The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-27 00:00:00

J. H. PARSONS, SURGEOV-DENTIST, 77, BOLD-,g7'RFE,T. t SKASE:i of the 'l,,th. 'Gums, and Talate treated on sound SuPziel)l A rtiticini Teel!) 'natio ni Substancr. rat tliirnverea J. H. V. baying s,died on it C.fflitnent. can wit') confidence undert a ke tint! , Opp( al ions whtt•il go often prove fatal atif;-r the hand of the mere Mechanical Dentist. Particular atten!ion has been given to obviating the irregu larities of Children's Teel h. _ Charttes sirietly moderate. IaROFF.SSOR SWEDOU R'S HYGEEAN HERB PILLS. for the elfeeinal extirpation of every species and -symptom of the SY PH lIATIC DISEASE, and tho disorders 'arising from improper tre-it trent. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, at No. 54. SE EL-STE EET, LIVERPOOL. In boxes at 2s. thl. and 4s. Gd. each. . Warranted not to contain COPA IBA, CUBEBS, or any deleterious inaredient . _ •• , • "*„. With 'each Box is given a Treatise on Venereal and 'Syphilitic Diseases, with observations on seminal weakness, &c.. containing hints worth knowing by those who are, or have been sufferers to this dreadful and devastating malady. Dr. DA VI ESON continues to direct his attention to those dis orders arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervolie affections, but also entails on its votaries all the ener vating imbecilities of oil ame. Tn that distressing state of de bility and deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful ha bits, excessive drinking, or any other cause by which the rowers of the constitution become enfeebled, he offers a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to the ye pen e al dise a se, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison. Mercury, ruin the constitution, vn , l when the great Doctor Swedour became Professor at Lev den University, he conferred an invaluable benefit upon man kind by the discovery of his _rand Panacea, for the cure of this deubtrable complaint. Never did a discovery excite a greater sensation, it was sought after with avidity, and used with the undeviating success in the most mtnnte and intricate cases of the delicate complaint, for the cure of which they have been so lone. celebrated. The fame of these Pills throughout Germany, caused their speedy introduction into almost every country. 'The certainty with which they were continually administered can be attested by many thousands. In fact,- ditring the long conti nental war they were the inseparable companion and safeguard of the soldier, in all cases wh , re the slightest suspicion of infec tion was entertained. What medicine can he more appropriate than that which has given such general setisfactinn ? The Hvge ian Herb Pills root out every particle of insidious poison, puri fying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the - different functions of the body expelling the groser humours, and in a manner so mild and imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and tine quailed powers. The' neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and may b# taken without The slightest sespicion of discovery—they require - no restraint of diet. loss of time, or hindrance of business, but effect a complete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slightest' suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse to the Hvgeian Herb Pills, for when taken before the disease has made its appearance it acts as a certain preventive, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. The deplorable state in which many persons have been when visiting the proprietor, from the use of mercury, renders it im peratively necessary to eaut ion the public against that dangerous ininerti when injudiciously administered. These Pills should form a portion of all Medicine Chests, by sea and land, and oueht never to be omitted by any person going a lon voyage or journey, their properties are such that neither heat nor cold will injure their quality, or prevent the due effects on the roost ;ninon. Dr. Davieson will attend'daily at his residence, from Eight in the morning until Ten at night, (on Stindas - s front Nitt, till Two,) where he g,ives advice to all applicants taking auy of his preparations, tvITHOI , T A FEE. Letters (post-paid) enclosinz a rentittance, answered by re urn, and Medicines punctually transmifted to any address either hi, 4nitials or name. No. 51, SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL. tinperiat Vari iamEnt. HOUSE OF LORDS -THURSDAY, The 'Marquis of LaNsnowNE said, that he would take that opportunity of stating that it had been ht.. intention to give no t•ce that he should move the second reading of the parliamen t try electors' bill in the course of next week, hut in conse quence of the conversation that had taken plate that evening, he should not m:tve the second reading till that. day fortnight. EISHoPRIC OF SODOR also MAN. The Earl of RIPON, upon the order of the day for the second reading of the Bishopric of sodor and Man bill, said that he understood that the tight rev. prelate opposite hail had a com munication from several of the clergy acd 'inhabitants of that island which he had thoupat proper to lay before the commis sioners, who, alter having taken those communications into consuloration, had come to the resolution to abstain from re commending that that bishopric should be joined with Carlisle. ie (Lord Ripon) rejoiced the Commons had come to this de cision; first, because he thought that it was but right and just, and, secondly, because he felt convinced it would he more agree able to the generality of pet sons throughout the country, and would be productive of the best results to the country at large. Siuce he (the P;arl of Ripon) had last brought this subject un der the notice or the house, the late bishop of this diocese (Sailor and Man) had ceased to exist. Though he, from his uetwrous haliits, left no legacies to his family, yet he had left a legacy to their imdships' house, which legacy was this bill, that he now begged leave to move the second reading of. The Archbishop of CA NTM:BUR Y _haul great pleasure in ad ding his testimony to all that the noble hod who had just sat down hail said, in favour of the piety, the zeal, the activity in the management of his diocese of the deceased individual, and above all his attemion to the interests of education. Some days ago he stated that he had had a communication from the island informing biro that proceedings were going on which might lead to a satisfactory adjustment of the case. He had since received at communication from the council, stating their desire of re taining a bishop, which they felt perhaps :he more strongly from their regard to the memory of the late bishop. They had proposed a commutation of tithes, which would enable them to effect the purposes they had in view, with respect to certain alterations in the distribution of tithes between the bishop and the clergy of the island. They would undoubtedly reduce the bishopric in value ; but the arrangement would leave a very competent income to the bishop, soda competent maintenance for the clergy. The bill vas then read a second time. The house adjoinned at 25 minutes to seven HOUSE OF COMMONS—THURSDAY. The committees on the Tyneinoutti and Youghal election pe titions were nominated. Colonel VERNER obtained leave to bring in a bill to empower the foreman, or any other member of grand juries in Ireland, to administer oaths to witnesses on bills of indictment. M. 111AxtNmoN brought forward sir. Talbot's claim on the French compensation fund, which, after au explanation from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, was rejected by a majori ty of 49. . - Colonel CoNota.r obtained lave to bring in a bill for the protection of salmon fisheries in Ireland. Mr. WARBURTON moved, "That a select committee be ap pointed for the purpose of fu-ther inquiry into the case of the Baron de Bode." After some discussion, the motion was rejected. On.the motion of Mr. . T. DuNcomnE, it was agreed that "it be an iastrnetiou to the poor-law committee to inquire on the subject or that portion of the third report of the poor-law com missioners which referred to the vicious system alleged by them to have been pursued by the existing corporations under Gil bert's act." Mr. PLumPTutt obtained leave to bring in a bill for the sup pression of trading on the Lord's-day. • Mr. SLANEY rose to obtain leave to bring in a bill for the punishment of persons who used threats or intimidation to elec tors in the choice of representatives, and, as the hour was late, a general cry of " Move, move !" was raised, in order that the honourable member might not go into a statement of the nature of his proposal. Mr. WARBNITON, however, objected to the introduction of the bill without reasons first assigned; accordingly, M r. detailed some general grounds, and added, that his inteution was to make the emptoyinent of threats or intimidation a inisrle meanour, punishable by fine not exceeding LW, part of whit h ttis to go to the voter, the offence being to be aseeroioed at quarter session, or hefute two magistrates with the inierventioa of a jury. To this Wan Mr. WAnsuitToN and various other members strongly objected ; and they were for refusing leave even for the introduction of a bill, which was designated by them nugatory, and absurd. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. BROTHERTON, the ATIORNEY GENERAL, and several other members, supported the motion, which, on a division was carried by.so to 23. On the motion of Sir %V .- ,I 1A...N1 AloLEswowrit, it was ag ree d that the house should be callel over ou the 6th of Mart-h. The house adjourned at half-past twelve. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Futpay. ThP Exchequer Bills' Bill, the Transfer of Aids' Bill, and the Waterford House of Industry Bill were severally read a third time and passed. VOTE BY BALLOT, Lord Mitt -BOURNE, in presenting a petition in favour of. the ballot, said that it had bee❑ accompanicd by a letter, setting forth that the tietitioners had be•.n converted to the ballot in consequence of the intimidation of property. lie confessed hat the uncertainty of the measure, and the novelty of its mincinfe as applicable to this country, alar►ued him, and pr•evertted him from adopting it. believing, as he did, that it would nut remedy the evils cmnpiained of. Lord Baoucta.ssi said, that certain it was that the alle , ..ed exercise of undue influence, and of the existence of intimida tion to an extent that was almost destructive of the beneficial use oldie franchise, hail of bite years caused the ballot to in crease in popularity. It had found new favour and new advo cates aatou•; thepeopht. It was, however, a question hat de manded much Awl serious consideration. He entt•ely agreed with his noble friend in opinion that it would be most unsafe to adopt the principle merely because it had been tried in ocher countries, without most anxiously considering and marking . the peculiar circumstances connected with those countries. If the system were adopted Without such inquiry, it assumed that the two experiments, that in the country where it was tissi hied, and that in which it was. about to by introduced, proceeded no the same terms and under the time circumwauces. it did not follow, because the bath, succeeded in another country, that it s hould be tried here. it mast stand upon other grounds. _ . Tile Duke of WitI,LINGTONOId not have felt it necessary to say one wood on this subject if the noble viscount had not winded to the letter of the geniletnan who had sent him the pe *idiot), and, in doing so, thought proper to cast on one par tientar patty the blame of adopting those measures which the tmole viscount so much deprecated. Now, he firmly believed that the consequence of certain transactions of recent yvars had been to render the possession of political power by individuals in ddrerent parts of the country—in all parts of the country—, infinitely more clesira'ale than it was before_ Corporations had acquired great interests—individuals had acquired great influ ence—and there was no doubt that ail those interests and all that influence had been ezetted to obtain political power. ( Hear. hear.) Titat was the Fact. Every one must see it, fur it bad passed in the view of them all, and could not be denied. He ilia not impute any thing to the noble viscount, or to any other person, but he must say that with respect to official in fluence, with respect to he exe , eise of influence of ever% descrip tion, they had within the last 7 wars gone bark a full century. He c ook; say, upon his. honour, fiat things were niut to,was he re collected them in his time, nor even as thee were I° ve:trs.ago. The nolde lord said that noble loros and gentlemen of property exercised their influence over their tenants in an improper manner. He declorcd upon tits word that he knew of no such thing. He had heard a great deal about Iheexoici4e of influence of another deseripti-n. ( Hear, hear.) He had heard great deal of evidence which showed that priestly influence, that the exercise of intitnidati n, and that the getting up of riots, existed in almost every part of a neighbouring country. ( Hear, /,ear.) But as to an imnroper influence being exercised by individuals over their tenants and tradesmen, he declared that he knew or none such (near, hear.) tie shook, he eXceegi ugly sorry it ever he saw the practices or woe' countries int' minced intolitis. e was friendly 10 the universal y or a wads principles anti sentiments on Political questions, and he soon'', de exceed in2,-ty sorry to tint' men, instead or slandiay. ibrwatll openly and avowing ;bell . opinions in the race o!' nroceetting in a sneak ing coot se, ado exercising lieu' elective ranchise linger a secret mode 0 ing. I I ear. heao., 11appitv, the constilulien this country had Jeeo formed, got outs for lite proieclion a I ited 111011 d !Thy. ant. or those iniere,s ..vhicd were immediately connecieo with 0, 'tut also for hie pew ection of property. Their lordships were cadet. on to provide ;or the p-olectioti or nroperty am' the security of the cliu.rit, as well as I.lg - the securgy or It oer;v anti life: anti :)e 'toned that in all their gelinei•ai ions tbey would never lose tight or Loose most important objects. (Ileac, hear.) Loid gr. 01- A'o said that he did not believellte ballot would be universal nrotection, but - considered Coat it would "ae valuable in large towns. Toe petition was ordered to lie oa the tattle, aster which their 10 1 . 4 .; b 61,t3 adjourned till Nlon.lay. HOUSG COM commons M:. tie new inetn;Jer (or Br;dge no•i;f, not: tie oains ac(i ii,sseat. Tue, e m iore from iiie Tvnemout election emnmittee declared i lent :4i, G. Grey lead ueen oiler elected, and oaght to have ueen retue net, nhtrail ni AI r. G. V. 1 oung. itIDINGE iogn..ed whether any arrangements mid ueen made enable the unfortunate men wao had ueen engaged in e'ae Spanish legion to return to ibis country? ame VA, sts•isioN answered in the alii , triai Lori.: .1. (lay had a vessel at their servire, so that teiere would he every co,. them ter return or stay, according to their own jougemenes and inclinations. __ Sti• G. OE 1.A.. EVANS observed that ibere was tio trot:, in uc sitiemPtit as io "starvation," ,be Men em ployed in main. Sir EL Leo. :G repNpil that the Spani!4s authorities ',tad deelarPti hie treai went or them to be .• infamous?' 14(111; Pa. AI t•:.:.•TON said (in answer to a question rrora an lout. inetnhPi.) tiiat like appointment lolhe uruerof; he Gail) hao o eei l made ;t) the usual way by the goverumenl,anu oo its own respoasibiliiy. lord P4 - :.•?E‘ . ;:;..rlSt shied, in answer In sir. Alaclean, Voai he s:toutd ;lave no objection to produce toe coirespon6eure .•e -spectin. ibe Vken. C.P.DWN AND ANCI:Ott iscount Mat oct - roNE said that, seeing the lion. and learned mroalie , :or Dublin in. his place, ue rose for the purtm-e of onding to him the question of whitih vesterdaY be bad given wished to asl - the honourable and learned gen t letnan - ,Whet bet' some sentiments which he ( I,niar 't I airistonti ) had seen reported as ;aying been riellyeted bv'bim in a speech made . try him on Wedoesoay, the .ls of vetiruar . v, at a t.inneti.iteld a. the Germ() and Anchor 'Lavern, in the Stroud, Sir (ent'st.,e de i.at'v :Evans itt he cliai . , were sutpdantialk correct Hear, hear.) fie would reao tire statement to 'he house. and he hoped the bon. and learned member wool() "0 oirn the pleasure of tellin g him woo her it was a substantially rorrect report of what be had slated. The statement was raLee from the Morne.-.9C,rrorEit 16, and the words were these:—•` Cor ruption of the worst description existed, and above all 'tiers was the perjury of the tory ooliticians. Ireland was not safe from Cie Englio anti Scott-. gentry. It was norrinte to thin!, a body of gentlemen—men who ranised hiop in society, who wee themselves the administrators the I; w, and who i here ouu:ii to .te above all suspicion, and who to set an sample to others—was it not insrrihle that they - should he pe.ji slu themselVrti in committees in tire Otiose Commons' The time was come when Ibis should be prorlaitneti was ready to he a martyr to justice and tem.,. out not .0 false swearing: and tirerefore he tieneated iitat there was foul 'ter jury in the to- V conpublees of the (Nese ot . Corn tunas." (" 'Hear, hear," f.ton +he opposition benches.) Be found also another passaoe in the Morning Post, w;tick, was not reported in the Morning Chronicle. The extract was as follows '.te dirt not mince the metier; his words might the oolitic press? he hoped they would. Ireland was on. safe .out the perjury of the English and Scotch gentry, who hook oaths tic cordiug to justice, end voted according to 'tarry." llenewed cheers from the opposition benches.) When iie t Lord Maid stone) saw these sentiments reported, he ba.i• said to hitusel7, that the fair way to deal with the hon. and learned gentleman would be to give him the earliest opportunity of contradicting him if they were not true, (bear,. hear,) because be (Lord Maidstone) would say that the words themselves did contain aspersions ou eel tain members of that house which he, for one, should wish to see wiped away at the very earliest opportunity possible. (Cheers.) Ile now, therefore, asked the hon. and teamed gentleman to give a plain answer tothequest ion he had put. (Hear, hear.) He could not go. further until that was done, anti he would therefore now sit down to hear it. (Loud cheers from the opposition.) Mr. O'CoNtsEre rose and said, that he felt exceedingly obli ged to the noble lord forgiving this publicity to sentiments which he (Mr. O'Connell) entertained on the subject of committee of a'certain description in that. house. (Cries of Oh ! Oh !) lie ( Mr. ti'Crtunell) had said every word of that—(renewer! cries or Oh ! oh ! and great confusion)—he had said every word of that, be rep. ate'), and he believed it to be true. (Renewed confusion, and cries of Oh ! oh!) Was there a man who could put his hand on his heart. and say, upon his honour as a gentle man, that he did not believe that it was substantially true ? (Great uproar,. and shouts of No, no.) If he did otherwise. a • man would be, laughed to scorn. It was a hideous abuse—the public press had taunted them with it—nay, the last time he had' , addressed,the house upon the subject, he read a paragraph front the Morning Chrohicle itself. The SPEAK utt.—l wish to make a remark as to the regularity of our proceedings. The hon. and learned member having an swerel the question, I must now appeal to the noble lord to know what tention he intends to make. (Cheers, and loud cries of Wye,. from the opposition.) Viscount MstosTorsa, after a short pause, again rose and said, that in consequence of the hon. and learned member for Dublin having owned that he had used the tattgnage stated in the report—in rihurt, having allowed, that the statement was substantially true, he ( Lord Maidstone) would now give notice of a motion on the subject. (Cheers from the opposition.) lie did nut think such aspersions ought to be made generally and with no Ifi•nor, and ttwrefore he s-ave notice of his intention en Monday next to .submit a motion for the purpose or bringing beforethe. house the_ conduct of the bon. and learned inernber for Dublin. (Loud cheers.) Lord J. RussELe immediately rose, and said that if that motion were entertained by the house, he meant to bring under the consideration of the house a charge of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Exeter, containing alterations of perjury against certain members of that house. (Tremendous cheers from the ministerial benches, echoed by ironical cheers from the opposition.) • Nearly the whole of the remainder of the sitting was occu pied with the Irish poor law bill, which was farther considered an committee, and with which the house proceeded as far as the 47th clause. Mr. P. THomsoN nominated he combination committee. ..... The orders o f the day having been disposed of, the house ad journed at 12 o'clock. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MAP.KET. ( From the Sunday Times.) CITY. SATURDAY.—The aavices received to the 29th tilt. from ,be United States, represent two there was but little doitig in i ,arie or cornice, ce there, io consequence of the pressure fur money; and tois has hat the effect . - of retarding very materially o t reeations to rats' 'oranch od our Mereilnille oursu.ts. In fact, there has been a very cons;(le , able revival in the business or the Port of Lont.on, as well as Liverpool, previously to the re ceip, of the :recounts ov the Ilibeinia, which left New York on the 2S•h of last month. The eni les for the shipment of British manufactures had greatly increased, with every appearance of tire resomot ion or a healthy trade to that quarter of the world. ,boughs" number, brought, however, urtny Tohe te on er t L r n%l s to previous orders, and a stale of inactivity is again the result of the monetary difficulties which were felt with air increased degree or pressing at the latest dates from New York and Pniiadetpnia. The fact that three or the " pet" banks had sospentled payments in the United States, has added to many se , ions aporehensions that the effects of the great panic in American commerce and banking transactions have not even yet been rutty developed, and our merchants are therefore ex ceedingty enury in entering upon any extensive consignments or goods untit brighter prospects are opened to them. The re sm, p ; t on 0 ; specie payments ov the banks of the Union iscalled ror as t he.onlv means of producing a healthy state of affairs in A mer i ca ; bet no to the latest dates no infiltration had been given by the. Diteeiors of the United States Batik, as to the period they intended to resume rite liquidation of their notes in go ld. Several of the banks (env and State) or New York were reat;v .0 Ito so, but that the general body of them were still i negva leor effecting the change may be gleaned from that re turn rytt'cb was made op to tire end of the month of January, e:etribiting the assets and liabitities of the 97 Banks of New Yo k. From this return would appear that the joint circu lation of noes was 12,450.000 delta rs. that they bad loans and discouets, to the extent of 64,000,000 of dollars, while their wOote a.,, : e.regare stock of speete was but 4,1.40 0(X) dollars. The Alana l . ers. oDhe Banks or the Union were; however. confidently anticipating larger -elutus or bullion from England, as a means of adding to the stocks in their coffers. In this, however, they will he oisappointed in some degree. It is True that the last three or four packets which have left for America have taken specie, hut, not to- any considerable amount. The Custom oouse reorrns for the past week notice but one entre , for New Yolk—' ;t haj for lite export of 7.500 ounces of gold coin. The value of the B,itish sovereign at New York on the 2Sth ult. had risen to lice dollats and live cents each. The following com munication from New York, dated the 27;h ult., is certainly not very cher'ng one. and fully bears out the complaiuts made agaiost the. tracks or the Union:— _ . -" Our mercha n ts aie groaning under the racking pressure of the motley mai•Let. The seiew s are drawn closer and closer every day by the banl.s. the r esu lt o f w hi c h must b e a renewa l or ihe p.►ttir. there is little or no money in circulation. We are going oack to h:.si p.inc . iples—bar.e r . Our city hanks will not pay !heir own bil l s. Sa fety-fund hilts are becoining scarce —properly cannot command money. The eirculation of coin= merce is completely dried up, and then we h ave a su b- treasury hilt in »rospect to make things worse What the result will be it is fearful to contemplate. We have became main large im porters of foreign grain; as ready money is paid ,or this ne cessai v of life , this will greatly increase the pressure for capital." The supplies of all descri p tions of business has grai n h av i ng been very abundant this week, a great deal . been trans acted, but without producing any material alteration in prices which show a tendency to recede in val ue. For bonded corn there are more jugnines, the latest adyiees fmnishing favou r - able intellic enc e from New York and Baltimore. where large quantities of foreign wheat and rye had been sent at improved prices. This trill i lead to increased imports from hence. The stock mat ket has been in a declining state during the whole of the week, for wbich, however, it is difficult to account, as money is still most abundant, and there have not been very large amounts or the several securities thrown into circulation. It is. theiefore, more than proba . ble that the speculation s on balance are not at present in favour o f a rise, and, as th e settling day has so nearly arrived, i that the Bulls are slippi ng stock to make up their hooks. ' I he reduction n the pri ces o f consols has this week been from 921 to 924,. the same v a l ue being 'given in imme:iiate transfer s as f o r t uesday next. — The difference for April account does not exceed about t o 3-16 per cent. The fall in the other British serum itie s 11:1S scarcely exceeded per cent. premiu m of Exchequer bills ha's flu( tuated .ietween 54 and ae , and of India bonds be tween 55 s oil N. East [hilts stock, which last week was at 265, receded yest e rday t o 263,%, while Bank of •England stock, alter falling 204 visterday:agaiii reached 2052. The variations in the foreign bond market have been slight this week: It is now stated that Brazil, in order to re p a y Portugal the debt still due, will attempt a new lean here foi• about half a million sterling, part of which may prubaloy be taken to provide for thy next l ia !f-yearly interest on the bonds of the former empire. This has not much affected Brazil stock, a fall only to 731 having taken place. and the last price yester day was 74. Ti l e va:ue of Portuguese stock has only changed about a per cent. all the week, the five per cents having been at 27 and at 271. and the three per cents at 18 and - 18i. Spanish government had obtained stock rose to IN, on a report that the THE LIVER.POOL some advances front a large capitalist, but which is not credited, and sales were yesterday made atFrench five per cents. hi..ve declined t. 6 109, and the three per cents to 79. 75, ex change 25f.511,. The market fur the other continental bonds has.tluctuated only to the extent of about 4 per cent. this week, the previous high prices being well sustained. South American stocks have declined.. Colombian. from 271 to 261; Mexican, from 29 to 231; and Peruvian, from 21 to 211. The public -appear to be speculating neeply in the railway shares, and schemes about, which writ never be carried into execution, rind willing dupes who - hazard their money to get a turn of the market in their favour. The rise in the London and Brighton shares has been to 14, or 6 prem. ; the London' and Birrriingham 166, or 96 prem.; the Blackwall or 44 prem.'; the North. Midland 271, or 21 prem.; the Soul hompton 494, or 92 discount; the Greenwich 19 or, 1 dis. • the Manches ter and London 31, o r L t prem. ; the Birmingham and Derby to 18, or 2' disc.; the Edinburgh and GiaSgow to 5. or 2 prem.; and the South Eastern and Dover to 7or par. An advance has taken place in most of the other smaller shares; London Joint Stock Bank has been sold - at 7, or par; London and Westminster at 21-1, or 11- prem.: and Colonial at 264, or A meeting of the merchants of the city of London has been convened for Monday next, to consider `• the expediency of availing themselves of the consent of her Majesty's government that they should make use of the Quadrangle of the Excise office," as a substitution for the lioyal Exchange; until the edifice shall have been completed. HALF-PAST TlVFLVE.—Aci . ouuts have been received from the Mauritius to the 20th of November, inclusive. There con tinued to be large exports of sugar for England and America. The exchange on London, at thirty days' sight, was at l z prem. Freights were at £3 155., with five per cent. priutage. The cominerciai letters from Ceylon and Bartoce are not of importance. In the funds not a great deal of business has yet been trans acted. Consuls for the February account remain' at 921. and for money the same price has also to be paid. Exchequer B.lts, and India Bonds. both continue steady, the former at 56, and the latter at 57 prem i um. Bank Stock retches 2( 51, Reduced Annuities, 931, and New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1003. In the Foreign Bands, business is still dull; Spanish Active Stock is more buoyant at 19 to hut Portuguese New Bonds are at 27k. Belgian Bonds realiSe 11)4 and I)utt•h Two-and-a Half per cents, 53k. Columbian are worth 26k, and Meexican, Shares not much variation has occurred from the prices of yesterday BRITISH FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Cons. Ditto for Acc Reduced Anus 93-1 31 per Ct - 31 per Ct. lOl New al per Ct 100.1 Bank Stock 2(151 India •litto 2632 India Bonds 57 pm. Exchequer Bilis 56 pm. Long Anus.. 15 5 16 LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The general half yearly meeting of the proprietors of this important undertaking was held at Dee's Royal Hot el, in Bir mingham, on Wednesday, February 21st. The meeting was very numerously attended, and included many of the most in fluential proprietors of the company. George Carr Glyn, Esq., was called to the chair; and the following report of the di rectors was then read : " Birmingham, February 21st, 1838. " The directors, referring to their last report, expressed a confident expectation, founded on their reports of their engi neers, that a father portion of the railway, from Box Moor to Tring, would be open in October last, and that by the month of January so much more of it would be completed as would leave an interval of only 36 miles between the stations at Denbigh Hall rind Rugby ; this expectation would, of course, be under stood by the proprietors as contingent o❑ the works not being retarded by causes which it was not In the power of the engi neer to control. , " The railway was opened to Tring in the month of October, as the directors anticipated, hut a winter of unusual severity and duration, by retarding the remaining works, made the far ther opening in January impracticable, and still occasions de lay. A very few weeks, however, after the breaking up of the frost, will suffice to complete the road between Tring and Den bigh Hall, and between Birmingham and Rugby, and the pro prietors may rely on the earliest day being appointed for the next partial opening which the directors can venture to name when the works shall have been resumed. The engineer con tinues to express his conviction, that the entire completion of the railway may be expected in the autumn of the year, and the directors have decided, as the course which, in their opinion, Will be most. satisfactory to the proprietors, to annex for their perusal his detailed and very able reports relative to the unexe ruled works of the engineering department. The difficulties to which Mr. Stephenson refers, as haiing prevented the comple tion of a portion of. the works at the exact periods stipulated, cannot fail to impress the proprietors with the idea that an in creased expenditure has been rendered unavoidable. Such cer tainly has been the fact, but the directors are gratified in being able to state that this increase will not materially affect the re sults hitherto contemplated, and that the existing capital of the company will suffice to put the whole railway in full operation for the passenger traffic from end to end. Any addition to the capital which may he eventually required, roust arise out of the further preparations which will probably be necessary for an increase scale of business in the goods department. " In anticipation of the next opening, the directors have made arrangements for the booking and conveyance of passen gers and parcels for the whole distance between London and Birmingham. Messrs. Horne and Chaplin, the coach proprie tors, have contracted to provide the requisite means for carry ing the railway passengers and their luggage on the turnpike road between the two stations, as the trains may successively arrive, at the charge and subject to the regutations of the com pany. Passengers will thus have the benefit of railway for 77 miles of the distance between London and Birmingham, and of greatly reduced prices for the whole 112 miles, with a - saving of one-third of the time. " The line of the railway betw , st-ti London and Tring has been found too distant from the Holyhead road to hold out sufficient inducements to coach proprietors to quit their accustomed track for the chance of a comparatively small saving in time ; thecer taintv, also,'that a few we,ke would make a complete alteration in the passenger traffic Ott all the toads parallel with the rail way. ba:• effectually checked the establi , hment of new lines - of communication for coaches from Tring to the north. Hence it has happened, that, from the time when the season for excur sion had passed, and the curiosity of the public had been Partially gratified, the railway travelling was limited to the purposes and accommodation of the immediate district; and the directors, having thus hart the means' of ascertaining practically the effect of the ordinary passenger traffic on that portion of the railway, are enabled to state with reference to the estimates which they have laid before the proprietors, that the actual traffic bas exceeded the amount upon which they had calculated. "The directors have no desire to attach undue importance to an isolated case of this natuce : hot they consider it so far of value, that it tends to establish the fairness Of their calcilations, and affords encouragement to the proprietors as respects the future prospects of the undertaking. Between the 20th of July last anti the 'l4th of February, a period of thirty weeks; 162,216 passengers had been conveyed by the railway„ without au ac• cident to any individual passenger. "The directors considering it of more importance that pas sengers should be able to rely ou a certain and safe conveyance to and from the stations where the trains stop, than that they should in the first instance travel at the highest attainable speed, have made it their chief aim in the regulation of the trains to ensure a uniform precision of movement on the railway. In this endeavour they have, been only seconded by their contractor for locomotive power, Mr: Bury, and a degree of punctuality in the arriva;s and departures has for some time past been attained at all the stations, which considering the unavoidable imper fections of a road so recently formed, and the many difficulties to be surmounted in every new undertaking, the directors could scarcely have anticipated, and 'which, they may add, has not been accomplished upon any other railway. "The directors can-now look with contiaence to the extended operations which they are about to enter upon, and are fully convinced, by the successful experience of the working of their system on a limited scale,, that it is even store applicable to a longer line. The arrangements fur the carriage of goods, when the oompany shall he in a condition. to undertake it, have occu pied much of the attention of the directors. Aware of the ad vantages of combining experience with system in the manage ment of a business so extensive as the future goods traffic of the London and Birmingham Railway, the directors have much satisfaction in announcing that they have secured the valuable services of Mr. Baxendale, of the well known firm of Pickford and Co. for the conduct of Ibis department, under an agree ment which is to take effect from the opening of the railway for this branch of business. " The directors are in negociation with the post-master -ge neral for the conveyance of the mails, but the necessary ar rangements are not finally settled. Desirous as the directors are to afford to the. Post-office all reasonable accommodation not inconsistent with the interests of the.companv, they claim no more in return than a fair remuneration for the use of the railway. " The directors request the confirmation by the proprietors of an agreement which has been previously entered into with the A vies bury and Triug railway company, in virtue of which this company undertake to rent tnat railway at £2,000 per annum, being at the rate of five per cent. upon the estimated outlay, for five years certain from the date when it shall he opened. The proprietors looking to the importance of the traffic of the vale orAylesbury, and to the communication which this branch line will open with OxtUrd and other places, can have no hesitation in adopting an arrangement which is fully in accordance with the suggestions of a former meeting. " The inhabitants of the town of Banbury, have resolved at a general meeting, to make a new road to join the railway at Wee,;on by the shortest practicable line, on condition that a first class station should be established at Weedon, the direc- . tors have given their assent to the proposition. "By the statement of accounts now to be laid before the proprietors, it will appear that " The Receipts to the 31st Dec. wele £1229,136 8 7 " The Disbursements 3,981.828 12 3 " That the balance of cash in the Com pany's hands at that date was £247,307 16 4 " And that the amount applicable to the expenditure of the Company was 625,456 1 7 "The directors, since their last report, have removed th e London office from Cornhill to the Euston Station, and made such arrangements as appeared calculated to prevent any delay or inconvenience in the transfer of shares. 'By this change the respective departments lathe London establishment are brought More directly in comnionioation .with each other. " The directors have to announce four vacancies in the board, cause.' by the resignation of Mr. Hardman Earle. Mr. P em ._ son, Mr. Rojas, and Mr..Warre; and that they 11 , 11,0 not thought it necessary to avail themselves of the powers under the act of filling up these vacancies. The report wk.;.s received with very general satisfaction. The CH tumaNt then announced the resignation of•four di rectors, but only two were nominated in their stead, Mr. Richard Wilson and Mr. Edward Wilson. ._ _ ____.. _....,........ ...-- - - The accounts having been read, (a brief abstract of whi c h appeals in the report.) JOSEPH STUNGE, Esq., brought for war d the motion he had given notice of, by circular and otherwise, as to the propriety of suspending Sunday travelling On the railway from the time of the opening of the Birmingham era! till the general meeting in 1639. He enforced the expendiency of this by a variety of arguments and statements, which he had collected from various sources.. _ . Mr. LI A DFIELD. seconded the motion in a speech of some 1en..7111. Mr. fluct.nswormi opposed the resolution, and mov e d an amendment, to the elf , ro. that the business of the railway shouldbe suj,ended on-Sundays, except on occasions where the publi c convenience required travelling ; that the subject, however, should be left altogether to the decision of toe directors; and that those gentlemen, on this point;should take the public good as the ground of their decision. .. . Air. AIITH (of Liverpool) speoni!eil the amendment. A hon.!' discussion then followed, in which Me ssr ' s . p arson , , Bees, Garto-ti, (of Manchvster.) and Cozlan, (of Liverpool, ) opposed the aniendinent, and Messrs. Boulton, Henshaw, and others supported the original resolution. A division then took place, when the following was the de_ STAaNDARD (lured result For the amendment, 71 7; for the original toot 1.,n, 3621; majority in favour of to amendment, 4225 votes. The numbers having bet , n announced. 'HARD MAN EARLE, Esq., proposed a series of resolutions, to the effect that Sunday travelling should not be suspended longer than was nrces , aty for the despatch of the trains on the arrival of passengers. The resolutions were seconded by Mr. CouLAN, but after considerable discussion thee were withdrawn, at the urgetit request of severed of the proprietors, who wete content, they seid, although they had voted against Mr. St urge's proposition, to leave the ni:.!ter i❑ the hands of the directors. Mr. STI:HGE then intimated to the meetpg that consistently he could CIO longer act with the directors, since his motion had been negatived. and he must consequently resign. Several gentlemen expressed their regret at this circumstance. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, for his able and impartial conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. LIVER THE %THE, CHURCH-STREET. BT?OIV.V. KIN(,, and GIBSON'. LAST WEEK OF THE NEW PANTOMIME. FrIIIIS present TUESDAY. the 27th instant, will be per il formed. a new Drama, or intense interest, called THE FARMER'S STOIt Y; Or, Faith aPd F(11:01°011. ACT I.—THE HAPPY VILLAGE—LABOUR AND ITS LESSON. Stephen Loekwood..(a young farmer )..Mr. Maynard. Mark Ityland..(an emigrant)..Mr. Thompsor. .(a travelling painter)....... ..... Mr. Lee. Rut..(a ploughinan)..Mr. Emery. Mary Lockwood Miss Maturin. ACT 2.—THE mimtopoLis—WEALTH AND ITS TEMPTATIONS. LOCkwood..(a man of fashion)., hi r. Maynard. Bristles (a London artist) Mr. Lee. Rut (a footman) Mr. Emery. Mrs. Lockwood Miss Maturin. ACT 3.—THE HEATH—WANT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. Lockwood (a reduced gamester) Mr. Maynard. Ryland (an emigrant returned from Canada) Mr. Thompson. Bristles (a man of genius on his last legs) Mr. Lee. Rut (the coachman of a Peer) Mr. Emery. Mrs. Lockwood.. Miss Maturin. To which will be added the lau•shable Interlude, called VISIBLE . AND INVISIBLE, Oa, THE MYSTERIOUS MANSION. Phelim Mr. Raymond. Celeste de Montiumency..Mr. Raymond. To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN LITTLE BOPEEP, Or The OLD WOMAN THAT LIVED IN A SHOE. Harlequin Mr. Gibson I Clown Mr. King. Plntaloon..Mr. Brown J Columbine.. Mrs. Gibson. THEATRE-ROI - AL, LIVERPOOL. ORATORIO, IN AID OF THE FUNDS FOR RELIEVING THE DISTRESS OF TH E POOR. PA TqONS. The Worshiptol the ',NIA YOR. JOSF PH LANGTON, Esq. ) Trustees Liverpool Choral JAMES A•PINA f,t,, Esq. 5 Sociefv. grN TUESDAY EVENING, March the 6th, Handel's k.." Sublime Oratorio MESSIAH, WWI ..4,compan Tmedis by Mozart, Will be performed at the 'Theatre-Royal, by the LIVERPOOL COOILA L SOCIETY, with the assistance of the most emineiit professional talent in Liverpool, in every department of the Orchestra. _ _ Leader, Mr. E'I'TON. A po‘verrol Onc:AN will he creci.d on the Stage for this occa sion, at whico MICHAEL DI YBR ICK will preside. The Band and Cho, con,;,, or nearly 200 Perjimners. Conductor, Air. GEORGE HOLDEN. Tickets fur the Boxes, ss.—Upper Boxes, /FL—Pit, 2s. Gd. —Gallery Is. each, to tie had at the Music Shops, &c. The Box Plan affil lie at Mr. Wtoss' Music Saloon, Church street, from February the 27th. to March the 3rd, and at the Bu;-orfice of the Theatre, on .Ntondav the nth, and Tuesday, ins Gth of March, from Ten till Thiee. Foil particula.s will be puhlished in a Book, which may lie had at the Music Shoos, and at the Theatre 0.1 the evening of P , rforniance,—l9. each. Doors open at ball-past Six,— Perrot mance to commence at Seven o'Ciock. (~ , OsE TN A FP.W DAYS. THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM. AT THE7,ARGE ROOM, QUEEN'S ARMS HOTEL, (Entrance by Cook-street,) which is kept warm by two large fires. IR. LA IDLAW begs to intimate to those who wish to view ►his universally admired PANORAMA, which displays not only the City, hut all the interesting Stations mentioned in Scripture within twenty miles of it, that it will shortly he re moved from Liverpool. This Panorama was visited by nearly the whole of the a.lult population at Manchester, Leeds, Shef field. York, and Hull. . _ . " lie public is certainly indebted to Mr. La:dlaw for the introduction of a Panoramic subject sn congenial to the feeling 9 of the present ;life ; not only the beauty of the painting., but the name of Jerusalem invites the attention of the cow.nuo;ty at larue." —She / 7;dd Iris. '['he VI E WS of CAPTAIN ROSS'S VOYAGES, where he passed four ve,trs. and hi 3 happy rescue; the BOULEVARDS of PARIS, FIESCHI FIRING OFF THE MACHINE, form also a part of the Panorama. Day Exhibition punctually at One o'clock, in the Evening at Seven, aml again at ha►f-past Eight o'clock. Boxes, 25.; Gallery, Is. Children under ten years of age half Price.—book and Piate Jerusalem, 6(1. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received a donation of £l. to the Soup Fund from " A Lady —P. M." We have not seen the paragraph commencing " The Young Gentlemen, &c." We hog to acknowledge the receipt of Reminiscence., from the Early Life of ci Lutheran Clergyman—Astronomy Simplified Dr. Vale's Compendium of Logic—and Thornhorough's Latin Exercises, which shall be noticed on Friday or Tuesday next with the Magazines. We have also received a copy of the " Instructions from the Central Board of the Handloom Weavers, Inquiry Commis sion to their Assistant Commissioners." If we rind any thing worth remark in the pamphlet we shall notice it on Friday. Miss ETNA LL'S CONCEPT.—We are obliged, from want of space, to defer our notice of this concert until Friday. The letter of Castigator" shall appear on Friday. ILiberpool TUESDAY MORN I G, FE BR UAR Y 27, 1838. co- The Publication or t he SrA N DA on commenced this morn- in at 5 o'clock. DINNER TO O'CONNELL—On Wednesday last a din ner was given to the " Big Beggarman" at the Croon and Anchor Tavern, London, to console him for the un pleasant treatment he has recently met with from the Trades Unions of Dublin, and to comfort him under the poignant sorrow which he must endure in consequence of the denunciations of the Manchester operatives. Perhaps we may also add that the blustering demagogue needed some comfort tinder the prospective horrors of a diminished " rent." It is well known that the people of Ireland are becoming more and more convinced of the treachery, dissimulation, and selfishness of this heartless l i villain. It is well known that his deluded fellow-coun trymen ate, at length, beginning to open their eyes to the melancholy fact that the sordid avarice and reckless vanity of this mischievous agitator have, more titan all other things put together, tended to paralyse the indus try, cripple the trade, and destroy the prosperity of the country which gave birth to the ungrateful monster. It is well known that the disturbances, which he has so se dulously studied to foment, have been the most formida ble impediment to the employment of English capital in developing the resources of Ireland. It is well known that the systematic persecution of the Protestants, which has been carried on under his auspices, has driven the best friends of Ireland from her shores, to spend their riches and to diffuse their bounty in more peaceful dis tricts of the British empire. It is equally well known that the miserable victims of O'Connell's ruinous policy are, at length, enabled' to appreciate these facts. Ills prospects are, therefore, becoming more gloomy from week to week, and serious apprehensions are entertained that the " rent" will prove very unproductive in future. O'Connell is thus in a situation which renders the sym pathy of, the English radicals very acceptable, especially if it should be followed by the collection of an English rent. We strongly suspect this to be the object of the parry who gave him the feed on Wednesday. A few days will probably show the accuracy of our conjecture. The Dublin Election Petition . will entail a very consi derable expense ripen O'Connell, and it is not unlikely that an attempt may be made by the xhig radical faction to extract the money to defray this expense from the pockets of Englishmen. " We wish they may get it." But to come to the dinner itself. The chairman on the occasion was the illustrious hero of Irim—the com mander-in-chief of the Dogsmeatians—the renowned Sir G. De Lacy Evans, A more suitable person• age could not have been fixed upon to do honour to O'Connell. The runaway general has rendered himself cnnsnicuous by his brutal treatment of the British Le ;ion, and by his voracity and meanness in reference to the funds intended for the maintenance of the troops under his command. Thus, in the sordidness and trucu lency of his character there i s a striking assia ilation to O'Connell, to whom he might with propriety exclaim, Mail ! fellow, well met." Nor does the parallel end here. The general emulated O'Connell in his ferocious language towards the uncle of her Majesty. In prepos ieg the health of " The Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family reNident in E7q, , land," the chairman observed that he could not have cencoried in the toast, had it not been qualified in the stay he had given it. This is the language of the man whom our present mi nis:ers thought proper to introduce to her Majesty for tOE purpose of being knighted. In the very same week that this honour %las conferred upon lihn he thus takes occasion to offer a gratuitous insult to one of her nearest relations! Well might such an ungrateful wretch pre side over a meeting in honour of O'Connell. In a meeting of radicals we, of course, expected to find some dishonour dune to religion or the object of re ligious a orship—the Deity. Accordingly, we find that " the people, the source of legitimate power," was in cluded among the toasts. In whatever way the real meaning of these words may be explained away, we hesi tate not to say that they involve a blasphemous assump tion of the attributes of Omnipotence, on the part of the meanest and the most despicable creatures that ever crawled upon, and defiled,•the face of the earth. None but infidels of the blackest die can maintain a doctrine so diabolical in its nature, and so derogatory to the ma jesty of Heaven. Yet it is a doctrine which has been applauded by certain public characters in our own town, some of whom hypocritically profess to have a reverence for the Bible—nay, some of whom have been actually members of the Bible Society. We have several times pointed out the folly and wickedness of this pernicious dogma. We shall continue to do so, as long as there can be found a man in England who is such an audacious rebel against the only and true SOURCE of all power and might as to propose for the approbation of a public as sembly a toast of such a hellish character. In giving " Her Majesty's Ministers" as a toast, the chairman remarked that they had conducted the govern ment of Ireland " with a total absence of patty feeling., and without reference to religious and sectarian differ ences." Very impartial indeed ! The only evidence of their impartiality has been their encouragement of Po pery—their exclusive patronage of the priests and O'Connell—their " heavy blows and great discourage ment" to Protestantism—and their withdrawal of all pro tection from the ministers and people of the national church. The toast of " Lord Mulgrave and the Irish Govern ment" obtained a precedence over that of O'Connell himself, which we cannot help considering a bad com pliment to the " distinguished guest," who, being the master of Lord Mulgrave and the thing called the Irish Government, was entitled to the first notice. However, the " illustrious individual," in the light of whose coun tenance Lord Mulgrave and his minions delight to bask, was very properly introduced to the notice of the meet ing in connexion with the Irish Government. The chairman waxed eloquent whilst descanting upon the i - irtnes of the " Big Beggarman." He said that O'Connell was now the object of the attention of the whole empire, and the admiration of the best and most enlightened men, not only of this empire, but of the world." Think of that, reader ; but suspend your asto nishment until we inform you that this extravagant eu logium was afterwards cheered by a body of English men ! Englishmen ! no, we disown the recreant crew that would thus bestow their praises on the foul calumni ator of English mothers and daughters—the immitigable enemy of Englishmen themselves, whom he has often, in the plirenzy of his hatred, denounced as " foreign ty rants" and " bloody Sassenachs." The base and bas tardly herd who could thus lavish their encomiums upon the sworn enemies of the English race must have any thing but English blood in their eins, or English feel ings in their hearts. What, again, shall we say to the following:—" It was his (O'Connell's) wisdom, foresight, and humanity, which had prevented the Irish people from having re course, in order to regain their liberty, to measures which would have steeped their country in blood." What a gross and atrocious libel upon human nature it is to associate the name of O'Connell with wisdom and humanity ! This unprincipled agitator has done more to deluge his unfortunate country with blood than any single individual that ever figured in her history. His life has been one of ceaseless and but too successful de votion to the misery and poverty of his countrymen. Talk of humanity in connexion with the strenuous op ponent of a system of Irish poor laws I As well might you talk of the humanity of Nero himself. Before we drop our notice of this " grand dinner" we we shall glance at a few of the " Big Beggarman's" own remarks ; not because there is any novelty or on ginality in them, but because they will serve as illustra tions of radical exaggeration. The "illustrious guest" "solemnly assured his audience, and without the least affectation, that he never in his life felt so overpowered as he did when he first entered the room that evening." We are doubtful whether there be a little sly irony or not in this " solemn assurance " What was it that overpowered O'Connell ? Was it not the intolerable stench of the greasy vagabonds who were assembled on the occasion ? We believe that thi ,, must have been the real cause of the overpowering sensations ,~ ltch O'Con nell so pathetically describes. We also believe that he spoke ironically when he asked " what had brought to gether so many of the most respectable class of the most respectable country in the world—so many independent ~nhlishmen—to pay a c ompliment to him ?" Who were these "respectable and independent Englishmen y" On consulting the list of gentlemen who sat at the table, as published by the radical papers, we find the following names, in addition to that of the gallant hero who pre sided :—Mr. Hume, M.P. ; Mr. ; the Hon. M r . Langdale, ALP.; Mr. J. O'Connell, M.P.; Mr. M. O'Connell, M.P.; Mr. M. J. O'Conn e ll, M.P .; L or d Langford ; Sir R. Nagle, M.P. ; Si r M . Chapman, M. P. ; Mr. Chester, M.P. ; Mr. P. Howard, M.P. ; Mr. Callaghan, M.P.; Mr. Bearnish, IMP. ; Mr. J. H. Tal bot; Mr. Bridgman, M.P. ; Mr. Power, M.P.; Mr. Fit zsimon, M.P.; Mr. G. Evans, M.P. ; Mr. D. Browne, M.P.; Mr. Bodkin, M.P. ; Mr. J. Blake, M.P.; Mr. Blewitt, M.P. ; Major M`Namara, M.P. ; Mr. Vigors, M.P.; Mr. A. Yates, M.P. ; Mr. Maule, M.P.; Mr. Holland, M.P.; Mr. Hutton, M.P. ; Mr. Roche, M.P.; Sir J. S. Lillie, Count.Taafe, Mr. Lover, Mr. Kiernan, Mr. M`Leod, Mr. Barnwell, &c. These were the dis tinguished Englishmen who met to pay a compliment to O'Connell. Our readers will perceive that nearly the whole of them are members of the tail, and most of them Irish Papists ! It is a general remark that when a man begins to lose his temper it shows that he is on the losing side. This was exactly the case with O'Connell on Wednesday - evening. The foul-mouthed braggart, finding his cause desperate, indulged in the most outrageous abuse of the English and Scottish members of Parliament, who have conspired to crush both O'Connell and the lick-spittle ministry under his protection. Thus does he vent his impotent rage against a body of the most independent and honourable gentlemen in the world:— " The Irish Reform Bill ought to have been infinitely more extensive; it was full of faults, anilthe worst part of it was, that it exposed Ireland to all the machinations of the Spottiswoode gang, to pecuniary corruption in its worst form, and above all to the perjury ("the tory committees. Ile had said, in the House of Commons, and he repealed now, that Ireland was not safe from the perjury of English and Scottish gentlemen (Great cheering.) They sacrificed their conscience to party ;it was hor rWe to think of it. Peis,no who were gentlemen in rank aad fortune, who dispensed justice from their m a g isterial benches, per jured themselves hourly as members of committees in the House of Commons. (Cheers.) But the time was eome when the iniquity should be proclaimed boldly. lie was ready to be the martyr ofjustice and truth, (hear,) though he might fall a victim to his own boldness." Our readers will bear in mind that the blustering pol troon who indulges in this ribald blackguardism is him self the most deeply pe►jured scamp on the face of the earth. But we ate glad to find that Lord Maidstone is determined to bring this language under the considera lion of the House of Commons, when, we have no doubt, the vile calumniator will receive his due. We shall not condescend to notice the thousand -times refuted arguments of O'Connell in reference to the go vernment of Ireland, nor his piteous appeals to the au dience on behalf of his countrymen. We would merely ask, in conclusion, what will out fair countrywomen say o he❑ they learn that O'Connell made the Queen—our virtues H aml youthful Queen—the rose of England— the object of the most fulsome flattery. Wh at can suc h lan auage mean in the mouth of the wholesale libeller Of Englishwomen? As the Timev remarks, "we are involuntarily reminded of the serpent's trail on the flowtets of Eden." There are who can smile, and smile, and murder while they smile.' VA Y 27, 3 f•iB. SIR JAMES GRAB AM.—We congratulate the conserva tives of Great Britain upon the election of this distin. wished statesman as member for the Pembroke boroughs. We are aware that no absolute numerical gain has been realised by his election—the former member, Col. Owen, being a staunch conservwive—but we feel con vinced that the imbecile creatures who form what' is called our ministry would have sacrificed half-a•dozen votes in the house, lather than be encountered by the presence of Sir James Graham on the opposition bench es. His splendid abilities—his fine eloquence—his sturdy loyalty—his manly consistency, and his lofty in dependence of spirit, conspire to render him a most for midable antagonist. How that puny crew how sit upon the treasury benches will cower under the castigations which Sir James is prepared to administer ! How Lord Johnny will shuffle in order to avoid the shafts of the Cumberland Baronet's ridicule ! What consternation will be depicted upon the countenances of the time-serving underlings who receive the salaries due to better men, when they are confronted by this true patriot ! How will they quail, as lie opens upon them the heavy artil- , lery of his eloquent denunciations ! With what tremen dous interest will he repay the snivelling wretches the debt he owes them for the indignities which they have presumed to offer him ! Again, we must say, we con gratulate the Protestants of Great Britain upon the election of such a staunch friend asSir James Graham. Soon may lie be restored to that position in her Majesty's councils which his talents ought to command, and which his virtues would he sure to adorn. MR. WILLIAM EWART,—W6 are almost ashamed of associating the name of this pragmatical piece of radical affectation with that of the distinguished statesman, whose election we have noticed above. We, however, introduce him for the sake of contrast. The rejected of Liverpool, and, we might almost add, the despised of Kilkenny, has had the boldness t o o ff e r himself, as we surmised in our last, as a candidate for the representation of Marylebone, vacant by the resigna• lion of " Whalley, the Disqualified.' 4 What the electors of that borough, even the radical section of them, can see to admire in William Ewart, we are utterly at a loss to conjecture. Contemptible in person, deficient in intel lect, reckless in principle, and insignificant even as a spouter, as this overweening whipster of a politician is acknowledged to be, we are not at all surprised to find, that the more sensible among the Marylebone radicals have determined to repudiate the vain little man, and to bring Pay-rhino Thompson forward in opposition. Of course, we do not wish the latter any degree of success, further than that he should succeed in placing the senti mental coxcomb, against whom he is pitched, at the hot tom of the poll. We sincerely hope, that the conserva tives will succeed in returning Lord Teignmouth, and thus diminish by another vote the measuring -cast majo rity of Lord John Russell. But even if Ewart should be returned, we shall not break our hearts. He cannot do any mischief in the house. He will only serve as an ad ditional joint of " the tail," a very convenient thing on a close division. THE ALBION AND VOTE BY BALLOT.-Our very shrewd and consistent contemporary, the Albion, of yesterday, has two leading articles, which are placed in a very awk ward juxta-position. In the former of these, the editor descants, in his usual style, upon the advantages which would result from vote by ballot, in reference to which, he exclaims most pathetically, " when will the people of this great nation rise in their might, and demand real, not virtual suffrage—real, not virtual representation!" We shall not here stop to inquire what is the precise shade of difference between real and- virtual representation nor shall we remark upon the absurdity and inconsistency of the radical press in first demanding the reform act— " the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill"—and filen abusing that bill as the most worthless measure that ever obtained the sanction of Parliament. We pass these matters by for the present, and hasten to itlform our readers, that the sapient editor of the Albion furnishes, in the succeeding article, the strongest refutation of his own arguments in favour of the ballot. Perhaps this was done in the spirit of kindness, and, out of sheer com passion to his readers : certain it is he has given them both the bane and the antidote, whatever may have been his motive torso doing. Feeling chagrined at the exclusion or Mr. Wa!rnsiey's name from the list of persons recom mended to fill the vacancies in the magistracy, the Albion roma s Th e council proceedings, on Wednesday last, resembled a lady's letter: the most interesting portion was the postscript. Four or five gentlemen were to he recommended to the Home office to illl the vacancies caused by death or disqualification in the list of magistrates, and, %sliatever individuals may think or feel, the public have some right to judge of the conduct of the council in the choke they have matte. Against those recom mended there can, possibly, he no personal objection, but There was great objection to the mode. In an emended application, we are the strenuous auvocates of the ballot, but we dread its in troduction in represenlaiire bodies, because our experience tells us,. that its adoption generally implies a desire in those using it to . abuse the confidence of their consaluenls, to escape ftom a respon- . sibility which gives them their v a l u e accttheir character." We' do not for a moment suppose, that there is anything like clique'- - ism in the council—a certain knot who divide honours among themselves only ; but anything like secret divisions is too welt calculated to beget the imputation." We assure our readers, that the preceding ?s a terba dim extract from the Albion. We need not say, that it contains one of the most cogent arguments insisted upon by Sir Robert Peel in his speech against the introduction of vote by ballot. We sincerely rejoice to find, that the worthy editor of the Albion is becoming a little more enlightened on the subject ; that a few scattered gleams of the light of truth and reason dart across the Cimme rian gloom of his understanding. If he will only quit the bogs and swamps of radicalism, over which the mist of error is so thickly spread, he may be able to see yet more clearly the beauties of our old-fashioned constitu tion, and the frightful deformity of those new-fanglect " improvements" which he has so long advocated. We shall be unfeignedly glad to render him any assistance in our power to extricate him from the dismal slough in which he has so long floundered. THE NORTHWEST L►GHT SH►p.-Our attention has been directed to a letter inserted in the Mercury of Fri day last, relating to the accident which occurred very recently to the North-West Light Ship. The writer of the letter very modestly offers his services to the Dock Committee as marine surveyor, at the small salary or . £2OO a year, but carefully withholds any reference by which they may judge of his qualifications. We much admire the zeal for the public interests displayed by this• "Shipowner." His hole of economy and retrenchment. stamps him a Whig of the first water; and we only wish that he would direct his attention to other departments of public business, where he might find abundant op— portunity fur ostentatiously parading his principles of economy helote an admiring public. The letter in itself is scarcely worth notice ; but we have introduced it in order to show the malignant hatred which is cherished by the whigs and radicals against the conservative party.. Of what use, says the insolent scribbler, is it to give the extravagant salary of £BOO a year to Captain Denham: when others might be found who would right gladly do the duties of the office at the low figure of £2OO. Surely the Dock Committee will prick their ears at this very. liberal offer, and immediately secure the services of this "Shipowner." But to prevent disappointment, we are ourselves most anxious to engage the services of this distinguished political economist. First, we would have him institute a searching inquiry as to the value of the services of some of the gentry who have been elected to offices of trust, simply on account of their radical and revolutionary principles. The Police court might afford ample oppertnnity for prosecuting this scrutiny. A com missio❑ of inquiry into the proceedings of that court would prove an inexhaustible source of amusement, es pecially if illustrated with numerous etchings by Cruik shank. Some such scene as the following would furnish abundant evidence that the business of the Police court m ight be conducted, as it used to be, under the adminis tration of the tories, with much less expense and with equal efficiency. A cripple is taken up for begging in the streets, and lodged in Bridewell until his case is heard. Seven or eight whiskered gentry, called police"-