The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-15 00:00:00

MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

VAUXHALL WARD.,-- MEETINO LAST NIGHT.
A meeting of the electors of this ward favourable to the
return of Mr. Daniel Powell, to represent the ward in the
Town Council, at the approaching municipal election, was
held at No. 84, Vauxhall-road, at eight o'clock last night.
There was a very numerous attendance, the chair was taken
by WALTER MCGREGOR, Esq.
The CHAIRMAN briefly explained the object of the meet-
ing, stating that a numerously signed requisition of the elec-
tors had been presented to Mr. Daniel Powell, a merchant
of very high standing on 'mange, and well known to them
all, calling upon him to present himself 'as a candidate to
represent that ward.
Mr. LUPTON proposed the first resolution, introducing the
name of Mr. Powell, as a gentleman well acquainted with
all local matters connected with that great commercial town,
a highly respectable merchant of many years standing, and
known to them all for his great benevolence. (Cheers.) The
resolution was as follows :—" That in the opinion of this
meeting, Daniel Powell, Esq., is a fit and proper person to
represent this ward at the next ensuing municipal election."
Mr. JOHN Evans seconded the resolution.
Mr. Ituonns briefly addressed the meeting in support of
the resolution, stating that he had had the honour of know-
ing Mr. Powell for upwards of twenty years, and had ob-
served his conduct as a merchant of that town, and he had
no hesitation in saying that he never knew a more upright.
straightforward, honest, and useful man (hear, hear, and
cheers). He thought the electors of Vauxhall ward, if they
rallied to_ return Mr. Powell to the Town Council,. they
would do themselveS extreme credit and advantage,, in re-
turning a man who would never be swayed by polictical or
religious feelings, or by any other feeling than a desire to
discharge his duty, faithfully to his constituents. (Hear,
hear, and loud cheers.)
The resolution was then carried unanimously, and amid
loud applause. '
Mr. POWELL then rose, and was received with loud cheer-
ing. He said—Mr, chairman and gentlemen, after the very
flattering reception I have met with at your hands, I can
scarcely find words to express my gratitude, and I cannot
for a moment attribute it as the expression of your feelings
towards myself, but towards the cause which we all advocate.
(Cheers.) I have been an active member of the liberal in-
terest ever since I came to know or to think of politics at all ;
and I think it is scarcely possible, although it is at the same
tithe unwise to introduce politics into the Council Chamber,
to divest yourselves of some little feeling towards that line
of conduct which you have always pursued in life. (Hear,
hear.) Gentlemen, Ido not hesitate to say, that this ward
has a right to be represented in the Council by persons pro-
fesSing liberal principles. (Hear, hear.) I take it that the
immense funds which we raise in this large town from the
great bulk of the community, ought to be distributed in such
a manner that the great bulk of the community shall derive
thei greatest possible advantage from the administration of
these funds. (Cheers.) lam happy to say that now, in
the reformed Council, matters are not likely to be as hereto-
fore. Your funds will not be administered for the aggran-
disement of an individual or a family ; but from the publicity
which is given to what takes place in the Council, you will
allihave the power of judging how those whom you send to
represent you conduct themselves there. And notwithstand-
ing, that I feel it is the duty of persons sent into the Council,
to take care that the rates are so administered as not to press
tog much upon the rate-payers, I should still be loath to
grOge a rate being made where it is absolutely necessary
for, the sanitary condition of the town. (Hear, hear.)
Gentlemen, the poorest classes benefit most by the sewerage
an the sanitary regulations which are now being effected..
Unfortunately, it comes heavily now, because those who pre-
ceded us have heretofore neglected their duties, and*we are
consequently now obliged to bear the burthen and the heat
of 'the day for their neglect. (Hear, hear.) We must, for
the present, put up with it, and be content to pay our rates,
in order that the health of the town may be preserved, and
pakicularly at the present moment, when the scourge with
which Providence has been pleased to afflict other parts of
the kingdom, may approach nearer us ; and I 'believe it
is enerally admitted, that there is nothing which is more
coiducive to health than good drainage, to look after
tq condition ,of the poorer classes, see that their
hokises are properly_ kept and clean, and to preserve
them and their ' families in good health. (Hear, "hear.)
Gentlemen, if you do me the honour to send me into the
Council, I shall make no pledges whatever. I shall go there
free and unbiassed. I have arrived at that time of life when
I think I am capable of judging and acting for the benefit
of those who do me the honor to send me to represent them.
(Hear hear). I shall go there unfettered, but 'to the best of
my judgment, and the best of my ability, I will attend to
the interests of the town at large and the electors of this
ward, as far as lies in my power. One individual can do
little, but I am happy to sax', that if I have the honour of
being sent to represent you, I shall be supported by two libe-
rals, Dr. Bradley, and Mr. Moss. (Cheers). It will afford
pleasure to act with those gentlemen, when I think their
opinions are right, but when I think they err in judgment,
and am satisfied in my own convictions that they are wrong
and lam right, I will come before you, and I promise you
if you call upon me at a moment's notice, and say you think
I have done wrong, I will pay my fine and retire. (Cheers).
I am not aware, gentlemen, that I have anything further to
add. There is nothing which at present requires very great
attention; but, as 'I have before 'stated, so far as I am able
to form an opinion, your interests shall have my best atten-
tion, and to the best of my judgment I will endeavour to
to serve you faithfully. (Cheers). I have therefore to
thank you again for the kind reception you have given me,
and to express my sincere gratitude for the honour you have
done me, in choosing so huinble an individual to represent
this large ward in the common Council. (Great ap-
plause).
Mr. Moss, in a few words, proposed the following. resolu-
tion.—" That this meeting pledges itself by 'every legal
means to secure the representation of Vauxhall Ward, on the
first of next Mo vember."

Dr. VALTEN seconded the resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted.
Dr. BRADLEY briefly addressed the meeting, concluding
by proposing that their thanks be given to the chair-
man, which was seconded and carried amid general ap-
plause. •
The' proceedings then terminated.

MAYORAL HOSPITALITIES AT MANCHESTER.—The
Mayor (Robert Barnes, Esq.) entertained at dinner at
Brookside on Wednesday, the 12th instant, Robert B. Arm-
strong, Esq. (recorder), • Sir John Potter, Colonel Foster
(Royal -Engineers) ; Captain Campbell, and Lieutenants
Coney and Fitzgerald (Ist Royal Dragoons) ; Captain Carter
and Lieutenants Watson and Pearson (7th Royal Fusileers) ;
Lieutenant Torriano (Royal Artillery) • and Tames Aspinall
Turner, Samuel Brooks, Joseph Whitworth, John Reid,
Thomas Hilton, R. J. Jones, Thomas Cardwell, W. C.
Cruttenden, Charles Clarke, Augustus Kelham, J. B. Mark-
land, William Calder Marshall, ILA., H. G. Horn, Joseph
Heron, and Frederrck S. Austin, Esqrs. On Thursday the
13th instant, the Mayor also entertained at dinner the Right
Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M.P., Chancellor of the
Exchequer ; the Lord Bishop of Manchester, Sir Stephen
Glynn, Sir William Heathcote, Sir Elkanah Armitage, Sir
John Potter ; Messrs. Aldermen Neild, Watkins, and Shutte-
worth ; Rev. Richard Greswell (Oxford), and J. C. Harter,
Thomas Bazley, kames Aspinal Turner, Daniel Maude,
Joseph Heron, Robert Gladstone, Samuel Fletcher (Parker-
street), William Fairbairn, Henry Ashworth, Malcolm Ross,
Leopold Reiss, T. B. Potter, and John Pender, Esqrs. And
last evening, the Mayor entertained at dinner Colonel Brook
Taylor (staff officer) ; Colonel Yorke (lst.Royal Dragoons) ;
Colonel Wilbraham, Major Sir Thomas Troubridge, Captain
Mills ; Lieutenants Tryon, Leeson, and Butler, and John
Mitchell, Esq., M.D. (7th Royal Fusiliers) ; Captain C. J.
Franklin (Royal Artillery), Lieutenant Westhead (34th.
Regiment), Captain Joseph Peel (3rd Royal Lancashire
Militia), Captain Clarke (4th Royal Lencashire Militia) ;
Captain Willis, Rev. H. M. Birch ; and John F. Phillips,
Montague Gladstone, Richard Simpson, James Dugdale,
James Hatton, James C. Harter, jun., Joseph Ewart,
and Daniel Broadhurst, Esqrs.
MEETING OF CREDITORS AT THE BANKRUPTCY COURT
MANCHESTER—Monday, 17th Oct., at 12:—John Milnes,
woolstapler, Rochdale, certificate; George, Joseph, and
Thomas . Prodder, cotton-spinners, Rochdale,—adjourned
certificate of George Prockter ; George Ramshaw, grocer,
Ashton-under- Lyne—audit; John Combes ironmonger,
Manchester, last examination • Wm. Rinlot, bread-baker,
&c., Manchester, last examination, Tuesday, 18th :—Henry
Hunt, paper manufacturer, &c., Heaton Norris, Manchester
and Glossop, last examination, at 11.; Emanuel Cunliffe,
cotton-spinner, &c., Higher sooths, near Bnrnley, last
examination on bankrupt's application, at 12. Wednesday,
19th : —John Ellis, machine-broker, Preston, adjourned,
last examination, at 12 ; John Heap, the elder, and Richard
Heap, silk-printers, Manchester, adjourned last examination
at 12.

THE GAMBLERS OF NEW YORK.—There are two
vices which, just now, seem to be in the ascendant—drink-
ing to excess and gambling. The former, however, has
thousand's watching it, prepared—with conventions, new
license laws, Maine laws, and other weapons—to "scotch
the snake," even if they cannot kill it. But the latter ap-
pears to rule uncontrolled. Gambling is in its glory, in this
blessed
.year of '53, especially in New York. The Crystal
Palace in that place and the yellow fever at the south have
combined to draw an unusually large portion of the profes-
sion to our sister city. We are told that they swarm at all
the best hotels, and were never known to have as much
money as now. The past summer has been, indeed, a golden
harvest to them: The pigeons they have plucked have been
almost countless. One cannot think of the misery they have
ivorked without the heart boiling from indignation. Oh
'who shall count the husbands, sons, and brothers they have
misled;; the happy homes they have rendered miserably; the
frantic victims they have driven into crime. The great city
has become a very Babylon through them ; and fast, indeed,
are they filling up the dark cup 0 their iniquity. —New
York 'Tribune, Sept. 28.
THE DUTY ON PAPER.—The duty on paper last
year amounted to £947,905, and in the preceding year to
'£934,567.
THE DUTY • ON CARRIAGES AND HORSES.—The
new duty on carriages and horses commenced from Monday
last for the year 1854, in respect of carriages and horses
exempted under the old act. It appears that in the ycar
ended the sth of January last, the duty on horses realized
373,2464 ; and on carriages, 407,2221

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ROY .l[. MAIL STEAM PACKET COIL-

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The half yearly general meeting of the CompanYL
place on Thursday. at the London Tavern, Bisho?B"
street. Captain Shepherd, R.N. inthe chair.
Captain CHAPPELL, the secretary read the report-1;1bl
stated that the unprecedented rise in the rate of fo
and the cost of Coal, had materially effected all the e Itlag
Steam Packet Companies in the Kingdom, and the come
had incurred an expense of £27,000 in coal alone, D.seutit
that' of the corresponding half of the year, 1852. 1:110
coal, hitherto. used exclusively by' this •ccimPann atife
used by other companies, and. there had been no altern),o
but to purchase coal of an inferior quality, the consatalfeet
of which was quicker and consequently more costly. To
this pressure for supplies of coal, the directors 7'9
made "arrangements for the shipment of 10.000 tons f-r°1:1101
United States of America to depots in the West Indies;_ 9
as portions of this had already reached their destinatl7at
sufficiency for the winter consumption was now lictie
all the stations, so that no reason existed to apprel:
a failure in the company's engagements in this resro
It had. • also been found necessary to increase, in Moo.
branches' of the service, the rate' of wages, and these e
bined circumstances would explain the causes of the hi I
scale of disbursement presented in the half year of the Is;°de,
ing account. Since the late general meeting,the Avon, P). i 0
and Teviot, had been stationed' for intercolonial sernee,..3
lieu of the Great -Western; Thames, and Trent, ordeled,
home for general repair ; and the Dee, after being copP°
repaired, and lengthened at New York, would in the Pr'ls,
month relieve and send home the Medway for a similar
pose. In each case the ships repaired and altered o*-of
materially improved in speed, so that the efficient ststeie
the company's fleet was such, at present, as to justify r,
directors in anticipating a punctual performance of thestehe
vice entrusted 'to the company by its contract with
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Government, when the fleet was complete, the certainty
be secured rof reachii* Panama and Aher places • 1,,
Ehgland more rapidly plaSt.Thomas, than by any other rou.i,
and thereby of materially accelerating the steam conitati.%,
cations with Australia and the various ports in the
Ocean. In conclusion, after due consideration of all esi`et
ing circumstances, and trusting that many of those at prese;
unfavourable to -the company were only of a tempo
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the directors were of opinion that the usual rated
dividend, £2 per share, should be declared for the first:,
of the- current year, the same to be paid, free of income
on and from the 18th inst."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the reP°
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recapitulated its main features '
A PROPRIETOR seconded the adoption of the report, 9111
observed that he considered it as satisfactory as they CO.ce
expect it to be under the disadvantagebus circumstan
alluded to. He wished to know whether there was n°',.
clause in the company's contract, which gave them a ew
upon the government in the event of coals reaching :i
unusually-high price.- -
The CHAIRMAN stated, in referenee to the clause autholid
the company to apply to the Government for aid in ;
event of the prices of coals rising to an unusually high 101 it
that there was no doubt a clause of that description, hilly
was not of a very definite nature, and it only empowered Of
directors .to seek the assistance of Government in eai
war, or other circumstance •of a national character
might raise the frcightts, &c., above a certain point; P'rj
even then it was provided that the claim should not exem
X 75,000. This matter had not escaped the notice of U'
directors ; but it could scarcely be said that anything hadbe
present occurred as affecting this company which might
called of a "national character," for although there svebe
threats of war, he trusted that those threats would not
carried into execution.
After some further observations, the report was adopted',B
and the business terminated; with a vote of thanks to
chairman and directors.

Last night a man was garroted in Temple-0A
and robbed of £5.
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THE INDEPENDENCE OF TIIIIKEY.—A public-LA-meet
,i,,f
ing of the borough of- Finsbury is to be held on Tufs'"'
next, at the Music-hall, Store-street, to give public eirle
sion of opinion on this questton. Mr. T. S. Duncombetp.
Borough member, has undertaken to preside on the occaly
TEE WINE DuTlEs.—lt appears from a Pill;10
mentary document issued within the last few dal; that ill t", 41
year ended the sth January last, the wine 'duties anwial
to £1,795,013.
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seopteaillmna enrs Palmerston
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sinthEatditihibeuridgeha, ohf:g. e !bac nt:gt
abandoned for the present.
DREADFUL TIIUNDER STORM. AT DEA_•"',O4..
Thursday evening, Deal was visited by one of the ll'fot
awful thunderstorms known for some years ; it continaecklia
more than an hour, the flashes of lightning..being verYll
and strong, accompanied by heavy rain.
A PRUSSIAN SQUADRON OFF DOVER.—On
afternoon, about 1 o'clock, a small Prussian squadron r„ tb.
Dover :—a frigate, an 18-gun ship, a brig and a Q"
were:indistinctly seen. They sailed westward.
,ins $
GREAT ONSLOW CONSOLS MINES.—YeSt°I\--' st,
meeting of the proprietors and shareholders in the gl'eei
Onslow Mines, situated in Cornwall, was held.at the illge-
Hotel, Dale Street, for ... the purpose of considering the r- a'
sent prospects, and taking steps to develope the resourceAgs t,
the mines. There were upwards of 50 shareholders pro-r
consisting of gentlemen residing in Liverpool, Manch'
Tlitlrsdaed.r
Preston, and other large towns in the North of der
by whom the shares were principally held. ntetea
Bonnet, Esq. of Wadebridge, occupied the chair, anat't t\l°
into an interesting account of the present prospects °toe.
company, which were of an exceedingly encouraging tile,
He showed that by a further application of machinet 00
resources of the mines might be greatly developed,. as 't 05
been ascertained that the copper ore contained in theia, $
almost inexhaustible.. After the chairman's remar'dot
discussion took place, and it was ultimately iesolved °to
additional macbanery for the working of the mines sh
be procured.
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THE STEAMER: " STE'TTIN." This pe,..,‘,,tivt
steamer belonging to the "
•Liverpool (new) Steam r"`",,eli
Company," now lying in the Trafalgas dock, attracts al
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attention. She is fitted up in a style that cannot be 501
passed. • The ladies cabin is remarkable for its light
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airy appearance. There two entrances into it--oue frog
airy
companion stairs, the other from the great saloon--;',,a
affording to ladies an opportunity to ladies of entering eitp4
way. The births in this department, are some of the larg,c_o
and loftiast idany boat in the same trade. The ventilan
.
is perfect, and for general comfort, lady passengers will ail'e,
themselves quite at home in this pretty steamer. The geni.,,j
mans cabin, although more extensive, is fitted up with aro
taste and regard to comfort. The .grand general saloon' •t
not only ample, but is laid out in a style that reflects ac,t:,
on the Coinpany. Nothing has been left undone re ren,u"
the boat a favourite. Her commander, captain James Coal;
(late of the " Times,") is a gentleman of experience, 10°•;10
urbanity, attention, and professional knowledge entitle IIA
to the conndence of the public. Captain McGrath, mac'
Captain Collis in the Times.
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DESTRUCTION' OF A RAILWAY STATION BY A .11. .1-.- 41
ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—One of the 131°:4
singular accidents that ever happened on a railway, t,,,e
place on Wednesday evening at the Reading station on i; e
Great Western line; by which a shed covering one oft A
platforms was levelled with the ground. The goods "5,
from Basingstoke is due every night here about ten o'elco
and last night it made its appearance at the usual time. 00
policeman in.attendance gave the signal for it to come illaii
the line of rails running close to the outside pillars of LI
shed. It appears that the side-flaps of one of-the trucks :1J
hanging down, so as to come in contact with the pillars/-
as the train was goang at a considerable speed the flap stl
with.great force against each successive pillar, forcing t
out of their perpendicular, and as it struck the last the r 0
cipals across the upper part of the shed gave wav/ an .;
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whole fell in from the centre with a tremendous crash, ~i
burying a number of empty carriages in the debris. .:,i
conductor, driver, and stoker on the goods train all esalif i
uninjured, though a portion of the building fell on soviet,
the trucks in that train.. The damage arising from this
cident is estimated at £2OOO.
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LECTURE ON THE CONDITION OF FUGITIVE 01.*01
IN CANADA.—LaFt evening, the Rev. I. Ward, a gentleli
of colour,. of Zoronts, Canada, 'delivered a Lecture olio
subject, in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. A a
numeronus audience assembled tonear the lecture; all
the platform were the following gentlemen : Rec.
Raffles, Rev. J. Celly, Rev. J. Dewsnat, Rev. W. P. V
ford, J. Jeffurges; R. Rathbone, T. Blackburne, W. it;
field, and J. flyby, Esquires. The chair was occupie
~,
John Cropper, Esq., who in a few brief remarks intredr,
the Lecturer to the meeting. , The Rev. Mr. NtralL'ot
presenting himself, was loudy applauded. He introu'itai
the subject of his lecture by describing the value, and derio
ing the origin and progress of the slave laws in Ailleoret'
These laws, though fearfully stringent in their nature,ers
ineffectual in accomplishing the purposes of their desleol
and accordingly the " Fugitive Slave Law," whicly
earned for its authors well ;merited infamy, was, pas,,scoll
1850. The lecture gave many illistrations of the. W"',.iao
of this law, and described mill a graphic manner the pert
adventures which the poor negroes encounter in fl -ing
its dire operation, to the free shores of Canada, laie.,l tas
how the free states of America, though speaking " 01' sil
about abolition, yet speedily and suecumberd to th. 040 -
states, and how they thus violated the most sacred
Christianity, lest their commerce thould suffer by their sniie;st
fellow-countrymen withdrawing their custom from will
The thorough freedom, social; religious, and politicalp.e:
the men of colour enjoyed in Canada called for the he e! ;b,
eulogy from the lecturer, and he boldly met the chargo,iir,
culated in many a Trans-Atlantic print as to the ionjoill,/
of the fugitive slaves when the reached and settled
"nine C.
Toronto, Hamilton, and Chatham. Some were illisee C!',t,
so were white men; and he should be rejoiced to ort es'illia
portion of God's earth where vice and crime did
,n,ilbiel34,eo
He clearly pointed -out how the quasi-freedom "trengi94
negroes were allowed in North America served to ' rig' cll
slavery in the' south, by nurturing the prejudieesby Otitis
them; and he justly observed that the only ineals,ofisgado'
that prejudice -could be'broken down, was by c'el, co ,r
condition, social and moral, of the fugitive slaves ill catiY,o4
On the conclusion of the lecture, which was freq ade, "4
plauded during its delivery, a collection was 111010
which the Rev. J. Kelly, Mr. Rathbone, Dr. il
other gentlemen addressed the meeting.

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