The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-08 00:00:00

s tero Olaggcm A T e r eiaN. reottish ;0„, L i, one 0,1 " five 111 1 , n )n the consero 'aisley ions. T l bt S„ e fis h •Ip ,a cce iti , n 1 e to 0 0. intende d - fot 3righton 0 . 11 , 0 6(0 ü bt not tinE friend to or )urn fair, 011 ..1 ; 0 01er ig 39211)s ; a 34 4 , 1V. which was the finest an pia. _ or Or a farina N, t ar during tl'' a o tl:ef' gees; and a n }1 t u ht A to to umber of r ßb,,t k s past, bY . thR 00'. solicitOl a stic e l e late Mr , 1 0.0 'le learned 50, res entation _ . ° o ` t td lection ess,; on• pP De , i, as been "cioa ,;e ) bring ali t ber %so,. 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F OR Tzar _ e I3ENEFIT OF THE RUSSIAIV NATIONAL Q ERS, THE FAMILY MATWEITSCH, _ Ivh,""ained so much celebrity last season in London, an d Thakl;rforrned before Her Majesty the Queen, at Bu . cking- Ilis al aee, and at many of the Nobility's Concert. b e Present FRIDAY EVENING, the Bth instant, will Performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Haml e t Mr. Stuart. l'olcZe Ghost of H amlet ' s Father Mr. Gray. -118 ** ' • • • • . Mr. Baker. I Laertes.... Mr. W. Howard. The a First Gravedi wer Mr. Slaiter. . lue en• • Miss Cleatr. J Ophelia .... Miss Faucit. After the Tragedy, a CONCERT 'PI the Celebrated Russian National Singers, THE FAMILY MATWEITSCH. To conclude with the new Drama, called CHAOS IS COME AGAIN; .°ll O eh__ OR, THE RACE BALL. hack .;;Qus ... ... ,kr ' uti nce (his Nephew) ...... W. Howard. Ott w • G • VANDENH OFF, of the Theatre-Royal firtit;Oarden is ged for Five Nights,_ and will make 4PPeara'ne en n ga thi stage on MONDAY next, the ilb,.l.pitnsittavntrs. viLhene.rwlll be 'revived the Comedy of RULE A th HAN E A WIFE. Leon, Mr. J. G. Vandeconn e character in which he made his first appearance A'bh,4ge; 'Michael Perez, Mr. W. Howard ; Old Woman, f.gtif Rake r; Ny_• .itiu ; Margaritta, Miss Cleaver ; FaucitAN . TO conclude with the Melo-Drama HIS MEN. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH STREET. LAST WEEK OF THE P"EAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH ! T present Evenin,r, (FRIDAY) the Bth and PT present lilrtiAZ IPAPPE e DOZ t i an hlS , FEATS OF MAGIC% mR• C• SLOMAN WILL APPEAR. s 1 ,, On MONDAY, Noveianber,ll, tAri,7 l „E LAST NIGHT BUT FOUR! - , LE CHANGE OF PERFORMANCS ! C„ I ' IE IV AND BRILLIANT FEATS OF MAGIC ! "ncluding with his original and unparalleled GUN TRICK !! ! 0 n FRIDAY, November 15, p" th Poi ? ", °c SITIVEL BE NEFIT Y ,OF LAST NIGI1T! ' H ETHE WIZARD. ca.sion a splendid display of the Wizard's un equalled talents will be made. TO CORRESPONDENTS. 4 e , 111 PtibliPliance with the wishes of "An Elector" We have tlecti;, relied ea, in anoth er co l umn, an account of the `Liverpool ), L . ' A ka s ' since the year 1761. We believe its accuracy 9 4 , hetie3lon' N.,%,,...___ c frespondents must have patience. Xitittpoof &tanbar:ri.. pi ttb 4 1 Y NoRIVING, NOVEMBER 8, 1339. \l m ' l le stea m 4liepo , -ship Liverpool, which arrived here on ,:: 4 3, we have received New York papers to the ar e ,11411110, inclusive. The contents of these papers . 'tfe ( : ceedi ngly interesting and important, especially in t ea c j e ' llee to monetary affairs. Not to burden our I tat e wi th too m an y ex t rac t s , w e s h a ll proceed to 4 1p v ' e a 4 Clearly a n d succ i nct l y as we can , th e various States, f roa 4le u ts in th e money mar k et o f t h e U n i te d th e i t • st to the 19th ultimo. be in the recollection of our readers that when *a% i: 4l i Queen left New York the money market l air: a very uncertain state, and that mercantile ;})') gener a ll y . e l gli were the subject of deep amxie tyen tlY to that period matter s became almost li att Y l,: °rs e and w orse , un til a t l eng th th e Phil a d e lph ia He re ' together with several of the Southern Banks, of .ile°4lPelled to resort to the unpleasant alternative Pet:isiPeuding specie payments. The progress of this 1 4 4; 4 :: t he money market we shall proceed to detail .c ") . as Possible. • trk t , rl t he Itt of October a moderate business was ad vaa -"acted at the Stock Exchange, at prices showing an f ! e , 4l some descriptions. News was received that . ttiti e ° r : i !ne failure of the Chelsea Bank, a small insti or;r'ing but a limited circulation. lmpthe 2d of October there was no new feature of P ier et h ta d ric e in the money market. The Morning Cou for t ° C Nuirer (to which journal we are indebted tep ti ese Particulars) states that Stocks, with the ex d - . h. ° 8 4 1, 0 f United States Bank, had further advance 4 04 4 , - t ,", is day announced that the stockholders of the Itiatiti'e"ier Bank, Vermont, had determined upon ie tt , -114 uP their affairs after the Ist of January next. eett tul \vas selling freely at New Orleans. 41 0 k e i st ate of the money market began to assume a le a t ' al uing aspect on the 4th of October. Rumours B 4 1; 11 s ' c ' be spread respecting the failure of several re t tabl e h o w uses. The stock . of the United States ql4 e. a 8 offered at par, with little disposition to pur -6.1_ I 1 %, of October was ag ain marked by increased le g e ; I :e in th e money market, and difficulty in obtain -4diti2ll,. acc ommodation. At no time during the pre tack,' lew months was the m arket ch a racterised by a ea kti litifav ourable'appearance, though, as yet no mer disasterssasters of co nsequence h a d b een produced. alai it y was a very severe one at Philadelphia also, at~kHasse r3' off without any failures. United States d t tri pt •" t uek had declined to par, and several other . e tiayel°lls show e d a falling off. Sterling Bills, at sixty ki a si ght, drawn by the Girard Bank of Philadel lon Ott i‘lessrs. Morrison, Cryder, and Co., of Lon * r „, and endorsed by the Batik of the United States, uh e te — o s at 1 091 to the extent of f 50,000 sterling. nsi;. tle ted eucy of this supply of sterling bills va b s .lls and t,ite large ill y beneficial, as the quality of the 4)91 su pply, had established the market rate at flt her i s -m i tis c hecking the export of bullion, and inducing .l tt oti e , 4) offer their bills at a similar rate. .offi th a lv t. a s this day given, by Mr. Samuel A. Wincing . lie ts„i t the " Willoughby Bank" had suspended busi umellac.B-1 demands having been paid excepting 2000 l Ork i t ' 'w hich would be redeemed in specie at the New n eella uies' Banking Association. Specie con -eeti e t- a rrive at Nev Orleans, 57,000 dollars having O : 3 s9 t a l eiv ed from Tampico. Cotton to the amount ma tin k - ,r i es had also been received at the same place 1\; 0 ;: g e four days previous to the 25th of September. ell IC"' feature presented itself in the Money Market tie lire, t e kt Bt h of October, though a general feeling of kid C ° l. ll existed. Sterling bills were this day also %1 10° to amount of £5,000 or £6,000. The Liver 145,00Pc'et S hip of 'the previous day had taken out /th , dolla rs in specie, and the Havre packet of the t hat th°'°oo dollars. Advices from Savannah stated, ,e la: tot al deficiency in the receipts of Cotton for 4( " 111 , 28 - 7 - 1)ai a e s s o . ri, as compared with the previous, was a (I ti:il eo , urie r and Enquirer of October the 10th, gives Pensi o4 O t the circumstances connected with the sus ,tt Ra t ? 6 Peeie payments by the banks of Philadelphia. 4 011 11 8 ; that Wall -street, and the city generally, was 4 1, N nee n rit° an extraordinary excitement by the an rlted ,erlt °n the day previous, that the bank of the - . e eiv e - t - t tat es in New York -had not only refused to s ' h Y l vat i i n otes of the United States bank in Pen- Pe a 1 11 de P°sit, but had also refused to redeem (.1 - ‘ at post -44 " of the United States bank made paya- Nlve \ r ew Yo rk. The fact that the post notes falling a l ly he dishonoured at the agency where they had l a tic Dul j h een Paid, produced an universal conviction in : 1 411,:, mind that the bank of the United States, I, l Peo c f C her banks in Philadelphia, had determined to haoo ) , e , c ie Payments and that the instructions to of New York were founded upon that deter •un. , t/ a Co nd "18 impression gave rise to expressions of • -,,eranation of the government, on account bitts vv against the bank of the United States. • Ntil e e l oth of October, the attention of the mer -I,th e otrim • l ah P i ensi oo ti t r uty was entirely engrossed by the actual It ° A specie payments by the Philadelphia w ool s anticipated that all the southern banks ti on ohl uw th e to as a l example. Business of every descrip tors.(!et rn ost at a stand. The city banks continued fe adily etl °f 411 th e b uemands upon them. The direc fi t ° eo ntin 'lnks expressed their firm determina et.it et. of accomplishing. Philadelphia bank notes Iv ere early in eti afterw-.., the day at 10 per cent discount,_ but_ ts v hil• a fus taken at 7to 7id per cent. Drat 4 ' e lPhia th e I ere unsaleable at 93 per cent.. mt.- 410, 4 t o bert h . he subject of monetary affairs c ofi x iott g eY w as fe t i l l , e all-absorbing topic. The scarcity of 4 could _ t as severely as ever: Philadelphia Bank s of tli tellin g b n ' o ll t be sold at less than 10 per cent. Sale or t itl e !lay, at 1 4 0 ' at 6o days, were made, in the course Li t "Per Per cent. premium. All descriptions 1 1 , 4 4 ;1tt1e h on e in a state of great stagnation. bef ore, retriai_ ! Was done on the 12th. The money ph iia li ci e U in the same position as on the day to t , e ts et tt• elPhia Bank notes were selling at 10 tli t -gi ng th e ,: money -brokers were very backward in eke,ltotes o f" Some of the banks refused to receive Aange,or t h he o trs on deposit. Th e t ransac ti ons i n e Packet s of the day were very limited. The Wellington (for London) took out £58,000 in sterling.. The 15th was the day on which the market began to rally a little. A much more confident feeling was prevalent that the city banks would be able to main tain specie payments, though those institutions them selves had never expressed a doubt on the subject. Supplies of specie had reached the city from Canada, Philadelphia, and other places, which had been pro ductive of a very beneficial effect. United States Bank shares closed at 80. The state of the money market on the three follow ing days, up to the evening preceding the departure of the Liverpool, will be found described at considerably greater length in another column. The latest accounts will be found of a cheering complexion. At Philadel phia money matters were becoming gradually more easy—the merchants had assumed a more pleasant look—and the prices of most articles of merchandise were advancing. At New York all the banks conti nued to meet their engagements in specie. There was, however, no run upon them for specie; nor, indeed, was there any probability that any such demand would come from any quarter, the "balance of indebtedness" with other parts of the Union, and that of foreign ex change, being in their favour. The transactions in exchange on Europe, for transmission by the packets of the 19th, were to a moderate extent only, on both England and France. Sterling bills drawn by the banks, as also those furnished by private houses, ranged from 91 to 10 per cent. premium. The export of specie by the Louis Philippe, for Havre, was small, amounting only to 42,000 ' dollars. The Liverpool brought specie, chiefly in sovereigns, to the amount of £BO,OOO. The shipments of specie for the last month have thus been exceedingly small, in comparison with the amounts forwarded in each of the five previous months. The people'of England are probably not aware that very large quantities of wheat have, of late years, been imported into -the United States. This was especially the case in 1837, when 3,921,259 bushels were im ported. The importation for that year far exceeded the total amount of imports of that grain since the settlement of the Union. From a tabular statement which appears in the New York Price Current, we deduce the following particulars :—The quantity of wheat imported into the United States, from the year 1831 to the year 1838, both inclusive, was 5,593,075 bushels. The exportation of wheat during the same period amounted to 640,001 bushels. The exportation of wheat flour in the same years amounted to 6 614,244. Although the gross amount of exports, including that of grain and flour, for the whole of the above period, is considerably greater than the total amount of im ports, the balance is greatly against the United States if we take only the last two years. In 1837 and 1838 the imports amounted to 4,765,795 bushels ; whilst the exports of wheat in grain amounted only to 23,594 bushels, and the exports of wheat flour to 766,870 barrels. The excess of the imports over the exports during these years may possibly, in some measure, ac count for the drain of specie from the United States. A short time since, very extensive seizures of im_ ported woollen goods were made in various parts of the United States, for alleged violations of the revenue laws. In reference to these seizures, an elaborate opi nion has been published by Chancellor Kent in the New York Express. The Chancellor insists upon the strict legality of the proceedings adopted bythe bus tom-house officers. He maintains that the right of seizure applies to "concealed goods, or goods suspect ed to be concealed, and which are subject to duty, that is in cases where the duties have not been paid." He further gives it as his opinion, that "if goods be un lawfully and without due warrant seized by the col lector, the importer has his action of trespass or trover against him for the violation of property; but if duly seized, even after the duties have been paid, and before the packages have been delivered up, for fraud, as in the supposed case of false and fraudulent entries and invoices, the importer cannot recover back the duties paid." _ _ The Boston Atlas states, that a large meeting of the most respectable and substantial merchants of that city was held on the 16th ultimo, at which it was resolved, with entire unanimity, "-to call upon the banks, in the pres.mt exigency of aifairg, to step forward, and fur nish the relief which the immediate demands of the country rendered imperative should be granted." The . Messrs. Ruiz and Montez, of the island of Cuba, who were overpowered by their slaves, on hoard the Spanish schooner Amistad, and from whom they were rescued by an United States ship of war, after enduring the most horrid tortures, were suffering in carceration in the common jail at New York. The Courier and Enquirer asks why they were confined ? What crime had they committed ? They held slaves in Cuba, but this . the laws of Cuba sanctioned. They purchased slaves in Cuba, and transported them from one part of the island to another. This, too, the laws of Cuba allowed. And yet they were - confined in prison at New York, where they had done no wrong whatever. It seems that they were arrested at the in stance of the abolitionists, " for imprisoning, beating, and wounding" certain of the refractory slaves on board of the Amistad. This is a fine instance of the notions of justice entertained by the self-styled "friends of the negroes." These gentlemen, thus tyrannically treated, had actually been incarcerated by their own piratical slaves, and deprived of their property in the most atrocious manner, and, as a consolation to them under their privations, they are consigned to prison to abide the issue of an expensive law-suit ! It is tole rably evident from this, that those who are loudest in their clamours for liberty are not always those who exemplify their principles and professions by their practice. The news from Canada is not of much import- Fifty-eight of the Canadian rebels under sen ence of death were shipped on board the steamer British America. to be re-shipped on board the trans port Buffalo, in which they were to be transported to Botany Bay for life. They were chained in couples, and escorted to the steamer by a guard of the 24th Regiment. The Upper Canada rebels and brigands, whose sentences of death were commuted to transpor tation for life, had arrived at Montreal: they were shipped on board the St George, and were destined to the same fate as the other rebels. Twenty-five prison ers were to be released on giving satisfactory security that they would leave the province in 48 hours after their liberation, and never return to it again. Two others, Levesque and Prieur, were to enter into the same arrangement, with this difference, that they were to remove 600 miles from the province. Bill Johnston, the pirate of the thousand isles, was still in custody, and would be tried, it was believed, at the next term of the United States court at Albany. Governor Arthur had authorised the formation of a limited police establishment, along the Niagara frontier, for the purpose of checking the acts of incendiarism so frequent in that quarter. A meeting •of the citizens of Montreal was to be held, for the purpose of addressing. Sir John Colborne, the esteemed governor of the province, on the occasion of his departure for England. Sir John seems to have " won golden opinions" from every loyal inhabitant in Canada. The news from Texas is to the 12th of September. Houston was all in a hustle, making preparations for the removal of the public offices to the new seat of government, at Austin. Advices had been received at Honduras from Central America to the 24th of August. The Confederacy was essentially dissolved. Most of the States claimed to he independent of each other in the strictest sense of the word. The States of Salvador and Guatemala, and those of Salvador and Los Altos, had concluded treaties of peace and perpetual friendship with each other as with foreign powers. Some of the articles in these treaties militate very strongly against the interests of this country. These articles were occasioned, it is stated, by the claim set up by Great Britain to the Island of Ruatan; in accordance with which claim, a British naval force lately took possession of the said island. It is situated on the Atlantic coast, not very far from Belize. These treaties stipulate that the re presentatives in the Convention of the contracting States shall be sufficiently authorised to treat on the most favourable measures for the recovery of the Island of Ruatan. The contracting parties also agree that no production of the agricultural industry, or manufacture of an English possession, shall be ad mitted into the States, although it may come under the flag of any nation whatsoever ; that no goods from any nation, although it be a friendly one, shall be ad mitted if they come in an English vessel—and that these prohibitions shall continue so long as England refuses to put Central America again in possession of the island of Ruatan. It appears that the department of San Miguel, and other villages of San Salvador, had risen, and troops from the State of Honduras covered the country as far as the river Sempa. Carrera had issued a proclamation to all the military of Gauternala, directing them to prepare to repel the attacks of the President Morazan, against Honduras and Nicaragua, for which purpose it was said that the latter had been collecting ttoops. A violent hurricane had visited Bermuda on the 11th of September, doing great damage to the houses of the towns of Hamilton and St, George. Advices from Monte Video state that the French fleet in the river Plate, about 48 sail, continue vigor ously to enforce the blockade. On the 17th of August, they made an ineffectual attempt to land at a place called Leconcis, about 30 miles from Buenos Ayres : they were repulsed with considerable loss. The news from Panama was to the 28th August. It was believed that there would he another break out in Lima as soon as the Chilian troops left. Santa Cruz and his adherents were refugees in Guayaquil. General Lafuente commanded in Lima. The good cause triumphs everywhere. Never since the !accession of the Whigs to power in November 1830, have the prospects of the Conservatives been so favourable as at the present juncture. When we look back and remember the kind of language used by the Whig-Radical press during the jubilee of Liberalism, in all the insolence of unlooked-for and unwonted success, and contrast it with the present position and impending fate of that once-powerful paity, we may be excused in . indulging feelings of honest exultation over the great and gratifying change. When— " Ah ! woful when ! Ah ! for the change 'twixt now and then !" when Lord Grey had, by the assistance of what one of his most cordial supporters—Charles Buller—called " enormous lying," carried the Reform Bill, the mil lenium of Whiggery seemed at hand. Toryism was extinct : those who held its creed were to be searched for, like the honest man by Diogenes, with a lantern; and we believe that in one newspaper an advertisement appeared offering a reward for a specimen of such a genus, in order that it might be stuffed and kept as a natural curiosity. The opposition of the House of Lords was designated by Lord John Russell as " the whisper of a faction" ; and a reciprocation of compli ments, under Treasury franks, took place between the Government and the Parliament assembled on Newall Hill—the predecessor and prototype of the heroes of the Bull-ring, whose recent attempts to carry out the principle of Reform have met with such signal ingrati tude at the hands of Ministers. " The men of Bir iningham," we were told, " carried the Reform Bill" ; and the reward of the men of Birmingham has been a regiment of dragoons and a posse of London consta bles. Such, however, was the- delirium of rapture which carried away the Whigs, as they looked down the long vista of patronage and pay which opened on their sight, that they could see nothing in Bristol riots, Nottingham conflagrations, and similar expressions of sympathy on the part of their supporters, but consti tutional demonstrations of popular feeling in favour of themselves and hatred of their opponents. Well ! every dog must have his day, and they have had theirs. Look at the state and prospects of Whig- Radicalism now. From every quarter "as thick as tale comes post with post," and brings the same dolo rous tidings of defeat and discomfiture. In vain have despatches been transmitted day by day across the Channel from Ireland, while the struggle has been going on in the Registration Courts, to keep up the sinking spirits at Windsor, and declare the game not lost so long as " the rough, rug-headed kerns" of the Green Isle are able to overpower the wishes and voice of England. In vain the maine du palais—Lord Mel bourne—redoubles his assiduous attention to Royalty, and stakes his all upon the chance of making his pre sence so indispensable at Court that another Bedcham ber Plot shall be attempted before the doors are closed upon him—for ever. He shudders at the thought of the bachelor seclusion of home, and remembers that the kitchen-range in South-street wants repair. In vain does Babington Macaulay placard the walls of Edinburgh with bills announcing that he has actually dined at the Castle, and thus flatter the simple burgh ers with the notion that part of his glory is reflected on themselves. The catastrophe is at hand can not be averted, - and the Whigs know it. The result of the Registration struggle was to decide their fate, and the cards have turned against them. The advice of Sir Robert Peel to his party has been vigorously followed up, and every account we have received con firms the cheering view which we take of the future. The Municipal Elections almost everywhere tell the same tale ; and it is especially worthy of remark, that whereas, had they been adverse to the Conservatives, they would have proved nothing as to the probable result of a General Election, being in the bands of a lower class of voters, who are more Accessible to the arguments, and more easily duped by the cajolery, of the Liberals,—the fact that they have been favourable to our cause proves, beyond the possibility of cavil, that the leaven of sound principles is at last working through the whole mass of our social system, and that in a few short months we shall be delivered from the disgrace and degradation of such an incubus as the Melbourne Ministry. A most seasonable article has appeared in Fraser's Magazine of this month on the state of the Registra tion results this year. It is an able and searching ana- lysis of the subject, and one which will cause confusion and dismay in the ranks of the enemy. The writer divides these results under three heads :—(i) Ministe rial Gains : under which he shows that, few as the places are which can boast of them, many of them are already in the hands of the Whig-Radicals, and in others the gain is so small that it can lead to'no prac tical result. (2) Ineffective results: where the gain on the part of the Conservatives is hopeless on account of the strength of the Liberals, or the seats are already in their own hands. (3) Promising Results : consisting; first, of seats already conservative, but now, by the recent gains made secure; and, secondly, of new seats gained, amounting in the whole to SIXTY or SEVENTY; and the writer confidently anticipates a gain of ten more : giving Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons a working majority of 150. The approaching overthrow of Ministers thus seems to be inevitable, and all classes of men appear now to be convinced of it. We can state, on the best autho rity, that one of their most influential supporters in the House of Commons only last week declared his belief that the beginning of next Session would be the period of their political existence. There are other signs of the times. The rats are beginning to run from the falling house. Sir Robert Mounsey Rolfe— whom perhaps few of our fellow-townsmen have ever heard of, but who, nevertheless, has been the Queen's Solicitor-General for the last four years—is about to take refuge, if he has not already done so, on the Bench. He well knows that a seat in the Common Pleas is a better berth just now than any, even that on the Woolsack, depending upon the continuance of the Melbourne Cabinet, and therefore he claims his privi lege of seizing the vacant Judgeship, and is devoutly thankful for so opportune a Godsend. Let us again borrow from the article in Fraser, and say with him that "on the whole we close the review of the Regis tration of 1839 with a feeling of certainty not hastily taken up—that on no occasion since the passing of the Reform Bill have the Whigs and Radicals so strenu ously exerted themselves, and that on no occasion have they been so entirely and conclusively beaten." Our readers will bear us witness that we have long since warned them of the dangers to be apprehended from the secret and traitorous organization of the Chartists. At the time that we expressed our fears that "blood would be shed" before the insurrection ary movements of these rebels would be put an end to, several of our Radical contemporaries affected to treat the matter lightly, and indulged in much plea santry at the expense of those whose alarms were ex cited. They laughed at the idea of any thing like danger, and advised the Government to let the Char fists alone. Acting upon this advice the Ministers permitted the rebellious designs of these fanatics to be ripened and matured. Nay, so far did they carry t heir lax and reckless policy, that Lord John Russell, in this very town, made it a matter of boast that the executive did not interfere with the Chartists, but that he and his colleagues had come to the determination not to interpose the strong arm of the law in vindica tion of the liberties of Englishmen. Blind and infa tuated Statesmen ! The outbreak in Birmingham proved how utterly unprepared the Government was to preserve the peace of the country. But the still more alarming insurrection in South Wales, the me lancholy particulars of which we furnish this day, afford's - the strongest evidence possible in proof of the utter incapacity, or the culpable indisposition of the Whig Administration to protect her Majesty's subjects from plunder and assassination. One might have thought that the occurrences at Birmingham would have taught a lesson of prudence to Ministers—that _ _ they would have caused them to have recourse to some effectual precautionary measures—that Ministers would have adopted some scheme for intimidating the Char tists into obedience. So far from this being the case, the inhabitants of South Wales have been left almost de fenceless. They have been given up, as far as Govern ment is concerned, as a prey to the savage hordes of rebels who have been permitted for the last twelve months to arm themselves with impunity for the work of destruction. The insurrection in Monmouthshire is not the result of any sudden impulse of popular phrensy. The Chartists have been long preparing for their bloody assault upon the peaceable inhabitants of the district. They have held out threats, in no obscure or equivocal language, that they would soon unfurl the flag of con fiscation and massacre. They have even mentioned the very day on which they would commence their atrocities. All this has .been going on under the very nose of Lord Normanby. If he pays any attention to the communications of those charged with the preser vation of the public peace, he must be aware that the Chartist movement in Monmouthshire was a precon certed affair. Knowing these things—knowing the imminent danger which threatened that part of her Majesty's dominions, did he take any pains to avert the calamity ? Let the blood which has been shed in the streets of Newport furnish the melancholy reply. It was only the other day that her Majesty's Soli citor-General, while defending the Ministerial policy, ridiculed the charge brought against government of want of energy, in not having adopted more rigorous measures to put down the Chartists. He said that it was quite a mistake to suppose that ministers had not all along been most anxious on that matter, or that they had for a moment allowed their attention to be diverted from it. He asserted that Lord John Russell had watched their proceedings with the utmost anxiety, (witness his speech in the Town Hall !) and was de terred from adopting what might he termed more rigorous measures, " by the assurance that he felt that the thing would wear itself out." After making these assertions he triumphantly demands " Was he right, or was he not ? Where are the Chartists now ?" In the same vain-glorious strain he exclaims, in answer to the question,—" They might be considered as extinct." Silly and premature boast ! Foolish, short-sighted Ministers I Where is their vaunted " energy ?" Who have committed the " mistake ?" What has been the result of Lord John Russell's intense " anxiety in matter ?" Where is the " assurance that the thing would wear itself out ?" 'We echo the question— " Where are the Chartists now ?" Are they " ex tinct ?" No ! They are in arms ! Profiting by the, apathy of the Government, they have set the law at defiance—coerced the loyal and well-disposed into re bellion—marched in tens of thousands to plunder and devastate—and attacked in open battle the forces of Her Majesty. Such is the fruit of Whig misrule ! Such are the ultimate workings of the principle of " reform !" Such the consequences which the Whigs have brought upon the country by the encouragement which they have given to revolutionary doctrines ! Are these despicable panderers to treason to continue much longer to insult those whom they have misruled. Sure we are that the simultaneous voice of loyal Eng lishmen will be—" Out with the rascally crew." Liberalism and violence are convertible terms. We never can think of a modern "reformer" without in voluntarily associating with the name every thing that is mean, despicable, and tyrannical. " Base, bloody, and brutal 'Whigs," ims a truthful exclamation, though it fell from the foul lips of one of the greatest liars in existence. The liberal faction in this town'seem de termined to merit the euphonious appellation which O'Connell formerly bestowed upon his presentprotegls. A letter which will be found in another column will show the gross intimidation practised in Everton and Kirkdale Ward, on the occasion of the late election. The proceedings against which our correspondent most justly inveighs are quite characteristic of the party-by whom they were adopted. The Liberals of Kirkdale are not one whit better than the Chartists; they only want the spunk to carry out their principles. But never mind ; let them have plenty of rope. They will soon commit political suicide. The putrifying carcase of liberalism shall soon be honoured with the funeral obsequies of a felo de se. THE MONEY MARKET. CITY, MONDAY' EVENlNG.—Considerable sensation has been excited amongst our monetary and commercial interests, by the announcement of a morning contemporary, that the new members of the bank parlour had devised a new mode of contracting the circulation—namely, by " taking loans of money by whatever parties they may be offered, at the rate of 6 per cent." An operation of this nature would amount to nothing more than the baneful practice of re-discounting so contrary to all sound principles of banking. We believe that the rumour upon which this peculiar statement was founded arose out of the transpiring of the fact, that overtures had been made by a firm of the highest standing and very great resources, to re-discount any paper held by the bank at the same rate at which the direction had themselves discounted it—namely, 6 per cent. There is no doubt but that a firm of the magni tude to which we refer would be happy thus to accomodate the bank with its surplus capital. But to re-discount paper at the same rate it was discounted, although something might be gained in the reduction of the time which those bills had to run, would, at the end of the year, chew but a very Fle mish account. Without, however, dwelling upon the policy of such dealing, we can state, in the most positive terms, that the bank has not adopted any such plan of curtailing their circulation,—and more, that at present it is not con templated. The only operation attempted by the bank to controul the continental exchanges has been the late negotiation with the Bank of France for a supply of bullion. That source is not yet exhausted, and our remarks yesterday fully explain all the difficulties attending a negotiation when the tide of bul lion does not freely turn towards this country by a single operation as it were. The ohief causes for the unfavourable state of the exchan ges may thus be enumerated : First, the late heavy imports of corn have already absorbed, on the whole, about 8,000,000 sterling ; the exports of manu factures from hence to the continent while this has been going on, has been !about 6,000,000; from that, deduct 3,000,000 of credit from the Bank of France, used on account of bul lion, and add nearly 1,000,000 absorbed by over-due Ame rican paper, making a total of about 12,000,000 sterling ab sorbed by transactions that must be represented in gold. To remedy this most important existing evil, there is a strong feeling with practicid men that the Bank of England should open further credit accounts for bullion with the prin cipal leading banks of the continent, in order effectually to obtain a sure and safe mode of equalising the exchanges of Europe in preference to any other operation. That the bank must provide for its continental credit, with its own circu lating medium here, there is no doubt. Under a partial ope ration of this nature, to which we have before alluded, there may be some hazard of subcess ; it is, however, very feasible that a more extended or universal junction with the leading banks of Europe might produce that equalisation in the ex changes which would at once relieve the bank and our vast commercial community from jeopardy, if any really prevails. We do not profess or assume to be the crgan of the Bank of England, but without transgressing the truth, we may con clude by stating that the bank direction have every confidence that the Money Market will assume a better appearance, and that they will be able, at present, to struggle against the "system" which has fixed them in their present position. — Morning Herald of Tuesday. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.—The non-arrival of any fur ther advices from the United States, in consequence of the late adverse winds, still continues to cause great anxiety amongst the commercial interests and others, who, directly or indirectly, have property at stake in that portion of the American continent. It is true that a temporary calm pre vails in our Money Market, so far as regards general credit, but discounts still are comparatively high, and will remain so until the arrival of further intelligence from New York, the nature of which will materially tend to govern future rates of interest ; but we have some reason to believe that the remarks which appeared under this head, yesterday, have tended to allay much of the apprehension that prevailed during the early part of that day.—Morning Herald of Wednesday. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. —The aspect of the funds has not varied to-day, and the English market is obviously in a state of suspense, waiting and rather apprehensive of some indications from without which might unfavourably act upon it. The Liverpool steamer from New York is most anxiously looked for, and considerable importance is evi dently attached in all quarters to the sort of intelligence of which she may be the bearer. Mr. Jaudon, who had ap pointed to leave for Amsterdam to-day, in expectation of her appearance before this, has postponed his departure in con sequence, as the conclusion of any arrangements with re ference to the loan to be negotiated there, if possible, for the United States Bank, must mainly be contingent on the na ture of the advices from New York. The earnestness with which considerable imports of sovereigns for account of the Bank of England are announced and dwelt on in certain quarters, is far from contributing to dispel the sort of uneasy feeling abroad. Consols remain 90* to for money, and 90a for account, with little business doing. Bank Stock, 180 to 1; India Stock, 250 to 2 ; Exchequer-bills, Bs. to 6s. discount.— Times of Yesterday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TVESDAY. IMPUDENT ROBBERY. Margaret Macnally, a gigantic female of depraved habits, was charged with having robbed William Corbett, a diminu tive sailor. The complainant stated, that he was master of the sloop Victoria, lying in the Canning Dock. He was proceeding home to his lodgings in Back Queen Anne-street, about one &clock that morning, and when passing through Tithebarn street met the prisoner. She accosted him, and in reply to her importunities he told her that he had no money to spend foolishly; He had in his jacket pocket a book with a ten pound Bank of England note in it, and a watch in his fob. The prisoner seized him, and dragged him into a court in Orange-street, and took his pocket-book from his jacket. He endeavoured to regain it, and a struggle ensued, in the course of which they both fell. He then discovered that his watch had been taken out of his fob. He managed to pull the prisoner into the street, where she struggled to break from his grasp. He held her some time, but at length she compelled him "to let go." He ran to the corner of the street to look for a constable, and found Police-officer Lup ton. They went back into the entry, and found the pocket book, but the ten pound note was not in it. Lupton went in search of the prisoner, and soon succeeded in apprehending her. In the house where she was taken, he found a pocket handkerchief, the property of witness, and on her person was found a fourpenny piece, which she said witness had given' her. He had a fourpenny piece in his pocket, but did not give it her. Neither the note nor watch were found. The officer corroborated the latter part of the above statement. The prisoner, in her defence, said, she never took a farthing belonging to the complainant, and that he informed her he had been robbed before he met her. She was com mitted for trial. SALE OF UNREDEEMED GOODS. Mr. Wardle, solicitor, appeared on behalf of Wm. Tobin, who had pledged certain goods at the shop of Mr. Kevan, pawnbroker, in this town. Mr. James Norris, solicitor, appeared for the defendant. Mr. Wardle stated, that the information was laid under the 17th section of the pawnbrokers' act, for having sold goods pledged otherwise than by public auction. Ann Wright, servant to Mr. Tobin, stated, that twelve months ago she pledged for her master, at Mr. Kevan's, a chest _of drawers for two pounds. She received a ticket, but she did not know the date, as she could neither read nor write. Mr. Tobin examined the ticket, and stated, that he sent the drawers to pledge on the 17th October, 1838. He went on Monday last, the 21st instant, four days after the proper date, to redeem them, when he was informed that they were sold. He asked who to ? and could obtain no answer. He went again on 'Tuesday afternoon, and received the same re ply. He afterwards saw Mr. Kevan, who could not give him any reply whatever. Mr. Steward, who was with the last witness when he went to Mr. Kevan's, corroborated his statement. This was all tile - evidence that Mr. Wardle had to offer. Mr. Norris contended that this was not sufficient, as it would be necessary to show that the dra‘v.ers had been sold, and not sold by auction. Mr. Rushton expressed a similar opinion, and the case was dismissed. The matter, we be lieve, was subsequently arranged to the satisfaction of all parties. YESTERDAY. EXCISE INFORMATIONS. The following cases, preferred by the Excise authorities, were heard before Messrs. Hardman Earle and Rushton, at the Police-office : _ _ _ Messrs. Thompson and M`Kenzie, wholesale wine and spirit merchants, were charged, under the 6th Geo. IV., c. 81, sec. 26, with retailing spirits without a license, on the 9th July. The spirits were said to have been supplied to Mr. John Andrews, publican, Richmond-row. Mr. A. said that he had given Messrs. Thompson and WlCenzie an order for wine and spirits, but was not at home at the time goods of that description were delivered. Mr. S. Read, the infor mer, produced the bill of parcels ; but as he failed to prove it, the magistrates were of opinion the charge was not sub stantiated, and the case was accordingly dismissed.—There was another case against the same parties, for removing spi rits without a license, but as the evidence was of a similar natkire, it was withdrawn. William Hall was charged 'with having removed tobacco without a license. An excise-officer from Wigan, named Adams, said, that on the 21st of August he was sent for to the shop of Mr. Guest. druggist, in Wigan, respecting some cigars, which he had purchased from a Mr. Hall. Mr. Hall was present, and on examining the certificate he (witness) found that it had been altered ; he spoke to Mr. Hall re specting this, who at once admitted that the certificate had been altered, having originally been drawn out for a person in another town, who had refused to take the cigars when offered; he was not aware that, by so doing he was offending against the law. Witness, on examining the defendant's gig, found 17 other boxes of cigars.—Mr. Foster, surveying officer of Blake-street, proved that Mr. Hall had no license for selling cigars.—The defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of £5O. Edward Blower was charged with selling tobacco without a license. Henry Nevan, an officer of excise, stated that on the 4th September, he went to the house of Blower, in Char lotte-place, and purchased a paper of tobacco, for which he paid a penny. The witness stated that he saw the tobacco taken from a shelf, and was positive it was not sent for. The defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of £2 10s.— Elizabeth Earnshaw, who keeps a beer-house in Williamson street, was fined the like sum for a similar offence. James Smith, who lives in Marble-street, was charged with retailing beer, wine, spirits, and tobacco, without a li cense. An excise officer stated that on the 28th September, he went to Smith's house, and purchased a glass of ale, a pa per of tobacco, a glass of wine, and a glass of rum. Mr. Su pervisor Kemp proved that Smith had not a licence on the 27th September. The conviction was only to press for retailing spirits. The defendant was fined £25, the mitigated penalty. Wiliiam Hamilton, a shopkeeper, in Barton-street, was charged with removing, and depositing spirits, with intent to defraud the revenue. Mr. Woodroffe, an officer of excise, said that on the 19th Sept. William Collier, one of his assis tants, met a female, named Mary Rice, going along the docks, and discovered that she had something concealed under her cloak, and on examining, found that it was a can containing upwards of a gallon of whiskey. Price, at the time, stated that she was servant to the defendant, and that she had brought it from one of the vessels in the dock, by his order. Mr. Woodruff said, in consequence of this statement he went to Hamilton's, to make inquiry ; and on telling Mr. Hamilton what had happened, he said that Price was his servant, and that she was not to blame for the part she had taken, and she had acted by his directions : a friend of his had brought the spirits by the Victoria, and Price had been sent to the vessel for it. The defendant was mulcted in the sum of 1;25. Thomas Harrison, who keeps a beer-shop in Canning place, was charged with selling spirits without a license. Thomas Ramsay, an officer of excise, stated that on the 4th September he went to Harrison's, and purchased a glass of rum, for which he paid 3d. It was proved that Harrison had not a license for retailing spirits on that day. In an swer to the charge, Harrison admitted that the officer might have been supplied with the rum, but said that it had been fetched from the next house, which was licensed, and called the landlord, that he was in the habit of frequently fetching spirits for his customers, but as he could not speak to the specific case, the magistrates inflicted the mitigated fine of £l2 10s. RETURNS OF THE DIFFERENT ELECTIONS IN LIVERPOOL FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, FROM THE YEAR 1761. 1761.. Sir Ellis Cunliffe, Bart Sir William Meredith, Bart. Charles Pole, Esq Sir W. Meredith, 982 Plumpers—Sir E. Cunliffe, 2 ditto— Charles Pole, Esq., 3 ditto.-2164 Freemen polled. 1763.. Sir W. Meredith and R. Pennant, Esq.—No opposition. 1774.. SirW. Meredith and R. Pennant, Esq.—No opposition. 1780.. Bamber Gascoyne, jun. Esq... Henry Rawlinson, Esq . 572 Richard Pennant, Esq 1173 Freemen polled. 1784.. Bamber Gascoyne, jun. Esq _ - Lord Penrhyn, (late Richard Pennant, E5q.).... 869 Colonel Tarleton Sir W. Meredith 1950 Freemen polled. 790.. Colonel Tarleton Bamber Gascoyne, jun. Esq Lord Penrhyn Thomas Townley Parker, E5q...... 1967 Freemen polled. 796.. Colonel Gascoyne General Tarleton John Tarleton, Esq. 1195 Freemen polled. 1802.. General Gascoyne General Tarleton Joseph Birch, Esq Mr. Francis Chalmers.. 1426 Freemen polled. 1806—William Roscoe, Esq General Gascoyne General Tarleton 2345 Freemen polled. 1807.. General Tarleton General Gascoyne 1277 William Roscoe, Esq... William Josepn Denison, Esq 2014 Freemen polled. 1812.. The Right Hon. George Canning 1631 General Gascoyne.. Henry Brougham, Esq Thomas Creevey, Esq. General Tarleton 2726 Freemen polled. 1816.. The Ri'.bt Hon. George Canning.. .. 1269 .. 888 .. 716 . 672 . 600 . 317 . 1151 . 1138 . 986 738 Thomai Leyland, Esq 2018 Freemen polled. 1818.. The Right Hon. George Canning 1654 General Gascoyne The Right Hon: the Earl of Sefton 2876 Freemen polled. 1820.. The Right Hon. George Canning .. General Gascoyne Peter Crompton, Esq Thomas Leyland, Esq. 2167 Freemen polled. 1823.. The Right Hon. William Husk isson Lord Molyneux 267 Freemen polled. 1826.. The Right Hon. William Huskisson General Gascoyne Major Gascoyne l3 229 Freemen polled. 1828.. The Right Hon. Wm. Huskisson.—No opposition. 1830.. General Gascoyne l9l Right Hon. William Huskisson Colonel Williams 462 Freemen polled. 1830.. William Ewart, Esq John Evelyn Denison, Esq 4401 Freemen polled. 1831.. William Ewart, Esq John Evelyn Denison, Esq.... General Gascoyne.... William Rathbone, Esq 2721 Freemen polled. 1831.. Lord Viscount Sandon Thomas Thornely, Esq. ... 2189 Freemen polled. 1832.. William Ewart, Esq Lord Sandon . 1635 . 1532 . 315 . 125 2215 2186 1919 1890 607 1519 670 4931 4260 Thomas Thornely, Esq. 4096 Sir Howard Douglas, Bart 3249 1835.. Lord Sandon .. William Ewart, Esq 4075 Sir Howard Douglas, Bart... James Morris, Esq 3627 1837.. Lord Sandon Cresswell Cresswell, Esq William Ewart, Esq.. 4381 Howard Elphinstone, Esq. 4206 WALTON.—GUY FAWKES' DAY.--This day was celebrated in this village according to good old custom. The morning was ushered in by peals from the church bells and firing of cannon. In the evening, a monatre bonfire was erected and burnt on the grounds of George Wright, Esq., who, with his accustomed liberality, regaled the poor with ale, &c. The cannon continued to " belch their fire" until a very late hour. At one time there were visible six large fires in different parts of the country. THEATRE-ROYAL. On Monday Mr. J. G. Vandenhoff will appear for the first time on the Liverpool stage, when he will personate Leon, in " Rule a Wife and Have a Wife." What other parts Mr. Vandenhoff is to take during the week we are without authentic information. It is said that he wishes " King John" to be revived, to give him an op portunity of exhibiting his conception of Faulconbridge—a part which some preposterous "critics," ten years since, would have it that "any man can pity !" The occasion is interesting, and the house on Monday in all probability will be filled by a mixed audience, attracted within its walls by a variety of opposite motives. The plot and manner as well as the scene of the play are peculiarly Spanish. We advise every lady visiter to take her fan with her : it will be useful. Why, may be stated on Tuesday. We propose to attend; and if so, will state our real impressions of what Mr. Van denhoff is or appears to be on this stage in November, 1839. In estimating the force, the fidelity, and applicability of dra matic criticism, dates should be taken into consideration. GREAT OPERATIVE PROTESTANT MEETING IN MANCHESTER. (From our Correspondent.) The first Anniversary Meeting of the Manchester Opera tive Protestant Association took place in the Corn Exchange, Manchester, on Tuesday evening last. Soon after the doors were opened, the large room was quickly filled, the seats im mediately before the platform being appropriated for the ladies, were thronged, and at the time the proceedings com menced, (half-past six) every part of the room, and all the avenues leading to it, were crowded to excess, such was the interest manifested on the occasion. On the platform we noticed the Rev. T. D. Gregg, of Dublin, surrounded by an imposing phalanx of the clergy of the Established Church, and a numerous influential body of highly respectable lay men. Mr. M'CLEWER having been called to the chair, briefly opened the proceedings, by stating the objects of.the meeting, and pointing out the inestimable advantages which Protest ants derived from the religion handed down to them by their forefathers. The Rev. Mr. HUNTINGDON proposed the first resolution, which was to the effect that the influence of true religion over a people laid the best basis of their national rights, and af forded the best security for their prosperity. The rev. gent. dwelt at great length on the alarming spread of infidelity and its concomitant evils--he denounced the infidel doctrine of socialism, and warned his audience against the fatal errors and dangerous doctrines of the Church of Rome. The Rev. T. D. GREGG, A.M., of Dublin, in presenting himself was received with loud and reiterated plaudits from the immense assembly. When silence was restored, the rev. gent. proceeded to say that it was not until he came over to this blessed land (England) and saw whole counties under the influence of true christianity, influenced by the importance of the value of true liberty, that he had been fully impressed with the evils of the doctrines of the Church of Rome. It was by moving among the honest race of Yorkshiremen— and they all knew what Yorkshiremen were ; it was by in tercourse with Englishmen, whose language breathes " free dom to the slave and defiance to the world ;" when he saw that these inestimable qualities flowed from Protestantism unchecked, that he became sensible of the great and incal culable advantages which were conferred. (Hear, and loud cheers.) There were now two systems before them—the one, the Protestant religion, the religion of the Bible ; the other, the idolatry and superstition propagated by the Church of Rothe. These two systems had been on their trial. It was true that Popery had existed for some time, but God had al ways had his witnesses of the " truth as it is in Jesus." In the reign of Henry IV., the first English Protestant reformer, Wickliffe, was raised up by God to declare against anti- Christ, and denounce the errors of the Church of Rome. He was persecuted, but when he died, many took up his prin ciples, and they were called Lollards, and through them the principles of the reformation became known to the christians in Bohemia—from John Huss those principles were taken up by Luther, and in his time great progress was made, and mul titudes became converts. These principles struggled against numerous difficulties from the reign of Henry the VIII., to that of William the 111., when they were consolidated. (Loud and reiterated cheering, which lasted some time.) All that time the British nation had been investigating the principles taken up by the reformers, and also the fallacious principles of the Popish church ; and the British public, after a period from two to three hundred years, brought in a verdict, that the Church of Rome was the apostate church. (Vehement cheer ing.) This, then, was the verdict of the British nation. (Re peated cheers.) It was the saying of that British Divine, the Rev. Dr. Croly, that so long as Protestantism was made the palladium of British power, it would be invincible, but as soon as Britain departed from the faith, her power and in fluence waned. (Hear, and cheers.) The British nation never yet made a wrong judgement—it never could do so, because it allowed freedom of inquiry, and it was, through investigation, that the truth of Christianity triumphed over the errors of Rome. (Hear, and cheers.) He would now read over a few extracts from the homilies of the Church of England, which were the laws of the land, and to them the people of England, Ireland, and Scotland, of Manchester, aye, and of Windsor Castle too, owed allegiance. (Hear, hear.) It was said that Popery was unchangable. Why, those who said so could not pay a worse compliment to the Papists. It was from its nature unchanged and unchangable. (Hear, hear.) It should be so, and they (the Protestants) would keep it so, until the millstone was hung about its neck, and it was cast into the depth of the sea. If it were a monstrous abomination in Italy, how could it be otherwise in principle in England. He regretted to say that there were some doubts expressed among English Divines as to whether the Popish church was anti-Christ, but it would be well for them to be particular. Did they admit the apostacy of the Church of Rome, and if so, its anti-Christianity was a consequence. He would again refer to the homilies of the Church of Eng land, which were the laws of the land, and Queen Victoria, who had sworn to protect those laws, when Mr. Shiel and other Papists were elevated to office, should have ascertained whether they believed in those abominations, because she had set her hand and seal upon those laws. What was the effect of Popish influence ? Did not Mr. O'Connell threaten to blot out the Protestant Church in Ireland ? (Hear, hear.) It was well for O'Connell and the Priests in England to be quiet,—for there they dare not meet Protestants. They might talk about the Revs. Hugh M'Neile and Stowell using severe language, but he could give them a few nice morsels from the Papists. The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland wa‘de graded to the lowest depth of ignorance and superstition, and full of abominations and idolatry. (Hear, and loud cheers.) In speaking of the government system of education, the rev. gentleman said, that when they found our legislators with one hand on the Bible, and putting the other in the treasury for the purpose of drawing out money to educate the rising generation in the foul abominations and idolatry of the Church of Rome, it was not to be wondered at if God's curse attended their iniquitous design. (Hear, and cheers.) He would defy any priest in England, Scotland, Or Ireland—he would defy Mr. O'Connell himself—to disprove his state ments. But it was said it was true that the evils of which he complained existed in foreign lands, but the Roman Ca tholic religion was very different in England. They, as Pro testants, said, that the Church of Rome was a false and apostate church, and the Roman Catholics of England were heretics. They (the Roman Catholic Church) would not support heresy in Italy, and the Established Church would not support an apostacy in England. (Vehement cheers.) It was an eternal disgrace to the government for counte nancing that foul system. (Hear, and cheers.) He next referred to the pomp and splendour exhibited by the Church of Rome in its ceremonial observances, which was done to juggle the vulgar, and captivate the senses. He had read from the homilies of the Church of England what was the law of the land ; and it should be proclaimed in a Christian country, warning all her Majesty's subjects to avoid all such usurpers as the Pope of Rome, who, by assuming a power never delegated to him, blasphemes the majesty of God. (Hear, and cheers.) The rev. gentleman then, at consider able length, stated his conviction as to the duty of govern ment to provide religious instruction for the people—to make a public desecration of all popish idols—and to afford pro tection to all those Roman Catholics who felt disposed to turn from the error of their ways. He then went on to say, that in the corporation of Dublin were thirty-six guilds, and from them were selected aldermen, &c. These guilds had for a great length of time been exclusively Protestant, and they were so, thank God, still. Now the Roman Catholics wished to get these into their possession. Mr. O'Connell said, " Give me the corporations, and I 'll get all the rest." When he (the rev. gentleman) considered the great acquisition which these guilds were to the Protestant cause, that the Lord Mayor and other civic authorities were protestant, he could not look upon it but as a blossom in the forest—a flower in the desert. The Lord Mayor always lis tened to all applications from the protestants, and promoted their interests, through the influence of his official station. If this corporation were to get into the hands of the Roman catholics, the shew, the parade, and the paraphernalia of office would have more effect on the poor superstitious and ignorant Roman catholic population than 10,000 books would. So he would say, that the surrender of the protes tant corporations would level a vital blow at Protestantism. (Hear and loud cheers.) Ile would ask them, as protestants, would they give up the power they possessed to the Church of Rome? (" No, no,' resounded through the vast assem bly.) So, continued the reverend gentleman, he should think. He would take back to Dublin the authority of the protestant operatives of Manchester. He would wish to see all the Roman churches and chapels connected with the esta blishment, and the priests of Rome preaching the gospel they now mutilated and destroyed. He was glad that they had changed their name from the Conservative to the Pro testant Operative Association. It was not a stand-still asso ciation, but would progress in the work of reformation. By the reform bill, the operatives had the constitution of the House of Commons. Let them send men who loved their bibles, and were devoted. to the interest of their country. They would then have a Christian parliament • and he did yet hope to see the day when the Roman catholics would be turned out of parliament. (Loud and long continued cheer ing.) If a parliament were so constituted, they might hope to see the time arrive when Great Britain should be " Great, glorious, and free, First flower of the land, and first gem of the sea." This could only be brought about as he had recommended. It was to be done by similar public meetings to the present, by . co-operation and perseverance. Let them carry out their principles, and popery would ultimately fall before the light of the truth. (The reverend gentleman finished his eloquent speech, of which the foregoing is necessarily only an outline, amidst the most vehement acclamations from the vast mul titude of protestant operatives assembled.) The resolution was then passed, with only one dissentient voice. The Rev. Mr. Kivu proposed the last resolution, which was carried amidst loud cheers, and the interesting proceed ings lasted until nearly eleven o'clock. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON.—This fine line ship arrived yesterday. She rounded the Rock at ten o'clock, after a fair passage for a sailing vessel, opposed by the prevailing easterly winds. She sailed on the 7th ult., and consequently was thirty days on the voyage. AURORA BOREALIS.—We beg to remind our readers that they ought to be " on the look out" for the annual appear ance of the Aurora Borealis, for the next few nights. The usual period of its recurrence is from the 10th to the 13th of November. We shall feel obliged to any of our readers who may have an opportunity of witnessing this gorgeous pheno menon, if they will furnish us with any particulars thereto. THE IRONSIDE.—The ship Ironside, an iron vessel of beautiful construction arrived yesterday, after a fine passage from Pernambuco. She is commanded by Captain Mitchell, and on this, her second voyage to South America, has fully established the practicability of ocean navigation by vessels constructed of iron. The Ironside is a vessel of very beauti ful model. From a natural mistake of our contemporaries, she has been generally denominated the Ironsides. But, al though her sides, as well as her bottom are of " iron," she derived her name from an intimate friend of the owner of the name of Ironside. It is often said that " give a dog a bad name," &c. In this instance the mistake in nomenclature must have a contrary effect. It only does justice to the ship. She has, indeed, iron sides," and, from her admirable construction, may be said to be as strong as " iron" can make her. RADICAL SHABBINESS.—The alderman and assessor, on the radical side of course, for the Lime-street Ward, had the meanness to take with them to the polling place, though held in a parlour of the Bath Arms Hotel, their own porter and sandwiches. A porter, in Mr. Earle's livery, called in the evening for the empty bottles. No remuneration had been made to the landlord for his trouble in waiting upon them and furnishing them with glasses. THE STEAM-SHIP " LIVERPOOL." The " Liverpool," which, we need scarcely say, has proved herself to be one of the finest of the ocean steamers yet afloat, arrived at this port at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, after a passage of seventeen days and four hours. The voy age, considering the extreme severity of the weather, and the prevalence of easterly gales, may be considered equal to a twelve or fourteen days' passage in the summer, when the sea is comparatively smoo th, an d th e w i n ds for the most part from the west. We refer to the subjoined extracts from the log-book of the " Liverpool," for the particulars of the heavy weather she encountered, both on her outward and homeward voyage, premising, that she has a second time brought home the first news of her arrival at New York. The present season is not generally favourable for the transit of passengers from the United States, and the number brought by the " Liverpool" is consequently smaller titan during the summer voyages. The following is a list LIST OF-PASSENGERS BY THE STEAM-SHIP LIVERPOOL. —Mrs. De'ville and child, Miss Nuez, Mr. Goward, Mr. J. Alexander, Mr. J. Wood, ,Mr. W. Wey man , Mr. H. J. Caldwell, Mr. T. Gringan, Mr. H. Borrodak, Mr. A. Cap. nand, Mr. S. Kirkpatrick, Mr. R. Keyser, Mr. A. Nummsr ling, Mr. T. Swr-wick, Mr. H. Brixner, Col. Clive, Mr. Charilsworth, Mr. B. Sykes, Mr. J. Gavelle, Mr. A. Chi jot, Lieutenant Briddoes, Mr. J. Branbert, Mr. J. Pegg, Mr. H- Forsans,' Rev. J. Anderson, Mr. Poole. Mr. Crist, Mr. Ross, Mr. Nuez. While on this subject, we may state, from the authority of some of the parties themselves, that the passengers were not merely satisfied, in every respect, with the cabin accommo dations and the abundance of viands and refreshments con stantly served, but highly gratified by the polite, gentlemanly, and entertaining conduct of all the officers on board, with whom they associated, whether on the deck, or at the " table d' hole." We deeply regret to state, that Captain Fayrer, the com mander of the ship, has, during the greater portion of the homeward passage, undergone extreme suffering from a rheumatic affection, the consequence of fearless and unceas ing exposure on the outward voyage (which was extremely stormy), as well as on the homeward. This gallant British seaman, however, would scarcely yield to the decrees of fats ; in his anxiety for the safety and speedy voyage of the ship. During even the severest days of the storm he was on deck at day-break, and frequently exposed himself, contrary to the intreaties of the passengers ; and on coming up the channel, where the difficulties of the navigation continue to accumu late, he never left the deck. He is still confined within doors, and some apprehensions are entertained, that he may not so far recover previously to the re-sailing of the ship as to pro ceed with her,—to the infinite regret of his officers and crew. So boisterous was the weather on the outward voyage that, for the first nine days, notnboVe an average of three passen gers appeared upon deck each day, the remainder making themselves comfortable below. During all this time the ship behaved gallantly, never shipping a single sea, though it rolled "mountains high." She dashing over it with the ut most ease. On the homeward voyage, though she had heavy weather to overcome. she never required more than 0110 maa at the wheel. The cabins of the Liverpool retain all their apparent origi nal splendour, with the exception of a very slight tinge here and there on the paint-work, caused by the occasional escape of the gas from the bilge water—showing what is called . a " tight ship." The passengers extol of the cabin fare, as being. excellent and abundant, as well as served up in an admirable first-rate hotel style, under the superintendance of the steward, Mr. Amans,—of whom the passengers speak in the highest terms. The Liverpool has now accomplished six voyages across the Atlantic. The average run in each may be about 7,500 to 7,800 miles,—so that she has run, without once being in dock,—or in other words being constantly afloat, a distance of little short of 50,000 miles. Her engines are—still equal, if not superior, to new, and work to admiration. She was Yesterday brought upon what is called " the grid-iron" in the Prince's Dock basin, where she was left by the retiring tide, high and dry, for the purpose of inspecting her lower works. Her bottom was found to be as sound and perfect as on the day on which she was launched; and after being scrubbed, and some few sheets ofcopper being replaced,where her sheathing bad be come chaffed above, by contact with fiats and other vessels, in loading and discharging, she was hauled out into the river with the following (last night's) tide, as fresh and perfect as on the day she first sailed. The concourse of persons who as sembled on the quay during the short time the " Liverpool" was " a grilling," was immense ; and as many persons were admitted to inspect her cabins as could, consistently with the mechanical operations going on, be permitted to come on board. Her imposing length (235 feet) and her ge neral equipments were matter of astoni.shment. It is highly creditable to the owners and the officers, of this fine and deservedly favourite ship, that she has main tained her " integrity" throughout. With one or two ex ceptions only, (accessions of strength) she has retained her original officers, and they " pull" so well " together," in every respect, that she has established a degree of confidence in the public mind, which cannot be shaken even by the the great, and, we admit, the noble competition of other ports sending out transatlantic steam-ships ; and this confi dence will, we doubt not,,be amply confirmed •by the acces- - sion to the I ,`force" of the, same company of the beautiful and admirably constructed ship the " New York," which we have already briefly described, and which will, ere long, be placed on the same line. We understand that the berths of the Liverpool are already nearly all engaged. She will sail on the 16th instant, and will carry with her the good wishes of the seaport from which she derives her name. • RADICAL DOINGS AT KIRKDALE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—The temporary triumph of the radical candidate In this ward, may be attributed, in a great measure, to the un sparing use of money in paying the taxes of the lower order of electors, and in the extensive bribery and treating which was made use of. For some weeks previous to the election, there were suppers given every night at some one or other of the numerous public-houses in this place. Where the money came from is a question every one asks, as it is quite certain the simple young man for whose benefit these things were done, is not in circumstances to afford it. It has been suggested, and I fear there is some truth in it, that the money came from a wealthy gentleman in the neighbourhood, and who he is there cannot be much doubt, as there are very few of that class to be found amongst the party. On the day of election.drunkenness prevailed to a frightful extent : hordes of fellows were to be seen issuing from the radical committee-room, in a most beastly state ; I saw one old man coming out of the house drunk—it is to be hoped insensibly so—and expose his person in the open street. " Spare no money," seems to have been the order given. A note was sent, on the evening preceding the election, by a magistrate, to a publican, commanding him " to take care of" three voters, whose names I have now in my possession; now, as these men are all conservatives, there was only one way of " taking care of them," in order to get them to vote for the radicals, that was, by making - them insensible by drink. However, lam happy to say, the kind intentions of this worthy magistrate were frustrated. One publican was offered, if he would but vote for them, to have a bowling-green made for him. Another was threatened to have his license taken from him if he did not vote. One man who hesitated about voting, was made drunk, and literally carried to the polling booth to vote for them, who would not have done so had he been sober. It is a constant practice with writers in the radical papers, to expatiate upon the " bribery of the tories," but if they will take a walk out to this village, at the next election, they will see that others can play at the same game. The propriety of making a protest against a general scrutiny, on the part of the conservatives, independent of its illegality, will be apparent when it is known the steps taken by the radicals to get up a case. Amongst others, perhaps, one of the most barefaced, was one of a man who was called up by a policeman, early on Sunday morning, and taken to a house in F street, who, upon his arrival there, was treated with a glass of spirits, and was asked to attend at the Town-hall on the following day, and was promised, if he would but say that he was bribed or was drunk when he voted, any sum of money he wished, or that he would be found a place in the police. This matter being about to be brought before a court of justice, prevents me giving names. In this place there are now upwards of thirteen public houses ; fear years ego there were only three : nine out of the ten were pandered for votes. It surprises me that amongst the magistrates there are not some who will investigate these matters : these things are notorious here, and are sinking the character of the bench ; if I were one of that body, I should not rest content one moment until an inquiry was set on foot, and if I could not obtain the expulsion of the men who act this disgraceful part, I would not consent to remain amongst them. A KIRKDALE MANN. EXCHANGE WARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR;—An instance of the meanness by which the radicals have endeavoured to attain for themselves a hold of the pub lic.purse, if only a year longer, has occurred in this ward. It appears that Mr. Richard Rawson, the Agent for the Ocean Assurance Company, was upon the register, as rated for an office in the Exchange Buildings, for which he neither pays the rent nor taxes, and from a seat behind the counter in which he could be dismissed by the Directors at a moment's warning. It can scarcely be believed that the said Mr. Rawson did, ia rightof this false qualification, and notwithstanding a positive Fromise to one of the Directors of the Ocean Com pany to the 'contrary, vote for Mr. Mellor. Thut such a course was net followed by gentlemen of the conservative party is easily proved. Mr. Headlam, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Thomas Brown, who were all upon the register, declined voting on the ground of non-qualification ; and Mr. Mellor and Mr. Rawson may, and have, between them, the honour of the transaction I have now recorded, as the former gentle man was by this single vote disqualified for being made au alderman. CON SE RVAXIATZ. CORNWALL COUNTY RAILWAY.MEETING.—We perceive, from an advertisement which appears in another .column, that a public meeting was held at. Bodmin, on the 29th ult., for the purpose of constructing a railway communication be tween London and the West of Cornwall. • It was strongly insisted at the meeting (which was most numerously and re spectably attended), that Falmouth ,is the most eligible packet station that can be fixed upon. The proposed railway is to communicate with Exeter, from which a line will extend to the Great Western Railway. The plan appears both feasible and advantageous, and we have no doubt of its ultimate suc cess.—See Advt. WARRINGTON OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. —The annual dinner of this excellent association is to be held on Monday next, when John Ireland Blackburne, Esq., M.P. for the borough ; John Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P. for the northern division of the county; George Cornwall Legh, Esq„ of Legh, the intended conservative candidate for North Cheshire ; Charles Wilkins, Esq., of Manchester, and other distinguished personages, will attend ; and that true-hearted and genuine Briton of the old school, John Clare, Esq., of Fairfield-house, will preside, at the request of the grateful members of tae association. MUSEUM OF THE LITERARY INSTITUTION, ST. ANNE. STREET.—A most valuable and interesting addition has been made to the stores of this museum by John Tomkinson, Esq., who has obligingly contributed two very curious spe cimens of the stones from Stourton Quarry, Cheshire. They present in marked relief, impressions of the feet-marks of the cheirotherium. Dr. Grant considers them as traces of some extinct species of crocodile, or similar reptile ; this conjecture appears to be correct, and these slabs will be fur ther interesting to the curious, inasmuch as one of them seems to present a sweep of the animal's tail made in trailing along, and which has made a deep impression on the thin, clayey bed, covering what must have been, at that immensely remote period of the world, the earth's surface, but which, it must be recollected, now lies buried below freestone rock thirty feet deep. ACCIDENT IN SOUTH CASTLE -STREET.—On Tuesday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, an aged female, who was passing along South Castle-street, unaware of the deep excavations which have been made for the purpose of laying the new sewers, wandered off the.foot-walk, and was precipitated to a considerable depth amongst the brickwork. She was taken out after a-short delay ' when it was found that she had bee n cons id era bl y injured, her leg having been fractured near the knee, and her body much bruised. She was placed as comfortably as possible on a shutter, and con veyed to one of the hospitals. We are informed that, though it had been for some time dark, the usual cautionary lights had not been lighted, neither was there any watch for the purpose of warning pedestrians of the dangerous vicinity. It is said railway station to Hull, through Nottingham, Newark, Lin coln, and_Barton. .