The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN .(From the Standard.) We have accounts from Bilboa to the 6th instant, at which time the garrison .still held out. On the morning of the sth, Espartero made a movement to relie ve that town, but Eguia and Villareal being- on the watch, seize d the opportunity, and gave the Christino Gerieral battle. The action lasted the whole of the day, at the elose.of which, Espartero was forced to retire from all his position;, though he had been protected by the fort of Desierto, the steam-boats, ctialoupes, Btc. His numerical loss is not mentioned, but it is said to be very great, of which there can be no doubt, considering the murderous fire which the Carlists kept up for so long a time. Many of the Christinos were drowned in endeavouring to swim away to a place of safety. While this combat was going on. the Izarrison made a sortie, but they were immetljately repulsed with considerable loss. - A fe male messenger was arrested as she was leaving Bilboa esth a dispatch for General i;spartero. This communication was from General San Miguel, *llich stated that if Espartero did not go to the assistance of Billloa in two days, he should be obliged to capitulate.—his provisions and ammunition being nearly ex hausted. The next letter will. no doubt bring the issue of this long pending contest. The revolutionary feeling is fast spread ing in Catalonia, which seems likely to lead to another separa tion. ShoUts of " the Sovereign People," have been echoed and re-echoed at Barcelona, accompanied by the vocalisation of "patriotic hymns," and other demonstrations of a like ten- , dency. The debates in the Cortes are becoming very animated. The sittings of 'the 4th and sth were entirely occupied with discus sing the report of the committee on the extraordinary measures demanded by the government. Much opposition was manifested the various speakers to the proposition, which seemed to raffle the temper of Senor Calatrava, who expressed great sur prise that the asked-fot grant of " extraordinary power" should be resisted in the way it had been. Senor Calatrava did not attempt to conceal the fact that the disturbed state of the country demanded it; and without the Cortes would yield to the government solicitation, ministers must at once resign. The discussion had not terminated when the report left Madrid. AGMY OF THE NORTH—DIVISION OF THE ADVANCED GUARD. OSUNA, Nov. 27.—1 wrote to you from Arcos, on the 26th, to acquaint • you 'in a few words with - the news of the victory ob tained over Gomez and his whole force on the 25th ; I then hoped to give you a detailed account on the following day of the action; but you will conclude, from the date of the present dispatch, that I have had scarcely time enough to arrive here, even by forced tuaches. At the head of the cavalry and the `3d division, I am pursuing Gomez, who has with him only 4(X)0 or 5000 men, worn-out with fatigue and the rapidity of their flight. He is gone to pass the night at Estepa, and I hope to be able to' come up with him to-morrow. His soldiers, who formed a corps of 14.000 men, are now wandering about in all directions, and falling into the hands of the National Guards, and the authorities of the different boroughs. GENERAL NARVAEZ. (Private Correspondence of the Morning Post.) CA MP BavoirE B maim, Dac. s:—Eks day dawned this morn ing ( Monday)' it was seen that the Christinos had removed their grand bridge of boats between Portug,aletta and the sands of Algorta, not in imitation of Pizarro when he disembarked his conquering army on the shores of America, but simply with the design of laving it across the His Nervia higher up, opposite the Convent of Desierto, more convenient for his escape into that stronghold. Lest they should escape without a battle Villareal and Egtria- descended into the plain at. sunrise, and, throwing forward their guerillas, commenced an attack on the whole Christino force then in possession of the Palacio of Asua, and all the north-east side of that village, and also of Sondica, Logue, and Erandio. I have just returned, after witnessing the day's operations, and have only light and time left to inform you that the Carlists have gained a complete victor_y—have driven the Christinos successfully out of Asua , Sundica, Brandin, and Lugua; in short, up out of the valley occupied by them since Wednesday, to take refuge in the precipitous heights of Ondis and Lejona, opposite the convent of Desierto, where a itew bridge is prepared for them, to recross to the Portugalette side. They have (as we learn from several Christino officers who have passed within these few days to the service of the mountain King) 1.2,000 infantry, 150 cavalry, and five pieces of cannon, viz., one piece of twelve pounds, belonging to the forti tiCations of La Desierto, and four four-pound held-pieces, but they have not fired a shot front one of the five, keeping them on the heights of Algorta and Lejona to protect their retreat, and very naturally fearful they would be captured in the valley. Orrasa is also in command with Espartero, Escaleta leads the first division; the Baron de la Met- the second. Carandolet led the cavalry with his usual bad success. The Carlists had none here except the 1-Ith Lancers, who formed General Eguia's body-guard ; but with these Lord I.anelagii gallantly charged the Christino tirailleurs, and returned unhurt al though his horse was wounded. I have seen thirty-three prisoners brought in, who surrendered in a strong auntie (farm-house.) which they held till 25 others were killed in it. I know not how many more have fallen or taken ; but 1 hear that the Carlist loss is very slight, although they were very much exposed. the generals and their staffs as much as the rest. The horses of Villareal and Goni also felt the fire. These moan taineers are really fine fellows. I saw several of these guerillas stand to-day to fight single-handed with the Christino Lancers, who charged them. The latter suffered severely. One serious charge was made against a crowd of guerillas, who were ad vancing against A randia. Villareal and his staff happened to be there at the moment, and when the guerillas were retreating as usual to their own battalions, the General and his officers waving their swords, shouted to them to stand and face them, as they did. The guerillas replied with "Vivas," stood their ground every man of them, unformed as they were, and took such good aim at the lancers that several men and horses fell, and the rest retreated instantly. From that moment the Car lists carried everything triumpantly. It is expected that Es partero will retreat to-night or to-morrow morning to Desierto. MONDAY NIGHT, Dec. 5 —I open my letter to say that while the Carlists were beating Espattero on his own ground in the volley, the garrison of Bilboa made a sortie on the site of Bego but, after having taken two houses and set them on fire, were repulsed and driven into the city with loss, by the valiant Alavere, in reserve upon Sopelana. SAN SIMIASTIA x, Dec. 6.—The contractors who-, under gua rantee of the Provincial Deputation, have hitherto supplied the wants of General Evans's 9030 or 1003 men, have declared that sto _th.e 141_b _d_ Dece 'LPL UPPER CANADA. According to the Toronto paper of the 11th ult., there are members in the ParliaMent of Upper Canada as fond of placing "notices on the books," as are some folks nearer home. Im mediately after the delivery of the opening speech by Sir F. 13. Head, many notices of motions were given, and entered on the books. The papers give the following selections from such entries:— "The Mayor—A bill to regulate elections of Members of Assembly. I ‘\fr. - Thorburn—A bill to repeal the Paws imposing fines on Quakers, &c., for not doing duty as militiamen in the time of peace. "Mr. Robinson—An address to the Lieutenant-Governor for certain communications from the Colonial-office relative to representations by individuals since the last prorogation, &c. "Mr. Rykert—A bill for the erection and endowment of dis trict seminaries. "Mr. M'Nab—A bill to vacate seats of Members accepting any situation from the Government or the house,—a committee tin the land-granting department. " Mr. Gowan—A. committee to inquire into the protests, pe titions, allegations of bribery, violence, executive interference, &c., at the late general elections, with power to send for wit !lmes, &c. " Mr. Norton—A bill to abolish the law of primogeniture. " Mr. Norton—A bill to sell the clergy reserves for educa tional purposes,—bills to amend the libel law, and to repeal the Salt-tax. "Mr. Dunlop—A bill on prison discipline,—a bill for a gee. logical survgy i n Upper Canada. " Mr. M,KaY—Resolutions with a view to obtain a seaport in Upper Canada, by altering the boundary lines in Lower Ca nada." NEW BRUNSWICK. The courier of St. John's, New Brunswick, November 12, has been received. It mentions, that H is Majesty has complied *ith the prayer of the petition of merchants, Ste.; of Miranuchi, to direct that port to be opened as a landing and warehousing port, and that an order to that effect might be shortly expected. This paper gives a remarkable instance of the extent to which some establishments engage in the North American timber trade ; it is that of Messrs. Pollock, Gilmour, and Co. They arc chiefly engaged in this; and it is mentioned that they have etaht different establishments, and ship annually up - wards of 6,900,000 cubic feet of timber, to cut and collect which, and to prepare it for shipment, required upwards of 15,000 men, and 500 horses and oxen, in constant employment. For the promotion of their trade. they are owners of 21 large ships, the registered tonnage of which is 12,005 tons., navigated by 502 seamen, carry ing each trip upwards of 20,000 tons of timber, at 40 cubic feet per ton ; all of which ships make two, and some them three, trips annually. It is added, and we believe truly, that such an establishment is unequalled in Europe. A new joint-stock bank had just opened at Frederickton, part of the largely subscribed capital having gone from St. John's and the establishment. MONTREAL. . According to Montreal papers last received, American specu lators had been engaged there, and in other parts of the Cana das, buying up wheat and salt for the American Market. It is mentioned that one of those merchants recently bought in that city 80,1kM) bushels of Upper Canada wheat, and 50,000 bushels of salt. It further stated, that a steamer had forwarded 35,000 bushels of wheat, and 2 7 ),O1( bushels of salt to Lapairie, to be taken thence to:St. John's, Via the railroad. • UNITED STATES, In the last private accounts from New York there is every evidence of a returning confidence in the money market, and a strong conviction too, that unless shaken by eny violent ac tion from flies country, no serious consequences will follow the crisis which has been in' progress fir several months past. Though there wmild seem to be no necessary connexion be tween the Presidential election and the money-market, it was believed that the mode of Van Buren's return, of whose actual election no doubt was entertained, might come to exercise a material influence upon it. lf, for example, it should be deter mined by the majority of the votes of the college, there is some probability then that a gradual improvement would follow; but if the election of President should devolve upon the House of Representatives, there would be such an electioneering excite ment kept up during the winter, through the agency of the banking institutions, which would expand and contract their issues as it might happen to afford means for annoying their po litical opponents, that the whole of the commercial and finan cial business would be disturbed by it. One important question for this country arising out of the supposed return of the Ameri can money-market to a better state, is, whether we shall in consequence of it recover some of the gold which was exported thither, and which first brought on our own difficulties; hut it seems likely, notwithstanding the rise in the exchange, that this will not be' the case, as a taste for hard cash is spread all over the Union, and both gold and silver bear a premium of I per cent. compared. with notes. This is a circumstance which can .not fail to be taken into proper account by the Directors of the -Bank of England. With respect to Van . Buren, an opinion is expressed that his working of the hard money system will not -be quite so rigid as that of General Jackson, which is allowed to have produced much inconvenience, though based upon suf ficiently sound principles. One of the letters from which the Preceding particulars are collected, says in conclusion," "The high valu e o f money in this city (New York) begins to attract capital from different quarters, inquiry for and there has been more inquiry for commercial are no longer frightetedgs in general look better, and people Boston papers to the 19th ult, have been received. They mention that President Burnet" Texan Republic, had re hlie denied that the ped t the rotest accommoda of Santa At ti r nan;r, the mthat aong other things Anna's prison house were at all more contracted in t Sancta .convenient, than that of his own fa rn it y rn re e Zions, or mote in-' most emphatically denied that Santa An na , . . i a rs , He further complied with in respect to the preservation (Wuris" hit been property belong to the Texans. REGISTRATIONS ( From the Standard.) It has been more than once said by the ministerial and radical press, " We hear none of the exultation this year which the conservatives showed in the autumn of 1835, on the results of the parliamentary registrations." - - The remark is about as wise and as candid as most of the, taunts proceeding from that quarter. They first of all bungle the matter after such a fashion in parliament as to postpone the whole business of registration a whole month in the present year, beyond the usual time, and then they ask us, before that month has expired, " Why are you not exulting as you were at this time last year ?" But there is another reason which has prevented our ap proaching this subject before now. The • details which we are now about to give to our readers have been in our possession for nearly a fortnight past; but we hoped to have considerably increased their amount by returns from counties and boroughs in which, after all, for some reason or other, neither radicals nor conservatives have chosen to publish any statement. We could name several important districts (Lancashire for one) in which, though we have every reason to believe that the con servatives have obtained important successes, yet neither from themselves nor from their opponents are•we favoured with any return. However, having waited with some patience for several days, we now proceed to give a general view of the results in such counties and boroughs as have published intelligible statements. Sou►e others, nut intelligible, but evidently intended to deceive, we have omitted; but neither in omission nor inset tion have we swerved from a sincere intention to iuform our readers of the truth of the case, so far as we ourselves could discover it. We shall commence with those places in which the advantage appears to rest with the ministerial party. We have only been able to meet with seven instances of this kind, to wit— Conservative. Radical. • --- --- -6 ,- -a •t; COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS. 2 oa, .4 E . : , , 3 ,; s. .... 11 , , si: rl . - ji: .5 ' ''' ''' 'S P.. VI ;Li C/) ------------.-- NORTH SHROPSHIRE. Conservative objections 175 120 55 Radical objectiong' Bit /STOi,. Conservative objection. Conservative claims 56 27 29 Radical objections Radical claims • • • • .. 22 10 12 NEWCASTLE. Conservative objections Conservative claims • • 2 Radical objections Radical claims BRIGHTON. Conservative objections (none) Conservative claims (none) Radical objections against con servatives.. •• •• 52 33 19 Radical claims .. .. .. 277 15 262 PETERBOROLGH. Conservative objections Conservative claims .. • • 6 Radical objections. — •• •• •• 4 Radical claims HORSHAM. Conservative objections 4 0 4 Conservative claims . Radical objections. •• •• •• 7 3 4 Radical claims .. .. .. 29 21 8 HULL. Conservative objections. .. 21 Conservative claims ... lb Radical objections. Radical claims Now, what is the real value of these six cases of success ? Le t ❑s see. North Shropshire presents an apparent gain of fifteen. Fifteen, in a county ! That is not much, to he sure; but even that little vanishes when we learn that of the new claims the Conservatives have an cverwheluning majority. North Shrup• shire, then, goes for nothing. In Peterborough the Radical gain is five. The seat is theirs already : whether this gain of five will enable them to hold it, is more than we can tell. The same observation applies to Horsham. _ _ In Brighton the Conservatives, ascertaining that the lists were fairly and honestly made out, offered neither claims nor objections. The Radicals tried both, and succeeded in 48 cases out of 329. But this will not in the slightest degree endanger the success of one, if not two Conservatives, at the next election. In the other three cases, Bristol, Hull, and Newcastle, the Radicals made war, as it is their custom to do, upon the free men, and succeeded in clearing . the lists of many deceased or removed parties. But this is only an apparent gain; while it increases the irritation felt by the freemen, and still leaves a large majority of enemies. The Whig candidates in Bristol, in 1833, were about 1,000 in the rear. Since then they have struck off 500 of the freemen, while, 200 or 300 new freemen have been added to the lists, to vote against them. The same account may be given of Newcastle and of Hull. On the whole, then, the entire value of the Whig successes on this year's re gistration would not repay the cost of a single week's wages of one of their objection-servers. Turn we to the other side of the story, and let us see whether the advantages gained by our friends have been equally without value. 1 hose which have come under our notice are as follow! COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS. MIDDLEsEX. Conservative - objections Conservative claims (about) . tit IRE. -• Conservative objections Conservative claims.," Radical objections Radical claims YORKSHIRE (West Riding.) Conservative objections Radical objections YORKSHIRE (East Riding.) Conservative objections Radical objections HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Conservative objectigns Radical objections NORFOLK (East.) Conservative objections...... Radical objections NORFOLK (West.) Conservative objections Radical objections SUFFOLK (West.) Conservative objections Radical ot.jections PLOCESTER SHIRE (West.) Conservative objections Radical objections GLoczsTF.itsuitiE, ( East.) Conservative objections Radical objections NORTHUMBERLAND (South.) Conservative objections Radical objections NORTHUSIBERLAN D (North.) - Conservative objections , Radical objections• • •••• ••••• KENT (\Vest.) Conservative objections Radical objections Dunisysisitts: (South.) Conservative objections...• • • • Radical object WAttw SH IRE ( South.) Conservative objections - Radical objection s LEICESTERSHIRE (South.) Conservative objection s Conservative claims....., .. Radical 0bjecti0n5..........., Radical claims DURHAM (North.). Conservative objections Radical objections BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Conservative objections Consei vative claims Radical objections Radical claims SOUTH DEVON. Conservative objections Radical objections ISLE OF WIGHT. Conservative objections Radical objections LEEDS. Conservative objections....... Conservative claims Radical objections RadiCal claims LEICESTER. Conservative objections Radical objections ANDOVER. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections.... Radical claims CLOCESTER. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections .... Radical claims BARNSTAPLE. Conservative objections Radical objections...., WARWICK. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical ot.jections • • Radical claims IrswicH. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections Radical claims Buoy ST. EDMUNDS. Conservative ohjectiong Conservative claims. Radical objections ••• Radical claims YARMOUTH. Conservative objections..;.... Conservative claims Radical objections Radical claims CANTERBURY. Conservative objections....... Conservative claims Radical objections.... •• Radical claims DOVER. Conservative objections • • Conservative claims Radical objections Radical claims..... SHREWSBURY. Conservative objections Radical objections --Now we have no doubt that this statement will be carped at by the ministerial journals. They will, probably, by diligent search,- find out a f ew more re t urns i n f avour o f th e i r ow n p ar t y. We can easily believe that this is possible, as we also believe that we might add to the list of conservative successes, it we could search the files of every conservative journal in England. But this has not been in our power, and we must therefore be content with offering to our readers as full and as accurate an account as we have been able to prepare, and that by a very laborious search through a large proportion of the provincial journals. As for satisfying the radical o r m i n i s terial papers, that, o f course, must be out the question. This was well shown in the Middlesex case. We first published a statement of the objee. tions taken and sustained, giving a clear majority to the con servatives of about '2OO on this point only, " Ay,' "but," said the radical editors, "you tell us nothing about the claims; and this is of Nr more importance." We then replied, that out of 6000 new claimants, in the last two years, nearly 4000 were known to be conservatives. "But what does that matter?" said the Spectator; " supposing that they are conservatives when you register them, how can You answer for it that they wilt be con servatives when the election comes?' To such reasoning as this we shall, of course, attempt no answer. But we must add one word to the conservatives generally, The foregoing list will show very clearly, that wherever any well-directed efforts are made, their success to the conservativ e cause is almost sure to follow. Why then, we ask, are there districts of England in which the friends of - the monarchy are still supine ? Why do we hear nothing of Sussex, South -Dur ham, North Wilts, North Hants, and several other counties? Let this question be seriously taken to heart by the gentlemen of those districts. Let England be aroused, as one man, against the O'Connell tyranny. There is only one person living, since Bannister's death, who performed on the stage of the first Drury-lane Theatre with Garrick, and that is the once celebrated Harlequin Byrne, fa. ther of Oscar Byrne, who is still active, and enjoys good health. LAPORTE has just concluded, perhaps, the most profitable, certainly the most brilliant season he has ever had. "I iani" was succeeded by a most interesting opera, "/ Briyanti," by Mercadante, the music of which immediately found its way into the concert rooms Nag the boudoirs of the nobility. By her exquisite delinekion " Ite vani ornarnenti," the divine Grisi has, if possible, added to her high reputation ;—her singing in " Fin the un vesto," was the most exquisite thing imaginable, and the composition itself must become as univer sally popular as Malibran's Night at,Sea. Rubini, L41;14:116, and Tamburini to whose . good taste the production of " I Briganti". i s ow i ng , sus t aine d th e i r respective parts with a l l tt thisie o ti wohe nted first l a l act, :ie equa l lyx,nenedll TenanCieni w e l co medri B n s n :--the e Prayer, th e so p rofessor e i ss or and the amateur are ra a N d - e v r, th t e he re L? e n i a e l g e favourites of the fashionable world. We are pleased to find that the English publishers have employed the genius and talent of Herz, Bochsa, Burrows, and other able arrangers in th eA e e.rt.adoptioneEr:i ep,ATTEMPT hT o e f OH A me l t e atup r or c u.sn a na, d onEc a rdßh r i ., t att_ e hrg ' gee s j:H, mcl've:eai.rirspstei andn .a t u o o trtudege t iii h hfi,, i e ptealtutdit c pne, a gfb p le r a tmo l t i eica i i l unt i a o t t itvgele:eitsi his e d (h) ws e fe , inrftt.ethhl, thepi preceding ' night. The prisoner is a shoemaker. a lodger in his house, stated, that soon after Je upwards throatoa n n s e t constable b Donaldson, e n o o f t f h D 60 e a rl y a he bad gone to bed he was suddenly awoke by his brother, who desired him to get up, for there was some dangerous work going on in the next room. He bounced out of bed, and instantly went into the next cdamber, from whence a low groaning noise proceeded. There he found the prisoner kneeling on his wife, who was naked in bed; he was not u n d ressed, and had a knife in his hand. (The knife, which was covered with dried blood, was produced; it was one such as shoemakers use, and seemingly very sharp) The prisoner , appeared to be cutting his Kite's throat. Witness pulled h i m off, sa y in g to him , "Are you mad?" but he made no reply. The woman went down stair;. She was dreadfully cut across the face on both sides of the mouth, and her hands were severely cut. (It was supposed she received these latter wounds iu protecting her throat.) She was so ex hausted from the loss of blood and her wounds, that she could not speak. Some females took her into a neighbour's house, and she remained there. Hu g hes, the constable sent for, and saw the woman in a neighbours hou se; she e st ie evrtihte was h ap peared to be in a dying state. B y the time he got into the pri. i d m t o, by said the soner's house he had gone to b e d with s ta o i m res, e e ruee r of,ei n a which w his childr en . floor the of stairs, h prisonerTh eshee andts, the his wife pi 1 l hadc as es, been,an the blood. prisoner's 'h s e e e . knife(wh Benjaminich h e se rd efi produced) eid, twashe songivend alluded he went into his father's house about half-past 11, after the dis turbance, and found the apartment as described by the prece ding witness. Some person s present said they co u ld not find the knife; he went into the shop, and there found it under the window. Anoth e r of Surdefield's son stated that his father and mother had quarelled the.previous day, and that she had ob tained a peace warrant. He had frequently beaten her b e f ore. The prisoner, who did not speak a word, was remanded f or fur ther examination this day fortpight, with an unde rs t an di ng that lie should be brought up sooner if his wile should be sufficiently recovered to give her e vidence.--Walrerharrspon Chronicle. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1836. Some subtlety is displayed in the perpetration of every crime—some palliative circumstance, upon which the de linquent may fall back when pressed home with guilt— some " contingent remainder," where the fee of honesty is first not alienated—some "if you said so" to shelter it—all of which add to the malignancy of offence—and it is in this way that corporation foxes have endeavoured . to have one hole by which they can enter the municipal roost, and another by which they can escape. Mr. Rath bone says, that "they did THINK on a list." Cogitative assembly !—would that virtue was as thoughtful! What gratuitous labour for the benefit of Liverpool !—they " let not the left hand know what the right hand doeth" in municipal charities—they seek not the reward of pub lic honours for their " secret services"—their thoughts are always " to us-ward." But thinking is only the first step of which acting is the second; and, therefore, with out drawing breath, Mr. R. adds, " and did AGREE." Yes, it was, you perceive, a matter of "thought," and every thought found a tongue; but what was uttered who of Cocker were most predominant. The conclusion, however, of their thinking, was agreement. And will the town of Liverpool be insulted with municipal conduct like this ? Will they allow forty members, all steeped in the same bath, to meet together, and not only think of measures deeply influential over the interests of the town, but to come to an agreement upon them ? Will they be satisfied to rest in the wisdom, not to say the po litical integrity, of forty such men, and to commit the prosperity or destruction of Liverpool to their private conferences F Impossible ! We cannot be sunk so low in apathy—we cannot be so fallen from prudence—poli tical madness cannot yet have brought us to this ! To this? Aye, more. Let us proceed. Mr. R. says, "they did agree, certainly, among themselves." Liberal exam ple of liberal principles ! "Among themselves!" Not one dissentient was there—each had regularly passed through the municipal sieve—the current of radicalism ran smoothly—it met with no obstacle. Why these forty members might have come to any conclusion they pleased upon any question they chose to entertain. They might have lighted the lamps of Liver pool at noon in the dog-days, or have voted the Bible a superfluous book in moral education at the national schools, for they were screened by walls which prying curiosity could not penetrate ; and however adverse such measures, or others like them, might be to the welfare of the town—however subversive of sound principles, po licy, and good—if these forty men had but " agreed," each stood exonerated of all personal responsibility ; for the overture would only need to be proposed at a meeting of the Town Council, and SILENT VOTES be given, and the act would become the act of a corporation in which individuality is always lost. Oh, Mr. R., you have proved a blessed traitor to the municipal conspiracy. Surely you slept at the late meet ing of the Town Council, and this, which you divulged was in a dream. But we will neither garble nor abridge your golden sentences—they ought to be printed in let ters a foot high, and circulated throughout every town or the kingdom.' Mr. R. subjoined—" if we saw nothing better transpire for the community, we did agree to sup port that list." What means this macula upon the mid day sun of Mr. R.'s confession ?—what " better" thing was likely to be born than that which sprung from the men tal loins of radicalism ?—what babe so likely to be nou rished as their own offspring ? Besides, the Jews and Samaritans have no dealings with each other. " Ca❑ any thing good," say these forty—we had almost com mitted ourselves, though we are not now play-going folks—councillors, " come out of conservative Naza reth ?" Oh no ! the most monstrous birth of radicalism would he preferred before it. We put it to the plain sense of Liverpool, whether there was a shade of proba bility that any name not found upon that " angel" list would be approved by the Town Council ? We appeal to the same plain sense, and ask, whether they are willing to commit all the business of the corporation to these forty radicals, to be conducted in the same way ? We think not. But Mr. R. disclaims the imputation that he came "bound hand and foot" to the Council-chamber. Why, so did Cassio that he was drunk ; and both have left evi deuce against themselves of unqualified guilt. We say, that every one of the for•cy came bound " hand and foot" —morally bound to a particular act in the Town Coun cil. How would Mr. R. have looked any one of his forty colleagues in the face ?—how would they have stared at each other, if such at one had offered comment upon, or objection to, any single name on that list ?—and would not such a colleague have felt that he was violating an en gagement ? We unhesitatingly affirm, that men who could meet for so sinistrous, so dishonourable a purpose, would bind themselves to the issue. If we are asked for proof, we produce the. issue itself; the plan and the exe cution, the design and the building, exactly correspond. Whether these forty members consider such pre-detertni • nation of public business "dishonourable"—such shrink. ing from public discussion "cowardice"—such private combinations a "cabal"—or the whole transaction a most base and " servile" of we know not ; but we perfectly agree with Mr. James Heyworth in the appropriation of every one of these degrading designations to them; and are assured, that every virtuous and correct mind in the kingdom will agree with us. It is worse than a bench of magistrates meeting at a tavern, and apportioning the punishment of a cm iminal before he is tried; because, in such an instance, they might have the whole case before them—they may know the man—they may personally have been acquainted with the circumstances of his crime, and thence have an exact knowledge of his delin quency. But these forty radicals could know nothing of . _ the merits of those whom their brother councillors might propose—they could not measure the objections that might be brought against the objects of their own choice ; and, in both eases, the public is defrauded of that expli cit expression of sentiment which is the only guarantee of justice in public proceedings. In the above remarks we wish to be considered as di recting our artillery against the fortress itself, not against the individuals within. In private life they may be "all, all honourable men." It is of a faggot of radical Town Councillors that we have spoken, which was privately bound up for the destruction of municipal integrity and re sponsibility. We say responsibility : notwithstanding the superlative nonsense uttered by Mr. Councillor Black burn, whose classically-turned phrase was, " men don't act in bodies in that way, so as to throw off all responsi bility at all—every man is responsible for his own acts." ff Mr. B. have sense enough to understand the question, we would ask him, where is the responsibility of any one of these forty radicals whose conduct has so disgraced the town of Liverpool ? Neither the act, nor, conse quently, the responsibility, can be fastened upon any one of them ; they took care of that. Mr. Rathbone has made then a " joint stock company," without any clause of personal responsibility, save and except himself, by a strong implication. The whole affair is so irredeemably disgraceful, that we believe there will never be heard again, as there never has been heard of before, the caballing of forty members of a corporation, to prejudge, and predetermine public business, which can only, with security, be confided to an open Council—there to be openly discussed and openly concluded. We forbear, now, to introduce the subject of the Bi ble, at the very name of which by Mr. James Ileyworth, the Town Council of Liverpool, like another theatre on the night of a condemned play, or a tavern at the last hour of a bacchanalian meeting of radical reformers—ne ver exhibited a scene of greater or more disgraceful dis order than the Council Chamber of the Municipal Cor- poration of Liverpool at its last monthly meeting. De cency blushes at the remembrance of it, and England feels shame, whilst she sees Truth recording it. in the chronicles of her history. In the annals of debate it stands without a precedent; and, for the honour of our country, we hope it will never find a parallel. Never did a guilty wretch, caught in the very act of a flagrant crime, evince more dread of, or more violently resist be ing dragged before a magistrate, than did this municipal body the exposures of one of its own Council. Never did political iniquity, like " the galled jade," so "wince" before—neyer did corruption, exulting in a tyrannous majority, so impudently raise its head and voice —never, when the charge was pressed home, did it so shrink back abashed, and hide its face under the mantle of power. Some observations have already appeared in our columns upon that dark, disastrous day of Liverpool's disgrace; but the occasion was too momentous, the incidents too rare, the subject too memorable, to be allowed to pass into the grave of oblivion without a more full inscription engraved upon its tomb, for the admonition, not of Li verpool only—first in " bad pre-eminence"—but of Eng land also. We who calmly read the proceedings of tint day, di vested of all personal feelings, and free from all momen tary excitement, intend to strip off the leaves, and lay bare the fruit of the question. If individual character be implicated in our conclusion, it is not because we com mand any one to "hold up his hand" whilst we prefer our charge; but because individual guilt has attached it self to them in public judgment, before we proceed to trial. The facts of the case are these. Mr. Alderman Evans, and said, that Mr. Councillor James Heyworth had, in a speech delivered to his constituents, at a ward dinner, de clared that some act (Mr. Alderman Evans very adroitly omits all mention of it, Though we know all about it) of certain members of the Town Council displayed a "ser vile majority"—" deep dishonour"—" political cabal"— and " petty cowardice." We might, as did Mr. Coun cillor Heyworth, deny the power of the Town Council to sit in judgment upon the language of any one of its meth hers, delivered out of the Council Chamber, and we might thus put a close to the question, by simply fasten ing upon Mr. Evans and his coadjutors the seal of igno— ranee of municipal rights. But this would leave the me rits of the question undecided. Besides, Mr. Evans's ex pectation of an apology was so defeated, and the Mayor's parallelism so completely destroyed, by the prompt ad dress and irresisiible reply of Mr. James Heyworth, that what they hoped would have ended in their honour now so threatened to overwhelm them in disgrace, that, losing all presence of mind, they floundered till the radical as sembly sank down the slough of infamy beyond redemp tion. The first hope was, that Mr. James Heyworth would give the bag to the reporters of oui paper, and run off, to elude the charge preferred against him. But this was a false estimate of his integrity, though a stand ard, perhaps, of their own. Then, when Mr. Hey worth stood firm, and admitted the charge—as " they had nothing to say against it"—they open another loop-hole for him, glad if the lion which they had roused would escape. '• I suppose," says the Mayor, "it is the clothing that is objected to"—excellent wit! " I will not call you a liar, Sir William," said Junius, " but with all the politeness imaginable I will prove you one."-- " Well, well," says our Mayor, " you may prove us what you please, a servile majority'—capable of deep hishonour'—' a cabal'—or guilty of cowardice,' but mind you do not call your proofs by these hard names— if there be some spots upon the municipal garment we don't like to have them pointed at—if sepulchres.' we are full of all uncleanness,' we only desire to be ' painted.'" But, when Mr. James Heyworth scouted all these paltry offers of escape, with indignant scorn, as incompatible with truth—then the dogs burst from their kennel, and disputed the prey with the lion. This was the last, and ought to have been the first step—if any step were proper—after Mr. James Hey worth acknowledged the report to be " substantively and substantially true." Would a man charged with stealing our watch, not immediately say, " search me, and if you find the property upon me, hand me over to justice, but if not you are false accusers." Did Mr. Al derman Evans—did the Mayor—did any of their col- leagues, partners in crime, say "search us," and see whether we are chargeable with the alleged offence— "our withers are unwrung." No, a shuffling, dis honourable subterfuge of words, was made the matter of discussion, in the hope that as innocence could not be established, guilt might be overlooked. But Mr. James Heyworth, stood like the monument, with a damning inscription upon it, uniting another Popish, Unitarian, municipal plot meditated against the rights of English men. We promised to strip ofT the leaves, and lay bare the fruit of this question ; and to that task we reluctantly proceed, though with something less of fear, since we purpose out of their " own mouths to condemn them.•' Mr. Raihbone admitted, when it was hopeless to con ceal it, and after every attempt at evasion had com pletely failed, that " they (meaning about forty members of the Town Council who privately met at the Angel Inn, prior to the appointment of the Dock trustees,) did THINK on a list, and DID AGREE, certainly among THEM SELVES, and if they saw nothing better transpire for the community !! ! they did agree to that list. Let infamy be written under this picture—a libel upon municipal corporations. If Mr. James Heyworth's exposure had effected no other good beyond this extraordinary confes sion, he would he entitled to the grateful thanks of his fellow townsmen. \lie Ind b , !fore tracked the crafty fox Dix. 16, 1436. to its kennel, but it wtis whilst Mr. Hey worth was. digging him out, that he bolted. Let it be told to all England, tlhit forty members of our corporation, and every one of them radicals, assembled, by stealth, at an Inn in Liverpool, and dis cussed, and determined upon a municipal question, of the highest importance to the town, and which they afterwards formally carried, at a meeting of the Town Council !—unexampled turpitude l Who, we ask, are the Town Council of Liverpool ?—TheSe forty radical members?—and where is public business transacted At the Angel ? Is this not " deep dishonOur," to the town of Liverpool ?—is this not defeating the..very end of " Council !"—making a mockery or deliWatzor e .• converting public business into a private affair, like the purchase of a bale of cotton !—taking away all personal responsibility ! for in these secret cabals, fraternal spirits may open their minds freely, for each casts over the other an impenetrable veil to hide their proceedings, from the public eyes. We shall soon have silent Tow' Councils, if these preliminary meetings, with closed doors, are to despatch business. We shall never hear a word about the reasons or the eligibility of corporation measures—:there will ... lie but a stride between the proposition and the- resolution. But there is always council of old; of kindred spirit, " stopped their ear s ' and would gladly have run upon him, and stoned him" too if they had not dreaded the retribution of law. An d could we have " a swallow taught to speak nothing but Bible—Protestant Bible—and give it to the men' hers of the School Committee, it would so harrass their { innocent souls that they would die of vexation. • We have one question to put to every dispassiona te . man in Liverpool. Did the old corporation, whatever imperfections there might be in their structure, or what' ever corruption had grown up in them in the flux of time , ever present such an example as this of political turPi tude ? If you anticipated the subversion of all soon'', principles in the operation of the municipal corporatio n reform bill, has not the reality exceeded all your fears If this be reform, and England be cursed with a further extension Of*, she will only be fit to be " peopled Wit b wolves, its old inhabitants." Though we drank none of the wine and ate none of the good things provided at the late dinners of the Scot land ward, we have still much for which to thank them many fine moral lessons have we learnt, and much mirth have they afforded us. More modest and more plain', speaking gentlefolks could not be culled out of all Eng land; and if they had not wit themselves, that might be the effect of climate ; for we much question, matigr e. the poetical authority, whether intellect, any more than, grapes, will ripen so far north. Still they will be the occasion of many hearty sallies to their brethren in t he south ; and so abundant was this negative quality 011 these occasions that out of the mere fragments afforded by a newspaper report we " can gather up twelve basket s full," out of which we purpose to provide a kind of sup plemental feast that we think will not be much 1e 55 entertaining than the original. After Mr. Jones, the vice-president, had "propos ed the healths of the Mayor, aldermen, and reform membe rs of the Town Council," Mr. Wahnsley rose and said, "t had been the determination of himself and the refor til members of the Town Council" to do—something. We care not what—we only notice how radicalism overturr the courtesies of life as well as overthrows the bulwar l of the state. Mr. W. most unceremoniously thrust " the Mayor and aldermen" of Liverpool out of the pict ure presented to the company by Mr. Jones, and could alb; see himself in the mirror of his mind—not even " ego , minus rex," though this. cardinal virtue may be traced In every act of a reformer. We would undertake to tell whether a man were a radical or not, if we only met h'° casually at an inn, and heard him order the w aiter t° send in a pair of slippers, or the chambermaid to bring a pan of coals, so much of sell -importance is there in him. Mr. W. added, " If the present councillors placed in lucrative offices, not merely their friends and supporters, but their dependents, they (the community) have n u ' the power and facilities for calling upon them to give an account of tiNir stewardship." Does Mr. W. believe one word of this ? Suppose some of the " friends, supporter s, and dependents" of the Town Council should depor t themselves with a little peccant infidelity of office , •• •Jr thornoCAVCS abould be guilty of a little malversation of the corporation fund s- : d as, for example, for questi ona bl e l aw purposes —Wou ld they not all find ample protection under the vgis armou r , of a Town Council vote ?? Who could successfully as sai l them there ? Exposed, perhaps, they might be ; but men guilty of crime are little sensible of shame, especially if secure from punishment. We apprehend that the Cow munity have no other means of redress now than t he old corporation remedy—a mandamus from the sing: s Bench. s arcas m upon are doubtful wh e th er th ere i s not ' some upon monarchy intended in Mr. W.'s declaration, th at he would not be lowered in their estimation to becom e . the highest prince in Europe." A republican Rom an could not more studiously have avoided the name 0f king —no, not Collatinus himself. It might be that 1 0 W.'s mind was stretched almost to bursting to compa ss the two extremes—royalty and radicalism. It certain ' is no ordinary grasp. But Mr. W. has many other " graces, snatch'd beyon d the reach of art," to which we would earnestly direct th e student of eloquence. He may throw away his Vossi us ; Quintillion, and Cicero wherever Air. W. stands a mod el before him. Mark the following exquisite simile- 4 w °' pictorial! how unutterably beautiful ! "Let each meinh et of the Radical Association," says Mr. W. "consider 1 0 ' self as a pivot, round which a large number (qu er Y". l pivots?) should revolve." We tri e d t o p a i n t it, °- made, in the centre of a large .sheet of paper, a hug`"pivot, intending it to represent Mr. W. ; we th en paint ed the Mayor small pivots round it, intend e d t o re p res ent W e Mayor and aldermen, all at respectful distances from th e centre of attraction but we could raise no othei idea i t/ our minds than that of so many tops spinning together' Well thought we, if Mr. W. is too deep for us, he ha s 0t least carried us back to the days of childhood ; and we called Mr. W. a great hummer, and his satellites regul ar Boxers. But we can " t a k e a hi n t." W e h ave a s hrew" guess what all this elaborate oratory means—" the ruling principle will out"—m en d o no t cultivate the flowers °f eloquence to strew them over a study in dull solilogni' or to adorn a table of after dinner talk. Mr. W., Fvith out being put to the torture, confessed all. "If he ap prehended rightly, it was quite as diffi cu lt t o manag e the local as the general governMe n t." Bravo !—well spoken, Mr. W.! Why not step through the cony' , chamber, where you stand for one, into parliamen t ' where you will stand for— ? 4. Why look abroad for a representative ?" adds Mr. W. Better spoken still i ; Here I am, might Mr. W. say, carved and g ilded, a n ready to be set up in the Liverpool niche of the 1 1 ° Ilse of Commons at a moment's notice. Of Mr. W.'s qualification for the distinguished honour to which he aspires, we have b u t one more o b se rvati°" „ to make. Mr. W. is always a scholar. We do n ot Me al : this sarcastically, as of one " who is ever learning, b ti never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." 7 1 we fancy we can t race i n hi s most obscure exPress,i,°h-e great and various reading. "It was not," he said, first, second, or third time"—" iterum, iterwnque" „ always classi c al !—" t h at t h e ward had so honoure d How pure !—what pathos or bathos ! It was more than he could bear —nature could not endure it ! Their me c i, ing, he said, was " soc i al " —he must seek repo se, a f l 9 therefore, " b e wou ld s i t d own " —qu i te d one up' , 17 3 , dry as th e l as t bi scu i t after a voyage " —pum ped to very dregs, dregs and all—the oil of his eloquenc e 3 ll burnt out. H e l e f t us , as t h e sun hi mse lf would do i/ extinguished, in original darkness. Passing by Mr. W., which we may do without dis cout test' since he has "sate himself down," we must have a glance at another curious figure in this group. The health of Mr. Jones, the vice president, "was drunk with musica.l. honours. We, who are very plain men, and, no t we :: read in the "variorum" of drinking healths, have b een much perplexed to understand how this com ceremony was performed; for, according to the best in formation we can get among our very limited drinki n g it was inten ded acquaintance, we are confidently assured plimenta!), rervative. d d c; .•• •••• 44.... I . ..„ 551..: 31i... COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS DERBY. .... Conservative objections Radical objeations — HEREFORD. .. Conservative objections...— Conservative claims Radical objections • Radical claims • DEVIZES. Conservative objections Conservative claims Radical objections.... Radical claims • BATH. Conservative objections Conservative claims . Radical objection5... Radical claims.... . Rociin:i r.E. I , Conservative objections I Conservative claims . I •- Radical objections.. Radical claims COLCHESTER. 1 Conservative objections Conservative claims , Radical objections . Radical claims.. AYLESBURY. 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Conservativ objections Radical objections Badic! MP:It:TING OF PARLIAMENT. THE TIMES. THOSE who are allXiollg tO receive the st Express Erlitons of tne TIMES, durio the ensu't Session of Parliam en t, are requested to stud a notice to ili ffect, as soon as possible, to 45, Lord-street, Liverie L. T. GA SKELL, A,rent. TEMPLARS' HALL. R. J. RUSS EL L, (of the Theatres-Royal Drury an e and Covent-garden,l begs to announce that, in co sequence of the very flattering manner in which he was rec ed on his First Appearance, he will have the pleasure of r pealing, on MONDAY EVENING next, the 19th insta its VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT, which has been repres ted by him in London FIFTY NIGHTS, called the STRAND-ED ACTOR Or, Russell's Recollections of Thincss which may, or may not hare Happened. In Two Volumes. Doors to be opened at half-past Seven, the Performance to commence at Eight, and conclude about Ten. Admission, Three Shillings. Tickets to be had of Mr. PARSONS, Bold-street. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT Of those extraordinary Artistes the Troupe Elastique of real • BEDOUIN ARABS. Sidi Ali, Abdullah, Anthed, Hossein, Mohamme 'Hassan, &c., front the Po?te St. Martin Theatre, P ris; The Colosseum, and Royal Surrey Theatre, .ondon, whose inimitable performances have been the theme f such universal wonder and admiration. H 15 present FRIDAY EVENING t c 16th instant, will be performed the Tragedy of RICHARD 111. Richard, Duke of Glo'ster Mr. Stuart. Prince of Wales Miss Chaplin. Earl of Richmund....Mr. W. Howard. Lord Mayor of London Mr. Baker. Queen Elizabeth Mrs. Stanley. Duchess of. York.. Mrs. Clarke. Lady Anne.... Miss Faucit. After which, the performance of the 'BEDOUIN ARABS. . . . The Entertainment in which they will appear is divided into Two Parts, from the exertio►i required in its progress. The Stage represents the Great Desert of Shuara! with Tab leaux vivant, of the Evolutions, Dances, and Exercises peculiar to the Bedevi, or Sons of the Desert, which will be given in the Representation of au Arabian Festival by the Native Bedouins. The accounts given by Pacho, Burckhardt, Major Denham, and other African Travellers, of the wonderful feats of Force and Dexterity displayed by the Bedouins in their various Sports and Exercises, were of so marvellous a nature, that they have been hitherto deemed to be impossible, and were regarded merely as Travellers' rales; ocular demonstration has, how ever, at length attested the veracity of these writers. The Entertainments to terminate with the favourite Farce of THE RENDEZVOUS. Simon Mr. Baker. I Sophia Miss Chaplin. Lucretia.. Miss Stanley I Rose.. Mrs Clarke. Arrangements have been made with a Company of FRENCH PERFORMERS for FIVE NIGHTS, who will commence their Engagement at this Theatre on MONDAY next, Dec. 19, in Two favourite French Dramas. On which Evening MISS ADELAIDE O'BRIAN and SIGNOR SAXON!, of the King's Theatre, London, who are engaged for Five Nights, will make their first appearance in Liverpool in a celebrated Dance. Mr. EDWIN FORREST, the popular Tric!edian of the American Theatres, whose success at tho Theatre-"Royal, Drury-lane, in the various characters in which he has appeared there, has been most decided, is engaged Fives NIGHTS, avd will make his first appearance at this Thea tre on MONDAY, December 26th. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of " A Poor Man" has been received. We shall, if possible, make roon. for it in our next. The communication of " W. II." shall be inserted in our next. We have inserted the latter of Mr. Nolan's letters in preference to the former, as being more pertinent to the present state of the controversy. Dr. Lane's " Introductory Lecture on Chemistry and Phar macy" shall appear among our literary notices on Tuesday. The letter of " 4. L." in our next. Vie ititicrpool ,E,..tanbarb.