The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-24 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL HUMANE SOCIETY.

The committee of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane
Society met on Tuesday and Wednesday, and passed the fol-
lowing resolutions :
A gold medal to Captain Clegg, for saving a number of the
passengers and crew of the William Huskisson (the highest
reward of the society,) and £lOO to be distributed by him
amongst his officers and crew.
A gold medal to Captain Collins, of the Roscius, for saving
the crew of the Scotia.

Ten pounds to Captain Schabilling, of the Dutch galliot
Harmony, and £l5 to be divided amongst his crew, for saving
the crew of the Heath, on the 18th ultimo, off Tuskar, and
for his kind treatment till he landed them at the Isle of Man.
Ten pounds to the captain of the sloop John and Grace,
and 50s. to each of his crew, for taking the crew of the Eli-
zabeth from their boats, and bringing them to Liverpool. The
Elizabeth was from Liverpool to Trieste, and was run foul of
near Holyhead, and abandoned. The John and Grace was
bound to Dundalk, from Chester.
Two pounds to the master, and £1 to each of the crew of
the Hoylake Life-boat, for saving the crew of the Hector,
when she was sunk on West Hoyle.
Several sums were given to assist the passengers of the
Wm. Huskissou.

We understand that a resolution was passed to authorise
the payment of £lO to the Steam-tug Company, when any of
their boats go out to save life ; this, however, to be irrespec-
tive of any remuneration for services rendered ; the Steam-
tug Company engaging to take out a life-boat when advisable.

MEETING OF THE WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.

On Tuesday last,"the usual weekly meeting of the Guardians
of the West Derby Union took place at the Board-room, in
the Poor-house, the principal object, pursuant to advertise-
ment, being to elect an auditor, at the salary of twenty
guineas per annum. _

- A very full meeting of the guardians was assembled.
The ordinary business having been disposed of,
Mr. WM. WINSTANLEY, the chairman, begged the atten-
tion of the guardians to the appointment of an auditor of the
accounts of the board.

Mr. JOHN SANDERS, clerk to the Union, read applications
from the following persons :—Mr. Rhind, the master of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Mr. Price Davis, Mr. J. F. Par-
ker, Mr. Joseph Pennell, Mr. P. Mitchell, Mr. Homer, and
lastly, Mr. Joseph Harding.
The Rev. Rector BROOKS wished to know how the board
intended to proceed as to the election. It was a matter of
material importance, whether any of the candidates for the
office were or were not the paid agents of the union. He
thought that the conduct of the board should be above all
suspicion ; and if the accounts of such a paid individual were
to be audited by himself, it appeared to him a perfect ab-
surdity to make such an appointment from the list of candi-
dates. He would, therefore, move, that no person who is
a paid officer by the union should be eligible to the situation
of auditor.

Mr. SANDERS stated that Mr. Pennell and Mr. Homer
were both paid officers of the union.
Mr. JOHN C. THOMPSON observed, that Mr. Homer was
merely a district registrar.
The Rev. Rector BROOKS would emphatically state, that
his question had been answered in the affirmative. He cared
nothing about the office the party might hold, but, he re-
peated, it involved a perfect absurdity to elect a person to
guarantee the correctness of his own charges and vouchers.
Mr. THOMPSON.—The accounts are such that never come
before the board.
The Rev. Rector BROOKS.---I care not for that. I object
to the principle. I do not consider the men, and am sorry
that their names have been given.
Mr. BIRCH agreed with the Rev. Rector Brooks, and re-
marked, that the reverend rector's objection must, in his
(Mr. Birch's) opinion, be fatal to the election of either of the
parties.

Mr. WILSON required to know from Mr. Sanders, the
clerk to the board, whether, in his opinion, the parties who
were named were eligible ?
Mr. SANDERS.—I will refer to the clause in the act.
The CHAIRMAN remarked, that, in his opinion, the poor-
law commissioners should be written to.
The Rev. Rector BROOKS would not consent to that. He
had no notion of writing to the poor-law commissioners upon
every little matter which the guardians had the full power to
determine.

Mr. THOMPSON said he should move that Mr. Homer was
a fit and proper person to fill the office of auditor.
The motion was seconded.
The Rev. Rector BROOKS said, having referred to the books
handed to him by the chairman, it was quite clear that the
auditor must examine the accounts of the district registrar.
Mr. Homer held that appointment, and he should move an
amendment, in effect—that no paid officer of the union should
be'appointed to fill the office of auditor.
The amendment having been put, and afterwards the origi-
nal motion, the former was declared to be carried. The ap-
plications f Mr. Pennell and Mr. Homer were then dismissed.
A long debate then ensued upon the fitness of the respec-
tive candidates. Ultimately, the votes were taken by ballot,
and Mr. Harding was duly elected.
A protest was afterwards read by Mr. Thompson against
the appointment, and he concluded by moving that it be re-
ceived.

Mr. SANDERS supported the motion.
An amendment, that the protest be ordered to lie on the
table, was proposed by Mr. Riley, and seconded by Mr.
Eccles.

The amendment was carried by a considerable niajority
and the guardians adjourned.

AUCTION EXTRAORDINARY.

(From the Times of Yesterday)
Russell and Peel have the pleasure of informing the public,
that they have received instructions from a great house to
offer for sale on the Ist of April, 1840, at the Crown public-
house, near Constitution-hill, that magnificent pile of build-
ing hitherto used as courts of justice, and known as West-
minster-hall, thebusiness formerly transacted there being re-
moved to the House of Commons.

A very fine old copy of Magna Charta and several lots of
acts of Parliament will be sold as waste paper, being of no
further use.

May be viewed until the day of sale by tickets, which may
be procured on application to Lord John Russell, at the
office, or Sir Robert Peel, at his private residence (for the
present), Privy-gardens.

SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS.—The next concert of the
series will combine such a host of" first-rate talent, that the
admirers of music must necessarily do their feelings violence
if they do not attend. Signora E. Grisi, Madame Balf,
and the inimitable pianist, Thalberg, &c. are announced.
The Festivals excepted, how seldom is it that such eminent
names are associated in one concert in Liverpool ?
LIVER THEATRE.—Theannouncerrkent in another column
will detail the novelties which the spirited managers of this
little Theatre are about to produce. That they deserve sup-
port no one who has witnessed the performances will deny;
and we are confident they will receive it. In our next we
shall be able to speak of the newly introduced performances,
and of the pieces in which they will appear.
INSTITUTION FOR THE CURE OF DISEASES OF TIIE EAR.
—This day a public meeting will he held in the Clarendon
Rooms, for the purpose of ;establishing the institution for
the cure of diseases of the ear, as a public charity, of Liver-
pool. The design has our hearty concurrence, and we hope
that the projected charity, which is much wanted, will long
enjoy the support of the liberal and generous inhabitants of
Liverpool.

THE NEW POSTAGE PLAN.—The number of letters re-
ceived at the Post-office in this town, under the penny rate,
is somewhere about one-half more than the number posted
under the fourpenny• rate, and double the number received
under the old scale. The deficiency in revenue from the al-
teration, in this town alone, is likely to reach the large
figure of fifty thousand pounds per annum.
The Earl of Sefton has been pleased to appoint the Rev.
James Hassall, M.A., Minister of St. John the Baptist's
Church, Toxteth-park, to be one of his lordship's Domestic
Chaplains.

HOUSE WARMING.—On Wednesday evening last, at the
rearing of a handsome edifice, in Everton, erected by Mr.
Woolridge for Hays Pyke, Esq., the latter gentleman enter-
tained the whole of his tradesmen and workpeople with a
most substantial and excellent supper. After the cloth was
drawn, Mr. Pyke eloquently p-oposed " the health of her
Majesty," declaring that his politics were decidedly Tory,
as were those of his regretted parent before him ; and, con-
sequently, it was impossible that any other feeling than that
of " loyalty," even to the death, could pervade his political
conduct. He also took occasion to remark, that in affairs of
local government, he claimed for himself the independent
right of supporting such men, as without reference to poli-
tical bias, he conceived most likely by their practical know-
ledge and standing in society, to serve the town—Mr.
Pyke's conduct in local election matters having been latterly
much animadverted upon by some of his respected neigh.
bours—he thought it only justice to himself to render this
explanation to his friends. Several good old songs were
sung, one of which, so illustrative of what British feeling
really is when roused, we could like to bear much oftener.
A verse, in allusion to the invasion by the celebrated
" Spanish Armada," was uproariously encored. Here
it is :

" The Spanish Armada,
Sent out to invade her,
Quite sure if they ever came nigh land,
They could not do less
Than tuck up Queen Bess,
And have their full swing in the Island.
And it's oh! the poor Queen and the Island ;
The Dons came to plunder the Island ;
But—snug in the Hive,
The Queen was alive,
And " Buzz" was the word in the Island."
When it was known that " the Queen was alive,', we thought
the storm of applause would have blown the roof off.
" Smiling Mirth," we understand, presided, until the
" Sma' wee hour ayont the twal."

CHURCH RATES.—IMPORTANT FACT.—It was stated in
the House of Commons two years ago that nineteen-twentieths
of the church-rates were paid by churchmen. The whole
amount foy that year was estimated at £600,000, of which
£570,000 was paid by churchmen, and £30,000 by dissenters.
In the same year the sum of £25,000 was voted by parliament
to dissenting teachers, and a further sum of .£24,000 towards
the erection of dissenting meeting-houses and the popish
college at Maynooth. Out of these two last sums the
churchmen paid seven-eighths, or £43,000; therefore church-
men are actually paying £13,000 more in one year towards
the support of dissent than the dissenters are paying towards
the established church.—Courier.

PRINCE ALBERT.—The following are the terms of the
notice of Colonel Sibthorp, as entered on the Commons'
books yesterday morning :—" In Prince Albert's Annuity
Bill to insert the following clause :---` Provided neverthe-
less, and be it enacted, that, in case his Serene Highness
Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha shall survive her
Majesty, such sum or sums as may be granted by Act of
Parliament, by way of annuity, to his serene highness during
his natural life, shall altogether and wholly cease and deter-
mine, in case his serene highness shall reside for a less period
than six months consecutively in each year within the united
kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or shall ally himself
in marriage with any foreign princess or foreign person, or
shall cease to profess and adhere to the Protestant religion as
by law established within these realms.' "—Herald
At a time when " chartism" and " socialism," instigated
by Whig treachery to upset all sound .principles of govern-
ment, are endeavouring to break down all respect and reve-
rence for the laws of the land and all constituted authority,
it is a most lamentable thing to see conservative leaders in
Parliament assisting the Whig ministers and their radical
and Ronianish friends, to bring into public contempt the
courts of justice, and destroy all veneration for our
judicial institutions in the minds of the people. Why did
the virtuous and patriotic monarch George the Third
render render the judges independent of the Crown f
Why, but to establish that high and honoured r
characterih
to
for the administration of justice in the public mind which
the House of Commons is apparently labouringbreak
down. Here is the King's own declaration on the subject—
" That he LOOKED UPON THE INDEPENDENCE AND Ep.,
TJsUASNTIDCK:BAESROTNIRES 00;
HIS
RIGHTNESS OF THE JUDGES AS ESSENTIAL TO THE Im.
THE
IVIALSRTTISAELCUARDIMTIINESIsOTIR
SUBJECTS, AND MOST CONDUCIVE TO THE HONOUR OF THE
CRowN." Words that ought to
.be engraver in letters of
ATTHIE"RIGOLIF
of British justice.--Morning Herald.
gold over the sanctuary 9
Nearly eighty years have elapsed since the m
marriae of a
' n has been celebrated in this country,King sovereign I George
the Third having been united to Queen Charlotte on the 7th
Sept., 1761.

LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE PROtES TAisTT
ASSOCIATION.

Last evening a very crowded meeting of the :members and
friends of the Liverpool Operative Protestant Association
was held in the school-room belonging to St Ma rk's Church,
Cornwallis-street, for the purpose of promoting the general
objects of the institution. Mr. JOSEPH CRIS' e was unani-
mously called upon to accept the office of chaff rman, in the
absence of the Rev. Mr. Connor, whose att, sndance was
prevented by ill health.
The CHAIRMAN, after offering prayer, mentit med that the
principal subject for the consideration of the meeting was
the enormity of a Protestant government supp orting a Po-
pish college. He would state an interesting file t, which he
hoped would excite their zeal and exertions figs the future.
In the year 1837 the number of petitions agains t the annual
grant for the support of Maynooth was 52, and the number
of signatures 11,639 ; now, in the year 1838-9, :the petitions
had increased to 199, and the signatures to 51,2 r Before
the meeting closed he should have the pleasure of proposing
a plan for their adoption, which would have the effect of
increasing those petitions and signatures at least fourfold.
(Cheers.) He begged to introduce Mr. Scott.
Mr. Score, in a very interesting speech, of which we re-
gret we can present our readers with no more than an out-
line, called attention to the singular fact that the Protestants
of England and Scotland, after an interval of 300 years,
should again be united in endeavouring to put down the
monster of Popery. He had himself travelled on various
parts of the Continent, and, since he had arrived in Liver-
pool, he had remarked an article in one of the Paris news-
papers upon the subject of the English " No Popery" agita-
tion. This "No Popery" agitation—although the .French
were a people who seemed to care very little about any reli-
gion—was denounced first as the most fanatical, next as the
most foolish, and lastly as the most uncharitable thing
in the world. He should endeavour to prove that it was
neither one nor the other of these. Mr. Scott then went on
to demonstrate this position, and he succeeded in a manner
that frequently elicited the applause of the meeting. He
showed, from the character of Popery itself, the necessity of
a No Popery agitation ; and answered an objection in the
French paper, that the aristocracy had no share in it—that it
was too great to interfere in any cause of this nature. He
proved that many of the French aristocracy had left their
estates and their country for the sake of the Protestant faith ;
that some of them contributed materially to the victory of
William the Third in the Battle of the Boyne ; and that at
this moment some of their descendants formed part of that
aristocracy which this French writer so much misrepresented.
Their Popish opponents insisted that they had nothing but
the Bible on their side. - Well, if they had, did they want
anything else ? Did it follow that the Bible was false, or
that Protestants invented the Bible ? (Cheers.) As well
might they say that those who believed in the truth of the
Newtonian philosophy had invented the sue, or that as
mariners in one place found it necessary to observe the rules
of navigation the same necessity did not exist over the whole
world. (Hear, hear.) Reverting to France, he argued that
it was owing to the prevalence of Roman Catholic principles
that she was one of the moss difficult nations in the world to
govern, and, that, although Providence had poured into her
lap such abundant resources, she seemed destined never to
enjoy that greatest of all blessings—a contented mind. But
he was happy to say, that Popery was beginning to stink in
the nostrils fo the French people, and that few respectable
people brought up their sons to the priesthood. The greatest
number, he had been told, were collected out of the Found-
ling Hospitals, and brought up so strictly in the principles of
the church that they were never able to get rid of tire system.
Popery affected to teach humility, but he would undertake
to prove, that, in the lowest member of the priesthood there
was more arrogance than a Protestant Archbishop would ever
pretend to. (Cheers.) On this subject what did Rome her-
self tell us? The poor gentleman who lived there washed
poor men's feet once a year;—(hear)—but had the meet-
ing never heard of very different things being done to that
gentlemans' toes ? (Cheers.) This was the humanity of
Popery—making emperors, and kings, and princes kneel to
the Pope, and do the most menial offices for him. (Conti-
nued applause.) The great object of the meeting was to pe-
tition the legislature to withdraw the annual grant to the
Popish college at Maynooth. (Hear, hear.) What a fool-
ish appearance we necessarily made against the sound-think-
ing men of foreign nations by that grant ! We called our-
selves a Protestant country, we carried out our principles by
largely paying for teaching direct error, and to teach the
teachers of error! (Hear, hear.) By this what were we
doing for the miserable population of Ireland ? Why, we
were actually trying to support a system which was weak in
its morals and pernicious in its effects! (Hear, hear.) The
editor of the Gazelle de France, in alluding to this subject,
ridiculed the parliament of this country for paying this its
annual sum to Maynooth, as paying for teaching the people
to laugh at the oaths made to that parliament itself ! Aye,
and what sort of policy was that which paid to teach the
teachers of the people the necessity of violating or " swal-
lowing" their oaths ? This was not, however, the princi-
ple of Protestants. (Hear.) Mr. Scott concluded an
eloquent and impressive speech, by remarking, that whilst
the loyalty of the Roman Catholics was loyalty to the Pope
of Rome, the loyalty of Protestants was loyalty, first to their
God and then to the Queen under God; and by imploring
the meeting to sign the petition against the parliamentary
grant to Maynooth. (Cheers.)
Mr. WILLIAMS next addressed the meeting, and said,
though it might be superfluous, after the able speech of Mr.
Scott, to unfold further the character of the Church of
Rome, he could not avoid reminding Protestants that her
object was not only religious but civil supremacy. (Hear.)
At all times, and upon all occasions, she exposed this object,
and now it has become our duty to cry, with Bishop Hall,
"No peace with Rome." (Hear.) We were told by the
sycophants of the Melbourne ministry, that by this no-
popery agitation we were speaking treason against the sove-
reign. Now, he contended that any man that spoke in any
way but reverently of our most gracious Queen was not a
true or a consistent Protestant. (Hear.) The Established
Church, he contended, was the great bulwark against the
aggressions of Popery, and that, alone, the dissenters would
not be able to resist them. He mentioned, in order to
shew the pro-popery character of the present administration,
the fact that Lord Melbourne had refused to present the
prospectus of the Institution of Civil Engineers to her Ma-
jesty, because it contained these words—" this institution is
based upon the principles of the Established Church." Now
it was fortunate, perhaps, that there was no law against ex-
posing the character of a pro-popery ministry. (Hear.)
Protestants repelled indignantly the charge of disloyalty.
(Hear.) As Protestants their intention was to render her
Majesty one of the most glorious monarchs upon the
face of the earth. He trusted we should yet see the day
when Protestant associations would multiply in our cities and
towns, in our hamlets and villages ; when the Protestant
spirit of England should rise and speak in a voice of thunder ;
when our senate house should be swept of the locusts that
now infest it; and when our sovereign, by the interposition
of divine providence, should see the dark designs of those
who now surround her, and call to her councils men who
would support Protestantism, and men determined to carry
Protestant ascendancy. (Cheers.) Protestantism and Con-
servatism, iu this sense were synonymous. (Loud Cheers.)
Mr. LEATHEBARROW agreed with the sentiments of the
speakers who had preceded him ; and trusted that the opera-
tives of this important town would be up and doing. The
Papists and some of the dissenters had combined to under-
mine the established church, but they had been too rapid in
their approaches—they had succeeded only in rousing the
Protestant spirit of the population. Let the Protestants how-
ever, not be out-generalled. He concluded with a spirited
appeal to the meeting to this effect.
The CHAIRMAN begged to make one or two remarks with
regard to Maynooth. It might be asked why they were so
violent against the grant to that popish college. The an-
swer was that by allowing a Protestant government to con-
tinue it we were sanctioning the blasphemous and idolatrous
church of Rome. (Hear.) Now, government made grants,
in the colonies, towards the support of the dissenters, but
those dissenters, strange to say, did not come forward to
help the church on this question, although by the very prin-
ciple by which they dissented they were bound to oppose
popery. (Hear, hear.) They had petitioned strongly enough
against the Church of England ; for he found they had
sent 387 petitions with 152,142 signatures, against the
further endowment of the church of Scotland, 109 peti-
tions with 80,000 signatures for the abolition of tithes in
Ireland, and 391 petitions, with 25,305 signatures, in favour
of the appropriation clause—yet they went hand in hand with
the papacy, and would not help the church in protesting
against the idolatrous Church of Rome ! Our Protestant
government was now paying £50,000 a-year towards the edu-
cation of the Irish people, which education was conducted by
Romish priests. It was paying £9OOO per annum to May-
nooth ; 25,000 a-year for the establishment of Popery abroad ;
and £4667 annually to Popish priests in the colonies. (Hear.)
Why was this ? Because it was " liberal." But he would
ask how long the Protestants of England would allow these
things to remain so? (Hear.) Last year the Liverpool pe-
tition against Maynooth had only 4500 signatures, whilst that
from Manchester had 14,000. He hoped they would do bet-
ter this year. (Hear, hear.) He wondered what the Church
of Rome paid towards the support of Protestantism. (Hear.)
Did Franco pay anything? No : and he thought we should
find our liberality all on one side. (Cheers.) The Chair-
man concluded by reading the petition.
Three cheers each were then given for the three watch,.
words of Protestantism—Scriptural Education, Church Ex-
tension, and Protestant Ascendancy ;—and the doxology
having been sung, the meeting separated shortly before ten
o'clock.

MIL GEORGE LANE Fox. —lt is understood that
this gentleman retires from parliament on account of ill
health ; and that his brother, Sackville Lane Fox, Esq.,
offers :himself for the vacated seat at Beverley.—Leeds
Mercury.
HORRIBLE ATTEMPT OF A FATHER TO POISON HIS TWO
CHILDREN, AND HIS OWN SUICIDE.—A widower, named
Garn, aged 32, residing at Mitcham, by trade a tailor, gave
oxalic acid, on Tuesday last, to his two children (girls), aged
four and six years, and took also a large portion of the same
poison himself. Garn shortly afterwards died, but the chil-
dren, although very ill, are still alive, medical remedies hav-
ing been promptly applied. A coroner's inquest has since sat
on the body of the deceased, and a verdict was returned of
" temporary derangement."
ELGIN DISTRICT OF BURGHS.—Sir A. Leith Hay ar-
rived here on Tuesday afternoon, and immediately com-
menced h's canvass. On Wednesday evening he held a pub-
lic meeting in the Trades' Hall, and addressed the electors
at considerable length. Mr. Grant of Carnoustie, the other
candidate in the liberal interest, arrived on Wednesday, and
both gentlemen have since been actively engaged in calling
on the electors. They have resolved not to divide the libe-
ral constituency, and that the candidate who shall have the
smallest number of pledged supporters is to retire from the
contest. Sir Andrew left Elgin on Friday morning for
Banff.—Elgin Courant.
BRISTOL COTTON WORKS.—We hold out, to the imita-
tion of the Manchester cotton, and of the Monmouth and
Glamorgan iron lords (as well), the noble example of the
Bristol Cotton Company, who have contributed £lOOO to the
pro-
funds for erecting a new church. The proposal also to
vide church room for the increasing population of St. Philip's
will, we trust, be supported by a large body of Protestant
Christians, besides those who have already set a noble exam-
ple of munificence.—Bristol Journal.
Lismostu LiGurnousE.—An immense number of rats
have crossed the narrow sound from the southmost point of
the island of Lismore, in Argleshire, to the islet of Mous-
dale, on which the lighthouse is built, and are devouring all
that comes in the way. They
have eaten up the potatoes of
the lightkeepers, and attacked their poultry. One chicken
was dragged by the neck to one of their holes, but being too
large for the hole, they nibbled off the head, and so left it.—
Edinburgh Evening Post.
ExrsozTiox TO CHINA.—The Master-General of the
Ordnance has transmitted orders to Woolwich for a party
to be selected P.
y
of artillery and artificers,
from volunteers of
civilians out of the royal arsenal, to be embarked in the ships
of war now fitting out for the coasts of China.
Howitzers
and rockets are being • d • h
prepaie with the utmost celerity ; iu
fact, the workmen have on Sundays, in
been employed even
addition to extra hours during the week. Officers of the royal
artillery have been directed to hold themselves in readiness
for instant embarkation, but from the particular nature of the
service in view at present, the absolute selection has not yet
taken place, and they are not to be taken according to the
" roster," or usual routine of duty. The non-commissioned
officers and gunners are all to be picked men from the seve-
ral battalions, although the commandant of the garrison is
desirous of selecting them from the seventh battalion.
Twelve arsenal artificers belonging to the laboratory depart-
'milt have volunteered to accompany the expedition on re-
ceiving double pay; and it is stated to be the plan to pur-
chase on the voyage (as near the Chinese seas as possible)
several ships which are to be filled with combustibles, and
converted into fire ships by these artificers, in conjunction
with the *pal department, and then intended to be em-
ployed among the Chinese War junks.

131RMINGRAM ELECTION.

(Front our awn CorrespomAnt.)

THURSDAY EVENING, 5 o'CLoce-.
The nomination of candidates :for this borough took place
at the Town-hall, -Birmingham, this morning (Thursday.)
The attendance was not by. any means so numerous as on
former occasions It had became known by a few parties in
the conservative interest on WedneLqlay evening, that they
intended to bring forward a gentleman well qualified to re-
present them, and Mr. Allen, who had previously announced
his intention to contest the election, when apprised of the
circumstance, offered -to withdraw, in favour of a'gentleman
whose claims on the conservatives were generally admitted.
The orchestra of the hall was appropriated for the candidates
and their supporters. Mr. Sturge, accompanied by several
of his committee, appeared first, and was received with cheers
and partial hissing. Soon afterwards Mr. Allen and some of
his supporters appeared amidst slight applause. In a short
time afterwards, James Taylor, Esq., J. W. Whateley, Esq.,
J. B. Hebbert, Esq., G. Arnfield, Esq., and other leading
conservatives. On Mr. Muntz appearing, he-was assailed
with hissing and yelling from those assembled. Among his
supporters, we noticed, Mr. Thomas Ryland, Mr. R. K.
Douglas, (editor of the Birmingham .lasrnal,) Mr. J. E.
Lee, Mr. George Attsvood, (brother of the late member,)
Mr. Salt, &c. Mr. Sturge sat on tlie right of the mayor,
and among his supporters were, Mr. Boultbee, the Rev. J.
M. M`Donnell, (a popish priest,) the Rev. Thomas Swann,
of the Baptist persuasion, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Shearman, (late
editor of the Birmingham Philanthrophist) a paper sup-
ported by Mr. Sturge and his party. Brown and Fussell,
the convicted chartists, also appeared Olithe platform.
At eleven o'clock the hall was about half full, and the usual
preliminaries having been gone through,
Mr. P. H. MuNTz, mayor, and brother of one of the can-
didates, said, " The precept which I have received-" He
was not able to say anything more, in consequence of the
the most deafening noise and yelling with which he was
greeted.
Mr. RICE HARRIS, the high bailiff of Birmingham, then
said that he also had received a precept, in conjunction with
his colleague, the low bailiff, which he would read to them.
He then read the precept. •
Mr. GEORGE EDMUNDS then said, I rise to move that
Joseph Sturge, Esq., is a tit and proper person to represent
this borough in parliament. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.")
One complaint against Mr. Sturge is that he cannot make
long speeches. I think that to be in his favour, for we have
had too much speechifying: we want now to have a man of
business habits. He concluded by saying we won't have a
tory.

Mr. WILLIAM BOULTBEE seconded the nomination. He
supported Mr. Sturge, because he was generous, persever-
ing, philanthropic, and most exemplary.; in doing which he
was greeted on sitting down by several parties imitating the
crowing of a cock.
Mr. LLA said he appeared. before them to nominate his
respected friend, George Frederic Muntz. Mr. Muntz was
able to defend himself. He did not know any man better
acquainted with the mercantile and local interests of the town
than Mr. Muntz.
Mr. SALT, (the founder of the Female Political Union,)
rose to second the nomination, and was received with the
most discordant yellings, and it was not until the High Bai-
liff interceded in his behalf, that he was able to utter a word
that could be heard.
The speeches of the above gentlemen were repeatedly in-
terrupted by the crowd, and scarcely a sentence was uttered
without eliciting a mixture of the loudest laughter, hissing,
&c. &c.

JAMES TAYLOR, ESQ. (of Mere Hall) then rose, and after
a temporary interruption, said, the friends with whom he
acted had called on him to propose a candidate. They
were all well acquainted with the difficulties of the govern-
ment—that the ministers were incapable .of.goyerning the
country. (Cheers.) The candidate he should propose would
be a gentleman who should be able to ,act, when any change
took place. In referring to the corn-laws -lac said, the
American president . congratulated the American people on
the benefits that had accrued to the American people by
agriculture. (Cheers.) The trading interests derived more
advantage from agriculture than was generally known. (Hear,
hear.) It was under the present system of, the corn-laws
that this country had arrived at its present state of prospe-
rity. (Interruption.) The candidates who were named
were for a repeal of the corn-laws, but he should propose a
gentleman who would .protect, not destroy, the agricultural
interest. (Cheers and hisses.) The candidate lam about
to propose is not the Attorney-General who prosecuted Mr.
Frost, but a gentleman who, when he was in office, during
the passing of the Roman Catholic Emancipation bill, threw
up his office rather than sacrifice his principle—he meant
Sir Charles Wetherell. (Great uproar.) The name was
received with great cheering.
N. C. ALSTON, Esq. seconded the nomination; but the
clamour had risen to so great a height that it was not pos-
sible to catch a word that he uttered.
Mr. J. B. HERBERT proposed Mr. R. W. Allen,and was
seconded by Mr. J. ALLDAY:
The MAYOR asked if any one else wished to nominate any
one, upon which BROWN, the chartist, stepped forward—and
the M AYOR said, Are you an elector ?
BROWN—You produce the burgess roll. •
The MAYOR—I can send for it.
Brown sat down, and
The Rev. Mr. MWONNELL read the address. of Mr.
Sturge, who was non est inrentus. He stated that lie had
not attended any of the committee meetings, but he should
and would also have been present if circumstances ..had not
prevented him. A great portion of the address was in refer-
ence to temperance.
Mr. MUNTZ proceeded—He said that he dare say Mr.
M`Donnell would answer for his god-son. (Great clamour,
amidst which Mr. Muntz said—conscious of my own inte-
grity, I defy you all, men and women. He was the same
man as he was two years and a half before. He would speak
until midnight, if they did not hear him ; " and mark you,"
he said, " you'll never get universal suffrage, if you don't
know how to behave yourselves." He next abused his old
friends, the chartists, who, he said, had charged their
leaders with deserting them after they came into office.
(Cries of " They did.") H. would ask what he had done
to deserve the reception he met that day ?
A VOICE-It is because that, on Monday night, you de-
clared, in the police-office, a menial servant was not entitled
to vote; and because, after you brought forward the subject
of reform, you have dastardly shrunk from it.
Mr. MuNTE—No impudence, Sir, I can speak as harshly
as you. _ _ _

A VoteE—lt is because; when a petition was presented to
you yesterday, to save Frost, and the others, you declined it.
Mr. MUNTZ.—I did not. (Loud cries of " You'did, you
did," " Shame, shame," " Off, off.")
Mr. MuNTz (in a great passion).-7You want hanging—
such a scoundrel as you are. All I have to say is, that Mr.
Acland is a dirty scoundrel. (Great confusion and Clamour.)
Mr. Muntz having stated that Frost had deluded a num-
ber of men into a dangerous enterprise, a ludicrous scene
ensued. A female (the chairwoman, it was said, of the
Female Political Union) in the large gallery opposite, shook
her fist, and, in a violent rage, exclaimed, ."
He never did—
it 's you, and such like as you, as have humbugged the peo-
ple."the building resounded with shouts of laughter.
Mr. ACLAND now stepped forward, amidst much confu-
sion, and denied the statement of `Mr. Muntz ; but he was
not able to obtain a hearing.
Mr. MUNTZ resumed.—He would vote fox the repeal of
the corn-laws, if accompanied by an alteration of the mone-
tary system. The time was at hand when that subject must
be taken into consideration. He was not surprised at Mr.
Attwood's failure : it was just like turning alady's lapdog
into a tub of rats. (" Hear," and laughter.) ,He should be
independent of all parties. Sir Charles Wetherell was a
good lawyer, but there were too many of such men in the
house. (Cries of " The tories would not have you.") If
you try me, you may watch me; and if you.ask me at any
time to walk out of the house, I will. lam independent of
you all ; and you ought to be obliged, and not me. If you
do not elect me, I shall go home, and you will never see me
again. Mr. Muntz resumed his seat amidst partial cheering.
Mr. GEORGE BARKER, on the part of Sir Charles We-
therell, he would say, that if they returned him, they would
return a gentleman distinguished for integrity, and an emi-
nent statesman. [The clamour here became so great as to
render it impossible for Mr. Barker to proceed, and after
making a few observations, he sat down.]
Mr. ALLEN then came forward, and said he was aware of
being nominated when lie came there. He wished to see the
people benefitted, but there had been too much of splitting of
opinions—too much of liberal promises and broken pledes
of late. He was for practical reform, but never would con-
sent to the separation of church and state. (Priest M'llon-
nell here interrupted Mr. A., and some clamour ensued.)
They had been told that the repeal of the corn-laws was the
grand panacea of all their suffering. Now he would tell
them what they had not been told. If the corn-laws were
repealed the agricultural population would be deprived of
eiliployment.

Mr. ALLEN said, by repeal of the corn-laws, they would
enhance the price of land abroad, while they reduced their
own. The whigs having have not brought forward one prac-
tical measure. (Cries of no, no.) He was not con-
nected with that gentleman who had brought forward Sir
Charles W., but had answered the call of a Tequisition, but
now thitt gentleman was announced in the person of Sir Chas,
Wetherell, than whom there could not exist a more indepen-
dent, a more excellent, and at the same time a more honour-
able man. (Cheers and hisses. Whatever the result of the
co

,ntest might be, he hoped it would be attended with some
,eneficial legislative enactment.
The MAyon. said—Electors and 'non-electors, you have
before you three candidates. JosAlth Sturge,Esq., has been
moved and seconded, and those in his favour please hold up
your hands. A large number of hands were held up.
He next put the name of Mr. Muntz,- and subsequently Sir
Charles Wetherell, and decided against'Sir Chas. Wetherell,
but said the show for Muntz and Sturge was. so equal that
he must put it again. (This was received with loud hissing.)
He then put it in favour of Sturge, and again for Muntz,
anti decided in favour of his brother, -(Gorge Frederick
a .poll in behalf of
JAMESMuntz, amidst. loud
ne.Ehtsii.ntgheaind
ideyrenialintngie.
Sir Charles Wetherell, and the proceedings terminated
shortly before five o'clock in the evening.

•
Tug HUDDERSFIELD.--We are happy to inform our
readers, that subscription lists, in aid of the testimonial to
• Captain Clegg, and the crew of the Huddersfield, are lying at
the office of this paper. We trust that numbers are ready
to contribute towards so praiseworthy an object. The intre-
pidity of Captain Clegg and his crew richly deserve the re-
ward which is in store for them.
LAUNCH.—On Wednesday last a fine new vessel of about
450 tons burthen was launched from the building yard of Mr.
Steele, Baffin-street. She is called the" Livingstone," and
is of a very superior model, combining the advantages of a
fine entrance and a clear run, with amide bearings : she' has
a bust head, decorated stern, and a roomy quarter-deck, with
ample accommodation for passengers. • She is the property
of the builder, and we understand is intended for the East-
ern trade.

SHIPPING IN LIVERPOOL—There is, perhaps, a greater
number of ships in this port now than was ever known at
any previous period. All the docks appropriated for sailing
vessels, with one exception, are quite full 4 and should the
present westerly winds continue, the Clarence and Trafalgar
will have to be resorted to. Not one quarter of the vessels
in dock now can be accommodated with either quay or stage
berths.

Colonel G. Deane Pitt, formerly of the SOth regiment, and
now inspecting- field officer at Leeds, is to he removed to the
London recruiting district, in succession to the late Colonel
William Gordon M`Gregor. Lient Colonel Bissell Harvey,
K.H. on the half-pay of the Royals, and at present Fort
Major of Edinburgh Castle, will replace Colonel Pitt at Leeds.
—United Serriee Gazette.

Lusus NATUII/E.—There was slaughtered on Tuesday
last, in the parish of Solport, a cow, which, on being opened,
was found to contain a calf nearly full grown, baying two
heads distinctly formed. The calf is now in the possession
of Mr. Stephen Beck, innkeeper, Botchergate, Carlisle.—
Carlisle Patriot.

Three of the ministers will, it -is .said, have a step in the
peerage, and a fourth be elevated to it. The four names
mentioned are those of the premier (by special command of
the Queen), Lord Palmerston, the 'Marquis of Lansdowne,
and Sir .1. Hobhouee. . .. .. •
THE GREAT CHARTIST TOAST.---4` Hard Winter—Spring
not green—Bloody Summer-r-anci.uq,Cluel=n!'' We are as-
sured that this atrocious-.sentirnenLisieoMpionly given at the
meetings of the friends and conft..dernteit'Mr. Frost, who
Lord John Russell made aimagistratc.,:. - • •
PRIVATE B tLLS.-;--.'H ease of Oman, pni; Friday, Jan. 17.
It is ordered, that the-house-willinotieeeive..any petition for
private bills afterTriday.ttre 3lst aianuary. That no pri-
vate- bill be read the Ist time after Monday, the 9th of March.
That the house .will not receive any•report of such private
bill after Monday the Ist of June.