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c ) volunteering to join the boat again, fresh as the throes of their expiring companions on their recollections. *"l'he boat was ultimately recovered, with all her gear, un injured, and is now ready for service on her carriage. The nine cork jackets, as fitted by Mr. Egerton Smith, were found at tached to the the thawts where I caused them to be kept , to in sure not leaving th em behind in the hurry of launching; and the only reason the survivors can give fur not obeying . my con stant injunction to Wear them fair or foul' is, that their anxiety to reach the schooner before high water, (it being three-fourths flood,) made them forget. They seem, however , woefully sensi ble of their omission- It appears that the crew of the said schoon er had taken to their own boat, and landed to leeward, near Southport. - "1 have submitted that Edward Livesly, Henry Aindow, and Edward Atly,*are objects for committee requital ; I ought also . to name Gilbert Tyre, and Anne Bond--The former for unspar ingly exerting himself . and horses, and the latter, for most praisewoithily attending to the light-house, amidst the conflict ng scenes of a suddenly bereft family of children which as a ser vant to Mr. \\Talker, she was called upon to sustain, his wife hav ing died last year. I should also observe,-that G. Tvre devoted his time and assistance to me, during the long and melancholy investigation, which was corroborateeseparately, both as respects the calamity, of which I have given the substance, and the heart-rending consequences attending it, and which I could only attempt to alleviate on the spot, by reminding the widows • and the fatherless, that they could not mourn the departed in a luor e worthy or nobler cause; and assured them ; that, whatever the public funds must necessarily fall short in shielding so many at once from aggravating bitterness of destitution, I was sure the sympathising community of Liverpool would readily supply. This brings me to state, that four widows, and twenty-eight children, are thrown upon the compassionate feelings of those who can appreciate this sacrifice of self in the cause of hu . inanity. "1 subjoin a list of those who claim our respect and protec tion : Lieut. Walker, leaves 3 children, (orphans). John Brookes, a widow, and 7 children, (one blind.) Thos. Swift, a widow, and 7 children. Robert Formby, a widow, (pregnant,) and 3 children. Wm. Rimmer, a widow, and 8 children. "H. W. DENHAM." We are happy to add, that the Dock Comnaitte immediately appropriated a sum for instant relief, and will further consider the case on Captain Denham's report from the committee form ed to conduct the subscriptions, according to local suggestions and exigency, &c., and which committee is composed of the following gentlemen :—lley. Miles Formby, Orrell-mount, ma gistrate, Rey. Mr. Bowman, of Formby. Rev. Mr. Smith, of Formby, and Captain Denham, R.N., Mr. James Tyrer, and Mr. 'Thomas Brown. We have great pleasure in stating that a subsctidpin book has been opened at our office, in which we shall be happy to en rol the names of any persons disposed to contribute to this hu mane object. suBscRIPTtONS ALREADY RECEIVRD. Lord Sandon £s 0 qs. S. Smith W. W. Currie, Esq., 'Edward Lane Mayor The Misses Formby 2l 0 () I Joseph Langton .... Thomas Brown Rev. M. Formby.... 5 0 OIR. A. Fletcher Rev. J. Bowman .... 5 0 OIC: Grayson and Son Baring Brothers &Co 5 0 OjThomas Ogilvy ..„ W. &J. Brown &Co 5 0 OjWoodhouse Crompton James Heyworth.... 5 0 OGeo. Wainwright R. B. Blundell Hol- James Phillips linshead 5 0 Gnomes Haigh James Tyrer 5 0 01John H a ll T. I'. Dyson 5 0 ()Cash Gilbert Henderson .. .3 0 O i iJarnes Pownall Mrs. Brown Newton, Lyon, &Co 2 0 () ; J. W. Cropper Charles Tavleur .... 2 0 OIN. Salisbury Jessie Hartley Thomas Simpson.... 2 0 0 Nicol Duckworth and R. Zwilchenbart .... 2 () 0; Co. Joseph C. Ewart .:.• 2 0 OiJoseph Ackers William Wright .... 2 0 ()John Clow Samuel Hope Thos. Brocklebank.. 2 0 O 0 1 'T* Leathom Wm. Byrom Corrie.. 1 1 Anthy. L. Molyneux Capt.. Denham, R.N. 1 1 UlAndrew Comber, jun. Mrs. Denham E. Arnaud 1 1 oWilliam Nevett .... J. W. Gibsone W. P. Bushby 1 0 01-- Hutchinson .... D. 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R., jun ' by Mr. JoNEs, the Master of e STANDARD, 'and at the other I A 7 , 11;5,, TtfiEß, Itoa. Sec.— FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. EXTRAORDINARY SUPPLEMENT TO TIIE MONITEUR OF MONDAY. ROYAL ORDNANC.4. _ _ "Louis Philippe, &c.,—We have ordained as follows, — "Article 1. '1 he Count d'Argout, Peer of France, is named Minister Secretary of State for the Department of Finance, in the room of M. Humann, whose resignation is accepted. • "Art. 2. Our President of the Council is charged with the execution of the present ordinance. " Jan. 18, 1835." CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING OF JAN. 18. M. Dupin did not take the chair until half-past one o'clock, although at a much earlier hour the galleries allotted to the public were unusually crowded—a circumstance attributed to the expected Ministerial explanations demanded by M. Auguste Giraude upon the proposition of M. Humann, relative to a re duction of the lientes. The only Minister present at the above hour was M. Thiers. On his arrival he became the centre of an anxious group of deputies, desirous, no doubt, of receiving a hint upon the late ministerial schism, and the probable results. Various bruits were in circulation throughout the Chamber, but nothing certain transpired in the early part of the sitting rela tive to the successor of M. Humann as Minister of Finance. According to some, the portefeuille of that department had been offered to M. Sauzet, but refused by that hon. deputy. Others mentioned as " positive" the appointment of M. d'Argout to the vacant post. The general opinion was that all doubts would be removed by the Moniteur of to-morrow. Shortly before two o'clock M. Humann entered the Chamber, but, instead of taking his usual seat upon the ministerial bench, he proceeded to, a place in the centre, close behind the minis terial bench. A considerable number of deputies had now ar rived and formed into groups in the front of the tribune rind in the passages; the noise of private conversation was the order of the day for some time, and it was not until several loud warn from the President's bell that the hon. deputies took their seats. The President informed the Chamber that he had just re ceived the following communication from the President of the Council:— " Sir,—l hasten to inform you that a supplement of the Moni teur had been published that morning containing a royal ordi nance, stating that the King had accepted the resignation of M. Humaun as Minister of Finance, and that the Co . unt d'Ar; gout had been appointed to the post which had thus become va cant in the Cabinet. " DE BROGLIE." The President. then said, that M. Hurnanu had the first right of addressinthe Chamber in his capacity of deputy. M. Humann ascended the tribune, and spoke to the follow ing effect :—The explanations demanded from him, as minister of finance, could not of course now be given ; he must therefore merely express himself 'es a member of this chamber, and con fine himself to facts. Ilis conviction and intention had always been the same upon a measure for the reduction of the rertes, for he believed that it would be the best means of establishing an equilibrium between the receipts and expenses. His conscience prompted him to use every effort to bring about that result. He hoped that no one would accuse him of a breach of propriety in the line of conduct he had adopted; his resignation could not interfere with any of the plans of government, and he should take this opportunity of saving that it by no means altered the sentiments of respect he entertained for his late colleagues. In 1832 his opinions upon the necessity of reducing the rentes were the same; and when the confidence of the King hail placed him in the ministry, he maintained the Caine ideas, and hoped to he able to bring over the rest of the cabinet to the Caine way of thinking. No later than last year he expressed the same wish in this chamber; on that occasion he explained himself in the most explicit manner, as also on the means he thought necessary for arriving at this object. When he had finally made up his mind on the project of reducing the Rentes, he met with a number of objections to it on the part of his col leagues, and it was proposed to adjourn the question for a year; when at last he came to speak upon the budget of 1837, he thought that the period had arrived for proposing this measure, as he considered it but just to prepare the public mind before hand upon •a matter of such vital importance, and also to give timely notice to speculators. The whole of his-conduct was the result of a firm conviction of the utility of the measure, and un der all circumstances he was determined to do nothing inconsis tent with his honour. (Approbation.) In leaving the ministry he still entertained the same good opinion of his colleagues, and he felt convinced that they were all men of honourable princi ples, and had acted to the best of their power for the defence of a monarchical government. (" Hear, hear," and marks of general approbation.) His own wish was for the welfare of the country, and it was no matter by what set of men it might be effected. (Hear, hear.). SPAIN. BARCELONA, JAN. 12.—This city has not yet recovered from the effects of the dreadful scenes which were enacted in it on the sth and 6th, and the accounts from Reus and Tarragona, two considerable towns near it on the coast, continue to keep up the public alarm. At the former the mob were preparing to rise when the last Messenger came away, and it is still uncertain' whether the authorities were enabled to preserve order or not ; and at the latter the lives of the Carlist prisoners were alone saved by the noble interposition of Lord Ingestrie, in the Tyne, who, hearing of the intention of the brutal people to murder tikein, hastened to offer his services to the governor, and agreed to receive them on board his ship if they would claim his pro tection. The authorities were wilting to yield, but they dreaded the mob vengeance, and they were absolutely compelled to come to terms with the leaders of the tint, who, after a long parley, permitted the prisoners to . be'placed out of their reach, on con dition that forty inhabitants, of whom they handed in a list, should be compelled to leaVe the town at half-an-hour's notice; and this dishonourable treaty was entered into—the unolfendiqz fathers of fatuities separated front their homes, and the intended victims saved front slaughter. The Tyne had scarcely received the men on board when an order from Captain Parker, of the Rodney, the senior officer of the station, recalled her to Barce lons, and Lord Ingestrie most humanely and honourably trans ferred his unhappy charge to a Frenchman-of-war at Terra- gone, under the promise of the commander that he would not give them up to the bloodhounds or their criminal masters. As to the miserable people who were seized here under pre tence of being promoters in the proclaiming of the constitution, they are at length taken out of the gaol into which the Rodney and Childers were converted, and placed yesterday ou board a Spanish ship, by her to tie removed to a kind of hulk which is stationed lower down the coast, their ultimate destination being said to he the Havannah. Can the worst days of the Reign. of Terror furnish such a succession of horrors? One hundred and seven prisoners murdered in the citadel by the connivance of the governor, and twenty men expatriated for a nameless charge, while the assassins walk the streets. The English gentleman alluded to is fortunately out of her hands, the consul having so far, prevailed on the local government to give him a passpot t, on candition of leaving the country altogether, and the Chil ders having received him on board with the intention of trans ferring him to the first , ship she meets bound for Gibraltar. This gentleman was seduced from his home under pretence of a meeting , of consols being called at the governor's, and his pre -d, sence, as acting Russian consul, being required; but he was carried off with the other proscribed victims to the 'Rodney, without the permission which he claimed being granted to him, of communicating to his consul; and the strong remonstrance which he has addressed to the governor, under the conviction of his own innocence, has been construed into an insult, and Mina has expressed himself in violent terms about it—the most amus ing part of the case beinc , that Mina and Alvarez are playing at hide-and-seek about the' responsibility— the former, though Captain-general, not having, as he states, vet taken officially the government of Barcelona upon himself, and out of the hands of the imbecile Lieuteuant-governor, who not only has disgraced himself on this occasion, but allowed, when Governor Besse was murdered, some months ago, himself to be dictated terms by the mob, he being placed standing near the dead body, and cautioned if he did not obey his new masters he would share the same fate. Again, I ask, is it for these scenes that the quadruple treaty was made? or is it that a British subject shall be removed from his home and his business never to return, without a moment's notice, that we are the humble servants of the queen's govern ment, TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD VISCOUNT SANDON, May it please your Lordship, We, the Committee of the Liverpool Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade, have great pleasure in availing our selves of your loiliship's presence in Liverpool, to express to you our grateful sense of the obligations under which we lie to your lordship, for the many valuable services iendered by your lordship to our Society, and to acknowledge the kind manner in which you on all occasions have received our communica tions, the prompt attention which you have paid to them, and the zeal and energy which you have always displayed in attend ing to and forwarding the wishes and interests of the committee and of the Society at large. The zealous attention which your lordship paid to our me morial to Sir Robert Peel, late Chancellor of the Exche9uer, for the repeal of the receipt stamp duty on trading transactions, and also the valuable support which your lordship gave to our petition to the House of Commons on the same subject, demand our warmest thanks, feeling as we do that to your lordship's support and influence we are in a great measure indebted for a partial success in the attainment of our object. We beg also to thank your lordship fur your unwearied ex ertions on our behalf in our endeavours to obtain the removal of the assizes to Liverpool, the benefit of which will be felt by the inhabitants at large To the various memorials and peti tions sent by us on the subject your lordship paid the most dili gent attention and gave your best support; and we cannot con template the'advantirres derivatire - Trom the success of our exer tions without feeling that to your lordship we owe a share of our thanks for the obtaining of so much desired and valuable a measure. _ _ The support which your lordship also gave to our several petitions against the nou-imprisonment tor debt bill, and to our suggestions fur several aintndinents in it, are deserving of our best thanks. . _ _ For the several valuable documents which your lordship so kindly transmitted to us from time to time we have also to thank your lordship. They have been of great service to the Society, and the kind attention which your lordship has shown to us in presenting us with them proves to us that your lordship is de sirous to forward our views on all occasions when in your lord ship's power. For these and other valuable services rendered by your lord ship we beg leave respectfully to return our most grateful thanks; and with the hope that your lordship will long continue to render us services so valuable to our Society, We have the honour to remain, Your lordship's obliged and very obedient servants, (Signed on behalf of the . Committee.) J. ORANGE, President. THE CATHOLIC ORPHAN SCHOOL. TO JOSEPH SAJVD,IRS, ESQ. Ste,—Your commendation in town council of a principle of genuine New Testament christiantty, in reference to the tuition of the Roman catholic otphans, cannot be too highly admired; fur it reflected on the speaker nothing less than honour im mortal. Such a principle, you would have told our R oman ca th o li c friend who answered you , was " more precious than rubies," and was the best guide to direct the children to true wisdom, " whose ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." You remind us of the criminal and cruel apathy with which protestauts are chargeable, in having so long withheld the voice of warning from our Roman catholic fellow-subjects, although we believed they walked in darkness—having their fear toward God taught only by the precepts of men. Your candid brethren cannot regard you :is their enemy, be cause you tell them the truth ; and this, to be done effectually, must be done openly. The noble system of a sound religion you beautifully commended needs only the calm consideration of an unprejudiced Christian to be generally adopted.—Yours, Br.e. OMICRON. The Gazette of Tuesday contains a notice of a fiat in bank ruptcy issued against " The Honourable Barbara Bedford, of the Barns, near Dedrurd, and John Lord,.of Birtningbam, mer chants, trading under the firm of Beilfordand Lord." Az <~ ~ - .$ THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CONCERT, ADELPIII HOTEL. Under the immediate Patronage of do Worshipful the 31,117 M. MRS. LENNON, (late Miss CAsstotr,l has the honour to acquaint her Friends and the Public that it is her in tention to have a CONCERT,- on TUESDAY, the 26th Jinuary instant, when she respectfully solicits their patronage. By the kind permission of Colonel Bradshaw, The BIND of the 77th Regiment OW attend. Conductor Mr. G. Holden. Principal performers alrea y engaged, Mrs. Lennon. Miss • assidv. Mr. Henshall, Mr. Boothby, r. Petitherton, and Mr. Walton, (of 11 • Chester,) Mr. E. Brown, who-will perform n the Flute a new grand ' Fantasia bv Nic Olson, and Mr. Edward W. Thomas, of the Nobility's Concert, London, who will play Beethoven's celebrated Waltz, with Variations for the Violin, by F. Pechatsehek. • Mrs. Lennon will also be assisted by several amateurs. Tickets may he had of Mrs. Lennon, No. 17, Warren-street, and at the principal Music Warehouses. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET:, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. T. P. ' OKE, And positively the Last Night but one of his ppearance this . - Season. THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, t e 22d instant, will X be presented the celebrated Drama THE VAMPIRE OR, THE BRIDE OF TH ISLES. The Vampire T. P. Cooke. Effie Smith. Robert iV Binge. N'Swile Mr. 7 . J. Hammond. A CONCERT, In which the Misses S►nith, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Binge will appear. With the Drama of ?1Y POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE TO-MORROW (SATURDAY) a variety of Entertain ments, in which Mr. T. P. COOKE will make his last appear ance. , THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. ITALIAN OPERAS, Under the Management of Signor DE'B GNIS. Second Night of Rossini's celebrated G nd Opera of LA DONNA DEL LA , Founded on the celebrated Poem, by Sir Valter Scott, called "The Lady of the Lake,°' which was r eived on its first re presentation, on Wednesday Evening with the greatest ap plause. ' By Permission of Colonel Br aw, the MILITAILY BAND of the 77th Regiment will nd, to give greater effect to the Martial Music. present FRIDAY, the-22d instant, will he per formed, for the second time, Rossini's celebrated Opera of LA DONNA DEL LAGO. Giaccomo V" Mr. Bennett. Rodrigo Dhu SignorCurioni. Douglas Signor Berrettoni. Ellena Madelle. De Angioli. Malcolm GrEeine....Signora Contessa Degli Autonj. Albino.... Signora Oldericci. Sereno Signor Galli. In preparation, Mayer's Grand Opera Buffa, IL FANATICO PER LA MUSICA, and will shortly be'produced, for the BENEFIT of Signor DE BEGNIS. 'ln each of the following weeks there will be Four Per formances, —Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Books of the Opera, in Italian and English, price Is. 6d. each, may be had at the Theatre. Notwithstanding the great expense attending this under taking, the Prices of Admission will remain as usual, viz.:— Boxes, 4s.—Upper Boxes, 3s. 61—Pit, 2s. 6d.—Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at Seven and the Performance to com mence at Eight o'clock. ''.be Eiberpool .F".tatubarb. FRIDAY . MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1836. We understand that if the present ministers are al lowed to remain in office only a few days after the meet-. ing of parliament, they will introduce a bill to reform, as they call it,—that is, to open up to popish competition, popular contention, and priestly tyranny, all the corpora tions of Ireland. This, we are assured, is to be the grand bill of the session. Ministers are pledged to carry it or resign. O'CONNELL demands it, and the wretcheit whigs are in his power. They must - yield or die ! The importance of this measure will, we fear, not be duly appreciated at first sight. The effects of - it would be to throw nearly the whole of the municipal corpora tions of Ireland into the hands of the popish priests. - The councillors and corporate officers returned would .in a vast majority of places be not only Roman Catholics . but the .mere creatures of the priests. Ignorance, hru . tality, and ruffianism would then be engrossingly in the ascendant in Ireland; and we well know that, with furi ous bigots of this description, the slightest degree of suc cess encourages them to commit the most wanton acts of despotic injustice. The protestants of England must, therefore, for their own, sakes, take this contemplated measure into their se rious consideration. If they consent to such a bill, or should such a bill be forced upon their fellow 7 protestants, they may depend upon it that a terrible and most san guinary religious war must and will be the consequence. The protestants of Ireland, upwards of two millions strong, will never consent to be ruled by the popish party, no matter what their numbers may be; for no justice, no liberality, no fairness of dealing, no love of truth, no respect for engagments, even under the sanc tion of an oath, can be relied upon from them. Two millions of brave protestants will never consent, be the consequences what they may, to be ruled, and insulted by the rule, of the dishonest and unprincipled priests of Maynooth. If the corporations, then, founded chiefly for the protestants, and in many instances solely for their protection, are to be opened up to the popish and infuri ated enemies of England, civil war, a war for religion, a war for truth, a war FOR THE BIBLE, must he the result ! There can be no protestant struggle in Ireland in. which the protestants of England will not join by a treaty offensive and defensive. Let us therefore be prepared for the worst. Ireland, the curse of England, the most barbarous country in Europe, and the last stronghold of popery in its most debasing and guilty form, must be re conquered. It must be finally subdued, by the protes tants of England. O'CONNELL is the demon created for the purpose of leading his deluded countrymen into the trial by fire and sword, in which both he and they will perish ; and perhaps the sooner the trial comes the better. The municipal corporation reform act is beginning to prove a fruitful source of occupation to the gentlemen of the long robe, to whose mill almost every modern legis lative measure brings an abundance of grist. In the first place the magistrates of Gloucester are forced into the King's Bench in order that they may be instructed by the court as to whether they have or have not the power of stopping up a footpath at Clifton, a large suburban district added to the ancient boundaries of the city of Bristol ; the town-clerk of Poole has been called upon to answer a mandamus, to show cause why he refused to allow certain burgesses of that place to copy at their own expense the voting papers delivered in at the election of common councilmen ; a rule for a quo warranto has been obtained against SAMUEL BENNETT, calling upon him to show by what authority lie fills the office of town councillor of the borough of Bridport, and a similar agreeable proceeding has been commenced against WILLIAM BOBER rs, Esq., who is required to show his right to the office of mayor of Cat narvon. As this last appears to be the most puzzling of all the cases we have glanced at—we pass over those of Ipswich and se veral other places—we quote for the edification of the admirers of hasty legislation the following passages from the law report of Tuesday's Times : " Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT.—The twenty-fifth section directed that the new body. should coLsist of a ma 3 or, aldermen, and council ; the thirtieth" regulating the choice of the latter, and the forty-ninth that of mayor. The order of the Privy Council directed the election of councillors on the 26th of December, of aldermen on the 28th, and that the mayor should be chosen on the Ist of January instant. No provision, however, existed in the act fur the event of there being an equal number of voices in the choice of aldermen by the councillors elect, as had occurred in this and two other boroughs; and here a difficulty arose which did not appear to be remediable except by a distinct act of parliament. A certain number of council lors, eighteen, appeared to have teen elected on the day ap pointed for that purpose, but upon this point a doubt arose as to the validity of the election, in consequence of the absence of the proper presiding officer, whose attendance was requisite un der the directions of the act. On the 28th of December, on proceeding to the election of aldermen, of whotn six were to be chosen, there was an absolute majority for two only, the num bers for the other four being exactly divided between two sets of candidates ; and, as the act specified the choice of six, and not two, the whole matter fell to the ground, the councillors failing to complete the number. Notwithstanding their incom plete numbers, the councillors, together with the twe persons for whom there was a majority in the choice of aldermen, pro ceeded to the election of a mayor, which, it was now alleged, was a proceeding altogether unwarrantable, the other compo nent parts not having been filled up. The election of mayor must, therefore, have been void, and it remained to be seen on what authority the present claimant wa; acting. Mr. Justice Matteson..—Suppose four vacancies had occur red in the number of aldermen between the choice and the elec tion of mayor. " Sir W. Follett. 2 --That would have been, held sufficient, and the new body would have proceeded to fill up the vacancies But here the whole intermediate grade was wanting, there be ing, in fact, no aldermen chosen, as the two could not be suf ficient to meet the terms of the act. Had sixteen councillors o*ly been chosen, the informality must have been alike fatal. This point has not yet been discussed, although the same acci dent and difficulty had arisen in two other boroughs. Rochester and Newport, but in these instances the councillors had not pro ceeded to the election of mayor. "Mr. Justice Matteson wished to mention the matter to his learned colleagues before giving a decision ; but at present his impression was, that the rule ought to be granted. " Sir W. Follett said there was another point at issue, which arose under the old charter, by virtue of which the Constable of Carnarvon Castle was by right'of his office mayor of the bo rough, and always took the oaths as such officer. Under the . 36th section of the new act it was directed, without any excep tion, that the election of the new corporate body should be held under the presidency of the existing mayor. This had been omitted in the case now before the - Court, the election having been held before a perlon exercising the office of deputy-mayor, under the appointment of Lord Anglesey, the present consta ble of the castle, and late mayor, but the right to appoint such deputy having ❑o existence in the terms of the old charter. The wr►t of quo warranto was, therefore, asked on two distinct grounds—first, that the whole of the proceedings were informal and void, there having been no proper. presiding officer; and secondly, that the, appointment of aldermen must precede the election of a mayor- " Mr. Justice Matteson again observed, that as the act had given rise to several motions, and probably would to more, he should like to mention it to the other judges." These are its fruits, and this is the act of parliament which the King has been thanked for passing by the cor, poration of Liverpool—the compilation of blunders with out which we could not possibly exist for another year, and fcr which every principle of right and justice recog nised by the constitution has been violated. The 'proceedings that have already taken place, cou pled with those which are to follow, will, as they must be originated in the Cdurt of King's Bench, at least have the good effect of preventing the doors of that court from being closed for the want of business. Strange as it may appear, the husband of the Baroness Stratheden, Sir Sohn Campbell, Knight, has only been employed in one of these corporation suits. It is truly remarkable how men's actions give the lie to their professions. Nothing is more common than to see how the most furious zeal and most boiling patriotism settle down into quietude when men become invested with the robes of office, or get plunged into the honey comb of a good place. We would not judge too harshly of our new council- tors. They are yet but " prentice hands," and will make hundreds of blunders before - they become judicious men of business, if, indeed, many of them ever become men of business at.all. But when any thing like principle is concerned, we do expect to see those who have been loudest in profession at least stand firm, and when they see those principles assaulted be foremost in their de fence. Mr. SHIEL, the other day, in reply to the cutting observations, of Mr. SANDARS, seemed to be indignant at the idea that Scriptural education should form any part of the education of the present day. Now, it did strike us as truly marvellous that Mr. STRINGENT BLACKBURN could pass by this remark of Mr. SHIEL so quietly, when we recollected the great zeal Mr. BLACKBURN has always shown towards Missionary and Bible Societies in his ca pacity of deacon or something of that sort at the Scrip ture-spreading Bethesda. We are afraid Mr. BLACK BURN did not think this " of the utmost importance" or we are sure the talkative gentleman who is so fond of "Spinning long yarns" would have stood up stoutly in defence of that book, which, if widely circulated and read as it ought to ,be, would do more to scatter popery to the winds than all the legislation in the world ever will do. Let Mr. SAMUEL HOPE, too, not forget the thousand. and-one speeches he has made in defence of Scriptural education and Bible Societies; and now that he has an opportunity of meeting men face to face who would smo ther the Sacred Records or warp them to their—own self ish - purposes, let him spew that he was sincere in his former professions„ and dare to be honest, though he should be singular in his honesty. We may have much to say to this gentleman if we see him shrink from his of ten-avowed duty ; but it is really lamentable to behold men of private excellence tacitly acknowledging their belief that creeds have no connexion with politics, and thus we see the papist,- "the independent, and the unitarian. all joining in the same cry of "Down with the church !" and merging all minor differences for the accomplish ment of that one grand object. But some radical or other may say that religion has no business in the Council Chamber. We add, NOR POLITICS EITHER—but the public will see by and by that it is not a desire of furthering the local interests of the town that actuates the great body of our councillors, but a desire of furthering the movement, and strutting their little hour upon the stage, where nearly all appear for the first and probably many of them for the last time. Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL has graciously been pleased to signify his acceptance of the invitation sent him by the Clarendon-room patriots, humbly requesting the ho nour of his company at a public dinner to be given to him in this place. Now, we should like much to know whether DANIEL has been honestly and fairly treated in this business; whether he has been told of the serious dissensions which arose in the Clarendon cabinet on this very important measure—dissensions which have already occasioned more than one resignation, and will be fol lowed by many others—and, we should like also to know whether Mr. Honorary Secretary SUIEL and the Liver pool correspondent of the Morning Chronicle compared before they sent off their respective despatches. How ever, that is their business, not ours ; and if, like the Chronicle, O'CoNsEnn'has been gtossly deceived as to the " unanimity" of his friends, be is really very much to . be pitied. The Corn Exchange committee met yesterday, and passed a resolution, granting the use of that building to the O'CONNELL dinner committee on Wednesday next, when the entertainment will be given. • We subjoin a letter which has just reached us, con taining some fine sketches of the English character from the masterly pencil of Mr. O'CONNELL, which at this particular time will, no doubt, be read with much inter • rest : TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.INDARD. Sin,—As the " big beggarman" is coming to Liverpool we ought to give hitri a warm reception, and, the better to enable us to do so, we ought to -know what he thinks and has said of us, as part of the people of England. "So dishonest and be sotted a people as the English never lived. As a nation, I must say they are the most profligate , and quite lost in f o lly! As to English stupidity, it is really become proverbial. They are ready to sanction any crime or to credit any delusion." tie then advises his hearers not to wear English goods, and says—" Are there not , hundreds that have been clothed in the fabrics of these dullest of all malignant bigots? * * * Let us teach these drawlers and dotards that they are not to insult us with impunity." In another speech he says that be wiil remem ber England with a hatred " doomed to be immortal and unre lenting." For further particulars, I beg to refer to a pamphlet published in 1825, , at Whittaker's, and written by Mr. Croly, called " Popery, or the Popish Question." The above extracts, however, will he quite enough for my present purpose, and I hope the Dickey Sams and John Bulls of Liverpool—the dis honeht and besotted drawlers and dotards—the stupid, profli gate, and malignant bigots whom O'Connell hates with a hatred doomed to be immortal and unrelenting, and whose manufae trired goods he would not wear--I hope, I'say, that they will give this libeller the reception he deserves.—Yours, JOHN BULL. MONUMENT iN GLASGOW TO SIR WALTER SCOTT.—A meet ing of the subscribers took place on Wednesday to consider as to- the best situation for this monument. The design, which had been previously agreed upon, a column and colossal statue of Sir Walter, was produced at the meeting, and seemed to he generally approved of. Considerable dissension arose as to whether the site should be the centre of George's-square, or of Blythiwood-square. regareing which the meeting seemed to he pretty equally divided in opinion. It was ultimately resolved to adjourn for a fortnight. to enable the other subscribers to be present at the decision.—Scultish Guardian of Tuesday. ST. ANN'S WARD CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—A meet ing of the conservatives of St. Ann's Ward was held on Tues day evening for the purpose of forming a COWietvative associa tion for the ward. Mr. Parker in the chair. We believe that this is the first conservative ward association which has been formed. We trust that the conservatives of each of the other wards will not be tardy in following the example thus set them, so as to form a complete and efficient body in all the divisions of the town, for securing the success of the conservative cause in the event of any sudden emergency arising. The various of ficers of the association were appointed, and monthly meetings determined on. The meeting then Adjourned to the ,Golden Lion, in Dale-street, where Lord Sandon was expected to meet. the tradesmen's conservative society. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Wednesday Econing, Hal/:past Seeen o'clock We Were fully justified in our assertion last Wednesday. that Sir John CaMpbell had resigned the office of Attorney-Gene ral,—he had done so, but the bribe of immediate peerage for his lady, and a CH . I.NCE of the FUTURE, were too much for the learned gentleman's nerves, and he still assists in soldering to gether the popish cabinet. It is, however, whispered here, that another and inure difficult demur has broken out in another quarter, and that many of the country members, heretofore vot ing with and supporting ministers, have declared their dissatis faction at the unbounded influence of O'Connell; and have stated, first, their dislike to the connection ; and, secondly, the utter impossibility of their being again returned by their con stituents, should they not discard the "big beggarman." In consequence of this it has become a question in political cir cles whether, notwithstanding the near advance of the time for assembling the legislature, the papal cabinet will not make its exit rather than face parliaMent, and we have heard a belief expressed that they will nut meet it, in quarters not likely to hazard an opinion unless based upon something more than were gossip. We are without any arrivals of moment here to-day either from the colonies or from foreign parts, and Lloyd's books ex hibit a more barren list than usual. The record of casualties is, however, far less than was anticipated from the boisterous wea ther we have recently experienced.' As it is generally current here that the comperisation commis sioners will make a purchase of £2BOMOO consols to-morrow, our market has advanced, the price of Consols for Money, which was yesterday at 94 I f , having risen to 914, and that for the Account to 918 I India Bonds and Exchequer Bills are both rather heavy, and money has been scarcely so easy as it was last week ; the premium on the former security is 3 to 5, and Exchequer Bills are at 17 to 19. In ont foreign securities we nave had an extraordinary ad vance in Chilian Bonds, which have advanced to 51. This has not been caused by any political intelligence, but is simply the result of parties here having been what is termed "caught bears," or, in other words, having been selling their Bonds for the Account without having any to deliver, and in consequence haVe been compelled to buy, by which it has been discovered that these securities (?) are nut so abundant as *as imagined. Spanish Stock was very heavy yesterday, touching upon 49, but it has been better to-day, 501 tieing the last price. The deferred Bonds are 23, and the passive 161. Portuguese Bonds also, which have been very dull, have um:et:gone some reaction, being now at 811. 'The advance on Chilian Stock has had but a very trilling effect on the other republican securities-331 34 is the price of Columbian, 261 that of Peruvian, and 331 that of Mexican. The Bonds of the Northern Powers look up; Belgian are at 102; Dutch 5 per Cents. are at 1031, the 2a per Cents. at 551, and Russian are at 1091 to 110. We have had an extraordinary increase of activity in the railway shares within the last few days, and this is supported up to the close of business this afternoon. Among those in favour for investment may be noticed Preston and Wyre, which have advanced to 3 premium, and London and Birmingham, which have been at 109 per share. Dover shares have improved to 4 premium; Gravesend are at l premium; and G reenw i c h 9$ Thepremium. Great Western Shares have risen to 201 per share; the Brighton to 17 per share ; and the Southampton to 17. The shares of the Calcutta and Saugur Railway and Har bour Association will be issued in a day or two, and much inte rest continues to be felt for the proposed important and desir able undertaking. IrALIAN OPERA. Op Wednesday night " La Donna del Lago," an opera which ranks as one of Rossini's best compositions, was performed for the first time on the Liverpool stage. On this occasion the mi litary band of the 77th regiment were called in, not to si lence, but to increase the noise of the civilians, and when these auxiliaries joined the regular instrumental and vocal corps of the theatre, they produced, by increasing the volume of sound, a grandeur of effect infinitely superior to anything we have heard this season. Were we . disposed to be over fastidious or hypercritical, we might perhaps just hint that in some passages the civil and military services were not on such good terms with each other as we have no doubt they will be upon a longer acquaintance. The•story of " La Donna del Lago" is that of Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake, robbed of all its interest and beauty by the translation. On this account the English auditor must entirely forget that he has ever read the poet's description of the "Gallant knight in Lincoln Green," James Bitzjames, or the fierce Roderic Dhu, because no one feature of these per sonages can be discovered in their Italian representatives, Giacomo 'and Rodrigo. The parts of the opera were distributed as follows :—James, King of Scotland, Mr. Bennett; Douglas, Signor Berretoni; Roderic Dim, Signor Curioni ; Ellen, Mdlle. Angioli; and Malcolm Grceme, Signora Anton.). This caste united the strength of the company in one effort, which, as it was the most powerful, so was it by far the most successful of the season. The princi pal burthen, however, tell upon the ladies, and we ll th e y sus tained the tasks allotted to them. Angioli was brilliant in some of the solos, as well as in some of the concerted pieces; the §ame thing may be said of the Countess, and both of them were rapturously applauded throughout the whole performance. In the fifth scene of the first act, the chorus "Qual rapipo Tor renta" was exceedingly grand. Great credit is also due to the pet formances of Bennett, Curioni, and Berretoni; we must not forget to notice the air "Aurora! ah sorgerai," sung by Ben nett, when supposed to be in a chamber in Holerood, nor the admirable acting of Angioli, who, while waiting in an anti room of the palace, recognizes his voice as that of the knight who directed her to seek protection from the King. 'Chew is also some beautiful music in the finale. After the curtain had fallen a somewhat dull farce was enact ed, namely, that of the reappearance in front of the stage of the five pi incipal characters, to make their obeisance to an audience hurrying from the house. The pit, the dress circle, the upper lower boxes, and the gallery were full, and the front seats of the upper boxes were also filled. '['he opera will be repeated this evening, and we hope will be equally well attended. TO THE EOITO_►t OP TIIE LIVERPOOL ST.INDARD. Liverpool, January 21, 1836. Stn,--I shall feel obliged by your giving insertion to the fol lowing letter, addressed to the Cork Evening :Herald, and re main your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK * EVENING HERALD, " Sia,—ln your article of last Monday, on the " St. George's Steam Packet Company," you say Mr. Pim, the Director of that Company, deserves the public thanks for having taken a piece of ,r , round at Passage, to build a Quay, and on which he intends to lay riot £l,OOO. I beg to ask why Mr. Pine deserves the public thanks for this purchase ? 'the plain sense of the matter is this :—Mr. Pim's vessels are not equal to making the voyages from Bristol to Cork in proper tim e , a nd th e pa ssengers are put to a deal of inconvenience thereby. Now, had Mfr. Pins obtained boats with sufficient steam power, nine times out of ten, the passage from Bristol here could be made so as to save the tide, and, therefore,- the quay at Passage would not be required. But because Mr. Pim does not afford that conveni ence to the citizens of Cork, he deserves the public thanks for taking the quay at Passage ! " But" you say, " for this act alone Mr. Pim deserves the public thanks," leaving us to infer thereby that a large debt of gratitude is due to Mr. Pim and the Agents of the St. George Company here, for other favours con fer' ed on the public. Let us review the other acts of this Company, and for which the thanks of the public are due. Are they due for the gentle, kind, and yielding manner by which the St. George Company have maintained their monopoly since the Superb was purchased by them? Are they due for the urbane, generous behaviour of the Agents of that Company ? Are they due for the declara tion signed by them, and published in the Dublin Gazette and other papers, to continue the heavy and unfair charge of suf ferance &c.? Are they, due for the liber a l, generous manner in which Mr. Pim, at once, came forward to reimburse the suf ferers by the fire on board the Innisfail? Are they due for the very high rates and charges persisted in, and from which even legal redress could not be obtained ? Are the public thanks due for the attempt made by this very Mr. Pim, some years ago; to obtain an Act of Parliament perpetuating these and even worse evils on the citizens of Cork, and which, but for the active exertions made at the time by persons in London, under the authority of the Committee of Merchants, Mr. Pun would would have succeeded in accomplishing ? So great were the powers claimed by this till (and which was only thrown out in the third leading) that, at no fuiure time, could any other Company have attempted any opposition had it passed. If public thanks are deserved for those FAVOURS to the citizens, then is there a very large debt of thanks due to Mr. But if the St. George Company have now reduced their charges—have relinquished the sufferances—have paid the just claims on them for losses by the Innisfail, have lately adopted a wore liberal manner to the public by whom they are support ed—to whom are the public thanks due? to Air. Pllll. Has he, or have his agents conceded these things of their own free will, and not been forced to give them up, by the starting of another Company? Let the public voice answer to chum are the public thank; due ? lam, Sir, yours, JOHN OSBORNE." Cork, Jan. 12. SLEEP von THE SLEEPLESS.— We refer our readers to the advertisement of Mr. Gardner, the hypnologist-,- who it appears has returned to and will remain in Liverpool for a short period. In older to lull the middling and lower, as well as the higher classes, into a forgetfulness of their t r oubles, he intends lower ing his fee to the former, who we have uo doubt will readily avail themselves of the boon. LIVER THEATRE,—Mr. T. P. Cooke takes his benefit at this Theatre this evening. After so long a so j ourn here, w e are sure Mr. Cooke will recei ve a b u mper. The Theatre, notwith standing so many places of public amusement are just now open in Liverpool, has, during the past week been well attended. NEW POLICE MAGISTRATE.— On Tuesday,. Henry H a ll, Esq., the first new "Stipendary," of our new Corporation,_ took his seat for the first time in the P olice Court as a hired Police Magistrate; wh e th er this accession of law to , the bench will promote the en d s o f justice; w hether a legal and te c h n i ca l b e preferable to a common sense view of a case—whether justice when law-ridden is not sometimes apt to stumble—remains to be seen. However this may be, the learned Henry Hall., Esq., has secured to himself the very comfortable salary of one thou sand pounds per annum, for life, in exchange for the sacrifice of his valuable tune and great legal acquirements which have ex tended his fame at least three miles round the Town Hall, and we wish him a long life to enjoy his honours. THE GREAT BIRMINGHAM MEETING.—The meeting held on Monday turned out to be, as we anticipated, a complete failure. Notwithstanding the extraoruinary exertions which had notoriously been made to render the demonstration com plete, it was composed only of the very lowest of the low, the unwashed Brummagem probaurn vu/pus; the hall, presenting, on its floor, the appearance as if all the smithies and foundries in the neighbourhood had vomited forth all their dirt and sedi tion; When most numerous, there could not be more than • about 3000 persons present, and of these there was no incon siderable number of women and children, mere spectators. Verily the political union, .commences its new career under whimsically contemptible 'auspices. The usual leader was ashamed of them : and George Frederic.. Houtz, Esq., who, it a ppears, rejoices not 'only in the familiar cognomen of " Goose and Giblets," but also in the more euphonious appellation of "Friend of all Mankind," presided over the dingy assembly —Times. , Snows.—The Americans beat us hollow as to exhibitions; we find the following spectacle announced in the /Vtu, York Courier or the 9th ult.:—" Grand moving panorama of the moon, painted on upwards of one thousand feet of canvas, be, ing a brilliant illustration of the scientific observations made by the - most eminent astronomers of the surface of the moon; sheering its various mountains, volcanoes, lakes, rivers, &c.; to which will be added, the reported lunar observations of Sit John Herschell, in which will'he seen the inhabitants, animals, birds, forests, &c., with their natural motions to resemble life. Order of "the scenes : = l. The Deluge. 2. Lunar Discoveries.' 3. Storm and Shipwreck. 4. Beautiful Italian Scenes. 5. Con flagration of Moscow." JANItuAy 22. 18 6 SHIP LAUNCH. A very. fine vessel, burthea 540 tons, built by Mr. James Gordon 'for Mr. Duncan Gibb, and intended for the East India and China trade, was launched on Tuesday at the Herculaneum building-yard. She is a finely-proportioned craft, her ditnen, sions being—length of deck 120 feet, depth of hold 20 feet, and breadth of beam 30 feet. The timber used in her construction is principally Bombay teak. She is built with a flush deck. Shortly after eleven o'clock, when a considerable number of spectators had assembled in the yard, Mr. Gibb arrived, accom panied by Lord Sandon and some other friends. The noble lord was immediately grccte:l with a cheer which bespoke the sense entertained of his public character and private worth by the company assembled, which appeared to be composed of persons of every grade of society in the town of Liverpool. A few minutes before twelve the last block which detained the vessel on shore was withdrawn, and, as she majestically glided into the deep, with her masts and yards standing, and decoiated with flags and ensigns, Lord Sandon, her sponsor, named her e with the usual ceremonial and benediction, the JOHN Knox; and a few seconds the John Knox was seen safely riding in the Mersey, the spectators expressing their satisfaction by a loud, hearty, and general plaudit. Here perhaps it may not be inopportune to make a few ob servations on the name given to this ship. The practice of giving to ships the names of men who have rendered themselves illustrious by their deeds, bespeaks in some degree the feelings entertained by their owners for the departed greatness or liviag worth thus distinguished. Few characters have been less un derstood or more vilified than John Knox. In his day the question became in Scotland one otentire submission to catho lic domination, or of complete emancipation front its galling and degrading yoke. The great reformer, therefore, was not a fanatic when he sought to purify the temples of his native land from the idolatries which had been permitted to defile them; nor was it in the spirit of wild fanaticism onty that he said— " destroy the rookery, and the rooks will flee awa"—his advice was followed, and the rooks took, as he predicted they would do, their flight to other rookeries. As a Scotchman, the owner of the John Knox appears, by an act which must necessarily have the eff , ct of resuscitating the name of that great reformer, to be sensible of the signal benefits which he conferred upon his country. But for the undaunted zeal and the indomitable courage of John Knox, Scotland, like Ireland, would, in all human probability, have sunk into a state of barbarism ; and, instead of flourishing beyond all example —instead of possessing a population' famed fo: its industrious habits, and, perhaps, superior to that of any country in the world for its intellectual, moral, and religious character—Scot.. land, like Ireland; would have been cursed with a race reduced by superstition, the child of ignorance, below the level of hu manity. In England, the Marian persecution of the infant protestant church mainly contributed to the downfall of popery; the persecution now raging against protestantism in Ireland may, and most probably will, produce the same result ; a John Knox may arise in that country as well as in Scotland, and Ireland may, sooner perhaps than we imagine, be cleansed of its leprosy by human agency. To return to the launch— we cannot help complimenting, we may add thanking, the owner of the John Knox for reviving a name, at this particular period, so well calculated to excite reflection. Go where she may, her name will—for there are but very few places which she is likely to visit where the English language is not spoken—re call the history of the era in which he who once bore it sustain ed so prominent a character. We therefore, with great-cordi ality, repeat the benediction pronounced upon the ship—God prosper the John Knox! A cold collation was provided in the Model Room, of which about one hundred ladies and gentlemen were invited to par take. Mr. Gibb took the chair, and the Rev. Dr. Ralph the vice-chair. The first toast given was "His Majesty the King and the Navy," which was drank with three times three, and followed by " Church and State,—may they never be separated," and:-- " The Scottish Church, and the Memory of the illustrious John Knox." Mr. Gras then rose to propose the health of his noble friend Lord Sandon, his lady, and his family ;" and he hoped they might all long live in happiness to enjoy many, many sucit sights as they had just witnessed He would assure hun and his friends that there was not a man in Liverpool more disposed to serve his cause—whenever his. lordship might require his ser vices—than himself. (Loud cheers.) He had lour ka a W a hi s lordship's value, and he could say, that, so f ar as his own ex perience had gone, he had never met with a n y mem b er o f t h e legislature who had devoted himself to the interests of his con stituents more than Lord Sandon had done for the interests of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Mr. Canning and Mr. Huskisson had been boasted of; as having been valuable members for Liver-- . pool; but he spoke from experi e nc e , as well as front what he had learned filom friends, who were members of the House of Commons fur many years, who declared to him that Lotd San don had done as much it not more for Liverpool, than ever Mr. Canning or Mr. Iloskisson had done.. (Cheering.) He con cluded by giving the health of Lord Saudon, which was drank by the company, and followed with three times three cheers. Lord Salloors then rose and spoke nearly as follows Gibb and ladies arid gentlemen, I have the greatest gratitude and pleasure in acknowledging the very handsome manner in which my health has been given by my excellent friend, who has so amply provided for us, and which has been so kindly responded to. Mr. Gibb. has given us an opportunity of wit nessing one of the noblest sights--die has given us the opportu nity of witnessing one of his splendid vessels, calculated. to prosecute our extended and extending commerce to the remotest parts of the habitable globe. (Cheers.) Many changes do I see every where around use, but at least in one thing I find no change whatever; whenever I appear _amongst my friends arid constituents of Liverpool, I find no change in their kindness and cordiality. I see great and fearful changes in your ideal affairs • but they may not eventually operate to thedisadvau tage of the country. I do think that those demonstratiens of local democracy will on the other hand have the effect of rallying inure strongly around the altar and the throne those who see near them the baneful effects of the principles of democracy. When I speak of the altar and the throne I speak not only of that particular altar at which I worship myself, kit I speak as a protestant and a ehristiazi, for those altars which exist in our sister country which burn with equal purity and fervour. (Cheers.) I cannot pass over in silence the opportunity which. affixing the name, which 1 have had the opportunity to do to the new vessel, has given me ; I cannot but hope that the spirit which burned in the bosom of the great-reformer, John Knox, will never die in the land which he illumined—that the country will never forget the great protestant cause which he founded. I will., not further treti,,,_l7 on your pa tience; I have only to thank y ou ' forThTh kindness v . tsii have bestowed on me. There is only one thing- wliich has given me pain—on hearing my name mentioned in con nexion with the great - men who have previously represented your town. I feel that my name ought not to be mentioned on the same day with those great men. In one point only can .1 compete with them; it is in the interest and devotion I have for the great . commercial metropolis of the kingdom.. (Loud cheering.) I will beg leave to drink " The success and pros perity of the John Knox, and the health of her worthy proprietor, Mr. Gibb." (Cheers.) Success was then drank to the John Knox, and the health of Mr. Gibb, with all the honours. Mr. GIIII3, in returning thanks, said—My lord, ladies, and gentlemen, 1 ant particularly obliged to you for your kind ex pressions and good wishes, and I do hope that the John Knox will be the means during her traffic of circulating a great deal of money, and of being a benefit to the community. In speaking of the great man after whom she is named, I hope I shall never forget his principles, and that my posterity will remember and act upon them. (Cheers.) Lord SAN DON begged to propose a toast. He saw one of the representatives df the Sottish church present, and he begged to propose " The health of the Rev. Dr. Ralph," and con nected with it " the Scottish Church of Liverpool." Dr. RALPH rose to acknowledge the toast as follows :—I am sure, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I feel deeply indebted to You for the honour you have now been pleased to confer on me. I must say that I felt highly gratified (01 learning the name that you selected for your ship. There is, as we are generally told, magic in a name ; and a man does a great service to his country who brings from time to time before their recollection the names and the characters of spirits which have long since passed from this world. It is as though it were a healthful breeze in a cli mate composed of elements which are to a great degree sinking the nobler natures of this kingdom. A name such as that of Knox—united with such integrity of motive, such perseveranceof induStry, such ar d our o f zeal, and to whose labours we are indebted for those solid religious and civil privileges which we now enjoy—ought to be continually brought before us. It was said of him, as you are well aware, on retiring from his funeral, by the. regent Murray, " There.lies hewho- never feared the face of man;" and I trust that, without any pretensions to compari son, we may say, sir, of your ship, " there goes the ship that will press and surmount the rising billow." It was the fate of John Knox, indeed, to live for the greater part of his existence on a stormy sea, and so also will it be the destiny of that ship which has been .launched this morning from this shore. But webelieve, we hope, we trust, that she will ride out every storm safely, and be, as she is expected to be, successful in all the enterprizes on which VOU may send her. (Loud cheering.) I return you my cordial thanks for the honour which you have done me.— (Cheers.) The company then separated. IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM NAVIGATION.—The St. George Steam-packet Company's fine new vessel, the Hercule s , fitted with a pair of Mr. Samuel Hall's patent steam-engines of 180 horse-power, made an excursion of several hours onWednesdav last for the purpose of proving the engines. Th e tr i a l was com pletely successful, and gave the greatest satisfaction to a numer ous and respectable company, amongst whom were the chairman of the St. George Company and several scientific gentlemen. The engines, which are of the most splendid description, were constructed by Messrs. Foster and Preston, and are got up ifi the very first style. From what we could learn, the leading object of Mr. Hall's invention appears to be the preservation of the boilers from the injurious action of sea water, or water contain ing earthy or saline matters, which occasion incrustations and the rapid corrosion of the boilers In Mr. Hall's engines the steam from the cylinders is condensed without the use of inj ec live water, and the water resulting from such condensation is returned without admixture to the boilers, which are thus con stantly fed with distilled water; and if the boilers be filled with fresh water in the first instance, the water in them will continue fresh however l ong they maybe in operation, and whether the engines be working at sea or in districts where the waters are impregnated with iiiineral substances. An ingenious and very efficient apparatus supplies any trifling loss from leakage, &c. In addition to the above-mentioned advantage, which for the purposes of steam navigation is invaluable, it appears that a great increase of power results from the superior vacuum thus obtained, with a diminution of friction from the constant and ample lubrication of the pistons and slides, and a great saving► . of fuel from it being unnecessary ever to blow of and from the boilers being kept constantly clean and free from scale. The water also is maintained at the proper height without attention from the engine-man, so that the risk of binning out the flues is avoided. We understand that the Winderme re steam-packet, belonging to Mr. Winder, of this town, and fitted with a pair of Mr. Hall's engines, has been running between this port and Ulverston since the commencement of last July, and gives the greatest satisfaction; as also that Mr. Hall will shortly start another vessel at Hull, and that a pair of engines of 140 . liorse.; power, intended for one of the government. vessels„ is in a forward state of preparation.