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:I;arliamtnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.;-11uNDAY NEG R 0 APPRENTICESHIP. ~. Loft' DENMAN, in presenting a petition from a place in Corn Wall for the abolition of the apprenticesiiip system in the colonies, denied altogether the right of the legislature to give up to _the planters the labour of the negroes fur any number of yea rs. Lord AS INGER was surprised to hear his noble and learned friend say something which amounted to an avowal that he con sidered an act of parliameut to be illegal, and that if it were produced in the court in wi,ieh he presided, he would not act upon it. Lord DENMAN did cut deny the legality of any contract be tween the planters and the government, but he did totally deny the power of parliament to make any contract by which the la bour of the negroes could be for six years appropriated to the planters or their mortgagees. The Duke of WELLINGTON contended that there was a com pact between the imperial legislature and the planters. The negroes were to be freed on the twofold condition that the coun try should give £20,000,000 as compensation to the planters, and that, moreover,. the negroes should give six years' labour in the character of apprentices. The Marquis of CLA NRICA riE insisted that it was utterly in-' consistent with the spirit of English law to make slavery in any form, part and parcel of that law. Lord DENMAN, in explanation, said that he feared, from all that he had lately read, that it was in contemplation to continue slavery beyond the Ist of August, 1&10. SPAIN. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice that after the recess, he would call the attention of the house to the unfortunate policy or her Majesty's government in respect to Spain. • • ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. In answer to the Duke of WELLINGTON, Lord MELBOURNE said, that on Wednesday he should move that the house, on its rising, should adjourn to Friday, the '27th qstan t. The house then adjourned. HOUSEOF COMMONS.—MON DAY. Many petitions were presented ; among them was one from New South Wales (by Mr. C. Buller,) fur representative go vern men t. _ 7 Lx) --- rciWfANLEY declared his intention to withdraw his notice regarding election committees. MR.-TOULTER'S CASE. Mr. BLACKSTONE afterwards moved the order of the day, that Mr. Poulter, the ex-member for Shaltesbury, be called to the bar on account of his letter, charging the committee which had unseated him with personal corruption, &c.; a proposition, it will be observed, that led to extended conversation, it being proposed to defer it until minutes of evidence taken by the com mittee be before the house. Mr. NIILDHAY proposed as an amendment, to postpone his appearance until the evidence taken before the Shaftesbury com mittee should have been printed; to which, Mr. BLAcksroNE objected on the ground that the question turned not upon the inherit merits of the case, but upon the im putation of motives to the committee. Mr. O'CONNELL supported the amendment. Sir R. ING us wished to have it recollected, that Mr. Black stone, so far from seekiw , any concealment for the committee, had been himself the mover of the resolution for printing the evidence. Mr. Huse contended that the attack was less culpable than the daily censures which majorities of the entire house put up with. Colonel DAVIES referred to a letter from Mr. Pigot, the member for Bridgenorth, published last week in the Times, as in his judgement equally deserving of animadversion ; and, Lord Wonst.Ey afterward§ quoted from a legal magazine, a most flagrant attack upon the committee on the Roxburgh elec tion. Mr. C. W. WYNN urged that if committees were not protected against insult by the house, the members composing them would be apt, like the insulated individual, to take the law into their own hands. Lord J. RUSSELL said he objected to entertain these questions at all where the charge was political and not personal. A po polar body like the house of Commons was not; he thought, analogous to a court of justice; for a ,popular body was always in danger of actiug upon its own passions, rather than upon the necessity of the case, He could not vote for the amendment, because, by such' a vote,. he might imply his intention of enter ing into the merits of the evidence wiser printed, which was a principle he disapproved. The letter was an inexcusable one; but he would rather that these matters were left to the judgment of the public, without interference by the house. Sir It. PEEL said that Lord John's argument amounted to this—that every man may say what he pleases of any members of the house in their judicial capacity; it was a notice that all libellers may henceforth proceed with perfect impunity.. You compel mernhers to attend ballots for committees on pain of committinent to the serjeant's custody, and then you refuse to protect them in the duty which you enjoin them to perform. If this was to be the rule, he would advise some individual to try the question—to say, when called in the ballot, " I will not serve," and to see whether the house would commit him. The `allegation here was not mere error of incompetency, but down right corruption. These personal questions were painful; but le could not consent to establish a general rule of impunity. . Mr.- 311 com ay withdrew his amendment; and the original motion having been put and carried without opposition, Mr. Poulter was _called in. In answer to quistions from the ,6.peaker, be ay knewledged the letter. He was anxious that the evidence should be printed and read by the principal members of the tory party; and if they (his opponents) should, on such peresal, think the decisions had been fair ones, he would him self admit them to be fair, and make any honourable concession to the house ; but, until that should he done, he could not sur t,he high moral, ground on which his letter was founded. His electors had required an explanation of the injustice done to him, so that he was not a volunteer. He next made divers comments on the decisions of the committee, and concliidedlay praying that the house would direct him to attend on a future day, wheuthe evidenc.l should have been printed. He then withdrew, aid Mr. BLACKSTONE moved that the letter was a false and scandalous imputation upon the honour and conduct of members. Lord .SeasiLey suggested, that, from- the temperate tone of Mr. Poulter's a'!dres.li, it was probable he would willingly re tract the offensive, passages of his letter, if it were explained to him that he crintdclo so without relinquishing his opinions as to the error of toe committee's decisions. S-;..ral members concurred in this suggestion; and after a sho; - eeech from Mr. tlliOt, a member of the committee, Mr. Poulter was called in, and .desired by the speaker to take notice that the house complained not at all of his assertion that the decision against him as erroneous, but of his application of harsh 'expressions; expressions which Mr. Poulter must know he would not have been suffered to use in his place as a member. There was a clear distinction between retracting the assertion of erro neousdecisfons, and retracting the expressions which impute corruptiori. Was Mr. Poulter' now disposed to retract the charge of corruption, and the phrase that his seat had been filched from him? ....... Mr. Pou!ter, answered, that his scat had been taken from him ba political motives; that he imputed no pecuniary or base cor rpption; but he would say, that he had lost his seat by party causes, and not by justice. This apology Mr. BLACKSTONE said he did not feel that he could accept on the part of the committee. Mr. Small o'BatEN moved the adjournment of the debate for a month, that they might have the minutes of evidence be fore them. _ _ _ After further proceedings, Lord J. IlussELL moved. as an amendment, that the house proceed to the third reading of the Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Bill. The amendment was negatived by 121 to 120. r. O'CosisELL then moved that the debate on the resolution be deferred for a week, which was carried by 121. against 117. The house proceeded to the consideration of the Slave Aboli tion Act Athendraent Bill, which was read the third time. After some discussion the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in committee of supply, moved a grant to pay the pensions due for the quarter ending April 5. agreeably to the recommenda tion of the pension list committee. Agreed to. Mr. Got - tut:.lo inquired when the "financial statement" Would be brOdglit'forward ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered that he could rmt rame - tlie - 6y, Lift that it would be 7 'befOre the end of the month. • . _ _ _ ..... The lintse then iu,zain resumed the consideration of the Poor Relief (Ireland rßill.—Adjourneil. . , HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Duke of I.l"Cciimotin p.reseiated'a petition from merchants eni , ,a ! zed.in the trade to New Zealand, for protection to their commerce. The Slavery. Abolition Act Amendment Bill was brought ft.;;M, the. commons with amendments ; and it was understood, aft r What fell Irma the Duke of WELLINGTON, that the demand for a conference regarding the amendments, was abandoned. Lord LowroN, o,q pre: . 3enting some petitions, inquired whether the Irish governMent had adopted any steps regarding one of the Roman Catholie_priesthood signing himself " John Timm," or Archbishop of Tiiiinphe Roman Catholic Emancipation Act subjecting suelka iirpceeding. to a penalty ? Lord Njt, - .l,ll..ivititir. yais.no- explicit answer, but said that sliould'be inslitutei Lord DavoN brought in a bill regarding trials at petty ses sions, &c. Their lordships then adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. In the Cornmor s there was " no house,"36 only could assem ble, they, of course, were counted out. HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY goyAL ASSENT. The honga met to-day at a quarter to four o'clock, when the Royal Assent was !Tiven by courrnission to the Slavery Abolition Act Amenflthent Bill; the Mutiny Bill; the Marine Mutiny Bill, and several private bills. The 'Lords Commissioners were—The Lord. Chancellor, Earl Shaftesbnry;and Lord Glenelg. l-leyteSbufy College Bill was reported, and ordered to be TOad' a third time after the recess: THE CORONATION, The Marquis of LONDONDER nr said he wished to call the attention of the house to the Proclamation in last night's Ga zette, relating to the Coronation of her Majesty. It appeared that august and solemn ceremony was to be conducted in a miserable and pitiful manner—(bear, hear,)—that a wretched economy was to he observed. If the noble viscount at the head of the government had been present, he should have put a ques tion" to him on the subject. As, however, the noble lord was not in his place, he gave not ice that he should bring the subject under the consideratron of the house shortly after the Easter recess. Tins Marquis of LSNSDOWNE said, as his, noble friend wa s uhf in the house, be could not enter into an explanation furthed than to say, that her Majesty at the council yesterday fully an reitollWagreed to dispensing with the attendince of her subject(' wb , , claimed to do snit and - serrice in Westminster-hall. An also not to ha've'a pro Cession or banquet. He begged, however. , litt4, hiS noble trend was present at the sitting of the house The 'Marquis of LONDONDERRY.—He ought to be presen (Fear.) The Margais of LANsbowNt.—l: the noble marquis intended 'tit aSk a AtieStiOn he - ought to have been in his place at the sitting of she house.' (Hear.) After a short discussion the subject dropped. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. The - Marquis of LAnsoowNE moved that the honse at its rising de adjourn until Friday, the 27th.of April.—Agreed to. Their lordships adjourned at a quart”4before six o'clock until the - 27th instant. . the return, and the opposition to it, were neither frivolous nor vexatious. KINSA LE ELECTION Mr. G. KNIGHT reported that Pierce Mahone, Esq. was not duly elected to serve in the present parliament for the borough of Kinsale, and ought not to have been returned, and that Col. Thomas was duly elected, and ought to have been returned. Petition. and the opposition, neither frivolous nor vexatious. The Clerk of the Crown was ordered to attend the house on the first day after the recess, and amend the return. -s. el r tskAl4 OF CONIM.ONS.—WEDNEsnAY. I 4 4 4,-',,,; • ) h a quartet, before four o'clock. ..'44•::" t t,r, A wicgusw nt..EcTtost. r H. 7r „,,,) , :e47.7 .. . : ..... 5 , : \;41... . a it , 4, a , 4 no ul f the eNlric. k Grattan,l ovr Fl. County ant R Election a lr h A I/ ,•_.... eni it r tr i ii . , r :,1 4,,. ,. . 7.. elected to serve in the present parlia- ve -l iint ~.„... 1:...; -:.kt . cklosv, and that the petition against -... „J • ~ oe , 1,4,W, ' SUDBURY AND MAIDSTONE ELECTIONS. Petitions complaining of undue returns for the boroughs of Maidstone and Sudbury were presented, and ordered to be taken into consideration on a future day. Several private bills were read a third time and passed. A number of petitions on various subjects were presented. SLAVERY. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that early After the recess he shottld move for copies of certain documents relating to British Guiana; and also for leave to bring in a bill to emancipate all female slaves in the West Indies, on the Ist of August next. OOPIRIGHT 811.1 Mr. WAKLEY presented a number of petitions against Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's copyright bill. M r..Wa Lux gave notice, that my the second reading of the international copyright bill, he should. move that that hill, and the copyright hill brought in by the hon. and learned member for Reqding, be referred to a select committee. _ _ Sir G. GREY presented a petition from Canada, praying fora union between the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. The hon. member said the petition emanated from a loyal and influential body, and therefore was deserving of the most serious consideration of the house, but he wished to be understood as not giving any opinion one way or the other on the prayer of the petitioners. NEWSCAPER STAMPS Mr. F. BARING brought up the return of the number of stamps issued to the different newspapers, which was ordered to he printed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER begged to remind the house that in future the returns of newspaper stamps would be regularly laid before parliament every half-year. WICKLOW ELECTION. PIGOT said, in consequence of what had occurred in the debate on the Shaftesbury election report, as his name had been alluded to, he wished to set himself right with the house. He had certainly sent a letter to the newspapers on the subject of a double strike on the Wicklow election, and he considered that he was justified in doing so. The hon. member was proceeding to , explain his motives, when _ . . . The SPEAKER reminded the hon. member that there was no question before the house. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord-J. RUSSELL moved that house, at its rising, 0,-mi journ until Wednesday, the 25th of April. Sir 11. H A RDINGE would take that opportunity of asking if the noble lord intended to proceed with the resolutions relating to, Irish tithes on the 30th of April ? Lord J. RUSSELL said, when the house met after the recess, ne would take an opportunity of stating the days on which pub lic business would be proceeded - . with. Mr. HUME wished to know if it was the intention of govern ment to bring forward a bill for the extension of general educa tion in this country ? Lord J. R ussELL said, it was the intention of government to take the question of extending general education into consider tion, but he could not say whether any bill on the subject would be introduced during the , present session. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Lord J. RUSSELL, wished to inform the house, that, after the recess he should move, that orders of the day, after the 14th of May, should take precedence of motions. He should also move, on the first day after the holidays, for leave to bring in a bill relating to the punishment of juvenile offenders. On Thursday, the. 3.! of May, 'he should move for the appointment.of a com mittee to inquire into church leases; and on the 14th of May he should proceed with the bill relating to tithes in Ireland.— ( Hear. hear.) Sir T. FIIENIANTLI: said, he was requested by his right hon. friend for Tamwortb, to give notice„that, on the 22d May, he should move for the appointment of a select committee to in quire into the mode of taking recognisances on election peti tions.—( Hear.) Mr. Hymn gave notice that, on the second Thursday after the recess, he should bring under the consideration of the house the pension granted to the King of Hanover; and on the Thurs day following he should call the attention of the house to the present state of the law relating to Savings Banks. THE REVENUE.-SUPPLY On the report of the Committee of Supply being brought up. Mr. HUME asked, as there had been such a deficiency in the revenue during the last year, from what fund the quarter's pen sion's were to be paid? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, although there had been a decrease in the revenue during the past year of up wards of 2,000,0001., yet he did not believe that the resources of the country were at all impaired, and there was no cause for discouragement. With respect to pensions now payable, they formed no item in the quarter's account—they came into 'the account of a former quarter. • The motion for adjournment until Wednesday, the 25th of April, was then put and agreed to. The report of the committee of supply was brought up, and, after a short discussion, agreed to. Lord J. RUSSELL brought in the county courts bill, which was read a first time. Mr. .kACKINNON postponed the second reading of the patterns and inventions bill until the 16th of May. The house then went into committee on the oaths to witnesses (Ireland) bill. The several clauses were agreed to. The high sheriffs' bill was referred to a select committee. The report on the clergy residences bill was brought up, and the bill ordered to be read a third titre. The custody of insane persons (Ireland) bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. F. NI A ULE brought in bills to provide for the better regu lation of municipal corporations in Scotland.—Read a third time. The other dropped notices were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. REGINA v. KINNEAR. TO THE EDITOR OE THE LIVERPOOL STAND4RD Snr,"-i see that in the north this trial has made some"noise, on account, perhaps, of the notoriety of the prisoner. Here, too. it has attracted much notice, but more on account of the very important matter it has disclosed than because of the loan. The charge was forging a bill of erchange, Of - Which the -fol lowing is a copy :-- " Flintshire District Banking Company, " £7O. " Flint, 27th Sept., 1235. " Twenty-one days after date, (without aeceptance,) pay to the order of Mr. J. Henderson, the sum of twenty pounds— value received. " For the COmiiany, " J. WATKINS, Manager. " To the London and Westminster Bank, " 'Uhrogmorton-street, London." The defence set up by the prisoner was, that the instrument was wrongly described,•and was not a bill of exchange; nor is it. It neither is a bill of exchange, nor could it legally, or accord ing to the custom and usage of merchants, he made a bill of exchange. To constitute a bill of exchange, there must be a drawer, and there must be an acceptor. This was confidently and correctly stated by the prisoner. The judge overruled the objection ; first, by saying, this instrument, although on the face of it, stating it. was to he without acceptance, might, by the London and Westminster Bank have been accepted, if they were covered in cash for the amount, and• inclined to accept it. There the Judge was wrong; for, the London and Westminster Bank cannot legally accept bills, it haying been decided that their so doing would he an infringement of the charter of the Bank of England. Next, the Judge stated, that if the docu ment in question was not a hilt of exchange, that then a hill drawn at sight was_not a bill of exchange, because such a bill at sight could not be accepted. There, too, the Judge was in error; for it is every day's practice for merchants and others who have bills drawn on them at sight, to accept them, payable at their banker's, or at the Bank of England, if there they keep cash ; and to where they are accepted payable, it is that they, the hearers, carry them for payment. And, furthermore, it is a rule amongst London bankers, not to take a check as - puyinent of a hill drawn at sight, in order that they may hold The original document, with the security of drawers and endorsers, until it is by cash discharged at the counter of a hanking-house. Sup posing the London and Westminster hank to have had cash he longing to them in th e B an k o f En g l an d, even th en th ey cou ld not have accepted this dricutnent when due, and made payable at the Bank of England to be paid by their own money. There is another legal point in this trial worth notice. The name said to he forged is J. Watkins, who signs, " For the Company, J. Watkins, manager." Now this does not engage J. Watkins for any sum of money; how then can it be a forgery ? But it'is the third point in which the public are most materi ally interested, because there is a great mass of paper so,shaped as the foresail document in circulation in your northern coun try. This is the question. Does the document above alluded to re. lain the responsibility of its indorsers, if it is not presented as soon as it reaches London, and if not paid, noted, and notice given to all those who are endorsers? [say it does NOT. It is a clumsy evasion of the art of Parliament, protecting the char ter of the Bank of Erwland. If it was a_promissory note, all the purposes of a circulating medium would be answered, and it would be a legal instrument. • These are topics of great interest to bankers, merchants, and manufactnrers end others, and ought to be discussed and settled by them, and by their lawyers, befiwe the evil, day arrires, for the introduction into our system of such a bastard bill as the above, might, in an hour of difficulty, create loss and engender great alarm. I feel sure that your popular journal will give this the neces sary currency, and call public attention to this subject, which is of almost universal interest. I am, with much respect, vouroherlient servant, AN OLD OLD BAILEY AT'T'ORNEY, London, April 10, 1833. Passengers by the Dryope, R. Hamilton, master, from Per nambuco, arrived here on Tuesday last :—Mrs. Brocklehurst and two children. Mrs: Messett, Watt, Miss Cox, Miss Hadfield, Mr. Jones, and Mr. H. P. Goodlad. The panorama will be a rich treat to the holiday folks. LIVERPOOL. SESS.IONS.—ARSON.—NichoIas Evans, who was tried at the January Sessions, for setting fire to his house, with intent to defraud the " County Fire Office," in which office he had effected an insurance. was yesterday broug,ht into coprt, and told by the recorder, that the objections taken to the in dictnrient are, his trial hail been taken into consideration, and that he was of opinion, that the indictment could not be sus tained. He was discharged from custody immediately. THE GREAT WESTERN.—The Great Western steam-ship left King Road at a little before 11 A.M.. on Sunday, with 650 tons coals on board, dragging slowly along while "securing her very heavy anchor. She met the flood tide at the Holmes, and went amainst it, the wind blowing, strong from W.N.W. with a heavy sea. From the following letter, it appears that she accomplish - - nearly 70 miles in eight hours, a much greater feat,,under the circumstances, than her rapid passage from London " Ilfracombe, Bth April, Sunday, 7 P.Nt.-1 have the pleasure to inform you, that the Great Western is now abreast the bar bourolistant about four miles, the wind stiff and westerly." THE NEW YORK STEA NI-PACKET. —T h e Dumfriesshire. Capt. Gowan, arrived here on ,Wednesday in thirty-six days from Mobile, and brings the following account of the Sirius :—" On the 7th instant, in lat. 49 rleg. 25 mm. long. 1 . 6 deg. exchanged numbers with the Sirius steamer She was steering about west, blowing very strong from N.N.W., and appeared to he making good weather of it. Captain Gowan infortns us that the gallant behaviour of the Sirius excited the admiration of all on board his ship. Ile passed close - by the steamer and cheered, which Was loudly and heartily returned by a crowd on the quarter deck of the latter. LIVER THEATRE,—Mr. Raymond's benefit on Monday even: ing, will he, no doubt, a hamper. Ilis bill is very attractive, the dramas of Paul Clifford,—the Irishman in London, and Kate Kearney, are announced for representation. In the first, Mr. Collins makes his nppearance as Paul Clifford: he is fa vourably known to the Liverpool public, not only, as a talented singer, hut es'a clever actor. In the two latter dramas. Mr. sort M rs. Raymond will appear. The songs interspersed through Kate Kearney are of a delightfutcharacter, being all Irish to the back bone. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOI First Night of the New Play Of THE LADY OF LYONS. And - First Night of a N EW COM IC PANTOMIME. 1 - 1 N EASTER MON DAY, the Ifith instant, will be produced, k.l for the first time here, the last new Piay, written by the Author of " Eugene Aram," " The Last Days of Pompei," " Rienzi," &c., and now performing with the mob% distinguished succcess at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden, called THE LADY OF LYONS ; OR, LOVE AND PRIDE. Beauseant, Mr. W. Howard; Glavis, Mr. W. H. Bland; Co lonel Damas, Mr. Baker; Claude Melnotte, Mr. Stuart, (his first appearance this season ;) Madame Desch4pelles, Mrs. Clarke ; Pauline Deschappelles, Miss Fanell i :ghee first ap pearance this season.) After which, for the first time here, a New rand Comic Pan tomime, with entirely New Scenery, N Machinery, 'New Tricks, &c., called HARLEQUIN IN SICILY ; Or, Jack o' Lantern and the Field of the Volcano. Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ridgway; Pan taloon, Mr. Jonas; Columbine, Mrs. J. Ridgway. Mr. and Mrs. WOOD, the celebrated Vocalists, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane, are engaged for a limited period, and will make their first appearance, these two years, at this Theatre, on Monday, the 23d instant, in a FAVOURITE OPERA. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. EASTER MONDAY, AND LAST WEEK OF TII3/SEASON BUT Two. ,• For the BENEFIT of Mr. RAYMOND, On which occasion, Mr. COLLINS, Principal Vocalist, from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden, Haymarket, &c., will make his First Appearance in the celebrated and highly i suc cessful Drama of PAUL CLIFFOR /in which he has sustained the Principal Character in th arinus London and Provincial Theatres nearly 300 night with the most dis tinguished approbation, being-Engage for SIX NIGHTS ONLY. IA N MONDAY next, the 16th instant, the Evening's En li tertainments will commence with the New Darma (founded on the Popular Novel) called PAUL CLIFFORD; on, THE LOST HEIR. Paul Clifford Mr. Collins. Long Ned Mr. Thompson. Messrs. Brown, King and Gibson will appear in a New Comic ' Dance called the "Three Jim Crows." After which the Laughable Interlude of ' THE IRISHMAN IN LONDON. Mortoeh Delany, Mr. Raymond, (in which character he will sing, "The Groves of Blarney.") FANCY PAS SUEL BY MRS. GIBSON. In the course of the Evening a variety of Singing. The Evening's Entertainments will conclude with a new - Romantic Drama, entitled KATE KEAR NEY; OR, THE FAIRY OF THE LAKES Ned Ryan Mr. Raymond I Kate Kearney.. Mrs. Raymond. Tickets and places to be had of Mr. J. FoGG, at the Box office, open every day from Eleitn till Three at the usual places. DURING EASTER WEEK. THE MOST REFINED ENTERTAINIWNT FOIL ALL it , -- - --- - --- 61iissit§bi.gbc IET . MBE celebrated PANORAMA of C TAIN ROSS'S 1 VOYAGES, and the HOLY CIT pf JERUSALEM, exhibiting in the Large Room, Queen's rms Hotel, (entrance by Cook-street,) will remain in Liverpool but a very few days longer, when it will proceed to Dublin. Mr. Laidlaw most earnestly incites those who have not seen it to lose no time. Boxes, - Is., Gallery onl, , 6d. [Descriptive Book and Plate of Jerusalem, 6 , 1.] Day Exhibition punctually at One, in the Evening at Seven, and again at Half-past Eight o'clock. CONCERT, KNIGHTS TEMPLARS' HALL, GREAT GEORGB'S-STREE,t. ThER. MACPHERSON, Precentor ofi the Scotch Church, ill Rodney-street, begs leave most respectfully to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of the above Critigregation, and the pub lic in general, that his •ANNUAL gqiNCERT will take place on MONDAY, the 30th instant, Vocal Per formgrs. Mrs. HILES, Mr. DAVIES, Mr. BOOTHBY, Mr. MOR- 'BIS, and Mr. MACPHERSON. Mr. G. EYTON will preside at the Piano Forte. Tickets to be had at Mr. MACPHERSON'S, 1, Renshaw-street, and at the Music Shops. NEXT PRESENTATION, OR PERPETUAL4ADVOW SON, In the counties of Salop, Westmoreland, or Cvmberland. THE Friends of a Married Clergyman wish pi PURCHASE JL for him the NEXT PRESENTATION to, or the PER PETUAL ADVOWSON of,. a LIVINCIif in the Country, '(where the population is small,) in thei Counties of Sal o p, Westmoreland, or Cumberland. As his object is to be usefully and permanently employed in the Ministry, the amount of Income, however small, is of secondary consideration ; but a convenient Parsonage, or a House in thorough repair, (in or near the parish,) which would be secured to the Clergyman for his life, at a moderate rent, absolutely indispensable. All letters to be post-paid, addressed to THOMAS Boy D. Esq., Solicitor, North Crescent Chambers, Lord-street, Liverpool TO CORRESPONDENTS. We feel obliged for the communication of " A Tipperary Man," which shall appear in our next. 7'he office of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD will be closed at TEN o'CLocK this morning, after which copies of this day's paper may be had at Mr. Arnold's, Post office place. tiberpool tantarl• FRIDAY - MQRNING, APRIL 13, 1838, n. The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn ing at 5 o'clock. JAMAIC k.—We have received files of Jamaica papers to the 4th ult. The political news which these papers convey is not of much importance. The following para graph will please such of our readers as are friendly to immediate abolition :" We learn from a report of the legislative proceedings of Mont serrat, that the Board of Council and House of Assembly have resolved to discontinue the apprenticeship entirely in that island on the Ist of August next; and ordered the crown officer to prepare a bill for the purpose of carrying their resolution into e ffec t.—Jamaica Despatch. From the same paper we learn that the British system of agriculture is making way in different parts of the island. The adoption of the plough, and other imple ments of husbandry used in -England, will, we doubt not, effect a greater-revolution in the internal anirs of Jamaica, in cetniriop With other parts of the West Indies, than any other means. could • possibly accomplish. It is with great pleaitire that we transcribe the following very interesting account. of.. • • A PLOUGHING MATCH IN •JAMAICA Extract of a letter from St. Thomas in the East.—l was yes terday very much gratified by a ploughing match which took place at Suffolk-park, near Bath. We have long heard here of a society for promoting agriculture, and the pursuits connected with it; but like most thibgs in this parish, and the island ge nerally, it has slumbered quietly under a mere name. To the Resident Attorney of 'Winchester estate we are in debted for the fillip which seems to have roused the society; and it is to be hoped we shall now see great good arise from its ex ertions. With a public spirit worthy of all imitation, Mr. Crockett obtained the co-operation of all the managers interested in the Yale of Plantain Garden River; and yesterday the rival" ploughs of the contiguous estates were pitted against each other, in a piece of tough pasture. Seven ploughs started; and for the sable hand so recently initiated in the mysteties of a plough, still the work was good. The Golden-grove ploughman, from having much the longest experience, was decidedly the best (as an apprentice) in the field, and he received the prize. The ploughs of Winchester, Rhine, P. G. River, Pleasant-hill, and Duckenfield, were placed next. The most beautiful work, however, was performed by the Hordley plough. In this case the European ploughman of the estate directed it, and the holes were so deeply, widely, and perfectly finished at once, that nothing more seemed requisite to be done, hefore planting the cane. In such a Vale as Plantain Garden River, where, in twelve estates, not an acre cannot be cultivated by the plough alone, the advantages of the introduction of ploughing must be incal culable. One estate irpntting; - 'by this-'means, GO acres of plants; of these, 16 acres have been ploughed in 11 days. Thus, one acre and a half of magnificent holes are ploughed in a day ; the ex pense being merely the salary of the ploughman for one day, the labour of two boys and an adult, and the day's cost for a poll of oxen. Taking the cost of the oxen to be £2. 13s. 4d. (the hire of two carts); the labour of two boys, Is. Bd. each; the work of an . adult, 2s. 11d.; and the day's salary of the'ploughman ' at £5O. per ann. ( say 2s. 3d.), the whole cost of the acre and half of land would be £3. 2s. 34. 3-4; while, if dug by jobbers, at £3. per acre, the cost would be £l2. In this manner, the estate•l have mentioned, as putting in 60 acres of plants, can do so at small cost of £122. 12s. 6d.; whilst another estate, jobbing the same number of acres, would have to pay £4BO. I was much pleased in seeing ten European ploughmen on the ground. To the gentlemen who have introduced such in structors to the few and better disposed of your peasantry, as hereafter wit'. work, the Company cannot be too grateful. That in a short time we shall be compelled LI avail ourselves of all the advantages of European agricultureand machinery, can not be denied. The sooner therefore, we embrace these ad vantages, the better : our labourers will be accustomed to the change, but a vety short time remains for the experiment 1 repeat, the district is infinitely obliged to Mr. Crockett for his public spirit, in rousing our slumbering Agriculturalists; and 1 am sure the spectators were as equally obliged for the splendid entertainment his hospitality afforded on the ground, and to which about 44 gentlemen sat down.—Despatch. Ma. Pop LTER'S CASE.—A loss of self respect gene rally indicates a loss of character. When a man ceases to be jealous of his honour, it may be taken for granted that he has very little of that commodity in his posses sion. This, we presume, must be the case with the " ty rant majority" in the House of Commons ; for on Mon day last, when certain resolutions were submitted to the house, declaring the letter of Mr. Poulter to be a false and scandalous libel, they were negatived, upon a divi sion, by a majority of four. Henceforth, then, it must be lawful for any man to speak of the majority in that house in the most disparaging term that can be irna .gined. We consider ourselves at liberty to call that ma jority a servile and corrupt faction-7-to denounce their actions as mean and tyrannical—to impute to them a want of hondurable principle—to stigmatize their cha racters, ridicule their proceedings, and desoise their au- 'I thoritv. IF we called them liars and vagabond;--nag, if we desiunated them, as (.)'Connell did, as so many " scoundrels"—if, we accused them of corrtiption and injustice, we shonlil still consider ourselves entitled to escape with impunity. They have themselves decided that such charges are not " scandalous libels.'"Cney are only instances of allowable freedom of speech. There certainly was a time when the Honse of Com mons would have visited any one who ventured to libel the character of its members with condign punishment. But, then, at that period, the house had something to he jealous of: it had a high sense of honour, and was al ways ready to vindicate its proceedings. Npw, matters are somewhat different. The majority in the house are so accustomed to set at defiance the maxims of honesty and truth, and to decide every question upon considera tions of party ascendancy, that they have ceased to no tice those who libel them. ,Whilst these men show such little regard to their own characters, it is not to he won dered at that the people of England should despise !hem. THE STATE OF IRELAND.—It is one of the first duties of every government to repress vice and to punish crime. The next to this is, to protect the innocent, and thus to prevent the commission of crime. Our present administration, however, in their government of Ireland, seem to have inverted these wholesome maxims. It ap pears to be their object, as it is also frequently their boast, to encourage vice and demoralization—to offer a bonus upon the perpetration of the most horrible crimes —and to remove all those restraints upon the ungovern able passions of wicked men, by which alone the inno• cent are enabled to live in peace and security. Against such a government it is the imperative duty of every man to declaim unceasingly, until a sense of shame shall drive them to relinquish the reins of power into the hands of those who will endeavour to remedy the existing evils—evils which have sprung from a direct connivance at all that is bad and execrable, and from the palpable discountenance of all that is good and praiseworthy. It is an undeniable axiom in morals that the fora of example operates more powerfully than any other extrin sic cause in controlling the actions and modifying the habits of any community : and the impulse to popular feeling derived from this source is always stronger in proportion to the elevated position of the exemplars. This may account for much of the existing disorder and contempt of justice which unhappily prevails in Ireland. What can be expected from the deluded population of that priest•i idden country, when they see their rulers ready to stretch out the spoilers hand upon the property of the clergy ? What can be expected to take place under a government notoriously acting upon the principle of dealing "heavy blows" upon Protestantism ? Is it not a natural consequence that the people, operated upon by the example of their rulers—infuriated by the exhort ations of an unprincipled priesthood—and impelled by their own feelings of inveterate animosity, should like wise emulate the example of their betters, and give the greatest " discouragement" to Protestants. We dis tinctly repeat it, that the religious feuds and the midnight assassinations, which are now so prevalent in the sister island, are, in a very great measure, attributable to the example of the Whig-Radical ministers. We have been led to these remarks by the frightful details which are almost daily presented to us in the Irish journals. We well know that the liberal press of this country ridicules the idea that there is anything in the state of Ireland which affords ground for serious alarm. Let the editors of these papers take a sojourn of a few months in that country, and we will venture to say that their sentiments will speedily undergo a change. It is very easy to deal in wholesale denials. It is easy to laugh to scorn all the atrocities reported in the Irish papers. It is easy to call them " tory inventions" and " tory exaggerations." But it is not so easy to invali date the testimony of the Official Gazette. We could fill our paper with well-authenticated details of recent murders and other acts of violence in several parts of Ireland ; but we shall, for the present, confine ourselves to the following extracts from the Dublin Evening Mail of this week : AWFUL STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—Lord Mulgrave, in recent article written by him, and published in his demi-official Gazette, says— " The country is perfectly tranquil from one end to the other. Lord Mulgraye holds the magician's wand which has wrought this social revolution in Ireland—the talisman of the Viceroy is simple justice and fair play to all." We are strongly tempted to contrast the viceregal vaunt of his demi-official authority with his own official statements in the Dublin Gazette; and we are the rather determined on doing so because we have been taunted of late with not quoting as usual the proclamations of the Gazette, with a view, it is said, of ac cumulating the matter of many publications into one at the close of the assizes. Now it so happened that, during the pro gress of the assizes, we did not quote the Gazette, simply be cause, as containing little or nothing of interest, it was not worth the quotation ; and we accounted for this unusual stillness by the pressure of the immediate administration of justice on the lively and volatile spirit of our "excellent population." We augured also, at the same time, what the events have com pletely realised, that the circuits would not he well over before the abated spirit of our countrymen would rebound, and the columns of the Gazette testify to the removal of the restraint. Well, the assizes are over, and the Gazette of Friday, the 6th instant (its latest publication,) is now before us. \Ve draw not in the bottled stores of the past; we reject them as stale, and uncork the freshest. We have here ten proclamations, ranging in date from the 27th ult. to the 6th instant. In these are recorded three murders; one murderous assault; three cases of burning- down of dwelling-houses, with the destruction of cat tle and other property; two of house-breaking; and one of the burning of hay. These cases range through Wexford, the King's County, the Counties of Dublin, Limerick, Galway, and Tip perary—the latter of which reminds us of the awful charge de livered by Mr. Justice Moore at the late assizes, and the still more awful comment delivered upon it by the "excellent popu lation" of that "calumniated county." We cannot, perhaps, exhibit this mischievous charge in ful ler light than by contrastiag it with the - official, though brief and cold record, of what must be called its sequence—since lo gical, not moral, truth, willnot allow us to call it the consequence. For this purpose we array extracts from the Judge's charge, and a proclamation from the Dublin Gazette, and entreat our readers to compare the convenient text with its practical com mentary : " EXTRACTS FROM THE CHARGE OF MR. JUSTICE MOORE, AT THE SPRING ASSIZES OF TIPPERARY, 1838. "I have been furnished with the calendar, and I find in the number charged with the crime of murder, or aiding or abetting in murder, which is the same, the names of persons making to the number of eighty. Does any person believe there are 80 persons to be tried for murder? We never see a case that amounts but to homicide reported—all indiscri minately are represented as charged with murder. Things are misrepresented. They are not shown up in their true colours—and, gentlemen, look to the injurious effect which this misrepresentation is calculated to achieve, both at home and abroad, when it is publicly said that there are 80 persons charged with murder in Clonmel gaol. Why is it never stated as homi cide, and in some cases, excusable or justifiable homicide ? No, gentlemen, such is not the case, and misrepresentations are sent abroad which bring disgrace, not alone on this country, but on the natio❑ at large, and terra') Mg: those who would otherwise bring capital into the country, and improve its general condition. Gentlemen, this is a peculiar county—it is looked upon as an alarmed world—but I assert that it has an excellent population, that it has a noble gentry, who holds fine places, and can live comfortably and happily in those places—it is not the 'Refu yium peccatorum'—no, it is not the nucleus of crime which it is represented." (From the Dublin Gazette.) "APRIL 6, 1838.—Whereas it has been represented to the Lord Lieutenant, that on the morning of the sth instant, about the 'loin' of seven o'clock, as Mr. Austin Cooper, of Kilmore, iu the county of Tipperary, accompanied by his brother, Mr. S. Cooper, and by Mr. F. Wayland, were proceeding to the fair of the tow❑ of Tipperary, they were attacked and fired at by four armed men, lying in ambush, by which Mr. Austin Coo per was instantly killed, and Mr. Wayland was severely wounded : "His Excellency, for the better apprehending and bringing to justice the perpetrators of this murder, is pleased hereby to offer a reward of THREE HUNDRED POUNDS to any person or persons (except the person or persons who ac tually committed the same,) who shall, within six months from the date hereof, give such information as shall lead tO the ap prehension and conviction of all or any of the persons concerned therein. "By his Excellency's Command, "T.DaustmoNo " It is supposed that one of the perpetrators of this murder was wounded in the face by a shot fired at the parties by Mr. Samuel Cooper." (From the Dublin Gazette of Friday.) " MARCH 27, 1838.—0 n the 25th instant, about four o'clock, a.m., a large quantity of hay, consisting of about lOU tons, the property of the Earl of CharLemont, was maliciously set on fire at Marino, county of Dublin. £5O and a free pardon. " M A Emit 29, IS.—About eight o'clock on the evening of the 3d instant, a number of country people returning from a funeral commenced to quarrel and fight with each other at Ballvvaldou, in the parish of Ballyvaldon , in th e count y of Wexford, when a man named Michael Redmond, of Bally garret, received a severe beating, from the effects of which he died on the 2-Ith.—£so and a free pardon. " MARCH 30, 1838.—0 n Monday, the 26th instant, about six o'clock, p.m., James Walsh was struck with a tongs by Thomas Kilchrest, at a forge near Kilcrust, parish of Knock naconra, in the county of Galway, from the effects of which blow he lies dangerously " Masco 31, 11;38.—Ahout the hour of 12 o'clock on the night of the 25th instant, three or four men, at present un known, came to the house of John Hayes, on the townland of Ballintemple, parish of Templehany, in King's county, and broke the door and windows in pieces, with large stones, and otherwise injured his property.—£so and a free pardon. Apnli, 3 . 1838.—0 n the night of the 30th ult. the dwell ing-house and barn of Mr. Richard Davies, were maliciously set on fire, and totally consumed, on the the ton bland of Round hill, and parish of Druinculkn, in the King' county, by some person or persons unknown.—Eso and a free pardon. " On the night of the 30th ult. about the hour of one o'clock, . • • a ~` file fiw^ilii7-house of I..,awrenee Murray ws.s maliciously set lire to in the townianq ,Itillinafmrati, parish et" I)rumcuilen, in the - I , :intes county, by some persons tinknown.—£so and a free parri.n. "On i)e 28'h ultimo, about the hour of Ik o'clotk, p.m. the dwelling-house and cow-house of James 114‘ Carthv, were mali ciously set On fire, and totally consumed, with ten cows, &c., by some person or peisons unknown, on the townlau,l of Lad:- amone, parish of Door), in the county of Limrick.—i:loo and a free pardon. " On the evening of Tuesday, the 27th ult., about the hour of eight o'clock, as Daniel Griffin was returning from the fair of Adare, he was waylaid on the tOwnland of Mundelehy, parish of Adare, in the county of Limreick, by Patrick Walsh, and Michael Sullivan, who inflicted two wounds on his head, from the effects of which he died on the 30th ult.—Eso. A pail. 4,1838.—0 n the 30th ult., about two o'clock, a.m., the house of James Murphy was maliciously levelled by a large party of men, on the townland of Newlane, parish of St. Mary's Shandon, in the county of the city of Cork.—£so and a free pardon. " APRIL 6,1839.—0 n the morning of the sth instant, about the hour of seven o'clock. as Mr. Austin Cooper, of Kilmore, in the county of Tipperary, accompanied by his brother, Mr. Samuel Cooper, and by Mr. F. \Vavland, were proceeding to the fair of the town of Tipperary, they were attacked and filed at by four armed men, lying in ambush, by which Mr. Austin Cooper was instantly killed, and Mr. 'Wayland was severely wounded.—£3oo." THE BARBARMIS MURDER OF AUSTIN COOPER, ESQ., AND ATTEMPT TO Si WIDER TWO OTHERS. When the news of this dreadful butchery reached the fair of Tipperary, about half-past eight in the morning, not more than an hour after the atrocious deed, a marked feeling of exultation, approaching to delight, was quite apparent in the features of the peasantry, who passed from one to another the tale of blood, with a satanic grin of triumph, in which malice and ferocity were equally blended. The gentleman who thus fell a victim, in the prime of life, to the deadly aim of remorseless assassins, was a magistrate of the county, most respectably connected, and intimately acquainted with all the surrounding gentry. He held the charge of several large landed properties, having been agent to the Archbishop of Cashel, Lord Hawarden, and the Board of Erasmus Smith's schools. Mr. Cooper has left an afflicted widow with a young of phan family. There is nothing to account for the above shocking outrage, which was perpetrated in the neighbourhood of military and police sta tions, and at the close of the maiden assizes for Tipperary—over 70 persons having been returned for murder, and not one con victed! What will Judge Moore say to this homicide in his next charge, if he goes that circuit? Reckless indeed must the desperadoes in that county be ,of human life, after so clear an acquittance of blood-stained malefactors at last assizes. There is, however, in the eyes of a Christian and moral world, a black stain upon the character of the county of Tipperary, which not all the rhetorical artifice of judicial oratory can efface, whether administered from the bar or the bench, to enlighten the appal ling enormities of habitual bloodshed and crime in that devoted quarter, and which retributive justice can only atone for in a full and ample punishment. TILE TIPPERARY MURDER• Fifteen hundred pounds in addition to the three hundred by Government) have been offered by the magistrates and gen try of the county of Tipperary, for the discovery and conviction of the murderers of Mr. Cooper. What a contrast to this is presented in the conduct of the "excellent population," on the same occasion : " A curious circumstance (says the Tipperary Consiitut;on) connected with this dreadful and long concocted murder is, that immediately after the several shots had been fired, Mr. Cooper distinctly heard shots fired in the direction of Ballin temple road, also several shots evidently proceeding from another party of six persons, who had undoubtedly been placed on that line in case Mr. Cooper should have gone that road. There were also scouts placed in different directions, and on Mr. Cooper* return with the dead and wounded gentlemen, he met two of thitse. Mr. Wayland said to them, Boys, this is a bad business; s - ton't you bring on the hats, and catch the horse for us?' To which they returned a most impertinent and brutal answer, and said,‘ Bad luck to them if they'd have anything to say to them ! V -4 When the police and magistrate§ went to search fur the ruffians they were mocked by the women, who used to call them, and, in a jeering manner, say, Why don't you come here, may be you'd find them here.' Some said— ` One of the nobs was shot and there would soon be more of them.' In fact, the entire conduct of the farmers and peasan try, before and subsequent to this tragical circumstance, fully demonstrates the league which exsists for the persecution of those concerned with rents or otherwise." After perusing these details—and they only constitute a thousandth part of what we might lay before our readers—it is impossible not to feel the most intense disgust with the present administration, tolerating, nay, encouraging, as they do such outrages upon life and pro perty. The time will assuredly soon arrive when they must he called to an account for their glaring partiality towards the priests of Ireland, to all whose representa tions, however murderous their object, they have always lent a willing ear. [reland wants a firm and determined government. The only men that can rule her turbulent population successfully are men who will cripple the power of the priests and interpose the strong arm of the law between their deluded followers and the persecuted protestants. Such men are alone to be found in the conservative op position in both houses of parliament. TILE " ALBION" ANp SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.—Our contemporary of Monday last is very angry with the conservatives of Liverpool for their alacrity in inviting Sir Francis Burdett to a public dinner. The Albion, however, is peculiarly unfortunate in its allusion to this subject, especially in its comparison of past times with the present; for it is well known by thousands in this town that, whatever change has taken place in the poli tical views of Sir Francis Burdett, it has not been a change so radical in its character as that which has marked the career of the Albion. There was a time when this print was the advocate of principles the re verse of what are now called liberal—a time, in short, when the Mercury used to attack it as the enemy of re form and the friend of corruption. The Albion has been far more of a weathercock politician than the worthy baronet. He continues to avow himself the friend of rational reform ; but then it is reform for the sake of preservation—for the sake of upholding in unimpaired integrity the glorious fabric of our constitution, and not for the sake of destroying it and levelling it with the dust. We have every assurance that Sir Francis Bur. Jett is as much as ever attached to the cause of real re form; but we deny, as he denies, that that term implies anything like organic change in the principles of our constitution. We believe that the venerable baronet is as much as ever opposed to corruption and venality in every shape in which it may be developed in the govern ment of the country, and that he is as ready as ever to condemn those very evils which existed in the constitu tion of the House of Commons prior to the passing of the Reform Bill. Indeed, this is the very reason why he opposes the present ministry. He sees them conniving at the worst practices in the election of members of par liament—practices of a far more derogatory character, as regards the honour and independence of the House of Commons, than any which existed prior to the accession of the present ministry to office. He sees that they have cunningly contrived to secure to their own parti sans the nomination of twenty or thirty members of par liament under the close borough system, against which he had so strongly inveighed. He sees that the return of about sixty of the Irish members is absolutely invest ed in the hands of Daniel O'Connell—an instance of pa tronage to which the old boroughmongering system pre sents no parallel. He sees that those seats are bartered for money, and that, by this means, the independence of the Irish constituency is virtually annihilated. He sees that the present ministry and their servile adherents ha bitually interpose every obstacle in their power to the fair and unbiasel expression of public opinion—that they practise every species of bribery and intimidation, and resort to every kind of corrupt influence at the election of members of parliament—that they refuse justice to those who have been illegally defrauded of their rightful representatives—and that they set at defiance every maxim of honour and every semblance of consistency, in their iniquitous decisions in reference to election pe titions. Sir Francis sees that the contemptible imbeciles now in office govern the country not by the force of their talents—not by virtue of their public character —not by means of an honest and straightforward policy. No! he perceives that their ambitious tenacity of office is not greater than their ignorance—that their public character is not worth picking up out of the kennel—and that all their measures are characterisedby tor tuousness, disinge nuousness, and deception. He sees that they contrive to govern the country by, their degrading alliance with the bloated beggar who, by means of the despotic influ ence of the popish priests, can command the votes of sixty members of the House of Commons. He sees that they hold office by the most scandalous exercise of patronage—by the creation of a multiplicity of new of fices to reward their• creatures —by the appointment of fat commissionerships—by the promotion to the magis• terial dignity, and to other offices with which political influence is associated, of men who will unscrupulously use that influence in favour of the government. Seeing all these things—witnessing evils of a far more aggra vated character than any which existed under what is called " Tory domination"—cognisant of so much and such gross misgovernment—how can Sir Francis Bar tlett, consistently with his character as a reformer, do otherwise than devote all his energies to the honourable task of labouring to supersede so corrupt, degraded, and imbecile an administration ? We defy our radical oppo nents to prove any inconsistency in the conduct of the NN, \ APPaL 13, 1838. CHESTER ASSIZES. hononrahl , bironet. Th' inf.on7istency is in them! selveq. They heed to (I, , chim against the corrupt and monopolising policy of the tories They now applaud to the skies a ministry and a party that have been rgpeat edly !moved guilty of worse corruption and a more grasp ing monopoly of power. Theirs, then, be the shame of double-dealing, shuffling, and hypocrisy. The Albion seems to insinuate that, because the con servatives of Liverpool have given an invitation to Sir Francis, they have compromised their principles—that they do not now, as they did in 1817, regard the radicals as a " vile, degraded crew," " the advocates of the most levelling and revolutionary principles, the enemies alike of the throne, the altar, and the constitution." This is very far, indeed, from being the case. The conserva tives still think, as every honest politician must think, that the radicals are a " vile and degraded crew." Their actions prove that the radicals are fully entitled to this . designation. It accords well with the inherent meanness . of their nature. It agrees most perfectly with their ha= bitual character. All the proceedings of the faction: both in and out of Parliament, both in and out of the Town Council, are of the vilest and meanest description. Nor can there be any doubt of the enmity of this " vile, degraded crew" to " the throne, the altar, and the con-, 'stitution." Do they not openly avow their republican doctrines? Do they not publicly prOclaim themselves to be the advocates of a dernocratical form , of government ?. Do they not yearn for the destruction of the Church ? Have they not, for the purpose of achieving, or attempt• ing to achieve her downfal, united themselves to the pish faction—to the most bitter and implacable enemies of human freedom that ever existed ? Do they not en-, deavour to bring the clergy into disrepute by reviling their characters and loading them with the most igno-, minions epithets ? Do they not avow themselves to be i❑ favour of organic changes in the constitution — changes which would assimilate it to a republican form of government ? How can all this be reconciled to loyalty to the Throne, love for the Church, and attach , ment to the constitution of the country ? But if such be the real character of the radical fac• tion, we would remind our readers that such was not, such is not, the character of Sir Francis Burdett. In all his arguments for the reform of the House of Commons he never lost sight of the principle of renovation. He grounded all his appeals upon the ancient and original constitution of the House of Commons. He never was the advocate of any of the newfangled systems of the day. He was no disciple of Jeremy Bentham. He was not, like the new lights of the present school of political economy, fond of dabbling in novel experiments. lie simply sought the restoration of rights which had been placed in abeyance, and the removal of evils which were not in harmony with the spirit of the constitution. The Albion endeavours to be facetious at the expense of Sir Francis Burdett and the Chairman of the Conser vative Association ; but its wit is just as dull and point less as its logic is weak and inconclusive. IcoSays, "the Baronet stoutly maintains that he is unchanged ; Mr• llolme maintains as stoutly that he is unchanged also yet the once Radical agrees with the always Tory, and both are unchanged!" Perhaps the Albion is ignorant of the repeated declarations of Sir Francis Burdett, that " he never was a Radical"—and that he was always " more of a Tory than a Whig,.." If the Albion had been aware of this it might have spared the note of a& miration after the sentence which we have quoted. In allusion to the object of the Conservatives in in ' viting Sir Francis—viz., " to assist in strengthening their hands at this particular juncture," &c., the Albion remarks that " the hands of the Tories are strong enough already," and that, in proof of this, " they grasp the entire representation of the borough." True ; but who grasp the representation of the burgesses in the Town Council ? Who grasp the influence possessed by the Dock Committee? Who,• in short, grasp the con trol of all our local interests ? Do not the Radicals, by means of their " tyrannical majorities," ? But it wilt not be always so. THE COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.—The resolution of the. Dock Committee to apply to Parliament for powers to build warehouses, came before the Council for confirma tion on Wednesday last, and, as will be seen in our re port, was affirmed, by a very small majority. It is deep ly to be regretted, that this measure, justly characterised by his worship the Mayor, as the most important ever submitted to the consideration of any council in England, should have been so hastily adopted. Our readers will readily excuse us from entering into its consideration on this peat solemnity. in consonance with the spirit of this day's dedication, we would express a 11(449, that some plan may yet be devised to supply all reasonable views,. and to render unnecessary a scheme, which, if carried. , will cause infinite affliction and distress, and even ruin, to numbers of widows, orphans, and others, unable to escape from or adapt their circumstances to its consP quences. ' :a's~:;_ BIGAMY.-1 XTRAORDINARY DIVORCE. Thomas Nield, late of Prestbury, was indicted for marrying Hannah Simcock, at Prestbury, on the 27th of May, 1833, his former wife, Mary Ellor, being then alive. On the first witness, Nathan Ellor, (father of his first wife) making his appearance in the box, the prisoner said, " MY dear lord, don't. allow Nathan to swear any thing, he's what they call'n an infideel, that he is, ye know it, Nathan." The witness stated, that his daughter was married to the prisoner about ten years ago; he was not present at the marriage, but he saw the party on their return from churcb, and they showed him the marriage lines." Prisoner, (addressing the witness, blubbering all the time. and wiping his eves,) "Now, Nathan, was'nt I a good hus band to Mary—didn't she use me very badly? I catch'd her with an old chap the very night we were married. My dear lord, Nathan knows there was an agreement on a stamp that Mary and me should part; and we were to marry who we liked. This is true, isn't it Nathan ?"—Witness : "Well, I believe I signed it, Thomas; it was on a shilling receipt stamp." The JUDGE.—That was not a legal dissolution of the mar riage contract. Joseph Sadler, Superintendent of Police, Stockport, pro duced the register of the prisoner's first marriage. As soon as it was put in, the prisoner bellowed out, " My dear lord, a Joseph if he's brought the stamp paper that me and Mary signed to part. Oh dear me, have ve got it, Joseph ?"—(Geueral laughter.) Sadler replied he had not got the document. Hannah Simcock was called, and corroborated the fact of her marriage. The prisoner broke out again ; and, casting the most sym pathetic looks at his second rib, scratched his head, and said..., "My dear Hannah, did I ever behave badly to you?" She re plied, " No." Prisoner : " Hannah, my dear, don't ye remem ber, before you and I was married, Mary signed a papen on a' stamp, that I might have you?" Hannah : " Yes, she did, and- I knew you were married before." The case for the prosecution here closed, when his lordship` called upon the prisoner for his defence, who said : "My dear lord, I'm a man that's had a deal - of trouble about Mary; she's a badu'n ; she's brought me to ruin. (Laughter.) Now, I'll tell you a bit about her tricks. Now, as we wer e agoing to put up the axings, why, do you know, my dear lord , she says to me, on the road, Thomas, don't make a fool of me, I've been made a fool of once before.' (Roars of laughter.) Now, my lord, I married her ; and the very same slight I catch' d her with an old chap ; hi s name i s Royle; and do you know , my dear lord, he's living with her to this day. Isn't this a worse shame than mine? Well, (crying,) ye see I'd more trouble,' • —in seven months Mary had a child. I didn't know what to make of this; so, says Ito the Doctor, Doctor, what do yet" think about Mary having a little un in seven months?' and do • you think what he said, my lord? Why, says be," and it vot",.. ed me, it is a common accident with the first.'—( Univers al "' . laughter.) The poor little thing died; and, after that, she kept running to the fortuneteller, I suppose to see whether she was to have the old chap, and when I said summut to her about.- him, why, she said, Tom, I'd rather have his finger than ru t whole body.'—(Laughter.) Now, my dear lord, see how l's, been bungled by Mary; hope ye'll have mercy on me tint, is all I have to say, an' it's all the truth." - d At the close of the prisoner's address, the Under-sheriff ha much difficulty in restoring oider in the court. His LORDSHIP, in summing up. the ease, observed, that the 7 female who last married the prisoner could not have sulfeuruet. much, as she knew he was a married man. The jury fo i l : Nield Guilty, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned six m oo ' . C OSB Y RACES. -It would appear that the inhabitants of delightful little watering-place are determined to he the first the field as regards racing, and have already issued a sehe tj ' n ; of the prizes to be contended for by such horses and poni" can be got together, minus the qualification of being tboroug bred. The encouragement bestowed upon these races last vearto. by the crowds of respectable persons who fl o cked thither. witness the sport, and the gratification evinced by all presep!.. has, no doubt, been the main stimulus in causing their rePeu tiun. Tuesday and Wednesday, the 24th and 25th of April, the days fixed for the trials of speed, and as the 21st is the ',, day on which the competitors can "down with their p onies, behoves them to be in time for the scratch. There will be t • sc e ; races the first day, each for a Sweepstakes, and 10 sovs. add di lorSeS 01. —the fi rst exclusively for ponies, and the other for larger growth." Two Purses and a Sweepstake, with 10 W s ' s ecoT . added, for horses and ponies, is the bill of fare for the day, and, from the value of the stakes, a numerous entry _ro e ,`" be expected. Mr. Wm. Evans is the clerk of the course and ( ; I ‘ . An ordinary will be provided each day at the Waterloo, , .7 0 ; number of omnibuses are to be placed on the road express'Y i s t here the occasion. Sh o uld the weather prove favoura ble, little doubt that a v a s t concourse will be attracted to enjoy !i'v sport.