Mr. Thomas Foster, the late Town-Clerk of Liverpool, died at
Ca- lais on Sunday last. In the course of a passage across the Channel, he was extremely sea-sick, and burst a blood-vessel, which caused his death two days after he landed. Mr. Foster was a man of considera- ble ability, and one of the most popular Tories in Liverpool. He was in confidential communication with Lord Lyndhurst during the pro- gress of the Municipal Bill, and is said to have suggested the compen- sation-clause. One of the first acts of the Reformed Town-Council was to discharge Mr. Foster; who claimed, as a compensation for the loss of his office, no less than 77,000!. It was, however, arranged that he should receive :2590/, a year, instead of this snm at once. The pen- sion commenced on the 1st of January last : so that the Council made, as it happened, au excellent bargain for their constituents.
There is a list of objections now posted in the Guildhall of Bristol to nine hundred freemen whose names stand on the burgesses' roll.
On Thursday, two Councillors were chosen to fill vacancies in the Abingdon Town-Council. The Whigs elected their candidates by majorities of U.5 and 119 to 79 votes given for the solitary Tory. At the former election, the Tories gained a decided majority in the Council.
Eighteen members of the Bristol Corporation, consisting of an equal number of Conservatives and Liberals, were unanimously nomi- nated, at a meeting of the Town-Council on Tuesday, as Charity Trustees for Bristol.
At Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Church-rate for the ensuing year has been negatived by a cote of 10 to I.
At Dover, seizures for Church-rates have been made on the property of eight individuals.
A public meeting was held at Ipswich on the 7th instant ; when, after a stormy debate, it was agreed to guarantee the Town-Council from all loss in providing a police force for the protection of the inha- bitants. This measure has become necessary in consequence of the Lords' rejection of the bill to legalize the election of the Town- Council,
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