The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-12 00:00:00

CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND

We learn with pleasure that this important Institution for
affording Christian Education to the Irish poor, is carrying
on its labour of love in our sister land with much success.
Called into existence by the sudden and total withdrawal
of the public funds from any system of education which the
members of the church could conscientiously concur in, it
bas been zealously advanced to a considerable maturity, in a
very short period, (two years, we believe,) by the happy co-
operation of his Grace the Lord Primate, the bishops and
clergy of Ireland, together with many of the laity of the
church. The originating and maintaining, in firm opposition
to a government system of education, this institution was a
bold and decided step, such as we are aware the Primate of
Ireland would not have taken without adequate and all-
constraining reasons ; nor would his Grace the Primate of
England have given his sanction to the proceeding, as we
learn he has, unless he also had seen its necessity, and been
fully satisfied of the adaptation of the means employed for
effecting the great and blessed ends proposed by the society.
It is not our purpose to specify at this moment the various
cogent reasons that doubtless actuated the Irish church in
refusing to receive aid for their schools through the National
Board ; nor can we now enlarge upon the many evils perpe-
trated by this grievously misnomered thing ' • happily in Li-
verpool it is not necessary for us to do so. There is, how-
ever, one glaring evil which we cannot pass by, but for the
exposure of which a few words will suffice. The National
Board was established for the express purpose of giving
" united" education, and the money of the country was
voted for this express purpose by the English liberals.
Moreover, to gain this so desirable object—desirable if gained
honestly—men who professed the truth were called upon to
make great sacrifices. All " initiating" doctrines were to
be laid aside ; all " distinctive" opinions discarded ; and the
creeds of the various " sects" being lowered to the standard
of those who believed the least ; they were told there was to
be simplicity and lovely harmony in the Irish system of
education. Such was the picture drawn—such the promises
made to deceive the nation. Now have these promises been
fulfilled? What is the reality ? Has the high price paid,
even the sacrifice of truth, secured the object of " union ?"
Far from it. The church stood aloof from the board; the
high popish party stood aloof; the presbyterians stood
aloof. The Board of," ULit .1d" Education was a failure it
was evidently on its last legs. What was to be dune?
honestly confe,s the failure and give up. No; it became
squeezable. We are indebted to Dr. Cooke, of Belfast, for
the application of this term, and the evidence of the fact we
state, in the Doctor's words ; they occur in a letter in which
be seeks to justify the conduct of the presbyterians of Ire-
land, who, while they condemn the system receive aid from
the Board ; he says, " still (as a system) it is not better, its
managers have only, like their employer, become more
squeezable ;' and presbyterians, without accepting one par-
ticle of the system, have extracted from it a public institu-
tion, an endowment for AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Or

THEIR OWN.
The Board is equally squeezable in the case of Popery, it
being stated, in answer to an enquiry on the subject, that no
peculiar favour was shewn to the Presbyterians; and that
the like arrangement was open to all other parties.
We have it therefore proved, that the Board of " United"
Education has become an instrument of education—for any-
thing that appears to the country—infinitely split, divided,
and parcelled out, affording to all who may choose to apply,
be they Presbyterians, Papists, and Socinians, endowments
for an educational system of their own. This is the chief
point with which, as journalists, we have to do. This is the
chief point which ought to be brought before parliament.
The sophism of " united education" is exploded. The na-
tional sin of devoting the public money to the direct propa-
gation of error is avowedly perpetrated. Parliament must
either endorse this iniquity, or the Irish National Board must
be treated as having betrayed, its trust, and be forthwith re-
modelled or extinguished altogether.
The Irish Church, very properly not satisfying itself with
an idle protest, has established a system large and catholic
in its plan, and thoroughly scriptural in its principle, which
seems admirably suited to promote the best interests of Ire-
land ; the Church Education Society seeks to enable the pa-
rochial clergy to offer to all a good and suitable religious
education, taking the unmutilated Word of God as the basis ;
and while securing for the children of the church instruction
in the catechism and other formularies, forcing them upon
none who object to their use.
We are glad to learn that the Rectors of Liverpool have
expressed themselves ready to give their valuable support to
this society, and to encourage the formation of an auxiliary
i❑ this town, one of them taking the chair at a meeting to be
held shortly for the pur pose, of which due notice will be given
when the arrangements are fully made.
We desire to press upon our readers the duty of supporting
with liberal contributions this society ; and though the claims
that are daily made upon their liberality and Christian zeal
are heavy and numerous, yet we feel assured there will be a
cheerful response given to the appeal about to be made in
behalf of the Church of Ireland and Scriptural Education,
recommended as it is by the patronage and approval of our
excellent Rectors.
Thousands in Ireland are looking to the effect of this ap-
peal to English liberality, and thousands may be benefited in
time and eternity if only liberality be exercised; for the
Church Eslucation Society has immediate and large oppor-
tunities Tsr extending the blessings of Christian education
through the length and breadth of the land, Romanists and
Protestants gladly availing themselves of the proffered boon—
the limit being want of funds for maintaining a sufficient
number of schools under properly qualified teachers.

MEETING or THE TOWN COUNCIL

ZCTION OF A CONSERVATIVE MAYOR, AND
EIGHT CONSERVATIVE ALDERMEN.

The council met on Tuesday last, at 12 o'clock, for the
election of mayor in the place of Mr. Thomas Bolton, and
of eight aldermen, the election of the committees, and the
transaction of the usual business appertaining to the first
meeting after the municipal election. Every member of the
council was present, except Mr. Platt.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE rose and said, before proceeding
with the order of the day, he would venture to draw the
attention of the council to what he considered to be a ques-
tion of privilege, inasmuch as it related to the election of an
alderman just previous to the late municipal elections. He
considered that this was one of the questions which ought to
have precedence over every other subject in their delibera-
tions. He could not see Mr. Robert Ellison Harvey occu-
pying the seat of an alderman in that room without renew-
ing the protest which he had felt it his duty to make at the
close of the last meeting, upon the ground of ineligibility in
the candidate. It would be for the Mayor or the Town-
clerk to show the grounds upon which they had ventured to
induct Mr. Harvey to an office in which be had incurred
penalties by acting. But it would require a strong opinion
indeed to induce him (Mr. G. H. Lawrence) to wave the
opinion he had formed ; it would require very strong grounds
to justify him in coining to any other than the common-sense
conclusion that though he was ineligible to serve as a burgess
or to vote as a town councillor he should be qualified to vote
and occupy a seat as alderman. He could not believe there
could be such an anomaly in the reform act as that, that there
could he such a distinction as he had heard alleged between the
name being upon a list which had never been revised, and the
burgess roll, from which alone the aldermen were to be elected.
With Mr. Harvey he had no fault to find; but he thought
this council was bound to see that the title of each member
to his seat was without suspicion ; and it was not to be left to
parties out of doors to bring the questions before their considera-
tion. It was for the council, and for the council alone, if they had
done wrong in any instance, to set the matter right. With these
expressions of his sentiments be begged to call upon the
Town Clerk to explain the grounds upon which he justified
the course which had been adopted, and to point out to the
council the mode by which he could purge the scat from the
doubt which hon.. overit.
Mr. AldermanbEAßLE believed the Town-clerk had taken
a legal opinion on the question, and that it was in favour of
Mr. Harvey's right to his seat. lie suggested that this opi-
nion be read.
Mr. Alderman EVANS had heard with great regret the
unnecessary speech of Mr. Lawrence. He could not help
conceiving that it was in a great degree tinged with an acri-
mony that he had not expected from Mr. Lawrence. The
matter was one of pure law, and he thought Mr. Lawrence
had most unnecessarily given a kind of undue colouring
to the matter as if there was a collusion, and as if a great and
scandalous wrong had been inflicted.
The MAYOR, as the question of privilege had been raised,
thought it necessary to state the part he had taken in this
matter. He was not quite sure, though he was under the
impression, at least, that the Town-clerk was of opinion that
this question would have been best raised after the election
of the new Mayor. (Cries of " No.") If it were the pleasure
of the council that the question should be raised whilst he
occupied that seat he was quite satisfied ; but the Town-
clerk was impressed with the opinion that the first and only
business he (the Mayor) had to do, was to preside till the
election'of the new mayor.
The MAYOR asked whether it was the pleasure of the
council to proceed now to the election of mayor, and after-
wards give any member an opportunity of bringing forward
the election of Mr. Harvey ?
Mr. H. LAWRENCE,--it is understood that we receive his
vote in the election of mayor under protest.
The M A.YOR.—I should rather that that were not men-
med at all. (Cries of " No, no.")
Mr. H. LAW RENC E.—No, certainly not. If we mean to
ist upon it, that he is not properly elected, now is the

time.
The TOWN-CLERK said the first course to-day was the
election of mayor, it being understood that a protest was
made against the legality of Mr. Harvey's vote. When the
proper time came, after the election of mayor, he should be
ready to give every explanation in his power. (Hear, hear.)
ELECTION OF MAYOR.
The MAY OR.—Then the first business before us is the
election of Mayor. If any member has a gentleman to pro-
pose, I shall now be happy to hear him.
Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE then rose, and said, Mr.
Mayor, I rise with feelings of very great gratification to propose
Mr. John Shaw Leigh as a fit and proper person to fill the
high and important office of Mayor of this borough for the
ensuing year. In doing so, I am well aware that the oppor-
tunity is afforded me of making some remarks as to the
great change which has taken place since some of us last met
in this room. I might allude particularly to the present relative
position of the two parties in this Council ; but 1 purposely
abstain from making such observations, believing they are
not in themselves necessary, and that they are not calculated
to promote that good feeling and harmony which it is so de-
sirable to see in all the proceedings of the Council. (Hear.)
I have, sir, already upon a previous occasion had the honour of
proposing Mr. Leigh as a candidate for the chair you now
fill. To most, I may say to every, member of this coun-
cil Mr. Leigh's qualifications and character are well known.
( Hear, hear.) It is fortunate for the town that such an in-
dividual can be selected, for I may truly say that his well-
earned reputation is indeed most ably sustained by his own
individual high honour, unquestionable integrity and standing
in the town ; and that in venturing to name him as a candidate
upon the present occasion, I am confident, that if his ap-
pointment should be confirmed by the council, it will be
one that will confer honour upon the council, and at the
same time be most acceptable to the community at large.
With these remarks I beg leave to propose that Mr John Shaw
Leigh be elected mayor of this borough. (Hear, and loud
applause.)
Mr. CHRISTOPHER BIISHELL.—Mr. Mayor, it became
my duty last year to second the nomination of Mr. John
Shaw Leigh, he having then been proposed by my friend Mr.
Gladstone. We did this, last year, not with the same hope
that we have this year of electing him to the high office you
now hold, Sir. I quite agree with the explanations which
have fallen from my friend Mr. Gladstone, as to there being
no necessity whatever for entering into any detail with re-
gard to the position we now occupy in this council. The
town has determined that, and therefore it is unnecessary to
repeat it here. lam equally anxious with my friend, Mr.
Gladstone, that there should be no observations made which
would tend in the least degree to excite irritable feelings, and
I trust that the future proceedings of this council will be
characterized by that desire for the general good, which can
never, by posibility, be promoted by any of those exhibitions
of differences which have unfortunately sometimes pervaded
this Council. (Hear, hear.) In seconding the nomination of
Mr. John Shaw Leigh, I believe I am seconding the nomi-
nation of a gentleman, who, if elected, will hold the scale
with firmness, and who will incline the balance to the side
of justice and strict impartiality. (Hear.) With these obser-
vations, I beg to second the nomination. (Applause.)
The MAYOR—Has any other member of the council a
gentleman to propose?
No answer being returned,
The MAYOR said, I then declare that Mr. John Shaw
Leigh is unanimously elected Mayor. (Great applause.)
Mr. LEIGH was then conducted to the chair, by his mover
and seconder, amidst much applause.
The TOWN-CLERK having administered the usual declara-
tion, and the necessary forms having been completed,
The MAYOR said,—Gentlemen, having gone through the
formal ordeal of assuming the high position which you have
been so kind as unanimously to impose upon me on this oc-
casion, 1 cannot allow the opportunity to pass without ex-
pressing sincerely the feelings I entertain for the expreisions
of that sentiment which you have now evidenced in placing me
in the position in which I now stand. I can say I shall feel
it my duty to act to the best of my discretion in every occur-
rence that may take place, both as the chairman of this as-
sembly and in my judicial duties in connexion with the office
you have just now placed me in. I do hope that the same
unanimity which has been now shown to a great extent in
this room may be evinced in all our transactions through the
approaching year, which, of course, it will be my strong de-
sire to promote to the utmost of my power. I beg leave,
gentlemen, to thank you most sincerely for the honour you
have conferred upon me. (Applause.)
The aldermen whose tenure of office now terminated then
rose to retire : in doing so,
Mr. JOSEPH HORNBY said—Mr. Mayor, good morning.
(Laughter.)
The MAYOR.—I am very sorry to lose sight of you, Mr.
Hornby. (Renewed laughter.)
ELECTION OF ALDERMEN.
The council then proceeded to the election of eight alder-
men in the place of those just retired. The following is a
list of the gentlemen proposed, and the number of votes for
each.

William Nicol
Edmund Molyneux ~ ....
Thomas Chilton
J. B. Moore
R. S. Crooke 34
J. H. Turner 3O
Richard Houghton 4O
Richard Griffith
T. Booth 18
Geo. Holt
R. Benn ...................... . ... .. ••
T. Blackburn
R. Roskell l5
J. Hornby 15
H. Hornby 12
R. Shell
Wm. Rathbone
C. H. Jones .
Charles Horsfall .. ,
Hardman Earle. ;
The first eight, all of whom are conservatives, were de-
clared duly elected.

taken t Mr, G. Ft Lawrence, Mr. H. Lawrence, and:- Mr,
Gladstone, imfasour of inquiry.
Mr. HARVEY stated that whatever proceedings were in-
stituted against him out of doors he should retain his seat ;
but if the council instituted proceedings, he should refrain
from attending or voting until the decision was obtained.
Finally, MR. ALDERMAN EVANS moved as an amend-
ment that " after the legal opinions taken, the council do not
consider it necessary to proceed further in the case of Mr.
Harvey."
The votes, were then called for, but betore they were
taken, the amendment was withdrawn.
Mr. G. H. Lawrence's motion was then put, and car-
ried on a show of hands by a very large majority.

THE MAYCIL S ALLOWANCE.
On the motion of Mx. HOLMES, seconded by Mn.
HODGSON, the Mayor's allowance was fixed at the usual
amount, namely £2,000, subject to a reduction of £7OO,
payable to the Town Hall Establishment Committee.
QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
The quarterly meetings of the council were appointed for
the first Wednesdays in February, May, and August.

APPOINTMENT OF ANNUAL OFFICERS.
The officers who are annually appointed, as well as those
who held office during pleasure, were next appointed. No
change whatever was made

STANDING ORDERS

On the motion of Vr:BTrkett, seconded by Mr. Cooper,
the standing orders were ordered to be printed, and taken
into consideration at the next meeting, the existing orders to
continue in force in the meantime.

THE BOROUGH SESSIONS

The MAYOR presented a report from the visiting justices.
The report embodied a resolution from the visiting justices,
to the effect that it would be desirable to hold the sessions
more frequently, in consequence of the numbers of persons
who were committed for trial. It appeared that a commu-
nication had been made on the subject to the recorder. The
latter replied, that he would accede to any arrangements
which would not affect the present attendance of the bar.
He further stated, that his duties exceeded those of any
other recorder, and that he hoped that would be taken into
consideration.
The report was referred to the Finance Committee.
REVISION OF THE BURGESS LISTS.
Tha TOWN-CLERK submitted, for the consideration of the
council, whether the Finance Committee should not be in-
structed to take into their earliest consideration the state of
the law as to the revision of the burgess lists, and to adopt
such measures as may appear to them advi,:able, reporting
from time to time to the council.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES.
Finance Committee (15).—0n the motion of Mr. George
Lawrence, seconded by Mr. Cooper, the following gentle-
men were appointed the Finance Committee : Richard
Houghton, H. Lawrence, G. H. Lawrence, Robinson, Bu-
shell, Aspinall, Alex. Smith, Birkett, Wood, Bolton, J.
Holmes, Freme, Mather, Moon, and Shaw.
Improvements Committee (10).—Sandbach, Blundell, Jas.
Lawrence, Hodgson, Cooper, Kilshaw, Barclay, Earle, H.
Holmes, and Turner.
JVatch Committee (25).—G. H. Lawrence, Toulmin, Jas.
Lawrence, Jones, jun., Robinson, Procter, John Smith,
Hodgson, I. Holmes, Copeland, Rae, Parker, Trotman,
Bushell, Kilshaw, Edwards. Harbord, Thornhill, Mellor,
R. V. Yates, Jordan, Mather, Richard Bright, Preston, and
Freme.
Market. Committee (9).—James Lawrence, Toulmin, Jno.
Smith, Kilshaw, Isaac Holmes, Rigby, Bulley, Evans, and
Priestley.
Education Committee (16).—The following were proposed
as members of this committee :—G. H. Lawrence, Alexan-
der Smith, Sandbach, Priestley, Parker, Harbord, Hodgson,
Crook, Birkett, Shaw, H. Holmes, Aiken, Platt, Bright.
Molyneux, and Chilton.
Mr. Aiken, Mr. Bright, and Mr. H. Holmes, severally
requested to be excused from being appointed on this com-
mittee. A very long, and warm discussion followed, and
eventually an amendment was moved that the council do ad-
journ by Mr. Sandbach, who gave it as his opinion that
if the committee was constituted as proposed, there would be
no prospect of good from it. He could not sec any hope
whatever of The schools being worked to advantage. He,
therefore, begged to move that the council adjourn in order
to afford time for consideration.
The motion was seconded, and the Council adjourned at
20 minutes past four o'clock, till Monday morning next.
The new Mayor, on leaving the Town-hall, was greeted
with most enthusiastic cheers.

MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC
SOCIETY.

On Tuesday evening this society held its usual monthly
meeting, in the lecture room of the Royal Institution. John
Grantham, Esq., occupied the chair, and several interesting
communications were laid before the members.
The first was " A Paper on the Utility of Medals," by
C. F. SALT. The essayist attributed the neglect of the study
of medals to the prevailing ignorance of the importance of
their history, which arises, in great measure, from medals
being less numerous among the moderns than they were
among the ancients. With the latter they were the current
coin of the realm, on which were stamped the virtues of their
emperors, as well as the public benefits they conferred on
their subjects. This is an admirable method of transmitting
to posterity the most important facts connected with the
history of a country.
Medals are highly important in an historical point of view,
being public records of interesting national events : a regular
series, indeed, forms a complete body of history. In geo-
graphy and chronology they are valuable auxiliaries in throw-
ing additional light upon many obscurities connected with
these pursuits. On the civil institutions of a country, on the
general habits and private customs of a people, great infor-
mation is derivable from medals. Many noble edifices of
antiquity, of which nothing remains but a few scattered frag-
ments, to bespeak their former grandeur and beauty, are
preserved entire on medals. The specimens of ancient sculp-
ture are no less remarkable than those of architecture. The
fact of the four most beautiful statues extant, viz., the Far-
nese Hercules, the Belvidere Apollo, the Medicean Venus,
and the famous Marcus Aurelius on horseback, being faith.
fully represented on medals, favours the opinion that other
beautiful reverses are copies of statues which have not escaped
the ravages of time. Nor are there reasons wanting to con-
firm the sentiment that many medals are copies of ancient
paintings : certain it is, that the best modern painters have
studied medals with particular interest and advantage. The
assistance derived from medals in clearing up many obscure
passages in those inimitable productions of the ancient Greek
and Roman writers, is more extensive and complete. Their
assistance in other departments of curious and elegant litera-
ture was adverted to, and, in conclusion, Mr. SALT expressed
the hope, that as the electrotype process affords a facile and
cheap method of multiplying copies, so it will bring the pleas-
ing study of medals into general vogue, and thus lead to the
multiplication of these enduring records of interesting and
important events, as they transpire among us.
Mr. R. H. CHILTON then read a paper " on the Medals 1
of the present Reign." This gentleman has appeared before
the society before on these subjects, and skilled as he is in
such antiquarian research, he is,always listened to with great
attention. He stated that the- medals on the table had not
the charm of antiquity to recommend them, the events they
recorded being within the memory of every one present. In
considering what constituted a good medal, the sister art of
historical painting should be referred to, for both aimed at
the same objects, and were guided by the same rules. The
lights and shades of the painting were expressed by greater
or less relief in the medal ; and the great distinctness of out-
line that this enabled the artist to give, quite compensated
for the want of colouring. To illustrate this, a medal was
shown taken from the painting of the Holy Family, by
Raphael. The medalist had a great advantage over the
painter in the legend or inscription ; this was the part that
was generally abused in modern medals. In some the in-
scription not only extended round both sides, but also round
the edee ; some more were written in Latin Hexameter verse-
The following, copied from a Roman medal, was more eru-
dite still

CHRISTVS DUX ERGO TRIVMPHVS.
In this inscription it would be seen that some letters were
larger than others, and these if picked out, (though not in
the order in which they stand,) would form the date thus,
MDCXVVVII-1627. This was not like the ancient me-
dals, the inscriptions on which were always as short as pos-
sible, telling the event they commemorated in as few words
as it could be conveyed. The medals were then considered,
commencing with a very beautiful one of the Queen when
Princess Victoria, by Wyon ; the next, the city medal, by
the same artist, and which was the best medalic likeness of
her Majesty. The following medals were then shewn :—The
Coronation Medal, by Pistrucci, medals of the coronation by
different artists, none of which had any particular merit; the
medal struck at the London Polytechnic Society ; that of the
Numismatic Society, with the head of Dr. Lee, the president ;
Father Matthew's Temperance Medals, with a number of
great beauty, and of different degrees of merit in execution.
A complete set of the modern silver and copper coinage was
then shown, including the Maundy Money, on several of
which interesting remarks were made.
Mr. H. HORNER followed with an able essay on the
Linear Perspective of the Daguerreotype, as distinguished
from the aerial perspective. He explained in a perspicuous
manner the system usually adopted, and the most perfect—
that of Dr. Brooke Taylor—to arrive at truth in linear per-
spective, and contrasted it with that produced by the
daguerreotype plates, in which the perpendicular lines are
represented as converging as they ascend, and the horizontal
lines of buildings facing the spectator, appear to decline
right and left. Being obtained by the camera obscura—
which is in fact an artificial eye—and given on flat surfaces,
they appear to the eye to diminish in an unnaturally great
degree, when placed vertically and viewed from the point of
sight. This, and the reversing of all objects, seem the only
objection to these beautiful productions, and do not seem to
admit of an easy remedy, without a considerable loss of light,
which the nature of the process would not bear. These
efforts were illustrated by daguerreotype plates, compared
with engravings of the same objects. Two outlines of a
Gothic tower were also shown, one drawn according to the
usual rules, and the other as it would be represented by the
daguerreotype ; and by placing the latter in a frame curved
to the radius of the distance of the eye, it was reduced to the
appearance of the former, when viewed from the same point
of sight. The ability displayed by Mr. Horner was main-
tained by the clear answers and illustrations he gave to
several observations which were made on his paper.
Mr. RAWLINS exhibited an American lock, with 7 mo-
veable tumblers, capable of 5040 changes ; also some beautiful
specimens of lathe engraving, which attracted much atten-
tion.
Mr. JOSEPH JOHNSON presented the society with an ele-
gant engraving of our townsman, Mr. Fawcett.
The thanks of the meeting were given to the donor. The
members then retired to the refreshment room, and separated
at ten o'clock, much gratified by the proceedings of the
evening.

BAIL COURT, WESTMINSTER, Nov. 8

Before PATTESON, J

The Solicitor-General applied for a itile nisi for filing a quo
warranto information against Mr. R. E. Harvey, to show by
what authority he claimed to be an alderman of the borough
of Liverpool. Mr Harvey had been elected an alderman on
October 29th, by a majority of the Council, but was not
then qualified to fill that office.
Under sections 27 and 28 of the Municipal Corporation
Act, no one is qualified to be elected an Alderman, who is
not entitled to be on the burgess list, and by section 9 no
one can be a member of the corporation who is not enrolled
on the burgess roll.
Mr. Harvey was not, at the time of his supposed election,
on the burgess roll or list then in force. The burgess roll
then in force was the same that was made in 1839, as the re •
vision in 1840 was not completed. Mr. Harvey's name was
not on the list of 1839, nor had lie claimed, or become enti-
tled, to be on that list by being rated for property within the
borough. Mr. Harvey might be on the burgess list made
this year, but that would not avail to qualify him on October
29th ; and some doubt existed as to his title to be on the
present list.
PATTESON, J.—Take a rule to show cause.

We understand that several of the Conservative members
have determined to set apart a large portion of the recess to
personal inquiries into the state of the country. Among
others, the Hon. Mr. Smyth, member for Canterbury, Mr.
Lindsay, member for Sandwich, and another from the same
side of the house, are gone on a tour through the manufactur-
ing districts, whence it is their intention to pass into Ireland.
These gentlemen travel wholly unattended, and though they
do not affect -.he incognito. lay themselves out for personal
intercourse with all classes, from the mill-owner down to the
operative. The proceeding deserves the highest praise, and
will not, we are sure, fail to interest as well as to instruct the
parties engaged in it.—John Bull.