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noble lord, th .sta.ted that it 1101 IS an , which Wa J - the crown, and thi s it wa at, upon the,,showing of thi government had . been guilty of gross ; and in addition to this :en guilty of Isin: to slrlu, genuousness, by em the forms of the house. without , apers through aisite time fur their consideration. — fie wished to know if as many addi tional days would be allowed for the papers to lie upon the table as had been lost by the neglect complained of ? Viscount MELIYOURNE said there had certainly been an irregularity, but it arose from accidental causes and not from disingenuousness, and he would add, that those charges were brought forward by those who were more particularly deficient in ingenuousness themselves. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that it was important time should be given, if the act of parliament would allow the bar et days to be added, If, bower" ha time could not be gicen ► and that the motion c r, Viscount .eed to by [ye effect to the e also intended In reply to a qn DuNC AVI'Z ' ON - 1 3 tbeir lord-h . S Ipg to the holders of offices whic HOUS tice in courts of cc gilt by that bill be aboli to see so useful a bill lost for want of :d, he should take thatcom- OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. a presented a petition from Dublin Lord Stanley's Registration xnd in favour of his Orwn The adjourned d Lord Morpetb's Qualification 1 was resumnd by Mr. YOUNG, was strongly oppo ~ed to it, and contended that the g of the franchise in the way proposed would tend to ` - s” subdivision of land than that which already and thus enormously increase the dis- en printed and a still E By law Prevailed in Ireland condition of the peasantry. vlr. W. S. O'BRIEN thanked the government for the bill iuced. in • - - led upon within 80 day; after I tressed of the delay in the left for they had intro, , *--- —b.ryn— — — cl a.m- 1 - ration. He thought the Queen's printer ought to 1;ca1 - lecl culties of this great question. He felt assure that 1 the to the bar of the house to account for this circumstance. He country was appealed to it would pronounce in favour of the would, however, put a question t o th e no bl e v i scoun t on measure. Tuesday uponthe subject. Sir R. BATEsox said he bad alwaYs' looked upon the 40s. Their lordships then adjourned. freeholders in former times as one of the greatest curses -under which Ireland laboured, and yet now by this bill they would have a state of things infinitely worse. stion from Mr. Glad- Mr. CAREW delivered his "maiden sp eec h" i n support h-L - h.,' ...., ~1.,....1 of the bill. iONDAY yet been re ,nit that the ob.; nor haPP: aid al Asia_ from delivered u these ordinanc present instance, on am plained t monti reason for Itering a or was to importan !rat. Th that restoration .ent of peace in central I ndinances ,he 29th of last I I°w! (Lord ones. of I rel riven tc 830 per ate -on it to-night uity, and -Adjoutned kad yet who had ever In . Eag. that a given tuber o high to admit of such a chise must be lowered to meet the ditii d adverted, to the disinclination of 'rive leases which would confer the and an extran so doing on the werating on Ile subject ler Whig or riight to a certainty ming the num- T on the other. HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to a q Stntt I who framed th, hat he m honourable ....., ~... b.•.- 611, 1 Sikl.ll, Oa vuung released through the intervention of the m i n i s t er o f a f ore i gn to those only wh o h a d a beneficial interest of £lO in the hold power, who happened to beat Bokhara at the time, but he ing over and above the rent paid, but he would ask his noble refused to avail himself of such interference, on the ground friend (Lord Stanley) if he' would have courage to bring in a that, as being on business for the British nation, it would declaratory act to that effect. The noble lord (H ow i c k) con not be right to seek redress throu g h th e me di um of any but tended that the tendency of the present system was annually his own government. to lessen the number pf persons entitled to the franchise, In reply to a question from Lord MAHON, it was stated even without the aid of the. bill of his noble friend. He felt by Lord PALMERSTON, that application had been made to that in forming his opiniOns on the l?ill, his admissions to lerance, to the German confederation, to Prussia, and the vourable to the bill of the noble lord (Stanley) would be dia- United States, with a view to establish a system of inter- agreeable to hon. members around him, while on the other national copyright, but from none of them had a satisfactory hand his conclusions would be cc - 1114'11y disagreeable to hon. answer been received. gentlemen on the other side of the house. However painful A great number of petitions were presented for and Lord MORPETH'S bill for amending the re voters in Ireland t he'conld i quartz ;ion of ti le cours tion of i Prot Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Belfast, to at a public meeting at which 4,000 persons were present, against Lord Morpeth's bill. The petition had in one month xair obtained 86,000 signatures, Amongst which were parties having interest in land to the extent of £1,660,000. Lord SANDON presented a petition signed by 27,000 inha. bitants of Liverpool, all of whom attached the name of their residences to the petition, and they prayed the house not to sanction the revolutionary bill brought in by Lord Morpeth. (Hear.) The noble lord said the signatures were all obtained and k Mt in five days. (Hear.) agreed I alto; PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord MORPETIC then moved the second reading of the qualification and registration of voters (Ireland) bill. Lord STANLEY opposed the bill in a most able and argu mentative speech, which was loudly cheered throughout he agreed, he said, in the only differed as regarded to be carried out, or u i f I ilyvitabl ject of at all, should be tl noble lord then enter how very lit le m many of its provisions a,. and how far th tion, it differed from h bad abandon public went of th registration qualificatiot what might propos: i their avowed former opinions tithe bill, when Duld not pretend to say vernment, but be would uld be to dela f the present systini of rs, and I into effect he shape of a £5 world be, to de, The no' landlords in Ireland to franchise. and i ground that t their tenantr le, but t and there was no wish to that landlord: their wishes, and in ry county foretell the result of a contest, previously mu ber and weight of landholders on on The landlord had a fair right to say, and if in Englanu same state of things prevailed, would not hesitate to say to the tenant, " It is very true we have agreed very well in our relative situations as landlord and tenant, but there is a power at work which causes you, and which always will cause you to oppose me politically ; and I, therefore, must call on you to take a lease which will not confer the franchise." This statement on the part of the noble lord called torth ironical cheers from the ministerial benches, upon which he immedi ately added, that no honourable gentleman would be more ready to pursue the line of conduct he had been referring to than those who cheered him at that moment. He would, he said, not press upon the house the argument which would obviously suggest itself to every hon. member who heard him, that if this lowering the qualification to £.3 in Ireland was agreed to, it would be utterly impossible to refuse a si milar concession to England and Scotland. The noble secre tary for Ireland might succeed, and probably would succeed, in casting these elements of discord into the cauldron of agi tation, a proceeding so ably denounced by the letters of a noble lord to the electors of Stroud ; he might succeed in un settling everything, but he sincerely hoped that he would not succeed in inducing even one branch of the legislature to pass_ the bill then before the house. On the contrary, he sincerely hoped that upon that occasion the bill might be rejected. For his own part if he .stood alone, alive as' he was to all the dangers likely to flow from its adoption, he would oppose its second reading. The noble lord then moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. C. WOOD' declared his entire concurrence in the cours: uroposed by her Majesty's government with respect to this bill. He quite agreed, except in some few details, with all its provisions. He was not, he said, a little surpris ed at the declaration of the noble lord (Stanley) upon the subject of the relation between landlord and tenant. He thought their relations were recognised as of a different des cription, having nothing at all to do with the political feel ings or opinions of either, and that any influence exercised upon the political actions of the tenant had been always re garded as an undue influence—an influence to be condemned, however repeated might be its occurrence. He• thought some injustice had been done to the bill of the noble lord last year. Mr. 'Arrow said he should give his vote against the se cond reading of the bill, as a covert attempt to revoke th, best provisions of the reform bill, as related to Ireland, b' opening the constituency to a body of men plated to be enfranchised by that great measu.-. Mr. Lucas did not believe • that the Irish french decreasing, and was of opinion that, by the lowed' ver contern- franchise to. £5, the noble lord wot;ld-';.lt-O-siethet7s"wAli; existing constituency Lord - MouPETH said that the charge of unsettlin thing would apply more to the noble lord (Stanley) disturber nor a peace-mat himself to b... The noble lord, the mem North Lancashire of the bill as a tack or a I eke of tt lication peth) looked upon the /oweri essential part of the bill befoi ould be th oiliest hope of bringir ithout it, any attemi e question to a satisfactory close at the imptu,—__ delusive, but would be as great as intended to r a Ireland government would He would expectatio it of the registration would. / Ind; indeed, he bel id in th hop of I at which rket by any party wbc o Ireland. The noble lord 71-ash materials into noble lord himself aced to carr one who lent con- arm than :ntertained ibordinate provi he would have been content to give to the noble lo.td's more fair consideration bill of I wa until they should have I the yen to his Led reserve his oppo an opportunity of discussing in committee any amend ments that might be proposed. He felt it to be im possible, however, to .give his assent to the s e c on d upon th reading . of a bill which la on to registration a sub- eater importauce, and bject of a rich, if introduce( !pirate bill. The ,1 the bill, showing hen they saw of an amend- respect to the I Irish out holic reli it, for altho .atent of till .opriation cl of guar clause relatin which v upon theground that ,it was , its provisic of the present system ne for, and right hon. iventleman then entered into along defence of 'the which it was provisions of the bikof Lord Morpeth, and said that ad -• -- witting the importan,.. of the question as to the amount at et th ,n for the consideration of :ond reading of the bill Sir Um. FOLLETT was sun' man had not, in the course of his exact arr ;hat the right hon. ge weeping changes v provisions of the reform bill peech, said one Word 41 would make in the He (Sir W. Follett) objected iiflenerencc with the principle of the reform bill, establishing a Constituency in direct opposi tion to the principles there laid down. The principles laid down by the reform bill were that the right of voting in government counties was to be grounded on p roperty, while the right of voting in boroughs was to be grounded on occupation ; but the present bill took away every necessity of having any pro perty at all to give votes in counties—an occupier under a fourteen years' lease, and rated to the value of £5, having not one farthing interest in the holding, or even paying worse 'than a rack rent for it, was to be entitled to a vote for the This,was indeed admitti ng un i versa l su ff rage in the ;es. , The bill was also a violation of the Roman f act, by repealing the bill which accompanied it did not restore the 40s freeholders, yet it ihed a franchise in every way infinitely more objection.. He could well understand how this bill would be sup- ed by a section of the - supporters of her merit, but he could not understand how it could- be sup e-.sed to consider till- ported by those who had always process._ reform bill as a final settlement of the elective franchise 'rile hon. and learned gentlema n was l ou dl y c h eere d f rom . , both sides of the house at the c. MAcAnwr insinuated ti ise of his remarkably effec bat the bill of Lor red only as a disfranch tole the obje6t of. ti i Stanle ;lent bill in di;- measure of his noble friend ~rpetli) was;to keep out bad voters and let in good If the fora the franchise 11 was late it was quite worthy of a lord who introduced sure than that it was em 3 for the pur- he could not find Leh to designate the mea- qb ~~~t3s~~li~r Teed to id to argue in favour of the 'event Want qualification, ng some salacity to the country of the independence utt respectability of the voters ; and contended that the vice the bill before the house was, ' that it attempted to estti, olish the franchise upon numbers, and not on property. The proposition of a £5 franchise for Ireland was a concession, on the part of the government, to the hon. andlearned mem ber for Dublin, and he confessed he had the most evil fore bodings of the manner in which it would be applied if -r e d, for the honourable member for Dnblin bad spoken le subject of separation, as they had o•-• - ' b•- s explicitly upon ti for Liskawd ,n At that night by the honourable mem- In order to show how far the govern- to the professions, discouraged Lae rint no. baronet thirty-eight members who, in 1834, n voted for repeal of the union, and showed that many of them had received' very valuable appointments, and, that the judicial office of Chief Baron had been. offered to Mr. O'Connell, who had, however, declined it, lest, as he said himself. " the •eferred to a. snould be polluted in his person." He took d the words at the time, and thought them a very singular ompliment to the govermnent which had tendered the office - -Pptance. lie would, for his own part, cling to the measure of Lord Grey, resolved to resist the progress of that democracy which, unless checked, would overthrow the in stitutions of the country, involving the crown itself in the general destruction. Mr. SHELL challenged the right hon. baronet who had just sat down to deny, if he could, that, although now avowing his adherence to the reform bill, he had, in a speech at Stroud, declared that he was one of a committee of 12 who had been appointed to consider of, and had actually reported upon, the propriety of adopting the ballot. In reference to what had fallen from Lord Stanley as to the right of landlords to influence the voters of their tenants, he reminded the house that the exercise of the franchise of the 40s. freeholders was never complained of while they acted.in subservience to their landlords ; but the moment they acted independently, it was immediately seen that the franchise was improper, and it was forthwith abolished. The right hon. gentleman then sought to fasten a charge of inconsistency upon Lord Stanley, in having been himself the party to establish the " beneficial interest" franchise, which he had previously, while in office, repudiated. The refusal by the landlords of Ireland to grant leases which would confer the franchise, was a conspiracy against the Reform Bill which called for the inteference of parliament to repress, and the bill before the house was the remedy suggested by the government for that purpose. At, the close of the right hon. gentleman's speech the house adjourned. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE . the interests of the empi re , h e was resolved to act her independent of the trammels of party. He should support the bill before the house, believing that it held out a pect of bringi factory settlement. at question to a satis- Court of Dr. LEFROY contended that the bill :would abrogate the Drovisions of the reform act, and that th ere were a l rea d y . . _ nents in the constituency of Ire- y dpmt was amps, ar no less than 70 voted on the same side as the hon. tor Dublin. the fact t aed 'Lieu bat the a ained considerable dai auction of the vate all the evil would ROLLS' COURT—MONDAY. DUNCAN V. M'CALMONT AND Co.--This - case was argued n November last, and the facts were published at the time. Lord Langdale stated that the object of the present appli :ation was to obtain an injunction to testrain Robert IV.I`Cal- 110 fit and others, comprising, the firm of M`Calmont Brothers and Co., or Liverpool, merchants, and Thomas Benson and William Chapman Benson, comprising the firm of Benson nd Co., of Liverpool, from prosecuting a suit in the kligh Admiralty, which they had instituted against the owners of the freight, and also against those who had given bonds for the value of their freight. Messrs. Benson were the owners of the ship called the Lord Cochrane, which they sent, under the command of Luke Hall Smith, to the Island of Ascension, with government stores. F rom th a t pl ace s h e went, in ballast, to Pernambuco, where the master zap , . • Jlrip in charge to Mes srs . MT I Loy bill of the noble l or d, th e for her a cargo home, with which she Calcnont and Co o provided irted on the 28th of ank, by fter she struck on a s leti repaired. by the orders of , of the master Lgain put on board. On the Bth of :rune, 18710; 11`Calmont and Co. obtained from Luke Hall itli a bot- .tti.3sB 12s. 4d., for-the sums of money, ex pended on the repairs, with commission. This bond was sent to the firm of M`Calmont Brothers and Co., of Liverpool, -d before the arrival of the ship they obtained a warrant of under which the ship and cargo were seized ; a part of freight was taken by the owners, who gave security in the Admiralty Court for £7500, the amount of the freight, and the arrest was superseded. Messrs. M`Calrnont and Co. then proceeded to enforce the payment of the bottomry bond, and to obtain the amount of the freight for which 5 , ity was given, and fnr 0 - - " .scurf. ..le freight of other goods, in court, upon ,vnich the present bill was filed. His lordship then referred to the arguments, and observed that, previous to the filing the bill, nothing had been done to determine the right of the parties. The proceedings in the Admiralty Court were not so effective as they were in this court. The proceeding by act upon petition was a summary proceeding, and sufficient to answer the purpose in general, but it was not sufficient for the investigation of more delicate questions. It was quite sufficient for an application to the; court that the proceedings in another court were not adapted to a case. The parties were entitled to have the case investigated before they were called upon to pay the amount of the bond, and since this court had full jurisdiction, and the proceedings in the Court of Admiralty could not so satisfactorily inquire into the facts, the injunction must be granted. He should, however, call upon the bail in the court to secure any sum of money that might be found due from them in this court. Mr: Petnberton acquiesced in this. ARRIVED. —TO THE LADIES. MRS. NICHOLAS GEARY, of 61, St. James's-street, London, STAY AND CORSET MAKER to her most Gracious Majesty the Queen, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Majesty the Queen of Holland, and Royal Family, has the honour to announce that she has arrived at MRS. RILEY'S, 76, SEEL-STREET, seven doors from Berry-street, where she will remain till Monday, the Ist March, to suit Ladies with her celebrated newly-invented ANATOMICAL, DRESS, &c., &c., STAYS, which by the total rejection of all uneven pressure, may be worn by the most delicate invalid, at the same time yielding a most salutary support, snd producing a figure of such exquisite symmetry, that, attempted by any other stay, would almost amount to suffocation. To young ladies, and growing chil dren, this invention may be termed of vital importance, as it is during the first thirty years of female existence that the ordinary stay produces its fatal consequences, and engenders in the system a variety of frightful diseases, ninety-seven of which are quoted at length, with their authorities, in "De formities of the Chest and Spine," by W. Coulson, Esq.; second edition. ADRESS : Mrs. N. GEARY, Mrs. D Riley's, 76, SEEL-STREET, SEVEN DOORS FROM DERRY-STREET. A LADY, accustomed to Tuition, at present residing in a la_ Clergyman's Family, who finished her education in France, and has since been residing nearly three years with a Family on the Continent, is desirous of obtaining a Situation as GOVERNESS, in a Family where the Children are under Twelve Years of Age. She teaches Music, French, Drawing, and the usual branches of Education. The Country would be preferred. Letters to be addressed to G. L., care of Mr. GUAPEL, Bookseller, Church-street, Liverpool. B. HEWITT, SHORT-HAND WRITER and PRINCIPAL • REPORTER to the Liverpool Standard, respectfully informs Professional Gentlemen and Parties interested, that he purposes to supply accurate VERATIM REPORTS of the Trials in the Nisi Prius Court at the ensuing Assizes, on terms peculiarly moderate. References permitted to Gentlemen of the highest _ re spectability. _ _ Letters:addressed to the STANDAHD OFIFICZ, will receive immediate attention. JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The dealers have been chiefly occupied to-day in making up their accounts for to-morrow; which is settling day - . The market was - a shade better, and the closing quotations for Consols being 981 sellers for mo ney, and for the April account 891. Bank Stock 1651 to 61. India Stock 247 to 8. Exchequer Bills ss. to 7s. premium. The Foreign Market continues in a very quiescent state. with scarcely any business doing', Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents were 50a- to ; the Five per Cents 99 to 1. Belgian 98 to 91. Spanish Active with the Coupons 25 1 to 4. Portuguese Five per Cents 31+ to the Three per Cents 19 to 1. Brazilian 714 to 21. Mexican 27* toe. Colombian 221 to Danish 771 to 81. LONDON COMMERCIAL REPORT WEDNESDAY EvErqugo.—The public sales to-day were not of importance, and as respects Sugar! and Coffee there was still c! heaviness in prices. The Tea market was firmer all day for free trade samples, and the rates established at the public sale of yesterday were more than supported. Company's Congou on 'Change this afternoon got up to ls. 60. per lb. We observe that 2000 packages of Tea, recovered from the Mary Elizabeth, stranded off Holyhead, are to be offered at Liverpool to public competition. This Tea is said to be worse than the washed and kiln-dried sold here a week or two back, not having had the salt washed out of it, although satufated from its long continuance in the water, but being merely dried and re-packed. If the trade were up in arms before, on account of a much better parcel being put up here, what will they say to this ? At Liverpool the auction, when it comes off, is expected to excite considerable attention. In Tallow there is no particular alteration. We still quote prime Yellow Candle 465. to 465. 3d. per, cwt. on the spot, and about 465. for delivery in three months. KING'S COUNTY ELECTION The gross poll on Tuesday evening stood thus Armstrong Bernard Majority How this majority has been procured, and by what means, we shall show anon—merely premising that the Pilot, and the other organs of the faction, were boasting so late as Mon day that the majority on the first day would amount to a considerable greater number—say a hundred—than that to which at has reached on the second. Never, in the annals of rabble-ruffianism, was anything like the occurrences that have taken place at this election. The day intervening between the nomination and that fixed for polling—the' Sabbath—was turned to account by their reverences the priests, every chapel in the county having .been converted into an arena for the discussion of politics, and the excitement of party—the altars being the platforms from whence the most inflammatory harangues were de while every parish was exhorted to send forth its proper quota of " men-at-arms" to' defend the faith, and prevent, by every gradation, from simple intimidation up to absolute murder, all the electors in Mr. Bernard's interest from coming to the poll. ' The consequences of this excitement were, that Tullamoore was invested by an organised and armed mob, exceeding seventy thousand persons in number ; while the avenues leading to the town were guarded and patrolled by ruffians determined to resist, even to the, sacrifice of human life, the approach of every conservative elector. A notice has been served on Mr. Armstrong, and on every elector, that -- A' ' ivered; ;entleman is in the crown, he is renc pt of a pension Iron ru,relected or sittitu as a member of the House of'Commons.'his intelligent came like a clap of thunder upon the whol cially upon Mr. Armstrong nit re party, and esr SIR HARCOURT LEES AND 11 IR. O'CONNELL 'ram Galignan 's _Messenger of _Monday.) We insert the following at the request of the writer, in an swer to a letter from Mr. O'Connell, which appeared in our journal of Friday last : 5, Place VendOme. " SIR,—As yo u h ave pu bli s h ed a letter from Mr. Daniel O'Connell, addressed to the Morning Chronicle, in which that loudly-professing loyal and unassuming peace-maker undertakes to declare ' it to be quite certain that the Irish people have not in any way tampered with the government of France, I think it right, knowing the constitutional princi ples and objects of this person better, and having more frequently exposed and earned the British empire against them than any other man living, I think it my duty to write a very few lines on the subject, in order to point out to the French government and your readers the deception intended by thi4 innocent but accomplished political swindler. Mr. Daniel O'Connell is perfectly correct when he says that his Irish dupes and organised ribandinen have not tampered through their sworn leaders with the French government. But will he dare to tell me, that there has been no correspon dence carrying on for a considerable time past, between the revolutionists and operatives in this noble and chivalrous country the avowed enemies and sworn assassins of one of the best and most enlightened sovereigns that ever sat on the throne of France and his " Irish people," as he calls his un• fortunate victims? Will he declare that his Irish loyal staff and executive we not privy to the intended assassinzitionhy rieschi!s infernal machine, at least three weeks before that demoniac attempt was made upon the life of that most exalted and magnanimous monarch, and of every similar at tempt since, including the last one by Darmes? and will he deny that, at this hour, the directors of the Irish branch of the conspiracy are, by every diabolical engine they can pro cure, endeavouring secretly to dissolve the amity and alliance between Great Britain and Prance that ought to be everlast ing, and which, with the permanent ascendancy of both, will insure the peace of the civilized world? I have the honour to be, yours faithfully, , " HARCOURT LEES.:" MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—If the charges which have been for more than five years ringing against the College of May nuoth in every part of the British empire, and to which an adequate reply has never been given, are founded in fact, England is guilty of a crime against her subjects second in enormity only to that which she has committed against God. She is guilty of making provision for having 6,000,000 of human beings educated in principles for which, if th ey b e de velopedshe provides an i gnom i n i ous d eath as the ere is something absol u t e ly s h oc ki ng in this in e to l a r c r t h , She invests with the authority of a national insti e maintains at the public cost—an institution within which the morals of Thomas Aquinas are to prevail against .the morals of the Gospel ; where the principles of Roman law are to prove successful rivals to the laws of Eng land ; where the " incorrupta fides nudaque veritas" is to be learned through the accommodating casuistry which Jesuitism mould approve; where brotherly love is to be regulated ac cording to principles which teach that a man who loves the Scriptures better than Romanism shouid be put to death, and should be allowed to bear about his forfeit life only until the time when he may be murdered safely; and having pro vided this course of education for men who are to be as gods to the masses of an abused people, England is satisfied to think that she has done her duty, and that nothing remains but to prepare the scaffold and the executioner, imprison- , ment or exile, for the multitudes she has instructed how th e y may best entitle themselves to such rewards.—London Stan dard. thought, TO CORRESPONDENTS, A Member of the Young Men's Established Church Society," would be more likely to effect his object by ad dressing his remonstrance to the secretary of the society, who would bring the subject of it before the committee. Is our correspondent aware that this useful society has now added to its efficiency by the formation of a library ? We highly approve of our correspondent's motives and zeal; and if he cannot accomplish his ends by the course we have recommended, we shall feel less reluctance to publish his communication. LORD MORPETH'S IRISH REGISTRATION BILL, The protracted debate on this measure would, in all probability, be brought to a close last night; and if the London papers of this morning contain the divi sion, we shall announce it at the earliest possible moment. impor- could be eon iinst fraud and ition atty chil bise was a tack to the contrary, the definition of the franchise was, in his opinion, the vo' ry essence of the measure under consideration At the conclusion of the right hon. gentleman's speech Mr. BROTHERTON Plia:ved the adjournment of the debate until Wednesday, whi was immediately acceded to, and the house adjourned. F LORDS-WEDNESDAY The house did JE OF COMMONS—WEnNEsn4y. Lord STANLEy postponed the second reading of his Irish gistration bill until Vriday, 'tendon of then ut ne snouid le would bring it forriar e prepared to say The discussion ulTon Lord Morpeth's hill was then resumed by Mr. BROTHERTON, who briefly contended that it'wou/d give general satisfaction to the people of England and Ire land, and unite the two countries in a closer and better un derstanding than that which had heretofore prevailed Mr. MILNES contended that the present bill had been brought forward, nut with any hope or intention that it should become law, but with some ulterior view, of which they were at liberty to judge. If 'the noble lord .(Morpeth) really wished to benefit Ireland the most efficient way of doing so would be by the extension of that System of education which his noble friend Lord Stanley had conferred upon that country. Sir Was. SOMERVILLE in reply to the argument of Lord Stanley that if this franchise was given to Ireland, it must be extended to England also, observed that he had never heard it urged as an objection to an English bill that its benefits ought not to be givea to England, because they would, in that case, be obliged to extend it to Ireland. • It the argu ment was good for anything, why was it that the principles of the municipal bill for England had not b een exten d e d i n as full measure to Irela n d. 'The bill of the noble lord the mem ber for North Lancashire would, in effect be a total denial of the frpnchise to all but the wealthier classes of society, while that of his noble friend Lord Morpeth would, wi hout ver materially enlarging the franchise, give general s He could not help remarkiug that the noble lord upon his own showing, would enfranchise one class, they were at the beck of their landlords, at the very moment he was condemning the enfranchisement of another class, lest they should be at the beck of their landlords. . Mr. Sergeant JACKSON very warmly eulogised the speech of Sir Wm. Follett, and said that he never was more sur prised than at hearing it replied to by the right hon. gentle man opposite (Mr. Macaulay), in a speech which he must characterise as a mere piece of empty and frothy declama tion. He thought every man attached to a monarchical go vernment, and who was anxious to prevent its being swamped. by the democracy of the country, was bound to throw the bill of the noble Secretary for Ireland out of the house upon that—its second reading. Mr. SLANEY was of opinion that the £5 franchis,- atisfaction (StanleD becage 00 low, but. still they ought to go into committee, as the principle was good, and, by mutual concession, they might be enabled to adopt a proper amount of value upon which to found their right of voting. Mr. THESSIGER obsei:ved that, if the present bill were defeated, it did not follow that the evils of the present sys tem of registration would not be corrected, for, in that event, his noble friend (Lord Stanley) would pers his measure. It would b e a l most i ni T,bo-:. ' was , ev" ere with _ toe als that must hecessarily flow from the introduction of the bill of the noble Secretary for Ireland. It could not fail to raise expectations which could not be gratified, and a new pretext had been given to Ireland for continuous agitation. Mr. C. BULLER was satisfied that, however bad as might be the bill of the noble lord (Stanley), it possessed the re deeming feature of having forced the government to bring in a good one. The hon. gentleman endeavoured to show that Lord Stanley, by his bill, did define the Irish franchise, though by a very roundabout and in a very highly objection- The noble lord would leave it to the judges to Lion of interest" qualification, it being a y known that ten out cc in favour of the solvent tenant" qualifi a would give the more restricted franchise. Thus in effect he was giving to Ireland the '* - the solvent tenant" franchise through the medium of the judges, instead of re sorting to the more legitimate mode of-deaning it by an act of parliament. He was thus also exposing the judges to the charge, w hich would be invariably made against them, of being influenced by political bias. If, in consequence of the defeat of the bill before the house, the government should quit office, it would. be but a very short time before a very liberal government indeed would be called into power. The bill would be a banner under which the people would seek to re-establish a liberal administration. The measure of the noble lord (Stanley), he contended, was an attempt at a re trograde movement—to establish, in fact, the old Orange ascendancy in Ireland. It. might be easy to pass one bill, and to reject another, in the House of Peers ; and hon. mem bers on the opposition side were too much in the habit of imagining that the matter was to be d ec id e d i n t h at house .ae IL,ju cation, whict by the result of a few elections, or by the balance of influence in their favour do the night of a division; but the fact was that this was a matter that might hare to be decided, not by divisions, but by arms ; and lie would ask if their foreign relations were in a position to render them careless of such considerations: The hon. gentleman then adverted to the temperance movement, and said that a people who could ex hibit such an instance of self-denial, must be eminently sus ceptible and highly organised, as t hey were b y agitators of ability, such as the worid rarely saw. Such t 4 people, so or ganised and so led, must be sufficiently losing to cause any government to shrink from giving them just cause of dissa tisfaction. The hon. member for Dublin had taught a lesson to the world—that the most successful insurrection, and the most difficult to be dealt with, was that which was always to e dreaded, but which never broke out. All these consider ' —,,i-puded, pointed out the only safe course to be ations, h _ lat of conciliation. GRAHAM said that the hon. and learned gen 1, 'ked, at the commencement of his speech, of his canuour, cud of the calmness with which he would argue the question before the house, and he (Sir James Graham) not a little curprised at some'of the topics ,ntroduced and dwelt upon. li e on nor the patriotism . which cha- Sir JAMS =man had 1e had subsequently neither the disereti . acterised the latter potion of his spc doubted if any' envied 3 ! £ . /12d . he even of the nh ra in elivered at sthinemOre inflammatory Could be found in th e the 'Corn Exchange in English Dublindicals. Tl o e r rightthose hon. d gentleman the Secretaay of War had described the bill of his noble friend (Lord Stanley) as a childish production ,• but if he was only to ask thenobie lord 'near him (Lord Morpeth), he would tell him that it was a troublesome child to deal with— that he had attempted last year to smother it, and had since then thought to change it at nurse. If in any future debate the right hon. gentleman would make a similar speech, the c did would have an opportunity of replying, he would find that he could give h ar d er hi ts than he expected, and that his speeches contained semOhiat.more than glitt er i ng con ceits d impotent puerilities. "LW right h on . ba ronet pro. THEATIM.ROYAL, LIVERPOOT Under the Manageraent of Mr. a426\73, Sole Lessee. SECOND 'WEEK OF MR. VAN AMBURGH, Whose performance excited the most intense interest -for 125 successive Nights, at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, and which was several times honoured by the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, and the Nobility of London, is engaged for a LIMITED PERIOD, (being- his last professional visit previous to his departure for St. Petersbnrgh.) He will make his appearance this Evening, in an original drama, in three acts, in which he will sustain a Dramatic Character, introducing in scenes connected with the inte rest of the piece, the whole of his matchless collection of LIONS, LEOPARDS, and TIGERS. SECOND WEEK OF MR. J. S. BALLS. T HIS present FRIDAY, the 26th instant, will be per formed the Comedy of LAUGH WHEN YOU CAN, As received on the two former representations with reiterated plaudits. Gossamer.. Mr. J. S. Balls. Bonus.. Mr. Baker. Mrs. Mortimer, Miss Cleaver. Aiiss Gloomly, Mme, Simon. To conclude with, for the tenth time here, anew arid original Drama, in Three Acts, written expressly to introduce Mr. Van Amhurgh's Collection of Trained Animals, called MUNGO PAR Karfa, the Arab of the Niger . .... Mr. Van Amburgh. Mungo Park.... Mr. Gray. Col. Laidly.. Mr. Chaplin. Toby Gander *is. Baker. Immalce :—Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; Prices of Admission Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, is Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance to commence at Seven. The Box-office will be opened daily, when Places in the Boxes may be taken of Mr. MINSTER, from Ten until Three. A limited number of Season Tickets to be disposed of.— Application to be made at the Box-office. On SATURDAY. the Musical Play of the•FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST. Florian, Mr. J. S. Balls; Count de Valmont, Mr. Stuart; Longueville, Mr. Gray; L'Eclair, Mr. Baker; Eugenia, Miss Cleaver; Geraldine, Mrs. Baker; Rosahelle, Mrs. Barton ; Monica., Madame Simon.—To con clude with MUNGO PARK. .. . . The early arrangements of the Theatreinclude the engage ment of Mr. CHARLES KEAN, in conjunction with Mrs. \VARNER, (late Miss Huddart,)the Lealing Actress in the Tragic Department at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket. An engagement has also been made With Miss DELCY, the popular Vocalist, who was so eminently successful, last season, at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane. Mr. and Mrs. lATES, Mrs. KEELEY, Mr. PAUL BEDFORD, Mr. 'WRIGHT, and Mr. WIELAND, of the Theatre-Royal, Adelphi, are also engaged, and will, together, make their appearance at the close of the London season. Mr. ELTON, of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane and Hay market; and Mr. G. VANDEN HOFF, of the Theatre- Royal, Covent-Garden, are engaged for a limited period, and will: make their first appearance at this Theatre! on MONDAY next, March Ist, on which evening Mr. H. HOLL, principal - light comedian from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, who is engaged for the season, will make his first appearance here. Mr. GRAINGER, of the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, the popular performer of French and German c'saracters, is engaged for the seaso n , an d w ill ma k e hi s fi rst appearance here early in the ensuing month. Miss E. HONNER, from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, is also engaged for the season, and will shnrt!y make her appearance.- , Bement has much satisfaction in announcing an with Mr. MACRE/MY, engageme part of th 10 :ON, in the earl season, r .rs. NE iciations are in pregTes with of r performers of first-rate talent, and neither exertion nor expense will be spared to render the routine of the performances worthy the support and patronage of the public. SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT, We this day present our readers with the first of a series of " SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT," which it is our intention to continue at intervals, on the occasion of any important debate in the House of Commons. They are the production of an intelligent gentleman, who has numerous sources of information, and who . we doubt not will render the series not only interesting but highly instructive.' Eibrrpool FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1841. On reading the prolonged debates that have taken place in Parliament this week on Lord Morpeth's Re gistration Bill, we have been disappointed at finding so little said on that topic which of all others enters ost deeply essentially into the question. W grant that it an awkwarct: subject in the house ; but t is not on th important the With the public press, however, there is not, or at least there ought not to be this squeamishness. We allude to the attempt to diacuss Irish qu estiom: 1, as it were conclu- sively, yet wit/Lout reference to the subject of In so doing, Conservatives shew themselves vastly con ciliatory, and choose frequently a weak and unfavour able position, when they might, if they pleased, have a ' • fragable one. Glance at this registra tion question in its first and most obvious point of view, and if we agree not to perceive anything of reli gion the. consequence inevitably is, that we.give the Radicals a decided ,advantage. They ask for a qualification for electors in:lreland on the ground that that country is poorer than England—and they shelf what vast numbers are excluded from the franchise by reason of the present high rate ; and is not this a plaus ible argument ? We think it is, and we are not sure that Conservatives can satisfactorily overturn it, so long as they stand on political grounds merely. They speak of the extreme pove•ay of the people, and their consequent liability to corrupting influences ; but might not a People b e poor, and yet virtuous ? Must poverty with all its other evils, necessarily bear the reproach of being vicious and immoral ? Why this is a libel upon human nature. And yet it is the libel, or the doctrine, which the Conservative who fore goes religion in discussing the new enfranchisement of Ireland, is necessarily driven to. That there is great error here, will hardly be denied. We do not seek to account for it; we rest simply on the fact. But let the Conservative pl ace himself direct l y, and at on ce on the religious ground, and the case is completely altered. As the champion of - a Protestant constitution, Church, and Government, he then acts with perfect consistency 5n refusing privilege s and powers to men who would use them for no otlu T purpose than to subvert those great institutions —a nd he escapes from the dubious and unenviable positi on of shutting men out from con stitutional privileges 1-nerely on the ground of penury. But, it may be said, t; his would be declaring open war against Popery. Dot !btless it would ; but are we to be told that there is any • Conservative Protestant afraid, or ashamed to engage i; n that holy war ? Ay, "there's the rub." We do fear t hat this is too much the case— that our Protestantism h as been infected and damaged by Liberalism -_and tha t there are many who think that religion is not essea ltial to. a COnservative policy. Hence all our difficulties with Irish questions. This is a most unfortun, ate state of things not less strong and irre for Mile country than for Ireland, Papery we know to ha the bane and curse of that country—the true per turbed source of all its crimes, poverty, degradation, and misery —the real exclusionist of the Irish, or of so large a proportion of them, from political privileges ; and yet English Protestants, men who have been hap pily delivered from the gripe of that foul apostacy, re fuse to tell the deluded Irish their mind on the sub ject—shrink from endeavouring to rescue them from ruin lest they Should hurt their feelings—speaking de licately and mincingly of the afFair as one of mere opinion —and, worse than all, absolutely vote away the public money in order to maintain a Popish college for the education of Popish priests in the heart of the kingdom. This is really too bad—most mistaken kindness. What is it, let us ask, that Lord Stanley would by his bill legislate in effect against ? or what that which Lord Morpeth seeks by his to indulge and pamper? In both cases it is one and the same thing—Popery. And yet, in other respects, men who well know the evil to be guarded against treat this same Popery as if there were no favours too great to bestow upon it—no crimes against the committal of which it needs any restraint. Our readers will find in another column a letter from the Rev. H. M`Neile on the subject of Maynooth Col lege, in which, we are happy to perceive, he demolishes that rhetorical artifice of Mr. Sheil's, whereby he suc ceeded in proving, last year, to the satisfaction of some persons too easily convinced, that to touch that Popish institution would be a violation of the articles of union between the countries. Those who regard its main tenance as a foul blot upon our history will be glad to find that the supposed violation is all mere moonshine. There is fortunately no such contract in existence as that attempted to be set up by our Popish Vice-Presi dent of the Board of Trade; but there is a contract in existence—a contract by which every Protestant ought to feel himself bound, not to maintain, but, as soon as possible, to dissolve that connection by which we stand nationally in the relation of institutors, guardians, and supporters of one of the chief nurseries of Popery in the sister island. The late dreadful catastrophe off Holyhead has ar rested public attention, as one might expect an occur rence so extraordinary and so fatal would do. Some of the circumstances connected with it are curious, and some almost inexplicable; but taking the transac- tion as a whole, it suggests the necessity there exists for some better understood, or better defined, regula tions with regard to two points, namely, vessels carry- ing such a number of passenge putting up light by night. On this occasion the steamer had lights up, whilst the lost vessel had none—a fact which shews the un certainty that prevails as to the practice, and serves also, we conceive, fully to account for the calamitous accident. It is true that the collision might have happened even though both the vessels had carried lights ; but the chances of avoiding it would have been multiplied thereby. The Governor Fenner might have seen the steamer, and actually did see her, in time to prevent a collision, had she been able to put about; but it is not at all conceivable that the steamer saw the Fenner with similar advantage, or she would have made use of it. It is something curious and interesting to consider, that neither vessel altered her course in the slightest degree up to the moment of the fatal rencountre, and that if we look at a chart we may mark, by the inter section of two lines, the spot where it took place, just as if it had been pre-ordained, when each vessel left her respective port, that there they should meet—that, wide as is the ocean and roomy the way, there they should cross each other's path, and there, in the twink ling of an eye, the "one should be taken and the other left." Scripture assures us that a " sparrow cannot fall to the ground" without the permission of Omnipotence ; but the necessity in which all things are thus involved is benevolently kept out of sight, because it was not intended that our knowledge of that truth, in the abstract, should, abate our energies in the pro motion or employment of secondary causes. Yet oc casionally the providential ordainments of Omnipotent power -:—the expreis appointments; as it were, of the Almighty Ruler of events—are brought before us in a most striking and impressive manner, serving imme diately to remind us of the lesson so forcibly inculcated by the apostle :"Go to now, ye that say, to-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, ana sell, and get gain ; whereas ye know not what 813h11 be on the morrow for that ye ought to say, if the Lord will, we shall live, and do this or that." The instruction is for all; but it surely ought to reach with especial application those who " go down to the sea in ships." With regard to the almost instantaneous disappear ance of the Governor Fenner, it is difficult to account for it. Had she been perfectly sea-worthy, it can scarcely he conceived that the concussion Nvith the steamer would have sunk her under the surface of the deep, with all her cargo, with a rapidity so terrific and destruction so complete. On this point, however, there are extreme opinions both ways. A London contem porary asks, "if there had been any examination into the sea-worthiness of the Governor Fenner before she sailed from port, crowded with those ill-fated emi grants ;" and argues on the hypothesis that it vas imperative on any emigration superintending officer, appointed by our government, to inquire into the matter. It is on this very point, however, that we ap prehend there is some deficiency in our regulations, and that an amendment is called for. It is a matter of every-day experience that the self interest of owners and other parties concerned is not a sufficient gu rantee to the public against rash or even desperate experiments being made. The desire of gain is not unfrequently stronger even than that of self preseri'ation, and requires the constant exercise of a controlling power over its enterprises when the public welfare is concerned. Upon the whole, we trust that good will result from the attention which this calamit ous occurrence has drawn to the points adverted to, and will eventuate in regulations conducive to the safety of - [tips and voyagers on the seas Since the above remarks were written, we have re ceived the following letter from the Captain of the Governor Fenner TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD " Srn,—Observing in this day's Liverpool Mail a letter from Captain Stewart, of the Nottingham steamer, com menting upon my letter addressed to Messrs. North and Orred, I beg to state that I am prepared to establish, when necessary, what I therein asserted. Anxious as lam that the public should be acquainted with every fact connected with the collision, yet I cannot, consistently with my duty to the owners of the Governor Fenner and of the goods on board her, go into a detail without their permission, as by so doing I may possibly prejudice their interest; and I must content myself at present by saying, that I have neither pub lished nor authorised any one to publish in the public prints any account of the collision, and that those statements which have appeared in the public prints are in many essentials in correct. Amongst other things it is said that the Governor Fenner was not seaworthy. To rebut this assertion I refer to Lloyd's agent, and Messrs. Graysons, the shipbuilders, of this port. Even Captain Stewart says, in his letter, that my crew saw the Nottingham lights from 15 to 20 minutes before the collision ; but he does not say from whence he got the information, and appears to have overlooked the fact that my crew were, with the bxception of the mate, all unhappily lost. I advert to this simply to shew the vague and incor rect statements which have appeared. " Your obedient servant, " S. E " Feb. 25th." ANDREWS, We observe that many of our contemporaries have expressed considerable doubt as to the seaworthiness of the Governor Fenner; and though we have no wish to make any remarks which the circumstances of the late melancholy disaster do not justify, we deem it a duty we owe to the public to call the at tention of the legislature or other proper authorities to the facts connected with the collision, in order that some steps may be taken to prevent, if possible, a repe tition of such an unfortunate occurrence. The Morn ing Herald of yesterday justly remarks— " IF blame in this instance exist anywhere (and that ques tion we cannot pretend, at present, to determine,) then is the responsibility in official quarters most tremendous. If it do not, no harm CAN ensue. Much good MAY follow from a determined and strict investigation into all the particulars and relations of this melancholy catastrophe. We were, for our parts, very unwilling that the passing excitement of po litical questions should withdraw public attention from a matter of such deep but of such mournful domestic interest." It is laid down by a Whi . g journal of this town—fa tnous for its discovery of mares' nests—that Tories have no right to complain of the New Poor Law Act, because in Parliament Tories as well as Whigs assisted in the passing. of it. This is his editorial Whig law, which, however good in itself, we fear, he will not find so efficient in its sanctions as he might desire. For our part, though we allow that for our sins we must sometimes submit to the infliction of Whig legislation, we know of no right that a Whig gentleman of the fourth estate has to make laws for us, and we appeal against his jurisdiction. Let it be a rule for Whigs to persevere in ill-doing, if the fates will have it so ; but for Tories, we claim the right of retractation and amendment when they perceive that there has been error in any of their proceedings. We are now threatened with a brace of nuisances against which the inhabitants of Liverpool ought, in our humble opinion, to make every resistance, at least in their own behalf, let others do as they may : we al lude, certainly, in the first instance, to the introduction of the New Poor Law Act into the borough, and, in the second, to the extension of the powers of the pro posed commission under Lord Normanby's Building and Drainage Bill within our jurisdiction. We take, as a common ground of objection to these twin Whig blessings, that here at least we stand in no need of them, and may well claim to be exonerated from their bestowment. We do not say that in other places the Building and Drainage Act, when properly modified, may not be found useful; nor is it at all ne cessary for our purpose that we should go at length into the questio vexata between the new poor law and the old. Enough is it for us to contend, simply, that Liverpool is sufficiently well able to take care of its own poor upon the existing system and principle of self-government; and as to the building and drainage measure, that if it required one, Liverpool would na turally prefer a local act for itself, to being compre hended in a general enactment such as that projected. It is, we conceive, nothing less than an insult to include. under the centralising administration of Government Commissioners, a city of the magnitude, importance, and character of Liverpool, as if it were incapable of self-gdvernment ; and we think that the more wealthy and intelligent classes of its inhabitants ought—not for this reason only, but for the prevention of great prac tical evil and injury to the poor especially—to use every exertion that the operation of these bills may be kept without its boundaries. ks to the Bastile system, and its grinding economy, enough has been said to make every man who feels for the poor of the neighbourhood in which he resides both anxious and alert to save them from such a cala mity; and, as to the Building and Drainage Act, even in that case also we are called upon for the sake of the poor still further to stem the torrent of Whig tyranny and injustice. Some of the clauses of that dct inter meddle with the concerns of the poor and the rights of Englishmen in a manner which we trust will never be endured either in legislation or in practice in this country. Lord Ndrmanby proposes to settle by act of Parlia ment the size of rooms and the height of wisdoms.—"No room in any house built after the passing of this act in any such town or village, having only one room on the ground floor, or having four rooms in all, shall be less than 8 feet in height from the floor to the ceiling ; and in every such house there shall be at least one room of not less dimensions than twelve feet from the back to the front in the clear thereof, and 12 feet from one side to the other side in the clear thereof, exclusive of any space which may be taken of for any closet or stair : - case." And, " In every room containing 144 square feet of flooring in any house built after the passing of this act in any such town or village, there shall be at least one window, the dimensions of which shall be not less than 4 feet 9 inches in height, and not less than three feet wide in the clear of the sash frame ; and every such window shall be either a casement window opening on hinges, or the sashes shall be double hung, opening both at the top and bottom." If this becomes law, not only cannot a man build, but we suppose (if there is to be any consistency in the thing) he cannot alter or divide a room in his house without running the risk of having it pulled down ; yes, incredible as it may appear, pulled down. By the . 2gth and. 30th clauses, any two justices of . the peace are enabled to declare a house " irregularly built " a common nuisance, and to order it to be " abated or taken down" at the owner's expense. " This reckless and wanton invasion of property and liberty," justly observes the Times, in commenting on this bill, "is proposed by a liberal.government in the nineteenth century, and in a country where every man's `house' was formerly said to be 'his castle.' Any un fortunate workman who may wilfully, carelessly, or negligently" make a window an inch too short, or a room a foot too small, is to be visited with heavy pe nalties ; and public surveyors are app6inted, to whom every master workman or other person who, after the passing of this act, shall build, or cause to be built, any house, or any addition to a house, in any such town or village,' will be obliged to give notice, before it is begun, and after it is finished ; and these public sur veyors are authorised to take the .whole direction of the works into their own hands, (and to demand a fee for so doing,) and are required to inform against any deviation from the statutable dimensions." Such being the extraordinary provisions of this mea sure, well may we wish that LiVerpool should be ex empt from its operation. In another part of our paper this day will be found a report of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company. The very satisfactory statements made in the report cannot but prove highly gratifying to the shareholders. When this line is com pleted it will doubtless be a very profitable one, as it will command not only an extensive carrying trade, but the number of passengers upon it will be very great. Seven or eight miles of the line will be opened this year. LOCAL NEWS, ASSAULT.—A car-driver, named Edwa r d B arrow, was yesterday fined 50s. and costs, (or to be imprisoned one month,) for a violent assault cn an old man, who had merely gone up to obtain the name of the owner of the ear, with which the prisoner had run against and broken his son's shandry. MODEL OF THE LAKE DISTRICTS.---NO W that the wea ther has burst into beauty and become pleasant, it is to be hoped that this very excellent and interesting model will be well supported. The children of the Deaf and Dumb Insti tution were allowed to visit the model last week, and we un derstand that many of them, from Ulverston and the neigh bourhood, took the most lively interest in examining the country before them. We recommend a visit to this very clever work of art. REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER.--WC are glad to perceive that the conservatives are making the most strenu ous efforts for contesting the representation of this borough, in. gase.of an early dissolution_ of-Parliament. _.. Encouraged, by a division amongst the liberal party, they • are about to bring forward two candidates—namely, Sir George Murray and Richard Entwistle, Esq. (the son-in-law of Edward Lloyd, Esq.) SERIOUS COMPLAINT AGAINST, A LETTER CARRIER.— Yesterday, at the Police -court, a letter carrier, named Joseph HolloWay, was placed at the bar on a charge of having de tained a number of letters, which he ought to have delivered on the previous day. The inspector of letter carriers from the postoffice said that he had gone to the prisoner's house, and there found 180 letters. The prisoner said his round was more than he could accomplish, and that he had made a complaint to that effect. The' inspector admitted that the prisoner had complained, but added, that the round was not greater than that given to others. Mr. Rushton said it was the duty of the prisoner to return the letters to the postoffice when he found he Could not duly deliver them. The charge was a serious one, and he must be remanded. TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM.—The members of Mr. Joliffe's Royal Liverpool Lancer Band having met together at the house of his son, the Lancer Tavern, Old Haymarket, a few evenings ago, it was determined amongst them to pay a tri bute of respect to their worthy leader; a very handsome sub scription was immediately entered into, for the purpose of presenting him with a magnificent silver medal, surmounted with gold, in the shape of a star. Mr. Doke, our talented townsman, will in the course of a few days have completed this present, and will allow it to be placed in his window a few days previous to its presentation. From such hands the "star" must indeed be brilliant. I recommend the lovers of the unique to avail themselves of the opportunity of inspect ing this chaste but splendid specimen of art.—From a Cor respondent. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday, at the police court, Mr. Moss, pawn broker, informed Mr. R us h ton, that a poor m an name d Joseph Hill, who was in th e h a bi t of occa sionally ca lli ng on hi s (Mr. M.'s) mother for relief, and who had yesterday been sent from that office to the p ar i sh office, but refused relief there ; had that morning gone to informant's house, and dropped down and died at the door, of what ap peared to be destitution of the necessaries of life. This statement, which appeared to involve a serious charge against the relieving o fficers, was, however, so f ar as they were con o• cerned, spee day disposed of. It app eare d from the evidence of Mr - . Evans and another gentleman, as well as of Mr. Parkinson, of the Bridewell, that the deceased was taken from the streets, on Tuesday, to Bridewell, for safety, as he appeared to be in want. On Wednesday, wh en h e a pplied for relief, he was paid Is, and told to return in the morning (yesterday), and he would be sent to the Infirmary, as it then appeared he was labouring under asthma. He remained in the Bridewell till half-past six on that night. He had also previously received 2s. as relief. Under the circumstances Mr. Rushton said that lamentable as was the poor man's death, no blame was attributable to the parish officers, and the case terminated. THEATRE ROYAL.—As Van Amburgh and his lions w shortly leave Liverpool, no time should be allowed to claw who wish to see his wonderful performances. ' Venice Preserved" was played on T ues d ay, an d l ast night " A Cure for the Heartache; ' to-night, " Laugh when you can" will put the risible faculties of many into action. THE POST-OFFICE GALLERY.—Since writing the notice of the pictures that.bave been lately added to the Post-office Gallery Collection, we understand that several more first rate works of art have arrived, and w ill b e h ung up to-day. Amongst them are fine paintings by Guido, Caracci, Mor land, &c. We sincerely hope that this undertaking will an swer. We believe that the proprietor only wishes it to pay the expenses. It has so far been well supported. The walls now exhibit works of art at least worth £20,000 to £30,000, and the gallery, in point of excellence, may compete with many of the first collections in the kingdom. by tha PROTESTANT REGISTRATION OFFICE.—We omitted in our last to direct the attention of our readers to the regis tration office now established in Elliott-street, by Mr. Lea therbarrow, for the purpose of providing- the public with respectable and Protestant servants. Nye have no doubt many of our friends will •be glad to avail themselves of this excellent method of procuring fit individuals for their domes tic requirements. DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.—We beg to draw attention to the very liberal offer made by Mr. Cronin, in his advertisement which appears elsewhere in our paper to day. We have heard of some very remarkable cases which Mr. Cronin has had under his care, and lin recommending him to the notice of our friends, we believe we can do so with confidence. ST. DAVID'S DAY.—The celebration of this day by the loyal inhabitants of ancient Britain will take place as usual. After a procession and examination of the children in the Welsh school-room, the friends of Cambria will adjourn to the Clayton Arms Hotel, Clayton-square, to partake of the repast prepared for them. On the following day, we per ceive, a meeting will take place for the purpose of petitioning the legislature against the abstraction of the Welsh ecclesias tical revenues for any other purpose than that for which they were originally designed. THE LIVER.—The " Church-Street Drawing Room," as this theatre has been often called, has been well attended during the week. Aladdin has been cleverly got up. We earnestly recommend Mr. Rogers to give up those abomina ble deep tragedy airs he indulges in. He must recol lect that he is not roaring across the sawdust of an Amphitheatre, but in the Liver Theatre, where, to use Shakespe:e's excellent advice, he must " use all gen tly. In " Ten Thousand a Year," instead of acting like a plain country gentleman turned out of his estate, he delivered, the text as if he was d o i ng t h e aw f ul in a Sans Pareil melo drama. A SHIP OVERTURNED IN THE GRAVING DOC/C.—A rather novel accident occurred on Monday last to the ship Baboo, Capt. Forrester, from Calcutta, at this port. The vessel, it appears, was recently placed in the Canning Graving Dock, where she had been repaired and coppered. On Monday she was ready to take in cargo, and was about to leave the Graving Dock for that purpose. Unfortunately she was not sufficiently ballasted, and, as the water rose upon her, she suddenly sprung up and immediately fell over on her beam ends. The ballast that was in her hold slipped over, which, with the water which rushed into her, contri buted to fix her with increased firmness in her awkward po sition. None of the workmen or sailors sustained any in jury, and active measures were immediately resorted to in the erection of mechanical purchases, &c. to replace the vesselin her natural posture, which, it is expected, will be effected without damage. The rumour of the accident soon spread far and wide, and hundreds of persons visited the spot for the purpose of witnessing a sight so novel and extraordinary. ST. HELEN'S SPRING FAIR.—The first spring fair in this thriving and fast-increasing town took place yesterday week. At ten o'clock in the morning a procession was formed, and headed by a band of music, accompanied the authorities to proclaim the fair according to the ancient custom. There was a tolerably good show of all kinds of stock, with rather a lack of buyers. In those brought to be exhibited for the premiums offered by the fair committee, there was a mani fest improvement since last fair. The judges appointed to decide upon the merits of the different animals were Mr. Stetson, of Toxteth-park ; Mr. Almond, of Standish ; and Mr. Wood, veterinary surgeon, Wigan. Owing to indispo sition, the latter gentleman was prevented from attending, but the other two gentlemen very satisfactorily discharged the important duty imposed upon them. ASSAULT.—We alluded in our last to an assault which had taken place between a fireman of the West of England Junction Company and an inspector of police, at the fire in Rumford-street, on Sunday. The parties were brought be fore Mr. Rushton on Tuesday, and after the following ob servations he dismissed the case :—" This is a case against Inspector M'Donald, for having assaulted Mulholland, and deprived the men of the West of England Fire-office of their plug. He had not acted on his own responsibility, but from the instructions of the head constable, and did so for the purpose of obtaining a supply of water which was necessary for the suppression of the fire. But if any man interferes in such matters without an authority; he makes himself amena ble to the law and is brought before me, I should visit him with the most severe punishment. But Mr. Whitty had given his instructions, and the West of England men ought to have made way for him, as it is in evidence that they knew that they were an impediment to the head constable. The cor poration have vested powers in the head constable, and I wish to be understood, that they must not be interfered with at all. If the parties under him outstep their duty they are amenable to this court. But in no case, when acting under the orders of the head constable, are they to be molested. It appears to me, that this is a case of jealousy on the part of the West of England fire men ."—Th e c h arge was preferred by the fireman. ROBBERY OF VALUABLE GOODS FROM A WAREHOUSE.— At the Police Court, yesterday, Peter Taylor, Geo. Mercer, James Hughes, Catharine Taylor, Jane Woods, and Catharine Ashcroft, were placed at the bar, on suspicion of being con cerned in robbing a warehouse of some valuable silks, &c. It appeared that on the 11th or 12th of the present month, a warehouse-room belonging to Messrs. Wm. Rose and Co., in Tower-gardens, was broken open ; a case was also broken, and a quantity of the articles carried off, while others were left lying about, doubtless in the hurry of the depredator or depredators to escape.—Philip Flinn, warehouseman to Messrs: Rose and Co. (merchants and forwarding agents ( 1 1 , ‘ said that he locked th e ware h ouse-room in which the goo ds were shortly after 12 o'clock at noon, on the 11th instant, and all the cases were then in go o d or d er. On the following day he received notice that something was wrong, and on going to the spot found some pieces of silk handkerchiefs, &c., strewed about. A man employed by Messrs. Bayley Brothers, and who had gone to the warehouse for weights and scales, saw a silk handkerchief-piece lying at the door of the warehouse-room, and gave the alarm, and a poker was soon afterwards found near the door, also a chisel, broken in the lock. The room was then entered, a case was found broken open, various articles carried off, and some left lying about. The goods, it appeared, had been received from Glasgow. Several pawnbrokers' assistants appeared, who produced silk handkerchief-pieces, or separate handkerchiefs, pledged by one or other of the prisoners. The house of Taylor, in Be vington-bush, was searched, and a quantity of silk handker chief ends, or f en t s , were f oun d stowed in a cradle by the Police-officer. Several pawntickets, to correspond with the articles pledged, were also produced and sworn to by the pawnbrokers. Some silk handkerchiefs were also found at the house kept by one of the male prisoners, and at that of another more of the web ends, between the bed and the mat trass. The evidence was not so strong against Mercer as against the others, but strong suspicion nevertheless attached to him, and they were all remanded, till the parties from Glasgow, who could identify the articles, could be brought round . to give evidence. There were also found, along with handkerchiefs, at the house of one of the prisoners, a hand some piece of plate, chased, and intended probably as a small sugar-basin. This article is not part of the property taken from the warehonse. BIRKENHEAD FAIR, TUESDAY.—This fair being a new one, and some doubt and uncertainty having existed as to its being held at all, caused the attendance to be rather slack. There is no doubt, however, from the great faci lities offered by the railway to Chester, that if the Birken head fairs were made more public they would be extremely well'attended, while the excellent prices at all times obtained on all descriptions of stock ought to prove a sufficient encou ragement to the farmers in the neighbourhood to bring down their produce. In the cow fair we saw seine very likely calvers, at .£l6 to £22. There were t wo or t h ree fat beasts, which /etched high prices, varying from £22. to £25. There were very few s h ee p, but high rates were obtained for them. There were a few pigs, for which 30s. to 40s. were asked, too high prices for their value. In the horse fair were many very serviceable animals, some good useful cart horses were shown, but high prices were asked for all sorts. If this fair were well supported, we are confident that it would become one of some consequence. We saw many respectable dealers from Liverpool, who would doubtless have laid out their money if prices coutd have tempted them. We were sur prised to find that there was no c h eese p i tc h e d . Consider ing the very excellent prices obtained at the last fair, we should have thought it Would have been worth the while of the farmers to bring their dairies forward. More publicity must be given to the next fair, and there is no doubt that the at tendance will be better. FATAL. ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening, about half-past seven o'clock. police sergeant Beckerson, 22 A, was on duty in Hy de Park, when he observed a chimney bekinging to No, 4, Hamilton-place, on fire. He went to the house to apprize the inmates, and knocked at the door, but no one answered it, and whilst standing there be heard something fall very heavily in the hall, accompasied with a great smashing of glass. The door was afterwards opened, and the sergeant saw a man lying on his face, on the floor of the hall, sur rounded by an immense pool of blood. He turned him on his back, but the poor fellow was to all appearance dead. Dr. Fuller, of Piccadilly, was sent for, and that gentleman said that life had become extinct the moment the deceased fell. The deceased was afterwards removed to St. George's work house. It appeared that the deceased, whose name is James Bexford, was under-butler to Henry Bevan, Esq., of No. 4, Hamilton-place, and had ascended to the roof for the pur pose of Tutting something down the chimney, when his foot slipped and he fell through the skylight into the hall, where he was found. ANOTHER DUEL.—An affair of the above nature took place on Thursday, the 18th instant, between a Mr. L. and a Dr. H. The principals, their seconds, and an eminent sur geon of this city, whose services had been secured for the occasion. met, by appointment, about two miles beyond Penicuik. Here they were unable to carry their purposes into execution, being watched and followed from the inn by two men who appeared to suspect their object. Upon this, a move was made back to Penicuik, where, by means of each party leaving the inn separately, and proceeding into the wood by different routes, they escaped observation. A difficulty now arose concerning the mode in which the duel was to be conducted, Dr. H. insisting, through his friend, that it should be in the French style, where the parties are placed back to back, and the signal being given, each advances a certain number of paces—previously agreed on —turns, and fires. This difficulty being disposed of by an appeal to " a toss," whi c h was w on by Dr. H . ' s friend, the French mode was adopted. The seconds then retired considerably to the right side of the combatants —the signal heinc fi given, and turning, but in his eagerness t o gain the adv an t age of firing Dr. H. r a pidly p a ced his steps first, he discharged his pistol before he had turned wholly round, consequently his bullet passed between the two sec onds. Mr. L.'s ball passed within a few inches of the doc tor's head. The parties fired a second time without effect, the usual mode being this time adopted. Dr. H. now yielded to the ori g i na l d eman ds made by Mr. L., an d signed a writ tenup certain physiological document to that effect. We understand the affair arose This manner of settling in consequence of a dispute concerning the right to a disco. anatomy, p v b er e y no in me m na inu h t i e ther a dispute must tl appear, app ear we should hope eve to ine xl c i clearing g n the parties themselves, both foolish and culpable. Although a duel has been fought, has it been ascertained who was the real disco verer of the physiological fact? We suspect not.—Edinburgh Evening Post. SERIOUS OUTRAGE.—We are sorry to have to record another instance of those villainous and cowardly acts, which, on too many occasions, have had their rise among the dis contented colliers. On Tuesday last some malici ous persdn o r persons, between ten and eleven o'clock, discharged some fire arms, loaded with bullets and sings, through one of t he windows in Mr. Peace's house in Haigh, with intent to kill or maim an inmate of the house, who was at the time closing the window previous to hi s re ti r i ng to rest. We un derstand that a clue has been already obtained to the perpe trators of this diabolical outrage, but we refrain from saying more on this head, lest, by doing so, we should frustrate or impede the attempts which are now making, by our active and vigilant police, to capture the offenders. Fifty pounds reward is offered by Mr. Peace, to any person who may give such information as will lead to the convietion of the person or persons who perpetrated this atrocious act.—Wigati Gazette.