The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-01 00:00:00

JANUARY 1, 1.5:.6. tzncture a wholesome agitation in the religious world— a revival of the old spirit of Protestantism —which is not 'confined to these realms, but which reaches from the fa r east to the far west, and embraces the United States of America, which will most assuredly smite the per jured impostor of the Church of Rome, scatter his bi shops, his monks, his nuns, and his nieces, and . all their trumpery, and all their imposition, and all their iniquity, to the four winds of heaven, and restore to all protestant cornmunities that peace which has been allowed to be disturbed by shallow philosophers preaching liberality, by pretenders without principle seeking place, and by mendacious papists covering their fraudulent, ambitious, an d sanguinary desigris with a veil of spurious benevo lence and false liberality. So go thy ways, old year, down the hill to at least tem porary oblivion. We have no desire to record thy follies • or thy crimes. We put our faith in the new year, in the • rhymes of the Faerie Queene, and repose confidence in .the true-born of our native country:— j ' r - "Now strike your sailes, yee jolly mariners, For we be come unto a quiet rode. Here she awhile may make hersafe abode, Till sbe repaired have her tackles spent And wants supplide; and then againe abroad On the long roiage whereto she is bent, Well may she speeds, and fairly finish her intent!" At the termination of the third year of our labours we have to tender our most grateful acknowledgments for the continued, increasing, and unprecedented support we have received from our friends and from all classes in the community. . The rise of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, in point of circulation, and the number of its advertisements , is quite unexampled in England, and, what is still more congratulatory, its circulation is daily and gradually in creasing,. We have paid upon our advertisements alone, in the present year, at the lovv , duty of Is. 6d. each, nearly ONE THoUS AND i.ouNDStO r tlitryovernment, and the gross value within the year, after making every allowance, ex- . ceeds Six. TriouS2iND POUNDS ! The circulation has s teadily increased since the commencernera, and the six months ended yesterday-exhibit an increase, when com pared with the previoris . s . ix months, of nearly four thou : sand. Upon the whale, taking our weekly circulation as one - account, the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has the second: if not the largest circulation, of any newspaper in Liver pool. This we have reason to use as an argument in favour of the prevalence of the loyal and conservative principles which we have ever been proud to support to the utmost e xtent of our very humble abilities. The flag we hoist ed at the beginning of our career we carry still, and we have no reason .to regret our consistency. It would be well for many of our contemporaries if they could say half as much. As we have acted and thought hitherto, s o shall we continue to act and think, through good re port and through bad report, neither turning to the right band nor to the left, °. nOt cringing for favours to any man, regardless of political or party hostility, in indomitable scorn of all the machinations of faction, and maintaining a n incorrupt and incorruptible independence. We most cordially thank our friends for their past support, and shall endeavour to deserve it forthe future by a steady perseverance in the straightforward and, we trust, ho nourable course we have marked out for ourselves. That course is the c ause. of THE KING, CHURCH, AND STATE, THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ANCIENT AND BLESSED INSTITU TIONS, AND THE WELFARE AND HAPPINESS OF THE BRI TISH PEOPLE! In our pecond edition of Tuesday we were enabled, by th e q u i c k passage and- unexpected arr;val of the New York packet ship Independence, to publish that portion, and the most interesting portion, of Mr. President JACK- soN's speech, which has reference to the pending ques. ti on o f hostilities between France and the North Ameri. can republic. We reprint the extract in the present number, and we earnestly call attention to the style, the facts, the reasoning, and the declared determination of the president on this most important subject. We regret that our limits will not permit the insertion of the whole message. Even if we were disposed to wake room for it. 'We question whether our readers would t.11.1.:1,1. us. farihe Luge tilat4 Tlire,e4guithg_gt pos:- sess no interest out of America, except in an historical point of view, the value o f which could not be apprect- ated by the public generally. Circumscribed in this %I-ay, and for these reasons, there devolves upon u s the task of canvassing at some length the whole spirit and tendency of the message, in ' - the briefest terms Passible. We shall begin with it s om issions—studied of course. Russia, with whom the United States have been in sedulous correspondence for many years, and 'for long desired objects, Which never will be consented to or rccognise4 by the othe r powers of Europe—Russia, is hardly mentioned in th e message, and that only in re ference. to the northern fur country, in the vicinity of Behriog's Straits, Which the Americans desire to poach upon as freely as they will be permitted. This allusion to Russia in a m essage of six mortal columns, in small and a l mos t unreadable print, most shockingly and dis gracefully composed, does not exceed four lines ! The second omission relates to L YNCH law—to rob bing, insulting, tarring and feathering, incarcerating, starving, maiming, hanging and murdering in cold blood, without trial by judge or jury, certain citizens of, and strangers, resident in the United States, to an extent which must have made the blood .of every civilized human being rcin Chill. We cannot understand Mr. President JiasoN's message, in reference to these outrages a nd crimes --national crimes, to speak truth— t!pon any principle of 113 • justice, expediency or necessity. Tim latter is uniformly the dernier . plea;' but the Presi -de-nt does not Condescend to resort to it. Murder has heed committed in•several if not all 'of the states incor-, porated -with the union. Innocent men have been hanged and otherwise put to death by lawless mobs. Ciiiiens 'have been assailed in their dwellings, ga:lows have been placed before their doors, 'assassination has been menaced, bribes have been offered publicly in the newspapers for the heads of unoffending persons, the law s have been trampled upon, humanity has been out raged, travellers have been hung upon trees, prisons have been attacked, and their inmates shot or put to death by strangulation or the bayonet—and yet not one word in reference to such disgraceful enormities is to be found in the prdsy message of General JACKSON, the chief magistrate of a free country !!! I! We 'canna "help saying that this open disregard of law and justice by the President of the United States, is revolting in a degree that no words can :anciently ex press. Is' there no court of appeal in this boasted and deSpotic—we had almost said despicable-sepublic, where the wrongs of the injured can be redressed ? wheie the acts of the assassin can be punished ?—where the cruelty and ferocious injustice of a fanatical mob of ` ignorant barbarlant can be legally investigated, and condignly punished? General JAcitsoN, by his unpardonable silence, admits the negative. The President of the first republic in the world, which the community of blockheads in Europe call a " land of liberty," confesses, by his silence in his 'flessag e to congress, the truth of the horrid maxim which has already appeared in these pages, namely, that," law is public opinion, and public opinion law." The Presi dent confesses by his silence, either that lie has no power, by law, to punish crime, or that for popular, which are the most detestable of all reasons, he does not choose to punish crime! The General must either abide by the one or other of these unpleasant alternatives. He may possibly damage his popularity by being just, but he cannot up , hold or immortalize his sense of justice by crouching to a popularity so base, so cowardly, so inglorious, and so in famous. Such are the omissions in the President's message. 'We say nothing relative to those concerning Russia. General JAcxioN knows the deep, the perfidious, and the ambitious but destructive game' to republicanism,. which he his for the last six years been playing with that power. The citizens of America know nothing about it. They will know all before long. We now - cometo` the leading features of the speech ' , id,'" invite most attention at the present moment. relate to matters in dispute between France e Uni!ed Sal :s--to the claims niadiil4 tiie lager; and the explanations and apology demanded by the 'ormer. In carefully reading the message, we detect in it a spirit, not Conveyed in the formality of the langtiage ad dressed to the Court of France, but a sPirit of indirect but sufficiently intelligible insult that, whether intended or no, must rouse the indignation of the proud and chival rous people of France. To be plain we never read a political speech in which insult was convey ed , to .a foreign power in more marked or more sup ercilious terms. The President speaking of another power uses the fol-i lowing language :—" The instalments due under the convention with the King of the two Sicilies have been paid with that scrupulous fidelity by which his whole conduct has been characterised." This is evidently pointed at France as a compliment which shines by corn parison. In entering upon the explanations relative to France, Mr. JAcKsoiv talks of the "utterly untenable grounds" upon which France refuses to pay the dollars. He then alludes to the questionable honour of France — of the "faith and word of a King"—of his rightful claim—of.solemn assurances which have been violated — be sneers at the justice of France in several paragraphs, and in regard to the whole questiOn at issue the Presi dent states that the people: of the United States will " never submit to be interrogated upon the subject, as a matter of right, by any FOREIGN POWER"—that he will make no apology whatever, and that come what may he is determined to exact his just rights by all the means which are consistent with the dignity of the free and en lightened people over whom be presides. These are some of the words, and this the tenor of General JACKSON'S message. What the people of France will say to it remains to be seen. The ministers of LOUIS PHILIPPE and the chambers are certainly placed by it in no enviable position. The deprecated menpce.is. as intelligible as anything can be. The threat is,plain and unequivocal, and must be galling - ; and if they pay the dollars with such a message, its sneers, its vulgar inuendos, and its bombastic but insolent appeals staring them in the face, they will write coward on the , i-coloured flag,.and yield to fear what they have denied to justice. We perceive that the Moniteur of Paris announces that the French minister for foreign affairs has consent ed to accept the " mediation of the government of his Britannic Majesty on occasion of the differences which have arisen between France and the United States of North America." This certainly looks like striking the ensign and pulling the cap of liberty over the eyes. If it speak peace, it also speaks humiliation ; but we must wait, before we ,decide,, until we hear the effect which the President's message shall have produced amongst the politicians of the French capital. We have hardly left ourselves any room to offer our congratulations to the sixteen honourable aldermen who were voted into office yesterday, with closed doors, the dear public, and the " beloved fellow-burgesses," not being permitted to witness the interesting ceremony. We rejoice to say that not a single conservative has been elected an alderman. The farce is now so complete, and the characters so perfect, that as the children say at the Christmas pantomines, " hang Jane Shore, and let the fun begin !" Part of the joke is this. The present liberal councillors profess to entertain a high respect for, the opinions of the people, and have all their life time asserted the supremacy of the public voice in deciding upon the merits of public and local functionaries. But to show that these honest liberals do not practice what they preach, the very first thing they have done in their inchoate corporate capacity is to elect four men as aldermen, whom the people had re jected as councillors ! ! Burgesses of Liverpool ± What say you to this? You rejected Mr. JOSEPH HORNBY in the Everton ward, and because you could not trust him, or did not choose to trust him, he is elected an alderman. You repulsed Mr. WM. STUART in St. Paul's ward, and because you had the daring and audacity to do so— because you acted with a spirit of independence—this Mr. WM. STUART is voted an alderman ! ! In West Derby ward, you, the burgesses of Liverpool, 'refused in return-Mr. 13LAts, a Qual:br,-an T el-a-Mr.Tartmiti and fOr this unpardonable insolence on your part, the Quaker and FREME are elected aldermen ! ! ! So much for public opinion and the popular voice as they are recognised by the new councillors t To-day the Mayor is to be elected; but how the elec tive body are to proceed according to the provisions of the municipal bill must perplex. them sadly. Mr. Ser geant STE!nENs, of London,.a very able chamber bar rister, has given it as his opinion that no Mayor can be appointed, and that “-no corporation can ever be legally' created under this act." In consequence of this opinion we understand that protests will be taken to-day against Whoever is elected, andrthe Court of King's Bench will have to decide upon the legality of the election. If no corporation can be created under the act, it follows as a matter of course, THAT NO RENTS OR TOWN DUES NEED BE PAID. This will be exceedingly pleasant. If the Mayor cannot be legally elected all his acts will be illegal, so that if he issues a writ, or signs a committal, he will be liable to be prosecuted in . an action 'or damages. The fun therefore is going to begin ! " Then came the grinning tacklers in, And carols brayed with horrid din; If unmelodious was the song It was a ROARING NOTE and strong," &c. &c.. See Hervey's Book of Christmas for the remainder o' the ditty. .1•IMMI LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Wednesday Evening, Doff -pass Seven o'clock. The message of the American president is considered here as not likely to lead to any collision, and, in consequence, our funds have been on the advance, consols for the account touch ing on "92, and closing at Exchequer bills are 14 to 16. India bonds 2 to 4 pm. There has been great speculation during the last few days in SpaniSh stock, which reached at the close of business 50i. This afternoon Portuguese bonds also rallied from 82 to 831 for the 5 per cents. In the Republican bonds there is nothing to notice, the prices being within a fraction of our former quotations. Colombian bonds are 321, Chilian 44 to 45, and Mexican 384. We have had a variety of Colonial intelligence to-day. From Antigua we learn that the epidemic which had so sud denly and fatally attacked the parties lately arrived there from northern countries, and which was so severely felt even by the aclimatized English, although it but slightly . affected-the creoles, was considered as having disappeared. The professional men are said to have considered it the true yellow fever. The Demerara advices announce the arrival out there of the Marquis of Chandos, Captain Gaylor, from London, having on board 20,000 ounces of silver coin, sent out for the accommo dation of the' colonists, and to . .facilitate the payment of the ap- prenticed labourers. The St. Kitt's accounts state that a committee of the Ho use of Legislature had presented a report, by which it appears that an undue and inconvenient proportion. of British copper coins were in circulation in that island, where they had passed for a value exceeding that for which they were current - in the neigh bouring colonies, and that the difference of vain; combined with the profit. on the export of the silver shilling, had been sufficient to create an inter-colonial traffic, to which was mainly attributed the excess of the copper coin, which had thus been substituted for a large portion of-the British silver previously in circulation: The report states that the current value of 12 1 per cent. beyond the standard rate of exchange at which the copper coins pass, had been found sufficiently remunerating to induce private importation thereof from Great Britain, a system which, if not checked, would tend to introduce the penny and its frac tional parts to the entire exclusion of British silver. The com mittee state that this evil can only be remedied by a reduction of the current value of the Copper coin to the standard rate of exchange of 100 per cent. advance on sterling, or, in other words, the penny sterling to pass for twopence currency, the halfpenny and farthing in proportion. The house had also resolved that His Honour the President administering the government should be requested to extend the period for the ports being open for the importation of lum ber, provisions, &c., for three mouths longer than that fixed by his former proclamation. We have also had late accounts from Venezula. The Co rnelia letters state that, on the 19th October, that place was abandoned by Marina and hiS troopi, to the number of 240 men, and that on the following day it was taken possession of by General Gorrez, with a force of 600 of the constitutional troops... The insurgents had proceeded to Bouclore to join their confederates there, 'amounting; to about 400 men, when the whole would proceed to Puerto Cabello. it was not expected, however, that they would do anything there if they reached the place, as it was closely blockaded by 1,500 men, and the coast was protected by six schooners and several flechei as, all well manned . and,arrned. iz waft very near the city of BouclOra, with 3,001) men, while General Morcg-os had been comfielled • to return to El Robles. His troops,had heeu.reduced to a very small body, consisting . principally,. of Carib Llanceros, ivith Lows and lances, with a few cavalrv,„all,,that remained to 1-irn ,cf the 3,000 men with which.tie,:firstjook the field. and thest Zn'i; in a . most deployable conclj~~.nn t i . BouClora, hld been deserted by time roreignert , , mid that it w be. pilaged uvthe ottlSCitt in a miierable state. NORTH LEICESTERSHIRE ELECTION.. This election took place on Tuesday at Loughborough, when Lord Charles Somerset Manners was elected without op position, the government not hazarding the chance of another defeat, in a county adjoining that in which its whole power has been exerted in vain, in the attempt to return one of •their ad herents. Lord Charles Manners, in thanking the electors for the ho nour which they had just conferred upon him, after alluding in an affectionate manner to the loss whiCh his family and the county had sustained by the death of his brother, spoke as fol- lows : Now, gentlemen, with regard to that great question which du ring nearly the whole of the reign of his present majesty has en grossed the public attention, and kept the public mind in a -con stant state of feverish excitement, I am ready to admit that the time has arrived when it should be considered what alterations and improvements are necessary to be introduced into many of our establishments. (Cheers.) At the same time I candidly and openly avow that I look—and I ever shall look—with fear and apprehension upon measures brought forward by men who take for the basis on which to build up their edifice of -Reform that memorable and startling, resolution.which Lord John Itu.s sell, •at the -commencement of the last session of parliament, prOposed for the alienation of church property in Ireland. That proposition, gentlemen, in my opinion, embraces a principle of spoliation so dangerous to the ancient and s acred ins t itutions of church and state that I cannot help regarding it with alarm and apprehension. (Vehement cheering, and cries of "So do we.") it embraces a principle which by only a little more extension, would have the effect of placing in jeopardy all your rights of property and valuable interests and privileges. (Renewed cheering.) That resolution accomplished the object Which those who proposed it had in view. It overthrew the late ad ministration, and in which those two great men, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel took part, and it did more, it conciliated Mr. O'Connell and won for his Majesty's present ministers that person's affecti o n and su pp ort (Cheering)but did it secure his loyalty and support to the British Constitution? (Loud cries of "No, no; O'Connell is as much the enemy of the constitution - now as ever he was.") .Did it, I repeat, se cure that constitution, which is as much the boast and pride of Englishmen as it is the object of admiration and envy of the surrounding nations? (Cheers, and renewed cries of "No, no.") Now, gentlemen, how stands the fact ? Why, that so far from Mr. O'Connell giving his support to the British con stitution, no sooner was the parliament prorogued—no sooner. was he relieved from the duties of aiding the cause of ministers in the House, of Commons—than We find him perambulating the north on what may be called a revolutionary mission against a most important branch of' the British constitution; and, I speak it with regret, upon his return to Dublin, after his exhibitions at Manchester and Glasgow, and other towns. in both England and Scotland, he was, either through fear or love, it is not easy to say which, received by the head of the Irish go vernment with open arms. (Great cheering.) He was re ceived in such a way as to lead one to believe that his conduct on these occasions was approved of by the ministers of the crown—(renewed cheers)and he was treated and honoured as a friend and an ally, and entertained and feasted at the vice regal lodge. (Tremendous cheering.) Can any, man, I ask, gentlemen, who feels the least attachment for the institutions of the country, who is solicitous as to their stability—can any man reviewing such proceedings, I say, contemplate them otherwise than with alarm and apprehension ? (Cheers.) I thought it my duty to enter into this short explanation of the sentiments which I entertain respecting public matters ' and all I have to add in conclusion is , tha t, h onoured as I am by heing thus chosen as your. representative, you may rely that my utmost exertion shall be used, not only to do all in .my power to con , duce to the local interest of this county, but that I will firmly act up to the principles. which ['have avowed, and which, in my judgment, are best calculated to insure the welfare and happi ness of our common country. (Cheers.) By that course I feel persuaded . [ shall - best maintain and secure the con tide nee which hat been pleased this day to repose in me, hccatiee it was Mr. W. BLAIN, Mr. J. MOON, `~ , ..~ THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. eec~as.~amex'~K NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. We present our readers with descriptions of two nets' musical instruments which have been recently invented, and are adver tised for sale in this day's STANDARD. THE SIMPHONIDN.—The symphonion possesses qualities ' which have never hitherto been combined in a single musical instrument. It is equally adapted to tweeost expressive toepr formance and the most rapid executum„her confined the succession of single notes, as most other wind instruments are, or in harmony of two,,three, ur four parts. Front the remark ably simplicity of its fingering, and the great facility with which its tones are produced, it is very easily learnt; and, as it cannot be blown out of tune, the most beautiful crescendos and diininu endos may be obtained without the practice requisite on other instruments. These advantages, added to the peculiar beau t y of its tones and its extr eme portability, being no larger than a snuff-box, render it one of the most desirable instruments ever offered to the notice of musical amateurs. The public perform ances of Messrs. Parry. Willman, Ella, &c. on the symphonion have frequently enabled the public to judge of its effects.and capabilities; and an inspection o f the music p ublished and pub lishing for this. instrument will show that, either for solos or accompaniments, it is not less efficient than the instruments in present use, whilst in its general effect, and particularly in that of its harmonies, it is unriYalled. The svuiphonion has been aptly designated " a band in miniature." THE CONCERTINA.--The concertina is a musical instrument which produces the effects of the symphonion, but is played by the hands alone without the aid of the breath. It is elegant its form, and the case which contains it does not exceed eight inches. - in any of its dimensions. In tha list of musical instruments • usually cultivated by ladies there has been hitherto none capa ble of giving the proper expression to pathetic melodies, or the full effect to sustained harmonies. The piano-forte, the harp, the guitar, efficient as they are in their respective provinces, have all the tame defect; their soundsdecay almost as soon as formed ; and,. therefore, on these instruments rapidity of execu tion has necessarily superseded the higher beauties which result from the crescendos, diminuendos, and prolongations of sound. The violin, the flute' cessionit are the instruments most admired for their exp and the,beauty ef their tones; but the difficulty of learning them, the . fatigue of performingupon them, and the inelegance of the attitudes they require - have cessarily prevented the adoption of. them by ladies. The con certina adds, to the beauty of tone, the rapidity of execution, and the power of expression of this class of instruments, the capability of performing the most varied harmonies; - whilst, b%sides, it is e xceetlingly easy to learn, not at all fatiguing to play. and admits of the most graceful attitude in the performer. This instrument forms a charming and effective accompaniment to the voice, and will be found advantageous to the progress of the student' in the art of singing. The similarity of its sounds to those of the voice, and the continued duration of its notes, render it the most appropriate instrument for this purpose that can baehosen. Besides music expressly composed or arranged for the concertina, it is capable of performing music written for the flute, violin, or guitar. it plays in every key, and every variety of chord can be tak en u p on it. In this it - differs essen tially from the accordion, which . is limited to a single key and .o a - fevf very simple chords. FIRST MEETING TION OF THE NEW C MOE UNCILLORS. ELEC OF ALDERN. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, forty-seven of the forty-eight gentlemen elected on Saturday to form the democratic part of our new corporation met at the Town-ball, in obedience to one of the provisions of the municipal reform bill, for the purpose of electing sixteen aldermen for the several wards into which Li verpool is divided. The absent councilman was Mr. JOseph Langton, one of the representatives of Lime-street Ward, who, if we are to believe what every body says, has been obliged to resign the honour of being a member of the corporation, or the more lucrative clerkship he holds in the Bank of Liverpool, his employers, perhaps, not deeming the two situations, or the due performance of the duties which they would respectively impose, particularly desirable to fall upon one person. As our reporter was not permitted to be in the Council-room, although he made a respectful application to one of our profes sional brethren, Mr. Councillor Smith, for permission to take notes of the yroceedings, we are indebted to the courtesy of some other gentlemen, n oon whose accuracy we can depend , for the following results of the first deliberations of this part of the ne w town council. They arc as follows: In the first place, to supply an untoward omission in the great charter of our liberties, the municipal reform bill, Mr. Wrltiarn Wallace Currie took the chair, and the underinentioned gentle men were elected aldermen of Liverpool, viz., Mr. W. STUART, Pronosed by Mr. Walmsley, and seconded by Mr. Brocklebank. Mr. T. BOOTH, Proposed by Mr. Logan, and seconded by Mr. W. Earle. Mr. W. BROWNE, Proposed by Mr. Heyworth, and seconded by Mr. Duncan. Mr. I'. LEATHOM, T i ro osed by Mr.Woolwright,and leconded bv Mr Bright. Toxteth-park, proposed by Mr. J. Cropper and seconded by Mr. Tayleur. Proposed by Mr. Arkin, and seconded by Mr. Duncan. Mr. C. H. JONES, Proposed by Mr. Surgeon Blackburn, and seconded by Mr. Rushton. (These elections were carried without a division.) Mr. J. Hoarier, Proposed by Mr. Preston, seconded by Mr. Cropper, and carried by a majority of 46 to 1. Mr. T. BcLLEY, Proposed by Mr. L. Ileyworth, seconded by Mr, Thornhill, and carried by a ma jority of 41 to 6. Proposed by Mr:Jordan, seconded by Mr. Maxwell, and carried by a majority of 40 to 7. the quaker, propoied by Mr. Sharpies, seconded by Mr.. Harvey, and carried by a Mr. T. SMITH, Mr. li. BENN, Mr. E. EVANS, majority of 35 to 12. Proposed by Mr. 13rocklebank, seconded by Mr. Henry Holmes, and carried by a majority of 30 to 11. Mr. W. P. FREME, Proposed, seconded, and carried by a ma jority of 35 to J 2 Mr T. B. BARCLAY, Proposed by Carson, seconded by Mr. Rawdon, and carried by a majority of 35 to 12. Mr. 0. IIEYWORTH, Proposed, seconded, and carried - by a ma.; jority of 27 to 20. Mr. G. RostNsort, Proposed, seconded, and carried by a ma jority of 25 to 21. In the course of the proceedings some other gentlemen were put in nomination, whose names, together with those of the councillors who voted in their favour, we subjoin, viz.'— Mr. HARD. EAULE, Supported by Messrs..Geore Holt, g Tay . leur, E.. Cropper, Woolwright J. Law rence, H. La..vreuce, Sandars , J. Cropper, Leigh, Barton, Horithy, Horsfal, Duncan, Carson, W. Earle, Currie, and anOther— , in all 17. Mr. C. LAWRENCE, Supported by M e ssrs. Henry Lawrence, Hoboes, Roskell, Lassell, Woolwright, J . Lawrence, Leigh, Barton, Holmes, San. dars, Horsfall„-Barle, and Currie—in all 13 Supported by Messrs. H orsfall, Duncan, Earle, Currie, J. Lawrence, George Holt, Tavleur, Lassell, H. Lawrence, - Sandars, J. Cropper, Preston, Leigh, and Barton — in alt 14. Mr. D. Hone:sox Supported by MesSrs. 11. Lawrence, E. ' Cropper, Woolwrsgbt, J. Lawrence, J. Cropper, Leigh, Barton, Hornby, Holmes, Sandars, Horsfall, Duncan, and Earle-- in all 13. Mr. A. Honc sort, Supported bY Messrs. H. Lawrence II ors fall, E. Smith, Barton, Cropper, J. Law. rence; Leigh, and Sa.ndars—in all S. Sir I'. BRANcitgu, Supported by three only—the names no' given. The other changes about to take place are reported to be as follows:—Edward Rushton, Esq., who is reputed to have been the drawer of the bill, is to draw the first and nest prize under it, namely, the office of town-clerk ; Mr. G. W. Crook, attorney . to the reform association is to be clerk of the peace; Mr. Win. Stanley Roscoe, of the late firma Roscoe, Clarke, and Roscoe, and of that of Fletcher, Roscoe, and Co., bankers, is to be coro ner; Mr. Thomas Fletcher, of the latter firm, is to be treasurer; and a Mr. Wvbergh, chairman of the reform association, is to be receiver of the town-dues. Mr. A. L kcE, ~~` "` -------- th e line of conduct which had acquired for my late lamented brother that favourable opinion, affection, and estcem,;which you continued. to him to the last, and which be carried him to the graVe. (Loud uud long-continued cheei ink) LIVERPOOL, POLICE. WEDNESDAY.—(Btfore Sir THOMAS BRANCKER.) COMMITTALS.—James Match was committed to take his trial at the sessions for having stolen a quantity of copper from Mr. Comer, his employer. On the Tuesday, .I‘l.r. Coiner suspected that he had been taking something from the premises, and, when he went to dinnei, searched him and found about six pounds of rolled copper on his person. He then gave him in charge. He had been about eighteen months in his service. Hutch did not deny the charge, but hoped they would be lenient as it was his first offence. Thomas Shortie was brought up charged by Win. Stringer with having stolen a trowel of his. Stringer stated that he was at work at a building in Charlotte-street, and left his tools there when he went to dinner the day before. On his return he found his trowel ..one. He went to Mr. Moyles's , the pawn broker, in Whitec'hapel, to ask if it bad been pledge d. Shortl y after, thel prisoner entered and offered the trowel in question to pawn, when he was delivered into custody. These facts' being deposed to, prisoner was committed to take his trial at the session S. • • Thomas Shepherd was brought up charged with having stolen two saws. John Whittington deposed to being at work at a building in King-street East, the day before; on going to work lie left his saw on the premises, and on his return he found it -gone. lie sent information of the robbery to the pawnbrokers, and went himself to Mr. Moyles's. - pawribroker, and there fouad his saw. Adam Amos, joiner, of Castle-street, deposed to losihg .his saw in a similar manner, and finding it at Moyles's. Mr. 'k:va.ns, assistant to Mr. Moyles, identified prisoner as having 6ene to pledge the saws in question, and Sayer, the police officer, being there at the tame, he gave him into custody. Sayer stated that, on searching the prisoner, he found upwards of forty tickets, all of different pawnbrokers, for joiners' tools. -The depositions for his cononitment having been signed, pri soner was put back till• Friday, in order to afford opportunity of finding out any other of the owners of the pawned property. ILOBREBY. BY AN APPREKTICE.—John Miltiuglon, a lad about 15 years old, was brought up charged by the watchman with having a fowling-piece in his possession, which he could not give a satisfactory account. One of the police stated that he had stopped hint the night before in Park-lane, with the fowling piece in his possession; on asking him where he got it, he said he had bought it, and . was carrying it home ; but, afterwards giving a contradictory account, he took him into custody. Ile said he had found a. 13 note in Bold-street, with which he had bought it, and that he had given £ 2 for it at Mr. Woods's; only one pound was found on him, and, in answer to the inquiry of *hat he had done with the rest, he said he supposed he must have, lost it in running. Ile had not bill any one but a boy. that he hadsfound this note. Ilis master, on being sent for, said that on Saturday night he had missed a Ea note, which he had not been able to find. Mr. Woods produced the note paid to him, on which the prisoner had signen Isis name, when it an. pease(' he had sigued " John. Thompson," 'instead of his own name.. The case was remanded to admit of further inquiry. Yesterday he promised to .slimy a policeman where he lad de-. wished £2 ss. in an old brick wall, which would nearly makeup the £5.: • - atToxsruscr."--Agnes - Vairer, an old char - woman , cha r g ed Mrs. Elisabeth Shiers with stabbing her in the arm with a toast ing-fork a fortnight ago, whereby she could not follow her oc cupation. Complainant said that she was at Mrs. Shiers's charring, when she And missuS . had some words, when•missus threw her down stairs and stabbed her in the arm with a toast ing fork, which had brought on aflamation, \ and she should never be able to use herarm any more. Mrs. Shiers.—Gentlemen, I took this old woman to serve me, and I only had her litre days, and she was drunk four, there she is, an old woman of sixty, your worships. I says to her, Mrs. Fairer, says I, will you go out of my house quietly and trouble me no more, says she "No, I will see• you -- first." She then tumbled down stairs and broke my bannister in falling; there she is, your worships, an old woman of sixty. Campbell, one of the police, said that on the day in question he heard a noise in Gloucester-street, where the parties reside, and went there and found that Mrs. Shiers had been turning complainant out of doors; she was very drunk. He heard nothing at all then of her being stabbed with a toasting fork. Mrs. Shiers.—Gentlemen, if you inquire into her character you will find she is the most dreadfulest drunkenest character that ever was; an old woman of sixty, sir, there she is. And as for a toasting - fork I have not a toasting fork in my house. Complainant.—Oh dear me; oh dear me; it bout to be brought up ; it hout to be brought up. It appearing, on further investigation,- that the charge was pure invention, the case was dismissed. MATRIMONIAL FELICITY.— Mrs. O'Gorman an Irishwoman with a terrible black. eye, appeared to prefer a charge of assault against her - huSliand - fur beating her and ill-using her tillshe was afraid of her life. Mrs. O'Gorman.—Gintrmen, this man as is my husband be haves 'shockinly to toe, an' has done ever since we was mar rid. Last Saturday night he comes homeat an unwarrantable hour, and first he was crass becos' I hadu't the taa watin' for 'im. He thin asked for a book as had bin on the chimney pace, and becos' he couldn't find id he grew crasser an' begun usin' rich shockin'able words that I wint to bed and covered meself over wid clothes an' put me fingers in me ears that I mightn't hear 'cot. Well, thin, he shouted he wanted the taa kettle, an' becos' I couldn't hear 'im he come up stairs an' pulled me out ov bed. an' ludhered me, an' give me this black eye, an hit me shameful here, an' here, an' here. (showing her arms,) an he niver gives me nuthin' ov his wages, an' I want to swear me life agiu 'im for the pace. Defendant.--Plase yer wortships I'm miserable; that woman's the ruin on me. I come on Saturday slight ether I had bin bout workin', an' found nothin' rea d y fo r me, an' becos' I was vexed she ups wid a brush handle an' hits me rite acrass , the 1 back ov me hand. She never has done a stich ar a han's turn for toe, but lets me go about i' rags shameful, an' becos' I haven't earned so much lately, an' can't give her so much to go gallivantin' wid, she uses me like a Turk, an' I'm afeard ov me The Magistrate.—Why, man, you are big enough to eat' her up. Defendant.—l can brini , wipesseslo swear that she's come at the wid a knife, au' Aitt,yvy laPik I(& can't give her - iiintieV to gdgattiwantiWwldt , tfrO'nPa Vißra thire;•or the ipolcvr, or the iron fender, or the talf-Vettle an' wangs it at me, an' run me into debt all over, an' I'm miserable. Mrs. O'Gormati.—Wurrahl Me git 'im into debt ; its jealous ov me he is wid other men, an' that's what he sis I galliwauts for. ogh the brineoge. (Laughter.) Defendant.—l'd soon run away from you intirely if VIZ did. The Magistrate.—Something to b e j ealous of I think.' What trade are you, (to the husband.) Defendant.—l'm a nailer; sir, an do all whatever I can to • gape' her respictable, but I can't, she bates me. • 1 The Magistrate.—Well, don't you think you can settle It and live peaceably together. Defendant:—Paceably do ye say ; whin she's nothin' else to begin about she sis she wonders what she trees her beauty away on sirh an ugly feller as me •for. The Magistrate,--You have as much right to complain, I think, as she has. Defendant.—She compares me, yer honour, to Luther an' Calvin, two of the ugliest men (Loud laughter.) She sis I'm as ugly as the divil is 'imself, while me Ill , : is miserable. (Continued laughter.) - Mrs. O'Gorman.—Dham.no sheen, icoo'itin its a big lie. I niver. eall'd 'ins ugly. I nivercalls 'ins but whin he callS me, an' thin I calls 'ins ivery thin', for 'faction for meself, I've a witness here'll tell you how he's used me. An old woman here stepped forward. _ The Magistrate.—ls it he that beats her, or she that beats hint. Witness.—lt is not my business to watch when they beat one another, but I daur say they'il have charge for charge. This woman's a very different woman to what I took her to be. When she's tired' of scolding, and her husband says nought, I've seen her take a stick and beat the floor as hard as ever she could knock for half an hour together, and if that didn't vex him she'd get a candlestick that sounded, and beat the window frame till he got into a passion, and then she'd t hrow bout at him. (Laughter.) Defendant.—She has sworn if she can't get 'faction at me to day, she swears she'll pisin me ; I'm afeard ov me life. The Magistrate.—ls it not much better that you should sepa rate and allow her something. Defendant.—Och the sun 'ud niver.be.too hot, or the .snow too could for me if I could get rid ov her: The Magistrate.—Aye, but you have taken her for bett er and for worse, a nd you must support her. Defendant.—lis all fur toe worse that it is; but I'll do what I can. The magistrate proposed that he should allow her ss. a week; but he said he could not afford it, and Martindale, the police officer, was told to call at his master's and inquire how much he could earn. Yesterday Martindale said the master had told hint that he could not earn more than lOs. a week; when the mag istrate proposed that defendant should all ow her 3s. a week through Mr. For Wood, the parish overseer, which was at length agreed to; Mrs. O'Gorman exclaiming, as she left the court, " Ogh hagur ! it won't find me wid p'taties." THURSDAY. Peter Yates and Henry Lewis , t wo reputed young thieves, were charged by Murphy, the watchman, with having been about his beat nearly all the night before; he had driven them several times out of an entry, and at length took them into cuss tody. Batcheldor, the governor of Bridewell, said they were both thieves; he had had them both in custody.—They were sent to the House of Correction for three months. FELONY.—Two lads, one quite a child, were brought up charged with stealing two check shirts, the property of Mrs. Rowley. A witness deposed to s eeing the younger lad enter Mrs. Rowley's kitchen door as if to beg, whilst the elder lad stood outside with a bag. The younger lad then' came out with a check shirt, which the elder one immediately put into the bag. The younger one then went in again, and soon returned with another shirt, which was in like mariner "bagged." The two then walked of.—They were sent to the House of Correction for three months. ASSAULT.—Thamas Oldfield and his son were summoned before the magistrates charged with an assault on Messrs. Wm. and Daniel Busby. Mr.' William Busby stated that the older Oldfield came to his premises dr ank on ussday night demand. ing payment for some damage done to his car, which he said had been done by one of his (Mr. Bushy's) men. Knowing nothing about it, and seeing that the man was drunk, he told him to come agaiu next day ; he then commenced abusing him, and collected a crowd round his premises, which obstructed his business; he. also struck him. In the midst of this the younger Oldfield came, and running behind his brother, struck him on the hack with a thick stick. Oldfield in defence said that one of Busby's men galloped after his car and did about LI worth of damage to it, and he only asked for payment. The son said they came and told him they were killing , his father, when he ran down in a passion and used the stick.— rite father was fined lOs. and the son ss. and costs; in default to go to the House of Correction. THE FRIENDLY SOCIETY'S PAR APHERNALIA.—John Jones, the president of a friendly society, summoned Mr. Elias, publi can, to show cause why he detained the colours and ornaments of the society. Mr. Elias stated that the society fixed on a room iu defendant's house to hold their meetings, and sent their colours, &c. there. They only met four weeks there when it was determined to go back to their old meeting-house. He then called the landlord op and asked for the hill, which amounted to 17s. 6d., and being right, he paid it. He then told the landlord that they were going to leave his house, when he made a demand of 10s., for the colours, &c. remaining in his room four weeks, and refused to give them up till he was paid. This, he thought, " wasn't a right thing," as they had never had such a charge made to then, berme. The defendant said his landlord made him pay for his house, and he could not afford to let his rooms for nothing. The magistrate said this was but reasonable, and advised the president to pay the charge, lest the landlord should keep the society's paraphernalia for it. • MATRIMONY IN BALTIMORE. —They go ahead with a fifty horse power in the matter of matrimony, in the city of Balti more. The number of applicants at the clerk's office •has averaged three a day during the past year. This. taken in con nection with the runaway matches, and other unlicensed mar riages, certainly shows a very respectable annutil•ap gregate of wedlock, and nobody who ,knows how beautiful the Baltimore gir:s all are can wonderit.—New r urk Paper: LOCAL NEWS. MR. CO UNCI LLO S lEL.—This gentleman published a letter in the Liverpool Journal of Saturday last, in which he denied that he ever was a purser or purser's clerk in the navy, or that he ever received any pension, pay, or half-pay front the govern ment. We have IM• right, certainly, to question Mr. Shiel's word, and if we have saddled an honourable office and await won pension upon hinito.which he has no claim, we are ready to apologise for our ignorance. The error, perhaps, had its origin in the following Circumstance. We find by the navy list that a Richard Shiel is rated a purser from the year 1809 to 1815, and from the latter year until the pres:mt hour he stands in the navy list as a purser on lialf-pay, receiving four shillings a day. Understanding that our Islr. Councillor Shiel had been in the navy, we inferred, wrongly it would appear, that he was the Mr. Purser Shiel of the navy list. We regret exceedingly' for the councillor's sake, that a sense of justice compels us to make this explanation. ACCIDENTS Ni VRR COME SINGLY !—Poor Mr. Godfrey Barnsley was yesterday proposed to fill, the high and honour able office of an Alderman in the new Corporation. but his own esteemed friends had the cruelty to reject him. The only con solation that Mr. Barnsley now has, is, that he is represented in the council by Mr. George Holt, a literary personage, who imitates his style of writing and speaking on all commercial and financial questions in a manner that cannot be sufficiently admired. GRAND MASQUERADE AT LUCAS'S REPOSITOR.Y.—There will be a grand masquerade and fancy dress ball given by Mr. Stubbs on Tuesday evening next, the sth instant, at Lucas's large room, G r eaCChailotte-street. Several gentlemen of the town have formed themselves into a committee of management, under whose superintendence the tickets of admission will be issued; and, in order to prevent the intrusion of improper per sons, these gentlemen will also act as stewards. Preparations, we understand, are making on a liberal scale with respect to the fitting up of the place, refreshments, music, and other requi sites, to give spirit and effect to the entertainment. Several professional glee singers are also engaged for the occasion. Mr. Stubbs,; it will be observed, issued his prospectus of this under taking under the sanction and patronage of James Aspinall, Esq., our late worthy and respected mayor. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. — On Christmas-day, the boys of the Eldon School. Vauxhall, near London, were feasted on roast beef, plum-puddinu, and good ale, by the kindness and munifi cence of the venerable Earl of Eldon ' after whom the charity was named. The building is a very liandsonie one, and stands on the road to Wandsworth. It was erected about five years ago by Charles Francis, Esq , of thatplace, at his sole expence, and Who endiwed it, and educates its it one hundred and fifty poor boys. The school has proved a blessing to the neighbour hood, as, previous to its completion, the poor were but very badly instructed, although so near the metropolis. CAUTION, PRUDENCE, IMP FORESIGHT.—Few persons in this money-making place possess in a more eminent degree the money-making bumps caution, prudence, and foresight than our highly.gifted contemporary, the shrewd and intelligent editor of the Albion. As an editor, he has discovered that all mem bers of the new, pure, and unsunned corporations are prohibited under severe penalties from entering into contracts, or receiv ing money for goods sold and delivered, or for work and labour done for any of these bodies to which they may belong; while, as a general printer, he is alive to the advantages of having a good half-yearly bill audited by the finance committee, and ordered to be forthwith paid by Mr. Treasurer. To overcome this difficulty the partnership between our friend the Albion and Mr. Birch, one of the members fur Castle-street Ward, is, we Understand, to be immediatelyilissolved. But is this quite fair towards our other local contemporary, Mr. Councillor Smith, of the Mercury, who is also a general printer, and has an equal, if not a superior, right as an ancient and rentable reformer, so pick up some of the corporation crumbs? This looks very like fore stalling and flying swifter than the winged messenger of the gods. ST. PETER'S CLOCK.—A new and improved illuminated die plate has been recently placed upon this clock, which has given it, when lighted, a very clear and beautiful appearance. ROBBERY.—On Wednesday afternoon about half-past five o'clock, as a gentleman was going home, when near the top of Copperas-bill, he was surrounded by four well dressed men, who hustled him and secceeded in emptying one of his trousers' pockets; they then ran away down Gichicester-street, and it being very dark down there, the gentleman was afraid to fol low them, and they effected their escape. This neighbourhood affords great facilities for depredations of this kind. We hope the police will be on the look out. COACH ACCIDENT.—The Emerald, Liverpool and Birminv ham coach. with its full complement of passengers, was upset in Eastgate-street, in Chester, on Sunday night week, but fortu nately the passengers were not seriously lujured, with the ex ception of one gentleman, whose arm was broken. The acci dent was occasioned by the breaking of the near hind axle-tree. ST. HELEN'S.—An operative conservative association is about to be established in this town, under the patronage of several highly respectable gentlemen. TRANSFER OF Sn AI:LS IN SHIPS.—An order has been issued by the commissioners of his Majesty's Customs, dated the 18th instant, by which the regulations of the Ist of September are re scinded,' and its lieu of them the following are henceforth to be observed :—"'That in all future transfers of ships, or shares in ships, each party transferring will be required either to do so by a separate conveyance, or, where the owners of shares join in one conveyance, they will be required to state what share or Shares each of them conveys; and in the granting part, after the customary words, ' grant, bargain, sell, assign, and set over,' the word, ' in the proportions above specified,' shall be insert ed." MUNICIPAL ELECTION BRIBERY.—At Norwich, bribery on the part of the radical candidates appears to have been carried on by wholesale. A man, named Win. Brunning, was brought before the mayor of that city, charged by Samuel Critchfield, with having actually given him £lB as a bribe to vote for cer tain reform candidates. The evidence adduced was so conclu sive as not to admit of a doubt, and the offender was held to bail, himself in £lOO, and two sureties or £5O each, to take his trial at the ensuing assizes for the county. There were, it was stated by Mr. C. Gilman, fourteen other charges of a s imilar kind to be brought against the same person. • DEATH 0? MASTER SlMPSON.—Simpson the renowned mas• ter of the ceremonies at the Vauxhall-gardens. London, died ou Christmas. Day. He held that high office for about folly years. His ecce ntricities arising chiefly - from the-extraoaeliaary urbanity of his character exposed hint to the laughter of the vi sitors, which he had either sense enough not to see, or too much simplicity to discover. From this circumstance, he was always an immense favourite with the Cockneys, who perhaps will say with Prince Hal, "We could have better spareu a better mau. , MISSIONARY MEETING.—On Tuesday eveuing a meeting was held in Zion Chattel, called together by placard, fur the pur pose of forwarding the cause of missions in Ireland. Dr. Raf fles in the chair. The proceedings commenced with singing and prayer. Dr. Raffles, in an eloquent address, opened the business of the evening. Mr. Greenwood, the secretary, then read the report, from which it appeared that the increase of members, owing to missionary exertions in Ireland, was upwards of one hundred during the past year. The funds were also in a prosperous state. It was also in contemplation by the society to send missionaries to North America, if the funds of the society would allow it. The report also strongly recommended the establishment of male and female committees for the purpose s of increasing the subscriptions. The Rev. T. J. Wright pro posed the first resolution, that the report be received. The 11.ev. Dr. Stuart seconded the resolution. The next resolution was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Bakeweli to th e effect, that the miserable state of thousands of our fellow-subjects in Ireland, and in every quarter of the globe, called for increased exertions in supporting the missionary cause, winch was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Cook, who, in the course of his address, assigned all the evils which now rendered Ire'and miserable to the effects of popery. Tile Rev. Mr. Greenwood proposed the next resolution to the effect, that that meeting pledged itself to use its utmost endeavours to furnish the gospel to their benighted fellow-crea tures in various parts of the world, which was seconded by the Bev. Mr. Ilainbv. The Rev. Mr. Rowland proposed the thanks of the meeting to the chairman for presiding on that oc casion, which was seconded by the lrev. Mr. Chaos. A com mittee was afterwards appointed to carry the object of the meet ing into effect, after which a collection was made, which, together with 3 private contributions, amounted to i.2-1.105.111d. The meeting then separated. IaTeonstATIONS.-0 11 Tuesday, at the Police-office, before Sir ;Thomas Brancker, James Fee, Ann Carter, Ann Carr, Mary Hughes, Elizabeth Clarkson, George Taylor, Mary Webster, sMary Lenuard, Sarah Berry, Samuel Daw, Jane Wilson, Wil liam Price, Joseph Quits, and Susan Atkinson were brought up out an information charging them with having pushed their baskets and exposed their goods for sale in the thoroughfare of St. John's Market on Christmas eve to the great inconvenience of the passengers. Being Christmas eve, and on promising not to offend in like manner again, they were discharged.—An in formation was laid by Anderson, the police-officer, against Mr. Lunt, for having left eighteen casks on Monday, the 21st in staut, on the foot-walk in Earle - street. He was fined ss. and costs.—Thomas William Smith vcsp fined ss. and costs for hav ing on the '2lst instant left thirty bales of cotton on the foot walk in Tvrer-street North.—Thos. Pearson, on the itsformatimn of M'Caufay, the policeman, was fined ss. and costs for leaving on Monday . week let some railway carriages s t and o pp osite his premises, in Mitchell-place, all night.—Daniel Pepper , who keeps a provision - shop in Greenland-street, was fisted ss. and costl' for having his shop open on Sunday morninsalast at twenty minutes past ten o'clock.—Thomas Prescott, who keeps a pro vision shop at the corner of Loudon-street 'cuss fined ss. and costs for the same offence. — Jane Hall, who terps a butcher's shop in Liver-street, was also fined ss. and costs for selling meat during divine service on Sunday morning. ll'et.—Samuel \ Hayes was fined ss. and costs for having on Tuesda morning last thrown a chain out of a warehouse top floor door t Quay street, thereby endangering the lives of the passengers. It was stated that the chain was Wit hin a foot of falling on a entle man's head. The defendant, in order to save himself the arou ble of bringing it down stairs, bud thrown it out of the Ware house door. He was also severely reprimanded by the magistra4e. FATAL ACCIDENT AT Watarosa —On Saturday last, Joseph 1 Aspinall, a young man in the employ of 'Mr. Mime, a respect able farmer in Walton, had left home in excellent health, about eleven o'clock in the morning, with Isis horse and cart, for the purpose of conveying bundles of linen and other things, given out to be washed, to laundresses in that village, by seseral families in Liverpoo l. After havin g dis p osed of his load to the respective owners, and receiving in escbange baskets full of dirty linen to be washed the week following, he transacted his other business (acting in the capacity of a general carrier, and proceeded on his way homewards. accompanied by two or three females (laundresses.) When he got as far as Byrom-street, lie was solicited by his companions to partake of a glass oh spirits to warm him, as he had been complaining of being . very ' cold. At first he was unwilling to - accept their offer, (being a man of very sober habits,) but they at last prevailed on him, and he partook of a pretty large glass full of gin, and was asked to take another, which hedeclined, wishing to get home its good :inst.. Ile then left them, and drove on a short way very s lowly, until they might come up ; and on their arrival he said he would get on the cart and ride part of the journey, if they would drive and attend to the horse; or if they chose, he would allow them to sit in the cart while he drove. They, however, walked as far as Mr. Wood's public house, in Kirkiiale, where the females entered, and called for glasses of ale round ; but be preferred having spirits again, that he might not mix the liquors, to make him tipsy. They all sat a short time to warm themselves at the tire. and left at his request, while he was re marked to be very sober. Feeling, however, tired with walk ing all day, he mounted the cart and fell asleep, leaving the management of the horse to Isis companions, who were by this time quite worse for drink, and careless how they went. Th e y had arrived opposite to a lane near Mr. Skirviug's nurseries, , fe ()tithe when several bundles which bad supplied his head cart, and he was precipitated headlong into the middle ll of the road. He was observed in this situation by a man passing, who ran to stop the -horse. and raise the sufferer up from the ground, who was apparently dy in g front the severity of the tall and loss of blood. Ibe screams of the females were dreadful, who were with this alone awakened to a sense of duty, and they assisted in conveying him home,--but befor, the doctor could he called he was (lead. He has left a wife and child and a numerous circle of friends to lament his loss. On Monday the coroner for the county, Mr. Haves attended, and returned a verdict of " accidental death." We hope this may serve as a ' Warning to others not to. sleep on their carts, a this- is not a solitary instance o f the fatal reaultaof such a practice. ice _ . ,!. - 4 - - th. MEETING AT LLOYD'S ; LONDON. Wedn - eideY, a generhl meeting of the SitbScribers to Lloyd'4 was held f►r thelimrpose , 4 considering the propriety of yotinfr £lOO to the sub4criptiou for fitting out an expedition for the re lief of the crews of the vest'o3ice- , bound in the Arctic Seas. In the absence of Mr. RObiusciti, M.P., the chair way taken by -- Buck, Esq. . The chairman briefly opened ifie business of the meeting. He did nut expect there would be any objection to the votes Which would be proposed. Several gentle►nen addressed the meeting on . the.' necessity of sending out relief to the unfortunate • vrews of - the , icy-bound' vessels, after which a vote of £lOO towards the subscription for that purpose was unanimously agreed tu; as was also a vote of £2O to Patrick Coffey, for his heroic conduct in saving the crew of the Deus Scours, wrecked in Traincire say. .; A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. MACKINTOSH—NAPOLEON.—The first coriMil expressed a strong desire t) see him ( Mackintosh; ) he was accordingly in troduced; but by some accident Bonaparte had Mistaken for him Mr. W. Falkland, and had paid that gentleman ninny com plitnents upon his reputation as a writer, and particularly as the author of the " Vindicim Gallicire." Mr. \V. Falkland, not being much accustomed to speak French, found it impossible to undeceive him, and was obliged to accept the civilities in tended for Mr. Mackintosh, whose conversation with the great crptain was confined to such trilling questions as are necessarily current at all courts. One of the questkms which I believe was proposed to him, as well as to Mr. Erskine, was; whether he had ever been Lord Mayor of London,—.Moiothly Magazine. PARLIAMENTARY PERSPICUITY. — The following is a literal extract from the journals of the House of Commons, (Septem-' bee 7th,) being the eutry which records the giving up by the commons of some amendments which they had made to the amendments of the lords in the municipal corporation bill " Resolved—that this house doth not insist upon their di7=!grec merits to the amendments insisted upon by the lords, and agree• to the amendinepts made by the lords to the amendments made by the commons to the amendments made by the lords to the bill." ----- BRITISH DOMINIONS IN INDIA.—With a numerical force of only 20,000, and 15,000 of whom, making allowances in such a climate for casualties and sick m hospitals, could at any time, or under any emergency, be brought into the Feld; we are at this moment holding rule over one-seventh part:el the lumen race, ad differing from us in manners, in laug,uage,-in caatoms; in religion. With such a force, Eritain, that mersrapot oil the ocean, stretches forth her sceptre from Ceylon so the stupenda ouse, the eternal glaciers of thellimalayas, and across the globe from Lahore to the very borders of the Burmese empire ! Court Magazine. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. was expected to iemain about a fortnight on a visit to his Illustrious relative the Duke of Cambridge, at the }wilco of Herenbausen, in Ha nover, and early in Jauw,ry ,0 set out for. England. Prince George of Cumbeilaud istialaiady ageneral in the Hanover ser vice. , - . . PRICES GIVEN FOR OPERAS.—Dr. Arne, in the year. 1763, received for his famous opera, "Artaxerxes," 60 guineas.. Mr.. Shield, in the year 1781, for his popular two-.act niusieal piece, "Bosnia," £4O. Mr. Storeys., in the year 1791, for -his opera. " The Siege of Belgrade," £lOOO. Mr. Braham,. in the 'ear 1804, fur his opera, "The English Fleet in 1312", 1,001.1 guineas. EMBALMING THE DEAD.—When the art saf embalming was lost the corpses which it was intended to preserve were cut in pieces and boiled in water. Thus Juvenal ides Ursins relates; on occasion of the death of Henry V. of Erighned, who expired in 1422 at Vincennes :—" The King's body was cut in pieces and then boiled in a cauldron till the flesh was'detached front thmbones: the water was poured upon consecrated and the bones, tog ether with the flesh, luelosed iu a leaden co ffi n, with spices and perfumes." . :-. A. general meetisi of the subscribers to Lloyd's has been called for the 30th instant to consider the propriet of voting ill/0 to the subscriktro for fitting out the expeditlon for the relief of the crews o r the vessels ice-bound in DaVie ,Straits. This has been at the suggestion ,of the committee, and certainly the statement put forth by Captain Scoffin will show that the. , imminent peril in which these unfortunates yet remain, or at least a portion of theM, is such as to call for the utmost promp titude in carrying the humane effort into execution. After the above vote shall have been settled, a proposition will be brought before the meeting that the sum of £2O be awarded from the funds of the house to Patrick Coffey, for his heroic conduct in. - saving the crew of the Deux Sebum, 'Sleeked in Tramore Bay, 25th ult. . . . . . . DEATH OF StriCotoutiouN Gaarrio-Lieutenant-General Sir Colquhoun Grant, K.C.8., and G.C.H., died at Frampton, Dor-. aetshire, on Sunday . . Sir Coleuhoun was in his 731 year, and his disease was dropsy in the chest. His daughter and son-in-law, Mr. Sheridan, attended him in his last moments with assiduity and affection. By Sir Ciatqahoun's death the Colonelcy of the, 15th Hussars, which regiment he has had since 1827 , becomes vacant. Sir . Grant entered the army as an ensign, in. Sep -1 tember. 1793, in 36th Foot, and joined that corps at Trichino-. poly, in the East Indies, immediately after his appointment. He exchanged into the 24th (since the 22d Light Dragoons) in 1797, and served in that corps during the Mysore campaign, and was present at the capture of Seringepatam. He was pro moted to a troop of the 9th Light Dragoons, in Ireland , in 1800 ; he got allajority in the 28th Light Dragoons, in February, 1801; and the Lieut. Colonelcy of the 72d Foot, in May, 1802. He commanded the latter regiment until 1808, and Was present with it at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope, under Sir D. Baird, in 1806. He exchanged in August, 1808, into the 15th Hussars, and commended that corps during Sir John Moore's campaign in Spain; he was wounded atthe battle of Sahagun„ where the 15th greatly distinguished itself under Lord Anglesea. In 1811 he was appointed Aide-de camp to the Prince Regent, and had his brevet of Colonel that year. lie embarked fur Spain in January, 1813, and commanded the Hussar brigade at the, action of the Morales; he was present at the Battle of Vittoria,. and served during the remainder of the Spanish campaign. On the 401 ofJune, 1811, he received the brevet of Major-general,. and commanded at brigade at 'Waterloo. in which memorable , day he had five horses shot or killed during the battle. In 1830 he was appointed Lieutenant-General. For his services. Sir C.- Grant was appointed Commander of the Bath and Gdelphic Or ders, Knight of (Russian) St. \Vladimir, &c. . THE BRAVE AUXILIARIES FROM TUE ISI.E or. •DOGS.--11 is distressing to Englishmen to hear a French jouruid ima the: Christino interest, the Phare, thus speak of the relative merits of the French and English mercenaries in Spain:—"The Span-, lards are indebted to the French for the foreign legion--the oak elle:rat force which they have received from their allies---the only force that has beaten their enemy, while the Engli,h bat talions are y. , i learning the ose of their ar,,is," At the sometime we by no means mean to deny what our worthy contemporary assured us oh' the other day, that the " dismounted lancers," who. have carried the terrors of the British name in the Peninsula from the Isle of Dugs, make no despiCablefiamipads ! An officer of Palstuf/s refired regiment could not have given a more char acteristic account of his men.--Ilimiai Herald. v THIS Sc H 001.14 A STER A BROS D.—The following moreeou was picked up on the streets of Kirkaldy a few days since : Kirkaldy 1835 September 22.—Sir Be so good as stoop the Pepe that Cums in Sly Naem as I (wired you to stoop it beforr But you most stoop it all togithrr.—l sir yours—Nß it is the Wekle Jurnell Nis Peprr INFERNAL. MACHINES.—On Saturday, three small boxes were brought to this town by the Biimingham mail, severally addressed to Messrs. David Miller, Lose, and Hobson, dealers in dit'm'erent parts of the town. Mrs. Miller was about opening that directed t m her husband, when fortunately Mr. Miller com ing home prevented her. Ile having only one corr es p ondent in Birmingham, a brother, from whom he is very frequently in. the habit of receiving boxes, but of a much larger description, immediately on seeing the box, suspected some mischief was intended; he was further confirmed in this suspicion on exa mining the box, upon finding that one end had been put in the last, and fastened with screws, and puttied round the crevices,: Having heard of gunpowder plots, be determined to proceed cautiously. He accordingly moved with care the dreaded box,' into an adjoining building, and having fiaed a rope to a half hundred weight, he put the band round a hook by way of swivel, and let the weight descend with cunsideiable velocity on the box, taking care himself' to be descending the stairs at the time.- The consequence was, the box was partially brimken, and the gunpowder made its appearance through the rents. Water was. instantly applied to saturate the powder and prevent an explo sion. Another blow completely exposed the contents of the box, being about six pounds of powder nod other combustibles, so arranged that instant death must have occurred to any per son opening it in the ordivaty way. Mr. Miller then imme diately applied to the coach-offices, and ascertaining that the • same conveyance brought two similar boxes for oersons in the same business, one of them he prevented front being delivered, - and the other from being opened. The diabolical Machines are ascertained to have been delivered at the Star Coach-office, Chesterfield. Suspicion has fallen upon a party to whom one, of the boxes was directed, and he, we are intormed, has beeri taken into custody on the charge.—Shejield Iris. _ T 9 ,103F. WITH GIMECE.—The followin extract of a letter , from the agentat Lloyd's at Syra, dated ' Nov. 7, was received yesterday :-4. the masters of British vessels who discharge goods at Syra from England have always disputed freight ac counts with their Greek consignees, arising from these latter paying the unionist of freight in shillings. According to the general usage in foreign countries, the freight, when specified in sterling on the bills of lading, is always calculated at the last rate of exchange on England at the place where the goods are landed? but as shillings have found their way to Syra, and according to the Greek goverureent tariff of their value in drahmes, a profit arises to time Greek Consignee of about eight to nine per cent.. on the curtent rate of exchange, they assist on. paying the amount in that coin. The exchange on England is generally about 28 drahmes, per pound sterling; but the ahillinat. being ye - Wed here at dr:dunes 129-105!, it brings the pound to 2 258(1, which' is a loss to the British owner. and a gain to the consignee. Notice might be given to the ship-brokers in Lon don and Liverpool to specify on the bil ls of lading that the freight must be paid according to the last rate of exchange on England, after delivery of the goods. This would prevent all discussion and positive loss to the British owner. The practice of the Greek merchants here has generally been to oblige the masters to take their freight in shillings, and as the vessels ge nerally proceed to Constantinople or Smyrna with the remains der of the cargo, they have their agents at those places, who buy the shillings of the masters and send them back to Syra." . Malt COACH ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night last, a fright ful accident happened to the Gloucester mail, on its way to Llandovery ; when about two miles and a haft distant from ihat• town, it came in contact with a cart, to amid which,- (he horses reaching i i lt s vhe c n i s i tt i . i N i n i e t yt 3 ee , r the rage of leaped over the hedge which the trustees a the -main trust have placed to klend the place, and drugged the coach over a pre, cipice nearly one hundred and fifty feet in depth, on the bottom of which it was dashed t 0 0 , pieces against a tree anions!: whom were Colonel Gwynne, o r. Glania nue Park, and which overhangs the river Goy !fierier; seieral W i e n eo s rn s et e u n osn g i, e i r tim s se:: I ,, s engers, David Lloyd Harries, Daniel Jones, Esq. of P e ny t • e i h m 6 i t itit ile ,.. t i cs n ies t i lm , l a u l g id gage severely ani tc,i‘i.a leapingcls,bu t they mili t p r ovide ht,ro i, r lit ia whenlly the precipice. Ihe inside Esq. of Lt the Mend boy of the name of Iti.i;rnick, were bruised, the boy carried to the bottom, thiforiner thrown ont through the . mail bags weie strewed about in all directions .by the concussion, but were f e r s o c n a t ii t e m f d t p h e e ri c e e c a t ci y h into tlnh u the it ;T e r nearly all recovered, though considerably , damaged; after above two hours' delay the gu a rd , Mr. Cronipton proceeded in a postchaise to Carmel then. We understand that all the blame of the above accident is attributable to the coachman, who, we are informed, kept the wron g side of -the road. About three• years since an Irish ear, with a t oentletnen in it, felt down the seine place. , --Salopian Journal, SPARROWS.—MI. Mott, one of the poor law ecnnuissioners„ in his first annual report to tile .1.m.r.1, mentions that Illa small parish in Suffolk he found a charms to the oos-rate or £5 , 155. Rich. for killittg sparrows in Uwe vearal 'I hey were paid for at the . rate of 3d. per dozen. confrqtietirly thittroauttat have been 52,LW . sparrows, which, allowing twelve sparsows. , to weigh a pound,: would make the weight' nf the whole 4.3831ty.44,0ree goer( hurseloads of 1,4611ta0. each. By time satne . proces4:ol calculas• , tioro.the spat rows woad' hien - serve , ' instssact 00 meat 55 persons for dinner fur twelve Introits; allovaing each persan hall a pound of sparrows' per day eor three days4rweek., •We has calculated, thei weight of the heads'of time whole Is umber : eactittleid weigh tug oue drachm, ,give 4 the weight of the- heads alone 4111beJ