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and, of course, the Learned Counsel made the most of
that, and it went' to 'the jury on that ground. In this
case there does not appear to have be. ii anything done
to connect the defendant with the managing committee.
It, however, is not intended to be laid down as a matter
of law, that on the appointment of the managing com-
mittee the provisional committee are freed from all
liability. •
The Learned JUDGE said that it was clear that the
case must be discussed in full Court, as a great many
cases of this kind would arise, containing nearly the
same points as the one in which the rule had been
granted in the Court of Exchequer yesterday.—ltule
granted.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY )
(Sittings in Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron PLATT and a
common jury.)
WELSBY V. BROWN.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an attor-
ney, in the county of Stafford, to recover the sum of
571. 1 ls. 9d. for professional services rendered by him
to the parish of Abbot's Bromley, during the year
1839, and following years, up to the present time, against
the defendant, who during the years 1839 and 1840, was
one of the overseers of the parish in question.
Mr. Martin, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Watson, Q.C., for the defendant.
It appeared from the evidence given by various wit-
nesses, called on behalf of the plaintiff, that expenses had
been incurred by the plaintiff in the removal of various
paupers, attending orders, appeals, and sundry other
matters of parochial business.
It was contended by Mr. MARTIN, Q.C., that the de-
fendant had rendered himself liable to plaintiff for the
payment of his account for 'services rendered to the
parish, inasmuch as he had himself given the order for
the performance of such works or services.
Mr. WATSON, Q.C., on the other hand, contended
that the defendant was not liable, and that even if he
were so, it was a debt contracted prior to the time
allowed by the statute of limitations. The case was
one which would involve a great hardship upon the de-
fendant if he were compelled to pay debts con-
tracted on behalf of the parish, and which
should properly be paid out of the rates
levied from time to time for that purpose. It was the
duty of the plaintiff to apply for his account during the
year in which his services were rendered, as the parish
had not even the power to make a prospective rate. The
account rendered by plaintiff to defendant was not made
out to Brown the defendant, but to the parish of Abbot's
Bromley ; and in a note sent with the account, plaintiff
stated, " I send you my account against the parish of
Abbot's Bromley." With reference to those portions of
the account referring to periods not affected by the
statute of limitations, it was proved in evidence that
Brown, the defendant, was not the overseer, nor was he
in any way connected with the management of its
affairs, his year of office had expired, and other persons
had been appointed as overseers. The plaintiff had not
a single item in his account in which he stated that he
had either insisted upon or received any instructions
from Brown, since he had ceased to be overseer
of the parish ; on the contrary, there were several
charges made for attending upon the overseers, but
those everseers were persons of the name of Chambers
and Woodroffe, and it could not, therefore, be supposed
for a moment that the defendant was liable to plaintiff
for his attendance or professional advice upon
and with parties with whom he was not in
the least degree connected. If such a practice
were to be adopted, then, any person who had for one
year filled the office of overseer would be held liable
for all expenses for ever after.
Mr. Baron YLAT•r said that, with reference to the
question of liability, there was no doubt that if the de-
fendant had given instructions to plaintiff, he would
be clearly liable to plaintiff if those instructions were
acted upon, even though the services rendered in con-
sequence of such instructions were for the parish; and the
real question for the jury to consider was, whether
the plaintiff did actually receive from the defendant those
instructions under which he had acted. If they were of
that opinion, of course a verdict must be given for the
plaintiff for the sum claimed for those services, but he
did not think that the overseer could be held liable for
any work done, or services rendered after he had left
office, and had no 'control over the matter. He would
therefore recommend the jury to find a verdict for the
defendant for that portion of
_the claim set up by the
plaintiff for services rendered by him during those
years in which defendant had ceased to be overseer.
The jury accordingly found a verdict for the plaintiff
for the sum of 181. 10s. 3d., and for the defendant the
sum of 391. ls. 6d.

Leave was given to move to enter a verdict for the
plaintiff for the latter amount in order to raise the
question, which was reserved by Mr. Baron Platt, as to
whether the account rendered by plaintiff had or had
not been properly delivered by plaintiff.

The RECORDER said that the presentment should
attended t•).

MAR L Bit(Y-STRILEI'.-(T HIS DAY )
d'ohn Carrot, a respectable looking old man, was
charged this morning with stealing a pound and a quarter
of shag tobacco from his master.
John Rogers, tobacconist, Oxford-street, said this
man, who was an old servant of his, was preparing last
night to leave his work, his hat already on his head,
when witness went round behind the counter to speak
to him on business. The defendant put off his hat,
and the complainant, seeing something of bulk there,
asked him what he had got in it. " Nothing," was his
reply. But the complainant, not satisfied, pulled up
the handkerchief in the hat, and found below it a
quantity of shag tobacco, hot from the pan, which
weighed more than a pound and a quarter. The de-
fendant positively said he knew nothing about its being
there, and that it must have been placed in his hat by
another. The complainant said to him he must at least
have felt his hat heavier by a pound and a quarter than
before, so as to be apprised of the tobacco being there.
Mr. LONG—Unless held up by the lining of the hat
the tobacco must have fallen down upon the head when
he put on the hat.
The complainant said, it was pressed down in the hat,
and, being hot, would adhere to the crown.
The prisoner said he had been now three and twenty
years a servant to Mr. Rogers, during which time he
had not had occasion to suspect him. He positively
denied having any knowledge of the tobacco being in
his hat. He bad been absent lately five weeks from his
employment, in consequence of having had one of his
fingers cut off, and during that time another had been
taken on in his place. When he was able to return that
man was discharged, but was taken on again for ajob last
week. That person was in the shop with him last night,
and prisoner's bat was set under the stair near the pan.
Mr. LONG, to the complainant—Have you had any
occasion to suspect him before? Complainant—No.
Mr. LONG said, considering the long term of service
which the defendant had completed in his employment,
and the fidelity and known good character of the man,
the improbability of his committing this theft was great.
As far as any suspicion arising from the weight of the
hat might affect the case, he thought it was very much
diminished when it is considered that the man on the
moment lifts the hat and immediately puts it on his head,
and again immediately after puts it off, out of respect for
his employer. On the whole view of it, he would dismiss
the charge.

CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Six Irish labourers, named Duignam, Galt, Malony,
Towers, and Thomas and James Foley, were charged
with creating a riot, and violently assaulting several
constables of the S division, and a number of other
persons,
It appeared from the evidence, that at seven o'clock
yesterday morning the prisoners attacked indiscrimi-
nately almost every person they met in Clarendon-
square and the streets adjoining. A policeman coming
up, endeavoured to protect a gentleman whom he saw
Thomas Foley assaulting, when he was knocked down
twice, and the whole of the prisoners endeavoured to
rescue Foley, and it was not until a large reinforcement
of police came from the station-house that the riot could
be quelled, and the prisoners locked up.
Mr. COMBE ordered each of them to pay a fine of 205.,
or be imprisoned one month.
Wm. Skinner, driver of thd' cab, No. 1,764, was
charged with gross cruelty to a mare.
James Douglas stated that he owned the mare, and
entrusted it to the prisoner to drive yesterday. On
bringing it home at night he (Douglas) found upon ex-
amination that it had been most cruelly ill-used. All
under the flanks she was raw, from the effects of con-
tinued lashing, and one of the nipples was completely
cut off.

The prisoner, in his defence, stated that he was obliged
to flog her to make her go.
Mr. COMBE said it was as gross a case of cruelty as
ever came under his knowledge, and he should commit
him for two months to the House of Correction, with
hard labour.

The prisoner was then locked up, swearing vengeance
against the prosecutor.

SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.)
William Snow, a well-dressed man, was charged before
Mr. Seeker with stealing three whips, the property of
Mr. Matthews, a boot and shoemaker, near the foot of
Blackfriars-bridge.
George Grey, a diminutive person, shopman to the
complainant, stated that between font and five o'clock
the preceding day, while in the warehouse, he was in-
formed that a man had been observed to take some whips
which were exposed for sale outside the shop-door. lie
pursued the prisoner and charged him with the robbery,
which he at first denied, but he afterwards burst out
laughing, and exclaimed that he did take the whips, but
it was out of a " lark," and that he had hidden them in
a doorway down Holland-street, where they were subse-
quently found.

- When called on for his defence; the prisoner said, the
fact is your Worship, the man who has given me in
charge, as you perceive, is a dwarf, and on that account
all manner of tricks are played upon him by the boys
who pass the shop. As I was passing the shop yester-
day, seeing the whips, I took them out of a " lark," in-
tending to have brought them back again. Recollect
your Worship, that I pointed out where the whips were
concealed.

Mr. SECKER said the prisoner's defence was a most
extraordinary one, and that his assertion with respect
to boys playing tricks upon the dwarf did not justify
him in taking that away which did not belong to him.
He (the Magistrate) should not commit the prisoner for
trial, but he should adjudge him to a penalty of 20s. for
unlawful possession ; and, as a piece of advice, he would
advise him in future not to practise mall "larks," as
he termed them, again.

PEDESTRIANISM.
JAMES BRIAN AND THE BRECKNOCIC NOVICE.—The
match, previously announced, in which the above-men-
tioned men were named as competitors for 201. a side,
and as much as their respective friends might please to
bet at odds or evens, came off yesterday, the New Inn,
Bedfont, being the rendezvous. The distance to be
walked, fifteen miles, was very aptly chosen, between
the fifteenth and sixteenth mile-stones on the Staines
and Windsor-road. The day grew old ; in plain
English, time was wasted till three minutes to three
before the pedestrians started, at which time both put
best leg foremost. For the first eight miles the longer
man (he of Brecknock innocence) kept the lead ; it was
thought, nevertheless, by the cognoscenti, that the tiny
one (Brian) showed most wire and lasting in his pace.
This was shortly afterwards proved ; for although bets
had been made that at nine miles the novice led by nine
yards at least, at the turn of coming down, Brian showed
the way. Shortly after the Novice was first, and so
kept, till half-way down the thirteenth mile, at which
point Brian again passed him, and came in a winner by
200 yards. The time was not great, namely, two hours
and thirty minutes, but the diminutive stride of the
winner must be taken into consideration. He is, we
should say, at a guess, 4ft. 10in.
ROBINSON AND JONES.—Joseph Robinson, of Huck-
nall, and William Jones, of Marylebone, were some time
since announced as being matched. They also ran a
race, which was eventually disputed. They have now
agreed to run 120 yards, Robinson staking 30L to Jones's
201., on the 16th November (Monday se'nnight), on a
fair turnpike road. To meet at the Swan Inn, Mitcham.
THE FOUR MILE HANDICAP FOOT-RACE.—For this
event, which we trust will put the best leg foremost with
the bipeds, now that the last meeting at Newmarket has
placed the quadrupeds in the straw, a brilliant muster of
the fleet•faoted ones will assemble. William Jackson
(the American deer), Sheppard (of Birmingham), Mosley
(of Derby), and another or two whose names dwell not
in our memory, are among the long-winded ones for this
entry. For the shorter distance (200 yards), Seward
(the Cockfield putter), Robinson (of Newton Moor), and
a numerous tail, are entered. The entries close to morrow
night.

The last intelligence received from Admiral Sir
W. Parker was dated the 2Gth ult. lie was then with
his squadron sailing for Lisbon, with the view of afford-
ing protection to British subjects and property there,
and, if necessary, an asylum to her Majesty and the
Royal Family. His mission would not authorise him to
interfere in the internal dissensions of the country, but
only to protect, as far as possible, British interests from
any danger to which, in the course of the insurrection,
they might be exposed. Colonel Wylde, who left Ports-
mouth yesterday in the Cyclops steamer, will in the first
instance touch at Oporto, the principal seat of the insur-
rection, and thence proceed to Lisbon.
On Monday, the 2d instant, a general assembly of
the Academicians was held at the Royal Academy of
Arts, in Trafalgar-square, when Mr. Edward Matthew
Ward was elected an Associate of that institution.

f Wemr. havec oig ouucoh, pleasure
which.P., re i n statinghas
beetohd aasrtegrteihoreu healthLiypiams t:
paired is daily improving, and that all .
The Hon. Member has been suffering from a violent
attack of gastric fever, and at one time he was in a very
dangerous state. He will shortly, with Mrs. Colquhoun,
leave his seat in Scotland, for Brighton.
LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED LIVES IN ILLTRIA BY
THE BREAKING OF A BRIDGE.— Letters received at
Vienna from Austrian Friuli, contain particulars of an
unfortunate event that had recently occurred at Goritz.
A large number of soldiers and citizens were crossing a
bridge of boats for the purpose of assisting at a military
review, when suddenly the bridge, which was inadequate
to support the weight with which it was loaded, broke
down, and a great many of the persons upon it fell into
the river. According to the most credible reports, 53
chasseurs and about 40 citizens have perished in the
waters of Isonza.
DEATH BY FlRE.—Yesterday a poor old woman,
named Ann Sweeney, aged above 70 years, who lived
at No. 30, Chick-lane, Whitechapel was burnt to
death, by her clothes accidently taking fire. A neigh-
bour passing by saw the blaze through the windows,
and, on bursting the door open, the poor old woman
was found enveloped_ in flames, which were extin-
guished as speedily as possible, and she was conveyed
to the London Hospital, where she died soon after her
admission.

THE LAST OF THE BENEDICTINES Or CLUNT.--The
last prop of this famous house, where Peter the Venera-
ble offered a refuge to the celebrated Abelard, has just
expired in the VoFges, at the age of more than 80 years.
He was named " Thouvenin."
Six THOMAS MITCHELL.—Private letters were
received on Saturday from Sir Thomas Mitchell, dated
April 19; but they contain no news whatever. We
have not been able to ascertain even the latitude and
longitude of his camp when the letters were written.
lie bad received the dispatches of. the 26th of March,
giving an account of Leicbliardt's return. Sir Thomas
considers one of the principal objects of his expedition
to be to trace a practicable-route to the Indian Ocean.—
~,s,ydnq Morning Herald, June 2.

be THE SPANISH MARRIAGES.
(From the Times.)
We might accept with satisfaction the compl:ment
which the French Government has thought fit to pay
our information and our influence, if it were not wholly
inconsistent with truth, honesty, and reason. If we are
to believe the Debuts, it was the declaration made by
this journal on the 7th of August which removed all the
scruples of the French Government, revealed the whole
perfidy of the Foreign- office, and hurried on the mar-
riages of the Spanish Princesses to their unseemly and
untoward consummation! Our article of that date,
which occasioned some sensation in Europe, was sup-
posed at the time to have disclosed and denounced de-
signs on the part of France, upon suspicions which sub
sequent events have shown to be too well founded. We
have certainly no reason to regret the language we em-
ployed on that occasion ; for, if it appeared at the time
to be vehement and premature, it is now demonstrated
that it was, on the contrary, too late so prevent the
evil, and far too feeble to brand this policy of
treachery and deceit as it deserved. The course
of King Louis Philippe has, since that time, been
" dragged to light from the recesses of diplomatic
intrigue." Need we add that it has incurred, as
we predicted, " the censure of Europe, and the resent
ment of Spain ?" But it seems, according to the last
discovery of the organ of the Tuileries, that our object
in writing as we did at that time was not to put Spain
and Europe on their guard against the intrigues of Louis
Philippe, but to celebrate with the utmost publicity the
triumphs of Lord Palmerston's policy for a directly op-
posite purpose. We are to be regarded as the confede-
rates of the Foreign Secretary, for the express purpose
of betraying his secret intentions; and Lord Palmerston
is accused of conducting an underhand negotiation by
publishing it in our columns. It is needless to repeat
that the whole spirit and purport of the article of the 7th
of August was to defend the independence of the Queen
and monarchy of Spain which has since been so
foully trampled on and outraged. We know not
how far Lord Palmerston may at that time have
shared the opinions we expressed ; we only know,
that if he did share -them at that time, the Foreign
Minister of England would not have chosen a public
journal as his only or his chief weapon, and it is
notorious we have never had the slightest pretensions
to his confidence. But in the whole of this transaction,
down to the minutest details in which we are ourselves
mixed up, it is not difficult to trace the unscrupulous
efforts of the French Government and the French press
to extract from the most trifling incidents proofs of in-
tentions which never had any real existence at all. To
carry their own plot into execution, and to justify the
secrecy and violence by which alone it could be con-
summated, they required an alleged counter-plot on the
part of England. Nothing was so much desired at the
Tuileries as that England should openly or decidedly
espouse the cause of the Coburg Prince, since that would
have left the French Court at liberty to throw on us the
whole burden of the treachery which now rests on
themselves. No means have been left untried to give a
character of reality to what is now a hollow pretext.
Queen Christina herself made direct overtures not only
to the late Administration but to the present one,
professing her readiness and her desire to effect the
Coburg marriage, provided she had the support of Eng-
land. We believe that those proposals were courteously but
positively rejected by Lord Palmerston, as they had been
by Lord Aberdeen. The British Government declined
to interfere, and it acted wisely. There is now great
reason to believe that these overtures of Christina in
favour of the Coburg Prince were intended as a trap for
the English Government; and that if Lord Palmerston
had unwarily lent himself to any such negotiation the
Queen Mother would have turned the tables upon him,
and left him in the lurch, whilst France would have ac
quired a real justification of the marriage, instead of a
flimsy pretext and a clumsy inver.tion. The scheme was
worthy of M. Bi:esson, and of the master he serves. It
was defeated, not by the subtle penetration of the
Ministers, to whom these insidious overtures were made,
for at that time they had not learned to rank the states-
men and diplomatists of France among the falsest of
their race and profes,ion, but simply by the indifference
of the British Government to the cause of a Prince
whose success or failure was a matter of no concern to
us. If Queen Christina had really chosen to send for
the Coburg Prince to Madrid, he required no passport
from England. The whole artifice, therefore, failed;
and it only deserves to be recorded in the his-
tory of this transaction, that the only persln by whom
the Coburg suitor was seriously brought forward was
Queen Christina herself. Meanwhile, however, "the
French Government, eagerly intent on the complete
fulfilment of their plans, hurried onwards, relying on
the chapter of accidents to furnish them with some scrap
of an apology. The accident of Lord Palmerston's
having named the Coburg Prince first, in a dispatch it,
which he enumerated the rival suitors, and the appear-
ance of our own observations on the 7th of August, in
which we demonstrated that the Coburg Prince had
nothing in common with the royal family of England,
were seized upon as important disclosures of a design to
wrest the throne of Spain from the descendants of Philip
V. We are indeed now enabled to comprehend the ima
moderate importance which was attached by the Frencl
official press to our own remarks on that occasion. The

were at first directly attributed to a leading member of
the English Cabinet, and when we had dis-
posed of that falsehood, they were as falsely
described as a species of Downing-street ma-
nifesto. The intention of this and many similar
exaggerations is now perfectly evident. It was thought
that they might be used hereafter as proofs of duplicity
on the part of Lord Palmerston ; and our article is now
deliberately brought forward by the Journal des Debuts
for this very purpose. The whole structure of this in-
vention is as loose and groundless as the allegation it is
intended to support. If the whole defence of the policy
of Louis Philippe rests on the alleged preference of the
British Government for Prince Leopold of Coburg, it is
false, not only in the whole, but in every part. Years
may roll by, and half a century may pass, before another
sovereign or another generation of princes yet unborn
ascends the throne of Spain ; and it is beyond the grasp
of our statesmanship to embrace the revolutions and
changes which the world may have witnessed before the
dreams of French ambition are realised, and the subjec-
tion of the Spanish people achieved. But no lapse of
time and no change of events can obliterate from the
memory of this generation, or from the pages of
history, the indelible blot which this transaction has
attached to the good faith and good name of Louis
Philippe and his Ministers. They set but little value on
the respect and esteem of the people of England, since
they did not hesitate to sacrifice them to the gratifies
tion of their pique against a particular Minister of this
country, and to the acquisition of a sullen triumph and
an uncertain future in Spain. The marriages which are
just consummated are, however, but the first acts in this
passage of history. Their consequences will be deve-
loped hereafter. The first of them, the most certain,
and perhaps the most important, is the destruction of
that confidence in, and consideration for the rulers of
France, which has for many years been the true basis of
the general peace. As they have succeeded in their
political contrivances, so they have sunk in the estima-
tion not only of England but of Europe; and the sternest
enemies of the dynasty of Orleans have now reason to
boast that it has justified their opinion of its character.

DEATH OF MR. P.
putllic-2:l7oAfla
FREWSHIRE.—In our
noticed the dangerous
Mda.y-Pf.oFrtOnitigill:li'vl-e
the county, but in the hope that he was past danger, and
in the way of recovery. From that period Mr. Stewart
lingered on in a very dangerous state, but still leaving
his aged mother, and
tended him, with occasional the circle of near relations who at-
casional glimpses of hope that be
might recover, till about the beginning of the present
week, when the fatal
daymptoms of the disease continued
more markedly to o themselves, and yesterday
evel p
morning at eight o'clock he expired. There are few men
in the country whose d death would be more generally re-
gretted than that of Mr. Stewart ; or who, as active po-
liticians, will leave fewer enemies behind them. In the
House of Commons Mr. Stewart took a prominent part
in the discussiOn of every
public question that was
brought forward ; and we have heard it admitted by
Members of the House, that no other representative
from Scotlandpossessed
Member for R
enfrewshire The
atlive and most judicious • deceased gentleman was
to his duty, and his as a manof
business'; atten-
tiveaccompanied with an affability and good humour,
secured deference at incessantall times
flow of unlaboured wit,
k
times for his remarks, andept all around him, including his opponents, in the
post of representative for on to filling the distinguished
his
at the time of his death, was
sative county, Mr. Stewart,
chairman of the Oriental
Steam Navigation Company, v
don Scottish Society, an instiietee-sernesid which of the Lon-
ranks the
highest names in the land amongst its directors; and
was also, now or recently, chairman of the West India
Steam Navigation Company, the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, a director of the Caledonian Railway, and
many other institutions. The late lamented Member was
a decided Liberal in his religious, as well as in
tical views. He was one of the ablest and most his poli-
ing supporters of the Free Church movement, unflincli.
both in the
House of Commons and in private life. So far, and so
disinterestedly, did he carry his opinions on this subject,
that he gave much offence to many of his best friends
during the non-intrusion controversy, several of
and b
?r
return
them was considered to have perilled his
re
liament in the cause. In this county, the noticeu to Par-
liament
severe illness, and now of his decease,of Mr'
of sorrow.
has
been received by a universal expression
Rich and poor, men of all ranks of life and sforrow.
every
shade of political opinion, mingle in one gener cl) a feeling
of regret at seeing a gentleman possessed of such great
and varied qualifications cut off suddenly, in
of his usefulness and in the very prime of his the midst
life. Mr.
Stewart was unmarried, and only 48 years of age.—
Glasgow Post.
' ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS.—The
first meeting for the session was held yesterday
at its rooms in Grosvenor-street, when the hair was
evening
taken by Earl De Grey, the president The Noble
President having addressed the meeting •
in a few pre-
fatory observations, several donations were announced
by the secretary, amongst which were nine drawings
the different halls of justice at New York, and
one
the model prison at Pennsylvania. The Dean of of
West-
minster exhibited to the meeting a well-executed model
in cork of Westminster Abbey, which excited an inte-
resting discussion on that structure. Mr. Donaldson
expressed his hope that by the erection of a spire some-
thing congenial might be made with the adjacent Houses
of Parliament, and to which such an erection would be
an interesting relief. It he'd been hitherto considered
that the piers would be too weak for such a structure,
but these might be enlarged to sustain a greater weight;
while the addition of a spire would give to the edifice an
ecclesiastical character, whereas it now had nothing but
towers. Dr. Buckland, in reply, stated that the cathedral
was scarcely susceptible of any such required alteration,
as whatever fresh enlargements for the support of the
spire in the interior were required, would entirely de-
stroy 4,1 architectural ell'ects.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
BIRMINGHAM.
The annual election of a third of the town counci
took place yesterday, when sixteen gentlemen were
elected. The contest proceeded altogether on points of
local interest, there being no political feeling evinced by
any party. The majority of those returned are Liberals.

HARWICH, Nov. 2.

The town has been more bustling than was expected,
in consequence of some new candidates starting for the
council. Captain J. Cowman, Samuel Heseltine, Esq.,
William John Miall, Esq., and Mr. Edward Fuller—
some of whom were represented to be of no politics—
tbc se, with Thomas George, Esq. (who was Mayor in
1842), Benjamin Cooper Bolton, Esq., Harcourt Runna-
cles, Esq., and Mr. Alfred Hast, went to the poll, and
at the conclusion, at four o'clock, the numbers stood:—
For Mr. George 142 For Mr. Heseltine 99
Mr. Miall ' 141 Mr. Nalborough 63
Mr. Bolton 112 Mr. Runnacles 58
Captain Cowman 111 Mr. Fuller 20
.....

The first four elected.
council were Messrs. Bown
Iles. It is thought John I
for. the ensuing year.

The retiring members of the
less, Humphreys, and Runna-
Pattrick, Esq., will be mayor

LIVERPOOL.
The municipal election yesterday excited not the least
interest. There was a sham show of fight in twelve 01
the wards, nearly all of which were carried by Tories,
some of whom are totally unfit to sit in the Council
Chamber of Liverpool to the exclusion of better men.

POOLE.
The municipal elections have been closely contested ;
the Liberals have carried the whole of one ward by an
overwhelming majority, and one out of three candidates
for the remaining ward has been returned.
This continues a preponderating influence in the
council to the Liberal interest.

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Powell, gunner, to the first class ; James Pike, gunner
to the first class.

APPOINTMENTS.
Nov. 2.--William White, surgeon, to the Geyser;
John Larcom, gunner, to the Retribution; Thomas
Webber, gunner, to the Rattlesnake; Francis Rossey,
gunner, to the Mutine; Robert W. Strickland, gunner,
to the Penelope; Thomas Borrett, master's-assistant, to
the Thetis; Thomas F. Richards, master's-assistant, to
the Thetis; B. M. Hallowes, midshipman, to the Sidon;
Edward W. Pritchard, acting assistant-surgeon, to the
Victory; John Tucker Ross, acting assistant-surgeon,
to the Victory; Narcissus C. Hatherby, assistant-sur-
geon, to the Alarm; William G. Douglas, lieutenant, to
the Geyser; Frederick J. Kent, acting master, to the
Geyser; William Pergelly, acting-gunner, to the Geyser;
John Crawle, boatswain, to the Geyser ; James N.
Carey, acting carpenter, to the Geyser; Frederick W.
Nandi, naval cadet, to the Scourge; Charles Bonham,
lieutenant, to the Hibernian; Robert J. Roberts, en-
gineer's boy, to the Scourge; Edwin Boulton, second-
engineer, to the Scourge.

THE CYCLOPS AND THE POT-
TINGER STEAMERS.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
As we anticipated, both these vessels have been got
off, and the former proceeded with her dispatches for
Lisbon, the latter with her cargo for South-
ampton. The Cyclops got off by the night tide, the
Pottinger by this morning's. It is not expected that
either have received any damage, but had the latter
vessel gone on shore a little farther to the eastward,
hard would have been her fate, as it is all rocks. Many
expressed surprise that they should have steamed right
on to the beach, but such is the treacherous nature of the
shore, that they might have sounded one moment before
the? struck, and found ten fathoms water.

AFFAIRS OF THE RIVER PLATE.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2.—By the Columbus, Capt Green,
arrived yesterday from Pernambuco, with letters from
that port to Ist of October, we have received late and
important advices from the River Plate.
We subjoin extracts from the mercantile accounts:—
" Rio DE JANEIRO, SEPI`. 13.—Mr. Hood came to an
agreement on the 27th ult. ; on the 29th he visited the
camp of Oribe ; and on th 30th he proceeded, in her
Majesty's steamer Alecto, to Buenos Ayres, to obtain
the consent of Rosas to the arrangements. Up to the
7th inst. nothing was positively known at Monte Video;
but a general belief existed that Rosas had refused to
accede to the terms, unless Oribe was recognised as the
legal President of the republic. On the 7th inst. it was
believed that negotiations were entirely broken off by
Mr. Hood, and that he was about to return to England.
The same belief existed at Buenos Ayres on the 4th of
September, and doubloons had risen to 300 dollars."
From Bahia we learn that her Majesty's ship Gorgon
had arrived at Rio on the 20th of September, with Mr.
Hood on board •, but that the ultimate result of his
mission was not known.
"RIO DE JANEIRO, SEPT.I7.—The Devastation steamer
arrived from Monte Video on the 13th instant, with dates
to the 6th. Matters were still unsettled, and it appears
some misunderstanding had arisen. Mr. Hood, after
the Riverista party had agreed to terms, found it ne-
cessary to revisit Oribe's camp, after which he pro-
ceeded to Buenos Ayres to communicate again with
Rosas.
" SEPT. 19.—Since our last, of the 17th, later advices
have been received from the River Plate than those
brought by the Devastation steamer.
" SEPT. s.—The River Plate mail has just arrived
with dates to the 11th ult. Mr. Hood was then at
Oribe's camp, having, it is said, settled matters with
Rosas. Report says, the basis of the arrangement with
regard to Monte Video would be, the election of a new
President by the Chambers, and whosoever is chosen
will be supported by all parties. Oribe is reported to be
favourable to the arrangement."
From Rio we learn that the Legislature had' passed
a law to regulate the currency, fixing a standard value
upon silver and gold for payment into the public offices,
and also as legal tenders between individuals ; autho-
rising the Government to withdraw from circulation any
superfluous paper money, for the purpose of compress-
ing the circulating medium, at the standard value. Gold
to be received at the rate of 4 mill per octava; and silver
in proportion. The law had not been decided upon.