The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

MEETING IN LONDON.

Mayor
meeting was held at Guildhall, yesterday, the Lord
in the chair. The ball was densely crowded.
Mr. Raikes Currie, one of the candidates for the city of
14°"°n, proposed a vote of confidence in Lord Palmerston,
a" approving his policy in China.
Mr. J. Dillon seconded the motion.
Mr, S. Morley moved an amendment to the -;fleet that
the citizens of London, while grateful I:—Lord Palmerston
for his energy and ability in
desire to place on ree dosing the Russian war,
Government ougb! their consideration that no
does sot
'to retain the public confidence which
.eadily prosecute a domestic policy embodying
ith,•esires of the people for social and political progress,
•
'‘.l Promptly and firmly grapple with those administrative
calamitous power of which the late war has
Painfully disclosed.
Mr. Gassiout seconded the amendment.
Alderman Ruse defended the policy of Lord Palmerston's
Government.
Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., also warmly supported Lord
Palmerston.
I The amendment was lost, and the original motion carried
'Y an overwhelming majority.
Mr. Crawford, a candidate for the City, said he was
prepared to go further than Lord Palmerston in repre-
Ittttative reform ; but he (Lord Palmerston) was the only
tati
tt to carry on the Government. He moved in con-
c'tlaion, that a committee be appointed to draw up an
address embodying the resolution which had been pas-ed,
that it should be signed by the Lord Mayor, on the part of
the meeting, and that a deputation should wait upon Lord
l'almerston, for the purpose of presenting it.
Mr. Lawrence seconded the resolution.
The meeting, which was (as usual at Guildhall) of rather
1,;11°i8Y character, terminated with three cheers for Lord
valmereton.

VORTII RIDING OP YOIGSSHIRE.—Mr. Dundas, who sup-
ts Lord Palmerston, is a new candidate.
tiALIPAX.—Sir Charles Wood, in his address, says,
%h at the country has now to determine whether affairs
.hall be administered by the present goverement or by
,„",e Chosen from any of the very different parties who
"".m.''e united in the recent. majority.
LANCASHIRE.—Lord Cavendish, son of the Earl
Burling-on, is the new candidate.
AcTAGNITIN.—Mr. Labouchere, in his address, heartily
s that the decision of the country will be such as wr to strengthen the hands of those who now hold
14 er or else to transfer it at once to those who possess
a Rreater degree the people's confidence.
4t,-,yry OP LONDON.—Mr. Raikes Currie has consented to
;Ind, for which purpose he resigns Northampton.
,e 8 '4EicEsTErt.—At a numerous meeting last night, it was
,?ivedwell will offer himselfl to support Sir J. Walmsley and Mr. Biggs.
r, uXFORD CITY.—It still appears doubtful whether Mr.
"'at .

ti:Ne Clerical Journal says :—" The Hon. John Stonrton
•t. in 1847, leaving an infant son, both parents at that
taiale being papists. In 1932 the mother became a Protes-
a 1.11., and began to instruct the child in her new creed, as
ulatthful mother was bound to do. The law was appealed
aPpoint a guardian to see that the son is educated in
te faith of his father, and the matter is to be decided by
41° Lords Justices of Appeal. Their lordships seem
4,,;iposed to examine the boy before deciding, and his con-
--I!'nee will probably settle his destiny for a season."
xi."4l our obituary of this week is recorded the death Oc
-At. 'try,
fbr illiam Tolley, clerk of the Worcester race meeting
L,a quarter of a century. His health and vigour had
tri,n, long declining, and he was relieved in the discharge
ne otherwise onerous duties of his office by the accession
ivi• ti!'e Present race committee, who kindly retained him
Spn„),B Post. In his prime he was a keen and earnest
3111; 4tnan, well versed in all racing matters, and
1,,1.,
.41 •taguished'for blunt honesty and downright speaking,
bound to say, most turfites of the present
Chronicle,
have some time or other experieneed.—Worrester
"onide.
It Tut AltritorotrrAN POLICE.—Prom a re'urn published
k aPPears that the sums received for the purposes of the
tiZtr'ol3olitan Pollee for the year endedlBs6,
s'ounted to £479.717 8s 93. and the expenditure to
.2434.081 163 7d, leaving a balance in hand of £45,635 12s
The receipts on account of the Police Superannuation nd during
, the same period amounted to £61,585 3s 2d ;
th•
"ne balance of government stock to £32,915 133 6d;
e receipts for the service of the police courts amounted
167,871 19s, and the expenditure to £i7,006 133 sd,
pc,-;"12: a balance of £865 5s 7d. The total number of
1(i B°ris belonging to the force on the Ist Jan., 1857, was
4,o.Buperintendents, 142 inspectors, 631 sergeants, and
,r,ll:onstables—ountinr, together to 5.847.
fin PASSENGER TRAFFIC WITH THE CONTINENT.--The
°wing particulars of the passenger traffic between
Cand and the Continent during the last year, as emu-
flittel with 1855, have been gathered from statements just
Da nr,t,alled from the various ports :—Boulogne, 1856,
84;0'4 ; 1855, 136.331. Calais, 1856, 84,653; 1855,
18'573. Dieppe, 1856, 44,651 ; 1855, 39,311. Havre,
2,0", 16,415 ; 1855, 20,766. Dunkirk, 1856, 812 ; 1855,
1k,5. Ostend, 1856 21,601 ; 1855, 18,998. Antwerp,
318-; 17,017 ; 1855, 15,346. Total : 1856, 274,083; 1855,
is R5BO. The falling off observable in the French traffic
tat-,,t:tirely attributable to the exceptional development it
'Willed in 1855 in consequence of the Paris Exhibition.
laagnientation at C dais and the elian ports seems to '
1.11 -late an increasing traffic with Belgium, Germany, and
e
hot otth of Europe, partly attributable, perhaps, to the
, &,!°ing of relations with Russia,
iiiet,"i9.lne IN THE ESSEX GAOL.—Yesterday morning,
fee uutting, one of the gang of burglars who, until his
,terrh'lt capture, had been a terror to the neighbourhood,
ClLnated his existence by committing suicide in his cell,
ti'ef;',nounty gaol, Springfield. At a quarter before eight
ha.eK, he ate his breakfast with his usual appetite, but
ththe warder summoned him to chapel, shortly before
tits, o'clock, he found him suspended by his hammock
?Mut to the iron handle of the bell provided for each
7ss-,,'`ee• The body was instantly cut down, but deceased
os.k.stOite dead ; he was 50 years of age. Cutting, it will
ItOtelernbered, was convicted at the assize last week,
fh4,4„ loan named Elijah Ramsay, of burglaries.at Little
ta3ti,;°ek and West Tilbury. and was sentenced by Mr.
to 4;'a Cresswell to 20 years' transportation. Previously
te trial, he attempted to evident himself of life by
nst,:ti? his throat at Orsett, thusing his resolute
to destroy himself. Information hatt been
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