The results of the Municipal elections, Els at that time
ascertained, were stated in last week's Spectator in the following words- " The Liberals have the advantage in Liverpool, Northampton, Exeter, Andover, Bewffley, Tomes, Kidderminster, Leiev,ter, Boston, Nottinglum, Coventry, and Stamford ; the Torie, in Nomich. llull, Dover. Shrewsbury, Kingston, St. Alban's, Bridgnorth, Poole, York, Grantham, Colchester, and
1Varwiek. In Bristol an equal number of each party was returned."
The Hull Observer (which we do not see regularly, but which we are favoured with when our attention is wished to be directed to any par- ticular subject) has been sent to us this week, in older, we presume, that we might not *miss the following sentences at the beginning of its leading article— Omit' friend of the Spectator, like Rachel, 4 refuses to be comforted' under his political afflictions, and, in the singleness of his sorrow, fancies our situa- tion to be gloomier thnn it is. With this shade upon his vision, he has classed Hull among the towns in which the Tories have gained ground at the municipal elections; the fact being that no contest was even attempted, and the Corpora- tion is, as in the preceding year, composed entirely of Reformers."
Now in our summary no particular allusion was made to Hull ; and it might have occurred to the journalist, that without any design or incli- nation to make the situation of the Liberal pat ty "gloomier than it is," Hull might have been classed by mistake among the towns in which the Tories had succeeded at the Municipal elections. When the Hull Ob- server deals with as many facts as the Spectator, committing fewer mistukes—or when it knows that the Spectator has in a single instance been guilty of fabricating, or of wilfully suppressing or perverting, any facts for a political purpose—it may be permitted to indulge in a mode of censure which on the present occasion seems to have no excuse but (setting aside malice) want of judgment and taste. With respect to the Hull election, we are glad to learn that the Liberals have kept their ground ; and we can very easily explain bow it happened that we fell into the mistake of giving the victory to the Tories. In the Courier of Friday, we found a paragraph (which also appeared in other London papers) headed " KINGSTON," in which it was stated that the "election for Town. Councillors took place yesterday, fourteen lie. formers and two Tories going out," and that the writer had "to record thc loss q* one from the Liberal ranks ;" but it was added, that when the "threats and intimidation used by the Tory party" were considered, the Reformers were "agreeably surprised at the result at the different Committee-rooms." A long list of names and numbers followed. Knowing that at Kingston-upon- Thames, there could not be sixteen vacancies, (the whole number of Councillors being only twenty.one,) we supposed that Kingston-upon.11ull was the town meant : and we are at a loss still to know what place to substitute for Hull. , To the result of tire Municipal elections mentioned in our first im- pression last week, the following must be added. The Liberals appear to have the advantage in Sudbury, FaveraLam, Chippenbam, Chester, Wigan, Bedford, Beverley, Buckingham, Tiverton, Carmarthen, Leeds, Dartmouth, Barnstaple, Tewkesbury, Swansea, Lichfield, Richmond, Truro, Liskeurd, Ipswich, Bury, Hertford, Stockport, and Evesham; the Tories, in Harwich, Scarborough, Windsor, Newark, Plymouth, Huntingdon, Oxford, Hythe, Portsmouth, Gloucester, Ripon, Helston, Stockton, Durham, Maidstone, Wycombe, Mon. mouth, Bridgewater, and Launceston.
We learn with much pleastire that the honest and intelligent William Rathbone has been elected Mayor of Liverpool by the Council of that town. The opponent set up by the Tories was Mr. Charles Birch; but that gentleman declined the honour, in a speech of just eulogy on Ratimbone. The numbers were—for Rathbone 46, Birch W. Mr. Rathbone is the first Dissenter ever elected Mayor of Liverpool.
Mr. Thomas Nelson Foster has been unanimously chosen Mayor of Evesham ; the defeated 'Tories not summoning courage to give the slightest opposition. A correspondent informs us that Mr. Foster is the only Liberal chosen to the :Mayoralty of Evesham for upwards of two centuries. About two hundred and thirty years ago, a Mr. Robert Allen was Mayor ; but having" evinced symptoms of dissension from the chartered procedure of his Tory colleagues, he was on that account expelled."
A fire broke out on Wedne.day night in the extensive warehouses of and Company, lead and colour merchants of Southampton. Aluily persons attended to give assistance in putting out the fire find save the property. While they were thus engaged, a tremendous ex-. plosion occurred ; the roof and walls fell down ; and it is supposed that no fewer than thirty persons were buried in the ruins. Seven dead bodies were dug out on Thursday, dreadfully lacerated. The accounts of this calamity are as yet vague amid imperfect.
As the two o'clock train of carriages on the London and Birming.. ham Railroad were passing near Wattard on 'Monday afternoon, a fatal accident occurred. One oldie labourers at work on an unfinished part of the road was holding a horse close to the line of trams, when the animal, becoming frightened by time noise of the train, shied and un-
fortunately threw the man toaler the track of the engine. His body was nearly severed by the contact of the wheels arid steps of the carriages, and death shortly ensued. Ile had ample time and room to avoid any mischief, but remained within reach if danger, apparently out of mere carelessness or iutentiormal braviolo-77mes.
As the Exeter mail was iroc'eedimrg to London on Wednesday morn- ing, the fog was so thick tiaa the coach overturned, in a deep puul of water near Staines. The passengers were got out safely, with the coach and the bags of letters ; but time two leaders were drowned.
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