The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-16 00:00:00

DESIRABLE LODGINGS. ti or Two Gentlemen may have separ t partments, or a small Family would be received the Season, in a delightful situation, near Hamilton-square, Birkenhead.—Apply at the Standard. Office. Zrabt anb itianufacturto, o n a H. SYERS returns his sincere an 'rateful acknow- NV I • ledgments to the Friends of hisla mented Father (with whom he had been in business ma y years) . for the pa tronage conceded to him as Appraiser and Auctioneer, and begs most respectfully to solicit a continuance of their favours, -with the assurance that all commands shall have his prompt and utmost attention. Houghton-street, Clayton-square, July 13th, 1833. TO SHAREHOLDERS IN RAILWAYS, CANALS, AND OTHER PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS. consequence of the general complaint of the very high price charged for Brokerage in Liverpool grille Purchase and Sate of Shares in Public Companies, AK Subscriber has determined to transact his': business on the same terms as are charged on the Stock Exchange in London, being about one quarter of the usual charge in Liverpool. All Shares under £2O each will in future be charged with 2s. 6d. each, brokerage. WM. OKILL, Share-broker, 177, Dale-street, corner of Castle-street. CHINA TRADE. Gentleman of respectability and active habits , a ccustomed ti to the Tea Trade, and now acting as a Sworn Tea Broker in London, is desirous of an engagement to proce • to China to select and purchase Teas for one or more h u ,or he would have no objection to make arrangements any respectable Brokers' house in Liverpool for the sale of this article and other general produce with which he is acquainted. The most re spectable references will be given, and security, if required. Applications, with real Signatures, addressed Y. Z., Standard Office, will have immediate attention. FISHING TACKLE. TOHN EDMONSON begs to inform his Friends and the tl Public that he has removed his FISHING TACKLE ESTABLISHMENT from TtrmatiAaN-sTaiiEr to BAS NETT-STREET, eleven doors from CHURCH-sTAEET, where every variety of RODS, REELS, LINES, tS Sp-WORM GUT, ,& ITOoKS, FLIES, NET, e., of the very b description, are constantly kept on hand. SALMON RoE. J. E. teing . the may Manufacturer of Fishing Tackle in Liverpool, he Is enabled to Make, Repair, &c. to order, which will be done with the utmost pianetuality. *** Every information that practical experience may sug gest will be given to Anglers respecting the principal Rivers in North Wales, Cumberland, Scotland, &c.• and Gentlemen may, at all times, rely upon haying useful Fit-outs for the dis trict they intend visiting. The Trade, Ilerchanis, Captains, Sze. supplied wholesale. TODD'S PATENT COMBINATION PUMP, For preferring Ships, Warehouses, Dwelling-houses, 4e. from destruction by FIRE. TTODD, Patentee, most respectfully solicits Merchants • Ship-owners, Captains of Ships and others interested, to an inspection of the above valuable invention, on board the Schooner f'i.ren, now lying at the S. W. corn of George's Dock, close to the Mariner's Church, this d , Tuesday, I.6th July, at Twelve o'clock. It will be found aluable on board of ships, as the alteration of a common sh s's pump into a com plete and powerful Fire Engine, can be made at sea in one minute, with very little trouble and under any circumstances. —For particulars, apply to the PATENTEE, on board the Vixen, or to COTESWORTH and SMITH, 22, Chapel-walks. On board the Vixen can also be seen one of Messrs. Tyzack, Robinson and Co.'s Patent WINDLASSES, another of which is on board the Renoration, lying east side Prince's Dock. GEN LINE PATENT 13HAND Y.—This exquisite spirit, which has attained such high celebrity, and vanquished every prejudice, was first introduced by retail to the public, on distillery terms, by BRETT, of Drury - lane; 4? having had experience of the amazing improvement whis.,h' it derives from MATURITY, has made arrangements for sept - ing a successive supply of THE OLDEST BRANDY THAT CAN BE PROCURED; and, as a guarantee for his integrity, a certificate under official seal, is displayed in his counting-house, declaraton , of the con fidence which the Patentee reposes in H. BRETT'S vending the pure Patent Brandy, in precisely the same genuine state in which he receives it from the Distillery. H. BRETT has, moreover, made affidavit before the Lord Mayor, that every ar ticle in the Wine and Spirit Trade, sold by riim, shall be per fectly free from deleterious adulteration. Ladies and Gentlemen to whom health and economy are ob jects of consideration, are respectfully invited either to transmit their orders, by post, or to direct their servants or carriers to No. 109, Drury-lane, and not to be misled by servile imitations, at other houses in the neighbourhood. Imperial Measure. I Gallon. 1 I Bott-73-eire-d Bottle. -- 3 6- - 18 - 0 - The Pure Patent Brandy Wine Brandy, of equal strength and purity London Cream Gin lO 6 2 2 1 4 Old Jamaica Rum Superior Overproof Whiskey l6 0 3 0 2 0 Prime Cognac Brandy, as imported 31 6 5 6 4 0 Spirits of - Wine, highly rectified BRETT'S much approved SAMPLE HAMPERS of WINE, 17s. of SPIRITS, 17s. 6d. each, packages included. CoNnwoNs.—Cash on delivery of goods in London or the suburbs. Exchanged in case of disapproval,—forfeited if in ferior to sample. Country postage and shipping charges (if any) payable by purchasers. Discount only to the trade. HENRY BRETT, Wine and Brandy-merchant, No. 109, DRURY-LANE.—N.B. No. 109. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ANNUAL DINNER. IT being the intention of the Licensed Victualle Of Liverpool and its vicinity to Dine on the 31st instan t the House of Mr. Jour; PERCIVAL, EVaRTON, they resp ully invite their Friends and all persons connected with the rade. JAMES ACKERS, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM HINDLEY, Esq., Vice-Chairman. STEWARDS. Thos. Rowlandson, Spirit bier- H. y Morris, George Canning, chant, Hood-street. London-road. Wm. Madrell, James-street. Cuthbert Halsal, Leeds-street. Chas. Stewart, Union Tavern, George Wrig . ht,Brewers'Arms, Sir Thomas's-buildings. 31 , - F re de rick-street. Henry Rigby, Lumber-street. ROBERT BRYDEN, Secretary, George's Tavern, Upper Pitt-street. Tickets, ss. each, tobe had of the Stewards; at the Office of this Paper; and at the Bar of the Hotel. Dinner on Table at Three o'clock. EXTRA ACCOMMODATION. "BANG-UP," LIVERPOOL AND CHE NHAM DAY COACH. IN compliance with the numerous and r ted applications for a conveyance upon the above line o road, on Sundays, the Proprietors of the BANG-UP Coach beg most respectfully to inform the Public, that in future it will, be despatched every Morning, at a quarter past Six o'clock, from the White Horse, Angel, and Saracen's Head Inn Coach Offices, Dale-street. Route.—Prescot, Knutsford, Newcastle, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, Worcester, and Tewks bury, to the York Hotel, Cheltenham, where it arrives at half past Seven o'clock in the evening. BRETHERTON, EVANS, REEVES, t GODFREY and Co., Proprietors. 4.,,* Observe, the "BANG-I P" is the only Coach on the above route on Sundays. INCOILRODIBLE MINERAL TEETH FIXED, Without Wires or Ligatures, AND FILLING DLCAYLD TEETH WITH MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, WITHOUT PAIN, HEAT, OR PRESSURE. - MONS. J. M. and A. MALL'AN, No. 46, BOLD-STREET, _ILL. Liverpool, and 82, KING -STREET, Manchester, SURGEON DENTISTS, (of the Firm of Malian and Sons t Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, and Half-moon-street, P . adilly, London, where they may be consulted daily,) a ently thank their Friends and the Public, for the disti shed support which they continue to receive. Their methods of filling decayed Teeth, without heat or pres sure, and of fixing loose, natural, or artificial Teeth, without wire or ligature, are too extensively known, and too highly esti mated, to require any lengthened exposition in advertisements. The instances of the perfection of this New Principle, as re gards mastication and the articulation of words, are so numerous )11 the British Metropoiis, that Messrs. M. rely more on the good report of their patients than upon any thing which they them selves couid publicly advance to recommend it; they cannot, however, refrain from stating that the imminent advantages of their system of constructing and fixing artificial PALATES and TEETH are in no case so evident as in giving the patient the power of clear and distinct pronunciation, more particularly in the sound of the Dento-lingual Double Consonant TH, whilstthe nasal and palatel sounds are rendered perfect and uninterrupted. Messrs. M. submit that these are advantages of the utmost conse quence to Public Speakers, as well as to private individuals, la bouring under natural or accidental defects of enunciation; but when to them are added the appearance of juvenility, which their Artificial Teeth give to the countenance of aged persons—and that they are guaranteed to bite the hardest substance without pain or injury—they feel themselves justified iu claiming that palm of superiority in Dental Surgery, which has been so unanimously awarded to them by the inhabitants of London and Paris, and other continental Cities. -The Faculty are constantly welcome to witness the applica tion of the Misixiim. SUccEDANEUM, which they so universally recommend. . Attendance in Liverpool and Manchester daily. {l.Charges as in Paris. One of the above tirm . may be consulted for a short period at Mr. T. H. HOY I S Dublin Medical Emporium, No. 10, West moreland-street, Dublin. The Warwick and Liverpool Committees have obtained leave to sit on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, between twelve and three. The Morning Post of Friday says :—" We noticed on Wed nesday the indecent haste with which some members of the committee appointed to investigate the proceedings at former elections in the borough of Liverpool met and chose a chair man, and performed other acts, which they were not authorised to do, because the* number did not amount to a Parliamentary quorum of eight: At the time we were not aware that these ;sets involved any public expenditure, or extended beyond inter nal arraugeraents for the future operations of the committee. The aPporntment or a dozen chairmen would have cost no mo ney; but these patriots, who are so careful of the public purse, thoughrfit to send summonses for forty-seven witnesses from Liverpool, who are now in town, in obedience to the commands of this unauthorized body; and although these witnesses are slow waiting to be examined, the committee did not think fit to meet yesterday. ; consequently, a . day's expenses of forts-seven - witnesses are lost. • But this loss is sustained by the public, and therefore it is of no importance in the minds of the friends of purity of election at Liverpool." The late Viscount Harberton, whose death took place on Wednesday se'nnight, atlslerrion, near Dublin, had been se riously ind is p ose d fur some menths past. His lordship was for many years vicar of St. Ann's parish, in that city, end was ,noininated governor of all the charitable institutions endowed by the late Erasmus Smith, Esq. upon the death of Lord jjownes. Viscount Harberton succeeded to the title and es sates last year, upon the death of his brother, the hon. Arthur James Pomery, third Viscount, who married in October, 1800, Miss Kinsley, daughter of Thomas Kinslev, Esq. whose nu merous acts of benevolenc e and philanthroiv have rendered her li so deservedly estnable. The family of Pomeroy is of Norman Ralph de Pomeroy had a grant from the Conqueror of fifty-eight lordships in Devon, and others in Somerset. His descendants were summoned to Parliament as barons, and were possessed, for centuries, of Berry Pomeroy, county of Devon. .X branch of this family was settled at Engesdon, county Devon, and subsequently settled in Ireland. The late Viscount liar berton was born the 19th of December, 1758, and married the 31st October, 1785, Hesther, eldest daughter of James Spencer, Esq. and had issue John Jam es, born the 20th Sept., 1790 (who succeeds his father, and is the present Viscount); second, Arthur, born 1796; third, James.—Strwart's Despatch. imptital Vallianunt. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10. The East India Company's charter bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. BURGLARY BILL. Mr. EWART moved that this bill be read a second time, The SOLICITOR GENERAL dbjected to the second reading of the bill, because he thought it would be better to give further time to complete the measure and to obtain a better definition of the crime of burglary. Hc, hoped that the measure might be allowed to stand over till the next session, when he pro mised his co-operation to perfect it; otherwise he should be obliged to move that it be read this day six months. After a few words from Mr. C. FERGUSON, Mr. LLOY D, Mr. AGLIONBY, and Mr. HUME, Mr. EWARr agreed to refer the bill to a select committee, in accordance with the suggestion of his honourable friend (Mr. AGLIONRY.) The bill was read a second time. and ordered to be referred to a select committee. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that in consequence of what had recently occurred in another pla ,he did not feel himself in a situation to press this bill to committee, because the judges under the local courts' bill were to have carried the provisions of his bill into effect. But he hoped that he would be enabled to make an arrangement, by which the commissioners of bank rupts might enforce the provisions of his bill. Under these cir cumstances he would move that the committee on the bill be postponed till Wednesday next. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JULY 11. The Woollen Trade Regulation Bill was read a third time and passed. CHURCH TEMPORALITIES (IRELAND) BILL. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented petitions against the bill for altering the Irish church establishment, from the clergy of the diocese of Limerick and of another place. The most rev. prelate said, he held in his hand a petition on the same subject fican the clergy of the diocese of Armagh. At the head of the petitioners was the Archbishop of Armagh, primate of Ireland. When he adverted to the exemplary manner in which that most rev. prelate performed the duties of his high office, nothing more, he was sure, was necessary to call their lordships' serious attention to his opinions on this question. Earl BATHURST presented a petition from the University of Oxford against the Irish Church Temporalities Bill. The pe tition would have been presented by the Chancellor of the Uni versity (Lord Grenville), but he was prevented from attending by indisposition. The petition had been agreed to so far back ' as the `2Bth of April last; but as the bill was not then in their lordships' house, it could not be presented till now. The Duke of WELLINGTON rose to present two petitions of a similar nature from the clergy of the diocese of Clogher, and from the clergy of Drogheda. These petitions were directed against a measure which was decidedly opposed to the policy that had been pursued by the British government, from the period of the retormation to the revolution, and from the revo lution to the present time, with respect to that part of the united kingdom to which it immediately related. It was a direct departure from the principles acted on by his Majesty's servants down to the latest period. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE brought up the report of the select committee appointed to inquire into certain proposed alterations in the Chancery Regulation Bill. The Earl of WICKLOW moved for a series of returns relative to Irish church property. THELLUSSON'S ESTATE BILL. The Earl of ELDON presented' a petition from two of the trustees under the will of the late Mr. Thellusson. The peti tion enteredinto a detailed account of the receipts and disburse ments under the will, and the petitioners prayed their lordships not to pass any bill on the subject without in the first instance having the opinion of the judges of the land. The petitioners, his lordship observed, felt that they could not discharge them selves from the charge that had been imposed upon them, and they found, upon taking legal advice, that they were bound to support the will. Lord LYNDHURST said that he had understood from what had transpired upon a former occasion, that if he presented a peti tion from all the members of the family, he (Lord Lyndhurst) should have done all that he ,Was expected to do. He knew not what the contents of the petition which had been presented on this subject were, but he was well aware, from the returns of the court of chancery which had been made, and which he now held in his hand—returns made by the officers of the court, by Mr. Routlen, the master in whose office the estate was managed; from Mr. Adam, the accountant-general, and from Mr. Raynsford, the master of the report office, that all these re turns and statements corresponded with the facts he had stated on a former occasion. The result of those returns was, that on an estate of MOO a-year; £14,000 per annum was spent for its management. Nay, the mere passing of the accounts of the trustees in the master's-office amounted annually to £4OO, though passed, as it would appear, by the master's clerk in one day—nay, within two or three hours. (Hear.) The object of the present till was to put the whole estate in a different position ; tor, to use the language of Mr. F. Thellusson in the petition which had been presented, the receipts went to lawyers, which in fact ought to go into the pockets of the family. In such a feeling he was sure their lordships would agree. (Hear.) Under the will of the testator the trustees were directed to, sell off all his personal estate, furniture, pictures, and wines, except what might be necessary for the accommodation of the trustees during their visits for the management of the estate. Under such a testamentary direction it could not but be understood that it was the will of the testator that the bulk of the property should be disposed of ; but what would their lordships think when he stated that, notwithstand ing such a testamentary provision, not one stick of furniture, nor a bottle of wine from the cellars, had been sold ? (Hear.) The house would be still more surprised to learn that no less than £5,000 had been obtained from the Court of Chancery for the purchase even of additional furniture. (Hear.) It was true that it was provided that the mansion should be kept in repair, and, more than this, the testator had provided that proper Ac commodation should be in readiness for the trustees when the management of the estate made their presence necessary, But their lordships must be surprised to learn that the mansion was 1 occupied three months in the year by Sir Charles Flint, one of the trustees, and that the establishment consisted of a house steward, a hOusekeeper, and three housemaids, for but one trus tee. (" Hear, " and a laugh.) In addition to these there was a gardener, under-gardener, and two women, or boys, to work in the garden, and, though the manor might have been most advantageously let, two gamekeepers were employed. In addition to this, twenty pounds a-week was provided under the will for household expenses for a term not exceeding twelve weeks in the year, independent of all other outlays. The house divided on the question that the standing orders should be suspended— Content 57 Notcontent l3 Majority . _ —44 The bill was then brought in, read a first time, ordered to be printed, and to be read a second time on Monday next. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THCRSDAY, JULY U. The Speaker took the chair at a quarter-past twelve o'clock. On the suggestion of Mr. LITTLETON, the adjourned debate on the Sabbath Observance Bill, which stood for this morning, was postponed till Tuesday next. On the Motion of Mr. GODSON, the Letters Patent Expenses Bill report was read, and ordered to be taken into consideration this day six months. The Speaker retired at three o'clock. The Speaker resumed the chair at five o'clock. On the motion of Sir R. FERGUSON, it was ordered that the writ for the election of a member to serve in Parliament for the borough of Warwick should not be issued before the 22d inst. On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, the Lords' amend ments to the Limitation of Actions Bill were agreed to. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Mr. E. L. Bimwsit said that before he submitted a motion, with the view of eliciting some explanation as to the course of conduct which had been pursued by England in the late tran sactions relative to Turkey, he wished to know whether a government existed in this country ? Lord ALTHORP replied (as we understood)—" Here we are." Mr. E. L. ButwEa said it by no means followed that because the noble lord and the right hon. gentlemen near him occupied the Treasury bench, it by no means followed that they were ministers. However, as the noble lord did not assert to the con trary, he would assume that he'was still one of the advisers of the Crown, and would therefore submit the motion of which he had given notice. The hon. member then adverted to the re cent interference of Russia in the affairs of Turkey, and ex pressed his astonishment that England appeared to have taken no share in these important transactions. Ile hoped that upon this point the noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs would be able to afford some satisfactory explanation. It appeared to him impossible that any person who had watched the conduct of Russia could doubt that the object which she aimed at was to reduce Turkey under her dominion. This country, however, could not tamely look on and see her carry that object into effect. In order to afford the noble lord an opportunity of explaining what had been the course of policy pursued by Eng land with respect to recent events in the east of Europe, he would move that an address be presented to his Majesty, pray ing him to lay before the house " copies of papers respecting the measures pursued by Russia in her interference with the state at - Turkey?' Lord PALMERSTON: said it was hardly necessary for him to state that he should consider it his duty to oppose the motion, because the transactions to which the papers called for referred were incomplete, and their character would depend upon their termination. The government were no doubt responsible for their acts, but it was too much to expect that, while transac tions were pending:, ministers should undertake to explain not only their own conduct, but the motives which influenced that of others. It was probable that at the very time at which they were speaking the Russian troops had evacuated Turkey. The pledge to do so was repeatedly and solemnly given, not only to this country, but to all the other Powers of Europe. It had been urged as an accusation against ministers that they had not taken up arms to defend the Sultan against Mehemet Ali. But let the house consider the circumstances. At the latter part of last year an application was made on the part of the Sultan to this country for assistance, but the government were at that time neither in circumstances nor in wishes prepared to afford it; they, in short, did not think it fit to afford assistance to the Porte at that particular juncture. From this reply, and the subsequent rapid progress of the Egyptian arms—a progress not to be anticipated from any preceding events—the Sultan felt 'himself called upon to apply for assistance to Russia, and. from Russia he obtained it. The Russian government, in grant ing this aid to the Sultan, had pledged its honour, and in that pledge he reposed the most implicit confidence, to limit its assistance to the defence alone of the Sultan, and had promised to withdraw whatever force might be placed at the disposal of that sovereign,' for the purpose of securing his defence as soon as peace was established between the Porte and Egypt. In exacting this condition from Russia, his Majesty's govern ment were actuated by the feeling they entertained, that for the purpose of maintaining the independence and integrity of Europe, it was absolutely necessary to continue the Ottoman empire in the form of a separate and independent state. With every wish for the enlightenment of the people of those domi nions, he still could not allow that wish to supersede what was the real duty of a British government—to enter a protest against any step which would tend to the separation or divi sion of the Turkish territory. Acting on this principle, his Majesty's government were opposed to the dismemberment of any portion of it by the Pacha of Egypt. Indeed, Russia would after all be forgetting her real policy in wishing to effect a partition of the Turkish empire; for even in the event of her subduing a portion, it would be the natural desire of the Russian government to establish the seat of their authority in the newly ,cenquered country on account of its more southerly situation. This, at least, would be their desire if aggrandizement were their object. But such a step would give great dissatisfaction to the inhabitants of Russia, nor would they under any cir cumstances be pleased at the transference of the seat of government to Constantinople. Besides, it would afford the immediate prospect of a general war in Europe. These con siderations made it clear that every motive of sound policy ought to induce the Russian government to renounce any such intention. His Majesty's government bad been con stantly taunted with being afraid to go to war, and had been accused of truckling to other powers iu consequence of this fear. These accusations he (Lord Palmerston) distinctly denied. If the present relations established between this country and France were pointed at iu these sneers, he would only say that he should look back with feelings of pride and satisfaction a t the part he had acted in bringing about that good understand ing. No apprehension could be excited in any reasonable mind ou this score, for the circumstances of this connexion, both in. France and in this country, were greatly altered during the pe riod that the present ministry had conducted the political affairs of Great Britain. But to return to the point: as he had before stated, there existed every reason for the wish to avoid hostili ties. Russia herself must wish for peace ; she was a very large country, and immense commercial relations were estab lished between her and this country. On what principle could she wish for war, or on what principle could those who in this country were so loudly calling on the British government to draw the sword, justify the appeal to arms at the present mo ment? Did they contemplate the calamities, the fatal and dis astrous consequences, attendant upon a state of general warfare —consequences in which the conquerors, no less than the con quered, shared ? The taunt of being afraid of war in any sense but this was puerile; for no country on the face of the globe was likely to suffer less than England from war. From all the unexampled sacrifices this country made during the last war with France, her internal resources and energies were such she had recovered and repaired her means far sooner than any of the other nations which had been engaged in those hostilities. He had thus stated, to satisfy either the curiosity or the anxiety of the hon. member, what had been the conduct of his Majesty's overnment, and upon what principles they had proceeded. Whey had pursued the course which their duty to their country required; and if they had quietly beheld the temporary occupa tion of the Turkish capital by the forces of Russia, it was be cause they had full confidence in the honour and good faith of Russia, and believed that those troops would be withdrawn in a very short time, he believed he might almost say before a few days had elapsed. On the ground of public convenience, there fore, and of the confidence he had in the fulfilment of her en gagements by Russia, he thought the present motion ought not to be agreed to. Mr. BULWER replied, and stated that after what had fallen from the noble lord, (Palmerston,) he would not press his mo tion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. Colonel L. HAY withdrew his motion for a select committee .o inquire into the state of the excise laws in Scotland. IRISH ABSENTEES. Dr. BALDWIN rose to submit the motion of which he had given notice, relative to the expenditure of Irish absentees. In doing so he could not help expressing the astonishment he felt at seeing scarcely any of the Irish members in their places. This circumstnnce proved what value was to be attached to their professions. The honourable member proceeded to state, that according to the most accurate information which could be obtained, the number of Irish absentees was so large that £4,000,000 a-year was spent by them abroad. Among other expenditures of Irish money in England, he thought it right to refer them to the £13,000 per annum (as we understood the learned gentleman) spent in contesting elections before Parlia mentary committees. Then let them recollect that the large majority of Irish bishoprics were filled by Englishmen, who be came the founders of families in England on their accumula tions in Ireland. The learned member concluded by moving for a select committee to inquire into the various forms of absentee expenditure by which Ireland is afflicted, to ascertain its effects on the prosperity , of that country, and on the happiness of the people, and to discover a remedy, if possible, for the evils it occasions. The motion having been put, Dr. BALDWIN said it was not his wish to press his motion at present, but he wished to record his own sentiments on the sub ject. (Cries of " Divide!") Mr. S. RICE suggested whether it would not be better for the honourable gentleman to give a notice for next session. Mr. O'DWYER said that honourable members who brought forward Irish questions were not to be laughed at. Mr. S. RICE said that there had been no such thing, and that it was only to save trouble he made the suggestion. He knew the subject ought to be inquired into, but the hon. mover himself saw that at this period no practical result could follow from his motion. -Neither could it be supposed that indifference on the subject influenced the house; for, if so, it was equally chargeable upon some of those Irish members who claimed most emphatically to be the representatives of the people of that country, and who were absent upon this discussion. When the proposition should be made, he would be ready, as he was then, to negative it, particularly because a motion professing . to inquire into absenteeism was in reality one for the introduction of a federal government; and when such a proposition as that was to be considered, it was one to be considered by the whole legislature, and not delegated to a committee. To a committee on absenteeism he should have no objection, as he was not one of those political economists who did not consider it an evil, and above all, an evil in a country circumstanced like Ireland. (Hear, hear.) This he'admitted, but how was it possible to remedy it? That could not be done without destroying the right of pro perty, as well as degrading the people of Ireland, by leaving them without the power of free agency—mere adscripti glebec— without the liberty of leaving their country. For the benefit of any country, the freer property, capital, and population were, the better. The hon. gentleman had read a paper relative to the deciease of manufactures, but every fact he had stated was traceable to other sources than the union, as the introduc tion of machinery alone would account for all he had mentioned. There was only one way to bring the absentees back to Ireland; that was, to make the country happy, and to put an end to all feelings of irritation and division. The hon. gentleman said there could not be any thing more exaggerated than the state ments made as to the rental withdrawn from Scotland, and con cluded by quoting the following passage of a letter from Burke to Sir C. Bingham:—"A man may have property in more than two parts of this empire; he may have property in Jamaica, and in North America, as well as in England and Ireland. What shall we say to this case ? After the poor distracted citi zen of the whole empire has, in compliance with . your partial law, removed his family, bid adieu to his connexions, and set tled himself quietly and snug in a pretty box by the Liffey, he hears that the Parliamentof Great Britain is of opinion that all English estates ought to be spent in England, and that they wilt tax him double if he does not return. Suppose hint then (if the nature of the two laws will permit it) providing a flying camp, and dividing his year as well as he can between England and Ireland, and at the charge of two town hou ses an d two country houses: in this situation he receives an account that a law is transmitted from Jamaica and another from Canada to tax absentees from those provinces, which are impoverished by the European residence of the possessors of their lands. How is he to escape from this ricochet cross-firing of so many oppo site batteries of police and regulation ? If he attempts to com ply, he is likely to be more a citizen of the Atlantic Ocean than of any of these countries. The matter is absurd and ridiculous, and while ever the idea of mutual marriages, inheritances, pur chases, and privileges, subsist, it can never be carried into exe cution with common sense or common justice. Ido not know how gentlemen of Ireland reconcile such an idea to their own liberties, or to the natural use and enjoyment of their estates." Dr. BALDwIN having replied, the motion was rejected. Colonel EVAN S obtained leave to introduce a hitt to amend the act of 58 Geo. 111. cap. 69, for regulating parish vestries, in so far.as the introduction of a clause, affording Westminster, and the parishes within the bills of mortality, the same exemp tion from the operation of the said act as is enjoyed by London and Southwark. Mr. C. BI LLER postponed his motion respecting the pro priety of making extensive reductions in the public expendi ture, until the first supply day. CASE OF CAPTAIN ROBISON. Dr. LUSHINGTON rose to move for the production of the mi nutes of the court-martial on Captain Robison. He said that he had on a former occasion presented a petition on the subject, and he had no hesitation in saying that the principles upon which courts-martial were constituted had been violated in this case. His object was to obtain justice for an injured individual from this house, which was now the only tribunal which could administer justice to him. The hon, and learned gentleman then went into a detail of the circumstances attending the court-martial, and concluded by moving—that a humble address be presented to His Majesty, requesting that he will be gra ciously pleased to give directions that a copy of the minutes taken by the court-martial held upon Captain Robison, in 1828, be laid upon the table of the house. Mr. R. GRANT, after some general observations on the right of the house to revise the decisions of courts-martial, remarked that his hon. and learned friend in the speech which he had just made had culled out of the paper which Captain Robison had circulated only two or three of the charges which he had brought against the court-martial which had tried him, and had entirely left out of consideration the many other charges which Captain Robison had preferred, and which had made, he believed, a very considerable impression upon those who had read them. The motion after some discussion was negatived by a majority of 31. CALTHORPE-STREET AFFRAY. Lord ALTHORP rose to move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the conduct of the police on the occa sion of the meeting in Coldbath-fields. He observed that the verdict of the jury on the coroner's inquest, and the deci sion of the jury on the subsequent trial at the Old Bailey, rendered this course desirable. The meeting in question was clearly assembled for an illegal object, and did not become ille gal in consequence of tumult. The police consequently were instructed to prevent the assembling of the meeting, but were ordered to use no violence in the discharge of that duty, except it were necessary for the arrest of any persons who might take a lead in the proceedings. But they were assailed on their appearance; they were pelted with stones before they exercised any violence whatever towards the assembly. It was peissible that under these circumstances, some of the body might have behaved with more violence than the occasion required; he believed, however, that upon inquiry it would turn out that they did, as a body, conduct themselves conformably to the instructions they received, and did not use any violence until attacked. He believed that the jury by their verdict on the late trial did not wish to cast any blame upon the police, but came to the decision they did solely because the identity of the person charged was not clearly proved. This he would also add, that as far as the government had made inquiries into the subject they had come to the conclusion that the police were not materially to blame in the proceedings in question. But for the reason he had stated, he should move that " a select committee be appointed to inquire into the conduct of the metropolitan police on the 13th of May last, in dispersing a public meeting in Coldbath-fields." Sir E. KNATCHBULL said, that though he was generally dis inclined to submit inquiries of this nature to select committees, yet, as the government in this instance recommended it, he should not oppose the motion. Mr. HumE complimented ministers on the course they had adopted. They had, in his opinion, acted very wisely in insti tuting the inquiry. Mr. ROBINSON asked whether the proclamation, which stated the meeting to be illegal, had been issued in the regular way? He knew that some doubt prevailed on this point, and was anxious to have it cleared up. Lord ALTHORP replied that the proclamation was drawn up in the usual form, and was perfectly right. Sir H. HA R DINGE asked whether the instructions which were given to the police would come under the investigation of the select committee. Lord ALTHORP said that the instructions under which the police acted must certainly be brought before the committee. The motion was then put and agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the house adjourned at three o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 12. The Dublin Steam-packet Company's Bill was reported, without amendments.—Third reading on Monday. Mr. Tooke and others from`the Commons returned the Limi tation of Actions Bill, their lordships' amendments having been agreed to. Mr. Hughes Hughes and others from the Commons returned Willis's Divorce Bill. _ Mr. Brotherton and others from the Commons brought up the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill. Earl CAMDEN presented a petition from the archdeaconry and clergy of Canterbury, against the Irish Church Temporalities Bill. The Duke of RUTLAND presented a petition from Scarbo rough, in favour of the Sea Apprentices Bill. CHANCERY REGULATION BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving that the above bill should be committed, observed, that in consequence of the d;.c , i.gion which had taken place in the select committee that had ben THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. appointed to consider of this measure, certain clauses had been struck out of it. The parts so omitted would have given great relief to sworn clerks, and would also have made a beneficial change in the system of taxation. Those points, which were very im portant, would, however, be made the subject matter of a sepa rate bill. With respect to the measure as it now stood, the most important portion of it was that which abolished the office of six clerks. During the sixth or seventh part of the year it was a perfect sinecure, and those who held the situation received £1,200 per annum. It was intended to retain only two of those officers, and as the other four situations became vacant, by resignation or death, they' would not be filled up. Two individuals would be amply sufficient to perform the duties that were now allotted to six. An essential alteration was made with reference to the charges of copyists, and gratuities in that office were totally abo lished. The bill went through a committee pro forma, and was order ed to be printed. LAW REFORMS. The Loan CHANCELLOR said it would be recollected that, in consequence of a bill which he had introduced in the last session of Parliament, a great number of sinecure places connected with various courts had been done away with. The annual expense of those Places had been £17,600. Some of these offices had become vacant, and others would, on and after the 15th August, cease to exist. It would be necessary that some provision should be made for the individuals now holding those situations; that, however, would require a money bill, and must, therefore, be introduced in the other house. In consequence of the deci sion of their lordships with respect to the Local Jurisdiction Bill on Tuesday last,—a decision which he greatly regretted on every ground, public and private,—it was no longer necessary for him to delay bringing in one or two important measures, which would not have been called for if the bill to which he alluded had been carried. He should now state what those measures were. Their lordships would recollect that an ecclesiastical commission, formed of the judges of the ecclesiastical courts, a most able and learned body of men, had been appointed to in quire into the constitution of these courts. That commission had reported about a year ago ;-and, according to the recommend ations of the commissioners, heliad some time ago framed several bills. He had not brought them forward at an earlier period, be cause he was anxious,_ in the first instance, to see what progress would be made in the Local Courts Bill. The recommendation of the commissioners had been adopted in one most essential point,— namely, in abolishing a number of minor ecclesiastical courts. A vast number of courts of that description—not less, he believed, than 310—were scattered over different parts of the country, se veral of them having a jurisdiction over a large, and some over a small, district. In several instances, the jurisdiction extended over only a single parish or two. That being the case, the house would see the expediency of attending to the recommendation of the commissioners, which was to transfer the jurisdiction of those courts—the Bishops' Peculiar Courts—to the diocesan courts. He knew this change would be attended with some in convenience, inasmuch as it would be necessary to do certain acts at a distance from the homes of the parties concerned; but that could not be avoided. If, however, the Local Courts Bill had passed, no such difficulty would have existed. On the recom menclatiou of the commissioners no less than nine bills were ori ginally founde . d. It had, however, been thought better that the whole of those bills should be consolidated into one measure. Now that the Local Courts Bill had failed in its progress through that house, he would not say a single word on the subject of its provisions, but he would briefly state the objects of the bill he was then about to submit to their consideration. In the first place, the bill abolished the Bishops' Peculiar Courts, and, made other changes of equal importance. According to the recom mendation of the commissioners, it deprived the ecclesiastical courts of all criminal jurisdiction, and declared that offences of a criminal nature should, in future, be treated as misdemeanours, punishable by indictment. It regulated the powers of sequestra tion in the manner suggested by the commissioners. The defects of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction exercised by the heads of the church over clerks who misconducted themselves had long been complained of. It was only necessary for him, in stating that fact, to allude to one or two cases, which must be fresh in their lordships' remembrance, which had travelled through the whole of those courts, and even up to that house. To obviate the recur rence of such an evil, provision was made in the bill, conform ably with the recommendation of the commissioners. Various most important regulations with respect to the choice of church wardens were also adopted in the bill. He had not considered this part of the subject very minutely, and therefore had not completely made up his mind with respect to it; but as the recommendation came from such very high authority, it was worthy of the serious attention of their lordships. Provision was also made in the bill for the amendment of the law relating to the dilapidation and waste of church property. Perhaps, however, the most important provision contained in the bill was that which amended the law concerning the proof of wills with respect to real as well as personal property. It gave him great satisfaction, although he deeply regretted the loss of the mea sure to which he had already alluded, that there was no longer any reason for delaying the introduction of the present bill. The noble and learned lord concluded by moving that the bill be read a first time. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said that this bill only com prised a very small part of the recommendation of the commis sioners with respect to the ecclesiastical courts, and it would not, in his opinion, effect much good. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that there was not one point of the recommendation of the commissioners with respect to the ecclesiastical courts that was not dealt with in the nine bills which had now been compressed into the single measure before their lordships. The Bishop of LINCOLN expressed the great satisfaction he felt at the introduction of this measure.—Read a first time. The Loan CHANCELLOR said he had now to bring forward another bill, which had been suspended in the hope that the legislature would adopt a salutary measure that had been intro duced to the other house by a learned friend of his. A year ago' he had expressed a wish that a concurrent jurisdiction should be given to the Bankruptcy Court in cases of insolvency. It bad been supposed when the Court of Review was first estab lished that it would be greatly over-worked, whereas the fact was that it was under-worked, and the judges had much time upon their hands. Now, it would be found extremely beneficial if that time was devoted to the disposal of insolvency cases. Complaints had been made that during the long vacation, a period of six weeks, unfortunate persons confined for debt were precluded from obtaining their liberty. Now, though the com missioners went the circuit three times a year, their labours were confined to England, and it was desirable that they should proceed to Wales. The present bill would provide for both these points. So long as there was a chance of the Local Ju risdiction Bill being passed, lie did not feel any desire to inter fere with the system, because that bill would effect every object that he had in view. But that measure having been lost, he thought it was necessary to propose the present bill, which would give concurrent jurisdiction in cases of insolvency to two puisne judges of the Court of Review. He hoped that this measure would be only a temporary one, because there was a bill brought into the other house of Parliament by the Solici tor-General, which he hoped would be carried, and which would render this measure unnecessary. As, however, this bill was at present suspended, he.thought it fit to propose this measure. After a few words from - Lord Ellenborough, the bill was read a first time. The Loan CHANCELLOR said he held in his hand a bill which had been introduced in the last session of Parliament. He al luded to the bill for establishing a court of appeal in the Court of Chancery for the benefit of suitors in that court. The bill Croposed that the Court of Appeal should consist of the Lord hancellor, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, a Baron of the Exchequer, together with another judge, to be ap pointed to assist in the Court of Chancery. There would then be a Court of Appeal ready to sit at all times, and to administer speedy justice It would not be an appeal from one judge to one judge, but to several judges. It was intended by the bill to appoint a chief judge in equity, preserving, however, to the Lord Chancellor his political functions, his ministerial functions, his functions as a judge of that house in cases of appeal to their lordships, and also his fuctions as a judge in the Privy Council. It also provided that his judicial functions in the Court of Chan cery should be exercised whenever it was necessary; and it also provided that he should still continue to have jurisdiction in cases of lunacy. This change would leave the Chancellor very nearly the same labour as was required by the office at present, although he would be relieved in some respects from particular duty. With respect to the salary of the additional judge, it could be provided for without imposing any additional burden on the public. The salary of the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, which was formerly £lO,OOO a-year, had been reduced t0.£8,000. The salary of the Chief Justice of the Common Peas had been reduced to £7,000 a-year. Now, he thought that the salary of th. 3 Master of Rolls, on the resig nation or death of the individual now holding it, should be re duced from £7,000 a-year to the same amount as the Vice- Chancellor's. Here then would be a considerable saving.— When it was proposed last year to fix the salary of the Lord Chancellor at £14,000 he had stated his opinion that £lO,OOO a-year was sufficient. But if this new judge were appointed, the Chancellor's labours would be in some degree diminished, and he thought that £B,OOO would be an ample salary. Here, then, would be sufficient to make up for the salary of the new judge. He then moved that the bill be read a first time. • Lord ELLENBOROUGH said the noble and learned lord ought not to forget, when he proposed lowering the salaries of judges, that the emoluments of barristers were now much higher than they formerly were. He, therefore, could not approve of any system of economy that was likely to deprive the country of the services of learned and able men. The LOanouA SICELLOR agreed with the noble lord that no policy could be worse than that of paying the judges inade quately. That part of the measure to which the noble lord bad alluded called for and should receive, the utmost attention.— Read a firstlime. THELLUSSON'S ESTATE BILL. On the motion of the Earl of HA anowaY,Ahe petitions rela tive to this bill which were presented yesterday evening were ordered to be printed, and a copy of the will of the late Mr. Thellusson was ordered to be laid on the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JULY 12. The gallery was opened at twenty minutes past twelve. The bill for raising a sum of money for repairing Blackfriars, bridge was read a second time. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER Mr. GRANT moved that the house resolve itself into a com. mittee on the East India Company's Chatter Bill. The house then went into committee. It was agreed to postpone the preamble of the bill. On the reading of the first clause, it was proposed to fill up the second blank, relative to the duration of the period of the re newed charter, with the words " 22d of April, 1854." Mr. HOME was of opinion that twenty years was too long a period to consign the government of India to the company un der, the proposed system. No human being could foresee what might happen in that country during the next ten years, and he thought it very possible that circumstances might arise during that period in India which would authorise a violation of such an engagement. It would be much better therefore, in his opinion, to leave the matter open at the end of ten years, in the manner proposed with regard to the charter of the Bank of England, that it might be subject to the opinion of Parliament. The system would then have a fair trial, and the country wculd have ample opportunity of seeing how it worked. Ile should feel it to be his duty to take the sense of the committee on the subject. After some conversation the gallery was cleared for a divi sion; but as the clock had struck three, the division would have been rendered null. The chairman then reported progress and asked leave to sit again. CALL OF THE HOUSE. Sir J. WROTTESLEY gave notice that in consequence of what occurred in another place last night, he would on Monday next move that the house be called over. Col. EVANS brought in a bill for the amendment of the Ves tries Act, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday. THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES AND THE GRAND JURY. Col. EVANS said, that in consequence of statements which had recently come before the public, an apprehension was gene rally entertained that some late criminal proceedings were irregular, and that, consequently, several persons who had been convicted of crimes would be again let loose upon society. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL admitted that there was great rea son to apprehend that several persons had been illegally con victed at the Old Bailey. The circumstances of the case, as far as he had been able to learn them, were these :—Towards the conclusion of the late Old Bailey sessions the presiding judges were informed that the bills of indictment had not been properly preferred. They instituted an inquiry, the result of which induced them immediately to stop the trials which were proceeding. A meeting of the judges was subsequently held at the chambers of the Chief Justice, and, as he was informed, those learned persons came 'to an unanimous opinion that the trials which had taken place were illegal. '1 his opinion was communicated to the Middlesex magistrates, accompanied with instructions that the Grand Jury should be again summoned, the witnesses resworn, the indictments again preferred, and the prisoners retried; but these magistrates, thinking that they knew the law better than the judges, had declared the proceed ings which had taken place legal, and prevented the Grand Jury from being summoned, and consequently the possibility of the prisoners being retried. He would shortly state the circum stances out of which the illegality of the proceedings grew. The bills against the prisoners were usually returned at the Middlesex sessions, held a few days before the Old Bailey sessions. On the Monday the Court met and and sat at the Middlesex sessions, and adjourned to Thursday; but on the Tuesday and Wednesday there were no magistrates present, the crier alone presided in the court, and swore the' witnesses, who went before the grand jury and gave evidence, upon which true bills were found. The judges were unanimously of opinion that the crier had no authority to administer the oath, that therefore the witnesses who were examined before the grand jury were unsworn, and that consequently the bills found upon their testimony were illegal. The Middlesex magistrates, how ever, on what grounds he could not imagine, took a different view of the subject, for they said that the judges were wrong, and had prevented the grand jury from being summoned. What, under these circumstances, was to be done was more than he could tell. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER BILL. Mr. C. GRANT moved the resumption of the consideration of :his bill in committee. The house accordingly went into committee on the bill, and the debate on Mr. Hume's amendment (for which see the re port of the morning proceedings) was then continued. Lord SANDON was understood to oppose the amendment, on the ground that unless sufficient time were afforded the com pany, they could not be expected to effect those extensive and expensive changes essential to the permanent improvement of Mr. HUME maintained that the same argument would justify their extending the duration of Parliament to 14 or 20 years. The question was simply one of responsibility. If they wished to hold the company responsible for the exercise of their sove reign power, they must limit the duration of the possession of that power to the shortest period consistent with its efficiency. The committee then divided— For the amendment Against it . - 76 Majority . . . —49 All the clauses of this bill were agreed to with some verbal amendments up to the 40th, when the house resumed, and the chairman reported progress and obtained leave to sit again on Monday next. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at one o'clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. HAMBUItGH, JULY 9. BORSEN HA LLE, Half-past Two, P.M.—The Stock Market has been animated to-day, and several purchases were made of Polish and Russian securities. DARMSTADT, JULY 2. We learn from good authority that the meeting at Langen brucken on Sunday was for the sole purpose of consulting to gether on the tariff and the commercial relations of Germany, and on the convention on this subject, which has been long in contemplation between the governments of Wurtemberg and. Baden. There were very detailed discussions on this interest ing subject, in which some deputies, Jany, E. E. Hoffmann, Gagern, Hallwachs, &c., endeavoured to impress on their friends from the two neighbouring states the many advantages which would undoubtedly ensue from the projected union with Prussia. Jany took occasion to extol the frankness and strict probity of the Prussian government towards that of Hesse in the receipt of the customs. His colleague Hoffmann was equally desirous of warmly recommending to the meeting the great advantages of an extensive union of the German States on this point. Such men as Rotteck and Welcken for Baden, and Schott and Zaiss for Wurtemburg, were not indeed to be so easily led to alter their opinion, but it seems that even they were disposed to adopt, modification, and in some points very different views on the na tional value of such an union. Zaiss, in particular, saw in the present state of the manufactures of Germany, compared with those of foreign countries, an imperious call for more extensive markets. It appears that no other political subject of any kind was brought forward at the meeting. ST. PETERSBURGH, , JULY 3. Our latest accounts from Constantinople state that the retreat of the Egyptian continued, and his vanguard was on the other side of Koniah. Captain Baron Von Lieven and Colonel Hafiz, who went as commissioners to Ibrahim's camp to witness the retreat of the Egyptian arthy, had been furnished with an open letter from the Grand Vizier of the Turkish civil and military authorities in the provinces through which they were to pass. Our readers will probably like to read Ibrahim Pacha's letter to the Sultan, in which he thanks him for the investiture of the government of Adana, and declares his submission and devoted ness : " My . sublime, magnanimous, awe-inspiring, mighty, great Sovereign, our benefactor, the benefactor of mankind— " May God grant to your Sublimity a life without end, and may he make the august shadow of your Sublimity a protection for all men, and especially for my humble head. " Your inexhaustible goodness has induced you, most gracious Sovereign, to grant nie the government of Adana as Mahassilik (in farms.) "Animated by this new favour of your Sublimity, the duration of my fraill existence shall be wholly devoted to praying to God for the prolongation of your life and reign. As my heart is per vaded by a feeling of happiness,. I entertain (God is my witness) no wish but to act so as to obtain the gracious approbation of your Sublimity, and to find occasion to devote myself to your service. For the purpose of expressing my gratitude to your Sublimity, and to express my most humble thanks, I ven ture to lay this humble petition at the foot of the throne of the sublime, magnanimous, awe-inspiring, mighty, Great Padischah, our august Sovereign and benefactor, the benefactor of all men." N.B.—This letter is written by Ibrahim Pacha with his own hand and sealed with his seal. LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, JULY 12. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Edward Bell, Cambridge, grocer, July 23. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Robert Guthrie, Cochran-terrace, Portland-town, tailor. BANKRUPTS._ _ _ Edward Ledward, Liverpool, hat-manufacturer, July 25, Aug. 23, at two o'clock, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool : solicitors, Messrs. Blackstock and Buncc, Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-street. James Ryley Kenworthy, Liverpool, druggist, July 26, Aug. 23, at one o'clock, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool : solicitors, Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row. John Russell Case, Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, grocer. William Potter, Broad-street, Golden-square, grocer. Thomas Saville Flude, Mincing-lane, wine-broker. John Paul, Houndsditch, baker. Thomas Ford, Canal-road-wharf, Kingsland-road, coal-merchant John Langridge, Salisbury, stay-maker. Robert Hone, Brighton, grocer. John and Henry Roycroft Wilson, St. Osyth, Essex, grocers. John Mills Wrigley, Pontefract, Yorkshire, merchant. Samuel Radcliffe, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton-spinner. Richard Watson, Bury, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturer. Joseph Arkell, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, appraiser. James Gifford, Lopen, Somersetshire, linman. Mary Tyler, Lyncombe and Widcombe, Somersetshire, retail brewer. William Kendrick, Birmingham, jeweller. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Davison and C. Wright, London, underwriters.—J. 0. Burgess, W. A. Hunt, and T. D. Carter, Ramsgate, printers ; as far as regards T. D. Carter.—F. E. Bingley and Co., Leeds, printers.—Swainson, Birleys, Turton, and Co., Fishwick, Lancashire, cotton-spinners ; as far as regards T. Turton.—J. Joss and W. Stokes, Minories, butchers. —J. Chapman and B. Snelling, Old London-street. tailors.—S. Dunn and R. Hardcastle, West Smithfield, plumbers.—G. E. and W. H. Jackson, Birmingham, iron-merchants.—W. Beak and J. C. Gummer, Bathwick, Somersetshire, wine-merchants.—T.Haimes and Co., Not tingham, lace-manufacturers.—J. Staples and A.Swindell, Pond-yard, Southwark, mast-makers.—R. Carter and W. Smethurst, Bushey, Hertfordshire, silk-throwsters.—J. Fradley and T. Buckley, Stoke upon-Trent, brick-makers. DIVIDENDS. August 3, T. Parker, Kent-road, Southwark, stationer.—August 2, R. Ferguson, Old Broad-street, commission-agent.—August 3, J. B. Stanley, King-street, Tower-hill, ship-chandler.—August 3, W. and G. Willsher, Oxford-street, bakers.—August 3, T. and T. Oriel, Po land-street, Oxford-street, tailors.—August 3, J. and ; J. Wilkinson and W. Horne, Friday-street, Cheapside, warehousemen.—August 5, J. A. G. and F. G. d'Oliveira, Old Jewry, merchants.—August 2, C. Kettel, Tunbridge-wells, brewer. — August 5, J. and W. Wakeford, Andover, Hampshire, bankers.—August 7, G. Graves, Skinburness, Cumberland, innkeeper.—August L, J. Freeman, Shipston-upon- Stour, Worcestershire, draper.—July 23, T. Burringham, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, merchant.—August 3, J. Hollings, Leeds, vic tualler.—August 3, W. Robinson, Stockport, Cheshire, flour-dealer. — August 5, J. - Joy, Ashford, Kent, bricklayer.—August 15, T. Cooper, Thatcham, Berkshire, and Bristol, coach-proprietor. CERTIFICATES, AUGUST 2. J. Tankard, Clayton, Yorkshire, worsted-stuff-manufacturer.—T. Routledge, Shrewsbury, scrivener.—J. B. A. Joubert, Regent-street, upholsterer.—J. Grocock, Woolwich, currier.—R. Holden, Mincing. lane, West India broker.—J. Meek, Strand, wine-merchant.. Channon, Piccadilly, and Park-street, Grosvenor-square, dealer.—E, Roberts, Tvnycoed, Carnarvonshire, pig -drover.—M. Phillips, Ply. mouth, saddler.—h. Stapledon, St. Leonard's, Sussex, fishmonger. The following curiosity has been received by the editor of the . , Coventry Mercury : Sir i have Been taking your Paper for this 25 years and i hope you will find aveacont please For this Curosety there is now growing in a garden belonging to Botton shoemaker at sowe aguesbrey tree baring to sorts of Guseberres the Crown bob Rill red and the smiling Beauty smouth white Both in Par fict groth hee may bid tefiance to the all Engenland For Cul tervation of guseberry tree thouge asimple shoemaker. 'remain yours aman of siance T S W EXPORTS OF COTTON TO CALCUTTA.—The exports to this port from the Clyde and Liverpool, during the six months end ing 30th June, amount to seven millions of yards of plain, co loured, and printed cottons, and above one million six hundred thousand pounds weight of cotton yarns, at the gross value of four hundred thousand pounds sterling. WHIMSICAL MISTAKE.—A lady, residing a little way in the country, having occasion for a small quantity of Roman ce ment, sent a servant boy to town to procure the article, whose memory proved treacherous, and played him a slippery trick by the way. Still he associated Roman with Catholic, and cement with mixing, and on arriving at the shop of Mr. Robt. Thom son, applied for the necessary quantity of Catholic Mixture. — "Catholic Mixture !" said the wondering shopmen, "we never heard of such a thing; it must be some medicine which grocers do not keep, and you had better enquire at a druggist's shop." Off, therefore, the messenger set to the Apothecaries' Hall, and renewed an application which dumbfoundered out and out the disciples of Galen. Numerous as Mr. Duncan's drawers and shuttles are, not one of them was so labelled; and in this di lemma, the boy was questioned as to what his mistress meant to do with the mixture. " Mend spouts," said the innocent rustic. "Mend spouts! did you suppose spouts were mended here ; our trade is to cure the insides of people, and not the outsides of gizzened pipes. Mr. Milligan, tinsmith, lives a few doors down street, and you should call and speak to him about it." The brazier accordingly was next waited on, who, like a grave, douce, sensible man, drew his hand across his brow, in momentary meditation, to discover the meaning of so strange an order, and its connection with such wares as tin, copper, and molten lead. " Catholic mixture, my little man, who' sent you, and what is it for ?" "My mistress, Miss H., and it's to mend spouts that hae gaen a' wrang." "Mend spouts ! are you sure you brought the right message?" "I , think sae, sir, but am no athegither sure." Was it not rather Roman cement?" "Ay," said the Johnny Raw eagerly, "that's the very thing, I mind noo;" and on crossing the street to the first place of call, got what he wanted, without the farther cere mony of being put a fourth time through his facings. This whimsical anecdote reminds us of a circumstance which occurred in Edinburgh a long time ago. In the Grassmarket wonned a great druggist of the name of Dempster ; and one day a coun tryman called and inquired if Mr. Ipecacuan was at home, a word he pronounced in the longest and broadest fashion possi ble. The shop-boys, guessing his meaning, replied in the affir mative, and tittered not a little, when their country customer put the cart before the horse, and said, "then ve maun pit me up two-penny worth o' Dempster.—Dumfries Fourier. Jui,v 16, 1833. CONTEMPORARY PRESS. Louis Philippe's situation is far from enviable --des pised abroad and detested at home; and to those who have had an opportunity of becoming well acquainted with the French character, the signs of the times are as clear as the handwriting on the wall. Louis Philippe has been , weighed in the balance and found wanting. He knows A it and feels it. He has fortified Vincennes as a place • of retreat in case of attack. He is constructing forts which command Paris on every side, the positions being invariably chosen on the lines of the great streets. If we look at the press we find it grows bolder and more o penly insulting every day. Now this is a sure sign of the fall- Ago^ ing credit of the King, for a Frenchman is daring in pro portion to the weakness of his adversary. When a go vernment is strong the French bow - to it in silence, or merely hint a fault and hesitate dislike; they are excel lent judges of what they can do, and what they dare do. A Frenclunan is good for nothing at fighting an , battle ; but let him see a fair chance of success, and he is ready to risk his life and liberty in the encounter. The - National Guard has so openly expressed its dissatisfaction at the unconstitutional measures of the King, his meati ness and insatiate rapacity, that he would dissolve it, if he dared. The Court of Cassation did not hesitate to stamp as illegal and liberticide the placing Paris in a state of siege, and the other tribunals, ordinarily so obsequious . to power, acquit nearly every prisoner brought before them for political offences. On the Belgian question, the opinions of all the con tinental Powers are well known, and though insignifi cant in itself, it is likely to lead to consequences fatal to• the Orleans dynasty. The charges of the campaign or Antwerp are to be borne exclusively by the nation. which undertook it, for the Belgians will not pay a shit' • ling. At this the French are naturally indignant; they say are we to go and help a petty state that cannot de fend itself, and not be reimbursed our expenses ? This is one of the charges they are treasuring up against. Louis Phillippe ; they are like Tam o'Shanter's wife, who sate " Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm;" and the day seems not far off when the Citizen King may be obliged to fly before the tempest he is daily pro voking.—Guardian. The arrangement for bringing Mr. John Wood, the late Radical M.P. for Preston, into office, is one of the most impudent abuses of patronage on the part of the , present Cabinet that has come to our knowledge. Mr. John Wood having found sugar-baking a bad business in Liverpool, and the profession of the law, to which he subsequently had recourse, an unprofitable avocation, betook himself to politics, and ingratiated him self with the Radicals at Preston so far as to be returned by them to the House of Commons. Having gained his vulgar notoriety by incessant oppo sition to taxation, especially that portion of it which has been the subject of the most vehement declamation, viz., the house and window taxes and the stamp duties; having also, like many other politicians of the same descriptions outlived the liking of his constituents, the sturdy oppo nent of taxes retired from parliament, again betook him self to the bar, and went, with the professed intention of practising in the law, to York, of which city he was after wards elected the Recorder. The Treasury, however, unwilling that the brilliancy of talent and consistency of conduct for which Mr. Wood had become so conspicuous should be buried in a country town, has appointed him chairman of the Consolidated Boards of Stamps and Taxes, under the following ar rangement : The two Boards of Stamps and Taxes which are now united were presided over, the former by Mr. Thornton, as chairman, and the latter by Mr. Mitford. The latter gentleman, in the full vigour of life, is superannuated with a considerable pension, while Mr. Thornton, the late chairman of the Stamp Board, is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Consolidated Board, under Mr. John Wood, who has had the sudden good fortune to become chairman of two departments, with neither of which he had the slightest previous acquaintance; and thus the incessant railer against taxes is appointed Tax-gatherer General, and of course rails no more !—Morning Post. THE POST-OFFICE.-It is with extreme regret that we , feel ourselves obliged to find fault with any part of the conduct of what, till lately, has been considereol the best regulated public office in the kingdom; but we cannot ' help complaining of the practice which has latterly been resorted to, by the servants of the General Post-office in • London, either to increase the revenue, or for some un worthy purpose, of opening parcels and the inspection of their contents, in the wholesale manner in which this despicable spy system has been carried on. If we are not misinformed, the mail contractors are at all times but ' badly compensated for the efforts they are compelled t o , make to expedite the conveyance of letters for the public benefit; and they can ill afford to lose any preference which they derived from the public in consequence of the security and expedition which were always conceived to be gained, by sending parcels of value and importance, such as title-deeds, wills, &c. by mail. Owing, how- ever, to the seizure of the bag containing such parcels, which was sent by the Bristol mail a few weeks since, we learn that its proprietors are suffering a very serious loss, • by the attornies and others in our city - declining any longer to use this conveyance, and preferring to send their parcels by the commo❑ stage coaches. Surely the• Directors of the Post-office ought to be impartial at any rate in exercising this their illegal and abominable en - • croachment upon the liberty of the subject. That it has not been noticed by any member of this liberal Puha- ' ment is surprising ; and we cannot help thinking that it , is the duty of our fellow-citizens, and of the professinal gen tlemen in the city more especially, without loss of time, : to memorialize the Government strongly upon the sub • ject, or at any rate to devise some means of compensat ing the mail proprietors for the very serious loss they are sustaining by the conveyance of these parcels being withdrawn from them. Of this fact we are certain, and the public ought to bear it in mind, that if the post-office has the right of opening parcels conveyed by the mails, it:; equally extends to the common stages, and that the office will exercise it.—Felix Farley's Bristol Journal. DECISIONS OF LORD BROUGHAM.—In our last number we published a list of Scottish appeals decided by the Lord Chancellor on the Ist of July. We have all hear& of the delays and the glorious uncertainty of the law, but now we are inclined to believe that the reforming . spirit of the age, led on and organized by the innovat ing genius of Lord Brougham, bids fair to do away with''' the delays, augmenting however, to the highest pitch ite uncertainty. His Lordship, not contented, like his pre decessors, with one or two important cases in a daY* started with hasty and inconsiderate individual decisions.. • and rapidly progressing, has now become a wholesal e administrator of justice, and sweeps dozens and half"' dozens of our Scottish appeals from the rolls, without solving one difficulty, without clearing, one point, an d without laying down on e ma xi m o f law on which pos terity may proceed. On the Ist of July, his Lordship ' thus disposed of s i x cases , w hi c h h e hi mse lf had s electe d " as calling for p ar tic u la r deliberation. These six case his Lordship dispo s ed of without one other remark tie that their Lordships should affirm the judgment of t,".„ 6 ` 'J Court of Session ; he did not state on what grounds decided them ; he did not lay down a clear and fu e l t , opinion such as we might expect from a Chancellor; b?, decided a lot of half a dozen cases, containing probable the fortunes of as many families, as requiring more tin y. . than his Lordship conveniently could afford, or not e . trouble than he considered due to such trivial affairs• - ". Now, however trivial these cases may appear to „. . Lordship, they are not so the parties ; and however car , e ; less his Lordship may be of his reputation as a Judges office of Lord Chancellor, the court of the last resort, ea" for a man who will give these cases his time and his CO sideration. The man who is to review, and, if he sees $ i to alter the decisions of 13 Scottish Judges, all of them least as conversant with Scots law as himself—who i7' o ,, nally to decide cases of momentous importance, carried to at an enormous expense,—in a word, the man who is st fix the law, is certainly called on to give them his b 's „ consideration, to point out where and wherefore , 1 , opinions differ from those of our Judges, and to lay d °o the rules on which this Court is to found its after decv, sions. What benefit otherwise do we derive from ear% o ing a case to the House of Lords, attended as it is Wi t " , , great expense—what benefit do we derive from the he s o i tiful institutions of our own Courts, and the wisdom s ', our Judges, if their decisions are to be reviewed and tered by the caprice of a man, and not by the judgE lleot. to. of a Chancellor ? At any time the power of one ma ll , it alter the judgment of 13, is a hazardous experimen%do is tempered indeed when that man's opinions and refl.- e o for altering or affirming are laid down with that clear ti o w and distinctness which made the late Lord Alloway % e h. fess that he had never read any opinion with so L o rd pleasure as one of Lord Eldon's altering one of his ( i ii - Alloway's) decisions. It is monstrous to see case s ' t tof volving the happiness or ruin of so many individuals To disposed of by one (to say the least) rash individual . . of see a Judge entering the House of Lords, with poL tio or something else in his head, at the first glance ni b s' alter cases which have puzzled 13 experienced or of importance enough to be laid by for his delwraige° consideration, some weeks or months after they ar e the up from below empty brandy bottles and articles for v , Times newspaper, and a ffi rmed or reversed by dot e to at Putting politics aside, and willing as we are to m a ' #t rce lowances for the numerous duties of a Chancellor, rt id flagrant conduct is inexcusable. A Court of ree° o6 o such cases becomes a nuisance, a lottery into vvbie j li d, maturely considered and conscientiously deci" d e in g 1 :1 thrown, and given for pursuer or defender accor l,O r the black or white ball comes uppermost. Th a t be tlie Brougham has, or had talents, few will deny ; his Lordship has employed them beneficially for th e ba by try, it will be for posterity to decide ; and it v6lllll'l ')O„' be the better for his Lordship's posthumous fame , I wit); doe P l ' terity gives his case the superficial consider.a bter . 1 —Echo which he honours our Scottish appea s. Evening Post. but w Cow