The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-30 00:00:00

VESTRY MEETING

Yesterday, a general meeting was held in St. Nicholas'
church, for the purpose of " the minutes of the proceedings,
resolutions, orders, and transactions, of the select -vestry,
and of all sums received. aunlled. and exnended by them

..
together with a summary or report of the accounts and tran-
sactions< of the select vestry being laid before the inhabi-
tants."
Mr. Isaac Hutchinson, one of the churchwardens, was
called to the chair, and the notice convening the meeting
having been read,
Mr. Hart produced the accounts of the select vestry for

It appeared that the

Ils. Id. had been

!eivea in that period

a balance remained due

been illegally expended, in defending the piiyate interests of
the warehouse owners, and that £lOO paid to Mr. Wain-
wright was a job. He was, at the same time, of opinion,
that the select vestry had performed its duty efficiently, and
been economical in its expenditure.
Mr. Birkett in answer stated, that th
Downie had been spent by t

a named by Mr

payers' meetin -,
gs, not in pomoting tbe private interests of
the warehouse owners, but in defending the interests of the

rate-payers, which were materially affected by the intended
new dock bill, the borough watch rates bill, and the inland
bonding bill. The payment to Mr. Wainwright had also
been made under the authority of a general vestry. At the

Ir. Downie could not move a
condemnutory m—otiou, nor could he (Mr. Birkett) propose a
recommendatory one ; but he should be able to show to the
annual meeting at Easter that the select vestry had been
better friends to the inhabitants than they had had for many
years. •

however

t the request of Mr. Downie,

yen by the gene-
and for the pay-

Mr. Downie then expressed himself satisfied that the se-
lect vestry had acted with authority, but he complained that
sufficient notice was not given of the intention to hold vestry
meetings, and suggested that the bellman should be employed
to announce them.

The Chairman and Mr. Birkett stated, that the meeting,
which was the first the present officers had called, had been
advertised in every newspaper from last. Saturday to this
day without distinction.

Mr. Downie wished to protest

st the expenditure of

,
,
as the meeting was merely one pro forma to submit the ac-
counts, and no other subject could be discussed without spe-
cial notice. At the next meeting, at Easter, however, the
items would again come before the leypayers, and they might
be then discussed.

Mr. H. T. Atkinson and Mr. J. Clarke expressed their
opinion that ,the money had been paid contrary to law, but
'aid they should postpone their observations till the next
: . Thanks were then voted to the chairman and the
meeting separated.

THE INDIA MAILS

It will be seen from

Le following lett

of a correspondence published in the Time; of yesterday, that
the route to India, through Egypt, is open for the transit of
the mails :

OF THE PENINSULA

ND ORIENTAI

NAVIGATION COMPANY, LC
ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 3, 1840

" GENTLEMEN,—We avail Ourselves of the departure of a
French government steamer to transmit to you the enclosed
copy of a letter addressed by us this day to Messrs. Hunter
and Ross, of Malta, on the subject of the India mails via
Egypt. Lord Palmerston may possibly receive the commu-
nication alluded to from Mr. Schutz or Mr. Larking, by the
present opportunity ; but as it is very uncertain whether either
of those gentlemen will be able to write before the departure
of the French post-office packet of the 7th, it might be as
well that our letter should be laid before his lordship in order
to delay any contemplated alteration in the route of the
overland mail. We repeat that the viceroy having pledged
his word that he will not interrupt the communication, it is
our firm belief that the mails may continue their usual route,
unless circumstances should intervene to cause his highness
to alter that determination, in which case sufficient notice
will be given by him to prevent the mail from being landed.
We hereby renew the offers of our service in the event of there
being no government or company's officer on the spot to ex-
pedite the mails, which you will,perhaps be so good as to name

in the proper quarter

" Gentlemen, your very of

dient servants,
" BRIGGS AND CO."

On Thursday evening last, at Hucking, as a servant girl
was returning from a distance with a load of water, she met
her sweetheart (to whom she was to have been married on
the following day), and complained of feeling very cold,
placing her hand on his face to convince him of the fact. In
the next moment she fell down and expired.—Kentish Ga-
zette.

THE ROYAL NUM}

•We are informed

,hat the lady of a

protessional gentleman of this town has been selected as wet-
nurse to the expected heir to the throne. We trust that no-
thing will occur to deprive our fair neighbour of the expected
honours and emoluments, the latter of which are to be about
one thousand pounds in hard cash, besides those agreeable
etceteras Which such a position must entail on the fortunate
occupant. We have just heard that this appointment, al-
though not strictly a cabinet one, has met with the entire
approval of the First Lord of the Treasury.—Windsor Let-
ter in the Herald.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A very serious accident occurred
on Monday evening last, to Robert Hopwood, the well known
and much respected carrier between this town and Clitheroe.
It appears that about nine o'clock in the evening he left this
town on his way home to Clitheroe, driving his cart, which
was heavily laden and drawn by two horses. When he had
got a little beyond Brookhouse a person (said to be a cattle
dealer resident in Blackburn,) on horseback, riding at full
speed, came in contact with him, and knocked him down in

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his body, and the poor fellow immediately became insensible
Another carter soon afterwards came up, assistance was
procured, and Hopwood was conveyed to his usual rendez-
vous in the town, Mrs. Greenwood's, the White Bull inn,
but the rider by whom the accident was occasioned, rode on
and paid not the slightest attention. Mr. Cort and Mr.
Bailey, surgeons, were soon in attendance, and upon exa-
mination Hopwood's left leg was found to be so much shat-

tered that immediate amputation was deemed necessary. He
continued insensible through the night, and at one period
we understand his life was despaired of, but we now learn
that there is some hope of his ultimate recovery.—Blackburn
Standard.

THE ENGLISH REGISTRATION.—It affords us much satis-
faction to find that the Conservatives have gained on the
registration, and it may be attributed to the duplicity dis-
played by the Whig Incapabilities. Reform and Retrench-
ment has been their great cry—and what has it terminated
IVindow Duties; making the
nan pay dearly for the light

honest and hard-
of Heaver

We have heard of many gross cases, and some
in our immediate neighbourhood, which have been appealed
against, and have called forth a second survey. We shall pay
particular attention to the taxation now in operation, and we
call upon every person who is liable to the tax to appeal, and
not submit to the imposition . that has been practised upon
them. We are pleased to hear that many men who voted for
the present set of adherers, have stated that in the event of
an election they will vote for the Conservatives, the true re-
presentatives of the people.—The Age.

DREADFUL STORM IN SHETLAND.—The gentleman in
whose house I spent last night has lost no fewer than 12 of
his tenants by the hurricane of last Wednesday se'nnight ;
and his loss is comparatively small. I visited a family yester-
day, consisting of father, mother and five daughters, whose
sole livelihood depended on the exertions of the eldest bro-
ther, who, with five others of the most able seamen of the
whole island, perished. In another house close by, the father
and son have perished, leaving a large number of children in
the most helpless condition. There are, indeed, 14 whole
families deprived of their heads, and cast lonely and unpro-
tected on the world. The whole of Shetland is full of la-
mentation and wo ; all mirth has deserted the island ; the
appearance of almost every countenance is totally different
thecle r g clergyman),
sound m a
confined from what it was last week. The bravest seamen and the best
fishers have lost all courage—they have no heart to venture
to sea again, and no hope of success if they do. The storm
of 1832, in which 18 boats and upwards of 100 men were
lost, was not at all so strong and terrible as this. When at
Mossbank I lodged with a poor widow, whose husband and
son left their house in a boat, and 20 minutes after their
departure were overtaken by a gale, perishing
o,with the
withlin,e
n in
nature. frontto
the os
sea,
a their
,foron
others in presence of the wife and family, but a short distance
from their own door. In another place, at Buxta, the laird
had
four
nephew (a a
alslopnesriast n
perished in
ine
crossinghouse, while returning from a party of friends. But the
havocthe iinjury
ou fr they b y
landstor m i
sw
oa
fs
aby v novery
y meansdistressing
servant,
Monday se'nnight over some of the islands of the ' I was
west, where
I saw whole fields of corn completely destroyed. You would
have imagined that every ear had been purposely cut off by
means of some particular instrument, for the whole field
had precisely that appearance.—Letter in the Glasgow
Gazette.

REPRESENTATION OF MAYO.--Sir W. Brabazon's death
creates a vacancy in the representation of this county, and al-
ready several gentlemen are nominated as likely to be chosen
in his room. Amongst others, V. O'Connor Blake, Esq., G.
H. Moore, Esq., and the Hon. C. Dillon are spoken of. It is
said that a certain gentleman has already been in communi-
cation with Machale on the subject, and hopes to be returned
through the influence of that personage. The number of
freeholders on the register, and qualified to vote at present,
is supposed to be not more than 500, so that if a struggle
turned—one who

would not bethenomine; of the -titular and his priests.—
Another gentleman, distinguished for his amiable character
and untiring zeal for the public good, George Vaughan
Jackson Esq., is also spoken of as a candidate for the vacant
Mayo Constitution.