The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-06 00:00:00

TES. IPA d we does on es • •A fiat' f an' dot 0 4., P re Thorny E5q.WaPl;lO, Esq• ; 454,c• Q. ,50 9 o el Tbl P clio' T. Jai lles f r' friend 3 )Ir , Walter, of id a number tbe s 1$ irtue ° tby ca ge ad been v folk: 41 ' 0 : i o f in the r ° ailed uP e roughree` F c3 't trllStet, cop, y . o ccur - d;osi he procceiucon, r.) :o f [ P ublic r u in , ould io atu e d to I - Ic b e g g a nt Esq., Ntr as e of Ne rlia . t to rePe Bl ,, ° , t h A t of ref °r— l:ft" hof r. an d b t e,, j , 'to sit uu Oreg . a of Mr' tt' dc to, s the 0 50 Dore estiejecos he h, fora' ing to :ccu ctoo t had, o m ias retire • Cla tellEheeZ ' a r i ' ci i ; the arA t he t b n ;I , call en I , r , . 0 4 o Sc ag aln't of w arcle ° .rc aea ,anon,f Ai,w au epd h a d 0 3 °,40i the mQneen• - to \V.t 1 ‘LO .„ c hieb oog ici \vaik.er n g_ th 1•roy, 'ate 1 p. ' has bee 'lino e arns to Mangy};Ved that I have been taking lessons ele tal c , ' , ester. It is never too late for any tA. lessons . to ° 3n e h • I have not been in any mill since . 1 irate to you este. The gentleman also did me the credit se e ' tiosi and that I did not know the distinction between h.SOI, treat to b e wool. Why, if the gentleman sup s"s'elta sa ,ti oe the case he would suppose that I never t t sce te y` of stockings' in my lire. These are matters sire o„t e ' a l:e no influence ils altering * your jidgment, a . nd s a -' I 1011 1 li til fte o b jetLi c a lee upon them for the purpose of taking sie e t ° , l ls e i 1. a which you would to them. Now, gen ief ige ora s e a . 3 _ 7 a word if you please in regard to another tri.` 4 rite. i;! , __ , ?.pf which the gentlemen on my right have . s oie set ',otil . l came here I did not know what blue • .Ine p ubliu put in regard to that subject, my notion is ''vecl b y t , tra nquillity of thelace will be much better fll th e eene inhabitants of district than by persons it t o .eeretarY of State. Now, gentlemen, if you once isin,_to, establishment of an army of police all over • 1 ? eoegbetieder the disposal of the Secretary of State for ' • cl a p o Paltrn ent, you will consent to the establish .-:'"of oi w er which will be hardly consistent with the 7l se k G e e " n trY• lam for local authorities-for local . Ler e oppernen , there has been unfortunately intro ' elßag a t o t , ,tate a charter of incorporation. I will say 'eCrown`'ithe a uthority- that is established on tbe part h ates:' ° tit, at the game time, I will bear in mind s''t m a t rests is done by the Crown, the responsibility ;•,:oreany?euest-tsioriss.ith the ministers of the Crown. The e tbet ur way not be valid. lam not competent to All I know is, that we are sensible of 'o,beeaune,e ha ving resulted from it in reference to the ;',aPPointite we find that two authorities have been act sat t h ee g a day of nomination and a day of election, e aeh eth` o !wit) authorities have been acting differently as to to r, and thus we are left in a sort of uncer , The bon authority which can give validity to your • ',,Paree t °• and gallant candidate then stated that he , "ael aded 0 .. anes.wer any questions that might be propoged, ,ee so einiest loud cheers. e •r G, meuhitere called out, "The suffrage! , t 'fj ell tat e hi s 6 1 1 .4 , 1 ' I I have beard the gallant colonel on my N e e Prist„plion that he was anxious to go forward with iteienges, w v,,, and that he was anxious to introduce seve ared t ul di he stated distinctly to you. Nov, lam :liest, e i r quite so fast• as my brother officer on q th a laadi- .`"Pelause.) It appears to be, gentlemen, t't e, snsVter try for a little while longer tbe working is,:teree'nerY which has been recently constructed for '' o ..--vrp 4 4 , 4 aty ,ream 4 eht of the country, before we attempt to Is; szl,t or new change. I have no objection to i oe s e Nis e ,', l . is brought forward after due examination ste g a _ ...ow e I t i lt . st „ dly f ; and I am not prepared to say that I 4 4 1' g a ii orward with that sort of steam velocity te tt Per som ant friend on my left would do. (Applause.) koll'ibieh'iZl, gentlemn, the ballot would not have the yt it e . ° se who are its advocates have expected from 14 (k e °:iid not conceal the way in which any man had k ti k't r:Ptallse.) lam much more inclined to a frank 'So sf a ‘owal r 14, - ban °' a man's vote at the hustings, than tothe Ss 'tine °t • (Great applause.) „ I ' . e„Soe -- 0 „II,I You vote for household suffrage ? 1 4 e,.,,1 ii t any „ e ' u. : I ,•e . - ill not vote, at present, for the introduc- L'hin e Pr Xern c r e ", a llge, until there has been a full trial of L'it`tat ' ""°se men who were most active in este- NOs, h ay s Ystem of the law which now regulates our irt."4l, in e any their opinion, that if the reform bill e k kir 4l4ie ilat a e n i r espect, to realise all the advantages that N e otee t ' from it, it has been the result of the bad 4 of the party who are in power. (Great ap tts r * / o 1' 1 6. 46 • 3tlngs wrlxoett then came forward in front of iir - r!'s to 'e•and intimated that he wished to put some e tlti, es ouu ? G eorge. 4 44 tine/ . Very well, Mr. Nightingale, you put the ~,: NtGlur will answer them. e i t f ase er N GALE : I want to know from Sir George, if sere th e °f that part of the poor law which enacts s k ire'llo t o, r 2 : e . h man gives away many votes, the poor I:4tl::'°lie give one? tsrOee 1 , ' am quite prepared, and quite desirous,. ,`te i l a h aor law should be revised. If it can be im va fi t}; e gt\e-artr.at 1 -s co "Id re ' nee r . e glad for it to be so ;if it cannot, I •.i i , 14 1% . With (es ray 'reliant friend on my left to return to applause.) The cause of its introduo ersNet abuses which had arisen, in some places, ile eth ~ strati ° , f , • se ) but o the old law ;(a voice, " But not in el 'e te n , I believe those abuses arose, not out of the to ' ° l the law itself, but out of its mal-adminis se • :so SY, ' ° o'rt•- '',.• Irh thinGAL • 1 svarf - to know from you, most clis 11' tot s e . • i s,, s lon are in favour of the rich man having ttir'''itar) Parochial matters, than the poor man. 1 / 2 G eq tl oi tt9 tl ll ) 4 'of i erely state this, that lam anxious to '..littee 'awElizabeth, if I find that I cannot satis 'se rove te ,o 4 e t: is of es e present act. I have unders . tood . that, l zab e th r and Bourne made no alteration in the +, r. e I have no objection to return to that i * : 't .t . ."°lre te I, l t et et on e ALE : You made the new Poor.law Amend . Ar Y ' v •liesh' °a r Principal topics : I want to know, most sleet oa ee _el . You are for tinkering up that act, or are t 7 li f t k l ii , te sot :reltiiilraning to the wise act of the 43d Elizabeth ? I s t hrl; h4e ili s d e e e s i re tOregent orige(slrt,tief the e ker u law is p b a ad. But I e te, " - Ch a e n Zats - K o cI t ! I o d o• I say that a man . who asks to be sent k tit : l :,,-nt u sitate his general principles ; but should ' kor eat ~'ere unfettered with regard to his particular ihre r vote V a ose.) I have never given a pledge on a I. .N le alar D ' r r tit I have always been willing to give apledge , S f tte o t otte le t t oil)! es. ~:h i l,;;.; ' d as tTh 'G '"- 41 i Let us know, Sir George, should you !tat,," ll g i ll e member for Manchester, and any member s - 4 Gtr booko, thebill for abrogating entirely for erasing from le iis a L ace • Poor-law, will you vote ' for that motion? k„ , es %w oe s% puthere, now, I am very glad that this pies itSeing exal, because it gives me the opportunity_of l bsh i Pare.edY my views with regard to the duty ot . a IN te ale: auent. As to the House of Commons, it is I N e ' l by ' eal blY• The man who goes there should go NtaothereCnY pledge as to his particular votes. He Vt. ).leese.o deliberate, not with his mind made up. l4ln o , L 'olie l e! '''', IN'. for - , G I I A LE ••• Should a measure be brought into ',1: oil tha t ,kie them orten the duration of parliaments, by r 0 , annual or triennial, what course will yore tee,. t oe e saestio n s G e_ ' " ll lo ef 4 : a, : -,, 1t appears to me, gentlemen, that this is a 6 4 ,tiy the same nature as the last. Applause.) tr A kl k 41Y . , a l t il ! literiod which intervenes between . ele_ctions i 4 1 ,4,4;ag e, paur,. t heoretically, - I think you will find , that, I; o `6i\ lq parka do not last more than threes ears, %* L 41 4 1 , 1 4 IN„ 14 er,," b -4 ' l •E i What course would you pursue should , ec ti: le o t e rre°lll:ghs into the House of Commons, praying ,„, , b •)eeti the sentences passed upon the Chartists ,i,- r , l ectlit e 'et to prison, likewise praying . ber Il_lajesty 0 1 : sup le reen that are in gaol on similar charges, it th .tt l) °l . t th e y" Pr' I prayer of such petition r er ie ete , have always pursued and always will plir 'ili4DetitiWth Pj . of being ready to present any petition „'41,,k st e bee l ' n eli am entrusted, only taking care that 's! t e Lkie b . g e euched in sch terms as to ensure its ar itq e t a Pr eso ar of the house s of summons. lam always Yen es l f- fie any such ' etitiozi. All I think is, that "011,;ri ° g C', ll in this co p untry, who conceive that they AN , e "a of ,111,"er grievances , and who proceed to obtain ketrakit,:u°se grievances' in a constitutional manner, isr, ;, , h o ;) Geri: , disturbance, have a right to be heard. t ' , lpL e t)f tk e.ry 10„latices must be very heavy, and redress y4•T t o sis i„dug refused, before I troulel recommend the e ,. thyr.icailistrious manufacturing country to have re -4,,,Neu10e ft'*ce. (Applause. % t `l oi c ais f o i, • Should a bill be brought before the House A s e fini.:" , sis o el°,l)owering Lord John Russell to force his `'•l`G t 't wet' "ie metropoliten police, into She country, ss Sty ro t , You pursue ) " oti ob i p, T . "re Y ufeeti e , 4 ,. t hink the sentiments I have expressed, t 's krwer B t° the principle of centralization will pretty 1,,,,N 'e ar e w hat has been Useful put to me. libelid . ve the Lon t. ta e in in London ; but lam in favour o . f N lietit, 4 o,we h s ech a community as this, instead of their 4 Lit '"illi e , 1 e t „ Y r the Secretary of State for r the Home De- Irei', 4 th e `avourable to that mode of preserving the eies.aese t oen-- - Cou ntry. Let it be preserved by the exer- 'irwhtietia:tetill,g.:titti,,ereesfideobpylea, just administration of the law, o.llleli '', l ' ll llity' ll by education, and the diffusion _erstand that their own real interests , 11 _«e or, th er...: _pf the country are inseparably connected setert or Oece .kAnOlause.) Then, gentlemen, there ti ls e th e '3''lty t;Jr sending a metropolitan police into tifi;ltid l i l, thateiilitry. (Applause.) I have already said, r, 4; I N 1 3 arii, , ( .0 not like the idea of having a sort of ci ,,_. e t t lL et t . ol. , th e arm y of the Secretary of State, and Ne i , th 4 aet o , (Great applause.) i s tei o Niti l e l I te se irE - There is one question more, Sir e l Q,liel& R ed ‘ ..pat to you. You must be aware_ t a h s at en a t, 4 ,', 6 • 4 0f . 6 eg s l !,;Actious party have endeavoured to t thttt or th e )10‘,narter of incorporation, whereby the in tl'lteild o't?oal boa ugh will be heavily taxed, to support t a_n a Ol e its 0 ; . re ere k 0 1 men, hateful to us . in their . despo an i_ Va e.) idler_ Hateful from their being !Tined d 'tie tt ot W i li though sworn to act as civil officers. tk tr , ° the opose any measure that may be s)ite• tei house top make this illegal charter a legal Vt 4 ° i l .: lli ev • s e valid:-Gentlemen if there by any doubt with Tab' eee ity o r t. (5 1 . •11.11 of . 1. , the charter that doubt must .. b , e r k r ,'"er t • (e of art 'IT- Gentlemen, lam no advocate ts 04, 1 1 to Voi ce . ::),ration ;it may be right or it may be 6 , r' i ' g theraet' chatl is uncalled for.") I say when the i e '° ' l 47th s g e cre w , , rter of incorporation to any place t htoe n o t e ee t „ 4 snp-Uld fslly ascertain that the prevalent 1 ` ,1; . g 011,111untty is for one. (Applause.) There 'i t It 4noattet'ir Whateeer left on the question. It should slth°4 th ( alle no°f doubt whether a community wish it or s , ;S e t tl or e e „Part o t f b t e granted unless there is a decided wish ki p 4. 41 Thoihreevet?.F co mmunity. (Applause. is 4 4 e,_ro t „ 4 2liso e , o Pen, in compliance with the demand of eloe efoeh eae".2ends, required a declaration of quail -44.-Teh array uktidate, which was accordingly made by '''S`rt'los,"' fray, a nd Col. Thompson.. Mr. Greg's was 01,. of Of h leOrning kt, •t: I r c‘ 4r tils w • '1,, 1 / 4 .) 'eor ge ee as then taken, and declared to be in ten , the • lie s 1 e esurray ' l4 eti r i:h o T t s . e s tl e "e ii r r ,_as the representative, and Mr. _Alder . - . y stt e ett , am Ayeroser, of Mr. Greg, demanded a poll . ' l n o pt th °O b e h u r i e 11 ,ornas Fielden, we believe, de toLe er r ( atil t , ~,g sColonel Thompson. N , R 0. „,, , i _ : ,, ,r ,,, 1,61,14.:;! s t e o c t o h n e de llo b r y ou jo h l r . ev h e on o v n s t o h n e . .o‘ .. !ll ii _ela, ss (1) said he believed a better disposeq or • ,, „ 1 1,` 3 ,r hi: Pe0 1 ., 1 PPetile did not •t in the united' king ,-1, 1 , 1 , '° c ol , ee of exist a tic ( keed. tegne, antichester. He thanked them on lege terminated himself. erminated at twenty minutes before three , ‘'. . ' ‘ lA ,, . af tl ,4 lli ilti ' l ti4l. Le01::::t3T nINO---T.ELLIGENCE. !Its tsirt o'clock ,s , „ , kY f th• eri 0 Clock, ThurBday Evening. rn ing, the Mayor, escorted by . a Vt4',ki,,, r h :, w °rs, proceeded to the hustings, in St. tse;sq here a few persons had assembled. His Ailt t ly, `lltled ereeePt, and subsequently Alderman t ki l ( l l ere ir G Y John Pr' inated R. H. I F -I t 4 ti ", li:s e°"ge AturFZeS,Vas S next na irm k inate_d s by t«, 04 f e 4 of t''' aad see° ee s 't oe , sc o , ,he Pro __ e nded by H. B. NA/an lin, ...E;aq• ,' Vet L aie w ,'• l'honi eeeaings, a person named Dse . d n, 'ae• q'lle 'edge the ola, who was absent. He said he ‘s 'ls re ' r ote auth • l i ze t !,th e k h,_ st aes,authority of the Mayor, and again t i, te N ei 04: I r ony 6 o t nn e °s! My. Greg. Neither the Colonel_ t , et . 1, 'le oh ioe to t , Lc, ieturn thanks for them. On e ir e ‘Re ow _ e ne electors a larger body being as- I to , r ti ce 4 th: f e t ,e: IOU) h e rldl was ' in favour of Sir George -4 i f t * Cir' s ' e tors I ,, e ,e,rlng the Hon. Baronet proceeded k l / 4 k ll •0 r t to - c e i r g . , e.Ol . e sepriaerinan Brooks then demanded . a f r . s o Y i e tiovo,_, eseeedings, which were only in stSe'reajhe ~, ,g_iasted until about eleven o'clock. L: },,of etie; ° riiin g i l l : Pt °LNG. !s - ii, s , c s l k ee:, ea r 311 44 att °.,wn presented a scene of bustle % tsl evie`Y mad e ` puke sp u os en aing a contested election. The iese , ri o 4 ee t ,ade es e with confidence of success, and I y:, the eoweelereat deal of vain boasting. It soon tl•refel e ,,, c fresew7ur, that Sir George must win if sup ; ! y ti p, 4 °'eloeVrillMPhant state of the poll was t Ilpi le , er th Sir George Murray, 783; Mr. 5 14 4 41 '4 38 , e a P°ll ing co kki, 1,60,4,, IQ seei,„ trunenced, Colonel Thompson's iit, l t a, l l, m ere th e _ '-',, that there was not the slightest tl,4i t,, that whi e ased eti2iatter in despair. The contest was 4 t2 . ..r? ti 144 4 ,4t tiparti e u s ergY and determination by the con eipee 7er e 'lrs wseaand the latter soon began to evince 11 t „' k „ .e ee tk fi7_ fOriOrn hope. Vehicles of every Ni : 4q,,area 4:?s_about Whigthe town. At half-past Al r qe er qt tillb er ,°`c the party had gained some A., g e A. , s, and the result was as follows :- reg, A litr ay .' ly t '' • ' • .... 2607 , . ..... ........ 'ON 4 30 s • • ............. Si Ay fock„ A e4 IT s r, 2502 Sir Goo ...... 105 ' S ir George Murray addressed the TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged to defer our " Literary Notices" until Tuesday. Our promised remarks upon Mr. O'Connell's sayings and doings at Dublin shall likewise appear on Tuesday. We perceive from the Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday that he has again been at his dirty work. He shall not escape our notice. The Dublin Statesman is again missing. How is this? The Standard is duly forwarded to our contemporary's office. We have been requested to correct an error in the report of the Council Proceedings which appears in a contemporary of yesterday. Mr. Cooper is made to say, that a certain person, whom he alluded to in his speech, was " brought up as a clerk and a blackguard :" what he dtd say was, that the said person had been " an agent or clerk in allay :yard." ebe I.lbrrpool FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1339. Our acute contemporary, the Spectator, has analysed the new ministerial arrangements with his usual ability; and the one which certainly deserves (as it has received at his hands) the most severe criticism, is the shameless appointment of Mr. Poulett Thomson to the Govern ment of Canada. Mr. Poulett Thomson to supersede Sir John Colborne, one of the first of British Gene rals and the ablest of public servants ! As well, in case of war, might Lord John Russell supersede the Duke of 'Wellington at the head of the Queen's armies I The whole affair too has been conducted in so very absurd a way. We dO not pretend to be precisely aware what amount of jobbing the Liberals of Man chester may require at the hands of their Ministerial member, though from certain bills and Private Com mittees, we do not doubt they taxed him to the utter 'nest ; but it is really too preposterous for a man to re sign the representation of a • town on the score of ill health, and therefore accept an office of the highest dignity, of the utmost difficulty, and whose territorial dimensioi:s are almost illimitable. What Lord Dur ham (that pride of the Liberals) could not effect, in all the plenitude and majesty of his Dictatorial power, Mr. Thomson is to achieve, and sets forth to the achievement, because he has been found unfit for any occupation whatever on this side the water. We re member nothing with which we can compare this very ludicrous shuffle of the cards, except the well-known story of Sir James Lowther and his county voter. That celebrated man was canvassing his canny friends in Cumberland, when one of them, in barter for his support, required that Sir James should see to the worldly advancement of his two sons; and after secur ing (as he imagined) . sonie place of great dignity, and requiring some talents, for the elder and abler—we be lieve it was the woolsack—when Sir James asked what he would wish for the younger, "Oh !" he replied, "he's but a dull child, Sir Jeems ; maybe you'll just see and make hiM Archbishop of Canterbury." Upon this principle, we suppose, Lord Melbourne, when he had given places on this side the sea to the towering intellects of Jesuit Wyse and the monosyllabic Gor don, driven to his wits' end what to do with the mem ber for Alanchester, cried out at last, in sheer despair, " Oh ! he's but a stupid noodle : please your Majesty he'll do to govern America." Without, therefore, quite believing all we hear and read either of Yankee adroitness or the knavery of Canadian habitans, we have not the smallest doubt whatever that either the one or the other would prove far too 'cute for the homespun member for Manches ter. Dull, impertinent, and forward fribble, in his younger days, he used to measure his strength against the . might of Huskisson, and twaddle his theoretical commonplaces against the practical views of that en lightened statesman. But in spite of all that we should have prognosticated from the first, and all that experi ence has now taught the disappointed liberals, it can not be by possibility denied that, if Mr. Poulett Thom son had capacity for anything, it was for Trade, which had been the business of his life. As to Canada, he knows no more about it than he does about the moon, and, we dare say, has scarcely ever heard or read the name of Canada except in connection with Baltic Tim ber, or some other question of duties and Free Trade. And then to put Mr. Sheil into the Vice-Presidency, who knows just as much aboth Trade as Mr. Thomson does about . Canada. Lord Melbourne is a wag, and as it is said he is heartily tired of his own equivocal posi tion, and has tried in vain to escape from it by any se rious measures, his next move may be so to form his cabinet that it may fairly be laughed and hooted from the field in a storm of sheer derision. As to the other appointments : We have long ago noticed the only one worthy of much attention— viz., the elevation'of Mr. Rice, and the appointment of Mr. Baring in his room. The former gentleman had the absurd assurance to retreat, under a flourish of drums and trumpets in the Queen's Speech, too pre posterous to endure a single comment, and had the ill-luck to have his patent erroneously announced in the Gazette. This was a curiously unfortunate mis take : since he was announced as of Brandon, in the county of Sligo, instead of Brandon, in the county of Kerry. It seemed as if his impudent and most gra tuitous trespass upon Lord Sligo's titles was destined to rise in judgment against him, even in the Gazette that announced his ill-gotten honours. Every one who knows the proverbial character of the Kerrymen will admit that Mr. Rice is a genuine son of the county. Loy d Howicli's resignation has surprised no one, and was very early hinted at in this Journal as an ex tremely probable occurrence. The Ministerial papers find it convenient to lay his dismissal at the door of his want of Liberalism, and pretend it is the sign of a move in the forward (or downward) direction. This might be all very well if it were not perfectly. notorious that his Lordship's chief cause of offence with the other members of the Cabinet has been all along the tone he has taken upon the Irish Church. Careless though they were of the safety either of that or of any other Church, they were not prepared to declare open war against it as a Cabinet, and they could not endure that an aspiring col!eague should out-bid them in his claims upon radical favour Lord Howick's well known arrogance and ambition may have Tendered it mighty convenient to his colleagues to be without him. That his illiberalism had nothing to do with it, past history and the present reconstruction of the Cabinet amply prove. Lord Normanby is driven already from the Colo nies. We suggested, a few weeks back, that when the Assizes were concluded, it was probable Lord John would be driven from the Home Office, and a peace concluded with the Chartists. Lord Normanby is the fittest man in the Empire to serve the united Reform ers. But we have one great consolation in this change his doings will no longer be confined to remote dis tricts, of which our knowledge in England is but scan ty, our interest less than they deserve, and Our atten tion not over vigilant. Let him play any of his pranks in his new situation, and he may depend upon it he will be brought to book. Jamaica and even Ireland will be no precedents for the Home administration of Great Britain. Lord John will certainly not be worse than Lord Normanby at the Colonial Office ; and as we agree with the Spectator that he may perhaps keep the very obnoxious Mr. Stephen a little in the back-ground, it will be very marvellous indeed if he is not a shade bet ter. But put him where you will, as a Poet, an His torian, or a Minister, Lord John Russell must, in com pliance with the inexorable decree of nature, be a very little man. In short, the whole affair is just like the trick upon the cards, in which, whatever way you shuffle, the knave is sure to be at the top. -The Ministers are the Ministers still, tolerably well known from one end of the empire to the other; and though they change their places every week, they will never lose their characters. Shuffle on then, gentlemen Whigs,—the meeting of Parliament will give you the coup de grace. We had intended to say a few words upon the great Banquet at Dover, and more especially upon the very eloquent oration of Lord Brougham. It is no difficult task to praise the Duke of Wellington, or to descant upon the merits of one whose name is identified with the brightest pages of British History ; so that, should the hour of danger ever arrive, even the Whigs them selves— " the dull Tribunes, That, with the fusty Plebeians, hate his honours— Shall say against their hearts, " We thank the Gods Our Rome hath such a soldier." But sincerity is the very soul of eulogy; and there were passages in the ex-Chancellor's speech, true enough indeed in themselves, which, coming from his lips, seem to us to be mere balderdash. A circumstance which Mr. Cooper very properly brought before the Council on Wednesday last, con nected with the paving of the new Haymarkets, must convince every dispassionate person that the state of things in the Town-hall is not very creditable. The facts are just these. The Corporation, in accordance with their professed principles, a few weeks ago adver tised for estimates for paving the two new Haymar kets. It is generally understood, when tenders are made, that the lowest tender is accepted, provided the party so tendering is a competent person, and able to give the requisite security. Unless this principle be admitted, advertising for estimates is a fraud upon tradesmen and a burlesque on honesty. We do not mean to say that public bodies, any more than private individuals, are to accept any offer which is made, simply because it is the lowest : but we do mean to say this—that it is their bounden duty to make inquiry into the character and ability of the party tendering before they reject his offer, or else many honest and industrious men of retired habits may be passed over, and work may be given to persons at higher prices, who are not half so fitted to execute it as those who may be comparatively unknown. Be . sides, justice re quires that when tradesmen are invited to compete, tradesmen should have fairplay. We shall see whe ther they have had it in the case we are considering. Four persons sent in estimates on this occasion. Their names are William Green, James Clark, Thos. Abram, and Thomas Brewer. The first and last of these names are sufficient to illustrate the case. Mr. Green offered to pave the markets on the following terms : For the North Market. ls. 9id. per yard. South do. . ls. 10d. do. „ square setts Mr. Brewer's tender was— electors from the Mosley Arms Hotel, Market-street. He spoke with the greatest confidence as to the result of the election—declared himself favourable to the emancipation of the negroes, and pledged himself to attend to the request and interests of all classes of his constituents. He was loudly cheered by those who had assembled. The mayor ha issued placards appointi n g the polling places, and both parties in tend going to the poll. At this time, (seven o'clock,) the re turns were not made up, but the best authority that tan be obtained, states that Sir George will be considerably a head (by upwards of 100) of his opponent, and that to-morrow his majority will be greatly increased. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The celebrated Pianist, Mr. THALBERG, is engaged to give a CONCERT at this Theatre, previous to his retire ment from Public, in which he will be assisted by Miss BIRCH, arid Signor IVANHOFF, and Mr. BALFE, who are likewise engaged for the occasion.—The Concert will take place THIS EVENING. Second Week of Mr. DOWTON and Mr. F. VINING, of the Theatres Royal, Covent Garden; and Drury Lane.— Fifth Night of Mr. MACKAY, of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. THIS present FRIDAY, September 6th, 1839, the Enter tainments will commence with the Scotch Drama of CRAMOND BRIG; OR THE GOOD MAN OF EALLANGIECH. Jock Howison ....i Mr. Mackay. After which, for the second tini6 here, a new Farce called CHAOS IS COME AGAIN. Colonel Chaos Mr. Dowton. Jack Bunce (his Nephew) Mr. F. Vining. To conclude with A CONCERT, In which the celebrated Pianist, .Mr. THALBERG, will perform his LATEST COMPOSITIONS, and MISS BIRCH, SIGNOR IVANHOFF, AND MR. BALFE, Will sing a variety of favourite Airs, Duets, and Trios: In order to give complete effect to the wonderful powers of Mr. Thalberg, he will perform on an entirely new SEVEN OCTAVE HORIZONTAL GRAND PIANO-FORTE, expressly ma nufactured by Messrs. Collard and Collard, and forwarded by them to Messrs. Hime and Son, Church-street. On Monday next, THE HYPOCRITE, and ROB ROY. For both markets „ the square setts Thus Mr. Green's offer was tenpence per yard lower than Mr. Brewer's for the square setts wanted, and one-halfpenny per yard lower for the whole of the paving of the North Market : consequently, if Mr. Green equalled Mr. Brewer in respectability of cha racter, and also in competency to execute the work, he ought unquestionably to have been engaged, it being recollected that there is other justice in this world•than ” Justice to Ireland." The Finance Com mittee, however, thought otherwise ; and, notwith standing the difference of the tenders, they accepted the highest I And when Mr. Green and the other .tradesmen memorialised the .Council, what was the defence ? A noodle of the name of Thornhill, who is by some accident or other a Councillor, stuttered out an excuse for the Committee, that " Mr. Franklin, the surveyor, did not know any of the individuals who had sent in tenders, with the exception of Mr. Brewer," and " that he (Thornhill) had made a calculation of the difference between the two tenders, and he found it amounted to just £2l 25." Now we think it a most extraordinary circumstance, that Mr. Franklin, holding a public situation which brings him into con tact with every tradesman of respectability in the town, should not be acquainted with a man, who has been for many years a well-known tradesman of the town — who has, we are credibly informed, done work for the Corporation—who has been employed by our public Boards•—and whose business is equal to, if it does not exceed, that of every other pavier in Liverpool. It appears that not long since Mr. Green actually " paved Castle-street," close to the Town-hall; that he has also paved " Fox-street" ; and we are informed by a gentleman of the highest respectability, who has been long known to the public as connected with our local establishments, that Mr. Green is a man of the highest character in his profession —possesses considerable property, some of which he holds under lease from the Corporation—that he can give bond to any amount, and is capable of undertaking the paving of a dozen markets ! That Mr. Franklin does not know Mr. Green, is, therefore, matter of surprise. But when we state that Mr. Green was bred a pavier, and passed through subordinate rank until he became what he is, a highly respectable master tradesman,—and that Mr. Brewer is no pavier at all, that he was not bred to his business, but was a flag-dealer, or something of the sort,—the public will have no difficulty in deciding which was the most fitting man to be employed. But Mr. Thornhill is wrong in his calculations. Mr. Brewer's tender is more than £2l 2s. above Mr. Green's : but if it had been one penny more, and 211 r. Green was competent to the work, common justice re quired that Brewer's tender should be rejected, and Green's accepted. We are not desirous of making this a political question : far from it ;—but it certainly looks very suspicious, when we recollect that Mr. Green is of Conservative principles—has uniformly opposed the election of Radical Councillors for the ward in which he lives—and was guilty of the heinous sin of calling a street, which passed through his pro perty, by the, ominous and fearful name of " Sir Howard-street" ! Mr. Brewer, on the contrary, is a Radical—has been the uniform supporter of the Coun cil in his neighbourhood—and has now got his reward. He may be, for aught we know—and we trust he is— a most respectable man ; but in the letting of the markets to him, under the circumstances, the Commit tee have displayed gross partiality, and their decision cannot be justified. Had 'Green been of Radical principles, and Brewer a Tory, the former would have been well known to Mr. Franklin, and justice would have been meted out to him. The public are indebted to Mr. Cooper for making the case known, and we trust he will not be prevented from exposing these obnoxious jobs—so utterly at variance with the expressed opinions of the Members of the Council—by any sneers from the Whig-Radical Councillors, or by any lukewarmness on the part of his Conservative brethren. The case ought to be left to the decision of indifferent parties to decide on its merits ; for it does not merely concern the £5O which Brewer is to receive for his work more than Green, but it involves a great public principle ; and if the Finance Committee are thus to dispose of the public work, it is useless for any tradesman of Conservative principles to attempt competition. If the Committee do not intend to take the lowest offers where the party tendering is, as in this case, a most respectable and competent man, why advertise at all ? Why put tradesmen to the trouble and expense of preparing estimates, only that they may meet with bitter disap pointment ? But Whigs cannot help jobbing—cannot resist pro viding for their friends—from the Greylings and Mintoites down to the petty Councillors of a newly fledged Borough. To cure them is as hopeless a task as it would be to wash an Ethiopian white, for jobbing is as natural to them as it is for a beetle to crawl or a fish to swim. Jobbing is the air they breathe. Whigs and watermen are branches from the same root — animals of the same genus : they look one way, but they row another. In another column we furnish our readers with a report of the proceedings atlhe annual meeting of the county magistrates, held yesterday at Preston. We believe this is the first instance of such a report ap pearing in any Liverpool paper of the following day. It will be seen that the Rev. Mr. Appleton has been elected to the office of Chaplain of Kirkdale Gaol. The Conservatives of Manchester have done - their duty nobly. The "good cause" is triumphant. We believe, according to the statement of - our correspon dent, that Sir George Murray has been elected by a considerable majority. We have not been able to as certain the exact numbers at the close of the poll. We place no reliance whatever on the conflicting statements which were last night circulated in this town, as we know that it was impossible to procure anything like a faithful return in time for the last train from Man chester. The first train this morning will clear up all doubts upon the subject. _ _ At the last election the liberals had a majority of up wards of 1800—where are they now ? Is there no reaction in the country ? We have have been favoured with a file of Sydney papers to the 23rd of April. The Sydney Herald of April the Bth gives a long and interesting report of the Anniversary Meeting of the Australian Auxiliary to the Church Missionary Society, at which the Bishop of Australia presided. His lordship gave an en couraging account of the state of New Zealand, which he had recently visited. He said that "he was per suaded, from what he had witnessed, that the Gospel had taken root there, and was producing its fruits among the natives. He was not one who laid much stress upon outward signs of conversion ; such as assuming the forms of devotion, using religious phrases, or even attending on public worship : but he had made diligent inquiry, and in such a manner as to secure himself against the danger of being misled, and he was upon the whole fully convinced that in many of the New Zealanders a change had taken place as it were from darkness to light. They had acquired, in proportion to their opportunities, a considerable ac quaintance with the language of Scripture, and with its doctrines. These they had evidently made the subject of their meditations and the rule of their lives : for they had surrendered their habits of savage fero city—they had renounced the hidden things of dark ness--and they had abandoned infanticide and other grievous sins to which they were addicted during the time of their ignorance," These accounts are ex tremely interesting to the friends of missionary enterprize. After the Bishop vacated the chair it was taken by Sir Maurice O'Connell ! What will the hero of the Corn Exchange say to the presence of his re lative at a meeting of the Church Missionary Society ? In the Sydney Gazette of April the iith we find the following illustration of the laxity of discipline adopted towards the convicts in New South Wales :—" the banns of marriage had been proclaimed in the Roman Catholic Chapel at Sydney of a female convict per the Planter, which vsssel had not then been more than a few days in harbour." Such facilities as this constitute a downright mockery of punishment. If women who are transported to a penal colony for their crimes are permitted to get married immediately upon their arrival, how can we expect crime to diminish in England when the happy bride sends home to her former associates the exulting accounts of her good fortune ? The excessive drought under which the colony had been so long suffering had terminated. Several heavy showers of rain had fallen in almost every district of the country. Intelligence had been received at Sydney of another horrible massacre of the blacks, which is said to have taken place near the Big River, so far back as Novem ber last. The matter was brought to light, in the first instance, by the discovery of the dead bodies, nine in number, and subsequently by the confession of one of the parties concerned. A person of some respecta bility, a superintendent on the estate of a gentleman in the neighbourhood, is said to be one of the parties implicated in this affair. Several of the parties, it is said, have been committed for trial. The prices of wheat at Sydney varied from 16s. 6d. to iss. per bushel. Other provisions were also dear in proportion. At Hobart Town wheat was selling at from 9s. to 118. per bushel; beef 51d. to 6id. per lb., lamb 6d.; mutton 5d.; veal 9d.; pork 61d.; and other articles in proportion. The trade of both New &nth Wales and Van Dieman's Land was in n very flourishing condition. By the packet-ship Virginian, Captain Harris, which arrived here on Wednesday, we have received New York papers to the 13th ultimo inclusive. The news from Florida is of a very unfavourable character. The greater part of Lieutenant Colonel Harney's detachment had been treacherously surprised, and assassinated by the Indians, on the 23rd of July, at Coleosahatchie River, where they had gone, in ac cordance with the treaty at Fort King, to establish a trading house. The party consisted -of a boat 18 men, armed with Colt's rifles. They were encamped on the river, but unprotected by defences of any kind, and, it is said, wtthout sentinels. Tlie IndianS in large force made the attack before dawn of day, and it is supposed 13 men were killed, among whom were Major Dalham and Mr. Morgan, settlers. The re mainder, with Colonel Harney, escaped, several of them were severely wounded. From Texas, we learn that a battle had taken place betwen the Texian troops and the Indians. The en gagement took place on the 15th July, about 75 miles north-west of Macogdoches, Texas, between a large body of the Cherokees, Caddos, and other Indians, and the troops under the command of Brigadier- General K. H. Douglas. The Indians were repelled with considerable loss. They left 18 dead on the field, but carried off, according to their custom, their wounded. The loss on the Texian side was two killed, one wounded mortally, and five slightly. On the 17th of July, General Rusk had another engagement with the Indians, who occupied a very strong position. The contest lasted an hour and a half, when the Texians charged, and drove the Indians from their station with considerable loss. The loss of the Texians was two killed, and upwards of 20 wounded. Every precau tion had been taken to cut off the retreat of the Indians and thereby prevent a protracted war. Advices from the city of Mexico to the Bth, and, Vera Cruz to the 14th of July had been received. Santa Anna was still president ad interim. Busta mente was at Tampico, but expected daily at Mexico, to assume the government. All the Federalists who gave themselves up to the disposal of the government were to retire to their farms, and neve'er to reside near a fortification under the pain of death.. Joseph Urrea was sentenced by Santa Anna to be banished for six years, but while on his way to Vera Cruz for embarka tian, on the 30th of July, he made his escape at Perote, and had not since been heard of. Through the re public the censorship of the press is maintained with the greatest rigour. The foreign merchants, however, in Vera Cruz, are about establishing a splendid ex change or reading-room in that city on the European plan. The Mexican Congress had refused to concur with Santa Anna in his hostile measures towards Texas. The news from Canada is comparatively unimportant. The Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada has issued a proclamation, offering a reward of 2,000 dollars for the apprehension of Lett, the alleged murderer of Capt. Usher, and also implicated in the late affair at Cobourg. The Kingston Chronicle says that Mr. Clay, on his electioneering tour after patriot votes, at Ogdensburgh, adverted to the windmill affair, and expressed his re gret, that the invasion took place ; but, as it had been gone into, he was sorry that there had not been a thousand Kentuckian riflemen added to the party, when he, (Mr. Clay,) said there would have been a very different result to the matter. The Chronicle, in reference to this language, very properly asks—" How can we ever expect peace upon our borders, when the leader of the aristocracy in the United States, their candidate for the Presidency, takes occasion to stir up and inflame the passions of the brigands op the frontier, whenever he has an opportunity ?" The New York papers affect to disbelieve the preceding statement, and strongly main tain that the Editor of the Chronicle has been im posed upon. Respecting the monetary and commercial affairs of the United States we extract the following from the Morning Courier and Enquirer of August the 12th : " The tendency in prices at the board to-day was rather downwards for most descriptions of stocks, though without showing any material change, and a fair business was transacted. United States Bank closed at 110, being the lowest quotation for some time ; Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. at 67k, North American Trust and Banking Co. 73+, Vicksburg Bank 351, Morris Canal Co. 231, Stonington Railroad Co. 231, and Harlem Railroad Co. at 46 5 -. A sale of 20,000 Mexican dollars was made at 1+ per cent. pre mium, seller one week. " The transactions in exchange for the Liverpool packet of to-morrow have again been limited, owing probably to the continued scarcity of money, and a further decline has been established in the rates on both England and France, the business to-day having been done at prices ranging from 8 to 9 per cent. premium on the former, and sf. 20c. to sf. 22c. on the latter country. The Bank of the United States is drawing at 9 per cent. premium, and sf. 20c. " We observe, from the Philadelphia North Ameri can, that the banks which some time since made a temporary loan to the state, have converted it into a permanent one; thus relieving the state from the em barrassment which its failure to obtain funds from other sources might have occasioned. " Two hundred thousand dollars in specie was re ceived at New Orleans on the Ist inst. from Mexico, and a still larger sum was expected in a few days. A favourable result was anticipated from those receipts. " The notes issued by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company are now redeemed in specie or its equivalent, on presentation at the Bank of Washing ton. A notice issued by the president and directors of the company, expresses their desire to withdraw them from circulation, and they have accordingly deposited funds in the bank named, for their resump tion. " The Mobile papers are filled with communications relating to alleged defalcations of the Branch Bank of Alabama at Mobile. The assistant cashier, paying teller, and all the bookkeepers, have been overdrawing to very large amounts, and it would seem that the defaulters have been retained in the service of the bank long after their overdrafts were known to the board." FENCING AND GYMNASTIC ACADEMY.—We have had the pleasure of inspecting the establishment of the Messrs. Huguenin, in Cook-street, at the rear of the Queen's Arms, and can bear testimony to the perfection of the apparatus and the excellency of the arrangements. We have no doubt that this valuable auxiliary to the physical education of the youth of Liverpool, will be duly appreciated.—See Advt. THE LIVERPOOL STEAMER.—The Liverpool was seen by Captain Harris, of the Virginian, which arrived on Wednes day, on the 17th ultimo, at 4 P. M., in lat. 40, long. 68—or within 300 miles of New York• She :may be expected home to-day or to-morrow. She will probably bring the news of her own arrival at New York. VICTORIA CHANNEL.—The new cut at Crosby Point, which has just been completed under the direction of the Dock Committee, has been named Victoria Channel. The new lighthouse, at the same place, will also be completed in about a month. On Thursday next will be launched from the building-yard of Mr. PeteiCato, west side of the Brunswick Dock, a fine new A 1 twelve years' ship, about 360 tons register, built for Messrs. Affleck, Hatton, and Co., and intended, we be lieve for the China trade. REVISION OF THE LISTS OF COUNTY VOTERS.—The re vising barristers, we find, will attend at the Kings' Arms Inn, Ormskirk, on Wednesday, the 25th September, at ele ven o'clock in the morning, and at the Sessions House, in Liverpool, on Friday, the 27th Sept em b er , a t t en o'cleck in the morning. QUICKEST VOYAGE EVER MADE.—The splendid new Steamer, Royal George, Captain Cook, left Liverpool on Monday evening last, 20 minutes before five o'clock, and arrived in Liverpool on Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, making the voyage in 45 hours and 20 minutes : deduct for stoppage at Greenock and Renfrew 45 minutes, loading and discharging cargoes at Glasgow six hours, leaving 38 hours and 35 minutes for performing the voyage from Liverpool to Bromielaw, Glasgow, and back to Liverpool. • MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday, at the company's offices, Hunt's Bank, in Manchester. James Wood, Esq. ',the chairman) presided, and the only business of importance was that the meeting came to the determination to open the railway on Sundays for the accommodation of passengers along the line. The proceedings lasted four hours and a half, the discussion as to the propriety of opening the railway on Sundays oc cupying a great portion of the time. EXTRAORDINARY EXPEDITION.—Her Majesty's new stea mer, Medusa, intended for the morning line of packets be tween Liverpool and Dublin, proceeded on an experimental trip to Kingstown, under the command of Lieut. Philipps, who has been appointed to her from the Lucifer, accom panied by Captain Bevis, her Majesty's agent in Liverpool. She accomplished her return passage in the unparalleled short time of 9 hours and 38 minutes, from pier to pier, and this under many disadvantageous circumstances, having to contend with a very heavy beam sea, and her engines being new and stiff, and falling short by nearly a revolution per minute of their proper speed. We understand she was fre quently going 13 knots per hour, and had she been favoured by a spring tide, her passage would scarcely have exceeded nine hours. She, and her sister ship, the Merlin, were mo delled by Sir. W. Symonds, and their machinery, which has proved to be of the very first order, was constructed at the celebrated foundery of our townsmen, Fawcett, Preston, and Co. They are of about 900 tons burthen and 320 horse power, and, owing to their great beam, have admirable ac commodations. The size and the strength of these vessels— their power whether under canvas or steam—and the cir cumstance of their passing the perilous navigation at the entrance of our river by daylight, a matter of great consi deration at all seasons, but particularly in the winter, have left the public nothing to desire. NOTICES TO MUNICIPAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELEC TORS.—September 1 and 8. (Two Sundays preceding the 15th) Lists of objections to county electors, and also claims and objections respecting borough lists, to be affixed to church doors.—September 5. Overseers of parishes and boroughs to make out burgess lists under Municipal Reform Act, which must be delivered to town-clerk this day.—September 8. Town-clerk in boroughs to cause the burgess lists to be fixed in some public place in the borough front this day till 15th.—September 15. Claims of persons omitted in the bur gess lists, and objections to persons improperly inserted therein, to be given to the town-clerk in writing on or before this day; notice of the objection to be also given to the per son objected to.—September 24. Lists of claimants and of persons objected to, to be fixed by town-clerk in some pub lic place of each borough from this day till October 1. OPENING OF THE SIXTH SEAL.—This truly magnificent picture remains on view, at No. 25, Bold-street, for a few days longer. Those who have not yet seen this splendid ef fort of genius have a treat in reserve such as can be rarely met with. We have seldom beheld a picture more calculated to rivet the attention of the spectator than this grand repre sentation of the sublimities of nature in the agonies of disso lution. The melting of the rocks "by fervent heat"—the terrific effect of the thunderbolt—the overthrow of the "great city," with all its pride of architecture—the fearful workings of despair in the countenances of those who are " calling upon the rocks to hide them from the presence of the Lamb that was slain"—and the supernatural appearance of the heavens, " rolled up as a scroll," are calculated to produce an impression which cannot be easily effaced. We may add that the picture is now placed in a remarkably good light, where its beauties are displayed to advantage. We are glad to find that the proprietors have kindly permitted the Sabbath School teachers and scholars of Liverpool to have a view of it gratuitously. Several thousands, we understand, have al ready availed themselves of this privilege, which cannot be too highly appreciated.—See adv. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—On Wednesday evening, Mr Atkins gave another grand gala at the Zoological gardens. The evening was extremely favourable for the exhibition, the weather being very propitious, and the sky perfectly cloud less. The gardens were in excellent order, notwithstanding the previous rains. The assemblage was exceedingly numer ous and respectable, and expressed themselves as highly de lighted with the entertainments of the evening. The Gar dens were splendidly illuminated, the numerous lamps, which were of variegated colours, being disposed in many fantastic shapes, representing Chinese pagodas, balloons, flowers, geo metrical figures, &c. &c. The naval engagement, and the destruction of the man of war were extremely well managed, as was also the eruption of the mimic Vesuvius. The fire works were brilliant in the extreme, especially the grand piece at the conclusion. By a singular coincidence there was a magnificent display of the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, simultaneously with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This splendid natural phenomenon was witnessed with very great advantage from the Gardens. THEATRE ROYAL.—MR. THALBERG'S CONCERT.—The celebrated pianist, Thalberg, gives a farewell concert this evening, at the Theatre Royal, assisted by Signor Ivanhoff, Mr. Balfe, and others. A well-informed Manchester print observes—" Mr. Thalberg is to perform his latest composi tions, and the unrivalled nature of his extraordinary perform ances will doubtless lead all who know any thing of the piano forte to hear the Paganini of that instrument ; and to those of our musical friends who have not heard him, his amazingly rapid execution will be less astonishing than his surprising power of combination, and the massive effect produced by the body of chords that swell from the mastered instrument. The vocalists are announced to sing various airs, duets, and trios, from popular operas of Rosini, Donizetti, Bellini, &c.; and no doubt the performances will be very attractive." [To give additional effect to his masterly execution, a powerful instrument of the class of A 1 is to be used by Mr. Thalberg. MARTIN'S PICTURE OF THE CORONATION.—We were yesterday favoured with a private view of this splendid and truly national painting, which is this day exhibited, for the first time, to the British public. Those who have seen any of the former pictures of Mr. Martin, (and who has not ?) will eagerly avail themselves of the opportunity of admiring the most magnificent of his wondrous productions, for such we unhesitatingly pronounce the Picture of the Coronation, now on view at the Lyceum. The period which the artist has fixed upon for the subject of the painting is, the moment when Her Majesty was receiving the homage of her peers. It is well known that an incident occurred during this part of the ceremony which excited a great deal of attention, and gave rise to many encomiums on the kind and sympathizing disposition of our young Sovereign. Lord Rolle, on going up the steps to pay homage, stumbled and fell. The Queen immediately left the Throne, and, advancing to the top of the steps, expressed much concern at the accident. Such conduct, upon such an occasion, produced, as might natu rally be expected, an electrical effect upon those who wit nessed it, and their admiration was as loudly expressed as it was deeply felt. Mr. Martin has strictly adhered to the ar rangement and details of this interesting ceremony, and has introduced into his picture nearly one hundred actual por traits, to the fidelity and accuracy of many of which we can bear our unqualified testimony. The disposition of light and shade in this magnificent picture, is a masterly effort of art and genius. The architecture of the picture we should ven ture to designate as its most brilliant feature. In our next we hope to give a more detailed criticism on this splendid painting. In the mean time we cannot do better than to re commend our readers to pay a visit to the Lyceum, where they will be most amply gratified. Some Roman copper coins have recently been found by some boys while playing near the out-walls of the Castle Hill, Northallerton, adjoining the works on the line of the Great North of England Railway. They are of the age of Severus, Constantine, and the later emperors ; but, with the excep tion of some, were in general very much corroded, and not otherwise•curious than as identifying the locality of the Ro man legions of the Roman British soldiers of this plate, which from the inscription upon a monumental stone, dug up on the north-east side of the fortress last autumn, appears to have been one of the stations of the Sixth Roman Legion. GENERAL ANNUAL SESSIONS. Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, (pursuant to the usual ad journment from the last Thursday in June,) the General Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for this County Palatine, was held at tha Court House, Preston, for the pur pose of passing the accounts of the county treasurer, and of transacting other business connected with the raising and disposal of the county rates, including the election of new officers, where vacancies have arisen, &c., in pursuance of notice previously given. There being several subjects for discussion which excited considerable interest amongst the magistrates and rate payers of Liverpool, Manchester, and Lancaster, the attend ance was much more numerous than on ordinary occasions, there being upwards of sixty magistrates. The Hon. Richd. Bootle Wil- Joseph Brotherton,Esq. M.P. braham, M.P. Charles Tayleur3, Esq. T. B. Addison, Esq. Joseph Lace, Esq. William Marshall, Esq. Lawrence Rawstorne, Esq. James Clarke, Esq. Thomas Lyon, Esq. Samuel Taylor, Esq. John Lomax, Esq. James Blanchard, Esq. Theodore W. Rathbone, Esq. Robert Lawson, Esq. James Brancker, Esq. John Master, Esq . Th omas Thornely, Esq. M.P. Richard E. Alison, Esq. Samuel Sandbach, Esq. Rev. Richard Moore. R. T. Parker, Esq. M.P. Rev. Miles Formby. Robert Andrews, Esq. Rev. J. T. Horton. John Earnshaw, Esq. James Davidson, Esq. Samuel Lees, Esq. William Calrow, Esq. Henry Tempest, Esq. Edward Dawson, Esq. W. G. Walmsley, Esq. John Armstrong, Esq. Rev. R. A. Rawstorne, Chisenhale Chisenhale, Esq. P. E. Townley, Esq. James Pedder, Esq. John Cunliffe, Esq.. Joseph Bushell, Esq. John Taylor, Esq. John Anstin, Esq. E. G. Hornby, Esq. Henry Hargreaves, Esq. Thomas Greene, Esq. M.P. Rev. R. J. Barton, Clerk W. Bolden Bolden, Esq. William Gale, Esq. Thomas Rodick, Esq. Cornelius Bourne, Esq. John Bourne, Esq. Robert Heywood, Esq. Charles Birch, Esq. J. F. Hindle, Esq. Rev. J. Brooks S. T. Brancker, Esq. J. F. Foster, Esq. John Heys, Esq. The Hon. R. B. WILBRAHAM, M.P., was unanimously called to the chair. Charles Townley, Esq. Joseph Fielden, Esq. John Hopwood, Esq. John Lister, Esq. J. Newall Ffarington, Esq. L. Whalley, Esq. M.D. Rev. Gardner Baldwin, Wm. Ince - Anderton, Esq. Sir P. H. Fleetwood, Bart. Rev. Wm. Gray, Clerk. NEWLY INCORPORATED BOROUGHS. T. B. ADDISON, Esq., said it was not usual to commence the Sessions, by reading the proceedings of former meetings, but he considered it proper to state what had been done at the meeting of the 24th of June. The June meetings were not generally for the dispatch of business, but were prelimi nary, unless in cases of urgency, the business being trans-. acted in September. It so happened, however, that in June some circumstances required to be immediately considered and disposed of. Two important towns, Manchester and Bolton, had obtained separate c our t s o f Quarter Sessions, and having received charters, could raise separate rates. A dispute had. arisen as to the validity of these charters, and the question arose—what course the magistrates in Sessions would pursue? Were there no dispute, as in the cases of Liverpool and Wigan, they would have acted as they had done towards them. The course they had adopted as the safest one, was to include the two towns named in the county rate. In pursuance of this resolution, an order was issued at the June Sessions, for the rates, on the respective borough treasurers. This was done, as the safest mode for the county, lest the charters should turn out invalid. If they were hereafter declared to be l ega l, th e f un d s m i g ht b e restored to the borough rate. He concluded by repeating, that as there were differences of opinion as to the validity of the charters granted, and that it was his opinion that the course adopted was the most judicious and the safest, inasmuch as the county funds would be secure, and no party could in the result be injured. Having given this information, he stated that he should not, of course, found any motion upon it. Mr. W. A. HOLTON, the county treasurer, stated that he had received letters from Chorlton, Hulme, and another township, stating that the rate had been refused. Mr. AimisoN - said, that the rates refused by these town ships were not affected by the question at issue, inasmuch as the assessments were laid previously to the granting of the charters alluded to. They were, therefore, liable for the arrears. Several of the gentlemen expressed their opinion that the magistrates who were present at the June sessions had adopted the proper course. COUNTY TREASURERS ACCOUNTS.-EXPENSES OF PRO- SECUTIONS. Mr. ADDISON noticed the great disproportion in the ex penses of prosecutions at the assizes, as compared with those incurred at the respective sessions. At the Manchester ses sions, exclusively of salaried officers and other expenses, the cost per head was about £2. At Lancaster, including the expenses alluded to, the average cost was £6 12s. 7d. ; at Preston, £7 19s. ; at Kirkdale, £8 Bs. ; and at Salford, £8 2s. 10d. This included court fees and every other expense, without throwing upon the county any expense of salaried officers. On the other hand, at the Lancaster assizes, the average cost of a single prosecution was £22 I ls. sd. ; and at the Liverpool assizes, £39 18s. Id. The cost at the assizes, indeed, was frequently seven times as great as that at the sessions, though, in many instances, the offenders at the higher court were consigned to but minor punishment —a few months' imprisonment. He, for one, wa's not satisfied with so great a disparity of expense. The access to Liverpool for witnesses, and in other respects, was as great as to the places where the sessions were held — for instance, Kirkdale. Yet, the single prosecution at Liver pool was £39 . 10s., while that at Kirkdale, adjoining, was only £8 Bs. He was aware, that at assizes, the prosecutions were generally what might be called heavier; but making all due allowances, he thought the disproportion too great. The cause was, that those who ruled the expenses at the assizes, were not responsible parties, or themselves interested in economizing. The learned gentleman proceeded to adduce instances from the printed county accounts of the enormous sums being paid in the past year to attornies in Liverpool for prosecutions. One party had received £lOO 15s. 4d. for one prosecution ; another £264 ls. ! He felt assured that the magistrates whom he addressed would not have allowed any thing like these sums at quarter sessions. They would have taxed such bills and reduced them. Complaints had been made that the county magistrates were addicted to waste and extravagance. This assertion was totally untrue. (Hear.) They have paid the greatest attention to the econo mizing the expenditure, arid had paved down the charge for prosecutions from a high amount, to an average of £7. He thought it was high time the fixing of charges on prosecu tions at the assizes should be put in the hands of those whom habits of business, knowledge of the locality and other ad vantages, gave them an opportunity of coming to a judicious decision. The magistrates, he regretted, had no power to interfete with the assize expenses. A conversation here arose as to the party who was the tax ing officer, who, it was stated was Mr. Hopi ins, clerk of the crown ; but it appeared that he was but non nally so, as he was over-ruled by the judge, who was (as we understood it) perplexed by contrary representations. The Rev. JOSHUA THOMAS HORTON, said that he did not concur in the opinion, that the magistrates had no power to bring about a reformation on the point in question. He thought that if a proper representation went from them to the clerk of the crown, it would be attended to. For his part he would, at all events, try him. He concluded by moving, in effect, " That the meeting should call the atten tion of the clerk of the crown to the scale of allowances for prosecutions at the Quarter Sessions, with a recommenda tion that in future he should make all allowances at the Assizes conformable, so far as may be, to that scale. Mr. BROTHERTON seconded the motion, and it was car : ried unanimously. After some observations on the subject of conducting pri soners to gaol, the passing of Scotch and Irish poor to their own countries from Liverpool was taken up at some length by Mr. GREEIs7E, who contended that the pass-master at Liverpool (Mr. Evans, the overseer) could not legally pass out of the county-rates any poor persons, unless they came under the designation of casual poor belonging to Liverpool. The general opinion expressed was, that the law was well administered in this respect ; but a motion was reserved. CORONERS INQUESTS. Mr. CLARKE complained of the holding of inquests un necessarily, and, in many instances, where medical men had attended, and could pronounce upon the cause of death being natural. M. AnntsoN concurred, and in strong language dis approved of the whole system, which he designated (ad mitting the epithet to be vulgar, but appropriate) —mere " humbug." It was, he said, a demoralizing absurdity to hold inquisitions where no suspicion of foul play was en tertained, It was taking the public money for nothing. Not a ninth part of the money extracted, moreover, was applied to the intended purpose. It was paid for services, in many instances that were not performed, or for pretended purposes. It wrs, in fact, an imposition. The Rev. J. T. HORTON asked whether the expenses in cases in which parties called for useless inquests, for inte rested purposes, could be fixed upon parties requiring them. He related a most extraordinary case in which the relatives of a deceased individual who had been disappointed by his will, had set forth a rumour that he had been poisoned ; and had had the body exhumed, at great expense. The result only proved that the deceased, who had been medically at tended for some days after he was attacked by a fit, on eating a heavy supper, had died of a disease of the heart which he could not long have escaped. The Clerk of the Court read a letter from Mr. Rutter, coroner for the Manchester district, requesting the General Sessions to allow him the amount of his quarterly bill for holding inquests—XlsB 17s. 5d., which he claimed on the supposition that the charter of incorporation to Manchester was invalid. A discussion took place on this question, and Mr. ADDI SON said that they ought to deal with it analogously as they had done with respect to the county rates claimed from the newly-chartered boroughs, namely, to withhold payment un til the question of the legality of the charter were legally set tled. A resolution, by Mr. Addison, was finally agreed to, to the effect, " That no charge be allowed to coroners in bo roughs to which charters have been granted, until it be legally determined if such grant is invalid." COUNTY TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS. The several usual accounts of the county expenditure were then read and passed. They presented no peculiar feature of interest, and a synopsis of the general balances will suffice for our readers. The total expenditure of the year just concluded was £36693 ; that of the previous year X 34989 ;—the arrears of Rolls £6639. There appeared a final balance in favour of the Lunatic Asylum of £1639. Mr. ADDISON made a suggestion relative to the appoint ment of constables under the pending constabulary act, which allows of one constable to every thousand individuals. He thought that an " emergency police" body, to be called out on occasions of riot or disturbance,—some with allowances of £5 a-year, and others (to be less frequently called upon) with £2,—would greatly strengthen the hands of the regular police, and render the whole efficient. He thought that 200 regular police would be sufficient for the county, exclusively of the incorporated towns, which supported their own. ENLARGEMENT OF THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. Mr. GREENE explained, in a forcible and appropriate ad dress, the absolute necessity of the enlargement of the Lunatic Asylum, which was altoge ther inadequate for the proper ac commodation of the unf ortunate inmates or for the success ful treatment of those of them who exhibited curative symp toms. Many of the patients were sleeping in the day rooms and passages. From the want of situation, one female patient had a few days ago destroyed another in the night. Dr. PROBEN corroborated Mr. Greene's effecting state ment, and strongly recommended the additional buildings. The total estimate for the enlargements was £8686, which would admit of 200 aditional patients. It was finally agreed, that roll for the usual or necessary repairs of the present building should be increased by the sum—say £9OOO required for the erection of the proposed building. A motion was agreed to—that a sessions should be held to take into consideration the constabulary act, on the 6th of November, when the Quarter Session shall have concluded. The assessments for other purposes were then agreed to. PRISON DISCIPLINE. Colonel RAWSTHORNE entered at length into the subject; confuted the idea of the possibility of carrying out the " paration " system of prisoners, but strongly recommended the silent system. It appeared that the Secretary of State had himself pur posed to make experiment of that system, and the subject was consequently abandoned. The appointment, by the Lancaster magistrates, of Arthur Hansbrow, son of Capt Hansbrow, governor of Lancaster Castle, as clerk of that gaol, was confirmed, at a salary of £lOO a year. The appointment of two new turnkeys,_ at £6o t eaci i „ was also confirmed. ,CHAPLAIN OF KIRKDALE GAOL. It was stated that the Rev. Mr. Clay, Chaplain of the House of Correction, at Preston, had withdrawn his appli cation, and that the only two candidates were the Rev. Mr. Wilson and the Rev. Mr. Appleton. The CHAIRMAN then read several strong recommenda tions of Mr. Wilson, together with the very gratifying testimo nials of Mr. Appleton, including one from the Rev. Christo pher Wordsworth, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge and the Rev. Francis Martin, Fellow and Bursar of the same College ; together with a very flattering recommendation signed by twenty-nine of the Clergy of Liverpool and the neighbourhood. The Rev. JONATHAN BROORFS pronounced a very warm eulogium on the merits of Mr. Appleton, whom (as hii curate for a number of years) he had found to lie a young man of much kindness of heart, firmness of purpose, and fidelity in the discharge of his duty. Before the election proceeded, a question arose as to• the amount of salary. • Sir H. P. FLEETWOOD proposed the salary sithuldbeX22s. Sir T. BRANCKER moved an amendment that it be £3OO. The latter sum was ultimately agreed to by a majority of 32 to 26. A show of hands was then taken for the respective dates, and Mr. Appleton was elected by a considerabld ma jority. - SALARY OF THE CHAPLAIN OF THE PRESTON HOUSE OF CORRECTION. Mr. MARSHALL moved that the salary of Mr. Clay, whose conduct and character he highly commended, should be increased from £230 a-year to £350. A short discussion ensued, but the motion was finally carried, and the meeting stood adjourned. SPECIAL VESTRY MEETING. A special vestry meeting was held yesterday, at St. Nicho las' Church, for the purpose of appokting an assistant-over--- seer and collector, in the place of Mr. James Glover, who •, has resined. Mr.JOHN KILSHAW, one of the churchwardens, was called to the chair. Mr. William Jones Peachey was proposed by,llr. ALE:x.% SMITH, jun., and seconded by Mr. ROBERT SMITH. •e. - Mr. John Eastwood was proposed by Mr. CANNELLoind seconded by Mr. LAYCOCK. •!• •• •. On the show of hands Mr. Peachey was. declared -to be ; elected, upon which a poll was demanded by Mr: -Citroen 0 on behalf of Mr. Eastwood. The show of hantis e we may remark, was nearly twenty to one in favour of Mr. Peachey. The poll will commence this day, at ten o'clocltia4iie,, forenoon, at the Sessions-house, Chapel-street. 4 As the liberals have converted this into a political election, . we earnestly request the conservatives of Liverpool to come forward promptly to vote for Mr. Peachey, as well to 5ecure,.,,,,4 the appointment of a trustworthy, efficient candidate, as to humble the liberal faction. E7311'3./ HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. Owing to some oversight we did not receive our usual' ticket of admission to the autumnal exhibition of flowers, fruit, &c., which took place on Wednesday at the Botanic Gardens. We understand that the show was- exceedingly' good, considering the unfavourable weather which had been previously experienced. The company was very numerous, and highly respectable. We subjoin a list of the prizes Dahlias—First, Nurseryman's pan of thirty Blooms, Mr. Skirving. Second, Ditto, Mr. Thomas Davies. First, Amateurs' pan of twelve Blooms, T. RaWson, Esq. Second, Ditto, R. W. Preston, Esq. First Ditto, of six Blooms, Henry Moss; Esq. Second, Ditto, T. Rawson, Esq. First Sweepstakes' pan of twelve Blooms, Henry Moss, Esq. Second, Ditto, T. Rawson, Esq. Best six Stove or Greenhouse—Loasa Aurantiaca, CelaStrus Lucida, Fuschia Fulgens, Verbana Aubletia, Verbana. Truerioides, Crassula Coccinea, Mrs. Cropper. Second; Ditto, Ceropegia Vegans, AchrosticumAlsiconria, Lvchopodium Stolanifira, Adeantum Cunatum, ,Begonia Humilis, Fuschia Globosa Major, J. S. Leigh, Esq. Best four Orchidaceous—Eulophia Guinins, Marmodes,. Myanthus Barbatus, Oncidium Papilia, C. Horsfall, Esq. Best Orchidaceous specimen. Maiillaria Hutti, Charles Horsfall, Esq. Second, Ditto, Cynochis Loddyisii, C. Horsfall, Esq. Best Stove or Greenhouse specimen. —Musa Cavendishii, C. Horsfall, Esq. Second, Ditto, Unknown from India, C. Horsfall, Esq. - Third, Ditto, Hydichium Gardnerianum, Wm. Smith, Esq. Fourth, Ditto, Monettia Glabor, .L S. Leigh, Esq. Best Six Calceolarias.—J. S. Leigh, Esq. First Heartsease, Fifteen Varieties.—Henry Moss, Esq. • Second, Ditto, Mr. Wynch. Best Basket of Plants.—J. S. Leigh, Esq. Second, Ditto, Mr. Wynch. Third, Ditto, Hugh Jones, Esq. Best Basket of Cut Flowers.—J. S. Leigh, Esq. Second, Ditto, William Shand, Esq. Best Basket of Vegetables.—D. Waterhouse, Esq. Second, Ditto, William Smith, Esq. - . Third, Ditto, Mrs. Cropper. The following prizes were given by the Mayor of Liverpool: Best Basket of Fruit, six kinds, Rd. Willis, Esq. Second, Ditto, E. D. Falkner, Esq. Third, Ditto, Hugh Jones, Esq. Best Basket of Fruit, six kinds, Rd. Willis, Esq. Second, Ditto, E. D. Falkner, Esq. - ' Third, Ditto, Hugh Jones, Esq. Best Basket of Fruit, four kinds, llugh Jones, Esq. Second, Ditto, Mrs. Cropper. Third, Ditto, Mr. Wynch. Best Pine Apple, J. S. Leigh, Esq. Best Grapes, Mrs. Cropper. Best Melon, Hugh Jones, Esq. EXTRA PRIZES. Cleriodendrun Speciosissima—J. S. Leigli, Esq. Fuschia Fulgens—Mr. Skirving. Asclepias Solicifolia—Mrs. Cropper. Balsams—J. S. Leigh, Esq.. Banana Fruit—Mrs. Sherhourne. . _ THE BLASPHEMOUS DOCTRINE OF OWENISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In a late number of . the . Stan dcird,'3•ol lard'before the public the able lecture of Mr. Brindley on 'Cilii . 7enism. Your own remarks on that occasion were valilableoi.S: they had a tendency to awaken those who were not already aware of its extent, to a sense of the danger which threatens the _ ignorant portion of the community, from the, indecelit and accursed doctrines sought to be fastened on them by the de luded beings who hav,e become the victims of Robert Owen, in Liverpool, and various other,parts of the kingdom, 'Yon have the honour to be the first of the Liverpool edtthrgho have grappled with this disgusting, degradingiblaphianons ' and brutalising doctrine, for which you deserve the gratitude of the Christian world. But, sir, it is not from the books, or publications of this class that one will he ahle'to Nrm a right judgment of them. No, no;' the crafty Owenite does not expose the abominations of his system until . be first shakes the faith of his weakminded auditors. He cunningly • appeals to the distressed, unhappy, and neglected conditicin' of the working people—paints the tyranny aliatiaexereised over them—tells them that all men should have property in common—that it is in the power of all men to be wealthy; prosperous, independent, and happy, but for the error's Which pervade the present state of the world—and, in the air-ere- s; ated change of his own fanciful imagination, points out the blessings to be enjoyed under Robert Owen's system in'the New 'Moral World. Thus having worked upon the feelings of his hearers, he tells them that they are not accountable beings—that their " character was formed for theni, not by themselves"—that they are not accountable to any power` for their acts, and, consequently, to talk of a place of reward • or punishment after death is sheer nonsense. Arrived at this point—half convinced, half doubting—the bewildered being' becomes an easy convert to the sophistical reasoning of We' wily atheist, who casts off the mask; ridicules the idea of worshipping the God of Heaven, deprives man of: his , - mortal soul, and reduces him to an animal, -a mereAwo- ~ footed brute, and, to make everything suitable to such a state, calls matrimony an accursed invention, but that in . the New Moral World " Me odious -appellation of husband and wife shall' be abolished ,for ever" ! ! I said,' sir,- that-it is not from their writings they are 'to be judged : their .pub-: lications are orthodox compared with their sayings and doings. John Finch declared at a public meeting, when • • forced to give an answer to a question on the point, put to him by Mr. M`Kenna, that he did not believe a word in the • Bible, from one end to the other ! ! He took his Bible, cut it up into pieces, selected such verses as his own tled imagination dictated, pasted them into ,a book, and declares ,that he has as good a right to publish a Bible as any one that went before him; and deelaresiiilso, that he will do so !! ! You must hear this man lecture on the m - '• rality of the patriarchs and prophets. - Go to the Shooting • Gallery, in Tarleton-street, on a Sunday evening ; pay your penny or twopence at the door ; then, if you can bear it, • listen and judge. Before you can form any, nay the slight- est, notion of the length to which blasphemy is carried on, you must hear them tell you that, if there be a God, he is an " OLD FOOL" ! ! for that "he did nothing right." They will tell you that " his Son," our blessed and holy RE DEEMER, " was a drunkard and a thief"! !!—that " he was the son of a wandering begging gipsy" ! !!. &c. &c. ,It is painful even to think on these disgusting expressions, from which the well-ordered mind recoils with horror ; and some people will say that they should not be brought before, the : , public. Some objectors know verylittle of the workings,of the Owenites. I conceive that, it is the duty of a -public journal to watch over the morals of the people, to curb li centiousuess, to beat down profligacy and blasphemy, and, if I am correct in my notion of its duty, never was that duty more imperative than at the present time-with : respect tothis accursed doctrine, established by, Robert Owen, whom followers consider greater than the God whom we adore, and: infinitely the superior of Jesus Christ I! I W ill it be believed,7 that this doctrine has been preached in the open air in verpool? I have heard Green; .the •raissionary of Ilobeft Owen and John Finch, holding forth in the. Haymarket and St. James's-place, on different occasions. I nin.no advocate of street begging, but I must confess that it appears rather inconsistent in the guardians of• public -decency to place -a poor man or woman in Bridewell, and suffer the mountebank blasphemer to go unpunished. The public by this time must be no doubt anxious to ascertain the strength of the Owenite body in Liverpool. Happily in Liverpool they have met in Mr. Benjamin Dix a powerful and overwhelming opponent. Mr. Dix is complete - master of his subject;. he- is talented, straightforward, and persevering ; and I repeat it that Liverpool is Much indebted to him for his successful opposition to the Owenites in'this town, as well as in Warrington, Chester, and other places. While in Manchester their subscriptions in• twelve months amounted to three hundred and eighty-three pounds, they could only collect twenty pounds during the same time in Liverpool. This is a fact which appears on the face of their own printed report, and is a proof of Mr. Dix's successful opposition to them here. I have, sir., trespassed too ;him; on your valuable time; and I will conclude for the present, by expressing my surprise that the repository for the sale 'of - infidel publications in Whitechapel, known by the name of " STEWART'S KNOWLEDGE-BOX," - is permitted to be open the entire Sunday for the traffic in blasphemy, and not the slightest notice taken of it. There should certainly be some steps taken to have this nuisance closed up on the Lord's day. I am, sir, &c., Liverpool, August 29th, 1839. VERAX, A letter from Buchorest of the Bth ult. states . positi ve l y , that three real cases of Eastern plauge occurred in the for tress of Silistria on the 7th, 9th, and 11th. MAGISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS AND CIIAN'GES.---Sit"Fl' Roe has resigned his situation as chief. magistrate . of BMW street, and Mr: Hall, of Hatton-garden,. who officiated for many years at Liverpool, has been appointed in his place a salary of £l2OO. per annum. Mr. Minshull, after a service of upwards of 20 years, will retire from Bow-street on a's-a-. perannuation allowance.. Mr. Twyford is to be-secoud•ma gistrate at that office, and Mr. Jardine, a barriAter en the western circuit, has been appointed third magistrate,- The two latter gentlemen are each to have a salary of £lOOO, per-" . annum. Mr. Bennett, of Hatton-garden-office; is to .be su perannuated, and Mr. Coombes and Mr. Greenwood are to act as magistrates there. The appointment of Halt' AA - chief magistrate, and Mr. Jardine as third magistrate, 'at Bow-street, was made known by a letter _frorm Lord !John- Russell. Mr. Hall sat for a short time at Bow-streityester day with Mr. Twyford, but took no part in the business; There are other changes and appointments in progress, in order to carry the New Police Act into execution, and these will probably be announced in a few days.—Titnes: