The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-22 00:00:00

N 7 7. C LORD SANDON AND THE LIVERPOOL TRADES MEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION• On . Tuesday evening a special meeting of the Liverpool Tradesmen's Conservative Association was convened in the large room of the Golden Lion, for the purpose of Meeting our worthy and excellent representative, Lord Sandon, now on a visit to his constituents. - At eight o'clock, the time appointed for te e mee lug, the room was densely crowded with an assem blage of respectable tradesmen and persons of the middle class, as well as many gentlemen in the upper tanks of life. It is computed that there were considerably mote than one thousand persons present. Previous to the arrival of his lordship several members were proposed and admitted, amongst them Mr. Charles Lawrence and Mr. 'l'. 13. Horsfall, whose names were received with loud cheers. At this stage of the business Lord Sandon entered, accompanied by Mr. C. Lawrence Mr. John N. Wright , Mr. John Moss, Mr; Smith, of Fulwood, Mr. N. D. Bold, and Sir Thumaa Braucker. The entrance of his lordship was the signal fur vehement and reiterated bursts of applause, which continued while he made his way through the room, (a matter of some difficulty.) and took his place beside the chairman, when the cheering was renewed even more enthusiastically than before. On its subsiding, SANIOEI. HoLNIE, the president - and chairman, rose and announced to the meeting that. their noble and excellent repre sentative, Lord S an d on , having signified his wish to meet the Liverpool Tradesmen's Conservative Association, a special meeting had been summoned for that purpose, and' he was happy to see not only so numerous, but so respectable au atten dance. (Hear.) When they had looked abroad, and had seen the spirit of destruction that was at work, and the reckless desire for change which was now exhibited, they had considered it right to focus themselves into au association for the purpose of preserv ing the institutions of their country. (Cheers.) They were associated for the purpose of preserving the rights of the altar and the throne—for supporting the legitimate rights of the pert pies but not less the rights of our hereditary legislators. (Loud cheers.) They saw a spirit afloat which tended to the subver sion of their country's greatness; and while they were not op posed to those natural and necessary changes which nations as well as the very face of nature must undergo, they would desire that those changes should be gradual and free from violence, so that the rigtits and liberties of all should be respected. (Ap plause.) As he saw around him many abler men, he would not further detain them, but leave it to the noble lord to make . his -own introduction to the meeting. (Applause.) Lord SAN DON then loresented himself, and was again enthu siastically cheered. When I first heard, obServed his lordship, that a Conservative Association of this nature was established in Liverpool, I was naturally anxious to ascertain on what principles it was founded, what where the ties which bound it together, and what the objects which it professed to have in view. For this purpose 1 applied to - your worthy president to put into my hands the declaration of principles upon which your society is based. With your permission I will take the liberty of referring eo-ethatedument. I find you are most anxious to avert, as far as lies in your power, " the great evils arising from the attacks with which, year after year, the best institutions of the country have been assailed, and which at last threaten not only the existence of one branch of the legislature. but also the separation of church and state." (Cheers.) I find that you resolve to use your best exertions, in your several stations, " to promote and encourage loyaity to the King , at tachment to the H ouse o f L or d s , as one strong bulwark of the liberties of the people, and an increasing desire to return to the Commons' House of Parliament men of conservative principles, men who will resist the rash innovations of theoretical states -men, and, above all, will secure to the people of Great Britain and Ireland undiminished and unimpaired, those means of instruction in the protestant religion which they now so freely possess." (Renewed cheering, which lasted sometime.) When, gentlemen, I had read this declaration, I said to myself, these are the real principles which will preserve the state,—(hear, hear,)—and if Ida find a great mass (tithe community, not only of the leading merchants, not only of the tradesmen, but of the operative classes also, the three grand divisions of a great com mercial community, united heart and hand in support of these great principles, I cannot think that , the constitution in church or in state is really in danger. (Hear, and cheers.) When 1 see before me what do see, and when I see and hear what I have seen and heard in this town, I do indeed really be- Jieve there is strength around us and amongst us to resist the dangers with which we are menaced,. I do believe, that while I see such a body around me—men who feel no jealoesy of those whom the accident of birth or wealth has raised above them,— who have no desire to deprive them of the advantages which ' P rovidence has affordel them, but who look on those'advan tages as means of raising every order in the state, even the lowest, by the noble emulation they create—when 1 find these principles prevailing amongst such classes, I think, indeed, that the welfare of our country is not to be despaired of. (Loud cheers.) With regard to political matters, you, gentlemen, I am persuaded, can have no doubt, that if we were to concen trate all power in the hands of one elective body, or to diffuse that power through the medium of another elective body, which is now the favourite theory of him who would he king not only .of Ireland but of Great Britain also—(tremendous cheering)— if you were to concentrate all power in such elective bodies, there would no longer be any security for the liberties even of the lowest class. You would find those bodies carried away by sudden passion, or becoming the prey of some needy, and cun and unprincipled agitator. (Cheers.) And you will find those bodies under such guidance, more ready to sacrifice the liberties of their fellow-countrymen than ever King or House of ,Lords was found to be. (Renewed applause.) I think, gen .tlemen, I need not Fay much to -recommend to your attach ment that constitution uud r which you have so long lived artd f l ourished, which has gained the admiration of all other nations —which other nations have striven in vain to imitate—and which, as vet, no other nation has attained to. (Cheers.) If you look a - broad—eel many of you are travellers, many read what is going on its foreign countries—you see other nations struggling year after year fur liberty, but which have never at tained the stable liberty that England has so long enjoyed. (Hear, hear.) You have s een Sp a i n , It a ly, F r ance,.and the South American republics, striving and sighing in vain for that •bnlightened liberty, combined with perfect security to property, which England has long enjoyed. 'Seven that greatest of free states, that noble descendant of ourselves, the United States of America, can we envy the degree of liberty that they enjoy ? Fan we covet that perfection of personal freedom which sub jects any one uttering a sentiment displeasing to the ruling petty, to b e t a k en u p an d tr i e d b y what they call Lynch law? Not by the tedious process of grand jury, petty jury, recorders, aldermen, and jud ,, es of the land, but sum'. l and hanged at the first amp-pust. (Hear, hear.) "loirrlif tried, happen to he a particularly merciful humour, only !:1 1 red o e i n ) d feathered and banished for life. (Laughter and cheers.) t- Ido not mean any disparagerneut to our friends un the other side of the Atlantic. I believe they have done what, perhaps, suits best po peculiar situation in which they found themselves; but I aro certain, from the events of the last few years, that we h ave no thing for which to envy them. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I be lieve that one of the stragest ties Which draw us together— . which makes us feel a community of interests, combining in one the high and the low, hesides "being one of the best securi ties for person and property, is an attachment to the Establish ed Church of .this country, (Loud cheers.) I mean no dis respeet for other religions. Thee , h'ave their merits, and lam glad to admit that many who dissent from us are able, 'learned, good, and pious men. ( Hear, hear.) But I claim for the - Church of England, at least no inferiority in any one respect I -to the numerous sects surrounding her. (Lout cheers.) And I claim for her a superiority, at least in one respect, above them all, namely, that she furnishes unpaid, to the poor in every • quarter of the country, -the means of religious instruction. (Much applause.) This is the great superiority of the Esta blished Church. Go into any, the remotest quarter of the country and You find a church; ancr where you find a church there you find a minister, administering spiritual consolation to his flock; and even to those of a different persuasion, to whom be is denied the pleasure and the privilege of administering such consolation, he is the temporal friend succouring them in their necessity and advising them in their difficulties. (Loud cheers,) I do not pretend to say that that noble frame evork has been fully filled out; I do not pretend to say that there are no portions of our land where the growing population has outstripped the means which the .church has been able to supply. I do not mean to ex empt our. church, more thau, any other human institution, from the defects which grow about it from the negligence of 'those to whom its interests have beets entrusted. (Hear, hear.) But whatever abuses may have grown up, whatever corruption . may have crept in. whatever deficiencies that institution may manifest, in consequence of not having adapted herself as vet to the increasing wants of the population, let us work together o remedy those defects, to supp l y those deficiencies, to extend er means of usefulness, and not pull her down and destroy the means of usefulness she already possesses, and which she is ex erting herself to extend more widely. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I would hold out the hand of friendship to every one who would join with me in this object, whether agreeing with me on every -point of doctrine and discipline or not. But to those who co operate with she io leading men to the divine truth, to thern I would most willingly lend hand of fellowship. I say it not theoretically-1 say it not as a vague promise, as an electioneer ing trick. 'Have I' not acted up to it? ( Yes, yes.) Have I not supported every measurelor the extension of religious free dom? Hare I not contributed, perhaps some of my friends may thick too far, to striking off every shackle hanging round the freedom of religious thought? Having gone so far, have 1 not a right to say. after giviutt liberty to my fellow-country men of another persuasion, I will stand boldly in the breach and prevent them making an invasion on the property of the church? (Reiterated cheering.) Gentlemen, I have gone as far. as can safely be done with safety to the church and safety to the state. At this (mint I will - stand. (Vehement cheering.) I will go no further in concession. I will not endanger those 'institutions which I hold to be the prime blessing of my country. (Applause.) I believe I need not go much further. I have touched on the common bond of our union, on the main-spring of our common action. I trust that , all minor differences being thrown aside, whether of creed, or politics, or local government perchance, we may enlist in an unanimous determination to res cue the government of this country from the degrthlation of I being merely a slave and a tool in the hands of an Irish agita tor. (Great cheering.) I recollect at the last election. on the hustines before the Town-hall, I took the liberty of saying that I thought the time was at hand when, without great care, the - -destiny of the empire was likely to devolve into the hands of Cale daring and unprincipled agitator. 1 remember at the mo ment several persons, now members of the town council, cried out—" What have we to do with O'Connell? What is O'Con nell to us?" I told them they might think they had little to do with him then, but I had seen enough to know that Mr. O'Con nell h e ld i n hi s hand the destinies of this country. Whenever Partie s b ecame n icely balanced, a bold and unprincipled man , with a firm band of thirty or forty followers , woul d throw his w eight as suited the prosecution of his own designs , and so ac tually sway perfectly the councils of the nation. Was the p ro p hec y not correct? (Yes.) Have we not seen that very party in the state, which before the last session professed hostility to O'Conn e ll' s v i ews, as soon as it was a qu estion of power, unite themselv es in the closest bonds of alliance with him ? (Hear, hear.) What - does O'Connell say himself? He says, "Have I changed? Not a bit. The wings of the present day are no more the Whigs of five years ago than"—l forget his illustration —than, suppose, the dress of our day is the dress of a hundred years ago. • And so it is. I regret to say it : men whose names have been respected in the land have sacrificed their principles for the sake-of a paltry and disgraceful continuance in office and - submitted to an alliance with him. (Loud cheers.) We are now going again to that great scene to renew the struggle for the liberties of our country, for the independence of England, for the defence of protestantism. We are going, if we possibly can, to rescue three countries from the dominion of one single man. (Loud cheers.) I shall go up much comforted, much cheered by what I have seen. I shall up encouraged and sup ported by the recollection that I have seen collected around me the ranks not only of merchants, but of tradesmen also—that I have seen around me those who have most extensive connexions with other classes with those below and with those above them — men whose habits of business furnish the beet means of profit inn by such connexion—men whose opportunities for reading and reflection give them the means of acquiring knowledge. Let Me h o p e th a t g entlemen possessed of these sources of influence, these n c i l i t i es f o r acatiiring iliformation,viill exert th a t i n fl uence . avill diffuse that information, and thus endeavour to unite under the flag of the British constitution every class of this great com 'nun ity. I heard, gentlemen, last session, with horror and disgust, one leading man, iVho calls himself a representative of the people - -a liberal phit eso pher of the day , talk in the Hous e o f C o mmons Of the "antiquatest farce of the British constitution." (Groans and hisses.) Would hot your blood run cold at such en ex pression. What ! That constitution which is the object of jealouey and adaiiratiou to all nations, to be held up to con tempt by a miserable, a pitiful, a puny philosopher of the pre sent day! (Loud cheers, and cries of " Name, name !") Such principles as this will not find great extention among the seh sible people of this country. They will not embark ou an open and untried sea, to try if they cannot discover somethi n g better than that "antiquated . " constitution under which they and their fathers have lived and flourished, and under which they hope that their children and their children's children will live and flourish, or to try experiments in order to satisfy the dreams of men who speculate on paper. (Loud applause.) Gentlemen, Ido not wish to intrude further on your time. (Cries of "Go oiL) .1 have had the greatest pleasure in meeting you on this occasion. I shall go to my parliamentary duties much strength ened by the confidence you have placed in me, as I feel assured that while such meetings as this can be collected the cause of the country need not be despaired of. His lordship's speech was followed by several rounds of en -thusiastie cheers. When silence was in some degree restored, Mr. WRIGHT, having been called upon, presented himself to the meeting, and was warmly cheered. He e said that he little expected to have received' so much kindness at their hands, inure particularly standing as he did, in the situation of one of the rejected. (Cheers.) He did not consider himself disgraced by what had happened lately, inasmuch as it had given him an opportunity of experiencing their kirlduess. He had had no an ticipation of being called upon to address them, otherwise he might have been more prepared, but he knew. that when speak ing to men of Liverpool they would rather have the sentiments of his heart than any set speech he could make. (Cheers.) He therefore said at once, that he was delighted with what he had heard from his noble friend, and with the manner in which they, had welcomed hint once more amongst them. He. said se,' because there was but one feeling amongst them; they would go like liberal men—though the opposite party had taken that . n hue upon themselves—to that point at which they km.ny safety ceased. (Hear, hear, and exclamations of assent.) He was sure they would all go with him in what he was about to pro . - pose,—a vote of confidence in the noble lord who had that night honoured them with his presence. (Rapturous applause.) He was sure he need Malan it'to them: . and though some of those old men who had been accustomed to vote for them, and for the freemen of Liverpool, had been turped to the right about as mere cast-off, waste paper, still some had a right to speak to them, and he for one would say to them, "Trust those who have served you like Lord Sandon, and don't trust any of the philosophers of the present day." (Cheers.) He should be very sorry to bring forward anything relating•to himself; but there was a justice due to himself as well as to the public at large. Would it be credited,—could it be conceived, that there were men so low, so degraded, that after turning him off after twenty-three years' service—he did not complain of that; many of the twenty-four might be much better men than himself — but he had a character at stake, and he would not suffer it to be taken away by underhand, assassin-like conduct :—would it be believed, he repeated, that wretches had descended so low as to write-to his wile,:charging him with the basest, the vilest acts. (Hisses. groans, and cries of "Name !") No, he could not name, for, a sufficient reason : the letters were anonymous. (Renewed expressions of disapprobation.) He declared, on his honour, that every word contained in those synonymous epistles was false. They did him one justice;—they stated that lie was Out of office. That was true. Then they said, "We have no thing to allege against your public character," For that he thanked them. "But," they said, "we have an eye on your private character, and the association is looking after y ou. " They are all dated ' from the Central Reform Association. Was this, he asked, to be borne? This was the liberality of those who called themselves liberals. He had said over and over again, he thanked God he was not a liberal; but still he had the liberality to think and hope that every one acted according to the best of his judgment and ability, and as he had to answer to his own conscience. (Cheers.) These were the principles of the conservative society; to do their duty to God, to honour the King, and to speak of their neighbour as they would wish him to speak of themselves. (Loud applause.) They were the conservative society. To them he addressed himself; and he declared he would not belong to any society not having such principles for their groundwork. On these let them raise their superstructure; and acting on these he believed the noble and honourable gentleman before them would have their support when there came a contested election. (Loud cheers, and cries of " Sandon and Wright!") He apologised for having said so much, but before he concluded, he reminded the meeting of the resolution to which he wished them to come, namely, that Lord Sandon had the utmost confidence of the Conservative Association, and that that association bound itself to support him in any future election. (Cheers.) Sir Ttioares BRANQKIiR said that he, like his friend, the late Alderman Wright, was one 'of the rejected; but that did not render him the less inclined to stand by his fellow-townsmen and the freemen on all proper occasions. (Cheers.) A most praiseworthy resolution, had been proposed to them, viz., that they should support the noble lord in any ensuing election, and aid him with their votes and influence to the utmost of their power. (Cheers.) They were not philosophers, he believed; therefore they would abide by the constitution as they had en joyed it, and their forefathers for ages. They would gain nothing by the change. ("Nothing good.") Oh, they might get something bad. (Laughter.) Well, then, if a man was to get nothing good by a change, he took it, he had better re main as he wee._ (Cheers.) After the eloquent and impressive speech of the noble lord, and the excellent address of the gen tleman who had succeeded him, it would be needless for him to eiderWright.ne further. He concluded by seconding th e p ro p osal of Mr. W The Chairman having put the resolution from the chair, it was carried unanimously, with much acclamation. Lord SANDON then rose and said, after the vote of confidence just passed with so much unanimity,—after, the very cordial manner in which they had expressed their determination to support him in any ensuing election—whether far or near it was beyond any power of his to calculate—he was sure it would equally find them ready and at their posts;—after such a vote it became him to express the deep sense of gratification which he felt. • (Cheers.) But he hoped they would not be content with merely voting for him; that they would see in him only a feeble and inadequate personification of a great cause, and that whoever - came forward they would not look either to the right or the left as to whether lie might be a friend of this great man or that, bet lend him equally their heart and their hands. (Great cheering.) He would not say more then, but would finish with , setie proposal,—that they should give three cheers for their excellent president, so well fitted to preside over an assembly of intelligent and right-minded men. (The cheers were given with every demonstration of satisfaction.) Mr. HoLNIE replied.—He would indeed be Ungrateful if, after the manifestation of kindness they had shown him, he did not return them his heartfelt thanks. The tradesmen of Liverpool, in the present day-, occupied a prominent and important situa tion; and for himself he might say that, much as he loved the privacy of domestic life, and it was always with pain that he emerged from it; yet if he possessed any influence at all, he could not remain quiet iu these spirit-stirring tunes. Feeling that the tradesmen of! Liverpool did possess, a .great influence, he, for one, was anxious to give his humble support in favour of our glorious constitution in church and state; believing, as he did, most firmly, that such principles as they had heard laid down by Lord . Sention were the very principles of the constitution. anti those which would bring the greatest biessinge on the greatest number of iasiivi d u.i i s.( Loud applause.) He would uot, for he dared not .trust himself, to speak of their political antagonists. -He woulde herefore pass them over, only express ing a hope that Lord Sandon would receive that support to which he was entitled. All they saw and heard was calculated to make them redouble their energy on a future day. (Cheers.) He.did hope the ellhrt of the conservative representative would not be neutralised by the classical Mr. Ewan. (Tremendous cheering and laughter.) And as their opponents seemed very sure about returning two, he thought they might very probably be shooting over their own heads, and not return any at all. (Much cheering.) The elective power was now in the hands of the great bulk of the middle classes, and he hoped that a more conservative spirit was abroad amongst that class. If that Were, the case, they should be indeed victorious. Let them, however, use every exertion. As fire kindled fire, so did mind animate mind. lilvery one might be useful in the sphere in which he moved. Let every one exert himself to preserve the institutions of the land, fur ia preserving them they were preserving their own domestic happinese anti tranquillity.— (Loud cheers.) • He begged to thank them for their kindness, as well as for their attendance there, although the speech of their noble representative would amply repay them for their trouble. He begged leave to propose, before sitting down, "Three cheers for Church and King."—After the cheers had been given, Mr. Rohm, resumed.—He had forgotten to men tion, that one of the great objects of the association was to form a connecting link between - the merchants and operatives; and in this it followed the very genius of the constitution. (Hear.) He would take this opportunity of correcting an error which had found its way into the press. He had stated on a former occasion that the merchants of Liverpool had "shrunk into their hiding-places." He was always 'willing to pay honour where honour was due: that was the - first duty of a conservative ; and he wished not to say anything disre spectful towards a body to which be was under so many obli gations. In the report, however, the word had been printed "slunk," and a radical newspaper, by way of improvement, made it "skulking." (Hisses and lauughter.) It would have been exceediugiy improper haul he made us of it. He was glad of this opportunity to defend himself, especially as he saw so many of the mercantile body present. He would make free to hook some of them. (A laugh.) It was the privilege of the chairman to nomivate members, and therefore he should have pleasure, in the first place, in nominating Lord Sandon. This announcement was received with thunders of applause. Mr.:Holuie subsequently nominated Sir T. Braneker. Mr. Wright, .11r. John Moss, Mr. Wm.. Smith, Mr. N. D. 'Bold, and Mr. Wm. Wright. Lord SANDON again returned his most sincere thanks for the high honour of being admitted a member of their club. He feared he would make a bad tradesman, beginning too late in life. (A laugh.) However, with the changes and chances now going on, it was not improbable that he might be obliged to take tu. seine trade or other. (Laughter and cheers ) If at any future period he should. be looking about him for that pur pose, he should know where to come to. He was sure he should , i ( f L h a e ug h t a lter ilt . lo ) find a friend or tw o in Liverpool who would p ut him in the way t a perfect knowledge of the of N tu i 1. 7 i ii ng o i n u p s eu sa n i Vv , noble lord, he should recommend the noble lord to take up the trade darn agitator, for it was much the most profitable. (Shouts of laughtei.) Mr. WRIGHT un f or tunately did not belong t the class of merchants, a batch of which 'had just been proposed to them. he called himself a " chip of Ire fact, he could scarcely tell what he was—whether fish, flesh, e of his radical friends had or good red herring.. (Laughter.) But to adopt one of his the e n o a l s d s e r b t l i o o c n k s ., ip t ( li c e t h taken up that too, and hinted that he was more block than chip; but such as he was, he returned them his thanks for v ee e r r s y ) rho o ni n , electing hint into so excellent and liberal a body, and when they found him deserting their colours, they might kick him omit as soon as they liked. • (Cheers and latiehter.) The noble lord then •withdrew, followed by his friends, and seemingly much delighted by the gratifying nature of his re ception. - LITERARY, SCIENTIFIITU TIO , ANDN. CONIMERCIAL INST it being his first offence, to deal mercifully with him. He *as sentenced to be imprisMied six calendar mouths. Jamg.'s Fagan, aged 17, charged with having on the 23d of November stolen ,a jacket, the property of Martha CuinruinS. The jury found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced fo lie imprisoned twelve months in Lancaster Castle and kept to hard labour. Edward Austin, aged 14, and William Hughes, aged 11, Were charged with having on the 23d of November stolen a brass tap and 2 lbs. weight of lead, the property of Mrs. Mary -Baines. Mr. Abbot, the tenant, having had several depredations coin mitten was on the look out: On the night iu question his clang - liter saw the two prisoners miter the yard, and Austin be gan cutting the lead piping with a knife, they then went away ; at this moment her father came in at the yard door and suet the prisoners with the lead in their possession. A certificate of a previoitS convicihin flir felony was read against Austin. The jury found the prisoners both guilty. Sentence—imprisoned 'twelve monthg, and to be once whipped. Daniel Tullent was charged with having on the 24th of No vember last stolen thirty-five wards of flannel, the property of Mr. JaMes Blackwell. diaper, - in London-road. John Thursby, pOliceman, deposed , to having seen the pri soner on the night in question with the flannel on his shoulder, in Quay-street. He asked him where he got it. He said he got it from hit . : master's shop at Copperas-hill. On asking his mas ters name he could not tell; he then took prisoner into custody. Mr. Cooper, Mr. Blackwell'S assistant, identified the - flannel, and deposed to missing it front the shop on the night iu ques- . OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. On Monday evening laSt Lord Sandon, accompanie d by Mr. Adam Hodgson and . Mr. Wm. Potter, visited this - institute. His lordship's entrance - was greeted with loud cheering.' On entering the room where • the discussion class was, assembled,. Mr. Williams, who was in th e chair, vacated it, and requested his lordship to occupy that station to which his kindness to the institution so eminently entitled him, to which request his lord ship acceded. Lord Sandon, on taking the chair, expressed his gratification, on returning from the political scene to which his duties called him, in witnessing the success of that institu tion, to the formation Of which, in some means, he had been instrumental; and it gave him unmixed pleasure at seeing such a number of young men collected together for the purpose of improving themselves, and prosecuting those higher attain ments which it was the duty of every well regulated and pro perly disposed mind to pursue, and he hoped they . would be eminently successful.. After his lordship had remained about an hour, - an adjournment was m oved, and his lordship again expressed the pleasure he lild had in wi:hessing so well o ducted a delu;te, and his good wishes - for the ticcess of the.iu stitution. • His lordship-and party then left amidst the greetings of those assembledr• . . . Last evening, a numerous Meeting of the members of the above asmhciation was held in the large room of the Crane Tavern, St. Vincent-street East, Lord Sandon having signified his acceptance of their invitation to pay them a visit. The meeting was fixed for nine o'clock, shortly before which time the room was densely. crowded by the members. Mr e Richard Holmes, the president, took the chair. Soon after -- rtine o'clock, his leViship entered the room and was received with deafening plaudits and cheers, which almost bid fair to be inter n; ivable. Lord SANDON; on rising, was again greeted with cheers; 'as soon as the cheers had subsided, his lordship spoke as follows : I hear a respectable gentleman near me say, " we are not lost yea" (loud cheering,) I take that word from his mouth and re peat " we are not lost yet;" nor do I expects we shall lose when see great numbers of the hard-fistel mechanics, as they arecalled, . assembled together—men who are not ashamed or fright ened of meeting any body, either on the score of understanding or physical power, it that should be required—when I see these men around me, as well as the leading merchants of the town, and when I have seen, as I did two nights ago, an immense as sembly of the tradesmen of the town, we need not indeed be afMid of our enemies when we see all classes united, heart l and and, together to support us a g ainst our enemies. Perhap, gen tlemen, I should not have said enemies, for I do not wish to call any man my enemy—l should rather have said our politi cal:opponents. I3ut, indeed, some of these political opponents have treated us with more than the common opposition of poli tical feeling; they have persecuted the honest freemen of this town with a bitterness of animosity which cannot be considered very consistent with their liberal professions. • (Loud cheers.) As long as they could win the freemen of this town, they were hand and glove with them, they courted them in every way; but, as soon as they found they would hot serye their purposes any longer, they turned from them. (Cheers,) It is now three or four years since I have been engaged in defending the privi leges of that respectable .body. (Cheers.) It was not trader that flag—(pointing to a blue and purpl e flag on the walls) — it was not under my name that those privileges were' even for one moment endangered. Under my flag the name of the. ho nest freemen of this town was never breathed against. No, it was breathed: on by another—by a gentleman who, when he wanted them, was the foremost to defend t he m; but I have found that I have had to fight theirbattles single-handed. (You have.) I hope this specimen of the liberality of those who pre-' fess so peculiarly to be the friends of the people will make you suspicious of those who, in future, lay so worthy a claim to that title. Whatever efforts I could have made in the House of Com mons in the cause of the freemen would have been utterly useless, as there was a party there too strong to make head against. But there was another house of the legislature high in rank and station, which had always been as ready to undertake the defence of the. liberties , of their fellow-subjects as their own rights, who had undertaken their defence. (Cheers.) They knew the value of hereditary privileges; they knew that those on whom those rights and privileges were conferred had a respect for the an e cient institutions of their country. That those rights taught them to - look-with. pride on their ancestors who had deserved well, and that they taught their children to deserve well of their country, as their ancestors had done before them, that their pri vileges as well as their rights might be handed down. I 'hope such meetings as these will be frequently held—l hope that such classes as I see around me will learn that they have as deep an interest in the prosperity of the country as the richest and noblest classes; that their industry will be deprived of its proper reward if agitation is constantly to be shaking the country to its centre. ( Loud anti long-continued cheers.) They will determine that the country shall not be disturbed by the agitator of the sister country. (Cheers ) They will feel deeply interested for the welfare of the sister country, and wish for its improvement, but they will not take their wishes of im provement from O'Connell. (Loud cheering.) I hope we shall see that improvement in the internal condition or the country which it is the interest of all En g land that Ireland should_ obtain, and of Liverpool especially. But I do not be lieve that he who receives from 20,000 to 25,000 a year of the wretched earnings of the poorest peasantry in the world is the best instructor as to the best means of improvin g it. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") Ther e is no need I believe that I should address any words to you to encourage you to renewed exertion. I believe the operatives from the various portions of the town are here—from the north and the south, and from the east and from the west—that those here assembled are not con fined to any particular division of the town. 'I hope that from this little room will emanate a great spirit of activity, of energy, and of zeal, which will infuse itself throhgh every part of the town; and, if it be called for the defence of-the country in any manner, that it will never be found wanting. (Great cheering.) I hope we at least are contented with the institutions of Eng land. I hope ..we do not think ourselves yet obliged to go abroad to see if we can find anything better than the old constitution. Trials are made in all directions by other states; we see other countries trying to be fSee and luippy—trying this experiment and that - experiment, but I find no ceuntry has succeeded yet: none but England hes attained as we have at tained for a series of centuries the eirjoyment of a happy and stable liberty. (Loud cheerin g .) That liberty which provides fur the security of property of the higher classes, as it does for the freedom ut thought of the lower classes. I believe if you once get what is called " a dominion of the voice of the people • unchecked in any manner," that that class which believe has gained the freedom will be the first to rue it. (Cheers.) I we all know we are liable to err, especially when ' - in great masses , we g et carried away by excitem ent. And we know, in dividually, that it is of some use to have some. check over us; and I believe also that great masses of men will find that it is Much better for them that there is now autithen a check ou their impetuosity. (Cheers.) This is no speculative language—this is no speculative theory ; it is the theory of the old English constitution, which has beets tried, and has already struggled through many storms and tempests. (Great .cheering.) We shall not be the men to abandon this constitu; ion ; we shall not be the men to go of road France and Anierica to seek there for a better; we are contented with the constitution which we have inherited, and we are desirous of transmitting it to our children. (Cheers.) These are the feelings which animate nee and these are the feelings I am sure which animate those I see around me. I believe most sincerely they are the feelings which animate the great mass of the inhabitants of this town, whatever their professions may be. ( Hear, hear, and cheers ) I have, myself, no doubt on the subject whatever, however gen tlemen may be disposed to a do p t tem p orar y o p inions, I know that 'the' conservative -party, lathe last great struggle, bad a large majority; 1 know that nothing has occurred since to im pair or diminish that majority. I know that that majority, from all I have heard, is likely to increase—that none of the events of the last twelve months have been such as to make many less ority of Englishmen attached to it. (Cheers.) I know that the course which Si r H . Peel took—(eheeridg)-1 know that that c ourse has not been such as to alienate the affections of his fellow-countrymen, I know that the close and indissoluble alliance which has taken place disliked d o b ur y ss t e h a e te i a m b j in power and the man ste n n e t . a „ g)stit At i. has not been su c h as-to draw closer to t hat p art y t h e f eelings of fiir we'd show them h o w it is do this country. (L o ud'cheers.) I beg l eave to thank youi hope f or the kindness with which _Neu have list ened to me, a n d we may not be obliged to put on our armour for an o th er e l ec ti on a ( n " rate hopei twe ,hall, eery li ' troublesome businQss; at the sante time, whenever it does come, we shall be ready fur it at a • •lordship sat dot( •• • • - moment's warning. Ilis a amidst enthusiastic cheers, which lasted several minutes. The CH AIRMAN Said it was his duty to announce to them, that in accordance with the unanimous wish of the members of the society a deputation had (visited on Lord Shriden requesting' him to .favour them with his presence that evening, which he bad.kindly acceded to. Ile trusted that the operatives, with the tradesmen and the merchants of the town, would all unite t og ether. in one common cause; they worshipped at the same altar, and gave obedience to the same laws;. it was to the in terest of each to act its unison, not only in principle but in deeds, that when the enemy approached they might be prepared for him. Ile called on the, operatives, generally to come for ward and enroll themselves in that society in defence of those laws and that constitution which had been obtained for them by their forefathers, and bled for by their forefathers, against the usurper Cromwell, and in later days in the rebellion in Ireland. Mr. Holine concluded amidst loud cheers. Mr. Werner: shortly addressed the 'meeting and strongly urged the necessity of their coining forward for tile purpose of preventing the Church of England from being overthrown, and defending their King and their Constitution, that they might leave to their children those laws under which they had pros pered, and which had been handed down to them from their forefathers. (Cheers.) He trusted that bel• ire the next elec tion, the conservative cause would go on increasing in strength as it had done, and that the y should then return two conserva tive members. (Loud cheers.) Mr. OLIVER said he was difficultly situated. He happened to be one oft:hose unfortunate men who had been the butt of the newspapers of the town. He had been one of those on whom the radical press had spoiled much paper and wasted much ink; be meant to say he • was one of the old burgesses. (Laughter.) Ile was peculiarly unfortunate, for he had inherited his freedom from his grandfather, who had been free of Liverpool a hundred years ago. He wanted to know on what principle of justice he was deprived of that freedom ? The burgesses had been attacked by the • Liverpool press in e•rery form, without the means of defence. There was nothing disgraceful which they had not uttered against them, and by none more had they been reviled than by the trumpery LIVER POOL JOURNAL. tie understood the word "reform" to mean bad made better, or better made best; at any rate, that a thing should he made better; and he would ask any man if the word "reform," as thus defined, was applicable to the m easures car ried by the reformers since they ot into power under the• municipal reform act. (Cheers.) tie hail wrongfully been de prived of his freedom; but he was told as - a justification of that act, that parliament was omnipotent, and had a perfect right so to act; he had now ceased to be free. The other day he had envied the freedom of a dove. and the question naturally arose in his inind—if parliament are thus oninipetent, why and they give one wings and e q ual freedom? (Chers and laughter.) One thing was certain —they were not omniscient, or they would not have passed the municipal reform bill. (Cheers.) Mr. Ty ir ER, the secretary to the society, said, that that society had first been given rise to in consequence of himself and ()tilers meeting with numbers of freemen after the last election, who had pledged themselves for the conservatives, but who had voted for the opposite party. It was deemed advisable, in order to avoid such an occurrence in future, and that the operatives might be drawn more together, to form such a society as the present. In the first instance they lead written to the South Lanca shire Asso ciation, but had not for some time received any answer. - Hav ing at last had an inquiry from them as to their numbers, and the regulations of their society, they . at once deter mined on forming it, and had from that time gone on re gularly increasing in numbers. And one of their body (Mr. lingden) at the late Newton conservative meeting had spoken out in a manner which had done honour to the operative body, and whose printed speech had been extensively circulated. On the Tradesmen's Conservative Society being established, they had wished to unite with them, which object they had at length attained, and he hoped their union would add strength and he of advantage to the conservative cause. Mr. WiLioNsoN, a member of the Tradesmen's Conserva tive Association, expressed the pleasure he felt in attending their meeting, and his hope that the two societies would act in unison together. Mr. 'al arnert rose to propose, "That this association shall bind itself to.use, in the event of another election, all the just influence which this society has in its power to secure Lord Sandon's return to the House of Commons—(tremendous cheering)—and to give him their earnest support. And that this association should also feel themselves highly honoured if his lordship would condescend to become a member." This resolution was put' from the chair, and carried with great cheering. Lord SAN DON said it was with great pleasure that he ac knowledged the kindness with which they. bad received the proposition that he should be enrolled a member of their so ciety, and which he had the greatest pleasure in accepting. He hoped that when any one of them came to London on business in which he could assist them that he should have the pleasure of seeing them; he Would not forget them, and he hoped when he came again among them that they would not forget him; he hoped he should always find them hi as good spirits, as firm, as loyal, and as attached to`the conservative cause ache now found them; he hoped he should find them still more extenntilthdede far bey - und the very limited co m p ass of that. room, uat (Before JAMES CLARKE, Esq., Recorder, WILLIAM Wataacs CURRIE, Esq., Mayor, and'a bench of Magistrates.) After the usual oaths had been admioistesed to the Mayor, the following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury Joseph Brookes Yates, Esq., Foreman: Joseph Ackers, James Gill, ' Henry Booth, R. E. Harvey, Wm. - BraOdreth, Willis n Huson, James Bourne, G. H. Lawrence; John Barnes Brancker, I Robert Morris, F. Boult, jun., I `Thomas Moss, T. Win. Duncan, Peter Sergeantson, W. Fletcher, T. C. Wilde, and Robert Gladstone, • , J. Nelson Wood, Esqrs. The Recorder then proceeded to deliver his charge to the grand jury. In conformity with his duty be must • tell them in the first instance, that this borough continued unaltered until a fresh commission of the peace was issued, and that they would assemble as usual. In delivering his charge to them he' did not doubt but that they would do their duty as their predecessors had always done before them—give their entire and sole atten tion to the business to be brought before them. He was happy in stating to them that in many parts of the country there was a decided decrease of crime. At the late Lancaster sessions there was not in the calendar a single case of felony. He found, also, at the Preston.- sessions that the recorder had remarked there, that even in those districts, which were very populous, there had also been a decided decrease of 'crime. This must give to all very great satisfaction. He could alio state that the present calendar washy no means so heavy' a one as had usually come before them. When he looked at the nature of the crimes in this calendar he should also infer that) there was a decided decrease of crime in Liverpool. There was one observation he wished to make on this calendar. His attention had been drawn by a very intelligent officer to the circumstance, that one-half of the prisoners whose cases would have to come before them were very young men under the age of twenty years. As long as arimes were committed by very young persons they might depend upon it - that those young- persons ' : v„ould not he re claimed, but that they would go on from time to time committing offences. He had, in corroboration of that remark, to state to them a statistical return of crimes from the British, Altuanack. The tables of the state of crime iu that almanack were very ex cellent, and the almanack contained this important observation. It said, "the large proportion of juvenile offenders is a grievous fact which must bring home to every thinking mind the strong necessity of. affording as far as possible a moral education to the mass of the people. - .Before the age of Ifis there are 2,604 of fenders, or more than - 11 per cent. of the whole number ; ;and by far the greatest proportion of these were committed for crimes against property without violence." Then the almanack went on to state, that ",betwixt the are of 16 and2 l there was a fear ful increase of the number of offenders,' while the nature of their crimes became of a munch darker hue." The country laboured under a difficulty us to what course to pursue to remedy this. Imprisonment seemed now to be considered of very little effect in reclaiming those, persons, and the third report of the-com mittee in the House of Lords, on the state of crime, held out very little prospect of improving the morals of persons or re claiming them by imprisonment. There was also in the excel lent Wife; to which he had alluded, a classification of the differ ent crimes that . had occurred. He was sorry to say there was a vast increase of crime committed by servants. T he in crease of crime :wrong servants was quite enormous. There was also another great increase Of crime on the part of receivers of stolen property, not 'only fur small amounts, but this offence was carried on to a great extent and on a regular system. Persons CaillC to Liverpool from Manchester in order to seduce warehousemen of different owners of property in this town to rob their employees and scud the goods to Manchester. He might tell them an anecdote how difficult it was to reclaim offenders Of this class. A case was tried at Liverpool, at. the last sessions bat one, which tools up the whole of a day. The evidence against the illall was of that description that it was difficult to say whether he would he convicted or acquitted ; but the nature of the evidence offered on his defence—the number of respectable persons (nearly fifty) who spoke in favour of the s t s e rt ;s n e l. iqt:,iu, , e c l o after o t t f o the i.e thestlo, case man tel the jury to acquit him. He agreed ent i r el y in that acquittal, and strongly pointed out to him the narrow escape he had. Now eagle t : , following proved h a d given sv most s sn - t admonitionry. t e as he hint. the man appeared as a prisoner again, upon a similar receiving;charge of o unequivocally against him, and it was a nice point to decide whether he was the thief, _instead of the receiver. Not a single individual would this time come forward on the prisoner's ha half, and he was happy to say that he was Irausported fur four te,n years. Let them judge how difficult it was to reclaim cri minals. The escape thaturan had had in the first instance was almost wonderful, and yet he again committed the very same crime, and for Which he was sent out of the country. There was one other circumstance he wished to allude to, though mat exactly what was to come before them. A short time ago, there' had lien aememorial sent to his majesty's government fronethe merchants of this town,- complaining of the plunder of one of the Liverpool vessels which was wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Man ; there was no doubt that very considerable plunder did take place ; but he was happy to say that as soon as that memorial had been presented to his majesty's secretary of state for the home department he had caused every vigilance in his power to be made use of. He had created an additiOnal body of magistrates in the island in order to watch th ose offences, and an CW4114)114 officer had been appointed to aid time Magistrates; and he did hope that this description of offence would be put down in the country. This offence existed in some parts, Of England; but he thought it high time that it should be put a stop to, that this country might not be stained with su disgrace ful a crime; and he was happy to observe, in consequence of the exertions made by government, that, ou a recent occasion when two wrecks had occurred on the coast of the Isle of Man, the inhabitants had come forward in the most praiseworthy and exemplarsmanner, not only to save the property, but the lives of the mariners. lie had no further observations to make to them. The granil jury then retired to their duties. Jane Jones, aged 16, pleaded guilty to having stolen, on the 30th of November last, nine yards of cloth, the property of Mr. Wm. Smith.—To he imprisoned two months. Alice Bird, aged 17, charged, along with the above prisoner, with the same ',fence, was found guilty and sentenced to be im prisoned twelve months. '• Thomas Williams, aged 15, charged with having stolen a silver basun, a mustard-pot, and other plate, the property of Mr. Jas. Harvey, on the 17 th of November last, 'pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to be imprisoned nine months in Lancaster Castle. Jane Welch, aged 49, charged with having stolen three yards of cloth, the property of Mr. Robert Lucas, on the 21st of Nov. last, pleaded guilty.—To be imprisoned one month. James ',mow, aged 20, charged with haYing stolen a great coat, the property of Joseph James Godfrey, on .the 21st of Nov. last. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to be imprisoned twelve months. Mary Williams, aged 26, was charged with having, on the 3d of December, stolen one gown, three glasses, and two salts, the roperty of Mr. M‘Donald. The prisoner was seiseant in. Mr. Wllonald's employ, and had stolen the above property before she had been two days in his service. The jury found the pri soner guilty, and the Recorder, in passing sentence, severely animadverted upon the conduct of the prisoner, who, it appear ed, had before been guilty of a similar offence. As a servant, confidence had been placed in her which had been abused. She was sentenced by the court to be imprisoned for twelve calendar months. Jane Bond, aged 50, charged with having, on the 30th of November last, stolen a coat, the property of Joseph Lee, was acquitted. Henry Mouton, aged 19, charged with 'having, on the Ist of December, stolen a coat, the property of Elizabeth Roberts, was found guilty. Having been convicted before, he was sea tensed to be transported fourteen years. Joel Brooks/au', aged 38, pleaded guilty to having stolen, on the 28th of November, taso mattresses, one sheet, and two trays, the property of Ambrose Byford. He was sentenced to be im prisoned four calendar months. John Martin, aged 27, pleaded guilty to stealing 361bs weight of copper, on the 24th of November last, the property of George Faggo. He was Sentenced to be imprisoned three calendar months. Michael Norton, aged 22, charged with having, on the 13th of November last, stolen a coat, the property of John Satherst, was found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned one month. John Allen, aged 14, charged, along with John Wood, aged 17, with having, on the 14th of Nov. last, picked the pocket of Mrs. Smith, whilst walking with her husband, pleaded guilty. *The jury found the prisoner Wood guilty. The court sentenced but h to be transported 14 years. Ann. Mead, aged 21, pleaded guilty to having stolen a ring, the property of Philip Nathan, on the 20th of November last. She was sentenced to be imprisoned four calendar months. Thomas Parry, aged 30, charged with having on the 4th of December last stolen a quantity of bones, the property of Mr. William Jones. The particulars of this case have already ap peared. The pr i so ner, along with two others, went to the (sone yard of Mr. Walker, who is agent to Mr. Jones, a manufacturer of size, and were seen filling a sack with bones. On being dis covered, the two other men jumped into the canal, which runs alongside the canal, and escaped; the prisoner was taken into custody on the premises. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the court sentenced him to be imprisoned six calendar months, and kept to hard labour. No bills were found against William Blake, aged 19. charged with stealing about £2O, theproperty of Mr. Joseph Thompson; against John Gilligan, charged with having stolen about £2O, the property of Mr. Joseph Thompson; against Aria Young, charged with having stolen a purse containing five sovs., the property of Mr. Robert M‘Minn. John Hughes, aged 18, and William Griffiths, aged 17, were charged with having stolen ou the 28th of November last two £lO batik notes, five £5 bank notes, and twenty-eight sovs., the property of Mr. Hugh Williams. Hughes pleaded guilty. The facts of the case were these :—M rs. Williams keeps a lodg ing-house and cook-shop in separate parts of the town. On the day in ouestion, having the above money at the cook-shop, she removed it to her lodging-house for greater safety. The two prisoners lodged with her. She took the money about eight o'clock at night to tier lodging-house, and placed it :n a cup board up stairs. The prisoners were in the house at the time. About nine o'clk the same night the servant came to tell her that the cupboaidoc had been broken open, and that the two young men had left the house. On looking in the closet where the money had been placed in a box, the box was gone. In conse quence of information, a constable was sent to watch at the railway-office, and the two prisoners were taken into custody at the railway station before starting; by the train at live o'clock the next morning. On searching the prisoners, two £lO notes and five £5 notes and five sovereigns were found on the person of one, and eleven sovereigns on the other. On being asked how they came in possession of the money, Hughes said he bad found it on the road in Ches hire. The prisoner Griffiths said he had got his money from Hughes. Mrs. Willims aria the s ervaut corroborated this statement, and the notes a being produced by the constable were identified by Mrs. Willianis. The jury found the prisoner guilty, The Recorder, in passing sentence on Hughes, said he had chine out of jail but a little time before the robbery, but that Pnnishment had - not had the slightest effect ou him. The sen tence of the Court was, that he be transported for life. The court had reason i-i I,elieve that this was Griffiths's first offence. He had heard what had befallen Hughes, and it Was hoped it would have a salutary effect on him. The court were inclined, tion. The jury foUnd the prisoner gUiltY, and the court sentenced him, to be imprisoned nine mouths in Lancaster Castle and kept to bard labour. Hannah Dariei and ,Mary Bateman were charged with Steal ing a purse, containing five sovereigns and souse silver, the property Gil' 11nbert Al‘Mian. It appeared that prisoceri were, in a disorderly house, when prosecutor was induced to cuter, and whilst there was robbed of his purse 'containing the money in queStion by Daviei, whose hand he found in his pocket. Shortly after the constable entered and took both prisoners into custody. The recorder, in summing up, said there appeared uu evidence against Bateman, and directed the jury to aegait her. The jury found the prisoner Davies guilty. She was sentenced to be imprisoned three calendar months., Tames Thompson, aged 18, was charged with hiving on the 26th of November last picked the pocket of William Hughes, pilot, of his pocket handkerchief. The prosecutor was walking on Salthouse Dock Quay, and felt his handkerchief going out of his pocket; he turned round immediately and caught prisoner by the hand with his handkerchief in it. He then gave bun in charge. Toe jury found prisoner guilty, and the court sen tenced him to be imprisoned three calendar mouths. Mari! Trainor, 18, and Ann Traidor,l3, charged with stealing a blanket the property of Ann Vevily, on the :id of December last, pleaded guilty. '`.l'heY were ordered to be discharged. The court was adjourned at five o'clock to this morning at ten o'clock. ~,~,. Tim LIVERPOOL STANDARD. association included the (treat majority of the town. lie knew that their enemies tried to weaken them by Saying that they (the operatives) had no principle of religion; be believed quite the contrary, for if religion were necessary to the rich, it was infinitely more so to the poor. He hoped if any, the most insignificant man in Liverpool; needed his assistance, that he would find hun ready to give him the same attention as he would the richest: (Great cheering.) Mr. CHARLES LAWRENCE apologised for his being the only attendant on his lordship. The fact was, his lordship had been dining with the mayor, and at that hour he (Mr. L.) was the only person who Lerd Sandell could find to accompany'He hoped that every class in LiverpoOl would do theirutmost for the interest of his lordship, for they never yet had such a representative. The Public business of this town had never yet been so well attended to as by their noble representative. Mr. Lawrence was then proposed and elected a member of the society. Lord Saudon then rose and took his leave atiiidst the most enthusiastic cheering. LIVERPOOL EPIPHANY SESSIONS. ~..~ _ • • f-~ of hOrsehair to the v6Ttie of £287 10S., and rtiiir6Sented to Mr: Brity that Mr. Greases was his partner, and Would be answer able for the payment... On these terms; Mr. Brity consented to let him have the . horsehair; previously, howeSer, to the deli- Very of the goods, he r saw Mr. Greases, and ascertained from him that he was not a partner with Breaifles; on this he refused id let Mr. Brearleyhase the horsehair. tAe afterwards sold the hair to Mr. Greases for £287 Ws., and accepted his bill-at six Mouths in payment.. Brearley had afterwards admitted to Mr: Brity that Mr. Greases was nut a pat tiler. Mr. GreaVes; it ap- . geared, had bought the horSehair for defendant, and had other wise assisted him in paying the insurance on the property ware: housed, in order to assist bin in commencing business: Not afterwards being able to obtain the money he . advanced •for the defendant, plaintiff had brought this action in order to recover the amount. It was nrged for the defence that sir. Greases wai a partner, and that he had advanced this money with the under standing that he was to have half the profits; and it was also en-, .leasoured to show in. support of that that Mr. G. looked over the books in the counting-house and otherivise acted as a part ner; and that the purchaSe being a joint transaction, he could nut tiring this action. The Assessor, in Summing up, said the only point fur the jury to consider was, whether frolit the evi 7 dence Mr. Greases was a partner or nut. It was natural to sup= . pose that a man, having under such circumstan ces assisted -a perscin, should look over his books and take an interest in his Misitress to ascertain how it was going on. If they should find. he was a partner, the verdict must be for the defendant, it Otherwise, fur the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff, t 287 10s: cnArdimas V. HEATON. This was an action brought. by the plaintiff, who is a farrier, to recover the stun of Is. 6d. for attendance and medicine furnished for defendant's horse. Defendant is a cart-owner. Mr. Henderson appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Haiucock for the defence. It appeared that defendant's horse, having been sent to shoe to Mr, Fletcher, the blacksmith; was pricked in the %hoeing; and rendered lame. Mr. Fletcher sent his man with thd horse to the plaintiff to attend to. Plaintiff attended and dressed the wound till the horse was nearly well, when lie heard no more about the horSe till ten days afterwards, when defendant's man coma for him to attend the horse again, it being lunch worse. He found the horse much worse, having been work . ed too soon. He then attended the horSe till it got better. The bill in goes lion was for that attendance. It was urged in defence that Mr. Fletcher was liable its the first instance for the payment till the horse was taken home; and afterwards, the cur.: not being eom pleted, but the horse gettitig worse, that phintiff was resp iusible, he not having completed the cure.— Verdict for the plaintiff; £st Is. 6d. The chart then adjourned. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. TUESDAY. The mayor and recorder took their seats at ten o'clock. Mr. Hall and Sir Thos. Braucker followed shortly after, and taok their places on the bench. The clerk Of the peace then admi nistered to Mr. Hall alie oaths of allegiance, abjuration. supre macy; and the declaration . innatediately after. which the latter gentleman departed to preside at the court for the despatch of the daily police business. Rebecca Harris, aged 22, and Margaret Emery, aged 17, were indicted under charge of having feloniously stolen the coat , waistcoat, watch, snuff-box, and other articles, the property of John Hennessy. • It appeared, from the evidence that the pro secutor, John Hennessy, being hart state of intoxication, went to a disorderly house in Lace-street, where the two prisoners, assisted by others, threw him on the ground, and having abused him till he was rendered insensible, they stripped him of his ap parel, and the articles above enumerated. He was afterwards found in a state of nudity, lying on the steps of the cellar, by Captain Kerr and two watchmen, who took the prisoners into custody, and found some of the property in their possession, and pawn-tickets fur the rest. The prosecutor identified the We prisoners as the parties who had robbed him. The jury found' the prisoners guilty, and the court sentenced them to imprisonment in Lancaster Castle for nine caiendar months. Sarah Harper, aged 23, stood charged with having feloniously stolen two chairs, the property of Sarah Ferril. The latter stated that she was a widow. About twelve mouths ago she had occa sion to quit her house for a short period, during which she quitted the town. On Friday last she returned, when she found that a carpet, several chairs, and various other. articles of fur niture had been stolen during her abseuce. Suspicion imme diately fell upon the prisoner, who had been occasionally em ployed about the house, and was cognisant of the fact of the prosecutrix being front home. Upon search being made at the house of the prisoner, two of the chairs which had been stolen were found in her possession. The jury found the prisoner 'guilty, and she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. William Spencer, aged 15 years, was indicted under charge of having feloniously stolen one cloak, the property of Priscilla Lunt, on the 4th December last; and on being discovered and seized by Mrs. Lunt, he severely cut her hand with a knife. The, particulars appeared at the time in this paper. The re corder addressed the prisoner previously to passing the sen tence. He expatiated in strong terms on the excessive cruelty and depravity of his conduct, in not being content with merely stealing the cloak, but in proceeding to aggravate that offence by committing another, under which, if he had been indicted, the consequences would have been most serious. The prisoner was then sentenced to six months' hard labour in Lancaster Castle, and to be twice severely whipped. John Jackson, Thomas Pennington, and William Marshall, each aged 16 years, were indicted upon charge of having stolen lOU pounds weight of iron, the property of some person or persons unknown. There were two other indictments, one of which stated the property to belong to Mr. and Mrs Tavleur, as ad ministrators under a certain will,—and another, as beaenging to Mr. Tayleur, by the aforesaid right. Jackson ',leaded guilty- Joseph Harrison, shoemaker, stated that on the 24th of Noveln ber, he saw the prisoners with a quantity of iron in their pos session; and on the appearance of Barton, the police-officer, they ran away. Thomas Harrison, biker, deposed. that he lived opposite to the rui us of the Castle-mills. l ln November • last, he saw all the prisoners in the custudy.of Barton. He had seen all the prisoners frequently before at the Castle-mills, where they had broken off a large quautity of metal of different sorts front the engines. He had beeti requested by Mr. Tayieur to lOok after the premises. He had at various times taken front the prisoners not less than two tons of iron and brass, which they had broken off, and were in the act of carrying away. At length they had become so insolent, that whim he wade -his ap pearauce, for the purpose of driving them away, they had pelted him with bricks. Barton, the police-oilicer. testified that he had taken the prisoners into custody on the 231 November last, with a quantity of iron in their possession. The jury imme diately lqund the prisoners guilty, and they were each sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and to be kept - to hard labour. William Williams, aged 19, was indicted for having feloniously stolen 20 pounds of beef, the property of Rich - rid Woolfall, and 2t; pounds of beef, the property of Robert Mariner. The cir cumstances of the case, as detailed in the evidence, were, that the prisoner had been standiog near the shop of Mr. Scott, hotelier, in St. John's Market. That Mr. Reynolds, of Rod ney•street, purchased a round of beet', which he ordmed to be sent home. Soon after it was left at the house of Mr. Reynolds, the prisouer called there, and stated that he had been seen to get the beef back, that it might be weighed. The servant hesi tated -at first, but ultimately delivered it to him. The other case was precisely similar. * The prisoner was faund guilty, and sentenced to twelve mouths' imprisounient in Lancaster Castle. Henry Reed, a lad aged 14, was . indicted under charge of hav ing f e loniously stolen a quantity of wearing apparel, from the dwelling-house of William Williams on the 6th of Decem ber last, during his temporary absence. The particulars ap peared at the time in this paper. The jury found tire prisoner guilty. A previous conviction against the prisoner was then read, which set forth, that under the name of Thomas Howell he had been previously condemned fir felony. The recorder laid great stress upon the deliberate manner in which the pri soner and his companion had gone nod tried the doors of the various houses at a late hour of the night, and concluded by sentencing him to arausportation for fourteen years. Joseph Dixon, aged 26, a private soldier of the 57th regiment, now stationed in this town, was indicted under charge of haying feloniously stolen five pairs of regimental trowsers, the property of Colonel George Parish Bradshaw, the commanding officer of time regiment. Serjeant Dudley Adams deposed, that on the night of the 10th December he went to the store-room, the door of which he found open. On examination he discovered that the staple had been forced out, and au entrance thereby effected. He looked over the clothing, &c., and missed five pair of new regimental trowsers. Serjeant John Brown stated, that at nine o'clock on the night of the 11th of December he was going round the yard of the barracks, when he saw a person stooping down tying something up in a bundle. He called out to know Who was there, but received no answer. lie then went up and seized the bundle and the person, who struggled violently. Be ing encumbered with a light which he carried in one hand, the person made his escape. In the brindle he found five pair of regimental trowsers. They were tied up in an Indian silk handkerchief. He reported the circumstance to the serjeant major, to whom he delivered up the bundle and its contents. Serjeant-major Medley proved the correctness of the latter statement. Serjeant Adams then stated, that on the following day he went to the guard-room, and being pretty well c myinced that the prisoner was the man with whom he had the struggle on the preceding evening, he held forth to him the handkerchief in which the trowsers had been tied, asking, him suddenly it' it were his. The prisoner said it was his, and took it from him. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Recorder as%ed the serjeant-major if the prisoner had ever before been punished for any depredation. Serjeant-major Medley replied, that about two months since at Glasgow, the p r isoner had been tenseseneced to three months' imprisonment for forging the name of t ,leant, whereby he had obtained three pounds, which did not belong to him. The court immediately sentenced the prisoner to transportation for seven years. The prisoner upon hearing this sentence bowed profoundly and thanked the court. Thomas William Shepherd, aged 29, was indicted upon charge of having feloniously stolen one saw, the property of John Whittingham, and one saw, the property of Adam Autos. The jury found the prisoner and he was sentenced to trans portation for fourteen years. Michael Bates, aged 42, Thomas Gregson, aged 30, and John Howard, aged 24, were charged with having stolen live, barrels,, the property of John Cruikshank. 'r he jury found the prisoners guilty, and they were sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The grand jury here eutered with several bills, which haying. been called over, the presentation was read by Mr. Statham. It was as follows: "The grand jury cannot separate, without putting on record their sense of the conduct, and their regret at the dismissal of Thomas Foster, Esquire, the late Town-clerk of this borough ;' who, during the period or his service, has displayed the most exemplary zeal, impartiality, and talent, in the discharge of his duties: and the grand jury cannot but regret that the town counc il has not been influenced by the consideration of the enormous expense likely to attend this removal. "The grand jury are desirous of once more drawing the at tention of the magistrates and of his majesty's government to the practice still prevailing to an alarming extent upon these coasts, of plundering wrecks. It appears that by the wholesome interference of the home, secretary, such practices have been greatly suppressed in some recent cases in the Isle of Man, annul the grand jury are anxious that similar effects should be extended to the coasts in this vicinity. "The grand jury respectfully wish to draw the attention of the court to the great nuisance occasioned by the chymical works at the northeast end of the town, and hope that measures may be taken effectually to remove them." Messrs. Fletcher, Boult, and Harvey immediately stood for ward and craved leave decidedly to enter their protest against the first clause contaiued in that, presentation, which clause they distinctly objected to. Mr. Robert Gladstone begged to enter his protest also against the record, on the gr ound that it w as out of the province of the grand jury.to take notice of the discharge of Mr. Foster by the new council. Mr. Serjeantson protested against the clause on the same ground as Mr. Gladstor t ie. The mayor returned thanks to the g entlemen of t grand e jury for then . care and attention, and di s missed them. '1 court then adjourned. COURT OF PASSAGE, THURSDAY. (Before the MAYOR.and HENRY Roscos, Esq., Assessor.) GREAVES V. DREARLF.Y AND ANOTHER . The defendant Brearlev in this case was brother-in-law to plaintiff. In the month of July last, Mr. Brearley had gone to Mr. J. I.; Br 4, merchant, and. wished to purchase a quatitity The town-council met on \Veduesilay, according, to adjourn: tent. The proceedings commenced as usual, by the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. AIiDEESS TO THE KING. The MAYOR then called the - attention of the council to a letter which he had received from Mr. Ewart, acknowledgnlg the le , ceipt of the address, which the town-clerk would read to them. LOndon, January 15th; 1836. " N 1 It DEAR feel mach honoured by having confided to me the address of the council to the King. I will not fail tti present it at the first levee to hiS Majesty. - " I am, my dear sir, youis truly, " Wm. Wallace Currie, E,1;" Wu. ]WART." A printed document, received by the Mayor from a gentleman named Butler, who had been a candidate for the office of coun eillor in the Bath corporation, containing suggestions which he thvg,ht would be extremely advisable to be submitted to the various town-council, was put in, and ordered to lie on the table for the inspection of such members of the council as chose. ABR. BUCKINGHAM'S CLAIMS. The MAvoa then handed to the town-clerk, to read, a letter . which he had received from Mr. Buckingham, the member for Sheffield, on the subject of his claims, which was accompanied by a pamphlet containing the parliamentary report on the sub ject. The letter was to request the Mayor to submit the enclosed cast to the council over which he presided, and, should it meet their approbation, to petition the legislature for his claim s to be grante. The Mayor would be glad to take the sense of the council on the subject. Mr. Alderman BruiwN was, afraid the council wmild never have done with entertaining petitions of that kind if that were received. He would move "that the council cannot entertain that question.'' Mr. Councillor S ANnA us seconded the motion. Mr. Councillor Hot.sras submitted that it should be passed over without any motion; which was agreed to. Mr. Councillor BoLION thought the Mayor ought to answer the letter' The MAYOR.—Certainly I shall, with the resolution proposed. ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH. Au application was mode from the ministers, churchwardens, and congregation of St. Thomas's Church, praying that the di lapitated state of St. Thomas's Church Might be repaired. That from the dilapitated state of the tower the interior was much ex= posed to the wind and rain, and it. was in such a condition that it was considered dangerous to ring the bell, and the clock had also ceased to be of use; and the church was rendered so cold that the pews in the gallery were foraken. The old council had long contemplated taking down the tower, but on the in-, troduction of the municipal reform bill into parliament, they had felt it to be their duty to suspend all proceedings in the matter. They there hire ventured to request that the new council would order their -surveyor to examine into the structure. A. clause in the act for the building of St. Thomas's Church was then read, whereby it was enacted that after the said church should be built, the same should be supported and kept in re pair by the corporation. Ordered to be referred to the finance committee. Air. Councillor It 'II'IIEONR supposed the finance committee might act as well as report, so as not to bring the subject agaid before the council. Mr. Alderman LtATHOM, as chairman of the finanCe com mittee, should be exceedingly unwilling that the finance coin mittee should do atqloing on their own tesponsibility without bringing the subject before the council to have their sanction. Mr. Councillor Bot.ToN perfectly coincirled in these remarks; it would be quite proper that they should first make a report td the council. Mr. Councillor Slut. would beg to ask the town-clerk if the law did not pr s event the finance committee coining to any de; cided resolution'? it appeared to hun that the law ordered that all•deCisions must be mane by the couticil, except the payment of mouey.• The To ivN•crtink.—Mr. Shiel was perfectly correct in the, clause, which; enabled the council to appoint committees for special or general purposes. There was a proviso that the de cisions of all committees shall he approved of by the council. Mr. Countiiilor EA —The council had the power to grant full powers to a cominnteejad the;;. not.? The Towx-cLEek.--Certaielv. It was then understoed.that: the fioance committee should into the case, and reptirt - te the cuitucil. THE eyem An application was then ,read * from Mm. Edwlrd Gibbon, the president of the Lycemp, praying that the unoccup i ed sp ace under the Lyceum tnig.lat.be leased for commercial and other purposes. Mr. Councillor thought the application had been made before to the old . toccn ceuncit, and. yefused,on Ow ground that it would cause a very great deal of carting in the neigh; bourbood, and would be a very great Mt. Councillor J. 1.-lot.lnk;s moved that the application be re= 'erred to the finance enualnittee, which agreed to. . , . A petition was then read, hum a person ,r.amed Wtliing, op.; plying for a situation in, the watch.--71teterieti to the watch committee. . A petition was read from a person ;lathed Vellows, praying for a situation in the new ,police.—Rcferrid to, the watch cuir , mittee. A petition was read from a widow named Willows, praying for a stand in the New ,Market.,-lieferred to the finance committee. APPLICATION FOR LAND. A further application was made ou the subject of some land in Hope-street, applied far fo r t he p ur p oSe of imildinga chapel thereon, the former application having been refused, wishing tci know the lowest rate at which th e land would be disposed-of; and the rate of interest which would be required until the Fin; cipal were paid.—Referred to the finance conitnittee: THE LATE CHURCH ENDOWMENTS. l‘lr. Councillor BOLTON begged to give notice of a motion which he intended to bring forwards on the next quarterly meeting of the council, on the 3d of February ;—" that an in struction be given to the town-clerk to take prompt and effici ent measures, under the direction of a committee of the coun cil, for setting aside the late endowments fur the parochial and other clergy of this borough, by a mortgage on the rents and profits of certain property therein." COURT OF REQUESTS. The two senior aldermen, and the four councilmen havimi, the greatest number of votes, according to their wards, were then appointed to sit in the Court of Requests, not to be re quired to act unless they should think lit, and assist the trades men appointed to transact the business of that court. 'lO be changed monthly. THE CORPORATION BLUE COAT SCHOOLS. Mr. Councillor RATunoNF. stated that these schools had been under the direction Of the rectors, and the common conned, but in consequence of the recent changes there was now no. com mittee. He would beg to move "that the rectois be requested. to continue the charge of the fred schools till further arrange ments be made." . Mr. Alderman JONES . seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. THE GRAND JURY'S P:oESENTMENT. The M Aviv. said the council would p e rhaps be glad to hear that the particular object for Which they were adjourned did_ not exist to detain them any longer. The town-clerk hail not re-. ceived any answer from London respecting the ,ippointment of magistrates: they would, perhaps, be aware that the new police magistrate had already been appointed. 'I hey might therefor° break up, and should . it be necessary he would call them to gether by a special meeting before the . next quarterly meeting: • Mr. Councillor E. SmiTto wished to put a question' to the Mayor, before they separated. respecting the extraordi nary' sentence which had been passed on their body by the grand jury. It appeared to him to be a very extraordinary precedent if it should he permiped, that any set of men should take on themselves to say that " rite cuoncil had acted in a most improper manner." lie did not intend bringing f o rward any motion upon it; but as one of the council who had vac , " that I. Foster should•not be retained, he could nut sit down without telling those gentlemen forming the. grand jury- that tie was as as any one of them. The grand. jury were often appointed by partiality, whilst the weathers of the•conneil were there sent by the indepodent votes of the community; and it was intolerable that any grand jury should h t oul d ake:np l on th cm _ selves to pass any censure upon then .. re. only protest against that intclerence as iasolent, pragmatical, and uncalled for. (Hear.) The MA YOlt Said it had not escaped its notice.. Having con sulted his legal adviser, and finding that there was no trece dent for it, he consider ed that it w, : , s• not necessary for him to take any n otice of the sub j ect. that the grand jury bad travelled ndtniiro,Nututil he should not follow their ex. Mr. Councillor Joil S only regretted that Mr. Smith had taken any notice of them Whatever: it was not worth while Mr. Coun cillor E. SMITH quite differed from Mr. Holmes. --- THE BOROUGH SESSIONS. Mr. Councillor RITHBONE had heard that there was some. doubt whether the borough sessions could be legally held the next quarter. He wished merely to call the attention of the , , L ., to wn-clerk wane ne was there in order to ascertain that. The MAYOR.—The Recorder has given his opinion that there is no doubt they can be legally held, as they now are. Mr. Alderman 131tOWN.—The late dreajtfut tire which had taken place at New York tendeted people naturally anxious. with regard to fire. He merely 'wished to ask if it was a part of their instructions to the watch committee to ascertain in what state not only the fire-police were, but if the supply of water was good. He hoped the committee would turn their attention to it. Mr. Councillor Eman.—They have done so_ The meeting then separated until the next quatierly me h eti ng On the 3d of Febtuary, nules4 sEtially• t on*ened togeter itt the intetim try 016 Mayen - 400414 ' \c't ~' , .ss - r' ~Cti