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,NFERMARY. .• • LIV ERPOWCharity are requestel to attend riiHE TRUSTEES of .D , to b e h o ld en at the Infirmary, on MON D A Y next t h e _IL the ANNUAL Bqfjanuary, at • Pleven o'clock in the forenoon, to transasi business of the House and to elect Officers for the en =vear. -• Mavi„ been made by the Medical Officers, A repre sen t at 4 ;iall that it w ou ld it v increase the effiCiency of the establish ment if an , AA eit i, , 4heta'ri be appointed ki superintend the dispens in which proposition the Committee fully , in „ ^ „ o „ f r the ... in - will-Iv' ill be made, that a law be pOsed authortz fr;;;;Cominiftee to make such an appointine t. RICHARD EDWA S, President. Liverpool, 20th December, 1837. The Treasurer begs to acknowledge t receipt of theTollotv ing contributions : Donation from R'ich.*arils, Esq. President ....ElO5 0 0 Donation from Miss Birley, Rodney-street Levey from Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson, per Thomas Crook, W. Leathom, and John Oliver, Esqs. 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T 13 rancker Legacy from Miss Sarah Patchett, per Mr. N Martindaleaod Mr. John Crosfield, Executors Legacy from George Brown, Esq. Everton Crescent 5 0 0 19 19 0 5 0 0 2 19 0 0 10 6 20 II 6 W. DOD, 36. CASTLE-STRRET. ti r WOOL LEN DRAPER, TAILOR, c. T 'N Retiring from Business, begs to offer to is Friends his 1 best acknowledgments for the many favour conferred upon S him, and to recommend to their notice his S cessors, Messrs. BLACKBURNE and BELL, by whom t Business will be conducted on the same principles as heretofore. BLACKBURNE and BELL, who have Removed front their former Premises in Postoffice place, take the opportunity afforded them to state that they have Succeeded to the Business of Mr. DOD, and, having the assistance of his Foreman, whom they have engaged, in addition to their own, they hope, by strict attention to the commissions entrusted to them, to be honoured with a continuance, to themselves, of the support with which their predecessor has been favoured. 36, Castle -street, 234 December, 1837. 93, BOLD-STREET. THE remains of the STOCK of the late Mr.. . PARSONS is offered to the public at a considerable sacrifice. The whole must, be cleared off in a few days. In the Stock is a quantity of rich Foreign Damask, in Cloth and Napkins. Also, some Lich Ducapes, Plain, Figured, Black, and Coloured. Satins, Witney Blankets. Marseilles Quilts, Bed Ticks, &c. A few rich Cloaks and Furs, French Merinos, Black Satimetts. • December 20, 1537. 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Dr. DAVIESON continues to direct his studies to those dis orders arising from tho too rice and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, but also entails on its votaries all the ener vating imbecilities of old age. In that distreising state of de bility and deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful ha bits, excessive drinking, or any other cause by which the rowers of the constitution becoine enfeebled, he offers a firm, safe, and speeds , restoration to sound and vigorous health. It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to the ye term' disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison. Mercury, ruin the constitution, and when the great Doctor Swedour became Professor at Ley den University, he conferred an invaluable benefit upon man kind by the discovery of his grand Panacea, for the cure of this deplorable complaint. 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They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the different functions of the body expelling the grosser humours, and in a manner so mild and imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and Unequalled powers. The neither con tain mercury nor any other mineral, and may he taken without the slightest sospicion of discovery—they require no restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business. hut effect a complete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse to the Hygeian Pills, for when taken be fore the disease has made its appearance it acts as a certain preventive, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. The deplorable state in which many persons liave been when visiting the proprietor, from the use of mercnry, renders it im peratively necessary to caution the public against that dangerous mineral when injudiciously administered. 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(From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.) On Tuesday evening one of the-largest dinners which has been held in Stockport forsome time, wasgiven by the Operative Conservative Association,at the N ationalSchool Room, Stockport, in honour of the Conservative member for the borough, Major-Marsland. The announcement that Sir Francis Burdett and Sir George Sinclair would alert(' the dinner, gave it additional interest and ins• portance. The room appropriated for the dinner is one admirably adapted for the 'purpose, being large and lofty, and • having also a very spacious gallery. The tickets were ss. cach, and it may give some idea of the interest which the dinner excited, that not a ticket was to be obtained at any price some hours before the dinner hour, and upwards of 900 tickets were sold. The room, which is rather a long and narrow one,' was set out with the President's table at the centre of one side; from the President's table there were placed three cross tables, and each half of the room was laid out with six long tables. Opposite to the President's table was the gallerg, in which were stationed about 300 ladies. Thos. Walmslev, Esq., of Braltain Lodge, occupied the chair; he was chairman of Major Marsland's election commit tee. To the right of the Chairman sat :\lij-r Mirsland, M.P.; Tatton E ger t on , E sq ., M . P , for Nardi Cite shire, and James Heald, Esq. To the left of the chair man sat Sir Francis Burdett, M.P., Charles Wilkins, Esq., and Captain Hollingworth, of Hollingworth-hall. Amongst the gentlemen present we observed William Hindley, Esq., G. T. Knowles, Esq., Joshua Marsland, Esq., of Manchester, Wm. Marsland, Esq. of Manches ter, - Rigby, Esq. of Manchester, - Hope, Esq. of Manchester, Win. Dean, Esq. of Manchester, Thos. Dean, Esq., of Manchester, Mr. Leach, Mr. Hey word, John Turner, Esq., Mr. gallows, Richard Simpson, Esq., R. R. Winterbottom, Esq., - Hamilton, Esq., John Fall, Esq., Captain Jackson, - Moore, Esq., of the 9711), A. - Lingard, Esq., W. C. Cruttenden, Esq., ThOs. Badeley, Esq., Daniel Kinnersley, Esq., Thomas Cart wright, Esq., Wm. Lane, Esq., R. Oxford, Esq., Dr. Turner, Jesse Howard, Esq.,joel Cohen, Esq., Joseph Gleave, Esq., and Benjamin Oldfield, Esq., each of Man chester. 'Over the head of the Chairman - was placed a small painting of the Queen's Arms. Opposite to the Chair-- man, and over the Vice-president, was a small temple surmounted by an elegant crown, very handsomely or namented. On each side of this in raised brass letters, were the inscriptions, " The Three Estates," and " Church and Queen." At each end of the room was a large blue cloth, bearing the inscription, in gilt letters, " The Stockport Operative Conservative Association," and surmounted with the inscriptiOn " 393 plumpers," being the number given at the election for - Major Mars land, The room was tastefully hung with evergreens, and with blue and white silk, and was also ornamented with two pictures of the Duke of Wellington and George the Third, belonging to the celebrated Wellington Club of Stockport.- The Vice-presidents were Jas. Bradshaw, John Scott, and Henry Kirk, Esqrs. Immediately before the dinner was uncovered, the entrances of Sir Francis Burdett and Major Marsland, M.P., and afterwards of C. Wilkins, Esq., were greeted with the greatest enthusiasm. Sir George Sinclair, who was expected to attend, did not ar rive. The Rev. Mr. Nolan then said grace, and the busy clatter of knives and forks commenced. After the cloth was removed, "Non nobis Domine" was sung by an excellent company of glee singers. The entrance of Mrs. Marsland was here loudly cheered. , The usual preliminaries being gone through, The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the first toast amid loud cheering. He said, he believed that no other chairman was ever so honoured at a public meeting by the presence of so many ladies as he saw around him on that occasion —(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) It was an assurance that their cause was good which received such support. It was gratifying when mothers and sisters came forward in defence of their holy religion which had proved so great a blessing, and y e t had been so much vilifi e d . I n ever y respect the} had a right to come forward. He was no advocate for ladies becoming poli ticians, but it was the duty of every christian to do the utmost in his power to stein the torrent of that infidel power Which had been gaining ground among them, and which was calculat ed to blast the best principles of mankind.—(Hear.) He be lieved that they were now about to experience the dawn of brighter days, and that the precepts of our holy religion would be handed down from the parents of the present age to their children and children's children in future generations. After a few excellent observations, the chairman gave the first toast, viz., " Our most gracious Majesty the Queen, and may she long reign over a happy people, and may her advisers be those who have the good of their country and the well-being of society at heart."—(Loud cheers.: The natitmaCanihetn'was sung, in the chorus of which the ladles joined. Her - Majesty the Queen Dowager was the next toast, Which was received with similar honours to the last toast. The CHAIRMAN then said, that if there was any toast which they held more dear than another, it must he the one he was about to give. It was. " Our glorious Constitution in Church and State."—( Loud sheet ing.) The next toast was "The Bishop and Clergy of the diocese," which the CHAIRMAN pref ace d by a hi g h com pli men t to le bishop and the lector of Stockport. (The toast was loudly cheered.) The Rey. Mr. Nor -AN rose to respond, to the toast he said that the numerous and influential meeting hy whtcf he was the❑ surrounded, would understand the diffidence he must necessarily feel when called upon for the task of retutniug thanks for the toast they had honoured by their notice. Had their respected rector been present lie would adequately have responded to the sentiments expressed by the meeting; but however unequal he (Mr. Nolan) might feel himself to echo the rector's sentiments, he was sincerely grateful to them. As he had alluded to the rector's absence, he might say with truth that the meeting generally sympathised in the cause of that absence, it being a domestic bereavement. The rector's exalted character and consistent course of life were well known. —The attention which be paid to the duties of that holy pro fession to which he had the honour to be a servant, he was sure was duly appreciated; but still he was not free from the breath of calumny. Inasmuch, however, that the sweetest fruits the birds pecked at, it was unnecessary for him to enter into a vindication of his character, as he was sure there was no res ponsive feeling to the aspersions cast upon him. (Cheers.) Being himself (Mr. Nolan) not immediately in connection with the worthy rector, he could, without the suspicion of in fluenced feelings, pay a just tribute to his merits. With re gard to the bishop, he was equally appreciated. He (Mr. Nolan) was proud when he heard the sentiments expressed by .the chairman towards that christian church to which they were all so devotedly attached; and his heart leaped for joy to find a kindred response in the hearts of those present, front the appro. bation those sentiments had elicited. ( Hear.) The church of England was the great breakwater against which the floods of infidelity and radicalism were continually beating. He was one of those humble servants of the gospel, who, although dif fering in many respects from other sects of christians, would n discard from the bosom of the church those who might so dif fer. The pure spirit of the Catholic Church of England was that of toleration. Let, however, there be, as there was, such defenders of the church, equally determined to support its doc trines as the worthy chairman and those around him, popery and infidelity could make no progress. After a few further remarks, the rev. gentleman concluded by thanking them for the honor conferred upon the bishop and clergy of the dio cese, and for the enthusiastic manner in which it had been received. Mr. WlLLiam FARRINGTON, Chairman of the Operative Conservative Association, rose to propose the next toast. It was the health of Major Marsland, their excellent representa tive. He said, that new year's day had been selected to do honour to that gentleman, as, being a holiday, more of his constituents could conveniently attend. They all knew that the Major had an opponent at the List election, who, if he did not resort to illegal tneasures, to gain his point, did most decidedly to unseemly ones. (Cheers.) His party collected together the operatives of all sorts of the lowest grades, and then took a show of hands as to who was the most tit person to represent the bo rough in parliament. Boys, women, and girls were all electors on this occasion. When, however, it came to the poll, they found their mistake out. The same system pursued before the election made Mr. Cobden sure of-his return, by a majority of 630. (Laughter.) The conservatives made no boast, but they worked, which was much better, and the result hail been the return of their honourable guest. It was Major Marsland who had stood up as the defender of the operatives' rights, and so secure was he of his seat io parliament, that all the Cobdens in the world could not remove hint during his lifetime. The speaker then went on to allude to the system of exclusive deal ing and intimidation which had been so extensively resorted to at the election by the whigs agatnst all those vilio voted for Major Marsland. This was a specimen of the liberality of the liberals, which consisted in knocking out a man's brains or firs - libuse - down. It had been said by this party that all who voted for the Major were either fools or knaves, and if they split their votes between the two they were downright vil lains. (Cheers.) It appeared that there were a good many of this class of persons, seeing that 393 'dumpers voted for him. He concluded by giving "the health of their distinguished guest and staunch conservative member, Major Marsland. with thanks to him for his past services and his late noble struggle for the independence of the borough." (Loud cheers.) , Major NIA tISLAND •then rosa, and was received with tumult uous applause. He said he was almost over-powered by the reception he hail that day met with at that magnificent display of conservatism in his native town. (Applause.) And it was more gra titying to hint, because it prevailed from a class of men—because it was the independent and honest effusion of a class of persons the least prepared to make such a sacrifice. (Hear.) He was quite glad that his honourable friend the noble baronet (applause) was there, to have an opportunity to witness and bear testimony that there was in that great manu facturing town, a body of men amongst the labouring commu nity, not only ready but determined to maintain the monarchy, the constitution, and the religion of this land. (Great cheer. ing.) He then begged to thank them for the honour they had done him by that invitation, and also for the manner it) which they had received the last toast ; he was sure that the president of that association had proposed it in terms far beyond his merits. He had always said,.and he said then, that his endea vours were inadequate to the situation in which the conset VA tive constituency of that borough had thought proper to place him but at the time of the passing of the reform bill, when the con stituency of that borough had the privilege given to them to send membeis to parliament, he found that he hail a duty to perform—it was a ditty which must fall upon some man of conservative principles. and at that time he saw no Man pre pared to come forward and though he was not a vain man, at least not vain enou g h to think that he was a proper man, yet he hoped that so far as he had ability Lie had beet) found an un flinching, an e neornprenaising supporter of the great conserva tive cause. (Great applause ) Whether he could satisfy him self that he was a proper person was not for him to say, but when he looked upon the manifestation of feeling that day in his favour, as an approval of his conduct, he could assure fbein• there was no danger of any diminution of his zeal. (Applause.) Permit him t" 5 ;tY, that if his conduct had been safisfactoi y to them and they thenght him a proper representative, he would ever be opposed to the socinian, papist, and other enemies of their church and of their unrivalled constitution. (Applause.) He.bad intended to speak on some of the great political ques lions of the day, but as they deubtless 'were anxious fo hear his worthy friend, the honourable baronet, be would mot waste their' time by any such remarks. The houlurable gentieMan resumed his seat amid great cheerino.- The CdaiumAN then briefly proposed the health of Sir Francis Burdett and the electorS of North Wiltshire, and took occasion in the name of the ladies present, and that great as sembly, to thank him for attending there that day. • The toast wag received with vociferous cheering. Sir Fnatsrcts Bvtt nETT. who was most enthusiastically cheer ed on his rising, said, that if any man needed aught to animate and cheer, and even to flatter hint, in his devotion to the insti tutions of his country.—to incite him, while he male it his end and aim to maintain the freedom anti happiness of the people, .-to defend the church as established by law, and our glorious constitution of which it Was the adjunct,—if aught were needed to auimate the man who was a devoted supporter of these glori ons institutions, as - he'(Sir F. Burdett) was himself, in the de termination to stand or fall with them,—it was the exhibition. which he then beheld before anti around him, of public spirit. and the kind manner in, which they h a d d one hi m t h e h onour to invite, and the c o rdi a l and animating way in which they had received him there that day. It was also animating, even to the humblest, and deeply gratifying to himself, that that invitation should come from that indultrious portion of the people of Eng land.which was the foundation of all that was great in this coun try. This was to him more it matter of satisfaction and pride, than if he there saw a combination of all the great men in the .• nation, whose greatest dependence was on the people them selves.—(Cheers.) It was to him an animating sight to see in that room, persons of all ranks, degrees, and conditionS, coales cing together in the same glorious cause, and assembling in a state of society and practical freedom, which was never exhibit ed in other nations, and which did net now exist in any other country on the face of the earth. While they so united the sound sense of the people of England, they set at nought and branded with shame those shallow pretenders •to patriotism— ' those impudent sham patriots and lying impostors who would impose upon the people of the United Kingdom. —( Renewed cheers.) They were happy in living in a state of society which the experience of hundreds and hundreds of years had phved to be exactly the tesult which that meeting exhibited to an ad miring world, but which, down to the moment in which he was addressing them, did not exist in army other country or state.— ( Hear, hear.) It was not a great while since they had a person travelling through their town for the purpose of attempting to delude the minds of the people in that place, —a patriot," as he was called, from Ireland,—a paid patriot,—he meant Mr. Daniel O'Connell.—(Cheers and laughter.) Dean Swift had said, that every thing that was done in Ireland was different from what was done in every other part of the world; and in his (Sir F. Burdett's) opinion, there was something in what was done in Ireland that was not only different, but also repug nant to the understanding, and as different from what was %bine elsewhere as light was to darkness. He always thought' that the presence of the one necessarily implied the absence of the other; but it was not so in Ireland; there light and darkness were the same thin„—(laughter)—t he re the crown of martyr dom could he worn' without its thornsthere it was that the great patriot, who was supposed to he making the largest sacri fices that he might serve the public io that country, never for got the rule or honest lago, his prototype— " Thus do I ever make my fool my purse." —(Cheers.) If he (Sir F. B.) were in the ministry, he would no more permit anything like an O'Connell rent to be be raised by pence from the starving people, than their forefathers permitted the collection of Peter's pence for the pope. ( Laughter.) Such a rent did not come as a voluntary contribution from Englishinerl, but %yes wrung Lv force and compulsion from poor wretches under. the intimidation practised on them by the priests, from whom they dared not withhold it, although at the ver) time they gave it, they hail not a potato to put into their months. That rent was collected under such dreadful influence—an influence which he would charaeterize as a sacrilegious perversion of the priestly office—over the ignorant, and bigoted, and superstitious people of Ireland—that what should be the altar of peace be came the altar of treason, and that rent could he called nothing else than a fund for the support and encouragement of treason in that country. (Cheers.) Though the government, some years ago, when negro slavery was more under consideration' than at present, had. deemed it worth their while to put down a species ef superstition which prevailed in our West India colo rizes, known as obeism; yet this system had been allowed to spread in Ireland, and government had permitted the priests in that country to practise a system of greater plunder and extor tion from the wretched and enslaved people. oil that country. (" Hear,"'. and cheers.) The first thing which he would (1 0 , if he had the power, would be to emancipate those oppressed pro- ple from that galling yoke, to knock those shackles from off their feet, and to give them. freedom. But in that country cer tain men, headed. by the priests, whose influence must he ad mitted to be great, when it was recollected that even the great demagogue himself was wont to fall down on his knees before those priests—doubtless to edify, by his example, his pious and enlightened countrymen—(laughter)—these men, headed by the priests, misled and deceived the people of Ireland. What was, the position of this country ? It seemed to him, that, at present, we were in a most extraordinary situation. We have an administration possessing none of the confidence of the pet). I pie, and having no foundation in the confidence of any part of the, country,—a ministry which, by some strange means or other, exhibits, at limes, the most singular amalgamation of parties and opinions, with an inconsistency of principle of the most extraor dinary description, and an union of characters of all kinds and grades; amongst whom were the popish representatives; who acted under O'Connell, and were every where known as his "tail," with others of a like description ; of whom it might be said, as had: been said by the poet, of sin, that it was iadee possessed of " Many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd •- -'• With many a mortal sting." ',Cheers.) But it was impossible for this administration to last ong, In England the decision was made—was complete: as was clearly shown by the want of confidence manifested every wher e in the present administration. The persons by whom they were supported —tut whom they stooped to receive -summit —were individuals wjio had, no confidence whatever in them;, who not only gave them no credit fur integrity or'ability; baren tertained a thorough and perfect contempt for their imbecility. Yet these individuals were themselves the interested dopes of such a set of persons, acting, as they did, under th e influence of D a niel O'Connell,—the man who, in the [louse of Com mons, supported ministers, voted against that great and distin guished patriot, Wakley and others of that description and vet, within twenty-four hours afterwards, dined at' White Conduit House, and there denounced the Whigs as the most base and degraded set of people on the face of the earth. (Vo cireo,us cheering.) Yet again he came oa,de ipeo the house-1 for he was me, and, versatile in changes than Protens himself—and supported that same ministry ; and that ministry accepted his support, to enable (bent to carry their measures; as, from their internal weakness, they were incapable of them. selves of carrying one measure, or even of framing a measure, that would operate in any way beneficially fo the country ; 'for they had not passed one measure that had not grievously failed in operation, even after coming out of the House of Com mons, and being improved in the House of Lords,—as the peers, when they found they could pass a measure without possibility of risk to the institutions of the county, they reluc tantly assented, and lent a helping hand to make ntore per. feet that Which was already incapable of being put 'in practical operation. But let those present look to their measures, and tell him—for he wanted to know—if-any one of them had suc ceeded. Their measures, affecting slavery in our West Indian colonies, for which the people of this country, to their immor tal honor, had with hand and voice concurred to raise the mon strous • compensation—he must call it—of twenty millions of money for a purpose towards which this measure had been so little. effective that even now there was again raised the same cry about slavery, and meetings were held in various parts of the country, from which it was clear, that iii point of fact, though this country had paid the price, it had not obtained the end in view. Let us look at any other of the tneasures of this government; we should find that they were mere experiments, but very dangerous ones, made with the greatest rashness and presumption. It would seem, too, that they had taken up so many at the same time that they had not been able to perfect any one of them. Even their Pleasures relating to the trade, commerce, and possession of our Last Indian territories, we at present knew not how it would operate; but we had no reason to suppose, th a t i t would be less dangerous to our possess i ons in that p ar t o f t h e world, than others were likely to prove in other quarters. (H ear.) Again, if they looked at home, t h ere were various atte mpts to reform the laws,'—a matter which cer tainly ought to be the first object to which attention should be directed, and a question above all others, deserving great estimation and the deepest attention ; but what he wanted to see was, men who could do their own work ; he wished to see effected some measure, which in its consequences should be found to operate advantageously to all. (Cheers.) Again, he would ask them to look at what the government had done in the chinch; and he would ask who was benefitted by that un settling of every thin g , b y t h ose alter a ti ons which were not only uncalled fur, b u t were di rect l y adverse and injurious to the interests and purpo ses o f t h ose ' whom they, were i nten d e d to benefit ? Again, th ere was another great question, with respect to which the government measure had not been able to accomplish a great deal of benefit. They would understand, that he spoke of a measure which had called attention everywhere to it, by the feeling which it had excited, and which' had been manifested against it,—he alluded to the new Poor-law Amendment act. What had it done ? Why nothing, except that it had caused universal discontent and dissensions. (Hear, hear.) .Let them go to any other measure of the present government, and he would venture to say, that - there was not one that had not, produced consequences foreign to its intention, but had fallen very ,far shwa of being any improvement;—!here was but one, so far as he knew, that had not produced temporary, if not irreparable mischief. He could tell them that that administration would not long be sup ported, as was clear from the fact that nearly all the men of great ability in the country were opposed to it. We had in this country men of ability and of practical experience, men capable of executing the duties which ought to be executed by the present imbecile ministry`; but ministers„ by the projects they entertained,-and their adherence to office, deprived the.. country of the beneficial exercise of those talents of which he had spoken, and would not relax their hold of power till their body crumbled and fell to pieces from the very weakness of that party to which the government of this country was intrusted. Without caring much about the present administration.i'except that he wished to see greater talent and integrity brought into' the public service, he must observe, that we were at present in such a state that no ministry dared make any encroachment on the liberty of the subject, on the law, or the constitution. At present we were safe from every thing except their incapacity and imbecility, which nothing could withstand. England had stood against the combined world—not only against Frunce, a great, powerful, and enlightened- nation, but all Europe com bined .with France, directed, he supposed, by the greatest genius of the flay almost—Napoleon Buonaparte : but Provi dence raised up for ns a genius greater still, who stood forward in the defence of the liberties of his country—he scarcely need mention the name of Wellington. (Great cheering.) When he mentioned that name, he was perfectly satisfied that he men tioned the greatest uian that this or any - other country, in this or any age-or time, produced. (Applause.) No general ever posSessed such great moral qualities, attended with such scru pulous honesty and integrity such a total absence of all self ; and, when they saw such devotion to the count, v—sueh an absence of all ambition and vanity, and personal consideration of any description, it surprised hint the more to see such ability too 00 every occasion; nothing surprised him so much as that singleness of purpose, and hon est i ntegr i ty o f m i n d , w hi c h s h one so conspicuously through the whole of his long successful and glorious career. ff; • - rea• applause.) He would venture to take the operatives that had himouired him with their invitation that day as a sample of the operatives throughout this great empire; • and he would take leave to address a few words to them, be canse, having invitations to meet others, who were in no way inferior to them in true British feeling and understanding, and who might not, from the season of the year, find it possible to render him so great a gratification as he haul in meeting them, by expressing his high regard and estimation in which he held titern, and assuring that he should never hesitate, disregarding all rrsonal considerations, to give them his beat support and esistance. and also the constitution and institutions of the countiy.- (Applause.) As had been Said by their respected chairman, be thought the dawn was approaching and daylight' breaking through the thick cloud, %stitch from time to time had baffled their sight, or deceived, by its lurid glare, a great por tion of the people; that, he trusted, was now passing away ; and that, even in lreland,'the scales would fall from the eves of the veriple, and that even ministers themselves, and that p orten t ous bubble, Daniel O'C onne ll , m i g h t b urst, and fall like Dagen and I'HE I,IVkRPOOI, STANDXRD. shame his worshipers, and not the least those degenerate illeglishmen who teal accepted his support and become his co adjutors. (Great applause.) Ile had that confidence in Ins icuittrytnen which he had ever had; that while he acted tiniestly, and in lependently, and fearlessly in defence of the nstitutions of the country, he had no daunt he should 411 ways 'fleet with the sapp ,rt of the great balk of the people. ' lie had in fear of so drea , letl a calamity as that of society being die solvel anti coirfusioe ensuing while the operatives came forward in defence of all they held dear, as they had done that day. Let them do this, and he had no fear of that destruction of oreiety, which, donee achieved, he would venture to say, with out making any pretence to prophetic power, would never again a e raised into existence.—The hon. baronet sat down amidst protracted cheering. The Cita testa N next gave—" The Duke of Wellington, the pride of the British army, and the conqueror of the conqueror of Europe." Drunk with Wellington honours. Song—" Old England's glory." The CHAIRMAN then said, that it was with much pleasure hat he proposed " The health of Charles Wilkins, Esq., and the Conservative bar." The toast was drunk amidst loud cheering. Mr. Wit.KiNs then rose, and was received with continued cheering. He said, gentlemen and brother operatives, or as a certain learned personage who some time since, had honoured their borough, would term them, "miserable remnant of an ex piring faction." ( Hear and laughter.) How joyous they looked in their misery ! With what magnanimity and conser vative philosophy they regarded the approaching agonies of their demise. (Continued applause.) They had been pleased to couple his name with the conservative bar. He confessed that it appeared to him extraordinary how any man calling him self a barrister, supposedao be imbued with the spirit and con stitution of the British )Mrs, could be anything but a conserva tive. (Hear.) He was not speaking of the special pleader who looked with the microscopic eye or a man searching for a demurrer, but he was speaking of the lawyer in the highest and proudest acceptation of the term—a man who through the teles cope of history had traced the laws framed through the various stages of society, who had seen how the laws had kept pace with the wants of man, and adapted themselves to all the wants of the lowest, and the most polished society. He would venture to assert, without fearing the consequences that nearly every sound lawyer in the kingdom was a conservative. it was true. that they had at present an Attorney-General, who had been con fronted and confuted by a layman—who had declared the existence of an anomaly never before recognized by the 13ri. tish law —who had declared that the British law had a right to assert what it had not the power to enforce. That was a doc trine which the fathers and founders of British laws would shake in their graves to hear, and a doctrine not to be tolerated in any society in England for one moment. They would allow him to tell them that the bar, like every other institution in this country, was merely a means to an end. The bar should be the living commentators-of the law, and it was for thein to say whether they would allow a parsimonious and mean legislature. so to strip that profession of its emoluinews and rewards, as to drive from it honourable men. It hail been truly observed by the honourable baronet who had preceded him—and to follow him under any circumstances, was no trifling disadvantage— that they were a nation placed under most extraordinary cir cumstances; that the members of their government, to a certain extent, the legislature of the world, were men utterly incapable of framing laws to meet the exigencies of the times—that they had men in office, who, for the mere sake of office, had con stantly surrendered every principle they before had held sa cred, and had thrown each overboard at the demand of a hete rogenous band of traitors, (for he could call them nothing else,) who sought for the destruction of every thing they held guild and great. Their ministers were truckling before these men for the mere retention of office, and the enjoyment of those advantages which it brought to them. It was somewhat curious, he confessed, that men calling themselves reformers at the pie sent day should twit him with being an apostate from the ranks of the reformers. He asked one man fur his definition of "reform," and he referred him to the Morning Chronicle; an other man referred him to the Examiner- another man who was equ a lly loud in his denunciations of his (Mr. W.'s) incon sistency, referred him to the defunct True Sun as the sam pler of a reformer's creed. If he came nearer home, where should he seek for the standard of reformers? Why, a gentle man who had visited them not-lone since (Mr. O'Connell) would take them to Derrynane.—( Hear and a l a ugh.) A Par tner acquaintance of his, "(M r. O'Connell;) for ought. he knew, addressing an assemblaee in some neighbouring town at that r. time, M Fer g us O'Connor, referr e d hi m t o his paint\hlet, which held MfO'Connell up as everything contemptible and mean, and told him that Ireland never possessed a more arch apostate —a more arrant traitor; another loan at Manchester refer red hirn for his reform creed - to the Manchester Guardian; another to the Manchester Times; and another to the Man chester Advertiser - each one had its advocate, and all of them gave different definitions of that strange and all-important word `• reform." if his had abandoned his former principles who was to be his accuser? Who amongst these men was b tell him that he had abandoned his principles ? The fact was, they had no common principle but one, and that was the destruction of every thing in their constitution. Their motto was, "Sk veto, sic nolo, pro ratione voluntas." (Cheers.) They said the con servatives were acting in opposition to the people. Let them ask those men who were the polite? Why, when Mr. Joseph Hume wished to convince parliament that they (the conserva tives) were acting in opposition to the wishes of the people, he was obliged to go to Kilkenny for the liVing proofs of his doc trines? (Cheers.) He who not long since never rose in the House of Commons but to speak of the enlightenment oft he me tropolis, and its superi ir knowledge, was tom singing London now is out of town," and "The boys of Kilkenny are flue roving blades." (Cheers.) Let them ask the Hon. Secretary for the Home Department where he found his proofs of popular favour? He shrank from Devonshire in abhorrence and went to the multitudes of Stroud. (Continued cheering.) Let them ask Edward — l'aylor, of the Manchester Guardian, who were " the people," and he would tell them, as he had done in his lash week's paper, that the people were the middle classes; that the rabble were unworthy of attention; that all those who differed in opinion with Edward Taylor, or his partner, on the all important topic of the new poor-law question, were nobodies. (Hear.) Iu fine, they (the conservatives). found that these men agreed in no one topic but destruction, which it seemed to him they were all seeking for, in order to their own aggrandisement. - 'rue hun. baronet who had preceded him had touched vet y tercible on the imbecility of the present govern ment, and the utter failure of all the measures brought forward by them. if he would allow him, he would extend those views little further, and look abroad at the for Ila.ir iiie,tutr, —.a conservatism were not confined in their operation to this country,-conservatism stretched its artns over the whale ioitnsu wor ld tta(:c.tpt the s am e s i e. ar u m ' ne a ‘ie s rtn ; he n ations They had i ahl o dea n sd s t ht a l wen'lst sphere e d a e o n a i f l e otesi th e y t tagoll thatiinna(ei who vio p is :i iie t iu v ia e nei r set w ; h h ve i i and c t Ph h ri n eh: present land had always been inclined to afford them; they had re moved from the frontiers of Belgium, those fortresses which ages had built, and which the wisdom of their forefathers had thou g h t necessary to resist the aggressions of political France. Turkey had become a province of Russia, Poland had been laid pros trate in ashes and, in point of fact they had given power to all those gov ernments which it would have been wisdom to curtail. They had pursued the same line of policy in the German slates, they had united Austria, Russia, anti Prussia against us; and every one who knew anything of history knew that France must be opposed to us iu some degree, and they had allowed France to stretch her arms in Africa anti obtain a position which she might make one of offence against us. (Loud cheers.) If they looked to Spain they found there gathered all the mi serable hordes that congregated on the Isle of Dogs, to assist her l u as nttr nu t who remained there left to the mercy of the least, le Majesty th e Q ueen o f S pain —they found the i r genera l re t urne d to this country foiled and di sgrace d, an d the remnant of their co an they hail gone to oppose, or to die and moulder under the o e m .pestilential infl uence o f t h e c li mate—( l ou d c h eer i ng )— an d, though th etn the look conduct to Canada. n o a i d. the conservatives h e wanted to find an ar gument to j ustify t towards Irel a nd, he would point to Canada. The population of Ireland had be -2n asking For power, and they had refused to grant them it, not because they wished to deprive them of the rights of citizens, hut because they believed, and with reason, that. they were not sufficiently enlightened, advanced, and mo ral to possess those powers they were so anxious to obtain. Just so it appeared to him to have been with Canada. The legisla ture too early gave political power to the uneducated popula tion. They gave power to men who by rank and by fortune could possess no claim to legislative power. What bad been the consequence? What must be the consequence so long as this world should stand? At that very moment they were battling in order to crush the licentiousness which had been produced by that line of conduct. And the consequence to the Canadians must be, as it seemed to him, that they must take from theM the powers they had abused—that they must limit the liberties of that country before they could govern her with anything like peace. They must allow him to tell them as operative conservatives—for as he had said on many occasions, that man calling himself a conservative who was not an operative was of no use to the con servative cause—they must allow him to tell them that however imposing an appearance like that was, that the great battle was to he fought in districts more unseen and less occupied. He had had the privilege of addressing in this and the adjoining county very nearly 30,000 operative conservatives to whom he would do the justice to say that they had proved themselves operatives, and it the state of the tinie;had produced no other good effects, it had caned torch a spit it of inquiry among, hundreds and thousands of persons in this kingdom who were attached to our constitu tion, because they had walked round its bulwarks and made themselves acquainted with its advantages and had in conse quence become the foremost and best friends of the constitution. (Hear.) It might be' said that some among them were very humble individuals, movitig in a very bumble sphere of life. They might say " what can I do." Each individual might do much and they must allow him to tell them as Sir. R. Peel had said on another occasion that it was in the registration courts that the battle was to be Caught. He hoped to see by the strengthening of their cause by these means the return of some coadjutor worthy of the gentleman on his right Major Mars laud.--( Loud and continued cheers.)—When they_lookeld at the overwhelming expanse of ocean they were too apt to forget the tributary streams that added to its importance? So it was with conservative associations. As a whole they were great and overwheltniug►, but their greatness must arise by the congregation of iouividuals. He would exhort every man when he left that room to consider himself an operative cotiservative— to read, to write, or talk, or walk or do something or other to promote the cause they had in hand. Above all things he would say to them, if they would listen to a young man, "Take care always to be careful of your own strength—to be acquainted with the number of your force in the field." When a general knew the discipline of his army—its courage and its numbers, he went out with confidence into the field; and they knew that confidence was half the battle. Conservatism was not confined to a meeting like that. It did not consist in merely returning Major Marsland to parliament, or in forwarding the cause iii their own town, but it had for its object the greatest results. It extended its influence to the highest as well as the lowest indi viduals. And if he (Mr. W.) - wanted for a livilw.evidence of what conservatism was—if the hon. baronet on his right would allow him to quote him—" Conservatism was the same principle that wrested at Runnymede front the hands of a tyrant the charter of English liberty. It was the same principle which arrested from the aristocracy freedom for the oppressed serf, and which tore the mask from cant under the garb of republican ism. It was the same holy cause which substituted pritestanhisin for popery, and which set the national mind free and exulting in the freedom whei ewit b heaven had made it." (Loud cheers.) Conservatism now was ready to act as a bulwark to our institu tions when attacked by the most dangerous of all tyrants, the many headed monster—the mob. This he took to be con- st rvatism. It was not the intent of faction or party; and taking it to be such, he was pond 'to• call himself—and especially in these da)s of danger to cpmervatire barristers—a conservative barrister. (Cheers.) It seemed to hitn that the greatest retard ment to sound legislature at the present day was the factious conduct of the people of Ireland: He knew Ireland well; he knew her physical resources; he knew something of her na tional mind ; he knew her generosity ; he knew her credulity and superstition, and, above all, he knew her abject misery; and if he might be allowed to hint at patriotism alter what had been said by the hon..bavonei, when he saw a man tiding in the streets in a carriage paid for by the pence of starving children, and calling himself a pit 0,4', he could not joke on such a sub ject.—lt roused feelings of indignatio❑ within him to which he dared net give expr,..sslon.— He would exhort them to be firm and wait, and to fear not the threats and intimidations of their ad versaries, and when they wade unreasonable demands to resist thew evens to the death.— When our opponents asked them to evening. give up one stone of the citadel of Our constitution, let them stand by that stone. (Cheers.) tie would be eternally making demands and agitating until they should have an adtninistra lion honest enough to clip the wings of agitation. They knew that they ("wild not exist in such a state rit agitation.—lreland might make her demands and h o ld out her threats, but so long as England Should be true to herself, and shew the same front in St. Stephen's that she did now, with a majority of Eng , lish gentlemen, representing English interests in that housethey had nothing to fear.—lt had been said that the, dying eagle when he saw the barbed arrow in his bosom plumed with a feather from his own wing, it embittered the agonies of hisdeath.—So would it tre with the British constitution.- In her integrity she might prosper and defy all-nations, but let her forget herself and it would add to her misery when she should see that the arrow which wounded her was barbed by her own suns. (Enthusias tic cheering.) The learned kentleman sat down; thanking them for-the attention with which they had listened to him, and wishing them a happy new year. The Cita litmasi called upon JAMES HEALD. Esq. who rose to propose the toast of" Sir Robert Peel and the conservative members of the House of Commons." He had accepted the invitation of his conservative friends to be present on that interesting occasion 'with the deepest gratitude, by whose exertions the character of the borough had been re deemed at the late election by the return of their worthy con servative member, against the influence of a coalition which every spit ited mind ought to have denounced. If that coalition had proved successful the brand of tyranny would have placed its hand on the borough, and its independent voice would never have been heard. The government of this country had for several years past been agitating, anti affecting the throne and in stitutions of the country, even to the risk of cotnpromising„ our glorious constitution which was settled by our forefathers, and which had stood as our landmark amidst the ocean of politics. He hoped they would bear in mind the maxim, " Fear God and honotir the King, and meddle not with men who are given to change." (Cheers.) With regard to the established church of this country, and the profession of faith which lie ( Mr. Heald) adopted : he might say that he was a Wesleyan. He need not be ashamed of his connexion with the church of Christ, even as viewed in connexion with the Church of England. He was there to bear witness to the gratitude that they owed to the establishment, of late rears, for the blessing of toleration, which was all that they (the Wesleyans) contended for, and which of late sears they had enjoyed. By the established religion they had been placed in circumstances of comparative security. He could not conceive how any persons could advocate the received principles of christianity without making adequate provision for their propagation. This was one of the most important prin ciples upon which the establishment was founded, and upon which he (Mr. Heald) trusted that it would rest secure: ( Hear.) It was the bounden ditty of a christian govern ment to make adequate provision for the support and propaga tion of christianity. The hold which the establishment had gained on the affections of the country had been the best secu rity for the preservation of the country at large. Founded on the trite principles of christianity, it had been, in a great mea sure, successful against the opposition which had been directed against the principles which they advocated, and by which the establishment hart been preserved in all its efficiency, and its efforts rendered prosperous. There had been a cry for a system of national edudation • but he would w arn t h e meet i ng, t h at if the citadel of the establishment could not be taken sword in hand, to take care that a breach was not effected in a place where the force of the enemy could not be stopped.—(Hear.) If they would give a system of national education, they must, take care that it was founded upon the institutions of the coon try, of which the established church and its ministers were the head.—(Cheers ) He was sure the chairman had committed a breach of order by entrusting into his (Mr. H e ald's) h an d s th e toast which he had to propose, as he was unable to do suffi cient justice to the merits of the honourable individuals men tioned in the toast. He would give without further preface, "The right hon. Sir Robert Peel, bart., and the conservative members of the House of Commons." (Loud cheers.) Song. " England's hope." The CRAIIIM - AN said, he had many times great pleasure in proposing the health of the father of the hon. gentleman whose name stood next on the list of toasts. The house of Tattoo (cheers) had always been dear toshitn, for he had received such kindness from that quarter that it would never be effaced from his mind. In proposing the health of-Mr. Talton Egerton, he would oisserve, that if they lost him, they would " ne'er see his like again." He begged, however, to propose "the health of W. T. Eget bin. Esq. our admirable conservative representative for South Cheshire. and may he soon have a colleague of the same principles." (Loud cheering.) W. T. EGEaToN, Esq. M. P. then rose, and was received with loud cheering. He said, he scarcely knew how to express his sentiments at the kind and flattering manner in which the chair man had beeti good enough to propose his health, or to express his thanks fur the very gratifying reception with which the men tion of his name haul been honoured. He thought it-was pretty well known that he haul never shrunk from the performance of his duty as an independent member of the House of Commons : and so long as he had the honour of being a member of that house, he would never be found seeking fur popularity, as had been the custom of some parties. He hoped to be enabled to steer an independent course so long as he continued their re presentative; and so long as the honour of representing the conservatives or South Cheshire was entrusted to his hands, he would endeavour to preserve it unspotted as ever ; and when. ever the day of reckoning should come he should ever be found ready to give an account ot his conduct. (Cheers.) He must beg 10 congratulate the meeting on the glorious assemblage which they had that evening.' He must congratulate them on that assemblage of fair and bright eyes (pointing to the ladies in the gallery) which were then beaming with delight sod approbation at their principles. (Long and loud cheering.) Ile must congratulate them moreover on having effaced the stigma which the appearance of - the hon. and learned member for Dublin, at a late dinner, had cast upon that town. (Cheers.) He must confess that he did feel-deeply grieved, when on his arrival in town, he was asked by Sir Honer; Peel, how came Stockport, a town prominently remarkable for its loyalty—how came Stockport, where proofs of attachmeht to the church and state haul hitherto been given —how came she to lead out a pro cession, with the mayor and corporation at its head, to meet Mr. O'Connell? (Shame.) Already haul the town of Stock port obliterated that stain—right well had she retrieved her honour. (Cheers.) He could now • proudly hoist of seeing before him a band of men in whom the true old English spirit , had always been shown, and he was also to see before him the right hon. baronet whom he might with propriety term, a faith ful representative of a !meal(' English gentleman.. (Cheers.) tie hau seen a loyal tat,a tiurrut trawl woo were firmly bound together in opposition to th e enem ie s o f the psigress of reli gion. lie did not consider that meeting, exactly in the light of an electioneering dinner, or as a tribute-of respect altogether to the honourable conservative member of that town, but lie cosidered it as a great demonstration of public opinion and public feeling—that public opinion which their opponents once professed to idolize—but which, since it has turned against them, they are ready to substitute for that weak popularity, which they might gain by pandering to passions which they ought to restrain. He (Mr. Egerton) respected that meeting as a public demonstration. Why had the operative left his ma nufactory? Why had the tradesman left his counting house? Why had they felt it necessary to meet together that evening, at a time and season of the year when they generally accustomed themselves to enjoy the converse of their friends? Why were they met together that day? Was it not in order to show that they had no confidence in the goveinment of the country? (Cheers.) Look at our foreign and domestic . policy, —a topic which had been so well insisted upon. by his (Mr. Egerton's) hon, friend the hon. baronet, who had preceded him. Look at home and abroad. At home, a government pretending to be friendly disposed towards the poor, and at she same time hand ing them down and trusting them to the tender mercies of the poor law commissioners,—(loud cheers,)s--and who were at tempting to thrust the bill down the mouths of the manufactur ing population. In showing their principles of non-interven tion they had sent troops to a foreign country, and the English legion had been disconifitted in a land where once the English name was a towerof strength. Must he refer to the English swept and conquered from the Spanish coast? Must he look towards Canada, where the flag of rebellion haul been but just unfurled ? Must he look at home, where our institutions in church and state had been so long insidiously but now openlyattacked, and to that state of things which had been Caused by the vacillating (he might almost say the political wickedness) of our government. But the men who, instead of showing a bold front, had truckled to the scramblers who follow Papineau and O'Connell, in the hope of gaining another quarter's pay, have brought things to such a state that they are like drowning men grasping at straws. They are like men, caring little for anything, and giving everything to sacrifice the British constitution. (Cheers.) He rejoiced at that gathering of the conservatives of Stockport. He re joiced to she them animated by such a spirit as would show ministers and their supporters that the conservatives would not die tamely—that they would not give up without a struggle the boast, of their birth-right, the invaluable blessings of the English constitution. He trusted that the first day of the new year which had been ushered in would show more favourable auspices; and he hoped before long to see a firm, strong, and compact conservative government. (Cheers.) They had a strong party out of doors, and with a strong party in the House of Commons of such men as Sir F. Burdett, they might hope to see better days, Theirs was the cause of order, the church, and religion, against passion, democracy, and infidelity. They must trust to the power which orders everything for the best ; but he would exhort them to be of good cheer. Such principles as theirs, identified as they were with the English constitution, and interwoven with the best interests of the British people must ne cessarily prosper. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. FRANCIS NEWELL, an oper ative conservative, who, in a speech of considerable ability, proposed as a toast, " Protestant ascendancy." (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. NOLAN rose to respond to the toast. After ac knowledging the deep sense which he felt in being called upon to acknowledge the toast, proceeded to congratulate them on the ascendancy of protestant principles over popery. The wisdom of their ancestors ,had placed the church beyond all legislation and beyond all law. Had not the act of settlement interwoven protestantistn within the very heart's blood of the nation ? They felt the happy freedom which they erroyed -- under - protestarrt ascendancy, and there could be no wonder at their earnest de termination, under God, to transmit it to their children in the same degree of excellence in which they had received it. He trusted the day would never come when that toast would fail to awaken a lively throb within the bosom of every man who called himself a• Briton. (Ch eers .) Th e arkening moral evils of popery had been pointed out by an O'Sullivan and a M`Ghee who had demonstratively proved the relationship of cause and effect subsisting between the doctrinesnf popery, and the consequent deplorable state of Irelin d. .He referred to Den's Theology as a fearful store-house of u.e seeds of evil, and he would refer to Ireland as a proof that those' seeds had fallen on a fruitful He referred to facts which he knew were un questionable as a proof of it. The last number of the leading conservative journal of Ireland, the Dublin Evening Mail, stated the fact that within the week previously to its publica tion no less than five actual murders, three attempts at assas sination, and I I offences of a minor nature had been committed. This exhibited the effect of popery then, and the necessity for protestant ascendency to remedy such a system. He instanced the orderly industrious state of the protestant province of Ulster as compared with the other three catholic provinces. The cause of that was, that one was the hind of freedom, ot'protes tantisin and the bible, whereas popery, priest-craft, and intimi dation reigned over the rest. He denounced the Irish appro priation clause as at One fell stroke swamping 900 out -of 1,30 E iiarishes in . Ireland, and thus insidiously uisderminina proles tantism. He concluded amidst loud and general cheering. At this juncture (ten o'clock) fir Francis Burdett and Mr. Wilkins retied from the room amidst loud cheering. The CHAIRMAN proposed the •' Army and Navy." Captain tioLLINGWORTH briefly responded to the toast. W. TA TTON EGERToN Esq.,ll P., next proposed the health of Thos. Walmsley, Esq., the chairman,. as a townsman and a good conservative. The CHAIRMAN in an appropriate and neat speech responded to the toast and concluded with !imposing the health of R. Hollingwori h, Esq., as one of the best conservatives R. Plollinuworth, Esq., briefly acknowledged the toast. After which the healths of Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., and several other toasts were given. The meeting then broke up at a late hour after having enjoyed a very delightful and festive Earl Elowe's son lately met with an accident whilst he was romping with a playmate at school, and accidentally received a cut with a knife immediately over one eye, the sight of which if is feared is pertnatiently injured, if . not altogether lost.• JANUMI y Z) 18381 ItOYAL All P lIITH EATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Re-engagement of Mr. THOMPSON. Last Three: .hights of St. George and the Dragon. An arrangement having been made with this Talented Artiste, an opportunity will be offered the Public of witnessing his truly Classical Pictures of the GRECIAN STATUES ! of which he is the original delineator, in a few Evenings. 'V-11S present FRIDAY , and SATURDAY, January sth, J and 6th, will be performed the grand chivalrous drama of Si'. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON -OF EGYPT! Or the Seven Champions of Christendom The part of St. George of England by Mr. T. THOMPSON. The CHIARIEF FAMILY will introduce their pleasing COCOA NUT DANCE!!! NOVELTIES OF THE ARENA. Mr. Ryan wilt introduce the ARABIAN PACK HORSE.— Miss and Master Ginnett will appear as the FISHERMAN of NAPLES and THE MARKET GIRL of PORTICI.— Infant Pulaski as the FOX HUNTER.—To be followed the wonderful performances of the Rivers' Family, or ROYAL ENGLISH BROTH ERS.—Mr. Powell *ill introduce his VOYAGE FROM INDIA, or the Deng ofa Seaman's Life. —The laughable Equestrian Act entit THE MILLERS of . MANSFIELD WAKE, or Ke el up the Wedding after Fifty Years' Marriage. Old Grub.... Mr. Ryan I Mrs. Grub.... Mr. Field. Millers by the whole Company. In the course of the Evening Madame PAULINE WOOD will introduce her celebrated PAS DE SCHA L. The *hole to conclude with the new drama, of intense interest, called the DUMB MAN of MANCHESTER. The part of Tom the Dumb Man by Mr. T. THOMPSON. Prices of admission, Dress Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Lower Gal. , lery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Children half-price from the com mencement to the Boxes and Pit only. Second, Price at Half past Eight—Boxes, Is. 641.; Pit, Is.; Lnwer.Gajlery, 6d. Box O ffi ce open ever y d ay f rom 11 till 3 o'clock, when Mr. HALE will be in 'attendance. Doors opened at Six o'clock, and the Performances begin precisely at Half-past. Private' Boxes may be had nightly for Parties at 21s. and 425. Instructions in the Art of Riding given. Riding Master, M Ginnett. Terms may be known on application at the Amphij theatre. Proprietor, Mr. BATES. Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE. BY PERMISSION OF THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR. UNDER THE DI , TINGUISHECI AND PERMANENT PATRONAGE OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. T E Nobility, G entry, and Inhabitants of Liverp oo l, are' I most respeornily invited tEr visit - and examine the-est... Dishing. production of Nature; the Stupendous SKELETON OF THE ROYAL GIGANTIC WHALE, Now EXHIBITED IN QUEEN'S-SQUARE. The Proprietor deems it wholly unnecessary to attempt any description of the amazing gigantic native of the Sea, whose wonderful size, strength, and character (so far as description can go) are so well known to every reader of Natural History. who must have been struck with astonishment and admiration on reading the various accounts of the Whale, not only by the Historian, but by the adventurous Voyagers in the Northerc( Seas. It may be truly observed, however, that no written ac-, count can furnish any adequate idea of the enormous frame of the creature, every bone and joint of which is a wonder in itself! It is no exaggeration to say that it must be seen to be . beli eved. understood , an d even to b e believed. Fhe examination of the' Skeleton now o ff ere d f or public ins ection must impress every « mind with a sacred sense o f the Bless'b ower of the Creating Hand that produced all the living wonders of the Earth, front" the minutest insect to the magnanimous monarch of the ocean. The Whale, of which the. Skeleton is now to be seen, was Found off the Coast of Plymouth, in October, 1831, and then Weighed 118,0001b5., and measured in length 102 feet, circumference 75- feet. The Proprietor feels that, nn inviting the Public to view a curiosity so interesting, to all who admire the amazing produc tion of Nature; he should not do justice to himself if he were, to descend t o th e t oo common mo d es of endeavouring to attract the crowd by extraordinary assurance of success; but he respect fully begs to state that the Skeleton has been visited by many Thousands in various parts of the. Country, and that every visitor has been astonished and gratified beyond all expectation. Admission—Gentry Is. ; Tradespeople, Servants, and Children 6d. each. GERMAN TABLE LINEN. A SMALL • PARCEL • OF GERMAN DOUBLE V _A.'S.. DAMASK TABLE CLOTH , of fine quality, is. sizes from 2 yards t o 7 y ar d s l on . Apply to RICHARDSON and .OWBURN, 140, DALE -STREET, who have on SALE a large STOCK' of Irish and Scotch LINEN SHEETING. TABLE .LINEN, BLANKETS, QUILTS, &c. &c. TO THE PUBLIC. In entering upon a new year, we beg to tender our cus tomary acknowledgments to our friends and the-pub tic for the very liberal support which we have received during the year which has just expired. Our best thanks are due to those who have favoured us with a continuance of their patronage as subscribers to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD ; whilst we can scarcely find' terms siliciently expressive to signify our sense of obligation to those who have so liberally contributed towards augmenting our advertising business. Thanks to our advertising friends in general, we have been enabled to occupy a truly proud position among the provincial newspapers. As the last returns fully . proved, there were only nine newspapers out of Lozai don which had received credit for a greater number of advertigements_ du, ing the' first half year in 183 L, • than the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,. ; .• ;•• - - We are happy to assure our _Mends that our circulation continues to be on the increase. Nothing shall be wanting on our part to render the LIVERPOOL STANDARD still more deserving of that patronage and support which it has hitherto received. Our unremitted exertions shall in future be devoted to this object. The .LIVERPOOL STANDARD presents peculiar claims to the support of the public as an advertising medium. Its circulation is chiefly among the mercantile classes and in private families, thus offering that advantage of which Advertisers are generally in search—the most eligible mode of communicating with the more wealthy and respectable portions of the community. In conclusion, we hate great pleasure in wishing our friends " a happy new year, and many returns of the . season." TO CORRESPONDENTS. In common with others of our contemporaries, we erroneously. announced that the soiree of the Royal Institution would take place on the 3d instant. From the advertisement it ap pears that it takes place on Wednesday, the 10th instant. frbe kiberpool ghtanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 5, 1838. The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn ing at 5 o'clock. CANADA.—By the Oxford, which arrived here yester• day, we have received New York papers to the 16th., inst., and Montreal papers to the Bth. inst. The news brought by these papers, is of the greatest importance, we therefore hasten to give our readers the more important extracts. We have no room to day for any comments upon the intelligence which we subjoin. It appears froM the New York papers, That an insur rection had broken out in Toronto, the capital of Upper Canada. Respecting this unexpected outbreak we find the following particulars : (From the New York Commercial Advertiser, Dec. 12.) UPPER • CANADA. _ _ The following extraordinary intelligence reached us this morning by the steamboat. if the reports from the frontier are to be relied on, the capital of Upper Canada has been wrested from the government of Sir Francis Head, and front appearances the whole upper province will soon share the same fate. It will be recollected that all the regular ttoops were" sent to the lower province, and that a large. quantity of arms,- &c. were - removed from the barracks at Toronto, and placed under the care of the civil authorities of that city. The first' intelligence of the difficulty, near the capital, was brought to - Oswego from Belleville. which is at the head of the bay of Quinte, and on the post road from Toronto to Kin stone. e next, and more in detail, is said to have beea carried to Quinty by Captain Whitney of the steamboat Great Britain. We shall anxiously wait for farther particulars. ( From Me Troy Whig of last evening.) THE CANADA WAR.— Our readers will perceive from the following intelligence, received by the western mail of this morning, that the spit it of revolt ices broken out in the upper s , as well as in the lower, province of Canada. (From the Buialo Daily Journal, Extra.) WEDNESDAY. 6th DEA:. 6, P.M.—We have just received the' following highly important information from a gentleman of respectability at Queenston, Upper Canada, announcing that the eily of T - oronto is in possession of the patriots of the Upper province. REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS rN UPPER CANADA - CAPTURE OF TORONTO-THE GOVERNOR /END HIS COUNCIL TAKEN PRI SONERS. Commercial Herald Office, OSWEGA, DEC. 7, 1837-7 o'clock, e.m.-=-The schooner' 'Willet t Capt. M'Curnber, has just come into our harbour from , Belville, Upper Canada. Captain M'Cumber states that a go= yernment express passed through Belville yesterday, with in- . telligence that the patriots had assembled and were in aims its the vicinity of Toronty ' to the numb er o f 5,000, h e ad e d by Al:Kenzie, Bidwell, and Parker; full credit was . given to - tins' intelligence at Belleville. QUETENSTON, U. C., DEC. , 6, 1837.—DearSir,—I Write to you' in great hasie, to inform von what to us at least is Interesting and important. Capt. Whitney has just arrived from TOronto f which place he states was attacked yesterday by the radicals,. and taken. The governor ai,d all the prisoners are pent up in the Market-house. Many buildings were burnt, some lives lost, and many . prisoners taken. - The captain was Sent here by the government to drum up volunteers—but he succeeded in getting hut vet v few. The lov. , alists will not generally turn out, and but tittle lighting will take place in the upper. province, at least this winter. • . The patriots require front the governor that he shall dissolve the present parliament—allow the people to elect the legislative council—and that he should leave the country in two weeks. Yours, &c. TELEGRAPH AND ADVOCATE, Extra, Lewieston N. F., Dee. 6,1337. ATTACK. ON THE CITY of/ TOIIONTO.—We hit,. received the-