Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-29 00:00:00

SMITHSONIAN HOTEL Baos.gwAT,Cerner of Hourrois-sresirr. New YOBK. Named ►n hollOtir of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Established at WAs iszerom, by the U. S. CONGRESS, With FUnds bsqueathed by JAMES SMITHSON, of ENGLAIM Saving the Friendship of the Omegas of the NATIONAL lesitrr - , nom Is eonlacte.l en the System of Hotels in ENGLAND. CHAS. H. SMITH. tilierztal leatel—Ebti At the brokers office, 70 casks Tallow, and 3 tons Greasc.—Bigland, Sons and J effreys. ♦t twelve o'clock, at the commercial saleroom, Temple•oorr'-,, a quan • tity of Fruit.—Thomas Parry. At one o'clock, at the conynercial saleroom, Temple-w=t, a quan tity of Fruit.—Geo. Badenach and Son. 1 , 2 , 11 - For particulars see advertisements. As.:flOSE PJBLCO NIEECINC43,-C:c. THIS DAY. TIZZA.TIES ROYAL —PrOfEISM Azdarson —7 p.m. .1110:.%L AMPIIITIIEATRE -31 r. FiGb93ll-7 p.m. XEINCI.SR'S CIRQUE VARECTE, le-street---7:p.m. hur.smAiores HALL, Lime-striet-7 p.m. L1YZ37.001. ACADEMY'S EXHIBIT' ON, Postoffico-place. .6.l.X.sop's WAXWORK EMOIDITION-10 a.m. to 10 p.m. lii3 AL CoLoss VIA —Gonoral Entertainmeat-6.30 p.m. C- - 7" For particulars see 'advertisements. t eLn t THURSDAY, QOTOBER 29, 18574 THE DAY'S NEWS. Yesterday there was a rather extraordinary run upon the Liverpool Banks, induced byea: very un founded rumour from London that another of the Joint-Stock lustitutione of the town was in a rather ticklish state. ,From all that we are en abled to glean, there is not the slightest reason for supposing that in the natural coarse of events there can be anything approaching to such 'a position. The run upon the Banks is the more extraordinary when •we-.take into account the fact that the Bank of England has consented to ac commodate the Borough Bank. As it is stated that the latter will reqnire one million and a quarter sterling, it is, of course, not to be ex pected that that sum could at once be advanced by the Direc'.ors of the Bank of England. In London it is reported that the Guarantee Fund, which the latter requires ,to be made up prior to actually providing the sands immediately needed, has not been quite completed.; and, as a matter of course, the throuell Bank are not in a position to accurately state on what dayrthey will resume pay ment. In any case, however, ,it is said thee-elle assets of the Bank will be sufficient to meet every demand, provided that time is allowed for the realization. There seems no doubt that the. Bank of England will back them out. In the meantime, the Manager of the Borough -Bank has issued a notice that the resumption of .payment has been postponed until all preliminaries are settled With respect to the other banks of the town, we may say that they are in a eery healthy state indeed they have for some months past. been more prudent than spectilative, and there is ,not the least doubt that they could at any time honour all legal demands with the utmost promptitude. There is, therefore, no legitimate reason for the run made upon them yesterday, and no ultimate benefit to the public can be promoted by setch a course. On the contrary, it will create alarm, do mach injury to the trading community generally, and end in con sequences the most disastrous •We agoin say Out' there is nothing occurring in Liverpool sufficient to shake confidence in its banks, and Ave hope that all classes of society will see the -absurdity of getting up the cry—a bank panic. We publish full details of the news from India, received by the Calcutta Mail. The -Calcutta Englieh man in i's summary, says that although sce little has been effected, although almost every day brings accounts of fresh insurrections, the fashion among official men is tersay that the mutiny.is in a state of collapse. It cannot [omit this to-be the case. In no part of the Upper Provinces can British euthority be said to exist, beyond the reach of our guns. But, as the writer rereerke e it•cannot expect that the country will be traequilised-till the arrival ef large reinforcements, and in this respect, things are beginning to improve. The inference ic, that the rebellion is at least near its end. The Bengal lliirkara, in its summary of the same date (September 24), says that during the preceding fortneeht there had :been the gathering of the eleraents, the brewing of' the storm, but the thunder Cloud had not burst, and it . can only hope for the best. A proclamation by General Haveleek directs thee ail rebels of .Dude who are in custody, with their wives and children, are to be kept as hostages, ae a security against the repetition of the atrocities committed at Cawn pore. __ln Seinde, which is ocoupied by Bombay regiments, there hese been attempts at revoit at Kurrachee, on the sea-coast, at Hyderabad, in the centre, and at Shilterpore, ou the north, towards the Punjab. At the two latter places the tnreineers were artillerymen, wineeeem esyecially predisposed to revolt, whether it be that th think that with out artillery we shill -be poweelees, or that they are solicited beyond all others by . the enemy, who , know the value of the arm Howeerer, in each case, the disturbance was prow:say suppreased, and as Seinde is an isolated region e and a view of the 4th King's Own, arrived from Mauritius, had been des patched to Kurrarhee, we...may hopes that there is an end of apprehension in that quart( r. Speaking of the fall of Delhi, the Wirnv, , , of vest; trda,Y says— 'We may well expect that it will be ti eignal for their dispersion, and that when they fi that the capital of Malloseedan India is in our ;wads, the mutinous corps will fail to pieces, or turn to eavag ing and pillaeine the country in desultoea hands. With Delhi end Lucknow recovered, with tee e Eun jaub safe, and with troops arriving Aiaily, we hall soon be able to dispose of any..bateds which =soy infest Centr d India. But it cantos be deetied that the fall of Delhi has not . been an hater too early. The prolonged resistaece of the rebels was, no doubt, beginning to give neer courage to the restless spirits all eleeough the country. The disaffection of theßombay eegiments in Seinde, the proposed march of the . Gwalior Contingent .on Agra, And of the Dieepore rebels on Jubbuipore, show how daring the enemy Lad be come. What elses indeed, could be expected ? Here were nearly 100,000 men in AKins, against or on the point of yielding to the teeeptalioe, :and in the whole country, from the menthe of the Indus to the head waters of the Barhampooter, were only a few weak detachments .cf ; European troops. Except before Delhi there leas not a column containing 2,000 effective tam It is,: indeed, wonderful that coy people have 'steed with innness everywhere, and the sight has-ems doubt, had its effsct. Their heroism has not been lost, but it is evident that we could no langer have trusted to it for keeping the enemy ;in awe. Happily, from the 20th of 6eptcrnber a LIM :etate of things commenced. The local news this move-leg presents no .Frew feature of importance. Mr. George Melley est tended two meetings in Evertcn and Kirlsdale last evening, at which he delivered his views on the several topics at le esent agitating th© aublie mind of the Burgesses of Liverpool. Full reports of the proceedings are given else-a-here. At the Court of Passage and the Police ,Caurts yesterday, the proceedings were of no general interest. The continental news is very scanty this mor ning The Independence has received informa tion from Vienna, that the large diminution of the Austrian corny is about to take place, which will be commenced by reducing one third Of the artillery, and six thousand cavalry. THE Church has, once more, been dinged into the Municipal Election contest. The tiur gesses of St. Peter's Ward have been edified with a prosy repetition of what the NoRTIILIIN TIMEs has said with regard to Mr, BARMODP THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1857 TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Up tolhe hour of going to press our usual Telegraphic News had not come to hand. LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT D'oll. BOYS' CLOT/LlNG.—Number of boys clothed for week eliding Saturday, October 24th, 475; corresponding wEek last year, 280, which was the first week this establishment was opened ; increase, 195 boys. APPOINTMENT OP MESSENGER IN THE COURT OP BANE RUPTCY.—The Lord Chancellor has sanctioned the ap pointment of Mr. Henry Blundell, for many years eaaployed as assistant messenger in the Courts of Bankruptcy in London, to be the new messenger of the Court *f Bank ruptcy in this town, in place of the late Mr. Henry Ayres. TO CORRESPONDENTS.—" H. S." has favoured us with with what he calls a poetic effusion on "The Indian Atrocities." We, and the public, were under the impres sion that there was sufficient of butchery already perpe trated by the Sepoys on our countrymen, women,and chil dren, without the aid of " H. 5.," whose " poetry " is cal culated to do as much violence to the feelings as the sword has done to the bodies of defenceless victims already sacrificed. AN OFFICIAL VISIT.—On Tuesday last the President of the Board of Trade, Lord Stanley of Alderley, visitod the offices of the Local Marine Board and the Sailors' Home. His Lordship was accompanied by M , . J. Laird and Mr. Greaves in his visit, and, much to the gratification of those gentlemen, and to all connected wish those estaVishments, his Lordship expressed the pleas ire he felt in iuspectin; ,such admirabiy managed institutions belonging to this port. CANADA ROYAL MAIL THROUGH LINE OF STRAMER4.— The passengers by the steamer Kingston, one tf the Canadian Royal Mail Line of Lake Steamers, have pre sented Captain Kolly, of that vessl, with a testimonial, acknowledg!nz his ability, zeal, aid courtesy. The address, which is signed by all the passengers, alludes also in complimentary terms, to the Liverpool agent of the Company, Mr. D. P. Michel, of Waterloc-road. The passengers by the Kingston sailed from Liverpool, some time ago, by the ship S. Parson., and they all appeared to be highly delighted with the attention bestowed upon them both in that vessel and while en route from Montreal to the Far West by tht through line of steamers. SAILING OF THE AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER SIIIP HERALD —This splendid nip;ber ship, belonging to Messrs. Edward Thompson and Co's. " Mersey Line," took her departure from the Merseyjesterday, about noon, with a large and valuable cargo of general merchandise, and an unpre cedented number of passengers, consisting principally of the better class of emigrants, for which she has superior accammodation. Judging from her previous voyages to Australia, it is not improbable she will perform the voyage in seventy days. She is to be succeeded on the berth by that famous ship Oceanic; of 3,500 tons burthen. The Ooeanica is one of the fastest and finest clippers of the dav, sister vessel to the celebrated clipper ship King of Algeria, and only twelve months old. The day appointed fo:sailing is Wednesday the 25th November. A KNIGHTHOOD FOR THE GLASGOW PROPOST.—We (Glas gow Daily Mail) are highly gratified to learn that her Majes'y has signified her intention of conferring the honour of knighthood on our respected Lord Provos. We con gratulate the citizeus of Glasgow on this mark of royal favour towards their chief magistrate; aad we venture to 54y that few men have earned the distinction more wortkily than Mr. Orr. Her Majesty has lately purchased some beautiful jewellery for the Princess Royal, in anticipation of her approaching nuptials. Same very magnificent suites were sent for the inspection of the Queen and Princess to Balmoral, while the Court was resident in the Highlands. France is the cockney nation of Europe. The French, in their own conceit, have nothing to learn out of France. They are, therefore, the worst linguists in Europe, and never touch on the history, ustra,ge.r, and peculiorit'ea of other people without betraying the most extraordinary ignorance and misconception.—Examiner. • POOR-RATES AND PAUPERISM.—A return msved for last sessi on by Mr. Edward Bouverie, M. P., gives the following particulars of poor-rates and pauperism in England and the Principality of Wales : —lt would ape ear that os the Ist of July last, in 623 unions, having an aggregate population of 16,602,776 persons (nearly the entire opulation of England and Wales, which was by the last census 17,927,609), th cc were 102,123 indoor paupers— viz., 26 815 males, 31,861 females, and 43,447 children under the age of 16 years. There were also 1,286 vagrants relieved in woileheuses ; making a grand t'stal of 103,409 in-door paupers. Tee industrial statistics - prefixed to these figures inform us that the ratio of those employed in the mechanical arts, trade, and in demes.ic service was 29 9 per cent. (England and Wales alone), these ernaloyed in agriculture 17.0 per ceet., those employed in mining and mineral works, 6.5. per sseut. Throughout the whole kingdom the per centage was,—mechanical arts, trade, &c., 45. 5 , agriculture 4.6, manufaeausera 6.5, and mining 6 3 per cent. The net total number of outdo or penpers on the Ist of July last was 789,640, including 124,493 males, 309,742 females (adults), and 251,701 children under 16, besides 709 vagrants. The figures exhibit a decrease of pauperism as compared with July, 1856; of 1 5 per cent. Ourt GREAT 7SOCIAL EVIL.-00 Monday last an irtqaest was held at the Duke of Wellington public-house, Cannon s reet, St. George's East, London, before Wm. Baker, El., and a jury of the tradespeople of the neighbourh sod, on the body of an unfortunate female, named Martha Nash, aged 17. From the evidence of Leere , ia Cornelius, it appeared that, on Tuesday, the 29th install., the deceased was observed, very snarl gly c'ad, seated on a do or-step in Shipalley, Wellelose-square, ening bitterly. Witness p-o. cured her removal, first to the Messeon-house, in Wellclo‘e square, and afterwards to the Missior-house in Calvert. street, Wappieg, where, upon examinatior, she was found in a very dirty condition, and suffering from disease, the result of her profligate lif e . Se e re f use d to w i ve any par ticulars of her family or state where she hal been residing. Witness caused her immediate wants to be attended to, but on Fiday morning last, ahreui five o'clock, after having passed a restless nigh', and several titses complained of pains in her chest, eeceased expired. Dr. Ross, of Shad well, deposed that he had examined the hotly of the deceased, and attributed her death to the result of cold, disease, and want. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a special verdict—" That the deceased was found in a dying state, anl afterwards di- d in bed—ruse unknown." THE NINE OF DIAMONDS THE CURSE OF SCOTLAND.— The origin of this evil repute Las been ranch controverted. Singer, in his work on " Playing Cards," says this card was named from every ninth monarch of Scotland, being a had king • and net, as generally supposed, because the touke of durnberland, the night before the battle of Cullo den, accidentally wrote his orders for refusing quarter up :n the back of the card ; and the nine of diamonds appears in a print of curses, &c., dated some months previous to the battle of Culloden. Another cause assigned is, that the nine lozenges with which the saltire is charged in the armorial bearings of the earls of Stair are se arranged as ro resemble the nine of diamonds, which was called " Toe Curse 'of Scotland," from the active part taken by that nobleman in the Union, which was most unpopular in Scotland. Again it is said that the similarity of the nine diamonds to St. Andrew's Cross led to its being called the " Cross of Scotland," which in the Scotch pronounciation heesme "curse," but the nine of any other suit would be equally applicable. The , explanation is stated to be found in the game of Pipe Juan, in which the nine of di unonds is the pope; and the well-known anti-papal spirit of the Scottish Church caused the Pope to ba called tee curse of i.`.icetland. The nine of diamonds, says another authority, war the great winning card at Cemmette, a game intro dueed into Scotland by the French attendants of Mary cf Lorraine, Queen of James V., and the ruin of many Scotch families.--Cent. Mag., Vol. lvi. THE "SONG OF THE SHIRT" IA BELFAST.--We believe that Hood's immortal lay became instrumental in effecting great and permanent amelioration in the condition of the wretched needle eomen of London. He created a whole some public feeling against the ‘. sweating systena" as practised in the cese of poor shirtmakers, and called forth multitudes of irtfleential friends for that suffering class, and led to the formation of powerful and earnest assecia tions to promote the social welfare of the whole holy of hired seamstresses. It were very desirable that the sufferings and the claims of the same class ire Belfast had their poet or their preseher. We hear nothing new of the aching beads and inflamed eyes of the motrop Titan shi rt makers, wearing out their weary eyes for the starving pittance of sixpence a day; their " misery, hunger, and dirt," it is to be hoped have passed away. But we see, with much pain, the very same System introduced here, and ca liel on, we fear, to supply shirts for the London, es well as the other great markets, where Irish linen has long been in favour, and where Irish labour in making it up may become so, if it be only cheap enoagh. It would scarcely be credited by philanthropists at a distance that the greater portion of the sewing of afine linen shirt is at present executed in Belfast for fourpence half-penny, and that is the daily earning of a needlewom - an of average experience so employed. Such, hewever, is the fact. The trade i 3 being • carried on extensively ; yet the applicants far week, even at the figure mentioned, exceed,the demand for their see vices; the general depression ie the sewed muslin business, coiled by the Glasgow failures aid the American suspen ions, haae thrown hundreds of -needle women in this town and a wide district of Ulster out of employment. It may be added that the usual elawrge for completing a fine linen shirt has hitherto beta in Belfast 24, ,and this occupied two days. BANNER'S Asylums and Churches, as if either the one or the other had anything to do with the return of fit and proper men to a Corporation which, all parties are agreed, requires immediate reform. In the article which appeared in this paper of Monday, we unfortunately repeated what some of Mr- BANNER'S friends had stated, namely, that "Mr. BANNER has given us our Asylum for male and female orphans, and that he has erected a church for that Asylum." To this very unpardonable assertion of Mr. BAN NER'S supporters, we added—" This read very much like a libel on the very long lists of sub scribers who paid down their money for those good and holy purposes; and on these lists the names of a large number of the Liberal electors of St. Peter's, and other Wards, will be found recorded." This last paragraph has given very serious offence to Mr. BANNER'S party, who allege that Mr. BANNER built the church in question "at his own expense." Now, we willingly accept this allegation as true ; but what becomes of the Asylum ? That was certainly built by sub scription, and to that subscription many of the Liberal electors of Liverpool contributed. There is nothing then so very inconsistent in our state ment after all. Tire public divide with Mr. BANNER the honour of performing those works of charity and piety, which we regret exceedingly have been so indecently brought into electio neering squabbles; and we regret the more, that a most unfair attempt has been made to saddle Mr. CHARLES Wru.snen, as the Chairman of Mr. BOWRING'S Committee, with the authorship of the offensive article. All this, however, is very childish, and we mightjust as well be charged with having made the scribes of that whining decrepid saint, the Liverpool Courier, low, rabid, and abusive scribblers. • Mr. CUARLES WILLMER is not the author of the article of which Mr. BANNER'S friends complain, and even if he had written it, we should be slow to admit that it contained one word which could convert a professional saint, like the Courier, into a stupid, depraved, and vulgar slanderer. Having said this much, we take our /cave of this branch of the subject. We rely on broad and incontrovertible facts for a triumph in St. Peter's Ward, and in all the other Wards where an opposition to corporate corruption has been ~.raised. We employ reliable figures to show that the Ratepayers' money has been spent without mercy by the prodigal majority in the Council. We talk of sums of 18,000 0001. or 29.000,0001., which represent the indebtedness of the port and Borough of Liverpool. We assert, without the fear of contradiction, that a Borough rate must be levied on the inhabitants, if an immediate stop be not put to corporate jobbery. Mr. BANNER belongs to that side of the Chamber who think that no harm has been dine, and that the Burgesses have no cause to complain. We, therefore, pass by, once fur all, Mr. BANNER'S unimpeachable and praiseworthy character in private life, and must continue to urge the Municipal Electors to select men to represent them in the Council who combine with great • private worth the public virtues for which we contend. These are not times to tolerate the wasteful expenditure of past years. The sponge must be applied to the Borough state, in some form or other, before the party to which Mr. BANNER clings can hope to regain the con fidence of the town, as the guardians of the corporate till. We are not called :upon to discuss a question of morals. Money constitutes the great grievance of the day in this Borough, and we are glad to ;find that the Burgesses of Everton Ward are making becoming exertions to return GEORGE MELLY. This gentleman is opposed to us on the water question, but in all other respects he is a fit and proper man to send into Council. With .regard to his Pike views, we may safely leave our readers to judge for themselves, as they will find his opinions - on this question reported in another column. Meanwhile, we do not despair of seeing Mr. MELLY, if returned, recording his votes .on the rational aide of the Chamber. He is a eletermined enemy to every species of jobbery, sad will enter the Council, pledged to resist ptatligality in all its varied forms such are tk.e. men the Burgesses,. without dittinction of :creed or politics, must desire t`o ~ape triumphantly returned. But to secure this object, no exertion must 132 spared by the Liberal electors. Toe Prodigals are on the ialert, and will resort to every stratagem to carry out their designs." The success of all their monster jobs for the ensuing year depend mainly on the result of this Alumicipal election. rn That we have a considerable miority of votes in nearly all the Wards is .q.uite certain, and that there should be any doubt entertained as to the return of the Liberal candidates, is most strange. It locks as though the Liberal voters were indif ferent about that of which they boast so loudly, and shrink from a contest in which the principles they advocate are placed en their tri.d. We feel assured, however, that this will not be the case on the day of polling, and that the Liberal voters in all the contested Wards will follow the spirited example set before them last year in Lime-street Ward. A few more such victories this Novem ber will go far towards insuring the speedy reform of the Liverpool CorporatiDn, and putting the Ratepayers in possession of some knowledge of what the extent and value of the Corporate Estate i f eally is, and how far it can be made available to meet our heavy local incumbrances and current expenditure. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF MR. GEORGE MELLY. THE KIRKDALE DISTRICT. Last evening, a meeting of the friends of Mr. George Melly was held at the School•rooms, Kirkdale, for the purpose of taking steps to forward the return of that gentleman to the Town Council, as the representative of that ward, at the approaching Municipal Election, and for hearing him expound his views on the various subjects of local interest. Mr. J. Chalmers occupied the chair, and amongst the company present we observed Messrs. J. J. Stitt, T. Unwia, G. Maxwell, C. Forgit, H. A. Bright, Thomas Garr, B. Rathbone, G. Holt, E. Harvey, G. Ledger, aze. Mr. Melly on entering the room was most cordially greeted. The Chairman said he had consented to be the chair man on that occasion, because of the respect he enter tained for Mr. Melly. and for the purpose of giving his support to lthe party he had always advocated, but, as they were met to hear Mr. Melly, he (the Chairman) would net detain them with any further remarks, because he thought it was perfectly ennecessary, particularly as they were all anxious to hear that gentleman. They were all aware for what they had met, to select a gentle man to represent them in the Council. (Hear.) He thought that as the gentlemen then present had to attend on other important meetings of the elections, that he had better not detain them with any remarks, as they would be more interested in listening to them, than to him. (Hear, hear.) Mr. George Melly then came forward, and was most loudly applauded. He said that he was more accus tomed to address meetings in the support of friends who advocated principles that he held dear himself, than to address electors, seeking to be their representative him self in the Town Council. But he had been called upon to do so, and he had responded to that call. (Cheers.) He did not wish to occupy that post, because he had already much business to attend to, but as he had been called upon to de so, he would do it, and considered it an honour to be thus called upon. (Hear, hear.) It had been said in the Mail, which has a peculiar nack of misrepresenting everything he said, and always of show ing the wrong side of George Melly, that he had treated the electors of that large and important ward with contempt, in the short address that he had issued when he was first invited to come forward. He had done no such thing ; he had treated them with the same respect as he claimed for himself. (Hear.) He had been solicited by the electors of the ward in which he had lived for five years, and he had declined the invi tation because he had stated that he had already too much to do, being the junior partner in an extensive business, and having a young wife and family to bring up, and that he could not, nor would not de it ; but when he had been again solicited by the electors of that great ward—the greatest in the town—he had con sented, and had willingly come forward, and had consented to cornet forward and express his opinions on the great events of the day, and had come down that morning from London, where he had left a sick wife at an hotel, and he intended to return to her that night. (Cheers.) But the Mail had stated that he had treated the electors with contempt. He denied that such was the fact, but he would not, as on a former occasion, say anything hard to give them an opportunity of " handling him ;" but he would say to the electors that he did not insult them in the brief address he had issued. He had told them that if he represented their opinions he would come forward (Hear, hear.) If he did represent their opinions, he was p epared to become their representative, and go into the Town Council as such, (Cheers.) If ha did not represent these opinions, then he did not wish to go there. He thought that the time was coming when it would he understood, that it was an honour to the electors to repres , nt them, arei not an honour to the man whom they selected. (Cheers.) Having thus briefly referred to the above personal subjects, which nos extremely unpleas int to allude to, he would come to matters of public importarce, and ref r to questions of much greater moment to the Lowe. (Bear.) The first, and indeed the great, subject of the day, was the Pike peotion. (Hear, hear.) But ha would not go into the early historical part of the question. They did not want that there. The fact was, that of water they had in quantity a supeifluity, but in quality it was execrable. (Cheers.) It was also a fan that they had Tent nearly three cleaners sf a million of money for that tepid coffee, not fit to drink. What they required was water fit to drink—(hear, hear)—such as they had from the well supply nine months since. He was not a prophet, and could not tell them how long it would be cefore they would have the Rivington water fiowiteg in one pure and limpid stream. He was no engineer—he was not acquainted with hydraulics—hut he believed in et short period—he caul t not sty for a month, or a year, but he did believe—when the whole of the water in the reservoirs had sank to a proper level—when the earth of the reser voir had get into its proper state--when the wh Oe of the lice of pipes from the reservoirs to the to en had become covered with the slimy substance always left from water—he did beliece that then—Le did not say when, but then the supply of water from Rivington would be excellent—that then the wow!) , would be excellent in Tillie) , and in geantity. Bat he saw some of his friends shake their hen-a, and tha meant as much as to say that they wished to look after their dinner for to-cley, and, therefore, he thought that they should have a proper and imme date supply of water for dietetic purposes. ( Hear.) As he had said before, he was no engineer, but he woul'i tell them how he thought that could be done; as a man of common sense. (Hear, hear.) He could not see any reason why they should not have the welt water supplied to the durirg the day, fur domestic purposes—and during the night, by the Pike water, far sanatory purposes. (Cheers.) Ffe could see no reason why that could not be done, and if' he was sent into the Town Courcl, that was the ides he should advocate. (Chce-s.) But should his proph?cy as to the Pike wa - er tern cu to be wrong, and that no system of ,filtration would make it satisfactory to the people, he would, regardless of the exp.cuse, ad vacate the lying down of a second line of pipes. (Cheers.) Tee next question was also one of money, and was of great importance to all the ratepayers. Ho alluded to the im mense corporation property, which, in truth, belonged to the whole of the ratepayers, and they had a right to knaw how it was managed. Ha thought that the Corpora ion were not managing that property as they would their oven business; nor did he think that they were looking after the estale es the proprietors of exten , ive landed estates did. Some months since, a relative of his, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, moved for a certain document, which would show the rents, description, locality, &c., &e., of all the property of the corporation. That was about eighteen months since, but up to the present time that document was not forthcoming. He thought that the least they could expect was that such a document should be in the hands of the members of the Finance Committee—if not in the possession of every ratepayer, who chooses to pay a penny for the printing of it. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) But one of the candidates for the ward in which he lived, said such a return would be attended with so much trouble and expense. and he did not see any necessity for bookkeeping. (Laughter.) What, he asked, would they think of him as a cotton broker it he did not keep a stock book? what would they think of Baron Rothschild if he kept no accounts, and did not know what property he possessed ? but still there were they—the richest Corporation in the kingdom—without a knowledge of their own property ; but he would show them the necessity for such a return. The Corporation borrowed large sums of money, for which they had to pay 41 to 5 per cant. interest, and yet it was stated that there was property belonging to the Corporation which only paid 21 per cent., therefore they were losing 3 per cent. on their own property. If he was sent to the Council, he would advocate to the best of his ability the immediate produc tion of such a return, and that a new and improved system of bookkeeping should be kept. (Cheers.) He next proceeded to advocate the making of parks, the widening of the streets, and the enlargement of all the thoroughfares, in order teat the poor and working classes might enjoy the blessings of pure air, after their day's toil, as he believed that the want of such places of recrea tion caused Cie men to go to the gin shop and thus neglect. their families. He thought. that too much money could not be spent in giving health to the people, and would, therefore, advocate the establishment of parks at any rate. (Cheers.) He next referred to the neglect of education, and stated that there were at least 4 000 children who had no parents, and belonged to no sect, and such children ha would have educated in the Corporation Schools, in the religion of the State, and concluded by saying that, if he went into the Council, he would go there free and independent, and without giving any pledges ; but there was one pledge he would give, and that was that he would not expend one sixpence in the election, I. emuse he thought that he had no right, and also that, if elected, he would give every subject that was brought before slim the most mature c nesideratiou, and would not be lad by any party. After thankiug the electors, Mr. Melly yesumed, his seat amidst great cheering. _ _ Mr. Stitt then came forward, and was rsciived with loud cheers. H) said he was sure there was only one feeling amongst them, and th;lt was one of admiration aid respect at the speech of Mr. Melly, (hear, hear;) but inciting at the cluck he found it was 25 minutes after 8, and the honour able Candidate bad to address another meeting in Evertor]. (Hear, hear.) The Candidaie had addressed them so fully, so ably, and so candidly, that there was little left for him to say. (Heir, hear.) They, bad all heard him, and no doust they fully appreciated his sossii mrnte, and be had only to a-k the voters of the ward to do their duty by returning Mr. Melly. (Cheers.) Mr. Melley said before he left the roam he could not help tendering a vote of thanks to the Chairman, a gentietnaa who had been always first iu thy ranks of progress and refo m. The motion passed with loud cheers. II was 0104 mo ved by William Swift, Esq., seconded by Edwin Davis, Esq.—" That George Melly, Esq., from his acknowledged talents and well•kuown liberality, is a fit and proper person to represent this wArsi in the Town The motion was carrie3 amid loud applause. It was then moved by Mc. Rourke, seconded by Mr. Bidwell—" That this meeting pledges itself to use every legitimate exertion to promote the return of George Melly, Esq." Passed amid loud cheering, The meeting then separated, cheering loudly for the Liberal candidate. EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD,' MR. MELLY'S SPEECH. A second meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. Welly, in this ward, was held in the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Schools, Prince Edwin-street, last night. There was a very crowded attendance. Among the gentlemen present were Messrs. J. J. Stitt, George Maxwell, H A. Bright, E. Harvey, W. Unwin, Wilson Ledger, Walter F. Macgregor, C. R. Hall, Dr. Ackerley, G. W. Connal, Thomas Corkhill, Charles Millward, Jabez Jones. J. Walters, J. Bird, Thomas Whitehead, N. Stone, Pilling, T. W. Hughes, W. Band, 0. Ellis, J. Kendall, E. Greg, W. Hampson W. P. Frome, &c. At half-past eight o'clock Mr. Melly entered the room, accompanied by a number of his friends, and was re ceived with enthusiastic applause. The chair was then taken, amid loud cheers, by Mr: Councillor Stitt. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, reminded the meeting that they would soon be called upon to discharge a public trust, entrusted to them not only for the benefit of the electors of the ward, but also for the non-electors. (Hear, hear.) It was not for any clique or body of men to dictate to such an enlightened community as that comprised within Everton Ward, who should be their representative in the Town Ceuncil— (hear, hear)--and he was proud to find that on this occasion, as on all others, the ward was prepared to scout such an assumption. (Hear, hear.) They had now two candidates before them. Of one, his colleague, Mr. Crosthwaite, he would say nothing. Mr. Crosthwaite had himself already stated his qualifications—(laughter) —but as for Mr. Melly, he (the Chairman) could say that he was eminently qualified, from his high position and connection with the commerce of the town, to represent them in the Town Council. (Hear, hear.) He combined intellectual attainments, high abilities, and clear sighted ness, with all the warm impulses of a generous heart. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The name of Melly had now become a household word in Liverpool—(cheers)—many were the labouring men who blessed that name for what it had done for them. (Hear, hear.) It was true, that it was to their candidate's brother they were mainly town,i-al indebted t yeted fteLtyle knew public t t ; fountainsat his sympathieswhic now adorned the were in that movement, and that to him they could turn for the support of reformatories in Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) Moreover, Mr. Melly was attached to all the principles of progress and reform which they held dear, and was every way the candidate best qualified to represent their interests in the council. (Applause.) Mr. Melly then came forward, and was received with a burst of enthusiastic applause. Ile swid : Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I can hardly feel a stranger here, although I do not belong to your ward. I can hardly feel a stranger in a ward which 1 have had the honour of addressing on two or three other occasions, when we carried my friend Mr. Ewart at the head of the poll as the Liberal member of Parliament for Liverpool. (Loud cheers.) But, gentlemen, my appearance here, being a member of Abercromby ward, before this large and far more important ward of Everton and Kirkdale, requires some slight explanation. Gentlemen, when waited upon by, a portion of your committee some weeks ago, I unhesitatingly stated that I was too young a man, that I was too much engaged ire the pursuits of business, and in reformatories, and other matters which are to me very dear and near, and I told them they had better find a better, older, and more matured candidate. A few days ago they waited upon me again, and they then told me that they were prepared to put up my name before the electors, and carry me whether I would or not. (Loud laughter.) I answered them that the name of a good citizen was at all times and periods at the disposal of any townsman ; and I answered them further—if I am elected, if I have the honour of being elected by you as your representative in the Town Council, I will do my duty in the station of life in which you have placed me. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, business compelled me to go to London, and I left this town with a distinct understanding that It would not have to appear at a public meeting. Not that I am in the least shy about making a speech— (laughter)—but I left with that understanding, on the ground, gentlemen, that I do hold, as an advocate of liberal opinions, it is for the electors of a ward like this to select the man whom they best like, who represents best their opinions, to represent those opinions in our local parliament; and I do hold this too, that it is not the place of any man, that it is not digeified, it is not respectful that he should come round from house to house, and solicit the honour of being selected as a representative. (Cries of " hear, hear," and loud cheers.) For, gentlemen, I do believe that the man whom you select, and the man whom you send in at a personal sacrifice to himself, but to serve your interests, as you think him the man to serve them—l do believe that that man is the man who will serve your interests, and I do riot believe that the man who comes round from house to house soliciting the honour would come round simply for the sake of representing a ward like this, that he has no ulterior obj cts to gain, be they objects of ambition, be they objects of a pecuniary character. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, beyond the ambition of representing so I arise a constituency as this, I have no ambition in the matter. (Loud cheers.) I have nothing to gain by being your represent alive, but I have much to lose. For, as a liberal, Me hold that the man who goes into the Town Council to represent your interests has no small burthen on his back, and no small charge to discharge. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Gentlemen, I hold that the man whom you send into the town Council ought to be a man capable by his voice to represent the feelings, to represent the interests, and to represent the views of this, the largest ward which exists in the United Kingdom at this moment. (Cheers.) I hold that it is not for a young man of 26 to put himself forward, no matter what his interes's, no matter what his ambition to claim the suffrages of each of you. I held that the honest, the straightforward, and, to you, the respectful course is to put forth an address such as I have put forth, which was this—brief you thought it, brief it was, but it was simply this—if you believe that I am the right • man for the right place, and if you put me into that place, I will do my duty as an honest man. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Gentlemen, the deputation which waited upon me assured me that I should not have to attend a public meeting. I know a great deal about municipal contests, and I cannot say that I believe much of what is said upon such occasions. (Laughter.) I proceeded on business to London, to which I return to-night. I came down from London simply and solely with this view. It had been stated to me by my friends, and 1 believe they have rightly stated, that 'I was much too young a man, and too untried a man to have any right to go into the Town Council upon your suffrages, unless I distintly, frankly, and openly declared my opinions upon all matters of local or national interest before you. Gentlemen, as their plea appeared to me to be a straightforward and perfectly honest plea, I at once put myself into the train, after having communicated with my friends and advisers, and I have come down here to-night to state before you all the views I hold, openly and frankly. Not one jot of those views will I abate, let them hurt whose prejudices it may. No one bit of the opinions I hold will I exaggerate fur any party purpose. I stand before you a Liberal of the most advanced principles of social science, and I will state those principles, as the faith lies in me to-night frankly and openly before you. If you return me, you send a man who, be his qualifications what they may, is an honest man to represent you. (Hear, and cheers.) If you do not return rne, I shall simply retire into that private life from which I emerge to-night, perfectly satisfied to take my part in any future elections, municipal or parliamentary, which may occur, and in advocating the principles which I believe, and also the good of the country and the good of the town. (Cheers.) With that I shall be perfectly contented, and I thank you beforehand for the patience with which you listen to the views which I believe to be true and right, and of which I am prepared to be an earnest advocate. (Loud cheers.) But, gen tlemen, before we prepare to advocate views of our own, we should annihilate the views of our opponents. I do hold that there should be no politics in the Town Council. But before there are no politics in the Town Council, it seems to me extremely important that there should be no party in the Town Council ; and it seems to me of the tvra highest importance, in the meanwhile, that the parties which are in the Town Council should be perfectife equally balanced,—(cheers)—because it seems to ni that so: long as the big half of the Town Counci l all :. Conservatives, the whole of the servants , o f the officen of the tradesmen, all, in fact, who can, be influenced. by Town'Hall influence, or by Town Hall dinner's are aga ill an us. (Hntleman ear, r y as hea that is and cheerthe nd ease l s o so long long W , Mr. h ir° and ge e a eery ' I, 5 number of our fellow-townsmen is disfranchised, which as a liberal, say is not to be stood. (Hear , hear, cher " ' and laughter.) Now, gentlemen, as I promised to ! perfectly frank, I am prepared to state that I should O.! like to stop at seeing half the Town Cou ncil liberal (Hear, hear.) I think the whole should be so . I uslin°4 for one moment, understand how it is possible that the largest commercial port in the world—and commerce 2, another word for free-trade—commerce is another O: for radicalism—commerce is another word fo r free allt`t enlightened opinion. (Hear, hear, and cheers) ranee believe that the largest port in the world sh°ll`, • governed by a set of men whose opinions are otherWlst than the opinions by which the whole of the oottulacni live. (Cheers.) I cannot, for one moment , tolerate tht the whole, or even any portion of the Towa C°"nesila whatever, should be imbued with opinions whis t ' 11° have cramped our commerce, which would have Pr ove ho d our having cheap bread, which would have previaill!h w f ic or our having these municipal privileges. under WO meet to-night, and would have deprived maw' c- n u i s ot , that parliamentary su ff rage which we now c " t i (Cheers.) Gentlemen, that interesting publication, t.. 5 interesting weekly publication, the Mail, whi ch turns the wrong side of George Melly to the public , 7. 8 keeps the right side inside (laughter), that interest7s publication has stated in a leading article that the goe s I wrote to you " spoke undisguised contempt , a nd ,at mi c on to say that " Mr. Melly is clearly of opinion tbat as; in the Council is anything but an honour." Gentle th at I dont't like to use strong language, but I mus t sal the Mail has misunderstood me. (Cheers and laughttero.lt Gentlemen, my address spoke no feeling but th is --1 upon yon as the largest alai most enlightened co nstitnes io —I say that if you want me I areat your servi ce; I ti a not ask (and I ea/ not ask) for what will be t° eno charge of great responsibility, and a wor k o' be slight nature, as I hold that the work ough t, to performed. Gentlemen, I do not undersLan' 0 seat in the Council to mean a thing you ar e to 0— ; „ t ites into when your party want you for six or seve n 133 ov er during a division, an I immediately the divisio n is away to your own business, and never go near the C °11 : 1 ° b room again until there is to be another division ill 1 1 1. - . ) your party interests are to be concerned. (Hear, ."15e I believe a man who enters the Council has some thing' to do besides voting. I believe a man who goes th ere helle o ' e d something else to do besides backing opinions. he should have to propound and to advocate opilli °lls '„ i B ay if need be to propose them himself, however you n g be, if he believes them to be for the good of the g tuency he represents, and of the community t —r e ly (Cleers.) These, gentlemen, .are the views I strey° d ' hold, and these are the reasons why I ani not PrePar at alt hough a young man, to come forward and ask the lat in hand, to do me the honour of sending ra° Town Couneil, when I am utterly unconnected with ward and utterly unknown to you in Pu blic , ' to I have come down here, having been Jo ke " ft ex;oress my opinions, and anything which I b 3va ,,, le b. unsaid in my address may be said now in MY s P — ecl Gentlemen, one personal attack was made upS° 113e ' :id. ots 11 ' 0 one only, during the meeting which. our oppoae It was asked if I was a Uait,irian. Gentlemen, Id° ho ld that it is the grossest impertinence and the I-le or interference of any men, be ho who he is, to as , 111 ,:t; be to ask any other man, what the feelings are at'''"" Ar - 3 . ) holds sacred between himself anti his God. (C he t be But, as the question has been asked, the question sha-10. answered. (Hear, hear.) lam a Christian ifait,,arthat (Loud cheers.) And, gentlemen, the first ° L a n d faith is—religious liberty of conscience and a de l aa high respect for the conscientious feelings of (Were n a ill a towards his Maker, be those feelings what they "rs,) provided they are acted up to honestly. (rA ud , ch : e th° This, gentlemen, is the first lino of the 010 1 — fe d, Unitarian, and, with all the other lines of that Y re c to ste.° • neither you nor any other men have an thing vo do. (Hear, hear. The rest is a question wh i°l lies I man's conscience, and for which he is rasp os ible h i l t ; one Supreme Being. (Cheers.) But, gentlealeni bo le' political opinions upon religious matters which ; I are at your service, and the service of ail. I ha v e deep, and, I believe, a well fou ided resoeet it be Church of England. (Loud cheers.) I believe ei est an institution which has been handed sacred from atl ea times. elos I deeply regret that that Church has net e ll oa , SO within hee capacious arms, and squeezed to her "1i all the many sects which differ from her but ", s e le I regret extremely that alai has nit been able to d ° the than she has done for the cause of christianitt"ttli e cause of doing to your neighbour as you would ti c sat should do to you. I blieee tha; that church We b eet work on hand. As a political instLution, I v5 lOO it or , highly. It his great wcalth, gre a t p r estige, gre at P° e la and it is in a position to take to its arms, and he re " it p lee , say that I w )uld interfere with no man's r e ligious p rinot se t —(Cheers)—not [host who believe in other fai tl r o at those who believe in other cree d s , b u t that nuin-shi4 population, numbercd by hundrel of thousands 19 Os prosperous and Itipm coun'ry who have no o ho kaows the name of God but to use it in oaths, all 'afest' have never heard of their Saviour Jesus Christ' hear.) The Church of England h as great hearts s iC ha l e a b lo r , in appealing t the hearts of those who s e been touched by any creed whatever ; and whc"! t 511 , 4 ,, 1 progress she is making—..vlten I watch the . 61—er e d 'in meetings which are attended by t h ou saPds, °, ha ie bishops, who were accustomed to address only a not purp:e an 1 fine linen, the high and the noble, in war d ' t d the_ class of Dive, now coming volun tarily t ril i t ' f , ; S s :t preach to studio :ces of a v e ry different deserili`i betoaging to no sect—when I see such things, nitric that I believe in the Caurch of Eeglan 1, as a i ,P„, n " b A ef . instituti in, though theologically I ' may differ I r `, - ferrl tenets, (Hear, heir.) The attack to which I ha c e e e . i e t a e o n went further than me. The gentleman who Mau" Wh e e ,, o a to say, that the state-c)mh had been dishonouLeho r y e it took a certain gentleman to a certain chapel. w v ' h - e re Se state-coach took IVillam R itlione to the house brist ia worships his God, it took an eminent and devoted_r; (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) It t oo k a plan ",,,ero) proud to say is an honoured uncle of mine--(ehit took a man who had thro u ghout hi s c t r c er, up 10 to t b ; as he has ever sires, devoted his time and rcen„,°', fro' promotion of every scheme of improvement, On; ovlo tt sect it might, ands to the doinc..t. val to e , e ce• and when the state-coach took that man th er , e o' o tha tb e ll si°9tic had the state-coach been so honored. t' (sea t, cheering.) A Voice: You are a chip of the old bl)e k. „„, pass,: t liter, and cheers.) Mr. Melly continued: And now, rentleMes, (I P ; mi d ill. "`" once to the Leal (previous of the d ay ' ; ti e n r of greattst local merest is tie water questioVplart h )I am not going to take up r time go' you. , do. 4 . tudes and com nen places as to the h'stdrY °I, tha t e b ," It work. Ths water stands before us in quantille...anu.gg (last as in Tsality it is execrabl he 3 :' o o wi' I become the duty of your repsfio nta3c etiti bef retut tied to the Con toil, to decids how that clu3-• i s to 0 be retained, and hoer, at the same time, the ren il e t r l epP es e ce rendered exe-llent. It is a work of ditlicul y. to me, little versed in the subject, that the fir s " " a pd I °4 to t t have to do with the water question is, iffpossib's, nc reason why it should not be passible, to rest(' inhabitants (Cheers thi great toxn the well water rawby il l th: purposes. r.) I see no reason whatever ity well water should not be g iven to them in it s Irinia" t „r 0 ! day for a certain number of hours, or. if Of 11° e ;od done, every other day for a certain n um, the st Then, in the next place, conies the coestion 0 1 st ioul - ta , line of pipes, and here I pause. When tin e c l e ‘ l e . r P:' e h ig t e e to the t siting of the sum of £15.5,000 out ° I I d - laog';arict I distinetly state th it I pause, (Hear, heart a n d s I - 4 11 I want to know a Huh more upon that bead , 3- 03 50 Co n d e wait a little time to see whether such an c ,, lcii ,„te etP: a ter not be fairly avoided. I would spare no liwu e e - rike "- or in doing all that could be done to render th po eess o f good, if it can be rendered good, by any e ra ,: g a u i l tie d filtration, but I would pause until I had " oile soPe l ioe such experiments—until the works hav e 11 hat 0 3 " . by age, and the rip , is have b2coma coated Ncl . .,b which water imparts to them by running thrn t rl it y orm o ur it t nd then, it the water still continues of that $ 1 : 0 1 of i s ol now is, I shall be prepared to vote £ 165 ,4 ° , ° r 11° 11 0 ,1 pockets, and call upon you to q uestto w o k laughter.) If any gentleman has any pay it. ee -11 0 '10 s. go tio on this subject of the water su ply. let lino 0° V e. lino Og g I shall answer him. (hear, Phear,)