The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-20 00:00:00

Eliantra> lIIHE GRAND 7 :;UNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY II are in WANT of a GENTLEMAN to fill the Office of OUT-DOOR MANAGER and ADDITIONAL SECRE TARY. The Salary will he £BOO a year ; ae ireand t highest testimonials will be regnirechis to character and city for active business. Sealed communications to be 'add used to the Chairman of the Directors of the Grand Junction Railway, Liverpool, on or before the Ist of June, IS3B. JOHN MO / SS, Chairman SITUATION WANT .D. WANT ED, by a respectable e on, why' ran be well recommended, a SITUATI as OVERLOOKER, TIMEKEEPER, or any employme t requiring more attention than labour. The highest testimonials can be given, and a small salary only expected. Apply to J. T.. Standard-office. WANTED. from the First of May xt, a COTTAGE and GARDEN, with STAB attached, situated within two or three miles of the Liv 00l Exchange. Rent not to exceed £2O per annum. Address, P. L., Box E 27, Postoffice. PARTNER WANTED. A ATA.NTED, a PA EITNT ER : in a lii!;rative and respectable i V business. where there is but the risk. Any person o):Tim4niinz £l5O to E 2,00, wishinc , einoark it n trade, will find this a safe and Pligible opportn ty. , Apply by letter, (post-paid,) with real name and address, to J. J., Boa E 27, Postoffiee, Liverpool. , APARTMENTS WAN ED. A BED ROO%l and SITTING OM, in a pleasant 1 . -V street. and not very far from th fiddle of the town, are •WANPED. by a Single Gentleman f quiet habits. Letters, -fpost-paid,) - stating terms and address, to T. T., care bf Mr. GUY,,Lord--street. a ic -. SHIPLEY and Co., 79, Gnu n- STREET, - gnpplv soperi WHIPS, SADDLERY. d HARNESS, - 4 _, As at their Manufactoiy, 181, Regent-street, London. DIBDEN'S NAVAL SONGS. FA.VOURETE M ELODIES, selected from' the celebrated NAVAL SONGS, written and couopo dby C. DIBDIN, and severally arranged for the Harp o Piano-forte by his Grandson, Et. E. DIBDI The Work will be published in Six umbers, each Number con tairliog Eight Airs. To Subscribers 2s. 6d.; to Non-Subscribers 31. 6d. each Number. Published for the Editor by W, G. WEISS, Music Saloon, Church-street, Liverpool, by whom Subscribers' Names are received. WHITEMAN'S BRUNSWICK HOTEL, COFFEE AND CHOP HOUSE, H A NOVERAVREET, LIVERPOOL, ( Three Doors from BoYstreet.) lr ir ' - ILLIAM E. WHITEMAN, la of the Adelphi Shades, > ' (Adelphi Hotel,) begs leave respectfully to inform his tends and the Public that he has taken the above Premises, which he has fitted up in a superior manner. He begs to assure his Friends and Patrons that no exertion on his part shall he wanting to intiure a share of that patronage it will ever he his study to merit and retain. The Hotel will be OPENED on the 231 instant. Soups, Steaks, Chops. and Joints, will be always ready, with a choice Selection of Wines, Spirits, &c., on the most reason able terms. April 18, 18.38. TO SOLICITORS. MERCHANTS, Bcr CHRISTOPHER WATSON, ACCOUNT ANT. COLLECTOR Or RENTS, and GENRn A L AGENT, respectfully tenders his "services to his Friends and the Public, to whom he can give the roost satisfactory references as to his zeal, ability, and fidelity in the execution of any commissions he may be favoured C. W. having had upwards of Twentytears' Experience in the Adjustment of Mercantile and other Accounts, flatters him self that he can render such efficient assistance as will merit the approbation of any Gentlemen who may honour him with their commands. . .OFFICES—Yo. 9. CHAPEL-WALKS. GLOUCESTER-STREET DYE-HOUSE. CEORGE SCOTT embraces this opportunity of expressing his grateful acknowledgements for the favours he has re ceived since his commencement in the akeice business, and fur ther begs to inform those who may hoer him with their com mands, that he has enla rg ed-his E s t a k shment, upon a very ex tPnsive seaie, with suitable Hot Air and Bleaching Stoves and that all Goods will be Dyed and Finished in a style of superi ority. .All kinds of Silks, Satins, Velvets. ant British and Foreign Crapes, Dyed and Finished. Ladies' Dresses, Pelisses. Cloaks, Shawls,V sits, and Handkerchiefs. of every descriptions. Cleaned o-r•Dved ; Moreetis. - Dainasks, and Stuffs of all kinds Cleaned pr N e d a nd Watered; Furniture Prints. Sofa andCbair Covers, Carria i r, Linings. Ste. Cleaned and Glazed ; Calico Linings Dyed and Glazed ; Carpets and - Drug.gets Cleaned. Gentlemen's Clothes Renovated in a superior style. Country Orders executed with the greatest punctuality and daspatch. An APPRENTICE Wanted. 344,,Gloucester-street, Liverpool. "'W . ETatiNVi>" ' PiIMILY AND C M ERC IA L BOARDING ESTABLISH. ENT. Ni N viNGl3).--4--- 8..- ---.....T ,II VPAIRIVIL- Ty WELLINGS respectfully intor - t h e ImmoHants u. 1 - 1. Liverpool, Manchester, and th rirrotindinz districts, -,..... , t.,— ~.x.et, ine spacious and super MANSION, the re sidence of the late JOHN FOSTBR. Esq., deceased, which he has fitted-up with every attention to comfort, convenience, and respectability, and, by keeping everything of the first quality, hopes to merit a share of public patronage. Catdatins of Ships and Passengers, on their arrival in Liver !NW WI fiti this Establishment one of the most comfortable t ityikii+V ' g C :dut or. the noise and hustle of the main streets, it aufrYtot. ifi shoi-i distance of the Railway-station, and all the nublic 'offices, buildings. &c. Neuvitiuton-bridde, '2oth - Mardi . 1838. BRISCOE begs leave to inform his Fr ends and the Publi • I generally that he has OP EN E D his FAT ESTAB LIS H MENT. N. 83. OLDFIALL-STREgT, wit a splendid .NEW STOCK of BEAVER and SILK H S, CAPS, &c., em bracing the most Fashionable Shapes, m the middling to the very best London quality, and respsctfu ly solicits a trial and compariion to ensure future favours, being confident that, in point of Fashion, Goolness, and Cheapness, he cannot be excelled. UNION HOUSE. No. 82, OLDHALL-STREP,t. MU; E Ladies of Liverpool and the Public in general are respectfully informed, that the above NEtir ESTABLISH MENT IS NOW OPEN, with an E4,(TENSIVE and WELL-ASSORTED STOCK of - LINEN DRAPERY, SILK MERCERY, &c., of which it ay he said, with propriety, that none in the town holds out g a t er rea l a d van t ages k iii than this, the comp,nent partsbeing useful, urable, fashionable. and cheaper than the same description of Articles are generally sold. Suffice it to say, that the chief aim will be the supplying of genuine (mod Fabrics, Fast Colours, New Deigns in Pattern, and tit the smallest possible remunerating profit. The Assort ment will he as tinder: —Table Linens and Covers, Sheetings - , all widths; 8 , 4-ticks. Blankets Connterpanes,QuiltsTowellings, Grass-Ide,iched Irish and Scotch Linens, Diapers, Lawns, Cam bric!, M nslirts, Muslid Works, Dimities, Jeans,. Satteens, LoTnr, Cloths, Ginghams, Printed Cambrics, Muslins, Mon seline -de Laine's, Checked Lustrea, Black and Co loured-Lustrin,s' Grits de Naples, Sattinets, Figured Silks, -;atins. Persian!,Sarsnets. Meriting, Orleans Cloths, Camblets. Black Boinnazins and Cranes, Shawls and Neckerchiefs in great variety, Scarfs, Ribbons, Gloves, Hosiery, Lace, Quilling and broad-Nets, Ed zings, Lace Veils, Caps, Muslins Collars, Capes, and Itabit Shirts, Haberdashery, &c. - THREE ASSISTANTS WANTED. IDRO.FESSOR SWEDOU PA'S HYGETAN HERB PILLS. for the effectual extirnation of every species and symptom of the SY Pl 4 ILITIC DISEASE, and the disorders arising from improper treatment. Prepared and sold by the solo Proprietor, at No. 54. SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL. In boxes at 21. 9d. and 4s. rid. each. Warranted not to contain COPAIBA, CUBEBS, or any • deleterious ingredient. • 4 ,t With each Box is given a Treatise on Venereal and Svphilitie'Diseases, with observations on weakness &e. &c., containing hints worth knowing by those who are, or have been sufferers to this dreadful and de taring malady. Dr. DAVIESON continnes to direct his tension to those dis orders arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of therpassions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervons affections, but also entails on its votaries 'all the ener vating imbecilities of old age. In that distressing state of de bility and deficiency, whether the conseQuence of,baneful ha hits, excessive drinking, or any other cause by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, he offers a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to the ve nereal disease. owing to the Unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the tree 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 itind by the discovery of his grand Panacea, for the cure of this deplorable complaint. Never did a discovery excite a greater sensation. it was sought after with avidity, and used with the undeviating success in the most minute and intricate cases of the delicate complaint, for the cure of which they have been so long celebrated. The fame of these Pills throughout Germany, caused their speedy introduction into almost every Country. The certainty with which they were continually administered can be attested by many thousands. In fact, duriug, the long conti nental war they were the inseparable companion and safeguard ofthe soldier, in all cases where the slightest suSoicion of infec tion .was entertained. What medicine can he more appropriate than that which basgiven such general satisfactinti The Hyge lan Herb Pills root out every particle of insidiousiMison, puri fying, in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease; hut 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 contain mercury nor anv'other mineral, and may be taken without the slightest suspicion of discovery—they require no restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business, but effect a complete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will he well to have recourse to the Hygeian Herb Pills, for when taken before 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 h - ave been when visiting the proprietor, from the use of mercury, renders it im peratively, necessary to caution the public against that dangerous mineral when injudiciously administered. These Pilfs'should forma portion of all Medicine Chests, by sea andland, and ought neverto be omitted by any person going a long voyage or journey, their properties are stach that neither heat nor cold will injure their quality, or prevent the due effects on the -Cpr,ii it UtiOn. t e n s i tvielionnill attend daily at his residence, from Fight in 4. at night. (on Sundays from Nina till 4. advice to all applicants taking any of his pre arau T A vie. • / As at - remittance ng , answered b y re unetuvly transmitted to any address" t - ;riietArrlnt • -swaw,r, LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL. ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. riIHE SUMMER COURSES of LECTURES will com l. menee on TUESDAY, May I, and..wilt be continued daily to the end of July. Botany.—Dr. DICKINSON. Forsertic Medkine.—Dr. DUN Art and Dr. MALINS. Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children. Dr. MALINS and Mr. BATTY. Colquitt-street, April, 1838. WAREHOUSE AND LAND AS OCIATION. NOTICE is hereby given, that a P LIC MEETING of the Owners of Land, Wareho and other Property af fected by the Resolution of the Do Committee of the 221 for building Warehouses on the Dock Quays, and confirmed by the Council on the 11th instant, will be held at the Clarendon rooms, on Monday next, the 231 inst., at one o'clock to adopt measures for opposing the said Resolution. By order of the Committee. WILL. BIRKErf, Secretary. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKS CONIPA-NY. IOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, t the Half-yearly Meeting of the Proprietors will b eld at the Company's Office, Dublin, on FR WA Y, the 4th ay, at One o'Clock, to re ceive the Report of the Directors for the Half-year ending the Ist March, 1838. By order, PHINEAS HUWELL, Secretary. Dublin, 15, Eden-quay, 14th April, 1838. CONTRACT FOR COAL T . PERSONS willing to Purchase the TA made at the Works of the LIVERPOOL NEW GAS an KE COMPANY, are re quested to address sealed Proposal o the Directors, at the Gas-of f ice, 8, Queen-square, on or before MONDAY, the 30th instant. The 'l'ar will be deliveted into Casks to be provided by the Purchaser, at the Gas-works, Leigh-bridge, Vauxhall road, Liverpool. • _ . Further particulars may be had on application to Mr. STEEL, at the Couip:tny's Office, am above. • Liverpool, 18th April, 1838. z FRENCH, SPANISH, AND ITALIAN ? L c /K. GUAGES, Taught after Monsieur. Boulez's New Me od of Learning Languages. ATONSIEUR P. D'AYMAR, Pr' sor of Foreign Lan guages, from Paris, is now. forming CLASSES for the above L , :iguages. Mr. D will likewise attend Boarding Schools and Private Families. Unquestionable certificates for abilities and conduct. References to the Rev. Dr. RALPH and the Rev. JOHN PARK. 43, Russell-street, 28th Match, 1838. ANNUAL GENERAL VESTRY. The Annual General Meeting of the Parishioners of Liver pool, was held on Tuesday, at St. Nicholas's church, for the purpose of receiving the report of the select vestry of the past year, and for the dispatch of the usual parochial business. The Rev. Rector Birooxs took the chair. The Secretary, Mr. Eckersley, read the report of the select va ;try, and afterwards the parish accouras. Mr. JOSEPH COOpstemoved that the accounts be passed, and that an abstract of them, with the renort, be inserted once in each of the Liverpool newspapers. The motion was seconded by a parishioner and carried. Mr. JOSKPII COOPER said the dem-'nd of the parish on the corporation now amounted to nearly nine thousand pounds, and, in a very short time, it would reach fourteen thousand pounds, It was time something should be done in respect to the matter. The people would, in the event of some settlement not .taking place, be called upon to contribute to the payment of a rale with which they had, properly, nothing tp du. It was time they should go to parliament on the subject, or endeavour, iu some way, to get the matter adjusted. Mr. LowNnEs,said, after the last rate was laid, the corpo ration entered an appeal, on the subject of which, yarious in terviews had taken place between himself and the Town-clerk. The result was the arrangement of a special case, in which the only question' was, whether the corporate estate, under the Municipal Act, was liable to a rate. That was now toe only point to be arranged. It was an exceedingly short case, and was now before the Court of Queen's Bench. He was assured by the Town-clerk that application would be made to have it brought forward immediately, and that on account of its great importance to the public, every means would be used to bring it to a speedy issue. (Cheers)• On the motion of Mr. HEywooh, seconded by. Mr. RioLEY, Mr. William Huson and Mr. William Gladstone were ap pointed churchwardens for the ensuing year. The Sallie gentlemen recorntneeded Mr. John Kilshaw and Mr. William Wright as sidesmen which was also carried unani mously. Messrs. Joseph Gibbon, William Rushton, William Wal thew, proposed by the same gentlemen, were appointed over seers of the parish for the ensuing year. Mr. William Roberts and M r . John Briscoe were appointed churchwardens of St. Paul's, and Mr. Robert M‘Kee and, Mr. Thomas Stretch were appointed churchwardens of St. - John's; proposed and seconded by Mr. Hay wool) and Mr. RtPLEY. A list of the gentlemen who are to constitute the select vestry for the ensuing year was read, and the resolution pro posing them confirmed. At the request of Mr. Henshaw, the Secretary stated the number of times each gentleman had attended. The statement was declared perfectly satisfactory. On the motion of Mr. HEYWOOD, seconded by Mr. COOPER, the vestry-clerk was re-appointed, with the same duties and emolnuients as last year. Mr. HEywooo said, their next duty was the appointment of treasurer. As, however, the resignation of their late respected treasurer, Mr. Dickson, bad just been sent in, he thought it would be necessary to postpone the appointment, as they had not had time to give the'subject the consideration it required. He should propose the thanks of the parishiouers be given to Mr. Dickson for his great services during the twenty years that he had acted in the capacity of parish treasurer: ss• -srm4o ,l acclamation. The Rev. CHAIRMAN said, it was proper to inform the meet ing that a special vestry would be called for the purpose of ap pointing a treasurer. In reply to a question from a parishioner. Mr. LowNnEs said, it was the busiuess of the parishioners at ameeting like the present, to renew the appointment of officers, but he did not believe it would be legal to appoint a new officer without giving a public notice of the intention. Mr. H ARBOR D was of opinion, that there were many officers who could combine the duties of treasurer with those of the situation which they then held, and this might be effected in such a manner as to save a considerable annual sum. He be lieved that Mr. Charles Hart, who had for some time past filled the office of rate-book clerk, would be able, with the assistance of a clerk, to perform the duties of treasurer. He should pro pose, therefore, that Mr. Hart he appointed to the office of treasurer, in addition to that of rate-book clerk, and that his salary be £301) per annum. That lie also be allowed to appoint a clerk, subject to the approval of the select vestry, for whom a salary of £BO should be allowed. Mr. lKtwoon said, that was the subject which they had had under consideration, hut they had not thought it right to decide too quickly on such a change. Mr. HARBOR!) said, his object was to select a perion who had been long in office under the parish, and who, from his experi ence, would be able at once to enter upon the duties. Mr. Hart, with whom he had not communicated on time subject, had been long in the service of the parish, and his conduct had secured him high esteem Mr. BRENNAN asked, if this were the proper meeting during which they should proceed to the appointment of a treasurer? It was explained to Mr. Brennan, that though they perhaps could not legally proceed to the appointment of a new treasurer, yet, they were competent to the combination of that office with any other existing one. Mr. 131MNNAN said, then he should second the motion of M r. Harbord. The CHAIRMAN said, unless any gentleman had an amend ment to offer, he should at once proceed to put the motion. Mr. PARKER bore testimony to the excellent conduct of Mr. Hart, and to his competency for the performance of the duties of both offices. He thought the vestry was in a position to proceed at once to the combination of the two offices,' and he thought they could not do better than to fix upon the appoint ment of Mr. Hart. Mr. 11Annotto remarked, that the change which he pro posed would reduce the cost for the performance of the duties of treasurer 100 per cent. Mr. SLATER said, he approved of Mr. Harbord's suggestion, inasmuch as the assessed taxes were not now so heavy as they were whin Mr. Dickson was appointed. He would, therefore, recommend that that the bond should not be so large as it had been. He understood that Mr. Ashlin, who had the care of a nearly equal amount os money, was oily called upon for a bond of £4OOO. LowN DES said, the proper course would be first to re appoint Mr. Hart assistant-overseer of the poor. A motion to the above effect was put and carried. Mr. Low N DES sairl, it now rested with the vestry to definetbe duties of Mr. Hart, as assistant overseer. The proposition was, that in addition to the duties of assistant-overseer, he should perform thOse Of parish treasurer. Mr. BRENNAN asked why it was that a gentleman who was to undertakt the duties of t wo officers was to have the salary reduced to £3OO per annum, when the late treasurer hact£soo per annum for that ; gffice alone? Mr. HARBORD s sid. the duties were not so heavy now as for merly, in consequence of the reduction of the assessed taxes. The salary of Mr. Hart was now £250 per annum. He thought that gentlenta.n.would gladly undertake the additional duties For the other £5O, with the assistance which he was to receive by having a clerk. His salary could he raised at their next meet ing, it it were found that he had fulfilled his duties in a manner that would warrant such a proceeding. Mr. BRENNAN proposed that the salary of Mr. Hart for the two offices should he £4OO per annum. The motion was not seconded. Mr. H Evwoon moved that Mr. Hart should be allowed £lOO. a year as the salary for his clerk. A PAarsuroNEl: proposed, that Mr. Hart should he allowed a salary of £lOO. per annum; and that he be directed to provide his own clerk out of that sum. Mr. H AftBORD said, it ought to be distinctly stipulated that the additional hundred a-y . ear was-to Le paid as the sal•+rr of a clerk. The motion was put, that Mr. Hart be appointed to the offices of rate-book-clerk and treasurer, at a salary of £3OO. per an num, with power to appoint a clerk subject to the approval of the vestry, for which clerk a salary of £lOO. per annum was to be allowed. Carried unanimously. , Mr. SLATER proposed, that the security be reduced from £5OOO. to £3O(X). which was agreed to. iir:6;;;;a; re-appointed with the same duties es before. Mr. Evans,..Mr. P:ckersley, and the collectors, were appointed to their several situations, with the same duties and emoluments as last year. Mr. and Mrs. Dowdall were appointed governor and matron of the Workhouse during the next year, with the same duties and emoluments. Mr. RIPLEY proposed, that the sum of £2O. be given to Mrs. Dowriall, as a gratuity fur her excellent conduct as matron of the Workhouse. Several gentlemen seconded this motion ; hut Mr. Walthew was at length named as the seconder. The motion was carried amid much applause. The Rev. William Tyrer and Mr. B. Nightingale were re appointed to the offices of chaplain and surgeon to the work. house. On the motion of Mr. IlErwooo, seconded by severs' gen tlemen, it was resolved that the same stipend as last year be continued to the rectors and curates. Carried unanimously amid much applause. - The liev. CH AIRmAN returned thanks in the name of himself and his fellow-clergymen. Mr. HEYWOOU said, their next duty was to consider the pro priety of increasing the present church-rate. They had found .that unfortunately the:rates had not been sufficient to keep the church from- debt. • The parishioners, he, believed, would not like to see their names in the Gazette... To avoid a matter so unpleasant, he would propose, thas. instead of the rate of one penny, as heretofore, the rate be'increased to three halfpence. That sum would be sufficient to enable them to pay all the ar rears, and to keep out of debt, which would relieve their minds, and make them more comfortable as guardians of the church. The motion was seconded by Mr. ANDREWS, and carried unanimously. It was next resolved, that the usual sum of £5O. should be paid to each of the parish clerks, in lieu of th'e fees for the bills of mortality; that the usual S(X) guineas should be granted to the Dispensary. and 200 guineas to the Northern Hospital on the Caine terms as formerly. The thanks of the meeting were voted to the honorary phy sicians and surgeon of the workhouse, Doctors Macrorie and Gouthwaite, and Mr. M'Culloch, for their services during the past year. It was proposed by Mr. HEYWOOD, that the grant of £122.105. to the Rev. Mr. Pulford, for his long services as curate, be con tinued. Mr. Hs RBORD thought the parish was not called upon to con tribute this sum for the support of Mr. Pulford. He moved, as an amendment, that the grant be not continued, on the grounds of its illegality. Mr. PLATT said, the grant had now been made for two years, and when they considered the long services of Mr. Pulford, he thought it would be a hard case indeed if it were to be with drawn. A PARISHIONER asked - 111 r. Pulford had any other means of support than this grant. Mr. PIA TT.—None 'whatever I assure you, sir. Mr. HARBORD withdrew his amendment and the motion was carried. M. HEYWOOD, in a low tone, addressed the gentlemen in the pew.next to him. We understood. him to say that there was a deficiency in the number of commissioners under the act for keeping churches in repair. The number, we understood him to say, should be 43 and they were only 27. It was his wish that lire full number should he filled up. Mr. LOWNDES said, the commissioners in all amounted to a great number. The rectors, all the churchwardens and the members of the council were ez (gel° members of the com mittee. A list of the gentlemen whom it was proposed to add to the committee was read by Mr. Lowndes, and the resolutions was passed. Mr. SLATER. seconded by Mr. WA I TIIIEW, moved that the thanks of the parishioners be presented to Mr. Henry Ripley and Mr. Richard Heywood, late churchwardens, for their effec tive services during the past year. The motion was put and carried amid much applause. On the motion of Mr. HENstitw the thanks of the parish ioners were voted to the overseers and select vestry of the past year. • Mr. Ford said, he had to move, that an application be made to parliament on behalf of the parish. for an act conferring power to assess the Liverpool Dock Estate. (Cheers.) He stood forward on that aecasion as a parishioner only, and not as a political partisan; and he thought he had a right to bring be fore that meeting a subject which was of so much importance to his fellow-parishioners. (Cheers.) The dock estate of Liver pool was peculiarly situated. It was said, that it was an estate which no man had an individual interest, and consequently that it ought not to he "assessed. He thought, however, that they would be justified in going to parliament for powers to bring it under contribution to the parish. He believed that it was in the Bth of Queen Anne, that the corporation of Liverpool first went to parliament for power to construct a dock; for which dock the corporation themselves gave the land. The trade of the port in creased so rapidly, that in the reign of George the second, the corporation again applied to parliament for power to construct the Salt house Dock and the Dry Dock, for which they also g..ve the land.. Subsequently, as the trade of the port continued to (n -crease, application was again made to parliament for fresh powers, and the George's Dock was made, for which the corporation also gave land, as well as for other docks. The trade of the port con tinued increasing to such an extent that twoyears ago it y ielded £200,000 per annum. He thought he should be justified in stating that the estate would not suffer in the most minute degree, by being assessed to :lie parish rates. The docks' of this town were the means of attracting an immense number of the labour. ing population front Ireland and other places, who came under the notion that they should gain imploytnent. These individu als prisbably fell sick, and thus became a burden'upon the parish, or they died, and left others who had been dependent upon them, to be supported by the tradesmen of Liverpool. Under these considerations alone, he thought they ought to apply for the powers which he had named. There were gentle men in Liverpool who were realizing princely incomes through the docks, yet these gentlemen did not live in this parish. They resided in the neighbouring townships, and did not contribute to the support of that parish where their income was made. On this ground, also, he thought they would he justified in apply ing for powers to assess the dock estate. They would not, as had been stated, be sapping the interest of trade by such a course. It was to the interest of this town that all trades should be equally fostered, and not that one should be cherished and encouraged at the expense of all others. It was to their inte rest that manufacturers should be encouraged to settle in the town as well as merchants. But manufacturers would not come while they saw that such an extensive estate as that of the Liverpool docks did not pay a halfpenny to the parish. The only parties who took any alarm at this measure were the pro prietors of the dock bonds. They bad no occasion for alarm on the subject. If the dock estate could at one time reduce the tonnage dues 381 per cent., surely they could afford a small sum per cent. for the relief of the poor. The dock bonds would still be discharged in a reasonable time. lie did not see why the present generation should do all for posterity; he thought posterity should be left to pay its share. Iu the year 1835 the parish authririties did assess the estate for the relief of the poor. The estate refused to pay it, and the subject was re ferred to the Quarter Sessions. Ultimately it was agreed that a case should go before the Court of Queen's Bench. It w a s decided that the estate was public property, and in that respect like a dissenter's chapel; consequently it could not be assessed. Mr. Ford concluded by moving the resolution. Mr. COOPER said he had great pleasure in seconding that motion. He.could not but express his astonishment that the parishioners should have allowed the dock estate to remain so lung without assessment, when it was considered how many poor the docks were the ineaus of bringing to this town The Dock Committee were atmut to erect warehouses on the quays of the docks. When they were about to convert the land on the verge of the docks to such a use, it was evident that they ought to he made liable to the payment of rates. warehouse - property of Liverpool contributed full one-fifth to the payment .r ,e,, isarni:hiol rata A. It would be a matter of inju s ti ce if t h e d oc k esta t e did nut pay its proportion. Mr. DovEn said, he and Mr. Harbord were warehouse keep ers to some extent, and it was evident to them, that the conse quence of the measure of the Dock Trustees would be to throw additional burdens on the inhabitants of Liverpool. Mr. 1-lay bond add he had heen very considerable losers lately, but they were determined nut to go oil losing ally more. They bad ex pected that matters would improve, and in - this expectation they bad continued for some time pa s t. But their hopes had been blighted. If this matter went on, the warehouses, which now paid one-fifth of the income orthe parish, 4 of use, and the burden would necessarily , be thrown on the tradesmen and other inhabitants. The Dock Committee were going to build warehouses, which would riot yield two per cent. with Money which they would have to borrow, and for which they would have to pay interest at four per cent. The Dock Committee's proceedings were so secret, that it was impossible for any one to know what they were. They carried on all their business with closed doors, and not a reporter was allowed to enter. As 4 appeared that they had lowered the tonnage duties latelyt o they o agreat ought to p extent, they ay must be very full of cash, and therefore Mr. Hatinortn said, of those who had voted for the measure in question, it was scarcely necessary to say that scarcely any of theta-had any property in bricks and mortar.—(Hear.) The motion was put by the Chairman and carried unani mously, amid much applause. The thanks of the assembly were voted to the Chairman, after which the meeting separated TI-1 t' LI V Kltrool, DARD SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. On visiting the School a few days ago we were shown the Exercise Books of several of the pupils, in which they wi ite, occasionally, in their own w ords, their thoughts on what they see or read. Several of these specimens are well expressed, 'and certainly would nut discredit children of a similar age who can hear and speak. . The following, written by one of the pupils, Richard Wil liams, 13 years of age, and who has been but two years in School. we copy from his book verbatim et literatim. He is en deavouring to give the substance of the scripture narrative con tained in the first twelve verses of the 14th Chapter of St. Mat thew, and it will be perceived on examination that he has scarcely omitted any one incident in the narrative. " April 9, 1838. "Last Friday I read in the Bible about John the Baptist, that he was preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and Herod, the king, heard of it, and took him, and put him into prison, and bound him. When Herod's birth-day came he saw a little girl dance, and he was pleased. Then he asked her what he should give her for a present, and she went to her mother, and asked her to advise what to ask ;—and her mother told her to ask for John the Baptist's head ; and the little girl went, and asked the king for John the Baptist's head, and the king ordered him to be hebeaded in the prison, and his head was given to her in a charger. The disciples came to the prison, and they carried the dead hod) away and buried it, and then went and told Jesus Christ. It was very wicked to kill John the Baptist, who was a very good man, hut his soul is gone to heaven, and he•is happy with God, and Jesus Christ, and the holy angels.". LONDON AND CHESTER NI All..—'lhe old London and Chester Mad to Liverpool by Woodside is discontinued, to the great-re gret of many of its old patrons. It has long kept bad time, but still was very much patronised by the Liverpool gentlemen, and had it met with its due proportion of patronage from those gen men resident in Chester, who have so frequently to travel to London, it is very possible the spirited proprietors .wbiild'have still continued to run it. • RuNcoRN NEW Cuutien.—The sum of .£2SOO, we understand will complete this beautiful and sacred edifice, &c.; aud,vre hope to hear - of some good friend to religion, and our venerable church establishment, enrolling his name among the best bene factors of mankind by endowing the elegant gothic structure which is rising into view, to adorn and bless the enterprising little town of Runcorn, with its 8000 inhabitants. The church is expected to be ready for consecration in the course of lice months. . • • A great additional accommodation has been granted to the towns of•Easthani and Neston and the neighbourhood of these places within t heir POstoffice.cleli aeries, a horse post leaves Ches ter Postoffiee daily, Hs soon as the London nlnil by•railway is sorted with hags for Eastham and Neston. The horse post re turns from Neston every morning at ten o'clock, via Eastham, and brings up - the bags for the two o'clock London mail train, The old Holyhead and Liverpool mail still take letter-hags, as heretofore, foi Eathatn rod Neston. • - . . NESTON.—We have much pleasure in fin di ng t hat the high estimation in which the Rev. John Husband is held by the in habitants of Nestor), in the county of Chester , where he has officiated as curate for the last nineteen years , has in duced them' to present the rev. gentleman with a handsom e piece of plate, of the value of £6O and upwards, On his retiring fr om that curacy. The folllowina is a copy of an inscription e ng raved u pon a Inas sive s a lver of silver, which, with a: magnificent epergne, have been presented to him. "To the Reverend John Husband, M.A . , this salver, with a silver epergne , was res p e c tfull y presented Cy the parishioners of Nestor), on his leaving the parish, as a memorial of their regard and esteem for his public and private worth.-1838. The execution of William Hill, for the murder of Beth' Minshull, at Warrington, is appointed to take place to-morrow, THE GALE.—On Saturday night and Sunday, we had a stron! , gale from the westward, wlis.ch continued with great violence till Monday last, accompamedwithoccasional shnwer3 if hail and snow. It will be saes on reference to our ship news hat several vessels have been driven on shore. WsEctuns.—On Saturday, five men were brOnvht before the Rev. Miles Formby and Mr. Rawson, inagistr - ats of the county, charged with having plundered the sihooher 'Tyro, recently wrecked off Foi why, of part - of her cargo. They Wi!re committed to the House of Correction- fer two mouths, the magistrates expressing their determination to punish - all such' offenders with the utmost severity. Zbe liticrpool FRIDAY .'MORNING. APRIL 20, 1838. ccr The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this mom lug at 5 o'clock. THE CONSERVATIVE FESTIVALS.—We this day pre sent our readers with full reports of the interesting proceedings at the Salford and Manchester conservative dinners. We should have been glad to insert a con densed report of the proceedings at Leeds; but we are precluded from doing so by want of space. The festival at Leeds is described as magnificent in the extreme. It to place in a spleouen pavilion, ,4-ooto4 for the pur pose, and fitted up in a stile of grandeur only surpassed by that of the pavilion at Salford. ,At Leeds twelve hundred gentlemen S and operatives sat down to dinner, At Salford there were seventeen' hundred gentlemen and operatives at table, and in Manchester there were eight hundred present. The speeches will be perused with much interest, especially the manly declarations and sound conservative sentiments of Sir Francis Burdett. The dinner at Liverpool will, of course, be on a much smaller scale. To the shame of our otherwise spirited " good old town" there is not a single public room in Liverpool sufficently large to accommodate such assem blies as those of the Leeds and Salford conservatives. CHURCH EXTENSION IN SCOTLAND.—Church exten sion has been for a considerable time past, and is at the ,present moment, the all-absorbing question in Scotland,. and is agitating it from one end to the other. Another reformation is unquestionably begun, and is going for ;Ward In that land of moral interest; and, as in former days, so now, every shade of religious opinion and of secular interest is moving according as it is more or less likely to be affected by the mighty impulse at work. The main points at issue or involved in the question, are the efficiency of voluntary compared with endowed churches in providing for the moral and religious des titution of the community, and the actual extent of the religious destitution stated as existing; out of which arises the question, that were churches to be built to the extent proposed, are they likely to be filled without un peopling the churches already in existence ? On the one side we have the church herself taking up the matter, and pursuing her object. with a zeal and energy equal to her earlier and best days—adopting no new principle—following no new standard—but cleaving with characteristic earnestness to those principles and rules which guided her great forefathers in both the first and second Reformation. On the other side there is a body as firmly opposed to the church on the endowment question, and preferring what is called the voluntary principle, and saying not only that the destitution is not so great as is pretended, but that though churches were built they would not be filled. This we believe to be a fair statement of the case; and, with the desire to do, justice to both,parties, we would test theni for a moment by the principle of business and of common sense. That churches in which divine truth are taught are a public gocid:few will have the hardihood to deny ; and .whatever may be the amount of destitution, if the vo. luntary principle be held as adequate to meet the wants of the population in regard to public religious instruc tion, then as the greatest amount of destitution, so far as religious instruction is concerned, is allowed to exist among the poorer classes of society, simply because they have not the means of purchasing it, it would require to be shown that voluntary churches are better calculated titan endowed churches to meet the wants of the poor. In other words, that a church the whole annual expenses of which, including the minister's stipend, are to be raised by the charge . niacie . for church sittings, is as likely to be accepted by the poor in its neighbourhood as a church burdened with no such expenses, and conse quently, free to admit the poor without charge. Again—respecting the extent of religious destitution actually existing, we have on the one side the declara tion of men who have gone from house to house in order to ascertain the fact, and acting upon a principle deriv ing its birth from a period long anterior to the present, founded upon an intimate knowledge of human nature, and confirthed by everyday experience from the earliest records of truth on such subjects down to the very day in u hid] we live, and which has, moreover, been admit-, ted as fair by a commission expressly appointed by Go vernment, and composed of men the majority of whom are generally allowed to be inimical rather than favour_ able to the principle of endowments. And on the other we have as the most clamorous those whose existence as a religious body is but recent—who acknowledge them selves to have been forced insO. existence by accident— whose own declarations before the commission forth a principal evidence against their claim—whose churches are burdened with such a debt as is acknowledged to be an.evil that completely retards their progress, and must, in the very nature of• things, for ever prevent them from opening their doors to those unable to pay for .instru2c tion—those whom the vet.y principle on which they move effectually obliges to eschew with all their ingenuity those sections of every large town principally occupied by the poor, as is the case in our own north end at the present moment, as well as all the poor or thinly popit hated parts of the country, either leaving them to their • destitution, or consigning them, as they actually plead for, to the care of an unpaid male or female visitor, a teacher, or to some indifferently paid and, consequently, second-rate substitute for a duly qualified instructor— those, moreover, who are at this very moment, and, in . consequence of the reviving energy of the church, are, in reality, though most mistakingly, trembling for what they call the " vested rights" of their chapels, and are, thereby, altogether unfitted to give a free or independ ent opinion on the subject, and which has actually driven them to the adoption of a new and before unheard-of rate of computation, in order, if possible, to reduce the actual and proVed amount of spiritual instruction. Finally—With respect to whether the churches built in order to accommodate the destitute, and anything but the church-going portion of the community, are likely to be filled without drawing sitters away from the already existing church, the simple . fact that ten new churches have been built within the last year in Glasgow, and are now well filled with_rich and poor, without in the slight est known degree affecting . any church already built, proves, if proof were wanting, that the assertion is a mere theory of the imagination, and has no foundation in fact. SALFORD OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE DINNER, AND DINNER TO MR. GAftNETT. On Tuesday, the anniversary dinner of the Salford Operative Conservative Association was held in a temporary pavillion, erected for the purpose, in the borough of Salford. It was de termined by Mr. Garnett's committee, they intending to give a public dinner to Mr. Garnett, to endeavour to effect a junction in the two dinners, and an arrangement to that effect was come to, and the result was, one of the most splendid and numerously attended conservative festivals we ever beheld. A large tem porary pavillion was erected, the cost of which was said to be £2,000, and this was fitted up to seat no less than 1,700 persons, that number of tickets being sold. The building was in the form of a large square, containing an area of about £1,600 square yards, having a long avenue leading into it. Down this this avenue, tables were set to accommodate 300 persons. The tables in the pavillion, ten in number, were set the whole length of it, there being no cross tables, and each table seating about 130 persons. At the upper end of the room was a circular table at which sat the chairman and the principal guests. This table was surmounted by a large canopy of pink and white calico, with which material the whole, building was lined with great taste. The roof was supported by two rows of light pillars, dividing the interior, as it were, into avenues. The pillars at the top were joined by an arch, covered with calico, and taste fully ornamented with evergreens. In various parts of the building were hung up very splendid flags. In front of the canopy was a very splendid basso selievo coat of arms, silvered and gilt. In the interior of the canopy, at the back, were two very large mirrors, joined together, which reflected the splendid and animating scene before it. The interior was lit by about twenty very splendid glass chandeliers. At the opposite end of the pavillion to the chairman's table was the royal cipher, and in the centre was a crown in brilliant gas jets. The whole formed a coup d'ceil of splendour and magnificence it is not easy to conceive. Dinner was announced for four o'clock, but, owing to the immense number dining, the company were not all seated and arranged until nearly six o'clock, and it was seven before the before the cloth was removed and the business pact of the even- ing commenced. Shortly before six o'clock. the chairman, William Hill, Esq., entered the room, followed by J) , IT. Garnett, in whose honour the dinner was partly given. They were received with the most deafening plaudits. Soon after, Viscount Maidstone arrived, and took his seat to the right of the chair. He was similarly enthusiastically received. Before dinner was over, Sir Francis Burdett, accompanied by Sir George Sinclair, entered the room and took their seats to the left of the chair- They were received with long-continued and vehement cheering. " Non nobis Domino" having been sung by a company of glee sinters, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to give the usual preliminary toasts:—" Her Majesty the Queen, Duchess of Lancaster, and may her reign be long, glorious, and happy," with three times three Cheers. Anthem —" Gnat save the Queen." " The Queen Dowager and all the Royal Family," with three times three. " Our Glorious Constitution in Church and State." (Enthusiastic cheering.) Glee.—" With a jolly full bottle." "The Army and Navy," with three times three. Song. " The Death of Nelson." " The great Duke." Glee. . The CHAIRMAN then said the next toast he should have the honour to propose was the main object of the evening's meeting; it was to drink the health of their guest, Wm. Garnett, Esq . . It was said, at the last election, that his friend was to have a bold front made against him, and that the whole fight was to be taken out of the man.„ (Laughter.) But suppose the fight had been taken out of Mr. Garnett, would they have been able to take the fight out of the conservative electors ? (Great cheering.) Because they lost the battle, was the spit it of conservatism to be destroyed ? ( Loud cries of " No.") He ventured to say, that conservatism was an indestructable spirit which should last as long as time should endure. (Cries of " Bravo ") In the recent election committee, Mr. Brotherton's learned counsel, Mr. Austin, had been instructed to say, that Mr. Garnett was not and never would be the member for Salford. He had not the least doubt but that Mr. Garuett would he elected as their member on the first opportunity, for he was in the warm esteem of full two thirds of the electors. (Great cheering.) It depend ed upon the electors whether Salford should not be the first amongst boroughs. If the election appeal were now to be made instead of when it had been, instead of 888 votes, Mr. Garnett would have half as many more. (Great cheering.) He had the honour of seeing many around him, who formerly were advo cates of the other side, but who now rendered them all the addi tional weight of their influence. He concluded with proposing "The health of William Garnett, Esq." (Rapturous cheering.) An operative, named CLA RK E, then, in the name of the Oper ative Conservative Association, presented Mr. Garnett with a very handsome gold cup, as a token of esteem and respect from the operative conservatives of Salford, and, also, with a very handsomely silver-mounted horse-whip, from a respectable sad dler in the neighbourhood, with which he hoped Mr. Garnett would whip the whigs out of the borough. Mr. Clarke, in pre senting the cup, made some eulogistic and appropriate remarks, and concluded with trusting that theiliporioured guest might long live to enjoy the presents made to him. Mr. GARNETT rose to respond to the toast amidst almost deafening cheering. He had had so many instances of kind nesses shown to him, not only on the present but on all other occasions, that it had had such an effect on his feelings as to preclude the possibility of his adequately expressing his sense of gratitude and the emotion which he felt. (Hear.) He was aware, that the attention shown to him was not done so from personal motives, but from the cause he advocated, and which he should continue to advocate as long as he lived. (Cheers.) That meeting, which was the third anniversary of the Salford Operative Association, was a proof of the loyal and constitu tional feeling which existed in the borough of Salford. (Cheers.) The numbers around him exhibited the sincere desire of the conservatives of Salford to show their respect to the noble lord and to his honourable friend, Sir Francis Burdett. (Great cheering. The splendid scene before him was an earnest of his (Mr. Garnett's) future success, when the time for exertion should again arrive. (Great cheering.) Would it be said that there was no reaction iu Sal ford after witnessing that assembly ? But that splendid assembly was not a solitary instance of con) servative feeling. His noble and honourable friends had come from Leeds, where the day before there had been a conservative dinner; he would visit Manchester the following day, where there was to be another numerous assembly of conservatives; and, on Monday next, he would visit Liverpool, where a consi derable number of gentlemen would meet, -who maintained those opinions and feelings which ought to exist in the breasts of every Englishman. (Cheers.) " Breath'd there the man, with soul - so dead, Who never to himself hash said, This is my own, my native land . ?" ('ns n that" f And i s ,i h n o ( u i d they t n i e s - t i an m d . u forward t t i u t u defend w t b h i e e h i nhs,t, had t ut continu ed and preserved the blessings Englishmen enjoyed? (Great cheering.) Why did they witness these vario us assemblages , in Yorkshire and in Lancashire, and in other p arts of England? Why, because they saw that the British constitution was endan gered, and that its time-honoured institution s were in j eo pardy, and because they saw that Ireland was gi ven up to serve the purposes of a vile . faction (Cheers.) They were not blind to the measures that had been endeavoured to be thrust upon them; there seemed to be no end to intended legislation. 'The object, hitherto liad not been to legislate for the benefit of the country, but for party purposes, and to secure to the ministers their places. (Chem so It. could not be denied that a great portion of the conduct ~f ministers had reference to that principle. They flattered the people, .cajoled and deceived them. Under the mask of hypocrisy they enslaved the people and played th e tyrant. (Cries of " bravo.") Mr. Garnett then a t considera ble length alluded to seine local disputes between the conserva tive and the radical parties, and animadverted severely on th e conduct of the latter. The radicals had refused to allow a paltry pittance of some £l2 or £l , l fur ringing the bells of one of the churches of Salford, which church had been erected at the sole expense of one individual, to supply the spiritual wants of the poor. (Shame.) They had refused to light the illuminated clock to effect the paltry saving of 50s. a year. The only end and aim of the party was the downfall of the chutch and the destruction of the monarchy. He would not waste their tune with Minding to annual parliaments and universal suffrage, two of the standard topics of the opposite party, but would advert for a moment to the question of vote by ballot—a measure which it was atteinpted to introduce, and one the most discreditable the most un-English—the most 'uncalled for proceedink that ever was invented by man. It would tend to bribery and cor ruption if adopted, to a frightful extent, and none but men with the longest purses and the most ambition would get into parlia ment. The effect Would be to lettuce the electors to combine in bodies, and he represented by presidents, with whom the candidates would bargain beforehand:—" If I am elected I will give you and your club £3OO, if I am not I wall not give you a farthing." The result would be,,t hat large combined bodies of electors would vote to a man accordingly as they were brihed beforehand. Besides, if the ballot were worth any thing, why not carry it out—why not have ballot voting in the House of Comanons, and have every thin r snugly done in the dark. Why rail upon tuep to vote opeuls i r parliament, and secretly out of it. Why it was an absurdity in itself; it was contrary to the British character, and never ought to be submitted to. ( Hear.) His petition had been lost on the Salford election committee; n ot on a fair hearing, but .on a legal quibble. They had been 20, , oned have bowed to the niniority stopped s e ti,niee at the out se t. If it had been fairly shown thatiai he was in a min or ity h e s t t their cause hail not had justice done to it, H nil they had been deprived of their r i g ht s . (Hsar.) He heard they weie shortly to have another struggle, when he should be at his post. 1 -1 e „. had heard that M r . B ro th er t on was goi n g to take office, a 2 that the rejected o f Li verpoo l was t o b e e ndeavoured: to ne .. thrust upon them, h u t h e was con fid en t, f ro m what he saw his friends, th a t an y f uture opponent h a d no t th e least prospect i. of of, success against him. H e t rus t e d th a t th e ir c ause would co gnus, to triumph , and triumph to the end. (Mr. Garnett s' d i , (limo amidst great cheering.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Sir Francis Bar-, dett and the oth er di s ti ngu i s h e d guests w h o h a d hollowed the company with their presence ou that occasion. The toast was received with tremendous cheering. Sir FRANCIS BURDI: rT rose before thecheeriug had subsided. and, when silence had been obtained, lie was understood to say that he had attended a conservative meeting on the previous day at Leeds, and there were other meetings in other towns of the county to which he wished to pay his respects, especially when he saw them acting in a manner so highly redounding to their honour and the honour of the country—especially as they were met on the present occasion to expiess their determination to maintain all those great and valuable institutions which this country has obtained. He was surprised at hearing much respecting the politics of the borough and of the conduct of the parties which were connected with the struggle in question, and in which, it appeared to him, (Sir F. Burdett,) that their exer tions ought to have been crowned with success. He was sorry to say that there did appear something so very extraordinary in that decision of the House of Commous, just explained by their worthy and excellent ft lend and, he trusted, future rept esenta live (Mr. Garnett.) It did appear to him so childish (in point of distinction without a diffeietsce) that they (the committee,) being swot n under the act of parliament to try the merits of the election, could, on so silly a pretence, he might almost say, be misled by so gross a misconception of their duty ; for it appear ed that they came to a decision upon a fault which appeared to be no fault at all; but that by it they should exclude the possi bility of Irving the merits of the petition. The trying of this election almost had been to think that it was without any other equal in the decisions of the committees of the House of Com mons. The old system was one of which they all complained. and in some degree it might go forth to justify these complaints; but it did not justify the gross imputations thrown over the members of the House of Commons by that parson to whom their worthy chairman had alluded, but one who he (Sir F. Burdett) never scrupled to n a m e as one Mr. Daniel O'Connell. (Cheers.) But he spoke now not merely of the gross vulgarity of the imputationsbut as it happened that that gentleman—he begged pardon, Mr. Daniel O'Cohnell—had said, and be (Sir F. Burdett) believed it would be admitted and believed, there was not any body but was converted to the opinion that What ever they might have thought formerly of the Grenville act, which was looked upon at the time ofies passing as a reform in parliament, it had lost much of its weight and credit, and. twenty years ago, such was considered to b e th e o p era ti on o f the Grenville act by the voters of the House of Commons, that. until the house hail its present j.aunclicetl appearance, the com mittees were considered the only tribunals which were com petent to do justice-between the parties under the circumstance. But Mr. Daniel O'Connell thought that what he stated was -all true, and they all acknowledged that, if it was possiule, a remedy should be found, so that the rights of the electors of the c o untry might be protected, instead of being baled and defeated by such a mode of proceeding as had been recently adopted, which had made the tribunal ten times more sty because under the new act of parliament all these questions hail been in some de gree so unsettled by the frequent decisions of the committees in such a manner that there was no law existing for the guidance of parties as to the law of elections, as the decisions of former committees were now of no use. But though Mr. Daniel O'Connell spoke truth, he could not speak the truth altogether.; because he imputed, in his gross way, that one part of the house exercised partiality, he (Sir F. Burdett) would call it—but Mr- O'Connell gave it a grosser name; but he imputed this merely• to the tories, meaning the conservatives—that they could not, in fact, give a correct judgment on cases of elections thus leaving out from the imputation all the other parties•in.tho. house, with whom he acted—leaving out the whigs, whom he held up as patterns of purity i n a ll ma tt ers o f t hi s ki n d . (Hear. t -But with respect to the conduct of the conservatives, he (Sir F• Burdett) would declare, that he would indeed be a bold man who would say, that in their decisions they had been influenced by party motives, or upon any grounds except upon the fear of being charged with being biassed by party. But every man of sense might say that, however be might be sneered at by such a man as Mr. Daniel O'Connell, with respect to the state of. Ireland, too,—he whom they call the patriot of Ireland, the liberal of Ireland, this paid patriot. That was a strange coun-, try, Ireland, of any in the world; and he had heard, that Dean Swift boasted, some years a g o, that that which w as t rue any where else was not true in Ireland. He held himself up as a protector of the institutions in all the country, and, first of all,. that he was a person who was making great sacrifices for the s county. In otner countries, men who were paid were not called patriots, for patriotism and pay could not exist together. But.. it was otherwise in Irel a nd. Wh a t a h appy country was I rei land where patriotism and pay go together! where the joys or martyrdom go together—where the reward of vice and virtue' may be found in the same person. Unfortunately for this counee try, these persons possessed an influence in the (louse of Come?' mons which never was possessed before, nut only by goveripi ment, but also by those individuals whose right to place weat hers in the House of Commons we used to condemn, and many of us reformers complained of. It was indeed trifling in com parison with the power of the popish priests in Ireland, and Mr. Daniel O'Connell; for he was nothing more than the creature supported by, and the coadjutor of, the popish priests of Ireland. But the circumstance to which he had alluded (the power of the. nomination to boroughs,) it had never injured any body, and though it was an infringement of the British constitution, yet in fact it had not a detrimental influence upon the country at large. For, if one person - put in a member for one place, ano ther person placed another member in the house for another; and thus the parties were balanced, and these persons were put. in-by persons, who from their station in society, had the interest of the country at heart. But there were the popish priests of Ireland, who, with the assistance of Mr. Daniel O'Copuell, had carried about GO or 70-seats, and had put members into parlia ment tinder the influence of one man representing tbe popish priests of Ireland, to uphold the interest of democracy and de stroy protestantism, and the interests of our protestant state.— (Cheers.) He (Sir Francis) had always been the advocate for giving men their proper rights, but he could not think of allow ing popery to raise its head again, with its systems of tion, in Ireland. (Cheers.) 'they might now consider what wee the power of this description of people, when Mr. Daniel O'Con nell, the great man of Ireland, was not ashamed of himself when be fell down on his knees in the dirt at the feet of a priest. They were doing all in their power to destroy the superiority of the church' which this country had so generously and so devot , edly maintained; and he (Sir Francis) feared they would find they would still be much abused. He, however, was not afraid of him (Mr. O'Connell) for he saw the good sense of the coun try coming forward to prevent the country from being bandied as they had been. It would bring to light what was the real state of the country, as many honest Englishmen would say, let us know Ireland like England, and many honest English. men would say, " let there be no distinction." But they would find themselves deceived when they looked at the state of the people of Ireland; end when he spike of the people of Ireland, he meant the protestant people of Ireland, men who had the interest of the country at heart—men who, (like those compos ing the me e ti ng ) were men distinguishedfor their attachment to the safety, prosperity, and glory of the country. But he (Sir Francis Burdett) bad seen in a paper that day, that a gentle-, man had gone from this part of the world with the view (he him self being quite a liberal in politics) of going over on the pro position of the' people of Ireland, for the popish people of Ire land—and he did not mean to say anything against them fur ther than that they had qualities that might be cultivated to ad vantage • but they were n o thin g more th an th e miserable instru ments of priests, who had hopes of raising the head of popery again. But he was going to mention, that a gentleman went from that part (Manchester) to establish sinKe mode of industry in the mauufacturing line in Ireland, and he set up a large manufactory, and found that it was impossible for him to go on ; for he found there was no law in the country—that the people, instigated most likely by the priests—in short, that his premises were destroyed : his,life was nut longer safe—it was resolved that he should be put todeath—that it was deliberately resolved upon, at a consultation by a large number of people. His house was burnt, his premises were burnt, and every thing that he had engaged to do for Ireland, was, by these miserable people, destroyed- -This isthe reason fora refotmer changing his opinion with- respect to the people of Ireland. He was a Man chester gentleman, and it appeared that he went out for the purpose which had been stated. He was a Manchester gentle man, but his name was not affixed to the pamphlet; but it seemed to him (Sir F. Burdett) to be a very important publi cation, and he would recommend every person to go and read it, and they would find that this was a practical illustration of what was the state of society in that country,—and what was the state of the law which made such a state of society in that country. (Cheers) The worthy chairman had said little on the general politics of the country, but no person could more agree with the chairman than he (Sir F. Burdett) did; and with re . i spect to the p r esent mbecile administration, a greater evil, could happen to no country, than for the governm e nt to be._ placed In such hands. Weakness in government was worse 'than 'any thing. Who would bear to be told by those who dif fered from them in opinion, that they only support them, not .. because they had any confidence in them—not b e cau se th e y consider them men of talent and men fit for their situations-- not—to tell them to their faces that they shall not turn their backs upon them—not because they thought them weak men but "squeezable,"—(laughter)—he thought was the word, and lead them to the brink of destruction ; and, when every thing in this country—supposing it to result from their conduct, t Crown to r i wm l n ik a i l ns r dt . r yA D , n a oc n oh i do e Dl twoat 11 ' d C otoerni tells se threetl h l e clayspa e m o e_ t us i .u t e e pn tt u mt t r i o i t t e o t hd s e t afterwards a n h n d e ple that he is quite disgusted with the whigs,-1' the base and bloody whigs" as he used to call them,—he tries the trick of the party, and tells the ad ic al gentlemen that he is disgusted with the whigs—that he used to be a whig-radical, but now be • is become a radical. He afterwards goes to the House of Com-- mons and says that they , are well tnet, all companions together,. they are hand and glove together, and have removed all ill - feeling. (Cheers.) They must support protestantism in Ire land, and support the union of church and state between. these two countries. The wrest pare of ministers was that their principle was a sort of no principle; and he (Sir Francis . Burdett) apprehended that they really believed that this'. • country was to be governed by what was called public opinion; like a feather in the wind, little caring which way they go— they little care so that they keep in. (Cheers.) This carrying 7 on the government on no principle was the reason why they did nothing. How long had they been in office? and out of the numberless things to which they have put their hands, how many had proved abortive? He did not know anything which they had touched without doing great mischief. They say "reform the church." He did not think that any good would result from what they were doing; and with respect to the Irish church, it was said that it did much mischief, end that they would greatly strengthen the establishment by throwing away the surplus wealth which was stated-to be 54 millions of revenue, and they were to make some plan by 'which the sur , plus was to be turned away from the - church and appropriated to some other purpose. This was five years since it took place, and now they heard nothing of the appropriation clause. That great arithmetician, late member fur Middlesex, now member for Kilkenny, made it out that this surplus was 55 millions, but now it turned out to be six hundred thousand pounds. It ap pears they must press the "principle" of their Irish measures if it was only to the amount of a birthing, and''they must have the principle. But he (Sir F. Burdett) knew front experience that if the people of England allowed the fox to get his head into the hole, his shoulders would follow very quickly. Sir Francis then contrasted the mean and paltry savings coutem plated by the whigs, with their expensive mission of Lord Durham to the Canadas, to the neglect of such men as 'Sir F. . Head, Sir John Colbourn, ari d C ol. Wetherell. He also re - p ferred to their conduct in respect to the Poor Law Amendment Bill, now that the comtnittee had delivered their 18th report; and be contended that all . the measures emauuting 'solely from the whigs were abortio ns . H e expressed a hope_ for the tine , when a government might be, formed, comprising the vain" of Sir It. Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir F. Pollock, Sir Win. Follett% Mr. Pemberton, and Sir E. Sugden,-; and concluded by' thank ing the meeting for the honour he had received at their hands.- -The hon. hart. then sat down amidat.lnusi, cheers. THEATRE•ROIAL, LIVERPOOL. The Last Night of the favourite New Play of the LADY OF LYONS, which must he withdrawn after this Evening, in consequence of the forthcoming Novelties The NEW COMIC PANTOMIME, which continues to be received throughout with reiterated shouts of laughter and applause, will be repeated on MONDAY next, and every Evening until further notice. THIS present FRIDAY, April 20, w ill b e p er f or med for the last time here, the last new- Play, written by ED WARD LYTTON EULWER, Esq., called THE LADY OF LYONS ; OR, LOVE AND PRIDE. Beauseant, Mr. W. Howard; Glavis, Mr. W. H. Bland; Co-. lonel Damas, Mr. Baker; Claude Melnotte, Mr. Stuart; Madame Deschappelles, Mrs. Clarke; Pauline Deschappelles, Miss Faucit. After which, for the fifth time here, a New Grand Comic Pantomime, with entirely New Scenery, New Machinery, New Tricks, &c., called HARLEQUIN IN SICILY ; Or, Jack o' Lantern and the Field of the Volcano. No Performance on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. WOOD, the celebrated ocalists, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and D Mane, are engaged for a limited period. and will make t r first appearance, these two years, at. this Theatre, on Mo day, the 23d instant, and to give additional effect to the Operas in which Mr. and Mrs. Wood will appear, an arrangement has been made with Mr. MARTIN, Principal Bass .Singer for several, seasons at the Theatre-royal, Drury-lane, and Mr. CT,EMENT WHITE, of the Theatres-royal, Edinburgh and Bath; frho, with the Vocal Members of the Establishment, Mr. G. HORNCASTLE, Mrs. W. H. BLAND, and Miss GRANT, from the Theatre•royal, Dublin, will sustain principal characters. On MONDAY next, April 23rd, will be performed the Opera of FRA DIAVOLO. Zeerlina, Mrs. Wood; Fra Diavolo, Mr. Wood;. Beppo, Mr. Martyn ; Lorenzo, Mr. Clement White; Lord A ilcash, Mr. G. HorncaStle ; Lady Allcash, Mrs. W. H. Bland. To conclude with the NEW COMIC PANTOMIME. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. COLLINS. HIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 20th instant, and 1 Last Night but one of his appearance, the Evening's En tertainments will commence with the new Drama called PAUL CLI FFORD; Oa, THE LusT HEIR. Paul Clifford Mr. Co in - S . : - Messrs. Brown, King and Gibson will ce the Morris Dance. To which will be added the new lau„ able Interlude, called TEN MILES FROM LONDON; OR, AN INCONVENIENT DISTANCE. Patrick Rooney Mr. Raymond. To conclude with a new Farce, called A DEY AND A KNIGHT; Ott. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN ALGIERS. In which Mr. COLLINS will sustain Five different Characters. DURING EASTER WEEK. • • THE MOST REFINED ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL CLASSES OP socIETy. E celebrated PANORAMA of CAPTAIN ROSS'S I VOYAGES, and the HOLY CITY o f JERUSALEM, exhibiting in the Large Room,, Queen's Air • otel, (entrance by Cook-street,) will remain in Live but a very few days li;nger, when it will proceed to D liu. Mr. Laidlaw most earnestly invites thOse who have not,seen it to lose no time. Boxes, Is., GalleiS- only gd. [Descriptive Book and Plate of Jerusalem, 6d.] Day Exhibition punctually at One, in the Evening at Seven, and again at Half-past Eight o'clock. ST. GEORGE'S DAY LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. rril-IE DINNER to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. Bart., M.P., will take place on MONDA Y next, the 23d instant, in the LARGE Room, LUCAS'S REPOSITORY, Great Charlotte. street. SAMUEL HOLME, Esq:, in the at ft - % Lord SANDON, M.P Lord MA IDSTONF .P., Sir GEORGE SINCLAI , Bart., And other distinguished Noblemen and OentleMen will be Present. Tickets (including Wine, Bce.) to Members, Fifteen Shil lings, Non-members, One Guinea each, may be obtained at the Office of the Association, corner cf Church-street and Church lane, from Nine till One, and from Five till Seven. Gentlemen that have been selected to act as stewards are re quested to attend a Meeting at the Committee Room, Tuts DAY, (Friday,) at one o'clock precisely, to ballot for Seats. No Person will be admitted mahout a Ticket, which will be demanded at the Entrance to the Roam. W. J. PEACH EY, Secretary. • Committee Room, April 20, 1838.