The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-14 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL

THE POSTAGE on letters to and from Canton, Shanghai,
and all parts of China, has been reduced to 6d. per letter.
A LADY advertises in The Times for the address of
another lady, with whom she was at school more,than
twenty years ago, that she may return to her old school-
fellow the half-crown which she stole from the school-
room, the sin of which burthens her conscience.
POPULARITY.—The Emperor and Empress of the
French have been in such danger of being smothered with
flowers and petitions when they ride abroad, that the
prefect of police has been compelled to issue a proclama-
tion against throwing bouquets and letters into the im-
perial carriages, but every facility is to be afforded for
bringing petitions under the eye of the Emperor.
DANGER OF ASSAULTING A GITOST.—MT. Nicholson, a
chemist's assistant at Norwich, was walking at Rackheath,
on a moonlight night, when he met Mrs. Ives, a resident
in the neighbourhood, and who was walking near her own
house. Mrs. Ives was dressed in white, with her shawl
over her head ; and Mr. Nicholson, startled by such an
apparition in the moonlight, and thinking it was a boy
playing a trick, forthwith administered a severe thrashing
to the lady with a stick. On being summoned before the
magistrates next day he was allowed to compound with
Mts.. Ives for his rashness. _

TLIE first meeting of the Town Council, as constituted
by the elections of the preceding week, was held on
Thursday last, the chair being occupied by John Buck
Lloyd, Esci., the retiring Mayor. The attendance of mem-
bers was very large.

ELECTION OF MAYOR.
Mr. Alderman J. H. TURNER—after the usual intima-
tion, had been made by his Worship the Mayor as to the
statutory necessity for electing a gentleman to fill the
office of Mayor for the ensuing year—in a speech of some
length proposed that Mr. John Stewart be elected to serve
the office of Mayor. In doing so, he remarked that it was
of the greatest importance in the present instance to have
a' gentleman occupying the position of Chief Magistrate
who, in addition to the other qualifications considered
requisite, should be fully cognisant of the whole processes
involved in the consideration of the question of the Town
Dues. This was the more necessary, as there could not be
any doubt that, immediately on the meeting of Parlia-
ment, a report would be submitted to it by the commis-
sioners who sat here in course of the present year,
recommending the transfer of those dues into other hands,
thereby depriving the Corporation of Liverpool of a large
annual revenue, to which they are as equitably entitled
as any nobleman or gentleman in the kingdom to the
income derived from his estates. To counteract the effects
of such a report, it was desirable that the Corporation
should be presided over by a Mayor who, by his age, long
connexion with the town, experience, and peculiar know-
ledge of the value of property, should be able to give the
most advantageous assistance in bringing this important
matter to a satisfactory issue. He concluded by moving
that Mr. Stewart be elected Mayor for the ensuing year.
Mr. Holz:fur seconded the nomination, and in doing so
passed a high encomium on the services Mr. Stewart had
rendered to the Corporation for many years.
Mr. THOMAS LITTLEDILE said it afforded him the
greatest satisfaction to propose Mr. James Aspinall Tobin
to fill the office of Mayor for the coming year. The family
of Mr. Tobin, he said, had long been connected with one
of the most important trades in this town, and the very
high position which they had always occupied, he (Mr.
Littledale) was sure, would justify him in proposing this
appointment. As to Mr. Tobin's own personal qualifica-
tions, the zeal he had displayed on the various committees,
and the ability with which he had conducted the affairsuf
the watch committee, pointed him out as peculiarly well
qualified to fill the office ; and he (Mr. Littledale) was
glad that the sentiment he had just expressed was coin-
cided in by the gentlemen who had proposed Mr. Stewart.
He thought Mr. Tobin would bring to bear upon the
particular question, which had been referred to, great
ability and zeal, and his habits of business were so great
that, before long, he would be as well acquainted with the
details of that question as any other gentleman. (Hear,
hear.) .

A PARLIAMENTARY BLUE Booic has been printed,
containing reports on education in the parochial Unions
of England and Wales. Of children under sixteen, the
number of in-door last year was 45,431; out-door, 258,747:
REMOVAL OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REMAINS,—
The coffin of the deceased warrior has been removed from
the centre of St. Paul's Cathedral to a position which is in
the middle of a square chamber about forty feet to the east ;
in this compartment of the crypt no interment had pre-
viously taken place. The resting-place of the Duke will,
thus form a centre round which other soldiers may be
most honourably placed. The tomb, which has been de-
signed by Mr. Penrose, will be executed in black marble
and red polished granite. The coffin rests in the centre of
the stone, about three feet from the ground.—lllustrated
London News.
ALMA AND ALDUERA. : COMPARATIVE SLAUGHTER.—
The battle on the Alma has been treated as an almost
unexampled instance of frightful carnage in so short a
space of time. The slaughter was greater at Albuera ;
and here is the proof. At that memorable conflict, which
lasted under four hours, there were 32 British officers
killed, and 165 wounded. The rank and file and non-
commissioned officers killed were 854 in number, and
there were 2,467 wounded. The Portuguese regiments.
had 2 officers killed and 16 wounded, and 100 soldiers
killed and 243 wounded total killed and wounded 3,781,
about double the number of the Alma casualties. Besides
these, about 500 men were taken prisoners.—United Ser-
vice Gazette.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—An abstract of the.
agricultural statistics of Ireland for the year 1854 has
just been completed, and issued by order of the govern-
ment. From this return it appears that in the total
quantity of land under cultivation in Ireland there has
been this year the large decrease of 128,575 acres, as com-
pared with the year 1853, owing to the great extent of
land which the proprietors have been recently converting
into pasture. There has, nevertheless, heen an increase
in the breadth of land under the important crops of wheat
and potatoes, the falling-off being in that devoted to oats,
barley, turnips, flax, &c.
SAVINGS BANKS.—From a Parliamentary return just
printed it appears that there are 480 savings banks in
England and Wales, which are managed by 517 unpaid
and 955 paid officers, at an annual expense of £25,478 14s.
2d. The number of accounts open is 1,068,994, and the
total amount owing to depositors £29,467,831 15s. 11d., of
which £29,292,211 11s. sd. is invested with the Commis-
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. The
numberof savings-banks in Scotland is 45, in Ireland 51. In
the Scotch banks there are 116,113 accounts open, amount-
ing to £1,837,103115. Bd., and in the Irish banks there are
34,470 accounts open, amounting to £1,587,448115. 6d. In
England the number of receipts from depositors in the year
endin gN0v.20,1853, was 1,093,780, and the average amount
of receipts from depositors £sl6s. 9d. ; in Scotland the an-
nualnumberof receipts wa5219,546, and the average amount
£3 7s. Id.; in Ireland the number of receipts was 89,060,
and the average amount £6 Os. 9d. The English banks
made in the same year 628,238 payments to depositors,
averaging £ll 10s. 10d. in amount ; the Scotch banks
made 128,694 payments, averaging £4 10s. 7d. in amount ;
and the Irish banks made 54,329 payments, averaging
£8 2s. Id. The interest paid to depositors is—in England
and Wales, £2 18s. 9d. per cent.; in Scotland, £2 17s. 9d. ;
and in Ireland, £2 16s. sd. There are two savings-banks
in the islands in the British seas, which have 12,953
accounts open, to the amount of £335,009 18s. 2d. ; the
interest paid is £3 per annum, and the number of receipts
from depositors in the year was 7,845, each averaging £7
6s. 7d. in amount—a higher average than in any other
part of the United Kingdom. The total number of savings-
banks in the united kingdom is 616, and the total amount
which they owe to depositors,. £33,227,394 4s. 3d,, dis-
tributed over 1,253, 685 accounts.
THE CZAR SELLING OUT.—A letter from Vienna, of
the 23rd, in the Hamburyh News, says :---" The fact of
Russian Bankers having lately made very extensive sales
in this market of Austrian securities has produced con-
siderable sensation. It is said that within the last few
days sales also took place at Amsterdam to the amount of
several millions, and similar ones were made on our
Bourse yesterday and the day before. There can be no
doubt of this being a political measure, for it is well
known that Austrian public securities are in favour in
Russia, and that the Imperial family have invested a
great part of their fortune in the Austrian funds. About
a year ago several millions of Five per 'Cent. Metallics
were purchased for the account of the Grand Dukes
Constantine and Michael, and for that of a Grand Duchess
of the Imperial family." -
TOBACCO RIOT AT CAMBRIDGB.-011 Friday week a
gentleman essayed to give a lecture against the use of
tobacco in the Town-hall, at Cambridge. The room was
crammed long before he commenced, most of those present
being gownsmen, provided with pipes and cigars, and with
their pockets the depositories of squibs, crackers, and fire-
works of various description. The lecturer had not pro-
ceeded far when he was interrupted by cries, " Three
cheers for Sir Walter Raleigh," and, becoming angered at
last with the increasing disorder, he somewhat injudi-
ciously said that he had expected, on coming to a univer-
sity town, to address gentlemen, and not a lot of black-
guards. After this the noise and confusion rendered
hearing what he said out of the question. Pipes and
cigars were set alight in all directions, and a number of
persons who entered the gallery (which had been closed
to the undergraduates) were saluted with a shower of
squibs and crackers. The tumult and disorder became so
great that the mayor was sent for, and, after repeated and
ineffectual attempts to gain a hearing, he declared the
meeting dissolved. The lecturer then, retired into the
aldermen's parlour. In the mean time the gownsmen
stormed the platform, and _ proposed an amendment,
"That tobacco was anything but pernicious." The tumult
was at its height when an undergraduate got in an alter-
cation with the police and struck the officer. The police
then laid about them with their staves, and made several
prisoners, whom they lodged in the old session-room just
as the Rev. Mr. Edleston, of Trinity College, the senior
proctor, arrived. • On the arrival of Mr. Edleston, the
prisoners capitulated, and, having given their names and
colleges, were allowed to proceed to the latter in anything
but an enviable plight.

EXPLOSION OF THE SUNKEN VESSELS AT SEBASTOPOL
—Thirteen large iron cylinders, each 12 feet long by 4 feet
in diameter, have been received at Woolwich, from Man-
chester, to be put on board the Robert Lowe, transpOrt
steam vessel, for conveyance to Sebastopol, where they are
to be employed in blowing up the sunken ships-of-war at
the mouth of the harbour of that fortification. The cylin-
ders are of the same size as the two that were employed in
blowing up the Royal George, sunk at Portsmouth, and
each will contain a charge of one thousand pounds of
powder. Twenty-four cylinders in all have been ordered
to be made, and forwarded immediately to the Black Sea.
Some idea may be formed of the strength of the cylinders
when it is stated that the weight of each is upwards of 2i
tons when empty. The powder is to be ignited by means
of voltaic electricity. Messrs. Rigby, the contractors for
the Government harbour at Holyhead, have been applied
to for a superintendent of the blasting operations intended
against the sunken ships at Sebastopol. One of their
employ4s, who has been accustomed for a period of two or
three years to insure the most accurate effects in ex-
ploding large masses of rocks at Holyhead, has been
engaged by the Admiralty to proceed at once to the
Crimea on that service.
TAE PATRIOTIC FUND —1798. The year 1798 was
the period, it will be remembered, when, under the leader-
ship of Brissot, Camille Desmoulins, and the Gironde, a
universal crusade was being preached against all the
governments in Europe. The funds had fallen in
February to 49 and a fraction. The Directory had just
dictated the treaty of Campo Formio. The sovereignty
of the people had been declared in all the country
between the Meuse, the Rhine, and the Moselle, and the
eternal banishment of their Sovereigns asserted in a for-
mal proclamation by the French government. The real
intention of this was rendered very clear by the propo-
sitions of the French plenipotentiaries at the congress of
Rastadt, who demanded that the limits of France be
extended to the Rhine. It was in this state that England,
with William Pitt at the helm, came forward manfully to
confront the rising fortunes of young Bonaparte, then only
a member of the Directory. The spirit of the people rose
with the importance of the occasion, and the threats of
invasion only stimulated the country to redoubled exer-
tions. The governor and company of the Bank of England
headed a voluntary contribution to the revenue with a
subscription of two hundred thousand pounds. " The
house of Peele (sic) and Co., at Manchester," we are told
" has subscribed £45,000 towards carrying on the war."
The Marquis of Buckingham gave £lO,OOO a year so long
as the war lasted. Robert Peele, Esq., of Manchester, for
himself and partners, gave £10,000; the Duke of Queens-
berry, £5,000 ; the Marquis of Stafford, £6,000; the
inhabitants of Patrixbourne, near Canterbury, £lO5. That
was what our fathers did, as we, find the unvarnished tale
in the columns of the St. James's Chronicle for 1798.
THE -ARCTIC SEARCH.—The San Francisco Herald, of
Sept. 30th, contains the gratifying intelligence that H.M.S.
Rattlesnake had arrived there with news that the missing
ship Enterprise, Capt. Collinson, which left England
to assist in the search of Sir John Franklin, was quite
safe, and her officers and crew in excellent health. Only
three deaths had occurred :—May 16,1853, Wm. Driver;
ship's cook ; November 24, 1853, William Greenaway;
able seaman ; June 29, 1854, Wm. Cheeseman, private
marine. The Enterprise went into the Arctic in the sum.
mer of 1851, and passed through thqprince of Wales
Straits, but finding the ice impracticable for her advance
she passed the winter of 1851-52 in latitude 71 deg. 35
min. N., longitude 117 deg. 35 min. W. After making
every exertion to obtain the object of their voyage, the
winter of 1852-53 was passed in Cambridge Bay, Wollas-
ton Land, 69 deg. N., 105 deg. 30 min. W. Still proceed-
ing on her voyage, the winter of 1853-54, found her in
Camden Bay, 70 deg. 8 min. N., 145 deg• 30 min. W. The
ice released the vessel July 15;1854, when she commenced
her return passage, but did not reach Point Clarence until
August 21st, when, finding the Plover had gone in search
of her, started on the 22nd to overtake the Plover, and
recall her, which, duly performed, she would immediately
proceed to Hongkong, and the Plover to Valparaiso, where
the latter would meet the Rattlesnake. No information
was obtained of the NW of Sir John Franklin. The En-
terprise found traces of the Investigatois passage in
many places, and went within 90 miles, of Winter Har-
bour ; but not being able to proceed further, on account
of the ice, went np Wollaston Strait,. avid there fell in
With tram of DTI ligeo narcheo,

FIN Nc

Mr. Alderman TOULMIN, in seconding the nomination
of Mr. Tobin, said, if independence of character, talent,
integrity, and sterling honesty of conduct were qualifica-
tions for the office of Mayor, there was no one more
distinguished than Mr. Tobin. (Hear, hear.) He had
great pleasure in seconding Mr. Tobin's nomination. He
must express his surprise at what fell from Mr. Hornby,
when he said that every member of the finance committee
would testify to the value of Mr. John Stew art's services.
There was the Newsham House Estate, which had cost the
Corporation a large sum of money that was lying idle, and
when any one attempted to bring forward the subject of
appropriating that estate, they found Mr. Stewart op-
posing it.
Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, in a long speech, sup-
ported the claims of Mr. Stewart, giving, however, a very
decided preference to those of Mr. Holt over those pos-
sessed or claimed by the friends of Mr. Stewart for that
gentleman. In the course of his observations, Mr. Glad-
stone referred pointedly to an alleged out-of-door influ-
ence which he insinuated had been brought to bear on
members of the council, inducing them to support the
pretensions of Mr. Tobin. In eulogising Mr. Holt, Mr.
Gladstone denounced what he called the bigotry and into-
lerance of a motley group, favourable not only to retro-
gression, but to the exercise of the most palpable and
cruel oppression.
Mr. Alderman PARKER said he hoped the Council
would calm down, after the eloquent speech which had
been addressed to them by Mr. Gladstone, before coming
to a decision on this subject. In order to aid this, he
begged to remind them of a few facts. Mr. Gladstone
told us that Mr. Tobin and his friends ought not to be
guided by party feeling in the selection of a gentleman to
fill the office of Mayor ; but the honourable gentleman
forgot the :advice he gave very recently, in a letter ad-
dressed to the electors of Abercromby Ward, " between a
Liberal and Conservative, choose a Liberal, or what have we
been fighting for so long ?" Mr. Gladstone had referred to
the principles of the Municipal Reform Bill, and alluded
to the Church party, who for so long a time had kept Mr.
G. Holt from the honours of the. civic chair. He (Mr.
Alderman Parker) could recollect the year 1836, when
the Municipal Reform Act first came into operation, and
was a canvasser on Protestant principles, when, out of
sixty-four members, the party with which he acted could
only return two. Why, he might ask, had not the Radical
faction, which, at that time was so triumphant, kept its
power in the Council Chamber ?He would . tell—it was
because the people of Liverpool had•weighed them in the
balance, and found them wanting; and now, instead of
two Conservatives, the Council contained upwards of forty.
He (Mr. Parker) had a high opinion Of Mr. Stewart; but
he thought that that gentleman would do his duty as well
in his capacity of member of • the Finance Committee as
he would in that of Chief Magistrate of the borough of
Liverpool, and, therefore, the argument of Mr. Gladstone,
that they would lose his services, was worth nothing.
Age was talked of as an objection to Mr. Tobin's election.
Age was not talked of when Mr. Littledale was brought
forward as a candidate for the office. The same influence
was then brought forward to support youth as was now
given in support of age. He rose as a supporter of Mr.
Aspinall Tobin, and he should give his vote for him, he
hoped, as consistently as any one else.
Some further discussion, of a character little important
to the public, ensued, in the course of which remarks were
made by Mr. Moss, Mr. AvrsoN, and Mr. WOODRUFF ;
after which,
The TOWN-CLERK having been appealed to, said he was
of opinion that Mr. Tobin!s qualification could not be dis-
puted, he being a member of the council for twelve months
previous to his election. If, he had not been qualified
when elected a member of the council, it might have been
tried in the Court of Queen's Bench within twelve
months, but not afterwards. This case had been raised
and decided in the case of the Mayor of Carlisle.
The votes were then taken, and Mr. Tobin was declared
to be elected by a majority of 31 to' 28.
Fox MR. TOBlN.—Conricillors Anderson, Crosthwaite,
Moss, W. Nicholson, Godfrey, Holden, ',Muffle, Tyrer, C.
Turner, Littledale, Jeffreys, J. Gladstone, WoOd, A. Shand,
Wagstaff, Fleming, J. Nicholson, Kitchen, Henderson,
Clint, Beckwith, Horsfall, Robertson, Hall; Aldermen
Bennett, Bold, Parker, Cooper, F. Shand, Toulmin ; the
Mayor.
Fox MR. STEWART.—Councillors Mellor, Bigham,
Woodruff, A. Stewart, Bradley, Avison, Holt, Hornby,
Fernihough, J. Holme, Banner, Mann, Brancker, R.
Gladstone, Earle, Tinne, Picton, Johnson, Hodson, Hal-
head, Gregson • Aldermen Langsdale, Preston, Dover,
Robinson, J. Turner, Bramley'-Moore, Bent.
The result of the division was loudly greeted by the
majority.
The newly-elected Mayor was then introduced by Mr.
Thomas Littledale and Mr. Toulmin, and was loudly ap-
plauded. He was immediately conducted to the Mayor's
chair, where the retiring Mayor met him, shook him
warmly by the hand, and said—" I have to announce to
you, Mr. Tobin, that the Council has elected you Mayor
for the ensuing year."
The usual oaths were then administered to the new
Mayor, after which he took his seat.
The MAYOR, after a short pause, rose and said,—
Gentlemen, I beg to express to you my sincere thanks for
the honour you have conferred upon me in electing me to
preside over you. In accepting this office, believe me I
am not unmindful of the difficulties and responsibility
which are attached to it, and more especially do I feel
that, inasmuch as I succeed: geVlumen w.ho have been in
an eminent degree qualified to perform those duties. But
I know this council sufficiently well to feel assured, the
more it is needed the- more they will grant me their
indulgence. (Cries of "Hear, hear.") It will be my
endeavour to act with that impartiality which has charac-
terised my predecessors, but at the same time I am well
aware, without the kind consideration and cordial support
of this council, it will be impossible for me to conduct
your deliberations with that dignity and that firmness
which are befitting the 'meetings of the council of the first
commercial city in the world. (Hear, hear.) I will only
further add, gentlemen, that it will be my constant study
and earnest desire never to allow any bias or partiality, or
political or personal feeling, to influence me in the dis-
charge of those duties which you have entrusted to me,
and which I have undertaken to perform. I shall ever
remember that, in the office I now hold, I am the represen-
tative, not of any sect or sections,—(hear, hear) —but I
have been elected by you as the Mayor of Liverpool; and
as I may succeed in this my intention, can I alone hope
to retain that good opinion which you have this day mani-
fested. (Hear, hear.) In accordance, gentlemen, with the
usual custom, allow me to remind you it is my intention
to attend Divine Service at St. Peter's church on Sunday
next, and I shall esteem it an honour if as many of the
members of the council and their friends as can conve-
niently attend will accompany me on that occasion.
(Applause.)
On the motion of Mr. HORNBY, the sum of £2,000 was
voted as the Mayor's salary for the ensuing year.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—The minutes and proceedings of
the Dock Committee were confirmed.
The quarterly meetings of the council were fixed for the
first Wednesdays of February, May, and August.
The annual officers of the Corporation were then re-
appointed at the same salaries and allowances which they
had previously received.
In reference to the appointment of committees, a pro-
tracted discussion took place, in the course of which Mr.
TINNE moved, "That the continuance of the several com-
mittees this day appointed be limited to the quarterly
meeting of the council in February, and that a special
committee be now appointed to consider and report in the
meantime on the duties devolving on the several com-
mittees of the council, and whether the number thereof
may not be diminished, and such duties amalgamated,
with advantage to the public business, and relieve the
members of the council by a more equal distribution of
the labour amongst them," which on a vote was negatived
by a majority of 34 to 16.

OMMITTER.—Mr. HORNBT moved that the
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following gentlemen be appointed.—ti. riornuy,.mr3q.,utitur-
mau ; J. Stewart, Esq.,deputy-chairman ; J. Laurence, John
Bramley-Moore; JaMes Parker, John H: Turner, Joseph
Cooper, James Tyrer, Thomas Toulmiu, William Preston,
John C. Fernihough, Sir John Bent, Samuel Holme,
Thomas Dover, Samuel L. Mellor, and John Buck Lloyd,
Esqrs., which was carried.
Mr. W. EA.ILLE, in reference to his proposal for filling
up George's Dock Basin, after presenting a memorial
from a meeting recently
.held in the Clarendon-rooms,
moved " That it be. an instruction to the Town-clerk
so to frame the notice for the proposed improve-
ments and new street to the east of the boundary of the
dock property as to enable application to be made to Par-
liament for the necessary powers to form adequate, safe,
and permanent access for passengers and carriages between
the town and the present and proposed new Landing-stage,
eitb.er by filling up the Vrctgge'§ pocic Buhl, and on,