The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-14 00:00:00

ELECTION OF MAGISTRATES FOR

THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.

LivEaPoor., JAN. 112.--This day, Tuesday, the new
town council met for the purpose of electing magistrates,
pursuant to the instructions of the Municipal Reform Act.
The town council may be said to recommend,: rather than
elect the persons to fill the onerous situation of magistrates
for the borough, as the ultimatum • rests with the Privy
Council. But it is understood that the latter body- will
confirm all the appointments made *the town councils
throughout the Kingdom, Lord John Russell having, in the
House of Commons, distinctly stated that such was the in-
tention of Government.

In this borough, the election of the magistrates excited
far more interest than did the election of Aldermen, or in-
deed any act of the council since its existence. People ge-
nerally seemed to regard it as an event of great impor-
tance, from the circumstance that every individual who
is now appointed as magistrate, retains the situation dur-
ing life.

Several members of the present council, who were elected
simply because they professed themselves warm Reformers,
incurred considerable odium with their several constituen-
cies, on account of voting for Tories to fill the office of al-
derman. But notwithstanding this, not a single Tory al-
derman was elected. Those who voted for Tories on that
occasion are scarcely chargeable with treachery or apostasy,
as many of them were influenced by the opinion that as the
Reformers had such a preponderating majority in the new
council-43 to :::—they could afford to admit a few Tories
to fill the honorary distinction of aldermen.
The ebullition of feeling directed against those Reform-
ers who voted Tories on the election of the aldermen, had
a very seasonable effect on the present, and unquestionably
more important occasion, for out of the twenty-four gentle-
men named as magistrates, there is not a single Tory!
There arc two individuals who may be what is termed Con-
servative Whigs, but all the rest are intelligent, respectable,
and Liberal, men—the cream, in fact, of the Reformers of Li-
verpool. The result has necessarily given great satisfaction
throughout. the town. Liverpool was once considered a
stronghold of Toryism ; but it has been all but purified during
the last three weeks of that political excrescence. We have
now a liberal and high-minded Chief Magistrate, a liberal
and resolute Town Council, busily employed in applying,
the pruning-kook to the abuSes which Toryism engendered ;
and what, perhaps, is better than all, a bod 3 of liberal and
excellent Magistrates elected for life. The changes which
the Municipal Reform Act will work in Liverpool, are in-
calculable. The Tory party in this town are nearly politi-
cally defunct ; the proceedings of ' to-day have rung the
knell of Toryism in this borough. What a change we have
witnessed ! The
.prostrate and pitiable condition of the
defunct Corporation, contrasts most amusingly with the
overbearing insolence of the men who composed it. Verily,
a day of retribution bath arrived!

The following are the gentlemen nominated by the Coun-
cil as Magistrates :—Mr. S. Hope, Mr. C. Rawdon, Mr.
C. Birch, Mr. J. Bolton, Mr. W. Rathbone, Mr. E.
Evans, Mr. R. Roskell, Mr. Sharpies; Mr. R. Benn, Mr.
S. Holmes, Mr. Logan, Mr. 0. Hayworth, Mr. H. Horn-
by, Mr. W. Earle, Mr. E. Cropper, Mr. W. Currie, Mr.
W. Brown, Mr. J. Rathbone, Mr. J. Ewart, Mr. R. E.
Harvey, Mr. D. Hodgson, Mr. Maxwell, Mr. R. V. Yates,
Mr. H. Earle.

The last six names are not members of the present Coun-
cil all the others are.

THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

The following particulars regarding this great city cannot
fail to be read with interest at the present moment, so large a
portion of it having been lately eestroycd by fire :
" New York, which is by far the largest and most populous
city in the United States, is situated on the junction of two
rivers, the Hudson and the East. It stands on an island
formed by these two rivers and a small river called Haarlem,
which unites them.- The island is fifteen miles in length,
measuring from south to north, and its average breadth is
about a mile end a half. The city was founded towards the
close of the seventeenth century. In 1697 the population
amounted only to 4,302 ; in 1756 it had only increased lo
13,040; in 1790 the population was 33,031 ; in 1810 it was
96,373. In the short space of twenty years, after the latter
year it had more than doubled, being, in 1830, 227,021. The
computed population at the present moment is 240,000. The
number of persons who voted in 1820 in the election of mem-
bers of Congress was upwards of 21,005. In the same year
the revenue of the city was 1,036,000 dols., and the expenditure
amounted to 1,033,449 do's. The debt at the same period was
774,455 dols., the revenue collected at the custom-house was
21,756,709 dollars, and the foreign tonnage which entered the
port was 450,808 tons. In 1825 the number of deaths which
occurred in New York was 5,018; of which a sixth part took
place from consumption. The returns ordered by Congress,
in 1829; stated the amount of banking capital in the city to
he 15,960,493 dollars ; but since then several new banks have
been established. It is computed that the capital now invested
in the banking business cannot he less than 20,000,000 dol-
lars. The number of churches and chapels in the city !s
about 150 ; they are well filled, and belong to every denomi-
nation of Christians. There are many sects in New York,
and in various parts of America, which are unkown in this
country. Some of the churches are extremely handsome in
their architecture, and are splendidly ornamented within.
Bible, Missionary, And other religious and benevolent So-
cieties are extremely numerous, so are the schools for all kinds
of education. Its chief place of education is Columbia Col-
lege. It is a magnificent building, has professors in every
department of literature, science, and art, and is well attended
by students from the various states in the union. It • possesses
an estate, the estimated value of which is 400,000 dollars.
The literary and scientific instisutions of New York are also
numerous. The most ancient of these is the Society Library,
founded in 1754, and now containing upwards of 22,000 vols.
This city has two Academies of the Fine Arts—the one is
called the American, the other the National. The former is
supported by amateurs, the latter by artists. Packets sail
from New York to Liverpool once a week—to London once
a fortnight—and to Greenock, Hull, Belfast, and other places
in the United Kingdom, at short stated intervals. The air of
New York is piercing cold in winter—the summer is mild and
pleasant, the temperature being much the same as in Eng-
land. The climate, on the whole, is considered healthy, ex-
cept to persons predisposed to consumption, to whom it is very
dangerous."

C IVI LI TY.-A young gentleman being found in the
Strand asleep at an unseasonable hour yesterday morning,
was-brought before the Magistrate at Bow-street, when he
confessed he had been very tipsy. -" Young man," said the
Magistrate, you should be very sorry." " I am sorry."
" You must be fined." Handing over the money, "I am
fined." -

Preparations arc making for the trial of Marin, the
alleged murderer of Miss Bethell. Several witnesses were
examined on Monday before the Royal Court, for the
defence in this case ; and it is expected that the depositions
will be concluded to-morrow.—Jersey Argus.