The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-13 00:00:00

4 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, FRANCE. DEFEAT AND RETREAT OF THE FRENCH ARMY SENT AGAINST THE BEY OF CONSTANTIXH. It would seem from all the official and non-official accounts which reach us, that the French army, and the French colony at Algiers. are both in a very sad way. The French army, which had left Algiers to make war on the Bey'of Constantine, has been defeated and compelled to re treat. Not only have the tribes which had submitted to the French, and befriended thorn, been attacked and defeated, cut to pieces and destroyed, with their wives and their properties, during the absence of the French army, by the Arabs who ap proached Algiers,—but, besides the loss of these friendly tribes, and the destruction of the lives and properties of the French colonists, the great French army marching with Marshal Clau sel and the Duke of Nemours at its head, was at the date of the last dine tches in full retreat upon Bona. The first intima tion we received of this event was contained in the Paris Sun, in the following terms:— "Wo regret to have to announce evil tidings from the French possessions in Africa. The Phare steamer, which left Bona on the 28th of November, arrived at Toulon on the first instant. She brings intelligence to the effect that the had weather of several successive days had induced sickness in the army, which - was on its route to Constantine,—that the Mar shal had been opposed to greatly superior Arab forces,—that the enemy had an extensive train of field pieces, —that some of the French guns had fallen into their bands,—and that the Mar shal and his army were in full retreat to Bona. A friend has allowed us the privilege of making the subjoined extract from a letter written to him by his correspondent at Bona, under date of the 2i th nit., and which leaves little room fur doubt as to the reverse sustained by the French army:— " 'I have further to inform you, that this news was brought by some deserters from the Marshal's army. They were im mediately placed in confinement. So great have been the ex ertions to conceal this news, that it is with the utmost difficulty I am able to send you this account, which has been collected from the different reports we have received. The effective force of the enemy is variously stated at from 12 to 16,000 men, well provided with arms and artillery. They have offered a most determined resistance to the advance of our troops, who have suffered considerable loss from this continual skirmishing.—lt is rumoured that an action had taken place near Ras-El-Agha, which is one of the most favourable points to oppose the march of an invading army. It is situated on the Ackaray monntains, which are difficult of ascent, and being covered with underwood afforded protection to the defenders of the pass. It is added that the Marshal was defeated with considerable loss, and that the greater part of our artillery remained in the power of the victors. One thing is, however, certain, that our army is in full retreat on Bona; and this circumstance in some degree justifies the belief of the accounts I send you, as it is easily to be conceived that such a step would only have been resorted to by the INtrshal in the last extremity, or in the event of his , having rdteived a serious check. We wait with the utmost anxiety for the arrival of fresh communications from the army. The utmost consternation reigns in the town, where, from the previous knowledge of the couutrv, and of the efficiency of the forces of the Bey, (chiefly consisting of Kabailes, who are per sonally much attached to him,) these unfavourable reports have gained general credence,'" SPAIN. (Front the Correspondence of the Standard.) PARIS, Dec. s.—The French government has received a tele graphic dispatch from Bayonne, dated the 2d inst., to the fol lowing effect : The courier from Madrid was stopped two days by the pas sage of Cabrera. on the 27th, at Soria. The Brigadier Vera, a deputy. has been named Minister of War. " Letters from St. Sebastian of the 30th inst., announce, that in order to arrive at Bilboa, Espartero is about to throw a bridge of boats across the river. " Twenty-four cannon, arrived from England, ammunition and a company of artillery, have been landed at St. Se bastian and are destined to arm the fort and port of Passages." This, I suppose, Lord Palmerston will not deny looks some thing very much like open interveation. In addition to the above the Munitear published the following telegraphic dispatches : " Bayonne, Dec. 3, two o'clock, p m. "On the 30th Espartero crossed the river on a bridge of boats, opposite the Desierto. Villareal passed it at Olaviaga, and they are now in presence of each other on the right hank, at a dis tance of three leagues from " General Eguia had sent to Villareal all his disposable forces and is continuing the siege. The convent of the Conception the present point of attack, was not taken on the let, and the city still held out." The Msniteur of this morning publishes the following second telegraphic dispatch received from Bayonne : "Bayonne, Dec. 3, half-past four, p.m. "Irribaren has marched upon Azagra, and Gen. Closnard upon Puente la Reyna, to prevent the passage of several hun dreds of horses taken in Andalusia, and the money of Cabrera. (Interrupted by the night.) A letter from Bayonne, dated Nov. 30, says—" The news spread Yesterday that the General Ituralde was surprised with his family in the environs of Vittoria, appears to be true. It is certain that the capture of this distinguished officer would be a great loss for the Carlists, but as they have in their hands some Christinos chief, there will be doubtless an exchange of prisoners." Peters, Dgc. 4.—The Charts de 1830 published last night the following telegraphic dispatch from Bayonne : Bayonne, Dec. 1, half-past three. " According to the official report of Villareal, the affair of the 2701 was of little importance; but Espartero could not force the bridge which led to Bilboa. The convent of St. Augustin was taken, with the garrison. Esparteio again attempted on the 25th to attack the bridge; but he was again repulsed. The town was summoned to surrender on the 29th. It refused to do so. The firing against the town was continued on the morning of the '29th." The Sierra de Ronda, in which Gomez has established himself, was during nearly two years of the Spanish War of. independ core, a position which could not be taken ; and there Ballas . taros defied all the French army." An Englishman of the name of Hawkins; who was some time ago arrested at the moment when he was setting off for London, with documents for a loan to be managed by M. Ouvrard, and detained once more within the last fortnight at the frontier on his return from London, is now in confinement at the gen darme's barracks at Bayonne ; he had, at first, been directed to Bordeaux, (Private Correspondence of the Morning Herald.) AINHOA, DEC. 3.—SIEGE of BiLuoA.—This morning I re teived the following communication from the royal head-quar ters. It will be seen that Espartero, driven from the left bank of the river, had, thanks to Lord Palmerston, succeeded in effecting a landing on the right bank Royal Head-quarters, Durango, Dec. 1. " Espartero, after his defeat on the 28th, sought refuge in Portugalette ; but a portion of his column, about 4,000 men, having been cut off, with difficulty reached Villasana. " Yesterday the Christinos, assisted by two steam boats and several Trincaduras, threw a bridge across the river from Portu galette to El Desierto ; and at three o'clock p.m. the whole of the army marched over to the right bank. The instant Eguia was informed of this movement of the enemy, he placed four pieces of artillery on the heights of Las Banderas, supported by fire battalions of infantry. Shortly after this position was re inforced by the brigade of General Goni. In fact we are pre pared fur the enemy. " We have opened the breach in Fort Conception, but not sufficient to render the assault practicable. " Our brave troops have made themselves masters of Fort Santa Clara, and the houses adjoining it. " The enemy are in the position taken up by them yesterday, supported on the side of the river by several steam-boats and Trincaduras. It is to be hoped they will advance; they will be • well received." General Chichester passed through Bayonne yesterday. for Paris. Cabrera entered Soria onethe 27th. MADRID, Nov. 29.—1 send you translations of dispatches re ceived from Generals Ribero and Narvaez, and avail myself of the departure of a private courier to forward vim a hasty ac count of the occurrences that had taken place here last night anti this morning. The first battalion of the 4th Regiment of the Guards (part of the Granja heroes) broke out into open insurrection in their barracks . yesterday evening;, and several shots were fired at the Colonel (P as tor), none of which most fortunately took effect. He was able to make his escape through the activity and de votions of' Col. Benjamin Barrie, a countryman of ours, and se cond commandant of the regiment. It appears that these worthies were in the habit of disposing of part of their dreeeand accoutrements, and the colonel, anxious to put a stop to this shameful proceeding. passed reviews twice a week, when the soldiers were obliged to produce every article belonging to them, and those who did not were punished. As the corps was in a very undisciplined state, Colonel Pastor took them out to exercise every' day, and hence a fresh motive for discontent on the part of the soldiers. Yesterday evening at roll-call, some of the soldiers broke out into murmurs, and even cried out that they would nut he commanded by a colonel who was a Carlist at heart. [lt may be here observed, that Colonel Pastor was forced to emigrate in consequence of his political opinions in 1823.] It was then that five or six ruffiens fired at the colonel, who was obliged to decamp. The drums beat to arms, and all the National Guards speedily assembled. General Infantes (the Governor) made his ap pearauce in the Puerta da Sol, at about seven o'clock, not on horseback, but in a coach, from which he issued his orders. The great exertions of Colonel Barrie proved successful, and at nine o'clock the soldiers quietly went to bed and all the warlike pre parations of General Seoane proved unnecessary. At ten o'clock everything appeared tranquil, although heavy patroles paraded the streets during the night. The Queen Regent, on being made acquainted with what had occurred, resolved that the 4th regiment should not do duty this (lay at the palace, and the necessary orders were issued to this effect. However, at the usual hour this morning 100 men of the 4th formed in the barracks, and as no officers attended, they set oat under the command of their serjeant to relieve their comrades on guard at the Palace. They compelled an ensign, nevertheless, to bear the colours. Upon their arrival at the Palace, the fellows inside refused to be relieved, and called upon the others to join them. Several obeyed, but the remainder were prevailed upon by General Narciso Lopez to follow him to the barracks, where they laid (town their muskets, and were then allowed to walk about the streets with their sabres. When the soldiers of the 4th. inside the Palace-square refused to be relieved, an officer of Cuirassiers ordered his men to charge them. He was-eliot through the knee and fell from his horse; two of his men were killed, and several of the soldiers of the 4th and some Nacionales dreadfully wounded. The heroes of the 4th are still in possession of the palace, which is encompassed by Nacionales, and the few faithful troops of the garrison. No kerson thinks about the Queen, who must base passed a sad time of it. Whilst I write to you, the streets are full of Nacionales, and strong patroles are met in every direction. Possibly nothing further of a serious nature will take place; but this is mere conjecture, as it is thought that ministers will not prove more firm on the present occasion than hitherto. As is natural, the greatest alarm prevails through the town. General Seoane, who hoped to calm the effervescence of the mutineers by his presence, was fired at, and obliged to retreat with hie staff. MADRID, Nov. 30, Half-pas t Nine ~m. I learn this moment that a government courier starts in an hour' s t i me for Paris and London ; I hasten, therefore, to repeat to you what I mentioned per post at two o'clock this afternoon, .that the mutineers of th e 4th reg i ment o f G uar d s were this morning surrounded in their barracks in Calle Fuen Carrel, and, after a short fusilade and cannonade, compelled to surrender at discretion, and that three of the ringleaders were immediately the shot Que, or, en as others The Ai assert de-, decirb a t e d, and the rest pardoned by • de-Camp of General Se o ane arrived with it after three had been shot, and prevented the work of death being carried any further outside the gates, rest and that the Sal is to be regularly t r ied and put into the prison of El adero. The goverment and the capital-have escaped a great danger, supposed t o be connected with th e i ntr i gues of the Carlists on one side, and of the Secret Societies and Republicans on the other. • The sentence of Polirinse has been commuted to twenty years' banishm'nt from France; but M. Guernon de It onv 2 e will ba allowed to reside on his estate of lianville, on parole. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. The gigantic balloon will ascend from Paris. It is with great pleasure we announce this gratifying fact. The enter prising spirit of the gentlemen more immediately interested deserves the encouragement they will now command; and it is worthy the cause of scientific research that this balloon of balloons should bear our countrymen from the continental capital under the illustrious sanction of His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans. The prince viewed this vast aeronautic machine from the Hotel de Ville on Tuesday, and yesterday Mr. Gye was honoured with a communication from General Bernard, the Minister at War, to the effect that in consequence of the recommendation of his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans, government accorded him the free use of the infantry barracks in the Faubourg Poissoniere, for the purpose of his ascent. The day of ascent and price of tickets ha.. e not yet been fixed. A serious quarrel has taken place between Messrs. Rothschild and the government of Madrid, on occasion of the damage done to the mines of Almaden, nearly destroyed by the last expedi tion of Gomez. After many conferences without result, with the ambassador of Spain at Paris, who had not special advice to negociate as to this matter, and after a vain demand of re ference to arbitration desired by the bankers, the eldest brother of the Rothschild family has decided on proceeding to Madrid, to require indemnity, and his departure for that capital is daily expected. The Belgian and Dutch papers bring melancholy accounts of the destruction occasioned by the hurricane on all parts of the coast. Prince Alexander, son of the Prince of Orange, was seriously hurt by the falling of a tree, but has since recovered. T e Court of Hanover went into mourning for Charles X. on the 2Sth ult., for four weeks. The Court of Bavaria has also gone into mourning for three weeks from the 29th ult. Several journals have recently asserted that the Emperor Nicholas had betrayed signs of insanity; and, if the reports "f travellers may be credited, the statement is not altogether with out foundation.—French paper. • The marriage of King Otho with the Princess of Oldenburg was celebrated at Oldenburg on the 22d. A letter from Carlsruhe states that a credit had been opened for Prince Polignac at a large banking house there. FRENcti PACKET STATION. —The statements in the English journals of the intended removal of the French post-office packet station, from Dover to Ramsgate, are unfounded ; no such change being in contemplation by the government.— Galignani. The French journals mention that Count Mold was engaged in negociating a marriage between the Duke of Orleans and the Princess Josephine Frederika Louisa of Bavaria; but Ls &eels supposes that this project must be renounced, because of foreign influence inimical to the Orleans family. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. BARBA DOES. The Barbadoes papers OfOct. v 2lth state that the scarcity of provisions which had been complained of in several of the colo nies seemed also to extend to Trinidad, the apprenticed labourers in that colony neglecting, as they had -done in this and several others, the pounds allotted to them for cultivation in lieu of provisions. They also stated that the new governor ( M'Gre gor) had summoned the Council and Assembly to meet him. NEW SOUTH WALES. — A correspondent of the Times says. " a Catholic bishop has been officially sent out to the colony of New South \Vules by the government— that he is elevated to the same importance as the clergy of the Church of England, and receives the same support. Everything, in short, is en train to make this a Roman Catholic colony. In the schools the system is to he founded on the Irish model, and in deference to the Catholics the Bible is to be wrested out of the hands of the Protestant children. The whole of the Protestants are rallying round their own bishop, and the Governor denounces publicly their opposition to be a defamtion of the British government. The greatest irritation and ill-feeling exist." The New South \Vales papers just re ceived contain statements of animated proceedings having taken place in the Legislative Assembly on the proposition (submitted in pursuance of despatches from Lord Glenelg) to adopt the plan for general or colonial education established for Ireland. Its adontion was carried by eight to four, the Colonial Secre tary, (Nl'Leay,) however, being in the minority. It was under stood that the plan was to be carried into effect by a Board con sisting of seven members, three of the Church Establishment, two Roman Catholics, (the Protestant and Catholic bishops to be members,) and two Presbyterians. At the ensuing meeting of the Assembly a petition was presented from the Bishop of Australia, praying to be heard before the Council against the proposed grant of money towards the establishment of national schools upon the system of those of Ireland; but the clerk was required to inform the bishop that the rules of the Council did nut admit of his being heard in person, as prayed for. CONSERVATIVE MEETINGS. HERTFORD CONSERVATIVE AsSocIATIoN.—The annual meet ing of the members of this association took place last week, at the lied Lion Inn, Hatfield, and was rather numerously at tended. Amongthe nobility and gentry present were the llon. Dudley Rider, president : Lord Grimston, S. lleathcote, Esq., Hon. Captain Hothain, Astley P. Cooper, Esq., C. Phillips, Esq., T. Latour, Esq., Neil Malcom, Esq., T. S. Moore, Esq., L. Hesse, Esq., 11. H. Oddie, Esq.. T. B. Carter, Esq., J. Curling, Esq., I'. Ryley, Esq., B. Whitright, Esq., &c. The meeting was a private one, and for the purpose of ascertaining how far the registration of the county had been favourable or otherwise to the Conservative cause. It appeared that it had been most favourable, and that the return of Conservative mem bers is sure. Conservative increase-149 for IS3i. RistioaouGu.--The Conservatives of this district of the county of Buckinghamshire met together at a public dinner on Tuesday week, for the purpose of demonstrating their attach ment to constitutional principles. W. M. Praed, Esq., who has announced his intention of coming forward in the event of a dissolution of Parliament, as a candidate to represent the borough of Aylesbury, was introduced to the meeting. Up ,wards of 100 of the resident gentlemen and yeomanry sat down to dinner, among whom were James Grubb, Esq., chairman. The Marquis of Chandos, Sir W. Young, W. M. Praed, Esq., James D'lsraeli, Esq., J. Norris, Esq., Thomas Tvndal, Esq., John Carter. Esq., Rev. Mr. Partridge, W. Winshaw, Esq., James Stratton, Esq., J. Nash, Esq,, &c. WEST KENT CONSERVATIVE DINNER.—The West Kent Conservative banquet is fixed to take place on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Viscount Marsham, will take the chair. This young Nobleman is now in Scotland, with his Lady, intending to pass the winter there with his brother-in-law, the Duke of Buc clench. READING CONSERVATIVE ASsoCIATIoN.—READING, DEC. 7.—The first general meeting of the association was held last evening at the Sarcan's Head Inn; the large room wascrowded. The chair was filled by Henry Simmonds, Esq., banker, for merly Mayor of the borough, who was supported by several in fluential inhabitants. GREAT CONSERVATIVE MEETING IN CORNWAl.l..—Thurs da y the Conservatives of the western division of Cornwall dined together in the Assembly rooms at Truro. Among the numerous company present were,—Clement Carlyon, Esq., chairman, the Right Hon. Earl of Falmouth, Lord Elliot., Lord Boscawen, T. E. Vivian, Esq., M.P., Rev. D. V. Le Grice, J.P., Rev. F. Webber, Dr. Hingston, Rev. H. Graham, j.P., Edward Col lins, Esq. T.P., John Vivian, Esq., &c. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Itttelligencer. TRADE OF LEEDS.—We have no particular alteration to note in the woollen cloth business of this town and neighbourhood. The workmen, generally, are much better employed than at this season of the year, but these has not been quite su much business done in the Cloth Halls on the last two or three market days as previously, a circumstance by no means uncommon in the month of December. The wool Market, however, continues firm, and there is every reason to hope that with the turn of this year, mercantile affairs will take an improving turn in this neighbourhood. BRADFORD MARKKT.—The demand for manufactured goods, on Thursday, was not so extensive as of late, but there was no alteration in prices, as the spinners are asking higher prices for Yarns, for which there was a fair demand. In Wools there was not much business done, as prices were somewhat higher, and the stocks were not generally so well selected as they were some weeks ago, and the spiiesni were not disposed to buy beyond their immediate UAW& HALIr A X MARKET.—Vre have h . not ing fresh to state regard- Dz the day.o withTh e There ties little Ila s o r b enenn variation n an i na prices.ve rage quantity m u a f rk b e n market to dn e St o cks of lastings have been much reduc e d o f l a t e . BARNSLEY LINEN' TRADE.—The linen trade of Barnsley, we are sorry to say, is not so good as is has been; a great num ber of weavers have been seeking work during the week. The home orders are slack, and the manufacturers are cautious about making goods beforehand, no doubt from the unsettled state of the money market. The drill houses, however, are busy just now, and are working long hours, principally for shipping orders, but we are afraid that a cloud is approaching, which will operate seriously upon that important portion of the Barnsley trade. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, DEC. s.—To-day there has been rather a brisk market, as compered with those of the two peeceiting weeks. • A considerable number of pieces have been sold, but without any advance in price. Wool has been pretty steady, and has undergone little or no variation. The demand for nods being rather brisker, higher prices have been asked, but not generally obtained. 1111DDLETON.—The inhabitants of Middleton are at present suffering under great privations from want of employment; yet the silk weavers this week seem to be in better spirits, as many checked sarsnets have been given out, and manufacturers en tertain some hopes that the silk trade will very soon revive. Unfortunately, provisions are very high, and coals have this week advanced one penny per basket, which will make a differ ence of about three halfpence in the shilling. The shopkeepers complain much of the scarcity of money, and many landlords declare they have nut witnessed such bad rent days for the last twenty years past. HEY ;VOOD.—There are upwards of thirty cotton factories in this thriving town, and we are glad to state, that the hands seem generally full employed. Mechanics and house carpenters are also very busy. Citoweersz.—There is more business doing here at present than has been the case fur a number of years past, except as regards the hand-loom silk and cotton weavers, who are "stinted" in quantity of work (in order to prevent the market being over stocked,) but who have had no reduction of wages. The nail makers, a numerous class in this town, are all fully employed. POLITICAL MOVEMENTS. ROCH DA I.E.—At a meeting of the reformers of this town on Wednesday evening, it was unanimously azreed to invite Mr. O'Connell to a public dinner, to take place sometime during the next month. The ensuing Durham conservative festival, which is expected to be celebrated in the course of next month, is to be got trp on a most extensive and splendid scale. The Marquis of London derry is expected to preside. An invitation, numerously signed by the electors of South Nottinghamshire, is aboutto be presented to the Earl of Lincoln, M.P. inviting him to a public dinner at Newark. BARNSLEY CONSERVATIVES.--The friends of the good cause in this town are about to show themselves in full force, i❑ a pub lic avowal and celebration of their principles. No time should be lost. Forward is the word. REPRESENTATION OF LAMEETkI.—On Wednesday about sixty electors of this borough dined together at the Horns Ta vern, Kenning„tou-common. The object of the dinner was to introduce the Right lion. Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry, to the borough, and to hear the sentiments of that Right Hon. Gentlemen, who, has acceided an invitation to become a candi date for this extensive metropolitan borough on the first vacancy that may occur. The chair was ably filled by Mr. Henry Kem ble, supported o❑ his right by the Knight of Kerry, Mr. James Goding, &c. ; and on the left by the Hon. Robert Scarlett, M.P. &c. " Business first, pl , asure afterwards, as King Richard U Thir , t s a id y en he stt , hbed Cother King in the user, afore he smothered the bobbies."—Pici,,lch. THE LIVERPpOL STANDARD. LIVER THEATRE. ORANI) JUVENILE WEEK. NEW FEATS, AND BRILLIANT EXPERIMENTS, COLLECTED FROM MR. SUTTON'S MAGNIFICENT APPARATUS, Of such an order as to give PLEASURE AND DELIGHT TO NUMEROUS JUVENILE PARTIES THAT NIGHTLY CROWD THE BOXES. FOUR SPLENDID REPRESENTATIONS THIS WEEK! 11111 IS EVENING. (Tuesday,) the 13th, To-morrow, (Wed nesday,) 14th, Thursday, the Nith, and Friday, the 16th instant. MR. SUTTON, ever mindful of the gratitude that is due to a liberal and discerning Public. for its generous and power ful support, most respectfully offers his sincere acknowledg ments, for the same. Public encouragement is a sure stimulus to genuine exertion, and imperiously calls forth every species of talent which nature, in her wonted gifts, so powerfully and eventually displays. The combination of attraction which Mr. S. now offers to the Public will, he hopes, prove a just reward for the unprecedented patronage bestowed on his exertions. Each representation will be diversified by a great many Novelties. Doors open at Seven, Curtain rises at Half-past Seven: Boxes 25., Pit Is., Gallery 6d. Children Halt-price to the Boxes. Tickets and places to be had of Mr. T. FooG, at the Theatre, from Eleven to Half-past Two. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Second appearance of those extraordinary Artistes, the Troupe Alastique of REAL BEDOUIN ARABS, Sidi All, Abdallah, Amhed, Hossein, Mohammed, Hassan, &c., from the Porte St. Martin Theatre, Paris; The Colosseum, and Royal Surrey Thiatre, London, whose inimitable perfortnanees have been the theme of such universal wonder and admiration, and who have been engaged for FIVE NIGHTS. Of tb¢ rare and astonishing nature of their repre sentations, it istitnpossible to furnish the least idea; they must be seen to be credited. ruHIS present TUESDAY Evening, the 13th instant, will JL be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of M ACBET H. Macbeth, Mr. Stuart.—Alacduff, Mr. W. Howard. Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Stanley. After which, the performance of the BEDOUIN ARABS. The Entertainment in which they will appear is divided into Two Parts, from the exertion required in its progress. The Stage represents the Great Desert of Shaara! with Tab leaux vivant, of the Evolutions, Dances, and Exercises peculiar to the Bedevi, or Sons of the Desert, which will be given in the Representation of an Arabian Festival by the Native Bedouins. The accounts given by Pacho, Burckhardt, Major Denham, and other African Travellers, of the wonderful feats of Force and Dexterity displayed by the Bedouins in their various Sports and Exercises, were of so marvellous a nature, that they have been hitherto deemed to be impossible, and were regarded merely as 'Travellers' Tales; occular demonstration has, how ever, at length attested the veracity of these writers. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN; or, ALL IN THE DOWNS. To-moattow, (Wednesday,) the Tragedy of WILLIAM TELL. William Tell, Mr. Stuart; Albert, Miss Chaplin; Michael, Mr. W. Howard; Braun, Mr. Baker; Jagheli, Mr. G. Horneastle; Emma, Mrs. Stanley; Agnes, Miss Faucit ; Anneli, Miss Stanley. After which, te Performances of the BEDOUIN ARABS. To conclude with the Farce of QUAD RUPEDS. On THL RSDAY, the BEDOUIN ARABS' Performances, and other Entertainments. On FaiDay, the BEDOUIN ARABS' BENEFIT, and their last appearance. Arrangements have been made with a Company of FRENCH PERFORMERS, who will commence an engagement of FIVE NIGHTS at this Theatre on MONDAY next, in Two favourite French Dramas. Mr. EDWIN FORREST, the popular Tragedian of the American Theatres, whose success at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, in the various characters in which he has appeared there, has been most decided, is engaged FOR FIVE NIGHTS, and will make his first appearance at this Theatre on MONDAY, December 26th. Zia Eiberpool *tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1836, MEETING OF VIE LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN'S CONSER VATIVE ASSOCIATION. — We beg to draw the attention of our readers to the important meeting held last evening at the large room of the King's Arms. We have no space for any comments on the proceedings in this day's publication; but we shall revert to the topic on Friday. We are somewhat prematurEly called to the consider ation of that important constitutional question, which, during the last session of Parliament, was so keenly ad vocated among destructives, in their " secret chambers," and which was covertly fostered by the present unstable administration—we mean a reform of the House of Lords. The speech of Lord Ebrington has drawn us from our purpose of suffering to rest in quiet, till a more oppor tune season, the revival of a discussion which, we think, should be the immediate attendant upon the meeting of Parliament. But when a public man boldly puts forth declarations as establishing, beyond contradiction, mo mentous truths, involving important issues, to which they do not give more than a shadow of support, and triumphs, in an imaginary victory, when there is no one in the field beside himself, we think it incumbent on us to strip off a few of his hastily snatched laurels, or to breathe upon them the air of truth, before which such transitory honours always fade. After floundering amidst the gross. est inconsistencies, in which, if we have space, we intend to fasten him—at the very climax of ecstacy, his lordship pressed from his " hard-bound brains," like another Ju piter, the very Minerva of reform. He told us to " mark him, and write his speeches in our books," for what he was about to utter (we quote his lordship's own words) " differed from all those views that HAVE BEEN HEARD Ott READ upon the subject"—meaning reform of the House of Lords. Open your ears, ye radicals, and drink to intoxication of this " new wine" of reform, whilst it drops, in all its cloudiness, from the wine press of my Lord Ebrington's brains ; for his lordship denies that the " old is better." He prefers this new fermenting spirit to that afforded during a vintage, when pure patriotism and uncorrupted manners gave England her constitution — to that which is mellowed by a millenary of years, and from which all the dregs of passion have subsided—to the ge nerous wine of conservatism, which began to be stored quo rege, aut, quo console, we know not. But my Lord Ebrington is " Sir Oracle, and when he speaks let no dog bark." Truly when we came to this awakening pas sage of his lordship's address, we raised ourselves on tip toe, to catch the wonder-working words that had "never been heard or read," lest they should be soiled by passing through other lungs before they reached us. We scarcely knew whether imagination had hurried us to the " an trum immane" of heathen prophecy, and his lordship, a very sybil, was about to pronounce some dreadful " fu ture," or whether Friar Bacon's brazen head was about to speak. But, as time always brings to patience what she waits for, so, in due season, we were blessed to see that his lordship "found a tongue,"—aye, and even words—plain, common, English words (no Irvingism) in which to clothe " views that differed from all that have been heard or read upon the subject" of reform. And what were they ? you anxiously ask. Be patient, and you shall hear them. A Newton and an Ebrington, tike certain flowers, are only seen once in a hundred years. Let his lordship' speak for himself—his expressions be teoinntuteitriooeflnythofofrsotenha those who maintain that the ex.. be come no other " mou th so we ll . " " I diff er, " sa id hi s ti si lordship, etiuniaglsc,9ni 4; f e u H n d o a u m s e e n o t f a I L b o t r il t a r i s all of i t i s e e p o a n r stitution unchanged, and immutable, which will admit of no public modification, without the absolute destruction of our political constitution. I am astonished, that men of sense, professing to be well read in the history of their country, can maintain such a doctrine. I pass by the practical change (attend, readers, for these are the oracu lar words of my Lord Ebrington, which he declares 4 have before never been heard or read') in the composition of the House of Lords, by the immense increase of its num bers since the accession of Geore 111. 'Will any gentle man maintain, that, on the union with Scotland, the ad mission of sixteen representative peers, elected for that country for the Pie liament only, was no change or inno vation in the constitution of the House of Lords ? Can any one maintain, that the election of twenty-eight re presentative peers for Ireland, for the life of each peer, was not an innovation in the constitution of the House of Lords ? And can any one pretend to say, that, a ft er this innovation, any further extension of the elective principle would be a new or unheard of violation of the right of hereditary succession, inherent in the House of Lords ?" This is the end of the oracle. It is quite evi dent, that his lordship had gone his 4 4 full time" in the gestation of this " unread and unheard of" conception. But had not the "gathering together of the electors"— for so the public meeting at South Molton is introduced in the Morning Chronicle—performed the office of a Juno-Lucina to poor Lord Ebrington, he never could have been delivered of this political burden—an asylum, and a Cesarian operation upon his gravid brain, were his only hopes. 'To drop pleasantry—though, like the servant of Midas, tie must either " laugh or burst," at the ridicu lolls character in which my Lord Ebrington exhibited himself — we are now prepared, with sober argument, to grapple with the pigmy triad of his lordship. And first with respect to " the practical change in the composition of the House of Lords, by the immense increase of its numbers since the accession of George III." Lord El , _ rington puts this numerous force, on his field day, in the foremost rank, as imposing enough where he fears no danger; but when he expects the attack of an enemy, he can place no reliance upon it, and therefore marches it off into the back ground, and " passes by" it as the Helots of his political camp. But in this manoeuvring there is displayed some little dexterity. His lordship knew, that many of his radical compeers—his equals in political arms —those who then surrounded him, would catch at, and hold fast, this " practical change in the composition of the House of Lords"—who would never trouble them selves to consider, whether it was either true, as "a prac.. tical change," or, if true, whether it justly and truly served, as a precedent for a constitutional change—for a "practical change," and a constitutional change, are not convertible terms. As perhaps my" Lord Ebrington, any more than his lazy hearers, may not understand the dis tinction been these two essentially dissimilar proposi tions—(for had he understood it, he would never have corrupted it into an argument fur a reform of the House of Lords : it might, very justly, have been deposited among the things, of which man had never "read or heard," the ligitimate offspring of his lordship's mind) — let us consider the difference, the fundamental difference, between them—between a " practical change" and a change resulting from an alteration of principles. So obvious is the distinction, and so strikingly is it illustra ted by daily examples, in every rank of life, that we should feel ashamed to offer an explanation to any one of a lower political grade than my Lord Ebrington and his radical colleagues. Wherever there is any function, of fice, business, or transaction, dependent upon men, or the council of men, for its successful performance, there, with every mutation of the minutest circumstance of such men, physical or intellectual, the function, office, business, or transaction, will suffer a "practical change." Blane, in his medical logic, says,. the temperature at which the powers of the mind and body are most energetic is 62°. A committee, therefore—a parliament—the House of Lords itself, if it should assemble, and deliberate, at a temperature one degree higher or lower than 62° would suffer a "practical change" in its political wisdom ; and if medical logic be mental logic, there would be seen in the debates and the division of the House a correspond ent variation. The vernal equinox produced a "practi cal change" in the powers of imagination of the immor tal Milton. We fear the thermometer was much higher than 62° at South Molton, when my Lord Ebrington dis tilled his political " mountain dew" into the ears of his . infatuated auditory ; and at our Liverpool municipal meetings it is as high as where "spirits boil." But, as logic may not he matter to his lordship's taste, we beg to call his attention to a late summary dismissal of Lords Melbourne and Russell from being ministers, by the pre sent King ; an incident which will stick to their memo ries when the recollection of their misgovernment will have no other record. Was that not "a practical change" in the government Was not the recall of the Duke of I,Wellington and Sir Robert Peel to office a " practical change" in the policy of this country —was it not to rescue her, sinking into contempt and misery, and to Place her, thought for but a short interval, upon the rock of her wonted integrity ? But, we ask, was there in all this a constitutional change ? Were not the principles of legislation preserved entire ? And in order that my Lord Ebrington and his host may see that we are disposed to deal fairly with him, we will take his own case, that of the House of Lords. We maintain, that there was no infraction of any one constitutional principle in the ele vation to the peerage of the " immense numbers" which his lordship says has taken place since the accession of George HI. It is the recognised privilege of the British Crown to ennoble its subjects, and that privilege has no prescribed limits. Policy may sometimes prompt a king to grant, and sometimes to withhold, a patent of nobi lity, which public judgment may censure; but then we are driven to the old political question, "pis custodiet ipsos custodes"—discretion must be vested somewhere. This is the declaration of a great lawyer, who says, " we have no set numbers, for our nobles may be more or less, as the King pleaseth." But Lord Ebrington will turn upon us, and say, that all he contended for was a " prac tical c h ange . True ; but of what is it intended—of what is it declared to furnish a precedent ? Why a -e l lange essentially different —a constitutional change. Is this not false and, we must add, most disingenuous reasoning ? Does the surgeon, when he sees a little ex travasated blood, or a slightly increased circulation or irregular action in a limb, proceed instantly to cut it off? No; if there be constitutional health he knows that what was effused will be absorbed—what was irregular will subside, and original tone and energy be soon restored. But the radical surgeons know nothing of moral thera peutics; with them the cry is—amputation ! amputa tion ! It may also be observed here, for the consolation of the country, that the power vested in the King of England to create peers is fenced round with a two-fold security. First, the augmentation of the aristocracy has alWays been regarded with a jealous eye at court, as lessening the supremacy of the monarchy ; and, secondly, no one is ever created a peer who has not a deep personal inte rest in the welfare of the country. Thus vanishes the I first airy bubble of my Lord Ebrington, which, had it never been blown by his lordship, might still, without any loss to the community, have remained among those many other things, the incognita curiosa of his lordship's mental cabinet, which we " have never heard or read." We shall now proceed to consider the two remaining examples recorded in history, of " innovation in the con stitution of the House of Lords," with which Lord Eb rington is " astonished that any man of sense, professing to be well read," should be unacquainted. They are, " the admission of sixteen representative peers, on the union with Scotland, elected for that country ;" and, of "twenty-eight representative peers for Ireland for the life of each peer." And with these " unread and . un heard of" marvels before him, my Lord Ebrington asked triumphantly, as if conscious that but one answer could be given to his interrogatory—" Can any one pretend to say, that, after this innovation, any further extension of the elective principles would be a new or unheard of vio lation of the right of hereditary succession inherent in the House of Lords ?" " Nature bath made strange fel lows in her time," and in no respect has she been more capricious than in the organization of the mind—that of my Lord Ebrington is most anti-dialectic. To prove, even to demonstration, that these cases afford no prece dent for " extending the elective principle" to British peers, we ask, first, whether if Ireland and Scotland had, originally, formed parts of one empire, would not Ireland and Scotland have participated equally with England in the c onstitution of its legislative assemblies ? Would Ireland have had fewer than twenty-eight, or Scotland less than sixteen peers in the House of Lords ? Will Ebrington himself, or any one of his train dare to say so ? And if Ireland and Scotland would have been thus represented, if they had originally formed fractions of one empire with England, so, whenever they should stand in that relation, they would, evidently, become le gitimately entitled to such a privilege. It was no " ex tension of the elective principle" applied to the peerage —it was simply supplying to additional responsibility additional jurisdiction—it was giving to the Irish popula tion an Irish peerage—to the Scotch population a Scotch peerage—it took nothing away, altered not one privilege, ' varied not one form of the English House of Lords. If this be the only plea which radicalism can urge for reform of the House of Lords, it is the very sorriest imaginable—it will never shake the stability of that firmly established and truly national wing of the British con stitution. But we see the verbal anodyne which cast my 'Lord Ebrington into his political slumber, and, after wards, created his fantastic dream, which, when he awoke, though still rapt in ecstacy with the vision, h e t o ld as a truth " never before heard or read Of." It is the "elec tion" of sixteen peers for Scotland, and of twenty-eight 1 for Ireland that gave all the obliquity to his mind. If twenty-eight. peers are elected for Ireland, why not all the peers of England ? his lordship forgot—dreaming men do forget—that these twenty-eight Irish peers, and these sixteen Scotch peers were elected out of the Irish and Scotch peerage, by a majority of their own body, to represent themselves. We have said, already, that these peers represent the population of Ireland and Scotland, and we reaffirm the fact. But, in spite of Sir J. Camp bell's authority, Attorney- General as he is, who said at Glasgow, that the peers were originally "created for the people," we tell him, that such a dictum is contrary to the law of the land which says, the " peers are present for themselves." But Sir John Campbell was led into .his legal mistake by the fact, that the peers do sit for the people—do watch, most indefatigably over the people's welfare—through "good report and evil report," when slandered for their zeal, and reviled for their integrity. But there is a further qualification of this mode of raising Irish and Scotch noblemen to the British Parlia ment, which it may be well to mention. Each of these countries possessed a noblesse, which, if admitted to the privileges of English peers, not "aught minished," would have introduced a disproportioned number into the House of Lords, and, therefore, in a question of such extreme delicacy what course could be pursued so unexception able, at once so compatible with justice to England, and so agreeable to the feelings of our sister countries ? The invidiousness of royal selection was obviated, and the in terests of the respective peerages satisfactorily preserved. In the foregoing arguments we have had recourse to no hypothetical reasoning; we have not even entered upon the question—How far the aristocracy of England is essential to the integrity of our complex constitution ? We have not recited the rights we owe to, and the bles sings we enjoy under the political guardianship of the House of Lords. We Dave made no mention of Run nymede and Magna Charta, secured to us by our here ditary representatives, the barons. We have not ad• verted to, nor offered one indirect breathing in vindica tion of their constitutional, and firm defence of our char tered rights, during the last session of , Parliament, in op position to unprincipled demagogues, both in and out of the senate. All these we reserve for future triumphs. Our present aim has been to overthrow the flimsy fabric which my Lord Ebrington, in the illusion of a disturbed imagination, had raised into an invaluable fortress. And even this we should not have thought it worth our while to undertake, had we not known that plausible assertions, boldly made, always find weak minds ready to embrace them. And when his lordship ushered them into the world as truths, of which no one before himielf "had ever heard or read," there was an imposing air of solemnity accompanying them which would not only serve to make the rustics stare, but might also become the parent of more extended mischief. We cannot better conclude our reflections upon this most interesting subject, than in the just and pertinent words of Sir William Blackstone, which we earnestly press upon the attention of all our readers ; and, should Lord Ebrington be one of them, we commend them es. pecially to hitn:—"The legislation of the kingdom is en trusted to three distinct powers, entirely independent of each other ; first, the King ; secondly, the lords spiritual and temporal, which is an aristocratical assembly of per sons selected for their piety, their birth, their wisdom, their valour, or their property ; and, thirdly, the House of Commons, freely chosen by the people from among themselves, which makes it a kind of democracy. As this aggregate body, actuated by different springs, and attentive to different interests, composes the British Par liament, and has the supreme disposal of everything, there can no inconvenience be attempted by either of the three branches, but will be withstood by one o f the other two ; each branch being armed with a negative power sufficient to repel any INNOVATION, which it shall think INEXPEDIENT OR DANGEROUS. Here there is lodged the sovereignty of the British constitution ; and lodged as beneficially as is possible for society. For in no other shape could we be so certain of finding the three great qualities of government so well and so happily united. If the supreme power were lodged in any one of the three branches, separately, we must be exposed to the incon venience of either absolute monarchy, aristocracy, or de mocracy; and so want two of the principal ingredients of good polity, either virtue, wisdom, or power. If it were lodged in any two of the branches, for instance, in the King and House of Lords, our laws might be provi dentially made, and well executed, but they might not always have the good of the people in view : if lodged in the King and Commons, we should want that CIRCUM SPECTION and MEDIATORY CAUTION, which the WIsDOM OF THE PEERS IS TO AFFORD : if the supreme rights of the legislature were lodged in the two houses only, and the King had no negative upon their proceedings, they might be tempted to encroach upon the royal preroga tiVe, or, perhaps, to abolish the kingly o ffi ce ; and there by weaken, if not totally destroy, the strength of the executive power. But the constitutional government of the island is so admirably tempered, and compounded, that nothing can endanger or hurt it, BUT DESTROYING THE EQUILIBRIUM OF POWER BETWEEN ONE BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE REST. For, if ever it should happen, that the independence of ANY ONE of the three should be lost, or that it should become SUBSERVIENT TO THE VIEWS OF THE OTHER TWO, THERE WOULD SOON BE AN END OF OUR CONSTITUTION.,' Again we say to OUr readers, Conservatives and Radicals, meditate upon these truths. Of some things we soon feel satiety, but of philosophi. cal, and, especially, of chemical truth, it is, " as if increase of appetite had grown by what it fed on." We never ex perienced this more fully than on the present occasion, when we have Mr. Hemming for our host, and our opera tive friends for our companions. If we speak with free dom of some of the dishes served up, we are always pre pared to. acknowledge that the entertainment is ample, various, and judicious, and whenever we offer an objec tion it is never in the spirit of complaint. Speaking of the use of "wicks," Mr. Hemming says they consist of a " fibrous material, and contain a great number of pores, up which, by virtue of capillary action, the oil, &c., would rise above the ordinary surface of the fluid in the vessel, to feed the wick." That the ascension of the oil does not depend upon " pores," existing in the "fibrous materials," of which wicks are composed, is evi dent from. the fact of wicks being made of the amianthus, or asbestos, as Mr. Hemming observes, in which no such pores exist; and, if this be disputable, we have the un exceptionable wick of Gordon's lamp, which is made of copper wire ; indeed, pores in the capilli, or fibres of a wick, would rather prevent than assist the ascension of the oil. The fact is, that when fibres are either laid lon gitudinally, close together, or twisted, the small space between them acts as a capillary tube, just as we know to happen when two pieces of glass are brought, in a very acute angle, to touch on one edge of each, and are then immersed in a fluid—the fluid will rise between the pieces of glass, and its upper surface assume the form of a hy perbolic curve. . We are by no means satisfied with the position of Mr. Hemming, that the intensity of light varies with the quantity of carbon consumed. The very case he men tions himself is wholljoigOerse to it, viz., the combustion of oxygen and Irydrogefi'when thrown, in a jet, upon a piece of lime. In this instance there is no carbon, and yet the, light exceeds, in intensity, every, other. Neither do we subscribe to the assertion, that " the quantity of light is in proportion to the carbonic acid formed." Time is a necessary consideration in extending the " quantity of light." A piece of charcoal, at just the temperature of ignition, will furnish as much "carbonic acid" as if exposed to a violent blast of air, or even oxygen gas it self, but the quantity of light, in the one case, will bear no proportion to that in the other. And the only differ ence in the proces'ses is—rapid combustion in one case, and slow combustion in the other. On the subject of evolved carbon, during the combus tion of inflammable substances, we have never seen any thing satisfactdry. It cannot be sublimed, because car bon is not vaporisible, at any temperature. The only way we can understand it is, that an atom of bicarburetted hydrogen, which would require, for complete combustion, five atoms oloxygen (for it is always carbonic acid, and not carbonic oxide that is formed,) meets with but three atoms of oxygen and thence one atom of carbon is cet • free. With regard to the "patent candltstick, — which Mr. DEc. 13, 1836. Hemming "could not procure iu any of the London shops," we beg to say, that twenty-five years ago we were intimately acquainted with a gentleman, to whom the country will ever be under obligations, for the applica tion of parabolic specula to lighthouses, and for other philosophical improVements, who had .upon his table two candlesticks, of which he was the inventor, reclining from the perpendicular about fifteen degrees; and, as he car ried his philosophy into every corner of his house, the lamp in his hall, if I may so call it, had a candle in it si milarly posited. We have, very many times, inclined our own candles, in the same manner, by placing a book under one side of the base of the candlestick; and we beg most distinctly to say, they never needed snuffing, neither did any ash fall sensibly upon the table, and we never saw any "dropping of the tallow." The experi ment is within the reach of any one of our readers, and they should never be content with opinions and authori ties when they can have facts. We have one observa- tion to make upon candles placed as above described. Beside approaching to a sin-umbraism, the projecture of the light over a . book—if reading ;or paper—if writing. very greatly augments its intensity; the ratioheing, as the sines of the angles of incidence ; a single trial will afford demonstration of this. As we have not heard a description of Mr. Hemming's apparatus for burning oxygen and hydrogen in a state of mixture, we cannot form any judgment of it, but, from what we know of the properties of these two gases, we should consider a combustion, under such circumstances, to consist of a succession of minute explosions. But, whatever we may know of the matter, the subject is cer tainly in better hands than ours, and, if safety and sim plicity be the characters of Mr. Hemming's invention, prejudice must, sooner or later, give way. "DIAIINUTION OF CRIME" !—Yesterday, at the Police Office, here were 143 cases hooked to be heard at the Police Office, of which no less than 41 were felonies, ECCLESIASTICAL Cour;Ts.—His Grace the Archbishop of York has been pleased (through special favour) to appoint Mr. George Brown, jun., Supernumerary Proctor of all His Grace's Ecclesiastical Cour6. THE POLICE COURT.—Yesterday Mr. Hall, in hearing a case. in which the defendant was not prepared with evidence, on an application being made to defer the case, laid down a rule that henceforth he wculd never defer any case when the defence was not prepared, as he found very unfa , r advant. - ,ge was taken of his sometimes allowing a case to stand over. MR. HARWOOD JUN.'S BALL. --Mr. Harwood, Jug., gays his first ball at his Father's Rooms, Great Nelson-street, on Tuesday last. A very full and respectable assemblage honoured him with their presence. The guests seemed much pleased with the attention paid to their comforts and entertainment. DEATH OF Ma. Huctins, THE OBEO PLAY/tn.—During .the performance of Miss Kelly on Saturday evening se'nnight, at Manchester, Mr. Hughes was seized with apoplexy in the or chestra. He was conveyed into a room in the theatre and bled by Mr. Smith, Surgeon, who happened to be present. but he expired on Sunday morning. Mr. Hughes was in his 71st year. He served a professional apprenticeship in Liverpo. 1, and soon. after removed to Manchester, where he has exercised his talent for upwards of 50 years. He was much respected by his brother performers, and was' unrivalled in this part of the country for his skill on the oboe. SCICIDE.—On Friday afternoon an inquest was held on the body of a disorderly female named Rose Ann Quigly, who hung herself in her handkerchief, in one of the cells in Vauxhall. Bridewell the afternoon before. She was lodged in Vauxhall Bridewell about two o'clock in the afternoon for being drunk and disorderly in the streets. About three o'ciock the Bride well keeper entered the cell where she had been placed alone, and found her suspended by the neck from the fire-place by het' handkerchief. She was quite dead when he took her down, which was as soon as he found her. The jury found a verdict of fob de se. F I RE.—On Sunday morning, a few minutes afier four o'clock, the policeman in Lord-street, saw a relleethin of light near the shop of Mr. Groom, stationer, and, on examination, finding that the premises were on fire, gave the alarm. Hewitt, super intendent of the engines, with his usual alacrity, was on the spot in three minutes, and in about ten more had the flames ex tinguished. The fire originated in one of the Clarendon-room 4, over Mr. Green's shop, the fire in the grate igniting two strong beams that ran into the wall exactly underneath the heaith stone. Before discovered, the fire had extended over one-half of the floor. M. Urquhart, Mr. Rennie, Mr. Daniel, and other gentlemen gave very useful assistance in removing property. THE RIVAL GAS COMPANIES.-At the Kirkdale petty ses sions, on Friday, Mr. King, the agent of the Liverpool Gas light and Coke Company, appeared before the presiding ma gistrates, Messrs. Rawson and Hopson, to answer to an infor mation laid against the company by Mr. Dalling, the assistant overseer of West Derby, at the instance of the commissioners of highways, for breaking up the highways in Brunswick-road , West Derby. Mr. Sandars appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Itowlandson from the defendant. It appeared that the company had no right by act of Parliament to light the town ship of West Derby, and, the New Liverpool Gas Company had that power. It appeared, however, that the Liverpool Gas Company had entered into a contract with the Liverpool Tottri Council to light the township of West Derby with gas, but that previous to that they had obtained the leave and license of the commissioners of highways to enter that township, and lay their pipes. Mr. Rawson, in giving the decision of the bench, said, that it was quite clear that the board had granted permission for the laying of the mains, and after that it was the most strange thing in the vtorld to complain of the company breaking up the road to put down the connecting branch pipes. The bench dis missed the information. Miss HYSMS' CoNcEßT.—Tbis lady's concert was held on Friday evening last at Templars' Hall, and we are glad to say she had a most crowded room: so much so, indeed, that num bers of the gentlemen had to stand. Miss Hymns sang one or two pretty pieces very tolerably She has what is commonly understood by, a "good voice:" As a public singer, however, she can never rank very high; for though her voice betrays much tutoring it is shrill and devoid of volume of tone. Though her tones are clear and correct as to intonation there is a thin ness about them which ip not like "floating melody." Signor De Val sang exceedingly well a Romenza, and Recitative, and was loudly applauded. He has a fine, manly voice, of much compass, power, and melody. Mr. J. Z. Herrmann played a solo on the violin, by De Beriot, with a fine even and round tone, and with very accurate and rapid execution. Mr. Brown also played a solo well on the flute. We do not like to speak harshly of parties who exert themselves to please and do their best, and therefore we.say nothing of Mr. Dodd. Mr. Webbe presided with his usual ability at the piano-forte. Viettareee Or THE Potice.—On Thursday night as a gen tleman was going home late up Bold-street, he heard a knock ing on the flags, apparently as if some one was walking with an iron-shod stick. In a few moments he was surrounded with three or four policemen who collared him, and asked how he dared to "gammon" them in that way by knocking with his stick. He denied that he had done so, and was immediately told that he was "a mighty great liar," and forthwith he should be booked in Bridewell as a disturber of the peace of the nightly watch. The gentleman, however, strenuously deeied that he was ever guilty of giving a false alarm to "The vigilant police who walk their midnight rounds, Girt with leathern belts, and care of capitols ;" and drew their attention to the same noise which was aglin re peated at a distance before them. Away went the police in hot pursuit, and shortly overtook an ancient cobbler, who was wend ing homewards on rather a serpentine course from some "pro tracted festivities," and who, like 'icor Ben Battle, had " on e toot in the grave," and as be stumped along with his w ood-n . leg, shod with iron, had made that 'wise which had so much ex cited the ire of the vigilant police. The " nightly watch," on finding out the cause, looked ereativ disconcerted, and with chop-fallen looks " blew up" Crispin for making such a clatter, and not soleing his stump. Thump, thump, thump, went Cris" pin's wooden leg as he coolly au led off, telling the " vigilant police" to " let every man mind his own business." SUICInE.—On Friday afternoon an inquest was held before Phillip Finch Currie, Esq., coroner, to inquire into the death of Jane M'Kcnzie, who poisoned herself on Wednesday night , at her house in Trueman-street. From the evidence of the me ther-in-law it appeared that she was in better spirits than usual on Friday night before going to bed, where she went before her husband. Shortly after her husband obtained a candle front witness, and went into his room to bed; early in the morning be shouted out for her. On going into the room she found th e deceased apparently in a dying state, and foaming at the mouth. She gave her some salt and water for an emetic, hut she got worse, and a doctor was sent for. 'She got worse and worse, and died on Thursday morning at ten o'clock. Her son and his wife lived on very good terms together. Joseph INl‘Kenzie, the husband, then deposed that he had a slig+t quarrel on the night that his wife poisoned herself about his "sky-larking' with another female, and he gave her a push. She said, " never mind, it is the last time you shall strike me." In answer to several questions from different jurymen he said he ha 4 ne ver been convicted of felony neither three times nor once. He gave very contradictory answers as to his employment for the last month. He had been working at Bolton nine weeks. H e was not a noted thief there. He had pawned his hat that nig ht for 9d. for some ale, of which he and his wife partook bef ore they went to bed. About four o'clock in the morning he was awoke by her screeching out. He went to the Ninth Disp el] ; sary for a doctor, but they refused to come out at that time et morning. They offered him a pill, and told him if he did not like to take it he might leave it. He then went and obtained the assistance of Mr. Emmet, surgeon. This witness gave very• unsatisfactory evidence. It appeared from the evidence of Mr- Bamber's assistant, a druggist, in Marybone, that the deceasea had purchased a pennyworth of laudanum, about 120 drops, the night she poisoned herself. Mr. Emmet, surgeon, deposed that it was very questionable whether this quantity would prodtlee death. It might under certain circumstances. Mr. Ernrilet then stated that he had opened the stomach of the deceased, and found the presence of laudanum, but the quantity was uncer tain. Ile opened the head, and found the brain in a natura l state. The jury found a verdict, that the deceased came by her death from taking laudanum while in a fit of insanity. BANQUET To SIR ROBERT PEEL—We understand that 0 0 Wednesday, at a meeting of a committee of management, Mr. David Hamilton's desi gns of the pavilion were submitted to th e meeting, and unanimou s ly a p prove d o f . Th e d es i gn s way worthy of that gentleman's eminent professional reputa tion, displaying as. they do a beautiful combination of architee; tural elegance and provision for the most safe and corefortabl. accommodation. We have been informed that Sir Robert wty in all likelihood, during his visit, sojourn under the hospitalee roof of Blythswood House; but from private information re ceived in town, it is understood that Lady Peel will not accom pany Sir Robert to Scotland. In consequence of this the cellr. mittee are likely to come to the resolution of dispensing with galleries for the ladies, an alteration in their are every proposed pl_sn which will enable them to accommodate 3000 persons. Alread.!. however, 2800 applications hate been entered on the books of the secretary. A sub-committee has been appointed t o tak un timates from tradesmen for the erection of the pavilion,, eve d_ e _ r i contract fur its completion by the first of January• their distinguished noblemen in the country have intimated magnificent coefujtoitnbianug meetthe mano ww whom e their ve i r i y o t r rn iig ic ,te e . t L h o ne d i o n u g joßurrintioshlsshuabvjeecitumtiteusatteddeltihgehitrtiontheountomupr.of rSeopnoiretitotigt.,!.,hle: proceedings; and we believe between thirty apd forty tick' will be reserved for the press. The committee are unrenai .3 ; in their labours, and bid fair to bring matters in an 'issue , honourable to themselves and the country at laro.---Yr_ ' Guardian. . `N ~