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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-20 00:00:00

It was to move a vote of thanks to the gentlemtnwho had at
this election so ably discharged the very arduous duties im-
posed upon him in consequence of the absence of the High
Sheriff. (Loud cheers.)

Mr. TO:LLEMACRE seconded the motion, anditwas unani-
mously adopted.

Mr. PROCTOR returned thanks. He felt exceedingly
obliged to the electors for this kind mark of their approbation
of his conduct during the election. However unworthy he
might be of the compliment, still he had the assurance within
himself, that he had acted according to the best of his judg-
ment, and that he had done all in his power to compensate
for the absence of the High Sheriff. (Cheers.)
The court was then declared dissolved, and the electors

separated.
In the afternoon about two hundred of the electors dined
together in the spacious assembly-room of the Albion Hotel,
in celebration of the triumph of conservative and constitu-
tional principles. Mr. Edwin Corbett, chairman of the cen-
tral committee, presided; at his right sat Sir Philip Egerton,
M.P., and at his left Mr. Tollemache, M.P., and Mr. G. C.
Legh,,M.P. Many excellent toasts were proposed and elo-
quent speeches delivered ; and after some hours' enjoyment
of " the feast of reason and the flow of soul," the company
separated.
The following is the state of the poll at the different polling
places throughout the division :
Egerton. Tollemache.' Wilbraham.
Chester 754 731
Malpas 313.. 288.. • 138
Sandbach 208 186 271
Nantwich
Northwich 619 - ....587 436
Malpas . 302 . 269 53
Birkenhead 405 402..

3110..
Majority for Egerton over Wilbraham 745
Majority for Tollemache over Wilbraham 669

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY

(From Saturday's Morning Herald.)

A special general meeting of the members of the above
society was held, yesterday, at Exeter Hall, to consider the
propriety of succeeding to a proposition of the Bishop of
London, with a view to bringing the society into immediate
connection with the established church, by enabling his
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and' the Bishop of
London to join the society.
In donsequence of some intimation to that effect having
been made at the last annual meeting, there was a very full
attendance of clergymen and others who take an interest in
the welfare of the society. Amongst those on the platform
were the Earl of Chichester, Lord Ashley, M.P., Lord
Teignmouth, Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, Rev. E. Bicker-
steth, Rev. J. Cunningham, Rev. T. Glynn, Rev. J. Rice,
Rev. Josiah Pratt, Messrs. Coates, Vores, &c.
The Earl of Chichester, as president of the society, on
taking the chair, said it would be recollected that, at the last
annual meeting, he had felt it is duty to advert to a propo-
sition made to him, as president of the Church Missionary
Society, the object of which was to bring that and another
body of nearly similar character—the society for the Pro-
pagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts—into direct and
immediate connection with the established church, of Great
Britain and Ireland. Having submitted the proposition to
the the committee, he had been authorised to confer with
the Bishop of London on a subject so interesting not only
to the society but to the church itself. In the several
interviews with which he had berm favoured not only
by the Bishop of London but by his Grace the Archbishop
of Canterbury, he could perceive nothing but the most can-
did, open, straightforward purpose, the direct object of his
grace and the right rev prelate being to raise the importance
and extend the usefulness of the two societies, by affording to
their operations the countenance, sanction, and support of the
spiritual heads of the church. After much anxious considera-
tion, the committee approved of the plan submitted by the
Bishop of London. The resolution suggested by the right rev.
prelate, resolved into a law of the society, was in these
words :

" That all questions relating to matters of ecclesiastical
order and discipline respecting which a difference shall arise
between any colonial bishop and any committees of the so-
ciety, shall be referred to the archbishops and bishops of the
united church of England and Ireland, whose decision there-
upon shall be final."
The committee, although assenting to the proposed rule, con-
ceiving that words so large and general might give alarm to
the friends of the society, deemed it essential to follow up
that resolution by a supplementary rule, which should re-
cognise, in their fullest extent, the practices and principles
by which the society had heretofore been conducted. It was
with that view they had agreed to add the following rule :
" The object of the rule being only to provide a mode of
settling questions relating to ecclesiastical order and disci-
pline, in which no provision has yet been made by the society,
it is not to be so construed as, in any other respect, to alter
the principles and practice of the society, as they are con-
tained in its laws and regulations, and explained in Appendix
11. to the 39th report."
The latter rule, continued the noble chairman, left the go-
vernment of the society untouched. It was, in effect, say-
ing, " We, the society, declare those to be the principles
upon which alone its operations are to be carried on."
Lord Ashley moved the Ist resolution, which, in addition
to the two branches read by the noble chairman, contained
the following addenda :
" The proposed reference shall be made to his grace the
primate, by the committee, accompanied by such explana-
tions and statements as the committee may deem advisable;
and the committee will be bound so to refer all questions
falling within the scope of the rule so understood as afore-
said, which the colonial bishop shall require them to refer."
" While all decisions of the bench of bishops upon ques-
tions so referred will be considered by the committee as bind-
ing upon them and their agents, or representatives, the colo-
nial bishops, or other ecclesiastical authorities, unless con-
curring in the reference, cannot properly be considered as so
bound."

The Rev. Josiah Pratt seconded the motion, which was

carried

Lord Teignmouth moved the next resolution, altering the
Ist, 2d, and 19th laws of the society, so as to enable the
Archbishop of Canterbury to take the office of v ice-patron,
and converting the present vice-patron into vice-president.
The Hon. and Rev. B. Noel seconded the motion, which
was unanimously adopted.
Thanks having been voted to the Bishop of London and
the Earl of Chichester, as president, the meeting separated.

It is rumoured that Lord Abinger is about to resign in fa-
vour of Sir Frederick Pollock, who is to be made Chief Baron
of the Exchequer. Mr. Cresswell will probably be Attorney-
General, upon the formation of the new administration.

The agents of the Earl of Carlisle have actually begun al-
ready to intimate that another election is at hand for the fa-
mily sheep-fold at Morpeth. Captain Howard is to make
way for the rejected of Yorkshire. Such is boroughmonger-
ing under a reformed parliament, and in the hands of profes-
sing liberals.
BRISTOL TEA SALE.—At public auction, this week, the
lowest break of Congou containing only twenty-four chests,
fetched 2s. W. The remainder of the Congous in the sale
were of a better description, and realised from 2s. 51d.
to 2s. 7d. ; Souchong, 2s. 64d. ; Flowery Pekoe, 3s. 8/d. ;
Twankap, 2s. 3d. to 2s. sd. ; Middling Hysons, 2s. 11d. to
3s. ld.; Imperial, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 4d.; and Gunpowders,
4s. Old. to 4s. 3d. Since the last sale, prices may be said to
have advanced full 6d. per lb., in consequence of the decrease
of the stock on hand in the country, and the uncertainty as
to teas being got out from Canton ; but we are happy to ob-
serve, that three vessels freighted with tea have been reported
into. Liverpool and London, and we trust these may be taken
as the earnest of a full supply.—Bristol Mirror, July 17.
Baron Campbell has sat altogether in the Irish Court of
Chancery about twenty hours. He retires, and on the death
of Lord Manners or Lord Plunket—the one in his 87th
year, and the other upwards of 76—receives 4,0001. a-year
pension, which, taking the average of human life, he will
enjoy for thirty years. Twenty hours, we believe, contain
1,200 minutes ; and 4,0001. a-year for thirty years will give
120,000/.—so that it requires not to be very deeply read in
Cocker to arrive at the conclusion that Baron Campbell will
receive, for the term of his natural life, just One Hundred
Pounds for every minute he has sat as out, Lord Chancellor I
that is, at the rate of 6,0001. per hour ! And besides this he
had a Peerage ! Lucky Baron Campbell say we !—Monitor.
CARLOW ELECTION.—I cherished the hope that this con-
test would have passed over without the spilling of any hu-
man blood, and that no crime would have stained the annals
of this county, but I grieve to record an event which reflects
discredit and dishonour on the radical faction. Last night a
man named Dwyer, who lives at Borris, was returning from
Carlow, where in the course of the day he had voted for Bun-
bury and Bruen, when a band of sanguinary miscreants at-
attacked him, and beat him so severely that he died this
morning in the most dreadful agony, leaving a wife and family
to starve. It appeared that the radicals had him locked up
in Kilkenny, with other kidnapped freeholders, previous to
this election, to secure his vote for themselves ; but when
the unfortunate man came up to the poll he paused for a time
before he declared in whose favour he would vote ; but sub-
sequently said he would cleanse his conscience, and accord-
ingly voted for Bruen and Bunbury. A thrill of disappoint-
ment ran through the ranks of his oppressors, and that night
he was murdered. There is really something horrible in this
transaction, at which humanity shudders and Christianity re-
coils. Unfortunately for this poor victim, the military or po-
lice were not upon the road, else his assassins would not have
escaped unknown. " Dead men tell no tales," was the
maxim they acted upon, and they deprived of existence at
midnight and when alone. —Correspondent of the Times.

REMOVAL OF A MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATE.—In our
last number we gave a report of the proceedings at a
meeting of Middlesex Magistrates. in consequence of the
removal of Mr. Moreton Dyer from the Commission of the
Peace, together with the principal portion of the published
evidence on which the necessity for his removal was founded.
Mr. Dyer has since considered it necessary to publish his
own statement of the case, together with a letter of expla-
nation forwarded by him to the Marquis of Normanby.
In this letter Mr. toyer admits that he had entertained the
idea of effecting the liberation of Mr. Medhurst, and had
several conversations with him on the subject, but says that
he only did so from a feeling of sympathy for his position.
Mr. Dyer states that the prisoner had earnestly requested
him to take some steps to effect this object, at the same
time expressing, in very strong terms, his grief and wretch-
edness at his continued imprisonment, as well as his con-
viction that its prolongation would affect his mind and
put an end to his existence. He adds, that feeling desirous
to procure, if possible, a remission of his sentence, he had
seriously thought over the case, and was induced to suppose
that Mr. Medhurst, by offering a large sum of money to a
national charity, might lessen the adverse feeling of the
public towards him—that it might be deemed a propitia-
tion in his favour, as well as a circumstance calculated
to induce an extension of mercy towards him, if such an
offering were spontaneously made by the prisoner and his
family ; and that be had, consequently, at a subsequent
interview, detailed to Mr. Medhurst the plan by which he
hoped to effect his liberation. Mr. Dyer concludes by
saying that he is now fully sensible of the error
into which he bad been led, and he sincerely deplores
that even a feeling of commiseration should have induced
him to interfere with respect to the punishment of the pri-
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