The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-27 00:00:00

0(./ DEC. 27, 1836. fleas to secure that limit is manifested by ministers. We think they have, in some degree, proceeded undetected in this design; and in proof of this, were we to ask almost any one under what government we live, we should receive for answer—" A mixed government of king, Lords, and Commons." This answer would also have been given a century ago; but do the same words convey the same sense Q We are now a practical demo cracy, mixed up with some aristocratic and monarchical remains —sufficient, however, we think, if the country continue firm, to regenerate the constitution. But, as We, have before us the lamentable fact, that even the the House of Lords, in which is lodged " that circum spection and mediatory caution which the wisdom of the peers afford," permitted the Reform Bill to pass as it now stands, and become part of the law of the land, so we may fear worse issues; for assuredly they never so com mitted themselves as when they suffered that floodgate of national insubordination to be lifted up. Such is the uncertainty pervading England respecting the state of the belligerents in Spain, and the unquiet in Portugal, that if any one could be transported thither, and be placed in the midst of the scene of action, we be lieve he would find the condition of affairs, in both coun tries, so little to accord with our " foreign intelligence," and " private correspondence," that he would hardly know whether to ascribe the whole to the work of ima gination, or to the crude reports of casual conversation. In some of our metropolitan contemporaries, this con jectural, or directly lying spirit, has been justly exposed. But, whilst we declare the little confidence that can be placed in such rumours of foreign affairs, especially as regards the minuter circumstantials of events, yet there spay be collected sufficient information from them upon which to ground most important reflections, and from which to draw most interesting inferences. If the wri ters do not know, and, therefore, cannot tell, correctly, the movements of any one party, yet they cannot be mis- taken as to the existence of intestine commotion—if the .speeches of a camp council cannot reach their ears, the of an army through the town in which they live littinot-escape their eyes : of one thing, therefore, we are certain. Civil war, and, with it, civil insubordination, ;nd all its gloomy train of concomitant evils, prevail there. We need make no demands upon imagination to picture the horrors of such a condition. Towns and vil lages subject to midnight surprise—trade and mercantile intercourse suspended—agricultural labour heartlessly performed, from the dread of frustration by the hand of war, or the uncertainty, whether he who sows the grain will reap the crop—injuries inflicted, and wrongs tole• rated, without provoking the sword of justice—property of every kind insecure—a universal jeopardy of the next event—no one knowing " what a day may bring forth" —from the highest to the lowest, care and consternation impressed on every countenance—the appearance of the soldier and not the citizen, or the citizen called to be a soldier, in their streets—imparting a martial character to every scene—and " the spirit-stirring drum, and ear piercing fife, and all the din and circumstance of war" — proclaim the unhappy fate of those self-devoted coun tries. • There is another conclusion of equal moment, and no less certain, than that at which we have just arrived— af forded by our " foreign intelligence," vague and contra dictory as it is—that the contending powers are so nearly equal, in all the requisites of war, that any conflict be • Um them seems to be determined by some adventitious eireutnstance. Victory gives no ascendancy of power, Ind defeat only shifts the ground of struggle; and, hence, the only prospect of peace rests on the exhaustion of the means of protracting war ; for whilst there is any thing to be gained by contest, or to be sacrificed, that is prized, the rage of hostility will continue unabated. Surely, if 'theta be any scourge more terrible than all others, it is the scourge of civil war. But whilst we deplore the miseries which protracted intestine fury must ; eventually, occasion to the countries exposed to it, are we unconcerned spectators of the scene ? Can.one kingdom be kept in such a state of warlike agitation, for any length of time, and others, connected with it by a thousaitd ties, receive no terror ? Is there any political disease more contagious than that of civil insubordination ?—any cause that sooner unites the'diSaffeeted members of a state than rebellion ?--any .enterprise more readily undertaken, or more vigorously prosecuted, than that of which a crown is the reward, or the subversion of a constitution is the end ? It was such considerations as these that raised Europe to arms at the French revolution ; and if the present struggle be some what murderously sanguinary, and regicidal, it is not less fatal, as an example, to that order and good government upon which the happiness of every country depends. . To England especially such a scene is full of the deep est interest. Imbecility in her government, and rebel lion in one division of the empire—a large and reckless faction in array against the aristocracy of the land—a ministry notoriously ungracious to the Sovereign—all conspire to awaken feelings of intense concern for the issue of the struggle in Spain ; and France has, perhaps, even more to dread from that issue, if it should prove po pular, than ourselves. We know how delicate a question we are approaching. Though we reprobate, as strongly as the firmest republi can himself, the interference of nations in the internal' policy of each other, we still think there may arise a state of anarchy, and cruel blood-shedding, in one country, which may justify the council, and if that be despised, the restraining hand of another. All Europe thought so less than fifty years ago. However the flippant tongue of radical perversion may contort this into foreign aggres sion and military tyranny, we see no difficulty in obvi ating those fearful consequences from such interference. Can a nation, they will petulantly exclaim, not settle its own disputes without foreign arbiters ? We reply, ask Spain. If countries frowning horrible war at each other, ' can, and, frequently are reconciled to friendship, by the arbitration of a disinterested party, why should not a kingdom, falling by its own hand, be moderated by the same interposition in its desperate designs ? Some, per haps, will tell us, that national interference would only be the prelude to general war; but, surely, countries which are seeking an occasion to commence hostilities, need not wait for such a pretext. If a man sees his fellows furiously attempting each other's destruction, is it not his duty to interpose, and endeavour to set them If at one again ;"—or, if that be fruitless, then to assist him who is injured against "him who did the wrong ?" We think, with some modification, the principle is applicable to states; and applicable, without endangering the question of national independence—or even the right of a people to modify, or change, the character of its government. In the lectur? of Mr. Hemming, to which our atten tion is now drawn, we find very little that requires com ment. It chiefly consists of historical details and mecha nical operations, with which chemistry has little connex ion. Though highly interesting, they form a distinct branch of inquiry ; and much that is heard in the lecture toom must be read over again in the study, by those who wish to remember so many isolated facts. According to Dr. Watson, when the silver in galena does not amount to nine ounces in the ton, it is not worth extracting; but since immense quantities of lead are re iluired in a state of oxide, for the manufacture of glass, and a great variety of other chemical uses, it is some times prepared, simultaneously with the extraction of the Silver, in the state of litharge ; indeed the presence of silver, or antimony, or even copper, renders the lead bard, and less valuable for many purposes; so that the Previous extraction of the silver, and the subsequent re duction of the lead, produces a better article. That the copper-is not always extracted, may be easily ascertained by putting a portion of the litharge into water, with a 'mall piece of muriate of ammonia, (sal-ammoniac,) vthicb wit soon assume a blue tint, as we have repeat ed!, seen. We are very much disposed to question the truth of t4llt il*rt ion of Mr. H., that silver "combines very fie.ely solpfmr of sulPhuretted hydrogen," tIo we '"aNt . lre of rierthollett's afiirmation ; for Proust ex 1 !!!!'"ly wars of triorc)lry, that " when it is agitated in a *o %tin, of a Colmlriests hydrosulphuret, i9O cLange 'firatt' the inetai 4 - but Wh'n it is " agitated • r; ~ =l-k • , ... -k, ' - ,41..‘• ,-- k . ' . ja. \ . . i ' •- , -- 1 . It with a hydroguretted sulpltret, it forms a black sulphuret." All this is quite explicable upon che mical principles ; but how, we ask, can a metal decom pose a hydrosulphuret ? Es pure hydrogen evolved ? We never heard of such a case. A metallic oxide may act upon a hydrosulphuret, because, in that case, water is formed from the union of the oxygen and hydrogen. It is most probable that the sulphur which tarnishes silver is produced by a very complex operation, which we will endeavour to explain. Sulphuretted hydrogen, long exposed to an atmosphere containing oxygen gas, would be decomposed, and form, first, sulphurous, and, secondly, sulphuric acid; but the change antecedent to these is very remarkable. To un derstand this, suppose we have two atoms of sulphuret ted hydrogen gas ; when one of these atoms is decom posed, so as to form an atom of vapour and an atom of sulphurous acid gas, there immediately results an action between the atom of sulphurous acid, and the remain ing atom of sulphutetted hydrogen gas; another atom of vapour is formed, and two atoms of sulphur• are pre cipitated—probably in the state of hydrate—this is the sulphur which combines with the silver. We must not understand Mr. H. to mean, that " ni trate of silver" is employed as a dye, because " it is em ployed in dyeing various substances black." His exem plification, however, sufficiently restricts his meaning; and when he speaks of its use as a "caustic, for the pur pose of arresting the progress of local inflammation," we beg to say, that it performs, in that instance, more of the otlices•of a caustic; it forms an eschar over the inflamed part, (as in erysipelas) and, when " adherent," stops the progress of inflammation. To Mr. Higginbottom the medical world is indebted for this valuable medico-chi rurgical remedy—a gentleman whom we know—a man of patient research and great practical experience. The application of nitrate of silver to blacken the hair, and the ludicrous circumstance mentioned by Mr. H., brought to our recollection a picture that might well pair with it. When we were eating our terms at Lincoln's Inn, a gentleman, one of our quatuor, whose locks na ture wished to be silvery, but not with nitrate of silver, had, it appears, just undergone the metallic dressing. An unfortunate ray of the sun, as if to be revenged for this usurpation of colouring dominion, darted fiercely among his coronal pile ; it blushed like logwood, and with the transparency of amber. Some stared, as if he was about to suffer spontaneous combustion ; others ex pected to see him instantly turn black, and die ; a few laughed right out ; but he—for " the eye sees not itself but by reflection from some other thing"—unconsciously ate his dinner, and drank his wine, and walked out of the hall, quite unconscious of how much fear and fun he had been the source—an Adonis in his own imagination. We beg, therefore, to advertise gray headed children, that the hair does not turn black at once, especially if not just previously washed with soap and water. Mr. Donally, of the Liverpool police, has been appointed superintendent of the police at Bootle. We understand, that Mr. James Walker, the celebrated engineer, is now in Liverpool, at the instance of the Corpora tion, to survey and report upon the plan proposed by Captain Denham, of running a wall from Garston to the Potteiies. THE New CUSTOM-HOUSE.—The Northern portico of this splendid building has just been completed, and will have a veiv fine effect when viewed from South Castle -street, as soon as the alterations in progress are completed. The dome will be proceeded with immediately. We understand that the edifice will be completely finished and opened for public business about the month of May next. MR. E. BROWN'S CONCERT.—We beg to remind our friends that this concert will take place To-morrow evening. The eminent talents placed in requisition for the occasion, and the variety of the entertainments announced, will, we have no doubt, ensure a good attendance.—See advertisement THE SHIPPING GAZETTE.—We request the attention of the commercial interests of Liverpool to the advertisement of the Shipping Gazette in another column. This excellent paper we are glad to consider as now firmly established ; and we wish it that extended support which it deserves from the great ability displayed in its management, MR. HARWOOD'S BALL.—Mr. Harwood's sixth ball will take place at his rooms in Great Nelson-street, on Tuesday next. From the excellent arrangements that have hitherto been made at these soirees dansantes, we may anticipate that his guests will have a pleasant evening. THE CABINET OF MODERN ART AND LITERARY SOUVENIR. —We have been delighted with this exquisite collection of gems. The style and execution of the work is admirable throughout. The literary articles rank it far above most of its competitors, while the plates are of the most perfect and elabo rate Character. 'We shall endeavour hereafter to enumerate more in detail a few of the beauties of this elegant volume. CAUTION.—A number of farmers and other persons from the country were, on Saturday, fined in penalties varying from 2s. 6d. to 15s. and costs, for leaving carts in the.street without some person being with them; for riding on their carts without reins; for negligent driving, and other similar offences. The costs, we may remark, in cases where the informations are laid against persons residing out of the town, are nearly double in amount to those within the borough. SUSPECTED ROBBERY.—At the Police-office, on Friday, Francis Hughes, Jane Walker, and Rose Baxendale, were brought up on suspfcion of having been concerned in some robbery which is supposed to have taken place lately, in or about the neighbourhood of Whitechapel. It appears that, a day or two ago, the prisoners went into the shop of Mr. M'- Clellan, draper, in Prince's-street, and offered in payment for goods which they purchased, a ER) Bank of England note. — They bad subsequently offered a gold watch for pledge at the shop of a pawnbroker, who, suspecting that it had been stolen, had caused them to be taken into custody. The note and watch are now lying at the Police-office, until a claimant can be dis covered. The prisoners are remanded until more positive evi dence of their guilt can be brought forward. LIVER THEATRE.—This elegant little theatre opened for the season last evening. The performances commenced with the national anthem, sung by Mrs. Raymond and Mrs. Dale, and the rest of the corps dramatique. The first piece introduced Mr. Dale to the notice of a Liverpool audience, in the charac ter of Will Watterley, in a piece called "Fatal Revenge." Mrs. Raymond, Mr. W. J. Hammond, and Mr. Melville were se verally warmly welcomed on their appearance. The house was very well attended, the pit being full, and the gallery crowded to overflowing. We understand that some attractive novelties are shortly to be produced, and that the campaign is to be car ried on with unusual vigour. AFFLICTING SUICIDE.—On Tuesday morning last, a man named Henry Juries, formerly gardener for many years in the garden in Faulkner-square, and who was dismissed by the new Town Council, was found suspended in his daughter's bed-room by his neckerchief, and was quite dead. An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday afternoon before P. F. Curry, Esq., when it appeared from the evidence of Jane Jones, his wife, that the deceased had been dismissed from his employment at the gardens in May last, and had ever since exhibited signs of insanity. On Monday night he came home at rather a late hour, was very much in liquor, and had some words with his wife, after which he went up stairs, and locked himself up in his daughter's bed-room. His wife and daughter went to bed toge ther, not thinking that anything would happen to the deceased. In the morning, however, as they could not open the door, they became alarmed. The door was at length burst open, and the deceased was found quite dead, with one end of his neckerchief tied round his neck, and the other end tied to a nail in the wall. The jury returned a verdict, that the deceased had strangled himself whilst in a state of mental derangement. THE MAGISTRACY OF LANCASHIRE.—By a parliamentary return " of all persons appointed to act as justices of the peace in each and every county in England and Wales," which has just been printed, we find that the number of magistrates ap pointed to act as justices in and for the county palatine of Lan caster is 519, of whom, however, nearly 190 noblemen and gentlemen are included in the commission, from courtesy or in consequence of their having some connexion with the duchy or palatinate, or from some branches of the families of whom they are respectively the heads, holding possessions in the county. It may not be generally known that the three royal dukes (their highnesses of Cumberland, Sussex, and Cambridge) are in the commission of the peace for this county; so are the archbishops of Canterbury and York, the bishops of London and Chester, Viscoumt Melbourne, "treasurer of his Majesty's Exchequer;" Marquis Lansdowne, president of the council; and Lord Dun cannon, keeper of the privy seal. Besides the dignitaries men tioned, there are in the commission no fewer than 13 dukes, 10 marquises, 9 viscounts, 31 earls, 36 barons, (including the law lords) 56 right hon. baronets, knights, and gentlemen, including many members of the privy council, several of the judges, king's counsel, &c., 9 knights (judges,) 9 baronets, and 6 knights. in cluding the late attorneys-general for the county palatine. knights; are also in the commission, Francis Ludlow Holt, Esq., the vice-chancellof of the county palatine; William Russell, Esq., the attorney-general of the duchy ; and David Francis Atcherlev, Esq., serjeant-at-law, and attorney-general and serjeant of Age county palatine of Lancaster 'The remainder of the list con sists for the most part of gentlemen resident in the county, and ' of 45 clergymen of this and the neighbouring counties. GRAND MASONIC PROCESSION AT WARRINGTON.—The cere mony of laying the key-stone of the new bridge erected over the river Mersey, at Warrington, took place on Thursday, and was accompanied with a most splendid display About ten o'clock a vast concourse of people had assembled in the Market place, where it was fixed the procession should he formed. Soon after that period the different parties met, and the procession, as soon as the necessary arrangements were complete, proceed ed. On the arrival of the party at the bridge, they took the stations allotted to them, and J. Drinkwater, Esq., D.P.G.M., on taking his station near the key-stone, was presented with a silver trowel and cement. A glass box was then produced, con taining the current coins of the realm, the lid of which was cemented on and deposited in a cavity of the stone. A brass plate was placed over it, bearing the following inscription, "Thil key-stone of the centre arch of this bridge was laid by Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, Esq., P.G.M.W.D.C.L., Dec. 26, 1836." The Rev. Joseph Wright, minister of St. James's, Latchford, then offered up a prayer to the great Architect of the universe, that he would enable them to finish the work which had been undertaken for the advantage of the town of Warrington. Three officers then poUred some corn, and oil, and wine on the stone; alter which the reverend gentleman again prayed to the same all-bounteous Being for the future prosperity of the town of Warrington, and that he would he pleased to grant its inhabitants abunlance of corn, oil. and wine to the latest posterity. An appropriate speech was then deli vered by brother Bullough, after which three cheers were given, and. Mr. Stubbs's band, which was in attendance, struck up " God save the King." The procession returned in the same order-as it arrived to the parish church, where an excellent ser mon was preached by the Rev. T. V. Boyne. The different Fncletles then separated, and in the course of the afternoon dined at their VaTiOlth Dieetings; ft -46 THE ITAVERPOOT, STANDARD. TO THE TRADE MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, FELT COUNTRYMEN,—At the present eventful period, when society is in a state of transition, and the'antagonist principles of good and evil are struggling for ascendancy—whe n experi ments not merely of a questionable but a dangerous ❑ature are made upon our national institutions by rulers who basely sub mit to coercion from men devoid of political, and in many cases of moral, principle—when, under the specious name of reform, changes are sought to be introduced which have, in all nations where such experiments have socceeded;.been the precursors of anarchy and despotism—when, under the covert pretext of or ganic change, the independence of the upper house, and with it the happy equilibrium of the British 'constitution is sought to he destroyed—when the church of our forefathers is assailed by a motley array of Papists, Socinians, Infidels, and others, who are themselves disagreed upon all points except that of her de struction—when the throne itself is safe only till the period when its strongest bulwarks are removed, and until it can be attacked with greater safety and certainty —we, the Conservative Trades men of Liverpool, deem it to be our duty, as we feel it to be our privilege, to call upon you, our Fellow Tradesmen throughout the empire, to form yourselves into Local Conservative Asso ciations, that we may be united in one sacred baud, determined to resist the further progress of revolutionary measures, and to stand firmly by that constitution which has been the slow but sure growth of ages, and which we believe to be the greatest preservative of civil and religious liberty that any nation has been privileged to enjoy. Rejoicing as we do over the growth of national intelligence-- of commercial enterprise—of extended knowledge in the arts and sciences—and of the characteristic industry of our country, and freely admitting that, by the lapse of ages, errors and abuses may have crept into our institutions, we are not opposed to safe and constitutional remedies which have been rendered actually necessary by the changes that have been wrought in the structure of society, but we cannot close our eyes to the fact, that many of those who advocate reform secretly mean destruction; that their desire is the extension of republican principles, and the introduction of systems repugnant to the wishes of the majority of the property and intelligence of the land, opposed to all subordination, and totally incompatible with the security of monarchical institutions. Many amongst us hive risen from the class of labouring me chanics, have been protected in courses of industry, and have enjoyed the blessings which the equal laws of Great Britain offer to all; and our associations and stations in life give us abundant opportunity of noting the progress of public opinion. A solemn act of the legislature having invested us with elec tive privileges, has virtually placed in our hands, humanly speaking, the present welfare and the future happiness or misery of our country. With the privilege of franchise is connected the responsibility of employing it aright; and, forming as we do, the connecting link between the rich and the poor, we are accountable to God, to our country, and to postinity, for the use we make of the power with which we have been invested. Disguise it as we may, it is an assured fact that popery is pre dominant in the councils of the nation—that a popish faction in Ireland now usurp the authority of the executive, without even the acknowledgment of responsibility; and that as long as par ties are so evenly balanced that a few votes will cause either to preponderate, the ministry of the day must ever be at the mercy of popish influence, and must concede their demands, however outrageous, or resign the helm into other hands, to be similarly dealt with. When, however, it is the misfortune of the country that men utterly devoid of principle are in possession of the reins of government, whose latitudinarianism and flexibility are as expansive as the demands of scepticism and sedition are in sulting and treasonable, and when we look in vain amongst the majority of our rulers for that uncompromising rectitude o 1 principle which animated our forefathers in times of public danger, we feel that the period has arrived when neutrality is unpardonable, and when it is our duty to associate ourselves to gether, determined, with the help of Providence, to resist the destructive principles now afloat, and to join heart and hand for the preservation of all we hold dear. W e b e li eve t h a t un l ess a ` resolute stand be made by the middle classes of society, in de fence of the British constitution, that it must fall, and with it be extinguished a greater measure of national freedom than any people have yet enjoyed. Religion is now deemed a point of little consequence in civil government, instead of being regarded as the great spring of men's actions and determinations; and our rules both general and local, now advocate the doctrine that any religion or no religion shall not disqualify a man from places of public trust. But the spurious notion of general benevolence, however specious in theory, is a meagre substitute for the valuable realities resulting from that religious principle which is founded on scriptural truth, and which we trust is yet deeply rooted in the affections of the British people. We assert that the genuine spirit of protestantism which repudiates all connection with popery, and which stands aloof flour latitudinarianism both in civil and religious matters, must be revivei amongst us, and those men, no matter what the denomination, who can make common cause with the enemies of our church and country: must be removed from places of public trust and Lke made to feel the weight of general and virtuous indignation. It is high time that the members of the established churehes should learn to distinguish their friends fi oni their foes, and be tween those who openly avow their desire for their destruction, and those who are servilely found in the ranks of their enemies, yet hypocritically wearing their livery, and answering to the muster roll of their soldiers. We think that the Conservative press has been too long neglected, and has not received that support which its impor tance demands. It is a lamentable fact that numberles s Con servatives support the radical and revolutionary journals to the neglect of their own, and thus assist in the dissemination of moral poison throughout the land. The advertisements and circulation of these' papers is thus increased by Conservative support, vvl,ilst our opponents, with more consistency, but less liberality, are rarely found supporting journals in opposition to their political opinions. The press is a great moral enginb, which has done and will yet do more for the propagation of conservative principles than any other means. We call upon you, therefore, to support it in every possible way. It is our fervent wish that you should form conservative associations in every town, that each loyal tradesman may know his fellow—may have a rallying point—may be enabled to attend in bodies at public meetings, and so be ready to support each other, and to coalesce with other towns and counties in the maintenance of conservative principles. Remembering that unopposed minorities have in all countries precipitated revolutions, and that the agitations of restless demagogues, when tamely submitted to, have always ended in bloodshed, anarchy, and at last military despotism, let us derive lessons of wisdom from the records of history; let us declare boldly for God and our country; let us use all the means and influence which Providence has placed at our disposal, with faithfulness, energy, and sincerity, and then leave the issue in His hand who rules the destinies of nations. EDWARD BYFORD, Secretary. MR. JAMES EFEYWORTH AND EVERTON AND KIRKOALE WARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.,4ND4RD. SIR,-1, am delighted to find the manner in which the resi dents of this ward are taking up the cowardly attack made lately upon Mr. Hevworth, their conservative reliresentative. I do ❑ot know where a gentleman could be found, who could have so efficiently represented this ward in the council, as Mr. Hey worth has dune ; indeed, it was my conviction, when he was first brought forward as a candidate, that he was the most fit. It appears there were difficulties in the way at the time—dif ficulties not arising from there being any objections in the minds of the conservative electors of the ward to him; or, indeed, in the minds of those who were opposed to hint in politics—for it is a remarkable fact, that a very respectable gentleman of that party, Mr. John M‘George --one who had grown gray in the service—the hard service of whiggery—for truly, a hard service it is, attended the meeting at Kirkdale, when Mr. Heyworth was proposed, and voluntarily, unsolicited, and, I need scarcely add, unexpectedly came forward and expressed his great re spect for that gentleman, arising from a long acquaintance with his character, and his conviction of his fitness to represent the ward in the Town Council. Nay, such is the esteem in which he is held by men of all parties, that at our ward dinner—that memorable dinner—at which the speech was made, which has set our liberal friends in the council by the ears, that we were favoured by the company of the radical assessor of the ward. The difficulties were not with the electors of the ward, for he had long resided in the neighbourhood, was well known and much respected, both by the rich and by the poor. (to whom his general benevolence is a matter of notoriety.) The difficulties were in the objection of Mr. Heyworth's own mind; and, from the known character of the majority of that council, their con duct in general, and'their conduct in particular on a late oc casion, a notion may he formed of some of them; he had a strong objection to go into the council, and he would not have consented to have gone, if he had not, nolens volens been forced there. I do not wish to disparage the services of other conservative gentlemen in the council. for what—as Mr. Heyworth observed at our ward dinner—could they do? A small minority, against the cabals of the tyrant majority arrayed against them; but I cannot, in justice to the man of our choice but say, they have done much, but he has done more; and, at the next municipal election, in our selection of the candidate for our ward, I hope we may be as fortunate as we were at the last--that we may hit upon a gentleman of the same firm determination, unflinching integrity, and uncompromising principles. In the first reformed (?) council, the number of conservative members was small indeed; it is still small, buts I hope, at the next-election it will swell out, to be equal, if not superior to that of our opponents; that that little band may go on increasing, until it becomes a large company; and if an allusion to holy writ is not out of place—" That like the cloud no bigger than a man's hand," it may swell out and extend itself, giving tokens of an abundance of great rain. Hitherto the - harmony of that most inharmonious body—the Town Council—had been unbroken, except, indeed. by their own paltry jealousies, their petty intrigues, conflicting inter, gists, and the carping& of their disappointed expectants ; but now, when the property and intelligence of the town is begin ning to be represented—when they are reflected there by gen tlemen who are not from their necessities liable to temptation, or. from their education and standing in society, likely to "dodge and polter in the shifts of meanness:" they feel un easy, suspicious, and spiteful. Whether they \ are falsely alarmed, or-groundlessly afraid, I know not; but as ail man kind are liable to err, and most require to be kept in check, when they have money and patronage, largely, at their die- , posak; so I think that the most ardent admirer of radicalism will admit, the possibility—mind I do not the probability—of their going a little astray, in the absence of some. wholesome controul. No wonder that the feelings of the peoples' friends should be wounded, when they were told that they had used the power and patronage committed to them ; in trust, for the general good—they who had all their lives long believed, or wished to make others believe—that they would be pure and uncorrupt in all their dealings in public matters, that they would not only not lavish their favours upon their relations, personal friends, buts that theylwould equally pass by their political adherents; I say, no wonder that they should be annoyed when they were told that they had not only put their own relations, personal friends, and political adherents into places, but they had turned out the old servants of the public,—whose only fault was that they were tories—to make room for then): and that, when pl ices could not be found—either from the voluntary resigna lion of some, who knew that if they remained these places would be made ton hot for them, or from the compulsory dis charge of others—places were actually made. It would be too much to expect from the party—that in famous party—who had framed that most infamous enactment of the poor-law bill—to commiserate the feelings of old people, when they were thus abruptly sent away from the places they were attached to from their youth, and in which they, from custom, supposed they had a life interest—or the actual misery that .would be brought upon some, by not being able to earn their living in any other way; for every one knows the diffi culty that persons who have been brought up in public offices, in gaining their livelihood in any other way. [rue it is, not many—thanks to the House of Lords, who had a sort of pro phetic knowledge of what the treatment of such persons would be—have been thus left desolate, but some have; and those that were not have become a burthen—not upon the private re sources of those who were thus unworthily making provision for their friends—but upon the public ; men who for many years would have been able and willing to serve them. And have the public been benefited by those changes? Have those per sons who have been substituted talents superior to those who have been removed? Certainly not. We challenge compa risons, (comparisons are odious, as the common proverb has it, and in this instance, no doubt, particularly odious to tne Town Council,) yet, notwithstanding their—let others judge whether they are honest—prejudices—we must institute comparisons. Is the office of Town-clerk better filled by Mr. Radcliffe than it was by Mr. Foster ? Is' the office of Treasurer better filled by Mr, Wybergh than it was by Mr. Case ? Is the office of Surveyor better filled by Mr. Franklin than it was by Mr. John Foster ? Is not the answer plain to any man of common sense ; and the reason obvious why these changes were made—i. e. that the radicals might get places for their friends, and is not. Mr. - Thomas Smith correct in saying, " that we have a mort gaged council," that thef are pledged up to the chin in promises to their supporters.. It is an unpleasant thing, it is a hard thing to be placed as Mr. James Hevworth is in the Town Council, - to have to fight, almost single-lianded, such a, conclave as, at present, that body is constituted; for, however much they may disagree amongst themselves upon many subjects, and disagree they do, they are quite agreed upon one, viz., to oppose all that is conservative in our civil, and all that is ristian in our religious institutions; and though Mr. Heyworth is a host in himself, and equal to the whole horde, (for when were not principle and consistency equal, though in one individual, to their opposite qualities in a hundred?) and though the greatest satisfaction a gentleman has, in doing what he thinks is his duty, is the approbation of his own conscience; yet there is something in knowing that his conduct is approved of by those for whom he may have an es tehn. Further, I feel it is a duty we owe to him for thus fear lessly fighting our battles, opposed as he is, by such an unequal force ; and, further, it is, as a matter of self-preservation, our interest, as well as our duty, to express our determination to support those who manfully, and at such fearful odds, in point of numbers, stand up for us; for if such fearless conduct meet not with our marked approbation and support, how can we ex pect any one to enter the lists for us. And, if any other reason is wanted, it is our duty to show to his oppressors, and our op -pressors, our contempt and disapprobation of their conduct. Obviously, the thanks of the electors of our ward in particular, and that of those in every other ward in general, are eminently due to Mr. James Heyworth. I feel, too, that the thanks of all independent men are due to 'Mr. Samuel Holnie, for the prompt manner in which he drew ,the attention of the public, through the medium of the Trades- I men's Conservative Snciety, to the meritorious conduct of Mr. Heyworth, in exposing the delinquencies of the Council ; and though his talented and piquant letter to the chairman pro tem. of the meeting, not being able to attend himself, was not, evi dently, intended to be made public, as, doubtless, from his known courtesy. it would have been couched in more softened, though not one iota less firm language ; for it contains only his, as well as that of conservatives generally, sentiments avowed both in private as well as in public a thousand times over. The vauntings of the radicals, as put forth in their hireling journals, upon their supposed vanquishment of Mr. Heyworth, in their cowardly attacks upon him in the Council-room, re minds me of those juvenile rhymes, perhaps not in the Rath bone collection— "Father, mother, and I, with a stout and sturdy hand, Beat a very little boy until he could neither walk nor stand." Where was that mild and religious gentleman, Mr. Black burn, the divinity lecture' of the Town Council, in whose ac count of the Irish schools there are more misstatements than in the same length that I ever read in any other document pro fessing to come from a gentleman ; and the most charitable construction that I can put upon it is, that it was made in a total ignorance of the subject. Where was he, when his friend — pot he by name Bully—for there is one in that august body by name Bully, as well as one by nature—Bully. I say where was he, whose theology is put forth so ostentatiously, wheir God's holy word is to be sacrificed to help forward the Socinian scheme of educating youth without religion ? Where was he when his -friend insulted the laws of righteous heaven, by seeking to em brue his hands in the blood of his fellow Creature ? A word or two about the schools, and then I have done. Where are now those ministers that our voluntaries are so fond of boasting of, now that the schools are abandoned by the clergy? Abandoned, did I say, yes, but not willingly. Had the Town Council left them as they found them, the clergy would still visit them, but now they cannot, now they dare not; true, still, the altar is there, but the sacred fire is gone. Where are those men, the pride and boast of the voluntary system? The foot of no teacher of religion, I speak of the south school, ever enters there except that of a Romish_ priest; and, as a dissenter, a Councilman, and liberal, said to me, a few days ago, with a sort of leer—" it will be well if he confines his instructions to his own children ;" and it is a fact, those few protestant children who remain in the school, "those few sheep" have no religious in struction whatever, except what they receive from the gratui tous zeal of the lady of a Councilmap, who, as if she felt con scious that her husband had been instrumental in bringing upon the school its present moral dearth, thought she ought to do something in mitigation of its degradation. "She bath done what she could;" and let us hope that she, uninfluenced by those principles which have blighted and deadened the better feelings of her husband, in secret, unseen by mortal eye, un heard by mortal ear, pours forth, in tears, a prayer;' and such a prayer as woman, for her husband only, can pray. But what will become of those little rhildsen, when, from choice or ne cessity, this benevolent lady withdraws from the school? Is it not more than probable that the result will be, (what my friend, the Councilman, in his iuuendo, hinted it may now be,) that it will become a popish seminary? It is not generally known, that soon after the election of the first Council, a committee was formed to investigate the con tracts of the sale of land made by the old corporation ? From their silence upon the subject, the result may be easily guessed at ; had anything wrong been found on—would they have ob served such a dignified silence? And such was the examina tion _to which some of the old servants of the corporation were subiett, that questions were put involving ideas that never en tered, from their wickedness into their minds, and could only emanate from those of the darkest hue. I never enter the Town-hall, through its dark and tortuous passages, made so by late changes—would that all their changes had been so harmless—though lights are kept constantly burn ing, showing that though the light of reason (according to some) may enter there, the light of heaven, in more senses, perhaps, than one never can • I say I ❑ever enter there but I am reminded of some ancient mansion, once the abode of the noble and the good, that has fallen into the hands of some ras cally attorney, sufficient, of the old furniture remaining to show its former splendour.—Yours, AN INHABITANT OF KIRKDALE. Flan IN OLDH A 7,1-STREET.—On Saturday morning as police; officer Brien, No. 327, was passing the premises of Mr. Bd. mmulson, Oldham-street, he discovered them to be oh fire he immediately gave the alarm, and three young men', Messrs. M`Carthy, Aspinall, and Smith, who were returning from the fire in Pownall-street, came to his assistance. They gave the alarm to the famil, and gained admittance to the premil"es ; and before the engines arrived they succeeded in getting the under. Muth praise is due to them for their exertions. TO THEIR. HONOURS THE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CORPORATION SCHOOL, MAY IT PCfiASr YOUR HONOURS,--1 Thady Brady, of Kit megranny, schoolmaster, seeing that Mrs. Fianntigan continues to boAier me, and that I'm torn to pieces between the priest and the parson, wittiont being able to please either of them, humbly beg your honours to give me the place of master to your girls school, where I'm told you turned the parsons out, after the holydays, so that I'll be quit of them any how, if I come : and as I see you're very particular about qualifications, I just beg leave to acquaint you with mine. And first as to po litics; I'm an unflinching reformer, and for universal suffridge, and vote by ballot, and peerage reform, and the voluntary sys tem, and all that; and as soon as I get a vote, I'll give it, of course, as my employers bid me. 2d.--As to religion I'm of the ould church, and "admit the Holy Scriptures according to that sense wiiich ourholy mother church has held and doeb hold; neither will I evertake or interpret them otherwise than according to the unanimous consent of the fathers, and I acknowledge the holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church for the mother and mistress of churches, and promise true obedience to the Bishop of Rome." But, nevertheless, I have no objection to teach what's commonly called "The Church Catechism," because, in the first place, one of your honourable committee sa y s , " it's full of popery from beginning to end ; " and next if it is'nt, one of your honourable committee (teaches it, although he thinks it "full of idolatry; " because as he justly argues though it's idolatry to him it isn't so to them; and if they will be damned their own way it isn't my fault, any how; so that I'm not particular, and will teach any thing you wish me to teach in school hours or out of school hours when or how you please—and if that it is not liberty Of conscience I don't know what is. Next as to morals, I understand . yon are not so particular as to wh a t a man was so th a t h e i s refor m ed. I was a little given to liquor but now am a tee-totaller. And then as to my wife, I hope you'll take it for granted that I am married, without requiring me to bring marriage lines, because I've lost mine (if 1 ever h a d a ny) an d bee-fuse I know some of you are not over strict in that way, and think that if folks Eve comfortable as man and wife together, it isn't liberal to ask whether or no they had a few words mumbled over them by a priest or a parson. In short, please your honours, I'm sure you'll find me an enlightened man in every way and do any thing, and say,any thing, and teach any thing your honours please, and if that wont please you, I don't know what will; and so hoping for a liberal answer, I remain, your honours' humble • servant, at command. Kilmegrannv County Clare. THADY BRADY. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT. On Friday last an information was laitl before the sitting ma gistrates against the proprietor of an omnibus which runs daily between Liverpool, Bootle, and C r osby, for carrying a gr eater number of passengers than the law allowed. The informer in this case was a person of the name of Wood, a solicitor, we be lieve, and said to be a very respectable person, who lives some where on the road traversed. The case was fully proved, but under circumstances which justified the magistrates in enforc ing only the mitigated penalty of £5. The proprietor of the omnibus was driving at the time, and the extra passengers con sisted of the coachman, his daughter, and a female, who was taken up on the road.• The inconvenience was cheerfully sus tained by most of the gentlemen present, ,who were, very natu rally, unwilling to leave a female to walk the whole distance unprotected. But the humanity of the informer was moved, and he ordered the cad to stop, professedly to relieve the horses, but in reality to take an exact account of the number of passen gers. We are no advocates for the violation of the law, and are at all times averse to the overworking of animals; but we find in this case these mitigating circumstances which plead strongly in extenuation of the offence. - We must, however, do justice to the humane feelings of the informer in descending from the omnibus, and we have no doubt if he would make it his usual practice to travel on foot, the proprietors of the numerous vehicles on the road would feel infinitely obliged to him, as the presence of an informer is not very pleasant at any time. We might indulge in a little mirth at the attacks made by our libe rals upon publicans, car-drivers, &c., but lest our contemporaries should accuse of making this also a political question, we shall content ourselves by expressing our gratification that the gen tleman in question was not a conservative. A very curious note has been put into our hands, but we decline publishing it, as it might subject us to some inconvenience. Strange things are coming to pass every day, and the opinions of our libei-als are in fluenced by the political character; but we are foolish enough to entertain the opinion, that an in fanner is not a very respecta ble man. Necessity may plead some excuse—the offer of re ward may tempt a poor man—and the hope of revenge may de termine others; but in the case of a respectable man we know no other excuse than the one urged in this case—HUMANITY. Oh dear ! The humanity of a Whig !! ! See the poor law bill. But that affects men, not horses. The subscription for raising a statue to the Duke of 'Welling ton, near the new London Bridge, amounts at present to up. wards of £SCOO. THE IRON TRADE.—We are sorry to hear that the reaction in the demand for iron, though such an event might reasonably have been expected, has reached South Wales, and that the ironmasters have been compelled to "blow out," as the phrase is, a certain number of their furnaces. When, however, we look at the list of notices eftracted from the various provincial papers, of bills for railroads intended to be solicited in the en suing session of parliament, we cannot but believe that the diminution of orders is but temporary, and that the ensuing spring will restore the furnaces to their full activity. The de mand for iron in America being simultaneous with that for home consumption, has tended to keep up the price to a point beyond that. which it ought to maintain, and the railroad makers of the Il nited St a t es are w i se enoug h to hang hack, unt il rea sonable prices will be accepted ; or, in default of this, to look at home for a supply, It is alsoa subject of mush consolation that the railroad from Cardiff to Merthyr, and others in the neigh bourhood, will afford ample employment for all the labourers who may be deprived of Work by Hi?) recent determination of the ironmagers to " blow ont" some of theii furnaces ; even if our anticipations of a large deMand for iron' should not be re alized.—NertlYyr (3 nrdie L " ✓v / • TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL 3T,IND4RD. Sin,—Your contemporary the Cburier contained last week a paragraph relating to the depressed state but forcible claims on public benevolence of the Ladies' Charity. It is, indeed, a remarkable circumstance that an institution of such aliatute, providing as it does for the exigencies of poor married women at a time when they most need, and are most sensible of sympathy and support, should be allowed to languish for want. of - funds. Other charities whose objects are not more excellent, anctwhich do not appeal in.near so intimate a manner to the feelings es pecially to those of the female heart, a re lib era ll y up h e ld by public contribution, and have been enabled to extend their beneficial influences as the town has increased in pepulou=ness and misery, but the Ladies' Charity, or as it is also called the institution for the relief of poor married women in child-bed, has not only not augmented in pecuniary resources, as the wealth and importance of the community hav e augmented, but has absolutely during this time been recedingand sustaining a steady diminution of its means to do good. The following table, com piled from the information afforded at page 13 of the last annual report, exhibits the proof of this .painful fact. It will be observed that the sources of income are annual subscriptions, legacies, and donations, and the annual balls; the separate and combined amounts of which are given for several periods of five years, and by annual averages, commencing with the year 1801: Annual subscriptions. Total. Annual average. Five years ending with 1805.. £2419 7 0 £483 17 5 1815.. 2973 0 0 594 12 ft 1825.. 25.1311 0 508 14 2 1835.. 2178 17 6 435 15 6 Legacies and donations. Total. Annual average I Five years endin g with 1805....£618 3 10 £l23 12 9 1815.... 1299 691 259 17 4 1825.... 1130 9 11 226 '2 0 1835.... 738 0 3 147 12 0 ce of balls. Annual average. £18:3 7 3 310 14 1 323 18 8 267 14 9 Produ Total. Five years ending with 1805....£916 14 0 1815.... 1553 10 8 1825.... 1619 13 4 1835.... 1338 13 9 Total income. Aggregate amount. Annual average Five years ending with 1805—£3954 4 10 £790 17 0 1815.. 5825 17 5 1165 3 0 1825.. 5293 14 3 1058 14 10 I 1835.. 4255 11 6 B5l 2 3 The chief support of the charity hence appears to be derived from the annual subscriptions, and these are now actually less in amount than they were thirty years ago, though Liverpool is now two and a half times as populous, and in a still greater proportion wealthier than it was then. lam sure that those liberal and influential persons who interest themselves in the welfare of the public charities cannot have noticed this surpris• ing fact. Here is an institution possessing undeniable claims on every reflecting and benevolent mind, the necessity for which has never heen contested, and yet it has been gradually declining in prosperity for the last twenty-five years. Had the ratio of the annual subscriptions kept pace with that of the nu merical increase of the population merely, instead of being only .£435, they would amount to upwards of £l2OO. The other departments of the table are deserving of the same attention, and show the same unhappy decrease in the charity's income, especially since the term of years ending with 1815. It would be difficult to assign an adequate cause for the strange phenomenon this admirable charity presents in the midst of our flourishing town. . It is the only charity of the kind, neither interfering with, nor ever having been interfered with by any similar or rival institution ; it affords no relief to undeserving objects, and holds out no inducements to thoughtlessness and improvidence, but succours only the truly needy and chaste ; it has received the sanction and encouragement of all parties. religious, political, and philosophical, and has always been under excellent superintendence and high patronage. It ap pears, therefore, not to be deficient in any of the elements of success, and vet it is notoriously inadequate to the wants and necessities of the poor, extremely limited in its capability of contributing to the improvement of medical science, and utterly disproportioned in revenue—a disproportion which is the sole cause of the other evils—to the opulence and extentof the town. It is fervently to be hoped that some decided means may he taken of attracting public attention to this, one only obsteric charity, and of bringing it in particular, with all its laudable objects and stirring claims, under the notice of the residents in Liverpool generally, many of whom aro either not aware of its existence, or are only very partially acquainted with its inten tions and present state.—Yours, A. B. December 24th, 1836. EXTENSIVE FIRE. At a few minutes to twelve o'clock, on Friday night, a fire broke out in the extensive cooperage of Mr. Winder, Upper Pownall-street. It originated in the workshop where his men had been recently . employed, and, as might be expected from the materials with which the premises were so abundantly stocked, -the flames soon extended, showing themselves, at an alarming elevation. The wind was fresh, or rather high, and, as the cooperage ran back to the houses in Park-lane, f our t een o f which instantly ignited, and stood parallel to the foundry of Messrs. Foster and Griffin, the alarm was very considerable. Before the arrival of the engines, the office was very properly broken open, and all the books and p apers remove d ; - an d Bar net, the fireman, in . examining the situation of the place, dis covered four horses Ills stable. Th e fl ames were a l rea d y a b out i them : Barnet rushed in, and turned out two of the poor animals, One galloped off, but the other was so much scorched that he has since been destroyed. In endeavouring to save the horses. Barnet had his coat burnt off his back; but this did not prevent him from subsequent exertions, which elicited the marked ap probation of the crowd. The engines arrived in a f ew m i nu t es , an d commence d play ing in Pownall-street ; but Mr. Whiny, seeing that any attempt to stop the flames in the cooperage was ineffectual, left one en gine to protect the foundry, and withdrew the others to Park lane, where three additional engines had arrived. The scene here was indescribable: from every door and window, beds, bedding, and furniture were ejected; while the flames showed themelves through the back windows, the wood-work of which was on fire. The difficulty encountered by the firemen, however, was less from the obstruction than from the intense heat. The burning hoops lay literally up against the hack doors, and, as the flames raged along, in one dense body opposite fifteen dwelling-houses, the branchmen could not stand so as to direct the water properly. They tried the roofs, but could not maintain their position, from the immense heat. The West of England firemen, under direction of Mr. Whitehouse, soon, however, succeeded in cooling a footing for themselves, and did most effectual service, while, at the same instant, the firemen of en gines 6,3, Find 4 co-operated from three houses in Park-lane. Thus, eighteen dwelling-houses, which the most experienced firemen gave up for lost, were completely saved. • In the mean time, Hewitt, the superintendent of the engines, had effectually saved all the premises south of Pownall•street ; and in about an hour, so rapid were the flames, the cooperage was completely burnt down, and all apprehension of further danger removed. The wind now grew fresher, but, fortunately, shifted a little so as to lessen the danger to the houses in Park lane, but lest it should increase during the morning, six engines continued playing until five o'clock. This was a more alarming and more rapid fire than that which occurred, two years since, in the premises of Messrs. Foster and Stewart, Lawton -street, but could hardly be considered, by the lovers of the picturesque in such things, as quite so grand. Mr. Winder is insured to the full value in the Sun and Plicinix Fire-offices. There was neither stone nor brickwork in the building, which was entirely of wood, well painted and pitched. Excellent order was preserved by the police and a division of the 7th regiment, under Captain Hope, which was promptly on the spot, and did an unpleasant . duty with great cour t es y a nd firmness. We never saw mili tary who behaved better, under similar circumstances.. WARRINGTON BILL—The annual ball', for the benefit of the Dispensary and Infirmary, in this town, was held on Tuesday night, at the Lion Hotel, which, as far as regards the aristocracy of the neighbourhood kindly assembling on the occasion, may now be fairly considered as one of the most splendid meetings in this part of the county. The lady patronesses were Lady Gerard, Mrs. Wilson Patten, Mrs. Cornwall Leigh, and Mrs. Lyon. The company consisted of about two hundred and sixty persons of the first respectability, amongst whom we noticed Lord de Tabley, Lord Loftus, Lady Amelia Kaye, Sir Henry and Lady Bold Hoghton, Sir John and Lady Gerard, Captain Robert Gerard, Sir Harry and Lady Mainwaring and the Misses Mainwaring, Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Sir Richard Brooke, Col one l B roo k e, M r . an d M rs . H. E. E. Warburton, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham, the Hon. Mrs. G. Hornby and Miss Hornhv, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Patten, Miss Parker, of Cuerden, Mr. and Mrs. and the Misses Glegg,. of Wallington, Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, of Astle, Mr. and Mrs. Ire land Blackburne and the Misses J. Blackburne, Miss Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Shakerley, Mr. and Mrs. and the Misses Corbett, of Darnhall, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Humphrey Trafford, Mr. William and Mr. Arthur Hulton, Lady Charlotte Egerton, Mrs. Leigh, of Lvnim Hall, Mr. and Mes. Cornwall Leigh, Mr. Bankes, of Winstanley, Mr. Lyon, the Hon. Mr. Scarlett, Mr. J. Heath Leigh, Miss Caroline Mozley, 14.1gerton Leigh, Esq., High Sheriff of Cheshire and his Larry, Misi Eaton, of the Pole, Misses Orred, of Chester, Abs. Hughes, of Sherdley, Michael Hughes, Esq., Mr. and Miss Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. Withington, Mr. and the Misses Barton, of Egerton, Colonel Gooch, and many others, whom our spade does not admit us to particularise. The military band ot the King's Dragoon Guards, stationed at Manchester, attended and afforded much pleasure. The display of beauty and fashion was such as to . excite general admiration: A number of the ladies were adorned with diamonds of the most superb description. Danc ing was kept up,till a late hour, and the meeting passed off in the most gratifying manner to all present,' and with material benefit to the charity. . 4, ... ~,: _:i THE CHURCH A sum of £2,576 has already been subscribed towards build ing and endowiug a new cbtirch at Chestettietd,—Derby Mer^ curt!. Sites have been given by Lord Soathampton, the Mercers° Company, Mrs, Wheeler, and the Rev. Joseph Midhurst for new churches about to be built from the Metropolis Churches' Fund. We hope soon to aneliiitite other - similar grants fur the same excellent purpose. UNIVERSITY AND ECCLESaCrt6AL INTELLICENCE.-OX-. FORD, DEC. .18.—In a convocatiou holden yesterday, being the last day of Michaelmas Term, tbe following degrees were con! ferred ;—Doctor in Divinity, the Rev. J. Cooke; Magdalen Hall; Bachelor in Divinity, the Rev. F. C. Plumptre, r' , l4iter of University College; Bachelors in Civil Law, R. W. Higgs ‘ Fellow of St. John's College, and F. T. Pratt, St. John's Col,- lege (by commutation); Master of Arts, the Rev. T. Turner, Exeter College; Bachelor of Arts, R. W. Keate, Ch. ch.• PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENT?.--J. Hag - gen-4 has been appointed Chauchellor of Lincoln. The .Bishop of Durham has appointed the Rev. R. Chattoe, 8.A., of Trinity . College, Dublin, to the Curacy of Whickham. The Rev. R. E. Hughes, to the Rectory Compton,. Winyates, with the Vicarage of Tysoe annexed, Warwickshire. The Rev. J. Russell, M.A., to the Rectory ofJacobstow, Devno. The Rev. E. Furdson, A.M., to the Vicarage of Lamertou, Devon. The G. E. Gepp, M.A., one of the assistant maters of Harrow School, has been appointed to the Head Mastership of the Free Grammar Sehool, founded by Queen Eiizabeh, at Ash-, bourn, in Derbyshire. The Rev. 'F. Lear Iris been appointed Archdeacon or Siium, vies the Rev. L. Clarke, resigned. PTONIOTIONS.—Rev, W. A. Shirley, vicar of Shirley, Der byshire, to the rectory of Whiston, Yorkshire; Rev. E. B. icilen,•curate of Salisbury, to the parish chapel of Goodsbaw, near Burnley. • The Earl of liarrowby has appOinted the Rev. Richard Gwillym, M.A., Incumbent of Ulverston, to be one of his lord ship's domestic chaplains. • The Rev. George Peacock, Fellow and Tutor of Trinity Col, lege, Cambridge, has been appointed Lowudean Professor of Astronomy, in the room of the late Rev. Mr. Lax. MISCELLANEOUS. Lady Fitzgerald, of Clare, has given £lOO to the Mendieitf Society of Clare. Lord Willoughby has caused a quantity of beef to be distri buted to the poorer inhabitants of Griinsthorpe and its vicinity. On Thursday last our member, Captain Polhill, with hil. usual benevolence, distributed amongst the : poor inhabitants. of the borough nearly 101) tons of coals.-13edfurd paper. SPINNERS' DISPUTE AT PLAESThN.—This unfortunate die, puce stilt remains unsettled, and' the masters have determined not to admit of the interference of a third party in the matter. Cot Nry CONSTITUENtY.—The eleetval lists of both divisions of this county stand as folloWs:—We4t Worce . sterahire, 4,654; East Worcester s hi re , 5,995 . T he f i rst retains in 1832 were West Worcestershire, 1,122; East Worcestershire, 5,161. Worcester Herald. The approaching marriage of the Earl of Winchilsea to the Ilon. Miss Bagot, Maid of Honour to the Queen, will take place at Brighton, and it is expected that their Majesties will give the bride away. Lord Maryborough intends to be. present at the ceremony, which, we understand, takes place the begin ning of the new year. Four ships from British North America, timber-laden, viz.; the Othello, the Christopher, the Asia, and the Egfred, are re, ported to have become water-logged and abondoued in the Western Ocean, Several other ships, on the same voyage, have sustained considerable damage. NEW /IA ttwAT§ —Active steps are taking towards forming a railway from Manchester to London. One also is contem plated from Bolton to Preston. The latter is to enable the goods of the bleacher to be conveyed with more speed than heretofore. The expense in crossing the vallev„ of the Ribble will be enormous. An embankment of three miles long will be, necessary, one tulle of which will requite the removal of 2,0Q0,000 cubic vards, and, with the bridge over the Ribble, will cost more than £200,000. TRANSATLANTI C STEAM NiIi'IGATION.—The British and American Steam Navigation Company have entered into con tracts for the building of vessels. The engines, of 460 horse power, to be ready to go on board on the Ist of September ; and the first vessel to start on her passage the Ist of March following. She is to have capacity for twenty-five days' fuel, 600 passen gers, and 800 tons of measurement goods. MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.--The contemplated marriage between C. W. Codrington, Esq., M.P., and Lady Georgiana Somerset, second daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, will be so letnnised on Tuesday, at Badminton. The president of the board of controul has arrived at Corsham House, Wilts, on a visit to Mr. Methuen, M.P. It is reported the right hon. baro net is on the eve of marrying one of the daughters of Mr. Me thuen. A SHIP WITHOUT A CREW.—Sunday morning 'a ship without a crew was blown into Buffin Bay. I'he coast-guards as soon as they boarded her, were much surprised to tinct by,her,appear ance, that she had been in that deserted condition fora long time, as a great deal of seaweed was adhering to her sides, 4 . 9 a no unusual quantity of water was in her lioNl4- - causequentiy . n& leak had been sprung. We suppose she bad capsized at sea ;' and after much fruitless toil to bring her to rights her despair ing crew had deserted hen—Galway.Advertiser. TEA.—The Treasury.. letter and Customs' order, the former dated the 26th of November, and the latter the Ist of December„, lately published, relative to the return of the duty on bohea tea exported, apply only to such bohea tea as may now remain in the bonded warehouses on which the duty of Is. 6d. per pound was paid on or before the 31st of July last, and the exportation of which must be duly certified by the proper officers. . THE OLDHAM 'I'UUN-OUT.—The contest at Oldham still con. tinues; Messrs. Ogden and Haworth's hands refusing to aban don their demand of an advance of ed. per. thousand - hanks. Hitherto no unusual disturbance has occurred, and the town is as peaceable and orderly - as if all the fit6fory popnlatiOn were well and fully employed. - The number of hands at a stand is about 4000, taking the spinners at 400, piecers 1000; tart]; frame, &c. hands 1300, power-loom weavers 1300. - THE OLDHAM SHOEMAKERS.—The jeurneythen shoemakers. of Oldham, who are members of a trades' union, heyeforaevend months refused to work for certain of the mitsteri, except on, such terms at the council of their union pleasigt t©-dictate. The employers are consequently obliged to obtain otheikeerkmen.• who have been assailed by blows, and other perentiainitries; from the turn-outs, and the windows of houses Occupies' brtheut have been broken alniost every. night. in consequence of representations made to the magistrates on the subject; 54 of the inhabitants were sworn special constables at the petit sessions on Thursday. OWENITES AT 5l liDDLEToN.—AI party of Owenites attended at Middleton, on Monday last, to introduce to the radicals there the " new social system,' which includes a community of pro perty, a rejection of the Holy Scriptures and their great Author, and a complete change in the several relations of husband and wife, master and sarvant, parent and child, &c. A meeting was got up in the political school-roein but, after lecturing for, two hours and a half, the apostl e s o f atheism were obliged to go away without having gained a single Convert. DEATH OF Dn. litePoN.—We have to announce the death of the Rev. Dr. Itippon, which took place on Saturday last, id the 86th year of his age. This venerable minister was pastor of the Baptist Church formerly worshipping in Carter-lane, Toolev-street, front which place they wer e removed to the New Park-street. In his pastoral office he laboured with great suc cess. He accepted his charge on the Ist of August, 1773, which office he filled for upwards of 63 years. It is worthy of remark,. that Dr. Nippon succeeded the venerable and learned Dr, John. Gill, who pastor of the same church for the period of 54 years;' by which it appears that the pastoral office of the church was filled by these individuals for the period of 117 years.' CONSERVATIVE ROMAN CATHOLICS.—It is gratifying to serve that the Gages, the Gerards. the Traffords tav , ii t ri l t i t e (h.t ( itoh ll ne if ,v to a n rs , e , and the Fazakerlevs are not blind to the times in which we live, in every :place iu and have wisely embraced those Conservative principks and encouraged.ghaivpipniglywfeoirgthhtea countyn g:reice= REPRESENTATION OP SOMRIZSETSHJRE.----A vacancy in the representation of the eastern division-of this county is antici= pated as a probable occurrence at no very distant day. The candidates by common report for this distinguished honour are in the Conservative interest Sir A. Hood, Mr. Jolliffe, of Am merdown, and Mr. James Gordon. The radicals arc said to be looking equally to Sir R. Strachey and Mr. Piggott. CONSERVATIVE GRNRROSITY.—Mr, Wvndhain Lewis, the . Conservative member for Maidstone, and his lady, have in ad dition to a most liberal subscription to all the charities in the town, without reference to political partyor religious persuasion, given six hundred pounds within the last few days, to be dis tributed among the poor of the parish. Of this sum Mrs. Lewis ' contributed.£3oo, the distribution of which was undertaken at her request by the ladies, who used every exertion to discover the most deserving objects of charity, and under theirmanage ment upwards of 1,0(X) families have received donations of coals and clothing of various descriptions, Mr, Lewis's £3OO have been distributed by the gentleman-:.niaongst upwards of 806 families, each of them receiving a suffivient. *quantity of beef, bread, and beer, to provide a Chrloteas dinner of good old English cheer. The supplying of these articles has been divided between nearly 120 tradesmen, the quantiry supplied by each' is certainly small, but the profit is nevertheless acceptable to Many of them. BRADFORD.—Notwithstanding the depressed state of com mercial enterprise in many cf the large towns in Yorkshire and Lancashire, in Bradford there are many milts, warehouses, an d other large buildings in course of erection, and the demand for dwelling houses of all descriptions is so great that fretluentlt they are engaged before the foundation stones are laid.. In houses from £l5 to £23 per annum, there is a great scarcity, and it would well repay any capitalist to build about au hundred, in a pleasant and airy situation within ten minutes' walk a the town. • LEIPZIG BOOK TRADE.—We observe, by the catalogue of the late Michaelmas fair, that 3,467 new books, and 59 mans of, the earth and heavens were brought forward. Some striking facts connected with the progress of intellectual culture may be gathered from comparing the present with' many of the bygone fairs: we find that at the fair of 1589 the catalogue containecl362 publications; at that of 1616, 731; and that of 1780, 2115. It is curious also to mark the chang4,l proportions between Latin and German works; in the sixteenth century there were two' Latin fer each;German publication; and two centuries later there are 2 German to 1 Latin.—Athemeuin. STUFFING FOR A GOOSE.—Billy W. and his wife Sally, two relies of the i)1(1 school, who, reside in Barnsley, bethought themselves the other day, fur the first time since their tharriage, that they would have a goose for dinner. Sealy, with no , malt dagree of consequence, went to the market and purchased one; and on her returi hone she said to he r husba nd " Now Billy.. my lad, wot is it to be shift wee, ?" " Oat (its green, S a lly , my lass," replied the delighted husband, who marched offtl, his work in expectation of returni n g at noon to a glorious dinner. The dinner hour arrived , an d off Bill y s t arte d , snuffing his nose as he truhred along, fancying he smelt th e stu fli ng. Grace having been said , Billy conlinet.ced camiug a 61 t , the y mg lass,"oo e, saidher billy, " wuts this here?" p ullin g a quantity of green Ivor:fed. frcri Inc inside u.. 111 hist fork. "lArhy, stufaug, to be sure Billy, now t else it house at woe green but that." This is literally a did n o tha so itovor to be stuff We cwt. at w in . gre e u. ? an d wee rd fact. WATER MARK 41N PACER.—In the insolvent debtori' court y es terday, Mr. Commissioner Bowen .observed to the has that he held in his hand the first volorno of Blaciottone's Commentaries, the title page of which bore the date of the %ear JK,9, and the water mal l' that of 1820. It was impossible to sny where the mischief arising from this diseroiptuc-v might.' extend. 4 numbe r of individuals have beets et.nvicted or perjury, and many 'will.eauses deckled, on no better evidence then the wat e r- mar k on paper. Mr. *oudroffe remarked that the court bad need paper for several. months bearing the date of the year' 1837, but the government had answered the diffi culty by stating that the revenue year commenced nn the 10th of July,' i and the paper issued after that period was not taken into account until the ensuing year. The subject had'verr properly been niiiieed by the press.-010be. beef' i t ical ::ause they have vise► the 3 the rote the 300 a of the look ye.- ef t Ind ife. lay be )vr. U-