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, EACH. ROKEn, receive peel ing numb4r VALMS - tt, Esq. (unlike age, re mann, !ntly its entire secure s, or, in recover 01, and L Notes an. and SHED loards, portant pointed [ASTI- That aged itl ence to King ments, ) given. DT.A• ;, Ily tvot: Edition r feels. recoxn lry and nerable a corn by the ngaged lecisive , there nds on !st, and , which is Pre silt the tressed, ►itherto rs of a lose ca figment • those highly of the apart.- of faith and an •eligion How of the regnant e exer even to ripture. n each ruction, ly, pro- rk, the so roll )mbioe waring anposi; iy, an ositions. may be regula r clew to natter s rich be means.ig, mo st. Delude, E I to the ) glauo• a siona t choice ditioll, )ositioo • with ; Wor ,6 I ever , ' in Vo- I as be- nosier . 0 Or . strte t . 'e. gr"''' • ,aticli 1( t :tor al eF arore the 01, h i To o-, John., MAY 31, 18:36 STATE OF THE C 0 UN T-13 Y. CELEBRATION OF THE THIRTY-121,>HTII ANNIVERSARY OF THE BREAKING OUT OF THE IRISH REBELLION OF 1798. Monday last, the 23,1 instant, being the anniversary of the breakiugout of the rebellion of 1798, the little village of Canto lin, in this county, was thrown into considerable alarm by a band of about twenty men, headed by a captain or commander, entering it in military array, all dressed and decorated in the costume worn by the insurgents and their leaders of that period, andattended by about two thousand of the peasantry, many of them wearing green sashes and other marks of distinction worn by the rebels of 1798. They marched through the town in re gular military order, stopped and cheered frequently. and the 'captain, who is a well-known character, was repeatedly heard to boast that he and his men had " taken the town without firing a single shot." The names of most of the persons in uniform have been taken down and sent to the government, with a full report of every particular of this daring insurrec tionary movement. It should be remembered that the political feeling of the present day is perfectly analogous to that of 1798, a matter well understood by the peasantry of this country at present. In 1798 th e object was the separ a ti o n o f I re l an d f rom England, and the formation of an independent democratic or republican form of government, the annihilation of protestants and protestantisin ' the establishment of popish ascendancy, and an undefined and unintelligible species of political " li berty and equality." And can it be denied that these are the objects of the agitators of the present day? Certainly not, as the outcry against the House of Lords, the robbery of the protestant chtveh and persecution of her clergy, the wish manifested in many instances to abridge and abolish many of the prerogatives of the crown, and finally, the determined stand now about to b e ma d e, and openly declared for a repeal of the onion, all proclaim the objects of the rebels of '9B and 1836 to be th e same. Camolin, then, has had the honour of the first d emonstration of the opening of the campaign of 1836, an nounced in Mr. O'Connell's last letter to the people of Eng land, and echoed by the trades' unions to the people of Ireland, from the Coburg-gardens. Dublin, on Monday. The celebra tion of such an anniversary in this country, brings with it the most appalling and fearful recollections, and gives alarming in dications that the sanguinary spirit which directed the slaughter of the North Cork militia at Outhart, the tragedies of Vinegar , hill, Wexford bridge, and Scullabegue, still pervades the minds of our deluded peasantry, who by such exhibitions and co mmemorations seem to testify that they ardently wish for a repetition of these • horrible and ever-to-be-regretted blood stained scenes. Indeed it is those wanton and cold-blooded massacres they can alone .have in idea by such commemora tions, as they are th e on ly t r iu m ph s th e rebels can pr o p er ly b e said to have had in this country. 'We trust in God that every sensible man in the community - trill set his face against such uncalled for and aggravating exhibitions, and unite in trying to *oppress every indication of a revolutionary and sanguinary 204,aingtig the peasantry. — Wexford Conservative. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH ESSEX. MIMES% EFFORT OF THE RADICALS.—The canvas of George Palmer, Esq., the conservative candidate for the repre sentation of the southern division of this county, has been so • successful as to leave no doubt whatever of his success, and the d iscomfiture of the radical rabble who are endeavouring to raise a cry against him. The manly' and constitutional speech of that gentleman at Rumford on Wednesday last, and the manner in which he m e t a nd t rea t e d th e q ue stions put to him °Y the radical mayor, obtained for him not only the good 'opinion, but insured the support, of almost the whole of the r espectable farmers present. His address to the farmers at Billericay, Chelmsford, and other places, has been productive / f 4 similar feeling, and should the threatened attempt he made I t ei )° contest the seat there is not a shadow of doubt as to his ag returned with an overwhelming majority. The Whigs 4114 radicals were placed in a miserable situation on Wednesday, at Romford. All their efforts to prevail on some person to coUte forward as a ca ndidat e i n opposition to Mr. Palmer proved O aavailing, and it was not until several messengers were des patched to his residence to beg and pray for his attendance that Branfill was induced to appear at the meeting. In his addres s to the electors, when he did attend, Mr. B. acknowledged chat he could not, injustice to himself and his family, not being a.tnan of large fortune, undertake the responsibility of the ex- Peases that would be requisite for contesting that division of the county. He hinted, however, that some arrangements were doing forward (about money matters, of course;) but that lante points still remained to be settivt ; and on them depended 71 becoming a candidate or not. He, however, concluded by IkYing it was probable that either himself or some liberal (that I ! , radical) candidate would come forward. It would seem that since that time the radicals have clubbed together their shillings .I tod sixpences ; and that this, together with a promise of the n eedful from a certain London club, has induced Mr. Branfill to become a candidate. The conservatives, however, have I tothin g to fear from this; on the contrary, it will only tend to Prove their strength, and show the overwhelming majority of their party in the county. THE THAMES TUNNEL. , This stupendous undertaking is proceeding slowly but steadily "?wards completion ; nor has any serious obstruction occurred 1 111 lee the w or k s were r e-opened. The men work night and day; "here are three sets of men employed, which relieve each other *very eight hours. Each set consists of 112 men, and there are tillinerous supernumeraries, ready to supply any casual vacancy. 1 , 4 ,ring the eight hours of work they are allowed only a single ;"„alf hour for refreshment, which is brought to them on the spot. he wages paid are high, as much as 40s :ind 45s per week, and hence the engineer is enabled to command the services of first 4:te bri c kl ayers. Th e men a re no t ca ll e d upon to per f orm task 01k ; all that is required is, that they keep steadily at work, 44( .1 that the bricks be laid in a workmanlike manner. The of fine furnished is of the very best qu a lity, o nly a b ou t a b arre l (),,! fine sand being used to 100 barrels of c emen t. Th e concre t e rhos formed hardens very rapidly, and within two hours after ,Y new wor k i s com pl e t e d it s solidity is put to a very severe ' e st The overseers go round with hammers of fourteen pounds gt, with which each separate brick is struck a hard blow. If the cement yields so as disclose the smallest fi ss u re between t he brick s , the workman is immediately called back to r e p a i r th e defect, and is, besides, fined one shilling to the sick fund. If the brick shakes in its place on being struck, nothing but a : I keda' plea in excuse can save the workman f rom an i mme di a t e ,_ ,2 thar ga . Wi t h every exertion, from its peculiar -n a tur e , th e viork is unavoidably tedious and slow. It is considered a good Piece of work wheti at the end of twenty four hours the shield 'ear be advanced nine inches. The shield contains 36 boxes, and the work is being simultaneously carried on in each, so that the pushing forward the shield can only take place when the e work of the arch is perfected to the extent from the bases to tne key-stone. It will sometimes happen that a whole day is ccupi e d in the mere work of pushing forward the shield. The extent of archway perfected is above 620 feet, and what remains . in be d one is about 1200 feet, but of this extent a large portion "lug beyond low-water mark and through a solid stratum of .earth, can be carried forward without such extreme caution as at the present part of the work, through a loose sandy soil, and I tic4r the very centre of the bed of the stream, is indispensably necessary. MR. O'CONNELL-A CHARACTER k Mr. T a lb o t Gl asc ock, in his address to the El ec tor s o f Kil early, thus describes Mr. O'Connell, now the me m ber for that City , i„ ... Will you, men of Kilkenny, degrade yourselves by return who person who has decried' they very name of gentleman, has even disgraced his own common caste, who is a traitor 13 - ais hi ; untr his people, and even to hims e lf ? Fi rs t 1„, his ” rii sCo y, ng, his motto needs no comment—it is that of " the ri ,: tr i ) Without the Crown." Then to his co un t r y --l oo k to t h e th l 'erY be ent a ils u pon the poor peasantry, instead of em pl oy i ng a great gifts with which he is endowed, by means of his legal vin li ag and talents, by legislating as he ought to do, with a h.'" °I getting employment for the people, who contributed to ca wants, in the manner he could act, by propagating railroads, Scc. But no ! he sets the people against their patrons r disorder, to swell his pampered pride, by extorting pence lieratisaigt_bie.poor man, and half-pence from ragged wretchedness o eite 7z that he would sink into his primeval insignificance, if were maintained. Laolt to the people, some of whom were once his friends, e l ,"'Watds he bec a me their foe • begin with the nobility, L or d AC I „L I arrY, to wit, J. K.L., a li a s Doctor Doyle, then O'G orman one a. real gentleman in heart, in courage, in manners, and hob'gat was his gratitude to him ? What to honest La.wless, whom he betrayed and thought to destroy ? or to -nsanded Tom Steele? What to Edeas M`Donnell? What h ,Pnor Harding Tracy, whom he left to pine in prison, the victim of the vilest treachery, whose relict was even aftr te et l i a few , shillings to rescue her from the hapless wrongs Na s i c--. upon her widowed woe? And though last but not pi the sight of Heaven, to his own progeny, the son of the h ' i r et b ut interesting Miss Ellen Courtenay. These are facts i s e,att be pircived by witnesses, but it seems mankind ,V.ded and afraid to tell the truth-1 am not. hi,.e shall say nothing of D.'Estere. there is blood enough on betrountlty soul already, so we shall leave him to God for retri hq but there are Other minor constellations who were p r :Pa in the embraces of his ursa Major ; where is his late th on e tel. Mr. Raphael? I shall not mantion more names, ith g t . could easily enumerate many, because there are those Sh ine amilies who are not so fearless of letting the light of day ill9selftT°ll his sayings and doings regarding them as I am FAILUR E OF AN ATTEMPT TO AGITATE IN EDINBURGH. Z'The w hig-radicals of Edinburgh have been as signally unsuc ul in their attempt to get up an Irish municipal corporation t e : n t inZ as their political brethern were in this place. In both it%',. ft ' ' .le cry of "justice for Ireland" was heard with the like lksti :e ti ,, re ne r ,e. The Edinburgh meeting was held on Friday . it, i ii . e-ening Post (Edinburgh) of Saturday. speaking of The , let_l l ,. , - •nonn in which it was held is capable of containing nearly 4) ''''s"ns; but we conscientiously aver that there Iv . ereno Of fa ct on this occasion. The bulk of the meeting, in point_ i , e, h ol ` te t , r `insisted merely of the requisitionists, composedofl f.s.h, Ors-on and expectauts of the whi A ministry--such as sheriffs,. subsist commissioners, and the rest of that mongrel brood, who wi t .'' st upon the crumbs that are swept from the tables of the stA.toinistry. The whole display was most meagre—and the theiarvoices sounding against the walls almost as empty li a e na:4l " l : s . t ads, produced an effect which it was truly dismal to Re ' And with regard to the character of the mere auditors, Say that at least one-third was made up of loungers ~,,eits,ltzlit-seers about town, while the remainder was formed to the of the " unwashed," whose curiosity had led them and ? scene of action as a pleasant variety to their more useful 4 1 , laborious occupations. But be this as it may, we chal thei'vel th nest furious and uncompromising Whig to say that p,i nrp e log was not a decided failure—that the numbers coin tiler (3 it were no t r idi culously insignificant—and that altoge eity a more contemptible turn -out was ever exhibited in this ocfur belief is that the inhg,hitant3 of Edinburgh—tile people itqi:Vlblnd—are perfectly satisfied with conduct of the peers, I'4_ ave no desire to interfere with their deliberate decisions. ii,. manner in which the meeting of yesterday was so entirely tk°_countenanced, confirms us in this opinion. It shows that th e citizens of the Scottish metropolis do not sympathise with urekwhig-radical agitators, and that they have no wish to bully a re `Tat down the peerage, on a subject respecting which they Tr_Junti to secure an indepandeut judgment. th e " s peakers at this whig-radical meeting embraced h old hacks, to the sound of whose " sweet voices" thepublic b;' ! "?. been so long accustomed. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder bab 41t'i',,t. forth his usual tom-foolery. Bailie Stodart was character -44d `sv dull and ignorant—Mr. Armin predeterminedly rabid 441 l ' l"l,i cal—Councillor Robertson red hot and inconsequen r. Thompson Gordon pregnant with pompous inanities i i , e word, the clarions:ration, so far as the speaking depart ikunt was concerned, was as feeble and stupid as the audience cif . a, meagre and uninterested. 'l'o waste a breath :;11 the way --...wrilliurnent upon the mass, of rubbish—all away from the p,int t,, s ,. : teh was poured forth on this occasion, forms no part of our bested The cuckoo . cr y o f " equa l j ust i ce to I reland " was re st* r 14 1911.! -ad n auseam; an d b ' - fon d t hi s, nut one of the of ‘ .1,10 eies. of his e ad seellidito napable of carrying either his own i n t e ll ects urs. 1 ~® THEATRE-ROYAT„ LIVERPOOL. The new Drama of OTLA.NNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES; which was received throughout with the most distinguished approbation on Friday and Monday, will be repeated To• morrow Evening, First Night of the new Drama of KING O'NEILL, written he the Hon. Mrs. Gore, in which Mr. Power will perform his original character of King O'Neill. LAST NIGHT BUT THREE OF MR. POWER. LAST WEEK OF MR. F. MATTHEWS. ripHIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 31st instan It will be performed the favourite Drama of CHARLES XII. Charles XII Mr. F. Matthews, Gustavus de Mervelt..Mr. W. Howard. Adam Brock . . Mr. Slaiter. Tiiptolemus Muddlework..Mr. Baker. Ulrica Miss Stanley. f Eudiga....Miss Chaplin. After which will be produced, for the first time here, a new Drama, written expressly fur Mr. Pqr(rer by the Hon. Mrs. Gore, and performed at the Theatr Covent-garden, with the greatest success, caller KING ON LL, Capt. Dennis O'Neill, (King . by courtesy,) Mr. Power, (As originally performed by him in - London,) in which character he will sing the original Song of " The Boys of the Irish Brigade.l _ _ Countess Dillon Mrs. Stanley. Marchioness Clermont Miss F'aucit. To conclude with the Musical Drama of CLARI, THE MAID OF MILAN. Rolamo Mr. F. Matthews. I Jocoso Mr. Baker. Ninetta.. Miss Stanley. I Fidalma..Mrs. Stanley. Clari Mrs. W. H. - Bland (late Miss Somerville.) Vespina Miss Chaplin. To-MORROW (Wednesday) the Musical Drama of BROTHER AND SISTER. Don Sylvio, Mr. G. Horncastle; Pacheco, Mr. Baker; Isidosa, Mrs. W. H. Bland; Agatha, Miss Chap lin; Rosanthe, Miss Stanley.—After which the new Drama, written by Mr. Phiver, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES, which has been received here wish the most distin guished approbation on Friday and Monday Evenings. Phelitn O'Flannigan, Mr. Power, as originally performed by him in London.—To conclude with a new Faree, called A DAY WELL SPENT. Principal characters by Mr. W. Howard, Mr. Baker, Mrs. Clarke, and Miss Stanley. The new Drawia of ETIQUETTE; written by Mr. Power, will be produced on .Friday next. Mr. Power's Benefit will take place on Monday next, June 6th, being the Last Night of his Engagement. at if-Wet:pool ,Stanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 183 G. The dependants of the whips, especially those not yet provided for, are knocking their heads together, in order, if possible, to contrive some artifice by which ministers may be extricated from the dilemma in which the Irish beggar has placed them. He has, as the friends of mi nisters say, without consulting any member of the go• vernment, entered a motion for the reform of the lords ! Lord JOHN RUSSELL, we are told, is in dismay at this motion. He dare not for ten thousand times more than he is worth support such a proposition, and yet he is per plexed with regard to the best mode of smothering it in embryo, as popish priests do children in the nunneries. The beggar, it is true, might be induced to eat his words, as he has often done before, but of course he will expect to be paid; and, as he has risen in his price for such fa vours recently, it is to be feared that the demand will be serious, either in the shape of money down or some other quid pro quo equally embarrassing. But the cross, as they term swindling at a horse-race, must be adjusted forthwith. The settling day is on Thursday next, when Mr. GROVE PRICE brings forward his motion to expunge the motion of the member for Kil kenny from the journals of the house. The beggar is so situated that he must either consent to ask the permission of the house to withdraw his motion, or he must resist the motion of Mr. PRICE to the uttermost. In this latter case he would have the support of his needy sycophants The Tail, but would he have the support of any one of his Majesty's ministers, or any respectable and indepen dent member of parliament ? Most unquestionably not. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as we have said before, dare not support any such insulting and treasonable proposition. The King cannot for a moment allow any such question to be entertained. It would not be more treasonable to allow a member of the House of Commons to submit as a motion " that the monarchy be electoral," than it is for the lower house to assume legislative powers in re ference to the other noble and independent estate of the realm. It is extremely disgusting to hear the brayings of the hired jackasses of the government press about this pro posed coercive reform of the peers. What would the blockheads say if the upper house were to entertain a motion to reform the House of Commons ? GOD knows, reform in the latter house is much more wanted than in the former. But that is apart .from the question. The justice of the case has nothing whatever to do with the argument so far as the commons are concerned. The object sought to be obtained is power, by a detestable demagogue, in favour of the hedge priests and bible burners of Ireland, and the ultimate and undenied aim of which is the extermination of the protestant religion in that island. The scoundrel who makes this demand has forty Irish members to back him, and this majority of perjured men, whose word cannot be trusted, whose oath cannot be respected after so many violations of it—this majority; we say, is indispensably necessary to the ex istence of the present most miserable government that England ever beheld. The Irish beggar must be pur chased, or the administration must fall; injustice must he done, or the ministry must sink; every sort of vile dissimulation and manoeuvre must be employed, or the profligate would desert and the needy would despair. But can this disgraceful system of intimidation, bribe ry, subserviency, and insulting fraud be much longer en dured ? We think not. We have now reached the cri sis when the ministry must either abandon their unfortu nate line of policy or persevere in it with the clear and inevitable result of being swallowed up in its convulsive devastations. We care not which side the present cabi net take. They are branded, doomed, and left for exe cution. On Thursday night, if not sooner, Lord JOHN RUSSELL will be called upon to declare his intentions of supporting or abandoning the Kilkenny agitator. The noble spoonbill of the whigs must declare for the King or the rebel—for the reformed religion or the gross errors of the Romish church—and in doing so he has no alter native—he must either quarrel with his base popish ally, or hazard the contumely, the instant dismissal, and the marked censure of his incensed sovereign. Lord JOHN RUSSELL can venture that which the head of the house of BEDFORD cannot risk. He can afford to be impertinent, and even insolent, simply because he has nothing to lose. He is, in respect to property, only a forty-shilling free holder in Westminster, and his income otherwise is merely the settlement which younger sons, and even idiots, extort, or receive from paternal duty or benevo lence. There is another point worthy of attention° The com mons have assumed the right of reforming the lords. They found this right upon popular opinion—upon the assumed supposition that the great mass of the people are in favour of peerage reform. This assumption is false. Its arguments, like O ' CONNELL'S attacks upon English female virtue, .:re based 01,on a lie. The peo ple of England seek no such reform. The people of Scotland are silent, because they have not been con sulted ; and the people of Ireland are silent, because they neither know the object which the demagogue seeks, nor are they conscious of • the degree of ignorance which he most profitably imposes upon. All this is bad. It is so, however, in Ireland. It is fraud wherever that word is understood, and we sincerqly hope that the result will prove the truth of the surmises founded upon whispered facts and the clearest indications. There must be something surpassingly odious in any proceedings which the reformed corporation of Liverpool feel ashamed of. We are glad, however, that they arc not utterly callous to th , l force of ridicule and the sense of shame ; although it is far from being creditable to them that they can procure that to be done by deputy which they decline (king themselves. ,; • We allude'to certain revived proceedings in fhe Rblts' Court in which one TIMOTHY JEVONS and Councillor THOMAS BOLTON, the unitarian, appear as complainants against the late corporation in the matter of the church endowment question. We have given elsewhere the fullest report of the case which could be procured. It will he recollected that when the intention of the late corporation to endow certain churches became known, the same parties in the present suit applied to the then Master of the Rolls for an injunction to restrain the corporation from borrowing the necessary fUnds upon mortgage. TIMOTHY JEVONS and THOMAS - BOLTON tailed in their application. They made a sort of eadif:..al' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. I splatter and were lang:ied out of court. But for men of I their virulent minds the law has charms. Some people are never happy but when they are -in hot water and quarrelling with _their neighbourF. TIMOTHY and Tno- MAS seem to he Mother CAREY'S chickens in this respect. Thunder and stormy weather are their delight; but, as they cannot have these always at command, they have re course to substitutes—THOMAS getting up artificial thunder in the Council-room, and TIMOTHY kicking up a dust in Chancery. Having failed in obtaining an injunction, they again applied to have the money raised by the corporation paid into the hands of the accountant-general. In this they were beaten again—the settlement was made—the endowment effected—and 'the legal proceedings stayed. TIMOTHY and THOMAS, however, were the only persons in the whole community who could neither be appeased nor silenced. The law still stuck in their throats. They were choke-full of equit3"- and dog-Latin. Where the costs came from has never been explained; but we sin cerely hope they do not come out of their own pockets. It is a maxim with the unitarians which they have acted upon for many years, viz., "it is easier to rob a church than build one ;" but we make no application of this say ing to either TIMOTHY or THOMAS. Shortly aster the two legal repulses above alluded to the corporation was reformed, churchmen gave way to dissenters, old scavengers with new brooms were ushered into the TownLhall, and THOMAS, the unitarian, contrived by some means or other to creep in as a member of the council. Then came direful threatenings on the part of these worthies. The endowment was to be challenged and annulled. The tobacco warehouse was to be taken out of pawn, the Salthouse Dock released from debt, and all manner of things were to be done in order to punish the old corporation, and immortalize the new. The mode of procedure was clearly pointed out by the reform act. But instead of the council appealing to the privy council, or to the lords of the Treasury, they send us once more only' TIMOTHY JEVONS and THOMAS BOLTON These men may well be called brothers,in-law, for they seem to live and breathe only in the Rolls' Court s and the Court of Chancery. Their names must be as fami liar to the lawyers as those of JOHN DOE and RICHARD ROE, and, as respects Liverpool, they are quite as' con venient. The legal thunder we suspect, however, is very near spent. All the menace and bluster of the reformed council has settled in TIMOTHY and THOMAS. They swaggered most lustily at first, and the, endowment was to be set aside as a matter of course. Mr. Councillor THOMAS was equally valiant and eloquent in his declara tion of war against it. He had his committee to inves tigate and decide upon the best plan of hostile, opera tions. Learned opinions were taken ; barristers' briefs and fees lay around as thick as weeds; attorneys were kept gallopping between this and London as if both the Mersey and the Thames were on fire, and the commit tee, by their spokesman, Mr. Councillor BOLTON, re solved to prosecute the nullification scheme, and to rob the clergy by the most expensive means in their power. It turns out that the corporation, having seen the folly of such proceedings, have changed their minds. They are, according to the Attorney-General, not parties to the present suit. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL and his three learn ed brothers confess that they only represent TIMOTHY JEVONS and THOMAS BOLTON, and that the Corporation, of which the last-named person is so inestimable a mem ber, have refused to institute any proceedings to annul the engagements of the old corporation unless authorised to do so by a decision of the Master of the Rolls. That this is the fact, however incredible it may appear, we can establish by the words of the information sworn to by JEVONS and BOLTON. They run as follows : " And his Majesty's Attorney-General, at the relation afore said. (viz., Timothy and Thomas,) charges that the defendants, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Liverpool, have been advised and admit that the said appropriation is invalid, and they are desirous that the said sum of £105,000 should be repaid by the trustees thereof, to be applied to the purposes aforesaid,• and they have, in fact, applied to the said trustees to repay the same, but they (the Mayor, &c.) refuse to take any further steps to procure the payment thereof without the direction and sanction of this honourable court." ! ! Here, then, is the entire mouse squeezed out of the municipal mountain. The corporation, knowing the consequences, are desirous of quashing the proceeding, and TIMOTHY JEVONS and THOMAS BOLTON, after being compelled to eat their own words, and swallow their own impotent and ignorant threats, are brought forward as the mean instruments for covering the retreat of their col leagues. It is as ingenious a trick as ever was executed by any member of the thimble-rig profession. The pro ject has come to an end like a culprit in due courss of law. But who is to pay the piper ? TIMOTHY and THOMAS being but the sham complainants will not surely be made the real sufferers. We have reasons for suspecting that they are indetnnifiedAind in order to ascertain the ime portant fact it will be necessary for the auditors of the borough to keep a sharp watch upon the accounts of the corporation when these shall be laid before them. At the same time we must confess that it is not remarkably kind on the part of Sir JOHN CAMPBELL to sign informa tions which he ought to have flung into the fire, accept fees for prosecuting them, and then throw the whole charge and costs upon a corporation which he had done so much to reform !! In that name, reform, what injustice has been (lone to individuals—what unnecessary burdens heaped upon society ! ! * To the borough fund. We perceive that Mr. RIGBY WAsos has been play ing the part of showman in Ipswich, and exhibiting the Irish hyena to his constituents. Whether Mr. WASON makes any charge for showing the beast does not appear, but the probability is that the exhibition will form an item in the next election bill, as so much money spent for the benefit of the burgesses of Ipswich. We all know that the animal in question never travels or feeds at his own expense, therefore the cost of him on this occasion must he defrayed by the gentlemen who bring him, who exhibit him, who "turn him up," as other showmen call it, and make him dance and roar. Mr. WAsoN being one of the principals in this " safe speculation" will of course be called upon to pay his share of the expenditure. No doubt he calculated that it would be money well spent, inasmuch as it would procure for him the thanks of his loving constituents. No one could call feeding a hyena bribery. No one could insinuate that making a two legged brute, dressed in a green cap and a gold band, howl and yell, was corrupting the radical, and, of course. independent electors of Ipswich. No such thing. Had the honourable member presented any number of • his constituents with a quartern loaf or a pint of ale that might have been tortured into bribery, or had he stuffed them with boiled beef and cabbages that might have been called treating under the GRENVILLE act; but to walk a wild beast through a town for the diversion of its inha bitants, taking care that he bleak not loose, and that none of the people are killed or' wounded, cannot surely by any logical process be twisted into wilful bribery and corruption. ! , •1 ' • • So far the ingenuity of Mr. WAsoN is harmless enough. He has shown the monster at Colchester and Ipswich, but we are sadly afraid that the exhibition has not an. swered hiS purpose. 'The good people did not appear to relish the show. They were, perhaps, unacquainted with the nature; and peculiar habits of the animal, or probably they du not fancy ugly sights where there is nothing to eat or drink. Some of them were provokingly sulky, and seemed disposed to maul most unmercifully both the brute and its leader. Others stood by and laughed at both, the one, they said, being just as comical as the other. A large number of the most respectable burgesses deemed their town insulted, and public morals outraged, by so disgusting a sight, so that upon the whole there is reason to apprehend that the honourable member for Ipswich, our esteemed friend, has spent his money in vain. He might have done more good if he had gone with a monkey and a barrel organ, or taken with him Lord JOHNNY and another kangaroo ! TEE-I'6T . A"tl.-:-This term, which is used h:f temperance so cieties to designate the system which inculcates abstinence from intoxicating ffuors, origiutted NNith a named 'Curler, a menalier of the Preston Temperance Society;, wtio,lciOle,fir an impediment of 5pc(44),,, in addressing a inedtp ,, b remarked 7 that partiatals;inenteT w ious intoxi ca ti ng li quors ould.'iiiitYtr,' etilY 6716 V tee-W-64- CofalT stOfoi'ire!!!" LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Saturday. Evening, half-past Seven o'clock. The private information .received to-day from St. Sebastian of the 23d instant, is of interest. It states, that arrangements were in progress by General Evans for an attack upon the Carlists, to which it was expected that the whole force would be engaged; previously to which, however, Passages was to be stormed, and from the peculiarly difficult situation of the place, and the position the Carlists maintained, a severe conflict was expected. The Money Market has been in a much firmer state this afternoon than it was yesterday. Some large purchases, amounting to about 1:80,(100 Stock, were made late yesterday on behalf of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery. This tended to render Stock scarce ; and, although Consols for Account were sold at 9l; soon after the commencement of business this morning, the market rallied subsequently to 92%, at which the last bargains of the day were effected. For Mo ney, the improvement was from 9li to 21 ;. The demand for Money has been less active to-day, and con fidence appears to have considerably increased among capitalists. The premium upon Exchequer Bills touched 14s. in the morn ing, but closed rather lower. A notice has been issued for pay ing off all Exchequer Bills dated in the months of January, February, March, April, May, and June of last year (issued for carrying on public works and fisheries, for the relief of the West India Islands, &c.), on the 22d of June next, when the interest will cease. India Bonds are a shade higher than they were yesterday, closing at 2 premium. There have been no transactions in Bank Stock to-day. India Stock rose to 258 M, but closed one-half per cent lower, There has been a good deal of business transacted in Spanish Portuguese Bonds to-day. The intelligence received from Madrid produced a decline in Spanish Stock from 411 to 40, and after frequent variations it closed about 1 per cent. higher. The settlement of the half monthly account, which is fixed for Tuesday next, is looked for with some anxiety; but, although the fluctuations have been considerable during the last week or ten days, the adjustment of the differences is not expected to be marked by the occurrence of the events which took place at the close of the May account in last year, when it will be recollected a great number of failures occurred in consequence of the great decline which then took place in Spanish and other bonds. Deferred Stock was sold to-day at 181, and the Passive Bonds at 111. The business done in Portuguese Stock has been be tween 831 and 841, and in the 3 per Cents. between 521 and 531. Russian Bonds are rather lower, closing at 109 i; and the Dutch 21 per Cents. declined from 57 to 561. The market for South American Securities continues to decline; Columbian Bonds were saleable with difficulty at 30, Mexican at 33, and Peruvian at 211. The Share Market wears a very dull aspect. The British North American Bank shares improved, however, this afternoon from I to 11 premium; Colonial Bank are at 4 premium; and those of the National Bank of Ireland are at 4 premium, and iheTtovincial Bank of Ireland 211 premium. In the railways there has not been much alteration to-day. Great Western have improved from 25 to 26; Stephenson's Brighton remain at 9; Rennie'e at 1 premium; and Cundy's at I discount. The Greenwich shares have fallen to 61 premium, and the South ampton continue at 5 premium. PRICES OF SHARES. Share. ----.-. Paid. Price. Birmingham and Derby — 5 10 Birmingham and Gloucester .. Great Western Leeds and Manchester Brighton (St e ph enson ' s ) 1(X) 5 14 2 Ditto (Rennie's) .... Ditto (Cundy's) ... Birmingham Greenwich Southampton 5O 21) 25 Northern and Eastern • 100 3 31 North Midland . Australian Bank British North American Bank Colonial Bank London and Westminster Bank lOO 20 2 National Bank of Ireland Provincial Bank of Ireland . lOO 2,5 461 WIRRALL HUNDRED CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. Yesterday evening about forty of the members of this afso ciation held their first annual dinner at Mr. Quigley's, King's Arm's, Trait mere. The dinner was set out in the I arge room, which was decorated with flags, evergreens, &c. Mr. George King occupied the chair, and Mr. Beaumont acted as vice-pre sident. Many of the gentlemen of the neighbourhood were present, amongst whom we noticed Mr. King, Mr. King, jun., Mr. Sewell, Mr. Woodcock, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Harris, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Gorst, Mr. Taylor, and several others. After the cloth had been withdrawn, The CHAIRMAN gave, " Our gracious Majesty, the King," which was drunk with three times three cheers. "The health of our gracious Queen Adelaide, the ornament of her sex," was then given, with three times three. " The pride and hope of the British nation, the Princess Victoria," with three times three. Song by Mr. Quirk. The7CHAIRMAN then said, at the present crisis which appear. ed to be approaching he thought it the duty of every conserva tive, and of every good friend of his country and its constitution, to adhere to that branch of the legislature which.every one pre sent he was sure would agree with him was of the greatest importance to this country, and bad proved itself as a branch of the legislature on which the people could rely, although it was not the most popular branch, It was at this moment placed in a most trying situation; with their permission, he would propose "the Duke of Wellington and the House of Lords." The toast was drunk with three times three tremendous cheers, Song by Mr. White. The CHAIRMAN said they had now expressed their feelings with respect to one branch of the constitution, it would not be fair that they should exclude the other entirely from their con sideration. There were still some sound sheep amongst the flock, and, with their permission, he would propose "Sir Philip Egerton and the conservative members of the House of Com mons." Drunk amidst loud cheering. Mr. PEacocx begged to propose a toast. They were met there that evening to celebrate the first anniversary: of their so ciety, the object of which was to propagate their principles, and to support the constitution. They all knew the difficulty they had found in first establishing the society, and he knew of no man who had showed more zeal, and rendered greater services to the society than the gentleman who tilled the chair, about whose politics there was "no mistake;" he had ever come man fully forwards in the cause of the constitution. He would beg to propose to them " The heilth of Geo. King, Esq."-Drunk amidst loud cheering. The CHAIRMAN shortly acknowledged the compliment. Mr. Woo lICOC K proposed "Success to the Wirrall Conserva tive Association," which was drunk amidst loud cheering. Dr. GoRST proposed "The health of Sir Robert Peel," which was drunk with three times three tremendous cheers. The CHAIRMAN proposed "The High Bailiff of the hundred of Wirrall," which was drunk with loud cheering. Mr. BF.ausioNT responded to the toast. The cause unde; which they were met was sufficient excuse for his occupying the vice-chair. The enthusiasm which surrounded him convinced him that those whom he saw around him were warm in that cause. They were in duty bound to support that cause for which their forefathers bled. As the fathers of families they were in duty bound to do so, lest their children might hereafter say of them " our fathers neglected us." He would propose . "The church and state—the constitution as it stands, as King, Lords, and Commons," the constitution under which they had thriven, and which was the admiration of the world, and which other states had endeavoured to imitate but in vain. He felt no doubt whatever that if they were true to themselves they would maintain that constitution (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN liposed the health o f M r . Ll o yd, o f Liver pool, whom he sat amongst them, as a gentleman who had been of service to the cause in Liverpool. Mr. LLOYD acknowledged the toast. When they saw the conduct of the present ministers of the crown—when they wit nessed their anomalous position,_ bowed down as they were from the pressure from without, by the pressure from a priest hood who wished to ride rough sliod over English liberties— when they considered the conduct of the vile incendiary who was going about from place to place endeavouring to inflame the minds of the disaffected into open rebellion—when they witnessed the present attempts of the radical press to crush every right feeling of philanthropy, it was the duty of every conservative and of every Englishman to step forward and avow his sentiments as the friend of the constitution of king. lords, and commons, as the friend of national liberty, and as the friend of the laws by which their property was protected. The object of that incendiary, whom he need not name and who had foully aspersed the matrons and daughters of Britain, was to abolish the House of Lords, for he had found it stand as the bulwaik of British rights and liberties, and ever ready to stand in the breach when the liberties of Britons were threatened. As an humble Welshman, he felt proud of the position which the principality of Wales had taken. Out of twenty-six mem bers returned by them,. twenty-two were conservatives. (Cheers.) Let England do her ditty as Wales had done, and they should no longer be trodden underfoot by an O'Connell. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN proposed " the health of Mr. Courter, the se cretary of the association," as a gentleman who had been mainly instrumental in its formation. Mr. COURIER shortly acknowledged the toast and concluded with proposing "the health of Mr. John Peacock," as a gentle man who bad been of great assistance in the formation of the society._ . . . Mr:PEACOCK responded to the toast.—lf ever there was a time when conservative associations were needed it was at the present day. At all former times the friends of good order and good government had had enemies to contend against, but they now had his majesty's ministers to contend against. They were s apping the foundations of every institution of the country, and their very first step had been to advise his majesty to part with Isis hereditary revenue in order to render him dependant upon the people. Every measure which had been proposed by them had a tendency in some way or other to destroy the preroga tives of the crown. The Municipal Reform Bill, when first in troduced by them, had a provision for taking from the crown the appointment of the magistrates of the country. They now attempted to do away with the power of the House of Lords. Many of the measures which they brought forward bad for their object the injury of the Church of England ; they felt that un less they could undermine that stronghold of christianity, they never could injure the rights of Englishmen. Reform was the word in their mouth, but destruction was their main object. The Humes, the Roebucks, and the O'Connells were to ef fect the reform of the Church of England—the papists, the atheists,and the infidels—their object was to destroy it altogether. Every measu re w hi c h h a d b een brought forward' tendered to give the mass of the people power, and lessen the power of Intelligence, of respectibilmtv, and of property. The man who now paid his 4s. taxes was posssessed of as much influence as the man who paid £5OO a year. Was this justice' Take Liverpool, for example, and suppose the voting to be according to one. to p d property opecrotynsaenndatmiveseps had t a majority ectmbili ly,asby, Scourges ot f : i mu But rne's the bill, a present ministry endeavoured to lower the just weight of pro perty, and gave to the tax-payer of 3s. fid. a year as much :2- flueuce as to the greatest merchant. He advocated the esta blishment of associations; they had seen what they had done in South Lancashire and in Smith Devonshire. He felt no doubt but had they had an association established before, that instead of returning Sir Philip Egerton alone, they should have re ' turned another member also. It took their' three weeks to canvass, what, with an association, might have been-accom plished in three days ; and whilst that canvass had been going on at the last election, a compromise had taken place with the opposite party, a n d on rece i ving the i r returns they found th a t they count have, with ease, returne d two mem b e rs. (Chee rs .) He begged to propo . se " The Conser6tive Press of England," which was drunk with three times three.. - Mr. T. C. FOSTER, of the LIVE'R tWOL STANDARD, acknow . ledged time toast. Mr. LLOYD proposed "the health of Mr. James Moyle." Mr. Movi.E returned thanks. 11. Ir. HARRIS proposed "the conservatives of Ireland," which was drunk with loud apprause. Several other toasts and sentiments were given, and the con of the meeting was kept up till a late hour. 4 0k . WPM THE LAST lilCi•. FROM ROME! tis"e beg attention to the following most important piece of intelligence. We are assured upon the veracity of a Roman Catholic, who has access to the highest official and .penitential circles, that his Holiness the Pope has recently issued a re script addressed to his bishops, and others of the faithful, prohi biting any Roman Catholic, under pain of mortal sin, from sit ting or standing, or being in any position within two feet of any protestant cr other heretic ! This news, we understand, has perplexed the good people exceedingly; but seine say it has been done for the generous purpose of preventing crime in Ire land, inasmuch as it is necessary to be within two feet of any person before yon can beat his brains out, and rifle his pockets . Others take a different view of the matter, and consider that it is a contrivance of the priests to levy more money at confession in consequence of the unavoidable violations of so extraordinary a prohibition. At any rate some of the members of the re formed corporation are amazingly puzzled as to how they can dispose of their respective persons when they meet in coun cil. Mr. Councillor Shiel cannot, without committing sin, sit near ,Mr. Councillor Bolton, or any other unitarian. Then, again, how can he shake hands with his heretical constituents ? Dr. Collins, we are told, from this unfortunate cause alone, will be obliged to give up toe greater part of his most extensive practice; and,a certain Saturday newspapei, to preserve the purity of the priests, will in future have to be composed and conducted by the faithful, exclusively. How those who sell gin, or deal in old clothes, can safely deal in future, without making a cheap contract with their father confessors, we do not pretend to know. Then, be it remembered, there are the densely packed crowds of mixed radicals who are squeezed to gether in Clayton-square---how.are they who thus sin to square accounts with their priests? But, indeed, the same question might be asked with respect to the rogues oft the treadmill, and many other interesting persons who are unavoidably brought into contact. His holiness must be written to and requested to rescind this very absurd rescript. We understand that several London fishmongers are coining down to Liverpool with the intention of opening fish shops in various parts of the town. We trust our townsmen will not al low themselves to be anticipated, now that our Liverpool Fish Company have broken in upon the monopoly so long and so justly complained of. The Court of Examiners of Apothecaries granted certificate of qualification, 27th instant, to Mr. Samuel Potter, of this town. KING'S BlRTHDAY.—Saturday last being the city appointed for holding his Majesty's birthday, the occasion was marked by the usual observances. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—ANNIVERSARY GALAS.—The anni versary of the opening of these Gardens will be celebrated on Monday and Tuesday next. The fetes intended to be given at the Gardens on each of these days, will commence in the morning with a series of musical performances, under the di rection of Mr. Leonard, and end with an illumination and a display of fireworks, upon a scale of magnificence never yet seen in Liverpool. The pyrotechnic artist engaged for the oc casion is Mr. D'Ernst, who conducts this department of the en tertainments given at the Vauxhall-gardens, London. As there is every prospect that the weather will continue favour able, a very delightful treat may be expected; FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday last Joseph Sharp, a porter, was employed landing goods from a vessel in the Prince's Dock. The stage was very steep, and a hale, escaping from the hands of another porter, rolled obliquely along the siag,e, and coming in contact with the deceased, forced him in the dock. He was quickly got out, when, as he seemed very ill, he was conveyed to the Infirmary. Notwithstanding every attention, he expired on Friday night. The body was opened, and the liver was found to be ruptured. BODIES FOUND.—On Friday last the body of a man was picked up by a boatman named Mac Nabb. It was found float ing about six miles on the other side of the Light-ship. The deceased had on a large blue coat, mane of pilot-cloth, canvass trowsers, and sea boots. In his pocket were found two pieces of French coin and a large clasp knife. On the same evening, at six o'clock, Daniel Smith, a boatman, picked up the dead body of a man opposite to New Brighton. Deceased had on a soldier's coat, with stripes on the arm, and dark trowsers. The buttons were not regimental. THE INFORMING POLICE.—A part of the fines in informations go to the informer, which may account for the unusual activity of the 18s.-a-week-police in this respect in order to make a de cent livelihood. Many respectable publicans and o th ers , w h o have supported their Station and co:iducted their businesses with respectability, and without having hitherto been subject to the fines of the informer, are loudly complaining at the indiscri minate and wholesale informations laid against them by , the reform police, who may more appropriately be styled the informing police. THE REASON WHY THE WAR IN SPAIN CONTINCES.—At the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible meeting held at the Music-hall on Friday evening last, the Rev. Mr. Hawtry, who represented himself as a deputation from the parent society in London, in the course of his address to the meeting, described the continu ance of the war in Spain to arise from their not being a bible society formed there. If a bible society were but established. in Spain, the disgraceful war which now distracted that unfor tunate country would immediately cease." This beats Colonel Evans and his auxiliaries out and out; he has not yet been able to accomplish so desirable an end. We would advise him to set about establishing a bible society in order to accomplish what siX months' skirmishing has not been able to do. TROTTING.—Our readers will see by reference to our adver tising columns, that a trotting match will take place on Newton Race Course on- the 11th June; and if our information be cor rect, such will be permanently established under auspices which will ensure success to a system of running which is almost essentially necessary to the perfection of a good roadster. MOST SHOCKING DEATH.—A horrible death was the lot of a fellow creature, at Barrowford, near Colire, onl'hursday. His name was James Haworth, and he was a jobber in the spinning room of a cotton factory there. One of the straps required some repair, and he was desired to hold it, whilst another person did what was necessary. By some accident, he was entangled with the strap after it had been replaced on the drum, and was taken up to the shaft, which is almost half-a-yard froM the ceiling, and revolveS one hundred and fifty times in a minute. At every turn he was struck against the ceiling, until the engine, after a lapse of two minutes, was stopped. When extricated, it was found that both his feet had been dissevered from the legs, a little above the ancles, and thrown to a considerable distance. His legs and arms were also broken in several places. He lingered about an hour in great agony, and expired. An inquest was held on the body on Friday, and a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. FLOWER Stiow.—Oa Thursday last a tulip show was held at the Leigh Arms, Newton, when some of the best specimena were shown which have been seen for many years. We understand it.is the intention of Mr. May, the worthy landlord, to establish a.Floral Society at his hotel, in consequence of the Liverpool flower show having fallen to the ground. A committee was named, consisting of several gentlemen in each town in the vicinity of Newton. After the flowers were judged, Mr. May gave to a great number of bis friends an excellent dinner, free of expense. A.silver cup, value 5 guineas, was also given by Mr. May, for the best_pan of tulips. The prize wa s won b y Mr. Thomas Roby, of Prescot. The following gentlemen were winners in the classes :-Ist Trafalgar, and sth Firebrand, Mr. Gaudy, Liverpool; 2d Duc de Savoy, Mr. John Crompton; 3d Unknown, and 4th Gond B.eares, Mr. Gaskell—Tea : Byb. Ist Black . Mr. Roby; 3d Washington, 4th INl.iitre Partoset,. and 2d Unknown .Mr. Gandy ; stb, M r, Ackers.— Fea : Roses—lst, Mr. Gaskell.—Triumph.Royal.-9d, Hero of the Nile, Mr. Roby; 3d, Walworth, Mr. L oxes 4th, Count, Mr. Gaudy; sth, Do Little, Mr. Crompton.—Flowered Bi zards, Ist, Lecantic, Mr. Gandy; 2d, Lustre, Mr. Gaskell; 3d, Dutch Cab,. Mr. Crompton ,• 4th, Farrar's Liberty and sth, Albion, Mr. Lowe.—Flowered Byb.—lst, Louisa the 16th ; 2d, Alexander.Magnus, and 3d, Viole z a font Noir, Mr. Lowe; 4th, Queen of May, Mr. Gandy • sth, Sable R ex, M r. R o b y,— Flowered .Roses-Ist, Rose Unique, Mr. Lowe ; 2d,.Roi de Derise, Mr. Ackers; 3d, Vesta, Mr. Gandy ; 4th, Ponceau Briliante, Mr. Crompton ; sth, Regina, Mr. Gaskell.—Breeders —Bizarre, Mr. Crompton; Bybloinen, Mr. Gandy; Rose, Mr. Crompton. Every tavern, coffee; and beer-house keeper should take in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, the price of which is orth Sevenpence, and will be about a third less after the sth of July. Bell's Lift in London and Spotting Chronicle is pub lished every Saturday afternoon by W.. Clement, Jun., No. 170, Strand, London, of whom may be had, separate or together, Part 1, .2, 3, and 4 of the " Gallery Of Cm n i ca liti es ," a t the price of Threepence each sheet. The four sheets contain 375 comic engravings, and all for the incredible low price of One Shilling. The " Gallery of Comicalities," being stereotyped, is never out of' print : more than halki-million copies halm already been sold, DEATH OF THE DUKE OF GORDON.—This unbleman who was erroneously stated to have diedUtt Werineiday, expired on Saturday morning, at his town residence, in Belgrave-square. We take the following extract from the Observer:- . -The Duke of Gordon, we regret to find, died at a quarter before 10 o'clock yesterday morning. His grace was in his sixty-sixth year. His kind-heartedness and convivial powers were well known. In politics, he was an unflinching tory. His grace having died without issue, the 'dukedom is extinct ' • but the title of Marquis of Huntley devolves on the Earl of Aboyne. The Duke of Gordon was Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, Colonel of the 3d regiment of Guards, and Governor of Edinburgh Castle. It is understood that the Earl of Errol, whose residence is in Aberdeenshire, and who is one of the oldestof the Scotch peers, will succeed the Duke of Gordon as Lord-Lieutenaht of Aber deenshire. Lord Lynedoch will, it is reported, have the com mand of the 34 Guards. The government of Edinburgh Castle is not to be filled up. Gordon Castle and a very con siderable landed estate become the property of the Duke of Richmond. The Duke of Gordon was brother to the Dowager Duchess of Richmond; to the Marchioness Cornwallis, and to the Duchess of Bedford; brother-in-law to the Duke of Man chester; uncle to t he Marchiones s of Tweedale, to Viscount Mandeville, M.P., to Baroness Braybrook, to the Lady of Lord Eliot, and to thuLady of C. Ross,. 'Esq., M.P. 1 never go through the Pool in a steamer (said Mike Scales, the other day) but I feel a desperate inclination to cry." " Cry, my angel ! (sail Mrs. Mike) why so, my duck ?" " Because (answered the angel Michael , of Whitechapel, archly, when I look at the c o lli ers lyin,F all together it in variably brings tears (tiers) i nto M y eyes. Mrs. Mike fainted with excess of laughter. —Age. NORTHERN VOYAGE of Discovkitv.—The Terror bomb.: vessel, which was strengthened fOr the purpose of going in search of the ice -bound whalers, is now to be employed in another northern voyage of discovery; Caitain Back, who has been . appointed to command her, intends to• go up , Wager River,-as far as he can ; from which point he a antic . p te she can complete his Survey of the northern shore of the American con tinent, from C ape T urna g ain, which he reached in his first ex pedition,. to Victoria Headland, the point where he made the sea in his last expedition ; Lieutenants W. Smyth and Owen Stanley have been appointed to the Terror. PLANS FOR THE ARCADE.—The following is a copy of the re ward of the prizes for these plans :—We, the undeisigned, hav ing been appointed by Thomas Jevons, Esq. ' t o a ward a prize of £lOO to the architect who should famish the best series of plans fur the arcade abbitt to be erected in this town, and another. prize of £5O to the second best, do, hereby adjudicate the first prize unto William Collins, Esq., a r c hitect, and the second unto Arthur Yates Williams and Stephen Edwards, Esqrs., co partners and. architects, under the firm of Williams and Edwards. (Sigtitcl) W. WALLACE Cunnia, Mayor. C. TAT LEUR, Chairman of the Provisional Committee. Jos. B. YATES, President of the Literary and PhilosOphical Society of Liverpool. • Tisim-kall, Liverpool, May 26th, 1836. , 0 AN O'CONNELL SAFE SPECULATION. . . Some days Since a meeting wAs held at the Crown and Anchor .` h Tavern for the purpose. of raisin g an English flint.; or, as the promoters gulled their dupes by telling them, tat it wa s a fund towards, defraying the money the li isti befigarman had been out of pocket by defending the Dublin election petition." Now this is nothing more than a shabby trick of Joe Hume; who aCied.as chairman, and Ashton Yates, who was appointed secretary, to save their own pockets. Joe, it is welt known, will be kicked out of Middlesex next election ; and Yates, who was an unsuccesful candidate for Newton some years hack, and after the death of old Cobbett went down to Oldham, but find ing the conservative interest too strong wisely left the other radical candidates to fight the battle, is now all ambiti on to get; into parliament. -, They both hoPe to be members of the Tail ; but although they know two thousand is the fixed freedom of election puce, as authorised by parliament, for an Irish county, ,nevertheless neither of them wish to pay the money out of their own pockets; and as Dan has issued an edict that none but his own pauper relatives shall be returned without the stipulated sum, theie worthies hope to raise the needful at John Bull's expence. It is all one to O'Connell whether they raise the money by getting subscriptiogs or out of their own pockets—but the mo ney he must have. By-the-bye, in this Yates any relative to an unitarian parson of that name, who officiated in Liverpool; and although he had only a little more than two hundred a year from his congregation, nevertheless contrived to amass an un- • mense fortune by mercantile speculations ? Suppose a pro testant bishop, rector, or curate, had tried hi s l uc k amongst t h e Liverpuddle a n s — w h a t a row there would have been ! Lord ! how the tables of both houses would have groaned under radical petitions ! —Age, A LEARNED NEGRO.—Job Ben Solomon, son of the Mohan!. medan King of Banda, was taken in 1730, and sold in Mary land. He afterwards found his way to England, where hig talents, dignified air, and amenity of character, procured him friends ; among the rest, Sir Haus Sloane, the founder of the British Museum, for whom he translated several Arabic manuscripts. After being received with distinction at the court of St. James's, he was sent back to Banda. The letters which he afterwards wrote to his friends in England and America, were published and perused with interest. This man is said to have been able to repeat the whole Koran from memory.— Lit . .eria Herald, No. VII. Printed at. Monrovia, in West Africa, a colony of Blacks ; the printer and editor being both of the same colour. • NEW STAMP LAW.—By the new stamp bill, bankers will have to pay a composition of 7s. per hundred pounds in lieu of stamps on their local notes, and securities may be given in fu ture either by bondsmen or by a deposit of stock. - Bills and drifts not exceojing, seven days' dat e , are t o b e t h reepence when not exceeding £25; sixpence £5O;. ninepence £75; one shilling £loof . "two shillings £2011;. two shillings , aud.sixpettee . £3OO. Thig - part - of the new law is to take effect on the tat Of January, 1837 ' • on which day, in f u t ure, a ll li cences will be dated on October, as heretofore. The new newspaper duty will commence on the sth of July next. ESCAPE or FOURTEEN CONVlCTS.—Fourteen male prisoners . effected their escape from the gaol of the county Waterford, about seven o'clock, on Sunday evening, under most daring . circumstances. . The prisoners of an upper room called to a turn key that they wanted water. He took a supply, when they over 7 powered him,' put a coat over his head, took the key from him, and ran down... Their first work was to enlaige the prisoners in another apartment, when a determiued party of fourteen men rushed down—seven - of them under sentence of transportation, and all led by the tivo Connerys, those noted characters, whose previous escape and re-capture made SO much noise. Arrived in the yard, they knocked the lock off the door, with a half hun dred weight belonging to the treadmill, when the governor of the prison ran down, and attempted by means of ,a rapper to hold the door, hut those who had already passz7d returned, knocked him down, and held him, while the etri:re made good their exit, the Connerys leading the attack and covering the retreat. The lock was knocked off the outer gate, and the en-. tire party gained the public road, and fled into the country. PITT DINNER.—On. Friday the anniversary of the birth of the Right Hon. Win. Pitt was celebrated at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; the Hon. G eorge Rica. ,Trevor, M.P., in the chair. Th e f ollowing were among the noblemen and gentlemen who attended the dinner:—The Earl of Hare wood, president ; Lord Skelmersdal e , vice-president ; Loid Loftus, Lord Viscount En com b e , Lord Viscount Mahon, M.P., Lord Viscount Cole, M.P., Sir J. Chetwode, Bart., Sir John Osborn, Bart., Sir John Gibbons, B ar t.. Si r C . K n i g h t l ey, Bart., M.P., W. It. Cartwright, Esq., M.P. V.P.; S. G. P r i ce, E sq., M.P., Colonel Conolly, M.P., Colonel Powell, M.P, the Hon. Lord Kenyon, John Round, Esq., Col. Daubeny, Wil:iatn Saw bridge, Esq., IL P. Glyn,- Esq., D. Robertson, Esq. Lord Eldon, in a letter to the chairman, expressed his regret that causes over which he had no controul, the infirmities of age, prevented him from attending the meeting. SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY.—A lady of respectable ap pearance went into the shop of Messrs. Bailey and Milner, St. Paul's Churchyard, and aft er p urc h as i ng a f ew articles, asked if they would write her a check for £B, for which she would give them eight sovereign as she wanted to r em it th e sum i nto t h e country; and after a E *, ffie hesitation they wrote her the check ; but on the banker's returning the check it appears she had al tered the date, placed a y to the "eight," and a cipher to the figure 8, thus making it £BO, which was paid. ESCAPE.—A proclamation has been issued by the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland offering a "reward of £3O for the apprehension of any of the fourteen prisOners who made, their, escape from. Waterford Gaol on thd 22d instant. Theiraiaines are as fol loty:—Robert Brown, John Tobin, Dennis Mahoney, Dennis Coleman. 'Edmond Power, Thomas Kennedy, John Coperess, Patrick Connery, John Connery, Michael Dower, James Len nard, EdMond Murphy, John Casey, an d John Daniels. THE CRIM. CON. CAUSE.—We understand that, in the much-talked-of approachir.g trial, Mr. Sergeant Wilde, Sir W. Follett, and Mr. Bailey, are retained for the hen. plaintiff, and that Sir J. Campbell, Mr. Wightman, and Mr. Richards are retained for the noble defendant. We also hear that the noble defendant has pleaded the general issue, and that (if not other wise arranged) the cause will be tried at the sittings after the present term before Lord Chief Justice Tindal, in the Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster Hall. The sittings after this Term commence on Tuesday, the 14th of June.=-Herald. THE HON. MRS. NORTON.—This lady, who has become rather notorious of late-is grand-daughter of the celebrated Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and a daughter of the late Thomas Sheridan Esq., by Caroline, eldest daughter of Sir James Campbell, of Ardinglass. Lady Graham, wife of Sir James Graham, is her sister. Mrs. Norton's husband, the honourable Geo. Caine Norton. is next brother to Fletcher, present Lord Grantley. Three sons are the issue of their marriage, all born since 1829. It is said that 20,000 persons have been brouht to town, and are residing here on account of the new railroads-liarliamentery proceedings requiring their attendance. So we were told btit v.e are not told "who suffers." Suppose these interested pe'isdns remain here one month, their expenditure cannot be less than half a million. To this add law charges, parliamentary agen cies, &c., and a tolerably good guess may be made of " the sum' tottle of the whole" economy of these things. They will indeed be rail-roads, if grumbling can make them so.—Age, A ROYAL QUADRUIkEALLTANCE:—Prifice Charles of Naples bas been Married to Miss Penelope Sinytheibur times—first at Rome, at Madrid,,.at Gretna Green, an d a t St . G eorge ' s, Hanover-iquare. We supposed his brid e fb ur - ce d hi m to b e thus on the square. Cardinal Weld performed the ceremony at the " Eternal City" —the black-smvhe yielded tl eiu together over the borde i r. If not qUadruparate, this allian ce i s sure l y quadruplete. Lord Carrington was asked whether Miss Smythe. was any relation of his ? "No ! (replied the Peer) though she had an i to the Prince, she was a we Smythe to secure him."—Age. THE IRISH CORPORATIONS DILL.—A 1111/Itlrt l'OrV geneitilly prevails that the threatened collision between the two houses will be again avoided, by a compromise of the points of differ ence ; that compromise on the present occasion consisting in the Lords accepting the proposition of the Duke of Richmond, which, if we rightly recollect, consisted in retaining a few of the large corporations,_ and abandoning the lesser " Normal Schools" to the fate Lord Lyndhurst's amendments had con signed them.--Morning Herald. _ _ ROAD TOLLS ON LOCOMOTIVE CARRIAGES.—A bill has been brought into the House of Commons which repeals all toils n ow levied on carriages propelled by other than animal power, and levies tolls on them on the principle that 15 cwt. of the ma chinery and carriage of steam-carriages is equivalent to one ' horse. The tolls tO lie levied on this principle are set forth in a schedule. If the weight exceed 15 cwt., and do not exceed one ton and a half, the toll is to be the same as for two horses; under two and a quarter tons; for the same as three horses; tinder three tons, as four horses, Ste. Carriages propelled by steam are not to be used fur passengers till the boilers have been tested; and the proof that it has been, with the weight.cf the carriage; are to be registered, an d i nscribed on the carriage. The bill is short, which is a great arguinent in its favour. EARLY INDICATIONS OF GENlUS.—Raphael's father, 'Jean Sanzio, discovered and encouraged the genius of his sou; while Michael• Angelo's swore that his son should never be a stone-; cutter. Guido the painter was brought up as a rnufieran ;. Moliere as a haberdasher. The great Canova's genius wits dis covered by his modelling the figure of a lion in a _Hued of butter, at the tune when he was a servant to a Venetian senator named Faliera. Voltaire's father was a scrivener, and' his son .was destined to the same calling, and even apprenticed to one of the craft. When Shakspeare, yet a ro‘ing bov, stole Sir Thomas meLs he Lucy's deer, did no t hi s na t ura l b en t show itself in made on the worthy county Midas ? When the late Sir John Leslie, in his boyish capacity of cowherd, was found by a neighbouring proprietor, tracing mathematieal.. figures on the damp soil, did it not show how nature had framed him for the future Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh! The Count Ziuzendorf had such a propensity to be the founder of a sect that, while )et a child, be established the order of " the mustard seed," the emblem of which was a figure of Christ, and the motto, "nostra snedelis ;" he did, sub sequently, found a sect (the lierrnh itters, or Bohemian Brethren.) The father of the great astronomer, Ber m: mini, having set his face against his son's astronomical propensities, the latter! took, as his .device, Phaeton driving the chariot of, the sun, and wrote underneath, " suis parmi lee astres, malgre mon pere." All of you are acquainted with the history 'of Napoleon's early days, and the strong propensity he then evinced for euterprize and military manoeuvre. t might multi-' ply examples of the same kind as the above, but that these suffice for illustration and that your patience and my time are to be considered. On the other hand, instances will readily oc cur to you in which the subjects that have formed tthoecetrririeude—d work of the fame of many celebrated men h a ve n e o age.are d n ß o u t t t occurred — or, e l e o a r st in ' te p r pe o til organization have incontestably . however r °c : e i ? fl is d u e: n t : 0 1 y t o t varieties i e t e:s i e fi u i e r f literary men are lugubrious, of the manners and habits. Some .h tillers are affable,. moral aptitudes, and are, as I beti a tr n e said, ln the leading principle h te ierta n cTt y ates the and communicative. Some there are morose, polished or, to a as de th t e re t e e , r g m ay i,s'a. h en . cd i c : c s nom t t h rml a c t u; are positive in character, who attach themselves to_t tv g e r s and of their species. Others there are happiness of them j o b t i,, ha g t o l o o d in t i: the seioeticAl side of life and abandon themselves ss ()r unlucky reiati v a e p s u i d t i e o n fo s r . that search t s e e i a n rc r h ea a l f i t t e i e r s ib who only s e j w a h n oe i ad m teeij a i g tie in ° lt tg ion that cradles and amuses them. One and enterprising; again, another 'exhibits a of an im nia4sn,d;;lnd Hnerable errors of conduct, the result falling into aini .on of And appreciaii may be °Lis • I concentrated _vet reliving ar o d r o t t i i i i i • though t hi s • erva e Andin the common Tanks of society, i n the Present instant it s t an d s out in relief, it is the vivid light emanating froln a lolly intellect, compared with the pallid ray that is common to eve r yd ay minds.-- Lectitrt on' the Moral and Phipleal attributes of An G T James Illanby M.D. enzuk.un •7u rent. By CHATTERTON.—roor Cbatterton! "the sleepless boy who peris he d 'in his pride," overcome by . the ' pressure of poverty, and stung to the quick by heartless' I . neglect, began his immor tality in ,a gs,rret in' Shoreditch. for two days previous to his 4eath he has eat en nothing; hit landlady pitying his desolate condition, offered him a dinner;. Whictr he indignantly refused,.' saying be was not hungry, and, soon after, put an end to his existence by poison. Crowds' inflicted elegies to his memory, the length and breadth of which filled volumes;- while the sub act of these doleful tributes lies buried in , a .common work-. bonse in Shoe-lane,. unnoticed by epitaph or eulogy. .----, .~,