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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . ADJOURNMENT OF THE MICHAELMAS SESSIONS FOB THE TRIAL OF FELONS , Ac NOTI CE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that tha Michaelxas General Quarter Sessions of the Peacb for the West Riding of tbe County of York , will be holden by Adjournment , at Bradford , on Mondoy , the Fourth Day of December next , at Half-past Ten o'clock in the Forenoon ;—and by further Adjournment from thence will be holden at Sheffield , on Thursday , ihe Seventh Day of ih « same Month of December next , at Half-past Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon , for the TRIAL OF FELONS AND PERSONS INDICTED FOR MISDEMEANORS , when all Jurors , Suitors , Persons who stand upon Recognizance , and others having business at the said Sessions , are required to attend the Court . Prosecutors and Witnesses in cases of Felony and Misdemeanor from the Wapontakes of Staincliffe and Ewecross , Claro , the Ainsty , Agbrigg and Morky , Skyrack and Baikitonash , must attend the Sessions at Bradford ; aud those from the Wapontakes of Strafforth and TickhiU , Osgoldcross and Staincross , beiBgthe remainder of the West Riding , must attend at the Sessions at Sheffield . C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of the Peace ' s Office , Wakcfield . 16 th November , 1843 .
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Haslbt . —A meeting of ihe Chartists of the above place was balden on Monday evening last , » t Mr . Jeremiah Yates ' s Temperance Hotel , when nearly 100 enrolled themselves under the New Plan of Organisation- A Council has been formedj and all who are desinras -ot taking cards of membership , may do so by applying at Jeremiah Yate ' s , Temperance Hotel , Mile ' s-bank , Shelton , where meetings are holden every Monday evening , at BeTen o ' clock , for carrying oat the objects of onr body . Oldhax . —On Snnday last , the Her . W . T . Jack--r > n , preached & sermon on Chartism , in the Chartist Boom , Greaves-street , to an overflowing audience , which gave general satisfaction .
Hu > ts Bibihday . —On Monday , November the 6 th , a goodly number of the staunch friends of Freedom , admirers of the late Henry Himt , Esq ., M . P , for Preston , met ai the honse of Mr . J . Crowther , Temperaa ©* Coffee House , Greaves-Btreet , to celebrate and commemorate the aaniversary of the immortal Henry Hunt , by partaking of a substantial supper of old English fare , consisting of eoodxost beef , &c . After the cloth was removed , Mi . J . iirimshaw was called to the chair when . the usual democratic toasts were given and ably responded to .
Us Tuesdat Etekisg last , a general meeting of $ he members enrolled under the New Plan of Organization , met in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , when the fallowing persona were nominated to serre as conncil men , namely : —Mr . Samuel Yardley , shoemaker , Greaves-street , President ; Mr . J . M Donald , loom-jobber , Hill ; Mr . Tohn Taylor , dresser , Bathbani ; Mr . John Unsworth , Twiner , ButUer-Btreet ; Ifcr . Robert Bell , shoemaker , Lord-street ; Mr . Richard Greenhalgh , dresser , Stampstone ; Mr . Leonard Hestop , hat manufacturer , Manonesterftreet , snb-Treasurer j Mr . William , Hamer , school master , Lower-moor , sab-Secretary .
Manchester . —The Juvenile Chartists of Manchester celebrated the -birth of that illustrions patriot , Henry Hunt , Esq ., by a public . snpper in their room , Brown-street , Manchester , on Monday evening last . Cabpektebs Baix . —On Snnday evening , a lecture wa 3 delivered , in the above Hall , by that truly *] oqneni and ialented advocate of -democratic principles , Mr . G . IXojd& t of . Liverpool . The room was crowded in every part . STOCKPORT . —On Sunday , Nov . 5 th , a discussion Vib held in the YeutliB' Ante-Room , < Jurnet-streetj on the following subject : —" Will a repeal of the Corn Laws be of any benefit to the great body of the people V The discussion was adjourned to Wednesday , the S £ h instant .
IiONDOX . —GOLDES ITOS , T > E ± y STREET , SOHO . —3 ar . H'Giath leetnred in tois locality on Snnday last . After the lecture , several questions were put to him , ¦ srbicn be answered to tns s&tisfoction of aO . Mi . Claite , of Stockpert , yBI lecture on Sunday evening nest , at eight o ' clock . Losdos . —Mr . Wheeler lectured to a large audience on Sunday evening at Circus-street , Marylebone . Mb . Class lectured on Sunday evening , at Mr . Drakes' , Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , to a crowded SAidiencs . Several members were enrolled .
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Sxs . rroBDSHiSB Misers . —At a delegate meeting , held in the Potieriss last ¦ wetk , the following sums ¦ were paid into the TMstrict Fnnd : —Code , Foley-lane-Esd , £ i Is 4 d ; Small Thorn , 7 s 5 ^ dj Bajlefs Xodge , Bnralem , £ 1 Ss Id ; Plough Inn , Hanley , £ 1 is 2 d ; Sneyd Green , 8 s 3 d ; Black Lion , Burslem , 5 s 9 ^ d ; Prince Albert , Tunstall , 6 s 10 d ; Grown anfl Anchor , Tnnsfcfll , 15 s 43 ; Bradley Gh * d , 133 2 d ; Old Oak , Cheadle , 14 i lOd ; Engsley , 13 s 6 d ; CheBterton , 11 b 43 ; Knntton Heath , 19 s lid ; Norton , 6 « 8 d ; Harris-a-Hesd , lls 2 d ; Alsager ' s ' Bank , £ 1 3 s 10 d ; Audley , 5 s lOd ; Talk * eth Hffl , 10 a 6 i—Total , £ 15 7 s 2 id .
The following stuns irere pud in tor the Cumberland men : —Code Foley-lane-End , £ 2 4 s 6 tl ; Small Thorn , 3 s lid ; JBayiey 3 * Lodge , Burslem , 19 s 2 d ; Plough Inn , Hanley , £ 1 15 s 7 Ad ; Sneyd Green , 14 b 7 ii ; Black Lion , Burslem , 3 s . 9 ^ d ; Prince Albert , Tnnatkn , 17 a 9 d ; Grown an 5 Anchor , Tonstall , £ 1 S 3 5 ^ d- —Total , £ 8 7 a lOd . Soitxh Staffordshire . —A public meeting of Miners was held at the Castle Inn , Darluton , Nov . 8 . Several resolutions were adopted , which were ably spoken to by Messrs . Wilde , from Waksfield ; Pyle , from Newcastle , and several other speakers . . Coatjbridgb—A General meeriiig of part of . the Co&lbridge District tu held in the Cemet Inn hail , w&lch was addressed by Messrs . Chmghan and Embletos , at . great length . At the close of the meeting a great number enrolled themselves members of the Miners Union .
Messrs . Hoijjgate xsj ) Toft lectured last Treek at the following places \ pith got > 3 roccess—Not . 63 i , BaOey j Nov . 7 thj Heck » ondwike ; 2 fov . 5 th , C&nnrea ; ? f ov . sa , Giiaersome ; If or . 10 th , Adwaltcs-Whitehaves , Nov . 11 , 1 S 43—Mr . John Hunter , t * ent for the "Miners Association , addressed a * very numerous and spirited meeting here , and reed several paragraphs from the JSorthern Star . A vote of thanks trere given t » the proprietor and editor for their generous insertion of the proceedings of the Miners of Great Britain and Ireland . A vote of thanks was given to the mechanics of Whiteh&ven , for the liberal support they have rendered to the Miners in their Btmzgla .
A Delegate mbetisg was hoiden at Adwalton on Saturday last , when the following sums were paid in : — Halifax 9 a 6 d ; Four Lane Ends 7 s ; Bradford Moor 163 : Birkinshaw 12 s 3 d ; Beeston 7 a 4 d ; Leeds 6 s ; Tbwaite Gite S 3 6 d ; Bamaley 12 s 5 | d ; Osaett Ctomeoes 7 s ; Bowling 183 6 d ; Cliffon 17 s ; Staincliff 4 s O ^ d ; B ^ ckmondwike 5 s . —ilr . Joseph Westmoreland was appointed General Treasurer , and Mr . Stephen Taylor , General Secretary for the district A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Davis for his services in the district All communications are to be addressed to Mr . Joseph " Westmoreland , Shaw Field , BotinreU . Fai-kibs . —Mr . W . Darnells addressel the colliers of this district , in the Long Boom of Mr . Adams ' s Ternpeisata Hotel , on Sa > torday last ill . I > . ezplakted the business transacted by ihe lats Miners' Conference , "which gave general s&Qsfastioii ,
Nobth STArroBDSHiBE . —A public meenng was held at the Grown Bank , "Hsnley , November 13 th , of the miners of this district ; Mr . Joseph B 3 II was unanimously called to the chair , when resolutions approiatory of the proceedings of the Miners' inference , and in favonr of a reduction of the hours of labour , were agreed to . Messrs . Swallow , Lomaz , and several other speakers addressed the meeting . A CELEGAIB meeting was held the same day at the Plongh Inn , Hanley , when it was resolved to solicit the employers to reduce the hours of labour to ten daily . 2 fEWCASTLE-OU-TTS £ . —TO AIL DlSTBICT SECRStasies or tbe M . ETKBS * AssociA-Tios . — Too are Icflaatfeii to forward £ 0 the General Secretary , yonx ¦ proper n ^ difag . Likewise one penny per member for all paying members in the Association . Both must be E&nt to the General Board on or before the 25 th of this month- Tours , in the cause of Freedom , John Hall , General ; Secretary to the Miners' Association of Great Britain snd Ireland .
Rochdalk . —A . public meeting of the miners of Bochdale and its vicinity will be held in the open air 02 Crackey Shaw , on Monday , the 27 th inst , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . Messrs . Birrill and Bennett ¦ will address the meeting . Mr .. Wm . Dixon , of Manchester , is also invited to attend . Mr . Williau Holdgatb wiil lecture next week at the following places—Monday , Nov . 20 th , Bradford Moor ; Nov . 21 st , Pour Lane Ends ; Nov . 22 nd , Bowling ; Nov . 23 rd , Denham ; Nov . 24 th , Hauley . C 0 AX 5 >' ArGHT 0 S . Mr . Daniefla addressed the ftT = T \ PT < of this place , on Tuesday evening .
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Sr ^ DEELASD . —Mr . Thomas Dickinson will lecture in the Chartist Room , on Snnday ( to-morrow ) morning , at ten o ' clock ; and in the evening aJ seven , in ihe same place . Lorrooa . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , a meeting of the members of the Weavers' locality will be holden at the Weavers' Arms , Pelham-street , Brick-lane , SpiiaiSelds . Chair to be taken at half-past eight o'clock . N . B . —A Chartist Burial Club is held here erery Saturday morning . The Execuuvb will be in attendance at the hour of ifciee , precisely , on Sunday afternoon -next , Ihe 19 : h iait ^ at tbe City of London Institute , Turnagain-lane , to meet the District Council , consisting of ons member from each locality , when they will proceed to the election of officers , and transact other important bnsines 3 .
Mb . Claek , MJELC . -will address Ms brother Chartists and the public in general , at the "Working Men ' s Hall , 29 ^ , Mfla End fioad , on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock . Mb . H . Siaxlwood will lecture at the Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbridge-street , Somers Town , on Sunday evening next , the 19 * h inst ., at seven precisely . Subject— - ' Ireland , Repeal , and the Charter . " Ma . M'Gjuth , President of the Executive , will attend at the Woodman , Waterloo Town , at eight o ' clock on Sunday evening , the 19 th inst ., and deliver an address on . the opening of a new locality at that place .
. Mr . Coopeb will lecture at the Hall , Turnagain-Lme , on Sunday eveniDg next , at seven piecisely . Subject— " The Poetry © f Burns- " fe Lambeth . —Chartist Hall , Cobseb of Webbeb Sieeet , Blacktkiab ' s Road . —The members are requested to meet on Monday evening , on business Of great importance . The shareholders are requested to meet at six o ' clock © a Sunday ev tiling .
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Mabtlkbonb . —Mr . Cameron will lecture on Sunday evening next , the 19 th inst , at the Mechanics ' Institution , Circus-street , New Road , at half-past seven o ' clock . Thb Gkkkhal Coukctllobs , nnder the New Plan of Organization , residing in the Tower Hamlets , are requested to meet at Mr . Drake ' s , Standard of Liberty , 171 , Brick-lane , Spitaifields , on Sunday afternoon , at five o ' clock . Salfomj . —On Sunday evening next , Mr . Dixon will lecture in the Chartist room , Great Georgestreet , at six o'clock . A meeting will be held on Monday evening .
Bcbt . —Mr . Edward Clark , of Manchester , will deliver two lectures in the Garden-street Lectureroom , on Sunday next , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon and at six in the ereniug . Shsfpield . —Fig Tsee-Lanb . —On Snnday evening , Mr . West will commence the first of a series of lectures on " Ireland ' s wrongs and Ireland's remedy , " to commence at half-past six o ' clock . Irishmen are particularly invited to these lectures . On Monday evening , a public discussion will take place on the question , " Will an immediate repeal of the Corn Laws confer any benefit upon the working classes ! " To commence at eight o ' clock . On Wednesday night , & members' meeting . On every Tuesday nAgtA , 2 . t » & j sad « very Saturday night , a * harmonic meeting , nnder the SBperintendanca of the Council , for the benefit of the Association .
Yobx . —The Chartists of York will have two balls on Martinmas evening : one at Mr . Hall ' s , the Ebor Tavern , Foss-gate , and one : at Mrs . Penrose's , the Yorkshireman Coffee-house , Copper-gate ; at which their conntry friends axe most respectfully invited io attend . Mosslbt . —The members of the Chartist Association axe particularly requested to meet in their room , Brook-bottom , on Tuesday evening next , for the purpose of nominating a new Council , and other important business .
Nottingham . —The members of the Council request a full attendance of members and friends on Sunday , Nov . 19 ; h , at two o ' clock in the afterhonn , when business of great importance will be laid hefore them . NiwCASiXE . —Messrs . Sharp , Johnson , and Foster ¦ will lecture in the Chartist Hall , Goat Ian , Clothmarket , on Thursday eveniDg , commencing at seven o'clock . Mb . Hill purposes to be in Newcastle on Sunday , the 10 th of December , for one , two , ot three sermons ; and be at the service of the Newcastle men , on Monday evening , the 11 th . On the 12 th and 15 th he purposes to be at Shields ; and on the 13 th and I 4 th , at Sunderland . On the 16 ih he will be at Carlisle ; for Scnday and Monday ; and for the remaining part of that week be ready for any of the Colliery districts .
Oldhah . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . William Bell , of Heywood , will Jeciure in the Chartist room , Greaves-street , ai six o'clock in the evening . Also , Mr . John Crowther will lecture on the principles of the Charter , in the Socialist room , Cow-hill , at two o ' clock in the afternoon of the same day . Rochdale . —Mr . Joseph Wood will deliver a lecture on Sunday afternoon next , at half-past two o ' clock ; and Mrs . Kitty Parkinson will preach a sermon in the evening at six o ' clock .
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PRICE THREEPENCE , THE POOR MAN'S COMPANION , FOR 1844 . Contads . —Tbe < blendar . —The Eclipses : in 1844 . — Table to calculate Wages , and other Payments . —Gost of Yeomanry Civalry for every Year from 1816 to 1843 . —A Return , showing the total Number of Mem-\ zx& sent to the Honse of Commons by the several Connties , Cities , Towns , and Boroughs , in England , Wales , Ireland , and Scotland respectively ; with the Population of the Counties , Cities , and Boroughs . — An account of the Duties payable on the Importation of Foreign Wheat , when tbe Price of Wheat has been in this Country at 5 Ds ., 55 s ., 6 D& , 65 s ., 70 s ., 753-, 80 s ., and S 53-, under the various Acts which have been passed
from tae Bexgn of Charles II . to the present tsme ; or a legislative history of English Corn Laws from the year 1660 to 1843 . —The Popclatios Retub . s 5 , from the PaxUamenftry Papers just published ; setting forth the entire Population of the three Kingdoms ; the number of Houses , inhabited , uninhabited , and building ; the cumber of Males and the number of Females , under , and above , twenty years of age ; ihe County of Birth , showing the number born in England and Wales ; in Schotland ; in Ireland ; is the British Isl e * ; in the British Colonies ; and the Dumber o ! Foreigners and British subjects born in foreign parts . The Number of Persons living in England snd Wales , distinguishing males and females , under five
years of age ; five and under ten ; and from ten up to one hundred , rising five at a time . —K amber of yearly committals for Workhouse Offences , in every County in England and Wales , from 1836 to 1842 . —Return of tbe number of Aets of Parliament passed from 1834 to 1842 , Public , Local , and Personal ; setting forth the number passed in each year for England and Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . —Taxes on land , compared With the Taxes OB Dwelling Bouses , Mills , and Factories . —Amount of Military and Naval Forces ; with tbe number of Ships of all classes of the Royal Navy , and a Return of the Number of Officers and Men in each class . — Quantity of Foreign Winb and Spirits imported during the year ending January 5 th ,
1843 , distinguishing the quantity frem each country . —Population of Ireland , France , and United States of Americr —Return of the Average Pricea of Wheat , in the months of June and Jnly respectively , as compared with those in tbe months of August and September , in each year , from 1774 to 1793 . —Return of the Sums txpended for Edccatios in 1842 , out of the Taxes , in each County of England and Wales . —Statement ahewing the Total Amount of Taxation reduced or repealed since Jan . 1 st , 1814 . —Number of Private and Joint Stock Banks registered in each year from 1820 to 1843 . Number of Emigrants who have embarked from the various Ports of England , Ireland , snd Scotland , during the year 1842 ; shoici » # to uhat
fart of the world they have Emigrated . —Number of Quarters of Malt made in the respective years of 1840 and 1842 , in the United Kingdom , distinguishing the quantity made in each country , and tbe quantity used by Brewewand "PietnaUar * , and Reiall Brewers . —The Statistics of Mortality in England . —Number of Depositors in the Savings' Banks , and the amount of deposits , on tbe 20 th November , 1842 . —Number of Waste Land IseloBure Acts passed during every ten years from 1800 to 1840—Rental of the Metropolis as assessed to tie Police Bate . —Number and cost of the Metropolitan Police . —Justice Tisdal ' s Judgment on the
question of Church Rates . —Statistics of Crime for 1842 , showing tbe increase and decrease in tbe respective counties ; the number of Capital Sentences in 1 S 40-41-J 2 , with the specified crimes ; the number of Executions ; the number of sentences of all sorts , death , transportation , imprisonment , whipping and fining , for the yeaM 1840-41-42 ; the ages of the Persons committed ; the Degrees of Instruction of the Persons committed for each year , from 1836 to 1842 ; snd a Comparative Table , showing the Number of Persons Committed for Trial or Bailed in each of the last four years ; and distinguiaDiisg the nnmbers for each County .
The whole compiled from authentic sources , B ? JOSHBA HOBSON . Only Three Pence ! Only Three Pence ! fsjf Illness and pressing engagements have prevented the Compiler from getting the Almanack ready before the day now advertised , Thursday next . London : J . Cleave , Shoe-lane ; Manchester , Heywood , Oldham-street ; Birmingham , Guest ; Leeds and Huddersfield , J . Hobson ; Newcastle , France and Co . ; Glasgow , Paton and Love .
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LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL The first quarterly meeting of the Council of tbe Borough of Leeds for the municipal year 1843-4 , was held onlhnr-8 d&yla 8 t , the 9 th of November , at twelve o ' clock at noon , for the election of a Mayor of the Borough for the ensuing year , and for the transaction of other business . Altogether there were thirty entries on the notice-paper , eighteen of which were under the Municipal Act , and the remaining twelve under the Improvement and Burial Ground Acts . There wasa very laTge attendance of members , as will be observed by the following list : — Aldermen—Willans , Oates , MuBgrave , Hebden , Gaunt , Maclea , Bateson , Goodman , Stansfeld , Tottie , Pawson , Pease , Lupton , Luccock , and Jackson .
CooNCiLLOBS—AJt'tf Hill—Birchall , Wm . bmith , John Atkinson , Moorhouse , Watson ; IFm . *— -Newsam , Craven , JBramley , Jackson , Carbutt ; North West—John Wales Smith , White , Heaps ; North-Holmes , Hornby , Brumfit ; North East—Dufton , Holroyd , Weddill ; East—J . R . Atkinson , Cawood , Barrett ; Kirkgale- Barlow , Sellers , Yewdall ; South—Dickinson , France , Broadhead ; Hunslet—-Bower , Arthington , Walker ; Holbeck— Hall , Marshall , Cliff , Whitehead , Hob . oon , Iiyjham , ' Bromley—Barker , Lister , Oddy , Wilson ; Headvngley—Strother , Prince . Absent . —Alderman Smith . Councillors—Lea , Mill Hill ; Kclsall , West ; Wainman , Farrar , Bramley ; Butler , Headingley . The small portion of the Council Chamber appropriated to the uee of spectators waa crowded to
excess . ELECTION OF MAYOR . The Town Clebk having read the minutes of the last meeting of the Council , which were signed by Mr . Marshall , who presided at chat meeting , Henry Cowper . Marshall , Esq ., ( th © Mayor , ) opened the proceedings by reading the first entry on the notice-paper , which was— " To eleot a Mayor for the year ending the 9 th November , 1844 . " Alderman Tottie said that he rose for the purpose of proposing to the Council a gentleman for the office of Mayor for the year ensuing , who , he thought , -was entitled to that situation both from his eminence as & mercantile man , the long standing of his family in the town , and the public spirit he
had on many occasions manifested . He proposed to them Alderman Hamer Ktansfold to be elected Mayor . ( Applause . ) He did not mean , in what he had said , to adopt all the political sentiments which his friend Mr . Stansfeld had on some occasions adopted ; but he was quite persuaded of this , that the responsible situation in which he would be placed , if elected , would so far absorb all his political feelings as not to interfere with the proper discharge of the important duties he would have to perform . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not wish farther to occupy the time of the Council , as be thought what he had said justified him in proposing that Hamer Stansfeld , Esq . should be Major of this Borough for the year ending 9 th of November , 1844 . ( Applause . ) j
Alderman Pawson said he had great pleasure in seconding the proposition . Mr . Hobson said that he had several objections to the gentleman who had just been proposed . In the first place , he had been informed that the gentleman bad been a bankrupt , and he was not aware whether he had ever obtained his certificate . If not , he believed by the 52 ud section of the Municipal Act , he would be legally disqualified from holding the ofiice of Mayor . He wished to ask of the Town-Clerk whether this objection was valid or not . The TowNrCLEBK Baid that any person holding the office of Mayor , Alderman , or Councillor , would , if he became bankrupt during the time of holding such office , be legally disqualified from continuing to hold it , but not otherwise .
Mr . Hobson would waive the point ; but another objection which he had to Mr . Stansfeld was , that he , being ex officio a member of the late Board of Improvement Commissioners , attended there only twice ; and then only for the purpose of illegally voting the public money , in order to defray the expences of obtaining the New Improvement Act ; and as a proof that the money was illegallv voted away , the Council , after the Aot was obtained , paid back the money . He had another reason . As head of the magistracy , the gentleman who held the office of Mayor ought to be one of prudence and temper in periods of public excitement ; and be was given to understand that during the excitement of August , 1842 , Mr . Stansfeld exhibited anything
but prudence aad temper . ( Cries of " No , no" from the Whigs . ) He had it in charge from his constituents , who were also the constituents of the present Mayor , to propose that that gentleman ( Mr . Matshall ) should be re-elected to the office . Their reasons were , and in those reasons he himself coincided , that he ( Mr . Marshall ) was the first Mayor who bad laid down a principle of fairness to all parties ; and he understood that no gentleman had exhibited a greater aptitude for business . These were qualifications that loudly called upon the Council not to less the services ot one so eminently qualified to serve them . For these reasons , and in obedience to the call made upon him by his constituents , he begged to propose that Henry Cowper Marshall , E ^ q . ba the Mayor for toe ensuing year .
The Mayor rose and Eaid , that before the Counoil proceeded any further with the discussion of this question , he must be allowed to express bus sentiments on the proposition last made . Whatever ho might have thought it his duty to do—and his friends well knew what his wishes were on this subject—he could not , under any circumstances , for a momenfcveniertain tbe proposition that he should re-occupy the chair upon the arguments that Mr . Hobson had adduced—( hear , hear ) . He could not consent to be : put there on the ground that his friend Mr . Stanafiela was in any way disqualified from
occupying the chair , and- more especially in reference to his conduct during the period t » which Mr . Hobson had alluded—( hear , hear ) . He must also protest against another argument urged by Mr . Hobson . He had stated that he ( Mr . Marshall ) had been the first Mayor who had acted impartially in the discharge of his office . He could not consent to be appointed Mayor with suoh an imputation upon his predecessors—( hear , hear ) . He trusted , therefore , that thu counoil would not allow this matter to proceed any further , and that Mr . Hobson's proposition would not be seconded—( hear . hear ) .
Alderman Lupton made seme remarks in vindication of the conduct of Mr . Stansfeld during the disturbances in August , 1842 . He could bear witness to the admirable manner in which Mr . Stansfeld discharged his duties as a magistrate at that time—( bear , hear ) . He thought Mr . Stansfeld stood prominently forward to occupy the chair whioh Mr . Marshall had so worthily filled—( applause ) . Mr . Bower was amazed at the attack that had been made upon Mr . Stansfeld . As a magistrate , and as a member of that Council , he had shown himself to be an honourable and consistent man . He was sorry to see his namesake , Joshua Hobson , going against the only man that came near to the political principles held by himself and Mr . Hobson . Mr . Stansfeld came nearest to him ( Mr . Bower ) of any man in that roem in his political principles—( hear , hear ) .
Mr . J . Atkinson , in rising io propose the name of another gentleman said he did not expect that he had the smallest prospect of success , composed as the council now was ; but he did not think it less his duty to propose him on that account . He could not help alluding to the glaring inconsistency of certain parties , who , having succeeded some years ago in destroying the ancient corporations of this kingdom , by a ceaseless cry of "monopoly , party exclusiveness , " and so forth , had never ceased from that hour to strain every nerve and to exert every energy of mind and of body to enact a still more stringent and still closer monopoly in favour of their own party —( hear , hear ) . The same charge of inconsistency could not be brought against the old
Corporations ; for they acted in conformity wiih the principles on whioh they were constitiitcd . The law deemed that there was a certain set of principles in which to repose confidence , and that the parties professing them ought to be clothed With authority ; and , therefore , the parties themselves iu electing men exclusively of those opinions , were not acting inconsistently with ( he principles on which the old Corporations were constituted . But those who thought democracy the better principle , and who had overthrown the old Corporations on account of their monopoly and exclusiveness , were acting contrary to their principles when they sought to exclude , irova . all corporate offices , men who differed from them in political opinions—( hear , hear ) .
They had yet to learn , and England had to learn , all the evils that ihs upsettting of the old law and the substitution of the new would work in this kingdom . Parties were eager to evoke the spirit of democracy ! but it would be well if they did not find that it would present itself , as it ever had done , as the demon of discord . Notwithstanding the marvellous unanimity which appeared to exist on the other side of that chamber , he knew that some amongst them , iu their secret hearts , were now afraid of the spirit they had helped to evoke ! and would be willing to make large sacrifices if they eonld charm it backto its ; former silence . Bat it would progress , to their discredit ; for more daring spirits had assumed the principles whioh they had professed ,
and were determined to work them out . It was confessed throughout the country , and well known to be true , that the attempt to crush the old Corporations vr&s a political attempt of one party to crush another , and build themselves upon its ruins . He then again referred to the exclusiveness which had been manifested since the establishment of the new Corporation . Year after year they had loaded with authority and crowned with benefits the rstainers of their own political party . At that very moment , one of the most prominent of the party had avowed that he supported ihe gentleman proposed on tha other side , because he came nearest to his own political opinions . Mr . Bower—I said something before that .
Mr . Atkisso . n—Then I will correct myself by saying , that whatever motives you may have had for supporting Mr , Staasfeld , you first , and above
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rfHlS' oSiS ? * - * ' 18 am 03 t fewIesa advocate < t 5 »* K > Principles . ( ia ^ $ r *~" That was ; the la 5 t ' not the firat ~ order ' it ' wff- * not ve ^ solicitous about the ar ^ nf ^ f pufc forth M the **<* prominent SH ? K ?«^ rf * J ?^ of Mr - Stansfeld ; and there thSitfmJn * - - W \ hat thia was I * 10 & »*<> "h " ^ one hahad Jot * A f * * l TOoh ^ ntlemen as the hTth « fW ^ v ? t 0 ~< near , hear , and applause ? n t ? ftH ? V ? Dfi 8 t thp 8 e ^ ao differed from them ! 5 r « Wm ° l » nions « who was qualified for the nfme T& '? P 9 £ h ° uld ProP ° S « t 0 them no new Kd foJSmff ^ W u bom he a 6 ted iQ * h » ' chamber U w £ S ° ^ him before the Council , and it was needless that he should enlarge on the claims aud pretensions of his friend Mr . rJUnw 3 & , »)«
ive ^ Hni , f r ~( appiause from tiSTcSSSl STfcaSf % fe L CQnoluded by proposing that yilr-Sfhetf ** Vb ? m& L efsuing 1 , ^ 'AA ^?!^ seconded the proposition . He «? i , S 2 Ubt £ # - * amley , if elected , would ^ L ° ® w ° f % Or With hom * v tft l » fc ** tf . <* ¦» '" VWjaJ and satisfactory manner . At £ , S * Gau « t thought thaFffiany of Mr . John $ ££° Tf . arbB were irrelevant to the subject . S . ^ lA'Tirlfe *™? - * prior t 0 the Iast Municipal Election , that Mr . Stansfeld would probably be pro - posed as Mayor , and the men who had been retarned by the burgesses sufficiently showed that there was i ^ JS , ^* " ^* fayour of their worthy c . Mr V i ? AVEN als 0 6 u PP < wt , ed the nomination of Mr . stansteld .
Mr . CtrFF had been surprised at the conduct of Mr . Jonn Atkinson , who , while deprecating the L I ° ir ?? Poetical matter into the Council , hao ; himself made one of the most political speeches he had ever heard made there . If there was not inconsistency here , he did not know where to find ' *• ... *_ S Jad , however , to learn from Mr . Atkinson , that the spirit of democracy , which had so muoh alarmed him , was growing and increasing in power . That circumstance was no source of alarm i to him ( Mr . Cliff ); but , on the contrary , he rejoiced that it was so—( hear , hear ) . He confessed that he was astonished at the comparison which , had been made between the conduct of the Old Corporation and the new .
Was there no difference between the Counoil as at present constituted , when the people chose their own representatives , and the old Corporation , who elf 3 ted themselves ? The monopoly now , if there were one , was with the free voice of the people . In his opinion , Ideal as well as national government ought to be in the hands of the people ; and he was glad to see in municipal matters , that the people had exercised their judgment in the way they had done . The whole gist of the thing waa that the voioe of the people was unfavourable to the political principles of Mr . Atkinson and hiB party . ( Cheers from the Radical * . ) For his own part , he rejoiced in having an opportunity of giving hia vote in favour of Mr Stansfeld .
The nomination of Mr . Marshall not having been seconded , there were only two candidates before the meeting—Mr . Stansfeld and Mr . Bramley . On the question being put , only eleven hands were held up lor Mr . Bramley , and Mr . Stansfeld was consequently elected by a large majority . The Sarjeant-at-Mace was then called in , and removed the gold chain of office from the person of Henry Cowper Marshall , Esq ., ( Councillor , ) and the same wai immediately placed upon Mr . Stansfeld .
Mr . Siansfeld , having nude the usual declarations , took his seat as the Mayor of the Borough and the Chairman of the Council , amidst the applause of his friends . These plaudits having Subsided , the newly elected Mayor returned thanks . He said he was deeply sensible of the great honour they had conferred upon him by electing him to the office of Chief Magistrate . He was equally sensible of the great responsibility that waa attached to it ; and in the performance and discharge of its important duties , be feared that in some respects he might bo found wanting , but relying upon the experience and kindness of his predecessors and on the indulgence of the Counoil he had undertaken the office determined to promote , to the best of his ability , the real interests
of his fellow townsmen . It might be thought by some , that having taken a warm and active part in the agitation of political questions , he was not likely to proceed with the strictest impartiality . He trusted , by hia conduct in the chair , to prove the contrary ; and that the having done his duty as a citizen by advocating zealously the opinions which he held to be correct , would be no bar to his discharging faithfully the duties of the mayoralty—( hearjhearj . There was only one remark which he should think it necessary to notice ; and hedid it on their account , because he thought it due to them
that the character of their Chief Magistrate should be purged from even the shadow of a stain . ( Hear , hear . ) In the year 1825 , it was true , he was connected with a conoern which was not prosperous . After that begot his certificate , and he had since then paid sums of money which , with interest to the present time , amounted to £ 15 , 000 . ( Hear , and applause . ) He still continued to pay , and Bhould do so , until he bad paid off what he conceived would be bis share . ( Applause ) In conclusion he begged again to thank the Council for the honour the ; had conferred upon him , and they would now proceed to business .
VOTE OF THANKS TO THE LATE MAYOR . Mr . Alderman Tottie proposed that the thanks of the Counoil be given to Henry Cowper Marshall , Esq ., for the distinguished ability , discretion , good temper , and diligence which be had evinced during the year he had served the office of Mayor . The resolution was seconded by Mr . Cawood , and supported by Mr . John Atk inson . Mr . Hobson also supported the proposition , which was very well deserved . He took that opportunity also of explaining that the objections which he had
made to Mr . Stansfeld were strictly on personal , and hot on political , grounds ; and he was bure every person present would be glad that the observations had been made , as they had given the opportunity to Mr . Stansfeld to make the statements which he had done . There was one ground , however , which was still left untouched ; Mr . St&nsfeld had given no explanation : of his conduct in having attended at the meeting of Improvement Commissiouerb , to vote away the gum of £ 500 out of the people ' s money to an illegal purpose .
The Mayor rose , and was about to explain , when he was met by cries of " Question" from those who seemed afraid of too much truth coming out . He therefore put the motion to the meeting which was carried without a dissentient . Mr . Marshall returned thanks and expressed tho gratification he felt at the ' manner in which the vote bad been proposed and received . At the conclusion of Mr . Marshall's speech , the whole of the Tory Councillors , Mr . Wilson , of Bramley , excepted , left the Council Chamber , and did not return during the proceedings .
STANDING ORDERS . The Standing Orders and Bye-Laws of the Council were read by the Borough Clerk , after which—Mr . Luccock moved , that this quarterly meeting of the Council be adjourned , at its rising , to Wednesday , the 6 th of December next . Mr . Maclea seconded the proposition which was agreed to .
TIMES OF HOLDING THE QUARTERLY MEETING . In accordanco with the second entry on the noticepaper , the three remaining Quarterly Meetings of the Conncil for the ensuing year were appointed to be held on the second Wednesday in the months of February , May , and August , at eleven o'clock in the Forenoou .
BOROUGH EXPENSES . The third notice was as follows : —A report will be presented from the Finance Committee of sundry bills and expenses incurred in carrying into execution ths provisions of the Act S and 6 Wil . IV ., cap . 76 , and tne several other Acts relating to Municipal Corporations , and a motion will be made that the same be paid . " Aid . Tottie , as Chairman of the Finance Committee , brought forward the report alluded to ; and after it had been received , the Counail went into Committee . Aid . Goodman in the chair , The Town Clerk read thn report , which contained a list of the corporate expenses for the past quarter , as follows : —
1 . Constabulary Expenses—Provided £ , s . d . for by the Watch Committee ... 2 . Municipal Corporation Elections 273 5 10 3 . Leeda Borough Quarter Sessions 15419 3 4 . West-Riding Expenses 1232 5 9 5 . County of York ... 0 0 0 6 . Salaries and Allowancefto Of-. ficers of the Corporation ... -... 8 . 0 0 5 7 . Corporate Buildings ... ... 77 13 8 8 . Miscellaneous Expenses ... 63 19 0
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Total ... ... ... £ 1891 3 11 After the several items ba ^ been rea d , Mr . Councillor Jackson said he observed there were aooounts due to the pr oprietors of the Mercury Times , and Intelligenper ' out none to the Northern Star i he wished to knv w why the advertisements belonging to the Borou gh were excluded from that paper ? Aid . Tottie said the Committee had only to deal with the bills whir , h had been presented ; perhaps the reason why ' , here was no account lrom the Northern Star vr as that it had not been presented . Mr . Hobson- _ f or the simple reason that there were no accou ot 3 to present . , , The Couno \ i then resumed ; the Cha irman reported progress , or . d the bills were ordered to be paid .
BOROUGH TREASURER . On the motion of Mr . Tottie , seconded by Mr . Paws < - jn , John Smith , Esq ., was reappointed to the office , of Borough Treasurer , and a vote of thanks
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was presented to him for his past services . Mr . Tottie stated that Mr . Smith would accept the office , and that Mr . Wm , Beckett had offered to join in a bond for £ 5 , 009 for tne due performance of the duties . i
THE WATCH COMMITTEE . The fifth entry on ; the notice-paper waa as follows : — " To appoint a Watch Committee of sixteen members for the year ending 0 : h November , 1844 , with power to appoint , suspend , and dismiss Constables , to order the payment of the salaries , wages , clothing ) and other allowances , charges , and expenses , out of the Borough Fund , until and including the said 9 th November , 1844 ; and also with power to order the payment out of the } Reward Fund of suoh further sums as they shall think proper , not exceeding iu the whole £ 50 , either as rewards for extra » rdinary
diligence or exertion , or as a compensation for wounds or severe ijbjuries received in the performance of their duty ; or as an allowance to such of them as shall be disabled by bodily injury received , or shall be worn out | by length of service , and other charges and expences incident thereto respectively . " Mr . Gaunt movetf that the following names constitute this committee . - —Aldermen Rateson and Madea ; Councillor ' s Moorhouse , John Atkinson , Craven , Newsam , White , Hornby , Dufton , Holroyd , Yewdall , Broadhead , John W . Smith , Cliff , Oddy , and Prince . f
Mr . Hob = ox , afteir referring to tho requirements contained in the 82 ad clause of the Municipal Act , proposed that the jwords " the 9 sh of November , 1844 , " in the body iof the notice , be omitted , and that the words , " thesecond Wednesday in February 1844 , " be substituted in their stead ; also that the following addition jbe made at the end of the notice : — Until arid including the said second Wednesday in February , 1844 ; they reporting to the Counoil at the ! said quarterly meeting what
number of constables they have appointed , suspended , or dismissed ; with the instances in which they have ordered the payment of such further sums , either as rewards or compensation , and the reasons for the payment of such further , sums , that they may receive the approval or otherwise of the Council . " Mr . Hobson supported his proposition , but the majority of the Council would not be convinced , nor beaten out of the old track , and on the amendment being put from the chair it was loat , and the original motion was carried . i
FINANCE COMMITTEE . On the motion of ; Mr . Lupton , seconded by Mr . Luccock , the Mayor , Aldermen Smith , Gaunt Goodman , Tottie , liupton , and Luccock ; and Councillors Marshall , Cawood , Strother , White , Brumfit , Moorhouse , Hall , Barlow , Walker , and Carbutt , were appointed a Finance Committee for the year ending 9 th November , 1844 , with power to collect and audit all bills and accounts , and to make the estimates for Borough Rates and Watch Rates , and from timo to time to report thereon to the Counoil .
THE NEW GAOL . The next notice on the paper was as follows : — A Report will be presented from the Gaol Committee , and it will be proposed that the same-be received and read . An estimate prepared by Messrs . Perkin and Backhouse , of the cost iof erecting and finishing th © New Gaol upon the plan approved by the Secretary of Stato , will also be produced , and it will be proposed that the Council do approve of and adopt the same , and erect , finish and fit up the Gaol and other buildings thereof . An agreement with { Messrs . Perkin and Backhouse , as Architects for i the New Gaol , will be produced
for the approval of the Council , and it will be proposed that the Borough Seal be affixed thereto , and to a duplicate thereof . The Recorder having advised that the Gaol Rates should be equal , it will be proposed that the future Gaol Rates be laid by two half-yearly rates of £ i . in the pound ; and that a half-yearly rate of | d in the pound , be forthwith laid . That a Committee be appointed with full power and authority to enter into such contracts , and to give such orders and } directions , and to do all suchother acts , matters and things as shall be requisite to carry into effect the erection , finishing aad fitting up of tbe New Gaol on the said estimate .
The propositions in this notice Were severally introduced by Mri Marshall . The report of the Committee stated that to the plan furnished by Messrs . Hurst aud Moffat the first prize had been awarded , and that plan had rec-ived the sanction of Sir James Graham . The Committee could not agree on terms with Messrs . Hurst and Moffat , for those gentlemen to j superintends the erection of tbe proposed buildings ; and they therefore sought the sanction of the Council to an agreement which they had made with Messrs . Perkin and Backhouse ( to whom the second prize had been awarded ) for that purpose . These gentlemen had estimated the total cost , including everything necessary to put the gaol into a state complete for occupation , at the sum of £ 40 , 560 , and they Would undertake to finish it for that sum . !
Previous to the ; introduction ot this question , several instances had occurred where Mr . Hobson and other members jof tho Counoil , had been deemed " out of order" in attempting to address the chair more than once on any question ; and this being" out of order" now received a further illustration . Here was a large sum of money about to be voted out . of the earnings of the people , in order to build aud furdish a new gaol , ana ' , tn orde » to exhibit « m large a share of the love ] of economy as possible , a halfyearly rate of three farthings in the pound only , was proposed to bejra sed in order to defray the coat . Mr . Yewdall , who said he had been sent to the Council by the shopkeepers who could not afford to pay the rates at present existing , made some remarks on this three-farthing rate , when he was stopped at once , and told he was " out of order , " upon which he bowed and retired to his Beat .
Mr . Hobson then rose and said , that in order to give as much freedom as possible to the debate , and that gentlemen should not be put down by cries of " spoke , spoke , " " question , question , " he should move " That the Mayor leave the chair , and that the Council do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House , Mr . Georgo Goodman in the chair . " Mr . Craven seconded the proposition , and Mr . Jackson moved that the votes be recorded . A most disorderly altercation followed , during which Mr . Tottie , ja friend to striofc order , was up several times , and made as many speeches in defence of the gaol and all its attendant expense . The whole affair seemed very touch like a fighting against time , and it was evident ! that the record of the votes was not aV all relished . } On the votes being recorded , the question was lost by a majority of 40 against 5 . The following members voted : — I
For Mr . Hobson ' s proposition—Councillors Craven , Jackson , Barrett , Hobson , aad Wilson ( Bramley Ward ) . j Against it—Aldermen Willans , Oates , Musgrave , Hebden , Gaunt , Mkclea , Bateson , Goodman , Tottie , Pawson , Pease , Lupton , Luccock , and Jackson . Councillors William Smith , Birchall , Moorhouse , Watson , Carbutt ; John Wales Smith , White , Heaps , Holmes . Hornby , Brumfit , Dufton , Barlow , Sellers , Yewdall , j Dickinson , France , Broadhead , Bower , Arthington , Walker , Hale , Marshall , Cliff , Whitehead , and Ingham . . A very long discussion ensued on the several propositions enumerated , but ultimately , as a matter of course , they were ) all carried , and the Bam necessary for building the Gaol was ordered to be
borrowed . This sum , as above stated , is estimated at £ 40 560 ; the three farthings' half-yearly rate wiil raise , } it is estimated , the sum of £ 1 , 400 , which will pay the interest , aud liquidate a small portion of the principal every half year ; and the whole sum will require a considerable number of years to ensure its liquidation , the interest on the slowly-reducing sum originally borrowed being regularly paid . The real cost of the Gaol , therefore , will be the amount borrowed , and the interest paid for it , during all these yoars . The Committee chosen to commence the spending of this large sum of money were the followlas : —Aldermen Oates , Bateson , Tottie , Pease , Luccock , Maclea ; Councillors Yewdall , Marshall , Carbutt , Jackson ; J . R . Atkinson , Wilson , Cliff , WhiteheadButlerNowsam . _
, , . . Mr . Craven wanted an alteration in this committee : he proposed to reduce the number of Aldermen on it to three , and to nominate , instead of Messrs . Maclea and Luooook , Messrs . Sellers and Moorhouse ; and , instead of Alderman Bateson , Mr . In reference tojthe nomination of Mr . Hobson instead of Alderman Bateson , that gentleman said that he felt much obliged to Councillor Craven for the motion he had made ; but he begged to tell him that there was no chance of its being earned . // had been arranged beforehand , at a private meetinn of a portion of the body , and numbers had emspired together to ! carry out the arrangement , that h « « h « nll not be placed on any Committee of power
or influence ; while they had also arranged to place him on all the Committees which devolved wokk upon their members . To &uctt an arrangement ^ or to such disgraoeful and reprobatery proceedings , he would be no party ; nor would ha permit himself to I be used in the waj these gentlemen wished , who had presumed to sit ip judgment on his character and conduct , even in his absence . He thought the business of 'die Council ought to be transacted in the Council chamber ; and that every member there should stand on independent and equal grounds . Thai was his
position ; and no private meeting , or cabal , or beforehand arrangement should dme him from it . As for the particular motion th ? , t Mr . Councillor Craven had made- respecting himself , ( Mr . Hobson ) , perhaps his main ] reason for vnoving it was that he ( Mr . H . ) bad perhaps more knowledge of prisons than any member of the Council ; and as he perhaps stood the best chance of them all to increase that practical knowledge , Mr . Craven deemed it right that ho should be on tho Committee to make their ( WNlprisoa as comfortable as possible . ( Laughter . ) j Mr . Craven ' s proposition was negatived .
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Mr . Hobson proposed an alteration in one of the resolutions , aad that also met with the same fate ; and Mr . John Wale ; Smith wished to do away with the Chaplain ' s house , because he thought they could do without a chaplain at all . It was explained to him , however , that it was imperative on them to have a chaplain , and also to provide him a house , and he thereforo withdrew his proposition . PABXIAMENTABY COMMITTEE . On the motion of Mr . Maclea , the Mayor , Aldermen Oates , Lupton , and Luccock , and Councillors Cliff aud Marshall , were appointed a committee for the year ending 9 ih November , 1844 , to watch , the progress of any Bills which may be introduced into Parliament affecting the Borough of Leeds , with power to expend any sum not exceeding £ 50 .
VALUATION COMMITTEE . On the motion of Mr . Dickenson , seconded by Mr Brumfit , the following were nominated the Com ' mittee for the ensuing year to transact all business connected with the valuation of the Borough , and the obtaining and printing maps or plans thereof , namely , the Mayor , Aldermen Smith , LUCCOOk » Jackson ; Councillors Newsam , Holmes , Weddill , Cliff , Holroyd , John Atkinson , and Butler . Mr . Marshall moved that they be empowered to accept an offer made by the Board of Ordnance to furnisa a copy of their map of the central part of tho Borough , at an expenca not exceeding £ 150 .
Mr . Luccock seconded and supported the motion . It was opposed by Mr . Yewdall , Mr . Craven , Mr . Bower . Mr . Hall , Mr . Hobson , Mr . Barrett , and Mr . Heaps , and on a division , the votes being recorded , was lost by 21 to 16 . Tho following votod : —For thus uselessly spending the people ' s money—Aldermen Gaunt , Maclea , Bateson , Goodman , Tottie , Pawson , PBase , Lupton , Luccock , and Jackson ; Councillors Birchall . Carbutt , Dickinson , Arthington , Marshall , and "Wilson ., Against spending the money—Councillors Moorhouse , Watson , Craven , Jackson , John Wales Smith White , Heaps , Holmes , Hornby , Brumfit , Barrett , Sellers , Yewdall , France , Broadhead . Bower , Walker , Hall , Cliff , Hobaon , and Ingham ,
Me . Marsham . then , proposed , and Mr . HaLI * seconded , — " That the Committee arrange with Mr . Masser to complete his lithograph of the map of the Borough of Leeds . " This proposition was agreed to by a majority of 21 to 12 . repairs' committee . On the motion of Mr . Bruhfit , the Mayor , Aid . Pawson , Lupton , and Musgrave ; and Councillors Strother and Heaps , were appointed a committee to superintend the repairs and alterations in the corpo « rate buiJdiflgs for the ensuing year . STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE .
On the motion of Mr , Marshall , the following were appointed : —The Mayor , Aldermen Goodman , Pawson , and Lupton ; Councillors John Atkinson , Cliff , and Marshall ; with power to expend a sum not exceeding £ 50 ; te revise the standing orders , and to eeporfc thereon to the Council ; &c .
PRINTING COMMITTEE . Mr . Jackson moved that this Committee consist of the Mayor , Councillors Kelsall , Strother , John Atkinson , White , Sellers , Whitehead , and Hobson , to obtain estimates for printing the municipal lists , and to report thereon to the Council . When this motion was made , it being the first in which Mr . Hobson ' s name appeared according to the " arrangement" of whieh he before had spoken , he objected to serve upon the committee . He did so , because hia nomination was not a spontaneous or independent act of the mover . It was the result of a cabal : and he would not submit to it .
The appointments of a printer and a stationer were referred to this Committee , the miscellaneous work to be in the meantime executed by Mrs . Mann ; and Mr . T . W . Green to continue to furnish the stationary . ALDERMEN OF "WARDS . The Conncil then proceeded to nominate the Alder " men to preside > n the different Wards at [ Municipal Elections for tbe ensuing year . >
ASSISTANT RECORDER . On the motion ot Mr . Gaunt , seconded by Mr Luccock , it was resolved that power be given to the Recorder to appoint a deputy , or assistant Recorder .
WAGES OF THE POUCE . Mr . Lupton had placed on the paper , a notice to effect this object in the following terms : — " To call the attention of the Counoil to the state of the Police Force , and to move that it be a recomendation to the Watch Committee to increase tho wages of the men . " This proposition drew forth some pertinent remarks from the proposer and other members , in the course of which the imbecility and utter inefficiency of numbers of the present * ' force" were very happily illustrated ; though som « of the admirers of the system , who bgg in it the perfection of human , wisdom , expressed great surprise at such a notice having been placed on the paper . The motion , on being put to the vote , was negatived .
This was the whole of the business under the Municipal Act . and the Council then proceeded , with the notices under the
IMPROVEMENT AND BUBIAL GROUND ACT *? . The business under this head did not call forth much discussion . The Committees were merely moved , seconded , and appointed . They were composed as follows : — Finance Committee . —Aldermen Luccook , Oates ~ , and Maclea ; Councillors Strother , Barlow , Watson . Newsam , White , Ingham , and Hobson , with power to expend any sum of money net ; exceeding £ 20 . Mr . Hobson objected to serve on this Committee , for the reasons he had before adduced . He did not objeot to take his share of the wobk : but he did object to be used by a party in that Council , meeting and acting in secret : and he should not abide by any of their arrangements .
Rams Committee . —Aldermen Bateson and Luccock ; Councillors Seller ? * Barrett , Weddill , Arthington . Newsam , Broadhead , Watson , Carbutt , J . W . Smith , Cliff , Prince , and Lister ; with power to expend any sum not exceeding £ 150 . Lamp Committee . Aldermen Luccock and Maclea ; Councillors Sellers , Barrett , Weddill , Whitehead , Arthington , Newsam , Broadhead , White , Watson , Brumfit , Carbutt , and Hobson ; with power to expend the rates authorised to be raised under the lighting clauses of the Improvement Act .
Mr . Alderman George Goodman proposed Mr . Hobson ' s name as an addition to ^ the" arrangement " list ; and his motion was acceded to . Mr . Hobson therefore said that he would act on that Committee , because his nomination and election had been a proper one ; ' such as they all ought to have been . Streets' Committee . —Alderman Pease , Gates , and Maclea ; Councilors Birchall , Craven , Hobson , Strother , Arthington ,. Wilson , Walker , Heapr , Dufton , Broadhe&d , Barfow , Jackson , Holmes , and Cawood , with power to expend any sum aot exceeding £ 200 . Market Committee . —Alderman Gaunt , Bateson , Oates , Lucoock , and Pease ; Cmincfflors Barlow , Cawood , Strother , Carbutt , Heaps , Walker , France , Watson , Weddill ,. Hall , Holmes * and Kobson , with power to expend any sum not exceeding £ 50 .
On this Committee , too , Mr . Hobson was proposed , and elected in open Council ,, and contrary to " arrangement . " He therefore intimated his intention of performing the duties . On , the other Committees , excepting the Lamp Committee , he had been chosen , contrary to his wish i and he would not act on them . Scavenging and NuisajjceComjh'etee , —Alderman Luccock ; Councillors Barlow , Newsam , Arthington , Jackson , Ingham , Oddy , Dickinson , Cawood , Duftou , Lee , and Prince , with power to expend any aunt not exceeding £ 50 . Hackket Coach Committee . —Aldermen Qafces--and Maclea ; Councillors Birchall , Barlow , White ,. Holroyd , and John Atkinson , with power toexpond > any sum not oxcecding £ 50 .
BuaiAi Ground Acts- ' Committee . —Aldermen Gaunt , Jackson , OateSj Pease , Lucoock , Maolea , and Bateson ; Councillors Craven , Dufton , Cawood ,. Cliff , Strother , Barrett ; Heaps , Hornby , YewdaJL Walker , White , John Atkinson , Wilson , Lee ^ and Oddy , with power to expend any sum not exceeding ; £ 50 . General Committee . —The appointment of this Committee , consisting of all the members , of the other ' committees , nnder the Improvement Act and the Burial Act , was negatived , on a show of hands , by 10 to 9 . Treasuree . —John Smith , Esq ., vras reappointed to this office .
Printer and Stationer . —The appointments to these offices were referred to the Printing Committee under the Municipal Act t to report to the Counoil ; and the present tradesmen , Mr . J . Barr and Messrs . Bainea and Newaome , to do the wora and supply the necessary articles in the interim . This being the whole of the business , the Council , at half-past seven o ' clock , adjourned to Wednesday , tho 6 th of December next .
Madrid , >' ov . l .-Accounts from GaUioia say that the movement which took P ^^ Jj ^ fp 24 th ult . was completely successful there rthe ProvincialRegiment of Lugo havejomed . andthe eastie ultimately surrendering . I ^ 18 . ? ° ' fm * ilS toT Luso and Santiago have joined the movement . Genera ? lrSte is at the head of the Vigo forces . It Smafustobe seen whether the province generally m ? l second the movement . The Eco states ^ hafc Soo stand of arms had beealandea at Yjgofrom England .
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