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eve, that the committee would begr 9 7 t , lade some very strong assertions. to ask the noble lord if the pet' ! (Hear, hear.) ered, as far as we could understan 4 titioners admitted to him that he 9 1 :, agaged in bribery. They acknovlsr formerly been sinners, but they id been practised during the last ele that bribery had formerly been praew' tied to the last election. (Hear.) ;entleman to lay his band upon bi s :r such circumstances, evidence coin s against the freemen of Liverpecd;i t ?rtunity of presenting another In [(Mrs by above seven thou san d fa r t , ing most of the wealth and respect e d the petition from Liverpool, sigilf hundred persons; which charged the h bribery and corruption, w a s pre!, or Wiltshire, he took occa s i on to elo;, le respectable and disinterested P i % iow the whole number of f reem en e thousand six hundred, which , ' .3 0 :r of names signed to th e p e tition d in his hand., He had yet to 'ear% ordinary corruption could be B ' ig i f Liverpool. It' the proposed ine,a s Wiltshire were carried into ene' ,4 inchisement would be but between had been the practice in that Hou se .legations affecting a mode—the rii; ) petitions which were numerously uences would occur from the inteinP li rnployed "in witnessing th e signa d t u , repared to say. (Hear, h e a r .) ~P; ; f t, to the petition prayin g f or the "' len of Liverpool, which had b e en . 6 caber forWiltshire, some individql, r six names, and passengers . land ie 'sister isle were invited to sia n 'o upon an assurance that their n Ol lo consequence. The petition h e e, he could take upon him to sa) . ro of the inhabitants of Liverpool.. a o k if the petition for the disfrancln- for erpool did not contain a prayer :tted that it contained a prayer f , 1 4 ° : 4 lance such a measure, after so P to put every constituency in the 0 dominant factions election was alluded to in the Pr e l;;e. er for Wiltshire, should consider it, ty not to take any part i n the disc, ° ;,;t l i the hands of hon. membe r s, alle the house some statements, by r - is h rat boys belonging to charity-seboei s l, sented by the noble lord, an d had I: bo u' r fathers against them. Petition , I , : d 3 the weight that could b e attac' e ob hon. member then went into soetele tileged corruption in the municiP 3 o ll , read' part of a presentment of th e i r,' and on the corruption existing of Parliament. ef 1Y called the hon. member to e ra ] vations to the petition before the 4 t the Speaker concurred. .ed, that the petition could not b e a. hon. member was making upon '" . 1 6 1 an individual. that not understand the houie to rwe ting the circumstances of corillP - Averpool's conduct. oil t . aly 'considered the hon. mem ber e ion contained some express C ll3r 01 t sure whether it did or not, as 111 t surprised, and it was not un likeV! d be out of order when he CO read the petition on which he v/3' ed, that from the letter he bad r ece o to be signed by many respectab le uld have hi support. iv° said it was impossible to know,4 inless it was read. If it contaw to ! airy then he would have no mere lo o he knew, that it contained the 0 1 ,0 0 had been for 30 years & upwards, ery in their conduct. (Hear.) r r l ' e o l ie petition had known Livcrp ° (Colonel W.) had known it for ci ~, n a good deal concerned there!" ear, and laughter)—and he coul d rd last thirty years there had been a corruption carried on in Liverr e i , iy rotten borough. It was vellibe r ruption should b e t a k en no tice 5e 611 0 , now appointed to inq u i re into, 1 C Then the Corporation of LiverP ° he was confident it would meet SOAP DUTIES. a- the reduction of those ( 1 ' 16 9 ndon, from the soap manufac I Dalmeny, from Dumfermlipe• 'ION OF THE SABBATH. kject were presented, by O rd Sr g lif 1, Stone, lloughton, and the e ° • Kirk, Liverpool; Lord Ash l g, Wychampton_,_ and Axminster, ; a ti d places in Yorkshire - Lord J,J 1 ,14/ ncombe, from Pickerino-, an d 0 01 p, Mayor, and other inliabito EMPLOYED IN FACTORIES. ir parliamentary Interferenc i e ) n Factories, . were presented field, Chudley, Baildon, Renfrew, in Scotland; ancli, lies in the West Riding of to Assessed Taxes were presen t i o i eat Drifiield, and Mr. C. 1' NEGRO SLAVERY. the abolition of slavery were rev , " \) . . from Thorden, Mr. C:Wo A eR3,) I lalifax, and Lord Dalmeny sented a petition from Stirlil i a : c,r o church patronage of Scotian oe, o , ton presented a petition frar,rm s ' ter, praying for a Divisiona' 1 fit' ISH COERCIVE BILL. / is measure were presented fa/ p 3allyrobe, in the county 0 ' ie county of Meath; C6l. Yon `„01' r Worcester; Mr. f'ryer, ft s es' , *ors, from Carlow, Raphoet 110 5, ' Wexford, and one from Ne lg •thO' praying for the abolition o f • :iock. Y., here is a class of street re aaeents; without affection—the pettch 11 to buy or hire a boo"! "d ails : the owner, with his t i i i inkil4 them all the while, an a fter lA te f w Venturing tenderly, pag e Ili' 11 1 ' when he shall interPe s t e ifleatio l eny themselves the 1 11. waY , Martin B—, in this. so , 0 two volumes of C l3ll a sking is laudable ambition, q o pitr eh i o: rs) whether he meant 0 1. 0 o f hik e at, under no circurnstuan w hich 'l O . with half the satisfactioar 0 " day 0 Les. A quaint poetess ; in , but led in two very toucu It eager eye )n a stall, devour it all; stall-man did espy, heard him call, ever buy a book, you shall not look.' sigh t s l ow ly on, and, with a .ver had been taug ht to rea4, bad 00,4 hurl's books he should have poor have many, the rich annoy : . another boy, he'd not had any y at least—enjoy . meat in a tavern larder. then thought I, is surely harder, aging, thus without a p enn y , e of dainty-dressed meat : " wish he ne'er -The rned to eat. 1) last Essay' (1) 4 ' 1300 TH'S ESSAY ON FREE TRADE, AND ITS EFFECTS ON TH E PEOPLE. r 0 ---..s itrm EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST'IND./IRD. Let tt , (CO&CLUDED FROSt OUR LAST.) tri es i . next, consider what is the resent state of those coun tke„ 'Pug on the Baltic, the North Sea, and Black Sea, who are les s Zeti b, in raising corn for exportation. When Spain pos tle _ e er South American provinces, and Portugal the Brazils,. Aare! be t drawn from these sources caused their home agricui- INeLo gected ;in consequence, they annually imported hilt s sl Vl'lles offoreicrn corn, chiefly from the North of Europe; Pas so ".', since these channels of beneficial commerce have 'ads s • i nto other hands, the want of them has excited their . is si ll'Y, and in conseuence Spain has become an exporting ti o a t , , ,. a e ll e r o_ Tan importing corn country, and . Portugal provides ~•s, o rt h ,T,,,tier own consumption in ordinary seasons; the ,ssfi g - zurope is therefore deprived of these markets, , t4ii,„f_tuels as remain to them, like Sweden, Norway, and ; w--114Q, are very much circumscribed. j kt an e n, the British ports have been shut against foreign corn )1 t t o ls,g Ite,tigth.of time, as they were for several years previous ) namelyre , arices of all grain in the North of Europe_fell t e:- , low from the want of an export vent ;at Dan g Ivi i I, other Prussian and Poindranean ports, fine and good 4, eats Were sold from 15s. to 20s. per quarter 'Winchester, kor e " 'lee en board; freights to Liverpool from 3s. to 4s. thi s t e e Barley 10s. to 12s. and Oats 7s. to rt s. Ss. Notwithstanding fi t ', 5 Us, I , )r e, ssion, cultivation' proceeded as before, without regard, fit adds,,l - T h J e u r); .suffered; .having no other employment for their e j, ell uad uo choice, but persevere and hope for a favour s ° l' t s ati ge• In Saxony'and Poland, horn the heavy charges 7 0 tsthri-n'Post to the coast, their Wheats produced next to ' Ai ith an ig to the growers; the cultivation was therefore generally r Nild I n ed, and Rye raised . in its place, With which I under- T ° t ile . they feed their sheep in whiter, to improve the quality of re "Doi t Iv • ii; t l l l°l 4B e n a ' r f ree trade in corn to be established here, nearly the ' s is „t Russian of these northern countries, together with those of ;Ili ha t B ritish dominions on the Brack Sea, wont(' be poured into ' l O l 'lite r ''`lsr, Markets • any depression in prices here would not 0 4 lin tiBh iPt it, f„ however - milieus such depression might be to the t ° th e f farnsers, it would Still be satisfactory and remuneratmg t elley a e ,, e ign grower who availins. himself of our metallic sun : „Payt a ,„,' buloon, would consult hi convenience in the mode of mt aiss — s `' ,nd as I have already shown from past experience, L et -c , our precious metals. Nsed u l next contemplate deficiency in our home produce, 44 , either by diminished cu'tivation or unfavourable seasons, tl4 to render that supply necessary, which Mr. Booth iatill at 'l to hail as a boon End' a blessind! In such a state, h `assq t ,: e not be put in the power of the foreig r, wer ? whu e , ,„' A ttes - „ 6 ,, ( 1n , wants wouTd stipulate for his own ~ before h I,l 4B tht i - y" o ` l ,,h,is ; supplies?' We - 11' aware that in such . a case, we ; 4 lia ve I ' u•s terms, or be prupaied 0 grapple with famine. e se as ., eyeatedlv been placed in this situation by . unfavour liet es ' i ns, and h'as not this been the practice at such iferiods . ? sek s ' e n, after payint, exhorbitant prices, and exhausting their mees ' s ,': ask lisr•Booth if we have ever, in any one s . eason,. ctii hrr. :si s ts eo rs oc, r - u P ic ro n c ' d u s r e e f surp n lies to the extent of ten millions of gdi or e-fifth art of his estimate of 14° Pur il t ura ption • and when deficiency has p rsatly exceeded that N it as s s_ s -' not' famine w been avoidedhy strict economy . in )ili` t i 'aPtio V of n, caused by the prudence of the higher, and the in ; 4 t bar the middle and lower classes to pay the high prices. t escia te * llooth . Proposes to make us dependent for food on such 1 , 114 041 ) 1%and these, too, that are at times beyond our control,; I '''' ha zards - - great dimin'inution from unfavourable seasons. I o 0 41, 1 1 , ar e .-rat no , would expose us, by oppressing and putting down f „lilt s .„ sneniture destroying the many mighty interests that t c' t ,,s 4 Oi co t 4• 1, with it, in . order t . o . encourage the growth of e s Iv lila L 'or our supl in the lain hope that our rnanufac hqs(4e;ekita,kFn in payment for it. ho ts this the working of for suchwe must suppose he considers it to N 1)4411115 111 1 the bold and dogmatic tone of decision with which he s gates his g a re, an , _,doctrines, as if they were beyond the reach of els tor tst above appeal. Can . his be British feelings, or a re „e „, ritish safety or British interests? or are we t.? con- . I, 4 'o ' rt u d a , t , his views and reasoning are those of " A c itizen of pee n r4l th e Wrote th -;_earliest times up to the present hour, it has ever i sa " r `e .. st t e t i :n h i_e_st of our most patriotic and ablest statesmen to si ieti se f or re growth of c orn, as the safest and only sure N a i l 5 11 r th e Supply of . food to " the people." At a period Pte kli i i it w as thens' is ere_ . n . ght and population comparatively P 11„ etio n L ,wise policy 0 . , f the leslature to encourage e te :s, wt - i '' '1 granting bounties on the exportation . of the sur bie'sed , e n such existed'; at more recent periods,' when in 11;,Ileipie,dation no' longer left an excess for export, the same_ ti%)ftr7 th , Protection in the home market has been . persevered at-reigne en.se___ouragemen.t .of our agriculture. Teethed ss„,,sy s ev "rl was prohibited 1.1 ti 4 r , t , ~i y 2 wheriluti7 of defic i ency, ditte at nti a l nd the th p e ri n c e e e s essityfor a foreign point, m d fixed but moderate duties , ; t e i ,, e ,n, )' ,, te h nt tvallL was p a roductive of great change and fluctua- t Zulas s4 , - „,," as was felt oppressive to the consumer, from the gr . ea t led e t s - ', 7;t in price, - without a corresponding benefit . being . 4t i e ted '',,' 'Lie growr ne present system s . vas therefore sub , tal e ffieunded on . a graduated scale of prices, with relatise iaBll.itl6sin'linotrYi,oth ra , te - cf iuishing as prices advanced, for the b a l k, p r i ce f aiefncorn,7 i O th pr e ot h ec e t ei th e e g c r o o n w su er m ; e b r y , a t n h d is in sy c s r t e e a m sm e g t R ro , s , s . e a B , e o protect . 14 ; , t 1111,0 admess ot price has been securedobject of i t\r " 1 st"lance to both . grower and .consumer. In evidence ti ers„, aY state, that since the last harvest the six _weeks; t l e tta teA s ke r u e r wheat have, I think, not varied above 2s. pe ts suites all Ping generally between 535.. and 515., a price that 4. 4 (i 1,,, the economy and industry . of the farmer to s 'bruit a s ntlieC e nabled to meet the exigencies of the times vet it is t lll l w as the workinc, classes can at present afford; to fad cst ',,, fe rr ° iia .. : l ' wonld bring"inevitable ruin on the farmer, without e a de ,-,-,' „ a nY corresponding benefit on the latter ; this has k i lt- 4\4 10 % — Z a co tviy and . salutary system, and has hitherto worked. the wf s ,% B6 n emne . d hy o l u e r s n a e ll w th ra e ce of political econo wisdom and foresight t r„ e Pres„ t u d ul to tnemse v i t t 4 e t ki l Zt ae in u 'tls a3 tO consent . to this free trade in corn, we are ot• , et e a b the first instance„, that our home growths shall . be tk h Qtio ,Y, a fixed rate of duty, a system that appears alike t Its haol, Whether i n tii pil ' iatiueofiu . eide , beib of a temporary or a permanent c..har.ac cliaillY w as LI;ould be to oppress the consumer when (it Li e , NO', i t . required, and prices high, which, even free from ' 4 l. alit 1 convenien . t for him to pay for ; whilst, with 104 tome crops, sufficient tor our consution this duty It the tt, th e prevent the introduction of foreignsupply', however 1 / 4 1 1111 4 1/rl ces Might fall . in consequence et l ttea markets; P1 )11 ul ging unavoidable distress and ultimate gu ruin . on the Ite troWer .' ,-.4, without causing great fluctuations and unsteadiness i lii t accomplishing the objects aimed at by its acivo ,l4,klad were they to extinguish the duty when prices . run the y deficient crops, the farmers would then be unju.. unjustly tr uih i V a ilf their right to high prices, as the . only consideration . „, k 'A ' receive, to make up for the falling off in quantity r 4 5 . . • - - , At t , ; e deficiencies. . pr es :s, Z..,th has entered his protest against the tithe of the Aat a tlve t ' , the present rates of rent paid to the landlord as op -0! th t4 , e e the poor. Is he aware that - for the best lands in Eng %lra to e ts do not exceed one-fourth . part of . the gross value clu„sfth Pitey produce, and that for interior is often only Psi`,` the „or less? Let us for the sake of experiment de ish,-5 of 1 ;1 1 41 ' 4 31 of rent, and in that case, taking the pres ent Ivh I :,iled„,, e 4 at at 545., one-fpurth off farmer—at rent is 13s. 6d., and fr e a , s In a - "ejl, leaves 40s. bd. to the p . resent good tre,,,t'qtr t „Y oe put free on hoard . at Hamburg tor 24s.—the h s'i th " 4 that port to London is not hiher than the rates ripest e coal add 10 duty, the 4 tll 4, lll e' ' by ' the r free , traders in corn of the present day, ;I` Np folk 2.5. per quarter, . s. y,.. al, ~_ eirs y- , Mr Booth (but without an expression fa,' as thy "ai,) you have these . wheats . delivered in London at I so 'qie s 0 Charg es on them eing similar to those the Norfolk of t 4 ;:ed : t ; ast r :P e th ay ' toh b ave hiss onveyed there, cannot i t n he j h us in tic u e s , t What . talirs:fliat:oth sp Pr a l l ce, as one of competition. ~,,,'t ill sp,i, sune'h7r land-owners and farmers when . br . ought in con en- s i i s uide o r m s petition and with all their existing burthens ts t hsee of the corn i• tr " ia's ( o' sUstained sof tithe as a burthen on the poor, and . an y the withdrawal of one-tenth of the gloss tit: r:,o,rnass leastaneesst _: a n t: fl is eld from the market of suppl at least ,li ll tith e i s rs to be his meaning. Surely he is aware, that th tsh , much the lawful recognised property of the I '4l 'l 4'4' Ot te, result s not kti Q'rtner, after N tate that of the landlord, or the crop that of NI, cafe/actions. On el t n y t ment for it, and that no person purchases collet Call the tithe. leases a farm,nu improver of waste lands Si ,r, ustltost first &ducting the aTo . unt . o . f the t it he I til t? 4 s iz rl s l e t i ? T hr' grounds, t w a l , t er then, of justice can al . s al 4 ed, is it not a its nature a burden ? and when etois'its extent, a source of supply to the ll ge . n c e : prod . , 1 (?u, in the price o°flleshPaosi' 9 t 141, , - r. Booth and I are agreed. He admits that a supply e, and that admits one in hi h te dit„ t. ° ll r, beyond the demand for it, must necessarily cause ket tgilive labour, and even money itself labour; lfis: bring like al m l the e.re fruits i m t s a o r .. f pPrseise nAesanrelsaerddissyaohsed of, .and the consequence . is a fall in - eat ,-• our, with some exceptions, this is at Petit: un fortunately the case, and the price, chiefly orntitll',°4 for employment, has fallen to the low point which will si te curiait of the .purchase of the common necessaries of life, ' tab o ,.its are required to sustain the individual in a state to 4 r, and beneath it the price cannot fall without d estroying THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD the source of labour. We are told that taxation on articles of consumption oppresses the popr ; but what is the fact? Let us admit that certain articles which he consumes are taxed, and that if these taxes were removed, he would be able to purchase at lower prices; but would not the consequence be, that the price of his labour would be reduced in the same proportion, and still remain at the lowest point. It is property that enables its owner to employ the working classes, and property there fore is, in point of fact, the subject of taxation, and source of revenue. 'llie more taxation is spread over consumption, the less its direct effects arc felt, and the more easily they are borne. • I now take my leave of Mr. Booth and his paMphlet. 'I thank you for the promptitude with which you have admittPd my observations into your columns, and am yours, &c: . . .Feb. 25, 1833. MERCATOR. O THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST.IXD✓IRD. SlR,—The Catholic church does not sanction the profanation of the Sabbath. No such thing. Therefore it was uncharitable in a correspondent of your last paper to say so. I-le . may easily convince himself of this by looking at the Catholic Catechism . I have bought your paper ever since it started ; therefoie, I hope you will publish this, my illiterate reply.—l am yours, respect- fully, AN ENGLISH CATHOLIC. 2d March, 1833. *** The letter above alluded to was from an unknown corres pondent, andwe readily insert the above communication in reply. LIVERPOOL DISFRANCHISEMENT PETITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND4RD. Ne sutor ultra crepidam," is an old adage that might be very well applied to certain gentlemen who are now making themselves very busy, and very COnspicuous, iikwhat I trust will turn out a `complete failure. If Mr. Rathbone would stick to his cotton bales, pot, and karl ashes; Mr. Harvey to his grain tubs, or his hats,• (for I do not exactly know to which of the illustrious houses of Harvey thiS gentleman is a worthy scion) and Mr. W}-berg to his kelp and his wool, it would, I think, be better for them, and render them less obnOxious in the eyes of the valuable part of their fello,w-townsmen. Are not these men, who are using all their endeavours to bring the free men:of Liverpool to punishment, among the number of those very men, who endeavoured to seduce them into crime? Though no great admirer of the Unitarian parson, yet, how much more respectable it was in the sturdy old radical to de clare that he would never be the means of bringing down punishment on men for a crime to which he had, in some mea_ sure, been the means of seducing them; for though he had never himself bribed a voter, yet he had subscribed money which he certainly knew was for that purpose: I should wish to ask Mr. Rathbone to state upon his affirmation how many men he had himself paid money to for votes: Should there be another election for the good old town of Liverpool, (and I trust there will he many,) before these Itorthies have obtained the dearest wish of their hearts, I hope the old freemen will show them that they are able to judge who have been iheir, friends, and who are their enemies. Is the Mr. Rathbone mentioned here the same Mr. R. who cut so conspicuous, and so honourable a figure in the corre spondence on the Portarlington election? if he is, I should have thought that he had got a lesson that would have taught him the truth of my Latin quotation—. NE STJTOR ULTRA CREPIDAM. STATE OF IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIT'ERPOOL STAND.IRD. SIR,—I send you sonic extracts from a letter which I received this morning from a respectable clergyman in the south of Ire. : land, and leave you to make what use of it you may see fit. Yours, &c. March 2, 1833. N. S. E. " Lord Grey has given a faithful account of our condition : if we mix not with the people at all, and ask for no money, and give them no opposition whatever; assent to everything they say or do; and, above all, dare not to open our lips against Weir idol, O'Connell, I believe our lives may be spared. I seldom leave home, except for professional duties, ask for no tithes, and em ploy no Collector ; and for this reason, I suppose, have met with no personal molestation. lam owed upwards of £lOOO, and have not the slightest chance of getting a penny of it, unless government should undertake to gather for me. Knowing, for years, that all property,was insecure in Ireland, I never lived up to my income; and having some trifle independent of the church,l cannot say that I have been embarrassed, though not able to save. Such is not the case, lam sorry to say, with very many clergymen; those with large families, having bene fices valued at £2OO and £3OO a year, none of which has been paid for two years, are reduced to the extremest distress, unable scarcely to supply their children with potatoes, much less clothe them decently, or send them to school; their houses, also, are falling into ruin through want of repair. Such men, at the best of times, could put nothing by, and are now literally pennyless. "My mother, and sister, and all friends are well. They are so accustomed to hear of murders, and outrages of every descrip tion, that they are become inured to them; and I fear all of us are less affected than we ought to be,—the frequency in some degree diminishes the horror." SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. ANNUAL MEETING.—The annual meeting of the subscribers to this benevolent institution was held on Wednesday, in the school-room of the establishment. By half-past twelve o'clock a brilliant congregation of lathes and gentlemen had assembled to witness the examination of the children. On the motion of Mr. Comer, seconded by Mr. Rathbone, Mr. Thomas Brockhurst Barclay took the chair. Mr. Barclay, in opening the meeting, regretted that in the abSence of Mr. Campbell, the regular chairman, he was called to a situation to which he could not do that justice which his feelings would prompt, and which the interests of such an institution demanded. Mr. Campbell had, however, kindly put into the shape of a written report all the necessary information, and he (Mr. B.) trusted that the interesting nature of the forthcoming examina tion of the children would amply compensate for any deficiency to which circumstances subjected them. Mr. CoSiEn, at the request of the chairman, read the report and Mr. Rathbone read over the accounts for the last year.— The report stated, that the debt due to the treasurer amounted to £324, and that The income of the institution was still inade quate to its expenditure by about £6O per annum. It adverted to the beneficial exertions of the ladies' committee, and ob served, that the lodgingrooms for the poorer children had al ready been productive of the most important benefit to those who 'had availed themselves of their advantages. Reference was also made to the children who had left the school to enter into trades, several of whom are filling their situations efficiently, and to the entire satisfaction of their employers; thus showing, that the unfortunate deaf and dumb, after receiving due in struction, are found to be quite capable of acquiring the know ledge of handicraft trades, and thus earning an honest subsist ence—an object of the greatest importance. The present num ber of pupils is 35. Rev. J. ASPINALL said, although about to move the adoption of the report which the meeting had just heard, yet he could not help remarking that its tone was somewhat desponding— perhaps some of them would think too much so under existing circumstances. That the last year had not been as fertile in additional support to our shool as they fondly anticipated might be readily accounted for. The awful visitation of the cholera, with its attendant distress, and other causes had made an almost unprecedented drain upon private charity. These things, how ever, he trusted, had only for a season turned aside from them the channel of benevolence—not dried up its fountain. He knew .that. it was the intention of several of the clergy to have advocated their use 'from the pulpit; but they had been pre vented by the circumstance—that, besides those local charities of long standing which hdve, as it were, an established claim upon them, they had, during the last year, been obliged to make three additi9nal and unusual collections—for the erection of the New Church at the north end of the town, for the dis tressed Irish Clergy, and for the National Schools. But when, from the contemplation of the past, he turned to the future, he could not but fancy he saw a brighter prospect dawning upon. them. He would not, therefore, say in the desponding lan guage of.the report that " He would hope against hope;" but he would say that he would yet hope with a strong anlively hope, he would hope that the tender plant just peeping above the ground, would grow into a mighty tree; he would hope that the little bark which was launched upon the ocean of cha rity, would be 'raised until it becomes a gallant vessel. He would hope, and, indeed, doubted not, that as the merits of the Institution, were more widely circulated and better known, they would be universally supported with that liberality for which the inhabitants of this great commercial town are, and ever have been, prove' bial, when cause is shown that their bounty is needed and deserved. And for the accomplishment of so desirable an object, he trusted that every friend of the school would strive to obtain one, two, three, or more, addi tional subscribers, according to the sphere of his influence.— He was quite sure that to urge them so to do, no special plead ing was required. In the spectacle which they would pre sently behold—the interesting spectacle soon to be brought be fore them—in the examination of the children, there would be 'an eloquence which would move all present to it with an impulse which anv further words would rather deaden than increase.— From thk spectacle, therefore, he would no longer detain them, but move at once the resolution which he held in hi; hand—" that the report now read be printed and circulated un der the direction of the Committee.' Mr. GRANT moved , the second resolution, That the thanks of the meeting be preseded to the officers and the committee for their valuable services during the past year; and that the gentlemen, specified in the advertisement be' the officers and committee for the year ensuing. Seconded by the Rev. Mr. Thom. Mr. POWNALL moved, That the respectful thanks of the meeting be specially presented to the ladies' committee, for the important services rendered by them during the past year to the institution.. Seconded by Mr. Knowles. Mr. RATHBONE moved the third resolution, to the, effect, That the meetings be held monthly, instead of quarterly. Mr. BAYNES moved, That the thanks of the meeting . be given to the chairman for his obliging conduct on that occasion. The business of the annual meeting having been disposed of, an examination of the children took place in the presence of a very crowded and respectable auditory. The pupils were examined in the various exercises suited to their respective Progress•in learning. These consisted of writ ing, definitions of words ' arithmetic,•geography, English gram mar, &c ,,- in all of which they acquitted themselves to the satis faction and, indeed, the admiration of the company. One in cident at the close of the proceedings was uncommonly touch ing'. A little girl, about nine years of age, was selected to prompt the other pupils in the repetition, on their fingers, by signs, of the ; Lord's prayer. The little prompter gave the sign for each word, and the children spelled the letters on their lingers, thus proceeding, intelligibly to themselves,•thromliout the prayer, all deeply serious, and evidently impressed with the subject. - - -- - The company afterwards saw the children at their dinner, a meal which is daily provided at the expense of the institution, and which, as the greater number of pupils are in indio•ent cir cumstances, is a bonus to them of the most seasonable kind. On the whole, we trust this exhibition will tend much to in crease the public . sympathy on behalf of this most humane charity. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. BRUSSELS, March 2.—The Queen of the French is expected in this city next week, accompanied by the two elder Princesses and the Duke of Orleans. This Royal party is to leave Paris .on Thursday morning, and -to arrive in Brussels on Friday. Escorts of honour are now arranging on the Belgian part of - the , journey. It is thought that Madame Adelaide will, Within some days after, follow the party to this country. Rumour speaks to-day of a 'defensive alliance having . been formed between France, Great Britain, and Spain. One of the results -of the arrangement is to be that the Cortes' debt will be placed in activity. • RUSSIA, TURKEY, AND EGYPT. Official intelligence has reached this city that the Russian envoy to Alexandria has succeeded in obtaining an order from Mehemet Ali to stay the hostile movements of Ibrahim Pacha. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 21.—The most perfect tranquillity at this mo ment reiois.throughout this city and the whole of Spain. The . seditious movement of Leon was of no importance, and, more over, as I have already written to you, it was immediately stifled. The last days of the carnival throughout the country, and particularly in this place, were much more occupied with pleasure than with business. The Government have, this year, either formally permitted, or at least as much as possible tolerated, the masked balls, which they had formerly most rigorously interdicted. Have they in doing this wished to give a new satisfaction to opinion, or to divert the public attention, and, by pre-occupying it, to remove it from more important in terests ? Perhaps they have, proposed. to thentselveS this double end: whatever may be the case, policy is no stranger t o this sort of toleration : as far as the Spaniards are concerned, all classes and all ranks have amply profited in availing them selves of the ,liberty of pleasure,• so new, which has been ac corded them. During the days of the carnival all Madrid was nothing but a great masked ball; but Lent is come at length, and they, begin to talk a little on public affairs. It has been known for some time that the ministry do not draw well together; one part - of them is of the " Movement," the other of the "Resistance." On oue side Messrs. Enchna y Piedra', s Ulloa, and Fernandez del Pine, wish to march in ad vance—the queen is with them; but on the other side, M. Z e a Bermudez in the first place, and after him Messrs Ofalia and Cruz, with the king at their head, have attempted to drive back the movement, or at least to impede its progress. There is not simply a division in the Cabinet, there is actual war. One of the parties must shortly gain a victory over its opponents, and possess itself exclusively of power. Some days ago, when a lively discussion took place on occasion of a proposition made by Fernandez del Pino to introduce an anti-apostolic reform in the magistracy, the ministers of the movement had nearly re tired. To-day it is M. Zea himself who is tottering,—M. - Zea, the chief of the Ministry and of the resistance. His retirement is much spoken of; they even go so far as to name the persons : who are to succeed him—either the Duke of San Fernando, the candidate of the queen, or M. Bardaji, formerly minister under' the Cortes, The king is very -anxious to retain M. Zea, but the queen leaves no stone unturned to obtain his dismissal.— Her chief cause of complaint against him is the opposition which he manifests to the legal formation.of a body of militia, who call themselves Christinians, and who, at the instigation of certain agents, have begun to enrol themselves secretly in Madrid and in the provinces, for the defence and support of the rights of the Princess of the Asturias, in opposition to the faction of Don Carlos. It is true, that to authorize a militia of this sort, with out first dissolving and disarming the Royalist Volunteers, would have differed very little from organizing civil war. So says M. Zea himself. But why did you not disarm the royal ists ? answer his opponents. In truth, it is time for people to think of the general applica tion of this measure, which has been employed with success in some Particular places, but the execution of it is not easy in every district. In the meantime, by a recent circular, not yet made public in an official manner, the Captain-General Freire subjects this body, in New Castile, to a very severe purgation. Thus,. he declares that all royalist volunteers in his comman dery, who are not " honrados, and who have no regular means of subsistence, must leave the " corps," and deliver back their arms. If these injunctions were rigorously enforced, the Ja nissaries of Carlism would be very sensibly diminished iu number. Refugees continue to flow into the capital; the greater num ber, without any resources, come to reclaim their ancient em ployments, or to solicit new ones; there are truly/ very many exigencies to be met which embarrass the Government not a little. For my part, I will not vouch for the wisdom or the mo deration of all these refugees; but, on the other Side, the active partisans of absolutism a ffi rm, that these poor annuitants have returned more exalted in their opinions, and more revolution ary than ever. Don Francisco Rodriguez de la Vega and some others having been charitably designated as apostles of the Republic, the King himself caused their names to be laid before the director-general of the police, and wrote to him to cause them to remove themselves from Madrid; but the direc tor, an honorable man, Martinez de san Martin, having repre sented in strong terms that such a proceeding was to a certain extent a revocation of the amnesty, His Majesty insisted no further in his purpose. The new ordinance, by which the army is to be increased 25,00 men will furnish the means of replacing the greatest number of the military refugees. It is evident that this is the end which the Government has proposed to itself, and for this the moderate Liberals are thankful. They are not the less thankful for the last ordinance concerning the Ayuntamientos. This ordinance, which calls upon the principal proprietors (pro prietairee) to concur in the election of the municipalities (triunicipalites), is of the highest importance. The first effects of its application will be soon observed, for at this very mo ment the Ayuntamientos are renewing themselves throughout all Spain by the operation of this new electoral system. Nothing has transpired here of the result of the negotiations of Sir S. Canning; it is, however, strongly doubted whether he has obtained anything of M. 'Lea; this arises from the fact that he has asked not a little; he has demanded not only the recog nition of the rights of Donna Maria, but also of the indepen dence of the Spanish colonies. But if M. Zea does not appear much disposed to accord these things, 1 repeat that M. Zea does not feel himself firm in his seat. (From the New .York Gazette.) MAJOR DOWNING AND GEN. J,A.CKSON IN THE SAME PEE., DICAMENT! The Portland Courier of Saturday contains a most indignant letter from the clebrated Major Jack Downing, from which it appears that the same wicked attempts are now being made to deprive him of the authorship of his letters, th a t have been al rea dy ma d e to wrest f rom the President the credit of his own official. documents. The major says, " To have it said th a t I d ont ' t wr i te my own letters, is too bad. It's what I call a rascally shame. I was s o boiling over with it last night th a t I couldn't hold it;' and s o I took the papers and went in and showed them to the President. I always go to the President when I have got any difficulty, and when he has any he comes to me • so we help one an o th er along as well as we ca n . Whcn the President Lad read it, says he, It's strange to,see how this world is given to lying. The public papers is beg i n n i ng t o s la n d er you j est as ti ey always do me. I haven't written scarcely a public document since I've been President, but whatits been laid off to Mr. Van Bruen cr M 'Lane, or. Mr. Livingst o n, or Mr.-Talley, or somebody or o h ar . A n d how to help this slanderous business I don't know. But its too provoking, Major, that's certain. Sometimes I've a good mind to make Congress pass a law that every editor who says I don't write my proclamations and messages, or that you don't write your letters, shall forfeit his press and types, and if that don't stop him, that he shall be strung up by the neck without Judge or Jury.' " A meeting has been 'held at Montreal for the purpose of erect ing a memorial to the memory of Sir Walter Scott, at which Chief Justice Reit presided. It was very judiciously submit ted, " that no monument *Ovid be so permanent as one asso ciated w:th sow useful design, and seeing that the life and writ ings of Sir Walter Scott eminently shewed the benefits of graft ing practical, usefulness upon pleasing recreation . Therefore, that by endowing in th e name o f Sir Walter Scott, an institution for purposes connected with literary pursuits and inNt)uction, we should carry his usefulness even beyond the period of his own life ; we should raise a most appropriate merpcnio of his name, and the particular application of his talents; we should ensure a constant regard to the renewal and preservation of the monument, and'we should probably carry down to distant ge-: nerations the name of Scott, associated with the e'xpr . ession of the liberal feelings of the citizens of Montreal." Measures were then adopted to carry this design into erect. • SIR JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE'S VESTRY ACT, A requisition having been received by the churchwardens, to ascertain whether the required majority of the rate-payers are in favor of or against the adoption of the act 1 and 2 W. IV, c. 60, (20th Oct. 1£31;) by which the Select Vestry A e`, com monly called Sturges Bourne's Act, under which the affairs of this parish have been conducted during the last twelve years, would be superseded, we lay before our.readen an abstract of its principal enactments. The churchwardens, within twenty-one d a y s a ft er th e S un d ay following their rec e ipt the requisition, are to fix some three successive days, beginning at eight in the morning and ending at four in the afternoon, for receiving the votes of the rate payers for or against the adopti o n o f th e ac t. The vote of the rate-payer is to be either printed or writter, or partly printed, or pa r tly wr itt en , an d must b e addressed, an., delivered, to one of the churchwardens at the place appoiired' for receiving the votes. The votes to be examined and compared with the last ra!e' made for the relief of the poor; and if the whole number of persons voting is a clear majority of the rate-payers, and two thirds of the votes given eke in favour of the act, it is to be adopted. • • No person is to be deemed a rate-payer under this act unless , he shall have - been rated to the relief of the poor for the rhole . year immediately preceding his vote, and shall have paid all the parochial rates, taxes, and assessments then due from him or her, except such as have been made or become due within the preceding six months. In case the rate-payers determine against the adoption of ?he act, another requisition cannot be made for this same ply_po.,e within three years after such determination. The number of vestrymen, being resident householders, to be in proportion to the number of rated householders, xiz. • Vestrymeta. - Rated Householders. 'l2 for not exceeding . lOOO . 24 if above 36 if 'above 12 for every additional The number is in no case to exceed 120; but it is to be ob served, that if a parish contains 9001 rated householders; it is imperative that the vestry for managing its affairs shall consist of one hundred and twenty vestrymen, consequently, that would be the number for Liverpool. The rectors, vicar, perpetual curate, and churchwarden!, are to lie part of the vestry. The overseers are not mentioneu. The qualification of a vestryman is, that he shall be a resi dent householder, rated at not less than £lO per annum. In London the qualification is £4O. Under this act the votes for the election of vestrymen are to be taken by ballot, during three successive days, from eight to four o'clock; each rate-payer delivering a folded paper con taining the names of the persons for whom he votes; and each rate-payer is to have one vote, and no more, for the members o f the vestry. Any person forging, or falsifying any name or writing, in any voting _paper, or obstructing or preventing the election, may he convicted before two justices in a penalty of not less than £lO, nor more than £5O; and, in default of payment, may he imprisoned for not less than three, nor more than six calen dar months. The election of vestrymen to take place in the month of May in every year. At tlie'hist election after the adoption of the act, one-third of the vestry to retire from office by lot; on the next ensuing an nual election, one-half of the remaining part of the first vestry to retire by lot ; and, on the third annual election, the last re maining part of the first vestry are to retire from office. At every subsequent annual election, those vestrymen who have been three years in office are to go out of office, and the rate-payers are to elect an equal number, and to fill up vacan cies occurring by death or other causes.. Vestrymen may be re-elected. In a parish requiring 120 vestrymen, nine of them being pre sent at a meeting of a vestry, all orders and directions given,,, and contracts and engagements entered into by them, (if con firmed at any subsequent meeting of the vestry,) are to be as valid and effectual, binding and conclusive, as if done by all the vestrymen for the time being. " 'Tis passing strange" that the Corporation of Liverpool should be eulogised at Portsmouth as On e o f th e most lib era l , and denounced - in Liverpool as one of the most corrupt bodies in England. A meeting of the inhabitants of Portsmouth was, latel,Theld for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to include the body corporate of that borough in list of Corporations who are to undergo the process of reformation. On that occa sion Mr. Casher said, that " the Corporation of Liverpool had widened the streets, built churches, and made other improve- Ments ; that a schedule was hung up in the Custom-house and other places, and that the dues were engraved on brims plates which the collectors exhibited when they made claims. At Porttmouth there were no visible improvements, and no one could tell to what tolls the Corporation was entitled."—Hamp shire Telegraph.—Verily, a prophet is seldom honoured in his own country. Col. Campbell has been sent to Alexandria by our Goverif ment. Although Mehemet Ali has consented that a treaty. based on certain principles, shall be executed between him and the Sultan, the terms are not settled, and Colonel Campbell will have arrived in sufficient time to assist the Consuls and En voys of the other great powers in recommending to Mehemet the acceptance or imposition of such terms as may conduce to the establishmenrof permanent peace. SHERlDAN.—Sheridan was above the middle height; his limbs were well formed, but rather heavy, and his shoulders somewhat round ; he had one leg perceptibly larger than the other. His face, in the lower part, was fat, and all over too rosy for a very temperate or very discreet man. His eyes were most remarkable—large, of a dark colour, and shining, as if fire came from them; when near and immediately in front of him, few could bear to look steadily at his countenance. In pronouncing his orations, he had endless grace and variety of action; using both arms' with such propriety, that by their movements one might nearly conjecture what ho was saying. His voice had in it almost every sort of musical sound ; it was sometimes as sweet as the notes of a violin, and at others es mellow as an organ. He was so great a master of original wit, rhetoric without rules, and , natural eloquence of every kind, that he made those who heard him speak, believe him in the r_ for the time, be the subject of his oration IN hat it might.He was, in short, neither moral, learned, nor wise; but FO amazingly clever that he completely . imposed himself as silt'', upon his hearers, while declaiming either on the hustings or iu parliament.—Piozziana,or, Recollecliuns of the Lie Mrs. Picizi.