The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-26 00:00:00

tt,l• 26, 1833 TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'tie letter relative to the " Bristol Infirmary" is clearly an ad vertisement. J. M. if possible in our next. Ditto to John Blunt. Various other letters must stand over. Tbe Ribtrpool Alanbar. FRIDAF MORNING, JULY 25, 1R33. Some rather important news from Portugal will be found in another column. General BOURMONT and the French officers had arrived , before Oporto, and the most active preparations were making for an immediate and decisive attack upon that unfortunate city. It will be singular enough if Don PEDRO should receive his quietus through the very means resorted to by himself to conquer the country from his brother, namely, the instrumentality of foreigners. The English inhabitants were taking refuge on board the ships in the river,. and the greatest consternation prevailed among all classes. It would not surprise us if the inhabitants of Oporto were to rise en masse and compel Don PEDRO to capitulate or surrender at discretion. It would, however, be a perilous discretion. If the inhabitants were averse to the continuance of the contest, they should have expressed their sentiments sooner; they might thereby have averted the awful con sequences which now impend over them. If BOURMONT should succeed in taking Oporto by storm, the victory of Captain NAPIER will be a brief triumph indeed. It Would not be bad policy on the part of the Captain, to give his prizes a touch of careening in some English or rench port, where in case of any " untoward event," lie might convert them first into firewood, and next into money. The men must have pay, and the hero, be he Pirate or patriot, must have his reward ; and in case of Oporto being taken, we see no chance of obtaining this reward, except by carrying off the vessels. It would look very like robbery, it is true, but the transaction has bad that taint from the beginning. • Ministers have very recently been exhibiting some rare and extraordinary specimens of retrenchment. Let its take a glance at one or two of these. Mr. JOHN WOOD, the member for Preston, whom, but a few months ago, we recollect as a briefless and un known barrister, in chambers in Crown Office-row in the Temple, where the whole establishment consisted of a scrubby lad and an antiquated laundress, is appointed to 'succeed Mr. MITFORD in the office of Chairman of the Commissioners of Stamps. In order to effect this object, the present ministry displace Mr. MITFORD with a retir i.ug pension of £1,400 per annum ! Let it not be sup- Posed, however, that we object to the well-earned remu neration on the part of a public functionary so justly en titled to it bv his services as Mr. MITFORD j all we mean is to oppose ourselves to, and expose the line of conduct .Lere acted upon by the pledged ministers in the teeth of all their promises of retrenchment. They displace an efficient and long-tried servant to make room for an un . derling of their own, of far inferior pretensions, at the unwarrantable expense to the country of the pension al luded to. Mr. Attorney PARKES," of the Birmingham Political Union, and the private agent of the ministers during the " glorious days," has been appointed Secretary to the Commissioners for examininc , into Corporations. Is it true that Mr_ RUSIITO,;, of Liverpool, is appointed one of these commissioners ? The Committee for enquiring into the conduct of dead men, for the worthy purpose of finding some pretext for robbing the living, or in other words, disfranchising the burgesses of Liverpool, had not finished their labours *when the last advices left London. The Commit:• e passed a resolution that none of the evidence should be published during the progress of the investigation, but this resolution the liberal journals have treated with scorn, and various garbled extracts have found their way into some of the London and Liverpool newspa pers. These scraps are in the highest degree inaccu rate, wrong names being given, and various facts being confounded and distorted so as to make the whole ex tremely ridiculous and absurd. On Tuesday last, the defence of the freemen was com menced by Mr. Nienor., the . honourable nominee of the House, in a short but able speech, a faithful report of which will be found in another column. It was expected that the whole .of the evidence for the defence would be concluded yesterday, so that, if the Committee be agreed, a report may be presented to the House this very even ing. As we have said before, it is of very little conse quence what the Committee state in their report. In the first place, we have pretty strong and cogent reasons for believing that a majority of its members are totally incompetent to conduct, or rather adjudicate upon an in quiry of this nature ; and .in the second place, they have exhibited such traits of temper, obstinacy, ignorance and partiality, that we should have little respect for their verdict even if by chance it were to turn out favourably for the burgesses. The whole affair, and what is of some importance at the present moment, the expense of it, must come before the House in a more formal way ; a n d when it does come, we shall then take the liberty to advert to the evidence, and the character of the witnesses. Our readers may depend upon it that a full report of the proceedings will be given in the STANDARD as soon as we are legally warranted in doing so. We cannot, however, allow this opportunity to pass without expressing our unbounded admiration of the skill, the unwearied industry, the legal research, and the able and uncompromising manner of Mr. NiduoL, in conducting the defence of our fellow-townsmen. He had to contend with pomposity, obstinacy, vulgarity, inso lence, and unblushing falsehood; and yet he has made out a case, which if the committee do their duty, without fear and without bias, must terminate in the acquittal of the slandered burgesses. But, be this as it may, the freemen are immeasurably indebted to Mr. NicnoL. The honourable and learned gentleman, though the son of a distinguished judge, has no need to rest his renown upon hereditary talent; for he has, on this occasion, proved himself to possess. abilities of the very first order. But a word anent the money. The witnesses i n this expensive inquiry are all paid by orders upon the trea sury. Jolls BULL, if you stand this, you are an ass in deed ! Here is a dip into thy pocket, merely to gratify a few heartless and disappointed mountebanks in Liver pool, who, because they could not induce the freemen to desert their best friends, would hang them if they could by suborned evidence. Admirable patriots these! The proceedings upon the West India question within the past week have been entirely corroborative of our own previous views-and opinions. Incertitude and ir resolution on the part of ministers; and on the side of the natural enemies of the Colonists the same determi nation to commit injustice that has ever marked their conduct, except when some paramount consideration of momentary interest hai induced the concealment of that d etermination, in order to avoid the risk of a premature disclosure of their views defeating their ultimate object. We should have thought our recent exposure of the ri diculous proceedings of one of the rival Anti-Slavery bo dies would have checked them in their course. But we suppose the sanction of some additional numbers in their meeting of Saturday last at Exeter Hall re stored that confidence which had previously, as we have reason to believe, somewhat abandoned them ; and, in consequence, we find repeated those unjustifiable, we might say insolent, attempts to coerce the legisla ture in its functions, which have, on previous oc casions, stood prominently forward in their resolutions. BY what right, we would ask, do the infatuated creatures who constitute the majority of the persons assembling at Exeter Hall on such occasions—under the sanction of What law, or by what conceded privilege, do these people assume to dictate to the Houses of Parliament the pecu• liar mode in which they shall decide upon any question affecting interests of such vast magnitude as those of the colonies ? It is, in truth, almost degrading to descend to such a question; nor would we, even for the moment that we occupy in asking it, so far notice them, did we not know, from past experience, how ruinous to public -and private interests are the consequences of that med tiling which has been too long tolerated in these self styled, would-he exclusive, but most egregiously-mis taken advocates of the cause of humanity. Confessing but little disposition to coincide with Mr. P,ELHAM in his general views, we acknowledge the correctness of those which he took on Monday night, in the discussion upon the second reading of the West India Bill, when he censured the meeting at Exeter Hall for passing a reso lution to the effect "that delegates should be summoned from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland to watch the conduct of the representatives of the people on this ques tion." Little as we have reason to approve of the conduct of the "representatives of the people" on the major part of their proceedings in the present session, we have yet to learn in what respect benefit is to be derived from the counsel or proceedings of such delegates in the adjust ment of West India difficulties. We would advise these people, as we have done before, to limit their labours to the honest conduct of their own affairs, and to leave the " watching" of this business to those who have some knowledge of the question; a matter which we are in no way inclined to concede to themselves. Surely there exists enough of embarrassment to overcome, without admitting such impertinent interference as is here sug- gested. As the understanding existed that the second reading should pass without much discussion—since the resolu tions admitted the principle, and the details could only be advantageously discussed in committee—we were surprised to see the opportunity made available by Mr. BUXTON, Lord Howicx, and others, to introduce ex pressions which, if not savouring of actual dishonesty, are little creditable to them, either in their capacity as legislators, or as individual members of society. They were not too severely treated either by Mr. BERNAL or Sir ROBERT PEEL, in the observations which their re marks called forth froM both those gentlemen, and especially from the latter, who seems to have with of those forebodings which have pressed upon us from the beginning, and through every step and stage of this most vital measure. We are unwilling to extend our observations upon the impolicy and injustice of the details, as they stand be fore us up to the moment of going into committee. We think we should have no difficulty in suggesting much that might be found deserving of the consideration of that committee ; but, at the moment we write their labours will have been somewhat advanced ; and know ing the individual talent and experience of the majority of the persons appointed to watch the question on the part of the West India interest, we are inclined to hope for those concessions to justice, and to the national wel fare, as well as to the real benefit of all concerned in the colonies, whether proprietor or negro, which may weak. en, if not avert, the evils that must inevitably attend the maintenance of the provisions of the bill in their present shape. There is only one point on which, at this mo ment, we would venture a suggestion, that may be said to apply alike to the Government, as propounders of the bill, and to the various and varied interests of those, whose property is the object of its enactments—we mean the appropriation of the compensation fund. Without abandoning in any material degree the views that we have heretofore expressed upon this part of the question, we see much of intricacy in its adjustment, and a fair and justifiable ground for differences of opinion thereon. What may be finally settled as the principle of division is, perhaps, at this moment, as little decided as on the first announcement of the original resolutions. The re presentatives of the several colonies naturally contend for such an appropriation as may suit the especial inter ests under their charge. The minister ought to have, and we see no reason to doubt that he has upon this par ticular question, a desire to do equal justice. The capa city to judge may, nevertheless, be doubted ;—and, therefote, we are inclined to the belief that some means might be devised,—but in what precise way we admit that we are not quite prepared to say—to refer the ad judication of the fund, as to its proportions to the several ' classes of claimants, to some appointed body, alike inde pendent of the minister or the claimants, --a sort of jury, which should award to each that portion of the general fund to which an impartial examination into their several cases might lead. Before our next publication some considerable progress may be expected to be made in Committee. We sin cerely hope that the hasty and inconsiderate construction of the bill may be moderately shown and candidly ad mitted. If so, the provisions to which we have unhe sitatingly applied strong terms of condemnation [may give place to clauses that may be calculated to soften the inflictions to which, under any circumstances of mitiga tion, we still look forward with feelings of considerable anxiety. There are some persons who entertain a notion that the present members of the reformed House of Com mons are so well satisfied with their own qualifications, and so well contented with the honours they enjoy and the emoluments they receive, or expect to receive, that very little would tempt them to vote themselves legisla tors for life. Appearances are favourable to this notion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, on Tuesday night, voted against Mr. TENNYSON'S motion for a repeal of the septennial act, and the gentle Lord HOWICK observed, on the same occasion, "that great care ought to be taken lest this House of Commons should be dissolved !" The house adopted the suggestion—took "great care" of itself—and refused to sanction any measure having for its object the shortening of the duration of Parliaments. It is on these premises that some people build their in. ferences that the representatives of the people would no object to having a life interest in their present seats.-- There are many reasons why they should desire this be. sides the mere expense of an election. Lord Howtcx meant more than he intended, or more than he was con scious of, when he expressed his concern " lest the house should be dissolved." It was not the cost which this soft headed young gentleman had in his eye—it was not the trouble ofcanvassing, or begging, or bullying, or spouting, and all that, which aroused the sensibilities of Ilowicx, but the more serious apprehension that should a dissolution take place, he and others would run the imminent hazard of never being returned again. The house contains about two hundred members, who are members fur the first time. Of these new-made statesmen there are some sixty or seventy of the most extraordinary creatures ever seen in one collection. Where they have come from— where born—or where bred, we defy any man to deduce from their conversation or manners, for such conversa tion or such manners have never been exhibited before in any assembly in this country. They misuse the KING'S English most abominably, in open defiance of every rule laid down by the schoolmaster. It is difficult to decide whether they are most ignorant of the forms of the house or the rules of grammar. Formerly strangers visited the gallery to listen to the fervid eloquence of PITT, the indig nant declamation of Fox, the lofty grandiloquence of BURKE, the polished rhetoric of CANNING, or the sarcas tic sallies of the late Mr. HENRY BROUGHAM, anti as they listened they were pleased, gratified, surprised, aston ished, and delighted by turns ; but now strangers go to the gallery, as children do to a twopenny show, to be amused, to have a laugh, (alas! that it should be at the expense of the nation,) to witness the drolleries of COB BETT, the pretensions of SILK BUCKINGHAM, the gabble of JOE FIELDEN, the sermons of Mr. FAlTuFuL,the unknown tongues of Mr. GILLON and Mr. BANNERMAN, the foolscap oratory of Sir JOHN KEY, the nostrums of Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY, the blunders of Lord ALTHORP, the miserable chirpings of Lord JOHN . RUSSELL, the tallow-shopery ar guments of Mr. POWLETT THOMSON, and the small-beer friskiness of Mr. FRANCIS JEFFEREY, of the Edinburgh Review, now Lord Advocate for Scotland. To be in structed by any thing that proceeds out of the mouths of any of these men is out of the question. There is more valuable information to be acquired by watching the movements of Mr. JOHN GULLY. No, no, strangers do not go to be instructed; they go to get five shillings worth . of laughter for the two-and-sixpence they pay at the door. Now, be it borne in mind, that of the two hundred new members, of some of whom we have made honour able mention, at least one hundred and fifty of them never would darken the doors of St. Stephen's if another elec tion were to take place to-morrow. These inimitable persons know this well. They see their fate in the change which has taken place in public opinion. They know that they are odious from one end of the country to the other, and they read their doom in the pages of every newspaper. It comes by instinct, therefore , that they should hold by their rotten plank, and cling toge ther as long as possible. "Oh dear 1" exclaims my Lord SIMPLICITY, " take great care lest the house be dis solved I—Heaven forefend !—a dissolution would ruin us !—we would be undone, beggared, disgraced, hooted at and despised for ever!" And so you would, gentlemen. There is no mistake about this. You cannot fall much lower than you are at present. Ingenious as Lord ALTHORP is in contriving a mishap and concocting a blunder ; and expert as he is in tumbling into the mire and drawing his friends after him —ingenious and expert though he be, still we defy the noble lord to make the House of Commons more con temptible than it is at present. It is dyed in the yarn, as Mr. MARK PHILIPs would say, and is weather proof. No soap, or soft water, or sunshine can wash or bleach its colour out. The five hundred jobs to which it has been a party—the reforms that it has sanctioned merely for the sake of patronage—the pretended love of economy, and the improvident expenditure of the public money—the millions voted away unnecessarily, and the assessed taxes continued vexatiously—all these facts speak trumpet tongued not only against ministers, but against their reformed parliament. Look at the pledges that have been broken without the slightest hesitation or regret. Dr. LUSHINGTON, of the Tower. Hamlets, WILLIAM BROUGHAM, of Southwark, and fifty others, were all pledged to a repeal of the assessed taxes, and they all voted in their favour ! Are we lovers of pledges or pledged members ? By no means ; but the pledge made should be redeeMed, otherwise honour is a word without meaning, and the promise of - a reformer as false as " dicer's oath." _ _ Hitherto we have been favourable to the. septennial bill, but the character of the reformed House of ConiMons is .an insuperable objection to it. If ever there ‘6's a time when an appeal should be made to the nation, it is the present moment. The mania of reform has passed by ; the frantic dream of the revolutionist has been dissi pated, the hopes of the incendiary are subdued, and the sober calm of reflection has succeeded to the roar of the political tempest. The people see that the Whigs are dishonest. They are a grasping, selfish, ignorant, and being ignorant, a chattering, consequential, and arrogant confederacy of quacks. They have not fulfilled any one of the nine hundred and ninety-nine expectations which they held out when they came into office. Their whole official reign has been a delusion and a fraud. Their struggle has been for place ; and being in place, to keep possession as long as possible by every means, shabby or nefarious, sneaking or impudent, reckless or despicable. Lord BROUGHAM has contrived to ob tain more patronage, and confer more favours, than any former Chancellor in the same period of time. He was not content with his new Judges, new Commis , sioners, new official assignees, but he actually aimed at changing the whole legal establishment of England. This too was for patronage. Fortunately the bill was suc cessfully opposed; but if it had passed the peers, it would have passed the commons, and it would have raised into itinerant judges a Whole host of carping barristers of the Whig order, and commissioned a whole legion of half-starved and roguish attorneys to prey upon the poor. This, by the way, to keep up the cant, was called the " Poor Man's Bill," and so it was in every sense of the word—a bill to make him poor, and keep him poor, for life ! Such being the ministers, and such their minions in the House of Commons, are we to be told that the Act of Parliament, which authorises the duration of its own existence to a period of seven years, ought to stand between us and the right to send our present representatives to another trial before their constituents. A house formed during a moment of ferment—composed of the noisiest demagogues—the idols of inebriated men—is not a house where the property, talent, and respectability of the country can possibly be fairly represented. Let its works bear witness of its worth. Let us judge of it by what it has done. Let us form an estimate of its deliberative justice and its collective wisdom by throwing its errors and blunders overboard, and making every allowance for its be • neficial services. Where are they ? What has the reformed Parliament done, that leaves any trace in our recollec- tions otherwise than painful ? Is the Reform Bill itself an item in the roll of merit ? We deny the assumption —we resist the claim. We know of no class of men in this country whom the bill has satisfied except the shop keepers, and they can hardly be said to be the most valu able, or respectable, or even tolerant class _in the state. It has conferred no privilege upon the useful and indus trious mechanic. It gives to the retailer of gin—to the keeper of a disorderly house—to the lord of a tap or a dram shop—a right to vote for members of Parliament; but it withholds this privilege from every man, no matter what may be his station in life, who does not live in a house rated at ten pounds per annum in the parish books. The Reform Bill was a fraud ; and those who bawled loudest for, were most imposed upon by it. Universal suffrage would have been preferable in our opinion; and whenever we hear Lord JOHN RUSSELL again prating about vote by ballot, as he did lately in Devonshire, we shall hoist the banner of universal suffrage. Bad, selfish, unjust, pitiful, mean, and fraudulent as was the whole scheme of reform, still it is deemed the sheet-anchor of the Whigs. They have nothing else. to boast of. During the two years and eight months they have been in office, they have given us " the bill," but "nothing but the bill." As to their Irish specifics, and their Dutch protocols, and all their other follies, we set them down as food for laughter. Why, then, should such men be protected by a septennial bill ? Three years, or at the most five years, is a sufficient period for a political apprenticeship. With an able ministry and an honest parliament seven years are not too much ; but with such imbeciles in office, and such serviles in parliament, one year is eleven months too long. At any rate, to hear Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord ALTHORP, and the Whigs opposing the repeal of the septennial act, is enough to cause an eclipse of both sun and moon at the same time. They have—every man of them—and Lord JOHN the most persevering of the whole, advocated triennial parliaments , with all appliances of swagger and fustian to boot, for the last thirty years—but then, the Whigs were not in office ! ! LONDON LATEST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock, It will be seen that the Irish Church Robbery Bill is pro gressing through the upper house, and may be considered as the forerunner of that general attempt to overthrow the religion of the country, which under the auspices of the Grey administra tion will be made by the Destructives. We have had little of moment here since we last wrote. Mr. Rothschild has brought out his new Greek Loan, guaranteed by England, France, and Russia. It bears a premium, as might be expected, seeing tha t the English nation not having debt enough of its own, has been made by ministers responsible for this new one, and will most assuredly in the long run have to pay; for in the name of ail that is pitiful, where can King Otho find resources in his new anarchical monarchy ever to pay even the interest, when once the funds reserved out of the principal are exhausted? This is the settling day in our Consol Market; the fluctuations since the last account have been about 3 per cent. One defaulter was declared, and the price for the August Account ex dividend closed this afternoon at 89% U. The West India revolution measure comes on for discussion, and, notwithstanding the efforts of the Buxton faction to strike out the £20,000,000 compensation, it is supposed it will be car ried without any essential alteration. How it is to be enforced is another matter. We have seen a e variety of private letters from Oporto and from Lisbon. The Marshal Bourtricnt had taken the com mand of the army of Don Miguel, and ere this we have no doubt that a general assault has been made on Oporto. The disposition of the troops is said to be excellent, and there can be little fear but that the distinguished officer who now heads them will put an end to the mercenary war now desolatirtg Por tugal. It is only to be regretted his services were not earlier obtained. Portuguese Scrip is 103 i, and the Bonds are 75%, Spanish Stock is 2OM. It seems that the progress of Don Pedro's troops in Algarves and Alentejo has been much exag gerated, that the gentry fly at their approach, that a strong force was mustering to oppose them, and that the cause of Don Miguel was by no means desperate. Nothing material has been doing in the Northern Bonds. Russian Stock is 10531, Dutch 49k, and Belgian Brazilian Bonds closed this af t ernoon at 69N 70 4 , • THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL NEWS FlRE.—About twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, a fire was discovered in a small clothier's shop in Bath-street, kept by a Mr. Murphy. Owing to the high state of the wind, the flames made such rapid progress, that in a very short time the whole building was complezeiy in their power. SAN KEY CANAL,—The new branch of the Sankey Canal, from Fidler's Ferry to West Bank, near Runcorn, was opened on Wednesday week. This branch has been made to avoid the difficulty which the boats by this canal frequently had to encounter on the sand banks of the Mersey near Runcorn, but by this means vessels with coal can now navigate the Mersey with safety. This is another medium by which the supply of coals to Liverpool will be materially increased. PLEASURES OF THE BATH.—" Holloa! Sullivan," ejaculated a gentleman, the other morning, to another, as the latter was mounting the stairs opposite the Floating Tub, "is the water tolerably clean to-day, no oil, no tallow, no soap lees, eh ?" "Oh, clean did you say, look in my face, man, I've been bath ing, and now lam going home to wash." " Well, but how did you like the splendid place?" " Like it !—indifferently pleasant, I assure you; I was bitten by a crab in the toe, and nearly suf focated with an accidental mouthful of a very disagreeable sort of water; it is the best place for sea-sickness I ever was in; there was an old man washing his red eyes exactly opposite to where I floated, and in the next corner to that was a - bilious in valid, with a bandaged knee, attempting to swim upon bladders fresh gathered from the slaughter-house, och l—ew ! ha!" The shop occupied by Mr. John Lucy, jun., tailor and draper, which was robbed on the night of the 1/tb ult., and goods taken therefrom to the amount of 1320, was again attempted early on Wednesday morning last, but fortunately the lock, a patent one, resisted the efforts of the depredators. Prom the appearance of the lock it was evident that a crow bar had been used, but with out effect. A servant girl who was up washing at the house ad joining, states that two men tapped at the window almost imme diateli after the watchman called the hour of two; in a few minutes she thought she heard a noise, and mentioned it, and on throwing away the suds a short time after, the two men walked down the street. Mr. Lucy's shop is in sight of the beats of five different watchmen, and yet in both instances the robbers were not even seen by them. The Commissioners of the Watch would do well to make some alterations in their plans and not allow the watchmen merely to call the hour, as robbers, by the present system, can very easily escape detection by waiting for an opportunity of getting off as soon as the watchmen have called the hour and walked onwards. _ _ _ LEEDS LEATHER FAIR.—The quarterly leather fair was held on Wednesday last, when a large quantity of leather was ex• hibited, and upwards of 70 tons were sold at prices as under : Crops, 13d. to 15d.; common hides, 12d. to 13/1. ; shorned ditto, 13d. to 15d. ; butts, 14d. to 18 y 2 d. ; Spanish horse ditto, 22d. to 25d.; German ditto ditto, 17d. to 20d.; English ditto ditto, 13d. to 16d.; skins, 20d. to 24d. ; kips, 51bs. to Wits., 16d. to 18d.; shoulders, 9d. to 11d. , ; bellies, 81 to 9d. Within the last few weeks old Neptune has been gradually extending his dominions by encroachments on the neighbouring coast, near the Ribble, and has wrested upwards of ten acres of land from one estate. Similar encroachments of the sea are also taking place on the coast of Sussex. THE MASTER DYERS IN LEEDS AND THE TRADES' UNION. —We understand that the worsted stuff dyers in Leeds, or at least nine or ten of the principal houses in that line, closed their works on Saturday night last, with the determination to oblige their workmen to withdraw from the trades' union. According to present appearances a great struggle between the master manufacturers and the trades' union in the different branches of the woollen trade is at hand.—Leeds Mercury. STATE OF TRADE.—Trade in general is usually dull at this season of the year. Some branches of it, however, continue to improve, and the flower-lashers are all employed, which augurs well for the trade. Trimmings are flat, though we have heard that considerable sales took place last week. Several of our manufacturers have been incre t asing their hands for very rich corner and centre shawls. They are the most beautiful pro ductions of our looms, and excite universal admiration. A con siderable number of weavers have been engaged for zebra shawls, blue dresses, and window curtains. The high price of wool has given a partial check to the Thibet manufacturer. The silk gauze trade, we are sorry to say, is rather languid at present, which is attributed by some to the rise on the raw ma terial. It is the general opinion that the autumn trade will start sooner this season than some of the byepast years. — Paisley Advertier. THE DR AM.A. The managers of our theatre seem determined on trying to please the lovers of the drama by the introduction of a succes sion of good plays, and also by an: importation of good actors from the metropolitan boards. In addition to Mr. Cooper, Mr. Bartley and Mrs. Nisbett are now fulfilling an engagement of a fortnight each; and on Tuesday night we had an opportunity of seeing these excellent performers act together iu The Pro voked husband, Cooper and Mrs. Nisbett sustaining the parts of Lord and Lady Townly, and Bartley that of Sir Francis fl-rung head.- The character of Lord Townly is considered one of first rate importance, and has had the honour of being performed by one of the greatest monarchs of the mimic tribe, John Kemble, who admirably embodied the calm dignity of this specimen of the English nobility of other days, when peerages were not quite so cheap as they are in ours. With Mr. Cooper for his representative Lord fownly ought to be perfectly satisfied. We never saw his lordship more ably represented, nor has it been our lot to see Mr. Cooper in a part better calculated to display his powers to the best advantage. As Mr. Bartley has been a stranger to the Liverpool stage for ten years, it may not be amiss to observe, that he is, in his personal appearance, almost a personification of that whimsical creature John Bull,—his face is the very picture of good humour, when undisturbed by those sudden squalls of temper to which his characters generally subject him,—and his style of acting is unequalled for its ease and freedom. As Sir Francis Wronyhead, we think it almost impossible that he could succeed with no better supporter than Mrs. Taylor as Lady Wronghead. Here we feel some difficulty in giving an opinion. Mrs. Taylor, no doubt , . has been a good actress, but she is now evidently arrived at that period of - life when she is physically, incapable of supporting many charac ters; and it is exceedingly painful to see her retain those where theinfirmities of her age are rendered too apparent, and sub jected to ridicule instead of respect. Why was not her place supplied by Mrs. Clarke? Mrs. Nisbett made a beautiful Lady Townly, and went through her scenes, and provoked her hus band, with the most provoking nonchalance. To the honour of high life be it spoken, that the character of a female gamester is but little known in the present day ; Mrs. Nisbett, however, drew a fine picture of the mental degradation and the humilat ing consequences of this intoxicating vice; and, in the conclud ing scene, when she is awakened to a proper sense of her errors, she told her story with a pathos that we have never seen ex celled and seldom equalled. Before we dismiss The Provoked Husband, we must bestow a word or two on Mr. Slaiter's John Moody. This gentleman is, we suspect, the best Yorkshireman on the stage ;—his manner and person remind us very forcibly of Emery, and we are of opinion that eventually Mr. Siaiter will rise to an equal degree of eminence in the profession. In The Wedding Day Mr. Bartley, as Sir Adam Contest, was more at home than as Sir Francis Wronghead. In this he was supported by Mrs. Nisbett as Lady Contest, and we were much delighted with the manner in which she announced the reap pearance of the old and real Lady Contest to Sir Adam. APOLLO VOCAL CGNCERT. The second concert, last night, fully sustained the character of the first, in selection and execution ; and we congfatulate the town on this return to so agreeable a relaxation from the severer labours of the day. Beethoven's grand symphony in C opened the concert, which, as well as the overture to Anacreon, iu the second part, was well performed. This was followed by Weber's quartett, " Over the dark blue waters," which was given in excellent style • and we have seldom heard to so great advantage that beautiful sestetto of Rossini, taken from Cinderella, "Midst doubt confusing." The softer parts, espe cially, were given with a taste and accuracy of expression which would have gratified the author, could he have heard them. The second part contained a selection from some of the first Italian masters, among which may be noticed, as given in most admirable taste by Miss Johnson, Mozart's beautiful aria from Figaro, "Dove soon." The quartetto, from Rosini's opera of Mose in Egitto, "Mi manna la roes," which was delicately and beautifully given by Miss Johnson, Miss Potto, Mr. Caird, and Mr. Entwistle, was as beautifully re peated upon a general encore; a compliment that was also de servedly. paid to the succeeding morceau, the laughing terzetto of Martini— "VADAsi VIA DI QUA Che questo in verita, Da ridere mi fa, ah l ah!" into which Miss Potts, Mr. Caird, and Mr. Aubrey threw the author's fullest meaning. We repeat our congratulations on the taste which selected, and the talent which sustained the evening's entertainment; and hope to see an extensive revival of what must ever con tribute to the refinement of society, lamenting only that the space allotted to the performance must necessarily restrict the number of auditors. ANECDOTE OF ROBERT HALL—Previous to this illness (his seclusion near Bristol, in 1802,) Mr. Hall contracted the habit of smoking, of which he was remarkably fond, and thought it tended a little to relieve the pain he so constantly endured. A curious colloquy arose out of this circumstance soon after his admission, which shows his ingenuity in endeavouring to obtain the privilege of a pipe, and the severity of his sarcasms when provoked by disappointment. Being invited to dine with the medical gentleman, in company with other convalescents, he on the first day said, " Do you know, sir, which is the finest plant in all the universe ? " The doctor answered no, he did not know,; he had not devoted much time or attention to botany ; "Do you know which it is, .Mr. Hall?" " Yes, yes," he quickly replied, " that is easily discovered; it is tobacco, cer tainly." The hint did not take effect, and he remained silent and dejected all that day. On the next opportunity he renewed the enquiry. " Doctor, do you know the finest scent that ever accosted the nostrils of man?" " I cannot tell von immediate ly; but, is it snuff, Mr. Hall?" " Snuff, mutt! no, sir; it is the fume of tobacco." Having received no favourable answer, lie continued silent the remainder of the day. These attempts to obtain a pipe proving unsuccessful, he the next time put the question in still plainer terms. " Doctor, do you ever smoke ?" "No, certainly not," was the reply. " Then, sir, you are an object of profound compassion and commiseration; why, doctor, you are destitute of the finest of our six senses !" The doctor politely thanked him, but assured hint that he needed not his compassion. Mr. Hall, attempting to justify his remark, re plied, " Why, sir, would you not pity a man who had not the sense of seeing, hearing, or smelling? And as you have not the sense of smoking, you are an object of the profoundest pity and compassion." On the fourth day, he openly requested the fa vour of a pipe, and could take no rest till he had obtained it. But he received for answer, " You have been long enough in this establishment to know, sir, that the rules do not allow of smoking." " I have : and what is the reason for that, Doctor?" " Because," replied the doctor, "it was thought to have a ten dency to increase the malady which prevails in this house." " No, no," was responded; that, indeed, is not the reason ; the true reason is, because the president of this establishment is a great blockhead." Mr. Hall's propensity for smoking in creased so much upon him after this period, that he ruiv,ht be found occupied with a pipe most hours of the day. In his own apprehension, the se dative effects of tobacco were beneficial to his health, tending to alleviate that excessive pain under which he laboured, or in some measure to divert his attention from it. A friend having presented him with a portable and capacious box for the purpose, he seldom went fr om home without pro viding himself with an ample store of kyna s te r ; an d even wlwii travelling outside a coach, which he commonly preferred, a pipe was frequently his companion, Unable to continue long in bed, from the increasing pain it produced, he was in the habit of rising very early, and lying on the hard floor, and amusing him self with a pipe and a book. One dark winter's morning his candle went out, and as he could nowhere be.found about the house the family became alarmed; but just as some were going out with a lantern to search for him, he made his appearance, saying he had traversed the streets to find a watchman to light •1 his pipe; so essential was this little indulgence to his personal cunifori,—Morris's Biodraphicql Recoliections, EGREMONT REGATTA.--.Tut.r 23d, 1833.—MEasur Cur. Camilla Ivanhoe 2 EG REMONT Cl P.—Leda sailed over. A sailing Match for Clincher-built Ferry Boats. First Boat' 3 Guineas, second Boat I (ininea. Elizabeth Industry JULY 24th,-11Annotin MASTER'S CUP. Dickey Sam , I.AniEs' Cup. Tickler Camilla Ivanhoe 3 A Waterman's Prize of Three Guineas for the first Boat, and One Guinea for the second. Clincher-built Ferry Boats. Elizabeth of Egremont 9 ' Industry , z A Waterman's Prize of Two Guineas for the first Boat, and One Guinea for the second,, four-oared Boats, roved and steered by boatmen. Mary 2 One and All The Regatta Dinner will take place this day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The sporting circles this week have had little else to en g a g e attention than the prospective events, namely, the Great St. Leger, the Goodwood Cup and Stakes, tt.e Drawing-room Stakes, and last, though not least, the Knutsford meeting. The odds in the Great St. Leger do not fluctuate much, but the acceptances of the offers against the favourite, Muley Moloch, are considerably less than the week previous; the supporters indeed cf -Muley have fought rather shy , and the disposition appears to be to back Belshazzar, who has been in tolerable demand, and hopes are entertained by his friends that he will ere long replace Muley. Mussulman also creeps up in Lanca shire, although at Tattersall's the quotations on him are about the same as in our last. Satan has again fallen, and his impe rial majesty, it is anticipated, will shortly be out of the market altogether. The betting upon the Goodwood Stakes and the Cup goes freely on. 'Windcliffe and Little Red Rover are at it neck and neck for precedence. Both are considered sure to start. The former has quitted his place in the odds for the cup, and certainly will not go for it. His owner (Mr. Robinson, of Manchester) was principally instrumental in making him first favourite for the stakes , _ by appearing in the betting circles within the precincts of Hyde Park and taking the odds offered against him. Sir Mark Wood's Cainarine enjoys much confi dence for the cup, and has come up to five to tour on against the field. Camanne's weight is appointed 9 st. Sib., Beiram's 8 st. 16., Gallopade's 10 st., and Rubin's 9 st. 9 1 b. The Chel tenham meeting concluded with much eclat, with the exception of the anticipated race for the cup, which was shamefully walked over for; and, as if that was not a sufficient insult to the liberal patrons of the turf, Mr. John Day, the " crack Newmarket jock," added his mite to the disappointment, by walking over for it dressed in a slovenly kind of blue smock frock and dirty boots, equally, perhaps, as amusing to him as disgusting to the spectators, who indulged him with a few hisses. The Derby and Kendal meetings opened on Tuesday last, but the bet ting effected upon them was limited, with - the exception of the contest for the cup,—or what may more properly be termed " the Derby Stakes,"—upon which the needful liberally and harmoniously changed hands. The Fair Circassian (the property of Thos. Houldsworth, Esq., M.P., of Manchester,) was the favourite at evens against the field, and won cleverly afier a pretty contest with Dirce and the gallant Giovanni, the latter making a good second, Dirce third, and Christina fourth; nine paid; the betting was even on the winner, six to four against Giovanni (taken), four to one against Dirce, and six to one against any other. The Duke of Devonshire's Sixty Guineas was taken by Mr. Beardsworth's Truant, who played away against Mr. Robinson's colt by Lottery, and Mr. Houlds worth's- Blank; six to four against the winner, and three to one against Blank. The Cavalry Stakes were won by Q ueen Bess - beating Christina of Sweden.—Nothing of importance occurred at the Kendal meeting; Laurel Leaf added another victorious wreath to her conquests by taking the Maiden Plate en Monday, and Corrector won the Ave sovereign stakes. The Maid of Melrose and Bullet were both backed for the Cup, and Bullet, from the reports, is likely to take the lead. At the Southampton meeting, Little Red Rover was noticed by eight to one being laid against his winning the Southampton stakes ;tad the Goodwood.—The Knutsford and Goodwood meetings both commence on the 30th. Lady Stafford for the Cup at the former place is still backed against the field, and is also a favourite for the Peover stakes.—Seven horses are entered for the Knutsford Cavalry Cup; given by the commander of the corps, Lord Grey of Groby, to be run for by Cheshire bred horses, that have been exercised in the yeomanry troop this season. There is little betting upon this event, in consequence of the virtues and other excellencies of the animals being un known beyond the districts to which they belong. It is to be hoped this year, to avoid the squabbling which has formerly taken place, that no persons will attempt to run their horses unless they can sufficiently prove them by their pedigree to be Cheshire fired, as it is well known that winners of the cup on former events, have had to hand the prize over to the second horse, in consequence of being unable to prove their eligibility The following is the latest state of the betting, yesterday : iaiUTSFORD CUP. 6 to 4 on Lady Stafford 13 to 1 agst Manchester 6 to 1 against any other. KNUTSFORD CROWLEY CUP. 6 to 1 a g ainst anything entered. PEON ER(KNUTSFORD) STAKES. Even on Lady Stafford. DONCASTER GREAT ST. LEGER. 41 to 1 agstMuley Moloch (off) 20 to 1 agst The Mole oto 1 agst Belshazzar (taken) 25 to 1 agst Jack Fawcett 11 to 1 agst Rockingham (tk) 20 to 1 agst Tim (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mussulman (tk) 25 to 1 agst Trepidatiou (tk) 16 to 1 agst Anne (taken) 100 to 3 agst Satan. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 2 agst Windcliffe (taken) 12 to 1 agst Gallopade 12 to 2 agst Little Red Rover(t) 15 to 1 agst Beiram 7 to 1 agst Tourist 13 to 1 agst Guildford 12 to 1 agst Clara 14 to 1 agst Lady Fiy. 12 to 1 agst Porwee DRAWING R lom STAKES. 31 to 1 agst Trepidation 21 to l agst Revenge _3 to 1 ugst Young Rapid ion crp. 17 to 1 agst Gallopade 10 to 1 agst Rubini p.p.) it being conditioned tha ;tart in the set off. GOODW( 5 to 4 on Camarinc 10 to 2 rgst Beiram 1000 to 100 agaist Rubini (not Camariue shall s' \ TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.IND4RD. Siii,—linowing it to be your wish that your journal should be serviceable to the public, allow me to call your attention to the open and glaring imposition practised by the hackney-coach and car drivers upon the public. Upon a moderate computa tion I think I may say in nine cases out of ten imposition is at temted, and in eight out f ten is prac tised. Fia any one to be fully g convinced of this, o let him but wa lk up . as far as the railway station, where he will see the most abominable charges made by the drivers : often have I seen four shillings charged by' the driver of a car as the fare from the Exchange to Crown sreet; half-a-crown to the bottom of Loudon-road; and other similar if not greater impositions. The railway passenger (par ticularly the stranger) is hurried, or rather pulled into a . car, and not being acquainted with the distances and localities, is in variably duped by these harpies, who, if you oLject to the . fare, are vilely insolent. Ladies, I may say, are always defrauded by them ; it is no small addition to the railway fare, often amounting. to near as much as the fare from . 111anchester to Liverpool. If small cards were fixed up i n the carriages, giving a list of the fares allowed to be charged, passengers wouid not then be so often defrauded. True it is, that a list of tares is hung up at the office door, but no one in the great bustle which there exists has leisure or opportunity to exam in e it . ; and thus CURAT the drivers escape the richly deserved fine.—l remain, yOßours, . THE BISHOPS. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE LIVERPOOL STAND.IRD. SIR,—It is an ancient maxim that they who profess much generally do little ; and this was never more clearly exemplified than in the case of those who now hold the responsible offices in the government of this kingdom, who, to draw the public attention as much as possible from their own proceedings, are continually abusing the conduct of th ose who hold opinions at variance with their own; and when the principals have recourse to deception, it is only likely that their supporters will be im pregnated with similar feelings. Consequently, we find the public journals which uphold their principles frequently making assertions void of truth, and calculated to mislead those wh o place reliance upon their statements. From the " leading journal," the London Times of Thursday last, the following extract is taken. Speaking of the defeat of the Local Court Bill in the House of Lords, they state :—" It is lost through the virtuous instrumentality of the bishops and of proxies. What do we infer from this? Is it that no more bills for cheapening, facilitating, and expediting justice, will be introchiced or carried through Parliament.? No! undoubtedly our conclusion is, that bishops will sooner and more certainly forfeit their legislative privileges, and th a t p rox ies, those automata of the art of law making, will be altogether abolished." Now any person who refers to the list o f voters upon this bill, will perceive that the whole of the bishops who voted, either personally or by proxy, were in the minority; and although it has been tile practice cif the spiritual lords, for a length of time, to abstain from voting upon any question, except some important changes in the con stituliou were contemplated, or the interests of religion at, stake, still they have as equal a right to express their opinion upon any proceeding in the house as any other member : so that if this bill did not meet wiih their approbation they were amenable to no man for opposing it. Thus it is that the liberal" spirit of the present day is exercised in endeavouring - to traduce those whose conduct is above reproach, and whose station in society ought to protect them from such invidious attacks. But it is to be hoped that such conduct will be placed to the proper source, and the guilty parties meet with their desert. 101.1191MINIF. patronized by the although recommended by the Radicals and a The inhabitants of Greenwich, disappointed that their Curate. Times, has not got the living vacant• by the 'hearing that Lord death, are, we are totd, in great alarm at incumbent's to Bill Soames. Grey has given this valuable piece of preferment, a crovernment have l o p la tr to o The appointments recently made by the out that the recently ren dered it extremely probable, brita 1 of Lord Grey's, is out presented gentleman, although_ protege awe i name.—John Bull. the well-known individual of the s letter was addressed by a veteran seaman to Admiral B The following humorous letterw adriressed by a veteran seaman to Ad,ral floscaWen :___ ,‘ Sir,—l had the honour o f being at the taking of Port Mahon, for which one gentleman also at the losing of Mahon, for which was made a lord; I was made a lord •eachof' has been menanother gentlemanl-,it one of those services; surely I, who Der performed t at least to be made a lieutenant.-• ' '-- fornied both, ought honours humble servant," &c all from your lion H —III the ch - h * A MoriEsT ErimPo.u..ar . 1 ~ me of Saragossa is to be seen the following s ,, in, I . cpi aph on a chorister to one of the Kings of Spain : tieie lies Juan Cabecca, chorister of our ' lord the King. When he was received into the choir of angels • neitation of that hay in agt . . company, his voice was so ilis the r that est, God tingu u ishable nomhimself even hearkened to him with attention, and at last said rather severely to the angels, 'hold your tongues, ye calves, and let Juan Cabecca, chorister to the king of Spain, sing my praise ! !'" We may talk of the nonsensical ravings of the disciples of Mahomet, and of the wild ignorance of the distant savages, but here, in haughty an d civilised Spain, th e ki ng d om of his most Catholic Majesty, the nation of monks and gloomy convents, we have speci mens of presumptuous ignorance and proud blasphemy that would shock an infidel. THE NEW STAGE-COACH ACT.—The bill now before Parlia ment for the purpose of amending the present stage-coach act, we fear, if allowed to pass into a law, will prove a greater pub lic nuisance than ever, and the lives of his Majesty's subjects will be . placed in more imminent danger than heretofore ; for, by the intended bill, it would appear that the proprietors of stage-coaches may, by paying to the revenue extra duty, carry as many passengers , as they please, which will be seen by the following scale:—By paying 2d..a-tnile duty, a stage-coach may carry 5 outside - passengers ; 2d.. 8; 3d., 11; 3P,, 12; P. 14 ; a halfpenny 4d., 16; •, 7 2. • 97 carr y a -mile extra duty a coach proprietor may two extra out side passengers. It is therefore quite evident that in the framin g of this bill the safety of the public has been a secondary con sideration, SECOND EDITION. Standard 09,ce, 7'itri , e o'clock CORN EXCHANGE, FitIDAY, Two O'CLOCK The extensive business clone on Tuesday with town and country dealers and speculators, and the subsequent fine weather, have given us a flat market to day. The particulars of Wheat were mo?tiv confined to retail lots of Canada, prime samples of which brought Tuesday's rates, but the prices that were refused on that day were taken for the more middling kinds of Red. Irish Wheat, Oats, Oatmeal, and other articles, for want of demand, were all dull at the previous quotations. COTTON NIA UK ET. TWO O'CLOCK. We have had a very good demand for Cotton this morning from speculators and the trade, and 8000 bags are sold at extreme prices, of which fully one half are on speculation. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY, 2Gth July.—Noon, Wind W.—Fair. ARRIVED. May, Peille, from Africa ; sailed 19th May, in company with the Royal George and Moro Castle, for Liverpool. Liverpool, Ross ; Nathan Graham, Weatherland ; 1 from St. Petersburg,h. St. Harlampy, Kruger ; Concord, Hicks, from Quebec. Arrived off Port :—Superb, Clucas, from Jamaica., Mariote, —, from Charente. The Annie, Mainlands, hence, at Barhadoq. The Latona, Dawson, and Vere, Hemingway, hence, at Bonny. The Thomas Parsons, Macklin, hence, at Calabar. SAILED. The whole of the outward bound, consisting of about 70 sail DIED. Yesterday, Mrs. Ann Brancker, aged 89 years. LIVERPOOL ELECTION. SPEECH OF MR. NICHOL, ON ENTERING UPON THE DEFENCE OF THE FREEMEN, ON TUESDAY LAST, BEFORE THE SELECT COMAHTTRE OF THE 110( SE OF COMMONS. "It now, sir, becomes my duty to offer to the committee a few remarks by way of opening this case, and I assure them that I shall occupy them but a few minutes. I will first call the at- tention of the committee to the case which has been attempted Mbe set up of a traffic in offices. The committee will recollect that the other side have taken a pretty wide range with respect to this traffic. They have embraced in it a period beginning with the year 1812 and ending with the present year, com- prising no less a space than twenty-one years, and during the whole of that time they have only been able to rake up two cases, and those supported by the most loose• and unsatisfactory and inconclusive evidence that, I will venture to say, was ever produced before any tribunal. The principal witness to oue of those transactions gave his evidence iu so hasty and unguarded a manner, that upon certain points in the cross-examination his testimony was shewn to be utterly worthless. He stated facts as within his own knowledge which, when they came to be pressed on cross-examination, were proved not to be in any way within his own observation. " Sir, the committee will also remember that the latest of these transactions occurred not less than 14 years ago, and the princi pal parties alleged to have been implicated in these transactions are long since dead; that all those who could have given a clear explanation of what occurred at that distant epoch are now removed; that at the moment, or very shortly after, the charge was made upon the hustings, those transactions were both solemnly denied by the high and honourable persons who were attempted to be implicated in them; that an investigation was at that moment set on foot ; and that that investigation was .... afterwards abandoned because, as the witnesses have said, there was no sort of foundation fur the charge. The legal tri- bunals of the country have been open to the persons who made these charges from that moment to the present; but to those tribunals they have never dared to resort. The offences are in dictable offences, and those offences they have never brought to the cognizance of a judge or before a jury, who would, front their habits of investigating these sort of cases, have been en abled to enter upon the investigation in the most searching manner. But now, after an interval of fourteen years, when the parties are all dead, they have attempted to rake them up, and to add to the odium against the freemen which prevails, unfortunately, from some transactions which occurred a few years ago; but, as the _committee must remember, neither the freemen nor the candidates are implicated in these transactions, and, as I humbly submit to the committee, they have ❑o bear ing whatever upon the corruption of the freemen. Feeling this most strongly, it is the determination of those who conduct the case of the freemen not to go into any investigation of these transactions, considering that they have nothing whatever to do with them. So strongly was this felt at the moment when the committee determined to enter into the investigation, that, during the short adjournment which then took place, a discus. siou arose as to whether it would not be proper to abstain al. together from attending during the time that investigation was going on. But we thought, upon the whole, it was more re spectful to the committee to attend; but we attended rather as spectators than as parties to the proceeding. "Sir, although Mr. Foster, in the exercise of his discretion, thought it due to his character to put himself into the box upon that occasion, he did it in his private individual capacity, and in no way as the agent of the petitioners. He appeared there as a person charged by some of the testimony given in that case, and he came forward anxious to defend his own character, but the parties h e r e , w h o h ave undertaken the defence of the freemen, feel neither justified nor disposed to go into any de fence, nor to enter into any expense upon this part of the trans action. • They feel that they should not be justified in expend- ing any sum of money in defending those individuals, be they who they may, ----whether they be General Gascoyne or the re presentatives of Mr. Roger Lee, or Mr. John Lee, or Mr. Quirk, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Machell, or Mr. Charles Robinson, or Mr. Foster ; those persons, if they please, have a right to appear be fore this committee and defend themselves, and it would he for the consideration of the committee, if they think it expedient, and, proper, and necessary, to go into the investigation,whcther they ought not to call upon the petitioners to give notice to the parties, that they may appear to defend themselves by their agents or their counsel. "But, be that as it may, the persons who appear here to defend the freemen consider that they have nothing to do with those parties. The fieemen are in no way implicated in (heir guilt, and they neither have the funds nor the means of information, nor the inclination to defend those individuals. I shall, there fore, in the course of the defence of the freemen in this case, throw those two cases completely out of the question. " I come, then, to the more material parts of the case, the charges of bribery and corruption, and I will fairly confess, and I admit athe first moment, that it is not my wish or intenti, : n in any way to deny or extenuate the guilt of 1830 or 1827. If, sir, the punishment could have fallen flagrant/ delicti upon the parties alone who were guilty, and upon all the parties that were guilty, upon those who bribed equally with those who yielded to the temptation—if the seine parties had followed up to the present time the same course and the same system of corrup tion—if the punishment could now distinguish between the guilty and the innocent —if the parties who are now electors were the same—if the elective franchise were confined and li mited to an exclusive body, and you could show that the great mass of those persons were still corrupt, then I would not seek to ward off from them the penalties of their delinquency —then I would be one of the foremost to call upon this committee to hold out an example to deter others by a punishment propor tionably h a o d s , e s l i v r h , I % i v a o v u e ld be fo e r n o t n he e f b a e r l r e e s a s dy gu t i o ltN a ' n e e n i; tionahly severe, not only upon th ose w h o h ave b r ib e d , b ut upon opt dying the evil by end e a vour i ng m i n o o f ff i e .e n ni ce e. ; respectability in s t a ti on, to add to a constituency some new body of p ersons w hi ch b y its extent in number, and by its should be the best safeguard and guarantee against any future delinquency. " But, sir, now there is no-occasion for this. It is impossible to distinguish between the guilty and the innocent; it is im possible to punish the guilty alone. The crime has not been continued up to the presentluantnent, and by the reform act a large amount of new constituency has been introduced, and by adding 200 per cent. at least to the number of registered free men, has prevented any danger of similar disorders arising in future. The evil, therefore, has not only been remedied by the repentance and reform of the constituency itself, but the reforr► bill has done all that can be necessary to prevent the recurrence of the evil. By this large sddition to their number, it has pre vented the freemen from exercising any undue or preponderat ing influence in future elections, and therefore we call upon the committee not only to overlook the transactions of those who have repented and reformed, but not to punish those wh,) we shall show to be the-far greater number—those who have never been attacked and have, never been implicated iu there • transactions. "Sir, I will not detain the committee one minute longer. Thi..t is the general line of our defence, and I am confident the com mittee will give to our case a patient and fair investigation, an we shall bow with due respect to whatever decision may be tb.t result of that investigation. Lest some prejudice snotOd arise against the corporation in -this case, as if they had peen in any way involved in these transactions, we have brought up 0,3 treasurer of the corporation, and we will put him first into tlia box to show that the corporation hare never been nap,ic.ate4 at any time in these or any other election transactions," DEATH OF THE DI:KE OF ::.•UTHERLAND.—A correspondent informs us, that his Grace the Duke of Sutherland died ca Friday last, the 19th inst., at half-p4s4 three o'clock, at bii nat, Daurobitt Castle, I I