The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-06-14 00:00:00

-~-6"_"~ opri les. ° .1001 JUNE 14, 1, G. crown of England a law officer in the number of its advisers ? is there at the present moment an Attorney- General ? If there be, we beg to call his attention t o the following words of the member for Waterford :- 4 ' In the history of the empire it. has been recorded that kings have been dethroned, and that lords hare been voted.useless ; but I find that the Commons of England are immortal !" Does this threat amount to a treason able misdemeanour, or does it not? Such language used to be considered seditious. Mr. SHIEL'S scream Was harsher and more violent than usual, but we leave him in the hands of Sir R. PEEL. Mr. O'CONNEI.L raised the old cry of justice to Ireland, and called upon the House of Commons not to submit to the degradation of listening to the advice of the House of Lords. He alluded to the alleged compact between himself and the government. He denied any positive agreement, but said there was an implied understanding between him self and ministers that they should pass this and other similar measures, as the price of his support in parlia ment. We trust not ourselves to speak of this avowal of *the connexion between the denounced of the King of England and the ministers of the same King of England. We leave him in the hands of Lord STANLEY, as we left SHIEL in the hands of Sir R. PEEL. And it will be seen that. the Irish ruffian on this occasion, as on other occasions, is most mercilessly treated by that staunch and noble spirited defender of our monarchy and ecclesi astical institutions—we mean Lord STANLEY. We trust not ourselves to lac• before the public the opinions we entertain in reference to the division on Saturday morning. The numbers were— For Lord John Russell's amendment 324 Fur the bill as amended by the Lords 238 Majority for ministers SG We see more in the consequences of this division than we choose now to tell. Never were the Whigs so low in public estimation as this forced majority will make them. Ia a very few days the whole matter will be out. We Wait. The readers of this paper will bear us witness that we have never shrunk from a statement of our candid con viction of the utter fruitlessness of any attempt to secure peace and gocd government to Ireland, by further con cessions to the papists of that distracted country. In deed, so frequently and so fearlessly have we recorded our opinions on this subject, that we feel we should only be tiring our readers, were we now again to enter on a discussion of the moral propriety or legislative wisdom of placing municipal power and patronage in the hands of the DENS-taught and Maynooth-bred priests. But while we thus refrain from noticing the real question of debate in the House of Commons, on Thursday evening last, we should not be doing our duty to the public, did We not allude to the unmannerly violence and unconsti tutional menaces employed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and his supporters. We live in strange times! It is, indeed, a new thing to hear the scion of a noble house abusing the hereditary Peerage of the land, and to find a minister of the King of England leading on a worthless band in a treasonable - crusade against the monarchical institutions of the em pire. Yet these things are so ! We are told by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that unless the House of Commons be the supreme legislative body, and its decrees paramount, that the " well known principles of the constitution will be impaired." He tells us that the House of Commons had agreed to a certain measure, and that because the House of Lords in the exercise of their undoubted pre rogative, and hitherto unquestioned right, thought fit to Make certain alterations in that measure, therefore the balance of the constitution was disturbed, and an insult offered to the :representative house. Gracious GOD ! Sand is it come to this ? Are the nobles of the land—the Men whose ancestors won for us Magna Charta—that body whose absence from the senate was coeval with the darkest pages in the history of Britain—are they to sur render their deliberate and unfettered opinions to meet the commands of an Irish bully ? Forbid it Heaven ! Better that the sun of Britain's glory should set at once and for ever, than that its lustre should be dimmed by any compromise so odious, or any concession so base, as Would be involved in the House of Lords, deigning to comply with, or even listen to, the insulting and mena cing terms offered them by the miserable hireling of O'CONI!IELL, who is by dint of 'a - lavish expenditure Of treasury money, enabled to write M.P. for Stroud after his name. Hear the rejected of Devonshire:— " I should be deserting my duty were I, for the sake of any Compliment to the proposals of the other house of parliament, to propose to barter away the privileges of this house." What does the miserable driveller mean by " barter ing away the privileges of this house ?" Far be it from us to deny to the House of Commons their undoubted right to a fair and honourable expression of their own opinions —still less would we wish them to change those 'Opinions on every impulse. Let the representatives of the people do their duty—let them legislate to the best 'of their ability, and with a due regard to the interests they have to watch over—when they have framed a Measure on these principles, they have done all that can be expected of them until the other branch of the legis lature have given it their consideration, and returned it to them with such alterations as it may have appeared to them to require. Should the House of Commons on re c onsideration find no cause to rescind their former opi nions on this subjeet, and see no wisdom in the suggested alterations, it would then become their duty to demand a conference with the lords ; ,or if the alterations be great, 4 1nd the bill, as remodelled, preserve but few of the features of the old measure, it would be in their power to reject it altogether. The independence of both }h ouses would thus be preserved, and the object of our c onstitution in its three estates fully answered. But will . 11c11 a course as this satisfy. Lord JOHN RUSSELL ? Is this what the puny lordling of the house of Bedford weans by the "privileges of this house ?" No. For the real privileges of the House of Commons the Secre tary of State for the Home Department had little or no anxiety. It is an infringement of the privileges of that house to traffic in seats, but not one word does that noble l ord say in condemnation of, nay, he defends his mas ter's right to cheat the Jew RAPHAEL. It is an infringe 'tient of the privileges of the House of Commons that i ts members sell their franks by the session, yet such is t he constant practice of .the needy paupers who form the Joints of the Irish tail, and Lord JOHN knows it; still not one word falls from his lips in censure of this viola tion of the standing. orders and parliamentary regula tions of the.house to which he belongs. Again, it is an ulfringement upon the privileges of the House of Coln 11°11s, that men should have seats there who possess no property qualification, save and except a colourable title, IL deed of lease and release obtained for a mere pepper corn consideration ; yet the ministerial majorities are ersnposed of such men, and Lord SOHN is silent:. What a re the privileges then for which his lordship is so soli citous ? The privilege for which he now raves and prates is none othe r than an ex c l us i ve r i g ht t o B ULLY t he House of Lords. His whole speech is interlarded v ith flowrets of low blackguardism, borrowed for the eeasion, from O'CONNELL, ROEBUCK, WADE, SAVAGE, 411 d CO. The House of Commons, in its reformed state, has already been guilty of acts of gross corruption, such as would not have di sgrace d the long parliament; and it is t he object of those who pull the wires which set the mi nisterial puppets in motion, to assimilate the present noose of Commons still more closely to that profligate b ody which swept away the House of Lords and de throned a Ki ng . L or d J OHN RUSSELL does not scruple t 0 thr ea t en th e H ouse o f P eers with a REBELLION IN I RELAND if popery be not allowed to take the place of P r otestantism in that country. He calls upon the House ,' :} f Commons—not to seek a confe rence with the other house —not to throw out the bill altogether —but to insist upon the submission of the lords !! He tells the lords that unless they succumb to the mandates of O'CONNELL, and do the bidding of the priests, they may " be assured, t4 ett as soon as the first cannon ball was fired again in 44 rope, they would have to retract all their denials, and i ° make all those concessions which ill-founded prejudice an d a DETERMINATION TO CREATE DISUNION had led the m previously to uithhold !! ! Pretty language this i from a minister of the crown ! A few years ago a man using such language would be thought a fit inmate for Bedlam ;or if his deep-concerted villany left-us no room to draw the charitable conclusion that he was insane, the TOWER would have been his destination, and an indict ment for the use of treasonable threats the natural con sequence. Things are, however, changed now. The shield of government authority is thrown over every lawless rebel against the institutions of the empire, and no opinions are so much at a discount with the rulers of the land as those which savour of loyalty and smack of religion. The cue which was given by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, was eagerly taken up by our learned and honourable mem ber, Mr. ,wAa-r. The avowed object of this honourable gentleman in rising to address the house, was a reply to Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT ! How the learned member for Exeter must have trembled when he saw such a man rise to oppose him. Look at the two combatants. Sir WIL LIAM FOLLETT, his mind trammelled with an overwhelm ing press of legal business, and his energies bound down by a dry acquaintance with the constitution of the coun try in all its bearings, and his judgment biassed by the perusal and perfect knowledge of the statutes of the realm ; how unequal must he have felt himself to a con flict with out talented representative, " disenthralled" from ad legal pursuits, unexhausted by the outpourings of forsenic eloquence, not bowed down by the weight of briefs, guiltless as a new born babe of ever having soiled his fingers with the musty folios of legal lore, and un prejudiced as the untaught savage, in favour of our an cient constitution, by any unnecessary information on the subject of its laws and charters. Notwithstanding all these advantages, the member for Liverpool failed in • every attempt, save that of making himself excessively ridiculous, and trotting himself out as the lick-spittle of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. One of the EWARTS has already had an office made for him. Is there another bit of pa tronage in preparation ? But really we sicken of such sights as those which pre sent to our View the House of Lords, menaced by men of contemptible intellect and reckless political character. Alas! that we should have lived to see the day when such men as RUSSELL, EWART, CLEMENTS, WARD, BROWNE, and others, equally disaffected towards genuine English predilections, and sound protestant principles, are suffered with impunity to beslaver with their filthy venom the nobles of the land. Those who ventured to predict these out-breakings of revolutionary violence, as the natural consequences of the passing of the Popish measure of 1829, were laughed at as people beside themselves, and as alarmists whose opinions were worth nothing. Would that we, who in 1829, foretold these things, had not been the parties now to call attention to the sad fulfilment of our most gloomy forebodings. By the passing of that bill a sop was given to the Papal Cerberus, the flavour of which they have not forgotten, nor will they readily lose sight of the manner in which it was given. Like the dog in the fable, having once tasted blood, they look upon it as their legitimate pro perty, and depend upon it the papists of Ireland will never be contented so long as a single protestant insti tution remains. The House of-Lords is composed of those who are gen tlemen in the old and highest sense of the word. They are men of probity and honour, possessing sound and sterling principles—principles which they drew with their breath, and which they will only relinquish with their latest sigh. Need we wonder, then, that such a body are the objects-of the most rancorous hatred of the papists of Ireland. The noble and high-minded mem bers of the House of Lords, would rather lay their heads upon the block, or pass through the fire of the most deadly persecution, than surrender that garrison of pro testantism which they are bound to defend with their latest energies. The out-posts are already occupied by the enemy, and unless we have a care, the citadel itself will be compelled to surrender. Let, then, the protest. ants of England beware. The enemies of their religion, the foes of liberty, are engaged iu an unholy, crusade against the faith and principles which our fathers cher ished, in veneration of which they lived, and in maintain ing which they died. The present object of attack is the HousE of Loans. The men who are now beleagured against this valued estate of the realm, are to be found in the ranks of the papist, the levelling dissenter, and the avowed infidel, with here and there a stray deluded churchman ; and it would be worse than madness to at tempt to conceal from ourselveLthe fact, that the present attack upon the House of Lora, is in reality an attack upon our national faith, and cherished institutions in church and state. In one word, it is an attack upon pro testantism, and therefore we call upon all protestants to be prepared for the worst ! The immense number of fraudulent schemes which have recently been concocted for the purpose of obtain ing grants of money from parliament, or voluntary con tributions from " an enlightened public," have almost all had their origin in a political conspiracy. If ten or twenty needy and desperate persons combine in order to levy contributions upon the highway, or by imposing upon householders, it is necessary that they should per fectly nnderstand the motives and be,acquainted with the necessities of each other, and by assuming an air of in dependence, be better able to promote their conjoined purposes with much less risk of being detected. We are told that O'CONNELL has claims upon the pe cuniary sensibilities of the English people for the emi nent services he has rendered to the cause of civil and religious liberty. Admitting that he has rendered ser vices to the cause in question, which is admitting what is contrary to truth, but admitting it for the sake of ar gument, still we must contend that it is adopting a dan gerous principle to recognise the pecuniary claims of a member of parliament for his conduct as a legislator. The law renders it impossible for a poor man to be a re presentative unless lie chooses to perjure himself, and swear his way into the House, as a thief swears himself innocent before a magistrate. If, then, there be such a necessitous or embarrassed person in the House of Com mons, we have a right to conclude that he has procured admission by fraudulent means, that his qualification is a lie, and that instead of being in an honourable posi tion as a statesman or senator, he ought to be in a de graded one as a stone-breaker, wood-cutter, or road mender, in Botany Bay. DANIEL the beggar must he a poor man, or why a beg gar ?. If not a poor man why is the begging-box perpe tually before our eyes?—why is lie draining the pauper's cup, and the farmer's purse ?—why is he tramping for shillings and pence in town and country, in England, Scotland, and Ireland ? Be his circumstances what they may, it is impossible to come to any other conclusion than that DAN is eitherran honest or dishonest beggar ? If the former, be has clearly no right to a seat in the House of Commons; but if qualified by his private for tune to a seat, then is his begging a down-right fraud upon the country, a disgrace to the boasted indepen dence of the House of Commons, and an insult to a free people. But the reader will be pleased to observe that the sys tem pursued by tjie Irish mendicant is only that followed by others for the sake of gain—in some instances FOR Tiin SAKE OF SUBSISTENCE. In the "corrupt days of toryism" which are gone, the rotten boroughs of England sent PETTY and BROUGHAM, TIERNEY and MACINTOSH, ROMILLY and WILBERFORCE, CHARLES Fox and CHARLES GREY, and such men as these to parliament. Some of them, it might be, were poor; a few had little or no moral reputation to stand upon, and one or two were worthless and profligate; still they were, for the most part, men of powerful ta lents, of high connections, of generous feelings, and of strong national attachments. But what has the Reform Bill given us in the place of these men ? A ruling ma jority of unprincipled beggars, of lotv habits, and who neither possess themselves, nor can appreciate in others, that inherent regard for truth and justice which forms the character of a protestant Englishman . . These are the patriots who have superseded the whigs' of the days of PITT It is true that even these men would be innocaotig in the House of Commons if left to themselves—if not re quired to swell, if not form, the majority of a flagitiouS- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. and desperate minister. This, however, is the most un fortunate part of the business. These needy adven turers are in parliament, and they constitute the defen sive force of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Being so useful to the King's servant, they take an unbounded license with their employer. They cannot all expect to fill lucrative offices, for this would neither be convenient nor expe dient. Some of them must wear the garb of indepen dence, simply, to delude their constituents. But as of fice, in many cases, is unattainable or undesirable, these worthy representatives are allowed to prey upon the world at large without any notice being taken of them by the government. They are not the lawful enemies of any body ; they are only pirates. They go to sea singly; sometimes they appear as a fleet; but they invariably act in concert, and it is hard to say, when any act of plunder is carrying on, whether the parties who seem to defend it are not as much interested in the division of the spoil as the avowed assailants. This arises from the complex and ingenious nature of their tactics. For instance, if BUCKINGHAM, of the Sheffield, ap pear before parliament to demand redress for ideal wrongs, based upon assumed losses which never were sustained, has he not a right to expect the support of DANIEL, of the Kilkenny ? The only chance of success is unanimity. If HENRY BULWER be sent to grass in Belgium, why should ROEBUCK not feed upon the moss of Canada ? Had not Sir JOHN KEY as good a right to sell paper, as one WOOD " emphatically called JOHN,' , had to sell Preston ? The member for Westminster, be ing a choice reformer, has a right to employ his talents to the best advantage. He has, accordingly, gone to Spain to earn glory and pay, while Mr. EDWARD EL LICE has cut Coventry, not exactly for the same purpose, but possibly to keep himself and Colonel EvANs in coun tenance ! PARNELL, of the Dundee, is a regular trader, but BOWRING, of the Kilmarnock, was only allowed a run of the French free trade for the benefit of his'coun - try. Both of these personages have acquired eminence in their respective parts; the one as a financier is unin telligible, and the other as an economist is absurd. They accordingly always act together, and appear to under stand each other, which, by the way, is impossible; What became of the Kennedy who sold the Tiverton, or the Fox who sold the Stroud—both in the cause of re form, we cannot exactly tell, but we see that all the pa triots, hatched in the sunshine of reform, have had no object in view but the advancement of their personal terests. If they fail in robbing the people through the treasury, they combine to rob the people more directly under the mask of grievances which are invented to cheat the charitable and the simple. Such is swindling according to the order of the day. Had the real and declared object of our new town council been to saddle the town with the heaviest possi ble burthens they could not have adopted a course more likely to secure that object than the one they have stea dily pursued since their election to office. Their unwar rantable opposition to the dock bill now before parlia ment has led to the introduction of a clause into that bill exempting Runcorn, Weston Point, Warrington, and Frodsham from the payment of dock dues. When the bill was first introduced to parliament Mr. E. J. STAN LEY, ore of the members for North Cheshire, and joint secretary of the treasury, contemplated procuring this boon for his constituents, but, previously to the bill being sent to the committee, he abandoned his intention of mov ing in the business until some better opportunity of doing so presented itself. For that opportunity he had to wait but a very short time. The honourable secretary, as in duty bound, and in return for the support afforded to his Majesty's ministers by Mr. Councillor COGLAN and the corporation of Liverpool, supported the views of that body respecting the possession of the funds of the Liver pool dock estate. But, although thus supported, the corporation failed in all their attempts to upset the views of the dock rate payers, and as soon as they saw that they were playing a losing game they turned round and gave Mr. STANLEY all the assistance in their power, and by their aid enabled him to carry the clause exempting Run corn and the other places we have mentioned from the payment of dock dues, although the introduction of such a clause was cantrary to the standing orders of the House of Commons, and contrary to the declared opinion of the speaker. It will, we suspect, turn out that the honour able member for NOrth Cheshire is better versed in par= liamentary committee tactics than the deputation from the town council. If our readers will refer to the propositions laid by the Dock Committee before the meeting held at the Cotton Sales-room, at which Mr. Councillor HUGH HORNBY figured away as chairman, they will find that the dock bill, as agreed to by the committee of the House of Com mons, is entirely in conformity with these proposals, with the exception of the Runcorn exemption clause, for which we are, therefore, indebted to our sapient town council. The principle has thus been carried out to its fullest extent by THOMAS, the unitarian, and his brethren in council, that what they cannot obtain by fair means or otherwise for themselves, they will, if possible, prevent others from possessing. We have great pleasure in being able to state that Lord SANDON has never been absent from the committee during the progress of the dock bill, except when com pelled to attend the committee on the Dublin Steam packet Company's bill, of which he is the chairman. We take leave to refer our local readers and others interested in the matter to a letter which will appear in another part of our paper on the subject of the dock question. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Saturday Evening, half-past Seven o'clock. Consols for account closed at a slight advance this afternoon, having improved from 91i to 92, buyers. Reduced Annuities are also a shade lighter, leaving off at 90i to 91. Sales of Ex chequer Bills have been made at 12s. premium. India Bonds are Is. premium. Bank Stock has also fallen; some sales were made at 210._ _ . . In the foreign market the business to-day has been more than usually unimportant. Spanish Bonds have not fluctuated more than per cent., closing at 40 a Not a single bargain was reported throughout the day in Portuguese Stock, which re mains nominally, therefore, at the quotation of yesterday. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have fallen a shade, leaving off at 5c4, and the Five per Cents. at 1014. A bargain was made in Greek Bonds this Afternoon at 31, which is 11 per cent. below the quotation this has borne for a considerable time past. Colombian Bonds have fallen to 30, and Peruvian has been sold at 211. Not a bargain was made in any of the other foreign securities to-day. The Great Western Railway Shares have improved to 261 premium, and Stephenson's Brighton to 13 prm. The Green which Shares are also rather higher, closing at 6 premium. Colonial Bank Shares have again touched 4 premium. CRICKET MATCH.—On Wednesday next, the 15th instant, a match at cricket will be played between the Manchester and Everton clubs, on the ground of the latter, Shaw-street, Ever ton. Wickets to be pitched and to commence playing at ten o'clock. - The New-Yorkers have just launched a ship of eight hundred and fifty tons burt hen, intended for a Liverpool packet, to take the place of the Napoleon. The new vessel is the Pennsyl vania. THE brousrutous FLEAS.—This exhibition closes on Satur day. For further particulars see advertisement in another column. DELINQUENCIES OF WASHERWOMEN.-011 Thursday last, a woman named Ann Nicholls was placed at the bar of the police office, before Mr. Hall, charged with having purloined several articles of wearing apparel and bed linen, which had been en trusted to her for the purpose of being washed, by a lady residing in Toxteth-park.!'' The articles, which were produced in court, had been missing. for about two months, and were eventually traced to a pawnbroker's where they had been pledged by the prisoner. The whole were recognised by the lady as her pro perty, which she deposed had been delivered to the prisoner for the purpose above mentioned, and had never been returned. The property which the prisoner had so illegally detained, was valued at Eti, and Mr. Hall directed her to pay half the amount, and mulcted her besides in a fine of £5, or in default of payment, to be committed for three months to the House of Correction. SACRILEGE.-St James's Church was broken open, late on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning. The entrance was effected by breaking out a square of glass in the window over the Communion Table. The thief or thieves, after ran sacking the place, succeeded in carrying off the communion plate, though they missed upwards of £4O which were deposited in the iron safe. The following is a list of the articles stolen : Two silver trays, one large and one small, engraved, St. James's Church; one silver pint cup: inscription, the gift of Wrey Pans, Esq., 1775; one silver desert spoon, marked s J. Lea Smith; one clergyman's gown and cassock; one hatband and scarf; two black hoods, with scarlet linings; one communion cloth and napkin. Mr. Joseph Welsbv, of Present, tantathire, formerly an apprentice of Mr. John Garton, surgeon, was last night admit ted a member of the Royal College of SUrgeons, London ; and on the 12th of May he contended for a prize at Guy's Hospital, where his proficiency was tested by three' public examinations, consisting a two hours each, and also by written answers to some of the most difficult questions, in which . Mr.. Welsby evinced an extent of knowledge in the highest degree creditable and praiseworthy; and for his superior worth and talent was ?reedited an bonarary eertificat.i' a `n fa 'lf 61' PROPOSED LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL On Friday an adjourned meetin ,, , attended by a number of gentlemen, was held at the King's Arms, Castle-street, for the Bmpose of hearing explained the plan of a proposed canal from irmingham to London, a deputation of gentlemen having ar rived from Birmingham .for the purpose of ascertaining the feeling of the Liverpool capitalists, and formiug a committee to carry forwards the undertaking. - Mr. JOHN BIBBY was proposed to the chair, and opened the business of the meeting. So tar as he had seen of the proposed plan, it was one calculated to be of great advantage to the coun try. it reduced the length of the old line of canal - considerably, and also the number of locks, thus offering neater facility and speed of communication. If carried into execution on the plan proposed, he was of opinion that it could not fail to be a very good investment of property. Mr. DUGDA LE HOUGHTON (the surveyor, from Birmingham) rose to explain the proposed plan. It was proposed to call the intended canal the " London and Birmingham Canal;" it was intended to unite by a more direct line than at present the two towns of London and Birmingham, and to induce the trade of Liverpool and Manchester to go through Birmingham to the metropolis. The Birmingham people were most anxious for its being carried into effect. The old line of canal which existed between Birmingham and London having been made first to accommodate one town and then another, it formed on the whole a piece of patchwork, and had never been intended for a main line. The consequence was, that it was very circuitous, and there were obliged to be a very great number of locks, which made the freight much more than it was considered it ought to be. The distance by the old line was 149 miles, and the locks were 172 in number, which caused a very considerable delay in the transit. The want of water was also a very great inconvenience in the old line, there being only a summit— Tring Summit—of four miles where water was obtainable, and that by pumping, which was a very considerable expense.— The mode in which the existing canal was built, with inside slopes, was also a very inconvenint plan, impeding . the progress of the vessels, narrowing the body of water when it was scarce, and tending to fill the canal with mud. The towing paths also of the present line were made on the old plan of sloping towards the water, which would cause the dirt and rubbish on them to be washed into the canal, and thus render *ailing it out more frequent. The tunnels of the present line were all passed through by the labour of men, which produced much delay and difficulty. The most serious expenses of a canal were the sup plying of water, the cleaning them out, and the formati o n o f lo c k s and bridges. They would have by the proposed line a distance of 71 miles, in which water would be obtainable without pump ing as well as from the Stratford Canal, which would empty into them, and was capable of supplying them with any quantity of water: It was intended that the proposed line should start at London, at the Regent's Canal, and to, follow the Holyhead road, and from thence to 'Redfern and Market-street, and to pass under the chalk ridge, and through the county of Buck ingham, through a district where at-present there was no canal all,.and where coals were 'at present from 455. to 50s. per ton, which arose from the bad state of carriage. This line would pass near St. Allsan's' and a number of well populated villages, and would unite with the Stratford Canal, near Birmingham, and from thence into the Warwick canal, and thhiugh the tAvn of Birmingham, and from thence come forward to Liverpool by one of the established canals. For 92 miles thecanal would pass through a country where there was no other similar conveyance. And looking at the local trade there was no reason why as great an amount of traffic should not be carried on by us as by any other. The proposed line would only be 117 miles long, the other.being 149 miles from Birmingham to London; and the locks would literally be reduced in number to 21, the. number on the present line being one hundred and seventy4tvo. They would, conse quently, have but 21 locks to build and take care of. It was intended to have but one descending level all the way from London. It was intended to have a double tunnel fur the coming and going boats through which horses might work, and a double towing path the whole line. it was intended to ' adopt the new and improved mode of building canals recom , mended by the late Mr. Telford, and tried by him on a canal at Birmingham, which was to be the model for the present plan, and would in many ways be a considerable improvement and saving. Public meetings had been called at various places on the route of the intended line for the purpose of ascertaining the feelings of the landowners with regard to it, and the result had been at most of them, resolutions giving it their cordial ap proval. They had some opponents; the Marquis of Chandos and Mr. Pierpoint objected to it, as cutiing up their estates, but they should be able to avoid both. They expected also to be opposed by the grand junction canal, as it would tend to injure their interests. The estimate which had been taken for snaking the canal took into calculation the keeping it in repair for 25 years from the mode in which it was to be constructed, and judging from the Birmingham canal which was to be its model. It was proposed to take the same amount of tonnage as charged by the old line, and it was calculated that the advantages and facilities afforded would ensure them a business. It had been calculated that the saving of time and expense of 'minig would be one-half of that now required. There could be no doubt from that estimate, which was against them, but that the canal would yield amply 10 per cent., and, the general opinion was, much more. In addition to that, there would be a very important coal trade, carrying the Staffordshire coal to the metropolis, and it was calculated that this alone would produce £leo,ooo a year. By this means they would be able to put down in London, on au average, a ton of coals for 205., which now sold there for 32s : and they expected to supply one-third of the city of London. They proposed to raise a capital of three millions, by means of shares, which it was esti ma t e d b y a survey would Cre the amount required. The time occupied in making the canal it was cal culated would be about four years. In the estimate of the re turns they had not taken into calculation the back carriage, which would much increase the return. The Staffordshire and Birmingham canal proprietors had intimated their intention of supporting the undertaking, as it was calculated materially to benefit them; and there was every probability that the bill ' would be carried. _ _ Mr. BIBBY wished to know if the grand junction railroad in tended opposing it? Mr. HOUGHTON replied he had not heard that they would ; but it was whispered that they did not like it. The projectors had waited on Mr. Poulett Thomson, as connected with Man chester, and he had expressed his approbation of the undertak ing as likely to be one of great public benefit. Mr. T. M. GLADSTONE said he had had a resolution put into his hands which he should propose with a great deal of pleasure, because he thought the undertaking one likely to be of great benefit to the public. He felt surprised that a communication like this between the manufacturing districts and the metropolis had not existed long ago. He begged to move, "that this un dertaking would most materially improve the' communication with the south of England, and is thereby entitled to the support of the inhabitants of Lancashire and the public in general, and more particularly so as affording the great intermediate line of communication between Liverpool and the metropolis." Mr. RICHARD BATESON seconded the resolution. Mr. WILLS, for the reasons assigned by the previous speakers, would move, "that a committee be formed in Liverpool to pro mote the completion of this undertaking." Mr. RICHARD EDWARDS would second the resolution, though it was not his intention at present to become a shareholder. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. HARMONY AND MONTAGUE MINING COMPANY. A public meeting of the shareholders of these mines, resident in Liverpool, was held on Friday last, at the Clarendon-rooms. Mr. Townley, of the firm of Atkinson and Townley, of Liver pool, introduced Mr. Andrews, the auditor of the company, to the meeting, in order that he might express to them his opinion of tin) prospects and probability of success of the company. The statements of Mr. Andrews showed that the mines, which, on the Ist of February last, were full of water, had been forked out by two engines the depth of sixty-six fathoms below the ad it, the whole depth being eighty-seven fathoms, and that in the course of two months the mines would be entirely clear of water and in a state of efficient working. £450 worth of tin, and forty-five tons of copper, producing £256, had lately been sold and placed to the credit of the company. There were now upwards of 2000 sacks of tin ore on the surface, which Was about to be sold. It was expected that the directors would be in a situa tion to declare a dividend on the proceeds of the mines, about August next. The statements of Mr. Andrews appeared to give much satisfaction to the meeting. The following resolutions were then unanimously pasSed : Resolved,—That the statement made to this meeting by the officers of the Harmony and Montague Company is highly sa tisfactory, and entitles the directors and officers to the confi dence of the shareholders. That the thanks of this meeting be given to Messrs. Andrews, Kirkman, and Stephen, for their attendance this day. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. SALFORD OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. On Thursday evening the members of this body attended at their room in Salford for the purpose of meeting Charles Wil kins, Esq., who had been requested to pay the association a visit. The reception given to Mr. Wilkins was flattering in the ex treme. The learned gentleman addressed the meeting at great length with his accustomed ability and felicity of expression. We regret that we can only afford space for the following ex tract, which formed his concluding observations I—lt had often struck him with astonishment that Manchester, furnishing to the world such living and striking . proofs of the virtue of our glorious constitution, should maintain within herself so many disaffected men. Visit your Exchange on market-day—(the speaker continued)—mark the number of well-dressed opulent men who there assemble—look at the magnitude of their pur chases—follow them from the market to their hotels—see the table spread with every luxury that nature can afford—witness their return home, some in their carriages, some on the noblest hOrses that England produces—follow them to their splendid domains, they are surrounded by all that can minister to the happiness of man. And then trace their history for twenty years, and tell me out of the many opulent men w ho m you h ave seen how many, twenty years ago, were in circumstances no better than the honest men whom I am now addressing ? Think not, gentlemen, that lam disparaging these men. Do not, for a moment, I beseech you, so stultify me as to think me capable of conduct savouring of such littl eness o f m i n d ? I value no man abstractedly for his pedigree. The peerage I venerate, because I believe them to be a valuable component of our con stitution, an indispensable element of it, and I will stand by them so long as I have an arm to wield; but , I value them not merely for their family distinctions. Why, then, have I called your attention to the history of the manufacturers and merchants of Manchester? Because I regard them as so many honourable testimonials that industry in England is followed by a reward to be found in no other part of the globe. Go to the iop of Pic cadilly, and look at the mighty palace rearing its head beside the Infirmary, towering above the habitation of the humbler citizen. Was it not notorious that, some thirty years ago, the possessors of that palace entered this town two poor friendless and uneducated boys, and is not one of them now a member of parliament? ( Hear.) I confess that it does appear to me to savour either of ingratitude or ignorance that these two very men should be found on all occasions heading the disaffected, furthering every plan and sanctioning every measure that has for its object an attack upon our valuable institutions. They may, perhaps, state that their advancement is attributable to their industry. lam not inclined to derogate from their merit, and I know that their industry has been proverbial—that they have risen up early, and late gone to rest, and eaten the breed of carefulness. But, gentlemen, I ask them would that indus try—could it—have been followed by like results in any other quarter of the world ? That is the question. They know that it could not, and I repeat that the conduct of such men, in fol lowing in the tail of people like Daniel O'Connell, is to me in explicable.—ln fine, to you, as operative conservatives, allow me to offer a few words of fraternal advice. Above all things preserve union among yourselves. The very principle of your party is obedience—the principle of the other party is rebellion. When you meet with an opponent, ,lay mild persuasion endea vour to bring him over to your views. In your conduct prove to the world that our motto is—fear God and honour the King. Discharge the relative duties of life with credit to yourselves and benefit to your neighbours. Love, honour, and cherish all who have any claim upon your protection. Be humble in pros perity, resigued in adversity, firrn in the hour of peril; and, then, with your latest breath you shall afford a glorious testi mony to the world at large that . the precepts of our holy church can make a man wise unto salVation; a blessing in life and a death'. (Cheers-4 LIVERPOOL POLICE. RIOT AT THE WORKHOUSE.—OR Friday at the Police-office, four men, inmates of the Workhouse, two ofthem blind, named M,`Ginnis, M'Annaspie, Roberts, and Pierce, were brought be fore the magistrates, charged with creating a riot and violently assaulting the gate-keeper at the Workhouse the night before. Mr. Lowndes appeared on behalf of the overseers to support the complaint. He said that the inmates were allowed their liberty every other Thursday, and that many of them were in the habit of getting intoxicated, and came back so disorderly that it was absolutely necessary to make an example. After heating the gate-keeper they violently assaulted one of the in mates who came to his assistance. A policeman was then called, and found them so violent that he was obliged to hand cuff them, and on the caravan being brought to take them off to 'Bridewell one of them succeeded in getting his hand out of the hand-cuff and knocked the officer down.. The gate-keeper, an old man, named Burns, who appeared ivith a severe bruise on the head from a stick from one of the prisoners, and the police officer deposed to these statements. The magistrates ordered them to pay 40s. and costs, or in default to be committed for two calendar months to the Borough gaol. Imeosrolts.—George Rowe and Alexander Horner, alias Edward Burns, were on Saturday placed before Mr. Hall, charged with having attempted to obtain money from the Rev. Mr. Thom and others, by the exhibition of a forged letter. The complainant stated, that the prisoner Horner had called upon him, and exhibited a note, which stated, that he (the prisoner) was labouring under a disease which incapacitated him from working; that he hal a wife and four children, and that he was in a state of destitutioq. This epistle was s i gne d , Th omas Eden, and the prisorier7said it was from Mr. Eden, Surgeon, Mountpleasant. The whole was proved to be a forgery. A police-officer stated, that he had seen the prisoners alternately taking tne note to different houses. The prisoners were com mitted to the House of Correction for one month. UNWHOLESOME MEAT.—Matthe w Lock app eare d b e f ore t h e magistrates, on Saturday, having been summoned at the instauce of. the inspector of meat, for having offered for sale forty pounds weight of unsound veal. Fined 10s. and costs. APPREHENSION OF A SUPPOSED MORDERER.—OR Saturday a man named Curran was placed at the bar of-.the Police -court, having just been apprehended on the quay of the Prin ce ' s D oc k, by George M'Ker, a pilice-officer, from kreland, under suspicion that he was the principal in the commission of an atrocious murder which has lately been perpetrated on the body of Ran dall Hamill, at Ballyragainy, county of Antrim, Ireland. The warrant of John Rowan, Esq., justice of peace, was produced, and. David Monaghan proved that he (the prisoner) was the person therein . described. He was delivered over to the officers to be conveyed to Ireland, to wait his trial there. • FELoNY.—Yesterday, at the police-office, a middle-aged sanctified-looking man, named William Hebblethwaite, who had been employed by Mr. Gordon, musical instrument maker, as ocmcasional bookkeeper, was, brought before the magistrates charged with having robbed his employer of seven cases of ma thematical instruments, a gold and a silver watch, and ot her pro perty, which was traced by Flockart, the officer, to various pawn brokers. The prisoner's sanctimonious appearance bad imposed considerably on his master, for, as the various articlei had been missed from time to time, every other person on the establish ment had been charged and suspected of the theft excepting the prisoner, until they were traced home to him. F lockart had found the silver watch at Mr. Tunstall's, the pawnbroker, which had been pawned by a female with whom the prisoner lodged, the pawn ticket for which the prisoner had given her for two weeks board. The watch was pawned for 235., and was worth about 30s. The gold watch had also been redeemed at the pawnbroker's, the ticket having been sold by the prisoner. Mr. Jones and other pawnbrokers appeared and produced the in strument cases, which were worth about 15s. each, and had been pawned for 95.; they were identified by Mr. Gordon. The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the sessions. NEWTON RACES.-FRIDAY. The St. Helen's Purse of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft. Colborne Course. Mr Allanson's ch f Vulture, 3 yrs M Tones 1 Mr F. R. Price names b c Tom Shipman, 3 yrs Mr E. Peel's b f Cantata, 2 yrs 3 Two others started; four paid. The Shrighley Cup, value 100 sovs, given by William Turner, Esq., M.P., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each. One mile and a half. Second- horse to receive` 5 sovs. Capt. Bunney's b m Miss Newton, 5 yrs, ist 91b..Whitehouse 1 Mr Mostyn's b m Birdlime, 5 yrs, 9st Mr E. Peel's b h Tarick, 5 yrs, Bst 916 Five others started ; eleven paid. The Warrington Purse of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweep stakes of 5 sovs each. One mile and a half. Mr Nanney's Cymro. 4 yrs, 7st 1oib Mr Price's ch c Ludford, 4 yrs, 7st Blb .2 Lord Stanley's b h D ona ld, 5 y rs, B s t 3 Three others started; four paid. A Plate of £7O. Heats; two miles. 10 subs. Mr Houldsworth's b c Hectic, 4 yrs . Darling 1 1 Mr Robert's b g Aratus, 5 yrs 2 2 SATURDAY. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, 1 soy ft, with 70 sovs added. The owner of the second horse to receive 10 sovs. Mr Allanson's b m Ladv Moore Carew, 6 yrs, Bst 31b 0 1 1 Mr Bell's br f Zebetta, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b Mr Barrow's b m Catharina, 6 yrs, 9st 41b 2 0 0 Two others started. The Hokee Pokee Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 40 sovs added to the winner, and 10 soya to the second. The owner of the last horse to pay 3 sovs (over and above his stake) to the third Mr Sharratt's br g Zanga, aged Mr Wilby's b m Mabooba, by Saladdin, aged Two others started. Trotting Race.—A Sweepstakes of 10 says each. h ft, with 100 sovs added. The second horse to receive back his stake. Mr Hollingworth's ch to Nancy 1 1 Mr Jos. Richardson's b m Kitty 2 2 THE DOCK QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Ste,—You will allow me, on behalf of the dock-rate payers, to contradict, authoritatively, a calumnious assertion in the Albion of this day, to the effect thca, by connivance or mis management, they have been "directly instrumental" to the introduction of the clause in the bill. exempting Runcorn and some other places from ayment of dock-rateg. N o thi ng can be more unfounded than this- report, which can only have origi nated in that miserable spirit of party which has infused all the bitterness of politics into the discussion of a question purely commercial. The clause in question was proposed and carried by Mr. Stanley, the secretary of the treasury, not only without previous communication with the rate-payers, ( whom he has opposed throughout,) but against their strongest remonstrances, contrary also on principle to the expressed opinion of the speaker, and in the very teeth of the standing orders. From public rumour only were the rate-payers aware of Mr. Stanley's intention to press the clause, and to the last, after taking the speaker's opi nion, they relied on the withdrawal of it. Need I say, then, that the imputation of a corrupt bargain between their delegates and the Cheshire members is without colour or shadow of truth? So unworthy, indeed, is the suspicion, that I am persuaded it could not for a moment find place in any honourable mind. The rate-payers, on the introduction of the clause, opposed it to the utmost—not on the ground that the exemption claimed is altogether unjust, for, with that real liberality which the editor of the. Albion loses sight of when it suits his purpose, they admit that to some extent it may he fairly claimed, but they contend that to engraft, without notice, such a clause upon the present bill would be a flagrant injustice to the bond-holders, who, not expecting such an attack, have had no opportunity to defend themselves. Upon the principle of mere honesty, therefore, the rate-payers, who have always made common cause with the bond-holders, in this instance defended the rights of the latter as strenuously as their own, and they still hope that the House of Commons will reject the clause. But, after all, the bond-holders have no cause for alarm—if the clause stand, their securities will be in no material degree affected, and may even be more than compensated by some future alteration of the dues as to the river Weaver trade, which will now be just. Neither will they be decived by the new-born zeal in their favour of the editor of the Aliuon , y who calls upon the bong-holders to petition against the bill, now that the rate-payers have succeeded in carrying every clause in dispute, conveniently forgetting that wh en t h e b ill was first in troduced the town council laughed to scorn the jnst claims of the creditors of the dock estate to some share in its manage ment. If any party among us be " directly instrumental" to the adoption of this clause, (but which I dont charge,) surely it is the town council who, calling themselves liberal, but in the very spirit of tyranny, rejecting all concession, all negotiation for a fair division of power, drove the dock-rate -payer s to a public de fence of their rights before a parliamentary committee, out of which strife has arisen—like the division of the oyster shells in the fable—a decision on this one point, equally obnoxious to all. The editor of the Albion thinks fit to designate the rate-pavers Who have taken the lead in this controversy as " tories." it is not for me, sir, who deem that term an honourable one, to ob ject to its application, however disingenu ous ly, t o my clients; but that editor well knows that men of all parties in politics have joined with equal zeal in resisting the unjust attempt of the town council to monopolize the power of the dock trust.-1 am, &c., JOHN NORTH, JUN. Exchange-alley, 13th Tune, 1836. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sis,—Hiving seen an advertisement in a Liverpool paper, purporting to be for the establishment of a new stetim company, in which it is alleged, that that company has been suggested in consequence of "numerous complaints of the irregular rates of freight, and uncertain and inefficient accommodation by ex. isting conveyances, and the frequent inconvenience and an noyance to importers and exporters of goods, cattle, 84e.'. have, sir, to give the most unqualified contradiction to such .as sertions, and which it would ap p ea r are made to favour the ob jects of a few specnlators.. - No such complaints have been made, but, on the contrary, I have received the strongest and most gratifying assurances of satisfaction on. the part of the great body of cattle exporters, and importers, who have ex pressed their conviction that the company afford every practi cable accommodation and convenience to shippers ; and , that, as far as can be done, they secure certainty of conveyance, and efficiency of steam accommodation, and I can only assure the public tliat such continues to be the determination ,of the com pany. With respect to the assertion of irregular rates of freight, I need only say, that n o one connected with the establishme n t has any interest whatever in the rate of height, and that the principle of the company is to make but a moderate dividend, and impartially to divide the surplus in a manner which has al ready given great satisfaction to shippers. I do not assert that no complaints have ever been made, hut I am authorised to say, that, considering the great objects' of the establishment, and th e extent of its business, fewer grounds of complaint have been afforded than could be supposed by those not acquainted with the difficulties and risks of steam navigation. I an only say that the company has ever been actuated by he most liberafprinciples towards all classes of shippers, and hey are determined to leave no reasonable grounds of cotn ►laint on the yea of any individual. SAM. PERRY. 27, TVatr-itreet, Liverpool. SOUTH Bissx Ei.sct loN.—The election terminated on Tuesda in the return of the tory candidate. The numbers were— Palmer, 2103; Branfill, 1527 ; majority, 576. REPORTERS.—Those who attend the houses of,paryrn ae nt to report are more f requen tl y s i nne d aga i ns t than sinning, for it often happens that the speaker lets fall hasty expressions, which are calculated to affect his interests ; and if reported, as spoken, his worship or his squireship bawls out " breach of privilege," and declares that his Words have been perverted, or something attributed to him which he never said. In such a case, the reporter is often (for form's sake( brought to the bar, but it is usually let down easy by the offended party, who is himself the best judo of his own case.—Tount and Country Magazine. MESSRS. WEST AND HAMILTON. TO THE EDITOR bF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Six,—l hope your proposition of making a subscription for defraying the expenses of Messrs. West and Hamilton has not been abandoned; do, for the sake of conservatism, if not for: honesty alone, press it, and get a list opened, for I say it is dis honesty on our part if we do not defray their expenses after they have fought our battle, and been led 't.o ex p ect that their ex penses would be paid, and it will be highly ungrateful if ice de not pay.the expenses , _ and present them with a hand some to k e n of respect.—Yours, &c., A CONSERVATIV'. SHE IS FALLING BY GRIEF. BY ROBERT STORY She is falling by grief, Like a rose in its prime, Ere the bloom of its leaf Bears a token of time, Which wastes every minute, Yet not from decay, But a canker within it That eats it away. No fairer draws breath, And no purer bore name, Till one wrong step brought death To her peace and her fame. 0 God! yet to win her From thoughts that o'er-prey— F rom the canker within her That eats her away ! Ilver3Erks.—On Friday last, an inquest was held before P. F, Curry, Esq., touching the death of Michael O'Hara, of Stuart street, a little boy aged ten years. The evidence was to the effect, that the deceased Went with his younger brother to sail his boat in a pond, in the neighbourhood of Stuart-street. In a short time the younger brother returned home, and informed his mother that the deceased had fallen into the pond, and was unable to get out. The distracted parent procured assistance; and hastened to the spot. A considerable period elapsed before the body was found. At length it was dragged forth quite deak having been in the water upwards of an hour,—On the same day, an inquest was held on Robert Lindon, aged twelve years: On the preceding day, the .deceased. on his arrival home from. school, went up stairs with his brother to play. His mother; who was occupied in the yard, saw him looking at her from the open window, and called to him to come down. .The next instant he fell from the window at her feet. He was taken up insensible. Mr. M`Kee, surgeon, was Sent for, but the child died in about an hour. Verdict, accidental death, THE BRISTOL MAIL.—Sir Francis Freeling has officially notified that it is not intended to discontinue the Bristol and Liverpool mail, and that steps are now being taken to promote the convenience of the public on that line of road.—Felix Farley. VISIT OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT AND THE PRINCESS VIC TORIA TO THE CiTr.—The children of the metropolitan-charity schools attended divine service on Thursday morning at St. Paul's Cathedral. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria proceeded to the church in state, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the young princes his sons, now on a visit this country. Their royal highnesses were received at the church and conducted to a pew set apart for their accommodation by the Lord Mayor. The sermon was preached by the Archbishop of Armagh. After the service the royal party, together with the Persian princes, several foreign ambas sadors, and other distinguished personages, proceeded to the Mansion-ho Us e; where they partook of a most splendid dejeune ala jourchetta. The reception of the Princess Victoria and her mother was enthusiastic. EAST SURREY CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.—The first anniver sary of this society was celebrated at the Horn's Tavern, on Wednesday last. About 4(XI noblemen, gentlemen, freeholders, and tradesmen were present. Si r Edward Sugden, who was received with the most unbounded applause, proposed the health of the Duke of Wellington and the House of Lords, in a forcible and eloquent speech. By advices from Sumatra, we learn that the Dutch govern ment had not been successful in suppressing the insurrection of the natives in the interior, but had lost many troops, and affairs in that colony wore it serious aspect. BRISTOL. SUGAR MARKET.—There has been a brisk demand for sugar during the week. The late arrivals sold at very full prices as soon as brought to market; and only one vessel re ported since our last—the Sybella from Jamaica.—Felix Far ley. Mr. R. Wason, M.P., proceeded to Doier on Friday, in the expectation that Sir F. Trench would follow him, and that they would have a meeting in the neighbourhood of Calais. Died on Friday, at his house on Cambridge-terrace, Edge ware-road, Barry Edward O'Meara, Esq., late surgeon to the Emperor Napoleon. His complaint was erysipelas in the head. His Serene Highness the Reigning Laudgrave Louis of Hesse Homberg, attended by his Chamberlain, Baron Milot, arrived at Gould's London Hotel, Albermale-street, on Friday, via Rotterdam. The Prince is in his sixty-sixth year, and is a General of Infantry and Commander of the 14 regiment of the line in the Prussian service; he is also Military Governor of the province of Luxemburg, and related to the Royal Family of Great Britain by the marriage of his late brother the Land grave Frederick with her Royal Highness the Princess Eliza beth, the Dowag er Landgravine, 7th April, 1818. Th ere are of present more foreign Princes in the metropolis than at any former period since the visit of the allied sovereigns, in 1814. - - It is said that one of the Prime Minister's letters to the lady whose name has been associated with his in the law courts, speaks in terms nut very respectful of the first personage in the kingdom. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE CATHEDRAL OF CHARTRES: A deplorable accident has just destroyed iu a few hours one of our most beautiful monuments of gothic ar c hit ecture. The. betterpart of the magnificent Cathedral ofChartres has just been consumed by fire. Ve know not yet the particulars of the con flagration, the consequences of which are unfortunately irre parable. It is thought that the imprudence of some plumbers has caused this tire.--Muniteur of Monday. DEATH FROM CRAMP IN THE WiTEß.—Nyoung gentleman, eighteen years of age, the son of Mr. Richardson, of Putney, was drowned on Monday morning, whilst bathing in the Thames near Chelsea Hospital, in consequence of being seized with cramp. He cried for help to a friend who accompanied him, but before the latter could approach him he sunk. • NIiW••IIOIJSF.S OF PA It LIA ALENT.—TIe expense of -the_ wholo.. building isexpected to amount to .£72-1,984, including 14 per cent., to cover contingent expenses and any probable change in the value of materials; to which, would be to be added about £60,300 for the purchase of ground in Abingdon-street, render ed necessary for the elongation of the building as now proposed, and £30,0(A) for fittings and fixtures. The King will honour the Duke of Wellington with his cow pane at Apslev House on the 18th instant, the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The Prince of Orange, who distin guished himself in the action, will be present also. Upwards of 1;50,000 has been subscribed towards erecting fifty additional churches in the metropolis. The Bishop of London has headed the subscripticu with a princely donation of £2,000. HYDROPHOBIA.—The gardener of J. Severn, Esq., of Pony bond, Radnorshire, who, about five months since was bitten by a dog in a rabid state, died in a state of madness a few da)s ago, leaving a wife and four small children. TRIBUTE TO POLITICAL CoNsisTENcY.—The operative con servatives of Stockport, anxious to express their admiration of. the zealous exertions made by Mr. Lomax, the proprietor of the Stockport Advertiser, in support of conservative principles at a time when the press was teeming with licentiousness and versatility, have resolved to present him with a gold snuff-box, a subscription for the purchase of which is now in progress. The conservatives of Stockport have also determined to raise a subscription for defraying the expenses incurred by Mr. Lomax in defending himself in the prosecution commenced against him by the corporation.—Manchester Courier. The bon. Mrs. George Norton, by her union with the Hon George Chopple Norton, brother and heir presumptive to Lord Grantley, has three infant sons, the eldest of whom, Cavendish CharlesConyers, is in his eighth year. The father of Mr. Norton and of Lord Grantley was the Hon: Fletcher Norton, a baron of the exchequer in Scotland, who died in 1820. Mr. N. and his brothers and sisters were granted the precedency of children of a baron in 1831. Lady Grantley is daughter of the venerable Sir William Beechy. . _ THE TEA TRADE.—On Tuesday afternoon another interview took place between a deputation from the tea trade and the last for paying Chancellor of the Exchequer, at which it was expected the final instructions of government would be stated relative to the as, in bond, on t point whenfo r r l a b n extension upon B ohe a o f the Ist of next month, the art passed last year fixing the duty upon all teas at 2s. Oid. per lb, will .come into operation. It was communicated to the merchants an d ot h ers assembled on change, j us t before business closed, th at t h e C hancellor of the Excheuer had not given a definitive answer upon the subject, and that he has taken further time to consider the subject. The... large private trade sales of tea, which were fixed to commence . yesterday .morning were postponed in anticipation yf a final reply,ib l itg,communicated to th e t ra d e during the day. THE KING OF NAPLES AND THE PRINCE OF CAPOAo—The King of Naples is expected about the 28th. The main purpose of his journey is to marry again, and to go to England for his. brother, the Prince of Capua, to persuade hini to return to Naples, and it possible to cure him of his infatuated passion; that is to sax, to use all his efforts to make him give up Mis s Smyth. Bin if, as we imagine, Miss Smyth is already married to the Prince, he will certainly give his consent to a union which cannot be prevented, for he is excessively attached to his brother, and cannot bear to be long separated from him. The King, who is going to Vienna, will proceed from that city, by way of Amsterdam, to London, and visit Paris on his return home.— Allgemeine Zeitung, June 8. THE EX-ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE.—Advices from Toplitz of the 26 t h u lt,_ announce that Charles X. the Duke of Ang oil: letne, and the Duke of Bordeaux, had arrived in.that city with the intention.of taking the waters. The. ex-Royal Fatnily of. France will not, it is suppoSed, return to Prague, but proceed to some other residence which they have not vet fixed upon. Before his departure. Charles X. made a present to the chapel of the Palace at Prague of a statute of the 'Virgin, valued at upwards of 6,000 francs. 'I he Duchess of A ngouleme, who had. left a few days before fur Calsbad, presented the chaplain with a most costly and beiutiful chalice. . . POLITICAL CormEtisAzioN.—Wbatever may be thought of the radical lino -Popery agitators—Dr. Wade, Sir John Lilly, Mr. Hume, and the rest; every body, even their , greatest des pisers, must allow that their powers of condensatizin are most ex traordinary ; inasmuch as by some extr,,ordinary process or other, they contrive to squeeze the county of Sliddle,e.c into a little private riding house, and the great borough of Finsbury into a Pentonville tea garden .parlour !--" The great work proceeds admirably," said the ministerial papers—"the coulity of Middle - sex meets in Lieutenant Hall's riding sch ool, in Albany-street ; • and the great and influential borough of FinSbury, will assemble . in the large room at White Conduit House.' And so they did-- places, helping to did-- if we are to believe the said ministerial paKrs, and surely we ought to belieie them, as their 4reat patron, the king of the clack dish,. ta t w e -a b s i p t r h es t e h n e t i . n , trh".7lel)all i ft e y r ' s:P u. ' a n and t i l b a t o ! r i l v e hi eyre borough; about u a t n t d o , no agitate doubt, told them all about it—and more too. RUNIOWIEDMA'ittIAGES' IN HIGH LtFa.-It second' is reported that ladyship, who is • ' that the noble fitinilies of Grey and connected by the union of fhe hon. and Rev. J. Grey, fifth son .of the late premier, with the Lady Georgiana Harvey, war, and has evinced', hter y o e f ar t , he is lA t i h a e r ?i u ril s y o u i n p m r a i r s i t i o e l d . P.: go' hie . her the , 35 ,,,1 1 • i qui5. Mr. Grey is in his 25th iin the f a mily of ; considerable talent in the clerical professiiin. It is said also' that the Hon. Colonel Grey, seconu son of the Rail, will be united at the same time to a daughter of the late Sir. T. Far quhar.The GenerafSteam. Navigati o n r wood, from Rm ' arriv ed otterda Company"s packet, the Att. in London on Thursday with the' mails. There is nothing new . froth Holland; but the German. papers ridicule th e idea of a Congress, which it was reported the course of the p resent nli t e e h s ' n s i a s e n a t, andia ministers from F . would take" place a t Joha b season, serg, h l e ' t r , in e c e e n M th e a tt t e s ri t i a i France, Russia and Prussia. No such meeting we are assured, was ever intended, and the presence of tha „ French Princes renders M. 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