The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTI?f,LIGENCE. SL'AI Y. (Proms; the Standard.) We have aecetffits Bilboa to the 6th instant, at-vnlie 6 ' time the garrison...still held.oat, On the marojiw.of. thesLit. , Espartero made a movement to relieve that town, but Egunt and Villareal being -oa• the watch, seized the opportunity, and gave the Christmo General battle. - The action tasted the whole of the day, at the close of which, EsMartero was forced , to retire from all his positions, though he had been Protected by the fort of' Desierto, . the steam-boats, -chalottpeS; I-lis numerical loss is not merit totted, but. it is said, to be very:great, there can be no douot, considering the murderous fire which the Carlists-kent tip for so long atithe. Many of the Christinos were drmvrte.l in .endeavouring to switn away to a place of safety. While this IPathat was goiug on, the garrison made a sortie,--but they were ontne , liately repulsed with considerable loss. A fe male messet,„rer was arr,sted as she was leaving Bilboa vv-itha dispatch for General Espartero . Ti i 3 cometunication was from General San.. , Miguei vvitich stated, that-if Espariero did'net . go• to the assistance of Bilboa in two days; he should be. obliged to capitulate.—his provisions and adonunition being •nearly ex hausted. The next letter will no doubt bring the issue of .this long pending contest.'•''fhe revolutionary feeling is fast spread ing in Catalonia, which seems likely to lead to another separa tion. Shouts of "the Sovereign People," have been echoed nod re-echoed at Barcelona, accompanied by the vocalisation of " patriotic hymns," and other demonstiatious of a like ten dency. The debates in the Cortes are becoming very animated. The sittings of the 4th and sth were entirely occupied with discus- • sing the report of the committee on the extraordinary measures demanded by the government. Much opposition was manifested by the various speakers to the proposition, which seemed to ruffle the temper of Senor Cala trava, who expressed great sur prise that the asked-for grant of " extraordinary power" should be resisted in the way it had brien. Senor Calatrava did not attempt to conceal the fact that the disturbed state of the country demanded it; and without the Cortes would yield to the government solicitation, ministers must at once resign. The discussion had not terminated when the report left Madrid. ASHY OF THE NoRTH —Of VISION OP THE ADVANCED GUARD. OSUN a, Nov. 27.-1 wrote to you from Arcos, on the 26th, to acquaint you in a few words with the news of the victory ob tained over Gomez and his whole force on the 25th ; I then hoped to rive you a detailed account on the following day of the action ; but you will` conclude, from the date of the present dispatch, that I have had scarcely time enough to arrive here, even by forced maches. At the head of the cavalry and the ad division, I am pursuing Gomez, who has with him only 4000 or 511(10 men, worn-out with fatigue and the rapidity of their flight. He is gone to pass the night at Estepa, and I hope to be able to come up with .him to-morrow. His soldiers, who formed a corps► sif 14.0',X) men, are now wandering about in all directions, and falling.: into the hands of the National Guards, and the authorities of the'differeut boronghs. GENERAL NARVAEZ• Prieate Correspondence of the Horning Post.) CAMP BEFonE.Bri.no.l, DEG. day daWned this morn ing (Monday) it wits seen that the Christinos had removed their grand bridge. of boats between Portugaletta and the sands of Algorta, not in imitation of Pizarro when he disembarked. his conquering army on the shores of America, hut simply with the design of laving it across the Ilia Nervia higher up, opposite the Convent of . Desierto, more convenient for his escape into that strongho'd. Lest they should escape without a battle Villareal and Roltia descended into the plain at sunrise, and,. throwing forward their guerillas, commenced an attack on the whole Christino force then in possession of the Palacio of Asua, anti all the north-east side of that village, and also of Sondica, Lugua, and Erandio. I have just returned, after witnessing the day's operatiOns, and have only light and time left to inform you that the Carlists have gained a complete vietory—have driven the Christinos successfully out of Asua, &indica, Erandio, and Lugua; in short, up out of the valley occupied by them • since Wednesday, re take refuge in the precipitous heights alt Oudis and Lejona; opposite the convent of Desierto, where a new bridge is prepared for theta, to recross to the Portuoalette Fide. They have (as -.ye learn from several Christino officers who have passed within these few days to the service of the mountain King) 12.0(X) infantry, 15;) cavalry, and five pieces of c,mnon, viz., one piece, of twelve pounds, belonging to the forti fications of La Desierto, and feir four-pound field-pieceS, but they have not fired a shut from one of- the five, keeping them on the heights of Algorta and Lejona to protect their retreat, and very naturally fearful they world he captured in the valley. Orrasa is also in command with Espartero, Escaleta leads the first division; the Baron de la Mer the second. Carandoiet led the cavalry with his usual bad success. The Carlists had none here except the I-Ith L incers, who formed General Eguia's body-guard; but with these Lord Itanelaen gallantly charged the Christino tirailleurs, and returned unhurt al though his horse was. wounded. I have seen thirty-three prisoners brought in, who surrendered in a strong - casurio (farm-house,) which they held till '25 others were killed in it. I know not how many more have fallen or taken ; but I hear that the Carlist loss is very slight, although they were very much exposed; the generals and their staffs as much as the rest. The horses of Villareal and Goni also felt the fire. These moun taineer:, are really fine fellows. I saw several of these guerillas stand to-day to fight single-handed with the Christino Lancers, who charged them.. The latter suffered severely. One serious charge was made against a crowd of guerillas, who were ad vancing against Arandia. Villareal and his staff happened to be there at the moment, and when the guerillas were retreating as usual to their own battalions, the General and his officers waving their swords, shonted to them to stand and face them, as they did. The guerillas replied with "Vivas," stood their ground every man of them, unformed as they were, and took such good aim at the lancers that several men and horses - fell, and the rest retreated instantly. From that moment the Car. lists carried everything triumpantly. It is expected that Es. rartero wtil retreat to-night or to-morrow morning to Desierto. MONDAY Nicks', Dec. 5 —I open me letter to say that while the Carlists-were'beating 'Esti-atter() on his own ground in the volley, time garrison of Bilboa made a sortie on the side 411eoo nia ; hot, after having taken two houses and set . thety - On fit were repulsed and driven into the city with loss, by alke:Valiant. Alavere, in reserve upon Sopelaaa. , , SAN Sin ASTIA N, 6.L—Tho contractors 'wno, uncle!. gin G rantee of the ProVincial.Depotation. have hitherto S . Uppli6 , l W tots of General'Evansis'9ooo or bid t ut u, ItaSe.deciared that they cannot continne . beyontltheflth -DecialMr. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. , TT1 3 P1,4 X. a IV A, .T 1 , . . meuwers in the var „ itament.or upper,uatiada as fond of placing "notices on the ..books," at; are .seine folks: nearer.houte. Im mediately after the delivery.of the opening speech by Sir P. B. Head, many notices of inotioni.were,given, and entered no the books. The paper 3 give the following• selections front' such entries:— "The Mayor—A bill to regulate elections of Members of Assembly. "Mr. Thorhnrn=A bill to repeal the laws imposing fines on Quakers, &e., fur not doing duty as militiameu iu thelithe of peace. Mr. Robinson—An address. to the Lieutenant-GOvernor fur certain communications from the Colonial-office relative to representations by individuals since the last prorogation, &c. " Mr. Rykert —A bill for the eaection and endowment of dis trict seminaries. "Mr, M'Nab—A bill to vacate seats of Members accepting any situation from the Government Or the house,—a committee on the land-gratitiug department. " Mr. Gowan—A committee to inquire into the protests, pe titions, allegations of bribery, violence, executive interference, &c., at the late general elections, with power to send for wit nesses, &C. _ . 51r. Norton—A bill to abolish the law of primogeniture. " Mr. Norton—A bill to seal the clergy reserves for educa tional purpuses,—bills to amead the libel law, and to repeal the salt-tax. "Mr. Dunlop —A bill on prison discipline,—a bill fur a geo logical survey in Upper Canada. " Mr. M,Kay—liesolutious with a view to obtain a seaport in Upper Canada, by altering the boundary lines in Lower Ca nada." NEW BRUNS WICK. The Courier of St. John's, New Brunswick, November 12, has been received. It mentions, that His IVlajesty has complied with the prayer of the petition of merchants, &c., of Miramichi, to direct .that port to be opened as a lauding and warehousing pert, and that an order to that effect might be shortly expected. This paper gives a remarkable instance of the extent to which some eqablishments engage in the North American timber trade it is that of Messrs. Pollock, Gilmour, and Co. They are chiefly engaged in this; and it is mentioned that they have eight different establishments, and ship annually upwards of 6,000,00 cubic feet of timber, to cut and collect which, and to prepare it for shipinent, required up,vards of 15,030 teen, and 500 horses and oxen, in constant.emplorment. - For the promotion of their trade, they are owners of 2l !awe ships, the registered tonnage of which is 12,005 tons navigated by sir 2 seamen, tarn.- ing each trip upwards of 20.00.) toils of timber, at 40 cubit' feet per ton ; all id' which ships, two. and some them three, trips annually. It is aitil , ll,•and we believe truly, that-such -ito e4stablishment is uneylkalleit-i 0 E ur , 4 „ . A new iiiiit-stock bank had just opened At Frederickton, part of the largely sobscriired capital 'baying gone front St. John's and the establishment. MONTREAL According to Montreal papers last received, America n specu lat.,rs had hoen engaged there, and in other parts of the Cane (las. buying up a heat and salt for the Atnerican Market. It is mentioned that one of those men:ll:tuts recently bought in that city 80,000 bushels of. Upper Canada wheat, and 5tlMO bushels of salt. It furthew stated . . that a steamer had forwarded 35,000 bushels of wheat. and 21,t)00 bushels of salt to Lap a i r i e, to b e taken thence to St. John's, .via the railroad. UNITED STATES In the last private accounts from New fork there is every evidence of a returning continence in; the in • ley market, and a stron g conviction too, that unless btlitio.ti by ca n s violent ac tion from this venom ry. nun serious eousequences wit! follow the crisis which has been in progress for several months p.rst. Though there seem to be no necessary connexion be tween the Presidential election and the urnerey-tuarket, it was believed that the mode of Van Buren's return. or who se actu a l election no doubt was entertained, might come to exercise a material influence upon it. lf, for example, it should he deter mined by the majority of the ewes of the college there is some iti.olethility then that a gradual itriptaivement would follow; h u t rf the election of President should devolve upon the House of Representatives, there would be such an electioneerin g excite ment kept up during the winter, through the agency of the banking institutions, which would expand and contract their issues as it might happen to afford means for annoyi ng t h e i r po litical opponents, that the whole of the commercial end 6n an _ viol business would he disturbed by it. One important question for this country arising out of the supposed return of the Ameri can money-market to a better state, is, whether we shall in consequence of it recover some of the gold which was exported thither, and which first brought on our own difficulties; but it seems likely, notwithstanding the rise in the exchange, that this will rot he the case, as a taste for hard cash is spread all over the Union, and both gold and silver bear a premium of I per cent. compared with notes. This is a circumstance which can not fail to he taken into proper account by the Direetors of the Bank of Eneland. With respect to Van Buren, an opinion is expressed that his te , rking of the hard money system will not be quite so rigid as that of General Jackson, which is allowed to have produced much inconvenience though based upon suf ficiently snood principles. One of the letters from which the preceding particul ar s Le collected. says in conclusion..", "The hieh value of m city (New York) begins to attract capital from rliffergtin this for commercial Parer(litizriters,.nrid there has been more inquiry general look better,and people are no longer frightenedigs Boston papers to the 19th ult. h mention that President Burnet, a " a ," been received. 'rimy ~..f.T.,:Xan Republic, had re plied to the protest of Santa Anna he denied that the accommeilii ,c ,„„ " o y s t , t among ot her things house were at all more contraete.i.in n 'T'L Artilfron 7 , convenient, than that of his own farnity s • ence .41 e denied that . alga Anna nr„,i'fifniPsllor most emphatically 4;4 .s„ri • complied with in respect:to the preservatio n or , . pr: 91ie11.3% 4 .U' to the Texans. 0, 11 ,1 , ,t; REGISTRATIONS. ) 4'Fi-O;rz' the Standard.) It h as been rapre than once said by the.ministerial.and radical , . piess, ‘‘We timrpolie of th e exultation this year w hi c h th e -enfisertativk i sli r titied in the auttio m 0ft835, o n the results of , the parliantqYary registration:;.' The rematkis shout as wise and as.e4tudid as mostof the taunts proceeding fro m that qulrter; They first of all bungle the matter 14114 . such a fashion in parliament as to postpone the whole business of nwistration a whole mouth in .the present .year, beyond the usual time, and then they. ask us, before that Month haS ekpired, ".Why are you not exulting as you were at this time lastlyea'r r! .•- - . • But there is. another reason which has •prevented our ap proaching, this subject before now. The details which we are now abOnt to give to our readers have been in our possession for nearly a;fortnight past; but we hoped to have considerably increased their amount, by returns:from counties and boroughs in which, after all; fur some reason or' ther, neither radicals nor conservatives have chosen to publish any statement. We could name several important districts (Lancashire for one) in which, though we have every reason to believe that the con servatives have obtained important successes, yet neither from themselves nor from their opponents are we favoured with any return. However, having waited with some patience for several days, we now proceed to give a general view of the results in such counties and horouv,hs as haVe published intelligible statements. Some others, not intelligible, but evidently intended to deceive, we have omitted; but neither in omission nor insertion have we swerved from a' sincere intention to inform our readers of the truth of the case, so far as we ourselves could discover it. We shall commence with those places in which the advantage appears to rest with the ministerial party. We have only been able to meet with seven instances of this kind, to wit— Conservative. COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS. NORTH SioloPstltat. Conservative objections Radical objectiOns Bats Tor.. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical Objections Radical claims . . NawcasTbn.' Con s e r viri ve objections ConserVative claims • Radical Objections Radical. claims BRIGHTON. Conservative objections (none) Conservative clai Ins 00110... Radical oNectionsagainstcon servltives . ... . Radical claims... .. PitTERB6ItOUGii. Conservative objections Conservative claims . Radical objections • Radical claims Roasnam. • Conservative objections Conservative claims Itadical objections Radical claims. ur.L. Conservative objections. Conservative chinos Radical objections.. Radical claims Now, what is the real value of these s: x cases US see, success ? Le North Shropshire presents an apparent gain of fifteen. Fifteen, in a county ! That is not much, to he sure; but even that little vanishes when we learn that of the new claims the Conservatives have an r.verwheltuing majority. North Shrop shire, then, goes for nothing. In Peterborough the Radical gain is five. The seat is theirs already: whether this gain of five 'will enable them to hold it, is more than we can tell. The same observation applies to Horsham. In Brighton the Conservatives, ascertaining that the lists were fairly and honestly made out, offered neither claims nor objections. The Radicals tried both, and succeeded in 48 cases out of 329. But this will not in the slightest degree endanger the success of one, if not two Conservatives, at the next election. In the other three cases, Bristol, Hull, and Newcastle, the Radicals made war, as it is their custom to do, upon the free men, and succeeded in clearing the lists of many deceased or removed parties. But this is only an apparent gain; while it increases the irritation .felt by the freemen, and still leaves a large majority of enemies. The Whig candidates in Bristol, in 1835, were about 1,000 in the rear. Since then they have struck off 500 of the freemen, while, 2(X) or 300 new freemen have been added to the lists, to vote against them. The same account may be given of Newcastle and of Hull. On the whole, then, the entire value of the Whig successes on this year's re gistration would not repay the cost of a single week's wages of one of their objection-servers. Turn we to the other side of the story, and let us see. whether the advantages gained by our friends have been equally without value. Those which have come under our notice are as follow._ Conservative. COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS. I^d 2.-) Radical, I 1161 WI -- 1 -- 214111146 j 995 i 5071 4511 531 16;51 . 881 79 4171 2101 2071 247!. 1961 1371 591 7311 5211 21( 5551 3231 2321 !411 1011 4U 86 1 75! 11 464 J 2511 21 30412x1 mil • .1 2301- •• 981.... •• WO ... 27 11 1291 1121 :1 2g11::: 488 3,561 132 71•••• • • • 5L •• • 13t.1 14 7 ' 34 26 1 1 6 1 32 1 8 11 . 51 3 .1 691 32 37 30 17 13 31 31 7 6!... 1011_ 261... .1 116 811 35 ..1 2 221 5 Coli,;,irVatve Con r v attve:ettinittYllbl4) ft:trlical itutlical claims (ibout) fliourFon osti IRE. ' Conservative objections a - cruel, t LiO r jel,:tillitS Radical challis YouKs lung (West . Conservative objections Radical objections - • YonKsittitu (East Conservative objections— Radical objections HUNTINGDONSHIRE. . Conservative objections Radical objections NORFOLK (East.) . Conservative objections-- Radical objections ~ NORFOLK (West.) Conservative objections Radical objections SUFFOLK (West, ) Conservative objections ..., Radical o . .jectious GI.ncESTERSHIRE (West.) Conservative, objections Radical old ections GLociontits titan (East.) Conservative objections.... Radical objections NORTHUMBERL A ND (South.) Conservative objections Radical objections , NotiTtiumaiiitt.atsD (North.) Conservative objections Radical objections... KENT (West • Conservative objections Radical objections .... I)irittirstitak (South.) • Conservative objections Radical objections........ WanwicKsiiiirE. (South.) Conservative objection s Radical objections . ...... , LEIcEsTEItbHIIIE (South.) Conservative objection s Conservative claims Radical objections..• • .... 'Radical claims Donn., at (North.) Conservative objections Radical objections..... BucKINGHAIitIiE. Conservative 'objections Conservative claims Radical objections Radical claims • • • 41 SOUTH DEVoN. Conservative objections .... Radical objections .24 ISLE OF.\VIGHT. - Conservative objectioni Radical objections • . LEEDS. Conservative rdtjectionS... - Conservative claims • • Radical objections ' Radical claims • '. LbrcEsTEE. Conservative objections Radical objections ' . '• AN PGYBLI. ~ . - Conservative object ions', Conservative claims' Radical Objectionsi. ... . :. Radical claims '' . • , GI itch:snot. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections ..... Radical claims.... BA RNST APLE. Conservative objections Radical objections.... .. . . ; WARWICK. . . Conservative objections .. Conservative otai tns R a di ca l objections Radical claims .. luslvicia. Conservative ebjections .. Conservative claims li4dical objections Radical claims Conservative objections... Conservative claims Radical objections Radical claims ... YARNIOUTH. Conservative objections... Conservative claims Radical objection s ..„ . ... Radical claims . . CA a TElt BUR Y. Conservative objeolonk..., Conservative claims Padieal objections I?adicakclaims • • • Doti - F. n. Conservative objections.... ~. 9,ll.lcyptoT i t .1181. .... .. tt J. cal,ottjections.... ..... „. ~II 'sal claims._ 4i.!.' t EFAJ4.; ,, y. ' -- , • .t.vip.p;ert , b‘ive cl,jectiong ,d, tk,dicsiVolijectiolis: • ' • • to 1, 0C , ;14,:i 0., k , V, 14,6.01 4:111iJi) AAA ~, ,a., . ~;s3A VEFbPOOI, STANDARD Cwiservative. r Ail cOUNTMS 01.)11OLGHS. e.~c,#. , ~~ t~.a~i~X~ d ~ Z~" 31. W tiatlt W9V ,t!i, DERBY. Coosi•rvative objections .... Radical 0bjecti0n5.......... HEREFoan. g6l 571 321. , . Conservative oil PR! lon . . Conservative nlatins Ha:Heal obi k>ct Radical claim's- Cl.ll3o.i . vative objections ..., Conservative claims .- , Radical 0bjecti0n5..:....... Radical claims . •••• I BATH. ConservatiVe objections Conservative claims Radical objections...... - Radical claims.... Roc DA LE. 3'7 2) 13 - ii.... 1.. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections... ••• Radical claims COLCHESTER. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections•• • •• • • • •• • Radical claims... AYLESBURY. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections. Radical claims CAMBRIDGE. Conservative objections" Conservative claims Radical objections Radical claims BOLTON-Ln-Mooas. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections- Radical claims FROMB. Conservative objections....... Conservative claims Radical objections Radical claims WAKEFIELD. • Conservative nbjections......, Conservative claims Radical objections Radical claims. .... Tswit Es's na Conservative objections...—. Conservative claims Radical objections Radical claims. Woi:CESTEE. Conservative objection s Conservative c laim Radical objectioni Radical claims LONDOII. 491•••• 1 1.. •••• e• 24....!.. • • 1" • -1 • • • • • T.,1••••!1.. ▪ 22 ••••,' •• 121.:: Radical. ..1 iui: et, • 1351 179 59 ...j .. ...I ~ ~.`...~.. ••• •••: •• 291' 241 101 12 al 19 15 262 Conservative pljections Conservative claims Radical objections Radical clainis MAeYLEBONE. Conservative objections....... ConSerVative claims Radical objections.... Radical claims Frisse V. Conservative objections....... Conservative claims Radical objections ........ Radical c1aim5......... CHELTENHAM. Conservative objections Conservative claims BR IDGENORTH. Conservative claim. Radical claims OLDHAM. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections..... Radical claims LINCOLN. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections. Radical claims . . YORK. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections Radical claims KIDDERMINSTER. Conservative objections Radical objections RocHESTER. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections...—. Radical claims CHATHAM. Cons'• -ttive ob; 1••••11.- - ....1 11....11.. ~L...1L. ••1••••# , 1--,1•• 709121,1.4 G 30( • , . . Conservative Objections...... Conservative clams •210.:10i Radical obj ect i ons ..qti. 1 .....',:.. Radical claims ..... ........,* [Ol3 42(' 593 READING.. Conservative objections.......-, .. .... .... ~ Conservative claini t 282 253 29 ~ Radical objections ... Radical claims ...... POOLE. Conservative objections ...... Radical objections . . conservative objection , ' ... Consei vative claims Radical 0bjecti0n5......... ... Radical claims ,Daorrivicti. ,Conservative olyjections Conservative claims RadicaLobjections ltadival claims• Sr. A LEAN'S. Conservative objections Conservative claims RadicaLoWections:..... Ratilt..). 1161 AOO4l 1571 2UJ ii 'C6 7T:224 5 1 :Aki 91to-LI, •12 • • 3`. 51 44 61 11 8 31 1121 70 421 28 16 1( 301 i.J 17 77 5I 26 26 18 8 T 1 131 14 57 *I 8 ICI 6 4 15 11 4 1.1V1••••,..•• 13: 2 :43 281. 82 651 li 31 --•1••••1•••••• O. 311 1911: 32 21111 •• • • *.• •• • .11 st; 43 25 181._ * I • • • • • ••• 70 8 :.: ..i ~i:: • .• • ••••••1.. 71 •-i• • ',..1. •• 1 1... 4111 180 231 Now we have no doubt that this statement will be carped at , . .... s b e y a r t c h h e , ii m n i d u is outtei a i a f l e vi jo n u i r o n r a e ls . retu r ns l'hey in w fa il v l ou p r r o o t ba th b e ly ir , o b v. y .n di p li a g r e t n y. t 1•• • • We ca n easi ly b e li eve that this is possible, as we also believe that we 'night add to the list of couservative successes, if we •• • could search the files of every conservative journal in England. - 2 0 But this has not been in our power, and we must therefore be content with offering to our readers as full and as accurate an ••• • ••• • ••• account as we have been able to prepare, and that by a very 462 19E 264 laborious search through a large proportion of the provincial journals. ~.. 562 ' .... . 3 ... As for satisfying th e ra di cal or ministerial papers, that. of 211 , 52 course, must be out the question. This was well-shown in the Middlesex case. We first published a statement of the objec• .••• • • • • •• • • tions taken and su s t a i ne d , giv i ng a clear majority to the con -198 7; 121 servatives of about 200 on this point only, " Ay," " but," said the radical editors, " you tell us nothing ahout the claims; and .• •••••• • • • • this is of far more importance." We then replied, that out o f IS • 5 • 10 6000 new claimants, in the last two years, nearly 4000 were known to be conservatives. "But what does , that matter?" Said . • • 388 •• • • • • • 249 •• • the Spectator ; " suppos i ng t h at they are conservatives when you 139 register them, how can you answer for it that they will be con servatives when the election comes r To such reasoning as this ••• • • we shall, of course, attempt no answer. 'l'2 But we must add one word to the conservatives generally, The foregoing list will show very clearly. that wherever any well-directed efforts are made, their success to the conservative cause is almost sure to. follow. Why then,' we ask, are there districts of England in which the friends of the monarchy ale • still supine ? Why do we hear nothing of Sussex, South 'Dur ham, North Wilts, North Hants, and several other counties? Let this question he seriously taken to heat by the gentlemen of those distri c t s . Let England be aroused as one man , against the O'Connell tyranny. , 1,, • • . . •• • • .; .iillzirmil 92 • • .1 16 1121 - 6 : 2-131 131 52 .... 51 .... -11 19 11 631 There is only one person li v i ng , s i nce B ann i ster ' s.death, who once celehrated H ai l equ i n, B yrne,-fit . performed on the stage of the first Drurit-lane Theatre .with , stilt active, eujevs good,health.. ..i ••••••• Garrick, and that is the 78 ...: ther of Oscar Byrne, Who is . - I..spolurs; has just concluded, perhap s , t h e most profitable , • ... .... .... certainly the twist brilliant season he has ever had. "1 Pnri -351 156 195 iaiii" was succeeded by a most interesting opera, " I'Brlyanti," b y Mere a d ila t e , th e music, of which immediately found its way . ..~ ~, .... 61 ..„, her exquisite delineation of " Ite vatsi eruamenti," •the.divine Grisi has, if possible, added to her high reputation ;—her ........ ..., singing in " Fin else on vesto," was the most exquisite thing .... ;04 .... sallystsr 1 popular ante, ,s a:, to li s r: a n t ' a s i4 N e i d g h t t h a ei t .r S r e e a s . pec lt ti u v b e i t i t , i a , "51 ...„ .., . . . tni toal: awbiltrhtelatel; „.. , whose good taste the production of " 1 nd 'randier' ' their wonted excellence. By the professor and the amateur lust a o c f t, th i e ndZa h m in tr li i i t t i , i' s w s o i r t.t.., ••"••• • ' ." • this opera Will be.equally weleomed .--the Prayer, the Finale .... 103, a N r 4 e 'e alr a eady rple t a b s e ed r . e t ig o n ti i n n ( g l ••• ••" •••• that the English publishers have _ employed the genius and ' "• • •• • • talent of Herz, Bechsa Burr , • . favourites to the 6 2 4 3 .... 3 the ar.apttou o •cat anie's score to the capabilities of the pianoforte, the Harp, and the Hart •aud p• • i tanototte together. ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—James Surdefield, a in-an • evidently ... „ ..., upwards of 6t) years of age, was b rought up by Hawker, the 8 31 58 constable of Darlaston, charged with attempting to cut his wife's 24 18 6 throat on the preceding night. The prisoner is a shoemaker. Jaines Donaldson, a lodger in his house, stated, that soon after he had gone to bed he was suddenly awoke by his brother, who ••• 4 ...„ desired him to get up, for there was some dangerou s wor k go i ng • on in the next room. He bounced out of bed, and instantly went into the next cdamber, front whence a low g roan i ng noise proceeded I ' There he found the prisoner kneeling on his w if e, . .... ... ...„. .... 17 ..., who was naked in bed; be was not undressed, and had a k n if e 48 2. 27 in his hand. (The knife, which was covered with dried blood, was produced; it was one such as shoeutak ers use, and seemingly .... .... .... very sharp.) The prisoner appeared to be cutting his Wife' s •• . . .... .... throat. Witness pulled him off, saying to hint, " Are you m a d?" 63 30 33 but he made no reply. The woman went down stairs. She w as 25 12 13 dreadfully cut across the face on both sides of the mouth, and her hands were severely cut. (It was supposed she received .... .... „„ these latter wounds iu protecting her throat.) She was so ex ... .... hausted from the los s o f blood and her wounds, that she could 30 • 19 .. 11 not speak. Some females took her into a neighbour's house, ~.. - 4 ..,, and she remained there. Hughes, this constable stated he was seat for, and saw the woman in a neighbour's honse; she a i r •••• • • • .... geared to be in a dying state. By the time he got into the pi -. .• .. ..„ sorter's house he h a d gone to b e d with some of his children. ... 41 ~,, The sheets; the pillow-cases, the floor of the room in which, the ... 16 ...„ prisoner and his wife had been, and the stairs, were covered with blood. The knife (which he produced) was given to him by the ... .... .... prisoner's sou. Benjamin Surdetield, the son alluded to, said ... ... ...„ he went i nto hi s father ' s house about half-past 11, a f ter t h e di s , 55 • turbance and found the apartMent as described ,by the preee ... 31 .... ding.witness. Some persons preient said they could not find the knife; he went into the shop, and there found it under the ... .... ... window. A nother of Siirdefield'S son stated that his father and . ~ .... ,- mother had qiiarelled the previous day, anti that she had ob ,lfi .. qi ' 28 Mined- a-peace warrant. He had frequently beaten her .before n 19 1,1 :('' 6 - The prioner, whe did not speak a word, ass remanded Akr,fute 1 .• - . them exmiiinatiriti -this day fitrtn.ight. with au understatelingfliist . „' ', he should lie brou g ht up sooner if' his. wife shou.ld, be sutflcir,ntly ,.., 43 ..'„. recovered tii give her evidence.-1l olecrharepten GlirTP.4.4tii,b- MEETING OF PARLIAMENT 1V3611. I ri THE .77,11E5. 210).,.....: .1 ,.. ;;:.) ;1 ,p 1 ,2 i iire i ,j ( 0 ) 131 : ,.. : , ': ;tu v , :0 5 l ai o e i f i i . l l :ii:s , it, re cei :.E. the Latest Express ,x;.6 ~ , vo i :Editions of .the I 1 NIES, during the onsuing Session of :1 ,-14 o r .P49:2V9tsflMtf,tiiiiested to send o 11,1 ii.e to that effect, as soon ~,4 4 c . .1 , o *-- ti 71 : . 17: r ...,:1. 7 4 141 _;it (''1 e i 1 i i-l U ;;llt; : titt riaB l lj . l\-- e i' g :tij s . l 'iO eßr i r i S t h l l: l 6 l l-11 o it' u Alr' n e ie ;111:-. ;h : a l : ll t l; n lj: e i t : i : U v-A s l e ag q : u e e nt ii .n e ( e l ; ,li :11 " 0:1 1 1; 1 ;: l' i ni 3 . S 1 :::: y flattering manner in wit kb he was received on his 7: -. : , 1 ,. , 27, ...,i,.4 1 , 11 , , . 4 ,., i g l .., n ,- arance, he will have the pleasure of repeating, on a„, 4 i . - .. - 11 . 1( , J..IV, 11. u. !, E .„ ;),. ~,', ~oc, ' 0 , 1, ,i AY EVENING next, the:l9ili instant, his VOCAL ,4i: ,i,:jaits ,i4u:ls:: 74,, :: j t :A h : represented N oi : etni E ac ;:l e l , , ti . o W (hi .h sa i . : l. l; pu h a, as sit,w b su e et e v n ednu,mteilie.i, I 1. i " " ""' ' Doo -. Three Sllillin gs. e Performance r t ril l a i n ti l n e in te I :. ';ig i l li t, T a s' n u d al c i lole th lu e de about Ten. Admission, ud, r, jcassell's Rccolleg . tioncol Thina, idtich may, or may not . hay . ° ol ,J , '' ~ Wit; err 11. t lo STEA NV-ED. ACTOR; ; e ' G I ' I '' 2' ''' el: rn l eil l ee 'l P al l' . Ticketsto be had of Mr. PAIISONS, Bold-street. 'THEATIIE4tOYAL, LIVERPOOL. POSITIVELY THE I. AST NIGHT .• • • .... Of those extraordinary Art istes the l'roupe Elastique of real •• •• • •• •••• BEDOUIN ARABS, 39 Sidi Ali, Abdallah, Amhed, Hossein, Mohammed, Haitian, from the Porte St, Martin Theatre, Paris; The Colosseum, and Royal Surrey Theatre, London, whose inimitable performances have been the theme of such universal wonder and admiration. 1 1E 1 IS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 16th instant, will be performed the Tragedy of RICHARD 111. Richard Duke of Glo'ster Mr. Stuart. Prince of Wales Miss Chaplin, ' Earl o f Ri c h mon d....M r , W . H owar d . Lord May or of London Mr. Baker. Queen . Elizabeth Mrs. Staialev. Duchess of York.. Mrs. Clarke. I Lady Anne.... Miss Faucit. ' After which, the performance of the • BEDOUIN ARABS. The Entertainment in which they will' appear is divided Into Twoi Parte, from the exertion required in its progress. The Stage represents the Great Desert of Shaara! with Tab leaux Vivant, of the Evolutions, Dances, and Exercises peculiar to the Bedevi, or Sons of the Desert, which will be given in the ,Represontati on of an Arabian Festival by the Native Bedouin!. The accounts given by nicht), Burckhardt, M a j or D en ha m , 'end other African Travellers, of the wonderful feats of Farce and Dexterity displayed by the Bedouins in their various Sports and Exercises, were of so marvellous a nature, that they have been hitherto deemed to be impossible, and were re g a r d e d merely as Travellers' ocular demonstration has, how ever, at length attested the veracity of these writers. The Entertainments to terminate with the favourite Farce of ' THE RENDEZVOUS. Simon Mr. Baker. f Sophia Miss Chaplin. • Lficretia..Miss Stanley Rose.. Mrs Clarke. Arrangements have been made with.a Company of FRENCH PERFORMERS for FIVE NIGHTS, who will commence their Engagement at this Theatre on MoN oat , next, Dec. 19, in Two favourite French Dramas. On which Evening MISS ADELAIDE: O'BRIAN and SIGNOR SAXON!, of the King's Theatee, London, who more engaged for Five Nights, will make their first appearance in Liverpool in a celebrated Dance. Mr. EDWIN FORREST. thu popular Tragedian of the American Theatres, whose success at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, in the various characters in which he has appeared there, has been most decided, is engaged Fl YR NIGHTS, and will make his first appearance at this Thea tre on MON DA v, December 26th. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of " A Poor Man" has been received. We shall, if possible, make room for it in our next. The communication of " W. U." shall be inserted in our next. We have inserted the latter of Mr. Nolan's letters in preference to the former, as being more pertinent to the present state of the controversy. Dr. Lane's " Introductory Lecture on Chemistry and I'har macy" shall,apivear among our literary notices on Tuesday. The letter of " J. L." in our next. Ebe iLiberpool ~,Stanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 16, 1836, Some subtlety is displayed in the perpetration of every .5 6 2 5 2 ..........2104 crime—some palliati ve c i rcumstance, upon w hi c h t h e de -1 linqirent may fall back when pressed home with guilt— some "contingent remainder," where the fee of honesty is first not alienated —some "if you said so" to shelter it—all of which add to the malignancy of offence—and it is in this way that corporation foxes have endeavoured to have one hole by which they can enter the municipal • •••• •24' ••• -, 3• 9 roost, and another by which they can escape. Mr. Rath •• • bone says, that " they did THINE on a list." Cogitative • • • • 22 • •• .. 7 assembly !—would that virtu e was as t h oug h tful ! W hat 29 48. 31 17 gratuitous labour for the b ene fi t o f Liverpool !--they "let not the left hand know what the right hand doeth" • • •••• • • • • in municipal charities—they seek not the reward of pub -40• ••• 6 31 lic honours for their " secret services"—their thoughts 51 41 10 are always." to us-ward." But thinking is only the first .......... step of . which acting is the second ; and, therefore, with • • -• • •'••• • outdrawing br ea th, .M r . R . adds, " and did AGREE." 20 -i I ...,_. 4 2. ,2 , Yes, it was, yon perceive,' a matter of " thought," and every thought foUnd a tongue; .but what was uttered who :::: :::: can tell ? It doubtless Was elomrence in which the figures 5 3 '2 c -,-,_ _, Aowever, of thei r thinking, , was agreement. . And will - e • ''' •• 7 77 7 . . . the town of Liverpool be insulted with Municip . arconduCt 52 efovvr.tiysdomnel,mnboeti•st: sayall steeped 26 26 17 '9 in, the same bath, to meet together, and not o nly think of ... .... ..... measures deeply influential over the interests of the 1.... : : 1 ) : 6: .they ''tolikel: this be b u satisfied t? to%l' comeill !. h r tl e y s t aan i l nloatwgh.reement upon them ? Will po litical integrity, of forty such men, and to commit the ••i t • •1-• 3 prosperity or destruction of Liverpool to their private conferoces 7 Impossible ! We cannot be sunk so low !in apathy —we cannot be so fallen from prudence—poli tical madness cannot vet have brought us to this ! To this? Aye, more. Let us proceed. Mr. R. says, "they did agree, certainly, among themselves." Liberal. exam ' pie of liberal principles! "Among themselves!" Not one dissentient was there—each bad regularly passed through the municipal sieve—the current of radicalism ran smoothly —it met with no obstacle. Why these forty members might have come to any conclusion they pleased upon any question they -chose to entertain. They might have lighted the lamps of Liver pool at noon in the dog-days, or have voted the Bible a superfluous book in moral education at the national schools, for they were screened by walls which prying curiosity could not penetrate ; and however adverse such measures, or others like them, might be to the welfare of the town—however subversive of sound principles, po licy, and good--if these forty men had but "agreed," each stood Exonerated of all personal responsibility ; for the overture would only need to be proposed at a meeting of the Town Council, and SILENT VOTES be given, and the act would become the act of a corporation in which individuality is always lost. Oh, Mr. U., you have proved a blessed traitor to the municipal conspiracy. • Surely you slept at the late meet ing of the Town Council, and this which you divulged was. in a dream. But we will neither garble nor abridge your golden sentences—they ought to be printed in let ters a foot high, and circulated throughout every town of the kingdom. Mr. 11, subjoined—" if we saw nothing better transpire for the community, we did agree to sup port that list." What means this macula upon the mid day sun of Alr.R.'s confession ?—what "better" thing was so to c likely to be born th an that whi c h s p rung f rom the men tal loins o f radicalism ?....-what babe rished as their,owa- PirsPring ? Bes o ide likely the y Jews n aonu,. Samaritans have no dealingS with each other. " Can any thing good," say these forty —we had almost com mitted ourselves, though we are not now play-going folks—councillors, " come out of conservative Naza reth ?" Oh no ! the roost monstrous birth of radicalism would he preferred before it. We put it to the plain sense of Liverpool, whether there was a shade of proba bility that any name not found upon that " angel" list would be approved by the Town Council ? We appeal to the•same plain sense, and ask, whether they are willing to commit all the business of the corporation to these forty radicals, to be conducted in the same way ? We think not. But Mr. U. disclaims the imputagon that he came "bound hand and foot" to the Council-chamber. Why, so did Casio that he was drunk; and both have left evi dence against themselves of unqualified guilt. We say, that every one of the forty came bound " hand and foot" — morally bound to a particular act in the Town Coun cil- How would Mr. R. have looked any one of his forty colleagues in the. face ?—how would they have stared at each other, if such an one had offered comment upon, or objection to, any single name on that list ?—and would not such a colleague have felt that lie was violating an en gagement ? We unhesitatingly affirm, that men who could meet for so sinistrous, so dishonourable a purpose, would'bind themselves to the issue: It we.,;are asked for Pr 9 6 / .• we. prcduce the issue itself; .t,lpiarfend the exe cution, the design and thf!!.liioillg, qWCcurrespond. 1 ‘ 7 64 1 .4,‘1.ik,0' s'o:forty,pwilltellk,4olllider Sttellr l-detel m i riatioli4f tinfilfe' busini4rs"" ditAilr i iir ou ra bl e "•-i=:'mtifli slirink . hii.:o*:publii; diseussiotu.,” ctouti (4t-.+.44tivir private ." -,-- . • • , ,ri'..)ll .. , ; 314 .11; ~,, - •:: 2 , • •A ; - 4 !t:,.i 0.1 , ...a1l il 0 0 4 1- ki ii " ti ", •,:4 44 f -,,hill tt vs ri combinations a "cabal"—or the whole transaction a most base and "servile" afriir, we know not ;:but we Perfectly agree with Mr. James iley worth in the appropriation of every one of these degrafling designations to them; and are assured, that every virtuous and c irrert mind in the kingdom will agree•with us. It is worse than a bench of magistrates meeting at a tavern, and apportioning the punishment of a criminal before he is tried; because, in. such an instance, tity might have the whole ease before them—they may know the man—they may personally have been acquainted with the circumstances of his crime, and thence have an exact knowledge of his delin quency. But these forty radicals could know nothing of the merits of those whom their brother councillors might propose—they could not measure the objections that might be brought against the objects of their own choice ; and, in both oases, the public is defrauded of that expli cit expression of sentiment which is the only guarantee of justice in public proceedings. In the above remarks we wish to be considered as di recting our artillery against the fortress itself, not against the individuals within. In private life they may be "all, all honourable men." It is of a faggot of radical Town Councillors that we have spoken, which was privately bound up for the destruction of municipal integrity and re sponsibility. We say responsibility, notwithstanding the superlative nonsense uttered by Mr. Councillor Black burn, whose classically-turned phrase was, "men don't act in bodies in that way, so as to throw off all responsi bility at all—every man is responsible for his own acts." If Mr. B. have sense enough to understand the question, we would aid: him, where is the responsibility of any one of these forty radicals whose conduct has so disgraced the-'town of Liverpool ? Neither the act, nor, conse quently, the responsibility, can be fastened upon any one, of them; they took care of that. Mr. Rathbone has made then a " joint stock company," without any clause of personal responsibility, save and except himself, by a strong implication. . , The whole affair is so irredeemably di sgrace f u l, that we believe there will never be heard again, as there never has been heard of before, the caballing of forty members of a corporation, to prejudge, and predetermine publi'd business, which can only, with security, be confided to an open Council—there to be openly discussed and openly concluded. We Forbear, now, to introduce the subject of the Bi ble, at the very name of which by Mr. James Heyworth, the Town Council of Liverpool, like another theatre on the night of a condemned play, or a tavern at the last hour of a bacchanalian meeting of radical reformers —ne ver exhibited a scene of greater-or more disgraceful dis order than the Council Chamber of the Municipal Cor poration of Liverpool at its last monthly meeting. De cency blushes at the remembrance of it, and England feels shame, whilst she sees Truth recording it .in the chronicles of her history. In the annals of debate it stands without a precedent; and, for the honour of our country, we hope it will never find a parallel. Never did a guilty wretch, caught in the very act of a flagrant crime, evince more dread of, or more violently resist be ing dragged before a magistrate, than did this municipal body the exposures of one of its own Council. Never did political iniquity, like " the galled jade," so " wince" before—never did corruption, exulting in a tyrannous majority, so impudently raise its head and voice—never, when the charge was pressed home, did it so shrink back abashed, and hide its face under the mantle of power. Some observations have already appeared in our columns upon that dark, disastrous day of Liverpool's disgrace; but the occasion was too momentous, the incidents too rare, the subject too memorable, to be allowed to pass into the grave of oblivion without a more full inscription engraved upon its tomb, for the admonition, not of Li verpool only—first in " bad pre-eminence"—but of Eng land also. We who calmly read the proceedings of that day, di vested of all personal feelings, and free from all momen tary excitement, intend to strip off the leaves, and lay bare the fruit of the question. If individual character be implicated in our conclusion, it is not because we com mand any one to " hold up his hand" whilst we prefer our charge; but because individual guilt has attached it self to them in public judgment, before we proceed to The facts of the case are these. Mr. Alderman Evans, at the last. monthly meeting of the Town Council, rose. Nl,. _ T tie) LII osu, in a speech delivered to his constituents, at a ward dinner, de clared that some act (Mr. Alderman Evans very adroitly omits all mention of it, though we•know all about it) of certain members of the Town Council displayed a "ser vile majority"—" deep dishonour"—" political cabal"— and " petty cowardice." We might, as did Mr. Coun cillor Heyworth, deny the power of the Town Council to sit in judgment upon the language of any one of itsmem bers, delivered out of the Council Chamber, and we might thus put a close to the question, by simply fasten ing upon Mr:Evans and his coadjutors the seal of igno rance of municipal rights. But this would leave the me rits of the question undecided. Besides, Mr. Evans's ex , peclation of an apology was so defeated, and the Mayor's parallelism so completely destroyed, by the prompt ad dress and irresisiible reply of Mr. James Heyworth, that what they hoped would have ended in their honour now so threatened to overwhelm them in disgrace, that, losing all presence of mind. they floundered till the radical as sembly sank down the slough of infamy beyond redemp tion. The first hope was, that Mr. James Heyworth would give the bag to the reporters of our paper, and run off, to elude the charge preferred against him. But this was a false estimate of his integrity, though a stand. ard, perhaps, of their own. Then, when Mr. Heyworth stood firm, and admitted the charge —as " they had nothing to say against it"- , --they open another loop-hole for him, glad if the lion which they had roused would escape. " I suppose," says the Mayor, "it is the Clothing that is objected to"—excellent wit! " I will not call you a liar, Sir William," said Junius, " but with all the politeness imaginable I will prove you one."— " Well, well," says our Mayor, " you may prove us what you please, a servile majority —capabl e of deep hishonour'—' a cabal'—or guilty of cowardice,' but mind you do not call your proofs by these hard names— if there be some spots upon the municipal garment we don't like to have them pointed at—if like sepulchres.' we are full of all uncleanness,' we only desire to be painted.'" But, when Mr. James Heyworth scouted all these paltry offers of escape, with indignant scorn, as incompatible with truth—then the dogs burst from their kennel, and disputed the prey with the lion. This was the last, and ought to have been the first step—if any step were proper—after Mr. James Hey-- worth acknowledged the report to be " substantively and substantially true." Would a man charged with stealing our watch, not immediately say, " search me, and if you find the property up on me, hand me over to justice, but if not you are false accusers." Did Mr. Al dermau Evans—did the Mayor—did any of their col leagues, partners in crime, say " searc h us, " and see whether we are chargeable with the alleged offence— " our withers are unwrung." No, a shuffling, dis honourable subterfuge of words, was made the matter of discussion, in the hope that as innocence could not be established, guilt might be overlooked. But Mr. James Heyworth, stood like the monument, with a damning imycriplion upon it, uniting another Popish, Unitarian, municipal plot meditated against the rights of English. We promised to strip off the leaves, and lay bare the fruit of this question ; and to that task we reluctantly proceed, though with something less of fear, since we purpose out of their " own mouths to condemn them/ Mr. Rathbone admitted, when it was hopeless to con ceal it, and after every attenr , t at evasion had com pletely failed, that "they (meaning about forty members of the Town Council who privately met at the Angel Inn, prior to the appointment of the Dock trustees,) did THINK on a list, and DID AGREE, certainly among THEM SELVES, and if they saw nothing better transpire for the community !! ! they did agree to that list. Let infamy be written under this picture- 7 a libel upon municipal corporations. If Mr. James fieyworth's exposure had etrected no)other gond beyond thiS extratn'dinary confes sion, be would be entitled to the grateful thanks of his fellow toWilsthen. We bAft:e'tiacktid the crafty fox Di - C. 16, 1836. t ) its kennel, but it was whilst Mr. Hey worth was digging him out, that he bolted. Let it be toll to all England, that forty members of our corporation, and every one of them radicals, assembled, by stealth, at an Inn in Liverpol, and dis cussed, and determined upon a municipal question, of the highest importance to the town, and which they afterwards formally carried, at a meeting of the Town Council !—unexampled turpitude! Who, we ask, are the Town Council of Liverpool ?—These forty radical members?—and where is public business transacted ? At the Angel ? Is this not " deep dishonour," tothe town of Liverpool ?—is this not defeating • the very, end of " Council !"—making a mockery of deliberation! converting public business into a.private affair, like the purchase of a bale of cotton !—taking away all personal responsibility! for in these secret cabals, fraternal spirits may open their minds freely, for each casts over the other an impenetrable veil to hide their proceedings from the public eyes. We shall soon have silent Tor Pt Councils, if these preliminary meetings, with closed doors, are to despatch business. We shall never hear a word about the reasons or the eligibility of corporation measures—there will be but a stride between the proposition and the resolution. But there is always council of old, of kindred spirit, " stepped their ears, and would gladly have run upon him, and stoned him" too if they had not dreaded the retribution of law. And could we have "a swallow taught to speak nothing" but Bible—Protestant Bible—and give it to the mem bers of the School Committee, it would 90 harrass their innocent souls that they would die of vexation. We have one question to put to every dispassionate man in Liverpool. Did the old corporation, whatever imperfections there might be in their structure, or what ever corruption had grown up in them in the flux of time, ever present such an example as this of political turpi tude If you anticipated the subversion of all sound principles in the operation of the municipal corporation reform bill, has not the reality exceeded all your fears ? If this be reform, and England be cursed with a further extension of it, she will only be fi► to be " peopled with wolves, its old inhabitants." We are doubtful whether there is not some sarcasm upon monarchy intended in Mr. W.'s declaration, that " he would not be lowered in their estimation to become the highest prince in Europe." A republican Roman could not more studiously have avoided the name of king —no, not Collatinus himself. It might be that Mr. W.'s mind was stretched almost to bursting to compass the two extremes—royalty and radicalism. It certainly is no ordinary grasp. But Mr. W. has many other "graces, snatch'd beyond the reach of art," to which we would earnestly direct the student of eloquence. He may throw away his Vossius, Quintillion, and Cicero wherever Mr. W. stands a model before him. Mark the following exquisite simile—how pictorial! how unutterably beautiful ! "Let each member of the Radical Association," says Mr. W., " consider him self as a pivot, round which a large number (query, pivots ?) should revolve." We tried to paint it, and made, in the centre of a large sheet of paper, a huge pivot, intending it to represent Mr. W.; we then painted some small pivots round it, intended to represent the Mayor and aldermen, all at respectful distances from the centre of attraction; but we could raise no other idea in our minds than that of so many tops spinning together. Well thought we, if Mr. W. is too deep for us, be has at least carried us back to the days of childhood ; and we called Mr. W. a great hummer, and his satellites regular Boxers. But we can " take a hint." We have a ahrevrd guess what all this elaborate oratory means—" the ruling principle will out"—men do not cultivate the flowers of eloquence to strew them over a study in dull soliloquy * or to adorn a table of after dinner talk. Mr. W., with out being put to the torture, confessed all. "If he ap prehended rightly, it was quite as difficult to manage the local as the general government." Bravo spoken, Mr. W. ! Why not step through the council chamber, where you stand for one, into parliament, where you will stand for— ? " Why look abroad for a representative ?" adds Mr. W. Better spoken still ! Here I ant, might Mr. W. say, carved and gilded, and ready to be set up in the Liverpool niche of the House of Commons at a moment's notice. Of Mr. W.'s qualification for the distinguished honour to which he aspires, we have but one more observation to make. Mr. W. is always a scholar. We do not mean this sarcastically, as of one " who is ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." No, we fancy we can trace in his most obscure expression great and various reading. "It was not," lie said, "the first, second, or third time"—" iterum, ilerumque"— always classical !—" that the ward had so honoured him." How pure !—what pathos or bathos ! It was more than he could bear—nature could net endure it ! Their meet ing, he said, was "social" ---he must seek repose, and, therefore, " he would sit down" —quite done up—" as dry as the last biscuit after a voyage"—pumped to the very dregs, dregs and all—the oil of his eloquence all burnt out. He left us, as the suu himself would do if extinguished, in original darkness. Passing by Mr. W., which we may do without dis cow test' since he has "sale himself down," we must have a glance at another curious figure in this group. The health of Mr. Jones, the vice president, "was drunk with musical • honours. We, who are very plain men, and not well read in the "variorum" of drinking healths, have been much perplexed to understand how this complimentary ceremony was performed; for, according to the best in- fortnation we can get among our very limited drinking acquaintance, we are confidently assured it was intended' Though we drank none of the wine and ato none of the good things provided at the late dinners of the Scot land ward, we have still much for which to thank thent many fine moral lessons have we learnt, and much mirth have they afforded us. More modest and more plain speaking gentlefolks could not he culled out of all Eng; land ; and if they had not wit themselves, that might be the effect of climate; for we much question, maugre the poetical authority, whether intellect, any more than grapes, will ripen so far north. Still they will be the occasion of many hearty sallies to their brethren in the south ; and so abundant was this negative quality on these occasions that out of the mere fragments afforded by a newspaper report we " can gather up twelve baskets full," out of which we purpose to provide a kind of sup plemental feast that we think will not be much less entertaining than the original. After Mr. Jones, the vice-president, had " proposed the healths of the Mayor, aldermen, and reform members of the Town Council," Mr. Walinsley rose and said, " It had been the determination of himself and the reform members of the Town Council" to do—something. We care not what—we only notice how radicalism overturns the courtesies of life as well as overthrows the bulwarks of the state. Mr. W. most unceremoniously thrust " the Mayor and aldermen" of Liverpool out of the picture presented to the company by Mr. Jones, and could only see himself in the mirror of his mind—not even "ego, et meus rex," though this cardinal virtue may be traced in every act of a reformer. We would undertake to tell;: whether a man were a radical or not, if we only met him u p! 7 . + casually at an inn, and heard him order the waiter tcQ:l' 7 ' send in a pair of slippers, or the chambermaid to bring a' ,11 pan of coals, so much of self-importance is there in him. Mr. W. added, " If the present councillors placed in' , ? I;Ja lucrative offices, not merely their friends and supporters, but their dependents, they (the community) have now A e. the power and facilities for calling upon them to give an ," account of their stewardship." Does Mr. W. believe 0n4j99,J word of this ? Suppose some of the " friends, supporter4:ol , B and dependents" of the Town Council should deper( t i :„% themselves with a little peccant infidelity of office, orla even some of the Town Council themselves ShoUld be guilty of a little malversation of the corporation funds--:.. as, for example, for questionable law purposes7—wguld, they not all find ample protection under the aiis armour of a Town Council vote? Who could successfully assail,' them there ? Exposed, perhaps, they might be; but men guilty of crime are little sensible of shame, especially if secure from punishment. We apprehend that the com, munity have no other means of redress now than the old corporation remedy—a mandamus from tho King's Bench. o iUtifaida I _tr.c.ol'.a ,b 9 V.f v "i tilt! e hi in 4.!kn, OUr I been have plot happ: W e i whea Morn rNafl that " frie n , that t aket bone: Nur C on , fi g fo 1,\ 7 t he rt t his t; Its e Ro We a r atio 9441 j eonfli, W e ti TIC, ind r eviel h andl 1 2 . p ea of thi 44 (1 t 1 14 to t after th e C(jun T R , Ra gern !lhe 14 ~2 the in ine e A R , 7ti tze , g ait Ca 1 , Je tla d ti'e4w"e,