The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-23 00:00:00

AuGus T 23, 1833, COItitESPONDENTS. *** We beg to caution all persons who wish to advertise in the LIVERPOOL STANDARD not to entrust their orders with, . or be guided by the information of, any individual connected with the ministerial or quack journals. 'We have within the ,last few days detected some instances of meanness and dis honesty which render it indispensable to give this public intimation. TO OUR READERS. We this day present our subscribers, and the readers of •the STANDARD generally, with a pamphlet, containing a full report of the evidence given before the last Com mittee of the House of Commons on the Liverpool elections. If any subscriber is disappointed, through the negligence of the carriers, we have to request that they make an early application at the office. Copies are sent out with every paper. the Llbtrpool retanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1833. By the Sparrow cutter, which arrived at Falmouth on he afternoon of the 19th instant, we have received, through our correspondent at Falmouth, the following information "On the sth, when the Sparrow left Lisbon, every thing was quiet as fai as the city was concerned, but intelligence had reached that Cadoval, with 4100 men,who had retired from Lis bon, had assembled at Torres Vedras, about twenty miles from Lisbon, where they had fixed their quarters evidently for the purpose of making some movement when they had sufficiently augmented their force. Don Pedro was most actively engaged, and doing various acts of liberality to make himself popular with the lower orders. Napier's squadron was refitting and nearly ready for sea. "At Oporto, on the 11th instant, things had assumed a very different aspect, Boutilnont• having - raised the siege on the Bth, and with ail his forces retired from the scene of action. Sal danha was possession of the northern lines, and the consti tutional flag was flying on the late Miguelite batteries. It is, however, supposed that Bounnont's retreat from Oporto is in tended as a manoeuvre to draw out the Pedroite forces, and that should he not succeed in that, he will march direct for Lis bon, which in the present state he would not find much difficul ty in taking, especially as he would be joined by the troops at Torres Vedras, who are all well equipped and ready for an en counter. "igolillo.'s forces were at Santarem, and some of them had deserted to Don Pedro, steamers having been sent up from Lisbon to bring all the deserters down. "This important movement on the part of Bourinont will either settle the warfare or cause a strange alteration in the state of the question at issue. Should Lisbon be retaken by the Miguelites, Don Pedro will be placed iu an awkward situa tion, and will be obliged to take refuge on board of his vessels now lying in the Tagus, unless, indeed, the English squadron should interfere and land the marines for the protection of Lisbon." In this position of affairs it may readily be believed that the inhabitants of Lisbon are in a state of great consternation. Don lkliouEL's - troops are now com manded by an experienced and skilful General; the People still adhere to the younger Prince ; the clergy have embraced his cause ; the nobles are deeply inter ested in his fortunes, and a desperate and sanguinary atrugg!e is inevitable. It. remains to be seen, however, what part the British Admiial will take in the contest. Should he land his marines, as is expected, then to the horrors of civil war will be added the calamities of fo reign invasion, and the conflict will not entirely be between the foreign mercenaries of Pedro and the people ° l. Portugal, but between the regular forces of England and a Spanish army. The British men of war in the Tagus are -the Asia, .84, (of Navarino celebrity) Tala vera, 74, Donegal, 74, Stag, 46, Fair Rosamond and Viper schooners. Off Oporto and in the Douro we have the Belvidera, Castor, Nimrod, Savage, Orestes, Nautilus, and Echo steamer. We yesterday received a file of New York papers to the 25th ult. ; but we are saved the trouble of wading through them by the following obliging intimation in the New York Gazette:—" The newspapers for some days have been extremely barren." The fullowitt art the Only extracts which possess interest " We are informed, says the Cincinnati Republican, of the 12th instant, that the cholera has again broken out with in creased violence at Mayesville. • " In Cincinnati, during the week preceding the 10th instant, there were fifty-eight burials—twenty-four of cholera —Catholics not ineluded. "NEW ORLEANS, JULY iZ—The interments on the sth inst., at the Catholic Cemetery, were 6, and at the Protestant 2;— total 8. On the 6th, at the Catholic Cemetery 2, and at the Protestant 3;—total 5. " Our city was visited last Saturday by violent thunder and lightning. Several buildings were struck by the electric fluid, among which, we understand, was the Customhouse, the Ma riner's Church, the Presbytery, a. kitchen in St. Ann-street, and a house in Bayou-street, the roof of which, in consequence, fell in. None of the other buildings were materially injured. We have not heard of any lives being lost, or any further da mage being done." .The following is from. a Montreal paper, of date the 13th. July "THE CROPS.—Never to our knowledge have we seen better prospects for a rich and beautiful harvest, than at present. Our farmers have commenced reaping their wheat, which we learn is very good. The prospect for corn was never better. The hemp crop presents only a tolerable prospect at present, owing to the ravages of the cut worm. Some of the hemp growers in this country hail to sow as often as three times, before they could get their hemp to stand.-- 7 -Farmer's Adrocate." The London papers announce that the KING has open ed to the public the beautiful and romantic grounds which environ Virginia Water, in the neighbourhood of Wind sor; but has his MAJESTY been told that once open, these grounds must remain open for ever? This is the fact. The people of London are admitted to St. James's Park, to Kensington Gardens, and other places, by royal suf . - ferance ; but the people,.nevertheless, believe that they have a right to these parks; and it would be a danger ous experiment at this time of day to shut their gates against the " dear public." The woods and walks which enclose Virginia Water were the only private pleasure grounds of the Royal Family, and these being now thrown open to the visits of the gaping cockneys, who have as much taste for the picturesque as a cow has for a boat race, the. KING has not an acre of shrubbery left which, in the private enjoyment thereof, he can call his own. Whoeter advised his MAJESTY to this act cf liberality are not inspired with "absolute wisdom," for it will soon be attributed to any thing but the true motive ; and the citizens of London will consider the concession as a new symptom of the decline of the monarchy, and the triumph of the majesty of the people over the majesty of the KING. We are sorry to see Lord GREY exhibit, as he has too often done recently, symptoms. which indicate the ap proach of second childhood, or those " thick coming fan cies," which neither leech nor priest can cure. On the report of the slavery abolition bill being brought up on Monday night, Lord WYNFORD proposed a clause to the etfe e t " that no sugar, the produce of countries in which slavery existed, should be received in the British cloud t'i°ns." Lord GREY opposed the clause on the ground that " it would affect trade" ! The slave traders of Brazil and other foreign countries must be very much indebted to the noble earl for his ten der regard for their private interests; but charity begins at home ; and if he had shown the same tenderness for the interests of the planters and proprietors of the Bri• ti sh West Indies, they would not now be struggling for an existence, or glad to accept a mere pittance of com pensation for that once valuable property which is now rendered all but worthless by the insane measures of Lord GREY'S Government. " Affect trade," indeed! This is the only time in which trade or the general interests of his country ever entered into the calculations of this now doting and superannuated sta tesman. If h e h a d considered the interests of trade, he never would have sanctioned a measure which strikes a more fatal blow at it than any ever introduced or. re corded in the parliamentary history of England. In short, this is the first time that any argument based upon the nation a l prosperity has been used in the discussion of e slave question. The exclamation of the anti-colotial (action has br nciple is every- thing !" That principle is, "that man can have no pro perty in man." Slavery, they tell us, is a deadly sin, as well in those who encourage as in those who permit it. It is, they tell us, a stain upon the national character, a violation of the Divine law, an outrage upon Christian morals, a reproach, an offence, a crime, and fifty other horrible things which we have no time or pa,tience to enumerate. Be it so, gentlemen,—be it so ! We never contradict madmen, or idiots. For the sake of peace, and in commiseration of human frailty, we admit all that you say. But what has this to do with Lord WYNFORD'S mo tion or Lord GREY'S drivel ? The clause proposed by the learned lord was in favour of your principle as you call it. You have suppressed slavery in our British colonies, and Lord WYNFORD was desirous that you should not contaminate your philanthropy or blear your conscien ces by encouraging slavery in foreign countries, nor that you should increase the miseries of the slave by import ing and consuming the sweets of his compulsory labour. Further than this we decline reasoning with the tri umphant emancipators of the West India negroes. The freedom of the slaves is already decreed - by the high wis dom of Parliament. In fact they are already free. It is in vain to blink a fact which the arrivals of the next month or two will confirm. But we hold, and shall continue to hold the advocates of this emancipation to their " prin ciples." There must be no child's play, no trickery, no sophistry, no equivocation; no stealing, under the lamp, no fraud in the dark, no chicanery, no sleek hypocrisy or sly dishonesty on their part, now that the worst has come to the worst, and the Parliament of Great Britain has de clared that slavery in the colonies is incompatible with the constitutional liberty of England. Mr. WILBERFORCE is in his grave, but he will speak from his shroud when appealed to in defence of the universality of English free darn, and the duty which devolves upon the nation to e2c 7 - terminate that crime in the alien which has been expir ated by ,his countrymen. Lord GREY advocates the now revolting doctrine that, to exclude sugar, the produce of foreign slave labour, would be to injure " trade." He and his colleagues have proved that the time has gone by to talk of trade or...interest as affecting a great principle. The imbecility on the part of Lord GREY we forgive, for reasons 'which we have previously assigned; but we still take leave to assert that the importation o sugars 'made by foreign slaves would be a ten-mil lion times greater sin than the importing it from our West India colonies, under the sanction of acts of parliament which imposed many difficulties in the way of its abrogation. It is not for us to say how foreign governments may feel disposed to act, should their sugar, or other slave products, be prohibited. Eng land owes them nothing, asks nothing from them, and of course is not bound to be a participator in that trade which she ,has pronounced to be criminal. For the future, therefore, there must be no sugars imported from the Brazils, or from any of the free republics of South Ame rica, by the moral people of Great Britain. Having prohibited the wrong on the part of our kinsmen, we must not encourage it on the part of the stranger. As Christians we cannot recognize the Hebrew law, and do that with the alien which it would be unlawful to do with those of our own union—of our own house and faith. As BUXTON has brewed, so he must drink. We shall tolerate no law to the contrary. Lord WYNFORD'S nio tion may be defeated, but the principle of his proposi tion must be recognized ; and it amounts to this, that. what is'condenmed at home, as an offence in the sight of Heaven, must not be encouraged, for the sake of trade, when it is carried on by foreigners. In the philanthropic intricacies of this discussion we have forgotten the tontemptible drivelling of Lord GREY; but as these are excusable on grounds which it would be invidious to mention, we charitably leave him to his own reflections, as we leave those who have aided and abetted him in experimentalising upon the commercial policy of the country, experiments that have , already led to the extinction of credit, and are sure to involve us in na tional bankruptcy. The despicable shifts to whiCh the present administra tion -have--had- recourse, under the pretext of protecting the revenue, but in reality to squeeze as much money out of the pockets of the people as possible, in order to meet the expenditure incurred by Lord DURHAM'S mis sion, the Russian loan job, and the travelling expenses of law jobbers and factory commissioners—these tricks and shifts, we say, are notorious. The opening of • let ters in the Postoflice—the hunting after parcels—the, peeping into newspapers, and charging a quadruple postage for " all's well," or " God bless you,"—all this sort of work is so mean and scandalous, so shabby and inquisitorial, that we are quite sure it would not be to lerated in a German province, nor indulged in by the neediest keeper of an English turnpike-gate. If the Duke of RICHMOND, who, the Whigs say, is the sole author of this pettifogging, imagines that he can prop the revenue by such mousetrap and cheeseparing modes of finance, he cannot be blessed with any super abundance of intellect. The noble duke may not be the author of these practices; in which case we beg to in form .him that he cannot too soon disclaim them; for his excellent colleagues have taken immense pains to make him the scapegoat, by representing his grace as the only resPonsible•party. It is not in the Postoffice alone that the needy system, and the maxims of the old women who gather offid in the street, are held in high esteem and are in full play. In the Customs and Excise—in the Stamp department— in the Tax office—the same miserable policy is pursued, and a legion of sharks are employed in extracting milk from paving stones, silver sixpences from old nails, and golden eggs from pigs born at sea. The ministers, themselves resemble the unhappy hypochondriack, who fancies that every man he meets intends to rob him, without for a moment reflecting that he has nothing on his back or in his pockets worth the stealing. Ignorance produces in the minister what disease does in the hypo chondriack. They are totally ignorant of official duties; and, in order to compensate for this ignorance, they readily listen to the suggestions of quacks and jobbers who assure them that a thousand a-year may be saved here, and five hundred there, and two or three hundred somewhere else, by means of a little " sharp practice." The object of such toad-eaters is purely selfish. They want emplpyment iand they know that the surest way to obtain it:is'to convince the ignoramus of a minister that he can save money by availing himself of their ser vices. It is chiefly from this source that the Customs and other national establishments are pestered with a new race of inquisitors who raise the most vexatious ob stacles in the way of business, impede commerce, and invent difficulties which were never contemplated by the legislature or the revenue boards. This " sharp practice" having either entirely failed, or being about to be abandoned as unproductive, especially in some departments, the Ministers have resolved to try their hands at fiscal legislation. The time chosen for this last new experiment is the present moment, the fag end of the reformed Parliament, when independent mem bers have generally left town, and when few remain but the place hunters, the city solons, and the serviles. At this dull and convenient juncture, Mr. SPRING RICE has been ordered to bring in a bill, the professed object of which is to prevent the sale of forged stamps, by com pelling the retailers of stamps in all parts of the country to give bond and two sureties for their honesty! This is the'most comical piece of legislation we ever heard of. .If they make money by this speculation, they will be the - most fortunate dunderheads in christendom. We are quite confident that not one hundred respectable tradesmen in the united kingdom will comply with the prescribed conditions. Who that had a soul above six and-eiv,htpence a week would allow his shop to be liable to domiciliary visits—his drawers to be opened—his books examined—his very bed overhauled—and his clothes searched, by an exciseman ? It is the most in sulting proposition as concerns the Government, and the most degrading one as concerns retail tradesmen, that ever was promulgated even by a Whig statesman. It beats Lord ALTHORP'S tax upon steamers and transfers all to rags, The consequence will be, should this fag-end bill pass, that few or no stamps will be 'sold at all. In fact there will be - nobody to sell them except at the stamp office; and THE LIVERPC who is to take the trouble of running a mile. or two to such a place for a shilling or two-and-sixpenny stamp ? But, supposing that tradesmen were induced to give the required sureties, how is this to prevent the forging of stamps ? . A Jew fence, or a regular cheat, may give sureties as well as an honest man ; and he can go on in the business of forging more successfully than before. It is admitted on all hands. that no man, even the most practised dealer, can tell a genuine from a forged stamp. The execution of the impress is of so clumsy a description that itcan be imitated even by an old clothesman, and so perfectly that the forgery is sometimes more accurately done than the genuine pattern. The thing will never do----and that Mr. SPRISO RICE knows as well as our selves. As for Lord ALTHORP, lie is as little conversant with the subject as - a Carlingford oyster. We have unmingled pleasure in calling attention to a report of the proceedings of, and speeches delivered at, a meeting of the South Lancashire Conservative Asso ciation, held yesterday at Newton, in this neighbourhood. There were upwards of two hundred gentlemen of the first rank and respectability in the county present —more in point of fact than was expected, or than the room in which they met could conveniently accommodate. The utmost unanimity and hilarity prevailed ; and the senti ments which were expressed and unanimously cheered give token of a restoration of those feelings, and an extension of those principles which have hitherto been the pride and salvation of England in the worst of times, and the revival of which may be hailed as an omen of returning reason, and future happiness. We regret that, owing to the late hour at which our expresses arrived, and the want of space, we are prevented from doing justice to some of the able and eloquent speeches deli vered on this occasion. But they will keep till our next. -»"►avu ras bem Perish interest—pri LONDON LATEST NEWS. • - • Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. The Consol Market since we last wrote has been heavy, and 88-i has been the price for the account this afternoon, winch is within per cent of the quotation they have borne during the last three days. The Norther❑ Bonds are without any change of moment, al though flat. Belgian Bonds are 9fi2, ol7utchsol and Russian mq. Brazilian Bonds have fallen to 70-1, in consequence of intelligence from Rio Janeiro this morning of some distur bances in the interior. The exchange on England at Rio Ja neiro on the 6th June was 382. We have accounts from Leghorn to the 10th instant inclusive. In consequence of information of the cholera having again ap peared in London, the Neapolitan Government had renewed the quarantine regulations of last year on susceptible goods. Unsusceptibie goods were however allowed as heretofore to im mediate pratique. By a.dvices from Elvas to the 6th instant, we learn that the cholera had shewn itself in the hospital of that town. The troops lately under the command of Molillos, under the orders of the new commanders crossed the Tagus on the 2d, to juiu the Duke de Cadoval. • LOCAL NEWS. The American packet, the John Jay, Captain Glover, which sailed from New York on the `24th ult., and arrived here yes terday, brought the following. cabin passengers :—Mrs. Andrews, of Leeds; Mr. Barnsley, of the Savannah; Mr. Cornwall and Mr. Croivie, of Kentucky; and Mr. Matley, of Manchester. She had, besides, forty steerage passengers. We are requested to contradict a report of a female having died of cholera at Mr. Bullin's, North Shore, her death having been occasioned e ntirely from her having drank a very large quantity of salt water. A stone-mason in the employ of the Commissioners for the better paving and sewerage of the town, was yesterday ordered to be suspended, for having employed men 'belonging to the Trades' Union, after an intimation not to do so; and also for having concealed the names of two men, members of the Union, still in his employ, when questioned by the Board on the subject. REPRIEVE.—TIIOMRS Emett, the turn-out workman, who was capitally convicted last week for an attempt to murder at Black burn, and sentenced to die, as detailed in our last, was reprieved by the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Thomas Denman, before his liirdship left Lancaster on Wednesday last. The other two ca pital convicts, Patrick M'Portland, the soldier convicted for two attempts to murder at Manchester, and John Howarth, for an unnatural crime, are left for execution. The execution will take place on Saturday fortnight.. LIVERPOOL ANNIVERSARIES FOR 1833.—We are requested to state, that the series of religious services (as advertised in a former paper) connected with the above, will be concluded (D. V.) this evening by a sermon to be preached at St. Jude's Church, London-road, by the Rev. Charles Bridges, A.M., Rector of Old Newton, Suffolk. Service to commence at seven o'clock. THE DRESSERS AND DYERS OF MANCHESTER.—We are happy to state that the differences betweenthe operative dressers and dyers and their employers, of Manchester. have terminated, by the latter acceding to the terms of the men, and they are now at full work. The" turn out" has been aslight stoppage to busi ness, in consequence of a large number of continental orders remaining unexecuted, and the - urgency of the demands is con sidered to-be the main cause of the advance being given upon prices to the master dYer so as to enable him to satisfy the wishes of his men—viz. an advance from eighteen shilings to one guinea per week. ' On Tuesday night, about eleven o'clock, a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. Gibson, tobacconist, Bold-street; it was fortunately - got under after destroying the greater part of the stock and fixtures, without extending to any other part of the premisbs. For the last three days we have had a continuance of heavy gales of wind limn the westward, with intermitt en t s h owers, and a few glimpses of sunshine. The number of v esse l s wind bound is unusually large. The arrivals, though numerou s , are not so much so as was expected. We much fear that consider able damage has. been done in the gale of Wednesday night. Mr. N ichol,who has acquired so much celebrity by his admira ble defence of the Liverpool freemen, on the recent inq u i ry be fore a committee of the House of Commons, is expected to honour Liverpool with a visit in the early part of the ensui ng week. He will be the guest of his worship the Mayor; and it is ex pected that his reception by the authorities and the independent burgesses will be in accordance with their sense of gratitude for his services, and their wonted hospitality. DREADFUL FIRE.-Last night, about eleven ocli;ck, a fire broke out -at No. 199, Scotland-road, in the shop of haber dasher and hosier, which, with the house, was entirely con sumed.. Several houses adjoining were on fire, and fears at one time were entertained that a line of houses in the rear would fall a prey to the raging flames, which were rendered truly terrific by the high wind. We are happy to add, how ever, that the fire was confined to the house and the house ad joining that in which it broke out. Considerable damage has been sustained, but we have not heard that any lives were lost. We'could not learn how the fire originated. There was much difficulty, as usual, in obtaining a supply of water. At one o'clock this morning, the engines had • succeeded in arresting the progress of the lire. . . SOUTH LANCASHIRE GRAND CONSERVATIVE DINNER. This dinner, the first given by this constitutional society, took place yesterday at Newton. The company began to assemble at the Leigh Aims as early as two o'clock, and amused them selves before the dinner hour in sti oiling about the grounds adjacent to the hotel, during which an excellent band, stationed. in the lawn before the hotel, enlivened the scene by Playing at intervals some of our most favourite and popular airs, In con sequence of the demand for tickets exceeding the number ori ginally intended to be issued, (two hundred,) it was found necessary to engage the assembly-room at the Horse and Jockey, at Newton, to which place, at five o'clock, the company walked in procession from the Leigh Arms, led by the hand of music, and headed by John F. Entwistle, Esq. of Foxholes, the chairman, and the stewards of the dinner. The dining -room • was, tastefully decorated with laurel and bouquets of flowers, and the tables displayed a variety of the choicest viands of the season. Mr. Leigh presented a fine buck on the occasion, and the - turtle was a present from the Liverpool Conservative So ciety; •the pines .from the gardens of Mr. Entwistle, and the fruits from the gardens of the neighbouring gentlemen. There was an abundance of grouse on the table, and the wines were much praised for their rare quality. The Chairman was supported on the right by Wm. Hulton, Esq., of Hulton, Colonel Hargreaves, Joseph Ridgway, Esq., Jas. fiearsley, Esq., Henry Critchley, Esq., and J. H. Leigh, Esq. • on• his lelt by Mr. Alderman John Bourne, the Hon. H. Lindsay, son of the Earl of Balcarras, and 'l'. B. Horsfall, Esq. Among the company we noticed the Rev. Peter Leigh, Edward Greenall, Esq., of Warrington, Henry Moss, Esq., Thomas Tobin, Esq., john Fletcher, Esq., of Bolton, Withington, Esq., of Culcheth, John Whitley, Esq., of Brook side, and a considerable number of other county magis trates for the southern division of Lancaster. The. Vice- Presidents were Sir Thomas Brancker, John Clare, Esq., and Edward Kearsley, Esq. The Stewards were selected from the gentlemen of the local committees of the socie ty. During the dinner the band continued to play in the orchestra. The vocal music was conducted by a gentleman from Manchester, and we have to observe that it consisted o f amateur performances which were volunteered for the occasion. At the removal of the cloth "Non Noble Domino" was given in fine style, after which the Chairman rose to propose the, first toast. This he prefaced by a few remarks, in which he expressed his conviction that his object in rising was already anticipated by the company, whose prevailing feeling was "Loyalty to the king," in which he was sure they never would be, under any circumstances, deficient, and concluded by giving the health of "King William •the Fourth, Duke of Lancaster." On the announcement of this toast the company rose, and it was drank with three times three. The toast was followed by the national anthem of "God save the King," the company joining in chorus, and hailing it with three cheers at the close of each verse.— i After a short lapse of time the Uhairman again rose and proposed the health of "The Queen, the ornament of the throne, the liberal supporter of the charitable institutions of the country, by the bright example of her patronage and the industry . of her family." This toast was received with a shout of exultation and delight that was almost deafening, and several minutes elapsed before the company resumed their seats. Order being restored, the glee of " Here's a Health to all goo d Las s es," was given i n fine style. This was followed by the. third toast,—" The Princess Vic toria and the rest of the 1-1 oval Family." In giving this toast the CHAIRMAN expressed his hopes that the Princess Victoria would be educated in those virtuous principles which will enable her to adorn the station which she is in all proba- . bility destined to fill. Thi s toast was also drank with three times three, and was followed by the glee,—" Hail Star of Brunswick," which was admirably executed. The CHAIRMAN then said, that the next toast he was about to give no words of his own could do justice to; but the vast assemblage he saw before him justified him in proposing it. He should propose " Our principles, and may we hand them down to our posterity unimpaired " This toast w.,s drank amid , - great cheering. 'Glee—" When order in this land commenced." OL STA NDA RD. The CHA rum AN ,nextproposed "The Army and 'Navy," and he was sure they would ever do their duty. (Cheering.) • A Gentleman volunteered " The Death of Nelson,' which' was received with general satisfactiOn. The CHAIRMAN then .gave " The House of Brunswick, and - may they never forget their principles." • (Cheering.) • Glee—" Hail Smiling Morn." Sir THOMAS BRANCKE:2 then rose and proposed the health of their worthy President, "John Entwistle, - Esq. of Foxhoies, who, on all occasions, both in his private capacity, and on public occasions, had always discharged his duty as became a true born old English gentleman."—This toast was drank amid the loudest cheering. -The CHAIRMAN heartily thanked them for the honour they had done him; he felt proud—most proud to meet them there that day; their numbers justified them in:going on, and though many might feel inconvenienced from the crowded state of the room, he could not say he was sorry for them; but if they lived until the next year, he hoped they would find a more commo dious room in which to drink their wine and discuss their opinions. The CHAIRMAN next gave "The House of Lords, and thanks : to them for their unflinching integrity." Ile hoped they would allow him there to say that there was a considerable number 'of the nobility belonging to their association, amongst others the Marquiss of Salisbury, Lord Skelinersdale, and Lord Bal carras. He was sorry that they were not there; for, as noble men connected with Lancashire, they would have been proud to have attended such a locating as that. (Great applause and cheers.) The Hon. Mr. LINDSAY, (one of the sons of Lord Balcarras) was deputed-by his father to exress his regret at being unable to attend the meeting; but he hoped to have the pleasure of dining with them next-year. The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Town and Trade of Liver pool, the first commercial pOrt in the worid."—( Tremendous ap plause, and three times three.) Sir THOMAS BRANCKER briefly returned thanks; he was sure that the interests of the town of Liverptiol were so iden tified with those of Lancashire at large, that one could not be benefited without the other feeling good effects from it. The CHAIRMAN next proposed " Protestant Ascendancy." Every person, he said, who had beheld the state of the sister island, must have felt certain that England, to a certain extent, owed her prosperity to Protestant ascendancy. He had as liberal principles as any one; but he thought we had gone far enough, as the farther they went the farther they might go; and where they were to stop he did not know, and he was sure that his Majesty's ministers did not know themselves. (Loud and continued cheers for several minutes.) Glee—" The Jolly full Bottle." The CHAIRMAN said he would next propose a toast which he was sure would be acceptable. They had already drank "The Town of Liverpool, the first commercial port in the world;" that town was also the first, he believed, in this county, to establish an effective conservative association.. He would therefore pro pose—" The ConservatiVe Association of Liverpool." (Tre mendous cheering.) Mr. T. B. HORSFALL being loudly called upon, rose and returned thanks on behalf of t,:e Liverpool Conservative Asso ciation. He said, with the permission of the Chairman, he would take that opportunity of congratulating the gentlemen whom he saw before him, as well as every lover of their com mon country, on the great, the important changes which bad taken place since they last met in that room,—(Cheers,)—he alluded not to the changes which had been made in the insti tutions of the country,—he alluded not to the partial changes which had been made in the administration of the country, but he alluded to that greater and • far more important change—the change of public opinion. (Long continued cheers.) Twelve months ago, the name of conservative was a byeword through- the .country; but now, (as that festive board amply testified,) their ranks were crowded, even to overflowing; and many, who still widely differed from them on many political questions, now proudly called themselves conservative Whigs; —they saw that changes far more dangerous, far more extensive than they ever contemplated, were daily being made,—they heard the annihilation of the House of Lords openly threatened,—they saw the stability of the throne endangered,—they marked the startling inroads of democracy, and they began to recognise the wisdom of that great man who, many years ago, told them that the great error of the reformers was, that they imagined the constitution of this country to be one wide field of demo cracy, inlaid, for ornament's sake, with a peerage, and topped by sufferance with a crown. (Loud cheers.) If they adverted for a moment to that period when the present ministry first came into power, they would perceive how, to the fullest extent, they had-acted on this fatal, this delusive error. Cast, as it were, ou the wide ocean of political warfare,—feeling that they could not command a majority of the House of Commons,— knowing that they did not possess the confidence of the peers , they cast themselves at once into the arms of a democracy. By that power they have (said Mr. H.) been hitherto upheld, but who, that marked the progress of events, would deny that they were now hurrying down the stream of popular anger and po pular dislike, as rapidly and as fiercely as they were formerly cheered on by the breath of popular applause. (Loud cheers.) He would not enter into any lengthened review of the proceed ings of his Majesty's government, but he could not, on an oc casion like the present, allow them to pass altogether unno ticed. Whether they looked at their foreign or domestic po licy,—whether they looked at their policy with regard to France, Greece, Italy, Holland, or Portugal,—whether they looked at any branch of their domestic policy, legal, clerical, financial, or commercial, :they beheld but one unvaried and unvarying sys tem of the most blundering incapacity. (Cheers.) If they would look at France, what did they find? They would find us (con tinued Mr: H.) united with her against our old, our faithful, and only Protestant ally, the King of Holland. (Loud cheers.) They would find her troops occupying Algiers, in direct viola tion of every treaty by which nation was honourably bound to nation. They would find her fettering our power and curbing our influence in the Mediterranean. In fact, there was nothing which France ambitiously coveted, but the cowardice of the British ministry instantly conceded. (Cheers.) If this was the system of non-intervention—if as a nation we are to be the dupes of the world—if we are to concede to France all that she ambiti ously covets, and to Russia all that she proudly demands, then he would' say, away with the system of non-intervention—away with those men who would sacrifice the honor and best interests of our country, and England would again rise to that high and honorable station which she ought to• hold among the nations of the world. (Great cheering.) There was, but one other point of our foreign policy to which he would allude. It was our relation with regard to Portugal. It was not whether Don Pedro on behalf of his daughter, or Don Miguel, was the right ful heir to the throne of Portugal; but it was, whether it was consistent with national honor—whether it was consistent with national good faith, that when as a nation we stood pledged to the strictest neutrality, fleets and armies should be equipped and fitted out in England f'or either one party or the other. (CheeTs.) Yet such was the fact. .And it was when the Duke of Welling ton, jealous for the honour of his country, moved an address to his Majesty, begging him to enforce the neutrality to which we were honourably pledged, that his Majesty's ministers (for he would not admit that it was the answer of his King,) had dar ingly insulted the House of Lords by one of the most indecent and unbecoming replies which was ever penned by British statesmen. This led him to make a few observations on the do mestic policy of his Majesty's government. Not being a lawyer, he would not enter upon a review of the legal reforms, or rather legal changes which had been proposed; but he would give them the opinion of one of the first lawyers in the land, whom lie heard say when speaking on this subject, that although he was somewhat greyheaded and somewhat advanced in years, yet if the contemplated changes in the law were carried into effect, he firmly believed he should out-live the law altogether. (Cheers.) What the fe elings of this lawyer were with regard to the changes in the law, be (Mr. H.) 'believed were the feelings of all assembled in that room with regard to the other numberless changes which were in contemplation. For his own part, when he thought of them, they not unfre quently brought to his mind some lines which he recollected to have read somewhere, but where he could not at that moment call to mind, " We thankful feel, the sun and moon Are placed so very high, That no presuming hand can reach And pluck them from the sky. (Loud cheers and laughter.) If 'twere not so, we cannot doubt But some reforming ass Would soon propose to snuff them out, And light the world with gas." (continued cheers and laughter.) But, to be more serious, • as a commercial man he would just glimpse at the commercial policy of the government. He would candidly admit that at one time he thought that there was every prospect of three most impo taut qu e stions being brought to something like a satisfactory arran g e me nt. He all ided to the Bank and East India Company's charter, and the West India question. But instead of their being satisfactorily settled; two out of the three parties most deeply interested in those questions had not only accused, but convicted ministers of a direct breach of faith. (Cheers.) With regard to the West India question, he was most anxious to see it brought to a settlement; (hear) not from any trifling interest he might have in the colonies, but because that question was most unjustly made use of as a handle against the Conservatives. (Loud cheers.) He recol lected when these associations were first established, amongst all the vain, absurd, and idle charges, which were brought against them, it was boldly asserted that they were formed for the purpose of upholding colonial slavery; whilst if he knew any thing of the feelings of a Conservative, they were as much op posed to slavery as any man's could be,—be that slavery in the east or the west, the north or the south, at home or abroad. But the conservatives would not consent to repair the wrongs of 'Africa by a system of injustice to the West India planter. The crime of slavery was a national crime, and they contended that the reparation should he national also. For my own part (continued Mr. H.,) I respect, I venerate, I love the man who embarks 1n the sacred cause of liberty from religious principle, but when I see a man professing to embark in it from such a motive, and yet withholding his portion of the sacrifice, and giving to God of that which has cost him nought; I set down that man's profession as the blackest and darkest hypocrisy.— (Load cheers.) Mr. Hors fall said, that concurring as he did in the remarks which had fallen from their excellent Chairman relative to• Ireland, he would venture to offer a few observations on the state of that country. Mr. H. then proceeded to condemn strongly the anti-scriptural system of instruction which had been intro duced into Ireland, but our limits prescribe our giving these observations at length. He could easily conceive how men, who could sanction such a measure, could sanction also the spoliation of the Irish church, and he believed that his Majesty's Ministers would not be satisfied until they had made a dating attempt to separate the union of church and state,—forgetting the words of the venerable the Earl of Eldon, (cheers,) a name dear to every patriot's heart (continued cheering) that the object of the union between church and state was not to make the church' political, but to make the state religious. (Cheers.) Mr. H, concluded by calling earnestly on the con servatives to continue in a determined bond of union—a union to uphold the existing institutions of the country, convinced that in doing so they would effectually promote the peace, the happiness, and the welfare of the country. (Mr. H. resumed his seat amidst loud and continued cheeriug.) Sir TnostAs BRANCKER then proposed (lie health of William Hutton, Esq., which was received with immense cheering. . Mr. 111:31,TON said, that when he appealed to a party, of true conservatives, lie appealed to no one who did not possess a feeiing heart; they would then estimate the difficulty he laboured under in assuring them how graieful he felt for the compliment paid him, which, he begged to assure them, would be an addition to his happiness. He sensibly felt the disadvantage he laboured tinder in having to follow his friend, Mr. Horsfall, who had so eloquently pointed out to them what. England 'was,—what she ought to lie, and .what she is. But who could look forward, who can say what England will be, calculating-on the effects of the measures that had been carried, and were in progress? Can ning had said that no Englishman could walk the streets of Paris without a feeling of pride, when he recollected that he was the countryman of Wellington, the conqueror of that city.. (Cheers.) Could they ft - el that now ? (Cheers.) .hat smile ot our institutions remained we had not to thank those who had, by altering, done their best to destroy theism. At the time to which he alluded we were admired as a people who conquered France, and humbled to the dust the conqueror of nations. Now, we were as a people degraded in the face of he whole world. (Cheers.) He would ask any of his friends whether they felt any of the pride that Englishmen were wont to feel in speaking of their ci.untry and its institutions ? It is not because a por tion 'of the manufacturing and mercantile interests maybe stem ming the torrent—it is not because the wealth of the Ganges reaches the banks of the Mersey, that they should be content or could feel any cause for triumph, seeing that all that gave sta bility to our institutions was swept away. No one present could now say, " I thank God that I live under the government of Great Britain." (Cheers.) He was pleased to see that they were all prepared to resist to the uttermost a bought majority of the House of Commons. Lord Altharp and Lord John 'Wes sell had deniedthat they had ever encouraged or corresponded with the political unions. Did any rational man in England believe them? ("Oh no!" and cheers.) Among other acts of spodatieii they had sent out a cmnmission to destroy all the cor porations of England, and had selected for a secretary to this commission, the secretary to one of these unions! (Cheers.) They had been derided because they were Conservatives, be cease they wished to preserve from destruction the institutions of their country. He would ask theiri--•-did they love the altars before which their fathers worshipped ? and he would answer, "if you do, then be Conservatives." If they loved their wives, their daughters, and their sisters—if they- valued their rights as men—he would agaia say "then be Conservatives," (cheers) and unless they were they would be undeserving of those bless ings which they might if they would hand doWn to their pos terity. By continuing to shelter the poor from the oppression of the rich—by preserving to all their rights in the institutions of the country, they would best promotesthe true faith in which they had been brought up, and best hand this down to genera tions yet unborn. (This speech was loudly cheered in the course of its delivery, and at its conclusion there was a general burst of applause.) The CHAIRM - AN then gave the "Duke of Wellington," a toast that was drunk with three times three, and. followed by Lord Morniugtota's Glee—" Here in Cool Grot." Mr. HULTON said the Chairman had kindly permitted him to propose a toast. Although he could not applaud a ministry who had conducted the government of the country in the man ner which our ministers had dune, he was always ready to accord due praise to a good government; and there were friends of his at the bottom of the table who had filled the three vice chairs in the most able manner, and who deserved their warmest thanks. They were as great in their private as in their public capacity. He knew them to be honest men, and he was sure they would all concur with him in the opinion, that an honest matt was the noblest work of God. He should propose the 'health of "Sir Thos. Brancker, Mr. Kearsley, and Mr. Clare." Mr. CLARE was called upon to return thanks; but he humor ously remarked that no man could fight but fur himself; and, as he was the least, he would speak the last. Sir THOMAS BRANCKER then briefly returned thanks. As far as any thing he had done had contributed to the harmony of the evening, he was fully repaid by the gratification he had experienced in the attendance. He hoped it would be larger a hundred years hence. ( Loud applause.) Mr. ICEARssEy was much obliged by the very handsome manner in which Mr. Hutton had proposed his health, and that of his colleagues ; he only regretted that they could not have entertained all the company, but he hoped the next time they would go to the grand stand, (laughter and applause,) and that they might all live long enough to brineup their children in the same way. ( Loud applause.) - - Mr. CLARE said he was one of theieeuld fashioned English gentlemea who thought every man shohld speak and fight for himself; and he was certain there was not one under the canopy of heaven who revered his King, constitution, and country more than himself. As long as he had breath he•would bring up his children after his own example ;—he would, at all times of diffi culty, be found at his post ;—humble was he born, and humble might he be left, but whateVer might happen he would always be found an Englishman who would fearlessly support the principles in which he was bred. It was with the greatest degree of pleasure that he observed such a company of true born Eng lishmen before him,—men that were not to be humbugged,— men that would not be induced'by the press to applaud my Lord Grey and Company, (applause,) such a company as the devil would not have, (laughter,) because if he would, he might have had them long ago. ( Laughter andcheers.) He was only afraid they would reform his country as they had reformed their own, (laughter;) but he would now be serious (laughter) and give them the reverse of such creatures as now ruled them, he world give them the memory of a man who died a beggar—sorry was he that he should have been forgot, he did not mean then, but in former days—he had not enriched himself as the present minis-. try hafi—he would give them the immortal memory of a man • who had benefited his country by his exertions ; it was true he had raised a great debt, but he had' sense enough to know that had he not acted in the manner he had, they would now have been a province of France, and every possible misery entailed on this country, and he was one of those who would pay a slight annual tax rather than such things should be. He would give "The immortal memory of William Pitt." Glee—" Foresters sound the cheerful Horn." The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The ToWn and Trade of Manchester, and may it emulate its sister town, not only in commerce, but also in conservative principles, and may we see as many the next year as from Liverpool." (Loud applause and cries of "more.") Mr. Wm. HULTON obliged the company by singing in a very -tasteful manner, " A Goblet of Burgundy," which afforded much satisfuct ion. Sir THOZHAS BRANCKER said, that women and wine had always been associated together, and, as they had much wine and no women, he should propose " The Lancashire Witches," for without them the conservative society would soon perish. ( Loud cheering.) Mr. CLARE was about to do the same thing, but always gave precedence to his younger brethren. He wished to remark, that without the Lancashire Witches the present assembly would never have had a being; w ithout Mrs.Hultun they would never have had a c hip of that old block present : he would pro pose the health of that lady, who was the consort of that worthy . gentleman, Mr. Hulton.—Mrs. Hutton was then toasted with three times three. . Mr. HULTON might, he was sure, appeal to them all to sup port him in his feelings of surprise, that amidst the constella tions with which Lancashire abounded (applause) Mr. Clare should have s ele c t e d an o ld l a dy for the distinguished honour he had thought proper to pay her; he appeared to have remem bered him when he was a sucking babe—when he was much younger than he then was, and about to become the happy hus band of Mrs. Hulton. Since then he had had six chips, such as they saw before them, besides the addition of six ladies, who might merit sometime or other the title of Lancashire witches. But if there was a feeling which came home to all, it was that if there was any one thing of which Englishmen might feel proud, it was the fostering care bestowed by an English mother upon her offspring, and the unceasing anxiety with which she watched its opening reason unveil itself, and nurtured it.iuto the paths of truths. He felt a pride in drinking the health of Mrs. Hol ton. She was one of the best wives and tenderest mothers; those who were married could best judge his feelings on such an occa sion, whilst to those unmarried the best and sincerest wish of his heart was, that in their future marriages they might be as blessed as he had been. The next thing in point of merit to the obedience of a child was the affection of a child; this only could be matured by the influence of religion, and there could not be a better boon given to the poorer class than setting an example of piety at Lome: As to his wife, he would leave it to his son to say what his family owed to such a mother. (Loud applause.) Glee—" My dear Alistress." The CHAIRMAN then proposed, "The Lord of the Manor, Sir Thomas Leigh, who has on this day accommodated us with this room." He hoped next year that he would accommodate them with the grand stand on the race-course. (Gites,e.) Mr. WM. HULTON said that a legacy had been left him by his father which he had not expected—that be should address the young men in praise of his mother, as excellent as any could hope to possess ; he hoped theymight all have such a one. He must not pass lightly over his father, as without him he would not then have had the honour of addressing them, (laughter and applause,) and he hoped that those children who should be born to those in the room might be brought up in those princi ples of torvism and religion in which he had—from which he had never deviated, and he hoped never should. (Applause.) With the permission of the Chairman he would propose a toast which, although it had passed their notice, he was sure could - not have passed their hearts. He shouldpropose "The health of Lord Eldon, the British statesman." 'ills toast was drunk amid enthusiastic cheering. Mr. HULTON, however repulsive it might be to his feelings to appear obtrusive, (" No, no, you're not,")had a toast to propose which their worthy Chairman would feeldelicate in proposing himself; it was the "Town and Trade of Rochdale. Their Chairman came from that place ; it was justly celebrated for the spirit and enterprise of its merchants. There was one opinion which might occur, that it/night be better represented (applause.) They seemed scrupulous to avoid notice of the members of the reformed parliament—for the last twenty-five years he had heard them given amidst great applause—this evening theta had been nothing hut dumb show—it had been the practice, and a very proper one, to give the representatives of the towns adjoining—his friends for Warrington were silent— it might have been possible that Mr. Horsfall, with that candour belonging to him, would have given the members for Liverpool. (Only one.) Is there any one who wishes to propose the member for Warrington ?—those for South Lanca shire ? Any gentleman there for Wigan ? Are you silent ? (Laughter.) He might speak to a set of automatons. Pro bably in those towns which returned two members both might not be dishonest and worthless. Perhaps for Bolton there might be one. (Laughter.) Probably there might be something re deeming in the town of Liverpool; and he spoke with great humility, there was one, he thought, who deserved to be re turned. Reverting to Rochdale, that town of enterprise, he hoped it would redeem its character by returning his friend from it, and it would prevent what he considered the greatest curse of the country—that of returning men totally unfit for the representation—and show themselves deserving of the greatest boon given them by a just God, and which shoul d be the great est care of man.—‘"l'he town and Trade of Rochdale"was then given amid tremendous cheering. The CHAIRMAN in returning thanks said that at the election for Rochdale he came forward, but did not then meet the sup port that he expected, but on the nexcoccasion he was prepared to expect a very different result. He was not prepared to speak of the trade of Rochdale, as he was wholly unconnected with trade. Here the call for Mr. ROBY became loud and general, and that gentleman rose to say that there were two important mat ters in connection with these associations,—to wit objections which had been made to political associations, and secondly with regal d to their usefulness. Objections there might be; sup posing they were for the downfal of a just and equitable govern ment, or if they were for the purpose of establishing some intolerable tyranny—should it be for the purpose of keeping in their places a set of men traitors to their country, imueciles, and wrongheads, foes to the best interests of the nation, then these unions would be improper. In every case of union we ought to look at the objects. If these are good, all the means we can use, lawful and right, are not only our duty but our pri vilege. And what are our o bjects ? order and good go vernment, even letting our enemies be judges. To preserve the institutions of our country unaltered and unimpaired. When, in the history of our country , ha v e Conservatives ever fought against the rights and liberties of mankind? They have fought against tyranny, and conquered.—(Load applause.) They have fought against it in its two extremes, viz , the Pro pogandist democracy of France and the cruel despotism of Na poleon; and those are they whom a filthy, licentious press ac cuses of being leagued against liberty. Our attachment to liberty we this day proclahn—not licentiousness, not that odious thing which under her mask would throw down the altar and the throne. Our cause is that of order and good government, under whose influence alone true liberty and its blessings can exist. Conservatism is the Thermopylm of our country ; and let every one, as he loves that country, come forth to the battle, and may God give the victory to right ! ' The usefulness of this institution—is it nothing that we are ready—that time harness is on our back, and our weapon girded ? Our battle shall be against infidelity ; for when men have thrown off the alle giance of honour, they will never rest until they have thrown ! off the trammels of an earthly government. We would keep unchanged the constitution of this realm, King, Lords, and Commons. ConserVatives would keep the country from ruin ; They have hitherto kept the war from our own shores, and our ' necks from foreign tyranny. Look at the conduct of the Whigs when that war was in progress. Had their advice been listened to, England would, at this moment, have beerka province of re,- , volutiunary, bloody France. They have never forgiven Wel lington for giving the lie to their croaking prop hecies, and the ir measures are now unceasingly directed towards neutralizitig the effects of his victories. To this end their alliance with France, —their aid in the cause of revolutions, wherever it is in pro gress.—their war of protocols, &c.; and to this end they h ave framed their beautiful reform bill, calling to the legislature, not representatives of the people, but slaves of a democracy—slaves by the new constitution called freemen — freem en, forso oth ! a s if freemen could be made by act of parliament. M r. Roby h e re I entered into a description of pledges, quoting a passage from Burke with wonderful effect, Ile then adverted to the preseut 107 system of education ;;.: assumin g a l eee lli nF character. When ~ men get a smattering of vtlueution,--does it. make them more contented ? Unless their mural improvement keep . pace with their intellectual culture, vice and corruption will only be spread the wider by citsseminauon of knowledge.—Kuovrledge is po..ver, hut, alas; 4 . e,tree of knowledge is not the tree of lite. The sehoormasLee is abroad, and iu the earliest history we read, he then, too, vras rOiroad, and he d:ssenainated the fruit of the tree of knowledge with a liberai h, - nd; and deeply am [ deceived if the schoolmaster now let loose amongst us is not from the seine academy. Education is an excellent thing, but a dangerous weapon when ill directed. It is like putting a tool iato t..e hands of a•nradinan. But, alas! here - we are; we can only try to counteract the evil—we cannot root it out. Conservatives must do their duty. Every day, every hour should see them sowing the good seed, and never tear (or a crop, and a good one too, next ear. Prom thi s h a ndf u l of seed there would be; he hoped, fifty, sixty, and a hundred fold But whatever the result, let them do their duty, and may every honest —every English heart say anien. Mr. HEywowni cameo quite unprepared to do what he had been. unexpectedly coiled upon to undertake. A friend had intimated to him that it would be ingratitude of the deepest (lye if they separated without remembering their good friend Lord SandOn (Cheers); private friendship as well as political feeling prompted him to the performance of this duty. In that vener ated nobleman they had the services of a- statesman, in whose .heart resided a large portion of political honesty. He was the enemy of the destructives, and at the same - time the friend of the people. Men without either character or principle haft been endeavouring to undermine the constitution—a con stitution which it had been the object of the world to copy—a constitution that had grown up to matu rity and been perfected by a laps e o f ag es. .It was his most cherished hope that the. King, Lord s and Commons would be preserved in all their purity. Although he had no ambition to become• one of the aristocracy, nor hope of be coming one, still he loved that body as the means of raising - them by the exercise of their talents and virtues, one above another by the noblest incentives that could act upon the hu man mina. (Cheers.) He admired the peerage for their hereditary rank, and for their general worth. They supported the poor man, who repaid by reciprocating in the benefits con ferred and repaid by their support in turn. This was indeed the cement of our social system. - ( Loud cheers.) After some further observations, Mr. Heyworth concluded by proposing the health of " Lord Sandon," which was most enthusiastically drank, and,.followed by Burns' song of—" Willie brewed a Peck o' Maut," arrapgad as a quartett, and beautifurly executed. Mr. CLARE proposed the health of John Hodgson Kearsley, Esq. who thanked the meeting for the compliment. On the health of " The Mayor of Liverpool" being drank with loud cheers, Mr. ROBERT HonsrAla, regretted that his father was not present to thank them in person, and that his brother, who could do it so much more ably, was nit then in the room. He begged to thank them most siucerely for kind feeling towards his father, who, he was sure, would highly prize this expression of their approbation of his conduct. Glee—" The Greenland Hunters." Sir THOMAS BRANCKER then said that although the blight of reform had passed over Newton, still in his opinion they ought not to value its prosperity the less, and more particularly as it contained some of the soundest Tories in the county, among whom they had to number his and their friends, Mr. White and Mr. Moon, the Secretary and Treasurer of "The South Lanca shire Conservative Society." Mr. CLARE proposed the Magistracy of the county of Lan caster; and the Chairman, as the senior magistrate present, returned thanks for his brother magistrates. Mr. FLETCHER proposed the health of Mr. Bolling, the mem ber for Bolton, which was drank with three times three. • At this hour (half-past eleven) the company began to retire, many of whom had come from considerable distances; but a large number remained enjoying the convivialities of the evening, in company with the Chairman, when we left the room. In consequence of the number of tickets issued being greater than the aining-room could contain, about forty to fifty gentlemen dined in the anti-rooms and at the Leigh Arms. These, as soon as the cloth was removed, were accommodated in the great room. SECOND E DITION. Standard Office, Three o'clock. We have just received the following communication 7rom Falmouth:— (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) " FA LMOUTH, Aug. 21, 1833. " IMPORTANT MOVEMENT OF DON MIGUEL'S FORCES TOWARDS LISBON. " 11.M.8. Pantaloon, which arrived at this port from Lisbon and Oporto this morning, brings news from the city up to the 13th. Accounts had reached the capital that Marshal Bour moot had retired from Oporto, having sent off his troops in de tachments for several days previously, and with such secresy , that the Pedroites at Oporto were not aware of the circumstance until the last party drew from the field of action. Previously to this important movement, the darshal was joined by several French officers of great skill and bravery. The whole, consist ing of upwards of thirty thousand men, are on their march to Lisbon, and, from the known determination of Bourmont, an attack on the capital is doubtless their object. At Lisbon the majority of the people were in entire ignorance of the approach of the enemy; but the Government were on the alert, and had removed the cannon from the fortresses and placed them on the heights. They have also been actively engaged in forming a volunteer corps for the ostensible object of protecting the city ; but doubtlessly intended to be useful in case of an attack. Count Villa Flor, with about 5000, was on the outskirts; but the united forces which they can muster at Lisbon, are not half the number of the Miguelite army. An embargo had been laid on all vessels in the Tagus, and several English vessels which brought out stores, &c. taken possession of. A general amnesty had been decreed, and Don Pedro was doing all in his power to make himself popular. Napier was refitting his fleet. "A loan had been called for, and a third exacted from the mer chants, who are beginning to think they will be placed much in in the same situation as their brethren in Oporto, and wish Don Pedro any where but in Lisbon. "At Oporto, where the Pantaloon called on the 4th, the people were not a little rejoiced that the Miguel forts had ceased to annoy them; but Bou►mont having left a force in possession of the forts at the entrance of the Douro, the place is still blockaded, and the vessels off the bar are unable to enter. " The story of the Miguelites destroying the wine at Villa Nova is a fabrication." (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) " FALMOUTH, August 21, 1833. _ . " By the Pantaloon, Lieutenant Dacres, which arrived this morning front Lisbon, We have received intelligence from that Capital to the 13th instant. In the evening of the 12th, it was made known to the government that a junction had been formed at Santarem, - by Marshal Bourmont, with General Molellos and Viscount Santarem. The constitutionalists, it is said, were taken by surprise ; at all events, General Villa Flor immedi ately marched with 5,0(k) men to oppose the united Miguelite army, consisting of from 25 to 30,000. " In the event of Lisbon being attacked, the British resi dents, with their effects, will be protected on board the British men-of-star. We have no further news from Oporto." CORN EXCHANGE. FRIDAY, Two O'CLOCK. To-day we have had a brisk market, and an extensive business has been done with speculators and dealers in Wheats at an advance of 4d. to 6d. on Tuesday's prices. A large quantity of Canada has been disposed of at Bs. 4d. to Bs. 6d. for red, and 9s. 3d. to . 9s. Bd. for white. Red Irish has brought is. 9d. to Ss., and prime North of Ireland is held at Bs. 3d., which has been got for small lots. A fair business has been done in other articles. Oats are .7% d. to Id. dearer, Oatmeal 6d. to Is., and Irish Flour fully Is. There are .inquiries for American sour Flour and foreign Wheat, in bond, and sales of the latter are reported, the particulars of which have not transpired. The quantity of free Wheat disposed of since Tuesday is very considerable, on account a unsettled Weather, and increasing rumours of a defeetiVe'crop... COTTON MARKET. FRIDAY, Two O'CLOCK. There is not much doing in Cotton this morning, though a considerable number of buyers are in the market, who are waiting the arrival of the Packet Ship of the Ist instant, the accounts by which may, very pro bably, give an additional impetus to demand, and con sequent improvement of price. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Wind, W.N.W., blowing fresh. — Rain. ARRIVED. Vrliant, Bragg, from Jamaica. ht Lawrence, —, from Quebec. Dorothy, Dearness, from St John's, N B. OFF THE PORT. from Savannah. A M T e li l a , , ----- 111`Ta ' ,gg art, hence, at Pernambuco. Albion, Brown, hence, at Bahia. Clyde, Monroe, from 'Valparaiso, for this port, put. iito Bahia. leaky. and would have to discharge. Newton. hence, at Naples, —, Robert James Haynes, Graham, hence, at St Thomas. Blessing, Newman, hence, at Swinernunde. Prowler, Cormick, hence, at Trieste. Mercer, Mercer, from Trinidad, at Cnrk. The Buekers, Smith, cleared at Philadelphia, for Quebec, on the 2.3 d July. Wind at Holyhead, W.N.W., blowing: fresh. The Packet Ship, North :America, Macy, fimn New York, was off Holyhead, at In a.m. EXPORTATION OF COALS.—Bv a return to Parliament, it ap pears that, during the year ending the sth of January, 1833, 10,161 tons were exported to Gibraltar, 605 tons to Spain and the Balearie Islands, 3122 tons to Malta, 4039 tons to Italy and the Italian Islands, 1180 tons to the lonian islands, 2435 tons to the Russian ports in the Black Sea, 323 tons to Turkey and Continental Greece, 617 to the Murea and the Greek Islands, 7260 tons to Egypt.—`Total 30,072 tons. SPLENDID SHIP.—On Saturday. the 10th instant, a splendid vessel of 570 tons register, named the "Adam Lodge," was launched from the building-yard of Mr. Edwards, at South Shields. This vessel exceeds in length any merchant ship ever built in this port, being 121 feet in the keel, and the style of model, workmanship, and structure altogether have drawn forth. the admiration of eminent practical men from all parts of kingdom. She is intended as a packet ship from Live:pout to the United States.—Toe Mercury.