The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-23 00:00:00

GENERAL HOSIERY AND GLOVE WAREHOUSE 58, BOLD-STEEET, NEARLY OPPOSITE NEWINGTGN. JOHN LANGDALE mo s t res p ect f u lly announces to the LADIES. GENTLEMEN, and FAMILIES pur chasing WINTER HOSIERY, that his STOCK is now replete with every KNOWN MAKE and SIZE in ME RINO, ANGOLA, CASHMERE); THIBET REAL WELSH KNIT LAMBS' W OOL , SHE LAND , an d KNIT HOSE, SOCKS, &c. J. L. invites UNIVERSAL ention to a very SUPE RIOR MAKE in SCOTCH LA.IBS' WOOL, THIBET and MERINO DRAWERS. SHIRTS, &c., WAR RANTED NOT to SHRINK in WASHING, which have given such GENERAL SATISFACTION. In the GLOVE Department will he found every descrip tion of PARIS and ENGLISH KID, BUCK, NORWAY, DOE, DOGSKI N , THREAD, SILK, and every descrip tion of WINTER GLOVES. OPERA STOCKS, SILK HOSIERY, BANDAN NOES, TRAVELLING SHAWLS, &c. BANKRUPTS' STOCK, T ,44/4,4 1 /U ainm, part o the above VALUABLE STOCK J. is now SELLING OFF at an IMMENSE SACRIFICE, at the SHAWL WAREHOUSE, CHURCH-STREET, opposite Parker-street; also the whole of the STOCKS of two eminent Shawl-Manufacturers at. Paisley, which has been purchased under peculiarly advantageous circum stances. The Stock consists of the greatest Variety, and some of the most SPLENDID SPECIMENS of British manufactured Long• and Square SHAW , HANDKER CHIEFS, CLOA KINGS, &c. &c. ever ered to the notice of the Public:— £. s. d. E. s. d. Long Shawls.. 1 1 0 Rich Dark Shawlets..o 3 6 Extra Rich Indiana do. 2 2 0 Large Chinele Shawls.o 10 0 Chinele Shawlets - 01 9 A splendid Lot at ....0 15 0 Ridl Square filled Edinbro' Shawls, from 3s. 6d. to 70s. _ . Mouslit de Laine and Saxony Cloth Dresses, &c. &c. A great variety of Ladies' Travelling and Fancy Cloaks, and Cloakings, Blanket Shawls, &c. &c., very cheap. Shawl Handkerchiefs in great variety, 4 1 d. each. { Captains of Vessels, Linen Drapers, and Wholesale Buyers generally, will find this Stock well worth their atten tion. CLOSE OF TENTH ANNUAL VISIT' . ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER NEXT. - 11/FONSIEUR MALLAN, SURGEr-DENTIST, OF .I.IA. THE FIRM OF MESSRS . J M. AND S. MAL LAN, No. 10, LUDGATE-HILII4 LONDON, AND 93, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL , NEXT TO THE SAVINGS' BANK, WHERE HE MAY BE CON SULTED DAILY UNTIL THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER NEXT, WHEN, UN ACCOUNT OF HIS PRIOR EN GAGEMENTS, HE WILL CLOSE THIS HIS TENTH ANNUAL VISIT. MONSIEUIIIViALLAN CONTINUES TO FILL DECAYED TEETH WITH HIS CELEBRATED MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM ; HE ALSO RE PLACES ARTIFICIAL TEETH, FROM ONE TO A COMPLETE SET, WITHOUT WIRES OR LIGA TURES; ALSO, HIS INCORRODIBLE MINE RAL, OR NATURAL TEETH. MATCHING IN FORM AND COLOUR THE REMAINING TEETH, SO AS TO DEFY THE MOST MINUTE OBSERVER DETECTING THEIR BEING ARTIFICIAL, GUA RANTEED TO ANSWER EVERY PURPOSE OF MASTICATION AND ARTICULATION; HE ALSO FASTENS LOOSE TEETH, ARISING FROM ANY CAUSE. CURES THE SCURVY IN THE GUMS EFFECTUALLY. —MAY BE CONSULTED FROM 10 TILL 5 DAILY. 93, Bold-street, next to the Savings' Bank. PROFESSOR SWEDOUR'S HYGEIAN HERB PILLS, for the effectual extirpation of every species and symptom of the SYPHILITIC DISEASE, and the disorders arising from improper treatment. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, at No. 42, SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL. In boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. Gd. etch. Warranted not to contain COPAIBA,V CUI3E BS, or any , deleterious ingredient. ... With each Box is gi v en a 'Tease on Venereal and syphilitic Diseases, with o b serva ti o n sem i na l weak ness &c. &c., containing hint s wor th k no ing . by those who are, or have been sufferers to this dreadful and devastating malady. Dr..DAVIESON continues to direct his attention to those disorders arising from the too free and indiscriminate in dulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numer ous train of nervous affections, but also entails on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age. In that distressing state of debility and deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful habits, excessive drinking, or any other cause by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, he offers a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigor ous health. It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to the venereal disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin the con stitution. When the great Doctor Swedour became Pro fessor at Leyden University, he conferred an invaluable-be nefit upon mankind by the discovery of his grand Panacea, for the cure of this deplorable complaint. Never did a dis covery excite a greater sensation, it was sought after with avidity, and used with undeviating success in the most minute and intricate cases of the delicate c6mnlaint. for the cure of which they have been so long celebrated. The fame of these Pills throughout Germany, caused their speedy in troduction into almost every country. The certainly with which they were continually administered can be attested by many thousands. In fact, during the long continental war they were the inseparable companion and safeguard of the soldier, in all cases where the slightest suspicion of infection was entertained. What medicine can be more appropriate than that which has given such general satisfaction ? The Hygeian Herb Pills root out every particle of insidious poison, purifying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. 'bey not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the different functions of the borly expelling the grosser hu mours, and in a manner so mild and imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and un equalled powers. They neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and may be taken without the slightest suspicion of discovery—they require no restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business, but effect a complete cure, without the least exposure. to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse to the Hygeian Herb Pills, for when taken before the disease has made its appearance it acts as a certain preventive, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. The deplor able state in which many persons have been when visiting the proprietor, from the use of mercury, renders it impera tively necessary to caution the public against that dangerous mineral when injudiciously administered. These Pills should form a portion of all Medicine Chests, by sea and land, and ought never to be omitted by any person going a long voyage or journey, their properties are such that neither heat nor cold will injure their quality, or pre vent the due effects on the constitution. Dr. Davieson will attend daily at his residence, from Eight in the morning until Ten at night, (on Sundays from Nina till Two,) where he gives advice to all applicants taking any ofhis preparations, WITHOUT A FEE. Letters (post-paid) enclosing a remittance, answered by return, and Medicines punctually transmitted to any ad dress either by initial% or name. No. 42, SEEL-TREET, LIVERPOOL. DEPARTURE OF THE LIVERPOOL FOR NEW YORK. On Saturday, according to announcement, the steam-ship Liverpool started on her first voyage across the Atlantic. From the time of her arrival from her successful trial trip to Dublin, the greatest curiosity was excited to view the splen did cabins, engines, &c. of this floating world of timber and metal, and thousands visited her in steam-boats while she lay, during the week, in the Sloyne, completing her equipments and taking in goods, passengers, and a plentiful supply of provisions, including live-stock and even growing vegetabtes. The visitors were admitted by ticket, but they became, to wards the end of the week, so numerous that the workmen on board were interrupted by their crowding the decks, and it was found necessary reluctantly to hurry some of them from the ship, and to refuse admission to many boat-loads of ladies and gentlemen. Several handsome entertainments were given on board, in the course of the week, by the Company,. and by the commander, Captain Fayrer; and it is scarcely necessary to add, that ail were highly gratified by the beauty of the vessel and the hospitality with which they were re ceived. The intended hour of departure was mid-day, but the quan tity of goods, luggage, and stores that came at "the eleventh hone' was so great that about an hour's delay was occasioned. The curiosity excited to witness her starting was greater than that of any former occasion of the sailing of a ship from the waters of the Mersey. The whole line of quays, from the Queen's to the Clarence Docks, a distance of about two miles, was filled up by a continuous crowd of human beings of all classes, who, in their generally dark apparel, formed, as seen from the river, a long black streak on the tops of the marine walls that skirt the town. Many steam-boats on the rivers were also crowded with parties anxious to obtain a nearer view; and such was the hurrying down to the quays. from every street, that the town was, for some time, in a complete bustle. Yachts, boats, and other vessels were also moving rapidly to and fro, and, the day being particularly fine and sunny, the scene was highly animated and interesting. The Liverpool, shortly before noon, steamed down from the Sloyne, whe she had been anchored, to nearly opposite Wallasey Pool, on the Cheshire shore, where she received, from successive steam-boats, those of her passengers who had not before gone on board, and a quantity of stores, spare spars, provisions, &c. She was made fast to the Shamrock, one of the City of Dublin Company's liver boats, and the tide had began to ebb before in the - unavoidable hurry, all was in readiness. The letters sent out by her loaded a cart, and were con tained in immense canvas bags, some of them so heavy that one man could with difficulty carry them. The packages of newspapers and parcels were also numerous. There were fifty-one passengers (exclusive of servants and children) Amongst them were the following:—J. Van Buren, Esq.. son of the Presidentof the United States; Rev. F. Machin and family; Messrs. R. Junes W. Barber, jun., H. A. Vandainine, W. Day, Smith, and servant, J. Mur doch, W. J. Smith, and servant, Orford, Jennings, Isaac Gage, Brown, H. Norris, W. Marie, Hoppe, John Henry, Lamb, Williams, Richard Charles, Crowder, Atkinson, A. H. Behan and family, Montgomery, Falguerittos, Dr. Mor rison, Mr and Mrs. Kerr, J. H. Davies, Mackintosh, Gor don, Thatcher, A. Lang, Riou, F. Homer, and Dawson. The ship had on board about 150 tons of dry goods, for which the sum of £5 5s per ton was paid, 469 tons of coal, and 94 tons of Mr. Williams's turf stone, or compressed fuel. Her consumption of coal is estimat ed at 26 cwt. for eveiv ten miles ; and, calculating upon a fair average passage, she will have a surplus of 147 tons of coal on reachi ng New York. Precisely at one o'clock the Liverpool was put in motion, her head being then to the south. She was steered round at moderate speed, several vessels being in the way, all those gentlemen who are not to proceed with her to America (in cluding Mr. Shaw) having just left her, with three times three hearty cheers. From the crowded decks of the other steamers near her, the same compliment was heartily paid, and a gun was discharged at intervals front the Shamrock. The crowd was dense on George's Pier, and the Prince's Dock sea-wall held its thousands. The vessel being kept, however, nearly in midchannel, the distance from her off the spectators was too great to admit of a cheer, which, we doubt not, would, under other circumstances, have been most heartily given. Her speed, for some time, was not unusual, as she did not, at first, gather way. She was gazed upon by many thousands as she passed down the river, gradually in creasing in speed until her hull began to lessen to the eye. One steamer, loaded with passengers, proceeded out with her, or rather behind her, to the Lightship; another, equally crowded, to the Rock Lighthouse. About 161 minutes past one (the hour of starting) she passed the Rock on her westward course. Her speed had then, evidently, much increased, perhaps to about twelve knots an hour; and, in a few moments more, just as the pas sengers in the steamer in which we had left her side landed t the Egremont slip, she became lost to view behind the nd-hills, not to be again seen by Liverpool eyes until her urn from her transatlantic voyage. She is expected to' •h New York about the sth of next month. She carries „ her the best wishes of the town from whi c h s he derives a town which owes its rise to sailing navigation, rich increasing prosperity and wealth will, doubt from ocean navigation by steam. • ' iverpool may be expected back from New York end of November; and it is arranged that she shall 'ter second voyage to that city on the first of Janu- "\ 4 N t A . 4 Ob *Wm COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.—A letter from Buenos Ayres, of the 24th of July, three days later than the previous arrival, states that the French blockade still continued, with out any probability of it being raised. The writer adds, "I am confident that if a French minister was to come here, in a spirit ofjgood will, the present dispute would be amicably adjusted. You may obtain anything from these people by kindness. Admiral Le Blanc, in his order of the day, threat ens them with the fate of Algiers. The French may bombard and take the city, but they are too wise to think of attempt ing to colonise this country." The Royal William steamer was spoken with on the 6th October in long. 55, lat. 42; sailed from Liverpool on the 20th September—out 16 days. The next packet expected from New York is the George Washington, of the 7th ult. It appears from the quarterly average of the weekly liabi lities and assets of the Bank of England, from the 24th of July, 1818, to the 16th of Oct., 18.38, inclusive, that in circulatio❑ Lftee-try S.WJ6, 4 3o6:slisitrrikr£7l - 3;000. curities less by £831,000., and in bullion less by £l7BOOO. Consols, which closed yesterday at 931 / for the Account,. opened this morning at 93% 94 for the Account; Money, 932. The niarketi has a firm appearance at present. Exchequer Bills, 63 65 ; India Bonds, 62 64; Bank Stock. 2031 to 2041 ; India Steck, 262 263. Spanish remains at 171 18$; Portu guese, 321 4 ; Three per Cents., 201; Brazilian, 781 79; Mexican. 22 23; Colombian, 23M 24; Dutch Two-aud-a- Half per Cents, 53i ; Five per Cents., 100 l 1. HALF-PAST ONE.—Little business has ueen doing this morning. Consols may be quoted for Account 931, and have been done at 93% for Money ; for the Account 93% 9-1. Ex chequer Bills 66 67; India Bonds 67; Bank Stock 203%; India Stock 260, rather lower; Spanish Active 174 with Cou pons; Portuguese, 321, lower; Three per Cents. 20% % ; Colombian 231 ; Danish 75 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 54; in the Five per Cents, nothing doing. QUARTER-PAST THREE.—Consols for the Account, 931 /. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock, 2031 3 per Ct. Red., 931 3i 3 per Ct. Con., 93% % 31 per Ct. Anns. 1818, 3% per Ct. Red., 100% New 3y ? per Cents. 101 i Long Ans. 1860, 153 1-16 Ditto, 30 yrs. 1859, Ditto, 30 yrs. 1860, India Stock, 260 1 60 India Bonds, 67 6 pin Bank Stock for Acct. 2034 Consols for 27th Nov., 93i 4 India Stock for Opg., £lOOO Ex. Bills, 66 7 pm £5OO do. 66 7pm Small do. 66 7pm Ditto Commercial, S H A. (The quotations give the actu, premium or British Iron, 91 Candonga, Eastern Counties, Bristol and Exeter, Great Western, London & Brighton, London & Blackwall, 7i i i London and Birmingham, London and Croydon Trunk, al price, without reference to discount.) London & Croydon New Scrip, 12% Northern and Eastern, Anti-Dryrot Company, 13i 'National Provincial Bank of England, New, London and Southampton, Southampton, New, -7 . . London Caoutchouc Compy 12 PROFITS OF THE GREAT WESTERN. (From the New York Daily Express.) As it is now well settled that steam navigation over the ocean is practicable, we take it for granted, that, as soon as it is demonstrated to be profitable, our enterprising country men will set about the business with all speed. " Fulton," a writer in the National Gazette, has made a calculation of the profits of the trips of the Great Western. In the list of the crew, given from recollection, he says, there may be an error; but, if so, rather exceeding than falling short of the real number. From the 25th of June to the 25th September, a period of ninety-two days, the Great Western made four trips across the Atlantic—one of twelve and a half, one of fifteen, one of thirteen and a half, and one of eighteen days, in all fifty-nine days at sea " Cost of the Great Western, including hull, spars, tackling sails, machinery, cabin, furniture, &c., £55,000, or 276,750 00 dollars. Estimate of expenses for ninety-two days. DOI LARS. Ten per cent. interest on cost for wear and tear 6,997 83 Pay of commander at 3,000 dollars per annum 756 00 Pay of Ist mate at 800 per annum 2Ol 64 Do. 2d mate at 600 do l5l 23 Do. 3d mate at 400 do lOO 82 Do. Ist engineer at 1500 do 370 00 Do. 2d do at 1000 do 252 00 Do. 3d do. at 1000 do 252 00 Do. 12 firemen at 30 each per month l,OBB 88 Do. 12 coal heavers at 20 do Do. 10 seamen at 15 do 453 60 Do. 15 ordinary seamen at 10 do 453 60 Fare of 455 passengers at one dollar each per day for 59 days 96,845 00 . . Rations for 61 persons, including five apprentices, at 20 cents each rat►on, for 92 days Coal consu►ned, averaged from 24 to 33 tons per day, taking an average of 30 tons per day, for 59 days, 1,700 tons, at 14s. sterling, or three dollars 70 cents . 6,784 10 46,573 06 CR. 455 passengers at an average of 30 guineas each, allowing the odd five guineas for children and servants 22,000 letters at 25 cents, each 5,500 00 400 tons merchandise (100 tons each trip) at 4Us 3,880 00 Proceeds for 92 days 78,858 50 Expenses for 92 days Profit for 92 days Thus clearing at the rate of 129,000 dollars per annum, after deducting 10 per cent, for wear and tear. Well made machinery will last fifty years. 1. The pay of the surgeon and pursuer has not been in cluded in this calculation, but the amount is unimportant, and will little vary the result. `2. The port charges are not alAu included,:but they ve.o 60 easily ascertained by any one residing in a city. The directors of the Great Western Steam Ship Company may well refuse to increase the number of stockholders. 3. In the first of the four trips, there were 87 passengers; in the 2d, 134; 3d, 91; and 4th, 143—in all 455. ____ FuLTON. THE "GREAT WESTERN" STEAM-SHIP. The Great Western steam-ship arrived at Bristol on Wed nesday morning last, after an unprecedentedly rapid voyage of twelre days and nine hours. In a letter, dated Bristol, October 17, her gallant and able commander says, " I have the pleasure to communicate to you, that the Great Western left New York on the 4th inst., at four o'clock [p. rod. and arrived here this day, at half-past eight o'clock" [a. m.1 — After giving some extracts from the log, which will be found below, Capt. Hosken adds, "Going out, the Great "Western met with a very severe gale of wind. If some of her coals had not turned out bad, she would haVe been home one day sooner." The Great Western steamer arrived nearly 12 hours earlier than was expected, even by the most sanguine parties who were interested in her arrival, and the average speed attained has been very considerably greater than on either of the pre. vious voyages. During the latter part of the voyage, the weather has been remarkably tempestuous; but it has been battled with in a manner hardly possible by any other vessel than the Great Western. She has brought over 126 cabin passengers, and it would be no common task to mention one-tenth portion of the expressions of satisfaction which all the passengers express, both with regard to the delightful accommodations of the ship, and the pleasing manners and extraordinary attainments of Capt. Hosken, both as regards his extensive and perfect knowledge of steam navigation, and also his truly seaman-like acquirements. Amongst the passengers are W. H. F. Cavendish, aid-de-camp to Lord Durham; and Judge Robinson, chief justice of Upper Ca nada, and lady and five children. The following extract from the log of the Great Western will show the extraordinary speed which, under the able superintendence of her talented and seaman-like commander, the Great Western has averaged on this her fourth voyage from New York : Lat Lou o • o 5' WSW—W 40 22 70 14 W-S 40 43 1 65 31 7 S 41 43,60 27 8 S—SE 42 47 54 55 9 SE 44 14 50 18 10 SE 45 49 45 3 11 SE 47 21 39 48 12 Variable 48 27134 34 Wind. liewarks, awl Vessels spu ken with. ; ) Fresh breezes,Clear r.m. 4Moderate and hazy. ahn. Moderate and fine. Mod. & fine. A ship from Newcastle, supposed the Bolivar. Moderate and hazy. Fresh breezes and hazy. _ . 'Mod. & hazy. A head sea. Light breezes and fine. S Lt. breezes & hazy. Fre. bark, Croix dry Sud. 12th,brig Funchal, of Glasgow, fr. St. John's to Oporto. s Showers. Fresh breezes & cloudy. S Nly. swell. Squally, rain e at times. 5 Nly. swell. Sqy. Fresh gales and rain. 13 NW 148 5828 10 ! NNW 14 WNW 5494021 34 5 WNW NWW ) 5 50 12:14 59 WNY 16 iSWb W 5 50 501 8 221 On her outward voyage, the Great Western left. Bristol on the evening of' the Bth ult. arriving at New York on the evening of the 24th, having experienced very rough and bad weather, with head winds for thirteen days out of the sixteen. An American paper states that she took out 134 pasengers, and that berths tor 30 or 40 more were applied for, but neces sarily refused. As an instance of the superiority of steaming over sailino-, we may mention that the Great Western, leaving New York on the afternoon of the 4th inst. arrived at Bristol on the morning of the 17th; while the Sheridan liner, which sailed from New York on the 25th ult., after a favourable voyage, with westerly winds, arrived at Liverpool yesterday, the 19th. The steamer leaves the same port nine days after the liner, and brings the news so much later, and yet arrives in Eng land full two days before her less rapid competitor. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—Upon the whole the business done in the Cloth Halls has been good since our last. There is not so large a supply of goods in stock as usual. The operatives, we are glad to state, are generally pretty well employed. BRADFORD, THURSDAY, OCT. IB.—ln the wool market business was much in the same state as last week. Prices stationary, and staplers were rather firm. The demand for yarn is good, large quantities being required for export, with no variation in price. There was no improvement in the piece market, and prices gave way a little. INDion.—At the public sales of East India yesterday, buyers came forward with increased spirit, and only 200 out of 1036 chests which passed the chair were bought in; the prices obtained are rather above those of last week for con suming descriptions, and fully equal for export kinds. To day at public sale the demand was very brisk, both for home consumption and export; the prices established _yesterday were fully supported; 152 chests passed, of which 800 were sold. Up to the present time 6581 chests have passed the sale, out of which 5081 have been actually sold; prices ale generally now 2d above those of the July sale. The total deliveries of indigo for home consumption from the warehouses for the week ending Oct. 13, were 36,8701b5. of East India, and 10581bs. of Spanish.—Price Current, Oct. 17. LANCAST 4 ,I‘ CHEESE FA IR.—A large quantitiy of cheese was pitched, and readily taken; the prices varying from 50s. to 60s. per cwt., and a few prime dairies fetched 635. to 645. At the close of the day the fair was almost cleared. On Thursday morning a labourer, employed on a mine near Horra-bridge, was struck by a small stone thrown from the firing of a rock, under the ear, which cut the juglar vein, ar.d the man died in a few minutes.— Western Luminary, STIRLING, Ocr. 11.—On Tuesday last a woman, of the name of Ann Stirling, of rather weak intellect, while wan dering in the glen of Kippenrait, had incautiously ventured too near that fearful chasm called the Byke, and fell over the precipice, seventy feet in height, upon the rocks into the foaming burn at the bottom, by which she was killed. A number of men had to be let down by ropes from the top of the precipice, and by this means got the poor woman up, and had her conveyed on a cart belonging to a neighbouring far mer to her house in Dunblane. Mls. 171 206 250 `224 239 239 231 A.NNIVERSARIT DINNER OF THE LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. On Friday evening the members of this association held their third annual meeting in the Music Hall, Bold-street, where the members of the Tradesmen's AsSociation held their annual festival the evening be• fore. The same arrangements and decorations which characterised that splendid dinner were retained, and the room in every respect had the same splendid ap pearance. If anything there wa s a more goo dl y array of the gentry of - the town and neighbourhood than at •the tradesmen's dinner; and most of the gentry seemed anxious to show their respect and estimation of this loyal association and valuable_cnnierrative.aid. The gallery set apart For the ladies was filled with the delighted wives and sisters of the operatives, and the dinner, which was substantial and excellent, was again provided by Mr. Lawton, of the Rainbow Hotel. The wines were exceedingly good. The arrival at the dinner hour (5 o'clock) of Lord Sandon, Mr. Cress well, and the principal guests, was greeted with en thusiastic applause. Mr. Horsman, a member of the association, was in the chair. On his right was Lord Sandon, M.P., the Rev. Rector Brooks, the Hon. Richard Bootle Wilbraham, M.P., Sir Thos, Brancker, Henry Lawrence, Esq., Charles Henderson; Esq., John Nelson Wood, Esq., Charles Cardwell, Esq., and Major Brooks. On his left were Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., M.P., the Rev. Rector Campbell, J u h n R o by, Esq., of Rochdale, James As mall, Esq., Samuel Holine, Esq., Adam Hodgsollr: Esq., George Hall Lawrence, Esq., John Arthur Tinne, Esq., John Shaw Leigh, Esq., J. B. West, Esq., of Dublin, and Peter Greenall, Esq., of St. Helen's. At the centre table were Wilfred Troutbeck, Esq., Thomas Carson, Esq., Peter Wright, Esq., George Green, jun., Esq., John Wilkinson, Esq., John Shephard, Esq., George Har riott, Esq., of Ormskirk, Captain Armstrong, &c. • The vice-presidents were George Gordon, Esq., and John Kilshaw, Esq. The cloth having been drawn, and "Non nobis Do mine" sung, The CHAIRMAN, with a brief preface, gave— , " Her Majesty the Que e n—D uc h ess of Lancaster , "—four times four. The national anthem was sung with the same fervour as on the previous evening, and with similar evidences of attach ment to the principles of our limited monarchy. The com pany at the close rose and gave three times three hearty chess. The CHAIRMAN hoped that the sarne justice would be done, to the next toast as had been rendered to the last. " The Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family," three times three and one cheer more. Glee :—" Here in cool grot and mossy cell." The CHAIRMAN then called upon the company to fill a bumber and drink the next toast with nine times nine at least. " The Constitution of our Country in Church and State ; may the purity of an Established Church continue the surest protection of . our ancient and revered institutions in the State." (Drank as requested.) The Rev. RECTOR BROOKS rose to reply to the toast, and was received with enthusiastic and long continued cheering. He said, Gentlemen, your chairman has deputed to me the office of responding to the toast which you have just heard from the chair—that of the Church and State. And 1 can honestly assure you, however little I am in the habit of speaking at public meetings, or attending such meetings as these, yet, stall consider it as a very great privilege, and a very pleasing task to be put upon me on this occasion. (Hear.) Gentlemen, the enthusiastic manner in which you have been pleased to receive this toast, convinces me that you strongly approve of the principle that is embodied in it; and that you are still true to the great objects which first induced you to associate together for the preservation of the ancient, and invaluable institutions of this great country. (Cheers.) Gen tlemen, when you did so associate together, you did not come into the field in the character of aggressors; you did not at tempt to invade the rights of others; the armour which you put on was purely defensive • you were determined that you would not see every thing that was dear and valuable to you laid desolate and in ruins. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, of all those institutions which we ought so highly to value in this country, there is none that has been assailed with greater virulence than that of the Established Church ; it has been made the main object of attack; and those persons who could never consent to agree upon any other point have firmly united together to endeavour for her overthrow. Now, gentle men, it is natural enough first to ask the question, why is this ? Where are we to seek for the reason that should bring this • about ? Is it because the tenets of the established church are not scriptural? Gentle Men, that it cannot be. I defy them to prove that there is any one of the doctrines of the esta blished church that is not based in the warranty of scripture. (Loud cheers.) Nay, her very articles declare that she will not have believed any doctrine that has not such warranty. (Hear, hear.) Is it, gentlemen, because they consider that her discipline is not apostolic? That, again, I will take the liberty to deny; and I again call them to the proof to show from scripture where any other kind of church government is established during the primitive and pure ages of Chris tianity, than that which we enjoy in the different orders of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. (Cheers.) Is it, Gentle men, that she is intolerant in her principles? That again I deny; and I am bold to affirm that there never was a church that showed so great a regard, and so fully acknowledged the rights—the sacred rights of conscience. Well, theu, gentle men, if we cannot find it any of these, and these are ostensi ble, and one would think legitimate reasons, if they were true ones—but if we cannot find it any of these, we must look for it elsewhere • and it is not very di ffi cult t o di scove r that reli gion has not hing to do with it at all. The grand reason why these oppose themselves to the established church is purely political. (Hear.) The church is an established institution; those .J 6. oppok. the church oppose all established institu tions;—(hear, hear)—through the church they would attack the state—they would — attack the throne,—(hear)—they would attack the House of Lords, and they would attack every thing that is permanent. And, gentlemen, they make no secret of this; at all events they are open enemies; they tell you to be upon your guard, and to take care of yourselves, for that their object, though they may take it by instalments and piece -meal, yet their object is destruction. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, there is an old Latin adage, which in plain English amounts to this, that "it is no bad thing to take a lesson from an adversary." You have done that. They have told you to take care of yourselves; you deter mined that you would take care of yourselves—when the citadel was attacked you flew to defend the ramparts, and the display of conservative feeling which then burst forth from one end of the county to the other—which has since that time every year increased, and which I am happy to'find is still increasing—(cheers)—has, in my opinion, been the salvation of your country. (Renewed cheers.) But, gentle men, you must still persevere; you must not sleep upon your posts; because your adversaries have been checked in their career, and in their advances, you must not think, therefore, they have been determined upon retreat. No, gentlemen, they are a very different classof people. They were always, and still are, busy and active, and you must combine to de fend what they are combined to destroy. (Cheers.) Gen tlemen, it is not to be expected, or fitting, that you should, in tunes like these, leave the defence of p ure r e ligion to the clergy alone. (Hear, hear.) You are as much interested in it as they are. The weapons which they could use are not the only weapons that are now necessary. The clergy of our established church have for ages defended religion by their writings; and it would be no difficult matter to bring forward a list of imperishable names who have thus fought the battle of the church, and have in every contest come off triumphant. (Heal . , hear.) But, gentlemen, that is not exactly the species of warfare that would be available in the present day; the battle is now to be fought on different grounds;—(hear, hear)—it is to be fought in the court of registration; it is to be fought at the hus tings;--(hear)—it is to be fought by sending those who are to be yeti: representatives in the senate, who are of the same opinions and entertain the same sentiments as your selves—(cheers)—who you are assured will defend those institutions which you so much value, and will never allow principle to give way to expediency —(cheers)—nur league with the great enemies of the institutions of the count r y f o r the, purpose of obtaining political power—(cheers) —men, gentlemen, who will not allow a separation to take place between the altar and the throne, under chose combined influence Great Britain has arrived at a degree of prosperity and of glory which has seldom been equalled, and never sur passed. (Great cheering.) Then, gentlemen, if it is not to be left to the clergy. the clergy are most happy to call you in as assistants—they are ready to put you in front o f the battl e , and they will fight with y ou in any post which you may assign them. (Cheers.) It is to you, and to such as you, gentle men, to such a meeting as was held in this room last night, and to such a meeting as I have the gratification and plea sure, as 1 have, to see now—it is to such as you that 1, for one, am willing to confide the defence of the established church. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, this country has been called " the palace of the world in wealth, and the eve of the world in knowledge." (Cheers.) Now, 1 . would express my earnest hope that you could never cease to remember that that knowledge would be worthless, and that wealth unsanc titled, when the country forgets that she is christian ; when she allows her altars to be der crated and her religion to be trampled under foot. (Great` cheering.) With that impres sion, gentlemen, and with a perfect conviction that you will never live to see such a state of things take place, I have the pleasure once more of offering my acknowledgments to the chair for the toast of "Church and state," which was given from it. (The rev. rector satdown amidst vehement cheer ing, the audience rising and waving their hats.) The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Army and Navy," with three times three. • Glee—" To all you ladies now on land." "The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocase," with three times three. The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, being loudly called for, rose amidst great cheering. He said,—Mr. Chairman and brother operatives—(cheers)—as I make it a general rule, whenever I can, to give place t o m y b e tt ers , I threfore seldom make a speech when my better half, the senior rector, is present.— (Applause.) And, gentlemen, as there is a remarkable har mony of opinion between us—so remarkable, that I assure you, (and I do it with a very great pleasure,) that there has not been the slightest interruption of that harmony during the course of the nine years that we have been joint rectors together ;—I was going to say that I hoped all the married men in the company could say the same. (Great cheering and laughter.) Therefore, gentlemen, it is less necessary for me to make a speech when he is present; because we generally have to say the same thing, and he can say it very much better than I. As your respected chairman has called upon me to respond to this toast, of course I feel it my duty to obey; and as in such an immense parish as this, containing 200,000 souls, wehave nut very many opportunities of meeting together, and you seldom, roost of you, come to hear my speeches, therefore I must say . something as a substitute for a sermon, and I promise you it shall nut be a very long one. ( Loud applause.) And now, gentlemen, that I take the liberty of calling myself a brother operative, I hope you will not think me unworthy of that name, because I am not merely what was called a " productive labourer." (Cheers.) It strikes me that the moral distinction between the pn,- ductive and the non-productive classes, and the ill-na tured inference that is drawn from it, that every man is idle that does not produce something from the labour of his hands, are weak inventions of the enemy to disunite the several classes from each other, and profit from the dis order that will result from such disunion. (Cheers.) I am sure you will not for a moment think me capable of under valuing the rights of labour, or decrying the worth of pro ductive industry; far from it. Gentlemen, God forbid that I should do so. I value the interests of the labouring classes as highly as they ought to be valved; but as a minister and a servant of that great God in whose sight all men are equal, and who, so far as spiritual things are concerned, regards with equal favour the labourer in his cottage and the monarch on his throne (cheers), I wish —and it should be the wish of every good Christian and of every honest man —that labour should have its full recompence, and productive industry its full reward. But let not that, gentlemen, blind us to the conviction that there are other labourers in the social field fully as profitable to the community as you who work with your hands. There are some who work with their heads, and some who work with their hands; and in many instances those who work with their heads work the hardest of the two, producing benefits not only to. die community in general, but to the productive class of labourers to whom some of you may belong. •It has been calculated by an A mer i can writer, that the number of men put in occupation in different coun tries, such as paper•makers, bookbinders, and printers, by the works of Sir Walter Scott alone, would, if collected together, form a society sufficient for a large town. There fore, if the works of a novelist, poet, and historian, like Sir Walter Scott, have such an effect, let it not be said that the unproductive and the working . classes are disassociated; they ate connected together in inseparable union. The in terests of all classes, if properly understood, are the seine. But now, gentlemen, to apply my observations principally to that object which I perhaps ought to have in view in re sponding to this toast—" the Bishop and Clergy of the dio cese." I beseech you not to let your enemies, and our ene mies, persuade you that the clergy are not profitable labourers in the social field. (Great cheering.) What is our office in an utilitarian point of view? It is to inculcate respect to the laws of God and man; it is to teach you and your children to do justly, and to live morally, and to walk humbly with your God. "It is to teach you that there is a great God that rules above, who sees the earth, who knows every thought and hears every word, who must punish the evil and will reward the good. And who can say that such a class of men as this, whose office.it is at least to do this, are not profitable tabourertr - "rh - ey are profitable labourers in every sense of the word, and their influence is exercised look beneficially amongst the operative classes : for, gentlemen, let it never be forgotten, that labour cannot receive its due remuneration except in a country where the laws of God are respected; and therefore, I say, instead of calumniating and persecuting and robbing the clergy, as is the fashion in some quarters in the present day, it is the duty of every good government, and of every good Christian, to encourage them by every means in their power; to encourage them, I say, if they do their duty properly, and to consign them to I care not what depth* of con tempt if they neglect to do their duty. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have professed not to give you a long sermon, and therefore 1 had better, perhaps, bring my observations to a close. But now, having endeavoured to show you how the productive and unproductive labourers are both profitable labourers in the social field, I will conclude by very briefly sheaving how we, who are profitable labourers and Conservatives, may also be Reformers at the same time. I, of course, do not mean Reformers in the modern sense of the term. I do not mean Reformers in the sense of those conceited gentlenten, who think that nothing can be well done unless they do it them selves (cheers); who think uo pie can be well made unless they have a finger in it (laughter and cheers) ; and whose notions of reform, so far as 1 can understand, principally con sist in getting their opponents out of power, and themselves in. (great cheering.) Of course, I do not mean that we should be Reformers in that sense of the word; but that we should be lletormers by reforming ourselves. If every man will undertake to reform himself and his own household, in stead of attempting to reform the constitution, I think the world will go on much better, and the constitution not much worse: (Cheers.) Go on, therefore, myofriendS, I care not how fast, in the course of social improvement and moral re forw. Secure your own independence by temperance and sobriety, and diligence and honesty, and the acquisition of useful knowledge; meaning by useful_knowledge a know ledge that will qualify you for the state of life into which it has pleased God to call you, and make you wise also unto salvation. Secure your independence by these honest means, and then I think you may command that remuneration for labour, which in every well ordered community results from the security of property, and the indemnity to industry secured in their just relations to each other by just and equal laws. (The Rev. Rector sat down amidst very loud and continued cheering.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The worthy representa tives of our good old town, Lord Viscount Sandon and Cres well Creswell, Esq, ; may they lon g continue firm supporters of our glorious constitution." (Vehement applause.) Lord SANDON rose amidst enthusiastic cheers. He said, Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen, the manner—the kind, and cordial manner, in which you have received the toast which your chairman has just been so kind as to propose to your acceptance, gives me not only great reason for gratitude as a personal obligation to myself, but gives me a still greater reason for congratulation to the country for the sentiment upon which, I am sure, this applause has been founded. I am glad to see in the applause with which you have received the names of your conservative representatives, that you are still the good conservatives which I left you last year (cheers)—that you have not repented since I saw you last year of those evil doings—of those evil inclinations which led you to prefer a conservative to the reform member—(cheers) —that you haave not been seduced by all the charms of " the people's charter"---(loud laughter)—as displayed in the Old Infirmary yard—(Great laughtgr, and cheering, and hisses)—to forget your old friends, a'fftd your old principles. Gentlemen, I am glad-to see that you have not been seduced by the tempting charms of " Annual Parliaments" " Uni• versal Suffrage," and " Vote by Ballot"; that you have not been seduced by them, nor by the still more pleasing propo sition for the purpose of giving to each of your representa tives a handsome liberal allowance, of £5OO a-year. (Cheers.) Gentlemen,, to those first abstract propositions, to which I have alluded, I have a most decided objection ; to the last, if you are so inclined, I confess my objection is not so great; and if ever you do think fit, in your liberality to follow the unworthy example of your liberal opponents, I shall not be inclined to consider that the worst proposition which we have reason to borrow from their instructions. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, seriously speaking, if you were conservatives last year, have you had reason to repent it since ? (Loud cries of " No.") Have the exhibitions which have taken place, whether in parliament, or out of parliament, of whip con &let, or of reform conduct, been such as to make you in love, with that happy union commonly called "The Whig Radical, alliance?" Whether you look at the' onduct of the Whigs : '' in parliament, or at those meetin,gs which have been attempted ' 1 in most parts of the country, but which have in must parts proved failures, and in this place a perfect disgrace to those parties who attempted to get it up such a meeting—whether you look at the conduct of that party in parliament or out of parliament, I think you have no reason to repent of the strong, and decided hold von have obtained in honest con servative opinions. (Loud cries of " Bravo.") Gentlemen, you have seen the government in parliament, when they had once the support of the reformers in the general election, turning sharp round upon them, and with an insulting dismissin g th e propos i t i ons to wh i ch those reformers were most strongly attached; b u t not till th e genera l e l ect i on w t a :e s reke over, and not till they bad mutually lent each other every assistance in their power. (Cheers.) Well, then, the govern- ment was shortly compelled to abandon those projects, and I to look for that assistance from the conservatives in parlia ment which they had endeavoured to make it impossible, by the course they pu rsue d i n t h e e l ect i o n s , for those conser vd . fives to offer ttieru in the House of Commons. Having en deavoured to exclude every conservative from the House of Commons, when it came actually to the discussion of measures,_ they wer e o bli ge d , i n a l mos t a ll th e i r me a sures t o look to the conservatives to carry them out. (Loud cheers;) Well, but gentlemen, if the government has not excited your respect, has the conduct of the reformers been more calcu lated to produce that result on your minds? Why, after you have heard many of those, the most flaming patriots of the. day, expressing their abhorrence at the apostacy of the go vernment which induced them to recoil from those liberal opinions they have professed, have we not seers those very reformers—having grumbled a little, and teazed a little— drop into the quiet, warm, snug berth, which their kind, and so disinterestedly disposed friends have to offer to one or the other. (Cheers.) One h as b een ma de an' ambassado r; another has been made, I wa s go ing t o say, a commissioner, but that would not be true—" another ;" I could not count those who haie been made commissioners; (cheers) another has been made inspector of hackney coaches—(cheers, and laughter); thus, after all, these flaming patriots have abused that nothing was so cov en i en t a s to sink into the obscure, and warm berths, which this governm ent was inclined to the government at the top o f th e i r breath, they have found offer them. And, gentlemen, I think the proceedings of the last session of parliament were like that in the Infirmary yard , they began with a great deal of flaming advantages to be conferred on you, but they ended with the real gist; namely, the advantage to be conferred upon themselves. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, these parties constantly found fault with us, for expressing our apprehensions in regard to the monarch and the church. They say we are a parcel of foolish old women, full of idle apprehensions. It is very singular, certainly, that they should not allow us to allude to their own declaration : but day after day they come to tell us they come to pull down the church, and when we meet their cry by the statement of "the church is in danger," they say we are a parcel of credulous old fools: But there are times woen they do bate their breath—when they do talk of kindness —when their projects are not for de struction but only for reform and amendment, and when they thus professingly act for support of the monarchy and the church. They find themselves supported by those who are most attached to both. Of these things; however, we cannot but express a little doubt of their intention. It is generally allowed to be a fair maxim for common guidance, to look a little at the company a man keeps; and when these men as sociate with those who make uu disguise of their einoity to the church, it is not any very unlik e l y thing to doubt those men who keep such company. ( Hear), I happened this morning to be reading a new publication, and turned over a page which seemed so exceedingly apt, that if you will allow me, I will read a short extract. The work I happened to get hold of, was, "The Life of General Monk." Yuu all know, gentlemen, that he was the person who restored our monarchy, - but, in restoring it, made a way through a course of subter fuge and dissimmulation, which did no cre d it to the cause he had in hand. He was surrounded b y repu b licans and exiieri mentalists—he was surrounded by men on all sides who were . anxious to ascertain his motives, cud for it time, he held the whole trembling balance of the destiny of this country. This is the quotation which I will read. "The republicans could shut their eyes no longer; they had seen so many indications at last that they could not doubt that it was his intention to restore the monarchy. Martin, a distinguished regicide,. asked, him, one day, what be was going to establish? A_ Commonwealth' said he, I have always desired it and de sire it still.' I have always believed your excellency' said Martin, but will you give me leave to tell you a story; a city tailor was met one evening in the country, with the ius ptements of husbandry in his hands: he was asked what he . was going to do?' to.take a m easure f or a new suit' said he. What ? with a spade and a pick axe in. your hands?' Yes,' said he, 'these are the measu res now in fashiore-ttoirillatigli ter and cheers.) Now gentlemen, this struck me as no had illustration of the present state of things. We meet a gen tleman with a spade and a pick axe in his hand—instruments generally used in upturning the soil ; we ask him what he is going to do? he says he Is only going to make a new suit he is only going to reform ! What? going to make a new suit with a spade and a pick axe' ? Yes, these are the suits now in fashion.' (Great cheering.) I believe we have at last as much penetration has Martin hail, and we are not to be led astray by one who tells us he is only going to make a new suit when we find him with a spade and a pick axe in his hand. (continned cheering) One part of the story is not quite a apt ; the end of it was, with the assurance that "these were the measures most in fashion ;" but these measures are nolonger in fashion, thanks unto Providence and to you, the conservatives. (Cheers.) • If the spade and the pick-axe are still in fashion, it is not for th e purpose-of destruction, and for the purpose of? Uprooting, but for the purpose of obtaining a wholesome ground, and increas ing the fertility of the soil. (Great cheering.). Gentlemen, last night, when I had the honour of addressing a similar party in this room, I took the opportunity of asserting several circumstances in which I thought her majesty's ministers had not acted to ensure the confidence of the community; but there is one point which I omitted, which I think so im portant that I should be sorry if it should be entirely omitted. I am sure you must all remember very shortly before the ter mination of the last session, the solemn warning which that enlightened, illustrious, and not easily deceived noble man, the Duke of Wellington, gave to her majesty's minis ters, that they had not maintained the navy of this country in a situation fit for the emergencs of the times. And - I would have you to weigh this deeply; it is one of the gravest negligences of which a ministryscan be guilty; but it is one of which there certainly cannot be a doubt that time British navy has been neglected, and that at this moment we are unable to fit out that fleet which we ought at all times to be able to do. I believe, at this moment, our commerce is not - protected as it ought to be, because we have nut the navy to give that protection. (Cries of "Shame.") Gentlemen, I coil this to your attention, because I think it is a subject to which the public attention should be called; and at this very moment when there are rumours of war in which this country may be engaged, th'e attention of her majesty's government should be called to it by the public voice, and they should be told that they will be subjected to the reproaches of the peo ple of England if they suffered this great arm of our protec tion to be neglected. Gentlemen, I believe if you look through every branch of the public administration you will find that the country is not in that state in which ought to be placed, and I believe, until you have firmer hands at the helm—until you have not firmer hands, but firmer heads, and sounder hearts,—(cheers)—that you will not be able to enjoy that security which Englishmen have hitherto enjoyed, and to which the sacrifices they have made for the public welfare fully entitles theta on all occasions (Hear.) ' Gentlemen, not wishing to repeat those sentiments which I have so lately expressed on thcse topics of deep attachment to our institu tions, and deep attachment to what I consider the main prin ciple of our constitution, the close connexion between the church and the state—between the Protestant church and the Protestant state. I shall not further intrude upon your attention, but content myself with thanking you most cordi ally for the manner in which you have received my health, and for every other expression of kindness and cordiality which I have received at your hands. (The noble lord sat down amidst tremendous cheering.) CRESS WELL CEESSWELL, Esq. immediately rose and was greeted with a burst of enthusiastic cheering. When silence had been obtained, he said :-11 the frequent repetition of acts of kindness on your part towards me could ever render me insensible to their value, I should be in great danger of soon forgetting the position in which I ain placed towards you, and the debt of gratitude which I owe, and never can repay. For gentlemen, if to receive an act of kindness, and to fidget it, be a proof of ingratitude, how great would mine he if I could forget those repeated acts of kindness which you show to me whenever I have the happiness of coming amongst you. Be assured, gentlemen, that nothing could be so grateful to me as to receive these tributes of your re spect and your kindness, whether they are offered to me as personal to myself or to the cause in which I have embarked as a public man. But, for the sake of my country, I had ten thousand times rather hear one cheer from you for the sake of the conservative cause. (Enthusiastic cheering.) And it is because I feel that such meetings as these must animate you in the good cause in which you are combined—that the energy of each will inspire the energy of his neighbour—that the zeal of each will prevent the z e al of his neighbour from flagging, that I trust such anniversaries as these will be con tinued long and long after sour exertions shall have placed our constitution in saety. (Great applause.) And gentle men, I love these meetings for another reason, that it affords one of the strongest practical arguments that can be brought forward against one of those specious nostrums—one of those quack medicines, offered to the community, but hitherto, God be thanked, rejected with disgust, I mean it offers one of the strongest possible arguments against the ballot. (Cheers.) For what would be required of vou if the ballot were adopted ? The ballot is to 'be the means gy which every man may keep his political opinions secret; and in order to be available to some it must be imposed on all; and if you are to have the ballot as an effective instrument of political power, then in deed every man must by law be forbidden tomake his politics known—(hear, hear) —then you could no longer assemble to meet your representatiues to show by your presence your opinion of their conduct—to show that you approved of their conservative doctrines, or to show that you disapproved of any course of conduct they had pursued. (Cheers.) And remember what must then be the degrading state to which you must be reduced by the ballot; no man must be allowed to speak to his neighbour on political subjects; every man must think solitarily and to himself; every man must think to himself otherwise his opinions would be made known, and to make them known must by law be an offence, or else the ballot must be as absurd as we think it. (Much cheering.) I believe—it is in truth—that the impossibility of ever using the ballot in this country as the m ean s o f k eep i ng po liti ca l votes secret, is well understood ; nor do I believe that any party would make such a clamour for it, did they not understand, that with the ballot, they must inevitably intro duce universal suffrage also, and with universal suffrage . anarchy to every and any extent in the land. And therefore gentlemen, it is, that against that measure I will ever oppose my exertions to the utmost, and I do approve of all such meetings—for Englishmen to come forward and boldly state their sentiments, instead of slinking, and sneaking with the aspect of slaves, no man daring to declare openly what his feelings are, no man daring to have that exultation which arises front the performance of duty, even at personal peril— that every man must be driven to the degrading excuse of acting under the dominion of fear, or it is to be made the means of enabling every one of you to deceive his neigh bour by promising one thing, and the next day doing another. (Hear, heat.) Gentlemen, there is another reason why I am delighted with such meetings as these, because, in the course of our parliamentary life, many circumstances must occur—certain rules and regulations exist in the House of Parliament which are not understood in the country at large—private regulations for carrying on the business, and which, if not understood by the constituency, may be the means of creating some feelings of dissatisfaction between them and their representatives. You all know that formerly, within the last two or three years, when you sent petitions to parliament, it was the constant course of the members who presented them to make speeches on the subject, and for their colleagues to get up and snake tse of some arguments, perhaps, as it has been satirically said, going over the same grounds, weakening them as he went along, which, probably might be the case, if I followed my Lord Sandon. The rules of the Howe prevent that now. In order to facilitate the despatch of business, no member is allowed to speak in presenting a petition; you are allowed merely to state the subject of it; and, therefore, when you ask your representa tives in their places to support a petition, that is asking what the rules of the House forbid him to do. This is just one of those instances, where, meeting you in a body, we are enabled to explain the parliamentary rules, which enables them to prevent you thinking they are neglecting your duty, when they are not allowed to say a word on a petition which you may get up. fleeing said this much for the various reasons I have for rejoicing in such meetings as these, there is ano ther, which makes me rejoice most heartily in this meeting: it is, that I have the pride and satisfaction of congratulatingyou on the triumvir of the conservative party in the house in the last session—it is to congratulate you as a sample of the con servatives of the empire, on the success of the exertions you made, that you then returned a body of members to parlia ment so powerful that you were enabled to stem • the consti tutional torrent, and to maintain the walls of the constitution hitherto unimpaired. (Cheers.) -True it is, that during a period of political excitement—l might say, ofi political mad ness—some years before, certain fatal disastrous measures were adopted—certain inroads made on your constitution, but thank God, the torrent has been staid, and at present we appear to be in a state of comparative security; but let us not be lulled into comparative security; let us still be ener getic and combined, and with the blessings of God on our efforts, our enemies shall gain no further advantage, Nay, gentlemen, I believe our enemies are so conscious of the position iu which they stand, that no direct effort will be made; it will be an indirect one; it will not be by endea vouring by force to overthrow the efforts of the existing con servative generation, but to poison the minds of the rising generation, in order that they may become the fi tti ng tool s of those who are enemies of our church. It is, we have rea-• sen to fear, that by some mischievous plan of education— (great cheering) ' •—that education may be given exclusive of religion,—that they may be taught to think that a matter of se:entire. ' ;r ....claw:oiled In tile pv rocrto of tftc gospel, they can b e little attached to the church—and if not attached to it, that they will not defend it : and if they do not defend it, it must be overthrown • and if the church falls, what will stand in the country? We have au instance of a col lege established in London on the express principle of ex cluding all religion from among the students—(hear); hut, what a glorious contemplation ! with all the efforts to support that establishment,—with all the wealth of the radicals—with the charter granted by the crown to support its claims, that institution is, I believe, at this moment on the eve of disso lution. (Loud cheering.) We have had a system of edu cation imposed upon Ireland, of a different character, but hardly less mischievous all religion is not excluded, but an attempt has been made, that every speeies of religion should be confounded—that no distinction should be maintained— (het people should he taught to think protestantistn and poperyat matter of indifference, as equally good and equally true. 1 leave it to those who live in that country, to say how that system h as wor k e d . G entlemen, some cf yOu may know how the attempt to introduce that system into this country has failed—(cheers)—but I do trust, that amongst other schemes for preserving the constitution, we shall ever be must vigilant in this, never to agree to a system of educa tion founded upon a basis—never to consent to assist in dis seminating principles which we do not believe to be true— never to consent to snake it a matter of indifference whether the people of this country are educated in the popish or the protestant creed. (Cheers.) I think we shall hear no more of schools founded on the principle of excluding religious instruction altogether, for from a short statement of what passed at a dinner in this town, it would seem that the Secre. tary of State for the Home Department had expressed him self much gratified by witnessing the religious instruction imparted at the corporation schools in this borough. (Hear.) Thus far it is good; that noble lord having expressed his delight at witnessing this religious instruction going on, can never afterwards sanction an education an education from which religious instruction is altogether excluded. So far we are agreed; on that point we are one; the remaining point remains to be considered, what sort of religious in struction shall be provided? 1 wish the noble lord had been a little more explicit on the subject; probably the nature of the occasion on which he spoke prevented it, othei wise we might have had some more description of the instruction which was imparted in his presence to the children; we might have learnt whether it was of one faith or the other; but though his lordship has not stated that, we state it for ourselves; we wish the children of this country to be edu cated in the Protestant faith, for which their forefathers bled, —(enthusiastic cheering, the audience rising and waving their hats)—and by a steady attention to that important matter—by a strenuous effort to procure for the people a EOWHI, religious, and moral education under the superintend ence of our pastors of the Protestant church I trust that a generation will arise not worse than their fathers, and that under them, as under your protecting and fostering in fluence, the British constitution may flourish as heretofore. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I trust on future occasions we shalt have again the same subjects of congratulation—again to `rejoice at the defeated efforts of our enemies—again to rejoice at the increasing streugth of our friends; so that ultimately we may find that those attempts of ourenemies will fall away to be 0 contemptible to them as they are to others. (Cheers) Allow tile to thank you for your kindness, and to assure you that no exertions for your interests which.l can make will be too great on my part. (The honourable and learned mem ber sat.down amidst loud and prolonged cheering.) 'The: ,CHAIRMAN next gave—" The Members for the County." (Drank with all the honours.) The lion. RICHARD BOOTLE WILBRAHANT, M.P., was cor .dallyreceived. He said be only regretted that it had not failed into the hands of his noble colleague to return thanks for himself on this occasion • but as he .had stated yesterday, Lord - Francis Egerton had occasion; him to make an apology to them fur not being present at their anniversary, as he had 'intended to be. His lordship had been taken up to town by the illness of one of his children, whom he was obliged to send to the Mediterranean for the change of climate and the benefit of his health. (Hear, hear.) That alone was the reason why he was not here, with those powers of eloquence with which he was gifted, to return thanks for the toast. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Richard Bootle Wilhraharn) begged to say for himself,, that nothing could give him greater satisfac tion than attending meetings such as these; he was proud to add' that that was the third anniversary of the Liverpool Operative Conservative Association at which he had had the 'honour of being present ; he hoped to accept their invitation as lone as they thought proper to request his company, and that he should continue to see them increasing in numbers and prosperity. (Cheers.) His noble friend, Lord Santini), had alluded to the late meeting of radicals in this town, and • had been pleased to say that he disapproved of all their reso lutions except one. (Laughter,) He (Mr. Wilbraham) cordially agreed with him in the abstract; he should have no objectiff'n whatever to £5OO. a-year additional coming into his pockets; but he thought, from the conduct of some per sons, that such a sum would almost make one doubt one's own honesty, seeing that pay, and pay alone, was the object and aim of the ministry. He was afraid that £5OO. a-year given to him would make him put a double value on his poor services, and make him him think that he was worth much more than the money which the country paid him, and that he ought to look out for some ather inducements. (Cheers.) Though he had no objection to receive £5OO, he should de cline to be paid as a representative, or in any public capacity. (Loud cheers.) Another hon. friend, Mr. Cresswell, had ex pressed his opinions at some length on the ballot, and with him also he agreed cordially. His only wish was, that if that measure were cariied—and its supporters thought it could, for they boasted that they increased their numbers five and ten every vear—the system should he carried into the House of Commons as well, so that if the representatives were elected by secret voting they also should vote in secret. (" We won't have the ballot at all.") It was unnecessary for him to repeat flue opinions which he had expressed last night as to the system of national education that was sought to be introduced; he believed they were pretty well known; and he should only add, that having seen the enthusiastic reception given to the reverend rectors this evening, he had another reason why he should wish the moral and religious education of the youth of the country to be entrusted to the parochial clergy. (Cheers.) He again congratulated the society on the increase of its 'northers, and trusted that the children would be . brought up and grow in conservative prini:iples, and that throughout the country those principles would increase and prosper. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Rose, by permission of the ch a i rman, rose to give the ' meeting a toast, which was—" Prosperity to the Liverpool Operative Conservative Association: may every attempt to delude the operative classes, throughout the. kingdom, meet with the like ilemonstrtion of constitutional principle as in our loyal borough." (Great applause.) He found that he had 'touched a chord which vibrated in every bosom. Y e s, " may every attempt to delude the oper a ti ve c l asses me e t with as signal a failure as it did in this town, and may every l oyal heart cry 'Amen.' " (Loud cheers.) He might safely say that that was the best speech which had been delivered that evening. It had been well said on the preceding night, " brother conservatives," and he now addressed them by the title of "brother operatives," for they were all operatives in one good cause. Ab, they must work ; for they were now attacked on the sapping and mining system—(hear, hear)— that was the relic of the past year—but th e y w er e boldly as sailed by men who had sworn before their altar and their God that they would carry out their purposes. He wished Lord John Russell were there, to witness the enthusiasm which was displayed. He could never despair of the consti tution when he beheld so many good old English hearts of oak about him. (Cheers.) The Whig-radical press said that the operatives are too deeply imbued with revolutionary sen timents ever to have any sympathy or connexion with con servatism. Now, that meeting gave them the lie. He had heard of persons who had repeated their own lies so often, that at last they believed them; and again, of persons whose wish was father to the thought, and the whig . -radicals stood in tine, if not both of these predicaments. It was the father of many lies—of a progeny as numerous as—(there was a simile somewhere, a very appropriate one)-oh, as numerous as Lord Grey's relations. (Loud cheers.) Ile believed it had been calculated to a mathematical nicety that, to the 176th Or 178th cousin, they were all feeding and fattening on the public purse. Reform and retrenchment had been a golden shower to them—another Jupiter, for it had poured gold into their laps, and perhaps for a purpose somewhat similar to that for which Jupiter came down to visit Dane. (Laughter.) He should like to see the ministry leave their offices, but they would never do so unless they were treated as the father of the present Sir Andrew Agnew once treated an intolerable bore that used to infest and fasten upon him and his neigh bours—namely, informed him very roundly that if he did not depart forthwith he would be thrown out at the window. They lard had Lord John Russell here in the "Queen's Arms"—(laughter)—but how had he been received by the people? That answer could be answered by any one. 'Then there was O'Connell had passed through also. Had his " hurrah for repeal" wakened the echoes of Downing-street ? Most probably it had. At any rate, ministers had now played the queen; did they intend to play the knave also? (Laughter and cheers.) Let O'Connell and them play together, and be would be bound that Dan would beat them hollow at beggar me-neighbour. (Renewed laughter.) He had just been reflecting at what game it was probable that they would beat him (O'Connell), and he had found it out—it was at thimble rig or blind-hookey. If they be false cheats and swindlers —he did not say they were, for if he should do so, he would have to swallow a dose of Liverpool Mercury--(laughter)— he hoped they might all hang together, and each one might interpret the saying in his own way. He believed that the ministers intended to throw another tub to the whale—to the radicals next session, which was to he in the shape of a re peal of the corn-laws and of national education. After some few remarks upon those questions the speaker concluded amidst much applause. Mr. CA EDWELI, was then called upon by the chairman. He begged, in the first place, to return them his thanks for having enrolled his name on the books of their society, and to assure them that he drank the toast of " Success to their Association" with very great pleasure. The name of Lord John Russell had been frequently brought 'eefore tite meet ing; but was it surprising that, in addressing such a body, they should allude to his visit ? It was the visit of a man who called the demonstrations of conservatism the whisper of a faction. He had been entertained here at a select, but never, as he (Mr. Cardwell) had heard, a numerous party; and there the noble lord had expounded political privileges, one of which was, that men had a right to meet for the expres sion of their opinions. But if he had been present there, he would not have thought that it was a right. If he had been at the Amphitheatre, when the conservatives filled it three times in one week, he would not have thought so • and he (the speaker) believed th a t th e h ome secretary would not ire very forward in telling his radical friends to meet. But the whigs, the most insignificant of all parties, were to have the unchecked right of meeting whenever and for whatever they cnoose. He called them an insignificant party, and they were so. The radical bad his thousands, and the conserva tive his tens of thousands; but where were the whigs? And _what should be said of the whisper of faction now? What must be thought of the governinent , of which Lord John Russell was a chief, when he, that mighty statesman, as he was termed, with Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear the weight of mightiest monarchies, was not teceived here by a single plaudit ? He (the speaker) thought that the epithets which had been applied by the whigs to the conservatives were much more applicable to themselves; and it ought to be asked how it is that that miserable monopolizing minority can hope to continue in office? Lord Melbourne had de clared, in the House of Peers, that so long as the people of England supported him, he would never resign. Why, strip him of the rotten boroughs retained by the whig party, and you deprive him of more than the number of members com posing his majority in the House of Commons. (Hear, near.) After showing that the whig government had made the nation as contemptible in the eyes of foreign nations as they themselves are in the eyes of Englishmen, the speaker called on the conservatives to be up and doing—to show to other nations that Britons could still vindicate their rights, and to make known what a free people, with full scope, could do for their free institutions. He would have them to com bine together in associations such as that, and to show the whig government that the conservative .democracy of this mighty empire has rallied round the altar and the throne. (The speaker was highly applauded thioughout, and sat down amidst loud cheers.) Lord SANDON then rose for the purpose of proposing the health of a gentlemen well known and appreciated by all pre sent. It might, he said, perhaps seem surprising that the toast had not been given before; but he could assure them that the delav had entirely arisen from the modesty of the individual. He begged to give the health of their worthy chairman, a man admired for the honesty of his purpose, and the staunchness of his conservatism. The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks, and before sitting down gave the following toast:—" The Duke of Wellington and the House of Peers." ( Enthusiastic applause.) Glee.—" The mighty conqueror." J. B. WEST, Esq., was then called upon, and briefly but eloquently addressed the meeting. He said that he had been called upon by the learned gentleman, who he was proud to call his friend (Mr. Cresswell) to give his opinion respecting the system of education which had been introduced into Ire land, and he would beg leave to give them the most eloquent definition of that system he had ever seen or heard, and which naa ueen given by true of the most distinguished clergymen in Ireland. He said—" We may speak of this system in the words of Mary at the sepulchre—" They have taken away my Lord, and 1 know not where they have put. him." (Loud cheering.) The speaker concluded by proposing the health of Sir Robert Peel, whom he warmly eulogised. The toast was drunk with the usual honours. Sung.—" Like a plaits-dealing soldier has Wellington spoke." Lord SANDON then gave—" The Merchants of Liverpool." Glee.—" Ye Gentlemen of England." Mr. J. H. LAWRENCE said lie should consider it a reproach to himself and the merchants of Liverpool were he to allow this toast to pass by without acknowledgement. He thanked the company in their name, for the cOmpliMent, and begged to assure them that he should be always ready to come for ward in the support of the great cause in which. they were engaged. (Cheers.) Mr. CRESSWELL, at the request of the chairman, rose to propose a toast, esteeming the honour conferred upon him to be a great privilege. It was not the last upon the list, nor the least, and one that ought to be drank with three times three. His eloquent friend on the left (Mr. Roby) had the privilege of giving " The Operative Association and the Operative Classes: and he was about to propose the health of a set of men, who, though inclining to the operative classes, were nut altogether included in them. They were operatives in the complete sense of the word ; for they had earned the political privileges which they enjoyed, and they had shown by their conduct that they deserved these privileges—inasmuch as they had exercised them, almost invariably, in support of the constitution of the country—he meant the freemen of Liver pool. (Tremendous cheering.) To speak as a lawyer, he had two distinct species of evidence of their being friends to the consitution ; one was, that they almost invariably re corded their votes in favour of the conservative candidates ; and the other was, that a destructive administration never ceased its attacks upon their liberties. (Loud and continued cheering.) One day such an administration would tell them that they were anxious to extend the suffrage, in order that every one might h ave a r i g ht to vote; an d dien, because a particular class exercised their franchise with independence, it would exclude such a class from the suffrage. (Cheers.) He should have regretted it had they left the room without bearing testimony in favour of the independence of the free men, and expressing their hope that every independent member of parliament would protect their interests. They had earned their franchise in the towns in which they had lived, and w hi c h un d er the i r care h a d grown an d flourished for centuries. He was glad to see the cordial co-operation between them and the other inhabitants, and he trusted their union would continue, and that there would never be found wanting friends to protect their interests. (Cheers.) Lord SANDON said it was impossible for him, who had so long had the favour of the freemen of Liverpool, and who in a great measure owed his success in four fields to their ever to hear the toast proposed without a word to show his hearty concurrence therein. (Cheers.) They had earned their freedom by apprenticeship; and he had just been reminded that this day seven years he entered his apprenticeship in the service of the people of Liverpool. (Cheers.) If honour was to be gained by honest industry continued during a pe rind of seven years, he hoped they would not : judge hini un worthy of the title of an honest freeman. (Cheers.) When eityleprahrriahmeaeit, heard the honour of the c l ass a ll u d e d t o i m p ea ched he always endeavoured from his seat to defend them. (Cheers.) "The Independent and Honest Freemen of Liverpool." (Three times three and one cheer more.) Mr. AseiNist..t. was loudly called for, and acceded. lie said lie never could find the ieason why he was so honoured as to be called upon invariably to return thanks for the free men of Liverpool, exeept that lie was the largest amongst them. (The - honourable gentlernan's dimensions are some thing like those of the Prince of Dude.) He had a pride even greater than that, and which was always, and ever would be, in his breast, that he was the last Mayor of Liverpool who had been elected by the freemen generally, instead of a close corporate body. ( Hear, )rear.) Why the practice had been taken, by the whig ministers, from the people, he did not know, except that, being mostly conservatives, they could not support that ministry in their wicked designs. (Cheers.) He was proud to be a freeman; he had ever been so; and he would remain so; he had never recorded his vote in any other way, but always refused to give it as a householder. He claimed it as his birthright; and the whigs had attempted to rob him of it; they had succeeded with others ; but his franchise was left to bun, and he would exercise it only for the people's advantage, in the support of conservative prin ciples, and for the benefit of the country. (Cheers.) lie begged to thank Lord Sandon and Mr. Cressa ell for the kind manner in which they had introduced the toast, and the com pany for the way in which they had received it. (Cheers.) Mr. Rowlands sung the song—" Old England-is the land we love." " The Tradesmen's Conservative Association,"—three limes three. Mr. S. HoLME said it would ill become him at so late a period of the evening, to occupy the attention of the meeting for any length of time; but as the association of which he had the honour to be chairman was the subject of the toast just drank, and was in a great measure, if not altogether, identified with that society concerning which they had met, he could not help saying a few words. It was not for him to say much as to the principles on which these associations were founded, as his sentiments on that subject were well known. He felt that both societies had hitherto discharged their duties with honour—they were Fotnething like the Siantese twins; there was a band of union between them that could not be separated without danger to the existence of both of them ; if that ligature were severed both must fall. ( Hear, hear, hear.) He directed the attention of the meeting to the inscription on one of the banners. which informed them that they were associated to protect the church of their fathers, to give stability to the throne, to stand by the Queen—God bless her:—(amen)—and to secure to our children and those of our poorer brethren an education that should be founded on the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible. - (Cheers.) While he did not under value the arts and sciences, and had not thought it improper in himself, as a tradesman, to devote a few leisure hours oc casionally to the purs uits of liter a t ure , h e wou ld rat h er see his countrymen Christians than philosophers. He had no sympathy with those who looked upon man as a mere moral machine, who had no need of instruction from the pages of holy writ. The call on the tradesmen of Liverpool and on the operatives to repudiate these notions had been ably an swered, and he had no doubt that if, by the turn of circum stances, an appeal should be necessary, it would be as promptly responded to. (Cheers.) . He would remind them that there would.. ere long, be introduced into Parliament a system which he detested and abhorred, because it was founded on false philosophy and Popery; and against this it would be their duty to present petitions, to raise their voices, and to make one united stand, and say such a bill should never pass. (Cheers.) As the working classes were the hone and muscle of the land, he would have them educated so as to form a part of the great moral structure that could alone give stability t property, and happiness to those who possessed it. (Cheers.) Much had been said in the course of the evening about her Majesty's ministers, and he would read a very m graphic des cription of them f ro a newspaper published in this town, and conducted, he must say, with no little talent. It was as follows: ' It is sufficient felicity, or ought to be, for the millions of the British nation to know that Lord -Melbourne dines seven days a-week with her Majesty; that Spring Rice's son is a commissioner of the Customs; that he and Lord Lansdowne divide the clerical patronage of the country between them; that Lord Jokn Russell knows to a day when his quarter's salary is due; that as soon as' the session of parliament was over, Mr. Fox Maule departed to Scotland, and Mr. Stanley into Cheshir : the one to shoot grouse, the other partridges ; and that Lo , 'SGlenelg and Mr. Poulett Thompson are sup posed to havte•llen asleep somewhere. The liberal iv: may say, as did King James's sohii.srig-art.lir -- the battle of 'the Boyne, " Change leaders with us, and will beat the breath out of you in a twinklini , ." would Now there was much truth in these passages, and he ask what paper did they think the extract was taken from? (" The Mail. ' ) What did it signify to the conser vativ es that Lord Melbourne had not bought a joint of meat at his butcher's for thilast seven months? What did it sit uilY them that Lord Palmerston had served an a pprenticeship seven years in writing protocols? What consequence we. it to them that Lord (ilenelg was in the arms of Sumeu." and that Lord John Russell had been to a late public p rivate dinner with the mayor of Liverp o ol? (Cheers and laugh ter. Now, as there night be some curiosity to see the p a p. whence the.extract was taken, he thought it right that le° meeting should be allowed to judge fur itself. It was neither the Liverpool Courier, the Standard, nor the Mail, but the, —[Here Mr. Hohne held up to public view the Albion o' September 10, on referring to which we found the poe'!g es s above quoted. The exhibition %Vas greeted with uprourwY .l laughter, in the midst of which the speaker resumed his seat o. Mr. CeEsswEt.r., in a neat speech, proposed "The La n• Witches,"—three times three. Glee—" Here's a health to all good lasses." Sir THOS. BRANCKER, by request, responded to the to ast ; The CHAIRMAN then gave -" The - Town and Trade of verpool,"—three times three, and one cheer more. The principal guests left the table at ten o'clock, when the / meeting broke up, having greatly enjoyed the festivities.° the evening. A peal from the hand bells, below the sou: saluted the company as they departed. We do not kti ° when we have attended a more delightful and spirit-stir ri°,, meeting, and where the arrangements were altogether tvu'e excellent and effective. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. (From the Railway Times.) The prevailing opinion among tho s e wh o interest th eri j. selves in railwaymatt e r s , w ith res p ec t t o th e l as t Great W e !,. ern Meeting, is, that the gentlemen of th e n or th were oot a i enough north for those of th e s o uth; -th a t i s , in a word, t e they were sadly bamboozled and outwitted. We do not ch ar in this opinion. We think the Liverpool delegates knew v ert, t i, well what they were about; and that, however weak o r f consistent their conduct may appear to the plausible, if lookers-on, the could give, if they chose, very plausible, 3 not sufficient, reasons for it. The gentlemen o f the n orth are, from all we can learn, quite as much dissatisfied as der, with the past condu c t and mana g ement of this great uo,. itt biking ; they see clearly enough that the whole affair is . %, of joint"—Direction as well as Engineering ; but they te t . et gine, at the same time, that " they . (alone) were born t o 1 6, them right." The only radical cure is, in their judt.,rok it a little infusion of Lancashire blood into the direction. to accomplish this infusion, without the consent and coca . rence of the present directors, they apprehend to be n o e . matter : and hence it has seemed to themgood policy to e e to ciliate Mr, Chairman Sims and his colleagues by everyole a o , in their power. Di v id e e t i m p era ' is the motto on their bat ner. Censure for Mr. B r un e l, b u t a ll manner o f complim ee r y to Mr. Brunel masters; among whom they hope, e , o . shortly, to see t wo or t h ree o f thei r own party p l ay ing a e minent part. Witness the fulsome praise bestowed, by sum of the Lancashire speakers at the 'fleeting, on the directots; though, if there be one word of truth in the fault found them with the proceedings of th e en g in eer , th e directors, the have sanctioned th ese p rocee di ngs , an d p ers i st , u p to k ' te present moment, i n d e fe n di ng th em , are qu it e a s mach o $ blame as Mr. Brunel. Having a good end in view—notbli, less than the salvation of the concern—they think that PI A fies the adoption o f any means, how e ver questionable, to en:'d it. Once bef o r e —n o t, i n d ee d, ver y l o ng ago—they . adola e n d a different course, but got, as we have heard, only jibes lb' jeers for their p a i ns . Th e y b ega n w i t h d ec laring that 6, Great Western Directors had entirely forfeited the e oe l , deuce, not only of the Lancashire propretary, but of the pod lie at large; and thereupon they proceeded to recomm e that•some half-dozen of them should make way for an eq,,, u- r number of infallible and sturdy Lancastrians. The aus7 o - 0 to this modest requisition was a poser—' It it be true, as 3. e , state, that we have forfeited the confidence of the prop! t e , Lary and of the public, how can you, Gentlemen of Lancash lr ho propose to youselves to act with any number of men '",.t,0 have so disgraced themselves—far less with a majority ( 1 0 , , trustless a set; for, as yet, your proposition extends ll ° ' Cher than to admit a few of your party into the direction • And so it happened that the mouths of the Lancashire Dens tlemen being stopped by this answer, they found thernsei:,f in an exceedingly false and ridiculous position—not far i vrt :, 0 1 ; as to the forfeiture of confidence incurred, but wholly wiY ll5 as to the mode by which they proposed to impart new, e , and energy to the concern; and fat the momeut, their altogether powerless either fur good or evil. Indeed, so in,' is stronger did the Great Western Railway Directors fe el o f 11 consequence of this erroneous move of their assailants , L e s though a vacancy occurred soon after, in their body, thre„.l"te the resignation of Mr. Tite (Why, by the bye, did Mr. 1,,,e resign I—he was the ablest, by far, of the whole Board at time,) la they refused to let even one Lancastrian in to s a P P ,„'s his lace ; and filled it up with a Mr. Nobody, whose 081,""er and additions at the Resent moment we forget. T rep o is the ground thus lost, they Lancashire gentlemen have time gone upon quite an opposite tack. Now they are fo re '" o f of confidence in, and respect for, the directors, as b eer , distrust and contempt. Most upright and gentiemanlY dso sons the directors all are ; and no pleasure to be irnagiae,,,,,, great as that of acting cordially aiong with them for the mon good! The directors, seeing the pleasing chaoh,,eir (pleasing to them,) which has come over' the spirit of t ot opponents, have not been slow in turning it to as good ae, c° ,. o a as they previously did their blundering rud eness . "P ‘ 6 a ll refuse to pass this our report," say the dir ec t ors , " we ' n o' take it as a personal insult." " Nothing,",reply the Live t r e e gentlemen," is further from ourinteutionr--we wish to b e y o - 11 sonally on the best terms possible with you all—but our , to ourselves and our brother proprietors requires- ---- i• "This only, that you should satisfy yourselves that the % s o neering of the line is all right, to which we, the directors, oid have no objection; but it does not require that you sb e ° r 0 persist in refusing to pass.our half-yearly account of rec leo4 . and disbursements, for every penoy of which we have g o o, and sufficient vouchers. It is ntirkei' \#ee can assur e, sal to be left under such a cloud of suspicion as your last or has thrown upon us. Only think what our feelings as ge ri a io men must be—think of what your own would be, were Y 0 ,1 51 our situations." "Ab, to he sure," " And do nut forg et ' og ls there is at this moment a seat at our Board vacant, th r f.ips the loss of our late dearly-beloved colleague, Mr. HOPI, do which we cannot fill up—though most anxious are we , 1 001 ,,, so, with some gentleman of judgment and experience ',Oil ing significantly hard towards the Liverpool squad) . oe e you have certified, by your sweet voices, that the pos , t,Z„r which a gentleman may fill without dishonour." l' - f e el word inure, Mr. Chairman—(Beyworth loquitur)—w e all the delicacy of your situation ; we have no wish t o g ot harass you—far from it—we have the highest opinion 0 ' l e r integrity, and only impute to you a want of that railsveYall perience which we gentlemen of the north possess in s es abundance—and in order that you, the directors, nose placed quite at your ease, and enabled to fill up the nl e- ol e Mr. Hopkins—which ought, by all means, to be done l u ' e rt/ diately —we will withdraw our resolution of censure, in re lion to the engineering, fur the present, and agree to the atiq of the report." We have given what we believe to be a tolerablY , e7 r e f o l version of the course of policy pursued by the Liverpo , " ' p ot tlemen on the present ,occasion; but we beg we ineY t eir be considered as at all approving of it. We think the te tss ductioti of two or three intelligent men of business fr ool oo north, into the Great Western Direction, would be on e ° old best things that could happen for the concern ; but o'e vi ti , - ,r have this brought about in an open and straight-forward t oo ner; we would have them borne its upon the force of r o ot opinion, and not by virtue of a paltry intrigue. We orb imagine that any good can come, in the l o n g -run, e' jast crooked ways and hollow professions as our pen h as ; e ric traced. No end, however good, can, in o u r humble.' naent, s respectability of he o anctify such unworth y ppositi on to the Great NVe means. ste t r ti The t, Railway Management has, we make no doubt, alreal fered greatly in the publi c e stimati o n, from the pall' ab lea di lt xiety for place displayed by those who have taken the act .it. The Great. Western Directors will not, we thing to o wisely, if they omit the opportunity which they n" w r l eer of strengthening their hands by the addition of some rieteo; pool gentleman to their body; .but certain it is, ueve rt ec oe' l that if they should take it into their heads to pass a 5 niace, affront upon their northern friends, by supplying th e _4llb° of Mr. Hopkins from same other quarter; all the world w disposed rather to laugh with. than blame them. GRAND JUNCTION, RAILWAY. *t§ This railway having now been fairly tested, both a• t o ,;( 1 . durabilit, and also with respect to the traffic expel t hat npoa it, it is fairly due to our townsmen who projee le h oto t s line, and also to the able engineers who executed it, upon theta such.a meed of praise as they are unquest'' er i, all entitled to; particularly as it is universally a doti r l o t li s, all who have travelled upon it lately, to be freer f here! unpleasant motion than any other railway in the cotiu' i ',err The Grand Junction Railway after having been i" ° ,4 e ter l , Lion twelve months, and paying ten per cent. to its itr°P," ;O f ! for that period, is eginning to develope, in the secon" tii lioo e ; an increase of t raffle, which warrants the highest ex Pee beet ever formed of it ; and although the traffic from 31 0l i c i fvlb,,, and Birmingham, up to the present time, does not results anticipated from that portion of it, vet the trato o f 0, , Liverpool to Birmingham for the first three I neotli s ,, v e ol , present year, being full fifty, per cant. above the fornl e : e 3r , ,, t i fairly promises, before the expiration of the secon d l a ed v ; o exceed the most sanguine calculations ever enter l tdi o ' 4 the projectors of this line. And ihe arrangements now in progresS, both for expediting and faciliating th e A Mah e passengers and goods direct f r om Liverpool an" o f t' chester to London, under the cordial co-operatio n pire o Directors of the Grand Juncti on an d th e L o ndan ar"! fuc ti°, Ingham Companies, are such a-will not only give Sa t ' e re ,s , to the public,. but crust also tend Nell' materially to .7 r ot; tfie traffic upon those lin es , by secur i ng t o them a [ 'r e ' e at e over every other Triode eonveyance. It is confidently expected, that, after the ensu ing' is over, and t h e em b ankments on the L ondon a nd ni r t i o .ee ; ham line are well s e ttled d o w n first class train s be wor Liverpool and M anc h ester an d London will not occuPYiispet], than nine hours in the journey. This being accoul o rfo i what furth er i m p rovements cou ld b e d es i re d between I ):', 6 l l 'i t and Lancashire ? The advantages. that will be de r ,. i f f o ril e e every branch of the community, from the means ". d at them of an increased intercourse so cheap and so rat" , quite incalculable. e ft To the merchant, whose communications with the it polls are so frequent, it mnst prove invaluable. ° Vat - s te Ti the tradesman, who is constantly obliged to „ j supplies from London, to suit the continually varyjFri of his customers, the convenience will be inestima"'„citi., the consumer will find his advantage in being able te,r;orarl in a few hours, from the grand mart of luxury, at a I 0. , tively small expense, every article he may desire. h oe o f Liverpool and Manchester Wil!, by means o f t oo o' lines of railway, be brought within two days' i ° 11 0 Paris. . Ito W Edinburgh will be brought within a journey of th i n'! th i n'! from Dublin. London may be reached in twentylour hours frern i} , l) o ;,l, O I: e j , Such are the facilities wbich the public will r h ; , p rei t y which had their primary origin in Liverpool, hY bseci ne'd tors of the Grand Junction Railway, which has s"• ; to been followed up by the London and Birmino'ha" l io rth a d, when this great artery of communication, " fr ( " n ap idlY south, is brought to maturity, to which it is now r b , the 4 o tt vancing, no doubt can possibly exist but that, r jun et' o y dicious management of the Directors of the tira ni t tines 11 ;irs and London and Birmingham Railwa • ,these gre a ,rfec' )' so be made so advantageous to the 'public, and from " 4hehirelves, as to defy all rivalry or upposit' care"' ' ,la" ever quar s ter it may be threatened. And o urtow, t r l ' wo rk, and projected the first, may justly feel proud of their their fame must be handed down to posterity: ay e nn doo The Earl of Har.lobv and Lord and LadYa o - o leY been on a visit to L or d F ranc i s Es-atoll,' at " near Manchester. . . .