The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-26 00:00:00

5 ee-...., Purchasers will find this an opportunity which seldom occurs. One price asked from which no abatement can possibly be made. Their present Premises to Let, with or without Fixtures, apply as above. CONTRACT FOIL WORKS. GREAT WESTERN RAILIVAL BRISTOL. NOTICE is hereby given, That the Directors will receive .I.‘ on or before the Ist of March next, at, Twelve o'clock, Tenders !Or the execution of the following Contract. CONTRACT, No. 1, B. The formation of that portion of the Railway exte mg from the Feeder o f the Bristol Docks to a field on th :stern side of the Pa r i s h o f K e y as h am , a di s t ance o f • o 21, Miles; and virette .-- - including a Stone Bridge over the River n, and all other Masonry, Tunnelling, and Earthwork generally, and the entire completion of all the Works nece ssa ry for that portion of th e . Railway ; excepting the laying of the rails, and, formation of the permanent Road. Drawings and Specifications of the above Works will be ex hibited at the Company's Office, Corn-street, Bristol; on and after tho 6th February, and printed forms of Tender may be had on application at the same office. The Directors will not consider themselves bound to accept the lowest tender, and they expect the several parties to attend at the office, at twelve o'clock, on the Ist of March. I. J. CHAPMAN, Secretary. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that about THREE 111 HUNDRED MEN are wanted immediately for the DAY and NIGHT POLICE of LIVERPOOL. pie pay will be Eighteen Shillings per Week, and the requis: Unifor , Clothing. I.—Any person applying must not be less thr than 35 years of age. 2—Not to be under 5 feet 7 inches in hei 3.—To be able to read and write with' 4.—To be well recommended fur / honesty, activity, and intelligence' by employer. s.—To be in good health, and of a good constitution. 6.—To be prepared to engage to serve as Constable for a‘ least 12 months. 7.—To be able to deposit £3, or to find sufficient security for that sum as a . gurantee for his Clothes, in the event of his quitting the Police Force without given them up. B.—Not to keep a Public-house, or deal in any Excisable Articles. 22, or more ,;1 temper, sobriety, is last and preceding All applications to be made, in Person, at the SESSIONS HOUSE, Chapel-street, Liverpool, between the hours of Eleven and One o'Clock, on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, until the 20th of February next, after which no applications will not - be attended to. The Situatious will be filled up as suitable men offer. CHAS. OKILL Clerk to the Committee. Town-hall, Liverpool, Jauuary 23, 1836. LIVERPOOL. NORTHERN HOSPITAL. AT the ANNUAL MEETING o f th e Subscri Hospital, held at the Sessions-house, Cha AlaNnA'y, the 18th instant, WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., President (); in the Chair. l or to thili street, on le Hospital, i The - Annual Report anWAcCount havi It was: moved by Y. CARTWRIGHT LIGHTBODY. vreen read. nd seconded by Mr. _That the Report and Accounts be adopted, printed,"and pre sented to the Subscribers as early as possible, and that the Report be inserted, for the information of the public at large, in the Liverpool papers. • • Moved by Mr. MozLev, and seconded by Mr. SOLOMON, That the great increasing value and importance of this Insti tution to the northern parts of Liverpool being now clearly and satisfactorily established, it is incumbent upon each Subscriber strenuously to advocate its enlargement to a full measure of usefulness amongst his townsmen and acqnaintanee. Moved by Mr. 'WARNER, and seconded by Mr. BANNER, That the cordial Thanks of this Meeting be offered to those of the Clergy who have, by their exertions during the year, benefitted the Institution;_ end also to the donors generally; particularly to A. Heywood, Esq.,- for his liberal donation of £lOO, and to William Brown and Edward Wilson, Esqrs., for two London and Birmingham Railway Shares, for the .future benefit of the Hospital. Moved by Mr. A. Ho onsoN, and seconded by Mr. BROOK rt, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Medical Officers of this Institution, through whose unremitting and able exertions this Hospital is mainly indebted for its successful establishment, and that they be re-appointed. Moved by Mr. STEWART, and seconded by Mr. SOLOMON, 'Wm. grown. Harmood Banner. Chas Horsfall. R. A. Hodgson, Edw. W. Jackson. Chas. Warner. Lewin Mozley. Wm. Cartwright. . Rev. W. Stafford. J. Lightbody. C. Saltmarsh. Geo. J. Wainwright. 11.-B. Anderson. Jas. Lawrence. ''; Rev. 'l'. Ilornby. Wm. Jone s . J. K. Hassell. Rev. C. T. Gladwin. ' Richd. Fry. Dr. Ralph. John Cropper. , Rev. Wm. Blundell. Rev. J. Hassall. George J. Wainwright, Dale-street, Treasurer. Rev. J. Hornby, ? Auditors. J. K. Hassall, Moved by Mr. Liou'reonv, and seconded by Mr. WARNER, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Mayor for accepting the officelaf President for the present wear, acid for the use of the Court; and also to the Chairman for his services in the Chair. MBE Publisher of the Liverpo o l St an d ar d b egs t o acknow ledge the following .Donations in aid or the Funds for t relief of the Widows and Orphans of the unfortunate inert 4, perished - by the upsetting of the Formby Life Boat : . (PER MR. RICHARD DA%VSON.) S. Mr. William Hurry .. 1 0 Mr. Nicholas Robinson Mr. Joseph Saudars 1 0 Mr. Christopher Saltmarshe • 1 0 Mr. John Priestley Rev. 0. Ormerod Mr. Thomas Shaw...~ Mr. William Myers Mr. John Myers.. 1 0 M - lelc--- ...r. M'Crackan. - Mr. John Budd 1 0 Mr. W. R. Preston Mr. Charles'W. Jones 1 0 Mr. ' , Ririe.. Mr. Thomas Bailey Mr. Thomas Read Mr. R. Dawson 1 0 Mrs. N. Walker Mr. John Bourne. 1 0 £l7 10 A Wriro.---Whig was doubtless first used in Scotland, and applied to the supposed sourness and ascetic, temper of the religious dissenters. To whiy, in the northern counties of England, as well as in Scotland, means to turn a thing acid; . thus, if you pour milk upon ruin, and do it so slowly or so un skilfully as to coagulate the mixture, you are said " to whip it. Magatile. THE Jaws.—Among the patent. rolls in the tower of London are many which bear a particular relation to the history of the Jews in the middle ages, at least, as to their residence in Eng• land. Henry 111., by a patent iu his fourth year, granted to Elizabeth, the daughter of Rabbi Meysis, the bishop of the jews, as he is called in the record, will had lately been converted, one penny a day.- In his 36th year Henry founded the Damns CoriversorHi n , in Chancery-lane, when the Roll' chapel was built . for converted jaws. This foundation was much encouraged by his son..ss who. iu the eighth year of his reign, ordered • that the Friars Benehers, shourd make it a principal business to preach for their conversion, Loxon.N.rasTueetce.—Th e ordinary business of each 1.13,v.: is, in letters, in the inland office alone, 354X/0 letters received, and 40,0 Xt sent (23,475,000 annually) exclusive of the numbers in the foreign-office department and the ship-letter-office, and altogether indepeudent of the twopenny-post. The numbers of newspapers daily vary from 25,000 t o 60,000 (on Sunday 40,000, anti en Monday 50,00), of which number about 20,000 are put into the office ten minutes before six o'clock. After that hour each newspaper is charged one halfpenny, which yields a reve nue of upwards of £5OO a year, and of which 210000 news papers ar e annua ll y put i n t o th e office front six to g a quarter before eight o'clock. • The revenue derived from charges for 'early delivery i n L on d on i s £4OOO , an d th e sum obtained by the charge of Id. on each letter given to the postmen who go round with bells to collect the letters, is £3OOO a year, giving 720,000, or nearly WOO tlailv. The revenue of Loudon is £6OOO a week, above £300,000 a Year; and yet, of all this vast annual revenue, there hasonly been lost by defaulters £2OO in twenty-five years. The franks amount in a morning to 4or 5000, or more. News papers can only be franked for foreign parts to the first port at which the mail arrives; after this they are charged postage ac cording to.their weight, in consequence of which an English daily newspaper costs in St. Petersburg £4O sterling per annum. BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE. Philadelphit.—Know all nersons to whom these presents shall come ; that I, Gilbert Robertson, Esq. his Britannic Majesty's Fi rs t Co ns ul, d o hereby certify, that R. Warton, ESL!. (witoattests tothe efficacy O LDRIDGE's BALM OF COLUMBIA in restoring lt,) is Mayor or* this City, and that M. lOndall, Esq. is thonotary of the Court of Common to both whose signatures tell faith and credit is due. I fort er certify that I amst personally acquainted with J. L...1n lis, sq., another of the I gi,n„errsd, d I ( . l x T r i: s o s i i q . a person of grey res •Ftability, and that ed app Meat of the effects of ()LIM B A.Gl u i7 qual t iii • IA 111. Given under To y hand and se7lB,..,!fnediae, ,1.1, Yes or t i ng c t . 29. 1823. • at t of Philadelphia,• Dec OLDRIDGE'S FRT ROBERTSON. GIL 3 BALM causes whiskers and eye-brows to grow, prevents the hair from mp g grey, cation makes it curl beautifully, and the first spill-• certificates it from scuff, and stops it from fulling off. Abuniduaignei4rtair6cates from gentlemen of the first respectability I, Well; showit by the Proprie tors, C. and. A. Oldridge, -street. Strend, Lon pb6so7Li);,spect.able Perfumers don,--Whore the Balm is sold. an e ti r I rice Zs. 6d., Gs., and and Medicine Venders in Lit Its. per bottle. • lin gtonag-street,t N . B . —Th e p u bli c are. rearrested to be on their ;meld ains c ounterfeits—ask for Oldridge's Balm ; 3, W e l Strand, London. Sold by Danson..Bold•street Rennie, Lord 'street Shirley, Banelagh-street; and whol esa l e b y e, M aw. hood, 20, South John-street, Liverpucl. WILLIAM.QUAYLE, Shipwright, tv . not be account- • able for an Debt or DeLts my Hr.r.EN• Q,CA I LE, I may contract after this notice. WI .4IAM QUAY - LE. • I Witness, Henry Spencer. EXTENNVE ALTERATIONS. SELLING OPF AT LIVER HOUSE, GENERAL DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT, GREAT GEORGE-PLACE., TPRICHARD and TREVITT beg leave to inform their Friends, the' Inhabitants of Toxteth-park an iverpool Penerally, that they have succeeded in taking* le adjoining remises, for the purpose of enlarging their tablishment, as their present concern is considerably too sm• for their increas ing Business, and in order to be enable . e ensuing Sprint to keep.a more extensive variety of, art s connected warthe Drapery Trade, as they are deteraikte not to be excelled either in extent; variety, or cheapness by any House in Liverpool, in consequence of which the whole of their present valuable Stock will he . Sold Off corfsiderably under the original cost, as it must be cleared out before the Ist of April next. The Stock consists of Gros tie Naples, Double-width Saxony Merinos, London Printed Twilled Cambric Dresses, Welsh, Lancashire, and Saxony Flannels, Blankets, Marseilles Quilts nod Counterp Ines, 4-15-4 6-4 8.4 and 10-4 Barnsley Sheetings, Damasks for Table Linens, Diapers, and Huekabacks, Barnsley and Russia Towelling, Irish and Manx Linens, Lawns, French Cambrics, Shawls of every description, Canton and Zephyr Handkerchiefs and Scarfs, French Blonde Edgings and Tulle, Black and Coloured Silk Velvets, Plain and Figured Satins, an endless variety of Satin, Sarsnet, and Gauze Ribbons, Hosiery and Gloves of every . description, and many other Articles too numerous for insertion. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. PARIS, JAN. 21.—Persons coming from Castile, who are entitled to the faiiest confidence; assnre us that the Carlist forces have taken a very imposing attitude in thee environs of Toledo A letter from Siguenza informs its that the national militia of that place was disarmed, and confirms the news of the entry of the cavalry into Talavera de la Reina. Letters from Perpignan of the 15th instant state that the prisoners who were arrested in consequence of the events of 13arcelona, including M. Geronelia, were embarked on board the brig Childers, from the English Man-of-war Rodney, where they were confined in the first instance. .They were to be -con veyed to Valentia on the 12th, from which place they were to be put on board Spanish vessels and transported to 'he Havana. Several of the chiefs of the- anarchists have fled, or are con cealed, since the return of Mine. Colonel Nlontura ' ex-gover nor of Vich, has been arrested as an accomplice of Geronella. General Pastors has been arrested for not having prevented by suitable measures the invasion of the citadel, and the massacre of the prisoners; but what effectual means had he of suppress ing the insurrection, when it is certain that the guard of the citadel was in concert with the rioters? MISCELLANEOUS. This is the anniversary of the murder of Louis XVI. The Court of Peers is, nevertheless, sitting to continue its delibera tions on the accused of Paris. Thus, at more than half a cen tury afterward, France is still the victim of her original crimes, and is still suffering from her original injustice and cruelty. M. Guizot, the Minister of Public Instruction, has very pro perly refused to hold his usual soiree this evening. The Courrier Francais and M. Jollivet, the deputy, had yes terday a battle royal, and the former was condemned to 100 francs' tine, and to the insertion of the letter of the deputy. The cause of the quarrel was as follows :—M. Jollivet has pub lished a pamphlet On the English and French electoral systems. The Courrier Francais did not content itself with attacking the book, but it made a personal article against the author. He appealed by letter for justice. The letter was not inserted; and he yesterday applied to the Correctional Police for au order to have it inserted. The Coarrier Francais was sentenced to pay 100 francs' fine, but it has to-day stated its intention to ap peal. BOURSE AND FUNDS. French Five per Cents. have closed at 109 f. 95c. cash, 110 F. sc. end of January; Three per Cents. are at sor. 80c. cash, 801. 80c. end of January. Spanish Active 491; Ditto Passive 16i; Ditto Differe 194; Ditto Coupon 23i. GREECE. A levee was held a few days after the King of Bavaria's ar riv Sur the presentation of the diplomatic corps, when the Sp • . minister, M. Montalbo, who was invited" in the name of I . was received in a very unceremonious manner, to sac the least of it, by the King of Bavaria. On being presented in his turn to the monarch, the king tinned on his beel and said, "1 do not recognise your queen—the letters from Spain re main unopened on my table at Munich." The Spaniard was thunderstruck at this outrage, and at once prepared to quit the . 'audience chamber, when Sir E. Lyons coming up offered his arm, and conducted him home in his own carriage. The next day M. Itizo, Greek Foreign Minister, went in the true Fana riot style to see with how little satisfaction the Spaniard would be contented, and begged him to dine at the palace with the King of Bavaria; but the Castilian plumply refused; and on being sent to, when dinner was on the table, he verbally stated that he would not dine with the King of Bavaria, and the next day sent an official note to the Greek government, to intimate that in consequence of what he deemed to be a gross insult upon his Sovereign in the. palace of the King of Greece, he suspen ded his diplomatic functions until he received the instructions of his court. This event has caused considerable sensation. DEATHS FROM STARVATION. • . Two coroner's inquests were held in London on Thursday and Friday last on two poor houseless wanderers, who died from starvation. The first, James Weeks, a man about 50, was taken by a policeman to . the station-house of his district out of charity. Some bread and beef, which he (the policeman) had about him, was given to the unhappy outcast, which he ate vo raciously; but he became too ill to state in what condition of life he bad been in. lie was placed before a fire, and in the morning removed to St. James's Workhouse, where he expired soon after his admission. The police-officer and the surgeon of the workhouse were the only witnessee examined. We take the following extracts from the evidence : By the Jury.—l should not have been authorized in taking :he deceased to the workhouse: the regulations are contrary to such. The Coroner inquired if such regulations existed before the passing of the poor law amendment bill. Mr. Howard, one of the jury, replied that he could state that no such system existed before the bill in question was in force. The jury observed that the present regulation was a v..;ry bad one. In answer to questions from the coroner and judy, the witness said that the deceased had no medical advice at the station house house; it was not considered that he was in a dying state, but only exhausted from want of rest and sustenance, and that he would rally. - He (deceased) did complain of being ill, but did not express any wish for the attendance of a surgeon. The jury greatly regretted that the pour man had not had medical aid on the Tuesday; it must have been evident that he was.in a perishing state, his emaciated frame being covered with large ulcers and filth, and his legs swollen. Mr. Haynes, surgeon to the workhouse, said that the de cea,ed died soon after his admission, undoubtedly from exhaus tion, produced by want and misery. Tl.e jury returned a verdict " That the deceased died from starvation." The secohd inquest was Held upon the body of a man, appa rent 4 about CO years 'gage, whose name was unknown. 1 his poor creature was found dead in an attic, b body reduced to a, there skeleton. • Alarv•Williams, a widow woman, residing at the Hare and Hounds, deposed that within the last week or ten da y s she had seen the deceased about the house. H e app eare d i n the utmost state of destitution. lie walked with great difficulty, and that %vial the aid of a stick. Witness compassionated his forlorn cmdition, but was too poor to relieve his distresses. The poor old man had been frequently turned out of public and lodging tijs_fiphlLidatAa_ lino° landlord. Oh Tuesday he told witness that he had not tasted food for two days, at which time she considered that he was quite light-headed. She gave him a piece of bread, which he devoured voraciously; but the result of which was that he was afterwards seized with a fit of coughing, which witness thought would have ended fatally. About one o'clock on Wednesday morning b came from the street and got into the attic mid - - served by all, except witness. On the following morning wit ness found him dead and cold: The•parish surgeon saw the body soon afterwards. • - ifs the Jury.—The deceased told me that he had been in the service of a lord for many years, during which time he resided in the parish of Marylebone. I never knew his name. On my inquiring of him why he did not apply for parish relief, he said he was ashamed to make any application in the wretched state he was in. The Coroner observed that in ill his experience so dreadful a 'case had never come udder his notice, and inquired of the beadle whether the. unfortunate man had ever applied to the parish of Set. Giles for assistance, who replied in the negative. John Banks, the landlord of the H are and Hounds, and other individuals, spoke to the starved, destitute condition of the de ceased prior to his dissolution. Mr. Base, surgeon of St. Giles's workhouse, gave his decided opinion that the deceased died from the want of the common necessaries of life. The jury, after making some observations, returned a verdic That the deceased died of starvation." STATE OF TRADE. . LEEDS.—Business, in general, rather flat, both in the Halls and warehouses. Our merchants expect additional orders from America to till up the chasm occasioned by the fire at New York; but it should be borne in mind that if there are less goods in the market, their are scantier means of purchasing' them. IIALIFAx.—No alteration in the prices of goods. scarce, and on the advance. Yarn! HUDDERSFIELD. —On Tuesday there was a fair demand for seasonable goods, and stocks are low. H ECKMON DWIK E.—The demand for blankets continues lively in the blanket hall, and the piece -makers are also in full employ at Earls Heaton and the neighbourhood. BRA DFOki D.—The piece -market was well attended on Tburs daY, and the demand was equal to what it has of late been; a good many wide merinos were purchased fur the American mar ket. Yarn keeps up, and is somewhat scarce. Wool steady; the holders still talk of an advance. Rod DALE, Jan. 19.—Our market has not been so lively this week, and iii consequence a great many goods remained unsold. The buyers would not give old prices, except for such goods as were mostly in demand; in others a trifling reduction was sub- mitted to. The wool market steady, and prices maintained. OFFICIAL FRANKING. It has been already stated that measures have been taken-to prevent for the future the transmission, under official covers, of any letters not strictly on his Majesty's service. These measures of percaution have been resorted to in con sequence of the following communication addressed by Mr. Stanley, the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Heads of the different Governmentpffices "Treasury Chamfers, January 6th, 1836. "My LORD-I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you that the Postmaster _General has represented to this Board that there is ground for believing that th e Franking Privilege granted to certain Govern ment Offices exclusively for the public service, and under a penalty, is much abused; both in thi s county and in Ireland, by the transmission of private letters in the ofhcial covers, greatly to the injury of the Revenue; that the A cts of Parliament, which authorise the appointment of officers to frank letters and packets on his Majesty's service, impose severe penalties on any clerk or ocher person authorised to frank, for any illegal exercise of those powers; and the Postmaster-General suggests to my Lords the expediency of calling the attention of the Heads of those Departments in which there are franking clerks, to the subject, with an intimation that the penalties established by law will lie enforced on the detection of any abuse of the of the powers which are authorised for public official purpose s only; and my Lords e n ti re l y concur in the suggestion of the Postmaster-General, and beg to draw your special attention to the subject, with a view to the establishment of such strict regu lations as may prevent the illegal exercise of this duty, which is intended by arliarnent to be strictly confined to the official correspondence of the office. My Lords understand that - and - are authorised to frank the official letters in your de partment; and my Lords request that the attention of these gentlemen may be called to the Act 2 , 1 and 3d Win. 4, cap. 15, sec. '25, and to the responsibility thereby imposed on them. " I am, my Lord, your obedient servant, "E. J. STANLEY." At the court martial lately held at Sheerness, on Captain Hope, the fallowing dialogue took place between one of, the witnesses and the court :—" Are you a catholic ?" "No, sir." "What are y ou , then?'' you a protestant ?",, "No, sir." "Captain of the foretop! following: i s c opi e d from . the obitua r y o f t h e Society of Fr 'l le i t i t e dsfothe year 1835 :—" It is a remarkable feature in the present obituary, that out of rather more th an 2(X) a d ults re corded in it, the ages of full one-third, or more th an 80 persons, are from 70 to 97 .years of age, presenting an aver age of full B'o years. One-fourth are from 77 to 97, presenting a n average of :S5 years : full one-fifth of the 200 being front 81 to 97 years old.'' LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.—We understand that the experiments, with a view to ascertain the degree of vibra tion caused by the passing of a train of carriages, will be mad e on the London and Greenwich Railway on Monday next, at two o'clock. These experiments have been requested to be made by the Lords Commissioners of the Admirality, in ~order to determine the question as to the effect of t be Gravesend.trains - on the Royal Observatory, a subject which has so much 'occu-, pied the attention of ixieirtitic,world —Observer. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. POSITIVELY MR. T. P. 000KE'S LAST APPRAILOTE. r tll present TUESDAY EVENING, the 26th instant 1. • will be presented the celebrated Drama of FRANKENSTE IN. • The Monster - • After whioi, A CONCERT, • In which . the Misses Smith, Mr. Smith and Mr.. Binge wi appear. . • . To conclude with ROBERT MACAIRE. Robert Macaire Mr. T. P. Cooke. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. EXTRAORDIN.GRY NOVELTY! I! THE CELEBRATED NORTH AMERICAN IND NS, Prom the Park Theatre, New Y For the BENEFIT of Miss JU nriO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) t performed SMITH. 7th instant, will be THE SISTEgS. PrincipatCharacters - I;;ThWifi;s:; - S ; :t;aith, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Binge. After which, the NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS Will appear in the beautiful and picturesque Dress of their native wilds, an I go through an exhibition illustrative of their country's Habits and Manners :-1. Electing a chief and smoking the pipe of peace.-2. An Indian war dance.-3. An Indian war song.--4. ihoOting with bows .and arrows.-5. Their festival, or green corn dance.-6. A civil dance, showing their manner of making peace with another tribe.-7. A horn , pipe, by one of the Indians (self-taught).-8. Their mode o . worship of the great spirit.-9. Manner of scalping their ene. mies. After which A MUSICAL MEL , ANGE. In which Mr. Smith, the Misses Smith, and Mr. Binge wit introduce a variety of Songs. . . To conclude with • THE FLEMISH MAYOR. • Principal-Characters by the Misses Smith, Mr. Smith, Mrs Raymond, and Mr. W. J. Hammond. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received a great number of poetical, as well as prose political squibs respecting the all-important dinner of to morrow, which want of space compels us to pass over. For the same reason the communication of "S. f.," "A Looker on," and several other papers are omitted. *.* The STANDARD of Friday will contain a full and accurate report of the speeches delivered at the O'CONNELL DINNER at the Corn ,Exchange to- morrow. EDE Eiberpool ,Stanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1836. The dinner to be given to O'CONNELL, at the: Corn Exchange, to-morrow, naturally excites more than an ordinary degree of local curiosity, especially among those who have known the-town of Liverpool for the greatest length of time, and remember the character it has hitherto borne for its loyalty to the House of Brunswick. That the despicable republican faction, composed chiefly of papists and unitarians, and the disloyal fanatics of every creed, whose recent successes have raised them to some ,degree of importance, should follow the example of Lord MULGRAVE, is perhaps a thing rather to be expected than otherwise. The puppets, whose motions are governed .by the head of the home office, must here,-.as well as in Dublin, perform the tasks assigned them. Were they to become refractory, the local patronage of the town hay ing been wrested from the hands of an independent local body and transferred to those of the minister of the day, their recommendations of stipendiaries would be of no value, and their individual and collective importance would instantly be destroyed. O'CONNELL, on- his way to the parliament house, requires some favourable testi monials of character—the thief's last resource.at the Old Bailey—for when there he well knows that he will be called upon to answer RAPHAEL, of Carlow ; to meet the coming s:orm from the Dublin investigation ; and lastly, to cajole or bully the gentlemen of Brookes's Club. For these reasons—it would be sheer folly to waste a single dip of ink to prove the connexion between O'CONNELL and Lord MELBOURNE—the peaceable, the well-disposed, and time loyal part of the inhabitants of our town are to he disturbed in the pursuit of their ordinary avocations, and must submit to have their feelings outraged by a public procession in honour of. a man who has had the audacity to assert that seven- eighths of the women' of England are strumpets; who, in the course of his turbulent and un principled life, has contrived to lavish his abuse upon every public man in the realm, and upon Englishmen To show that Mr. O'CONNELL feels that the party under whose auspices lie is about to honour 'Liverpool with a visit, are the tools of government, to show.that he know's what they are and boa to estimate their worth, we quote a passage from his speech at Tuam, on Monday, the 18th instant, only two days after the date of his letter to Mr. RATUBONE, accepting , the invitation to dine with the Cla rendon-room cabinet.' He said on that occasion : "An alderman of the corporation of Liverpool —a sort of cattle with which I have not hitherto been much acquainted— has conveyed to me the wishes of a meeting over which he pre sided, that I should dine with them next week. Igo of course. To gratify myself? No, but to try to get justice for Ireland." Justice for Ireland to be obtained through the instru mentality of Mr. WILLIAM RATHBONE! In the name of the prophet !—figs! From the passage of O'CONNELL'§ speech which we have quoted,.it will be seen that he does not disguise his contempt for the animals he is about to visit. He cannot help expectorating—the word " spit ting" will perhaps be more intelligible to Mr. RATIIBONE —some of his filthy venom upon the persons about to do him honour; he affects not to know whether they belong to the race of donkeys or of bears; whether they possess the sapience of the gander, or the cunning of the fox ; it is enough for him to know that they have been com manded by time creatures of his will to fall down and worship, and that they are ready to worship even the brazen image of him in whose hands the political exist ence of thosecreatures, the MELBOURNE cabinet, is placed, and whose tenure of office depends upon his support. To swell the train of Ireland's distinguished beggar, mis sives have been despatched to Mr. WILLIAM EWART, who " accepts the invitation with pleasure ;" to Colonel WILLIAms, "who accepts most readily the overture;" to Mr. RIGBY WASON, who " thinks the important ser vices which Mr. O'CONNELL has rendered to this country make it incumbent upon him to show his respect by attending at the dinner ;" and to Mr. THOMAS TIMRNE LT, who, but for another dinner to be given to him at Wolverhampton on time previous day, would attend. The . story of the death's head and cross-bones, although somewhat stale, is worthy of being repeated at this par ticular period, that the men of Liverpool may know the engines of torture by which the catholics of Ireland are subjugated to the will of one man, and that they may know the kind of person whom it pleases their republican leaders to honour. We take the subjoined extract from the " Report of time - Select Committee on Bribery and Intimidation at Elections, together with Extracts from time minutes of Evidence showing the INTIMIDATION PRACTISED BY THE PRIESTS IN IRELAND,"—a report,.we should observe, reprinted in weekly numbers by the friends and supporters of civil and religious toleration, in order to exhibit to the world the nature and character of popiSh toleration in Ireland. H. J. Thownrigy, Esq., called in, and examined. " What office do you hold ?—I am Sub-Inspector of the county of Kerry, and a Magistrate of the county. " You were employed in the county of Kerry previous to and during the late election in January last ?-1 was. " You made a report to the Government, dated 'Constabulary Office, Tralee, January 13, 1835,' in which you said, ' 1 have the honour to transmit herewith an affidavit, sworn before me this day, by a most respectable gentleman, in consequence of which, and in the absence of the High Sheriff, I have, in con junction with other Magistrates, made arrangetnents for the due protection of the freeholders in question.' " Extract from the deposition So great is the spirit of outrage which prevails in said town of Cahirsween and its neighbourhood, that on Sunday last, the 11th of January instant, the Protestant congregation of said town, on returninyfrom divine service, were pelted at with filth, and dirt; and even befbrc the termination of divine service, several riotous and ill-disposed per sons came to the door of the church, and round it in every direction, and threw gravel and dirt at it; that unless an efficient police or military escort is appointed for the said freeholders on their way to Tralee, he is convinced they will be deterred by force and terror of their lives from voting at the ensuing election. (Signed) Taken and sworn before me, this 14th day of Januatv, 1333. (Signed) H. J. Brownrigg.'-1 took that de . pe4ition. "Du you know whether Mr. O'Connell, in the county of Kerry, at Tralee, from a balcony or platform, in *front of the Commercial Reading Rooms, addressed the people on one day, and that he stated in substance, as it has been printed in the .Kerry papers, TILAT THERE WAS NOT A DEMON IN HELL .MORE RASE THAN THE CATHOLIC WHO 81101jED VOTE FOR THE KNIGHT OF KERRY,' AND THEN THESE WORDS WERE REPEATED, • I WILL HAVE A DEATH'S HEAD AND CROSS BONES PAINTED OR PRINTED ON A PLACARD, AND POSTED ON THE DOOR OF ANY CATHOLIC WHO VOTES FOR HIM HEARD THOSE WORDS USED IN SUBSTANCE BY MR. O'CONNELL " Did you hear the first part, 'that there was no demon in hell snore base than the catholic who should vote fur the Knight of Kerry?"—l DID. "Do not you think that this speech, taken in connection with the public speech made at Dublin, was celculated to alarm any catholic of the lower orders if he voted fsr the Knight of Kerry 1-1 think so. " Is not there every reason to believe that ho would be in sulted and beaten, and that he would be liable to be injured in his trade, to have his property injured, and perhaps his life placed in danger ?-1 would not, perhaps, go the whole length as to his life being endangered, because I have never heard any person express it so far as that; BUT I no BELIEVE, THAT THE CATHOLICS IN GENERAL CONSIDERED THAT IF THEY VOTED CONTRARY To THE WISHES OF MR. O'CONNELL, THEY WOULD BE INJURED IN THEIR TRADE. " Are they not liable to have their property injured by voting against Mr. O'Connell ?—CERTAINLY. " you know a case in which au outhouse was burned down in consequence of the individual having the day before voted against Mr. O'Connell?—Yes, I have received a report to that effect. " have you any doubt us to the fact?—No, I HAVE NONE, whatever. This is the O'CONNELL by whose- presence the town Of Liverpool is to be polluted ; and this is the evidence of a gentleman who, in swearing has no equivocation, no mental reservation, and no jesuistical sophisms to govern or explain the force of his words. Whether the loyal protestants of Liverpool will suffer this man to appear and depart from among them uurebuked remains to be seen. At a late hour, and after the foregoing remarks were written, we received the subjoined epistle, which we pub lish verbatim et literatim. The original may be seen by applying to our publisher. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAII"D,I " Liverpool, January 23d, 183 G. " Stn,---Having seen your paper of yesterday, in which you speak so abominably of my country, (Ireland,) I take the liberty of telling you that, if you don't retract your words and make a full confession that what you had written in your last was a per feet falsehood, I beg leave to tell you that the first time I meet you'l will exercise such a share of that barbarity of which you tax my nation on your infernal carcase that I will, in one in stance at least, prove your words to be true. Now, sir, not wishing you to suppose that this is merely a foolish effusion, allow me to tell you that you will find it quite the contrary, if what I have suggested will not be attended to. " I remain, sir, yours, " J. D. D, " P.S.--I am not the only one of my country who feel indig nant at what you please to call it, the most ignorant and bar barous country in Europe, so take a fool's advice and do what von are ordered, or you will (take my word for it) feel very sorry. Not wishing to shine as a literary character, I merely write this to let you know what is intended for you. J. D. D. The singular alliance, offensive and defensive, formed of late years between the great body of the dissenters and the papists, who are now united by a sort of Siamese bond, is an anomaly of a striking and instructive charac ter. In speaking of the dissenters we especially exclude the great and influential body of the Weslevans, who, indeed, can hardly be called dissenters, but who may, with great propriety, be designated the auxiliaries of the Church of England. And we may also exclude great numbers of excellent men who dissent from the discipline of the establishment on principle, but who repudiate the tierce and unchristian attacks made upon her by the Tatosses EASTS and other noisy republicans of the pre sent day. We do not use the term papist in an offensive sense, but we use it because we deny the term catholic to the Romish Church is not a Catholic Church, and the exclusive arrogation of the name is an assumption to which she has no right, and is an insult to other churches. But we use it to designate that abominable system Ivhich acknowledges the Pope as its head, and holds in unwarrantable thraldom the consciences and dsstinies of millions. it is systems, not individuals, we war against. It is principles we contend for, and our language must be intelligible. Convinced, from mature observation, that tha whole tb p ,,asv a .o- . ,- ranrcuinirkgmiiiiierreti"ovrer"i i M country, and once more to wield the', sceptre of England, it is with feelings of dismay that we see so many of the dissenting bodies-springin g forward to do her bidding. Proselyting in her spirit; bold and fearless in the pur suit of secular power ; energetic, yet subtile ; apparently frank, yet insinuating; wielding a secret power over the human mind, by oral confession, and arrogating to itself the eternal destinies of the immortal soul;—this system o f i n i qu it y i s spreading far and wide, is - taking advantage of the divisions among protestants, and, with Herculian step, is steadily advancing in power and influence. On every side. mass-houses are springing up, and the decrees of the propaganda are furthered by the mistaken liberality of nominal protestants, or, as the papal church designates them heretics. The papacy can accommodate itself to every form of government under heaven. In America we find it submissive, because there it has to deal with a republic; in Pdrtugal, Italy, Ireland, and Spain it is tyrannical, because in those places it has to deal with bigotry and ignorance ; in England it assumes the character of mildness and liberality, and its priests attend public dinners and whine about civil and religious liberty their civil liberty would, however, be the thumb-screw, and their religious liberty would be the j dungeons of the inquisition, were she again triumphant in merry England. Where was the liberty, civil or ec clesiastical during the middle ages, until a Luther, a Melancthon, a Wickliffe, and a Knox protested against the soul-destroying doctrines of popery, and held up its crying abominations to the , world ? Of course these noble-minded champions were illiberal, to use the cant of the day, but they broke the iron fetters with which popery had so long bound the nations of Europe, and from that day to the present Rome has been striving with all her might to regain the splendid and prolific em pire then wrested from her grasp. Men say that popery is changed. They know not the secrets of the system; they take their impresspsni from many estimable and respectable persOns they see around them, who are mem bers of that church, and who; probably, know not the depths of iniquity which abound in her system. While we must not. on the one hand neglect the lessons of his tory, we must on the other hand remember the assump tion of infallibility which this church makes: We must recollect that the decrees of her councils of Trent, and Florence, and Constance, and .. the ,creed of her Pope, Pius Iv., are declared to be unalterable, and let any can did protestant search the doctrines of those councils, which every priest and bishop is sworn to believe, and he will then find how heretics are to be dealt with, and 110 W men, who spout about civil and religious liberty, where the papacy is rampant, can very easily be quieted. Whatever may be the assertions of individual papists to the contrary, we assert from her own standards, without even consulting the far-famed PETER DENS, that the Church of Rome would again trample all civil and reli gious liberty into the dust if she had the opportunity. And now that the protestant institutions of England are attacked by popery on the one hand, and infidelity on the other, what are the tactics of the great body of the dissenters of the present day ?—Loyalty to the King, attachment to a scriptural church, sympathy for her suf fering clergy, veneration for the form of government un der which they flourish. Were we to answer these ques tions a thousand tongues would indignantly exclaim, What insolence, and what unmerited reproaches are cast upon the dissenting bodies. Well, then, let a dissenter answer them, one who is too excellent a man to say what is not true, and one who is too courageous not to speak the whole truth. The Rev. Mr. IRONS, of Grove Chapel, Camberwell, has promoted a collection for the suffering Irish clergy, and has added nearly £6O to the general 'und. Mr. laoNs having been attacked by sonic of his dissenting brethren for aiding this holy cause—the cause of protestantisni against popery—has written a letter of justification to the London Standard, in which occurs the following. passage " You will perhaps wonder when I tell you that I have been censured for this expression of brotherly love by some of those sseuters why set themselves in array against the el:is( opal With one other noble exception, we know not that any dissenting congregation had stepped forwards to aid the Irish clergy. And what is the reason ? Hear Mr. Irons speak : " It appears to m© the very climax of inconsistency for dis senters to keep up a hue and cry about grievances that nobody feels, and perpetuate a clamour for religious liberty, of which no one is deprived, while they tolerate doctrines the 71 - 10. q awfully blasphemous, and, for discipline in their churches, set op republi canism, to be maintained by monthly cabals." We would not weaken the effects of this graphic de scription by one .comment. It is melancholy, but true. Dissenting ministers, as well as dissenting bodies, at our two last elections, almost to a man, (with the noble ex ception of the Wesleyans,) voted for the party who are precipitating the movement, who are " setting up repub licanism." And so the independent and the baptist are joined by the papist and the Socinian, in one united pha lanx, to attack the established church of the land ? So would not WATTS, and DODDRIDGE, and HENRY have done had they been living at the present day ! The effects of this unnatural fraternization will soon be felt Let all these sects unite to attack the Church of England in Ireland—let them succeed in quenching the light of protestantism in eight hundred Irish parishes —let them join in demanding that the Irish corpora tions shall be opened, or, in other words, surrendered into the hands of the bigots of Maynooth, and the j oi nts of O'CoN NELL'S tail will be increased to double their number. With sixty Irish papists in the house, what ministry can move ? None, without acceding to their demands, which will emanate from the Vatican, and will never be satis fied short of absolute sovereignty and the separation of Ireland from England. But Mr. IRONS goes on to ob serve : " I consider the outrages which are committed in Ireland but the beginning of that war between papists and protestant* which must soon reach England, and I fear the time is not far distant when those who have helped forward popish ascendancy will reap the results of their liberty (or libertinism) in the forfeiture of those religious privileges which they now undervalue." In these opinions we heartily concur. Dissent in the present day is different from the dissent of Italia century ago. It is losing its spirituality in its polities. It is se cular in its character, republican in its spirit, and it is " joined to idols." jt has, however, done good. It has stirred up the indolent and secure in the establishment, it has brought men of talent and piety into our churches, and the establishment is becoming more pure and apos tolic as dissent is becoming more worllly and secular. But although truth compels us to make these state ments, we know many individuals amongst the body who do not participate in the existing feeling between dissent and popery. In fact, we question whether there is one dissenter who would not rise up and repudiate popery as much as we do. But they are unconsciously doing its work, and establishing its influence, anti widening its connexions. Popery is like the smooth-tongued adept who can di vert your attention, can engage your smiles—can throw you oil' your guard and iben effect his own purposes. It would be well for the country at large if dissenters would PdagfirdiA'aTYtia• t OP P th i e n L i iiiidttU t riil l egiina l N y t bbuuse zeal, fur once, overcame his discretion: —" Let us first settle the church, and then we can easily manage the dissenters." It ought to be some source of gratification to the con servative party that the radical rump have it nearly all their own way in our new Town Council. There are, however, a few honourable exceptions, of men whose property, respectability, and character are a guarantee that they at leaSt, whatever their profesSions for the sake of gaining a seat at the council board may have been, will hesitate before they go to the extreme point which the majority of the council seem prepared to go. But we see the majority of these persons gradually settling down into a disgraceful submission to a few noisy tyran nical demagogues, whose speeches and actions will do more to strengthen the conservative cause than its most strenuous friends could possibly effect. We are ready to make clue allowance for men who have been suddenly lifted from obscurity ; for men who have exchanged the cane-bottomed chairs of their own dwellings for the easy, graceful, and well-stUffed seats of the Council -chamber— those unfortunate seats which almost drove from the late member for Ashton the little sense nature had left him when he lifted up his withered hands in patriotic indig nation at the extravagance of the late corporation ; and we can also make due allowance for men who, for the first time in their lives, have got into genteel society, and have bad their little brains somewhat elevated in conse quence of this unexpected occurrence. As a cursory glance at their proceedings now and then will do them no harm, we promise them that during their future career they shall be well looked after. The town-clerk job is palpable enough, consequently but little need be said on that affair. Mr. Foster is a man of talen', and therefore yes, and therefore they thought themselves better without than with him. He would have been an unpleasant witness of their squabbles and their blunders; he would have set them right when they were wrong ; and, as throwing away the public money is a glorious theme for radicals and whigs to descant upon when out of office, but when in office a very trifling matter, it naturally followed that sixty or seventy thousand pounds was a very paltry con sideration, if, by expending that sum, they could eject a conservative and supply his place by a nondescript. It is quite possible that the new town-clerk may be a man of talent. If he be not, GOD help him! We are persuaded, however, that lie is, and that if he live long enough it is not impossibl e t h at we may see hi m Si r RICHARD RADCLIFFE, his Majesty's Attorney-gen era l. Stranger things tha n thi s h ave h ap p e ned, gentle rea d er, notwithstanding the dimple in your cheek. It is whis pered too that the learned.gentleman has become a mem ber of the Temperance Society, and now advocates, gra tuitously, the claims of that laudable and praiseworthy institution. 111-natured people say that not many years ago he used to be proud o f walking arm-in-arm with . _ Mr. IitAKISSON, and, perchance, with Mr. CANNING rom the Backbone to the Canning club, and from thence to divers other plac'.:s where loyalty to the King and con :et►2pt for whigs and radicals used to be loudly expressed • over full bumpers. But the polished gold has become tarnished, and we now see that once loyal name "Rica- ARD RADCLIFFE" appended to the corporation documents as town-clerk of Liverpool —we suppose, pro tem— elected to that situation by the sweet voices of those very radicals whom, but a few years since, he loudly repudi ated. Then our very judicious council, still having economy on their tongues, recommended as a stipendiary magis trate Mr. THOMAS JAMES HALL, a West Indian barrister. In vain did poor Mr. LAZARUS VENABLES, whom our friend and contemporary the Knight of the Bath used to dub " Councillor Bully," manifest his attachment to radical. ism by voting for the "three tailors" in' his ward. It would not do. Mr. HALL was the particular friend of some of the friends of the people, and a thousand a year was but a small salary for a man of his talent, and so we Presume Mr. HALL will be quiet and easy for the rest of church, whilst they join affinity with Arians, Socinians, and other infidels, yea, and with PAPISTS too." Here Mr. IFtoNs speaks out. He has been " censured" for sending bread to those ministers of scriptural religion who arc now standing at the risk of their lives amidst the bogs and barren mountains of Ireland, separated from hu man help, surrounded by an infuriate peasantry, their children obliged to labour at menial occupations, their houses barren of furniture and food, their plate and libra ries long since sacrificed, .and no insurance office to in sure their lives, without an especial clause, excluding payment in case of assassination ! These men, calum niated and vilified as they have been, and insulted as they were by that vote of the House of Commons which declared a surplus, while they and their children were absolutely starving—these men, we say, with a fortitude which ought to command universal admiration, nobly re fuse to quit the field of battle, but still continue to hold up the lamp of truth in the midst of papal darkness. It is because their brilliancy brings to light the hideous character of popery that every engine is set to work to quench the flame; and it is truly miraculous to what aw ful lengths men will go in support of error! JANTIU.t Y 26. IS:'6 his life. Poor Mr. LAzARTIS VENABLES ! we pity him, and feel for his disappointment. To be sure the old ma gistrates did the business of the borough for nothing; but then the council conceived that it would be cheaper to the public to pay the paltry sum of one thousand per annum, titan to have the magisterial power vested in men whose crying sin has been that they have devoted hours and weeks of their time to the public service.without fee or reward, and with unquestioned integrity of purpose. But this species of disinterestedness is beyond the com prehension of our modern patriots ;—hence the change. That the new council would spend much of their time in talk was to be expected. On this head we have to observe that if some of them do not consult LINDLEY MURRAY or some other grammarian a little oftener, and if they wilfully persist in clipping and corrupting the King's English, we shall in future report their speeches literatim et verbatim. This .hint will perhaps suffice for the present. It would really weary our readers were we to present to them all the trash that is uttered in the Council-chamber. We cannot take the trouble to do this; for a good thing dropping from any one of the speakers to relieve the tedium of their dull orations, be yond a little - "stringency," we have looked for in vain. Mr. WILLIAM RATHBONE, the leader of the house, Whose modesty, sweet temper, and sound judgment so admi rably fit him for the office, makes a splash now and then, gives the lie direct, makes an apology, and so on ; but this in him is quite natural, and, therefote, creates no surprise. The Council too have granted the. Town-ball to the papists for their especial use, touching a hall, or something of that sort. We beg to inform the very ho nourable and worshipful body that if the chimney-sweeps of Liverpool should also wish to give a charity hop .for the benefit of the decayed members of their profession, and should prefer a similar request, they must not be re fused, they having even a prior tight as natives of the good old town. Upon what principle the council can, for the future, deny the use of the Town hail rooms to any society we are at a loss to conceive. Why are the operatives of the town to be shut out when Irish papists are to be accomodated ? Why are our excellent! , friends with their thistles and their kilts to be excluded on St. Andrew's-day ?or why our neighbours with their rosy cheeks and sweet-smelling leeks on the anniversary of their patron saint? Fair play and no favour is all we ask. But one of the most notable acts of the new counciris the address to his Majesty, lately forwarded fur presenta tion to our learned representative Mr. EIVART. That one of the objects for which such bodies were called into existence was to prop up the decayed, and battered, and staggering ministry, no reasoning person ever doubted. They were intended to be convenient fulcrums on which to rest the lever of popular excitement, and the council were in duty bound to be grateful to their creators and do their bidding, or as they were expected to do ; and so, after hours spent in debate—and such a debate—an ad dress was voted to his Majesty, as if one half of the council care any thing about the sovereign ! Are not ninny of them, in their individual capacities, busying themselves in bringing to the town the man who of all others is the greatest enemy to kingly government—who has just called one of the King's brothers "a mighty great liar"—who has made tours of agitation to bring the office into contempt—who has outraged the decencies of civilized life?--and yet we find our councilmen and newly made magistrates delighting to do him honour, and, with unparalleled meanness, prostrating themselves in the mud before him ! Again, we repeat it, republi canism is at the bottom of all this, and, only that " the pear is notsipe," we should see the same men pass over the sovereign altogether and present their addresses only to the representatives of that mildest, and most benefi cen►, and most constant of all monarchs—the sovereign people. But education—of course without the scriptures, for the Bible is an old-fashioned book which teaches - men obedience to the powers that be—education -of 'all and: every sort except scriptural—a jumble of popery, soci nianism, infidelity, independency, unitarianism?, Muggle tonianism, Sot-ism, London-Universityism, Penny Ma gazineism, and, a long array of other isms and istics Ig floating in .the imaginations of our " new lights;" and L— to cote, fur -7.-aung places,. and the rising generation is to be taught the beauties of republicanism—but nothing else. Of course the masters of these schools will be appointed by the council, and no doubt great care will be taken in their se lection to appoint none but men of the right sort. Why was Mr. HOPE, the long-avowed and staunch advocate of bible education, silent on this subject ? Mr. HOPE, the man who for years has been seen en every platform, speaking at every bible meeting, and who,'for ought we know to the contrary, still is the secretary of that noble institution—let him, at least, stand forward, and not be ashamed of his Master; let him reduce his professed' principles to practise, and oppose the papists and the unitarians in their anti-scriptural education schemes. Unless the scriptures be interwoven with every system of education, it were far better that the rising generation remained ignorant of the sciences, and plodded their onward course, undisturbed by those crude theories which unzettle the mind. but give no consolation, amidst the vicissitudes of this life, and leave it destitute of hope in another. On this subject, at least, we hoped fur, better things from Mr. HOPE. 'We are in possession of several of his speechei delivered some years ago, and they do him infinite credit. Let him not, therefore, subject him self to the charge of inconsistency or of cowardice by • shirking this vital question for merely political objects, but act up to his. former professions with his accustomed zeal and boldness. We like consistency wherever we can find it. Mr. SHIEL, in his opposition to the scrip tures, is at least consistent. His church would soon tumble into fragments if the light of revelation Were. but permitted to shine upon it. A proposition from Mr. BUCKINGHAM, that the council -- should aid him in the recovery of his claims against the East India Company was met as it should be met. The merits of these claims may be summed up in a few words. BUCKINGHAM, an adventurer, went to India to reside. under a licence revocable at pleasure whenever the au thorities thought fit, or considered that - he had committed a breach of the laws then and there in force. He com mitted a breach of those laws, was warned of the conse quences, remonstrated with more than once, persisted in setting them at defiance, and was finally ejected from-the settlement.. What then had the town council of Liver pool to' do with Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S claims ? Nothing a;, all. But, Mr. BUCKINGHAM finding that the radical int , teresti'preponderated here, and as all - pattiOttilikreelii. one thing, viz., that nobody but themselves shaltplunder,. he looked to our council chamber for help—but. foutid none. Humbug t—humbug! Poor old Don MERCURALDOS, with praiseworthy bene volence, tried for a grant in favour of the sufferers on board the ice-bound whale-ships. Very like a whale ! The council could not entertain that proposition, having discovered since their accession to office that charity begins at home. It is bruited about that an application will be made to• destroy the church endowment deed. That the attempt. should be made is quite natural, considering the quarter. from which it emanates. The proceedings would be a snug job for the town•clerk as law -agent, and RUSIIMN,, the briefless and the unprovided for, might perchance get. a junior's brief. Nothing at present excites any wonder, unless it should accidentally happen that whigs evince the slightest trait of liberality. Let them revoke the en dowment deed; let them shut up the churches if they can,. or if they please. We apprehend no danger to the con stitution of the country from alrthe radicals, whigs, and papists in it. The danger to be guarded against' is the apathy and lukewarmnegg of the members of the Church of England themselves. Powerless, indeed, would their efforts be, however united, if their unholy band were not swelled by the professing members of the Church itself ; and, as evil usually contains within itself its own cure, perhaps the closing of a dozen churches for want of funds might operate as an eye salve to numbers who are careless indolent now too liberal to think any evil of oth ers , too to regard ker i ous l y even passing events, and too to examine for themselves. T . e purpose from time to time resuming our strictures l