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ei' UNITED STATES. :t-ship Pacific, Captain Waite, which arrived brought files of New York papers to the Ist intelligence from South Carolina to the 2 'he intended modifications of the Tariff had satisfaction, and the whole tenor of these IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (Continued from page 211.) th e grand jury would be enabled to vest the manage -ot. the county funds in a committee,—the checks -eut to be countersigned by their own secretary. — Were the alterations in the existing system of grand jury rich he meant to propose, and from which he expected beneficial results. If he had not gone as far as some 'embers might wish, he could assure them he went to the point on which he could count on a concurrence of of the large majority as to its practicability and being '• He conceived his changes would be substantial im dts, that alone by makin g p u bli c ity th e con dition of our, proceedings he was ensur i ng the p u bli c against the ek- Ile would, as he had stated, refer this measure to 'crnmittee, where he should court the fullest discus right hon. gentleman concluded with moving for brin g in a bill to amend the Jaws relating to grail ju- Ireland. (Cheers.) °TONNELL said he would freely give the right hon. credit for th e praiseworthy labour which he had the on the present bill. He also freely accorded to his e power of effecting very m any substantial improve nl the pres en t system. (Hear.) His chief difference right hon. gentleman was as to the mode of electing Ties. The right hon. gentleman's bill would continue znt system of making them the choice of the high a. wholly irresponsible officer of the time being; while O'Connell) would make the choice rest on the consti i4trineiPle of representation being founded on taxation; e would leave the choice in the hands of the rate As far as the bill went, it would, however, in many of , ions b e a most b enef i c i a l amen d men t o f th e existing rY system o f I re l an d— a system which had been too abused, as a mere means of landlord jobbing (hear), it totorious that there was not a county in Ireland in which t hei had not been made by grand jury-jobbing, and‘ that, magistrates and fine gentlemen. LEPRoy could not sit silent and hear such a statement teeming the gentlemen of Ireland, as that just ex ?' the learned member for Dublin. There might be la instances of jobbing and corruption - under the grand ' te rn, but he would emphatically declare that such was not [ lict of grand jurors in general. He was glad the right 'etary was not, in introducing the bill, wholly led away 'eeulative novelty-spiritof the age, which was as opposed in sense as to the wise customs of our ancestors. - Vier to a question put by an hon. member, STANLEY said that the county of Dublin was not in ni bill before the house, but that it was his intention ly the same principles to that county, as far as the dif ecuinstarices would permit. :1 1 1 C ONOLLY expressed his approbation of the measure e i li a.ke h , e s ( j . , by the right hon. secretary. He seemed 1 rains to collect information from every quarter . to t. enable s_ (ti ta 'ra m , r, heard a bill that would be satisfactory to all par le . jor p • atv " oNlvoa was most to acquiesce in the praise i!att c , d by the last speaker on the right hon. secretary for f "c ttei ng this measure. With respect to the measure itsel , few excurred entirely in all its provisions, (hear, hear,) with . a ' 4 , 4 l liel t ?Timis (laughter) but he thought that the manner in ad been when the house ought to convince the iltiBreilla°,ll• secretary that he proposed measures beneficial d he would meet with no factious opposition from the 41..,1rnbers. li ttra a „,, r iNN denied that the grand jury system was so pure and tte n , — ul ate as had been represeutedby the hon. and learned sere oir. s :tv e a • Lefroy), and thought the right hon. secretary h e great credit for bringing forward the present measure, 4 4 4,„ ho ped that it would come out of the committee in such ,„INlC t a n s would he acceable to men of all parties. "etld approved of the measure, which he thought • Lo rd highly beneficial to Ireland. N ti of i t , EmEwrs considered the grand jury system a perver te a " law and justice.• He should therefore give his sup , t e l,. Vie bill moved for by the right hon. secretary. bhoped that this bill would prove beneficial to Ire iratlet doubted whether it s would He had long thought the tv i. as . jel eo r ., Y system in England . objectionable, and stated , that it aieh th 'sequence of the irresponsible had of ignoring bills 'reto e," eY possessed that no inquisition ad ever taken place D, t ieati — o e ci rcumstance of the Manchester massacre. 1 . 'he ap- Neeti 4 of our grand jury system for Ireland would be still more 111 11 44 :liable in that country than it was in this, owing . to the 1 1:: , :r oh. ..a re a ll. t ri e zev jealou s i es which. existed between the rich and . the tiath:.srreB°3x: re oott l ,c a . n s d e , cr a e n ta d ry. which divided them into two distinct NI • e ri ght h ONNELL declared his approbation of the bill of b tu, h on. ou ld say that the measure brought forward secretary would give great satisfactiounryinefltrhee county to none more than many of the grand Nveuld wit h who h had the honour to act for years, for it Isible theyt of e a w eight of r esponsibility which it was 11 t . es to „acti on could exercise at a in' ...e a ,. • give general sa- M r. ( e ) ,Njas then given to bring in the bill. whi e ( ThiNELL postponed to the Bth of March, the . motion ale exiltin-ete action no . tice, for_ leave_ to bring in a bill for the t otal nof tithes in Ireland; also, his other motion for v4stry rate s in xtinction of all compulsory payment of vestry cess o r Ireland. supposition that all existing differences ;ed. ?rOnn the New York Inquirer of Jan. 31.) Lcket-ship Calhoun, Captain Sutton, wo leston papers of the 23d of January, being lose which had previously reached us. tain an account of a meeting of the State ade party, the proceedings of which are h! it which the late hour at - which these paps id prevents -us extracting entire. Charles ney, Lieutenant-Governor of the State. ' ions proposed, were seconded by Gen. following from a long string of resolutions ne which is most important :- I,—That although we have felt it to be a sak these determinations and to express those ave nevertheless seen with lively satisfacti lications of a beneficial modification of the ession of sentiments in both branches of C( other quarters, auspicious to the peace Union, and that these indications shall be ig dispositions on our part—it is hereby sense of this meeting that pending the here alluded to, all occasion of collision and State authorities should be sedulously 3, in the hope that the painful controversy us ina is now engaged may be thereby satisi I the Union of those States be established on [amilton seconded this resolution, and the , eech was frequently interrupted by bursts plause. He approved decidedly of the rt. ag that we should avoid all conflict with the vhile the bill modifying the tariff was yet We owed this to our friends out of the state cruse with honour. His conduct, he said, e tone of the resolution proposed for adopts nadean importation, having recently made to the Havana, and ordered a return cargo of low his importation to go into the cus' sit events. He would not produce an unu if our hopes of a satisfactory adjustment re disappointed, he knew that his fellor to the death with him fbr his sugar. (He a unanimous burst of accord.) The last ent made it easy to forbear, for the presei t fastidious sense of honour. We are ar es for the support of liberty, and coolly an , he blow." resolutions condemn, in'the strongest tervt o the President's proclamation, the conc e ntratl and naval forces of the United States in the 1 1 the frontiers of South Carolina and declare', to rights and free trade party ;hall volunte er ;overnor. It is gratification enough for us a,, that a shock to the Union is now, for a 6, 111 0 . May this delay be reciprocally employe(' illation and forbearance. CORONERS" INQUESTS. BURNING.—SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—AII )re JAMES ASPINALL, Esq., one of the Bailiff: i d this borough, on Tuesday last, touching thud er.—The deceased, with her husband John' 1 : 0 e house of a person named Towers, in Ofr,`,o :Hand Alley, and on Saturday evening last.') , her husband came home bringing with b v i i. His wife, his landlady (Mrs. Towers),!. c h of them, a small glass of the rum, after wL ° O l If it in the fire, saying he would " show i c e' the spirit," and shortly afterwards he thre', 4 4 fife's gown saying he would show them i dy l ; of the spirit, and moving the candle towa r d d, it would ".burn the spitit, without datildf The moment the flame of the candle was Iwo with the gown, the deceased was at once en' Alt Mrs. Towers" and the husband, horribly afificil ne of the neighbours to their assistance, O p t was carried out into the street, where the ished. She was presently conveyed to the 4 1 notwithstanding the' best attention the 6 0 41 died in a few hours after. The deceased 011 ; Dar to have lived together upon} the best tere3 rely burnt in his endeavours to extingt 9- ies.—Verdict—Accidenta4 burnt to death. DEATH BY 13uRNING.—Yesterday, inqu' before ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, Esq., One o f . )roners for this borough, on view of the body The deceased, who was 87 years of age. , od nephew, whose name is John Kirkham, ' l3 t ten o'clock on 'Tuesday night, the latter wei D. fire in the Old Haymarket, leaving the d herself, with a candle burning. About l l= of the neighbours hearing a cry of , 6 The 1 19 . 0 I out. of their houses, and saw the deceased f ,:j r clothes on fire. One of them, named P er on the ground, and put out the ffame 9 ', g asked the cause of the accident, that her to md she thought it best to make her way i° was attended by Mr. Parr, surgeon, an d one it died about seven o'clock the next even identally burnt to d!ulth. our readers to an advertisement of Mr. Bet h distiller, which will be found in another e° Ined, and we state the fact simply for the jo a 'aders, that this brandy is superior to nine-tee wand); which is sent to this country, with ti? ce , Cage of being not more than one-half the Tr) . THE CHURCH. u-, 11 1 ( Volk b h'' uatti tir t' r ED. 14.—Degrees conferred—Doctors in Divinity—S. ri• V A a b b l i and J. Brickenden Fro , wd,_Fello_ws of Corpus.—M. A. . di4 oott, Taberdar of Queens ; Rev. C. Powell, Trin. ; Rev. allin e t: e a , .1(.8%18.-13. A. : Wm. Rogers Coxwell, Exeter; T. E. Ca me "" ll, Christ Church. r k l rual e L in a,F. Powell, St. Peter's, to the per "" Xri - '"ey of Stroud, Gloucester ; Rev. M. Mayson, to tI rectory pe rpetual,„ e " , Cambridge ; Rev. D. Robinson, of St. John's, to the b,.'rqory of of Woolley, Wakefield; Rev. J. Hopkinson, to the virp°'. Alwalton, Huntingdon ;Scott, to the rectory of *lartl n il i kkaal , Northampton; Bev. C. Porter, to the vicarage of St. ~P R ,,,,' Stamford Baron, Northampton. , 4 ter , il k t m Esrs.—Th Lord Bishop of St. David's has instituted the THE KING V. PENSON. '" IL, Yid's ' '',.., " .! , n, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at St. 0 .0, ••od, h . College, Advocate applied for a warrant of seizure 0,,,, re d it William Lloyd to the perpetual t o ip h as eigr ; I to the vicarage of St. Peter's, Carmarthen. His licensed the ev. Lord of the Isles steam-vessel, which, it appe tje 3 It4e 4 3' of. Llanilhan )f Lieutenant Beckwell and Captain Belcher, ~,,e h„, orshire TI ' . ' fSt J hn's College, 7's ships ships on the station, was seen . going uP $ h.. " .' k qe has i; ke Rev Stephen Donne, 1 "el Rhvdithon and Llanddewy Ystradennv, in on board 360 soldiers for the service of Do W\ •Nii."`r Sc . 11°01 bol o to" ‘ t o , on tinde i r ne l? 4 ::: list Bwes lrY Oswald Fielden, to the rectory of iish flag flying. The steam-vessel was asietad.fftoordthsheilrlee.adelva..stershiP of the Free Gram- Rev. J. C. Badeley, to the rec ckwell, who hauled down the colours. Sir C• ' ? flo .Y °f Ship/n(40 o , g arrant to issue. ' • j ~: ) 1. ke ra h ain. , , Luffolk. Rev. N. J. Stubbin, to the h rectory of •if e , „,,, G . B ~nev• T. Carter, to the vicarage of Burn am, tit. . iof considerable importance to commercia . 0 li , to le emell, to the rec t o ' ry o f worplesdon, Surrey. Rev• INI , started, respecting th e power o f comm i s si es 4) 1,) 111 rw to the vicarage of Hetchan, Bucks. Rev. Disney Robinson, :o compel a man who has passed his final or'f , i lkii! er getual curacy of Wooll v R e y. C. Musgrave, vicar of Ha r fresh interroglitories, by which he may be e loP e i v . t a rt s e Prebend of Givendl . , York. Rev. A. W. Chatfield, to .s which the act provides in cases of partial Ire' Ti . . ov:.'ge of Shudy Camps, Cambridge. Rev. John Thomas Tre he assignees of a Mr. Neile Duncan apPorge . . e s: - i t aN t i' . ! to the rectory of Huish Champilower, Somerset. Rev. J. S. to put this power in force, harin g as t h e f tio „ e , raei i'.iii.._ 47. to the vicarage of Stratton, Devon. Rev. Thomas Dikes, matters which rendered further exaraiofp an Q . .,J 1 s iltit ki f the Charter House, Hull. Rev. James Carver, clerk to the sof the creditors. The Commissioner 10 3 , - I' s tedw i'''r pltt Vlevingharn, Norfolk. ich the bankrupt, by advice of counseinl' 1010.; i 4,' . ato tita:irey has appointed the Rev. Daniel Bagot one of his referred to the ourt of Review. is a ran p, Lh e 6z , ap l Oins. Posed the rinciple, as tending M yilace te - bol'j: '"t?a r da:c of Argyll has presented the Rev. Donald Campbell, to which he might be compelled to crialina epterlj k it 'fi,.., Or Southend, Presbytery of Kintyre. of Judge (Sir G. Rose) and the other Judgcg,,roto' "e 4 ` v • W. H. Chapman, sun., of Emmanuel, Cambridge, to the nion. The point, we presuirne, will be de' . It Re of u he Lord Chancellor. I a te t•v. it al assingbourne, near Royston. .. , ;(1, s ufF l'N Demers, of Magdalen, Ox., to the rectory of Rork. VIIRALTY COURT.-TiIVRSDAY, FEB. 14. le - v. AZ -- • Childers, stall • - r, — , 11,0 . to the vicarage of Newton Saint Cyres. i1 , 1 .•;,,Y C.thedral is vaCant by the death of the Rev. W. W. * h i' Bev . i D i . ( i a Coaitley, Yorkshire. ~,, co 4,',c,essor to Dr. of port Glasz, m ow has decline'd being appointed rhchas, beenG lie i te Rev- 'Auld W aL, ,, r the of go ch w o . sen by the re btpe. united associate congregations of original Seceders of Crieff and of Tolleio' ss as their pastor. Greenock, T ii4 ea rn o ng have moderateea Call in favour of the Rev. Cunningham c.,,40 consequence of not having Zrhe Associate Presbyte r —. to ordain the Rev: p. 31; of Perth and Dunfermline met on Tues -I:KarteT. san in Lismore, the living. of iirtnnel has been now months ithout an incumbent. e R more than four is ev...P. Rhoades, who has been some time presented to the living a dioce litre Corporation of Clontnel, cannot be inducted until there is ....7 a new bishop , or some person be appointed to give institution. Orford Mail. ' PA. ~RoNAGE.—The D u k e of Portland has g iven the people of the poor, kirk, Kilm arnoc k , the choice of a colleague to their vener abl e -.tor, Dr. WKinlay.—Glasgo t o Post. ennunadious and splendid church. for the worship of the Episcc . .- Elart Unitarians, is erecting in Li tt l e Portland-stree t, Portland 7 t`',e. The front is of Grecian archit ecture, and w il l b e sur mounted 14. 0 r0 small towers. The interior, when completed will be equal to • of any of the western churches. , MARRIED. to sst, at Ulverston, M. Theophilus H. jefferse n ' of the late Philip Hind. Fsn., of this town', A ve last, at Christ Church, Mr. Joh n }Wog" , in Jones, Tor t at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Mr. Georg e ;on. gP I Walton Church, by the Rev. Mr. Swa inson, 1 33 s Ann Bradley, daughter of the late Captain by last, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. J. x. -a • iO O. ms, to Mary Anne, daughter of the late Mr. 0 1 town. • D 3 at Southport, Mr. Thomas Berry, of DPP ) Mrs. Cookson, of Southport. • DIED. pet act, at his house in Toxteth-park, Mr, r, merchant. . I p ast, aged 75 years, Mr. John Morris, Jo in er, Ls Morris, Pleasant-street. resV last, John Tobin, son of James Cockshott ;ed six months. at his house in Abercromby-square. Anna bel's , sq., aged 42. f thl ° sday last, aged 51, Thomas Lane, Esq. , ° nented. aged a the sth instant John H. Tarleton, John Tarleton , merchant, of this tow MECHANICS ' INSTITUTION. al Yhe f otteollow subscing let ription ter has been received, announci ng the within Y lrish Office, Feb, IS, 1833. 0f 14 ,—1 am desired by Mr. Stanley to acknowledge the receipt A i lour l et t er of the 6 th instant, so li c itin g hi s support of the il i e rPool Mechanics' Institution, and he requests that you ki s _ Put down hi s name f or t en guineas. If you will have th e ,u 4 ness to call upon my brother in Hanover-street, I will quest him to p a y you that sum.—l have the honour to be, Juur obedient servant, RICHARD EARL, Private Secretary. Jo. LEYLAND, Esq. TO CORRESPONDENTS• C., but cannot find room for his co►liminil der consideration. [cANUS came to hand too even late for t • tDe and A KIRK DALE FRIEND, whose letters, rufficient general interest Jr insertion. 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He 0 i tl eded • I ' .: t o in. i ,st we'? . appl resent' i l el'eo t . i.r ti c anne 0 MCP,fie and y •. led THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY, FEB. 22. We beg to call the attention of our readers to a peti tion for promoting a better observance of the Sabbath, which is now lying for signature at the office of this pa per and other usual places in the town. Never was thefe a time when the desecration of the Lord's Day appeared to be so fearfully on the increase as at the present mo ment ; and, unless some effectual method is speedily adopted by the Legislature for putting an end to such proceedings, the time is not far distant when, as a nation, we may have seriously to repent the, dishonour thus done to the day of God's appointment. The petition very pro perly speaks of the desecration, by " all classes," and well may it do so; for, we believe, there is no grade of so ciety which is entitled to exception. A London contem porary of Monday last, writing upon this subject, says, "Yesterday, being the Lord's Day, the Cabinet Minis ters assembled for the fifth time in succession for the ' de spatch of the secular business of the empire." It is not, however, to Cabinet Ministers, nor to the metropolis alone, that the reproach attaches ; in our own community, and in our own town, the most open violation of the Sab bath—a violation which the present laws have not the poWer to check—takes place upon every succeeding week. If there be any who are sceptical as to this fact, we would strongly recommend to their perusal the evi dence given by Mr. Rowland, of this town, before the Committee of the House of Commons, which has been recently published in a pamphlet. - LOCAL. NATIONAL EDUCATION. — We perceive that Mr. Ewart has presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Liver pool, in favour of a system of Ntional Education. We should, indeed' rejoice beyond measure to see one kind of national education established—an education which should involve religion as its master principle. Such a national education would be an immeasurable blessing : but one which excluded, or compromised, or nullified religion, would be a deadly and an irremediable curse. We had rather, ten thousand times over, see ballot, annual parliaments, universal suffrage, and a long train of similar nuisances introduced than a system of national education, which, under pretence of peace, should remove the only hope and the only way of peace to fallen man, by excluding the knowledge of God and ' of his Word. We desire, certainly, to see constructed, if it be pos sible, such a system of national education as shall tend to attach the people to our reformed and scriptural Church, yet without excluding from its benefits • the. children of Dissenters holding the fundamental truths of Christi anity. They must be included : but . as to attempting the inclusion of others who deny the essential points of the Christian faith, it were fatuity and wickedness to attempt it. Mr. Ewart said, he saw with joy that a notice had been placed on the books, of a motion for establishing a system of national education. It has been placed on the books,; and, we lament to say, by Mr. Roebuck, a reputed writer in the Westminster Review ; which Review is, as is known to many of our readers, active in the support of infidel principles ! Will Christian men contemplate with joy the announcement of any system which can emanate from such a quarter ? We consider that we act the part of a friend, and not a foe, when we beseech Mr. Ewart to think well, and pause long, before he again lends the sanction of his name to a proposal, likely to in volve, what would be of all others. the surest means of destroying our national character and institutions, apd drawing down upon us the displeasure of an offended God. DISFRANCHISEMENT PETITION. - It IS currently rumoured that a most disgraceful overture was made to Lord Sandon, by a deputation now in London, to the effect that if he would sup port a bill for the disfranchisement of the old freemen, they, the deputation, would not proceed with a petition against his lordship's return for this borough. It is needless to add, that Lord Sandon indignantly rejected the proposal. Our readers may rest assured, that as soon as the particulars of this honour able proceeding on the part of the deputation are permitted to transpire, we will nut fail to make them public, as well as the names of the parties implicated. In the meantime we shall feel indebted to any of our friends who may be enabled to.fur nish us with the names of any of the parties who signed the disfranchisement petition. e have already in our possession about fifty of their leading inen,_ which we purpose publishing very shortly for the perusal of the freemen, in order that they may see and know who are their real friends. . • Loon SANDON.--We understand that the petition against the return of Lord Sandon as member for this Borough, which was so noisily announced to have been forwarded some time since, has been abandoned, in consequence of , the fallacy of the grounds on which it was supposed to rest. In our shipping intelligence will be found a melancholy ac count of different vessels either totally . wrecked cr driven on shore during the gale of Wednesday night. It is some conso lation that the loss of life is not so great as might have been reasonably expected; yet we fear that all the disasters which have occurred are not yet known. A long continuance of west erly gales has detained a great number of vessels in port for some time past, but the wind having come round yesterday to the eastward, about 60 sail of vessels put to sea for foreign ports; besides an almost innumerable host of coasters. WATSON V. COL4UITT.—The trial of this cause, which, as our readers may recollect, was an action found on some state ments made biCapt. Colquitt, affecting the seaworthiness of the Roam!, Castle steamer, of which Mr. Watson was the owner, has terminated, we understand, in a Nonsuit. LIVERPOOL. AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—We understand that the bill for making this railway will be brought into the House of Commons in a few days. PaEsf (Yr ; GAS the House of Commons on Friday, the petition for lighting the town of Prescot with gas was re ported, and referred to the select committee on standing orders. Sometime in the course of the forenoon of yesterday, while the servants were engaged in the front part of the house, some thieves effected an entrance through the backdoor of a house, in Anson-street, and carried off a number of silver spoons. This is the third robbery of this description that has occurred in the same street within a very short period. FIRE.—On Tuesday night a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Watkinson,' tobacconist, Old Haymarket, which notwith standing the prompt and strenuous exertions of the firemen and police, we regret to state, was very destructive in -its conse quences. It was first discovered, we believe, by a gentleman who was passing about half-past nine o'clock, who observing a smoke issuing from the shop, communicated his fears to the 'watchman that the place was on fire. The alarm was given, and soon after the flames burst upwards with great fury. The engines of the Manchester, West of England, and. Royal Exchange Companies were quickly on the spot, but though the supply of water was immediate and abundant, and the working of the engines most efficient, they produced no visible effect upon the fire, which, fanned by a strong wind, raged most furiously, till in an incredibly short space of time, the whole interior of the front building, the upper portion of .which was, we understand, occupied. by Mr. 'Janson,- a chairmaker, was consumed, leaving nothing nut the walls standing. The flames had by this time communicated to the back warehouse of Mr. Watkinson, which was quickly destroyed. By the unremitting exertions of the engine -workers, the conflagration was pre vented from spreading to any of The adjoining premises, though they appeared to be in considerable danger. It has not yet been ascertained how the fire originated. The prevalent ru mour is, that it was communicated from the tobacco stove in the warehouse of Mr. Watkinson. On Tuesday night, during the fire, to which it was no doubt imagined the whole attention of the police would be directed, an attempt was made to rob the shop of Mr. Samuel, pawnbroker, at the bottom of Atherton-street. Fortunately the thieves were disturbed before they had time to commit the intended depre dation. t, CORRESPONDENCE. MR. COBBETT AND THE SLAVE QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir, —The long-looked-for-come-at-last reformed English House of Commons having safely assembled, and two or three of the Goliath's having given us a specimen of their abilities and gentle bearing, it is time for every true lover of old England to be on the alert, and watch with lynx eyes the proceedings of a body of men, an overwhelming number of which is composed of revolutionists of every grade of mind, from the well meaning enthusiast, carried away by that coy maiden Liberty, to the dark, deep-thinking hypocritical leveller, with a heart of steel, equal to any emergency, and whom nothing but the ruin of . his country will satisfy. One of the first .tubs thrown to the whale, will, I Mini, be the unconditional emancipation of the West India slaves; and if the gentlemen in this country, who are so deeply interested in the result of this question, do not bestir them?flves, and that soon, there is everything to fear that a number of them will find their private property invaded, and themselves bankrupts in ,the• turning of a straw. But my present business is with " the lion of the evening," (something ominous in these words) Mr. Cobbett. This nian has long stood in the foremost 'ranks amongst the political writers of this country, and as an agitator he may lift up his head with Daniel O'Connell, Esq. any day in the week: he has, in the wane of life, attained the long wished for object of his ambition, a seat in St. Stephen's. From his great abilities and known . inconsistency, the fellow is abso lutely dangerous ; and if he should take the lead as a debater, which is far from impossible, he will most certainly carry along with him a majority of the house : if so, the result may be ima gined, but not easily. put upon paper ; my readers must form their own estimation of the danger. Mr. cobbett's registered opinions on the slave question are various and characteristic of the man; and during the last ten years, in which, I have been in the habit of keeping my eye upon the host of political luminaries who came within the reach of my observation, there is not one inconstant planet amongst them which took my attention more than the said Cobbett. His inconsistencies were glaring and open to the most admir ing of his followers, yet there was a redeeming quality in the strength of the argument, the inimitable coolness with which he put forth his schemes of economy and regeneration, and the next month blaming the government for pursuing the very plan which he had advocated,. with the concentrated weight of his acknowledged abilities and equally acknowledged impudence. I put the plain English question, What will this man do in Parliament ? say it is nearly impossible to judge. TIM crea ture of ,circumstances, he does not know his own . mind for a Proud of his abilities, flattered by 'his parasites, moment. worked up to an unnatural pitch of temerity, may I call it en thusiasm, with him right is wrong, and wrong is right, accord .; inq to the, strength of the fit which is upon him. If this strange composition of wisdom, folly,. and a slight dash of insanity,-be allowed to take the whip hand of the House of Commons, he may pour upon his country an unceasing stream of blessings, and it is equally probable he may overwhelm it with a deluge of misery, past redemption. • God, in his mercy, direct the crea ture to think aright. But lam digressing from the main plot of my letter,--the slave question. On this much talked of but little understood subject, I wish to direct the eyes of the public to the consistency, or inconsistency, (both equally probable) of this "lion of the evening." This question has been long in agitation, and no right-minded map can advocate the crying sin of keeping in degraded bondage the negro, whose skin alone seems to render him'obnoxious to his white brethren of Europe. Yet how is this long-standing evil to be got rid of? Not by the unjust and cruel means of giving freedom to the slave at the expense of his lawful master,. the planter. I am, as a private individual, decidedly opposed to the immediate emancipation of the Whole slave population of our 'West India Islands, one-half of whom, it is my 'firm belief, would be wandering vagabonds in the course of six months after such an event, and the' state of society in those colonies be completely broken up. how will Mr. Cobbett treat this vital question in the House of Commons? Let us see what his opinions were in 1823. In a letter addresse4 to Mr. Wilbeffoce, in that year, after applying the knout pretty severely on that gentleman. for the fin. fetOed humanity displayed in a pamphlet published by him in favour of the West India slaves, he goes on to make a comparison between the white labourers at home, and the black slaves abroad ; he eloquently describes the situation of a labourer of England, applying to the • overseer of his parish for relief, " with his feet tied up in bits of sack, his legs twisted round with haybands, &c.," and triumphantly asks, "is it this poor soul actually pe rishing by inches with hunger, that you mean to produce, and, in your exulting humanity, bid the planter of JaMaica bring up to a level with him—bring up to this state of moral dignity a fat ,and lazy negro that laughs from morning to night." A few lines further on, he expresses his indignation at the sight of an ,Englishman flying to the West Indies to find objects of com passion "amongst a body of persons who suffer less, I verily believe, in body as well as in mind, than any other labourers of the same number in any part of the world ;" And, at length, he openly declares in the following words, whether even a gradual emancipation would at ail benefit the slave, "No just man," says he, " will doubt of the propriety of giving as much secu rity as possible to the blacks ; of making their lives as easy and comfortable as possible, consistent with the safety of the whites and the peace of the community. But it is a question not to be decided on in haste, whether even a gradual manumission, would be beneficial to the blacks themselves." The letter from which I have quoted the above is a fine specimen of Cobbett's reason ing powers, and the ease with which he can, if it pleales him combat with and overcome an antagonist so powerful as Mr. • Wilberforce, and render worse than useless his fine writing and well rounded periods.—Yours, &c., T. G. THE TOWN DUES CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, B'l4—Your correspondent A Parishioner was rather severe "upon the Editors of the Albion, they simply remarked "it was bad taste to kcap the bells ringing until midnight," forgetting the old adage " Let those laugh who win." I beg Sir, for the future you will be more careful, and endea vour to keep your friends out of danger, for you well know that, although one of the editors is oblivious, the other is keen as "Tewksbury mustard." In my opinion, A Parishioner has been lucky to escape without being called all manner of ill names. I am informed the public will soon experience great benefi t now the Town Dues question is decided; by the establishment of an excellent day police, to keep the canaille in order; this even the editors of the Adbion must admit is much wanted. At present strangers visiting the town are glad to escape from the many nuisances in the streets—playing of bandy andloot ball, trundling hoops, spinning tops, beggars, pickpockets) libellous editors, and radical effluvia. By the way, I never meet with a certain editor without thinking of something "Rotten in the State."—Yours, &c. FELIX. Feb. 20, 1833. A meeting of the electors of Westminister, to petition Parlia ment for the Repeal of the Assessed Taxes and of the Septen nial Act, and for the introduction of the Vote by Ballot into elections, was called by some persons for Thursday last; but so few attended, that it was adjourned sine die. THE WEST INDIES. The following is a copy of the Memorial presented by the West India Committee in London to Earl Grey : To the Right Honourable the Earl GREY, K. G. first Lord of his Majesty's Treasury, Sic. 4-c. 4hc, and the other Ministers of the Crown. The Memorial of the Standing Committee of Ifest India Planters and Merchants, RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH, That we, your Memorialists, have heard, with feelings of the greatest dismay, the report made to us of the conference held between your• Lordship and a deputation of our body, on the 28th ult. We respectfully recall tc, your Lordship's recollection, that. in the year Is3l, your Memorialists, as well as the agents of the several Legislative colonies, seamed their application . to his Majesty's government, that an enquiry upon oath into the con dition of our slave population should be instituted, in order to remove erroneous impressions from the public mind. In the justice and necessity of such an enquiry a numerous meeting of all classes of the commercial and manufacturing interests of the city of London concurred, and by a Resolution adopted at that meeting, on the sth April, 1832, declared, that— " As an act of justice to the 'colonists, and with a view of' preventing the fatal effects of that c,onkinual excitement which has already brought them to the brink of destruction, and of removing from the public mind erroneous impressions in regard to the state of slavery in the British colonies, this meeting is of opinion, that a fall and, impaitial parliamentary enquiry CM oath should be immediately instituted, for the purpose of -aseer taMing the laws and usages of the colonies, the actual condition and treatment of the slaves, their habits and dispositions, and the degree of their progressive improvement and civilization. The information obtained from such authority would not onlyre move erroneous impressions, but lead to the consideration of'tuch further constitutional measures of amelioration, as in the words of the faTliatnentary 'resolution of 1823; 'shall be compatible with the well-being of the . slaves themselves, with the safety of the colonies, and with a fair and equitable consideration of the interests of private .property.'" A petition founded on that resolution, was presented to the House of Lords; and their, lordships, on the 17th April last, appointed a Select Committee. • "To inquire into the laws and usages of the several West India colonies in relation to the slave population, the actual condition and treatment of the slaves; their habits and disposi- tions ; the means Which are adopted in the several colonies for their progressive improvement and civilization. and the degree of improvement and civilization which they have at present at tained, and also to inquire into the distressed condition of those colonies." This committee proceeded in its inquiries until they were terminated by the prorogation of parliament, and then re- . ported to the house, that, " considering that there was no pros pect of their being able to examine into the state of all the West India colonies during the then present session, they had • . come to an early determination to confine their inquiry, in the first instance, to the island of Jamaica; and though they had collected much evidence upon the condition of the slaves in that island, some of which is of the most contradictory descrip tion, yet they had not found it possible to enter into a detailed examination of many of the other points referred to them, and upon none had their inquiry been so complete as to enable them to submit to the house any definitive opinion." Their lord ships' further state that "adverting to the advanced period of the session, and to the probable arrival of persons of authority from Jamaica; whose evidence would be most desirable, they have determined to postpone the consideration of any detaileil report." Since their lordships have thus reported, persons of au thority have 'arrived in England, from different colOnies, amongst others, the late Governors of Jamaica and of Barba does, of whom, the former personally investigated the causes of the insurrection in Jamaica, and the state and condition of the Slaves taking part in it. Several eminent persons have, also, been specially appointed and sent to this country-by the colo nies, at considerable expense, for the express purpose of giv-. ing evidence before their lordship? committee. • A committee of the House of Commons was afterwards ap- • pointed, (not, however, at the instance of your memorialists, ) To consider and report upon the 'measures which it may be expedient to adopt for the purpose' of effecting 'the extinction of slavery throughout the British dominions; at the earliest period compatible with the safety of • all classes in the colonies, and in conformity with the resolutions - of the Commons' Houseon the 15th day of May, 1823." • That committee have made only a partial report. They re port that, "with some few exceptions, the inquiry has been confined to 'the island of Jamaica, and the important question. of what is due to the fair mad equitable consideration of the in-: terests of private property, as connected with emancipation, has not been investigated by your committee." " Sonic opi nions (also) have been pronounced," says the report, " and some expressions used; by witnesses, which may seem to be in jurious to the character or persons in high stations in the colo nies,--unwilling to present the evidence in a garblea state, your committee have resolved not to exclude from their mi nutes testimony thus implicating . the conduct of public func -tithaaties, but they are bound to impress On the house the con sideration, which it is just constantly to remember, that no op portunity of contradicting, 'or of explaining these statements, has been afforded to the parties accused; and eviden c e of this description must be received with peculiar caution," The committee further declare, that "even the limited examination" to which they have been confined, "had not been fully accom plished," and that they "had been compelled to close their la bours in an abrupt and unfinished state. ' In a despatch to the Governor of Dominica, dated sth June, 1832, Viscount Goderich says,—" In the present posture of this controversy, the only course which remains open to his Ma jestY, with regard to the colonies possessing legislative assem blies, is, to abstain from any measure whatever, until the labours ,of the two parliamentary committees have been brought to a close." 'rhe Governor of Jamaica, who had been recently in personal communication with his Majesty's Ministers, in his speech to the legislature of that island, on the 30th October last, said,— " Since you last met, both branches of the imperial legislature have been engaged in an inquiry as -to the actual relations of society in the slave. colonies." "The proceedings of these com mittees have been interrupted by the. close of the session, but will be resumed at the next meeting; and their final report, when prepared, will be the dispassionate and impartial result of ample and patient examination." Your memorialists respectfully submit, that the want of that informatiOn which called for the appointment of these commit tees, has not yet been supplied, and that the government and the nation are now as little qualified to deal with these difficult and momentous subjects as they were when those committees were appointed. Your memorialists; therefore, respectfully urge on the consideration of his Majesty's government, the great injustice of taking any substantive measures in relation to the institutions or properties of the colonists, without the completion of these inquiries, to which the government itself may be considered as pledged, no less by the appointment and reports of the committees, than by the despatch and the speech above quoted. Your memorialists are convinced that from the magnitude of the property invested in the West India colouies, and the nu merous and extensive commercial relations in this country in volved in their fate, any substantive proceeding or declaration affecting their rights and' interests, rashly adopted or given, must be followed by a commercial crisis unparalleled in the history of the empire. The recent insurrection in Jamaica, which is proved to have been mainly excited by the mischievous representations im pressed on the negro mind, that " the King had wished them. to be free, but that their masters withheld' their freedom," can not fail to establish to your lordship's conviction the extreme danger to which the lives and properties of the free 'population resident in the colonies will be exposed by any such proceeding or declaration. In the view which your memorialists take they beg to be un derstood as not admitting that any distinction can be made be tween the legislative and crown colonies. Under these circumstances and considerations, your memo rialists claim that " ample and patient - examination" of their case which the renewal of, and a report from, the committees of the two Houses of Parliament can 'alone afford; and they more especially protest against any substantive measures being taken or declaration imade, affecting their rights or properties in the colonies, without previous communication with them selves. . 60, St. James-street, Jan. 31, 1833.., WILLIAM MURRAY. CHAIRMAN, pro. tern. THE COMMISSIONERS FOR BUILDING NEW CHURCHES have just made their twelfth annual. report. They stated that at the time of their last report 168 churches and chapels had been completed, in which accommodation had been provided for 231,367 persons. Since that time 20 churches and chapels have been completed, capable of accommodating 26,361 persons. So that on the whole, 188 churches and chapels have now been completed, and therein accommodation provided for 257,728 persons, including' 142,121 free seats. The Commissioners state further that there are 19 churches and chapels now build.- ing, and that they have approved plans for building eight more.