The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-19 00:00:00

ANNIVERSARY DINNER OP THE TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. 11 Last evening the anniversary dinner of the members of this association was held in the Music Hall, Bold-street. It has been customary to keep these festivals in the more spa cious building of the Amphitheatre, but owing to its being let to other parties it was found impossible on this occasion to obtain it, and the Music Hall, being the only other public building. in Liverpool fit or spacious enough for such a festive celebration, tbe committee were compelled to take it, though greatly insufficient in accommodation. The gallery over the entrance doors was appropriated to the ladies, for whom 300 seats were provided. The Chair man's table was placed upon the elevated platform at the other, or top end of the room, from which speakers usually address meetings, when held in the Music Hall : the body of the hall was taken up with five long tables, the whole length of the hall, which were to accommodate 400 gen tlemen. The highly respected president of the association, Samusl Holme, Esq., occupied the chair, and John Wilkinson and Joseph Cooper, Esqrs., acted as vice-chairmen. To the chairman's right were seated Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P. for the Borough, the lion. R. B. Wilbraham, M.P. for the Southern Division of the County, Joseph Bailey, Esq., M.P. for East Worcester, Sir Thomas Brancker, Jas. Aspinall, Esq. Ex-Mayor; Duncan Gibb, Esq„ T. B. Horsfall, Esq., John Roby, Esq., of Rochdale; P. Greenall, Esq., of St. Helen's; Nicholas Robinson, Esq., G. H• Lawrence, Esq., and J. A. Tinne, Esq. To the chairman's left sat C. Cress well, Esq., 11l.P. for the Borough; J. B. West, Esq., late M.P. for Dublin; Rev. Rector A. Campbell, A,M., Thos. Bright Cross, Esq., late High Sheriff; C. Lawrence, Esq., Thomas Moss, Esq., William Smith, Esq., R. Gladstone, Esq., Alexander Smith. Jun., Esq., and T. M Gladstone, Esq.: and numerous other gentlemen of some note in the neighbourhood, sat in other parts of the Hall. The tickets for the dinner were a guinea each; and the dinner, which was very magnificently got up, was provided by Mr. Lawton, of the Rainbow Tavern, on whom it re flected great credit. The tables were very splendidly deco rated, and ornamented with numerous large and costly mo dels of churches, temples, houses, domes, &r., loaded with Sweetmeats. We especially remarked two models of Grecian temples on the chairman's table, the sides of which were of looking glass, and surmounted by an elegant dome, supported by pillars in imitation of marble. On the top of one of these, was a very beautiful full-sized imperial crown of velvet, with the jewels represented by confectionary, and under the dome, a small carved full-length likeness of the Queen. At the other end of the table, was a similar temple, surmounted by the implements of war, in white sugar, and underneath, a full-length carved figure of the Duke of Wellington. On one of the tables at the side of the hall, was a very splendid large model of the fort and lighthouse, surrounded by an imitation of the green waves of the sea; and coming round the rock, a very beautiful model of a full-rigged ship. The whole most elegantly finished. Some idea may be formed of this by the height of the tower of the lighthouse, which was about three feet from the summit to the table. On - the other side of the hall, on the side-table opposite to this model, was a model of a water-mill at full work, the wheel being turned by water, which by some contrivance, was snide to revolve, and keep up the supply. This was also finished with great taste, and was a perfect picture. The chair was a curiously carved old masonic chair, behind which was the Liverpool arms. This was surmounted by Mr. Holme's crest. Above this, against the wall, was the motto—" Church, Queen, and Country," which was illumined by the Royal cipher, and a large crown in jet gas, which looked very beautiful. To the right and left of the chairman were hung some beautiful prints, in handsome frames, of distinguished statesmen. There was also a full-length and splendid print of her Majesty, from the recent painting for which her Majesty sat, taken for the people of the United States of America. The other prints were of the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Sandon, Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Sidmouth, Lord Lyndhurst, Sir W. Follett, Losd Wharncliffe, the Duke of Newcastle, &c. The wall to the right of the chairman was covered with the very beautiful flag of the Tradesmen's Conservative Associa tion, and to the left by the splendid banner of the South Lancashire Conservative Association. The centre of tbe side walls of the hail were hung with the splendid new ban ners of Abercromby and St. Paul's Municipal Wards. The banner of Abercromby Ward had a very beautiful full-sized portrait of her Majesty painted on the silk; and that of St. Paul's Ward, a small painting of St. Paul's Church ;—both were finished in very costly style. Every inch of the other parts of the walls was covered with the silk banners of Everton, Kirkdale, Pitt-street, Lime-street, West Derby, St. Anne's, and other Wards; and union-jacks and royal standards in abundance. Against the wall at the bottom of the Hall, in large characters, were written the words " San don and Cresswell," and "4786" and "4652," the number of electors that polled for each respectively at the last elec tion. An excellent company of glee singers were in attendance. The gentlemen of the press were accommodated,at the top of one of the centre tables, and we have to tender our thanks for the attention shown to us in the fulfilment of our arduous task. The whole of the room was brilliantly lighted with gas, and when all the seats were occupied by gentlemen, and the gallery adorned by the gay presence of the ladies, with the brilliant lights and profuse garniture and ornaments, it pre sented a rich and magnificent spectacle. Dinner was on the table at five o'clock, half an hour be fore which time the ladies were admitted, and then com menced the busy din of knives and furks, and the other con comitants of the masticatory process. Grace having been sung, and dinner eaten, the cloth was removed. After which "Non nobis domino" had been sung, The CHAIR N 1 N then rose to propose the first toast. He said, gentlemen, when I remember that the female who now graces the British throne, I think I might appeal to your gallantry, as well as to your loyalty, to receive the first toast, which it is not more my duty than my privilege to give; and I am satisfied that there is not an individual in this room who will not cordially respond to the sentiment which I have on my list 33 the first toast. 1 beg to propose to you " the Queen, the Duchess of Lancaster, (as we drink her in this county) and may her throne he established in the af fections of a free people." The toast was given amidst almost interminable rounds of cheering. Anthem—" God save the Queen," which was loudly applauded at its political allusions. The Cll.l t RNIAN again rose. I have now, gentlemen, to propose for your acceptance the health of another illustrious lady; and I trust that her sojourn in the Mediterranean may conduce to the re-eatabltshment of her health. (Hear.) It cannot be too well known, that such was the attachment of this illustrious lady to our country, that although, for the re establishment of h'er health, she was advised to sojourn at the island of Madeira. she came to the resolution, although not so beneficial to herself, to go to the island of Malta, because it was a British settlement (cheers), and that the money she received from Great Britain might be expended in one of Great Britain's settlements. I beg, therefore, to propose to you the health of her - .11 ajesty the Queen Dowager;" and I will include with it •` the rest of the Royal Family." The toast was given with three tines three cheers. Glee.—" My dear Mistress." The CH llt —" The army a nd nary." Glee—'` Britain's best bulwaiks." The CtIAIRNIA N.—l am quite sure gentlemen, that the next sentiment which appears upon my list is one that will meet a hearty response in the breast of every individual pre sent; it is "The British Constitution in Church and State." (The company unanimously rose and gave three cheers.) I wish, gentlemen, to dwell strongly upon the fact, that the stability of the national institutions depends in a great mea sure upon the efficiency of our national church. (Cheers.) And when I remember that the increase of our population has not been met by a corresponding increase in the number of churches, so as to provide for the spiritual destitution of the people, I feel satisfied that the time has arrived when it is necessary that we should put our shoulders to the wheel, and that we should remedy such a serious and such a la mentable defect. I shall never consider the constitution of our country perfect until 1 see—what I hope 1 may live to see—a resident minister of ;he Church of England to at least every 4,000 of our population —(cheers)—and until I see a school attached to such churches, under the care and super intendance of the minister, in which the young of our coin try may be educated upon the only principle which may be said to he a sound principle—a principle which is founded on the invaluable word of God.—(Cheers.) I believe, gentle men, that if the system if education which is intended to be brought into parliament by Mr. Wyse and others, be permit ted - to be carried into ef f ect, that it will have theeffect of aiding much the opponents of the Church of England. Now, they cannot injure her openly, but, I believe, thatthey can on the sapping and mining system. But, I trust, that our represen tatives will speak out on that question—(tremendous cheer ing)—because, I believe, that a scriptural church, and a scriptural church alone, will prove to be what it has been, and what, I hope, it ever will be, the sheet anc hor of our British constitution. I hope that ever y facility will be afforded by the British legislature to those benevolent individuals, who are anxious and ready to sacrifice their property for the purpose of obtaining such a great and glorious consummation; and I hope that every re striction—for it is churchmen, and not dissenters, that have to complain of restrictions—(hear)—will be removed from the security of the church establishment, and that individuals so minded, but unable to erect churches where churches are wanted, will be enabled to do so. This will be beginning at the rig ht end ; and then, and not till then, shall we have the British constitution, in church and state, what I wish to see it, and I am sure what every one here wishes to see it—per fect. I will likewise couple with this toast the name of a gentleman who stands deservedly high. and needs no com ment from me. I need hardly say that I mean " the health of our excellent Rector Campbell." (The company rose, 'leers ) ELL rose amidst enthusiastic iirman, and brother conserva respond to this toast, it becomes xpre's the becoming, the deep which I feel, at the manner in • name ; in particular, I have to nks to Mr. Holme , the chair he was pleased to introduce it, which you are pleased to re ,his, I now feel it my privilege lv on the improved prospects of gist meeting. (Cheers.) And, :ongratulate you, I also feel it my and influential share which you irement. - It is by the combined I like you, that a voice has been ilous towns, proclaiming in lan- Jod, that the people of hngland, , cy salutary change, are not yet ‘rnment--:(cheers)—and are not tional church to a selfish faction, Aired institutions of our country insat.iate idol of revo l ut i onary i nnovation. (Cheer s.) . And therefore , gentlem en , i t is, that the intended sacrifice has been deferred. But I believe that it has only been de ferred; and while we congratulate each other on the im provement of our prospects, we must not for a single instant cease from further exertions, or imagine that the danger is past and gon e . Th e storm, no doubt , for the present is lulled, and th e rain b ow hope is pictured in the sky, but the elements of agitatioa are still hovering around us: aoL uul CAcellelll 11G1 lul and gave three enthusiastic Ott The Rev. RECTOR CAMPREI cheering.—He said, Mr. Chai tives—(cheers)--in rising to r( me in the first instance to exi humility, and gratification w which you have received my return my most grateful thar man, for the manner in which and to you for the manner in ceive it. And, having done tt to congratulate you confidentl the conservatives since our while I feel it my privilege to c, duts , to thank you far theLfreht, !lava had to effect that iruprol exertions of you, and of men raised in the great and popul guage not to be misunderstoo though really alive for every tired of their monarchical gover prepared to surrender the nati or to sacrifice the time-honou! to the insatiate idol or t he wind is only hushed and is still ready to be sum mommoned from the cave of /Bolus, or from the Abbey of Derrynane. (Loud cheers.) The voice is still among hte breakers; and although 1 would not for the world ven ture to cast any imputation on the wisdom and virtue and skill of the present pilot and crew, still I hope 1 may, without offence, venture to express the opinion that the good ship continues to require the exertions of the Church, and the aid of the Conservative fiend, to bring her safe to harbour. — (Cheers.) To you then, gentlemen, and to the influential class that you represent—and I do not speak in the language of exaggeration when I say that you represent, at the present crisis, the most important portion of the British people—to you we appeal for the defence of our ecclesiastical institu tions. (Hear, hear.) Amongst you, in compliance with your hospitable invitation, I again raise up the voice of warning; neither will 1 permit our enemies to question unanswered my right to do so. (Loud cheers.) There is nothing to be ashamed of, gentlemen, 1 think, in the objects of our meeting. You are met together to protect the time-hallowed institutions of your country — to defend the church, and rescue it front the grasp of spo liation, or from the more dangerous patronage of hollow and pretended friends; —(great cheering)—and why, gentle men, should the clergy stand aloof in such a case. (Conti nued cheering.) Why should we freeze the the genial cur rent of your sympathies, and coldly reject the proffered hand of friendship ? I know no.reason for such senseless alienation: I know no precept of the law or gospel that com mands us to absent ourselves from your meetings; and gen tlemen, so long as you are pleased to invite me to address you, I will not be absent. (Tremendous cheering, the audi ence simultaneously rising and waving their handkerchiefs.) And, gentlemen, I think it will not be necessary to rest the defence of the clergy upon this plea alone in this free country—however much it has to know of its own happi ness, free as it is from civil tyranny or slavish super stitions, I maintain that the clergy are bound to express their sentiments on all those points of state policy in which religion is implicated ' • and if they abstain, they neglect a very important part of the duty which they owe to God and their sovereign. (Cheers.) In this country, happily, the clergy are not a separated class, shut out from the domestic sympathies of life—(hear)—and secluded from the people, and half foreigners, because they are forced to swear allegi ance to a foreign potentate (cheers); we, gentlemen, are of the people, and exist for the people. The Church of Eng land has been called by a distinguished writer of the present day, " the most democratic element of the old English con stitution—the democratic leaven of our well balanced monarchy; the means by which the gifts of talents rise to the highest rank in the community—the connecting link between the cottage and the throne." The Church of England, let us not forget, is the people's church ; when they pillage the church, they rob their own property—they deso late the inheritance of their own children .—( Cheers.) It should not be forgotten that the brother of a London trades man is a Bishop of the church; and it is not beyond the limits of possibility, that the son of a Liverpool tradesman may be Archbishop of Canterbury. As sons then of the constitu tion, we must not surrender our popular right of expressing our opinion on politics, respectfully, earnestly, and energeti cally, but still as free Britons are entitled to do, without the fear of man before our eyes.—(Hear.) In party politics, we certainly never must interfere: to adopt the language of a lordly orator, we need not care for Lord John this, nor Mr. Spring that—(great cheering)—so that we have honest men at the helm—men who will not weaken the monarchy to carry favour with the mob, or betray the church to satisfy a party that will never be satisfied with any thing but its titter des truction, and care not what party is in power. Trojan or Tyrian, it is all the same to UF. I hope no clergyman will be found in factious opposition to the Queen's government (cheers); but as long as we see the House of Commons de secrated by men who received with shouts of scorn and laughter every proposition which was brought forward for the better observance of the Sabbath, and stigmatized as cant all mention of national religion sod of the providence of God; who sneer at any man who says what is the true reli gion, and who endeavour to overset that church they are sworn to defend, and will take, if they possibly can, the na tional Bible out of what they are pleased facetiously to call the national schools, we must not be deterred by what Shake spear calls "the common cry of curs," that bark in the kennels of the Radical press, from calling on the people of England to purge their house from this pernicious stuff; and so long I will take the liberty of standing up amongst you, and ex horting you to send—as I have exhorted you before—such men as Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell to parliament, — (tremendous cheering, and three distinct rounds of ap plause,)—men who. fear God and honour the Queen—who will defend your national Church, which I will take the liberty of calling the Old English Catholic Church, which was enslaved in the twelfth century, and emancipated from the dominion of the Pope in the sixteenth century, and which, having been reformed from its corruptions in the reign of one female Sovereign, must not be overthrown in the reign of another. (Enthusiastic cheerin g .) But now, gentle men, it is perfectly evident, if this Church is to be saved, it is to be saved by the people of England themselves — (hear, hear); for the first Minister of the Crown has told us positively, and advanced in his place in parliament, that "he does not think it the duty of the executive government to give encouragement to the established church." I will not quarrel with him for this opinion; if it was his (Tinton he was bound to declare it, and I thank him for his candour; but if he won't give us encouragement, I hope he will not give us discouragement; if he will not take us up, I hope he will not knock us down ; if he will not show us any favour, I hope that he will at least give us "a clear stage." Instead therefore, gentlemen, let us learn wisdom from the fable— instead of praying to the Jupiter of Downing,-street, for that aid which he has told us he won't give, let us put our own shoulders to the wheel and push the waggon of the church out of the mire of radicalism. (Tremendous cheering.) And how is that to be accomplished but by effecting a change in public opinion. and a change in the constituencies. In the agricultural districts where the church is let alone , it is there highly esteemed. In the great towns this influence is weakened because it is not let alone; its voice is like one crying in the wilderness and unheard. And how is this in fluence to be recovered, and this change to be effected ? Per haps yen will answer, with the zeal and diligence of clergy men. To this I will not make the slightest objection. Place us, if you please, in the front of the battle, and compel us to bear the brunt of its fury, but do not compel us to bear it alone. Five loaves and two small fishes to supply the spiri tual wants of the community are not enough. As our worthy chairman has told you, we must have more schools, churches, and clergy, and for that we must really look so the wealthy laity. (Hear, hear, hear ) There is no use disguising, and I am sure you would not wish me to disguise the truth on this subject; there is no use in speaking on such a subject as this in courtly phrase and silken garb, if the people of England wish to protect the monarchy and the Protestant church they must do it by unity and per sonal exettion. One Liverpool merchant, to his honour be it spoken—l don't know why I should hesitate to name him —John Gladstone. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, he has devoted £4OOO to the building of a church, and is going to endow it with £5O a year. I do trust that his example will be followed to a certain extent, and that Liverpool will do tar church ex tension what Glasgow and Manchester have already done. And, therefore, if you wish your clergy to save your church you must support them • they cannot do it themselves. You must stand in the breach or they will be overpowered. And, before all, von must support them in the question of national education. (Hear, hear.) It is a vital question at the present day, on which all social order, and perhaps the existence of our monarchy depends. And -when I ask you to support the clergy, do not suppose that I ask you to support them in an attitude of hostiitty to the executive go vernment? Far otherwise : the question is too important to be interfered with for faction. Education of some sort there must be; if the children are not taught good, they will be taught evil; if they are not taught to fear God and honour the Queen, they will be taught to blaspheme God and tie dis loyal to the Queen; and, therefore, I do think it the duty of the clergy to offer their services to the executive government to promote the education of the people to the utmost of their power. But if they will refuse our offer—if they will esta blish the so called system of national education—to have the children taught by masters over whom the clergy have no in fluence, to have the schools governed by lay committees, and into which we are only to be admitted in the humble form of catechisers, now and then, by leave, and so separate us en tirely from thepeople, why then, there is no help for it; we shall not repel I hope, but we must repair; we must appeal from Crasser to the people; we must apply to you to supply us with schools where all may teach the people, and where all who choose may come to us as the authorised interpreters of the word of nod. Gentlemen. I have of course a great deal more to say to you, but I will have mercy on your patience and not trespass on you. What I have said I have spoken warmly because I feel it very greatly, but at the same time I enjoin it in the spirit of christian charity, advocating the ne cessity of an established church. 1 assert at the same time the sacred principle of religious freedom in the full meaning , of the term, and I assert that these two principles are per fectly reconcilable. Believing my own opinions to be correct, I do not want to press or force them upon other individuals ; and believing that the ways of the church are "ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace," 1 would not compel my brethren to walk in them unless they please; and although I wish in my soul, that all as members of the same government could be made members of one church'establishment, I would not have religious assent by rushing into religious tyranny. (Hear.) I conclude in the words of your great conservative leader Sir Robert Peel. (Cheers.) "While we admit perfect equality in respect of civil rights, while we remove every political 'disability from every class of religionists, let us not forget that the religion of the state must be the protestant religion,—(hear, hear) — and that the property of the church must be secured to the maintenance of the Protestant religion as established by law. (Loud cheers.) This (he says) is the best security for the prevention of religious contests. This is the great principle settled at the revolution, recognized in the act of union, and guaranteed by every subsequent promise and assurance that public faith or private honour could secure. (Cheers.) Gen tlemen, 1 will not trespass env further upon your time, but sit down thanking von most cordially for the reception which you have given to me. (The reverend gentleman sat down amidst loud and long continued cheering.) The musical bells were here played in imitation of the ringing of a peal of church bells, and their novel and pleas ing tone, and their mental aseociation _with the subjectof the last speaker's address, produced an instant and enthusiastic burst of applause. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the next toast, and gave, "The health of the Lord Lieutenant of the County, and might his health be improved." (Cheers.) , C lauf i l i ta a tti a tao si r again aacnteyr (m,f at r nh o e s o e r . Glee—" Here in cool grot." Britishon to a He n yt s rs a ae i d d t e — osmabfi m G noemgasr e teea n tnti I re; e aao m nonaofne e ff t n, it' is some h e a e r a t satisfied, ge t n t i t t l t e hw m itsl e l n pa , rae t ts h eb a ne t t n i n me c s ee i e m stai p an l rg y y. p t a r T o d p ha o e xtdaeht off er t ta o ff e m a u w e s l ee i t t u h p a o t n t m oa y st lis a can give—that we have given, and I trust that we shall be able to give again when occasion serves—of the estimation in which we hold the noble lord on my right and the honourable and learned gentleman on my left, is, that having once re turned them to represent the town of Liverpool in parlia ment, we have felt ourselves so satisfied with their invaluable services that we will use every exertion to send them again. (Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering.) I will not occupy vonr time, as I have done before, by making long speeches of my own, but I shall simply call on you now to do that jus tice to the toast which I am about to propose, which I ain sure it will receive at the bands of every individual present, and that is, to call on you one and all to drink most cordially, "The health of the Members for the Borough, Lord Sandon and Mr. Creswell." (Enthusiastic cheering and clapping of hands.) Lord SANDON immediately rose and was greeted with re iterated rounds of cheering. He said—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, it is long since I have exhausted every form of expressing gratitude which presents itself to me in returning thanks for the manner in which you have always received me, whether in fighting the battle of the constitution at the hustings, or in celebrating the triumph after the battle was fought, around the social board. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have exhausted, as I said, every expression of gratitude, but the feeling is not exhausted (hear); it only increases in in tensity. On every occasion my feeling is only fresh excited to whatever exertion it is in my power to offer to your cause. (Hear, hear, hear.) Gentlemen, when last we met, upon the last anniversary which called us together, we met to celebrate a well fought triumph—a triumph earned un der the most appalling and difficult circumstances. We had to fight gg ainst local influence and local prejudices— (hear) —we ad to fight against intimidation from the powers that be, (cheers) whether the powers that here exist locally, or those which exist and do govern the empire. We had to resist a good deal of popular intimidation; we had to resist also, that which is, perhaps, the most legitimate influence if legitimately used, but which on that occasion was most un constitutionally employed; the name I mean of our young and virtuous Queen. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, in spite of all these adverse influences, enough to have annihilated the courage of any less bold and determined conservatives than those of Liverpool, we fought our battle and we achieved a triumph; such as this town has never witnessed before. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I am afraid that you have occasionally been disappointed that the el ects of your triumph and. such as you witnessed in various quarters of the country was not immediately fol lowed by similar majorities in the senate of our country. But, gentlemen, if you have not seen the triumph of your men, you have seen the triumph of your principles; if you have not seen the triumph of your party leaders, you have seen a dearer triumph to you—those interests you fought to protect, protected in that election. (Hear.) 'Why, gentle men, do you think, if the government of the country had succeeded in forcing such Men as Hume into the representa tion of Middlesex, and Roebuck into the representation of Bath, such men—l mean nothing personal; I speak only of their political principles—if they had succeeded in forcing on Liverpool the politics of Mr. Ewart—if this had beets repeated in town and country, as it was the wish of her Majesty's ministers, do you think the colour of the last session would have been such as we have seen it? (Hear.) Would you have seen the Church respected, and the coustitutional authority of the House of Lords respected? Do you think the appropriation clause would have been struck out of the Irish Church Bill? (" No.") Do you think that the very measure of Sir Robert Peel, for the proposal of which he was ousted from office?—would you have seen that very measure proposed by the ministers?—(Cheers, and cries of "No.") No, gentlemen, your triumph has not been lost; if it has not beets the harbinger of party triumphs, it has been the harbinger of the safety of ou: country.—(Cheers.) But, gentlemen, when I teach y ou this, would I wish' to teach you to be satisfied with what as been done? Would I wish to teach you to rest satisfied with the degree of safety which has been conveyed to the church and constitution, by the exer tions of the last election ? So long, gedtletnen, as the pre .sent administration remain in power, I would never teach any man to rest satisfied. (Cheers.) Why, gentlemen, what class of men has reason to he satisfied with her ma- jesty's present administration ? Nay, more, 1 would say, what class of men is satisfied with her Malesty's present administration ; whether tory or radical, churchmen, or dis senter? I defy you to lay your finger on any class of that is satisfied with her Majesty's present administration. I would ask you as merchants, manufacturers and trades. men, are you satisfied with the protection which her Majesty's administration has given to the commerce •of England in those places to which is has been carried? Indignant cries of '• No, no.") Ate you, whose interest is so bound up with the free navigatiOn of the coasts of South America, are you satisfied with the easy permission g iven by the government to the French government to blockade one of the ports? (Cheers, and loud cries of " No.") Are you satisfied with the introduction by France of a new prin ciple of blockade, putting it in the power of any nation, however unimportant on any division, however trifling to interrupt the whole of your trade ? (Cheers, and loud cries of "No !") Gentlemen, are you satisfied with the protection given to our vessels in the Black Sea ? Are you satisfied to see a British merchant entrapped to open transactions with a power on that sea, and when the transaction had been opened, and a venture made, that his vessel should be con fiscated and abandoned, and hardly a iremonatrance made? (Hear, hear.) Are you satisfied with that rery man sent out so recently to pacify the Canadas ? (Shouts of laughter, and cries of Ha !" the news of Lord Durham's resigna tion only arrived in the afternoon.) Are you satisfied that the representation of our Queen and the government should have been in such haste to remove every difficulty on the part of the Russian government to discover reasous to satisfy the British government at the present period, with the Bri tish commercial injury? 1 would ask, are you satisfied with the protection given to the British trade on the coast of Africa ? Are you satisfied with the protection given to British commercial interests in Spain, in Portugal, in Naples? In fact. there is hardly a country round the globe in which British interests have not suffered from gross neglect and mismanagement. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I myself have been the organ of one representation after another from this great town, of instances of want of protec tion, and, therefore, I don't speak in ignorance, and I have been the melancholy witness of the inefficiency of the applica tion. (Hear.) Gentlemen, as to the Dissenter, has he any reason to be satisfied? (No) So long as the church-rates were any convenient topic they were put forward and made the hobby-horse; but as soon as it appeared that the bobby was ill chosen, that the church was more powerful, and the Dissenters less powerful than they before thought, from that moment the subject was dropped. But have churchmen reason to be satisfied with her Majesty's government. (No.) Has the church of Scotland reason to be satisfied ? No.) Application was made by them for assistance in church ac comodation and the deputation was induced to retire from London with the understanding that an enquiry would be in stituted. What was the fact? Commissioners were ap pointed to put off that pressing question, and put off the evil day. That commission was appointed to report from time to time, that delay might be the result of the petition, and they were to report of the great towns of Edinburgh and Glasgow. They did investigate, but they did not re port ; and until the investigation of the whole country was completed, the report of these great towns was withheld; and when it did appear, to the satisfaction of all men, that a great degree of spiritual want of instruction did exist in those towns, what was the answer? "We have considered that the Highlands shell have assistance, but not the great towns." Why was this? Because they thought the great towns were Radical, and it was a pity they should not remain so. And because they could lose nothing in the country, and could lose much in the great towns from the extension of the church.—(Hear.) In the English churches they have asked nothing from the government in present tunes, hut it was dis covered that the English church had resources within herself, which her majesty's government resolved to seize and appro priate—unlawfully seize from the support of the church. (Hear.) I hope in the languageof two Pn tleinen who have spoken, that this will be put in the front of the battle of the conservatives, for I am convinced, that it is our duty to put forward the extension of the church, as the first and prelimi nary of our duties.—(Cheers.) Now, upon this head, I so fully concur with the statements expressed by your chairman, and your reverend and respected rector, that I confess I have nothing more to do than to repeat their expressions, for the purpose of expressing my own opinion; but as lam challenged by the chairman to express my opinion on this great " question of questions," as it is called in the language of the day,—this church question, I will not shrink from it. On the contrary, I am most happy to seize the opportunity of expressing that which is most deeply suitable to my own opinion. On the very first proposition of the Irish system of education, I believe I was one of the very few who raised a feeble voice against it ; and I have had the gratification of seeing that the sentiments I then expressed, have more and more become the sentiments of the whole Protestant and, Conservative portion of the community. ( Hear.) Gentle men, I hope to see an extended system of education; but I hope that the state will not support, any system which shall not be Protestant in its character, or which will in any way sever the influence of the established clergy over their flocks. or their connection with the interests of the people.. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, if, then, you are not satisfied with her Majesty's ministers ;—if you are not satisfied that your interests whether secular or spiritual are safe in their charge, it is for you, in every way which pre sents itself, in your various spheres of action. to exert your selves to remove that administration. (Hear.) Gentlemen, I am not one of those who would recommend any particular course. The feelings of the people must urge us forward ; but when the constituencies are ripe for it, then I think you may be sure that your representatives will not be slow to listen to their call. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I will not fur ther intrude upon you, I have much to thank you for as I said before; I know the kindness with which you have always received any poor endeavours of mine, on your behalf; I have only to renew the tender of those services, on any oc casion local or public, in which those services can be useful to you. (The noble lord sat down amidst enthusiastic cheer ing.) CRESSWELL CRESSWELL, Esq., immediately arose, and was received with a long-continued round of cheering and clapping of hands. Before it had subsided Lord SANDON again rose. He said,—Gentlemen, I have thanked you for many kindnesses; I have forgotten to thank you for the greatest kindness you have done me. You have given me a conservative colleague, and I have found that the greatest advantage and assistance in every instance of your public or your private interests. (Great cheering.) CRESSWELL CRESSWELL, Esq, again rose, amidst renewed cheering. When it bad subsided, he said,—Mr. President and gentlemen, I know that the noble lord's last observation was meant in the most perfect kindness towards me, his colleague; but at the same time, I can assure him, that op pressed as I was by the manner in which you received the toast of "the members for Liverpool," the comment he has now thrown upon me oppresses the still more, for I feel the weight of gratitude now incumbent on me is such that I can make no adequate return fur it, I will not say now, but by any services I may be enabled hereafter to perform. If the noble lord has exhausted his terms of gratitude to you— if he has done this, after a session in which he has fought your battles, can it be expected from me to express my thanks in adequate terms, that have as yet done nothing for you. Gentlemen, I come before you with no claims for your applause; I have no high office to adorn me, no royal favour showers upon me; no patronage to dispose of is given to me —(great cheering)—and therefore, gentlemen, how can I nsake you any adequate thanks fur the kindness with which you have received me? Nay, more, gentlemen, from the peculiar professional duty in which I am placed I know that I have not even a claim on you.for any thanks for cour tesies. The haste, the rapidity, the fever with which our pro fessional business is transacted, leaves us but little time for courtesies teeny, and as each of you in turn may be the party against whom toy professional labours may be retained, I fear that many of you may have left the court thanking me little indeed for any courtesy I have given you.—(Cheers and laughter.) And while, therefore, from-my heart I admire you for toose feelings which you now manifest, and for for getting those which might make you visit on the representa tive the sins of the advocate, yet I cannot but deeply feel the kindness you have this day shown to me; and, gentlemen, I state most freely, .that I rejoice in this reception—rejoice in it, nut that I consider it as personal to myself, as to one who merely represents the political opinions which you entertain, I consider the reception you have given sue to day, is the greatest possible proof of the un dying energy of those conservative opinions which ani mated you during the last contest. (Hear, and cheers.) And when I remember that a noble lord, high in office, with royal favours shining, or supposed. to shine upon him, has lately entered this town—(loud laughter)—that he also has presented himself among the Liverpool people, and has had the means of 'narking, the extent of their admiration of him —(laughter and cheers)—when I remember that, and that the glitter of office and of royal splendour, and the patronage which he knows so well how to create-and how to dispose, (cheers) —has not procured for him any share of the applause that has awaited the humble individual before you, without as well as within these walls, then, indeed, am 1 most grateful to think that the spirit of conservatism burns as brightly as ever—that your energy in the good cause is still undimi nished, and your jealousy of those who gorern the country still as much awake as at any period of our former acquaint ance. (Loud cheers.) Do believe me, gentlemen, that there is full need of such a spirit to counteract that which depend on it still animates the counCils'of those who have heretofore so far as served their purposes, patronized all re volutionary measures under the specious name of reform. True, indeed, it is, gentlemen, that the last session of parlia ment has in the main beets a conservative session; true it is that no inroad has been made on your institutions either in church or in state; but are you indebted to her majesty's mi nisters for that. (Cries of "No.") Or are you indebted to the conservative constituencies of the country. (Cries of" Yes.") Do you believe that, if the threats formerly uttered against the House of Peers have dwindled into the peevish wailings of impotent dislike ; if the schemes for the spoliation of the church have, for the preient, been abandoned, do you believe they have learnt to love the peers, or to venerate the church, or do you believe they have found the conservative party so strong that they have found it necessary to yield those points they formerly strived for, or to quit the places they held ? Yes, gentlemen, that peril alone saved you from the perils that formerly beset you; and I do rejoice now to find this spirit of conservatism as much alive as it was at any former period. (Cheers ) Gentlemen, it is not left to congratula tions—we have their own confessions for it ; and although with us in the profession, it is .net usual to rely castle coo fession of the criminal, particularly if extorted from him-- (laughter)—the confession in this instance is corroborated by so many circumstances, that little doubt can be enter tained of its truth. I have heard, certainly, in the House of Commons, to which you sent use, more than one of her Ma jesty's ministers, in t he debate which took place on the Irish tithe bill, declare that it was not because they loved the to ttf church, kartees hyiu it f. tirplsoweipm.aa that n ot - s rrtehdebri e. t labe(uuc, the . he u i el s t e4e:enrt,h, because considered ia c ntsn o hdi dd n e ey s i r i : d etu e dga, considered -laughter.) rt. t o t 0. propertyl )t m e . bt h c eA l t e u nmp r d c oo, h sacred tled tifying, most consoling, most encouraging to kiss , how much stronger you. are now 'than you were formerly ; that they who thought to commit the spolia tion, not only as a'robbery, but to advantag e. themselves, now find they are obliged to abandon th at sh c ense, for the a s s"isehh:eorrwtaeo:.. purpose of maintaining that office. But while there is a sub ject for congratulation, there is also a subject for fear; for if your exertions be not increased in proportion as the defences are weakened, so will the power of the attack be increased. But, gentlemen, assume that this were otherwise; suppose that they had not declared their enmity to the church to be the same in their hearts ; suppose that they had pledged them selves hereafter to become good Protestants and to support the church, could you rely on those professions?—(Loud cries of " no," and cheers.) Gentlemen, you respond already. I shall show to you what professions they have made to their friends who placed them in office, and that their pledges have been violated. How do you think they will ob serve pledges given to you who seek only to expel them ? Gentlemen, let me read to you a few words of Lord Mel bourne, in a speech that he made on the 25th of July, 1836, in the House of Lords, in reply to a motion made by my Lord Lyndhurst, the object of which was to exclude Irons the Irish church bill what was commonly called the Irish appropriation clause. My Lord Melbourne spoke thus: — "If the clauses are removed, I shall consider the measure as virtually destroyed. if the House shall omit those clauses I small wash my hands of the bill, and shall not persist in the measure deprived of that principle to which, indeed, I am pledged. 1 shall tell the noble and learned lord that I and my colleagues stand upon this principle, and if we are not longer sustained in the maintenance of that principle, we are immediately ready for to retire." (Laughter.) Very ready but they have not done it. (Con tinued laughter.) On the 2d of August, 1837, my Lord John Russell said in the House of Commons :—" With the affir mation of opposite principles, with the denial of the princi ples which we have professed, of course it would be our duty to resign—of course it would be our duty no longer to pretend, no longer to govern the councils of this country.— In 1838 that principle was repudiated—that principle was abandoned, and they still "do pretend" to govern the coun cils of this nation. (Loud cheers.) I say again, then, that it these pledges given to their supporters have been so kept, how do you think any pledges given to you, their adversaries, will be kept? (Hear, hear, hear.) It is then to your vigilance alone that the country is indebted for their safety. But for you and other conservatives who sit in par liament, a different path would have awaited all the most valued institutions of the country. And,gentlemen, is there any other proof required, that in the majority returned by the English constituencies your safety has been found ; yes, for wherever you find theadversaries of your country making their most vigorous and most embittered attacks, there you may be sure is placed the great safeguard of our state; kind it is no question that this preponderating influence on the part of the majority returned by the British constituency, that you have now the Irish agitator claiming as one of the principles on which alone he will cease aitation, that Ireland shall have representatives in proportion to the number of her inhabitants, in order that they may outweigh the influence of the. English constitution, and reduce at once to ruin every institution of the country. (Cheers.) Our ministers are tools of ihat man who has stated that Ireland gave to Eng land a system of representation which they call reform. He states that Ireland has given to England Municipal Reform; that it was not England nor Scotland, -u-or the, two nnitel that did it, but that it was Ireland. Is it not enough-to have overthrown our ancient Parliamentary systeM,' and our an cient Municipal constitution ? Is that not'enough buuthey oust have a representation in proportion to the number of 'e Irish Paupers to overthrow the institutions of the country Such are the terns on which ministers depend on his favour for existence; and on these terms alone he will allow Ire land to be at peace. (Great applause and cheering.) Why, gentlemen, when we find the ministry leaning on such a person as that for support—when we find such alliance with him, and the patronage of this country devoted to him and his retainers. what reason has one to suppose that they will deny anything that is necessary for them to maintain the places which they hold. True it is, that in the last session we have seen them oppose certain measures that we thought destructive ; they have opposed the ballot ; some have opposed the extension of the suf frage ; they have opposed the diminution of the duration of Parliament, but what security have we that they will continue to do so if they have ceased to maintain those principles to which at one time they pledged themselves ; how can we rely that they will continueto oppose others, when by yielding they can continue in office? (Hean) 'llierefore it is -on you, on the Conservative interest of this country to return to parliament those members who, combined with the House of Peers, shall be able to restrain those who wish to raise their cwn power in the destruction of all that is va luable in the country. (Great applause and cheering.) Gentlemen. upon this and upon one or two other matters, I find, and I am not surprised to find, that the Noble Lord has anticipated me in some of the observations 1 was about to make. You returned us on our principles. I believe that the opinions ofconservatives are very nearly alike on almost every question interesting to the state. It is natural for your representatives to address you on those matters which have been most interesting to them at the last session. If they are returned on one interest, because they hold sentiments alike, how can it be a matter of surprise to :you that the noble lord has anticipated me in some of my intended observations ? But let me draw your attention for a moment to the foreign policy of the conntry, which I will do by reading an adtnira hie petition of the merchants of Glasgow. It states : " The consequences of that diplomacy have been to leave us defenceless in every quarter of the world ; to compromise the existence of Turkey as an independent sovereign power, and thereby to destroy the mutual barrier to encroachments on the East of Europe—to abandon Circassia, the bulwark of our Indian possessions, to the conquest of Persia—to redunce Persia to the caudition of a Russian dependency—to exclude theaßritish merchant entirely from the coasts of the Black Sea, where a most lucrative trade could be carried on—to enable the Dutch government to evade the obligations of a treaty (1824), and to impose illegal duties on our exports to Java, whereby many of us have been deeply injured—to tole-. rate the establishment iu Africa, of a French colony, an enter prize contrary to a specific treaty—to exlcude our inanufacto rers from the European markets, by a high scale of duties, cone trary to existing treaties—to tolerate encroachments on our fishing grounds at Newfoundland, and even on the British coast—to permit the destruction of the ancient nationality of Poland, and the independence of Cracow—to annihilate the British claims onGreece. We pass over the difficulties in which this country is involved as regards our relations with Spain and Portugal, with the United States of America, with the empire of Brazil, and the government of Mexico." And now, gentlemen, what have we gained by all these sacrifices? 'Prue it is, we are at peace; but are we in amity with foreign nations. Are we really and truly in friendship with Russia ? It' we are, how forgiving we must be !are have forgiven all the insults in the Black Sea; we have shut our eyes at all the attempts at our Indian possessions. Are we iu an amity with Prussia ? It must be for shutting out 'our manufactures from her States. Are we at amity with France ? It must be for blockading out our manufactures from the Brazils and Mexico, mind for what ? A blockade, as 1 understood, was a proceeding gf war! Are we in amity with. Spain, or with what portion of it ? of with Portugal, or with Holland ? if we are not, what have we gained by this foreign policy? What have we gained in Canada? (Hear.) But let me be cautious in speaking on that important subject; it be comes us not to embarrass any government. To propose 111eace puttinga I d downharmony e were factions they unfortunately have a t t o too a i s e t u a c l h l concession; otred 1 to ripen into rebellion. But if this is the conduct of the minis , tty how is it it still remains in power? How can you account for the British nation tolerating such things? Can they be agreeable to the Queen ? Can her Majesty Idve these faction ministers and be attached to them? Can the people be at tached to them ? Are the people attached to then'? (Ve hement cries of "No.") Did they lately show attachment to one of them when they had him amongst them? (Enthusi astic cheering.) But although it may be well to us to wit ness the contrivance in office of a ministry distinguished not by talent but by intrigue; distinguished, not by the maintenance of principle, but rather by acting without any principle at all—although this may be well to us, it is not well in the interpretation of those who' have written on * the British constitution: and let sue read to vou the exact words of a noble lord lately visiting a work Pub this tow n , i n fished not many years ago. He is describing the werthleSs conduct of a minister, by which lie may inaintain'hi ni Self in power without talent, without patrioti sm, w i t h out t h e l ove or attachment of the crown or of the people, and be then do:— n : ab ; ' e d A l t t o h o s u a g y h to s e t c h h e i a , a m el i l n s is T e o r u a w n h d a t hi t s ha c t ab m in in et ist s e h r al t i na 6 a e '- Sovereign, ' However pernicious our measures May be, and however unpopular our persons, you must maintain ue . in power, for we can command a majority in the House of Commons, though our conduct and our acts - are offensive to the country, and disgusting to your Majesty.'" Ile would' have them remember the condiict of the present adrninistra. tion, and the manner in which they had created and giVen away patronage, and whether the whole of Lord .1. Russell's description did not apply to the ministry and their act in the present day. Ile exhorted them to persevere in stretigtlfearing the association for it was by such associations that results were obtained which were the salvation of the country. fie' expressed himself strongly in favour of scriptural educa- - tion as the only means of making a man a gond- Cniis tian,' a good citizen, and a good subject; and deprecated that liberalism of the present day, which led the heads of the. church who were sworn to uphold it, to give their countenance to Unitarianism. The honourable and learned member sat down amidst enthusiastic and prolonged cheering. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said, it was a source of gratification to them that they had not only been able to send two conservative representatives forthe borough, but likewise two for the Southern Division of-the County., (Cheers.) He would give without further preface " The Members for the County." (Much applause.) One of those gentlemen was present, and would, he believed, be . ablelo,. give them a good reason for the absence of his colleague. - Mr. WILBRAHAM rose, and tai loudly cheered. 'He'said, if his noble and his learned friend had found difficulty in ek pressing their gratitude, he felt much greater difficulty, inas much as it had not been in his power to communicate with them as frequently as his friends beside him had. But they might be assured, that as this was the third time he had had the honour of appearing before them, so he trusted that as long as that association should continue, he might never be found backward in showing his respect to them and to their town by attending its meetings. (Cheers.) '['heir chairman had told them he regretted the absence of his noble colleague. No one could regret that circumstance more than he did. It had been Lord Francis Egertou's full intention to have been there that evening, and also the next day; but he (Mr. Wil braham) had yesterday received a letter informing, him that his lordship had been obliged to go to town, On account of the illness of one of his children, whom it had been deemed ad visable to send to the Mediterranean. , (llean) It would be useless for him to go over any of the topics which had , been ably treated by their respected representatives. In all that they had said, he most cordially concurred. (Applause.) ' If there were one point on which conservatives of every shade must unite, it was the subject of national education. No system should have his approbation and support which was not founded strictly on the principles of the Protestant Established Church, and put under the superintendence of the parochial clergy. (Hear.) With respect to that association he was delighted to hear that its numbers increased. (Hear.) They might remember that Sir Robert Peel had told them there was only one way by which they could gain the victory, and that was to attend to the registry. (Hear.) In this town, and in the division of the county which he represented, this had been most thoroughly - and particularly well attended to. (Cheers.) Though they had before a great majority, that majority had been increased. But beyond the regis tration, there was another point which they should be called to attend to. There was, at that particular moment, nothing to cause excitement, and it was always said of the conserva tive party, that they were apt to fall asleep when there was nothing specially to rouse them. He hoped that was not the case, in this particular borough or county.. But they must constantly be on the look-out. Their opponents were at work, and it would not be long before something would arise out of their manoeuvres. Watch, he would say, all they did ; measure all their words; and above all things, he would advise them to avoid divisions among them selves. He did not mean simple differences of opinion, which must constantly arise, but anything that.would inter fere with the great aim and object which they had at heart. He was glad to hear of the increase of their numbers in this town, and he could only assure them in conclusion, that any poor services which he could render, should always be at their command, and he would ewer be ready to g ive any as sistance in his power to their representatives. (Much ap plause. Lord SAN DON again rose, and said, the toast lie was about to propose needed title preface. He was happy to say he had heard of the name of their chairman in many parts of England remote from Liverpool. The Cimservatism of that gentleman rested on the surest of all foundations, religions principle, which would never change,.because its objects,were immutable. For that reason they might repose in : him with more than common confidence. (Loud cheers . ) Ile g ave them the health of their excellent chairman. . - The 'toast-was received with tumultuous applause. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to re turn t hanks, was greeted with renewed acclamations. He said, NI v lord, and gentle: men, it has seldom happened that an individual of my Sat , tion in life has been so frequently called on to present him' self before his fellow townsmen, has been laid under so many obligations, and felt it necessary to' evince his gratitude for such. oft repeated marks of your attachment. I do most 'sincerely thank you, for your applause, which, hhwever, I . have not willingly sought, but which you have so liberally awarded, and which I look upon as an acquiescence in those glorious principles of, order, subordination, and loyalty— (cheers) —with whiehl have always been identified, and which will only leave me when I am called from this sphere of activity and duty. (Cheers.) It is gratifying to me on an occasion _like the present to meet.so many of those friends with whom I have beets associated in the thickest of the com bat—(cheers)—not however,, to repose on the laurels we have won —=(cheers)—but to rein'ind you we are yet in the camp, that we are yet in the presence of active, and sleep less antagoniste;and'iltat :we must hold ourselves ready for active, and perhaps, not distant exertion. (Hear. hear.) If the civil and religious liberty we possess be worth enjoy ment, it is worth inervatiun, and the man is unworthy such inestimable privileges who can wrap himself up in luxurious enjoyment whin those glorious institutions for which our forefathers bled and died, are assaulted by foes from without, and 'abandoned by lukewarm friends within. (Loud ap plause). For I need hardly. say, that those, who under colour of reforming our institutious, covertly consign them to destruction, would be in themselves utterly powerless, were they not aided by the' cupidity or tnany who call themselves members of the Church of England. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) It was to stimulate our tradesmen to exertion, to beat up.for recruits--to concentrate our forces—to erect that British standard, under which England has been victorious from Agincourt to Waterloo, (enthusiastic plaudits) and to free this great town from a representation of which we dis approved; that the association was formed, whose third an niversary, we are now met to celebrate Could the most san guine haee anticipated' a few year's ago, when the raven was screaming around the towers of the constitution, when the hoarse voice of Birmingham mob frighted the isle from its propriety—when the fires of Nottingham and of Bristol lit up the peaceful country of our birth—when the venerable Bi shops of our church—(loud cheers) —ventured into the public streets at the peril of their lives, and when the deliberations of the House' of Leads were overawed by the cries of the attar chist—thaewithin so Short aperiod,kindred associations should springinto existence in 'every county—that the concentrated loyalty of the land should be invigorated with new spitit— th-al 300 Conservative members should be returned to parlia ment; and that the popular thunder, which soon began to Mutter in the 'clistance;stiould roll onwards with such tearful rapidity, and that the Vibrations should shake the mi nistry in their seats—(vehement and prolonged applause, the coMpany rising)- s -which they have only occupied to their own disgrace, amidst the contempt of Europe, and against the declared opinions of the people of England ?—(Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, our stork is notdone. We have yet triueh to combat for, ensd everything to preserve. (Hear.) The House of Lords cannot long maintain its ground, sinless it be supported by a majority in the Commons. And that must be the grand object of conservatism. That it will be obtained I have no doubt, if the noble phalanx in the lower house will speak out boldly, and refuse their acquiescence in any measure that may compromise our Protestant. principle. (Loud cheers.) , Ttie days of expediency are gone, and unless the middle classes exert themselves, and their repre sentatires make a determined stand, the British constitution is gene also. (Hear, hear.) That constitution presents a greater measure of liberty to the people than any other on the globe; and those who hold up the republican institutions of America as a model for England, are interested or super ficial observers of events passing there, where every tieing is rotten at the core, and where a puff of popular indignation can blow down the paper constitution, which, judging by the age of nations, is of mushroom growth, and is just as likely to be as stable; and where two and a half millions of slaves, held in the most debasing bondage, is a biting com mentary upon their national declaration, "that all men are equal " (Hear, and much applause.) And the problem is easily solved ; for the unchecked power of democracy is ever capricious and tyrannical; and whilst despotism bridles free thought and enslaves the intellect, democracy introduces an anarchy of the passions, whose fierceness is as much to be deprecated, as its depravity alarms and disgusts. (Loud Cheering.) But in England, instead of that system of centralisation established by despotism, which has ever proved the grave of civil liberty—(hear ' hear)--which grasps . at every public undertaking with monopolising avidity—seizing on profit and patronage to consolidate its powerthe free institutions of Great Britain. Throw open to talent and enterprise every undertaking fur general bene fit, and the projectors of our great national works, fostered, supported, and•protected by wise and equitable laws, are left in perfect freedom to reap the fruits of their skill, which form sure and beneficial investments for the earnings of do. mystics and at tizans, as well as for the super-abundance of our capitalists, - and the receipts of our gas and water compa nies, our banks, our railways and canals, instead of flowing directly into the, public exchequer, like a solitary stream through an arid soil, only to consolidate the power of despo tism, here circulate through innumerable channels, and, like a mighty `river with thousands of tributary streams, irrigates and 'benefits the Whole community, makes its way to the ex tremity of the land, benefits the poor as well as the rich, in terests thousands in the preservation of order and of peace, and forms, in a great measure, the grandeur and security of the empire. (Hear and cheers.) Content, therefore, with our national blessings, - we are desirous as any to renovate and beautify where renovation is necessary; but we are not desir ous of pulling down the ancient edifice, replete with useful ness, as it stands unrivalled for grandeur, and see one erected by the political tinkers of Birmingham, which the first storm will hurl to the ground. (Applause.) We look upon uni versal suffrage as the prelude to universal suffering;—upon vote by ballot as a cowardly, sneaking scheme, more fitted for - the 'Spanish liandit, or the Italian carbonaro, than -fur theenanly open-hearted spirit of Englishmen. (Hear.) We thhik ,annual Parliaments would be an auuual nuisance —(cheers . and langhter)—a 'hundred times worse than the white vapour -of Mrispratt. - (Much laughter.) We look . upon .the proditihns .adrercei of Popery with jealousy, be cause, speaking of her as a system, and it is only so that 1 sperskssfiher u se4l44h s can heasept with her. For she keeps •faith. uhth titree e .eBheJetighs.at the cupidity of liberalism. ,She is liherA in Efigienashe is intolerant in Italy. She is time assumed friend of - popular education here—she stifles it there. (Hear, and cheers.).. And when-we consider our be loved country as the land of genuine liberty, as the deposi thry of s,cripttirat truth s --when we look at the moral influence she pessesses.thrtiughout the world; and when we retnember our responSibility to Hint who has bestowed upon us such national blessings: we feel it - imperative upon us to hand dow-u unimpaired to our posterity the privileges we have our selves received, and of which, under God, we are the present guatdians;—and ave feel that it is our duty to resist to the utmost every effort of those who are seteking to ,destroy our national Church, preparatory to the destruction of our esta blished form orGovernment. And; if we should ever be called on - to defend those institutions, it will be our duty to array ourselves on the side of truth and justice, and either repel the aggression or nobly perish amidst the ruins of the Constitution., (Cheers.) And as all nations have their chatageS, if ever that event should occur to England, on the ashes of her constitution may be erected fora time the flimsy structure of anarchy, till - that scourge of guilty nations, a military despotism— (loud applause) —shall again prepare the people fur . sound.government; and national wisdom shall be, taught amidst the convulsive throes of national suffering. (Loud and continued cheering.) I thank you again for the very flattering Way in which you have received my name, and I beg to propose a toast which will better deserve the zeal and cordiality with. which I know you will drink it. It is comprised in. two short words—" The Duke." (Drunk with repeated honours.) Glee—" The mighty Conqueror." The CHAIRMAN said, if they were indebted, next to the Established Church, to one institution more than another, there was nothing to which, since the days of Itunnemede, they had been more indebted than to the House of Peers He therefore. called upon them to drink,—"Lord Lyndhurst, and the House of Peers, the bulwark of real freedom, and the antidote to the poison of democracy." The toast was drunk with mush enthusiasm. Glee—" Hail, smiling Morn." Tire CHAIRNIAN.—Sir Robert Peel, and the Conservative Members of time House of Commons." (Much cheering,") Sou e by Mr. Petnbertou—" Like a plain-dealing Soldier has Wellington spoke," Lord Sasinow acknowledged the toast, eulogising highly the abilities, conduct, and principles of Sir Robert Peel. There was no person who had fought under th a t t alented leader's homier who -could be insensible to his high merits. The . Ctia teat/set proposed the health of Mr. West, who ought;by right,.."th be the representative for Dublin. :•Mr. WesT,•whb - was hailed with rapturous applause, said, —I have vetysfrequently received much kindness in conse quence.of the peal have taken its contesting the represen tation of our firaOsish , city. Among the most, gratifying of theSe lestiennetata of esteem and approbation, it is impossible nnt to'litieeSthe distinguished honour conferred upon me, by the hirritetiriti of the Tradesmen's Conservative Asso ciation- to be - `present at this festival. - I feel most deeply grateful, for the manner, -so highly gratifying to myself, in whic,ll you have received the mention of my very humble name. An utter stranger as I am, witnessing such an ex hibition of c onstitutional sentiment, I cannot but feel deeply • grateful, while 1 cannot help expt essing time Conservative wish, timat.the example of this town, seemingly destined even more by her energy and spirit in business, than by her na tural position to be the capital of the trading world,—the example set by the merchants of Liverpool might be fol lowed by the merchants of England generally. ( Ilear.) Yourchuirtime has been pleased to make one observation for which- I was - not prepared. He has told you that if I had toy eights. should he member fur Dublin. Permit the to seistliat is 'an expression wnich has never fallen from me. • Let my opinion be whet it may , I consider it inure important Marty veelt:reghlated community, that the barrier should not . tirtiken down,' which makes it impossible to believe that a gerftleintstican 'violate his honour,—(hear,) —than that' any man Miowlelereceire even so proud a reward as that of repre sentiogethe:first city in his native land. (Cheers.) It never should b .principle tv traduce or revile time members of the' House im`f 'Cornmons, or any gentleman moving in a re speCtitfir4 - . 1 leave that to ethers. (Applause.) That sticitilillifirl'iriysell here, an Irish protestant, (cheers,) I chrisiderthe very greatest compliment ever paid to myself per sonally eend if. I might presume to take the manner in which my name has been received as a proof of the cordiality and good'lVeling on 'the part of England towards my protest ant' felloW'-chuntrymen,—(great cheering)—then the pride and - gratification I feel would lie infinitely enhanced. (Cheers.) I must say - , even here, that the great, if not the only difficulty of fighting the battle of the constitution in Ireland, is the apathyof the Protestants of England. (Hear.) Our Protestant people 'believe, whether justly or not, that they and their interests are not considered by the people of Etiglatid as they used . to be. - (Ilear.) The Protestants o f Ireland cannot - forget, though I believe it is not always re meinbered here, that their ancestors were your countrymen, sent . fh Ireland, not for their own advantage, but to preserve to the British Crown an acquisition by nature magnificent. And they are conscious that the trust committed to them has not beeri betrayed. It is their wish now, as it ever has been. to be remembered b y their brothers in En g land as not having' acted unworthy of the nation from which their fathers came. (Applause.) A gentleman who sat beside me . but who is not now present, knows enough of Ire land 'Co say what that portion is in which the Protestants predominate, contrasted with the other parts in which they are but few. It is a r emarkable fact, that in 1821 or 1825, fact proved before the House of Lords,—that in the eleven counties, which were the subject of the famous pro testant plantation of James 1., never from that time to the present had it been necessary to apply any species - or firm of insurrection act. (Loud cheers.) When the Roman Ca tholic relief bill, as it was called, passed in 1829, what became the duty of the Protestants of Ireland ? To hold out the right hand of fellowship to their Roman Catholic countrymen. And I . can answer for them, they did so. (Hear.) l'imey haVe always been ready to do so, 'with all their hearts ; be cause we abjure and detest the jesuitical principle and practice of driving coaches-and-six the ough acts of parliament. (Heat and a laugh.) Our business is to discover the intention and spirit of our rulers, and abide by that intention like honest men. And I will say for my Protestant countrymen, that learning as they slid, the intention ofthe legislature to place all classes of persons on terms of civil equality, they cordially reltriquishect the hostility ae, soon as that. intention became law. (Cheers.) With these principles and recollections, they have thought it herd that their devotion for 2(YJ years to this country should immure had less weight, within the last few years, with a people remarkable for its love of justice. than the assertions of men who detest this country, and %risme existence depends me the disturbance of public order. (Hear and cheers.) But I believe the time begins to reveal thetruttste a generous, people ; and I believe the whole crime orthe Protestants of Ireland is this, that we will not abandon our cunuexion with England, so long as you permit us the happiness of maintaining it. (Cheers.) • And that we will ehandon our religion, which is the bond of that con nexion. (Renewed cheers.) Are you aware that in one tsm year. efter the eancipation, Mr. O'Connell made a deliber ate attempt to' seduce the protestants of . Ireland into his scheme - tilTePe , il'? • (Hear.) Are you aware that in Janu arylB3l,leaddressed to 'the combined Orangemen a letter, in which he apostrophises them as his " beloved Orange countrymen—(laughter)—the most generous and patriotic body of people any country ever saw." (Laughter and cheers.) I know not whether you have heard of his cele brated exploit at Drogheda, a town on the Boyne, where, in a bumper of the water of that celebrated river, he pledged " the glorious and immortal memory of William the Third!" (Hear and laughter.) And what for? In a letter written by himself, in 1833, he calls upon the Protestants to aid him in repealing the union, telling them that they may as well share the honour of the achievement, because it is utterly impossible that it should not be repealed, whether they would Join or no. What was thesresult. How man y des scendantsof Englishmen joined him? Not one. (Cheers•) He then resorted to calumny and abuse, which I am sorry to say has bad too much effect. But in Ireland he failed en tirely; and in a letter written in 1835 he abuses the protest ants of Ireland, stating that he had thrown away five years of valuable time endeavouring to conciliate them, but that he might "just as well have attempted to coax a sucking tiger or a full-grown lion." (Much laughter and applause.) This attempt having hopelessly failed, the attack was turned against the Established Church. It is a fact that can be proved, that the Protestant population of Ireland amounts to 2,000,000. Are these to be abandoned and given up to all the demands of Mr. O'Connell? (No, no.) 'Then I will ask another question. Will any gentleman tell me that the Protestants ought to remain in that country without a Pro testant church and Protestant places of worship? (No, no.) Mark what has been the conduct pursued towards us. Be fore emancipation, it was stated by all the leading members amongst the Catholics, that relief would not be acceptable t o the entire body unless brought forward in such a way as to be satisfactory to Protestants. (Hear , hea r .) Mr. O'Connell went further, and stated his anxiety for the maintenance and protection of the Protestant church. What has been the event? Will you forgive me if I take one among a thousand occurrences in my unfortunate country to show the spirit in which our ancient church is regarded iu Ireland. I take at random a resolution passed at a meeting in Mayo, at which between 30,000 and 50,000 people are said to have been present, including a number of the Roman Catholic clergy, and laity, and brought together under the immediate auspices of one of the Archbishops, Dr. M'Hale. 1 quote from the Freeman's Journal of August 18, 1838:—" Resolved, That it is only on the Irish people so offensive an experiment could be made, as to be taxing them fur the support of foreign mercenaries of an alien creed,"—this is the description of the Protestant .church of Ireland—(hear, hear,) " under pre- 'epee of providing for their intellectual and religious neces- That these humbugs have been too long, and too ,atiently endured. But that the intellects of the people are sow too open—their feelings too sensitive, and their resolu tions too strong to suffer such mockery any longer." (Loud cries of." Hear.") A complete declaration of war against our church ! And this is not at all exaggerated in its tone, There are thousands similar; scarcely a radical paper ap pears that does not contain some resolutions of the sort from Roman Catholic clergy, supported by Roman Catholic laity. You have heard of a letter from Mr. O'Connell to a gentleman named Landor, in which be talks of "a com pound of fraud, knavery, cruelty, and hypocrisy, in England called the Reformation." (Hear, hear.) The Protestants of Ireland are determined to stand by the connexion with England, and to stand by the Protestant Church. (Cheers.) If you will give us only your sympathies, we fear little from the blustering swagger of our enemies at home. (Applause.) Without the assistance of England, we are able to maintain ourselves and the faith we profess. (Loud cheers.) Against the power of England we could not maintain ourselves; but against the power of England, I say it respectfully, we would maintain our faith. (Cheers.) • I will conclude by giving you—" The Conservative Electors of the Empire;—may their numbers daily increase, and may they never forget that the future welfare of the country depends upon their choice of present representatives." Mr. CARSON, at the call of the Chairman, briefly returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then gave, "The Commercial, Manufac turing, and Agricultural Interests of the Country; may they be a Three fold Cord, not easily broken." He would beg leave to couple with the toast the name of Mr. Roby, of Rochdale. (Much applause.) Mr. ROBY, in teturning thanks, dwelt upon the endea vours of Ministers to divert attention from their own incom petence and mismanagement by exciting a movement against the Coin Laws; and he showed, that, instead of being improved by the repeal of the corn laws, the condition of the labouring classes would be immeasurably worse. The CHAIRMAN, after referring, in terms of high com mendation, to the county magistracy, proposed the health of Richard Bright Crosse, Esq. late High Sheriff of the county. Mr. CROSSE said, he wished the part of acknowleging that toast had devolved upon some individual more compe tent to do it justice. To men engaged in the performance of a public duty, it was at all times gratifying to find that they possessed the confidence and esteem of the community in the midst of whom those duties were discharged; and he felt as sured that the compliment paid by so numerous, so respec table, and so influentialrs body as he saw before him, would be prized as highly by the magistracy generally, as it was by the humble individual who then in their name and his own, returned them his heartfelt thanks. The magistrates were not insensible to the responsibility attaching to them in the performance of their various duties,— duties, it should be re membered, performed gratuitously, involving a sacrifice of time and personal convenience, and attended with painful anxieties, but duties which they considered to form the tenure by which, as citizens, they hold their property and stations. (Cheers.) Believing as he did that the character and in flaence they had acquired, was owing; to their honest impar tiality and integrity. and their perfect freedom from party bias, he might be allowed to express, on their part as well as his ow n, a feeling of anxiety and alarm at the declaration of a high legal authority on a recent occasion—he meant the Lord Chancellor—who bad stated, that his principle was -to regulate appointments to the magistracy by the - test of po litical opinion. There was a motion before the House of Lords on the 18th of July, and the attention of the House was called to this point by Lord Wharncliffe, when the Chancellor hesitated not to say, that where the bench was composed of men of one and the same political creed, there could not be the same confidence amongst the people in appealing to it ! He was supported by another noble lord intimately connect ed with the magistracy, the Chancellor of the Duchy, Lord Holland, who stated, that if he found the magistrates all on one side, he would appoint men of different sentiments, to make a balance. This was a new and unconsti tutional principle. The great usefulness and efficacy of the magistrates was based on a conviction in the minds of the people, of their total freedom from religious and all other bias. The new system would be as dangerous in its consequences as it was hostile to the spirit and practice of the constitution. The magistracy would become a mere tool in the hands of a weak, unprincipled, and reckless ministry. (Applause.) In connexion with this subject, a late distinguished statesman, whose splendid talents and irreproachable life had shed a lustre on the country, and whose name, he was sure, should never be mentioned in this town, without exciting feelings of tender and affectionate interest—he meant Mr. Canning—had quoted this verse of one of the most beautiful of our modern poets— • " Princes and lords may flourish and may fade, A breath may make them as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, If once destroyed, can never be supplied." Mr. Canning added, " So say 1 of the unpaid magistracy 0 this country. Ido not regard the threatened inroads on the constitution of parliament with half the horror that I do the destruction of the character of the magistracy."—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN, reminding the company that there was still a duty unperformed, .namely, the health of "The Lan cashire Witches," remarked, that, delightful as the task would have been to himself', he would . turn it rivet to the learned gentleman who sat on his left, as he was still on his preferment. (Laughter.) And that he might not be at a loss, he would supply him with a text, and it should be in poetry, which was better than prose. The cygnet walks with grace the waters, So walk on earth Great Britain's daughters. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. CRESSWEI.I. said he was very grateful to their worthy chairman for allowing him to propose the toast. That evening, however, was not likely to do much for him, an un happy man still on his preferment. He subscribed to every word of their chairman's poetry ; but when he saw so many of Great Britain's swan-like daughters, how could he choose one. (Laughter, and cheering.) Much he congratulated the assembly on the manner in which their festivities were graced by the ladies of Lancashire, and much did he hope from such auxiliaries. For which of you, said the learned gentle man, addressing the ladies in the gallery, will be found to advocate the schemes of ministers who are fordebasing the marriage ceremony into a mere civil contract ? (Rapturous applause.) Which of you, as a mother, would accompany your daughter to the registrar to have the solemn bond en tered into that is to last for life? (Hear, hear.) Which of you, about to be married, would consent to have the contract signed and sealed in a notary's office, - instead of pledging your faith before God and the altar? (Loud applause.) Which of you, having children to educate, would intrust them to those who exclude religion from t heir education, and mit rather trust them to those who would teach them to be pious, chaste, dutiful, and modest, as well as fair? (Loud cheers.) I give you, gentlemen, " The Lancashire Witches." (Drunk with immense applause.) The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Town and Trade of Li verpool," with which he would associate the name of Sir Thomas Brancker. Sir Tuomas briefly returned thanks, and proposed " The Operatives." The Chairman then left the chair, and the company iroke up. PRECISE INFORMATION.—The registrar for the Roseland district lately called on a poor woman, to demand the neces sary information concerning the birth of her child; but all he could get from her was, that is was born " the day after Uncle Stephen killed his pig !"—Cornwall Gazelle. MORE ABSENCE OF MIND.—Mr. , an attorney, re siding in New York, being requested to appear as nominal plaintiff in a matter in which he among others was -interest ed, owing to some unaccountabre absence of mind, brought the action against himself, and never discovered his mistake till after he had compelled himself to pay damages, issue ex ecution against, and actually incarcerate himself for not paying his own costs. EFFECTS OF EATING NEW BREAD.—The mischievous consequences of eating new bread do not arise from its che mical composition, but its mechanical agency. It is very compressible; it is, therefore, rarely well masticated; it is swallowed quietly, and in large quantity, and then it in stantly expands from absorption of the fluid contents of the stomach, which organ, thus. suddenly and extensively dis tended, not only suffers pain on its own part, but compresses the neighbouring blood-vessels, so as materially to interfere with the general circulation; hence the train of suffering consequent on such indulgence. THE CAPERCALm—We are happy to learn that the caper calzi which, as it is known, Lord Bradalbane turned out into his forests in Scotland tiuring the past and present summer, have bred in those wilds. There were 41 altogether, about two-thirds of which were hens, and all were old and sea soned birds. This splendid collection was made in Sweden with vast trouble, and at very great expense , by Mr. Lloyd. Mr. Thomas Fowell Buxt on, the late M.P. for Weymouth, presented them to his Lordship. Should those magnificent birds, therefore, Once more become, as in by gone days, com mon in the British isles, as it is to be hoped they shortly will, their introduction will be due to these several parties, all of whom have had that object much at heart. In addition to the.caperealzi, now at large in the Highlands, Mr. Lloyd, we understand, sent at the same time three others to the Duchess of Atholl, and fifteen to Lorrl Derby. All of these are, we believe, in the aviaries of Blair and Knowsley.— John Bull. - • A SEVERE Rote -.We have sometimes heard of, but although getting old in the gentlemanly and exhilarating amusement of coursing, we never yet witnessed, the remarkable fact of greyhounds pursuing a hare until the whole lay down within a tew yards of one another completely exhausted by the severity of the chase. Friday week, however, we did see the astonishing fact realized. While Air. Geddes of Glas gow, and Dr. Brown of Stewarton, were coursing on the farm of Todhill, Fenwick, a pair of dogs were slipped at a hare, which went off in rare style, as if confident in its own strength and fleetness, and to support itself after its long rest, or to invite the dogs to greater exertion from their proximity to their prey. The summer heat of the day was delightful to the sportsmen, amid such sylvan heauty, but most distressing to the dogs. After a long and most severe run, rendered doubly fatiguing by its innumerable turnings and windings, both 'dogs were found lying completely ex hausted within twenty yards of the hare. The dogs had to be carried back to the joursers, and although e very exertion was used to re cover th em , Dr. Brown's Sweeper died in the course of an hour a ft e rward. s full of glory in the deathless fame of his o wn t rue ame. On being opened, his heart , was found swelled to double its usual size , an d a considerable g quantity of blood oozed from t, so that he may be said to have died Of a broken heart, — Kil mar nock Journal. SECOND EDITION.. Standard. Office, Three LIVERPOOL MARKETS. i CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, OczonEn 19. The supplies of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal into this port, coastwise and from Ireland, since the early part of the week, have been generally rather light. Those of foreign, during the same period, comprise 4019 quarters of Wheat, with 4187 'barrels of Flour, front Europe and the United States of America. _ _ . Stimulated by frequent heavy rains and high winds, which prevailed from the end of last week until to-day, the Wheat trade continued to attract the eager attention of buyers, and between Tuesday and to-day a fair extent of business has been transacted, at improving prices ; which, although the weather has become fine, with a more settled aspect, the value of all descriptions of Wheat haS been again increased this morning, establishing a rise of 4d. to 6d. per 70lbs. upon the rates last noted. At this amendment further extensive sales have been made to speculative buyers, who are now the principal holders here: but the millers, unwilling to meet the advance, have bought sparingly to-day. Flour is also Is. to 2s. per sack dearer. Barley, Beans, and Peas ruled much the same as on Tuesday.—Malt dull, and Is. to 2s. per quarter cheaper. Oats continuing to command a moderate sale, maintained our last quotations ; and Oatmeal moved off somewhat more freely than of late, at an improvement of 6d. per 2-10Ibs. Bonded Wheats, which for some time past have been nci-, mina!, begin to meet inquiry, and several parcels have changed hands; Kubanka hard realizing Bs., and Odessa-:-.,. soft, of middling quality, is. 6d. per 70 lbs. ii,L4 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19.—Wind W. Fair. Aitutvan.—Thomas Battersby, from Pernambuco, sailed 3d September—British Heroine, Birkbv, and Asia, from Quebec — Sheridan, Pierce, sailed 25th September. and Columbus, sailed Ist October. from New York—Globe, Oliver, from New Orleans, sailed from the Bar 27th August. On the 7th and Bth tilt:, in lat 25, long 79, experienced a violent hurricane, which hove the ship on her beam ends, lost mizentopmast, fore and maintop gallantinasts, sails, Bcc., and made some water. On the 10th, in lat 27, long 79, saw the Laurens, from New Orleans for this port. Hope, Cockhain, hence, at Batavia John Woodall, from Llanelly, at Bombay " . • • Ann Lockerby, Burt, for this port, and I tnogen, Riley, for Cariton were proceeding down the Hooghlev 16th July - " Sultana, Lyall, hence, at Hobart Town Clifton, Hill, from Launceston. at ditto Perseverance, Malcolm, from Demerara, at Honduras . Echo, Mallet, hence, at New York, 20th September Robert Isaac, -. hence, at Savannah • • Governor Troup, Miller, hence, at ditto . . Diana, Robson, hence, at St. Petersburgh - • Octavia, Bayfield, from Copiapo at Swansea, sailed 29th June. On the 28th August, in lat 4 S, long 27 W, spoke the Ingfebnrough, hence for China Agnes. Broadfoot, was to sail from Lima for this pore 9th August Lady Charlotte, Gill, from Lima at iluancho, and sailed 30th June for this port Symmetry, Butler; Thos Crisp, Bloom, hence at Constantinople Racer. Toogood, hence and Syra, at ditto; and sailed 26th Sept. for Smyrna Rupee, hence for Boston, has put back Ebenezer, Adams, from Gijon, at St. Maw's Ilinda, from St. Vincent in the, Downs, sailed 2d Sept. On the 12th Sept., in lat 25 30; long 63, encountered a hurricane Griffin, Berry, for this port at Ramsgate. cargo, (wheat,) heated and must discharge Andree, Grave, from Liverpool to Osiend, is wrecks near the latter port. Only the cotton saved. t Lavinia, from Liverpool to Baltimore, was spoken 3rd Oct., in lat. 43, long. 50 A Descent, from Liverpool to Quebec, was spoken 25th ult. in lat. 46, long. 45 Algonquin, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, .was spoken 4th 4th instant, in lat. 43, long. 42 John Bolton, from Liverpool to Quebec, was gpoken I,Bth Sept. • in lat. 46, long. 58 . Edinburgh, Bristow, from Liverpool to New Orleans, wits spoken sth October, in 1at.49, long. 21 . , . Catherine, from Hamhurgh to St. John, N. 8., was spoken 23rd • Sept.. in lat. 45; long. 38 30 Mersey, from Liverpool to St. John, N:B., was spoken 10 th Oct., • . _ M lat. 50 . , long. 13 Carraboo, from Laguna to Liverpool, was spoken 14th Sept„ in long, 79 30 QuEntsc, 22d SErr.—Tne Petershurgh, from Liverpool to this port, was wrecked on Mille Vache 19th instant SALoNICA, 25Tn SEPT.—Two long boats, called Trattes, each with a crew of 60 men, well arrned,have lately plundered several vessels• in the Gulf. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CASE OF RUNNING FOUL oN THE RIVER.—On Tuesday, antes Dennis, commander of the Woodside steamer, King. , . . fisher, appeared before Mr. Hall, having been summoned under an information from -- Lloyd, commander of the Monk's Ferry steamer Dolphin. The information laid under tife statute charged the defendant with having, on the" 10th instant, "wilfully, negligently, and carelessly" run the King fisher against the Dolphin, and 'damaged her; and further, that he had refused to pay the amount of the injury. Mr. Askew, the harbour master, sat on the bench. with Mr. Hall, giving the latter the benefit of his nautical experience, - according to the usual custom in cases of thiS 'nature. Mr. Davenport appeared in support of the information, and Mr. Mallaby attended for the defendants. • - The master of the Dolphin, Captain Lloyd, stated, that on Tuesday, the 10th instant, about four o'clock P.M., he was bringing his vessel from Monk's Ferry to Liverpool. When he was about three-fourths of the way across the river he saw the Kingfisher, Woodside packet, coining toward's He immediately called out to them to alter their course,- at the same time stopping and reversing the wheels of his own engine. The Dolphin was going N. 8., and the Kingfisher S.W., whence, instead of turning to S., she altered her course to W.N.W., and ran into them. They (the Dolphin) were struck in the fore-gangway, on the starboard side, by the Kingfisher. Mr. Mallaby said, if it should really come to a question of damage, he had no objection to leave it to the estimate of Mr. Askew. He had no observation to make further than that his witnesses would swear just the reverse of what the wit nesses from the Dolphin had swot n. Mr. 'Wallaby called - James M'Larren, an engineer, belonging to the steam-ship' Liverpool. Witnsss stated that at the time mentioned by the witnesses, the Kingfisher was conveying him and others on board the Liverpool, which was lying a little to the north ward of Woodside. They (the Kingfisher) had been , running up in slack water, and had just turned across towards the Liverpool, when he saw the Dolphin coming bowsrm to them. The captain of the Kingfisher called out to-them to put their helm a-starboard, and to reverse. He observed that the Dol phin, instead of reversing, made one turn a-bead and then stopped. The engineer of the Kingfisher stopped his engine and then reversed. The Dolphin first steered to 'port and then to starboard. The Kingfisher's helm - was• put hard a-starboard. The head of the Kingfisher was west and by south. Several other witnesses were examined on both•r.ides. Mr. Hall, in deciding, said, the testimony of the parties on board the Dolphin agreed in ever!• material point. It was perfectly well known that, when two vessels met, it was pro per for each to starboard the helm, and that if either of there put it port they did wrong. W hen he looked at the evidence of those on hoard the Kingfisher, there was no agreement in it. One said she was steering W. and by N.; another, that she was steering W.N.W.; and a third, that she was steer ing W.S.W. One stated that she had no steerage way, and did not answ"er her helm; another slated, that she turned her head to the S.: and the first witness spoke to' that which was impossible, that when the helm was Tut •starboard she turned her bows to the W. The last witness had stated that, if the - Dolphin had put her'helm to port, she would have gone clear ; while the other witnesses said if she had put her helm , to starboard she would have gone clear. Under these circum stances' they were of opinion that the damage must be paid. Mr. Davenport was agreeable that the _ amount of the damage should be referred to Mr. Askew; - and Mr. Hall ordered it to be paid, according to the amount. which he should estimate. . ASSAULT AT SEA.—Allan Campbell, master of the brig Water Lily, appeared on Wednesday 'before Messrs. hlall and Maxwell, having been summoned bylawes•Renton, a seaman on board the above vessel. The complainant slated that on Sunday, the 16th Sept., the Water Lily left,St.John'a , Newfoundland, on her homeward voyage for LiVerpOol. - To wards evening be sent a man aloft to perform some duty at the sails. When the individual descended to the deck, an altercation ensued between him and the captain, which ended in the captain striking him. Complainant was looking on , when the captain, with an oath, asked him if he intended to take the man's part. Without further provocation the caP lain immediately struck him (complainant.) At ten o'clock. the same night the captain was again quarrelling with one " t his men, when complainant, who had just gone on deck, es" claimed. " What's the matter?" . The captain again accuse" him of taking part with the man whom he was contending with. The complainant denied this, upon which the calltat e took up a billet of fire wood and, swearing at him (complain ant) struck hint several violent blows. He next seized a handspike, and running after the complainant, knocked hit° down the fore-scuttle. He pursued him below, and repeat edly struck him with the handspike. Several seamen corro borated the abov e s t a t ement . Captain Campbell said he• shipped the complainant on the day when they left - Newfoun d ` land. The moment the man entered the ship -he began t" quarrel with one of his messmates. was ordered to b e quiet, but he persisted in using abusing language and threats' The captain told him that he saw what sort of troubl esome person he was, and he repeated his order that the quarrelliq should cease. At twelve o'clock at night they were settirig t . the lower studding-sails. He (the captain) ordered one..oh the men to go aloft and perform some particular duty , wh' ' ' was done so awkwardly that he remonstrated. .W When the man e came down he began to abuse the captain, telling him! ) knew how to do his duty as well as anybody. The c omplat_a:i ant interfered, as he (the captain) had expected, and joit , the other man inabusing him. Not content with this,l:: seized him (the captain) by the throat, and twis tin g his hiol a kerchief tightly about his neck, said, " there you there's a squeeze for you." He (the captain) upon this " n a": up a small piece of fire-wood and struck the complaina,tn.t few blows. lie denied baiting used a ha nds p ike at all, said ho bad commanded a vessel ten year s and had never r . 1 :_ 1 .1 a complaint made against him by a man , nor had his brig bt osherwise than p e ac e able and orderly till thecomplainan tered her. The mate and steward of the Water Lily ‘ , e . l- , e called on behalf of the captain , but the y were unable to 6fnroo`ie any thing material, as they ha d not seen t he whole no transaction. Mr. Hall said he was persuaded there s,%;es, necessity for so much violence on the pat t of masters . t , '' out sell. It seemed that when such p ersons go t put slightte:, first of temper, they concei ved they were to seize upon the implement that came to hand and inflict blows with "oloy was unfo rtuna te that when men had' power they so Ire abused it. The defendant was. fined £l. 10s. and costs. A covenant. has been entered into between her Alaj es h ' a ll Ministers and the - O'Connell faction, that her MajestY de pt pay a visit to Dublin. . If it should fail, the disarpoi"lntit.s, m a y cause another and a wider -b reac h between the '3reed tua a nd perhaps woefully demonstrate or h ow weak a Whig Ministry depend for power. A centipede of nine inch in length was found on Pil'nbrir last na log of teak, while being split by one of fll -- e ,:set wrights of Woolwich Dock-yard, and is now lii he posse:, -0. of Lieutenant Pearce, R.N., one of the principal officers. that establishment. It was in a very lively st ate at the Frio, of its emancipation. RUSSIAN WOOL —The Russian goVernment has mate.Fosiderable advances to _native- p u rc h asers , so that tat 40 d to selr, ie re- English and French, from Leghorn, were tied mar turn empty. Russia hopes to glut Chine se and Persia kets with her own cloth.—Leeds Mercury. OwENism.—We regret to see this town infested with a regular succession of lectures On the pernicious doctrines of Robert Owen and his disciples, who, by means of ridiculing the Scriptures, and the professors of religion generally, dealing out plau s ible theories of Socialism, exhibiting phan tasmagoria' pictures of happiness, holding social tea-parties, and getting up dances, contrive to inveigle thc,ughtless • young persons of both sexes into those m eshes of infidelity , which the older and more . he title -s minions of mischief are but too glad.to assist in weaving.ss It is still more to be lamented that these disgraceful and demoralising lectures are allowed to outrage public d •• nd rejig the morning and • • decency d • ja i,. t il_cla,n,- 110eid evening cif every sa 4 iot4 piety during Mercury,