The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-11 00:00:00

l sons, who have establisheraiiainfttl occupation at the expense of deluded or'culitable:' lii!)iiiirep; 'Who are inclined; or easily persuaded, to beconie eltlpes in manufacturing petitions to your excellency, of all grie% once's, most frequently hazard ing'any description "ot.alitigatiens ragardless of their truth, — a device' particularly t soSiteT:to underthe like malignant and interested instigatioti"likkirsOns who, having committed some offence or bre a Ch o f dtiff art?: tanght t., expect that their chances 1. or iinpnnity are best' sethred by themselves assuming, under false' pretexts, the charaefer of complainants. It grieves us to be obliged to repeat, in the sincerity of our honest but painful 'convictions, what we have been formerly called upon to express to your excellency, that the countenance, amounting to indirect encenragement, which has extended to those irregular and mis guided references, without due discrimination of their sub stantial merits, and the too frequent impunity which has attended the disorders of which they have been the concomit ants, have a pernicious influence in confirming the audacity and insub or di na ti on o f th e t ur b u l ent, and unhinging the minds, of the orderly . and industrious, and indisposing them to , con tiue in the quiet performance of their duties." " We can bear testimony to your excellency's statement of the paucity of punishments, which is to be attributed to the absence of laws appropriate to the state of society that has given op, and to an undue interference with the application of the imperfect laws which exist; but we are compelled to express our. astonishment that, in the notorious circumstances of our community, your excellency should have been led into a mis conception as to the state of crime, the melanchely certainty being, as the general impression bears us out in asserting, and as is attested by representations from large and respectable numbers of our fellow-colonists lying unheeded on the table of the court, that, if the more heinous and atrocious description of crimes against the person are not so numerous, (though it is to be feared in full proportion to the magnitude of population of less than 120,0110 souls scattered o ver an e xt en t . o f coun t r y o f several hundred miles in length.) the utost serious description of offences against property and other lesser offences and irre gularities, by the extent of which the general moral character of the mass is stamped, are fearfully on the increase, as, indeed, they could not fail to be under a system which, appearing already to descry in the existing state of our social and moral elements, the speedy attachment of perfectibility, professes to dispense with and set at nought, as unnecessary or leading to abuse, those safeguards and restraints of law and regulation which the experience of all - ages and other countries, have hi therto found indispensable to meet and repress the' infirMities and vices of men in society. " Your excellency has been pleased to express your belief, that on estates where the labourers are comfortably located and duly encouraged the necessary labour required by the landlord will be cheerfully afforded for moderate wages after the termina tion of the apprenticeship. To this - opinion we would oppose the stubborn fact, supplied by experience, that amidst the mul titudes that either were exempt, or have obtained their release frolo-apprenticeship, scarcely. an install& carr-he adduced in this colony of any of their number betaking themselves to, or continuing in, agricultural service. In a country. of unmea sured extent, where the means .of subsistence can be obtained with little or no physical exertion, it is consistent with all expe rience to expect that by the preponderating mass, if left to their o wn guidance, idleness will be, accounted the greatest lux ury ; and if it be even admitted that the desire of obtaining artificial gratifications should induce the more industrious and civilized portion to afford occasional services for pay, those ex tions will, it left to theMselves, be irregular and inconstant, and, will afford no- basis on which to maintain so complicated an establishment as a sugar plantation." " We have always felt that our best interests, as well as a re gard to our own comfort, required that we should endeavour to make every reasonable exertion'fo maintain a cordial good un derstanding witb any person entrusted with his Majesty's con fidence in the administration of this colony, and under the in fluence of that powerful feeling, nothing but a paramount sense of duty could have induced us to raise our feeble voices in re- Monstrance against a system. by which the best interests of society appear to us to be perilled; but, in addition to a system of general policy which we are compelled to condemn, we have found that injurious representations of the views and intentions of the, colonial popular authorities have been made to his Ma .lesty's,government, conveying erroneous impressions of matt e r s of fact. which had seriously prejudiced those authorities in the estimation of his Majesty's government,—we have had the pain to see individuals of great respectability and weight in our corn- Inanity, dismissed from the magistracy. on alleged, but we believe, untenable ground, of their ill-treating apprenticed la bourers under their charge, and refused all the requisite mate rials for their own vindication. We have witnessed occasions sought or seized with avidity, of endeavouring to cast unmerited stigmas on individuals engaged in the zealous performance of onerous and most important public duties, who had apparently the misfortune to become obnoxious to the executive from the conscientious discharge of their other duties; and we have seen others in humbler stations dispossessed of offices which they had filled with constant integrity; skill, and assiduity, in deference to the displeasure of the executive. To the exercise of autho rity thus severe, and apparently resentful, it is not likely that any confiding feeling should be reciprocated. We have received from many quarters loud complaints of what some of our friends are pleased ,to call the " wasteful appropriation" of our columns in reporting the proceedings of the reformed town' council of Liver- Pool. We plead guilty to the charge of bestowing more attention upon them than they m e rit. We admit that fiore unseemly trash, more wretched garbage, or more intolerable nonsense ;than that which composes the speeches of the aldermen and councillors, never was ut.. tered by the most ignorant and - illiterate - of mankind. \Ve confess that, we, in common with thousands of our readers, have been from the beginning disgusted with their proceedings, and that it would be a great relief to us if :we could be held excused. from noticing or report ing them at all. But may we be pWrrniitedto - ''o7rer what will, perhaps, be an unexpected, although, we trust, not an unsatisfac- tory reason for our conduct? 'We were desirous to show the public how these new made functionaries, glutted for the first time with power, would comport themselves. Our pages were made the mirror in which all the antics of these popular Mountebanks might he faithfully re flected. We drew them as we found them—we exhi bited them in all . the pride of place—we retailed their speeches as they came in the raw homespun of intuitive intellect—we gave philosophy, liberality, candour, pa triotism, buffoonery, quackery, meanness, and uncontrol !able selfishness their full swing, under the most de cided conviction that strict impartiality and stern justice would carry with them the severest punishment that could possibly be inflicted upon them. The result has been precisely as we calculated. The new common coancil have, by. their own proceedings, which we have so faithfully reported, exposed themselves to universal ridicule. It is not only at their now pro verbial ignorance and their gross private jobs that men l augh. Their conceit—their petty squabbling—their_ disregard of order and decorum in their debates—their habitual snarling and' disunion, amid which a disputed fact is bandied ahout with all the vulgar intemperance of angry grooms at a florse-race—it is this, now so notori "R, which has established far them an unenviable noto rietY,which will never leave them, and of which their moderate friends are mortally tired and heartily ashamed. In short we take upon ourselves to assert that no Public men with sue!' high pretensions, swimming so Proudly upon the spring tide of reform, ever sunk so 10 Ws or stuck in the mud of public odium so speedily or so fast, as these Liverpool reformers have done in the i ncredibly short period of three months. They had the ship to themselves ; but, like madmen, they steered her directly upon the breakers. Had they been disposed they might, by very slight sacrifices, have done much to conciliate all classes. Had they been endued with any fair share of moderation or good'sense, they might have offered a plea in mitigation for reform. Had the spirit °f faction been placed under restraint, and thetrules of equity been subjected to the test of merit, without refer ence to party, they might haVe gained the approbation instead of the contempt of the rational, the intelligent, and the independent classes of their townsmen. But in the frantic slake of political thirst, and in the wild joy of sectarian triumph—the• quaker, the unitarian, and the papist dancing together like the hags of Mac beth; round the, magic ,cauldrou—they at once flung inn.. • d elltion, impartiality,, forbearance, conciliation, and de torero to the winds. They were drunk with power like laves with new wine. • The hated term " tory" alarmed thenalike the awful words of the wizard in SCOTT'S Lag howeve r Ote last Minstrel. They 'would tolerate no talent, superior, which,'in the person of a - candidate, bore the brand of an adverse political party. They con-. ceiVed that the power conferred upon them was meant . t ° be e•xclusively political. They never for a moment !effected that they Were the representatives of a divided interest, the preponderating scale as regarded property' Possessed by boodholders, ratepayers, and the creditors of 'the corporation, being in the hands of the anathema tised tories. Reflect ! They were too much overjoyed to ' re flect. They commenced their career as a political fac tion suddenly raised to power, rabid in their silly resent ttents, inflated to the most absurd extent, and imagining that the confidence placed in them was the confidence of a majority which did not try them merely but actually confid ed in them as the only men qualified to represent them in ' l li e - borough parliament. Here was their great mistake. hey did not consider it a trial—they conceived it to be a victory. They did not value the votes as a question :l'le experiment—they deemed them an explicit declare 10R.of enduring and unbounded confidence in their he. oa m• and their competency. They began in the s pi r i t o f f act igkand they have persevered in that. spirit to the Present hour. In .PrOof of this we beg leave to point to the whole lett er and tenour of their proceedings. They have, lik e f an , a tici,.trampled u p on eve ry form and every recognised h eln eiPle of l aw an d j ust i ce . Th e y dismissed The town- Clerk,r for no reasons assigned, and without accusing him or putting him on his defence, at the expence of at least £4OOO a year. They eiected a town-clerk wham. they praise in words, but distrust in fact ; for they have so little confidence in him 'that they will not allow ltik to appoint his official subaltern in the office. They have commenced legal proceeflings'in reference to the church endowment question directly in the teeth of the act of parliament which gave them, as facts prove, only the power to challenge it. They have entered into a contest with the Dock E4tate tvoil alleged greunds which are diametrically opposed to the principles of the municipal bill, which recognises popular election in all matters of trust. They have overstepped their powers in making certain of their members the inspectors of disreputable houses. They have formed a police without a bead, keep— ing the real bead in abeyance. They have driven beg gars and impostors from the town to the suburbs, simply to show how far activity in the spirit of reform can ob trude upon common sense and the rights of property. They have insulted the whole body of licensed victual lers, most of them as upright and respectable as them selves, by reporting them as the encouragers of vice, in whose houses are perpetrated " the dance, the song, and comic recitation," and they have committed acts of se vere cruelty upon the humble natives of the town, who have for years served with-unblemished reputation in the night-watch, by turning them adrift to beg their bread, in order to make room for strangers of ,a more wilitary bearing ! These are a few hard nuts to crack ; but . all their cen surable absurdities, and all their illegal and corrustpro tai -i • ceedings sink into i ns ignificance before the gr4,,..a,ct,0f folly in the appointment of the town-clerk and! his.ele puty. We ruler to a letter in another cajlillid,wltern it is clearly proved that the appointment of Mr.' RAD CLIFFE, on condition that he is to pay the, fee arising from his office and professional duties into the Borough fund; is aIIILLEGACAP'P6Ii , iMiNT., IZADCLiFFE has not the power to reduce his fees, or act as an attorney )3,y , contract. He is liable to be struck off the rolls, and punished by fine and imprisonment, if he should offend in this respect: The'act,Of ParliaMent is imperative, and makes no exceptions in , hisfavour. Mr., RADCLIFF E has been voted £2OOO a-year, and yet can claim his fees.be sides. Mr. THOMAS FOSTER had, the same fees, but he had only £IOO a-year salary. Mr.l.{Ancw*E may make what relinquishment he pleases, but if he should die his heirs would be entitled to recover every penny of such fees paid into the treasury. Is the town clerk ignorant of all this? We do not believe it. What is the infe rence ? The deputy town-clerk is a young man of good address, of fair calculation, of gentlemanly deportment, but of little experience, and not overburthened with law. rule most remarkable fact connected with him, and in which he is deeply interested, is—he has £7OO a year. Now it is said that the present corporation profeSs to engage the highest order of talent on the most economical terms. If this be their profession, how came they to reject the offer of I'lr. LOWE, who was willing to perform the duties of deputy for £2OO a year less than they have voted to Mr. CROOK. Who is Mr. LOWE ? We understand he is Mr. RADCLIFFE's instructor in the town-clerk's office, a gen tleman whom Mr. CROOK will admit is quite his equal, if not his superior. Mr. LOWE was retained at the express desire of Mr. RADCLIFFE, horn a good feeling question less, but also because he could not then dispense With'Mr. LOWE'S services and eXperience in the office. But Mr. LowE is no vote hunter in the radical register office, while Me: CROOK was, which makes an essential difference. On the whole thef.e never_ was such blundering and jobbing mixed up together. The sum of £2700 has been voted as salaries to these legal functionaries, and yet they have as much right to their fees as ever Mr. FOSTER had. There is one remedy certainly. The leaseholders of the town are not bound to pay them any fees for pre• paring or renewing their leases. Let not this be for- . gotten by the public ! Twenty-one of the tviOty4seven new magistrates with which this borough is blessed, held their first meeting on Tuesday, when Mr. Wm. RATnnO:•IE for the third time in a very few days,4readed his household troops in an attempt to carry a family job. The meeting was held to appoint clerks to the magiStrates, the two gentlemen who have for some time held that office being candidates. Mr. ELLis, we understand, was elected without any op position ;- but when Mr. SeuTTLEworyro,- his colleague ,was propoied, a new candidate %vas brought forward in the person ofa , Mr. Hour, an attorney we presume. He was supported' by Mr. Justice Wm. RATHBONE, ditto THOMAS BOLTON, ditto C. LOGAN, ditto R. V. YATES, ditto U. MAXWELL, (liHO J. C. EWART, ditto C. RAW . - DON, and ditto H. E. HARVEY; but he failed nevertheless, Mr. SHUTTLEWORVI receiving thirteen votes. This HOLT, we understand, is the same youth—alas t. unknown to fame !—who was also a candidate for the si tuation of deputy town-clerk.. He .is the nephew of Mr. Justice THOMAS BOLTON and son of Mr. Councillor HOLT, so that, as concerns the youth and his relations, it•is quite a family affair in the worst sense that a job Can be called. Many of our readers will recollect the , patriotic zeal with which theabove Mr. Tiros. BOLTON condemned, in 1832, the appointment of Mr. CORNELIUS . BOURNE to the office of soliCitor to the dock trustees, on the•ground that some of his family were members of the corporation. Uncle BOLTON, however,. .we suspect, has forgotten all this, for we find him voting for his lov ing nephew on two different occasions, and for two differ ent offices. Disinterested uncle! Aspiring nephew Unimpeachable patriots ! While we are on this subject we may as well apprise our readers at a distance that this Mr. Justice, Councillor BOLTON, is not the highly honourable, estimable, and truly benevolent JOHN BOLTON, Esq., of Storrs; who the other day gave two thousand pounds to the public chari ties of•Liverpooi. The latter is a gentleman—of sound conservative and high church principles; the former is a justice, and his christian name is THOMAS. This lait bird is moreover an unitarian; and in order to prevent mistakesin future, and distinguish him from BOLTON of Storrs, we shall make it a •rule to call him Unitarian' BOLTON. • It will be seen that ministers succeeded, at four o'clock on Wednesday morning, after, tw night's debate, in de featitig Lord FRANCIS.EGERTON'S motion, by a majority of 307 to 243. This . vote' we consider as decisive of the fate of Ireland ! So far as• the House of Commons is concerned, it is resolved to delegate the power, political and municipal, in that country to the priests. GOD knows they . but the present maS terofhltahvee i satisfied with the large share they possess. fle and they airll at,complete ascen dancy., the extirpation of the protestants,,and the confis cation of churcti property. This is as Clear,as .the sun at noon day.. They _want the tithes first and the rent afterwards, and both they will have unless'the peoPle of England be roused from their slumbers, and put an end to priestcraft and popery altogether. . - And it is at this moment, when ruin is staring them in the face, that theloyal,orangemen of Ireland are called upon to suppress their societies, sever the bonds of their union, and allow themselves to be, cut off in detail They' are called upon to disperse when they ought. to be stand ing to their arms. They are denounced by star-chamber mandates, when their enerniekare gaining fresh strength and new strongholds. Had the corporations been .'swept away altogether and no triumph given to eitherparty, we might have admitted' the policy of. suppressing - orange lodges ; but now that the protestants are to be deprived . of all power and in fluence in Ireland, we cannot see how they can obey the resolutions of the House of Commons without committing something like an act of suicide. This, however, is for their most serious consideration, for we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that the measures now in progress, if carried into full effect s : must inevitably plunge Ireland into all the horrors of a civil war. We solemnly declare that we cannot perceive how this great calamity can be averted if the counsels of O'CONNELL are listened to, and the schemes of Lord JOHN lIIJSSELL are much longer contenanced by such totijoFiliet; How the conservatives Cfttlle iti exhibit such A paucity of numbers on this otedgioti ttitixt hereafter be explained by them to their eatistitueuts, There are at least 320 . THE LIVERPOOL STANbAIII). conservatives in the house, and yet only 243 were pre sent, Wheret were the remaining SEVENTY-SEVEN ? Perhaps a numter of them were counting their itnagin•- •ary gains in some flourishing .raUway which will be blown up before Christmas, and its projectors and specu lators either over the water or in gaol. Perha'ps some were following the glory of a steeple chase, breaking their necks, 'as we hope, while the cause of their coun try was making. shipwreck in the House of Commons. Others may have been - at - home in their beds, and some dozing over their cards at the Cocoa Nut and Carlton few, too, were drinking fetid water at Bath and Cheltenbikm, and a few more seeking a restoration of health by plunging into hot brine and chalk at Brigh ton. We have no doubt, when the truth is inquired into, that the above will be found to be correct. We wish them no greater punishment than the pain of reflection. They have pleased themselves, but THEY HAVE LOST IRELAND The committee on te Carlow election have finished their labours so far as concerns the examination of wit nesses, and they meet this day to prepare their report. The evidence : is now printed, but it is too voluminous for our columns. It brioks home the traffic, :and the collusive and corrupt sale of the county, to DANIEL O:CONNELL in as Clear terms asjt is possible to imagine. DANIEL received the money,'se'nt to his private bank. er's, and paid only part of it "away for the purposes of the .election. He kept at least £1450 of it, for his own use, giving long dates, some of them at twelve months, for that sum. What is to be the punishment for this gross offence m‘ ill he seen in a few clay's. If he is let oft fOr less than a fine of £lO,OOO, twelve months in . Newgate, and expnlsion from time House of Commons, Sir MASSEY LOPEZ ViraS,A steep)..mt.,iiij urea man, LONDON LAY'ES'T NEWS. Wednesday Evening, Half-past . Seven o'clock. By adviees from Cuba we learn that the director-general of the finances there had decreed that all vessels entering in the ports there for the purposes only of repairing damages shall be exempt from tonnage duty, the exemption net to extend to cases where any part of the cargo is sold, or where any commercial operation of any kind takes place. The cargo is directed to be deposited in entrep6t, subject to a payment of 2 per cent., as established by the laws relative to entrep6t. The government of Uruguay has passed two decrees, by the first of them, all captains of vessels from free ports, where there are Consuls of the republic residing, must present to the customs manifests revised by such agents of the republic, under a pe nalty of 6 per cent. on the value of merchandise not inserted in the said manifest. Acts 2 and 3 state that the decree of the 17th January, 1834, is in force; with no other exception than for vessels from free ports, without any distinction. The 2d decree fixes the date for the accomplishment of the first article at, fur vessels from Brazil four months, and from the other ports of Europe and America eight months. In Consols there is rather more buoyancy to-day than during the last few days, and Consols for Marley left off at 912 I, and for the Account at 914 Exchequer Bills, after being at 19 to 21, have receded to 18 to 20, but India Bonds have advanced, and 4 to 6 was the price to-day. In our .Foreign Market those luckless securities, the Spanish and Portuguese Bonds, are the sport of every breeze and the victims of every .report. Spanish Stock on Monday was as low as 421, from which it has since rallied to 441, but at the close this afternoon the price was 433 g. Portuguese 5 per Cents were yesterday 771, but the left off at 781; and the 3 per Cents. closed at 481 this afternoon. Dutch Bonds, during the last day or two, so far as the 5 per Cents. are concerned, have been gra dually declining, in consequence of a general idea that they are to be paid off: the price this afternoon was 103 a. The 22 per . Cents. are steady at 56. Belgian are 1031. Russian Bonds, on which the dividend is in course of payment, are 108, 1 . 1 k ex-diy. Alt the Iginds of the transatlantic republics are very flat. Mexican are 33' . Colombian are 304, and have been 304 ; and Cliilian are 46147. In shares there is rather less activity, but noime.terial depre ciation in price. Calcutta ,and Saugur Arollijo.?2;.prein ; Greenwich Shares are higher, being t2l preen.; Preston and Wyre are 11 premium; London and Birmingham are 123 per .share; Stevenson's Brighton 17, and lietiMe's 4% prem. L GC' L 11 7 L' 1T S. INTERESTING FOUNDLING.—In the Liverpool workhouse there is a very interesting and beautiful feniale child, now con jectured...to-he between two and three years - of-trgt , : ---- he -- Vvas found exposed on some steps in Ilanelagli.strect in May last, when she %vas-supposed to, be abotittighteen old. She was dressed in an old lilac printed frock, a pink cotton bonnet, and a iine linen chemise, marked A. The mil) words she could articulate plainly were "papa" and " mama." livery inquiry Varents. She was made, 'but in vain,- to dis cov er her unnatu is or fair complexion, sto u t, w ith bl ue eves, d, line curlin g hair. From the fineness of her lin e n the iticcliilnN7'hich tt was stolen, used f or children of the humbl er or working 'ClaAes in marked, and the words she uttered,''iiiii'clare ta'rely'lised by the a o p t p ( I ) i r tid h ibien 'better clothes, a n d this part 'of tb e o it se is s t c l o m on p t u ry r , p exposed in the manner described: As'i fpal instances ha ve occurreil.in Loudon and other pl a ces of chilliti'en being s t o l en, we give this puldieity to the facts in the holik`that it may lead tos ime discovery ; and, to'ntake the c ircumstance as extensively known aspoSsible, we shall feel obliged if our contemporaries would copy the Paragraph. LIVERPOOL FLORAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this tlf;±/y, rill be be next Monday at twelve o' c l oc k, to considet tJte , tteSt means of continuing the exhibitions, and upon othe'r 'business. We regret to observe that the 'finances of this society are not iu so good a state as they should be: , . CLERKS TO THE AIAOISTRATES.—Messrs. Ellis and Shuttle worth have been confirmed in their appointments as clerks to' the magistrates. Their salaries will, we . understank. be £7OO a-year each. . . Fotimily.Sl7fiscatnrioN.—The handsome - stow of -.C1,500 has Leek? subscribed, in Liverpool .'and the neiehboorhoed for the relief of the widows and orphans of tho men who were-unfor tunately drowned at Formby by the lipsetting . ofthe life-boat. THE. F."I''NA STKAMEII.-011 Sunday last, his Majes!y's steam-packet Etna, commanded by Captain Einersoo„ was struck by lightning as she lay in the harbour of ;.iLingston. The bolt cut the foremast completely in two,''ifie kin °lle or 'he beams in the engine-room. Fortunately no other material da inave was done. FoaciEtty.—Edward Barr, an • attnriteyllialt6ii"iiiifgsee e t a bl e practice at Leeds, has lieen . convieted; act , lll4 , l ( lo4Ahife assiz, s, now sitting, of forging certain orderS aphiV'flielfritikuileY of the .West Riling of •the county, for tho,:p4.ipiileritrEtriuliar y sni,,il sums of money, and sentenced to-lie—ititPOrlVd-aed kept to hard labour for tkolveAidifthlilin,lhe ,,, frthr34.iir Correction at Wakefield, and afteewanlitittilltelta'figrr,Kfi it tiff9'• ' • '4 Air, lionuk ti i.-oj . i () NV46iikiNi ifeiilug, .ab,Rp t .half-past seven o'clock, iliPifiatiArridiTibieeloo,(,' Helen's end' Pre Scot wile gifigiPetiffiew 1 'ct n p n s , of "the h itter place. by five 'rgthais ,wh;4 1 14 ritr_y e , 49g the driver broke On the'brrk fth t i li . etromixitall! the whole Or theta S, - A 'r!esto rfa° UR' Ye4"Antiday„44)Verninent for the apprelietision'offfi ? tp s 4 V. l . „ , . , .441 ,1:;4 WO 9fl MG in,f MR. GEOIZ G E 1,4 9 1 1N ‘ il b i 4INIFMWi -- 7 -IVe have pleasure in referring our readers. to.oo , atmettnceinent in our ad vert i s i ng columns of to-day,.olthisigenpeplau's concert of sacred music. Anieng the names of. thehjspoeipal Vocal performers already engaged, we notice that of.Pliss .J3etts, one of the leading vocalists at Drury-lane Theatre,whe o tVas engaged at the Musi cal Festival lately held in Westatinisyir Abbey, where she was very favourably received, and we doubt- not but she will prove a very valuabie'acquisition on.the ensuing occasion. The names of the other performers are sufficiently well known to the opisi cal world to justify Mr. I-lolden in ..his selection. • The lovers of sacred music who favour. him with.their attendance may ex pect a rich treat. 'l'na EAGI,K STEAMER.---Yesterday. afternoon we went on board this splendid and powerful boat, which has just re-com menced sailing between this port and (Ylasgow. She belting to the Glasgow and Liverpool Shipping Company, and hits been built at the cost of, £27,000. The grand saloon is' lilted up in a.style of elegauee.snch as,:we lielievr, has never' been equalled, or at all events surpassed in navaVarchitecture. . On either side of this beautiful apartment, anfliillino• up its graeef'tl cervatme, there is a, massive chimneypiece of Itatia , it .marble with brazen ornaments. The, walls. are- coniposed of arosewood thrown into panels of green and silver damask, wronght , in a chaste and beautiful style, encircled With or.frante-wortabbernished gold,; and on each side of the entiance.nre twolsoperpideboards withl. marble tops, surmounted by large mirrors, which reflect the Whole,. and give : mblitional - effecti toQtatuAgnificent embellish ments. The sleeping cabins are ,, iddpe•rfect keeping with the Saloon. They are' airy, elegant and emit fortahle We under stand the SUM of money expended upon the-saloon-and sleeping cabins alone, amounts to no less than £5,0011. The engines are etch of one hund re d and f or t y w forty-horses prier, and are made by Messrs. Caird and Ca. of Glas , ow. The engine room itself is well worth seeing. She .sailed at. fouto'cleck vesterda) after noon for Glasgow, from Which place she returns to Liverpool on Saturday next. The commission of ass i ze f or t h e county o f M ontgomery was opened on Tuesday last, at Welstipool. There is not a prisoner for trial.—Salopia n Journal. - - THE LANCASHME YEOMANRY.—The Wigan arid. Bolton • troops of the Duke of Lancaster's own, regiment of yeomanry cavalry, commanded by Colonel Braddyll, assembled on Toes da' last for training, In quarters,. for eight days. The Furness ItroOp oldie same corps, commanded by Captain Braddyll, will continence their eight days .training and exercises, also in guar ters, on the 28th instant.--Blackburn Standard. • • I .NIANiAT•Gu Socia-ry.—A large addition has been Made to the funds of this society during the present Week, which now, amount to £9,500. Amongst other munificent gifts is an annual subscription of £lOO from Lord Francis Egerton, and a donation of £l,OOO from Mr: I-L Birley, of Manchester. _ Whilst we regret to state that the excellent bishop of this dio cese has been convened by indisposition to withdraw himself for the - present to Brighton, we have reason to believe that his lordship's illness is not of a kind to give rise to serious alarm. It appears to be an extreme prostration of strength, produced by his unwearied devotion to the heavy claims of the important station which he so worthily occupies. The restoration of his lordship to health is, we are sure, an object of deep solicitude with all who venerate the pious zeal, benevolence, and courtesy which distinguish his character.—Salopiati Journal. THE LATE CUSTOAf HOUSE ROBBERY.—John Leary, Thomas Sullivan, Henry Mott, and 'Thomas Seale, the men convicted on the confession of their accomplice, Huey, a landing-waiter, of robbing the Custom House, were, at the close of the Old Bailey Sessions, on Tuesday, sentenced to transportation for THE THEATRE-ROYAL. Our reaffij will perceive, by an announcement id o4r adver - .111 r stalimnW this day, that this establishment .will open fur tfie season on Monday next, with the popular drama of the "Jewess," and Balfe's admired' opera of the "Siege of Ro c'helle," two pieces which have been highly popular and sue cesful. The drama of the "Jewess" will be brought out on the same magnificent and expensive scale as in - London, the dresses, armour, banners, tic., being the same as those used, when the piece was first brought out, at Drury-lane Theaqe. The whole will be under the immediate direction and superintendence of Mr. Yates, stage-manager of Drury-lane Theatre.' Mrs. Yates will perform the part of the Jewess, and Mr. Stuart, the Jew; and who, if we may give credit to the Manchester press, is a very efficient representative of that character. Respecting the piece itself, we need only to observe, that its success in Ldd: , don, Manchester, Hull, and other places in the provinces, has been unrivalled, and we doubt not it will also meet with a simi lar good reception in Liverpool Miss Betts, one of the prin cipal vocalists at Drury-lane, is engaged, and will appear in the opera. Madame Vestris is likewise engaged, and will add to the attractions during Easter week. • • REMUNERATION TO MEDICAL MEN FOR ATTENDING CORONEUS' INQUESTS. Mr. Baker, a surgeon, of London, has petitioned the House of Commons on the subject of legalizing the payment of medical men fur their loss of time and labour when called upon to attend coroners' inquest in their professional character. . The case upon which Mr. Baker's petition is founded is one of . very fre quent:occurrence. The facts are shortly these :—The body of a woman was found lying Ja a lonely road near Mi. Baker's hettse e :and he was called out of his bed at two o'clock in the bMivinieg, to, see whether life was extinct or not. From some 1,04 ri tti u • circumstances attending the death, the coroner or .4WAFte:contonts of the ,stoitiach.of the corpse to be analyzed. At,tbe,elose of...the istrpost• the jury signed a certificate ad ttie churchwardens and overseers of the parish where the body was,:found,.stating that it was deemed necessary by analysis should , be made, and recommending, as Mr: Baker had been at considerable trouble and expense, that. he should be paid for his labours and loss of time. The reason why he Was not paid appears to have been that, the local act fur the ,relieC of the poor.of, the.pa r ish-of. Shoreditchorbere'the dealli aCti•rodi contains a clause against the ,appropriation of any money raised under that act to any other purpose than the direct !Ise of the poor. • The situation of Medical men with respect to accidents en dangering human life, and their liability to be summoned as professional witnesses befetre coroners' juries, is tine of very serious hardship. When summoned before one of these courts, they are compelled to attend whatever injury their ordinary business niayisestain front. it; and when they. have sacrificed their tiine inArtleritO promote the ends of, public, justice, the iestice.er the public leaves then' .to the precarious chance of beiag:mytinl444,parieh officers, which iu nineteen cases out of twee w t.MS,to.no reward at all. t Tilleewily, ) this4vil we would recommend the me m b ers o f t h e ta i inedieglipreftesaimgetterally, to:unite in petitioning parliament fur an acti:enablkutt.ieorteterseto.strder all medical witnesses, when stotnneoesd„ttod*ive , , , professional evidence before their courtsrittoibkf4i4Yeatniequitablyreinunerated fur their services. A l'etitiqauiolAhe?Hettkeiof Coninirms to this effect has been sitzlivick2,6rile.nfidell i ityAir: Weary. Halt4d, President of the litqahVellezeieVbysieiaris, the. President of the College of SurgeStlas: , ,SireAetley Cooper, Sir Anthony Carlisle, and by all the n,toet .erninent physiviansin London. As the subject is n ow before parliunorit,,we can only repeat the recommendation to the mediCal .professlon , of, this and other towns to lose no time in sending up their petitions, if they wish to be relieved from the grievance.uf which they so justly and generally complain. Since the foregoing observations were written, we have been informed that a petition front the physicians and surgeons of Liverpoolia,pewilying for signatures at the Medical Library. t , 0•:15'll 0 nilo CALEDONIAN BALL. ,Illanv of our readers will learn with feelings of disappoint ment that the Caledonian ball, which has been so ninch• the subject of conversation here in certain circles, and which stone time was in a mannerThied for the !At April, will not take place for reasons with which wq are lint imperfectly acquainted. It is said that some of the principal fakailies in the town, on being consulted, were of opinion that it should have been thought of earlier, and that there would-have been a more splendid and fuller attendance at the'coonneueeineot than at the close of the ball season, when new and peculiar - dresses must by many have been deemed indispensable'. ' It could not, however, base been ce,,x,liii:e.i appearedeiritiiiee,isl, tir tir (he, a ,se, t l: • si a tych l ( ! )eittt t tli l is l ir e rhe : :Al‘ g . ei e vni n cihe t t l hye e re i ls i t e at, n_ rt ' elii: h , fe i r a t ioti a nii, t d,g, t ) e : tt ri l l e co i ri l itiii i ; t .:lG, s i,a l u r i, ; ( l , t ri l( ll l ,i, :n i t t r a t tiiil v iee e i doubted that all the ladies wont , ' Katie exhibited more or less of the national huta 4 or - plaid; for - every person should have been welcome who preferred the usual half dress. It was under con sideration; We irate heard, to hare regite'sted all the company to mount the 'while cockade; for the %%bite 'inse, is a national - badge of. Scotland,: of remote an i iiiiiity -'and"there is authentic. proof: in the 'HerWs=olli - Ce - tha t it itith if V as such by - David:the Second, sonanil - suecessof of Vii,C,lMtert Bruce, :it a grand tournament in the year lat9.A.Fr-,•otttse it is noire ancient th;th the Whits, rose of York. Every' on knowsthat it ssas also a s tt g pt u e s d — byte chivalrous .prince who lives in many - a, jacobite • • '- - : 1 • , " The bonny. bonny lad ' ' ' 4 I4 ; 'ith ae•zrhite cockade." ' It is still to, be hoped that there Will be a Caledonian ball for the good of ti,:iiili and for the sake of the charity, for the benefit of a loch it Wa';' intended; and we take the liberty of suggesting, as an apps4n Hats, ti.w.e lota, lbs. eyening of SL AndrevesAAty i -lirednestfiScilte 30th November. The Caledonian interest is strong in this borough. ,His•wor -Ship the May:4 is the son of an eminent Scotsman, whose name will go down with credit to the latest posterity as the biographer of Burns. Both of our parliamentary rept esentatives are con nected with Scotland, Mr. Lwart by descent, and Lord Saiidon through the Lady Francis Sandon, sister of, the Marquis of Bute. Lord Francis Egerton, one of our representatives for this division of Lancashire, is the son of the Countess-Duchess of Sutherland, who, in the antigun) , of her f tinily, takes pre cedence of the whole nobility of the empire. The grandmother of Earl Derby, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, was the wife of two. Scotch dukes and the mother of two scotch dukes, Douglas, Duke of Hamilton and the present Drike of Argyle. We have been told fly good authority - that it is the general wish of the elite of the town and neighlontrhood that there should be a Caledonian hall, and we believe that it wilt give u notch satisfaction, if it take place early i n t h e lea season. In c - m the meantime let the Leant monde be thinkingi . 1 i gay cltara ters they are to assume. To the beat e n we yin', l ay:- 7 -let, very t hi l i g . be in pod keeping: adiguread i spinably - DIWATO *Ube Nicol JarYie would be a failure a - Sl.ep,rgAto„ 'INN ,i'C Mau va n .: 'We dare only venture on , :iAe: i ttkil i 10#,0e.c:—in 1, the representative of Mary Stuart hitej r uell i Milrffitspen s able . 4.. t .,,,,...) .). i- ' , _ ~--”T ,41199' , 113;1 ,Y,:ti, J.:,11, , ~,,,•.---- _6 TivE ,A GRAND' PLOUGHING ms-it - a -A- WTON. , The second annual ploughing match, and 4 p,p, ;p m gco ,of tliat excellent institution, the Liverpoot,4ml4ol4o - I,'S'Oie . ty,. came off at Newton, on Thtirsday, th e 34 infttan f ,AlO ,in pot i n t 'of interest greatly exceeded any sin:ilas .ekhibitiOn . that ever toOk iila'ce at this county. Thirty-three candidates signified their intention to the secretary to compete for the premiums offeretlty'llie society, but when the names were called over in the morning' previous to commencing operations tweift-eight only resp,thned to the call. ' The illy proved remarkably favOur able for the e:dlihition, and : at the very least estimate there WAte upwards of 4000 spectators, principally farmers anti gen tl;4libl, who take 'an interest iu agricultural pursuits. The mitt selected for the trial of skill was a grass field, of many ,years ltlit . Situate adjoining the turnpike-road leading from Nen totitl4.Werrington,, distant from the former pl ace a b ou t a qtiartei'"hfiskiiiile ; it was remarkably well adapted for the pur pose, neaft4 froth its extent, but alsO Bout the nature of the soil, whieh'shoWed the ploughing. off to much advantage, and we havegrea/Afisfaction and pleasure in recording. a decided improventiOt Witte ploughing since the exhibition which took place at DreliAlilast year ; and the exertions made by the coin { e - ii ors Mtigitiv'titanifest to every one when we state that the pioughniiii'icli, Vla'st year only got the 6'h prize has this year ueen awarded 7 the Jst, beating that excellent ploughman, Ag new, in Dr. Lillar's etiiploy at Itainford, who, nevertheless, ob tained this' yearthe 2d premiUth. We heard it stated that the successful candidate atttibUtes his success mainly to the pains taken by Dr. Lillar's servant to instruct the winner in setting his plough, and who, it appeared, has turned out an excellent ptipil. There are numerous ploughmen we could alto v osuldlli‘luoti4 be haute, and some whom we saw com p e ti ng for Op:O§,t i , n ii greatly the gainers by l essons received frlti eiame 9E. The judges were Mr." John OWen,'Of Liwit , ',*h.. filly enry mawdsle:,, of Tarbuck, and Mr. James '4SheroVy,..*,vertree, They were not allow e d to s e e the . pfdifghing, until after the ploughmen and sp ec t a t ors h a d left th e 4 #4,:aw d with nothing to direct them but the number which distinguished eavhplough maies lot of land 5 and, generally observed, their decisithis gave satisfaction. The dinner was provided by Mr. May, of the Leigh Arms Hotel, to whom great credit is due. The chair was filled by R. Stetter, Esq., of Knowsley, the active chairman of the commit tee. A bou t 120 gentlemen sat down to dinner, and after the usual toasts and sentiments had been delivered, the secretary, about five o'clock, announced the award of the judges, of which the following is a copy : Premium - Ist.—To Ri l ehard Pilkington, Esq., of Windle the society's silver medal, as the owner, for the ploughing best finished in the shortest time with a pair of horses single, with a driver; and the sum of £1 to James Robinson, the plouGhtnan. ._..ivilrteen in the field. , `; Premium 2d.—To Dr. Sillar, of Rainford, the society's silver mlidal for the second best ditto, ditto, with a pair of horses sin rgle, without a driver, and the sum of 15s. to James Agnew, the ploughmen.—Twenty-eight in the field. PremiuM 3d —To Mr. Robert Jackson, of Newton, the sum of £2 for the third best ditto, ditto, with a pair of horses single, with' driver,-.and the sum of 10s. to George Wright, the it ,, iti:hinati.—Seyenteen in the field. Premium 40).—T0 Mr. 'l'. E: Cartwright, of Everton, the society's silVer medal for theloitrth best ditto, ditto, with a pair of horses don le, without a dri C r , and the sum of is. to Abraham Franceys; the ploughman.—Eiglit in the field. PrerniuM sth.—To l\fr. Niarsland, of Paaulay Cheshire, the sum of £1 for the fifth best ditto. ditto,. with a pair' of horses ckuble','Without a driver. and the sum of ss. to William Wright, the ploughthaii.--Twetitv seven in the 'field. 'remittal fittiL-To the chin, of 12s. for the sixth hest ditto, ditekitith a pair of horses 'double, without a driver, and the sum of 2S; Fitt. to Samuel Clare; the ploughtnan.—:Three'in the field. ' Directly after the rePort . was read the successful candidates were presented with their well-earned rewards, and the com pany, after enjoy ing themselyeS till near seven o'clock, retired well with the resttlt of the proceedings of the day. CHAUBERT, THE FIRE-K.INq.,-,-This individual, who a few years since'eXcited some curiosity in London in consequence of his daring experiments in chemistry, and who has frequently been repoLted as dead, was too months since living in a state of opulence in the Broadway, New York, where lie keeps a large chemist's store, under the denninination of the !‘.Fire-king's store." He drives four horses in his carriage, and was upon the point of marriage with a very rich widow. It is believed that he has a wife and family in I,lngland, ANCESTRY.—An ingenious French writer observes, that those who depend on the merits of their ancestors, may he said to search in the root of the tree, for those which the• branches ought to produce. POLITICAL PARTIZANSHIP.—The mischievous effect of poli tical opinions beinz allowed to influence legal appointments was never more strikingly exemplified than in the unfortunate circuin4ance of the services of two inch eininent men as Lord Lyndtiur&t and Sir Edward Sitgii , ai, tieing from that cause alone entirely lost to the country: Alkid TO THE ENTOII OF THE LIVERPOOL apprehend the following observations, tliOugh ' upon rather a dry subject, will be interesting. It appears by your last Friday's paper, that after many deStiltorYobServations from Mr. Rathbone and ,Mr. Birch, the latter gentle Mae proposed "that Mr. Radcliffe be requested to continue his services, at- a salary of L'2ooo per annum." Mr. Rathbune's previous Motion had been to appoint the town-clerk at a larger salary, "subject to a reduction of fees." Mr. Rathbone had. previously enume rated what services the town-clerk was to perform for this hand, some salary; and as I understand it, and the majority of your readers also, the town-clerk was appointed at the salarY pro posed by Mr. Birch, to perform the services enumerated by Mr. Rathbone. I have no disrespect for either Mr. Rathbone, Mr. Birch, the town-clerk, or his assistant; I am .not acquainted with any of them, 1 believe the latter two gentlemen to be re gularly educated, duly enrolled, fully certificated, and highly respectable practising attorneys and solicitors, and wish to speak Of them as such. My observations solely apply to the difficulty that appears to me may arise as to their receiving a salary, and at the same time recovering their fees. According to the motion of Mr. Birch, upon which the town-clerk was eventually elected, the tonnylerk is virtually entitled to both the salary and his fees as ari attorney, as there was no stipulation embodied therein as tcf his hot having the fees as attorney or solicitor, aud they are due to him in that light from other individuals. I care not what was understood amongst the council, his appointment is virtually so worded, and, being s o wor d e d , I conten d the town-clerk is entitled to his salary by the strict letter of the vote, and to his fees on any business he may do as au attorney or so licitor by the acts of parliament and the rules and usages of the courts he may transact the business in. You will see clearly here is ati onossitin, and upon supplying this cure there difficulty may arise than at first appears. In discussing the - subject, witi Mr. liathleme's additi o n of "subje c t to a re d uct i on of f ees, "' still the saute difficulty, or almost a greater, arises to - -thoSe act (viol a t e d w ith the subject, and, though tedious,. I will endeavour to explain it. In all appointments of this nature; ant we spill take his Majesty's Attorney-General, the public prosecutor, for instance, he has the fees of office virtaLe efficii, and a nominal salary in addition, (tsOti I believe,) for advising on subjects of lam relating. to the crown•a»d 'common weal. Mr. Itathbene, in his introductory observatiteis as reported, states, " Ile thought it right, ia •hioneetrieg speech, &v., to en through the duties of town-clerk and the sourves . of emolument of all future town clerks, and • then show th'ent how small a sum they would be called upon to pay for so great an object Z . the boroughson-0. fees As ern,llootli.ihe:olterk.°N-hevesce.- feet‘e4fnilifeA'ar Lit 16, the leases of the public (Oginal leases, 1 suppose,) he'believed • it was rather ender than over to state f.:soo,making together E 2200. In addition to this there were-the prosecutions; wherein a saving, if conducted by their own officers, of g 1.500, the renewing -of leases £4oo,the general business £4OO, and the receipts of town-clerk for attending on committees, &c., revising burgess list, as clerk of records, revising freemen's roll, attending insolvent court, at tending magistrates at elections, parliamentary and municipal, aryl he concluded with the parliamentary actions and suits, the. amount derived from.which it was difficult to ascertain, arid he took it considerably lower than it averaged when he stated £1515) a year. a sum which their officer would not receive at all having a fixed salary ; pYoseentions of the nightly watch, which had hitherto amounted to 1:300 per annum, which by. the present arrartgeMent their own officers would have to take charge ot'. He wished to show that by this arrangement there was a positive saving." lam also a great advocate for economy; but let us see if Mr. Rathbone has understood thoroughly the subject he was discussing. I ant afraid he has started upon false premises, and his conclusions are necessarily erroneous. He might to read the 102 , 1 sect ion of the municipal corporation act, and he will find that if the town-clerk, or his assistant, or his partner, or, clerk be concerned in prosecutions of offenders he cannot be clerk of the peace; therefore, as these two offices cannot be joined, the saving of £7OO cannot be effected, minus this sum. 1 believe the statement of the different yearly sums. in the aggregate amount, to be about £5300, and the two salaries of town-clerk and assistant town-clerk together only amount to £2700, conse quently, according, to the ideas of these gentlemen. there will be a saving of £2(1111) per annum, to be appropriated to the bo rough fund. But who is to receive or claim this overphis ? The must part of it is made up of fees and charges due to the persons conducting and transacting business in the character of attorneys and solicitors, payable by other individuals than the ctirporators. If the town-clerk and assistant town-clerk are already paid by salaries, they cannot, without frustrating the intentions of the parties appointing them, receive or claim those fees for themselves, especially above the Himmel of their salaries --nor can they properly give receipts for them, because it ap pears they are already paid by salary, and also that the surplus above their salaries belong to the other parties, or the corporate fund. The council cannot give receipts-for attorneys or soli citors' fees or charges, or recover them, because they are barred by act of parliament. It is made penal " fir any person to practice as an,attornev in the county court by 12 Geo. 11., c 13, s 7., or at any general or quarter sessions of the peace by '22 Geo. IL, c 4G, s 12, unless admitted and enrolled as an at torney." . But to these observations, it is answered, these fees are even tually paid by the borough, awl the town-clerks are'paid them in tine round sum in the shape of salary. Thesame observation s apply to pi•oseetitions of nightly watch offences. If so, then I contend th a t this £ISOII of the salaries is already paid, leaving only £9 to. Every elle knows that for business done in the superior courts none except attorneys can charge. Suppose Then the borough to try an action of right, custom, or title at the assixes and succeed, and the costs amount to some hundreds awarded to them, how are the costs to lie got, obtained, or received front the losing party . : not to the town-clerks can they be due---they are paid' already in the shape of salary. They cannot be due to the conucti, because they are charges and fees belonging to .individuals in the characters of prac tising solicitors or attorneys; but I need not suppose any case, because admitting that 'the fees for attending- com mittees,resising burgess-list, clerk of records, revising free men's roll, attending insolvent ciant, attending tuagistrates at elections, parliamehtary t‘tl business_ being - in a great — measure stiolt under the helid of salary, still - I think there will remain a handsome surplus of fees due solely to per sons in the character of attorneys above payiag-lhe salaries. In these last matters I estimate what is therein received as at torneys' fees; and the attorneys' fees in parliamentary actions and suits will be at least £.8',111. Then fees on original leases 1:50(i, and upon renewed leases £l4lO. The fees in these two last cases beloeg to attorneys onlyby 44 Geo. 111., c. s. 14:— " Ilan) person (not ansWering the description of ceafficated persons therein described) shall for or in expectation of any fee, gain, or reward, directly or indirectly, draw or prepare any conveyance or deed relating to any personal or real es:ate, or other proceedings at law or in equity, (except testamentary papers or agreements not under seal or letter of attorney) he is liable to a penalty of £st);" and by 22 (ieo. 11., c. If any sworn attorney or solicitor shall act as mjent for any person or persons not duly qualified to act is an attorney or solicitor, or permit or suffer his name to be in any wise made use of upon the account ur for the profit of any unqualified person or persons, Sce., he is liable to he struck off the roll, and disaider! from ever after practising, and may be commitied for one year." Now under this last clause it will be improper or unadvisable fur the fees (surplus) for attorneys' or solicitors' business above paying the two salaries to be placed to the account of, or handed over for the prefif of Mr. ltathbone and his brother councillors, or for the corporation fund generally. We have now got ,f.:::400, £5OO, an d X,10:), all made up of charges which belong exclu sively In persons in the character of solicitor or attorney, (lot paid by the council exactly, mark, but received from the pro misettims individuals requiring leases, &c., making together £l,7o (o ; and next the fees o f . cour t, ne t pay able by the coque a tirin; but by the snitors, („C1,0110,) he will receive them as the ap pointed officer of that court. These four items just make up the two salaries, and, if I shmild 'underrate the items, alOhe - fees above paying the salaries must be forgiven or retiequished. Th e y. cann o t belling to the town-clerks: their remanei atien• is, not to exceed £2,70:1; and it would be contrary to the spirit of tie. last act of parliament to receive them as agent, or on ac count of or :for the profit of the borimeh fund. If all the items, according to the above statement, paid by suitors and promiscn nits individuals fully intike up the amount of both salaries, the corporate body will hav e all th e i r prosecutions, all their actions, and all their .corporate private • business, &c. &c. done fur no thing quite gratuitously: Liberal times these, in which it is said two-thirds of the third-rate attorney and solicitors are almost starving! Besides, if Mr. Itathbonellad understood 'the sub ject, he would have known that the charges and fees for leases and renewing leases have been hitherto borne by the individuals to whom the leases were granted, (I believe,) and, therefore, those fees ought not to have been taken into a calculation of saving though mentioned in the late town-clerk's estimate ( w he refrum M r.lt. got his information) of his emoluments of office whereon to ground his claim for compensation; and, if this is correct, Mr. Itathbone's statement will be overcharged. These two sums also and £7W clerk of peace's fees make a trilling mistake of :0,501, or nearly one-third of his calculation errone ens, which is rather awkward in a financier of the improved, I beg pardon, reformed age, and who works night and day to get up the report. Now the conclusion to he drawn is about this, that either the present town-clerks must receive all the fees belonging to an attorney, and also their salaries in addition; and this is in accordance with the virtual wording of their appointment. Or, Recording to Mr. Itathhone's ideas and enlightened elucidation, after the two town-clerk's have received fees amounting to £2.700, all the other fees and charges, whether they are due upon actions or leases, or to &livers of courts, most be forgiven and waved, otherwise the overplus fees will he received for the profit of, or on account of another individual (the cmporators) not qualified accordin,g to 2'2 Geo. 11., c. 4, s. 11, and incur the penalties. Or a third position is, that the town-clerks, being paid in the shape of a salary, can claim no ;lies at all, their remuneration being already satisfied, and that persons Will have their leases now exempt from these fees. I consider it 'will be necessary to remodel the,appointment of time clerks; and how I leave for the wisdom of a multitude of Councillors to find •imt. Should it stand as at present, and the town-clerk comniit any error to offend the saints, (and human nature is n o t i n f a llibl e , ) • and after having received . his.salary a few years be turned out, fie might sue for and recover back those fees which haul been paid for and on account of his character of attorney or scilicitiir. Perhaps some persons may sometimes object to pay the fees on leases, and say they are already paid in the shape of salary. As fees received from individual suitors rind persons dealing; with the corporation will amount to more than any reasonable salary, why not dispense the clothing and appoint mere attor neys to the different parts of the business, and have one chief as a general prosecutor and adviser only paid by a handsome salary? If economy is the sole objiiiit, why not appoint the duties of a coroner to be performed by the assistant town-clerk? Is there any enactment to prevent it? If nut, be would go through the - duties with credit, and save those fees.—Notirs, most • humbly, • SCIIIITATOft. Liverpool, Bth March, 1836. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST,I.YDARD. Sta,--4 feel that I am doing the public a service•in warning them_ against letting strange : people into their houSes, as it has become so common a thing to , effect entrances under false pre tensions, About. dusk on Monday evening, two inen: eatne.: to our house requesting to know if the gas burned correctly.: satyr.. log. that they had lost a considerable quantity and routd!not account for it. The servant called her thistreas, who told them it did burn peifeetly well, They:then askod.to look at the gas otrieter, to see whether the index moved, as perhaps it did not tell true. The servant then lit a candle and went down to the. cellar with one of the men; they both went to the eelhir door; but one of them said, " it is no use both comitpr down C' there fore one staid up Stairs. During this time the lady of the house was standing at the parlour door, supposing that they had both gone down i n t o th e ee ll ar,an d thus foiled thew in their intentions. Had she not ben there, there is no doubt we should have been robbed. After they had gone away we began to suspect that all was not correct, and f went to the Gas Office and inquired if they had sent for that purpose, and I Poirot that they had done nothing of the kind. These men (as I suppose they were the same) went to Mr. Ilnimees house, at Everton, with the same tale, but there they were more fortunate, for when the servant was down stairs, sheaving the gasometer, the other seized the opportunity of clearing the side-board and the dinner table. (which - was laid at the time) of all the plate. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant. A REFOILMER OF SUCH 'MING& • .0 '• ...di - Ade .4.* At MISCEI,LAN.EOT-S. _ —.. . . . Mg FAOTORT. B fl.L.—We warn the f r i en d s o f th e f actory children that Mr."Potiiett Thomson has given notice of a mo-. ,lion, the'purposes)f which is strongly suspected t 0 be th e revo cation of that miserable ualliative of infant slal' I'''' s m olte d b y the long and noble exertions of Mr. Sadler and Lord Ashley. If we are not misinformed, the purpose of Mr. Thointon's trio lion is to permit - anew, the toiling of infants under 13 tents, for more than eight hours a-day in factories. Speaking. as yet but hypothetically upon this point, we shall not say of such an atro _Mous attempt, all that we think it deserves.—Standard. REPREENTATION OF PAlgLEi.—This borough is in the market. Captain Speirs has resigned, and a Mr. Ilastie, whd says he is a native of the borough, and appears, ready to swallow any dose Of pledges, however large, vhith the . Paisley boclie may think proper to ad m ini s t er , h as conic forward as the new ministerial candidate. Th e con serv ati ves , it i s S a id, h ave re quested Mr: Culquhoun, of Killerinont, to gland on their interest. A CURIOUS Manta—On Saturday tin interesting will cause, Jones v. Lambert, was heard before the Vice-Chancellor. The testatrix, a lady who lately resided at Chipping Sudbury-, bea queathed legacies of £lOOO eat'h to her six grand-children, and by . a subsequent clause, £5OO to her niece Miss .Idnes, the plaintiff. At a later period, by a codicil to her will, she bey queathed other suoss to her grand-children, and also gave £S(XI more to Miss Jones, giving at the saute time to the later " all the property of every kind, except coins of the present and two preceding reigns, over which she had a disposing power, which might be found in or about her house; on or after the day of her interment. On examining the house after the death, money and seturities were found to the amount of £lO,OOO. In one part of the house were found 777 sovereignS; in an o the r p ar t o f t h e house, ammo: some rags, were found 400 sovereigns; while in another part were found 144 sovereigns. tinder the stairs, in a sort of cupboard, the slim of £3,710 in bank notes Was discover ed. In a sechtiled part of the house, and carefully wrapped up in St stocking, £515 in country bank notes, payable to the bearer no ileolatitt, were lewd. Between the leaves of a hook £3(l igt batik notes were discovered!. In other parts of the house were found one promissory note for £1.6G0, payable to the ( - es; tatrix; another for £270; a third for £ 2 11; a foerth fer 239; a fifth for £2111; and a sixth for £lOO, all payalile "to the testatrix. hi one af,the drawers {Va..' found a deposit in the Bristot bank, Pay able to the testatrik, of £705. The whole amount of money, and Securities' fur money, thus found, was about .C1et,0(10. The question, therefore, for the Court to decide Was, whether the Money thus found. could be passed to Miss Jones, under the :turfs "every kind of property." (t Was cootendedonllte s part saa, the grandschisdrett that; the soyErOiges and guineas, and the `Bank and primossory notes which are the representatives of mo; ney, could not have been iutended fdr Alias Jones, as the tern: property" week! not have been used had such been the in tentioil of the•testatrix. The vice-chancellor told the Counsel foe !Miss. Jones that Ohe was entitled to the sovereigns and gun- fleas`: upon that point he was quite satisfied. Ile, therefore; directed them to apply their at - ailments to the other tnotieV fotina in the house of the testatrix. The c a se was adjourned fur 'further hearing. No question was raised its to the house hold finititure, plate, and other moveables of the deceased. Tor. ITNSTAMPED Paass.-aCleave, a little man of great ra; die al Cockney notoriety both at an orator, a Missienary to the trades' Lotions, and as a proprietor and vender of tinstamped papers, oas apprehended on Thursday last, While conveying in it cabtioiet thirty-three quires of one of his papers to his pub lisher. Ile was sentenced to three months iniplistininent in the house of Correction, and instantly conducted to that place of refiinaation. Ile had been preVioesly convicted in the Court of Exchequer for selling unstaiged Papers in penalties antounting to 1:000, and he pleaded this conviction, and that he would have been taken in execution under it in a few days, as a reason why he ought not to he sent to prison; But the magistrate was inexorable. As a caution to periond buying or suffering unstinaped papers to come into their possession we ex.: tract the following from the Act 3S (ieo. 111., tap. 78, sec. 19—" That if any person shall knowingly and wilfully take or rseeive into, and keep in his custody ails newspaper, or other such paper as aforesaid, not duly stamped according td law; such person shall forfeit and lose, for every- such paper at afore said, not duly stamped, which he shall so take or receive into, and keep iu his custody, the suet of twents pounds." Ba.i.ateas Commattca.—The Antwerp Journal du Commerce; of the 3d instant, contains the following paragraph :—" Private information, which we have received front London, acquaints its with a pieveof intelligence which is very unwelcome to our merchants and shipowners. The English government has just declared that Belgian ships cannot he considered henceforward as ships of the Netherlands, but must be placed on the same footing as ships belonging to a country with whose government England had not yet concluded a treaty of commerce and reci procity. To show what a severe blow this will be to our coin.; !tierce, it will be sufficient to say that the charges on a Belgian vessel of 10(1 tons burden, fur instance, arriving in England will he increased £.5 sterling. This is enormous, especially it' we remember that our navigation labours under a great disadvan taise in England. The duties we r e a l rea d y ru i nous f or our fl ag . A'Belgian vessel of 100 tons burden paid £lB or £2O sterling for pilotage and other dues going up and down the Thames: The English ships pay nothing.. In frame it will be extremely difficult for us, if not impassible, to maintain the competition with the English ships, over which our outs ships enjoy in our ports only the slender advantage ofa deduction of 10 per cent. 'Phis is the way we are treated by England, our friend and wannest protector. We are assured that our shipt already pay -the increased ditty. Poor Belgian coin/terve .. Itaitatoaosa—ltailroads are indeed introducing a new eta into civilised Europe, of which it is impossible to foresee the results or anticipate the advantages. Our very language begins 'already to be effected. Men talk of " getting up their steam" whenever they want to make some great effort or exertion ; and when their tongues outstrip truth, they, are said to be " going it, or rattling along at a railway speed." The " Lioti of the day" will ere long give place to tlie " Locomotive of the day." Distances, whiCh used-to be reckoned in.miles, ate now likely to be reckoned . in hours and miautes ; and merchant who lives some thirty miles out of London,. will tell you that he lives an hour front the Exchange. Conversely, tales aud stories ; which were wont to be measured by the time they occupied in telling, will very shortly be denominated by the distance between the points of beginuing, and end; •so that we shall probably have a young lady telling her mamma of a delightful tale she listened to 120 miles long. Our Twopenny -post, as We ceill it, may be expected to reach to every corner of the kinsfeloru ; and in a few years, the first, second, &c., deliveries of London letters will be as punctual at Liverpool as they are now at Brentford. A cockney sportsman, who heretofore could hardly attend a hunt 12 miles out of town, will presently put his horse amd himself on a train, follow the hounds in Norfolk or Voris , shire, and recount the adventures of the chase—the hard run he had had of some five minutes long—the tremendous leaps he had taken over ditches lie barely looked at, and gates he had prudently opened—with his numerous hair-breadth escapes for want of being better fastened to the saddle—to his wondering friends in 'St. James's or Regent -street the same evening. Nay; at such a railway rate aloes improvement bid fair to progress, that. 1 expect to hear the dame o f sonic Devonshire squire order ing John, tier coachman, to get the carriage ready the next morning, as after breakfast she intends to visit her milliner in Bond-street, take a drive round the park, and return with a friend to dine at her house at Tirertota—Herupath's Railway Magazine. JOBBING OF THE GOVERNMET.—It has just transpred that Lord Melbourne's government has added sit it her job to the al ready crowded list which it has brought into existence. The actor= ney-general is M.P. for Edinburgh, and the lord-advocate the representative for Leith; and these two gentlemen, being anx ious to do soinething handsome in return - for the honour confer red on them by their constituents, have been liberal enough to, use theirinfluenee with the government to procure £120,000 of the public money to be given to their friends. This large sum of money has been, or is to be, paid to the corporation of Edin• burgh, fur, he purpose of setting up the new town-concillors, who had no controul over the vorporate property, which is now sub judice. The Melbourne Cabinet, however, has not had the courage to give this money directly, sraa long report has been issued with a view of smothering the job ; but, alas ! though it is dished up in Mr. Labonchere's best style of decep tion, it is too rank to be disguised by the sauce With which it is served up. But what does it signify? —£120,000 is not more than the annual sum raised by the taxation of windows in three of the largest towns in England. Whigs don't think anything of. giving away £320,000. A NEWSPAPER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.--The foll owing ; extracts are from a newspaper entitl e d t liendal Weekly Courant, published in 1736.—",G1N, Sept. 4, 1736, (a short time prerioui to gin being prohibited;)—Last Wednesday, one Wm. Alexan der, who lived near the Bull's Head, in Nightingale-lane, a bricklayer, a professed votary to gin, being to o de ep l y a ff ected at the approaching fate of his idol, (the gin,) resolted not to see that unhappy day, look a rope, went up stairs, shirt himself in, and hanged himself up. He was not found till seven at night. when he was cold and stiff." Tueeta TIME HIGHWAYMAN' September 15.—" We hear that Turpin has been in Holland; from whence he returned about six weeks ago, in the Osteud packet boat. It is said that Don Malden, the highwayman ; knew him there, and that Turpin endeavoured to prevail on him to go into foreign service and see England no more." Sept. 18.—" Next Tcesday, Mr. Allerton is to raise a ballad nit the Bell, at Brampt on , w h i l st a s h o u l d er of mutton is roasting.i July 14, 1737—" On Wednesday, sonic evil-disposed persons, moved at the instigation of the devil, entered Westminster Hall unseen, and whilst the Court of Chancery Was sitting, and busy about some affairs of importance, a large parcel of paper was conveyed, bound up, and set on fire, Under the seat of the Nun: senors in the C our t o f Ch ancery, w hi c h was b y the kee p er o f the court kicked' down the steps into the common hall, and do: mediatoly blew up at three several times, and made a very large report and smother in the hall, and put the judges, counsellors ; &c., into the utmost consternation, some of them falling down the steps, leaving their wigs and gowns behind them." ORIGIN OF THE NEWSPAPER STAIUP.—So important were these libellous publications deemed, that the Queen (Anne) concludes one of her messages t o p ar liament, by representin g the licentiousness of the press. In obedience to the ((teen's de sire, and at the instance of her secretary, the parliament passed ' a bill (1712-13), imposing a stamp upon pampl - acts anti perio d iral publications-albs" origin of the present newspaper staan p At its origin the amotint of this stamp was only a halfpenny.— Cooke's Life of Bolingbroke. CAUTION TO MOTHERS arm Nuesas.—On Monday last ari. inquest was held at Northowram, near Halifax, on the body of a child whose death had been occas i o n e d b y a worsted needle; - which had become detached from its clothes and had penetrated its body to the region of the heart. A post mortem examinatin n • 'was indite, the result of which confirmed the statement, and the . surgeon stated that death was immediately (went:loner! by:_it , l-: PRICES OF LABOUR.—The factory o peratiy a e ,,e i he l i : ms fla lomat ion of the heart. he s w , e o r i. d k ic s io ,‘ that jitrin e s ffe s c s a . B st .d i; : s ; re ,:n c n aiL a le t - n15 1 ,... works 69 hours per Week, for which s'a'l ln a s ve s i n has 10s.; in -I:Ill's:1ra he works or wages,; in America, Fraoce, he works from 72 to 8-i tmi d , , a h a as AVE's.' i s---'The value' aturs !' s Commission 7:nisston Report: ! nil, he works from 72 to 81) hours and Bonn, in . aaxony, land, nyv works s fr f o r m onl 72 7B to to 9l B, ) thohanti-so:anan has 544:;.8t5itni: sth.; in S t t l s: e i t r z r e v t : i ! 9 a 4 ' i rs 9 .a h n o d ut h a a i s i I h y a 2 s s 4 „ o fl,i G e : ° la ssa n G aZg realit7nEirtleraitilEeqpie:t'el;ltaFpsii-ireciated by the Euro dried up; were it not for the etipiotto peat reader. ISuarineP,.earfitisiitiiilnert,nained4itinridtied throughout Weatern Asia)tain rarely la Sispiember, end the hear of the suit being at the same time eery tarots., all yea s as ration wound parched a a t n e d . dews w hich fall during the -night and eoropletely moisten the e° ll ll.‘ tt i ittiort thisintisiniv.hisiteuhret.6e:-I:llpno'ri,:eter; as swot as the sun has risen: Jr seenie dewslne x with ground, tsho be astonishing; t k e e r e p l e i agn d a es fertileorapidityl more or less. hilly or efevated t or lit that the advantage of these abundant dews is not t geuerallv . joyed except in region s confined valleys. v t a h l a le t y a s n . y ?tn e t tl ite p r i . ain ß s u a t m in i g s le u s c l h it :r e it i s t •ts du n ess ti men can inhabit except the wandering tribes, f • tint tOWns anll. • villages are only found on the banks of, natural. or artificialstreams; nor, onlesa in the Settle situation:!, is any rultiv"ti.(nt attempted where there are nip !right dewy-di summer rneenipen- - sate for the want of rain. The paasoue Gra. ii., 5 ; 0, figs led some to Suppose Witt there was no ;Ma; but de* onlySpreviously to the atmospheric and other changes sslinh, are romeeived td ~have taken place at she Deluge. It the - palsage• in- question affords aufficiertt foondation for this theory': there' aeofd then have been no rainbow previous to the Deliu?e, and the opinion would be justified which considers:-that - tat rainbow was first. manifested to Noah, when it was made a tcken of` criveiase betvreCn God and man.—Genesis, x.cvii.i 28s. t~ .~'" {: r ~:~'i will that e of pre i be with &c. ter of )ea-