The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-28 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE

LOCAL

NE WS

A TAILOR, name unknown, aged about 28 years, was
found drowned in George's Basin, on Tuesday.
SUSPICIOUS !—On Monday night, the servants at a
gentleman's house in Duke-street saw four men, in dark
clothes and masked, standing near the door.
BODY RECOVERED.—On Thursday evening, the body of
a man, name unknown, was found floating in the river
near Garston. The face was almost eaten away, and the
body generally decomposed.
A PRISONER IN THE BOROUGH GAOL, named
Rebecca Hill, who was under sentence of ten years'
transportation, died on Tuesday in the hospital of pul-
monary consumption.
THE COTTON SPINNERS' ASSOCIATION at Blackburn
have resolved to resist the claim now made by the opera-
tives for an advance of ten per cent., and to carry this act
by a general stoppage of the mills.
THE BELGIAN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH was opened
on Monday week. Birmingham has just been joined with
the metropolis by the same company, and they contem-
plate proceeding rapidly with the continuation to Liverpool.
OPPORTUNITY FOR CAPITALISTS.—In to-day's Stan-
dard will be found advertised an important sale of free-
hold and leasehold property in Liverpool, the lots being
so arranged as to suit both large and small capitalists.
Tnx OPERATIVE TAILORS OF LIVERPOOL, at a meeting
on Tuesday evening, Mr. John Allan in the chair, resolved
to support the Tailors' Institute, and to use every exer-
tion to place the trade in the position it ought to occupy.
It was announced that several grievances had, on a repre-
sentation to the employers, been remedied.
GEORGE THOMAS, late a keeper at the Rainhill Lanatic
aAsylum (from which situation he has been discharged),
s
fined p, at the Prescot police court on Tuesday, for
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nssaulting one of the inmates, Peter Mulligan, and break-
one of his ribs, because the poor fellow refused to eat
his toed.

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BCDDEN DEATH AT CztracH.—At divine service at
St. Barnabas's Church, Week, Mr. Thomas Bailey, of Aigburth, near this town,
Pimlico, on Sunday morning
was attacked by apoplexy for the third time. He was
attended by Dr. Aldis and, although the usual remedial
means were immediately resorted to, he expired in a few
hours afterwards.
HAYMARSNG began nearly a fortnight ago at Woolton
and in some other parts of the neighbour of Liver-
pool, and considerable breadths of hay-grass are now cut.
Clover and rye grass crops are heavy. The wheat, which
Is
oats shooting into ear, promisee to be a good crop ; so do
latter are o and barley, as well as potatoes and turnips ; the
ut of the reach of the fly.
Tfrt MORTALITY in the parish of Liverpool
s week,
Coding Saturda
andas the same as in the he
in the week
namely, 116, in the out-townships the deaths wl3er7e.
57. against 56 in the former week. The total was
being 41 less than the average of the corresponding week
of the preceding fire years. The mortality from fy
fever and from other diseases of the nymotic class, with
the exception of Imo
Ty( 0
FLEET from
.„. --E OA/LINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN
ping cough, is unusually low.
rsiitpvoretssefrlsomforthNelleslbthourtuoeth4e,62lndtuninss;tant have been
Port Adelade, 676 tons • two' vessels for Soyndeoveeys,sell,4f4o6
Pont ; and one for Geelor;ig and Melbourne, 188 tons; or
an aggregate tonnage of 6,365 tons. The total number
of vessels prenaring on the 22nd for the various ports of
Australia was 26 ; registered tonnage, 18,266.
CORPORATION NORTH SCHOOLS.—At the midsummer
exmination, on Tuesday, the Mayor presented three
prizes, which his Worship had offered in December last,
for the best essays—the competition being open to boyS
and girls. The examination, both in the infant and girls'
schools, satisfied all Pursued present that the system
was the right t t levate poor children,
and to put them i t
n ustry.n a sys ern o e .
t in themselves
of education
by honest i d a Position to main a
BRITISH CLIPPERS :AT Tr 11.—The clipper ship
Australia, built at St. John's --bl4;Pmr. O'Laughlin, for
Messrs. Charles Mooreand of Liverpool, and 'des-
patched from thii for Melbourne, returned to
Mr. Wa t ,
Monday week,
having . . to the Mersey on
Port Co.,-**
I hew in Ma 1-852,
visited since her departure South Australia,tChina,
Trinidad, and New Orleans. She passed the celebrated
American clippers Flying Cloud, White Squall, and
Atalanta. This is an unexampled quick run.
AUSTRALIA A COTTON 'LA-sn.—Prom the Australian
hews of a New York contemporary we glean the following
Passage :—" If labourers ilock into Australia in sufficient
numbers, we may have bulk of Australian cotton yet.
One of the oldest dead—% man who hadcotton brokers in Liverpool, since
States in his early day s—
grown cotton himself in thelJnited
declared, in 1848, after examin-
ing divers specimens
would of Australian cotton, that product
make a great
dependency of ours." country hereafter of that distant
"A LIVERPOOL ATPRENTICE," in the columns of a
contemporary, complains that it is the custom of many
merchants
He ti to make
Morning. their clerks take letters on a Sunday
tires an instance in which three partners
of a Liverpool firm live respectively at Rock Terry, Wood-
side, and Toxteth-park. The apprentice leaves his home
at Bin the morning, gets the letters at the post.office,
visits the three resideoteßof the firm in succession, and
does not get home till half-past eleven:!H,
therefore
12 o'clock. This is an
sub -
stantial grievance...
A FEMALE SERVANT Rt Mr. Shuttlewortli's hotel, in
Lord Nelson -street, named Mary Guherty, has been
found to have in her XI2O on the North Ampossession a bill of exchange for
erican Bank, drawn in :favour of
Mai P. Marter, M.D. A. gentleman of that name stayed
andr. Shuttleworth's'frorn the-Bth to the !lOth instant,
sz.noti f0..4.....i.... el— alia.._ ,A 4. 41.• , .1;.... ..
On Wednesday the girl gave a confused account of how it
came into her possession.; the case was dismissed, My-
Cloocuredugh keeping the bill until further information can be
pr

RECEPTION OF THE (ELECTION COMMITTEE'S DECI-
SION ON 'CHANGE.—The excitement on Tuesday after-
noon was intense. The -able speech of Mr. chimes, and
the delay in the arrival of the news, created a reaction of
opinion in favour of the sitting members, and towards
four the Liberals became •fidgetty. The odds, 4to 1
against the sitting members, on Monday, receded to 2 to
1. At 5 o'clock it became known in the Exchange room
that the Mayor had received a communication to the
effect that Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie were unseated,
and at a quarter past 1), when the official announcement
was placarded over the -gate, the Liberals attempted to
get up a cheer, but it was speedily drowned ir. three
hearty groans given with hearty goodwill.
THE HIGH LEVES. P.,4IIE3VAY AT THE LIVEF.POOL
DocHs.—Mr. Shand, at the inauguration of the. Garston
docks, on Tuesday last, said:—Li'- was endeavour-
lug to follow the example of her younger neighbour
(Garston) in regard to the high level railway, and the only
Stoppage to that system was the opposition of the: ast
Lancashire Railway. In every other respect he might say
tehheire w
TownilCaoyuncil of Liverpool, the'Lancashire and ;York-
Company, and the Dock Estate of Liver-
Toci, had made the provisionmecessary for carrying out the
'll‘igh level railway, which would give-such advantage in the
'lnipping of coals ; and he hoped, if any gentlemen be-
"lging to the East Lancashire Railway Company were
Present, they would endeavour, as-soon as possible, to
lemove the difficulty. (Cheers.)
'ENTERPRISE ox ran Mattor.v.—Connected as I am
Liverpool, I rejoice to see the enterprise of all upon
,e'le-estuary of the Mersey. Let us make our port the
etaapest in the world, and the splace where expedition
all be part and parcel of the .general system of our
lv.er. Every ship which enters the estuary of the Mersey
-r,l_nßS, either directly or indirectly, wealth to the port of
ilitlovielarictspeo.l ; and I echo the sentirnents.just uttered by Mr.
and say that, after all, Liverpool must be the
great central luminary around which the satellites to
"ttleia.he has alluded must roiL The more you extend
these facilities, whether at Birkenhead, at Garston,
at
ituncoru,,or elsewhere. every shilling which you expend
smut be •beneficial to Liavnerdodooot,jinaatsmuch as it will give
cheapness to commerce,
ant to see done
--woo the commerce of the world to our ilivhores.—Speech
qf the Garston
Of the Mausr of Liverpool at the opelang,
Docks.

Dcke.K 'CO3f.UITTEE.— fr. Shand presided at the weekly
Meeting on Thursday.
Aplan for the better accornnao-
liaciddleOtnon, the
it
datioit of the reporterswasir.
produced,am aosndm
table. A letter was read from
tyranny," &c..,
naaster k-ooper in the Albert Docks, resigningv,hiiiischci,u.haetiaT
on acccant of (the "petty
pernEdn \err-.
leged, were." the ruling characterißstoichsioosfotohedesfue dent of the Albert Docks." Mr. Cowan, saving " there was not a more useful,
Mr.ut, fir.
ble, and zezlous officer in the dock trust." inde,,Lifr.fatliggas:
dale: " We are all very well till we
for the
11°13'4250n." The 4th of July was
Yearly
, and Messra.
fixedarefouonpdono
insPection of the lightships afloat.
read from Messrs..Gibh; Bright, and Coe ,ie best mode
31I'Kean, NPLarty, and -Lo., in relation to tt .
of Preveating
tions to
that they were most particular in their instrue
done
in
frau-ds on the dock trust, the writers stated
their Customs clerks that everything should be
doorder- It was stated that the N.W.
ha laced i the •
be painted and
scraped.
dock
a gravingto lis:Ae '''' lightship Tobin
a‘` d I presided at the
weekly me bog , ' amongst'm "'t
i T ToßtlEi e• r
- eg on Thursd Mr. Fresh inspector of
i'rmar.tterLca,ngrespaorete_
Itusances
ti-Y. . r.,
examination of 1,477 el the sanitary
merit' cleared of intoat ll N, for-
ecosrhollses and 604 ee atn-w.n._
Alr.Beckwith complained° the lo"r
North
that the r ' between
John-street and South John- c otsing .
parta of the
lie contended it was in good
n d take it up
streetiowas beitnog taken up.
was laaiiig out the money untiee°4ctar'l an
Mr. Beckwith
also complained that from
they had wanted sewers for years, and
oeZiall itol.Brunswick-road
Yet not a word was
._aid about it.—The engineer remarked that the whole of
Brunswiekaroad up to the Zoological ardens wag
peNsered. road
streets were recommended to be sewered,
twnietlitlng Lawndes- street, Cobden-street,
they Would benefit Mr. Johnson at the public expe.nse.
ta:c.—Mr. Beck-
`..pne altercaticn took place, which ended in a committee
clog aPpoiated to examine theproperty of Mr. Johnson.
NV 1., -
EXT DE
Roam OF GUARDIANS.—Mr. Allpass
presided at the weekly meeting on Wednesday. A letter
;oas reael from Mr. Leer, house surgeon, in answer to a
_ narrnunieation from 11r. Cleaver, which stated that the
iuS,et d had resolved that it was desirable that the surgeon
tthat,lioald reside in the hospital. Mr. Lister's reply stated,
as he did not conceive the alteration would be of any
hat,tifi to the patients, he was not willing to comply.w.ith
..,'e wishes of the guardians —Mr. Miller was of opipion
that there ought to be some inquiry made by the leeisla-
itre into the working of the present poor laws, for he was
IpgFatisfied that from the way in which the law was now work-
, they would b alt paupers very soon. (Hear, hear.)
itt was coming to that, as every year the poor rates were
Mere •
th "tug, whilst pauperism was decreasing. He et.lfo.red
e necessity of themselves and other boards memorialising
prernment. He also advocated a national rate, as did
gr. Jeffreys, who was of opinion that the whole of the
"untr should become one great parish, with one rate,
red
and the Queen at the head.—Mr. Cleaver said he had
to believe that in the next session of parliament
beforan unPortant alteration in the poor law would be brought
b the le isl tu Arr. Miller : Then I will waive
ernatter.-fO,-': the suggestion of the Chairman, it was
!tgreed to get a copy of the bill now paSSing through par-
Ilatnetlt to pre-ent intramural interments.

LIVERPOOL FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—The second exhibition will take place at the Botanic
Gardens, on Thursday next.
A WHITE-RixGED SNAKE.—In discharging the Charles
Jackson, in this port, three weeks ago, a live snake was
found amongst the logwood. It is 22 inches in length,
with a white ring round its neck. It is still living.
A TERRIFIC THUNDERSTORM prevailed in Manchester,
on Thursday afternoon, from half-past four till five.
The lightning knocked down several people, but fortu-
nately no fatal accident occurred. Various houses were
also struck and damaged.

THE REV. DAVID JAMES has had conferred upon him,
by the University of Heidelberg, the degree of " Doctor
of Philosophy," in consideration of the learning which
he has displayed in his published works—" Ob eruditionis
specimina."

ILLEGAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—On Wednesday
the Mayor presided at the Sessions•house, for the purpose
of hearing informations against persons charged with
having in their possession illegal weights and measures.
Sixty persons were fined by his worship.
MR. GREENE, the engineer, who was engaged in
making the Ormskirk Railway, has a " national" dispute
with Senor Salamanca, in Spain, who had engaged him
on railway works. Mr. Greene's house was invaded, and
his engineering drawings carried off.
THE CHILDREN OF THE FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM,
on Friday week, were treated to a sail to Rock Ferry, and
a view of the Chinese Junk, on the invitation of Messrs.
Crippin and Forster, the proprietors. Messrs. Crippin
and Forster have liberally determined to invite, at inter-
vals, all the children connected with our charitable
institutions.

EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.—A special
general meeting was held at Bury, on Monday week,
which approved of two bills now before parliament, one
to extend the East Lancashire Railway from Clifton
(where it now joins the Lancashire and Yorkshire) to
Manchester, a distance of four miles; and the other to
extend their railway to Southport and Rainford, and to
make arrangements with the St. Helen's Canal and Rail.
way Company.
TRIAL TRIP To DT:SUN.—The paddle-wheel steamer
Argentina, belonging to the South American and General
Steam Navigation Company, on a trial trip, sailed for
Dublin on Saturday afternoon to return last evening. The
Argentina was tried for the first time on Wednesday last,
and her performance was very satisfactory. She leaves on
Friday next for her destination, the River Plate, calling at
Lisbon, Madeira, St. Vincent, Pernambuco, Bahia, and
Rio Janeiro, and presents a very favourable opportunity
for passengers desirous of a pleasure trip to those countries.
THE tEV. JoHN EVANS, M.A., the respected minister
of Portland-chapel, Bath, having been appointed to the
incumbency of St. Mary's Church, Grassendale, near
Liverpool, his congregation have presented him with a
handsome testimonial, consisting of a silver coffee-pot, of
exquisite workmanship, and a purse of sixty sovereigns.
Mi. Evans bears to his new sphere of labour, not simply
the love of his congregation amongst whom he has faith-
fully ministered for five years, but the respect of all our
fellow-citizens.—Bath Chronicle.
THE CONVENTION AT MEMPHIS V. LIVERPOOL.—
In the great Southern Convention at Memphis, resolu-
tions have been adopted favourable to a railroad to the
Pacific—to the Tehuantepec route across the isthmus—to
the establishment of commercial steamers between the
southern ports and Europe—to supersede the monopoly
of the cotton trade by the northern cities of the United
States and Liverpool, as far as possible—to encourage
and extend home manufactures in the south, Sze. Reso-
lutions in relation to a possible annexation of Cuba were
lost.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The most complete success
crowned the new play " Civilization," produced at this
house on Wednesday night, Mr. James Anderson playing
the principal part. The piece, we are pleased to observe,
will be thrice repeated during the present week. On
Saturday evening, Mr. Anderson appeared in Macbeth ;"
last night in " Richard the Third." His engagement
extends, we believe, over the present week. Last night
an additional attraction was presented in the celebrated
danseuse from the Lyceum, Miss Rosina Wright, who
appeared here for the first time.
NUPTIAL FESTIVITIES. The marriage of Thomas
Mellor, Esq., of Hayman's-green, West Derby (of the
firm of Mellor and Eason, merchants, Water-street), to
Miss Elizabeth Pearson, sister of the wife of his brother,
Mr. S. Mellor), took place on Thursday at Nottingham.
The event was celebrated the same evening by a large
number of gentlemen, who sat down to a most excellent
supper at the house of Mr. Bulmer, Sefton Arms, West
Derby, in honour of the marriage. A supper was also
elven at the house of Mr. John Hughes, of the Hare and
Hounds, where a considerable number of persons assem-
bled to do honour to the nuptials.
A LIVERPOOL ATTORNEY COMMITTED FOR EMBEZ.
ZLEMENT.—On Friday last, at the police-court, Thomas
Pattinson, an attorney, practising in this town, was placed
at the bar, charged with having obtained money from Mr.
James Hankin, stonemason and builder, at Kirkdale,
under false pretences. Mr. Hankin stated that he applied
to the prisoner, as an attorney, at the end of last month,
to bring an action against Thomas Southern, publican, of
the Black Bull Inn, Kirkdale, for the recovery of £l4 7s.
The action was to be brought in the borough court.
Under what afterwards appeared to be a false pretence
that the case was going on, Pattinson, who was often in
a state of inebriation, duped Ilankin out of 15s. The
prisoner was committed for trial.

THE BEAUTIFIX. NEW CLYDE-BUILT STEAMER,
TELEGRAPH, which is now running between this port and
Belfast, left the latter place on Wednesday evening, with
passengers and cargo, and arrived at the Bell-Buoy, off
4.••• saao.wir.ff
of fourteen knots, or upwards of sixteen statute miles all
the way, a fact which vouches for her speed, and needs no
comment. The Telegraph is commanded by Captain
Leitch, late of the Cunard service, brother of the re-
spected commander of the Philadelphia and Liverpool
steamer, City of Manchester. The Telegraph is the pro-
perty of the Belfast Steam Packet Company, and her
agents here are Messrs. Grainger, Bristow, and Johnston.
She will leave each port twice a week.
THE AMERICAN CLIPPER SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS.
—lt will be remembered that on the passage between New
York and San Francisco she attained a most extraordinary
speed, having on one day logged the unprecedented num-
ber of 436 miles in twenty-four hours. The accounts by
the last steamer stated that the Sovereign of the Seas was
then about to sail from 'New 'York for Liverpool, so we
may expect to see her in the course of a week. She is the
largest merchant vessel afloat. The Sovereign of the
Seas will form one of Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell, tz Co.'s
line of packet-ships between this port and New York. ¶t
is very gratifying to observe so many fine ships sent to Li-
verpool, and it proves the eminent position which we hold
as a shipping port. We have a more splendid class of
vessels sent here than to any other port in the world, for,
when a ship has attained a good character at Liverpool, it
is a potent recommendation everywhere.

WELSH MEETING.IN LIVERPOOL.—PRESENTATION TO
THE REV. DAVID JANIES, PH. D.—On Friday evening,
a numerous meeting of the Welsh inhabitants of the town
and the friends of the Rev. David James was held at the
Bible Depository, Slater-street, to present that gentleman
with an address, previous to his departure from this town,
to enter upon his duties as principal of the college of
Llandoverv, in South Wales. Mr. Evans, solicitor, oc-
cupied the chair, in the unavoidable absence of Mr.
Robert Wynne, who was to have presided.—The Chair-
man remarked on the fact, that Mr. James was about to
enter upon a much more important office, for which he
had been selected from numerous applicants who sought
the honourable post to which he had been appointed.
(Applause). He did not know a gentleman better quali-
fied by his learning. his talent, his devotion to his coun-
try and its language than Mr.. James was for the institution
over which he had been called upon to preside. (Applause.)
—Mr. Ellis Jones moved the first resolution, as follows :
" That this meeting sincerely congratulate the Rev. D.
James on his appointment as principal of the College of
Llandovery, believing him to be eminently qualified for
the erduous and responsible duties connected therewith."
—The resolution was seconded by the Rev. T. W. Jones,
of St. Paul's, supported by Mr. T. L. Sturgess, and car-
ried unanimously.—Mr. Robert Roberts moved the second
resolution :—" That though we unfeignedly rejoice at the
enlarged sphere of usefulness opened to the rev. gentleman,
we cannot refrain from expressing regret at the loss Liver-
pool will sustain by his removal, and that as a memento
of the high estimation in which he is held, an address be
presented: to him, signed by the chairman. on behalf of
the
meeting."—Mr. Robert Thomas seconded the resolu-
tion, after which poetic effusions appropriate to the .occa-
sion were recited by Mr. E. S. Jones., Mr. Lewis, Mr.
Edwards, and Mr. Hugh Hughes.—The chairman pre-
sented to Mr. James the address, which the rev. gentleman
eloquently and feelingly acknowledged.

CHILDWALt FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—The sixth annual exhibition of this thriving Society
was held on Thursday last, under an immense marquee in
the field adjoining the churchyard. This beautifully pic-
turesque locality is alone sufficient to insure success, es-
pecially on such a fine day as that on which the show was
Meld. More than Eve thousand persons visited Childwall
,on that day, and everything passed off with great spirit,
and much to the satisfaction of all parties. The leading
feature of the exhibibition was, of course, the Pelargo-
niums, which, as usual et this season, werein great per-
fection. There were yerzt few novelties, and the general
growth of the plants was of such an average excellence as
to admit of few special remarks. N. Walker, Esq., of
Calderstones, had a very fine specimen of Banksia Serati-
folia, welt flowered, which excited great attention. Mr,
Morton, the gardener to that gentleman, stated it was
a seedlinz raised by him within four years. We also
noticed a remarkably beautiful variety of Gloxinia, called
Wilsonii, a seedling raised by Mr. Thomas, gardener to
Charles Wilson, Esq., of Allerton,..and now in the posses-
sion of Mr. George Davies, of the 'S'urseries, Green-lane,
West Derby. Several remarkably fine collections of Ex-
otic Ferns were exhibited, amongst which one shewn by
Mr. Robinson, gardener to Edward Molvneux, Esq., of
Childwall-hall, was especially worthy of notice, and so also
was a splendid collection of Lycopodiums shewn by Mr.
Cahill, gardener to Julius Focke, Esq. We have never seen
these beautiful plants in greater perfection. chas.Wilson,
Esq., had some beautiful stove plants, and an Aphelexis
macrantha purpura, shown by J. Focke, Esq., was
unique. A large collection of wax.ilowers, shown by Miss
Newton, drew crowds of admirers, who were astonished
at the perfection to which this clever artiste has brought
this elegant accomplishment. A large collection of rare
and choice plants was exhibited by Messrs. T. Davies and
Co., of Wavertree nursery, and added much to the gene-
h
ral
la
nt
thley sdrrreasns
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ttosrws ehraedcaoanidpul
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ral effect. Nothing could exceed the good management
crowcrowds
hoifc
of seeing the beautiful specimens without inconvenience.
The band of the Zoological Gardens was in attendance,.
and enlivened the scene with capital music ; and an effi-
cient body of police, judiciously applied for by Mr. Rim-
mer, of the Childwall Abbey, prevented that
concourse. of
low characters rending fruit, &c., which too frequently
gives an air of dissipation to these rural festivals. The
pressure on our space prevents our giving the usual list
of prizes; but we must not omit to mention that the Cot--
tagers' prizes, for which the Childwall show has always
been remarkable, were fully equal to previous ones, and
the general character of the exhibition showed a decided
progress, which is due to the spirited exertions of Wm.
Davies, Esq., the acting secretary.

A SHIP, of 447 tons, new measurement, called the
Mimosa, has been launched at Aberdeen. She is intended
for the Liverpool and South American trade.

A WOMAN from Liverpool was killed, on Wednesday
last, at the Ordsall-lane Station, Manchester, by falling
under the wheels of a train.

A FIRE broke out, at a late hour on Sunday night, in
the upper part of a dwelling-house, in Atherton-street,
but it was extinguished without doing much damage.

THE ACADIA, formerly belonging to the Cunard line,
and sold to the German Confederation, has been bought
to trade between Bremen and New York.
A RAILWAY WAGGON, filled with copper, passed over
the body of Joseph Gerrard, a fireman at St. Helens,
on Monday evening week, and killed him on the spot.
THE WILLIAM TAPSCOTT and KOSSUTH, which sailed
hence on the 11th May, arrived at New York on the 10th
June, making Sandy Hook on the 9th, and beating every
ship from Liverpool which had sailed between the 2nd
and 11th, and the passengers were landed all well.
Does-OFFICE.—The following gentlemen were, on
Saturday, at the Town-hall, elected commissioners of
audit :—Messrs. John Gordon, Henry Dawson, Charles
R. Taylor, David Rae, Joseph Mondel, James Brebner,
J. A. Clint, and J. A. Black ; and these ger.tlemen there-
after appointed'Mr. H. B. Hornby their accountant.
MERCHANT TAILORS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL, GREAT
CROSBY.—The half-yearly examination was conducted
by the Rev. G. W. Snowball, M.A., of St. John's Col.
lege, Cambridge, and on yesterday week the prizes were
awarded by John Myers, Esq., of Crosby-house, who
delivered an excellent address.
TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The Royal Mail steamer
America, Captain Leitch, took her departure for Halifax
and Boston on Saturday morning about eleven o'clock,
with a full cargo of fine goods, and upwards of 132 pas-
sengers. The United States mail-steamer Atlantic, Capt.
West, sails for New York to-morrow afternoon, with pas-
sengers and a full cargo, having also had to shut out goods.
ST. PAUL'S, LIVERPOOL.—We would direct the atten-
tion of our readers to an advertisement in another column
relative to the proposed building of a school in connexion
with St. Paul's Church. The case is there fairly stated,
and we should think, at least, sufficiently proves the ne-
cessity that exists for such an institution. We hope the
friends of scriptural education will avail themselves on this
occasion of practically giving evidence of the sincerity of
their opinions and good wishes.
QUICK WORK.—The new steamer Mona's Queen,
Captain Quayle, made the quickest passage on record,
between Liverpool and this port, on Monday last. This
fine vessel left Liverpool shortly after eleven, and arrived
here a little after four o'clock, having accomplished a run
of seventy-five nautical miles in five hours and ten mi-
nutes ! the shortest passage ever made. The Mona's
Queen brought between three and four hundred passen-
gers.—Manx Sun.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—This favorite resort continues
to be thronged each gala evening with visitors. The en-
tertainments provided by Mr. Durandu appear to give
universal satisfaction. During the past week vocal and
instrumental concerts, followed by dramatic performances,
have taken place, a very talented and effective company
having been engaged ; and we perceive from the advertise-
ment that several favourite farces are announced for this
week. The fireworks are quite as beautiful as ever, and
on Tuesdays and Fridays a ball concludes the evening's
amusements. Such a variety of entertainments, in addi-
tion to the several amusements of the gardens, cannot fail
to be appreciated. For to-day the grand annual fete of
the Temperance Societies is announced. We are informed
it will be a very brilliant affair, numerous extra attractions
having been prepared for this occasion. •
The REV. JAMES PHILIP SHEPPERD, the curate of the
North-shore district, Kirkdale, has been appointed to the
curacy and lectureship of South Molton, Devon, and in
the diocese of Exeter; but, from some suspicion enter-
tained by the bishop as to the soundness of the rev. gen-
tleman's views, a correspondence was opened which has
been carried on with unyielding decision on both sides.
The point at issue proposed by his lordship was " sacra-
mental grace," especially that of baptism (regeneration).
Accordingly a full and candid statement was sent by Mr.
Shepperd, appealing to Scripture and the writings of the
Reformers to corroborate his sentiments ; in answer to
which the bishop, regretting that unsoundness on the doc-
trine of sacramental grace is regarded by so many persons
as of little moment, pronounces the statements forwarded
to be very unsatisfactory, and, therefore, refuses to grant
a license or to admit the rev. gentleman into the Exeter
diocese.

JOHN MACDONALD,' THE ROMANIST CHAMPION,
the Liverpool
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crowd assembled at the door and the place closed. He
went to the office of Mr. White, but it was closed too;
and the upshot was that he had to procure another room
in Circus-street, which was smaller than the Tabernacle,
and thither part of the crowd adjourned. This was the
meeting to which the plaintiff had challenged the Rev.
Dr. M'Neile to a public discussion. The arrangements
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must pay a second deposit of ss. at Mr. White's office
before he could use the room for the first meeting, and
that he did not fulfil his part of the contract. The judge
gave the plaintiffa verdict for £2.
CANADIAN RAILWAYS.—The Atlantic brings advices
of the amalgamation of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic and
Trunk Railway, and of tho lcasin; of tho Portland
Railway at six per cent. This secures a terminus at the
noble harbour of Portland, with 150 acres of land, and
deep water wharfs. The Quebec and Richmond will fol.
low, and then this magnificent enterprise will be consoli-
dated. A great railway convention has also been held at
Buffalo, for the purpose of entering into working agree-
ments, so as to prevent any hostile rivalry. This is as it
should be, and when capitalists become better acquainted
with Canada they will find that no safer or sounder invest-
ments can be entered into; while, however good "intrin-
sically" continental investments may be, the chances of
war or revolution at any time breaking out makes thinking
men regard funds and foreign stocks and railways with the
sort of feeling that, at best, it is like reposing on a bed of
lucifer matches, which may ignite suddenly and destroy
all within its reach. The half-yearly interest on the
'Quebec and Richmond shares is advertised to be paid on
the sth July, at the agent's office, 2, Leadenhall-street, at
the rate of six per cent. per annum. —Herepath' s Journal.
DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY.—On Wednesday, Mr.
Charles Holland presided at the sleeting of shareholders,
held in the Clarendon-rooms. The accounts to he sub-
mitted to the general meeting of shareholders at Amster-
dam, on the 29th instant, were submitted, and approved
unanimously. A hopeful and encouraging letter, from
Mr. Charles William Hesleden, the managing director at
Utrecht, stated the increased receipts of the past book-
year had enabled the whole of the interest due on the
bonds to be discharged, and that the railway, in its pre-
sent unfinished state, yielded 41 per cent. The new works
were proceeding with that vigour and energy which cha.
racterised all the works undertaken by Mr. Brassey. The
greatest of the works, the great bridge over the'Yssel, will
be commenced next year. The line on the Prussian terri-
tory, which is to form the connecting link with the entire
railway system ofGermany, has been surveyed and staked
out. :The chairman read a most favourable report by
Messrs. Harrison and Tinne. the two English commissa-
ries, who had been over to Holland to audit and inspect
the accounts. 'lt appeared that 1,400 excellent navigators
were at work. The commissaries were of opinion that
Mr. Hesleden's estimate of 255. per share dividend, on a
paid-up capital of £l2 per share, would be very much
under the mark. The retiring commissaries and directors,
Messrs. Holland, Harrison, Tinne, and Uzielli, were re-
elected.

310C1; Sues.—A magnificent appearance of parhelia,
or mock suns, occurred on Thursday afternoon, and were
plainly visible from this neighbourhood. The day had
been warm and sunny, and the sky was slightly overcast
with thin light clouds, hardly sufficient to prevent the
sun's light from being painful to the naked eye. Shortly
after half-past five o'clock two mock suns became visible,
one on each side of the real sun, at the distance of about
twenty degrees .on the right and left, while exactly over-
head was the portion of a circle towards the sun, similar
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and the night which succeeded was more than usually
warm, but the weather has since been cooler, with occa-
sional falls of rain. Astronomers describe this pheno-
menon as having occurred at rare intervals, in J 072 and
1692, in 1702, 1721, and 1;83, but the cause is not clearly
defined, though it is attributed to refraction of the sun's
rays, caused be strata of varying density. Iu Parting-
lon's British eyclop&dia occurs the following :—" Par-
belie are apparently of the same size with the sun, though
not always of the same brightness., nor even of the same
shape ; and when a number appear at once, there is some
difference in both these respects among them. Externally
they are tinged with colours like the rainbow. They differ
in number and size, but all agree in breadth, which is that
of the apparent diameter of the sun."
;C.frARGE OF PERJURY.—In the Court of Queen's Bench
,on Saturday, before Lard Campbell and a special jury,
the case of the Queen v. Seaton was brought on for trial.
This was an indictment against the defendant for having
committed wilful and corrupt perjury in an affidavit made
by him, and used in answer to an affidavit used in a pro-
ceeding taken before the Master of the Rolls, under the
following circumstances :—ln 1851, a Mr. Castle, who
kept the George Hotel, at Liverpool, died, leaving a
widow, who was about thirty years old, and two children.
He left considerable property in trust for the benefit of
his wife and children, amounting to about £B,OOO. Mrs.
Castle kept on and managed the business of the hotel
until February, 1852, when she eloped with a married
man. They went to Boulogne, and when she left
she took a large sum of money, exceeding £2,000,
with her. She, however, returned in about a month.
The executor of Mr. Castle's will took proceedings in
Chancery to have the children made wards in Chancery,
and also praying that the business be sold, and that Mrs.
Castle be restrained from parting with certain shares
which she had purchased with a part of the money she
had taken away. In support of this the executor, Mr. Mor-
ton, put in an affidavit. This was opposed by an affidavit
of the defendant, who, it appeared, was putting himself
forward and wishing to be made one of the guardians of
the children ; and he gave an account of what took place
at an interview alleged to have taken place between him,
Mrs. Castle, and Mr. Morton, in which certain terms
were proposed, but which were eventually not agreed to;
and on this affidavit the perjury was assigned, and it was
imputed by the prosecution that the statement made in
that affidavit was untrue. Mr. Morton was called in sup-
port of the prosecution, but his memory seemed to be
very indistinct as to what really passed, though he swore
that it occurred on a day subsequent to that on which it
was alleged by the defendant. At the close of the cross.
examination of Mr. Morton, Lord Campbell said that as
the case must depend to a considerable extent upon the
memory of Mr. Morton, which it was evident was not to
be relied on, he thought the case ought not to proceed
further. The jury expresged themselves to be of a similar
opinion, and a verdict of not guilty was returned,

CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATION

SOCIETY.
GREAT MEETING IN THE ..4.IIIPHITHEA TEE.

A most influential public meeting of " persons interested
in the education of the children of the poor in the Pro-
testant and Evangelical principles of the Church of
England" was held on Thursday last, in the Royal
Amphitheatre, at twelve o'clock. The admission was by
tickets, and the attendance was numerous, a tolerably large
proportion of the audience being ladies. The following
gentlemen were present :--The Revds. J. C. Ryle, 8.A.,
rector of Helmingham, Suffolk ; Edward Girdlestone,
M.A., vicar of Deane ; Hugh 3141s:elle, D.D., William
Pollock, M.A., William Henry Wright (one of the
honorary secretaries), J. Herbert Jones, W. M. Falloon,
H. Hampton, W. Maynard, J. B. Low, D. James, W. F.
Taylor, Dr. Hume, S. P. Boutflower, W. Rawson, H.
Carpenter, F. Barker, J. R. Conor, W. E. G. Carr,
St. Helens; Ellison, W. Brewster, T. Robinson,
C. W. Lawrence, S. Minton, F. Parry, W. B. Mathias, F.
Ould, W. H. Duck. G. Read, J. Leicester, and J.
England ; Messrs. Alderman Molyneux and family, Chas.
Inman, J. M'Cormick, R. A. Payne, T. D. Anderson,
G. H. Horsfall, J. Booker, Alderman Parker, Edward
Cropper, W. Maples, C. Cotesworth, T. Carson, W.
Jones, W. Hall, J. K. Rounthwaite, Bernard Hall, John
Campbell, F. Mill, Captain Gardiner, R. Wright, R.
Williams, T. E. Glazebrook, E. Higgin, J. Hakes, E.
Tennant, T. D. Headlatn, M. W. Collit, John Eden,
R. A. Payne, A. Steains, J. Woodwall, J. P. Mather,
W. Statham, R. Wright, G. Marsden, J. S. Skipper, &C.
Mr. CHARLES INMAN was called to the chair, and read
a letter from the Mayor, expressing his sympathy with
the society, but declining the request to preside on the
occasion, as being inconsistent with his general practice
as Mayor. Their vice-presidents, Mr. Adam Hodgson
and Mr. Horsfall, could not be present, for they had both
been absent with their families for some time from Liver-
pool ; the former at Landudno, the latter on the Con-
tinent. "The society," said Mr. Inman, "to which I
hope you will this day add a Liverpool auxiliary, has the
extension of education—sound scriptural, Protestant
education—for its design : and it appears to me that there
is abundant room for an auxiliary in this great commu-
nity, where I find only 112 subscribers of 21s. and up-
wards to the National Society in this town and neighbour-
hood, and 15 subscribers of a smaller amount."
The Rev. W. H. WRIGHT, one of the honorary
secretaries, stated the origin of the meeting, which had
arisen out of a preliminary meeting held on the 27th of
May last, at the Clarendon-rooms, at which statements
were made by the Rev. E. Girdlestone, on the subject of
national education and the present position of the National
Society.

The Rev. WILLIAM POLLOCK, in a long and eloquent
address, moved the first resolution, which was as follows :
—" That there exists an acknowledged deficiency in the
provision made for the education of the children of the
poor, and that it seems highly desirable to increase that
provision accordingly, and in doing so to secure, as far as
possible, the inculcation of those holy principles of Pro-
testant and Evangelic truths which are the legacy of the
church from the fathers of the English Reformation."
Mr. Pollock said they were well aware of the position they
occupied that day, which was one involving great respon-
sibility, and stood therefore in need of a proportionate
justification. They were met in no new cause, but for an
old cause, the good cause, of scriptural education—a cause
consecrated to them by the recollection of many a sacred
struggle and many a gracious triumph. The question
presented itself at the outset, had they not the National
Society for the education of the children of the poor in the
principles of the Church of England ? But difficulties as
regarded the National Society had been long and severely
felt by many members of the Church—(hear, hear)—they
had long weighed upon their hearts and burdened their
consciences before God ; and since the meeting of June,
1852, a committee, consisting of 54 members of the
Church, combining among them names of the highest re-
pute, both among the clergy and the laity, had been
sitting in anxious deliberation upon this very point.—
" Can we, by any possible amount of effort, of union, of
expenditure, of godly sacrifice,—can we effect our purpose
—the purpose of securing to the people a sufficient and a
sound education in connection with our church—can we
effect that purpose through the medium of the National
Society ?" And after many an anxious deliberation,
after, he believed, many a prolonged and prayerful meet-
ing, the committee to which he had alluded came most
reluctantly and most sadly to the conclusion that the Na-
tional Society, in its present position, and as at present
constituted, was not available for the purpose that they
had in hand. (Hear, hear.) The funds were most im-
partially distributed ; but they found that practically the
management of the National Society was now in the
hands of a few individuals, and that those individuals, so
far from fairly representing the whole Church of England,
represented only one section of it, and that section the
tractarian. Moreover, they found that those parties could
not be overcome, the society being managed by a close
corporation, whom it was impossible to remove or defeat.
Besides they found, above all, that the whole income
of the society was derived from annual subscriptions
—and a wretched income it was ; it was an income
which, from its paltriness, at once recorded a vote
of distrust against the society ; it was a miserable
income of £9,000 a year. (Hear, hear. hear.) That
£9,000 was almost all of it exclusively given to the
support of the training schools, which would not alto-
gether bear investigation, and one must be distinctly set
down as the very seminary of tractarianism, of which some
of their friends thought the object was to get rid of the
catechism. They did nothing of the sort. They did not
wish to be compelled to teach the little Baptist, the Quaker,
the Independent, or the Wesleyan—if they happened to
be in the schools—to tell by compulsion a positive un-
truth ; they had either not been baptized at all, or, if zo, it
was without sponsors ; and, therefore, when they asked
little Elihu, little Jabez, little Prudence, or little Grace,
his or her name, they did not want to put a lie into the
mouths of those children, and say—" You shall assert
that you received those names from your godfathers and
your godmothers, and your bishops :" and, therefore,
where the catechism was inapplicable, they did not want
to teach it. Nor did they want to do away with the
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bishops, as some ;said ; the thing nearest their heart at
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Manchester,) and he had no doubt they would soon get
more. The speaker then urged that, having entered on
the good work, they must not now pause or hesitate, or
they would be thrown back again, and have to endure
many years of disunion and perplexity : but if they went
boldly forward, then his heart told him they would suc-
ceed ; the country would go with them, and he believed
the country was still Protestant at its core. (Applause.)
He bad been slow to assume the attitude in which he
found himself. It was possible a suspicion might exist
of his position being identified with disorder, love of
separation, or change ; but he had come to the conclusion
that they must no longer consult their own idiosyncracies,
but give up much of feeling and friendship, and give their
support for Christ and for His truth's sake. (Applause.)
After referring to what had taken place in the Church in
the last twenty years, during which doctrines had been
propagated which led to the apostasy of many, and
heresies had worked their way amongst the cleygy and
other ranks of the community, he contended that the time
for action had arrived, and they must meet union with
union, organisation with organisation, society with society,
and, he would venture to add, order with order ;—they
must stand together as one man for the defence of the
gospel, if they would not go back to a system which compro-
mised many of the soul-destroying errors, while it did not
present the consistzncies, of the system of apostate Rome.
(Applause.)
Mr. EDWARD CROPPER seconded the resolution, which
was put to the meeting, and adopted unanimously.
The Rev. EDWARD GIRDLESTONE, M.A., Vicar of
Deane, moved the second resolution :—" That, as long
as free action is secured to the Church in the discharge
of her solemn responsibilities in the matter of public edu-
cation, it appears to be her obvious duty and interest to
maintain, as far as possible, harmonious relations with
the State." After referring to the importance of Liver-
pool, and the truly Protestant spirit which it had evinced,
he said it was only right she should be foremost in the
great work of public elementary education, on Protestant
principles, as represented in that education society. It
might seem strange, but it was no less true and gratifying,
that Liverpool was actually before London as regarded
the formation of an auxiliary society ; and he rejoiced to
think that the preliminary meeting was likely to obtain
full confirmation at the great and imposing meeting being
held that day. _ _ _

Mr. E. HiGGIN seconded the resolution, commending
the society in the strongest terms to the meeting.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
A collection was here made, and during the collection
the audience sang a hymn.
The Rev. Dr. AP/sTEKLE, who was loudly applauded on
rising, moved the third resolution. He said this was a
very serious movement in which they were engaged.
The cause was indeed a great one, involving interests and
issues vast in their comprehension, vital in their charac-
ter. They said it was a cause of national education, and
so it was primarily and directly ; but it was more. It
was the cause of our reformed church—(hear, hearl—
whose stability and prosperity must depend, under the
blessing of Almighty God, upon the scriptural education
of the people of this country. (" Hear, hear," and
applause.) They utterly repudiated the shibboleth of
priestcraft that ignorance was the mother of devotion.
(Loud applause.) No ; ignorance was the mother of
prostration, of slavery, of blind obedience on the one
side, as it was the mother of pride, and tyranny, and
arbitrary exs'tion on the other side. (Loud cheers).
It was more still ; it was the cause of our constitutional
monarchy, it was the cause of our civil liberties. All
these stood together, and with these it was the cause of
liberty, civilisation, and Christianity all the world over.
(Hear, hear.) It was impossible, he thought, to exag-
gerate the importance of the movement in which they
were now embarked, and he cordially congratulated the
chairman and the meeting, especially his rev. brethren
around him, on the manifest progress of the modern re-
formation. (" Hear, hear," and applause.) He must
not forget also to congratulate his rev. friend and brother
who opened the meeting upon the speech he made, the
tone he took, and the manly stand he declared himself
ready to make in support of protestant and evangelical
principles. (Hear, hear.) There were three sides with
reference to any erotestant movement. There was a side
concerning whom it was said, " Oh, you are sure to have
them." There was another side concerning whom it was
said, " Oh, they won't go ;" and there was another side,
concerning whom they said, " Well, I am not sure,
perhaps." (Laughter.) Now, there was nothing he had
a greater horror of than to be ranged among the men of
" perhaps." (Applause and laughter.) The resolution
which he had been requested to propose was this :—" That
this meeting rejoices in the recent institution of the
Church of England Education Society, which, from the
nature of its constitution, the moderation of its plans, and
the purity of its principles, is fully entitled to the confi-
dence of the sound members of the church." He showed
that there existed a want, and that this society was of the
right kind to supply that want. In the course of his
speech he urged the change which had come over the
National Society as a reason for not reading the Queen's
letter, which was not now the constitutional letter that
they once delighted to receive and respond to. To reuse
to read it would be no indignity to the Crown, but a re-
buke to the unfaithfulness of the minister who recom-
mended such a step to the Sovereign.
The Rev. J. C. RYLE, 8.A,, rector of Helmingham,
Suffolk, nonded the resolution, He trusted that they

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were agreed that whatever education was given must be
a religious education. The sense of England had been
taken, and he believed they were of one mind on that
subject—that men should not be taught merely how to
live but how to die. There were at this moment no fewer
than 380,000 children receiving no education at all ; and
in 172 parishes in this country no daily education was
given in connexion with the Church of England. And as
to the character of the education—in many of the schools
it was a mere apology for education ; the teachers, though
they did their best, were inadequate to the work, and
good teachers could not be obtained, more than anything
else, unless a proper remuneration were offered.
But who should undertake to provide education ? There
was no difficulty in answering that question, and of all
bodies there was none so proper as the Church of Eng-
land. There was no church which had such opportunities
of doing good as that church ' • and where the gospel was
preached and the principles of the church carried out and
properly administered, it was eminently successful in
taking a hold of the people. He could not now support
the education of the National Society, because he believed
it had forfeited the confidence of all sound, true-hearted
members of the Church of England. It was quite true,
after what had been shown to be the state of the National
Society, that a new society should be formed. (Hear,
hear.) Mr. Colquhoun, a gentleman who had laboured
six years to put the society on a better footing, had
found, after all his efforts, that there was no alternative
but the course which the meeting was recommended to
adopt,—the formation of a new society, like that which
was now before them. The speaker referred to some of
the Romish practices which he said had been for some
time creeping into the church, and said it was now come to
this,—they were to decide whether they were to have a
real Protestant- Church, or change its character and send
word to the Pope to forward us half-a-dozen Cardinals in
addition to the one we had already, and be the real sub-
jects of the Pope once more. (Hear, hear.) But he had
no doubt the people of this country were sound at heart,
and thoroughly protestant and evangelical, and he wished
to see them taking the lead in the movement which had
been brought before them, and support that which was
protestant and evangelical. (Hear, hear.)—The resolution
was carried unanimously.

On the motion of Mr. CARSON, seconded by Mr. J.
C. DUNCAN, it was agreed that an auxiliary be formed
far the town and neighbourhood of Liverpool, and that
the following gentlemen be appointed officers for the ensu-
ing year :—Edward Cropper, Esq., president ; Revs. Dr.
I‘l'Neile, William Rawson, Alexander Knox, Adam Hodg-
son, Esq., T. B. Horsfall, Esq., G. C. Arbuthnot, Esq.,
vice-presidents. Committee : Revs. W. Barker, W. Pol-
lock, W. M. Falloon, J. B. Lowe, S. Minton, W. Parry,
H. Carpenter, T. C. Cowan. Charles Inman, Esq., Wm.
J. Tomlinson, Esq., Geo. Marsden, Esq., Thos. Carson,
Esq., Arthur Stelling, Esq., James C. Duncan, Esq.,
Richard A. Payne, Esq., Henry Woodfall. Esq. ; William
Jones, Esq.. treasurer ; Rev. W. H. Wright and John
Eden, secretaries.
Thanks having been voted to the chairman, on the
motion of Mr. JOHN EDEN, seconded by the Rev. Dr.
ITNEILE, the meeting broke up at ten minutes before
four, having lasted nearly four hours.

THE ELECTION.-WARD MEETINGS.

PITT-STREET WARD

The Conservatives of Pitt-street Ward commenced the
series of ward meetings, in connection with the forth-
coming borough election, on Tuesday evening, when a
numerous and influential body of electors met at the Vine
Tavern in Pitt-street. The room in which the meeting
was announced to be held was soon found to be far too
small to hold the numerous electors present, and an ad-
journment consequently took place to the large yard at the
back of the house, the speakers being located in a room
looking into it. Mr. Thomas Toulmin was called to the
chair; and amongst others present were Messrs. G. H.
Horsfall, J. W. Horsfall, L. Peel, Jeffreys, Arthur Hen-
derson, Bold, Rimmer, and Callis.
The CHAIRMAN, in reference to the recent decision of
the parliamentary committee, expressed his surprise how
the committee of the House of Commons ever arrived at
the conclusion they had done, his opinion being that it
had raised the character of the constituency.
Mr. THOMAS BOLD, who was the first speaker, said he
had been for the last month engaged in London in pro-
tecting the rights of the freemen of Liverpool. He must
say the ordeal they had gone through there was highly
creditable to them, after the attempts that had been made
for the last twenty-one days to deprive them of the rights
which they all valued so highly, when it is only proved by
the witnesses—the 153 witnesses taken up to London by
Messrs. Rathbone and Ronald—(groans)—that only the
small sum of £6 17s. had been spent in paying the wages
of some men who had, very likely, large families to sup-
port, and could not afford to lose their day's work without
injury, or without their children suffering by it. He
thought, therefore, with Mr. Toulmin, that he might con-
gratulate them on the result of the investigation. In
commending the two candidates, Mr. Horsfall and Mr.
Liddell, he said of the latter gentleman :—Having been
consulted in London, I have seen Mr. Liddell ; he is a
man who was for many years the parliamentary represen-
tative of an important constituency in the north of
England ; be distinguished himself in taking the lead and
opposing the navigation laws when they were first intro-
duced into the House of Commons. He fought the battle
of the shipowners, the blockmakers, ropemakers, sail-
makers, carpenters, and of every other man connected
with the shipping interest ; and he is prepared to protect
that interest still, and by electing a man of that character
you will never regret it. (Cheers.) On church matters
he is as sound, I believe, as any man living. He is most
firmly opposed to the Maynooth grant. (A Voice : "He
voted for it.") He voted for it, but he will be better able
to explain the reason why he voted for it when he comes
here himself. (Cheers.) When he voted for it, ho cup_
posed it would benefit those for whom the grant was
made ; but now he is convinced that, rather than hav-
ing benefited them, it has been prejudicial to them. I
would close with one remark in regard to the way in which
the late petition was got up. I think you were deceived
altogether. They talk of purity at the last election ; now
it so happens that all they wanted was one seat.
(Laughter.) They would have been very glad to have
withdrawn the petition if we gave them one seat. I shall
be very glad to meet Mr. Rigge or Mr. Rathbone, and to
expose them completely, and to show they had no pure
motives whatever, and that it was all humbug from begin-
ning to end. (Cheers.)
The next speaker, Mr. GEORGE HENRY HORSFALL,
said : It happens, unfortunately, that my brother, who has
been named as a candidate, is absent on the continent,
and consequently cannot attend here this evening. Means
have been taken during the day to communicate with him,
and it is just possible, in the course of to-morrow, we may
have an answer from him, stating when he may be here.
The accusation which has been brought acainst you,
against me, and against almost every respectable Tory in
the town, is as false as it is possible for any statement to
have been on the face of the earth. (Cheers.) I think
myself it is very questionable whether, in a court of
law, the gentlemen who have put forward the names of
their fellow-townsmen as parties who were guilty of
bribery, and also the names of their fellow townsmen who
were bribed, are not themselves liable to a prosecution in
a court of law. (Hear, hear.) And I say publicly, on my
own behalf, if I find, on taking legal advice, such a step
would be attended with any good results, I for one am
prepared to spend a considerable amount to punish those
gentlemen—(great cheering)—for what I say was a gross
insult to you, a gross insult to me ; and they have done
under the protection, or what they conceived the protec-
tion, of a petition to the House of Commons, that which as
men and gentlemen they dared not to have done. (Con-
tinued cheering.) He then alluded to the fact that it was
something like twelve months since they embarked in the
election which had now so unfortunately terminated.
They commenced it from that window, he believed. He
next advised the electors to show the country " what the
petition against the late return was—that the late election
was then fairly and honourably won, and the election now
shall be fairly and honestly won by a larger majority than
it was on the previous occasion. Ido not speak to one
or the other; but I shall feel disgraced as a freeman if
you do not return your men with a still larger majority
than before." But the greatest possible caution should be
used. The enemy's spies are in the camp; and there are
parties amongst us to lay hold of the slightest flaw.
(Hisses.) They will not scruple to avail themselves of
any practice which they think will contribute to their own
success. They will be on the watch for us, and we must
be careful not to commit ourselves in any way, for, as I
said before, there is no use winning elections in Liverpool
to have them overthrown in London.

Mr. JOHN RIIIIIER proposed, and Mr. JEFFREYS
seconded, a resolution pledging the meeting to support
Messrs. Liddell and Horsfall.
This was unanimously carried.
Mr. CALLza then submitted the resolution—" That this
meeting cannot separate without expressing their deep
regret that so paltry and miserable a case as that which
Messrs. Rathbone, jun., and Ronald have brought before
the House of Commons should have severed the connec.
tion of William Forbes Mackenzie and Charles Turner,
Esqrs., with us as members of Parliament for the borough
of Liverpool."

Mr. LAWRENCE PEEL energetically supported the
motion, which, like the preceding one, was adopted with
enthusiasm.

Arr. RIGBY then proposed a vote of thanks to the late
members, which was seconded by Mr. A.RTHURHENDER-
soN, and adopted ; and after a vote of thanks to the chair-
man, and three cheers for Mr. T. B. Horsfall, the meeting
dispersed.