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MARCH 1,1 W? 6, INTOLERANT SPIP IT OF POPERY We extract from the "Articles of the new Constitution of the IVlexiean Republic, adopted and decreed by the supreme Fedral Congress," and published officially in Mexico, on the 23d of o,lober, 1835, the following proof and specimen of the tolerant Split of Popery, so mit;g,ated .end softened down, as we are Icht, by the spread of intelligence in the 19th century ! This is partial or in:arm:tided charge of au opponent—nothing which Doctor Murray can twist il.to a calun.ny en the purity of his infallible (211;11.A—but the deliberate, solemn, and authentic act of a Roman Catholic legislature; and forming the very first amongst the articles of the new REPUBLICAN (! !) Consti tution of Mexico • "Article Ist.—The Mexican nation, sole, sovereign, and in dependent, as it has heretofore been, neither• professes, nor pro tects any other religion than the Apostolic Roman Catholic : NOR DOES IT TOLERATE THE EXERCISE OF ANY OTHER WHATSOEVER." Surely to the Protestants of Great Britain and Ireland a sin gle word of comment were superfluous.—Dublin Evening Mail. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. be consequence of the overflow to all parts of the 'house last nigh!, the Entertainments will be repeated this Evening. For the BENEFIT of Mrs. RAYMOND. riHIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the Ist March, I_ will be performed the new Drama called FAITH AND FALSEHOOD. Harry Halyard Mr. W. J. Hammond. Rooney O'Molligan Mr. Raymond. Zeta Mrs. Rai mond. 4 Parada Miss E. Hamilton. A new Ballet called .L; FALSE SIGNALS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Leclercq, Miss F. Leclercq, and the Infant Phntomitnist, Miss M. Leclercq will appear. To which will be added a new Farce, translated from the French of M. Setibe, by Mrs. Raymond. called THREE HOURS' COURTSHIP. Zoe Mrs. Raymond. P;erros Mr. W. J. Hammond. And, in consequence of its extraordinary and unprecedented success, the Evening's Entertainments will conclude with the Extravaganza called THE JEWESS TRAVESTIE, which has been received on eacu successive representation with undiminished shouts of laughter and applause. Tickets to be had of Mrs. Raymond, 30, Norton-street, at the usual places, and of Mr. John Fogg, at the Box-office, of whom places may be taken. Ebt Efterpool *tailVarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1836. We have Sydney papers to the 19th September. They ttre almost wholly occupied with discussions on the merits of the appropriation act of the legislative council of that settlement. Several members of the council have en tered their protests against the grant of Z 45,000 for the sear 1836, for the support of the jails and the police of the colony ; alleging, with some show of reason, that the mother country ought to bear exclusively the bur then of keeping her expatriated patriots under the neces sary degree of subjection to the law! . • Mr. LAIDLEY, the commissary-general, a gentleman highly spoken of, died on the 29th August. Steeple races, established we pre sume to improve the morals of the colonists, appear to be favourite amusements in New South Wales. We have Jamaica papers to the 24th January, and Demerara ones to the 16th of the same month. In the former colony the utmost tranquillity prevailed, the wea ther had been extremely favourable for the coffee pick ing, which, however, had proceeded slowly, owing to the indolence of the apprentices. The sugar crop will be mote than usually deficient. The Kingston sessions were to terminate on the clay the packet sailed, and the number of persons tried tor various crimes exceeded any ever remembered. Liberty, licentiousness, and crime seem to walk hand in hand together, and appear to -in crease more with the aid of the schoolmaster than without it, One hundred and seventy Portuguese emigrants had arrived in one vessel, consigned to one house, who are l'epresented to be all healthy, well-disposed young men. Another vessel had the same day arrived with one hun dred emigrants to another house—they were all natives or England.' The House of Assembly had not resumed its sittings. In one of the papers there is a proposition for taxing sugar and rum in order to raise a revenue for Jamaica. We have no room for extracts. The Demerara papers are more - silent than usual with respect to domestic ainirs, which we take to be signifi c‘mt of prosperity and• contentment. • We have onto spaCe to call the attention of our readers to the appointment of Dr. HEURIAN to the important office of Regius Professor of Theology in the Unitersity of Oxford, a,nd the proceedings adopted by the convoca tion and the heads of colleges. refuse to admit .that the 'church, aye, and religion itself, is in danger? We Aail return to the subject on Friday. . • The pressure " from within" is now monstrous we know not what absurdity or oppression is next to be per petrated ; but it is plain enough that the House of Com mons has already stretched its usurped and unconstitn tional exercise of power to the furthest pitch of endu rance. Its members have not yet succeeded in crushing the House Of Lords ; but, like the revolutionary rump in the time of CII ' ARLES the FIRST, they give to their in solent resolutions all the force of an act of parliament, in defiance of, or, rather, without so much as consulting, the second estate of the realm. The power of proscription in a popular body, no mat ter whether usurped or conferred, is dangerouS to civil liberty, and places the life and property of every man at the capricious mercy, or the more capricious malice, of a majority of its members; and we all know, by fatal ex perience, that the majority of a mob, in all their deci sions, are almost invariably wrong. We do not say that the House of Commons is a mob; but we do fearlessly contend that a majority of that house, as it is at present constituted, are the delegates of the rabble of the large towns of England and Scotland, and of the wretched and ignorant serfs who sweep the dust before the feet of the priests of Ireland. Such 'members are consequently un der the influence and control of their constituents, re gardless of all consequences affecting their own charac ter, provided, they can', secure the approbation of those who gave them the power but could not give them the capacity to legislate for the general welfare. The proceedings of the House of Commons last week, in reference to'orange societies, cannot fail to he consi dered, by all rational and loyal .men, as an exercise of unconstitutional power, utterly subversive of every prin 6iple of law and justice. Our modern jacobins have not yet rushed into the extreme guilt of ROBESPIERE and the French convention ; hut they have most undeniably Adopted his principles and acted upon his rules. JOSEPH YUME, we admit, has not yet app - eared at the bar of the House of Commons to denounce private or obnoxious individuals by name—he has not yet dared to point his finger at the man whom the rabble are instructed to drag to an infamous death on the scaffold—he has not yet pub,licly _ exclaimed " Down with the ICing I—a la lantern the bishops !"—no, thank Gon, JOSEPFI Hum, and his kindred infidels, and his congenial jacobins, have not ventured openlii to marl( out to popular vengeance those who stand in the way of his base ambition and his flagi 4ons designs; but he has had influence enough to in duce the House of Commons .to recognise his sanguinary and diabolical principles, by levelling their first denunci ation against the loyal and persecuted protestants who first sought and continue to seek some protection against wholesale massacre in the local citadels of the orange in stitutions Of Ireland. The convention therefore has been restored, and ROBESPIERE, unlike the schoolmaster, who is said to be abroad, is once more at home ! We never were the advocates of orange lodges upon any. other ground than their necessity. We have la mented, in common with many of the best men of the day, this necessity. We have frequently endeavoured to suggest some other plan by which the whole moral force 4 3f the protestants of Ireland might be united and con centrated without having recourse to secret clubs, mys terious signs, and a redundancy of mummery more like the rnelo dramatic action of a Mayncioth priest than the Open, the, hold, the free, the undisguised movements of honest protestants, who, like JOHN KNOX, NE V ER FEAR . THE FACE OF MAN! Our suggestions, however, have. teen 'invariably met by the general assitance--"ii.is i mpossible —the protestants of Ireland never can forget 'bat they owe to the Prince of ORANGE 1" "True," we have replied; " but the protestants, considering the ges which have taken , pl4 o e, *honk' not forges Wh a t they owe to themselves." But, be this as it may, the policy of orange societies has nothing whatever to do with our argument. What ever is illegal the - law has the power to suppress. If we be living Undei the InfliotiOn.of evils Which the law can not cure, then ours is a state of semibarbarism for which the legislature alone is responsibe. If alleged evils have received the countenance of ages until they can hardly be called violations of law, it is the duty of parliament to provide a remedy. But we conten4 that it is most pre posterous and absurd, and as monstrous as it is prepos terous, that the House of Commons should arrogate to itself the prerogative of deciding upon the legality or il legality of any society, or institution, or club, or private meeting, or local or general association whatever. The House of Commons is only a branch of the Legislative body—one member only of the three estates of the realm. It may pass e bill, for instance, having for its object the suppression of gaming; and, should that bill receive the assent of the other two estates, it would become the law cf the land. Gaming would accordingly he suppressed according to the provisions of the statute. But the House of Commons has no right to denounce gamblers! It. oversteps its powers, and it insults the dignity and the equity of legislation, when it presumes to call upon the sovereign to discourage or denounce gamblers. In doing this it is guilty of a greater offence against the state than the unworthy object of its reprobation. It places itself in the position of the felonious patriot who robs a thief for the sake of public morals. The House of Com mons, beyond its own walls, has no power to tryor con demn parties, no matter how obnoxious they may be to its opinions or its sense of justice. It is worse than the execrated Star-chamber when it condemns without rea son and denounces without giving to its victim the pri vilege of a defence. It usurps the powers of a jury with out its responsibility, or the corrective of a constitutional appeal. It is R ferocious convention, composed of fana tics, when it thus usurps the functions of law, and makes its decrees, sanctioned by sleepy blockheads at midnight, pass for authorised condemnations, as; if they emanated from the ordinary tribunals in conformity - with statutory enactments. ~ - But this monstrous -power the Ribose of Commons— the ~eformed House of Commons isurped only so lately as last week. It did that by a re. hition of the house which it has no power to do but by 1 11. It has given to this unconstitutional resolution all th force of an act of parliament. It has, in the style of tl I.l'rench conven tion, denounced orange lodges. It ha called upon the sovereign, in a tone tantamount to a ' nunand, to dis courage those societies which hold, ~ an . have ever held, which truly revere and inculcate thri same loyal senti ments and principles which, supe4e , ding lineal claims, were the direct and avowed passpoV of the House of Brunswick to the British throne. TNey have compelled our gracious but unfortunate monarch to censure if not repudiate the noble sentiments of his at estors, and cast a stigma upon the protestantism by whi 11 alone be and his august family can legally he recognided as princes in the confederacy of noble spirits who in truth and since rity profess and uphold the reformed religion of our fathers—the most blessed light that ever shed its beams upon these isles of the sea. But we stop here. We cannot enter into the spirit of this argument. Feelings too potent for words, too deep for tears, impose upon us the obligation of silence. We have a foreboding how all this is to end—we foresee the strug gle that is coming—we anticipate the punishment that is our nation's due—we see the shattered coronet in the dust, and the head of the apostate noble on the block, and the aroused vengeance of ^ great people scattering the chaff of infidelit, and fraudulent unitarianism before the wind, purging the nation of its follies, and making the de bauched and injured people of Ireland the avengers of their own wrongs—making female pride the corrector of confessional impurity—and protestantisin the asylum of outraged innocence—we see all this in the dim curtain of futurity, and the figures of the guilty passing before our eves—but we stop here. What ministers to our convic tion in solitude may be a fantasy;. but we judge of the future by the evidence of the past. Vire have too much respect for our readers' to require them to reciprocate with us the strong feelings we enter-. tarn on these points.; To be enabled to think with us they nmst have the same materials of thinking, and the same unobtrusive hours to combine, reason, compare, and determine. These reflections, however, are inti matelrconnected with religion, and this is not the pro per place to entertain them with any hope of Et„lneficial result. The ideas thrown :but are agents or auxiliaries, of- profounder meditation; and when the reader dips back into history he will find that what we have sug gested, in reference to pass;ng. , ev it ents,:is well worthy his 4ioit'setious consideration-, . ; • I3ut, • returning to polities, lye'likt-ve already Seen that the ilOnse of ICoMmons haS assumed, or • rather has usurped the power, of denouncing . certain societies and individuals. It has denounced orange lodges. The King has unhesitatingly re-echoed the denunciation of his faithful commons. We do not here question the fet tered constitutional functions of the Sovereign. His Majesty has no doubt been well advised. AVe are hound to respect die opinions which influence the King. We are ready to. respect whatever .flows from the fountain of authority but, with all -submission and proper defer ence, we question if the King has, in parental respect to his snhject s, considered their rights and privileges in the same favourable light as lie has done fiat of the House of Commons. For let us carry die assnmption of their power into practice as regards other institutions, and we do so solely to illustrate the.modern doctrine that the King is hound constitutionally tip respect and recog, nise by sanctioning- the resolutions of the House of Commons. This we say is new doctrine. We believe precisely the reverse. We assert that the King cannot . know the House of Commons, or coun tenance any of its measures which do not appear be fore him under the sanction of the House of Lords. This we hold to he constitutional law. The resolutions of the Commons, per se, are, or ought to he, of no more weight with him than the resolutions of a debating club, or of a coterie of free and easy citizens who discuss the affairs of nations over a repast of gin and the most pun gent of vegetable roots. His Majesty, therefore, may reconcile the insolence 'of his ministers and the knau dates of his sovereign duty in the best way he can. That is not our business. If the House of Brunswick chooses to treat lightly the•grand principles which paved the way to its accession, why should we complain ? B u t, we s i n k these facts in order to arrive at the conse quences of the usurped measures adopted by the House of Commons and sanctioned by the King. The commons denounce orange .lodges! What is to prevent them from denouncing clubs ? What is to pre vent Chem from denoitnci,z'g 'conservative societies ? What is to prevent them from denouncing private meetings of tories in taverns.?. What is to prevent them from de nouncins,r newspapers? What is to prevent them from denouncing masonic lodges What is to prevent them from denouncing a ll meetings or gentlemen i n an y p u b- lic or private place assembled to address his Majesty, or originate petitions to the houses of parliament ? What is to prevent them from denouncing the church, its bishops and its priests or the universities of Oxford and Cambridge? All this they have as much right to do as to denounce orange lodges. The convocation of Oxford are aboutto remonstrate against the appointment of Dr. HAMPDEN, on the ground that he teaches or has taught spurious and unorthodox .doctrines, and they have re solved to render his appointment:ineffectual in propagat ing socinianism in the university. But Dr. HAMPDEN received his appointment from Lord m --ELiOURNE, and it would not surprise us to, see the House of Commons calling upon the King to discourage the proceedings of the. convocation of OXford. In short, this pradtice once begun; no' man can' tell where or when it will end: This extraordinary Conduct on die part of the reformed house is one of the worst features in the revolutionary tithes in which we, live. Dit,t *Oat will the orangemen of Ireland do ? It will be m t a i u ky ap ,extract in another place, from the Dublin Paeke,t o:S4turday, that the grand lodge has met, and has passed resolutions calling upon their brethren NOT TO SURRENDER,—not to regard or Obey the resoliitions of the House of Commons 1 If they answer unanimously -to the call, as there is every reason to believe they will, we much fear there* will be serious Work in Ireland— more serious indeed . than any we have had to encounter for the last fifty years. We 1 - rdsli, 14Wever,t dirt 11,1'73 4 6 jiiett4tAtiti of land, 'viten they learn what their illUstrious and noble eaders have deemed it their duty to do on the present occasion, will forbear from any irritating proceedings, and quickly adopt measures for pitting their societies into, at least, temporary abeyance. Perhaps they will also consider whether they could not form conservative associations in every county and town of Ireland, such as we have in England, where protestants of every shade of creed might unite in defence of the chnrch and our blessed religion. We throw this out as a hint. What sig nify forms when principles are at stake • • Those of our readers who have any time to avbie to amusement will find an overflowing store of it in the de bates of our Liverpool congress—we mean the new town council—an accurate report of which we have the honour to supply. Five motions and as many amendments, all on hand at the same time, is hard as well as curious work. It appears to us that *some of these reformed municipals do not undeistand what their colleagues or what even themselves say. They ,have resolved, however, to have the whole control over the dock estate in their own hands, if they can, and they have determined to spend the mo ney of the burgesses in contesting their assumed right in parliament. We may therefore set down some four or five thousand pounds for this sport. A large sum, we are assured, has already been spent in adopting legal pro ceedings for the purpose of setting aside the late endow ment. This, we beg to tell them, is fighting with a is time, labour, and money , spent Fn:vain ! • • Mr. HARVEY has withdrawn hiS cla'im for compenSa.,: Lion! What claim had Mr. .'HARVEY tapott the:Corpora.... tion ? But the most serious part of the jolce t:4e" asset tion of Mr. WM. RATHBONE, that with 'the exception 'DC Mr. RADCLIFFE there is not a praessiOnat ma din Llvei'..;: pool competent to discharge the duties of town clerk. , Of course Mr. RATHBONE is speaking of those 'prcifes` sional gentlemen with whom he is acquainted—that is to say, the lawyers olyn party. What a batch of dunces they must all be ! but will they thank Mr. Rini.: BONE for exposing them in this manner. It is resolved that the town-clerk shall have a salary of £2,300, and his deputy, Mr. HARVEY aforesaid, we guess, is to have a £lOOO a year. This is a rich business. The late town-clerk's emoluments never would have amounted to this sum but for the litigation of Mr. THOMAS BOLTON and his fellow radicals. We wish Mr. RADCLIFFE and Master Deputy all the joy imaginable. rilIE LIVERPOOL STANDARb. _LONDON LA TES T NEWS. Cite. Saturday Evening, ,Half-past Seven o'clock. The committee of the Stock Exchange have resigned in con sequence of the subscribers not enforcing their recommendation, that the persons who refused to return for general distribution the amount of the checks received for stock delivered in ,com pleting transactions arising outof the frauds practised by Lake man. To-day, little business has been done, in consequence of the principal attention of the dealers being drawn to the divi sions among that body. Consols fur account have been done at 92; Exchequer Bills are steady at 225. pin.; India Bonds have fallen to 3 pin.; Bank Stock is at 219; and India Stock at 258. The Railway Shares have continued to attract a great deal of attention; a check, however, to the excessive speculation noticed in our last was given by the proceedings in the House of Commons, relative to the applications for hills, and it is con fidently hoped that some decision will be come to by the cone- mittee appointed to inquire into the subject, which will impose the necessity upon all companies to have (medial of the capital sufficiently secured to give a reasonable hope that a bona fide investment was intended by parties taking shares in the different projects. There has been a strong desire manifested by parties in the country to speculate in these shares, and this has kept the market more film titan would no doubt otherwise have been the case. The high prices of last week have not been generally maintained. The Great Western Railway Shares have fallen from :35 to 321; the Brighton, Stevenson's) front 21 to 15; the London and Birmingham, from 125 to 123; the London and Southampton, from 21 to 221; and the Noith Midland from £l2 to £lO per share. The Greenwich Shares have touched a premium of £lO. In the minor lines of proposed railroads the fluctuations have not been very considerable. The Van Diemen's Land Agricultural Company's Shares have risen front a discount an to a premium of 11 per share. A slight. improvement has taken place to-day in Spanish Bonds, an opinion being entertained that the next advices from Madrid will be of a favourable character. From -lA. the bonds have improved to 46 for money, and to 4(4; . for the account. In Portuguese Stock there has been scarcely any variation, the 5 per cents. being quoted at S3g, and the 3 per cents. at 528. Dutch Stock is advancing, the 12 per cents, having reached 56, and the 5 per cents. 105 k. A few bargains were made. to-day in the Republican Securities, and at reduced prices, Columbian falling to 31i1; Mexican to 35,; and Peruvian id 243 TO ME EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST.9,VDARD. SIR.—In reference to the proposal made and withdrawn by Mr. M`Neile at the llivcesaii .‘:44i..iety's meeting last week, your contemporary the Albion indulged in a sneer, as if the clergy were mitre ready.to impose burthens on the , laity. than to haye_ them themselves. It is proverbially difficult to refute a sneer; but. this sneer does admit of a partial refutation. I perceive by your list of contributions that they amount altogether to about 27,000, and that of this total the sum of £2,000 proceeds from clergymen—a fair proportion, even their enemies being Nudges. I am, sir &c.; • , JEQUI.J.S, February 2G, 1836. . I . 0 s- , The Royal Bank LIVERPOOL ROYAL BANK.—AITIOngSt due Will be found the prospectus of ,a new 'advertisements Stock bank to be established in this town, and to be Cog state of trade, 'and respectable s I L )e i c y t e a r b p l o c o s l,: a ' l ri e ihic c h owneindnedrietirgstainutlemi_it:ftirjebari:is.n.tgri'dOens al whichrgean we confess we are not surprised' com merce iS inaking in this toltn; the vast accumulation of wealth, to see the formation of a rival - establishment to .that of the Bank of E n gl an d ; *hieh s hattvolisess resources to enable it to hold to maturity such bills as ,it may discount, render drafts upon. London"to greteeAtent 'unnecessary, and become a powerful protection to torninercial property, particularly at periods of mercantile convulsion. At first sight we could not perceive the reason for fi xing the shares at so large a sum; but on reflection we consider it the best policy, inasmuch as it will tend considerably to keep Wein more fixed and less subject to speculation in this share market. As the introduction of steam vessels bas seized upon the best part of the coasting trade; and as railway trav e lling , where it is established, has superseded coaches and other modes of conveyance, so where joint stock banks on a large scale are established, private banks 'will be compelled to give way, thus adding greater security as well as increased accommodation to the public. We have, indeed, no doubt whatever that this new bank, if properly conducted and made open to all parties, will become one of the highest mone tary establishments in England ,• but we beg to impress upon the directors the necessity and importance of securing tli utmost secrecy in their operations, want of attention to which has ever been the greatest objection to joint stock banks. REPRESENTATION OF OLDH AM.—We hear that Mr. Fielden, at present one of the representatives of this borough in Parlia ment, iutends to vacate his seat in a short time, on the ground of ill health, and his parliamentary ditties occupying too great a portion of his time. Mr. Henry Stocks Smith, a gentleman of stanch conservative principles, and connected with a mer cantile establishment in Leeds, we understand, will offer his services to the electors of Oldham in the event of Mr: Fielden's retirement. . THE limn Certuov.—We understand the sum of £5OO has been subscribed towards the relief of the Irish clergy, in NVar rington, in addition to the suns of £5B collected by the Rev. James 'Wright. PRESENTATION OF PLATE.—On Wednesday last the pupils of Mr. Herring, of Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, presented him.,with a silver snuff-box, as token of their affection and respect. The following is a copy of the speech delivered by one of the.young gentlemen on-the occasion:—" For your un wearied attention and indefatigable pains in endeavouring to instil into our minds thoSe principles of religion and educa tion which in after life will be our guide and monitor, we feel ourselves called upon to present you with some small token of respect, and hope you will accept and preserve this box as a memorial of the regard and esteem of your affectionate pupils." Ftag.—At eleven o'clock, on Saturday morning, a fire broke out in a stable attached to Air. Steward's cooperage, Great Howard-street. The stable being built of wood, and surrounded by premises filled with the most combustible materials, serious alarm was bxcited. Three fire-engines, however, were quickly on the spot, and soon checked the progress of the flames. The roof of the stable was burnt, but no further damage was dote. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE.—The Quar terly Journal of Argiculture which has now arrived at the cha racter of the standard work on eat iculture in'the kingdom, and which richly deserves the high distinction among its contempo raries, can be at all times recommended as a sound adviser of judicious practice, and occasionally, as in the present number, as a vehicle of topics on general interest iu connexion with agri culture. A retrospect of the rustic labours of the late Sir John Sinclair cannot fail to exhibit this patriot in .a favourable light; nor can the meed of praise be withheld from the Highland and Agricultural Society, for their judicious efforts to collect into one focus the Geological knowledge of Scotland, which has hi therto lain scattered in obscurity. THE CHURCH.—A meeting was held in the Court-house, at Leeds, last week, Joseph Robert Atkinson, Esq., in the chair, and which was attended by many influential gentlemen con nected with that town and its immediate neighbourhood, for the purpose of considering the best means of proiiding additional church acc o m mo d a ti on in the town of Leeds. Resolutions for that-purpose were moved and carried unanimously, and a com mittee was formed to carry them into effect. In a feW days afterwards the handsome sum of 1.:6,000 pounds was contributed towards the object of the meeting. THE BENCH 00 BISHOPS.—In addition to the vacancy in the episcopal bench, occasioned by the death of that eminent prelate, Dr. Van Alildart, the late bishop of Durham, other deaths are hourly expected, as will be seen by the subjoined extracts, taken from the London paperi Dr.' Herbert Marsh, Bishop of Peterborough, is so dangerorislv ill that his life is despaired of." "sl'he venerable and learned Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Burgess. is so ill that little hope is entertained of his recovery." "The Bishop of Ely, Dr. Sparkes, is in a dangerous state of health."- DEVrti OF SIR WM. GELL.—The remains of this traveller, who died on the 4th February at Naples, were deposited, by his, own desire, within the precincts of the English burYing-ground, in the vault constructed to receive those of the late Margravine of Anspach, 'Sir Wm. Cell had resided in Italy since the year 1815, labouring under ill health and infirmities, brought on by almost continued attacks of gout; but until a few months past they had not precluded his strenuous application to those lite.;: rary and archaeological researches, which enabled him to give, ' to the world several works of high estimation and merit.—Ga . lignani's Messenger. COPYRIGHT ACT,—A motion is about to be submitted to the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the last copyright act, so far,as yelatei to the giving of eleven copies of new works, &c., to various richly-endowed publit bodies, which ought to he the patrons and encouragers` of high literari efforts) instee:d . Of r . qiilg ilfrAY 04M: LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Yesterday, a meeting of the shareholders of this railway was held at the Exchange Sale-room, in this town, at. 12 o'clock, to receive and adopt the report of Mr. L. Heyworth and Mr. C. Armstrong, a deputation appointed on the 29th of Jan., and sent to London from Liverpool, by the shareholders residing in Lancashire, in order to obtain the appoiutinent of one addition al Liverpool director for the ensuing half year, at the half yearly meeting of proprietors held in London, on the 18th Upon going up to London, the deputation and the non-resi dent directors came to an understanding that this one director should be made way for by the retirement of the Lord Mayor. This had been commnnicated to them, but not officially. From Circumstances, however, which afterwards transpired, the de putation thought it right at the meeting to propose the change of three instead of one director. This proposal was altogether strongly opposed, and the proxies held by the deputation were rendered of (10 avail by the adjournment of the meeting being , carried till the 3d of March. The deputation returned on Sun day, the 21st ult., and on Monday, the next day, communicated to souse of the proprietors the result of their mission. That meeting came to certain resolutions. regretting the misunder standing which had taken place. The meeting now held was called to adopt those resolutions. Mr. BROWN took the chair in the first instance, but, the pro ceedings not being likely to terminate soon, and having another engagement, he vacated it to Mr. Alderman BARCLAY. A dis cussion then arose as to the efficiency of the London directors, when Mr. Barclay declined presiding as chairman, having a brother who is one of the directors. Mr. HARDMAN EARLE was then appointed chairman. Mr. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH then rose and explained his having been sent by a meeting of proprietors, who entrusted him with their proxies to the half yearly meeting held in Lon don on the 18th ult., in order to effect a change in the directors. On the arrival of Mr. Armstrong and himself in London, as the deputation, they had made it their immediate business to inves tigate some reports they had previously heard affecting the efficiency of the London committee, the result of which was to strengthen their opinion that the general board worild be greatly i,rnproved by the introduction of proprietors into the direction who held a large stake in the undertaking, and had more prac tiCal knowledge in in its execution. Consequently, when the ,ieisighation of•,six of the directors going out by ballot at the ;plating* was announced from the chair, they had thought it .11ieir ( drity, in furtherance of the general interest of the proprie ',..to•O•shipi• as well as what they believed to be the wishes of those ',Olotss they immediately represented, to propose Mr. Hardman 3irle,Mr..Edward•Wilsort, and Mr: Edgar Corrie, as three of hgirls e' ,directors to be chosen. This proposition had been , Strongly resisted by-the:London directors, and he regretted to. Say'they were-Supp_orted , by the non-resident directors, as well as by-some of - the Birmingham committee, they stating that this was a measure Materially calculated to injure the progress of the works. They persevered, however, in pressing their motion, and were astonished on putting in their proxies to find them refused in vielatit'isr-of the act of the corporation, it being saged that the 'signatures , to the proxies ought to be verified. Mr. Beothby, ; a Liverpool proprietor, protested strongly against a motion for adjournment for a fortnight, which was even tually carried. Mr. Heyworth then proceeded to read various communications and documents which had passed betwixt Mr. BoothbY, who had been chosen as a mediator, and the board of directors, the result of which was, they had not beets able to come to any amicable understanding, and that there was no course left but an appeal to the proprietors. • • - Mr. EDWAItOCROPPER replied, that he and theother non-resi dent directors had been astonished by the proposal of the depu tation. He thouht some reason should he assigned for chang ing those directors. The question ought fairly to be brought before them. If•they were found capable of betraying their trust, as a director- he should feel that he could not sit on the board wills men guilty of such conduct. 'But as a shareholuer he should think it his duty to know what was charged against them: ' . • . Mr. BOOTHDY said he had attended the London Meeting. He had long entertained the opinion that the London Cons 'lrian were inefficient to curry out the important trusts de puted to them. But he 'never imputed to that committee, nor did he new impute to them, any sinister motive in any way. But he charged them, -and he charged them openly, with in competency to fulfil the trust that was imposed on them, and he should shortly state the grounds on which he did so. He had heard Many -reports of the great bias on the part of the London Committee fdr the great Western Railroad. He could scarcely believe that it was the case, he could scarcely credit that they mittld advocate a bill which was to take from them a great part of their traffic—that the directors could aid another bill for obtaining a railroad which was to rob them of their trill . - fie. He found by inquiring, however, that they had lent their aid to that bill, and that had it not been for their aid the great Western Railway Bill would not have been obtained. He did not mean to - eh:tree any of the Committee with any sinister mo tive in that undertaking, he merely accused them of want of judgment—of an error, and he believed it would not have gone to the extent which it had done if that Committee had possessed the stake in the' undertaking which a great many of the pro prietors then present possessed. He believed they fulfilled their duties as far as they could in forwarding the progress of the works. But from the aid which they afforded to the great Western Railroad they had not tended to advance the reve nues of their own railway but to rob them of a great amount of revenue. As soon as he .heard of the arrival of the nun-resi dent directors in London, Mr. T. W. Rathbone, Mr. E. Crop per, and Mr. it. Garnett, he thought it his duty to wait on them and put them in possession of the information he bad received ; that infornation was given to him by the chairman of the Southern Railroad, three of their directors and the secretary being present. They said it etas a matter of notoriety in Lon don that the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway were aiding the Great Westeru Railway, and they were sur prised that he Was in ignorance of it. Ile hoped a committee would be apoointed to examine the evidence on that bill-before • p st a a r t l e ia d if t n h t a , t a the he he co ‘ m vo m ul i d tte e e ng d ag t o pr id e aidi o n ve o t i t: ta the illi n n i g wh th a e t he w G n re o lit Western Railway bill. He believed they did it in the expecta tion of deriving revenue from the railway fur the four miles on their line. That, he believed, was the reason why they had done so, for he could not discover any other; those four miles of road would• leave them,. from the Great Western Railway Company making use of them, £15,001 a-year: but by that Western railway running through Oxford it would deprive them iof twenty-eight coaches a-day for thirty-two miles of their road ; and twenty-eight coaches a-day for thirty-two miles, if they run twiceln a - day, Would produce a revenue of1:80,000 aryear ; and if they run three times a-day, of £120,000 a-year. Now, it was a very important feature that this committee who gave their support to obtain £15,000 a-year should not tub them of -80,000 a-year. lie understood that another brava] was to be continu ed from the Great Northern Line to Rugby. If that road were Made it would deprive them of eighty-eight miles of their road to Birmingham. He would admit that the road by Oxford through Rugby would be round some miles, but it would be a great inducethent to many travellers to go that way. Now, in comparison to the £15,000 per annum the committee proposed to give them by their four miles of road, they robbed them of sixty passengers a -day : the loss of sixty passengers a-day for eighty-eight miles would be £60,000 a-year. This but proved what he had stated=-that the London committee, constituted as it now was, was an inefficient committee. He believed, as in dividual members, they were highly respecta 'he men; but they had not experience in the formation of railways—they had not that stake in their railway which they ought to have, and they were 'perSotstslly unknown to the great body of their proprietors. Ile maintained that it was very important that the directors of , that board Shahid be men of experience who had large stoic...fain the undertaking. Such men as Mr. Wilson,lorinstances: He had a letter in his possession from. one of the surveyors, which stated that Oxford, by the London and Birming ham road, was nearer to London by five miles than by -Abe Great Western Road; Cheltenham was nearer by miles than by the great western road, and it did show great supineness la the London committee that they should allow the great western road to put- forth her arms and snake a great progress to their detriment without making any exertions to prevant.it. He had documents there to prove this, which he Was ready. to submit any gentleman on the committee ; but they were, matters which it would not be proper to make public. He had been chosen as mediator between the deputation and the directors on this subject. lie had been told by Mr. Itathbone that a second va cancy which would.be made in the hoard was to be reserved for Mr. Earle; 'Which would meet the views of the Lancashire pro prietors. He .(Mr. Boothby) said it might' be so; but he had better write it, as he should decline making a verbal communi tion on such a subject. Mr. Rathbone afterwards wrote this assurance signed with his initials. This, however, had after wards been objected to. He did not meats to make any objec •tion to the non-resident directors; but what would they say to those directors re-electing the six retiring directors, while at the same time they were instructed to put in Mr. Earle? They did not elect hint, but signified that he would be elected on the Lord Mayo's . retiring. - lie would Contend that that was not fol lowing the directions given to them. The Lord Mayor merely signified his intention to resign : he did not say when. He siecerely hoped that nothing would pass calculated to cast the slightest disrespect on any individual. (Cheers.) 'Mr. EDWARD CROPPER was very much surprised -that that charge should have been brought before that meeting again, beeause it had been repeatedly stated what was the reason why Mr. Earle should not be introduced to the direction imme ately. Mr. EARLE wished to know the reason why lie was objected to? Mr. Boornov.—lt had better not have been mentioned; but the reason was this, Mr. Berry had been under an impression that Mr. Earle was opposed to his being the contractor. When it was.mentioned that Mr. Earle was proposed to be a director, it was 'desired that Mr. 'Berry's engagement should be first com pleted. The objection was not to Mr. Earle personally in the slightest degree, but that his appointment might not interrupt the negociation which was going on. Mr. Caoi.Patt . said the reason wiszgliaynwtyohuenlvdegddoiodciatinhiogiotu because pthe credit to of press for the election Of MroAavle was, that . the Lord Mayor might hold the office till the completion of the Engagement with Mr. Berry. suppose Mr' E ttia K t eh L 4 11 e hooP:Id the d m dot op e p e o t Mr. Berry. Mr. CROPPER.--Mr. Boothby had made many s t atemen t s about branch lines; he never found any 91)r/idiot. try assist those lines which were calculated to be beneficial. Mt. Boothby had stated that some of the directors were interested in the western railway— Mr. Boort-ter begged pardon. He said Mr: Glynn was in a delicate position, in being banker to both concerns. Mr. CROPPER said he wrote the other day in order that he might be able to state facts if any meeting was called. He wrote to ascertain if any of the directors in the London corn rnitte held shares ot' the other railway or not — Mr. BOOTHRY begged pardon ; he made no such charge. Mr. CROPPER.—He had got a letter the other day from the London directors, which be would hand in to the chairman to read. The letter disclaimed any such connexion on the part of the directors, with the exception of Mr. Glynn, who held GO shares, and another member who held 10 shares, and strongly dis claimed the idea of their being so sordid as to be influenced by any such consideration in the discharge of their duty as direc tors of the Birmingham and London railway, and even if they were. that they would be a very small minority of the directors. Mr. CROPPER.—Mr. Boothhy had merely shown that there were branches from other railways forming, calculated to do harm to their undertaking. Mr. Boothby had stated that he did not make it a charge against the London committee, that some of them were shareholders of the other railway. He would dis tinctly say that he did make that charge. They had had a conversation together as to the shares held by the London corn. mittee of the Great Western Railway. They stated. that they believed no one held shares but Mr. Glynn, and they asked the question whether they would allow him to remain as director. Mr. L. HEY WORTH said the meeting had taken a turn fur in quiry which he did not anticipate. He was sure it was a sub ject worthy of their inquiry. Mr. Cropper had just stated that they knew that the directors in the London railway bad an in terest in the Grand Western railway. Now he declared that they did not know that, nor could they, because that was the first time he had ever heard such a statement. Mr. Cnopp - En.,—Would Mr. Heyworth allow him to ask a question of Mr. Wilson, if he had not said he would get Hid' a Mr. Glynn if he could? Mr. WILSON thought not in that way. .The,.question was , " whether he would do more Mischief out of lhe board than i n (Laughter.) He did not express a wish at all that lie Should be removed. ;194.'.11,iywonm—The lait ,letter the cliaiimAP.,hAd read exactly one he should have expected. It was like all the letters they had ever received from the London Board. It *as drinostje suitical letter—it evaded every thing. He would have them read it iscain. HoW had they secured this £l5OO revenue? As soon as the great . Western Railway had secured their bill, through the assistance of the Committee, then they said, we will have nothing to do with your line; we *ill have a convey ance of our own." (Hear.) Was this not another proof that the directors did not properly exert themselves from not having such a deep interest in it. they ought to be deeply interested and. have astake in the undertaking. The directors had been. aprised berorehand that if they permitted the Western Rail way to take the line which it had done, that they *mild sacri fice the amount which had been stated, so that they were not ignoiant of the fact. And what did they plead? They pleaded that they had better stand neuter: But this connteaanced the undertaking individually, and their evidence went in favour of the grand western line. . Mr. CROOPXIt. IS it true? ". Mr. HEYMORTH. Was it true! Were they compelled to give. evidence to their own detriment? As man had a right to tell the truth when it was not detrimental to him, but when it was so he was not compelled to speak. Mr. CROPPER. The director was summoned to give that evi , deuce by an order of the house. HEYWORTH. He did think that if he had stated id the house that he was a director of the London and Birmingham line that he would not be compelled to have given his evidence. (Hear.) Mr. JAMES HEYW9RTH begged to move, as an act of justice to the gentlemen whd had by their exertions obtained much va luable infotmation, " that the thanks of this meeting be given to the gentlemen constituting the deputation for their services, and to those gentlemen whom they consulted in London." The motion was seconded. _ . — Mr. Rice begged it might be put to the vote. They had direetera appointed; he dared say those directors would be ready to attend to their requests as to the nomination of future direc torS., Hediad taken a great deal of pains to get more directors for the cotintry; but they were in for the evil, and they must get out of it not by convulsion. The directors of the London Rail way might not be competent men; but he had heard the name of,'Mr. Wilson; and he had no hesitation in telling them that he brought Mr. Wilson by a large majority to be a director 'of the' Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and he told them all withbut any' hesitation' that he blushed for his conduct. (Cries Of " Oh, eili , !")' lie thought- he was the Most inefficient direc tor they,had on the line. (Laughter.) If they had. the power, ivhiCh'theybtitMet,.and the LOndon committee were inefficient, do let them send sliffiebodywho was efficient. Mr. - LXwIN - Moit;kt wished it to be understood that be was an biti'girtfil ( laqiiiellef.ift , this undertaking, and was anxious .to turn his'sbati4S tthe'lkst-account.' 'fhey had been summoned together to a meeting at the Clarendon-rooms, and a discussion had taken place.' 'Many attended there, and they were wilting to accept the trustees imposed on them on certain conditions. 'These c3nditions were defined; every question was asked which could, be asked to suggest Al hat course the deputation should adopt - -Eerie had asked a very proper question- 7 ," if their request was refused, what was the deputation to do?" tti,.an swer was, " Oh, we are quite confident that the three non-resi dent commis - shiners, Messrs, Garnett, Cropper, and Rathbone, will take care of that;" and they said, " 'We will pledge our selves to th'e returning of one director.", - They then said that they. Would give up their director in order that Manchester might be represented; thus showing that °tile one director was wanted. For some reason - the deputation liad thought proper to depart from the instructions given to them. But if they did so, their 'reasons should be stated openly. They should not have' any hole-and-corner meetings. They ought not to meet there as they did without Communicating with the directors in London. The deputation ought to have stated to the proprie tors the reason - why they nominated six directors instead of one. If they had been proved to have given evidence contrary to their interest, he would have called on the directors to hare given up their trust. That was the course he would have adopt ed. Then what was the result? The three directors who had been left out were the three roost efficient men on the troardi He did not wish to prevent discussion; he would have a coin inittee appointed to examine into it. 'Bathe directors ought to do every thing tip prevent branches being made to injure their undertaking. Do what? Had they a patent right of the rail math ? •They found the great western, the great northern, and the great eastern would have branches out of London; - every part of the country would be intersected with them; they, there fore,-could not blame those gentlemen for it. If they found any gentlemen doing wrong, let them be dismissed when the proper time arrived, but do not let them commit an act of injustice.— (Applause.) Mr. HEY WORTH said Mr. Mozley had paid compliments to the deputation; but, while he had done that, he had paid com pliments fo himself in stating himself as competent to under take that reputation. (Cries of " No, no.") Mr. MOZLEY.---1 disclaim it. Mr: Da - vin Honosow thought a little explanation necessary to explain why he had received any notice of the last meeting. No one Would Lie more ready to accede to the resolution proposed!' provided it did not imply a condemnatory opinion .on those who were opposed to them, and would very much interfere with the harmony it was to their interest to promote. Having ascertain ed that a new director would be appointed in London—having gained that point, woold'itnot more conduce to harmony to put An end to the discussion. He thought that the Liverpool board were competent and able men. Much had been said on the expe rience required-. The gentlemen who laid so much stresson that, what did they know ? What were the extraordinary opportu pities given to any set of men in this country as to the direction of railways? He had sat at the only board which had been in the kingdom for six years, and he should say that any man with common abilities might soon know all that was to he known about them. With regard to what had been stated by Mr. Boothby, he was ready to receive the information; but he might say that it was new in fOrmation ; and, if it were new informa tion to the London directors, they ought not to be so'severe with them. The subject of the Great Western Railway had been fully discussed, and, though Mr. Boothby had explained that it was a lass to that comtnittee s •.and . that £15.000 was • the only probable set off—that was merely an assumption, there were no facts on 'which It could-he sustained. • Instead of £15,000, he was of opinion that they should oet £50,000 by that part of their line being used. • He was of opinion that they.shOuld get what It was worth, and they ought not to' desire to.get more. They found great - fault with a man for giving in evidence an honest' opinion. He was called on to give evidence, and he was asked ,Itrestions. 'A great railway undertaking did not stand in the light of a private. trailer. They had.been ;Wowed by.that very. parliament to make inroads on private property, and the public: , 4ml a right to know, and to demand to know ; all about their Concerns. They were required to answer questions, and pro perly. If they adopted the proposed resolution; they implied • an -indirect censure on the three non-resident directors who had differed from that deputation at the London board. After hay ing ascertained what. had been accomplished, they might , simply Prepose,an adjournment. A vote of thanks had already been passed on the deputation. Mr. Jaros • HEywoera seas not aware that any vote of thanks had been given the deputation at the last meeting, but if it had not taken place he would not have moved a vote of thanks that could be conceived as condemnatory of the direr- tors. He Was as anxious as Mr. Hodgsonfor the promotion of a good understanding, but be wished it to be founded 'on those sound and honest principles ishich were calculated to-produce the largest amount of benefit to the proprietors. And he would pot even wish to see an unsound harmony preserved for the sake of bolstering up the price of shares; but if there were any thing rotten he would have it exposed to view, in order that a salutary check might he immediately applied to it. • He spoke this in the desire that harmony might prevail. He would there fore withdraw his motion. Mr. Rosiont would second Mr. Hodgson's motion fir an ad journment. Mr, BooTuriv said that .any statement which he had made there he was ready to submit to any five proprietors who might be appointed. He made no charge, but he would und e rt a k e to p ro ve the London Board were inefficient. The CHAU:MAN.—Was it their wish that they should separ ate without expressing any opinion. Mr. Rosktni. understood that meeting was called simply to hear the answer of the deputation, and they had heard it read. Mr. BRYANS wished to know why public n dice of the previ ous meeting had not been given. It was a private meetine. for 'a public purpose. Mr. Rosxm.- and Mr. BRYANS objected to any thing which had been done being confirmed as it was an illegal meeting, Mr. HODGSON hoped it would not occur again. Mr. HEY WORTH said that all he knew about the meeting of Monday last was this, he wished after his return from London on the Sunday night, to communicate the result of his mission to a few friends, in order to prepare a statement to lay before a ! public meeting. Oncoming to the town on Monday morning, he found that a meeting was assembled to receive his report, and though unprepared, he did not think it right to withhold his information. Mr. Alderman STUART said the previous meeting had been called only to substitute some other individual in the place of Mr. Brown, who was unable to go with the deputation. The secretary was only apprised in the morning, and gut out as many votes as he had time to get out. Mr. Crtoeege said said, with reference to what had been stated about Mr. Glynn, he had merely said, " do you not think Mr. Glynn is so clever a man that he would be more injurious out of the meeting than in it." He.should like to know, as one of the directors, whether the proprietors were satisfied with the course the non-resident directors had thought proper to pursue. They had been placed in a very unpleasant situation, to stand up and oppose a deputation sent from Liverpool. He thought it but right that they should know whether their conduct had been satisfactory to the proprietors. The CHAIRMAN though it perfectly clear that they had. Mr, IlonGsoN begged leave to move that the directors did act a perfectly consistent part. He would withdraw his previous motion Mr: BOOTHRY would move as an amendment, " that this meeting regrets that a difference of opinion has existed, and is of opinion that a vote of thanks should he given to the deputa tion and to the directors also, for the zeal they had displayed." The amendment was seconded and carried. It was then moved by Mr. Itosamr, and seconded by Mr. SANDS, that the proceedings of i!le meeting held-on Monday last be confirmed, and that the communication received from the Chairman of the board on the'subject is satisfactory." • The meeting then separated about three o'clock, having sat three hours. STOCKPORT OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE. ASSOCLATION. (Prom the Stockport Advertiser.) We hate the pleasure to state that this excellent institution keeps steadily advancing. On all sides we hear of nothing but approbation of its objects, and assurances that it shall he sup ported; nor do its friends confine themselves to verbal pro mites merely, Wehard Orford, Esq.. of fligh-lane, who, asour readers Will recollect, promised to give the conservative opera tives the Standard newspaper, at the late dinner given to Mr. Winterbottom, has most. nobly redeemed his promise. Not content with merely offering theM hisown Standard paper when he had read it, he has ordered one direct front London fur their use. So great has been the liberality of the conservatives of Stockport, that the room is now pretty well supplied with news papers; and if a few more gentlemen would only come for ward and pledge themselves to support the expense, the room might be kept open from eight in the morning until ten o'clock at night, (every day, except Sunday) instead of front six in the evening until ten o'clock, which is all that the funds of the society enabled the committee to venture upon. When it is considered that in consequence of accidents with machinery and other apparatus'about a factory, the operatives are frequently unemployed fur days together, we are sure that both their masters, and the Conservatives in general, will see the propriety of allowing the totnns'to be kept open all daY• A very moderate addition to the fundf; Would enable the committee to effect this desirable object. But the purpose of the so p port •of this institution is not merely to enable the oper atives to read the newSpapers. A library of cheap' editions of good, !?ti.n dd, stetling English literature would algo he a great acvnsitton. 'Three individuals, in order to make a beginning, have already presented 6f./ volumes ; hut ; if gentlemen who have real!}the good of their country at heart. would only look over their libra ries, we think they would find duplicates. and plant editions of tiiany works which they might Mi.+ dto part with. • It is an old saving that," beggars must not be Choosers';" but we cannot help just hinting at the chiSsiof works that would be desirable,' ; It is:hardly ..tiereeso.rytp',.ay that they should cOn . 4~~..:.w~.:.; tain nothing eviverr, f ei th e re li g i on , or to t h e pr i nc i ples O f o i L r ,glori o us cou‘iitntinti - di established in If=iBB rind that voyages, travels, history, biography, poetry,. aurl good 'eleineu ; tary works of all deserlrions, would be prefer-Able to abstruse' disquisitions on, any subject' whatever. Trat•ts and pampliletiq either of 6. mordl tendency or On the political -topics of the day i provided they adVocate the principles above stated, would also be a welcome present. It w .uld indeed be highly expedient 'that reading, rooms, supplied with consercatitie n e w sp ap ers should be established in every ward of the town, as it is now bee come-so very extensive that an , operative, however well dinposed, • after working all day, cart hardly be expected to come from tin, extremity of the borough to a reading, room, a mile or a mile and halffrom his residence. The folleWing are the paperA fur nished to the room :-- Loridon Times, Landon Standard, St. James's Chronicle, John Bull, The Age, The Watchman, • ~ Du WM- Warder, 1,/irERP6OL STANDMit. Manchester Courier, Stockport Advertisers ELECTION OF AUDITORS AND ASSESSORS: The following is a list of the auditors-and assessors agreed ott by the conservative and reform associations to be nominated fOr election to day. It is understood there will be no contest. CONSERVATIVES. AUDITOR. John Ne'son Wood, merchant, Falkner-street, LiverpooL ASSESSORS. Everton Watd, Thos. Fleetwood Roskell, saddler, Kirkdale: Scotland Ward, Rd. Finlow, attOrnev-at-law, Bootle Marsh:' Vauxhall Ward, James Crew, ditto, 'Liverpool. ~ St. Paul's Ward,• Edward Rogers Kenny, ditto, Gt. Crosbt, Exchange Ward, John North; ditto, Liverpool. Castle-street Ward, Richard Brooke, ditto, Liverpool. • oill• St. Peter's Ward, Robert. Frodsham, ditto. Liverpool,. oritii Pitt-street Ward, Thomas Toulrnin. ditto, Liverpool. • Great George Ward. James Utley Watson, ditto, Liverpool: Rodney-street Ward; Edward G. Deane; ditto, Liverpool. Ahercrorriby-square, Rd. Algernon Payne, ditto, Liverpool,: Lime-street Ward, Edmund Wilkinson, ditto, Liverpool. Anne's Ward, John Cooper Grocort, ditto, Liverpool. West Derby Ward, James MurroW; ditto, Edge-hill. South Toxteth Ward, Peter Leather, ditto, Toxteth-park. North Toxteth Ward, Peter Wright,. ditto, Wert Derby. ,iiiii:4t;4t,lo • REFORMERS.. _ John Wyberg, merchant, Church -street, Everton. ASSESSORS- . . I.Everton Ward, William Swan Dixon ; merchant, Kirkdale.: 2 Scotland Ward,..lohn Boyd, gentlemen, Liverpool. 3 Vanillall Ward, John Stockdale, soap-boiler, Liverpoot• 4 St. Paul's Ward, Henry Thomason, pawnbroker, Liverpool: 5 Exchange Ward, .Thos. Ron landson Robinson, merchant; [West Derby. 6 Castle-street , Ward...Thomos.Taylor, stationer, Kifkdale. 7 StOietcr's Ward, Joachim Andrade, solicitor, ,Liverpool. .8 Pitt-street Ward, John Deakin, inetehant, Liyerpohl. 9 Great GeOrge-street Ward, Thos. Wilson, solicitor L'pool: 0 Rodney-street Ward, Thos,'Nlerear, merchant, Liverpool. 11 Abercromby Ward, Joseph Brice, merchant, Liverpool, 12-Lime-street Ward,.John Robinson, attorney, Liverptmi. 3 St.-Anne's Ward, James Cooper, surgeon, Liverpool. • .4 West Derby Ward, Robert Willan, gentleman, Edge-hill. .5 South Toxfcth Ward, Henry Lucas, notary, I'w:tab-park: .6 Mirth Toxteth Ward, William Holt, sAicitor, Liverpool. LIVERPOOL GRAND STEEPLE CHASE Yesterday the first steeple chase ever run in the neighbour hood. of Liverpool, came oil' in the encloied grounds near the Aintree race course. As it was anticipated,the novelty of the, exhilarating-scene• drew together an immense concourse of spectattirs, arid, - singular us it may appear to those who haie witnessed the thotleY groups assembled on the course at the races, the assemblage Was composed principally Of the middle classes. There was, however,-no want or the mobility expe rienced, as there was an ample supply for any good purpose: The innkeepers who usually attend the races had their booths' fitted up lot the, convenience of sporstrien and the public, and - the 'good - cheer provided was highly satisfactory. The country chosen for the race, - wltieh was not to exceed five miles in dis tance, was so appropriately chosen by the noble umpire (Lord Molyneux) to enhance the pleasure of the visitors, that It formed a coin oleteamphitheao front of the grand stand, every spec— , l tator having the adt'antage of viewing the-Whole of . the chase with the naked eye. Those (and there were many) who fur nished themselves with telescopes, saw every portion of the race, even to the most minute leap at the most remote distance. The excitement that ptevailed touchhig the contest for "the , 't .first Liverpool steeple chase," both lfrepre and en the day of running, can only he conceived by the -supporters of, and those- Particularly interested in field - sports. • Fur a considerable time oq prior to to - the day, it was the universal theme of conyersatiort anti spectilation in the sporting 610.4 2 with the exception of T the Chester cup, 'on which latter almost as much Money has; di been ventured as on any great St: Leger. Sportsmen, ama- I teurs, ladies, and gentlemen appeared in great numbers front various parts of the county, and lung before the time of starting the main road, lanes, and avenues leading to Aintree were thronged with pedestrianS, equestrians, and equipages of alt!' sorts. Independent of the superior character of the treat pro, vided; the auspieiouS appearance of -the weather was soffit:tent it to chase :may sorrow front the most miserable hypocoodriac,,- and to the beauty of the day, .coupled with the fact that the most renowned and daring riders were to coum u ete, is to be ~2 attributed the large attendance. The line of road selected for the chase was excellently adapted for the displ,y of the activity of the horses, and the ingenuity and intrepidity of the riders, being intersected with ditches, dangerous fences, and ploughed fields. About one o'clock the whole of the company had - arrived , on the course. ' The grand stand was filled in every story; as ti' Was also Several others, - The lower part of the former had for 3: its - occupants chiefly elegantly dressed females. The betting on the first rave • rather fluetuated•from SaturdaY to yesterday: -In the first instance, the udds Were sto '2 against Laurie Todd, 4 to 1 aics't The Duke, 5 to I agst Percy, 6 to 1 iigst The - Baronet, 8 to I agst Gulliver, 8 to 1 agst Derry, 9 to 1, a g st Cockalt6cip, 10 to 1 agst Ward's Sweep, and 12 to I agst k Cowslip, or an v. ether. -On Saturday nif.tht And up to est ercia • meriting the odds were, 3 to 1 apt Laurie• Todd, and 3 to I ag,t The Duke, and £soowere.laid - at evens. Polyanthus and Percy ' were at about Bto I ; and lOU to 5 was laid ag s t the Sweep. As the first race drew nigh the odds continued to change but in a trifling degree, as will he seen by the statement at the start: ' Ten were entered foe the great race, and 'the prize was a sweep- Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 8t) added, for horseS of ail denono-, --- • nations, carrying 12st. each ; the riders to be gentlemen. The second horse was to receive back his stake, and, as asguarante&i.: that no horse should be entered Si' carry away the race withouCt a contest, the conditions were, that , the winner shotild be sold for ; - 1 2UO sovs., if demanded. The looses for the race were, SirT. Stanley'sbgLatirie Todct,aged,purpletirerimsun(Powell) 'Mr Oswald's b g yellow and black Sleeves (Denton) , Me Kershaw's The Baronet, yellow and black stripe ( Kershaw)`- Mr Ward's blk h The , Sweep, salmon colour (Patrick) Mr Aspinall's Polyanthus. yellow ((`hristian) Mr Sit'defield's ch g The Duke; Lilac and white (Capt. Benclier. Mr Thomas's ch g Cockahoop, orange (Bret herton) -..., •.1455 Mr Webster's eh g Derry, purple crimson (Devine) • Mr Speed's ch h Percy, crimson and white-(Tempest) Mr Deine's Cowslip; straw colour (Martin) . ' . at „ Previous to the start the betting was riot great, being all ine favour of two horses, viz., Lau tie Todd and The Duke, who were 4 backed safe to win. Most of the animals had been hunted the whole of the season, and the superior qualifications of the two,. evinced by their exploits "in flood and field," rendered them the. I lavenrites. Laurie Todd had the decided call, and it was sup-, • wed nothing could beat him if he kept on his legs. The odds mtnediately before the race Were, 2 to 1 agst Laurie Todd, 3 to agst The Dnke, 5 to I angst Polyanthus, aim 6 to I agst Percy: Nothing else was wasted a thought upon. About two o'clock the horses, mounted by - their respective riders, caparisoned in • the style mentioned, turned out for a start. The top of the course was the place appointed as the rendezvous to meet and be off tied the line of country was marked by flags being hoisted at convenient distances, from the course down to below Seed's farm. The turnpike road was then crossed, and a turn to the left was then to be taken, where sixteen or eighteen fences had, alternately to be leaped. •The run was then on the hanks of the canal, and from thence to the lace-course coining in oppo- Site the grand stand: this road was twice to take-course, run over. The whole lot came up well for a start immediately to the top of the course, and the word " GO" being given by the umpire, off went thy steeple chasers. Speed's Percy took the lead, Cockahoop second, and The Duke third.. Powell, - on Lawrie Todd, kept hie distance, apparently by design, and was contented with beteg, last bet ohs in the start. . The first fence, in front of which wes • a large ditch, some of the horses shyed at, but eventually all got over, Captain Beecher and Percy being the first to cover the ground. By this movement of the horses Polyanthus, Derry. and Cowslip lost ground; the former, however, soon took up a more favourable position. II a ving-leaped the sixteen hedges und ditches, on rega:nine, the course the lirit time round eight only were perceptible. The eight cleared the last taro hurdles. Gulliver and Cowslip were distanced. The Duke now took ,the lead for the second time iound, the Baronet second, Ind Cockahoop t hitd„Lanrie. Todd last but one, but still the favou rite, two to one being offered frceiy on him. When at the third fence, Laurie came up and-ehalletteed the Duke. Considerable anxiety was now manifested by the spectators, and nothing wag heard but th e offer of odds on . the Duke or Laurie. Previous to arriving at the last fence, Mr. Powell, the rider of the last' named horse, was suddenly thrown, in consequence of the im pediment of .a gate being suddenly and accidentally closed. He was rising on the instant . to remount, when Cockahoop , ridden by Mr. Brethertou, passed close and again/threw hint., Laurie waeconsequently distanced, and the contest became be e . tween' Percy, Polyanthus, the Duke, and Cockahoop. Te e Duke and Polyanthus leaped the hurdles at the finale almost, neck and neck, and in doing so made a complete road through. them to the advantage of the other two.. The victory was now evidently either the Duke's •or Polyanthus', and a beautiful race from the hurdles ensued, four to one on the Duke, who. secceedelin winning by about a length, his rider coming in: with - the saddle on his horse's crupper. • It was a matter of:- some +surprise and great pleasure to see Polyanthus' perform ance of such a first-rate character; •Fe* anticipated the result,: and it is since ' the opinion of the sporting circles that he would have Won had he not carried four pousetls extra weight. Cock-, j ahoop came third. The misfortune oi, Laurie Todd was much felt by those who had speculated their Money on him, and ,i. 0 4. , appears they had every reason, as lie looked detemine • win before the accident befell him: Dr. Griedrod was in immediate attendance .on Mr. Powell. and will lovers of of the chase, and other friends of that g entlealai , l e , to hear that he received no serious injuries, 11 in the chase was twenty minutes and ten seconds. , w 'urn il e b occ h u l p P re 3 d is Was over the saute line three mile m al , wiTthh2eo"Pddrne(til,sfinerephluercs-ehsaosef,afilotrkanosenleip,t,sttlolk: of .5 sties. each, The nurses entered the woifognreortitnodi,eb sold distance l t d he ihrio, if d ‘ e v n a , s u r n io d ed., Were Mr. Higg's Little,Ble,eikluDmlyt Diamond, Ne iarulu p d o ,ye ( lloz s a to n n d ; lT , (Paericlr ;) Mr. Oswald's Toth B rheisacrear6ce4kwtrs' i W n h l i k t i e vour of Webster's Ironsides, lilac ( N ee l (Beecher;) IC , Ir. Whaley's Solicitor, ixreen and white (Whaley;) , r. ucas eßeppottnurppelset.()Brer other.l. mentioned. . From Ironsides, Capt. Beecher in the lila rare ; and the fact the r r b to e ri p ; the 'eaceu t i St a i i pn k eg e e r do i ls rione• that he has recently won several; steeple chases in different parts of the country, the turf speculators bet more upon the man. excellentßeti po , and riding• nari i ii dmr of Capt. t h an the horse, and Ironsides was therefore first favourite at 2' e e 1, 3 to 1 being laid afeetinSt Beppo, and the same against I eacemaker. Peaceniaker Ind off in good style, the rest well ae, and every one topped the f fence 11 -* ' r .. first ga aptly., )y- some mishap however ari • e sing% we uneerstand, from a hole having been . recently stopped tat - b •i' oo • ) } se earth, Captain 13m-her Came down' on Ironsidee Luckily he fell on his ' feet, and, speedily eegent ing the saddle, overtook the rest, and displaced Ileppoteas seamed to Peacemaker; a beautiful race ensued betweee feeesidel'eael Peacemaker from the turn of the eouise • Peaeernakee,4iteVeyer; had the preference in the beanie, aud;;Juring a rievere reire,his, owner offered to back him for £s it to win. Ile riot{' }'V about e e . length, and much praise is due to Mr. Tempest fur his superior , riding. The races altogether Were of a very emits e e and seorts-1 . . manlike nature, and appeared to .giie great satisf a ction te the spectators assembled. The Aintree police %vele .on She Areetia; l Algrestireed i ekieallent errite.' -