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TREATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. WOOD, And the Last Night of Mr. and Mrs. W 0 0 D, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane. Second Week of Mr. BARKER, Principal Tenor Singer of Mr. Braharn's Theatre, London, and of the Theatres- Royal, Dublin and Edinburgh. Second Week of Miss LAND, from the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden. Mr. RANGER, The highly successful representative of French Characters, at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, who is engag ed for a Fortnight, will make his fourth appearance here onMoNDAY EVENING. T HIS present FRIDAY, November 2d, will be per formed the Opera of the MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. Susannah Mrs. Wood. Count Altuaviea.... Mr. Wood. Fiorello Mr. Barker. Countess Miss Land. Figaro. „Mr. G. Horucastle. I Cliertibino Mrs. Tellet. Antonio Air. Baker. After which, the Grand Opera of CINDERELLA. __ Cinderella Mrs. Wood. Felix..(Prince of Salerno).. Mr. Wood. Clorinda—Miss Land. Baran Pompolino Mr. G. Horncastle. Pedro Mr. Baker. Fairy Queen ..Miss Grant. MR. HILL, The celebrated Comedian and representative of American Rustic Characters, from the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane and Haymarket, and Royal Olympic Theatre, London, and the principal Theatres in the United States, is engaged for FIVE NIGHTS, and will make his first appearance here en Monday next, Nov. sth. when will be produced, for the first time here, a new Drama, written by Mr. Ranger, called THE ROMANTIC WIDOW. Monsieur St. Croix Mr. Ranger ' As performed by him upwards of 100 nights at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. After which, a new Drama, never performed here, written expressly for Mr. Hill, and represented with the greatest sPprobattea at all the American Theatres, called NEW NOTIONS. Major Wheeler Mr. Hill. To which will be added, for the first time here, a new Drama, also written expressly for Mr. Hill, and acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, with universal applause, called the YANKEE PEDLAR. Hiram Dudes, (112e . fi;nkee Pedlar) Mr. Hill. To conclude with the new Farce of TOM NODDY'S SECRET. Zbt ILiberpool ,Stanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 2, 1838. fll' The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morning at 5 o'clock. Tra Wl= INDIES.—We have received files of the Jamaica Royal Gazette, Dispatch, Gazette, and Mer•- eury, to the 26th of September, Demerara papers to the 13th of September, and Barbadoes papers of the lame date. The news brought by this arrival does not appear to be a whit more encouraging than the previous ac eounts. Wo subjoin as many extracts as we have room for. We find in a Jamaica paper the following account of the recent proceedings of the Governor : "Oa Saturday, the Bth instant, his Excellency the Governor, visited St. Thomas in the Vale, and was re ceived by the Hon. G. W. Hamilton. There were also present a large concourse of labourers from the various properties. His Excellency took a seat on the sofa in the drawing-room, and addressed himself to the gentlemen present, and remarked that he had come to see if he could do any good ; that he was anxious to learn in what consisted the differences between the masters and their late apprentices, and why it was that work bad not been resumed. " The Custos stated that the great bone of conten tion was wages. The labourershad demanded a much higher rate than the proprietors could afford to pay. " His Excellency asked what were the terms of fered ? "The Custos.—The father of a family was charged Is. Rd. a week for the house in which they all lived, but each individual was required to pay the like sum for his ground, provided he was able to labour ; those belonging to similar gangs were required to pay 10d. or a bill in proportion to their rate of wages. "His Excellency.—lf the people are to pay these rates, what are they to live upon ? "The Custos.—The husband was offered ss. per week, the wife 6s. Bd. ; and less, according to the class of labourers to which they belonged. "His Excellency.—This appears a fair rate of hire; and lam sorry that any difference should exist." [He then called Mr. Jackson, the stipendiary magistrate, and asked him if he knew anything respecting the cause of disaffection among the labourers, and why they refused the terms that had been off-!red ? Mr. Jackson replied that he had conversed with a great many of them, and they had expressed no objection to paying rent for their houses and grounds, but wished to dispose of their labour in the way they thought fit.] " His Excellency said, he thought the. proprietors would consult their own interests, and allay the irrita tion which existed, if they would do as had been done at Clarendon and Vere. In these parishes the rent for house and ground had been given up for the first three months, and the hire fixed at Is. Bd. per day. "Mr. Page felt assured every one present would adopt his Excellency's suggestion, provided the la bourers would immediately resume work. "His Excellency inquired if that was the general feeling, and received replies in the affirmative. He next inquired if he should communicate that informa tion to the people, which being also assented to, his Excellency addressed the people, stating that he had been talking to their employers, or old masters, and they seem kindly disposed to them, but that he was very sorry to find that none of them had been at work : lie also stated that the Queen and the country had made them free, but it was not for that they should become idle: their friends in Jamaica and Great Britain ex pected them to be industrious. His Excellency asked them the reason why they did not work ? They re plied that they had been waiting for mosso the gover nor. They then promised the governor that they would go to work on Monday morning; but one man inquired what was to be the day's work ?—how many 'hours? to which the Governor replied, at least nine hours. The people made no reply, but appeared sa tisfied. But notwithstanding this arrangement, and. the promise made, our informant ensures us, that. with the exception of two or three on each estate, and those not working continnally, the people almost through the parish had not up to Wednesday last turned out to work. Upon estates where there are 200, about 15 of 20 will turn nut at six o'clock, and work till one or two. On one property, with 86 labourers on it, only four were at work." The Jamaica Gazette or September 22d announces that the House of Assembly was called to meet on the 30th ult. It says—" Our representatives will observe, by the proclamation inserted in this day's Gazelle, that the Assembly is called to meet on the 30th October, for the despatch of publfc business, when, we trust, they will be prepared to discuss the weighty measures which will engage their attention. The country will look with intense anxiety for the result of their pro rseedinga—tlie first of which in importance will be the qaestiou, whether the Island Charter shall be main tained in all its essential attributes, or whether the island is in future to be ruled by a despotic and invad• iag power. Several violations of the charter of our liberties, franchises, and immunities have been perpe trated—snper-legislation has been resorted to—the power that has been exercised must be questioned and resisted, and its unlawfulness proved and overthrown ; or the island of Jamaica will be reduced to a new state of bondage and servitude. These are questions which must engage the most serious attention of the patriot acid the independent senator." The same paper contains the following warning "to those who wish to employ African apprentices without any power of control over them. The following scene, we are candidly informed, lately occurred upon Albion Estate, St.Pdary's, and will serve as an instance of what a lawless state the island will speedily be brought to under the present frightful experiment of disorganized misrule. It seems that several of the lately shipwrecked Afri cans had been comfortably settled on Albion Estate, and a number of their countrymen and messmates lo cated in the neighbourhood. They were supplied with every comfort and necessary of existence, and only re quired to do a little light field lab Our in return for the food and lodging, &c., received. One of the consta bles attending to his field duties, perceiving that one of these pauper Africans, instead of performing his allotted task, was supinely lounging under the cool shade of an umbrageous tree, took leave to rouse his dormant faculties by the application of a small switch to his back. In the twinkling of an eye the wrath of the savage was roused. He sprung at the throat of the constable, and, but for his superior dexterity, would have laid him dead on the spot. The constable con quered the assault of the savage ; but the latter brooded over his ulterior revenge ! By the Saturday, when the estate's work was suspended, he hurl gathered the whole of his African clan, who, stripped naked and armed with long knives, cutlasses, bows and arrows, and every other weapon they could procure, pursued their way to the constable's house, broke open the bed-room door, and if it had not been for a hair breadth escape under the bed, and through the win dow, would have immolated him on the spot! Not finding their victim where they expected to catch him, hey pursued their way to the works, and there, mis taking another for the person who had made his escape, they surrounded hint in a circle, yelling their war- whoop, and waving knives and cutlasses over his head. The estate's people were called to the rescue, but they stood appalled, and by another desperate effort of stra tagem the innocent victim agai❑ escaped from their grasp. The word was then given to mount and ride off for the overseer or attorney, when the savages dis persed in pursuit, tracking the boy on horseback, who narrowly escaped an arrow from their bow, by giving his horse a sudden turn as it was aimed to enter his body. The savages, after this defeat, sent a deputa tion of their body to demand a palaver at the Queen's House; and it is said that their mia/man, conjuror, or ambassador, found his way thither by laying four sticks on the cross road which pointed to the proper direc tion ! "The negroes in the parish stand in dreadful awe of these Obeah Priests, who believe that, though they fear Buckra, they can instantly do for a black! And as it is reported that the officiating constable (a black man) has been ordered by certain authorities to re ceive a flogging, this has confirmed their fears; and after such scenes are allowed to pass over with impu nity, can any one doubt the state of disorder and bar barism to which we shall speedily revert." The Jamaica Despatch of the 24th ult., contains the following brief account of the state of the windward islands :—"Our fellow colonists in the windward island papers seem to be labouring- under the sam e difficulties that we are experiencing at this moment in Jamaica. "In St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Tobago, Grenada, and Trinidad, the negroes are quite unsettled.—ln Barba does they had behaved so ill, that the military were placed on strict duty, and the negroes had been com• mitted to gaol by the dozens. The St. Lucia Free Press says— " ,Affairs are becoming worse every day with the planters. Their properties are left without labourers to work them ; their buildings broken into, stores and produce stolen, ground provisions destroyed, stock robbed, and they themselves insulted and laughed at."' The papers of the 26th ult., give the following par ticulars respecting the state of the parishes of Man chester anti St. Dorothy :—" We are glad to perceive, by private letters, that the labourers in the parishes of Manchester and St. Dorothy are, in general, resuminc , their accustomed work at a remuneration which seems We take the following from the Demerara papers of le 13th ult : "The occurrence of most importance which has taken place since our last, is the publication in the Ga zette of two Orders in Council, both of the date of the 30th of July last. By the first, the ordinance of the 12th of July, 1836, for the better regulation of the re lative duties of masters and articled servants, in British Guiana, &c., w►th the three orders in council thereunto annexed, are repealed, all contracts or treaties existing remain in full force. "The reports from the various districts as to the conduct of our labouring population are as various and opposite to each other as it is possible for them to be. There are many of the estates on which the labourers had at first gone steadily to work, which now have scarcely a hand on them ; whilst upon others they mus ter a greater force than they could before command. We hear also that. the people have already in many instances exhibited the propensity common to the habits of savage life, which we called squatting, and to which we havealwayslooked to as one of the evils of Grenada. It is gratify ing to us to be able to record that the ac counts received from several parts ol• the country are of a satisfactory nature. " It is with the deepest concern we announce that the labourers at St. Vincent, with very few exceptions, still refuse to labour for fair wages." The Barbadoes papers of the 13th ult., furnish us with the follow ing document : HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. "The Governor recommends to the early consider ation of the Honourable House of Assembly the sub ject of a circular letter from her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, and of an order by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, relative to the practice which appears to have arisen on the part of agents, or speculators, of engaging the services of emancipated negroes in several parts of the West Indies under contract for labour to be per formed in British Guiana and Trinidad, the object of such persons being to assign the contracts, on the ar rival of die negroes at their destination, to other par ties, at a profit to themselves. " MACGREGOR, Governor." The Times of yesterday contains the following digest of the news brought by the Spey : " By the Spey packet papers have been received frum Jamaica and other West India islands. The accounts respecting the negro labourers continue to be of a mixed character, but upon the whole it may be assumed that appearances were more favourable to the termination of disputes between the masters and men on the subject of wages, and the gradual return of the men to their labour. Complaints are made in parts of Jamaica where work had been resumed, that the negroes were in the habit of finishing their allotted tasks in four or five hours early in the day, and after that could not be induced to resume work. The pe culiar nature of sugar cultivation is said to require that the labour should be more eyially diffused over the day, but, however that may be, it does not appear that any reasonable ground of dissatisfaction could be urged against the men for using greater expedition for their own ease, so long as the quantity of work agreed upon was performed. Some uneasiness was manifest in Kingston about the growing ascendancy of the coloured population in a political point of view. In alluding to sonic remarks made in the House of Lords here on the position perspectively in which they might be placed when in a state of entire freedom, at which time they would perhaps conic to be invested with political rights, it is observed that members of the Imperial Legislature seemed to be ignorant that such rights were already enjoyed by the coloured people, and to show how they worked with reference to the whites, the fact is stated that such is the pre ponderance of the coloured electors, that a majority of the corporation was actually elected by, and a majo rity of the petty juries composed of, their class. The influence of the white inhabitants, it was asserted, WaS daily on the decline, and a sort of apathy and despon dency seemed to prevail among them, evinced by their disinclination to work or to serve office. The Jamaica legislature had been further prorogued to the 30t11 of October. " From Barbadoes the advices are to the 23d ult. A meeting had been held there on the subject of the contemplated alterations in the currency. Resolu tions were agreed upon in deprecation of the Govern ment plan, and the local legislature petitioned to me morialize her Majesty against any " alteration in the relative value of coins as established by law and cus tom for upwards of 20 years," because it would inter fere with all pending transactions between debtor and creditor. The most effectual mode of legally regula ting the present value of coins would be, it was said, to convert currency into sterling by deducting one third ; the doubloon would consequently be 665. Bd., and the dollar 45...2i. It was also determined to peti tion that no further powers should be granted, directly or indirectly, to the colonial bank. The unsteadiness of the negro labourers w is complained of in the island, and their disregard of the conditions of contracts. In one instance of a turnout, some of the ringleaders were seized and taken to prison, followed by the whole of their comrades, who insisted on their liberation, or their own committal with them. " From Grenada the accounts are satisfactory. An almost general disposition was evinced among the ne groes to resume their labours, where not actually at work. The rate of wages was 4 bitts per day in ad dition to the usual allowances. It was common for the men to do an extra quantity of work in overtime, for which, as agreed upon, they received 2 bitts more. "From Trinidad to the 22d ult. the accounts are also more favourable. The negroes were gradually settling down in various parts of the island. The usual rates of wages were 3s. currency per day for a day's task of a given measurement, with, in sonic cases, an allowance of dried fish and rum. On many estates medical attendance and nourishment during sickness formed part of the bargain. Ott others the labourers agreed to pay the medical aid themselves at the same rate as the proprietor used to do formerly— that is, each able•bodied labourer Is. per week, and each half task workman 6:1:" We must defer for the present any comments of our own upon the intelligence which we have received by the present arrival. The state of our 'West Indian colonies must necessarily occupy much of the attention of Parliament when it next assembles; and we shall havi.bi event occasion to revert to the subject. THE EAST INDIES--As the affairs of our Eastern possessions are likely to occupy henceforth a promi nent position in the public journals, we feel convinced that we shall be excused for appropriating, a portion of our space o the following lucid statement of facts, 'or which we are indebted to the Asiatic Journal for the present month : Upwards of three months' intelligence from India has reached England during the past month, embracing topics of much interest; but the impoitance of the news brought by the last overland despatzh, whence it appears that the British Government of India is about to commence military opera- ttons which may lead to serious results, absorbs the attention due to minor domestic subjects. A sketch of the political state of Aflgnanistau will furnish a key to the measures about to be pursued by Lord Auckland and his council, and will explain the policy - of these measures, which seem to be in some quarters misunderstood. When the lion. Mr. Elphinstone visited the Court of Cabul in 1808, the throne of that kingdom (a portion only of the once extensive empire of Atlghanistan) was occupied by Schah Shooja-001-Nleolk, then about 30 years of age, of whose cha racter Mr. Elphinstone gave a favourable representation. In the succeeding year, soon after the British embassy had left the country, Schah Shooja lost his kingdom through the trea chery of his vizier, - Eaten Khau; head of the powerful family of the Barukzves, who placed Shooja's brother Mahood on the throne et urtbol. The court soon after became the theatre of factions; Prince :imuran, the son of Shah Mahood, indig nant at the imluenee exercised by Futteh Khau over his father, plotted diiwnfall. The Schah of Persia had at this time demanded tribute from Herat, situate on its western frontier, and Fetteh Khan, on pretext of aiding its gover nor, a brother of Schuh Mahood, marched thither, beat off the Persians, made himself master of the fortress of Herat, and usurped the government. On his return, Prince Kamran worked upon his weak father to sanction the putting Futteh Khan to death, which wait done under circumstancre of great cruelty and indignity, and .the consequence was that the family of !the Barukzves Was driven into rebellion. This was in 1818. Schell Mahrnood was soon expelled from his insecure seat, and fled to Herat, where he died in 1829; his son Kamran succeeding to the fragment of his power. Meanwhile Schah Shooja, after many narrow escapes, haying been placed under restraint and plundered' , by Runjeet Sing, had obtained an asylum in British India. On the exile of Schah Mahood he was recalled by Azeem Khan, the bro ther of Futteh, and head of the Barukzyes; but on this family being offended by some act of Shooja, they abandoned their first design, and filled the throne with his brother Ayoob, who was, however, a mere tool in the hands of Azeem Khasi. Civil war had now exhausted Afghanistan, and several of its provinces had fallen into the possession of Runjeet Sing, who, after the battle of Neushero, in 1823, established his power eastward of the Indus, and between that river and Peshawur on its western bank. The success of Runjeet preyed upon the mind and health of Azeem Khan. He died, and in his last moments charged his son, who succeeded to his influence over the puppet monarch of Cabul, to hold no friendship with the ruler of the Punjab, but to carry fire and sword into his territories. Discord and anarchy followed the death of Azeem Khan • his sun was expelled by his uncles, who seized upon the different provinces of Cabul. Shere dil Khan established himself at Crudahar; Sooltan Mahotned Khan, with his two brothers, Peer Mahomed Khan and Seed Mahomed Khan, possessed themselves of Peshawur, and Cabul, after having several masters, came under the control of Dost Mahomed Khan. ,Political jealousy had sowed the seeds of everlasting discord between the brothers. The puppet king, Ayoob, was elected front Cabal, and he fled into the Punjab, where he was received and kept as a Taloa- Isle deposit by Runjeet Sing, who could promote his political schemes by alternately negotiating with the two fugitive monarchs, Shoojah and Ayoub; or with either of the Barukzy - e chiefs; and by intrigue as much as by his arms he has confirmed his authority west of the Indus, possessed himself of the valuable province of Cashmere, and obtained the virtual dominion of Peshawur, Sooltan Mahomed Khan being a tributary of the Sikh Rajah. The chiefs of Cabul and Peshawur are at direct enmity; the latter had an ally in his brother at Candahar, and both were more than suspected of a design upon Cabul. The whole of the Barukzye family, however, concur in an equal dread of Shah Shooja (who has been a resident at Loodiapa, under British protection) and of Pi ince Kamran, of Herat, both of whom have preferable though conflicting claims to their possessions. It will now be easy to understand the object and policy of the measures adopted by our Indian Government. The chief of Cabul, Dust Mellowed Khan, whether through Russian in fluence, or a desire to fortify himself against the enmity of his brothers and of the Sikhs, joined the Persians in their at tack upon Herat, and advised that the troops of Persia and Cabal should march upon the Indus. The ruler of Herat, Shah Kam ran, as he now terms himself, having defeated the Schah of Persia, who relinquished his enterprise against him, and being joined by the Uzheck and other tribes, is strong enough to try for the recovery of the crown of Cahul. The ulterior views of the actual chief of that place, suit of the Prince of Herat, with respect to the territories east uf the In dus, are sufficiently well known (from the representations of Colonel Burnes) to render it highly inexpedient on our part, or that of the Sovereign of the Punjab, to permit the success of either; accordingly, a treaty has been concluded between the British and Sikh governments on the one part, and Schah Shoola, the dethroned sovereian of Cabul on the other, to re store this rrince to his rightful power. The British troops, therefore, enter A fighapistan not as principals in the war but, jointly with the Sikhs, as auxiliaries of the legitimate klutz - of Cabul. The influence which Russia has had it, producing this state of things is not apparent. The ambition of Dust Mahomed Khan, and his hatred of Ratajeet Sing, against whom he was endeavoured to excite the British Government, are sufficient to account for the part he has taken; and with respect to Prince Karnran, he must regard Russia. the ally of his enemy the Persian King, as his foe. That the Russian envoy sup• planted Captain (now Colonel) Burnes at Cabul is true; but the jealousy of British influence there is pardonable. Dust Mahomed Khan, the chief of Cabul, is described by Captain Burnes as an accomplished and intelligent person, of good talents for government. The Affghans ate a sober, steady and simple people, but idle. They entertain a deep rooted antipathy to the Sikhs. Cabul is enclosed by high rocky hills; the Bala Hissa, which commands the city, stances on a narrow neck of land, about 150 feet above the level country. Captain Burnes represents this fort as "a poor, irregular, and dilapidated fortification, which could never withstand an escalade." The walls of the city are in ruins. Dust Mahomed Khan's chiefship extends north to the Hindoo Koosh and Bameen, west to the bill country of the Iluzaras, south to Gozni, and east half-way to Peshawur. The country is mountainous and strong, though it has good roads through it. His military force, when Captain Burnes visited Calm% in 1832. consisted of 9,000 horse, well mounted and accoutred, 2,000 infantry, besides auxiliaries and village troops, and 14 .;tins. The chief oC Peshawur is a well-educated man, of good talents, and surgetsed to he favourably disposed towards the British. His strength is unimportant, and he is at the mercy of the Sikh, - 'Foe present :11,, of Candahar is Cohun Dil Khan, a man of singular charactir, resembling his brother Futteh Khan, but m"rose as well as cruel. His military force is 9,000 horse (which he could easily increase, as the city is situate near the native seat of the Barulaye family,) and Nix pieces of artillery. His oppression has rendered his government unpopular. The Pi ince of Herat, till his recent success lifted him into importance, had but little power, and was falling into a de-. P ~ t idence on Persia. His revenue is large, Herat being situ ate in a very fertile country, which enabled him to keep up a force of about 4,0(X) or 5,0(X) men. He is represented as c li ng i ng to the hops of re-establishing the monarchy of his father; but he has no political connexions, and has the cha racter of a cruel tyrant, destitute of friends and odious to his con u tr\ men. From this description of the condition of the country against which the movetnents of the Anglo-Indian army are directed, and of its chiefs, it is evident that the re-establish ment of Schah Shooja in Cahill, the population of which is represented to be favourably disposed towards us, would erect another important outwork of our eastern empire, which would tulle counterbalance the loss of influence in Persia, and provide for any contingencies that may happen on the death of ltunjeet Sing. Captain Burnes remart:s, that had circumstances brought us into alliance with Cabul instead of Persia, we might have now possessed more trusty and useful allies nearer home, than we can boast of in that country, at a tenth of the expense. ‘Ve observe that Siude, formetly a dependency of Cabul, has applied for a British force. The resolution of the allies of Schah Shooja seems to have been taken prior to the defeat of the Persians before Herat, and in contemplation of the fall of that place to the Schah of Persia. The change of circumstances has, however, only erect the direction of the 'Tiara of the army, whiCh w. ,e to Candahar (whose chief has identified his interests with hose of his brother at Cabul) instolltd of Herat. Some movements on the part of Nepaul have excited alarm at Calcutta, having been connected with the state of affairs to the westward; but it turns out that the irruption of the Ghoorkas into the Sikkim territory was a false rumour, and that the embassy from the court of Nepaul was intended for Schah Shooja, our ally, not for Dust. Mahomrd Khan, or Itunjeet Sing. The motions of the Nepaulese, no doubt, re quired to be vigilantly watched. It is stated that a large body of their troops oceopy their mountain passes, ready to ad vance into our territories. The great diamond "koh-i-nor," or mountain of light, which glittered on the armlet of Schah Shoeja when Mr' Elphiustone visited his court, and now adorns the person o Runjeet, was then wrested from the unfortunate monarch. ABERCROMBY WARD.—The exertions of the con servatives in this ward have at last been successful, and we have now to congratulate the town at large on the triumphant return .of Robertson Gladstone, Esq., as one of the Council. We can hardly credit the intimidation made use of by own in authorityr—councillors and magistrates—to compel persons whose bread depends upon the situa tions they hold in some of the public offices to vote for Mr. Earle; and we are free to assert, that if a tenth part of the intimidation used by these liberals had been ever used by the conservatives, the radical prints would have been filled with virtuous indignation, and we should never have heard the last of the matter. The parties are known—and we hope Mr. Gladstone will not let the matter drop. From an early hour in the morning, it was evident that a reaction had taken place. The leveller was le velled not to rise again;unless, like the phoenix, he springs from the ashes of the radicalism of the ward, and soars into the Council-chamber, the shadow of an alderman, self-elected, because ward-rejected, on the most approved principles of liberalism. Mr. Gladstone maintained his majority throughout the day, and it was evident from the elongated visages of the radical committee that the game was "all up" with them. As the hour of four approached, loud and long were the shouts of the conservatives as each vote came up to swell the majority ; and a few minutes be fore four, it was suggested in the committee room, that, as Mr. William Earle, even when he was the Mayor, voted for Ewart and Elphinstone, and would no doubt at the last moment vote for himself, that Mr. Gladstone should register his vote, amidst three hearty cheers. ! e decoy took ; for in a minute or two the chop-fallen Mr. Eni le was seen at a dot-and carry-one pace, wendiw.! his weary way to the window. "How many bast got, Hal ?" " One, master : chuck him in!" At four o'clock the curtain fell upon the hopes of the radicals, and upon the windows of a neighbouring doctor, whose future hopes are exceedingly slender; and the state of the poll (there being no mistake of _figures this time) stood thus : Gladstone Earle Alajority '2o Mr. Earle being thus snuffed out, Mr. Gladstone was loudly called for, and on presenting himself at the window was received with loud and reiterated cheer ing. \%Then it hal subsided, with the exception of a few yells from the adjoining radicals, he spoke as fol- .OWS Gentlemen,—My first duty is to thank you for those great exertions by which you have placed me at the head of the poll, for to those strenuous exertions we mainly owe our success. I feel deeply grateful for the personal kindness I have received; but you, gen tlemen, have fought for greater and nobler objects than individual benefit, you have fought for the glorious institutions of the country, and you have triumphed. (Loud cheers.) You have all seen the base and libel lous attack upon my character which has been pla• carded on the walls. Whoever the anonymous libeller may be, he cannot prove the smallest statement he has made—(No)—for if he could, and I challenge him to do so, I should be an object of disgrace, undeserv ing of ordinary decency, and a deserved exile from my native town. (Cheers.) It has been said that it is not pleasant to sit amongst radicals, and some of my friends have expressed their surprise that I should attempt this Ward. But they did not know its cone stituencv, and I am not the man to shrink from the contest even against Ilie best champion our antagonists possessed. (Applause.) Your votes this day have shewn that you disbelieve the foul allegations in the placard to which I have alluded—l asked you whether you did so or not, and your answer has been placing me at the head of the poll. (Cheering) You have combated for principle, against what I may with safety call no principle at all. (Cheers.) A gentleman in the room has just reminded me that I have this day been a "leveller." (Loud laughter and cheers.) Mr. Aspinall here said something to Mr. G. who proceeded. Another friend thinks I am a leveller of levellers. Be this as it. may, I placed myself in your hands, and the victory is yours. I will not at this period longer detain you. Going as your representative, my study will be to serve you faithfully, to defend your interests, and also to forward the interests of the town at large. Gentlemen,—l thank 3on again for your unceasing kindness and your strenuous exertions, and however ineffectual my services in the Council Chamber may be, I will strive to do my duty to all. Mr. Gladstone retired amidst long protracted cheer ing. Mr. Holme was then loudly called for, and after a short delay addressed the assemblage, hoping their moderation in victory would be as striking as their fortitude under defeat had been, and stated that if equal exertions had been used in every Ward, equal results would have greeted them. Mr. H. then alluded in strong terms to the infamous placard which had appeared on the walls, and characterised the writer, as himself a slave in more degrading bondage than either the Indian or American slave, who could make charges against the reputation of any man as he had done, and ❑ot have the manliness to put his name to his allega- The late hour at which we write prevents us giving more than a mere outline of his remarks. Mr. Aspinall was afterwards called for, but it appeared he had left le room. The success of the Conservatives in this Ward is in a great measure attribute le to the excellent arrange ments of the Committee. The exertions of Mr. Mon caster, Mr. Atkinson, (not Tindal,) Messrs. Mellor & Weston and several other gentlemen, have been above all praise. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—We have so much to say on the subject of the Municipal Election that, in order to do anythinglike justice to the many topics which press upon our attention, we must defer our remarks until Tuesday, when we shall have the advantage of re viewing the observations which may be offered by our radical contemporaries. A correct analysis of the vo ting during the day will be found below. LIVERPOOL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR 1838. Subjoined, we give a tabular statement of the wards, con servative and reform candidates, the numbers polled each hour, (as copied from the statement in the Exchange News Room,) the final number of votes polled for each candidate for each ward at the close of the poll, (from the Mayor's official ret urn,) the majorities, conservative or liberal, and the number of candidates on each side elected. 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CC K.; NOO c.O I Cr: tz, . . . • • • 00 GC.. - C.C*". cd 15.31u , 1 I I 11`42F.-.31 C . , tO A I I A CO I 14- C , ••1- 1.;•••• I C) . c. 7 On Wednesday evening the 24 ult., between four and five o'clock, some thieves entered the residence of Mr. M'Cracken, 11odnev.street, and carried off a considerable quantity of silver plate, consisting of table spoons, forks, ladles, and desert knives and forks, the greater portion being marked with a horse's head bridled. From the manner in which the robbery was committed the thieves must have been very dexterous. Steam-packet the Commodore, were greatly surprised on THE LION WALLACE. — Tbe passengers of the Glasgow Tuesday evening, at having ou hoard with them a scion of royalty, no less a personage than a King of the Forest. His Majesty, with his suite, were en route for Edinburgh, having been purchased in this town (after 5 very severe competition) by Mr. Hughes, fur the celebrated equestrian. Mr. Batty, whom, we perceive, by t he Scotch pap e r s , is ast o nishing the good folks of Auld Reek ie, by the gorgeous and splendid style in which he is bringing out his different performances, Mr. Batty may now boast, in addition to his recent purchase, as well as his unrivalled and beautiful stud of horses, decidedly the first in the world, a very fine young elephant, and two zebras, which he is nightly introducing in his arena—we are happy to see that his spirited liberality is fully appreciated by our brethren in the north, his circus being literally crammed every night. Such of our friends as have not vet had an op portunity of visiting the amphitheatre here, unit the able and talented superintendance of Mr. Hughes, will do well to avail themselves of an early visit, previous to their departure from hence. BRUTAL RADICAL ASSAULT.—LYNCIIING LIBERALITY. —Yesterday morning, in Abercrombie ward, when Mr. Gladstone, the Conservative candidate, had headed the poll, some joyous Conservative wrote a squib to the effect that Mr. Earle's chances of success were all over. One of the runners of the Conservatives was posting this opposite to the Conservative committee-room, when one of the liberal party—one of the freedom of election men, the "liberals" par excellence —finding that the election was not going all his own way, in the excess of his libel ality and love of freedom, seized the squib poster by the collar and nearly pulled him over; this was of course naturally retaliated by a punch in the ribs for his impudence, when the liberal brute, collecting all his force, made a Lancashire kick at the unsuspecting bill poster. which, falling on some old wound, completely laid open the inside of bis knee and shin, rupturing several blood vessels. The poor fellow dropped immediately, and before a surgeon could be obtained lost an enormous quan tity of blood ; we understand from the surgeon's statement about 20Ibs. of bloor7 ! The liberal and cowardly brute who had done this immediately took refuge front the rage of the people in the Liberal committee room, where he was endea voured to be screened. Mr. Gladstone immediately went there, and demanded his being delivered into custody, when, after considerable hubbub and all kinds of vituperation from the waspish and ricketty liberal candidate, it was at length effected. The ipjured man lies in considerable danger. TO THE REV. THOMAS BUTLER, D.D., ROMISH PRIEST AT WEYMOUTH. Ste,-1 have just now seen a letter bearing your signature, and addressed to the editor of the Morning Chronicle. It refers to an article copied from the Manchester Guardian, containing a report of a speech of mine at a public meeting, held for the defence of scriptural religion, and the exposure of the false doctrines and tyrannical practices of the Papal system. My statement was this—" If it be asserted that the Roman Pontiff exercises only a spiritual supremacy, our an swer is, first, the assertion is not true. It is shown by un rescinded documents and historical facts to be false. -But even if it were true, our answer is, secondly, that in this world, so long as men have both souls and bodies, conscience towards God, as well as duties towards their sovereign, the two things spiritual and temporal must of necessity be so in termingled, that spiritual supremacy is a ready engine of tem• yranny." In illustration of this position 1 referred first to the inter dict which Paul V. laid upon the Venetian Republic in 1604, and secondly, for a modern illustration, to the ease of Mr. and Mrs. Galwey, as stated in the letters of Mr. Galwey to Dr. Abraham. It is upon this part of my speech that you have commented. You quote two assertions from the report, thus—" Dr. Abraham, of Waterford, refused to allow a priest to celebrate mass in the house of a gentleman named Galwey, (whose wife was sick at Christmas,) for no other reason that was known except some political difference ; the sequel was, that Mr. and Mrs. Galwey had forsaken the Romish church." Upon this you remark—"l feel myself called upon to declare thus publicly, that the above assertion is a directly malicious and unwarrantable calumny against the respectable individuals alluded to." Sir, the passage you quoted contains two assertions. The first is, that Dr. Abraham refused to allow a priest to cele brate mass in the house of Mr. Galwey, for no known reason except a political difference: The second is, that Mr. and Mrs. Galwey had forsaken the Romish church. Let us try the first assertion. I do so by transcribing Mr. Gaiwey's own letters. .•;;f6 - ;ii-lE RIGHT REV. DOCTOR ABRAHAM, It. C. BISHOP OF WATERFORD - . " Duckspool, Jan. 8, 18.36. " My Lord,—On the 29iii of last month I had delivered to your lordship a letter on the subject of the unpleasant situation in which my family have been placed, in conse quence of your prohibition to allow Mass being celebrated in my house; not having since received any answer to my letter, I ant now driven to the painful necessity of sending (through the press) a copy of my letter to your lordship, with a hope of getting some redress from the archbishop, and in default of his inattention to the prayer of my communi cation, to appeal to his holiness the Pope. "Before I conclude, I beg respectfully to ask whether any act of my life, as a Catholic, merited such conduct, either towards myself or any of my family, and whether it is not solely on account of political Afferences this system of tyranny is attempted to be practised towards me? "I remain, my lord Bishop, your humble servant, -"JOHN .MATTHEW GALWEY." 'COPY OF MY LETTER OF THE 29TH DEC, Duckspool, 29th December, 1835. "My Lord,—l beg leave to ask your Lordship, whether it is your intention to persevere in prohibiting the Priest of my parish celebrating Mass in my house, end to know on l‘hat grounds (except political differences) you have issued such a peremptory order as the Ifev. Mr. Shanahan says he has re ceived from you to this effect. _ . . " I should not address your Lordship on the subject hut for the ilhiess of Mrs. Gatwey, and the state of mind in which I had seen her on Christmas-day, deprived of the-opportu nity of receiving the sacrament, and having prayers in my house, in the same way we have had them celebrated for over twenty years, before those political differences occurred. " Your Lordship cannot (I regret to say) have been igno rant of Mrs. Galwey's illness; for a week previous to Christ tnas-day the Priest of my parish mentioned the circumstance to you at a mouth's mind held at Stradbally, and he has said remonstrated with you on the hardship of a female (unable even to come down stairs) being deprived on such a holiday of those religious consolations, which, to her, would be such a source of comfort. " I beg you to excuse my saving, whatever differences your Lordship, some of your priesthood and myself, may have on he subject of politics, it. is an act of cruelty that a religious Female, in a bad state of health, and unable on Christmas-day :o leave her bed-room, should he the sufferer. " I can scarcely bring myself to believe that revenge is your object; but if it is. I freely acknowledge you have bad ample satisfaction, for there is no man of family who must not feel at having seen a good wife and a good mother sur. rounded on her sickbed by her children, deprived (on his ac count) of the rites of her church. "Requesting your Loid4hip may re-consider this subjec and waiting your answer, I am, my lord Bishop, your obed ent humble servant, "JOHN MATTHEW GALWEY "The Right Rev. Doctor Abraham, R: C. Bishop, Watetfrrd. "P.S.—I beg to add, this line of conduct is a bail return for the many thousandi given by Mrs. Galwey's family towards erecting chapels. convents, monk-houses, schools, &c." These letters were quoted at length in my speech. Upon the fact as proved by them, you make no comment.. Against the authenticity of the letters you enter no protest in the name of Mr. Galwey, although' it seems that gentleman is now your near neighbour at Weymouth, and consequently (it is natural to suppose) cognisant of your writing in his de fence. The letters nave indeed remained too long uncon tradicted, to be evaded now : and they fully establish the fact, that the rights of her religion, for which Mrs. Galwey must have been anxious in proportion to the sincerity and ardour of her faith, were withheld by the Priest, under the authcrity of his Bishop, for no other reason known to the indignant husband, except a political di jj - rence with Dr. Abraham. Here, Sir, is spiritual supremacy made an engine of temporal tyranny, Mr. Galwey himself being. the judge. Is this " a malicious and unwarrantable calumny ?" Sir, but a grievous, and to a freeman an intolerable fact. Mr. Galwey felt it so, and wrote accordingly, and thus one part and the most important part of the quotation you make from my speech, is proved to be strictly correct under Mr. Gaiwey's own hand. The second part of my statement was, that Mr. and Mrs. Galwey had forsaken the Itornish Church. I had heard that such was the case, and giving Mr. Galwey credit for con sistency in the spiiit of liberty which breathed in his letters, I had believed it. And in point of fact, I gave the sequel so, at. the meeting, as a thing I had heard, but in itself Imola terial to my object. My object was to illustrate the tyranny exercised by the Romish hierarchy, and this was done by Mr. Galwey's letters independent of the sequel. It appears by your letter that Mr. and Mrs. Galwey have not forsaken the Romish Church. Their aspirations after liberty have not been strong enough to break the bonds of cherished su perstition. It would seem. however, that they have changed, their residence from Duckspool to Weymouth, thus adopting a middle course between political submission to Dr. Abra ham, and total abandonment of the tyrannical system. And now, Sir, what have you done? After quoting a pas sage containing two assertions —one of thew of great impor tance, the other comparatively insignificant,—you proceed t o declare that the above assertion is a malicious calumny. You applied, and obviously intended your readers to apply, the denial to. both the assertions, while you knew perfectly that it had no application to the chief of them. I shall pro bably, on some future occasion, illustrate, on your authority, another principle of the Papal system. Your concluding paragraph, addressed to what pin call "the well-meaning and peaceable members of the Churches of England and Rome," is quite characteristic, coming as it does from a man who is bound by solemn vows to the Creed of Pope Pius IV., and thereby to the unrescinde4 principles of all the general Councils, by some of which the peaceable mem bers of the Church of England are anathematised as heretics. Sir, let ns be honest. You are pledged to a system which condemns us, as heretics, to he given over to the secular arm to he punished, when this can be done without danger to the interests of the Church. lam pledged to a system which, while it inculcates love to all men, heitties included, pro nounces, concerning the distinguishing doctrines of the Roman schism, that they are blasphemous fables and dan gerous deceits. You feel, but don't say boldly, because it would just now prejudice your cause in England, no peace with Protestantism. We feel, and, feeling it, nothing can binder us Irons boldly saving, no peace with Popery. I am, Sir, yours faithfully. • HUGH M'NEILE. NORTH MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAYS. 70 THE EDITOR OF THE 1:Il'ERPOOL STANDARD, Srn.—Having been on a professional tour of inspection o the principal Railways in England, I think your readers vtil be glad to learn my opinion of two, in which the gen'ry 0 Lancashire, as proprietors, are most particularly interested —I allude to the North Midland and Eastern Counties Railways. The works on the former are progressing with singular and astonishing rapidity; the energy of the directors, and the man ner in which the calls have been paid up, allowing them to be carried forward rt itb spirit. The contractors are at work night and day, and every portion of the line is under opera tions. The perfection of the works is admirable. I was assured by more than one party engaged in forwarding the works, that a portion of the line, into Rotherham, can be opened this year, and this, with the Sheffield and Rotherham line about being opened, will insure a supply of coals and minerals to those towns Irons the estates of Earl Fitzwilliam and others, and will at once open a source of revenue to the proprietors of the North 'Midland. lam also assured that the whole of the line will be completed during next year. Those who are acquainted with the localities of this line, the country through which it passes, and its importance CS an adjunct to the midland counties, Birmingham and Derby, Manchester and Leeds, Sheffield and Rotherham, York and Noah Midland, Liverpool and Manchester, and through one or other of these to the Grand Junction and Birmingham and London, will readily understand its great resources and value. Mr. Stephenson stales. that it is likely to be the grand central communication with the north and Scotland; and that gentleman has projected, Hod has directions to pro ceed with, new communicating nod branch lines, which will prove of amasing importance to the North Midland, and open sources of emolument not contemplated .in the original estimates. The determination of the original directors not to make calls for some time to cause, must relieve - the - pro prietors. The Eastern Counties stock is held so largely in Lanca shire, that a few words respecting it may not be unacceptable. The traffic upon this line must be enormous, end the ease of its working will make its annual expenses moderate . : The directors very properly intend completing the first 50 Miles ; viz., to Colchester, before proceeding farther. thus concen• trating the profits upon only a portion of the line, and very materially increasing the returns to the shareholders. Ano ther call of 50s. per share wilt make half the capital paid up, when the company can exert its privilege of borrow ing, and I shall be much mistaken if there be another call f o r many months ; while the whole of the capital cannot be required, if the line do not proceed beyond Colchester. I know DO railway likely to Make such valuable retuius as this one—its own resources are extraordinary, and the 'ar rangement with the Northern and Eastern will very much enhance the receipts. Few persons understand the nature of arrangement—it is this: the latter is to pay the Eastern Counties £6OOO per annum for the use of the terminus, and 4(1. per passenger for the use of about three miles of the line (I believe). If the number of passengers be only one-third of those calculated upon, the revenue from that source alone must be at least £BOOO per annum, thus giving the Eastern Counties an unexpected additional income of not less than £15,000, and if the anticipated traffic of the Northern and Eastern be realized, the increased income will amount to £30,000 annually. The determination of the Eastern Coun ties directors to economise in every possible manner, and the active energy of the engineer, will insure the best results. I was much pleased with the spirited exertions of Mr. Braith waite: under his management the works are progressing in an extraordinary manner, and their beauty and perfection must strike every one. Twelve miles of the line can be opened immediately, thus insuring an early return to the proprietors—and the works on other portions are proceeding in a manner highly creditable to the directors, engineer, and contractors. The low price at which the shares in this com pany can be had, makes it well worth the consideration of the speculator,—as as investment it is unequalled. I may soon take the liberty of addressing you respecting other lines which were examined by October 31st, 1838. A CIVIL ENGINEER. There is a man in Kentucky so sharp featured, that he cut.' all his acquaintance. During the gale about four o'clock yesterday (Monday) morning, part of a large tree was blown upon the roof of a cottage near the Cock public-house, Borehain; fortunately the damage was confined to the A tree was blown across the road at Feering, which impeded the Coggeshall coach about an hour, and another near the turnpike, itiven hall, was also levelled. Essex Herald, NATIONAL CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4NDaRD. Was somewhat surprised a few days ago, to see (on page of light reading, accompanying the Albion of the 15th instant, under the signature of T. K.) expression given to a long surpressed lamentation. " That some able pen did not interpose some plain questions to try the truth of some bold assertions, contained in a sermon preached by Mr. M`Neile, in 1837, upon the subject of National Church Establishments." _ _ . And not having since seen any correction of the mistake, I beg to observe, that when the Rey. John Kelly made an attempt to answer that sermon, it was not so much the inability of the pen, as the cause in which it was engaged, that rendered it abortive. But, sir, it requires ability, yes, extraordinary ability to construe the Holy Scriptures to sup port to the satisfaction of an enlightened mind such notions as those entertained by Mr. Kelly. Ido not mean to ques tion that gentleman's sincerity in the maintenance of his own conscientious opinions; but I do mean to show the weakness of his argument; and to give an illustration of the truth of the Apostolic doctrine, that a perverse will, not submitting to the manifest meaning of God's word, is t he forerunner of a darken ed understanding. And to do this, I need only notice one pas sage in the above-mentioned pamphlet. But as I have no doubt many of your readers will not more than have heard that such a work has been published, and being persuaded that no com ment of mine (to a person who has not read the work itself) can give: an adequate idea of its unfairness , I will give the passage verbatim from the pamphlet which I have before me, and then it will appear in its native deformity. At page 11, he says, "Still farther, in writing to Timothy, the Apostle says, Let the elders who rule well be lounted worthy of dou ble honour, especially them who labour in word and doc trine.' (I Timothy, v. 17.) Whether this passage applies to several individuals sustaining the same office, but differently qualified for the discharge of its duties, or intimates a dis tinction between a teaching and a ruling elder, has been a matter of dispute. This, however, is a question which, as it has to my mind noteven a remote hearing on my present sub ject, I willingly wave. It is of mole importance to observe, that the Apostle here expresSly recognizes this principle, that the remuneration given to the minister of Christ should he in proportion to the character and extent of his la mime. Now, this is a principle, which can only find operation where ministerial support comes voluntarily from the church. The existence of the law is supposed, which makes it imperative on those who are taught to contribute to ,he maintenance of their teacher; and it inculcates on them a regard to the extent and fidelity of his services, in deter mining the amount of recompense which they afford him. It is self•evident that when an endowment or settled tax ex ists, there is no room for the operation of this principle. It is necessarily exclusive. The fixed sum is-claimed and en joyed beyond the reach of control, without any reference to the mariner in which the duties ate discharged. He who re ceives it may be diligent or slothful, he may abandon the work altogether, and transfer his duties to a substitute; anti, yet without restraint enjoy the emoluments of office. Such n arrangement is incompatible with a compliance with the apostolic direction : and from this passage welbus obtain an incidental confirmation of the New Testament law of mi nisterial support, which it has been my endeavour to es tablish." scarcely. need make - any remarks upon the above, it speaks so plainly for itself, The Apostle is here speaking of double "honour" being given to the "elders who rule well," but Mr. Kelly absorbs the word " honour" in a principle, and thus wrests its meaning, and converts it into money, as if the Apostle had said he who ruled well should have a double salary; and then he builds upon this, as if the word " honour" really signified money and money only; for near the end of the quotation lie says, "Such an arrangement (that is of an endowed chinch) is incompatible with a compliance with the Apostolic direction." Now if St. Paul had said "money" instead of honour," there might have been the appearance of truth in that assertion, but as it is there is not even that; for who does not know that a clergyman who " rules well," al though be may have a fixed salary, yet may be, and is counted worthy of double, yea,_ treble honour? And who does not know that the Church of England confers upon her most learned, talented, and laborious - ministers, such . honours and dignities, as Mr. Kelly's Independent Society, makes no pretensions to? Such are the arguments by which he endeavours to establish a " New Testament law of ministerial support," in opposition to the obi one established by .Almighty God, and which St. Paul refers to when he says, " Even so bath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel." (I Cor. ix. 14.) But to return to Mr. T. K.'s letter. fhe contemptuous manner in which it speaks of the preaching of the Gospel—calling it "smoke," and " pulpit swellings"—shews but too truly the character of its author, and renders too applicable the solemn words of ou • Lord—" But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know nut Him that sent me." And I would warn him to beWare lest that come upon him which is written—" Behold, ye despis:!rs, and wonder and ." As to the questions which he proposes, and which he says may be very easily answered, I say they may, and I will answer them for him in few words. They are—" What is the subscription ? Whose is it ? Who are required to furnish it? And to whom is the threatened penalty addressed by the King?" First, " What is the subscription?" I answer, the tribute required by the Kings of Persia.— " Whose is it ?" The people's over whom the Kings of Persia reigned. To illustrate this would ask, suppose the government of this country, consisting of Queen, Lords, and. Commons, should. build churches, and sup port ministers, out of the taxes of this country, would they not be doing so out of money subscribed by the people, and would not those liberals (falsely so called) complain as much if the church were supported thus, as they do of the present system? The third question is, "Who are required to furnish it ?" Of course the treasurers, in whose hands were the Sai&tribute. To whom is the threatened penalty ad dressed by the king? I answer, "whosoever" should presume to alter that word. (Ezra vi, 11.) Now 1 should like to ask M. T. K. what is the meaning of the word "whotsoevA•." He says it means exclusively the treasurers, governors, &c., mentioned by name, but 1 have not so learned English. 1 agree with 11. T. K. in recommending not only the sixth but also the seventh chapter of Ezra, to the serious perusal of all, for the express purpose of seeing and exposing the un blushing assurance of men who can, in the face of such a plain history as this, affirm that the Jewish temple and wor ship were not supported hp the involuntary subscriptions of the people composing the Persian empire.—Youeg, JOSEPHUS 11111\1011. Liverpool, Oct. 31, 1838. MEETING OF DRAPERS. A 'meeting of the master draper.s silk mercers, &c., was held on Tuesday evening, at six o'clock, in the Clarendon roams, fur the purpose of taking . into considetation the ques tion of limiting the hours of business. There were about 90 persons present. Mr: John Wooßright was called to the chair, and briefly introduced the business of the evening, in which he spoke favourably of the respectfnl and well-written memorial of their assistants, and professed himself willing to accede to any arrangement that might be cotne to. Mr. W. SLATER proposed the first resolution, namely, there should he three several hours of closing, seven, eight, and nine, each of which- I - was. to continue four Months, commencing with seven o'cloCk•in November. Re stated it as his opinion, that the proposed curtailment in the hours of labour ought at once to be conceded, on the principle of jus tice. It would have a beneficial effect on the physical, men tal, and moral character of the•young men in their employ. r. R. BRIGHT seconded the motion, and briefly stated that he could not let the opportunity pass of supportiug,with his voice the very reasonable request which had been made. It was much to be questioned whether there was a body of respectable young men in the empire that were subject to such heavy anti severe duties, as the drapers' assistants were. Mr. BEcKwrrn proposed an amendment, to the effect that the hours of closing should be eight in winter and nine in summer. He thought that theme was a greater likelihood of bringing the whole body to consent to that arrangement than to the one embodied in the motion. In the more aristocratic parts of the town, it might be a matter of indifference whether the drapers' shops were closed at five, six, or seven ; but he could assure them that in the lower districts, such as his own for instance, the great amount of their business was duce from six to tine o'clock in summer. Mr. TAYLOR seconded the motion. M r. 'l'u I PP spoke warmly in support of the original motion, contending that if they did not allow to their young'men such an extent . of leisure as might be devoted to profitable pur poses, the concession was more likely to be injurious than beneficial to them. The young men proposed to form a sort of literary institution, and their earnestness and sincerity had been shown by the promptitude with which they came forward with voluntary subscriptions towards its establishment and support. If, tioa ever, they were compelled to work until eight o'clock in winter—after which, it must be remembered, they had still to clear up, and refreshment to get—it would be nine o'clock at the least before they would be at liberty, and, as they were compelled to be in again at eleven, they would actually nut have more than an hour and a half at their dis posal. It would then become very questionable whether they might not think it useless to attend a reading-room or a lec ture, or to devote the spare time to improving their minds at all. The great probability was that they would feel a disin clination to do so, and then what would be the consequence ?. Amusement vould be sought in sensual, instead of intel lectual relaxation—the public-house would be resorted to, but the reading-room would be deserted. In summer, it would be evident to every one, that the position would be such as to allow them even less opportunity for study than in the other period of the year. Ile should therefore support the original motion, as not being calculated to injure the employets one iota, while it would concede to the young men an amouut of leisure that might he turned to their profit. Mr. JEFFREY took the same view of the question, anti maintained that the closing at an early hour could not possi bly be injurious to the shopkeepers, it all consented to the arrangement. In proof of his position. be referred to the early hours at which the banks of Liverpool close, and said, that if no inconvenience was experienced by the community from that, he could not see how any inconvenience could be felt in their business, a much less important one than bank _ _ A long 'and somewhat desultory conversation ensued, in which the majority of the speakers expressed themselves in favour of some curtailment of the hours of labour, but seemed to think that they would be more likely to carry their object by a moderate reduction in the first place. If that was found to answer their expectations, a further reduction might take place at a future period. The amendment of Mr. Beckwith was then put from the chair, and tarried by a majority of one—the numbers being 38 for and 37 against it. Allusion was then made to the institution which the dra pers' assistants have it in contemplation to form, and though several individuals expressed their hopes that it might be formed, and their willingness to contribute to its funds, it was thought that. it would be premature to pass any resolution upon .the subject till it was seen what the young men did themselves.. • • On the motion of Mr. JEFFERY, seconded by Mr. BECK WITH, a committee was then appointed to watch over the regulation then agreed to. and to obtain . the-consent and signature of the drapers, silk mercers, &c.. to the resolution. A motion for the printing of the resolution, with the signa tures appended to it, in the Liverpool papers, was then carried. The meeting separated at half-past nine. SHEERNESS, OCT. 29.—The hurricane this morning from the west produced the greatest terror amongst the inhabitants of this town. Conshlerable damage has been done to the dock-yard from its fury ; roofs of some of the houses were completely blown off; and i❑ High-street a stack of chim neys was forced. into the street, and a portion falling on a sailor, of the Dowe, inflicted a frightful laceration on his skull. He was not discovered till some time after, appa rently dead. The sentinel boxes round the boundary wall of the dock-yard, with the sentinels in them, were blown down. The emigrant ship Westminster, with '251 emigrants, prin cipally from Kent, arrived safe at Sydney on the 27th of June, and on the 30th the ship Amelia 'Thompson, with 238 emigrants, arrived from Plymouth, with the loss of seven passengers from small pox, and 30 from typhus fever; she was placed in quarantine. The Duncan, from Greenor•k. arrived the same day, after six months' voyage, with 254 emigrants; 14 died on the passage.—Hanipshire paper. IPSWICH, OCT. 29.—A tremendous gale of wind arose this morning from the west, and has caused much mischief bete. The flag-staff at the Custom-house•was blow❑ down during its ravages, and nearly killed a carpenter of the name of .Street. The orchards have sustained considerable injury, On Sunday night several large trees were blown down in the churchyards of St. Mary at-the-Walls and St. Peter (Colchester); a very large mulberry tree, belonging to John Bawtree, Esq., was also levelled with the ground, and anew brick wall by the side of the howling-green, at the Blue Posts -Inn, Botolph-street, was also laid low, besides chim ney-pots and tiling in different parts of the town. We re gret also to hear that part of the new church at Donylaud was also blown down.—. Essex Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SWINDLING.—On Monday, at the Police-office, a young man, of seedy appearance, named Thomas Farrar, was brought up, charged with having swindled a shopkeeper out of a quan tity of shawls. Michael Mitchell, foreman in the service of Mr. Edvvard Cooper, linen draper, in London-road, deposed that at a little after seven O'clock on Friday evening last, the prisoner came into his master's shop, and asked him if he would be kind enough to send a few shawls to his lodgings. No. 13, Greek-street, for his wife to look at till the following morning, when he would pay for the one which his wife those, and the other shawls should be returned. He (witness) took 8 shawls to the prisoner's lodging, and the prisoner took 6 of them into a room, and after a little time returned, and de sired him to fold them up, and to leave three shawls till the following morning, when he would pay for the one, and return the other two. lie (witness) returned to his employer and informed him, and he said it should be at witness's risk. Next morning early he went to the prisoner's lodgings and saw him come out and proceed towards the railway, and followed him into the station yard. tie asked for paymcriV.,-f0r4 1 ..1e sliatv-1, and he (prisoner) told him to go to his wife and she would pay him, and give him the other two. He told the prisoner that he could not leave him, and called a constable, who took him into custody. The prisoner hada trunk with him, which on being searched, was found to contain two of the shawls. lie was then taken to bridewell. The other shawl was not at the prisoner's lodgings. He had since seen the third shawl. The three shawls were worth 4 guineas. The third shawl was found at Mt. Berwick's, pawnbroker, in Manchester-street. Mr. Berwick, pawnbroker, deposed that the prisoner came into his shop on Friday night, at half-past 8 o'clock, and pledged ttie shawl in the name of Thomas Bland, for 6s. The prisoner had nothing to say in defence. He was committed to take his trial. CANIBALISM —On Monday, at the Police-office, two Irish men, named M'Convill and O'Donnell, were placed before the magistrates, charged with having violently assaulted po liceman M'DOnald, and M'Convill with having bitten off his thumb. M'Douald stated that on Saturday night be was taking a drunken woman home in the park, when she fell, and the two prisoners immediately rushed upon hint, and beat him severely. He seized hold of M'Con via by the collar, when he got hold of him by the toumb with his teeth, and al most bit it off, whilst the other man kept beating him. In spector Okill coming up at the time he called out to him to come and .assist him, or the man would bite his thumb off, and Mr. Okill did so, but the prisoner would not loose his hold till Inspector Okill had thrust his stick into his mouth - - - - and prized open his teeth. The bridewell-keeper said, that when INl'Donald came to bridewell his thumb was in a dread- ful state; it was cut with the man's teeth all over, and ap peared as if it had been ground in a mill. Another bride- well-keeper said that the two prisoners had kept the bridewell in an uproar the whole of the blessed night, and that nobody about the biidewell could get "a blessed wink of sleep for them." The prisoners, in defence said, that the police swore "they would pull the Irish souls of their bodies," and that was the reason they hadso behaved. Mr. Hall fined liKon vill 40s. and costs, or, in defa - ilt of payment, to be committed one month to the Borough Jail, and .O'Donnell ss. for being drunk. BRUTAL ASSAULT. —'That compound of brass and blarney, Dan O'Connell, in a late controversy with the Editor of the Mercury, published the extraordinary fact, that the large proportion of Irish who inhabit this town, were the cause of its " prosperity and liberality." We will say nothing of the hearty gu firms the assertion has created; but this is certain, and the records of the Police-office will prove it, that though the Irish who inhabit this town do not form one-seventh of the population, somewhere about two-thirds of all the felonies, rows, brutal assaults, and charges of drunkenness and vagrancy, which are brought before the Police-office, are charges against the Irish, who, as before stated,: form but one-seventh section of the whole population. There are ex ceptions of course to every rule, but the overwhelming ma jority of Irish whom we have seen, have been the most idle, dissolute, filthy, drunken, deceitful, thieving, lying vagabonds that the blessed sun of heaven ever shone upon, or that ever cursed a town. Were it not for these fellows, Mr. Hall, the police magistrate, one half of the police force, and police re porters, might cry " Othello's occupation's gone." Mr. Hall would be able to lead comparatively a gentleman's life, (as the saying goes) and not be, as he is, j ust one degree better than a counter skipper. his hours beginning at nine in the morning, and ending at five in the afternoon; the hours of the worshipful society of draper's assistants, (if their re cent petition be granted,) being only from nine in the morning till seven in the afternoon. 'Policemen would no longer get their thumbs bit off, nor their heads broken, with " sprigs of shillelah" in the shape of fire pokers and hammers, by the " finest pisantry" in the world, on their way home, jist a little elevated wid a dhrap at a wake," which in common parlance means mad drunk, and reporters would have no more dishes of the horrible or the depraved to serve up to their readers. Robert Owen might cease his mission, for the inhabitants of the "good old town" of Li verpool, would learn to live together in peace and harmony, without becoming Owenits or converts to " the social system." But to return from this general di g ression to the particular case in question. Inspector Crouch deposed, that on Sunday night he heard that a man had been murdered in Johnson-street, by some Irish. .:He went there, to the house of a man named M'Ardle, and on going up stairs, be found M'Ardle lying on his back 611' the bed. with his head and face cut in a most dreadful manner, and almost speechless. Ile immediately sent for a surgeon, and Dr. Whittle, and another gentlemen very shortly arrived, and Dr. Whittle said the man was in a most hopeless state. He put his finger into a cut on the side of his head,'and a portion of the man's brain protruded, and followed his finger. When asked who had done it, the man muttered Catherine Dunn. He, however, succeeded in finding a girl who had seen the whole of the row, who would describe it, atid.ot) her evidence, had taken into custody Christopher Dunn, William Dunn, and Catherine Dunn, all Irish. The girl saik that there was a row in the street, and the Dunns were beating and ill using M'Ardle's wife, when John 111‘Ardle, his-bro ther, came out of a public-house near, to protect his sister-in law; upon which one of the Dunn's struck him .twice with a hammer, and knocked him senseless. 11I'Arole, the man who lies ill, then came out of the public-house, and the' Dunns struck bin' three times on the head with the hammer,.ind he was carried into his house nearly senseless, when Catherine Dunn ran up stairs after hiw, and whilst he . was-lying on the bed, helpless, struck him on the head with something like a poker. Inspector Crouch produced a tinners soldering_ iron, which he had found thrown under a table in the room, and which was the instrument which had fractured the man's scull, John M'Ardie deposed, that he saw them ill; using his sister-in-law, and went out of the public-house to 'protect her, when he was set upon by the Duuns, and knocked down by a blow with a hammer, and remenibered . nothing more of it. Inspector Crouch said, that the man who was lying hurt could not be moved, and Dr. Whittle expected inflammation of the brain coming on. Mr. Hall said he must detain the prisoners till the result %,as known. Inspec tor Crouch said, that attempts had been made to decoy the girl away, to prevent her giving evidence, and that he had been obli , ,redto keep her In custody in consequence. The girl said, that the wife of one of the prisoners had offered her 2s, to keep out of the way. 1 . .+1*. Hall asked ber if she would have anyobjeetions to go into the workhouse, and be taken care of lilt it was known whether the ma❑ got better or died, and she consented to go there. Mr. Hall then .said, he should wait a further report, and meantime commit the prisoners. On hearing, this, Catherine Dunn shouted out—" Och, what will Ido wid my four small childhurS" The three prisoners were then put down. SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOUR OF A SAILOR.—On Monday, at the Police-office, John Mat k, a sailor on board the "Lilly," of Lit:et pool, was placed before the magistrates charged with having nearly caused the death, by drowning, of the mate of the "Briton's Pride," lying at the nartb end of the King's Dock. A policeman stated that the vessels were moored alongside each other, and the mate was •making a 'gangway between theta with a plank, when the prisoner went up and said he should not do it, and, after using much badlanguage, knocked the plank away on which the 'mate was standing, and plunged him into the water. He ran immediately and got a boat, and arrived just in time to save the man from drowning. The Captain of the Briton's Pride said that he had been laid four days alongsidethe Lilly, and on arriving in dock had two idle, lazy hands, who would not work, and, whom he told to go about their business. The crew o f th e ' Lilly gut to know this, and eery time he crossed - "the Lilly to his own vessel were in the habit of abusing hirm On Sun day afternoon he was taking his wife on board his vessel, and crossing the Lilly, and his mate was making a gangway for the ladies, when the prisoner, as had been described, after the foulest abuse and threatening to take his life, turned the plank and precipitated his mate into the water, and had it not beers for the policeman he would have been drowned. While he was cutting a rope to throw to him the prisoner abused him in a shameful way for cutting the rope. The mate, a fine young man, gave similar evidence, and said the prisoner deliberately turned the plank, and said he would be the death of him and his b---v captain. He was sinking the 'third time, when the policeman saved him. Mr. Hall said it was most fortunate thing the policeman was there. The prisoner's conduct had. been most disgraceful. He must pay 20s and costs, and in default of payment be, committed for 16 days; and must further find bail: to keep the peace towards the captain and the mate. • BURGLARY.—'Thomas .tones and Thomas Doyle, two lads of bad character, were on Wednesday placed before Mr. Hall, charged with baying entered the house of Mr. Thomas Elliot, Burlington-street, with intent to commit arobbery. Police officer Jas. Pantry, stated that about two o'clock on Tuesday morning he was on duty in Burlington-street He tried the front door of Mr. Elliot's house and found it secure. lie saw a light through the key-hole, through which be looked and saw tAvo boys quit one of the rooms and enter another. They had a light with them. After observing for a short time he knocked for assistance, and upon police-officer Davies coming up he sent him to the hack.of • the house. Witness then knocked at the front door. Mr. Elliot opened the -window, when the officer asked' him if any of his family were up. He replied no, and the officer told hint that there were some per sons with a light in the lower looms. At that monient con stable Davies called to him from the back of the house. Wit ness went to him and found that the yard door was fastened. They forced it open, and found the prisoner Thomas Jones, attempting to get over theyard wall. The other prisoner was taken in the yard. By this time Mr. Elliot had arrived in the yard. When witness first looked through the key hole he saw that each of the prisoners had a cloth cap on his head. Davies, when they found the prisoners in the yard, saw one of the prisoners drop an umbrella. From Doyle four silver teaspoons were taken. In the yard a quantity of apparel, be longing to Mr. Elliot, was found. Mr. Elliot.clanned the whole of the property, which he said was worth upwards of £4. He proved that the door was fastened on the preceding night. The prisoner Jones denied that he had ever been in the house at all. Doyle said be had had some drink, and he went acci dentally into the yard, the door of which he found open. The prisoners were committed for trial. DEFRAUDING SAILOR Dove.— Yesterday,• at the Police office, a man named Lerinard, well known at the Police office, as a crimp to emigration agents, was brought before .Mr. Hall, charged with having defrauded some sailor lads of various small sums of money, uudrr the pretence of , being an agent for vessels, anti keeping a • registration office for sailors. Several lads deposed that :they had paid him small sums, with the understanding that he wai•to procure them ,situations on board ships, and which he' had never done. One lad said that he had paid him - 2s. on his promising to get him a situation on board the Hindoo,• the captain of which vessel had told hint that he wanted a Mr. Hall ordered the prisoner to be remanded till to-Slay, that the cap tain of the Hindoo might give his evidence, whether or not he had so told the prisoner. CAUTION TO FLOUR DEA LERS.—Yesfeidav, at the Police office, Mr. Hall granted a senanons against a *flour dealer, for having retailed slbs. c.f unsound flour to a poor woman for a shilling. The complainant produced the 'loaf made from the flour, and which appeared perfectly unsound. We be lieve that a penalty of 40s. is incurred for every such offence. Sttinn's LEcTunr.s.—lt will be perceived by our advertising columns, that Mr. Sleigh will resume his lectures on Monday evening next, in the L►vER TI:EATRE. VESTRY NIEETING.—A special general vestry meeting was held on Wednesday at one o'clock, in St. Nicholas Church, the Hev. Hector Campbell in• the chair, for the purpose of passing the accounts of the last half year.. Mr. Eckersley, the secretary to the select vestry, 'having , read over the re ports and the Vestry's accounts, from which it appeared that there had been a decrease of 81 in the , average number of paupers in the workhouse, and -a decrease of £742 in the ex penses of the workhouse; the report and accounts were passed. The attendance was very thin. NEWPORT, OCT. 29. 7 -This morning, between one and two, it came on to, blow a strong hurricane from the WNW., whith continued several hours. Si*• or seven vessels at Pwllhely drifted' from their mtioringS,:on the mud on the opposite side of the river, ano received, much damage. The destruction of property in Newport from the violence of the gale very serious. I