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Old Ix arr) pn s II I.° itent ic if r o l i a : s ' the' 001 6 ,1 f,OO t o o rogoo o o io v e ;iie ge t ‘l a toolc t THEATRE -ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. '' , •coli c i A ----- e n ,___ ppearanee here of Mr. VAN AM BURGH, who is ga ged for Six Nights, and will exhibit his nU extraordinary ß . 4Nillo„ anees with the' whole of his TRAINED ANI - es represented last season, one hundred and fifteen oyt,,in s uccession, to crowded auditories, at the Thoaesaitoroes there'', Prory-lane, and patronised on many rivb._ u ) her Majesty, and as received Last Night, oe at this e, with most enthusiastic plaudits. be er_ 1 formed TUESDAY, the 23d instant, will N a Tragedy, written by the Rev. R. C..Matu p rin, 0 7 , 11 , BERTRAM 1 ' B CAST LE OF ST. A LDOBRAND. i Bertram .. Mr. Stuart. 'tnogine '''''''''' miss Cleaver. ................ tr, vkNi Between the Play and Afterpitee, r EXin AMBURGH will exhibit his 4EARLESS and 4'117/"AORDIN.A.RY PERORMA CES with the ' 0 LIONS, TIGERS LEOPARDS, AND OTHER TRAINED' ANIMALS, T From the Th eatre-Royal, b, ° concl u d e with the .Melo-Drama of qiirip. LUKE THE LABOURER. fos,: ••••• • . (a Sail or ) , Mr. W. Howard. ‘,ke... ..... (the Labourer).... Mr. Slaiter. Chr a. Bobby T rot.. M r. Baker. On rs ••• • . Miss Cl eaver. I Jenny Mrs. Tellett. , ll Ip, 'q t 0 I', p 'uN ESDAY , —VENICE PRESERVED ; NO ! ~i i• '011t5.",."-URSDAY, The FOUNDLING OF THE o,Chl ip' ; and WILLTAM TELL. 'I'EIq,..IDAY,---The HONEY MOON, and BLACK , O n s,--,uBAN. Nf '. ' 'LtIRDAY,—JANE SHORE, and the BOTTLE Li, it tl" ,AN Nth • e eli A MBURGH'S Performanc e s every Evening e W . It-t i il: e.3, orne Mr. CHARDS KEAN nee an en a ement of TEN NIGHTS, at this 1 1:•',:4, tTre'r;.°ol4:l?NDAgY April 29 . th, being hi d s e F pa A rt ß u E re Ni f r o E r FAREWELL 4 ed e ERPOOL, previous to his 4 k o t t es. ~,'"*1) .\.,,E,r.VESTRIS, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS, 4 - ' 4ol) e ‘ i l . „ a ''' , .and. other eminent Metropolitan Performers bue i g ": , k'l a r , - otiee will be given of their appearance_.___, 1,,,,:0.,,,i1ternent has also been made with Mr. Hite .. • 1 1; .: ' lice f'''' A-- . ____%D______,:__, ---- --" --- 2__i the early part of the Season. `'hil;'l\lLit• THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. fO,VA CROWDED DOUSES, tic RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE. His p' A ' 74 .o' THE LAST NIGHT BUT THR EE. liix. " ENING, TUESDAY, April 23d, an ENTIRE d; , o,l,r'',GE of PERFORMANCE. I:it,ll.k•Pti,„l4),\V (Wednesday) Ev , e ning, under the imme the MAYOR of 44 )//1 0 "ou ti A , AGE of the Worshipful inary Dramatic,. Representations, thlilitTAND CONCERT! ' (1- "' 11 - VeDA-Y, " TRAVEL S' TRIALS" and l''', Pltih' r 4 i ,„E" will be repeate TRAVEL g li t"T4, -- n — ' l , Master GROSS ITU will perform w a i t il th h e e 4 'er,,,- "VAL CHESTER; consequently, there ti.er)all .i'r n' t 4 ft e e,,at , the , Liver. . tivi for th -"Al , Great Musical and Dramatical Novel : Y the •TeBHENEFIT of Mr. 9ROSSMITH, and posi th,t,*, k r ', ST NIGHT they will aear inLiverpool. of informing fq,,rebh, kirossinith, sen. has the pleasure per oriNON' the YOUNG LADY, whose extraordinary p-`641,!3-8k0;111,11e Piano have been received with such great, tilerGLAin,,,oly consented to perform a variety of NEW and h L ivP. P IECES, for a few more evenings, after w s h on ic s h , eh Theatre WILL' POSITIVELY CLOSE, his 'ilit-'7,ntS in Manchester and London precluding all pos- N\,....::.a..1! tiger stay in Liverpool. „...__ Til t TO CORRESPONDENTS. L t e of s et t :7 6 tlo e n ; G." is not necessary to vindicate the ges t f he th m e a Th tte eatre Royal. The public are the tl ) e iLibrrpool iTtanbaub. EsD dr MORNING, APRIL 23, 1339. I° ltte m4 te be en favoured by Mr. Court, of the Under hhg • 4 Ito ° in, with th e f o ll ow i ng ex t rac t o f a letter, 4 I 't e u at Lima, 24th December : ,r ah t e Just received information from General 'ely r out ede army un d er his command has com- L the Chili ans , t a k en a ll th e i r b aggag e, ete a conside ra bl e num b er o f prisoners. The timet (S anto Cruz) will leave this evening for the P_ Privateers that were fitting out here a t b ia tt ,l Bi lice hav e t a k en one o f th e Chilian men of br ought her into Callao, and burnt two of l et.' lari t ransports. The war may be considered (, eoa t i tt • • 411 4 0 ,i et of the radical leaders in the House of b -4 ') in reference to Lord John Russell's motion, 11 1' Juste What we might have expected. They 1 1l real dui es all our previous estimates of their 4k1 (11 1 . • n nesty and consistency. In every case they 4 itd„, 94 rA ter ua ged in abuse of the ministry on account of !lilt t h e . itY doctrines, and yet they favoured the latter' ' at : votes, in order to keep them in office. Most N ees ate statesmen ! While they declared that the tat m cabi n p f i was the worst that had ever been tole ta En k L, na 4 , 44 41 of they voted to a manfor the perpe :!4 that the nuisance ! And yet these are the very nay:""'Prate loudest of all on the subject of consis qa N.. ref ormers. These are the men who are con k', tit ) 'Ting on their purity and integrity. These te/L`tae tt also whom the self-styled liberals par ex pest}, c ontinually praising for their self-denying to Tli e 2 f Purpo se . I, .tiv e c: s . t astonishing instance, however, of radical atl en Which we ever have met with, was exhi ,„,,„ t , rriday night last, in the person of Mr. • It will be recollected that this pragmatical efl Y t an w as returned for the city of 'Westminster h 11 did igh the interference of the whig ministers, th t°thtittr. s cruple to exercise on his behalf the most by4,l arid ' U nal influence. Had it not been for the 1 1 , th Promises so lavishly held out by the minis d4Y, el r under s t rappers , M r . L ea d er wou ld no t, a t 14,1 'N.s •h ay e had th e privilege of a seat in Parliament, ~t i? e t o ) il t l i c i le ed p , he h a d crep t i n as a conven i en t appen di kid e Irish tail," in company with the rejected tear e 8 e Le ntd, i ad—e r spoke like an honest man, and voted af tiritiß 4 41 direct opposition both to his avowed con , kiti k ' his positi ve d ec l ara ti ons . After acknow- IP,, N eaied ua s t he had no confidence in the ministry he at give them the benefit of his vote, know- N t i• th e , 't f or "ante time, that ministers " would take Of th e Vote," to use his own language, "as a ii tit N.7 )4 fidence." 244 r ' Leader did not merely assert that the mi tlii:ithat*ethte, undeserving of confidence—he absolutely I , 4l, \ tard,. e Y were deserving of contempt ! These are th e *-- Could they (the ministers) pretend to t th at °ll fidence of the great party opposite ? He many instances that powerful party gave 'lti kte -71:t to the governmen t, b u t th er e was scarcely 1, ; 1, ) 141 1,, f i i 7 W hich the right hon. baronet, (Sir Robert ° Was their leader, did not openly express the ti oi rt-„,_ m ot. and contempt with which he regarded Ill ote kk e : 1 "t --- a contempt which he (Mr. Leader) %NT. " h 0 well des erve d." A n d yet M r . L ea d er , and t hought with him, voted for this " con e gar b ! Admirable consistency ! k Pre 9i, Leader asked whether the government q h t le II:" to possess the confidence of the radicals 1 1 ‘ ise of Commons, , And after answering the r ef stating that on every question of progres tkiN th Ti the radicals voted against the ministers, to I)i 4 l) reth r iin eerity of their opposition he and his radi (l, t ern b eil contributed to the support of the said mi -44' 3' g i ving them the benefit of a, vote of confi e,l 'IV. din:hugs to Mr. Leaders' acknowledgment, how kt4tre tts are not entirely destitute of confidence.. k Party that stuck to them through due ap; 4 l ne Irish party—the O'Connell " tail"— e his 4 u lg in th e i r support of Lord Jo h n R usse ll doh m : 43 ciate s . M r. Leader might have added the 1 " th e ta i l " had more confidence in minis -4t44 t4ii,,gle radicals had. He might have said that tip o cif "'lle in occasionally for a handsome share kih ttall y prPoatronage—that snug places are being con -1147 to t h e , r iled f or them—that their numberless cou p/ ;ite _ tw entieth d egree are taken under the pater 131a°111dthe government—while the poor radicals N e k lee kriNe are forced to starve upon short commons. Oter ti f 8 the zealous attachment of the Popish qi or Ire! I tla q 0 11 4 1 4 and, and their feverish anxiety to keep N th 4 4, 8 t `L h ussell and his colleagues in office. Hence %I e grumbling denunciations of the English Nvii° el l ,' ar e e they are dissatisfied with their por te":ee th;hertheless unwilling to cast away the only i hiv e Na ga a ye of obtaining a larger share of the et tv oh trv : ll , the bestowal of the ministry. As we tf lt e th eir eo before, they have the cunning to pre- Be trla y is g ° ° alive, in the expectation that hereafter v e ssibl I Y Come i n f or a share of i ts golden tLL per's . tti tht p of allusion to the whig party was among 1)'11,404 hellbeeTieefertrilecle h : its which he made on Friday sot yet ref that "there was a party to which he it was called the pure whigs—a fkoet almost defunct, and which . was con e"l4ively to official persons, and to those IY • 4131)ekr ped " rt iP to tc , i become official persons." This ktt' Of the • eta blY evid E h visi _ ent from a perusal of the ana 'in, Which we have given in another to lass fie all , 2 ether .. • eked 1 „"..6 in the community, it was very Mr. .Leader,. there was none which reposed any confidence in her Majesty's present ad visers. The House of Lords and the aristocracy of the country are well known to be irreconcileably hos tile to Lord Melbourne and his associates. The landed proprietary—embracing the great mass of the wealth of the country—have surely every reason to feel dissa tisfied with a ministry that has more than connived at the anti-corn-law agitation. All the learned profes sions, with here and there a solitary exception, per fectly agree with Mr. Leader that the ministers, who have so far debased themselves as to enter into an al- liance with the disloyal Popish faction, "are deserv ing" of nothing else but " contempt." The electoral body in England, Wales, and Scotland, have no confi dence in ministers. This must be abundantly evident from the result of all recent appeals to the constituen cies of various places. Who, then, have confidence in ministers ? We an swer, none are more warmly attached to them than the rebellious fraternity of Irish ribbonmen, at the head of whom we must place the Popish priests of Ireland. They have, doubtless, their reasons for being satisfied with the policy of the present cabinet ; but that very satisfaction implies a compromise of their character — a departure from their sworn allegiance to their lawful Sovereign—and a design to subvert the Protestant faith. With anything which implies less than this, the ribbonites can never rest satisfied. The objects of this wide-spread Popish conspiracy are, to emancipate Ire land from the domination of Great Britain—to seize upon the estates now held by landlords of British de scent—and to banish from the shores of the sister island every vestige of Protestantism. They have ..r.-sm.rl to a rro mplicl , theca ohjoote at/ 000ri cbo their schemes zu-c iipe for execution, and their "precursory" movements are not only tolerated, but absolutely encouraged, by the executive government of Ireland. How can this species of subornation of treason be re conciled with the official oaths which 'the present mi nisters have taken ? How can they claim any credit for loyalty, while thus in league with rebels ? Though, however, Mr. Leader pronounced the mi nistry to be undeserving of confidence—though he expressed his contempt of them and their proceedings —though he said that they had " lost character in the country"—and though he acknowledged that the only party sincerely attached to them was the Irish party, the ribbonite rebels—he gave Lord John Russell his vote. Out upon the despicable hypocrisy of these canting radicals ! Of all cants the cant of the " phi losophical reformers" is the most nauseating and con temptible. The debate in the House of Commons, on Lord John Russell's motion, after occupying five evenings, has, at length, been brought to a close ; and what has it issued in ? Has it served to screen the ministry from that obloquy which the whole course of their po licy has brought upon them ? We might as well ex pect the Ethiopian to be able to change the colour of his skin as look for any such result. Has it served to satisfy the people of England of the propriety or jus tice of any of their measures in reference to the go vernment of Ireland ? It could never produce any such effect, unless the people of this country became a community of absolute simpletons. Has it convinced any one that the government of Ireland has been ad ministered in a spirit of impartiality ? None but the wilfully blind could entertain such an absurd opinion ! Will this debate have the effect of deterring the House of Lords from prosecuting their anticipated rigid in quiry into the state of crimes and outrages in Ireland ? Will it prevent the committee appointed by that house from probing to the bottom the festering sore under which Ireland has been suffering for the last five years ? Credat Judceus Apelles ! Lord John Russell has obtained a paltry majority of twenty-two in favour of his resolution : but what ad vantage has he realised by his narrow escape from ig nominious defeat ? Has he not proved to the world the numerical weakness of the ministerial phalanx ? Has he not more than ever exposed the mental imbe cility by which he and his colleagues are so conspicu ously distinguished ? These have been the only results of this protracted debate. We have already briefly alluded to the speeches de- livered during the earlier part of the debate. For the first three nights there was scarcely a speech delivered which demanded any extended notice, excepting those of Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Sydney Herbert, and Mr. Lascelles. The ministerial speakers laboured under the greatest disadvantage from which it is possible for any speaker to suffer. They had a wretched cause to defend. Their speeches were, accordingly, of the most contemptible character—destitute of any semblance to sound argument—and abounding only in gross exag gerations, distorted statements of facts, and whining appeals to the sympathies of the accommodating radi cals. _ On Thursday the debate assumed a more animated' appearance. The discussion was opened by Mr. M. J. O'Connell, one of the most conspicuous members of the tail. He displayed the usual quantum of O'Con i nell vulgarity and hardihood of assertion. He was' followed by Mr. J. Young, Sir D. Roche, Sir Charles Douglas, Mr. W. Roche, and Mr. Plumptre. The last named gentleman ventured to point out the real source' of all the miseries under which Ireland is suffering— the true origin of all the crimes and outrages which are perpetrated by the ignorant and misguided pea santry. He described the ascendancy of popery as the only cause of the evils which deluged the sister island. 1:14e only panacea for these evils is a sound scriptural education. This is the grand remedy. The Bible— its unrestricted circulation, and its unforbidden study —the careful inculcation of its precepts, and the faith ful reception of its doctrines—can alone produce a moral renovation in the character of the Irish peasantry. We do not wonder that the popish members of the House of Commons should denounce Mr. Plumptre as a bigot. In the estimation of these gentlemen a teacher of truth is the greatest bigot existing, and the Bible is the very quintessence of bigotry. But let them rage and storm as they may—let them pour all the abuse they please on the characters of such men as Mr. Plurnptre—magna eat veritas, et prcevalebit. Sir Frederick Trench, who. followed Mr. Redington, very forcibly remarked that " he could not, in alluding to the principles of the government under Lord Nor manby, but say that he thought it extremely wrong for persons professing the established religion, in order to serve party purposes, to make themselves the instruments of those who profess a desire to exterminate the Protest r ant religion." This brief remark embodies the grava 7 men of the charge against the Irish executive govern, ment. It might also, with great propriety, be applied to the whole cabinet of Lord Melbourne. It is noto rious that the grand object of the popish priesthood, and of O'Connell as their organ, is, to extirpate Pro,- testantism from Ireland. / This object is ostentatiously avowed by them. It would be absurd to attempt to deny it. And yet, during the whole course of Lord Normanby's administration, the priests and O'Connell were the exclusive objects of Lord Normanby's regard. They were his chosen advisers. Their recommenda tions were attended to as if they were imperative com mands. The Protestants of Ireland, on the other hand, were objects of decided aversion to Lord Nor manby and his subordinates in office. No sympathy was shown to them—their grievances were permitted to remain unredressed—while their persons and their properties were attacked and destroyed without any chance of obtaining justice. Is it not, therefore, the grossest hypocrisy for such men as Lord Normanby and Lord Morpeth to boast of their attachment to the Protestant Church ? Their co-operation with the un disguised enemies of that Church throws the lie into the very teeth of their professions. Can we speak in more favourable terms of the execu tive government in England ? Who are to be found among the most active and energetic supporters of the Whig cabinet ? Do we not find on the ministerial side of the House of Commons every member of that house who is an infidel, and therefore an enemy to Christia nity—every one who is a Papist, and therefore an ene my to the Protestant religion—and every one who is a dissenter, and therefore hostile to the Established Church ?• Among these three classes may be included the majority of the " thick and thin" supporters of the ministry—the men who are willing to vote that black is white in order to keep them in office. And yet Lord John Russell and his ministerial allies pretend to be Protestants, and make loud boasts of their fidelity and attachment to the Church of England. Surely these hypocrites are not so besotted as to imagine that they can persuade the people of England to believe in . the sincerity of their professions.! -It is -high time that they should take their natural position, and openly avow themselves to be the uncompromising foes of Protestantism. Let them no longer seek to sap the foundations of the Established Church, while profess ing to repair its dilapidations. Let them take their stand with the brazen-faced Hume and the canting Baines, their present most faithful allies : but let them never again dare to insult the Protestant people of England by claiming their suffrages as the friends of the Church. We repeat that Sir Frederick Trench has pointed out the real danger arising from Lord Normanby's ad ministration—his active co-operation with the enemies of Protestantism in Ireland. Can we expect any diffe rent line of policy from his successor, Lord Ebrington? Has not the choice of the latter by the ministry proved their hearty concurrence in Lord Normanby's efforts to depress Protestantism and to exalt Popery ? But to resume. Mr. Hume next addressed the house in favour of the ministry. His speech on this, as on every other occasion, was as destitute of argu ment as it was of eloquence. After the stupid and malignant effusion of this regular bore, Lord Morpeth rose to justify the Irish policy of the cabinet. It is but fair to admit that the speech of Lord Morpeth was, by an immeasurable degree, the ablest delivered, through out the debate, on the ministerial side of the house. His habitual candour led him to avoid the mean trickery and contemptible subterfuges resorted to by most of his colleagues. He made the most he could of a bad cause ; but he evidently laboured under a con sciousness that his efforts would be unavailing. Sir James Graham replied to Lord Morpeth with his uoual °mot. He ridiculed Lord John Russell's mo tion, asserting that it would be of no service whatever to the ministry to obtain a " vote of confidence" from the House of Commons. He said " a vote of confi dence," addressing ministers, " may prolong your agonies, but cannot restore you to a healthy condition. Your hours are numbered ; and, when you fall, you will fall, not by any effort of your opponents, but by differences with the party that has, hitherto, sustained you in office." On the whole, Sir James Graham's speech was one of the ablest he ever delivered ; its de tails were pertinent to the question, and its conclusions were both just and forcible. On Friday the debate was commenced by Mr. Dun• combe, who, in moving his amendment, endeavoured to justify the support which he give to the whig mi nistry. His effort was of the most futile character, as was that of Sir Charles Style also, by whom he was succeeded. Sir George Sinclair then rose and inflicted upon ministers a castigation which they will not speedily forget. The imaginary colloquies between the ministers and the ultra-radicals which he introduced were exceedingly humourous, and kept the house in a perpetual roar of laughter. Mr. Ingham followed in a rambling exculpatory speech. This gentleman, we believe, in common with Mr. Gibson, entered the House of Commons as a pro fessed conservative. These gentlemen, we are sorry to add, are not the only defaulters from the conservative side of the house. How they can reconcile it to their .consciences thus to vote in opposition to their general professions it is not for us to decide. Their constitu ents will, it is to be hoped, be more cautious in future in selecting their representatives. We have too many half-and-half conservatives in the House of Commons. We want men of more sterling principle than to be carried away by every whimsical crotchet which may fall into their way. The present is not a time for a temporising line of policy. We are fallen upon evil days, and we require, as statesmen, men who possess not only a sound judgment and a clear knowledge of their duties, but men who will also act implicitly upon the dictates of their conscience, and maintain their consistency as well as their independence. Mr. Hobhouse's speech was; to say the best, a silly affair. It was speedily disposed of by Mr. Leader, whose speech we have given at length. We have alluded to this gentleman's " consistency " in another article. Mr. Sergeant Jackson and Mr. Shiel followed. The remarks of the former were chiefly directed to the improper exercise of the prerogative of mercy by Lord Normanby. Of Mr. Shiel's speech we have an admi rable sketch in the Morning Herald, from which we extract the following epigrammatical description of his oratory.—" The shrill, cracked voice of the speaker— his baboon-like grimaces and motions, varied as these were occasionally with an affectation of solemnity in the attitudes ;—these organic and physical peculiarities harmonised well, undoubtedly, with the miserable verbal conceits—with the elaborate assortment of fantastic epithets—with the miserable jingle—which constituted the floriture of his speech, as the baldest of sentiment alisms, and the most vulgar of common-places com posed its groundwork. The afflatus under which Mr. Shiel affects no labour, is no true outpouring of the spirit of eloquence. All is false, meretricious, affected. The earnestness is feigned ; the pathos maudlin. Mr. Sheil is a mere actor—and an actor, moreover, of the lowest possible caste. He is a vulgar, melodramatic spouter of matter, in itself worthless, or repulsive — matter which could attract momentary attraction only in virtue of the grotesque forms into which he works it up. He dresses his thoughts in tinsel phraseology. There is no lack of spangles. There is a profuse display of paste and of mosaic gold. Yet Mr. Shiel—although he has spent his life in the practice of intellectual con tortions of all kinds—never gave birth to a thought possessing the slightest value ; although he has wasted years in acquiring the arts of verbal jugglery, he never uttered a sentence that can be justly described as fine. He is a wretched, tawdry phrasemonger, devoid of every requisite to the constitution of a great orator. Voice, delivery, style, matter—all curiously and irre deemably bad after their respective kinds—render him an actor fit for the meridian of Sadler's Wells, and fit there only to figure in the inferior pieces. That such a miserable spouter should be accepted by a portion of the public as a great orator is, undoubtedly one of the puzzles, which no philosophy is very well able to ex pound. Mr. Sheil stands in the same relation to a true orator, as the goats and monkeys who, at this moment, imitate humanity so abominably at some of our theatres, do to the natural occupants of the mimic scene." This ap pears to us a faithful sketch of the crack orator of the mi nisterial side of the house, whose speech on Friday last was literally " torn to fragments" by Lord Stanley. We require no higher testimony to the force and eloquence of the noble lord's reply, than the effect which it pro duced upon Daniel O'Connell. The great agitator was lashed into a state of positive fury, and when he began to speak he was actually foaming with rage. So violent was the language which he uttered under the influence of his excited feelings, that the Speaker had to call him to order several times. He concluded his address with the following notable threat : " English gentlemen ! rally round a tory ministry, if you please, and mock at the warning which the advo cate of Ireland gives you ; but I tell you, though you may be tyrants, we never will be slaves." " Advocate of Ireland" indeed ! Why, no man living has done more, by his ceaseless and mischievous agitation, to depress and to impoverish his countrymen, than Daniel O'Connell. Is it not owing to the incendiary pro ceedings of this man that Ireland has been deprived of the incalculable benefits arising from the application of English capital in developing the resources of the country ? Who would think of embarking any money on an Irish speculation, however profitable in itself, or beneficial to the population, as long as life and property are held on so uncertain a tenure in that unfortunate country ? And to what are we to attribute this uncer tainty? Is it not to the firebrand who dares to threaten the gentlemen of England that " the process" of his peace-destroying " agitation shall not be abandoned" ? Talk indeed of the people of Ireland never being slaves! Are they not already the most abject, miserable, and hopeless slaves in the world ? Are they not held in bondage by the tyranny of the Popish priesthood—a tyranny extending over body and soul—paralysing all the better impulses of their nature, and rendering them more sottish and degraded than the serfs of Russia ? Talk of slaves indeed ! Let us only see the peasantry of Ireland emancipated from the galling thraldom in which they are held by the priesthood, and then we may indulge in the hope that Ireland may yet become what she has been so often called in fiendish derision by O'Connell— " Great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, first gem of the sea." Liberate the " hereditary bondsmen" from the iron despotism, under which they are ground to the dust by O'Connell and his spiritual coadjutors, and then peace and prosperity may once more dawn upon the "green ; vales of t,rin." Nothing short of such a " Roman 04- tholic Emancipation" will do the slightest good. Lord John Russell closed the debate by replying, after which a division took place, when the numbers appeared as following : For Sir Robert Peel's amendment 296 For the original motion 3lB Majority 22 .. . Thus, as far as any practical purpose is concerned, Lord John Russell's motion has ended, just as we an ticipated, in " a bottle of smoke." The Morning Herald of yesterday states that it was currently reported, both in the public offices and clubs, on Saturday, that several changes were contemplated in the ministry. Lord John Russell, it was said, had determined to retire, owing to the delicate state of his health. We should " rather guess" that any such re solution must be in consequence of the miserable mi nority obtained by ministers on Friday. It is not in the least improbable that some changes may speedily take place, and that Lord Melbourne will endeavour to botch up his cabinet for a short time longer. The re sult, however, will be the same as that which happened in 1834, when Lord Melbourne was forced to quit the helm to make room for better men. It is, therefore, incumbent upon the conservative electors throughout the country to prepare for another appeal for their suf frages. " Forewarned is forearmed." Let the electors of Liverpool be vigilant and active. The next struggle will prove the death-blow of liberalism and Popish as cendancy. In another column we have given the correspond ence between the Hastings family and Lord Melbourne. It is impossible to peruse these letters without a feeling of involuntary astonishment - and disgust—astonish ment, that so flagrant a grievance as that of which the Marchioness of Hastings and her daughter have been so long complaining should remain unredressed up to this day—and disgust, that the Queen of Eng land should be surrounded by such a heartless and profligate coterie as Lord Melbourne and his creatures. The only reparation which could have been offered to the insulted modesty of Lady Flora Hastings has been most contumeliously refused. The Premier of England has endeavoured to screen from public obloquy the filthy and malignant slanderers, who dared to pour into the ears of our virtuous Queen their foul insinuations against the character of that much-injured lady. The matter cannot, must not rest as it is. The court of the British Queen must be purged of the vermin which pollute it. CORRESPONDENCE. POPISH OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—On the walls of the Popish Chapel, in Seel-street, may be seen a large placard, which states, that a meeting will be held in St. Patrick's School, on Sunday, the 14th, (last Sunday week,) for the purpoie of enrolling members in the Precursor Society ! This, your readers will recollect, was the day after the O'Connell dinner, when it was naturally to be expected, that a great accession would be the consequence of the excitement. Now, sir, many well meaning Protestants support what are termed the " Catholic Charities" of the town, and many affect to ridicule the advances of Popery. Here we have a school-room, on the evening of the Sabbath day, at an hour when our churches and chapels are about to be filled, occupied by a political association, for the avowed pur pose of extirpating Protestantism, and procuring the separa tion of the two countries. Does the Roman Catholic Church sanction these objects ? Does she thus permit the violation of the Sabbath ? Undoubtedly she does—or the priests of the chapel would have torn down the placard as soon as they per ceived it. But there it is, or at least was, when I was going into town on Saturday, and I advise the Protestant contribu tors to the school to go and read it.—l am, &c. 22d April, 1839. AIGBURTH. FREEMEN'S RIGHTS. TO THE ORIGINAL FREEMEN OF LIVERPOOL. FRIENDS, AND BROTHER FREEMEN,—On the 25th ult. I most respectfully furnished your several clubs, viz. seven teen in number, with a circular note addressed to the " pre sidents," stating that I had been favoured with an opinion of the law on the case, by one of the leading men at the bar, as to your unqualified rights, privileges, and immunities, granted by twelve charters to the " good old town of Liver pool," by twelve kings and one queen, commencing with King John in the year 1207, and ending with King George the Second in 1752. I therein stated my reasons for calling you together pub licly in a body, and that the result would be a permanent good arising from such meeting, both to yourselves and fami lies, if conducted in a proper and becoming manner. Being an interested party to this proceeding, so far as an individual freeman goes, my first object was respectfully to obtain that unanimous co-operation which is absolutely ne cessary in furthering our views and' actions herein, by which means alone we may become successful in our momentous undertaking. When, as a body, you have made up your minds to prose cute the object in question, with a vigorous, firm, and un daunted determination to proceed, I shall feel very great pleasure in meeting you and the young freemen (whether by birth or servitude), in the great room at the Queen's Arms, or any other public room, for the avowed purpose of fully explaining my ideas on the subject in question, in order to be fully prepared to co-operate, in conformity with the opi nion of the learned gentleman as aforesaid, the next August assizes. I am, as always, brother freemen, Your faithful servant, HENRY WOODS, Accountant. 17, Manchester-street, Liverpool, 10th April, 1839. MR. HALL AND THE HAIR-DRESSERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Hoping you will allow me an opportunity, through the medium of your columns, of vindicating the character of theilair-dressers' Committee, and the witnesses who have appeared to prefer charges against the Sabbath-breakers in the trade, from the odium that was cast upon them by the stipendiary magistrate, in the Police-court, on Monday last, I have ventured to furnish you with the following facts of the case :—On Saturday last, a policeman appeared against five persons for following their worldly employment on the previous Sunday, when one of the defendants came forward and stated, that the policeman was to receive 2s. from the Hair-dressers' Committee for each information he had laid. The policeman denied the statement. Mr. Hall dismissed the whole of the cases, requiring this person and the police man to appear on Monday, intimating that if it was proved, the latter would be dismissed from the force. When the case was brought up for hearing, the interested defendant_ had employed an attorney against the officer, to elicit the truth from the .witnesses, and put a proper and impartial colouring on the case. Mr. Hall, however, very properly dispensed with his services. The secretary, treasurer, and other members of the committee came forward, and proved that what had been stated on Saturday was not true, and the officer was retained on the force. Will Mr. Hall now bring up the defendants, and take the officer's evidence against them ? If he does not, I am afraid they will play him the same prank again—it being an easy mode of paying the fine, and they being reckless of the means, so that they gain the end. But the part to which I most particularly wish to call the attention of the public is the following. In the course of the secretary's examination, he stated that no police officer ever received any money from the committee, but it was usual for them to pay other persons 2s. for their loss of time in appearing at the court. " Then," said Mr. Hall, " the witnesses have all perjured themselves, for they have all sworn that they received nothing ;" and commenced to lecture the secretary on the subject of rewards to witnesses, just as if there had been any truth in what he (Mr. Hall) had just stated. I attempted to show him at the time that he was wrong, but he would not hear me : I have, therefore, been compelled to adopt the present course. Now, if Mr. Hall will look over the public reports in the Courier and Mercury newspapers, he will find the witnesses have not all sworn they received nothing, but exactly the reverse and whilst I acknowledge Mr. Hall has been labouring under a mistake, I think, if his memory is so exceedingly treacher ous, he should not prevent any person from showing he was wrong in such a serious matter ; and, to say the least, he should be sure before be publicly casts so foul an aspersion upon any man as that of perjury. It may be as well to state, that by far the majority of the witnesses in these cases have been either hair-dressers, their journeymen, or apprentices ; these have not received anything, and of course were justified in so swearing. Some of the witnesses, who were not in the trade, have given their evidence gratuitously, when it has been to oblige some friend of theirs in the trade ' • and the committee have never either employed or rewarded any man for laying these informations, but have merely passed a mo tion that they will pay any man who requires it for half a day at the court ; and no person has yet given evidence but those who have been intimate with some member of the committee, and have done it to oblige them. Hoping you will give this insertion in your next paper, I beg leave to subscribe myself, your very humble servant, WILLIAM BRUMFITT. 45, Webster-street, April 18th, 1839. We have been requested by Mr. Thomas Whiteman of the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-street, to state th a t h e i s no t th e individual alluded to in the police report in our publication of the 16th instant. The report was copied from another paper. LIVER THEATRE.—" The 9rossmiths" produced two new pieces at this theatre last night, and they abound with wit and humour. We perceive the Mayor patronises the dra matic and musical entertainments of to-morrow evening : an overflow will doubtless be the result. On Friday next, these extraordinary actors will perform at the Theatre, Chester; and on Saturday they will appear again in Liverpool, for the last time. We understand that the next anniversary meeting of the Liverpool Church Missionary Auxiliary wiil be he held early in May next. The deputation expected to attend on the oc casion are the Rev. Mr. Close, of Cheltenham ; Col. Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart. ; the Rev. David Jones, mission ary from North America ; and the Rev. Mr. Fallon. The. Rev. Archibald Boyd, of Londonderry, is also expected. Sermons will be preached in several churches on behalf of the society on the Sunday before—of which and the meetings due notice will be given. The following letter from Dr. Tonson, Bishop of Killaloe, will explain itself, and give the British public confidence in the Messrs. Crotty, who, we understand, intend to visit Li verpool in a few weeks, for the purpose of raising subscrip tions for the completion of the church, and support of the schools under their superintendence in the parish of Birr : " Clarisford House, Killaloe, April 17th, 1839. " Although I have not yet resided a sufficient time in this diocese to speak from my own personal knowledge of the great advantages which have resulted to the cause of true scriptural religion from the labours of the Messrs. Crotty, I am convinced from the testimony of Mr. M`Causland, the rector of the Birr parish in which Mr. Crotty and congrega tion are located, and from many other quarters equally re spectable and trustworthy, that their services have been in valuable to the truth, and are likely under God to dissipate much of the moral darkness with which we are surrounded. " LUDLOW. KILLALOE. . _ _ . . " I have pleasure to add that the Messii:drotty- ---- areiii;Out. to join the Protestant -Zsl*lished Church 'under ray epis cop'alicurisdiction.". BOTTLING A VOTER, We quote the following Account of the proceedings, at Preston, against Mr. Charles Rowland, from the Wigan Gazette of Friday last. We are sorry that we are obliged to abridge the report : William Blommerly, the prosecutor, was then called, and examined by Mr. Hulton. He said—l am a cotton-manu facturer and shopkeeper in Wigan. Recollect the election on the 9th of March last. Was up about six or seven o'clock in the morning. I was going to the Green Man, where I had to get my breakfast. When I got there, I went further—to old Mr. Wood's, the gardener. The Chairman.—Speak up, sir. Witness.—One at a time, gentlemen, if you please ; I can not answer five or six of you. The Chairman.—Speak to me, so as I can hear you. Witness.—Well then, I will. Mr. Hulton.—What happened when you got to Mr. Wood's ? The witness looked straight at the chairman, and made no reply to the question, which was repeated several times. At length he was persuaded to answer the questions, and he coil tinned his evidence. When I was standing opposite to his house, I saw one person come down an entry, and afterwards two others, and afterwards five or six others. I turned me round, and was immediately seized ; they dragged me along, and said, " Pull away, boys, pull away." I went at the speed of the mail coach, as near as I could guess. They took me to Charles Kerfoot's, the Bowling-green House. There I saw a parcel of bluffina.. I also saw Mr. Leech, and said, " Thank God you are there." They kept me there, before a red-hot roasting fire, with my top coat on, for more than a quarter of an hour. (Laughter.) Then I heard a coach come up, and forty or fifty persons put me into it. The house was full of ruffians. They took me to Fowler's house. I was held in the coach by two fellows. Rowland was in it, and also M`Quade, and another person whom I knew very well. Rowland collared me, and throttled me near to death. I broke the windows, and they put down the blinds, because their deeds were evil. They took me to Adlington's—to Fowler's. I sat in the coach there about a minute, as near as I can recollect, and they dragged me out by main force. They put me in the front room, where there is a bow window. I was looking for something to smash all I could. They then put me into a little bit of a lock-up place, that would hold half a dozen men, without fire. There were half a dozen or a dozen with me ; then Rowland, Fowler, and Sutton came in. Rowland said, " What a fine hunting day we had yes terday—oh ! what a fine hunting day we had." (Loud laughter.) Rowland then left the room, leaving the other two behind. Fowler was without his coat. Mr. Hulton.—How was Sutton dressed? Witness.—lt is not the dress I take notice of ; it is the physyog—the face. (Laughter.) Mr. Hulton.—Did they bring anything to you? Witness.—Yes, I think they did; they brought in a great smoke. Mr. Hulton—Did they bring any liquor in ? Witness—Yes, I believe they brought me some brandy and water, but I durst not taste it for fear there should be some of that stuff in. The Chairman—What stuff? Witness—The stuff they put in at Liverpool. I remained there from three quarters of an hour to two hours, when I saw a Scotchman from Wigan. When I did that, I began of breaking the windows as hard as I could. [The witness closed his fists, and worked them about like machinery, to the great amusement of all present.] Mr. Hulton—Will you tell me what you did? Witness—Well, if you will sit down and take it comfortably I will tell you, and lam sure it will amuse you. (Laughter.) Mr. Hulton having taken his seat, the witness proceeded to show how he broke the windows and furniture. I began, said he, to crash away, and then, raising his voice, he called out, I say, Mr. Thompson—l say, Mr. Thompson—l say, Mr. Thompson—you must bring a great, and a very great reinforcement, or I shall never get away. (To Mr. Hulton) —Now, don't you think it very laughable ? Mr. Hutton—No. Witness—But if not to you, it is to me and my friends. Then they took me out of that room up stairs, and where did Igoto do you think ? They carried me into a dark nasty closet—as dark as a dungeon ever was in this world. if I should say as dark as hell, I should say true. Before I went there the landlord wanted me to have breakfast. I said, No ; I defy thee to persuade me to taste with thee, satan ! (Great laughter.) I said this to myself, not to him. Mr. Hulton—What did you say to Fowler? Witness—Why, I told him the consequence of keeping me there. Mr. Hulton—What did you tell him ? Witness—Why, I told him he was no gentleman, and he did nothing but snarl at me. There was always two left with me inside the work-loft, and a lot on the stairs. Two per sons, named M`Quade and Sutton, were left with me. M'Quade dragged me across the room by the throat. Some men came in and said I should catch it at four o'clock. Mr. Hulton—Did you make a noise ? Witness—Noise ! Yes, I think I did ; and I'll show you what sort of noise I made.—[The witness then deliberately turned up his coat-sleeves, and clapped his hands most vehe mently for a few minutes—he then looked to the top of the court, opened his mouth as wide as possible, and shouted at the top of his voice for a few minutes more, to the great as tonishment as well as amusement of the court.] Mr. Hulton—Did you do this often? Witness.—Did it often ! Why, I did it a thousand times. At last I heard a carriage come with some of my friends, and when they got in I said, " Here I am, my lads." (Laugh ter.) I then saw Sutton down on his back on the floor. By Mr. Whigham for Fowler—What time in the morning was it? Witness—l know nothing about the morning. The ques tion was repeated, on which the witness said—How can I tell? I saw no clock. Mr. Whigham—Cannot you judge of the time about? Witness—How can I judge of the time ? They did not drive very fast, because the cause was bad, and they had a heavy load—bad luggage. Did not see Fowler until he came into the room to ask me if I would have some break fast. Fowler never pushed me or laid hands on me ; he treated me very kindly. By Mr. Wilkins, on behalf of Rowland—Do not know what time,' got back. Knew it was before four o'clock, be cause the bells would ring at that time ; but there was no ringing that day. Was up a little after four o'clock that morning. Was invited to breakfast with other friends of Mr. Ewart. Tjiere were three inside the chaise, and I was the fourth. If they had gone with me fifty yards further, I should have dropped down dead. Was just going to strike a blow at a man's head when Rowland collared me, and fifty seconds more would have finished me. I had the marks of his hand on my throat for some days. The witness stated that he had gone to the Ship, in Wigan, and requested the landlord to put on his top-coat, in order that he might see if he could recognise him. He had also requested him to put on a hankerchief, which he declined to do. Mr. Hol land, the landlord of the ship, is about the same size as Row land. Knew Rowland before. Has seen him in Liverpool, but never knew his name before. He also knew Sutton and Fowler before, but not their names. [The ludicrous manner in which the prosecutor gave his evidence—the way in which he repeated the questions put to him by his own counsel—the different attitudes he put him self in, are beyond description. Once or twice he fixed his eyes on the chairman, and took not the slightest notice of the repeated questions put to him by his counsel, and it was only by the persuasions of his attorney that he was induced to answer. Above all, the throwing his arms about like wind mill sails, and the bellowing noise he made, with his eyes fixed on the ceiling of the court, was the most ludicrous scene ever beheld in a court of justice.] Mr. Wilkins addressed the jury in behalf of Rowlands. His learned friend, Dr. Brown, had in good set terms ex pressed his regard for the liberty of the subject, but it ap peared to him (Mr. Wilkins) that if he Uad adopted the sug gestion of the chairman, he might have gained some credit for the sincerity of his professions. The learned gentleman complained loudly of the .conduct of the prosecutors, and of the situation in which he was placed by their refusal to post pone the trial. He had been called from his bed that morn ing—he had bcen obliged to put into the hands of the court an affidavit informal, because his client had no professional advisers, and was, therefore, obliged to draw it up himself. He (Mr. Wilkins) appeared there to defend his client, with out witnesses—without a brief—without instructions—and without any other help to conduct the defence than what he had gathered in the course of the proceedings. He had the privilege of being present at the Wigan election, and heard the speech of Mr. Ewart. Upon no portion of his public conduct did he lay a greater stress than on the part he had taken in securing the prisoners all the aid—and every possi ble privilege and advantage that the law could give them, and he took credit to himself for the part which he had taken in the prisoners' council bill. He (Mr. Wilkins) should like Mr. Ewart to be present, in order that he might see whether he would smile upon the conduct of those who con ducted the prosecution. He should like to ask him, whether he would oompel a client to go to trial—aga.i..st whom not the shadow of an imputation could rest—to give up all, he held dear in life—having first of all been either shamefully or care lessly imposed upon or else wickedly and designedly misled. The learned gentleman, then in eloquent terms, put it to the jury, after witnessing the conduct of the prosecutor, who was the only witness who spoke to his client taking part in the proceedings, whether they could on such testimony really be lieve that he had anything whatever to do with the transaction. His experience in the courts of justice was certainly not ex tensive, but in the course of that experience, he had never seen such a maniac, nor such forbearance manifested by the bench. He could safely entrust his case in their hands, con vinced that they would not convict on the evidence of such a madman. No one could doubt that Blomerly was a sort of monomaniac. Some get drunk with wine, but it was equally true that some were drunk with passion. They all recollected the amusing description given of Don Quixote, who was per fectly rational on all subjects save one, but the moment knight errantry was mentioned, he forthwith fancied himself a knight, and immediately attacked windmill sails. So it was with the prosecutor. As a tradesman he might be perfectly respectable, and quite capable of conducting his business, but no sooner was the Wigan election named, and the names of Ewart and Kearsley placed in juxta-position, than he imme diately becomes a Don Quixote, and attacks windmills di rectly. (Loud laughter.) The learned gentleman concluded by expatiating on the hardship under which his client la boured by being precluded from calling witnesses. The chairman summed up, and the jury, after a consulta tion of nearly two hours, acquitted all the defendants, to the evident satisfaction of all present. FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED POLICE- OFFICER, DAVID BAILEY. It became generally known on Friday morning that the deceased constable, David Bailey, (who met his death in Hanover-street, on Monday evening last, while in the execu tion of his duty, by being stabbed in the neck by Daniel Cole, whom he had just seized for a similar attempt on the life of his wife,) would be attended to the grave by a con siderable number of the force to which he was attached ; and the interest excited to witness the melancholy procession was naturally increased by the feelings of co-mingled horror and regret which the tragical act that so suddenly terminated his earthly existence still left fresh in the public mind. The deceased, who was a respectable housekeeper in the north end of Wolfe-street, Toxteth-park, is represented by all his neighbours, and those who know him, as a quiet, well disposed, active, and intelligent man. He was but twenty eight years of age, and has left a wife, now pregnant, and in a most distressed state of mind, and two children—the eldest about two years old. All the families in the neighbourhood manifested the deepest commiseration for the afflicted widow in her bereavement,—which was first communicated to her a few hours after - the death of her husband in the most feeling and delicate manner by Mrs. Foster, the wife of Mr. Foster, a respectable iiinkeeper, in the street, to whom the family were known. ' Towards the hour when the funeral procession was appointed to start, the street became thronged with anxious and com miserating spectators. At the door of the house stood a hand some hearse with four horses, and behind it a mourning coach for the more immediate friends of the deceased. About three o'clock the police constables who were to attend the funeral—all the disposable force not on duty—Lcame up. The fire-police were placed in front of the hearse, at the north end of the street, and the others, much more numerous, marched round by a parallel street, and formed in order behind the body. In the rear walked the inspectors and other superior officers of police, followed by Mr. Whitty, the superintendent of the force. Besides the crowd in the street, the doors and windows, as far as the eye could reach, were crowded with spectators, and the whole assemblage, peaceable and anxious, presented a scene of melancholy and affecting interest. The frequent expressions of regret for the untimely fate of the deceased, and of commiseration for hi 3 bereft family, did ho nour to the feelings of the poorest as well as the highest in, the assemblage, and bore ample testimony to the consolatory . fact, that, Iffnvever fearless of death the British people way be in the hour of battle and of peril, there is a morality amongst them, superadded to the law, that hedges around and would protect the lives of our citizens, and which regards with peeuliar abhorrence all resort to the insidious employ ment of deadly weapons. Soon after three o'clock the coffin was placed in the hearse by a party of the fire-police, and, the friends of the deceased having taken their places in the coach, the procession moved onwards. The streets, as it passed along, were crowded on each side, as were many of the windows. The route taken was from Wolfe-street into Hill-street, down Mill-street, St. James's-place, St. James's-street, Park-lane, by the south side of the Custom-house into Paradise-street, thence up Church-street and Bold street, along Berry-street, and up the top of Duke-street to the Mount Cemetery. The appearance of the funeral procession was throughout most respectable and imposing. The whole of the police were in their best and uniform attire of blue. Those belonging to the fire department with their keys appended to their bright chains, headed the procession, and behind the hearse and coach came the general body of police officers,—all marching four deep, and forming a line little short of a quarter of a mile in length. It was universally remarked, that a finer or more respectable-looking body of men were never seen ; that, in fact, they were an honor to the town that supported them, and to the gentleman under whose able and active superin tendence they have become so efficiently organised. The streets through which the funeral passed were much crowded by spectators, and the upper part of Duke-street, and the whole of the standing space round the entrance to the cemetery, presented a dense mass of individuals of all ages and degrees. Soon after four o'clock the hearse entered the gateway. The fire-police marched round the chapel, and formed an avenue or passage from the door to the top of the inclined way to the cemetery. The body was carried into the chapel, (a beautiful Grecian structure) followed by a consider able number of persons—and the service for the dead was read by the Rev. Mr. Spencer. The whole of the ground, or rather rock, round the building, was densely crowded, and some fears were entertained lest any one should fall over the pre cipice on the south side. Precautions were, however, taken by some of the police-officers, and happily no accident occur ed. The body was conveyed down the inclined and romantic road to the cemetery on the shoulders of several of the fire police, and thence along the walk below, to its final resting place at the south end of the ground. The day was fine and sunny, ancithe cemetery, in a deep dell, and at all times beautiful, presented an appearance pe culiarly interesting. The crowd was immense, not only in the ground, but at every point that overlooked it. All the walks, as well as that along which the funeral proceeded, were crowded to excess. The sloping walks or terraces running along the catacombs on the east side, which is precipitous, were filled like the galleries of a theatre, and probably not fewer than from four to five thousand individuals gazed iipon the procession towards its close. Policemen were stationed on each side of the avenue, at short distances, through the cemetery, to keep the way clear for the piocession, but such was the respect shown, that not a word was required from them even in expostulation, and they might be said to have become part and parcel of the people around them. The grave in which the remains of the deceased were de posited, is at the bottom of the inclined road into the cemetery, at the south end, and on the right (or south) side, just before it begins to turn. It is close to the walk, and about ten or twelve yards to the north of the spot where crumbles the dust of the equally ill-fated officer of police—lnspector loss. The service at the grave was read by the reverend gentlnan who officiated at the chapel, and concluded at a few minutes before five o'clock. The anxiety to see the grave was intense ;it appeared to be about twelve or fourteen fe"t deep, in, as pre vails throughout this cemetery, a dry sandy bottom. After the interment, the police dispersed; but hundreds of persons lingered on the grounds until night fall, conversing on the untimely fate of David Bailey ; or moralising on the interesting monuments of mortality that every where meet the eye in this " bourne whence no traveller returns." We undersand a subscription is in contemplation in behalf of the widow and family of the deceased, and we doubt not, were it originated but that that feeling of benevolence to succour the distressed, which has ever characterised our town, will again,be manifested to an extent commensurate with the occasion. DEPARTURE OF THE LIVERPOOL. The Transatlantic Steam-ship Company's vessel the Liver pool departed, on her third trip across the Atlantic, on Satur day, at three o'clock. With the exception of a strong breeze from the W.N.W., not altogether the most propitious quarter, the day was as fine as could have been wished. The wind had prevailed, in rather brisk gales, from the westward du ring the whole week, but, as the barometer was on the rise, and the atmosphere uncommonly clear and brilliant, the best hopes were entertained, that the voyage would be pleasant and prosperous. Notwithstanding that these voyages have become so common that it might be thought the charm of novelty was dissipated, an immense crowd of ladies and gen tlemen, with individuals of all classes and degrees, assembled to witness the departure. The gallant boat steamed gaily down the river, firing several cannon in her progress, which were answered by similar salutes from the several ferries. The Liverpool took out ninety-two cabin passengers, and would have had half as many more, if she could have accom modated them. The Liverpool was off Holyhead at a quarter to one o'clock in the morning, it having been previously ar ranged, that, when she passed the Telegraph station, she should throw up blue lights. Yesterday the weather was fine with the wind'it N.N.W., so that her progress down the Channel would be safe and rapid. We subjoin a list of the majority of the passengers on board the Liverpool. It is said, that a Russian Government mes senger, charged with despatches for the Russian Minister at Washington, arrived on Saturday morning, and that, all the berths being engaged, he agreed to pay the full fare and a douceur to the mate for a share of his berth ! Miss Dunderdale, Mrs. Hiles, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Joyce, Miss Ward, Mrs. Campbell, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. James Reid, Mr. Hurray, Colonel Jackson, Mr. C. Parker, Mr. Perkins, Captain Blackwood, Mr. J. Ewing, Mr. Crudger, Mr. R. and Mrs. Wainwright, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Stephen Price, proprietor of the Park Theatre, New York, Mr. Cham berlane, Mr. J. A. Backman, Dr. Welti, Mr. D. G. Watson, Mr. R. M'lntosh, Mr. Rodger, Mr. Durnageand, Mr. Samuel Greenshield, Mr. Borradaile, Mr. Samuel Sharpies. Mr. Chapman, Colonel Ward, M. J. S. Lovering, Dr. Dufour, Mr. Holterhoof, Dr. Stuart, Mrs. Stuart, Mr. J. D. Roche, Mr. J. M'Donald, Mr. Peter Townsend, Rev. G. Ellis, Mr. T. B. Rhodes, Mr. Bellhouse, Mr. T. Kay, Mr. W. Young, Mr. Gaskell, -Mr. T. D. Murray, Mr. Hiles, Mr. Bruxmer, Mr. Larraquc, Mr. Everend Benjamin, Mr. D. Roberts, Mr. Leopold Hughes, Mr. Lucas, Mr. A. D. Yterbide, Mr. Consinery, Mr. G. Gott, Mr. James Lock wood, Rev. H. Rees, Rev. Moses Parry, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Robert Roose, Mr. Samuel Waring, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Col lin Russell, Mr. J. Willerton, Mr. J. Cutherbutson, Mr. W. Murdock, Mr. Tapp, Mr. W. Connell, Mr. F. Forsyth, Mr. Savage, Mr. Picquet, Mr. Hallett, Mr. H. Hortsman, Mr. Hortsman, Mr. Wood, Mr. J. Bryrn, Mr. Ponsot, Mr. Meige, Mr. E. King, Mr. Wainwright, Mr. P. H. Pehl, Mr. Gouthwaite, &c. The Liverpool will, it is expected, reach New York about the end of the first week in May. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO SURGEON BULTEEL. On Wednesday last, the Rev. J. R. Connor deputed by the visiting ladies of Christ Church district, presented Sur geon Bulteel, of this town, with a very handsome and highly ornamented silver snuff-box, with the following inscription neatly engraved upon the lid : " Presented to SURGEON BULTEEL, by the visiting Ladies of Christ Church District, in grateful testimony to his professional ability, untiring zeal, and uniform attachment to the sick and suffering poor entrusted to his care. Liverpool, April 10, 1839." The following address was presented at the same time, the answer to which will be found subjoined ! ADDRESS TO SURGEOI:7 BULTEEL, &C. Dear Sir,—lt is with unfeigned satisfaction that I proceed to discharge the very pleasing duty which has been imposed upon me by the visiting ladies of Christ Church district, sanctioned and encouraged by the hearty approbation of the Rev. Fielding Ould. This is to convey to you, in their name, their grateful. sense of your invariable and disinterested kindness, in the prompt attention you have paid to the numerous sick poor whom they ventured to recommend to your care. Frequent have been the testimonies which they have heard borne to your kind and sympathising nannner, your mild and Christian deportment, as well as to your dicious and suc cessful treatnient of themselves and children ; eye-witnesses, in a great many instances, of the good which has been effected through your instrumentality, in the alleviation of suffering, and in the restoration of that greatest blessing, the poor man'B health, they cannot forbear thus publicly recording their admiration of those abilities which promise to secure for you the speedy attainment of the highest pro fessional rank, as well as their more cordial appreciation of those kindly and generous feelings which dispose you to the exercise of those abilities as a trust for the benefit of man kind. It is their earnest prayer that you may long enjoy your own health, so that you may continue to be a blessing to those of our district poor, who, in the mysterious providence of God, are deprived of theirs : and that you may be enabled to go on enjoying the luxury, as well as imitating the exam ple of Him who went about doing good." I am further requested to beg your acceptance of the accompanyins gift, which, however trifling and comparatively valueless, it is hoped, will prove to you a lasting remern brancer, not of those valuable services rendered, which you will be the first to forget, but of the lively gratitude which they called forth, and which it is not more agreeable to them to acknowledge, than it must be to you precious to recollect. I remain, dear sir, yours very faithfully, JOHN R. CONNOR. Islington, April 17, 1839. TO THE REV. J. R. CONNOR. Dear Sir,—ln answer to your very kind letter of this day's date, permit me to assure you, that it afforded me the most heartfelt gratification to perceive the too flattering terms in which my humble services have been acknowledged by the visiting ladies of Christ Church district. The performance of the pleasing task they confided to me, of relieving the infirmities of the suffering sick poor, has always been a source of infinite pleasure to me during my medical career. May I take leave to request of you to convey to them my warmest obligations and ackisbwledgments, for the assurance of their unanimous approbation of my professional ability and conduct, as also for the handsome and valuable gilt accompanying your letter, which I shall doubly prize and preserve, as having been presented to me by ladies, who so assiduously and praiseworthily devote themselves to the cause of Christian benenolence. 1 hope that a sense of this esteemed favour will inspire me with renewed diligence and zeal in the faithful discharge of the duties entrusted to me, endeavouring, in as far as my feeble abilities allow, " to persevere in well doing." May I further beg of you to tender my sincere and grateful thanks to the Rev. Fielding Ould, for his co-operation and cordial approval of my professional exertions among the poor of the district over which he presides. I cannot conclude without an expression of my best thanks to yourself, personally, for the kindness you have shown on this occasion, and wishing you the enjoyment of much health and happiness, believe me, dear sir, very faithfully yours, EDWARD J. BULTEEL, Surgeon. 49, Islington, April 17, 1839. M. Arago has proposed a plan for discharging clouds, in cases of storms, of the electric fluid which they contain, and thus preventing the frequent occurrence of hail-storms, which, as is well known, are generally produced by two cur rents of clouds, charged with positive and negative electrici ty, crossing each other. It consists in an improvement on Franklin's experiment of the kite, with which he obtained an electric spark from a cloud, and afterwards Dr. Romas, of Nerac, and Messrs. Lining and Charles, of the United States, produced electric flashes three and four feet in length. M. Arago recommends that a small balloon, properly secured, armed with metallic points, and communicating with the ground by a rope, covered with metallic wire, like a harp string, should be kept permanently floating in the air at a considerable height over the spot which it is wished to pre serve from the effect of lightning or hail ; and he expects that by such an apparatus as this a cloud might have its elec tric contents entirely drawn off, without any damage being caused, or that at least the intensity of a hail storm would_ be greatly diminished. The experiment is so simple, that it is 81,1 worthy of a trial.--Galmaite., ..4festrever. THEATRE Rl/40YAL. Last night Mr. Van Amburgh exhibited his fearless and ex traordinary performances with lions, tigers, leopards, and trained animals—all unmuzzled, and free as the casing air. The town has been lithographed, and , the bills of the night have had a " display" of Van Ambuigh like another Daniel in the den with a parcel of mixed beasts of the field.: We notice this, and for this reason : if this Van Amburgh was a humbug, and where his " lions" only dogs, aiul..as,ses, in wild beast skins, what a hue and cry had been iminstpously, and indignantly got up against the management 'hat there is no exaggeration in either the .puff, preliminary, or in the puff direct, the septical have but to see with their own eyes, and participate in the astonished, and delighted-feelingsof the enviable majority who will nightly, during . this attractive engagement, mark by th e i r pl au dit s , th e t r i um ph ; of liuthan intellect over the instinctive ferocity of the brutes of the field. The house was crowded in every part, and the aptiquse was of such a character, and to well timed, as to ,leave. no doubt of the complete success of this liberal and enterprising engagement, effected at indisputable expense, by .111e o ssrs. Lewis and Clarke. We had the opportunity of witnessing Van Amburgh's surprising exhibitions upwards of twenty times within the walls of " old Drury," previous to Lent, and during the week thereafter. In the metropolis there was but one opinion respecting their merit among those competent to jadge. Van Amburgh is no drugger of his beasts : they are well fed ; their coats are sleek, and their health, like their good spirits, " beyond suspicion." No tragedian; not excepting John Kemble or Edmund Kean, ever gave more decided proofs of elaborate finish in their sustained scenes or favourite appear ances, than Van Amburgh. Every position he takes up ; every look and gesture are premeditated and coolly acted up to, according to his own manner of marking o u t hi s wor k. The animals are treated with kindness. While he opens the huge jaws of one of his creatures, lie caresses tlie crest and shoulders of some other, which the while is completing what is technically styled a " picture"—and a picture too which justifies the appreciation of every artist. A series. of astonish ing tableaux will be represented nightly during- this week ; and, unless we blunder, Mr. C. Kean will not be the only lion "rampant" as an exclusive attraction, during the-,fortnight of success thereafter ? Mr. Forrest, the American tragedian, was admired as a fine animal, which, in .his way, he questionless was in spite of his monstrous excrescences, of calves. But Van Amburgh, take him all in all, is a finer man. The lithographs of him are unlike the run. of .sncla slu)v, - 8, stuck in the shop windows in this town : the only. flattery that per tains to them is the truth of the delineation ; they faithfAlly embody their subject in his habit as he lives, and is nightly to be seen realising, by his introduction of the little Ideating creature, the biblical prophesying of the supremacy of the human mind ; that the day should eonae, when vile wolf should be seen lying down with the lamb,, and the young child playing, unhurt, under the hole of the asp. Eulogy apart, these are " extraordinary" performances : they will draw, and redound otherwise to the credit of the solvent, and enterprising management that has produced them amongst us in Liverpool. . MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE (From the Morning Herald.) . On Thursday morning the marriage of the Merquis of Douro, eldest son of the Duke of Wellington, and the Lady Elizabeth Hay, daughter of the Marquis a.-A :‘larchioneSs of Tweeddale, was solemnised agreeable to the service of the Established Church, at St. George's Church Hanover square. The whole of George -street was crowded by a re spectable-dressed concourse of persons, and a strong body of police was stationed at the portico of the cuu—li to maintain order. The galleries and aisles were fillet, persons desirous to witness the ceremony ; and it. was so arranged that few, very few, individuals experienced any inconvenience. This marriage has created greater interest in the higher circles than any other that has taken place for some years. On the arrival of the Lady Elizabeth Hay accompanied by her bridesmaids, her ladyship was cheered by the assembled people, and on her ladyship entering the church, there was an unusual anxiety to catch a glimpse of the fair betrothed. His Grace the Duke of Wellington appeared in excellent health and spirits •, indeed, it reminded us of the gallant duke 10 years since. The ceremony was 'performed by the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley, Dean of Durham, uncle of the noble bridegroom. Such a stillness prevailed 'clUring the ceremony, that the solemn and dignified delivery of the rev. doctor, and the firm responses of the noble bridegroom; and timid " I will" of the youthful a: d beautiful bride were'dis tinctly audible. A great number of the family circle wer, present, and we recognised numerous members of the nobi lity in various parts of the church. Among the•noble per sons present were the Duke of Wellingtoh, 'Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale, - Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, Lord and Lady Cowley, the 'Hon. Miss' Wet=` lesley, Lord and Lady James Hay, Lord Maryborough, Earl and Countess Dalhousie, Lady Charlotte Hill, the Ladies Hay, Miss Wellesley, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, &e. At the termination of the marriage the Duke of Wellington retired with his brother Lord Maryborough, when the noble duke was again loudly cheered. The wedding circle repaired to the family residence of the Marquis of Tweeddale, in Belgrave-square, where a sumptu ous dejeuner awaited their arrival. It was one o'clock when the company began to arrive. There were preseut about 120 members of both families, including the Duke of Wellington, Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, Duke and Duchess of Beauford, Lady Charlotte Hill, Lord Hill, Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Maryborough, Lord and Lady Cowley, Hon. Miss Wellesley, Lord and Lady Fitzrby Somerset, Lord and. Lady James Hay, Mr. Culling Smith, Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley, Miss Wellesley, Viscount Burghersh, Earl and • Countess of Dalhousie, Dowager Duchess of Richmond, Duchess of Montrose, 01. and Lady Elizabeth Steele, &c. The staircase and front and back drawing rooms were deco rated with a great many natural flowers: In the first draw. ing-room was placed the grand wedding cake. A brief descriptive notice - of this cake cannot fail to be interesting to a large portion of our readers. It was of very large dimen sion, and weighed upwards of 1001bs, and not -4001bs, as erroneously asserted in quarters likely to be better informed. Round the cake were baskets of sugar work, filled with orange flowers, tied tastefully with white satin, id the inter vals were ornamented sugar work. At the ejaveme:-edg-e were the armorial hearings of-the -Duke,cf -Wellisagkotrand the Marquis of Tweeddale, placed alternately, blanches of the rose, shamrock, and thistle, and favours.beig kpPy ap propriately inserted over each of them. The crests,of,,both the noble families were introduced. On the 4%01-Jorge bouquet of orange blossoms and white rosesrrotuf4 hitia were placed several small cornucopias, containing.sl4ll,:bou quets of orange flowers ; the whole surmountedl4,two, doves, resting lightly on the flowers, the effect -being_vgry.harmo,ni ous, and reflects credit on Mr. R.. Gunter,, of Alotcomb street, who had the sole management of this sillendidenter tainment. The Marquis and 'Marchioness of Douro left town in the afternoon for Strathfieldsaye, to pass the honey moon. TURF APPOINT. APRIL. rIENTS FO4-1839, AUGUST. Eglinton Park. 23 Newmarket York Spring 3O Worcester Pottery • Brighton Wolverhampton ... Lewes Swansea Ripon Newpqrt (Salop) .. Egham Northampton SEPTEMBER MAY. Plymouth Spring .... Chester . 6 Gorhambury 7 Epsom l4 Reigate 22 Manchester . Ascot " 28 Warwick.. Sandbaclf. Lichfield. , Abingdon. Leicester.. Doncaster. Liverpool. • OCTOBER. Newmarket First October 1 Wiexhain • 1 Newmarket Second , Oct.. - 14 Newniakket Houghton 28 JUNE. Newton Beverley 5 Hampton . 0 5 Bath . l2 Bibury l9 Stockbridge. 20 Newcastle 24 JULY. Cheltenham Newmarket . Liverpo01. Goodwood 30 We have been favoured with a specimen of sir. Clement's new style of ornamental gilding, for which he has ohtained letters patent, and we consider it decidedly superior to any thing yet produced in the gilding business., The pat , ...ie will have much pleasure in showing and'explaining —See adrt. We direct attention to the announcement i., another column of the formation of a new shipowner:,' association, which, if we may judge from the nature and eitelifbUits objects, and the respectable and intellig(..,t c,:nninittee under whose auspices it is got up, promises to he aindstu - aluable institution to this port. e:s It is confidently rumoured that a prc.po:itionri , PaS made by some of the leading radicals to Sir Robert Peel t.) vote in favour of his amendment, :provided he would iii ret*p o if brought into office, undertake not to dis;OVe:tl - ,e parliamEmt. —Morning Herald. . • IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS.—A cal .nan was summoned. before Mr. Hall, yesterday, to answer a charge preferred against him, of having demanded more than his proper fare, from a gentleman who arrived on the p. - . - eviaus morning,, by the Dublin packet, and who desired to he conveyed forthwith to the railway station. The jegal fare is, from the pier-head to the station, one shilling ; and when thp.partyhas luggage of moderate weight, double fare is charged. .In the present instance the cabman demanded half-a-crmvu.:, :For the at tempted extortion he was fined 14 shillinor,and,in defaillt of payment was sentenced toll : daye.innorasolp44lL. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A widow- ladr,watateci &o be of respectableappearance, attempted to drowthvirself on Friday evening, by leaping .overboard from. WE, Eagle steamboat, on her passage from Glasgow to this' port, Aymnig-gentle man, who was on deck at the time, With praiseworthy bake.. pidity, leaped over after her, and with autichllifficultrilept her from sinking, until he received assistanceftern the-Annan Castle steamer, which, fortunately for 1.1.;')i.1i; was convenient when the accident happened. It was x. , Erarked that a gen tleman accompanied the lady to the boat, and justas the-bell for starting, had rung, he suddenly went ashore• - No:other circumstance has transpired, at all calculated to.acconnttfor the lady's rash and culpable conduct. WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODISTS.—Amongsf -the 'Pas sengers on board the Liverpool are the Rey.' Henry Rees, of this town, and the Rev. Moses Parry, 'of Deubigh; who are sent as a deputation from the Associated, body of Welsh Calvinistic Methodists to visit their countrymen,' who reside in great numbers in various parts of the United States. ' Up wards of 160 of their friends accompanied them - to the ship in a steamer hired for the purpose, and, during their move ments about the Liverpool, sang a number Of verses com posed for the occasion. • We. are told, that the singing, notwithstanding the wind was so high, was heard at some distance, and the effect was remarkably pleasing. Previously to 'their going on board the Liverpool, the two ministers placed themselves in a position which gave all their friends an opportunity to say, " Farewell !'' and the scene was truly an affecting one. It deserves to be recorded, that, int ons . - deration of the object of the mission on which these two gentlemen are going, the Directors of the Transatlantic - Steam Company have, in the most handsome manner, remitted a portion of their passage money. THE " REVERSE" SIDE OF THE RAILROAD CltresrTios.— I hate railroads. Any one else may love railroads, or like railroads, or praise railroads, but I haterailroads. I hate to be obliged to arrive at a railroad office a quarter of an .hour before starting. I hate to be obliged to go and stand between certain ioieces of .wood, nailed across and along, to ask for a place.- -1-hate to be made to go in at one end and out at the other just as if I had already commenced my imprisonment, and as though the turnkey had fastened down upon me •all his iron, - steam, and coals. I hate to see all my luggage and baggage taken from me, and placed nzalgre nzoi on a stone pavement, quite naked and unprotected, boxes, trunks, shawls, muffs, books, umbrellas, maps, sandwich boxes, all in one hurly-burly ; and then to be told that I may go and claim my luggage, and arrange my luggage just as flike. I hate . to have to do with porters who never touch their hats, and who cannot he civil because you are forbidden to give them a silver sixpence. I believe the poor fellows have riot even any pockets in their breeches; lest a stray shilling should by chance find its way into them. I hate to be made to wait for a steam-engine, and for a steam-engiae - never to wait for me. Horses will wait, and men will wait, and even §eipe times, when you are young and handsome, or old and wealthy, or neither, and very agreeable, (precisely my case,) ()awn or ladies will wait for you ;• ay; and the Lancashire witches, too. Bat a steam-engine will notwait, for all itaenjoynient appears to consist in rattling away as hard as. it.Sltmgs will admit, from Dan to Beersireeba, and..froin:LondohtaJetietio,' without so much.. as kissing its land - .`to` ithe;4olil4-•and maidens onthcroal.=l-Dire,twoorifor ?Licht' , • 7 b.