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BERLIN TABLE COVERS. —A splendid Coil 'Own of the above, has just been imported by B. L. OSEPH and CO., at the REPOSITORY, 92, BOLD-szueET. Also a se lect assortment of GEIS'S BELIN OR NA.• NTs, con- , sistiug of Broaches, Ear-rings, Buckles, Bracel , Chaius, &c. No Business done on Saturday till Evening. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GLASGOW RAILWAY COMPANY. CAPITAL, £BOO,OOO. • SHARES, £lOO.--DEPOSIT, £3. BANKERS. The El itish Linen Company, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Moss and Co., Liverpool. THE object of this Company, as advertised in their Pro spectus, is to execute an ascertained Line of Railway be tween Edinburgh, Leith, and Glasgow. The Line which is proposed is founded upon actual Surve of the whole district of country by M essrs. Stevenson, Civil En gineers, and the Promoters of the Company feel perfectly con fident in saying, that it has enabled them to lay before the Company the best Line. They by no means hold out, that the Line of Railway proposed may not be open to suggestions for improvement in its execution, and with this view they mean to solicit the advice of some eminent neutral engineers. But the Line generally will be found to hold out the following advan tages and inducements for the formation of a Company. 1. It is practically level, an object of paramount importance in the f or mation of a Railway, enabling Carriages to travel thro • ughout the journey at Railway speed—a quality whi.-. no Other district of country between the ports can afford. 2. The summit level - of the present line is only 163 1 the quays of Leith. while the summit levels of mar • Lines vary from 500 to 800 feet. 3. The Line in its course passes through the uud richest district of country between the two . rts. 4: The proposal embraces not only a Li.; of Railway be tween. Edinburgh and Glasgow, but it will '.nnect the Port of Leith by a direct Line withthe Bromielaw of Glasgow. With these facts before them, on the importance of which the most incompetent can form an opinion, it only remains for the public to judge whether they will not at once secure what is palpable, the best Line of Railway between the two ports. The Company for the Linlithgow and Falkirk line think it their duty to put the public on their guard by assuring them, that they do not come forward in opposition to any one. A Company, no doubt, has been conditionally formed for the pur pose of promoting the best line, and they have given notice, that English Engineers are about to make surveys, with the view of ascertaining it. The result of these Surveys, it is confidently anticipated, will he such as to establish the character given to the Falkirk and Linlithgow line. But Surveys for that line (which were undertaken o forming a Company) ere nearly completed beer Company was even heard of. That Company' n ially invited , to join in securing to the Public what they are in search of, namely, the best line of Railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and their respective Ports. Copies of the Prospectus may be had, and Subscriptions will bo received by ALEXANDER CUNINGHAM, W. S. Interim Se cretary, 84, George-street, Edinburgh; FO:IBES, REDDIE, and Foe Bus, 14, Gordon -street, Glasgow; H. SALMON , Bank Agent, Falkirk; THOMAS Gordon-street, ) Writer. Linlithgow; ANDREW SNODY, 'Solicitor, 118, Constitution-street, Leith; 'l'. W. WINSTANLEY, 20. Brown-street, Manchester; ALEX ANDER DOBIE, Solicitor, Palgrave-place, Temple-bar, London ; the Bankers; or JOHN GORDON and Co., Water-street, Liver pool. Edinburgh, Dec. 31, 1835. ,At above Southern ,°st populous EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. A T a MEETING of the PROMOTERS of a LINE of ti RAILWAY between EDINBURGH, LEITH, and GLASGOW, held at Edinburgh, on SATURDAY, the 26th De cember, 1835. I. D. BOSWALL, Esq., of Wardie, in th- hair: Having heard a Report by Messrs. Stevenson d Son, Civil Engineers, on the capabilities of the various net of Rail w ay between Edinburgh vul Glasgow, in a s -y of which they have been engaged for a, considerable tiro the following reso lutions were proposed and unanimously, a.'s pted:- I.—That the propriety of establishin : a Railway communi cation between Edinburgh and Glasg. sas long ens. pparen 2.—That having considered the 'sort of Mer Steven son, on the Northeru Line by Linli gow and Falkirk, which has occupied their attention for the last eight months, the Meet ing are of opinion that, independent of the Line being PRACTI CALLY LEVEL, (the greatest rise being at the rate of one foot in 530, and that for a distance of only one mile,) and such as will enable Carriages to travel at Railway speed, it holds out advantages and inducements for the formation of a Company beyond any other Line hitherto proposed. ' 3.--That it is expedient that the Prospectus now submitted to the Meeting, having for its object the formation of a Company to execute the proposed Line, be immediately issued to the Public. 4.—That as soon as one-third of the capital is subscribed for, a Meeting of the Subscribers shall be held in Edinburgh; and in the meanwhile that the interim officers be instructed to take all necessary steps for promoting the success of the under taking. s.—That Messrs. Stevenson be requested to prepare for that Meeting ,a detailed Plan, and ou the Report of the Line now proposed. 6.—That the advice and opinion of some neutral engineer, or engineers of eminence, should be obtained upon the proposed measure. 7.—That Alexander Cuningham, W. S., be requested to act as Interim Secretary to the Company. B.—That these resolutions be published in the Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, and London n e wspapers, and the Subscription Lists to be opened so soon as ready. (Signed) JOHN D. BOSWALL, P. ALEX. CUN ; INGHA. M. In. See. EDINI3URGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. A T th e FIRST GEN ERAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the EDINBURGH and G ASGOW RAILWAY, _held in the Black Butt Gi ow, the 2d December, 1835. The Honourable the Loan Ptiovos „on the motion of COLIN Dotst.ne, Esq., of Tolcross, u imously- , :alled to the C hair. fi A Report by the Interim General Committee; of Manage ment, and a draft of a Constitution for the Compatiy; prepared by the Committee, were read by the Interim Secretary. It was moved by James A. ANDERSON, Esq., seconded by GEORGE WARDEN , Esq., and unanimously agreed to. " That the Report now read be adopted and approved of, and that an Abstract of it be printed and circulated among the Sub scribers." It was moved by E. D. SANDFORD, Esq., Advocate, seconded by A. M'KEszis: KIRKLAND, Esq., and unanimously agreed to. " That the Subscribers da now form themselves into a Com pany under the style and title of The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company;' and that the Rules for the management of the Company, now recommended by the Interim General Com mittee, be adopted as binding on the Subscribers, until an Act a Parliament is obtained, or until altered by another General Meeting; and that an Extended Copy of these Rules be now signed by the Chairman." It was moved by JOHN LEADBETTER, Esq., seconded by GEORGE BUCHANAN, Esq., Civil Engineer, Edinburgh, and unanimously agreed to, " That in order to provide funds not only for the execution of the Main Line, which, according to the best information that can be obtained, will cost about £550,000 but for contingencies and the formation of Branches, if such should be considered necessary, it will be expedient to fix the Capital in the mean time at £650,0tX), to be divided into 13,000 Shares of £5O each." It was moved by JAMES HOLT HERON, Esq., of Manchester, seconded by J. A. CHEYNE, Esq., of Edinburgh, and unani mously agreed to, "That this Meeting approves of the resolution of the Interim General Committee as to giving notices and lodging Plans for the Falkirk Line, but under the express declaration that , in so doing, the Subscriberi shall not be held as committing them selves to any Line between Edinburgh and Glasgow, but merely as taking the measureeinecessare to go to Parliament next Ses sion with the Falkirk. Line, should it be previously found by Engineers, to be afterwards appointed, to form a portion of the best Line between Edinburgh and Glasgow." It was moved by JOHN CROSSFIELD, Esq., of Liverpool, seconded by JAMES RICHARDSON, Esq., and unanimously agreed to, "'That the Local Committees in Edinburgh, Manchester, and Liverpool be consulted as to the Engineer or Engineers who ought to be employed, and that their Reports be laid before the General Committee, who shall have power to appoint one or snore as they shall see tit." It was moved by THOMAS PEET, Esq., of Manchester, seconded by EAGLE HENDERSON, Esq., of Edinburgh, and unanimously agreed to, " That the following Gentlemen, who are Subscribers to the undertaking, form the General Committee, in terms of the Prospectus and of the Rules of the Company, with power to add to their number five Gentlemen from various parts of Scotland, and to fill up any vacancies that may occur." It was moved by JAMES CAMPBELL, Esq., seconded by WILLIAM WHITE, Esq., and unanimously agreed to, " That the selection of the Banking Establishments for the Company be left to the General Committee." it was moved by WILLIAM. APLAREN, Esq., seconded by CHARLES TENNANT, Esq„ and unanimously agreed to, " That the thanks of the Subscribers be g,iven to the Deputa tions from Edinburgh, Manchester, and Liverpool, who have attended this Meeting." It was moved by ALEXANDER M'NF.ir.t, Esq., Advocate, seconded by JAMES HOLT IlEitors, Esq., and unanimously -Ogreea - to, ks of the Subscribers be given to the Interim " That the than elennral Committee, for their exertions in originating and for. warding the measure." It was moved by ROBERT ST EWART, Es q ., seconded b y THOMAs E nutNG ToN, Esq., and u nanimously agreed to_, • That the thanks of the Subs cribers be given to Messrs. WAT•_;oN and BANNATYNE, for the labour they have bestowed in organizing the Company." It was then moved by ROBERT STEWART, Esq., and carried by acclamation, " That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the LORD Novusz for his conduct in the Chair." (Signed) WILLIAM MILLS, Chairman. .0N111111"FEE. GOW. John Wilson, Dun. dyvan. \Valiant Connal James Campbell T. S. Thomson John Galbraith, jun._ Thomas Edingto❑ James Donaldson John Mitchell Henry Grazebiook William White John Wilsdn, Job., H urlet .140. GENERAL C GLASf The Lord Provost The Dean of Guild Messrs. Colin Dunlop John Lead better Archd. Smith lames A. Anderson Thos. D. Douglas John Fleming Robert Stewart James Richardson George Wa r d en John Henderson William M‘Laren Alex. M'Kenzie Kirkland EDINBURGH. Messrs. Eagle Henderson G. L. Finlay Thomas Duncan Peter M `Lagan Henry Raehurn David Johnstone Alexader M'Neill Itobert Blackwood Robert Mayne Adam Rolland, Jun, E. Douglas Sandford David Young S. M`Kenzie John Learmonth Peter Forbes John Sligo James Cheyne J ohn M a ton Andrew Melrose MANCHESTER. Messrs. Itobert C. Sharp Henry Moult James nnit.Heron.; John Westhead • Roberb.H. Wilson LIVEI Messrs. Theodore W. Rath bone Lewiu Mosley James Braneker Crossfield Jos. Armstrong Adam Roxburgh James Boarder Samuel Brooks POOL Charles S. Parker John Unsworth William Nicol Jos. C. Ewart • EDINBURGH AND GLASG')W RAILWAY. A PROSPECTUS having been this day circulated, with the intention of forming a Company to carry into execution the Line of a Railway between Edinburgh, Leith, and Gl• surveyed by Messrs. Robert Stevenson and Son, of E burgh, the Committee of Management of the Edinburgh a Glasgow Railway Company think it their duty to put the üblic upon their guard, and to inform them, that being pl ged to adopt the best Line between Edinburgh and ('alas o , they have al ready engaged the services of Messrs. Lo • , Rast ricke, and Vignoles, three of the most experienced R way Engineers in England, whose survey will very soon be completed. The Com mittee also think it right to state, that the Capital Stock of 'E620,000, at the disposal of the Committee, having been fully subscribed for, and the first instalment of four per Cent. deposited in the Bank, they are determined to proceed with the under taking. Chambers, 79_George-street,,,Edinburgh, Deceniiier 30, 1835. „ Inserted by order of the Local Committee of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, in Liverpool. THEODORE W RATHBONE, Chairman. By order, RICHARD DAWSON,' Secretary. EDUCATION. CHATEAU DE SA ÜBRUIT, NEAR ST. OMER, FRANCE. • MR. W. G. PARMINTER, Pupil of Dr. Russell,, and many years one of the Masters of the Rochester and Chatham eh;ssical and Mathematical Institution, receives a Limited Number of YOUNG GENTLEMEN, as Boarders in his House, who are attended by native Maste in all the branches of Education, 'hot comprised in the glish Course of Study. This. Course comprehends the English, atin, and Greek languages; Arithmetic and the different lir ches of the Mathe matics; Writing, History, Geography nd Elocution. The method of instruction pursued in the dy of the Classics, is founded .on an union of the Charter ouse and Hamiltonian systems, which are so blended as greatly to facilitate the ac quisition, and ensure a sound grammatical knowledge of the dead languages. Every attention is devoted to the comfort and advancement of the Pupils; whilst the establishment of their morals, and the improvement of their manners, are greatly promoted by an un restrained intercourse with the heads of the family. They have also constant access to a select library, and attend an llnglish Protestant church. The Youth entrusted to the care of Mr. Parminter derive all the advantages to be obtained from the best French masters and French society, without any of the danger to be apprehended from the influences which sometimes operate upon the infant mind when left to the entire control and direction of foreigners. The Houseis spaciops, the Gardens and Grounds are exten sive, and the Situation is celebrated as one of the most healthy and beautiful in France. Chateau de Saubitt is distant two miles from St. Omer— nearly equidistant. within the range of thirty miles, from Calais, Boulogne, and Dunkirk; and may be reached in eighteen hours from London, or eight from Dover—St. Omer being the first principal town on the direct roads from the coast to Paris and Brussels. TERMS. The English Course,:with the addition of French and Draw ing, and including Washing, Stationery, the use of Boo ks, and a Seat in the - English Protestant church,. Fifty Guineas per annum.—No extras whatever. The Vacations will be a Fortnight at Midsummer and Christ mas, and Ten Days at Easter.- No Eatra Charge is made for Pupils remaining during the Vacations. No Fee required for Entrance; hut the Quarter to be paid in advance—the Charge taking date from the Dav of Entrance. For Testimonials and other particulars apply to Mr. W. fiRA PEI., Bookseller, Church-street, or Dr. Tnouticarr, 11, St. James-place, Liverpool; or to ROBERT HICK ENS, Esq. , 11, Threadneedle-street, Messrs. DE POCQUET and CooPEn, Tavis tock-street, Covent-garden, London; OcTAv tus SCOTT, Esq. , Margate; the Rev. - CnAnt.us DELACOUR, Heckiugton, Lin colnshire; and CHARLES WEAVER, Esq., GloucestV SEA VIEW, BOOTLE, NEAR LIV POOL. 114 - R. FLEMING, three years' Classica nd Mathematical 1111. Tutor in the School of the Rev. W owson, A.M., In cumbent of Seaforth, receives into his use a limited number of Young Gentlemen. TF.IIIIIB. Pupils ender 12 years of age, 40 Guineas per Atiiium. Ditto above 12 If 50 „ ~-' Each Pupil has a seperate Bed. The House is near the Sea, and supplied with Bas. School Reopens on the 25th instant. F HE Rev. WM. CLEMINSON, Gra to of Oxford, and Incumbent of Tranmere ' near Liv 001, takes into his House a limited number of PU PI , and has now one VACANCY. Address till let of February—Rev. Wm. CLEMINSON, Ulver stone, Lancashire. ATRS. CLARE and Miss TURMEAUIe leave to inform 111_ their Friends that their SCHOOI To. 16, DAN:BY STREET, will REOPEN on the 25th instant. WEST DERBY CLASSICAL ATHEMATIC , AND MERCANTILI: ACADEMY. ATR. G. WILKINSON respectfully anno ees that his 101 ESTABLISHMENT for the BOARD nd TUITION of a limited number of Young GENTLE N will be Re opened on - MONDAY, the'lBth instant. C sof the . Terms, &c. are left at Mr. GI.APEL'S, Church-street, and at Mrs. PLATT'S, Castle-street. West Derby, near Liverpool, Jan. 4, 1836. MR. WILLIAM M. N. FISHER respectfully announces that on Tvi snAv next, the 12th of January instant, he will Open a PUBLIC SCHOOL, 13, TRAFALGAR-STREET, two doors from Russell-street, where Young Gentlemen will be carefully instructed in the Ancient and Modern Languages, Mathematics, and all Branches of Science and general Litera tire, so as to qtialify them for any University ot for Com ercial Pursuit a. Mr. F. has the honaur of referring to T Ales, D.D., LL.D., C. Horsfall, Esq., Dr. Carson, Dr crorie, I'. Black burn, Esq, Surgeon, Dr. Jefferys. Re . Lister, Rev. Dr. Stewart, Rev. Dr. Ralph; Mr. H. T. Atkinson, Secretary of the Literary and Scientific Institution. Prospectuses may be seen at his own Residence. 63, Russell street • Mr. MARPLES'S, Lord-street; or at Mr. PHILIP'S, 12, Paradise-street. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTITUTION, COLQUITT. STREET. "NKR. EDWARD TAYLOR, of LONDON, will deliver a iVA Course of FOUR LECTURES on ENGLISH VO CAL HARMONY. to commence on• MOND ay, Jan. 4, 1836, at One o'clock, and tb. be continued on each succeeding THURSDAY and MONDAY, at the same hour; Repeating them at Half-past Seven each succeeding Tua2sAntl - FEznAr. VOCAL PRItFORMER, Miss Leach, Mfrßoothby, Miss Hornby, Mr. Walton, Mr. Ball, Mr. E. Taylor. Mr. G. Holden will preside at the Piano-forte. Subscriptions to the Course, Half-a-Guinea. Admission to a Single Lecture, Three Shillings; and for Children and Schools, Half-price,—a Teacher being admitted Free-when Six Scholars attend. LIVERPOOL INFIRM) riLINICAL LECTURES on M GERY, will be immediately comm by Dr. FORMBY and Mr. DAWSON. OrCINE and SUR• !ed at this Institution. lUBSCRIBERS to pIARITABLE INSTlTU (Weduesday,) the 6th STRANGERS' FRIEND SO nrIHE ANNUAL MEETING of the 1 this CHARITY will be held at the - TION HOUSE, Slater-street, TO-MORN instant, at One o'clock in the Afterni 'ETY. ir BROOKE, Successor to the late Mr. Pot , and Cupper • to the Public Charities, begs leave rest tfully to return his most sincere thanks to the Medical Ge • men and Public, for the favours received during the last • ears, and trusts, by unremitted attention, and the superior his method of Cup ping, to merit a continuance of their c ai ends. 7, Upper Newington, corner of Mount-pleasant. R. L'ESTRANGE, DENTIST, returns his ateful ac knowledgments to his Friends and the P is for their very kind and liberal patronage since his c mencement in Liverpool, and informs them that the same e and attention hitherto bestowed is still continued in all ca a requiring his aid, and by which he hopes to merit their futu favours. NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL T TH fixed, from one to a complete Set. They are guar eed to restore to the wearer all the comforts of the original in .Mastication, Articula tion, and Personal Appearance. Imperfections in the Palate rectified; Extracting, Cleaning, and Stopping decayed Teeth; as also Regulating Children's Teeth, and all other Operations performed on the most improved and scientific principles. 27, Norton-street, within five doors of Islington. CHEAP GLASS CHANDELIERS AND LUSTRES. GEORGE APDONALD, CUT GLASS LUSTRE and CHANDELIER MANUFACTURER, Robert-street, 78, Byrom-street, No. 16 and 17, Lord-street, corner of John street, Liverpool, and 33, Bridge-street Row, C ster, begs to inform the Public that he has p u rchased, in on ot , th e entire Stock of a Birmingham Manufacturer, at o e ird Cost Price, Six Hundred Gross of Chandeliers and tres, Drops and Spangles of every description, from Is. per ozen up to 12s. per Dozen, Bronze and Gilt Lustres, from 10s, per Pair, Lustres, all Glass. with splendid Drops, from 20s. per Pair, Eight and Ten Light Chandeliers, from £l2 to £l5. Every Article in the Trade made to Order and Pattern on the shortest notice and lowest terms. OST, on Saturday Evening last, by a Poor Laundress, a _11_..4 Small SILK BAG, containing Two Sovereigns, and se veral Shillings. The Bag is supposed for have been lost be tween Bedtiird-street and Stafford-street. It is earnestly hoped that whoever may have found the same will return it to A. 13., at the STA NDA RD-OFFicE, the money being the hard earnings of a poor woman who can ill afford to lose it. STATE OF TRADE, Bradford market. on Thursday, was but thinly attended by' buyers, as is generally the case on the last market of the year. The few sales of manufactured goods that took place were done on the same terms as last week. There was a fair demand for yarns, and former prices were fully realised ; and in some de scriptions of long wool there has been a trifling advance, but short wools are not much in request. Halifax market, on Saturday, was flat, very little business done, but no one seemed to be surprised as it was so near the Conclusion of the year. ets at Huddersfield market on Fri- There was not many bu y day, owing to its being the last market in the year. There was, however, quite as much business done as was expected for the season. The woollen cloth business at Saddleworth is better than we have known it to be at Christmas for several years past • hands he all full emloyment, and manufacturers have small stocks ou av hand. The p demand for some sorts of goods is greater than , the supply. \ The Rochdale flannel market, on Monday, w as much the Ip,irnicesetvai as for the last tw o or three weeks, and no alteration in as a little better, and prices keep firm; oils are the same. Manchester market, on Tuesday, was good, considering the season; some sorts of goo d s se ll b e t ter ; g i ng h ams, quiltiugs, yarns, &c., the saiue as last. THE LITERPOOL STANDARD. FOREIGN LVPELLIGENCE. SPEECH OF THE KING OF THE' FRENCH ON OPENING THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. PARIS, TUESDAY. " Gentlemen of the Chamber of Peers and the Chamber. of Deputies. " In seeing you again assembled around me, I am happy to congratulate myself with you upon the situation of our country. Its prosperity increases every day ; its internal tranquillity ap pears henceforth beyond the reach of attempt to disturb it, and ensures its power abroad. The measures that you adopted in your last session have attained the end that we in concert pro posed to ourselves; they have cousclidated public order and our institutions. " I was deeply affected by the sentiments which France ma nifested towards myself and my family, when, at a moment which is painful to remember, Providence deigned to preserve to me a life for ever devoted to the service of my country. " An expedition, undertaken for the, security of our poases sious in Africa, has been conducted and accomplished as was becoming to the honour of France. It is with emotion that I have beheld the eldest of my family share the hardshipS and dangers of our brave soldiers " 1 have reason to congratulate myself on the state of our re lations with the European Powers. Our intimate union with Great Britain is drawn closer every (lay; and everything in• spires me with confidence that the peace we enjoy will nut be disturbed. " My Government has continued to take, upon our frontier next Spain, the measures best calculated to fulfil faithfully the clauses of the treaty of April 28, 1834. I offer up ardent wishes for the internal pacification of the Peninsula, and for the couso lidation of the throne of Queen Isabella 11. " I regret that the treaty of July 4, 1831, with the United States of America, has not been able yet to receive its complete execution. The King of Great Britain has offered to me, as well as to the United States, his friendly mediation. I have ac cepted it; and you will participate in my desire that this differ ence may be terminated iu a manner equally honourable to two great nations. " The situation of the finances is satisfactory ; the public re venue is increasing by the sole effect of the general prosperity. The financial bills will be presented within a few days to the Chamber of Deputies. "The bills which have already been presented or announced to you, will likewise be submitted to your examination, as well as those which a recent legislation reserved for the delibera tions of the present session. " I hope, Gentlemen, that the moment has arrived for France to gather the fruits of her prudence aryl courage. Enlightened by the past, let us profit by au experience so dearly purchased; let us apply ourselves to calm all minds, to reuder our laws per fect, and to protect by judicious measures all the interests of a nation, which, after so many storms, holds up to the civilized world the salutary example of noble moderation, the out)/ pledge of durable success. The care as its repose, its liberty, and its greatness, is my chief duty, and its happinets will be my dearest reward." After the kiaekbad ceased, and silence was restored, the Home Minister reedlike oath, and the Deputies repeated, " I swear." His Majesty then retired. HOLLAND. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet, the Lord Itie/eille, arrived in London on Friday, with the Dutch mail of Wednesday, and another vessel brought on the same day a Hainburgh mail and papers to the 26th ult. Both the Dutch and German journals allude to the severity of the storms of the 19th and 20th. Much damage has been done to some of the dikes of Holland, and it is said that such an inclement state of the weather has not been experienced on that coast since 1807. The First Chamber of -the States-General has agreed to the bills for suppressing sedition, for affording relief to-agriculture, and to other bills which had passed the Second Chamber. We insert the following extracts : " AMSTERDAM, Dec. 27.—A letter from Frankfort says that the Senate, in order to remove every obstacle to the accession to the German Commercial Union, "has, with the assent of the legislative body, sent a senator to England for the purpose of annulling the treaty of commerce lately concluded with that power, to which Great Britain, it is supposed, will make no ob jection, since Frankfort would afford it but little advantage when entirely surrounded by the Prussian custom-houses. " DICCENIBMit 29.—The Court of Assizes has prmounced its sentence on the fourteen persons tried for the excesses of the 3d of July. • "Pierre Ronelle, guilty of rebellion, committed by more than 20 persons, armed, and of having encouraged others to take part, was sentenced to stand in the pillory for a quarter of an hour, and eight years' imprisonment. Eight others were con demned to similar punishments—i. e., to stand in the pillory, and to imprisonment for 5,6, or 8 years; two of them also sen tenced to be branded in the neck, for wounding police officers in the execution of their duty; and five were acquitted. " We learn that by order of the Attorney-General in the High Court of Justice 'at the Hague, copies have been sent to all the officers of justice of his Majesty's resolution with respect to jetitions addressed to him by persons who declare that they have seceded from the established reformed church ; the officers are directed to take care that public order and tranquillity are not disturbed by these seceders. ,THE PUBLISHER of the m itt LI SPOOL STANDARD begs to acknowledge the Re ipt of the following Dona tions in Aid of the Fund for the lief of the Distressed Irish Clergy : Miss North, Islingto £o 10 ' Miss M. North, Ditto. Gil. Sandbach -,:. 1 1 M. Bygiri lO 0 Anonymous .... Edward Parry, Esq. LAY ASSOCIATION FOR TH ENFORCEMENT OF TITHE . ADDITIONAL SUBSC PTIONS. J. Bent, Esq .. J ... £lO 10 Rev. F. Barker 44 3 3 A Protestant, per Rev. 11.41 1 14‘Neile.. 010 A Lady, per the Rev. W.4-lesketh... 5 0 Subscriptions will be received at the Batik of Liivrpoot, Water -street; and at the Office of the Liverpool Standard. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. Mr. T. P. COOKE'S Second Week. Mr. H.L4IMOND for a Limited Period. present TUESDAY, the sth instant, and during the ..111_. Week, the celebrated Drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. harry Halyard T. T. P. Cooke. As performed by him 98 successive Nig sat the Ro)al Surrey Theatre, London ; the extraordinary, un of which was alone interrupted by the necessity of fulfilling his present Engage ment at this Theatre. The New Scenery by Mr. Pa ; Dresses by Mr. Clarke; Machinery by Mr. Breckell. ,As the exclusive light of perf ing this s u c ce ssful Dr ama 'has, by special agreement, ben extended solely to Mr. T. P. Cooke, it is respectfully announced that this is the only Theatre in Liverpool where it can be represented. After which, the laughable Interlude called THE BOLD DRAGOON. Lieutenant O'Leary Mr. Raymond. Wiseacre Mr. Hammond. Lucy Mrs. Raymond. Louisa Mrs. Melville. To conclude with the Drama ealled ROBERT MACAIRE. OR, THE TWO MURDERERS. Robert Macaire Mr. T. P. Cooke. Zbe ILiberpool *taitVarti. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1836. We have received Jamaica papers to the end of No vember. The House of Assembly met on the 10th, and its proceedings were subsequently conducted with dig- nity and moderation. The speech of his Excellency Lord SLIGO was temperate and conciliatory, no allusion whatever being made to past differences; but we have no room for any extracts. We have Demerara papers also to the 21st November, but they possess no interest. We are afraid that local affairs will engage if not en gross our attention for some considerable time. The sweeping changes which are taking place in the offices of the corporation are of a nature which must make the ju dicious portion of the community grieve, and the inte rested look forward with many apprehensions to quarter day. The most melancholy part of the business is, that amongst the majority of the members of the reformed common council an utter ignorance of the subjects they discuss is obvious to the most ordinary understanding. And when to this ignorance we add rashness.:a factious spirit which bids defiance to reflection and sober reason, and a blind and furious zeal for immediate changes, dis missals, and new experiments, without any consideration as to the consequences, the thinking portion of the bur gesses may well exclaim, "The men are mad !" True, we could afford to laugh at their whole proceed ings if upon the radical majority and levelle►s of the cor poration the effects of their measures were alone to fall. But, unhappily for the town, there are numerous credi tors who lent large sums of money to the corporation of Liverpool, and expect to be paid at least the stipulated rate of interest. The conversion of their bonds into money now would, we fear, be a hopeless task. They have, however,a right to expect the regular payment of the interest ; but even this will speedily be extinguished if the reformers proceed at the rate they havebeen going since Friday last. We speak within the mark when we say that the council, under the most absurd and fallacious pretext of studying economy, have already swamped, lost, and utterly flung away, without excuse, without a shadow of reason, without any deliberation, without any inquiry into circumstances, more than the whole surplus revenue of the town of Liverpool FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS !! These will be considered startling facts, but they are facts; and we shall prove that they are so before we have done. But, for the sake of order, let . us begin with the election of mayor. This took place on Friday last, when the choice of the aldermen and councillors fell upon Mr. WILLIAM WALLACE CURRIE, a moderate, or rather a conservative whig—a gentleman, we are happy to say, of urbane manners, of a mild disposition, of considera ble experience, having been for many years a member of the old corporation, who is generally esteemed, and who, we believe, is incapable of countenancing any measure incompatible with the most carrect feelings of honour. Such, we rejoice to say, is the present Mayor of Liver. pool. We differ widely from Mr. CURRIE on political questions; and, while we give him credit for sincerity, we lament that he has so long attached himself to a party who, he must be convinced now, are the heartless ene mies of the institutions he reveres, and of that venerable church of which he is a member ; but still, widely as we may differ, we owe it to candour to say, that under the circumstances of the case, a gentleman better qualified to fill the highest office in the new corporation, and dis charge its arduous and important duties, could nut have been selected, than the present Mayor. The Mayor having been elected, (legally or illegally this is not the place to inquire,) the council next pro ceeded to appoint the town-clerk, when Mr. RADCLIFFE was nominated to that responsible office by a majority of 32 to 30. An amendMent was moved by Mr. JAMES AIKIN that a committee be appointed to inquire into the duties and emoluments of Mr FOSTER, the late town-clerk ; but this most reasonable and rational proposition was re jected by the same majority. This was quite enough work for the first day ; the debate lasted several hours, but such a debate !:—it will be found fully reported in these pages; and we most earnestly call attention to it, for we have a few observations to found upon the non sense there recorded for the benefit of the people. • On Saturday, the second day, the council met again, when, after anothe,looeautiful display of botism—for that must now-be the Li3rpool word for whig-radical oratory in the corporation—the treasurer of the corporation, Mr. JOHN DEAN CASE, a gentleman of unblemished inte grity, of unostentatious politics, against whose conduct or character not a word of disparagement can be uttered, and who has, as sureties for the proper discharge of his pecuniary trust, two of. the very first and most affluent gentlemen in Liverpool, who are liable for him to the extent of £3o,ooo—Mr. JOHN* DEAN CASE, we say, if not dismissed, is already marked for dismissal, without being charged with any act of malversation or neglect of duty. No charge is brought against him—he is not suspected—he is to be cast off and turned adrift in mature years, without Me ceremony of a vote of thanks or the satisfaction of an assigned reason, as if he had been convicted of fraud and allowed to escape through the extraordinary lenity of the judge. With respect to Mr. THOMAS,FOSTER, the late town clerk, removed in the same summlirx way, we can only speak of him upon the faiths of tile (o4urrent testimony of his friends who kno 4 w 4 and esteem liim for his private virtues, for his untardished integrity, and for talents of the highest order in his profession. That he is master of all the forms of municipal law, and is intimately ac quainted with the management of the corporation pro perty, its debts, its claims, its income and assets, no man will presume to_question ; and yet he is superseded by a whig partizan, who is called a lawyer, of habits the very reverse of those of Mr. FOSTER, and who is totally unfit for the office, inasmuch as he must be ignorant of all its intricate forms and.elaborate details. We have no wish to cavil with the pretenSions of patriotic aspirants to of fice; but we must say that Mr. RADCLIFFE will have to serve a sober, sedate, studious, and vexatious apprentice ship of seven years in the Town. hall of Liverpool before he can possibly be competent to discharge the duties of town-clerk. In the meantime let the creditors look to their bonds, and the 109:Seholders to their renewals. Tile former are not worth much ; the latter cannot be de pended upon ! In offering these remarks in as far as they are personally applicable to the gentlemen who have been or are to be so rashly, discourteously, unnecessarily, and unpardonably removed from situationewhich they have held or still hold with so much honour, we beg to state that we have not been influenced by any personal attachments or considerations. We have not the honour to know more of the late town-clerk than what his pyofessional reputation and the admiration of his intimate friends assert in his behalf. Mr. JOHN DEAN CASE we do -not know at all. We think it our duty to state these facts in order to shew that while dis charging aji important duty to the burgesses of Liver pool we are not either impelled or restrained by private motives. With these explanations we beg the inhabitants of Li verpool to consider §lriously the facts we are now going to state. _ _ The town-clerk now superseded is entitled, by act of parliament, by the municipal reform act itself, to two-thirds in value of all the fees, salary, emoluments, profits, and pecuniary contingencies of every kind which he may have received for the five years previous to the sth June, 1835. If then Mr. FosTER can show—and the litigious proceed ings of Mr. THOMAS BOLTQN will help him to show— that he has been in the receipt of upwards of £7,000 a year for the last five years, the compensation he can le gally claith will amount to something like £5,000 per annum for life ! Mr. FOSTER is yet comparatively a young man, His life is worth twenty-two years' purchase; and whether the council shall or shall not award him £4,000 or £5,000 a-year, the Lords of the Treasury, to whom the appeal lies, cannot award him less than the lowest sum, in which case he will be entitled to a com pensation in money, to he raised and paid to him, amounting to very near £lOO,OOO. It is impossible to rail the seal from off the bond ! Here is the deed—there are the covenants—Lord MELBOURNE is a witness ; and, come what may, the money must be paid, or England is a dishonest and degraded nation ! This, we contend, sl,4eps away more than one year's surplus revenue ! The corporation must pay this money out of their income and if they do, how are the public im provements to be prosecuted Viow are the families of 5,000 masons, carpenters, bricklayers, and other arti zans to be supported They, we saw from the first, would be the victims of this pernicious bill. Some few hundreds called for it; but little did the whole fraternity of operatives know that they would have to pay for it ! Perhaps they will not believe the assurance we now ten der them; if so let them look on and abide the fulfilment of so palpable a result that it would be pedantic to call it a prediction. But the compensation of the treasurer follows that of the town-clerk. The salary of Mr. CASE is £lOOO per annum, and a moderate one, too, considering the vast extent of his liabilities. He will, therefore, be entitled to £665 13s. 4d. per annum, for life. To secure this, will be required an additional sum of some eight or ten thousand pounds more. But, mind, gentle reader, this is only the work of two days. The reform ers have, by their economy, saddled the town ,with an unnecessary debt of at least £lOO,OOO if not £120,000 in forty-eight hours. If they go on at this rate, the lowest average per diem for the next fortnight cannot possibly be less than £15,000. For, remember, they are re solved, as their' journals say, to make a clean sweep. They are to have new brooms now, cost what they may, and pay for them afterwards. They contemplate the re moval of some twelve or fifteen corporate officers, every one of whom is entitled to compensation, to the amount of two-thirds of his fees, profits, emoluments and per quisites. Even SOLOMON, of the Town Hall, the exhi bitor of its elegant suite of rooms, who has touched the fingers of more strangers, as well as townsmen, with a shilling or an half-crown stuck therein, than any other master of the kitchen, the back stairs, or the carpets in England, and who has frequently had the honour of en tertaining a radical barrister in the depths profound of his subterranean hospitality—even this SOLOMON, who has soliloquised upon the perfumes of rare roast beef and indifferent port for many years, will be entitled, and has a rightful and legitimate claim to a compensation equal to two-thirds of his average receipts, profits, and perqui sites, for the last five years. If, then, we take the clean sweep in the one hand, and the cost of the sweep in the other, we shall find that the whole surplus revenue of the town of Liverpool, as we have already stated, is sunk, merged, and melted, for the next two years ! Having stated these rather interesting facts, which we challenge any man to question, fur the benefit of the burgesses and the inhabitants of Liverpool generally, we come to that part of the proceedings where the new councilmen have evinced the most shameless and most pitiable ignorance. Mr. JAMES AIJUN'S speech was dic tated by good feelings, and was characterized by re- markable shrewdness, discernment, and by a strenuous and honest regard for fair play. Mr. RIC2ARD SulEL's was equally commendable. That address has raised him fifty degrees in our estimation ; for with all his preju dices which are strong to excess, and as we fear ob noxious to his own peace of mind, he had the frankness to oppose a motion which he considered as inexpedient as it was unjust. 111 x. SUM. may depend upon it that we shall bear this in mind, in his favour, as a friendly countersign, in adverse circumstances, which will bear him harmless through more difficulties than all the pass ports of his radical supporters. While Mr. Sno.r.. shows the same feelings of independence and honour which he manifested in the common council on Friday last, he may rely upon having the support of the protestant LIVER POOL STANDARD. But what a different scene opens upon us when we contrast the sentiments of the conservative candidates in the new corporation, assisted as they were by the Mayor, Mr. SHIEL, Mr. JOHN CRDPPER, Mr. MooN, Mr. FREME, Mr. EVANS, Mr. AIKIN, Mr. WILLIAM EARLE, Mr. JORDAN, and others, with the senti ments of such intemperate persons as Mr. Was. RATH BONE, and Mr. THOMAS BOLTON, and such intolerable blockheads as poor EGERTON SMITH, COGLAN, of the floating tub, the unknown Mr. SHARPLES, and a surgeon of the name of BLACKBURNE, who really bleeds our for bearance we suppose in resentment against the poverty of his plentiful lack of patients? We confess with reluctance that in no adverse or un fortunate state of society into which circumstances have thrown us, did we ever discover such a lamentable dis- • tinction between facts and evidence, or between oratory and argument, as we find manifesed in the speeches of these radical councillors. BOLTON, BoT, BATH, and Company, are so mixed up with all that is ridiculous in the town of Liverpool, that to name the one in the gravest company that ever assembled is to provoke laughter at the expense of all. Mr. BOLTON, in his character of pro secutor, is the ideal spinning-top of the radicals, whipped into motion every Sunday upon the floor of some usurped socinian chapel ; but poor Bot Smith, Esq. is the genu ine spinning top who delights in flagellation -for the sake of motion, and who in the cause of the people would ra ther be drowned in an aqueous resistant of cork, than wafted to the regions of smoke from cigars in an air bal- We allude to these silly matters merely to give our readers some notion of ; the odd creatures who by years of cant, and philosophy, whose pedestal is ignorance, have so long imposed upon themselves and the people of Liverpool. But we come to the facts. The wiseacres we have named, THOMAS BOLTON, amongst the number, COGLAN following in the wake, and all the leaders of that self sufficient but truly despicable faction have maintained that the compensation of the old town-clerk might be saved out of the reduced salary of Mr. FOSTER'S succes- sor. They are so silly as to tell the burgesses that Mr. FosrEa's income was a burden upon the corporation fund —that having £6OOO or £7OOO a-year, the sum saved would be an ample income to the new town-clerk, and that the excess upon that income would provide for the pension of the retiring town-clerk. These erroneous calculations show that the parties who make them know nothing of the circumstances of the 'The town-clerk of Liverpool had only £lOO a year as salary from the corporation. His emoluments were derived chiefly from his services as an attorney, and his bill was between himself and the corporation as his clients. He had his fees for the performance of certain official duties—but what was of most importance to him, he had his costs for the professional duties rendered to the corporation. The idea that the corporation, or the burgesses of Li verpool paid, or were taxed with the emoluments of the town-clerk, is founded in gross error. The borough fund only contributed something less than £2 a week towards the support of town-clerk. Every fraction above this sum was derived from fees, and over which fees and charges as a solicitor, the corporation had and have as little controul as they have over the stars in the firma ment. The charges of a solicitor are fixed by the rules of court, and he cannot compromise his-claims without violating the law. He may do more or less-business, but the scale of remuneration is fixed, and he cannot deviate from it. How does this apply to the case of Mr. RADCLIFFE, the new town-clerk ? Certain councillors tell us that Mr. RADCLIFFE has undertaken the discharge of the duties upon a reduced salary—upon such a reduction of salary as will provide for ths compensation of Mr. FOSTER ! There are some pedple brainless enough to believe this. But to tell the truth, the corporation cannot on the one hand, nor Mr. RADCLIFFE on the other, make any such bargain. Mr. RADCLIFFE knows that any compromise, or compound claim, on the part of an attorney, is illegal, and that he is empowered to break through all obligations or contracts made for such a purpose, no matter how seriously it may damage his client. Mr. RADCLIFFE knows this. He must be laughing in his sleeve at the idle and patriotic bombast of his illiterate friends in the common council. He must, in a quiet way, when no man sees him, chuckle over the emptiness, the rapidness the senselessness, and the downright farcicalness of Mr. THOMAS BOLTON'S law, and all the absurd and ridiculous legal enterprises he has embarked in for the last ten years. The notion of making Mr. RADCLIFFE pay, by means of an economical engagement, the compensation annuity of Mr. FOSTER, is excessively foolish. Mr. RADCLIFFE cannot compromise his fees or emoluments as an attor ney under any circumstances whatever. He must have what Mr. FOSTER had or he cannot be town -clerk of Li verpool. His engagement to do certain things at less cost than the legal rate he well knows is not binding upon him. He may however promise, but, in case of death, his heirs can recover, and in this predicament the corporation, though reformed and amended, would find itself in a worse position than ever. Such, we confess with shame, are the absurdities through which we have been compelled to wade in the first two days' proceedings of the reformed corporation. Such ignorance is enough to make a man sick of the Engik&language. To hear some fifty or sixty elderly persons, gathered round a table and talking twaddle that SIIAKSPEARE'S grave-digger would have been ashamed of, is quite sufficient to bring contempt upon the very name of reformed corporations. These people cannot understand that the emoluments of the town-clerk are not derivable from the corporate funds—they fancy that he is paid an enormous salary out Of the revenue of the borough, and that a new and reformed town-clerk, being content with a reduced income, so much would be saved for the benefit of the burgesses Men who talk in this way are unfit to discharge the duties of lamplighters or scavengers iu any town in England. Need we remind the public that Mr. FOSTER'S income was not derived from the corporate e state—that it was not paid by the burgesses—that it formed no charge upon the borough income, but that it was swelled by the costs which every attorney is authorised to charge, and that Mr. THOMAS BOLTON himself, has, by his foolish and intemperate love of law and legislation, put many thousand pounds into the pocket of Mr. FOSTER ? This, we think, w have rendered tolerably clear. To assume then that any saving can be effected by the appointment of Mr. RAD CLIFFE is to assume as true what is a glaring fallacy and a vul lgar error. LONDON LATEST NE WS. City, Saturday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. The apprehensions of a war between France and America having subsided into a general belief that the mediation of Great Britain will put an end to the squabble, the consul mar ket has been improving in the absence of any extensive specu lations for a rise, consols for account opened this morning at 92i, advanced to 92k, and, up to the close of business, ma►n tained those prices. The new 31 per cents. were sold to-day at one per cent. above par for the opening; and the reduced stock at 991 ; oninium closed at 42 pm.; Exchequer bills 14 to 16; India bonds at 3 to 4 pm.; eonsols for account 9'4 The foreig❑ stocks have been operated upon by the improve ment of the English market ; Spanish - bonds were done et 51, Portuguese 851, 3 per cents. 55f, Dutch ver cents. 55, 5 per cents. 1022, Belgian bonds 1391. In the republican bonds a slight advance has also taken place. On Christmas-day, Mr. Alderman J. M. Gilbertson, of Hert ford, hospitality regaled at his house twenty-three aged widows and widowers, with the good old English fare of roast beef, plum pudding, and ale, a hose ages amounted together to 1,777 years, icing wore than an a:•erage of 77 years. JANUARY 5, 18;i6. LIME. STREET WARD MEETING. A most edifying and instructive scene was exhibited on Thurs.: day evening last, at the " Great Room, Clayton-square," and if the proceedings of that meeting have not the effect of opening the eyes of the respectable Whigs of this community, they are lost beyond redemption. We regret that the waut of space prevents us from furnishing a longer and more accurate report than the Journal has supplied, and which the Albion has sup- pressed, on the principle "Save me from my friends !" The placard calling the meeting was signed by "TtiomAs HAIGH, CHAIRMAN," who is, we believe, a joiner or builder, somewhere about London-road. But, from some cause or other, he was deposed, and that industrious actor of all work, Mr. Jamey Brancker, took his place. After stating to the meeting the in-: ability of Mr. Langton to fill two situations, he congratulated the radicals present on the exceltcnt selection of aldermen, which they (the reformers) had -- (Fie! Fie! ➢lr. Braucker.) The "happy and jocose manner" in which the chairman coin- mented upon each alderman, we pass over for decency's sake ; but his regret that Mt. Godfrey Barnsley was not amongst them, was really too bail. Mr. Barnsley, of India-buildings and Brougham-terrace, possessess, after all, too much honesty and openness for his party, and the cries of "Elect him for this ward," seemed to pose the chairman considerably. He dis played, however, considerable dexterity in strangling poor Mr. _ . Barnsley. "No! no! gentlemen," said Mr. Btaneker, "Mr. Barnsley is a better judge than to step in between Mr. More- croft and this ward;" and so Mr. Barnsley, whose services to the parish, seriously speaking, have been worth more than those of the whole batch of aldermen together, was burked by is own particular and dear friends; and, to the disgrace of is party, shelved for a year at least. Then followed such an uproar upon the facetious chairman announcing that the refimued council had attempted to thrust in tory aldermen, that it seemed as if Pandemonium itself had broken loose. "There's Mr. Charles Lawrence," said the chairman, his face expanding like a sugar pan boiling over, " who commenced as a reformer, has since turned tory, and no one knows what he is now, or may be next." And then a hundred yells followed of "Shame! shame!" when such names as Adam Hodgson, Ambrose Lace, Hardman Earle, and David Hodgson were announced from the chair. Had any of those gentlemen been present, it would have shown them what men are to expect froM popularity, if they should dare to think for . . themselves. It seemed to be the unanimous opinion of the meeting that no man had been sent to the council to think at. di—councillors are to be mere automatons, and the wires are o be pulled by such deliberative wisdom as that congregated in "the great room." After the chairman had ended his speech, a very elegantly dressed young gentleman, (the ex-chairman, Mr. Haigh,) with well-starched c;llar and coat of newest cut, stepped forth, the very pink of fashion and pomatuin. With one hand he. drew forth a clean piece of paper, and r ith the other a handkerchief so redolent of eau de cologne, that he threw a most agreeable' fragrance over the whole proceedings. After one or two natu ral hems and smirks, pardonable in a young orator, and looking all the while very like an ear-wig in convulsions, he ventured to propose a resolution to the effect, ' that the meeting heard with regret of Mr. Langtou's resignation, and under the circum- stances must accept it." It was very happy for the meeting that Mr. Haigh's speech was short. He may depend upon it that his friends have placed him in what military men term a false position. The SIMPSON of Vauxhall Gardens being lately defunct, we earnestly recommend Mr. Haigh to apply immedi ately for the situation, as he is admirably adapted for it; and. we claim his and his friends' particular thanks for our sugges; ion, for they may rest assured that, if ever he speaks in public again, he " will be the death of us." A Mr. Harrison seconded Mr. Haigh's motion, and the regret of the meeting was shown through the fingers, but not upon the countenances; and we were marvellously puzzled to see such honour and indifference connected together. To be sure we knew that Mr. Langton, who had unwittingly caused the regret,' was brother-in-law to Mr. Earle who had been so abused, and that Mr. Langton was of the two the more conservative. But, then, the radicals know how to keep all snug, only they bottle up their soda so tight that a little carbon oozes through now and then. We pass by the fulsome rant of Mr. Wylie and Dr. Jeffreys, (not of Bold-street,) and even that of Mr. Thomas Morecroft, the candidate himself, who is, if the meeting believed half of what he said, the most honestest, consistentist, and zealous est reformer in Liverpool. One thing, however, he did say, in which we cordially concur, that " they might have got a more able and respectable man." No sooner had Mr. Morecroft concluded his six-and-eight penny oration than up bounced the chairman, and with lungs sufficient to have stunned a coppersmith, roared out "1 see se veral of the council here ! Let them give an account of their proceedings to-day!" Out crept Mr. Councillor Blackburn at the mandate of the furioso, and in the most obedient and sub servient manner possible " gave an account" of his proceedings. This man is a tremendous talker, but he ought to limit himself, because he proceeds at the rate of a thousand-horse power en gine. The poor directors of the Liverpool Bank got a sad mauling from him. He use& tie dissecting knife most unmer cifully, and then applied A citidatiti of eantharides to the raw which he had established. PhYSic ! faugh ! "I see other councillors," said the chairman, "whom we must call upon and question. When I see any trimming / shall instantly call a meeting of the electors. (Here the worthy electors kicked the floor most tremendously.) I have some right to have your confidence, having spe n t my lime and my ma. ney in time cause." Poor James Brancker ! hest thou no kind friend left on earth to teach thee a little wisdom? Money—kind readers—money, although t it comes last, is as suredly uppermost in this matter. The chairman of the Lime street meeting is a busy, meddling, little great man—the atlas of the reform association, and their candle would soon go out, were it not for himself and another goose or two, who supply oil to keep it burning. His time is of little consequence to himself, for he is generally in mischief, but the continual drains upon the purse must have an end; and Mr. Brancker, who in money matters, at least, is tolerably shrewd, likes to have his medley's worth. Dr. Carson, whose philosopher's stone is that of " giving the people exercise under the open sky," being pre sent, and having the tear of his radical friends before his eyes, got up, and in a shuffling and degraded tone acknowledged his error in voting for Mr. H. Earle, at the solicitation of the said Mr. Earle's own brother, (family relationships again,) and ex pressed his deep regret that he had so voted ! And this in one short week! 0 ! ye unfortunate whigs, when will you learn common sense? The loquacious chairman then "denounced," positively DENOUNCED, according to the most approved mode of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, Mr. Hardman Earle; and after a few more insults to Mr. W. W. Currie, Mr. Wm. Earle, and Mr. Thos. Foster, the meeting separated. We declare unfeignedly to the moderate men of all parties, that the above-mentioned proceedings were the most disgusting and disgraceful of any we have ever witnessed in Liverpool. Who is this Mr. Brancker, who dares, at the head of a faction, to denounce respectable and intelligent men, who, however we may differ with them politically, we will not see abused by a person like hint ? Is he prepared to bring the " death's head and cross bones" to put over the door of the Town-hall, that the free opinions of his fellow townsmen may be stifled, and that Englishmen may be mere machines sent into a council to echo the opinions of a noisy rabblement such as that over which , he presided? Already we perceive the knout applied to the back of every unfortunate right who places his shoulders against "the pressure from without." The days of neutrality ate past. The whigs will, as a party, be speedily trampled underfoot by their allies if they dare to think, or dare to stop the movement. The proceedings at the Lime-street ward meeting remind us of the famous municipal sections in the French revolution, where deliberation was overawed by factious and drunken mad men, and where the cry of " a la lanterne" awaited any man possessing respectability. But go on, gentlemen of the council; you are now installed, and we shall .see---vrttat de. You have long, enough roared out about tory misrule: but what have you done in "one short" week?—dismissed the most talented and meritorious cor porate officer, at a cost of some £90,000 or £lOOO,OOO, for which he is, no doubt, exceedingly! obliged ',to you, thus act_ ing like the Irishman who, to ruin a bank, gave gold for their notes and then burnt them ! You have elected men for alder men—some of little standing, some not even known by name to one-tenth of the electors, and you have brought down upon your heads the execrations of your own radical friends • and' last, though not least to men who exist upon the fleeting breath of popular applause, you have incurred the virtuous indignation, oft he electors of Lime-street ward. We think von deserve pity; and, as objects of pity have ever had our especial protection, we shall be obliged occasionally to save you from the talons of the radical vulture, whose digestive organs are stronger than you seem to be aware of. e AIRS. STIRLING.—This lady, who has by her talents won many admirers and much applause by her acting in Liverpool, bas lately made a very successful debut at the Adelphi, London. fhe London papers speak of her in the highest terms. The Observer says, " tier appearance is lady-like and prepossessing, and we have have no doubt but that she will prove a must va luable acquisiticn to this theatre. Her acting was throughout excellent, and elicited frequent and hearty appiause. TAE EUPHRATES EXPEDITION. —WC have accounts fr.al " The levy, Euphrates expedition to the 6 th of O c to b er , at which clod C• Chesney was just recovering from a severe fever. 11, steamer was afloat, and it was expected would ba. ,cia her towards Bussorah in a few more days. She was :4nm:bed t the 26th of September, broadside on, from a he . l4 at an angle of 27 degrees, along three slips, !Ind went off ht ot 23 fe e good style, with the Turkish, Arab, and English flag s . fi Ylni amidst the firing of guns and rockets, and co the astonishmec of the natives to see iron float. Colonel Chesney had kg ' met with unexpected difficulties but, according to every expectation, h . e hoped to get both on t h e part of the authoriiie, steamers ready It was his determination to proceed,.however with one only, as soon as it should be completed. Lieuteua, Lynch was ju s t returned from a mission to the Arabs. He Iv, sent expressly to counteract the intrigues set on foot to erub a i. rass the expedition , and according to all appearance had been very successful. We are most happy in being able to announ ce the convalescence of Colonel Chesney, at the same time that we hear of go his indisposition, for the loss.of its so enterprising an o ffi cer would far to damp the hopes of• the expedition, not perhaps the indefatigable exert ions of ether members,....mat. ta Gazette of the 9 th u l t . though .-- . : / I .; •• I 1 . , i . -. . , ~ .-.,'' ', 1 L, #1 1 . ' , [ . -:i •