The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-08 00:00:00

, - 4 STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY. ' tHE ANNUAL MEETING of the SUBSCR ERS to this CHARITY was held at the CHARITABLE STITUTION Housz, Slater-street, ou Wednesday last, the t instant. DONATION. A Friend, per Mr. William Comer £lOO 0 HARP FOR SALE. A N e.,zant and very superior Secoud-hand D ble-action Satinwood HARP, with Enamel Soundi Board, in every respect equal to new. Price 85 Guine• May be seen at JAMES SMITH ' ; , Wholesal nd Retail Harp, Piano-forte, Music, and General Musical Instrument Warehouse, 64, Lord-street. E PIiBLISIIER of the LIVERPOO/thL STA AID I. begs' to acknowledge the Receipt of the folly ►n g Dona tions in Aid of the Fund of the Lay Association f the enforce ment of Tithes:— The Miss Woodwards, Wavertree .£2 0 0 Mr. Robert Crosbie, Wavertree........ 1 1 0 I pHE Publie are respectfully informed of the Death of Mr. HUGH GLA GSTI CLADS ('ONE and OLDHAM is Dissol MAKING BUSINESS will iu 'future b, WIDOW of Mr. H. Gladstone, in conki JOS. NICKELS , and Mr. JOHN E, STONE, under the Firm of "- Gladstone, on the Pre:nises adjoining th ose occupied. _, Bath-street, Prince's Dock. N.B.—GLADSTONE, NICKELS, and Co. are Sole Agents in Liverpool for the LEITH CANVAS. No. 14, Bath-street, Prince's Dock, let January, 1836. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTIT ET. UTION ) couluirr- STRE iurß. EDWARD TAYLOR, of LONDON, will deliver a IVI Course of FOUR LECTURES on ENGLISH VO CAL HARMONY, to commence on MONDAY, Jan. 4, 1836, at One o'clock, and to be continued on eikcb succeeding THURSDAY and' MONDAY, at the same hour; Repeating them at Half-past Seven each - succeeding TUESDAY and aIDAY. VOCAL PERFORMERS. • Miss Leach, I Mr. Bootbby, W Miss Hornby, • Mr. alton, 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. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR RELIEF OF IRISH CLERGY. L 5. d. Amount or Subscriptions already adyertised...:26o7 13. 6 Mrs. Fairclough A Protestant, per Rev. H. M'Neile J. Hilton . Miss Birley . E., anonymous, per Rev. A. Campbell '2 0 0 Collection at Sephton Church, per rev. R. Rothw 31 15 0 John Davies, Hunter-street 5 0 0 The Misses Myers - . 5 5 0 The Misses Gildart 2 2 .0 . Mr. Fernihough 1 0 0 . Mr. Salt Mr. Marrow ... 1 0 U Dr. Phiiip 1 0 0 Mr. D. Locvndes 1 1 0 Mr. Sherbourne, per Rev. H. M'Neile lO 0 0 A Lady, per Rev. Wm. Hesketh — 20 0 Mrs. Earle, Speaklands Mr. Eastwood, Dale-street . 0 10 0 Rev. Mr. Bryer • 1 0 0 G. Duncan Anonymous , 0 10 6 James Bathgate Captain flanacid, R.N. A Friend (anonymous), per Rev. A. Campbell Miss Docker t. 0 10 0 P. Girvan Mr. Wareing _ G. Sandbacii M. Bygiri lO 0 0 Anonymous '. 10 0 0 Edward Parry . . 2 2 0 W. D., per Rev. H. M'Neile Mrs. Speed, per Ditto Mrs. G. Grose . D3NATIONS FROM PRESCOT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. Rev. G. Dritfield, Vicar Mrs. Dritlield - • 1 0 0 Children of Ditto Rev. George Slade, Curate William Lees, Esq. . 5 0 0 The Itlisses Lees 2 10 0 A Friend to the Clergy Edmund Ashton, Surgeon David Barrow 1 0 0 Mr. Gurton, Surgeon - 1 0 0 Mr. Stephenson .... •• •• 1 0 '0 ~_ George 'Ashton . 1 0 10 6 John Ashworth ...... . 0 10 6 . H. Southern R. B. Southern Mrs. Grispy ••••+. 0 10 0 Thomas Legh Plant, Surgeon 0 10 0 .1. Galloway Mrs. Barns • 1 0 0 William Pemberton - 1 U 0 Mrs. Kemlia.o Miss Pritts . Miss Shaw Mrs. Ashton, West End David Bromilow , Mr. Myers, Surgeon William Baxter William Atkers • . Mary Plant Mrs. James Green 0 10 0 Edward Speakman 0 10 0 - . John Green Henry Lee Mrs. Spencer Airs. 'l'. Spencer James Spencer 0 10 6 William Cross s Mrs. Cross - • 0 10 0 Mr, Burton '` 0 10 0 Statter _ Mr. Stater Moult Mr. Baron Richard Willis. jun. Sundry Donations, under lUs., from Rev. G. Drif -21 3 0 field, Vicar of Prescot Total £2807 16 0 N.B.—Collection at the Meeting upwards of £BO.. Subscriptions will also be received by ADAM HoDGsoN, Esq Treasurer; and the Rev. JOHN B. MONK, Secretary. Books are also left at the following places, viz.:—At the Bank of Li verpool ; Leyland and Bullen's; Moss and Co.'s ; Under writer's Room; exchange News-room; Atheneum; Lyceum; Standard-office; Mercury-office ; Courier-office; J. and J. Mawdsley, Castle-street. GREAT TOII OF LINCOLN.—This bell, recently re-cast by Mr. Mears, of London, weighing nearly five tons and a half, is struck upon by a hammer manufactured from au old anvil, which weighs 1 cwt. Sat.r OF COA f.s.—The ninth clause of the act of thelast ses sion of parliament, for the regulation of weights and measures, reivires that from and after the first of January, 1836, all coals shall be sold by weight, and imposes penalties for any other niode of sale. MONUMENTAL TRUTH.—In a village church-yard, a few miles from London, there is a superb monument, which, after narrating the name, merits, and death of the " poor inhabit ants below," rather oddly adds the armorial motto, which is "',dens rolens"—will he, nill he. The Stuarts were a wrong-headed race or had to rule a vicious race. James I. was assassinated; James 11. was killed by accident; James HI. was murdered ; James IV. was killed at Flodden ; James V. died of grief; Henry, Lord Darnley, was murdered; his wife, Queen Mary, was' beheaded by Elizabeth ; Charles I. was beheaded; James 11. died in exile; the Duke of Monmouth was beheaded. DEATH OF SIR ROBERT DUNDAs.—We regret to announce the death of Sir Robert Dundas, Bart., of Beechwood, who ex pired on Monday last at his house in Heriot Row. Sir Robert's Illness must have been short, as he was out on Saturday; he was in the 75th year of his age, and very generally esteemed for the benevolence of his heart and excellence of his character. STRONG SYIIPTomS OF WAR.—A decisive proof has been afforded that the people of the United States really anticipate a war, in the fact that a London house has exported within the last month no leas than 100,000 umbrellas to New York. To those who recollect Matthews' inimitable description of an American militia muster-roll, the necessity for the pluvious protector of Britiattscrinces wilt be apparent. The cautious trans atlantic patriots never take the field inspired by Mars, without taking at the same time an antidote to the influence of Aquaris. —Aye. Comeotir FOR TIIR DrING ONES.—The Morning Chronicle of Friday had the following ;—" The dinner given by his Ma jesty to his Ministers at the Pavilion on Monday, after the Council, was remarkable for more than usual kindness and urbanity exhibited by the King to his servants, without a single exception. This statement is made on no slight au th or ity, as an answer to tory misrepresentation." And what is its value ? The King pities- his Ministers, and is therefore kind to them, knowing that their " hour is well - nigh come." They are now past both anger and resentment —everybody is sorry for them— poor creatures TEE COMET A MASS OF Ica.—A German author, Herr F. Von Brandenhurgh, who has already written a good deal, ac cording to the German paper from which we derive our informa tion, concerning the moon and the stars, has lately informed all Germany, through the Leipsiger Tagehlatt, that the cornet is a mass of ice, that it is very near the earth, that it will remain near it for a considerable time, and will not be visible. He fur ther informs the public that the brilliant lights visible in the north are caused by the frozen exhalations which fall from the comet, and are illuminated by the sun beneath the horizon. Moreover, he announces that the moon also is of ice, and will appear of a gold yellow colour. This icy gentleman has made some further discovery of what might have prevented the cholera, had hii remedies and its coming been known in time. ELoutmENT, CHASE, AND CAPTURE OF THE FAIR FUGI- Tivß.—The neighbouring town of Morpeth was a few days since thrown into a state of great excitement, in consequence of the sudden, and at first somewhat mysterious, disappearance of a , young lady f rom h er h ome , who was afterwards dis c o vere d to I have eloped 'with her lover, a sprightly young gallant, who had run off with her, in order that they might be summarily united in the silken handy of matrimony. The anxious couple flew on the wings of love as far as Nottingham at one spell, and there the marriage cei•emony was about to be performed ; but on equally swift, though less had flown friend ardent, ulnas. aor guardian of the fair, who 'succeeded in' defeatingt he object of the fugitives; hut the enamoured pair, upon learning his arrival, again took 'wi ng , an d rested not till they ' reached York. They took Up their quarters , e w krty," findsabay. the rorii Chronicle, at the York Tavern." Unh protector was close to their hee ls, our contemporary, " the •rissisl'itie of Mr. Pardoe, chief t* and 'having procured the reached the tavern together, wh P eii 'Ae i ll-offieer of this city, they rary bond, and seated herself in the sh e lady slipped her tempo gait of the w : l diately opposite, and, whilst Mr. Parodpoeof Terry, imme- Was riot i e n a d 7 ,. and -j oined withthe guardian, Lothario spran in conversation to be done ; .dsellYiernereddher in ' his fair 'companion. Pardoe, however, he caught the scent, followed the game, and safety to her pursuer. Lothario ordered a chaise ' for gasingwold (per previous contract.) but the pursuer ordered prevented."—Erick nother, taking the young lady with him by the way of Borough. el 1 ridge, and this union has su far been ; f a /1 - C4'.) Warder. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 9. —Great rejoicings are taking place here in consequence of the birth of a Turkish Prince. Guns are fired, at night the men of war are illuminated, tire works are discharged, the coffee-houses are opened, and ail is alle,yria. The following is a plain translation of the circular note by which the Reis Effendi has made known the event to foreign courts " By Divine Grace a Shahzade (King's son), endowed with new fortune, resplendent as the suu, sprung from the pure, productive, and imperial loins of my majestic, royal, powerful, and august master, the Fadishah, who is the model of majesty and power, seated on the throne of the Khalifet, which scatters magnificence, on Sunday, the 16th day of the present month of Shahan, at 45 minutes past four o'clock, commenced the existence of infancy. He has felicitously j been named Niza meddin (regulator of the faith). This joyful event having been communicated to the various pillars of the state, his Highness has expressed his august wish that it should be made known, on his behalf, to the friendly Embassies, conceiving that, whatever causes joy in the Imperial Family, will bean occasion of pleasure to the heads of the respective friendly go vernments, and it is in order to consolidate the existing ami cable relations with you that the present loving note has been addressed you." The rejoicings continue for seven days, and, consequently, will not terminate until the 25 instant. LONDON LAW AND POLICE COURTS. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-MONDAY. BARON DE. BODE'S CASE. .... __ William Henry Charles Othon Baron de Bode, known by the name of Baron de Bode, and sued as Henry de Bode, came up this morning frointlie King's Bench Prison to be heard on the matter of his petition and schedule, to be discharged. • His application, which was unopposed by his creditors, was sup ported by Mr. Cooke. The Baron, in answer to' the interrogatories of the Learned Chief Commissioner, stated that he was a major-general in the Russian service. His debts, in the aggregate, amounted to £30,742 lls. 2d, of which sum he had received no considera tion for £15,162 18s. 4 , 1. There were liabilities in his schedule more than once entered, amounting to £13,486 Ils. Bd.; there by reducing the debts fur which he had received consideration, to the sum of £2,091. He had no Credits, and ascribk his in solvency to the accepting of bills for the accommodation of his brother. ' _ _ Mr. Cooke said the,:Baron had accepted the bills mentioned in the schedule to assilit his brother, Baron Clement de Bode, in prosecuting his claim on the English government to an enor mous amount. The Learned Chief Commissioner inquired of the Baroti whether he was the claimant? The Baron replied in the negative. The money was due to Baron Clement, who was his elder brother- The Baron, in re ply to further questions, said he came over to this country in the year 1831. to assist his brother in his claim. He had re ceived no pay from Russia since that period; as, by the regu lations of the military of the country, no officer was allowed pay after an absence of twenty-eight days, until his return to his reginient. _ Mr. Cooke said the Baron was still a major-general in the service. He also had, when he obtained leave of absence, the command of the arsenal at Warsaw. The Baron, on his examination, was questioned respecting some of his debts. He had incurred a debt of £l7 with Messrs. Catchpole, jewellers, of Regent-street. He said his wife was resident in this country, but his children were abroad. The Chief Commissioner said the creditors had not appeared. He supposed they were satisfied. The Baron answered that many of them had visited him in prison, and regretted his incarceration. Mr. Cooke observed they all knew the nature of his brother's claim, which had been before the House of Conamons'for some time. It was right that the court should be informed that, al though there appeared a mass of debts on the schedule arising on bill transactions accepted for the Baron Clement, a com paratively small sum had been raised. There could be uo doubt that ultimately the claims on the government would be allowed and then all the debts would be paid, besides leaving a hand some surplus for the Baron and his brother. It was stated that the claim of the Baron Clement on the go vernment amounted to £830,000. The Learned Commissioner said there was no doubt that the schedule contained a multitude of debts which did not belong to the insolvent, and which would be paid, but if a return was moved for it would be blazoned forth that the schedule was swel led out with debts, and no' notice be taken of their nature, or the probability of payment. There did not appear any thing in the case to animadvert upon, and he, therefore, declared the Baron entitled to the benefit of the act, and ordered him to be discharged forthwith. WESTNINSTER QUARTER SESSIONS-MONDAY. APPEAL. Thomas Smith appealed against a conviction of Thomas Hall, Esq., and Peter Mallard, Esc! : The appellant is the landlord of the Queen's Head public house, Duke's-court, opposite Covent Garden Theatre. The respondents are the Magistrates of Bow-street Police-office. The information was laid by Inspector John Mason, of the police, and charged the appellant, a licensed victualler, with keeping his house open to a later hour than allowed by law— to wit, until two o'clock in the morning of the 29th of Novem ber, and that he allowed disorderly persons therein, who caused great noise and disorder. The information being proved at the Police-office, the Justices fined Smith £5 and costs. Hence the present appeal. The witness Mason swore to the truth of his original in forindtion. Mr. Adolphus, for the appellant, cross-examined Mason, but he adhered to his former testimony. Mr. Adolphus—Who were there ? Witness—Ladies andgentleinen. What did they do ?—Talked very loud about politics. Why so do the " Gentlemen" in the House of Commons. And it was two o'clock, eh?—Yes, sir. But you don't interfere with the law-makers ?—No, only with the taw-breakers. Di:l they, in their political discussions, call each other "liars," and whoop, howl, cock-cry, &c. ?—Yes, sir. Why then I have not . yet heard a closer description of the House of Commons in session time. The learned counsel argued at length against the justice of the conviction, and contended it ought to be quashed. After a consultation on the bench, the court confirmed the conviction by a small majority. that, in con quenee 'ONE, the F• m of H. dved, an the SAIL. be ear d on by the anctic with Captain DD ES GLAD- e, Nit. els, and C 0.," I. by th late Firm in 1 111.k1ILBOROUGH-STREET, FRIDAY. STUFF AND NONSENSE.— Alra/leer Van . Frees a Dutch tai lor, appeared before the sitting magistrates to show cause why he had inflicted a more than reasonable proportion of martial discipline on his English vrouw, Mrs. Fraas. Previous to detailing her cause of complaint, Mrs. Fraas carefully deposited something neatly done up in a damask nap kin on the magistrates' table. Mrs. Fraas then proceeded to state, that Mr. Fraas had not only used her very badly, but, in addition, had denied her all those little indulgencies and rational recreations which British wives consider to be the oppropriate adjuncts of "double" blessedness. She was delicate in her constitution, and being troubled with occasional pains in her head, nothing she found relieved her so much as an hour or two's stroll in the Park, or on— "The sweet shady side of Pall-mall." Her spouse in a sudden fit of jealousy, had taken umbrage at these innocent rambles, and had plainly hinted his suspicions that though her head might be benefitted by them, his was all the worse. During their last matrimonial debate her husband had, with his conjugal admonitions mixed so much of the argu mentem baculinum that she had been compelled to take out a warrant. Mynheer Fraas told the Bench that his wife's rambles occur red so frequently, had extended to such a length, sometimes oc cupying nearly ihe whole of the day, and being pretty well as sured they were not always made alone, he had desired her, but in vain, to discontinue them. She had accused him of being jealous, but he had greater cause for asserting that she was jealous of him —or, said Mynheer Fraas, "vy she shall come to me in a false colour." Magistrate—What do you mean ? Defendant—Vv, dat ven I go von time to see my friend she come and knock de door. I go to see who vas dere, yen my vife, who did not look at me, say "is Mrs. Fraas live here"— ven hes Mrs. Fraas herself—(in a rage)—Yes, my Lotd ',Mag istrate, she come and say "Is•dere Mrs. Fraas live here," yen she vas de Mrs. Fraas. Complainant—Mr. Fraas, I had good reason for going there, Defendant—Dat, my Lor, is not de worst. She spile my dinner every Sunday. She alvay dry de beef into a ship. Magistrate—Explain yourself. Defendant—Vv, my Lor, I alvay buy some good beef for Sunday at dinner, and Mrs. Fraas alvay cook so much dat she dry it into ships. She spite de beef on Sunday. Mrs. Fraas—You like to eat the meat raw, and I prefer it well done. The beef was done as it ought to he on Sunday. Mr. Fraas—(warmly)—lt vas so very well done. You alvay do every tang very veil—vat you nose I don't like. Mrs. Fraas—The beef was properly done, and his worship shall decide. Here Mrs. Fraas unfolded the napkin, and produced a dish, in which was a couple of ribs of beef, apparently dressed in a style which would have puzzled a synod of cooks to find fault w►th. "There!" said Mrs. Fraas, pushing the dish under the very nose of justice. " that will show if the beef was spoilt." Magistrate—Take the dish away, woman! What do you mean by entering into such nonsense. Do you think we sit here to listen to such s tuff? The Bench decided the case by desiring the defendant to en ter into his own recognisances. FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. Pelisses begin to be very much adopted in carriage dress. Several of those lately made are of rich plain satin, with a dou ble pelerine trimmed with sable; the skirt, which fastens on one side, is trimmed round the border with a broad band of sa ble; a similar band ornaments the side on which the pelisse fastens. Sho:t mantles of the Spanish form, lined and trimmed with fur, are expected to be very fashionable in carriage dress. Feathers are the only ornaments employed for half-dress hats, and we have never seen so great a variety of them. Besides maraboo and ostrich feathers, we see those of the peacock, the paroquet, and the spl e ndid pl umage o f the bird of paradise, all in requisition for half-dress hats. Those of maroon and purple velvet appear to be most in request. Evening dresses will be pretty closely copied from the modes of our Charles 11., Wil liam and Mary, and G eorge I.' s day. Thus the waists will be,. as we mentioned last m on th, a more formal length, the corsages in some instances peaked in front, but more frequently descend ing somewhat in t he form o f a sca ll op , an d t h e s h or t s l eeves de cidedly reduced in size. We have, indeed, already seen some made close to the arms, but rendered la rge by gauze berillons or coques of riband, which entirely cover them. Skirts will not diminish in width; they are now quite as ample as• those intro duced by Mary 11. on her return from Holland. They have increased in length; we have seen some that not only touch, hut even trail a little on the ground,—thus they are at once too long and ton short to be graceful. Trimmings, particularly those of the Spanish kind, will be adopted. We have already seen some of black real lace, interspersed with k no t s o f r ib an d , frpm each cif which gold aigu illottes issue. Ronteiaus of curled ostrich feathers, of the colour of the dress, are also expected to bein vogue; they will be large for the borders of d resses, b ut small for corsages. Some pretty d inner dresses are of satin ti mille raies, either black or brown , on a light gray ground. The corsage is half high, made rather long, a little rounded in f ron t , and trimmed with a tulle drapery. in very small flat plaits. The sleeve is tight round the shoulder, and , about half way t o th e a elbow. AO e x c essively full sleeve, l'lmbecile, descends from thence to the wrist • th'e fulness looped at the bend of the .arm by a knot of riband, and the shoulder ornamented by a nceud de page. We may cite among the most generally becoming head-dreSses, hats with small round brims a little turned up, encircling a little the face", and ing feather. A row of pearls round the forehead is a favourite accessory, and adds much to the elegance of a head-dress of th i s kind. Same of these hats are ornamented with two tails of birds of paradise. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE REVENUE. Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain. in the Years and Quarters ended sth January, 1835, and stli January, 1836, showing the Increase or Decrease on each Head thereof. • Years ending sth Jan. 1835 1836 Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ •-. Customs Excise ... . ..... Stamps... . - 12,925 Tries - 874,091 Post-office 1,331,000 1,418,0'0 57,000 Miscellaneous 56,919 59,866 2,947 Imprest and other ' Moneys, &c... . 393,359 538,843 143,494 Total Income.... 43,043,876 42,430,207 1,894,612 i 2,508,311 Deduct Increase 1,891,641 Decrease on the Year.. 613,659 Qrs. endinci sth Jan. 1835 1835 Increase. Decrease. --- X £ £ £ Customs .4,395,721 4,510,415 . 3,434,1300 3,317,763 214,691 Excise - 133,437 Stamps....... .... 1,555,469 1,619,547 61,085 Taxes 1,633,120 1,573,646 -- 57,474 Post-office. Miscellaneous 38,447 21,576 - 16,871 Imorest and other Moneys, &c 59,611 142,581 82,970 Total Income 11,399,561 11,572,528 383,749 210,781 __- Deduct Decrease 210,782 Increase on the tuarter THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. ITALIAN OPERAS. 172,976 SIGNOR DE BEGNIS has the honour to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Puhlik iu general of Liverpool, that the ITALIAN OPERAS commenced on MONDAY, Jan. 4. Leader-Llllr. J. Z. EIERRMANN. - Conductor—ll Cellebre Maestro Cavalier G T HIS pre sen t FRIDAY, th e Bth inst an t, 1 Rossini's Grand Opera Seria. IL TANCREDI. Volt oNil. NIGHT ON Tancredi Signora Co ssa Degli Antonj. Argirio Sig r Curioni. Orbazzano Signor Berretoni. Amenaide Miss Waters. Isaura • Signora Mariani. lidggiero Signor Galli. Notwithstanding the great expense attending this under taking, the Prices of Admission will remain as usual, viz.:— Boxes', 4s.—Upper Boca, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 2s. 6d.—Gallery, Is. Doors to he opened at Seven, and the Performance to com mence at Eight o'clock. __USSI. be performed Era MAJESTIES. The Gazette of Friday contains a notice that his Majesty will hold a levee at St. James's Palace on Tuesday, the,.2.3n February next, on Wednesday, the 2d March, and on every succeeding Wednesday until further orders. The same Gazette contains the following notice from the office of the Lord Chamberlain to the Queen • Notice is hereby given, that it is the Queen's intention to hold drawing-rooms on the following days:-- Wednesday, February 24, bein for the celebration of Her 'Majesty's birth-day. Tuesday, March 24. Thursday, April 21. Thursday, May 5. Saturday, May 28, being for the celebration of His Majesty's birth-day. Thursday, June 16. No presentations can lake place on those days appointed fJr the celebration of their Majesty's birth-days. WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE ELECTION. DURSLEY, JAN. 2.—This being the day appointed by the High Sheriff for the election to take place, alittle before eleven o'clock Mr. Hale was met about a mile from the town on the Wotton-under-Edge and Alderley road, and from thence escort ed into Dursley by a splendid procession, consisting of between two hundred and three hundred of the electors, on horsback, and many of the leading men of the coubty. After the court had been opened and the usual preliminaries completed, Lord Granville Somerset proposed Robert Blagden Hale, Esq., as a fit and proper_person to represent that division of the county in parliament.• His lordship prefaced the proposal by a speech, in which he eulogised the pi inciples and character of Mr. Hale as calculated to reflect credit on their choice. Edward Sampson, Esq., (of Henbury,) seconded the nomi nation, and stated amongst other-things that the candidate who sought their suffrages was a descendant of the great Sir Matthew Hale, the friend of his sovereign and the luminary of constitu tional law. Mr. Hale then came forward to explain his political senti ments, and, in a' speech of great force, which we regret that our limits preclude us from detailing . , appealed to the elections in Devonshire, Staffordshire, Devizes, and Northamptonshire, as proofs that the prdtestant and conservative spirit of England was with them. Toe country, it was now evident, would no longer be held in dominion by a person whose sole object was the subversion of the church and the destruction of an impor• tant bramch of the British constitution, the House of Lords.-- (Cheers.) No other candidate appearing, Mr. Hale was declared duly elected, and, after a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff and a speech from Captaizi Acherley, in favour of radicalism, the meeting broke up. After Mr. Hale left the hustings, he as not chaired, but proceeded in procession round the town un horseback, supported on his right by Lord Granville Somerset, and on the left by E. Sampson, Esq., (his proposer and seconder,) and followed by the electors on horseback and on foot. LOSS OF THE ENCHANTRESS. The following are further particulars of the wreck of the emigrant ship Enchantress, bound to Van Diemen's Land: At about ten o'clock on Friday night, July 17, the vessel was proceeding up D'Entrecasteaux's Channel with a foul wind. Captain Roxburgh had just descended from the deck to the cabin, and was in the act of looking at his chart. The chief officer was on deck, when the man who was stationed at the head of the vessel called out, stating that they were close on the land. The captain went immediately on deck, but before he had reached it the vessel struck upon the rocks in such a manner as rendered it altogether impossible to save any thing except the captain's chronometer, sextant, and the small box containing the manifest. He immediately ordered the gig and the jolly boat to be hoisted out, and the passengers assisted each other into them; the sailors were at the same time clearing away the long boat to save their own lives. The captain and chief officer, after seeing the passengers in the boats, with the steward and three boys, one got into each and made their way from the ves sel. Mr. Anstey, oue of the passengers, being on the wreck af ter the boats had left it, jumped into the water, and was picked up by one of the boats. When they left the long boat, they be lieved, was clear, hot if not they expected that when the vessel went down she would swamp with the sailer; whether it was so or not appears unknown, as they had not been since, and the vessel went down immediately the boats had left her. The two boats proceeded rowing about till the next morning; they made several attempts to land. but were unable so to do. They got the next morning to Partridge Island, were they landed at seven o'clock in the morning, and remained during the day. Towards morning they saw a sloop on the rather side of the water, they immediately despatched one of the boats to her, which, returning with provisions to the island, brought the in telligence that she would come to them as soon as she could make the island, the wind being contrary. The sloop Friends made the island during Saturday night, and about six o'clock on Sunday morning the passengers embarked on board her and proceeded tswards Hobart Town. Capt. Roxburgh with Mr. Bogle and the boys proceeded in the gig, and arrived af Hobart Town about nine on Sunday evening; and about eleven the Governor Arthur stoumer was despatched to meet her, and fell in with the Friends between seven and eight o'clock on 'Mon day morning, and brought her safe to Hobart Town. From the first imminent of striking not more than fifteen min utes elapsed ere the vessel was a total wreck, and not a vestige of her to be seen. Thekoats during the night were several times near swamping, and had it not been for one of the females who sat in the stern of oue of them having a shawl on her arms, spread out, which received a tremendous surf, which had it, come into boat must have sunk all would have been lost, All of them during Friday and all Friday night, were without any refreshment except a few muscles, which they cooked in a tureen one of the passengers had saved. Fortunately there was plenty of excellent water on the island. The cargo of the Enchantress is said to be the most valuable that has come out for wine time, and Capt. Roxburgh is the principal owner of the ship. The following is a list of the passengers saved :—Cabin—:Mr. cid Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Yates, Mr. Bugle, Mr. Anstey, Miss Dixon, Miss Smith, Madame liens, Nlrs. , and Miss liens, Mr. M'Arthur, Mr. Lightfoot, surgeon. Capt. Roxburgh, and Mr. Toby, Chief Officer. Steerage—Mr. and Mrs. Burns and three sons and one daughter, Mr. Edwards, the cabin steward, and three boys. Of the fate of the crew and one steerage passenger not a sha dow of doubt can be entertained.—Hobart Town Paper. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. The following is the result of the elections in the undermen- Cooed places : Reformers. Conservatives. Arundel 3 9 Andover 8 4 Basingstoke Bury St. Edmond's l6 2 Boston Beaumaris .... all 0 Bath Banbury Bridgewater all 0 Bridport Bridgenurth Barnstaple Bristol Clitheroe Cambridge Coventry Carnatvon l2 6 Canterbury Carmarthen Colchester ll 7 Chester Chesterfield Chiceester 9 9 Carlisle Chard l4 2 Dover 6 12 Durham l4 4 Deal Derby Doncaster l5 3 Denbigh Daventry Devizes Exeter Eve 8 4 E - vesha:n ,6 6 Feversham Great Grimsby 9 3 Guildford Gloucester 5 13 ___ High Wycombe 12 ..,.. 3 Hull Hertford Hereford Harwich Hastings Hs-the . HUntingdon Ipswich 2O 10 Kendal Kidderminster 2 16 Leicester . 3B 4 Liverpool - 5 Leeds Lincoln all 0 Ludlow Lichfield Liskeard ' all 0 Lyme Regis Lynn 0 all Louth all 0 Macclesfield Mahlon Maidstone l2 6 Maidenhead Marlborough 0 all Norwich Newport, Monmouthshire l4 4 Newport, Isle of Wight 9 9 Northampton Nottingham Oxford Plymouth Portsmouth Poole , 7 11 Pontefract lO 2 Penrhyn Preston Pwllhlli Ripon all 0 Rochester Reading l4 4 Sudbury l2 4 Stockport St. Alban's • Shrewsbury 17 13 Saffron Waldon Salisbury Stamford Scarborough l7 1 Swansea all 0 Sandwich St. Ives, Cbrnwall Thetford . Tutu ess Tiverton~ Truro l6 2 Tewksbury Tenby . Tamworth Wallingford Wisbeach Windsor Worcester 34 2 Winchester Wenlo c k Warwick York 2O 16 Cbt Eiberpool ,Stanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1836. Great preparations are making for the meeting of par. liament on the 4th February. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has sent forth a summons to all his followers and dependants, commanding them to attend parade at Westminster se veral days before the opening of the campaign. He has called upon his Saxon serfs to come from their garrets and cellars, his Scotch bagpipers to come from their clachans, and his Irish banditti to come from their bogs, and rally round their chief on the appointed day. The bashaw of the beggars, from his castle in the wilds of Kerry, has sounded the swineherd's horn, is gathering his mummers, who are mending their unpaid-for half-boots and galligask ins, and preparing for a descent upon Eng land. Dear to these " vagabonds"—the word is DA NIEL'S !—are the well-warmed rooms and the gratuitous accommodations of the House of Commons, and ques tionless they ;•ill be present to enjoy them as early as possible. Immense impOrtance appears to be attached to the pro ceedings of the . first day, and the conservatives, aroused by the circular of Lord JOHN, are examining their wea pons, polishing their armour, and preparing for battle. Of course they cannot know what measures are to be proposed or what recommendations are to be inserted in the King's speech; and indeed it would be quite as well if they attached only a secondary interest to these mat ters, and instead of acting upon the defensive, as they did during the whole of the last session, they were to be come the active assailants of ministers as soon as the speech shall be read from the throne. Timid policy is always bad policy. Conciliatory measures are rarely wise ones, even when those you wish to conciliate are honest and honourable men. But as there are no men who have any claim to this character in • the ranks of those Who are joints of the tail, or who formed the latest ma jorities in the House of Commons, conciliation on the part of the conservatives would be downright madness. To trust such men—to repose the slightest confidence in them—to believe what they promise or deny, until the promise and denial are proved by fulfilment, would be worse than madness. It would be fatal to the national security, perhaps to national credit—it would be fatal to the church, perhaps to property of every kind—it would be fatal to the monarchy itself! If, then, the conservatives understand their own posi tion, and the duties they owe to their sovereign, to the national church, to the people, and to themselves, they will at once and for ever banish from their thoughts and from their counsels the cowardly policy of defensive ope rations, and begin the war, not with trenching and coun termining:, but by open assault and storm upon the whig citadel, defended as it is by wretched Irish adventurers, who, although they fight for their bread, and for nothing else, and are besides desperate men, still they cannot stand for a single moment before the hosts of England. Why wait to hear the hypocritical jangle of Lord JOHN RUSSELL ? Why trifle with principle by listening to empty professions employed only to deceive ? Why waste precious time in hearing.the defence of the " Irish ruMan" against the charges of the poor creature whom he swindled ? If the conservatives are fond of ingenious apologies for crime—if they delight in the artifices of a thief's advocate—if they rejoice in an array of well concocted falsehoods and pitiable sophistries—let them quit St. Stephen's and take their seats at the old Bailey ; for they may rest assured that neither their constituents nor the public generally will thank them for tolerating the scenes of the last session, and wasting time and pa tience in personal squabbles—squabbles which would not reflect any credit upon the inmates of a porter booth or a penny-hop party at Bartholomew Fair. We speak frankly because we feel warmly on this sub ject. It will hardly be denied that Sir ROBERT PEEL, who was defeated by just as many men as could be crammed into a rum puncheon, although well supported for the first few weeks, was shamefully deserted during the remainder of the session. Whether this arose from the over-cautious policy of Sir ROBERT—from his desire rather to convince than combat—rather to dissolve anti pathies by reason than by force—we shall not take upon ourselves to decide. But certain it is, the conservatives fought a defensive and of course a losing battle, from the commencement of the season to its close. They did not even retire with the consolation of having been nar rowly defeated on something which they had originated. The campaign from the day of the right honourable ba ronet's retirement from office was a continuous retreat. There was not in it a single instance of reaction—of a successful charge upon the pursuers—nor of one master stroke of policy ! This error will we trust be atoned for, and corrected in the approaching session. Let every conservative, who can possibly leave his bed without endangering his life, be at his post on the first day of the session. We are strongly convinced that the conservatives have.already a majority in the House of Commons ; but let this be the test of it. Let them, then, without discussing minor questions, muster sufficient courage to make a buld; daring, and united attack upon the head and heart of the MELBOURNE .administration—we •mean upon the beggar O'Connell himself They have ample and abundant reasons to justify his impeachment; but as im peachments have for some time been obsolete, the more expedient course perhaps would be to expel him as a de graded member from the House of Commons. We feel confident that a motion of this nature, introduced and supported by Sir ROBERT PEEL, would be carried by a majority ranging from 10 to 30. There are at least twenty whip Ivho voted for the present speaker, and supported the amendment to the address, who would, and who must, support such a motion ! But let us view the matter in the worst light. Suppose Sir ROBERT PEEL and the conservatives defeated by a slender and merely nominal majority of one or two—what then ? Would it not be something gained—would it not be a triumpb, to see upwards of three hundred members of the House of Commons declare, by a solemn vote, that DANIEL O'CONNELL 1 . 8 disentitled, by his conduct,: from sitting in any society of gentlemen Here would be a living document—a record of infamy that would be pro ductive of the happiest effects, even as'a lesson. Sup ,posing they are defeated, what possible harm could arise `to the conservatives ? Supposing DANIEL to be placed on the very verge of the precipice which lowers upon the depths profound of degradation, and that one stray vote saves him from being precipitated, what better would his character be, what 'Worse would be the power, or the re putation, or theinfluelhce, or the hopes of the comma-- tires ? The bol licy is the best policy. Nothing was ever gained fo . ,..;,rinciple which was not won by cou rage. Nothing Waver lost to the cause of truth and justice which was not s rrendered by cowardice. But we are told th:; if the whigradicals are an noyed ~.140100**4 -• , of the conservatives, they „welrtliisolve parliament! This is mere empty swagger —the show of fight that is sometimes assumed by the gentlemen of the swell mob. They know much better than to appeal to the electors at the present moment. Never did the deeply injured long more anxiously to be avenged—never did the insulted desire more ardently to meet his enemy—never did the wronged and falsely ac cused more readily throw his glove in proud defiance at the feet of his slanderer—than do the conservatives long and pray to meet the whigs and radicals in the presence of the people of England. That wretched menial of the whigs, the Globe, prates about some seventy members, which it calls conservatives, being booked for rejection, at the next election, in consequence of the brilliant suc cess obtained by the reformers under the provisions of the municipal reform bill. The world which the Globe illuminates must be confined to London ; the writer of it is evidently a dapper Cockney, the smallest of the poodle breed, or he would know that the construc tion of most of the old municipal bodies stood seri ously in the way of conservative principles. For years the words "mayor” and " jobber" and "corruption"— in every popular acceptation have been considered syno nymous terms. It was a true definition to a certain ex tent, but it was fala'e in application to almost all the most important municipal corporations in the kingdom. We are, however, indebted to the whigs for the libel, and it has militated seriously against the tories. Now, how ever, the charge is erased from our journals. The new ly-appointed governing body is, in the majority of in stances, whig and radical as to politics—and socinian and infidel as to religion. The people have given these persons a fair trial ; and we are sure we speak the senti ments of three-fourths of the inhabitants of Liverpool, when we say that, they have been tried and have failed ; that in one short week they have jobbed more glaringly, more dirtily, more meanly, more recklessly, and inde cently than the tories ever did, in any one borough, no matter how obscure or degraded, for the last fifty years. Some additional notice of this nefarious jobbing and corruption will be found in another article. Upon this we take our stand, and we challenge the whigs and whig-radicals to dissolve the present parlia ment. We fearlessly maintain that the change in the boroughs, which is foolishly called reform, will not only advance the Conservative cause, but expose the hollow and hypocritical pretension's of those who have harped and lived upon advocating borough reform for the greater part of their lives. They, poor creatures, are now in power—they are amid the turmoil of official duties which they do not understand, and are incompetent to dis charge ; and the day will come—the day when they are execrated and politically powerless—when they will bit terly lament the hour when they, from having accepted office, became simply the purveyors of needy lawyers, of hungry partizans of the government, of despicable crea tures who have dived into official kitchens to hunt for in formation, and upon whom derision, laughter, and con tumely will be outpowered like an autumnal pelting of, rain upon a pauper's grave. Lord J3UN RUSSELL, if we have any favour in the smallest corner of your most niggard liberality, pray give us a geneial election ! The liberals of the reformed corporation have begun to work for their friends and for one another with un common assiduity. The inhabitants of Liverpool will shortly be under the deepest and dearest obligations to them ; for what they have already done, in a few days, may be taken as a foretaste of the blessings they have in store for them. " And what have they done ?" we fancy we bear some anxious reformer asking with his mouth wide open. Have patience most worthy burgess and you shall be told all about it. In the time of the old corporation the unpleasant busi ness of the Liverpool Police Court was executed by the mayor and aldermen, as the magistrates of the borough, at no expense to the town whatever ; and we never heard that the mode of conducting this departthent of the crimi nal business was., ever the subject of complaint or open to public censure. ' p ow, however, the times are changed in all things. O ur worthy aldermen are not expected to do any thing but make speeches—and such speeches!— in the Common Council ; to enjoy the hospitality of his worship the mayor; consume a given quantity of veni son, and a corresponding quantity of wine. We defy any man to point out any other duties they can be called upon to perform, except the serious and important duty of presiding once a year over the ward elections. These new made aldermen, therefore, are entirely uselesss, and they are nothing more than the tools or fools—we give them a choice of terms—of the council lors by whom they were elected, and whose orders they must obey. They are, consequently, of much less use in the Council Chamber than is the sleeping chair in the ball. These very titles are ridiculous; and we predict that, by and by, the boys in the streets will laugh at them. The cant word, "How is your aunt ?" will, here after, give place in Liverpool to—How is the alderman? These wooden aldermen being thus cast aside as alike destitute of utility and ornament, a new class of magi strates are to be created by the municipal bill. These are to be named, and recommended' to the secretary of state to-day, and they are to be invested with the func tions of justices of the peace within the borough. But are they to be working justices? Oh, no! They are not to be subjected, like the aldermen of old, to the drudgery and defilement of sitting in the police-court. They are not to be allowed, except in cases of emergency, to come into contact with thieves and pickpockets. They are to be fair-weather justices, who are to talk, not work, and who are to be prevented from committing prisoners lest they commit themselves. In short their work is to be performed by a Mr. HALL, a barrister, who is to be a stipendiary magistrate, and have a salary from the borough fund of ONE THOUSAND POUNDS per annum! How many more stipendiaries are to be appointed we cannot tell, but it would not surprise us to see another brace of them at the same rate of sa lary. We appeal to the burgesses of Liverpool whether in this appointment of Mr. HALL they see any considera tions of economy or expediency. Did they, when they elected the present council, expect that one of the first acts of the reformers would be to job away, upon a fel low reformer, such a large slice of the income of the JANUARY 5. town-- , -a sum which would have been touch more laudably employed in cleaning the streets, or in helping to regute the poor:rates ?---Did they calculate that the immaculate reformers tvaiiild so soon abuse the provisions of the muni cipal bill as to introduce one or m ore government spies into every corporation of England, at a monstrous and unnecessary expens, and for no earthly purpose but to provide for a political partizan, who has distinghished himself only by the violence and factiousness of his opi nions ? If the burgesses expected all this, then we most heartily congratulate them. But, mark our Words, this is only the beginning of the jobs. The appointment of the new town-clerk, by paying £4,000 or £5,000 a year to Mr. FosTEtt, was the first job. The second is the sti pendiary job. The third will, perhaps, be the coroner job, the duties of which office have hitherto been dis charged gratuitously by the bailiffs, but which under the new appointment will entail a charge upon the borough fund of several hundred pounds per annum. The trea surer will probably g . 9 next, and his office be jobbed to some needy adherent at the Cost of nearly £7OO a year ; so that before all `the officers can be changed, and all the offices sweeped out, there will be little - income left to protect. For be it borne in mind that the expense of lighting, watching, paving, and scavenging of the new sections of the borough, such as Everton, West Derby, and Toxteth-park, which contain an area of many square miles, and much greater than the whole of the borough within its ancient boundaries, falls upon the corporation.- Under these Circumstances we may rest assured, that before this day twelve months it will be found necessary to impose a borough rate of, at least, one shilling in the pound upon the whole rental of the inhabitant household ers. Gratifying news this will no doubt be to the own ers of shops and warehouses ! We shall we fear have great. deal more to say on this subject; but en o u g h fOr the present. We cannot, however, conclude without calling atten tion to the sort of colloquial fustian which passes fur argument and debate in the Common Council. We assure the reader that our reporter has been at the great est pains to give it faithfully. His instructions are to be carefully accurate, and not set down a single word that is not uttered; and we are confident he performs his duty honestly. But see what sort of stuff it is! Here are a number of men pretending to instruct each other in re ference to the provisions of an act of parliament, and yet it is clear that very few of those who rise the oftenest and speak the most confidently have read the bill in question, or, having read, understand it. ,In the council on Wed nesday a great deal more was said and done than the law allows. Even the new town-clerk is unable to interpret 'the bill. One man prates about the " Privy Council," another talks of the " Secretary of State ;" so that, what with interruption and contradiction, obstinacy, pertness, and ignorance, we are likely to have a merry year of it. This, we understand, is to be a great day, but why are the public not admitted ? We were told that the re formers would make the Council-chamber an open court like the Court of Common Council in London; but they have shut their doors against the electors and excluded the people. Now this, to us who like fun, is extremely unpleasant and vastly illiberal. It is not always what a man says which excites laughter, but the manner in which he says it. There are thousands of persons who would richly enjoy the debate who cannot endure our dull and unintelligible reports, and on their account we demand that the court be open to the public. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. It is generally, understood that our dignified administration is actually now in a course of supplication with the mendicant of llerrynane for permission to put off the appropriation clause for another session, and that the sturdy beggarman has not yet sent back his resolve upon the subject, but it is probable that he will accede to the prayer if an adequate "consideration" is given. We hare been without any arrivals of importance to-day, and mails are still due from Ilawburgh, Mexico, and Lisbon. Our commercial readers must bear in mind that the Lisbon mails will in future he made up on Saturdays instead of Fridays, as heretofore, and that this arrangement will commence with the mail to be made up on Saturday next. Our. Newfoundland papers received this afternoon to the litly ult., state that Mr. G. A. Itenny, conimander of the Manchester, of Liverpool, had committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol. The jury had returned a verdict of insanity. The win ter had set in at Newfoundland with unusual severity, storm and tempest having prevailed throughout November. The sea had swept the coast more violently than had been remembered for tha previous forty years, and the tides had risen far beyond the usual landmark. The shipping belonging to the colony had suffered considerable damage, The Indian Lass, with the master and part of the crew, had been lost. The Venus was also lost, but the crew were saved. Several vessels were mis , and much anxiety was felt fsoinrgt,haeinrdshafaedtlb..een so for some time Prince Edward's Island papers have been received to the 2d of December. On the Ist of that month the governor of that colony, Sir William Young, died. We have Bermuda papers also to the 9th December, but their contents are entirely unimportant. During the last day or two there has been much activity in; the consol market, the speech of Louis Philip announcing his acceptation of the mediation of the English government, with respect to the dispute with the United States, being regarded here as decisive of the prevention of hostilities. Money bas also been very easy, and yesterday, shortly before the close of business, great activity was displayed, consols advancing to 93h for the account. This morning, however, the market exhibited a somewhat heavy appearance; and, as the day advanced, a considerable decline took place, consols for account closing at 92?,. Ex chequer bills and India bonds are, however, both better, a proof of the abundance of money. The pm. on the former closed at 18 to 20, and on the latter at 6. Spanish bonds, which early in the day were done at 51a, fell to 50i ; and Portuguese 5 per cents. left off at 544. The re publican bonds since Monday have advance considerably, Chi- Tian bonds having been at 47, and Colombian at 314. Both these have, however, receded, the former closing at 464, and the latter at 331. The northern bonds have been very buoyant, but they left off this afternoon somewhat flat. Russian are 1091, Dutch 5 per cents. 104 and Belgian Intelligence has been received at Lloyd's, a few days back, of the loss of the Asia, in the Hoogley river, and of her com mander having perished. This additional evidence of the great advantage of substituting some other mode of communication with Calcutta, in lieu of this peribus passage, has caused in creased interest here with regard to the Calcutta and Saugar rail-road and harbour company, now in course of formation; and some valuable official documents have been produced, giving undeniable evidence of the facility with which the pro ject may be completed. It appears that some twenty years ago the East India company contemplated making 'a new har bour on Laccon's Channel, although the advantages of rail roads were but partially known, ln accordance with this idea, surveys of that channel, and of Channel Creek; 'were inade-br their direction, the most experienced of the naval officers in their service were employed. Their reports were of a most satisfactory character; and although events having nothing to do with the practicability of the undertaking, prevented its being carried into effect, their surveys prove beyond all contra diction, that the Calcutta and Saugur company are fully borne out in the most sanguine expectations they can entertain. The interest excited, with respect to the project, is much in creasing here. Lotto ELnoN.—Lord Eldon, notwithstanding his advanced age, has not relinquished the sports of the field. During the present season his lordship has enriched the larders of many of his friends in the metropolis with ample presents of game. EPISCOPAL. ORDINATION.—In one diocese alone there are not less than twenty officiating Dissenting Ministers on the list.- of applicants for episcopal ordination.—Ciaistian Advocate. Loan WARM—Lord Ward has arrived at Mivart's Hotal,, from his seat at Dudley. '1 his young nobleman, who has i e-- centiv some to the title, possesses estates of the value of £150,000 per annum. His lordship is in his 19th year. TALENT OF THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS.—The newspapers and other political journals of this country are couducted with extraordinary talent; with more, in fact, than was ever before applied in any nation to the same function of public teaching. Indeed, without talent of a high order and without a variety of talent, it would be a mere impossibility that an English journal seould sustain its existence. Perhaps it would be impossible to show any exception to the rule, unless in a rare case where a provincial newspaper bas inherited from a past generation, a sort of monopoly or privilege of precedency as a depositary of advertisements. Advertisers go where they have been used to go, on a certain knowledge that readers interested in advertise ments will, by reciprocal necessity, go where advertisements are , most sure to be found; and therefore a monopoly of this nature is most secure where it is most intense. But allowing for this single exception, the political p ress o f E ng land has so much more than its fair proportion of na t ura l t a l e nt, that for thirty years and upwards it has even ac t e d i n j ur i ous ly upon the litera tore of the country, by expressin g too exclusive direction upon the marketable talent of the young and the aspiring. Other modes of intellectual exercise have been starved or impoverished that this might flourish exorbitantly ; and th e res ult is, that never amongst men has there been au exhibiti on o f so much energy, vigilence, sagacity and-perseverance, as we o f this day behold in our troll tical prer QUi?feey, in, Tait' ll:ragas - iv for December:. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. The Lost Two Nights of Mr. 7'. P. COOKE. Mr. HAMMOND for a Limited Period. V HIS present FRIDAY, the Sth, and TO-MORROW, (Saturday,) the 9th instant, the celebrated Drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER e. Harry Halyard Mr. 'l'. . Cooke, As performed by him 98 successive Nights at Ve Royal Surrey 'Theatre, London ; the extraordinary run of Avhich was alone interrupted by the necessity of fulfilling h, present Engage ment at this Theatre. The New Scenery by Mr. Parker • Drisses by Mr. Clarke; Machinery by Mr. Breckell. As the exclusive tight of performing' this successful Drama has, by special agreement, been 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 fir. Raymond. Wiseacre Mr. Hammond. Lucy Mrs. Raymond. LOUISI Mrs Melville. To con c lude with the Drama called ROBERT MACAIRE. OR, THE TWO MURDERERS. Robert Macaire Mr. T. P. Cooke.