The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-06 00:00:00

the n coal aeqin t % . 5 1 have sal t go there to • (" Bear, about Mt. -jock Robin• le of a semi bring in u tbe ind, beea,f t was askew ,d Alderman the mono „ says ,'in afraid of ((;beers , 3 read in the nes' chos e ' ,until ahem' ay theYh sve rinch a try to se e d e r s tood tn be final, tbe, determin ed own eon' to sat, wal e 1 respect ' e Me. Rig bl i d no ide s ° E Li ine-stree: rform ',an d Lave tollnln,". u me to relol 4 rateful that 11p p robation• )me home t° toast wortil the battle pe—(eh eell shown him: d a anted, t bc , e forw su ppor ardter et , ev d he man; t o the utgios h a d been of H e o ore tie to re) H e w e lt regard f uniraPe e 7. 4 what AD RighY was rere one r i l.. ', or one titie ire than sne" qeman in til e ne left Ped b e f ore our last general election, by a gentleman of whin o Frples, now no more, that we could not carry the election '.. 4 ord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell—(cheers) — but the event se ' , lied the prediction • and the fault was then laid on the $r .e of the old ireemen; but I have yet to learn re for loyalty of sentiment, and attachment to the th'.insh constitution, the working classes who enjoyed h o ;.. ti elective franchise by birth or servitude, are one jot st ° l d the ten-pounders ; and I could point out many in pr!nees in which, for independence of character, and pro a.;e:Y of cond uc t, the latter would suffer from comparison ti a' . the former. (Hear, hear, and finmense cheering.) It ,n, gentle men , you an d others have been guilty of rather eor , neracion s ac t. Y our re j ec t e d can didate has not yet, ac nwcling to established usage, been converted into an alder gin". (Laughter.) The course of true love never yet run di a e ,l th ; for, alas ! the number of candidates for aldermanic " - "Y was so numerous that vacancies could not be found ; tha" t hose gentlemen who now form our council know well t their tenure of office is so short, and their chance of re hterleert. so remote, that none could be found possessing pa enough to make way for the gentleman whom you sire 8° unceremoniously rejected. (Cheers.) But I will tla e e Y o ° a specimen or two of the prophecies contained in rt'inL. talented of the radical press of this town. I quote : e no s s a t id t7 the the iverpool Albion of the 28th October last. It is It is a fair tight. Eight and eight retire, but e Ag n at and ei g ht must no t b e a ll ow ed to return to the council. a drawn battle will be equivalent to a defeat. We must T and we expect, something more decisive." morek dew, for teaching me that word. Something d etoslLve they had, only, unfortunately, the large boot happened er , s u e Put on the small le , . (Laughter.) The writer pro ol"Is to critichse the addresses in a good-humoured and witty d a , and cOncludes his cri ique on our friend, Mr. Rigby's " r ess, in these words :—" Good bye, Mr. Rigby ; this , r ° °'t do. Y ou won ' t b e pu t t o th e trouble of going to the ea ° w ilehall thi s year. G oo d by e ." - (Loud laughter and 4 eri g. ) That, gentlemen, you will perceive , is prophecy second. The next is concerning Mr. Robert Jones. ipe critique on Mr. jones thus concludeS ;—" Well done, a t i , Jones, and bravo! St. Anne's ward. Ta-ta! Jones. 0 4 :1 11 1y love to the committee, and ta-ta." Prophecy the t ea ' The next in turn is Mr. Henry Sandbach.. He is 0 7 r e, sented " as a hunter after aristocracy, and yet speaking e_ toe interests of the poor." And why should he not ?. To 'e ll active in serving the charities of the town, and to do that i ar t.ea litY which many only talk about, is sun ely'serving " the 4 Tests of the poor." Burophecy the urth—" It w't ( Lin Vauxh a ll. it won't, t p indeed, take fo my word for on it. rars of laughter.) Good morning, sir! Remember me N n o 'dY to the Vauxhall electors." (Continued laughter.) afraid gentlemen, you see the mischief you have done. lam eiaaid that all of you have come to the conclusion that, riot ;Thstandin,s the pe n etration of our friend of the Albion, this s 4V er pool Saul is not to be reckoned among the prophets. ead chee rs an d l aug ht er .) But, gentlemen, I desire to se 2e this opportun i ty o f di rec ti ng yo u r views beyond 7 perso- ior pty triumph. t m'a be a pan of the macinery s 4 eSSary ar to create chan l ge in y the public t mind, but we must a°°;o, }Conditbeond these things.country is reduced to a Z"aole ion, and, like honest men and real lovers of constitution, we ought to seek out the source of our tonalna i, daner and boldly determine to apply the remedy. discover this, , we must ascend a loftier eminence than the ,`4 l.° marshy ground of party, if we would take an extend ,-rvlew of our national evils. . What, then, means the insults ""ered do all sides to the meteor flag of England— " The flag which brav'd a thousand years, W The battle and the breeze ?" What means the loss of England's influence in every quarter °f the globe—the insecure state of her colonial possessions ' P ak " by revolt which presage their loss ? What means the our mY of our commerce, and the want of employment amongst hs manufacturing classes? Why is our working population o l e Paring for a war against property, by a secret and extend in o rganization, embracing the whole kingdom, and auur ill for our domestic peace and security ? Why s c our rnetary condition at so low an ebb, that the wealthiest felt are inconvenienced, and their unhealthy pulsation is a - a ‘ at every extremity ? (Hear, hear.) These are grave iZ e a s tions, in which every man who breathes the air of Eng , is deeply interested, and much I fear that in our politi atj,truggles we are aiming at petty victories, instead of national the national wound, and ascertaining the seat of the sational disease.- (Applause.) Two prominent causes pre re"t themselves to my mind in considering this deeply jute iolitiog and important subject. The first is the paralysing oence of popery on our national councils •, and the other, ee e a Mismanagement of our colonies, and the criminal pro f etu ngs of our foreign department. (Hear.) Disguise the act as tle e may, the papal power is exercising an influence in th is country which she has not done since the days of James b:Second. (Hear.) She is paramount in our councils— ar' holding the balance of power, she sways the destinies of protestant Britain—the ministry, imbecile and degraded, are prostrate at her feet. She surrounds the throne—she has t he moveme g its of the t Treas P ury y she r has ascended the judis r ot bench and is clothed in ermine, sixty of her representa- L ye ° are legislating for a protestant but divided land—she i l i e .°Pies posts of national trust in every direction, and insti tutions for disseminating her poison, and agents for the esta (n',O,rnent of a spiritual dspotism, swarm throughout the land. ra n ear, hear," and great cheering.) In looking at the in etCase of popery, however, we must separate the system from y e ten s of thousands who profess its religious doctrines. i e e „P e rY is not catholicism, nor is catholicism pcpery. The apolitical system founded upon, and blended with, a religious P pe r e n fession ; but it is of the earth, earthy. It has its rand& a - ""lis in every laud—manifests a spirit hostile to liberty— prostrates the human mind—multiplies national distractions, an d , when nations are periled, she steps in to assert her own 11)rensacy, the wires are pulled by foreign agents, and the r system is placed under the politico-theocracy of a fo veign despot, who blasphemously assumes the title of God's r re ar on earth, and arrogates the power of absolving subjects o_ o l their heretical rule. (Loud cheering.) Gentlemen, ta u eseech you to make the distinction, and do not confound unvarnished individual Roman Catholic with the spirit and system of anva r • s nisned popery. (Hear.) The leading star of *England Nl o Protestanti s m. (Loud and long continued cheering.) aa nenever that has been in the ascendant—so has England; jenever tat has been obscured—England's glory has been ,!,Mtned, and her influence has waned. The cloud of popery, si nce at fir s t a pp ear ed like a man's hand in the horizons, has, • l l tlce the p ass i ng of the fatal bill of 1829, been gradually over aadowing our land, and unless the brightness of the sun of Pr otestantis m can disperse the cloud, the glorious institutions t a ;_ :England will become matters of history. (Cheers.) `talember, gentlemen, that the preservation of our national i l ltith is identical with the preservation of our liberties—that tOt estantisw is the sheet anchor of the British constitution, f nd if that anchor comes home from its Moorings in the af etion of the - British - people, our country, like a stranded a e sei on a lee shore, will go to wreck, and be at the mercy ° d i airy foreign marauder who may be strong enough to plun er her. (Loud cheering.) Our foreign policy also is a . source of our weakness and national discontent. Our colo nial department was lately presided over by a frippant no : relict, better known as the wholesale gaol deliverer. (Hear, hear, hear.) Our foreign policy is left in charge of an antiquated poodle, who nestles in the rustling silks of the ladies of th e b e d- c h am ber, and answers to the name o f Cupid. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) He is a mere bandied about by Nesseirode and Pozzo di . _orgo, and coo ll y l oo k s on a t th e ag r e s s ions of Russia. He can re unmoved, this despotic power extending her frontier on ev ery s id e. He can perm i t B r i t i s h i nterests to b e neg l ec t e d rirish capital to be sacritied, the British flag to be insulted. (Il eac.) Russia, with a powerful navy, manned by hardy warriors, accustomed to military as well as naval discipline, ° ? l lY waits for i n testine discord in England, to carry out her a ie w, a and unmask her intentions. Before-she can remove her fPital from the icy reigions of the Baltic to the fragrant and .!rtile shores of the Mediterranean, sho must destroy the na val supremacy of Great Britain ; and for this purpose she s laves no st one un t urne d, no wiles nor treachery unemployed. nit Turkey may atlast fall into her grasp, an or Indian Possessions one of the lungs of England, fall un d der u Russian Itluence and Russian rule. (Loud cheers.) To accomplish the ambitious purposes, she sends her emissaries throughout ; . and, much am I mistaken if chartism does not owe its organisation to the secret agency of Russia, who is at hornpting to delude the working classes of this country by der, l ding out delusive hopes, whilst she meditates their plun i and intends to rob them of their bread. (Loud cheers.) 4.not suppose, gentlemen, that I am speaking of things in r "eh we have individually no interest. We are a manufac min • - g country, and by manufactures we haVe our wealth. a ae questions to which I have briefly alluded, will soon have different effect on the public mind. It will be well for the Pe ople i of En g l an d, if, i n the hour of that trial through which ot t l ' a most shortly pass, we may forget our private animosities, country our party triumphs, in the nobler cause of saving our air, are we may may remember we breathe the same ejaore alike identified with he prosperity or adversity of the mC ; arid though we may differ on some points, in the sub and patriotic work of preserving the glorious institutions ;:,-c4gland, I hope we shall unite as one man, and stand or tiL.i,togetaer. (Protracted cheering.) Refore I sit down, I `sl,re your attention to a local institution about to be formed i ii tills town. I mean the New Collegiate Institution, for the education of all ranks and classes in sound Christian prin eres• (Hear.) I regret that some are attempting to decry 's noble work, because of a trifling concession, involving the • sacrifice of no principle. (Hear, hear.) Some of its opponents ou ght to be its best supporters; but I think little of their op 'Position ; and I hope that the public good will be quite as /POI sec ure d b y th e i r secession, as by their co-operation. I. ctPPlasise.) They originate nothing themselves, and when e ° of more enlarged views are making personal and peen inoiaiy sacrifices for the attainment of a desirable object, feel e g 8 of delicacy ought to constrain their silence ; and if they t his assist, th e y sure ly oug ht not to oppose. I commend a „ 5 noble o bj ee t t o you , my f e ll ow t ra d e sman. Gi ve it y our o ?Port. Will you do so; ("We will.") It has the patronage pre th e distinguished and the wise , and the names of our re fir.sesntatives, our excellent diocesan, our rectors, and four- fifths of our clergy, are a guarantee for its principles, and an s nrance rhat it will stand on a scriptural and orthodox ba sis.n.As a commercial town, sending forth numbers of young • eas into all the countries of the world, we are anxious that, beforeties they quit their native shores, to dwell in places where they Y will be deprived of the privileges they possess at home, should have the benefit of an educations based on the lininutable word of the Most High—that they should be g r ounded in Christian doctrine and Christian principle—that tl v ‘a ry youth, when quitting his paternal home to emark on es, t enipestuous ocean, may be able to say with tine poet— " Should God command me to the farthest verge Of the green earth—to distant barbarous climes — Rivers unknown to song ; where first the sun Gilds Indian mountains, or his setting beams Flame on th' Atlantis: isles—'tis nought to me, Since God is ever present, ever felt In the void waste, as in the city full, And where he vital breathes, there must be joy." . (Cheering.) t have now ts thank you, ,gentlemen, as well for myself as for ftassociatio n w i t h w hi c h I am connec t e d, an d h a ppy shall ' l ' when there is occasion for our being united in no longer Which" 4 mal associati ons . I th an k you for the patience with You have he ar d m e, an d it only remains for me to pro vvse to j0u._.,4 The Conservative members of the Town "'Zit. (Three times three.) • r• Join SMITH rose and said—Gentlemen, the enthu sfdastic manner in which you have received the toast proposed r fti the chair, is to me, and, I am sure, must be also to every co nservati ve member of the council, a source of the li natteri ng Tguest gratification, conveying as it does to ou public li servir feengs t assurance that our exertions in the service f w, e Met with the cordial approval of this large, this power th, . t his enlightened assembly. (Cheers.) Constituted as i s - Present council is, I can assure you, gentlemen, that ours enviable position. (Hear, hear.) With an anxious Live earnest desire to promote and carry into effect conserva. r inn u rasures, we find ourselves altogether powerless ; the o f...'aL majority in the council chamber rendering every effort tai " 4 ' l futile and of no avail. (Cheers. Brighter and hap- Cr_ Prospects, however, begin to dawn upon us—(cheers)— haud4' the Your own ward for example—(cheers)--when last I t "le honour to be present at your festive board, we met i)egneither, as it were, to condole over a defeat ; to-night, ,gen- Si en ' how great the contrast! how gratifying and soul-in . ring is the change ! to-night we meet to celebrate a glorious v lctor ag o, Y — (loud cheers). Well do I remember, twelve months 37 9`0r then worthy chairman, your now respected repre fountative, spiritedly declare that if no other person could be of , 1 (1 to contest the ward, he would place himself in the front Bb;toll(; battle, and go fearlessly forward to meet the foe (hear). 'V and energetically did he make that declaration, and G e ...Y and honourably has he redeemed the pledge. (Cheers.) or:Wei-nen, I rejoice to say that a right spirit is at length f eei t . l sed in the town. Conservatives of all classes are now tor t :4 'oy alive to the absolute necessity of making one grand united effort to wrest from the rapacious grasp of those Zitt-styled, though misnamed, friends of freedom, the libe "-Who, With liberty on their lips and tyranny in their With our next publication we shall present our readers with a slantrbn gvix.isr—rir.zra:+m - of fourteen columns, which will contain a selection of interesting and important articles, relating to colonial affairs in general, and to THE AFFAIRS OF THE WEST INDIES in particular. Our readers will thus have FORTY-TWO COLUMNS of reading without any extra charge. ebe Eibtrpool &tanbarl3. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1839. By the arrival of the West India mail, we have been put in possession of files of the Guiana Chronicle to the 12th of OctiTher, inclusive. This date is the same as that of the latest papers received by the Alixandria, which we acknowledged several days ago. We have, therefore, no extracts to make. We have also received files of the Jamaica Royal Gazette and Standard to the 28th of October. Our usual files of the Despatch and Gazette are missing. The news from Jamaica is, on the whole, of a very favourable character. The House of Assembly met, according to proclamation, on the 22d of October, and the Session was opened by a speech from his Excellency the Governor. This speech was looked forward to with an intense degree of anxiety, as an indication of the line of policy which Sir Charles Met- calfe had been instructed to pursue, in his administra tion of the affairs of Jamaica. We rejoice to find that the tone which pervades the speech is conciliatory in the highest degree. It is at once candid and firm, kind as well as honest. We agree with the Royal Gazette that Sir Charles has taken that course which is more than likely to put an end to further disputes between the mother country and Jamaica. If he per severes in this course, we have reason to anticipate the most auspicious results. The island has been so long governed on sectarian and party principles, that any semblance of independence on the part of the Governor is hailed with peculiar and heartfelt satisfaction. Sir Lionel Smith's truckling subserviency to the professed enemies of the planters was anything but calculated to secure the good will and friendly co-operation of the House of AsseMbly. Sir Charles Metcalfe seems anxious to avoid the rock on which his predecessor split. He does not, apparently, wish to be identified with any party; but seems to desire the reconciliation of conflicting interests, and to unite all parties in one general effort for the common good. A steady and unflinching perseverance in this judicious line of policy will, we trust, contribute materially towards rescuing this fine colony from impending ruin. The opening address of Sir Charles Metcalfe em braces several points of the highest importance. He states that " his anxiety that all past differences should be consigned to oblivion, caused him to advert to them with exceeding reluctance," while, at the same time, he expresses his conviction that a frank and unreserved reference to the actual posture of affairs would be the best mode of discharging his duty towards the House of Assembly, and of meeting the wishes and expecta tions of the members. He said that he sympathised with them in their anxiety that their constitution should be maintained unimpaired, and that thetr internal le gislation should not be subject to continual subversion or interference. He expressed his desire to co-operate with them to that effect ; nor did he see any doubt of success, "as far as it was possible, consistently with the connection of a colony with the mother country, which had a paramount Legislature responsible for the welfare of the whole empire." In reference to the legislative functions of the blouse of Assembly, Sir Charles observed that " there was no desire on the part of her Majesty's Ministers, or the Imperial Parliament, to interfere with their legislation ;" and he conceived that it was in their power to preserve it inviolate. For this, however, in their relative po- sition, there was one inevitable condition. They could not legislate against the general policy esta blished by their Sovereign and the Imperial Parliament for the government of the whole empire, of which Jamaica formed a part. Their own island constitution precluded the enactment of laws of that character, for it was part of that constitution that no law could be passed without thd concurrence of the Governor, or become permanent without the coal-I:nation of the Crown ; and neither the Crown nor the Governor could be expected to co-operate in the enactment of laws inconsistent with the principles by which the whole empire was regulated. The acts of the Imperial Le gislature of late years, affecting Jamaica, in common with the other colonies, had arisen almost wholly from the conviction that the great measure of emancipation and freedom, granted to hundreds of thousands, and, eventually, to countless millions of their fellow-creatures, was a work that could only be effectually, speedily, and uniformly accomplished by the Imperial Legisla ture. hence, he said, there had been a greater degree of direct legislation for the colonies. and of urging on the local legislatures by their respective Governors, than could probably, under any other circumstances have taken place. But that great measure having been accomplished, there was no reason to expect further interference, unless their local legislation should tend to counteract or retard the full accomplishment of the benefits of emancipation and freedom. He saw no reason to suppose that the House of Assembly would give cause for such interference, and none therefore to anticipate its occurrence. He could not promise that the Imperial Parliament would not exercise its para mount authority, whenever it saw fit to do so; but he could assure them that it had no desire without neces sity, and was anxious to avoid interference, and to limit its exercise, when unavoidable, within the narrow bounds compatible with the due protection of all classes of the community in the island. He remarked that the interests of humanity, as well as the reputation of Jamaica, were involved in their proceedings. If they succeeded in carrying out thOnteresting experiment of emancipation—if they made the population comfortable, contented, industrious, and thriving—if they prOmoted the welfare of Jamaica, they would not only gain for the island an enviable reputation, but they would pro bably contribute to the eventual freedom and happiness of the incalculable multitudes, who were then, or who might be thereafter doomed to bondage. These are sentiments to which every friend of humanity must cordially respond. We sincerely hope that such may be the gratifying results of the course of legislation adopted throughout our colonies, and that the pro ceedings in the Imperial Parliament may contribute to the same desirable end. The Governor then proceeds to state that there would be much to occupy the attention of the House of Assembly, and to require their utmost exertions. There were expired laws to be • re-enacted, with such modifications as the change of circumstances might require; there were old laws, inapplicable to their present state, to he rescinded or revised ; and new laws to be made, adapted to their changed condition. With" respect to the state of the island, Sir Charles Metcalfe speaks with candour and honesty, and has given great satisfaction to the planting interest. He said that he " deplored the losses which property in many instances, and chiefly in the sugar plantations, was sustaining, from the want of continuous or abun dant labour ; and he should be heartily glad if any measure could be devised to remedy this evil, consis tently with the perfect freedom of the labourers, and the true principles of political economy." He trusted that more cheering days were in prospect, and that " with moderate rents and fair wages—with such alte rations in the system of agriculture as the want of superabundant manual labour might suggest—with an increasing population—with the extinction of dis trust and acrimonious feeling—and with the substitu tion of cordiality and attachment, they might surely hope that that beautiful country, so highly favoured by nature, would be prosperous and happy." He then exhorted them to strive, with one accord, for the prosperity and happiness of Jamaica—to encourage industry—to cherish the population, and do all they could to make them virtuous and happy in their free dom—to foster their education—to give security to property, and do equal justice to all classes—to improve their judicial and magisterial tribunals—to mitigate their criminal laws—to ameliorate the state of their prisons—to support all useful institutions for the pub lic good—to endeavour to increase the number of their valuable productions, enlarge their commerce, and draw forth new sources of wealth—to put away all recollection of past differences with the mother coun try--to co-operate cordially in the general views of the Imperial Legislature—and to allay their own internal dissensions, and cultivate universal harmony. These exhortations, we trust, will he acted upon in the best spirit. This hope is grounded upon the manner in which the speech was received, by the members of the House of Assembly. Mr. Gray pronounced it to be " the most conciliatory, sensible speech he ever saw : it was full of kind and good feeling." He was sure that " every word which his Excellency had there ut tered was meant and felt." He thought that " there was nothing in it to create discussion," and that " there was not one unkind or objectionable word in the whole speech." These sentiments were echoed by the great majority of the members present. The address of the House of Assembly, in reply to the speech of the Governor, is little more than an echo to the speech. His Excellency's answer is warmly ex pressive of his satisfact;on at the tone of the address. This is a very favourable commencement. We hope that Sir Charles Metcalfe's future career will justify the sanguine hopes in which we have ventured to in dulge in reference to the prosperity of Jamaica. There is very little general news from the island. A joint stock company had been formed, in the parish of St. Thomas, for the erection of an establishment for the purpose of making corn-meal, 'the machinery for which had been received from the United States. Myalism (a peculiar superstition, which exercises a fascinating power over the mind of the Negro) was becoming more and more prevalent throughout the island. The spread of this fanaticism must be checked, or else the people will rapidly degenerate into their original state of barbarity. The disputes between the island press and the Baptist agitators continue to be as violent as ever. The conduct of the latter is highly reprehensible, and calculated to delay the final settle ment of the Negroes in habits of industry. We learn with satisfaction that a Chamber of Com merce has been established in Jamaica, where all mer cantile questions and disputes in accounts betwixt the members forming the association may be settled, &c. We trust that this Society will tend to the general im provement and convenience of trade and commerce. We have been favoured with the St. John's (N. B.) Weekly Chronicle of Nov. 1. It contains no news of general importarice, being chiefly filled with extracts from the Canadian journals. It states that measures are in progress, with every probability of an early and successful result, for establishing a steam communica tion between Parrsborough (in the province of Nova Scotia) and the adjacent ports of 'Windsor, Horton, and Truro, in the Bay of Fundy, and to make occa sional trips to St. John, N. B. This scheme promised to be one of great utility. In its extracts from the Canadian papers, the Weekly Chronicle gives an account of a terrific thunder-storm, which did considerable damage. The steeple of the church at Beauport was struck, and the building much injured. The church of Ancient Lorette was also struck, and much damage was done to the masonry. With the exception of some injury to fences, &c., there was no material loss inflicted by this visitation. Although we have abstained of late from bringing the subject of the opium trade with China before our readers, it has not been because we in any degree un derrate the interest and importance of this question. In a previous article we, at greater length than was perhaps altogether palatable, stated our conviction of its importance in a social, commercial, and financial point of view, and declared, as the result of the best consideration we could give to the matter, our opinion that the British Government is bound to award com pensation to those holders of opium at Canton who surrendered their property to the Chinese authorities on the peremptory demand of Captain Elliot. 'We are aware that the Melbourne Ministry• enter tains a different view of the case, and that it has been officially signified to the parties who memorialised the Government that they have no intention of applying to Parliament for the means cf indemnifying the opium holders for the loss which they have sustained. We need hardly say that such a resolution on the part of Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell in no way shakes our confidence that the opposite conclusion to which we have come is correct. We never expected from the present Whig-Radical administration that they would lend a willing ear to the claims of bare jus tice; still less could we hope that mere considerations of generosity, moral equity,- and honour would induce them to adopt a course which might, by possibility, in- convenience them, by giving the penny-farthing eco nomists—the Joseph Humes in the House of Com- mons and out of doors—an opportunity of assailing them with their miserable clamour. In order 'to pro vide the means of compensating the Canton merch- ants, Government must ask Parliament for money, and money must be raised by the imposition of a tax; and this the present Ministry would no more dare to pro pose than a slave would venture to provoke the anger of - a capricious and arbitrary master. We need not recapitulate the facts of the case—they are already familiar to our readers ; but—in order to show the full and complete cognizance which the Bri tish Government at home has, of all the acts and re gulations of the East India Company which, it must never be forgotten, has jealously monopolised to itself, and, in many instances, compelled the cultivation of opium within its territories, deriving from the sale of it a large annual revenue, with the most distinct notice and knowledge that the whole of the drug was ex ported to the Chinese Empire—we quote at length that section of the act of Parliament passed at the time when the Chinese trade was thrown open to all the merchants of Britain, which provides for the supreme control in all Indian affairs of the Imperial Legisla ture. The act is the 3d 'and 4th William IV., c. 85, and the 51st section is as follows :—" Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall ex tend to affect in any way the right of Parliament to make laws for the said territories and for all the inba- bitants thereof; and it is expressly declared, that a full, complete, and constantly existing right and power is intended to be preserved to Parliament to control, supersede, or prevent all proceedings and acts what- ever of the said Governor-Generatin Council, and to repeal and alter at any time any law or regulation what ever made by the said Governor-General in Council, and in all respects to legislate for the said territories and all the inhabitants thereof in as full and ample a manner as if the act had not been passed ; and, the better to enable Parliament to exercise at all times such right and power, all laws and regulations made by the said Governor-General in Council shall be transmitted to England and laid before both houses of Parliament in the same manner as is now by law provided con- cerning the rules and regulations made by the said Go- vernment in India." Besides this, in the reports of the two Committees appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the state of the trade and finances of the East India Company, will be found an elaborate history of the opium trade, and a distinct avowal that the Chinese market was that for which the poppy is cultivated in India ; and the committee recommend the House of Commons not to interfere with the growth and prepa ration of a drug which forms so lucrative a branch of revenue to the East Indian Company. Different minds will be affected by this evidence in different ways. To us, we confess, it does seem little conso nant uith our notions of equity, that a Govern ment should monopolise the sale of an article for a purpose which it knows to be illegal—hold out temptations to the buyer to export it to forbidden shores—and then turn round upon the unfortunate merchant whose property has been seized and confis cated, and laugh at him for being such a fool as to purchase the commodity which was obtruded upon him by itself. But there is another and totally distinct ground on which the opium-holders may and do rest their claim for compensation. The particular orders issued to Captain Elliot when he was made Chief Superinten dent at Canton have not transpired, but we will quote that section of the Act, passed in the same year as the one alluded to above, which defines the authority of such an agent, and which will, we think, to every candid mind, be amply sufficient to prove that Captain Elliot had the power to bind the British Government by the guarantee which he has given. • The Act is the 3rd and 4th William IV., c. 93, and the sth section is as follows :—" And be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for his said Majesty, by any such order or orders, commission or commissions, as to his Majesty in Council shall appear expedient and salutary, to give to the said Superintendents, or any of them, powers and authorities over and in re spect of the trade and commerce of his Majesty's sub jects_ within any part of the said dominions; and to make and issue directigna and regulations touching the said trade and commerce, and for the government of his Majesty's subjects within the said dominions ; and to impose penalties, forfeitures, and imprisonments for the breach of any such directions or regulations, to be enforced in such manner as in the said order or orders shall be specified; and to create a court of jus tice, with criminal and admiralty jurisdiction, for the trial of offences committed by his Majesty's subjects within the said dominions, and the ports and havens thereof, and on the high seas within one hundred miles of the country of China ; and to appoint one of the Superintendents hereinbefore mentioned to be the officer to hold such court, and other officers for exe cuting the process thereof; and to grant such salaries to such officers as to his Majesty iu Council shall seem reasonable." Here, then, we have powers as ample as can well be imagined bestowed upon the Chief Superintendent at Canton. Acting there as agent of the Government, and fully believed to be invested with authority to make any engagements relating to matters of trade in its behalf, he demands a surrender of British property in the name of the British Government, and pledges the faith of that Government for an indemnification of the holders. For it must not be forgotten that the opium, until actually seized by the Chinese authorities as contraband, was legal property in the eye of the law of England. Great Britain knows nothing of the fiscal and excise regulations of another country, and clears at her Custom-houses and levies duties on goods which are passed there, 'for the purpose of being ex ported to countries where their importation is forbid den. If, under these circumstances, Parliament refuses to ratify the pledge given by Captain Elliot, we shall say, that we act in a manner little worthy of .a nation whose proud boast has been, that her " merchants are princes, and her traffickers the honourable of the earth." With respect to the conduct of the Chinese them selves, the only fault we find with them is, that they so long connived at the trade as to induce a belief that the edicts from Pekin were merely an excuse for de riving a larger revenue from bribery than a tariff of duties. But they had a perfect right to prohibit the importation of opium altogether, just as much as we have a right to close our ports against foreign corn, except under such terms and duties as we think proper to impose. So far as regards the moral part of the question, we are ashamed to own that the semi-barba rians of the East have assumed a tone, and acted a part, which throws a dark shade over the conduct of the Christian merchants of England. Little did we think, when commenting, the other clay, upon the amusing but discreditable scene which took place in the Town Council of Congleton, that we should so soon have to furnish our readers with a re port of a similar scene in the Town Hall of Liverpool. Yet such is the fact. The Radical Councillors of Li verpool, jealous of the notoriety obtained by Messrs. Pickford, Johnson, and Co., seem to have come to the resolution that the Congleton folks should not have all the fun to themselves, and thus set up the ex clusive privilege of being made the laughing-stock of the nation. The Radicals of the Liverpool Town Council have decidedly borne off the palm of superiori ty. Their Congleton brethren have no chance to com pete with them in the accomplishment of browbeating and vilifying. Messrs. Pickford and Johnson will not bear any comparison with Messrs. Coglan, Shiel, and Co. In the use of Billingsgate the latter worthies stand confessedly unrivalled. The exhibition which they made on Wednesday last will long be remembered in this town. They have brought the reformed Town Council into shocking disrepute. The report of the proceedings to which we refer will make the people of Liverpool more anxious than ever to purge the Town Council of all the Radical filth which the negligence and supineness of the electors 'have suffered to accu mulate within the once honoured walls of the Council Chamber. Nothing, after this, will satisfy the electors but " a clean sweep" of all the offensive stuff that has been pitchforked into that room. But to come to details. Our readers will remember that the subject of the personation of a voter in St. Anne's 'Ward, at the last Municipal Election, was re ferred to the Town Clerk, to report upon, after the examination of witnesses. The Town Clerk seems to have taken a great deal of pains with the matter, and, after patiently considering the evidence produced on both sides, he came to the conclusion that " Mr. Jones stood free from any imputation affecting his honour or character." Mr. Benn, the gentleman at whose in stance the matter was mooted, expressed his satisfaction that this conclusion had been come to, and distinctly stated that " Mr. Jones was altogether cleared from any imputations cast upon him," and that " his cha racter had sustained no injury from the circumstances of the case." Thus far matters appeared to go on very smoothly, when the Knight of the Hammer and Wash ing Tub got on his legs to "knock down" the Town Clerk's report. He affected to feel very great regret in being obliged to differ from the opinion delivered by the " very talented Town Clerk." Mr. Coglan then proceeded to explain certain expressions to which he gave utterance at the last meeting of the Council, and to show that he was correct in asserting that Connor had not voted for Mr. Jones. To us his explanation seems - to involve the matter in still greater obscurity. Mr. Coglan has, in fact, involved himself in a laby rinth from which he will find it impossible to extricate himself. He has asserted so many things which are inconsistent with fact, that we can scarcely fix upon a single statement which carries on its face the least sem blance to truth. We believe that we are correct in stating, that Mr. Coglan's charges against Mr. Jones formed the sub stance of the matter referred to the Town Clerk. The question at issue was, did Mr. Coglan assert the truth or not ? The Town Clerk's report, while it exonerates Mr. Jones from any degree of culpability," fixes upon Mr. Coglan the charge of having deliberately brought forward a false accusation against his neighbour._ We repeat it, that the subject on which the Town Clerk was called to arbitrate was, whether Mr. Coglan had or had not libelled the character of Mr. Jones. To this arbitration or reference Mr. Coglan tacitly sub mitted. He ought, therefore, to be bound by the de cision to which the Town Clerk came, after the exa mination of witnesses pro and con. This view of the case does not appear to have been entertained at all by the Radical members of the Council. It was very properly and very forcibly urged by Mr. Bushell, who took a position from which the Radicals could not by any sophistry displace him. This also appears to have been the view which the Town Clerk took of the mat- ter; and this, we feel convinced, is the opinion enter tained by the great majority of the electors. We do not envy Mr. Coglan's position, nor do we feel at all surprised at the extreme sensitiveness which he mani fested on Wednesday. It is perfectly idle to say that the character of the Council was at all implicated in the charge brought against Mr. Jones, and it is the very height of absurdity to talk of vindicating its ho nour. It was the honour of Mr. Jones and that of Mr. Coglan that were at stake, and Mr. Coglan as well as Mr. Jones ought to abide by the issue of the appeal made to the Town Clerk. Even after the deci sion which took place in the CJuncil, by which the matter was again referred to a committee of seven, the question to be decided is, whether Mr. Coglan has or has not brought a false and libellous accusation against Mr. Jones. For the description of the farcical scene which took place after Mr. Coglan's amendment was moved we must refer to our report. Never did the ruling faction in the Town Council demean themselves in such a dis graceful manner on any previous occasion. Bullying and browbeating seemed to be the order of the day. But it was of no avail. The conservatives maintained their ground without flinching. The absurd rhodo montade of Mr. Sheil—the unmeaning sneers of Mr. Earle—the affected purity of Mr. Rathbone—and the pompous assumptions of Mr. Blackburn, will severally afford matter of amusement to the good folks of Liver pool for many days to come. We must, however, make honourable mention of the conduct of the Mayor on the occasion. He acted with temper and impartiality. His deportment affords a striking contrast to the ruffianly demeanour of his po- Leal associates. We are not sorry that the exhibition of Wednesday last took place. It has served to disgust the electors with the overbearing and tyrannical conduct of the Angel Inn conclave. hearts, would, if they coultl, crush you into political eller mination—(hear, hear) ;—yes, gentlemen, I am proud to say that the conservatives arc fully beat on wresting from these selfsame liberals that power of which they have so greedily possessed themselves. (Cheers.) Lime-street Ward has nobly done her duty ; and if every other ward throughout the borough will emulate her example, I think it will require little gift of prophecy to foretel, that in two years hence the radical dynnsty will totter to its fall, and men of sound con servative principles will be called upon to rule the future destinies of the town. (Loud cheers.) The CH AIRNii N proposed, in a brief complimentary speech, " The Health of the four hundred and five Burgesses who rescued the Ward from Whig dominion." Three times three. Mr. WILKINSON acknowledged the toast. The triumph was a glorious triumph ; and the burgesses had nothing to do but persevere, and they would place Mr. Wright in the council, and displace Mr. Blackburn. There was not one of the four hundred and five who voted for Mr. Rigby that would not vote for Mr. Wright. (Cheers.) They must en deavour to give Mr. Blackburn a pill that would prove ef fectual. (Cheers.) And he, for one, would pledge himself to come forward at the next election in the same manner as he had done at the last. (Applause.) Mr. LACE proposed " The Health of the Chairman," which was received with three times three." _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN said—Cold indeed must that heart be who could hear unmoved a toast so cordially received. Ile had not words to express his thanks. His exertions in the late elec tion would have been as nothing, had it not been for the aid of his two friends, Mr. Holt and Mr. Ellis. They had gone from door to door procuring votes, and the same plan must be again practised to ensure future success. The way to vic tory by this means was as clear as day. (Loud cheers.) Having expressed his admiration of the British constitution, and his intention to educate his children in its principles, as well as giving some excellent advice to the burgesses of the ward, the worthy chairman concluded by drinking the good health of the company. The remaining toasts were " The Conservative Press," briefly replied to by Mr. ALEXANDER; " The Guests who . have honoured us with their company ;" " The Town and Trade of Liverpool;" "The Vice-Presidents and Stewards;" and " The Lancashire Witches ;" after which the meeting broke up. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. For the BENEFIT of Mr. CHAPLIN 4• Mrs. TELLET. THIS present FRIDAY, Dec. Gth, will be revived the popular Romantic Drama of THE VAMPIRE. Ruthven (the Vampire), Mr. W. tHoward ; Robert, Mr. Barker; M'Swill, Mr. Baker; LadrMargaret, Miss Faucit; Effie, Miss Grant •, Unda, Mrs. 'relict. After which, the Farce of SECOND THOUGHTS. Mr. Sudden... - . Mr. Baker. Jabber.. Mr. NV. Howard. Cecil Mr. W. H. Bland. Mrs. Trapper.. Mrs. Clarke. Isidora.. Miss Faucit. Celestina Miss Cleaver. Matilda.. Mrs. Tellet. To conclude with the Melo-Drama of the WANDERING BOYS. Paul 1 Mrs Tellet. • Justine The Wandering Boys Mrs. J. Ridg y wa. Count de Croissy.. Mr. Chaplin. I Roland Mr. Gray. Lubin.... The Baroness.... Mrs. Baker. Louise .... Mrs. P. Crowe THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. STUART. (AN MONDAY next, the 9th instant, Avill be , perforinetl, k.." the first dine these twelve years, Siiiikspeare s historical Play of KING HENRY THE WIFTII ; OR, THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. Henry the Fifth his first appearance in that character. Westmoreland.. Mr. Lynne. I Fluellen William Mr. Slaiter. I Montjoy.. Mr. W. H. Bland. Isabella of France Miss Cleaver. Princess Katherine Miss Faucit. End of the Play, the celebrated Scotch SONG, " The Mac gregor's are Gathering," by Miss Grant. A popular SONG, - by Mr. Barker. Incidental to the afterpiece, " Llewellyn and his Patience . . dear," by Miss Grant. To conclude with Morton's Play of TOWN AND COUNTRY; Olt, WHICH IS HEST. Reuben Glenroy his first appearance in that character. Covey Mr. Baker. I Hunchback .... Mr. Slaiter. Hon. Mrs. Glenroy Miss Cleaver. Tafflive (with a Song) Miss Grant. _ _ Mrs. Trot Rosalie Somers Tickets to be had of Mr. STUART, 32, Upper Beau-street, Everton, and at the Box-office. CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION. THE EXHIBITION of the IjNIHIP66I. ACADEMY of the WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS, at the Gal lery, Church-street, WILL CLOSE 017' SATURDAY, the 11th of December instant. Open from Nine in the Morning until dusk. Admission, One Shilling ; Catalogues, One Shilling. Also, every Evening, Brilliantly Illuminated with Gas, from Seven o'clock until Ten. Admission, One Shilling. EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Dec. 2, 1839. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Owing to the extreme length of our reports of the proceed ings in the Town Council, and the dinner in Lime-street Ward, we are again obliged to postpone the letter of " A Father," together with . our own remarks in reply. We are sorry that we cannot this day avail ourselves of the letter of " Fair Play." We shall not, however, lose sight of the subject. Several other communications have been received, for which we have been unable to find room in our present publication. We shall have a few more words to say on the subject of the radical clique at Congleton in our next. ATROCIOUS MURDER AT ST. HELEN'S. On Saturday last an inquest was held at St. Helen's, before John Heyes, Esq., coroner, and a respectable jury, of which Peter Greensll, Esq. was foreman, on the body of Patrick Stakam, who came to his death under the following circum stances ;—lt appeared from the evidence, that on Sunday sc'nnight, between nine and ten o'clock, the prisoners, George Murray and John Costello, and several other persons, were fighting, at Smithy Brow, near where the deceased resided. After the fight was over, Murray went to the door of the de ceased's lodgings and struck it with a stick or poker, which he had in his hand. He then went into the middle of the street, and struck a man with this stick or poker, saying, " D—n you, why did you not come and help us ?" The man replied, " What could I do." At that time the prisoner Costello was shouting something in Irish to Murray, when the latter went to him. Costello had then a potato fork in his hand. Evidently in concert with each other, and thirst ing for blood, these two monsters mutually exchanged their weapons, Murray being by far the most powerful man, and consequently better able to use the more destructive weapon than his companion. He had no sooner got the potato fork in his hand, than lie advanced upon the deceased, who in the meantime had come outside the door of his lodgings, and Murray, with both his hands, upraised the potato fork and struck the deceased a violent blow on the head, fracturing his skull in a very violent manner. As deceased was falling Murray again struck him with the fork on the belly. At the moment Murray was striking, deceased said, " Don't strike me with that ;" to which the former replied, " I'm a Con naught man, you brains out." After the deceased fell, be only exclaimed, " I did not deserve that." He never spoke afterwards. When Stakam lay on the ground, another man, named. Philip Macguire, came out of the deceased's lodgings. Mur ray attacked him with the same brutal ferocity ; and in all probability Macguire owed his life to the circumstance of his lifting up his arm to protect his head, and the consequence was, that the violence of the blow was received on his arm, or it might have proved as fatal in his case as it unfortunately proved to Stakam. During all this time the prisoner Cos tello was shouting fiercely to Murray, and, although he was speaking in Irish, the witnesses had not the slightest doubt, from his gestures and manner, that he was urg►ng on and encouraging the other prisoner in his bloody work. Mr. Gaskell, surgeon, of St. Helen's, was sent for, who attended `the deceased ; but the injuries received were too extensive to afford the most remote grounds of hoping for his recovery. The head of the deceased presented an awful spectacle; there was a deep wound and a compound fracture of the left parietal bone, extending from behind the upper part of the left ear, for about four inches, in the direction of the crown of the head—the bone was depressed to the depth of about two inches into the substance of the brain—part of the brain, to the amount of about three teaspoonful, had exuded, which had to be cleared away before the depressed bone could be raised and extracted ; several pieces of the fractured skull were extracted. He lingered until Friday morning, about four o'clock, when he died. After a patient investigation, the jury unhesitatingly gave a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against both the prisoners, Murray and Costello, who were co►omitted to take their trials at the next Liverpool Assizes. The deceased was about thirty years of age ; and, it may be remarked, that he had not been at all engaged in the pre vious quarrelling and fighting by the prisoners and others, but merely came to the door on hearing the noise. And from the fact of the prisoner Murray knocking at the door, and afterwards going to Costello, who exchanged weapons with him, and Murray immediately attacking w►th such fearful barbarity the deceased and Macguire, it was evident that Murray had the most murderous designs, and that he was aided and abetted by Costello. The prisoners are too ill-looking wretches. Murray is possessed of almost gigantic strength, which has frequently been displayed in deeds of violence; and as there arc many warrants out against him, for assaults, &c., which his habits and character have prevented being executed, it was thought very likely that he would not be taken; however, Mr. Storey, who is a very active and resolute man, and who is the police officer in St. Helens, succeeded in taking him, about two o'clock, on the morning succeeding the perpetration of the offence. THE WIDOW'S LAMENT. Alas! he's gone !—thy Father's dead, my boy — e, once my brightest hope; my only joy, Now rests his head beneath the dewy sod, O'er which his wandering footsteps often trod. Now I am left alone with nought but thee To brave the tempests of the earthly sea : That eye,.which once beamed forth with pure delight, Now sleeps alone in everlasting night. Oh ! I remember well, my child, that day When his high spirit left its house of clay ; Then in his death-cold hand he placed my own, Aud his last mandate was, " Protect toy Son." Whilst the fierce pangs of death Ihonvulsed his frame, He, softly sighing, whispered still thy name. Oh ! when I look upon that lovely brow, Me-thinks I see thy noble Father now. Before be breathed his spirit into bliss, He printed on thy rosy lips a kiss ; Then turned his eyes to heaven with rapturous joy, And, in expiring accents, blessed his boy. W. R. R. (A Youth of Fourteen MR. AND MISS VANDENHOFF. — We perceive, by the pa- pers brought by the Great Western, that Mr. and Miss Van denhoff are performing at Baltimore. Miss V.'s success has we are happy to learn, been beyond all expectation. In Bal• timore there is an absolute mania about her. Her great suc. cess has been most favourable to the full and free develope. meat of her powers. MILK PUNCH. — Puffiing apart, the milk punch, adver tised for sale by Mr. Haram, is really one of the most—in deed, we may say emphatically the most delicious cordial of the kind that was ever tasted, Its superlative qualities only need to be tested in order to be universally acknowledged. We have no doubt that it will soonbecomea general favourite in Liverpool. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-- 2 Fn IDA V. A VENDER OF INDECENT PUBLICATIONS. On Friday last, at the police-office, a man Lined Wil liamson, was brought before the magistrates, chaeged with dealing in obscene publications. Mr. Dowling, Commis missioner of Police, said, that for some time back much an noyance had been occasioned to respectable individuals, in consequence of handbills being distributed about the streets, stating that publications of an indelicate nature might be ob tained by applying at the prisoner's residence in street. (We omit the name of the street, as otherwise we might contribute to the prisoner's vicious purpose.] These bills had not only been distributed in the streets, but given into the hands of servant maids, and insidiously conveyed into milliner's shops, and other places where young females were employed. Parties had been employed to purchase some of the objectionable works, and the prisoner had been arrested for selling them. A servant of the Watch Committee stated that on Tuesday he went to the shop kept by the prisoner, and asked for one of the books named in the handbill. The prisoner told him that it was out of print, and could not be obtained for five guineas. Witness then asked for another of the works named in the catalogue ; prisoner did not at once produce it, but requested witness to call again ; he did so, and ultimately purchased the work far 7s. The book, which was a small one, was produced ;—its original price ap peared to have been erased, and other figures substituted. Another person said that the day previous he went to the shop named in the handbill, where he saw a female : he asked for a book, and she requested him to call again ; lie did so, and bought the book inquired for, along with another. The books were of a very objectionable nature. The defence of the prisoner was to the effect that he was not aware the pub lications were of an objectionable nature ; be had seen works bearing the same titles exposed for sale in London ; he was himself a bookseller; and being applied to by gentlemen, and others, to supply them with similar publications, he had written for some copies ; he was not aware that by selling them lie was violating any law,—if he had he would not have done so ; he would promise, upon liberation, that the shop should be immediately closed, and he would never deal again in the like publications. Mr. Rushton remarked that the in sidious manner the bills advertising the sale of the books had been conveyed into the hand of females clearly showed that the prisoner was aware his conduct was culpable, and it was his (Mr. R's) duty to see that he did not escape punishment. The prisoner was ordered to find bail for his appearance at the sessions,—himself in £6O, and two sureties in £3O each ; in default of doing so, to be kept in prison. TUESDAY. INGENIOUSSMUGGLING. Daniel Hennessy, a respectable looking young man, an importer and dealer in Irish provisions, was charged with having smuggled from the steamer Town of Wexford, from Wexford, a quantity of whisky. It appears that the prisoner has been in theliabit of porting large quantities of Irish butter lately in firkins. Yes terday (Tuesday) morning several firkins were landed from the above-named steamer. The prisoner took a cart, went tothe Clarence Dock, and selected two firkins, which he put into the cart. The cart went away, and he followed at a dis tance. These two firkins which he had selected from the rest were filled with whisky. The officers of Excise who were on duty about the quay having got information that much smuggling was carried on in this manner, and seeing the prisoner select these two particular firkins. had their sus picions aroused. They followed the cart, and when it had proceeded to a little distance, stopped it. They shook the casks, and were convinced, from the sound which issued, that they did not contain butter. They tried them, and found that they contained whisky. The prisoner was immediately given into the custody of a police officer, and taken to Bride well. The whisky was seized. Mr. Wardle, solicitor, who attended for the prisoner, said he objected to the mode of proceeding which had been adopt ed, as, according to the 118th section of the Gth George IV., cap. 80, the proceeding should be by information. Mr. Rushton said the act gave express power to hear and determine forthwith. Mr. Wardle said, by the more recent act of the 7th and Bth of George IV., it was imperative that it should be by information, as the act gave two modes of punishment, one by a forfeiture of treble the value of the goods seized, and the other by a penalty of £lOO, this being in the discretion of the informer or person who should sue for the same. Mr. Rushton said the case would be heard under the 118th section, which would clearly apply to the Present mode of proceeding, as it said they were to decide on the oath of one or more credible witnesses. The penalty under that act was £lOO. Mr. Wardle.—You have power to mitigate, sir. Mr. Rushton.—We convict in the mitigated penalty of £25. In default of payment, three months' imprisonment. IMPORTANT TO MASTERS OF VESSELS. The mate of a vessel, trading from this port, appeared on behalf of his captain, who had been summoned to show cause why he refused to pay a balance of £4 Bs. 6d., alleged by John Elliott, a seaman, to be due to him for services ren dered on board the ship alluded to. The mate said the balance was withheld because the man was unsound when he shipped. He had an ulcer in his foot, the effects of an injury received on board another vessel. He had been laid up in consequence, and unable to work during more than a month, and when he (lid work, he was impeded in the execution of his duty by his great lameness. It was not till he had been on board some time that the lameness . became apparent. A gentleman, who attended from the owners' agents, said the captain had informed him that the foot was so bad when the vessel lay in the Downs, that he was unable to work. This, the gentleman was informed, was not evidence. The mate produced his log. The voyage commenced on the 20th of May. The first entry referred to was under date 27th May. It set forth that Elliott was inefficient from a bad foot. He was unable to work, though when he was en gaged he represented it a very trifling hurt, that was nearly well. Another entry, on the 12th June, set forth that El liott had refused to wash the decks when ordered, as he said he " saw no fun in ii." An entry of the 10th July stated that Elliott was unable, from the state of his foot, to stand at the wheel. An entry of the 20th July stated that Elliott was unable, from the state of his foot, to do his duty. On the 9th of August, it appeared, he had returned to his work. Mr. Rushton said, as it appeared front the entry in the log that the man had stated that his foot was bad, it was of no avail to plead that circumstance. They knew it, and should not have taken him. He had not deceived them, but had acted very honestly. The full wages were ordered to be paid. YESTERDAY. CHARGE OF STEALING A WATCH. Henry Fisher, a car-driver, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a watch, under the following circumstances : Leonard Smith said he was a sail-maker, and had lately ar rived in Liverpool in the barque " Sarah," from Quebec. On the afternoon of Wednesday he hired a car, which was driven by the prisoner, to take him and his companion, Baker, from Castle-street. They stopped in Wapping about half-an hour, and then told the prisoner to drive to their boarding house in Fazakerley-street. The car stopped near the Bee hive public-house, and witness went in there, to pay the pri soner and give him a glass. The prisoner helped him out of the coach. The landlord of the house asked him what o'clock it was. Witness felt for his watch, and found the guard forced open, and the watch gone. The watch was safe just before he got out of the coach. He stated his loss, and afterwards saw the watch in the officer's possession.—Margaret Lloyd, servant at the bar of the Bee-hive public-house, said that there was some disturbance after Smith lost his watch. The prisoner went out into the street with others who were searching the car, and witness saw the prisoner put his hand into his pocket and pull out a watch, which he dropped down by his side, and wttness's brother picked it up. The brother said he heard something drop near where the prisoner was, and he picked up the watch produced. Henry Baker, a seaman, said he lodged at the same boarding-house as the witness Smith. On the complaint that the watch was lost, witness took off his own clothes to be searched, and told the prisoner he should also be searched. The prisoner said he had not got the watch ; and knew nothing about it, and wanted to go away, saying, he should be found in Castle street next day. Witness said be should not go, and follow ed him into the street. The witness Lloyd said he had got the watch, and witness was given in charge.—The prisoner was committed for trial at the Sessions. STEALING FROM SHOPS A young woman named Jane Jones, and two little girls, Charlotte and Frances Jones, were charged with stealing a pair of stockings and several pieces of ribbon. Constable Levi Underwood said, that from information he had received, he on Wednesday went into Hatton-garden, and saw the three prisoners and another girl walking towards Tithebarn street. Three of them turned towards Marybone, and pri soner Jane Jones, went into ,Gray's public-house, at the corner of Hatton-garden. He found a pair of black worsted stockings in her hand, and in her pocket two pieces of rib bon. On being questioned, she said she had bought the stockings in Whitechapel, and the ribbons were given to her by the other girls. He and another officer afterwards found the other two prisoners in Lace-street, and apprehended them. The owner he afterwards found to be Mrs, Williams. When Jane Jones was searched in Bridewell, three pieces of ribbon was found upon her, and a piece of Saxony cloth. Robert Williams said he was assistant to his brother, a silk mercer, No. 132, St. James's-street, and that Underwood had shown him five half pieces of ribbon. The ribbon and cloth were his brother's and had not been sold. The value of the whole was about 18s. The stockings were identified to be long to Mr. Alexander Murray, a draper, in Dale-street, at whose shop the two younger prisoners had been on Wed nesday, when they asked for some black stockings but did not buy, saying they were too large. Ile afterwards missed the stockings from a paper containing several pairs, which the prisoners had been looking at. They were all committed for trial at the sessions. RECEIVING MONEY WITHOUT AUTHORITY. Richard Cinque, servant to a baker and flour dealer, was charged with having, while in charge of his master's cart, sold sundry articles of bread and flour, for which he received the amount, but did not pay it to his master. Two witnesses, who had paid the prisoner for bread and flour at different times, yet stood charged with the amount in the master's bookS, appeared as witnesses ; but as they could not then specify the dates of any particular payments, and there being several other cases against the prisoner, he was remanded. OLD OFFENDERS. Thomas Boyd and John Goodwin, two boys who had pre viously been several times committed, were charged with being found lurking about the streets in the dead of the night, doubtless with an intention to commit felony. Two others who were with them made their escape. One of them had previously been fifteen times committed. They were con veyed to gaol for three months each. Oa leaving the bar, they uttered the most hideous imprecations on the bench, showing a degree of unparalleled depravity in persons of such tender years, which fully warranted the sentence of the court. STEALING IRON FROM THE DOCKS. An old man, named Daniel Birmingham, was charged with stealing from the docks a piece of pig iron. The case was proved, and he was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. The offence of stealing iron, copper, and other articles from the docks, a too ready sale for which is to be found in those receptacles, " Marine store dealers' " cellars, has of late be come very common, and the magistrate is determined to visit it with severity, wherever a case can be proved, either as re gards the thief or the receiver. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Your exertions in laying before the public the pro ceedings of the Dock Committee tempt me to trespass upon your columns. Amongst all the great improvements lately made, the ap pointing of Pier Masters, and Deputy Harbour Master, are nothing, compared to one that is being made. Rooms are preparing for the Secretary in the Custom-house, where he will exercise the functions of Sir John Hall. This arrange ment, when completed, will give great facility to the trade of the port. By inserting the above you will confer a favour. A MERCHANT. December 4, 1839. The attention of our readers is directed to the following communication addressed to Messrs. Rowland 901 Son, 20, Hatton-garden, London, (whose advertisem appears in another column :) Canterbury, Kent, Feb. .—Gentlemen, I write this as a convinbing proof of th efficacy of your M ACASSAIL OIL. For nearly three year my head was quite bald ; during that time I tried several a ertised preparations, but to no purpose. Your Oil belt* n high estimation in this place, induced me to try it, and • a short time was won derfully recovered, and I have the easure to assert the Oil contains those virtues which you xpress in your bills and essay ' • in short, my hair was ne er so comfortable, is free from dandriff, feels extremely pleasant, possesses a strong curl, and is very thick. I shall make it my study to recom mend it, and you have my free will to publish this note. Your obedient humble servant, MARLES EDMOND COLMAN. POPERY versus THE CORN LAWS. (From the Conservative Journal) O'Connell, the great political missionary of popery, is a noisy opponent of the corn laws. Why is this ? The repeal of the corn laws would add to the wretchedness of Ireland ! Nothing, therefore, but some great over-ruling motive could induce O'Connell to join in the cry for a free trade in corn. That over-ruling motive is to be found in his desire to ad vance the cause of popery—a desire which furnishes 'a key to all his political movements. To that end, Mr. O'Connell has lent himself to " Liberalism ;"—to that end, more espe cially, does he strive to remove from Biitish industry, the last semblance of protection. Political " Liberalism" has no natural affinity with the tenets of Popery. Quite the reverse. Popery is essentially despotic in its character, and tendencies. But the professi( n of political " Liberalism" has, of late years, afforded to men of the stamp of O'Connell, the most obvious means of organizing the whole b►ute force of Popish Ireland against the Protestant Chtirch, without imposing a necessity for avowing other than political pretexts for their preparations for violence—or other than political causes for the brutal system of assassination by which Irish popery contrives to lessen the numbers of " the heretics." But while " Liberalism" has thus been converted into an instrument for doing the work of popery in Ireland —in England, the' convenience to O'Connell and his co adjutors, of the political course which they have chosen, has been scarcely less striking. In the first place, the profession by O'Connell, of " Liberalism," established a bona of seem ing sympathy between him, and the English " masses," who might have attached little value to the agitrjor, in his cha racter of Irishman and papist. Sympathy on one point is apt to beget sympathy on others; and O'Connell, when he began to coquet with the English labourers, might fairly hope, in time, to render popery (popery, in apparent alliance with radicalism)—more attractive to the " masses" than protestantism—protestantism, which resists the political doc trines that have recently found favour in the eyes of the dis contented poor. There are yet other modes—modes scarcely at the present moment, suspected by protestant conservatives—in which the interests of popery may be advanced by o.'Connell's adhesion to the cause of " Liberalism." Let it he recollected, that the ends aimed at, by the " phy losophical" Radicals, with whom' O'Connell acts, me, the abolition of the Corn Laws—household suffrage—and the hallot. No other schemes which Jesuitical ingenuity Might, devise, could so well advance the interests of Popery, as these, if they should be crowned with success. k repeal of the . Corn Laws would uproot the Protestant Aristocracy—and utterly ruin the farmers of England, of whom it may be truly said, that they constitute the most thoroughly Protestant portion of the community. Nay ' more : a repeal of the Corn Laws, by throwing out of cultivation, nearly all the arable land of England, would annihilate tithe, and all the sources of temporal strength by which the Protestant Church is upheld ! - Meat serviceable, therefore, is " philosophical" Radicalism, if triumphant, likely to prove to the cause of Popery ! The uses, to which the Papists would turn the triumphs of " philosophical" Radicalism, would not, moreover, terminate with the overthrow of the Protestant Church, and of the Protestant Aristocracy. No :—the establishment of Popery might be expected to follow almost as a matter of course. If the Corn Laws were repealed--and the other changes which we have indicated, effected—life and property through out England, would be deprived of all security. The esta blishment of a pens d'armerie would be necessary in order to maintain even the semblance of respect towards the law. Safe materials, it is obvious, could not, in such circumstances, be found in England, for the composition of such a corps. As, however, we have seen O'Connell within these few days, offer to the Whigs, the "aid of live hundred thousand fight ing men"—so,.in the event of that utter disorganization:of English society which would, inevitably, follow a repeal of the Corn Laws, O'Connell would be found able and willing to supply the materials of an armed police force, for the purpose of " keeping do wn " th e ru i ne d P ro t es t an t landlords, farmers, and labourers of this country. The Popish merce naries supplied by O'Connell and the Irish Priests, would soon, it is obvious, be in the position of conquerors of England. They would be enabled, in fact, to dictate a religion to the triumphant f:ee-traders of whose prop er ty an d li ves th ese Popish mercenaries would be the guardians. O'Connell and the priests would, moreover, 'in the cir cumstances supposed, have yet other influences in reserve— influences which would be found all-powerful with the order of men who should, after the overthrow of the Protestant aristocracy, become the depositaries of political power. That order is the order of manufacturing capitalists—the whole sale buyers of labour. To that order of men, proclaiming, as they do, that their " capital owes no allegiance to the shores of England," and that the great end of legislation ought to be the cheapening of labour ;—to those men, we say, would O'Connell eagerly point out the mode by ich the influence of Popery can cheapen labour—and yet keep the starving labourer in a state of thraldom to the priesthood. What Ireland has long been, in the matter of cheap labour, England, as O'Connell would show, might soon be rendered, simply by the establishment of Popery ; nor would the temp tation prove unavailing in the case of men who, as they boast that " the whole world is their country," might soon be in duced to declare that religion to be the best which tends most to abase the labourer to the level of a slave. A repeal of the corn laws would tend directly to the over throw of• 'Protestantism ; and that, as we have endeavoured to show, is the sole reason why the project of repealing the corn laws (by which assuredly Ireland would suffer) finds favour in the eyes of O'Connell. ANTI-CORN-LAW HONESTY. The agitators against the Corn Laws pretend to infinite moral courage, as well as to a monopoly cf intellect. They are all, march-of-mind men ; they all boast of their willing ness to refer all social and political questions to " the test of reason." Such is the boast of the free-trade party. We have never found these advocates of free-trade other than noisy spouters of common-places—common -1 laces, which they always shrink, when fairly grappled with, from de fending. - - _ - The latest proof is before us in the conduct of the Anti- Corn-Law Circular. That paper was exceedingly loud, afew weeks ago, in its boasts that no antagonist could be found to encounter its friends, the lecturers against the Corn Laws. We, forthwith, joined issue with the Anti-Corn-Law Circular, and tore to pieces the wretched sophistries on which it trades. The Anti-Corn-Law Circular atternpted a reply, which we immediately demolished. Our contemporary then promised a rejoinder—but, although a month has now elapsed, no re joinder has ever been hazarded. Shall we be told about "the pressure of other matter? " The subterfulze cannot avail—because the reasoning of the Conservative Journal subverts every leading proposition advanced by the Anti-Corn-Law faction : and if the Anti- Corn-Law Circular could have discovered an answer, an answer would assuredly have been offered. The persons, therefore, who conduct the Anti-Corn-Law Circular being unable to answer the Conservative Journal, must, on their own showing, be convicted of dishonesty, in not abandoning their clamour against the Corn Laws—because they are, emphatically, men who pretend to appeal to reason, and who are bound, by the very nature of their professions, to alter their course when reason is against them. The Anti-Corn Law Circular dares not answer the argu ments of the Conservative Journal ;—but will be content to sneak away silently, from a contesti which the swaggering of the free traders provoked. The same course—so discreditable to the free-trade party— which has been adopted by the Anti-Corn-Law Circular is, invariably, adopted oy the other newspapers in the same in terest. lf, however, we do not err, the advocates of free- trade are hound to keep the field of argument " against all corners." Their very title to be listened to, depends on their power of establishing their " superiority to the prejudices of past times." While not one of the journals opposed to the cern laws has ventured to combat our reasonings in defence of native in dustry, many country newspapers, favourable to the corn laws, have unceremoniously, and without the slightest ac knowledgment, availed themselves of our labours. One journal, in particular, " The Kentish Times, and Corn Law Advocate," has, on more than one occasion, cooly reprinted our leaders as its own. "Save us from our friends 1" is an exclamation not unwarranted in such circumstances. We are unreasonable, surely, in expecting that, where our con temporaries profit by our labours, they should acknowledge the obligation.— conservative Journal. CHESTER DIOCESAN TRAINING COLLEGE.- - We have just received a prospectus of this admirable institution, to which we briefly alluded in our last, and to which we may have occa sion hereafter to refer at greater length. It will be found of the greatest utility to the masters of national and other schools.. The course of instruction embraces every branch of study ordinarily taught in commercial as well as classical schools. Such an institution cannot be too extensively known or too highly commended ; and we trust that the advantages which it presents will be generally appreciated. Joshua Walmsley, Esq., Mayor of Liverpoal, has been appointed one of the justices of the peace for the county of Lancaster. We have the gratification to see in the list cf first-class men at the recent examination at Oxford, the name of one of our townsmen, Mr. E. R. Jones, the son of the Rev. J. Jones, minister of St. Andrew's. NEW Cu LTRCH AT lIALSALL.—We understand that it it intended to erect a church in a central part of the parish of Halsall, for the accommodation of a large population situated at a considerable distance from any church. Towards this highly desirable object the Rev. R. Loxhain, the rector of the parish, and some other individuals, have contributed in a very liberal manner, and Richard liollinshad Blundell, Esq., of lleysbrook, the patron of the living of 11.11satl, has offered the munificent sum of :CLOW. HOUSE ROBBERY.—On Sunday evening the house of Mr. Dutton, London-road, was entered by means of false keys, during the absence of the family. Tile thieves carried off ten sovereigns and an old silver verge watch. We could multiply instanos of robberies taking - place mice these cir cumstances, hut this one ought to be sufficient to put house keepers on their guard. On Sunday evenings e! , pecially, it is extremely dangerous to leave a house without a single per son in it, because thieves are always o❑ the look out for such an excellent opportunity of following their nefarious avocation. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.-011 Monday evening, last, about half-past five o'clock, a most impudent robbery took place in a public news-room. It being cleaning - night, about a dozen women were engaged in the room, two assistants occu pied in the bar, and the master in his room, on one side of the bar, a tall, respectable-looking man, about 28 or 30 years old, came into the room, through the door near the bar, the only one open, and walked deliberately to the other end of the room and took down a barometer and large map of the United States, which he rolled up ? and retired with them without interruption. Three of the women saw him, but from his,respectable appearance concluded he was authorised to do so, consequently the circumstance was not named until the things were missed. It is more than probable the baro meter may be offered for sale, which may lead to the disco very of the adventurous perpetrator. - - CAUTION TO COACH-DRIVERS.—Last weds Mr. Wil loughby, of Birkenhead, brought two of his postbovs before the magistrates for being drunk and disorderly while in his employ ; they were fined 50s. each, and severely reprimanded. We hope this will meet the eye of-other post Masters and other drivers, and operate as a saluta-y caution against the commission of so flagrant an offence, by which life is so fre quently endangered. URGENT APPEAL TO THE SYMPATHIES. OF THE BENE VOLENT.—We mentioned in our last the melancholy accident on the railway, by which a young woman of the name of Johanna Sankey was unhappily deprived of life. We have subsequently been informed that she has left an aged mother, who has been bed-ridden for upwards of six months, of whom she was the main support. By the fruits of her exer tions in hand-loom weaving, together with a very small weekly allowance from her brother, who, it will be recollected, she had been attending in his sickness, and was conveying home when she met with her untimely death, the pcor mother was sustained; and now both these sources of her subsis tence are cut off. We place these facts before the public, in the hope that they may engage the attention of those who may have something to spare for the necf-ssitous, and the charity to bestow it. Any contributions for this purpose will be received at our office; and, for further information, we are requested to refer to Mr, James Paiker, brewer, of this town,—Courier. THE NEw POSTAGE.—An erroneous impression seems to have been taken up in some quarters, that the fourpenny rate is substituted for the penny rate. We can assure the public, on the best authority, that they need be under 1:o such fears. The penny postage will assuredly take place as soon as the stamps are ready.—Post Circular, Wednesdak, Nor. 20.