The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-05 00:00:00

art taintut. ands E n fraud] MONDAY on all e moo t of rt ncluiy, y of uhnc lONS AFTESI p appeared at rirninal Court time he he West ultably cons - Jut he c iported except rum hich would b, I be treated with f till th subject he relief proposed 3peded nt sought to con- A the west, but of th, on for the abolition leave to bring i Inopposed in troduc an,. and the sanction That measure ter's intention to resent, a part of t must an unduly to the Liberal Ass .gad decla'red frage, and of other He was louse as in was one amend- it meant that ayarty on remain on the register ,nge in the ingredients of )uld not acre Dvoble from U it ought never to It was not his in parliamentary franchis not conveniently be mixed and so the house had last if from the eh a saia Lord Stanley had shown himself so, subject, that he had not been able to re , n of introducing it again, notwithatnnding t Lord Cardigan be :I to, and his lord .nd himself )0 each tend. His lord- Ir. H. B. Baring been discharged I agreed a Friday to Tuesday, .ead a :second tim at for the d on Friday ould be noble Lord last or in the be- 3 a bill no oppo proposed public. be arrears A) :ed by the A ao arrear at all. )urpose of explainil views respecting the of equify bu3iiress, L tribunal for dispo rd before the House Judicial Committee ie pro- I least .t property. ,Oncluded an of an appellative plied, and the bill house should next r equalizing the In -- - on Wes. _...n rum. ourt of Directors, he had at the East Indies were cn as any other of our kent to the sale of )rth the while of planters to that advantage ought to be 0 suppol apply of But the supply in the demand, plus wont The eff fore, of r the presen ist admit lan pro- &as t India: dered by mulct not eve now what th he nn the r. O' Cc am e matter ley's bill bad I bill whic )le - constituenc n, in illustrati £l.O Ilona to ever that he iter do I. preven iould be free from the ration measure gin the 21,-; Adjdurne - '' . --......1.....- HOUSE Or en by government of their intention to bring in However, after the reception 'ast year obtained, he would ; and he trusted the same d to his own bill on Thursday. ►ctioned the appeal both ways, not without a definition of the e intend mself ta propose, 1.1 number t this de 'hick. motion r Ir. O'Brien USSELL thought it odd, considering the party Lord Stanley acted, that he should neglect the aser; in the Eng Hill and Scotch registration, and elf solely to the Irish. It was a great objection y, that it worked solely by way of restriction. '2atholic Relief Bill, and afterwards the Reform rrowed the franchise; and the present bill went. Ain further. Lord Durham had one day said ns, " You may give a vote ill you make it a condition he first book of Homer: 3 restric a that the large ;, the " community," the " burgesses," ed to some dozen people: and the judges, :sly, did partake this tendency to restric- against the fictitious entrance of the genuine one .d on the difficulty which fre might impose on the voter, to the great discou him and his neighbours. The question could not be thor or justly settled without a settlement of the franchise aiso The effect of this bill would be to exclude all but those who had powerful and wealthy backers. However, after the sanction given last year by the house, he would not now op pose the introduction of the bill, nor support the adjournment of the debate. wished a different sort of qualification, which doubts attending the present limn it he did not wish a definition to be comprised in the lonel RAWDON vindicated the Ulster Association from nputation of concurrence in the principles of this bill. house then divided, and the motion of adjournment ^ , -(ratived by a large majority, leave was given COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. A. new writ was.ordered for the borough of St. Albans, in be room of Mr. Grimson, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. 1 Lord Stanley had told the hous ous voters I C( Is so anxious to contain, 713,000 inhabi- Did Lord les had ; yet its voters were upwards of 30,000. was a swindle on the Irish. To to Lord Stanley country th lit bill wou clay of waiting to That bill ought of this. But, at aoved for various returns connected with the Lord ASHLEY aSKeu ther there would be any object,,., had moved for last session respeati employed in factories, by addip wised in the unions under I persons." topford, and the arts wereordered tion, in eac her with the amount of e years 1838, 1839, and 7e, Lord Moi a to all partic by the landlori 1 considerable nd conveying of Ireland for their HUME, his Lordship of the convention 'ehernet Ali, had been forw a g to the latter the I be evacu 1 the Tul Secretary of State whe- to amend the returns Le " young children" the words "or young Mr. Fox MAULE did not think there would be any objec tion, and he took that opportunity of bearing testimony to the satisfaction which the practical working of the noble •• • .• •• .• Lord ASHLEY gave notice that he would on Thursday Dve the insertion of those words. Lord J. RUSSELL, having Ossed a high eulogium on the late Mr. Rickman, who had been for 38 years an officer of _ resolution—" That this house, moved the folio :nse of t d exemplary manner in which John Rickman, Es - q., late >rk assistant of this house, uniformly discharged the du s of his station during his long attendance at the table of the house nded the resolution, after which several members rose in succession to bear testimoney to the - Zr. Rickman. Mr. GOULBURN erits ot The resolution Mr. BEI supply, wh NAI broil; IEDITARY INVESTITURE OF EGYPT GRANTED TO MEHEMET ALI. riem. con ght up the report of the committee of rdered to be received on Friday, after THE HE (From the Times of Tuesday.) We have this moment received, by extraordinary express, e Paris papers of Sunday evening. The Moniteur publishes the following : " We have received this evening, by means of the Austrian robassy, intelligence of importance from the East. " On the 12th of January one of the officers of the Sul- Teditary pc 14th of the s Upon this impor these terms : exandria, the bearer of a firman, Ily accords to Mehemet Ali the ale mond. Mehemet Ali restored telligence the Moniteur comments The simple mention of the dates is sufficient to show that this act of the Pasha has been entirely spontaneous on his as then ignorant a the definitive intentions of the Sultan with regard to him " On ti r side, the despatch of the firman by th• Sultan preceding by two days the restoration of the fleet, proves that at Constantinople they acted with sincerity and good faith. " It is the character of the two events we announce which gives them above all importance. We can conclude from them. that all the difficulties which disturb the peace of the East are definitively settled, and as the peace of the whole of Europe was connected with the solution of these difficulties, the news which has arrived will be received everywhere with the greatest interest." .1 its I The ilfessager has the following_ " The Sultar kited Mehemet Ali the hereditary in- vestiture of the pashalic of Egypt. " On the 12th of January the Ottoman steamer Tairi- Bahri left Constantinople, 'bringing to Massloum-Bey, the Envoy of the Sultan at Alexandria ' supplementary instruc tions, together with a hattischeriff, dated the same day, con ferring on the Pasha the hereditary possession of Egypt. This vessel probably reached Alexandria on the lith of January." MoNmouTusninE.—The election for this county is fixed for Tuesday next, the 9th inst. The Hon. Hanbury Tracy is the only candidate in the field. THE EARL UF CARDIGAN.—The committee appointed to make arrangements for the trial of the Earl of Cardigan met again on Tuesday, in the Conference Chamber. The noble Earl has retained Sir William Follett, Mr. Serjeant Wrang ham, and Mr. Adolphus to conduct his defence. The At torney and Solicitor-General will appear as counsel for the Crown. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES, &C., AT SAND BACH, CHESHIRE.—In the night of Tuesday week a serious and extensive robbery of bank notes and bank post bills was committed at the office of Messrs. Skerratt and Kerner, soli citors, in Sandbach. The villains having gained access to the premises, broke open a desk, from a drawer of which they carried away property to a large extent, amounting, it is said, to not less than £l,OOO. From a hand-bill which has been extensively circulated, offering a reward of £lOO to any per son giving such information as will lead to the conviction of the guilty party, it appears that the money consisted of several £lOO Bank of England notes, and several £5O notes, together with notes of a smaller amount, both Bank of England and country banks, and a number of imperial Bank notes. Payment of the various notes has been stopped. Some sus picion resting on a man named James Hampton, living in the neighbourhood of Sandbach, he was apprehended at Congle ton, on Wednesday, by police officers Clayton, of Sandbach, and Reid, of Middlewich, and taken before R. Wilbraham, Esq. None of the stolen property was f oun d i n hi s posses • sion, but other circumstances caused the magistrate to r wand him for further examination until Monday. On Sund MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE ULVERSTO - N SANDS.- 24th ult., two young men went in a gig from ray of Green Odd, to Cartmel, and its neigh for the purpose of soliciting the inhabitants to II intended to take place at Ulverston on the 29th It appears that, having fulfilled the object of their journey to Cartmel, these two young men started from Cark; on the Cartmel side of the sands, about six o'clock on the evening of Sund Ulverston, b bourhood 1 a 1 hen it was almost dark, for the pur: ose of crossing over to Ulverston ; but it is conjectured that, owing to the darkness of the evening, they wandered many hundred yards out of the track leading to the ford across the channel, and had got suddenly immersed in some pool on the sands, or some deep part of the channel. About eight o'clock of that evening the shouts of persons apparently in distress were heard by persons living near the sands, but the dark ness of the evening prevented any assistance being afforded them: The next morning, however, an active search took suds, and the gig was found, with the horse and ties attached to it, and both dead. The other body was also discovered not far from the same place, en tangled in a fishing net. The bodies were then removed to Cark, and on Tuesday Mr. Gardner, of Garstaug, the coro ner for the district, held an inquest upon them. On Wed nesday, they were both interred in one grave, in the yard of the Parish Church, Ulverston, the funeral being attended by numerous and respectable body of the Morecambe Lodge of Oddfellows. SINGULAR ROBBERY AND DETECTION.—One of the most extraordinary cases of highway robbery and horse-stealing ever heard of occurred last Sunday morning, on the great road, a mile and a half north of Stilton. A son of Mr. C. R. Roberts. of Akalton, between eight and nine years of age, was riding to Stilton, to fetch his father's letters from the post-office, when he was met and accosted, in the parish of Haddon, by a well-dressed youth, about 15 years old, wuo seized the reins. and desired Roberts to dismount. The latter demurred; on which his assailant presented a pistol, and swore that he would blow out his brains unless he in stantly obeyed. The boy therefore got off; on which the highwayman mounted, and without another word rode away with the horse towards Wansford. The pqor boy made the best of his way back .to Aiwalton (about two miles,) and in formed his father what had occurred. Mr. Roberts called two neighbours to his assistance ; and, after despatching them in pursuit on the roads to Oundle and Peterborough, . .. , )inaself set off on the great north road, and soon discovered hat he was in the route of the thief. On ascending the hill there the Whitewater toll-bar formerly stcod, two miles i•oiri Stamford, he perceived him on the road ; and remem tring that he was represented to be armed, Mr. Roberts ap- proac - ned leisurely, and accosted him civilly. The thi e f re turned the salutation like a gentleman, and the two jogged on together for a short distance, conversing about th e horse which the young man was riding, the aces of which Mr. Roberts affected to admire ; and the inquiry whether he could purchase the animal, was answered with the observation, that the price would be the only difficulty. On their reach ing the toll-bar a mile from the town, it turned cut that the young gentleman had (as he said) " no change ;" but, Mr. Roberts offering to pay the three halfpence for him, the two again set forward, and renewed the conversation about the horse until they reached the Bull and Swan Inn in St. Martin's, where Mr. Roberts said he should stop for a time, and he invited his companion to turn in and take a glass with him. The latter agreed ; and on riding under the gateway, Mr. Roberts alertly slipt off his horse, and catching the Young man in his arms as he also alighted, pinioned hi m so as to prevent his using pistols, and called for help, which being instantly given, the youth was effectually secured. In his side pocket was found a new pistol loaded with ball, with several other balls, powder, &c. Perceiving that Mr. Roberts was the ow ner o f the h orse he had sto l en, t h e yout h became disheartened, and in a short time acknowledged the felony, stating that distress had driven him to it, as when he stopped Mr. Roberts's son he had only one penny in his pocket. He subsequently stated, that his name was Charles Cole, and that his friends live at No. 7, Carter-street, Park-lane, Westminster; that he had robbed thein, and dare not re turn ; and that he was making his way on foot to the resi dence of his aunt. Mrs. Ord, Nunthorpe Hall, near York, and slept. on Saturday night in a barn at Alconbury Hill. He was given into the custody of the p o li ce , an d on M on d a y was hen back into' Huntingdonshire, and underwent a long ex iination before Lord • George Gordon, by whom he was I- committed to Huntin g d on gaol for trial at the next - on the charge of highway robbery.-.-Stamford Mer eury. Issues LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. The Public are informed that a further arrangement has been entered into with WAYLETT AND MR. ALEXANDER LEE Who are re-engaged for a limited number of Nights. "PHIS present EVENING (FRIDAY), the sth, and TO-MORROW, the Gth of 'February instant, will be , erformed a Romantic Burletta, adapted from the French Lac des T 1-I VEIL . ; Peter Wilkir f the can hat au hum that her Ma Fees," called MAGIC Or, the Fairy L Alb.ert (a Student) Alexander Lee. ... Mrs. Waylett I.NGING AND DANCING. To which will he added NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE. Mrs. Raymond. Zela (a Fairy) TH E ;. Aubre To conclude with PETER `I•'ILKINS Or, the Flying Indian; Mrs. Waylett. On MONDAY, the Sth inst., TWO NEW DRAMAS, in which Mrs. WAYLETT will perform. Mr. HOSKINS will also appear on that Evening, being engaged for a Fort- A TEW INTERLUDE, written by a Gentleman __' will be produ ce d on t h e a b ove E ven i ng. ...ickets and Places to be had of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box office, from Eleven to Three. of Liverpool Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Giillery, 6d,—Second Price, Half past Eight; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; no second price to the Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Perform ance to commence at Seven precisely. Private Boxes, to contain Seven, to be had on application at the Theatre, Price £1 Is. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET THE MANAGER inounces to the Playgoing Public of Liverpool, that in consequence of the unjust prosecu tions with which he is threatened by an Establishment that has repeatedly violated the trusts of its Patent or License, he is advised to pursue a course similar to that recently exer cised with such signal success in Glasgow, and PETITION HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN J ESPECTFULLY to grant him a PATENT or LICENSE, whereby he shall be enabled, by fair and just competition, to Exhibit such Dra matic and other Entertainments as may be considered worthy the high patronage which, even under severe restrictions, he has alvady had the honour to receive. On a former occa sion, when almost a stranger in Liverpool, he was favoured by some THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES in a few days, to a Memorial to the Lord Chamberlain, who had not the power to comply ; and having since that period , pent thehest part of his professional life in catering for the the Public, he hopes he may now be thought not less worthy of support. amusement of The Petition will be immediately prepared. Sheets will lie at the Box Lobby and Pit of the Liver Theatre ; at the different Newspaper and other Offices ; to which the signa tures of the Playgoing Public arc most respectfully solicited. THE EXHIBITION PAINTINGS BY THE OLD MASTERS, IS NOW OPEN, 4T THE EXHIBITION ROOMS, POSTOFFICE-PLACE. TN this small Collection will be found sever a l Pi c t u res of 1 high importance ; in particular, the celebrated picture of " CHRIST CARRYING HIS CROSS," by Sebastiano del Piombo, from the Casa Caldera of Milan, the Drawing from which is now being Engraved by the Chevalier Toschi. of Parma • " THE ST. JEROME IN THE DESERT, ATTENDED BY AN ANGEL," known in the world of art under the title of L'Ange au plume: this picture is the JOINT WORK of Rubens and Vandyck, and was lately pur chased by Mr. Buchanan from the Marshal Soult, Duc de Dalmatie : it is an important picture fdr a School of Art, and ought to have been purchased for the National Gallery ; " THE ST. CECILIA, ATTENDED BY ANGELS," painted by Domenichino, from the Cambiaso Palace of Genoa; " THE SILENCE OF MICHAEL ANGELO," painted by Marcella Venusti, from the Royal Collection of Sp a i n; " THE ECCE HOMO," by Titian, from the Gallery of Lucien Buonaparte ; with other Picture: of the Flemish and Dutch Schools, from the Collections of the Duke of Lucca, the Due de Berri, and Mr. Beckford of Fonthill. To these are added, The late President West's celebrated picture of THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR & DEATH OF NELSON, one of the most important works of that eminent painter. The greater part of these Pictures are on Sale, by private contract The Room is oven from Nine till Five o'clock during the day ; and from Half-past Six till Nine o'clock in the Even ing, when it is brilliantly Illuminated with Gas. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. Season Tickets at Five Shillings each. WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE ON SATURDAY NEXT. ARRANGEMENTS having been made to forward these magnificent Pictures to Glasgow, after the CLOSE of the PRESENT MONTH, the amateurs of painting are respectfully informed, that the Exhibition at the UNION ROOMS,SLATER STREET, will only remain OPEN until SATURDAY, 6th February, which is allowing one week longer to those who may not have seen these Pictures than was originally in tended. JOHN BENTLEY, Keeper. 26th January, 1841. TO CORRESPONDENTS B. D. Case of Distress ,r,br Eiba•pctii FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1841 There is sad division in the dissenting camp as to the best mode of effecting the abolition of Church Rates. This distraction in their councils was exhibit ed with peculiar emphasis at the " great" meeting of the Voluntary Church Society, held in Leiccster on the 23d ultimo. On this occasion a reverend man, belong ing to the body, was of opinion that they were taking matters much too quietly. If there were any truth in the report that Lord John Russell meditates carrying into effect the recommendatioh of the ecclesiastical commissioners to give to churchwardens the power of levying rates, and magistrates at quarter sessions au thority to enforce them, there was, he said, no know ing 'to what desperate deeds such provocation might rouse them up. Then would be the time to beat —" the pulpit drum ecclesidstic With fist instead of a stick ;" then would the " sleeping lion of dissent" be properly awake ; then would Lord John Russell learn that " the men on whose shoulders he was borne into power still hold in their hands the fate of the Whig Cabinet." " 'We have forborne too long," said he ; " neverthe less we have some blood left, though in a sluggish state; and if . the Colonial Secretary is desirous of quickening its circulation, and raising it to the boiling point, he has only to propose this confirmation of our bondage." Whatever else was uttered by this meek and reverend sufferer for conscience-sake—who re joices in the name of Miall—was given exactly in the same blunderbuss strain. However, though his sen tence was decidedly for " open war," he confined him self strictly to the church-rate point, and gave no in timation of what he intended to do, or advise, in case of obtaining the desired success. Mr. Hume followed ; and, though he complimented the last speaker in glowing terms upon his " pluck," he protested altogether against the moderation of his views. The Dissenters of England, said he, along with the Dissenters of Ireland—including, of course, the Papists—are more than half the population of the kingdom ; wherefore, instead of • being satisfied with the abolition of church-rates, their demand should be for half the property of the church—not that they might appropriate it to their own use, for that would be against their consciences, (tender souls!) but that they might make it a present to the nation at large ! And at this saying of " Joseph the munificent," it does not appear that there was a burst of laughter, or loud laughter, or any other cachinnatory expression whatever; which shows, either that these Dissenters possess a most amazing power of face, or that the re porter, or printer of the Leicester Journal, whence we quote, has been guilty of a very great and unpardon able omission. Another orator, a Mr. Mursell, was of opinion that whatever they sought for, or whatever they did, they should no longer keep any terms with a ministry who have latterly shown such very great di s i nc li nat i on to d o anyti44, At the people. "We are told," said he, " that:the • ministry will be embarrassed by this mode of procedure; but there is an old saying—" what is sauce for the goose is sauce also for the gander ;" they have ling enough embarrassed us." But there was "another Dissenter" at this gathering who differed in toto from the foregoing anti-ministe rial gentleman, and put in a decided negative on his proposition. " No, no !" exclaimed this burly mini sterialist. " You must not quarrel with the ministry by any means; I, and my tail, and my seven millions, will never agree to it. Do you know what the poor people in my country do, when a pane happens to be broken in their cabin window ? Why, they stuff a hat into it; and though it does not look well, and might be advantageously supplanted by a pane of glass, yet it keeps the cold out. So it is with the ministry : they keep the north wind out—a wind, by the by, that sadly disagrees with my constitution ; they keep the Tories out—which is good for us all; and therefore, I say, till we are likely to get a better, let us leave the `old hat' administration where it is." We need not mention the name of this "Dissenter," as every read er, we make no doubt, will easily recognise him. So much fur the unity that reigns among the chiefs of the dissenting interest. 'We might give further specimens of this beautiful harmony ; but with all this discord, there is a degree of concord, a sort of con cordia discors, the origin of which is an unextinguish able hatred to the church. This is the common bass note that blends all their differences, so that their va-.` riety of sentiment, though perfectly ridiculous in it self, and on e th at s h ows h ow intrinsically, wox thless the opinions of, such parties are, should not, where there is still so much evident desire and common disposition to do mischief, cause them to be passed over with in difference or contempt. Mr. Easthope, one of the re e borough, differed from all the presentatives of other members of this Babel, assembly in one respect ; and we shall conclude what we have to say on this for to-day, by briefly noticing his remark. It was his opinion, he said, " that the good and enlight ened of the Church of England had only to have an appeal made to their consciences, and the impost would be soon put down as a nuisance not to be al lowed." Well this was at least CIVIL, when compared with most of the other utterances at this great volun tary church' meeting, and we wish the Dissenters would ippeal be made to the good and enlightened of the Church of England, and if follow his advice church-rates cannot stand that appeal, we, for our part, shall say, by all means let them be abolished. But mark this— —if the church-rates cannot stand the test of this examination—if the principle upon which they are defended cannot he maintained, Why then neither can the church itself be upheld The question really at issue here, is, the old one of establishments ; for the principle which supports and justifies an established church, also justifies and sup- ports whatever may be necessary to maintain it. Let us go to the root of the matter, and we shall find that all these issues turn upon, and resolve themselves into this—namely Is the Bible true ?" This great truth was admirably put and enforced the her eveßing ; at an operative rneetirg held in this ifted minister of St. Jude's—and the town, by tit more the question ifted, the more clearly it will ap- pear that unless we first definitively 'settle this point, we are likely to be for ever at sea, without the smallest hope of casting anchor, or finding safe harbourage anywhere Either the Bible s true, or it is not. If it is not true, then, clearly and certainly nd one sect or religi- ous party' has any right to a state - preference; for then all religions are alike—the mere invention of man. This being the case,. " establish" any one—A, B. or C, and you immediately institute a grievance against all the rest, and give them a right—quite consistently with the liberal doctrine of the day—to cry out perse cution, persecution. If the Bible be not true, what possible right, surely, could any one sect of poor, fal lible mortals have to dictate their opinions on religion to the world ? None whatever. But, on the other hand, if the Bible be TRUE, causa finita est ; GOD bath spoken, and man is bound to obey. He commands his truth to be taught, and man is left no choice on the subject. Questions about es tablishments, and church -rates, and church property, do really then resolve themselves into the question of the truth of revelation. Let those who believe the Bi ble to be true, act consistently, and they will never be found fighting against the maintenance of a church which teaches the truth of God. Here then is an an swer to Mr. Easthope ; and we take leave to tell him that so long as the "good and enlightened of the Church of England" continue stedfast in their belief on this fundamental point, so long they will maintain the good old Church of England in all her rights and dignities and necessary supports against Papists, Dis senters; Infidels, and all gainsayers whatsoever. We now turn, in pursuance of the recommendation of our. contemporary, the Manchester Courier, to the arguments put forward by the speakers at the late meeting in that town in favour of the Inland Bonding Bill. And first let us see what new light Mr. Mark Philips, one of the members for Manchester, has thrown upon the subject. Setting on one side the unsubstantial generalities in which that gentleman indulged, the only argument which we can find worth notice throughout his long and rambling 'speech is contained in the fact that the parliamentary committee of last session decided by a majority of seven to four in favour of the. principle of the measure. But is this, we ask, to be wondered at when we take into consideration that the great bulk of the evidence laid before that committee was one-sided? It must be within the recollection of our readers that the interests of Liverpodl had no efficient advocate be fore the committee, that body whose duty it ought to have been to offer the evidence and abundant expe rience at . their disposal of the working of the present and the probable effects of the proposed new system, having been entirely absorbed in the prosecution of their dock warehouse project, and consequently having taken no steps to protect the property and privileges of their fellow-townsmen. In the addresses, however, of one or two gentlemen who succeeded Mr. Philips, we are favoured with something more tangible in the shape of argument; and if we are to judge of the kind of evidence upon which the Commons' committee reported, from the statements laid before the meeting by these gentlemen, we can still less wonder that the report in question was in favour of the bill. A Mr. Consterdine, for instance, after going into a long and elaborate calculation, which he informs us was offered to the committee by the ad vocates of the measure, arrives at the conclusion that the town of Manchester and the district within twelve miles round it contribute to Liverpool under the pre sent system an annual amount of £702,971 (!) as the expense of bonding their merchandise here instead of in Manchester. Upon cotton we are told they pay £128,181, upon timber £95,296, upon grain 80,500 (!!), upon drysalteries £lO,OOO, upon groceries £9OOO, upon wines and spirits £lBO,OOO, and upon tea and other unenumerated articles, including rent of warehouses, travelling expenses, &c., a further sum of £200,000, the whole of which sums are in future to be saved by the passing of the measure in question. Such is in effect the monstrous representation of the gentleman in question ; and our readers will naturally ask upon what data it is formed. Simply, we answer, by taking an account of every charge to which imported mer chandise is liable after leaving the vessel until it reaches the consumer, and placing the burthen of those charges to the debit of the present system of bonding. Mr. Consterdine and the advocates of the bill include in their calculation not only the brokerage, which they grumble so much to pay—and which we believe is never paid without being earned —not only the entire expense of cartage and porterage, but even the Liver pool dock and town dues ! Is it honest, we ask, to hold out, as a necessary result of the passing of the bill, the prospect of a saving so manifestly impossible to be effected by it ? Another speaker, however, Mr. Gibb, outherods Herod in his golden anticipation s of advantage from the proposed change, and in his denunciations of the present system. "We ought," says this gentleman, " to have the power of bringing up the ships to Man chester at once, and thereby save all those immense charges which the borough of Liverpool derives, and which they do not even thank us for paying." Un doubtedly, Mr. Gibb, such ought to be the case, and will be, perhaps, when the tides flow as far as New Bailey bridge. Until that period arrives, however, we fear that " bringing the ships up to Manchester at once" can scarcely be effected. The most prominent of the advantages in which this very sanguine gentleman indulges is the conversion of the town of Manchester by this measure into the cen•. tral market of the manufacturing district. "We shall have warehouses erected," he says; "we shall have our own porters and carters, and our own brokers, and dispense altogether with the services of our Liverpool brethren, who are only the drones who feed upon our honey." We dare say that Mr. Gibb has an idea himself that such a change will take place, but we are afraid that he will not find many to entertain it. As a market, we repeat, no legislative measure can ever enable Manchester to compete with Liverpool. The utmost that this measure can effect will be to enable a few grocers, spirit merchants, and others, to carry on their business with a little less capital, by peddling smaller quantities of merchandise out of bond than is convenient under the present arrangement. We cannot Omit recommending to the notice of our readers the following sentence from the same speaker : —" He wished to say one word as to the opposition they had met with. It had arisen principally from the outports ; but he thought Liverpool opposed them with a very bad grace, when they stated that their opposi tion arose from having warehouses already built, whilst at the same time they arc seeking power to lay out ano ther million in building more." We must confess that this is not very wide of the mark, as applied to the corporation and Dock Committee of Liverpool; but neither of these bodies at present represent the feelings and the intereSts.of the people, who are the real partie interested in this question, Can it have been a feeling of modesty, arising from the source pointed out, which has deterred the Council hitherto from taking any steps in opposition to the inland bonding measure ? We should wonder if it were. The whole of the speeches at the Manchester meet ing are of the same character as those to which we have referred, and consist of the same vague generali ties, betraying an entire ignorance of the subject in its practical details. That a public meeting, or a com mittee of the House of Commons, might easily be misled by such palpably exaggerated statements, is quite possible; but we think, if properly dissected and sifted in the house, there will be little fear of their being successfully palmed off there, to the injury of existing interests and the deterioration of the revenue. The people of Liverpool, however, must be up and stirring, to, ward off the agressions upon their own property with which they e threatened by the success of the measure We have received, since the above was written, a report of the proceedings in Council yesterday, from which it will be perceived that the so-called " liberal" representatives of the interests of Liverpool have added another proof of their incapacity to preside over the affairs of the town ; but we shall have more to say on the subject on Tuesday. Last Tdesday was a great and memorable day for the good clause in England ! Two distinct victories gained in distant and unconnected quarters at the same moment—=why it was great, glorious, and glee-ful ! Yes, we really must lay aside our accustomed gravity on such at). occasion as this—we must give some utter ance to otir feelings, or the consequences would be dreadful. . The Whigs have been telling us, any day these twelve months past, that the two great parties in the State are so evenly balanced that it is little short of the grossest presumption in Tories to think of hoping to supplant them in office, considering the advantage they enjoy in actual possession, and in much personal fa vour at Court. Well, here have been two elections in one day, and the outgoing member in each case was a Whig. Agreeably then to the " equilibrium" theory, the Whigs, if they did not gain both the places, should have given the Conservatives no more than one, and been sure to keep the other to themselves; but they have lost both—ay, and by very decisive majorities also ! 'What becomes then of the doctrine of the ba lance ? For our part, it is just the sort of balance which we hope that O'Connell-Whigs may ever find when settling their accounts with good, Conservative Tories. If this be the `balance" of parties, only play on, gentlemen, and give us enough of it. But let us count our gains with due deliberation. Whom have we beaten at Canterbury ? We have beaten at Canterbury the pure—we mean the unmixed . —ministerial clique—the place-hunting, time-serving, principle-abandoning, Popery-bound Ministerialists with a Radical Town-Council and all the means of cor ruption at their back ; and the victory over them has been complete. - They have been beaten on the show of handS„ and beaten at the poll, that is to say, beaten popularly, and beaten constitutionally; and at the close, the majority against them, numerically, was such that we venture to say they will let Canterbury alone for many a long day to come. The men of Kent have more than realised every expectation entertained of them by their countrymen, and we honour them for coming out so nobly from among the serviles of a base, un-English, and disloyal faction. But turn we to the next place. And here, at Walsall, the triumph, though not nu merically so evident, is really greater than at Canter bury, all the circumstances of the case being fairly taken into account. For here we have had the united force of Whig Ministerialists and ultra-Radicals to contend against; here we were in the midst of a ma nufacturing population, banded together, trained, and drilled by a "League," cunning and practised in all the arts of sedition and excitement. Here the Minis terialists fell back, but only to give. way to leaders of more experience, more resolute fierceness, more ran cour, and more desperate doing —a sort of persons far better calculated to wield the democracy, to delude a simple or inflame an ignorant people, and use such a power with effect. Here the ad captandum of cheap corn, and the ad baculurn argument also, were vigo rously set to work, and all things considered, it is, we say, astonishing, not that the numerical majority in favour of Mr. Gladstone has not been larger, but that it is so large as actually it has proved to he. Beaten then are both the parties—separately and together. Beaten are both the " leagues" —the anti corn, and the anti-British. Routed are they, singly and in one mass—Dissenters, Socialists, Ministerialists, Radicals, Repeaters, and Papists, " white, black, and grey, with all•their trumpery." But we have done. ConservatiSm, we may observe, has at length fairly turned the corner, and is now going gaily along on its way rejoicing; We bid it God speed. We congratu late every friend of Old England—of Church and State—on the event, and invite the readers of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD in particular, to join with us in a joyous, but not intemperate, exultation at the occurrence. On Tuesday evening Lord Stanley made good his engagement to introduce his bill for the amendment of the law relating to the registration of voters in Ireland, and the Agitator did not make good his, to divide the house on the question that the bill should be read a first time, because it did not contain a clause for the definition of the franchise. He did divide the house, however, on a question that may perhaps be consi dered as an equivalent, namely, on the question that the debate should be adjourned ; but his friends, the ministers, could not with any decency support him here, and his motion was consequently lost. 'We do not infer that any coolness has existed, or that any will exist between the parties on this account ; for while the Agitator is opposing Lord Stanley's bill with all his might for its want of a definition clause, the Irish Attorney-General has been concocting one which shall contain that desiderated section, and which, we dare say, will satisfy Mr. O'Connell in all respects. The right honourable, the member for North Lan cashire, introduced the subject to the house with his accustomed ability, and, in a clear and conciliatory speech, chewed that the bill which he brought for ward complied very nearly with all the requirements and conditions suggested, or demanded, by liberals themselves. It was in the main similar to that which he had submitted to the house last session ; and in whatever respects it was different, it had been altered in these with a view as much as possible to meet the objections of adversaries. The arguments urged against his lordship's proposi tion on this occasion were chiefly three : first, that as the government had given notice of their intention to bring in a bill on the same subject, he (Lord Stanley) ought to give place to them ; secondly, that as he seemed anxious to amend the law of registration, he should not introduce a partial measure applying to Ireland only, but one that should embrace the whole kingdom ; and thirdly, that as the number of the en franchised in Ireland was small, when compared with that of the privileged, there could be no occasion for a bill still further to limit their amount. Such were the poor, miserable, vague generalities set forth by way of barrier to his lordship's progress in this most important and really national concern. No reply was given to them, and to none were they entitled. The Agitator adverted to the paucity of the electors in the county of Cork, compared with the extent of the population, and trotted out all his pocket statistics to shew—wh t? why that the franchise is too high in Ireland, and on this account unattainable by the great mass of the people. But was that the question before the house ? Certainly not. Lord Stanley's is a bill not designed either to define or meddle with the franchise, whether it be high or whether it be low; but a bill to change the practice as to registration, and to prevent frauds being committed in the use, or abuse, of the franchise as it is That is its purpose and object, and the Agitator had not a word to say which treated on that point. As to his statistics, they really prove nothing but the abject condition of so large a proportion of his countrymen. Mn. CARMAN'S BENEFIT.--Everybody knows Mr. Car man, the box-bookkeeper at the Amphitheatre; and all who hare any business with him to transact can he ar t est i mony to his willingness to oblige arid his wish to facilitate any matter in hand. As his benefit is fixed for Tuesday next, a very good opportunity occurs of showing hire that hi s mer i ts are appreciated. '"fimour the Tartar" is sure to draw. It is a capital melodrama. LOCAL NEWS GRAY ' S-INN.-Mr. M. M. G. Dowling, of this town, was on Saturday called to the bar by the Hon. Society of Gray's-inn. ROBBERY.—On Saturday night or Sunday morning last, some thieves obtained access to Mr. Atherton's glass - ware house, No. 4, Hanover -street, and stole a number of valuable cut decanters, spirit bottles in frames, &c. The miscreants entered at the back part of the premises, leaving the door by which they departed open behind them. The robbery not being discovered until the usual time of opening the premises. - - . • MESSRS. LUNT'S CONCERT.—We perceive that I'vleasrs. Lunt, who are favourably known to the musical world in Liverpool, intend having a concert next week. They have engaged all the available talent of the town. Their pro gramme is a very attractive one. The concert will take place on Monday next, at Templar's Hall. LIVER THEATRE.—The " Magic Veil" has been repro duced, and goes off with much eclat. Mrs. Waylett sings the songs of Zela delightfully. We understand that in the course of a few days the admirable tale of " Ten Thousand a Year," in Blackwood, which 'has created so much interest in the fashionable and legal world, will be produced at this theatre. It has been adapted to the stage by a gentleman well known in the literary circles of this town, who has contrived to re tain all the leading points of the story, and work them up into a drama of much humour and interest. Parts are cast for Mrs. Raymond, Tilbury, Marshall, and Higgie. It may be expected to turn up a trump card. We perceive that a petition is shortly to be put in the course of signature, ad dressed to her Majesty, to grant a new theatrical patent in Liverpool. The movement has been attended with signal success in Glasgow. THE Loss OF THE THAMES.—We have alluded elsewhere to the generous and most disinterested conduct of Mr. Bu chanan, in reference to allowing his beautiful pictures to be shown for the benefit of the soup subscription—disinterested because it will entail a considerable loss to him ; and we now have to notice that the Postoffice Gallery will be opened on Saturday in aid of the subscription for the widows and orphans of those who perished on board the Thames, steam-vessel. Her Majesty has set a good and bright example in subscrib ing £3O to the fund, and the proprietor of these pictures appears to follow it with great alacrity. We have heard of large sums being raised in this way, and we have no doubt a very liberal contribution will have to be handed over. When we see a gentleman allowing his property, worth at least six teen or eighteen thousand pounds, to be made available to the purposes of charity, we cannot but admire him for his bene volence, and envy the feelings which prompt him, unsolicited, to apply his wealth to such a purpose. WRECK OF THE THAMES STEAMER.—Her majesty the Queen has most benevolently sent a donation of £3O. for the widows and children of the unfortunate seamen who perished in the wreck of the above named vessel. This is an example worthy oNmitation in every quarter. The following is Sir Henry Wheatley's letter to a gentleman connected with the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, Liverpool : _ St. James's Palace, Jtin. 23, 1841. " Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and enclosures of the 10th inst., which I have not failed to sub mit to the Queen; and her majesty having heard with much regret of the melancholy loss of the Thames steamer, and of the consequent distress of the widows and children of the crew of that vessel, has been graciously pleased to command me to forward thirty pounds, which her majesty requests may be applied toward their relief in any way which may be considered most beneficial. I beg to enclose a draft for that sum, the receipt of which you will have the goodness to ac knowledge ; and I have also forwarded through the proper channel your paper to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, • " 11. WEIEATLEY. Contributions will be thankfully received at the Dublin Com pany's Office. THEATRE-ROYAL, BELFAST. —We copy the following from a Belfast paper, as the parties mentioned are favourably known in Liverpool. Although we cannot agree with the critic respecting Mr. Howard's acting, or his " expressive eye," we quite coincide with him on the subject of Mr. Lynne's " Master Walter , " having commended it w he n be played it at the Theatre-Royal here :—" Knowles's play of ' The Hunchback' avas remarkably well brought out last night. Mr. Lynne played Master Walter; and played it with that judgment, impressiveness, and correctness, which we have often had occasion to admire in his acti ng . Like a skilful actor, he reserves his great efforts for great occasions; and is contented to let plain words pass quietly, instead of forcing an emphasis upon every sentence he utters, however unimportant it may be. That passage in the last act, in par ticular, was delivered with great power and beauty, in which Master Walter's wounded feelings break forth, when he thinks his daughter is unmindful of him ; indeed, we may say the same of almost every line Mr. Lynne spoke through out. Mr. Thorburue was very well received as Sir Thomas Clifford. This gentleman has good stage requisites, and always conceives his characters well. He has energy, dis cretion, .and taste; and, with these qualiti es , lie can never fail to please his audience. Mrs. Edwards' s Helen was ex tremely good—full of naivete and animation ; and Mr. How ard was no less excellent in Modus. Mr. Howard is a very gentlemanly actor. He talks, walks, and dresses as one ; and his eye, which is very expressive, adds great force to his speech." AMPHITHEATRE.—Under the circumstances in which Mr. Egerton is placed, in reference to the Theatre-royal and the exercise of the patent of that theatre, we hope that some very strong demonstration will be made; and give him during the last few nights of his company's performances, some complete bumpers. To say he is badly used we do not, as the law is the law and a patent is a patent, and if a good one, must be respected; but his case is a hard one. He has laid out a large sum of money for the convenience of visitors, and could only anticipate a return when the season began to wane, but that hope is dashed from him by his season being curtailed, and lie is left with heavy current expences and a large establish ment upon his hands. His spirit for novelty and his desire to oblige and please will we know be readily admitted;. while the very fashionable parties which have repeatedly appeared in the boxes of his theatre, show him to have raised its cha racter and given satisfaction. During the present week" Ma zeppa" has been produced, and also a beautiful fairy piece called" Cherry and Fair Star." In the first are many very interesting incidents pourtrayed, and it is full of exciting situations. In the latter some very beautiful scenery and tableaux are exhibited, well worth alone seeing. Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly continue to produce immense! laughter in the characters allotted to them. The horsemanship is very clever; indeed so excellent a combination of - draniatie and equestrian talent we have rarely seen as at this theatre at present, and those who wish " to enjoy the repast must make up their minds to partake," as on the 15th of this month the separation of the forces will take place. Mr. Egerton must not - leave and say that Liverpool - is ungrateful. THE THREE CARACCI,—A MOST LIBERAL OFFER.— Th 6 public of Liverpool have reason indeed to be grateful to the proprietor of the Three Caracci—first, in bringing his very beautiful pictures amongst us, and next, for his handsome, liberal, and most considerate offer, which he has announced in our. paper of to-day. The pictures' of the Caracci were to have closed to-imorrow ; but the proprietor of them having been informed that much distress is prevalent in the town amongst the poorer classes of the community, has most kindly offered to keep them on view one day longer—namely, Monday, and give the proceeds to the com mittee of the soup subscription. Now we happen to know that by doing so no little inconvenience will be entailed upon this most kind-hearted and liberal gentleman, and we re ally think that some testimony of respect ought to be shown him previous to his leaving this town. That the Slater street rooms on Monday next will be crowded, we have not a shadow of doubt, as by this means all who have not yet subscribed to the soup fund, from a disinclination or backwardness in contributing a sum that they may think un worthy of acceptance, can now with a manly step and free hand receive a double gratification, that of relieving distress, and seeing the finest pictures of their class in the world. We hope that a very handsome sum will have to be paid in, for the distress in town at present is.most awful, and this conti nuance of the frost will fall most heavily, indeed calami tously, upon thousands who were in hopes that work would he afforded them by the change in the weather. Let it be remembered that there are thousands in Liverpool who re quite meat, fuel, and clothing—without which they must die !—Who is there cannot spare a shilling? It can he sub. scribed on Monday, and really it will be almost shameful for any person to say he did not visit the Caracci pictures on this occasion. IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIVER DEE.—A meeting of the Committee appointed by the Council to confer and obtain evidence as to the present state of the navigation of the Dee, was held in the Exchange, on Friday the 29th ult., the Right Worshipful the Mayor in the chair. Several gentlemen ex amined. Mr. Green examined.—l am of opinion, that within the last few years the navigation of the river has become worse ;it is more difficult to get vessels of heavy burden up now than it used to be, if the river was more certain in its depth, the navigation better, there must be an incre ase o f trade. We have a good wharf at Chester, with 6 feet along side at low water ; as much business is not done th ere as ought to be done in a district like this, considering its gener a l facilities : the reason is, the bad state of the navigation of the river. Captain Evans examined.—l am agent to a Shipping CoUnpany in London ; the average draught of water of their vessels is about 11 feet 6 inches, and the tonnage from 100 to 140 tons ; they carry, however, from 160 to 180 tons ; their general cargo is cheese. I believe that the Company is disposed to extend their trade to Ireland, by the Dee, if the navigation enabled them to, do so. I think the Company of which I am an agent would extend their operations if the navigation were improved ; if there was more water there would be more trade ; and such trade would be facilitated by the communications into the interior which Chester posses ; freight is cheaper at Liverpool than Chester ;- an additonal charge is, I think, nude, in Chester, in con sequence of the state of the river; if tip plan of Messrs.. Stevenson were adopted, the trade must of necessity be in creased ; vessels of a much larger tonnage might then come up ; very few vessels now come up larger than from 100 to 120 tons ; if there was regularly 15 feet at a moderate spring tide, vessels of from 200 to 300 tons Might then come up laden ; the general burthen of coasters was 150 tons ; and Mr. Dixon's timber vessels might get up to Chester very well ; the Irish vessels trading to Liverpool draw from 12 to 15 feet water ; and I am of opinion that they would come to Chester if the Dee was made navigable for them ; Chester possesses every other advantage for trade except—water in the river ; a moderate tonnage, I think, would not prevent the increase of trade I have mentioned ; I should call three pence a ton a moderate tonnage. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr. Green expressed a hope, that the river might soon be made navigable for vessels of 200 to 300 tons, when he should be happy to receive the appointment of har bour-master.--rAbridgedfrom the Chester Courant. DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The number of families relieved, from the Ist to the 31st January was 4791 Ist February INQUESTS.—THREE CASES OF BURNING IN ONE DAY. —Yesterday an inquisition was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., touching the death of Ann Lewis Jones, a child of two years and nine months old. The deceased lived with her mother, in a cellar in Birkett-street. A month ago last Monday the deceased was heard screaming, and was soon afterwards found all in flames. The flames were extinguished as speedily as possible, but she was much burnt over her right arm and face. She was taken to the Dispensary and .dressed, but did not recover, and died on Sunday morning last. Verdict—" Died front the injuries she sustained; but how the fire originated there was no evidence to show."-- Same day an inquest was held on view of the body of Ellen Sedden. The parents of the deceased occupy a room in a house in Cavendish-street. On Tuesday morning the de ceased, who was three years old, was left in the room with another child who was also three years of age, when the clothes of the deceased caught fire. A little boy gave the alarm, and a man who lived in the house went and put the fire out with a quilt from the bed. She was very badly burnt over her breast and one side of her face. Sh e was . taken to the Dispensary and dressed, but never appeared to get better, and died on Wednesday morning. The mother was charring when the child's clothes took fire. Verdict as above.—Same day an, inquest was held on view of the body of another child, named James Martin, who was four years old. He lived with his parents, in Codrington-place, Col lingwood-street. On Saturday morning week his mother had occasionto go out, and left the deceased and his brother and sister, the eldest of whom is seven years old, in the house. Shortly afterwards he was heard screaming by a woman who lived at the opposite side of the court, and who found him in flames, which she and some neighbours extinguished. He was much burnt over his belly, breast and arms, and died in consequence on Monday last. A similar verdict was returned in this case. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINO.4 The monthly and second quarterly mee ti ng o f t h e counc i l was held at thb Town-hall, on Wednesday, for the despatch The mayor presided. of business The MAYOR said, that as there was a good deal of busi ness to be got through, and as it was possible the council would not be able to dispose of the whole of it upon that day, he would propose, as some inconvenience was felt by reason of their being no chairman of the D oc k C omm i ttee at present, that at one o'clock the council should fill up the vacant aldermanship of the Dock Committee, consequent upon the death of Mr. Alderman Leathom. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Finance Committee, comprising an increase of salary to Mr. Jogins Smith, clerk and collector under the treasurer, and also an increase of salary to Mr. James Abbott, clerk to the com mittees' clerk, were next read, and, with the exception of some money Items which were postponed until next month, confirmed. ' THE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Improve- ment Committee were next read and confirmed. THE WATCH COMMITTEE—THE LATE REPEAL MEETING. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Watch, Lighting, Cleansing, and Fire Police Committees, compris ing the appointment of a billet -master, the appointment of collectors for the lighting and fire police rates in the out townships, and an increase of salary to Mr. John Hewitt, the. foreman to the fire police establishment, having been read, Mr. BIRRETT rose and moved—" That the proceedings now read beconfirmed, with an instruction to the Watch. Committee to mace diligent and careful inquiry, whether or not a political meeting was held at a place attached to a pub lic-house, and called the Queen's Theatre, on Sunday, the 24th ult., during the hours of divine service, and, if so, to instruct the town-clerk to institute legal proceedings against the principal offending parties." The MAYOR thought that, as the motion formed no part of the proceedings read, it could not come in the form, of an. instruction to the chairman of the Watch Committee. A. notice of it might then be given by Mr. Birkett, when it would come before the council upon a future occasion. Mr. BIRKETT, in reply, said that as the proceedings of the committeee in question ought to have shown that some steps had been taken, in consequence of such a meeting having been held in the town, he would alter his motion Ivith the view of having the proceedings referred back to the com mittee, in order to afford them the opportunity o.f taking --ssary steps. . The TOWN-CLERK apprehended that the motion in its original state was in course. Mr. J. SMITH thought it would be in order at the next council meeting, and was preparing to give his reason for so .thinking. when Mr. G. H. Lawrence and several others on the conservative side called on Mr. Birkett to procetid. Mr. BIUSETT trusted he would be allowed to give his rea sons for introducing the motion, and that he would not be put down. In the first place he should state, that hofore as certaining weather any steps had been taken by the watch committee, he made inquiry whether the magistrates had taken the matter up, and finding that they bad not, he went to the watch committee, and asked the chairman of that com mittee (Sir J. Walinsley), on Saturday last, whether he had received any information on the subject. He replied in the negative. It appearing to him (Mr. Birkett) that the head constable of the town ought to have made a report to the watch committee, that gentleman was called before the com mittee, when he stated that his attention was called to the subject on the previous Tuesday, but that he had not; made a report. (Hear, hear.) Having a very strong opinion with regard to the outrageous circumstance of a meeting of the kind having been held in a theatre on the Sabbath-day, he (Mr. Birkett) then consulted the rector on the subject, his own impression being, as neither the magistrates nor the watch committee had interfered, that the churchwardens ought to have called a public vestry of the inhabitants. The rector, however, dissented in this respect, thinking that the matter ought to be again brought under the consideration of the proper authorities ; and under the extraordinary circum stances of the case, he (Mr. B.) hoped that every n ternber of the council would vote for the committee to be instructed in the manner set forth in his motion. (Hear, hear.) He be lieved and his belief was founded on the best information that. he could obtain, that such an occurrence as the one in ques tion never before happened in Liverpool, and that a similar one had not happened in England for the last century. That any meeting should be held in the town on a Sabbath-day, with the exception of meetings for religious purposes, he was not prepared to allow ; in fact the law was opposed to them, for it provided that even meetings for religious purposes could not be held on that day except in licensed places of worship. In this case, however, about ten or fifteen hun dred persons assembled on the Lord's-day, at a place attached to a public-house, and under the license for a public-house, for a purely political object. If his (Mr. B.'s) own brother had been guilty of such misconduct, he would be one of the first to denounce it, because it was the most outrageous act of which he had ever known or heard. It was irapossible for any man to expect the blessifig of God while he continued to show that he had no regard for religion, and, as no nation, since the formation of the world, could give a stronger attach ment to the Maker of the universe, than the respect in which it held the Sabbath-day, so whoever endeavoured to weaken that respect was an enemy to religion and a nuisance to his country. (Hear, hear.) He dared not trust himself to speak on this subject, fearing that, if he expressed what he felt, he might overstep the Courtesies usually binding on members of council, but be hoped, without taking up any further time, that his resolution would be unanimously adopted. . Mr. Honosost seconded the motion. He rose with ex treme regret at finding that, in a Christian country and a protestant town it should be necessary to recall the attention of the magistracy and the public authorities to an occurrence such as had been stated, which took place nearly a fortnight ago—and with regard to which, he, as a magistrate, had re mained uninformed by any constituted authority. He rose also to say, that as one of the Watch Committee he had been frustrated in his attempt to gain any information on the sub ject at the Police-office, the head of the police merely telling him that he was cognisant of the proceedings in question, but that he had never reported them to the comraittes. He (Mr. H.) was not prepared to go into the question, as the party upon whom the visitation should fall—whether the owner . of the public-house or those implicated in the proceed ing —but he was truly sorry to find that an investigation into. the circumstances had been all this time delayed. At the: same time he would exonerate the churchwarden (Mr.. Birkett) from all blame, who had discharged his duty by thus. coming forward in a spirit of Christian frankness and confi dence in his God, and in a manner which set at nought the. contempt as well as the sneers of infidel men. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Birkett had felt himself. bound to suppor t the laws of his country, and the position in which she was placed, by taking his present stand ; and the only remark that he (Mr- H.) could not quite agree with him in was, that he believed the meeting was held for a p ure ly po liti ca l purpose, w h ereas he (Mr. H.) believed it was held for a most impure purpose —namely, to inculcate a most direct breach of the law, and a direct breaking down of the constitution of England, in an attempt to sever Ireland from this country. He wanted not the law to be stretched, but lie wanted to see it executed, and, with that view, he hoped the motion would be carried. The MAYOR considered it due to himself and the other magistrates to say, that he had no information of the meeting in vestion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHN SMITH rose for the purpose of saying that the reason he had spoken a few minutes before was, because he considered the motion irregular, but, finding that the object of it was to '" inquire" whether such a meeting had been held, he had not the slightest objection to its being then passed. Mr. EARLE said it was the duty of the gentlemen whit in troduced the present resolution to make a motion on the sub ject at the Watch-office, if they believed the head constable to have behaved himself improperly, and that in omitting to. have him brought to an account for having; as they supposed,, done wrong, they neglected their duty. Sir J. WALMSLEY said that Mr. Hodgson laboured under some mistake with regard to Mr. Whitty, the head consta-. ble, for that his (Sir Joshua's) impression of the proceedings. before the Watch Committee was, that Mr. Whitty was to , report. The present motion was, therefore, brought forward, for the purpose of display, inasmuch as Mr. Whitty- bad been, instructed to report on the subject. When Mr. Whitty was brought before the committee, Mr. Hodgson found fault with and rebuked him for not having reported such a circumstance when it took place in the town. Mr. HODGSON—WiII you allow me to explain ? Sir J. WALMSLEY-111r. Whitty is about to report on the subject. My view was, that Mr. Whitty was then not abso lutely requested to report, but that there was an understand ing that he should report. N Mr. HODGSON—o, no. Sir J. WALMSLEY—And I requested him to report imme diately oa the subject. Therefore, every object was gained. (H ear .) Now, the present resolution states that the meeting took ;lace during divine service. I believe such was not the fact ; but, at the same time, Mr. Whitty said he didn't know whether it did or did not : subsequent inquiry proved it did not take phce at that time. Mr. Whitty also stated, that a large number of persons assembled in Christian-street who were admitted into the theatre. What subject they dis cussed I know not, except from the public papers that it was the repeal. If, therefore, Mr. Birkett is wrong in saying that it was held during divine service, I apprehend no in structions can he given the Town-clerk to take proceedings; and, if it was inquiry he wanted, a full report would have been laid before the committee on Saturday next. This, then, as it appears to me, is an unnecessry display before the council. (Hear.)- Mr. HonGsoN—l distinctly declare that Mr. Whitty said he knew, of the meeting ; that it took place at twelve o'clock, during divine service; and that, when Mr. Whitty left the room, 1 said I should be ready to make a motion, notwith standing the feeling and the taunts of the meeting. ' Sir J. WALMSLEY—SureIy you are wrong in that. Mr.. HODGSON—I also declare that there was n o instruc tion given to Mr. Whitty t o report at all. I left the room With the churchwarden, (Mr. Birkett) who said that the chairman of the committee told him, not in a very happy strain, that " he wished he had left an hour before." (Hear.) If any instructions of the kind had been 'given Mr. Whitty they were unauthorised. To that hour he (Mr. H.) was un aware that any such instructions had been given, and he now challenged the chair man of th e committee to show that taly authorised instructions were given. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. WALMSLEY—I stated before that no instructions were given in writing, but I gave him instructions to make an early report - that it might come before the daily board. With regard to taunts, I am sure that Mr. Hodgson cannot say that any taunts came from me as chairman. Mr. HODGSON—I did not say they came from you. . Sir J. WALMSLEY—With regard to w h a t M r . H o d gson says ♦ told Mr. Birk e tt. I have have to observe that Mr. Birkett is excessively troublesome in the committee, and that he is continually bringing forward matters which are frivo lous and nonsensical in my mind. As he passed me on this occasion, he whisp ere d to me " Would I allow him to go ? " and 1 replied in a joking way— The MAYOR (interrupting) -1 think it may be as well not to mention circumstances of which we are not cognisant, and of which we cannot, therefore, be the judges. Sir J. WALMSLEY—I did not know that I was irregular. I was merely explaining. The MAYOR—My remark only applied to the inadvertency of your mentioning here what took place elsewhere. Sir J. WALMSLEY—But when Mr. Hodgson says I spoke disrespectfully to Mr. Birkett, I merely wished to explain that what I said to him was—" I wish you had gone an hour ago." That was said in a joking manner, and in a whisper ; but if such trifling matters as this are to be brought before the council, we shall only lose our time here to very little pur pose. (Hear.) Mr ? ROBINSON attended the committee on Saturday morn ing, wh en M r . Whitty said he thought th e meeting took i p t la w c a e s a h t e t l ‘ d ve a lv b e ou o t ' o'clock, but he afterward s came back and said ast four. He (Mr. R.) agreed to Mr. Birkett's motion, as he thought the circumstance a most out. rageous one. He also thought that their chief r . onstable had neglected his duty in not reporting it to th e committee, and he would add to the motion that the license to the public house be withdrawn." -V 4;.fsii , iKErr, in explanation, begged to state, that on the day in quest:on, he had asked leave of the chairman of the committee to retire. He had asked le ave s it t i ng, and not in aw hisper, when the chairman said to him, that he wished he had gone an hour before. His (Mr. B.'s) answer was, that he was'sorry to hear him say so, as it was not treating the subject properly. Mr. WOOLLRIGRT asked whether Mr. 13irkett or Mr. Hogdson had given notice of this motion to the committee with regard to the head constable ? Mr. EARLE replied in the negative. Mr. Hodgson had preached'a sermon on the occasion, and accused him (Mr. E.) with taunting him. 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