The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-03-15 00:00:00

rht t° :itted Bil,, entr ler its tbe l a v a GO rise. ,4 0 4 01 'Tij 4, 1 fro 4 .p 0 n f at. (Concluded from information com mittee,at.rg this way, to procure from the or from some proper quarter, to prove to them that no eans existed for bringing this matter fully to light but special act of parliament. b2.1._1 ELLIC E said if he thought that his object could be effected hi es arjy other means, he would not have made this motion; but b e 4 that if the proposition were not agreed to, there would th e le:loplete bar to inquiry. His only object was to expose thi s Cst enormous corruption. When Sheridan stood for m r. ' 4 ,,Vgh he believed the votes were £7 a-head. m a k e YriN put it to his hon. friend whether it was right to try th ne Se allegations before those who were to be the jury to tends question. Such statements were likely to bias their M . EL t o be , LICE thought that no gentl eman ' s op i n i on was lil F ely f ord. massed by an historical account of the borough of Sat oti Th e sir ,LIcE on was then put an d carr i e d. ' rt O.F,L then moved—Th a t th e cons id era ti o n of the re from t tue Stafford electi on comm itt ee s hO u ld b e postponed ursda,y, the 14th M arc h, to Tuesday, the 21st May. poi te r WYNA suggested that it would be better to fix the post. if possible, for an earlier day. hued L tortitticE acceded to the ges sugtion, and it was accordingly Tuesday, the 16th of April. Nlr DRAMATIC AUTHORS. the "•EUENVER, in moving for leave to bring in a bill for fe e l ji tter protection of dramatic authors, said that he did not as he necessary to occupy the house withi many observations, tll s i i s sure that the necessity . of some legislative measure on tit a 4t f i leet was universally admitted. At this moment . drama .s°rs possessed no control over the use of their property, r , f li t , was very properly given to other labourers in the field lishedrature by the laws of copyright. A play, when pub the k ",: ia llaight be acted upon any . stage without 'the consent of Pro4 t ,lr, and without his deriving a single shilling from the 14 01 4 a l the performance. The hon. member concluded by g for e M ave to bring in the bill. PrO v i . .G. I LA B said that as far as he was acquainted with the kikci l °tis of the bill of his hon. friend, they had his approval, 15 4 w e „ 4 ,id hope that the consequence of passing such a mea 'tate be to elevate dramatic literatuic from that depressed ter w ' l l which, he was sorry to say, it, as well as all other in connected with the drama, had be!.n for many years. • ay e was then given to bring in the bill. • - DR AMATIC PERFORMANCES. 4 4 a. Bui..WER said he rose to move for leave to bring in a • • for licensing theatres, and for the better regulation of ltie performances in the cities of London and Westmin 'll withi n t wen ty miles thereof," and in doing so, he lei it necessary to trouble the house with but a very few , 4 °, 08 . The bill which he was now about to introduce ro ed upon the recommendation of the committee of i i" upon dramatic performanCes, and he should read to the paragraph from the report in which that recom - was.contained. The article suggested the propriety "O to the Lord Chamberlain the power of licensing Within twenty miles of London; and to managers the tir°' P e rforming any plays that had received the sanction of b.,atuatie censor After describing the general details of the hon. gentleman said that he thought the office of i d w as,perf ect ly unne cessary. (Hear, hear.) Undoubtedly rl lee which - had been given by the present censor before tittee had failed to convince him either as to the im of the functions attached to that office, or as to the 'with which they had been exercised, but as it might to the bill if it proposed to abolish that office, it pro leave the authority of the censor just as it was at The bill provided a graduated sale of fees as payable — ord Chamberlaine, or his deputy, c for the licensing of and dramatic pro luded by . moving °II. member conc moving for leave to bring in i t i o L Amu did not mean to offer on this occasion any oto the bill iaroposed by his hon. friend ; on the con he thought that the time was come when some such B Qouldbe passed with regard to dramatic performances. -4 tieinely doubtful that any good would arise from the in ' of the legislature in controlling the public in matte's There certainly was an idea in this town, and other that the neighbourhood of theatres caused the intro of a loose population. It was therefore but right to io the power of objecting to their introduction. With t 0 the censorship, he thought it was productive of utility, r - it cou ld not b e dispensed with. He trusted that his f ie le od would .not hurry the bill through the house, but • 1 /euld afford time to the persons iu this metropolis who 11111terested in its provisions to make their representations either for or against the measure. umE was sorry to hear the honourable gentleman ex ' °Pinion in favour of the retention of the censorship aatie performances. He was quite sure the present kany ears depreed state of the drama, was u ° th e p y rotection of ss the Lord Chamberlain and the S attrib of the censor. AattiunToN said that as the object of the present sys the affording irrational amusements at the dearest rate, kiect of the present bill would be to afford to the public amusements at the cheapest rate. The object of the 'titres seemed to be to administer rather to the physi ,, to the mental gratification of the people. (A laugh.) '',,,IvART regretted that the bid was confined to the metro- Ile had himself presented a petition from Liverpool, lat in that town and its neighbourhood there was a po oli, le;),(X)0 persons unprovided with theatrical amuse kzle would move a clause to extend the bill to the coun rlion. gentleman would not do so himself. ARING thought the office of censor a most useful one. tentlenaen had only to judge for themselves of the effect "licensed system in Paris to arrive at the same con- utAvEtt said that there was no need of a censorship, as %orals had actually risen higher than the licence, which )r would not lower. This was evident from the fact, 1 Y of the old plays, which the censor could not prohibit tli g• represented, were not and could not be played from lelicacy. The absence of such exhibitions here as those to by the hon. member for Essex in Paris was not Tin to our censorship, but a higher standard of public mo- Av e was then given to bring in the bill. ROYAL BURGHS IN SCOTLAND. ' II D ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in a bill to regulate 'Pal constitution of Royal burghs in Scotland. The learned ? , terized this as a measure, the importance of which to the which•he belonged was second only to that of the great bill IItVING (we believe) expressed his regret that the learned tot referred the subject to a committee in the first instance. involved the rights and privileges of a number of persons in lie hoped time would be given for the consideration of the country. 1 13 ADVOCATE said that his purpose had been all along, that I, the bill should he, printed and circulated in Scotland, and • Opportunity afforded to all parties to furnish suggestions, he should be most thankful. moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable burghs in Scot 'Nish a general system of police ; which, after a few obser -4111 Mr. Gillon and Captain Dunlop, was granted. , kium, in the absence of Mr. Stanley, postponed his mo bill to amend the laws relating to the constabulary force is S 35 0 We t , Iter'atic per P ° a rid Wi Y qi id fe el it t e *,.'evatiaos he t, ir 't), 4 13 tided 413 ru ts itioo ehs ol „ ‘ , ll eod atio - th e 13°Otrio li e w in cr t , theatres it saf W ithe for dramati c 1* e bil l ~ b for 6 elid e a , s 6 _P' Ca° e 4 , " i t t e ug ,',114/lee of int!, 0 tetion wil ve fatal t one , 4 etl t o l te k , t. th e Th, 301 e L ot ., eat res q faro ° fhe h an d nial °l3 ' its a'' 11 t. G o T. l ate(' ,enek4 he ,t 0 it 1,4 e heir i t ! 4,,As e x a su pro In P e „, f s 'eten ee est t e ,`%ste. of Led, s't that t th ° f a at tb e. ° nt the 't h to the d e s• . c • t end 1, 1 e ' ye° b e ' the f iat e est ( con' bi t. 1 ., "se codE eme • lt I ' 4 (1: 8 ° P il l eo r e f„ t n aati lbees !le t ' 44 3 it is 111„ lie to th e j u te' s , ki: v e of t to n °l °I Wa IV4R B r et to:, 'th e s the a IVIr• ebiect to .v al atria: ye .ore thauteatre i der Mr, 1 , 11 to A th L'VS" ra 41; Re h les t 1) •'lati~ that i aa th°, hO n n er 11 the.' th' le lafl a Mr . b e 1 101 :hat uAtt o dp gentle r at 3 ) ' ualiee l s he ti, 4 „.• sear'," beur,v the u, t e nnl ora.l: and ' l . 1 • bi l *, I ,%tiib a llY of was ease' it • e ' ll g•ri .ert'el,aleiiea fell t • i li a to sed b ei Leal d t The ° " °111 ) A I!na Pal 0 g':l t'At,,'/lat Cl , .11 We. ) t 1 .1 . - to e l a nd e l ; )n k'i . ° l lll. et r• Inv for° ,t4 bi t i l, w COl1 9 invr t Cl ,i i oa v o i t y at i c ie o t ;01 16 I 4 eßt. 1j ) Leav e ip t:i?dittg, vol t 3 ,y,h i pt O an p] d 11. • ,I r, he , ii ,0 he eta e ° ‘c on n of Ni Iro n , i 0 10 1 5 ' 4 R-ku dee!) likt a bill he a df R th e q : Ot iNs could 1 1$ tr e d M B hOuld ox J ) n • '44 1 h' s an ore d ,i „It; tots 0 col lk t oi 0c1; i r'e q „„, 4 11-trn, re otlviq I se MR ich ' t,, ° l r I t r Pet let t ", I. ` . 41 ti: 11B1: , sus al - ; , sit k y Ir 3 L , f th e ( l ie rl , l( nest, 0,14 t c on e eo ,l b s, 4) at a : foor' 1 c "Ru etifetitio atth e Jeet w as 111 t 1.1%. of Esqbtt tlevoi ter 3ll ' d J ,FC jt~ Di e 411, 1 ;, , L•rn, r e do 47 Sto i e ; Ise ti e stO t r i e. ~c ~Il t estio the ? l ie lb° t he pri s l o ter° G kitatt c e ro e i ti , i bo t ;t 4 ail! ~ tnc b s ,o c' tj o f ' Wrs d rue oro 11 at b.: 1 ' 1 % or e l , i daY , yh oo eus e i is e ,,," th t , OCO.) D g, ti" d er t 4 PETITIONS, aINSON complained of the inconvenience sustained through 11MIr s i e sh rtanding obtained by prethe noble lord that petitions and rela e hill should haveprecedence over others, stated 'nould take the sense of the house on the subject to-morrow \;ol , ;;.?Fa.i. hoped the hon. member would not do it, because an immense number of petitions to be presented, which totally useless if the bill was considered without receiving 'lle recommended the hon. member to raise the question , Vritoite said that it was impossible that the hon. member a the question generally, it could only be as to whether an petition should be laid upon the table. LRBURTOIC inquired what time of the day or evening the de ,e Irish bill was to go on to. .TRoap said it was impossible to state before-hand at what !bate should go on to ; but it was desirable in the commit 'hen any question was decided, new matter should not be it a late hour in the evening. 'Mut:a.m.' Intimated that he was prepared to move that no itions should be received between 12 and 3, except those on ihgfet of the Irish bill. tde voting ß the whole or their time to the rish coercion bill, r e t'Y day's information from Ireland more and more proved to 4 ' uncalled for and unnecessary. , Iti 4 ,;:rtiolie conceived that the best mode of expediting the pub t44.o Was their concentrating, as it were, their attention ur on kit ti r which the unfortunate condition of Ireland has rendered ~,,tlll it had received the sanction of the legislature. They I'4 l l their undisturbed attention afterwards to the other eit ‘,tstions. This was the course advantageously pursued in re the PvEl - though ße highly disapproving of the coercive bill, yet i .nat the sooner it was disposed of the better. .pair considered hee A gourse pursued by the noble lord to be n* to th e people of England, whose interests were made to .413: subordinate to the interests of Ireland, and who were le t as to the intentions of ministers in reference to the great .I(_stions which affected their dearest interests. t 4 IVEN said it was plain that ministers used the Irish coercive li e P t, s ‘ 4l king-horse to divert the public mind from their neglected h, „Y economy, re trenchment, and reduction of taxation. '4lo B e then went into committee on the Exchequer-bills bill ,QO O , -Alver a question of Mr. FRYER. gialioar said that ministers did not mean to propose in the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD present session any measure for admitting corn now in bond into the market at a reduced duty, nor for admitting colonial flour or grain at a lower duty than the present. The bill went through committee ; report to-morrow. The Transfer of Aids Bill also went through committee. The house next resolved itself into a committee on the Sugar and Pensions' Duties Bill. Mr. TODD was understood to express his regret that ministers did not propose that East India sugar should come into the market at a re duced duty. The present high duty was highly prejudicial to the pffblic interest, and was useless even as a pretext for protecting the West India interests. - ' • • Mr. Humx was anxious that there should be laid before the house an exact account of the produce of the 41 per Cents., and of the pen sions to which it was liable under the present bill. t would be found that the pensions exceeded the produce ; and he therefore wished to know under what authority ministers ventured to make good' he de ficiency from the consolidated fund? Lord Ar.Tuoiti , was not able to give the hon. gentleman's question a positive answer. His impression was that the deficiency had not been made good from any other fund. They all knew that when the 41 per Cents., which were part of the hereditary revenues of the Crown, were, on the accession of his present Majesty, transferred to the public, they were so with their liabilities to the present pensions. The bill then went through committee. Mr. LITTLETON presented several petitions against the Beer Act, an d for the better observance of the Lord's Day. • The house then adjourned at half-past ten o'clock. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13. The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock. Lord Milton and another hon. member took the oaths and their seats. A person from the penitentiary, presented the report from that establishment for the last year. Mr. Curteis brought up the report of the committee on the Rye Harbour petition, and obtained leave to bring in a bill for improving the Harbour of Rye. Mr. Hodges brought up a bill for draining marsh lands, in the county of Kent. It was read a first time. Mr. Phillpotts obtained liberty to present a petition for a bill to improve the Chester and Gloucester roads. Lord G. Somerset brought up the report of the committee on the Chepstow-roads petition, and obtained leave to bring in a bill for their improvement. Mr. B. Carter presented a petition from Mr. Sergeant Tad dy, Treasurer of Sergeant's Inn, praying for leave to bring in a bill for the improvement of the Judges Chambers.—Reierred to a committee. Mr. Hodgson brought up the report of the committee on the Clarence Railway bill. Mr. Pendarves brought up the report of the committee on the Saltash Roads bill; also the Ipswich and Boston Road bill ; also the report of the committee on the Swansea Pier petition, finding that the standing orders had been complied with. On that report the hon.. member obtained leave to bring in a bill for erecting a pier at Swansea. THE IRISH COERCIVE BILL. Petitions were presented against this measure by Mr. Grote, from 2,591 inhabitants of the borough of Marylebone; Mr. Brocklehurst, from Macclesfield, signed by 2,400 persons. Mr. B. said that though he was an ardent supporter of consti tutional liberty, still he could not support the prayer of the petition after hearing the case made out by his Majesty's ministers; Mr. Luke White, from the parish of Ardagh, the united parishes of Ardagh and Meydor, and the parish of Edgeworths town, all in the county of Longford; Mr. Finn, from three parishes in the county of Kilkenny; Mr. Hall, five petitions from different benefit societies in the borough of Newport, Monmouthshire; Mr. Fitzgerald, from Gormanstown, Donnikin, Louth, Ardee, •Tullamore, Killbridge, Clare, and other places in Ireland. Mr. H. GRATTAN said that he held in his hands a number of petitions, which had come to him from 18 or 20 different places —principally from parishes in the counties of Meath, Clare and Mayo—all against the bill, and praying that it might not pass into a law. One of the petitions in particular deserved the attention of the house. (Hear.) The petitioners deplored the occurrence of several murders, but at the same time stated that there were great and severe causes for all the outrages which had been committed, amongst which stood most pro minently the conduct of the landlords and the Grand Jury cess. On Monday last, five individuals had been found guilty of Whiteboy offences, and sentenced to punishment; and it was preposterous for the noble lord to suppose, that the law, as it present stood, was not capable of reaching those or any other offences committed in Ireland, provided it was put into active execution. (Hear.) . Petitions were also presented against the bill by Major Keppell, from Diss, in the county of Norfolk; Mr. Harvey, from the members of the Bury Union of the working classes of of Bury St. Edmunds, in Suffolk; O'Connor Don, front dif ferent parishes in Roscommon, Ballydrum, Kilrooth, anti several other places in Ireland; and by Mr. Oswald, from two Political Unions in Ayrshire. RUN FOR COLD. Mr. EVANS presented a petition from Sevarn, in Ireland, against the Irish Coercive Bill, and that Mr. Stanley might be removed from the office of Secretary for Ireland. The hon. gentleman took this opportunity of deprecating the f' run for gold" on the banks in the southern part of Ireland as injurious to the people themselves. Mr. FINN said, that the people of Ireland had taken the hint given them on a former occasion ; this might be unwise, but it showed the feelings which the bill had created. Mr. W. FurzsimoN and Mr. FERGUS O'CoNNoR felt satisfied that the run for gold would be most injurious to the agricultu ral population of Ireland. Mr. COBBETT differed in opinion with the speakers who had preceded him on this subject, and would recommend the people of Ireland to run for gold, or any thing that would produce con fusion (loud cries of order, and chair.) The SPEAKER said that the hon. member was most disorderly in uttering that which had he not been a member of that house would have been a breach cf the law. Mr. COBBETT, in explanation, said, that what he meant was, that no state of things could be worse for Ireland than the pre sent. Mr. ROCHE, Mr. GRATTAN, and Mr. LAMB deprecated the introduction of such topics during the discussion of Irish pe titions. Other petitions were presented against the bill by Mr. O'Con nor, from several parishes in Cork; Lord Mandeville from Todmorton, in Lancashire ; and Mr. M. O'Farrall from four parishes in the county of Wicklow. Petitions in favour of the bill were presented by Mr. Brigstock from a parish in Somer setshire ; and by Mr. Ingham from South Shields. The house adjourned at three o'clock. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. What a glorious field for the display of talent is the House of Commons ! What an inexhaustible golden mine of oratory "the Reform Bill " has opened to us, rich in diction and profound in, reasoning! Then the Fatriotic scramble for places—how delightful to behold a EEL pushed from his stool by a COBBETT, bespeaking, as it does, the gallop instead of the "march of intellect," and the rail-road rapidity with which business is dispatched in the new house—hyperbole is silenced for want of phrases sufficiently strong to express her admiration. Verily, we never wished to be Speaker of the House of Com mons until now. As might be expected in a " Re formed House," the business of reformation occupies its first and most serious attention. The time of the house is not now wasted in discussing petitions befOre full houses; millions are not now (as they used to be) voted away by thin houses ; or before Mr. ' Speaker and his clerks, before the sources from which they are to be sup plied are ascertained :—no—all these things are better managed in "the New House"—the system works well. In a former number we noticed some very important motions in embryo, and on the same authority, we now announce that on an early day an hon. and learned gen tleman, whose voice is Ireland's, means to bring in a bill declaring that the Judges of the land shall be elected an nually, by the inhabitants of St. Giles' and its vicinity. The utility of this measure is evident ; for what class of our fellow-subjects is so interested in the administration of justice as the inhabitants of this classic region? A noble under-Secretary of state, nearly related to a venerable statesman who has grown GREY in the public service, is said to have another bill ready cut and dried to limit the number of sons, brothers; sons-in-law, cou sins, and Other relatives of any future premier; who shall at one time hold commissions in the army and navy, or places of pre-eminence, power, or emolument in his Majesty's service, with an especial exemption in favour of any future Earl Grey. Mr. Cobbett, whose son William is a barrister, may object to this limitation as too exclusive in its character ; it will, however, have our support, because we know not, nor indeed ever heard of, a family so .rich in talent, and so worthy of filling all the high offices in church and state, whether civil or military. The press' of other matter prevents us from laying before our readers those other' measures which are in preparation for the public good. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY, MARCH 15. WE have given in another column, an account of a Meeting of the Parishioners, held in the Session Room, on Wednesday last, upon the question of the adoption of Sir John Cam Hobhouse's New Vestry Act, to which we called the attention of our readers last Friday, when we laid before them an abstract of its principal provi sions, in reference to the subject now at issue. The object of the meeting, which was convened upon a re quisition most respectfully signed, was to show the inexpediency of departing from the system, a popular one, by which the affairs of this parish have been for some years satisfactorily conducted, and substituting a new and untried system, more cumbersome in its ma chinery, and more remote from the control of the Rate payer. This object was, however, defeated by the cla mour and numbe'rs of its opponents' of whom we cannot besupposed to speak disrespectfully, when we observe their cause was advocated by the courteous, placid, and dignified oratory of Dr. Collins, the eloquent and per suasive arguments of Mr. Thomas Smith, and the elegant phraseology of Mr. Robert Turner, urged with his usual ' mildness, modesty, and gentlemanly demeanour. The mean point appears to be a desire on the part of this party, to introduce the system of voting without re ference to property, by which the vote of a man who contributes the lowest possible sum, is to be made equal to die vote of the largest contributor to the burthens of the.parish, and if successful in this, by the same means, they expect to have a select vestry of their own nomina tion, the consequences of which may be more readily imagined than we can at present describe. The present syst,pm rescued the parish from its previous incum brances, and its management has continued satisfactory; and if we may venture an opinion, it is in its favour, as being manifestly more to the interest of the Rate-payers, to have the whole of the v'nstry under their annual control, than to have a vestry of six times the number (120) who, whatever be their disqualification for the office, are to remain three years. We believe there is not a parish in which less of any kind of patronage or abuses exists than in this, we should, therefore, deprecate the change proposed by the promoters of 'Mr. Hobhouse's WE have the most perfect confidence that we need of fer no apology to our readers for calling their attention to the sacred obligations of an oath. It . is the solemn ap— peal which man makes to the Deity as to the purity of his intentions, and the truth of his affirmations, by which he is willing to stand or fall at the great day of retri bution. Bearing this in mind, and cherishing a due sense of the awful responsibility of an oath, it is with feelings of pain and reluctance that we call attention to the conduct of three individuals who, we are sorry to say, are our towns men, and freemen of the borough.of Liverpool. These three individuals, namely,• Mr. Wybergh, Mr. Rathbone, and Mr. R. E. Harvey; who are burgesses of Liverpool, are at present in London, using their utmcst exertions to overturn its corporation, and ()Main the dis franchisement of their brother freemen. This conduct might be pardoned in persons who are not members of the corporation, and who, animated by the revolution mania of'the present day, conceive they only do their duty in striving to undermine and destroy all the insti tutions of the country. But it is conduct which bears a far different construction when it is pursued by persons who are freemen of Liverpool. Every man, before he can be admitted as a burgess, is obliged to take the fol lowing oath, a copy of which is, at the same time, pre sented to him. Here is the oath : ' "THE OATH OF A FREE BURGESS OF THE TOWN OF LIVERPOOL. " You shall be a true and faithful subject to our Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM, his Heirs and Successors, and no trea son do, procure, or commit, or cause to be done, procured, or committed, within this town or the liberties thereof. " You shall also from time to time, as occasion shall require, aid, assist, and obey, as well the Mayor of this town, as also all other his Majesty's Officers within the same under the said Mayor, in the due and lawful execution of their several ices; and especially concerning the Preservation of his Majesty's Peace, the Observation of Good' Order; and the ancient and laudable Pri vileges, Franchises, Liberties, and Customs of the same, which said Liberties and• Customs you shall further and increase, to your knowledge and best endeavour. " You . shall likewise by no covin, colour, or deceit, free any foreigner, or the goods, chattles, or merchandize, of any fo reigner, or other person whatsover, not free within - this town, in the name of your own proper goods, chattels, or merchandize, whereby the customs of this town may be impaired, hindered, impeached, delayed, or embezzled. " And if you shall know or hear of any unlawful congrega tions, conventicles, riots, routs, or unlawful assemblies, or other disorderly tumults to be had or made, or like to be had, made, or procured, by day or by night, within this town or the liber ties of the same, to the disturbance of the peace of our sovereign lord the King's Majesty, his heirs or successors, you shall give warning and notice thereof to the mayor,. his deputy or bailiffs, with all speed ; and all and every other thing or things which shall either touch or concern the advancement or preferment of the commonwealth and state of this town, or shall appertain and belong to be done by good and honest burgesses, freemen, or ,inhabitants of the same, you shall for your part do, accom plish, perform, and observe, to the best of your ability, power, knowledge, and wit. " so HELP YOU GOD." This is the oath that Messrs. Wybergh, Rathbonc, and Harvey took when they became freemen of Liverpool. Any comment upon this would be superfluous : we leave the rest to our fellow-townsmen. The Albion affects to be very indignant at Lord San don, for hinting at the true cause why the old burgesses hung back from voting on-the first day of the election " not choosing to vote at the same time with the small householders." Indignant, but unable to contradict, he can only exclaim " Faugh!" pirating, without acknow ledgment, the expression of the old freemen themselves on the occasion alluded to, whose almost universal reply during the first day of the election to the canvassers for Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas, was "Faugh . ! let the Jerry-voters have their bit of fling to-day, you'll see how we will take the shine out of them to-morrow, cock-a-hoop as they are." They gratified their whim, making good their prediction, and the result sufficiently accounts for all the vexation and bitter animosity which has been subsequently evinced by the defeated party against the old freemen, as well as for the,little irritation displayed by the Editor of the Albion at Lord Sandon's touch of an old sore. MR. WASON made on Tuesday night, in the House of Commons, one of the most unjustifiable attacks upon Mr. Gladstone of this town and member for Portarling ton, which we ever •remember to have heard of in any society supposed to consist of gentlemen. The particu lars will be found in our parliamentary report. The in solence of Mr Wason,as most of our readers know, is only exceeded by his ignorance, and as our columns are full to overflowing, we leave him to the severe repri mand which he'received. at the hands of the Speaker. Such a rebuke would have turned any other man, who possessed feelings warmer than those of an oyster, into a stone. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.—One of the members of this society has at length• found his way into the House of Commons without taking the oaths required frOm the other members of that body. Suppose the King' should be advised to elevate one of this sect to the peerage, or suppose a Peer should turn Quaker, and demand adtnis sion to the house. What would-the' Lords do? Would the oaths administeied on taking a seat in the upper House of Parliament present an insurmountable bar to his admission ;—or, until those oaths are abrogated by an Act of Parliament, can a vote of the House of Com mons Constitutionally supersede the law of the land ? If Quakers can legislatively dispose of our lives, liber ties, and property, (without being first sworn) why may they not do this judicially ? Why should they be ex empted from serving all offices whether civil or military, some of which bear heavily on every other class of the community ? We have been led into these reflections by some obser vations that fell from Mr. Justice Alderson at "the Durham Assizes," where he is reported to have said, that the affirmation of a Quaker being equivalent to the oath of another person, (as decided by the 22nd. Geo. 2 Cap. 46,) the members of the society of friends would in future be liable also to undertake the onerous duties of Consta bles, Overseers, and Grand and Petty Jurymen. MARY-LE-BONE ELECTION.—In one "little month" after it was asserted that the electors of the city of Lon don had proved by their votes in favour of the four re form candidates at the general election, that they were the most reform-loving-electors in Great Britain, the return of Mr. Lyall in preference to Mr. Alderman Venables, gave rise to some abstruse speculations as to the cause of this apparent change of opinion in that body. We who are accustomed to read that inspired periodical " The Times," and to give implicit credence , to all that we read therein, have scarce recovered frcm the shock given to our faith, before we find another va cancy occurring in one of the Metropolitan boroughs, and, wonderful to relate, we find too, that a Tory candi date has dared to rear the standard of revolt,' against the majesty of reform in.that place. All this is wonderous strange, and should Mr. Hope bellie successful candidate, we must go to school again to learn by what causes such effects are produced—and what acts of the reform(({ parliament have produced this reformation of public opinion. SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY. More than three hundred of the nobilityrand gentry of South Lancashire have enrolled themselves as members of the Con servative Societ, established at the public meeting lately held. at Newton. It' there was ever a period when a cordial union of the friends or our religious and political institutions was desi ra bl e , th e present is that period - . We can no longer rely, as was formerly the case, on the character of the government; for we have a ministry which is remarkable for nothing so much as the facility with which it yields .to the cluMonis of the turbu lent, and, a disposition to gratify that morbid apptite for change which distinguishes the present age. The representations of Political Unions are heard in the senate,. deputations from. Political Unions have their audience , of the minister, remon strate, threaten ; and the name of the " people" is prostituted to give authority and influence to principles subversive of all order, of religion, of the rights of property, and of the consti tution itself. There are persons who are ready to condemn the establishment of Conservative Societies, on the ground that their existence affords a cover to the existence of Political. Unions. But it must be remembered that Political Unions arc tolerated by the legislature, and that they have been per mitted to influence the conduct of the government; the ques tion therefore is, whether a countervailing influence resting on the wealth and intelligence of the country, shall not be exerted in defence of those institutions which it is the object of the, unions to destroy. " When bad men combine, the good should associate ;" and if all who desire to preserve the existing con nection between Church and State, the dignity of the throne, and the independence of the' House of Lords, would express their " fixed determination to maintain the tried and ancient principles on which the constitution of our country is founded," ministers, with all their disposition to yield to the clamours with which they are assailed, would not yenture even to pro pose a measure which was calculated' to endanger the estab lished institutions of the country. But it appears to us that something more is required of Con servative societies than a declaration of their principles. Every one who is in the habit of perusing the Movement and revolu tionary journals must be a aware that they are filled with false and calumnious statements, the natural tendency of which is to excite discontent among those who are not able to detect the imposition, or the motive for circulating it. If the church is mentioned, it is for the purpose of exaggerating - its revenues, maligning its clergy, and depreciating their labours. Now, it appears to us that the Conservative societies of England would render a very important service to their country, if they would direct their attention to the best means of counteracting the in fluence of these libellous effusions. Most of our readers are doubtless aware of what has been done by the venerable Soci ety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, to oppose infidel and immoral publications by the circulation of their admirable tracts: what this society has done for the moral and religious interests of society, we would have Conservative Associations do for its political interests. A small annual subscription fro m each member would form a fund which would place within the reach of every man, information on every snbject connected with his political and social condition, which would enable him, at once, to detect the fallacies by which fraudulent and crafty revolutionists attempted to mislead him. We shall probably return .to this subject on some future occasion.—Manchester Guardian. It is reported that a requisition to the Lord Mayor is in pro gress of signing, calling for a public meeting of the electors to keep Sir John Key to his pledge of resigning when called upon by his constituents. It appears•that he has given great offence by voting for ministers on the Irish coercion bill. We know not how true the rumour may be, but we think the citizens should give intimation to their respective representatives that they have withdraVm their confidence from the Whig Govern ment. How otherwise is an alderman to find out such a change ? The conservatives are making themselves,very merry . upon the subject ; under the new order of things in the Con.. Mons they fully expect a change of delegates at least once a month during the present session, as some one or other of the members pledged will find it a difficult task to please all their good friends the radicals. In the meantime large bets are of fered that, if a vacancy occurs, it will be filled up by a conser vative; in that case, being a gentleman, there will be no pledg ing.—Guordiati. The Lumley family at one time claimed their descent from Adam. This occasioned James the First to say in his Scotch accent, when be saw it at Lumley Castle, in his way from the North, " I never before kennid what was Adam's surname, but I now find it was Adam Loomley."