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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-09 00:00:00

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MONDAY, NOVEMBE,I? 9, 1837.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

Te-day the Town Council, as constituted by the
municipal elections of this day week, will assemble,
to use a Parliamentary expression, for the dispatch
of business. The first duty of the new Council
will be to elect a Mayor for tile ensuing year. From
s.ll we can learn, Mr. Alderman Preston is to .be
•our chief magistrate until November, 1858. A
caucus of the Liberal -Councillors was held, on
Saturday, at the Clarendon Rooms, when it was
ananimeusly resolved to nominate that gentleman
for the office. It is net expected that the com-
mittees will be appointed until the first week in
January. This, no doubt, is caused by the fact of
the Mersey Conservancy Bill coming iuto opera-
tion after the 31st of December next ensuing.
With regard to the election of Mayor, wo hope
that the resolution of the Liberal Councillors
alluded to will he carried out, for we cannot,
for the life of us, see the justice or propriety of
• always having a Tory Mayor, when the majority or
the electors, parliamentary and municipal, are on
the Liberal side. To-ley, the Lord Mayor elect of
London takes possession of the civic chair of the
-Metropolis, and, from what we know of Sir R W.
Carden's antecedents, we have no doubt he will
exercise the high functions of his °aloe to the
advantage of our Cockney fellow-subjects, and
credit to himself as a gentleman, a magistrate, and
a senator. The proceedings of the Financial
Reform Association of Llverpool, are becoming
more and more important every week. To day, our
our readers will see in our columns, a report
of what took place at the last weekly meeting
of the Council. The tribute of respect paid
to the late Mr. John Finch, was not only appro-
priate, but merited in the- highest degree. The
remarks respecting the Excise syatom, and
government book-keeping, are worthy of close
perusal. We would also advise our readers to read
the remarks respecting government house keeping,
the North Amerisan game preserves, cost of justice,
and government jobbing in contracts and stores.
We fancy that the remarks thereon will meet the
approval of all classes of our readers, Among the
other items of local intelligence, is a report of the
Kirkdale Sessions on Saturday, when further
anomalies respecting the granting of spirit licenses
were put forward, and .an additional evidence
showed that the law is far from being satisfactory
in any respect.
The records and proceedings at Saturday's
police court do not contain any items of much
moment or unusual interest. False pretences and
plunder being the chief crimes. A essa of savage
assault against a man named Florence, which
posesses rather peculiar features, was remanded
until to-morrow
The political intelligence of this morning is not
of much consequence. The Observer of -yesterday
tells 116 that the "slieistera aro expected to re-
assemble in London early thin week_ .• esreel _nate
Labouchero are also expected to reach town to-day.
The other members of the Cabinet are expected
• to arrive either on iesday or Wednesday from their
respective country residences. Lord -:Clarendon re-
mains in town.
We mayshere mention, intim absence of any other
Court neves worthy of notice that on Satorday aftei -
noon lI,IIeII. the Prince Consort, aecompaaied bs
the Prince of Wales, paid a visit to the Leviathan,
and were engaged some time in examining the ship
and the machinery, and general arrangements for
launching. her. In the course of the morning, a
survey was enedo of the cradles on which the
-monster sits, with a view of setting at. nett the
doubt that had been expressed as to their: injured
conditionelsuazot the least failure, defect, or injury
to either the cradles o': the ways was discovered.
The ship site .as even and fair as she did on the
morning of the attempted launch At low water,
on Saturday gangs of laisourers were eogaged
in clearing the ways of the mud .spiel: the
;tides had left on them, but this in no .way
impaired the zolidity of the work. It .has
been stated that another attempt might be
made to lauleb her at the next spring tide, on the
With inst., bus the operation has been definitely
ppatpcned until .the 2nd December. It will he
high water at London Bridge about twenty eninutes.
past two, near the 54.7.-ne time, wielsin a few minuets,
as.,on last Tuesday. The inquest* on the body of
Donovan, who died in Pepar Ilespital from .the
injuries he sustained:in the accideet to the crank
handle, 11..6' been fize.d for this afternoon. Stacey,
the nett most severely: injured sufferer, coutinaies
in &tad way, and at present it is alisflicult to say
what .may be the result. The other eattlerers in the
hospital are going on favourably.
The o.naenetary crisis" has seized tlee.merehanto
of Glasgow with alarm, .and they have resolved to
send a depotation to horde Palmerston, to beseech
him to istelser
.a
.snspensien of the Bank Charter
Act. These gentlemen dsc-lare, that if :chef be
not ainr.dod, the enormous ,iodustry of ateir city
will be at a..stand-still; and they earnestly iuvite the Corporations of Liverpool ant Sleneaseeeer in
their present. elject.
From the
.Continent the .news comes vac/Lie aryl
uninteresting, if we except a report that the
French governmeot have resolved to intlet aty
of 20 per cent on exported bullion. ThisisTto-Q
a satisfactory arrEtreement for this, country. We
clip from our Paris advises of Friday • the
evening
following:—" .Contraty to,generel.expeetation, the'
Think of France .has not raised its discount. It
remains at 7 per cent...while the Barak of England
ebiarges 9 per cent. Tlio directors had a very lens;
sitting to-day, in .whichaa was finally resoivcd that
considerirg the gretv..porturbation in Exenah e3na-
Inereial affairs already produced by the un-
preccelented high rates of 71 per cent, it,
was dessirablo, instend of yellowing in the wake
,of the Back of England apy further, to
devise other means ao protect the coffers of the
Bank of :France. Whet these means are to be has
not transpired, and in all probability the Bank
directors hews net yet made up their minds upon
the subjeca ,iseit there is a very s'asoug impression
abroad that a temporary tax will be decreed fence.
the eeportation of the precious metal, As much as
20 per cent. duty as talked of. The operations of
the B to-day were entirely governed by the
retorts of the deliherations of the Bank of France.
The absence of any notification of a miss itt the
discount, give confidence in the meriting. When
later it was heart] that tha council. of tha Bank was
sitting, fears were entertaimd that they yet might
make the augmentation before the day was
our, and the Rento gave way in consequence.
B,eforo the close of business it was known that
the council had broken up without making any
change, and then all scowl ties becaae.every.buoyant
The andlion is understood to haveierreased still
further, end the number of bills; reaented for
discount toesjay was much leas than !bad been
Anticipated. The Rente rose be. for' Affl.Count,