The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-06 00:00:00

f the Stu- Lo iana, na of .nus, •ker ; Miss rt of g of 2kers Rev. Rev. cuing as if lend will, spect In The int of Dives. vhich d the ssign el be ;gypt. tinted !I-able ►ussia posed is en- :com e. It 3t n a rno- igues• e n , 16 Ln by a this guilt to we atiou. augh- Lich it ower- resent aived, ) y the have Indio, ie de' i s no imour ►e un" )untry ying'' Eng' these t ten, inum• , men' alma - int of f the s and atedlY )e iln' ations crated are yet ly the ctnes° ith 0 ' in a urnale Fane i s de 'Con - in the Tema. )r the ;11, he znd of 99,0 0 ° X 9, 565 ht is Un' f the LRN until t, ss. Aired tonth quite aated peak- fees, bap' loot iffer t the de Sails, which is equally false with the preceding, It 18 to the effect that the " tithes and property of the Church were originally intended for the use of the poor." We are free to admit that the poor were originally en titled to relief and maintenance out of the property held by the clergy; but it should be borne in mind, when we make this concession, that the Church has been robbed of full two-thirds of the property which formerly belonged to it. Let this be restored, and then we shall be prepared for such an arrangement as that which the Count de Salis has proposed, viz., the appropriation of a part of the Church revenues to the use of the poor. We are glad to find the Count de Salis speaking out so plainly on the prospects of Popery in Ireland. We are glad to find him candidly acknowledging that he " hopes to see the day when the national Church of Ireland—the Church of the majority—the Church which has preserved tranquillity in the /and—shall be re-esta blished in a manner becoming the Irish nation." This, to say the least of it, is plain speaking. The re establishment of Popery in Ireland is here plainly inti mated as the consummation of Irish hopes. The Pro testants of Ireland are now made aware of the grand end which the Popish priests and laity have in view in all their schemes of agitation. It will rather surprise the English reader to find the Popish sect designated as " the Church which has preserved tranquillity in the land." If for " tranquil lity" we substitute the word " disquietude," or " dis order," or " rebellion," there would be some truth and relevancy in the remark. The Popish system in Irel an d h as been, for generations past, a system of tru culent persecution, of tyranny over the minds and Persons o f the Popish multitude, and of extermination which re gards the Protestants. The only tranquillity we - can associate with such a syttem is the tran quillity of death. The proceedings of the Whigs of Liverpool, as dis closed at the present registering sessions, furnish, we do not hesitate to say, the most disgusting example of political profligacy which it has ever been our fortune to contemplate. On no occasion that we can remem ber has an utter disregard of honesty, of principle, and of decency, been so unblushingly paraded before the World; and when it is borne in mind that the party guilty of this grossness of conduct is one which has always plumed itself upon its superior purity in public matters—which has ever been foremost in denunciation of political abuses, and whose constant outcry is for reform, for purity of election, and for the ballot as a preventive of bribery and corruption—we are con strained to come to the conclusion, if indeed we had ever had much doubt of the fact, that the boasted Principles of whiggism are little better than a compound of hypocrisy, falsehood, and fraud. We entreat the attention of our readers to our report of the various cases brought before the revising court, in which the rates of claimants have been paid with money furnished by the Protector Society; and to the decision which his worship the Mayor, himself a sub scriber to the funds of that society, has thought it decent and becoming to pronounce by his casting voice. BY this decision it is now established that a political Party, or an individual, for a political purpose, can Place upon the register an-unlimited number of pauper householders at the simple cost of paying the rates of their cottages or cellars, and by this bold and bare faced evasion of the spirit of the municipal act, in effect swamp the bona fide constituency of the borough, and disfranchise and smother the opinions of the great body of its respectable inhabitant householders. We dare say his worship the Mayor, and the party who are at present making him their instrument, anti cipate the triumph of whig cendidates in some two or three of the wards as the immediate effect of this deci sion. Possibly his worship may be correct; but we venture to tell him that a triumph so achieved will be to himself and to his party the dearest-earned victory which ever was won upon the arena of politics. It will en il e l x b t eg t ained a t an expense o f c h a racter incalculable ; and will be the means of introducing into our future municipal contests a system of corruption to which anything hitherto witnessed can bear no com parison. li our Town p u e n rs c e e , forth the preponderance of party in Coun c il must depend upon comparative weight of and the lavishness with which this system of wholesale bribery—for it is absurd to call it by any milder name—is resorted to by the different Candidates, or by associations or agents acting for them ; and to the pure and patriotic reformers of S he year 1840 posterity will be entitled to attribute a prac tical repeal of the much-lauded whig municipal reform act. We have no wish to hurt the feelings of his worship the Mayor by commenting upon his particular share in producing this result. To any one who witnessed his demeanour in the sessions-house yesterday, the conviction must have preSented itself that Sir Joshua was not a little uncomfortable ; and if he could have noticed the ill-suppressed scorn of his proceedings pic tured in the countenances of most of his fellow towns men present, the worthy knight had ample reason for s uch a feeling. Of this much we are certain—and we would press the fact upon Sir Joshua Walmsley—that Where he hAs gained one vote for his party by the ne farious trickery to which he has been led to resort in order to bolster up. their sinking fortunes in the Town Council, he has lost two votes for his own election as a member for the borough. " I do love thee, Michael Cassio— But never more be officer of mine !" Several of our contemporaries have been amusing themselves and their readers during the last fortnight nr three weeks with sundry speculations on the subject of a coalition ministry—a monster engendered in the brains of some demented radical, and which Prome theus himself would find it impossible to inspire with t he instinct of life. The list of an administration, combining men of all shades of politics, is now going the round of the papers," and eliciting comments of 80 serious a character, that a cursory observer might be led to attach some importance to the document. It may not be generally known that the list in question, which we quote for the amusement of our readers, originated in the pages of the Colonial Magazine, into which it must have crept by some strange oversight on the part of the talented editor of that excellent pe riodical. It was put forth in an article which con tained some plausible suggestions on the subject of a Coalition administration. A mere glance at the sub- Joined list will serve to prove the political predilections of the writer. Of the realisation of his plan there cannot be the remotest expectation. The following is the list to which we refer : Premier—Sir Robert Peel, Bart. President of the Council—Lord Melbourne (with a mar quisate). Home Department—Lord J. Russell (with a peerage). Foreign Department—Earl of Aberdeen.* Colonial Department—Lord Stanley. Exchequer —Mr. P. T. Baring. Board of Trade—Mr. Goulburn. Indian Board—Lord Ellenborough. Admiralty —Lord Palmerston (with a peerage). Duchy of Lancaster—Lord Ebringion. Privy Seal—Lord Normanby. Lord Chancellor (in the Lords)—Lord Lyndhurst. Court of Chancery—Lord Cottenliam. Land Revenue—Lord Duncannon. Secretary at War—Mr. T. B. Macaulay. Vice-President of the Board of Trade—Lord Sandon. Commissioners of the Indian Board—Mr. Moore O'Fer rali, Mr. Emerson Tennant, Mr. Colquhoun, and Mr. D'ls raeli. Secretaries to the Indian Board—Lord Seymour and Mr. Under Secretaries of State for the Colonies—Mr. Vernon smith and Mr. Gladstone. Secretary of the Admiralty—Sir Thomas Cochrane. Judge Ad v ocate General—Sir George Grey, Bart. S lr Follett, eneral—Sir John Campbell, with reversion to William on Sir John ac 's cession to the bench. IRELAND. Lord Lieutenant—Earl Minto. Secretary for Ireland—Lord Morpeth. Lord Chancellor—Sir Edward Sugden. Solicitor or Attorney General—Mr. Sheil (to be knighted). INDIA. G overnor-General—Sir James Graham (with a peerage). G overnor of Madras—Lord Elliott, or Mr. Charles Wood ' w ith a baronetcy). FOREIGN• ...Minister to France—Lord Clarendon. Minister to Constantinople—Sir S. Canning. All the other posts to remain as at present. Sir John Cain L e'bhouse an d Mr. Laboucherc to receive peerages. he incongruous materials thus brought together w ould not adhere for a single hour. Such a ministry Il '° l lld be on ly kno wn t o f u t ure hi s torians as " THE il tinIEILE ADMINISTRATION." We find from the advertisement that the conservative din ner at Newto n is fixed to take place on Friday, the 23d instant, the day after the very interesting and in Portant ceremony of laying the foundation stone of th e Liverpool Collegiate Institution, in Shaw•street. A I nong the noblemen and gentlemen who are expe.cted to be present at the dinner are, Lord Bandon, Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., Lord Francis Egerton, the Hon. K. B. Wilbraham, Lord Wilton, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Sir George Murray, Sir George Sinclair, and several other distinguished individuals. We anticipate a rich treat in the eloquent addresses which will be delivered on the occasion. We have no doubt that the hall at Newton will be crowded with the rank and respectability of this division of the county. NUISANCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Allow me through the medium of your widely circu lated journal to point out one of the greatest nuisances in Liverpool—viz.--at the south end of Paradise-street, and im mediately facing the Custom-house. It is a complete reposi tory for all sorts of filth and rubbish ; in fact, so much so, that a person wearing decent clothes, cannot get to the Pos office without running a great risk of spoiling them. Tins ought to be attended to, in order to ascertain where the fault lies. If this exposure should not have the effect of bringing it into notice in the proper quarter, you shall shortly hear from me again with full information of the parties whose duty it is to see to it.—Yours, &c, A TORY. THE BOROUGH REGISTRATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—As the period of the revising barristers holding their revision court is now so near, it appears to me that it may be useful to our conservative friends to recall their attention to the objection to the lists, and upon which the Attorney-Ge neral has given, politically speaking, a most dishonest opinion, in favour of their validity. I will dissect this notable docu ment and briefly compare it with the clauses of that perfection of legislation—the Reform Act. Stand forth Sir John Camp bell, Knight, &c. No. I.—" I am of opinion that in point of time, the publi cation of the list in this case is not liable to any objection." The question, as I understand it is simply this—whether the lists ought not to have been affixed to the church and cha pel doors during the whole of the first two Sundays in August last, anil I find it admitted by the liberal party that such no tices were not so placed until the evening of the first Sunday. Now, what says the act itself? Sec. 44 enacts that the over seer shall cause a sufficient number of copies of the signed lists to be affixed "on the two Sundays" there pointed out. Now, I beg leave to state, that this enactment could only be for the object of publicity during the usual hours of church service, to enable parties whose names do not appear, to send in the proper claims, and parties on the lists to give the ne cessary notices of objection, and in this view it is clear that the whole of the Sunday is intended, for otherwise it might as well be argued that publication one minute before twelve o'clock at night would be a sufficient compliance with the act, and I doubt if any sound lawyer would place himself in so awkward a predicament. Such a publication would be a mere mockery, and 1 maintain that the courts of law will and al ways do take notice of the fraction of a day, if it be necessary for the purposes of justice, and yet coolly, says Sir John, the time is not liable to any objection. No. 2.—" I am of opinion that the act has not been strictly complied with, as to churches and chapels, and that it would be proper to return to the former practice ou this subject." True, thou second Daniel ! The act expressly says, that such notices shall be affixed " on or near the door of all the churches or chapels." Mark that little word all. Now it is again admitted by the liberal party that such notices were only placed on eleven out of all the churches ; and yet says Sir John, this is a sufficient compliance with the act. 1 boldly affirm it is not, and until I can be convinced that the half is equal to the whole, I must continue to differ from this most vaunted opinion. No. 3.—" 1 am clearly of opinion that no condition prece dent has been violated, that the irregularity pointed out is merely a departure from a directory enactment, and that the revising barrister is bound to revise the list." Indeed, a mere departure from a directory enactment — what honied words for the eager throats of the trembling liberal party, and how delicate, how tender a rebuke to the unfor tunate overseers, who, by a mere departure from a compul sory clause, from " the absolute shall," of the statute, have rendered themselves liable under the 76th sec., to on ac tion for £5OO penalty at the suit of every elector aggrieved. The words of the act are peremptory, as much so as the act making murder a felony punishable by death. There the words are, " whosoever shall' stab, cut, or wound any per son, &c., with intent to murder." Here " the overseers shall cause ; and yet, in one statute, the word is to be con strued in its positive, and in the other in a negative sense, " merely directory." Really, Sir John, this the argument "ad absurdum" with a vengeance. The revising barrister is bound to revise the list. Is he, indeed ? I say he is first bound to see that the requisitions of the statute have been fully complied with ; and for this purpose he is to examine the overseers touching the accuracy and publication of the lists ; and I at once assert, that unless the overseers can show a full compliance on their parts with the act, the lists are not those contemplated by the statute, but, in fact, a non entity, and the judicial power of the revising barrister entirely at an end. lam fortified in my view of this subject by the opinion of many eminent lawyers, and the decision of several revising barristers, men who, unlike others, do not wor ship riches, and are too high-minded to bow the knee to Baal. No. 4.—" I entertain no doubt that a good election may take place under the present list, when revised. Even should the revising barrister be of a contrary opinion, I would most re spectfully, but most earnestly, advise him to revise the list, leaving the question open for decision by a committee of the House of Commons." A good election indeed—" ex nihilo nihil fit." So that an election under a bad, and I say illegal list, must ne cessarily be good. Common sense cannot swallow such absurdity. Next peeps out the cloven foot ;—" leave the question open for decision by a committee of the House of Commons." Well done, Sir John. Carry the election, you liberal party, if you can; lend the sinking ministry, a vote on the address, or any other little measure of straw, at which your drowning friends may catch in their downward course to political perdition. Leave to the wicked tories the expense and labour of au election petition, the con duct of which may be spun out by a little whig ingenuity for half the session ; but pray let the house usurp the func tions of the revising barrister, it suits our party purpose, and the end sanctifies the means. Truly, Sir John, you are wise in your generation ;—watch this manoeuvre well conservatives. and see that you prevent its being carried into effect, state it fearlessly to the revising barristers, and urge them to pause ere they decide, on the validity of the lists—much may hang on their decision. If the conservative party would but shake off their slumber, and rouse from their nerveless apathy to the energy of prompt and decisive action, sure I am that our enemies would quail before us, and the bright banner of our glorious constitution, in church and state, again shine forth triumphant and free. No. 5.—" if he were to refuse to do so, the whole parish of Liverpool must be disfranchised for the whole year." Aye, " there's the rub," and fitting is it that the restless clamourers " for the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill," should take the penalty of their bond, Shylock-like ; let them have their pound of flesh, and nothing else. Well will it read in history, that by the wisdom of the whigs, and no fault of its own, the second city in the empire was for a time disfranchised !"—" Most sapient senators. No. 6.—" Claims could not be made in the manner pro posed." " 'Tis true, 'tis pity, pity 'tis, 'tis true." No. 7.—" Nothing more can now be done to correct the ir regularities ; but I am of opinion, that with a view to revision and al subsequent proceedings, it is quite immaterial. 9 J. CAMPBELL. Temple, Aug. 18, 1840. What a climax ! Oh, wise young man, how do I honour thee. Quite immaterial—be it so; and you Sir John, now you have earned your fee. But surely the strong good sense of the true men of Liverpool cannot be gulled by such non sense as this—" immaterial." So that in sober earnest, the statute has no peremptory definite meaning, but is to be twisted in the due performance of its enactments, at the dis cretion of the overseers. If this be so it is indeed a thing of shreds and patches; if it be not, how long ye gentle liberal reformers, will ye strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. How often will ye expend in a pitiful species of bribery, say £2000., in paying up the taxes of poor voters, and find as ye have now done, a mare's nest ? P. P. Liverpool, Oct. sth, 1840. THE GREAT LIVERPOOL. This now splendid steamer left Falmouth at two o'clock on Friday afternoon, for Alexandria, with a very large East India mail, comprising forty chests of letters and other despatches. From a letter we have seen from a passenger who accompa nied her from Liverpool, it appears she encountered very heavy weather in the Irish Channel, but her speed was never below 7 knots, and, when the gale moderated, she occasionally reached 101 knots. " I never," says the writer, " was in so fine a sea boat ; there was no rolling—no creaking of bulk heads ; and, as far as stiffness, it is impossible to careen her over with any canvass that can be set." She had a great number of passengers. In the previous accounts of this vessel no particulars were given as to the improvements made in the engine and boiler department, a point of so much importance in vessels which are intended for long voyages. It is now, however, due to Messrs. Page and Grantham, who have been entrusted with the work, to publish some of the particulars. The success which has attended their efforts is doubly gratifying, as it proves that the directors were justified in incurring the heavy expenses with which these alterations have been attended. The original boilers were so placed that the firemen and engi neers were in different parts of the vessel; the boilers also were very large and heavy, and, by their arrangement, a great loss of room was occasioned, which in a vessel of such small beam could be ill spared. Several plans were proposed, but that suggested by Messrs. Page and Grantham was preferred, and afterwards executed by them. By this arrangement no less than 8000 cubic feet of stowage room was obtained, about 80 tons weight in iron and water removed, and a reduction of three engineers and six stokers and coal trimmers made in the engine department. As some experiments were made on the first trials, with differ ent kinds of coals, no accurate results could be obtained as to the effect of her new boilers. On her trip to Falmouth, however, when all was considered to be in good order, two persons were sent, one employed by the company and another by Messrs. Page and Grantham, to weigh the coals as they were used. The engineer had at the same time strict orders that nothing was to be done that could at all retard the speed of the vessel by working expansively. She started with 510 tons coals, and all her stores and water for the Alexandria voyage, and encountered heavy weather ; her minimum speed was 7 knots, maximum 10i knots per hour, the engines mak ing from ten to thirteen revolutions per minute. At the end of the voyage it was found that the coal consumed had ave raged rather more than 18 cwt. per hour, being 38 tons la cwt. for the entire passage, being, perhaps, by a considerable amount, the most successful effort in the economy of fuel yet made. MRS. ST. ALBIN.—We understand that it is the inten tion of Mrs. St. Albin to give a grand concert in December on January next, for the purpose of introducing her daughter as a piano -forte player. Mrs. St. Albin, who has so often delighted her hearers, has not appeared for some time in public. Her re-appearance will, we are sure, be hailed with delight by every lover of sweet sounds. Mrs. St. Albin has secured the well-known talent of Mr. Phillips, Miss Bruce, and Miss M. B. Hawes, who has never yet sang in this city, and whose most beautiful voice and pure style, render her so highly attractive. The band is to be complete.—Chester Courant. SHAKSPERE'S RICHARD THE THIRD.—We are glad to see that Mr. Stuart's lecture, lat e ly d e li vere d b y hi m at t h e Literary Institution, is now published. Every lover of Shakspere, and every man who venerates his name and genius, will be pleased to see this attempt which Mr. Stuart makes to rescue the fine tragedy of Richard the Third from the rubbish of Colley Cibber. This lecture was delivered with great success, and made a deep impression upon those who heard it. We have always been of opi n i on th a t t h e Ri chard, as exhibited on the stage, is not the Richard of history. Mr. Stuart's lecture has completely convinced us of the p ropr i ety of this opinion. We recommend it to notice. MusicAL BOXES.—There is now on sale at Mr. Verley's, in Parker-street, one of the largest musical boxes ever rile nufactured. We recommend our musical friends to inspect t ; it is quite a treat to hear i it perform. The tones are ex quisite, and the execution s most brilliant. It plays four overtures, in a style equal to any orchestra—whether for. precision, time, or effect. MUNICIPAL REVISION. FRIDAY. At nine o'clock on FridWinoining, the assessors took their seats on the bench, and proceeded with the list of objec tions : Elliott Bayley, radical, Prince Edward-lane, was first called. The service of the notice was personal. The server asked him if his name was Elliott Bayley, he replied that it was, and then he delivered the notice into his hand. Mr. JAMES submitted that the service was not sufficient. Mr. HARVEY ruled that it was. James Alderny was then sworn.—Knows Mr. Bayley ; he resided in Prince Edward-lane for the last few years, and paid his rates. On his cross-examination, the witness said he believed Mr. Bayley was not in any business, but that he was independent ; was not aware that he was a journeyman upholsterer; did not see him pay his rates. Mr. WILKINS submitted that the case had failed, inas much as it should be distinctly proved that the party's rates had been paid by himself. They had heard of such associa tions as protector societies, the object of which might be to pay rates for other people without their privity and know ledge, and such a payment would not answer in law. Mr. JAMES replied. If the rates were not paid, it was open to his learned friend on the other side to show that fact. Mr. WILKINS said that the onus probandi of proving a fact always lay upon the affirming party, and that the counsel upon the opposite side were never yet required to disprove.— Vote allowed. The MAYOR, after the decision in the last case, hoped the public would see that it was absolutely necessary the party objected to should attend or give some sufficient reason for absenting himself. 1 - lenry Brownrigg, conservative, of Clarence-street, was next called. The service was personal. Mr. Brownrigg sworn—Married a Miss Blair, of Mill street, in January last. She paid her rates punctually. Cross-examined.—Slept one night in Mill-street, and the next day went to reside with his wife in Clarence-street.— Vote allowed. Frank Bunnell, conservative, of Clifton-street, called. — Vote allowed. Joseph Butler, conservative, of Howarth-street, called.— Vote allowed. Daniel Bentley, conservative, of Bude-street, called, but did not appear. The notice was served at a Mrs. Elliott's house, at which the server was told the elector lived a short time before. Mr. WILKINS contended that the service was invalid, in asmuch as it was not proved that the premises, where the notice was served, were those for which the man was rated. —Ordered to stand over. Moses Bullock, conservative, of Poplar-street, called. The notice was served upon his wife.—Vote allowed. 'William Brindley, conservative, Hygeia-street, called. Notice served on his wife. The rates of the party were paid up to August last, not by himself, but, he believed, by his wife.—Vote disallowed. William Brooks, conservative, of Netherfield-road South called, but did not appear—Notice proved—Vote stands over. Thomas Baldwin, conservative, of Prince Edwin•street called. The notice was served on the house, at which the server was told the party resided. The notice was folded up, and pushed under the door. Mr. WILKINS contended that the service was invalid, for the same reason as the assessors decided the day before, that service of the notice through the keyhole was insufficient. Mr. H ARVFY could certainly draw no distinction between service through the key-hole, and service under the door, provided every other means of making a personal service had been exhausted before such expedients were resorted to. The two other assessors believed that the service was good, inasmuch as the server knocked at the door several times, and received no answer—Vote allowed. The MAYOR here announced that it was the intention of the assessors to adjourn that day at one o'clock, and to sit until eight that evening. Mr. JAMES thought that an adjournment of a quarter of an hour at one o'clock would be scarcely sufficient for refresh ment purposes ; besides, arrangements had been made in St. Peter's Ward between the parties on both sides, so that such extraordinary expedition was rendered partly unnecessary. Mr. IVILKINs said that the first two days of the sessions would necessarily occupy more time in hearing the objections than would be occupied on any subsequent days, because he could say for himself, and he believed he might say the same for his learned friend on the otheriside, that when the asses sors made their several decisions in the cases, most of which would be perfectly nnderstood that evening, they would not afterwards be required to alter them. In fact such decisions would act as precedents throughout the remainder of the ses sions. The MA you. said it depended more upon the counsel than on the assessors to expedite the proceedings, for if long speeches were made, considerable time would be consumed. Mr. WILKINS observed that hitherto every objection he had urged was taken, because he believed it was a good and valid one ; and he made it the rule of his life never to quarrel with a decision of a court once that it was pronounced. The moment that a decision was come to, he would not argue the objection again ; therefore, after the first two days, the en quiry would be shortened ; and if they were to sit there until eight o'clock at night, he thought they might discharge their duties expeditiously, but whether they would do so efficati ously was another question. The MAYOR said he had proposed to the assessors to sit until 12 o'clock at night. (Laughter.) Mr. WILKINS could assure his worship that he would not find such late sittings to be very easy play, and that after a night or two, he would find that he was not as well able to discharge his onerous duties as when he commenced proceed ings in the morning. The MAYOR could assure Mr. Wilkins that he was so much accustomed to hard work, that he could afford to work similarly on the present occasion. The conversation here dropped, and the proceedings were resumed. The name of Frederick Clibborn (reformer) being called, it was objected that the person who appeared for him, his landlord, who spoke to his tenancy, &c., was not by him duly authorised to do so. A long argument arose on this point, in the course of which— Mr. JAMES contended that under the 18th section of the act, the evidence of the witness from his knowledge of the facts was strictly legal, and could not in justice be rejected by the court ; who, however, were competent to give to that evidence the weight which they conceived it deserved. Mr. WILKIN s, on the other hand, did not deny that his opponents might call as witnesses whom they thought fit ; but that the evidence he had given of the right of the party to be on the register was not, hesubmitted, satisfactory. He took occasion to compliment the Mayor at the close of his address, for his judicious, and impartial conduct throughout the previous proceedings. The question was not of the legal competency of the witness, which he admitted ; but as it ap peared to him that the evidence was insufficient, he requested that the case might he put off till another day, so that the man might appear himself. Mr. WRIGHT thought that to admit of the vote on such evidences alone, would open the door to future abuses. The vote was, however, finally allowed, with a protest from Mr. Wright. _ A number of objections were then disposed of by the votes being allowed. Amongst them were Thos. Crook, Henry Corlett, John and Henry Holmes, Thos. Carter, Peter Dudgeon, Daniel Ellis, John Davies, David Evans, Thomas Morris, Wm. Franklin, C. Fleetwood, and Richard For shaw. Several others were adjudged to stand over, the par ties not being present. REFORM ASSOCIATION—EXTRAORDINARY DECISION. Christopher Harrison, reformer, of Beacon-row, called. He was a labourer subject to the payment of Ils. 6d. rates. Those rates, he said, he paid, but he refused, by the advice of Mr. James, to tell where he got the money from. The question was put several times, but he remained silent. Mr. Harvey desired him to reply, when he declared that he could not say that he earned the money by his labour ; did not think he earned it, but would not say where he got the money ; be lieved it was paid from the Reform Association—(cheers, mingled with hisses, and cries of " Silence !")—paid the rates himself ; a person went with him at the time to pay them ; that person's name was John Winstanley ; went on two oc casions to pay them ; the second time he went Mr. Pritchard accompanied him ; had the money the first time, but it was refused to be taken by Mr. Shaw, as it was not the full amount ; returned then to Mr. Pritchard, but did not get the money from that gentleman ; got it from Mr. John Jones, a stonemason, whom he met close to his own house in Everton ; Jones came to him, and he went to Jones; Jones came to him in the first instance and lent him the money; gave no security or acknowledgment for it; never paid it back since. Mr. WILKINS thought the present an attempted evasion of the requirements of the legislature. It was clear the money was given to the man to pay his rates, and, if given, it was bribery ; if it was lent, then he hoped a similar line of con duct would be adopted by the court as was adopted by the revising barristers throughout the country—namely, that when they found a party admitting that money was given to him to pay his rates they treated it as a nullity of the reform act, and to call such a transaction as was deposed to here a loan, was a farce too contemptible to be entertained by any rational mind for a single moment. He (the learned counsel) did not know how others felt, but if he had been the instru ment of placing that old man, who had just been under exa mination, in the box, instead of saying that it was he did it, he would have hid himself from society. He did not wish to throw his feelings into the case, but being only a man he con fessed that when he saw the wretched being, hesitating be tween truth and falsehood-4esitating, prevaricating, and quivering with agitation—lie did regret that political feeling and faction should so far get the upperhand of an individual's better nature as to induce him to say that it was he did it. To call such a thing as this a loan was worse than a mockery. Mr. JAMES said that his learned friend had thrown away much of his eloquence to no effect. The strong language em ployed was irrelevant to the point at issue. The question was, whether the witness was entitled by law to have his name on the register, lie having paid the money for his rates, as appeared in evidence. There was no fraud whatever proved against him, and if people were not to be permitted to pay any debt with borrowed money, even the commercial tran sactions of the country would be rendered null and void. He put several hypothetical cases in point in support of his opinion. Mr. WILKINS responded, urging that the money given to a man so destitute could not be considered other than a bribe, which was a contraversion of the law, and went to disqualify the witness as a voter. It was a direct violation of the spirit of the act of parliament. The arguments on both sides being heard, the Court ad journed at a quarter-past one until two o'clock, when the proceedings were resumed. Mr. WIGHT then said, so far as he was concerned he would not permit any one to vote who had not paid his rates bona fide himself. In this case Mr. Jones was decidedly a mere volunteer in the matter. The act of payment was any thing but that of the party defending his vote, to which he did not conceive him entitled. Mr. HARVEY said that the party procured the money to pay his rates ; and no matter whether it were a gift or a loan, as no fraud was proved, he considered the party entitled to his vote. It was then decided by the Mayor and Mr. Harvey that the vote should be allowed. Mr. WILKINS requested the Mayor to take a note of the fact, as it was probable that the case would be brought into a superior court. Mr. HARVEY said that was the proper plac e t o t a k e it to, if the parties were not satisfied. He, and those who acted with him, could only be guided by the act as it then stood. ALLEGED CASE OF BRIBERY. Mr. WILKINS then rose again and said—l have an appli cation now to make to the court. It is this—that the calling of all the parties in Everton Ward, as well as in St. Paul's, and another ward or two, upon whom notices have been served by a man of the name of Johnson, and also by a man of the name of Thurtell, may be postponed to the end of the list. Mr. WRIGHT.—State the grounds of your application. Mr. WILKINS.—I will, though I would rather not; how ever, as lam compelled so to do, I must. I unhesitatingly aver, then, that Johnson, a man who has served notices for us in Evertou Ward, and also another of the name of Thur tell, have been paid sums of money by members of the other party to quit this town ; and I am also prepared to show that no less a sum than £2OO was offered to another of the par ties connected with us, and who served notices for us, to prevail on him also to quit the town. Mr. HARVEY.—If you prove the two first cases, it will be unnecessary for you to go into the third. Mr. WILKINS.—SO far as Johnson and Thurtell are con cerned, I can prove that they have been thus treated infer entially. The DEPUTY TOWN -CLERK (to the mayor)—That won't do. Mr. WILKINS.—I beg I may not be interrupted. Mr. JAMES.—If you are not making this application on affidavit, I must oppose it. Mr. Wimcms.--If you wish, 1 shall call the man before the court who has had too much integrity to listen to the offer made him, and he shall state on his oath the offer that was made, where it was made, when it was made, and by whom it was made. (Loud cheers.) The MAYOR.—I request that perfect silence may be kept, and that the officers of the court will do their duty. Mr. WILKINS.—I cannot help expressing a little astonish ment at the anxiety displayed by the deputy town-clerk in getting up to tell the co ur t his legal opinion, and to dictate to the mayor. Mr. CROOK, in the course of some sharp remarks that ensued, complained of the temper of the learned gentleman, and the injustice of his accusation. The bench finally decided to hear the evidence viva rove, which Mr. Wilkins said he could produce—with the under standing that Mr. James, who had not had notice of its being to be brought forward, should at a future time be enabled to have it repeated, and to bring forward such evidence as he thought fit to rebut it. Before the witness was produced some severe and accusatory language was used by Mr. Wil , kips, which was replied to by Mr. James, and noticed from the bench. Mr. Wilkins complained, in strong terms, of the frequent and improper interferences he met with from Mr. Harvey, but we have not space to particularise. Finally Charles Maddock was called. Witness said he knew Charles Benjamin Johnson, and had known him for some years. He (Johnson) lived in Peter -street, and witness had seen him take notices of objection out of Mr. Pennington's office. Witness went to the house where he lived in Peter-street, on Wednesday, the 30th of September, and found there the lady of the house. She said he had not been in all night ; and he had not seen him since. On the morning of Wednesday, at four o'clock, he heard a gentleman make a loud knocking at the door of the house in Peter-street in which he himself lived. A person who lived in the front room opened the window, and he then saw a man named Abraham Chapman, who keeps a hatter's shop in Leigh-street, in the street. He saw nothing in his hand either then or at any other time. Something was said about Johnson's house. There was be sides the woman of the house an unfortunate woman whom he had frequently seen with Johnson. Witness saw him the day before at Mr. Pennington's office, making up his papers as a notice man, on the day before. On Wednesday, at nine o'clock, Johnson was gone. Johnson was formerly clerk with Mr. Hodgson, an attorney ; but witness did not know what be had been employed upon lately. Mr. JAMES declined to cross-examine the witness, as lie did not think it worth while. Mr. WILKINS contended that the evidence went to show that Johnson had been sent out of the way, and urged his former application. Mr. JAMES contended that there was no proof whatever of any fraud or improper conduct on the part of those who em ployed him. It was not even shown that the man had been looked for elsewhere, and he might still be in the totvn. There was no proof whatever of any thing approaching to bribery, and he submitted that the man was legally entitled to his vote. Mr. WRIGHT said that he thought no case was made out to warrant them depriving the individual of his vote. Mr. HARVEY and the MAYOR similarly expressed them selves. Mr. WILKINS remarked that it was a hard case for them whom lie represented. Mr. H ARVEY considered it was by no means a hard case. The court then decided that there was no ground to accede to the application of Mr. Wilkins. The list of objections was then gone on with (still in Ever ton ward), and several votes were allowed. The objection against Ormerod Heyworth, Esq., was with drawn, and his vote allowed. The following votes were then allowed :—John Harrison, Joseph Hoskins, Wm. Horsman, Thomas Johnson, Richard Jackson, Francis Jaques, Evan Evans, Joseph Jones, Richard Kerr, Thomas Kidd, Thomas Kirk Bride, Isaac Law, and several others. The votes of several parties who did not attend, were adjudged to stand over. The court then adjourned. SATURDAY. The court met at nine o'clock this morning, and continued the revision of the burgh list for Everton ward. There was nothing remarkable in any of the cases, except that Mr. Wenman Abraham, a conservative voter, represented so many burgesses, who had deputed him to attend for them, as to call forth some remarks from Mr. James. Mr. Wilkins added, that however he might admire Mr. Abraham's zeal it was not becoming to appear' as a wholesale representative. Mr. Abraham replied that he appeared not as a wholesale re presentative, but for a few of his neighbours who had re quested him, as they were unable to attend. KIRKDALE. The list of burgesses for the Kirkdale division of the Ever ton ward was next submitted, and it was stated that an ar rangement had been made by which the claims and objections on both sides would be withdrawn. SCOTLAND WARD. In this ward forty-one objections were withdrawn by the consent of both parties. Robert Burnett, house, Hornby-street, was cbjected to by the conservatives. The notice server having been called he was cross-examined by Mr. Wilkins. It appeared that he had not read the objection before he served it, and that he could not repeat even the substance of it to the court. Mr. WILKINS then asked the court whether there was any proof that the notice had been served as the act re quired. As soon as the man got the notices he packed them altogether; he wrote upon a certain gaper that he had served a copy of it on Burnett, in Hornby-street ; but he distinctly stated that he would not tell what the contents of that paper were. Under such circumstances there was no evidence that ho had served a legal notice. Mr. JAMES, in reply, contended that the man was igno rant, and that it was not to be expected lie should correctly repeat the very words of the notice. He had, however, proved sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the act. Mr. HARVEY said he should have been satisfied that the objection was good, if the act had not stated that the notice of objection should be in the form therein given, or " to the like effect." Mr. WRIGHT thought that Mr. James had answered him self of his own argument. He said the notice was good be cause the man was ignorant, because he had neglected to read, and could not recollect what the contents of it were. Could any man be allowed to say, " I served the papers which were given to me upon the persons for whom they were intended, but I did not read one of them till two or three days afterwards." The man's memory was bad ; he could not recollect the main points of the object i to which it was his bounden duty to do. With regard to the words," to the like effect" in the act, he apprehended that they meant the words of the notice itself, but it was clear that the copy must be an exact copy of the notice served. He thought, therefore, in this case the notice had not been proved. The MAYOR said he had no doubt that the notice was good. The party claiming not being present the investigation into the qualification was postponed. Joseph Burch, house, Burlington-street, was objected to by the whigs. The claimant stated that a friend had paid his rates for him, and that he was indebted to him for the amount. Mr. JAMES objected to the vote. The only proof before the court was that the rates had been paid, but it had not been proved that they had been paid by the party autho rised ; and the court could not take this witness's statement of the authority. Mr. WILKINS replied that the facts spoke for themselves. The man said, " I did not pay my rates myself, but a friend did, and to him I am i n d e b ted for t h e am ount." The rates were paid, and it was the fair inference that they had been paid by the party deputed. Mr. JAMES rejoined that the attendance of the party who had paid the rates was necessary. The court were not to be satisfied with the fact that the rates were paid ; it must be proved that the voter had paid them himself or by sonic agent. Mr. HARVEY thought the deputation must be connected with the payment. The Ass or then further examined the claimant, who said that a person named Davies had paid his rates. Davies lived, he believed, in Grosvenor-street : he had known him a few weeks. First saw him in Burlington street, and witness began the conversation by telling him he wished to be on the register ; told him what length of time lie had lived in the house, and that if he would pay the rates, he would pay him again. Davies said that should be done. Mr. Davies was solicitor for a brcwhouse near Vauxhall. road. Gave him no note of hand or written acknowledgement for the money, nor had any time been fixed for the repayment. The rates were paid for three years. Mr. WRIGHT thought certainly this vote ought not to be allowed. It was a system of fraud upon the spirit of the act of parliament. The payment of rates was sufficiently proved, but the question was whether this was not a system carried on for the purpose of committing a fraud upon the act of par liament. He thought it was. Mr. WILKINS thought the case was perfectly analagous to that of Aldersey decided yesterday. Mr. JAMES observed, that that decision was not upon his objection. Mr. H ARVEY said the case had not been opened as a pay ment by the party himself; he (Mr. H.) had recourse, there fore, to the presumption qui facit per cilium fecit per se, but that presumption had been shaken by the examination which he had instituted. The MAYOR said, in his opinion, there was no evidence of the party having paid the rates himself. A long argument ensued, Mr. Wilkins strenuously contending for the suffi &ency of the payment. The Court, however, held differently, and the vote was struck out. John Brown, house, Back Portland-street, was objected to by the :onservatives. The notice of objection, after some cavil, was proved ; and Ann Brown, wife of the claimant, was called to establish the vote. She proved an occupation of three years, and the payment of all the rates for that time. The following colloquy took place between Mr. Wilkins and the witness : Well, Mrs. Brown, what is Mr. Brown ?-:-.lle is an Irish man, sir. What does he get ?—He is a labourer, and gets 16s. a week. Who paid these rates ?—I did myself. When ?—On the 31st August. How much did you pay ?—I paid three years' rates. What was the amount ?—I think it was £l. 7s. 6d. From whom did you receive the money ?—I borrowed it from a neighbour. • Mr. JAMES objected to any questions being asked of this kind. Mr. WILKINS said, surely he could not be objected to, as he was only following the example of his learned friend in a former case. Mr. HARVEY thought that some discretion must be allowed to counsel in putting questions. The question might be put. Mr. WILKINS then resumed his cross-examination. From wham, he asked, did you receive this £1 7s. 6d. ?—I bor rowed part of it, and the remainder I had myself. What was the name of the person from whom you bor rowed part ?—lt is no matter to you. Oh ! but if it is matter to me, I'll thank you to tell me. Mr. HARVEY.—Mrs. Brown, answer the question. Well, sir, if I borrowed the money, and have to pay it back, it's no matter to him. Mr. WILKINS.—NOW, Mrs. Brown, from whom did you borrow the money ?—You would not know him, if I were to tell you.—(Great laughter.) Oh ! but I'll run the risk of that. You are not doing yourself much credit by this sort of answers. Mrs. Brown, now I will thank you to tell me from whom you received this money ?—I borrowed it, as I tould you before.—(Continued laughter.) From whom ?—John Carrol. What is John Carrol ?—A labourer. Did you give John Carrol any acknowledgment for the money ?—No, sir. Was any person present when he lent it to you ?—No ; only his wife. Where did he lend it to you ?—ln his own house. On what day did you borrow it?-011 the day I paid it. Do you mean to say that you borrowed it from John Car rol, or that John Carrol got it from some one for you ?—I borrowed it from him, and can't tell where he got it.—Do you mean to state you cannot tell whether he borrowed the money from some one else ? Here Mr. James interposed, but the examination was con tinued some time longer, with the view of ascertaining whe ther the money had not been paid by the Protector Society, but the witness swore, most distinctl y, th at s h e knew nothing of such an institution. Neither could she tell that Carrol was an agent of the society. Mr. HARVEY—Can you carry this any further? Mr. WILKINS—NO. The vote was then allowed, Mr. Wright intimating that lie differed in opinion upon it with his brother Assessor. James Bracken, house, Back Portland -street, was objected to by the conservatives, on the ground that his rates had been paid by the Protector Society. This claimant was also subjected to a very long cross-examination. He said he had paid the rates himself, but had given the receipt for them to a person who name be did not know, and whose place of business, under the advice of Mr. James, he refused to dia. close. Mr. Wilkins then argued, that he had traced the pay : ment of the rates to the Protector Society, and he called upon the Court to disallow the vote, as it was a violation of the • spirit of the act of Parliament, and, next year, might create scenes that would for ever disgrace the town of Liverpool. Mr. Harvey decided that the vote was good. Mr. Wright dissented, and the Mayor said, that he had taken an opinion upon the question, by which he should be guided. He was of opinion, then, that Mr. Wilkins had no right to put the questions which he had, and that the money being paid from the hands of the party himself did not prove that he was merely the instrument of paying it. He had the power of misapplying the money. The vote was, therefore, good. Al lowed. Mr. WILKINS—I would much rather the Mayor would act upon his own opinion than upon that of other people. The MAYOR—I am sure you will give me credit when I say that it is the best opinion I can form. Mr. WILKINS.—I am quite certain of that ; but the opinion you have read is not law, indeed. In several cases, the rates of which had been paid in the fame manner, the wives appeared, when the rates had been paid by the husbands. This was held not to be sufficient evi dence of payment, and the cases were postponed. John Carrol, house Back Portland-street, was opposed by Mr. WILKINS, who asked him if he had lent Mrs. Brown [case reported above] any money to pay her rates. He re plied that he could not recollect. When, asked the counsel, did she get the money from you ? She did not get it from me to my knowledge. You paid your own rates on the 31st August? My wife paid them, sir. Have you any receipt for them? I have not seen it, as I was not there. Why, were you out of town ? No. Where were you then ? I was walking in procession on that day. What procession ? Tee procession of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. You are a very odd fellow, and we shall be glad to see Mrs. Car rol on Monday. Case adjourned to produce Mrs. Carrol. At this period of the business the Assessors intimated that a notice would be issued, to the effect that, after this day, in all cases where the rates had been paid otherwise than year by year, all the parties who had paid them must attend to prove the payments. This announcement was received with applause. Patrick Cantwell claimed for a house in William -street, but was opposed by Mr. WILKINS. It appeared that last year the name had been properly entered in the rate-book, but that for the two preceding years it had been entered as John Cantwell. Mr. WILKINS, on this, objected that the parties could not he identical, and that, if they were, the as sessors had no power to amend the rate-book for the last two years, inasmuch as it had always been held to prove itself. He cited several cases from Rogers, Delane, and other re porters of election decisions. Mr. JAMES took a contrary view, relying upon the fact that there was no other Patrick Cantwell in the neighbour hood, and that Patrick Cantwell had paid the rates for the three years. Mr. HARVEY and the MAYOR were of opinion that the objection was unsound, and Mr. WRIGHT that it was valid. The investigation therefore proceeded. Bridget Cantwell, sister to the claimant, was called in support of the vote, and she stated that she had paid the rates for him in his absence. From whom, inquired Mr. WILKINS, in cross•examina tion, did you get this money ? Mr. JAMES.—You have no right, Mr. Wilkins, to ask that question. Mr. WILKINS.—This woman stated, that she got the money in her brother's absence ; and that she paid it in his absence; and, in order to ascertain whether it was a pay ment of her brother's or her own, surely I have a right to ask her where she got the money. Mr. HARVEY.—Yes, I think you have. Witness.—l got it honestly, gentlemen. Mr. Wrucrss.—lf you got it honestly then you will have no objection to tell us from whom you got it ?—I got it honestly, I tell you. I do not accuse you of getting it dishonestly ?—Well, I shan't tell you. Did your brother know of you getting it gave him the receipts. Before he went out he knew of ycu going to receive it ? Yes. I want to know, did he know where you were to get it from ?—I do not know. Mr. WILKINS.—I submit to the Court, that, if ever there was a case for the attendance of the party himself, this is one. Mr. JAMES, before the Court decided, wished to ex amine the witness. Did your brother, he asked, know you were going to pay the rates ?—No. But you told him that you were going to pay them ?—Yes. At that time you had not got the money ?—Did you un derstand me when I asked you whether you got the money upon your own account or your brother's ?—I got it upon my own account. Mr. HARVEY.—You are out of court, Mr. James. We shall reject this vote. You have called this witness as the agent, and the agent has disproved her authority. Vote disallowed. The Court adjourned at six o'clock. MONDAY. The court opened this morning at nine o'clock. Before the commencement of business, the MAYOR announced that at one o'clock the court would adjourn for half an hour, and sit until eight o'clock in the evening. Mr. HARVEY said that as he was the means of not reject ing the claim of an Irishman on Saturday who refused to an swer the questions put to him, he would state that the court was now of opinion that they ought not in future to allow the vote of any man who refused to answer a question. In one case the court had allowed the vote in which the witnesses refused to answer, and in another they had not; one, then, would balance the other, and it was now distinctly to be un derstood that if any man refused to answer, the court would reject him. Mr. JAMES.—You have put it generally. You say if a man refuses to answer a question. Mr. HARVEY.—No : I said, or meant to say, if he refuses to answer a question, which, in our opinion, is one that ought to he answered. Mr. JAMES said that as far as he was concerned he thought this a very correct determination. Mr. WRIGHT observed that if the court had once com mitted error they ought not to persevere in it. The MAYOR said counsel would save themselves and the court a great deal of time and trouble if they would consent to withdraw such objections as were frivolous. Mr. WILKIss and Mr. JAMES observed that this was most desirable, and that they would do their utmost to adopt the suggestion. ST. PETERS' WARD. The objections on both sides in this ward were withdrawn by mutual consent. There were 331 by the conservatives, and 131 by the whips. SCOTLAND WARD REVISION. Michael: Collins, Carlton-street, was objected to by the conservatives. In cross-examination, by Mr. WILKINS, the claimant stated that all his rates for three years had been paid. The learned counsel produced a paper, and said he got this paper from the same place where he got the money from. He could not, however, tell where the place was. The following dialogue then took place. Did you ever see this paper before ?—I cannot tell you. I never looked at it before. When did you get the money to pay your rates ?—The last day in July. Did you get the money from the same place where you got the paper ?—Yes. Did you get the whole of the money from the same place where you got the paper ?—I think it was. At that time you did not pay the rates with your own money ?—No. Since that time you have paid part of the money back ? Yes. How much ?—I paid a shilling, and I intend to pay the remainder. When did you pay the shilling f—On Saturday last. Who came to you for that shilling?—No person. Was it in consequence of what somebody said to you that you paid the shilling ?—Not altogether—l had other reasons. Was that part of the reason ?—I do not know whether it was or not. How did you pay this shilling back ?—To a man that was appointed to receive it. Where ?—At a house in Scotland-road. Can't you tell what it was ?—lt was a public-house. What made you go to pay the shilling ?—I do not know. What induced you to pay that shilling back ?—I thought it was nearly time to pay it. Do you mean to swear you were prompted to that by your own mind alone ?—No. Was it in consequence of something that was said to you that you paid the shilling ?—lt was in consequence of some thing that I heard. When was that something said ?-1 do not know. What is your belief?—lt was either upon Saturday or Friday. You say you paid it to the man that was appointed to re ceive it ?-1 thought so. What made you go to the house in Scotland-road to pay that shilling?-1 understood the man was to receive it there. Cannot you tell what house it was ?—I am not quite sure. How came you to know that at that public-house in Scotland-road there was a person to receive the money ?-1 understood that before the Friday or Saturday. Whereabouts is the house ?—lt is in Scotland-road or Scotland-place. Well, if that house was appointed before Friday or Satur day you can tell us where it is ?—lt is in either one or the other. Can you tell us what house it is next to ?—I cannot. Can you tell us what house it is near ?—There is Richmond row leading out of it. What is the sign of the house ?—lt is the sign of the cab bage. (Laughter.) You are not a tailor, are you ?—Yes, I am a tailor, sir, by trade. Then I do not wonder at your going there. Have you often been at the sign of the cabbage to pass your evenings ? Not often. How often, about half a dozen times ?—I cannot say. The claimant was further cross-examined, from which it appeared pretty clear that his rate had been paid by the Protector Society, and upon the assessments and tenancy of his premises. The collector stated that the rates had been paid not in July as the witness stated, but on the 31st of August. Mr. WILKINS made an able speech against the vote, in which he pointed out a variety of contradictions in the tes timony of the witness. After Mr. JAMES had replied, the court held that the vote was good, Mr WRIGHT dissenting on the ground that a fraud upon the spirit of the act of par liament had been proved. Michael G. Cosgrove, house Back Portland-street, another " Protector," was opposed by Mr. WILKINS. Where, asked the learned counsel, did you get the money from to pay your rates ?—I got it from a particular friend. Who is your " particular friend ?"—That is my business. The MAYOR called upon the witness to answer the ques tion. Mr. WILKINS.—Who is the particular friend that lent you the money ?—I cannot tell you who he is. Do you mean to tell the court you do not know who lie is? —I do mean to tell the court so. Mr. HARVEY.—My mind is made up. We shall reject this vote.—Vote struck out. Patrick Cavanagh, house Bostock-street, another " Pro tector," had his vote str uc k out, i t appearing that he had not been properly rated. William Carrol, a " Protector," claiming for a house in Chadwick-street, was opposed by Mr. WILKINS. It appear ed that there had been sufficient residence ; but that before the rates were paid, the name in the rate-book was inserted as William M'Ardle. This name, however, was altered by the overseers on the application of Carrol, when lie paid his rates to his own name. Mr. WILKINS now contended that the vote was bad, on the ground that th e cour t h a d no p ow er to alter the rate book, or consider any thing in it as a mistake. If Carrol were to appeal on such a ground, for instance, the rate would be quashed. He submitted, therefore, that there was no proof that Carrol was rated. Mr. JAMES replied that there was latent ambiguity in the rate-book, and that he had now a right to call evidence to prove that Willi a m Carrol and William M'Ar dle were the same person. Mr. WILKINS rejoined that the question of ambiguity bad nothing to do with the case, and t hat if the principle r w e ' d ere e allowed of alte r ing these names, any name might be altered. Mr. WRIGur said his opinion was that the vote was a good one. Mr. HARVEY said, as the party had not taken advantge of the error in the rate-book to refuse to pay his rates, it would be inequitable now to deprive him of his vote. Then came the question whether the rate-book was conclusive, and whe ther it could be altered ? It appeared to him that it was conclusive, and that evidence might be gone into to prove that it was ambiguous, and might be altered. The MAYOR concurred with Mr. Harvey. Carroll was then cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS,— He had paid 41 7s. 91. for his rates. Took a paper to the overseer's office. Got the paper and the money from a place in Back Castle-street. Had not paid any of the money back ; and had given the receipt to the place in Back Castle street. Had never paid any rates before. Did not know the party from whom he received the money. Went there be cause he had been informed money was lent there on such occasions. Gave no receipt for it. When he got the money he got some directions about it. Complied with those di rections. Felt himself at liberty to do what he liked with the money.—Vote allowed. Mr: HARVEY said he had to request the learned counsel to give their opinion on a very grave question. It was, as to who constituted this court. His own opinion was that the mayor was the court, and that he was to decide, with the assistance of the two assessors. In the case of the Queen v. Bridgenorth, which was a mandamus to set right a wrong decision, the proceeding was against the mayor, and the judgment was against the mayor. Mr. JAMES said the question was one of some difficulty, and he did not like giving an opinion without consideration. Mr. WILKINS quoted the ninth section of the Municipal Act, which appointed the mayor and two assessors to revise the lists. , From the language of this section it was clear that the mayor and the two assessors were the presiding officers and judges of the court. Mr. WRIGHT intimated that he was of a similar opinion. Mr. JAMES declined to give an opinion, on the ground that the question required greater knowledge of the princi ples of law, and of the municipal act, than could be gathered from the mere reading of one single clause. The Court intimated that they had made up their mind. John Callum, of Scotland-road, a " Protector," in his cross-examination by Mr. Wilkins, admitted that he had ob tained the money to pay his rates from the Protector Society. In this case, as well as in many others, a question arose whe ther it was a relevant question to ask the claimant whether he got the money from the society as a loan or a gift. After hearing Mr. Wilkins for, and Mr. James against, the propo sition, the Court delivered its judgment, to the effect that such questions might be put. The Court was bound to pre sume that the questions asked had a tendency to elicit facts, which, themselves. might have a tendency to prove that the witness was not the -Jitness of truth. Mr. Wilkins then cross-examined the witness as follows :—Where did you get the money from ? I got it from Back Castle-street. Did you get it as a loan or as a gift ? As a loan. Do you know the party from whom you got it ? Ido not. Did you get a receipt? les. Where did you get it? From the parish office? And you left it with those from whom you got the money ? lam not going to answer that. Did you, in fact, leave the receipt with them ? I might have done that. You got it back from them to-day ? Yes. The vote was then allowed. Many other cases of the like description were heard. In all of them the Protector Society figured as the payers of the rates. Of course, in accordance with the principle laid down by the Court in an early stage of its proceedings, the votes were allowed. The court adjourned shortly after eight o'clock. WARD MEETINGS. PITT-STREET WARD. A very numerously attended meeting of the electors of Pitt-street Ward took place last evening, for the purpose of being introduced to Thomas Toulmin, Esq., and to adopt measures to ensure his return to the town-council at the en suing election. Mr. Watkin Williams, the chairman of the committee, took the chair. He said he was glad to see so many present, and it delighted him to hear the cheers that were so liberally given. They were truly British cheers, and came from the heart, and showed that those present were ready to go to the charge on the 2d November. The chair man briefly drew attention to the objects of the meeting. JAMES ASPINALL, Esq., (who- was greeted with loud cheers) rose to propose the first resolution. He said that he was glad to see so many present, and not a few blue jackets amongst them. He had to thank the electors in that ward for the kindness which they had shown him whenever he ap peared amongst them ;—he had received more than perhaps any other man in the town. He had been for many months• ill, and had been recommended by his medical adviser to ab stain from any excitement, as the consequence might be most serious to his health. Under these circumstances he was compelled to reject the honour of being put in nomina tion for the ward, and he thought it was his duty individually and collectively to thank them. He would not look back to the time when the municipal bill was passed—he would only revert to the last three months, during which greater events had taken place in this town than in any other town in the kingdom. When the municipal bill was passed, the greatest blessings were promised them ;—since that time principles of so repulican a tendency had been promulgated, that an ho nest Conservative dare not hold up his head—nay, he scarce dared to think—but the time had arrived when Pitt-street ward must wipe off the stigma that had been attached to it. In alluding to the present representative of this ward, he would not say one word against him, either as to his conduct as the father of a family, for that was unexceptionable, or 'in any of his domestic relations, for in them he was highly esteemed ; he would not go into domestic lite, but he objected to him on the grounds of protestantism (cheers) and con servatism. (Cheers.) The speaker then ably alluded to O'Connell's patronage of the town-council, and his having eulogised Mr. Ratbbone and Sir Joshua Walmsley, as the great stars in the political world of Liverpool. (Loud laughter.) The speaker then alluded to the conduct of the town-council, and the political tendency of all its measures. He then begged the electors to look at the state of the town expenditure, which would be published this day, in which it will be seen that the revenues were £120,000, out of which £70,000 arose from the town dues alone. Mr. James Aspinall drew to the recollection of the meeting that when the old corporation were in office Messrs. Bolton, Jevons, and others, cried aloud most lustily for the abolition of the town dues ; but that now there was not a voice raised on the subject. He showed before that £30,000. of that income had been paid to the servants of the corpora tion. (Oh !Oh !) The speaker then touched upon the ware house question, and pointed out the gross injustice of the present town council, and the breach of faith shown to the warehouse owners, who had taken the land at a fair price and a fair competition. The whole proceeding was a job for the purpose of gaining patronage. The speaker then alluded to the introduction of new voters—the cellar constituency--and stated the following facts, that in the following wards there had been put on the registry in the cellars as follows :—Scot land, 51; Vauxhall, 33 ; St. Paul's, 94 ; Exchange, 114 ; Castle-street, 18 ; St. Peter's, 42 ; Pitt -street, 170 Great George's, 95 ; Rodney -street, 20; • Abercromby, 27 ; Lime street, l; St. Ann's, 59 ; which made a total of 757. He then alluded to the conduct of the radicals to the old free men, affirming if these cellar constituents were fit to vote, an insult of the grossest nature had been paid to the blue jackets and freemen—it was a political robbery of their rights. After some other observations, which drew down loud applause, Mr. Aspinall proposed Mr. Toulmin to the meeting as their representative, and warmly recommended him to their notice. lie had known him long, and would pledge his reputation for his fitness for the office of councillor for that ward. He then proposed the first resolution—(see our advertising columns.) Mr. Thos. RammErt briefly seconded the resolution. Mr. ANDERSON, in proposing the next resolution, eulo gised Mr. Toulmin, having known him long, and as one who had benefited the town in every way possibl. Mr. ROOSE seconded the motion. Mr. TouLmiN then addressed the meeting, and was re ceived with loud cheers and applause. Mr. Toulmin, after expressing his regret that his friend Mr. Aspinall could not be induced to stand for the ward, stated that his principles were in direct oppoistion to those of Mr. Rathbone, both politically and religiously, He felt it was his duty to come forward and support conservative, not destructive measures. (Cheersl) ISAAC HOLMES then addressed the meeting, and touched with great spirit upon many interesting topics, and rode rough-shod over the Rads in the Town-council, and in conclusion reminded the electors to support Mr. Toulmin most strenuously. Mr. S. MAY then rose to put the resolution, and dwelt at length upon the various observations that had been made, and explained the conduct of the conservatives. Mr. HENRY STEWARD seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN here intimated that the committee would sit every evening at Mrs. Cowbans, to answer any inquiries which may be necessary. Mr. RICHARD DAWSON, (who was received most cor dially) being called upon, drew the attention of the meeting to the occurrence taking place in the city of London, in re ference to the election of lord mayor. He then begged the electors to remember that there were only twenty conserva tives in the council out of sixty-four, and that in this elec tion there were four conservatives to go out and twelve rads, and in the election of 1841 six conservatives and ten rads were to retire. if ten conservatives could be returned this election and ten in 41, they would be in a majority ; but in the event of sixteen being returned in this and sixteen in 41, they would be enabled to elect their own aldermen. He hoped to see the day when they should see a conservative mayor proceeding to a protestant church, with the mace and regalia before him, and attended by hundreds of conservative gentlemen. (Loud cheers.) Mr. ASHBROOKE then addressed the meeting at some length, when a vote of thanks to the Chairman was passed, and the meeting separated. ABERCROMBY WARD. A meeting of the conservative burgesses for this ward was held last night, in the Adelphi Hotel, for the purpose of proposing a fit and proper person to be put in nomination as a candidate for the representation of the ward at the ensuing municipal election. The room was crowded with respectable and influential burgesses, and the greatest unanimity prevailed throughout the proceedings. On the motion of Mr. C. BUSHELL, seconded by G. M. GLAZEBROOK, RICHARD GRIFFITHS, Esq. was appointed chairman. The CHAIRMAN opened the meeting by stating that, be fore he sat down, he should present a requisition to Mr. Procter to become a candidate for the representation of the ward. It had devolved upon him, as chairman of the ward, to call the meeting, and as it was of a purely local nature he should confine himself as much as p oss ibl e t o i ts l oca l affairs. He should not, as they had in some other wards, discuss the subjects of the corn-laws, the sugar duties, or whether sugar produced by slave labour should or should not be consumed in England. These were questions not within their province; and although there was undoubtedly great talent in the town council, they were not exactly the parties to settle them. Having stated the object of the meeting, the chairman pro ceeded to observe that their liberal friends had, both before and since they came into power, heaped abuse upon the con servatives. They had abused the old corporation in no mea sured terms. Indeed, there was scarcely a word in the Eng lish language which they had not used to vilify them, pre viously to their getting into power; and, as might be expected, they had not ceased their abuse of them, and of the conserva tives generally, from that day to this. They abused the old corporation for being irresponsible, and praised themselves for being responsible. It would, however, on examination, be found that they had conducted the affairs of the corporate estate in a much more wasteful and extravagant manner than the old corporation, and it was for the burgesses to say on the 2d of November whether they should b e a ll owed to continue to do so or not. (Cheers.) We all knew suffici ent of them to know that they ought not to remain in power any longer. (Cheers.) Their very first act was a proof of this. They professed economy, humanity, and everything that was amiable in the human character, yet thei r very first act on entering the council-room, before their seats were well-warmed under them, although they had returned 44 liberals to 4 conservatives, wasto elect 16 alderman real good radicals. (Laughter.) If they had had any liberality at all, if they had had common justi ce , t h ey t at least to have made oue conservative alderman when they ig could so well have afforded ; but from that day to this they had done no such thing. From that period, however, their power had been upon the wane am ongst a ll classes of the public, for now, instead of there being only four conservatives in the town-council, there were now twenty; and the present year twelve radicals retired for four conservatives. He be lieved the " liberals," as they called themselves, had been exceedingly sore for the last twelve months, at expecting to have the tables turned, at the prospect of twelve conserva tives bein g returned instead of the same number of radicals. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, if all the wards would exert them selves as Abereromby ward would, he believed the conserva tives would elect fourteen out of the sixteen. (Cheers.) There would be, however, a necessity for every man doing as much as lay in him. There were lukewarm voters : to be lukewarm was not the way to win but the way t o lose. By lukewa rmness t h ree wards were lost last year. Nine wards were won; in three others there were ties, but these three were lost through lukewarm conservatives. He knew himself of one voter who might have saved either Ex change ward or Everton ward, but when he was wanted he was sat quietly at his desk, and did not vote. He hoped that this sort of conduct would not be the the case this year; but that all the voters would en- Lively co-operate with the several committees. iGreat ap plause.) The liberals had, as he had already observed, been heaping upon us abusive language; we would not follow their example, but we would turn upon them at the election. They ought never, .11 indeed, t o h ave had majority, and they ne ver would have had, had it not been for three members of the Church of England, Mr. James Brancker, Mr. James Mut leneux, and the present chief magistrate; and if those gentle men were to desert them, they would have flown before the winds before now. (Cheers.) As to the revision, the com mittee of Abercromby Ward had done all in their power to induce the Reform 'Committee to avoid unnecessary, frivo lous, and vexatious objections. Last year, they had an in terview with them, and it was agreed that both committees should limit their objections to 25 on each side. This year, the Conservative Committee waited upon the Reform Committee. with a similar proposal, but, after two or three meetings, they were told that no arrangement could be made, as there was another association in the town, which had the manage ment of the objections. The Chairman said, that this pro position having failed, it became necessary that all voters who had been objected to should attend the registration court to defend their rights. He then strongly arg ed upon 'them the necessity of doing so. He then presented the re quisition, which was as follows : " TO JAMES PROCTER, ESQ. . . " We, the undersigned burgesses of Abercromby Ward, respectfully request you to allow yourself to be nominated, at the next municipal election, as a candidate for the repre sentation of this ward in the council of the borough, and we pledge ourselves to . use our utmost exertions to secure your return." This requisition, the Chairman remarked, was signed by upwards of four hundred burgesses ; and having presented it in suitable terms to Mr. Procter, he sat down amidst loud cheers. Mr. PROCTER then rose amidst loud cheers, and addressed the meeting nearly as follows—l am proud to have this op portunity of standing before you, the electors of Abercromby Ward, and conveying to you my sense of the obligations I feel myself under, not only for your kindness, but for your confidence in selecting my name as a candidate for the honour of representing this ward in the Town-council. (Hear.) However reluctant I may have been upon former occasions to allow my name to be brought forward as a candidate for mu nicipal honours, having now undertaken to do so, and hav ing received the numerously signed requisition just presented to me, in reply to it I beg to make you a tender of my best though feeble services. (Loud cheers.) Having been long- connected—for upwards of ten years—with the ward, and with your association, I presume that my principles are pretty well known to you upon most subjects. (Cheers.) lam an advocate for sound conservative principles, both in our gene ral and in our local politics, It is often asked what we mean by conservative principles, and in reply I will take the liberty of endeavouring to give you my definition of them. I take it that conservative principle means a firm determina tion to support the established church as connected with the state. (Cheers.) It also means a determination to uphold the institutions of our country—institutions which have raised England to be the fear of her enemies, and made her the envy and the admiration of the world. (Cheers.) Those who profess conservative principles will not endanger the rights of property ; those who profess conservative principles will resist all attempts to separate the Protestant established religion from the state. (Renewed cheers.) My view of conservative principles tends to promote peace and industry at home ; and abroad, to encourage commercial enterprise, and social intercourse, and not that everlasting hankering after agitation and change which disturbs the minds of men, which completely overturns their peaceful avocations, and which throws the apple of discord into the midst of all civi lised society. (Hear, hear.) These are my views of conser vative principles, and such principles as these I am prepared to support. (Cheers.) I am a friend to education when religion can be combined with the moral education of man kind. (Cheers.) Respecting the systems of education adopted and taught in our corporation schools, I would beg to ask you to look at the committee for education appointed by the town council. Upon that committee, which I believe consists of fifteen members, I recognise the names of tour only who are members of the established church. (Hear.) Besides these you have dissenters, you have Roman catho. lies, unitarians, and other creeds, and I should like to know from this untempered mixture, whatever they may tell us about the bible being taught in the corporation schools as a religious book, all of whom differ from each other in their religious views, how they can even hope to have the bible taught as a religious book ? (Hear, hear.) My view is quite different. They cannot hope to have it so taught until they can all humble themselves so as to worship at the same altar, till friend by friend beneath the same roof they can offer the same hallowed prayer. (Cheers.) When they can co-operate thus all would be harmony, good will, and peace, and then the established religion would be che rished and supported, instead of being undermined by the dark and subtle attacks of political enemies. (Loud cheers.) Upon the question of warehouses on the dock quays, so far I will support the scheme, if it is to stand on its own merits. But if the warehouses are to be built by robbing the corpo rate estate, which means the estate of the burgesses of Liver pool—(loud cheers)—of £lOO,OOO or £150,000, and if they are to be coupled with the management sought for by Mr. Alderman Evans, then every vote of mine, if I have the ho nour to be returned to the council, shall be given against such a monopoly—a monopoly, Ido rot hesitate to say, of the most dangerous description, because it will be a political monopoly ;—(cheers)—and it will be wielded by a party, I care not whether by conservatives or radicals, for party purposes, to the general detriment of the many, and to the enabling of certain classes of the merchants to get particular descriptions of goods warehoused for a less sum than they would otherwise have to pay in the open market. (Cheers.) My objection is, not to having warehouses built on the dock qultys, but to the funds out of which they are proposed to be built, and to the mode of management sought for in the present application to parliament. (Hear, hear.) If they are built I shall always give my support and vote to the placing of them under the wholesome check of open competition, thereby preventing them from being wielded for their own purposes by any particular party in the town. (Cheers.) I consider it quite foreign to the duties of the Town council to enter on the discussion on the corn-laws, universal suffrage, or vote by ballot ; but if any gentleman has any point, upon any particular question, to ask me, I shall be happy to give him any explanations of my opinions—(hear, hear)—and iflou honour me by returning me as your repre sentative into the council chamber, I shall, to the best of my ability, endeavour to serve you with fidelity and zeal : hut, whilst I endeavour to serve you zealously and faithfully, I trust I shall not be unmindful that I have also to serve you honestly. (Cheers.) With these few remarks I take my leave. If any gentleman has any question to ask me, I shall be happy to give him the best explanations in my power. (Loud cheers.) I am, in conclusion, gentleman, much obliged to you for your courtesy, for the atteqtion you have paid to me, and also for the requisition which has been pre sented to me. Mr. Procter then resumed his seat amidst loud applause. Mr..i3u SHELL, one of the representatives of the ward, next addressed the meeting. lie had one advantage with respect to the resolution in his hand. In addition to the mere form he had, as the mover of it, to go through, he had the advan tage of having his whole heart, in the fullest sense of the expression, in every sentiment of the resolution. (Cheers.) He was sure he need not—nay, he would not—say anything laudatory of his excellent friend Mr. Procter. He had spo ken for himself, and he found had induced the meeting to form such an opinion of him, that nothing! which he (Mr. Bushell) could say, could possibly enhance their estimate of his friends character and talents. Mr. Bushell then pro ceeded to take a rapid review of the proceedings of the liberals in the Town -council including the education question, the warehouse question, and others ; he then glanced at the Protector Society, as revealed in the revision court, arguing from them that the legislature could never have intended the municipal act to be so perverted from its object; and, after assuring the burgesses, as one of their re presentatives, that he should continue to act upon those prin ciples, which had gained him his election at a time he was in a foreign country, he concluded by moving this resolution-- " That this meeting is highly gratified with Mr. Procter's compliance with its wishes, and with his candid and satisfac tory statement of the principles which he is prep are d to maintain in the town-council. ' Mr. REUSS seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. GLAZEBROOK moved, in the course of an eloquent speech, " That the electors now present pledge themselves to use their best exertions to promote the return of _James Procter as the representative of this ward." Mr. PARKER seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. NEILL moved the next resolution, which was seconded by Mr. WHATIIAM, and carried unanimously. Mr. JAMES ASPINALL next addressed the meeting, and stated that the liberals had put on no less than 757 members of the Protector Society, all of whose claims to be rated, al though in different wards, were written by only three persons. A vote of thanks having been moved to the chairman, the meeting separated, after giving several loud cheers. THE FINE ARTS. We beg to draw attention to the fact that Mr. Peel is at present at the Adelphi with a collection of very splendid pictures. Amongst them will be found some remarkable specimens of the old as well as modern masters. We advise those wao can become purchasers to visit and en rich their collections. We shall fully notice these pictures in our next. LECTURES ON SOCIALISM.—We regret that it is not in our power to furnish our readers with a report of the very powerful lecture delivered at the Amphitheatre, last night, before a very crowded auditory. The interest excited on the subject of these lectures increases as they proceed, and no marvel, when the topics are treated in so masterly a manner, and the arguments rendered clear and satisfactory to the meanest capacity. Mr. Brindley, last evening, demonstrated, by proofs not to be gainsayed, that there must of Le cessity exist in man an immaterial and immortal soul, and the existence of a personal and intelligent God. The audience was extremely numerous and respectable, and ex hibited great discrimination and attention as the lecturer proceeded. The Rev. Hugh M`Neile took the chair, and we dhserved many of the local clergy and gentry on the platform. We may probably notice these lectures more at length in our next. • DEPARTURE OF THE STEAM-SHIP ACADlA.—Sunday be ing the day fixed for the sailing of the royal mail-ship Acadia for Halifax and Boston, the passengers, who had not before embarked, went on board the vessel in the Sloyne, in the forenoon, some in open boats, and others in the steamer employed for their conveyance. Their number, including servants and children, was 98, and the following is a list of their names : For Boston.—The Hon. Mr. Justice Porter, Mrs. Hasluck, Miss E. Robins, Mrs. Jones, Jones, Esq., Campbell, R. D. Blosmore, Esq., Lorut, Esq., Major Irving, Rev. Dr. Ole n , Edward arris, Esq., David Turnbull, Esq., G. A. Holt, Esq., W. Bather, Esq., C. Y Davies, Esq., Robt. Leech, Esq., A. H. Van Damme, Esq., Leopold Bierwith, Esq., Holterhoff, Esq., C. Birkle, Esq.. F. Ganabl, Esq., Duckworth, Esq., Dr. Moore, Hale, Esq., F. Ha m ilt on , E sq ., Wm. Appleton, Esq., Mr. Apple ton, jun., Trapmann, Esq., Breiter, Esq., Alexander Pope, Esq., R. L. Holt, Esq., Smith, Esq., Samuel Bacon, Esq., Edward Pelvis, Esq., A. Livingstone, E. q ., S. Hasluck, Esq., Mr. James Wahon, Mr. George Shance, Mr. C. Awze, Garton Brustle, Esq., J. B. Puddon, Esq., Mr. David Lindsay, and Mr. Thomas Smith. For Halifax. —The Hon. Chief Justice Chipman and Mrs. Chipman, the Hon. E. Botsford, the Rev. R. 'Wilson, Mrs Wilson, and family, Mrs. W. H. Robinson, Mrs. E. Bab cock, Mrs. Wm. Ranney, Miss Mary Toplin, Mrs. Lawson, Mrs. Mandrell, Mrs. Wm. Patten, Mr. and Mrs. Milward, Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Captain Arthur Shirley and Mrs. Shirley, Col. Gascoigne, John Day, Esq., James A. Dickson. Esq., Colonel Houstoun, Michael Tombs, Esq., Dr. Deane, William Sayles, Esq., Thomas Young, Esq., Hugh Mackay, E sq ., Dr. George . R. Gras se tt, J os h . Wighttnan Esq., Capt. Kenyon. Rev, J. S. Stron ge , Ch ar l es Power, isq., William Johns, Esq., Mr. Galbraith Holmes, J. Bement, Esq., Mr. John Smith, Mr. A. D. Garben, Mr. John Coats, Miss Mary Leitch, Miss Jane Huggie, and Miss 0. Conner. The ship was in admirable order, and the baggage was received and stowed away below with such celerity that there was an entire absence of that confusion so frequent in large ships when on the eve of departure. It was truly remarked by an old and experienced sea captain, who is well known in this port, that the rigging and general equipments of the ship were exceedingly handsome, and that she is one of the finest looking vessels that ever sailed from the Mersey. She started from the Sloyne at ten minutes past two o'clock, and reached the Bell Buoy in an hour and a half. Her draft of water was 16 feet 7 inches forward, and 16 feet 9 inches aft. A short distance beyond the buoy the pilot left her, and joined pilot boa No. 6. At half-past four the Acadia was hull down, nothing but her smoke being indistinctly visible in the horizon. There was a breeze from the northward and eastward so that she would, doubtless, set sail, and make a fine run down the channel.