The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-04-22 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MADAME VESTRIS, And her last appearance this season, on which occasion she will perform three of her most popular characters. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE ROYAL OLYMPIC COMPANY. T HIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 2'2d instant, the Entertainments will commence with a Petit Drama, (never acted here,) called COMFORTABLE SERVICE. Admiral Sir Smith Brown ....Mr. F. Matthews. - Simon . Mr. Keeley. Mary Maunders Mrs Clarke. After which, ONE HOUR. Mr. C. Swiftly, (his original character,) Mr. C. Mathews, In which he will sing ".To linger near Thee," to the Air of Weber's last Waltz; a- Neapolitan Song. in character, and Dance with Mrs. East a Neapolitan Tarantella.... Julia....(Mi4S Dalton) ....Madame Vestris, In which character she will sing " Love is the.theme," and, in the costume of a Neapolitan, the Song of "Ju the mountains of smiling Sorento." Fanny....(Mrs. Smith) Mrs. Anderson. To which will be added the favourite Drama, written for the Royal Olympic Theatre, called LOVE IN A COTTAGE. Charles Mulgrave Mr. Hooper. • Sir Murphy O'Blarney..Mr. Brougham. Mrs. Charles Mulgrave . Madame Vestris. Lady Charlotte Mulgrave..Mrs. Anderson. Miss Margaret Mulgrave.. .Mrs. Clarke. In the course of the Drama Madame Vestris will sing the highly popular Song, written expressly for this Piece, of " I'll be no submissive Wife," and, in the character o an Irishwo man, " Rory O'More." 'To conclude with a favourite Drama, writt for Madame Vestris's Theatre, calle A HANDSOME HUSB D. Mr. Wyndham Mr. Char es Mathews. Henry Fitzherhert....Mr Hooper. Laura....(her original character . —Madame Vestris. Mr. Melford..Mrs. Anderson I Mrs 'wiiden..Mrs. Clarke. In the cousre of the Piece Mad ne Vestris will sing the Song of "What can Beauty give me more ?" - - TO -MORROW, (SATURDAY,) April 23, the Last Night of the performance of the Royal Olympic Company, the Entertain ments•will commence with the Petit Drama of 3ARBERS AT COURT, after which OLD AND YOUNG STAGER, COM FORTABLE SERVICE, and TWICE KILLED, in which the Olympic Company, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Hooper, Mr. F. Mattbews, Mr. Brougham; Mr. Collier, and Mrs. Anderson will perform. Mr. KEAN, Of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane and Covent-garden, is en gaged for Ten Nights, and will make his first appearance on MONDAY next, April 25, in his •favourite character of 'HAMLET; on which occasion Mr. DOWTON, Of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane and Covent-garden, who is •engaged for One Week, being his FAREVECL VlSlttu Liver pool previous to his departure for America on the Ist of May, - will, fur the first time here, perform the character of Polonius i Tb give variety and novelty of attraction to the Entertainments of the Theatre the celebrated Itusstsx ROPE DANCERS, 0 . -- FANNX DE VINTER and CARLIVAN DE VINTER, Brother and Sister, whose performance excited so much intar est and curiosity in London last season, and who are engaged for One Week, will on the above Evening make their first appearance here. The Box-office is open daily. where Places may be taken 0: Mr. Parker, from Ten until Three. Madame Vestris and the Royal Olympic Company will em inence an Engagement at the Theatre-Royal, Manchester, on Monday next, April 25th. CONCERT AT THE TEMPLARS' HALL, GREAT GEORGE-STREET. UNDER THE ESPECIAI, P.IITItO.V4GE OF THE MAYOR. THE celebrated Mr. GEORGE VERNER, (Blind from J. his Birth,) whose extraordinary Performances have ob tained for him the unqualified approbation of ► ost of the Courts of Europe, respectfully announces to the N dd) , and Gentry of Liverpool and its Vi c inity, th a t h e i n t e d s giving a CON CERT at the above Rooms, on M ON DAY xt, the `2s th instant, assisted by the celebrated JULIO RIC ONDI, who, with a YOUNG LADY, (her first appearance n public,) have, in the kindest manner, proffered their valuab services for that Even ing. Also, Miss UYAMS, Mr. J ES Z. HERRMANN, Mr. EYTON, Mr. CHARLES ERRMANN, and Mr. JACKSON. LEA DER Mr. J. Z. HERRMANN. MR. EYTON WILL PRESIDE AT THE PIANO-FORTE. Tickets, Body of the Room, ss. each, or Five for El; Gal lery, 45., (younger branches of Families and Seminaries, ad mitted at Half-price,) to be had at the Principal Music-shops; Mr•. DANSON'S, Bold-street; or of Mr. VERNER, at Mt. GRIF FITHS', 19, Williamson-square. Doors open at Half-past Seven, Concert to commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Further Particulars will be announced in future Bills. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot insert the advertisement respecting Hope's Bank, without we know the name of the writer. He may have the money returned by applying at the office of this paper. trbe Eiberpool 'tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1836. We received on Wednesday Demerara papers to the 27th February. They do not possess much interest. The conduct of the stipendiary magistrates and the lax state of the police are still the subject of complaint. There is no question hut that crime has considerably in .creased in the colony since the passing of the emancipa tion bill. Highway robberies are frequent; and, in places remote and once so peaceful and secure that it was unnecessary to bolt the doors by night, burglaries are becoming numerous. The following is the most important extract can find : " We understand that the members of the Honourable Court of Policy, during their present session, have taken into their consideration the expediency of importing free negroes here for labourers from the large number annually taken from the slave ships and placed at the disposal of the mixed commission. at Havannah. It has, in consequence, been determined by the court to send an agent to Cuba for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements to effect this object, and, for this pur pose, £l,OOO was voted, and Mr. Young, the government secre tary, named as agent, who, we understand, will forthwith proceed on his mission." We have received Jamaica papers to the 14th March, but they do not possess much interest. We perceive that the attention of the inhabitants of Jamaica has been called to the expediency of establishing a colonial bank, in an ably written letter, dated from Liverpool. and signed "Mercator." The bank thus alluded to has since been formed in London, the sum required having been subscribed in a very few hours after the prospectusap peared. The hank is to have agencies in all the West India colonies, but it is not to extend to Canada. Our inimitable representative, Mr. WILLIAM EWART, and that truly excellent member, Mr. THOMAS MTN comnE, remind us much of a pair of ill-trained and, con sequently, very stupid pointers. The duty of these ani mals, as all the world, including Lord MELBOURNE, knows, is to point out the game to the sportsman. Good dogs are keen but steady--expert but cautious—and they never fail to please their master or his gamekeeper in all weathers. On the contrary, the ill-bred dog is ever lastingly committing blunders, even though he he a dog of good intentions. He either points too soon or be yond the proper distance, and lie consequently loses the game; or, i❑ his awkward and stupid haste, he runs in the whip ; but your ill-bred and innately stupid pointer is upon the birds and drives them away before master can possibly touch them. Pulling the ears follows as a matter of course, and probably 2 liberal application of incurable, and,is fit only for the turnspit. We shall not put in any plea in favour of the elegance of thiS metaphor; but we venture to say that no one can read the debate in the House of Commons on Monday last,' and particularly that part of it where our Mr. EWART and Finsbury's Tom DUNCOMBE figure in so ludicrous a manner, without thinking of two animals who either are very young, of a bad breed, or whose education has been sadly neglected. On the night in question Mr.,DuNcomnE moved as an instruction to the committee, " to repeal that portion of the Reform Act. which requires in boroughs the payment of poor rates and assessed taxes as a condition of regis tration ;" and, tell it not at the sign of the Bull in Clay ton-square, Mr. WILLIAM EWART— SECONDED THE MOTION! !! ! That Mr. Thomas DUNCOMBE sympathises deeply with all persons who have debts to pay, and Mr. EWART with those who have no property, we can well believe; and under those circumstances had the former member moved as a resolution of the house that the man who owes the largest:amount of debt, which he is unable to pay, is the greateat.sufferer in the cause of his country, we should not have been surprised ; but that the other member should have allowed himself to sink so far as to second a motion which strike s at the basis of every principle con tended for by the Whigs since they became a party, and by every reformer of any:standing in the country, and which, withal, strikes at the very root of the rights of property it self, we confess is to us astonishing, and would be the sub ject of regret could we have the slightest regard for the character or intellect of Mr. Wm.' EWART. It can only be accounted for by means and in the sense of the meta phor with . which we started. The poor young man does ot know what he is doing. That, however, is only our version of what we conceive to be Mr. EWART'S best apology. There are others who ,view the matter differently, and think that, like 2 house wilfully set on fire, it points to quarter-day. Tom DUN COME knows right well that, if the payment of rates and taxes could be dispensed with, he would have a much better chance of being returned for, the new-made but unwashed borough of Finsbury. Mr. EWART says " ditto to Mr. BURKE." He is prudently looking forward to another election; and if he could procure votes cheap —that is to say, if he could procure votes without the voter being compelled to dole out the cash, he would !lave much better chance in another contest. But the ma noeuvre was too barefaced, and bore all the marks of mercenary suspicion in the hands of the member for Finsbury. And here our simile again comes in. The pointer overleaped his distance: both dogs would have taken an unfair but foolish advantage. Mr. CAMPBELL, the gamekeeper, did not approve pf, and, consequently, could not avoid punishing, such conduct. He adminis tered the lash freely, severely, but from an overwhelming sense of duty. The master of the gamekeeper, DANIEL FIT2-DENS, it is true, was rather in favour of the dogs; but Mr. CAMPBELL and the steward, Mr. JOHN RUSSELL, be ing entirely dependent upon their respective professional characters, did not choose to sanction such a wanton abandonment of all the rules of the field and the kennel. The owner in this instance, rather a solitary one, could not protect the pointers, and they were corrected accor dingly. But for the present we have done with metaphor and Mr. TtiomAs.DUNCOMBE : we cannot part so easily with Mr. WILLIAM EWART. We implore every respectable and conscientious, man in Liverpool, be he whig, half whig, radical, or nothing at all, who has lent a vote to Mr. EWART, to reflect for a moment upon the animus or the motion supported by his representative on Monday night. Of course we presume we are addressing many hundreds of respectable men who live by their honest in dustry, who have saved something to secure them against pauperism, or have accumulated such a Oirtion of wealth as renders them independent,. and places them, as far, as, money can do, in a creditable and, perhaps, enviable .sta tion of society. We ask these men, in perfect candour, what they think of their representative who would place the wealthiest of them on s par, in the scale of political power, with the meanest pauper in the town ? Mr. EWAIRT'S proposition, if it be intelligible at all, means this. A keeper of a beer shop, or something worse, who has once paid taxes, in any one year, should he allowed to vote whether he shall ray them or not in the succeed—. ing years of his life. He may this year have paid his taxes; next year he may he in the workhouse ; and yet he is to vote - as if lie were a contributor to, instead of a receiver from, the poor rates ! This, we say, is Mr. EWART'S scheme and one more repugnant to common sense, or rational liberty, or , the principles of every honest ond consistent reformer, we never heard broached in public assembly. We never kners ? reformer contend for more than that representa tion should be co-extensive with taxation. This, we ad mit, is wild enough doctrine with a witness, for it is an unjust representation. • It is democracy in an abhorrent form. But Mr. EWART'S plan is much more absurd and unreasonable than this for how can a man be said to be any thing but o pauper who cannot or will not pay the poor ::ates ills refusal to pay these rates makes him a pauper upon the community to the extent of the rate which he refuses. If,- assessed in twenty shillings only to the poor, be should refuse to pay that sum, would it not follow that lie receives that sum from the pa rish ? If lie should say I agree to owe that money, still he is < debtor to the parish. He may pay it eventu ally ; but, while it. is not paid, the has no right to claim the same privileges as those who have paid it. We trust we have placed this absurdity in its proper light, and that the moderate reformers of Liverpool who have property to lose, and who do not wish to plunge head long into o violent conflict with those who have nothing to lose, and whose principles are "take what you can— rob if you please," will call Mr. EWART to account for conduct which his respected father would have sacrificed every farthing he was worth in the world, and even life itself, rather than have countenanced, directly or in directly. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City,, Wednesday Eveniv. 7a! C7,ock. The English money market to-day has evinced considerable steadi• ness, and the last price of Consols for account was 91i buyers. Ex• chequer Bills are firm at 19 to 29 premium, and India Bonds are 6 to' pm. The chief business in the Foreign market to-day has been in Spa nish Bonds, which have been depressed to 471. and closed at 471 to 48. In Portuguese there is some flatness, the 5 per cents being at 841, and the 3 per cents 541. In the Republican Bonds there is little to notice—Columbian are at 33—Chilian at 48 to 49, and Mexican are 36 to 37. In Northern Stock there is little to notice—Belgian Bonds are at 1031 3—Dutch 5 per cents are at 1001, and Russian 1093. The speculation in shares continues—Calcutta and Saugur are at 2 premium—Stevenson's Brighton are at 203 premium —Greenwich Shares are 91 premium—Rennie's Brighton are 21 premium —West Wheal Hooe are at 1 premium —Preston and Wyre are at 11 premium —and Deptford par are 3 premium. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY, It will be seen by a reference to our notice of the proceed ings in Parliament, that the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company's bill, empowering them to extend their capital, has been lost for the present session. This decision of the house is much to be regretted, as it may probably have the effect of re tarding for a time the extension of the operations of the Com pany in the important trade which they are the medium of con ducting, by means of their steamers upon the Shannon and be tween the ports of Liverpool and Dublin. There are some circumstances connected with the defeat of this bill which we cannot pretend to fathom. The second reading was carried by a majority of 163 in favour of, to 74 against the measure; while on the third reading, after the principle had been admitted and its details agreed to, we find only 120 voting in support of the bill, and 174 for its rejection. The Attorney-General, followed by a shoal of Scotch members, were its opponents, in conjunction with Mr. William Ewart, who, before he voted witii the majority, admitted that " the Company had conferred great benefits on Ireland and on the town which he had the honour to represent." It follows, there fore, if the existence of the Company had been as extensively injurious as it has been beneficial to the commerce of Liver pool, they would have been honoured with Mr. Ewart's support. To Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS MITCHELL. SIR,—By your very elaborate sod splendid letter which illuminates the columns of last Saturday's Journal, I perceive yon have applied your enlarged mind to the investigation of Coroners' inqmests, prior to the subversion of the Roman empire. Will you therefore be kind enough to inform the public if in your researches you have discovered the names of the coroner and jurymen which were iinpannelled to inquire into the death of Antony and Cleopatra, as upon this interest ing point Goldsmith is silent. By putting the public in possession thereof you will confer an obligation ; and I propose, in order to ren der the information more.emtensi.ve that it be added to the next edition of Gibbon or Goldsmith by way of appendix.—Yours, A MEMBER OF THE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. LOCAL NEWS. NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BAN K.—We have much plea sure in informing our readers, that the spirited Directors of this great national nudertaking are making rapid progress in the preliminary arrangetnents for their various establishments, and have already taken premises in Chester, Wrexham, Carnarvon, Dolgelly, Pwllheli, Llanrwst, Ruthin, &c., in all of which pla ces branch banks will be opened very shortly. CONSISTORY COURT, CHESTER.—PEERSI. 7 . PEERS,—This was a suit of nullity of marriage promoted by a wife against her husband. The parties reside at Liscard. In the course of the proceedings, the conrt directed a commission to be issued to four professional gentlemen of Liverpool to enquire into the probable truth of the allegation upon which the suit was founded, and, these persons having made their report, decreed, on the 14th instant, for the validity of the marriage. lu dismissing the suit, the judge, to mark his sense of its merits, further de creed, as the wife held some property in her own right, that she should pay the whole of the costs. SOUTH AMERICA.—We are glad to see the establishment of packets to the West Coast of South America, as it will ma tetially increase the trade of this port, from the very few vessels which are sent, and the great irregularity of their sailing from London, Hamburgh, Bordeaux, and indeed all parts of the continent; from which places manufactures, wine, brandy, &c. &c. are seat to be transhipped to these ports. EXECUTION OF JOHN BERRY.—We understand an order was received on Tuesday evening for tha execution of the pri.. soner Berry, to-morrow. However, last night a further respite was received and it is most probable he will be reprieved al together. . We are authorized to announce that the Publication of the Prospectus of the Everton Improvement and Building Com pany is only delayed until Tuesday, the 26th instant, in con sequence of . the previous engagements of the Surveyor' and Architect having prevented the completion of their estimates. It is expected the whole will be in form for submission to the public on Tuesday next. THE TowN COUNCIL—On Wednesday last a special Meet ing of the Council was held, for the 'purpose of electing a Coroner for the Borough. Mr. P. F.Curry was unanimously chosen. Mr. Alderman Brown and Air. Alderman Evans were elected in the place of the former bailiffs, to sit in the room of thenayor in the Borough Court. An interesting discussion oc curred on the appointment of Mr. Radcliff as Clerk of the Peace, which we shall, if possible, insert on next Tuesday. We are obliged to omit our report from an overwhelming press of other matter. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Emperiat partiantent. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The mutiny bill, the marine mutiny bill, the slavery abolition (Jamaica) bill, and some other bills, were brought up from the House of Commons. WAR IN SPAIN. The Marquis of LONDON DER Hy complained that the papers, ordered about a month since, had not been produced. Since that motion was made the Marquis said, the matter had assuiced a greater degree of interest, for his Majesty's government had thought proper to embark his Majesty's arms in that cut-throat system of warfare which will have the effect of placing the coun try and the safety of British subjects much mole in question. He concluded by asking Lord Melbourne the cause of the delay. Lord MELBOURNE replied that he was not aware of the cause of the delay, and was surprised that the correspondence had not been prepared. RAILROADS. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE resolutions founded upon thuse agreed to by the House of Commons on the subject of railroad bills were agreed to. One of the resolutions empowers the House of Lords when a bill was not opposed, to call, if the hcuse thought fit, for additional evidence before passing the bill. IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL. Lord MELBOURNE moved the second reading of this bill. Lord LYNDHURST in a speech of great force took a luminous Tiew of the whole subject. He was not opposed to the second reading of the bill, but intimated his intention of proposing some very important alterations in the committee on that mea sure. The bill was read a second time' without a division, but it was understood that when committed propositions, founded upon the resolutions of Lord Francis E g e r t on an d Sir Robert Peel, when the bill was under discussion in the House of Com mons, would be submitted to the c onsid e ratio n o f th e i r l or d s hi ps. The trill was ordered to be committed on Tuesday•next.— Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Mr. CLAY moved that the bill for carrying this work into ef fect be referred back to standing order's committee, the com mittee to which this bill had been referred having determined that these orders had not been complied with. The point upon which the committee had come to that decision was t he fact that the plan deposited with the clerk of the peace, and that which was placed in the private bill office, were dissimilar. After a short discussion Mr. Clay withdrew his motion. POOR LAWS (IRELAND.) Mr. P. SCROPE wished to asked the noble lord if govern ment intended to bring in any series of measures of poor laws for Ireland, founded upon the report of the poor law commission ers? His own bill upon the subject stood for second reading pu Wednesday next; and he should be governed in the course he should pursue-b'y the answer that might be given to his ques tion by the noble lord. The recommendations of the poor law commissioners were most valuable and important. • Lord J. RUSSELL said that the report of the commissioners was under the consideration of government. They found in the report a great variety of i m p or t an t recom mendations, but it must be allowed that they were not of a simple nature, and should be adopted with great caution—a recommendation which indeed the report recommended. (Hear, hear.) It was the opinion of the government that it could not bring in a series of measures upon the subject during the present session, compris ing all the recommendations of the commissioners. There was however a second Questiou. as. to whether it was advisable to bring in a particular or insulated measure founded upon a part of that report. There might be a difficulty attending this— there might be too much of inviting, or, on th e other hand, too much closing up of the discussion of the whole of the report. Government had not as yet come to any decision on the sub ject, but he could undertake to say that a series of measures founded upon the whole report was not deemed advisable dur ing this session. He could not conclude without saying that the recommendations of the commissioners were of great value. It was the opinion of some members of the government that some measure should be immediately adopted, and the report was under consideration, wit h a view Co framing such a measure, convinced as all parties were that no measure of more impor tance to Ireland could be brought under consideration than those which might be founded, upon the report of the poor law commissioners. The very sense of their importance, however, was sufficient to render him cautious how h e pledged himself or the government as to the course they would pursue until they had maturely considered the question. Mr. RICHARDS entirely concurred in what had fallen from the noble lord; but, nevertheless, if government did not bring forward a measure upon this subject he should do so himself. NEW COUPORATIONS. Mr. PHILLIPS said an impression had gone abroad that go vernment intended to bring in a bill to extend corporate char ters to such boroughs as were not included in the corporation bill. It would be a convenience if the noble lord would answer the question, if such a measure was contemplated during the present session. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, in answering the question, be should explain wnat the nature of the measure was which was really under the consideration of the government. It was not for the purpose of giving corporations to towns, but seeing whether they could not apply the bill of last session in such a manner as to give facilities to those towns which, under that bill, might apply for corporations, to render such corporations more effective than they could be under that bill. (Hear, hear.) REGISTRATION OF VOTERS' BILL. The house, on the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, went into committee on this bill, and was occupied in discussing its pro visions for the remainder of the sitting. Adjourned at eleven o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TuasnAx. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. On the motion of Lord SRGRAVE, the Great Western Railway Bill was read a second time. -The Marquis of LONDONDERRY observed, that the subject of rail toads ought to be considered by the house, and if the matter were brought forward, he would undertake to chew that in several of them gross frauds had been committed. After a short conversation the bill was ordered to be referred to a select committee on Wednesday next. NEW CORPORATIONS. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWN, copies of the rules ob tained for quo warrant() writs in the court of King's Bench arising out Of the English Corporation Act of last session, were ordered to be laid on the table, together with the answers to the charges preferred in those proceedings. NATAL ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE AT PORTSMOUTH. The Earl of MINTO in answer to an Biquiry from the Earl of flard wicke, stated that the Naval College at Portsmouth was to be sup pressed, and that the best means of teaching naval architecture was now under the consideration of government. ECCLESIASTICAL REFORM. On the motion of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Benefices, Plurality, and Clergy Residence Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed on Friday the 29th instant. The Military and the Marine Meeting Bills were read a second time . —adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY. DUBLIN STEAM-PAcKET COMPANY. Mr. O'CONNELL moved the third reading of the Dublin Steam packet Company fill. Sir M. S. STEWART moved as an amendment that it be read that day six months. Mr. E. Tennent, Mr. Ewart, (the latter admitting that the company had conferred great benefits on Ireland and o n th e t own o f Li ver p oo l , ) the Attorney-General, Mr. Wallace, and Mr. Roche opposed the Lord CLEMENTS said that this company was the first which esta blished steam navigation between Dublin and Liverpool, and that it was the first also to introduce steam navigation inland in Ireland. He, therefore, hoped the bill would be allowed to proceed. Lord MoaraTii contended that the principle of the bill should have been discussed at the second reading. As to the company, he must acknowledge that it had done much good to Ireland, and if this bill were passed, he apprehended that those benefits would be essentially advanced. (Hear.) After a few words from Mr. G. F. Young, Mr. O'Connell, Lord F. Egerton, and Mr. Preshfield, 'fhe house divided, when the numbers appeared to be-- For the Lill Against it Majority against the bill —54 PENSION LIST. Mr. HARVEY then brought forward his motion for a revision of the pension list. He began by alluding to the appearance of the house, which, after the call was over, became comparatively deserted, and reminded the reforming government and the reforming house that this was but a poor specimen of their sincerity. The hon. member then proceeded to show the importance of the question even in point of economy, by contrasting the amount of the pensions with the paltry savings for which the government took credit ; and concluded a speech of considerable humour and talent, by protesting " against the prin ciple of having upon that list five children of the King of England, who had at his command so much wealth and all the luxuries of life. This was a monstrous insult to the people of England, The highest law officer of the crown had stated on a former occasion that the King had given up the revenues of the duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster upon.condition of the pension list being left untouched during his reign. But his Majesty, though not in possession of the revenues, still enjoyed the patronage derived from his crown property. It was only very recently that an individual had to pay a sum of £70,000 for the renewal of a lease. Now he (Mr. H.) should like to know to whom did that maney go ? Did it not go to the crown!? He had now only to say that in offering the present motion to the house, he left itito the house, he left it to hon. members to deal with it entirely as they thought fit, while he trusted that they would not fail to do justice to its merits." Lord Jolt's RUSSELL resisted the motion, contending that it was con trary to the uniform practice of Parliament to deprive individuals of pensions granted by the Crown. " The whole coarse of the party to " which he (Lord John Russell) belonged was to respect pensions al " ready. granted, and to make the principle of reform prospective.— " His own opinion was that many of those pensions ought not to have " been granted ;—the holders of them were not persons who were " justly.pointed out by professional servive or individual merit, or by circumstances of distress, so as to bring them within the scope of the " Act of Parliament ; but he disbelieved the assertion that they had. " been recommended for having performed services of notorious pro " fligacy in political life, or for having been panderers to vice." After some further discussion, the motion was lost on a division, the numbers , being—Ayes, 146--Noes, 216—Majority against the mo- I tion, 70.—Adjourned. DISCONTINUANCE OF MAIL BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BRISTOL. It being understood by the merchants of this place that, the Bristol Mail was about to be discontinued, a memorial to the Post-master General was prepared, and in a few hours most numerously and respectably signed and transmitted to Lord Sando❑ and Mr. Ewart for presentation. The following letter was received from Lord Sandon, yesterday miirning " Lon Jon, Aprifl9, 1836. `• Sir,—Mr. Wainwright has put into my hands the memo rial of the underwriters, merchants, and other parties, in behalf of the retention of the Bristol M><il as at present established for the town of Liverpool. It has been already forwa:ded in Mr. Ewart's name and mine with a strong attestation of the re spectability and importance of the numerous names appended to it. With such an appeal I conceive any intention of with drawing from Liverpool, the advantages at present derived from that communication must be abandoned. 'Thomas Court, Es, I am, Sir, Your's, &c. " SANDON." (ADVERTISEMENT.) COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LICER POOL ST.IXDA RD. Sir,—l beg leave, through the medium of your journal, re spectfully to announce, that by the advice of my friends, it has been deemed proper to desist from the taking any further steps at present, for bringing before the public the particnlars of my proposed establishment. 'I he reasons on which this determinatfcE. C. founded, are, the apprehensions entertained by myself, and by those gentlemen who are anxious that a school should ;be founded in this town, on the plan laid down in my prospb tus, that any immediate prosecution of this measure mi g ht ad to a supposition of its being of a similar character to s o me nonvinous announcements of visionary schemes, for the formati , on of colleges and schools ; and, therefore, in order to avoid even the possible imputation of being connected with any joint stock speculations, it has bean resolved to incur all the inconveniences that may result from a short delay. I take this opportunity to state further, that the plan of my schoci, (which has been chiefly modelled from the great com mercial schools of the continent, particularly of Germany,) was submitted to the consideration of several gentlemen in Li verpool, and others, nearly three years since; ihat. it was de la) ed being brought forward, because the public mind was sup posed to be not fully prepared for its reception ; and it was lately announced as not being abandoned, in consequence of finding that an unprincipled advantage was ;attempted to be taken of my communications. 1 I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 36, Renshaw-street, 21st April, 1836. W. TATE. LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW SCHOOL. IN THE VILLAGE OF BUWNESS, ,WINDERMERE (From the Westmoreland Gazette.) We have in former numbers said that John Bolton, Esq., of ,Sturrs, was about to erect, at his sole expense, two separate schools in this village for boys and girls, open to the two town ships of Applethwaite and Undermillbeck. The ceremony of laying the first or foundation stone took place on Wednesday last; but, according to custom, whenever there is to be a regat ta on the lake or a gala day at Bowness, or any where in the vicinity, you may write it down beforehand as a wet and stormy day—and in this instance the charter, was not broken, for it rained heavily all the morning—dark and surcharged watery clouds rolled over the lake and heavily brought on the day— not April showers, mingled with sunshine and rainbows from the soft south breathing sweet odours—but pattering, brat tling rain, aided by strong south-westers, which made the cheek smart and the ear tingle. On our arrival in the village we observed numerous flags, in spite of wind or weather, streatnin,g in the storm and dripping with rain—flags which we hope, will yet for a thousand years "brave the battle and the breeze" several waving on tall poles reared on the site of the intended building, and among them. the royal standard of Eng land unfurled its ample folds, floating high and proudly : others again were hung out at private houses in honour of the day and iu compliment to the munificent founder, their gaudy colours contrasting strongly with the dark green laurel and other ever greens with which every house, almost every cottage in the village is ornamented. Mr. Bolton, at present residing in Li verpool, could not, from age, having completed his eightieth year, and the very precarious state of his health, undertake so far a journey to preside over the ceremony, and therefore de puted his long-tried and sincere friend William Wordsworth, Esq., Evilal Mount, to represent and officiate for him; the ar rangement being under the direction of the Rev. R. P. Graves, curate, and the trustees. The cortege assembled at Mrs. Ul lock's, where the coin, papers, &c., were deposited in the bot tle, afterwards lodged in a cavity in the corner stone. The Rev. R. P. Graves put into the bottle a piece of parchment stating the name, age, and residence of the noble-minded founder; and also the name of his representative, (Mr. Wordsworth) describing him as the author of the " Excursion," and poems destined to live as long as the English language is known on any spot of the globe the name of the diocesan, John Bird Sumner; the Earl of Lonsdale, Lord-lieutenant of the County and Steward of the Manor; Sir R. Fleming, the Vicar; the Trustees; the Churchwardens; &c., leaving a space for the signature of those present who wished to avail themselves of it —several doing so. Captain Thomas Stamp, R.N.. put in sil ver coins of the reign of George 3d, and 4th, and Win. 4th, in a half-crown, shillings, sixpence, and the new silver 4d. The little Miss Ullock, in her second year, was there with her offer ing, a silver 44. wrapped in paper containing her age, name, and lineage. The Westmoreland Gazette,. the county paper, was also dropped in, containing, no doubt, besides the usual !natter, some Darned dissertation. We omitted to mention in its proper place that at the close of the written parchment,- by the Rev. R. P. Graves, there was a pions appeal to the Great Author of all to look down upon, bless, and prosper this good and handy work. • The bottle being sealed, we waited beyond the appointed hour (one o'clock) for the procession to move, expecting a 101 l of the storm, but after all we had to brave and face it on the eminence. Among many gathered together on this occasion we observed the following gentlemen Wordsworth, Esq.; Rev. R. P. Graves; Sir ThonMs Pasley, Bart., R.N.; James Starkie, Esq.; Rev. T. Staniforth, Rec tor of Bolton-by-Bolland ; Captain Thomas Stamp, R.N.; W. W. Butcher, R.N.; Robert Graves, Esq., Ferny Green ; George Greaves, Esq.,.. Briery Close; Benson Ha rr is on , E sq ., Ambleside • Captain Kelly; W. H. Lutwidge, R.N.; John and James Gandy, Esqs., fiom Kendal; W. Wordsworth, jun., Esq.; the Trustees of the New School—Messrs. John Braith waite, Oirest Head; John Collinson, Brantfell; and Thomas Ul lock, Bowness; and many others resident in the vicinity. There were also present several ladies, notwithstanding the pelting of the pitiless storm, and had the day been propitious there would have been a bevy of beauty, and a display of fashion and ele-' gance. _ The party now formed in front of the Inn for the procession, Mr. Wordsworth and thejiev. R. P. Graves leading, preceded by a band of music and all the Scholars of the village and neigh bourhood, the ladies and gen tl eme n following in twos or threes as they could, with hoisted umbrellas to ward off the damov element—in less figurative phrase, the pouring rain. We moved through the village and on to the hill to the sound of music, the ringing of bells, the firing of cannon, and the waving of flags; but reaching the spot, all was still save the brattling of the storm. On a survey, though dismal was the day, there would be from 700 to 800 spectators. Mr. Wordsworth was in troduced to the meeting by the Rev. R. P. Graves, as the repre sentative of Mr. Bolton, and standing. near the place where the corner stone was, he briefly addressed the assembled throng— compressing into a very narrow compass what he had intended to say had the weather been more propitious. Mr. W. has kindly furnished us with the substance ) of what he wished to convey to his hearers, as follows: " Standing here as Mr. Bolton's substitute, at his own request, an honour of which I am truly sensible, it gives me peculiar pleasure to see in spite of this stormy weather, so numerous a company of his friends and neighbours upon this occasion. How happy would it have made him to .have been eye-witness of an assemblage which may fairly be regarded as as proof of the interest felt in his benevolent undertaking, and an earnest that the good work will not be done in vain. Sure I am, also, that there is no one present who does not deeply regret the cause why that exc e ll en t man cannot appear among us , Th e public spirit of Mr. Bolton has ever been remarkable both for its comprehensiveness and the judicious way in which it has been exerted. Many years ago when We were threatened with foreign invasion, he equipped and headed a body of volunteers, for the defence of our country. Not long since the inhabitants of Ulverston (his native place I believe) were indebted to him for a large contribution towards erecting a church in that town. His recent munificent donations to the public charities of Liver pool are well known; and I only echo the sentiments of this meeting, when I say that every one would have rejoiced to see a gentleman (who has completed his 80th year) taking the lead in this day's proceedings, for which there would have been no call, but for his desire permanently to benefit a district in which he has so long been a resident proprietor. It may be gathered from old documents, that upwards of 200 years ago, this place was provided with a school, which early in the reign of Charles 11. was endowed by the liberality of certain persons of the neighbourhood. The building, originally small and low, has long been in a state which rendered the erection of a new one very desirable,. this Mr. Bolt on h as un d er t a k en to d o a t his sole expense. The structure, which is to supersede the old school-house, will have two apartments, airy, spacious, and lofty, one for boys the other for girls, in which they will be instructed by respective teachers, and not crowded together as in the old school-room, under one and the same person; each room will be capable of containing at least 1(X) children; within the enclosure there will be spacious and separate play groundslor the boys and girls, with distinct covered sheds to play in wet weather. There will also he a library -room for the school, and to cohtain books for the benefit of the neighbour hood; and, in short, every arrangement that could be desired. It may be added, that the building, from the elegance of the architecture, and its elevated, conspicions situation, will prove a striking ornament in the midst of which it will stand. Such being the advantages proposed, allow me to express a hope that they will be turned to the best tempt account. pa ' r l e s h n e ts p t r o i of the school being free, will not, I trust, with draw the children from punctual attendance upon slight and trivial occasions; and they will take care, as far as d e p en d s upon themselves, that th e wishes of the present benefactor may be met, and hil intentions fulfilled. Those wishes and inten tions I will take Upon me to say, are consonant to what has been expressed in the original trust-deed of the pious and sensible men already spoken of, who in that instrument declare that they have provided a fund towards the finding and maintenance of an able schoolmaster, and repairing the school-house from time to lime, for ever; for teaching and instructing of youth within the said hamlets, in grammar, writing, reading. and other good learning anti discipline meet and convenient for them; for the honour of God, for the better advancement and preferment of the said youth, and to the perpetual and thankful remembrance of the founders and authors of so good a work.' The effect of this beautiful summary upon your minds will not, I hope, be weakened if I make a brief comment upon the several clauses of it, with wilt com Prize nearly the whole of what I feel proMpted to say upon this occasion. I will take the liberty, however, of inverting the order in which the purposes of those good men are mentioned, beginning at what they end with. 4 Tice perpetual and thankful remembrance7f thefounders and authorsof so good a work." Do not let it be supposed that your forefathers, when they looked onwards to this issue, did so from vanity and love of applause, uniting with local attachment ; they wished Their good works to be remembered principally because they were conscious that such 'remembrance would be beneficial to the hearts of those whom they desired to serve, and vt-oulct,ef fectuallv promote the particular good they had in view. Let me add for them, what their modesty and humility would have prevented their insisting upon, that such tribute grateful recol lection was', and is still, their due; for if gratitude be n.t the most perfect shape of justice, it is assuredly her most beutiful crown,—a halo and glory with which she delights to have her brows encircled. So much of this gratitude as those good men hoped for, I may bespeak for your neighbour, who is now ani mated by the satne spirit, and - treading in their steps. Thesec nod point to which I shall advert is that where it is said that such and such things shall be taught "for the adrancement and preferment o/' the-said yoath.'"l'his purpose is as honourable as it is natural, and recalls to remembrance the time' when the northern counties had, in this particular, great advantages over the rest of England. By the zealous care of many pious_ and.. good men,,atnong whom 'l cannot but name (from his connec tion with this neighbourhood, and the benefits he conferred upon it) Archbishop Sandys, free schools were founded in these parts of the kingdom in much greater numbers than elsewhere. The learned professions derived many ornaments from this source; but a more remarkable consequence was that till within the last 40 years or so, merchant's counting-houses, and offices, in the departments7of which a certain degree of scholastic attain ment was requisite, were supplied in a great measure from Cumberland and Westmorland. Numerous and large fortunes weie the result of the skill, industry; and integrity, which the young men thus instructed, carried with them to the Metropo lis. That superiority no longer exists; not so much, I trust, from a slackening on the part of the teachers, or an indisposi tion of the inhabitants to profit by their free schools, hut because the kingdom at large has become sensible of the advantages of school instruction; and we of the north consequently have competitors from every quarter. Let not this discourage, but rather stimulate us to more strenuous endeavours, so that if we do nut keep a-head of the rest of our countrymen, we may at least take care not to be left behind in the race of honourahle ambition. But after all, wordly advancement and preferment neither are, nor ought to be the main end of instruction, either in schools or elsewhere, and particular in those which are in rural places, and scantily endowed. It is in the order of Provi dence, as we are all aware, that most men must end their tempo ral course pretty much as they began it; nor will the thought ful repine at this dispensation. In where nature in the many is not trampled upon by injustice, feelingly may the peasant say to the courtier— The sun that bids your diamond blaze To deck our lily deigns. • Contentment, according to the common adage, is better than riches, and why is it better? Not merely because there can be no happiness without it, but for the sake also of its moral digni ty. Mankind, we know, are placed on earth to have their hearts and understandings exercised and improved, some in one sphere and some in another, to undergo various trials, and to perform divers duties; that duty which, in the world's estimation may seem the least, often being the most important in the eyes of our heavenly Father. Well and wisely has it been said, in words which I need not scruple to quote here, where extreme poverty and abject misery are unknown — God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best; his state Is kingly—thousands at his bidding speed And post o'er land and ocean without rest ; They also serve who only stand and wait." Thus am 1 naturally led to the third and last point in the decla ration of the ancient trust-deed, which I mean to touch upon : " Youth shall be instructed in grammar, writing, reading, and other good discipline, meet and convenient for them, fur the honour of God." Now, my friends and neighbours, much as we must admire the zeal and activity which have of late years been shown in the teaching of youth, rwill candidly ask those among you, who have had sufficient opportunities to observe, whether the instruction given in many schools is, in fact meet and conuenient? In the building about to be erected here, I have not the smallest reason for dreading that it will be otherwise. But I speak iii the -hearing of, persons who may be active in themanagement of schools elsewhere ; and they will excuse me for saying, that many are conducted at present so as to afford melancholy proof that instru'ctiuis is neither meet nor convenient for the pupils there taught, nor, indeed, for the human kind in any rank or condition of society. lam not going to say that religious instruction. the most important of all, is neglected; far from it; hut I affirm that it is too often given with reference, less to the affections, to the imagination, and to the practical duties, than to subtile dis tinctions in points of doctrine, and to facts in scripture history, of which a knowledge may be brought out by a catechetical pro cess. This error, great though it be, ought to be looked at with indulgence, because it is-a tempting thing for teachers unduly to exercise the understanding and memory, inasmuch as progiess in the depa r t men t s i n which these faculties are employed, - is most obviously proved to the teacher himself, and most flatteringly exhibited to the inspectors of schools and casual lookers one A still more lamentable error, which proceeds much from the same cause, is an overstrained application to mental processes of arithmetic and mathematics; and a too minute attention to de partments of natural and civil history. How much of trick may mix with this we will not ask, but the display of precocious in tellectual power in these branches, is often astonishing; and, in proportion as it is so, may, foi the most part, be pronounced not only useless, hut injurious. The training that fits a boxer for victory in the ring, gives hint strength that cannot, and is not required, to be' kept - up for ordinary tabour, and often lays the foundation of subsequent weakness and fatal disease. In like manner, there being in after life no call for these extraordinary powers of mind, and little use for, the knowledge, the powers decay, and the knowledge within drops off. Here is then not only a positive injury, hut a loss or opportunities for culture of intellect and acquiring information, which, as being in a course of regular demand, would be hereafter, the one strengthened and the other naturally increased. All this mischief, my friends, originates in a decay of that feeling which our fathers had up permost-in their hearts, viz., that the business of education should be conducted for the honour of God. And here I must direct your attention to a fundamental mistake, by which this age, so distinguished for its marvellous progress in arts and sciences, is unhappily characterised—a mistake, manifested in the use of the word education, which is habitually confounded with Tuition or school instruction ; this is indeed a very impor tant pact of education; but when it is taken for the whole, we are deceived and betrayed. Education, according to the deri vation of the wind, and in the only use of whi c h it is strictly justifiable, comprehends all those processes and influences, come from whence they may, that conduce to the best develope ment of the bodily powers, and of the moral, intellectual, and spiritual facilities which the position of the individual admits of. In this just and high sense of the word, the education of a sincere christian, and a good member of society upon christian principles, does not terminate with his youth, but goes on to the last moment of his conscious earthly existence—an education not for time, but fur eternity. To education like this it is indispensably necessary, as co-operating with schoolmasters and ministers of the gospel, the never-ceasing vigilance of parents,. not so much exercised in superadding - their pains to that of the schoolmaster or minister in- teaching lessons or catechisms, or by enforcing maxims or precepts (though this part of their duty ought to be habitually kept in mind,) but by care over their own conduct. It is through the silent operation of example in their own well-regulated be haviour, and by accustoming their children early to the discip line of daily and hourly life, in such offices and employment as the situation of the family requires, and as are suitable to tender years, that parents become infinitely the most important tutors of their children, without appearing, or positively meaning to be so. This education of circumstances has happily, in this district, not yet been much infringed upOn by experimental novelties ; parents here are anxious to send their offspring to those schools where knowledge substantially useful is incul ca t e d, and those arts most ca re f u lly t aug ht f o r which in after life there will be most need; this is especially true of the judgments of parents respecting the instruction of their daughters, which I /:now they would wish to be confined to reading, writing, and arithmetic, and plain needle-work, or any other art favourable to economy and home-comforts. Their shrewd sense perceives that hands full of employment, and a head not above' it, afford the best protection against restlessnes and discontent, and all the perilous temptations to which, through them, youthful females are exposed. It is related of Burns, the celebrated Scottish poet, - that once while in the company of a friend, he was looking from an eminence over a wide tract of country, he said, that the sight of so many smoking cottages gaVe a pleasure to his mind that none cou ld un d erstan d w h o h a d not witnessed, like himself, the happiness and worth which they contained. How were those happy and worthy people educated ? By the influence of hereditary good example at home, and by their parochial schoolmasters opening the way for the admonitions and exhortations of their clergy; that was at a time when knowledge was perhaps better than now distinguished from smatterings of information, and when knowledge was more thought of in due sub or di nat i on to wisdom. how was the evening before the sabbath then spent by the families among which the poet was brought up? He has himself told us in im perishable verse. The bible was brought forth, and after the father of the family had reverently laid aside his bonnet, pas sages of scripture were read, and the poet thus describes what followed : Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays ; Elope springs exulting on triumphant wing, lhat thus they all shall meet in future days ; There ever bask in untreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear Together hymning their Creator's praise, (n such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. May He who enlightened the understanding of those cottagers with a knowlege of himself for the entertainment of such hope, who sanctified their affections that they might love Him, and put His fear into their hearts that they might dread to offend Hiin'—may He who, in preparing for these blessed effects, dis dained not the humble instrumentality of parochial schools, enable this of ours, by the discipline and teaching pursued in it, to sow seeds for a like harvest! In`this wish tam sure, my friends, you will all fervently join; and now, after renewing our eNpiession of regret that the benevolent founder is not here to perform the cereinouy himself, we will proceed to lay the first stone of the intended edifice." Mr. Wordsworth then descended a step-ladder to the founda tion stone, and deposited the bottle in the cavity, which was covered with a brass-plate, having inscribed on it the name of the founder, date, &c. Being furnished with a trowel and mor tar by the master mason, Mr. John liolme, he spread it. An other massy stone was then let down upon the first and adjusted to its position, Mr. Wordsworth handing the rule, plum-line, and mallet,.and patting the stone he retired - . The Rev. R. P. Graves next offered up the following for the welfare and success of the undertaking:—" The foundation stone of the new parochial school-house of Bowness being now laid, it remains that, as your minister, I should invoke upon the work that blessing of God, without which no human undertak ing can prosper:-0 Lord God, who dwellest on high, whose throne is the Heaven of heavens, and who vet deignest to look down with goodness and mercy on the children of this earth, look down, we beseech Thee, with favour upon us who now im plore thy gracious benediction on the work which is before Thee. The building which thou hast put it into the heart of Thy ser to erect, grant that, as it is happily begun, it may be success fully completed, and that it may become a fountain head of blessing to this place and neighbourhood. Thou hast directed us, 0 Lord, to bring up our children in Thy nature and ad monition ; bless, we pray Thee, this effort to secure the constant fulfilments of so important a duty, one so entirely bound up with our own and our children's welfare. Grant that here, from age to age, the youths of these hamlets may receive such faithful in struction as may fit them for usefulness in this life, and happi ness in the next. Grant that our school may send out numbers endued with such principles and knowledge as may make them in their several callings industrious, upright, useful men; in society, peaceful neighbours, contented citizens, loyal subjects; in their families, affectionate sons, and husbands, and fathers; in the church, dutiful members of that pure and scriptural esta blishment with which Thou hast blessed our land; and, as crowning and including all, resolved and pious followers.of our Redeemer, Christ. Grant, too, 0 Lord, that the females which shall be educated in the other school shall receive valuable prin ciples and such convenient knowledge as may fit them to make happy the homes of such men ; that, with Thy blessing on their instruction, they may become obedient and dutiful children, modest and virtuous women, faithful and affectionate wives and mothers, pious and unassuming christians, so that with regard to both it may be wide 4. and gratefully owned that here was sown the good seed which shall have borne fruit abundantly in all the relations of life, awl which, at the great day of harvest hereafter, shall, according to Thy word, be gathered into Thy garner.. Such, 0 Lord God, Thou knowest to be the good ob jects contemplated by the original founder of the schools, and the promotion of which is at the heart of him whose benefaction we have 'this day seen auspiciously begin. Trusting, therefore, t) Lord, with full assurance, that Thon dost favourably allow and regard these pious designs, I now undertake, as God's minister, and in His name, to bless and dedicate for ever this spot of ground, and the building which, with Divine permission, will be here erected, and of which this is the foundation stone, to the sound and religious training up of youth Pout generation to generation, to the continued grateful remembrance of the pious benefactor, and to the everlasting glory of God, Most High, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And let all he people say, Amen." On the rev. gentleman closing his address, Gen. Greaves, Esq., of Briery-close, 'gave si gna l for three times three cheer s for Mr. Bolton, better health, and long life to him. It was lus tily and cordially responded i n, th e welkin rang with the sound, re-echoed from the take, promontory woodland and hill. The party began to retire for shelter amid the noise of cannon, re ve, t;era.ing from hill to hill. A gay day would it have been at Bowness, gyite a holiday, and long remembered, had it not been a wet day. The scholars were set at liberty, and regaled with figs and ale, cakes and coffee, tea and toast, and as happy as generally are "Playful children just let loose from school." Refreshments were also provided for the workmen, and others, all participating 'in - the bounty of the munificent founder. THE ()INNER. Some epicurean philosopher has said that no meeting is worth a bawbee without a eood dinner—here it was fulfilled to the let ter. Mrs. tillock, who has catered for hundreds of England's aristocracy, had not been unmindful of the friends of Mr. Bol ton—everything of first-rate quality and sent up in the best style —quite a c h am p agne a ff a ir, and to which justice was done. At four o'clock from thirty to forty gentlemen sat down, Wm. Wordsworth, Esq., in the chair. supported on his right by Sir Thomas Paslev, and on his left, by James Starkie. The Rev. R. P. Graves officiated as vice-president, the party com prising all the gentlemen heretofore named and many others. After the removal of the cloth, the following toasts were given, from the chair:—The King, the Queen, the most amiable wo man, and although exalted in rank, yet the pattern of her sex. The Chairman would give Mr. Bolton, the eommencement of one of whose munificent acts they had that day to celebrate, three tunes three, and long cheering. The Rev. T. Staniforth returned thanks, and said he felt both proud and gratified b', such feeling, connected, as he was, by relationship, to Mr. BOlton. Nomun knew better his kindness and worth of heart, for to him he owed what little preferment he had got, and had Mr. B. had health or strength to have been present on this occasion, he knew how much he would have been pleased and gratified with this mark of their esteem and'respect. The vice-president said there was a sound maxim connected with one of the rituals of the church—" Whom God bath joined together let no man put asunder;" and he thought that the health of Mrs. Bolton ought to follow. (Cheers.) He knew her to be .a lady of sound discretion, and excellent judgment, and that she had taken a lively interest in that important work this day com menced. He begged to give Mrs. Bolton, the worthy partner of the go, d John Bolton—(loud cheering)—and long life and better health to her. (Renewed cheering.) Mr. Staniforth returned thanks, and said he could fully bear out Mr. Graves in what he had said of his kind relative, and he cordially coincided with him.—Three times three. The Chairman would give the Earl of Lonsdale, as Lord- Lieutenant of the county, and lord of this manor—a nobleman whose name was identified with charity and good works ; the cause of religion had no truer friend, as he was ever active iu promoting the building of chu,ches and schools, as had been pro, Cockermouth and many other places—and on being applied to in such a cause, his heart was ever warns and his purse ever open. (Applause.) Tne Bishop of the Diocese and the Clergy. Rev. 0. Lloyd acknowledged the compliment. JILL 22, 1536, The Vice-President said he knew that the Pish anxious to p romote t h e cause of sound and true religion in every parish in hi s di ocese. George G reaves, E sq., would beg to propose the health of our distingui s h e d Chairman, Win. Wordsw or th, E sq., the talente d author of th e " Excursion" and o th er poems, which would be read and a d m i re d as long as the English language was appre ciated. — Three times three, and loud applause.op was most Mr. W or d sworth said retirement and rural scenery had been his delight and pleasure from youth upwards, and these he had sought in hi s b oy i s h days when at Hawkshead school, yet re membering the summer house and other rustic retreats where he had spent many happy hours. To public life he was unaccus tomed, and never before this day had he addressed a public meeting ; and he came forth at the earnest solicitation of his long-loved, tried, and sincere friend, Mr. Bolton, for whom he officiated (cheers.) • Mr. George Webster, with thanks to him for his elegant de sign and drawin g of the n ew sc h ools. Mr. M. Thompson said Mr. Webster had gone to the conli' nent for the benefit of his health. The Vice-President gave the Trustees. Mr. Braithwaite replied to the compliment. Captain Stamp gave the Rev. IL P. Graves, and long might he continue Curate of Windermere. Mr. Geo. Greaves said that as' promotion was the life and de. light of juniors in the army and navy, so was preferment to the clergy in the church, and he ought to have expressed a wish that the Rev. gentleman might rise to be a bishop. Mr. Graves said he was free from ambition, and content to bd curate of Windermere; he (lid not think a mitre would sit easy ou his head. Mr. G. Greaves—The town and port of Bovrness. Mr. Metcalfe, the master of the school. Mr. Butcher bore testimony to his efficiency. The Vic e -Ch a i rman gave James Starkie, Esq. 3 times 3. Mr. Starkie said he had now resided 14 years in the Lake district, and that period was accompanied by many pleasing and happy recollections. By Major Baldwin—The gentlemen of the Windermere Yatch Club. By Sir 'l'. Pasley—The ladies of Windermere. Rev. T. Staniforth—Mr. Wm. Chamney and the statesmen (yeomen) of the county. Mr. Chainnev returned thanks. The Vice-Ch-airman—The magistrates of the county, coupling with the toast the name of Robert Greaves, Esq. 3 times 3. Mt. Greaves acknowledged the toast. In memory of the late Mrs. Thompson, of Benefield. Drank in silence. The health of Mrs. Ullock, with thanks for her most Wei lent dinner, and all her trouble on the occasion. The following gentlemen .were invited but could not attend. The Count Blucher, Bellefield; Thos. Hamilt o n, E sq . Ell era y; E. Swinburne, Esq. the Vicarage; Ford North, Esq. Amble side; C. Robinson, Esq. Ambleside; G. A. Aufrere, Es(p Bowness; William Garnett, Esq. Bowness; George Gardner, Est. Birtbwaite, &c. '1 he Chairman retired soon after seven o'clock, and his place was well filled by George Greaves, Esq. till t h e wor d wa s, "prepare f or th e Ball;" for in order to close so memorable a day with eclat, a Ball in the Assembly Room was the result, attended by about 50 ladies and gentlemen, who moved in the mazy labyrinth for hours With an elasticity of spirit, which dif fused happiness and pleasure on all present ; then closing the scene, parting happily, but in hopes to meet again. TO S OF THE PROBABLENOTICE DISC ONTINUANCE MARINE OF T HE LIGHT AT POINT .PALMYRAS DURING THE S. W. MONSOON OF 1836. (From the Bombay Government Gazette of Dec. 3, 1835.) The encroachment of the sea on the Island of Mypurrah, (commonly called Point Palmyras,) rendering it highly pro bable that the light cannot be continued (luring the next S.S% monsoon. Notice is hereby given, that should such disconti nuance take place, the senior pilot at the station will burn a blue light, and immediately after fire a rocket, every half hour during the night, commencing at 7 P.M and ending at 5 A.m. 2. The vessel on board of which such senior pilot may be, will be instructed to take up a position, the point bearing W. l l N. distant I 8 miles, and in 18 or 20 fathoms water, and to keep d ur i ng that position durin the night as near as possible. 3. The vessel on board of which the next turn pilot may be, will be directed to burn a maroon every half hour, i. e . one quarter of an hour after the burning of the blue light and firing of the rocket—and vessels wanting a pilot are required to make for the vessel so burning the maroon, if they can do so without inconvenience, as referred to in the notification issued from this office under date the Ist July last. 4. The simultaneously firing a rocket with the burning of a blue light is ordered, to distinguish the pilot's station Cattle point from the floating light vessel at the entrance of the Eastern Channel. It is intended at the close of the present monsoon to cause a survey to be held on the state of the Island, when a definite notice will be issued.. By order of the Marine Board, CHARLES B. GREENLAW, Secretary. Fort William, Oct. 27, 1835. trade, (H Sri 'Neva Burthi '4uperi( 280 to t.(,) up DI y 111 jssr 'GB6 t her se meet apply Co.; LIVERPOOL POLICE. ---- C OIIIIITTAL—Yesterday a demure looking servant girl, named EIWI Williams, was brought up before the magistrates charged by M r . Job's Grant Morris, coal-merchant, of Great Orford-street, with having rob' bed him of a variety of wearing apparel and other articles. Mr. Morris said, that she had lived servant with him about eight months, and h IVplaced the greatest confidence in her ; s w . poutedreor to have e £2OO in the bank, and professed to be . s .d lie hid quently missed things, and had charged sus' pected other persons. On Sunday last it was her liberty Sun to .g° l l: i , his suspdcions aroused by some circumstances, wile° she came in he asked her for her 'cell; and permission to open he boxes boxes; she gave them to him and in her presence he sea bed be' boxes and found a pair of trowsers, a silk handkerchief, tw irt col lars, stockings, waistcoats, penknives, purses, gloves, and a a t num' ber of other articles his property. A. number of pawn-ti ets wer e also found in the boxes relating to sheets and table cloths. He the's ordered her to leave the house and come next morning for h clothes; she did not come, and he then gave information to inspector Roberts, and gave the articles he found into his charge. t Roberts deposed that in consequence of information he had received from Mr. Morris, he went on Tuesday morning in ser the pri" soner, and found her in a house in Carpenter's-row. a She denied the robbery. On searching her he found a small corkscrew in h e r pos session, which was identified afterwards by Mr. Morris, he then took her to Bridewell. The magistrates ordered the depositions for her commitment to Pe taken. AN INDIAN CHTEF.—Yesterday a very fine looking Indian, maul/ clad, appeared at the police-office, to complain to the magistrates for the loss of a valuable medal presented to him by his present Majesty William the 4th. It will be remembered that some few years ago 81 . , number of Indians cam e over f rom America, on a deputation to hi' Majesty, and medals were struck by his Majesty's orders and pTe' rented to them. The chief, whose name is Ardlah Meins, having, been questioned as to the n a t nre o f an oath, in reply said if he too k a false oath he should never be saved, he was then sworn. rt% deposed to lodging with a p erson named M'Cracken in Toxteth-parl'A be had shown his m e d a l t o the prisoner at the bar, a labourer, an had afterwards missed it, and he suspected the prisoner had got it. Mr. M'Cracken said he was i nformed by the chief that he had been robbed robbed of his medfti, and from the description he gave of the prisone-' he immediately suspected who it was. He then went in search to the various pawnbroker's shops, and found it at a pawnbroker's in Joht street; they also gave hi m a description of the prison er , an d on We" nesday morning he went to his house and had him apprehended. . The medal w a s p ro d uced in a small medal ease, and was about: quarter of an inch thick and as large as the centre of a man's hand. '-'" one side. in bold bas-relef, was the bust of his Majesty, beautifu executed in frosted silver: on the other, encircled by a wreath of large .. . ' were the words " Adelaid Regina, Cudi Jussit, 1830." Each side 'ow' covered by a convex glass let into the silver, similar to a watch gl s ' Its weight was five ounces and a half. The pawebroker deposed to the prisoner coming and pawning it °l f. Monday night, b e t ween five and seven o'clock. lie wanted Is. 6d.1"" it, which he gave him. As it was dark he did not see its value. A gentleman named Balmes, a jeweller, who was present, said it Oa_ worth about 27 5 . 6d . as old silver ; as a medal it was worth about foil' guineas. The magistrate ordered the prisoner to pay £3, and fined him 4e., In default to b e committed to the (louse of Correction for two eon „ . dar months. W e un d erstand the Indian chief lodges in Toxteth-par and is abo u t t o return to America. Ills wife and family are here, Sm in great distress. LONDON GAZETTE.-TUESDAY, APRIL 19. WHITEHALL, APRIL 12. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to bessed yr der the Great S eal of that part of the United Kingdom of Grea pa t Britar and Ireland called Ireland, granting to the Right Honourable Doc nick Browne, an d t o t h e h e i rs male of his body lawfully begotton, t dignity of a B aron o f that part of the said United Kingd om called tre E land, by the name, style, and title of Baron Oranmore and Browne , A, Carra Browne Castle, in Oranraore, in the county of the town of G' l way, and of C ast l e M ac G arratt, in the county of Mayo. BATS. ', Frederick Perkins, High-street NKßU , New P ington, Surrey, cheesemon,el', Thomas Benjamin Atki nson , B a k er - street, Lloyd-square, Lon d° „., "' jeweller. John Laidley and George Turner, Feltham, and Cole-street, Triai t r square, Newington, Surrey, composition eandle-makers. Richard Rowlatt, West Smithfield, London, licensed victualler. Thomas Youde, Woolwich, ictualler, Samuel Chifney, Woodditon, Cambridgeshire, livery-stable-keeV e Thomas Gilrs, jun. Manchester, packer. Samuel Crock well, Torquay, Devonshire, wine and spirit-merclualt . John Carter, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, hosier. IVDNS. ria May 17, T. Hi n d e . Liverpool, merchant — May 13, T. Jackson a W. Jackson, Liverpool, linen-merchants—May 12, B. Ezekiel, Ti i ve, it ton, draper—May 12, J. R avensero ft , j un., M anchester, wine an d sP r , merchant—May 20, R. 0. Hughes, C"rnarvon, druggist—flay 10, 0, Walker, Qnicksett-row, New-road, London, builder—May 12, T.,i ffo , Ramsay and S. Lancast er , M ar k-l ane , L on d on, wine-merchants -10, W. Hall, Crosby-square, Lower Thames-street, London, paclf i ' a p May 11, T. J. Titterton, Gray's Inn-lane, London, coachmaker-7 0 ,1,, 11, D. Grant, Torquay, Devonshire, builder—May 11, F. J. M a ft, West Strand, London, bookseller—May 10, G. Webb and J. Stelva i , Threadneedle -street, London, merchants—May 10, J. Knott,W and J. Clark, Duke-street, Southwark, hat-manufact u rers—MaY,.., W. D. Gr a h am and J. Tate, Ne wc astl e - u p on ,T yne, li nen -d ra peL o May 11, W. P arr y an d C . B erry, O xford-street, London, upholste.r',,,, —May 16, J. Halliley, J. Brooke, J ames H a llil e y, an d J . H a llil e y, Jl'4, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, woollen-manufacturers—May 14, G. Turls7, , , Worcester, hop-merchant—M a y 13, G. Ryl an d, Bi rm i ng h am , ~ salter—May 12, E. Emerson, Stella, Durham, iron-founder. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause RTIFICA be shown T to the contrary on 07 before the Ith day of May. ' J. Briddon, Liverpool, corn-me an cht—M. Loat, Ni ne El m s, 13 a tter sea, Middlesex, whiting-manufacturer—T. Tucker, Shaldon, D e ' he/ shire, ship-builder—B, J. W e th ere ll , Osmotherley,Y,,rkshire, blea c r, —W. North, Kingston-up on -H u ll, merc h ant —J. 'Mane/W ito g te n,' mach ine-ma ker—W.Ed wards, G reenw i c h , coal-merchant — J. VV.a. pet , Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshi re , ma l s t er —H . Fleming, Fleet-stribp London, printer—C. H. Mu e ll er, Norwich, music-seller—J. O a Gravel-lane, London, carpenter, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. APRIL 2I• Since Tuesday the sales in Cotton have been very limited, a e et‘; prices id to id per W lower than our highest quotations of last H. At Ashfield, near Wexford, BIR Irelan T d, the lady of Henry jorieg` Esq., of a son and heir. . TzrooV' Yesterday, at St. George's MA Chur ß ch, RlE by D the Rev. Jonathan veni" ra John.Peberton Heywood, Esq. second son of the late John.„btet berton Heywood, E sq., of Wakdeld, to Anna Maria, secon d da of Hugh Jones, Ls q . , b an k er, of this town. DIED. On Tuesday last, deeply deplored by a large family, Martliaul wife of Mr. D av id Rennie, Lord-street, after a long and Painf ness, which s h e b ore with ehristian fortitude and resignation. et ri OnWednesday last, in her 21st y ear , S ara h, 'wife of Mr. J0h,... pbonleso merchant, of this t own, an d d aug h ter of James Carter, Esq.. r near Lancaster. LIVERPOOL: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FREDAY Mum° BY RICHARD PATTISSON, At No. 4, NORTH CRESCENT, CASTLE-STREET. 0,4 Orders and Advertisements are received by Messm. NoTh o on, Co., Warwick-square; Barker, Fleet-street; Deacon, W a ROI% Re hell, Chancery-lane; Lawson & Barker, Birchiti-lan e 'r Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill; Munden Hammond , ' Ga ry bard•street ; Mitchell, 8, Red Lion-court, Fleet-stroet jail s v e : raway's; at the London Commercial C o ff ee -h ou se, Ali r V,:ho u at the Jerusalem Coff ee -ho u s e , C orn hill ; Ch ar ter Co ',llo ose, 17 . 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