The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-22 00:00:00

SCOTLAND WARD MEETING

Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, a public meeting of
the electors of this ward, and of those desirous of promoting
the re-election of Isaac Holmes, Esq. as their representative
in the town-council, was held at Mrs. Barton's, (late Mrs.
Musker's,) Burlington-street, for the-purpose of taking mea-
sures to promote that object. The room was much crowded,
and amongst those present, beside the speakers, were many
influential gentlemen connected with other wards in the
town, and warmly attached to the cause.
RICHARD HOUGHTON, Esq., was called to the chair. He
stated that the object of the meeting was pretty well known.
The Ist of November was near at hand, and he should be
glad to hear any gentleman propose a suitable candidate in
their interest.

Captain REAY proposed the first resolution to the effect
that the conduct of Isaac Holmes, Esq., as their representa-
tive in the council, had been highly satisfactory, and justly
entitled him to the confidence and support of the burgesses.
The resolution was seconded by Dr. SHARROCKS, and
unanimously carried, amidst much applause.
Mr. KEVAN moved a resolution to the effect that the
meeting pledge itself to use every legal and constitutional
means to secure the re-election of Mr. Holmes, at the ap-
proaching contest. He expressed a hope that they would
join heart and hand in the cause, and carry Mr. Isaac Holmes
with flying colours.
This was seconded by Mr. STEWART.
Mr. JOSEPH COOPER, said, that before the motion was
put, he should wish to say a few words. He felt great plea-
sure in giving the resolution his cordial support. He had.
as a fellow councillor with Mr. Holmes, remarked his efforts
in that assembly, in the cause which they all espoused, at a
time when few stood forward in its defence, and when their
efforts were regarded by a large section with great animo-
sity. He had known him, when attempts were made to put
down measures calculated to benefit " the good old town,"
manfully stand forward in its behalf. He had ever found
him an advocate for the fair distribution of the patronage of
the council, his principle being that every burgess should
have a share. How different was the conduct of the
opposite party! With them the only qualification for
employment was that they should be of radical principles.
He (Mr. C.) trusted, however, that the council would be so
constituted, that it would hereafter be freely distributed, and
that those present would their share of it as well as the
radicals. (Cheers.) When the question of the Inland
Bonding System was brought forward, Mr. Holmes was again
found at his post in defence of the good old town. When the
warehouse question, and that of the dock dues, was under dis-
cussion he was again arrayed against them, as detrimental to
the part. He was ever, indeed, prepared to support the best
interests of the town. Notwithstanding the spurious votes
on the register, if they would exert themselves on the coming
occasion, in unison with the conservatives in the other wards,
the abuses of which they had to complain would no longer
exist. As there were many gentlemen present who would
address them he would not delay them longer, though he
might add much in behalf of Mr. Holmes. (Loud cheers.)
The resolution was then put and unanimously carried.
Mr. ISAAC HOLMES was then introduced to the meeting,
and his appearance produced long and loud applause. After
expressing the satisfaction he felt at seeing Mr. Houghton in
the chair, he thanked the burgesses for his election three
years ago, when he appeared among them a comparative
stranger. The alteration which had taken place in his senti-
ments had by no means taken place a few weeks before his
election; far from it. He had for more than twelve months,
he might indeed say for more than two years, expressed his
dissatisfaction at the manner in which the individuals who
had domination in the town council conducted themselves.
He had then avowed and told them, that their only
object in
.displacing the former town council was to obtain
the power ; and that they were exercising that power in a
more exclusive and illiberal manner than the old corporation
had. (Cheers.) He was on that occasion rettirned by a very
large majority, and ever since his public conduct had been
before his constituents. They were pretty well aware that
their opponents had not very long been prepared with a can-
didate. When he went upon his canvass some of the oppo-
, site party, who were extremely active, told him he might
save himself the trouble, and some tories had told him the
same; but his reply was, " 1 cannot believe it; I feel per-
fectly convinced they will never let Isaac Holmes go into the
council without opposing him to the utmost"—and the
result had proved that he was correct. (Hear, and cheers.)
He told his friends they would find the radicals like a rat—
you might tell the hole into which he went, but you could
never tell where he would appear again. (Laughter and
cheers.) After describing the hunt which the radicals of the
ward had after a candidate, and their want of success in
three or four instances, Mr. Holmes added that they had at
length found one in the person of Mr. George Quayle, who
recently retired from the council to prevent a judgment of
ouster from the Queen's Bench being put in force, upon the
plea that he was about to retire from the town. Mr. Holmes
went through the circumstances of that case, which being
perfectly new in the reader's recollection, we do not
repeat, and warmly commented upon the inconsistency of
first publicly announcing an intention to retire from the
council and the town together, and a short time afterwards
becoming a candidate for the ward. He next referred to the
proceedings at a ward meeting of the adverse party, in the
course of which Mr. Rathbone asserted that the late Town-
clerk had a salary from the corporation of £lO,OOO a-
year, whilst the gentleman who now filled that office had
only £2,000. It was the fact that the late Mr. Fos-
ter received £6,700 per annum upon the average, which
certainly was too much, but was there no difference between
£lO,OOO and £6,700? And with regard to the £6,700, it
was made so much by the charges consequent upon the at-
tempt of the present mayor and others to destroy the town
dues, the attempt to disfranchise the freemen, and the pro-
ceedings relative to the money which had been lodged with
the view of paying the Church of Englund clergy. All these
increased thetown-clerk's salary, but it was to be considered
that at that time he paid all his own clerks, and had no de-
puty. Now he (Mr. H.) contended that not a single penny
was saved in this department under the present system.
Having answered a statement made by Mr. Rathbone at a
meeting in the Amphitheatre relative to the wages of opera-
tives in the El Dorado of radicals, America, Mr. Holmes
entered at considerable length upon the general aspect of po-
litical affairs at the present moment, and expressed great
confidence in the present administration. He concluded by
calling upon the constituency to exert themselves, and suc-
cess would certainly attend their efforts upon the first of
November.

Mr. BIRKETT next addressed the meeting with much ef-
fect, contending that the conduct of those who had had the
management of affairs since the passing of the municipal act,
had ben destructive to the interest of the town at large.

—Mr. PARKER fe:l3Wed in an able speech, in the course of
which he strongly insisted upon the necessity of Protestant
principles being acted upon.
Mr. COPELAND, Mr. GEORGE WRIGHT, Mr. JONES, Mr.
RIGBY, and Mr. GLEAVES, next addressed the meeting, and
elicited loud applause.
A vote of thanks was then presented to Mr. Houghtoa
for his conduct in the chair, and the proceedings terminated
shortly before half-past ten.

The Duke of Cleveland, according to the latest accounts
received from Newton House, Yorkshire, is daily improving
in health.

EXTRAVAGANT GLOVES.—A pair of silk gloves was lately
manufactured at the price of 15,000 francs. They were de-
signed for the Queen of Belgium, but were very properly re-
jected by her Majesty, on the ground of the enormous expense.
DURATION.—Infants count by minutes ; children by days ;
men by years ; planets by revolutions of years ; comets by
revolution of ages ; nature by revolution of systems—the
Eternal meditates in a perpetual present.

Ties LATEST " JONATHANISM."—A dandy acquaintance
of ours was refused admission to a gunpowder magazine by
the sentinel, on the ground that he was a spark.
Mr. Macready announces that he has taken Drury-lane
Theatre, and that he will open it for the purpose of repre-
senting the " legitimate drama" on the 27th of December
next.

ROSSINI.—This celebrated master, whose inactivity has
been the subject of regret to every lover of music in Europe
for years past, has at length given a sign of awaking from
the death-like repose in which he has been so long slumbering.
He lately sent a Sabbat Mater to Paris, which was executed
in private, this week, by Duprez, Madame Dorus Gras, and
other distinguished artistes, with the utmost success, and is
pronounced to be quite worthy the ancient reputation of the
great meastro.—Paris paper.

TIIE AFFAIR OF COLONEL GROGAN.—The Montreal Ga-
zette says that Grogan will be given up on application of the
proper American authorities.

Letters from Genoa state that two failures, amounting to-
gether to 3,000,000 of francs, have just been declared in that
city.

TRINITY COLLEGE, CANIIIRIDGE.—The Rev. Professor
Whewell, 8.D., has been appointed by the Crown to the
mastership of this college, vacant by the resignation of the
Rev. Dr. Wordsworth. The new master was married on the
13th instant, at Halstead, Cumberland, to Miss Marshall,
sister to Lady Monteagle.
The celebrated Dr. Hunter, whom Abernethy, in one of
his arid veins, termed " the English Blood Hunter," when
starting in life gave lectures. His first lecture was attended
only by the porter. " John," said the great man, unmoved
by the circumstance, " take that skeleton down, that I may
say with propriety—Gentlemen."

When Dr. H. and Sergeant A. were walking arm-in-arm,
a wag observed to a friend—" Those two are just equal to one
highwayman." " Why so ?" was the response. " Because,"
rejoined the wag, " it is a lawyer and a doctor—your money
or your life."

The continued and heavy rains in Scotland have caused
very heavy floods, and considerable damage has been done
thereby to the crops. The Tweed and the Teviot were con-
siderably swollen, but no bridges have been swept away, or
any serious calamity taken place.

INAPPROPRIATE CONSTRUCTION.--The marriage of a
military officer is thus given in the newspapers this week :
" Married Capt. , half-pay unattached to Miss M
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RADICAL WIT.—A gentleman in the Potteries, a veteran
t lector of the borough, and a stout advocate of liberal poli-
tics ; lame of both legs, and withal, endowed with a world of
exclusive wisdom, talking to a Conservative in the tone of a
severe catechist, triumphantly asked him why he was a Tory ?
and at once volunteered the answer—because he had a bad
understanding. Really the gentleman should not throw
these unfriendly misiles to recoil upon his own infirmities.
KEEN SPORTING.—It has been remarked that nothing
tends so much to make a field select as a " good rasping
brook," like the Whissindine ; for if the horse falls lie
generally falls backwards, with his master under him ; and
the prospect of a good ducking is enough to cool the courage
of all but the most ardent. It is, notwithstanding, by no
means an uncommon occurrence for sportsmen to clear a
brook five or six yards broad ; and Mr. Mytton, the most
dare-devil rider of his day, once leaped one more than seven
yards, the space actually covered being nine yards and a
quarter. What makes this exploit more extraordinary, it
was performed in cold blood on his return from hunting. Ile
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PRESENCE OF MlND.—During the forenoon of the 18th
June, whilst lying in a square, we were much exposed to the,
French artillery. If a cannon-shot passed through the rankall
it was sure to kill or wound three or four, but if a shey
alighted and exploded, the mischief was considerably
greater. A shell from the enemy's guns alighted in the cen-
tre of our square. Lieut.-Col. C--, although a very heavy
man, with the greatest nimbleness sprang towards it, seized
it in both hands, and placing his thumb over the burning fu-
see, so as to stifle it, or otherwise prevent its explodirg,
threw it over the men's heads out of the square. This was
done, of course, at the risk of instant death to himself. We
were cautioned afterwards, when a shell alighted near us, to
lie flat down for a few seconds, till the explosion took plst:e,
by which means many lives were saved. Whether from the
softness of the ground, or the unskilful manufactute of the
French shells, I know not, but I observed a number alight,
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officer escaped with a slight burn of his thumb, as his
told me afterwards. This act of courageous devotion
saved many lives.