The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-27 00:00:00

ECE3IBER zi, to,)t). the policy of the King of the BarriCades,.and the " stabili ty" of the reformed institutions of our i‘ We perceive by the journals-that:Marshal SOU LT has betotnetather claniorous for an additional supply of mo— ney, WhiCh is the best . cOmmentary that can be offered on Louis PHILIPPE'S declaration, that the finances of the countfy are flourishing: Had he used the word " tifYing," as our . own ingenious Mr. POULETT THOMSON did, we could have understood, him. Since the above -was written we have .received the. French papers of the 23d instant, on - : Which day the whole of the twenty-seven persons accused:of treason were quitted. This -shows- that the " insensate passions which Louis PHILIPPE lamentS in his speech are not of that criminal or Unpoputar kind which his Attorney-Ge neral supposes. There was . every disposition on the part of the judges to condemn, they ...hAve,. indeed, through out the whole transaction, exhibited .the - most abject and slavish adherenee.tuthe wiil and pleasure of their mas ter ; they have pushed the forms of judiCial practice to the greatest excess; but, being disappointed in Alie re suit by the verdict of the jury, whcrti acquitted the pri soners, these slavish judges have endeavoured to wreak their vengeance on the leading counsel who defended them. It will hardly be believed in England that the three leading barristers' who powerfully, energetically, and successfully vindicated the . 'innocence of the accused have been themselves severely Punished. for the style of their address, the independent language they employed, - and the well-merited censures they heaped upon the go vernment. These gentlemen are barristers of eminent repute, and great ability. Their names are M. DUPONT, M. PINART, and M. MICHEL. For doing nothing but justice to their clients, the first has been suspended horn the exercise of his professional duties for - one year, and the other two for six mOnths! We need not say thit these proceedings have caused much excitement and uneasiness in all the clubs and co teries of Paris. The utmost astonishment and indigna tion are expressed. The city 14bours under a panic of alarm such as has not been experienced since the unfor tunate ordonnanees of CHARLES THE TENTH on the eve of the three days. The bar of Paris feel deeply the affront cast upon these members of their body, and pro - tests and remonstrances innumerable are about to be signed. In shad, a sort of professional strike and declaration of war against the Citizen King is threatened, the consequences of which, in - the present exasperated state of feeling, it is impossible to calculate. This, then, is the state of affairs in Paris at the very moment when LOUIS PHILIPPE in extolling the stability of his institutions, and the blessings of order and peace. His throne is evidently. not worth six month's purchase. The conduct of his pdges and the public prosecutors on this oc casion was of the most atrocious nature, and sufficient to raise the indignation of any people. Fabricated evidence, interpolated .contessions, and wholesale perjuiy by the agents of the police, formed -the staple out of which the ADVOCATE-GENERAL formed his charge of treason. These proceedings cannot stop here. LOUIS PHILIPPE has brought the very name of "King" in France into contempt. We are informed by a correspondent from Ca lais, that, at a public dinner given the other day to the cannonniers of St. Omer, one of the toasts publicly drank, and with acclamation too, was " DEATH TO ALL KINGS! " The VICE-CHANCELLOR has decided that the Unita rians are not Christian's ! The first equity judge in England, with the exception of the MASTER OF THE ROLLS, (for we put Lord BROUGHAM entirely out of the question,) has declared by his solemn judgment that this •elass of professing Christians cannot hold property under trust, devised for the exclusive, benefit of persons whose faith is founded upon the IVY Scriptures. In other words, Unitarians are excluded,' by this judgment, from taking any benefit under charities which are restricted to those persons whose rxinciples and doctrines are in ac cordance with the word of God! This is a salutary de- vision which will do good at the present time, inasmuch as it will expose the fallacies upon which the convenient faith of these shallow but fashionable and aspiring infidels is supposed to rest. The cause before the VICE-CHANCELLOR which led to this important decision was a charity founded by Lady Elastics , and' others, more than two husidred years ago, by whose bequest certain funds were set apart for the maintenance of certain " poor and godly persons of Christ's holy church." How the Unitarians came into the participation or monopoly of the funds and patronage of this charity we cannot at present tell, and have no time ,to inquire. It is clear, however, that they have, for a Jong period, acted as trustees—that one Mr. WELLBE -LOVE D, an Unitarian preacher at York, is paid a stipend Out of.t he funds—that Unitarians generally are supported out of the funds— and that the object of the donors has been defeated inasmuch as a class of persons have as- Awned the direction and divided amongst themselves the revenues bequeathed to pious persons, whose faith should be similar to that of the devisors and founded upon the Bible. The argument used against the Unitarian trustees and - their pensioners was, that they applied the funds of the trust to purposes foreign to that which Lady HEWLEY and her heirs intended; and that the doctrines they pro fessed and inculcated would have been revolting to the mind of the pious founders. This argument was admi rably sustained by Sir EDWARD SUDDEN and others, and, as the fact proves,, it_ was irresistible before the VICE. CHANCELLOR. In• giving judgment, his honour said that the Uni tarian body, to which Mr. WELBELOVED, who was a pensioner under the charity, belonged, have published *rat they are pleased to call an improved translation of the Holy Scriptures. This work his honour faithfully collated with the English translation, and the original Greek revised by GINESBACII, and he observed that the improved translation was so very inaccurate and dis torted, that he had no difficulty in deciding that it could not be the Holy Scriptures referred to in the will of Lady HEWLEY, nor its adherents and approvers, the " poor and Godly persons of Christ's holy church," whom she would have patronised or fed by her bounty. Speaking of this 'improved version, the learned judge Said, "He had looked at a variety of the parts, and he never re membered to have seen any translation which could be con sidered more unsatisfactory, more arbitrary, more fanciful, more silly, and, he was sorry to •say, MORE FALSE, than was that book; and he was perfectly certain that Lady HEW LEY would have thought it the worst calamity that could have happened to her, that such persons should be considered entitled to par ticipate in her charity, professing to call themselves 'godly preachers of Christ's holy gospel,' who would give their sanc tion to the publication of such a work as,that." His honour then decreed that 11tr. WELBELOVED was not a proper person to be a stipendiary expounder of the gospel under the will—decrees that new trustees be ap- Pointed—that the fraudulent Scriptures be banished from the alms-houses, and the true version substituted in their place. This cause, we are told, involves property to the amount of upwards of £200,000, a great portion of which has been for many years at the disposal of the Uoitariaus. Would there be any injustice in compelling hem to refu n d ? • But what delights us most in this decision is, that it will, by means of the.long - reports in the London papers, open the eyes of the people at large, and the unthinking 4 4a1l classes, to the delusive texts, the spurious transla tions., and the false doctrines upon Which the faith of that a sl)irink sect is based. One HARRIS, who, in his day, Iva ' deemed a man of note, as every vapid sciolist is sure to b ; among the Unitarians, openly declared that his and th eir faith was a sort of half way house between fa naticism 0,1 the one band and infidelity on the other. Had he can it a temple dedicated to sophistry in the suburbs of infidelity, and at a respectful distancefrom the church, he would have been nearer the mark. The Unitarians profes s to believe in the bible, but that bible is of their 'Ma ngle a n d w Ow n manufacture. Th e y h ew an d cu t down, profan e .t h e H o l y S criptures for their on Purposes. They first libel the word of God, and then is uk . e a wo rt h for therose. Ives, which they tell 'the illiterate " ,° e Pure than the other, thus adding fraud to sacri t; It .i 8 a convenient way first to_ adopt certain ' let '' , and then trim doirn the holy canons to a proper degree of accordance. Their castes being vitiated, they Are wicked enough to muddle the stream of truth in order 'that the simple may be constrained or habituated to-drink of the same impurities. What will Lord BROUGHAM say ? Another remukable fact connected with this cause is; that previous to the yke,CHANCELLOR delivering his opinion, he received a piikOe letter from some zealous Unitarian, the object of Which - was clearly to 'influence .his opinion in their favour. Some Unitarians have a knack this way of:writing to the judges, butslis.honour administered a proper ieprooe.: He said lie considered duty, after publicly reading the letter," to express 'liis.str'ong disapprobation of letters of this kind being ritten to a judge," and he added—" Neither could any thing be.said in justification of addressing a, judge by letter." Thig was a •proper reproof . to impertinence, and we recommend it to all judges, whether of superior or infe rior station, as. a model fOr their conduct when similarly addressed. There is a question which is exceedingly popular in 'eland at the present moment, and that is, " who is the •aitor ?" , It. is impossible to measure or Count them all, but we are certainly within the mark when we say, that already some hundreds of newspaper columns have been written On this question. It is a .dery absurd question after all. Who is the thief in Botany Bay?—There . are, at least, three hundred thousand thieves in that happy country. ' Who is the traitor. in Ireland ? There are a few hundred thousand traitors in that•beautiful colony. To ast such a question, therefore, iha general sense, is absurd. But there is, it would 'seem, some particular traitor who has distinguished himself in a peculiar manner at this juncture. This man, whoever he is, is accused of having told some member of the government that lie was glad to see the majorities in favour of the coercion bill, although he, from circumstances, was compelled to vote and• speak against every clause of that famous Whig measure. The guilty member who gave this good adike to the mi niS ter, and made so honest a confession, the truth of which Ms. JosEvs. Ft4itjilis confirmed, is suppoOd to be one of the adjuncts and appurtenances of Mr. O'CoNNELiN tail. The awls* is Mr. HILL, a sort of dependant of the ministry, who has the honour of being one of-the members for Hull. This Mr. HILL has been `badOred in all sorts of ways, but, although he refuses to point out the man, or name his informant, he still sturdily adheres to his original accusation. If HILL's informant has mis led or imposed upon him, then is this gross false hood chargeable to some member of. his . Majesty's government. If the informant be ready to repeat and substantiate the charge, then is there one of the Irish members who What 2—riot a it better or worse—blacker or whiter, than - are four-fifthsf,of all the Irish patriots. There are not half a dozen members among them who have not done over and over again, without fear or shame, all that is ascribed to this extraordinary traitor. Will they ask us to point out the sit whom we are willing to exempt ? It would rather puzzle us, we confess' „if we were so ap plied to ; but let them ask, and we will try. What is the use of barking about one black sheep, when so many are tarred with the same pitch ? It is, however, a very pretty quarrel altogether, as the Welsh poet says. It will bo useful to direct general attention to the fourth clause in the act of Pftrliament passed on the 29th of August, entitled "An act to provide for the collection and management of the duties on tea." This clause enacts—" that no abate ment of duty shall be made on account of damage received by any tea during the, voyage; but it shall be lawful for the im porter to separate the damaged parts, and to abandon the same to the Commissioners of Customs for the duty." From some official returns recently made up, it appears that the total amount of ; _poor-rates raised in England and Wales during the year enclail March, 1832, was £8,622,920 45., being an excess of £343,712 10s. beyond th e amoun t ra i se d during the preceding year. The total amount of money expended for the relief of the poor, and not for othe r p ur p oses , d ur i ng th e year 1832, Was £7,036,968 10s., being, an increase of £238,079 11s. beyond the sum expended for the relief of the poor during the preceding year. A letter from Vienna of the sth of December says that— " The inheritance left by Prince Esterhazy is immense; his ex penses_, however, were so great that a. sequestration was pla ce d upon his property o zwhich was to last ten years, and during this time he was to br.v4,.received an income of 80,000 florins. By his death many pensions will terminate, so that the period of the - sequestration Will be shortened. It is thought that his prin cipal heir, Prince Paul Esterhazy, will soon resign his office a s Ambassador in Eaglaud, in order to attend to his 'family of fairs." The. Hon—Heat; Speak= •Law, a younger brother. rif-Lord. . Ellenborough, and to the Recorder of London; embraced the military profession, and attained the rank of Captain. in the 28th Riot. While Lord Ellenborough was in office as Pre sident of the Board of Control, Captain Law officiated as pri vate secretary to his lordship. The gallant officer subsequently sold out of the army to keep his terms in the Temple ; and last Term he was called to the degree of Barrister at Law, having relinquished the sword and sash for the wig and gown. EXTIiEME UNCTION—THE PRIEST CHEATED.—About a fort night ago, an Irish soldier, belonging to one of the recruiting parties stationed in Edinburgh, called upon the Recorder of the' Canongate Churchyard, Edinburgh, and requested him to give orders to break ground for a grave for his "poor little Patrick." The Recorder very naturally inquired what time he intended to bury the child. "Och, by the powers! and I cannot just say as to the time," replied the soldier, "for the swate dear is not dead yet; but I can spacify he'll not be long, as the priest has given him extreme unction, and I've been ordered to give him the duce a ha'porth o' more mate, so of course, your honour, it can't be long till we bury our poor little Pat !" the Recorder felt shocked at this narration, and advised the soldier to go home immediately and give the child food, assuring him that it might yet survive. "And does your honour really think so?" said the Hibernian. " Well, and be me feath if I don't take your advice for once, though both the doctor and the priest should be chated." A few days ago the soldier called again upon the Recorder; to thank him for his good advice. lie stated that poor little Patrick was now as well as ever, " and good many thanks to your honour," continued he, "and may you live all the days of yotirlife without extreme unction, ana may your grave never be dug till you die !"—Scotsman. We understand that grievous consequences are already begin ning to be felt, from the operation of that abortion in legislation, the Factory Regulation Bill. Its oppressive character has set the manufacturers, particularly of the north, in an uproar, both mas ters and men • and as the former have given notice that, from the working of this precious measure they will be obliged to reduce the wages of the latter after Christmas, a universal turn-out and commotion is threatened in return. Happily there is au easy remedy . for the danger. Government, we are told, is, under these circumstances, preparing to charge roughshod through the act, and hang its enactments by the neck: but happily too, no blood will be shed in the charge, as was the case in the affair of the Calthorpe exhibition. Well may the people cry out, " Heaven protect us from our friends ! "—Guardian. LORD KINGSLA I%; D.—A paragraph appeared in the morning p!apers of Friday, the 6th instant, stating the death of Lord Viscount Kiugsland, and that he left male issue. The latter part, we have authority to state, is false, as the only issue he had was by his first wile, who died a long time ago, unmarried and without issue • in consequence of which, we understand Captain Barnewall a has been authorised to assume the title of Viscount Kingslan .--Dublin Morning Register.—[Any where hut in Ireland such an event as this wouldlie considered out of the ordinary course of things—at Rome, perhaps, a miracle. The noble viscount, it seems, had issue by his first wife, who died unmarried. This we can only account for by supposing that she was married and had issue after her decease. Tracing a descent from such a marriage, would, in England, puzzle all the genealogists of the Heralds College most confoundedly.] STAMPS.—What a poor stamped animal is an Englishman I He is tatooed with stamps. There is not a single spot of his body corporate that Id not stamped several times over! lie cannot move without knocking his head against a stamp, and before he can arrive at any station of respectability, or achieve any worldly comfort, he must have paid more money for stamps than would set him up for life. The übiquity of the stamp is, perfectly wonderful—it penetrates everywhere, it seizes upon all things, it fixed its claws wherever there is a tangible substance. Sometimes, indeed, it flits to the intangi ble, and quarters itself upon the air, the imagination of man, his avocations, his insanity, his hopes and prospects, his plea sure and his pains, .and does not scruple to fasten upon his af fections. Even love is stamped. A man cannot fall in love, and marry a lady -without an acknowledgement of the omni potence of the stamp. He is born to be stamped, he lives in a state of stamp, and lie is stamped while he is dying, and after he is dead. The autobiography of a stamp would be a singular narrative.—Atlas. • - BRUTUS AND Tyrus.—On the recent visit of his Grace the Duke of Wellington to Dover,. he was, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, received on his entrance 'into the place with military honours, by a detachment of the Rifle Brigade. The major commanding was the Marquess of Douro, eldest son of the duke. who by some accident appeared before the hero in plain clothes, a circumstance of which his grace took no notice at the moment ; but on retiring to his hotel, wrote to the War Office, complaining that the officer in command had violated the etiquette of the service. At:dinner, the same day, the marquess appeared in full uniform, lint not a word from the duke. By the nest post, however; came down an order from the COmmander-in-Chief to . place Lord Douro under arrest for twenty-four hmirs, as a punishment for not appearing. at the head of his detachment iu the uniform of • the regiment. It is but justice to Lord pour() to say that he submitted without re pining, and, when released, waited on his grace to thank him for his just measure of justice.—Age. The cellar administtatioii at the Castle of Johannisberg, the property of his Highuss the Prince Metternich, hereby gives public notice, that thq agency confided to Mr. A. Kieffer, for the sale of his highness's cabinet wines, has terminated' Several individuals i* London having lately presumed to re present themselves as the agents in England to the above mentioned Administrai,ion, not only without having any autho rity to that effect, but also without being in any way connected with it, such representations are hereby declared to be totally unfounded. Those persons who are desirous of having the ge nuine wine of Johannisberg will in future be pleased to address their Orders either direct to the Administration, or to Messrs. lloconmeNT Brothers, in Loneon, No. 14, Broad-street-build ings, city, who , ire exclusively authorised to,receive orders and to superintend the delisery of -the wine. At present the wines of 18t2 and 1825 alone are on sale. -They will be sold at fixed' prices, and only in bottles bearing the seal of his highness. Johannisberg Castle, in the Ithi , inqatt, Dec. 3. The above-mentioned administraliettzigned J. Przihoda.- LONDON LATEST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, half-past Seven o'clock. Puddings have, in a great measure, superseded polities here, and our politicians have turned theirattciition from the Penin sula to Turkey. --Lloyd's, the Stuck Exchange, and our prin cipal places of public resort are ,closed, and the intelligence we have to communicate is, therefore, of little moment. Our Quebec advices this morning are to the 25th ult. Up to that date the navigation remained open, but the appearance of the weather foretold the approach of the close of the season. At Montreal also the river had been frozen, but not sufficiently so as to impede the arrival of, vessels. , We have advices from Naples to the 4th instant. In the island of Eschia several shocks of earthquake had been felt on the 27th, .particularly in the districts of Laico and Casamiccotor but no damage is reported. LOCAL NEWS. THE MAYOR'S DONATION ON CHRISTMAS D AY.-011 Christ mas-day the worshipful theimayor gave to each prisoner con fined in the Borough Gaol, two pounds of beef, two pounds o bread, three pounds of potatoes, and a quart of ale. QUICK PASSAGE.—Tne Sandbaeh, Capt.Bisphain, belonging to the respectable house of Sandbach, 'fume, and Co„ of this port, left Liverpool on the 13th of September for Demerara, where she discharged and re-loaded, and arrived here on Friday last, with a full cargo. • The right wing of the 28th Regiment of Infantry, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Hailes, arrived here on Wednesday frOm Dublin, in the William IV. steamer, Capt. Wilson, and disembarked at George's Pier-head. The right wing of the 85th will embark on board the same vessel this morning,. fur Dublin. BURGLARY.—On Tuesday last, the shop of Mr. Buxton, draper, of North John-street, was broken open, and a quantity of valuable property stolen therefrom, ainongst which were twenty pieces of India silk handkerchiefs, of various colours, t w enty pieces of British silk handkerchiefs, three lengths of silk velvet, and a piece of silk segre, with which the villains got clear off. It is supposed that some one secreted himself on the premises the previous night. • -, SHOCKING OCCUIRENCE.---011 Sunday evening last, about seven o'clock, the neighbourhood of Kitchen-street and Crosbie street, a low part of'the town, was thrown into a state of dis turbance in consequence of an affray taking place between a number of the lower class of Irish who reside in that neighbour hood, in which an Irishman named Gainly lost 'his life. It appears that some difference had arisen between Gainly and a man named Harrison, and the former went into Kitchen -street, where Ilarrison resides, with the intention to fight him, in con sequence of which a regular Irish row commenced amongst the parties and their respective friends, when Gainly receiVed - a stab in the breast,-.with a carving fork , or some such weapon, fivin the effects oLwhich he has since died. Harrison and a man named. Shaaion are in custody on suspicion of being tbopktaies_ udio inflicted the wound, and an inquest on the body of the de 'reasaiS to be-held this . day: • - James Brougham, Esq., the brother of the Lord Chancellor, died at Brougham Hall on Sunday night. The honourable and learned gentleman's death occasions a vacancy in the repre sentation of Kendal, for which place he was returned to Parlia ment at the last general election. SIR CHARLES MORGAN'S CATTLE SHOW. —This splendid ex hibition of agricultural stock at Court-y-Bella Farm was thronged on Tuesday last with a more numerous assemblage of gentlemen and farmers than have been seen there for many years. Not only all Wales, but the counties of Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Salop, and several other counties in England sent gentlemen or farmers, either as competitors for prizes, or as witnesses of the exhibition. The collection of cattle also was admirable both for number and breed. There were at least a hundred head of cattle, principally of the short. horn, Hereford, and Glamorgan breed, all remarkably fine ani mals; about fifty horses, some of them noble creatures, and nu merous pens of beautiful fat sheep. A beautiful specimen of a fatted cow was sent from the farm of Mrs. Strickland, six miles beyond Gloucester.—Mr. J. D. Jones, of Court Calmore, Montgomeryshire; was judge on the occasion, and performed the duties of his office with universal satisfaction. After the distri- "ration of the prizes, about three hundred gentlemen dined to gether at the King's Head Inn, Sir Charles Morgan presiding at the principal table, and Charles Morgan, Esq. of Ituperra, at the second table.—Chester Courant. THE LIVERPOOL CORPORATION.—The treasury journals can not conceal their mortification at the triumph of the corporation of Liverpool, and the honourable testimony that has been borne to its talented and much respected Town-clerk, by the inhabi tants, for the zeal and firmness he displayed during the sittings in that town of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the affairs of municipal bodies. The corporators of Liverpool should never have submitted to this mock commission, but, having done so, they have gained the opportunity of displaying their high character to.tb s e country ; and Jr.A Foster has had he sin gular merit of silencing the slander "of the radical politicians against the body he represents, and in some instances of extort ing unwilling praise - from them. This is what the Downing_ street hacks cannot endure. Standard. THE Popisit CHURCIL—One of the witnesses on the trial of the recent action for libel instituted by a Roman Catholic priest against Major Bingham and several of his tenantry, in the county of Mayo, deposed that the following chiirges were made by-the parish priest, and that most of the parishioners " were not willing to pay them, but that they were' compelled to pay them l" • Marriage Money Baptisms Consecrated Clay at burials 0 2 6 Extreme Unction . _ Legames. for the deceased 0 6 0 Anttlial salary. for each householder 'And twenty-sheaves of corn, or .• . . 0 1 8 _ Yearly salary fora child of ten years of age going to . confession F.or'a whole family • 0 5 "0 FOREIGN SHIPPING.—The following is the number of foreign ships, and the amountuf their tonnage, which entered the; se-. veral ports named below, in the year ended. sth January, 1833 :i - _ London - 881' 15 t 142- • - • .Liverpool - 227,087 .Bristol 29 ' 4,352 Hull • 460 • • 43,960 . Newcastle Plymouth Leith • 106 • 9,919 Glasgow • - 1 " 51 .Greenock • - 17 • 3,906 Cork • 20 e - 2,603 Belfast • 13 " 2,537 Dublin . • - • 16 . • 2.823 By this account it will be seen that the foreign tonnage entering the port of Liverpool exceeds; 'by nearly one-half, that. which enters the port of London. • The aggregate tonnage in the above list is 486,124 ; and if. that of 'Newcastle be removed from the list, there will remain 454,320 tons for the other eleven ports, of which Liverpool enjoys 227,087, or exactly one-half of the whole.. It will be seen that the number of vessels entering London is greater than those entering Liverpool; the former averaging - 174, and the latter 274 tons. This arises from the different character of the trade of the two ports. -The foreign shipping to London is for the most part from the continent of Europe. and the vessels are of a small class; whereas the majority of those entering Liverpool being from the Western Hemisphere, are of large measurement; many of them, the American packet ships for Instance, reaching 600' tons. We believe this is the first year. in which the foreign tonnage entering Liverpool has exceeded that of London; and the- fact is rendered the more striking, from the excess being nearly 50 per cent. TRADE TO THE EASTERN SEAS.—The number of ships that proceeded.to the.eastward of the Cape of Good. Hope last year was 302 ; of which, 215 went from Loudon, 63 from Liverpool, and only 24 from all the other British ports. Lusa TRADE.—The value of the imports from Ireland into Liverpool alone, is upwards of four millions annually. LIVERPOOL POSTOFFICE.—The receipts of the 'Liverpool Postoffice last year was £70,018, being rather less than that of the preceding year, which was £70,974. It exceeds that of Manchester by more than £16,000, and is the largest in this island except London. CHRISTMAS-DAY IN THE WORKHOUSE.—Not the least merry of the merry Christmas folks on Christmas-day were the inha bitants of the Workhouse. On the morning the population of this charitable institution opened the joys of the day by attend ing divine service at the chapel, where an eloquent and im pressive sermon was delivered by. the Rev. 'Mr. Tvrer, the chaplain, and the pious attention of the congregation, coupled with their healthy and cleanly appearance, was highly.gratify ing to the strangers present, as it necessary must have been to the rate-payers and other friends of the institution. . After divine 'service, a most substantial and excellent dinner was served up to the inmates, consisting of phut-pudding, roast and boiled beef, pork, and potatoes, all of the finest quality, and a pint of the best brown ale was given to each person to wash down the good cheer, and drink to the health of the churchwardens, overseers, select vestry, and the governor and governess, which was done amidst the greatest enthusiasm.-- The healths of Mr. and Mrs. Shipp, the governor and governess was received with particular marks of respect, and joy and content appeared to beam its every countenance. Many other toasts followed, and were hailed in a similar manner, especially the healths of the churchwardens, overseers, select vestry, Mr. Mackinlay, the secretary, and Mr. Todd. The dining had was tastefully decorated for the occasion: at the upper end the letters W. R. IV. were placed with a crown in the centre, and at about 20 paces from the top, encompassed with laurels and flowers, was placed the portrait of the founder of the insti tution—Joseph Brooks, Esq. At the bottom of the hall was a frame, containing the Liverpool arms, neatly, executed by an inmate of the house;' and the whole scene appeared very interesting, THE PENSION LIFE-BOAT.—WC understand that the follow ing arrangements havelately been made respecting the Penmon life-boat. When a vessel is seen in any distress, a signal is im mediately made to that effect by hoisting a ball on the life-boat signal staff, whiCh is conspicuously placed on a hill near Pen mon. As soon as the crew are assembled and embarked, the ball is lowered, and a flag is hoisted, which is kept flying till the boat returns, -: When that - also is lowered. If, after the first signal, any delay or .difficulty arise in manning. the boat, the flag will be -hoisted under the 13011, on seeing winch, persons at Beaumaris are aut-horised•to procure cars to send out a sufficient 'Amber of volunteers for the service. These signals' have -be come a 'matter of the greatest interest to the inhabitants of Becurnarii. During the gale of Thursday, the 12th instant. the signal for' a vessel in distress having been perceived, half the population of the town turned out on the Green : as the signal remained flying above a quarter of an hour, upwards of twenty stout hands were most urgent in their services; and when_ the ball was lowered and the flag hoisted, it is difficult to say which was the predominating feeling, the satisfaction of the inhabitants in general that aid had gone out, or the disappoint ment of the gallant seamen that they were debarred the oppor tunity of risking their own lives in saving those of their fellow creatures. The vessel in distress turned out to be a large ship in want of a pilot to bring her in, she having suffered greatly' during the storm: the pilots not daring to venture out in their own boat through such a tremendous sea as was then running, in the sound, took advantage of the life:boat, which soon put one of them on board in very gallant style, and the vessel was by these means brought in in safety. This is not the first or second time the life-boat has rendered the same very important service, by which it has been the indirect means of saving much valuable property and still more valuable lives. Those only who have witnessed the awful sea running in that spot during northerly and northwesterly gales can fully estimate the noble daring of the crew who would pull' their boat through the sound in the very teeth of the gale of Friday, the 29th of November, and the greatest confidence is now felt that no such supipeness as occurred in the case of the Swift, of Strangford, will ever happen with the present hands.—Chester Courant. The Rev. G. Crabbe obtained for the copyright of his "Tales of the Halt" £2OOO. The work contains 13,1.05 lines, so that he received 4s - . 61d. and a fraction per line. John Milton was ',bid for the copyright of his " I)tradise Lost" £l5. This work contains 10.5(35 lines, thus valued at a trifle more than a farthing per line t ELECTIONS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL .OF, I I THE CITY OF LONDON. - St. Thoruas's day is-always one of great bustle within the-walls, or-the place where those "walls once stood, that, mark, or did mark, the boundaries of "the first city in the world ;" because on that day the annual Parliament of, the aforesaid "first city" is elected. In each ward there is always a grand spouting match, where such eloquent bur;sts of patriotism and devotion to the public good are heard, as leave in the minds of the admiring listeners a strong feeling of regret that the great council of the na tion is not elected annually, and -that it is not composed of such men as Pearson, Galloway, Stevens, the gin shop-gentletnan, and the other patriots who form " the secrd deliberative body in the nation"—the Common Council of London. Radicalised as the city is generally; still there are a few old-fashioned people who are not al together weaned from all regard for the institutions of their country ; in prod of which we extraet a portion of the proceedings in the ward of Vintry, on the subjeot of the " demolition of churches." "Mr. Saunders, an inhabitant of the ward, called attention to the recent proposition, by a committee composed of members of the Corporation of London, for pulling down a number of the city churches. :The bodies of the dead, it appeared, were to be taro up, and removed from their interment; the church-yard ground and materials of the church to be sold, and, forsooth, for what purpose? Why, for making improvements, and wi dening of London streets—(evident dissatisfaction in the meet ing.) He should hope that the inhabitants of London would not suffer this desecration, for the memorials of their dead were still hallowed and sacred to them. (Hear.) Did they not recol lect bow shocking a scene was the removal of the dead from the butial-grotind of St. Michael's Church, Crooked-lane ? The detnolition of that church cost .the Bridge Committee-£4,00'0. If:the innovation of this committee were allowed, the ?text attack taitld be on private piperty. The church was the freehold of the pOish,and the parishioners should not be deprived of it. (Hear , hour.) Among the church es p ro p ose d to be pulled down was ona in their own (Vintry) ward—namely, that of St. James, Garlick-hill, one of the most elegant specimens of Sir Christo pher Wren's erections. (Cries of "Shame ! shame !'") Yes, it had been proposed to pull this beautiful structure' down, al thOugh it did not stand in a thoroughfare. (Disapprobation.) He trustei the Dissenters would join the Protestants, and resist. So shameful an attempt at spoliation. (Hear, and applause.) -11i'inoved a resolution reprobatiug the proposition, which. was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Wright said that if the hand of "demolition" was once &Aimed to begin, it would be impossible to say where it would stop. (Heai, hear.) The ward of Langbourn has the high honour of giving an attermanic gown to the renowned Sir John Key, ba ronet, twice Lord Mayor, ex M.P., &c. &c. &c. , At this wardmote a Mister Nicholson, a great radical orator and friehd of Sir. John's, moved a vote of thanks to the baro net for his .splendid hospitality during his two years' so journ at the Mansion-house, and, " The motion having been carried unanimously, " Sir J. lin, stated that he felt deeply indebted to theM for the kind vote to which that respectable meeting had so unani mously come, which, gratifying as their approbation had bey invariably •to him, was peculiarly so at the 'present moment, after having been for so long a period so cruuelltf persecuted and so shamefully misrepresented. Having always, on similar sions,met the inhabitants of the ward with feelings of unmixed satisfaction, it was with considerable pain he adverted to a cir cumdiance which had occurred since their last meeting, which had 'plunged 4lim into the deepest affliction, and subjected him to nysecution the most bitter and malignant, and which, althot4h he pretended not to have acted in a manner becoming his character as a Christian, nor his station as the representa tive of an independent and enlightened constituency, he would venttite to assert that the most severe moral censor, if he knew all, vOold say he had suffered infinitely . more than he had desei4ed from his fellow-men. Ike preitirned'not to atpelnpt to 1 - justif? himself in the eyes of trod, nor did hepretesld.t4tany explanation he might give would make him appear-blameless in thepyes of, men as to one part of the transaction. The mis statetiOnt respecting his son's age he attempted not to defend. Falsehood wai indefensible under whatever circumstances it might appea,; and the frequency of the practice would not change its character. It was notorious that many youths who had been and were useful and honourable servants in many of our public departments, were qualified for office by similar misrepresents tiona, He confidently threw himself upon the indulgent feel ings of his fellow-citizens, in the hope that they iv'ottld not perinit the comrn.ision. c of one fault to obliterate the rocollec -' tion of that whiCti the often-recorded votes of his fellow-citiOns had.declarediii be, 'add wltieb, therefore, he was entitled to con clude had been, an honourable and useful career." This address, we are told, was received by the meeting 0 . 4 C490419.n05t..part shopkeepers and , Qtl4=-Pttity.clivulen,.. we gness) with great attention, and affected some of them even unto tears ! To be found out in a little peccadillo is no doubt very shocking: the whole affair reminds us of a last dying speech and, confession; so we dismiss the subject, and proceed to Portsoken, a ward rendered for ever fanious by the doings of Mister Michael Scales, an eminent radical butcher, who is ambitious of holding the scales of justice in the character of alderman of that ward, a justice of the peace, and future Lord . Mayor of Lon don,—peradventure a baronet into the bargain; for, al- though it is a part of the radical creed to decry all noble and honourable distinctions among men, yet, somehow or other, they are rather fond of these honours when con ferred upon .one of their levelling body—Sir John Key 'for instance. There, has been along squabble about the aldermanship of this ward. . The Court.of Aldermen, acting under the solemn opinion of the late Lord Tenterden and the Court :of King's Bench, refused to admit Mr. Scales, and ad mitted' one of his competitors, Mr. Johnson, although he 'had not a majority of votes in his favour. At the elec tion for Portsoken, notwithstanding Christmas had not commenced, the lord of misrule presided. The butchers of Whitechapel kicked up what we suppose they will Call a "jolly row." They, of course, know better than the Court of King's Bench whether brother Scales is a fit or an unfit man for the office of alderman. The meet ing was held in a church ! and 'enlivened by . such rheto rical flourishes and noises as, are used only by' radical orators. They were, however, obliged to submit ; but the affair is altogether of a character too disgusting to entertain our readers, or find a place in the LIVERPOOL arANDARD., EMIGRATION.--In the year 1832, no fewer than 103,313. pe rsons emigrated; of which - number, more than 99,00 proceeded to America. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN SCOTLAND IN 1579.—Upone the twilt day of August, ane William Trumbill, and William Scot, was hanged at the • Cross of Stirling, for making of certain ballatis, quhilkis were thoct liable to saw discorde atnongis the nob iiitic. And this was thocht ane new preparative, seeing none had beene execut for the like before. Notwithstanding quhearof; in the skealing of the pepill from the execution, there weioen or twelve invective and despytfull letters fund in pro ces, tending mickle to the dispraise of the Earl of Mortoun and his predecessoris.MOysie's Memoirs. There is a somewhat romantic incident connected with the family of the Marquis of Sligo. In 1812 his lordship was tried in the Admiralty Court before Lord Stowell, then Sir W. Scott, for inducing British seamen to leave their ship, to man his yacht iu the Mediterranean. He was found guilty,'and his mother, the Marchioness, went into Court to plead for her son. Sir William was so captivated -by the affectionate manner and appearance of her ladyship that he offered her his hand, and they were married a few weeks afterwards. The Marchioness died in 1816. . The claim of the ancient Barony of Scroope of Masham, which has long been in abeyance between the families of Wy vill and Dauby, has, by the death of William Danby, Esq., of' Swiuton-park, Yorkshire, which lately took place, devolved upon the Wyvill family; the representative of which, Marma du'ke Wyvill, Esq., of Constable Burton, Yorkshire, is, we un derstand, at present residing on the continent. FINE INSTANCE OF COURAGE. AND HUMANITY. — During the savere gale of the 25th ult., a fisherman, named Packley, and his two sons, were returning from their arduous day's work in a small coble laden with fish, when a heavy sea drove their little skiff against the rocks under the perpendicular cliff of Flamborough Head, and dashed her to pieces. The unfor tunate parent and one of his sons perished on this melancholy occasion. The surviving son was rescued from impending de struction by the extraordinary exertions of a pool man named Matthew Emerson, exhibiting how much may be done for the preservation of human life by presence of mind, courage, and humanity. The approach of the little skiff to the land, as she skimmed the mountain wave like a sea bird, was anxiously watchedkby, the rebn of the coast guard station, who saw bow Juiliossible it would be to render any assistance by boats, owing to the tretnendous surf which beat against the rocks. The poor fisherman, findipg that he could not reach the landing-place, lowered his sail and endeavoured to pull the coble along the land clear of the tide: They were thus exerting themselves , when they were di iven against the rocks and dashed to pieces. The surviving sou succeeded in getting on a ledge of a rock in a small cavity at the base of the cliff, to which he clung until. Emerson descended by a rope to his relief. - Having secured the perishing man to the cord by which he .had been lowered, he was hauled up to the edge of the cliff by the coast guard men, his limbs benumbed and his frame quite exhausted. The rope was again lowered for Emerson, who had in his turn clung to the rock, the seas breaking.against him with relentless fury. Thus situated, the poor fellow became so exhausted as to be scarcely equal to the task of securing himself to the rope; with much difficulty he accomplished it, and, after being three quartersuf au hour exposed to the fury of the elements, he was hauled up by his companions on the cliff, a height of 150 feet, quite cold and feeble. We are happy to find that the Rtiyal Humane Society his liberally rewarded Emerson for his cou rage anclik unaanity, EMIGRATION SHIPS. When addressing ourselves.to this question, we trust we have, sufficiently distingniShed between the many giggly respeeiable hoilies whOse connexion with shipping leads' them into the dis patch of a large annual amount of tonnage occupiJd,by emi grants, and those less reputable houses whose object tins to have been scarcely of a better character than the class of ret-zhes known over the country as " wreckers," elsewhere nitieed in this day's paper. Among the vessels , which attrqed our notice on this head was- the Mountaineer, for New' South Wales. We .trust that the altered circumstances of the, , tlits-- - terer of that vessel will not expose the passengers by her to any increase of the inconvenience to which they haye alre . kady been so extensively exposed. We have received from Bristot a copy of a letter addressed to Lieutenant Low, the • Government'u, s , ea here,. by . the Governor and Deputy-Governor of St. - Petef's Hospital, containing the copy of a resolution of the committee for managing the affairs of the poor of that city. Knowing the zeal that has been displayed by Lieutenant Low, in the discharge of his official duties with reference to the emigration ships, we have more pleasure in giving publicity to the feelings of respectable persons with regard to his conduct, than he will probably have in seeing it thus recorded. -It is , due to him that . the discrimination which he has exhibited iii performing his duties, oftentimes very irksome, shOuld be known to the world, as the effect must inevitably be, to give greater confidence to those who may be resolved to emigrate to foreign countries, for which object this port will ever be found to yield superior facilities. " St. Peter's Hospital, Bristol, 2-Ith Dec., 1833. " DEAR SIR,—We are requested by the Committee manning the affairs of the Corporation of the Poor of thi's city, to ward you a copy of a resolution entered into this day, and, a: the same time, beg to assure you of the very high estimation interference ,te have of your kind in behalf of the paupers sent out from this city, and placed on board the Mountaineer.—We are, dear sir, vours, very truly, • WILLIAM TOTHILL, Governor. " kSigned) JOHN RIGHTON, Deputy-Governor. " 'lO Lieut. Low, R.N., Emigration Office, Liverpool! "At rat r a a m a e7 . t t i i nj g a t a h r e a. Committeett of Managementto , held at t f the I t r e p r o - 5 Bristol, the 24th day of December, 1833, " William Tuthill, Esq., Governor, in the chair. " Resolved,—That the cordial thanks of , this Committee be i•offered to Lieutenant Low, for the valuable assistance rendered by him in the affairs of the paupers on board the.-Vestal. " (Signad) , WILLIAM ToTHILL, Governor." WRECKERS The :scandalous system of the plunder of wrecked vessels, carried on in various parts of this country, calls for the Inter ference of the legislature, in the shape of some more severe penal enactment than anything now existing. to check a prac tice of so disgraceful and demoralizing a character. The fol lowing letter, from a respectable person in Carmarthenshire to a gentleman of eminence in this town, details some abotninable proceedings referring to the loss of the Brothers, from Bahia to this port, which was wrecked on Thursday, the 19th instant, on the Welsh coast : for obvious reasons the names are sup pressed : " LLaarui..t.y, 23d DECEMBER, 1833. " Being the only gentleman of Liverpool with whom 1 am at all acquainted, I beg to inform you that a vessel of Liver pool, reported to be the Brothers, from the Brazils, was, on Thursday, a wreck on Cyfiu Shidan Sandbank, upon this coast, from which only one man (it is said the carpenter) out of six teen was saved. The cargo is cotton and buffalo skins, but it is thought the latter may belong to another vessel. The agent of Lloyd's was engaged with another wreck near Swansea, and from, his home to this would be about twenty miles. _Persons. who remember the trade of wreck-plundering here for fifty years, never . saw a finer specimen of it than the present. I should here •kate, that, whenever strong westerly winds prevail, this neighbourhood is the acetic of more wreck of Liverpool vessels than any part of the coast; and the idle people and small farmers trust not a little to them for a living. In the present case, they had what they term the best fair play from *those who ought to• have placed centinels along the beach to . collect and watch the property. It is said there were certainly fifty carts in motion, night and day, at the property. The hags of cotton were cut open and scrambled for, and the parts of the vessel broken up and carried away, so that tbere ie scarcely a house in two or three parishes without a share. " Mr. has written to an underwriter at Lloyd's and approved my writing to you. The question is, -wheth,r the • merchants of Liverpool will or will not appoint a person k take charge in such cases; one who can command a number of men sufficient to keep off the depredators. Should you take the trouble to forward this to the owners, theyt will certainly Move as to the property being got together ; for it .is now in every house in the neighbourhbOdin bulk or sample; or should you think proper to fOr'ward thii letter to a Liverpool paper, it might be the more effectual in respect to future occasions. "The letter-bag was picked up by a freeholder here and taken to KidweVy and opened. It contained letters from va rious parts of South America. The end of this affair (if it ends as usual) will be a paragraph in the paper, drawn up by some ' good neighbour,' or wrecking brotltei, stating that every ex ertion was made to save the property,' but onsitting. the two • words—'for themselves.'" . • THE WARRINGTON DISPENSARY CHARITY BAIL (FRONT A CORESPOi6ENT.) The spirit of liberality and general good-will was.never better displayed than at the ball given here on Friday last in support of this excellent institution. Never was there seen he Warring ton a more select and elegant assemblage of beatify and fashion than that ofwhich_ to boast on ihatntt<svhnn it seemed as if the witches of Lancashire, and the sylphs'uf Cheshire had met to prove the omnipotence of their charms. To see these accomplished and high-burn ladies, as each with her partner went "lihnd in hand" through the ".confustiellriegular" mazes of the dance in all ihe innocence and loveliues; Of their youth.. ful charms, was a sight that would have warmedthe heart of an anchorite, if not to love, at least to unbounded admiration. — Quadrilles, waltzes, gallopades, and the good old English coun try dances formed the chief amusements of ilia evening. The. refreshments provided were on a .liberal scale, and the music was excellent. Amongst the band of beauties we particularly recognised Mrs. P. Bold, who, retaining al the vivacity that belonged to her in "days of Lang syne," lives but to convince that the English lady loses her power of pleasing only when the hand of death' haslaut an end to her earthly career. There were also present the Prince sapieha, Viscount Molyneux, Lord Loftus, Lord Hervey, the Honourable Mr. and Mrs. 'Wil braham, the Honourable Henry Powis, Sir John and Lady Gerard, J. W. Patten, Esq., ALP:, Sir Thomis Hesketh, Bart. and daughter, Major Corbett, the Honourable Henry Stanley, M.P., Thomas Lyon, Esq., Rev. —. Blackburne, J. I. Black' burne, Esq. and Lady, Mts. Patten Bold, Miss Patten, Mr' Hughes . Sheadly, Mr. and Mrs. Weburton, Sit' 'R. Brookes Bart. and Miss Brookes, Misses Clegg, Mr. Egerton, Miss He ron,_ Captain and Mrs. Clare, and the Misses Clare,-Messrs. J. and G. Greenalls, —• Eaton, Esq., —. Aston, Esq., William Flulton, Esq., J.. 1-1. Legh, Esq., Mr. Parr, Miss Gaskell, Miss Dorman, Mr. Knox, Mr. Maddock Driukwater, Sir Thilip and Lady Egerton, &c. &c. THE LADIES' CHARITY. By permission of his worship the Mayor and the Conitr i Gn Council, a ball will be given at the Town-hallo lionday next, in aid of the funds of t4;4s,charity, of which Mrs. Arnaud is the lady patroness. The, object of this excellent institution is to afford relief to poor maiirieLwomen at their own - louses, at the most interesting period's or„,„_ s 'aiv i mee, - wben she is rendered totally helpless by the g zls and perils of childbirth. The funds of the charity are at preset', so much reduced, that the managers have been obliged to strik -1 off two shillings a week from the sums usually allowed to the objects Of their bounty. To an ignorance of this fact we are induced to attri bute the absence of the higher orders of gentry f,n the vicinity of-Liverpool from the balls given by the friends of ta‘e Ladies' Charity on former occasions ; we hope, however, on the irvsent that they will not fail to be where their presence will a-t, the*, same time contribute te,the pleasure of their friends, and tao( more substantial advantage of the poor and needy. Perhaps.; of all the modes of raising the means of relieving the distressed, balls and concerts are the least objectionable of any, because they promote the intercourse of social life, refine and polish manners to a very great extent, and do not, like fancy fairs or bazaars, trench upon the profits of those who are compelled to live by the fruits of their industry. As, then, all whopartake of the entertainment provided on Monday night. may eXpect a treat: of no common order, combining at once pleasnre and utility, we hope that the attendance will be commensurate with ,the importance of its ulterior objects. ADDRESS TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBERT,—On Wed nesday last, a meeting of the Clergy of the parish of Leeds was held in the parish church, when the address to the Primate of all England, which we published a fortnight ago, arid which is in general circulation among - the Clergy of England and Wales, was read to the Clergy present, and unanimously adopted. The signatures of each were immediately affixed, and the address was dered to remain in the vestry for a few Alays, in case any of the neighbouring - Clergy should wish to add their names to it.—Leeds Intelligencer. WILLIAM JOHN BANKES, EsQ, ' M.P.—No man living , per haps, has rendered more important services to the cause of learning than Mr. Baukes, who was honoUrably acquitted the other day, in the Court of King's Bench. It was by his exer tions, ably seconded by the late Mr. Belzoni, and at his ex pense, that the obelisk of Philce was brought down the Nile, in spite of every difficulty and obstruction, and ultimately con veyed entire to England; and it is to this monument; which; except the Rosetta stone, is, perhaps, the most valuable vet brought to Europe from the land of the Pharoahs and the Ptolemies, that we are chiefly indebted for the insight which we have obtained into the mysteries of hieroglyphics. It afforded ? by means of its Greek inscriptions, containing versious of the hieroglyphic text, an opportunity of verifying the conjec tural readings of the triple inscription on the Rosetta stone; and it thus enabled Champollion and others first to construct, and afterwards to improve and extend, that phonetical alphabet which, notwithstanding its limited application, has already shed a strong and steady light On every branch of Egyptian anti quities. Nor is this the only boort Cr which we are indebted to the enterprise and liberality of Mr. Bankei.. He has also the honour of having iliscovered . the Genealogical Table of Abydosi which, when deciphered by means of the new phonetico-hiero; glyphical alphabet, proved - to be a copy, with some slight varia tions, of the Royal Canon of Manetho, about which so much doubt and disputation had previously preYailed. For these in ' teresting monuments, now' indissolubly associated with one of the most remarkable discoveries of modern times, we are exclu sively indebted to Mr. Bankes, whose name has, accordingly, if we may so express it, become Etiropean property.-Zatedoition Mercury. TO MR. .r.l AMES LOW. ..Stu,-- ; Haviug,only retue - ri...1 from London late last night, I have been unaime aqiesS you on the subject of your 'letter . in the Liverpo - .! Alen:iry:of last Friday. _Representing ; , On the occasion to which you refer, the Cor poration, of tin's town, it could not be my wish or intention to misstate any facts; and as youk letter contains on!y general allegations, I call upon you to point out distinctly the "various statements" to which you allude. • . rile spirit and language of your letter fully justify me in alis- Missing from consideration the personal _attack upon which you have tkouL,Tht, proper to make. • ant, sir, yours, ate., 1:116LI.I.S FOSTER. Town-clerk's Office, The. 21, ISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STiND,IRD. • SIN,—You will oblige a constant reader if you will insert t irt: your next journal the following sensible and judicious reply.' which has been made by the churchwardens of a parish northern part of the county of Chester to the unauthorised and , inquisitorial intercogatories of Load Althorp, addressed to the . , churchwardens of every parish iu the kingdom, ,respecting . tithes. I decidedly approve of the manly tone of remonstrance therein assumed, and would recommend it as a model whereby . all those who are dispesed to make rettirriS (as:it is quite oii tional whether churchwardens answer the interrogatories or not)- should shape their replies. - "The churchwardens of the parish .of given to undersZand that it is not the intention of Government to meddle with lay ithpropriatious in their meditated scheme of church reform, because your lordship and many of your col leagues in office are large holders of lay iinproptial ions, beg.tol inform you that rectory' is 'a * lay impropriatimvp.M4. consequently, exempt from making any returns to the proposed : queries. Indeed, were it otherwise, we should feel iliSpeseil to decline returning . an answer to interrogatories respectingji - ri-:' vale property, which we cannot but consider unauthorised -and ; nor can we refrain from expressing our surprlso:' at the .declaration openly avowed by . your lordship iu your cir.-• calor, that 'it will not be necessary that the return should be precisely accurate.' Surely, my lord, it is the part of wise legislators to .obtain the most accurate and authentic informa- - tion before they attempt to make enactments touching the pro perty. and vital interests of Millions. :Slot so with the admini stration in which your lordship holds a prominent office. They • prejudge a case—administer to the passions and vices of the mob to obtain their concurrence and support—act in ignorance —and mar every thing they pretend to mend. Nor are we satisfied that you and your colleagues have any more right to meddle with, so as to deteriorate, the property belonging. to any clergyman, or any corporate body of the clergy, than the highwayman has to take your purse. Beware, my luid, how you allow yourselves to be led away by the outcry raised by Papists, Unitarians, and Infidels, although backed, as they now are, by the rabble-rout of anarchists and revolutionists, against the grand bulwark of our national greatness and glory—the Church of England. If you invade her property, which ought to be as sacred and inviolable as any other, and to which she can, probably, show an older and a better title than you canto your estates, you establish a principle which will soon be ex tended to your own large possessions, and will give an impetus to the p. evalling revolutionary mania, which has been cherished and fomented by the delusive expectations held out by the humbug osisi. ,, atore of the Reform Bill, and which will, long, involve, in imaiscriminatingruin, the church, the,anowt , - thy, and p,',erage. Beware, my lord, 'how you attempt any longer to pilifirs-lip your weak, temporising, and fatally-ruinous administration, hy - iacriticing principle to expediency. Beware how you hasten on a revolution, which every sober-minded nian begins to apprehend, and cannot but contemplate with honor. You have the character of being a weak but honest man. We woild willingly give you credit for both these qualities, but are fearful lest you may n ow lose your character fur honesty by ' invadine the property' of others. It will be no enviable distinc tion to be called 'a robber of churches;' nor will it add much to your renown should-you force his majesty. to violate his coro— nation oath. Meddle not with the church or her property, lest you should soon be despoiled of your own. We, and the farmers throughout this county, are in general well satisfied with the present tithe system. We consider the clergyman has as good a claim to one-tenth of the produce of our farms as the landlord has to the other nine-tenths; and as every farmer in this dis trict, who is likely to be able-to pay his tithes, has the option .of taking them at a valuation, it is his own fault if he pays too much for them. Nor can we discover any probable benefit likely to arise to ourselves by the commutation or the abolition of tithes, as we should in either case, if we did not pay their full value to the clergyman or lay impropriator, have to pay an increased rent to our landlord. —We have the honour to sub scribe ourselves, &c., THREE CHURCHWARDENS." LIVERPOOL POLICE.—TtrEsDAy. (Before Stk Titostas BRANcKER.) James Berry; a reputed thief, was charged by Mr. Byford, of the firm of Byron! and Medder, pawnbrokers, in Oldhall-street, with stealing three waistcoats. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, that the prisoner, in-. company with another man, went to his shop to redeem some articles which the other had pledged, and during the time that he (the prosecutor) was attending to another customer, the prisoner and his companion Were missed, and at the same time there was a scarcity of three *aistcoats. Suspecting the prisoner and his companion, he pursued them, and found them standing opposite the American Botel, at the corner of Lancelot's-hey. He seized the prisoner, and brought him. to Bridewell; but the other man escaped. Between the prisoner's coat and waistcoat one of the stele"' waistcoats was found, which was identified. The prisoner in his defence said, "I was rather in th e w i n d, an d the other chap gave use waistehat." andsvc were a c t h h a a r r g i Ak e ot women of 'aban *AMvilithi:Plistfa' bale of goods, • de j n a erc ° ll: N ra e c a te i r, the. property of Messrs. 'William and James Brown. Cramer, a watchman, saw the two prisoners carryino..kle bale of goods ' iu Chapel-street, about eleven o'clock at nigrig i Suspecting all was not right, he asked them where they Were going to, and Murphy said that She was "running away" from her mother, who was drunk. in Chapel-street. They accounted for pos session of the bale, by stating that some women had given them a shirring to carry it.—. Mr. Richard Lister, a -clerk in the employ of Messrs. Brown. and Co., identified the bale as_ the property of Messrs. Brown, Shipley, Moore, and Priestman.— Edward Hughes, a porter in the employ of Messrs. Brown, spoke to , 4e . -pneoner—Niuri,lay—coniimg ie. the warehouse, of Messrs. Brown, on the night of the robbery, - on pretence of inquiring for .a cartage bill. The bale contained five pieces of worsted stuffs. William Laverty, and Hannah his wife, were committed for stealing a cloak. and other articles, the property of Mrs. Eliza beth keraftiv, of Cormuck's-court, Knight-street North. It appears that the prisoners. entered the prosecutor's house in the day time, and during her absence. They ha4l..nothing to say in their defence.. THURSDAY. (Before his Worship the MAyort.) THE Nawruws ImeosToas.--Another of ; the itinerant im postois who profess to be distressed* flamael.weavers- from New town, Montgomeryshire, was appreheci4bed on Christmas Day practising his imposture, and delivering copies of their printed lamentation, and yesterday he was placed before the Mayor. The prisoner, who was probably not aware of the names given by his encased friends, called himself John Pugh (the name given by one of the prisoners on Saturday). It appeared from the statement of th e police that the prisoner, in the course of his victimizing perambulations, chanced to pop into the house of Parkinson, the police officer, where he lett his printed tale of woe, at the bottom of which it wan stated,—" That your peti , tioners, who are the bearers hereof, will call again in a few hours, to receive whatever you may be disposed to give towards their support, which will be most thankfully received. The petitioner was punctual to his time in again calling at Parkin son's house, an d the latter welcomed him with a pair of • hand cuffs. He was committed to gaol as ,a vagrant, and Mr; Parlour, the superintendent of police, promised to write to Newtown, to inform the authorities there that the prisoners Were' in custody, so that they might b e handed over after t he of the te r m of their committal. Fowl. STEALING.--Edward—Smith and James 'Kirkhatri;. two suspicious character, were brought up on suspicion of having stolen two dimd fowls and a game cock. The watch - MAU apprehended them the previous night with the fowls in-their possession — , ?or which they could not satisfactorily -account:: The I ,, ratchnian said that a great number of persons had re yPifiy bad their hen-roosts robbed, and he thought by publicity'. being g iven to the present s us p ected theft, owners mi g ht be found. The prisoner was remanded. George Williams, who represented himself to be On Ameri can, was charged by a constable with begging in the streets the . ' The officer state d that. the p risoner was found begging on footpath iu Bird-street. He pretended to be lame and - afflicted with sores, but upon examination it was found that nothing . Was the matter with him. The prisoner thought it a sore case that he was not allowed to beg an honest livelihood. He•was committed for a month. A boy named Jones was charged with creating a disturbance in the street. The constable who complained said th4lthe .lad was a very great blackguard. . .." He is no such,thing;" said the mother of the lad, - who was preSent to give him a character. Constable—" And the mother is as great a: blickguat d it.s hi. is." "Oh shocking!" rejoined the mother, "what a libel I.—Air for my son, be was doing no thing - simpler than pl a y in g at mar bles for his Christmas -day's amusement." On promising not to of.` . ..ind again, the lad was discharged.- .'• . .Richard Wilson; -a Manchester thief,. who was apprehended - -It . a public-house in llackin's-hey yesterday, on suspicion of bel:,ng concerned in a bank robbery at Manchester lately, ivds broagrht before the Mayor and ordered to be conveyed to Mau chester..£7o in gold was found upon him. —.3...mm SIVIANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY. i We understand ghat the committee of this excellent institleu tion do nut at preset , -, , ktend to obtrude on the notice of t l* benevolent public the cla."4- .of the society in the way of ap peal for extraordinary assistan the circumstances ofdie poor of the town durin.. , several pas itters:cornPelle i dl i em to do. Stich has, of late, been the mild an n state£ the wea.: then, notwithstanding its . tempestuousness,V. or ate. labouring poor have beeli . enabled to prosecute their daily employment al most without- interruption. Theit privations, therefore, have hitherto been m u ch less than are ordinarily felt by them at a " season when, usually, building and other emplov-ruents in the open air are suspen d e d through the inclemency of the weather. Should the_ present mild and humid state of the atmosphere-be, as is very likely to be the case, succeeded by an interval of weather of an opposite kind, and the employment of a labourer be, in consequence ; suspended, the.ciaiins upon the relief socie ties of the town will necessarily become much more onerous and pressing. independently, however, - of such a contingency, the ordinary . - demands upon the funds• of the Strangers' Friend Society . during the winter months are always such as more than to sorb its resour ces , and the society is hence compelled to mea sure the quantum of its relief by the amount-of the supplies put at its disposal. Were these supplies more abundant, retie f. could be of more liberally, and therefore often much more,effectually than the society is ht present enabled to do. From our knowledge of its officers and visitors, we have the fullest confilence they will faithfully and judiciously- apply the funds put at their disposal, and that every cure will be taken that they be not misappropriated in encouraging habits of men .dicity or improvidence on the one hand, or a spirit of insubor dination or combination on the other; a spirit which, during the last summer, the visitors have steadily discouraged. We trust, therefore, that a benevolent community will conti nue to afford to the society those annual substantial marks of their bounty which, at this season of the year, have generously been aftbrded, and shall ourselves be very year, to transmit, as on former occasions, any donations left with us for that pur. pose.—Licerpool Courier, THE KING'S INTENDED VISIT TO IRELAND.—We under stand that it is the intention of our most gracious Sovereign, ac companied by the Queen, to visit Ireland during the ensuing summer, and that preparations are now in progress for their re ception at the Phcenix-park. We-can also state, from good ati thority, that the Royal. Llibernian School is to_be the future re sidence of the commander of the forces, and is now undergoiu4 alterations for that purvose.—Stacetes DiTatch.