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London, England, 1844-11-04 00:00:00

TIIIE SUN, LONDON., LION ,AY iIIOR. NOVEMBEIii 41- 184',

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

BOROUGH OF POOLE.
(Pnom A CORRESPONDENT.)
NOVEMBER I.—This will be a memorable day for
Poole, as the consequence of the election of six
Reformers as councillors, which has now taken place
without a contest, will be the removal of every vestige
of Toryism from our Town Council.
This is the more surprising when we remember
that, six years ago, there was not (thanks to the
original Tory fraud, by which they first succeeded in
obtaining a majority) a single Reformer left in the
Council. At that time—that is in 1838—the Re-
formers resolved to bestir themselves, and, by great
exertions, succeeded in filling every vacancy, six in
number, with "good men and true. The following
year, after another desperate contest, they succeeded
in adding six more to assist those of the previous
year in checking Tory extravagance and misrule—
the Council then consisting of twelve Liberals and
six Tory Councillors, and six Tory Aldermen, the
latter having, by means of the Mayor, the casting
vote. In 1840 the Reformers were again successful,
leaving only the six Tory Aldermen, the last three of
whom will go out of office on the 9th inst., thus
leaving the late Tory Town Council of Poole com-
posed of eighteen Liberal Councillors, and six Liberal
Aldermen.

The above shows such complete success attending
the exertions of Reform, that we trust it will act as
an encouragement to other boroughs to go and do
likewise. So sudden and unexpected was the con-
version of the Tory majority into a minority, that
they did not even embrace the opportunity of putting
their " house in order," leaving several heavy liabili-
ties on the inhabitants, in the shape of compensation
to the late Town Clerk (which is now the subject of
legal dispute), enormous bills claimed by their then
Town Clerk, to the amount of several thousand
pounds, but which, having no legal claim for,: he does
not seem very likely to get, and other little mementos
of Tory misrule; but now (thanks to our great and
untiring exertions) we have seen the last of Tory
power in the borough of Poole.

BEVERLEY.
(Fnois A CORRESPONDENT.)
The Tory monopolists durst not show their faces
this morning, and six Liberals and Free Traders have
been returned without opposition. The Town Council
will now consist entirely of Liberals.

ANDOVER.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

On the Isl instant four members of the Town
Council retired by rotation, their term of office having
expired, three of whom were Liberals, and one, the
present Mayor, a Conservative. The Tory party were
desirous of effecting a compromise with their oppo-
nents, by proposing to abstain from opposition to two
Liberals, if the other party would also consent to two
Tories being returned. This offer was indignantly
rejected by the Liberals, who preferred an honourable
defeat to a disgraceful compromise, and accordingly
on Friday last the contest commenced with good
earnest on both sides. The Tories had upon this
occasion taken the start of their opponents, and spared
neither pains or expense in canvassing and treating
their friends. The Liberals also were not wanting in
activity, and never since the Municipal Act was
passed have we witnessed a more severe conflict. At
four o'clock the poll closed, when the result was found
to be the return of two Liberals and two Tories as
under :

Liberals—Thomas H. Mortimore, 105 ; Hugh
Mundy, 102; George Young, 93 ; Wm. F. Bridger,
87. Total, 387.

Tories—Henry Thompson (Mayor), 114 ; Giles
Westbury, 104; F. R. Loscombe, 90 ; Wm. Major,
62. Total, 376.

GREAT YARMOUTH.
(ruom A CORRESPONDENT.)
St. Nicholas Ward.—Richard Hammond, Esq., and
Mr. W. N. Burroughs.
Market Ward.—William Johnson, Esq., and Mr.
John Owles.

Regent Ward.—C. Marsh, Esq. (Mayor), and Mr.
I. Tomlinson.

tit. George's Ward.—J. W. Shelley, Esq., and Mr.
T. Lettis, jun.
Nelson Ward.—E. D. Palmer, Esq., and Mr. Wil-
liam Chambers.

St. Andrew's Ward.—Mr. Thomas Hammond and
Mt. Samuel Crow.
N.B. All twelve Liberals.

LIBERAL TRIUMPH AT DERBY.

DERBY, FRIDAY, Nov. I.—The elections this morn-
ing have resulted in a most complete discomfiture of
the Tory party. Not a single one dare place himself
in nomination. The following have been returned
without opposition :

Beeltet Ward.—Mr. William Goodwin and Mr.
Henry Mozley.
Bridge Ward.—Mr. William Taylor and Mr.
James Hollingworth.
Cartley Ward.—Mr. Samuel Lowe and Mr. John
Moss.
Derwent Ward.—Mr. William Barton and Mr.
Henry gisborne.
and
Jain Walton. .

-7-Eing's 'Mead Ward.—William Evans. Esq., M.P.,-
and Mr. John Gamble. .

NOTTINGHAM.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAY, FOUR P.M.—The municipal
elections have thit• moment terminated. The result
is the election of eight Liberals and six Conservatives.
For some months past both parties have been prepar-
ing for this day's contest, and never at any municipal
election in Nottingham before has there been so much
political excitement. I regret to state that both
Whig and Tory have been implicated in proceedings
which no one can justify, the most unblushing bribery
and intimidation having been practised. In Exchange
ward, where the contest has beep, very severe, the
price: foi a 'irf-qt"••fio vaxied from 1'61,..: t 0,40/.; abd
ninch d,s tney 4"...mn a y itartle some, innumerable haye -
been the instances in which the larger sum has been
cheerfully given. In Mary's ward the price de-
manded by electors became so enormous that the
Liberal candidates refused to give it ; their opponents
have, therefore, gained an easy victory. The same
result has occurred in St. Ann's ward. In Castle
ward the Liberals were mostly triumphant. Both
parties have engaged hundreds of " lambs," or hired
ruffians, and repeated have been the conflicts between
them. The leader of the Tory lambs was Bendigo,
the noted prizefighter. These lambs have been en-
gaged at all hours of the night and day in seizing
poor voters, and hurrying them into places of confine-
ment. Some voters have been sent as far as Hull,
and others into Derbyshire. Indeed, little idea can
be formed of the lawlessness of the whole proceed-
ings. The honest poriion of the electoral, body call
loudly for a remedy...
The' town is divided into seven wards, in each
of which the two parties are nearly equal in number,
owing principally to the number of Swiss, who make
the most of their votes, and who generally incline to
the weakest side, fur the purpose of raising prices. Of
the fourteen councillors who retired, twelve were
Liberals, and but' two Tories. No schemes which
could gain a point has been left untried. The Tories
for months have been engaged in paying rates for the
lower class of householders, for the purpose of enfran-
chising them, upon the promise that their votes should
be at the disposal of their paymasters ; and the
Liberal party have been compelled to imitate this
example. Such a system of machinery has been at
work during the whole year on each side as never
before was brought to bear upon municipal matters.
All this created much excitement and expectation at
the recent municipal revision, and every exertion was
used on each side to gain a majority on the register.
Political feeling never before ran so high at Notting-
ham as at present.

HASTINGS.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
EAST WARD.---G. Scrivens (R), 422; IV. Gunier,
(R), 399; T. Ross, Jun. (R), 376 ; A. Harvey (T),
351 ; J. Barfield (T), 350; G. Clement (R), 324.
The four first returned as e3ected, but a scrutiny be-
tween the two Tories for the single place won by
them.

WEST WARD.— All Tory candidates. C. 11.
Southall and G. A. Merto elected by a, majority
over J. Troup of six votes.

OXFORD.
Nov. I.—Since the passing of the Municipal Bill
we have never had so quiet a Ist of November as the
present, nine out of ten of the burgesses being hardly
cognisant that an election was going on. It was over
by eleven o'clock in all five of the wards, there being
no contest in either of them. The following is the
return :

Central Ward—Messrs. T. Sheard and T. Randall
(Conservatives), re-elected.
North Ward—Messrs. John Cox (Conservative),
and S. Steane (Radical), re-elected.
South Ward—Messrs. R. Spiers (Conservative),
and J. Grubb (Radical), re-elected.
East Ward—Messrs. R. Wall (Conservative), and
H. D. Hoskins (Whig), re-elected.
West Ward—Messrs. J. Chaundy and J. C. Dud-
ley (Whigs). The former re-elected; the latter in
place of Mr. James Turner (Whig), who retired.

BOSTON.----TRIUMPH OF REFORM.
Boston this year has done its duty, by returning
five Reformers—the pet of the Tories thrown out by
a majority of six!

LIVERPOOL,
The following is the result of the election for town
councillors :—Tories, 12 ; Liberals, 3.

FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER.
(From the World of Fashion Monthly Magazine)
BUTTONB.—Fancy buttons will be much used this
winter for the decorating of velvet pelisses, and satin
demi-habilloes; those moat required will be Marquise or
Richlit u buttons, in enamel, encircled with the Mar-
casite stone, or large garnets surrounded with pearls;
those formed of a single painting in enamel are also very
pretty.

Funs will decidedly be worn this winter, more than
any that ever preceded it, owing to the many different
forms of wraps now so much in request, as well as those
elegant capes, called by the name of the palatine russe,
which is so celebrated for its comfort and elegant form,
as well as its value, being composed entirely of real
ermine, the mock fur having a horrid effect,
BONNETS are chiefly made of very light satins, or of
velvet ; a new style of flower has also just been invented
for the decorating of them ; the flower is made half
open, like a gobelet, of a purple colour (and form-
ing a coronal), with white petals agbi ees, and
the foliage of a bright sparkling green. Bonnets
of velours epi nee are also much in request ; for
instance, those of a pale yellow, the front long and
open at the ears, lined with white satin, and ornamented
in the interior with nctuds and brides of pale pink satin
ribbon, and a splendid oiseau de paradis over the ex-
terior of the crown.

TRAVELLING BoNNETssare principally of a close form,
made of the open sole ‘egetale, and lined with Bros de
Naples, its sole ornament being a chicoi 63 trimming to
match.

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DRESS HATS are now much seen at the theatres, some
being made of white velours epingle, its sole ornament a
simple ribbon tied round the crown, and the interior of
the front decorated with folds of gauze, intermixed with
ribbon. Others of sky blue, covered with a broad Eng-
lish lace, attached to the crown with a wreath of queen's
daisies, variegated, 'or' in crepe of a beautiful citron
colour, decorated with a single marabout, the same colour
as the crepe, entirely concealing the front, and drooping
as low as the shoulder.

MATERIALS FOR MORNING DRESSES.--A very soft,
pliable, and thick material has lately appeared, somewhat
resembling the damask or lampas, not figured in wreaths
or running patterns, but in large roses, bunches of
leaves, &c., distributed over the surface in a lighter
shade than the ground-work.
CAPS.—A very distingut a looking cap for an evening
toilette, are those which • are composed of black lace,
made very petit, the papillon, or ears, formed of a
lappet, the ends of which are raised and reversed over a
broad ribbon, the ground-work of which is of a golden
colour, striped across in different colours. This is called
the Mogadore ribbon, and is the most fashionable novelty
of the season.

WALKING DaEsses.-7Black is the prevailing fashion
for out-door costume ; those which are trimmed with a
profusion of black lace having a very rich effect. Dresses
of the satin, D'lsly, in broad stripes, are very handsome,
the skirts trimmed with two broad waving flounces,
high and plain body, and sleeves pareil. Pelisses
will, however, be most in favour for a promenade
toilette, made after the following fashion :—A pelisse
of a pretty greyish-coloured moire, open up the
front, and trimmed on each side with a broad biais,
edged with red velvet, the centre part being closed up
with straps of red velvet, attached with silver buttons,
the body high upon the shoulders, and open down the
entire front ; small collar and facings joining those upon
the skirt, corded with velvet, and strapped across to
match those on the skirt, decorated also with buttons
The sleeves are made plain, with two bands of velvet
round the wrists, forming a kind of bracelet. Under
dress of embroidered cambric, a guaged guimpe is worn
with a fulling of tulle iliiied with ,red satin Bound the.
neck. Manchettes Velvet pelisses will be
generally -decorated rich furs, those of a dark
hue- beihrthe ino-t preferred, such as sable, lynx, &c,
whilst those little fanciful ones called les redingotes
hongroises, made also in velvet, are mostly trimmed
and encircled with an embroidery of tound braid, which
is continued upon the entire front of the corsage, having
a much lighter effect than fur. Cloth pelisses are now
worn, very much embroidered, and ornamented with
pretty fancy buttons, either in silk or in acier, the latter
being preferred for those in black cloth ; those of the
marcassite stone are also greatly in request.
MA NTEABX.—Those which are most worn at the present
time, are made extremely full, and slightly wadded, the
cape sufficiently large to admit of a double row of trim-
ming, such as the plaitings a la veille, with frillings, fon-
tanges or ruches A la grand'mare, or two rows or gympe,
encircled with a lace du Puy (or a new kind of velvet
lace), which is extremely pretty, and will be much worn
;
thht*ter.-% ja.? 0. • •
SLEEVES still continne,td be Warn in &hundred fanciful
foriri-s;'deailtirigues, detni-larges, quite wide, .:or quite
plain, enclosed round the wrists with deep cuffs, or open-
ing a la Louis XIII., so as to show the under sleeve.
When the dress is composed of cloth or velvet, the plain
round sleeve is mostly worn.
BALL DRESSES.—We may cite as one of the most
elegant models those which are made busquee, the bodies
trimmed with a triple fulling,
forming a kind of berthe,
finished with a cluster of roses in the centre of the front;
the sleeves are fulled to match, likewise decorated with
a touffe of roses in the centre, and small ones scattered
over the sleeves
; the skirt is trimmed with two quilles,
formed of fullings, upon which are placed roses of
graduated sizes, put on at regular distances. This style
mwiotdhious bands thanof
satin, this
slightly
costume is extremely youthful and becoming.
PALETOT.—For travelling, nothing can be more com-
modious
wadded,
amade on
f dm
a very large silk cord, put on at the edge, the lining
aeri
encircledn o striped
w it
with
composed of poult de soie.
SuierouTs are Principally made of satin a la reine,
rather a heavy material, and of a sombre appearance,
but which is much liked from its not being liable to
fray, and from its being very useful ; it can be relieved
by being trimmed and encircled with a velvet lace, put
on quite plain, and giving the wrap a distinguished look.
LES ROBES PYRAIIIIDES.--This is one of the latest
novelties, And one which will, we have no doubt, be
much in favour. Its name arises from its being orna-
mented with a considerable number of rows of velvet, of
different widths.. This trimming reaches from the edge
of the jupe, to within about two hands' breadth of the
waist, and is particularly becoming to a slender figure,
the corsage and sleeves being decorated to match.
LE NANTEAU RUSSE.—This most elegant cloak is
made either in plain or epingle velvet, lined with white
silk slighly wadded, or a thin fur, very soft and warm.
This cloak has also large sleeves, with facing to match,
the entire garment being edged with a broad fur, com-
posed'of zibeline, Prussian or Canadian sable, grebe, or
ermine,
MUFFS.—This article, which h considered indispens-
able to a lady's winter costume, will be worn very small
this present season, and without cords or tassels, lined
with pretty light colours ; white is, however, considered
the most elegant.
The most fashionable colours for the winter season
are all of a mixed and dark kind of shade : such as
purple, dark blue, crimson, violet, the colour bois, emerald
green, shades of green, also deep shades of orange.

TUE MAYORALTY —The present Mayor, Thomas
Sands, Esq., has now very. nearly fulfilled the term of
his high office, and will resign his wand to his successor
to-morrow week. It will b e remembered that he en-
tered upon his official duties somewhat under a cloud,
owing to the irregularities which affected the old mode
of assessing the town dues upon merchandise at this port,
and the disputes consequent upon them ; but his house
was the first to set the example of acceding to, and giv-
ing effect to, the new system, which appears to have
worked, so far, with satisfaction to all parties. Mr.
Sands, during
his mayoralty, has been diligent at his
post, impartial in all his proceedings, and hospitable to
a degree, which has not only gratified his fellow-towns-
men, but has done honour, to, the, town in the eyes of
royal and distingiiislaed strangers. It is supposed that
Mr. James Lawrence will succeed him in the civic chair.
—Liverpool Mercury.

SUGAR FROM CIIINA.—From Sunday next sugttr
may be imported from China under the following pro-
vision of the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 28, sec. 5 :—"And
be it enacted, that in case such sugar shall be imported
from China, Java, or Manilla, or from any of the court=
tries named in such Order in Council as hereinbefore is
mentioned, the certificate so to be given to the collector
or comptroller at the port of importation shall be under
the hand and seal of the British Consul, Vice-Consul,
Consular Agent, or other officer appointed in that be=
half by her Majesty, at the place where such sugar was
taken on board, and shall certify that a declaration in
writing had been made before such Consul, Vice-Con-
sul, or Consular Agent, or any other officer, by the
shipper of such sugar, that the same was really and bona
fide the growth of the country in which the same was so
taken on board, and than also certify that such Consul,
Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent, or other officer, had
examined the contents of such declaration, and believed
the Dame to be true." -

SPIRIT ef the PUBLIC JOURNALS,-

FLOM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAI.
GLOBE.—If Government be not positively im-
pervious to the lessons derived from welLascertained
and established facts, obtained by an investigation
conducted by a Select Committee of the House of
Commons which sat in the last session, the duties
on tobacco must undergo an early revision, with
a view to a material reduction of their present
enormous amount. This course is not merely
dictated by sound policy; it is demanded by stern
necessity. The contraband trade has increased so
steadily—it has acquired a system so perfect, and an
extent so enormous, that its precautions against de-
tection bid defiance to the regulations of the Excise
and the vigilance of the Coast-guard. The revenue
is robbed to an enormous extent ; and the fair trader
is, at length, either reducel to the alternative
of becoming a guilty participator in the illicit
traffic, or he is involved in ruin, through in-
ability to compete in the market with the
low prices at which the smuggler can
afford to supply the article. Within the present week,
a tobacco and snuff-manufacturer (named Thomas)
carrying on business in Ratcliff-highway, appeared
at Lambeth-street Police-office to answer two infor-
mations, charging him with having on his premises
17331b5. of smuggled tobacco, which had been
found by the Customs' officers on thesth and 7th ult.
The truth of the charge was admitted by the de-
fendant, who sthted, in excuse, in the first place,
that the house in which he had resided and carried
on business had been upwards of half a century in
his family; and that such was the competition in his
business at present, through the means resorted to by
smuggling and adulteration, that goods were sold for
much less than they could be fairly manufactured for.
He should, therefore, throw himself upon the consi-
deration of the Court.

" Mr. Henry—Then, what you mean to. say is, that
you cannot carry on and live by your business without
smuggling ? Defendant—Why, Sir, I did not say that
.exactly ; but I have said that there is so much smug-
gling and adulteration in the trade, that there is no get-
ting a living in a regular way."
The man was convicted in penalties amounting to
1681. 18s. sd. He also stands exposed to proceedings
in another form, for having adulterated stuff in his
possession, on which he will be liable to penalties
amounting to 6001. Yet, notwithstanding the high
amount of penalties on detection, and the vigilance
of the Excise and Custom-house officers, it is
estimated that from twenty to twenty-five mil-
lions of pounds of tobacco are annually smuggled
into the United Kingdom—a larger quantity than
finds its way into the market in the legitimate course
of trade ! The returns made to the Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons to which we have.
alluded, show, that with a population which has
doubled in numbers since the commencement
of the present • century, the consumption of
tobacco on which the duty has been paid
has not increased in a proportion approaching to
that ratio. In the ten years, from 1808 to 1818, the
consumption of duty-paid tobacco was 189,083,261
lbs. ; while from 1818 to 1828 it was only 172,706,368
lbs.—showing a decrease on the whole of that
period of 16,376,893 lbs. The Committee remark,
that the decrease was greater by 6,000,000 lbs.
The obvious conclusion is, that this great decrease
in the amount of duty-paid tobacco consumed
was owing to the extensive smuggling, which
supplied the deficiency. If the twenty-four years
from 1820 to 1843 be referred to, it will be found
that the average yearly quantity of tobacco paying
duty was 19,916,893 lbs. This shows an increase
only of 1,818,567 lbs., compared with the ten
years from 1808 to 1818. The evidence ap-
pended to the report displays a most instructive
comment on the system of high duties. The nu-
merous ingenious schemes to which the smugglers
have recourse to deceive the revenue officers, both
afloat and ashore—the desperate risks they encounter
—and the accurate calculations upon which they enter
as to the chances of detection, and the number of
" runs" which cover loss sustained by seizure—these
matters were detailed to the Committee by witnesses
who had themselves been actively engaged in smug-
gling, or had participated in the traffic, but who were
indemnified by the Committee against the conse-
quences of their evidence.
STANDARD.—The repeal faction in Ireland has
been so utterly routed and disgraced by the proceed-
ings of her Majesty's Attorney-General in that king-
dom—let us never forget to whom we owe so great
a service—that we should be ashamed to refer to their
ignominious overthrow for any less purpose
than to correct a serious error or to estab-
lish a useful principle in politics. Most of our
readers will recollect that up to the commence-
ment of the State trials last year, it was
the constant cry that Mr. O'Connell and his ac-
complices, priests and laymen, were not free agents,
that the people it was who urged them onward,
and the inference was not very logically drawn,
that to deprive Mr. O'Connell of the power of
controlling the people, by putting him into prison,
must lead to civil war and anarchy. This rea-
soning, did not, however, prevail with the Right
Hon. T. B. Smith; he put Mr. O'Connell into gaol
;;-the luminary was eclipsed hebiii€l4 the walls of
the .Richmond Bridevvell ; but the threatened night
of anarchydid not follow ; Nox nulls secuta est. On
the other hand, the obscuration of the portentous
star was followed by the most peaceful, the most
cheerful, and the most prosperous day in Irish his-
tory. True, he has been let back once mere
into our system; but, like other comets,
he comes back shorn of his beams, and al-
most destitute of a tail, and no longer
" with fear of change perplexing kings," or any body
else—comes back, not merely to be comparatively
quiet himself, but to cause the quietness of others.
Now this very clearly proves the falsehood of the
notion that Mr. O'Connell was not a free agent last
year—demonstrates that it taxed all his energies and
all his audacity to excite the sedition of which
he was represented as the passive. instrument.
The r people areuthe• 'same people—)whh collected
at, monster. meetings, established arbitration courts,
promised to meet: in- Parliament on College-green
with or without the Queen's writ. Why do not we
hear anything of these projects now ? Because the
people are afraid ? This could hardly be the case,
because the punishment of the offence could
hardly reach the millions of repeaters, we for-
get how many millions, it is so long since we heard
of them. No, it is in truth because Mr. O'Con-
nell is afraid, because he has had a sharp
hint that it is not safe to challenge the Government
to "go either to war with him or to law with
him"—because Mr. T. B. Smith has shown
the danger of " hurling defiance at the Saxon"
—that the repeal movement, monster meetings,
nd all, are dead and gone. Now it is obvious that
if the prudence or cowardice, call it which you
will, of the one man, Mr. Daniel O'Connell, is
sufficient to produce this sedative effect, Mr,
Daniel O'Connell was the author and master, not
the creature and servant, of the extinct sedition.
So absolute and complete is still the man's power
in his faction that he is able to control even the
most violent, and what were' believed the most
enthusiastic, journals in that faction. Upon this
subject we refer to the annexed •extract from
the Dublin Evening Packet, by which it will be
seen that the Nation itself has been muzzled.
There can be no doubt that, in the course of his
treasonable progress, Mr. O'Connell may have felt
something like an external pressure—just as the
midnight summoner of cut-throats in Tipperary
catches behind his ear some vibration of the blast
which he blows, into the crooked cow's. .horn, but
still it is merely his own breath he ieels, and
when the breath ceases the discordant vibration
from behind ceases also. Mr. O'Connell at Mallow
" hurled defiance at the Saxon," with gesticula-
tions which are to be eternised in marble or in
brass. Some of the poor savages about him
shouted " lead us on against them." Foolish
people inferred from this that the people were more
forward for mischief than Mr. O'Connell. Now
it was nothing of the kind. The whole was the in-
cendiary's own work. At the Mallow meeting he
stood precisely in the position of the conjuror of the
last century—
" Katterfelto with. his hair on end,
At his own wonders wondering for his bread."
Mr. Moore has said of his countrymen something
like this—

" Oh there never were men, if our leaders would let us,
More form'd to be loyal and blessed than ours,"
and the truth of the proposition seems to be sup-
ported by the events of the last year. Now what
is the useful principle that we would deduce from
this ? That in all cases of popular disorder, the
leaders are always the leaders in fact as well as in
appearance, and that they are the only fitting objects
of punishment.

LORD MAYOR'S DAY:- On Friday workmen were
busily etnployed ill preparing the Guildhall for the ban•.
quet or. Saturday next, being Lord Mayor's day. The
stone flooring has been covered with boarding, on which
is painted a beautiful stroll work, siirrotitiditig the arms
of the Lord Mayor Elect and those of the City. At the
west end of the building a spacious gallery has been
erected, at the hack of which is a splendid revolving
glass star, illuminated with gas. From the centre of
the building are suspended three large new glass chan-
deliers, and on either side of the building smaller chan-
deliers. The eastern end will be decorated in a splendid
manner under the Window, flags, drums, ant `;"""s °f
armour are being put up to form, a Rophyl, under which
is the ttiotto,—" Uod save i'no Queen, ift gas jets;
The several monuments have been thoroughly cleaned,
and are covered over with canvas to keep the dust from
settling on them. Th© lower part of the walls is to be
hung with crimsoe cloth, whilst in different parts of the
building suits and pieces of armour, with instruments of
war, will be displayed. The civic procession after leav-
ing Guildhall will, it is understood, proceed through
King-street. Cneapside, Poultry, Mansion-house-street,
and Kipg• William-street to London-bridge, returning by
the usual route up Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Ludgate-
1i1,,,,it,-Vuura Churchyard, Cheap4de, to the Guildhall.

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT
OLDHAM.
• TWENTY-ONE PERSONS KILLED.
We copy the following particulars from the pro-
vincial papers, in addition to those which we published
on Saturday.

(From the Manchester Courier of Saturday.)
O.ie of the most extensively fatal disasters ever
known in Oldham occurred on Thursday afternoon
last. The scene of this deplorable catastrophe was a
large cotton-mill, known as Lower House Mill,
situate at Greenacre's Moor, belonging to Messrs.
Josiah Radcliffe and Brothers. The old mill had re-
cently been considerably enlarged by the erection of
an additional building, of equal height, six stories ;
and on Wednesday afternoon the workmen had begun
to lay the shafting in the lower story, and had got is
a few looms, but no heavy machinery.
The time when the aceident occurred, as near as
we can ascertain, was half-past three o'clock on
Thursday afternoon. There were at the time thirty-
two persons employed in the mill, including some
bricklayers, plasterers, and painters, who were
finishing off the upper stories; but the majority were
mill hands, who were preparing for getting in:the ma-
chinery, and were employed in the second floor, and
one immediately over the boiler-house. The catas-
trophe occurred quite suddenly. Of the survivors, a
man named Lees, a plasterer, who was at work in the
sixth story, gives the most detailed account of the ac-
cident. From his statement it appears that as he was
plastering an arch, on the north side of the room,
he observed that the brickwork of an arch near the
centre of the floor of the story above, close to
one of the iron cross beams of the floor, was giving
way. In its giving way there appeared to be a moving
of the arch itself, but none of the brickwork
fell. Lees instantly left the room, and went as
quickly as possible to the manager of the mill
and acquainted him with the circumstance. The
manager was at the other end of the mill at the time.
He then returned to the spot he had left, and was just
going on the scaffolding to resume his work of plas-
tering, not being absent more than seven or eight
minutes, when he heard a sound as of a tremendous
rush ; he was then about eight yards from the door
leading into the corresponding story of the old mill ;
he, as it were, almost instantaneously sprung over
these eight yards, and had just got within the door-
way in a safe position, as it proved, when the floor on
which he had been fell with an awful crash, carrying
with it to the lowest story all the floors underneath,
and rendering nearly every portion of the new part of
the mill a heap of ruins, except one single range of
windows, which are left standing from the bottom
nearly to the highest parapet, presenting a singular
appearance, forming the only remaining fragment
of the new mill. The roof having, of course, lost
its means of support, fell upon the lower floors,
and served to add to the already large and frightful
heap of ruins, underneath which had' been instantly
buried all, or nearly all, the workpeople who were at
work in the lowest story, and a few in the stories
above them. The alarm created in the town and
neighbourhood by this dreadful accident was ex-
tremely great ; hundreds of persons were on the spot
in a few moments, and a number of men were set to
work, without loss of time, for the purpose of re-
moving the materials, in order to discover the bodies
of the sufferers as soon as possible. In little more
than half an hour from the time of the accident, the
magistrates and other authorities of the town were on
the spot, and about five o'clock a detachment of the
67th Regiment of Foot, under the direction of En-
sign M'Dunnor, arrived from the barracks, and re-
mained on duty during the night and yesterday.
The labourers engaged in removing the ruins
worked during all the evening and night of Thursday
by relays, and at noon yesterday the bodies of four-
teen persons (ten male and four female) had been dug
out. There were still seven persons missing, two
males and five females, whom there is every reason to
believe have been killed. The total number who
have been bereaved of life by this dreadful catas-
trophe may, therefore, be stated to be twenty-one
persons, of whom sixteen were upwards of twenty
years of age. Most of the bodies were shockingly
crushed or otherwise injured. Seven other persons
were more or less injured, and several very narrowly
escaped.
The appearance of the fallen- portion of the mill at
the moment of the accident is described as horribly
startling to those who witnessed it. The two main
walls sprung, as it were, outwards, and then in-
stantly closed in, involving nearly the whole portion
in one common ruin.

The cause of this lamentable occurrence is not yet
clearly ascertained ; but it can only be referred to
one or two causes—the shrinking of the foundation
of the old boiler-house, on which the mill was
reared, or the breaking of one of the cast-iron prin-
cipals. The total damage to the mill and machinery
probably amounts to 4,0001.
The old mill, it is hoped, will be got to work again
in about ten days. At present 800 hands are unem-
ployed in consequence of this disaster.
(From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.)
It becomes our painful duty to record one of the
most extensively fatal catastrophes that has happened
in this neighbourhood for many years past ;—one,
indeed, more terrific-in its-nature, and more fatal and
disastrous in its consequences, - than anything that
has occurred since a similar catastrophe at the fire-
proof factory of Mr. Nathan Gough, near Oldfield-
road, Salford, on Wednesday the 13th October,
1824, by which eighteen or nineteen persons lost their
lives. This dreadful accident occurred on Thursday
afternoon last, in a suburb of Oldham, named Lower
House, Greenacres Moor, at the mills of Mr. Samuel
Radcliffe and Sons, called -the Lower House Mills.
The firm, now consisting of Messrs. Josiah Radcliffe
and Brothers, the four sons of the deceased Mr. Sa-
muel Radcliffe, had recently built a new mill ad-
joining their old one, at one end ; and about half-past
three o'clock on Thursday afternoon, the whole of this
new mill fell in with a tremendous crash, at a time
when there were thirty-two persons in it, of whom
there is reason to fear that twenty-one have been
killed, as the hodies of -fourteen-had-been found and
taken from the ruins up to noon yesterday, and seven
others were missing. Of the remaining eleven, five
were more or less hurt, of whom one is not expected
to recover; and six escaped with little or no injury.
The following, we believe, will be found a tolerably
correct list of the different class of sufferers :