The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-23 00:00:00

111 J 'lt F GIIRMAR y S 6, Emprr fat 13 art ianunt. (Continued from the Standard of Friday.) PRISONERS' DEEKNCE 13Y COUNSEL BILL. Mr. EWART moVed the sec.und reading of this bill. After a short discussion the bill was carried, 179 voting for, and 35 against the Measure. The bili was ultimately referred to a 'elect committee. INIINIIDATION AT ELECTIONS. Mr. PouLtEtt brought in a bill to prevent intimidation at elections. Mr. El AWES moved that it be an instruction to the committee !ppoiuted to consider and report on the plans for the two douses of Parliament, to inspect all the plans that had been submitted to the commissioners, &c., and to receive the esti mates of the said plans from such architects as might be wil ling to furnish them to the committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, as being calculated to open the whole questiuu regarding the plaus. Sir R. PEEL inquired whether the plans bad been prepared with any regard to limitation of expense. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that there had' beon no instructions or limitations on the subject of expense. Mr. H chiE concurred iu the propriety of Sir Robert Peel's inquiry. There had been some mistakes committed. He was informed that the plans of the successful architect had been been by the commission "out of court," that was previously to being . submitted to the body. They had also committed an error In not proposing - some limitation regarding expense. The house eventually divided on it. '1 he numbers were for the motion 48, against it 120, majority against it 72. Lord CLEMENTS moved for papers relative to the projected improvements of the river Shannon, and complained of the delay. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER consented to the pro duction of the papers, but thought the government was justified in proceeding cautiously before they applied the parliamentary grant. Mr. HUME concurred with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. After some further discussion the motion was agreed to. Mr. BLACKBURNE moved for a select committee to inquire into the circumstances attending the late election of the muni eiPal council for Pool. His object was not only to set aside the election. but to prevent similar frauds. Sir F. POLL ocx declined entering into the merits of the case, but hoped that as a criminal information had been moved for by the attorney-general the house would take no step till the court had given its decision. After some discussion Mr. BLACKBURNE consented to with draw his motion, upon which he presented the petition, and gave notice that he would move for its-consideration on Monday. Returns of the sums issued for public works in Ireland were ordered to be laid before the house. HOUSE OF. LORDS, THURSDAY. . The Earl of Warwick took his seat. Petitions were presented by Lord Abinger in favour of ➢ir. Buckingham's claims, and by Lord Dacre from some agriculturists in Kent against the 'tithe system. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS COMMITTEE. Lord WTNFORD moved that " a select committee be ap pointed to inquire into the state of agriculture, and into the causes of the distress which at present prevails in that important branch of the Community, and to report thereon to the house." The motion gave rise to some discussion, after which the com mittee was appointed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY. Colonel ANsoN took his seat for Stoke-upon-Trent. IRISH TITHES. Lord MORPETH gavenoticeiliat — on Friday, the 25th of March, he would move that so much of his Majesty's speech as related to the settlement of Irish tithes be taken into consi deration. CONSTABULARY FORCE OF IRELAND. Lord MoRPETH moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill for a►nending and consolidating the laws relating to the con stabulary force of Ireland. RECORDS OF THE KINGDOM. Mr. CHAR LES BULLER moved for a select committee to ex amine into the conduct of the commission appointed thirty odd vears ago to inquire and report upon the state of the records of the kingdom. The motion was agreed to and a committee appointed. LAY ASSOCIATION (IRULAND.) Mr. SHELL called the attention of the house to the proceed ings of a society in Ireland calling itself " the lay association for the protection of the property of the established church." The society was in his opinion a branch of orangeism (Oh, oh!) The first name at the head of the advertised list was the Earl of Roden. The professed object of this association was the re covery of dues which he admitted to be perfectly legal—(cheers) but he would ask the house whether the proceedings of that body were such as might have been expected after Sir R. Peel anti Sir H. Hardinge had declared that a great change ought tot e Made in the present mode of levying tithes ? Since the Ist August 617 bills had been filed on the equity side of the Irish Court of Exchequer for the recovery of tithes. These bills were filed in most cases for sums under £lO, and in some for sums as low as ls. 9d. He would mention two strong examples of the apirit iu which this frightful litigation had - been' carried on. The first was the case of the Rev. G. Holmes against Robert Hodges. That the bill was filed by the lay association would not be disputed, and the following were the circumstances of the case:—The bill was filed in the name of Mr. Holmes by Mr. Smith, an attorney of great talent, who had, he (Mr. Sheil) be- lieved, filed a vast number of bills on behalf of the society. He did not blame Mr. Smith; if there was any oppression in these proceedi ngs , it was not Mr. Smith, but the parties who em ployed him, who were responsible for it. But what were the facts of the case? Oa the 4th of January Mr. Smith wrote to the defendant, calling on him to pay his tithe; amounting to 1:22. That letter was put into the postoffice on the sth of January, and on the 7th the defendant called to pay the amount of his tithe, when he was also required to pay the sum of £l9 9s. Sd., being the amount of costs incurred - with respect to a demand made on the 6th of January, - and which "teas met on the following day. ( Hear, hear.) Was this statement correct ? And if it were correct, was it creditable ? The learned member then p rocee d e d t o detail at great -length` the-case of Knox v. Gavin ,in which a bill had been filed against the defendant for lls., and referred also to the letters, already published, of Mr. Smith, the attorney, applying to Lorck Morpc•th to be in formed"whether, as he was engaged in bringing a great number of tithe suits, the assistance of the police wound be granted in cases of need to assist iu serving the processes of the court to g ether with Lord Morpeth's answer. After commenting at some length upon thii case, Mr. Sheil entreated the house to consider the state of Ireland, as affected by this lay association. That body had expended immense sums in pursuit of the ob. sects for which it had been formed. It had divided the country into districts, with the view of carrying on a systematic plan of litigation, conducted ,hy chosen attormes, in whose zeal it could crrufide, and it had already filed' 617 bills for the recovery of tithe in the Court of Exchequer against as many different per sons. The lay association had nothing to do but to file a bill against any defendant for a few shillings, issue a commission of rebellion, without the knowledge of the court, and appoint their Own commissioners to carry it into effect, invested with com plete power over the entire police. (Hear,. hear.) The house must consider possibilities. Might not the lay. association issue Commission of rebellion, in which the names of the ferocious Misereauts of orangism were introduced ? (Cries of "Oh ! oh!") i Men such as those who had burned six houses in open `day n the county of Armagh, who bad broken into a court of .Ustice and rescued the prisoner in the presence of the magis trate—might they not send down into any part of the country such truculent monsters, and the more truculent because sin cere, to call out the police, to summon the soldiery, and to *each Ireland anew with blood? He knew not whether the name of Borrisocaue (as we understood the hon. member) struck the ear of any member of the house as a mournful sound, but . be know that it. excited sensations of the deepest grief in the hearts Q , f his countrymen. He would again say that it had b ee n h i s intention not to criminate any party by the remarks he had Made, but to put the house in possession of strong facts, to direct 'gem to scenes of slaughter, and to recall to their memories ziewtownharry, Rathcormac, and Inniscarra. Let the English Peopl e know these facts; if they were overstated, if they were overchargeA, let them be corrected. 'rhe bon. and learned ember .concluded by moving for a return of all processes Which have issued out of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland, in the cause of " Knox v. Gavin" - and others, and of all orders made in said cause, and all affidavits made therein ; also copies of any order or orders made by his Majesty's go- Vernment in the ) ears 1823, 1825, and 1833, respecting the em ployment of the . police in the service and execution of suits, and of the signatures attached to such orders. Mr. Sergeant Jacxsok complained that Mr. Sheil had taken him by surprise by entering 'on so many extraneous subjects. He (Mr. Jackson) had tome to the house expecting the learn -1,.(1 gentleman would confine'himself to the motion he had given. /tad hebeen appriSed of his intention to enter on other topics , he would have been better prepared to meet him. He would, however, eudeavour to j tistifY himself and the other memlaws of the lay assoc i a ti on established to aid the clergy in the establish roent of their civil rights. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Shell had charged this association with being an orange association in d isguise. This he (Mr. Sergeant Jackson)' denied. It was the fashion now-a-days to stigmatise every protestant in Ireland who would not submit to the domination of the catholic church. (Loud cheers.) The members of the lay association were iuca- Pable of confederating for any improper purpose ; they had as- Nociated together only for the purpose of enforcing the law. Mr. Sheil had admitted that the property of the clergy was guaranteed to them by the law of the laud, therefore what the taw guaranteed the law authorised them in asserting their right. to. An extensive confederacy, a conspiracy bad been formed throughout Ireland to rob the clergy. They had been pillaged, Plundered,. and impoverished to such an extent that it was Utterly impossible fur them to assert their rights alone and un aided. So formidable, and extensive was the combination against them that even the hon. gentleman himself, powerful and d influential as he was in Ireland, could not stand against it. t -le apened t have in h possessio a letter written bte "nu. h me p mber himself to ais clergyman n who bad applied to y hi h m for payment of arrears of tithe, refusing the request, and thus r_edueing the clergyman t the extremity of filing a bill in the Uourt of Exchequar for recovering the amount due, since he could not otherwise obtain it. (Cheers.) And what was the answe r of the hon. member ? He tells him in one passage of the letter— Mr. SSIKIL.—Read the letter. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON.—I have not the least objection to hand it tothe hon. and learned gentleman, and he may read it if he pleases; bat he will do tne the honour to excuse me. Mr. SHEIL.—Read, (Cries of" Order.") Mr. Sergeant J ACKSON .—I did not presume to interrupt the hots. gentleman, and I do request him to leave me at liberty to address the house as I please. He would read that part alone which he thought necessary. The words of the passage he bad alluded to were:--" You must be aware that, as member for toe coup. of Tipperary, I must choose between the payment of tithe s and the loss of my seat." (Loud cheers.) He would ask to what a pitch were ihev come when a cenfederacy—acon sPiracy,of this atrocious kind (great cheering) was formed to B uell au extent that a member could not hold his seat for a po pulous county in the very heart of-Ireland, if he had the pre -B(pniPtion to disobey the mandates of these conspirators and ischarge a lawful debt. Under these circumstances, he asked, "aid bell rotestant say that the ministers of the church to which heonged, while in a process of absolute starvation, were to be debarred from compelling, through the medium of w e law, payment of tithe from th eie persons who refused to pay ithout its intervention? (Cheers.) The hon. and learned %embe r had dealt in allegations, many of which, he could state p o sitively, were not founded in fact. He said that the Lay A ssociatio n had filed, or caused to he filed, 617 bills. He de this statement the return he mov ed for woul d prove its falsify. Let the hon member get that return , a nd he challeng ed uull to prove that there was the sixt h or ei g hth p art of t h at n umber (e ' l , 6 e , Of bills filed. (Cheers.) He would venture to sa y 4 the Lay Association had not filed, in the prosecution of s t tiits in the Court of Exchequer , beyon d fi ft y or sixt y hills h rotiehou t th e w h o l e rea l m of Ireland, though , of course, i t ... c eild be most unjust to seek to preclude the clergy themselves froiii taking steps to assert their rights. The hon. member had I, 4l ; e : e l e exceeding _Titd that the Court of Civil Suits was open to them for sums not lie had himself been much engaged in Exchequer during the very last terra, pi ai alT , l ,. :t,ms had been made to it by persons who come lied of Lhe inipuSsibility of rendering the decisions of th ferior courts available, unless confirmed by the superior court. It was within his knowledge, that persons engaged in the execution of tithe processes were frequently exposed to the most violent outrages, and their lives placed in imminent peril. An individual, who was lately employed in this ditty, had no sooner approarhedahebouse where the process was . , be served than the occupier rushed out, attacked him with a pitch fork, raised the country, pursued the unfortunate man, felled him to the ground, and left him on the road almost lifeless. When his persecutors deserted him, he was able to crawl to a neighbouring cottage. He implored the owner to give him a little water to drink, but the answer was a severe blow on the head with the tougs. He contrived to reach another house, whose tenant, being a Woman, was possessed of a little more humanity, and isave him some water, but instantly afterwards shut the dour in'his face. He barely escaped with his life. It was utterly impossible in Ireland to make the law available through the intervention of inferior. and too frequently not even through that of superior, courts. Was it to be imputed as a crime to the clergy, that they endeavoured to vindicate their claims through the medium of the latter, and preferred this al ternative to starvation ? The hon. and learned gentleman had stated that Mr. Smith was the attorney of the Lay Association, and was guilty of all these high crimes and misdemeanours. Mr. SHELL. I made no charge whatever against Mr. Smith. Mr. Serjeant JACKSON. The hon. gentleman certainly at least mentioned Mr. Smith as the attorney. He would say that this the hun. gentleman's second statement of matter of fact was quite groundless. Mr. Smith neither was, nor ever had been, solicitor to that association. That body had a solicitor, not for the purpose of originating suits or filing bills, for they never expected him to discharge any such office, for the purpose of examining into the cases brought before them, that none might receive the aid of the Lay Association, which was not recommended by its own merits. The solicitor to the Association was Mr. Richard Ockuey. The Association did not wish that suits should be prosecuted for trifling sums; they preferred that they should be instituted against persons who were ringleaders and members of that house, or ma gistrates, who ought to set an examele to the population around them. The people of Ireland had been instructed by the most ingenious men at the bar of devices and subterfuges to which they should resort to plunder the clergy. Were these things to be tolerated? Could they be stated in the hearing of-a British House of Cominons? He asked honourable men on both sides of the house if they would countenance proceedings of this kind? (Cheers.) Were they to be branded with the name of Orangemen, forsooth, because they came forward to rescue the clergy of their church from persecution? The hou. gentlemen had stated that in the case of " Holmes v. Hodgin," the Lay Association had swelled the bill of costs by vexatious proceedings to £l9 6s. Would he assert again that they had any concern in that? Would he take upon himself to say, they were either directly or indirectly concerned in that? He (Mr. Jackson) verily believed they had never heard of the case. He was a member of the association, he had made a point of attend ing every one of its meetings when in Ireland, and, please God, he would do so again. He would give it every aid in his power, both with his purse and advice, to render it available for the purposes for which it was instituted.' (Cheers.) He should not object to the motion of the hon. and learned member so far as regarded the number of bills filed in the period comprhended in it; but he hoped no objection would be made to extend the return so far as to give the house full..and ample information on the subject of it. He should, therefore, move, , as an addition to the motion, that the return should compriselhe 'number of bills filed in the Court of Exchequer from and after the 18th of August, 1835, specifying the parties by whom and against whom, they were filed ; how many had to proceed to a hearing; in how many cases the verdict was for the plaintiff; and how many bad been dismissed without a hearing. He asked particu larly for this information in order that it might appear how many had been well founded in law and justice, and in how many instances the clergy had been driven to this method of asserting their rights by a system of terror. (Cheers.) After animadverting, with great severity upon other parts of Mr. Shiel's speech, in which he asserted that an obsolete law been enforced against the tithe defaulters, Mr. Sergeant Jack son said, even if it were true that the writ complained of (a writ of rebellion) had slumbered for 200 years, it would have been the duty of the Court of Exchequer, when a state of things arose through the instrumentality of certain hon. and learned gentlemen (hear, hear), like that which bad arisen, to resusci tate it, and to bring it again into full play and operation ; "for the law," said Mr, Jackson, " is not to be put down and tram pled on, the law must be upheld, and, please God, it shall be upheld in Ireland. (Vociferous cheering from the opposition benches.) The hon. and learned gentleman reckons without his host if he thinks that lie can carry a British House of Com mons along with him in these illegal ,and violent proceedings; and I care not whether a man be a tory, a Whig, or, what is even worse, a radical (laughter), for I do not think that we have yet arrived at such radicalism, at such absurdity, as to say that the people of England will let the law be trampled on, and its de crees be defied, with impunity. (Cheers.) Things have not gone so far yet (great cheering), and I trust in God that they never will. (Great cheering from the opposition.) I go even further still—l say, that if this writ had never existed, it would have been the duty of the judges of the Court of Exchequer to have devised writs and invented processes to have met this emergency. (Cheers from the opposition, met by ironical cheers from the ministerial benches.) The hon. and learned member will find, that whenever cases have occurred of a de clared and determined intention to set the process of the courts at defiance, the judges have always devised writs to meet and prevent such contempt of their authority. (Cheers.) This was done in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when writs of sequestra tion were first invented.. (Cheers from the opposition benches.) The hon. and learned member concluded by expressing his gra titude to the house for the great attention with which it had listened to his remarks, and by stating that, if the hon. and learned member had moved for these returns without making any observations, he should net have offered . the slightest ob jection to the production of their; but the hon. and learned gentleman had thought fit to preface his motion by what he was pteased to call a statement of facts, and that statement had compelled him to show that what the hon. and learned gentle man had called facts ,were riot...facts or any thing like them. (Cheers.) The hon. and learned gentleman then placed his amendment in the Speaker's hands, and sat down amidst loud and long-continued cheering trout both sides of the house. Mr. Ilusiesuggested that. the return should also contain the amounts sought, 19 be regemted,.l.alid ;the costs . ineurred by those proceedings. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON had not the slightest objection to in corporate those two points in his amendment. The debate was continued for some time with great anima tion. The principal speakers weroMr. O'Connell, Dr. Lefroy, Mr. O'Loghlau, Mr. Shaw. Sir. Spring !Lice, and Lord Af orpeth. Mr. SIIEIL made some observations in reply, and read the letter which had been alluded to by the learnet r t,serjeant (Jack son) contending that it was in every respect a,,privat e letter. It breathed the most kindly spirit towards the Irish clergy, but in timated, that bating himself unable to collect tithes, and in the peculiar political circumstances in which he was placed, lie must select between the payment of tithe and the loss of his seat. The letter had been introduced into the records of the Court of Exchequer, and set forth in a bill filed against himself, (Mr. Sheil,). signed by the learned serjeant. Mr. Serjeant Iscxsor: had been induced to notice the letter for the purpose of proving the formidable nature of the con spiracy against the clergy in Ireland, and to show -the necessity there was for the formation of the lay association. The return was ordered. The house after disposing of some other business adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS, Pauir. Lords Braybrooke and Wynford presented petitions, com plaining of agricultural distress; the former from Essex, and the latter from Northamptonshire. SPANISH PRISONERS. The Marquis of LON DomuRRT moved—" That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to order that there be laid before this house a copy of the letter, written in or about the month of Sep tember last, by the noble lord, the secretery of state for foreign affairs, interceding for the liberation of '27 Spaniards captured on board the Isabella Anne, about the month of February, 1835; and still retained as prisoners, together with the answer of the Spanish government thereto." Lord MELBOURNE offered no objection to the motion. The return was ordered. PARLIAMENTARY PRINTING—ENGROSSING BILLS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved, that the resolutions of the, House of Commons, relative to the present mode of prepar ing and printing bills, returns, &c., for both houses of parlia ment; and as to the expediency of discontinuing the present mode of engrossing bills in black letter, and substituting a plain round hand instead, which had been communicated to their lordships through the medium of conference held with the com mons on the 9th and 15th of February, be referred to a select committee. The motion was agreed to, and the committee appointed. On the motion of Lord Wynford, several witnesses were summoned to attend and give' evidence before the committee on agricultural distress. Adjourned to Monday. 7 . 3 1' HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, FRB. 19. Horsman took the oaths and his seat. This ,being the last day for receiving petitions for private bills many were presented, among them several were for the formation of railways. Dlr. BUCKINGHAM. Sir J. HOBIIOUSE presented a petition from the Directors of the East India Company against the bill for giving compensa tion to Mr. Buckingham. He also gave notice that on Wed nesday (to-morrow) he should move that the petitioners be heardby counsel against the second reading of the.bill. . P ENSIONS•—VISCOUNT SIDMOUTH. Mr. RICE rose to move fora copy of a treasury minute, re lating to a subject whicb he took the earliest opportunity of laying before the house ' t Ile made this motion in consequence Oa letter received by the noble lord at the bead of the govern ment from Lord Sidmouth, who had been, in posSession of a pensi'.n of £3,000 a-year, g ranted for publi c serv i ces , an d se cured to him by act of Parliament. The noble lord's letter re quested Lord Melbourne to lay before the King his resignation of the pension of £3,000 per annum, granted to him by his late most gracious Majesty George 111. (Hear, hear.) He dis charged a duty equally grateful to himself and the house in making this communication. He thought that Lord Sidmouth had acted in a very praiseworthy manner, and was entitled to the thanks of the house. (Hear. hear.) In conclusion, he moved for a copy of the treasury minute carrying into effect his lordship's offer. Mr. HUME complimented the noble lord on this act of muni ficence to the public. Sir E. CODRINGTON said that this act was not unprecedented. Mr. Marsden. wbo had been secretary to the admiralty, re ceived a pension of £1,500 a-year on being disabled from per forming his duties through ill-health; and, on his recovery, he gave up the pension, although he did not return to office, and could hardly afford it.—Motion agreed to. POLICY OF RUSSIA. Lord DUDLEY STUART, after an able speech, in which he 1, entered at considerable length into the details of the recent his- tory of Russia, especially in relation to her dealings with Turkey and Poland, moved for copies of the treaty of Constantinople, the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi. and the treaty of St. Petersburgh, distinguishing the dates; and also for copies of any correspon dence between this government and the government of Russia relative to those treaties, and of any remonstrances against the conduct of the Russian government in reference to her treat ment of Poland. His lordship, who spoke at great length, submitted the propriety of laying open the whole of those pro ceedings that the world might understand the ambitious and overreaching policy of Russia. He appealed to the instances of Turkey and Poland as proofs of the grasping character of that power. and the necessity of checking its progress by de cisive interference. His lordship strongly condemned the conduct of the English government as regarded Poland. Ile was a wh g; he gloried in the name; but he nevertheless de clare that he deemed such conduct to be a stain upon the Whig administration of this country. Mr. T: PlitlYYoOn seconded the motion, and held that. this country e'dgrit, not only to be prepared for war with Russia, but that Wald be so popular as a war against that power. H.e declarEd that the Country [rad been deceived by the money ed iiiitOtiegts, and that no holder of consols ought to have a seat rit fieidse LOA PA t.mEisTeit:i said that he should not oppose the pro c iittitiii of the first two papers; bnt as to the rest, and particu liatq' th 6 tOrieepoildetree? Ire &it* oppose theif piodUction on ---~-- .-.,~....~ ~. ~--~~r- -- , --7..4!..7rPNr0t fr-rlsiiiliPillill.lllo47 '' - ------/ - -- -- --______ _ _a" -----e--- -__.,/ .3,. / . .I? ' -' 6 - X-- -. ~‹.: e•-_ - ) p_ ram lei. all Poof, sTAM)ARII. the ground that no adequate case for them had been made Out, and such production would be inconvenient to the public service. his lordship contended:that the greatest efforts had been made to preserve peace witbont compromising the interests of this country, and he was rejoiced to say that success had attended those efforts; but at the same time this country was still fully prepared iu a becoming attitude as regarded every state in Europe. An extended debate ensued, in the course p f which Mr. STRATFORD CANNING and Mr. I'. M. STEWART said that, although they were delighted to hear the pacific resolutions, of the government, they hoped that increased watchfulneis and jealousy towards Russia, and its proceedings regarding Turkey, might be infused into the foreign department. ' The granting of the first two papers was adopted, and the motion as regarded the others was negatived. On the metion of Mr. ORD, the committee of last session on bribery and intimidation at elections was revived.—Adjourned. LIVER -THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET, Decided-Siamese of the JEWESS, Trarestie. rff - mis present TUESDAY, the 2,3 d instant, and every iL Rveuing during - the Week. ' THE ESCAPE OF DELATUDE. Principal characters—Mr. Melville, r. Ray, Mr. Young, Mrs. Herber c. After which the Laug .e Extravaganza, THE JEWESS 'RAVESTIE; OR, LEAVE WITHOUT LICENSE. Principal characters—Messrs. W. J. Hammond, Raymond, and Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with THE BLEEDING NUN OF LINDENBERG. . In which Mr. and Mrs. Leclercq r &c.. will appear. EDINBURGH CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. The Edinburgh Evening Post of Saturday contains an inter esting article on the rapid and yet steady progress of conserve- tive principles in Scotland, and an account of the first anniversary dinner of the Edinburgh Conservative Association, which took place on Wednesday last, Robert Ritchie, Esq., in the chair. " At this dinner," says the Edinburgh Evening Post, " every class of the consinunity, from the highest to the humblest, was represented on this auspicious occasion; the landed proprietor, the wealthy resident, the professional man, the merchant and the tradesman, all joined in the celebration of their common principles." Among the company present were Sir J. S. Forbes, Sir John Oswald, Major Pringle,, Cut Macdonald, of Pewderhall, Mr. Boner, of Ratho, F. Irvine, Esq., of Shivas, A. Urquhart, Esq., advocate, H. G. Bell, Bsq., advocate, and other members of the learned professions; William M'lntosh, Esq., W. H. Brown, Esq., of Ashley Hell, and W. Marshall, Esq., croupiers. The Chairman, in giving I' Prosperity to the Edinburgh Conservative Association"—a toast drank with great enthu -. siastn—in describing the objects fur which they were associated, said, " Gentlemen, this association has no secrets—no oaths to bind—no other object than the extension of conservative prin ciples. Our simple declaration is our determination to main tain the tried and ancient principles on which the constitution of our country is established —to, support the dignity of the 'crown—the independence of the lords—the freedom of debate of the commons—to defend our national church—and our motto is the old watchword of Church and King.' (Loud cheers.) The day has been, gentlemen, when such associations were in deed useless, when loyalty was no virtue, when the monarchy was respected, when the King was considered the father of his people, when reverence was paid to the established religion of the laud, when the gradual amelioration of the institutions it the country satisfied the rational demands of the people, when, in truth, the different estates of the realm had each their value in a nation's eyes.' (Cheers.) Now things are differently coi - .stituted; we- are daily a&lstoined to hear and read all that was once respected unsparingly condemned. Every institution is said to be behind the march of the age. Reckless innovation rears its hydra head, aiming, by the efforts of its infatuated de votees, to alter, but not to improve, to demolish at one fell swoop every landmark of the constitution, to destroy the balance in the state, and substitute the schemes and crude absurdities of selfish, interested, or unprincipled men. (Loud cheering.) To carry their plans into effect we have unions of every kind; with their tricolour emblems of republicanism, to their sedi tious emblems of a degraded monarchy. Political and Reform. Unions have corrupted our towns and villages, and broken their peaceful society. Loyalty, once the pride and boast of Scotsmen, has indeed sunk ninny degrees—and such is almost the savage assailmetit that rank, station, and worth meet with, who openly avow their conservative principles, that we almost blush for our land, "when stript of halt her charms." Loyalty, once considered our boast, is now made the subject of sneer, taunt, ridicule, or intimidation; and it now requires coura g e for the humble man to openly avow "that he fears God and ho hours his king. This loyal association, emanating from the middle classes of conservatives in this city, was formed some time ago, and with pride I now look to it as already number ing many hundreds of our respectable townsmen—and we cor dially invite all our fellow-citizens who love the institutions of the country—who love peace and the continuance of social order —who wish to cultivate kindly feelings to each other, to join our ranks." The pre-occupation of our space prevents us from noticing the other speeches delivered on this occasion. From this and other manifestations of the increase of conservatism in all quar ters we are iuduNd to hope, and indeed to believe, that its spirit will in the end prevail throughout the British empire. If its that empire is to be preserved in present state of greatness it can only be done by the universal dissemination of conserva tive principles among the people. LADY KIRKWALL. The proceedings in this case were brought to a close on Wednesday, when the jury returned a verdict finding that Lady Kirkwall had been of unsound mind since the 25th De cember, 1831. Mr. Seigeant Talfourd having animadverted upon the supposed want of filial affection on the part of the Earl of Orkney'and Captain Fitztnaurice, Lady Kirkwall's sons, who, he alleged had taken no steps to remove the delusion with, respect to their identity nnder which their mother li boured, and having also made some remarks upon the absence of any part of her ladyship's family as witnesses in this case, Mr. Thesiger said that by permission of Mr. Sergeant Tal fourd, and now that no prejudice could be created on one side or the other, he wished to make an observation that it was im possible to make before. • The learned sergeant had adverted to the melancholy chasm of communication which occurred be tween Lady Kirkwall and her family from 1820 till 1832 It was pa.infttl to Lord Orkney and Captain FitzinatiriCe to be compelled to remain silent on the subject, but the jUrMust be aware that, as petitioners, they were not competent witnesses. They were desirous to inform the jury that if it had been possi ble they would have obtained the evidence of Lady Kirkwall's nearest relations, however painful it might have been to them. To 1832 they had made repeated overtiires•l6 have an interview with their mother, but without effect. In 1821, when Captain Fitzmaurice was quartered with his re!.4.iinent, he came to town for the purpose of obtaining an intervie'w, bbt 'was successful; and he was again repelled in 1825, when he again made the attempt. Since Lord Orkney and Capt. Fmtzmaurice had become free agents they bad made repeated attempts to see their mother, and were repelled in every Way. Mr. Miller said, in the absence 4,1' Mr. Sergeant Talfonrd, be had not the slightest doubt of the facts which I?&L.been stated. The inquisition was then signed b 'the jury aitirthe proceed ings terminated Lady Kirkwall shortly left the room in time company of the King's Bench officer, and proceeded in her c arriage to her ibnrgi brief d a u f r .e i e n f t h i e w ei It has been calculated that the daily residence. ; Mr. Ellis 4 : p o e ther. w h p a r t o e c i e y e:l ( - ) anon was 200 guineas per day. Mr. Tfiesi i gerAeceived with his guineas each; in addition to ; perday, the jury one gui gghutildleaayss that they 4thilietyloohar:;:,:tuenrdtri' cceoivnesdide2or geouminmeaissspioeuredrasyr,ecaeltitoh j e o n:j63:94 - 0 1.1 ° gui"e" each. The per day, and five guineas ~,, ,o `the,rOein in which the inquiry 50 attended. 1)r. 'Spur nea per day, the physwiw AO guineas per day was paid for tho, e - rbe ci r ° t. v a i 4 si a ted Lady Kirkwall at the was held. Upwards of 30. witnesses were subncenaed in support of gi n t e D c r o . commission, n a , nd but D between r i request of Mr. Edwards, but they were not examined. Mr. Ser geant Talfourd received wlth his brief 100 guineas, and 20 gui neas per day ; Mr. ,Miller NJ guineas, and 10 guineas per day. Mr. Sergeant Wilde was applied to in the first instance to undertake the case, but he refused to do so fur less than 1000 guineas. Jt., st;:i i STATE OF TRADE. • LEEDS.—The woollen cloth business in Leeds and its vicinity continues very brisk, snore particularly in the lower cloths, the demand for which almost exceeds the supply, the late - advance in inferior wools having rendered it inexpedient to manufacture that article extensively, unless .there were a more certain pros pect of obtaining remunerating prices. The demand for lighter cloths for - spring trade has set in, but it is yet too early to fortis an opinion as to the probable course of that branch of the woollen business. The working classes generally are„Mfull employment. H UDDERSFIELD.—The principal business dnne at our market on Tuesday was in fancy goods for the spring, trade, but there was also souse inquiry for plain cloths of supestor,quality.. BRADFORD. —The worsted trade. still continues in a very flourishing condition. At the market, on Thursday, a great deal of business was done•in .goods,And, wool, and as the supply of manufactured goods is scarcelps,qtial , to.tbe demand, stocks are kept low. The prices of both wool and yarns Manifest a tendency. to advance„. and, indeed, are a little higher than they were some weeks agro;.,,,is.,N)P,4,9•Pded.. that it there should b e a much further increaS Wig time the effect of check i"thceden;;L 171xxsto ittx.JT l" lti a s ' marketuaontinues l: 7obe Well and regularly attended- bj-lhe. merchants and: buyers, with an in creasing demand for goods. Roctinxi.g.—Our market has not. been quite,,so lively to-day, owing in a great measure to theAnanufacturers standing out for an advance. Last week weaver's wages were advanced 2s. a couple, and the raw material having ,likewise got up, goods, of course, must follow. In wools the' de'irtand continues steady, and prices same as last week; there is a scarcity of low and middle qualities. POETRY. This poor wretch is far gone- , bat we insert the lines as a tribute of charity to despair.—E. L. S. _1 I. O light be the cares of this world on thy breast, And sweet be thy dreams on the soft couch of rest; Unchill'd be thy friendships--ihy days pass in love, Till angels, rejoicing, receive thee above. Since first I beheld thee I've known no repose For the- love that I bear thee I fear to disclose; 0 rather a lifetime of heart•gnaw - ing pain, Than endure for a moment thy frown of disdain. But alas! if the fates should against me combine, And should they decree that thou caust not he mine— Adieu, then, my peace ! 0 what's life without thee, But a bleak, barren desert of darkness to we. Still light be the cares of this world on thy breast, And sweet be thy dreams on the soft couch of rest; Unchill'd be thy friendships—thy dais pass in love, Till angels, rejoicing, receive thee above. B. BUJ, FOR MARRIAGES IN ENGLAND.—The following is an abstract of tis Bill:—Bans need not be published after the Ist of JanuarY4B37. Notice of every intended marriage to be given to the registrar, containing full particulars of the parties, their age, profession, &c. The registrar to file all notices, with a fee of one shilling. Marriages not to be solemnized within twenty-one days of registrar's certificate, unless by license with in seven days. Superintendent registrar may grant licenses of marriage on payment of £ 3 . The consent required to any marriage under this Act as was required by law to marriages solemnized by license immediately before the passing of this • act. Certificates to be given before license is granted. New notice required after three months. Caveat may be lodged with the registrar against the issue of a certificate, and with super intendent registrar against grant of license. Places of worship • may be registered, fur the celebration of marriages therein. Marriages under this act to be cognizable as Marriages of the Church of England. Penalty of £5O on persons married re fusing to answer questions. Persons making false oaths &c. guilty of perjury. THE STAVFOItDSHIRE , Stoke-hale.—The gallant and the gay has at length succeeded in his wooings. The Honourable Co lonel Anson has got his toes into the Staffordshire Stoke-hole, in the place of Mr. Heathcote. which makes no difference to ' ministers, being merely one vote for another. We congratu late the gallant colonel upon not having to pair off with • the great rejected" Feargus, but he must prepare to go at the next election. It was nut worth while for Mr. Sneed .to contest Stoke this time: the next is not far distant. The radicals of the . Potteries talk of cashierin;z, Mr. Davenport, so elated .are they ' at hiving returned the ejected of Yarmouth and Staffordshire, to which talk we merely reply--bah LIVER THEATRE, CUURCII-STREET. For the BENEFIT of Mrs. RAYMOND. (AN MONDAY EVENING next, the 22 th instant , the kJ Drama called FAITH AND FALSE OD. Principal charaCtets—Mrs. Raymond Miss Hamilton, Mr. Raymond, Mr. W. J. I ammuud. A new Ballet c led THE WATE LILY. In which Mr:,. Mrs., and Mis Leclercq will appear. To which will be added a new Farce, translated from the French of M. Sc! ibe, by Mrs. Raymond. called THREE HOURS' COURTSHIP. Zoe Mrs. Ra mond. Pi erros Mr 'W. J. Hammond. To conclude with a new Farce called THE QUEEN'S OWN. Principal characters—Mr. Raymond, Mr. Melville, Mr. Young, Mrs. Raymond, &c. Tickets to be had of Mrs. Raymond, 30, Norton-street, at the Box-office and usual places. ORATORIO. A - GRAND SELECTION of SACRED . MUSIC, from -CIL the works of Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Hum mel, &c. Evening, the 10th M. re will be performed at the MUSIC - HALL, Bold-street, ii i on THURSDAYII, the proceeds to be applied in'aid of the Funds of the Btu Coat Hospital. PATRONS. The Worshipful the Mayor, W. LLACE CURRIE, Esq. The Right Honourable the Earl ERB Y, The Rev. JONATHAN' BROOKS, Rector. Sir THOMAS BERNARD BIRCH, Bart, &c. &c. The Orchestra will be complete, and with the Chorus will number about One Hundred Performers, including all the Amateur and Professional Strength,of the Liverpool Musical Society. Leader Mr. GEORGE EYTON. Conductor . Mr. M. MAYBRICK. Tickets, price 45.; and for Reserved Seats, ss. May be had at the Mtisic Shams, Newspaper Offices, &c Other particulars ‘Pili,be dilly announced. AIASTER HUGIAES'S FAREWELL CONCERT will take phre MI WEDNESDAY, the 2d of March, at the Music-nALT., Bold;street, under the immediate Patronage of 111 Worshipful, the' MAYOR ; on vr ch occasion, hV the kind permissiOn of Lieut.-Colonel G. It INaDSLIAW, theBAND of the 77th Regiment will attend, and perform several grand Overtures: Full particulars of the 9oncert will be duly announced. 'FO 'eUiffit§isONDENTS. The Edinburgh awl LeithP)b, in which a plan is proposed for rubbing the public by a niember of the Board of Trade, will, if possible be nutibe4, at some. length ou Friday. Dr. Cu . A L Ens's t4rlt , 'On an early day. • • What the priest said is of no consequence ; but what the coun cillor said of the priest ought to be borne in mind. V7,be Ilibcipoot eStanDarti. TUESDAY 11101LVING, FEBIWARY 23, 1836. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK has been chosen by the electors of Glasgow as their representative in the House of Commons. We are glad of this, for it will do good by showing the power and the ignorance of the faction which has been permitted to dictate to the reformers of the first commercial and manufacturing town in Scotland. There are blockheads to Whom reasoning would be ad dressed in vain, but who, nevertheless, would feel the force of ridicule. The reformers of Glasgow may be too reckless to regard the one, and too obtuse to appreciate the other; but dull and reckless they must be if they can fora single moment reflect upon the disgraceful position they have placed themselves in, and the vile slaves they have proved themselves to be, without blushing—with out being conscious that the finger of scorn and contempt js Pointed at them by all honest men. Are the gentlemen of Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire so degenerate that no man capable of discharging the du ties of a representative for Glasgow 'could be found amongst them Is Scotland so miserably fallen that it cannot furnish a member for the' city of St. MUNGO? Could no landowner, merchant, banker, or manufacturer Of adequate talent and independence be found, that it was necessary to import from the morning retreats of the physic wells of Cheltenham, the remains of an Indian ~cirief— broken-do - house of PORTLAND ? We have used the word import, and we beg pardon. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCH: would not con descend to be treated as a chattel, nor suffer his weakness or his biliousness to be exposed before the weavers of Glasgow! Enough for them that they had a lord by courtesy to represent them in parliament. The noble I candidate knew that his battered frame, at his period of life, was more securely and conveniently deposited in warm apartments in Cheltenham than in bearding the snow storms of the north, or standing uncovered amid a shower of sleet, addressing sweet words of cant and by pocrisy. to the unwashed portion of his constipents. Re turn me, gentlemen, he said, if you please-4.am willing to serve you—l am opposed to corn laVy's' and new churches—l detest the ballot, but lam willing to vote for it—i prefer moderately long parliaments, being the cheapest for me, but I am prepared to vote for annual ones—therefore return me, if you please, but don't be such fools as to imagine that I am likely to leave my quarters and disturb my olfactories by encountering a set of persons for whom I entertain, GOD forgive nie, the most &e. Ste. &C. We do not say that Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK wrote any such honest letter as the concluding sentence of the above imaginary extract would ascribe to him ; and we say so simply because we believe that his lordship has not sufficient candour to do any thing of the kind; but that he thought and thinks all and much more than we have attributed to him we have no doubt whatever. That he holds in contempt the very grovelling persons who returned him is rather a favourable trait in his character. For what man can respect a set of electors who send him to parliament, at the bidding of a local cabal, who have sold themselves and their dupes to his Majesty's minis ter—he Lord WILLIAM, who knows just as much of Glasgow as the common carrier who is a common coun cillor of Stockport knows of the road between Memphis and Timbnctoo ? How can the representative respect the constituent body when he finds they have no respect for themselves, and would, if directed by the base faction which tramples upon them,. return Lord WILLIAM's brown servant in preference to himself? kis not only necessary for the common interests of the country that the representative should be intimately accpiainted with the varied interests of his constituents, but that the electors should know something of the cha racter, the talents, the principles, and the physical powers of their candidate. We have said that Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK is not only a total stranger to' the inhabitants but to the interests of the city. He has admitted this. He is willing to obey, but he confesses he is not compe tent to advise or instruct, He is to be the apothecary only of the electors of Glasgow. He is to compound the medicine which the weaver-bottomed physicians of the clique prescribe. He is only to pound, and grind, and mix, and administer, as they direct. He is to place all his patronage in their hands, for the benefit of themselves and families. He is to pull down churches, build bridges, dive into common sewers, and deepen rivers as they I command. Being entirely ignorant of local affairs be will be the easier led and the easier imposed upon. This is just the man to do the work of the vile faction which have their feet upon the necks of the reformers of Glas gow, and have made their names and reputation the ri dicule of the whole country. But if Lord WILLIAM be a stranger to the electors of Glasgow, what Can the electors know of him ? Who is Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK ? We have said he held a high office in India. He was governor-general of the largest empire in the world, and yet he had the rare for-. tune to return to Engl Ind the same Lord WILLIAM BEN . - TINCK that went—undistinguished by any honours—un marked by any royal favours ; for when coronets were as plentiful as barrel organs in the streets, none was prof fered to the late governor-general ! Previous to this the noble lord had obtained some notoriety, not renown, in Sicily. But passing over his military mistakes, and his diplomatic errors, who heard of Lord WILLIAM BEN TINCK, even in his best days, being fit to represent the commercial interests of any important cou►wnuity in parliament ? We should not consider it a difficult task to prove that Z_z Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK is totally incapable, from pity sitial debility, of performing - the onerous duties he has imposed upon himself. We feel confident that his lord ship would admit this if interrogated on the subject. Is he, then, who has escaped the agtie, and the cholera, and • the burning fevers of India, to allow hiMself to fall a prey to the reform plague of Glasgow.? Most certain we are that the vulgar importunings of the first depUtation from his constituents, anent some corporation job; will send him to his grave. These men give no quarter. They can make no concessions to delicacy or bile. They make no allowance for nerves parboiled in CalcUtta; and brains hard frozen in Glasgow. The cabal aim at pro fit, the representative at ease. He has something to lose—they every thing to gain. But is this a desirable state of things ? Do the great body of electors, or reformers, if you will, in Glasgow, or in Scotland, perfectly understand the curious if not humiliating position in which they are placed? The present ministry, which ' , is incontrovertibly a ministry held in leash by an Irish rebel, and who wields their powers, first for the extirpation of the protestant religion in Ireland, and next for the dismemberment of the two islands—this ministry, if properly explained and under stood, cannot be held in any shade of respect by tile , re flecting and intelligent people of Scotland. They must see that it is based upon profligacy and corruption—that it has raised its hand against the most hallowed and most revered institutions of Scotland—that the refoimed esta blishments which our fathers founded, which our parents blessed, and 7 . hieli we received from them as a property in trust for.thp benefit, of our children, are to be changed, remodelled ; fiittered away, and annihilated by the grasp ing and unprineipleck l men now in power. Such is their design. If the electorS of Glasgow. continue in the same mind, they tvilt:c4i)ine to countenance and sup port this moral and•redigiCiii revolution in favour of popery and infidelity. But if they change their minds, which we trust they will, and take a calmer view of the awful consequences .of the . principles they sup port, by sending Lora WILLIAM BE,NTINCIC to parliament, the conclusion they must necessarily come to is this, that they have been the victims of impostors and schemers— of jobbers in chapels—of puritans who traffic in seats — of brokers in religion who live by the embarrassments of their fellow-communicants—of gross and venal frauds ' practised upon the poor in the name of independence and gospel purity. Such is dissent in Scotland, as it is to a great extent in England. But there was always this remarkable differ ence. In England the dissenters knew what politics in popular elections were. In Scotland they were entirely ignorant on the subject. They knew nothing of the rules or duties or moving motives of electors. They were thus the more easily deceived; and hence it is that such unsavoury and worn-out quacks as Lad WILLIAM BENTINCK is enabled to be palmed upon the people of Glasgow. . We have nodoubt but that every nerve will be strained, every stratagem employed, and every trick resorted to, for the purpose of rescuing O'CONNELL from the charge of fraud which impends over him. The question that is most frequently asked is—will the select committee act as fairly and conscientiously as if they were a jury sworn at the Old Bailey to try a man indicted for embezzle ment ? We answer, no man has a right to question the ho nour or the justice of the committee in this stage of the proceedings. They are entrusted with a most important duty, and in discharging that duty they are themselves as much upon their trial as is the worthless man whose character is in their hands. It is true they have refused to make their committee-room an open court. This, we confess, is suspicious. They-have refused to sanction the publication of the evidence ' . pending the inquiry. This is also suspicious, and evinces extreme tenderness, to use no harsher terms, towards tile accused. Still we have no right to interpret this tenderness into an unwillingness to make the public, at the proper time, folly conversant, by means of an authentic and official report, with their whole proceedings. At any rate theii conduct will as strictly come under the review of parliament, and the electors,of the; nation, as that of DANIEL O'CONNELL himself. If he should be allowed to escape through un fair means, or through ministerial influence, by a casting vote or a majority of one, there are, we rejoice to say, a sufficient number of honourable and spirited members on the committee who will take care that their reputation shall not be damaged by the corrupt or factious conduct of others. The truth must be declared though the hea vens should fall. Stern justice must be clone, let the . consequences be what they may. It appears to us that the committee, by agreeing to the proposals of the accused, were anxious that he should have no cause of complaint in a matter, as far as they are concerned, of subordinate importance. Next Mon day will be the last day of February. On that day O'CONNELL is to appear before another committee—that on the Dublin election—to whom he is to submit a pro position having for its object the re-opening of the in quiry before the Dublin commission. All our readers perhaps‘do not know that the member for Dublin holds his seat by one of the vilest tricks that ever was devised by an Irish pettifogger or countenanced by the House Of Commons. He has contrived to retain this seat, disho nestly procured, at the expense of the public, a Whole year having'been wasted in inquiring into his fraudulent votes and his perjured constituents. The commissioners have presented their report to the committee, and it is to be taken into consideration on Monday next. O'CoN NELL knows that it is exceedingly unfavourable to him, and that if the committee act upon it they will have no alternative but to unseat him. In this difficult,"if not desperate predicament, DANIEL has determined to draw largely upon the patience and the liberality of the com mittee. He is to show cause why the report should be reconsidered in Dublin, and certain evidence admitted which the commissioners had refused to receive. If he succeed in this, his seat for another session may be con sidered safe; if he fail, out he must nzarch from the House Of Commons before another fortnight ! Assuming, then, that the Dublin committee have bias enough to favour his views, ha, will then proceed to de fend himself, otherwise unmolested, and in the best way he jean, that is, in the most bullying and insolent manner, before the Carlow committee on the RAPHAEL affair. But assuming that the Dublin committee reject his proposals for further delay, and declare his return for that city to be illegal, then we suspect DANIEL will be counselled to retire from parliament altogether, at least for such a period as would render his expulsion from the House a matter' of impossibility -for the reader knows that a man canna be kicked,oyt of a room Who does not happen to be: in" it. In t..his way, by retiring even involuntarily from parliament, O'CONNELL, perhaps, would he able to smother to a certain extent the proceedings in the matter of the Carlow fraud. LONDON LATEST ArEWS. City, Saturday Eveuing, Hall-past Seven o'clock. BY accounts from St. Thomas's to the 21st January, we learn that - the rebels of Puerto Cabello had surrendered to General Paez, and tranquility was once more restored at •that place. The rebels were reduced to the utmost state of distress before they gave in. In the money market to-day there has been a slight tendency downwards. money being in increased demand. Consols for Accouut, which opened this morning at 911, have fillen to 911, at which they closed, buyers. White most of the other public securities have been on the decline, a considerable movement upwards has taken place in Batik and India Stock, the former having risen this afternoon from 2171 to 219, and the latter, after touching 257, closed at 256. Exchequer bills have drop ped to 19s. prm., and India Bonds to 3s. pun The accounts front the north of Spain received this day show that Don Carlos is at the heed of a stronger and better organ ised force than was anticipated by the speculators in Spanish • securities or the heroes of the Isle of Dogs. The fortress of Balmaceda has been caitured by the Carlists, who are prepar ing to lay seige to Bilboa, to which place the diversion of Generalissimo Evans is confined, apparently, to the great amusement of the hardy followers of the legitimate monarch ok I f Spain. Under these distressing circumstances, Saish Stoc declined fr0m.471 to 44 in the course of the day, antdit:3l%rcei: action took place at the close - of the market. Portag e were at 831. and the Three per Cents at 53; llassia - a u li s oUds are quoted at 1101, and French Bentes lueJf. Accounts from Am sterdam state that the Dutch securities are improving. In the ie done. South American securities nothing StianEs.—Birminghata Bailiva) h " , 1 1 '47 , Birnpingbam Derby, 131 ; Commercial Blackwall, 0-4; Great Western, 30 4 ; Hull and Selby, 9; London. and Brighton (Sevenson's) lb; Ditto Giblis's,) ; Ditto (Ilennie's,) x; Loudon and 131,clorall, 41; Gravesend, 21 g ; Northern and Eastern, 43 ' North IVlidiand, III; Preston anti W yre, 104•; Danube and Maine, 8; Van Dieulan':j Land Company, 15. • - • 7- 7 2 e "TU E TABLES TURNED." We. cannot allow to pass without notice.an article under this title in the last Mercury. It there republisheS a scurrilous pa ragraph against the Church of Scotland for pre% entin. Mr; Muir front occupying a professor's chair in the trniveisity of Edinburgh, which appeased. last November in the columns of the •Scutsraan. When we mention that this journal, as well as our contemporary, is an organ of that unhallowed conspiracy. which has banded together, for the subversion of the two estat;- , lished churches, the believing Baptist and Independent with the Unitarian and impure Papists, our English readers. will not be surprised to learn that the - whole' of its aVerments are base less as well as base. They were instantly contradicted by other Edinburgh . newspapers who have since announced that Mr- Moir fills the chair to Which he .was appointed, and that his lec tures on Rhetoric and Bellei Lettres are atteuded—not only by, a large class of students, bat by many of the most distinguished characters in the church. All this the drivelling Mercury knew, or ought to have known, and to have been silent; but,it chooses, after the lapse of three monthi, to republish the foul scurrility of the Scotsman against the Church of Scotland that it may vent a vulgar sneer at one of its clergymen, fur attending in the corn , pany of our rectors' public meetings for the Maintenance and diffusion of the principles of the gospel, and that it may indulge, its low malice against all church establishments. Has our con temporary still to learn that the Scottish universities are inte gral parts of the national church—that every professor must, by the civil as Well as the ecclesiastical law, qualify fur office by subscribing its coniession of faith—that he is subject to the ju risdiction of the cnurch courts as much as the clergyman—that the professors of divinity are members of the Presbytery in . which they rcaide—and that each of the four universities is represented in the general assembly by one of its own professors: • IADVERTISEMRNIA STEAM NAVIGATIoN TO INDIA BY WAY OF EGYPT AND THE RED SEA. The following is extracted frotirra letter from Mr. Waghotti; dated from Cairo, Decemt)er'2s,..lB3s -" I beg . to report my arrangements to and from Egypt are now certain for conveying all letters sent through you and Inv other agents regularly to Mocha.. , At M oc h a . express order's are received front the Bombay government to forward mails at their expense on to ginnhay without delay; therefore, all letters that come through my ageutS to toe are sure of getting to India iu from 60 to 85 days,_durin:, - ,i every month of,the year. The Hdgh Lindsay, steamer, is now at S ti, waiting to leave with the December mail froth Eng,lim • ierefOre, the letterg you sent me this month will get to. BT inbay in about 60 days from England, consequently I ant iiiii.ved of, any expense this month. through availing myself of that vessel. The Hugh' Lindsay is positively to leave Bomba'V again nit the 18th March for Sue 2, couseqUeutly will take the April letters of England to India." Ageuts for Liverpool and airiiel and Thointi Willis. Manchester .. h i ll ~ London—Messrs. Smith, Elder,' and Co., 65 _C . orn_i . Giasgow—itile,!srs. Thomion and Stirling. Faltnout h—M r. Geo W. Wheatley, Church-street. The mail which conveys the letters for Iridia to Alexandriai is made up in London on the lst of each mouth, and the Medlterranean government steamer sails from Fahninith orl. the 3d of eath month. Parties wishing to avail themselves of the above should, therefore, have their letters - prepared iu Liverpool not later titan the ldst day of each month preceding. LIVER THEATRE. -Au exceedingly laughable travestie; founded on the play of The Jewess, was produced at this theatre laSt night, and went off with triumphant success. Some of the hits bearing ou the peculiar circumstances under which the original drama was prevented front beint , acted at the Liver were very smart and were highly relished by the audience. The instant liar, W. J. Hammond appeared on the stage he was hailed with shouts of applause, and the part he assumed and actet; to the life, was understood, or rather, was univrsally ap plied to that of a well-known public character of Liverpool whose peculiarities of dress and manner he represen►ed with the most laughable and inveterate fidelity. Want of spate prevents our giving a more detailed notice of " The Jewess," travestie, for the present. PITT-STREET WARD.— ELECTION OF AssEssrini; We wont(' direct the attention of the Burgesses of this Ward to Li meeting, advertiserkin another part of our paper, to be held to morrow evening. We trust that the conservatives will be on the alert and secure the return of proper persous,at the ensu- Mg elections of Ward Assessors. COMMITTAL—Charlotte Bellion was brought up on t'riday last, at the police-Aire, before Thos. J. Hall, Esq., charged by William Hughes with having robbed him the night before, in a house of ill fame, where he had accompanied her, of two soya. and some silver. She had picked his pocket and then run out of the house. Shortly afteplaids, Davison the police-ollicei entered, and they went to various public-houses to search for the girl, but did not Lind her. They then returned to the house and saw the prisoner about twenty-five yards from it, looking iuund a corner, as if afraid of being observed. Complainant immediately recognised her dress, and she was taken into cus tody. The magistrate ordered the informatiotS for her coin- urinal hi be taken.. . . On Wednesday evening the sloop Margaret, of Ban6;.Alex. Dicken, master, laden with salt, Was observed by the captain and crew of the'Magazine life-boat to have a signal. of distress flying, and to be in a sinking state. They immediatel y went to her assistance, weighed anch o r, and took her safely intoOcorge'S Dock Basin. Finis.-0(1 Saturday-at noon the sizing manufactory of Mr: Richard Reynolds, jun., in Vauxhall-road, took tire owing, it is s"pposed, to the stove being overheated. Some lads con nec:ed with the - esf4blishrnent got on to the roof. and began taking the tiles off the homers, which, giving the lire vent, put it out of the power of the workmen to extinguish it. Two of the fire engines, however, shortly arrived with a piewiftil supply of water, one of which was promptly and effectively applied, and the fire was soon extingtrishel The damage has nut been great. THE MAGISTRACY.—The whig-radicals of Halifax have peti. tioned the Lord Chancellor and the Home Secretary for an increase in the number of, magistrates oat the ground, that all the present acting magistrates in that district are tortes. Why do not the liberals at present on the commission qualify, and • giye the public the benefit of their services?„._ Fro.: IN LoNnoN-nuxn.—Shortly after one o'clock this • Morning a fire was discovered iu the shop of Mr. Win. Smith, grocer, London-load, nearly opposite Seymour-street. The engines were promptly nu the spot, and their being a plentiful supply of water the rite was speedily got under. The entire stock of the shop was destroyed, but the tire did not extend to the upper parts of the building. Mr. Smith, 1 / 4 %e were informed, was not insured. SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE ELECTION.—SoutIi Lvitestershile election took place on Thursday. :Mr. Chas. Win. Parke, of Ravenstone, a conservative, was elected without oppositiom DUTY us SPIRIT LICENSES.—We understand the ClianeellOr of the Exchequer has stated his intention to lay upon ilte table of the House of Commons a return of the number of persons to whom the act passed last session has afforded relief, and which would be found to be very considerable. In reference to the opinion that the tax should be proportion6d 16 the quantity of business dune, and not to tiff amount at which n house is rated, such a proposal had been fully coOsidered by the government, but that, however desirable it might be to make wadi an altera tion, it could not be aeonipliMied, as Anchor scheMe had been abandoned from the difficulty or impOssitility of guarding it from extensive frauds. Ti, TEA TR ADE.—lntelliirilce was received by the Boar 4 of Excise in this town, on Friday last, that the practice of xo quiring permits to be issued with every parcel of tea exceeding certain weight, sold by dealers, was no longer necessary. It is understood, however, that the excise are still to have the power of examining teas supposed to be spurious, when and how they think proper. MUSICAL DEBUTANTE.—Miss De-DI/ter, &Reiter of the celebrated plane-forte maker, of that name in London, and late a pupil of Mr. J. I. Cramer, Made a very successful debut, as a pianiete, et the sixtii concert of the t:raish musicians, nit Monday week, at London. One of the London papers s.tys; "she performed remarkably well, and, whenever she' had an op- . partiality to display her talents, drew down the most flattering marks of approbation." THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—It has lately been aseerlained that the highland population of Glasgow and sub u rbs amounts to upwards. of 22,000 persons; and su great is the attachment of these persons to the established religion of their country; that out of that number there are nut more than lOU dissenters. • NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTlES.—Atneetitig was held at Leeds last;eel:;llreinaYMin the chair, to petition - parliament for the • repeal of these ditties. The attendance was not numerous, and the speakers were men possessing little or no influence in the town,. or, in other words the fag-end of the town council, aided by two or three pot-house mators of very low no t e. DUTY ON SPIRIT I.ICIiNCES.—THE LiVEItPUGI . PETITION.— Our readers will perceive, by an advertisement in another part of our paper of to-day, that a petition is now lying fur signature' in different parts of the town, praying the legislatu're to - repeal the partial and oppresive impost of fifty pet cent, on spirit licen ces. We understand it is desirable ttidt the petitibn should be signed with as little delay as possible. Timu • GIIING M an advertisement which appears in our paper of to-day, we observe the Liverpool Ag.icuitural Society's annual ploughing 'match will take place on a farm, in the township of Newton-in-the-Willows, on Thursday, the 3rd of March. We hear that considerable competition is ex pected. KNOTTY ASH CHOtito.—We nnderstand that the appoint- , ' anent of the minister of the new church, conseciated on lhurs-. day last by the bishop of this diocese, is vested in the hands of five trustees, viz , Mr. pugdale, Mr. Littledale, Mr. Edmund Mollineux, Mr. John C. Mullineue. and Mr. Worm'. The edifice reflects considerable credit upon the profeSsional judg ment and skill of Mr. Williams, of this town, the , architect. Neat to the church is a neat and conoimitious school; and in character with the church. built also under :be direction of the same architect at the sole expense of Mrs. Diigdale, of Dove cot, capable of holding nearly two hundred children, where; we are happy to bear, ureards of eighty are - receiving daily in struction at preseut. The cost of erecting the church has been about £5,000. The High Sheriff of the county Of Stafford has appointed the Rev. Edward Spencer, niiiiiAer - of St. Matthias' church is ibis town, to be his chaplain during the term of his shrievalty. 11A PPY M ALTON I—Malton has been permitted by Bail Fitz williem to elect a represe.niative vice Lord Cottenham. As we prophecied, Mr. Civilders has been returned; and we based our plophecy upon the sneaking paragraph we ilumed from the Glebe viz., "Mr. Childers' address is liberal; therefore we sup- ; pure he w ill not be oppeSed." lion could be be. Itfiitern idler? The independent electors of Mahon were ordered I .y their liberal whi,y; lord to refute him; and lbev did so. The poor pitiable slaves dare not disobey ! Mr. Childe rs took hi; seat on '4 ethics day ; and, to illustratc their practical observance of freedmn o f ,djction, &c. he sat on the roinistei l ial side. The independ.e7it member for--:Earl , FINE AT SPITALPIRLD'S C,}ll , llCl-1. LCINDON--Cl \Wane s . in ilun:etliiile attendance,' but limn the and three o'clovk iu the 111101100 U, the belfry i a rtii!ec i:i a : tt . 6 l, lE e )::, , k; e li r u it e;v 4o i t il: w . o o t t e : aet p d part of the bQs.d tag athete the ia t e o be Olt Vciun there being no adjacent buildings, frinn 'which ea upon it with any - • e ect, veas.found impracticable to arrest the progress of the flames. The wood- broke having been consumed; (w‘uatt'er3t.'•A:iluld dischare murk which supported the peal Of bells the bells, which were twelve iu number fell , o:et colisidemo the t fi n est in the metropolis,one with 0 treineodous c rash, particulatly t t h e e n w or ot l d 'el ‘ l % , ,, k vhich weighed forty four w et. At seven (felec h k e ving been c onsumed, all apPrefi eus i ons fo; ih r es ' a 'f f . e t t h ?; e o s i P t i h r k e , ' c h l i i were at an end. • The fire is. Supposed to trate otiginated from the whoa short time t:, , e ( foie the alarm. au,' eareiessness of a Youth t b h e e lli . r ) ( r ip l e v i it . b tel in the. eniplee. Of the steeple keeper, Of bad entered the, although a portion of the loft I r . tandle in his hard in tinier to incn.i iuie of ‘: ' ble daunt The otgan, which cost 1,800 guineas uuinjured; While the '. e. The loss conse u nt ne s i ,tllll I . t 011. ! LIC I al c, _ 4 ge. upon . this act n cut is esinnat 1 • t f. 3.000. fire was raging, a funeral paired at the church gates,4- and the Rev. Mi. Shine, the rector. aiiiidst all the con tusion by which he was surrounded, perfertned the solemn ceremony, and the corpse Was iuteried. The youth supposed to. have been the cause of the accident was taken into custody, but was liberated after an examination, as there was no reason to believe that it arose from any other Canso but his carelessness.. _fi) • ____~~ `3 ,~„~_ y,