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LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION, Established for the Difirtsion of Protestant Infiirmation, and the Maintenaoee of Prote,t , to t THE FIRST ANN IVERS , 11{,Y of the above ASSOCI ATION will be hell in the AMPHITHEATRE. Great Charlotte - -street. on TuESDAY next, the Bth November instant. The Doors will he opened at Ten o'clock, and the Chair will Br: taken at Eleven. 41'he Rev. R.. 1. M'Guert and the Rev. MoartmEtt O'Suw v.iN are expected to attend. Admission by Ticket, application to be made at Mr. DAVEN rmIT'q, Ranelagh.street, on Saturday next, the sth, and Mon dav, the 7th November instant. N.B.—A Collection will he made at the doors, in aid of the Funds of the Church of England School S sciety. Legal Notice. ryi 11E commissioners in a fiat in bankruptcy, hearing date 0 the 7th thy of July. 1831, awarded and issued forth against TI - 10MAS BUCKLEY and ROBERT KENYAN, of Li verpool, in the county of Lancaster, merchants, dealers, chap men, and couartners. intend to meet on theBth day of November instant, at One of the clock in the Afternoon, at the Clarendon rooms. &nth .fohn-street, in Liverpool aforesaid, to audit the accounts of the assignees of the joint estate and effects' of the said bankrupts under the said fiat, pursuant to an Act of Parlia ment made and p issed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty, King George the Fourth,' intituled " Au Act to Amend the L tws relating to Bankrupts:" and the said coin-, missioners also intend to ineeron the following day, at One o'clock in the .Ariernooa. and at the same place", in Order to make a final dividend of • the joint estate ittuteffects of the said bankrupts; when and where - the creditors who have not already proved their debts are to come 'piepared to prove - the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of rite said dividend. And all claims not then proved will he disallowed. M A W DSL E Y, ito Solicr. , FOREIGN LVTELLIGEYCE. SPAIN. ( From the Private Currespwtrie 7;c:,e - of the Morning Herald.) SIEGE OF RILBOA MscATE, OcT. 26.—Once more we are in movement; the -calm his passed by. and warm work is going on in Biscay. tit 'my last I uoticcd the intention of Don Carlos to cross the Ebro, -hot ere so important a step could be taken it was thought pru dent-to assemble a Couucil of Generals. At this meeting the greatest deference was shown to the opinion of General Egnia, who advised that Bilboa should be besieged, and compelled to surrender, before any decisive movement should he undertaken. The proposition was adopted, and the following plan of opera tions instantly agreed to. Eguia, wt,h Simon Latorre, under took to command the siege, while Villareal occupied the high road to Balmnacemla; Goni, Artaitan ;• Garcia, the Ribera, and Ginhelalde the line of St. Sebastian _ . 2.3:1 the greatet part of the artillery had reached Galda -cano, acrd prep irations were made for establi-ihing the batteries. The same day 1.0 , 11 peasants were set to work in throwing up parapet& covered ways, and trenches. The 24th the Carlists made themselves masters of the river, frosn.Portulcalete to Bilhoa. and brought down a sufficient twee on the banks to prevent the steam-boats from approachiug the city. At four o'clock on the afternoon of this day the whole of the -Carlist force ocettnied in the siege consisted Of 2.3 battalions of infantry, 3 squadrons of cavalry, and 5.1 pieces of artillery, of which 21 pieces are 21 and 33 pounders. Should Espartero present himself. the Cat-lists will accept the battle without raising the siege; indeed Eiritia, in conversation with a General 'Officer this morning, observed, " It is my most earnest desire that the Christinos should come to the relief of Billota; it would facilitate the passage of his Majesty across the Ebro." This morning (25th,) at four o'clock, the Carlists Opened their fire on the town, fr o m a battery erected on the Church of Begona. Four immense bombs. filled with inflammable mat ter were thrown into the heart of the city, and did much mis chief. The cries of the people and the consieruatiou of the soldiers were truly distressing, and it is to he hoped, that the Go vernor will, without delay, capitulate ; ford of this be assured not a single house will remain should he continue obstinate. It is possible that three of the Christino forts—very strong. and which command the town—inay resist, but the city once taken, it will be easy to cut off their supplies, and they must surrender. Much is to be expected from the discord which exists between the Urbanos and the troops of the line. Yesterday the Carlists captured three Triuceduros on the river; in one of them wet e found despatches for General Evans, imploring him to come to 'the relief of Bilboa, the garrison, from indiscipline, not being in a condition to hold out against the Carlists. I have reason for believing that General Evans will not risk weakening his lines, the Carlists being prepared to take advantage of the ab sence of-any considerable force. The only succor that can he given will he in ammituition, and this mot ning, the Phoenix sailed fur that purpose for Portug,alete. I much doubt whether it will attempt to force the river. The presence of theCarlios before Bilboa has greatly increas ed the desertion from. the Queen's army, and yesterday, nine officers and twenty-one privates, belonging to the garrison of Portugalete, presented themselves to Eguia. It is a strange fat that amongst the Carlist troops before Bilboa there is a bat talion of 600 men, composed solely uf deserters from the French Foreign Legion. I have made my arrangements for forwarding you daily the :progress of this most important siege. .Yesterday evening the Bishop of Mondonedo and two of his Vicars presented themselves to Don Carlos. The Christino General Peon, who co•nmanded the division sent in pursuit of Don Pablo Sanz, has been compelled to fib from the fury of his men : he has been replaced by General Al varez. General Sanz is in the kingdom of Leon. The 20th Gomez quitted FuenealTente, after having disarmed the Urbanos. At the same date liodil was at Santa Cruz de Medula, and Alaix at Haylen. The division commanded by General N'arvarz entered Madrid on the 22d. _ _ The last accounts from Aragon are' dated Saragoisa, the 211; a strong division of Carlists after advancing within gun-•hot or Fort Alcaniz, took the direction of Gaspe, and trout thence marched towards the banks of the Ebro. Having here collect ed a great number of horned cattle, they returned to the itn_ mediate vicinity of Alcaniz, and front thence to Maelta. Th e Christino force, commanded by San' Miguel, although fre quently in sight of the Carlists, offered them not the slightest molestation. FIRE AT SEA AND LOSS OF LIFE. The following information was yesterday received at Lloyds: —"Sir, information was received here this evening of the loss of the schooner, Water Lily, of Limerick, hound to Limerick, by which it appears that after she had entered the river yester day morning, and had been hoarded by a pilot, owing to some •combustible; in the hold (it is supposed vitriol) having-ignited, Ike vessel suddenly blew up, and all on board, with the excep tion of one man, perished. • "J. PATERON . " Vrebrust, October 2), 1835. ...—.— .. I enclose a note just received from the commander of the Hamilton revenue cru:zer " `The only particulars relative to the loss of the Water Lily that I know are, that On Sunday evening, about six o'clock, when abreast of Horse Island, the crew perceived some smoke coming out from the fore-hatchway, which they opened, and fonld that the vessel was entirely on fire. The captain and crew then went below to try and save their clothes, and when 'they came on deck- the vessel was so completely in flames that 'they had not time to get out the b.(at, and jumped over-board, •when the whole of them. melancholy to relate, perished, with 'the exception of one of the seamen who clung to a piece of th e wreck and was picked up at two o'clock on .!Monday morning thy a s-hooner which was passing up to Limerick. "'The Water Lily was laden with a general cargo from London to Limerick, of oils, vitriol, turpentine, and other corn bustibles.—They smelt fire a few days before, but took no par ticular notice of it. which leads me to suppose she was completely burnt before they were aware of it. Her destruction was so instantaneous, that the circumstance was not known alon g the coast, even by ' the boa: which put a pilot on board. I could find no trace of the wrack to-day, with the exception of a burnt plank, though some of it was seen last night hy a brig. " It. S. F R ooa s.' " It appears that the name of the seaman saved is Rogers. of Lyme, who was picked up by the Eliza, of Rothsay, front a plank, to which he had clung for eight hours. It was understood that the sufferers amounted to nine in num— her, including the river pilot. The latter had hold of the same plank to which Rogers clung, hut was ()bilged to let it go. Captain Ruby, the master, was seen floating on a bundle of hoops by Ropers, who lost sight of him soon after. For nearly two days heric., it is said that some smoke was observed ascending from the chinks of the hatchway, but not so as to excite any alarm on deck, until Sunday, when the hatch was cautiously opened, and. then the flames, so long nearly smothered for want of air, sprung up from the closely packed hold. and blazed about the vessel with such destructive fury as to baffl.-! , all human etf.rts to repress it. The value of the vessel and the goods is estimated at £lO,OOO at the lowest.— Times. SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—We have experienced some uncommonly boisterous weather since this day week, and irre - sorry to add that It has been attended with me!aucholy con sequences ;it sea. On Thursday last it blew fresh from the northward during the whole day, and was excessively cold. On Friday the gale increased, and during the whole of Friday night it blew tremendously, the wind making the entire circuit of the compass, with unabated fury. On Friday- noon, the Active, Dalrymple. and Plywell ; Gibson, Dumfries tradets, left that port for Whitehaven. and were overtaken by the storm , ofthe same night After contending witb the gp.le for some time, the Active run for this port. which she reached in safety, .•and laid under the shelter of the new west pier until the tide made to allow of her entering the inner harbour, which she ac complished in good style. The Ply well was less fortunate. The last time Captain DalrYinple saw her was at sunset; she was then standing to the windward, evidently Is hilt a view of keeping off until the tide would permit of her entering the harbour, and nothing more was heard or seen of her - until next morning. when parts of her wreck an . ' t:it e r s iiiwete seen floating off the mouth of this port. It was soon ascertained that the ill-fated trader had been driven on shore Lett% een Parton and Harrington, abreast of Micklehain Pit, one of the most rugged places along the whole coast ; that the captain and crew had perished, and the vessel become a complete wreck. Two of 'her crew, a man and a boy, were found near the place where , she had snuck, the former named John M`Quinn, and the name of the youth, who appeared to have been about 17 years of age, is supposed to he John or James Holliday. Their re .mains were removed to Harrington. on view of which en in sieest was held before 'W. Biagg, Esq., coroner, yesterday morning, when the jury returned a verdict of" found drowned." The body of Captain Gibson has not yet been cast up, nor can it be correctly ascertained whether there were any more than three persons on board or not, but it is supposed that her com plement consisted of only the captain and the two seamen whose bodies have been found. lice cargo consisted of undressed spade shafts, which were found east up on various parts of the coast between Salton) Bay and Harrington, and have nearly all been recovered.—Cumberland Parquet, Tuesday., Bung OC T, I 3 29.— T he rogress, of Beaumaris, Humphrey, ...aster , day Lu ; t :' ,A. ol i t t u h d to Bristol, was stranded at this place on Thurs he hands took., cargo of -.cheat. She struck about one. p.m. hours, wh e t t " the rigging, where they remained seven teen manne nh d t e l l e we r e , taken .4 by the pilot boat, which had ul 1: reach the vessel, 't 1 time with the hope of being able to to approach he r s ~,,,,,11 been washed out ~ a ter high wa t er . „ n ' t , l S"rf wss so heavy that it was impossi bleinto the harbour' of h er; An otit ''n" third she had drifted d of the cargo had ICthetnder has been landed. The vessel has been warped to have sustained any materi a l in• u art "" n ' a nd d"es not appen ear driven ewer the sands from low to3hih title the h a ll, h av i ng be i n rock. The-wen owe the ore servati »n tun" hieg a strength 'of the masts. There is no life-b mtt t ,L i - lives to the paratus far.throwing a line by which these' pm n an yn y i a h p. have been rescued from their perilous itokitio n . wits,7 l the raasts gone, they must have perished. Should this enme' under the notice of the. Humane Society, it is to be hoped they will, with their ti:tral,philanthropy, take it into consideration. TO THE REV. HUGH NI'NEILE, LIVERPOOL. Sia,—We, of the wild Western Island. owe you obligations incalculable fir your gr;:ud discovery, recently, that the viper was not St. Paul; and that Damascus is nut Melita. For this transcendent effort of biographical and geographical genius you are entitled to the immortality of Ditton arid Winston, with which they were crowned by Dean Swift, for their equally brilliant discovery of the longitude; and truly, sir, I must, henceforth, endeavour to persuade myself that I have been born under the influence of some auspicious constellation, when a man of your superhuman Scriptural research has mo destly declined a viva rocs discussion with an ignorance so shallow as myself. Jr is but right to inform your Piety, that in my letter, as published in the Liverpool Mercury, Journal, Dub lin Evening Post, and Dublin Pilot, there is no lapsus penme" to be found—the locus in quo not being so much as syllabled; and thus—" pity true"—the little triumph of a little mind has had Itttle time for exultation. My amanuensis, in all the copies, substituted the word " perjury" for the original word " forgery;" and of this oversight I wonder that your can dour did not take a similar advantage. But, sir, since you have led use reluctantly into the unprofitable vein of criticism, - permit me to inquire whether by" LA PSUS PENNA.:" you mean a slip of the pen ? If so, the information I received from a Protestant gentlethan, who occasionally attends your fanatical outpourings, is unquestionably true • that volt know as touch classical L a tin as Gre e k, an d as metal Greek as Sauscrit. This he t :Id me without reserve, in presence of several gentlemen in LiverpOol, and he is a linguist of no common pretensions. But, perchance, you will say that " 'senate" is good rhetorical Latin for a pen—because the with/ may be put fur the quill, and the quill is a good representative of the pen—and why not the goose fur Or! wing ? and, then, by a logical induction, the slip of a goose and the slip of a pen will be quite quid unum et idem. And this is the creature who thinks, by one sneering note of ad miration, to smile away Dr. Brown's solid claims to a know ledge of Scripture and Hebrew. But, paulo majora, instead of retracting, like a Christian and a geMleurian, your wanton and scandalous accusation of forgery, you have the unblushing as ' serance to set public patience and Christian morality at de fi ince bs ; daring to repeat it. This charge was at first your only excuse for not meeting me in oral controversy. The whole substance of • the charge is this : that I wrote, or caused to be written, letters, in the names of Protestants, containing objec tions against my own creed, for the purpose of answering them front the pulpit during my lent sermons in Dublin. Now, air, I solemnly declare on the word of a man, and the faith of a Christian, that the charge is a malignant, prepense, concocted falsehood and I believe, in my conscience, originally fabri cated by Nolan and his new allies to cover your retreat. The calumny was first circulated by Nolan, - or by some one in his nano). Nolan has given no proof; he only refers to anonymous au thority. Nolan, even if willing, is incapable of wounding my cha racter. But you, self-sanctified sir, have made the charge your own—you have given it currency by giving it importance —you have inade yourself attorney-general in the case, and filed an ex officio information against me; I call upon you. therefore, puli ficly and solemnly, as you value vour own character, as you value the ministry to which you belong, to come into open court and mince' the indictment. or to sustain it by evidence, written, oral, or circumstantial. By the laws of your own coun try and of your own church you are hound to ',resume my inuo eerie° till Inv guilt be' fairly established. Either, then, you have proof of my guilt, or you have not. If you have, produce it—l court, I challenge,' 1 dare you to produce it. "Jubeo, cog°, napery." If not, then you are a hawker of scandal, and a re tailer of calumny; and the retailer in this instauca i s a s h ai l as the coiner himself. You refuse to meet me on the platform, because I sun suspected of forgery; and yet you require tee to meet Mr. M'Ghee, who is convicted of forgery. You refuse to meet me on the platform, because you suspect me of fiogery ; but You are willing to meet me on paper. although you suspect use of forgery—you are fond of fighting, fond of hearing your cannon roar, if not at a foolish, certainly eta very soft, distant e. You tell me " Mr. M'Ghee is ready." Ready to do what ? Speak out; man—be explicit—for I am ready also—ready to meet you both, for you have both sinned against truth; you.. by misstat ing our doctrine and misrepresenting our church, heedless of St. Augustine's admonitory maxim, "Contra rationem nem() Sobeiris—contra Scriptnram nemo Christianus, contra uemo pacilicus Sanscrit ;" he, by wilfully suppressing the explanatory portion of Peter Dens' Chapter on Heresy, which would have neutralized the virus of his poisonous declamation, and have unmasked the knavery and hypocrisy of the great political plot. These are tangible charges—they are serious charges, and face to face I offer to maintain them. Is Mr. M`Ghee ready?—so am I. Is Mr. M'Neile ready ?—so am I. I shall encounter you doubly or singly; not upon paper alone, but where we can ; sir, hear, correct, argue, and explain. And to satisfy my English friends that in this offer there is no eva sion intended by me. I am ready, should you or he assent, to submit-all the conditions and preliminaries of our meeting to any one of three protestant rectors whom I shall name, they being of the Church of England, and men of honour, integrity, and rank. On the other hand, you or Mr. M'Ghee shall have the option of choosing three catholic gentlemen, to whose can dour and impartiality lam equally willing to submit. Further, unless yet: retract the charge of forgery in the meantime, you shall then and these he called upon to prove, and I to disprove, the discreditable - artifice. Forgery is a word which you and yours should for ever blush to repeat. Prudence would prompt you to shun it as a fetter fir your feet, a rope for your neck, and a servile ring for your nose. This is a letter of gentle remonstrance; my next shall be one of scathing retaliation. When ehristian patience ceases to be a virtue, the let ialionis cannot be a crime; iu us it has evidently ceased to be a virtue, since its observance towards - you and your political crusading accomplices has only served to multiply ag gression and encourage the most insulting calumnies. Nolan may be hired to slander, the Liverpool Mail to bully and revile; but public opinion is not to he shaken by insinuation. nor am I to be silenced by menaee or abuse. T. M AGUI liE. Ballinamore, October '2B, 1836. REV. J. L. NOLAN.-REV. T. MAGUIRE. (1 , 12051. THE DUMAN EVENING :usu..) The letter of the Rev. J. L. Nolan is addressed to the Rev. Thomas Maguire. It denies, in indignant language, tire asser tion of the latter. that Mr. Nolan had been a degraded or dis graced priest. The fact is notoriously otherwise, as Mr. Nolan, when he first entertained conscientious doubts as to the doc trines of the Church of Rome, communicated his scruples to his bishop; and in presence of a third person, discussed the points upon which such doubts had arisen ; and no satisfactory an swers being given to the questions put, Mr. Nolan had the moral courage to avow his conviction of the errors of that creed in which he had been educated; and relinquishing great worldly prospects—a valuable parish, and future and certain promotion iu his church, he abandoned all for conscience sake, and down to the present moment, after a probationary term of some years is contented with the moderate income accruing from an hum ble.curacy. The writer having ably and unanswerably defended himself from the unfounded and calumnious charge made against him, proceeds in his turn to accuse Mr. Maguire of the most foul and disreputable course - adopted by him in the progress of his dis cussion with Mr. Pepe—namely, of having read and relied upon forged and fictitious documents from German and other authors, which he produced and prevailed , upon Mr. Pope to admit as authorities. This is an accusation of so grave and serious a character, so pregnant with important results, that we refrain from publishing Mr. Nolan's letter for the present, recommend ing that gentleman to lay . his charge, and the evidence by which he is prepared to sustain it, before some clerical friends, who will doubtless bring the matter before the public in a more so lemn form than it is capable of assuming in the shape of a mere letter, written by an aggrieved and much-injured individual. • TO THE REV. THOMAS MAGUIRE. Stn,—Allow me to recal your attention to the following challenge, which emanated from a respectable Baptist minister in Dublin, and to which. as yet, you have deigned no reply. I trust it m a y serve t o exhibit you in you: proper character—that of a blustering coward, who shrinks from that encounter which his o wn v i olent dee lanaatilins have provoked. • I leave you to those reflections which this document is calculated to produce in your tri ' n (1 7 merely adding that I do not envy those reflecti ons . am, &c., CYAIRO. " TO THE REV. THOMAS MAGUIRE. 111q - ihee, inserted in ti. of fiat —Fro the t erms " Gortilasheelah, March, 30, 1636. your proposal to the Rev. Mr. that you have no intentii Evening Post of . Saturday, it is plain :ion ,v, the points he has a i tr , , meet that gentleman for discus witCurinsaitnlye-ddanger to your system, you now into think that, seir. ii f maytli th e As, however, you appear ponsibility in discussion with one may venture your personal who has not the ' qualifying le tter'. protestant archbishop lend you to acquies cence Dublin, perhaps second t h ou g h ts ni‘ iu an invit:ition from " I beg leave. therefore, to ,IT er invs ir to meet you, wherever and whenever (within the city of Dublin) you may choose, to discuss any or all of the following prop os it , lons which I under take, in the strength of God. to establish, ‘ First.—That Popish /afi ll ihi li ty is a djn :, s 7 " Secondly.—That Popish Transubstantiation i delusive lie . s an absurd juggle:' " Thirllv.—That Popish Purgatory is a mnne -maki y.ng faille. '"F ouri lily.—That Popish Veneration ofßelics is a beastly su perstition. Fifthly.—That Popish . Extreme Unction is both body an d sout Iliiirder. , -" At the instant of your acceptance of this invitation, I wilt be ready to enter into detailed arrangements for the most public discussion-of the above topics, claiming only as taints, sine via non, that admission shall be free, and the platform occupied only by yourself iiiid - " Your faithful servant, "J. B. M'ClitiA." PERFIDIOUS CONDUCT OF THE O'CONNELL GANG. (From Ike Dublin Standard.) . , A communication has been made to the Editor of the Stand ard. to the followmir effect • That Daniel O'Connell, of Derrynane, John O'Connell, of Grena, James O'Connell, of Lakeview, Charles O'Connell, of Kerry; Richard Shell, of Tipperary, Peter Purcell, of Halvers town, and David Lynch. of Dublin, one of the Trustees to the O'Connell Beggary Fund, hare paid theis• Tithes respectirely to thy, different Protestant Rectors entitled to receive their Tithes! ! ! If this communication be coirect, is it possible to conceive any turpitude more infamous than the turpitude of those who, from lime to time have encouraged the poor Irish to resist the law, and run the risk of either being unhoused and sent on the world begging with their wives and children, by attorneys and lawyers, or shot by the police or soldiers in the execution of their duty. Wretched, wretched people, tempted by the basest of your kind to risk your all in the pursuit of an imaginary good, while those tempters will not so much as risk the loss of one hair of their heads, in vindication of what they call the " voluo— tary principle" or the right that every man lias to pay his own pastor. (Front the Constitutional—Radical Paper.) • Tim O'CoNNKIA.s.—Here is the fatal record; we wish we could prove it untrue. It must he wished, at least by every Reformer, English, Scotch, and Irish, that Mr. O'Connell would explain the grounds on which he gave it. It would be in vain for him to sav, " I have done only what pa n - tru s ty fri e nd, Mr. Hume, did—l voted with Hume."' Vie; but Mr. Hume' violated no pledge—he broke no solemn engagement. Did Mr. O'Connell ? If so, why ? The votes of the O'Connells turned the scale; and the point appears to have been thought very pressing; for Mr. Morgan O'Connell, who had been absent from three successive divisions. on the Pension List, the Frau chise-nibbling clauses, and the Bishops' seats, hurried in to give the adverse vote to the Factory Question. It A It.no,i n SH A nts --In reference to that part of an article on this subject which appeared in this, paper a few days since, which alluded to the tnobabittty of shares falling into the hands of persons unable to make good the instalments, we are informed that the liability of the original subscribers never ceases; hitt hat in the event alluded to occurring, the original subscriber ;ho the sh ares i n quest i on i s li a b le to b e ca ll e d upon to ma k e goo d e payments, notwithstanding his having parted with all his tuterest in them.—Herald. TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE CHURCH. At a public ordination held in the cathedral on Sunday, last, the Lord Bishop of Exeter admitted the following candidates to the sacred order of Deacons—William Gilbert!, A.B. Worcester College, Ox ford; Richard William Needham; Edward Tippett, A.B. St. Peter's College. Cambridge; George Lowe, A.B. IVierton, Oxford ; Joseph Duncan Cook, A. M. Exeter College, Oxford; William Vines Themes, A.B. St. Peter's College, Cambridge; Richard William Barnes, A.B. Queen's College, Oxford; John Callaridar Meadows, A. tit. Pembroke College, (by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of Winchester.) . . Priests—William . Keates Sweetland, A.B. Worcester Col lege, Oxford ;. George Buckmaster Gibbous, A.B, St. John's College, Cambridge; Siduey Henry Weddrington, A.B. Mag dalen College, Cambridge; John Smart, A.B. St. Peter's College, Cambridge; William Fulfurd Good, A.B. Trinity College, Cambridge; John Houghton Hugg, A.B. Christ's College, Cambridge; Aithur Dene, A.B. Exeter College, Ox ford; Robert Henry Fortescue, A.B. Exeter College, Oxford; Edward [leaden, A.B. Si. John's College, Cambridge; Nicho las Tindal, A.M. Trinity-College, Cambridge. On Monday the Lord Bishop licensed the Rev. John Smart to the Perpetual Curacy of Kiugswear, Devonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Philip Giilard, on the nomination of the Rev. Robert Holdsworth, vicar of Brixham, in the saute county, the true patron. Oxfm.), OCT. 25.—1 n a convocation holden yesterday, the nominatiou of William Falconer, M.A., and Fellow of . Exeter College, to be a public examiner Mathematicis et Phymicis, was approved. At the same time the Rev. the Presi dent of St. John's was nominated and approved as a delegate of accounts, and the Rev. The Principal of New-lunhall as a delegate of estates, both vacant by time death of the late Vice- Chancellor. This day the Rev. Frederick Charles Pluintre, M.A., fellow and tutor of University College, was unanimously elected Master of that society, in the room of the late Dr. Row ley, who had held that office since the year 1821. CAMOUIDGE.—The King's professor of the civil law will com mence his course of lectures on Thesday. the Bth of November. 'Tie course occupies a portion of three 7 Terins, and is usually completed about the division of the Easter 'Ferns. On Wednesday last the following students were elected scho lars of. Caitis and Granville Chlleee: —Crowfoot, Baggallav, Paget, Croker, Jackson, Loy, Abercrembie, Marshall. Exti.i batons were also given to Drusier, Chevallier, F. Green', and F. D. Wright.. _ _ The 1,017 l Bishop of Peterborough has appointed the Rev. George Butler, I). D., of Gayten, to the Chancellorship of that diocese, vacant by.the.death of Dr. Madan. The Rev. Daniel Jones, 8.p., has been iustiloted to the vi carage of Wyniondhatn, Norluik, on the presentation of the Bishop of Ely. SI'ATI4 OF TRADE. MANCHESTER. —The market for goods was again depressed yesterday----moro so thou in the preceding week. Yarns for ex port were, however, si in fair demand, though they cannot be called brisk. There seems in must pelts of the country to be a very Unsettled and uneasy feeling amongst the hands employed in cotton factories. We - hope, however, that an understanding may be come to between them and their employers without any serious or long-coidinued turn-out, which particularly at a time when provisions are and are likely to be, so much higher than they haiie been of late, would be attended with very disastrous results to a large class of the labouring population.—Alunchesier Guardian. • ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARK IttONDAY, OCT. 31.—T0-day has been an extremely dull market; few pieces have been sold, and those at reduced prices. Wool'of the finest and the coarsest quality is still loWer than the previous week, while that of the Middling kind keeps up its price better. Tit ADE OF LEEDS.—About the same quantity of goods was sold at the cloth halls this week as last, at much the same prices. The stocks on hand with the manufacturers are rather on the increase, more.particularly in - low qualities ; they are, however, taking the prudent course of reducing the quantity making. In the warehouses, business has been dull during the week ; the stocks in the hands of the merchants are, however, light for the season, and as they are purchasing very sparingly, there is lit tle probability that there will be any large accumulation of goods in their hands for some titne.—LLsid, Mercury. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY, OCT. 27.—There have been more buyers in the piece market to-day, and, compared with the last three weeks, inure business has been dune; this is partly owing to the necessity merchants are under to purchase in order to supply their customers. Should the present weather continue, we may safely anticipate greater activity. Prices do not retro grade. The demand for yarns to-day is very limited. and lower prices are submitted to by the spinners. Thete is nothing doing in the wool trade. Prices nominal, and country dealers rather more inclined to HALIFAX Al A kiKET, WiinNksnA v.—We have had rather more buyers in this market to-day, but not quite so much busi ness done as last week, yet there have been more goods sold than for two or three weeks previous, but at reduced prices. Yarns are a little lower, but not so as to w a r ra nt th e d e d uc ti on that has Taken place in the manufactured article.—lbid. EAST NORFOLK CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. The conservatives of the eastern division, of the county of Norfolk, embracing the rank, wealth, iutelligence, respecta bility, and independence of the neighbourhood, assembled to gether en Friday last, in St. Andrew's.hall, Norwich, in cele bration of the anniversary of this association, when upwards of SIX) gentlemen sat down to a substantial dinner. The hall, one of the largest and most magnificent in the kingdom, the same that was used for the late musical festival, was tastefully deco rated for the occasion with festoons, Hags, and banners with appropriate inscriptions, and, being lighted up with gas, pre sented altogether a brilliant and imposing spectacle. hi strik in.- and imposing blazonry were exhibited the names of the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lords Lyndhurst, Eldon, Abinger, and the other leading members of the conservative body. The following, among other mottoes, were also promi nently displayed :—" Fear God, honour the King," " The prerogative of the Crown, the independence of the Peers, the rights of the People," " Stormont and Scarlett," " Walpole and Wodehouse," " Orford and the Conservatives of Norfolk," " Bignold and the Conservatives of Norwich," "'The Majo rities at the last County Election," " West Norfolk, no-close borough," &e. The Earl of Orford took the chair, supported by the Lord- Lieutenant of the County (Lord Wodehouse,) Lord Sondes, Lord Bavning, Hon. W. lions, lion. R. Campbell Scarlett, M.P., flon. W. Wodehouse, Hon. A. Wodehouse, lion. E. Wodehouse, Hon. A. Wodehouse, Sir H. Berey, Rev. Sir W. Kemp, Sir T. S. Gooch, Bart., Sir H. Durrant, Bart., Sir J. H. Preston, Bart. Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., Sir E. tracey, Bart., Mr. E. Wodehouse, M.P., Mr. John Stracey, Mr. Jo,. Stracey, Rev. R. Gooch, Mr. Serjeant Firth, &c., The spacious orchestra was fill e d w ith h un d re d s . o f ladies, who continued during the evening to testify by the waving of handkerchiefs their entire sympathy with the whole proceedings. EARTHQUAKE. On Monday night week, at eleven o'clock, a smart shock of an earthquake was felt at Paisley and the neighbourhood: The most general impression excited was, that a heavy body had fallen to the floor or to the ground. Many compared •it to a person falling from a bed, others to a sack of meal falling from a man's shoulder to the floor, or to the felling of a heavy bale of merchandise. Great numbers were awakened by it from their sleep, sprung from their beds, and searched the house, in the belief that they had been attacked by robbers. Some fe males were so much terrified that they would not again venture to bed. Several people connected with public works ran out to see whether their stalk vents had not fallen to the ground. At the Canal Office it was felt with great force, not by the clerk only, who was at his desk, but by the watch dog, who sprang to his feet, and began to bark, as if the workhouse had been at tacked. The bells in several houses were put in motion, and the windows, doors, and earthenware were shaken with consi derable noise. A letter from one of the persons in charge of the dredge-boat lying off Elderslie House, describes it as feel ing like a smart heavy blow struck on the Mooring chains.— Earthquakes being so seldom felt here, the noise and motion were ascribed to almost every cause but the true one; and it was not until next day, when the conversation relating to It be came general, and when the effects of it were so widely spread, that an earthquake was deemed the cause—several, however; who in distant lands had witnessed such a phenomenon, at once reco;:niSed it. One'young lady in town, horn in the East Indi es , the moment she felt it, exclaimed; "Au earthquake!" sprung from her bed, arid fled lot- shelter te the apartment of the ser vants. We have nut learned that the shock was felt at Neils ton, or in any other place to the southward or S.W. - of Paisley, nor does it appear to have been felt at Glasgow. We have heard of the shock being felt in Hooston, Kilbarchan, and Johnstone, ,to the west, and as far as Stonehouse, in Lauark shire, to the south-east. In the parishes of Renfrew, Inchiunan,. Erskine, and OK Kilpatrick, the shock was felt in a still higher degree than in Paisley. One gentleman near Bishopton, was wakened out of his sleep by the noise, which he compared to the firing of heavy artillery, and his first impression was that. the house was tumbling about his ears. A lady.near the same place was so much alarmed that she nearly fainted, and another who was lying ill trembled from-head to - 'foot,-in the belief that the last day was at hand. At Freeland House, Erskine, the inhabitants were much alarmed, and state that the cattle around .the house .wera. seen in a state of agitation. The tollman on Greenock road was awakened by the noise, and believing that th e lead had been stripped from the roof and thrown to the ground, he seized the tongs, and ran out, exclaiming, "I'll catch them. they cannot be far away." On bomb sides of the Clyde the sh oc k was pretty severe,—the bells of Illsthswood Hjaise were set a ringing. With the exception of the break ing of a little crockery ware, we have heard of no damage be ing done. —Paisley Adrister. THE REGISTRIES IN IRELAND. " We are requested," says the Standard, " by an Irish cor respondent, to state that the account of theregistries given in the Roman Catholic newspapers, is universally incorrect." The Regi s ter of this morning attempts to rebut this assertion,— t h k e e i r t hdeefieut must but, of our experience, we can ma i nta i n the correctness of the statement put forward by our a d m i ia bl e B r i t i sh cotemporarv. The Irish Roman Catholie:neWspapersit a t e their su cc esses.---: suc h as they may be,—hut they •Car i e l, fu t l i l , y e ' y cushion alt oget h er . ,repress a The few votes they succeed in , • registering they m of; lhe ibrut noticesth e of many registrationin w h they4ue a kind of t entative proven: if fa they succeed in enrolling ane vote of a hundred, they clap their wings and triumph : but they say nothing at all about the ninety and nine fraudulent candidates whom the vigilance of Conserva tive agents deprives of a fraudulent. franchise. •. Thus;• at., the late registration in Galway, four hundred and furty-nine Radi cal notices were served,—.ilx only weae registered; and ttho of these belong not to the triumphant party, for which they ate too independent. In some late observations of ours - nn this subject, we pointed Mit two methods by which the Conservatives could aid the con stitutional cause: . the first, positive, by the direct registration of Conservative votes,—and the second, negatiee, by the defeat of fictitious claims to-the franchise. I,Ve are happy to say, that in both ways our recommendation Ii a , been attended. to.—and been likewise productive of the best effects. Wherever the landed ' , entry and their agents have watched the course of registration, fraud - has been detected and imposture prevented. Tu this may be attributed the result of the Galway registry, and many such other cases which have recently occurred. There has also been a considerable stir in serving notices for the ensuing.sessions; and such a spirit of animation and constitutional energy has been excited, that our recent tone of alarm must be exchanged for that of congratulation. Let the Protestant s of Ireland but do their duty, and it will matter little whether "the accounts given of the registries by the Roman Catholic Journals," be true or false.—Dublin Evening Mail. THE VAUXHALL BALLooN.—This splendid balloon will ascend - from Vauxhall the first morning the wind may he fa- Vourable for crossing the Channel, and it is the determination of Mr. Green and his adventurous companions to reach the the French capital, or as near it as possible, should the wind enable them, in which event the Parisians will, in all probe blility, be gratified by an ascent from the Champ de Mars. HALIFAX CONSERVATIVE DINNER TO THE HON. JAMES S. WORTLEY, M.P. • On Monday last this town displayed a manifestation of loyal and constitutional feeling which reflects high Iva:lour on the in habitants. It. was on the occasion of a public dinner given to the hon. member for the borough, James Stuart Wortley, Esq., by his constituents, the great body of whom are members of the Halifax Constitutional Conservative Association. The dinner was held in the Assembly-room, which was handsomely fitted up and decorated. Tables were laid the whole length of the spacious apartments capable of dining between four and five hundred persons. and about that number of " staunch blues" sat down. The suite of rooms was brilliantly lighted by five richly cut chandeliers, and the walls and orchestra were elegantly or namented with blue and red drapery formed into rosettes and otherwise tastefully arranged. The orchestra contained the glee-singers, and at each end was a flag, the onion-jack, and another, bearinz the inscription " Wortley ait.il!“:,;,peadence." At the cross table in the centre of the room, elevate :I above the rest of the company, were the distinguished guests of the asso ciation supporting the chairman, W. Norris, Esq., above whose head proudly waved the loyal ensign of the society, on which as inscribed The Halifax Conservative Association." Among the company we noticed Lord Whancliffe, the Hun. James Stuart Wortley, the lion. John Stuart Wortley, Lord Sandon, the member for Liverpool, the Hon. W. S. Lascellcs, Sir Chas. Inetson, the Hon. Capt. Wortley, Colonel ltainsden, J. Lees ; Esq., M.P. Henry Itall, Esq., or Leeds, James Roby, Esq., of Rochdale, John Entwistle, Esq., of Foxholes, Thomas C. Dyson, Esq., Samuel Rawson Esq., J. E. Norris, Esq., and Mr. Baldrey. The company having partaken of a luxuriant banquet, pre pared by the worthy host of the Swan, the glee singers gave— " NU7I. llObiS Domino" in an effective style, and at the conclu sion— The Chairman rose and wished that a bumper should be filled to the first loyal toast, which being done, he gave '• his Majesty the King," . with four times four, the company standing and cheering. The national anthem was then sung by the glee singers, the assembly joining in the chorus. The lines " Confound their politics,' "Frustrate their kuayish tricks," were rapturously applauded The next toast was "The Queen." The company ruse and greeted it with four times four loud huzzas and one more cheer. Giee—" Here's a health to the king and the Queen." Toast—" The Princess Victoria and the rest of the Branches of the Royal Family."—(Cheers.) Glee— "flail Star of Brunswick." ThemeetiWa;th« , naddreS;errin succession by the chair- MEW, the Hon. Capt. Wortley. the Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Lord Wharncliffe, J. Waterhouse, Esq., Lord Sandon. the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, W. F. Holrode, Esq., Roby, Esq., Staveley, Esq., J. E. Norris, Esq., the Hon. W. S. Lascelles, J. E. Dyson, Esq., J. Entwisle, Esq , M. P., &c. &c. We have only space for the speech of our noble representative Lotto SAN DON on rising was loudly cheered. He said that the manner in which his name, as a total stranger amidst so large and distinguished an assembly, had been received, was highly gratifying to him, as such a compliment must be to every Englishman. It was particularly so to him as the repre sentative of a great commercial town with which they were so intimately connected. (Cheers.) There was no circumstance in his life, connected as he was with the aristocracy of the country, on which he inure prided himself, than on being en trusted by his constituents as the representative of their com mercial interests. He held it to be a wonder that excited the astonishment of foreigners, that the commercial interests of such towns as Liverpool and Halifax should be confided to the hands of one more connected with the landed than the commercial interests. The fact was an earnest that one branch of the interests of the two counties was not acting in collision with the other. (Hear, hear.) In the situation that he stood as their guest he felt peculiar satisfaction at the manner in which he had been received by so large and influential an assembly, and as it would ill become him to travel over the same ground with the gentlemen who had preceded him, he should not. detain them with any lengthened observations of his own. He would, however, take leave to say that he fully agreed with the sentimeots expressed by the gentlemen who had previously addressed them. (Cheers.) lie joined with them in particular that each man should consider it his paramount duty to support the House of Lords under existing circumstances. He felt assured that there would be no tyranny so bad as an elective assembly of that house. ( Hear, hear.) The House of Peers was found fault with because they differed in opinion with the Commons, and in the opinion of that part of the legislature they ought not to be an uncontrolled power. ( Near, hear.) He would ask, would they submit to yield up those advantages which they had gained from that house, and those institutions which characterized this country as its most firm and enlighten ed bulwarks ? Would they run headlong into the principles of republicanism, of which they saw so many melancholy in stances in the United Stmes e (Hear.) rlhe least observer of his country would see that by abolishing the House of Lords it would crush all independence of opinion. (Hear, hear.) He did not intend to intrude on their assembly, as he had said be fore, but he wished to testify the high esteem in which he held the talents of their worthy representative, who, as well as the noble lord his father, had given to a commercial town at his (Lord Sandrin'e) request, so much assistance, both in relation to its commerce and conservative cause. (Hear, hear, hear.) It was not the cause of the House of Lords that they were called upon to support alone, for that cause was identified with their own. (Hear, hear.) If it was only a partial interest it could not stand at al!. They had, however, been told that if they gave every man a f.:20 vote, and the peers were elective, they would have a more aristocratic house than an hereditary suc cession could make it (Hear, hear.) The whigs and the ra dicals appeared determined on destructive measures. The at tack on the House of Peers was not exclusively intended for that body, but a blow intended to be aimed at the best interests of others. He was happy to find that their opponents were in a minority in that county, and he hoped they would long, very long remain so. (Cheers.) From his long acquaintance with the export trade he had heard a good deal of the manufactures of Halifax, and before he left them he halted to have the plea sure of seeing some of those goods, the source of their wealth, that he had so frequently seen exported from the port of Liver pool; and he hoped that would not be the last opportunity. (The noble lord concluded amid loud cheers.) NEW CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. The first meeting of the incorporated society for promoting the enlargement, building. and repairing of churches and chapels of the session for 1835-6, was held on Monday. at the Society's rooms, in St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, Newell Connop, Esq., the treasurer, in the chair. The at tendance of persons of distinction, ecclesiastical and lay, was numerous, considering the period of the year. The re port of the society exhibited matter fur much congratula tion. as regarded the past, present, and future. Since its institution, in 1818, the society had expended £199..105, and been thus instrumental in building, enlarging, or increasing the accommodation in 1,260 churches or chapels, and in pro viding 313,550 sitting?, of which 233,925 were free and un appropriated. As the society advanced in years the demands upon its funds multiplied, being, during the two last years, each ending in March, £38,588, a sum which then left their means almost exhausted ; but during the recess they had received £2,3(X) in donations, £2,000 of which was the mu nificent gift of Mr. George Davenport. They were now be gluing to find encouragement and co-operation in the provin ces, though they could not but regret that it had not been more general. A district committee of the society had been formed at Cambridge, from which £470 had already been received in subscriptions and donations. The Durham diocesan society had for six years transmitted to the parent society one-forth of its receipts. A diocesan society had also been established at Worcester; and also an association for the district compre hending Boroughbridge and Ripon. His Majesty had been graciously pleased to issue a King's letter, under the autho rity of which collections were now being made throughout England and Wales, which, it was hoped, would he successful. The report concluded by expressing the earnest hope of the committee that, under the blessing of God, the society would lie enabled to carry on, and extend its beneficial operations, and thus afford to their Christian brethren continually in creasing opportunities of worshipping their God and Sa viour ace, rding to the apostolical ritual of the Church of England. Grants of various amounts were then or dered, as follow :-- -Towards rebuilding the chnrch at Kil gari on, county of Pembrue . e; enlarging a c h a p e l a t L ower Gornell, Staffordshire; repairing and increasing accommoda tion at Bradford, Yorkshire ; enlarging the church at Kettering, Norfolk ; enlarging the church at Calbou rne , I s l e o f Wi g ht ; enlarging the chnrch at Havering-atte-Bower. Essex; rebuild ing the tower and re-seating the church at Kimpton, South hamptOn ; building a gallery at the church of West Halton, Lincolnshire; rebuilding a church at Cheadle, Staffordshire; building a chapel at Borrow-bridge, Somersetshire ; building a chapel at Barton, near Gloucester; enlarging the church at Mandesley, Norfolk; builuing a chapel at Cavlev-bridge, Yorkshire; and building a church, parish of Mottrain, Cheshire. The - works and repairs at various church es an d c h ape l s h av i ng been completed according to the specifications and plans, and, having been ap proved of, the gr a nt s vote d , amounting to £ 2,500, were ordered to be paid to the contractors. The ordinary busi ness was then transacted, and, thank s h av i ng b een vote d to t h e chairman, the meeting adjourned. • 51Jti+v laid .. pßidEs OF SHARES, LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3, 1836. • ' Per Share. v ane b,, s ter.Bolton.& Bury Canal and Rail wa y ,C4q paid 67 0 ‘. Liverpool S.: Mancliesteellailway (Ex. i Shares) 100 .... 220 n 0 Quarter Shares 25 .... 68 0 0 New Half Shares - • 49 0 0 r••• iitiltoo $l.lOl I,o‘ll ditto London and Birmingham Railway 7 l .... 130 10 0 Grand 1 itin•tion ditto Warrington arol Nl•• w i,,,, d i m) !no .... 175 0 0 Kenyon and Leigh Junction ditto Wi ,, an Branch ditto. North Union. late Preston and Wigan Itttilway St. Helens:lnd Runcorn Gap ditto lOO ~ .. 33 0 it Lelcest , •r and Swannington ditto ro .... 73 0 1 11anr•liester :ind Leeils ditto London and Brit:MAl IJitto (Stephenson's) 5 .....,. 710 0 Ditto Ditto (Rennie's) 2 .... 110 0 Eastern Counties Nlidland Counties ditto .... 0 0 0 North Midland ditto Birmingham and Gloucester ditto Great Western ditto . Leeds and Selby Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow ditto London and Gravesend ditto., Dublin and Drogheda.... Ulster 3 12 6 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 5 0 BANES. Bank of Manchester Bank of Liverpool Liverpool Union Bank Manchester and Liverpool District Bank l5 .... 22 10 0 Commercial Bank of Liverpool lO .... 20 5 0 Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 6 2 6 Northern and Central Bankof England lO .... 12 10 0 Borough South Laneashire North and South Wales Bank £s Os.. 4IS 6 Ulster United Trades' Bank .£lO Os., 11 0 0 Tradesmens' Bank £s . Os.. :5 2 6 GAS AND WATER WORKS. Oldham Gas Light and Waterworks S.I. Helen's Gas Works Liverpool Coal Gas Liverpool New Gas and Coke Company ....£100 New Shares. pr, in i iiin Liverpool and Harrington Water Works 475 0 0 Bootle ditto .. . :128 (1 0 Exchange Buildings ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance Company £25 .... 15 5 0 Ocean Assurance Company FERRIES. Woodside, Birkenhead, and Liverpool Steam Ferry Company • Royal Hoek Ferry • l5 0 .. 11 13 ti Nlook's (Woodside) Ferry 5 0.. 519 6 Egremont •••• 12 10 ... 12 10 0 MINES. Kellewerris Consolidated Mines West Tresavean Tin and Copper ditto itritisli Silver, Load, and Copper ditto Liverpool and Manchester Coal £1 . 2 0 0 12 5 0 •• • . 2 .... 1 10 0 1 0 0 NEW. COMPANIEs Liverpool Ste7on Towing -- Liverpool Liverpool , . •• •• .... ' 2 15 0 1 7 ... nominal ~-~+- ST. ANNE'S WARD. THE Cr'llinuittee fur conducting the Election for J. WRIGHT, Esq.. beg to acknowledge their thanks to the 18.) Burgesses who came forward to support the Principles 4 , C our ~ !orious Constitution. JAMES PA RK ER, (Mai nom). AN ALMANAC AND COMIC ALBUM, ILLUSTRATED WITH TWELVE HUMOROUS ENGRAVINGS, WILL Bk. PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC GRA'T'IS!!! wiTH THE SUNDAY TIMES, Of Sunday next, Nov. 6. Agent for Liverpool, AnNoi,o, Postoffice-place THEATRE. ROYAL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. BAKER. (AN MONDAY EVENING next, the 7th instant, will be pertorined the Comedy of LAUGH WHEN YOU CAN. Gossamer Mr. W. ' , toward. . Bonus. Mr. B a ker. _ _ _ Mrs. Mortimer Mrs Baker. I Emily -- Miss Chaplin. After which, by particular desire, the Falco of MR. AND MRS. PRINGLE. Mr. Peter Pringle Mr. Baker. Mrs. Pringle.. .Mrs. Clarke To conclude with the laughable Farce of the TURNPIKE GATE. Henry Blunt Mr. G. Horncastle. Crack Mr. Baker. Robert Mavthorn Slaiter. Mary Mi. W. H. Bland (late Miss Somerville.) Peggy Miss Chaplin. 'rickets to be had from Mr. BAKER, 26, Norton-street, and from Mr. PARKER, at the Box-office of the Theatre, where places may he taken front ten till three o'clock. THEATRE-ROYAL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF J. C. PARKER ; BOX BOOK-KEEPER. (IN TUESDAY next, the Bth November instant, when will ‘...Y be performed a favourite Play, and other Entertainments. Tickets to be had of Mr. PARKER, at the Box office of the Theatre, from Ten until Three. Til EATRE ROYAL. lur it. G. HORNCASTI,E most respei•tfully announces his BENEFIT on WEDNESDAY EVENING next, the 9th instant, when will be performed the Comedy of THE WONDER ! A WOMAN KEEPS A SECRET. Don Felix.... Mr. Stuart I Colonel Briton.— Mr. W. Howard Lissardo Mr. G. Horneastle, who will introduce an Aria Buffa, Ly Rossini, adapted by himself. called THE LIFE OF A VALET. Violante Miss Fauttit I Isabella Miss Stanley Flora Mrs. Clarke Inis Miss Chaplin After which, the Musical Farce or LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS. Written by the late Geo. Colman, Esq. Vigil.... Mr. Andrews I Tottet ton.... Mr. Granby Risk Mr. Baker I Solomon Lob Mr. Slaiter Captain Beldare Mr. G. Horucastle Lydia. Miss Stanley. To conclude with the favourite Melo-Drama of ROBINSON CRUSOE ; OR, THE BOLD BUCCANEERS. Robinson Crusoe Mr. Chaplin I Friday.... Mr. T. Ridgway 810 ck....( with a Song) Mr. G. Horncastle. Nipcheese —11 r. Baker. Tickets to be had of Mr. G. HOI:NCASTLE, 15, Williamson square. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter on the subject of " Whig Radical Impartiality and Love of Justice" shall be inserted in our next. We have not had time to examine the communication under the title of " Splendid Picture." The letter signed " Aufidius" has been received; but we must make material alterations in it before we can venture to pub lish it. " A True Conservative must excuse the non-appearance of his letter to-day. Matters of very pressing interest compel us to omit several ar ticles which are deserving of notice. A great number of let ters relating to the recent municipal election stand over until Tuesday. " A Ludicrous Scene at the Lyceum" requires a voucher. "A Ladies' Man" suggests that facilities should be afforded for the admission of ladies into the Amphitheatre on Tuesday next. We believe that the " Index Expurgatorins" may be seen at the Athenmuni. The vet ses of "A Young Conservative" will not suit us. 'Elie kiturpool g!tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1836. When evidence of any fact comes from different and independent sources, it furnishes that kind of cumulative proof which brings the most satisfactory conviction to the mind. It is but a few days ago that we had the delightful task of recording the revival of conservative principles in the town of Liverpool, as evinced by two of the most numerous, most respectable, intelligent, and influential meetings ever assembled here ; and when it is again told, that, on that occasion, the sentiments of nearly 2.000 persons burst forth as with one voice in favour of those ancient and venerable institutions which have con ferred on England its political greatness, and on its peo ple personal liberty, protecting laws, a daily extending commerce, with all the concomitants of social comfort, and the intellectual elegancies of life, is it not a theme for exultation ? But we are still answered (for infatua tion has a tongue though no reason) that there is no re , action. To demonstration therefore we again appeal. An opportunity has just occurred for the free expression of public feeling, and a scale, accurately graduated, has been applied to mark the rise or fall of conservative and destructive principles among us. On the election of 17 councillors, required by the provisions of the municipal reform bill, we are gratified by the following result :-8 are returned, firm pillars cf the constitution, and 9 pio neers who are sapping its foundations. Had the same ratio obtained which existed at the previous election in 1835, conservatism would have found little more than one supporter, whilst radicalism would have rioted in nearly 16. How the municipal spirit falls! From little more than one, on this election, conservatism has risen to B—from 16, radicalism has fallen to 9 ! and we may add, with the surface still depressed, as indicating further de clension. If we apply the scale to the number of voters not polled, as declared by the radical press, we find a still more exhilarating evidence.of change. In the election of 1835, under the first chilling influence of the munici pal reform bill, the conservatives were 950 below freez ing point; they are now 50 above it. The radicals were then at the point where " spirit boils." Where are they now ? At zero. Where will they be another year ? Fixed like the ice-bound coast of Greenland, which no rays of the sun of radicalism will be able to melt again. Will it be said that this is no proof of reaction ? What other proof do they demand ? If they had such evidence of the increase of their ranks, they would trumpet it forth with intimidation loud enough to shake the land— and it is not less evidence because Conservatism, like Truth, rests quietly on the arm of her own righteousness. But the radicals, under the secret mortification of de feat, always endeavour to buoy themselves up with future hopes, and tell their deluded followers, as Don Quixote told Sancho Panza, when he was almost beaten tomummv, of better things to come. One of those better things is the return of another radical member to parliament at the next election. Why, this is the desperation of mad ness, and resembles the expiring hope of the fallen an gels, who sought "courage in despair." The.same prin ciples that have wrought this happy change in the municipal aspect of Liverpool, are the same principles that will prevail at a parliamentary election. Be the time distant or near, the character of Liverpool will, whenever that period arrives, be purged of that opprobrium, under which she now suffers, for sending a conservative mem ber, with grace upon his lips, to bless his country, and a radical member, with a withering blast, to curse the hap piness of the land. We cannot stoop to comment upon the disingenuous charges which rankling defeat has provokingly put forth in the columns of radicalism. Like the irritated scor pion they carry their own death in their tail. But one point may deserve a little notice. It appears from the representations of the radical journals, that almost half the number of voters for the town council of Liverpool have not polled! What an addition is this to the triumph of conservatism ! They who are not against us are for us. Explain it in any way that common sense does not instantly repel, and what does this silent language (this non-voting) proclaim ? What ! has the charm of muni cipal reform lost its fascination ? is the spirit of radical. ism " laid," as other troublesome spirits are said to be, quietly in the Red Seal--or is radicalism that satisfying luxury that " a little more than a little is much too much." Ha 'e 2,497 voters exclaimed jam satis est ? Oh, we would say to our friends, and appeal to passing events fur verification, see how marked a contrast there is be tween yourselves and your opponents! They have fed (though it was a hasty meal) to repletion; but ye "tem perate in all things," are like those, in whom it seems 44 as if increase of appetite had gruwn by w hat it on." Nov. 4. 1836. The wholesome pabulum of sound constitutional princi ples never produces satiety. It is the very condition of error to find an end, though it may wander far—of pas sion to exhaust itself—but truth and virtue have a per durable existence; and though their course is never marked by violence, yet it is always seen to be progres=. sive. We would apply these reflections to the latent voters on this occasion—they have seen their error, and with prudence stop—excitement has expended its fuel, and reason is restored. But let it be supposed, as it seems to be by the radical press, that these 2,497 voters voluntarily dropped from their hands the exercise of their municipal privileges, because they felt reluctant to take a part in the heart-burning rivalry of their neighbours -7- because they saw they could not vote without wounding the peace of one friend—sullying the fair character of ano ther—or breaking through many of those ties that hold close in harmony the social compact. Is this not an ho-. nourable feeling ? Would theta were more of it I But what does it speak of the municipal reform itself? Duet it not place upon its head all these curses ? Is not this passive conduct the severest reprobation that bill could receive ? Is it not a practical denunciation of its prin ciples ? Yes, we say, let it be published throughout the laud, that 2,497 voters in the town of Liverpool, from conscientious motives, relinquished all right and interest conveyed to them by the municipal corporation reform bill, and thus have virtually blotted it from the statute book. But is this remarkable reaction without any assignable motive ? Oh no. As clearly as any physical effect can be traced back to its efficient cause, this restoration of healthy principles in the public mind of Liverpool, ad mits of an easy and satisfactory explanation. Poisonous drugs are sometimes active remedies of corporeal dis ease, and the poison of infidelity, and of political insu bordination, sometimes work out, by their virulence, a moral depravity. " Who bath hardened his heart against God and prospered," even in temporal things ? Shall his " word" be under a human ban, and Providence not vindicate it ? Shall it be withheld front the tender minds of children, whom we are commanded to nurture in its pure precepts, and no mark of Divine displeasure follow ? Shall it be mutilated at the caprice of man with impu nity ? " Cursed," says the inspired writer, "be he that addeth or taketh away from the words of this book ;" and shall we shut our eyes to the result because we cannot exactly follow the inscrutable hand of Him who causes it ? We call upon all who profess the name of Chris tian, and who in truth and sincerity place their eternal hopes upon the promises of God as revealed in his word, to turn his eyes to our national school-rooms. Where are those promising aspirants who once filled those half vacant forms ? What has so signally lowered the tone of that busy hum of studious childhood ? Where are the thousands that were daily feeding upon spiritual truth, and qualifying themselves, under a correct discipline, for the future duties and destinies of life ? Where are they ? Has a plague visited our streets, or a pestilence carried away our offspring ? No ;—at least not the plague that assails the body—not " the pestilence that walketh at noon day," but that plague of unitarian or catholic in fidelity, which starves the soul—narrows the noblest principles of the heart, and takes away from man his re fuge and his consolation in the trying moment of distress, and in the awful hour of death. Ask the parents of those hundreds of protestant children which are now withdrawn from our national schools, why they forego the oppor tunity of providing them with education ? Oh, they will tell you, with tears in their eyes, that the fault is not theirs. They have the same solicitude for their children's welfare that they ever had, but they cannot consent to receive education at the expense of the religion of the bible ;—and, but let it not be told in Gath, that the pro testant bible is excluded, or rather extruded from the na tional schools of Liverpool!! Perhaps we shall not be believed when we add, the melancholy truth, that with this rejection of the protestant bible, that first fruit of its holy influence is also departed —prayer. Departed! no, it is banished. This first leading of the infant mind.to God is forbidden. But for the honour or the disgrace of our town let this sealing or this redeeming testimony be added. These things were not always so. Before the spirit of popery and unitarianistn was infused into our councils, the pure, the entire bible was the fountain of religious instruction, and thousands drank of the refresh ing waters of inspiration. The spiritual spring has been since contracted, and the applicants for admission (though this is called a national institution, and exists in a protest ant country) are not protestants, but catholics. In one school, out of 835 pupils, there are but 95 protestant children, whilst all the rest, amounting to 740, are the children of papists ! ! Is there any wonder why the pro testant bible is forbidden ? Would it not rather be a wonder if it were admitted ? Whilst we lament over this loss to the protestant rising generation, (to many irreparable,) and deplore the un hallowed cause of it, we cannot help admiring and com mending the firm and conscientious principle of those parents who have determined, though with so great a sacrifice, "to choose the good and refuse the evil." One cheering indication still points to happier days. In the four wards most proximate to the national schools,. viz., Scotland, Vauxhall, Pitt-street, and Great George street, conservative influence, that a year ago was at a low ebb, is now swelling with a full tide. In every one of these wards the late election has to record decided ma jorities in favour of conservative principles. In 1835 every one of these turned the scale in favour of radical ism. Has this corruption of school government not ef fected something ? But every ward is implicated in the question—" He who allows oppression shares the crime." It is our duty to place the subject before you—it is your duty to act with decision, and if you be remiss in your endeavours to restore the protestant character to the na tional schools, it will not be easy to exonerate yourselves from guilt. We have but little space, and less inclination, to render " railing for railing," or we should have no diffi culty in replying to the vituperation of Mr. Hope. We had received documentary evidence of facts—we publish ed those facts, with such comments as they naturally elicited but, assuredly, without any of that malignant feeling so uncharitably ascribed to us. We value the purity of our character, and hope never to soil it by personal slander. Where we see injustice, we shall fearlessly expose it ; but it will ever be with that candour which marks rectitude of intention. By an advertisement in our last paper it will be sees that Liverpool is about to be gratified with a protestant meeting. We shall never forget the eloquence of one of those meetings at Exeter-hall, London. Its thrills have scarcely subsided, though more than a year has passed over the first impression. They originated in the ascendant aspect of PapacY - . Political concessions had removed the weight which; pressed down the spring of Papal revenge, arid that un changing spirit has given abundant proof that it had lot: nothing of its energy. To the shame of protestant Britain, let it be proelaimed that almost every ne" r moon for the last two years has shone upon a ne w Catholic chapel. Schools and colleges are springing up in every direction, and the " powers of darkness" wer e never more successfully, though insidiously, a t work than at present. If we love the altars at which our fore fathers worshipped—if we love " the good news of grea t joy" which was to be " to all people," let us attest our. zeal by giving our countenance to the approaching meeting. be f l o d r ) e . e t s i t l e e rd i a i y e v b . y j ad ß j o r o u o r t k i I:: e c n b t a a i i t m t h a e n , G w o u n rh i t :t ( , ) , l l l , s v e a , ridngoli.Ei rskqr.l,lller. e KIIIKDALE MICHAELMAS SESSIONS. These sess ions were h l ,c e r e i ,. n tl ) s , q. Esq , Ad ., am Hodgson, Esq , Th om as Lyon, Esq ., .' l°ha i and several other magistrates. A number on- of gentlemen summoned on the grand jury were fined £5 for heir attendance, and considerable delay was occasioned by the th tardy appearance, which was severely comme nted on bY ur , chairman. In the deliverin of his charge to th e grand jy the chairman gave it as his o pinion that the practice of empl o y: ing counsel to plead for prisoners under the pr i sone rs' counse l bill would soon fall into disuse, as he thought the watching of the court over a trial as it proceeJed, to see that no unfair ad vantage was taken, was equally efficient. He also highly approved of the new law for the commutation of tithes, as likely in its results to do away with the continual disputes.,between con- the people and their spiritual teacher s, which were now tinually occurring. The calendar contains ffP charges of felony and six of misdemeanour. No cases of f ITe portance came on during the day. Tovilards the close o . th day the grand juts found a true bill for a misdemeanour aga_t_ a auisallee. by Mr. James Aluspratt, of Liverpool, for creatinl wards of fo . rty means of his vain)! works, situated in the paris of Winwiek, near Sutton, exhaling noxious gasses.