mr. Tobin on the Committee. Mr. Alderman TURNER said that it struck him that ma gistrates should not be on the Committee, as the matter might subsequently come before them in their judicial capa- Mr. C. TURNER differed from the last speaker. He thought magistrates, from their habits of investigation, would be the best qualified to inquire into this matter. The TowN CLERK then read Mr. Hodson's resolution, which was—" Resolved, that the following gentlemen be appointed a special Committee, to inquire into the charge preferred against. Mr. Bradley, a member of the Council, relative to the course pursued by him at the recent election of Councillor for Vauxhall Ward—as to that which is al leged, that he unduly and improperly used his position of a Councillor and a member of a Committee of this Council, to influence a voter named Stopford, as to giving his vote at such election ; and that the Committee be directed to report thereon, with a verbatim report of the evidence adduced :—" [Here followed the names of the Committee as given above.] Mr. BRADLEY : But " influencing" in what form ? The TowN CLERK : That is Mr. Hodson's motion, and you cannot change it. Mr. BRADLEY : Well, I don't know, but it does not ap pear to me sufficiently specific. (Laughter.) The MAYOR asked if any gentleman would second the resolution ? _ _ Mr. WAGSTAFF would second it. Mr. BEcKwrrn : And I shall seecond it, for the sake of justice. (Laughter.) The TowN CLERIC said it was competent for any member of the Council, either to move an amendment to the resolu tion, or a special instruction to the Committee. Mr. BRADLEY again observed that he did not consider the charge sufficiently specific. Mr. C. TURNER replied that the inquiry, under the reso lution, would be limited to the specific charge of " unduly and improperly influencing the voter Stafford." It would not be competent for the Committee to go beyond that, and that, he understood, was what Mr. Bradley wanted. Mr. BRADLEY : Yes ; but why should not the undue in fluence be stated ? I want the charge to be specific. The MAYOR : The charge is in the words of the motion — it is for "unduly and improperly influencing a voter." (Laughter.) Mr. BRADLEY : Yes ; but how influenced him? (Laughter.) Mr. C. TURN Elt : When you have heard the evidence that is intended to substantiate the charge, I am sure the Com mittee will give you any time you may require to answer it; and nothing but the evidence can tell you the nature of the charge against you. It would be impossible to describe it in a resolution. Mr. BRADLEY : Yes, but I think it ought to be more specific. (Laughter.) Mr. C. TURNER : It is for "unduly and improperly in fluencing"- Mr. BRADLEY : But that is a very vague term. (Re newed laughter). I must also take exception to Mr. Mc. Guffie's name being, on the committee. Mr. HODSON : I will substitute any name that Mr. Brad ley likes. (" No, no.") Mr. Moss suggested that Mr. Alderman Dover should be put on the committee. • Mr. BRADLEY : I must say I think I should have Mr. Moss on the committee. (" Oh !oh !") I think lam not asking anything unreasonable, and I submit that Mr. Alder man Dover's name should be substituted in place of Mr. Guffie. . Mr. Alderman DOVER said he should have great pleasure in acting with Mr. Mc.Guffie, but ho should decline to act in the manner proposed. Mr. MC.GUFFIE said that he was not aware his name was on the committee, and that he was most willing to withdraw, if the Council wished it. (" No, no.") Mr. Hour moved, and Mr. LANGSDALE seconded, that the name of Mr. Alderman Dover be added to the com mittee ' • which was agreed to. Mr. BRADLEY : I really must request that Mr. Moss's name be added to the list ; it is only right and fair that it should be so. (" No, no.") If it is not added I shall not think it a fair committee. (Cries of " order, order.") Mr. GODFREY: That is another insult to the whole Council. The MAYou : The motion is in the hands of the Council, and you should not address such language to it, as that it is unfair that such a motion should - pass. Val. must keep yourself in order, then, and not make such observations, which reflect on the Council generally. Mr. HODSON : It is not in the Council, but Mr. Hodson. (Oh ! oh !) I cannot consent to the committee. Mr. Alderman HOLME said he could not at all describe how painful it was to him and to the Council to witness the pre sent scene. His name had been put on the committee, and he begged to say that as the committee was to enquire into a most serious charge affecting not only Mr. Bradley's pub lie, but also his private character, gentlemen should be placed on that committee, and gentlemen only . who would act on that committee with the most perfect impartiality, and were in the habit of having questions of a serious nature brought before them in their magisterial capacity, and who would act with calmness, impartiality, and strict justice. He (Mr. Holme) should not object to Mr. Moss otherwise. As the personal friend of Mr. Bradley, he should have been glad to have seen him associated with the committee, but after the speech which Mr. Moss had made, in which he displayed so much partizanship, he thought it would be de sirable for Mr. Bradley not to press putting Mr. Moss's name on the committee, but to be perfectly satisfied with the character of those gentlemen who were in the habit of dealing with cases of great difficulty day by day in their magisterial capacity, and whose character, he was sure, would be a gua rantee to Mr. Bradley, and to the Council, that strict and impartial justice, without favour or affection, would be shown. Mr. Bradley would have the opportunityi of ap pearing there, and every opportunity would be given to him to rebut a charge so seriously affecting him. He hoped Mr. Bradley would withdraw the request to place Mr. Moss on the Committee, and be perfectly content to leave himself in the hands of gentlemen who would do him justice. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Moss did not wish his name to be on the Committee. He should recommend Mr. Bradley to place himself in the hands of the Committee. The gentlemen named were then appointed a Committee to enqure into the charge preferred against Mr. Bradley. MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS Several communications to the Mayor were then read. They included a very valuable letter, which is about being printed for distribution, from the Chaplain of the Gaol, re commending . the establishment of a reformatory float for juvenile criminals, and adducing several proofs in support of the necessity for such an Institution. The communication was referred to the Gaol and House of Correction Committee. A letter from the licenced victuallers, requiring the use of the rooms in. the Town Hall, was referred to the Town Hall Committee. The following communications were also read : " SOUTH PORTICO OF ST. GEORGE'S HALL " To the Worshipful the Mayor. " SIR,—I am really concerned to be the ostensible cause of further trouble to yourself and the Council, respecting the South Portico of the Assize Courts; but as you have been so good to send me a copy of Mr. Cockerell's letter of the 28th of September, I trust I shall be excused in submitting a few observations in reply. " Mr. Cockerell labours to impress on the committee the fact that certain peculiarities of structure which I have pointed out as serious defects in the South Portico of St. George's Hall, may be found in a few other buildings, both ancient and modern. But the question, I apprehend, really is, whether taking advantage of the noble types of architec ture which past and present times afford us, we should not endeavour to perpetuate the beauties of the structure which no one disputes, and to avoid those defects which may occa sion ally be found, isolated perhaps, and with more or less prominency in works even of acknowledged excellence. , " Mr. Cockerell does not question the practability of the proposed improvements, but he calls attention to 'the great cost of g I undertat " The cost certainly is an important consideration; but cost is comparative, and I cannot think the Town Council would hesitate for a moment to make the South Portico as perfect as possible, because by so doing the cost of the whole building might be increased from two hundred thousand 0 0 to two hundred and two thousand pounds. " I am unable to discuss the alleged peculiarities in the Temple of Jupiter Tonans at Rome, or in the Proplea at Athens ; but I am familiar with most of the modern instan ces to which Mr. Cockerell refers as authorities for what has been done at St. George's Hall, and I shall have no difficulty in showing you that the examples cited, afford no warrant for the defects on which we have animadverted. "To begin with the Lyceum in this Town, a slight in spection will show you that the cases are altogether dissimilar. The columns of the Lyceum are placed on a substantial basement wall, or on pedestals, resting on the solid ground. There is no incongruity here—no appearance of the columns restin g on the slope of the steps, or half on the steps and half of as is the case at St. George's Hall ; and, it would be quite hypercritical, under the "circumstances of position and immediate contiguity to the foot walk, to object to the convenience of steps between the pedestals of the columns. " Mr. Cockerell refers also to the Lyceum at Manchester, as to which, I apprehend there must be some . mistake, as there is no public building of that name in Manchester. Two of the principal modern edifices in that city, are, the Town Hall and the Royal Institution ; and in both these, the columns are correctly placed on the level floor of the portico. " Mr. Cockerell refers to the portico of the India House in London, which actually abuts on the foot-walk of the street ; but, even here, the architect has taken care that the pedestals of his columns should stand square on the solid earth, and thus they afford no authority for the defect complained of in St. George's Hall "Mr. Cockerell also mentions the general post-office in St. Martins le Grand ; if that building is meant by the term " New Post-office," of which, however, I feel some doubt, as this example affords no precedent for the anom alies of our South portico, but just the contrary. Critically viewed, there is a slight error in the position of the steps, which should have projected some twelve inches further on the adjoining font-wall:, that the upper line of the stylobate might have quite cleared the massive pedestals. The defect is small, for substantially the large columns rest on the level floor of the portico, which is the desideratum in our own case. " Lastly Mr. Cockerell refers you to St. Paul's Cathedral , and, certainly, if anything in the general features and cha racter of that magnificent temple could be quoted as authority for questionable peculiarities of structure elsewhere, any architect might be excused for supporting his views by such a precedent. "Let us see what are the facts of the case. It is quite true in the porticos of the north and south doorways into the Cathedral, the columns rest on the slope of the steps, but I should not have expected any professional man to have referred to that circumstance, except in the way of warning, so strikingly unfortunate is the effect. But these two side porches are very unimportant appendages, and may well be overlooked in our admiration of the vast and noble structure. " But if Mr. Cockerell thought proper to call atten tion to St. Paul's Cathedral, as an example to be copied, why did he not refer to the great western portico, fronting Ludgate Hill, a most elaborate work, in the design of which Sir Christopher Wren appears to have drawn so largely on the resources of his genius and skill. There you will find no incisions into the floor of the portico, destroying the upper line of the stylobate—no duplicate steps, of different sizes, in harsh contiguity with each other. No placing of magnificent columns on the slope of the steps, or half on and half of the floor of the portico, but, on the contrary, all is according to architectural propriety, correct and grand, the steps divided horizontally by a middle terrace, giving breadth and repose ; and the great column resting on the level floor of the portico. Such is the approach to the western facade of St. Paul's Cathedral, and such, precisely, is the arrangement which I am endeavouring to induce the Council to adopt in regard to the south Portico of St. George's Hall; the feasi bility of which, if it be at all doubted, I am ready to prove by a model, " when the Council shall be pleased to sanction the step." Of course, in the altered arrangement, we should cause to disappear the duplicate steps, and the great chasm in the outer wall of the podium, in St. John's Lane. Be fote concluding, I may be allowed to remark that having considered, seriatim, the various modern examples t o which Mr. Cockrell appeals in justification, professionally of the course which he has taken, and having, I think, proved that the result of a fair and critical examination of each and all of the modern instances on which he has relied, instead of being favourable to his views, is just the contrary. It is no t very uncharitable to suppose that the classical examples of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans, the Basilica at Pom peia, and the rest of them, if duly analysed, and the condi tions and circumstances examined, would do him as little service as the modern instances we have just noticed, in which case the argument Precedent and Authority, slender and inconclusive though they be, would fall to the ground. "I have inc lionout tv h., " Faithfully and respectfully yours, " HENRY Boma. " Liverpool Ist, Nov. 1853." The Council then adjourned. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The Board of Trade Returns of Trade and Navigation were issued in London yesterday afternoon. They are of the most satisfactory character. In the nine months just con cluded, we have exported articles of British produce to the value of 66,987,7291., being in round numbers over twelve millions and a half in excess of the exportations of the cor responding period of last year, and about thirteen millions and a half over those of 1851. This enormous increase, spread over nine months, has been contributed to in more than its fair proportion by the last month of the period— that terminating on the 10th of October last, which shows an increase of about a million and a half on the cor responding month of 1862, and of two millions and a half over that of 1851. Contrasting the last month with its predecessor of last year, a very remarkable increase is shown in some of our staple articles of produce. Thus, omitting the hundreds, beer and ale have risen from £49,000 to £97,090 ; butter from £39,000 to £59,000 ; herrings from £76,000 to £126,000 ; glass manufactures from £39,000 to £68,002; haberdashery and millinery from £205,000 to £521,000 ; hardwares and cutlery from £303,000 to £392,000 ; wrought leather from £50,000 to £129,000; machinery and millwork of all kinds from £169,000 to £186,000; iron, bar, bolt, and rod, from £336,000 to £533,000 ; wrought from £177,000 to £317,000, and other descriptions in the same proportion ; lead from £19,000 to £67,000 ; silk stuffs from £55,000 to £100,000; and stationery from £46,000 to £72,000. Of those branches of produce which may be described as stationery, cotton manufactures, earthenware, linen manu factures, salt, and woollen manufactures, constitute the principal items. So much for the exports. As regards our imports, we may roundly state that, of the principal articles of consumption, animals for food, cocoa, coffee, spirits, sugar, tea, tobacco, and wine will be found either of substantially the same pro portions or exhibiting a slight increase. As might be antici pated, however, it is under the head of corn that the great increase on imports is found. The increase has taken place in every description, excepting oats and Indian corn, which have decreased. The importation of wheat has increased from 315,000 to 468,000 quarters, and of flour 298,000 to 463,000 quarters. The returns relating to shipping also appear to show a satisfactory state of activity in our com mercial affairs ; and the general prosperity indicated by the returns will be received with all the more gratification from the existence of 'circumstances, patent to all, which it was anticipated would have given the first check to the course of progressive prosperity with which for the last six years we have been so happily blessed. LIVERPOOL RAGES.-YESTERDAY The attraction of the Steeple Chase, and the day being being beautifully fine, there was a numerous attendance at Aintree yesterday. The unusually crowded state of our columns prevents our doing more than giving the result of each race. A SURREY HANDICAP of 3 sovs. each, with 40 sovs. added ; for all ages ; half-a-mile--17 subs Mr. Choyce;Vintei; s . Trs., Bst. 7 lb Aspinall 1 Twelve others ran THE OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES, of 5 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. added. —won easy J. Charlton 1 Mr. French's b f Coleraine Six others ran. Won by a length. THE LIVERPOOL AUTUMN HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE Of 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. 30 subs. Mr. Higginson nas b g Crabbs, aged, Bst 101 b Fowler 1 Mr. Balfe's br m Daphne, 6 vrs ost .. D. Mean) , 2 Captain Pasco nas b m Royal Blue, ag, 9st 21b A. Clarke 3 The following also ran :—Ringleader, lOst ; Thirkleby, lOst ; Sir Philip, 9st 101 b ; Now or Never, 9st 61b ; Dearest Mae, 9st 51b ; Spring, 9st 51b ; Miss Purdon, 9st ; and The Dwarf, Bst 101 b. To the astonishment and annoyance of many who had backed him heavily, Oscar was declared not to start about half an hour before the commencement of the race. Won easily by several lengths. The AINTREE PLATE Handicap of 70 sovs., for all ages. One mile.-49 subs. _ Mr. Saxon's Calot, 7st 41b Clements 1 Fifteen others ran.—Won by a head. A SELLING STAKE of 50 sous. each, with 30 soya. added. T.Y.C. Eight subs. Mr. French's b f Coleraine, 3 yrs, £3O, 7st 41b Charlton 1 Seven others ran. —Won by a length. The Cabinet Council held on Tuesday lasted four hours. All the ministers were present. THE .REASON •WHY A CABMAN OBJECTS TO BEING HIRED BY TlME.—Because "' Ti 4 distance lends enchantment to the view ! "—Diogenes. ratifying my criticisms by any alterations now to be I I TURKEY AND RUSSIA. THE HOSTILITIES ON THE DANUBI VIENNA, Nov. B.—The Consul of Fran( writes as follows to M. de ,Bourquenc Bucharest rider date the 6th On the 2d and 3d of November the Turks crossed the Danube from Turtukai to Oltenitza, to the number of about 12,000 men On the 4th General Parlof attacked them with 9000 men, and, after a brisk cannonade, a combat with the bayonet took place between the two armies. The Turks maintained their positions at Oltenitza, and have fortified them. The combat lasted three hours In it the Russians lost several officers and 136 privates killed, and 6 superior officers, 18 subalterns, and 479 pri vates wounded. The loss on the Turkish side is not known 4000 Turks occupy Kalarache, 2000 have established themselves on an island in front of Giurgevo, and 12,000 are in Lesser Wallachia. VIENNA, Tuesday Night. —From the 4th to the sth the Turks occupied the island near Oltenitza, and crossed unob served to Wallachia at dawn. When seen, a battle ensued which lasted 28 hours. The resulti4 unknown. It is rumoured that Guirgevo was taken by storm. Turtukai and Oltenitza arc towns on the right and left banks of the Danube, between Rustchuck and Silistria, on the direct route to Bucharest. Higher up the river, and opposise to Rustchuk, lies Giurgevo, from which another road leads to Bucharest. Still ascending the river, we come to Rahova, a town on the right bank, opposite to which lies Kalarache, at the junction of the Schyl and Danube. The troops in Lesser Wallachia are those which crossed from Widdin, which forms the extreme left of the Turkish line. Letters from Bucharest say that the Hospodar Stirbey has left Bucharest for Vienna. His departure has been officially announced to the representatives of the foreign Powers. The government is carried un by . a Commission, and the Russians have seized all the public funds and treasures. The prices of goods and victuals have been fixed at a very iv, r.to by ibo Th;litary authorities. Whenever any dealer asks high prices he is at once seized and flogged by the soldiers, who superintend the public markets. War seems imminent. The Russians in their entrench ments on the left bank of the Danube make no preparations to cross that river. The Consuls of France and Great Britain expect instructions from their governments, autho rising them to leave the country. _ The above despatches from Bucharest, it will be perceived, are from the French Consul, and may be considered as authentic. The following, which represent matters as very favourable to the Russians, come—the first from a Bucharest newspaper ; and, in stating that " the Russian vanguard threw the Turks back upon their entrenchments along the river," unintentionally betrays the fact that the Turks were able to entrench themselves after their passage of the river. The Bucharest paper of the sth says—The Turks, avail ing themselves of a thick fog, took possession of an island opposite Turkutan, and then landed on the left shore ; the reconnoitering division was repulsed. The Russian van guard threw the Turks back upon their entrenchments along the river Another despatch also dated Bucharets, November 5 says—Yesterday, the Turks attempted a passage near Giur gevo, Oltenitza, and Slobodzie. At Giurgevo they were repulsed. At Olteiitza they crossed; a twenty-eight hours' cauno. nade ensued; the Russians also here repelled them. At Giurgevo they fired upon a steamer coming from hit soya, and then transported her to the Turkish shore. Prince Gortschakoff went to Giurgevo to-day. The above forms the whole of the — intelligence received by telegraph to-day. The following items of news we collect from letters and the second editions of our morning con- temporaries : We learn from Vienna, of the 4th, that the Turkish government, after a long deliberation, had decided upon re ceiving foreign officers into the service of the Porte. The Gazette of Bucharest, which may fairly be supposed to be subject to Russian influence, says that twelve thousand men of the Russian army of occupation are in hospital. The _Patrie contradicts the statement in the Journal Fran cais de Francfort, that fresh negotiations are about to b( opened at Bucharest for the termination of the Easters question. "It may be for the interest of Russian policy, adds the . - - - ,o renew is°, `rence with • but we can assert that this news, to which it is endeavourer Lo give consistency, is completely inaccurate." From letters from Constantinople of the 25th, it wouk appear certain that Persia would maintain a strictly neutt position. A letter of the same date in the Chronic, I have never known Constantinople so peaceable, so tran quil as it is at this present moment. All fears of disturb. antes, and all bad feeling towards the Christians, whicl were so evident but a few weeks since, seem to have evapo• rated with the declaration of war ; and, to judge by the of fhia vast ity. xfpl would li t ti A in? a fsi nA that it: inhabitants were of so - belligerent a dispositiori as to have insisted on vindicating their rights by the sword." The Constantinople correspondent of the Debats states that the rumour of a battle between the Turks and Russians in Ask was unfounded, and explains the mistake which led to the statement as " the arrival at Batoum of a certain number o: Turkish regular soldiers who had been wounded in an en. gagement against some Turkish irregulars, who wanted tc commence the war, and whom it was found necessary to pu down by force." Other letters, however, say that though till affair in Asia appeared to have been somewhat exaggerated the fact that a Warmish between the Turkish and Russian troops stationed on the frontiers in Asia had taken place, seemed not to bear contradiction. A great many British officers had left Constantinople for Yarna and Sebum's. Lord Worsley, Colonel Buckley, and others, were amongst the number. Regarding the position of affairs in Wallachia, the Vienna correspondent of The Times mentions a rumour, that the right wing of the Russians under General Dannenberg had been forced to retire. "If Russia "he says, " had not calculated on the assistance of Austria, it is not to be sup posed that the army would have been placed in its present position. Instead of occupying the whole of Lesser Wal lachia, up to the Servian and Austrian frontier, the Russian forces have never gone much further west than Krajova, and the consequence is that the Turks have put in a wedge which, if not speedily dislodged, may become the source of great annoyance to their opp - onents. It strikes me that the right wing of the Russians is in danger of being turned, be cause some assistance which had been calculated on has been, withheld." He further adds—" The object of the Russian General evidently is to draw the Turks into the interior of the country, but in this he will hardly succeed, for, according to credible private advices of the 28th from Orsova, the troops which have been landed from the right bank, " instead of pushing forwards are busily employed in throwing up entrenchments, which are to serve as a point d' appui for future operations. It can not longer be doubted that small detachments of Turkish troops have crossed the river at many points, but contrary to all expectation. they have committed no excesses. Not only has neither theft nor robbery been committed, but even the provisions with which the men were supplied were paid for in ready money. My correspondent adds :—' It is evident enough that Omer Pasha has introduced the strictest discipline.' Letters from Bucharest say that " The panic of the Wal lachians at the approach of war is increasing daily. Some of the towns along the bank of the Danube have been almost entirely deserted, and crowds of fugitives are daily pouring into Bucharest. Some of the Boyards have already fled into Austria, and others are preparing to follow their example." The Paris correspondent of The Times alludes to the posi tion of the Russian Ambassador in Paris as becoming each day more embarrassing. The articles which have appeared within the last few days in the papers whose relations with the Ministry are well known, and which bear a semi-official stamp, have, he states, added to that embarrassment. Ex planations about articles, and paragraphs in newspapers, even including those copied into the Afoniteur from foreign journals, are becoming more frequent and of a more decided character. The appointment of General Baraguay d'Hilliers, too, has been a thorn in his side. The correspondent states his belief that M. de Kisseleff has long since received his instructions how to act, and that those instructions pro vide for every case that may occur. " Should matters reach the desperate extreme of shaking the dust off his feet at the door of the Tuilleries, and demanding his passports, even to that emergency his cart blanche extends. As affairs now look in the East perhaps that emergency will not long have to be looked for." LOVE AND SUICIDE.--On the night of yesterday week, a young man named Edmond Perry, aged 16 years, living in White -street, came home, in drink, appearing at the time to be greatly excited. He said, " Mother, I have given up the company of ." This his mother was glad to hear, from the youth of the lad, and the fact that the girl was twenty-five years old, whilst he was not out of his apprenticeship. The mother advised the boy to go to bed, saying that she would bring him up some refreshment. He accordingly retired to his room, and his mother brought him up some coffee and biscuit, and then left him, as he appeared somewhat more tranquil. Shortly after a man named Jacob, who lodges in the house, came into the room, and asked Perry where he had been, he said at the theatre, where he had seen the play of Hamlet, and then he suddenly caught up a knife and attempted to draw it across his throat. Jacob rushed forward and succeeded in wresting the knife from his hand, but the unfortunate youth drew a dagger or clasp knife out of his pocket, and making a point at Jacob, succeeded in passing him, and immediately rushed clown stairs. Jacob shouted out, and ran after him, and in the passage below his father stopped him from rushing into the street. The infatuated youth instantly stabbed himself i n the bowels, a little to t he left side, with the knife, and fell, bleeding most profusely. Dr. Bruce was immediat e ly sen t for, and arrived in a few minutes. Upon seeing him the Doctor said, " I shall do my . duty, but I fear I can do him no good." The youth continued to linge r un til T ues d ay , when be died. An inquest was held yesterday, before the coron er, when the above details transpired, and a verdict of temporary insanity was returned, -TIIESPAY COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) THE TRUSTEES OF THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS, V LAIRD, BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY, AND OTHEHS.—This , n appeal from a decree of the Master of the Rolls, - 1 -4 t. the defendants were not entitled to make sanction of the plaintiffs, in the ~.Le 19th section of the act of May, 1845. 4.ne hearing of the case was resumed from Thursday last, when Mr. Kinglake on behalf of the defendants, contended that there was nothing in the acts under which the plaintiffs were conducting their works which imposed any restraint on the defendents, and that by the contract into which the two parties had entered for the building of the walls in quest; without the n, the defendants were kept free. Rolt and Mr. Cairns appeared for Mr. Laird, but took no part in the argument. Mr. Follett (with whom was Mr. Goldsmid) was' not called upon to reply on behalf of the plaintiffs. The Lord Justice Turner' then gave his decision. After citing the various acts bearing ou the question, he said that the result of his looking into the acts of parliament was that 91e . declaration made by the Master of the It though not , in form correct,was so in substance, the rights of the plain tiffs not arising under the 19th section of the Walling Act, but under the more general right of the walls being vested in them. Very serious doubts might be entertained whether the declaration ought to have been made; the form of t decrees would, therefore, be altered, and an in . terms of the prayer of the l;ill,lo—p—re;j the Walling A-ct unction grant ,nt the defend- The Lord Justice Knight Bruce said that he concurred in if not in all which had been stated by the ,nd that he clearly agreed in the con- Lora Justice Turn( Some discussion then took place in reference to whether there was not also an appeal by Mr. Laird from the decision Master of the Rolls to be disposed of, the plaintiffs contending that there was not, and therefore against him accordingly. Mr. Laird's cowls( sisted that the appaal had been lon for costs , ho - wever, in ace abandoned. The on Thursday ;, therefore, to be placed in - the pape to be disposed of on this point. POLICE OW BANK NOTES. ITS.-YES 9hn Moss, a imll-dressed n 2 two American Bank billp IN 11.1 v Howard-street, and of 36, Great itland-street. One of the notes was of the Chie . kasan nk, the other of the Hartford bank. Mr. Abraham stated that a hole had been cut in his window, in Great Howard-street, on Tuesday afternoon, and the not bstracted Isaac Cowan, his assistant in the Rutland-street shop, said that the prisoner came in to him, to have the notes changed, and shortly after his master came in and identified the notes as those stolen from him. He then had the prisoner arrested. who was known to the police was sentenced EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OP GOLD. - Margaret Rae, an elderly female was put forward, charged with stealing from a young Welsh girl, named Margaret Williams, a suns of ten shillings. The girl said that she had left her in Wales on Monday, v and on Tuesday afternoon was walking the streets of Liverpool, when she met a man, whose name she could not tell, and went with him into a cellar, in Eldon-street, kept by the prisoner. Shortly afterwards, this man took out a small clasp purse, to send out for some drink, and witness remarked that it was full of gold, but no silver was in it. She said to the man that he need not change any of his gold, as she would send for the drink. This she accordingly did, and afterwards she bought two caps from a person who came in hawkingthem, one of those she kept, and the other she gave to prisoner. Shortly afterwards, the man who had been all along the worse for drink, began to g et heavy and stupid, and lay down on a bed in room, where he soon fell into a profound sleep. There was another man in the cellar, who helped to lift the drunken man on the bed, and as soon as he had done so, he ran out of the cellar. Witness at once exclaimed that the man she had been in company with was robbed. As soon as he could b e b roug h t t o hi s senses, t hi s 1 1 ruesda id to be correct ; but in the meantime, witness saw ner put her hand into her (complainant's) pocket from it ten shillings. They then went and gave ion to the police. Mr. Clough said that on night, a woman had given information of being in the manner stated by the young girl, but the ed not got the gold. The prisoner had been three ded for seven days, to giv gular 1 A' further inquiry into this very si LIVERPOOL MARKRTS.- 'ssly j opportunity y :I'times, &MA} The market has been very quiet to-day, and the sale confined to a small parcel of Porto Rico, and Cuba Muscovails, at 35s Gd to 3.5 s 9d cwt. Nothing whatever has transpired in Molasses Coffee Rum, o: ngal having been disPOsed of; chief eluding 1,000 to arrive, at 15s; Ay at 15s : 3d fo: and 6000 bag Aracan TEA it few transactions are reported to-day, in conse )lders having withdrawn their stocks from the market, since the China mail was telegraphed from Trieste ; The business concluded by Public sale torday was only very moderate ; 50 bags Saltpetre went at 29s ; 150 bales Bombay Madder Roots, chiefly all faults, at 21s, up to 37s ; 2,000 bags Myrabolams, at 9s to 13s, but chiefly at lOs to lOs 3d ; 150 bags Pearl Sago, at 18s 6d 11 cwt ; 600 bags Linseed, at 53s 3d ; 150 bags Mustard Seed, all faults, at 14s to 41s t 9 qr ; and 50 bags Black Pepper, damaged, at 4id tri lb. . . _ _ _ - Corrox.—From the Atlantic's advices this morning, our Cotton market to-day has been very' firm, and the most current qualities of American are a shade dearer. The sales are 5,000 bales, 1,500 having been taken on elation, and for export GLASGOW MARKETS.—YEsn PIG Inast—There was an increased animation exhibited yesterday in Pig Iron, by the rumoured reduction of 4 —sths of the French import duty on iron, and Warrants sold freely at from 76s to 78s cash, closing firm ; No. 1. g.m.b. 80s; Gartsherrie, 8 Messrs. Brown and Sharp, brokers, sold at auction this afternoon, 225 bales Cotton, ex " Elizabeth," from Bombay, damaged more or less by salt water, sold at from 30s to 92s 6d 19 bale; 3 bags loose Cotton, sold at from 55s to 60s V? bag ; and a quantity of pickings, and ship's gather ings, at from Id to lad lb. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. The arrivals of Foreign wheat are large, of other grain small. It being Lord Mayor's day the attendance at market this morning was exceedingly bare, and but very little business transacted in any description of grain. Prices of each, and of flour, are unaltered from Monday. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Malt. Oats. Bean Peas. Flour, En lisl► 620 810sks Scotch Irish 100 n .. 850 —sks brli . DUBLIN CORN EXCHANGE. TUESDAY, Nov. 8. Our Corn market to-day was moderately supplied. Prime samples of wheat, oats, and barley, met a ready sale at fully the currencies of Friday last, but middling and inferior qualities, of which the proportion was very large, were dull and the turn in favour of the buyer. Indian corn was only saleable in small quantities at our quotations. White wheat, 38s 6d to 42s ; red do, 36s to 40s ; barley, 16s to 20s; here, 15s to 16s; oats, white, 13 s 6d t o 15 s; tawny, 12s to 14s ; rape seed, 27s 6d to 29s 6d; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s ' • bakers' flour, 22s to 22s 6d ; India n corn , t , 480 lbs, 40s to 45s 6d. SHARE MARKETS YESTERDAY LIVERPOOL.—The market has been — rather lower to• day, but closes a little above the lowest. There is a strong feeling, and no stock - comes to market. The sales are : Eastern Count , 13 in Ind Yorkshire, 651 Ditto, 1 shares, new, ; South - Eastern Stock, the following are the closing 7 • Eastern Counties, 12 1 13 2 Caledonian, Lancashire, 164 - 3 -.; Lancash London and North Western, 103= d 6-3 ; Midland, 61 18.11.3 East Lancashire, 16i 4, London and North Wes South Eastern, 18-4 8-9 Stock, 20* 1. MANCHESTER Lancashire and Yorkshire, 66 1 . ?ru, 1031 4; Midland, 614 ; York and North, 24 2; Sheffield The followir transacted t, 16 - ;Ea ay :—Blackburn, 5 71 Counties, 12Z- 15— the busin e s s )nian, 27 11— Lancashire, I' Yorks Ditto, £l6 shdies F 7-18 Ditto, new _ Manchester, Sheffield Consols, 61R- 3: natuu ana 2 orth Western, 1031; Ditto, M. and B. Qrs C 5-15cp ; tnd Lincoln, 21 -1-; Midland Railway south Eastern, 18 9...16 d 9-16 -}- x.n. 5-16 ; South Walt LONDON.-- The sales are Aberdeen, 20,1; Caledonian, 55 41; Chester an d H olyhead, 17 ; East Lancashire, 66; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 651 7- 4 -Z-; London and North Western, 1031 1; Ditto Fifths, 121 ; Ditto Eighths, 2Z-1, ; Midland, 52 12 2 1/ ; North British, 291; North Stafford shire, 12; Shrewsbury and Birmiagham, 62 ; South Wales, 341; York and Berwick, 66 5/ ; Ditto Extension, 111; York and North Midland, 48/ 1 ; Manchester and Lincoln shire, (61), 31; York and Berwick, 97 ; York and North Midland, 91. DUBLlN.—Consols, 93/, for account, 93a; 31 per cent Stock, 951 961 96, for account, 951, 4 ; Bank Stock, 220; Mining Company of I re l an d, £7 paid, 16 ; Belfast and County Down Railway, 48 paid, 28; Cork and Bandon, 50 paid, 141; Belfast Junction, 45 paid, 451 ; Great South ern and Western, 50 paid, 511; South Eastern, 11 paid, 6 ex. div. GLASGOW.—Caledonians aro quoted at £55 to £544 Edinburgh.and Sterling Midland Junction, £25 ; and Glad gow and South Western, at £6l lOs ; no other sale.