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TO BRICKLAYERS AND EXCAVATORS. DERSONS willing to Contract for the Excavating and Tun. nelting, and the Brickwork required to be done in the building of certain Sewers and Tunnels in Berry-street, Great Geoige-street, Great George-place, St. James's-street, Blundell street, Simpson-street, Crosbie-street, K apping, and from thence along the North End of the King's Dock, to the Roch dale Basin, with all the necessary Shafts, Eyes, Cess-pools, &c., for and under the direction of "The Commissioners for the better Paving and Sewerage of the 'row of Liverpool," may see the Plans and Specifications, upon pplication at the Odice of Mr. luster. 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CONTIIACTS. 111.11-IE TRUSTEES of the DOCKS will he ready on Toes - IL day, the 31st December instant, to receive 'retitle s for the supply of COAL, SLACK, and COKE, for a peri of twelve mouths, commencing Ist January, 1831. Further particulJrs, and printed forms of T der, may be had on application at the Duck Surveyor's office, in Trentham street Sealed Tenders to be addressed to the Committee of the Dock Trustees, and to be left at-this office, on or before the 30th inst. Dock-yard, Trentham-street, Dec. 5, 1833. HOUSE AND COTTAGE OWNERS' SOCIETY. AT a PUBLIC MEETING, held on Thursday Evening, the sth of th:ceniber, at the Blue_ Bell Inn,. London-road, Mr. WM. wALTHEw in the Chair, The following Resolutions were unanimously adopted : Moved by Mr. ROBT. ELLIS, and seconded by Mr. ALLEN, That this Meeting is of opinion, that the offer made by the Churchwardens and Overseers to accept one-half of the hates chargeable on small Tenements ' if paid by the 16th instant, will be very prejudicial to the Parish at large if the time be not ex tended, as a great number of the occupants, at this season of the year, can scarcely obtain food, many of whom have been, and now are, out of employment, owing to the misunderstandings with their employers; their rents are unpaid, consequently, the mejoeity of Owners, will be unable to meet the demand at so early 'a period, unless they distress their Tenants, as it would be the only means of enabling them to ~pay the Rates ; and which Must, therefore, have the effect of throeing numbers of families upon the Parish who would of rwise have been able to support themselves through the en . g winter. flMoved by Mr. FORD, and seconde v Mr. 1 1 O RGAN, i t That the Assessments upon small Tenements at the rack rent in the present Rate is 35 per cent. higher than they ought to be, 10 per cent. being taken from the larger property, whilst the smaller property is charged at rack rent, which is, taking the avelage, 35 per cent. more than the bona fide value, making a reduction of 3o per cent. upon the present Assessment, to re medy the evil mentioned in the foregoing resolution. And, to prevent the expense of an appeal to the Sessions, that a Memo rial be presented to the Appeal Committee on Monday next. Moved by Mr. KNAPPER, and seconded by Mr. BELL, That the Secretary now read the Memorial, and that Mr. Walthew, Mr. Ford, Mr. Knapper, and Mr. M‘Gee be deputed to present the same to the Select Vestry on Monday next. Moved by Mr. DUCKWORTH, and seconded by Mr. HOBERT Eeele, That the following gentlemen, members of this Associa tion, be appointed as a Committee to watch the progress of the Repeal of the Liverpool Local Small Tenement Act, and that they adopt such measures as they judge expedient to ac complish this most desirable object. • Mr. Walthew, Mr. Rae, Mr. Ellis, Mr. M`Gee„ Mr. Knapper, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Ford, 1 Mr.-George Ashby, Mr. Duckworth, I Mr.- Allen, Mr. Jones, Soho-street, I With power to add to their Mr. Jones, Virgil-street, I number. Moved by Mr. Hitt.tano, and seconded by Mr. STUBBS, That it is expedient that all Members of the Association pay their Monthly Subscriptions and Contributions as soon as pos sible, that ail lawful Demands on the Association may be discharged. Moved by Mr. ALIEN, and seconded by Mr. M‘Gee, That this Meeting be adjourned, to receive the Report of the Deputation, to next Wednesday Evening. To the Churchwardens, Overseers , and Select Vestry of the Parish of Liverpool. GENTLEMEN,—We, the undersigned Rate-payers under the local act for the assessment of small Tenements at £l2 and un der, beg leave most respectfully to call your attention to the fact, that our tenantry, the occupiers thereof, are unable, at present, to pay their reuts, by reason of their extreme poverty; and, consequently, the majority of persons assessed as owners, and liable, by the oeforementioned act, to the payment of the rates, humbly request that you wilt be pleased to extend the time of payment to the latest period allowed by law. so that we may escape the utter ruin wherewith we are threatened if the full amount be enforced. We beg also to state, that Cottage Property is rated at the rack rent, whereas it is not really and beneficially worth to the owners more than 65 per cent. on the rack rent, the remaining 35 per cent. being lost by the inability of the tenantry to pay the whole of the rents, and by the perpetual expense of repairs, which fall more heavily upon property of this description than upon that of higher value, the wear and tear being greater; add to which, the continual change of tenantry, partial occupation, the immense trouble and expence of collecting such rents, and the additional burden of the rate demanded. We, therefore, urge the necessity of reducing the assessment to thirty-five pc cent.,.as the rate is, in fact, ten per cent. higher than more valuable property, as may be seen in the deduction from the last year's assessment on the larger property; thus we should obtain material relief from the oppressive operation of an act, the re peal of which the Parishioners are about to seek from Parlia ment, as the only means of saving this property from utter annihilation. We beg further to submit to the consideration of the Select Vestry the policy of encouraging the investment of capital in cottage property, by which the condition of the labouring poor has already been much ameliorated by removing them from un wholesome cellars in the lower parts of the town to better habi tations, to the great increase of their comforts, and, conse quently, of their health. This is a matter of acknowledged public concern, when it is borne in mind, that, in the opinion of the best medical authoriti es , the visitation of the Cholera is likely, for some years, to be annual; and in proportion as the poor are wretched, in the tame proportion will they be unable to resist the ravages of that scourge, which will inevitabletiavel from them to the rich. A kindly feeling had also grown up between landlord and tenant, which this heavy rate has destroyed; for the landlord canned now afford to forego his claim ; he is compelled to dis true his tenants, and they are thus thrown on the parish for support. The landlord will also cease to erect cottages, and the labouring population must again be exposed (if this rate be rigidly enforced) to all the attacks of disease, and to the crowd ing of whole families in rooms, to the destruction of health, morals, and the public peace. . [The Memorial was numerously signed by the principal Cot tage Owners of the town and neighbourhood.) THE LATE GALES. WRECK OF THE CITY OF LIMERICK SCHOONER— Cooper, master, a constant trader between this port and London—and plunder of her cargo, consisting of the following:-100 tierces beef, J. Kelly and Co.; 430 fir kins butter, 50 bales bacon, 150 barrels pork, M'Don nells; 1060 firkins butter, Gunsons ; 60 puncheons whis key, Stein and Co. This vessel was off the Heads on Thursday night, and out for sea, when a tremendous wave struck her on the bows, clearing the decks of bul warks, stancheons, and every portable article, so as to render her almost unmanageable. Her mast was also sprung by the violence of the storm. Nevertheless, the master and crew endeavoured to keep her off the coast, but the wind blowing furiously from the west, and a violent sea setting in, drove her nearer to land; as a last re source on Friday morning, day-light appearing, and still nearing the coast, anchors and cables were let out, under which the vessel dragged for some time, but eventually was swept in upon the sands at Ballybunnion, on the Kerry side of the Shannon, by the overwhelming fury of both wind and tide. For some minutes before this the prominent points of the coast were covered with hun dreds of the peasantry, anxiously watching the fate of the vessel, and so soon as she struck they rushed down upon the strand, where the ill-fated schooner was already dashing to pieces at each succeeding shock from the com bined force of both elements. The master, mate, and crew escaped ashore, with no other casualty but the frac ture of a limb to one of the latter, but as soon as those shipwrecked mariners gained terra firma, the savage pea santry surrounded them, knocked down the master, robbed him of a small parcel he had saved from the wreck, deprived the mate of his watch, and attempted also to strip the unfortunate sailors. Some of the Coast Guards had now arrived, and lent their assistance to save the crew from violence and protect whatever -portion of the cargo remained from plunder, for the number of the peasantry had rapidly increased, and, as the bottom of the vessel had broken up, the puncheons of whiskey floated towards shore, and those were eagerly broached by the crowds assembled, when the Coast "Guards, striving to cover the property from absolute ruin and spoliation, fired on the plunderers, by which one man was shot.— This inflamed the passion of the wreckers to desperation, already excited by the taste of ardent spirits, and they made a simultaneous attack upon the small Coast Guard party, who were obliged to fly for their lives. Then com menced a scene of indiscriminate wreck and plunder— axes, sledges, and saws were employed to cut up the schooner's decks, and get at the residue of the cargo, con sisting of beef, pork, bacon, and butter, which they hur ried away into the interior, upon horses and cars, &c., with perfect impunity. Many of those inhuman wretches were seen stretched upon the beach like pigs, in a beastly state of stupefaction from the liberal draughts of whiskey they bad imbibed, and seven more are returned as dead from too freely indulging in this poisonous liquid ! Sun day morning Mr. Sandes, a magistrate of Kerry, arrived to witness this revolting spectacle, and adopted every . means in his powee - to save the wreck and property from utter destruction. Kateif forcement of police and mili tary came to the aid of tle water guards, and the whole sale plunder was at length checked ; but, on collecting the relics of what had escaped the rude grasp of those barbarous marauders, the sum total of what was saved for the benefit of the.owners and underwriters did not, it appears, exceed nine puncheons of whiskey and about sixty firkins of butter ! The police and military have since commenced a search through the surrounding country for the immense property which has been car ried off.—Limerick Chronicle. The Anna Letitia, from Limerick for London, was forced out of Tarbert Roads in the storm of Thursday night, and ran foul of the Thoma s, bound for Liver pool. The Anna Letitia carried away her o wn bowsprit, and the bulwarks and stancheons of the Thomas, which lost beside her anchor and cable. The Robert, Owen, from Limerick to Hull, laden with grain, lost both anchors and cable in the Shannon. The works of the new ship canal, at Tralee, have been injured by the late high tide, which rose to an unusual height, and the great storm which prevailed. A vessel, the Sarah, of 140 tons, which had been lying at anchor near the quay of Blenerville, was forced from her an chorage, and left by the tide so high on the strand as to render it a matter of much difficulty to get her off. A West Indiaman, bound from London to Barbadoes, was wrecked on Thursday off Ardfry, on the county Gal way coast. On the same night two fishing-boats were• driven in on the coast of Spuldle, without a being on board. It is presumed their crews perished We have received another account of a vessel (name unknown) lost on the. same night in Cliggan Bay, Con nemara. There were on board eight persons, including three boys, sons of the coast-guards, all of whom perished except the captain. The vessel was laden with butter. The Lion, Griffiths, from New Ross to Glasgow, was put on shore at the Isle of Man, the 25th instant, leaky and pumps choaked, and must discharge. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE ALBION, OF CORK.—The Al bion, steamer, Captain Finlayson, not having arrived up to Saturday night last, and no account having been re ceived of her having put into any port, there was natu rally some anxiety to obtain intelligence of her, and this was happily relieved by her entering the harbour on Sunday morning, thus, under Providence, justifying the strong confidence which every body felt in the skill and intrepidity of the captain—a seamen with a stout and good heart—and the sufficiency of the vessel to meet a heavy gale. We gather the following particulars from one of the passengers, of whom there were several, in cluding six ladies :—The .Albion sailed from Bristol, on Wednesday evening last, with a side breeze, and was pursuing her way until Thutsday morning, when indica tions or severe weather became too manifest to be mis taken. As the day advanced the wind increased in strength, veering from S.S.W. to W.N.W. Towards evening it was clear that a heavy gale was coming on ; but it was little expected that such a dreadful one was at hand. From ten o'clock P.M. it blew tremendously—sea succeeding sea in mountain height, and clearing over the decks every ten or twelve minutes. At about twelve or one, when the elements were raging with awful fury, a portion of the horse stalls was carried away, and in an in stant several of the passengers ran on deck, and clung round the intrepid commander, Captain Finlayson, as if to procure from him solace or consolation. The captain, collected and calm, besought them to leave him, or he would not be accountable for their lives or the safety of the ship ; but it was not until some of them were torn from him that he was permitted to resume giving direc tions to the crew. Our informant states that the efforts of the captain during the night were beyond all belief.— He was every where, doing every thing, and encourag ing others to follow his example. At about three o'clock on Friday morning, when the steamer was within about thirty miles of Cori: harbour, the storm continuing with unabated violence, the captain was obliged to veer for Milford, which he made in about nine hours, and lay there till Saturday, when he again put to sea, and reached Cove on Sunday morning, in perfect safety, and without ~ any loss except that stated.—Cork Reporter. f. r SINGULAR ELOPEMENT.—A brother and sister of the name of Conway, and a brother and sister of the name of Nash, (mountaineers,) rode into Newcastle on Saturday last, repaired to a public-house, and drank five jugs of good whiskey punch, after which an exchange of sisters was deliberately agreed to. The party then arose, went out, mounted their horses, kissed, shook hands, rode off in different directions, and have not since been heard of.—Limerick Herald. We understand that letters haveheen received at the Foreign Office, from the English Embassy at ienna, communicating the departure of Sir Federick Limb, our minister there, on a tour for the recovery of his health. The right honourable gen tleman and suite were gone to Syria, whence he would per haps travel to Milan. The Hon. W. H. Strap ;ways, Secretary of Legation, was accredited Charge d'Affaires at the Court of his Imperial Majesty, during the absence of the ambassador. THE DUKE OF WI34,LINGTON'S WATERLOO CHARGER.— The charger which the Duke of Wellington rode at Waterloo is kept in a small paddock adjoining a flower garden at Strath fieldsaye, from which the late Duchess used frequently to feed him with bread from her own hauds. During.the battle the Duke was on this horse fifteen hours without once dismounting, and it has never been ridden since that day. It is a small Ches nut horse, slightly made, and as it was quite a colt at the tone of the battle, it is wonderful how its strength was equal to the excessive fatigue it must have undergone. There is a proverb in som• parts of England, that a cliesnut horse is always a good one, and that it will always do more work than any horse of the same size of any other colour, and this horse seems to furnish an illustration of its truth.—Gardener's Magazin*. LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. PirlHE SUBSCRIBERS to this SOCIETY are respectfully informed, that all ARREARS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS, due at the last Annual Meeting, may be paid to t e Secretary, or to Mr. J. F. Cannel', Bookseller, Castle-stre ; and as the prosperity of the Society depends upon the p ctual payment thereof, 'subscribers are particularly soncite4 o . pay the same without delay. Just published, price Sixpence, the ESSAY which obtained the Society's Honorary Premium in 1833, for improving , and bringing into Cultivation WASTE or MOSS LANDS, by Mr. WNi. Ruo, late of Chat Moss. May be had of Mr. J. F. Cannell, 50, Castle-street, by all Subscribers, gratis. The Secretary . begs to take t his opportunity of acknowledging the receipt of various annonymous communications, and begs in reply to state, that as all meetings of the Committee are open to Subscribers, and as the accounts and proceedings of the Society are open for public inspection at the General Annual Meeting, as well as at all Meetings of the Committee, and as any person evishins for information may obtain the same either by app l ying to the Committee, or Secretary, it is not intended to reply to any letters or publications of writers who have not the manliness to avow their names. THOMAS WHITE, Secretary. Newton, near Warrington, Dec. 4, 1833. N.B.—All claims against the Society are particularly re q,uested to be sent, for the Secretary, to the care of Mr. J. F. annell, Castle-street. T Hl4: LIV ER POOL S'FANDARD. LONDON LAW COURTS. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. THE PLEASURES OF A PRISON. On Friday, an insolvent named William Norton, formerly a Manchester manufacturer, was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on the part of a creditor named Field. He was supported by Mr. Woodroffe. The insolvent had been arrested at Manchester, and rendered to the Fleet-prison, because he said his friends resided in Lon don, and had since his incarceration behaved handsomely to wards him. Ile was very comfortable in the prison, and having been arrested eight times, he wished the "business" settled; he had been very happy there, and, for fear of being discharged got a friendly creditor to lodge a detainer against him ; he had written to him for that purpose, and the letter was read. The insolvent stated in it that the prison was a very comfortable place; he was very merry, had a good carpeted room, and wanted a detainer. y He desired him to lose uo time in doing the job. Mr. Cooke remarked that after that letter, no person could say that imprisonment was a punishment. (A laugh.) Mr. Commissioner Harris said that the letter might be afalse representation. The Insolvent said that the prison was a lively place. Mr. Cooke.—And do you really want to be discharged from that happy place ? (Laughter.) Insolvent.—Yes, I do. Mr. Cooke.—Reallyl Why you never were so happy in your life. (Much laughter.) Mr. Commissioner Harris said the Court was much obliged to Mr. Cooke for enlivening them. Mr. Cooke.—l am instructed to oppose him, and I shall pu nish him by letting him out. I shall not oppose him. (Roars of laughter.) Mr. Commissioner Harris said there was no harm in lodging a detainer. The case, notwithstanding the mirth, was free from any imputation. The Court.adjourned till Monday. LONDON POLICE REPORT. MANSION-HOUSE. Johnson,"who was a few days ago charged before the Lord Mayor with having forged a check upon the house of Messrs. Barnett and Co., was on Friday brought up for re-examination. Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Comm►ttee of Bankers, appeared in support of the 'prosecution, and Mr. Woutuer. attended for the prisoner. It will he recollected that in payment of the check, which was for £-17 75., four £5 notes and two £lO notes had been given to the person who presented it at the banking house; that some of the notes had been stopped at the Bank of England and traced to the prisoner; but that no one recognized the prisoner as the utterer of the check. John and Daniel FotresOcr, t 6,: officers who apprehended the prisoner, and traced the notes produced on the occasion, litated that they had further evidence to bring forward. Samuel Birdfield, machine-maker, stated that on the 31st of October the prisoner called at his house, and purchased a weigh. ing-machine. Witness made out a bill of parcels, and the pri soner paid him with a £lO note, of which witness knew neither the number nor mark. The prisoner said that he resided at No. 18, Maddox-street, Regent-street, and that his name was Johnson ; but he took the purchase home with him. The Lord Mayor.—To whom did you pay the note? Witness.—To Mr. Noriil, a publican. Daniel Forrester said that Mr. Norvil was in the same pre dicament as to the note, but Mr. Wills, another publican, at . once recognised the note as that which he had taken from Mr. 1 Norvil. Wontner objected that the officer stated as matter against the prisoner what had been said by other,persons. The Lord Mayor said that he must see, by the exertions of the officers, whether evidence sufficient to justify him in pursu ing the investigation was likely to be collected. It was rather a strong circumstance that the bank-note in question was paid away by the prisoner on the day the check was paid. Edward Winkworth, shopman to Mr. Jones, tea-dealer, of Walworth, stated that about a month ago the prisoner called at the shop, said that he had heard great praise of the goods of the house, purchased six pounds.of tea and some sugar, and offered a£s note in change. No entry was made in the books. Mr. Jones asked the prisoner where he lived, and he said his name was Jones, and he lived in Canterbury-place. Mr. Wontner submitted that the prisoner had been already confined four days upon a case of mere suspicion. The Lord Mayor.—Can he satisfy Mr. Barnett as to the man ner in' which he became possessed of these notes ? Mr. Wontuer.—l can state how he got them. The Lord Mayor.—Can you prove It ? Mr. Wontner.—The very nature of the case prevents me from producing evidence of the fact. It appears that a man named Hadley paid them away to him. The Lord Mayor.-1. said, upon his first examination, that I would send for Hadley if the prisoner would say where that person was to be fOund.. Mr. Wontner.—Hadley is gone to the West Indies. The Lord Mayor.—l Wave no proof to that effect. A broker could show that in a short time, if such were the case. Mr. Wontner.—But Hadley is so bad a character. The Lord Mayor.—Oh, he is a bad character, is he? That's unfortunate. Any accused person may, if such excuses be taken, argue ,in defence that the real offender is gone to the West Indies. It may be the case in the present instance, and if the case is sent to a jury, and they believe it, they will no doubt acquit him. Mr. Wontner.—He is known as found in possession of the forged check; his handwriting is not proved, and he can be only indicted as an accessory after the fact. The Lord Mayor.—The prosecutor may indict him as he pl.eases. I shall certainly remand him for further examination. Mr. Bush said that there was another £5 note still to come forward, and that such evide ace might appear with that as would add to the strength of the case. The prisoner requested that the clothes of one of hischildren might be given up. The suit he applied fur was six months 31d, and certainly could not .have been the produce of any of the notes. The Lord Mayor.—They may prove to be the produce of this forgery. Besides, the boy does not appear to be in want of any clothes. Prisoner.—The want of the clothes prevents him from going to church. The Lord Mayor.—l observe that the moment men got into difficulties of this kin'l they become very pious. i The prisoner was then remanded. DEATII OF SIR WM. MACLEOD BANNATYNE. It is our painful duty to announce the death of Sir W. Mac lend Bannatyne, one of the retired Senators of the College of Justice, who died at Whitefoord House on Saturday, the 30th November, in his 91st year. The public life of this venerable man, for the period of twenty five years, during which he held the dignified station of one of the supreme judges of the land, is too well known to require any eulogium. Descended of a very ancient and highly honourable family. and enjoying and profiting by the advan tages of a liberal education, he gave early indications of future eminence. At the bar, he deservedly acquired the character of a sound and able lawyer, and was the intimate friend and com panion of Blair, Mackenzie, Cullen, Erskine, Abercromby, and Craig, and one of the contributors to the Mirror and Lounger. His accomplishments as a gentleman, and his attainments iu general knowledge and Belles Lettres, were such as to give an earnest, had he devoted his talents exclusively to literary pur suits, of his arriving at no ordinary degree of eminence. He was the last survivor of that phalanx of genius which shed so brilliant a lustre on the periodical literature of Scotland half a century ago. He was also one of the original founders and promoters of the Highland Society of Scotland—a great national institution, which has eminently and essentially contributed to the internal improvement of the country. In private and 'social life, his benevolent and amiable quali ties of heart and mind, and his rich and almost inexhaustible store of elegant literary and historical anecdote, endeared him to a numerous, highly distinguished, and respectable circle of friends. This just and merited tribute to worth and talent is rendered by one who had the honour and happiness of enjoying his friendship and confidence for above thirty years,—who had pe culiar opportunities of witnessing and appreciating his public and private virtues, and who, with a numerous train of admir ing friends, will follow his mortal remains with sorrow' to the grave. Sir William was born on the 26th January, 1743, 0. S. ; was admitted advocate 22d January, 1765, was promoted to the bench on the death of Lord Swinton, and took his seat as Lord Bannatyne 16th May, 1799, which office he resigned in the year 18'23, and was succeeded by the late Lord Eldin. LADY. MARY LINDSAY CRAWFORD. The funeral of this venerable and distinguished lady took place on the 2d instant, and was attended by the Earl of Glas gow, heir of entail to the deceased, her distant but nearest rela tive, by the Right Zion. David Boyle, Lord Justice Clerk. by Lord Lindsay, Lieut.-Colonel James' Lindsay, younger of Balcarres, Sir henry Bethune. (paternally Lindsay,) of Kil conquhar, Johnstone Lindsay ; Esq. of Kirirforthar, and many other gentlemen ofsFifeshire. The burial service of the Church of England havinebeen most impressively read iu the Gothic Hall of Crawford Priory, by the Rev. Mr. Sinclair, brother-in law of the Earl of Glasgow, the funeral proceeded to the mau soleum at Walton, built many years ago on a lofty eminence on the estate, and in which repose the ashes of her brother, the late Earl of Crawford and Lindsay. Great numbers of the I tenantry, and of the town's-people of Cupar and Ceres were in attendance; the most respectful order was preserved, and few indeed, it is to be presumed, could witness with indifference the obsequies of the last of a direct line, which for nearly five hun dred years has flourished in Fifeshire, and whose deeds have been for ever enrolled in the chronicles of ancient Scotland. Lady Mary Lindsay was daughter of G eo rge Lindsay, nine . teen - th Earl of Crawford, and fourteenth Earl of Lindsay of the Byres, a title which ranks first on the roll of Scottish barons, as that of Crawford does on the Union Roll of Earls. On the death of her brother, George Lindsay, the twentieth Earl of Crawford, in 18(18, she succeeded to the family estates of Craw ford Priory and Struthers in Fife, and Kilbirnie in Ayrshire. The Fifeshire property was obtained from the Keiths, in ex change for Dunotter Castle, in the fourteenth century, by Sir William of the Byres, younger brother of the ancestor of the first fourteen Earls of 'Crawford, of whom the Earl of Balcar_ res. chief of the name, is heir-male and representative. The Kilbirnie property was obtained by the marriage (1661) of Lady Mary's ancestor, Patrick Lindsay, (second son of John tenth Lord Lindsay of the Byres, first Earl of Lindsay, and fif teenth Earl of Crawford,) with Margaret Crawford the heiress; Their son was created Viscount of Garnock, and on the death (in 1749) of. John Lindsay the eighteenth Earl, (whom the in dustrious Chambers styles "the most generous, the most gal lant, the bravest and the finest nobleman of his time," George,' fourth , Viscount - orGarnock , Lady Mary's father, succeeded as nineteenth Earl, to the estates and earldom of Crawford. By her ladyship's settlements, examined at the Priory after her interment, Lord Lindsay, eldest son of the Earl of Bal carres, is appointed, after the vayment of her debts and certain legacies and annuities to her friends and domestics, sole resi duary legatee. A considerable sum 'is also left to the poor of the parish. her domestics, several of whom have been many years in her service, and whom shortly before her death she thanked for their long and faithful attentions, are kindly re membered in her last will and testament. Even her anxiety for the kind treatment of the numerous animal favourites she protected during s ker lifetime has been bequeathed by her will to her successor ;lea ono of her horses are to be disposed of to cruel or barbarous masters, and of one of them, which be longed to her late brother, particular care is to be taken. The gratitude and affection with which it is pleasing. to find her me mory regarded by those who had the best opportunities of know ing her, will long, we trust, be cherished among all classes in her native county, when those harmless eccentricities, which like those of Goldsmith's village -pastor, still " lean'd to virtue's side," and to the cause of humanity, are forgotten, or remem bered but with a smile.—Edinburg! paper. From a comparison of the receipts of the custom-house at Havre, during the first eleven months of 1832 and 1833. it ap pears that there is a decrease of 2,581,269 f. in the latter year. In 1832 they were 25,497,210 f., and in 1833 only 22)915,941. IRE- COAST FO- BRITISH ' DESCRIPTIONS. LAND. WISE. REIGN AMER. TOTAL. WHEAT Qrs' 5483 70 1100 6653 BARLEY.... Qrs 912 129 1041 OATS. • Qrs 33'x23322 FLoum. Sacks 6:i93 6393 Do BRAN. . CM' t OATMEAL L 0511 51 3271 10 3251 MU T . Qrs 26 23 BEANS Qrs 250 - 7 lIE) 1157 PEAS Qr I RYE SHELLED BARLEY Ctql RAPESEED . Barrels! INDIAN CORN Qrsl There was more inquiry for Butter from consumers on Thursday and Friday; but the demand since has been dull at 30s. to 31s. p i er cwt. SD S D S D SD Beifast PO '0 to 81 0 Bacon, <ly cwt.... 30 oto 31 0 Colerain 73 0 to 71 0 Darns. dry Derry Cork, 3ds dry 62 0 to 63 0 Firkin Lard, 44 0 to 17 0 Waterford •72 oto 78 0 Bladdered do 4B 0 to 50 0 COTTON MARKET—TUESDAY, 2 o'cr.ocK. The demand continues very good, and holders are ask ing kd. per lb, advance, at which improvement there will be an extensive business done, probably to 5000 bags, of which 1000 or 2000 will be on speculation. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Wind, West, fresh breeze, ARR IVED. ..... . Georee Canning, M`Pherson, from Africa ; sailed from Fernandez Po on the 15th Sept. The Meg Merrilles sailed in company, for this port. Abeona, Russell, from Buenos Ayres. Pocahontas, West, from Philadelphia ; sailed 20th ult. Minerva; rdetcalf, from Bombay. Thomas. Jones, from Charleston. Ewen, Hunter, from Pernambuco ; sailed 29th Oct. OFF PORT. The Esther, Sparks, from Montreal. AN ESTABLISHED CHURCH NECESSARY FOR TIIE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE. The following brief outline of Bishop Warburton's argument in favour of Church Establishments cannot be too widely circulated at a period when the enemies of the Church ate making every exertion to erect its sepa ration from the State. This great writer contends that no form of government is-perfect without a religious establishment, because, I. Civil laws can have no further efficacy than to restrain men from open transgression. 2. The influence of civil laws cannot in all cases be extended thus far. It cannot, when the severe prohibiti:m of one inegu ',trill: threatens the bringing on a greater; and this will always be the case when the irregularity is owing to the violence of the sensual passions. 3. The very attention of civil laws to their principal object ' occasions a further inefficacy in their operations. To understand , this, we must consider that the care of the state is for the WHOLE, under which individuals are considered but in the second place, as accessories only to the whole; the consequence of which is, that, for the sake of the body's welfare, some individuals are often left neglected. Now the care of religion is for particulars, and a whole has but a second place in its concern. 4. There was a further inefficacy .in human laws. The legis lator, in inquiring into the mutual duties of citizens, arising from their equaNty of condition, found those duties to be of two kinds. The first he entitled the duties of PERFECT OBLIGATION, because civil laws could readily and commodiously, and were of necessity required to enforce their observance. The other he called the dit ties of IMPERFECT OBLIGATION; not that morality cloth not as strongly exact them, but because civil laws could not conveni ently provide for the observance of them. Of this latter kind are charity, hospitality,,gratitude, love of our country, &C. 5. The two great sanctions of law and civil regimen are reward and punishment. These are generally called the two hinges on which government turns. Yet, from the original constitution and nature of civil soCietT, it neither had nor could enfdrce the sanction of REWARD. '1 he reason is, because no society can ever find a fund sufficient for that purpose, without raising it on the people as a tax, to pay it back to them as a reward. But as it is evident that the joint sanctions of rewards and punishments • are but just sufficient to secure the tolerable observance of right, it follows that, as RELIGION only can supply the sanction of REWARDS, which society wants, and hath not, religion is abso lutely tiecessarg to dell government. SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Three o'clock. We have received this morning files of papers and let ters to the 16th November, from Charleston, and the 15th, from Savannah. The Charleston Courier, of the 14th November, gives the following as the state of the Cotton Market, in its semi-weekly report : "CoTToN.—The business done in this article has been full as large as could have been expected, taking, into consideration the very unsettled state of the market. The sales of Uplands have reached, probably, about 3000 bags, principally at 124 to 141 cents. Purchasers have gradual pressrd upon holder for a reduction, which has been very reluctantly acceded to, until it may now be quoted at from 131 to ni cents, and choice planters' lots only will command the highest price. Yesterday there was more disposition to sell than had been previously evinced, and selections of common prime store lots can be obtained at 14 to 144 cents." The dates from Savannah, to the 14th November, give nearly the same accounts. From Augusta, under date the 12th, fai r t o goo d qua li t i es are quoted at 111 to 12 cents; prim e 131 ; extra choice, 14 cents. At Mobile, by advices to the 6th November, the prices had receded 11 to 11 cents, in consequence of the advices from Eu rope, which had reached them to: the beginning of Octo ber. At New Orleans, to the sth November, the prices were quoted -141 to 16 cents, according to quality ;• but from the same cause,--the reductions in our markets, — the trade was generally what would be termed in a de pressed .state. By the Minerva, Captain Bakewell, from Bombay, arrived this morning, .we have advices from thence, but they contain nothing of more'recenl date than we ate already in possession of by previous arrivals. The Morgiana from Calcutta, is announced as off, but she cannot come up before the evening tide. She is the latest vessel from thence, and will bring accounts to the end of July or beginning of August. The Esther, from Montreal; is also off': one of the latest ships. • Since the foregoing was written, we have received; by the Pocahontas, Captain West, Philadelphia papers to the 20th November, but they do not contain any thing of importance. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE.—MoNPAY, Two o•CLocK. The business done in Wheat during the week was to a small extent; the Wakefield Market being Is. per quarter lower. The few sales of Irish Wheat in Man chester were at a reduction of Id. to 2d. on best parcels; interior being quite neglected. Prime Oates were in fair request, and some fresh Oatmeal brought 235. 9d. per load. Flour continues in a depressed state, a de cline of 6d. to ls. per sack was submitted to. TUESDAY, TWO O'CLOCK. At this morning's market the sales of Wheat were limited ; the above noted decline was submitted to for interior paocels ; prime samples brought the quotations of this day week. Oats were in good request ; some fine samples brought more money. Oatmeal supported the above advance. Flour continues dull at the reduction of 6d. to Is. per sack. The imports of Butter are 8106 firkins. The market exceedingly flat since Friday. Rather less money would be taken to-day for parcels. Bacon and Ham without alteration. WIIEAT, 11 7 70 lbs. s d s d Irish died red 6 0 (ii 6 7 Do. undried . 5 10 .. 6 4 Do. 'dried white, C 11 .. 7 4 English OATS. ir 70 tbs. 'rill dried. 2 7 .. 2 8# BARLEY, If i ' 60 lbs. Irish 3 10 .. 4 3 I BFANS, imp. mea. s d s d Irish 3O 0.. 33 0 FLOUR, tr •7.80 tbs Englarish sup 43 0 .. 44 0 Do. fines Do. seconds .... 27 0 .. 34 6 Do. fourths .... 18 0 .. 20 0 MEAL, 4y 240 tbs. 22 6 .. 23 9 BEAN, (ty -1 tb . 0 0.. 1 2i REPORTED ART From the 3d to the 9t IVALS OF CORN. DECEMBER, inclusive. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1833. .The principal news from Portugal relates to a mission of Colonel HARE to Don Alio - bEt. at Santarem. This gentleman is a sort of deputy negociator Oil the part of the British Government, and there can be no doubt that he has gone to sound MIGUEL as to the possibility of putting an end to the wretched war,or rather raid, which is wasting the resources of Portugal. He may spare himself the pains. The ncgociations must originate with the other brother. We have received a series of,Demerara papers up to the 29th of October. They do not contain any news worth extracting. It. is singular enough, however, that the resolutions of the Court of Policy, on the great ques tion of negro emancipation, which we published in this paper on the 13th September, were : not publicly known in Demerara until the 25th of October, when they were extracted from the Liverpool Standard. The Demerara Courier complains of this treatment in strong terms! We suspect the time is gone by when the suppression of public documents, which must sooner or later see the light, will serve the purposes of any party. How often have we in England been indebted to the Americans for the first 'intelligence of commercial regulations deeply affecting our own interests and emanating from ourselves. In the same way Lord PALMERSTON has permitted us to cater among Dutch for state papers, tied with red ,tape, and locked up in Downing-street. These kind of people call this dignified,—we call it pedantic and pup pyish ! There is no methber of the present administration who knows half so much—perhaps, not a tenth par t so much —of the municipal and commercial affairs of Liverpool, as the Right Hon. Mr. Secretary STANLEY. A native of this county, associating with its leading land-owners and other proprietors, all deeply interested in the pros perity of LiverpOol,—on terms of official and. social in tercourse -with its merchants and' magistrates, and col lecting information, as a rising and not unambitious statesman is necessitated to do, from its ancient records, its Custom-house returns, its shipping entries, its town and dock revenues,—Mr. STANLEY is more competent than any of his':,colleagues to offer an opinion upon the merits or demerits, the uses or abuses, of the Liverpool Corporation. When such a minister, then, cautious by habit, and naturally well-informed from local connexion, volunteers a favourable opinion of the municipal officers of this town, aril the mode in which they have lung dis charged their arduous and important duties, such an opinion is a host in itself against the malevolent whis pers and the anonymous detractors who assail their con• duct and attempt to blacken their reputation.. In short, if we wanted a credible and intelligent witness to speak the truth and do justice to the Mayor and Common Council of Liverpool, we should at once call Mr. STAN LEY into the boir;and confront him with Messrs. BOLTON, RA11 . 11301 , 7E, and a few other persons whose names we cannot at the present moment recollect. It must be fresh in the memory of most of our readers that, at the agricultural meeting held in Liverpool, about two months ago, which the Duke of RICHMOND and Mr. STANLEY honoured with their presence and patronage, the latter gentleman, in the most handsome and unequivocal terms, declared Liverpool to be a "model of a Corpot4tion," and expressed his confidence that, in the inquirythen pendi ng over h er , s h e wou ld come cut ofdietria trial With spotless honour in the face of her detrac tors. These words of candour and sincerity were a debt paid to justice. At length the commissioners came—the inquisitorial proceedings commenced—an open though an irregular court was held a crowd of self-interested witnesses rushed into the arena, and the corporate authorities were put upon their trial. We were of those who contended that it was the duty, whatever might be the inclination, of the Corporation, to protest against the legality of the proceedings, and resist the inquiry. We are of the same opinion still. We submit that the corporate officers were not only not bound to give evidence, but that it was their duty evidence,— a duty th e y owe d no t so much to to themselves refuse a s the officers of the Corporation, but as the trustees for the whole body of burgesses, their heirs and successors. Be this, however, as it may, the council were of a different opinion ; they determined to open 'their books and unfold their charters to their enemies— to test their characters by their conduct—t o court rather • tb . •111 impede the inwestigation—to lay every account and STATE OF TRADE. The sales of cloth in the Leeds Piece-halls have been rather more extensive since our last market-day than in the previous week, especially in coloured goods, but there is no material alteration in the quantity of business transacted. The stuff trade at the Bank in Leeds is still very slack, and many of the weavers and their families are in great distress. Bradford market, on Thursday, was again very flat. Wool still eontinues high, and the manufacturers complain heavily that the merchants will not give a remunerating profit. The manufacturers are busy preparing for the Eight Hour Bill, which commences early next month. Some of them are de termined-to employ no children under 13 years of age, so that much distress.amougst the lower orders is expected. At Halifax market, on Saturday last, there was a rather bet ter demand for stuff goods, particularly the lower qualities of lastings and shalloons, and in some cases a better puce was ob tained on those descriptions of manufacture. Iluddeisfield market, on Tuesday, was not remarkable either for ektensive - putthases or any -material variation in prices; the demand was principally for low-priced woollens, which went off at priccs similar to those of last week. At Rochdale flannel market, on Monday, business was dull; very few fine piec4 were sold ; but some of lower qualities were purchased at last week's prices, and flannels for dyeing were more inquired for. Some of the larger manufacturers have forbidden their makers to work by artificial light, thereby restricting their labour to a few hours per day; others have limited them in different degrees, whilst some have partly closed their manufactories. _ . . LANCASHIRE VOTERS.—The number of registered voters of the county of Lancaster, this year, is—in the Northern district i 6567, in the Southerntll,2l3. Compared with a register of last year, there is a decrease in the Northern district of 26, and an increase in the Southern of 1174. THE TEN-HOUR BILL AT BRADFORD. — Last week Mr. John Wood, jun., the principal worsted spinner in Bradford, com menced running his mills only ten hours a day, and at the same time signified to the juvenile workers at his establishment that during three months of winter he should not require their attendance earlier than eight o'clock (the usual time at which the mills in Bradford commence being six o'clock,) that he should not require %hem to remain later in'the evening than usual, and that there should be no abatement in their wages.— This benevolent announcement was received with becoming gratitude and thankfulness, both by the children and their parents, who have severally expressed their thanks to Mr. Wood in an appropriate manner. At a meeting of the Leeds Short-time Committee, held at the Union Inn, Briggate, Leeds, on Saturday last, Mr. John Stubbs in the chair, the following iosolution was passed unanimously—" That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to John Wood, Esq.., as a public testi mony of respect and gratitude for his noble, just, and generous conduct towards his workmen and children; and that this meeting feels it its duty to return him its most sincere and heartfelt acknowledgments for the happiness he has conferred upon so many of his fellow-subjects." - In Stralsund and other parts of the German continent clubs have lately been formed for the express purpose of promoting English conversation and the diffusion of English lift ratu re.—, It would scent that Scott and Byron have rendered ours au al most universal language. There is no work of high rank in the modern literature of our country which is not reprinted .ar re printing. NEW MANIFESTATION OY THE TONGUES.—On Sunday, while the rev. pastor of a chapel of ease in this city was engaged in prayer, in the course of the forenoon service, he was interrupte-1 by a man who rushed in from the street, and, taking his posi tion immediately iu front of the pulpit, looked him full in tFe face, and exclaimed, with a tremendous oath, "Give me the hundred pounds you owe me !" So unusual a crave, and while' the clergyman was in the act of discharging one of the most sacred functions of his office, created a sensation of horror throughout the congregation, and the intruder was instantly removed by order of the minister. From some expressions which escaped him while leaving church, it is supposed he must have been labouring under insanity.—Glasgow Courier. GRAND FLINTSHIRE EISTEDDFOD, FOR POWYS AND GWYNEDD, To be Holden at HOL MEL L in the SUMMER of 1835. PREsinF.NT-110N. E. M. LE MOSTYN, M. P. Honorary Secretaries—Rev.H. PARRY, M.A., Vicar of Llanasa. Rev. G. Pn LIPS, A. 8., Holywell. Treasurer—Mr. RIGHOUSE. Accounts for Subscriptions re opened at the Banks of Messrs. DOUGLAS, SMALL and Co., Holywell, and at RICHARD and CHARLES SANREY, Esqrs., Holywell and Den bigh PRESIDENT'S SUBSCRIPTION—CM. • THOMAS CROFT, Secretary Commiltee-room, St. Winifrede's Hall, Holywell. THEATRE-POYAL, LIVERPOOL. FIRST NIGHT OF CAPTAIN ROSS! For the BENEFIT of Mr. and Mrs. BAKER.. grAN MONDAY EVENING next, the 16th instant, Morton's 1 .../ admired Play, called TOWN AND COUNTRY; OR, WHICH IS BEST? Reuben Gienroy Mr. Vandenhoff; Coscy, Mr. Baker Hon. - Mrs, Glenroy, .-Mrs. Brooks; Rosalie Somers, Mrs. Baker. After which the highly ,popular Picce,The NERVOUS MAN. The part of M'Shane, by &Gentleman of Liverpool. The whole to conclude with a new Piece, in one Act, written by a Gentleman of Liverpool, to be called CAPTAIN ROSS, THE HERO OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. Captain Ross, Mr, Cooke ; • Barney O'Rourke, by a Gentleman of Liverpool. Tickets to be had of Mr. Baker, No. 32, Islington, and at the Box-office of the Theatre, where places may be taken. SUBSCRIPTION CO CERTS. rinHE LIVERPOOL AMATE R PHILHARMONIC A SOCIETY respectfully nn° ce their intention of having THREE GRAND MISCELL SOUS 'VOCAL and IN STRUMENTAL CONCERTS at the II ARDM AN-STREET, ROOMS, under the superinten ce of Mr. ErroN; the first to take place on FRIDAY, the 20t instant, and the succeeding ones early in the ensuing year. Subscription to the whole, One Guinea; Two Tickets for each Concert. _ . .... The surplus Funds will be expended in the purchase of New Music, and in the payment of such of the_profession as it may be found necessary to engage. The Prospectus may be had at the Music Shops, where Persons wishing to become Subscribers are solicited to leave their names and address. J. It. HEPWORTH, Secretary. Committee-room, King-street, Soho, 2d Dec., 1834. C. W. WILLIAMS, ESQ.—INLAND NAVIGATION. Zije ILibrrpool DECEMBER 10, 1833. ~---= ; every scrap of an account befOre 'Parliament and the country, and fearlessly meet every charge of profligagY , venality, and corruption, by an appeal to facts and dual' ments. For twenty-four days did that illlegal court pry into the archives and records ; the debts, sales, transfe rs, public works, privileges, -usages, dues, charities, gi fts, patronage, income, liabilities, and expenditure of t he Corporation. Such an inquiry, we venture to say, ne ver was witnessed in England at any former period of its history, in the worst days of usurpation, or the mo st odious times of tyranny. It was an inquiry of the most searching and inquisitorial kind, where the ten-times told stale falsehood had to be ten times refuted ; where , when one calumny was exposed, another had to be met; where charges were insinuated, not made ; where the driveller was listened to in his narration of hearsay or traditionary grievances; where men, and men of affluence and reputation too, and whose honour as merchants or. .private individuals is unimpeachable, but stimulated by party prejudices, contended for a participation in the privileges of the freemen, which privileges thesefreemen, had acquired by birthright or servitude, and are as muc h their private property as the merchandize in the ware houses of Mr. BOLTON himself, and which, if Mr. Bovrof were allowed to obtain by an act of Parliament, or other- . wise than by servitude or birthright, would be a dovvil- . right, flagrant, and monstrous robbery of these freemen. These attempts—these speculations, in open disregard . of justice, we witnessed with shame and sorrow, for th e y are indiCationS of the spirit that is abroad, of the reck lessness which animates some of our public men, and the levelling and destructive principles of modern patriotism- The. question is not now—what is law ? what is right?' what is privilege ? what is property ? These simile elements of equity and morals are entirely thrown over board. What inspires the new reformer is, how can IF at the least risk and expense, invade my neighbour's property with impunity ?—how can I enjoy privileges to. which I have no claim ?—how can I obtain, without cost, those rights which others have acquired by birthright or acrvitude ? These last appeared =to us to comprise the grievances of the leaders of the party opposed to the Corporation. They complained of being excluded from the privileges of the borough ; and yet, although the authors of their own exclusion, they have not stooped to avail themselves of those privileges in the mode pre scribed by law, open to all men, and by which the pre sent burgesses acquired them. If there were no possible avenue to civic offices or borough immunities, except to certain families, or certain names, we should be as ready to decry such a system as the loudest declaimer amongst them ; but when the fact is-notorious that the BOLTONS and RATIIBONES had the same path open to them as the ASPINALLS or BRANCEERS, and might have acquired their freedom as other men have, of equal claims to con sideration in the state, we can come to no other condo sion than that their grievances are groundless, their objections untenable, their opposition factious, and their demands an unjustifiable attack upon the rights of private . property, thereby holding forth an example to the law less and the less discreet, of which, one day, perhap 9 , they will bitterly repent. He who invented the guillotine perished under it. The locksmith who contrived a new gallows for Edinburgh was the first who was hanged upon it ; and there is an adage about men living in glass houses which it is unnecessary to repeat. It would be well for him who is disposed to remove his neigh. bour's landmark to look well after his own ! It was, we regret to say, for these purposes of spolia tion, so characteristic of the spirit of the age, that 5 0 Searching and so tedious an inquiry into the alleged abuses of the Liverpool Corporation was instituted. and attracted around the commissioners so many candidates for office, and so. many gratuitous, interested, and eager witnesses. It was a humiliating sight, so far as they were concerned, and the only compensating gleam of sa tisfaction which passed over the whole investigation con-. s:isted of the frank, manly, unstudied answers of the TOWN 7 CLERK,—the readiness with which he unravelled all apparently abstruse details; the facility with which be met every cavil and objection; the clearness of the Cor poration books and accounts; the satisfactory arrange- • went of his documentary evidence ; the candid manner in which he met every challenged item ; the reproof he invariably gave to insinuation; and, to sum up all, the triumphant and unanswerable defence he made for the Corporation. Never did a maligned boriv-, - beset by acr - many enemies, and assailed by charges Take(' together by an attorney, apparently hired for the purpose, and under circumstances approaching to something like a breach of professional confidence,—never did a corpora-. tion so assailed and so victimized in public opinion, so rancorously attacked by the revolutionary press, and set odiously misrepresented in a revolutionary Parliathent , come out of a public ordeal with hands more clean, or: with reputations more unsullied. We appeal to Mr- • • THORNELY, who, opposed as we are to his political prinCk pies, we will do the justice of saying, conducted hitnsel r with greatmoderation and gentlemanly propriety through out the whole inquiry, —we appeal - to Mr. TIIORNLEY, who owes us no debt but that of candour, no due but that of honour, no partiality but what springs from integrity, --- we appeal to him, our political opponent, whether be could have imagined, after all the calumnies 'he has lis tened to, all the fictions which have been palmed upon, him as truths, and under the oppression of an easy cre dulity, which must have become to him a second nature , —whether he could have imagined that the Liverpool. - Corporation would make such a noble and satisfactory defence ? We are not speaking of their defence in taw'. —for that was not attempted,—but of their defence at his own favourite bar of public opinion. The questione r exclusive privileges we shall not discuss' with Mr• THORNELY ;—we do not ask him to compromise any one of his opinions ;—we shall not deny his competency , duly elected, to fill the highest offices in this borough with honour to himself and advantage to the common weal ; but we call upon him to say whether or not as, one charge of profligacy, venality, or corruption, on the part of the Corporation, was proved before the commis sioners ? There were laid before him chartets bearing the marks and wrinkles of centuries,—records older than the oldest house in the town,—deeds of sale and transfer in the times of our great-great-grandfathers,—all the transactions of the Corporation from the earliest times to the present day ; and we call upon him to say whether. - • these charters have not been faithfully adhered to whether the interests of Liverpool have, for a single ment, been neglected ?—whether the books and accounts , anti the various transactions of the Corporation, have net been kept with an accuracy as strict and systematic es , the books and accounts of the most honourable merchant • We much mistake the character of Mr. THORNELY if ling answer would not be as favourable as our own on these the only material points in the inquiry. However, harbouring these opinions, which we found upon the results of the investigation, and hazarding 90 appeal to a political antagonist, we must confess we were not prepared for the coarse and libellous attack upon the Liverpool Corporation, which appeared i° * London paper of Friday last—the Times. -The malice of the article is hardly exceeded by the' ignorance wh ich it betrays, or rather the heartless falsehood which elle" racterises it. It is evidently not of London manufac ture. The Times can lie with as much hardihood as any professional and confirmed liar in Europe; but in matters which concern itself, there is never any d°, eulty in di covering the `a fine Roman hand," the gifted falsehood of " old Priuli" of Venice. Its thunder, in its own cause, is, at least,. genuine thunder. Not so the contraband sulphur and stench of the article on Liver pool. That has been manufactured here. It would not surprise us to learn that it was sent to town und er cover, and specially marked to the private care of Lo rd BROUGHAM. It bears all the external signs of the do' tard and the quack. , It appears to have been written. upon a cut-throat day in . the end o f N o v e mber inste ad of a homily. It 'contains the spleen of the disappoint' d demagogue, the insolence of the ambitious libertine to morals, and the still more ambitious reformer in re! gion. We have the diverging glance and the male (/ ' lent expression of the repulsive countenance of the ati thor in our eye. Vanity, there, is ridden by en c Y: and malice crowns both. Talent, there, like a stray lock, adheres to the loTer scalp, ashamed of its prusiti°ll'