The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-27 00:00:00

nEe. 1536. nts§to secure that limit is manifested by ministers. We think they have, in some degree, proceeded undetected in this design; and in proof of this, were we to ask almost any one under what government we live, we should receive for answer—" A mixed government of X itig . , Lords, and Commons." This answer would also hav e been given a century ago; but do the same words' convey the same sense? We ale now a practical demo - - el 'acY, mixed up with some aristocratic and monatchical remains —sufficient, however, we think, if the country continue firm, to regenerate - the constitution. But, as We have before us the lamentable fact, that even the t he Rouse of Lords,. in which is lodged "that circuit, sPeclion and mediatory cant ion which the wisdom of the Peers afford," permitted the Reform - B:11 to pass as know stands, sod' become part of the law of the land, so we may fear worse issues; for assuredly .they never so com mitted themselves as when they suffered that floodgate of national insubordination to be lifted up. Such is the Uncertainty pervading England respecting the state of the belligerents in Spain, and the unquiet in Portugal, that if any one could be transported thither, andbe placed in'the midst of the scene of action, we be lieve he would field the condition of affairs, in both coon tries, so little to accoui with our "foreign intelligence," and " titivate corresVondence," 'that he would •hardly know whether to ascribe the whole to the work of ima Rination, or . to the crude reports of-casual conversation. In some of our metropolitan covitemporaries, this or directly lying spirit, hailv 7 .en justly exposed. But, Whilst We declare the little confidence that can be placed in such rumours of foreign affairs, especially as regards the minuter eircumstantials of events, yet there may be colleCted sufficient information from them upon which to ground most important reflections, and from Which to draw most interesting inferences. If the wri ters do not know, and, therefore, cannot tell, correctly, the movements of any one party, yet they cannot be mis taken as to the existence of intestine commotion—if the speec of a camp cotirtc . cannot reach their ears; the March of an army through the town in which they live cannot escape their eyes: of one thin., therefore, we are certain. Civil war,' and, with it, civil insubordination, and all its gloomy train of concomitant evils, prevail ,there. We need make no demands upon imagination to Picture the horrors of such a condition. Towns and vil lakes subject : to midnight surprise—trade and mercantile imercotirse suspended—agricultural labour heartlessly Performed, fatii the dread of frustration by the hand of War, or the uncertainty, whether he who sows the grain Will reap the crop—injuries inflicted, and wrongs tole rated, without provoking the sword of justice—property of every kind insecure—a universal jeopardy of the next event—no one knowing " what a day may bring Nrth" --horn the highest to the lowest, care and consternation impressed on every countenance—the appearance of the soldier and not the citizen, or the citizen called to be a soldier, in their streets—imparting a martial character to every scene—and " the spirit-stirring drum, and ear .piercing fife, and all the din and circumstance of war"— . proclaim the unhappy fate of those self-devoted coun tries. There is another conclusion of equal moment, and no less certain, than that at which we have just arri‘ed— af forded by our " foreign intelligence," vague and contra dictory as it is—that the contending powers are so nearly eqnal, in all the requisites of war, that any conflict "be tween theta seems to be determined by P (mut adventitious circumstance. Victory gives no ascendancy of power, and defeat only shifts the. ground of snuggle; and, hence, the only prospect of peace rests on the exhaustion of the means of protracting war ; for whilst Mete is any thing to be gained by contest, or to be sacrificed, that is prized, the rage of hostility %%ill continue unabated. Surely, if there he any, scourge more• terrible than all others, it is the scourge of civil war. But whilst we deplore the. miseries which protract 'd intestine fury must, eventually, occ.tsion to the countries expose(l, to it, are we unconcerned spectators of the atene Can one kingdom be kept in such a state t:f warlike agitation, 7 for any length of time, and others, connected with it by a thousand ties, receive no terror ? Is there any political disease more contagious than that Cq"vil insubordination ?—any cause that sooner unites 4he il'"sfected me - others of a state than rebellion ?—any trore readily undertaken, or more vigorously, prosect.ted, ll•At t that of which a crown is the reward, or the subvet ; 0 6 of a constitution is the end'? It was such consideratim thes e that raised Europe to arms at the French revolutit, ; anti *1 the present struggle he some what murderously - , tiguinarv„anti regicidal, it is not less fatal, as an example, ► that order mid good government 4 1" . hicktilehaPPin" 7 -4 , f every ctuntry depent To England especially s tf `it a scene is full of the deep est interest. Imbecility in lis t goyeminent, and rebel lion in one division of the empr.. e —a large and reckless faction in array against the Lris-,cracv of the land—p ministry notoriously ungraciOns to Ow Sovereign—all conspire to awaken feillingsfif intel'ose concern for the issue of the strugglein Spain i'and France even more to dread from that issue, if it should prove po pular, than ourselves. ' • We know him - delicate a qUestion we are approaching. Though we reprobate, as strongly as the firmest republi- can himself, the interference of nations in the internal policy of each other, we still think there . May arise a state of anarchy, and cruet blood-shedding, in one country, which may justify - the council, and if that he despised, the restraining hand of another. All Europe thought so less than fifty yeata ago. However the flippant tongue of radical perversion may contort this into foreign aggres sion and - -military tyranny.. we see no difficulty in obvi ating those fearful consecpiencesfrom such interference. • Cana nation, they will petulantly exclaim, not settle its own disputes witliont foreign arbiters ?- We reply, ask Spain. If countries frowning horrible war at each other, can, and, frequently are reconciled to friendship, by the arhitrationrof a' disinterested part v, why should ► o a . . kingdom, falling by its-own hand, be moderated by the • , -- - same interposition in its desperate designs? Some, ie r - haps, will tell us, that national interference would only be the prelude to general war; but, surely, countries which are seeking an occasion to commence hostilities-, need not wait - for such a- pretext. If a man sees his fellows furiously attempting each - other's destruction,:s it not his duty to interpose, and endeavour to - set them "at one, "'again•;"---rir, if this be - ,fruitles9,.then whO' is injured against "him who did the wrong ?" , We think, with some modification, the principle is applicable to `- states; and applicable, without endangering the question. of national independence—.--or even the right of a people to modify; or change, the character of its government, - In the lecture .of Mr. Hemming, to. which our atten tion is now drawn, we find very little that requites com ment. It chiefly consist; of historical details and mecha nical operations, with which chemistry has little connex ion. Though highly interesting, they form a distinct branch of incrity ; and much that is heard in the lecture Toom mint be'read over again in the study, by those who wish to remember so many isolated facts. According to Dr. Watson, when the silver in galena (toes not amount to nine ounces in the - ton, it is not worth extracting; but since immense quantities of lead - are re quired in a state of oxide, for the manufactuie of gl:wz, ands, great variety of other chemical uses, it is some times prepared, simultaneously with the extraction of the silver, in, the state of lit harge ; indeed the presence of silver, or antimony, or even copper, renders the lead hard, and less valuThle for many purposes; so that the previous extraction of the siker, and the subsecpient re duction of the lead, produces. a better article. That the copper is not always extracted, may he easily ascertained by pnttine a portion - of the litharge into cater, with a small piece of muriate of ammonia, (sal-ammoniac,) which will so on assume a blue tint, as we have repeat. edly !wen. - We are very much disposed to - question the truth of the assertion of Mr. H., that . silver "combines very freelt• with the sulphitrof gulphttretted h}•drogen," though we . . are aware or Berth('lieu's affirmation ; for Proust ex pro.Nl r says of merenry, that "when it is agitated in a - - aohition of a cplpilrlonn hydronulphurot, no el'a-n.«. in - 1 1 "4- 1 MI, liyort the metal ;" but Wlien it is " agifsted with a hydroguretted sulph4ret, it forms. a black sulphnret." All this is quite explicable upon che mical princ 7 ples; but how, we ask, can a metal decrnn pose - a hydrosulphuret ? pule hydrogen evolved? W, never heard of such a case. A metallic oxide may ac' upon a hydrosulphoret, because. that case, water is formed from the union of the oxygen - Ind hydrogen. It is most probable that the sulphur Which tarnishes silver is produced by a very complex operation, which we will endeavonr to explain. Sulphuretted shi-droger, long exposed to an atmosphere containing oxygen gas, would be decomposed, and form, first, sulphurous, and, secondly, sulphuric arid; but the change antecedent to these is very ramarkable. To un derstand this, suppose we have two atoms of sulphur,.t. Ted hydrogen gas ; when one of these atoms is.decom ptsed, so as to form an atom _of vapour and an atom of sulphnrous acid gas, there immediately results an action between the atom of sulphurous acid, and the remain ing atom of sulphmetted hydrogen gas; another atom of vapour is formed, and two atoms of sulphur are pre cipitated—probably in the stale of hydrate—this is the sulphur which combines with the silver. We must not understand Mr. H. to mean, that ni trate of silver" - ls employed as a dye, because " it is cut ployed in d, ring variolis sub Stances black." His exem plification, however, sufficiently restricts his meaning ; and Vklien he speaks, of its use as a " caustic, for the-pur pose of arresting the progress of local inflammation," we beg to say,thatit performs, in that instance, more of the .officesof a catnitie• it forms an eschar over the inflamed part, (as in erysipelas) and, when " adherent," stops the progreSs of 'inflammation: To Mr. Higginbottom the medical world is indebted for this valuable medico-chi rurgical remedy—t gentleman whom we know—a man of patient research and great practical experience. The application of nitrate of silver to blacken the hair, and the ludicrous circumstance mentioned by Mr. brought to our recollection a picture that might well pair with it. •Wlten we' Were eating our terms at Lincoln's getialtamatione of our gnat tior, whose locks na,. ture wished to be silvery, but not with nitrate of silver, had, it • appears, just - undergone the meladic dressing. An unfortunate ray of the suit, as if to be revenged. for this usurpation of colouring dominion, •darted fiercely among his cOrOnal ; it Into:he:1 like logwood, and with the transparency of amber. Some stared, as if he was about to suffer spontaneous combustion ; others ex pected to see trim instantly turn black, and die ; a few laughed right. out ; but he—for " the eye sees not itself but by refl.-ctiou front smite other thine —unconsciously ate his dinner, and (frank Ins wine, and walked out of the hall, quite tinconscionS of how much fear :and fun he had been the source—an Adonis in his own imagination. We beg, therefore, tir'advertise gray headed children, that the hair does not turn black at once, especially if not just previously; Wat'died with soap and water. Mr Dnnally, of the Liverpool police, has been appointed superintendent of the police at Bootle. We understand - , that Mr. James Walker. the celebrated engineer, is now in Liverpool, at the instance of the Corpora tion. to survey - nod report upon ihe plan proposed by Captain Denh im, of running a wall front Garston to the Potteiies. THE New CuTotu-HoUsE.—The Northern portico of this splendid buidling has just been comp'eted, and will have a vet V fine effect when viewed fiom South Castle-sheet, as soon as the aiteiations in pit webs ate eampleit d. The tit rne will he proceeded with immediately. Vire undeistand that the edifice ALI be completely finished and opened far public business about the mofith of May next. M it. E. BitowN'd CoNcEnT.—We beg to rewind our friends that this concert %%1.1 take place TO-morrow evenii.W. The eminent talents p . aced requisitb.n for the occasion, and the variety of the entertainment s announced, will, we have no doubt, ensure a good atteidlatice.— See advertisement THE SHIPPING-UAZETTE.— We request the attention of the c oo l it interests of Liverpool to the advertisement of the .h; r pi a y Gazette in ininitier column. This excellent paper we are glad to cilisitter as now tirinl% estaolished ; unit we wish it that extended sil l port which it deserves from the great ability displayed in HA tiotIDIgVIIIPIII, • All WOOD'S BALL—Mr. iiarwmars sixth ball will take place at his rooms in Gi eat Nelson-st trot, on Tuesday !text From the' exce , lent - arrangements that have hitherto been made at tii , tse RUtteel dairminiex. ae may anticipate that his gw•sts will haven pleasant evening. THE CAB INET of MoneuN ART AND LITERARY SOUVENIR. —We have been delighted with this excriisite collection of !ems. The style and execidinui of the work is admiral), throughout. The literary alticles rank it fat above most of its competitors, while the plates are iif the in•.st perfect and etaho ate character. We shall endeavour hereafter to etomietate more iitdelail stew tit. the beau'ies of this eleigant volidne. C A aj : IN, r of farmers and othftr persons nom the cumin), were. on Saturday, fined in in.ualties vat . ) ing from 2s. tid. to 151. and - costs, for leaving eatts in the street without some person being with them ; for riding on their t ar - s without wi ns; for tiegiiaent diivitig. and Oilier I.:twilit' . offvuees. The c‘isti;, we nia‘• t mark, in cases where the informations are laid against persons residing out of the tow u, are neatly double in am.nut to those within the borough. • • Susci.c'rEn llonato: V.—At the Police-office. on Ft iday, Francis Nukes.. Jane Walker, and ll,se Baxennale, were brought up oil suspicion of hio.icg been concerniqk in some robber) winch is supposed to to we la k i b o p i a " l a t e ly . it , or about the neighbotnicaoi of Winte-hapel. It appear, that. a day .+r two ago, the plisoners went 'btu the 4 01 , of M r . NI , - draper, to Pinice's-streei, anit.dieLed in pay went Wl*. goods which they I arehatitql, a Lilt Bank o f Kurland '.Chet' hail ,utis 90 ntiy .13,1 ed a g old Wa „.h for pletig., at the shop e,t a patrulii otter, who, suspt- el mg that t had been stolen, hit caus , ol them to be taken into custody. note anti watch are now Police-office, until a clait, au t ran b e ilis coveted. The prisonet a ale remanded until mine positive evi dence ot 'their guilt canteitrought forward. LIVER THEATRE.—This elegant little theatre opined fo season last evening. The performances conimenreil with the national anthem, sung by Mi;s. Raymond riint Mr s. Daly, awl ._the rest of the ebrps dritotatiqae. The tiro piece introduced Mr - . Dale to the notice of a Liverpool audienet in the charac ter o f Will Ir atlerley, in a piece called "Fatalfie%enge." Mrs. • Raymond, Mr. W. J. Hammond, and Mr. Mel• Hie were se verally warmly welcomed on their appearance. Tk e house was very • we ll a ; tended, the pit being full, and the ga l ctowded to overflowing. W e understand that some attractive ooteeli.s ' are shortly to be produ,-it, and that the campaign is to • vied on with unusual vigour. • AFFLICTING SuicinE.—Qn Tuesday morning last, a iti i n named Henry formerly gaidener for ni .ny years in th, garden in Faulkner-square, 111 , 1 who was dismissed by the new' Town Consult, was found suspeniied in his daughter's heil-room by his nevi:rockier, and was quite dead. Au inquest was held „„ t h e body qui Wednesday afternoon before P. F. Cuiry. when it appeared from the evidence of Jane J•.nes. his wife, th a t the deceased hail been dismissed from his emplo% mew at the gardens in May last, and had eves since exhibited signs of Ott .Monday night he came home at rather a late hour, was very much in liquor. and had some muds with his wife, after which he went tip stairs, and locked liinise:f up in his thoighteli's hed•tonm His wife and daughter went to heil toge ther, not 111610 . 6 g that anything would - happen to the deceased. In the InOttiltlg however, as they could not open the 'hair, they became alarmed. The door was at length burst Open, and the ileceaFed was round quite dead, with one end of his neckerchief tied n aind -Lis neck, and the whereind tied to a nail in the wall. 'lke juts - returned a vetrlict, that the deceased had strangled himself Wbilst in a state of mental derangement: THE MAOISTIt ACY •OF LANCASHIRIL—By a parliatnertary return" of 'all - Pei-ons appoilHed to act as justices of the peace ip each auti,e.v . ery count). in England and Wales," a hich has just been printed. ae find that the number of magistr i ntes ap pointed trim. , as justices in and for the county palatine Or Lan vaster is . 5i9. or allow, however, neatly . 191) noldemen and gentlemen ate included in the commission, from courtesy or in emisequ ein t e irf then - haring stone entinexitin with the duchy or frets smile branches of the rtaliilies of a limn th e y are respectively the heads. holding possessions in the cionity. It may not begMurralic known that. the three royal nukes (their higli..,eSs'eg of Cthiiherland, Sussex. and Canibridge) are in the cominissitin the . nPace for this ceunt ;so are the archloshops Cittiterbury and Y , ork the hishops Londim anti Chester Arts:4l6lK Nleiliotit tie "treasurer of his IM:ijesty's Exchequer Ilarquis Lansdowne. president of the conucil; anti Lord D•in eaution keeperof the privy seal. Bepides the dignitaries tacit tinned. three are in tire einninission no fu-,i'er than 13 dukes, ll) mat quises.'976.segiont s. 3-1 earth, 36 - barons (including the: law :ord.) 56.i : ig hi hon. baronets. knights. and gentlemen, incitstfirg many tnemin•r: of the privy council. severa, of the judges, king's counsel &c.. 9 kit ghts (judges.) 9 baronets. and fi knights, in cluding the late atrnrneys general for the comity palatine. There,. 44e Ws.. in the cominnotion, F raor i s L u dl o w tj o tt, Esq he' vice-chatieellili of the county paint i Russell,- Esq., theattorney-getteralof the duchy ; and David Francis A icherlev, H.Q., fir rjeant . ....at-lax. and attorney-getieta! and sergeant of the Lancaster. 'l'he remainder of the fist con sist Frrthe. Most p tit of gentlemen lositient in tile county, and of 45 clerg,ruen of this anti the height ttttt ring counties. lil.Axt NI A SoNle PHOCFSSION AT VA OH INGTON.—The (Pre mom of lasing the ke)-stotte a the new bridge erected dyer he river Mersey, at Warrington, tr e k place on Thitrolav, and was at com.nrinied with a most splendid display - Alt int ten "'blot k a rust concourse of people it id assentldrd in the 'Matket place. where it aas fixed thy' procession sh-tild he l'innied. Soon after that, period the different parties met, and the procession, i s soon as the necessary arrangements were c plete. proceed • ed. On the 'arrival of the party , at the bridge, they took -the stations allotted to them. and .1 Drinkwatcr. Erg , on taking his station near the key-stone. was presented with a silver trowel' and rement. A glass box was then pr.:treed, con taining. the ctartent coins of the realm, the lid of which was cemented nun Hurl deposited in a cavity of the stone. A times plate w -s 'played over it, bearing the following inscription, "This kev•stone, of the centre aryl, a this Midge etas Laid h s Groll , e Nit S , Hikie, Esq., Dec '6.18.33." 'I be Rev. Joseph Weight. inister of St. James's. Latchford,. then. offered up a prayer to the great Architect of thr untret se, that he a enab'e then, to 6:jot the atirk Heil had heen undertaken for the advantage of the town of Warrington. Thiee ffirprt. th..” poured some corn, anti oil. and wine on the stone; after which the reverend gentleman again praYed to the same all-lattinteous Being for the future prosperity rtLltti town of Warrington, and that he wonld be pleased to grant its inhabitants abutdonce of cum. oil. and aim. to the latest posterity. An . appropriate •prech was then deli vered h% briehei Btillough, after ahich three cheers were given. and Mr. Stulihs's hand, which was in attendance. chuck up •' God pave th... Ki ng " Th e p roness it n I e'tirilini in the same order as - it ;wive,' to the parish eliorch, a here an est ellent sto rmy') was preached by the Bev. T. V. Boyne. The different . societies then separated. and 'in the cuurse of the afternoon `dined at their variuus weetiup: n, • • THL LIVERPOOL STANDARD TO , THE TRADESMEN OF GREAT EIittAIN'AND IRELAND'. FELLOW CouNTnymEN,—At the present eventful period, when society it in a state of transition, _and he mita:twist principles of good and evil are straggling for ascendancy—when experi ments not merely of a questiOnable bit a d tugerous nature a.e made upon our national institutions by rulers who b:tsely sub init to coercion from men devoid of political, and in many cases 'if moral, principle—when, under the specious name of reform, changes are sought to be introduced which have, in all nations where such experiments have succeeded, been the prec irsors of Anarchy and despotism—when, under the covert pretext -or or- genic change, the independence of the upper house, and with it the happy equilibrium of the British constitution. is sought to be lest royed the 'chuieb of our forefathers is assailed by a • motley array of Papists, Socinians, In Adele, and others, wit ire th?uselves disagreed upon all poet s except that of her de struction—when the throne itself is safe only till the period when its strongest bulwarks are removed, and until it can he attacked with greater a ifety and certainty—we, the Conservative crivie— men of Liverpool, deem it to be our duty, as we feel it to 1)P trio' pit ilege, to call upon yon, our Fellow T.-adesmen throughout the empire, to form yourselves into Local Conservative Asso ciations, that we may. be united in one sacred band, determined to resist the further progress revolutionary measures, and to stand firmly by that constitution which has been the slow but sure growth of ages, and which we believe to be the greatest preservative of civil and religious liberty that any nation has been privileged to enjoy. Rejoicing as we do over the growth of national intelligence— of commercial enterprise—of, extended knowledge in the arts and sciences—and of the characteristic iudiistry of our country, and freely admitting that, by the lapse of ages, errors and abuses may have crept into our institutions, we are not oppoSed to safe and constitutional remedies which have.. been rendered actually necessary by the changes that have been wrought in the structure of society, but we cannot close our eyes to the fact, that many of those who advocate reform secretly mean . destruction; that their desire is the extension of republican principleS, and the introduction of systems repugnant. to the wishes of the Majority of the property and intelligence of the land, opposed to all subordination, and totally incompaphle, with the security of inimarehival institutions. • • • Niany iiinongst us have risen from the class of labouring me. chattics, have been protected in courses4.industry, anti have enjoyed the blessings which the equal laws of Great Britain offi.r to all; and our associations and stations in life "give us abundant opportunity of noting the proi..7less of public opinion. A stilton') act of the legislature having invested us with elec tive ptivileg,es, has virtually placed in our hands, hmu speaking, the present welfare and the future happiness t..misery of our country. With the plivilege of franchise is connected the responsibility of employing it . aright ; anti, forming, as we do, the connecting link between the rich and the poor, we are accountable to God, to our country, and to posterity, for the use we make of the power with which w,e have been invested. Disguiseit as we mas, it is an assured fact that popery is pre dominant in the councils of the nation—that a popish faction Ireland now usuim - the authority of the executive. without ereu the acknowledgment of restionsinility; and that as hug as par= ties are so evenly balanced that a few votes will cause either to prepoaderate, the ministry of the day must ever be at the mercy of popish influence, and must concede their demands,' howevi r outr.igeous, or resign the helm into other hands, to be similarly dealt with. When, however, it is the misfortune of toe country that men utterly devoid of principle are in possession of the reins of government, whose latitmlinarianisin and flexibility are as expansive as the demands of scepticism and sedition are in sulting and treasonable, and when we look in vain amongst the majo,ity of our rulers for that uncompromising, rectitude. of principle which anim ded our firefathers in times of public : danger, we feel that the period has arrived when nentrality,is unpardonahle,_ and when it is our duty to associate ourselves to gether, determined, With the help of Providence, to resist the destructive principles now afloat, and to j.,in heat t and hand for the preservation of all we hold dear..., We believe that unless a res. ute stand be made by the middle classes of society, in de. fence of the British constitution, that it must full, and ait h=it he extingoisheit a greater measure of national freedom tb.au any people have yet eujoyed. Religion is now deemed a point of little consequence in civil government, instead of being regarded as the great spring of men ' s actions and determinations; and our rules both general and local, now advocate the doctrine that any religion or no religion shell not disqualify a man flour places of public mist. 'l3tit the spurious notion' of general beni-voience, hoe - ever specious iu theory, is a meagre substitute for the valuable realities resulting from that religious principle which is founded on set iptural ttuth, and which we trust is yet deeply rooted in the affections. of the British people. We assert that the genuine spirit of protestantism which repudiates all conueetion with po i et %, and which stands aloof . fromlatitudinartanism both in civil anal religious matters, must be revive] amongst tip, and those men, no matter what the denomination, who can make comoion cause with the enemies of our church and countr y roust be removed from places of public trust and be Made to feel the w-ight of general and viatuous indignation. It is time that the membets of the established churches should learn to dist itwnish their friends fauna their foes, and be. tweet) those o ho openly :avow their desile for their destruction, and those who are servilely found in the tanks of their enemies, ve; hypocritically wearing their livery, and answering to ale muster roll of their soldiers. NVe think that the Conservative press has been too long neg et.ted. and has nut ,ret•rived that support a hit h its itopor tanee demands. It is a lameotable fact that numberless Con servatives support the radical and revolutionary journals to the neglect of their own, and thus assist in the dissemit.ation of moral poison throughout the land. The advertisements and circulation of these papers is thus increased by Conservative support, whilst our opponents, with more consistency, but !ess liberality, are rarely found supporting journals in opposition to their political opinions. .. • The press is a great moral engine, which has done and w i ll yet do more for the propagation of conservative principles than any other means. We call upon you, therefore, to supputt - it in every possible way. _ _ _ It is our f ei ven t wish that you should form conservative associations in ever• town, that each loyal tradesman may know his fellow—may have a rallying point —may be enaned to attend in h , ,dies at public meeting., and Cu) be 'early to support each other, and to coalesce %%jilt other towns and counties in the maintenance of conservative principles. Retnembering that unopposed minorities have in a•l Colintries precipitated revolutions, and that tie agitations of restless demagogues, when tamely submitted to, have aluaYs ended in bloodshed, anarchy, and at last military despotism. iPt (Is derive It sinus of wisdom from the records of history; let us declare Inialy for God and our country; let us use ail the means and inflthnce which Providence has placed at our disposal, w ith faithfu!ness. energy, and since►ity,.and then leave the issue in lii haul who rules the destinies of nations. EDWARD BYFORD, Secretary. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT. W i t hefore the sittinez On Friday last an 'nformation was ma gistrates against the proprietor of an omnibus which runs ;lady between Live' pool. Wattle, and CrOsh%, fiir earning a gaeate - r number of passengers than the law allowed. The informer in this case was a person of the name of Wood, a solicitor, we be lieve, and said to he a very resvectable pet son, who lives some where on the road traversed. The case was to ly proved, b u t unoet cif comstances churl, justified the inagisttatcs in emote ing only the mitigated penalty of £5. The oprietor 'eit the omnibus was driving at the time, and the exile' passengers'Con- Fisted or the coachman, his daughter, and ► female, who' was taken up on the toad. The inconvenience was cheerfolly' s n,- taineei by most of the gentlemen present. who.were. very 'tam rally, tin, illing to leave a female to wait the whir's distance unprOte,l,4l. Bit the humanity of the infiertnet Was moved, and he ordered the earl to stop, professedly to relieve the horses, but in reality to take an exile I account or the number of passen get s. We ar e n o advocates for the: violation of the •'l4w, 'and' ate at all times averse to the ovei wit king Of animals; •lturvre End in this Case those mitigating circumstances wlciOt t o r o u g h i n cvonuation of the offence& We must. howeiiers-do just es to the humane feelings of the informer io Irtan the omnibus. and we have no doubt if he wou!d make it his usual p r actice to travel on foot, the pr , ptietors of the immeritus vehicles on the road would foil intinilety obliged to littO;lts the presence of an hammer is not ver% pleasant at any time. " We might indulge in a little mirth at the attacks made by our lifi e -• ra t s upon pol.lieans. car-drivers, &A.. loft le;st our confi•mporai iNs should accuse of omkinee this also a polit lea; question: we shall e,otent ourselves by expiessing our gratifii atom that the iten ttemttit innur.stion was trot a conservative. A very curious note has been put into our hands, lint we .decline publishing it, as it might sot jest us to some inconvenience. Strange thiogs are coming to pass every day, and the opinions of oUr liberals are in fluenced by the political character; but we are foolish enough to entertain the opinion, that an in fiamer is tint a eery respee4a his man. liSesssiiy ma• plead some excuse—the 'Eifel' of - re ward may tempt a poor man—an , the hope e , f ievettgeMia% de• termitic others; lan in the case of a respectable man we no other excuse than the one urged in !hist ase-11UNI AN I'l Y. Oh dear! The humanity of a Whig !!I \See the poor law bill. But that affects men, not horses: The subscription for raising a statue to the Duke of Welling ton, near the new London Bridge, amounts at present to up wards of 1:5(.00. THE !nom TnAnE.--,We are sorry to bear that. the reaction in the demand for iron. though such an event might reasonably have been expected, has reachad South WHIPS, and that the irontuastros have been compelled to "blow tbe.phra.e is, a certain 'mintier of their furnaces. NI hen, however, w•e • l oo k at the ti.t of notices extiaeted front the ‘atious provincial pa pets, of bills for railroads intended to be solicited m the en -• suing session of parliament. we cannot but believe that the IMMO inn of orders is but tt•mp(oats. and that the etisuieg wit restore the furnaces to t hetr full racti% ity . The de 'mud for iron it) America being simultaneous with that for home consumption. has tended to keep up the price to a point heyiiol that which it iaight to maintain, and the railroad makers „r the Utiiteu .States are wise enough to hang back, until prices will be accepted; ot , in default of this, to look at home for a supply. It is alsoa subject of omen coriswation that Ibe railroad from Cardiff to Merthyr, and oihers in the neigh bourhood, will afford simple employment for all Ibe labourers who may be deprived 01 teotk the teccnt detettnioatiin et 'he itimmasters to " blow out" s 11111 e tic their Air-paces; even if our anticipations of a deuland for iron should not no re alized.—Merthyr Guardian. 11-R.4/01 - t4IIEYWORTH AND EVERTON AND KIRKDNLE WARD. EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ' Si am d:dighted to .find the 'tawnier in which the resi bnos of this ward are taking up the cowardly attack made itely upon Mr. lieyworth, their conservative representative. 1 do not know where a gentleman could be found, who could nave so efficiently represented this s‘ard in the council, as Mr. flev wort h has done; indeed, it was my conviction , when he w as first brought forward as a candid ite, to it he was the most fit. luappears there were dillimitties in the wa! , W. the time—dif tl,2lllties n it at ising from there being any object ions in the minds (.1 tint conser,ative electors of the ward to him; or, indeed, In the minds or those aho were opp iseal to him ttl poltics—for i is taeintrkaWe fact, that a very respectaWe gentleman of that party, Mr. John M't;ets , ge --one who had grown gray in the service—the hard service of whig,:ery —for truly, a hard service 'tt is, attended the inessino at wti , n M. iley worth was proposed, and voluntarily, unsolicited, and, L need scarcely unexpectedly catne forward and expressed his great re s.pect for that gentleman, arising front a long acquaintance with character. and his convict itui of his fitness to represent the yard in the Town Council. Nay, such is the esteem in which se is held try men of all parties. tnat at our waid dinner—that :nemorable dinner—at which the speech was Made, which has set oar liberal ti ienis in the council by the earsi, that we were iavoured by the company of the radical assessor of the ward. nip difficuities were not with the electors of the ward, for he hid long resided in the neighbourhood, was well known and tini e h respected, both by the rich and by the poor, (to whom his general benevolence is a matter of notoriety.) The difficulties were in the objection of Mr. Heyworth's own mina; and, flom the known character of the in rjority•of that council, their con duct in general, and their conduct in p s irticular on a late oc casitiL, a notion may be formed of some of them; he had a strong objection to go into the council, and he would not have couseuted to have gone, if he had not, noleni coleus been forced there. I do not wish to disparage the services of other conservative gentlemen in the council. for what—as Nlr. Heyworth observed -at our ward dinner—could they do? A small minority, against the cabals of the tyrant majority arrayed against them; tint I cannot, in justice to the man of our choice but say, they have done - much, but he has d me more; awl, at the next municipal election, in our selection of the candid ite for our ward, I hope we May be as fortunate as we were at the last•—that we-may hit upon a gem bemoan of the same firm determinatiou, unflinching integrity, and uncompromising principles. In the first refortnel (?) council, the number of conservative members was small indeed; it is still small, but I hope. at the nex election it will awed out, to be equal, if not suprior to that of our opponents; that i n4l little baud utas go 011 increasing, until it becomes a large contnany; and if an ichi•lon to holy _writ is'not etrit of place—" That - like the cloud no higeer than a man's hand," it tuayswell out and extend itself, giving tokens of ,amalitailitance of greet rain. tjitherto 'the harmony of that most inharmonious body—the T e ma Conncii—had been unbroken, except, indeed. by their Own paittY . j,a,tiosies, their petty intrigues, confitetiug inter tests, anit''.the earpittes of theiratiseppointed expectants ; but now, when the property and intelligence of the town is begin ning to be represented—when they are reflected there_ by gen tlemen who are not from their necessities liable to temptation, Or, •froni their education and standing in society, likely to ." dodge and 'sitter in the shais of meanness:" they feel un easepi suspicious, and spiteful. Whether they are false y alarmed. or groundlessly afraid, I knew hot but as ail man kind are liable to err, and most require to he kept it) check. when they have 'matey and patronage. largely; at their dis posal • so I think that the most ardent admirer of radicalism aid tAnit, the possibility—mind I do not the pror.abilit y —of their going a little asttay, in the absence of some wholesome stontriful. Ner wonder that the feelings of the peapkOrie..ds shnuid be wounded, when they -were told that they had used the power and patronage committed to them, in trust, for the general gesoil—they who had all their lives tong believed, or wished to make others believe—that they wouid be pure and um orrupt in all their dea:ings in public matters', that they would not only Hot lavish their lav ter. upon their relations, personal friends, but that they won d equally pass by their po [twat adherents; I sly, no wonder that they should be annoyed when they wet e told that they hid nut only put their own relations, personal friends, and political sorbet emits into places, but they had turned out the old servants of the public,—whose only fault was fleet they were tories—to make toren for them: and that, when pl. rei-s could not be found--either from the voluntary resigna tion of seine, who knew that if they remained. these places ‘ , Oll II be made too hot for them, or from the compulsory dis charge of others—Wares wete actually made. It w uld he too much to expect from the party—that in famous party—who had framed that most infamous enactment of the pour-law bill—to l' , ltrtilliSPl ate the feelings lit old peuple, when they were thus abruptly sent away from the plate's they Were attached to from their youth, and in which they. from custom, supposed they had a life interest—or the actual misery that woutci be lireught upon some, by not being able to earn their living in any other way; far every one knows the diffi culty that persons who have been brought up in public uffices,' iu g titling their lir:elite...ft in any other way. True it is, not mairv—ttianks to the [louse of Lords, whir had a sort of pro phetic knowledge of what the treatment of such persons would he—have been thus left desolate, but some have; and these that were' not have become a burthen —not upon the private re sources of these who were time unworthily making provision fn their friendS=but mein the pilblec ; men who for many years weenie have been able and tviiling to serve them. Anil have the public been benefited by those changes? Have tho.e per sour who have been substituted iaarnts superior to th se wh have be-n retrieved? Certeinly not. We ch tbenge cutup I risans, (cei n earisous are odious, as the continent proverir has it, and in this in.-twice, no doubt, particulaily edifies t o In t , Town Council, ) yet, note ithstanding their—let tithe , s ju tge whether the: are honest —prejudices—we most institwe couparisotis Is the tiffice ut Town-clerk better filled by Mr. Radcliffe than it wus fey Mr. Foster ? is the offi,-e of Treasurer better _Weed by Mr. Wybergh than it were by Mr. Case ? Is the effiee tit .'s , ifrvey'•r better fi lest by Mr. Franklin than it was i.y Mr. John Posts r ?. Is not the answer plain to any mail eff common ststose ; and the reason nevi els wily !hes , ' l'l,lll,tes were made e. that the I:ilk:11s iniuht get places for their trietids, and is not Mr. Theories Sinirh correct in saying,. " that we have a mort gaged council," that they ate pledged up to the chiu in promises to their !milieu ters. It is an unpleasant thing, it is a hard thing to be placed as Mr. ritnes [jet worth is ill the Town Council, to have to-fight, almost singlelvineled. su , h a conclave as, at present, that body is constituted; ..fur, hawever ?north they may disagree amongst themselves upon tn•tuy st)%jects, and disagree they do, they are quite agreed 1ip.,11 one. viz., to oppose all that is conservative in mil civil, arid all that is chi istian tit our riligiouninslitut ; and though "Mr. fleyworth is a host in himself, and equal to the whale horde, (fur when were not pritivi ; ile and consisteucy spal, though in one individual, to their opposite (pi dines in a hundred?) and though the greatest satisfaction a gentleman has, in tliiiag what he thinks is his duty, is the approbation of his own volse,ence; yet there is sometiting in knowing that his conduct is approved of by those fur whom he unity have au es te, in. Fur.her, I feel it is a duty we owe to him for thus fear le.sly fi g hting our battles, -amused as he is, by such an unequal force ; and, turther, it is, as a natter of self presery .thin, our interest, as well as oitr duly, to express our determination to support these whit rata; y, and at such. fearful odds, in point of numbers, stand up for us; . for if such fearless conduct meet not with our marked apporbalion and suppose how can we ex pect any one to enter the lists for its. And, if any other reason is wanted, it is our duty to show to his oppressors, and our 'n pressors, our con'empt and disapprobation of their cenduct. o . Oviously, the thanks of the electors oil our ward in particular. a nd that these in every either ward in general, are eminently due to Mr. James Heyworth. I i feel, too. that the it., tiks or all independent men are due tin Mr. Samuel liirltne, for the prompt manlier in which he drew the attention of the medic, thiough the inechutti of the Trades inea's Conservative Societe. to the meritorintis conduct of Mr. lie) %toth, in exposing the delinquencies of the Connell; and though his talented and piquaut letter to the chairman !no tem. tuts the isteeibig, net being able to Attend himself, was nut, evi deutly, intends-, to he made public, as, doubtless, from his kniiwil coati tes . it would ;rave been couched in mere •softetied, though 1101 Omit iota less firm languatte; for it contains only his, as well as that of conservatives genetelly, sentiments avowed both it) private as well as in punlic a thousand times over. The vaunting: of the radicals, as pet forth in their hireling journals upon their supposed vanquishment of Mr. Ile% worth, in their cowardiy attacks upon him in the -Cutincil-va;our„ se minds me of those juvenile rhymes, perhaps not in the Rath bun(' collectien " Father, mother, and I, with a stout and sturdy hand, Beat a very little boy until he could neither Nalk net stand." Where was that mild and religious gentleman, Mr. Black burn, the divinity lecturer of the Torn Couucil, in whoete ac count of the Irish schools there ate inure misstatements than in the same length that I ever read in any other document pto• tessing to come f a gent:en:an ;, and the tnast chafitable enlist uction that I can put upon it is, that it was made in a tidal ignorence iif the subject. Where was he, when his friend mit he by name Bidly—fortheue is one in that august body by name Bully, as well as one by mature—Bally. I say where WAS he, whose tireolegy is put final) so. ostentationsly• t%h, n G o d's hot% word is to be sacrificed to help fit ward the Socinian seheme of educating youth without religion ? Where was he When his friend insulted the laws of righteems heaven. by seeking to Om -I;rue his hands in the bared of his fellow creature ? A word or two about the seiner's, and then I have done. Where are u w those ministers that our voluntaries are sir round (if . boasting of. now that the schools ate abandoned by the cast gv? Abandoned, did I say, yes, but nut willingly. the Town Council left them as they found them, the clergy would still visit !Item. but now they cannot, now they dare not ; true, sti I, the tiletr is there, but the sacred fire is gone. Where are those men, the filial' iinfl boast of the voluntary system? The foot of no teacher of religion, I speak of the sleuth school, ever toners there except that of a Renteish priest ; and, as a dissenter, Councilman, and liberal. said to rue, a few day, ago, with st Stilt or leer—" it will be well if he confines his instructions to hie own children;" and it is a fart, these few protestant citildren who remain in the school, "those few sheep" have no re ig,ions in struction whatever, except what they receive from the gratui . tints zeal of the Icily of a Councilman, who, as if she felt cern , scions theta her husband had been inst rument al in bringing neon the seined its pre.enf mural dearth, thought.she ought to - do - something in mitigation oftts degradation. a She hash done what she could; , ' and let its hope that she, uninfluenced by those principles which have blighted and deadened the - better feelings of her husbaud, in secret, unseen by mortal eye, un heard by mortal ear. teems forth, in tears, a prayer; and such a prayer as woman. for her husband only, can pray. But what will become of those little eluldsen, when, front choice or • ne cessity, this benevolent lady withdraws tram the sieved ? Is it not more that) probable that the result will be, (what rut friend, the entinciltmen, in - his inueedre, hinted it may now be,) that it will become a pepish seminary? It is not generaily known, that soon offer the election of the fiist Gentled, a committee was funned to investigate the.enn tract. fertile sate of land made by the old ( -maim at inn ? Ft gin their silence mare the subject. the result may he easily guessed at ;- bad ally long vrrona t w eet' r o und o n —would they have ob set ved such it dignified silence? And slieh teas the examina tion t o w hi c h some or the old servants of the cerperatioir were subject. that questions wee e put iiivolving ideas that never en tered, from their wickedness into their minds, arid could oroy emanate from there(' of the elatkirst hue. I never enter the Toter.-hall through its (Lilt and tortuous passages, made- so ify late changes—eould that all min it changes hail been so harmless—tie ugh ights are kept constantly burn ing, showing that theugh the light of reason (according to slam.) mat enter there, the light fif heaven, in more s enses, pethaps. than titre never can : I sa y. I never cuter there but I am reminded of some ancient mien.'on. once the a teuele of the nolee and the goad, that has feeren into the hands of some res. call% attorney. sufficient or the rid l furniture remaining to show its former oplendour. Yours, &c.. AN . INtimitTANT OF KIRKDALE. FIRE IN 01.1'1141A1 S1:1; KET. —Oil Sdttirtlay morning as police. officer Brien, No. 327, was passing the prelniso" Mr. Ed timmison. Oldham-street, he discovered them to be on fire; he immediately gaVe the alarm, and three young► men, Messrs. WC -why, Aspinall, and Smith. who were seturning ftrim the tile in Pi - ianall-street, cline to his assistance. They give the alarm to the family, and gained admittance to the hte►nises; and before the engines arrived they succeeded in getting the Lames under. Much praise is due to thecn,for their exertions. TO THEIR HONOURS THE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH. CORPORATION SCHOOL, MAY IT PLEASR YOUR noNoutts,—l -Brady, of Kal megraviny, schoolnyiSter, seeing that Mrs. Fiatinagan contiintes to bother me, and that tin told to pieces between the priest and the parson ; withoul to please either of theta, humbly beg your honours to give ate the' place of master to your girls school, where I'm told you turned the parsons out, after the ydays. so that I'll be gait of them any haw, if I come : and as 1 see you're very particular about qualifications, j us t h ez l eas e to acquaint you with initie. And first as to po litics; titaltuchinx reformer, and for universal suffridge, and vote by ball o t, and peerage reform, and the. voluutarY sys tem. and all moat; and as soon as I get a vote, I'll giv e . it, of course, as my employers 'l.--As to ieligiou I'm of tae otild bhorch, and " adtr.it the Holy Scriptures accooliog to that sense wouM ourholy mother • church Wis held and dues hold; neither will I ever take ot interpret them otherwise than according to the uuaniumus consent of the fathers, and I ackuowledge the holy Catho it: Apostolic Roman Church for the inother and mistress of churches, and pionulte true obedience to the Bishop of Home." But, nevertheless, I have no objection ii, tea' i what's ctitunionty catleti '' Toe Church Catechism," because. in the first 0,16.. one of your honourable committee says, " it's foil of piper) from begirning to end ; " and next if it is'ut, one of your lionoulab e cominittee teaches it, although he thinks it"tall t.t . idolatry;" because as he justly argues though it's idolatry to him it isn't so to them; and if they will be damned their own way it ;stet my fault. any how; so that not particular, and will teach any thing you wish me to teach in school hours or out of school hours when or how you please—and if that it is not liberty of corscience don't know what is. Next as to morals, 1 understand yon are not so particular as to what a malt was so that he is rehorised. was a little given to liquor but now am a tee-totalier. And then ap to my site, I hone yon'll take it for granted that I am married, without requiring site to tiling marriage lines, because . I've lost mine (it I ever had any) and because know some of you are not over strict in that way, and think Iliam if folks live comfortable as man and aif together, it isn't liberal to ask whether or no they had a tew words mumbled over them by a priest or a parson. In short. please your honours, I'ut sure you'll find me au enlightened man in every way and I'll do any thing, and say any thing. and teach any thing your honoues please, and if that wont please von, I don't know What will; and so hoping for a libetat answer...l reinaib, your honours' humble servant, at command. Kilmegrannu County Clare. TEIADY BRADY. TO THE 1391T0R OF 7'llE LIVE:W. 1 001, .ITAND4RD. At.—Your contemporary the Cowie) , contained last week a pirtigraph relating to the depressed state but forcible claims on public benevolence of the Ladies' Charity. It is. indeed. a remarkable circumstance that an institution of such. a natuie, providing, as it does for the exigencies of poor married women at a time when they most need, and are most sensible of sympathy and support, should be allowed to I aguish for want of Inuits. Other charities whose objects are not more exe , llent. and which do not appeal in near so intimate a manner to the feelings. es pecially 01 those of the female heart,:•are liberally upheld by public contritartiOn, and have been ettabled to extend their beneficial influences as the liiwn has increased in populousness and misery, but the Lailies''Charity, a/ as it us also caller thee institution for the relief of poor married women in child-bed. has not only not augmented in pecuniary resources, as the wealth and importance of the community have augmented, but has absolutely during this time been receding and sustaining a stead diminution of its means to do good. - The following sable, com piled from the information afforded ar page 13 of the last annual report, exhibits the proofof this painful fact. It wit be obseived that the sources of income are annual subseriptions., legacies, and donw ions. and the annual bails; the Separate and combined amounts of which are given for several periods of five years, and by annual averages, commencing with the year 1801: — Annual subscriptions. Total. Anima: average. Five years ending with 1895.. £2419 70 I £483 17 5 1815.. 2973 0 0 59112 0 1825.. 2543 11 0 508 14 2 1835.. 2178 17 6 435 15 6 Legacies and &illations. Total I Annual average years ending with 1815....£61 310 l £123 12 9 1815.... 1299 , 6 9 259 17 4, 1825. 1139 9 11 226 2 0 1835.... 738- 0 3 147 12 0 ice of halls. Annual average. £lB3 7 3 319 14 1 • 323 18 8 2u7 14 9 Produ Total. Five years ending with 1805....£916 14 W 18 1553 10 8 1825.... 1619 13 3 1835.... 1:138 13 9 Total income. Aggrerat. amount. Annual average Five years ending with 181:5..1:395-1 4 10 £791 17 0 58.51815.. l7 5 1165 3 0 1825.. 5293 . 11 3 1058 14 10 •• 1835.. 4255 11 6 . 851 1 3 The chief support of the charity hence appears to be derived limn the minted/ subscriptitrus. anti these are How actually less in amount than they Were thirty years ago, though 'Liverpool is now two and a half times as populous, and in a still greater proportion wealthier than it was then. lam sure that those liberal and influential Arsons who interest themselves in the welfare of the public charities cannot have noticed this surpris lug fact. Here is an institution ptissessing undeniable claims on every reflecting and benevolent mind', the necessity for which has never been ettntstetl, and yet it has been giatlually decining iu prosperityftr the last twenty-five years.' Had the ratio of the ennui! sidiscriptions kept pace will; that of - toe nu merical int Tease of the population inert ly, instead of being only £43.5, they would anenint to upwards of t:lbkl. The other departments of the table are deserving of the sante attention an.! show the same unhappy decrease in the charity's 111,0 , 111.. especially shire the term et' yeaks ending with :815. It woultt lie difficult to assign an adeqmi , e cause for the strange phenotnenim this Adnitrabie ehare y presents in the midst of our flourishing town. it is rite only charity of the kind, neither interfering with, nor ever having b'-en interfeied wi:11 by any similar or rival institution it affords no reli4 to undeserving objects. and holds out 'no tiducements to thiughtlessness and •improvidence, bit? succours only the truly needy and chaste ; it has received the sanction and eneouragement of all parties religious, political, and philettophical, and. hAIS ii l W4l a been under excel ent superintendent . * and high patronage. It ap pears. therefore, it..t to be deficient in any of the elements of success, ant: vet it is notoriously inadequate to the wants and necessities of the pont'. extremely limited in its capability of conttibuinig to the improvement of:medical science. and utterly ilisproportioned in ievenue—it disproportion which is the sole , c ause o f the ieher evils—to the opulence and extent tit* the town. It is fervently to be 'Joliet! that some decided means may he taken of attracting public attention to this, one only obsteric charity, and of bringing it in p-trlictilar, with all its latidab;e obje e ts and stirring claims, under the tintice of the residents in Liverpool generally. many 01 whom are either not event e of its existence. or are only very partially acquainted with its inten tions and present sta t e. —Yours, A. B. December 24th, 1836. EXTEN 3IVE FIRE. At a few minutes to twelve o'clock, on Friday night, a fire bloke out in the extensive cooperage of Mt. Winder, Upper Pownall-street. It originated in the workshop where his men had been recently employed, and. as might be expected flow the materials with which the premises were so abundantly stocked. the flames soon extended, showing themselves at an alarming elevation. The wind ass fresh, or rather high. and, as the cooperage ran back to the houses in Pat k-lane, fourteen of which instantly ignited, and stood parallel to the foundry of Messrs. Foster and Griffin, the alarm was very considerable. Before the arrival of the engines, the office was very properly broken opeit. and all the books and papers removed; and Bar net, the fireman, in examining the situation of the place, dis covered lour horses in a stable.• The flames were already about them : Barnet rushed in, awl turned out two of the poor animals. One galloped off, but the other was so much scotched that h e has since been destroyed. In endeavouring to save the horses. Barnet had his coat burnt off his back; but this did not prevent him front subsequent exertions, which elicited the marked ap proti .tion of the crowd. The engines arrived in a few minutes, anti commenced play ing i n P o wnall-st reet ; but Mr. W bitty, seeing that any attempt in stop the flames in the cooperage was ineffecluat, left one en giue to protect the foundry. and Withdrew the - others to Park lane, w bete three additional engitios had arrived. The scene here was indescribable: from every door and window. beds, bedding, and furniture were ejeeted; while the ft Imes showed themselves through the back window a. the W.lOl-Ilork of which was on fire. The difficulty encountered b) the firemen, however. was less from the obstruction than front the intense heat. The burning hoops Inv literally up against the bad( doors, and, as the flames raged along, in one _dense b o dy opposite fifteen dwelling houses, the liranchmen could tint stand so as to direct the water properly. They tried the ro.if4. but could not maintain their positi.m, from the immense'lleat. - The West of England firemen, under direction of Mr. Whitehouse, soon, however, suc ceeded in cooling a fooling her themselves, and did most effectual service. a bile, at the same instant, the tire Men of en-. gines 6,3, end 4 co.operated from three !mimes in Park-lane. Thus. eighteen dwellittwhouses, with h the most experienced firemen gave up for lost, were completely saved. In the mean time. Ilew;tt, the superinteudent of the engines. had effectually saved all the premises smith of Pownall-stieet ; and in about au hour, so rapid were the flames, the c ooperage was completely burnt down, and all apprehension of furtlwr d a nger removed. The wind now grew fresher, bit, fortunately, shiftea a little so as to lessen the danger to the lotuses in Pari lane, but lest it should increase during the morning , six en g ines continued plating unlit five o'clock. This was a none alai ming 'and more rapid fire than t h it which occurred. two Years siut'e, in the premises of Messrs. Faster and Stewart, Lawton-street, but comil hatillvlre considered, by the Inters of the picturesque in such things, as quite so grand. Mr. Winder is insured to the full value in the Sun and Phoenix Fire-offices. There was neither slime nor brickwork In the building, which was entirely of wood, well painted and pitched, Excebent order was preserveal liv the police and a division - yr the 7th reaitnent, under Giptain Ifopf, which was promptly fn the spot, and did an unpleasant duty with groat courtesy and firmness. We never saw military who behaved better, under I similar circumstances. WA untNuToN Bo.L.—The annual ball, for the benefit of the Dispensary . anti Infirmary, in this town, Wth; held 00 Tuesday night, at the Lion Hotel. which, as far as regards the aristocracy of the neighbourhood kindiy aSsendding on the occasion. May now he fairly consid , red as one of the most splendid meetings in this part of the county. The lady patinnesses wet e Lady Gerard, Mrs. Wilson Patten. Mrs• Coltman Leigh. anti Mrs. ',von. The company consisted of about two hundred and sixty p e rs,cs of the first respectability. amongst ts hoot ievd Lord de Tablet', Lord. Loftus, 1.:01). Auirlia Kaye Sir Henry and Lady Bold ilughton, Sir John :sod Latin. Gerard, CaphOu Robe: t Gerard, Sir Harry anti Las Nlainyvaiing and the. Misses Mainwaring. Sir Philip de Malpa; Grey' Egerton, Sir.Bichard Brooke, Colonei Brooko, Mrs!. R. E. E. Warlur on. the Iron Mr. and Mrs. liotultakthlto..hani. the Hon. Mrs. G. floinby and Miss H o r t o,‘, N# t ii i t.t Mrs. Wilson Patten, Miss P al lier, of Cuerden, Mr, and“ Mi's. and the Misses Glegg, of Wohingt , ,n, Mr. and Mrs. Ditta. Astle, Mr. and NI •s. Ire land Blat khurne and the Misses J. Blackhurne. Miss Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Shakerley, M r. and Niro. and the MissesCorhett, of Drrnhall. Mr. Talton. Egerton, Mr. Hurophr , v 'Trafford, Mr. William anti Mr. Arthur [lntim', Latls Charlotie E.erton, Mrs: Leigh, of IA nun Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Cornwall Leigh, Mr. Bankes, of Winstanlev, Mr. Lyon, the lion. Mr. Scariety Mr. Heath Lei oi, Miss C.irdine M. ztev, Egerton Leigh Esq.. High Sheriff of Cheshire and his Linty, Miss Eaton, of the Pole, Misses Orred, of Chesser. Mis. ilughes, of Sherdley, Michael Hughes, Esq., Mr. and Miss Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. IVithington. hl r. and the Misses Batton, of Everton, Colonel Gault. and many others. whom our space does not admit us to particularise. The millary hand of the King's Dragoon Guards, stationed at Manchester, attended and afforded much pleasure. The display of beauty and fashion was such as to excite general admiration. A number of the ladies were adorned with diamonds of the most. superb description. Dane hug was kept up tilt a late hoot, and the meeting passed off in the most gratifying manner to alLpreseut, and with material benefit to ibe charity. SECOND ED r 111 ON. Standard Office, 7 4 , 1 trce o' Clock. IAVERPON, M A RKETS. CORN EXCHAN';E.—TCESDAY, brc. 27, 18.36. The supolies of each article in the trade are email, particu' larly of Wheat from Ireland. At this day's market there was niore tliepositioti to purchase Wheat from consutners than for some time pail holders were firm in demanding last week ' s prices. dud itiit nineh businesi has been done, vet for some fine Wheats rather higher priCes were ob , ainetl; very little Irish new on the market, the quality generally very incliiterent: . Inferior Oats were lower, the hest mealing simples Main , : tamed last Tues , fa's prices.—Oattheal 6d per 24 qbs The Flour trade continues (hill, and to effect sales. Is to 2s per sack reduction was inbinitted to —Barley dull at Id to 2d per 601hs decline. The imports of flitter are 2.415 firkins: the change , ~ f wea ther his caused more demand, and higher prices are looked for; AN ER AG PRICES. , WITFAT. of 70 40. s(1 s.l `11“ Ns, imp. mea. s d s d Irish (1(1(.4 red.. 8 6e, RlO Trish . .. 55 04 56 0 Do. dried white, 9 0.. 9 10 FLouR, V' '.'Bo dm Do.ondried new 8 2.. 8 6 F.nl,.St Irish sup. 5! 0.. 5t 0 EnTlish Canada ..... .. 0 0.. 0 0 Do, geeonds OAT.. 4' 43 Ms... v.. t hirds. Trish BARLEY. tr 60 I,ss Do. olrl.. ..... 32 0 .. 34 0 Irish grinding... 4 8.. 5 0 BRAN, IP 241b5... 1 6.. 1 3 AVERAGE PRIC s n s DI Banbridee . _93 0 102 0 , OF BUTTER, &c. Waterford. new-100 0 Colorain arlow... 91 0 ..10e 01 SD ail or cwt.... 48 0 a 52 0 Mains, dry 50 0 .. 53 0 Do. wet • 0 Oi ~.. L meriek .. . ... 96 0 ..10.5 0 B..lfAst. . lOO 0 ..104 0 Derry 1,0 0. 104 0 Cork, eds — 0 .. 0 NO IV'S' - 0 .. 0 Dund;ilk Siigo , — 0 .. 0 Firkin Lard. 1314ddered do. ARRIVAL From •the 26th to the 26t1 Grease Rutter 50 0.. 66 0 Prim• Mess Be ,, f, , trtiercP, 98 0 ~110 0 Prime Mess Pork, 49' barrel. 78 0 80 0 OF CORN. December, 1836, inclusive. IRE- COAST- PO- *BRITISH DESCRIPTION. TOTAL, I LAND. WISE. REIGN: AMER. ... . -:—.--..... Wheat Qrsi 500 11.0 17it0 Barley Qrs 321 1617 1991 Oats Qrs 4992 523 5815 Flour. Sack sl 9 86 38 1071 Barrels Mao 2252 2252 Bran Cwt' 0,, tineal Loads 40P0 51 4034 Malt Qrs 6 8 1279 1347 Beans ..........Qrs 327 327 Peas Qrs 45 5.1 96 Bye Q rs IS 13 Shelled Barley Cul . Rapeseed ........ Barrels Indian Corn ...Qrs —a.m. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. TUESDXY, DEC. V.—Noon, Wind N. E.—Frost. The Dublin Mail not arrived —Yesterday's Mail did not arrive till 11 at night. SAILED—The Eleanor Laidinan, M`Kie, for Caledtta, The Canton, film Jathaica, is at anchor near the N.B. buoy, with her windlass broken, and in want of an anchor and cable. The Ilope, Swan, for Barbados, has put back. The Aiitigna Packut, M• Knight, for 'Demerara, sailed this morning from the N.E. buoy, whei-e she has been at anchor since Friday. Tie Fame, of Whitehaven, and the Sarah, are on shore on the roekS at Sandy Cove. The Rover, of Wexford, is sunk in the harbour of Kingston. Flegg. from Quebec, at Limerick, 13th inst. In lat. 46, long. 34, fell in kith the Rockers, from Qirebee to London, water. , lo.4ged, and took oil the second mate and six seamen—the captain and 11 mint washed overboard on the 1 ith inst. • - DUBLIN. Dec. 25.—The ChArles, ;4111.1a11, from Livi•fplnol to News castle, parted from her anchors yesterdav in Kingston Hari) •ur, and drifted tin the roCks mgd sunk, & it is feai:ed will go to pieeet —,evpra ensl:s of palm oil have floated out of her. THE CHURCH. A sum of £2,576 has already been subscribed toward* build ing and endowing a neW church at Chesterfield. —Derby Mir , cur_y. Sites have been given by Lord Southampton, the Mercer's' Company, Mrs, Wheeler, and the Rev. Joseph Molhurst for new churches about to be built from the 'Metropolis Churches' Fund. We hope soon to announce other similar grants for the same excellent purpose. UNIVERSITY AND ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.— Ot• FORD, DEC. 18.-In a convocation holden yesterday, being the Last day of Michaelmas Term, the following d.grees were con* ferred ; —Doctor in Divinity, the Nev. J. Cooku, Magdalen Hall; Bachelor in Divinity, the Rev. F. C. Plumptre, Master of University College; Bachelors in Civil Lau , R. W. Higgs, Fellow of St. John s College. and F. T. Pratt St. John's Col lege (by commutation); Master of Arts. the Rev. T. Turner, Exetur College; Bactr-lor of Arts. R. VV. Keate. Ch. ch. PR EPERSIs.NTs AND A I'eDIN,I MENTs.—.I. Haggard. D,C.L., tots been appointed Chanchetior of Lincoln. - 1 he Bishop of Durham has appointed the Rev. R. Chotioe. 8.A.. of Trinity College, Dublin, to the Curacy of Whickham. The Rev. R. E. Hughes, to the Rectory Compton, Wingate,:, with the Vicarage of Ty sae annexed, Warwickshire. The Rev. J. Russell, M.A., to the Rectoryofjacobstow, Devon. The Rev. E. Fuldson, A.M., to the Vicarage of Lamertun, Devon. The Cr. E. G. M.A., one of the assistant masters of Harrow School. has been appointed to the Head Mastership of the Free Grammar Sehotti, founded by Queen Elizabeth. ttt Ash* bourn, in Derbyshire. The Rev. F. Lear has been appointed Archdeacon of Smoot, vice the Rev. L. C;arke, resigned. PTotooTioNs.—Rev. W. A. Shirley, vica r o f Shirley, Der -11% shire, to the rectory of Whiston, Yorkshire; liev. E. B. Allen, curate of Salisbury, to the parish chi.pel of Goodshstw, neat Burnley. The Earl of Ilarrowby has appointed the Rev. Richard Gwiii)m, M.A.. incumbent of Ulverston, to be one of his lord ship's domestic chapiains. - - - • - Thi• Rev. George Peacock, Fellow and Tutor of Trinity Col lege, Cambridge, has been appointed ',own(lean Professor of Astronomy, iu the room of the late Rev. Mr. Lax. MISCELLANEOUS, Lady Fitzgerald, of Clare, has given £lOO to the Mendicity Society of Clare. Lord Willoughby has caused a quantity of beef to he distri buted to the poorer iuhabitaists of Grinisthorpe and its vicinity. On 'l'h►+rsdav last our member, Captain Polhill, with his usual benevolence, distributed amongst the' poor inhabitants of the borou g ,h nearly 100 tons of coals.—Bedjord paper. • SPINNERS' DISPUTE AT PRESTON.-111IS lIIIfortURRIP dis pule still remains unsettled, and the masters hate determined not to admit of the interference of a third party in the mater. COUNTY CONSTITUENCY.—TheeIectoraI lists or hot b divisions of this minty stand as follows :—West Worcestei shit 4,651; Nast Worcestershire, 5,995. The fist returns it, 1832 were— West Woreestershit e, 1,112; East Worcestershire, 5,161. — Worcester Herald. The approaching marriage of the Earl of Winchilsea to the Hon: Miss Bagot, Maid of Honour to the Queen. will take place at Brighton, and it is expected that *heir Majesties will give the bride away. Lord Mary borough intends to be present at the ceremony, which, we understand, takes place the begin ning of the new year. Feet. ships from British North America, timber-laden, h v a i: v . e , the Othello, the Christopher, the Asia, and the Egfred, are re potted to have become water-logged and abondoued in the" potted Ocean, Several othesrislsdpasr,eontatkhiensgatinoewvaor(yisagfoer,ming sustained considerable damage. a r N „; h l w ". ” l,l l A ' r i a L i i ‘ r r AMY:ll7:llAerl'itti,l7to Andon. One disci is contem plated from Bolton to Preston. The latter is to enabie the goods of the bleacher to he cotiveyed with more spOed than heretofore. The expense in crossing the valley of the Ribble will be enormous. An embankment of three miles)ong a ill be necessary. one mileof which will requite the removal of 2,000,000 cubic yards, and, with the bridge over the Ribble, will cost more than £2OO 000. Tuatssrat.aNTic STEAM NAVIGATION.—The British and American Steam NavigationCompan v have entered into con tracts for the building of vessels. 'l'he engines, of 460 horse power, to be ready to go on board on the Ist of September ; and the f ist vessel to start on her passage the Ist of March following. She is to have capacity for twenty-five days' fuel, 600 passen gers, and 8(Xl tons of measurement goods. MARRIAGES IN HIGH Lms.—The contemplated marriage between C. W. Codringion, Esq., M.P., and Lady Georgians. Somerset. second daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, will lie.so lenmised on Tuesday, at Badminton. The president' of the boatel of controut has artived it Corshant Ilouse, Wilts, on a visit to Mr. Methuen, M.P. It is repotted toe right tEin. baro net is on the eve of mariying one of the daughters of Mi. Me thuen. A - SHIP T A CREW.—Sunday morning a ship without a C rew way., blow n lull , BL4IIII Bay. l'he coast-guards as soon as they hoarded her, were much surprised to find by her appear. ance, that she had been in that deserted tiontlittoo f or a lung time. as a peat deal of seaweed was adhering to her sides, and no unusual quantity of water was in her hold; consequently no leak had been sprung. We stippo.se she had Capsurd at sea, and after much fruitless toil to bring her to rights her despair ing crew had deserted her.—Gafway Adqrti,er. TEA —The Treasury letter and Custom , ' arder, the foi'mer dated the 26th of November, and the latter the Ist of December, lately published, relative to the return of the duty on bohea tea exported, apply only to such bohea tea as may now remain in the bonded warehouses on which the duty of Is 61 pet pound was paid on or before the 31st of July last, and the expartation ot which must be duly cettitied by the proper officers. TnE OLDHAM Trats-our.--The contest. at ()Awn still con tinues; Messrs. Ogden and Ilaaorth's hands 'closing to aban -442n their demand of an advance 4 , 1 bit. per thousand hanks. Hitherto no unusual disturbance has occurred, anulation d the I were OW ri is :le pea,.eable and orderly as it all the factory pop I well a nd rutty emplot ed. * The number of hands at stand is about 4000. ;skim/ the spinners at 41(1). ;tier ers 1000 , card, frame, &c. hands 1300, power-loom weave" 1341 jaarney men shoemakers the in:meters. except on THE OLDHAM SHOh SI A KFRA.—Thie.t. uf,Oidbant, who are members of a trades' union, have for several Imiestirni%fraisse47lb,to,:,:ift.,,itko lime their r s i i i ll o pleased to dictate. The such ch ,liisio s are enli st quei diy obliged obtain whet txorktneu, who . have (teen :mss,mimed y !dolt s, amid ()Iher personal injuries, front the tutu—u!,, and the windows 4,1 houses occupied by th em have been broken almost every night. In consequeinie of revresentations made to the umag strstes on the subject, 54 of the inhabitants were sworn special constables at the petit sessions on Thursday. OWENITFS AT AItDDLETON.—A party of Owenites attended at Middleton, oti Monday l a st. t o introduce to the radicals there which includes a community of pro tiheert;.laiew s rejeV i on" en', - m ;t s f t the i Holy Scriptures and their great Author, and a c omplete change in the several relatoms of tiost.and and wife. master anti srlivatit. patent and child, &e. A meeting was got up in the political schoodroom ' but, alter lrctoring for two hours and a half, the apostles of atbeisin were obtigett to go sway without having gained a single convert.