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Copies of Testimonials may be had from all the Agents gratis tiTE OF TRADE MANCHE August 25th —Although the market for yarn continues much depressed, there has been a tolerable amount of business done this week, and some kinds, parti cularly the lower counts of mule yarn, which are relatively scarce, command rather better prices than last week; whilst water twist, especially of good quality, is rather more diffi cult of sale. In good s th ere i s li tt l e c h ange f rom l ast wee k ; perhaps a little more business has been done in 27-inch printing cloth, h-' - -tchedly low prices. All other kinds .rased, and without any prospect check is applied to the production. :eatly dep of amendment until ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, August 23.—We have had a steady demand for flannels to-day, without any change in the prices. The wool market has been heavy, and prices about the same as those of the preceding Monday. HUDDERSFIit this wa A, MARKET, August 2-1.---On the whole, tarket day —as good a one as any this year. Aiefly for fancy woollens, and other descrip >ds, which have now become the staple trade In plain superfines' there was little done. warehouses is decidedly better, and prices ieve that it is not generally known that inch notoriety in this country and Arne arolins steamer, is a native of Cross ; stewartry of Kirkcudbright, and was )n the Dee, in the ferry-boat of the own.—Dumfries Times. tin ministers to offer up a pray er the proceedings of the day, which, on the showing of n I ever knew,_ proves that their meeting t I was a very little boy, I asked the late don, baptist 'minister of Leeds,, " What ly and devout servant of God repliecl— rou are about to say or do anything upon ask God's blessing, you may be sure that These prayerless men have proved, that they blessing of God, rather than despise the Anti-Corn-Lacy factory tyrants ! 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Shortly afterwards, the SPEAKER, accompanied by a_large body of members, appeared at the bar, when ti CHANCELLOR read the following speech : " My Lords and Gentlemen, " We are commanded by her Majesty to acquaint you that her Majesty bas availed herself of the earlist opportunity of resorting to your advice and assistance after the dissolution of the last parliament. • .. • " Her Majesty continues to receive from foreign powers gratifying assurances of their desire to maintain with her Majesty the most frieuitily relations. " Her Majesty has the satisfaction of informing you, that the object fur which the treaty of the 15th of July, 1840, was concluded between her Majesty, the Emperor of Aus tria, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, and the Sultan, have been fully accomplished, and it is gratifying to her Majesty to be enabled to state that the temporary sepa ration which the measures taken in the execution of that treaty created between the contracting parties and France has now ceased. _ . . _ . . " Her Majesty trusts that the union of the principal powers upon all matters affecting the great interests of Europe will afford a firm security for the maintenance of peace. " Her Majesty is glad to be able to inform you, that in consequence of the evacuation of Ghorian by the Persian troops, her Majesty has ordered her minister to the court of Persia to return to Teheran. _ . "Her Majesty regrets that the negociations between her plenipotentiaries in China and the Chinese government have not yet been brought to a satisfactory conclusion, and that it has been necessary to call into action the forces which her Majesty has sent to the China seas ; but her Majesty still trusts that the Emperor of China will see the justice of the demands which her Majesty's plenipotentiaries have been instructed to make. " Her Majesty is happy to inform you that the difference which had arisen between Spain and Portugal, about the execution of a treaty concluded by these powers in 1830 1 for regulating the navigation of the Douro. have been adjusted amicably, and with honour to both parties, by the aid of her Majesty's mediation. '• The debt incurred by the legislature of Upper Canada, for the purposes of public works, is a serious obstacle to fur ther improvements which are essential to the prosperity of the united province. Her Majesty has authorised the gover nor-general to make a communication on the subject to the council and assembly of Canada. Her Majesty will direct the papers to be laid before you, and trusts that your earnest attention will be directed to matters so materially affecting the welfare of Canada and the strength of the empire. " Gentlemen of the House of Commons, " We have to assure you that her Majesty relies with en- tire confidence on your loyalty and zeal to make adequate provision for the public service, as well as for the further application of sums granted by the last parliament. " My Lords and Gentlemen, " We are more especially commanded to declare to you that the extraordinary expenses which the events in Canada, China, and the Mediterranean have occasioned, and the ne cessity of maintaining a force adequate to the protection of our extensive possessions. have made it necessary to consider the means of increasing the public revenues. Her Majesty is anxious that this object should be effected in the manner least burdensome to her people ; and it has appeared to her Majesty, after full deliberation, that you may, at this junc ture, properly direct your attention to the revision of duties affecting the productions of foreign countries. It will be for you to consider whether some of these duties are not so trifling in amount as to be unproductive to the revenue, while they are vexatious to commerce. You may further examine whether the principle of protection, upon which others of these duties are founded, be not carried to an ex tent injurious alike to the income of the state and the in terests of the people. " Her majesty is desirous that you should consider the laws which regulate the trade in corn. It will be for you to determine whether these laws do not aggravate the natural fluctuations of supply ; whether they do not embarrass trade, derange the currency, and by their operation diminish the comfort and increase the privations of the great body of the community. _ _ Her majesty, feeling the deepest sympathy with those of her subjects who are now suffering from distress and want of employment, it is her earnest prayer that all your delibe rations may be guided by wisdom, and may conduce to the happiness of her beloved people." The lords commissioners quitted their seats, and disrobed after the Commons' members had withdrawn. Earl SPENCER opened the debate by moving the address. It was, as is usual on such occasions, an amplification of the topics introduced by ministers into the Royal Speech. After 'discussing those which referred to questions of foreign and colonial policy, his lordship came to the subject on which hinged the entire interest of .the debate—the con sideration of the laws which regulate the trade in corn. He said, that the most extravagant opinions had been enter tained on this subject, and that they had prevailed on both sides of the question ; he felt satisfied that the corn-laws were no protection to the agriculturist, and did not believe that the price of corn would be materially altered by the abolition of the corn-laws. The price depended on the ex pense of cultivation—on the cost of production. The land that a repeal of these laws would throw out of cultivation was any thing but corn land. It had never been worth the foreigner's while to import corn unless he could obtain 535. for it free of duty. He did not believe it was possible that any large quantity of corn would be introduced at any ma terially reduced prices. He felt that an alteration in the corn-laws and freedom of trade would yet, and soon, be triumphant. The advantages he anticipated from that alters • tion were to be obtained by raising the prices of food on the continent, in order that their manufacturers might not be able to compete with ours, and that they might not be able to turn their attention so exclusively to manufactures. If these laws were abolished and the continental prices raised, speculation would be renewed in English corn, and very greatly relieve the farmer in depressed years. He asked for concessions on both sides, and that by delay in promoting freedom of commerce, capital should not be driven abroad, and the manufacturing prosperity of the country destroyed. We had generally concurred in opinion with the present government ; he had supported them when they came into power, and his confidence in them had never been shaken. The noble lord concluded by moving the address, which was a mere echo of the speech from the throne. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, who seconded the address, entered at some length into a retrospective view of the rela tive value of bread-corn since the duties now in force had been imposed, and proceeded with a statement to show that neither the farmer nor the people benefited by the result. The noble marquis next endeavoured to expose the futility of the argument based on the alleged danger of relying for a supply of bread upon foreign nations, who might at any mo ment close their ports, and refuse the necessary quantity, and instanced the year 1810, when the continental ports were firmly closed against British commerce. His lordship then adverted to the question of the concurrent fall of wages with that of bread, and after stating that the labourer would be able to buy more food and raiment out of his reduced earn ings than he could under the present system, reiterated his strong objections to the sliding scale, concluded his speech by insisting on the necessity of agreeing to the address as it stood, and expressing his opinion that ministers could not quit power under more honourable circumstances than the present. The Earl of RIPON directed some very severe censures upon the conduct of foreign affairs, which had plunged the country into an interminable, dangerous, and expensive series of wars in Persia, China, and India; which had at one period menaced the country from the other side of the channel, and which had created a state of affairs beyond the Atlantic, to which he would not further advert, such were its difficulties, than by saying that he felt the deepest anxiety respecting the issue of the matter pending. The noble earl next dissected the financial schemes of the last year and of the present one, both of which he pronounced to be falla cious and absurd, if not ruinous. The former had proved to be so by its results, and the scheme now under considera tion could be shown to be equally destructive to the revenue, the policy, and the principles upon which the parliament had legislated during the last ten years. It was upon the finan cial measures of the present government that he felt disposed to take his ground of opposition, and he considered he could bring forward the most convincing reasons to induce the house to support him in the amendment which he proposed to make of a vote of utter want of confidence in her Ma jesty's government. This announcement was received with cheers by their lordships, and, after going at some length through the three fiscal measures proposed by the ministers, which he successively dissected and condemned, the noble earl concluded by moving the amendment, which stated that in order to carry out the object of her Majesty's address, it was necessary that the existing government should have the confidence of that house, which the present government did not possess. Earl FITZWILLIAM entered into a lengthened exposition of his views upon the corn laws, and supported the address. Lord LYTTELTON would vote for the address, but in doing so wished to guard himself against being supposed to place entire confidence in her majesty's government. Viscount MELBOURNE, in supporting the address, said that he had never witnessed so serious an attack made upon a government, supported by so little reason or argument. The Duke of WELLINGTON was of opinion that his noble friend, the Earl of Ripon, had laid down quite sufficient grounds for the amendment which he had moved, and he should, therefore, give it his support. He censured the course adopted by the government, acid said her majesty was ill advised in the speech which had been placed in her mouth at the close of the last and in the beginning of the present session, topics having been introduced into both of these pcneeehea enlenlaterl to itifiamp the rinceinnt: of the pnnple, .na to produce no counterbalancing advantage. _ _ The Duke of RICHMOND contended that the scheme of a fixed duty of Bs. on corn was one of the maddest that could be conceived, and he would give hilt support to the admen ment. *lt was said that, if the present ministry were turned out, that the conservatives on their accession to power would adopt the very measures by which they had effected the de struction of the present administration. He did not believe this, but if it should turn out to be the fact, he would be the very first person to propose a want of confidence in them. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE contrasted the present views of his noble friend the Earl of Ripon, with those which he entertained when, as Mr. Robinson, he drew up, in con junction with other influential members of the House of Commons, a report, wherein he stated his opinion that a fixed duty on corn was what was required in order to intro duce a sound and healthy state of things into the supply of food to this country. He, for his part, could scarcely be lieve that Mr. Robinson, whose name was appended to that report, was the same individual with his noble friend on the opposite side. The noble marquis then proceeded to deduce from the undiminished prosperity that had followed upon the repeal of the prohibitory duties on wool, and which measure bad been opposed on the very same grounds that were now taken with respect to corn, that the same results would fol low upon the alteration of the sliding duty to a fixed one. After some general observations, the noble marquis concluded by stating that he was prepared to give up the reins of go vernment to that party which commanded the majority in both houses, and he did so in the hope that when in office they would use their power with moderation, and bring for ward liberal measures, in which he and his friends would support them.- The Earl of COVENTRY said that none of the proposed changes were required by the country. He was of opinion that the country was in a safe state, and he hoped that it would be shortly placed in the hands of the Duke of Wel lington. The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, in supporting the ad dress, said he did so because in his opinion a vote of want of confidence attached to it an expression of confidence in those whom the parties proposing the vote might suppose likely to succeed to office. Lord BRO UGHAM supported the address, and contended that the constant and serious fluctuations in the price of corn under the present system rendered some alteration in the corn laws necessary with the view of obtaining something like steadiness of price. The noble lord, after regretting that the government did not go farther in their contemplated parliament alteration of the corn laws, proceeded to condemn the error of f ail w a h a i t e e h they had committed in dissolving the last tainty of obtaininA which could only be justified by the cer _ g a large working majority in their favour; but which was unjust to their sovereign, unjust to the coun try, and unjust to the measures they advocated, when they advised the exercise of the prerogative for the factious pur pose of procuring a larger minority than they would be likely to have should the parliament be dissolved by their successors. 'hen the noble lord .t dowp, the gallery was cleared fo division, and the result was - -:;' For the address For the amendment Majority for the amendment HOUSE OF COMMONS.- -TUESDAY Mr. M. PHILIPS moved . the address in answer to her majesty's speech, and in doing so allUded slightly and in a congratulatory tone to the foreign policy of the country. tic then enlarged upon the state of our commercial relations, and contended that unless we itered our import duties in some Iv wit' _wars, and more espeeiah ; respect to the duties on sugar, we could not hope to renew our treaty with the Brazils under favourable circumstances. In adverting to the corn laws, he assured the house that upon no previous occasion within his recollection had there existed such depression and misery as now prevailed throughout the manufacturing dis tricts—depression which might be removed by an alteration of the corn laws, because those laws affected manufactures and commerce in more ways than one. They tended to de range the currency by leading to the exportation of gold, by which, as a necessary consequence, trade was completely pa ralysed. He was of opinion that the best mode of relieving the distress of the manufacturing districts would be by throwing down all obstacles to the extension of the manu facturing industry of the country, and in so doing the landed interests would find that they had conferred upon themselves the most lasting benefits. The hon. member concluded by moving the address, which was, as usual, an echo of the speech. Mr. DUNDAS shortly seconded the address. Mr. S. WORTLEY then rose to move an amendment to the address. Her Majesty's ministers had, he said, appealed to the country in support of their measures, and he, under the peculiar circumstances attending his return to that house, could scarcely be considered presumptuous in thus early pre senting himself to their notice, giving as he did by his very presence in the house an answer on the part of an important portion of the country to the appeal which had been made to it by the government. (Cheers.) Concurring, as he did, in the views of hon. gentlemen on his side of the house, and be lieving those views to be in accordance with the feelings of the great majority, not only of his own constituents, but of the country at large, he felt himself called upon to ask whe ther it was meet that her Majesty's ministers, under the cir cumstances in which they were placed, should be entrusted with the future conduct of the affairs of the country, or whe ther they should be permitted to dictate the answer to her Majesty's speech. The hon. gentleman then went through a slight history of the whig administration since 1830, when Lord Grey's government stated that their course would be one of peace, economy, and retouch In the first, that of pre serving the peace of the world, they had most signally failed, as was evident from the siege of Antwerp down to the war in Syria. In the second they had also disappointed the hopes of the country. In the third they had redeemed their pledge, though even in that respect many people thought they were actuated by their wishes to keep out the tories rather than by any wish to keep faith with the people. The hon. gentleman next adverted to the mode resorted to by the ministry for the purpose of keeping themselves in power, by the immense amount of patronage which they had created, and which, if they had been permitted so to do by the conservatives, they would have carried to a still greater extent. He then con demned the course pursued by the government respecting the budget, though he admitted there might be something for gotten that the noble lord at the head of the government had, in the other House of Parliament, in reply to a question, declared that he proposed the fixed duty on corn as a pro tection to the agriculturist, while the noble lord opposite (Lord John Russell) declared, at the same time, in the House of Commons, that he intended the measures con nected with the budget as a blow against all monopolies. Under all the circumstances surrounding the present govern ment, he thought it was the duty of the house to inform her Majesty, before they assumed the responsibility of entering upon the business of the nation, that they had not confidence in her ministers. (Cheers.) The lion. gentleman concluded by moving, as an amendment, the insertion of words to the effect that the house begged most humbly to represent to her Majesty that they had observed that the public expenditure exceeded the public income, and that they would adopt mea, sures to remedy the evil ; that they were sensible of the im portance of the considerations to which her Majesty had directed their attention, but that, in deciding upon the course which they might deem necessary to pursue for the interests of the country, they felt it their duty to submit to her Ma jesty that it was essential, towards obtaining a satisfactory result to their deliberations, that the ministers of the crown should possess the confidence of the house and of the coun try, and that that confidence was not possessed by her Ma jesty's present ministers. (Loud cheers.) Lord BRUCE said that he represented a large seaport town, and he had no hesitation in saying that his constituents adopted to the fullest extent the sentiments embodied in the amendment just moved by his hon. friend. (Cheers.) Un less the decision of the last parliament, as to want of confi dence in the present government, were cancelled by the decision of this parliament, it would not be consistent with the dignity of the house to canvass any distinct measures brought forward by ministers placed in such a position. The noble lord concluded a pointed speech against the govern ment by seconding the amendment to the address. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he was at a loss to understand the policy of the amendment which had been moved. It certainly declared a want of confidence in ministers, but it gave no indication of the policy to which it was intended that it should lead. The right hon. gentleman defended the conduct of the government, which had, he said, conducted the affairs of the country in a spirit of economy, and which had succeeded in preserving the peace of Europe with scarcely the slightest interruption. He then entered into a defence of the necessity of ameliorating our commercial re strictions, and quoted a variety of returns relating to the tricks played in striking the averages of the sales of corn, in order to show that gamblers and speculators could deal with them as they liked, and without the slightest reference to the interests of the landed proprietors ; from which fact he inferred the expediency of altering the sliding scale, and es tablishing a fixed duty, although he only then asked the house to pledge itself to an early consideration of the question. He rejoiced that the time had at length arrived when the house would decide as to the persons and principles by which the country was to be governed, but he hoped thrt ample time would be taken to discuss measures of such importance. The country would not be satisfied if the house decided only upon the persons without at all deciding, or even indicating, the principles upon which the Government was to be in future carried on. Unless something of this kind was disclosed be fore the determination of that debate the country would be disappointed, and their debate would be considered as a mere party struggle. The right hon. gentleman concluded by ex pressing his conviction that the measures proposed by the present Ministry must ere long be adopted, - and that, by whatever Ministers they might hereafter be proposed, they should meet with his support. Mr. DISRAELI support the amendment, and condemned the use which had been made by the present Government of her Majesty's name, and the position in which they had placed her by their very last step, in bringing a speech from the throne with no other view than that of laying the basis of a nascent opposition. _ _ _ Mr. BERNAII said, that the attack upon the whigs came with a bad grace from the hon. gentleman, who had con tested a borough on whig principles, and had taken certifi cates in his pocket from Mr. Daniel O'Connell and Mr. Joseph Hume. Although he must himself stand or fall by the West India interests, yet he would forego his monopoly, and could therefore come fairly to the consideration of the monopoly of the landed proprietors. He wished his brother monopolists, the landed proprietors, to follow his example, and accept the 8s fixed duty in time, lest they should find, ere long, that even that duty of 8s should become " fine by degrees, and beautifully less. ' Commodore NAPIER eulogised the Government and sup ported the address. Lord POLLINGTON supported the amendment, and said that he would leave the Ministry in their anticipated defeat to the consolations which were indulged in by their journals —that, if no longer a Government, they would be, at all events a formidable opposition. This he admitted, for they were like those eastern barbrians who, when defeated by the Romans, were still formidable from the poisoned weapons which they flung behind them. _ - - Mr. ROEBUCK ran over the various sins committed by the present ministers towards the people who had plated them in power, and contended that all their errors were attributable to their having walked too closely in the steps of the con servatives. They had lost the confidence of the country, which they could only hope to regain by a long course of virtuous conduct in opposition. (Cheers and laughter.) They had asked the country, "Do you like us ?" And the coun try had answered—there was no use in disguising though he regretted the fact—the country had answered, " We do not." He wished to be understood, when he said the country, that he only referred to the constituencies—and by those con stituencies the ministry were told that its services were no longer required. The hon. member then taunted the con servatives with the use they had made of the poor-law at the late elections, and taunted Sir R . Peel with holding a position which compelled him to be silent, while his party were making a use of that bill which he knew in his heart was descipable and base. With respect to economy, he thought that the charge of want of economy against the ministry was just ; but then it was to be remembered that their evil genius was on the other side of the house, for if they proposed anything savouring of economy they would be sure to have hon. gen tlemen on the opposition side of the house stating up, like the keys of a harpsichord, to talk of the honour of England, the army, the navy, and the ordnance. (A laugh.) When the hon. gentleman sat down a cry of " Divide" arose. and the gallery was ordered to be cleared, but Mr. MUNTZ presented himself to the house, and said that although he thought the repeal of the corn-laws would pro duce a reduction of wages, yet the people would not be suf fered to remain in their present state of starvation, and some thing must be done to give increased employment to the labouring classes. Mr. EWART then rose, and moved the adjournment of the debate. Sir R. PEEL said he acquiesced in the adjournment on the grmind that the Speaker had been in chair since 12 o'clock that day. The debate was accordingly adjourned HOU S WOF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY Their Lordships did not meet to-day. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —WEDNESDAY. The adjourned debate on the address was resumed by Mr. EWART, who said he warmly concurred in its general spirit, and entered upon.a 'lengthened justification of the principles of free trade, and of the measures founded upon those prin ciples by her Majesty's ministers. Captain HAMILTON said the real point at issue in that de bate was, whether or not the present ministers did or did not possess the confidence of that house. Any discussion upon the corn laws was totally foreign to this point, and he would therefore refrain from entering upon that topic, and confine himself to the simple declaration that he had no confidence whatever in her Majesty's present advisers, and should there fore support the amendment. Mr. WARD, in supporting the address, took an opportu nity of referring to the period when the ministers were com pelled to abandon the appropriation cause, and insisted upon it that they should then have resigned, as at that .period no ministry could be found bold enough to take office upon.the principles of increased expenditure, a diminution of the Irish registry, which he presumed would take place if the noble lord opposite (Lord Stanley) acceded to power, and the main tenance of that monstrous grievance, the Irish church. The honourable gentleman then asserted that the crops were likely to fall short by one-eighth of the average, which s w a o ry, would t r o en t d h e e r e a x n tent o exportation ftwo omf preciousitilitieons, ino rd m e e r tal t s o n e s c u e p s : ply the deficiency. The consequence of this would be r ai in g tradeem e n t n o n f d t h m e n e n u n r f r a e e n t y , a n d consequent c urers ; all of which c w amn ou hin l a d ervr b ai e tsas a bm v ie o c i n d dt e es d if a steady trade in corn existed ; because in that case the foreign corn would be paid for in manufac tures and not in gold. In order to show the check to trade occasioned by the present system he instanced the case-of a Sheffield merchant, who had sent a consignment of steel to America on speculation. It sold well, but he could only ob tain payment in flour, of which he took two ship loads. One of the ships was lost, and as it was insured it was very well paid for : the other ship load was warehoused for twelve months, and then sold at a loss of lOs per barrel. This was, he contended, an unnatural state of things which should no longer be permitted to exist. The hon. member then ad verted to the difficulty the right hon. baronet would ha ve i n governing Ireland, and said he saw every reason to r egret b p y e cttbeed Catholics,t at country. and not b e a r v i n h g t he must necessarily th row him selftha b n o e n y e . c o h b n a a fi n r a o g e n e n e of few mi nistry oa fs into the arms of the old orange and Protestant party of ttlrinb a es s trea r di e s s he out any measure beneficial to that people. Foreseeing all that country, who would foil him in every attempt t o carry the dangers likely to accrue from such a state of things, h e must give his vote in favour of the address. Mr. M. SUTTON contended that the lose of the confidence of the country in the present ministry was to be attributed to the long vista of broken promises which their administra tion presented. He would vote in favour of the_amendment, but he trusted the house would permit him to asTin question of the noble lord the secretary of the colonies, upon a mat ter of some moment to himself. It had b een re p or t e d that the noble lord upon a former evening had said that be had opposed the re-election of a noble relative of his (Lord Can terbury) not on the sole ground of his political opinions, but that there were other parts of his conduct which had their influence in producing that opposition. He knew that this statement had given great pain to his noble relative, from the indistinctness of the charge, and he trusted the noble lord would remove these unpleasant feelings by at once stating the nature of the charge against him. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said that at the time the occurrence took place he had distinctly stated his other grounds of ob jection, though he had not thought it necessary to recapitu late them on the occasion referred to by the hon. gentleman. He had not alleged against Lord Canterbury any breach of his duty as speaker, though he did think his conduct was unbecoming his •high office in the instance he referred to. When, by the exercise of the royal prerogative, Lord Al thorpe quitt€d office, Lord Canterbury attended the councils cnlled for the purpose of establishing a ministry upon prin ciples opposed to those of the majority of the House of Commons by which be had been elected to the speakersbip. At the time, he felt considerable resentment against the noble lord for this, notwithstanding all his•respect for his ability and general conduct as Speaker.; but he was con vinced that the noble lord had no wish, in the course he pursued, to betray any disrespect to the House of Commons. He believed it was a mere error of judgment, and all feel ings of resentment, had long since passed away from his mind, though at the time he bad thought it right to oppose his re-election. Mr. M. SUTTON said, he was aware that there was no charge against his noble relative that could at all affect him, except from its indistinctness and the dimness of its nature, and he thanked the noble lord for the explanation he had given. _ • •• - Dr. BOWRING, in the course of a long speech against the amendment, said, that the corn-laws were an enormous drawback upon our commercial intercourse with other coun tries. He had himself been the bearer of many messages from foreign powers, proposing commercial relations, which were invariably refused, because the ministry dared not to propose any alteration of the corn-laws. Mr. P. M. STEWART said he had a deep interest in the landed prosperity ; but, upon broad principles, he would ad vocate a liberal system of commercial legislation. The right hon. member for Tamworth, in 1828, had urged the neces sity of the sliding scale of corn duties, in order to procure an evenness of price, but the return of the import duties since then had clearly proved that the sliding scale had produced the very opposite effect. • The right hon. baronet the mem ber for Dorchester (Sir J. Graham) had published a pamph let some time back, entitled "Corn and Currency ;" and he must say that, after reading that pamphlet, he could no longer give credit to the Government for the originality of the propositions of their budget, eery one of which relating to the corn, timber, and sugar dutih„were advocated in that pamphlet. The right hon. baronet might, therefore, discuss his former opinions with his new friends, his opinions on corn with the right hon. member for Kent (Sir E. Knatch bull,) and his opinions on the currency with the right hon. baronet beside him (Sir R. Peel); and between them both, like water,•he might find his leve. Mr. S. CRAWFORD and Mr. COBDEN supported the ad dress. The latter gentleman contended at great length that the aristocracy of the country were not taxed in anything like a proper ratio in proportion to the heaviness with which the burden fell upon the poor and labouring classes of the community. He also insisted that the abrogation of the corn laws would create an increased demand for manufac tures, and of course for labour ; so that instead of low wages the result would be cheap bread and increased wages. In fact, wages depended not on cheap or dear bread, but sim ply upon the supply and demand for labour. He likewise adverted to the meeting of dissenting clergymen in Man chester, and said that the question of the abolition of the corn laws having been once taken up by the pastors of the community, must be considered, as was said by the noble lord opposite (Lord Stanley) in reference to the slave trade, to be virtually carried. Mr. BAILEY denied that the distress prevailing through the manufacturing districts was in any way attributable to the corn laws. If he believed that the repeal of those laws would afford relief to the labouring classes, he would at once assent to that repeal, believing that their duty was to legislate not for a class but for the whole community. He would ask if the increase of the manufactures had tended to increase the happiness of the people ? On the contrary, during the last twenty years the manufactures of the country had been tre bled, while the distress of the operatives had been continually on the increase ; and while the manufacturers were realising fortunes the operatives were starving, a clear proof that the interests of these parties were not identical : and in his opinion, though the repeal of the corn laws might be advan tageous to the former, it could be of no advantage to the latter. A great deal of th e di s t ress was occasioned by the manufacturers themselves, who reversed the order of nature by contracting with union workhouses and using every means to procure infant labour, and thus throw adult labour out of employment. The hon. gentleman then drew attention to the contrast presented by the increased capital embarked in the improvement of land which, though it did not return quite five per cent to the proprietor, yet had produced a very nu merous and comparatively happy and contented population. Mr. BRETHERTON defended the manufacturers, and said if the manufactures were destroyed, the agriculturists would be irretrievably injured. Mr. H. GRATTAN supported the address. Lord WORSLEY said that if foreign corn was introduced into this country in quantities so large as was contemplated by the hon. member for Stockport, he wished to ask, even though there should be an increased demand for manufac turing labour, what was to become of the agricultural la bourers ? For certain he was that in that case it could not he expected that corn would be grown in England. Although he disapproved of the proposal of the government as re spected the corn laws, yet as the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel) intended to make some alterations, of the nature of which he was not aware„ and as upon most other topics he differed from the right hon. baronet, while he admired the general policy of the present ministers, he thought himself justified in supporting them in preference to the right hon. baronet. Mr.ll ASTIE supported theaddress. Mr. lIINDLEY, at 12 o'clock, moved the adjournment of the debate until the following day, which was immediately agreed to. PARISH MEETING On Tuesday, pursuant to notite, a meeting was held in St. Nicholas's Church, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the propriety of sanctioning an application to parliament, by the commissioners for the better paving and sewerage of the town, for an act to alter, amend, and extend the powers and provisions of the act of the 11th George IV, the ten years for which that act was passed having expired. At one o'clock the Rev. Rector Campbell took the chair, and Mr. Edward G. Deane, the clerk to the commissioners, read the advertisement by which the meeting was convened. It had been called, he remarked, by the authority of the churchwardens, the commissioners having no power for that purpose themselves. Mr. MOZLEY said, he did not think any lengthened ob servations would be necessary to obtain the consent of the parishioners to the course intended to be pursued. No per son could live in the town without being aware of the great benefit it bad derived from the sewerage, so far as it had already gone ; which naturally made them anxious to extend it still further. No one could think of the awful storm of theprevious night without calling to mind what would have happened, under the same circumstance, a few years ago, in the neighbourhood in which he resided. They had often witnessed hundreds of persons turned out of their beds by the flooding of the lower parts of the town, to the great injury, not only of property, but of the health of the inhabitants. In moving for the additional powers which were necessary to carry out this very desirable object, he would beg to offer one suggestion. He hoped that with sewerage they would combine drainage also. (Hear, hear.) By the former a great deal was effected in carrying off the surface water, but the proprietors of property, in important parts of the town, were suffering serious inconvenience from want of drainage. It was not so much property in low situations that was ex posed to this inconvenience as that which stood upon declivi ties, the basements, which might be extremely useful, being of no avail by reason of the damp from the property above. Mr. HuTcniNsoN seconded the proposition, Mr. BIRKETT then intimated his readiness to afford any explanation to parties who might desire it. The CHA111111!..N said, he would, with their permission, read the resolution which it was intended to propose, which was as follows : "That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is desirable that the present act for the paving and sewerage of the town should be amended, by giving power to the commissioners, amongst other things, to levy a limited sewerage rate, in lieu of the one whieh has expired, fo r th e purpose o f enabling them to con tinue those improvements in the drainage and sewerage of the towu, which are so essential to the health and benefit of the inhabitants at large. And this meeting, therefore, so far as it can, sanctions and approves of the commissioners applying to parliament, in the ensuing session, for an act to alter, amend, extend, and enlarge the powers and provisions contained in the said act; but with this express understanding, that the sewerage rate to be applied for shall not exceed twopence in the pound, one half thereof to be chargeable on the owners of property subject to such rate, and the other half on the occupiers thereof." M. FORD wished to know by what authority the vestry was held. Mr. DEANE reminded Mr. Ford of his observation at the outset, that the meeting had been called by the churchwardens. Mr. FORD replied, there was no such intimation in the official snmmons. The meeting was called by the authority of the Board of Highways. Mr. JOHN HOLMES said, it was deemed much better that the parishioners should be consutted. The e6rinniasioners had gone against the consent of the vestry before. He like wise thought it would be better to go to Parliament them selves than to be under a board of commissioners in London, Mr: DEANF:s;iil:ll;e-commissioners were not bound to come before the parish, but they wished to hear all the ob jections against their proposal, and prevent opposition in Parliament. _ _ _ _ Mr. BIRKETT said, they were aware that a bill had been brought into parliament last year, by the Marquis of Nor manby, giving extensive powers to the commissioners to he appointed under it—a bill which he, as a ratepayer, thought would operate very injuriously to this town, contemplating, as it did, suck a large measure of alteration, not only not de sirable, but to a great extent impracticable. The Liverpool commissioners, seeing this, appointed a deputation, of which he was one, to oppose it. They did oppose it in every shape and way, and he had very little hesitation in saying that they would have got a total e xem ption, as London had, only that they were not in the same position, having no local act in existence. Mr. Birkett was proceeding with his statement, when Mr. Ford put it to the meeting if it would not be better that the chairman should give a definitive answer to the question which had been raised as to the legality of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said, he had not the least doubt but that the churchwardens had a right to summon a vestry. M r . Ford's objection was, that that was not a vestry of which legal notice had been given, having been summoned by order of the commissioners, and not of the churchwardens. Mr. FORD.—That is my position. The CIIAIRMAN.—It strikes me that there is some force in the objection. Is this a meeting legally summoned ? That is the point, Mr. Deane. Mr. DI ANE.-If the objection be valid, it is merely tech nical. The intention was, to ascertain the sense of the pa rishioners at large. There can be no qucstion that it is com petent in the commissioners to call a meeting; whether that meeting be held in the church, the Sessions-house, or any other place, can signify nothing. If it had not been for dm , word "vestry," which I ' put in to meet scruples , this que , _ tion could not hav e b een ra i se d. It is a meeting of " (le inhabitants assessed t o th e re li e lpf the poor, and Ido not see why it is not to be considered a meeting for any Legal purpose. The CHAIRMAN sa id, h e cou ld imagine no object; ion t o the commissioners of p av i ng an d sewerage calling a meeting of the parishioners ; but could a resolution em a nating g from that meeting be caled a resolution of the parishir mers in vestry legally assembled? (Hear.) He should say not. It would be a meeting, and might pass what resolutions it pleased ; but he questioned if they would come legally that designation. Some further conversation ensued, and it wai3 ultimately decided to call another meeting, which was fixed fo r rester day week. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Under the Management of Mr. CLARKE, Sole Lessee. THE PERFORMANCES DURING THE SUMMER SEASON WILL COMMENCE AT HALF-PAST SEVEN.-DOORS TO RE OPENED AT SEVEN. The LAST NIGHT of the ITALIAN OPERAS, FRIDAY, August 27th, for the BENEFIT of Signor LABLACHE, on which occasion MADAME GRIST, SIGNORA ERNESTA GRIST, SIGNOR LABLACHE, SIGNOR MARIO, SIGNOR F. LABLACHE Will appear in the Opera of I PURITAN!, which was re ceived on Tuesday Evening with the most rapturous applause by a brilliant and crowded audience. CORNO PRIMO, SIGNOR PU2ZI./ CONDUCTOR, the Celebrated Pianist, M. BENE CT. PHIS present FRIDAY, August 27, the enter laments will commence with the Drama of THE v INNKEEPER'S . BRI . T0m...... Mr. Harley. After which will be presented Bell' i's Opera I PURITA ' E I CAVALIERI. Elvira.. (Daughter of Lord Walton).. Madame Grisi. Tha Widow of Charles Henrietta of France { First, under the name Sig. E. Grisi. of Madame Villa Forte JJJ Lord Arthur Talbot A Knight, and partizan llSig. Mario. of the Stuarts A Colonel on Half Pay, his Sir George Brother, and a Puritan Sig. Lablache, Sir Richard Forth (A Coloneland a Puritan) Sig. F.Lablache. Lord Walter Walton (Governor-General, a Puritan,) Mr. P. Crowe. Sir Bruno Robertson (An Officer and a Puritan,) Mr. G. Horncastle. Peasants, &c. by a full Chorus. Monsieur BENEDICT will preside at the Piano-Forte. — Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. ALDRIDGE.—The Band, on this occasion, will be considerably augmented. In consequence of the great expense attending the Engage ment the prices of admission will be the same as on a similar occasion last season. Lower Boxes, 6s. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, Is. 6d. The Box Office, for this night, will be open, from Ten until Four o'clock. No Places can be secured unless Tickets are taken. Doors to bebptned at Seven, and the Performance to commence at Half-past Seven. MADEMOISFLLE CERITO'S BENEFIT Will take place on MONDAY NEXT, August 30. TO CORRESPONDENTS We cannot make room for the lines forwarded by " A Bookworm." It is currently rumoured, that collections are now making in all the Popish Chapels in this town and neighbourhood, for the purpose of placing on the list of municipal voters a number of fellows who are only able to exercise their trust in conformity with the will and bidding of their grinding task-masters. We had prepared some remarks relative to the duty incumbent upon all friends of the town to bestir themselves immediately, for the purpose of securing a majority of good men and true at the approach ing municipal struggle ; but we are compelled to defer them until Tuesday. In the mean time we may observe, that considerable funds have already been subscribed, in order to increase the number of the radical constituency in November ; though we have little doubt their disre putable efforts will be defeated as they have been before. " Justitia" shall appear on Tuesday, if possible. We are compelled to omit our Birkenhead and Seacombe news, from want of space, as also a notice of the Theatre Royal, which is in type. ebt EtVerpool Manbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1841 The new parliament, it is evident from that docu ment called the Queens Speech, was convened just in time to destroy the hopes of the Anti-Corn Law League, and the Conference of Preachers ; for so far as depended on the Melbourne ministry, the ball was at their foot, and every facility would have been afforded to gratify them in their wishes. The Speech, in all that relates to the exciting topic of free trade, is only an echo of the Report of the Select Committee on Im port Duties—of the resolutions passed at the meeting at the Thatched House Tavern, over which Mr. Joseph Hume, late M. P., presided—and of all the resolutions, motions, speechifications, and petitions of whatever kind which have been got up by the revolutionary fac tion from that time to the present. The recommenda tions inserted in the Speech could only have been put there for the purpose of making it plain to the world hat the retreating ministers identify themselves on all points with the factory, dissenting, and popish inte rests, and of holding out the expectation that, as they had been able to obtain the sanction of the Queen to the promulgation of such a manifesto, so by keeping closely together as one party they might be able ulti mately to attain objects from which they are for the present rather uncomfortably separated. This portion of the Speech had a far-seeing regard to the formation of the future opposition, and the fusing as much as pos sible into one of the discordant elements of which it must consist. Henceforward then we are to under stand that "free trade" is *to be, not, as it used to be, a question for dispassionate men of philosophical tem per and of business habits—men superior to the influ ence of class interests, and at a distance from the im petuous current of party to decide upon ; but a mere rallying point for political factions—the flag of a re union—consisting of various sections with as many various opinions, but glad to have a pretext of any kind for a temporary combination. Henceforward it will be easy for us to know who is of the party of Dr. Pye Smith or Mr. Cobden, of Daniel O'Connell or my Lord John Russell, of Lord Melbourne or Mr. Owen; let him only say that he is a "free-trader," and we shall know him ; and, e converso, let him but declaie himself to be, say, a Walmsleyite or a Palmerstonian, and we may at once mark him down as a rogue in grain. Under different circumstances there might be a disadvantage in thus synonimysing of free trade with whatever is absurd and revolutionary in politics ; but at present it is quite otherwise, nay, positively useful. Conservatism is strong, and will take care that nothing that is really advantageous shall be lost because the folly or the knavery of some has rendered the name of free-trade odious ; and again. there is a positive con venience in having the country warned into a whole some distrust of Whig and Liberal free trading in ge neral, by having a distinct exhibition before it of the sort of confluence of which the general tide of the free trade party consists. The free trade of the Liberal party is abominable on its own account; it is even more so, if possible, if we pay but the slightest attention to the unprincipled fac tion, or rather factions, who seek to carry it into effect. Popish Agitators are free traders—Dissenting Reve rends of " all denominations" are free-traders ; so are all Chartists and Socialists. Now, is it conceivable that anything good, safe, or desirable, could issue from the united councils of such parties ? Truly the safety of having a multitude of such councillors would con sist in having little temptation to be guided by any one of them. We grant that the pretext of " care for the poor" is one of which all persons may avail them selves ; but what right has the millocrat, whose machi nery and overtrading have caused the distress, to talk of any peculiar concern for the poor ? What right of the same kind has the conventicle orator, whose church may be that of the. well-fed pewowner—the man who can pay for the luxury of undefined theology and vo luntary rhapsody, but is anything at all but the church of the poor man ; and still more reasonably may we ask, what right has Ireland's big b•.!ggarman to declaim on this subject, who has often stripped the poor man even of his last farthing, but who never gave him any thing that we know of, but the curse of his evil spirit and his sedition ? It is absolutely necessary to relieve distress by whom soever or howsoever taused, and it is most desirable to promote trade ; brit it is not necessary to resort to quackery, and to quack cures for either purpose. It is quite monstmus to suppose that the abolition of the corn duties 'would do either the one or the other. There is no 'doubt that it would take away our specie ; there is eve'ry reason to doubt that it would afford the slightest relief to the poor man. Take the case of the handloor a weavers, for instance; the corn duties can never rJach them ; they are the victims of machinery, and k,laced for ever beyond the cure of corn laws. Witt t regard to other operatives, whatever effect a re pea/, of the duties might have in lowering their wages, it •would have no tendency to increase them, and then t / aeir future prospects must depend on our increased trade with foreign countries—an event which has been over and over again shown to be at best problematical, whilst no account is taken of the corresponding in jury that must be done to the home consumer and the home market. " Free trade" regarded as a:remedy for distress is, in fact, a mere delusion—a gross humbug. Factory speculation and the march of machinery have, the one raised up, and the other pauperised, a large proportion of the working population which are now a surplus and burden to the country. To talk of reliev ing their distress by forcing up trade to the point of giving them full employment is a me re men d ac i ous fal lacy—a hopeless, an impracticable absurdity. Our colonies happily furnish an outlet where they might be received, and obtain a comfortable independence with far better prospects than await them at home. We do not say that such persons make the best class of emi grants; but,' generally, that emigration is a far more suitable remedy for distress caused by over-trading and over-production in certain branches of manufac tures, than the vain attempt to force up trade to the point of affording it. The Speech has been spoken, and, with all its recommendations, has, most likely, been perused by most of our readers by this. Different epithets have lave been bestowed upon it, as a whole, by our con servative contemporaries; one says it is dictatorial, another that it is superciliously cOndescending, and a third, that it is peevish ; but a proper epithet,' to our taste, is "objurgative"; that is the term which in our mind characterises it most correctly. The ministerial coterie however might as well have devoured their spleen; certainly they will gain nothing by taking this mode of signifying its existence, and signalising it to the world. We pass over the commonplace assurances of peace—the silence about MgLeod—the return of our minister to Teheran, and even the comical expectation said to be entertained by her Majesty, that the Celestial Emperor will see the justice of the demands which have been made upon him. We had no idea before that any appeal had been to his " sense of justice," much less that her Majesty's Whig advisers placed the smallest reliance on the sense of justice possessed by the "brother to the sun and moon"—at least to wards outer-barbarians. We pass all this just to con template for a moment the royal permission given to consider the question of protecting duties—" you may at this juncture properly direct your attention" &c.— " It will be for you to consider whether some of these duties" &c. " You may further examine whether the principle of protection" &c., &c. These permissions were certainly wonderfully condescending from a Cabinet utterly powerless, and which well knew while concocting such phrases, that it would have no official opportunity to propose any one specific measure which would involve a consideration of the questions alluded to. The amendment to the address carried in the House of Lords by a majority of 72, contains a strong and distinct declaration on the part of their lordships of want of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers—a declaration which Lord Melbourne, half jest, half earnest, vowed, came upon him like a " clap of thun der." He ought to have been better prepared for such a phenomenon. Their lordships have never shewn the least defect of proper spirit on any occasion ; and could the poco curante imagine they would want it now when they have a House of Commons to second the motion and go hand-in-hand with them in every thing that is right, sound, and conservative ? His Grace the Duke of Wellington, spoke in the lebate with a clearness and vigour, which affords a delightful proof that age and service have not yet in any degree impaired his intellectual powers. Lord Brougham voted for the Ministers, but spoke a speech for which they have little cause to feel grateful to him. The Duke of Richmond, scouted the idea that a Con servative Ministry would fall back upon the schemes of the routed Whigs, more particularly that of abolishing the existing corn duties ; "but he, in the name of the ,andlords, said that if the new Ministry proposed a fixed duty, those by whom they were brought into power would turn them out of power also." The plain speaking of their lordships, was exceedingly refreshing, and we need scarcely observe that the debate was on the whole highly animated and interesting. In the House of Commons, an amendment, identical with that in the Lords, has been moved, and will be carried ; but the debate still goes on, in order to give such stars as Mr. Alderman O'Cobden, Mr. Ward, of Sheffield, Mr. Roebuck, of Bath, and other lesser lights, an opportunity of shining upon the obscurity of Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, and other opaque members of the Conservative body. However, we congratulate our readers that no other more formidable obstacle exists to the coming in of the Conservative party. The Globe has favoured us, officially, with a programme of the week's doings, which quite seta our mind at ease upon the subject. Ministers intend spinning out the debate till this even ing ; they then consent to a division ; and then—sorely against their consent—being well beaten, they retire to the condemned cell for the night. To-morrow morn ing they tender their resignations to her Majesty ; Sir Robert Peel will be immediately sent for, and so ends the tedious, protracted, and wretched drama of Whig gery. This is the Globe's bill of particulars—and we need only add to it, that it is now fully acknowledged that her Majesty has in no way identified herself with a repeal of the corn-laws, or any other of the liberal measures, beyond a mere official sanction of projects submitted and recommended to her by her ministers — a course in all respects unexceptionable, dignified, and constitutional. The speech of the Marquis of Lans downe, on Tuesday, is sufficiently explicit on this point. It rarely appears to us unseasonable to introduce the subject of aiding the ministrations of the Church by so approved a means as that of the Pastoral Aid So ciety; but whilst the memory of the late exhibition of " Ministers of All Denominations" is yet fresh upon us, we conceive it to be particularly seasonable to do The inadequacy of the Church, with its existing limitation of means, to reach that large body of the people who have been consequently abandoned to such pastoral care as they could obtain elsewhere, is a fact so generally admitted and lamented, that nothing need be said by way of bringing it home more sensibly to the public mind ; but it is observable that the remedy for the evil which is the most direct, facile, and imme diately effective—though not, we admit, in itself com plete—is that which is seldom the first thought of. By the terms " Church extension" is commonly un derstood an increase of the number of Church edi fices, with, of course, ministers and services to follow —a work of great magnitude, and a work of time. But Church extension, in a most important because in a living form, is not under the necessity of awaiting the slow process of making large collections, and of erecting temples of solid masonry. Church extension may be carried on without the surmounting of any such great difficulties, or of any such inevitable delay : it may be carried on as the Church Pastoral Aid So ciety chiefly carries it, namely, by sending forward more labourers to gather in the harvest. Among all our benevolent and religious societies, we do not pos sess one that has stronger claims on members of the Church of England than this excellent society. It is, by its very title, a temporary institution—one which, recognising a defect, seeks to supply it ; but which would only continue to- exist so long as there is a ne cessity for that " aid" which it is desirous to afford. Many plans have been of late thought of, to give to the Church, the benefit of a more numerous ministry than it now possesses. One is the founding of col leges designed exclusively for young men proposing to take orders, where the necessary education and the obtaining of degrees would be cheap, and consequently within the reach of men belonging to a rank in society from which the Church ministry is at present but sel dom recruited. Another is, the institution of an order of Deacons, who would not be prohibited from follow ing a secular occupation, and who, without performing all the functions of the regular clergy, would never theless take up a most important position, and render both aid and service to the ministry and the Church, of vast moment. But in the interim, while such plans are only talked of, the Pastoral Aid Society is in full work, and in a quiet way performing an incalculable amount of good We have been led into these remarks by the adver tisement which appears in another part of our paper, and to which we would beg to direct the attention of our readers. There is sad division in the camp of our local reformers at the present moment, and the Reform Association is in con sequence threatened with speedy dissolution. The old saying is, that " when rogues fall out, honest men come by their own ;" but in this case the order of proceeding has been changed, for the honest men have had their own before the rogues fell out ; and probably it was owing to this circum stance that their disputes began—they no longer had any common object, or even the hope of it, to keep them together. The knight, it is said, presumes too much on the sacrifices he has made for his country, on his expenditure at the last election, on all the meetings he has attended, speeches he has made, and dinners be has given, or eaten, to advance the cause,—and for a universal-suffrage-man, and free-trader, seeks for two much of a dictatorship and monopoly in the management of the club. But in the club their are some, in their own opinion at least,'good every whit as he ;—there a Rathbono and a Rawdon—a Brutus and a Cassino..-an Aikin, and many others,—and our knight —we beg pardon— our Casar had needs look to it. We have heard from a quarter not likely to deceive us, that the differences among the party, being found wholly irreconcileable, have been led to an absolute split—that the seceders have formed a new association posted the , blunt appointed a solicitor at £lOO a year salary, and done sundry other acts and things which bespeak magnanimous resolve and em prises of high intent. Sir Joshua will bear no rival near his throne, that 's flat—and the old association is in danger of going to the dogs. We confess that the first intelligence of this disastrous business came upon us, as Lord Melbourne says, like a " thunder-clap ", and we have by no means yet sufficiently recovered to entertain our readers with all the amusing gossip connected with it ; but it will keep to another opportunity, and shall not in the meantime be for gotten. Although Mr. Snowball has been so neglected by his late friends, he is, we believe, treated with more respect by the new association. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—This evening the Storming of Acre will take place, with the exhibition of the Bicensascope. THE ECLIPSE OF THE CLOCK.—We were glad to perceive that the eclipse of St. George's clock has terminated. PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—A legacy of £l,OOO has been recently bequeathed to the Church Pastoral Aid Society, by the late Rev. Thomas Meyrick, of Lezant, Cornwall, for the special benefit of the principality of Wales. Perhaps no where is additional spiritual provision more needed than in Wales ; and so numerous have been the application for aid from that part of the kingdom, that it would require much more than the sum in question to enable the committee to entertain them. NEWSPAPER AND LIIERARY AGENCY OFFICE.—Book clubs and gentlemen who are forming libraries are recom mended to refer to an advertisement which appears in our paper this day, by which it will be seen that they can be supplied with works of a costly description very much under the usual price. From the excellent manner in which, we believe, this office is conducted, the principals may be applied to with confidence. During the debate on Saturday evening, Lord Melbourne's conduct was in one respect greatly to his honour. He dis claimed the intention of representing her Majesty's personal opinions or feelings as identified • with the measures of her Ministers ; and Lord Landsdowne made the following still more explicit declaration to the same effect, which cannot fail to give very general satisfaction to the country :—"ln no place, and on occasion, had any one connected with her Majesty's Government stated, either that her Majesty was favourable to a repeal of the corn laws, or that she entertained different views from those entertained by her Ministers." ST. JUDE'S CHURCH.—This church, after having been closed for four weeks for the purpose of being cleaned and painted, will be re-opened on Sunday next. The London Times of yesterday states that Sir James Graham is to be first Lord of the Admiralty, and Sir W. Follett Attorney-General. We hope in the Standard of Tuesday to give a more definitive list of the appointments of the new ministry. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS A special meeting of the Town-council was held on Wed nesday last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the proceedings which it would be proper to state, on the Judg ment of Ouster having been pronounced against Qeorge Quayle, Esq. Mr. Walker was in his place in the Council. _ _ The MAY OR said, on Friday last, the Town-clerk bad com municated to him that Judgment of Ouster had been entered against Mr. George Quayle, by which he was ousted from the Town-council. The Council were aware that Mr. Quayle bad previously resigned, and paid a fine of £5O, and that Mr. Walker had been elected by the burgesses of Ever ton Ward without opposition. The Town-clerk had taken counsel's opinion on the case. Mr. Shand had called upon him (the Mayor) in company with Mr. Carson. They in formed him that Mr. Quayle having received Judgment of Ouster. Mr. Shand was entitled to enter the Council. To this, he (the Mayor) replied, that he did not think that the judgment gave him authority to permit Mr. Shand to enter the Council. A letter was then handed to him from Mr. Walker, who resigned his claim. On this, Mr. Carson wished the Mayor to take Mr. Shand's declaration, which he (the Mayor) declined. Mr. Carson had brought with him two magistrates and two councillors, with whom he retired to another part of the building ; what occurred there he could not say. The"TowN-CLERK said, at the election of November, 1839, Mr. Quayle was returned for Everton Ward by a majority of one ; he took his seat, and was received as a councillor. Pro ceedings were afterwards taken by Mr. Shand, who was his opponent. Pending the proceedings, and before the Court of Queen's Bench had arrived at judgment, namely, on the 27th July, Mr. Quayle delivered in his resignation of his office, and paid the tine of £5O. As this was pending the proceedings, and before judgment had been delivered, the Mayor and returning officers could adopt no other course than proceed to election. That election took place, and Mr. Walker was returned without opposition. The proceedings, however, went on, and the question still remained to be sat tied, whether Mr. Quayle had been legally elected. The issue stood for trial at the Liverpool Assizes. The entry was not made, however, as Mr. Quayle had withdrawn his plea, whereupon the court pronounced judgment that Mr. Quayle be ousted. It was a judgment which that Council was bound to take notice of. When the judgment was served on him (the Town-clerk) it appeared to him that there was a difficulty caused by the resignation and subsequent election, and the question arose as to how far any one would be bound, save Mr. Quayle himself. He had seen eminent counsel on the subject, and the decision which he had in common with them arrived at, was, that Mr. Walker, the Council, and every Burgess was bound by that Judgment of Ouster, and none could set up anything at variance with it. It had the power tr bindin g to the full extent. The return of Mr. Quayle was void, his resignation was void, and the election of Mr. Walker, which took place upon that resignation, was also void. Mr. Walker had no right whatever in that Coun cil. (Laughter, in which Mr. Walker joined heartily.) Mr. Shand was the person who was entitled to it. The question for the Council was, what course they should pursue ; whe ther to put Mr. Shand•to apply for a mandamus or to sum mon him at once to the Council. This writ, if applied for by Mr. Shand, the court could and would issue as a matter of course. The Town-clerk, after a few further observations, said the proper course would be to receive Mr. Shand. Mr. WALKER said he had attended the Council because he was summoned by the Town-clerk. As he was aware that he had now no further right there, he would at once withdraw. Mr. Walker bowed and retired. Mr. JOHN Sm Frit wished to know if Mr. Walker were liable to any penalty. The TOWN-CLERK.—No ; Mr. Walker has not resigned. Mr. BUSHELL said as the Town-clerk had stated that Mr. Quayle's resignation was void, and that Mr. Walker was not liable to any penalty for going out, be thought they ought to return Mr. Quayle his £5O. _ _ The TOWN-CLERK could not say that the Council would be justified in doing this. If Mr. Quayle were desirous of recovering back his £3O, he knew of no law by which he could do so, having already paid it. Mr. CASE formally moved that Mr. Shand be summoned to the Council. Mr. SHELL said the Town-clerk had declared that the effect of the judgment was to render Mr. Quayle's resigna tion void : he thought, therefore, they had no right to the penalty for such resignation. Why should they exact a penalty from Mr. Quayle for doing nothing ? The TOWN-CLERK said Mr. Quayle had assumed to act as a councillor ; he had assumed to resign, and taken upon himself to pay the penalty. Having done so, he (the Town clerk) did not see how he could get the money back in law. Mr. AIKIN wished to know, supposing Mr. Quayle had not paid, if the Town-clerk could, by legal means, have en forced payment. The TOWN-CLERK said, he should not have attempted to proceed for the recovery of such a penalty, unless com manded to do so by the Council. Mr. PROCTER wished to ask if the Town-clerk had been equally clear that Mr. Quayle had been duly elected. The TOWN-CLERK said Mr. Quayle was duly returned by the Aldermen and Assessors of the ward. Mr. EVA NS said, after the decision which had been made known by the Town-clerk, he thought the Council were holding Mr. Quayle's money against his right. It was in cumbent on the Council to take some means of returning Mr. Quayle his money. He could not conceive that they could equitably or honourably retain the money. Mr. IsAAc HOLMES thought Mr. Quayle was placed in an awkward situation, but it was less his fault than that of the Alderman of the ward. He thought it but just that Mr. Quayle's £5O should be returned, and if it came to the vote should certainly vote for it to be returned. Mr. DAVID HonGsoN agreed entirely with the interpre tation of the Town-clerk as regarded the legal aspect of the case, because it was consistent with common sense, and they always, found that the law was consistent with common sense. With regard to returning Mr. Quayle his money, it appeared that it could not be done legally ; if it could be done legally he would accede to it cheerfully ; but as it could not be done legally, he would oppose it. Mr. GLADSTONE said Mr. Quayle had given votes on va rious occasions in that council. According to act of parlia ment any one voting improperly was liable to a penalty. As Mr. Quayle's election and resignation were void, he wished to know whether he was not liable to penalties for having improperly voted. Ile did not ask this with any notion that auy proceedings would be taken injurious to Mr. Quayle, but merely for information. The TOWN-CLERK said so long as Mr. Quayle was de facto a member of the council, he was not liable to any penalties for his votes. Mr. J. HORNBY said, as allusion had been to him as alder • man of the ward, he had to say in reply that the return was made in conformity with the majority of one which appeared on the poll. They had no choice, and they acted throughout on the advice of the town-clerk. With regard to the remarks of Mr. Gladstone, he could hardly think that he had spoken with a view to tine Mr. Quayle, but it had come to his know ledge that the proceedings against Mr. Quayle had been carried on after Mr. Quayle's resignation, with the sole view of increasing the expenses. Mr. JOHN HOLNIES explained that all he intended to con vey was. that Mr. Quayle was not to blame, but those who made the return, and therefore he ought in justice to have his £5O returned. Mr. PROCTOR was glad that he had at length got a reply to his question, and that it was the Town-clerk who did it. The TOWN-CLERK was ready to avow that it was all done by his advice. They sat and investigated the votes until the time allowed by law was nearly up, and finding that the num bers were even, the casting vote was given in favour of Mr. Quayle, and the return was made as the only course that they could pursue. Mr. CASE'S motion was put, and carri e d unan i mous l y, and Mr. Shand will be summoned to the next council. Mr. ATKIN gave notice that he should move at the next council that Mr. Quayle 's £5O be returned to him. THE INJURIES TO ST....InICIIkELS AND ST. MARTIN'S CHURCHES Mr. CASE laid before the council the report of the surveyor on the injuries done to the steeples of the above churches. "August 24, 1841. " The Surveyor reports, that the electric fluid this ng morn- • I 'struck the spir e of St. Mi chael's Church, which caused such a serious fracture, that a great portion of the spire will have to be taken down. He took the earliest opportunity of examining the interior, and finds, that where the great frac ture has taken place, the stones, for at least one-third of the circumference, are forced from their beds, which causes the part above it to be in such imminent danger, that he thought it his duty to direct the entrance to the street, in front of the church, to be continued closed for the public safety. The spire of St. Martin's Church has been injured in a similar manner, which he considers, from the inspection he has made, will also require to be taken down to the first drip band, and other injured parts restored : but the extent of injury he has not been able to ascertain to these churches. He recommends, the services in both churches should be suspended, and immediate measures taken for their safety. for which he wishes the instructions of the committee. He has ordered the clock of St. Michael's Church to be taken down." Mr. CASE said, the Church Committee had already taken the report into consideration, for the spires were in such a state, that if a gale of wind should come, they would proba bly be blown down. The council broke up shortly before twelve o'clock.