The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-15 00:00:00

JOLIN GREAVES begs to inform his Friends and the Pub lic, that he has commenced the Business . a General SHARE BROKER. Having made such • angements as will enable him to procure the very earliest id best informa tion relative to the diffierent Joint Stock C. panies now in ex istence, as well as those that may hereaft • se formed, he hopes, with unremitting attention, to render his services advantageous to those parties who may employ him. 9, Exchang•-alley, March 14, 1836. • NOT(CE. • THE SALE of the WINE and SPIR VAULT, in I. Cleveland-square, advertised for th th instant, will not take place, the same having been Sol y Private Treaty. THOMAS TOULMI , 49, Park-lane. 10th March, 1836. WATSON and MACDONALD beg to i itnate to their Friends and the Public that they ve RETIRED from that Branch of their Business, carri in Pool-lane, as WOOLLEN DRAPERS. They cannot do so without tendering eir grateful acknow ledgments for the very liberal support they have received since they succeeded to the Old Establishment of MACDONALD and RAVENSCROFT, in 1823. They have the pleasure of announcing., that the concern is • transferred to their relative, Mr. WM. WATSON, on whose behalf they solicit a continuance of those favours so liberally bestowed upon themselves. 1836. Leicester's-buildings, King-street, March 12, -WILLIAM WATSON, with reference to the above adver tisement, has the pleagure of informing his Friends and . the Public, that he is now entering on that Business so long carried on by his Relations in Pool-tine, and he trusts to enjoy the kind patronage of his present Customers, and of those who have SO long countenanced the Firm of WATSON and 14ACDONALD. He will continue to keep an extensive and well-selected STOCK of every Article in the WOOLLEN DRAPERY LINE, from,which, on the Shortest Notice, he will be able to execute Orders for the Town, the Country; and Exportation. -20, Ranelagh-street, and 25, Pool-lane, March 12, 1836; WAUSTIN, 176, DALE -STREET,- between the • Lion andlloss's Bank, Lii7erpool, SOLID LEATHER:, PORTMANTEAU, P; HAT-CASE, HAIR TRUNK, and TRAVE, Golden OVED ATABLE BAG MANUFACTURER. Trunks and Imperials Fl:ted to Carria , Patent Water proof Canvas for covering Trunks. Luggiw., &c. Wm. AUSTIN. in respectfully solicit in ivate as well ,as pub lic patronage, begs to assure those who may honour him with their commands, from a thorough knowledge of the. various branches of his business, and for a series of years having con ducted the first houses in London, they may rely upon all Ar ticles in the above line of the first quality and workmanship, combined with despatch, at a reduction of full 30 per cent. un der the charges usually made iu this town. N.B. Brass and Iron Portable Camp Bedsteads, Bedding, Oil and Cloth Valieses, Cauteens, Bullock Trunks, &c. &c. to order. 176, Dale-street, opposite the Exchange. JACK'S COFFEE HOUSE, 17, CLAYTON-SQUARE. THE Proprietor, while respectfully ackno edging the patronage withl which he has been ho red since he opened this Establishment, begs to state that c tinned success shall lead to constant and continued exertio to preserve and increase that popular favour which he has early obtained. JACK'S COFFEE HOUSE is conducted the plans which have already gained so much popularity in London and Paris, namely, an union of the admitted advantages, as to variety and style, of the Hotel System of the Metropolis, and the economic charges for which the Parisian restaurateurs are celebrated. That is, this establishment is distinguished for the variety and excellent quality of the refreshments—for the superior manner in which each article is cooked and served up—for the moderate prices, and for the attention paid to ensure the comforts of each guest. Indeed, the endeavour is to make Comfort and Eco nomy the leading points of this Establishment. Soups, Fist,. Joints, Poultry, and every description of fnade Dishes; Breakfasts, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, and all other Cof fee-room Refreshments are furnished with the utmost despatch. Wines, Spirits, &c. of the besequality are also provided. The London and Liverpool Papers, the Reviews, Magazines, &c., are in the Rooms. GERDES'S ORIGINAL and HIGHLY- TEEMED SALAD DRESSING, is recommende o Housekeep ers, Proprietors of Hotels, Travellers, 4•c. as a elegant, econo ical, and , salutary Preparation, for the inst ituneous Dressing of Salads, Lobsters, Crawfish, Cold Meats, 4•c Arc. Warranted to keep unimpaired in any • ate. PREPARED ONLY B JOHN GERDES & CO. (late Owen an Gerdes,) 9, CHURCH INDIV !DUALS GOING ABROAD from the Edit of LI VERPOOL,, are informed by S. W. SILVER and CO., Of Nos. 9 and 10, CORNHILL, L DON, that they may procure the whole or any • of an OUTFIT, (from the coarsest to the finest quality of ods known, includ ing Cabin Furniture.) at the Branch H se Nos. 4 and 5, ST. GEORGE'S-CR SCENT SOUTH, LIVERPOOL. At the same WHOLESALE SHIPPING PRICES as at their WAREHOUSE in LONDON. Daily communication between London and Liverpool for Ship sailing Information, &c. STREET. LIVERPOOL. The very flattering encomium passed upon this article since its introduction in 1833, together with the very general and in creasing demand, have caused a variety of imitations to he brought forward. To prevent disappointment, the Public will please to ask for GERDES'S SALAD DRESSING, and ob serve that each label is signed JOHN GERDES, without which none is genuine. Sold Wholesale by the Proprietors, JOHN GERDES AND CO., 9, Church-street; Messrs. Evatis, SON, & Co., Wholesale Druggists, Fenwick-street ; CHARLES MAWHOOD, Patent Me dicine Warehouse, South John-street; and retail by most re spectable Druggists, Grocers, and Oilmen. Export orders executed on advantageous terms. YORK. AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ASSURANCE COMPANY. THE Directors of this Association having had their a called to a Memorial, presented to the Council rough of Liverpool, from certain Fire Insurance , whose names are thereunto appended, feel it due r to make some observations upon a document, dated, by implication, to throw discredit up with which they are connected. The Directors are quite content to leave o the inhabitants of Liverpool to decide, without comment m them, epien the justice of the charges brought by the Memorialists against the civil authorities for h a ving failed to adopt "such measures of precaution for extinguishing fires, as were so long expected from their •patriotisin and foresight"—" for not having yet taken sufficient eleasures for a supply of water"—and for net having obtained an Act " to "ice the power of recovery of the expensei of extinguishing a fire against the proprietors of the property on fire, and that immediately endangered." They also leave it to the seine tribunal to decide upon the 'fidelity with which the effects of the late awful conflagration at New York have been so pathetically described by the Memorialists, and the extraordinary accuracy of the statement, that the space de vastated by that appalling calamity was " quite as lame and well built as the warehouse district of Liverpool."—The Mer chants of Liverpool will not fail to perceive that one great ob ject of these Memorialists is to prove that the premiums de mended by them are not greater than the risks fairly deserve; and, consequently, that the call, which has been so long and loudly made for reduction, is unreasonable, and cannot be com plied with. The Directors of this Association feel, however, that these Memorialists have a second object in view—not quite so ob vious, perhaps, but equally important to them if a conviction of its truth could be forced upon the Mercantile Community of Liverpool ;—they say, " The Premiums now charged are in adequate to meet an extensive conflagration in the warehouse district." The cautious mode of expression in this paragraph is worthy of notice. They do not say " inadequate to meet the losses of past years," nor " the probable losses of those to come, on the average," but "an extensive conflagration." This may mean the destruction of one-third, one-half, or the whole of the warehouses in Liverpool, with their contents, amounting to a sum which twice the present premiums would not make good in fifty years. The inference which, doubtless, it is hoped the public will draw is this, that if the premiums charged by the Memorialists are inadequate, an office-doing eusiness at lower rates must be doing so to a certain loss, and therefore must be unsafe, and unfit to be trusted. To repel this unjust and unworthy insinuation, the Directors submit the following brief state cent to the Merchants of Liverpool. The Memorial in question is signed on behalf of sixteen In surance Companies, of whom fourteen are London and two country offices. Of the fourteen London offices, two, with singular modesty, have signed it who have no agent in Liver pool ; of the remaining twelve, only four had agents in Liver pool prior to 1803. There are now thirty-five agents in Liver pool, representing twenty-two offices, of whom eighteen have been established in or since the year 1803—most of them at a much more recent period—and they are now publicly chal lenged to disprove, by a candid statement of their receipts from, and payments to Liverpool, since 180.3 to the latest quarter day, the assertion which is hereby made, that three-fourths of the premiums now demanded by the London offices, if paid during the whole of that period, would have been sufficient to meet every claim, and to leave a handsome profit to the offices. The Directors hope, that, upon this subject, the public will bear in mind the fact, that of those offices who are parties to the Memorial, several have, within the last two sears, advertised returns of part of their prgfits to parties assured for five years, the average premium for that period being upwards of '2O per cent. less than that which they now declare to be inadequate ! It may also be desirable to refer to the Circular issued by the London offices in February, 1833, the principal parties to which were the present Memorialists. That circular announced the combination of those from whom it emanated to raise the Premiums from 7s. to 12s. per cent. on Floating Risks; but it also stated that, so soon as the town shall be more amply sup _ plied with water, and an efficient Fire Police Establishm en t proyhled at the public expense, the rates then determined on should he revised. 'it is believed that these points have been fully attended to--it is certain that less fires in proportion have occurred eirtee - firerdate - of the circular—yet these high rates are persisted in, while the only reason (according to that circular) for their adoption has ceased. It would seem, therefore, that the parties are either not aware of the present state of Liverpool, or that they have forgotten that which they mote in 1833 ;—it may have been that either this circular or the memorial was hastily drawn up. That the losses by fire in Liverpool will, in future, be greatly under the average of the last thirty years, no one can doubt, who bears in tnind the powers now possesed and acted upon by the Council, of making Bye-Laws for the prevention of fires in warehouses, and for the punishment of offenders, and who is ac quainted with the organization and high state of efficiency of the Fire Police Establishment, of which such honourable men tion is made hy the Watch Committee of the Council, in their report dated 3d February, 18.36. Looking at these circumstances, the Directors feel perfect confidence that the rates charged by them which are on the average about 2'2 per cent. below the London rates, are fully adequate to meet the probable losses, and leave a fair profit to the Company--without which they have nn desire to do busine s s—having none of that patriotism or ph o dauthroph y which it would seem, induces the signers of the udott Meinurial to continue agencies in a place like Liverpool, where, inste a d o f realising profits, they are yearly diminishing their Capi ta l s f , of the Cormliu' ai i t r the sole • "advantage of the Mercantile portion The Directors y in that the You( conclusion, beg leave respectively to state come before the N OF ENGLANDASSUKANCE UOMPANY either on i' the ti(' without any inflated pretensions to a pre ferenceof high sounding names of an enormous nominal Capital, or associated as their ( generally irresponsible )Patrons —they profess to he themselves, for the purpose of doing a busi ness profitable to the public—their Proprietary a s ; as well as advantageous to the numerous a and respectable—their paid up and available means are case of ne r e e d contingency—and in proolptlyeyanCli.ll ual to meet any probable and as willing to discharge, be found as able upon th e m, as any office in r „ n every claim the l lirilates Of Pre e miums are moderate—their Patrons are Public—acrd to a continuance of that patronage,.foewhich they are very grateful, they look alone for success, By order of the Board of Directors, EDMOND- BARJAW, Actuary and Secretary MATTHEW NVOTHERSPOON, ‘,l4.e.nt fur Liverpool, 7, jndia-buildings. York, 22d February, 1836. ;tention the Bo- ,ompanies, (n themselves hich is calcu- In the Company [ADVERTISEMENT.] FIRE INSURANCE. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL SfAND4RD. take leave to submit, through the odium of your paper, to the consideration of those whom e disposed to spe culate in new tire insurance schemes the s joined copy of an advertisement which appeared a few years ack in another Li verpool newspaper : "LIVERPOOL FIRE & LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. TRUSTEES. • John Gladstone, Esq., M.P. Thomas Fletcher, Esq. John Hunter, Esq. DIRECTORS. Sir John Tobin, Knight, Chairman. Ale Sander Macgregor, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Robert Benson, I Samul_tiope. . . William Cower, I Joseph Hornby, James Cropper, j Charles Horsfall, Wm. Dixon, (Water-street,) George lrlam, Hardman Earle, I Joseph Langton, Lister Ellis, William Myers, George Grant, Robert Preston, I Henry Holmes,jun. Win. Rathbone, Esqrs. AUDITORS. Thomas Langton, Esq. I Adam Hodgson, Esq. Bankers.—Messrs. Arthur Heywood, Sons; and Co. Actuary and Secrets ry.—Mr. Wm. Lawson. - Solicitor.—Mr. G. A. Pritt. Physician.—Joseph Pilkington Brandreth, M.D. Surgeon.—Mr. Robert Bickersteth." Here I would ask all those who may peruse this extract what became of this Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company, which embodied so large a portion of wealth, talent, and res pectability in its management and support ? I would also inquire what fate attended the other Liverpool fire insurance company called the " St. George," established some twenty years previously ? Perhaps it will be found that some con nexion existed between the great Goree fire and this last men tioned company, and apprehensions of something very similar retarded the progress of the " Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company." It would also be well to ascertain what have been the causes why no less than twenty-three of the most recently established fire offices have found . it necessary to discontinue business and dissolve their respective establishments. In explanation of this part of my subject I beg to call the at tention of your readers to the following extracts from a circular which was printed and distributed among the proprietary of the Beacon Fire Office for their information : 't " Statement delivered by the Board of Directors to the Pro prietors of the Beacon Fire-office at au_axtuordinavy general court...held on the 234' February, - I FO2l := " GENTLEMEN,—The Board of Directors have felt it a duty to call you together this day to obtain your opinion as to the expediency of a turther instalment, for although by the deed of Settlement they are empowered to make such call, whenever they shall think fit, yet they cannot but be sensible that the power so giv en was intended to be exercised only in cases where it should obviously tend to the advantage of the proprietors, and where no rational doubt could be entertained of their willing ness to advance the money. "In the present instance the Board of Directors have not felt sufficiently assured upon either of these points, to take upon themselves the responsibility of so important a step, and thus it is that we are met together on the present occasion. " Gentlemen,—ln order that you may the more clearly and completely understand the position of our affairs, it has been thought convenient to prepare a statement, which I will now read to you, and perhaps you will have the goodness to carry your attention back to the period of our first establishment, in the month of March, 1822. At that period the premiums on in surances were thought by many persons to be generally too high; and it was conceived that by establishing a new company at a re dustios of 25 per cent., a large business would be speedily drawn from other ewers, and that new insurers would of course prefer the cheaper market. "At this time the rage for speculation had not attained its greatest height, and there seemed to be room enough for at least one more fire-office in 'this metropolis. Accordingly the Beacon Fire Insurance Company was formed, and the business lof insuring was commenced on the 30th March, 1822. Gentle men, you will take notice that the nominal capital of this company was to be £200,000, and that the shares were to be £lOO shares; that the sum of 25 per cent. only was to he paid up by instalments at stated periods; and although it could not be actually stipulated that no more would be afterwards called for, yet it was given to be understood as in the highest degree improbable. It was not long after the company's formation, before the nominal capital was found to be too small, or rather that its amount was drawn into comparison with the amount of capital of other companies, and as the principle of reduction on whieh the Beacon was esta blished was entirely novel, and not adopted by the other offices, the same degree of confidence was not generally felt, that that office would be able, under ordinary circumstances, to meet its en gagements with the public." This statement also contains a very long and full account of the proceedings of the Beacon Fire Insurance Company, and th e subjoined " abstract," which gives in a condensed form the Profits made an d th e l osses s u s t a i ne d b y t h a t o ffi ce, will I Immo CORINTHIAN ESTABLISHMENTS No. 65 and 66, Lord-street, Liv!rpoo.f, and Nu. 18 and 20, Maiket- street, Manchester. ES. TUTON, I. l 4;rsci , rt AcTuttE of every description of • CLOTHING suitable for all climates, and - GENERAL OUT FITTER to all Parts of the World, begs to call the attention of Exporters of Manufactured Clothing, Masters of Vessels, ,a dies, Gentlemen, or Families Emigrating, Strangers in ver pool, and the Inhabitants generally to his extensive ock of CLOTHING of all descriptions, and calculated for al limates, and comprehending all qualities, from the finest to he lowest quality of Goods. In submitting the annexed List of Prices for onsideratiov, E. S. TUTON particularly wishes it to be unders od that every Article is made up in the most respectable a uner, and that the highest Price enumerated has reference rt to any article of a secondary description, but to the very best Article furnished by the Trade. s. d. £ s. d. utlemen's Dress Coats Ditto, superfine Cloth Ditto ditto, West of Enuland Cloth Ditto ditto, very best quality Frock Coats 15 per Cent. in advance of Dress Coats. Coloured Cloth or C3ssirriere Trowsers 0 IS 0 .. 1 4 6 Very best Ditto Black or Blue Cloth orCassimere Very best Ditto 1 - 7 6 .. 1 10 0 Superfine White Dri11...:. 0 8 6 .. 0 10 6 Very best Ditto 0 12 6 .. 0 14 0 Unbleached Ditto White or Buff Moleskin _ . Anglo-Merinos, all colours Fancy Checks and Stripes White and Coloured Jean Jackets, in either. Cloth or Jeans, 15 per cent. in advance of . _ . Trousers. Black or Coloured Cassimere Vests 0 9 0 .. 0 14 6 Fancy Quilting Ditto ' • 0 6 6 .. 0 10 6 White Ditto Fancy Valentia Ditto Rich Fancy Silk Ditto Cloth Cloaks Camlet Ditto Gentlemen's White Calico Shirts 0 1 4 .. 0 3 6 Extra fine Ditto Ditto ditto, Linen Collars and Wrists Ditto ditto, with Fancy Fronts Ditto ditto, with French Lawn Fronts 0 5 0 .•‘ 0 8 6 FancyColoured Ya c ht Shirts Irish 'Linen Plaited Fronts 0 3 6 .. 0 -8 6 Extra fine Ditto, Lawn Fronts Ditto ditto, French Cambric Fronts Ol2 0 upwards Linen Shirt Frosts Cambric Ditto Fancy Ditto . Fine Lawn Ditto 0 2 6 .. 0 4 0 Fancy Ne{Alework Ditto Coloured Ditto 0 1 0 .:0 1 6 Fine Linen Collars - Boys' Collars and Frills. • _ Boys' and Youths' Shit is of all qualities, and proprtionably low Prices. Ladies' Ready-made Chemises. Slips, Petticoats, Wrappers, Night Dresses, Cloaks, and every article of Apparel suitable for all climates. Dressing Gowns, Drawers, and Singlets. HOSIERY. In Silk, Cotton, Woollen, and Merinos of every description. GLOVES, _ _ In Kid, Beaver, Goat, Silk, Thread, Berlin, Sateen, Fur, Woollen, &c. Articles made to measure at the same Prices. Ladies, Gentlemen, or Family Outfits to auy extent promptly executed. Prepared Bedding, Blankets, Sheets, Counterpanes, Towels, Table Linen. &e. English and Foreign Silks, rich Shawls, splendid Cloaks, Furs, Irish Linens, Hosiery, Flannels, Damasks, Moreens, T.shle Linens, Broad Cloths, Kerseymeres, &c. MACKINTOSH AND CO'S WATERPROOF AND AIR-PROOF FABRICS.—E. S. Tuton, possessing the privilege of using the India Rubber Liquid, wnereby Gentlemen may have Articles made in their own peculiar manner and perfectly Waterproof. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Lists of Outfits may be had by ap plying at the Establishment. LONDON DYE-HOUSE, No. 6. PITT-STREET. LIVERPO L. TOHN MATHISON, SILK DYER, f m Londan, (suc ttcessor to Mr. A. Braik.,) begs leave t eturn his grateful acknowledgments to the Nobility and Ge try of Liver poo a d its vicinity, for the liberal encourageme t with which he has been favoured, anti respectfully solicits continuance of their patronage. The business is conducte n the improved method of Dying and Finishing, as now used y the first Dyers in Lon don, borrowed from the French. The following articles are Dyed or Cleaned in a superior style, namely, Silks, Canton Crapes, Bombasines, Tabinets, Satins, Velvets, and Shawls. Merinos Dyed, Pressed, and Watered. Satin Damasks, Calico, Prints, Linen, Woollen Bed and Window Furniture, Sofa and, Chair covers Cleaned and Glazed. Gentlemen's Clothes Renovated. Blankets, Counterpanes, and Carpets Cleaned. EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTION IN P ICE OF LODGE'S PORTRAITS. LODGE'S PORTRAITS OFILLUSTRIOUS ERSONAGES. Vj' and W. BOONE, 22, NEW BOND- TREET, LONDON, 1 o having purchased the remaining• es of this splendid Work, now offer the 12 Volumes. just mpleted, folded for binding, at £l2; the subscription price s £3O. The copies are in every respect equal to those delivered to the Subscribers. Al/ TO ARCHITECTS. &e. A NEW CHURCH, having Two VESTR S, and with or 11., without SCHOOL-ROOMS under tl same, is PRO POSED TO BE BUILT in Sheffield P r - on the south side of the road leading to the Cricket Inn, an Ijoining the house in the occupation of Mr. William Marsh, a Sum not exceed ing 12,000. To be built of Ashler Stone, and to contain 1,500 Sittings, 500 of which are to he Free. Plans, Ike. to he sent to the Rev. THOMAS SUTTON, Vicarage, Sheffield, on or before the 16th April next. It is not intended to have Pillars to support the Roof. March 3d, 1836. ZEE LIVERPOOL ANDARD. be a timely and useful beacon to all those who may be disposed to embark their capitai in a similar undertaking. • " A BS'Tft ACT -BEACON FIRE-OFFICE. Received for premiums from the establishment of the office, four years and nine months . .£14,984 7 4 Subscribed capital of 1:25 per cent. ou £200,000. £50,00{1 0. 0 Loss Residue of subscribed capital £24,10U l 1 There should also be deducted niwards of E.6,0ti0 from the above balance, being the difference between the interest on the capital of £xo,ooo and the amount of the dividends paid to the proprietors, being at the rate of five per cent. Paid losses by fire Management, &c .. 23,003 15 9 Directors' salaries Managing Director 3,812 0 0 40.878 6 3 14,981 7 4 LOSS ..E25.893 18 11." If, after the perusal of this statement, any thing be wanting to suggest the necessity of extreme caution to all those who may be inclined to join in establishing a new fire insurance company in Liverpool, I would advise them to reflect upon the fact, that :within the last five years the insurance companies have ,sus tained and paid losses iu Livernool to the enormous amount of upwards 01E350,000, nine-tenths of which have been incurred on mercantile risks. Notwithstanding the efficiency of the present Fire Police, (I challenge any oue to prove to the con trarv,) the insurance companies have paid £50,000 since the establishment of that force ►n August, 1834; and I must observe also, that uninsured properly to the amount of £lB,OOO has been destroyed in Liverpool during that period. As a perso❑ who I•as been singed 1 little in early life by fire speculations, I beg to subscribe myself A BURNT CHILD. Imptriat 111i:tiaraEnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. REPORT OP THE ECCLESIASTICA I. COMMISSION. Viscount MELBOURNE on presenting the second report of the ecclesiastical.commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of all the sees iu England and Wales, expressed his great satis faction at finding that the report had been unanimously agreed to; and that it bore the siematures of all the commissioners whose names were inserted in the commission. The subjectsof investigation were divided into three heads, viz., territory, re venue, and patronage. The question of ecclesiasti.'al patron age was one of great delicacy . and difficulty, of much interest and importance. The commissioners had upon this subject ex pressly reserved themselves for another report. He now would proceed to the first head, upon which be should'feel it necessary to offer some observations on the subject respecting territory. The last report, as their lordships were aware; recommended a new arrangement of the dioceses of England and Wales, an ar rangement that should he made, without being too sweeping, and that should. tend to remedy the great inequality which at present prevailed ; some of the territorial possessions of the hishopricks being so extensive that it was impossible for the bishop to execute his duties, for no human strength nor industry was capable of performing it ; and on the other hand, others were so small that the bishop bad comparatively little to do. In the recommendation of that report by the present com missioners, with respect to this, part of the Subject, the same principles were adopted, with but one or two alterations. It had been suggested that the dioceses of Bristol and Llandaff should be united (he was now speaking of the first report); but in the present report an alteration in this respect was made, for the report pointed out a portion of the bishoprick of Bristol to be united with the see of Bath and Wells, and the remaining part of the see of Bristol, with the see of Gloucester. By these arrangements there would be an increase of duty for the Bishops of Gloucester and Bath and Wells to exercise. There were some minor alterations in other sees, into the particulars of which, however, it was not necessary that he should enter. The report also' recommended the union of the bishoprick of Sorter and Man with that of Carlisle. With respect to the re venues, it was proposed to reduce the more opulent sees, for the purpese of in c reasing the income of those bishopricks which were less amply provided for. It was not intended to produce a perfect equality in that respect, for such a principle was con trary to the best interests of the church, and, in his opinion, was inconsistent with the form of the government under which we lived. .The disposition of some of the chief alterations in the revenues of the respectiVe sees were these :—The estimated annual revenue of Canterbury amounted to £17,000 per annum ; it was proposed to reduce it to £15,030 per annum. The bi shoprick of London was estimated at £12,200 per annum ; it was proposed to reduce it to £lO,OOO. The see of Durham (about which he should say a few words presently) was esti mated to pimps an 'annual revenue of £17,800, the proposed. reduction was to £8,000: That ofWinchester was estimated at £10,700; it was proposed to be reduced to £7,000. Worcester was estimated at £6,500, it was proposed to reduce it to £5,000; St. Asaph and Bangor (one being £5,200, and the other £3,800) were to have a revenue of £5,001) each. The reductions thus effected would form a fund of about £28,500 per annum, to which was to be added the saving in the transfer of the see of Bristol £2,300 a year—thus making altogether a fund of £30,800 per annum. Lord Melbourne referred the house to the report itself, respecting the proposed alterations in the sees of 1 ork, Bath and Wells, Norwich and Salisbury. The commis sioners had recommended that the secular jurisdiction of the Bishop of Durham should be separated from his ecclesiastical functions. The same arrangement, it had also been suggested, should be extended to the Archbishoprick of York and the Bishoprick of Ely. His lordship then referred to that part of the report relating to-prebendal foundations, to deans and chapters, to sinecure livings, to non-residence, pluralities, and to benefices in the gift of ecclesiastical corporations. The al terations proposed by the commissioners would constitute a fund of about £130,000 per annum, applicable to the purposes of reducing the great inequalities by which the interests of the church were injured in the estimation of the public. ll3y lord ship concluded by saying that this was founded on - conservative principles to the church ; and that it had his entire approbation. He therefore moved " that the report be printed." The Archbishop of CANTERBURY agreed with Lord Mel bourne in the opinion that the proposed alterations would be for benefit of the church, and that they would increase its efficiency and promote its stability: The report was ordered to be printed. AMERICAN PAPERS. . New York papers have been received in London, by .the new ship Gladiator, to the 20th of February, being its first voyage, which it has accomplished in 17 days. The Bank Charter was returned to the senate, having passed the House of Representatives. In reference to the dispute between France and America, the news, as the United States Gazette expresses it, " is irresistibly pacific." The Qommerciill Advertiser contains the fol lowing paragraph : " Official information has been received by the government, through .the English Cabinet, that the King of the french is ready to fulfil the treaty of July 4, 1831, to the letter, and to pay the money, principal and interest, as soon as the American government shall indicate to whom, and in what manner, it shall be paid. Thus has this vexatious question at length been happily ended. In regard to the mediation, the opinion is ac quiring strength and consistency, that the American executive was well aware, many months ago, that the kind offices of Eng land would be interposed before any rupture should take place. Of this intention Lord Palmeiston had long since apprised Mr. Vail, the American Charge in London, by whom, of course, the American government was advised of the fact." We make the subjoined extract from the papers quot ed, the last of vvhich, if true, is of the highest impor tance : (From the Mercantile Advertiser and New York Adiocate.) " The National Intelliyencer of Thursday states, that, it was believed the president would send a message to Congress on that day, announcing the reception of official advices that the French government is ready to pay over the instalments of the indemnity now due under the treaty. " We learn that the government has already effected an in surance on about 4,500,000 dollars of the French indemnity, a part of which sum, it is said, is now on the way to this country. REPORTED NEGRO INSURRECTION AT NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. _- _ _ (From the Philadelphia Commercial Herald.) " Just as our paper was going to press last night, we were favoured wilh the followin:Oetter, containing an account of an insurrection of the slaves at Nashville, Tennessee, and the destruction of the Planters' Bank and the Union Bank of Tennessee. We shall wait for further particulars with great anxiety:— 4 ' i i hree miles from Nashville, Feb. 10, at 6 o'clock a.m. " Dear Sir,—We have just time to inform vou by Mr. Harris, who leaves here for Maysville, that Nashville is in the utmost consternation, owing to an insurrection of the slaves! At one o'clock the Planters' Bank was forced into , —have not heard the particulars. If we can save our lives, it is all we ask. " We remain, truly, "J. and R. YEA TMAN and Co. " Half-past Six. p.m, "' P.S.—An express has just arrived—the Union. Bank was burnt last night!' " The above intelligence comes from so respectable a source that it is grtatly feared it will prove too true. Messrs. Yeat man and Co. are known as the roost respectable house in Nashville. Great anxiety will exist in this community hq further intelligence. The negroes in Nashville, we are informed, comprise not more than one-third of the population, and, we should suppose, could readily be subjected unless aided by those from the surrounding country," LINES ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY ON tiEARING HER DETERMINA- TIDY OF ENTERING A CONVENT. Why would'st thou hide thy many charms within a convent's gloom, And let thy beauties vainly bud to perish in their bloom; Forsake the home that gave the birth, the band that suecour'd - when Thy infant tongue could scarcely lisp that well-belov'd name I Why would'st thou shun the busy world, from all its joys depart, To let thy pure affections fade within a lonely heart? Is there no breast can feel thy woe? Can none a healing/bring To life's entail'd adversities or disappointment's sting? ) Or (lost thou tremble to abide where sin and vice abounti, With guilty pleasures round thee sit and wickedness around Oh !if 'tis so, remember He who guides the star-lit sphere— He who gave life will also give the power to pwsevere To overthrow temptation's snare, to shun each vicious way, Point the new path, and, pointing, guide to a brighter, happier day. Will no one sigh when thou art gone, none mourn thin4absent state te When memory calls the joyous past ere they were desolate? Will no one dwell with fond regret, none miss thy tender ca,re? Art thou alone amid this world?—do none a kindred bear? • When in thy solitude perchance the thought unbidden springs Of house, with all its comforts link'd, and o'er thy sadness flings A wish that thy rash vow were void, a sigh for they who mourn That tender band so rudely burst, so prematurely torn — Will not the heart then fondly weep o'er joys it must forego? And who dare say that this pure grief is sacrilegious woe? Were not we sent within this world to act an useful part — To battle with the "wily foe," not from the field depart? Oh! do not take the binding oath, yield not to fell despair; Pray to thy God for strength to strive, and He will hear thy prayer; And, should temptation close around, remember in that hour, That He who bids the trial come can shield thee with his power! 'March, 1836; " MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL—The names of the following members fur Lancashire appear in the pub lished lists as having voted against the governinent plan of cor poration reform for Ireland, viz .: Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Sandon, Lord Stanley, J. Ireland Blackburne, W. Bolling, W. Egerton, Sir P. Egerton, W. Fielden, H. J. Kearsley, J. F. Lees, J. W. Patten, E. Stanley. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is to move on Tuesday, (this eveuing) for leave to bring in a bill for the consolidation of the various laws on the subject of stamp duties, and we are gratified in being enabled to slate that the measure of the right honouiable gentleman will not merely have for its object to consolidate and simplify these laws, but that it is intended also to afford relief to the community on many essential points. As the notice of the Chancellor of_the Exchequer for Tuesday night embraces the whole subject of stamp duties, the right honourable gentleman will doubtless take that opportunity of disclosing the intentions of the government with respect to the stamp duties on newspapers, or, as they are popularly called, the taxes on knowledge.—Observer, SALFORD OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—The first anniversary of this loyal association was held on Monday evenim,s, at the Town-hall, Salford, when the members and their friends sat down to an excellent and substantial supper provided for the occasion by Mr. Richardson, of the King's Head Inn. The tables were set out for the accommodation of 400 guests; but such was the anxiety to obtain admission, that this was found to be totally inadequate to the demand for places, d ud the consequence was, that after the cloth was removed upwards of 2(X) persons, in addition to those who were fortunate enough to obtain seats, were admitted, and were obliged to be content wtth standing room in such places as were not occupied.by the tables. The room was decorated with flags bearing appropriate mottoes, and on the wall at the head of the room were placed excellent engraved portraits of the Duke of Wellington and .Sir Robert Peel, and a painting of the late Sir Robert Peel. The chair was occupied by Mr. Booth, who discharged the duties of his office with great propriety, prefacing the various toasts with short and appropriate addressee. The toasts were of the most loyal description, and the speeches delivered by several mem bers of the association were full of animation and sound conser vative feeling. On no former occasion have we witnessed such a display of ardent attachment to the British constitution, or such a firm determination to maintain that constitution in its integrity. The association was honoured by the Tresence. Df several gentlemen,ixbo were anxious to witness and give their countenance to the proceedings. Amongst them were William Garnett, Esq., Robert Ilollingworth, Esq., the Rev. M. Gather , cole, and the Rev. W. Blair, who towards the close of business expressed in animated terms the gratification they had received from being present on such an interesting occasion, and pledged themselves to support with all their influence these loyal and constitutional associations. The band of the 17th Lancers at tended by permission of the commanding officer, and a party of professional singers enlivened the proceedings by the intro duction of several excellent glees and songs. • The whole of, ,the arrangements were most creditable to all parties concerned, and will long be remembered to the honour of the Salford operatives, who have set such a noble example to their brethren throughout the country.—Manchester Courier. SCENE AT A POLICE OFFICE IN PARIS.—A stalwart, sturdy individual appeared the other day before the Tribunal of Cor rectional Police, in Paris, to prefer a complaint. He gave his name Hercules, with the soubriquet of Belccillet (pink, or tulip cove, in London phraseology,) and stated that he Caine to demand redress for blows administered unto him. Every one was in astonishment at hearing a complaint of this nature pre ferred by a man of such large proportions as Mr. Hercules Belwillet, and much speculation ensiled as to who the champion could have been who would dare to enter the lists with c o re doubtable a personage. This astonishment was at its height when the defendant appeared in the person of a pretty young girl about 18 years of age, with fair hair and blue ees. from which fell tears like sapphires. and who rejoiced in the name of Amanda. Hercules opened the case :—•‘Ah ! yes, she can cry now ! I wish you had seen her when she was laying the Umbrella across my shoulders,—a perfect little lioness! She's got a fist too, and struck fire out of my eyes with it. Why she did it is another thing ; I have not the slightest idea, not having ' it in my composition to offer her the slightest insult." Made moiselle Amanda replied, in a very low voice, " He wanted to be at my papa." This statement the papa confirmed: "It's perfectly true what my daughter says. This is the state of the case had just been walking with my daughter, and was about to get into a hackney coach, when this individual, whom I did not know from Adam, rushed up and wanted to let fly at me; my daughter Amanda endeavoured to defend me with her umbrella, and it happened that this individual placed his back directly beneath the artoke of the weapon." Hercules: " Placed my back under the stroke!—the wise old man—ves, and got myself thumped black and blue on purpose !" 'These state• ments having been made, the Court immediately acquitted Madlle. Amanda, and the discomfited Hercules departed, pro bably to undergo a similar visitation from the distaff of his domestic Omphale. . . SPANISH AFFAIRS. The Marquis of Lori;WEar;;ga,;enotice of a motion for Monday (Yesterday) respecting the detention of 27 British sub jects as prisoners in Spain.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY. LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a committee. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. Lord JOHN RUSSELL brought up the report of the ecclesias tical commissioners. The statements of his lordship were nearly the same as those made by Lord Melbourne in the upper house. Lord John Russell at the close of the conversation gave notice of a motion for Monday, yesterday, for leave to bring in a bill for the regulation of certain matte's connected with the prin cipality of Durham, arising out of the proposed alteration with respect to the ecclesiastical and lay duties hitherto performed by the bishop of thatdiocese. ADDITIONAL DUTY ON SPIRIT LICENSES. Petitions were presented from several places praying for the repeal of the additional duty on spirit licenses. Mr. DIYETT, pursuant to notice, moved for a committee of the whole Louse on so much of the act 4th and sth of William IV., e. 75, as imposes an a dditi ona l d u ty o f 50 p er cen t. on spi rit licenses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER concluded a long speech on this subject, in which h e d e f en d e d th e t ax on genera l gr ounds, and depre c at e the motion as calculated to embarrass the go verment, by saving, that in the course of a month he should lav able to submit to the house the financial statement of the country, and if they would wait till then they would see the va rious propositions which he should have to make. If, indeed, his hon. friend should object to postpone his motion until that time, then he hoped the house would acknowledge that he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had not been fairly dealt with, and that they would join with him in resisting it. Mr. LIEATHCOTE thought that gin palaces were fair subjects for taxation,- and he hoped that his hon. friend the member for Exeter would consent to postpone his motion for a month, and thus meet the views of the Might hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Viscount SAN DON said he could not regard this addi tional duty on spirits as a tax upon the consumer. If, indeed, he could bring his mind to think that this was a tax upon ardent spirits, he, for one, Would be very far from objecting to its con tiuuance. After some further discussion the house divided. For the amendment 16.5; for the original motion 155. -Majority in fa , Tour of ministers 10. LANDLORDS AND TENANTS' BILL (IRELAND.) Mr. J. CRAW F. q icgoon9YOSor.leAve to bring in. a bill t o a lt er and amend the laws respecting landlord and tenant in Ireland. Leave given.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY. ' " The Duke of CUMBERLAND, in the absence of Lord Wyn ford, moved for an account of the Annual issue of stamps to country bankers from 1819 to 1836 inclusive.—Ordered. The slave compensation bill was read a third time and passed. MEDICAL WITNESSES ATTENDING CORONER'S INQUESTS. ..The Duke of Nawcasau presented S petition from the me dical practitioners of the town of Nottingham, praying that me medical men might be remunerated for their attendance on coroner's inquests. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (WEST INDIES) RILL. Lord GLENELG moved the second reading of a bill for the better administration of justice in the West Indies. - The evils of the existing system his lordship said might be traced to a twofold cause—the origin of the courts of justice and the man ner in which situations in them had been filled up. The ma jority of these colonies was under the direction of a local legis lature, and to all those legislative colonies the whole frame of English judicature had been extended. One material reason for the bill was the want of qualification in the judges who now presided over the courts in these islands. The judges were al meet invariably connected with the suitors, and not unfrequently bore a part in the quarrels upon which they afterwards adjudi-. cated. The court of criminal jurisdiction was constituted under a commission from the governor, and in that respect professed to follow the system adopted in this country. But there was this essential 'difference between them; here the members of the commission were ruostlyconnected with the legal profe'ssion, while in the West Indies they were composed of the members of council, members of the assembly, and justices of the peace, but there were no lawyers on these commissions. In consequence of th e great number of gentlemen included in the commission a very small number remained to act as jurors, and that situation was often tilled by individuals who were not eligible by law, and were often connected with the . parties whose cases came before them. If this were continued the consequence would be the total disregard of all law. His lordship went into a great variety of details to sho* the necessity fur the proposed altera tion. The principle of the measure was. that these islands should be divided into two districts. To . each district there should be appointed a chief justice and a senior judge, who were, at stated times, to go - .the circuit, throughout the islands. Be sides these, it was proposed that there should be a puisne judge resident on each island, who should assist the other judges when they arrived on circuit; but who, at other seasons, might tran sact business as the judges did in chambers at home, and per haps preside at the quarter sessions. He trusted that compe tent judges would thus be obtained, and that the evils which at tended the present system would he removed. Under this bill, which proceeded on the principle of non-interference with the authOrity of the local legislatures, it would be competent for them to effect this change. If this plan were adopted, the ex penditure under the old system would be found-amplyssufficieht to meetthe exigencies of the new. The extent of the circuits would be about 850 miles, which, in consequence of the facility , afforded by steam navigation, could easily be effected. Such was the bill which he now proposed; and it would naturally be asked, how it happened that, so sanctioned, so recommended, so earnestly desired, it had nevertheless been so long delayed? The fact was, that many difficulties were connected with the subject. So long as the question of the abolition of the slave trade was pending, so long did it present a very great difficulty to the consideration and'lettlement of this subject. (Hear.) The very question of slavery itself was enough to impede the course of justice, in consequence of the strong and angry feel ings which it excited. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible to try the experiment so long as that sort of feeling prevailed. But there was another reason why this measure was not sooner pro posed. For some time past a strong suspicion had prevailed in the colonies with respect to the intentions of the government, and while that existed it would have been very difficult to in duce the interference of the local legislatures to effect a mea sure of this nature. Those difficulties were now removed; aotl this bill, which he thought• would provide a b.,;ter system—a system founded on solid and liberal principles—which would re move all possible suspicion from the administration of justice, and from the local governments, was introduced. He believed that it would receive the concurrence of the colonies, because he thought that it held out to them the assurance of great and permanent advantages. ( Hear, hear.) It would, in his opinion, give security to property; but it would, above all, give that se curity for a * due administration of the law, upon which the rights and happiness of so many of their fellow-subjects, now placeri in a new situation, mainly depended. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of RIPON expressed his satisfaction at the course pursueii by the noble secretary far the colonies. The bill was read a second time.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. On the motion of Sir W. GEARY, the Gravesend pier bill was read a first time. RAILWAYS, Mr. CLAY presented, petitinns from the inhabitants of various places in the eastern parts of the metropolis against the London and Blackwall railway bill. In presenting these petitions he was anxious to call the attention of the house to the very im portant principle involved in the subject to which they referred. rhe principle set forth in the various petitions he had presented, and thoir prayer, all tended to this—that these railroads should nut be allowed to come into the heart of the metropelis, it be ing, in their opiniim, neither necessary nor useful that they should be brought there. In the borough he represented (the Tower Hamlets) - there had been in the eastern parts of the city, Within three Miles or the Boyal Exchange, no less than 5,935 houses scheduled to be taken down, and thus, allowing five persons to a house, :30.000 inhabitants would be turned out of their dwellings. As far as the majority were concerned, it was impossible that they could be compensated. It was a mockery to tell the inhabitants residing in and near th e great thorough fares,' the trade and traffic of which would be destroyed, that they might oppoSe those bills before the private committees of the house. Where were they to get the funds ? On the other hand, there was no lack of funds on the part of the promoters of such bills, owing to the deposits paid, on the shares which par ties purchased at present as they would do lottery tickets. The fact was, that the public-mind was just now in a morbid state of excitement on the subject of railway-. (Hear, hear.) It ap peared from the report of the select committee that there were fifty-seven railways actually before the house, or in contempla tion, involving an outlay of upwards of £28,000,000;-and he found that there were fifty-one private hills for roads, bridges, waterworks, &c., before the house, which, added to the railways, made the estimated outlay for these various undertakings amount to no less than £33,500,000. (Hear.) This state of things re sembled rather too much the terriblo year 1825. He thought that when the public mind was in such an unwholesome state, it was the duty of every hon. member to call the attention of the house to the fact. • The petitions were inferred to the committee. DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY'S BILL Mr. O'CONNELL moved the second reading of the Dublin Steam Packet Company's bill. 111 t. YOUNG objected to the second reading of a bill the pur pose of which was to give increased power to a company that originally should not have been granted so much, and moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. WuKs also opposed the secebd reading. Mr. O'CortNELL contended that the bill was perfectly con sistent with precedent ; he hoped, therefore, it might be allowed to go MO committee, and if a strong opinion prevailed against the two clauses chiefly objected to, he Would not press them. The hqn. and learned member added, that if the company ob tained the act for which they now sought, there was little doubt that they would soon be able to carry the mails at less than hall the laresent expense. Mr. ROBINSON was opposed to the second reading. Mr. P. Titompsom observed that some of the provisions of the bill went to extend 'ate powers of the company to laud car riage and to the borrowing of money on mortgage--to those he should object; but as to incorporating the company or in creasing their capital, he was not prepared to offer any objec tion. Mr. WALL ACE would vote against the bill, fearing that its effect would be to invest the company with what was little short of a mon9poly. Sir H. PA IINELL opposed the bill, as we understood, but none of his observilions were audible. Colonel PERCIVAL hoped the house wouldagree to the second reading, as the right hon. gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade, had acquiesced in going at least the length of saying that there were some of the clauses to which he should not object. _ _ _ _ _ After a few words from; Messrs. Potter, W. Roche, and P M. Stewart, Lord MoapETH said he saw no objection to proceeding with the present stage, as they might in committee decide separately upon each individual clause. Colonel Conolly, Mr. French, and Lord Sandon supported the bill; and Mr. Callaghan made a few remarks which were not distinctly heard. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second rending 163 Against it 59 Majority for the bill CARLOW ELECTION INQUIRY. Mr. R. COLBORNE appeared at the bar with the report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the traffic and agreement alleged to have taken place between Daniel O'Connell and Alexander Raphael, Esqs. ' touching the nomination and return of the said Alexander liaphael as one of the representatives in parliament for the county of Carlow at the last election for that county, and the application of the monies said to have been received, and the circumstances under which the same were received and expended. The hon. member having handed it in 0 the clerk, it was then read at the table. It stated that the committee had inquired into the matters they were appointed to investigate, and had agreed to the following report :—" It appears to the committee that the subject divided itself into two heads—first, the contract between Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Raphael ; and secondly, the sum alleged to have been paid from one party to the other; and they feel it to be their duty to draw the attention of the house very briefly to these two points. It appears that Mr. O'Connell addressed a letter dated June 5, 1835, which contained an agreement for the payment of £2OOO. The committee cannot help observing, that the whole tone and tenour of that letter was calculated to excite much suspicion and animadversion; but upon a very careful investi gation of what had previously taken place between Mr. Ra phael, Mr. Tyrrell, Mr. Vigors, and others of the county of Carlow, they feel bound to add that it was proved to their satis faction that Mr. O'Connell had acted on this occasion at the express desire of Mr. Raphael (hear, hear,) and was the only medium of communication between Mr. Vigors and others in the county of Carlow and Mr. Rsphael. It appears that the money was paid Mr. O'Connell's general account at his banker's in London, but was repaid the moment it was called for—some part of it in bills, but the discount was allowed, and therefore the committee are of opinion that no charge of a pecuniary character could be attached to Mr. O'Connell. (Hear.) It appears also that this money was expended under the direction of Mr. Vigors and others in the county of Carlow; and the committee see no reason to question.the legality of the manner in which the money was expended," - The report having been read, Mr. R. COLBORNE rose in his place and said, that in moving now that the report and the evidence be printed, he had one or two observations to make to the house—namely, that the report was founded on the unanimous opinion of the committee (hear, hear,) and let him add, that that unanimity was not ettended with any sacrifice of principle or compromise of opinion, but was the result of a full and fair consideration o f the subject. (Cheers.) He was anxious to make this statement, because he thought it could not fail to have its weight with the house and with the country, and because he thought it would tend to prove that eleven gentlemen of different.political opinions might meet together in one room, and yet, when the subject of their inquiry was of a judicial nature, have no difficulty in laying aside all party feelings. (Rear, hear.) He could only state, that if the house and the country at large would consider the evidence with the same proper feeling, he was satisfied that they would come to the same conclusion. (Cheers.) The hon. member con cluded by moving that the report of the committee, and the evi dence given before it, be printed. Agreed to. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to a►question from Sir William Rae, said that he hied not yet received the report of the Church of Scotland Endowment Commission, but from private infor mation, he was led to believe that it would soon be in the pos session of the government. ARMY ESTIMATES. The house having res,:lved itself into a committee of supply, Lord How ICK brought forward the army estimates. They are very nearly the same as those of last year, and all the votes pro posed were carried. DUBLIN POLICE BILL. . Lord MORPETH, after the house had resumed, obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the Dublin police bill. His lord ship said it was identically the same as the bill of last year.— Adjourned. VON. MURDER OF THE LATE NICHOLAS FAIRLES, ESQ., OF SOUTH SHIELDS. We have been favoured with a perusal of the official docu ments in reference to one of the most extraordinary confessions ever recorded in the annals of crime. The facts connected with the murder of Nicholas Fairies, Esq., at Jarrow, near South Shields, about four years ago , w ill be fresh in the recollection our readers. The victim, it will be remembered, was an active magistrate of the county of Durham, and the deed of blood was . committed on the highway, in a populous neighbourhood, and in broad day-light. The murderers were Wm. Jobling and Ralph Armstrong, belonging to the Pitmen's Union, the mem bers of which, having struck work for an advance of wages, were organized by several designing demagogues, under whose auspices, and, as it now appears, at whose instigation, the de luded men committed crimes of the most desperate and awful description. The guilty perpetrators of many of those acts of outrage, which filled the public mind with dread, were never brought to justice, but there could be no doubt as to the indeutity of the murderers of Mr. Fairies. Two women saw the deed committed; a host of witnesses also observed Jobling and Armstrong run away from the scene of their atrocity. Arm strong's hands were red anthreeking with the life-blood of the unfortunate gentleman, who lingered sufficiently long to make a deposition as to the viilanous deed. Jobling was apprehended, convicted, executed, and gibbeted at Jarrow-Slake. Rewards, to the amount of £5OO, were offered for the apprehension of Armstrong —a sum sufficiently large, one would have thought, _to tempt the cupidity of those.persons who might be acquainted with the place of his concealment. But, if the confession to which we have adverted be correct, such was not the case. A man, who has gone by the name of "Wm. Robinson," as a sailor en board his majesty's ship •"fribune," cruising off the island of Corfu, iu the Mediterranean, made a detailed confes sion of the murder, before the captain and officers, on the 15th and 16th days of January last. He gave a circumstantial account of the committal of the crime, as the facts were elicited in the county of Durham on the trial of Joblitig. He further stated that he remained in concealment in the neighbourhood where the crime was perpetrated, until after the gibbet, exposing the body of Jobling, was erected in Jarrow Slake. He was then, he says, along with three other men, employed by the• delegates of the • PitnietesUnicm.ao cut flowrrthe body of Joblin~r. This daring act was accomplished in the dead of night, and the body, as it was in chains, was carried in a waterman's boat, outside Shields Bar, and thrown into the sea. For this service, himself and the other three men rece i v ed, from the Pitmen's Delegates, and out of the union funds we use the confessor's own words), "the sum of two pounds each anti a blow-out of grog and porter, and a supper." The individual, who has made the above statement, further confessed that the name of " ito inson," by - which he had gone since he served in the ship bone, was the maiden name of his mother, but that his real name was William Armstrong. After having twice attested anti signed the confession of which the above is the substance, Captain Tomkinson of the Tribune, discharged him to his Majesty's ship Sapphire, to proceed from her by the steam-pac ket to Malta, for the decision of Sir Josias Rowley, the com manning officer on the Mediterranean station. There can, therefore, be no doubt that the man will speedily arrive in this country. The necessary- steps as to his identity will, of course, be immediately taken, and, if he he really the murderer, his eventual couviction of the crime may be looked upon as certain. It is much to be regretted that Captain Tomkinson did not scud, along with the confession, a description of the man, This might have entirely removed any doubt as to the subject of identity. There are several slight discrepancies in the fellow's statement. For example, the real name of the murderer was " Ralph," and nut " William" Armstrong. There are also one or two other minor points, but after a careful perusal of the offi cial documents, and comparing the facts stated with those which were elicited in the trial of Jobling as reported in this paper, we have not a shadow of doubt on the subject. Under an impression that the entire publication of the confession might, at the present moment, frustrate the ends of justice, we have been induced to suppress it. One remarkable feature of the case is, that the man, previous to his confession, was a drunken, disorderly fellow, and had often, when in liquor, stated to his messmates that he was the murderer of Mr. Fair les.—Newcastle Journal. GARDEN IN MARCH. - Sow radishes, tpinage, and Ballad, every week. Finish pruning; dig between raspberries, and clear plantations of strawberries. Sow onions and leeks for the main crop. Sow asparagus, brocoli, an all sorts of flower seeds. Plant slips or cuttings of sweet herbs, Jerusalem arti chokes, and potatoes. Sow stocks . and hardy annuals. Graft apples, pears, &c. Plant beans and peas. Sow red and white cabbage for winter, and savoy for autumn. Sow the Jette Chou, transplant in and it will hear in winter abundance of small heads of choice flavour. Graft. Fork asparagus. Plant out Juttuce. Sow cucumbers, turnips, and celery. Sow sea kale, in drills a foot asunder, in dry, rich, sandy soil. Make planta tions of mint. Sow perennial flowers. Shelter choice flowers .from wet. N IklAlten 15 13 6. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL The New Opera of THE SIEGE OF ROGHELLE And the Mama of THE JEWESS, Having been recei ve d w ith th e mos t en th us i ast i c applause by a crowded audience last night, will be :repeated every Evlnt ink; this week. rinHE Public is respectfully informed, that arrangements have been made with A. BUNN, Esq., Lessee of the. Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, for a limited number of repre sentations of the popular Drama of The Jewess, which has been produced upon the same scale of grandeur as in London, with entirely:New Scenery, splendid Dresses, Real Armour, &c. &c. Second Night of Balfe's highly celebrated Opera of The Siege of Rochelle, with all the original Music, New Scenery, Dresses, &c. Mr. WILSON and Miss BETTS, z Principal Vocalists of the Theatre Royal, Drury-jd - ne, are en gaged for a limited number of nights, and wi perform the principal characters in The Siege of Rochel . Mrs. YATES, Of the game Theatre, is also engaged for a iced period, and will perform the character of t -rewess. The Siege of Rochelle and the Jewess Ibe produced under the immediate superintendence d direction of Mr. YAT 'S Acting-Manager of the Theatr oyal, Drury-lane. This present TUESDAY, March 15, 1836, will be performed the last new Opera, composed by Balfe, as produced this sea son with the greatest success at the Theatre Royal, Drury lane, called THE SIEGE OF ROCHELLE. (The Musical Department conducted by Mr. Aldridge.) The Marquis de Valmour...Mr. • Clara Miss Betts. To conclude with the New Grand Operatic Drama of . .CHE JEWESS, The real Armour, executed by Mons. Granger, of Paris. The Dresses by Mr. Palmer, of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. The Banners and Properties by Mr. Blamire, of the same Theatre. Eleazar.. ..(a Goldsmith) Mr. Stuart. Rachel (the Jewess) Mrs. Yates. Page to the Princess.. Miss Chaplin. The Box-offic.l is open daily, when places in the Lower Boxes may be taken of Mr. Parker, from Ten until Three. No places can be secured unless Tickets are taken. Lower Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d.; Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance to commence at Seven. A limited number of Season Tickets, not transferable, and not admissible at Benefits, to be disposed of: ApplicatiOn tO'be made at the Box-office: • Madame YESTRIS is engaged fora limited period, and will make her Appearance at this Theatre (hi Easter Monday., GRAND SELECTION OF SACRED MUSIC. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR, AND OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE L ERPOOL• FESTIVAL CHORAL socIET MR. G. HOLDEN respectf u lly announ • s hi s i n t ent i on of giving a PERFORMANCE, on • extensive scale, of SACRED MUSIC, selected from the st celebrated Com posers. Priutipal Vocal Perfor ers : IIISS BET' (Principal Vocalist of the Theat oyal, Drury-lane,) Miss HARD N, (Of the Manchester Concerts,) Mr. WALTON, Mr. PEARSALL, (Of the Birmingham Concerts,) - And Mr. MACHIN. Leader—Mr. ALDRIDGE. The Band, (including all the leading talent of the town) will be ConSiderably augmented, will be upon an extensive scale, and the Chorus will be full and efficient. The Performance will take place at the THEATRE ROYAL, on TUESDAY EVENING, the 29th instant, and parti culars, with the Scheme, will be given as soon as the arrange ments are completed. 44, Staibrd-street. liibtrpool g.tanDarizi. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1836. We have New Orleans papers to the 6th, and New York journals to the 20th February, but they contain no intelligence of a later date or of more importance than that which we have extracted from the London papers of Saturday last, " Patriotism," said Dr. JOHNSON. " is the last refuge of a scoundrel," and we might say almost as much of our present popularity-hunters in the House of Commons, their professed love of economy being an imposition upon the public. Whenever we hear an old quack, or an elfish coxcomb, jabbering in parliament about the tie - - cessity of extraordinary frugality in expending the peo ple's money,'we invariably set him down for a cheat,who winks at the gross job and declaims against candle-ends. —who is horrified at the odd pence in an estimate, but who encourages unnecessary and profligate appropria tions in favour of some needy rogue at home, or some community of swindlers abroad. Honest JOSEPH HUME—Gon help the mark !—and the worthy people who hold by his " skirtS in the House of Commons —the WAKLEYS, BUCKINGHAM, BOWRINGS, WASONS, and EWARTS, to wit—are of this order of mo-, dern economists. They pursue their own selfish ends with all the avitlity of vampires, and we never see them rising to. censure any pecuniary vote without finding that they are quietly promoting some act of folly and extra-. vagance a thousand times more costly than that which , they seemin such earnest to opp6se. Economy is a good thing, but falseTconomy is only extravagance in another form—it is folly in the garb of wisdom. Look at the mock solemnity with which .TosEPH and his clique cavil at trifles, dispute about farthings, and waste more paper in printing returns than what they save by their paltry reductions. In the Russo-Dutch loan. NtE voted away in one night, needlessly and unpar donably, more money than he has saved to the state du-. ring his whole existence, and he did so under circum stances of such glaring inconsistency, and for an avow edly factious purpose, as must for ever make his name, and his character contemptible. But the conduct of these sham economists with refer ence to the military stores lately supplied to the Queen of Spain by the British government is equally disgrace ful, and shows how littlethey regard the real interests of - the people, whose friends, par excellence, they profess to be. The constituents of honest JOSEPH have, for some_ considerable time, been using their best efforts to obtain a repeal of the window tax. One class of them seek the repeal of the newspaper stamp tax ; another class de mand the repeal of the paper duty tax; but all agree that the window duty is an unequal, partial, and unwise tax. We perfectly agree with them; but how can they rea sonably expect the unhappy Chancellor of the Exche quer to be able to afford the remission of this duty so long as their own dear patriots encourage such a waste.; ful expenditure of the public money in propping the des perate pretension', of ISABULA of Spain ? By the re- . turn laid last week upon the table of the House of Com mons, it appears that the value of " stores, arms, .and ammunition" furnished by England to the de facto Spa nish Queen amounts to £386,777. Here then is consi-: derably upwards of one third of a million of money—of good English money—the " people's money"—absolutely' thrown away, and as much lost to this country for ,evetr,.— as if it had been in silver - bars thiiiiiCoVerioard in the, middle of the Atlantic. On mentioning this subject we protest that we take no interest whatever in either of the parties who combat for ascendancy in Spain. If we have any partiality at all it is in favour of that party which evinces the greatest disposition to reform, if not root out the debasing and? accursed popery of the per.insala. But without compro mising our opinions on either side, we do contend that these expensive subsidies, granted by the whigs, and countenanced by the HumE faction, the liberals, and the economists, are, in every sense of the word, scandalous and indefensible, inasmuch as they show, on the part of the present ministry, a total disregard of the wants, the interests, and the demands of the people of England. - It is impossible to look at the items of the subsidy with out seeing in them all the elements of a rank job, amount ing, in point of fact, to something like an advance of mo ney, just as if a man, having an abundance of plate but no spare cash, were to lend his plate in order to be pawned. The British government have, with the convenient concurrence of our patriotic economists, sent in all about 250,000 stand of arms to Spain. They have sent at least five muskets, rifles, and carbines for every man which the Queen can possibly bring into the field. We have show ered down upon the troops of ISABELLA a perfect hail storm of guns. We have put in possession of every available soldier of the Queen a musket in each-hand,; one upon his back, another to support his tent, and a fifth o serve as a poker at his watch-fires. Talk indeed of the window duty !—the supplies to Spain shut out the light from the hope:; of honest JOSEPH'S constituents. Pistols, rifles, and carbines—congreve-rockets and 'brass - - guns —powder, shot, and shells—harness, tents, bed steads, and beddink—waggons, carts, and cartridges—• muskets, cannon, and swords—all stand in the way of Mr. SPRING RICE'S contemplated reduction of ale) 3 4r~~~ MAF dow duty, are, by ar vocates. Need vt, that the imposed --by men theirrn banners, ; they 'are I this or a ed with. Common! and we•e; the detai glance, tl upon the given to I lists—anc probabilit pects of t originally CARLOS S and Birm ci den ts m " A Retur the Brit Spain ; the sam( remain " SPAN! 10,000; pi S mall .arm 27,783 ; et :10 musket the schoot two-pound munition, sig 32-pou 40 pikes, belle. ll.' " AI:XIL tots. 850 ; , 2 80,000 10,847 ; 18 and shells tarts, 392; Sce. Vall Auxiliary Which has order of th "Office It is ye who weig up from tl the Comm sootethin ES a heavy duced the explained the m . Wolk we harid If what IA can say is testimony th e notice Mr. R i k Re prove; the stipuli to:the pri' the money, Indeed to another p Posed to I Of ' O'Cw ° f 'the . bar latter pro which, wh him he pc poor and i I n short l'uou s AN, Perilap einpowere may have which the RAPHAEL hope and surely the, the legalit her of th, RAPHAEL, til3 n of th independe tvhi e h the as it interl 'the house, 'ernhers. 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