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THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. W. FARREN, And his last appearance this season, on which occasion he will appear in three of his original characters. THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 15th instant, the Entertainments will commence with, for the first time here, a new Comedy, in three acts, written by Mr. Poole, Au thor of " Paul Pry," "Simpson and C 0.," &c., called MARRIED AND SINGLE. Beau Shatterly Mr. W. Farren, (As originally performed by him in London.) After which, the Farce of UNCLE FOOZLE; OR, MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, (as originally performed by him ) Mr. W. Farren. In the course of the Evening Mr. W. Farren will sing " Old English Gentleman." To conclude with the Farce of UNCLE JOHN. Uncle John, (as originally performed by him,) Mr. W. Farren. On SATURDAY, the Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. Stuart; Macduff, Mr. Bellair, from the Theatre-Royal, Ply mouth, his first appearance here; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Stanley. —After which, for the last time, the Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN AND THE GOLDEN GOOSE. THE REGISTRATION.—EIectors should bear in mind that the time of preferring claims for county votes commenced on the . 20th June, and ends on the 20th July ; and, with respect to borough voters, it is required, before their names can be put on the list, that all the poor-rates and assessed taxes due by each voter, previously to the 6th of April, be paid before the 20th July. In consequence of the great length to which our report of the highly important and interesting meeting of Wednesday ex tends, we have been obliged to omit several articles of interest, (one of considerable length respecting the reckless extrava gance of the town council,) and some long advertisements, all of which shall, however, appear on Tuesday. Ebe Eiberpool ,Stanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1836. Judging from present appearances, the Carlists will very speedily settle the war in Spain, unless the French government can be induced to interfere with twenty-five or thirty thousand men ; but of this we see no likeli hood, inasmuch as the temper of the French people re quires a strong hand and great circunispeztion. The-insurgents are victorious on almost every,point ; and the expedition to Asturias, Gallicia, and Leon, of which we spoke in our last, bids fair to be productive of important results; for although ESPARTERO has set out in pursuit of GOMEZ, it is probable that he will catch a tartar if be should come up with his active opponent be fore'he has completed his work of rousing the rural po pulation of those provinces in favour of CARLOS. _ EVANS still lies in fallow near St. Sebastian. His of ficers are leaving him by little knots of threes and fours ; his men also are taking themselves off to the enemy's tines, where they at least find clothing and something to eat. CORDOVA is at his old game of killing time, not his opponents. Nobody understands either his plans or his motives. In fact, he has effected nothing, and does not appear capable of doing anything. We suppose the se cret is, that he fears to trust his army in the sight of the Carlists, as it is not in a condition to fight, and very prone to change sides. Under these circumstances we are not surprised at, be ing told in a French journal that the Queen Regent has made proposals for an adjustment of differences to the following effect : " Ist. The marriage of the eldest son of Don Carlos with the young Queen Isabella. 2d. The preservation of the Estatuto Real with modifications to be hereafter discussed. 3d. A council of re gency composed of persons to be chosen by the two parties. 4th. The Queen Christina and Don Carlos engage to withdraw from the Spanish territory. each haring pensions, to be secured by the French and English governments. And sth. A general amnesty," These propositions are said to have been offered to VILLAREAL, the Carlist commander-in-chief, by CORDOVA in person, the latter having demanded an interview for that purpose. The reply of Don CARLOS is stated to be this : " Ist. That he has no objection to the marriage. 2d. That the Estatuto Real cannot be maintained. 3d. Convocation of Cortes by Estamentos to regulate the affairs of the kingdom. 4th. That be shall not leave Spain, and does not require the Queen to do so." It has been objected that, as the Madrid Gazette con tains no notice of the overture, its truth is questionable. We do not think so. It is natural that the intelligence should get to France by private communication ; it is not natural for the Spanish court to resort to publicity in an affair of so much delicacy. We are not disposed to place undue confidence in the et.t.tnent. yet we see no reason to dispute its truth, as to this complexion must things come at last, or there will be a complete revolu tion—perhaps a republic. The French journals of Saturday and Sunday are filled with the details of the trial of ALIBAUD, the assassin. Having been arraigned with the usual solemnities, the President, Baron PAsQUIER, interrogated the prisoner in the usual style of the French courts. A very short ex tract suffices to show the state of the poor wretch's mind : What did you wish to do 1 Did you not wish to arrive at the Republic by a general overthrow of everything 2—Yes, I wished to do so," " How long is it since you formed this detestable project?—(ln an animated voice.)—Ever since Philip I. established the state of siege ; ever since Philip I. trod under foot all his promises, and all our liber ties ; ever since Philip I. caused our fellow-citizens to be shot in the streets of Paris and Lyons ; ever since the reign of Philip I. became a reign of blood, a reign of infamy. That was why I wished to kill him." " The President. —Take care, Alibaud : you are not here to do any thing else than to defend yourself. You aggravate your position, if possible. Why did you wish to kill the King ?—Because I was con vinced that I should thereby become useful to the cause to which I had consecrated my life." Consecrated his life to commit murder—to murder his King and revolutionize the state We verily believe that the sentiments expressed by this culprit widely pre vail in France, and that, such is the moral condition of the mass of the needy young men in the capital, they consider such detestable deeds a sacred duty. ALIBAUD declared, over and over again, that he had no accomplices, and with every appearance of truth. On being called upon for his defence, he produced a written rhapsody, in which he gloried in his crime, and denounced the whole edifice of constituted authority as corrupt and infamous. The President and the Procureur du Roi in terfered to prevent the assassin from reading his vitupe rative trash ; and he was pronounced guilty, and con• demned to undergo the punishment inflicted upon parri cides —namely, death by the guillotine under circum stances of ignominy. No day was fixed for his exe cution. So far all was right, and the government occupied its for it is necess ar y t h at suc h an o ff en d er proper position , should be speedily brought to justice ; but the govern ment subseq uen tly grossly committed its e lf by sen di ng an intimation to two of the evening journals not to publish ALIBAUD'S absurd defence under pain of seizure of the papers that might contain it. On the spur of the mo ment, the evening journals in question obeyed, but stated the fact of the interference, for which there was no legal authority; and the consequence has been that the princi. pal journals have since published the defence verbatim, and all France is busy in drawing inferences unfavoura ble to the government. If it be so weak as to dread the ravings of a crazy man, well may it tremble. In the House of Lords, on Monday evening, the Chancellor's quack bill for abolishing imprisonment for debt was set aside for the present session, on the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, on the ground that there is not time for thedue consideration of a measure involving the interests of every class of society, and embracing a great variety of nice detail. Lord ABINGER entirely concurred in the duke's views, and vigorously supported his motion. It appears that the bill was not printed un til th e 30th June, and contains no less than 174 clauses, r oost of which require minute attention, and are likely to give rise to keen debate. It were absurd, then, to proceed in the existing state of the public business, for although the Peers might get through the bill, the Com mons could not ; and if the latter stopped short, all that the lords might do would prove so much labour lost. Besides, it is well known to the Duke of IX:ELLINOTON, and to the peers g en " 4 "Y, that ministers intend to wrap up the session as soon as t Possiule, that they may get out of parliamentary surveillance, and be at liberty to begin their promised course of agitation out of doors, which they deem of much more importance to them than the passing, on public grounds, of the hest bill ever brought before the legislature. His grace's motion was carried by 46 to 22; and there's an end of the lumbering Lord COTTENHAM'S clap-trap. On the same night, the registration of births bill, and the dissenters' marriage bill, came before their lordships for a second reading, the motion having beens ushered in by a speech from Lord MELBOURNE, who, however, had very little to say in favour of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S bantlings. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY followed the noble premier, and placed the question in its proper position. As our space is too much occupied with local matters to admit of our giving a report of the debate, we transcribe in this place the leading passages of the most reverend prelate's speech : " It was not his intention to follow the noble lord through the state ments he had made. Were he to do so, he should be led to perpetual contradiction of the noble lord, according to his own views, as he ob. jected to almost every clause in the marriage bill. He professed him self favourable to the principle of the bill, but he was not favourable to the manner in which that principle was proposed to be worked out. He thought that the members of the church of England should be con tinued in possession of those advantages which they now enjoyed, and with which in general the clergy as well as laity were satisfied ; but at the same time he repeated that he did not object to a plan for the relief of Dissenters, but let it be confined to them. With respect to the registration of births, he objected that it was compulsory, and as the bill now stood was td be carried on in an inquisitorial manner, which would be grievous to those persons and families on whom it would fall. Such a system of registration could not work in this country. It went to separate two things which had been united since the earliest periods of Christianity—the naming the party baptized at the time of baptism. He saw no reason for taking away the custody of the registers from the clergy. Let the Dissenters have a registry of their own for births and burials, and have duplicates of the entries sent to a general registry. Such a regulation would be a great saving of expense, which in this case would press heavily on the poor, and he thought it would' answer much better than the complicated system now proposed. The Legislature had abstained from all interference with the marriages of Jews and Quakers, and one reason was, that according to their system there was a most perfect security against clandestine marriages, but this bill did interfere unnecessarily with thein, for by it they were bound to give notice to the registrar. Ile would give the Dissenters all the relief they sought for if they gave good security against clandestine marriages, as the Jews and Quakers ; but he owned, that having carefully read over these bills, he did not find that they gave any such security ; on the contrary, one of the bills took away that security which had hitherto been derived from the pnhlication of banns. Another objection to the bill was that it took away the religious ceremony from marriage. There were several other objections on which he would reserve himself till he came to the committee. This was objected to in all the petitions which he had presented on the subject. He was willing to make the bills what they legitimately ought to be—to give relief to the Dissenters, hut at the same time not to do anything which would wound the conscien tious feelings of the members of the church of England. (Hear, hear.) These sentiments are worthy the Archbishop of CAN TERBURY. Give the dissenters all the relief that they ought to have, but do not at the same time outrage and aggrieve the members of the church. BAINES, MIAs, and a few other twaddlers of the House of Commons, s em to think that if they can frighten or humbug Lord JOHN RUSSELL, their purposes are accomplished. They will find themselves in the wrong box in this particular; for however unimportant the " conscientious" dissenters may consider a religious marriage ceremonial, the mem bers of the church have been taught, both by the Bible and the practice of their fathers and mother 3, to enter tain different opinions; and BAINES'S scheme of placing " all sects upon a level" is not yet destined to be worked out. It is, doubtless, mighty agreeable to him to put down the church ; but the church does not choose to be so pulled down, and, " thank GOD I we have peers" to uphold her against the levelling designs of her " con scientious" enemies. Lord ELLENBOROUGH effectively exposed the absurdi ties, as well as the injustice, of these bills, and called the attention of their lordships to the Patronage which they threw into the hands of the Magdalene ministry—the ap pointment of upwards of 1,000 registrars—and we all know for what description of local pests these offices would be reserved. The noble baron said— "To show the clumsy way in which this bill was drawn up, he would only mention one other fact connected with it. The hill en acted that register-books should be kept in iron boxes, of which two keys should be kept, and no more ; but when once the books got into those boxes, he did not see how they could be got out again without the commission of a misdemeanour by some party ; for it was a misdemeanour to disobey the directions of an act of Par liament, and by this bill it was proposed that when the books were put in " the register-box shall always be kept locked." (A laugh.) How they were to get out of this locked box would puzzle those who dwelt much more in acts of Parliament than he did. (Hear, hear.)" We understand that Lord MELBOURNE was quite in a fidget during the discussion, and yet he could not help laughing at Lord JOHNNY'S bundle of contradictions. He admitted_ that there were " difficulties" in the bills, yet, he said, he did not think they were of such a nature as might not be got over. What a compliment to the House of Commons! He begged hard that the bills might be allowed to go into a committee, where the hand of cor rection might be applied—and the house consented; the committee to commence its labours on Monday. We were right, then, in assuming that the Peers would not permit these stupid and mischievous measures to disgrace the statute .book in their present shape. In the House of Commons, on the same night, Mr. WALTER, in an able speech, called attention to the doings of that irresponsible and somewhat mysterious body of persons, the emigration committee, who, it seems, have shipped off for Van Diemen's Laud, and other parts of our Australian colonies, ship-load after ship-load of fe tnales,a large portion of whom, on their arrival in a land of strangers, are consigned to want and prostitution ; to such an extent, indeed, has this system grown, that at Hobart Town, in Van Diemen's Land, whole streets have been built for the reception of unfortunate females of this class; and we are sorry to add that the last ac counts from that island confirm Mr. WALTER'S state ments, and intimate that a great number of persons, of both sexes, were suffering all sorts of privations from want of employment. Mr. WALTER moved— "That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that he will be graciously pleased to issue his Royal orders that a placard entitled Emigration to Van Diements Land,' which the several postmasters throughout the kingdom have been directed to put in a conspicuous place in their several post-offices, and to cir culate among the clergy and the parochial authorities, be withdrawn." This motion was negatived; but it will probably have the effect of making government more cautious in aiding the projects of a set of hair-brained economists, whose leading dogma is that any place is better for Englishmen and Englishwomen than England, yet they take special care to stay at home themselves ! In all new settlements the males out-number the fe males in the proportion of from three or four to one ; and it is desirable for many reasons, that respectable females should be induced to go out to Australia ; nevei theless, this wholesale expatriation of young girls, without due precaution and regulation, is a crying evil that cannot be too soon put an end to. On Monday night, Mr. SUPERFICIAL KNOWLEDGE SPRING Rica again distinguished himself with reference to the stamp bill- It is well known that when Mr. GOUIBURN undertook to amend the stamp laws, lie set about the work like a man who understood what he was at, and divided the subject into eleven classes, bringing in as many separate • bills, and thus all difficulty was obviated. Mr. SPRING RICE. borrowed the greater part of Mr. GOULBURN'S details ; but, as he wished to have some feature that he rr4glit call his own, he conceived the bright idea of shaking up the eleven small bills in a bag, and agglomerating them into one huge bill of nearly four hundred clauses. Never was such a monstrosity before seen! But Mr. RICE strutted about to Whitehall and the precincts of the house with the tremendous bill under his arm, and strenuously resisted all attempts to lessen its ponderosity, aware that if he assented to a divorce, he immediately surrendered the single idea he had to call his own in the whole matter. Things continued in this state till Monday night. The right honourable gentleman then went down to the house, picked out the newspaper clauses, made one bill of them, and threw all the rest under the table, as a con tributon to that immense mass of lumber which is annu ally printed, at a terrible expense to the country, by way of pleasing JOSEPH HUME. Mr. RICE said that no false fear of being charged with inconsistency should prevent him from changing his mind from wrong to right. We commend his discretion, however late he may be in the exercise of it ; but we do think that a gentleman who fobs £t3,000 a Year of the public money should be at least capable of seeing, at the outset, that a bill of be tween three and four hundred clauses most of necessity prove a great nuisance if passed into a law in that form. However, a separation has happily taken place at last; the house went into committee on the bill, and the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD principal clauses were agreed to, in spite of all the oppo sition that Mr. WAKLEY could offer to some of them. Ministers, as we have already stated, are anxious to wind up the session ; but the cheap political knowledge people must be first conciliated. This bill will be pushed through without delay. And by the first of August, we understand, the news-stamp will be reduced to one pen ny ; and the duty on paper is also to be lowered, to take effect on the 10th of October. Mr. Superficial•knowledge SPRING RICE declares that he is determined to put down the unstanaped press. He i? quite right when he says that justice to the proprie tors of the stamped journals calls upon him to remove a burthen from their shoulders which the contraband dealer avoids by violating the law. But if he supposes that the reduction of the duty will put down the unstamped or raise the character of the newspaper press generally, he woefully deceives himself and shuts his eyes to the light. So far as we are concerned, however, we have no rea son to reason to regret the proposed change. We are persuaded that the conservative press will acquire strength through it; but some of the bawlers for " cheap knowledge" will find that they have burnt their fingers. We look forward with horror to the fate of our venerable compeer the Mercury. The penny luminaries will out shine him ; and our friend of the Albion is fated to clip anecdotes, love verses, and pretty stories out of the lite rary periodicals in vain, for the halfpenny caterers for old ladies will step in and put his nose out of joint, and dry up the source of his great literary reputation. Yet this is no affair of our's—it is a matter that must be arranged between Mr. SUPERFICIAL KNOWLEDGE • SPRING RICE and his admirers—a race of animals with which, thanks to our stars, we have no right to claim affinity. O'CoNNELL has sent forth another epistle in aid of his agitating scheme; it is addressed " to the Members of the National Association of Ireland," and was read at a meeting of the said " national association", in Dublin, on Saturday, Mr. COPPINGER in the chair, and Mr. M'Carthy, JACK LAWLESS, Mr. BARRETT, and other equally eminent pc.triots, in attendance to play minor parts to the Bully-in-Chief, who promises to be in Dub lin, " as soon as the cause of the soreness of his heart will permit." What this may haPpen to mean we do not profess to understand. Perhaps the less such a man is understood, the better for all parties. The address is altogether the most wretched fustian we ever saw in print. The fellow acts the hypocrite and liar, however, to admiration. He says— " I never despaired in the worst of times : I know my countrymen too well now to doubt of success. We hare with us many and pow- erful allies—holy allies, not in name, but in nature. "I. We have the revered name of the King with us. Read his opening speech to his Parliament. " 2. We have with us the King's Government, forbidding us to despair. " 3. We have with us the government of Lord Nlulgrave in Ireland, dispensing all of justice that is within his reach, and bidding us to confide and to hope. " 4. We have with us the reformed corporations of England, and the intelligent and patriotic inhabitants of the great towns and cities. " 5. We have with us the wealth, intellectual power, patriotism, and energy of this great metropolis. The corporation of London and the inhabitants of Westminster, Southwark, Lambeth, Finsbury, the Tower Hamlets, and Marylebone, with their representatives, save one, are strenuously, actively, our friends. " 6. The intelligent, patriotic, brave, and ever-unconquered people of Scotland, are with us. . . " 7. The House of Commons, with a daily-increasing majority, are with us—a majority of about one-sixth of the entire representatives of the people are with us. " Compare the state of affairs when the Catholic Association was formed with your present prospects, and see how glorious and un erring is the hope of success—if, Irishmen—if you are true to your. selves. " • Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, " ' Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ?' The "revered name of the King !" The traitor would pull the crown from the king's head, if he had the power. His praise of the government—of " Lord NIEL BOURNE, in England—Lord MULGRAVE, in Ireland," is natural ; they are his creatures, and by them he does his work of sedition. It is a melancholy truth that he may boast of having on his side some of the " reformed corporations of England." We suppose that he had Liverpool in his eye when he penned his fourth proposition ; but we had thought that when he was last among us he saw enough to convince him that "the intelligent and patriotic inhabitants" as utterly despise him as they despise the ruling faction at present in the " reformed corporation".i His assertion that he has " the wealth, intellectual power, patriotism, and energy, of the metropolis" at his beck, is as false as his boast that "the House of Commons, with a daily in creasing majority," is with him. The last majority on the appropriation clause, as our readers know, was 13 less than the preceding ; and a majority of 13 English members voted against ministers! He thus concludes : " But why should I enter into details already familiar ? We were true to ourselves, and therefore we succeeded. " Mark, I pray you, how we succeeded—without a crime or an offence—without a sin or a stain—without injustice to any man to the extent of ls.—without, blessed be God ! one single drop of blood. " Whatever was done once can be done again. Irishmen—Pro testants, Catholics, Presbyterians, Dissenters, rally, rally for Ireland and liberty ! " Always remember our three great objects-1. To preserve and support the King's Government—Lord Melbourne in England—Lord Mulgrave, honoured name, in Ireland. "2. To preserve, as far as we can, peace, good order, freedom from agrarian disturbances, and from crime of every description, in violation of the law, no breach of morality. " 3. To procure a satisfactory settlement of the tithe question—a satisfactory, because a full participation, with Scotland and England in municipal reform. "Let our Association be single and independent of any other, re specting all unions and societies that struggle in any way in the same sacred cause, but amalgamating with none of them. Let our Asso elation be felt and understood all over Ireland. Place it upon the basis of the`Justice-rent for Ireland.' That I may practise as well as preach, I send my " justice-rent for Ireland' for myself, my family, and descendants for the year 1836. " Meet weekly; digest in committees every point upon which honest men may differ. Let every man be disposed to yield to others equally honest with himself every thing but principle. Harmony, union, exertion, perpetual unremitting exertion." The true interpretation of which is, support the mi- nisters, for they are my tools; subscribe your money, for I expect to use it for my own especial benefit. He subjoins his own " justice rent," and parades the names of twenty-six branches of his family, and appends to their names sums amounting in all to 1:3. This is all be can afford as a "justice rent" out of the <£20,000 a-vear that he wrings from the half-starved poor as the price of his execrable labours.• • We cannot resist the temptation of reprinting his list ; it throws an air of ridicule over the whole affair, and proves that the incendiary, like the tiger, is playing with his victims. '• JUSTICE-RENT FOR IRELAND" FOR 1836. - - - Daniel O'Connell, M. P £5 0 0 Mrs. O'Connell 2 0 0 Maurice O'Connell, M. P 2 0 0 Mrs. M. O'Connell 1 ti 0 Fanny O'Connell 1 0 0 Mary O'Connell 1 0 Christopher Fitzsimon, M. P •.. . 2 0 0 Mrs. Fitzsimor 1 0 0 Mary O'Connell Fitzsimon 1 0 0 Daniel O'Connell Fitzsimon 1 0 0 Christopher O'Connell Fitzsimon 1 0 0 Thomas O'Connell Fitzsunon Henry O'Connell Fitzsimon 1 0 0 Charles O'Connell Mrs. O'Connell 1 0 0 Mary O'Connell... • Teresa O'Connell 1 0 0 Kate O'Connell 1 0 0 N. J. French 2 0 0 Mrs. French 1 0 0 Daniel O'Connell French 1 0 0 Harriet O'Connell French Mary O'Connell French 1 0 0 Morgan O'Connell. M. P 2 0 0 John O'Connell, M. P 2 0 0 Daniel O'Connell, junior 2 0 0 At present we will do nothing more than beg the pa tient and serious attention of our readers to the admira ble addresses delivered on Wednesday in the Amphi theatre. Long as they are, they will most amply repay the time spent in perusing them. We shall probably notice their contents in detail on Tuesday. The iron ore trade at Whitehaven is in a state of greater ac tivity at this time than for many months past. Immense quan pany in South N ti v t i a e l S e s a ; r e a d h i i ‘ r v r i i t e h d i i w o e h e e k s f t o r t fe‘ le ‘ i .d Plym outh h e C r o f T u e vein of ore has been discovered at the company's works, near Whitehaven. at a depth of 115 feet below the surface, under a bed of stone about 'Pt feet thick. The quality of the ore in the new vein is not inferior to that found nearer clay, and whi ch i s ge n e rally i admitted to be the ric hest metal n the kingdom. na med Vial, who was a desperate lover of WHlsT.—Mrs. Bray re lates the followin g of a Devonshire in the midst of a deal, the doctor fell off physician, hapoilv whist. One evening, his chair in a fit. Consternation seized on the company. Was he alive or dead ? What was to be done ? All help was given —hartshorn was poured almost down his • throat by one kind female friend, whilst another feelingly singed the end of his nose with burning feathers ; all were in the breathless agony of suspense for his safety. At length he showed signs of life, and, retaining the last fond idea which had possessed him at the mo ment he fell into the fit, to the joy of the whole company, ex claimed, " What is trumps ?"— :Mirror. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. COMPENSATION TO THE LATE TOWN CLERK ON LIVERPOOL. On Wednesday a meeting of the town council was held, fur the purpose of receiving the report of the committee appointed last .January, to consider the claim for compensation made by Mr. Foster, the late town-clerk. There was a pretty numerous attendance. The Town-clerk, Mr. RA pc LIFFE, at the request of the Mayor, read an agreement which had been entered into between the Town-clerk (Mr. Radcliffe) and Mr. J. B. Lloyd, (the late town clerk's partner,) and confirmed subsequently by Mr. Foster in a letter to Mr. Lloyd. The agreement and letter are as follow: " It is without prejudice to the rights of either party, Mr. Foster or the council, and upon the perfect understanding that this arrangement shall not be used by either party, for any pur pose whatsoever, unless the same shall be confirmed by the council, agreed between the undersigned John Buck Lloyd and Richard Radcliffe. as follows: " By Mr. Lloyd, that he undertakes that Mr. Foster shallf by Tuesday evening next, confirm the undermentioned terms o compensation ; and by Mr. Radcliffe, that he undertakes that the consolidated committee of the council on the duties and' emoluments of town-clerk, &c. will, on such confirmation, re commend to the council such terms of compensation; which terms of compensation are— " First,—That Mr. Foster shall have, in satisfaction of his claim for compensation, the bond of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough, for an annuity of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pounds, payable half-yearly during his life, and com mencing from the Ist day of January last. " Secondly,—That Mr. Foster shall pay to the said corpora tion, or allow against the first payment of the said annuity, two-thirds of the fees received by him whilst acting as clerk of the peace since the Ist day of January last. " Thirdly,—That this arrangement shall be in full of all claims and demands between the parties, save as to any de mand which Mr. Foster may have for professional business in the time of the late council remaining unpaid to him. RD. RADCLIFFE. " JOHN B. LLOYD. " Town-hall, 9th July, 1836. " London. 11th July, 1836. " I have duly received your letter of the 9th instant, inform ing me of the offer made to you on that day by the town-clerk of the grant of an annuity to me of £2,500 for my life, in satis faction of my claim for compensation under the municipal corporations act, in consequence of my removal on the Ist Jan. last from the several offices of profit I then held for my life under the corporation of Liverpool. " In agreeing to accept this proposal, and in fully confirming what you have done on my behalf, as stated in your letter, c, of course conclude that it is understood by the committee w h o instructthe town-clerk, that if the proposed arrangements be not fully adopted by the town council at their meeting on Wed nesday next, every thing that has passed upon the subject by way of negociation shall be considered without prejudice to either party, and that I shall nut be in any respect compro mised or affected as to any ulterior proceedings by this acqui escence. I wish also to state that ram entirely led to agree to this proposition from an anxious desire for the amicable settle ment of a question in which I am so personally concerned, and likewise that in so doing I consider I am voluntarily relinquish ing a legal claim to more than £l,OOO per annum, according to the terms of the treasury minute, upon the lowest estimate of the profits of the offices held by my predecessor and myself, and this not upon an average of the profits of the last five years only, but upon the well known and acknowledged emoluments for many preceding years. " On accepting an amount of compensation so much below the amount claimed, I feel it due to myself to make this state ment, as it might otherwise be inferred that I was conscious the claim could not be supported as delivered; whilst on the other hand, having always declared my readiness to meet the town council liberally on the settlement of my claim, I trust my acquiescence in their proposal to you will prove that I have fulfilled that determination. (Signed) " THOMAS FOSTER." As soon as the town-clerk had sat down, Mr. RATHBONE rose to move that the report of the com mittee appointed to inquire into Mr. Foster's claim, be adopt ed and confirmed. He said he must beg the indulgence of the council in requesting that the report of the committee, which he had just moved the adoption of, might not he read aloud in that meeting, or go in any shape before the public. They must be aware that there were details in that rapco t which would, if known, give the other side an advantage which it was desirable they should not have. He felt assured the council had full con fidence in every member of the committee on Mr. Foster's claim, and therefore, it would be unnecessary to add more to induce them to support the proposition. Mr. JOHN CHOPPER seconded the motion. Mr. SHELL thought they were entitled to some explanation before they so summarily gave away so large a sum of money as £2,500 a-year. Such a claim ought not to he settled without very mature and anxious consideration. They ought to recol lect that they were sent into that council as well to protect as promote the interests of their constituents, and it was only fair that the public should be made acquainted with the reasons why Mr. Foster's claim was granted, as well as a select committee of that council. That committee was composed of men, no doobt, upon whom erfect reliance could be placed, but then the people ought to know as well as they did the motives from which such an immense sum was about to be thrown away. He confessed that he had as yet heard no satisfactory answer from Mr. Rathbone why the contents of the report should not be read aloud. Besides, the decision on this claim would rest with the treasury, and he did not think they could go beyond the sum negociated for. Mr. RATHBONE said it was not the treasury, but the Lords of the Privy Council, with whom the decision rested, and it was easy to perceive what would have been their situation in the hands of such a body constituted as it was. Mr. SHELL interrupted Mr. Rathbone. He was still of opinion, with deference to Mr. Rathbone, that it was the trea sury, for the confirmation of which he appealed to the Town clerk. The TOWN-CLERK said the decision was with the treasury Mr. RATHBONE said that the claim had been taken into con sideration by the Lords of the Treasury, from whom they need not expect much favour, and it had afterwards been well consi dered by the committee. All he asked fur that day was the confidence of the council, that they would take the determina tion of the committee for granted as the best which, under all circumstances, could be come to, and which, he had great pleasure in saying, was a unanimous one, viz., that Mr. Foster should have the sum named, £2,500 a-year. He was aware it was a great deal of money, and it was with the greatest reluc tance that the committee had conceded it. Mr. CoGt AN was not at all desirous to call in question either the integrity or judgment of the committee in considering the question before them. He did not suppose but in their opinion the decision they had come to was a just one, but it was due to the public, before the council sanctioned their recommendation, that they (the public) should be furnished with a full explana tion, otherwise it could not be said that the council had done their duty to that public. The demand was so monstrously ex travagant, and so excessively unjust, that the onus of its pay ment should not he placed upon the shoulders of the council or upon any members of it, but upon those of other parties—upon the Lords of the Treasury. He knew it was said to be the price of the bill, but he was sure that the framers of that bill could never have contemplated that so large a sum as £77,000 would have been demanded by one individual, or they would never have suffered the clause to stand. He knew that it was said that compensations were wise, just, and politic, but they were not so when they were granted where no services had been per formed. I'o officers of the army and navy, who were liable to be called upon at all times on the most harrassing and hazardous services, half-pay or pension, or some system of the same sort was but an adequate remuneration. But he knew of no services of any kind in this instance which had been rendered. It was because the in lividual was apolitical partizan, and had thus been able to swell out his accounts, that he had come into this position, and they were to give him for a number of years a sum of money that would cramp their future exertions. Ifthe claims ofcharity at some future period were demanded they could not be met, and why ? hy, because the enormous sum of £2500 was given to Mr. Foster. They would have to be told—that Mr. Foster's carriage stops the way., Their hands would be tied up, and if they had to lay on a borough rate, that circumstance might be referred to Mr. Foster's coin pensation. It was said that Mr. Foster had sacrificed a business —vet he had a partner all the time who carried on the business for him, and he had also realised considerable emolument in the £21,000 which he received for his three years' services as town-clerk. He had paid £7OO per annum to his clerks, and said he was heartily tired of his office, and now he came forward to claim this enormous sum. He was not entitled to one penny. The Lords of the Treasury would see the matter in its right light. They would ask him why, when his predecessor got only between £lOOO and £5OOO per annum, he had £7OOO or £8000? Because he was employed in opposing the liberty of the people, and bolstering up a system of oppression. Until he (Mr. Cog lan) had better information, he would not vote for the granting of so large a sum. The MAYOR said they had, in the first instance, the full in tention of reading the minutes. He thought, in all cases, that it was proper the subjects brought before them should undergo the fullest investigation. But this was a matter of so delicate a nature, that they felt called upon in this instance, to deviate from the usual practice. He (the Mayor) was so perfectly in clined to put confidence in the committee, was so willing to be lieve that they sifted the matter even to the utmost farthing, that he was altogethet willing to acquiesce in their wishes. He felt certain of their unwearied diligence and sound discretion. This payment was a very disagreeable thing, but it was a claim. made under an act of parliament, and they must abide by it. Mr. SHELL said, that if, according to Mr. Rathbone's view, they first adopted and confirmed the report and then proceeded to the investigation, it would . be worse than doing nothing. This would be a backward way of doing . business—an Irish mode of proceeding, which,. however it ought become him, he ' would not recommend to the council, for it would'be an act of the most complete supererogation. How could gentlemen who did not know that the decision was with the,treasury, have come to a right conclusion on this important subject ? Mr. RATHBONR hoped that his ignorance would not be made to attach to all the meinbey of the committee, and Mr. Al IN said every other member of the committee had pro ceeded with the knowledge that the decision was with the treasury. mr. SHELL resumed.—He did not think the matter had been sifted with that care that the protection of the public money de manded. He at least had not heard enough to induce him to vote for handing over £2500 of the public money to Mr. Foster. Mr. BIRCH said he was a member of the committee. On the subject of the compromise, the committee was unanimous; but w ith respect to the reading of the Minutes, they were not so. li e had not thought that it was fair to call upon the council without giving them the necessary light to guide them, and he was satisfied that if the minutes were read, the council would at once acquiesce. Mr. RA THRONE suggested the propriety of having the treasury minute read aloud. The meetiug would then see how the com mittee had been situated with regard to the claim. The minute was accordingly read over by the town-clerk. Mr. BROWN said he thought it useless Tor the council to come to any determination as to the reading of the report, as it had not yet been ascertained whether ur not Mr. Foster would accept the sum which the committee offered. It was here explained to Mr. Brown, who was not present at the opening of the proceedings, that Mr. Foster had agreed to take the sum mentioned. Mr. BaowN resumed.—Then he thought the council ought at once to confirm the repot t without requiring to be put into pos session of any of its details. If by any means the question should be again opened, Mr. Foster would probably compel them to pay a much a larger sum than they now proposed to give him. Mr. BLACKBURN said this was not a principle of abstract jus tice; it was a claim which an act of parliament directed them to make good. He thought the best thing which they could do would be to confirm the report. Mr. HOPE said that, as the question was a highly important one, he thought the) ought to be made acquainted iu some measure with the grounds on which the committee had come to their present decision. He had a suggestion to make %%filch he thought would at once remove the difficulty. 'this was, that the reporters should be directed to retire. He had.made a few calculations which bore upon the subject, and he would go a little further if his suggestions were acted upon. Mr. B LACKBURN was sorr) that the subject had been driven to the last moment for discussion. It would have been desirable to have had a little inure time for reflection on a matter of such serious importance as that before them. Mr. COGLAN said the claim would first have to be proved, and then it would be reduced to two-thirds. Mr. DUNCAN had the fullest confidence in the committee, and should, therefore, give them his support. He wished to know what the charge upon the corpoiatiou fund now was for the same duties that had been done by the•late town-clerk? Mr. RATHBONE replied, that the average of the late town clerk's receipts, according to his own showing, fur the last five years was £6,700 per annum. At present the sums paid for the same work he performed were—to the town-clerk £2,000 per annum, the under town-clerk £7OO per annum, which, in addi tion to Mr. Foster's claim of £2,500, would make a total charge o❑ the borough funds of £5,200 a year, which was a saving of about £1,500 to the borough fund. The clerks to the magist rates received no stated salaries, but were paid by the fees arising ou of their business in the police court. Mr. SHELL said Mr. Rathbone had overrated the saving to the town, inasmuch as there was upwards of £B5O paid to clerks in Mr. Radcliffe's office. The TOWN.CLERK explained that the fees in his office accrued as heretofore, and it was from them that his salary Was paid. His clerks were about the same expense as in Mr. Foster's Mr. HOPE again pressed his amendment. The council should then form themselves into a secret committee in order that the report might be read in private. Mr. COGLAN offered some observations in support of Mr. Hope's amendment. Mr. RA T HIVINE would still adhere to the motion he had pro posed at the outset of the proceedings. He was aware he was incurring no slight responsibility in asking the council for their confidence, and perhaps he might obtain some unpopularity out of doors by the step which he had taken; but, knowing what he did, considering the patient and rigid attention which the com mittee had given to the considerat►on of the claim, he was willing to receive all the odium that might fall upon him rather than submit to have the report read and the question reconsi dered by the members of the council. Mr. BROWN inquired whether, in the event of the council agreeing to the recommendation of the committee, the public would afterwards he put into possession of the report. - - - The TOWN-CLERK replied that there could be no objection after- Mr. BnowN—ln the event of the reporters retiring, would each member of the council be required to pledge himself not to commu nicate anything in the report to the public. The TowN-cLERK—I suppose no gentleman will be required to do that, but the report cannot he given to the public press. Mr. BIRCH said, if the reporters were ordered to retire and after wards the report was read, still it would be made public. In the House of Commons on divisions strangers were ordered to withdraw, nevertheless, what transpired in their absence found its way into the public prints. As it appeared to be the wish of several gentlemen that the report should be read, he would move, if necessary, that it should be so at once. Mr. EGERTON SMITH was decidedly opposed to excluding any gen- tleman connected with the press, (a laugh) and he should therefore oppose Mr. Hope's motion. He was most sorry that a suggestion of this nature had met with even transient support, particularly from his friend Mr. Coglan. Discussions of this nature would always come before the public through some channel, they had done so before even from the most close assemblies. Mr. AIKIN expressed his opinion that it would be the better plan to exclude and enter freely into the subject. It was agreed that Mr. Hope's amendment, that the reporters should withdraw be first put, which was done, when there appeared, For the amendment, Messrs. S. Hope,Woolwright, Rushton, Bright, H. liornby, Earle, Coglan, and Blain. Against the amendment, Messrs. J. Holmes, Logan,Thornhill, Sheil, Harvey, E. Smith, Thornely, Rawdon, Birch, Rathbone, Preston, J. Lawrence, Maxwell, Lassoll, T. Holt, Carson, Morecroft, Blackburn, Roskell, E. Cropper, Alison, Leigh, G. Holt, J. Cropper, Jordan, Duncan, Tayleur, Moon, Gulley, Barclay, Robinson, Stuart, Booth, J. Hornby, Brown, T. Smith, Benn, and the Mayor.—Against the amendment 39.—For the amendment B.—Majority 31. Absent—Messrs. Horsfall, M'Gregor, Barton, H. Holmes, L. Hey worth, Mellor, Walinsley, Bolton, H. Lawrence, Brocklebank, San dars, Evans, 0. Heyworth, Freme, Leathom, and Jones. Mr. Birch's amendment, that the minutes of the committee should be read, was then put. There appeared for the amendment, Messrs. J. Holmes, S. Hope, Logan, Thornhill, Sheil, Harvey, E. Smith, Thornely, Birch, Woolwright, Rushton, Bright, H. Hornby, Preston, J. Lawrence, Maxwell, Aikin, Earle, Carson, Blackburn, Roskell, Coglar, Alison, Leigh, G. Holt, Blain, Moon, Barclay, and Benn. Against the motion, Messrs. Rawdon, Rathbone, Lassell, S. Holt, Morecroft, E. Cropper, J. Cropper, Jordan, Duncan, Tayleur, Bulley, Robinson, Stuart, Booth, J. Hornby, Brown, Smith, and the Mayor. For the amendment Against it ........ 11 Majority Absent, same as on the preceding division. On the motion of Mr. BIRCH, seconded by Mr. EGRRTON SMITH the minutes of the committee were then read as follows : " That in finding the compensation it would be right and equitable :o take into consideration, not only the salary and just emoluments of the office of Town-clerk, but also the profits derived from the per formance of the legal business of the several Corporations, executed by the Town-clerks in their official capacity, and the just emoluments of any other corporate appointments, held by such Town •clerks, and annually held in conjunction with, or attached, or annexed to the office of Town-clerk." These terms appear to the Committee to be so general as to com prise every class of claim preferred by Mr. Foster. The Committee in the outset were disposed to believe that a claim so immense as Mr. Foster's for £77,108 would be received by the trea sury with the utmost repugnance, and that every possible objection would be favourably listened to and entertained. But the Committee on mature consideration, cannot but seriously apprehend, that the whole claim would be entertained, and in a sweeping way referred to officers for examination under general rules, more especially when they consider the following terms of the treasury minute. " , My Lords read the fourth reason of the House of Commons for dissenting to the amendment of the Lords proposing to continue the existing Town-clerks for life, in which reason it is stated, that a just and liberal construction cannot fail to be given to the compensation clause proposed by the House of Commons.' " " By this passage it would appear, (as, indeed, is generally under stood) that compensation to town-clerks was substantially a bargain between the two houses; and when it is observed that the Lords gave up office for lift for compensation, it must reasonably be feared that the treasury will be held by the Lords, to the honourable redemption of their pledge for a just and liberal construction of the compensation to the full extent of the minute, which may be said to have been sealed by the Treasury and delivered to the Lords as the last price of passing the Municipal Bill. The committee also note that the Trea sury minute refers to the compensation of officers of the courts of law, upon the abolition of their offices. The committee, learn from the information of Mr. Faulkner, an eminent solicitor in London, one of the agents of the town-clerk, and who acted for a considerable time as under secretary under the common Law Commission, that the course under that act, was to refer for examination every description of claim of the officers, ordinary or extraordinary, without distinction. " Mr. Faulkner is of opinion, that all the claims of Mr. Foster would, in like manner be entertained by the Treasury, and put under examination or taxation. The rule of the act for the compensation of common law officers is three-fourths of the income for compensation; —the treasury minute says, not less than two-thirds. The claim of Mr. Foster for £17,108, is ground, d on an alleged in come of £6,747 16s and he leaves his claim for the £17,108 lOs 6d upon three-fourths of this income, or £5,060 17s. Mr. Foster's accounts, altogether, amount (including those at the time of Mr. Statham) to the sum of £87,061 6s. 7d. Of these there are 214 voluminous law bills. The whole accounts have had the investigation of an account ant, and the law bills have also been subject, to a considerable extent, to examinations in the natmre of taxation : first. of Mr. Patterson, a solicitor, who has been for years experienced in the taxation of bills ; and, secondly, through the Influence of Mr, Fanjkner, of a public officer of eminence employed in taxing bills. These examinations • • have been completed in Liverpool by the best estimates, upon princi• pies agreed upon in London, that could be suggested. The results o: the investigation are as follnws : " Ist.—Supposing the office of clerk to the coroners, the prosecu tions, together about £4OO per annum profit, and the three bills, town dues, disfranchisement, and municipal bill, (Mr. Statham and Mr- Foster's) amounting to £12,996 10s. Id. profit in the five years, struck out of the claims for compensation. Adopting the mean of taxations of Mr. Patterson and the public officer, which differ considerably, £2,107 Bs. 61d. " 2dly.—Supposing the office of clerk to the, coroners and the pro fits on prosecutions struck out of the claim. Adopting the mean o the taxation, £5,016145. Bd. " 3dly.—Supposing all the claims to he entertained, but subject t( taxation. Adopting the mean of the taxations, £3,278 12s. 3d. Ac cording to the advice of Mr. Crompton, Mr. Rushton, Mr. Faulkner, and the Town-clerk, and in the opinion of the committee the third or last of the three results, giving £3,278 12s. 3d. is the one to be seriously apprehended. The public officers' examination is the one more fa vourable to Mr. Foster, and if the Lords of the Treasury were to refer the bills to the treasury solicitor, the probability is in favour of the public officers' examination. Against any of the results on the part of the corporation against Mr. Foster would be a claim of £4,813 14s. Old. upon the mean of the taxations, for a return of money which, upon actual taxation, may be expected to be found to be overpaid to Mr. Foster by the late council, providing a court of common law would open the bills for taxation after payment." The courts in late cases have shown a disinclination to open bills after payment, and though the probability, under all the circum stances, is in favour of the bills being opened, the point was considered so far doubtful that the committee were advised by Mr. Crompton and Mr. Rushton not to attempt it at present, for fear of a refusal by the court to tax the bills, which might operate against the council before the treasury. Mr. Crompton, Mr. Rushton, Mr. Faulkner, and the Town-clerk are all in favour of a compromise of £2,500. 12th July,lB36.—The Town-clerk reported that he had in conformity with the wishes of the committee, effected an agreement with Mr. Lloyd on behalf of Mr. Foster, subject to the approbation of the council which he now lays before the committee. The proceedings of the Town-clerk, and a report in favour of a compromise at £2500, according to the terms of the conditional agree ment directed. Mr. Rathbone's motion for the adoption and confirmation of the re port was then put, when there appeared For the motion—Messrs. S. Hope. Logan, Thornhill, Sheil, Harvey, E. Smith, Thornely, Rawdon, sirch, Woolwright, Rushton, Bright, H. Hornby, Rathbone, Preston, J. Lawrence, Aikin, Lassell, T. Holt, Earle, Carson, Morecroft, Blackburn, Roskell, E. Cropper, Alison, Leigh, G. Holt, J. Cropper, Jordan. Tayleur, Blain, Moon, Bulley, Barclay, Robinson, Stuart, Booth, J. Hornby, Brown, T. Smith, Benn, and the Mayor. Against the motion, Messrs. Maxwell and Coglan For the motion Against it Majority Absent, as before. The agreement entered into between Mr. Lloyd, on the 9th instant, was then approved and adopted, and the Town-clerk was directed to give the necessary notice to Mr. Foster. Mr. RATHBONE rose for the purpose of r e turnin g his sincere thanks to the committee for the favour and c onfidence with which they had honoured him during the progress of the business which had just been settled, when he had acted as their chairman. Ile had a short time since requested a degree of confidence from the gentlemen pre. sent which had not been rendered to him. He would make them a promise, that he should never again ask a similar favour. HILTON'S PICTURE. OF THE CRUCIFIX. The MAroa stated that most of the gentlemen prehent were aware t hat they were possessed of a fine picture whielt had been lent to a society of artists in Dublin. Previously to this, however, it had been Juty 15, 1836: lent to Mr. Henderson, an artist of this.town, who had wished to eoPli t it, and who had erected a building for I hat especial purpose. His copy, however, was not finished. hen it was sent to Dublin, and it had now returned, he had thought it best, previous to its disembarka tion, to lay the subject before them at the present meeting, as it would save expanse and trouble of conveying it to the Town-hall, unpack.' ing it and repacking it again. Was it their pleasure that the picture should be lent to Mr. Henderson till he had finished his copy of it which was for a charitable purpose. Mr. SHELL objected to the picture remaining any longer with Mr, Henderson. The picture was the property of the public, and ought nut to be lent to any private individual in order that he might turn it,. to his own advantage. It was true the picture had been lent before. by the old corporation, but it did not, therefore, follow that it should be lent again. He decidedly objected to it, and should require a divi sion upon the question. Dr. CARSON said he was instructed to state, that Mr. Henderson wai taking a copy from the picture for a charitable institction, and that la' would not detain it after the time specified. Mr. W. EARLS thought Mr. Shiers objection exceedingly paltry. It was the duty of the council to encourage genius wherever they' found it, Mr. SIIEIL thought the word paltry , as applied to what he had sad a very inappropriate one. It was the custom tl•equently to gloss over' with very smooth words the grossest jobbing, and Mr. Earle was not justified in applying such an epithet to hi-n. Mr. EARLE said, that in that room he should make use of what lan— guage he thought proper, and in doing so he would not be restricted• as to what words he should use, either by Mr. Sheil or any one else. After some further remarks, Mr. CouLAN moved that the picture' he sent to Mr. Henderson till the expiration of the time named by the' old corporation, which was carried with only one dissentient, vis.• —Mr. Sheil. SCIP.NTIFIC INSTITUTION. The NIAYOR gave notice, that at the next monthly meeting, he should submit to the Councils subject of great importance. He wished them as a body to invite the members of the Scientific Institution to • this town next year. This year they held their sitting at Bristol There were about 400 members in the society, and they generally re mained about one week in the town which they visited. He appre hended that beside the other great and obvious advantages of such visit, the influx of so large a body into the town would be productive of some benefit to it. THE CORPORATION SCHOOLS. Unless the members of the Town-council immediately rescind the impious determination to which they came on Wednesday week, re- specting the use of the Bible in these schools, the doors must of lie- cessity be closed, in consequence of their being neither scholars to learn, nor masters found to instruct them. Most of the parents of the children lately instructed in the two schools have resolved not to send them any more until the-new regime, attempted to be thrust upon the town, is abandoned. The North School has, from the reason men tioned, been closed already ! Yes, we say, closed, notwithstanding that Mr. Councillor Hope himself assumed the office of Teacher, and invited the boys to listen to his instructions. The facts are shortly these:—lmmediately after the meeting orthe council, on Wednesday week, both the master and mistress sent in notice of their resignation to Mr. Hope, who is chairman of the education Committee, which was accepted. Upon that, it was agreed that a letter should be sent to Blackburn, to a person residing there, who was well qualified to take charge of the new system. Accordingly, Mr Hope dispatched a. " flattering tale," he obeyed the command, and was at the school-room on Monday morning, when he met with one of the corn• mittee, who detailed to him the plan upon which he must commence, the duties of his situation. Finding, however, that he had been tricked, and that the scheme of the council was entirely at variance with his views of what a religious education consisted, he pet• emptorily refused to have anything to do with the school, and mediately returned to Blackburn. The result was, that Mr. flop! " took his seat on the bench," and, with ferule in hand, undertook to ; commence the business of the school himself. But soon tired of hit occupation, he left his pupils, to the number of from twenty UP , twenty-five to the care of a senior boy to act for him in his absence. Presently order was broken. Mirth and joy prevailed, and the no.' velty of the popish-socinian plan had not the effect of preventingeven a score of boys, out of between three and four hundred, from putting on their hats and running home—such was the fact. The lads left, the doors were locked, and the key was in Mr. Hope's possession iR about an hour after he left. Thus matters remained till yesterdni• when the school was re-opened. in the course of Wednesday even' ing, placards, of which the following is a copy, were plentifully posted in the neighbourhood of the school : " The North Corporation Schools are now open at the usual hours. for the instruction of children of all religious denominations. Signed—SAMUEL Horn, Chairman of the Committee." We hear also that there has been a systematic beating up for scho lars by some of the hangers-on of the Corporation, in the streets ad' jacent to the school. Nevertheless, all would not do, for yesterday et half-past two o'clock, we state it upon the best authority, there were only thirty-one ! boys, and thirteen I girls in attendance. A veil miserable proportion, to be sure, of the 70J children who went to the school prior to the insulting decision of the Council. Where the re. maining number are, certainly is a matter cf no trifling consideration —some are perhaps running about the streets in bad company, °there doing what is still worse, and all probably receiving no instruction at all. The education committee and their fellow-labourers in the couu. cii have incurred a fearful responsibility by their rashness. It °nil remains, now for the friends of true scriptural education to make speedy exertions to procure the erection of new schools, In order that the evils which may be justly apprehended from this lamentable state of things may be remedied with as little delay as possible. Since the above was written we have much pleasure in stating, that the committee appointed at the meeting on Wednesday. have taken commodious premises for school rooms ; the one for the south dirt. sion of the town is situated in Tabley-street. opposite the end of Shaw's-alley, and that for the northern division at the Caypentere Rooms, in Bond-street, for boys; and another room in Grosvenor . street, Rose-place, for girls. The rooms are capable of accommodating upwards of eighteen hundred children, and v/ill be opened on TvitS nax MORNING NEXT, at before 9 o'clock. All the masters and Inief tresses recently engaged in the Corporation Schools (with one tion) have been appointed, under the superintendence of the two rectors, and the ministers of St. Thomas's and - St. Martin's thurclies*'' to take part in the management of the schools. It is only justice to the Committee to add,_ that in acting in this prompt and efficient luso" ner, they have entitled themselves to the gratitude of the subscribers . in particular, and to the lasting thanks of every man who values bts, bible as a treasure of too sacred a nature to be wrested from WM or mutilated by the ruthless hands of the Socinian or the Papiit. O'CONNELL'S LAST. LIVERPOOL: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY RICHARD PArI'ISSON, At N 0.4, NORTH CHRSCHNT, CASTLI-STRis." O'Connell has published his promised letter, contain ing the particulars of the " family subscriptions" to the funds of what be calls "The National Association of `lreland." We hare no desire further to The our ce lumns with the brutal abuse of this man. The tollowinK excellent observations, however, carry with them the ea tidote, and put the agitator's blarney in its proper posi tion. They are from the Times of Wednesday : • , " Words cost less than n o thin g t o Mr. Daniel O'Connell - Yesterday's post from Ireland brought with it another letter , addressed to the members of the National Association of Ire' land,' wherein, as usual, the incendiary instigates rebellion, but professes to counsel peace.' It is nut difficult to perceive in this instance that the real object next the rapacious heart o d the agitator is to lay his fingers on other people's money, el l he therefore s e ts going a s ub sc ription (there is much to be don .a by a subscription) under the name of justice rent' for Ire land; the handling of which, of course, is reserved for som e creature or creatures of Mr. Daniel O'Connell; the amo ur fr for 26 individuals of the O'Connell tribe, which he tenders or promisei, as a decoy-duck to his intended victims, being £3 B l, a sum whi c h m ay be about 1.3,000 th part of what he has 0 1 ready, in other shapes, extorted from the paupers of 'reli ne, and no doubt he will make a good thing' of it. "The grave twaddle which runs through the present letterl not the least amusing part of it. His new association is td, partake in its character of the celibacy of the popish priesthoo _ It is not to have any species of connexion' with any ot her body. Trades' unions, central committees, parochial mittees, registry societies, all excellent, all ravishingly beaentle ful in their way, are to be eschewed and fled from by abstemious martyrs of the National Association. The must have nothing to do with them whatever, any More thantb e t . virtuous Father John with the blue eyed nun of St. Cat!: rice's'—that is, now and then drinking their good health.' If.q if we set aside the trades' unions, central committees, parecb!,t, societies, and the rest of them, it perhaps may puzile the. genious Daniel how to fill the ranks of his projected associatioll,„ Will it not be somewhat like turning our backs upon cu es selves?' The agitator will not suffer his utifortunates &P o to endure for one acquiescing moment the brand of slaverif of unjust inferiority.' " There remains, then, no second inflammatory topic los t present but the established church, being that of the reforio worship ; and what is this save the confirmation of all tha t have been pressing upon the country for three or four years g ot. —namely, that the real grievance of the papists was diffe r, from the professed one—that they pretended t want only ar o lief from tithe (of weich all the world knows o that the bur falls not on them. but - on the landlords), while the true grays bay was the existance of any protestant established church ; Oa t of while they avowed no further wish than for the modification, a the tithe system, the only modification for which they cereevt; straw was the re-transfer of all church property to the it priesthood? When, therefore Mr. D. O'CoNNELL % his slaveito endure no longer the 'brand of unju s t inferiotl'A,t it is obviously but another phrase for declaring war on the of his (so-called national) association against the protesif% church establishment which has already, from the samequargo been the subject of such repeated and irreverend calumny! . t r . remainder of the letter is mere rubbish, unredeemed by or - 17 " t cle of reason, tiuth, or honour. "He assume!, with his accustomed modesty that rrissieLl men—church protestants and dissenters, as well'as paoisisoo friends and abettors of his disloyal machinations. He striod-' wholesale the county constituency of England and their, '`Ws lords for being operated upon by the cry of No poperY• . to congratulate our protestant countrymen that the shoe begi n t , it pinch. He tells the English farmers that their best inteZ7o,4 the prosperity of Ireland. Then' who, in that case, - is 01 0 ; t hat deadly foe but the grand disturber and obstructor 0 ' "O . prosperity? With glaring and ungrateful impudence b e : abet the people of Ireland that we know well Stanley, pee Wellington; we know tbeir con d uc t wh e n the' two latier,rel. in o ffi ce!' Av, and so do we; for it was Wellington se t pe O, who brought Daniel and hi s mob into the 'house of kellt, cn iee , " though the mounted beggar, in enumerating their ' o , oe as - the chooses to pass over th a t mistake. fie slanders and ,c, 1 "`"", tbd Irish bench because they are not vet P 4 P ist3. 'He attact3 periodical o rg ans o f t h e conservatives inr proposing to ru.,,`001; land by another Cromwell. A deadly poison requlres per SDI t ful antidote. When a venomous creature crawls o alll pollutes the land, what so much to :be prayed for as° IS, 'A ° eagle to p ounce upon and tear the reptile with his taleil,%l for dealing with Ireland while a prey to priests and bvt%nov magogues by the mild maxims of free and popular gove r . s e ve g the thing appears to men of common sense Mote hopelt r illi hour. Su c h incendiaries do not tolerate in people of ano•s w hol o those equal rights for which they themselves e s ,erlastinglif 00c While anything like independence is left in possesor i n . lisp protestants, the O'Connells and WHiles - raise 4 ;001 against it, as if it were an infringement of limit own ,P er whi c , rights. We repeat, therefore, that any shadow of, pow . can be turned to offensive . purposes, is - te such men Tht. concession. They are intrinsic and incorrigiblet an ' s sole desire is to make English protestants their s laves.,,o VI P ! alternative is to come, and whenever it does come, erc e v ictifg the depositories of despotic power, or its irrecoveve,o_: o d we tell Mr. Daniel O'Connell that our choice is ma d e ' not England, shall surely perish." 4 7e 40 7 2 4rS