The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-09 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

REQUISITION TO Sii.E.JARI/WELL TO RESIGN.—At
a meting of the National Confederstion, Liverpool, held
yesterday, the following requisition to Mr. Cardwell, calling
upon him to resign his seat as of e of the representativi a of
that town, in consequence of hie vote against Mr. Horseman's
moti in for a more equitable adjustment of the income tax,
was unanimously adopted :
To Edward Cardwell, Esq., X.P.—Sir,—We, the undersigned elm-
! tor. of Liverpool, learn with regret and surprise, that you have voted
with the government for a continuance of the unjust principle of
taxation, which fixes the same per rentage on incomes from trades
and professions, and from other equ My precarious sources, as on
income• d-rived from land and other realised property; not-
aithstanding the expression of our revue 011 that robjcet, con.
Typed through you to the House of Commune by petitioo4, mid
of which, therefore, you were vcrx,fly caeinsant ; and nutwith.
standing communications made to you h.• the National Con.
federation, on b half of the people of I.;verpool, to the same
elect. Under such eiretunstances we einnot content to repose any
further confidence in your our representative, nor can we permit the
interests of the people of Liverpool longer to remain under your
charge. We therefore tespeettully call on you to resign your scat as a
member for this burn, that we may have it in our power to make
ouch prudent selection of a representative as our interests require;
and as the necessity is urgent, we trust you will feel it your day to
comply with our request, and at the earliest moment the forms of the
flour of Common. may permit.
An address to the electors of Liverpool wan also adopted.
After referring to recent events, and to the vote of Mr. Card-
well, it proceeds thus:
Notwithstanding your petition to the legislature, which Mr. Curd.
well himself brought before the bore—notwithstanding the various
communications he had received from those aeung on your behalf,
ailcising him of the injurious operation of the income tax on the in-
h.bitanta of Liverpool, from 46 11/lited principle cf usesement on in-
comes derived from trade and other equally precarious sources, be
ha. thought fit to disregard the wishes and interests of his constito.
eats, and to rote with the government fora continuance of the tax on
the present unjust principle, although he had an opportunity, when •
motion for fl mom eqtutable princip e of aaraxoment wan under the
consideration of the house, to give effect to the views of his comb-
rents. Mr. Cardwell', conduct Os that oeevclon outrusts strongly
with that of Messrs. Brown and Iknry. via Maoris Arilnith Lanca-
shire, and of Sir Thomas Birch, his oullusgue, who communed, by their
votes, the conduct of the government in attempting to maintain the tax
au proposed by them. Mr. Cardwell bring thos neglected hi. duty
to his constituents, and having thus treated with indifference their
sentiments, so repeatedly expressed, and so constituuonally declared ;
and having also wilfully sacrificed their interests by voting foe a con-
tinuance of the income tax oa its present most =jut (sour, has for.
feited all briber claim to the confidence of the people of Liverpool.
It is neoowary that the people of Liverpool should be really sod not no-
minally represented in the I louse of Commons ; and as Yr. Cardwell
no longer ;asserts their confidence, Wei:lector owe it to themselves
at once to relieve that gentleman from the responsibility which he has
undertaken, that they may have the opportunity of selecting another
party whose views are more in canson!nce with their own, and who
will make it his deity, as well so his study, to respect the wishes of his
constituents, and to protest their interests. It is only through the
culpable neglect of cou.tituencies to their own interests, that their
representatives in puladm ht so frequently fail in the performance of
their duty; and the great grievance of inequality of taxation, of which
the country now so loudly complains, and under which it suffers so
much, sprung from the same ears But of thi- system there must be
an end ; and the conduct of the electors of Liverpool on the present
occasion will be a fitting example for inntabon by every town in the
empire.
LANCASTER ELECTION.—There is every probability
of a hard struggle for the seat vacated by Mr. Oregson.
Yesterday the nomination took place. Mr. Armstrong was
proposed by Mr. John Greg, of the firm of Greg and Co., of
Manchester and Lancaster, and seconded by Mr. W. B.
Bolden, a gentleman of independent fortune, and one of the
magistrates for the county. Mr. Stanley was put in nomina-
tion by Mr. Godson, M.P. for Kidderminster. Mr. Alder
man Bond, a county magistrate, seconded Mr. Stanley. Both
the candidates then addressed the electors at considerable
loogth.—Att. Anartroag dodotool i>L tom? of as ballot,

five trade, extension of the suffrage, unitary reform, na-
tional and unsecterian education, an equitable adjustment of
the property and income tax peace, and ecclesiastical
reform.—Mr. Stanley taunted the whigs with their
financial blunders, told his auditors to recollect that
it was a liberal government —a government liberal
with other people's money that proposed the in-
crease of the income tax ; maintained the necessity of pre-
serving intact the union of church and state; held the au-
thorities ou free trade and protection to be pretty nearly
balanced; cited Mr. Huskisson's opinion, chit tree-trade
was preferable, in the abstract, but impossible of rational
application so long as we were burdened with a debt of eight
hundred millions; and finally avowed that he (Mr. Stanley)
was for protecting native industry.—The Mayor iNfri
Howitt) then called for a show of hands, which being more
than three to one in Mr. Armstrong's favour, he declared
that gentleman to be duly elect. d.—Mr. Godson, on behalf
of Mr. Stanley, immedistely. demanded a poll, which wu
fixed to commence next morning, at ten o'clock. Me. Arm-
strong possesses an undoubted major.ty in the borough.
Mr. Stanley pounds his hopes of succe,s on the influence
of the neighbouring landowners, who have taken him by
the hand, and with their tenantry, most of whom are fret,-
men, and accustomed to vote according to instruction, from
" the Hall."

THE WAREHOUSE PORTERS OF LIVERPOOL have
struck work in opposition to the master porters recently
licensed by the dock committee of that town. It.ey desire
to procure work direct, and not through second hands. They
have • since Monday thrungsd the area of the Exchange
buildings, imitating the merchants in gathering into groups',
and chatting on peace, commerce, politics, and war.
FALL OF RAILWAY ARCHES AT MANCHESTER
Yesterday morning seven out of thirteen brick arches, form-
ing part of a viaduct erecting on the north-eastern side of
Manchester, by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Company, to connect the lines of that company with the
London and North Western line at Ardwick, gave way and
fell about ten o'clock. Eight of the thirteen arches had been
erected before the commencement of the winter, and had
stood till now, with the centres in them ; the centres, how-
ever, being required for a continuous portion of the viaduct,
of which the abutment* had been run up, a number of men
had been set to work during the last few weeks to build in
the spandrils at the top, between the arches, and to throw
on the hallast for the purpose of consolidating the work.
They bad proc:eded with the work up to you rday morning,
and had taken out the centres from six arches, commencing
at a heavy stone abutment (intended for a bridge over
Ashton old road) and running eastwards towerds Ardwiek,
without any reason to doubt the solidity and firmness
of the work. They then, about ten o'clock, removed the
centres from the seventh, or central arch, and had not com-
peted doing so m 're than a few momenta before the arch
sprung upwards from the centre and fell. Ihe wr o:e of the
six arches northward, from which the centres had been taken,
also fell immediately afterwards, leaving only the atone abut-
ment of the intended bridge over the road standing, and the
six arches at the other end, from under which the centres
had not been taken. The contractors are Messrs. Naell, •
Hemingway, and Co., and the less to them, supposing they
are responsible for the whole, will be about 1,0001. It was
a fortunate circumstance that the whole of the workmen at
the time were standing on the other arches, from which the
eentreings had not been removed. They all escaped. The
strength of the masonry was within half • brick of that
usually adopted fur arches of the same kind, and it is thought
was quite equal to the purposes for which the line was con-
structing, and the accident is attributed to want of sci, ntifie
knowledge or judgment in the ballasting at the tup of the
asonry.

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"GETTING Up" BRI BERY CABEt3.—A's the pollee-
office, Derby, on Saturday week, a curious charge of smelt
was preferred by a man named Milner, a pork-butchi r, re-
siding in that town, against Mr. 0. Wallis, late landlord of
the King's Head ; Mr. G. Bagnall, landlord of the Black
Swan, ; Mr. W. Tarr, ten., landlord of the
Noah's Ark ; and Mr. Tare, jun., pig-jobber. The following
is a brief summary of the facts of the case :—A petition
against the members fur the borough of Derby, Mesas.
Strutt and Gower, is now being got up, on the alleged
ground of bribery ; and the professional agents of
Mr. Haiku, the defeated candidate, had been informed
that Milner, who is an elector, obtained a very heavy
bribe for hi; Note, it baring been asserted that he obtained
101. for a couple of hams, On the 27th of Nov. the
agent of the petitioners and some other parties called on him,
to ask if ke would tell all he knew, and give evidence against
the sitting members. They invited him on that day to have
s ime drink, and he went with them to the White Hart,
Bridge Gate, where he was cff.red a bill for a certain amount
if he would tell all he knew; hut Milner refused to say any-
thing sinless he had the money in bard cash. Things went
on till lad Monday week, when Milner was again waited GA
by the same parties, and after a good deal of talk, he agreed
to tell the truth for 201. On Tuesday wi ek, therefore, he
met the parties at Mr. Derrell'', Siddalh's-lane, and re-
ceived from a certain penmen hands two five pound notes,
Miss Bagnall, the landlord's daughter, holding the other 101.
until he had told his tale. Milner then said, " Mr. Strutt
came to me and asked me for my vote like an honourable
gentleman, and I gave it him like an honourable man."
Considerable uproar ensued, end Milner was threat-
ned with a lodging in' the lock-up if he did not return the
money. Milner refused to do so, saying they had given him
the money to tell the truth, and he had dote so. On the
evening of the same day (Tuesday), the four defendants
went to his shop about half.past seven o'clock for the pur-
pose of getting the 10/. bask, or else tome further evidence,
~nd endeavoured to entice Milner to go with them to home
some drink, but he ri fused. Angry words ensued, and it
terminated in Milner turning them out of hie shop by force.
He then applied for summonses for them, and the case was
heard on the day above aimed. The case occupied the ma-
gistrates nearly three bourn, and at the termination they
were of opinion that there was no case against Mr. G. Walla
and Tarr, jun., but that it was proved against 'lair, sea.,
and Sagnae, and they were accordingly fined V. each and
costs. It was stated that the present investigation was only
a foundation for further proceeding,.