The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. PORTUGAL. ( Private correspondence of the Times.) Lissom, Nov. 26.-1 regret to say much dissatisfaction has manifested itself among the troops in the Aletntejo, fomented by the agents of Don Miguel, whose appearance there, well sup plied with money to huy them over, has unfortunately been at tended with considerable success. At Braga, a French colonel with a nninber of Miguelite fol lowers, have established their quarters near Malaga, for the pur pose of recruiting and organising a force for the Don, which, upon being known, the authorities sent a force of the national guard in pursuit of them, who wounded and took prisoners a lieutenant-cohTitel, Joao Carvalho Roza, and a few of his fol lowers. On the 18th instant a steam-boat, supposed to be one of the expedition in the cause qt Don Miguel, expected from the States of Modena, appeared the coast of Algarve, and was seen and chased by tbA Portoguese schooner of war Liberal, but, through the darkno"f the night, they lost sight of it. It is conjectured, froin the number of vessels cruising there, viz., the Ma g i c i enne and Partridge. (British,) L'Oreste, (French,) Eiize, Tagtls, and Liberal, ( Port uguese,) that they will find it a difficult mat ter to effect a landing. Exchange upon Goadon at thirty days' sight, 55 per tnitree, MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY: ( From the Leicester Chronicle.) The engineers of the Midland Counties Railway heed bode tnarked out the whole of the line of this important tiudertaking, between the three great towns of Leicester, Nottingham, and Derby ; and we are enabled to give our readers a description of the route, which, ere many years have pasted away, will be one of the great highways of England. Commencing about two miles south of Leicester, at Knighton Spinney, it passes this town in a curving line, through the Freeman's Piece, (where a short tunnel is guaranteed to the Freemen, in (rider to preserve the entirety of the common as a grazing pasture.) Crossing beneath the \Velford-road at the commencement of the acclivity, and passing beneath the New-walk and London , road, the levels of which, we believe, will not be disturbed, it runs off from the latter place in a straight line towards Barkby, lassing to the east of Thurmaston Lodge, th e res id ence of Mr. leyrick ; from whence, with a great curve, it sweeps to the west of Svston, crossing the Melton-road at the windmill, and piercing the high banks of the Wreak near Syston mill. From the latter point, a straight line runs to Sileby, through which village it passes by the old manor house. From thence, an in sensible cures sweeps by the lime kilns, and through the village of Barrow ; and then along the side of the cliffs which over hang the Soar. At an angle of the river, near the Navigation house, it crosses into the flat grounds serroundiug Lough borough, touching the l a tter pl ace a t t h e l ast houses on the Nottingham-road. Coutinuing in the same direction, and making a short cut across the Loughborough mea dows, it again crosses the river, and enters the slightly elevated ground on the east of Nortnanton. With gentle curves, and inconsiderable elevations, it next reaches Sutton Bonnington, and passes close to the old dilapidated church of Saint Anne's, where conseerated ground has not deterred the engineer from taking his " best line" beneath the very walls of the sanctuary. Emerging from the cutting through the rising ground on the cut of Sutton, with a low embank:4oot, it tra verses Mr. Strutt's meadows at Kingston, on the west lido of Mr. Stokes's house; and then, passing to the east of Ratcliff, it plunges into the heart of Red Hill, a singular escarpment of red marl and gypsum. which, with picturesque boldness, looks down upon the Trent. Here, the river being crossed by a bridge of considerable dimensions, the lines diverge, on the on e .and to Derby, on the other to Nottingham; these diverging fines being again connected, so as to make the line between these important termini complete in itself. This portion of the line will be nearly horizontal, and the gradients of the whole highly favour able for the use of locomotive engines : more so, we are informed, than those of any line of similar extent in England. The dis tance between Leicester, Nottingham, and Derby, by the rail way, will be nearly the same, as by the present road: that Wl° say, the distance in space travelled over in point of time, which must henceforth he an essential element iu the computation of distances,—the difference will be as three to one, and the transit between the remotest of these places will rarely occupy more than three quarters of an hour. The rate of travelling on the Manchester Railway, is, upon an average, 26 miles an hour; but the speed upon a railway with such considerable inclinations as one foot in 96 feet affords no criterion for estimating the rate of travelling attainable upon a more perfect line, such as the Midland Counties, where the greatest inclination will be about one foot in 500. According to an arrangement made in Parlia ment, the execution of the works upon the line from Leicester to Rugby, is deferred until nfter next Midsummer: in the mean time, exertions are being made by another Company, to effect a shorter route to London, by way of Northampton and Harbo rough. The Midland Counties Company, also, are preparing to extend their line nerthwarilly through the inining district of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, to fall in with the North Midland Railway about tour miles south of Chesterfield. This will materially abridge the distances between Sheffield and the great towns of Yorkshire and London, and will secure to Lei cester the decided advantage of the direct road from the North of England to the Metropolis,—en advatatnge which ; if nature had not marked out for it, its commercial importance, its pop e _ Infirm, and its rapidly-extending manufactures, would have en. titled it to claim. It will secure to Leicester, also, an advan tageous competition in the supply of coals, (which, to a cert a i n extent, we already possess,) and be a guarantee that this essen tial article of consumption will never again become a mono- Tlly, either in Leicestershire or Derbyshire. In every point of view, we hope the parties will he successful in their application to Parliament fur an extension of the line; and we shall watch with particular interest in the proceedings there. We are not of those alarmists who see in railway projects nothing but bub- bles and chimerical speculations, which will end in ruin and disappointment to the subscribers. Railways are not bub ble schemes, but solid and tangible objects for the investment of capital: they are an invention which completely distances competition, and which; under proper auspices, and with pru dent arrangement, must afford a profitable revenue. SHOCKING MURDER AT SHEFFIELD. - Earls , on Tnesday morning Ins: a horrid murder was com mitted at Sheffield, by John Farmer, a butcher, residing in Far gate, in that town, on the body of Joseph IV'lks, his step-son. The wretched perpetrator of this crime has for several years pant been occasionally much addicted to liquor, and when in a state of intoxication exhibited all the violence of An insane per son. His malignity on these occasions was principally directed towards his wife and her two sons by a former marriage. This war produced by a strong imprelaiarr, then all powerful on hia mind, that he was suffering injury from them in a pecuniary way. On the night in question being in liquor, lie went home about eleven o'clock, and having sat down in a room where his family were at supper, the first thing lie did wita to put his hand In hie pocket arid draw therefrom five £5 notes, which be threw in the tire. They were snatched from thence by his wife, who prevented their destruction by immersing them in some ale which chanced to be on the table. Farmer then took up a table knife and made a stroke at her. This being observed, she gave grey, And received only a cut on the neck, *filch other- wise might have been fatal. Upon this outrageous behaviou taking Pieces 01 the members of the family left the house, wit the exception of the utifortimate youth, who was afterwaidh murdered. He had gone to bed en hour previous to the above occurrence taking place, and the infuriated man wps thus lefe in the house alone with the poor boy. It is believed that Far- Pier, after a while, then went up stairs and burst open the door of the room where his stepson was sleeping, and what took place afterwards can only be conjectured. A little before one o'clock, two young men passing the house end hearing some noise, approached the shop-door in order to discover what WAS goffig on ; when the door opened, and out rushed the young man Willis, who declared his father had stuck him. They conveyed him to a neighbouring public-house, the inmates of which being aroused, he was taken in, laid on a table, and sur gical assistance procured ; but the medical men from the first pronounced it to be A fatal case. He languished about three hones, and then expired. Two watchmen being called in, they burst open the door of Farmer's house. They then went in, accompanied by Mr. Thomas Hunt, and found the author of the deed walking about the house without his coat. After ap proaching him with care. they threw the lights of their lan terns, increased to dazzling by reflectors, into his face; then all three closed and secured him. On Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr. Badger, and a post mortem examination look place on the body of the deceased, in the presence of the jnrv, when it apyeared that a wound had been inflicted between the fifth and sixth ribs on the right side, measuring about six inches in length, which had produced death. In what part of the bons, the fatal deed was perpetrated dirt not appear in evi tne w e f rn ;.b . n_t seemed the youth was anticipating violence when n ll, from having slept with his trowsers and stock if to n,h bail been table and chairs being Amity, about the door as' before the jorv, :I d RS a barricade. The father was brought Inner inqu ired if ;l e after the evidence was read to him, the co that ow I;.(ll.l,,,,unything to say, when he briefly re rlissioorohoi,„, of tocinest. to9nritl, and ex l . ssed • snort verdict u ; : "t 5 and e - huin e e 111 ero.,•• ''• ; ( From the correspondence of the Times.) b RUSTO, Nov. 19, General Eguia's Head-quarters.—ln my letter of yesterday I mentioned that, owing to the increasing numbers of the Christinos column under Espartero, Egnia in tended to blOckade the town and remove the cannon. How ever, it now appears that the Chrietino general is afraid to attack Villareal. Eguia will therefore continue the siege as soon as the weather will permit. The cannon are therefore to remain in the batteries. The weather has been so very bad—in fact, for ten days it has rained almost incessantly—that the roads are nearly impassable. This morning two Men were caught coining out of Bilboa with despatches from the governor of the town to Rspartera. They were hid in the collars of their coats. Both of the men were ;hot by order of Villareal. The garrison con tinues to fire at our batteries. 'l'wn deserters from the town say that the loss of the Christinos in the Convent of St. Augustin, on the first day's attack, was 700 killed and wounded. The soldiers of the line wished to surrender, but the Urbanas would not listen to it. Nov. 21.—At last we have got a fine day. Should it conti- hue, we shall most likely commence the attack on the Convent of St. Augustin to-morrow. This day has been employed in placiplacing Ave cannon about 300 yards in the rear of the bridge of ng ve canzon about 300 yards in the rear of the bridge of uchana, so as to command a part of the rivet, should any steamer attempt to cotne up. Eguia has also sunk a great quan tity of boats across the river between Bilbea and San Matnez. The Christinos gun-boats and fort of Desierto have been tiring at the battery Making near Luchatia fur the five guns, but no shot came within 300 yards of them. Ahead of the gun-boats is an English brig-of-war, which has not fired at toe Carlists ; most likely not wishing to throw away their shot it the ridicu lous manner the Christinos sailors du. Should the weather continue line we shall most likely be able to tire against the town to-morrow. Espartero has made a flank movement to his left, and is now at Castro, on the south-east, with 10,000 men. Villareal has sent part of his forces to Sontraorostrn which is ,halfway between Espartero a n d P ortuga l ette. By this move ment the Christinos cannot advance to the latter town without great loss, the Carlists being in possession of a bridge they must piss. Should Villareal obtain a complete victory, it would he attended with the most extensive and important con sequences. OF a defeat I think there is no chance; the nature of this country is in favour of Villareal : in fact, he would find it ditlicolt to adopt any lino of march from Portugalette to )3ilhoa, where he Wilt find a strong line of defensive positions. Espartemknows this; and my own opinion is, that he will nut attack the Carlists. Why lose so much time? I hear that Evans made a sortie yesterday, and was repulsed. The night is fine; we certainly shall open our batteries to-morrow. St. Augustin will be in ruins by to-morrow night. Of thegarrison, there is no alouttt they will defend themselves well. They know what they deserve ; at least, I know what they deserve, for firing on a flag of truce and killing the officer, and this in answer ta,their own letter. Nov. 22.--1 Open rev letter to say we attacked the convent again to-day, but without Success. Tho.town will now be blockaded. THE LATE HURRICANE. LONDON.—SO boisterous was the wind during the whole of Tuesday, that several portions of the stone balustrades of Blackfriars Bridge, to the length of six or nine yards, together with a great part of the wooden palings on both sides of it, were forced from their fastenings, and blown down. The wind had also the effect of unroofing the church opposite the Bank, at the corner of St. Barthelomew-lane, the lead on the top of it being completely rolled up. Part of the stone work connected with the statue of King Henry the Eighth, on the Royal Exchange, and some of the balustrades round the 'Change, were blown down. Th e s k y li g h t at L loyd ' s received much damage. Part of a stack of chimneys was blown down in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. This gale, for the time it lasted, may be said to he one of the most violent that London has experienced for several years. At three in the morning it began to blow violently from the SW., continuing with increasing violenre until between one and two in the afternoon: about four in the afternoon it ceased altogether. Wo have received a variety of accounts of the disastrous effects of this gale. At Mr. Bate man's, Sun-street, Bishopegate, timber merchant, a ganger the sawyers had just returned from dinner, and were about to le suine their work, when three heavy beams of timber placed on a stark of planks, weighing about! cwt. each, were blown down, and fell on a sawyer named Thomas Franklin, crushing him to death on the instant. The unfortunate man has left a widow and several children. Twelve large panes of glass in the City of London Tavern were blown in with a loud crash • the entire roof of the house of Messrs. Lake and Co., of Bishopsgate street-within, seedsmen and florists, was torn off by the whirl wind, and several of the rafters carried away with it. The river was much agitated, and seemed literally boiling. The ball and cross of St. Paul's Cathedral were observed to vibrate in a fearful manner during the hurricane ; for some time it was a matter of some difficulty to either stand or walk near the Cathedral. An old gentleman named Lander, aged 82, be longing to the Charterhouse, who was walking in Charterhouse square, was blown down, by which his thigh was broken, and he is much injured; several other gentlemen belonging to the Charterhouse had narrow escapes from the falling of the trees. In Cross-street, near the City Saw-mills, a stack of chimneys fell upon the house of Mr. Coates, an engraver; Mrs. Gould ing, the wife of a mechanic lodging in the upper story, was en gaged at the moment cooking her husband's dinner, but being driven from the fire-place by a sudden issue of smoke and flame, she snatched up her infant and retreated to the back of the apartment, in a moment afterwards the chimneys had fallen, and the whole of the front was lying in ruins. In the New-cut, and Lambeth marsh the wind did very great damage. In Regent-place West, by Judd-street, New-road, a stack o f chim neys of N o . 2 , the middle house of three, was driven down by a sudden gust upon the roof of Mr. Macgregor, No. 3, and carried in the whole of the roof; unfortunately one lady named Crookshank, and her female attendant, were in the front attic; the lady was buried up to her neck amongst the fallen bricks and rubbish, and was severely bruised; her life was only saved by the gallantry of nn officer in the army (Capt. Tayntou); who on hearing the crash inst a ntly ran up from the drawing-room, and aticceeded ie extricating and bearing her down stairs; the servant maid has been still more seriously injured. The roof of No. 4, Newton-street, Holborn, fell in with a shocking crash, burying the inmates of the garrets, consisting of two adults and one child, a little girl, named Elizabeth Belcher, two years and a-half old, in ,the ruins; the two females were taken out alive, but severely mutilated; they were removed to Middlesex Hos pital ; the poor child was taken out a corpse, being crushed in a dreadful manner. In various other parts of the west end of the metropolis chinmeys, sky-lights, and tiles, were blown about the streets, and a nifinber of persons received more or less in juries by these. In St. Margaret's church-yard a corpse was being carried across the church-yard for interment, when a vio lent gust rendered it impossible for the supporters to proceed with their burden, and the coffin fell on the stones, the pall fly ing off to a considerable distance. In the neighbourhood of Keusington, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Walworth, Camberwell, as welt •as Islington, Peutonville, Somer's Town, Clerkenwell, and other parts of the town the effects of the gale were not less severely felt. The effects of the high wind at the west-end of the town were truly tremendous; a stack of chimneys was blown down from the residence of Prince Esterhazy, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, and, falling on the roof of the adjoining house, completely boat it in. Nearly the whole of the coping was swept from the house of Lady Walsh, Upper Harley-street, and fell with a tremendous crash. Nearly 500 cwt. of lead was torn away from the Jerusalem Chambers, a part of Westminster Abbey, and large masses of stone fell from the Abbey itself, and also from St. Margaret's Church. Along the Great Western Road, tiles, bricks, and chimney-pots wore strewed in every direction. and persons walking along the more exposed parts of the road had the greatest difficulty in keeping their feet. At Twickenham, Hounslow, Teddington, Hampton, &c., great damage was also stone. In Kensington-gardens and Hyde-park, nearly thirty large trees were uprooted; among them was a venerable oak, near the Halfway-house, which, though it bad stood the blast of ages, was on Tuesday shivered, to pieces. From the country, the accounts are equally bad. At Brighton, the greatest part of the shops in the town were closed, and business completely suspended. That beautiful structure, the chain pier, has ma terially suffered. There has been a heavy fall of snow at Bath and in that neighbourhood, At Worthiug, Shoreham. Exeter, Southampton, Rochester, Stroud, Ramsgate, Poole, Woolwich, and Hastings, its effects have been seriously felt. At Birming ham, live or six houses, and a shoeing-smith's shop, occupying a frontage td the street of about 100 yards, were swept down level with the ground by an inunense body of water which had escaped by the bursting of the old Birmingham Canal Wharf. Near Miami's, we regret to state, a fatal accident occurred to Mr. Fisher, the postman of the village, who, while engaged in delivering his letters, was unfortunately killed by the fall of a tree, Mr, George Trunks, guard of the Bath mail, gives par tictilars of a dreadful accident of which he heard at hlarle borough : three miles on the London side of Marlborough, near Frucklield, a gentleman, with two ladies, was driving in a phaeton, when, a tree falling, the back of the horse was broken, and the gentleman and the elder of the two ladies killed on the spot ; the other was seriously injured ; this happened in what is called Maidenhead Forest. The Custom-house at Ports mouth, by the uptearing of numerous iron stanchions in its fruntage, lies sustained serious damage. The number of persons brought into the diff eren t h os pit a l s i n the metropolis, who sustained injury during the late gale, is as follows:—St. Bartholomew's, 12; London, 3; Guy's, 1; West minster, 3; North London, I ; Middlesex, 3; total, 33. Of these two have terminated fatally, and three remain in a pre canoes state; but •the remainder arc in, a fair way of perfect recovery.—Metropolitan Conservative Journal. Pouts.—The hurricane of Tuesday morning was severely felt here. Tiles were blown from houses in every part of the town, many chimneys and garden walls were blown down; at Heckford Perm 1.1 trees were levelled to the ground, as were also the extensive sheds belonging to the rope and cable manu factory of Messrs. Major, Seeger, and Co.—Dorset County Chronicle DORCHESTER,--On Tuesday morning this part of the county was visited by one of the most violent gales of wind ever ex perienced. l'or an hour it amounted to almost a hurricane. Accounts have reached us from all quarters of darriage sustained ; chimneys blown down; windows smashed; and trees levelled every where; but happily we have no intelligence of serious peigsnal injury having been inflcted.—lbid. TAUNTON.—This morning (Tuesday) the town was visited by one of the most tremendous hurricanes that has happened for some years. • About 10 o'clock the wind suddenly increased to a hurricane, and in an hour fifty or sixty houses wero in a great measure.stripped of the tiles. and immense damage done to many others. It blew in this manner fur about an hour, and then gradually abated.—le,sl FALMOUTH.—On Monday evening last it blew n heavy gale from S.S.W., which continued all night. On Tuesday morn ing about a quarter-past eight, the wind suddenly shifted to N.W. by W, and this neighbourhood was visited by a hurricane or rather whirlwind, such as was never perhaps before expe rienced in this part of the world. In exposed situations the most substantial houses were violently shaken, and from nearly every house slates were blown away. In the main street a great many panes of glass were broken on the easten side, by the slates blown from the western. Two chimneys were blown down, one at the residence of Captain Britton, in Stratton place, and the:ether at that of Capt. Truscott, R.N., on Bowl ing-green Hillaand in both cases the falling masses went through the roof-, end individuals very narrowly escaped personal in jury. The violence of the gust stopped the town-clock at 20 minutes past eight, thus determining the exact time of its visit. Its effects in the harbour wo have the satisfaction to add were far less disastrou s than might have been expected. Those who witnessed its passage across the water describe the appearance of the sea as truly horrific, the water having been caught up as it were in one inmaense beds , of foam which hid the shipping and the opposite shore front the view. Even Flushing could not be seen across from Green Bank. A small smack about 30 tons, called. the Emma belonging to M r . Will o u g hby, o f Mew den parted h er cables, and was driven on shore near St. Mamas. The Maine., packet, drew her an c hor s , b u t susta i ne d no d amage. The schbouer Alert, ang Yeoman's Gl o ry, w hi c h had i h n er P b e o n w ry si n ni r t i c v a e r r r , i d ed ro a ve fo wav u a l n o the her bows stove in.; both came in contact with the Solace. of Ply mouth, and carried away her yards. The schooner Violet, of a London, iea,h d i r c o h y w e foula lyingn of thei qureos N sye e h s a t n l t u: l l , ia a n n , d bound to t f o nu J n a ci Ja maica, th b e ar e requisite to cut away the Violet's mast, rigging, sails, &c. These are all the casualties we have any account of, and we believe all the rest of the shipping sustained no injurv.—Cornabion. HeesTost, Nov. 29.—This morning our town was visited with a tremendous hurricane, which has done considerable damage. It commenced between seven and eight o'clock and raged with great fury for about two hours. Several of the old houses, having thatched roofs, are very seriously damaged. The slat ing from the houses in every street was blown about like feathers, bet coming with greater violence against the windaeis Of" othet houses caused great destruction, ses e i. are dashed nearly to pieces.—/hid. Peatzsece. Nov. 3R—On Sunday night it blew a heavy gale from S.S.E. to S.W. Several vessels parted their fast -ropes in Penzance pier, but were made fast again without much damage. Ott Tuesday morning, about eigh t o'clock, the wi n d suddenly shifted from S.S.W. to N. W., and blew a hurricane fur a short time ; the roofs of seine houses suffered much; tiles were flying in all directions, so that it was dangerous to pass the street. Two chi m n e y s were blown down inClarence-street , the one of a new uninhabited house belonging to Mr. Robert Stevens, the other, of a house belonging to Mr. Alexander Berryman. In the latter case , th e c hi mn ey fell through the roof on the bed of Mr. B.'s daughters, who were just going to rise, and it was with some difficulty they were extricated un hurt. I fear we shall hear of much damage both by sea and land. The wind is now got back to S.W. and has every appearance of a gale again to-night.—Thid. DiseresssiNu SHIPWRECK.—On Wednesday night last, about ten o'clock, the schooner Samuel, of Bristol, was totally wrecked under St. Alban's Head, and the captain, John Harvey, his son, John Harvey, and John Green, one of the crew, were drowned. The vessel had left Waterford on Mon day morning laden with barley and oats, for Chichester and Portsmouth, and rounded the Land's End with a fine wind :from the N.W. on Tuesday morning. On nearing the Star Point, on Wednesday morning, the wind began to blow very hard, and, before night, increased to a gale, with a thick fog. Time schooner passed Portland, the light being W.N.W., about seven o'clock, and drifted ou towards the rock at St. Alban's. On the vessel striking, the captain j umpe d over b oard w i t h a line, but was dashed had foremost on time rocks. The boy got jammed between the hawser and companion, and was soon drowned, the waves beating right over time vessel. Green was also drowned in attempting to reach th e s h ore, an d three only of the crew were saved. The vessel immediately broke Inquests have been held by J. S. Cope, Esq., coroner of the Isle of Purbeck, and verdicts of " found suffocated and drown ed in the waters of the sea" returned.—Aid. PLymourti, TuEsnAv.—lL has blown very heavy for the last two days, and this ntorning, from eight to ten, it blew a perfect hurricane from W.S.W., chitin which the barque City of Edinburgh, bound to Van Dieman's Land, and the - brig Aurora, for Marseilles, broke their anchors in the Sound, and drove very near the rocks; the termer cut away her masts, but they both ultimately brought up without striking. The Prussian brig Juno got foul of the barque Jane in Catwater, and esrried away her bowsprit; the weather, after ten, mo ders:emi, but new (fair rem.) it appears to tie earning on again, lon , ss s very dirty night. In the !won. a II 11 ti! rnf .. • : !1•.5 • TfIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD CONSERVATIVE. FESTIVAL AT BRADFORD. (From the Leeds hotelligencer.) DINNER TO JOIIN HARDY, ESQ., M.P. The public dinner by the conservative electors of Bradford to their esteemed representative, John Hardy, Esq., took place on Friday evening, iu the large room of the Exchange-build ings, in that town. The proceedings were marked by that cordiality and enthu siasm which so pre-eminently distinguish the conservative cele brations from the Whig-radical gatherings, and its effects will be felt at the next election, come when it may. A very excellent and elegant repast was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Hey, of the White Lion, under whose spirited arrange ments the whole was got up. During the afternoon the room was thrown open to the public, and was visited by hundreds of all ranks, and was admired for the taste displayed in the arrangements of the tables and the beauty of the ornaments around. Three rows of tables were placed along the whole length of the room, at the top of which was an elevated cross table for the chairman and the principal guests. The room was very tastefully decorated with evergreens and blue and white flags. On a blue and white screen, immediately in front of the orchestra, and behind the presidental chair, was emblazoned in silver in the midst ofa scroll the !eters " W.R." and the figures " 413," and " 611," the former ieferring to the number of plumpers given to Mr. Hardy, and the latter.to the number of votes which placed him at the head of the poll. Above the chairman, and projecting over the cross table, was an elegant blue and white entablature, ornamented with a silver border, and inscribed in letters of silver, " King, Lords, and Commons." On a white flag, suspended on the right of the chairman, was inscribed in blue letters—" May the constitution of our country be our general toast ;" and on a smaller fla g on the left of the chai rman was th e folowing inscription :—" May no ono wish for more liberty , than constitutes happiness, nor more freedom than constitutes the public good." At the lower end of the room was an elegant blue flag inscribed in silver let. ters—" Pro lege, g,rege, et foci'." The pillars on each side of the room at the head of the table were entwined with wreaths of evergreens dnd artificial flowers, as were also the three chande tiers. The windows of the room were overhung with festoons, of blue damask. The arrangements of the table n ere excellent; the plates being all marked on the back with the names of the persons for whom they were intended, and this effeetuall% pre. vented confusion on the entrance into the room. Equi-distant front each other, and about throe yards apart, were the places reserved for gentlemen acting as stewards, and these wore de noted by white wands, at the top of each of which was a neat blue rosette. Matthew Thompson, Esq., presided with his accustomed ability. On his right sat John Hardy, Esq., M.P., the guest of the evening, Joshua Pollard, Esq., the Rev. Samuel Slack, A.M4 Christopher Holdsworth Dawson, Esq., William Bus feild, Esq., of Milner Field t' Alfred Harris, Esq. P Joseph Greenwood, of Spring H ea d, E sq ., & c . , & c. O n the chairman's left were John Garnett Hetstall, Esq., (the returning officer of the borough,) Henry Wickham Ilird, Esq. the 'Rev. Tho mas Newbery, A.M., Wm. M ac t ur k , Esq., M.D.,; Richard Fawcett, &e., &c. The Vice-presidents were George Pollard, Esq., William Horsfall, Esq., William Walker, Esq., and John Outhwuite, Es/., M.D. '1 he following gentlemen officiated as stewards :—Mr. B. B. Popplewell, Mr. C. Ackroyd, Mr. J. L. Lee, Mr. A. G. Ross, Mr Edward Milnes, Mr. John Pratt, Mr. Richard Newby, Mr. Joseph Pullen, Mr. I. H. Busfeild, Mr. John Cole, Mr. William Wood, Mr. W. H. Nicholson, Mr. G.'l'. Lister. Mr. .Joseph Morris, Mr. John Amlerton, Mr. John Lee, Mr. Walker ltawsthorne, and Mr. Thomas Scott. John Bower, Esq., performed the duties of toast-master with tact and ability. The Bradford brass band were stationed in the gallery over the entrance doors. The Huddersfield singers were in the or chestra. Mr. Simpson presided at the piano -forte. About 270 tickets were issued, and very nearly that number sat down to table. Dinner was served at half-past five. When Mr. Hardy en tered the room, accompanied by the chairman, all the company rose and loudly greeted hint, the band playing " See the con quering Here comes." The Rev. Samuel Slack officiated as chaplain. The cloth having been withdrawn, about seven o'clock, " Non noble Domino" was sung hr the glee singers, Messrs. Broadley, Milnes, Mercer, and Wilkinson, in good style, all the company standing. The Chairman gave " The King"—four times four. • Song—" God save the King"—all the company standing. The stanza, " Confound their politics, frustrate their knavish tricks"—was loudly applauded. " The Queen"—four times four, one cheer more, and loud applause, all standing. Song—" Rule Britannia." " The Princess Victoria and the rest of the Royal Family"— three times three. Glee—" Hail Star of Brunswick." " Church and State"—four times four and loud cheers. One cheer more was afterwards called for, and heartily accorded, all the company rising again. Song—" The Ancient Barons of England," by Mr. Broad ley (encored.) " The Navy and Army"—three times three and one cheer more. Song—" The flag that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze."—Mr. Broadley. The Chairman_then gave a The health of John Hard Esq., our worthy Representative." The toast was drank with nine times nine, and one cheer more, attended by loud and hearty plaudits. Mr. Hardy rose amidst the most enthusiastic cheering. When it had subsided, he said—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, if upon former occasions I have been overcome by . those emotions which the welcome reception th a t von have given to me on those occasions were but too much 'calculated to excite; if I was so welcomed at two tables of guests consisting of the constituency of this town and their friends in the year 1831 ; if in 1835 that number of lables were increased to three, and I received the same welcome; what must be my feelings when I see as-many gentlemen as can be crammed into this spacious room, welcom ing me in the same manner ? (Loud cheers.) As the load of obligation increases, of course with the number of those favours which you confer, and the impossibility of making a .due ac knowledgement increases with that difficulty, I am happy to see now convincing proofs that my parliamentary conduct dur ing the four sessions that I have sat in parliament has m e t w ith the approbation of th ose w h o sent ins there: (Cheers.) Gentle men, it was not in pursuit of your approbation that I went there; it was to discharge nay duty conscientiously to my country; not with a view of running alter that approbation, but in hopes that it might follow me. (Hear and cheers.) It has done so, iam happy to say, and the cheers which you have now given me will be like music to spur me on in that career. (Cheers.) (The hon. gentleman then entered upon an elaborate review of the proceedings of the House of Commons in reference to the Carlow Election affair, which, we regret our limits will not per mit us to insert. We give the conclusion of his speech.) lam satisfied that the approaching conflict, from every thing that pertains, will be a conflict of religious principle; and it will be the duty of all to support our religion. If you wish to have good masters or good servants, good husbands, or good wives, good parents, or good children, send them to their Bible, and let them learn their duty there. (Loud Cheers.) Don't tell us that religion has nothing to do with politics. He was sorry to see the present 'attempt to overthrow the Established Church; but it would fail. The prime movers wanted to introduce or ganic change into the Constitution. They wished to have an elective instead of an hereditary House of Peers. And why shonld we expect anarchists and revolutionists to let the matter drop. He had had his attention called to a neighbouring paper in which was a defence of the house of Lords, and the writer invited the prime movers of the movement to lay aside their intention at present. But wh y at present? If they were not to go on with it, why go on at all. It was disgraceful that they should. The editor argued the matter in a syllogistic form. He said " The Reformers do not, and obviously cannot agree on the question of Peei age reform; a division among Reformers would Inevitably bring the Tories into power." If that be true, the syllo. gism may be stated thus "To press peerage reform is to press re. volution;" (Loud sheets) I hope, therefore, in conclusion, that those who are friendly to the constitution of their country, that those who know that no person in this coutry can be molested whilst slitting tinder his own vine and his own fig-tree, will re member the admission of the hon. editor himself, in his article of the 17th Sept. He says that the question of Peerage reformlsa question urged by no necessity, as all the riohts of the people and all their reformed institutions are safe. Why are we to have a gentleman coming from Ireland to meddle with the constitution of England, Let us not submit to it.' Young men of England, I hope you have the feelings of those Ofsour ancestors who trans. milted our constitution from by-gone times, and that that asser tion which was made upon the field of Runnymede by the bold barons of ,lii`egland finds an echo and response in your hearts and that you will all swear that the constitution of England shall not be changed. (Lieid and enthiniastic cheering, the company simultaneously rising from their seats.) Mr. Hardy proceeded, —Gentlemen, I beg leave to apOlogise—(cries of " No, no") and shall now conclude with proposing those who have enabled me to represent you in a humble and yet a satisfactory manner in the Commons' House of Parliament. (Cheers.) I mean the 611 independent electors who placed me at the head of the poll, 413 of them plueopers; and I know there were nearly a hundred more unable to come to the poll, in consequence of Mr. Hadfield retiring three hours before the time that he said he would keep the poll open. These nobly supported me, and I hope that tu supporting me they supported your cause. They are still behind me, and I hope they will ever be ready to push me to duty, (All the company rose and cheered for some time.) " The 611 independent electors who placed Mr. Haedy at the head of the poll, and those staunch friends who were prevented front doing so by the early close of the poll"—four times four. Song—" Hardy and Independence," by Mr. Parrett. Several other gentlemen subse - quently addressed Mein — feline in speeches characterised by the most fervid eloquence. The company separated, after keeping up the harmony and con viviality of the evening to a late hour. STATE OF TRADE. 1 , 11 A in 0 p I, (Fear s. sl._ f i ke h e I d L ee d s or I oe._..The d ema t fl ci i 7 0 1: il l y y e o n , i e l e h r ,l . l ) good; is at pre ; sent much the same as at the date of our last r e p ort. Th oug h the trade is considered flat, we believe there is more business doing lust now than, with the exception of last year, there has been done at correspoutlino periods fur many preceding years. i to d op overe,,rbast observe s vr t ev o se e k mt i the tibih,;e:lm,e. firmness market, have begun to work their mills shorter somei of said ti) trter t.me. but generally speak ing.r be thewell ~eo, on ip t c h ,:i e yae.et. manufacturers t it: i .- issfl'i.):ltioatcsuihrlif'Ye : a .'"g c . tured goods, and thereby to prevle'nt'P the unsettled state of the mta ytmarket, a circuits hich has mainly tended to keel' this demand for anY undue depres sion. Market, on Thursday, was rather dull, but notmuch more so than is usual at this season of this year Th ~ i n/111d for yarn was but limitss,i, yet prices remain firm. In the wool market there was rather more business done than l ' i n fact, lower in proporttiianklenth:lsacteh,eexcreipcet last week, at former prices. II it.cmit oN Dwik E.—The blanket-hall continues tobebut tbinl attended by the merchants from Leeds, Wakefield Scc.; this Y than they price a h n a d vi t7i g at but slightly. The ofke keeps s ol P jrtiicsrt prices fi d e o s. wn ll ' la f i i . k ets are at a less price this time last year. KEIt;HLEY.---The trade in this town and neighbourhood is are in full employ r 2 s .— last T hweelki little e s u d improve moot and still ,ii,lf) otit.) aect,.)tirt cumbers bg e .: rs s No o ns(ii r x e a i i l reduction et:e( quarteri nratAici,iteoawr-viaeegsress good wages. men t we repot ft-pporte , and the scarcity of this article, and the low price of Hogs in WAKE' , • have occasioned consuinera to turn their attention proportion, lEL . II -i l d V in7ic ' e l' v l a a lt n ie g o g f T W i e ) t n l e te to low and strong Hogs ( which had previously been th e d u ll est article of sale) as a substitute; and a good deal has been done in them. Although the middle and better sorts of Hogs are held more firmly, they do not improve in value. We have had rather more inquiry fOr short wool at former rates. • ROCHDALE FLANNEL Mir:KM% Nov. 28.—There has been another bad market to-d.i :--though rri re flannels have been • sold this week arm !ast• y.t the pt.tees have been lower. Wool h. , 1,.. , .0 pr- .., -,-, • H ' , " ( I '+' '' ' - ''' '-- . '-,, , o• ~!,, ` CONSERVATIVE MEETINGS DINNER TO SIR GEORGE CLEitx.---On Thursday week a Entitle dinner was given to Sir George Clerk, NI.P. fur the county of Edinburgh, in the White Hart Inn, Dalkeith, the assembly-room of which was crowded to excess, upwards of t!00 gsrlemen, chiefly landholders and tenants of toe county. being crammed into it, although room was made to squeeze in a num ber of voters from Edinburgh and Leith, &c. Mr. Burn Cal !ander, of Prestonhall, was in the chair, supported on the right and left by Sir George Cleik, Lord Ramsay, Sir Wm. Rae, Sir John Hope, Mr. Pringle, of Win/bank, M.P. for Selkirkshire, Mr. Borthwick, of Crookston, Mr. Tytler, of Woodhouselee, Colonel Spells, Mr. Trotter, yr. of Dreghorn, Mr. Anderson, of Moredun, Mr. Neaves, advocate, Mr. Horne, W.S., Professor Moir, &c., &e. Mr. Coldwell, of Shahs Mill, acted as croupier. CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT DoWNEND.—On Monday week about fifty of ehe most respectable inhabitants of Downend and its neighbourhood, in the conservative interest, dined together at the Horse-shoe Inn. Captain Shute was in the chair, and Icy his urbanity contributed greatly to the hilarity of the occa sion.—Bristul Journal. CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—At Preston a meeting of the operative conservative association was held last week at their news-room. A report was read, stating, among other things, that the number of members amounts to 410; and that by their combined exertions at the late registration they had laid the foundation of future victories.—Blackburn Standard. BUCKS CONSERVATIVF: MEETING.-Our county conservative meeting is fired for Friday, Dec. 9. The chairman, patrons, and stewards comprise a very great majority of the rank, wealth, importance, and intelligence of the county, and give proof irrefragable that Buckinghamshire is, from end to end, eminent ly conservative.—Bucks Herald. ASHBY CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—The members of this patriotic and loyal society assembled on Saturday week, at the Royal Hotel, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Sir George Beaumont, Batt, of Coleorton-hall, presided over a very numerous and highly-influential company, including John Moore, Esq., W. W. Abney, Esq., V. Green, Esq., the Rev. Dr. Evans, and the principal gentry of the neighbourhood. The business of the day was transacted amidst the most cheering demonstrations of constitutional principles; and it was resolved that the anniver sary dinner should take place at the Ivanhoe Assembly-romps, On Tuesday, December 20; on which occasion Lord Charles Manners. M.P. for North Leicestershire, Sir G. Crewe, Bart., and Sir R. Griesley, Batt, (members for South Derlsyshire,) and other noblemen and gentlemen will attend. Indeed, the friends of the conservative interest may safely calculate on a most gratifying and important meeting. CONSERVATISM IN WEST SOMERSETSHIRE.—OE Thursday, the conservatives of the western division of the county of Seiner ' set diger! together in the b a ll- room , G eorge H ote l , Ili n i nster. CoveTs were laid for 250; the demand for tickets greatly ex ceeding every available means of accommodation, it was ionnd necessary to throw open the county justices' hall immediately contiguous to the ball-room, where upwards of 120 persons dined. The utmost cordiality and enthusiasm pervaded the whole proceedings; and, as a proof of the rapidly and widely extending prevalence of conservative principles, it may be mentioned that the table whero we sat (one of the largest) was entirely occupied by good substantial yeomen-registered voters, who, since the last election, have abjured the tenets and left the ranks of whig-radicalism. Mr. J. M. Quantock, in the chair, was supported on the right by Sir Alexander Wood, and by Mr. Bickhana Escot on the left. The following gentlemen officiated as vice-presidents:—Messrs. W. Hoskins, Sealy Bridge, Richards, and Loveridge. The following, among other clergymen, were present :—The Hon. and Rev. W. 'f. Law, Rev. W. B. Whitehead, Rev. J. Upton, Rev. H. Speak, Rev. H. Hoskins, Rev. R. Cox, Rev. R. Beadon, Rev. W. Price, Rev. Nicholas 'Watts, Rev. H. Ilelyar. POLITICAL MOVEMENTS. Et.scrtors ON DiT.—Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, it is stated, is likely to be open to a new representative in Parlia ment, in consequence of the Hon. C. Grey being appointed to an official situation abroad. The names of three candidates for the vacant seat are spoken of,—viz., the Earl of Shelburne, (son of the Marquess of Lansdowne;) George Henry Dash wood, Esq., of West-Wycombe Park, late M.P., for Bucks; and Mr. Alderman Venables. We do not know what founda tion there is fur this report.—Morning Port. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—Rumours of the approach of this event continue so current that, though they may even tually prove false, it is desirable so far to treat them as correct, as to be prepared for a dissolution in the spring. The Plymouth Herald, (a paper which very probably has had an official hint,) says,—" We have it from authority on which we can place re liance that the Parliament will be dissolved in March next." THB DINNER TO SIR ROBN.RT PEEL.—We have to men tion, that the Trades' House have agreed to place at the dis posal of the committee of management the magnificent gaselier of the Trades' Hall, together with the Convenor's chair, to be used at the forthcoming festival. This handsome proposal was agreed to at a meeting of the house on Tuesday last, by a ma jority of 31 to a pitiful minority of 10.—Glasgow Courier. E REVISION.—The Salopian Journal states that the regis ter for the northern division of Shropshire will contain at least 150 Conservative voters more than the preceding year.—ln Os westry, it adds, 90 new Conservative claims were established. The Leicester Journal says that the register for the southern di vision of that county shows a majority in favour of Conservatives of 155. The Northampton Heald stake the resultof the revision of the northern division of Northamptonshire to be in favour of the Conservatives by 22. THE COMING ELECTION.—The York Conservatives talk of bringing forward the Marquis of Douro, the Duke of Welling ton's son, in connection with Mr. Lowther. It is rumoured that Lord John Russell will be-invited to offer himself for Leeds, in case of a general election. THE CHURCH. NEM CHURCH AT HABERGHAU EAVES.—On the 10th inst., the Lord Bishop of Chester, consecrated the new church at this place, which has recently been erected. The township, which is in the chapelry of BUrnley, contains a population of 7,000 inhabitants, and until this church was built it had no place of worship connected with the • establishment. The church contains seats for 1,080 persons, one-half of which are free for the poor. The Rev. 'l'. G. James, 8.8. has been ap pointed curate.—Manchester Courier. The handsome Now Church at Tredegar was consecrated on the 11th instant. The edifice was crowded in every part. The Bishop of the diocese preached in the morning, and the Rev. Chancellor delivered a sermon in Welsh in the afternoon.— Bristol Journal. BRIGHTON CHURCH RATE3.—Final close of the poll on Tuesday, at Three o'clock :—For the rate, 704 persons. giving 1,702 votes; against the rate,994 persons, giving 1,359 votes. Majority of votes for the rate, 313 ; majority of persons against it, 293. PRESrNTATiON OF PLATE. TO THE REV. ISAAC CLARKSON. —On Monday week a handsome presentation of plate was made by the parishioners of Wednesbury, to their vicar, the llev. Isaac Clarkson, and on the salver a memorial was inscribed, of which the following is a copy :—" Presented by the parishion ers of Wednesbury to the Rev. Isaac Clarkson, Vicar, the fol lowing pieces of Silver Plate; consisting of this salver, a coffee pot, tea pot, sugar basin, and cream ewer, together with twelve silver table forks, twelve dessert forks, eighteen -tea spoons, six salt spoons, and four sauce ladles, as a small testimony of their regard and esteem for his zealous and unwearied discharge of his ministerial duties during the period of fifteen years.—No vember 7, 1811."—Leeds Intelliyencer. Trts NEW CHURCH AT LnEns.—The excavators for the New Church about to be erected at Mount Pleasant, in Leeds, have already commenced, and are expected to he so far advanced as to admit of the first stone being laid on Friday, the 16th inst., on which day the Bishop of Ripon will re-open Christ Church, Meadow•-lane.—lbid. The Bishop of Ripon has appointed the Rev. Charles Dndg. son, Al .A., formerly student's tutor of Christ Church, Oxford, now Vicar of Dareshury, to be his lordship's examining ehap lain. His lordship will hold his first ordination on the 15th of January.—/bid. Mr. Byng►'s splendid donation of £2,000 to the Metropolitan Churches Fund ought not to pass unnoticed, and especially furnishing, as it (hoes, so wide a contrast to the total absence of whig liberality in so many other quarters.—lbid. NEW PLAY BY MR. SHERIDAN KNOWLES. On Tuesday evening, Mr. Sheridan Knowles's play of the Wrecker's Daughter, was performed at Drury-lane theatre, to a full though not a crowded house. The piece was received throughout with the most enthusiastic applause, and the novel character of the whole composition bids fair to insure it a po pularity of long duration. The following is a sketch of the plot:—Robert (Knowles,) is a wrecker on the coast of Corn wall, but who, through the softening influence of an amiable wife, has been, in some measure reclaimed from his odious pur suit, though at times his old propensities break out afresh. His daughter, Marian, (Miss Huddart,) seeks to exercise over her father the same influence as her deceased mother, but with less success. The first act shows us an approaching storm, and the preparations of the wreckers to avail themselves of the spoils of a vessel, the inevitable destruction of which their experience in these matters enables them to foresee. Norris (Mr. Wade,) or Black Norris, as he is nicknamed by his colleagues, having conceived a design on the daughter of Robert, lays a plan to drive him away from the country, that the girl may fall a de fenceless prey to his machinations. He points out to the old , man a body just washed un shore, and persuades bin to rifle it, sending, meanwhile, one of his emissaries to assemble the other wreckers and spread a report that Robert has committed vio lence- upon the shiiie reeked man. Robert, in the act of rifling the body, is found by his daughter, who, with some difficulty, persuades him to return home. lle promises to do so, and bids her go on before while he collects his tools. Marian lingers on an overhanging rock in expectation of her father's following her, when Norris enters, and finding Robert's knife, plunges it into the body, to confirm the suspicion of Robert's cr i me . Whil e in the act, a flash of lightning illuminates the stage and Ma rian, believing she sees her father commit a murder, swoons away upon the rock. Robert enters immediately afterwards, and being found near the body, with his knife still in the breast of the dead man, he is carried before a justice, where, upon the direct evidence of his own child, he is committed for the mur der. A highly wrought scene takes place between Norris and one of his confederates, Wolf, (Mr. Diddear,) in the course of which, it appears that the body washed on shore, was that of Norris's own father, who had lived for some time after the mor tal wound had been inflicted on him by the hand of his own so n. The fourth act shows us Marian at the gate of her father's prison vainly striving to obtain admission. Norris enters and confirms him of the death of her lover, Edward, (Mr. Cooper,) and promises that if she will now mart.)• him (Norris,) he will s ave her father's life, an d prove him innocent. Sho agrees, with evident repugn ance, t o t h e sacrifice. The fifth act, 'whic.l; is decidedly inferior to the preceding ones, presents us a forced and highly improbable denouement. At the opening, we find Norris and Marian pr epar i ng for their nuptials, about a month having elapsed between the two acts. Just before the departure of the bridal party for the church, Edward,supposed to have been drowned, re t urns unex pectedly, ad an agonizing scene ensues. The last scene is in the church-yard, where the clergy man, the fathe r , an d the lover, vainly join in entreating Norris to release the ma id en from her' entreating promise. On his refusal they are about to enter the Church, when Wolf, whom Norris had sent out of the country, suddenly appears. He bad been im pelled by the agonies of remorse to return, and now reveals the crime of Norris, who now rushes furiously on him and stabs him to the heart. The convicted murderer is then dragged away, and the clergyman unites the hands of the two lovers. Such is a hasty sketch of the story. Like most of Knowles's pieces, it is full of beautiful poetry. The interest throughout the first four acts is intense; but, in the fifth, the startling im probability of the incidents greatly tends to weaken the effect of the earlier parts of the phy. The acting was excellent. Miss Hoddart's performance of Marian justifies the high opi. nine we had previeusly conceised of her talents. Knowles and Warde also dhl full justice to the piece. There was alsd aa a (he success of tine whole piece . . sa st the same time that it bids non's treasory.--Ear- p ; :•y, LIVER THEATRE GREAT SUCCESS' OP THE MAGICIAN. EACH REPRESENTATION HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH A CROWDED AND DELIGHTED AUDIENCE. FIVE BRILLIANT HIBITIONS THIS WEEK! THIS EVENING, (T ues d ay ,) t h e 6 t h , To-morrow, the ViN. . 7th, Thursday. the Bth. and Friday, the 9th Dec. instant. The MAGIC FEAST of this Week will he of the first order, illustrated with extraordinary SCENES of VENTRILOQUISM. Among the experiments are—Mephistophiles, thinottle Imp; the Casket of Tronbias, or Who's in Love? t,),tiltis Postmaster; the Shower of Sweets, Fairy T i ib u t e • nchanted Fruit ; Magic Flight; Incompatibles; and Ceron's Refectory; the Enchanted Watches, &c. Each Representation which Mr. SUTTON will have the honour of offering to the public will be diversified by a great msny Novelties. Doors open at Seven o'clock, Curtain rises at half-past Seven precisely. Boxes2s., Pit ls., Gallery 6d; no Half-price. Children, accompanied by th/ir Parents or Guardians, ad. miffed to the Boxes at Half-price. Tickets and places to be had of Mr. T. Fogg, at the Theatre, from Eleven to Three. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. For the BENEFIT' of Mr. W. HOWARD. (IN FRIDAY EVENING nex t, th e 9 t h o f D ecem b er, w i 1./ be acted the favourite Comedy of THE SCHOOL O N REFORM. Robert Tyke. .. Mr. Hammond, Who has kindly offered his assistance on this occasion. Mr. Ferment Mr. W. Howard.' Lord Avondale Mrs. Ferment. Miss Faucit. Mrs. St. Clair Mrs. Stanley. After which, the Melo Drama called ROBERT MACAIRE. To conclude with CHRONONOTONTHOLOGOS. Tickets to be had of Mr. \V. HOWARD, 7.1, Brownlow-hil and of Mr. PARKKII, at the Box-office. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. ANDREWS. TI - lIS present TUESDAY EVENING , th e G t h i nstant, will be performed the Comedy of THE PROVOKED HUSBAND. Lord Townly Mr. Stuart. Sir Francis Wronghead..Mr. Andrews. Count Basset..Mr.W. Howard. 1 Squire Richard.. Mr. Baker. Lady Townly..Miss Faucit 1 Lady Gracte..Mrs. Baker. Lady Wronghead..Mrs. Clarke. 1 Miss Jenny Miss Chaplin. Myrtilla ... Miss Stanley. After the Play the Song o f "Th e Old English Gentleman," by Mr. Andrews; and by permission of H. Phillips, Esq., the Duet of " Old Acquaintance," by Messrs. G. Horncastie and Andrews. Grand Pas de Deux, by Mr. J. Ridgway and' Madllo. Marie. "Trifler Forbear," by Mrs. W. H. Bland. To conclude with, for the third time these six years, the splendid Eastern Drama of ALADDIN. Aladdin Miss Chaplin. Abenazack....Mr. W. Howard. I Kazrac Mr. J, Ridgway. First Citizen Mr. Baker. Second Citizen.. Mr. G. lionicastie I Third Dio..Mr Andrews. filustapha....( Aladdin's Motinr)....Mrs. Clarke. Genii of the Ring....Misi Webster. TO-MORP.OW, (Wednesday,) for the BENEFIT of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. BLAND, the Opera of HENRI QUATRE. Henri Quatre, Mr. Stuart; Frederick, Mr. W. H. Bland; Eu gene, Mr. W. Howard; Jocrisse, Mr. Baker; Gervaise, Mr. G. Horncastle; Florence, Miss Stanley; Clotilde, Mrs. Baker; Louison, Mrs. W. H. Bland.—Classical Specimens of Ancient Statues by Mr. J. Ridgway.—To conclude with THE SLAVE. frbt ILiberpool *tantiarb. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1836 Whenever we have walked through a gallery of fine pictures, where beauty after beauty has presented itself to the eye, we have found the powers of language fail to express the agreeable emotions and intense pleasure created by them. Something of this feeling has possessed us during the present recess of Parliament. We have been called to observe demonstration after demonstration of sound constitutional principles, delivered at Conser vative dinners, till we are perplexed how to vary the tone of admiration, or, in terms sufficiently strong, to felici tate our fellow -countrymen on these most auspicious events. Nature, that has given us hearts to feel the sa tisfaction, has denied us a vocabulary co-extensive to im part it. There are, however, some points so prominent, and some consequences so important, in several of those late festivities, that we feel irresistibly impelled to draw the public attention once more to the subject. The first of these which we intend to notice, is a con servative dinner given by the "nobility, gentry, and yeomanry of West Norfolk, in the Town-hall of Lynn, to Mr. William Bagge and Mr. W. L. Chute, who have announced their determination to stand candidates, next vacancy, for the representation, on the conservative in terest, of this division of the county." The assemblage on that occasion was distinguished, in a pre-eminent de gree, by a union of title, talent, character, and waalth, equal to any one of its predecessors in the kingdom. But it is not upon this topic we purpose, at present, to descant. Such displays have graced ever' county in the kingdom. It is to mark the changed political character of that division of the country, that we invite our read ers. West Norfolk was once, and lately, one of the strongest holds of radicalism—the very hotbed of re form—the never-ceasing mill of discontent, in which were ground down the reff and bran of faction, to glut the voracious appetites of all the unquiet in the land— the political Etna and Strombole of England, which were for ever belching forth the fiery mischief of sedition. There the post groaned under the burden of, miscalled, petitions to parliament, breathing the language of inti midation. But, happily, the refreshing breeze of Con servative truth has purged the infected air of Radicalism ; and, as low as West Norfolk had sunk in degradation, so high has she now exalted herself in honour. May her example be everywhere imitated ! Mr. Bagge, one of the intended candidates for the next Parliament, said, in language to which every true British heart must respond, "They were called upon to give justice to Ireland; lie would not withhold it from her, but at the same time he would preserve it sacredly for every Protestant in Ire land, who desired, and deserved it. In standing up for the rights of the clergy, he was adopting the best course for securing his own ; for if he allowed the property of the clergy, and the tithe was their property as much as he could call any thing he possessed his own,—if he al lowed #1,3 property of the clergy to be invaded with -im punity, **ll, what consistency' eould he complain when his own should ,611 attacked Q • He would commence jus. tice to Ireland, by giving the starving millions the ad vantage of poor laws. Why did O'Connell oppose them ? Because be yips)' very well, if ()nee established, he could no longer agitate with Wed." Stlch were the sentiments of the future candidate of " West Norfolk." We send him our best wishes for that, of which there is no reason able doubt, his complete victory on the approaching struggle. We accidentally learn, that Lord John Russell had, just before the above meeting 8t Lynn, visited Mr. Coke, of Holkham, now in his dotage ; not burning out the last days of the oil of life with a pure, tranquil flame, but fuming and flickering in the socket. We deeply regret this, for, as a private gentleman, his life has been marked by _courteousness and benevolence—as an agriculturist, zeal and liberality—hut tea ii — s - toesman, by imbecility of mind and petulancy of conduct—"requiescat in pace." Whether alarmed at the threatening storm, or afraid lest the thunder of ungracious truth should disturb his repose if he remained in the county, Lord John quitted his re treat, very opportunely, just in time to escape the mur murs of reproach that might have intruded within the pale, even of the retired domain of Holkham. We really wonder,' that a man sprung from the house of Russell, which owes so much to the hand of spoliation, should persecute himself with measures and alliances every one of which, we might think, would serve to bring to his remembrance the origin of his paternal in heritance, and make him tremble at the very thought of organic changes ; changes which, however they might carry back the riches of his family into channels from which they were diverted, cannot, by possibility, add to the breadth or depth of the present stream. But this per sonal recklessness of self has long ceased to create sur- prise. We everywhere see men, that are their own ene- mies, industriously devoted to effect their own destruc tion ; from the dram-drinker, who ruins his health, to the politically intemperate lord who endangers his coro net. Happy would it have been for him, and well for the country, when he set his foot upon the soil of Norfolk, if he had recovered his right reason, and had found moral courage enough, like some of the Radicals of the west ern division, to renounce " the error of his ways," and to have stood forward a champion of those institutions with • which must stand or fall his political inheritance, and all the honours of his house. It is somewhere about fifteen years ago since we h ear d Mr. Coke, exultingly, make mention of Lord John Rus sell's entrance into the arena of reform. He has exhi bited himself, all that t i me , as a public gladiator, con tending fur the empty acciamations of crcwds of " the 1 536. baser sort," without a c hi e vi ng one victors', oravi oae d'ae it laurel to his cliap!pt, that will he recorded with h onnur :_ the page of hi s t or y, or grace hi s pi c t ure in the nalieai3 fins' gallery of statesmen. Contrast this life of useless' -- 01 chievous agitati on , w ith the upright, straigh tf o r course of Lord Wodehou s e an d his family. In all e them we,behold unsulli e d di gn ity, lik e the polishe d 11 ; e ror, which th e b rea th o f ca l umny canno t tarnist - „ . ever ready supp or t ers o f a governmen t, that, essential)!' loves and cherishes liberty—of a church holy and or : r trdic in its ordi nances an d d octr i nes — w h o are g uided their legi s l a ti ve d ut i es by an indiscriminate care I.`)r rich and poor—such men were the props of the late consen eji Live dinn er i n \t est N or f o lk ; and we are no t surr is . o , though mu c h grat ifi e d , to fi n d so many ot h er s of a 1,4.1 dred spirit com i ng f orwards from the ranks o f radicalism s h 0 to stand as pill ars o f our g l or i ous const i tut i on . It is presage of b e tt er sent i ments and happ i er d a ys in °or ix land. But we forbear to iterate the opinions we Katie.d, often repeated in fav our o f th e generous an d right -I ' l ' P ed views of th e C onservat i ves of E ng l an d. We liao . 00 another theme th a t, lik e t h e l ast, c lai ms t h e best attentibe of the friends and enem i es of good governm ent. A t t great Conservative dinner for the "combined countler of Ross and Cromarty" we are presented with tw o c ' ti ' be instances of change of p o liti ca l sent i men t worthy to be recorded; not in men of no i n fl uence, b u t in two characters, one of whom, Mr. Horatio Ross, late 16 for Aberdeen, made the manly avowal, " that allit °dg as a whig and a keenreformer, h e h a d, in his pla ce ia Parliament, supported th e re f orm bill in -all it s stage' be 0 has felt himself c om p e ll e d t o w i t hd raw hi me ell ministry DEPENDING FOR EXISTENCE ON A COALIT I ; WITH A PAPIST AND ANTI - NATIONAL FACTI ON" ; o f other, "Mr. R o b er t son , o f Ki n d eace , a gen tletun° considerable talent and property in this county, and t it ; at the last ele c ti on , su pp orte d t h e present whig'radg member." He t oo , qu itti ng th e const i tut i on -d e stroY" „. ° o ranks of radicali sm , s t an d s f orwar d to protect t h e " W e % of Lords" f r o m th e assau l t m e di t a te d aga i nst it. Tiies- two noble-minded men, the late supporters of reti who had yoked themselves to the car in which my Melbourne, and Lord John Russell, and Mr. O'Con ne rode triumphant, like triple-faced Hecate—have unb ar• nessed themselves from their work of drudgery-- find, that the ponderous machine of state, directed by the unprincipled band of papacy, like that which bearrs the idol of Juggernaut, is drawn, by a factious nil' tude, over th e nec k o f p ros t rate E ng l an d , crus hing s ' berty, endangering properly, and placing personal so! ty in jeopardy. We exult not at the accession of two, or two thousa nd votes to our cause. We count not numbers—it i 5 the indication, the evidence, afforded 'bv these changes, i° distant and independent sections of our countrY — Scotland as well as in E ng l an d— o f a crumbling, a tot tering, a decaying faction, th a t ca ll s f ort h our ernolati °ll t• ex pede Herculem—these f oo t s t e p s declare, with stae len demonstration, the direction of political power. W e g a titer from such instances the just conc l us i on , th a t there a r e multitudes ready to avow them se l ves o f t h e sa me ,ean; merits—many more vacillating " between two o pininn g ' d who will shortly acknowledge their political heresy, a n confess, with honest trnth, "in ignorance" they e nl braced'it ; and, would the same apology could be ext eri , - , deg further, and we could say, " as also did their ruler s ' If these decisive signs —for there is no ambiguity he re —serve to add encouragement to the hopes of the Pe ace ; makers of England, what app re h ens i ons must th e y ere at in the minds of those who only meditate war ?—who ar e r by virtue of powers vested in them by the reform b" and other bills of the same monogeneous character, o°- verting our towns into seats of discord—affixing to evert office, whether honourable or servile, the infamous ba d g e of political slave r y— conver ti ng our protestan t schO' i s into seminaries of infidelity—and stretching out th e hand to greet Papal power to our shores. Should thes e , facts in any degree regener a t e our present M un iciPa t Corporation, or introduce into Liverpool a congenial sP i ; rit, which, we think, they cannot f a il t o d o , we s h a ll fee' abundantly recompensed for calling publ.ic attention to them ; but, whether local misrule be checked or not, of this we feel quite certain, that wheneveiParliarnent assemble, the advocates of Conservatism will buckle 00 their defensive armour with double vigour, and present so firm a front to the ranks of RadicalisM, that the latter will make their advances with more caution and less bold" ness than they displayed immediately after the first tri umphs of reform. The voice, the declared voice of th e country is with them. The enemies of our Established Church, who are th e enemies of truth and justice, have been industriously ti t work, endeavouring to confound together-TWO seve r3l acts, of two members of our hierarchy, which arc ma n ' . festly distinct in motive, principle, and consequenc e ' The Bisap of Exeter, who is not only conscientious l y' but imperatively charged to watch over the canons 0.14 he church, in the fulfilment of that non-discretionary du t y' has been compelled to accept the resignation of the Re v , i M. Malkin, i n consequence of an i llegal and self-assu red authority, to omit, on certain occasions, the reading of the "Litany," as appointed by those canons. Is this 00 exercise of tyrannical, oppressive, or fanatical po wer ? Is it the arbitrary dictum of a lordly superior, capriciou sl Y humbling, or needlessly fettering a subordinate minister in the discharge of his legitimate duties ?—the farthe r from it possible. It would have been a highly culpabl e dereliction Of episcopal duty had the Bishop of Exeter neglected to interfere, and forbid an unauthorised alters" tion in the prescribed ritual of the church, of which he an " overseer." In order that we may sae the justice c' this conduct the more clearly, let us suppo se th e Rev. 31 ' Malkin had been permitted, without disturbance, to (Ott the reading of the "Litany," where waF this discretion" ary power to end ? He might next have foregone th e reading of the "Lessons ;" he might soon have dispens ed with the spirit-breathing prayers. In fact, he aDtg llt have cut down the service of the Church of E ng land t () whatever dimensions he pleased ; or, as it is probable, that when he took away one pillar of marble he v" id add another pillar of wood; the beautiful structure mig ht be so altered in its form, and so debased in its material!i. as to leave little trace of it s or i g i na l rema i n i ng. And we look a little farther, and consider the right of exercis ing, a similar discretion to be vested in every curate-- and if it may be assumed by one it must belong to an" — to what a state of disorder might the holy and apostolic character of our church service be reduced—congrega tions would perpetually be surprised; as in some dissent ing chapels, with novelties—no two services in the sane church might be the same. In fine, this liberty of the Rev. M. Malkin is not only unwarrantable, but subver sive of all ecclesiastical government, and would lead, h.s" an inevitable step, to its complete destruction. But We have other, and equally strong, objections to the right Of individual se services i e c r e g s y clergymen altering,chtlreh. Wheth er M r. Malkin "ad libit um, " t h e o r ed omitted to read the Litany o'r not, because he though t any part of it exceptionable, we do not presume to sat ; but, prima facie, such would be our conclusion; and if such a conclusion be ours, who love and venerate the church and its ordinances, what would the airy tongue of dissent, the flippant lips of the Deist, the "open sePul clues" of infidelitf and unitarianism proclaim ? \ CI L" they would triumph an tl y quote clerical authority—Ai elating ministers of our church—to denounce the purity of her doctrines. W e s h a l l have it asserted, in the We ofinsolence, that the " Litany" was, by our clergy, d e " Glared to be a farrago of unmeaning sentences, not only unworthy a Christian congregation to hear, but unfi t for their holy lips to utter—that our prayers ha d neither sense nor devotion—and thus on, to the total extinction of our scr i ptura l r i tua l . A n d s h a ll a bisbol2 hear of su c h d es i gns, an d not i nter f ere ? Shall he know th at th ey are i n pract i ce, an d not i n t e rpose . - And sh a ll h e b e expose d to slander, and be maligrue(l for a cce pti ng a res i gnat i on f rom a c l ergym an gutILY , of any on e o f th ese , an d w h o di sc laims a reitul.ave-1 to duty ? W e s p ea k t o Ch r i s ti an men—" judge your "hearts never burned within yon," ‘vhilst that beao- tiful compendium o f man's wants, temporal t_ an spiritual was4) reading, and w aiting your responsive prayer—the Litany Litany ? g We are sure tht you, that any good man in the kin •