The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-29 00:00:00

It jANSARY 29, 18A. asked to pay toll, and on asking " what toll—there is no toll here"—to be told, “Oh, but there is a toll at Lambeth, and you must pay me fur the toll at Lambeth, although you are not going that way at all. (Laughter and cheers.) And this was the Way in which titey placed tolls on the way to heaven. (Cheers.) Let. every wail go on his own road to heaven, and heaven speed every loan on that road! (Cheers.) Now these were his was asking but t h a t w as n u t wh at h e was asking for. All lie asking for was this, that the wants of the protestants should be supplied in Ireland; and, when they were supplied, he did not want •to pay for clergymen keeping coaches and four at Bath. lie would ask if any protestant was the better for that? Oh, but you do not understand common sense!—Englishmen never do! (Laughter.) That is a spiritual want. (Continued laugh ter.) .This was all the uoverninent was disposed to do away with and for that a cry had been raised against them by a mighty great authority of a very small circulation now—(laughter)— by the Times and the Standard. (Cries of " Hah, hah.") All that the government wished was, that the surplus should, after supplying the spiritu a l wants of all the protestaiits of Ireland, be applied, fur what? Given over to _the popish priests, per haps. No such thing; but given to educate the children in a religious and moral way. (Cheers.) He wished to be distinctly understood, that all he wanted, all he looked f o r w a s ju s tic e; but he looked not for a fraction of justice. - And now he would ask could anything be more preposterous than the absurd, slavish, and interested cry which had been raised of Spoiliation and robbery, and confiscation of protestant property. He could not think there were men capable of crediting such absurdities. But head heard those cries at. the Exchange that day, and as he had never sects a being of that silly sort, he should have felt gratifiettin witnessing one, and he looked round for the purpose of catching a glimpse of one of their faces. ( Laughter.) Why these very men said, that' ) it was ignorance which kept us poor papists from becoming protestants. Why what did he do ? He wanted that they should educate them, and that would be a better trap for catching them. (Cheers.) Ah, they smiled. Many and come a jocos e th oug h t had coe across their minds, as they thought on th e subject. but what was merriment for them teas death for . Ireland. Blood flowed there—notch blood. The struggle had been one which had shaken the souls of her inha ?Aleuts; Oh the wails of the widow for the blood-bolted - corpses of the sons of her unhappy land. There was a voice crying to heaven through her valleys and over her hills and plains, and not for bounty anrt prosperity —not for blessings, but it was for curses on th e head s of those who made that blood to flow, and caused the widow to wait, and rendered the children fatherless. (t'heers.) He would allude but to one scene of slaughter, for it would amply suffice. In that case the son was the sole sup port of his aged mother. He went out in the morning in vigour, rind was brought inane to his mother a gashed and bleeding . corpse.. By the demand of. the tithe-proctor was that mother left without a protector to linger out the remainder of her days in want and wretchedness. Oh say here, that the great God of charity does not see that mother? Think you that the angels cf god would not weep when they saw the name of religion so profaned. as to. -- be:.turried..ixto• the instrument of slaughter? Let.christians of every denomination rally with him, and let the mothers .of Ireland no-longer weep for their sous.. Aid hint in 'obtaining peace to Ireland —tally with him in obtaining justice and had been tanit. There tvas a most emhc silence ' he spe y aking lately Oil that subjecpt ; ati he now read i when n their countenances their determination to assist him. And he knew that when Englishinee what was right to b e accomp li s h e d , was in progr ess very speedily of being attained. (Cheering.) He came now to his second demand. He now wanted corpo ration reform for Ireland. (Loud cheering.) Let them again understand each 'other. .Scotland had got a good, and a full measure of corporate reformi—right well she des e r ve d it. It would be verv-hard to find any of your pettyrogging tories get into the public bodies in Scotland, and she had sent almost the whole of her members to support e erals. could he had got corporate refor m, th not lib (Chee entirely what could e wished, but still " pretty well, I thank yOu." (Great kughter and cheers.) He need not tell them that England had not any longer any - reason to be dissatisfied. Now Scotland hav ing got it—England having got it —was there any reason in the world why Ireland should not get it ? (Loud cries of " No.") He wanted to ask the dullest of all possible tories, if he could state one plausible reason why Ireland should not get it ? Could they assert the, onion as a reason ? Ju s ti ce s h a ll b e d one to Sculland, because there is a union. Jostice shall be done to \England, because there is a union. And there shall be no kis tice t o . I reland because there is a union. (Laughter and cheers.) That was the doctrine of the tories. Would they give them no justice but what was to be foiled at the points of their bayonets and in the breaches of their artillery ? Since the union to the present period that had been the working out of their system. When they wished to get rid of obnoxious mat ters it,was common to m a ke use of 'a flapper ; an d, as i t was no use iti4teing the matter, he had taken up a flapper, and a 80E4 large one; he t oo k u p th e quest i on of the repeal sometim,. like the gun-beggar in Gil Bias. lie was the most successful beggar on the read; ..he always asked charity in the Hanle of Heaven, presenting a musket. ( Laughter.) He believed that was the way that political charity was ever obtained. .(Conti nued laughter.) In that case it will be granted. If England and Scotland don't do Ireland justice, why should not seven millions of Irishmen do justice to themselves ? (Tremeedous eheering,) Would not you do it ? (Cheers, and cries of " Yes, • not") a despi se d t h e E ng li s h man in leas heart who w o uld do so, and he did not care whether he blamed lion or Suppose Scotland got corporation reform, and Ireland got cor poration reform, and were in the enjoyment of it, and possessed all its blessings —amid was it not a blessing to look round and see that no person had got a snug little job its the neighbourhood. t".",orporate reform was altrarly visible among them, for they h a d slow only f our tories instead of forty-one amongst them, and the reporters dissenneinating the proceedings would make a consi derahle .differeece.. But suppose the case he nes putting, sip pose that Scotland had got corporate reform, and that Ireland bad got corporate reform, mid that England was refused' it on account of the tmion, was there an Englishman echo would not give an answer to any one daring to assert that as a reaselifwhy. he should not have it, - hey kitocking the fellow down ? ( Loud and lon g continued cheering.) Aye, they would knock him (town first, and.then kick hie, for reform afterwards The Irish were said. to Le ..something like eels in the well-sanded fist of a cook; thev. were so accustomed to be skinned that they did not' feel it with the vivacity of the English. They would not feet it as the Englislew.euld feel if, butt they Were as determined as the Etiglish . not to submit to it. There' were two reasons, three, why they shoold- not submit. First, it was not right they vhould; Titext; thsty •-were- tolerably -strong ; and third, they had the assistance of the Eligiu.h. (Loud mid continued cheers.) Repeal agitation in Ireland had had considerable effect. 'fie had spoken to his countrymen iu many placeg, and had pia the qu e st ion t o tliten—"•lf I get you justice from England, will sou give up agitation ?" eue and all said give us jitstice and we will give up agitation. (Applause.) Ile had put the same questquestion at a large irteeling • in Connaught—h e had put it at ion to fifty thousand people, " Will y ou authorise flue to git e tip the agitation of the repeal fur ever if I get yott justice England ?" - The reply wits, " Get us justice from Engn:d meti He had petit to his, own _constit uents a t Dublin—he h the trades political union in Dublin and told them there t. told then, s growing feelin g in Englend toward s lib era lit y ; h e hard their, how- many honest Englishmen blamed them for wishing a repeal he haatold them how many were ra ll y i ng witirhiin to -obtain justice for Ireland, and he then asked them, " Will you authotiseone to give up the question of repeal ?" l'he answer was not unanimous, one individual had o bj ecte d t o i t, (l aug h ter, ) and ther e h e stood authorised to give tip repeal for ever if they sot justice. (Cheers.) Would they judge so meanly of him as to imagine that ,he would con sen t to give up any weapon .of Offence that could be legally used if he did not get jystice? (Cries of " No.;') That was exactly his them—justice; and he deserved- their assistance. (Cheers.) And oh t what Itind of Englishmen were they who stood between them and justice ? A certain number of them turned up the n hires of their eyes to heaven and preached against popery. Why, he wanted to know if ever the Pope did worse titan that? Did they ever hear that he had three counties or three' states nailer his dominion, and that he dim justice to one, and justice to another, and none to a third? (Loud cheering.) lie now tame to speak to the common sense of Englishmen, and. above all, to speak to their generosity. Here are a fine people. toll of intellect, bud activity, and industry, their enemies theist !selves adinitting that there were amongst them the.bravest men 7 - -that it was imposible for men to be ureter than Englishmen the shouts of victory never rose front British foes; lint when had tiglatul shouted victory that meny an Irishman ' , millet joined in the attaimnent of? ( Loud cheering) st the tir i the battle. and in the breere, the Irish had stood by them. e In their their conflicts for civil liberty their names were enrolled amongst friends, and, therefore, as the advocate of his native land, at the retained counsel-let his -enemies make the Most of it ' - (cheer's)—a s the organ of their wants and their wishes, he ca me to Etualand to call on Englishmen•to rally round hi m and a saist him in banishing the incubus of toryism, and then oho liould stand against England, Scotland, and Ireland, milted li)' the bonds of affection and community of rights ? A bond which tied together twenty-four millions of men. Who should dare to offer the slightest insult - to the sovereien of twenty-four millions of men ? Was it the autocrat of Russia? No ; there w as no power that dared then to lift it s b reath i n anything like •:Thetracesngainst them, Oh, how he wished that moment were arrived —that the wisdom of the administration may carry it into full effect —that administration to which he was proud to 'Five his humble support—that administration which has been said to have coalesced with him because they were willing to do justice :,_lo:lreland._ Oh, what a eompliment!'who h ave not coa l esced ' w( th me, but with whom I am quite . ready to c oa l esce f or suc h a purpose. (Gre a t cheering.) He wished that these measures t ie h l e g r ht be consummated- at the early part of the. sessiuti, that causemight be one shout raised from . the neighbourhood of M in ster-hall, by the real representatives of the people, be lost"O Of its attaientent. (The conclusion of the sentetice was i amidst the disorder rind • cheering of the meetito;.) Ile the cause the proceedings of that day as a pledge giveit in aid' c ause f "justice for Ireland," and Ireland when she heard of it, of ye joy in her heart at the prospect of tai_ (Great assistance in the attainment of a real and just Union. .atZ at c heering.) NeW hopes sprung in his heart as he looked Zi t ; I ne eting and he would see that his wishes would be ate "1 ""e• 11 , how mooch had been done for corporate frefortn, he saw his excellent tfriend on his left, who had toiled l o o r s ! t _when scarcely it hope sprung up to cheer hint, and he had scioictiefeeses.en tsiseivre. several of his most sanguine wishes crowned with O'Connell concluded amidst great cheering and bY propos the health of Mr. William Rathbone And the c e The cuutreon Council of Liverpool.' having ei s " k a mAN then rose. .He felt highly honoured f ur gnished gue s t e alth drunk and he felt gratitude to their disti ls . wouldnot t far bearing, his testimony that corporation ref o r m He would ment d to confusion but to the g o o d or d er o f soc i ety. himself, but take up their time by returning them thanks for bron g e t t e em reald •revert again to the subject which had say to thens that the welfare of Ireland. And he would on that unhappy he day spring of liberty had at leng=th l ansen had received th c l "nt rY. (Cheers.) The way in whir l s they a proof that En e e e l gentleman they had just heert , was done to Ireland a ( l e ,'"l e would no longer submit to injitstice being had new in I -fleet s-) But there waS another proof: they lieutenant. Ireland a patriotic, an intelligent, and a just lord (Loud dic ers') ' That had not always been the c ase, because' lhey had sometimes put one horse to drag one Way, and n ow . another another but the lord-lieutenant was w aided by luee ting they a liberal secretar a v ) , a' nil with the permission of the .I.ey would drink " Cord Mulgrave and the Irish Ad , rat ion o Air iC rt. Auld long sync." he t a s Lee„ e.d. ° --t was drank amidst much cheering, but not acknow 'fhe C • - tvas , c,„nAllattratt.—The next toast he should propose to them th e fi r ,' ue health of the son of the author of Jasper Wilson, the t referiner who has filled the civic chair—the worshipful Air " O , " Rule Brittania," The to Wa s „ ast was loudly cheered ; but, like the preceding ohe, . e o .icknowled ge d. of win : s . t am N. —As the friends of educati on — as t h e friends d rink in the criminal law, he now c a ll e d u pon them to tire,milli e hellealth of their .honest, their efficient representa- Fewere Esq. (Loud cheers.) b aud w e A RT, on rising to return thanks. was received with trurn iele7ss-,hshouts, and clapping Of hands.—ln rising to re i.'nguishee e seta. that if it were a difficult matter for his dis nir ,rlend, Mr. O'Connell, to express his gratitude,_ e mintr e " . " 0 Was RI accustomed to receive the thanks of his tult Tee'sn't(!n•—for him who ' so well deserved them,—how °Moni e d L t !, t !e fur hint (Mr. Ewart) who was by no means ac gree (1 tslp e • e SerVin t t and Who. certainly was not in , t , he ••de rY wa y d of them: (Cries; of "No, no. and ou . ate e thai rrnanlL e e rv e ing of the When his excellent friend bitn the honour to invite him (0 attette the dinner, he' was at a distance from Liverpool; but let the calculating pause. and the timid shrink, whenever his fellow townsmen called impee him 'to decide a pdint; .or to take a cer tain position, he would not allow any motive whatever to in fluence him,- or' to turn him from their request, (Cheers.) lie therefore came; determined to concentrate his humble endeavours , in the furtaerance of the cause of .Ireland, and to contribute - his humble tribute of applause to her great cham pion, Daniel O'Cennell. (Cheers.) Ireland had a thousand claims upon - their synipathieS, and still more upon their assist ance, on the grounds which they had heard so touchingly de scribed. II is excellent and learned friend, Mr. O'Connell, had. delivered one of the most excellent speeches he (Mr. Evart) had ever heard.—now pathetic,—now humorous,—now appealing to their reason, and anon to their feelings, in be half of his still oppressed and suffering, countrymen. (Cheers.) He remembered well the exclusive feeling which actuated what was then called the Irish protestant interest in the House of Commons. When he first became a member of that house, he. said to himself that this was a feeling in which he not only could never participate, but which he positively could not un derstand. And when he asked his sober reason what was the cause of it, it appeared to him that one party claimed the right to do wrong, and to dictate to the consciences of a no th e r. It appeared to him unjust that any man should call in question the equal rights of conscience; as far as he could see, what was called protestant ascendancy in Ireland was that they should have this power. He stood up for equal rights of conscience; and he appealed to the example of the 'United States for a proof of the tendency of the human mind to Enget the claims of equal justice, when long-continued ascen d enc y was a t s t a ke. There, the rightl of sovereignty over the black population was looked upon as a matter of natural right—the whites clung to it as a natural and original right. Fortunately, the ascendency of one party in Ireland had been overturned, principally by the gigantic moral power and unremitting physical exertions of M r . O'Connell. (Cheers.) In Ireland, time word religion had been interpreted to mean the Word church ; but, fortunately, the churchmen, the dissenters, and the Roman catholics of England were now beginning to be enlightened, and they would no longer endure that injustice should be done to Ireland. (Cheers.) Ireland had a Second claim on their consideration—Mr. O'COn nell had. a second claim on their consideration, for, since the Irish liberal members, under the emancipation act, had formed an integral part of the reformed parliament, there was no mea sure of reform, whether social, political, or ninnic!ril—whether for the freedom of conscience or the freedom of politcal rights, which had not been strenuously supported by a phalanx com posed of the Irish members, (Cheers.) In the great cause of parliamentary r e f o rm, th e y never m i sse d th e assistance of their Irish friends; they stood by them in the hour of victory and of danger—they were with them in the hour of victory, and with out the assistance of that phalanx he firmly believed that they, would not have triumphed. (Cheers.) By their assistance they achieved the great measure of parliamentary reform and brought about 4 new era in local - government. He would now 'Chide to the next occasion on which they received the power ful aid -of the Irish Members. They all recollected last year when he (Mr. Ewart) came down amongst them, and when their opponents, backed by all the power of the ministry, at tempted and thought they had succeeded in turning out every liberal representative for Liverpool, (cries. of " Hear, h ear , a 1 and " You shall not be turned out;") they remembered their tory tricks—their conciliatory speeches, half liberal and half servile, in the 'vain hope of deluding the reformers and catching the votes of all parties ; they all remembered the speeches of Sir Robert Peel, who stood in the ambiguous predicament of being in what, in school phraseology, was called the common of two genders. .(Laughter and cheers.) Sir Robert Peel was indeed a politician of the epicene description. He might most aptly be compared to the flying fish, of amphibious nature, for, when he found that the deep waters of toryism no longer kept him safe, he took refuge from his tory friends, if friends they might be called, in the higher regions of liberalism. (Laughter and cheers.) He must say, however, that his flights were only of a very limited extent; the inhabitants of the air were not to be deceived by them, and, anon, he tell again into the deep waters of toryism. (Cheers.) When that minister, backed by the Duke of Wellington and the most dangerous portion of the aristocracy were in possession of power, who was it that never flinched from the side of the reformer?—Who was it that gave their most zealous aid to the glorious object of turning out the tories?—Who was it that contributed so powerfully towards the attainment of that object as the Irish representatives in the House of Commons? (Cheers.) That fact was acknowledged, not only by the reformers, but by their enemies—nay, even by Sir Robert Peel himself, and it cons tit u t e d a d e bt that . was due to the representatives of Ireland from the people of England. (Loud cheers.) Again, who was it that manfully supported the municipal reform bill in all its parts till it was unfortunately amended in that chaos of opinion which had been called, in comparison, the Serbonian bog—the House of Lords,—who was it who supported the liberal clauses of the bill ? Who but their friends the Irish members? (Loud cheers.) Should it ever be said, then, that they Would not stand by the Irish mem bers until justice bad been done to their country? Forbid it rea son—forbid it justice,.! The independentmembers of the House of Commons—every man who called himself aliberal must come to their assistance, and nothing should prevent the voice of the parliatnent of Great Britain from sanctioning reform for Ireland. Another debt of gratitude was due to the Irish members. When the English municipal reform bill was returned from the House of Lords, many of them were for rejecting the bill because it was so mutilated that they hardly knew it for their own offspring —to whom were they indebted for counselling moderatien—to whom were they indebted for representing that in the bill as it then stood they gained the assertion of a great principle, and that the details would follow?—to the Irish members generally, and to Mr. O'Connell in particular. (L ou d cheers-) He con sidered himself called on as an independent member of the British parliament, to state whether they were indebted to Mr. O'Connell or not, He could not for one moment withhold his acknowledgements of how deeply they were indebted to him. Mr. O'Connell and those who acted with him had gained a great triumph for their country by means of lawfal, and not sanguinary resistance, and this was a triumph reserved for modern times. They had fought with the law and for the law. He (Mr. Ewart) warmly advocated,. as Mr. O'Connell had always advocated the just rights of the people through the means of lawful agitation. Let them but proceed in an orderly, peaceful, and legal course of resistance to oppression and in justice, and they might depend upon it that in the end they would certainly succeed. (Cheers.) He most cordially con gratulated time reformers of Liverpool in seeing in their respect ed fsiend the chairmafi, an alderman of the corporation of Li verpool. None of them had expected to live to see such a day. The ancient Egyptians • represented the globe by placing the representative of an elephant on the back of a tortoise; the ancient corporations of the country might be properly repre sented by placing an alderman on the back of a turtle. (Laughter and cheers.) Fie was sure that the duties of an allerman would be much better discharged by his friend than they had been heretofore, for he (Mr. Rathhone) had already come .forwaid us a friend to the advocates of the rights of people—as au - advocate for education, public libraries, and for other means of recreation and amusement. (Loud cheers.) So long as Mr. O'Connell persevered in the peace ful and orderly assertion of the rights of his fellow-countrymen, so long would he have the support ot' the people of this country —of the liberal members of the House of Commons, and most certainly .his (Mr. - Ewan's.) The most puerile objections had been advanced ag.,aiust Mr. O'Connell, b u t th e p eop l e o f thi s country were not to be deluded by them. The only allegation which the tortes could with truth advance against him was that he sometimes hit them very hard, and sometimes fairly knOcked them down. (Laughter and cheers.) He sometimes discomfitted them with a thrust of the rapier, and at others with a blow from the shillelah. (Laughter.) If Mr. O'Connell pro ceeded as he had begun, advocating the rights of his country— demanding for her justice—if he proceeded as the advocate of every sound measure of general reform—and he (Mr. Ewart) must express his conviction that the time was come when they ought to have a reform in the upper as well as-in the lower blanch of the legislature—(Cheering) —as long as Mr. O'Con nell proceeded in the course of safe, sound, and constitutional reform, he would receive the sympathy a n d su pp or t o f th e libe ral members of the' House of Commons, and the support of the 14)(1;11 portion of the kingdom. by [Great uproar and contusion was here creat e d some one at the further end of the building dissenting from this opinion, and the speaker's voice was for some time drowned amidst vociferous cries of " turn him out."l Mr. EWART then continued. Mr. O'Connell had had the support and admiration of the generation in which he lived; let_ him pursue the same course, and he would deserve and receive the approbation of ages yet unborn ; and posterity would en twine his memory with flowers, and with the imperishable garlands of immortality. (Great cheering.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Mr. O'Connell's worthy son, " Morgan O'Connell, Esq., M.P. for Meath." (Great cheering.) .• Mr. MORGAN O'CosavEr.e.rose amidst loud cheering. They had paid him an honour which he was afraid he should never be able to prove himself worthy of. , It was his determinationdo struggle for the improvement of the condition of his country, and fOr every measure vihichmight be calculated to do away with the abuses which still existed. Although he might feel a degree of persenal vanity in the manner in which they had re ceived his name, he felt still greater pride to witness the cor diality with which they had received the mention of his country. Hitherto the country to which he belonged had not received the assistance of the people of England —hitherto Irishmen had been obliged to rely upon themselves only—they had been slandered by the baSe tory press of thi s coun t ry - th e i r con d uct had been misrepresented, and they h a d on l y b een h e ld up to En glishmen ii) the light of men, who acre struggling, not for the good of their country, but who were striving - for their own pri vate ends, and for the purpose of sowirg dissensions. But the scales had now fallen from the eyes of Englishmen —the tory believed—theypress now saw th a t th e I r i s h struggledl o rin u i g y e rf,ir wastheir country, and they came forward to help them. (Loud cheers.) ,He thanked them for the manner in which they had received him, and be should always endeavour to prove himself 'worthy of the trust devuted to him. (Loud cheers.) Thp CHAIRMAN had a toast to propose to them which he was sure they would drink with cordiality. It was the commissioners who had been appointed to inquire into the state of the munici pal corporations.. Th e t oa st was " John Blackb urn, E sq., the member for Huddersfield, and Mr. Justice Perri n , t h e c hi e f commissioners in the municipal inqtory, and Coup l ed with a hope that Ireland Will soon have municipal reform. Mr. Rt7sirroN haVing been loudly called on rose. Ile would occupy but a very few moments of their time by return;ng them thanks on behalf of the illustrious men mentioned in their toast. On their behalf he would return them heartfelt and.grateful thanks for the. distinguished honour which they had conferred on them. One of these men had, happily for Ireland, been since elevated to the bench ; and there remained to tight the battles for English and ;,rish freedom in the hall of 'Westmin ster—and it was with pride and pleasure he declared that free.. doom had no more faithful friend—no more zealous advocate, than in the person of John Blackburne, Esq., the member for Huddersfield. (Loud cheering.) He felt very much tempted to say one word, and only one word, respecting the commissioners who had been nominated to inquire into the corporations, the close corporations of England and Ireland. As the humblest of those men, he could only say, and he said it with pleasure and with pride, that the insolence and injustice with which they were all treated by a certain great assemblage in this country, (loud cheers) was more than compensated by the flattering reception they had received from the assemblage he now saw before him. (Cheers.) He believed also, that in their encornituns they were - right. He would say that their duties had been discharged with correctness and fidelity. Was it possible, that in dis charging those duties with fidelity and conscientiously, that in exposing the peculations of bad men and political jobbing, by which characters of no importance had attained to high places, it was not to be expected but that by those who had been so exalted they would be slandered ? A great portion of what was to come from this inquiry they had witnessed iu En gland, and he agreed most heartily in the demand for an equal measure of justice for Ireland. (treat cheering.) Her corpo rations were no less corrupt. There, parties were no less venal ; The system was no less corrupt there, and the exposure of those corruptions bad been no less perfect than it had been in Engldnd; and it Was not to lie borne that a great nation should be tOld, that the only reason for withholding municipal refor m to their corporations was, that it would haVe a tendency to give a pteddritinaney to that class proleSsing what might be called the irtilVerSal religion of.the country. He-hoped the day . was tint!, fxt . : ';scant 'in Ireland, when ', - the flags of freedom froM Derry's shores to Antrim's strands, theft' sons shall shout for joy, for awful justice rules thelikiii:" Fttrshttiq talf,tltirfed ithitUt ttprilaridui hhttn: F ~~ ~. , ing, which rendered the concluding part of his speech quite in audible. The Chairman in proposing the neat tiiast said he hoped.they would never forget these who foirght the gbod fight of freedom in the olden time, with nothing to cheer them in 'the struggle. He therefore gave "Colonel Williams, the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, and the Reformer's of ancient Liverpool. (Great applause.) Col. WlLLlAros,kin returning thanks, only regretted the ab absence of the gentlemen whose name had been coupled with his to aid themin etlebrating the triumph of that day. But they must be well aware that his services were ever ready on all occasions when required, and that it must be some mighty matter which kept him from that meeting; and he had it from himself that he was bound by an engagement, made several weeks past; to attend a convocation of bishops of his church on that day, and therefore he could not come. he therefore apprehended that his church was in danger, (laughter,) and that was a justifiable cause of his absence. Ave, they might triumph now, but let them look back t 4 the last dozen years, and it appeared 'abso• lately like a dream to think what they had gained within that time. If reform progressed in the same ratio what should !hey have arrived at a dozen years hence? (Cheers ) Their dis tinguished. guest, Mr. O'Connell, had been dreadfully abused iu - all quarters. He was accused amongst other things of being fond of power, and Of being ambitious. Why, he should like to see the man who had any heart in his body who was not ambi tious. The only thing was,- whether the ambition was of the tOtt sort. He should be glad to know how anything could be acemplished without it ? But the slavish, crawling creatures who had hitherto opposed them would n o t believe, nor would they be persuaded that any man could have anything hut an interest about himself—that no man could have anything like a feeling for his fellow-creatures. But his hon. friend, Mr. O'Connell, had proved in the labours he had undergone, that he did think of some persons besides himself, and he (Colonel Williams) had never believed otherwise. He knew that a man could feel for others as well as for himself, and he knew a man could devote himself to the good of his, country without any prospect of immediate reward. (Loud cheers.) He hail brought forwards iii the House of Commons, with all the in sufficiency of a tyro, a measure to endeavour to lessen the Ger man influence which had been so much exercised in this coun try,—he wanted to put a stop to the influence which was ex e;:ted amongst them by the petty courts of Germany. On that occasion he had consulted some members of thtreasury benches, but he got no encouragement from them; they all said it was a foolish act, and when he proposed the measure those men came up and opposed him. It was, however, a measure which he considered of very great importance, for all their troubles had arisen from the influence of those courts. If ►t had not been for that influence the Irish House of Commons would have been reformed. It would have been much better if Ireland had been enabled to govern itself. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed "Rigby Wason, Esq., M.P., the intrepid and successful advocate for purificalion of elect:0:1," which was drunk with loud applause. Mr. WASON said none felt more delighted than himself at witnessing the proceedings of that day. When he had received an invitation from their worthy chairman to attend that dinner, i he had asked himself how he had voted on the question of the repeal of the union of the two countries. His sentiments were ' now what they had evet been, he had never adviicated the repeal of the union. He thought it his bounden duty, both out of par ' !lament and by his votes in parliament, to show that he was de termined that there should be equal laws for Ireland. He thought that the Irish would not receive the same benefit from governing themselves, that they would receive if governed well, in union with England. (Cheers.) He therefore treated, with the utmost disdain, the assertion of the public prints, that all who attended this day, must of necessity be advocates for the repeal of the union. He was not an advocate for the repeal, and he hoped he never should be, nothing should - ever induce him to become so, except, what he believed could not be the case, the people of England wanted freedom ifor themselves and tyranny for others. They had all read the speech—the election speech of their representative, Lord Sandon. (Hisses.) They knew that any man could tell which way the wind blew when a straw was thrown up, so by Lord Sandon's speech they knew that he felt a presentiment of what would happen to him at the next election, which he (NI r. W.) fervently' hoped would take place. He sincerely congratulated them on the triumph they had obtained—a triumph which must give pleasure to the heart of every honest reformer (Cheers.) He also congratulated his friend, Mr, O'Connell, that he had delayed his visit to Liver pool until this occasion; for, if he had come previous to the late contest, he would have been told on the next day by the tory prints, though surrounded by the gentlemen now present, that they were men of no property or consideration who had waited on him. (Laughter and cheers.) Now, however, the tory press would hardly dare to make such an assertion, nor would one of the would-be oligarchy presume to call them a " low set." (Laughter and cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said, amongst other toasts let them not forget Poland. He would give—" Poland, heroic. nation ! her na tionality must not be lost," which was drunk with loud cheering. The CHAIRMAN.—The only guarantee for the improvement of society is the moral and intellectual advancement of the peo ple. Ile would, therefore, propose the health of " Lotd Brougham, the steady and consistent friend of education."— (Loud applause.) Mr. Hall, the stipendiary magistrate, was here loudly called for, but did not address the meeting. '['he CHAIRMAN next gave, "Lord Durham, the steady ad vocate of the rights of the people." (Great cheering.) The C lin RMAN then gave, " Mrs. O'Connell and the ladies." Mr. O'CONNELL returned thanks.—The present was one of the proudest and happiest moments of his life. The manner in which he had been received, and the enthusiastic greeting which every where met him in pleading the cause of his oppressed and unfortunate country was most grateful to him. All that he wanted was justice for Ireland. Their represen tative had shown by his conduct to-night that he will respond to that call—justice to Ireland. The honourable member for Ipswich had asked them whether justice should be awarded to England and denied to Ireland. The people of England would never endure it. The halls of Westminster would shake with the applause which had, been given that night. (Applause.) It was perhaps foreign to the toast that he should say this. He would, however, carry to the mother of his children the tidings of the manner in which the toast had been received. After all, their comfort was in woman. If they had not warm nests at home they would be less able to devote themselves to the welfare of their country. T 4, happiness with which they had received her husband, and the manner in which they had re ceived her name, would add no small share to the cup of honey which she would receive. (Loud cheers.) . Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by the chairman and the majo rity of the company, then left the room. A vice-chairman was then appointed, and the hilarity pro longed till an early hour. s u p t i e v a es e r s n , {We regret that the inefficient accommodation afforded the been compell e d reporters, it being almo s t impossible front the distance we were h P e h a tc r e t d h r f e ll e m c o tnhsee ke teannct'est,htehattt''‘'N''‘eilltZehich prevailed, to to give a less full report than we could have wishedi ' -aFt - • A - -• 10 ,1 '•4l THE LIVETOOOL,STAI*thAIa ALL A MATTER OF WITTLES. A very curious scene took place the other day in the court of common council, London, during the election of several com mittees, which it is the custom to a ppoint on the first court day after the 21st of December. The court was greatly crowded, and some persons were not able to account for such a phenome non as the attendance of all the members until the time arrived for making the committees. There are, it is well known, several entertainments which are, in the elegant language of the corporation, called " blows out," laid claim to by c er t a i n committees, and the great point with the members of the court is to get upon such committees as have this most, valuable re commendation. It is necessary, we understand, to exercise a good deal of intrigue in order to succeed, and the moment a • grubbing" committee was named by the clerk as requi re d t o he up the anxiety in the faces of the candidates was really ludicrous, for success and defeat 'were marked by obstreperous cheering and triumphant laughter. All the committes were ap. • pointed; the gentlemen.who had struggled most eagerly left the court, and in the lobby expressed their indignation or joy according to the event. Said one, " Well, I shall have my go at last. I hope I may feed upon a badger's head and swipes, but if I didn't get on the general purposes' this time I'd never a coined into the court again. Dash my wig what a hot job it has been!" Another, who was not so lucky, said " Damn 'em, they think of nothing but eating and drinking; a real working, honest, independent man has uo chance amongst such a set of gormandising rascals." It was particularly observes that the deputies stuck to each other, and managed to secure a very ex tensive apportionment of the annual distribution of the c i v i c dinner money. The committees on which what is called " line money" is given were also eagerly contested. Alderman White, who was in the court for the first time, looked on with astonishment, and next day, at the second court, rose and took occasion to call the attention of the members, in their placid and uncontending moments, to the disgraceful struggles of the previous day. " I inquired," said the alderman, "' what on eatth it could lie that made my fellow-citizens wish to undertake the dry and onerous duties of the committees so warmly. I thought that eech man might be content to take his chance of the labour; but, to my surprise, when I asked one who stood near me what could provoke such generous emulation, Oh, God bless you!' said the person I addressed, you don't know, anything about it yet; it's" all a matter of wittles. The Central Committee of the Reform Associations have re solved, by an overwhelming' majority, that, under existing cir cumstances, Lord William s ßentinck is the most eligible person to be recommended to the citizens to supply the vacancy oc casioned in our city by the resignation , _;t Mr. Dunlop. A loeeting of the aggregate committees has been summoned for Friday evening, to which a report of the proceedings, motives, and resolutions of the Central Committee will be sualitted.— • Glasgow Aryus. The House of Commons, as at present constituted, contains one King, with one Chaplin, one Kirk, one Law, and one Knight; a Hall, with one Ward, and one Wall, one Tennant, with one Guest, a Bell and a Butler; one Scarlett, with Brown and White, and a Green, with two Greys; an East and North, - Fort, with a Cave, two Hills, and a Lee; three Woods, a Wilde, and a Fleetwood; a Rushhrooke, a Longtield, a Scourtield. and Freshfield ; one Roebuck, with a Woulfe, two Talbots, a Seale, and a Hogg; one Potter, a Poulter, a Miller, a Shepherd, se ven Smiths, a Carter, and a Cartwright; one Adam, a Simeon, and a Matthew, a Thomas, and five Williams, with Richard, and Dick • Rice and Clay with three Prices, and two Walkers,' with one fltitt, and three Peels, to one Bodkin. - EARLY RISING.—Every circumstance contributes to render early rising advisable to those who are in the enjoyment of health. There is no time of the day equal in beauty and fresh ness to the morning, when nature has just parted with the gloomy mantle which night had flung over ber, end stands before us lik e a y oung b ri d e , f rom whose aspect the veil which covered her loveliness, has been withdrawn. The whole mate , rial world has a vivifying appearance. The husbandman is up at his labour, the forest leaves sparkle with drops of crystal dew; the flowers raise their rejoicing heads towards the sun, the• birds pour forth their anthems of gladness; and the wide face of creation itself seems as if awakened and refreshed from a mighty slumber. All these things, however, are hid from the eves of the sluggard ; nature, in her most glorious aspect, is,-to him a sealed book; and while every scene around him is full of beauty, interest, and animation, he alone is passionless and un inspired. Behold him stretched upon his couch of rest! In vain does the clock proclaim that the reign of day has com menced I In vain d s the morning light stream fiercely in by the clinks of his window, as if to startle him from his repose! Ile hears not— he sees not, for blindness and deafness rule over him with despotic sway, and lay a deadening spell upon his faculties. And when he does at . length awake—far on in the day—from the torpor of this benumbing sleep, he is not re freshed. does not start at once into new life —an altered man, with joy in his mind, and vigour in his frame. On the contrary, he is dull, languid, and stupid, as if half recovered from a paroxysm of drunkenness. He yawns, stretches him self, and stalks into the breakfast parlour, to partake in soli tude, and without appetite, of his unrefreshiug meal—while his eyes are red and gummy, hiS beard unshorn, his face unwashed, and his clothes disorderly and ill put on. Uncleanliness and sluggishness go hand in hafid; for-the obtuseness of mind which disposes a man to waste the most precious hOurs of existence in debasing Sleep ; Will naturally make him neglect his person. "A little more sleep," says • Solninoni "a little more slumber, a little mor e f o ldi ng o f t h e h an d s t o rest." "How long wilt thou sleep, 0 sluggr.rd ? when wilt thou arise aut of thy sleep." Afticknish'i Pktolophy of Sleep: THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.I ITALIAN tORRAS, Under the Matiagetneut of Signor DE BEGN ES, LIST rjiur SIX OF. TIIE frALixoPEft.4s. THIS present FRIDAY, the 29th install 1. the Grand Opera Seria. LA DONNA DEL GO. And bx Perinisdon of Colo Bradshaw, The Military Band of.the 7711 s Reginr I ill nltencl; to give greater epel'to the .11,r1i 1 .Susie. •On MONDAY next, February I, a avourite OPERA. On TUESDAY next, February 2, for the BENEFIT of Signor DE BEGNIS, will be performed, (for this night only.) Maver's Grand Opera Buffa, IL FANATICO PER LA MUSICA. will be performed On SATURDAY, February 6, the performance will be for the BENEFIT of Mr. BENNETT. On TeEsDAy, Februo.rY6,f; the BENEFIT of Madelle. DE ANGIOLI.- A Ln Gi n i iie l paration, Rossini's Comic Opera, L'ITALIANI IN LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. rums DAY, (Friday,) the 29th,` and TO-MORROW, (Saturday,) the 36th instant, THE DitEAM AT SEA will he repeated, in consequence of the overflow to Mr. Ham mond's Benefit.—Principal 'characters, - Mr. Hammond, Mr. W. J. Hammond, Mrs. Raymond, and Mrs. erbert. THE NORTH AMERICAN DIANS having been rapturously received, wil also appear, and go through their novel display with A CONCERT in which the Misses Smith, Mr. Sin' appear.—To conclude with THE MAN OF T AVELS. 'l, and Mr. Binge will O'Blunder Mr. Raymond.ft is respectfully announced that the Managers have con cluded an Engagement with Mr. YATES, Acting Manager of the Theatre-Royal Drury-lane, and Proprietor of the Adelphi Theatre, for the Production of a Translation of the celebrated Drama of THE JEWESS, exactly in the same style of splendour and magnificence as pro duced at Drury-lane Theatre by ALFRED BONN, Esq. The part of the Jewess will be sustained by that highly accomplished actress Mrs. YATES; and Miss BETTS, the celebrated vocal ist, from the Theatre-Royal Drury-lane, will also appear in the Drama. The Scenery, now in progress, will Ile on the most biilliant scale, and the splendid Wardrobe, exactly similar to that now worn in the Jewess at Drury-lane, and purchased in Paris at a cost of upwards of One Thousand Pounds! will be ex hibited in the Grand ProcesSions incidental to the Piece. The splendid suits of real Armour and other Dresses, amounting to nearly two hundred, are of the most costly and classic descrip , tion, and, it is trusted, that on the first night of the representa tion of this drama, at the Liver Theatre, it will be pronounced, as a whole, superior to anything of the kind ever witnessed in Liverpool.-Due notice will be given of its first representation. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor—Mr. Armistead. T HIS present FRIDAY, the 29th instant, and every f Evening till further notice, the Grand pr ua of THE JEWESS; OR, -THE COUNCIL OF CONSTA E. With all the surpassing. beauty of the - ew Scenery—the Gorgedus Processions—Banners—Dresse —Properties, &c.— Mr. Ryan's magnificent Stud of Horses War Chariots, &c. • In order to give due effect to this u quailed Pageant, the Stage and Circle has been united, form g one immense arena, arranged anti produced by Mr. Stirlin' Six thousand persons have already . itnessed the represen tation of this highly popular spectacle. Mr. RYAN'S unrivalled Equestrian Company in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the Farce of HUNTING A TURTLE. Stage Manner—Mr. STIRLING. EVENING CONCERT, AT THE 311351 C-HALL, BOLD . ATASTER HUGHES and MONS 1.11. beg leave respectfully to announ numerous families, they will have th COND CONCERT, on TCESDAY, sion the Members of the Liverpool promised their valuable assistance. N.B.—MASTEE HUGHES will h e the honour of giving his Farewell. Concert at Wigan ou Wednesday, and Warrington on Thursday next. IEET. E POTHONIER that, at the request of honour of giving a SE b. 2d ; upon which occa ,oral Society have kindly tTlic FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 183 G. We have received files of Demerara papers to the 19th December. They contain nothing of particular impor tance or interest to European readers. We take the fol lowing extracts from the Guiana Chronicle : " We learn that our old acquaintance Sir Andrew Halliday, is about, once more, to visit the shores of British Guiana ; but alas, and alack-a-day, on this occasion he cones not as before, but now will arrive here as a prisoner, to be tried by a court martial. We have not heard what the charges are—perhaps one of them may be for having promulgated a doctrine relative to mel d'estomac, contrary to all common sense and general ex- perience ; on this charge, of course, he will be defended by the able physician' whom he made worthy mention of in one pf his epistolary effusions in the Gazette. " We fear that Sir Andrew, in his present elevated situa tion, is somewhat like a fish out of water;—perhaps then, the , sentence of the court-marttat may once more restore him to the quiet enjoyment of that humble cot' which formed so pathetic and interesting .a theme for his eloquent pen to descant on during his last sojourn. "Sir Andrew, it is well known, carried on a nice little thriving trade at his quarters in Kingston, by selling his rations, &c., such as beef, peas, oats and so forth. We hear that one cause of his compulsory visit to British Guiana, is to give an count sales' (we believe this is the mercantile term) of these little pedlering transactions. We hope, however, Sir Andrew's ledger will prove a correct one. "BARBAROS.—A despatch from Lord Glenelg has reached Baibados, enclosing an order in council of very great import ance to the inhabitants of that island. This order announces that the King in council„having taken into consideration, among other enactments of the colonial 'legislature, the enact ment for the abolition of slavery in Barbados, finds that "ade quate and satisfactory provision has been made for giving ef fect" to the law of the Imperial Parliament, and that Barbados. is at length entitled to its share in the compensatio❑ money. Lord Glenelg bestows very high commendations both upon the House of Assembly and upon the governor, for the courtesy and good feeling pervading their communications with each other and with the Colonial office, in reference to this subject. " ANGC ILLA.—In consequence of representations forwarded to the Colonial office, to the effect that some apprenticed la bourers had been, since the first of August 1834, removed from the island into foreign colonies and sold, Lord Glenelg has written to Sir Evan Murray M'Gregor, the Governor-General, denouncing the practice as illegal, and promising that interest would be used with the respective governments of these colonies, for the ransom and restoration of all apprentices so treated. " Dom N ICA .—The papers from this island are chiefly occu pied with the publication of the act of parliament for the relief of the sufferers by the hurricane. Twelve thousand pounds sterling are given out of the consolidated fund, and eighty thou sand more are advanced as a loan out of a sum appropriated to such purposes in the year 1832. By an official communication to the lieutenant-governor and assistant-commissioners it ap pears that, for attached and unattached praadial head people and tradesmen and for non-prmdial head tradesmen, the compensa tion alloWed is L2B tie. 81 per head. For aged, diseased, or non-effective, it is so low as £1 18s. 311 The House of As sembly having passed a bill ordaining the yearly census of the population to be made without a classification according to colour, and the Board of Council having rejected this bill, and proposed one in which such classification was to be observed and this bill having been agreed to by the House of Assembly, by the casting vote of the speaker, the free coloured people were to meet and to petition his Excellency the Lieutenant- Governor that it might not receive his assent anti pass into a law. Complaints are made that since the revocation of the commissions of the gentlemen connected with the island, the salaried magistrates are unable to get through the business be fore them. They are only three in number, and are represented as having a difficulty in visiting every plantation even twice a month." • By the Roscoe, we have New York papers to the 9th instant. Mr. BARTON, the American envoy to the court of Loris PHILIPPE, arrived at New York on the 6th January. ThiS circumstance,' coupled with the depar ture of. M. PAGEOT, the French plenipotentiary, from Washington, has revived the war speculation, and caused a considerable sensation in the TJnion. The commis sioners appointed by the American government to exa mine and . report on the claims of the American citizens upon France, had concluded their labours, and declared the grand total to be no less a sum than nine million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars! "and, this too," says a New York paper, " without adding the inter est, which would have increased the sum more than dou ble, and which is as just a demand against France as the principal." The slavery question forms' the most impOrtant sub ject in Governor MATICY's message to the senate and as sembly of New York. He deprecates the proceedings of the abolitionists, and concludes that part of his lecture with the following observations : Their avowed object is to abolish slavery in. the southern and southwestern states; and their means thus far have been con fined to the organization of societies among us and to publica tions of vari:ms kinds on the subject of slavery, which are re garded throughout these states as libels on their citizens, and provccatives to insurrection among their slaves. So far as their proceedings are designed to operate upon this state, we may in quire what end or object they have in view. It cannot be to abolish slavery here, for it does not exist among us. Is it to c3nvince the people of this state that slavery is an evil ? Such is now. the. universal sentioient, that no man can be found ainong•us who entertains a thought of returning to their former condition in this respect. If the abolitionists design to enlist oar passions hi their Cause; such a course MAUI be worse than useless, unless it had reference to some subsequent action, If it is expected in this manner to influence the action of Congress, then they are aiming at an usurpation of power. Legislation by Congress would be a violation of the constitution by which that body exists, and to support which every member of it is bound by the solemn sanction of an oath. The powers of Con gress cannot be enlarged so as to bring the subject of , slavery within its cognizance, without the consent of .the slave holding states. The proceeding of the abolitionists have rendered their object in this respect absolutely unattainable. They have al ready excited such a feeling in all those states; thata proposition so to enlarge the poWers of congress, would be instantly rejected by each with indignation. If their operations here are to in flame the fanatical zeal of emissaries, and instigate them to gd 1 on missions to the slave holding states, there to distribute aboli, tion publications and to promulgate abolition doctrines, their success in this enterprise is foretold by the fate of the deluded men who have preceeded them. The moment they pass the borders of those states, and begin their labours, they violate the laws of the jurisdiction they have invaded, and incur the penalty of death or other ingnominiotts punishment. 1 conceive no Idler object that the abolitionists can have in view, so far as they propose to operate here, but to embark the people of this state, under the sanction of the civil authority, or with its connivance, in a crusade against the slave holding states, for the purpose of forcing abolition upon them by violence and bloodshed. If such a mad preject as this could be contemplated for a sin le moment as a possible thing, everyone must see that the first step towards its accomplishment, would be the end of our confederacy, and the beginning of a civil war. At New York, great anxiety prevailed respecting the course likely to be taken by the insolvent insurance com panies in the division of their assets among the claim ants. Tinder the head of 4‘ Insurance Losses," the Daily Advertisei makes the following observations : " The mass of the merchants have cast up their accounts, and ascertained their loss,— the amount insured, and the pro bable amount they will receive from the Companies. In the face of all this, They hava almost to a man concluded to gn on, there has not as yet been any failures ;, the banks have 4Sen liberal where there was good security, and so far, notwithstand ing so large a portion of our city is in ruins, and nearly a thousand merchant firms scattered to various parts of the city, there has been no pressure or embarrassment. This comae of conduct is worthy of all praise, and speaks volumes fur the sol vency, "punctuality and fidelity of the merchants. All this hOwever has been done with a confidence that the Insurance Companies would pay up, all they had to provide with promp ness. If however the affairs of these Companies are to be thrown into the hands of receivers, and to go through all the litigation, delay and expense necessarily attendant on such a course, the claimants will be most cruelly treated, and seriously injured. Such a proceeding as this would be a second calamity, almost equal to the first. On this subject we think there cannot be two opinions. The Presidents and Directors of the various Companies have a perfect knowledge of their own affairs, know their customs, and are familiar with the whole operation. They can judge well of the character of the proof of loss, a most difilcult point; for in the thousands of losses that have occurred, more must necessary depend on the honor and character of the merchant in his representation of loss, than on oaths and certifi cates.—lt is therefore absolutely necessary that those gentle men and no others, should have the settlement of their own affairs. If the present laws prohibit them froM taking this step, as we presume it does; the legislature now in session, will beyond all question pass a law of such manifest justice." We given elsewhere the American Court Newsman's description of the new year's day grand levee at the Im perial Palace of Washington. The subjoined extract contains the most important part of the proceedings "In Con gress." " Mr. Parker of New Jersey, proposed a resolution that the members of the House sit uncovered during the season, which was laid upon the table, where it will probably lie till the next generation, which perhaps will be more courteous than the present." Well might Mr. DANIEL O'CoNEr.r, exclaim on quit ting the Corn Exchange, on Wednesday evening. "save me from my friends !—save me from Mr. WILLIAM RATHBONE—frorn Mr. THOMAS COG LAN—from the cattle I was before unacquainted with ;—save me from all and snndry of my Liverpool friends, and I will tight my ene mien!"—No, we forget—" I will bully, not fight, my enemies;" for to his professed friends and ardent admir ers, intoxicated with their elevation to seats in the town council, he is indebted for a rebuke which he will remem ber, however long 11;s life, to the latest hour of his ex- istence. Of all the compliments intended to be paid to a public man, we never yet have seen or heard of a defeat so ,complete, or of a failure so miserable. Ordinary curiosity to see a personage of O'CONNELL'S celebrity would, we should have imagined, have collected a much :arger mob than the one which assembled to hear his oration from the balcony of the Adelphi, and yet even that stimulus failed to attract one-fifth the number who attended the execu tion at Kirkdale Gaol at the last assizes. Even his own catholic countrymen, resident in Liverpool, and these, we are told by their priests, amount to fifty or sixty thousand in number, were negligent on this occasion, for we have not heard the crowd in front of the Adelphi estimated at more than eight thousand. The inference, therefore, is, that even with his countrymen resident in Liverpool his influence is at a very low ebb. His general unpopularity here is further proved by The fact that the dinner tickets were hawked about the town, sold at any price, and on Wednesday afternoon as low as eighteen-pence—eighteen-pence for a guinea ticket !—forced upon their tradesmen and dependents by the Managers of the entertainment, and 300 were ac tually consigned to an agent in Manchester for sale, with out meeting any, or but very few, purchasers. At the Lyceum News Room a notice was posted in the usual place, couched in these words :—" On sale, Tickets for O'Connell's Dinner at a reduce& price. Apply at the bar." In the Exchange News Room they were offered at ten shillings on Tuesday, but—no buyers. It will be seen from our report that Mr. RATHBONE acted the part of bear-leader on this grand occasion. His reception at the Town Hall by the Mayor was precisely that which might have been expected from the high. mind ed gentleman who fills that office, namely, the cool civi lity of manner which reproves impertinence without the use of words. Of this O'CONNELL was perfectly sen sible, for in an aside speech to his leader, Mr. RATHBONE, he was heard to say, " We had better be going, for we are not mighty welcome here." Undismayed by the hint given him at the Town. hall, so infatuated was Mr. RATHBONE that he could not avoid hazarding the more dangerous experiment of a visit to the Exchange News-room. Here, we speak from per sonal observation, his appearance created a simultane ous and general burst of indignation ; here his presence would not be endured; here the merchants of Liverpool appeared determined to act from the honest convictions of their minds and set the members of Brookes's Club an example as to the speediest mode of ejecting a Man who is a stranger to all that constitutes the common honesty and the common decencies of civiliied life. Ml'. RATH BONE and his bear did not advance more than twenty feet within the principal entrance of the room before they found it impossible to make good their footing within its walls, and they retired, or, more properly speaking, were kicked out amidst the execrations of nearly every, person in the place. It will, perhaps, be attempted to prove that the room was packed beforetand, and that O'CON NELL'S reception,was a party manceuvre. This we deny, and are prepared to prove the contrary. if necessary. Before O'CONNELL entered, the room was but very little, if any thing, more crowded titan it usually is on a wet or cold day. The most active leaders of the conservative party were not there ; O'CONNELL'S intention of appear ing there was not known until announced from the bal cony of the Adelphi Hotel land besides this, no opposi tion was offered to the entrance of strangers. The in dignation was roused and directed against the profligacy of Mr. O'CONNELL'S character as a public man, and not against his political creed. In proof of this we refer to the polite reception and the patient hearing given in the same place to Mr. SPRING RICE, Lord MOLYNEUX, and other whig and even radical politicians whose principles were by no means approved of by the generality of the subscribers. At the dinner, noise and confusion prevailed. A stranger would have imagined each guest was in turn chairman, and that poor Mr. RATHBONE presided only to be laughed at, or to perform the part of the lord of misrule. We cannot learn that a single merchant of the slightest standing, except the chairman, was present; and the only distinguished guests at the preiident's table were Mr. HALL, the stipendiary, Mr. RIGBY WASON, a catholic priest, Mr. War. EWART, Colonel WILLIAMS, and O'CONNELL'S son MORGAN ! Tire length of our re , recludes us hot .port p Im, and indeed: ahnost supersedes, the necessity for our Mating utir corn ments Oh the SpeeChei. ThoSe of O'Cdz:iEtr, contain very little that he has bet said a thotisand tithes else.: where; our readers will find hi thein the Usual adthixture of bombast and vulgarity ; the nival mithber of clap traps interspersed With the usual numbei of positive falsehoods, and conchisions drawn froth false premises. He did not vouchsafe to explain the Carlow afraif, was altogether silent about the Dublin Commission, appeared to have forgotten Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and the club house in St. :Tames's-street, and never once mentioned the HOUSE OF LORDS. Can the support of. such a man, whose character is held in unutterable contempt here, even by the friends of the MELBOURNE administration; and scouted in every place, except where he can collect a rabble of his countrymen; be of any essential service to that ministry ? Common sense replies—No LONDON LAT.E.ST NEWS. City, Wedneidau E ven i ng , half-past Seven o'clock. In the consol Market there ha s b e e n muc h d a ll ne iS f or the last few days, and the quotation for money is now 91, and for account 91k. Exchequer Bills are at 23 pm.; and India Bonds are also better, being at 6 pm. In the foreign securities there has been great flatness, and in most of the securities there has been a decline in Value, the Northern Bonds'elcepted. Spanish Bonds to-day were done as low as 481, but they closed at 49 ; the deferred at 241 and the passive at 16. Portut.rurse 5 per cents. have been also depressed; the quotation being at 84 and . the :1 per cents. at 531. MexiCan Bonds have Mien 1 per cent, the price being a t 371; but Colombian are stead ittA33.-E In Shares, considerable interest continues to lie excited on the Calcutta and S:iugur Shares, which are to he issued on Monday next. The general appearance has been like that of the other markets, rather flat, but without any material change in value. The Greenock Shares are at 9 pm., the Dover at g pm., the Gravesend at s pm., and the Preston and Wigan at 3 pm. - • •We have been without any colonial arrivals to-day of much iMportance, and thi s h as cause d t h e c i ty to wear a dull appear duce. Considerable excitement was eaused at Lleyd's thii trimming at the receipt of iniolligenCe of the loss of the Wallace, Capt; Robertson, troth Leith to Hobart Town, near the latter place, previous to the 10;11 of September. The frequent losses of vessels in that quarter of the globe, and the serious. sacri fice of property theteby have naturally led the underwrit ers and merchants to regret much that the government has not directed a Correct stiivey to be made of those streams in which so many gallant vessels have been. w r e c k e d, an d so fearful waste ofltutnan has occurred. The Walla ce w as a very beautiful vessel, and it was her first voyage; the captain was an able and experienced navigator, and the cargo of great value. It appears that nOtWitliStailding every effort by the numerous boats and vessels that surrounded her at the tune of the catas trophe only a portion of the passengers luggage had been saved, with some spars, sail, and cabin furniture, and in consequence of a gale a day or two afterwards the whole wr e ck h a d di sap , peaked. When th e la rge q uan tit y of salt Which formed part of her camo had dissolved, the rum and other more valuable part had fallen in, and wa•hed and dashed to pieces. The few arti cles saved, together with the chance of having what could be picked up from the wreck, the anchors and chains being on the, deck, hod likely to be f o und in cal m weat h er; a s t h ey could only sink to the reef, had been sold for £3C3. The Captain (Robertson) had not the sMallest conception he was running into danger, being unfortunately guided by the usually very ac curate sailing directions in Horsburgh's standard Work, which, in speaking of D'Entreeasteames Channel, distinctly states ;n the last edition of 1820, that there is no hidden danger, and the sea being smooth and unruffled at the time,,betrayed no in duction whatever of the reef. There were twenty passengers oil board the Wallace, all of whom, with the crew, were saved. TO TIM EDITOg (IF nth LIPERPOOL ST.4IVDARO. Sin,—Some months back we were in great agitation in Liverpool leSt the municipal reform bill s hould p as s i n t o a l aw . without same special exception being made as to the mode of granting leases in Liverpool. A public meeting was called,. and a deputation s en t t o L on d on to con f er w ith L or d Mel bourne on the Subject, and I understood that the deputation had succeeded in their object, and that a clause was to he in troduced allowing Liverpool to lease corporation property for 75 years, as heretofore: I have carefully perused the act of parliament, and find nn such clause, nor, indeed,- any clause which, to my weak under standing, at all provides for the exigency of the ease. I am aware building land may be leased for 75 years, or any other property which has been already leitied, provided there is a covenant expreued (not inipliedj in the lease to renew at any time for 75 years. But, sfr, I shall be glad to know from. the town-clerk, or any other legal gentleman, or from either of the deputation, which is the clause by which I can obtain new lease fur 75 years to property in street, of which 1 have had a lease from the corporation about eleven tears, and which lease, I understood, I could renew at any lime, upon paving a tine according, to a scale of charges in the Town-hall.. Like many another person, I had occasion to mortgage thii property; and as it is now less in value. than it was then, the mortgagee feels his security in jeopardy (which I cannot deny); and insists on forthwith selling the place by auction, unless pay part of the money oil, or take Up a new lease, which, if 4 can only he for 31 years, will do me no good, as my preset 4 lease has b 4 years in it. This is an important subject, because many other per Sons must be similarly situated.—l am, &c. A SEVENTY-FIVE YEA.IIS LEASEHOLD'ER. Liven-pool, January 26. MASTER Hut; HE S'S CONCERT.—This interesting musical pro: , digy takes leave of the public of Liverpool at the Music-Hall; 80ld -street, on Tuesday next. The Members of the Choral Society have kindly offered their assistance on the occasion. . MRS. LENNON'S C ONCERT. —The attendance at the Adelphi, Concert Room, on Tuesday evening. Was the fullest we have ever seen in that place; every part Of the room being crowded ai well as the anti-room leading to it. To Mrs. Lennon below's . the credit of introducing two vocalists and a violinist to the Liverpool public. The first, Mr. Walton, frona Manchester, possesses a fine tenor voice, whic.h he knows hoW to,otake the best use of; the second, Master Gillnic, a lad about nine .yeare of age, who astonished the audience a diSplayof his egtra ordinary vocal powers; th e th i rd, M r. E. W. Thomas, who.per formed a Concerto on the violin in a brilliant Style: We have not space to give a detailed notice of the performances; raanY of them were very beautiful, and we have but rarely been pre- Sent at an er.tertainment of this kind which gave more general satisfaction. NEWSPAPERS SENT TO FOREIGN PARTS.—By the last night'si mail we received several copies of the Li vriaPoor. STANDARD; which had been directed to persons residing. in Paris, Amster.: dam, and several other continental cities, on covers obtained at our office. with the name of the paper printed on them. The act permitting the transmission of newspapers to foreign parts, On the payment of twopence for each paper, requires that no thing shall he printed or written 'fp the cover of the papers sent, except the name and address of the person for whom it is intended, which must be in writing. All newspapers sent tri the Postoffice contrary to this regulation, or without the pay meta of the postage, are of course not for Warded. DINNER To Mu. WHITTY.--On TtleSdilV evening the Corn= missiutters of Watch gave Mr. Whitty a dinner at the Mersey Coffee-house, in testimony of the high opinion they entertained of his conduct since he Became Superintendent of the Nightly Watch. The dinner was sumptuous, and got up in Horne'd usual style of excellence. Mr. ltichard Benson was in the chair, supported by Mr. Smith, Mr. Winder, and the other Commis sioners Mr. Hand filled the Vice-Chair. Oa the removal of the cloth, after the loyal and usual toasts had been giien, the Chairman, in an appropriate speech, proposed Mr. Whitty's health. In doing so, he said he felt more than ordinary pleasure; for he knew they all entertained but one opinion of Mr. Whitty's conduct since he had become their servant. When he was a candidate fur the situation, he (Mr. Benson) did not think hint a fit and proper person for the oflice, and he had therefore voted against him. From an opponent he hail become hiS friend, and he felt assured that if transferred from the Commissioners of Watch to the Watch Committee . , that - Committee Would find him the active, fearless, and honest servant which he had proved himself while discharging the important duties entrusted to hint in his present situation--Mr. Whitty briefly returned thanks; NVilliams returned thanks on behalf of the Fire Police Committee; after which Mr. Whitty begged to propose the health of a gentleman who had been zealous and active on that Committee, Mr. W. A. Smith. In doing so he was indulging in a se;fish feeling, for he owed Mr. Smith a lung debt of grati s tude ; he was the first gentleman in Liverpool from whom he ever solicited a favour; it was granted with his characteristic readiness and liberality.—Mr. Smith returned thanks. Several other toasts were given, and the evening passed off to the satis faction of all present. , INFORM ATIONS.—On Tuesday, before J a m es HA, Esq., tne magistrate, James Bimpson, publican, of Scotland-road, was brought up on an information charged with selling spirits dur ing -divine service on Sunday last. He was fined ss. and costs. —Stephen Murphy, w h o occup i es a stan d i n S t. J o h n ' s M ar . ket, was charged with having obstructed the avenue by placing five baskets outside his stand on Wednesday last. He was lined 2s. Gd. and 3s. Gd. costs.--John Speltuati, Martha Clay ton, Mary Buck. Ann Christian, Ellen Dwyer, George Taylor, James Field, William Smith, 'Thomas Cod:ranee, Ann earl., George Atkinson, Edward Cowley, Edward Hughes, Eliz Clarkson, John Grady, and Mary Marton were each tined simi .. !sr sums for the same offence.—William Tomlinson, the driver of Mr. Heaton's car, was brought up on an intOrmation by a gentleman, charging him with having been so drunk whilst at tending his car on the stand in L o nd on - roa d th e n i g ht b e f ore thaethe gentleman was obliged to ;!,et out of the car again, the driver being unable to shut the door and utterly incapable of driving. On get tingout, he commenced abusing him. He was tined 3s. 64 and 3s. 6d. costs. 1 CRUEL USAGE. —On Tuesday, at the Police-court, John Es.; keth was brought up before Hail. Esq., the m agistrate, his sho o ver y liitied, byhe charged by John Roberts shopkeeper, with breaking his ' black amour., Roberts stated that ' he had a blackainnor hung at his shop door, and the night before being in heard. somebody icaiing it. He ran to the door immediately, and saw the prisoner and another running down an entry close up the entry. On returning, he found his poor blacky had lost by his shop, and then run into 'Airs. Jackson's hou u s t e Ni; : i v i ti li ves both his at ms, "which had been bod g i , l , y t be:lir:he:: the far the best part of as handsomehaeanrodsesoalismeovenre f t i a la wore. He went into his shop, nn d e the ka. ile r r , . deter mined to linen and catch them gibe) , should come • again '•H had not been there long when he whispering; lie then rushed out, and caught the prisoner just as he was the second time entering Mrs. from hint a large stone e .b v r i, e le a n ki t n ly g t haoiloxinoifwtunelet.r:con,,raillnl, an k ii ti's, and tonic cate fan to brush the dust front blacky' s r and s. Jackson ; nose.—Mrs. "ng but a deli hem stepped forward, allowed Jackson; that She was "Please yer honour, may I be in i o st i . i i n ly ; h t o h u a s t e fe a l t le t r w ,: then sworn anti proceeded, "I am Mri pointing to complainant, "comes minimg o'clock this morning, and says this lad has beaten rev blacka moor, and broken his arms and •Which lad?' Says h e, , Jack , hi s nose, tin'. all. Says I, Esketh.' Sacs I, ' He's bin i! bed these two trouts.' "—The moth er o f p r i soner h ere b urst for m I for ward. "I am hi s mot h er ani . l heard somebody say they was killing John, so I made immedi ate complainant sweare agistrate—B u t this application to the window." The . ti not h ing to do with the charge; positively to taking a hammer from the prisoner, and he must pay the damage. Aftet some further parley, it was arranged that 3s. 6d. would be a fair •remunera tion for the damage sustained, which, along With the expenses was immediately paid. WELSH CHARITY SCHOOL.—The directors of the Welsh chez rity school, finding that their annual subscriptions are not ode:. quate to defray the expenses of the establishment, hive it ...... 4 rimi.........t.i.;,...;: ...i....:*- .. L.,..Li ..1.....i., ..;...:.......,....r..:._ n-... sa ._