Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-30 00:00:00

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liil)42e,ttY Will be made to restore it, and wil 1
ll'lft.orfeitto be
ileds° to the general prize; he will also be i e sr
withb'er to the Provost-Marshal, to be summarilyede_adet
foreS, The Major-General calls upon the officerstierntne the:2o lend their zealous and efficient co-opeerea
bei N'itt:ftion of the works of thesie getenorheabt to
regimental
twtoeerZeig•all HI looks especiallyp
p e on their men that to
bong 111 the trgeaheess, clouding a siege is as necessary and
e Sill iillrable as to fight in the ranks during a battle. He
I°4 t°1(1 all officers responsible for their. utmost 1 Saii_t9arry out the direction? of th and he
hent;ltlY trusts that all will exhibit0 ?ngaluehealthy and
ttiiii.titAilittlistleriltl of emulation. and zseual,sf 'n which he has
r lt rwill follow. in the
in%attliic7n oh;PaPlr teirelabours.
teZlittlie Morning of the 14' h, soon after day-break, the
htll p ,took Place. The attacking columns were—as I
okliltoogweh-.Bl::rtiaisletter that I have seen, written on
which,
lop itigdaY by an officer of rank in the army,
.whi.e ,
, as far as I know, the only communication
ttsbilte a date that has yet reached Bombay—three ine
Niptta °lle being held, as I understand it, in
of assault
hi the is not given. The main
. point
o o
llop, pe breach at the Cashmere bastion. column, -
441Et'ei consisting of Ghoorkae, and the newly
.ne arrived
.b
iltaek°.° contingent, was directed to make a diversion by
lah„g the ISishengunge suburb, which lies outside the
it
ts4'egste on the western side of the city, and,
14lt•clei; 111 eirrying the suburb, to assault the if
14t,‘ :4t, the suburb was oecup:ed by the enemy
itoll;%.;:tti a battery of heavy guns. The Casbmerian
the le 'ellared indifferently, and in spite of the efforts
wo.f
hand' Ghoorkas the column was repulsed. Its co .
Itsbilig officer. Major Reid, of the Sirmoor battalion is
!Sl° t 4 Wounded of the day; but on the northern side
,each all all went well. The troops entered at t
the 1"h CO serious opposition, and spreading.
of
tttitoc* 'eft and right, occupied . the " whole line
Ilkte, ape from from the Water bastion to the Cabalttle
slt lls,t,iditig the Cashmere gate .and bastion.
. es
';e '0 and bastion, the English church, Skinner's
"isle, 4,,,
44'. the grounds about.. The priricipal. less
,tilitia;4 by the assailants was due to the obstinate
1,141) te,e,tboY met with in clearing their way along the
"lisil:t" I° the Cabul gate, and afterwards in an attempt
Zeit irate beyond that point into the denser parts of
; al -,,11 the direction of the Jumna Musjid.
dn.allptihvee
°-.41.4313ted to about 500 killed and wounde
4t41 Srlt reported to have been slain—Tandy, of the
ftts,-ngineers ; M'Barne.t, of the late 55th Native
Aiot. ' korrav of the Guides ; Bradshaw, of the 52nd
tiliiti44lPitesera' ld, of the 75th. Captain Rosse, of the
k4,i Or's, Major Jacob, of the Ist Bengal Fusileers,
;It Lie s'
Homfray, 13t
.Punjaub Infantry, are
ihlittl-'l4B hail died o wounds received. Brigadier
111°11'lvas "g
wounded, and his brother, of Coke's
lies,at,_
Ph, mull'' wall others, in all about 30. Of the loss of
i:it °l'B I do not observe even an estimate. It. is
sell t4eld that bodies of them' were seen to be retreating
sl ' 11,he south of the city in the direction of Recitals,
6-4 'a-s aero,s the bridge of boats, and that
h'ttlePtvaill had moved round the city to
td. .N,;. and destroy the former. Our victorious
sytts;, Prudently recalled from . too hasty an
Nas liit° the close lanes of the city, occupied the
d
1,1,? stistly _
._ 0 space inside the Cashmere gate, an
11114'41.1i, "tlichPethav h d won on either side of it. Head-
's Lt
' wer e". a in the house once occupied by
1.410 e established
P:iiii to Irregular Horseman, Skinner, ancldno,sw
P 4 ° el by his name, to the natives as &nun er .
rtitioe for shelling the enemy
Ito, el Were at once made
beet „ "'ace the Selimghur, and the the other strong
.
l' 1 f s" eit ' ' the firing commenced next morning,
it"stll; eY
yt'llaendevening of that day a breach was
4414 'tithe wall of tt•e magazine enclosure, which was
listtr3erele by the enemy, and the place was stormed
' lit 41
rnlog by the 61st Foot, and detachments of
il,itlr:i°3le,sh battalion and Wilde's Rifles. In it were
iqp, 45 Pieces of cannon. The Palace being now
,iikihsel, the guns and martars opened upon it from
Rhinr"tis-Zitle enclosure, and the enemy appears to have
uatit
at
i 04.11,1
I all points. Thus the Kishengunge battery,
'ts, 1, rePulsed the Jummoo troops, was abandoned
tlhtli:t4ll4hilreo
4ielepatnedretdhe gunssthere taken swelled the total
toot. upwards of 200. . The
the river seems also
Nie et,.t_he further side
ppoliltittkli
sarfiab.an lo les_ and at the date of the latest
'7
p.m. on the 16th—an attack
1/414, been ta4V.ziraiel had been repulsed, a chain of post!.
I'l
th - established from the Cabul gate to the magazine.
lid
some hours before dayfall had been
krlt 14,,,.1g"13' a detached and desultory warfare from
,°ll,l - trie houses. Many townspeople had come iu
i;t7-I.‘geepilfey4 (Darter. which Was of course refused to
itlrgiit
tkie All this is so satisfactory that we may
6, sse l'. tale from Jeypore, that on the 20th the
L'lst entire:y in
hands. Bat I shall keep this
mi 11'4 t our
fuller intelligence,
ks kt 0 the last in the hope of
,t‘k c'E;t4ine:riB just in from Kerrachee, which Mr. Frere
‘ltegt4e se" re Just
for an emergency, and which he would
08. s'ettnatched unless he had something. worth
tlnp t illat.not omit by the way to mention that
it—
tlisllt,' rePort asserts—though I do not credit
shrine
killthe .InR of Delhi escaped to a neighbouring
'lllglliseScindia it is moreover
14 *l-, • of a woman. • t fugitives.
ti, tail ' raising 15,n00 men to intercept
i'ltlti ntig eiwtpore and • Lneknow, I am unable tIo
.
tlji reason favourable au account as a fortnight ago
LAttlile':ll43 I thought, anticipated. that I should be
tiol'°tith (Ineral Outram, you will remember, in his,
Y 11)r e 205 of September, to which I referred. in m 3
Wi, ael
ki 411 kii a hope thrt he should get over the distance
tisast, l'i'labail (where he was at the time of writing)
t1i,1i.,,,,P°N by the 9th In this hope he was, orch
k'ttsr'Poieted. Probably, after enduring so moth
ii.l,ok,l' : ttao the ordinary difficulties embarrassed le
111 , 4 t,-,plll°o one occasion at least his advance was
I)".4t's6 a° armed force, or his progress hindered b.ty
k1,:111,141,Y,, °f chastising it. A p erty, estimated by i s
,Ttihr\ls,;"stroyer at about 300 strong, with a few
llit'tll‘. tlrnber is not mentioned), crossed the Ganges
41°14' Drestltosb' for the purpose of plunder, at a
141.N(11,°f Sir James's line of march. Ai soon, as
sltlthveNt ri.'l of, Nlajoe Vincent Eyre, of old Affgeba.ns
ZI Itts -4.tah celebrity, was Cent on with part of i
-11;,40,::,ofl;t:chrai Irregular
of the sth and 64th Foot,
‘lkso1)il th reguiar Horse, to attack and disperse
4,``less- ,e Alsjur's approach the enemy hastily
ir
,Nlii,i'lit,l 't'VeS to the boats, pursued by the cava y,
I,;tlre I:hen they had re-embarked, they kept up al
L‘l. eta; Er :4N when the infantry came up and poured
1,-;„W;liktepitcy into the crowded boats the rebels still 1
i''S 'N -'enMe and return they could, but when the
Ltki;:lhtrieB„,°Peced With grape they threw themselves
I,IIOA '4 tined the river, to perish almost to a man
011,1'4 se of arms that rained upon them from the
:tsCki e "oats sv ,r k and the guns with them.
‘4ll/144tti tit° 10;he.rsti° September. Oa the 15'.h, the
dillitilkthillii"rtlsie` the sth Fusiliers, and the remainder of
si ))54:est 04t,t1:1,ers reached Cawnpore, and. Sir James
ltlttl,4:a wer"ttO force being expected on the following
tt, 14kttee the given by General Havelock to prepare
it;t4 otitittorli:rossing of the river at half-past two
13e,kii or ti,'" This I know from a private letter
It''tl4 'l4l wge 'Pincers of the 78th, and nothing,
. so
ll'ei I'll - 4re, has arrived from Cawnpore direct to
Ile kit l'Po.e ,
it, gaud nee. (net counter-orders were subsequently
ti;:tepsilts4;the crossing was delayed. But when the
ks'ltli h 4 44117. for Suez called at Madras three days
tIIY th4t : as the result of the information brought
Itp; N 48\4 41 telegraphed to the Bombay Govern-
tsils "the elleral Havelock's force crossed
. the
s
isi, kl','s. 41wnenore ou the 19th ; skirmishing wa
lillitc(l° k 73ige which I must think,
.might. It
tayse
libilts; tlios2hlittio fuller and more explicit.
:i
ili4 tlt‘4lte ,:i: I ho it is not true, that the crossingii
krSs,, spelsee till the 19th, or it may be that en
three
'4'l tires4l'. tel°4 was completed which was begun t
si jiwet. stream t 't.
"le
' was running like a mill race,
4isal,At the :024-Pounders and elephants to be got
e
LNI '''(.l) PI " skirmishing" inadequately, as w
id his teaetn
"Nt• 1 ' troo 8 the amount of resistance eneonn-
sEi's4
°treat
spa' Certain it is at least that the enemyd
ttlt S ps4 t 4 settength, and occupied an iotrenche
'Rage -Ili
tsPPosite bank. A few days before the
ii:!(1,11,le s:4rner, /moored off Cawnpore, was sent
e,,"tte en': the river and reconnoitre. While so
15'.k144her';'nagr°1111d. The enemy at once opened
V th'' ' turned out, as was descernible through
.
V e li Ilie officers' other aide, marching
k„4,., ask . on the
44er In a regular , that grpi .
(411nlisiiirfearingcolumn their o.elle,betrayed and

r pouches, though: not the red uniform. The bank on
the Cawnpore,.side. being higher than :the other their
proceedings were easily observed, and a few shots were
thrown at them from the 24-pounders, but without pro-
ducing any effect,—indeed, without reaching across the
river. Eventually the steamer got off, and returned
uninjured. Meanwhile, of the imprisoned garrison of
Lucknow we have heard but very little. That little,
however, is all encouraging, though vague. They had
undermined and blown up a house near the entrenchment,
with a number of fanatics who occupied it, and then
sallying out had spiked the two 18-pounder guns which
the enemy Mel brought to bear upon them, though
without doing much damage. Of the amount of provisions
we hear nothing one way or the other. On the whole, I
may repeat that we know of nothing tending to destroy,
or even materially to affect, the confident hopes which,
when I last wrote, were so generally entertained, not only
on this side of India, but also at C ownpore and Allahabad,
that this long-beleagured city will be relieved in lime to
save many valuable lives and the hono or of Euglighwenien
and of the English name.
To the north and:west, in the great province of Malwa,
things are looking sufficiently well. I have already
alluded to the report of Scindia s raising new levies to
intercept fugitives from Delhi. A letterfrom an officer
at Indore, jest received, lies before me. Upon informa-
tion which ho considers relable he writes that on the
25th, and for five days previous, Scindia and the mutinied
Contingent were at Gwalior face to face, each seeking to
coerce the other. The Maharajah had his guns in
position, and from 17.000 to 20,000, men of new and old
levies strongly posted. He was unwilling to use force, I
snppose, against such formid ob'e antagonists unless abso
lutely forced to do so, and contented himself with holding
tfiem in check, waiting probably for the fail of Delhi. If
this be true he has doue us :good service, and has saved
his sovereignty. Indore and Mhow are quiet. The sue.
cession to the chieftanship of Ruttam has been:tranquilly
settled, the disturbed little State of. Dhar is at rest again,
and, more than all, the Muddesore insurrection, of„which
I wrote in my last, is molting away to nothing. Thus
in Malwa all is pretty well, nor in Rajpootana is there
much amiss, save in the matter of the revolted J Luapora
Legion. These rebels, when I left them a fortnight ago,
were, you may remember, posted in a strong village
called Awa, where Cololel Lawrence, as I had heard,
hesitated or declined to attack them. However, he
subsequently allowed the Raj sh of Joudpore to attempt
the place with his troops, unwisely as it would seem, for
the Rajah's men, if more numerous than his own, were of
inferior materials. Accordingly their attack was
repn'sed, and Mr. Monk Mason, the Commissioner, who
accompanied them, was, it is feared, killed. Then
Colonel Lawrence resolved hlmself to attack. On the
18th of September he led his small body of men from the
85th Foot, the Mhairwarra battalion, and the Bombay
Lancers, with a half troop of Horse Artillery, against the
enemy's position, which in the high standing corn was
scarcely visible. The rebels had the guns of the legion,
and made good practice with them. They were driven,
ho vever, from two successive positions into the town,
and there the triumphs of the day ended, for, the place
being evidently unassailable, our troops were forced to
draw off, without loss indeed, but no doubt considerably
to the detriment of our prestige in the district. And that
such an event should hare happened just where it did is
particularly unfortunate, as being so near to the frontiers
of Gazerat, where there are not a few petty chefs who
bear the British rule no strong affection, and where one
Bombay regiment, the 21 Grenadiers, has exhibited of
late disaffection in its ranks.

For the past fortnight we have had further disturbances
in this Presidency, which constitute a drawback, though
but a slight one, on the generally favourable character of
the intelligence, and affn-d a contrast to the ;loyalty of
the Madras army, still unstained, unless by the refusal of
the Bth cavalry to proceed for service to Bengal, for
which, by the way, all the suband trs and the native staff
officers have been summarily dismissed the service. You
may remember that I noted in my last that the native
artillery at Hyderabad and Shikarpore in Sainde were
thought to be wavering, and that aCcompany of Earo peen
artillerymen had b >en sent up from Bombay in great
haste to relieve them;of the guns which it was feared they
might misuse. At Hyderabad, it was found necessary to
take prompt measures without waiting for the arrival of
the Europea s. Acting upon laformition derived from
his subandar, Lieut. Battiscombe, commanding the com-.
pany, applied to the brigadier, and by means of 1500 of
the police and 100 picked men of the 13th Native
Infantry, the golandas were disarmed ani the guns taken
away into the fort. At_Shikarpore, some days later,
some fifteen of the artillerymen got hold of the
guns ona very dark night, and blazed away at nothing
or anything, till driven away by the polic who
fired at the flashes of the guns. One or two were killed,
and the others decamped, only to be brought in dead or
alive by the police or the villagers. Here and everywhere
throughout Scinde the police have behaved admiraby.
An affair at Kurrachee was more serious. There, one
evening, a plot on the part of his regiment was disclosed
to Major Macgregor, of the 21st Native Infanty, to rise
that very night, murder the Europeans, and make of for
Hyderabad. E eerything seems to have bee❑ adm:rably
well managed. The 2nd Europeans (two companies only)
and the Horse Artillery were ordered out at once, and the
reg;ment were surprised. Some twenty-seven were
missing, all of whomAhave since been executed or slain
by the police or the villagers, and about the same number
whose firelocks were found to be loaded, are to be trans-
ported for life. These men are thought to be, and perhaps
are all the conspirators in the regiment, in which case the
intended mutiny would be one of the Bombay as opposed to
the Bengal type, where the predominence of low-caste
and Concanee (or west coast) men, though not always
sufficiently great entirely to preserve the corps from
mutiny, seems to be able to prevent its infecting the
whole body. Elsewhere throughout the Presidency we
have been quite cutlet, if I except the case of the 2nd
Grenadiers, to which I have already alluded, but which
has hitherto exhibited nothing worse than a few deser-
tions and consevent imprisonments. By this time
General Roberts, who commands in Guzerat, has got the
89:.h Foot at Ahmedabad, which will keep everything
quiet ; and at Kurrachee the wing of the 4th, from the
Mauritius has arrived. Here we have the left wing of
the 93th, but the head-quarters are not yet heard of.
They had not reached the Cape when the left wing sailed
from it.

I have received another letter from the officer attached
to the mission at Teheran, of whose former communioa
tion.l wrote in my last. I mention this letter because an
absurd report has got about here, and may reach England
(though you will know better at home through Constan-
tinople), that Mr. Murray has hauled down his flag. The
mission was to start for Herat on the day after the date
of my letter—the 18th of August. They expected to
reach that city in 40 dnys by caravan marches, almost
precisely the sane as those of Ferrier, whose notes and
information (the accuracy of which is. I believe, roundly
denied at Teheran, and by his countrymen too) they will
be able, an I are very desirous. to test. " Trio Persian
government," writes my friend, " is evading the bona fide
terms of the treaty in every respec'." :" The Affghans,
we bear, are rising far and wide to annihilate the Farsian
forces, now that they know the English have forced them
to evacuate the place."
To return to Bombay, and to conclude. Our monsoon
is at an end, and has been a very favourable one, the fall
registered being 78 inches. Trade is active ; money
abundant. Government four per cents. have risen to 62.
ard would go higher but for the extreme depression at
Calcutta. Exchange on London, 2s la 1.

We learn tbat the great philanth-opist, Sir Moses Mon-
te6o-e, Bart. sill Lady, were in town early this week and
inspected the new Synagogie, in Hope Piace. the archi-
tecture and arrangements of which highly pleased them.
We understand that on their return to London, Sir Moses
enclosed a .checrie toward the fund of this institution.
Their visit to Liverpool was strictly private.
INAUGUEITION or QUIEEN'S COLLEGE, LIVERPOOL.—We
understand that Lord Brougham will visit Liverpool for
the purpose of inaugurating this college, on Virtnt esday
next, the 4th proximo, and that many other distinguished
persons are expected to be present at the public meeting,
at the College, which will probably be held on the follow-
ing day. Daring his lordship's stay in Liverpool, he will
bo the guest of Wm, Brown, Esq., M.P.

MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

RODNEY STREET WARD.

Last evening Mr. Charles Moziey met the members •f
his Committee at the Adelphi Hutel. Mr. T. S.
RAFFLES, the Chairman presiled. There were several
members of the Committee pr esent, but the meeting was,
saiet'y speaking, one of a private nature.
The CHAIRMAN said he wished it to be understood that
this was not a meeting of the electors of the ward, but a
me :,tine, merely, of 0(33 gentlemen of the Liberal party
who, perhaps, take a deeper interest in the Liberal cause
than others. They were merely watching, in order to be
prepared for a contest, should one spring up at the
e'eveath hour, which has been done in other wards, on
some previous occasio is. At present he ha l heard of no
oppcsition, and h 3 did not ex:eet any up to that time.
He then introduced Mr. Moz!ey to the Committee.

After a few introductory and complimentary observations,
Mr. Monate apologised for not attending on a former
occasion, but it was in consequence of his having under-
stood that on that evening there were several other ward
meetings, and that it woul I he more crenvenient to hold it
on some other night, therefore, he had left the tows to
visit a part of his family is London. He assired them it was
out of no disrespect to them, because he felt it an
honour to meet then 03 all occasions. He likewise
refered to his absence on the occasion when be was elected,
but he had done so because he thought he had no right to
interfere, but had left himself entirely in the heads of the
burgesses, and if they thought him a fit and proper person
to represent them, they would elect hits, for it was their
undoubted right to use the franchise which hal been given
them as they thought fit, end if they did elect him he was
willing to become their representative, and to perform the
duties to the best of his ability. He thought that it was
the duty of re.nresentatives to give an account of their
stewardship, but his ten 9: of 'office had been s; short that
he had nut any opportunity of displ ,ying three abilities
that it was said he possessed. Indeed, he had b -en in the
position, as the chairman would call it, of holding a
" watching brief;" bat, during the time he hal been in
the Council, he hid felt it his duty to attend each meeting
and to take notes, not only of the state of parties, but also
V every important question that had come under consid ra•
lion. lie then britily alluded to the town ewes, whic 3, he
said, had been conditionally arranged befne he went into the
CAtecil, end had thus saved much time and troubl bat for his
part, he only c. nsidered that measure an incipient measure,
as many others of much greater magnitude world have to
come before the Coe'ecil, and they should have his most
seri us attention. (Chem ) He had taken a part in all
the subjsc's that had been brought before the Council
since he had held office, but the ope that bird created the
greatest amount of interest and at tention,buth ia the Council
and in the town, was th it deeply interesting subject-the
a ipoly of wa er. (Hear, hear.) 01 shit point, he stated
that the supply of the Riiingtoa water, was as ample, and
all that was required, but in q a'i'y, he could say that it
ors scarcely fit for the purposes fur which it Wag proposed to
be put to, muchless for dietetic purposes. He th expressed
his regret that the Council bad not a loptecl Mr. Aikin's
resolution on the matte:, and 'that Mr. Jeffery ha I not
divided the resolutions he bed proposed, far, had he done
so he was of opiniou that it would have tended to simplify
the subject. flaying expressed it as his opinion, that
perhaps there might be some difileilty in having an
alternate' Supply of th .e red roan letone, and the
Rivinj-on, with one main set or pipes, Le w,s
perfectly satisfied that the people had a sight. to h lee
rector d to them the pure a7cl bright sandstone water, but
he could not say the., he was yet prepared, after the great
expense already inc erred, to have a second line of rhote,
and should hope that some means would be adopted so
to purify the Pike water to make it fi for use ; but, it that
c tail nut be done to the satisfac i et of the people, then he
wood,notwidatending the exestise that it might incur,
for it would have-to be pail by the ratepayers, he would
at once aevonate the laying down a a end lite of pipes,
and give to the people that which they asked for, anti that
which they would not bee stifled without—:hat pure b aver-
age, the rod sandstone orate a of which they had been
deprived. (Hear, hear.) He next raferrie I to
the questiou of t're Town Dues, by which
the C irporatioa estate will be d p.ived of a
large fund, which it would be nec,ssary to meet, for the
put), se of car yiog out the improvemente of the town. He
was a Reformer, but so netirnes econ imical reforms proved
injurious to the town at large, therefore he did h
that •in wheeler reforms or improvements th y might
undertake, whether far the to.vn or he port, that it would
be done in such a spirit and in such a way as to reflect
credit on the town. (Hear.) It rn"g it be c moldered by
sa.ne that he should have teeen a in ire prominent part in
the business of the Council, but he conceived that it was
his first duty to ascertain which were the parties i i it, and
he regretted to •ay, from all he had observed, that there
was too much pi.rty spirit sh ,vsn in th • Calecil. He
trusted that there would be some recorm in that point, and
that they would m.rge all their party spirit and atel party
teeling, and do oat}, that vrhicli wou'd be conducive to
the interest of the town. (gear, hear.) • Mr. Mczley then
concluded by thanking the elec ors for h tying honoured
him by tending him to represent such an important ward
as Rodney-street, and should they again do him the honour
a second time, he would advocate thei rights. and at the
expiration of the term of office, he Woa!d return the trust
that hid been entrusted to him untaiated, to the source
from whence it apru eg. (Hear, hear.)
On the m ition of Mr. F. Hall, s ended by Mr. Heghes,
a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Mozley for the past
vale ible seivices be hid ren iered to the burges3cas of the
ward.

Mr. MOSLEY briefly returned thanks.
A vote of thanks to the Chairm4n concluded t'io business
If the me„cing. •

AHE ROB') BY WARD.

A meeting of the friesds and supporters of Dr. Ander-
son, in the Abereromby %Va d, was held in the Hope Hal!,
Hope-street, at lialt-p Ist ssven o'clock last night. There
was a very numerous attendant a When the candidate,
Dr. Anderson, came on the pletfortn, accompanied by some
of his frende, he was received with loud applause. Among
those prat et were—M sars. George Maxwell, R rhertsoa,
GI adstone, William Earle, Dr. Hanna, Charles Wi ,mar,
John Bigham, Dr. Lodge, and levers), o'her gentlemen
cosnec'ed with the ward.
Mr. GLADST NE moved that Mr. George Maxwell take
tire Chair, which was seconded by Dr. Hausa, and carried
by acilemation
Tee CIifiRMAN introduced the subject of the meeting,
impeeisiog upon those present that the importance of the
questiou, and the inflaential character of the word, rendered
it mos! imnereive that a fitting re n sh mid be chosen
to repres nt the electors. 'Be complained of the dominant
position occupied by ore party in the council at prere it,
and 'poir; ted to the selection of thief magistrates and
aldermen to !edify the character of that dominance. The
g iverurneet of the co intry was liberal; the people's parlia-
ment was liberal ; the great innnicipalities of the leading
towns were lib ; but the Town Council of Liverpool
was not liberal It wawel a reformation, en) that re-
formatio'r he called upon the mertieg to aid in giving.
(Cheers) What good measures, he asked, had ever come
frr m the party now dominant in the Council ? if it rested
with that party, such a maetiog as that over which he pre-
sided would neve:be he'd. (Cheers.) Abereromby Ward
was fortunate in having among its representatives two
distinguished ci:iz na. wh► were now on the platform.
(C tee s) These gc ntlemen represented the liberal opinions
of the ward, and, owing to their abili'ies and exertion.,
liberalism was the leading character of the representafi u
of that ward. He tailed upon tl e meeting to ail tho'se
gentlemen in their struggles in the Ihe:al caws by giving
them a colleague qualified to support them. Su ,h a man
he c'eclared they had it Dr. Anderson, who had issued an •
addr s r which, while remarkable for its modesty, was the
ablest he had seen put forward that year. lie refuted the
objection commonly urged to medical men taking sea's in
municipal corporations, and stated that.he was aw e, from
his knowledge of D:. Anderson, that that gentleman was
as much a proficient in fiecees as if he had served seven
years in a merchan:.'e ffice. There was a great teal to be
known about the great C ,rporati >n esta e. The ra'epeyers
would like to keeve what they had and what hey he,l not.
Considerable time back an account of the corporate estate
had been moved for •by one of their ablest citizen., and
aerie never was a stronger iestance of the dominance of
a party in the Council than the fact that that account had
rot yet been produced. He wee su -prised to see that their
opponent in that ward stated in that very hall a few nights
since, that such an account would cost labour and expense,
and that he could not see the use of it. (Laughter) If
the account had be n moved for by the dominant party, it
would, no doubt, have been produced long ago ; bu'
a'though no actual objection seemed to be made to it, the
account, was not yet forthcoming. Now, Dr. Anderson
was a man who was capable of directing at'ention
to such subjects as this, and of rendering valueb'e assistance
to the ird penitent Libe ale in the Town Council. He
recommended D . Anderson as a man of liberal and en-
lightened opinions, a maa ef ability and character, who
would go into the Council not pledged to any particular
measures, but of whose return es their representative to
the Council room none of these who helped to elect him
would ever have mire to repent. . (Cheers.) With some
further obser vatic ns on the nature et the struggle in which
they were about to be engaged, and the character of the
gentleman they had been fortunate enough to ti id as a
candP ate, the chairman concluded his address a nid loud
applause.
Mr. ALLsoP moved the first resolution, which was to

he effect that it si as absolutely necessa7 at the present
period, when great questions, deeply affecting the interests
of the inhabitants of the town, must come before the
Council, that a gentleman should be returned as represen-