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THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. WOOD, And the Last Night of Mr. and Mrs. W 0 0 D, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane. Second Week of Mr. BARKER, Principal I'enur Singer o Mr. Braham's Theatre, London, and of the Theatres• Royal, Dublin and Edinburgh. Second Week of Miss LAND, from the Theatre-Royal ; Covent-garden. Mr. RANGER, The highly successful representative of French Characters, at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, who is engaged for a Fortnight, will make his fourth appearance here on MONDAY EY►NING. T HIS present FRIDAY, November 2d, will be per formed the Opera of the MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. Susannah Mrs. Wood. Count Almavira Fiorello Mr. Barker. Countess Miss Laud. Figaro. „Mr. G. liorocastle. I Cherubim) ....Mrs. Tellet. Aetonio After which, the Grand Opera of CINDERELLA. Cinderella Mrs. Wood. Felix..(Prince of Salerno).. Mr. Wood. Clorinda.. Miss Land. Baroa Pompoliuo Mr. G. Horncastle. Pedro Mr Baker. Fairy Queen.. Miss Grant. MR. HILL, The celebrated Comedian and representative of American Rustic Characters, (ruin the Theatres•Royal, Drury-lane and Haymarket, and Royal Olympic Theatre, Loudon, and the principal Theatres in the United States, is engaged for FIVE. NIGHTS, and will make his first appearance here on Monday next, Nov. sth. when will he produced, for the first time here, a new Drama, written by Mr. Ranger, called THE ROMANTIC WIDOW. Monsieur St. Croix Mr. Hanger, As perforated by him upwards of 1(X) nights at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. After w►ich, a new Drama, never performed here, written expressly ter Mr. Hill, and represented with the greatest approbation at all the American Theatres, called • NEW NOTIONS. Major Wheeler Mr. Hill. To which will be added, for the first time here, a new Drama, also written expressly for Mr. Hill, and acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, with universal applause, called the YANKEE PEDLAR. Hiram Dodge, (the Yankee Pedlar) Mr. Hill. To conclude with the new Fdrce of TOM NODDY'S SECRET. 'fie iliberpool ,Stanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 2, 1838. tc::". The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morning at 5 o'clock. TnE WitsT INDIEs.—We have received files of the Jamaica Royal Gazette, Dispatch, Gazette, and Mer cury, to the 26th of September, Demerara papers to the 13th of September, and Barbadoes papers of the same date. The nevre brought by this arrival does not appear to be a whit more encouraging than the previous ac counts. We subjoin as many extracts as we have room for. 'We find in a Jamaica paper the following account of the recent proceedings of the Governor : "Ou Saturday, the Bth instant, his Excellency the Governor, visited St. Thomas in the Vale, and was re ceived by the Hon. G. W. Hamilton. There were also present a large concourse of labourers from the various properties. His Excellency took a seat on the sofa in the drawing-room, and addressed himself to the gentlemen present, and remarked that he had come to see if he could do any good; that he was anxious to learn in what consisted the differences between the masters and their late apprentices, and why it was that work had not been resumed. " The Custos stated that the great bone of conten tion was wages. The labourers had demanded a much higher rate than the proprietors could afford to pay. "His Excellency asked what were the terms of fered ? "The Castor.—The father of a family was charged le. Bd. a week for the house in which they all lived, but each individual was required to pay the like sum for his ground, provided he was able to labour; those belonging to similar gangs were required to pay 10d. or a bill in proportion to their rate of wages. " His Excellency.—lf the people are to pay these rates, what are thew to live upon ? "The Custoa.—The husband was offered ss. per week, the wife 6s. Bd. ; and less, according to the class of labourers to which they belonged. "His Excellency.—This appears a fair rate of hire; and lam sorry that any difference should exist." [He then called Mr. Jackson, the stipendiary magistrate, and asked him if he knew anything respecting the cause of disaffection among the labourers, and why they refused the terms that had been offered ? Mr. Jackson replied that he had conversed with a great many of them, and they had expressed no objection to paring rent for their houses and grounds, but wished tel . dispose of their lab o ur i n th e wa y they thought Gt.] 4. "‘ His Excellency said, he thought the proprietors !Would consult their own interests, and allay the irrita tion which existed, if they would do as had been done at Clarendon and Vere. In these parishes the rent for house and ground had been given up for the first three mnnths, and the hire fixed at Is. Bd. per day. "Mr. Page felt assured every one present would adopt his Excellency's suggestion, provided the la bourers would immediately resume work. "His Excellency inquired if that was the general feeling, and received replies in the affirmative. He next inquired if he s h ou ld commun i cate t h at informa. tfonlo the people, which being also assented to, his Excelleney addressed the people, stating that he had been talking to their employers, or old masters, and they seem kindly disposed to them, but that he was very sorry to find that none of them had been at work : lie also stated that the Queen and the country had made them free, but it was not for that they should become idle: their friends in Jamaica and Great Britain ex pected them to be industrious. His Excellency asked them the reason why they did not work ? They re plied that they had been waiting for massa the gover nor. They then promised the governor that they would go to work on Monday morning; but one man inquired what was to be the day's work ?—how many hours? to which the Governor replied, at least nine hours. The people made no reply, but appeared sa tisfied. Bet notwithstanding this arrangement, and the promise made, our informant ensures us, that with the exception of two or three on each estate, and those not working continually, the people almost through the parish had not up to Wednesday last turned out to work. Upon estates where there are 200, about 15 or 20 will tern nut at six o'clock, and work till one or two. On one property, with 86 labourers on it, only four were at work." The Jamaica Gazette of September 22d announces that the House of Assembly was called to meet on the 30th ult. It says—" Our representatives will observe, by the proclamation inserted in this day's Gazette, that the Assembly is called to meet on the 30th October, for the despatch of public business, when, we trust, they will be prepared to discuss the weighty measures which will engage their attention. The country will look with intense anxiety for the result of their pro• seedings—the first of which in importance will be the qnestion, whether the Island Charter shall be main tained in all its essential attributes, or whether the island is in future to be ruled by a despotic and invad ing power. Several violations of the charter of our liberties, franchises, and immunities have been pelpe trated--snper-legislation has been resorted to—the Power that has been exercised must be questioned and resisted, and its unlawfulness proved and overthrown ; or the island of Jamaica will be reduced to a new state of bondage and servitude. These are questions which alma engage the most serious attention of the patriot and the independent senator." The same paper contains the following warning /‘ to these wha wish to employ African apprentices without any power of control over them. The following. Peen*, we are candidly informed, lately occurred upon Albion Estate, St. Mary's, and will serve as an instance of what a lawless state the island will speedily be brought to under the present frightful experiment of disorganized misrule. It seems that several of the lately shipwrecked Afri cans had been comfortably settled on Albion Estate, a nd a number of their countrymen and messmates 10. eated in the neighbourhood. They were supplied with every comfort and necessary of existence, and only re quired to do a little light field labour in return for the rood and lodging, &c., received. One of the consta bles attending to his field duties, perceiving that one of these pauper Africans, instead of performing his allotted task, was supinely lounging under the cool shade of an umbrageous tree, took leave to rouse his d ormant faculties by the application of a small switch to his back. La the twinkling of an eye the wrath of t he savage was roused. He sprung at the throat of th e constable, and, but for his superior dexterity, would have laid him dead on the spot. The constable con finer/NI the assault of the savage ; but the latter brooded t v er his u l ter i or revenge By the Saturday, when e estate's work was suspended, he had gathered the : 61 e of his African clan, who, stripped naked and Z d ed with long knives, cutlasses, bows and arrows, fis _ • e very other weapon they could procure, pursued b ./ e 7 ivNy to the constable's house, broke open the br e .dr"m door, and if it had not been for a hair dos! -t h escape under the bed, and through the win -7.1 would have immolated him on the spot ! Not r ' fi lng their victim where they expected to catch him, ut h k e yiyursued - their w a y t o th e wor k s , an d t h ere, mis smother f or t h e person who had made his escape, th e surrounded him in a circle, yelling their war- Wh non 'th e r' and waving knives and cutlasses over his head. eatate.B People were called to the rescues but they stood appalled, and by another desperate effort of stra tagem the innocent victim again escaped from their grasp. The word was then given to mount and ride off for the overseer or attorney, when the savages dis persed in pursuit, tracking the boy on horseback, who narrowly escaped an arrow from their bow, by giving his horse a sudden turn as it was aimed to enter his body. The savages, after this defeat, sent a deputa tion of their body to demand a palaver at the Queen's House ; and it is - said that their mialman, conjuror, or ambassador, found his way thither by laying foursticks on the cross road which pointed to the proper direc tion ! "The negroes in the parish stand in dreadful awe of these Obeah Priests, who believe that, though they fear Buckra, they can instantly do for a black! And as it is reported that the officiating constable (a black man) has been ordered by certain authorities to re. ceive a flogging, this has confirmed their fears; and after sucl► scenes are allowed to pass over with impu nity, can any one doubt the state of disorder and bar barism to which we shall speedily revert." . The Jamaica Despatch of the 24th ult., contains the following brief account of the state of the windward islands :—"Our fellow colonists in the windward island papers seem to be labouring under the same difficulties that we are experiencing at this moment in Jamaica. "In St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Tobago, Grenada, and Trinidad, the negroes are guile unsettled.—ln Barba does they had behaved so ill, that the military were placed on strict duty, and the negroes had been com mitted to gaol by the dozens. The St. Lucia Free Press says— «' Affairs are becoming worse every day with the planters. Their properties are left without labourers to work them; their buildings broken into, stores and produce stolen, ground provisions destroyed, stock robbed, and they themselves insulted and laughed at.'" The papers of the 26th ult., give the following par ticulars respecting the state of the parishes of Man chester and St. Dorothy :—" We are glad Co perceive, by private letters, that the labourers in the parishes of Manchester and St. Dorothy are, in general, resuming their accustomed work at a remuneration which seems fair." We take the following from the Demerara papers of the 13th ult:— "The occurrence of most importance which has taken place since our last, is the publication in the Ga zette of two Orders in Council, both of the date of the 30;lt of July last. By the first, the ordinance of the 12th of July, 1836, for the better regulation of the re lative duties of masters and articled servants, in British Guiana, &c., with the three orders in council therennto annexed, are repealed, all contracts or treaties existing remain in full force. "The reports from the various districts as to the conduct of our labouring population are as various and opposite to each other as it is possible for them to be. There are many of the estates on which the labourers had at first gone steadily to work, which now have scarcely a hand on them; whilst upon others they inus ter a greater force than they could before command. We hear also that. the people have already in many instances exhibited the propensity common to the habits of savage life, which we called squatting, and to which we havealways looked to as one of the evils of Grenada. It is gratifying to us to be able to record that the ac counts received from several parts of the country are of a satisfactory nature. " It is with the deepest concern we announce that the labourers at St. Vincent, with very few exceptions, still refuse to labour for fair wages." The Barbadoes papers of the . 13th ult., furnish us with the follow ing document : HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. "The Governor recommends to the early consider ation of the Honourable House of Assembly the sub ject of a circular letter from her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, and of an order by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, relative to the practice which appears to have arisen on the part of agents, or speculators, of engaging the services of emancipated negroes in several parts of the West Indies under contract for labour to be per formed in British Guiana and Trinidad, the object of such persons being to assign the contracts, on the ar rival of the negroes at their destination, to other par ties, at a profit to themselves. " MACGREGOR, Governor." The Times of yesterday contains the following digest of the news brought by the Spey " By the Spey packet papers have been received from Jamaica and other West India islands. The accounts respecting the negro labourers continue to be of a mixed character, but upon the whole it may be assumed that appearances were more favourable to the termination of disputes between the masters and men on the subject of wages, and the gradual return of the men to their labour. Complaints are made in parts of Jamaica vvbere work had been resumed, that the negroes were in the habit of finishing their allotted tasks in four or five hours early in the day, and after that could not be induced to resume work. The pe culiar nature of sugar cultivation is said to require that. the labour should be more equally diffused over the day, but, however that may be, it does ❑ot appear that any reasonable ground of dissatisfaction could be urged against the men for using greater expedition for their own ease, so long as the quantity of work agreed upon was performed. Some uneasiness was manifest in Kingston about the growing ascendancy of the coloured population in a political point of view. In alluding to some remarks made in the House of Lords here on the position perspectively in which they might be placed when in a state of entire freedom, at which time they would perhaps conic to be invested with political rights, it is observed that members of the imperial Legislature seemed to be ignorant that such rights were already enjoyed by the coloured people, and to show how they worked with reference to the whites, the fact is stated that such is the pre ponderance of the coloured electors, that a majority of the corporation Was actually elected by, and a majo rity of the petty juries composed of, their class. The influence of the white inhabitants, it was asserted, was daily on the decline, and a sort of apathy and despon dency seemed to prevail among them, evinced by their disinclination to work or to serve office. The Jamaica legislature had been further prorogued to the 30th of October. " From Barbadoes the advices are to the 23d ult. A meeting had been held there on the subject of the contemplated alterations in the currency. Resolu- Lions were agreed upon in deprecation of the Govern ment plan, and the local legislature petitioned to me morialize her Majesty against any " alteration in the relative value of coins as established by law and cus tom for upwards of 20 years," because it would inter fere with all pending transactions between debtor and creditor. The most effectual mode of legally regula ting the present value of coins would be, it was said, to convert currency into sterling by deducting one third ; the doubloon would consequently be 665. Bd., and the dollar 4s. 2ci. It was also determined to peti tion that no further powers should be granted, directly or indirectly, to the colonial bank. The unsteadiness of the negro labourers wrs complained of in the island, and their disregard of the conditions of contracts. In one instance of a turn-out, some of the ringleaders were seized and taken to prison, followed by the whole of their comrades, who insisted on their liberation, or their own committal with them. " From Grenada tilt.: accounts are satisfactory. A n almost general disposition was evinced among the ne groes to resume their labours, where not actually at work. The rate of wages was 4 bias per day in ad dition to the usual allowances. It was common for the men to do an extra quantity of work in overtime, for which, as agreed upon, they received 2 gifts more. "From Trinidad to the 221 ult. the accounts are also more favourable. The negroes were gradually settling down in various parts of the island. The usual rates of wages were 3s. currency per day for a day's task of a given measurement, with, in some cases, an allowance of dried fish and rum. On many estates medical attendance and nourishment during sickness formed part of the bargain. On others the labourers agreed to pay the medical aid themselves at the same rate as the proprietor used to do formerly— that is, each able-bodied labourer Is. per week, and each half task workman 6d." We must defer for the present any comments of cur own upon the intelligence which we have received by the present arrival. The state of our West Indian colonies roust necessarily occupy much of the attention of Parliament when it next assembles; and we shall havef equent occasion to re7ert to the subject. THE EAST INDIES.—As the of airs of our Eastetn possessions are likely to occupy henceforth a promi nent position in the public journals, we feel convinced that we shall be excused for appropriating a portion of our space o the following lucid statement of facts, for which we are indebted to the Asiatics Journal for the present month:— Upwards of three months' intelligence from India has reached England during the past mouth, embracing topics of inLieli interest; but the impotence of the news brought by the last overland despateh, whence it appears that the British Government of India is about to commence military opera tions which may lead to serious results, absorbs the attention due to miner ..annestic subjects. A sketch of the political state of Affghanistan will furnish a key to the measures-about to be pursued icy Lord Auckland and his council, and will explain the yelia - : of these measures, which seem to be in some quarters onsanderstood. When the Hon. Mr. Elphinstone visited the Court of Cabul in 1808, the throne of that kingdom (a portion only of the once extensive empire of Affehanistau) was occupied by Schell Shooja-001-Moolk, then about 30 years of age, of whose cha racter Mr. Elt:binstone gave a favourable representation. In the succeedin g year, soon after the Briti s h e m b ass y h a d l e ft the country, Schah Shooja lost his kingdom through the trea chery of his vizier, Futteh Khan, head of the powerful family of the l3arukzves, who placed Shooja's brother Mahood on the throne of Cabul. The court soon after became the theatre of factious; Prince Kamran, the son of Shah Mahood, indig nant at the influence exercised by Futteh Khan over his father, plotted his downfall. The Sella!) of Persia had at this time demanded tribute from Herat, situate on its western frontier, and Futteh Khan ' on pretext of aiding its gover nor, a brother of Schah Mahood, marched thither, beat off the Persians, made himself master of the fortress of Herat, and usurped the government. On his return, Prince Kamran worked upon his weak father to sanction the putting Futteh Khan to death, which was done under circumstances of great cruelty and indignity - , and the consequence was that the family of +the Barukzves was driven into rebellion. This was in 1818. Schah Mahmood was soon expelled from his insecure seat, and fled to Herat, where he died in 1829; his saes Kamran succeeding to the fragment of his power. Meanwhile Schuh Shooja, after many narrotv escapes, having been placed under restraint and plundered+ by Runjeet Sing, had obtained an asylum in Butish India. On the exile of Schah Mahood he was recalled by Azeem Khan, the brit thee of Futteh, and head of the Barukzyes; but on this family being offended by sonic act of Shooja, they abandoned their first design, and filled the throne with his brother Avoob, who Was, however, a mere tool in the hands of Azeem Khan. Civil war had now exhausted Afghanistan, and several of its provinces had fallen into the possession of Runjeet Sing, who, after the battle of Neushero, in 1823, established his power eastward of the Indus, and between that river and Peshawar on its western bank. The success of Runjeet preyed upon the mind and health of Azeem Khan. lie died, and in his last moments charged his son, who succeeded to his influence over the euppet monarch of Cabut, to hold no friendship with the ruler of the Punjab, but to carry fire and sword into his territories. Discoid and anarchy followed the death of Azeem Khan ; his son' was expelled by his uncles, who seized upon the different provinces of Cahn!. Shere dil Khan established himself at Crudahar; Soottan Mahosned Khan, with his two brothers, Peer Mahomed Khan and Seed Mahemed Khan, possessed themselves of Peshewur, and Cabul, after having several masters, came under the control of Dust Mahomed Khan. Political jealousy hail sowed the seeds of everlasting discord between the brothers. The puppet king, Ayoub, was elected from Cabul, and he fled into the Punjab, where he was received and kept as a value ', hie deposit by Runjeet Sing, who could promote his political schemes by alternately negotiating with the two fugitive monarchs, Shoejah and Ayoub; or with either of the Bai - ukzye chiefs; and by intrigue as much as by his arms he has confirmed his authority west of the Indus, possessed himself of the valuable province of Cashmere, and obtained the virtual dominion of Peshawur, Sooltan Mahomed Khan being a tributary of the Sikh Rajah. 'lnc chiefs ofCabul and Peshavvur are at direct enmity; the latter had au ally in his brother at Capdahar, and both were more than suspected of a design upon Cabul. The whole of the Barukzye however, concur in an equal dread of Shah Shooja (who has been a resident at Loodiapa, under British protection) and of Plince Kainran, of Ilerat, both of wham have preferable though conflicting claims to their possessions. It will now be easy to understand the object and policy of the measures adopted by our Indian Government. The chief of Cabul, Dust Mellowed Khan, whether through Russian in fluence, or a desire to fortify himself against the enmity of his brothers and of the Sikhs, joined the Persians in their at tack upon Herat, and advised that the troops of Persia and Cabot should march upon the Indus. The ruler of Herat, Shah Kamran, as he pow terms himself, having defeated the Schell if Persia, who relinquished his enterprise against him, and being joined by the lizbeck and other tribes, is strong enough to try for the recovery of the crown of Cabul. The ulterior views of the actual chief of that place, and of the Prince of Herat, with respect to the territories east at the In dus, are sufficiently well known (from the represeatations of Colonel Burnes) to render it highly inexpedient on our part, or that of the Sovereign of the Punjab, to permit the success of either; accordingly, a treaty has been concluded between the British and Sikh governments on the one part, and Schah Shoola, the dethroned sovereign of Cabul on the other, to re store this prince to his rightful power. The British troops, therefore, enter Afghanistan not as principals in the war but, jointly with the Sikhs, as auxiliaries of the legitimate kir g of Cabut. The influence which Russia has had in producing this state of things is not apparent. The ambition of Dost Mahomed Khan, and his hatred of Runjeet Sing, against whom he was endeavoured to excite the British Government, are sufficient to account for the part he has taken ; and with respect to Prince Kamran, he must regard Russia. the ally of his enemy the Persian Kine, as his foe. That the Russian envoy sup. planted Captain (now Colonel) Burnes at Cabul is true; but the jealousy of British influence there is pardonable. Dost illohowied Khan, the chief of Cahill, is described by Captain Burnes its au accomplished and intelligent person, or good talents foreovernment. The Affghans are a sober, steady and simple people, hut idle. They entertain a deep rooted ateipatby to the Sikhs. Cabul is enclosed by high rocky hills; Bala Hissa, which commands the cite, stands on a tia,r•av neck of land, about 150 feet above the level count , y Captaiu Burnes represents this fort as " a poor, irregul tr, dilapidated fortification, which could never withstand i a escalade." The walls of the city are in ruins. Dust NI dimmed Khan's chiefship extends north to the Hindoo Koosh and Bameen, west to the hill country of the llnzaras, south to Gov* and east half-way to Peshawur. The country ie mountainous and strong, though it has good roads Iltrottab it, II is military farce, when Captain Burnes visited Cabot, in 1832, consisted of 9,000 horse, well mounted and accoutred, 2,000 infantry, besides auxiliaries and village troops, and 14 guns. The chief of Peshawur is a well-educated man, of good talents, and supposed to be favourably disposed towards the British. His military strength is unimportant, and he is at the mercy of the Sikhs. 'rue present ruler of Candahar is Cohan Dil Kh a n, a man • . of singular character, resembling his brother Futteh Khan, but nwrose! as well as cruel. His military force is 9,001) horse (which he could easily increase, as the city is situate near the native seat of the (3arukzye family,) and six pieces of artillery. His oppression has rendered his government unpopular. The Prince of Herat, till his recent successlifted him into importance, had but little power, and was falling into a de pendence on Persia. His revenue is large, Herat being situ ate in a very fertile country. which enabled him to keep 'ma force of about 4.000 or 5,000 men. lie is represented us clinging to the lops of re-establishing the monarchy of his father; but he has no political connexions, and has the cha racter of a cruel tyrant, destitute of friends and odious to his countrymen. Frotii this description of the condition of the country against which the movements of the Anglo-Indian army are directed, and of its chiefs, it is evident that the re-establish ment of Schah Shooja in Cahn', the population of which is represented to be favourably disposed towards us, would erect another important outwork of our eastern empire, which would fully counterbalance the loss of influence in Persia, and provide for any contingencies that may happen on the death of Itunjeet Sing. Captain Burnes remarks, that had circumstances brought us into alliance with Cabul instead of Persia, we might have nosy possessed more trusty and useful allies nearer home, than we can boast of in that country, at a tenth of the expense. We observe that Sinde, formerly a dependency of Cabul, has applied for a British force. The resolution of the allies of Schah Shooja seems to have been taken prior to the defeat of the Persians before Herat, and in contemplation of the fall of that place to the Schah of Persia. The change of circumstances has, however, only altered the direction of the march of the army, which will be to Candahar (whose chief has identified his interests with those of his brother at Cabul) instead of Herat. Some movements on the part of Nepaul have excited alarm at Calcutta, having been connected with the state of affairs to the westward; hut it turns out that the irruption of the Ghoorkas into the Sikkim territory was a false rumour, and that the embassy from the court of Nepaul was intended for Schah Shooja, our ally, not for Dost Mahomed Khan, or Blinjeet Sing. The motions of the Nepaulese, no doubt, re quired to be vigilantly watched. It is statedthat a large body or their troops occupy their mountain passes, ready to ad vance into our territories. * The great diamond "koh-i-nor," or mountain of light, which glittered on the armlet of Schah Shouja when Mrf Elphinstone visited his court, and now adorns the person.o Itunjeet, was then wrested from the unfortunate monarch. ABERCROMBY WARD.—The exertions of the con servatives in this ward have at last been successful, and we have now to congratulate the town at large on the triumphant return of Robertson Gladstone, Esq., as one of the Council. We can hardly credit the intimidation made use of by men in authority—councillors and magistrates—to compel persons whose bread depends upon the situa tions they hold in some of the public offices to vote for Mr. Earle; and we ate free to assert, that if a tenth part of the intimidation used by these liberals had been ever used by the conservatives, the radical prints would have been filled with virtuous indignation, and we should never have beard the last of the matter. The parties are known—and we hope Mr. Gladstone will not let the matter drop. From an early hour in the morning, it was evident that a reaction had taken place. The leveller was le velled not to rise again, unless, like the phoenix, he springs from the ashes of the radicalism of the ward, and soars into the Council-chamber, the shadow of an alderman, self. elected, because ward-rejected, on the most approved principles of liberalism. Mr. Gladstone maintained his majority throughout the day, and it was evident from the elongated visages of the radic:ll committee that the game was "all up" with them. A, the hour of four approached, loud and long were the shouts of the conservatives as each vote came up to swell the majority ; and a few minutes be fore four, it was suggested in the committee room, that, as Mr. William Earle, even when he was the Mayor, voted for Ewart and Elphinstone, and would no doubt at the last moment vote for himself, that Mr. Gladstone should register his vote, amidst three hearty cheers. The decoy took ; for in a minute or two the chop.falien Mr. Fade was seen at a dot-and carry one pace, wending his weary way to the window. "How many hast got, Hal ?" " One, master : chuck him in!" 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From the manner in which the robbery was committed the thieves must have been very dexterous. THE LION WALLACE. — The passengers of the Glasgow Steam-packet the Connundore, were greatly surprised on Tuesday evening, at having on board with them a scion of royalty, no less a personage than a King of ilie Forest. His Majesty, with his suite, were en route fur Edinburgh. having been purchased in this town (after a very severe competition) by Mr. Hughes, for the celebrated equestrian. Mr. Batty, whom, we perceive, by t. e, u hthe Scot c h papers, i s aston i sh i ng the the gorgeous and splendid style by the different perf ormances , Mr. g i n o o: . I h folks ic h ofe is Auld bringing I t eek o Batty may now boast, to addition to hi s recent purc h ase, as well as his - unrivalled and beautiful stud of horses, decidedly the first in the world, a very fine young elephant, and two zebras, which he is nightly introducing in his arena—we are happy to see that his spirited liberality is fully appreciated by our brethren in the north, Ins circus being literally crammed every night. Such of our friends as have not vet had an op portunity of visiting the amphitheatre here, under the able and talent e d s uperintendance of Mr. Hughes, will do well to avail themselves of an early visit, previous to their departure from hence. BRUTAL RADICAL ASSAULT.-LYNCIIING LIBERALITY —Yesterday morning, in Abercrombie Gladstone, the Conservative candidate, had headed the poll, some joyous Conservative wrote a squib to the effect that Mr. Earle's chances of success were all over. One of the runners of the Conservatives was posting this opposite to the Conservative committee-room, when one of the liberal party—one of the freedom of election men, the "liberals" par excellence—finding that the election was not going all his own way, in the excess of his liberality and love of freedom, seized the squib poster by the collar and nearly pulled hint over; this was of course naturally retaliated by a punch in the ribs for his impudence, when time liberal brute, collecting, all his force, made a Lancashire kick at the unsuspecting bill poster, which, falling on some old wound, completely laid open the inside of his knee and shin, rupturing several blood vessels. The poor fellow di opped immediately, and before a surgeon could be obtained lost an enormous quan tity of blood; we understand from the surgeon's statement about ?Albs. of blood ! The liberal and cowardly brute who had done this immediately took refuge from the rage of the people in the Liberal committee•room, where he was endea voured to be screened. ➢lr. Gladstone immediately went there, and demanded his being delivered into custody, when, after considerable hubbub and all kinds of vituperation from the waspish and ricketty liberal candidate, it was at length effected. The injured man lies in considerable danger. TO THE REV. THOMAS BUTLER, D.D., ROMISH PRIEST AT WEYMOUTH. Stn,-1 have just now seen a letter bearing your signature, and addressed to the editor of the Morning Chronicle. It refers to an article copied from the Manchester Guardian, containing a report of a speech of mine at a public meeting, held for ;lie defence of scriptural religion, and The exposure of the false doctrines and tyrannical practices of the Papal system. My statement was this—" If it be asserted that the Roman Pontiff exercises only a spiritual supremacy, our an swer is, first, the assertion is not true. It is shown by un rescinded documents and historical facts to be false. But even if it were true, our answer is. secondly, that in this world, so long as men have both souls and bodies, conscience towards God, as well as duties towards their sovereign, the two things spiritual and temporal must of necessity be so in termingled, that spiritual supremacy is a ready engine of tem• poral tyranny." ' In illustration of this position 1 referred first to the inter dict which Paul V. laid upon the Venetian Republic in 1604, and secondly, for a modern illustration, to the case of Mr. and Mrs. Gamey, as stated in the l e tt ers o f M r . G a l wey to Dr. Abraham. It is upon this part of my speech that you have commented. You quote two assertions final the report, thus—" Dr. Abraham, of Waterford, refused to allow a priest to celebrate mass in the house of a gentleman named Galwey, (whose wife was sick at Christmas,) for no other reason that was known except some political difference ; the sequel was, that Mr. and Mrs. Galwey had forsaken the Romish church." Upon this you remark—"l feel myself called upon to declare thus publicly, that the above assertion is a directly malicious and unwarrantable calumny against the respectable individuals alluded to." Sir, the passage you quoted contains two assertions. The first is, that Dr. Abraham refused to allow a priest to cele brate mass in the house of Galwey, for no known reason except a political difference. The second is, that. Mr. and Mrs. Galwey had forsaken the Romish church. Let us try the first assertton. I do so by transcribing Mr. Gaivrey's own letters. "I'o THE RIGHT REV. DOCTOR ABRAHAM, It. C. BISHOP OF WATERFORD. " Duckspool, Jan. 8,183 g. "My Lord,—On the 29:h of last month Is had delivered to your lordship a letter on the subject of the unpleasant situation in which my family have been placed, in conse quence of your prohibition to allow Mass being celebrated in my house; not having since received any answer to my letter, I am now driven to the painful necessity of sending (through the press) a Copy of my letter to your lordship, with a hope of getting some redress from the archbishop, and in default of his inattention to the prayer of my communi cation,to appeal to his holiness the Pope. , . "Before I conclude, I beg respectfully to ask whether any act ot7my life, AS a Catholic, merited such conduct, either towards myself or any of my family, and whether it is not solely on account. uf political differences this system of tyranny is attempted to be practised towards me? I remain, my lard Bishop, your humble servant, "JOHN. MATTHEW GALWEY." "COPY OF MY LETTER OF THE 29TH DEC. Duckspod 29th December, 1835. "My Lord,—l beg leave to ask your Lordship, whether if is your intention to persevere in prohibiting the Priest of my parish celebration; Mass in my house, and to know on what grounds (except political differences) you have issued such a peremptory order as the Rev. Mr. Shanahan says he has re ceived from you to this e ff ect. `• I should not address your Lordship on the subject but for the illness of Mrs. Galwey, and the state of mind in which I had seen her on Christmas-day, deprived of the opportu nity of receiving the sacrament, and having prayers in my house, in the saute way we have had them celebrated for over twenty years, before those political differences occurred. " Your Lordship cannot (I regret to say) have been igno rant of Mrs. Ga!wey's illness; for a week previous to Christ mas-day the Priest of ay parish mentioned the circumstance to you at a mouth's mind held at Stradbally, and'he has said remonstrated with you on the hardship of a female (unable even to come down stairs) being deprived on such a holiday of those religions consolations, which,to her, would be such a source of comfort. " I beg you to excuse my sayinv, whatever differences your Lordship, some of your priesthood and myself; may have on the subject of politics, it is an act of cruelty that a religious female, in a bad state of health, and unable on Christmas-day to leave her bed-room, should be the sufferer. " I can scarcely bring myself to believe that revenge is your object; but if it is. I freely acknowledge you have had ample satisfaction, for there is no man of family who must not feel at having seen a good wife and a good mother sur rounded on her sick bed by her children, deprived (on his ac count) of the rites of her church. " Requesting your Lordship may re-consider this subject, and waiting your answer, I am, my lord Bishop, your obedi ent humble servant, "JOHN MATTHEW GALWE V. "The Right Rev. Doctor Abraham, R. C. Bishop, WaterArd. "P.S.-1 beg to add, this line of conduct is a bad return for the many thousands given by Mrs. Galwey's family towards erecting chapels. convents, monk-houses, schools, &c." These letters were quoted at length in my speech. Upon the fact as proved by them, you make no comment. Against the authenticity of the letters von enter no protest in the name of Mr. Galwey, although it seems that gentleman is now your near neighbour at Weymouth, and consequently (it is natural to suppose) cognisant of your writing in his de fence. The letters have indeed remained too long uncon tradirted, to be evaded now : and they fully establish the fact, that the tights of her religion, for which Mrs. Galwey must have been anxious in proportion to the sincerity and ardour of her faith, were withheld by the Priest, under the authority of his Bishop, for no other reason known to the indignant husband, except a political difference with Dr. Abraham. Here, sir ' is spiritual sup remac y ma d e an eng i ne of temporal tyranny, Mr. Cialwey himself being the judge. Is this "a malicious and unwarrantable calumny ?" No, Sir, but a grievous, and to a freeman an intolerable fact. Mr. Galwey felt it so, and wrote accordingly, and thus one part and the most important part of the quotation -you make from my speech, is proved to be strictly correct under Mr. Galwey's own baud. The second part of my statement was, that Mr. and Mrs. Galwey had forsaken the !lowish Church. I had heard that such was the case, and giving Mr. Galwey credit for con sistency in the spirit of liberty witich breathed in his letters, 1 had believed it. And in point of fact, I gave the sequel so, at-the-meeting, as a thing. I had heard, but in itself imma terial to toy object. My object was to illustrate - the tyranny exercised by the btomish hierarchy, and this was done by Mr. Galwey's letters independent of the sequel. It appears by your letter that Mr. ;Ind Mrs. Galwey have not forsaken the Rornish Church. Their aspirations after liberty have not been strong enough to break the bonds of cherished su perstition. It would seem. however, that they have changed their residence from Duckspool to Weymouth, thusadopting a middle course between political submission to Dr. Abra ham, and total abandonment of the tyrannical system. And now, Sir, what have you done? After looting a pas sage containing two assertions—one of them of great impor tance, the other comparatively insignificant, —you proceed to declare that the above assertion is a malicious calumny. You applied, and obviously intended your readers to apply, the denial to both the assertions, while you knew perfectly that it had no application to the chief of them. I shall pso bah:v, on some future occasion, illustrate, on your authority, another principle of the Papal system. Your- concluding paragraph, addressed to what you call "the well-meaning and peaceable members of the Churches of England and Rome," is quite characteristic, coining' as it does from a man who is bound by solemn vows to the Creed of Pope Pius IV., and thereby to the uurescinded, principles of all the general Councils, by some of which the peaceable mem bers of the Church of Envland are anathematised as heretics. Sir, let us be honest. You are pledged to a system which condemns us, as heretics, to be given over to the secular arm to be punished, when this can be clone without danger to the interests of the Church. lam pledged to a system which, while it inculcates love to all men, heretics included, pro nounces, concerning the iiistiuguishing doctrines of the Roman schism, that they are blasphemous fables and dan gerous deceits. You feel, but don't say boldly, because it would just now prejudice your cause in England, no peace with Protextantism. We feel, and, feeling it, nothing can hinder us from boldly saying, no peace with Popery. I am, Sir, yours faithfully,_ HUGH APNEILE NORTH MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAYS. 70 THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STXYD;IRD. Stu.—Having been on a professional tour of inspection of the principal Railways in England, I think your teaders will he glad to learn my opinion of two, in which the gentry of Lancashire, as proprietors, are most particularly interested. —I allude to the North Midland and Eastern Counties Railways. The works on the former are progressing with singular and astonishing rapidity; the energy of the directors, add the man ner in which the calls have been paid up, allowing them to he carried forward with spirit. The contractors are at work night and day, and every portion of the line is under Opera tions. The perfection of the works is admirable. I wa s assured by more than one party engaged in forwarding the works, that a portion of the line, into Rotherham, can be opened this year, and this, with the Sheffield and Rotherham line about being opened, will insure a supply of coals and minerals to those towns from the estates of Earl Fitzwilliam and others, and will at once open a source of revenue to the proprietors of the North Midland. lam also assured that the whole of the line will be completed during next year. Those who are acquainted with the localities of this line, the country through which it passes, and its importance as an adjunct to the midland counties, Birmingham and Derby, Manchester and Leeds, Sheffield and- Rotherham, York and North Midland, Liverpool and Manchester, and through one or other of these to the Grand Junction and Birmingham and London, will readily understandits great resources and value. Mr. Stephenson states, . that it is likely to be the grand central communication with the north and Scotland; and that gentleman has projected, and has directions to pro ceed with, new communicating and branch lines, which will prove of amasing importance to the North Midland, and open sources of emolument not contemplated in the original estimates. '['he determination of the original directors not. to make calls for some time to come, Must relieve the pro prietors. The Eastern Counties stock is held so largely in Lanca shire, that a few words respecting it may not be unacceptable. The traffic upon this line must be enormous, end the ease of its working wilt make its annual expenses moderate. The directors very properly intend completing the first 50 miles, viz., to Colchester, before proceeding further. thus concen trating the profits upon only a portion of the line, and very materially increasing the returns to the shareholders. Ano ther call of 50s. per share will make half the capital paid up. when the company can exert its privilege of borrow ing. and 1 shall be much mistaken if there be another call for many months ; while the whole of the capital cannot be required, if the line do not proceed beyond Colchester. 1 know no railway likely to make such valuable returns as this one—its own resources are extraordinary, and the ar rangement with the Northern and Eastern will very much enhance the receipts. Few persons understand the nature of arrangement—it is this: the latter is to pay the Eastern Counties £6OOO per annum for the use of the terminus, and 4d. per passenger for the use of about three miles of the line (I believe). If the number of passengers be only one-third of those calculated upon, the revenue from that source alone must be at least £BOOO per alumni, thus giving the Eastern Counties an unexpected additional income of not less than £15,000, and if the anticipated traffic of the Northern and Eastern be realized, the increased income will amount to 00,000 annually. The determination of the Eastern Coun ties directors to economise in every possible manner, and the active energy of the engineer, will insure the best results,. I was much pleased with the spirited exertions of Mr. Braith waite: under his management the works are progressing in an extraordinary manner, and their beauty and perfyiction must strike every one. Twelve miles.of the line can be opened immediately, thus insuring an early return to the proprietors—and the works on other portions are proceeding in a manner highly creditable to the directors, engineer, and contractors. The low price at which the shares in this com pany can be had, makes it well worth the consideration of the speculator,—as as investment it is unequalled. I may soon take the liberty of addressing you respecting other lines which were examined by October 31st, 1838. A CIVIL ENGINEER. There is a man in Kentucky so sharp featured, that he cut' all his acquaintance. During the gale about four o'clock yesterday (Monday) morning, part of a large tree was blown upon the roof of a .cottage ❑ear the Cock public-house, Boreham; fortunately the damage was confined to the tiling. A tree was blown across the road at Fearing, which impeded the. Coggeshall coach about an hour, and another near the turnpike, Riven ball, as also levelled,'--Essex Herald. NATIONAL CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST. 2VDdIRD. Stir,—l was somewhat surprised a few days ago, to see (on a page of light reading, accompanying the Albion of the 15th instant, under the signature of T. K.) expression given to a long surpressed lamentation. " That some able pen did not interpose some plain questions to try the truth of some bold assertions, contained iu a sermon preached by Mr. M‘Neile, in 1837, upon the subject of National Church Establishments." And not having since seen any correction of the mistake, beg to observe, that when the Rey. John Kelly made an attempt to answer that sermon, it was nut so much the inability of the pen, as the cause in which it was engaged, that rendered it abortive. But, sir, it requires ability, yes, extroordinarq ability to construe the Holy Scriptures to sup port to the satisfaction of an enlightened mind such notions as those entertained by Mr. Kelly. Ido not mean to ques tion that gentleman's sincerity in the maintenance of his own conscientious opinions; but I do mean to show the weakness of his argument, and to give an illustration of the truth of the Apostolic doctrine, that a perverse will, not submitting to the manife4t meaning of God's word, is the forerunner of a darken ' ed understanding. And to do this, I need only notice one pas sage in the above-mentioned pamphlet. But as I have no doubt many of your readers will not more than have heard that such a work has been published, and being persuaded that no com ment of mine (to a person who has not read the work itself) can give an adequate idea of its unfairness, I will give the passage verbatim front the pamphlet which 1 have before me, and then it will appear in its native deformity. At page 11, he says, "Still farther, in writing to Timothy, the Apostle says, 'Let the elders who rule well be eounted worthy of dou ble honour, especially them who labour in word and doc trine.' (I Timothy, v. 17.) Whether this passage applies to several individuals sustaining the same office, but differently' qualified for the discharge ot• its duties, or intimates a dis tinction between a teaching and a ruling elder, has been a matter of dispute. This, however, is a question which, as it has to my mind not even a remote bearing on my present sub j it!t, I willingly wave. It is of mote importance to observe, that the Apostle here expressly recognizes the principle, that the remuneration given to the minister of Christ should be in proportion to the character and extent of his la bours. Now, this is a principle, which can only find operation where ministerial support comes voluntarily from the church. The existence of the law is supposed, which makes it imperative on those who are taught to contribute to the maintenance of their teacher; and it inculcates on them a regard to the extent and fidelity of his services, in deter mining the amount ulrecompense which they afford hint. It is self•evident. that when an endowment or settled tax ex ists, there is no room for the operation of this principle. It is necessarily exclusive. 'l•he fixed sum is claimed and en joyed beyond the reach of co steel, without any reference to the 'haulier in which the duties ate discharged. He who re ceives it may be diligent or slothful, he may abandon the work altOgether, and transfer his duties to a substitute; anti, yet without restraint enjoy the emoluments of office. Such :in arrangement is incompatible with a compliance with the apostolic direction : and flout this passage we thus obtain an incidental confirmation of the New Testament law of mi nisterial support, which it has been my endeavour to es tablish." I scarcely need make any remarks upon the above, it speaks so plainly for itself. The Apostle is here speaking of double "honour" being given to the "elders who rule well," but Mr. Kelly absorbs the word " honour" in a principle, and thus wrests its meaning, and converts it into money, as if the Apostle had said he who ruled well should have a double salary; aQd then he builds upon this, as if the word " honour" really signified money and money only; for near the end of the quotation he says, "Stich an arrangement (that is of an endowed church) is incompatible with a compliance with the Apostolic direction." Now if St. Paul bad said "money" instead of" honour," there might have been the appearance of truth in that assertion, but as it is there is not even that; for who does not know that a clergyman who " rules well," al though he may have a fixed salary, yet may be, and is counted worthy of double, yea, treble honour? And who does not know that the Church of England coufers upon her most learned, talented, and laborious ministers, such houours and dignities, as Mr. Kelly's Independent Society, makes no pretensions to? Such are the arguments by which he endeavours to establish a " New Testament law of ministerial support," in opposition to the old one established by Almighty God, and which St. Paul refers to when he says, " Even so bath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel." (1 Cor. ix. 14.) But to return to Mr. T. K.'s letter. [he contemptuous manner in which it speaks of the preaching of the Gospel—calling it "smoke," and " pulpit swellings"—shews but too truly the character of its author, and renders too applicable the solemn words of no Lord—" But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not Him that sent me." And I would warn hint to beware lest that come upon him which is written—" Behold, ye despis.!rs, and wonder and " As to the questions which he proposes, and which he says may be very easily answered, I say they may, and I will answer them for him in few words. They are—" What is the subscription ? Whose is it ? Who are required to furnish it ? And to whom is the threatened penalty addressed by the King?" First, " What is the subscription?" I answer, the tribute required by the Kings of Persia.— " Whose is it ?" The people's over whom the Kings of Persia reigned. To illustrate this I would ask, suppose the goyeromeut of this country, consisting of Queen, Lords, and Commons, should build churches, and sup port ministers, out of the taxes of this country, would they not be doing so out of money subscribed by the people, and would not those liberals (falsely so called) complain as much if the church were supported thus, as they do of the present system? The third question is, "Who are required to furnish it ?" Of course the treasurers, in whose hands were the said tribute. To :whom is the threatened penalty ad dressed by the king? I answer, "whosoever" should presume to alter that word. (Ezra vi, 11.) Now should like to ask M. T. K. what is the meaning of the word "whatsoev •r." lie says it means exclusively the treasurers, governors, &c., mentioned by name, but 1 have not so learned English. 1 agree with M. T. K. in recommending not only the sixth but also the seventh chapter of Ezra, to the serious perusal of 11, for the express purpose of seeing and exposing the un dushing assurance of men who can, in the face of such a loin history as this, affirm that the Jewish temple and wor p were not supported by the involuntary subscriptions Of the people composing the Persian empire.—Your's, tkc., —JOSEPHLTS MINOR. Liverpool, Oct. 31, 1838 , MEETING OF DRAPERS. A meeting of the master drapers, silk mercers, &c., was held on Tuesday evening, at six o'clock, in the •Clasendon rooms, for the purpose of taking into considevation the ques tion of limiting the hour:3'ot business. There neve about 90 persons present. Mr. John Wool:right was called to the chair, and briefly introduced the business of the evening, in which he spoke favourably of the respectful and well written memorial'of their assistants, and professed himself willing to accede to any art angetnent that might be come to. Mr. W. SLATER proposed the first resolution, namely, there should be three several hours of closing, seven, eight, and nine, each of which was to continue four mouths, commencing with seven o'clock in November. He stated it as his opinion, that the proposed curtailment in the hours of labour ought at oece to be conceded, on the principle of jus tice. It would have a beneficial effect on the physical, men tal, and moral character o f th e young men i n t h e i r em ploy. r. It. BRIGHT seconded the motion, and briefly stated that be could not let the opportunity pass of supporting with his voice the very reasonable tequest which bad been made. It was much to be questioned whether there was a body of respectable young men iu the empire that were subject to such heavy and severe duties, as the drapers' assistants were. Mr. BECKWITH proposed an amendthent, to the effect that the hours of closing should be eight in winter and nine in summer. He thought that thete was a greater likelihood of bringing the whole body to consent to that arrangement than to the one embodied in the motion. In the more aristocratic parts of the town, it might be a matter of indifference whethds the drapers' shops were closed at five, six, or seven; but he could assure them that in the lower districts, such as his own for instance, the great amount of their business was Uuue from six to nine o'clock in summer. Mr.Tayboa seconded the motion. Mr. TRIPP spoke warmly in support of the original motion, contending that ifthey did not allow to their young men such an extent of leisure as might be devoted to profitable pur poses, the concession was more likely to be injurious than beneficial to them. The young men proposed to form a soft of literary institution, and their earnestness and sincerity bad been shown by the promptitude with which they came fortvard with voluntary subscsiptions towards its establishment and support. lf, how - ever, they were compelled to work until eight o'clock in winter—after which, it must be remembered, they .had still to clear up, and tefreshmeut to get—it would be nine o'clock at the least before they would be at liberty, and, as they were compelled to be in a,sain at eleven, they would actually not have more than an hour aud a half at their dis posal. -It would then become very questionable whether they might not think it useless to attend a reading-room or a lec ture, or to devote the spare time to improving their minds at all. The great probability was that they would feel a disin clination to do so, and then what would be the consequence? Amusement w)uld he sought in sensual, instead of intel lectual relaxation—the public-house would be resorted to, but the reading-room would be deserted. In summer, it would be evident to every one, that the position would be such as to allow them even less opportunity for study than in the other period of die year. Ile should therefore support the original motion, as not being calculated to injure the employers one iota, while it would concede to the young men au amount of leisure that might be turned to their profit. Mr. JEFFREY took the same view of the question, and maintained that the closing at an early hour could not possi- Liv be injurious to the shopkeepers, it all consented to the arrangement. In proof of his position, be referred to the early hours at which the banks of Liverpool close, and said, thatif no inconvenience was experienced by the community from that, he could riot see how any inconvenience could be felt in their business, a much less important one than bank . ing. • A long and somewhat desultory conversation ensued, in which the majority of the speakers expressed themselves in favour of some curtailment of the hours of labour, but seemed to think that they would be more likely to carry their object .by a moderate reduction in the first place. If that was found to answer their expectations, a further reduction might take place at a future period. The amendment of .-Mr. Beckwith was then put from the chair, and carried by a majority of one—the numbers being 38 for and 37 against it. Allusion was then made to the institution which the dra pers' assistants have it in contemplation to form, and though several individuals expressed their hopes that it might be formed, and their willingness to contribute to its funds, it was thought that it would be premature to pass any resolution upon the subject till it was seen what the young men did themselves. On the motion of Mr. JItiFFI:EY, seconded by Mr. BECK WITH, a committee was then appointed to watch over the regulation then agreed to, and to ohtain the consent and signature of the drapers, silk mercers, &c., to the resolution. A motion for the printing of the resolution, with the signa tures appended to it, in the Liverpodl papers, was then carried. The meeting separated at half-past nine. SHEERNESS, OCT: 29.—The hurricane this morning from the west produced the greatest terroramongst the inhabitants of this town. Considerable damage has been done to the dock-yard from its fury ; roofs of some of the houses were completely blown off; and in High-street a stack of chim neys was forced into the street, and a portion falling on a sailor, of the Dowe, inflicted a frightful laceration on his skull. He was not discovered till some time after, appa rently dead. The sentinel boxes round the boundary wall of the dock-yard, with the sentinels in them, were blown down. The emigrant ship Westminster, with 251 emigrants, prin cipally from Kent, arrived safe at Sydney on the 27th of June, and on the 30th the ship Amelia Thompson, with 238 emigrants, arrived front Plymouth, with the loss of seven passenger from small pox, and 30 from typhus fever; she was placed in quarantine. The Duncan, from Greenock, arrived the same day, after six months' voyage, with 254 emigrants; 14 died on the passage.--Hanipshire paper. IPSWICH, OCT. 29.—A tremendous gale of wind arose this morning from the west, and has caused much mischief here. The flag-staff at the Custom-house was blown down during its ravages, and nearly killed a carpenter of the name of Street.. The orchards have sustained considerable injury, On Sunday night several large trees were blown down in the churchyards of St. Mary•at-the-Walls and St. Peter (Colchester); a very large mulberry tree, belonging to John Bawtree, Esq., was also levelled with the ground, and a new brick wall by the side of the bowling-green, at the Blue Posts Inn, Botolph-street, was also laid low, besides chim ney-pots and tiling in different. parts of the town. We re gret also to hear that part of the new church atDonyland was also blown down.--Esser. Herald. • window was received with loud and reiterated cheer ing. When it hat subsided, with the exception of a few yells from the adjoining radicals, he spoke as fol lows : Gentlemen,—My first duty is to thank you for those great exertions by which you have placed me at the head of the poll, for to those strenuous exertions we mainly owe our success. I feel deeply grateful for the personal kindness I have received; but yon, gen tlemen, have fought for greater and nobler objects than individual benefit, you have fought for the glorious institutions of the country, and you have triumphed. (Loud cheers.) You have all seen the base and libel lous attack upon my character which has been phi carded on the walls. Whoever the anonymous libeller may be, he cannot prove the smallest statement he has made—(No)—for if he could, and I challenge him to do so, I should be an object of disgrace, undeserv ing of ordinary decency, aud a deserved exile from my native town. (Cheers.) It has been said that it is not pleasant to sit amongst radicals, and some of toy friends have expressed their surprise that I should attempt this Ward. But they did not know its con stituency, and I am not the man to shrink from the contest even against the best champion our antagonists possessed. (Applause.) Your votes this day have shewn that you disbelieve the foul allegations in the placard to which I have alluded—l asked you whether you did so or not, and your answer has been placing me at the bead of the poll. (Cheering) You have combated for principle, against what I may with safety call no principle at all. (Cheers.) A gentleman in the room has just reminded me that I have this day been a "leveller." (Loud laughter and cheers.) Mr. Aspinall here said something to Mr. G. who proceeded. Another friend thinks I ant a leveller of levellers. Be this as it may, I placed myself in your hands, and the victory is yours. I will not at this period longer detain you. Going as your representative, my study will be to serve you faithfully, to defend your interests, and also to forward the interests of the town at large. Gentlemen,—l thank you again for your unceasing kindness and your strenuous exertions, and however ineffectual my services in the Council Chamber may be, I will strive to do my duty to all. Mr. Gladstone retired amidst long protract ed cheer ing. Mr. Holme was then loudly called for, and after a short delay addressed the assemblage, hoping their moderation in victory would be as striking as their fortitude under defeat had been, and stated that if equal exertions had been used in € very Ward, equal results would have greeted them. Mr. H. then alluded in strong terms to the infamous placard which had appeared on the walls, au,l characterised the writer, as himself a slave in more degrading bondage than either the Indian or American slave, who could make charges against the reputation of z.ly man as he had done, and not have the manliness to put his name to his allega tions. The late hour at which we write prevents us giving more than a mere outline of his remarks. Mr. Aspinall was afterwards called for, but it appeared he had ]eft the room. The success of the Conservatives in this Ward is in a great measure attributable to the excellent arrange ments of the Committee. The exertions of Mr. Mun caster, Mr. Atkinson, (not Tindal,) Messrs. Mellor & Weston and several other gentlemen, hare been above all praise. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION,—We have so much to say on the subject of the Municipal Election that, in order to do anything like justice to the many topics which press upon our attention, we must defer our remarks until Tuesday, when we shall have the advantage of re viewing the observations which may be offered by our radical contemporaries. A correct analysis of the vo ting during the day will be found below. LIVERPOOL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR 1838. Subjoined, we give a tabular statement of the wards, con servative and reform candidates, the numbers palled each hour, (as copied from the statement in the Exchange News Room.) the final number of votes polled for each candidate for each ward at the close of the poll, (faun the Mayor's official return,) the majorities, conservative or liberal, and the number of candidates on each side elected. The total number of conservative and liberal votes is also shown , polled for every ward. Front this statement it will be seen that the conservatives have succeeded in returning six can didates. POLICE INrELLIGENCE. SWINDLING.—On Monday, at the Police-office, a young man, of seedy appearance, named Thomas Farrar, was brought up, charged with having swindled a shopkeeper out of a quan tity of shawls. Michael Mitchell, foreman in the service of Mr. Ldward Cooper, linen draper, in London-road, deposed that at a little after seven o'clock on Friday evening last, the prisoner came into his master's shop, and asked him if he would be kind enough to send a feu' shawls to his lodgings. No. Li, Greek-street, for his wife to look at till the following morning, when he would pay for the one which his wife chose, and the other shawls should be returned. He (witness) took 8 shawls to the prisoner's lodging, and the prisoner took 6of them into a room, and after a little time returned, and de- sired him to fold them up, and to leave three shawls till the following morning, when be would pay for the one, and return the other two, lie (witness) returned to his employer and informed him, and he said it should be at witness's risk. Next morning early he went to the prisoner's lodginos and saw him come out and proceed t owar d s t h e railway, a nd followed him into the station yard. He asked for payment for the shawls, and he (prisoner) told him to go to his wife and she would pay him, and give him the other two. He told the prisoner that he could not leave him, and called a constable, who took him into custody. The prisoner had a trunk with him, which on being searched, was found to contain two of the shawls. He was then taken to bridc.well. The other shawl was not at the prisoner's lodgings. He had since seen the third shawl. The three shawls were worth 4guineas. The third shawl was found at Mr. Berwick's, pawnbroker, in Manchester-street. Mr. Berwick, pawnb ro k er, deposed ;bat the prisoner came into his shop on Friday night, at half-past 8 o'clock, and pledged the shawl in the name of Thomas Bland, for 6s. The prisoner had nothing to say in defence. He was committed to take his trial. CA NIB A LISAf —On Monday, at the Police-office, two Irish men, named M'Convill and O'Donnell, were placed before the magistrates, charged with having violently assaulted po liceman M'Donald, and M'Convill with having bitten off his thumb. M'Donald stated that on Saturday night he was taking a drunken woman home in the park, when shy fell, and the two prisoners immediately rushed upon him, anq beat him severely. He seized hold of WC:m - Iral by the collar, when he got hold of him by the thumb with his teeth, and al most bit it off, whilst the other man kept beating him. In spector Okill coming up at the time he called out to him to come and assist him, or the man would bite his thumb off, and Mr. Okill did so, but the prisoner would not loose his hold till Inspector Okill had thrust his stick into his mouth and prized open his teeth. The bridewell-keeper said, that when M'Donald came to bridewell his thumb was in a dread ful state; it was cut with the man's teeth all over, and ap peared as if it had been ground iu a mill. Another bride ..ell-keeper said that the two prisoners had kept the bridewell in an uproar the whole of the blessed night, and that nobody about the btidewell could get "a blessed wink of sleep -for them." The prisoners, in defence said, that the police swore they would pull the Irish souls of their bodies," and that was the reason they had so behaved. Mr. Hall fined.M`Con vill dOs. and costs, or, in default of payment, to be committed one month to the Borough Jail, and O'Donnell ss. for being drunk. BRUTAL ASSAULT.—That compound of brass and blarney, Dan O'Connell, in a late controversy with the Editor of the Mercury, published the extraordinaryfact, that the large proportion of Irish who inhabit this town, were the cause of its " prosperity and liberality." We will say nothing of the hearty gufiates the assertion has created ; but this is certain, and the records of the Police-office will prove it, that though the Irish who inhabit this town do net form one-seventh of the population, somewhere about two-thirds of all the felonies, rows, brutal assaults, . and charges of drunkenness and vagrancy, which are brought before the Police-office, are charges against the Irish, who, as before stated, form but one-seventh section of the whole population. There are ex ceptions of course to every rule, but the overwhelming Ma jority of Irish whom we have seen, have been the most idle, dissolute, filthy, drunken, deceitful, thieving, lying vagabonds that the blessed sun of heaven ever shone upon, or that ever cursed a town. Were it not for these fellows, Mr, Hall, the police magistrate, one halt' of the police force, and police 're porters, might cry " Othello's occupation's gone." Mr. Hall would be able to lead comparatively a gentleman's life, (as the saying goes) and not be , as he is, just one degr ee better than a counter skipper. his hours beginning at nine in the morning, and ending at five in the afternoon; the hours of the worshipful society of draper's assistants, (if their re cent petition be granted,) being only from nine in the morning till seven in the afternoon. 'Policemen would no longer get their thumbs bit off, nor their heads broken, with " sprigs of shillelah" in the shape of fire pokers and hammers, by the " finest pisantry" in the worK on their way home, " jist a little elevated wid a dhrap at a wake," which in common parlance means mad drunk, and reporters would have no more dishes of the horrible or the depraved to serve up to their readers. Robert Owen might cease :his mission, for the inhabitants of the "good old town" of Li verpool, would learn to live together in peace and harMeny, without becoming Owenits or converts to "the social system." But to return from this ge ner a l digression to the particular case in question. Inspector Crouch deposed, that on Sunday night he heard that a Man • has been murdered in Johnson-street, by some Irish.' -He went there, to the house of a man named M`Ardle ' and" on going up st a it s , h e f oun d M'A u ll e l ying on hi s back on the bed, with his head and face cut in a most dreadful manner, and almost speechless. He immediately sent for a surgeon, and Dr. Whittle, and another gentlemen very shortly arrived, and Dr. Whittle said the man was in a most hopeless state. He put his finger into a cut on the side of his head,'irid a portion of the man's brain protruded, and followed his finger. When asked Who had done it, the man muttered Catherine Dunn. He, however, succeeded in finding a girl who had seen the whole of the row, whit would describe it, and on -her evidence, had taken into custody Christopher Dirrin, William Dunn, and Catherine Duun, all Irish. The girl taid,:that there was a row in the street, and the Minns Were beating and ill using M'Ardle's wife, when John M'Ardle, his'bro titer, came out of a public-house near, to protect his sister-in law; upon which one of the Dunn's struck him twice with a hammer, and knocked him senseless. M'Arele, the Man who lies ill, then Caine out of the public-house, and the Dtruns struck him three times on the head with the hammer; and he was carried into his house nearly senseless, when 'Catherine Dunn ran up stairs after him, and whilst he was lying on the bed, helpless, struck him on the head with soineihing like a poker. Inspector Crouch produced a thineis?. soldering iron, which he had found thrown under a table in the room;and which was the instrument which had fractured :the man's scull, John M'Ardle deposed, that •he saw them - ill using his sister-in-law,• and went out of the public-house to protect her, when he was set upon by the Dunns, and 'knocked down by a blow with a hammer, and remembered nothing more of it. Inspector Crouch said, that the man who was lyiug butt criuhl not be moved, and Dr. Whittle expected inflammation of the brain coming on. Mr. Hall said he must detain the prisoners till the result was known. Inspec tor Crouch said : that attempts had been made to decoy the girl away, to prevent her giving evidence, and that he had been obliged to keep her in custody in consequence. The girl said, that the wife of one of the priseners had offered her 2s. to keep out of the way. Xvlr. Hall asked her if she would have any objections to go into the workhouse, and be taken care of till it was known whether the man got better or died, and she consented to go 'there. Mr. Hall then said, bethonld wait a further report, and meantime commit the prisoners. On hearing this, Catherine Dunn shouted out—" Och, what will Ido wid my four small childhur?" The three prisoners were then put down. SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOUR OF ASAILOR.—On Monday, at the Police-office, John Alark, a sailor un board the "Lilly," of Liverpool, was placed before the magistrates charged with having nearly caused the death, by drowning, of the mate of the "Briton's Pride," lying at the north end of the King's Dock. - A policeman stated that the vessels were moored alongside each other, and the mate was making a gangway between them with a plank, when the prisoner went up and said he should not do it, and, after using much bad language, knocked the plank away on which the mate was standing, and plunged him into the water. He ran immediately and gut a boat, and arrived just in time to save the man from. drowning. The Captain of the Briton's Pride said that he had been laid four days alouttside the Lilly, and on arriving in dock had two idle, lazy hands, who would not work, and whom he told to go about their business. The crew of the Lilly got to know this, and every time he crossed the Lilly to his own vessel were in the habit of abusing him. On Sun day afternoon he was taking his wife on board his vessel, and crossing the Lilly ; and his mate was making a gangway for the ladies, when the prisoner, as had been described, after the foulest abuse and threatening to take his life, turned the plank and precipitated his mate into the water, and, had it not been for the policeman he would have been drowned. While he was cutting a rope to throw to him the prisoner abused hint in a shameful way fur cutting the rope. The mate, a fine young man, gave similar evidence, and said the prisoner deliberately turned the plank, and said he would he the death of him and his b—y captain. Ile was sinking the third tline, when the policeman • saved him. Mr. Hall said it was most fortunate thing the puliceman.was there. The prisoner's conduct had been most disgraceful. He must pay 20s and costs, and in default of payment be committed for 16 (lays; and must further find bail to keep the peace towards the captain and the mate. BURG!, ARY.—Thoinas Jones and Thomas DoYle, two lads of bad character, were on Wednesday placed 'before Mr. Hall, charged with having entered the house of Mr. Thomas Elliot, Burlington•treet, with intent to commit a robbery. Police officer Jas. Pantry, stated that about two o'clock on Tuesday morning he was on duty in Burlington -street. He tried the front door of Mr. Elliot's house and found it secure. He saw a light through the key-lode, through which he looked and saw two boys quit one of the rooms and enter another. They had a light with them. After observing for a short time he knocked for assistance, and upon police-officer Daviei coming up he_ sent him to the bark of the house. Witness, then _knocked at the front door. Mr. Elliot opened the window, when the officer asked hiM if any of his family were up, He replied no, and the officer told hint that there. were some per sons with a light in the lower looms. At that moment con stable Davies called to him front the back of the house. Wit ness went to him and found that the yard door was fastened. They forced it open, and found the prisoner Thomas Jones, attempting to get over the yard wall. The other prisoner was taken in the yard. By this time Mr. Elliot had arrived in the yard. When witness first looked through the key hole he saw that each of the prisoners had a cloth cap on his head. Davies, when they found the prisoners its the yard, saw one of the prisoners drop an umbrella. From Doyle four silver teaspoons were taken. In the yard a quantity of apparel, be longing to Mr. Elliot, was found. Mr. Elliot claimed the whole of the property, which he said was worth upwards of £4. He proved that the door was fastened on the preceding night. The prisoner Jones denied that he had ever been in the house at all. Doyle said he had had some drink, and he went acci dentally into the yard, the door of which he found open. The prisoners were committed for trial. DEFRAUDING SAILOR BOYS.—Yesterday, at the Police office, a man named Leonard, well known at the Police office, as a crimp to emigration agents, was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with having defrauded some sailor lads of various small sums of money, under the pretence of being an agent for vessels, and keeping a registration office for sailors. Several lads deposed that they had paid him small sums, with the understanding that he was to procure them situations on l,oard ships, and which lie had never done. One lad said that he had paid him 2s. on his promising to get him a situation on board the Hindoo, the 'Captain of which vessel had told him that he wanted a boy. Mr. Hall ordered the prisoner to be remanded till to-daY, - that the cap tain of the Hindoo might give his evidence, whether or not he had so told the prisoner. CAUTION TO FLOUR DEA LERS.—Yesterdav, at the Police office, Mr. Hall granted a summons against a flour dealer, for having retailed 511,5. of unsound flour to a poor woman for a shilling. The complainant produced the, loaf made from the flour, and v hich appeared perfectly unsound. .-We be lieve that a penalty of 40s. is incurred for every such :offence. MR. SLEIGH'S LECTURES.—IL will be perceived by our advertising cotutnns, that Mr. Sleigh will resume his lectures on Monday evening next, in the LIVER THEATRE. Viisi Hy IllariTusG.—A special general vestry meeting was held on Wednesday at one o'clock, in St. Nicholas-Church, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair, for the purpose of passing the accounts of the hat half year. ➢lr. Eckerslev, the secretary to the select vestry, having read over the re ports and the vestry's accounts, from which it appeared that there had been a decrease of 81 in the average number of paupers in the workhouse, and a decrease of £742 in the ex penses of the workhouse; the report and accounts were passed. The attendance was very thin. NEWPO tur, OCT. 29.—This morning, between one an&two, it came on to blow a strong hurricane from the WNW,. which continued several hours. Six or seven vessels at.. - Pwllhely drifted from their moorings, on the mu& on.the opposite side of the river, and received much-dame,g7. The.: destruction of property in Newport from the yialenge gale is very serious.