The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-22 00:00:00

PRESTON AND WYRE DOCKS. Thursday, 10th N0v..18341 AT a MEETING of the FRIEN DS of this UNDERTAK ING, held THIS DAY, at No. 82, Cornhill, London, P. 11 ESKETH FLEETWOOD, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, The following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to : Ist,—That the Harbour of Wyre, both from its safe and ready access, and other material advantages, and almost nominal Does, is eminently calculated to become au extensive Port of Commerce, and requires only the formation of Docks to make It surpass every other the - Lancashire Coast. 241.—That it is consequently highly d e sirable that-a Company should be formed for the making of Docks, with' Warehouses, &c., and thereby affording the necessary ace( modation to the Foreign Trade. 3d,—That such Company be style t Preston and Wyre Dock Company. 4th,—That a capital of £lOO.OOO b £5O each, upon which a deposit of £' paid. sth,—That a Provisional Directory be formed, and Prospec tuses issued, and that all necessary proceedings be taken for obtaining an Act of Incorporation at the next Session of Par liament, and carrying this undertaking into effect. P. HESKETH FLEETWOOD. 0. T. ALGER, Sec. pro tem. •aised, in 2000 shares of 10s. will be required to be CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL, 1836-7 We give the following full lists of the Common Council of this borough for the ensuing year, of.the various committees into which it is snbdivided, and of the various officers of the `Corporation,—as likely to be very usefill to our fellow-towns men for present purposes, and also as a Matter of historical re ference for the future. The return, it will be observed, speci fies the number of years which each councillor has to serve.— We have also appended the number of votes recorded for each of the members of the Council, at the Elections of 1835-6. WM. HARDSI*N EARLE, ESQ., Mayor. COIiNCIL. No. of No. of Ni. of Es. Years. Votes. to serve. Joseph Horuby, Ald... 5 No. 1. John Holmes EvLaTorc. Samuel Hope 1 James Hey worth....•• "• • 3 William Blain, Add. 2 No. 2. Crawf o rd Logan.... SCOTLAND. Williain Thornhill. 1 Richard Houghton Thomas Bulley, Ald 2 No. 3 Enoch Harvey . 2 Ari UXIiA L L . Egerton Smith 1 NV No. 4. Christopherlv William Shand Stuart,Ra i Ald don . 2 Sr. PAUL'S. Alexander MacGregor 1 John Barton 5 3 William Brown, Ald . 5 No. 5. 1 Henry Holmes . 2 3 EXCHANGE. Lawrence amesi‘elli H or eyworth 1 J George Robinson, Add...... '2 No. 6. Joshua Walinsley 2 3 259 188 C A S T L E - S T . Thomas B Birch oit o 1 o Thomas Leathom, Ald. No. 7. John Woolliight .2 { 3 205 " 199 ST. PETER'S R W ic il h l a ia r i a n B ll r u i g s h h t t on 1 W ug il h lia H n o i { r P o . by Freme, A1d.... 2 No. S. H '2 PITT-STREET. William Rathbone .. 1 John Bibby No. 9. Jamesa L s o ß w o r o e t o h c , o Add 5 237 GT. GEORGE'S. Charles ‘VelW 'lridO La Nx w l r a ec 'el e. l , 1 3 1 16 4 0 E No. 10. Henry vre E L v a a w n re n A c i e d 22 . RowsEr-sr. William Lassell { 1 John Nelson Wood 217 Thomas B. Barcley, Aid.... '2 No. 11. ) William Earle, jun 2 3 A BERCOIIer. ThomasJamesCa ß rs r o o n ekieban , k 1 Ormerod Heyworth, Aid.. 2 No. 12, { Thomas Morecroft 2 3 3 29 1' LIIIIi•STR:ig. Thomas Higgins Bl a c k l iur n e _Vincent 2 5 Robert Benu, Aid 5 No. 13. Thomas Coglan ) Joseph Mason. '2 3 195 2 1 00 91 Sr. ANNE'S. Edward Cropper .. 1 James Moon, Aid '2 .... No. 11. John S. Leigh '2 \Vasa DERBY. George Holt John Smith No. 15 ( Chris. Hird Jones, Aid..... 5 NORTH ) Wm. Wallace Currie TOXTETti William M. Duncan 1 • (George Ramsden WARDS'. Thomas Smith, did 5 16 ' John Cropper, jun 2 ToOUT ovrErn. H John Platt.... t Francis Jordan COMMITTEES. The Mayor is ex cffico, a Member of all Committees. I.—FINANCE. _ ...... _ Messrs. C. Birch, T. Bolton, W. Brown, J. Holmes, H Lawrence, W. Maxwell. A. MacGregor, T. Smith, W. Stuart W. W. Currie, L. Heyworth, J. Bibby, 'l'. Blackburn, J. S , Leigh, J. Muon. 2.-ISIPROVEMENT. Messrs. W. W. Currie, H. Holmes, 'F. B. Barclay S. Hope, 11. liornby, 'l'. Booth, W. Shand, C. ti. Jones, J Platt. 3.—WATCH. . - Messrs. J. Walmsley,C.LaWiaUce, J. Cropper, jun., J. Lawrence, W. Blain, F. Jordan, .1. N. \Vood, W. P. Freme, J. Stellar, J. S. Leigh, W. Thornhill, T. Bulley, R. Houghton, W. Lassell, L. tlevworth, W. Shand, J. Woottright, C. H. Jones, J. Bibby, E. Harvey, T. Coglan, J. Barton , V. Higgins G. Robinson. 4.—LIGHTING AND SCAVENGING. The Members of the Watch Committee. s.—Towis Dohs. Messrs. J. Platt, G. Itamsden, C. Birch, W. Brown, J. Hey worth, 'l'. Leathoin. 6.-M ARKE.-1"! Messrs. H. Holmes, W. M. Duncan, E. Evans, W. Thorn hill, J. B►bby, W. I'. Frame, F. Jordan. 7.—BYE LAws. Nlesara. W. Brown, O. ieivTorth,C. Birch, R. Houghton J. Macon, W,M.Duncan, T. hloreerort. B.—TOWN-HALL. ESTABLISHMENT. Messrs. W. W. Currie, R. Benn, R. Houghton, G. Holt, C. Rawdon. 9.-EDUCATION. Messrs. T. Blackburn, J. Wahnilev, H. Hornhv, S. Hone, W. Lassell, R. Benn, C. Rawdou, T. Bully, T. B. Barclay, T. Smith, L. Heyworth, G. Ramaden, W. ltathbone. 10.—GAOL. Messrs. W. W. Currie, W. Brown, T. Bolton, W. Rathbone J. Holmes, C. Rawdon, H. Hornby, R. Benn, S. Hope, E. Cropper, C. Birch, C. Logan, 0. Heyworth, E. Evans. 11.—GAnDENs. Metiers. E. Smith, T. Murecroft, J. Smith, R. Blight, T. Blackburn, F. Jordan. 12.—CHURCH ENDOWMENT. Messrs. T. Bolton, J. Holmes, L. Heyworth, T. Blackburn C. Birch. 13.—CesToit-liouss, Messrs. J. Moon, — E. Evans, 11. Holmes, F. Jordan, W. MisKwell, T. Booth. 14.—BOROUGH COURT AND COURT OF REQUESTS. Messrs. R. Bright, J. Lawrence, W. M. Duncan, W. Lassell, J. Walmslev, W. Rushton. IJ.--PECUNIARY AFFAIRS OF CHURCHES. Messrs. H. Hornbv, J. Wahnsley, J. Smith, H. Lawrence, J. Platt. DOCK COMMITTEE. Elected by the Council. Messrs. T. Leathom, Chairman, T. Booth, R. Benn, J, Horubv, E. Evans, T. B Barclay, C. Rawdon, G. Holt, IV, Blain,'V. Higgins, 'l'. Brocklehauk, J. Walinsley, A. Mac gregor. Alected by the Rate-payers, and not Members of the Council. Messrs. \V. Dixon, W. Smith, W. Potter, 'l'. 'robin, J. B. Yates, C. Horsfall, I'. Sands, T. Ripley. Mr. '1 hos. Harvey, Solicitor to the Dock Trust. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE BOROUGH. WILLIAM EARLE, JUNIoR, ESQ, Mayor. *JAMES CLARKE, ESQ„ Recorder. *T. J. HAIL. ESQ.. Stipendiary Magistrate. W. W. Currie, Esq. *R. V. Yates, Esq. Crawford Logan, Esq. W. Brown, „ R. Bean, „ *fl. Earle, T. Bolton„, S. H ope , „ 0. Heyworth, „ J. C. Ewart, „ E. Cropper, „ E. Evans, W. Rathbone, „ *D. Hodgson, ~ *T.W.ltathbone, J. Holmes, „ *G. Maxwell, „ *A. Hodgson„, C. Rawdon, „ *R. Roskell, „ *W. Ripley, H. Hornhy, „ C. Birch, „ •F. Haywood, „ *R. E. Harvey, „ Those marked with a * are not in the Council. Charles Crompton, Esq., Assessor of' the Borough Court. William Lowndes, Esq., Commissioner of the Court of ReTuests. Mr. Richard Radcliffe, town-clerk. Mr. George William Crooke, Deputy Town-clerk. Mr. John Wybergh, Treasurer. Mr. Charles Okill, Clerk of the Committees. . Mr. Jobs Faster, A6latact. Mr. Joseph Franklin, Surveyor. Mr. Benjamin Ellis, } Clerks to the Magistrates. Mr. William Shuttleworth, Mr. Michael James Whiffs - , Superintendant of Police. Mr. William Stanley Roscoe, Sergeant at Mace. Kr. William Batcheldor, Keeper of the Borough Gaol and House Correction. DISSOLUTION or PARLIASIIiNT.—We can state with confi dence that it is the intention of government to meet the present parliament and to send up to the House of Lords several of the bills rejected last session—perhaps the Irish municipal first— and, it these be accepted, no dissolution will take place ; but should any again be rejected, parliament will be dissolved. Our information at , derived from a nobleman closely connected with the ministry.—Ayr Observer. RErtaisENT ATIoN uP LANCASTER.—The canvass made by Mr. Marton ' of Caponwray hall, of the voters of the borough of Lancaster, for the honour of representipg them in the next parliament, has been throughout of the most satisfactory de scription, and no dotkbt whatever is now entertained of histri umphant return. Mr. Green and Mr. Stewart are both on the . qui vice to secure the like object, so that the "good old town" " all alive" at the present time. it is believed at Shaftesbury that Mr. Poulter has taken his leave of that constituency, and will not again aspire to the lion. of being M.P., for the borough.—Dorset County Chronicle. At the adjourned meeting of the Canterbury town council, on Tuesday, after the ordinary routiue had been gone through, Alderman Brent brought forward a motion for the abolition of church -rates, in conformity with Mr. Joseph Home's (M.P.) letter to the town councils of Englatd. The mover said that ii;!itating the abolition of, and passive resistance to, the church ,..atts was not in the least degree violating their oath not 04 injure the established church; and made a long speech to prove that taking away from it the means of keeping the build tn_g'llt .i_o ' u.repair and p its o ffi cers must materially tend to The motion in favour of abolition of church-rates was P n t from the chair, and lost by a majority of three.— Kent Herald. At the meeting of the Shrewsbury Town Council on Wednes day the Councilubv rived. and M r . to do the business as soon as they ar t Council acting as t i lts was elected Mayor, with one of the old Mayor arrived, an d , T was performe .. like Robin man. At the usual time of meeting ceremony ter this double ag ain ,evleeret Hood's marriage, the with the Mayor in the chair. A ely ir ul aras performed, the Town the Lib er a l Clerk real to the meetini a i kom M r. Joseph ALP., addressed to each of Hume, TwnCouncils, upon them to ag itate o pp osition to, and re p e a l of, chur c h rates. The Mayor thought t he y could not entertan such a pr, os it• The Town Clerk hoped the Corporation would p v m , twenty penee he had paid for the letter. This was refuse d , are the the Clerk was advised to take the letter to the Past-otlie d e a ia nd a demand a return of the postage.—Salopian Journal. • -11- FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. (From the correspondence of the Standard.) PARIS, Nov. 17.—The Moniteur publishes the following tele graphic dispatch : " Bayonne, Nov. 15, half-past eight in the evening. "The Carlists took possession, on the 10th, of the convent of San Mainez, together with the garrison, composed of 300 men and artillery. They threw a bridge over the Nervion for the sake of communicating with both banks. Troops, &c., embarked on the 14th at St. Sebastian, were, on the 13th, still there." A letter from Irun, dated Nov. 10, says :—" An engagement of a serious nature took place near Estella. Five of our bat talions fought against 6000 Christinos infantry and 500 cavalry. They were victorious." The Memorial Bordelais says—" It appears positive that Go mez, with his troops, whose number amounts to 14,000, entered Caceres the Ist Nov. without firing a musket. It is the rich and large capital of the province of Estemadura, 18 leagues from Badajoz." Letters from Santiago states that that town was in a state of alarm, at -the report that Sanz had passed the bridge of Pena flore, proceding against the province. There wero no troops in that direction, and the Christinos were very much afraid of the Carlists. ARRESTS IN SARDINIA. A letter from the frontiers of Italy, under the date of Nov. 3. contains the following :—'• A conspiracy has been discovered, and many persons of all classes are implicated therein. The Sardinian police has arrested about 50 conspirators, and con vincing proofs of their culpability were found at their lodgings. The leaders have, however, been able to effect their escape to France, Switzerland,and Spain, in which countries they appear to have had powerful accomplices and auxiliaries, a circumstance which should not be overlooked." MISCELLANEOUS. In a letter to the neighbouring cantons the Swiss Vorort announces its intention of expelling all the refugees accused of taking part in the Strasburgh affair from the Swiss terri tory. It is said that Charles X. has left a sealed will, which is to be opened in the presence of an envoy from the Cabinet of Vienna. The late King's family have written to Prince de Metternich, to learn his wishes on the subject. The latter part of the telegraphic dispatch from Toulon of the 12th of November, is as follows : " On the 9th instant, the first division, under the command of General Trezel, went to replace the Vanguard, which that day was to advance seven leagues further. The Duke de Nemours, Marshal Clausel, and the rest of the army, were to quit Bona the 11th or 12,h." The Gazette de Carlsruhe says, under the date of Rome 29th of October— " It is announced, that an Austrian corps marches on icapics, and that already the passage had been demanded." The German and Italian journals arc full of reports and rumours of conspiracies and plots in Italy. A letter from Geneva, dated Nov. 12, says— " We have the satisfaction of announcing that the blockade was raised this afternoon, A gendarme from Gex Drought this intelligence to the officers of the gendarmes at Ferney, who im mediately mounted horse, and imparted it to the gendarmes at Grand Saccounex, who immediately brought it to Geneva. It is probable that the same order has been given on all the other points of the frontier. This fact is a certain evidence of the reply which was adopted by the Diet in its sitting of the sth instant having been agreeable to the French government. Every one will learn with pleasure that the hitherto state of affairs, so much to the prejudice of both countries, has ceased." It is said that the Court of the Tuilleries has resolved on going into mourning fur Charles X., as far as the members of the royal family are concerned, but that they will not require the persons attached to the court to do the same. The Conytitutionnel says, that the Duke de Montebello is not to be recalled from Switzerland, but that when the Chambers shall meet, he is to be sent for to take his place among the peers. (Fran the Correspondence of the Morning Herald.) Ainhoa, Nov. 12. SIEGE or BILBOA.—This morning I received the following important communication from the royal head-quarters : " Royal Head-quarters, Durango, Nov. 10. " Despatches have been received from General Don Pablo Sanz, dated Pola di Siero, Oct. 21. He gives a most favour able account of the progress of the expedition, and that he was actively occupied in organizing fresh battalions, arming them .with the muskets taken from the Urbanos of the Asturias. " This morning a report was received fawn the Commissario Regio of Estello, dated Nov. 9, six o'clock a.m., giving hasty details of an attempt made by lribarren on this city, awl which was valiantly repulsed by our brave troops, causing a consider able loss to the Christinos." _ The following is the official report of the storming of two forts, Los Banderol ar.d Lus Capuchinus : " PROM COUNT DE CASA EGUIA To THE MINISTER OF WAR. " Excellent sir,—This morning, at seven o'clock, we recom menced the operation before Bilboa; the fire was opened against the heights and fortifications of Los Banderos. After a few shots our brave troops stormed the fort, got possession of it, and made the garrison prisoners, composed of 50 soldiers of the 4th Light Infantry, two officers, one corporal, and four artillery men. We also made ourselves masters of a piece of eight and a great deal of ammunition. " Whilst part of my men were at work at Los Banderos, others stormed Los Capuchinos, took it, and made 110 soldiers, four officers, the commander, and a surgeon prisoners. The garrison was composed of two companies : those not taken were drowned in endeavouring to escape. " We next got possession of Olaviega and Duesto. All these advantages were obtained in one hour, and without the loss of a single man. God protect your excellency. " COUNT DE CASA EGCIA. " Heights of Bilboa, Nov. 9. " To the Minister of War." The same general, in a second report, gives the number of prisoners taken as 222 soldiers, nine officers, - and a surgeon. Espartero, it is said, is determined to risk an engagement. On the Bth he ordered 25,0(X) rations to be prepared for his troops at Castro Urdiales; at the same time he requested prd John Hay to send all the steam-vessels to that port to tranilSort one of his divisions to Portugalette. Five hundred men belonging to the regiment of Saragossa, and which were embarked on the 10th at I'assages for Portu galette, were not able to enter that place, and are now at Castro Urdiales. The Christinos on the 9th made an attempt on the Bastan, and were repulsed. Letters from Madrid of the 9th give as positive that Gomez had taken the direction of Seville. ANI ERICA. New York papers to the 30th ult. have been received by the new packet-ship Garrick, which arrived at Liverpool on Thurs day. The scarcity of money continued. Two, and even three per cent. pei month, is said to have been paid for loans. Seve ral failures, some, according to the opposition papers, of con siderable houses, had occurred; though the private accounts state that the failures were confined to those of limited busi ness. The Government had, in reply to the memorial of ade putation of gentlemen from the merchants of New York, stat ed its inability to comply with the request contained in the me morial,—namely, to hermit the money in the deposit banks to he issued for the relief of the trading classes. The exchange remained as at the previous advices. The United States Bank shares were IHM. (From the New York Express of Ost. 29.) THE SIONEY MARKET. The past week has been one of se , ..e74ressure upon almost every business-man in the community. Encouraged by the hope that the Secretary of the Treasury would do something to relieve or lessen the pressure, stocks on Monday and Tuesday advanced a little. The hope, however, of relief from the Trea sury department was soon found to he false, and everything, if possible, is worse than it was a week since. The rates of inte rest are very high, and confidence materially impaired. Some of our heaviest firms, unable to contend with the storm, have been compelled to yield to it, notwithstanding their means were abundant to meet all their demands. Our banks have been compelled to he more rigid than usual in the demands, it having become necessary to square up their accounts and curtail most of their business. Wail-street fur the whole week has been flooded with the best notes in the city at 2, 21, and in some cases-8 per cent. a-month. We see no immediate prospect of relief in our money affairs, unless it emanates front Washing ton. We have heard it rumoured that our rulers intend to punish to the fullest extent in their power the whole commer cial and mercantile community for demanding the passage of the Distribution Bill. EXCHANOR. — For bills on England the closing rates for the 2-Ith, packets were, as on the few days previous, 1071 to 108 per cent. The sales were moderate ; since which there has been but little doing. and prices without variation. Bills on France sf. 25c. to sf. 30c. DESTRUCTION OF THE NEM THEATRE IN CINCINNATI. ( From the Cincinnati inig) The splendid new Theatre in Third-street, in this city, be longing to 111 r. James 11. Caldwell, of New Orleans, is burnt to the ground. It took fire this morning about half-past eight o'clock, by the carelessness of the person who had charge of the lamps. Its a few seconds the whole interior of the building was in flames, and such was the extraordinary rapidity of their progress, that ID about 15 or 20 minutes, the whole building was destroyed, together with all its contents, including a large quantity of valuable and magnificent scenery, and a quantity of theatrical dresses, the latter mostly belonging to the different actors. O no man i s m i ss ing, and is supposed to buried under the ruins. LYNCH LAW TERM REPORTS, According to the American journals, there has been published at Mississippi the " Proceedings of the Citizens of Madison County, Mississippi, at Livingston, in July , 1835, in relation to the trial and punishment of several individuals implicated in a contemplated insurrection in the state." It is prepared by Mr. Thomas Shackleton'. Such is the title of a work narrating the transactions of a Lynch court, which terminated its assize or commission in the summary execution of five slaves and five white citizens ; so that if precedents or principles of the , mode of enforci ng Lynch law be required, here is a text-book tor the admirers of such cheap and sp seedy jurisprudence. The rumour that the sla ves con t em pl a t e d an insurrection, originating in a coloured girl having been heard to utter the treason, that she was tired of waiting upon the " white folks," wanted to be her own mistress for the " balance" of her days, &c. led to a meet ing of slave holders. They adopted and signed resolutions , or ganising a committee of Lynch court, and granting power to such tribunal to ha ve a ny p erson b roug ht before them, " white or !lack," to try them, and to " hang or whip," agreeably to the laws, when they applied, and when they did not apply, " to act us in their discretion seemed best." 'One case reported is that of Dr. Joshua Cotton, a New Englander, and it may ra ther startle Old Englanders; " it was proved to the satisfaction of the court that he had been detected in many low tricks—had been deficient in feeling and affection for his second wife—had traded with negroes, and had asked a negro boy whether they were whipped much," &F. It is added that Cotton made a con fession es to being desirous of effecting a conspiracy (query, slave abolition ?) Sentence, to be hanged; and hanged he was an hour afterwards. Another case i s th a t o f Willi am S aun d ers , charged-with "often being out all night, and giving no satis factory explanation for so doing." Sent ence , t o be h a ng e d, and 'lane() he was, with Dr. Cotton, on the 4th of July, the anniversary of the " declaration of independence." Another case reported is that of Albe Dean. He was convicted of being a lazy man, and with little pretensions to honesty ; moreover he had the criminality " to pretend to make a living by construct ing washing machines," and the audacity " to intercede with the owners of runaway slaves, to save them from a whipping." Sentence, to be hanged ; and he was hanged accordingly : the record added that he died in " dogged silence." The last case ue shall notice is that of A. L. Donovan. He was char g ed with being " suspected of having traded with the negroes, being found in their cabins, and enjoying himself i n their society." He had once observed, that it was " cruel to be whipping the negroes." The court " was satisfied that Donovan was an emissary of those deluded fanatics of the north, the abolition ists. He was condemned to be hanged, and suffered according ly." As an American paper says, "Such is Lynch law."— times. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOND9N LAW AND POLICE COURTS. LAMBETH-STREET. EXTItAoan[NARY~PPLICATION. —On Wednesday last, Henry Murray, a young man, with a most care-worn aspect, applied to the presiding u.agistrates, Messrs. Hardwick and Halswell, for their advice as to how he was to act under the following sin gular circumstances:— The applicant stated that on the 19th September, 1835, he was married by bans, in the parish Church of Christ Church, Spitalfields, to a young woman named Elizabeth Smith. After• living together for about four months his wife returned to the house of her mother, in consequence ofhis being at the time out of employment, and though he bad used every means in his power to prevail upon her to return, it was all to no purpose. Some days ago, after a long correspondence with his wife, he received a letter. The applicant here handed to Mr. Hardwick a letter, which he read, and of which the following is a copy:— "October 31, 1836. " Sir,-1 am requested by Mrs. Ann Gutch to inform you that your claim upon her daughter as your wife is now invalidated, by reason of her name not having been duly registered as re quired by law. It has been necessary that she should be re christened, by which she has received the name of Hannah Anu Gregory, in exchange for her late name of Elizabeth. You are hereby given to understand that she is your wife no longer, and she is now at liberty to wed whoinevet she pleases. Caution is hereby given you that, should any disturbance, molestation, or interruption take place on your part, magisterial influence will be immediately resorted to. " N.B.—For the purpose of ascertaining the validity of the said christening apply to the vestry of the parish of St. Ann, Limehouse.—Y ours, &c. "Ca AA: LES CLIDIENTS. " I beg leave to add that the disannulled certificate of your marriage is hereby returned, being now of no avail whatever." The applicant proceeded to state that, i❑ consequence of the receipt of this letter, he proceeded to Limehouse Church, and there ascertained from the Rev. Mr Williams that not only the christening alluded to had taken place there, but on the same day the banns had been put up for the marriage of his (appli cant's) wife with another man, and by the advice of the Het. Mr. Williams he came before their worships. Mr. Hardwick.—What do you meets us to do for you; we cannot restore to you your wifj; what is it you require ? Applicant.—l want to know if I can prosecute my wife abbe should get married in my absence, as I am about going to sea; and if I did, whether or not the expenses would fall on myself? Mr. Hardwick.—What was the name she went by when you got married to her? Applicant.—Elizabeth Smith. • Mr. Hardwick.—Was that her real name? Applicant.—Yes, Sir. • Mr. Hardwick remarked that it would form a stranKe era in the laws and customs of the country, if the mere circumstance or ceremony of a second christeniug was to have all the force of a legal divorce in separating wife from husband, or husband from wife, and to screen the parties front legal consequences. Theie could be no doubt, if the statement of the applicant was true, his wife would subject herself to a prosecution fur bigamy by marrying again. Mr. Hats well asked who Mr. Clements, the writer of the letter that had been read, was ? and The applicant replied that he was brother to the young man to whom his wife was about to get married. Mr. Halswell also read a letter addressed by the applicant some time ago to his wife, in which he complains of her conduct in encouraging the young man (Clements) as a suitor, and cau tions her against doing that which report attributed to her, namely, .getting married to him, she being his, the writer's, law ful married wife, and concludes by hoping she would acknow ledge her faults, and return to him, her disconsolate and lawful husband. On t hei other side of the same sheet of paper au an swer is written by the wife, in which she expresses her astonish ment that he should presume to call her wife, and cautions him to say as little as possible of their illegal marriage, lest her mo ther might take it into her head to sue him fur het (the wife's) maintenance while she was away from him. After reading the letter through, Mr. Halswell expressed a similar opinion with Mr. Hardwick as to the wife's liability to be indicted for bigamy if she married again, and told the appli cant that the expenses of the prosecution would be paid by the county. The application, from its novelty, excited a good deal of laughter among all present, except the applicant, who seemed very dolorous indeed. ELECTION OF SIR ROBERT PEEL AS LORD RECTOR. On Tues(lay last Sir Robert Peel was chosen Lord Rector of Glasgow University by a very large majority. His opponent was Sir John Campbell, Lord Melbourne's Attorney-General. At the close of the poll the respective candidates stood as follows : For Peel. For Campbell. Glottiana .145 B9 Loudoniana .54 52 Transforthiana 4B 4O Rothseiana ..84 5O It will be seen from this that Sir Robert had a numerical majority of 100, while nationally, his election was carried by 3 to 1. We congratulate the community upon the result of this trial of strength, and for a reason which, in different circumstances, we should, certainly not attach much importance to—we mean the extreme youth of the persons through whose instrumentality this victory has been gained. The parties with whom the Academical franchise resides are, nearly altogether, young men of from 15 to 20 years of age; hence it will at once be seen that the juvenile mind, among the educated classes, is rapidly assuming a favourable direction. Youth is the period of life when the powers of reason and reflection maintain an unequal struggle with warm feeling and ardent passion ; the consequence of which has been that for the last twenty years the Rectorial chair has been exclusively filled by men professing whig princi ples. From the nomination of Lord Jeffrey to the present hour, none of its occupants have belonged to the opposite poli tical party; now, however, the tide has changed, and the young voters have spontaneously transferred their allegiance to one who has pledged himself to support those institutions in church and state under which Britain became, what she long was, the greatest nation upon earth. It is this which delights us. The homage due to the splendid acquirements of Sir Robert Peel, uo sensible heart could refuse; but it is manifest, that had not these acquirements, great and wonderful as they are, been united to public principles of a kind suited to the genius and temper of the times, he would not have obtained the suffrages of this youth ful constituency. The triumph is essentially a political one. The government has been beaten in the person of one of its members, and after a long period of exclusion, a Lord Rector has been chosen from among that body of men, whose political existence it has been the unceasing aim of their opponents for the last six years to annihilate • and whose motives, and public conduct, have been industriously, but, as it would appear, most unsuccessfully aspersed by the Liberal press. Do we rejoice at this ? Unquestionably we do, for we see in it evidence of the great truth that the -young minds of the age are disenthralled from the bondage of prejudice, and that they are prepared, when opportunity offers, to assist their elders inifightiegithe bat tle of the Constitution, the King, and the Church. That admi ration of Sir Robert Peel's personal character,—his worth, his accomplishments, his genius, and his manly independency, should have influenced the youthful electors to a considerable extent,—we can understand, because it is both natural and be coming that it should do so; but let it never be forgotten, that had not this distinguished man added to these the qualities of a stern and inflexible patriot, as that much-abused term should be understood,—had he not represented the fixed opinions of a large majority of the educated gentry of England,—had be not been the bold and uncompromising enemy of sacrilege, and re volution,—his personal claims would not have secured for him that honour, which, as being all his young friends had to bes tow, his noble mind cannot fail to appreciate as highly as it de serves to be. We cannot doubt that the rectorship will be accepted. What has been so generously offered will not be declined. Sir Robert will see it to he his duty to respond to the call of his young countrymen. They have placed him at their head, and have invited him to preside over that seminary with whose interests their own are inseparably bound up. They admire that scholar ship which so admirably qualifies him for an academical appoint ment, and have said, Nil desperandum Teucro duce; but they have done much more ; by an overt act, originating in their zealous devotion to the best interests of their native land, they have sought to identify their own political sentiments with those of which he is the best, the ablest, and the most faithful ex pounder; and they will experience a disappointment, great in proportion to the magnitude of the the object contemplated, should their allegiance be rejected. The reception which Sir Robert will meet with here from his conservative brethren, we can assure hint, will be of the most flattering kind. The enthusiasm which his election caused is proof of this; but we may add, that a requisition has been signed by many hundreds of the most respectable of our citizens, and Will be dispatched, perhaps, to-night, inviting him to a public dinner. Should he accept this nqention, the best blood of Scotland will rally round him in what has been heretofore con sidered a ministerial pocket burgh. Only let him come amongst us, and judge of the matters wi►h his own eyes and ears, and he will discover that all that is required to give a new tone to the public mind of Glasgow, and to ►ut'use fresh vigour into the cause of conservatism throughout Scotland is his own presence. From the " belted knight" to the bonneted laird—from the coronet ted noble to the humblest member of society—from the wealthy merchant to the laborious and hard-working tradesman—he will receive marks of attention 'and expressions of esteem, which could only be elicited by the twofold veneration which they one and all entertain for the virtuous man, and the dignified . and upright statesman.—Glasgow Courier. A Hull paper says the government contemplates sending out an expedition again to attempt the north-west passage next summer. THE ASTEROIDS.—PubIic curiosity has been strongly excited by the announcement of a celestial phenomenon, which has al ready occupied the attention of learned men. We have gathered information from a few trustworthy persons; and the following is the result of their observations during Saturday night. From eight in the e ven i ng to h alf-past six in the morning 150 shoot ea; sob observed d seen, n t a e ri v o e r r p y e sn r quantity ds u other v t parts o relatively to the of the globe, and which have be en compare d to fireworks. The phenomenon took place in all parts o f th e number st • heavens, but principally in the constellations of the Lynx, of the Great and Small Lion, of the Great Dog. Every year, about the 13th of November, the earth and a mass of asteroid (small agglomerated stars) meet at the same point at that time; these stars are attracted by the sun and the earth. The force resulting from the two attractions brings them into our atmosphere, which they inflame on their passage. The velosity of their motion, comparatively with that of our globe, causes them frequently to escape from terrestrial attraction, on which occasions, shot forth into space, they con tinue their way round the sun in a different direction. The name of aeroliths is given to those which fall on the d grouu . According to calculations founded on the system of parallaxes, it has been estimated that many of them must be of equal size with that of the Val-de-Grace. The largest of all those which have been examined after their descent fell in America. It was a mass of iron, weighing 30,000 pounds.—Paris paper. TIO N 01? GAMBLERS.—There is INFATUA TIO N hardly an instance on record of a person who had become a regular gambler con uering his passion for play so long as he had the means of in dulging it. I will answer for it, no one ever yet knew any such person abandon his gambling habits so long as he had the means of Indulging them. In proof of the difficulty of getting rid of such habits, I may mention that there are innumerable instances in which ruinel gamesters have, after disposing of their great coats, cloaks, and other articles of apparel, in order to raise money wherewith to play, actually sold their shirts for a few shillings, to enable them to gratify their gambling propensities. But perhaps the most extraordinary proof ever furnished of the difficulty, if not impossibility , of curing the propensity , was that afforded by a late aide-de-camp to Lord Hutchinson. This gen tleman, after having ruined himself by play, went one day, in the depth of despair, and cut his throat with a razor. It chanced, however, that the wound though so dreadful that no hopes of recovery were for some days entertained, did not prove fatal. Aided by the first surgical skill and care he recovered. Where does the reader suppose he went on the first day he was allowed to go out ?—To the very gaming-house in which be had lost the money, the loss of which had made him fugal the resolution of destroying himself !—Titc G.-eat Metropolis. Vat ILiberpool ~tallbalU. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1836. In our-last paper we put forth a declaration, that we would, at some future time, demonstrate, that the reform bill had not produced, and we now further gratuitously add never can produce any sensible melioration in the condition of this country, as regards the happiness or the welfare of its people. Some might think this a piece of florid declamation, the overflowing of political frenzy, uttered without any serious intention on our part of ever following it up with the demonstration promised. But we are accustomed to use words with more mental col lectedness, and our readers will perceive, bye and bye, that what we affirm we believe, and are, at all times, ready to add proof to assertion. Before we proceed to our demonstration, let us briefly consider what circumstances preceded the reform bill, and what were the prevailing sentiments of the country just before this abortive boon was conceded to it. From some cause, but what it will not be necessary now to in quire, a great and almost universal pressure had, for many years, been gradually increasing among every class of the community. Manufacturers found their warehouses groaning under accumulated stocks of un saleable commodities—the artisan was obliged to submit to lower wages, and irregular employment—the merchant could not find markets to keep his counting-house and his vessels in activity—in fine, a fatal stagnation had partially paralysed the hand of industry—and what was equally remarkable, though not now a point of consideration, every country, with which we had intercourse, seemed to partake of the same commercial indisposition. So gene• ral a state of depression perplexed men's minds, and the more so as no evident cause was at hand to explain the difficulty—but explanationi of difficulties are almost al ways sought and are generally found—sometimes, as on the present occasion, not over-encumbered with proof. Every eye was turned towards the government—thence, it was believed, every mischief sprung—the greatness of the evil, and the universal influence of political measures, were thought to be just commensurable with each other; and, hence, every tongue became clamorous to reform those abuses in the state to which all their grievances were now referred. We heard a universal cry for the reduction of taxes—complaints of the prodigal expendi ture of the public money, to maintain political influence in the House of Commons—charges of official pecula tion in every department of government—of a profligate multiplication of sinecurists—of the corrupt appropriation of national funds to support rotten boroughs—in fine, every theme of waste, malversation, and robbery had be come common " household words" in the mouth ()revery declaimer in the kingdom—and when the vast items of public expenditure were made the subject of calculation every one concluded, that out of so many millions a , year, it would be easy to spare sufficient to alleviate all the distresses of the country ; for, very much after the manner recommended by Swift, in his advice to servants, each considered the entire amount as applicable to the necessities of his own section. The first attempt, there fore, was to abridge taxation, judging that what was not paid to government, must remain in their own pockets. Petition succeeded petition, and the press, and almost the very walls of every town and village, groaned with the burden, " No Taxation." But though they thus urged their demands with a vehemence which seemed to threaten violence if what they asked was not conceded, yet Par liament turned a deaf ear to all their arguments—not because Parliament was reluctant to meet the wishes of the people, or had shut up the channels of sympathy, but because what was demanded could not be granted ; and, m oreover, if granted, would have left the evil unmitigated. But it is in vain to reason with passion. The people be lieved otherwise, and as they fancied the then existing Parliament, the only obstruction to the consummation of their wishes, they determined upon its reorganization upon a more popular principle. The people, they said, were not represented. Merchants, and manufacturers, and agriculturists could be heard upoa any question in the Senate, but the people had no advocate within its walls. It was a pitiable delusion, and much as we may lament the fatal issues to which it led, we can find some excuse for the more ignorant portion of the community under its influence. But we k•iow not bow to make an apology for those in higher stations who were not prompted by the like necessity, and whose ,better judgments ought to have secured them from such false reasoning. But to the issue. Petitions, backed by intimidation, procured the Reform Bill ; and under its benign influence the country has still continued to experience the same vicis situdes of depression and prosperity with which it was alwa►s acquainted. We shall not deal in bold general assertions, nor make an appeal to the credulity of our readers, but avail ourselves of a column, in the third page of the Times, Nov. 15, (a journal which, for ability in its leading article, and fidelity and importance in those subordinate, stands fat above all competition.) We there read, that uo‘v " the condition of the fustian cutters is • still as deplorable as ever, the want of demand causing the masters to reduce their stocks ; and the necessities of many of the cutters forcing them to offer their labour at less than the list prices." In another place, the very next para graph, is added, " we regret to observe that there are indications of extensive, and we fear protracted, turns out, among portions of the work people in the manufac turing districts." Still darker forebodings gather as we advance. At Manchester " there is so much gloom pre vailing amongst the commercial classes altogether that it is impossible to predict what is to come. There can be no doubt we are on the eve of a great commercial crisis, the end of which may be much more calamitous than that of 1825-6." At Middleton " plain sarcenet weavers, who have been without work a month have no probability of getting any at present. Those weavers who have work are bound to be six weeks in weaving it, and they then have to wait some time before they get another piece." At Bury ,4 ‘ many hands in the batting business are totally without employment, and others have scarcely half work." At Leeds " in the warehouses less business has been done than for some years past at the same period." All these quotations, collected together in the Times, are taken from local authorities, where there cannot be mistake, and is no temptation to mislead. What ! (we ask) is this cloud of distress possible under the blessed sun of reform? A remodelled House of Commons !—aye, and, to hoot, the municipal corporation reform bill ! Why " the be soul of destruction." put into the hands of a reformed and reforming parliament, we thought, was to have swept away the Babylon of all political and social evil. To the operative community we, therefore, say, "Lend us your ears," and " season your admiration for a while," and we will present to you truths, "strong as holy writ," to prove the fully of those hopes you placed upon reform. This shall be our demonstration. You were in distress before the passing of the reform bill you are equally in distress now, three years after it has passed. If some benighted child of reform, wandering in the darkness of his own imagination, should say that this is the seed time only of reform, and that the harvest is yet to come, when taxation will lose its cyphers, and purity pervade the state, we venture to tell him—we desire to throw ;this ray of truth over him, that there was a time, and that within our recollection, when we paid almost 20.000.000 a-year more in taxes than we now pay, and we then heard nothing of distress—no clamor for reform, or if any utterance were given to the wish, it was in the soft breathings of theoretical desire only. Review, con sider, digest this fact. We paid almost 20.000.000 a.year in taxes more than we now pay, and scarcely felt, and certainly murmured little, under the burden. We care not what may be ascribed to the transition from war to peace, with all its concomitants. The fact remains indis putable, that taxation and national prosperity do not gra duate together ; and a mistake of this has been the grand error that led astray, and is still leading astray, vast multitudes into the interminable road of reform, which in its tortuous windings is ever raising hopes of some new and pleasant prospect, but is ever disappointing them with a path having " a wall on this side and a wall on that side." If we had no other argument beyond this fact, it ought to be sufficient to petrify the blood of the warmest reformer. But our demonstration does not end here. What, fellow-countrymen, for we deeply sympa thise with your sufferings, what do you ask, what do you expect from reform, even when carried out to its utmost limits ? Reduction of taxes still ? Why, what says the Chancellor of the Exchequer to you—a man of your own political complexion—one steeped in the very Styx of radicalism, so as to become invulnerable to every assault of reason. He tells you—he, your head, says to you the members—" the state cannot bear it—we have nar rowed the stream of revenue to its smallest channel—the necessary machinery of government will be stopped if we lessen by the smallest fraction the pecuniary movement upon which its action depends." Give us, you say, a por tion of the tax upon malt. Mr. Spring Rice tells you, it cannot be granted ; and prate as you may upon.. he topic of a reduced revenue, all your words will " pass by him as the idle wind which he regards not." Do we blame the Chancellor for this ? We blame him not. We know that what he says is true. Retrenchment and aeronomy have their maximum limit, and we have probably reached it. Of what, then, do we complain ? Why, first, that the present government and its partizans continue to deceive the people with false hopes of meliorated circumstances from political measures, which can in no way answer the promise. The people " ask for bread," and ministers 4 ' give them a stone." They seek relief from pecuniary difficulties, and they receive crumbs of reform. They complain of distress at home, and they are amused with the promise of the spoliation of Church property in Ire land. But we stop not here. Our demonstration is full even to superfluity of proof. What the financial circum stances of the country refuse—what the Chancellor of the Exchequer pronounces to be impracticable, we will cheerfully grant. We are ready with an argumen tativ-e spunge to wipe out any tax which radical re form may require for the consummation of its wishes —not a million or two only of the malt-tax, but we will suppose the whole of it remitted—is this a mor sel not large enough and sweet enough to fill and luxuriate in the mouth of reform? What would follow such an abridgment of taxation ?—of taxation which is thought to be peculiarly oppressive to the artisan ?—ad mit that 5,000,000 are to remain distributed over the country which now run through the fiscal ducts of the government into the treasury ? There are 20,000,000 of persons contributing to the payment of these five mil lions of taxes, so that if an equal division of them were made, there would remain to each individual just five shillings a year, or a fraction more than ONE PENNY A WEEK; but this is grounded upon the supposition, that if that tax was abolished, the poor man, whose whole weekly expenditure does not exceed from 12s. to 20s. a week, and and in many cases hardly half of such sums, would derive as large a benefit as his rich neighbour who has an in come of £20,000 a-year. If we give every allowance in the calculation to the side of the labouring man, and con sider his family to consist of five persons, the whole be nefit he could by possibility receive from taking off the entire duty upon malt, would not be threepence a-week, perhaps not half the sum ; and is it, we would ask, about threepence a-week that all this outcry is raised—is it whether an artisan receives threepence a-week, more or less, that he is raised to comfort or is depressed in penury —happy or miserable—arid yet, to secure even this three pence a-week, we have been obliged to annul a tax of 5.000.000 a-y ear, and that at a time when the Chancellor of the Exchequer tells you lie cannot reduce any part of the revenue. Is this not demonstration, that reform is a mere word more senseless than the jabber of " tongues" in the mouth of crafty men, to abuse public credulity ! We call upon the operatives of the kingdom to open their eyes to these obvious incontestible proofs—to stretch for ward their hands and handle these tangible arguments. And be not amused with the bugbear of municipal re form, whether as in operation in England, where it is a hot-bed of contention, or as demanded for Ireland, where it will serve to maturate rebellion. Your interests have nothing to do with these questions. But do not hence conclude that we ask you to abandon the constitution, as if it deserved not your veneration and protection. No. Under that constitution, for generations, your forefathers were happy. Many of you experienced comfort. But we say, do not any longer deceive yourselves, nor suffer others to deceive you, with hopes which can only disap point your expectation. Do you—we fearlessly ask the question—do you find one single blessing secured to you by all the government and municipal r eforms which are made such themes of exultation, that you did not before possess ? Are you in the enjoyment of one right, civil or political, that has added an iota of comfort to your selves or your families ? We know that you have not ; and if you will still place your dependence upon that " broken reed," your folly wil l not onl y bring its con dign punishment, but almost place you below pity. We have many more things to say to you upon this subject, and in due course we shall return to it again; but, surely, we have already said eno u g h to excite distrust, and to rouse inquiry. One word, by way of recapitulation, we however feel compelled to add. Whenever the leaders of radicalism are declaiming before you on the benefits of reform, to stop their eloquence, ask them why the " fustian cutters of Manchester are now is as deplorable a condition as ever"—why "so much gloom still prevails Nov. 22 1836. there, aim! a great courrneraial crisis is expected, more calamitous than that of 1825-6"—why " the hatters of Bury are destitute of employment." —aye, anti the "turn 7 outs" are so general and so numerous, that we hear of military movements, troops of horse and regimeuts of infantry kept in readiness to repress a spirit of insubor dination. Will any reform obviate these evils ?—the expectation is fatnitous. In anticipation of the discussion which is expected to take place, in the Common Council, to-morrow, on the motion of Mr. Councillor Birch, that the Corporation Schools be offered for sale, we make this appeal—perhaps a final one—in favour of Scriptural Education, and ear• nestly invite the attention of our town councillors to the arguments which we shall adduce in defence of our views. We repudiate the charge, so frequently made, that we are influenced by any malignant feeling towards. those who differ from us in opinion, and we shall. only give a passing notice to the gross calumnies which are so liberally bestowed upon the advocates of Scriptural Education. The assertion that we resort to the most un worthy artifices, to falsehood, and to scurrility, in the ad vocacy of our principles, is contradicted by the concur rent testimony of thousands who- read and judge for themselves. Modern liberals have made the wonderful discovery that zeal for the cause of God is the result of a disordered mind; they regard the faithful and solemn warnings of Christian ministers, who are set for the de fence of the Gospel, as mere clap-traps to deceive the ignorant, and advance the interests of the party they es pouse. In the prosecution of the duty we have under taken we are influenced by no other feeling than a dis position to advance the religious and moral improveient of the Community ; and this we believe' cannot be effected in any other way than by making religious principle go hand in hand with moral and intellectual improvement. Thus, whilst the intellect is cultivated, and the mind stored with useful knowledge, those vital principles are imbibed which improve the life, The subject for discuSion to-morrow is one of the highest importance, not only to the community of Liverpool, btlt to the nation at large. It relates to the first attempt made in England to introduce what is called the " Irish system of education," ostensibly for the pur pose of reconciling conflicting creeds and allaying party animosity. At the time when the Education Committee, appointed by the Town Conncil, recommended the adop tion of this system, it was agreeably with the spirit and design of the contrivers, namely, that the Bible, as a . school book, should be carefully excluded. In accord ance with the resolution 'agreed to, on the report being received, the Bible was excluded from' the Corporation Schools, and it was not until public indignation had • aroused the fears of the Council, that they ever thought proper to contradict the allegation -Preferred against them. We speak advisedly, when we say the Bible was excluded, and might easily strengthen • our argument by a reference to the speeches delivered in the Common Council when the subject was under dis cussion, proving, beyond controversy, that the intention of the Council was to exclude the Bible, and introduce the selections. The Reverend Hugh M'Neile has ad dressed a powerful letter to the Town Council upon this subject, in which he clearly shows, upon the authority of Lord Stanley, that if the Irish system be introduced, the Bible is excluded, if the Bible is not excluded, then the Irish system is not adopted. We look forward with some interest, to the !proceedings of the Council to-morrow, and anticipate, with mingled feelings of shame and sorrow, the sophistry and jesuitical craft which, we doubt not will be resorted to, in order to extricate themselves on' of this dilemma. We are prepared for bold assertions and violent disclaimers ; but we prophecy that the argu meats in Mr. M'Neile's letter will not be answered, nor the chairman of the Education Committee exculpated front the charge of carrying his boasted liberality to the extent of practical disregard of all truth, exhibited in Ins profession . of Unitarianism and his teaching of Trinitarianism. Our contemporary of yesterday, appears exceedingly anxious to convince the public that the Bible never was excluded from the schools ; and charges his opponents with the most reckless audacity, and unblushing effrontery, in asserting what was utterly false. Now, in Spite of these weighty charges, we mattatain our opinion, and l eave it to any man of common understanding to jadge if we cannot make good our assertion, by the line of defence adopted by our contemporary. He tells us, and, we believe, very truly, that he went to the schools, and,saw • with " his own" eyes, and heard with " his own" ears, and then formed " his own." judgment. He found the • Bible there; but where think you, gentle reader, that he found it ? You shall have his own words. "We ap proached the end of the room occupied by the Protestant children ; they were reading—we listened-1T WAS. THE BIBLE, IT WAS THE AUTHORISED VER. SION," and lest there should be any mistake, he adds, " we looked at it more closely," (mind, reader, with " his own" eyes,) "and found it to be an edition put ferth by the centre of orthodoxy, the CHRISTIAN KNOW LEDGE SOCIETY." We would just ask our respect- able contemporary, if he entertained the idea for a mo ment, that any man of education would not detect the jesuitism, and low artifice here resorted to. Is it thus that the majesty of truth must be sacrificed to promote the ascendancy of party ? " Oh, shame where is thy blush ?" The Irish system provides that an hour shall be set apart for religions instruction, during which the ministers of all denominations may come and teach the children of their respective creeds, the Bible or .. anything else they please. Every man who is acquainted with the Irish system, knows that such is the fact ; and it is allowed ou all hands, that in this sense the Bible was not excluded. But in this, the system only gives permission to ministers, it secures nothing to the children . Our contemporarychose THIS HOUR to visit theschools, and found the Protestant children reading the Bible And from this circumstance he would attempt to persuade his readers, that he had met the argument, and established his own position. We intend also to visit the schools, ''" but it will be in what are called " school hours," and we shall then very probably indulge our readers by letting them know what we have seen with our own eyes, and , heard with our own ears. We have now, we hope, satisfactorily disposed of the question, whether the Bible is excluded or not, and would appeal to each member of our Town Council, and ask, whether the course they are pursuing, is becoming the high character for honour, and integiity, which they , ought to sustain ? Do they approve this special plead tbis jesuitical artifice, or, in other words, do they encourage the fraud which is perpetrated upon the pub lic ? Mr. Councillor Rathbone has denied publicly, and. privately, that the Bible was excluded—" he has read it himself —he has explained it himself" —and in the sense in which the clergy of the establishment understand it." Mr. Councillor Walnssley also says, that the Seri Aires are not excluded, but whilst they give to their words a par tial, and a restrictive weaning, they are deluding the public, and disgracing themselves. Let them meet the question boldly, and tell the public at once whether the Sacred Scriptures have as free, and unrestrained a circulation amongst all the children attending the schools, and at all hours of the day, as they had prior to the Irish system being introduced ? This is the real point at issue. It has been repeatedly affirmed, that the great est praise is due to the Town Council, inasmuch as they have given occasion for the exercise of Christian benevolence, and by this means increased the facilities for educating the infant population. But whilst we gratefully acknowledge that good has resulted out of the apparent evil, we are not disposed to concede any share of the praise to our liberal and enlightened , Town Council. Have they just cause for pride, that the unprecedented liberality of a Christian public has counter-. acted their wicked intentions ? Have they cause for joy, because Providence has overruled their evil designs,. and made them subservient to the advancement of truth ? They sought to restrain the use of the Sacred Scriptures —they attempted to shut out the light of Revelation in order to conciliate the popish party ani secure their as sistance in the furtherance of party objects. But the attemut has signally failed. We willi n g l y allow that many of the advocates of this sy stern hav e been actu ated by the purest motives; but it is impossible to to- NOV concile ti beral e on port this Prejudice the Gosr setUinat e to eo li► i . l edge of do es a „. disposal 'want apostal Can inve of our II 21 111 of I huckli N %ult. .41 and the oppositi Ream:ft cernfitui we say, faithful, resolut( lurefatt To. I. GR NI ° Lie or , the gel; Wedne The hie app N eat t intri felt iny for dire I !nay, C Onseqi It athim it 1: again th em tt`l.l 4 exelu made the v the e , , ing el Mete atteuti THEATRE.ROYAL, Third Night of the celebrated Miss KELLY, late of the Theatres Royal Drury-lane, Covent-garden, end English Opera House, being her FIRST and FA MONET, VISIT to Li verpool, as, after her engagement here, Miss Kelly's per formances are intended to be confined to the boards of her own Theatre in the Metropolis. Miss Ks; r.t.v's Fourth Night of Performance will be on Wednesday, and her Benefit and Last Night on Friday next. ripHIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 22d instant, it MISS KELLY will present an entirely Original Enter tainment, arranged by herself, entitled THE TWO FIRST PARTS OF DRAMATIC RECOLLECTIONS. WITH STUDIES OF CHARACTER, which has been received with unparalleled success in London, and in all the principal Theatres of the sister kingdom. PART I. Introduction—difficulties in going alone—Stars. STARS ! Feminine Advice—Lady Savage, her Dogs and Daughters— Mrs. Parthian : obliviscent Reminiscences—Biographical Glances—Early Patronage—John Kemblel-Pincushion and Crown Piece—Girlhood and Womanhood °hateable Land — Macadamized Music—A Recipe. BRAVURA. Discomposed h r. T. Cooke. Mr. M'Credit : a sweet expressi( —Hints and Compli ments—A Theory—Mrs. Siddons—C istance's Tears—Sally Sitnpkin, in Service, but out of Place—Country Engage inents—Costunie—Yarico's Skin—The Spinning Wheel--One good turn deserves another—Orchestral Absentees.—Song— " Hope told a flattering Tale," in D. With a disbanded Flageolet Accompaniment. PART 11. Journeying—Welsh Harper—Modern Plagiarism. Sung—Welsh Air. First introduction to Irish Character—Scotch Woman— Terence and no Qlassic—Car's Tour—Dublin—The Peggy ! Nell's Laugh—lrish Kindness—O'Donnelly's Farewell. " Getting up a Benefit." M rs. Miffv's Piano-forte, and Mr. Miffy's Letter-forte—Coach Pathos and Minute Interview—Public, Characters—Mr. and Mrs. Drake of the Profession—Comparative Anatomy. After which, the Petit Comedy of IS HE JEALOUS ? In which Miss Kelly will appear in her original character of To conclude with the grand Dramatic Romance of BLUE BEARD. In which the stupendous ELEPHANT, RAJAH, belonging to Mr. Atkins, proprietor of th• Zoological Gardens, will appear. The rare end docile animal, the large DUOMEDA EY, which has re cently been added to Mr. Atkins' collection, will also appear in the Procession, bearing Presents for Fatima. On WEDNESDAY, Miss KELLY'S DRAMATIC RE COLLECTIONS. After which, a favourite DRAMA, in which Miss KELLY will sustain a principal character. 'l'o con clude with BLUE BEARD. HEATRE -ROY AL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. gLARKE. On which occasion Mr. KEAN has in thie kindest manner granted the aid of his valuable services, • and will perform the character of HAMLET being positive his only appearance this season. Revival of the splendid eastern dra of ALADDIN, or the -Woriumut LAMP, not acted ere for six years. /AN MONDAY next, the 28th instant, will be performed Shakspeare's tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet. Mr. Kean. After which, for the first time these six years, the splendid Eastern Drama of ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LA MP. With new and appropriate Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, and Decorations. The Scenery Painted by Mr. Johnston, and Assistants; the Machinery constructed *by Mr. Wilmore. *lucid in Miss Chaplin Mustapha (Aladdin's mother) Mrs. Clarke. Ticekets to be had of Mrs. CLARKE, No. 1, Houghton-street; and of Mr. PA ILK R, at the Box-office, of whom places may be taken from Ten till Three. TO CORRESPONDENTS, The letter of " Justitia" shall appear on Friday. A correspondent wishes to know whether Alderman Eyre Evans was black-balled, at the meeting of the Literary and Scientific Society ? We cannot say. Dater alter a 4 C' 'Moat cu e reit ext,