The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-21 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE This meeting was held yesterday. There were present, Messrs. Benn (chairman), Horsfall, T. Holt, Middleton, Quayle, Aikin. Bulley,.G. Holt, Evans, Tobin, Chapman, Mellor, Holmes and Booth. DOCK AND WAREHOUSE BILL. The CHAIRMAN stated that the royal assent had been given to the new dock and warehouse bill, and that the bre viate prepared by the solicitor would now be read. Mr. TOBIN asked wnether any alteration was made by the bill in the constitution of the dock trust? Mr. HORSFALL.—I am afraid ycu have been remiss in looking after that, Mr. Tobin. (Laughter.) The SECRETARY then read the solicitors report on the bill, which is as follows :- 1. The payment to the Corporation of the borough for their interest in the strand and other property purchased by the Dock Trustees may, at the option of the trustees, be made at the expiration of six months after the passing of the act, or may be made before the expiration of six months with a rebate of interest at the rate of .Z 4 per cent per annum, or may be made by three yearly equal instalments, with interest half-yearly, from the expiration of six months after the passing of the act. 2. In the proviso limiting the compulsory obligation of the trustees to form a landing slip with stages, at and ad joining the river wall of the new dock, by the construction of another slip at St. George's Pier, the words " the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses," having been struck out, the ob ligation to construct such landing slip with stages now rests upon the Dock Trustees, though it is doubtless open to the' trustees to negotiate on the subject with the Corporation of the borough. 3. The Corporation are specially empowered to prescribe the terms and conditions on which they may construct slips, basins, or wharfs, for the reception of vessels and goods of the proprietors of canals, and other navigations opening into the Mersey. In other respects, the clauses enabling the Dock Trustees to provide such accommodation, remain un altered. 4. To the clause, reserving the surface of the quay of the new dock as a public quay, the committee consented that a declaration should be added, stating in express terms, and not leaving to implication, the liberty which it was intended the owner, consignee, or shipper of goods, landed or shipped at the quay, should possess, as to using the dock warehouses, or removing the goods to other warehouses. 5. The Committee also consented that the clause requiring the owner, master, or consignee of any vessel maki ng a ware house entry of goods, and landing and warehousing the same to effect an insurance of the goods from loss by fire, should be struck out of the bill ; and they also consented that the indemnity from loss or damage given to the trustees should be extended to such owner, master, or consignee. Lord Shaftesbury, immediately before the introduction of the bill into the committee, objected to such indemniiy being given to the owner, master, or consignee of the vessel, and ex pressly stated that such clause would, on no account, be al lowed- by the House. The Solicitor of the Dock Trustees and the Parliamentary Agent had, on the instant, an inter view with Lord Shaftesbury and Mt. Falk. The objections raised against the clause were combated, and the adoption of the clause was strenuously urged, but without avail. The act, therefcre, is silent respecting the obligation of the owner, master, or consignee of the vessel making a prime entry to effect insurance on the goods. 6. A new clause has been adopted, giving power to the Trustees, w h enever the despatch of business may require its exercise, to remove vessels from the new dock into any other wet dock, without taking the vessels into the river. This power, it is hoped, will conduce to the more efficient work ing of the new dock. 7. The owners, shippers, or consignees of goods landed or shipped at the quays of the new dock may, by special enact ment, employ their own carts in the conveyance of goods, and may employ the carters in loading and unloading the carts; but the carters are subjected to the same regulations as the servants of the Trustees. 8. It may be proper to state that a proviso was proposed to be inserted in the bill limiting the power of the trustees and the power of the owners, masters, or consignees of vessels to make warehouse entries, until after the expiration of any lay days to which the owners or consignees of the goods might be entitled ; but as such limitation was subsequently consi dered a deviation from the agreement between the promoters and the opponents of the bill, the clause was abandoned. 9. Lastly, the prohibition as to a director or other officer of the Harrington and Herculaneum Docks being a member of the dock committee has been extended to the director or other officer of any dock, quay, pier, or landing-place which may be formed within the port, and which may be entitled to exemption from the dock rates. _ The committee, on presenting their last report, rejoice that their parliamentary labours have been at last rewarded with success ; for although the original object of obtaining the ad vantages of dock warehouses, unfettered by any hostile or repugnant limitations, has not_ been completely achieved, they have the satisfaction of considering that their labours have resulted in a measure which forms a new era in the his tory of Liverpool, and which they firmly believe will, by facilitating and fostering commerce, extend her connexions abroad, increase her prosperity and influence at home, and elevate her stilt higher amongst the maritime cities of the empire. CHAS. HORSFALL, Chairman to the Committee Mr. BOOTH begged to move the thanks of the committee to the parliamentary sub-committee for their long and very able exertions in carrying this bill through parliament. Mr. T. HOLT seconded the motion.—Carried. WEST INDIAN PACKET STATION. The Marine Surveyor was instructed to proceed to London to give evidence before the committee of the the House of Commons on the superior claims of Liverpool to be appointed the port for the arrival and departure of the West India mail packets. QUEEN ' S DOCK QUAYS. A short conversation took place relative to the filling up of the slips at this dock. L?tters were read from Mr. Chaloner and Mr. Ewin and at the close of the discussion the fu rther co nsideration of g, the subject was deferred sine die. PRINCE'S BASIN GRAVING BLOCK. A letter was read from the South Harbour Master, stating that the graving block on the north side of Prince's Basin was now completed, and that a man would be required for its superintendence. The application was referred to the Harbour Masters' Sub-committee. WAGES OF DOCK-GATEMEN An application for an increase of wages from certain dock gatemen was declined. HOUSE AT THE CENTRAL POLICE STATION. _ --- - Superintendent Quick was accepted as the tenant of this house, at a rent of £25 per annum, in the place of Mr. Superintendent Tyrell, appointed Governor of the Lunatic Hospital. DUPLICATE LIGHTSHIP. The CHAIRMAN said he wished to take the opin ion of the committee as to the necessity of keeping the Comet duplicate lightship constantly afloat in the summer months. After the great storm in 1839 it was decided that it should be so kept ; but it appeared to him that there was no occasion for it during the summer months. She could go out at any tide. A MEMBER asked what was the expense of maintaining the Comet The SECRETARY replied £2 2s a-week. Mr. CHAPMAN really thought the vessel should be con tinued. An accident might arise to the lightships when least expected. Mr. TOBIN, supposing the Comet should not be kept up„ asked what the committee would do in case of any of the present lightships being accidentally run foul of ? The conversation then dropped • he Chairman stating that he did not wish any change to be made, but he thought it his duty to mention the subject to the committee. DEPARTMENT OF SURVEYOR. Mr. HORSFALL enquired whether and if not when the sub-committee appointed on this subject were prepared ' with a report. Mr. MELLOR, the chairman of the sub-committee, said they were not. They had been waiting for some returns from Mr. Hartley, which (as we understood) they bad re ceived this week, and no time would be lost in making a report. The committee then separated EXTRAORDINARY FIELDS OF ICE IN THE ATLANTIC. The following letter, which will be found very interesting, was given to us by the commander of the Great Western, on board that vessel " Great Western Steam Ship, Bristol Channel, May 14, 1841 4 . Sir,—Under the impression that ice, to the extent it has been seen this year, has never before been heard of in these latitudes, I give the following particulars for the information of your readers :—On Sunday, April 18, the ship steering west, at six p.m., first saw one iceberg on the starboard bows, at 7 30 passed it; at that time four or five others in tight; at 9 15 passed several small pieces of ice—slowed the engines. In a few minutes after the ship was surrounded, by light field ice, which appeared similar to a field. I ran through on the 11th February, 1839; this induced me to go slowly, with the hopes of getting through as I had done on that occasion ; but by 9 30, finding it became closely packed and much thicker, prudence dictated our escape by the same channel we had entered. I then stopped, and attempted to get the ship's head to the eastward by turning a-head and astern until there was room for her to come round ; in the course of this operation the ship had occasionally (at least) two strokes heel given by either wheel passing over large masses of ice. At 10 15 succeeding in getting the ship's head to the eastward, and by 11 entirely clear, from that time went slowly, passing several icebergs ' • the night at times was very clear, the aurora borealis very bright. At 330 a.m. of the 11th, again got embayed in the ice, stopped, hauled short round on our keel, and steered out E by S, coasting the ice for 5 or 6 miles ; 4 20, kept her to the westward running through innumerable icebergs until 8 30, when we passed the last iceberg and point of the field ice. 44 When the sun arose the ice was visible as far as the eye could reach in an unbroken line from NE to E by the north ward to NW by W., at the same time icebergs innumerable in every direction, forming one of the most magnificent sights I ever beheld. " The first iceberg we saw was in lat. 43, long. 48.30, and this last in lat. 42.20, long. 50.0. lam quite sure there was an unbroken field of that extent, and from what I heard from Captain Bailly, of the American packet ship United States, I have no doubt the field ice extended, with very little breaks, to lat. 40:30, where Captain Bailly fell in with it on the morn ing of the 18th. " Several other ships also fell in with it i n th e same longi tude, and were completely stopped, giving them an opportu nity of killing seals, which were on it in great numbers. " Some of the icebergs I estimate a little (if at all) less than a mile long. and from 150 to 200 feet high ; this field of ice was in large masses, some of them not less than 20 feet square by 6 feet thick or more. " The temperature of the water, when within two miles of the first iceberg seen , fell suddenly from 5 0 degrees to 36 de grees ; air, 40 degrees to 36 degrees. " When in the ice the water was 25 degrees, air, 28 de grecs; during the rema inder of the night and foll owing morning the water was no t hi g her than 30 degrees, nor the air higher than 32 degrees. I mme diately after passing the last ice the water became 36 degrees, and the air 42 degrees. " I am, Sir, &c., " JAMES HOSKEN, Captain." Dora, the only daughter of Wordsworth, the poet, wat married last week, at Bath, to Mr. EdwardCluillrnan, of Canterbury. Th e v enerable poet has for some time pass been residing at Bath, principally for the benefit of his health. ALARMING INCIDENT.—The celebrated revivalist, Mr. Burns, has agai n v i s i te d P er th, and preached three times during the on Sunday l as t—t w i ce i n Ki nn oull-street church the day, and once in St. Leonard's in the evening. His audiences were, of course, densely crowded. In the former place of worship, th e vestry, wh i c h opens into the church. was packed almost to suffocation. Mr. Burns himself had just merged from " this black hole of Calcutta," and was proceeding towards the pulpit, when the joisting which sup ported the floor gave way, and the inmates were precipitated into the cellar below: The scene there baffles description, but it was feared by many that it would have been produc tive of much more terrible and fatal results in the body of the church. The screaming and cries from below led the people in the gallery especially, to fancy that the church, or part of it at least, was falling, and an awful commotion arose everywhere. The preacher, however, hurriedly as.. cended the pulpit stairs, succeeded in obtaining a hearing, and persuading the congregati on t h at t h ere was no d anger whatever,just when they-were about to make the rush which in similar cases has proved so fatal. Fortunately no serious injury was sustained by anybody.—Pert4 Constitutional. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS THE INLAND WAREHOUSING BILL A special meeting of the Town Council was held on Wed nesday, to consider and determine as to the proceedings to be taken in opposition to the inland Warehousing Bill, par ticularly in respect to petitions to the legislature in the name of the council, and the expense to be incurred by the corpo ration, and to consider how far the resolution of the council of the sth of May should be rescinded or varied. The MA ox, having taken the chair at eleven o'clock, said the first step to be taken would be to read the requisition which had occasioned the special meeting of the council. Having read it accordingly, be next read the summons con vening the meeting, which was to the following effect : " Town-hall, 15th May, 1841. Sir,—You are summoned to attend a special meeting of the council, on Wednesday next, the 19th of May inst., at. eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in the council chamber, within the Town-hall, to consider and determine as to the proceedings to be taken in opposition to the inland ware houseing bill, particularly in respect of petitions to the legis lature in the name of the council, and the expense to be incurred by the corporation. "And also to consider and determine how far the follow ing resolution of the council, holden on the sth of May instant, shall be rescinded or varied. " Resolved—That a special committee be now appointed to oppose the inland warehousing bill by any means in their power, and that the mayor be authorised to affix the seal to any petition to parliament that the committee may deem ne cessary " By order of the mayor, RICHARD RADCLIFFE, Town-clerk." Mr. JOHN HOLMES moved that the proceedings of the special committee appointed upon the sth instant be read. The Deputy TOWN-CLERK read them accordingly. The following is a copy : " At a meeting of the special committee appointed by the council of the sth of May. 1841, on the subject of the inland bonding bill, held the 10th of May, 1841—present, W. Birkett, John Holmes, W. Purser Freme, and Christopher Bushell. " Resolved—That Mr. Birkett be appointed chairman. " Resolved also—That the town-clerk be directed to pre pare the draft of a petition on the principle now suggested by the committee, for the consideration and approval of the committee,and this committee be adjourned to to-morrow, at half-past eleven o'clock. " At an adjourned meeting of the committee, held on the 11th of May, 1841—present, William Birkett, Esq., chair man ; W. P. Freme, Robertson Gladstone, John Holmes, and Christopher Bushell—the town-clerk having submitted the draft of the petition against the proposed measure, " Resolved—That the draft, as now altered by the com mittee, is approved ; and that two copies thereof be en grossed, one for each house of parliament, and that the wor shipful the mayor be requested to affix the seal to the same when so engrossed. " Resolved—That the chairman and Mr. Bushell be ap pointed a deputation to proceed to London to oppose the bill " WILLIAM BIRKETT." The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK next read the petition to parliament, which had been adopted by the special com mittee, as follows : " To the Right Honourable the Lords spiritual and tempo ral of the IThited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . _ in parliament assembled ; " The humble Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur gesses of the Borough of Liverpool, " Showeth, " That your petitioners observe that a bill is introduced into your right honourable house for the warehousing of foreign goods at inland towns. " That this bill will be found to he unsupported by ade quate public grounds, injurious as it must be to the revenue. " That it would be oppressive as regards extensive ware house property at the seaports, and particularly at Liverpool, and of little advantage to the parties in inland towns who seek its provisions. " That these individuals make no secret that after the proposed measure is once introduced, it will be quickly fol lowed by the removal of all the conditions and exceptions with which its proposal by the present bill is accompanied. " That by an existing regulation it has hitherto been deemed proper, for security and economy,' that the privilege of storing goods in bond, at Liverpool, should be restricted to warehouses within 400 yards from the dock quays ; but now, the present bill proposes the additional risk and expense of removal from the seaports to distant inland towns. " That the value of warehouse property in Liverpool, erected on the faith of the general warehousing system, may , be reasonably computed at no less than four millions sterl ing—a very large proportion of which within the 400 yards is licensed for the reception of bonded goods. " That this warehouse accommodation is amply sufficient for the whole district for which Liverpool is the principal port, and has been called into existence by the present system. " That in conclusion the proposed measure " I.—Would be injurious to the warehouse property at the seaports, and not only so, but "2.—Would be of little advantage to the individuals seeking it in the inland towns, and " 3.—Would be attended with insecurity and conse quent injury to the fair trader, and with great ex pense to the revenue in watching the goods from the seaports to the inland towns, and in maintain ing, by new customs establishments, the ware housing system in those towns, for the preserva tion of the revenue. " Your petitioners therefore pray that the bill may not pass into a law, and that your petitioners may be heard before your right honourable house, or any committee thereof, by themselves, their counsel, agents, or witnesses, against the bill and the provisions thereof ; and your petitioners will ever pray, and so forth. Given under the common seal of the borough. (Signed) Trios. BOLTON, Mayor." Mr. JOHN H OLMES said that if be were in order he would move the confirmation of the proceedings of the special com mittee ANDS observed that he should be happy to second the motion The MAYOR said the motion was not exactly in order The proper course to pursue would be for the persons who had signed the requisition for the meeting to state their views and objects in the first instance, and for the discussion to follow. Mr. Evans was the first of the requisitionists. Mr. EVANS said he had a motion to make. Of course, as his name was at the head of the requisition, he conceived be had the right of initiating the subject; but before he com menced he would be glad to know whether the petition was gone off or not ? The MAYOR said that Mr. Birkett would perhaps answer the question. Mr. BIRKETT had no objeetion to state any and everything in explanation which might be required, but first he wished to ascertain the nature of Mr. Evans's motion. The MAYOR repeated the question. It was simply whether the petition was gone off or not? Mr. BIRKETT replied, decidedly not. Mr. EVANS said, before he proceeded to an analysis of the petition he wished the Council to reflect that, whatever its determination might be, it would not be acting inconsistently by entertaining this question ; but by rescinding the motion of the sth, it would only be rallying into consistency. This Council, the Council which now sat, no election having in tervened, had decided, by a majority, that on the subject of the Inland Warehousing Bill it would maintain a strict neu trality. Having decided that it would not interfere, that it would lie neutral, if he (Mr. Evans) had any idea of consis tency, it was inconsistent for the Council to act in opposition to what it had already gravely decided upon. It struck him as extraordinary how this bill obtained admission into the finance proceedings, for it was there without note or comment. The Council had declared to the world that they would be neutral,. which had no doubt influenced the Councils at other places. They had given a moral pledge to inland towns that they would not interfere, and he could not figure to himself any gentleman going to London to confront those to whom he alluded, without a blush and a feeling of liability to the charge of having acted with bad faith. Mr. Evans pro ceeded to contend that the measure would be perfectly harm less so far as Liverpool was concerned, and to answer the various points set forward in the petition. With respect to the allegation that it would be injurious to the measure, he thought that was not a subject for discussion in that room. The warehouses of Liverpool, he believed, would not be in jured at all. It was not likely that warehouses would be made in inland towns for bonded goods when there were warehouses on the spot. Mr. Evans directed his observations chiefly to that part of the petition which alleged the value of the warehouse property in this town to be four millions sterling. After the exposure of the fallacy of this assertion on a,former occasion be must suppose it to have been now inserted either in perfect ignorance of such exposure, or with the greatest hardihood. He would not reply upon this were it not that it was committing the Council to a gross misstate ment. Mr. Evans proceeded to prove the fallacy of the statement, which he said he did from approved authorities, first, by taking the whole superficial extent of the warehouse property at 1,220,000 yards, and calculating it at £2 per square yard ; and, secondly, by taking the ground area at 187,000 square yards, and calculating it at £l2 per square yard, by each of which systems he had the same results, or £2,244,000. Taking the annual increase of the warehouses, and calculating it at seven per cent., which was acknowledged to be the rate of interest accruing from warehouse property, it appeared to be worth £1,926,542. Taking into considera tion the number of warehouses which were used for other purposes than storing goods they might deduct one-fourth, and he believed that the true value was nearer to a million and a half than four millions. After animadverting on the other clauses of the petition, Mr. Evans moved that the pe tition in question be withdrawn, and that parliamentary op position to the Inland Warehousing Bill be not persevered in. Mr. JORDAN seconded the motion. Mr. BENN supported the motion. Mr. JOHN HOLMES moved as an amendment, "That the Council confirm the resolution of the Council come to on the sth- instant, appointing a committee, with full powers, to oppose the Inland Bonding Bill, and that the proceedings of the said committee be now confirmed." Mr. SANDS seconded the amendment, and said he under stood it had never been intended that the value of warehouse property should be inserted in the petition. Its insertion had been owing to some mistake. He had listened with much surprise to the speech delivered by Mr. Evans, and to that part also of Mr. Benn's in which the latter gentleman as serted that the people of Liverpool had no right to feel them selves aggrieved. He (Mr. Sands) maintained that they had every right to complain, the more particularly as it appear ed, from Mr. Evans's speech, if he understood it rightly, that a sort of private compact existed between the Manches ter gentlemen and the Dock Committee who were up in Lon don, to theeffect that if the Manchester gentlemen supported the Liverpool in obtaining the dock bill, the Liverpool gen tlemen would support the Manchester in obtaining the in land warehousing bill. (No, no.) It appeared, then, that there existed a private compact. Mr. EVANS denied that any such compact existed, and was proceeding to explain, when he was interrupted by cries of " Chair," and " Order." The MAYOR thought that Mr. Sands should be allowed to proceed. Mr. EVANS said he merely wished to say a few words in explanation, in order to set Mr. Sands right on the sub ject. (Hear.) The MAYOR informed Mr. Evans that he would be afford ed an opportunity afterwards of explaining, but that at pre sent Mr. Sands was in possession. Mr. SANDS proceeded to observe that he had certainly in ferred from the tenor of Mr. Evans's observations, that there existed a private compact between the two parties. If however, his inference was an erroneous one, it would be for Mr. Evans to explain, but he had understood him to say that the council had pledged itself to the principle of non interference. Mr. Benn had further informed the council that the deputation told the Manchester gentlemen that the council would not oppose the passing of the inland warehous ing bill. According to Mr. Evans, the bill, if carried, would merely cause the erection of a few bonded vaults in the inland towns, but if this were so, why should such enormous ex penses be incurred as by the act was proposed for keeping up customhouse-officers for that which was not beneficial. If it were, however, beneficial to Manchester, it would, in the same ratio, be injurious to Liverpool. Mr. EVANS explained. No contract had been made with the Manchester gentlemen. An implied one existed, inas much as the council had already decided on maintaining neutral ground. Mr. SANDS was glad to find it admitted that an implied contract of the kind had absolutely had existence. Mr. G. IiOLT thought; that Mr. Evans's explanation was not quite as full as he expected it would have been. The fact was, that the Liverpool deputation had merely conveyed to the Manchester gentlemen what had taken place in the council. There existed no private agreement between the parties, but merely a conveyanceyaahe had said, was made to the M a nchester deputation of What the council bad been pleased to determine. The slightest pledge of any kind had not been given. (Hear.) Mr. EVANS said that so far from any such pledge having been given, the Liverpool council continued to oppose them. Mr. BENN corroborated the explanation given by Mr. George Holt. , _ Mr. G. HOLT thought that if the council were about to present a foolish petition - to parliament against the contem plated bill, they ought to speak the truth, and not represent thevalue of- warehouse property to be four millions, when a inillion and a half, or two millions would be nearer the mark. Mr. BIRKETT considered it desirable that the council should understand the position in which it was at present placed. When he bad brought forward a motion on the in land warehousing bill, it would be in the recollection of the members that there was no bill then before the house, and that Mr. Case objected to his motion at the time, because there was nothing before parliament. Having been in Lon don, and hearing that such a measure was about to be intro duced, he (Mr. B.) thought it his duty to bring the matter at that early period before the council. Many gentlemen took part against his motion, and it had been eventually stated that when the proper time arrived, the Finance Committee, being authorised to watch the bringing in of bills into the house, would take the matter up. When the proper time did arrive—that was, when the bill had been introduced into the House of Commons, the Finance Committee, following up the line of conduct pointed out, made a representation to the council that such a bill had been brought forward, and then the mayor had given it as his opinion that the period had arrived for the council to take up the matter. The sub ject was then brought forward; forty-six members were pre sent, and by a majority, exclusively composed of the repre sentatives of the burgesses, a committee to oppose the bill was appointed. Perhaps the council would allow him to say how the representatives of the burgesses in the council stood in this matter. (Hear, hear.) There was, then, a very large majority of the representatives of the burgesses in favour ofopposition being rendered to the bill. (Hear, hear.) Mr. EVANS.—Is this orderly? Mr. ISAAC HOLMES.—Undoubtedly it is. Mr. BIRKETT maintained that he was perfectly in order. He had taken down the words used by Mr. Evans with re spect to the representation of the town, and he thought he had a perfect right to show that the majority of the represen tatives of the burgesses were in favour of the motion which had therefore been submitted to the council. (Hear, hear.) In the first place, he would take the liberty of informing the council that out of the seven who had signed the requisition upon which the present special meeting of the council had been convened, four were aldermen. (Hear.) One of those aldermen sat in the council with the same right as he (Mr. B.) did himself, because he had been elected by the council, and not rejected by the burgesses ; whereas, the other three consisted of men who had been rejected by the burgesses, and absolutely sat in the council with the opinions of the burgesses against them. (Hear, bear.) It was right, there fore, that the question of the representation of the town should be fairly understood. His own impression was, that aldermen who had been elected by the council, after having been rejected by the burgesses, could have no grounds for sitting there except those of legal sufferance. (Hear, hear, and uproar.) The MAYOR interrupted. Aldermen had as much right to sit in the council as either Mr. Birkett or, himself had. All the members sat there on legal sufferance. Mr. BIRKETT said he should not have alluded to the sub ject, had not Mr. Evans talked of the representation of the town in the council. He would ask, who were the parties authorised to give the pledge of which mention had been made, or why it was that they were to be considered as dis graced for having opposed such a bill as the present? Surely they were not disgracing themselves for standing up for the town, its trade, and its property ? With regard to the value of the warehouses being set down at four millions, %is own impres sion was that that had been objected to, and that it had been overstated. He differed in opinion with Mr. Evans when he said that any opposition rendered to the bill would turn out to be inoperative. Mr. Evans had given no reasons for thinking that it would be inoperative, but had merely dealt in assertions. He (Mr. B.) thought it the duty of the council to stand up for the town, and he also thought that any ex penses incurred in rendering opposition to such a bill as the present would be perfectly justifiable under the circum stances. For what purpose, he would ask, had the members been sent to the council ? Councils had been appointed for the express purpose of doing that generally which indiviauals were unable to do as individuals. They all knew that when the representatives of large bodies moved, they moved in a much better and more effective manner than when individu als, single-handed, proceeded to work, inasmuch as they had all their machinery complete. He thought he could claim for the committee the confidence of the council for the manner in which they had hitherto conducted the opposition to the bill. The petition had not been as yet sent off to London, neither had any expenses been incurred. He had written to both the members for the borough to ascertain the period when the bill would be brought - before the house ; but there was no intention, as had been asserted by Mr. Evans, of em ploying barristers to conduct the opposition. He thought the council would not place itself in any invidious light by ad hering to the resolution which it had so recently adopted. Himself and his colleague had been asked in their capacity of churchwardens, to convene a sheeting of the parishioners to take the subject into consideration, hut he had told the re quisitionists to wait until it was first seen what resolution the council would adopt. He had been asked since the Mon day preceding, and he certainly found it difficult to furnish a suitable reply to the question, whether the parties who bad been getting up the present meeting and opposing the in terests of the town were mad. (Hear, hear.) He unques tionably did not consider them to be very wise, and he men tioned the fact to show the feeling which pervaded the minds of the public out of doors. Mr. Birkett concluded by stating, that with respect to the mistake about the four mil lions i❑ the petition, he thought he might say on the part of the committee that it would be amended. _ Mr. FREME said he had objected in committee to the in sertion of the four millions in the petition, that Mr. Glad stone had also objected to it, and that he understood it to he the unanimous decision of the committee that it should not be inserted. He was much surprised, therefore, at seeing it retained, and thought the town-clerk might be able to explain how-it had occurred. He had objected to it on two grounds —first, because he thought they ought to have had some data for it, and next, because he thought it made against their ar gument. He believed that Mr. Evans had understated the value of warehouse property in the town, and that its actual value lay between Mr. Evans's statement and that contained in the petition. The TOWN-CLERK explained. In the instructions he had received the value of the warehouse property was computed at not less than four millions, and upon those instructions he had prepared the petition. He was not of opinion that he had received any instructions to qualify that statement, but some misapprehension might possibly have existed upon his part. Mr. JAMES LAWUENCE asked whether there would be any objection to read the former resolutions which had been come to on this subject? Mr. Evans having said that the council were pledged to neutrality, he (Mr. Lawrence) wished to know if that were the fact? The TOWN-CLERK did not find that there was any resolu tion on the books, but his own impression, or rather his conviction, was, that a motion had been made, by way of recommendation to the finance committee, to watch the pro gress of bills in parliament ; and that recommendation having been made, it did not appear on the face of the council pro: ceedings_ Mr. JAS. LAWRENCE then asked whether, if it was not on the proceedings, the council could be considered as pledged? Mr. BIRKETT briefly explained the way in which the mat ter stood, and at the close of the explanation, Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said he coud not discover that the council was pledged in any way. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SHIEL explained that a motion was brought forward as an amendment on the proceedings of the Finance Com mittee, that they oppose the Inland Bonding Bill, which motion was lost, the Council deciding that no steps should be taken in the matter. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE agreed with Mr. Shiel, that the subject had received a full and fair discussion at the time to which he alluded, but they had then been told that they were precipitate. The fact of its having come before the Finance Committee afterwards showed that at least that committee considered it entitled to a full and fair consideration. Why had the council agreed to discuss it at all? They ought to have been told that they were pledged, and that they were bound in honour not to go further, and that would have been the time for Mt. Evans to have told the council what had passed in London. (Hear, hear.) He confessed that if those several things had been done, they might have made some impression on his mind. As to the question itself, he was not at all afraid of it. He did not think that warehouses in the inland towns would damage Liverpool. He had said heretofore that they were unnecessary, and that they were designed for the purposes of patronage and jobbing, and he thought so still. He believed that the interests of Man chester and Liverpool were very much united. He was against the rescinding of the original resolution of the coun cil, because it would open a door to faction. When parties were so evenly balanced in the council, how often would it happen that half a dozen gentlemen would get up a requisi tion to the mayor to convene a special meeting in order to rescind or vary former acts, when they conceived that one man was out of town and another man indisposed ! (Hear, hear.) It was upon this ground more than upon any other that he called upon the council to vote in favour of the origi nal resolution. Mr. Parker and Mr. Aikin rose together, but the latter having given way, Mr. PARKER proceeded to say that Mr. Birkett seemed at a loss to account for the conduct of Mr. Evans. He (Mr. P.) was not at all at a loss to account for it. As the leader of the radical party, Mr. Evans must feel nettled at seeing any of his pet measures successfully opposed ; but the party should make up their minds to be placed in the position of the mi nority of the council on msny occasions for the future. (Hear, hear.) The question with him (Mr. Parker) was, whether the bill affected the constituency he had the honour to represent ; and, in his opinion, it affected them so far as it encouraged inland bonding in other towns, and decreased bonding in the same ratio in seaports. He was satisfied that if the council rescinded the resolution which had been so unanimously, fairly, and honourably passed in council that day fortnight, there was not a ward in the town that would not protest against it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. AIKIN said, the present question had been four times before the council, on two of which occasions it had been fully discussed. On the last occasion it was brought forward rather by a sidewind than otherwise, many of the members of council having left, under an impression that there was nothing in the proceedings of the finance committee which called for discussion ; and if, upon that occasion, they had gone to the vote two or three minutes sooner or later than the had, the thing would have been lost. He, therefore, thanked Mr. Evans for having afforded the council an op portunity for considering the matter again. On reading the petition, which he would not praise for its literary merits, or the principles it involved, he would proceed to reply to its first and second clauses, in which it set forth that the bill would be injurious to warehouse property, and that it would be of little advantage to the individuals seeking to obtain it. Both those propositions could not be correct ; one or the other of them should be untrue. If it were injurious to Li verpool, it must be beneficial to the inland towns, and if be neficial to the inland towns, why did Liverpool oppose it? Did not the council, on the very face of the petition, declare themselves to be selfish, and that they were pursuing a course of conduct in itself unjust? He trusted the petition would not be adopted, and that the seal would be torn from the bond. Mr. HENRY LAWRENCE rose fer the purpose of setting Mr. Aikihright, that gentleman having said that the present question had been smuggled before the council on the last occasion. The fact was otherwise, for, according to the no tice which had been issued, it stated that " the proceedings of the finance committee, comprising the inland warehousing bill," would come under consideration. Mr. HARBORD said the four millions which was stated to be the value of the warehouse property, was made up by the addition of the value of the land which was fit for warehouse purposes. Mr. BLACKBURN supported Mr. Evans's motion. He en treated of the council to act with consistency, and said that the act of depriving inland towns of the benefit arising from bonded warehouses was one of despicable selfishness upon the part of Liverpool. Liverpool wanted no little paltry thing of the kind to maintain herbrosperity ; all she looked for was—a clear stage and no favour. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE thought the gentlemen with whom he usually acted bad, on. the present occasion, good grounds for complaint. (Hear, hear.) The considera tion of this subject had been fairly and honestly brought before the council by Mr. Birkett ; it was discussed when forty-six members were present, the majority decided that the corporation should oppose the bill, a committee was-ap pointed and approved of by the council, the committee met they drew up a petition to parliament, and that peti tion had received the common seal of the corporation. (Hear, hear, hear.) Certainly one portion, he must admit, of that petition had been very properly brought before the notice of the council by Mr. Alderman Evans, but Mr. Alderman Freme had accounted for the introduction of that particular part which touched upon the value of warehouse property, and he (Mr. Gladstone) could confirm what Mr. Alderman Freme had stated. (Hear, hear.) But he would ask, what could he the object of re-opening a question on which the council had already decided, a proceeding which, under all the circumstances, was without a precedent since he had held a seat in that council. Was it to affirm the principle that all majorities were minorities? If that was the case, what a debt was owing to those gentlemen who sat at his end of the council-room since the passing of the mu nicipal reform bill ! (Hear, hear.) Was this the object of those gentlemen who were in favour of the inland bonding bill? Though they refrained from taking an open part in forwarding it, was it possible for them not to admit the prin ciple that some injury might be sustained by Liverpool? Else why did not the council take it up as a national subject —as a national benefit—as they have done other measures, but that they had a secret feeling, which told them it must to a certain extent injure that property which they were bound to protect. These were his sentiments ; other gentlemen might argue'the subject as they chose. (Hear, hear.) Now, why did those tentlemen absent themselves, when this sub ject was lately d%cussed who were broughtthere to-day? What was he to infer from their conduct but this—that they thought the opposition proposed to be offered to the inland bonding bill was right and just in itself ? (Hear.) If that were not the case, he defied any gentleman to infer less unfavourably of their conduct than that they had exhibited a sort of cold neutrality in the matter. (Hear.) Upon a former occasion this measure was termed a sort of harmless phantom, that ho one could approach, as injurious—a sort of child of the inland towns. He feared that a very troublesome child it would prove, and what was more, that it would ripen into manhood, and that it would show Liverpool what it could effect by her empty warehouses. (Great applause.) If, upon the other hand, the measure was an innocuous one, if, as was said, it was not calculated to do harm to the interests of Liverpool, how did gentlemen account for the greediness and avidity with which the inland towns were using all their means to obtain this measure ? (Hear. hear.) We heard of individual opinions, to the contrary, but were those opinions to be set up in opposition to those of the inland towns, which claimed to have bonding warehouses, and who bad, no doubt, weighed the advantages to be derived from them ? It was very seldom that he (Mr. Gladstone) ventured to refer to the opinions and actions of other members of the council, because he thought each member had quite enough to do to keep in proper train their own sentiments, and to act for themselves without reference to what others in the council might say or do. But he confessed that when he heard a lecture upon the subject of consistency, falling from the individual who pre ceded him, he was somewhat startled. If he might be per mitted to advert to it, as consistency was one of the grounds upon which the propriety of the council reconsidering this measure, was advocated, he would recall to the recollection of the council, some discussions which had taken place in that room, which some gentlemen who were new members might not be aware of, and which showed with what jealousy the council viewed the subject of their own consistency. He was not departing from the course of argument he was bound to adere to when he said he must allude to what had fallen from one member upon the subject of the Botanic Garden being opened upon Sunday, and on the question of this coun cil subscribing to the funds for carrying on those gardens, " upon the condition of their .being opened upon the Sab bath day." The gentleman who had preceded him, and who was remarkably fond of taunting the tories, and of directing his spleen towards them, who seemed to like a tory as he would something which should be nameless, and whose own character and consistency was so spotless upon this particu lar subject, on the 6th May, 1840, stated in that room that it was unlawful—sinful—to open the gardens upon Sunday, and that the Sabbath was not intended for the purposes of recreation. Yet upon the Bth of July, in the same year, he turned round, eat his own words, and voted right in the face of the sentiments he had uttered on the 6th May. Gentlemen who came lately into that Council should have some ideaof this consistency ; because the consistency of the Council was not the touchless phantom he had alluded to, but something to laylold upon, and he hoped they would attentively take it into their consideration. He might also express a hope that those gentlemen who sat on his side of the room would on all occasions continue to conduct themselves like gentlemen ; that when they made remarks upon others they might be made in a better spirit, and in language more appropriate than that just directed against his (Mr. Gladstone's) friends. (" Hear," and applause.) Did the Council wish him to refer to any other instances, to 'remind them of their inconsis tency ? Should he bring forward the question of the admis sion of reporters to the Dock Committee? Should he remind the Council how often that object was discussed and defeated, brought forward by a " Tory," and that they adhered with the utmost tenacity to their opinion, and refused to admit the press. (Hear, hear.) But what did they do afterwards? Why, they too absolutely turned round and voted the other way ! (Hear.) Reporters were then admitted. (Hear, hear.) That was a sample of their consistency. Now this subject of consistency led him to another equally dear to the Council, namely, the question of interference and non-inter ference. If there was a bill brought forward by the legisla ture in which the Council had no direct interest—for altering the municipal representation of Ireland—a bill for reducing the rates of postage—or for removing the disabilities of the Jews—or any other measure which, locally speaking, they had no connexion with—then the order of the day was " in teeerence ;" but how was it when the property of the Corporation was attacked ? Have they attended to the oath or affirmation taken by every gentleman before entering that Council? Did they not bind themselves, if not by that oath or affirmation, at least by promises to their constituents be fore they were elected, to protect the property with the charge of which they were invested for the welfare of the town? (Hear.) Yet, it would almost seem they, with their eyes open, positively permitted others, in violation of the pledge which they were bound to adhere to, and upon the ground of " liberality," to come into the town-hall to pick our pockets, and say "Gentlemen, pray go on, we will not look at you r, (Great applause.) These were the views be had formed as regarded his own line of conduct, and for himself had laid down this ground, that unless he did to the best of his ability defend those interests which were committed to his charge, however deficient in ability, he was guilty of a serious and responsible neglect of duty. (Loud cheers.) Another point, tauntingly as it was put, and to which he (Mr. Gladstone) should not have alluded, had it not been mentioned by the preceding speaker—was this. We were told that the oppo nents of the inland warehousing bill, in defending their own and the property of the corporation, had something to gain, that the) were actuated by a selfish motive iu their opposi tion. They could, however, throw the taunt back to the other side, they had nothing to lose." (Hear, hear.) How stood the account then ? (Hear.) If the council should decide, by its votes, that the opposition to the inland ware housing bill should not be proceeded with, it appeared to him that there would be one of two courses left—for the gen tlemen with whom he meant to vote—to adopt. If excite ment and agitation were to be the means used by some mem bers of the council there, it would be for the opponents of the bill to agitate also, and to move fora reconsideration of the sub ject. That was one course. The second was, for the true and "unforced" majority, to send a deputation from their own body —to proceed to London to carry on the object of that petition before parliament, and there to oppose the bill. They were the true and natural majority, free from all compulsion, who decided in that room that the bill should be opposed by this council, and that that opposition should be grounded npon the fact that the passing of the bill must be injurious to the interests of Liverpool, which they were sworn to protect. (Hear, hear.) It was unnecessary for him to follow the ar guments used. by Mr. Alderman Evans. He (Mr. Gladstone) was one of those who thought that good might ensue from the passing of the dock warehouse bill ; but he thought there were few who were not prepared to admit that that bill, even supposing it to confer some benefits, would prove to have been purchased at an exorbitant price, were there no other concession than that given to Cheshire. Mr. Alderman Blackburne had argued, as others had done, that no injury could result to Liverpool from the passing of this measure. This ground he considered, as he had already said, to be un tenable; for the measure must of necessity, as it conferred benefit on the inland towns, inflict injury on the seaport towns. A course of neutrality, on the part of the council, was much to be deprecated ; and let them argue as they chose, it was impossible to conceal the fact, that if this bill were passed into a law, which he hoped it would not be, there could be no other result than that it should affect this town and the property in it, as he had stated, and damage those interests which they were there to protect. Mr. Alderman BLACKBURNE said he had no recollection of the circumstance to which Mr. Gladstone had alluded. Mr. Gladstone said he would read, from two numbers of the Liverpool Standard, what had passed on the occasions he alluded to, which having done with the permission of the council, Mr. Alderman Blackburne stated Mr. Gladstone had not made out his charge, and accused him of malice pre pense in bringing it forward. Mr. PLATT supported the motion. His own experience proved, he said, that however Manchester might be benefitted, Liverpool would not be injured by the proposed bill. The MAYOR said Mr. John Holmes had altered the terms of his amendment. It would now stand as follows : " That this council do now confirm the resolution of the council come to on the sth instant, appointing a committee, with full powers, to oppose the inland bonding bill, with the correction of the amount of warehouse property in the petition." Mr. CASE said he had hitherto given a silent vote on the subject. He had voted on the last occasion for non-inter ference, and he still co n ti nue d o f t h e same opinion, for he thought the measure wou ld not i n the slightest degree injure Liverpool. Mr. EVANS replied, and the council divided, when the amendment was carried by a majority of 26 to 25. The fol is a ltst of the division : For the amendment.—Messrs. J. Holmes, Hodgson, Isaac Holmes, Houghton, Copeland, Wright, Barton, Blundell, Henry Holmes, Sands, J. Lawrence, Robinson, Cooper, H. Lawrence, Wood, Birkett, Gladsto ne , P roctor, Kilshaw, Parker, R . Jones, Leigh, John Smith, G. H. Lawrence, A. Smith, and Harbord. Against the amendment.—Messrs. Quayle, Thornhill, Case, Mellor, Walmsley, Aikin, Woollright, Priestley, More croft, Slater, M`Kee, Jordan, Platt, Mather, J. Hornby, T. Holt, Bulley, Blackburn, Booth, Sheil, Evans, Barclay, Benn, G. Holt, and the Mayor. The council broke up at a quarter before two o'clock. STATE OF TRADE There was no change in the market yesterday ; the demand continued quite as inanimate as ever, and the gradually in creasing stocks of the spinners and manufacturers compelled many persons to sell at prices involving the most ruinous sacrifices. Nor does there seem to be th e s li g h test prospect of improvement, ex cept from a great diminuti on o f p ro d uce ; and that diminution is no rapidly taking place. We under stand, that most of the spinners at Bolton, Rochdale, Bury, and Lancaster, have commenced, or are about commencing, to work four days per week only ; and there is some expec tation, that a similar measure will be very shortly adopted at Preston, in which case we believe it will become quite gene ral throughout the district. — Manchester Guardian. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 17.—The market has been of a very discoura g i ng na t ure to- d ay, the demand being very limited, and prices uncommonly low. The wool market has been quite as bad as the piece market, with little change in prices. The woollen and cotton trade in this town are both growing worse, and several of the cotton fac tories are working only four days a-week. The poor-rates are fast increasing, and the overseers find daily a greater difficulty in collecting them. How THE ANTI-CORN -LAW PETITIONS ARE GOT LP.— There no doubt will be, by and bye, when the metropolitan anti-corn-law petitions are presented to parliament, a fine cry of exultation on the part of minist eria li sts, relative to the great number of si gnatures_ attached to the said petitions. But let no one calculate the feeling of the inhabit an ts of London with respect to the corn-laws according to that number. Those signatures, .by fictitious means, will be times their real . amount. The writer of swelled to twenty this paragraph saw yqterday in N, hitechapel a butcher youth sign exactly seven different petitions, attaching a different name to each of them . In that neighb our h oo d there are un der the archways o f yards, and othe r convenient places, pe tition-stalls placed, attended by a paid touter, who, after the nolywell-street, solicit with next to manner of the Jews of onng and old, male and personalviolence all pas.sers-by? etitionslying . upon their desk -formed fe male, to sign the p . them stalls. Thousands sign em in ignorance, and visibly for fun's sake. The bills of Dr. Eady are not more forcibly thrust info one's hands than are the pl acar d s of the corn-law leaguers. All this paraphernalia of agitation to keep minis ters in place must make a pretty deep hole in the secret service money, to fill up which some new W hi g tax must be invented, to be placed . on the already heavily-laden shoulders of the people.—Morlung Herald. - MAYNOOTH. ITS PRIESTS VIEWED POLITICALLY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Will you permit me to set before the public, through the medium of your highly-valuable paper, a few sketches of the Maynooth priests. The petition against the grant to Maynooth lies for signature in many places in the town, and I think Englishmen should know the characters of these priests of Antichrist, the men upon whose education English money is so lavishly expended, and by whose agitation the question has almost come to this :—ls Pope'ry or Protestant ism to be the religion of the land ? Is the wafer to be the God of Englishmen ? Are they to be vassals of the Italian tyrant ? But I would shew the political character of these Antichrist, who, should Maynooth continue to flourish, and they gain from a duped government further power, will inquisitionize, dragoon, and, with fire and fag got, compel Christian men to receive their aboMinations, and give up their liberty, their church, their Bible, and their God. The testimony I give in this letter is extracted from the highest authority—" The Report of the Select Commit tee of the House of Commons on Bribery and Intimidation at Elections," dated August, 1835. ministers of The first Maynooth gentleman I introduce to you is Priest Talvery, a son who in no way disgraces his alma mater. John AP Carter examined, " Did any freeholder ever tell you that the Priest Talvery had refused the rites of his church to a man who voted for the Knight of Kerry ?—Yes, that he would do so. " Did you charge the priest with that I—l asked him whe ther what the man then present stated could possibly be the fact. " What was the thing stated ?—That he would neither christen nor baptize, nor perform any of the, rites of the church. " Did the priest deny that he had said that ?—He neither . . denied it nor.adrnittedlt." The next gentleman I bring forward from the USEFUL seminary is Father John O'Sullivan. " Mr. Charles O'Connor examined. " Did you witness any threats or violent language used by the priests in their chapels that influenced the voters at the late election ?—I did previous to the election. "What was the nature of the language used ?—Father John O'Sullivan said at the altar, before the election, that any person that would vote for that renegade the Knight of Kerry, he would not prepare him for death, but he would let him die like a beast, neither would he baptize his chil dren, and that they deserved to be pelted as they went along. Are you a Roman Catholic yourself ?—I am. " Did you hear these expressions onCe_or only one day? Several days, two or three . Sundays previous to the election, and after the canvassing. " Did he threaten that no man should deal with them ? He did. He said that no man should buy from them, nor sell to them." The next Maynooth gentleman is Father Walsh, and his namesake shall appear with him, par nobile fratrum. One of these gentlemen was killed some years before Father Ma thew's teetotal society was established. He was returning home from a party, and fell from his horse. He was found with his skull fractured, lying on a heap of stones. " Mr. T. H. Carroll examined, "Did you attend at the election in Carlow in 1832 ?—I did " Whtit did you hear in the chapel of Barris during the election ?—I received a note from Mr. Bate, Mr. Bruen's law agent, stating that Mr. Kavanagh wished my attendance at Borris chapel on the Sunday following, that was the Sun day previous to the election, and I attended Borris chapel on that occasion as reporter. " Do you write short-hand ?—I do. " Stale what took place on that occasion ?—lt was after mass that a meeting took place at the altar; Father Walsh, who is now dead, was in the chair, and Father John Walsh, sen., was also present, and a Mr. Lawrence Nolan., of that parish, was secretary. After some preliminary observations from the old priest, the Rev. Mr. Walsh, and after a long speech, in which he attacked some of the freeholders, he said, 'that any person who signified his intention of voting for Mr. Kavaanah had ceased to be a member of his church —of the Roman Catholic church, and was delivered over to Satan • and such as were present he called on them to quit chapel:for fear of polluting the people, who should not eat, drink, or sleep with them, even their wives should abandon the apostates who would, in the face of their God, vote for Mr. Kavaanah, and Bruen, who was an Orangeman ; the curse of the Almighty would fall on them in this world, while with the mark of Cain on their foreheads, they would go down to the grave for betraying their religion and their country ; any man who voted for Kavanagh and Bruen would be refused all reliyious rites, and would run the risk of everlasting punishment.' That was the conclusion of the Rev. Mr. Walsh, sen's address. The Rev. John Walsh, jun. said, I view with detestation and horror the wretches who will vote for Kavanah and Bruen, who is himself an apostate • we have appointed men to represent us in parlia ment, and any man who will vote against us will have ample cause to regret it. No man can be a Catholic who would do so in opposition to the wishes of their clergy ; my good people, mark the recreants, and take care how you deal with them. They are blind apostates who will do so, and I hope the peOple will know how to treat them. Their votes belong to their country, let them mark the consequences who dare betray it ; I will not be answerable for their safety.' That was the conclusion of Mr. Walsh's address." And last, not least, I have the honour of presenting Father Kehoe, a gentleman fully qualified to take his degree in the Fish-hall of Billingsgate, to which Lord Morpeth might, perhaps, in the exuberance of his friendship for the Romish priests, recommend her Majesty to grant a charter. " Mr. Carter Hall examined " Have you been in the habit of reportit _ debates of any description previous to your taking ti speeches or a- dress of Father Kehoe ?—Daring three sessions of parliament I was parliamentary reporter for the New Times and Morn ing Journal. " This is the paper :—‘ Address of Father Kehoe to his congregation, from the altar of the chapel at Leighlin bridge, on Sunday, the 14th June :—ls there any one here who will barter his soul for his landlord ? There is one wretch who has done so. Do you know whom I mean ?—I mean Pat Neil, the HYPOCRITICAL APOSTATE LICKSPITTLE, Pat Neil, and his brother. (At these words there was a great laugh and some groans.) This miscreant got £7O a year for voting against his country, his religion, and his God, on the last election, and he now expects to have that increased to £l5O ; besides, his landlord bribes him in every possible manner, and the base wretch, who once acknowledged that if he was a scholar he would be hanged, but he is no scholar, but the most ignorant brute in the country, now exults in being the lickspittle of his landlord. Now see how he makes his apostate gain; he has a horse worth £lO, and gets £2O for it, and so for everything else. I say, Pat Neil, you are a detestable, hypocritical, apostate lickspittle, a ruffian, and a miscreant, to be held up by the finger to scorn, and detesta tion, and contempt : and what are you the richer than any honest freeholder, after all, when your debts are paid ? * * Good people, 1 am told policemen come here ; look out for them, and if you see any policemen here that are not Ca tholics, their only object must be to create a disturbance; therefore mark down their names, and I will soon take care that they shall not long have occasion to wear their green coats and black belts. * * But I tell you, boys, if the conservatives gain this election—they cannot gain it—but if by perjury, threats, and violence they do gain it—if they do trick us out of our representatives on this, as they did on the last election, and we be beat, more blood telll follow then than there is v'ater in the river Barrow.' " Here is the political character of the Maynooth priest, from unquestionable authority. It needs no colouring —no comment. Judge the priests out of their own mouths. The above are autographs of each of the rev. gentlemen. I have brought you into the chapels, for these harangues came from the altars. Hushed is the voice of prayer—the cloud of in cense is dissolved—the idolatry of the wafer is over—the hell no longer rings to say, " Bow the knee." Here are the sermons, " ipsissima verbs," in three instances, of the sur pliced ecdesiastics. I need not add that in them English men will find the source of Ireland's ills—the bigotry, the enmity, the intolerance that prevails against all that is pure, all that is lovely. Maynooth drives the landlord from his estate, to seek in foreign lands the peace he cannot find at home. Maynooth takes away the liberty of the peasant, fills his heart with superstition, and makes him the willing tool of its soul-destroying priests. Maynooth drives away the English manufacturers, who would improve and employ the starving peasantry. Maynooth closes scripture schools—it keeps empty Christian churches—it drenches Ireland with blood. Let election mobs, tithe affrays, murdered minis ters, emigrant Protestants, and a thousand other tongues speak. They will—they must denounce Maynooth. But, worse than all, Mitynooth shakes the pillars of England's throne, and tarnishes England's glory. Maynooth priests have sent their slaves, " the tailsmen," to the privy council of England ; and—shame, oh ! shame—Papists are privy councillors. Sir, let Englishmen awake ! Let "them hear the testimony of an Irishman against Maynooth. I doe de clare, that were the fabled cave of Eolus a reality, and could all its winds be loosed at once, their mischief would be no thing in comparison to Maynooth! Its influence has been felt in Ireland. It has gone forth as the Simoon blast, scat-. tering death and desolation : it has descended as a tornado, ruining every pillar, destroying every beautiful fane—turned gardens into wastes, and pleasant places into a'howling wil derness ! I am, sir, your humble servant, HIBERNICUS THE SUGAR DUTIES At the urgent request of the Grocers' and Tea Dealers Association, we insert the following petition from that bod 3 to the House of Commons. The petition was presented b 3 Lord Sandon on Monday week ; and letters were forwarder to Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Thornely, soliciting their support of the prayer of the petitioners. " To the Right Honorable and Honorable the Commons Great Britain and Ireland, in this present Parliament assembled. • 11 THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED GROCER AND TEA-DEALERS OF THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL, " SREWETH, _ " That your petitioners have learned with the liveliest sa tisfaction, that her Majesty's ministers, have proposed to your honorable house, to reduce the duty upon foreign sugar to thirty-six shillings per hundred-weight avoirdupois, and beg leave most humbly and most earnestly to implore your honorable house, to support the measure for the said reduc tion of duty as tending to the promotion of all the active in terests of the whole empire. " That your petitioners, deferring much to the wisdom of your honorable house, humbly submit, that if the said duty upon, foreign sugar was further reduced to thirty shillings per hundred-weight, British plantation sugar would then be ade quately protected, and the best interests of the country more extensively promoted, than by resting the reduction at thirty six shillings per hundred-weight. "That your petitioners had fondly hoped that her majes ty's government would have deemed it in the present session of parliament, to have proposed the reduction of the duty upon foreign grown coffee, so as to afford greater facilities for its introduction, into consumption in Great Britain and Ire land, your petitioners, therefore, as a subject of relief and re venue, humbly pray your honorable house to reduce the duty upon all foreign grown coffee, to the lowest possible rate consistent with the fair preference due to British grown coffee. " That your petitioners at all times confiding in the wisdom and integrity of the Commons , of Great Britain and Ireland, in parliament assembled, are cheered in the expect a ti on o f your concurrence with their petition, from knowing that a committee of your honorable house have with much dilligence and anxious care, inquired into these subjeCts and reported to you thereon recommending their adoption; your petition ers, therefore, humbly implore the concurrence and support of your honorable house. " And your petitioners will ever pray ".Liverpool, May 8, 1841-" Mr Thornely, in reply to the application made to him, returned the subjoined answer, addressed to Peter Hope, Esq., the chairman of the association "24, Regent-street, 10th May. " Dear Sir,—l thank you for your obliging letter of Satur day, and for the copy of the excellent petition which the grocers and tea dealers of Liverpool have sent up. lam pleased that you have intimated that if the proposed duty on foreign st . -' . gars . had been 30s instead of 36s it would have'still given sufficient protection to sugar of British growth. ays be borne in mind that - any advanced price, caused by protective duties, is a tax on the whole com munity for the benefit of a few." " It should a "It is quite understood that, although not included in the budget, the duty on coffee is proposed to be altered, by a Customs' Amendment . Bill to be brought in by the President of the Board of Trade. " Believe me, dear Sir, yours always, " THO. THORNELY " To Peter Hope, Esq TO THE EDITOR OF. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sir,—l have just had my house front painted ;my door of English oak, by a very clever artist, (with the number, to guide others, not myself),'when, during my absence at busi. ness, there has been fixed, without " by your leave," over my former number, an old rusty piece of cast iron, such as you see at marine store cellars, which has spoiled my door. Can any of your legal readers inform me whom I can punish for this outrage, and oblige a constant reader. 17th May, 1841. Q. THEATRE-ROYAL We cannot but admit that a change has come over the taste of the public of Liverpool. It is become essentially anti-theatrical. The theatre, that years ago night after 'night used to be crowded with fashionable audiences, is now only half filled, when a company is engaged that will defy comparison with any other in the provinces, and, in point of individual merit and general utility, might compete with even a " major" in the metropolis. The outcry has been, " Give us the legitimate drama!" It was provided. James Wallack, the best Shaksperian actor of the day, and the last of the Kemble school, was engaged. Nobody went to see him. " Give us opera!" Miss Delcy—the cynosure of all eyes—the morning star in the musical world—appeared, with Templeton and others to support her. Comparatively speaking, few attended. Charles Kean and Mrs. Warner— clever Mrs. Warner—next were engaged : they were equally unsuccessful in drawing good houses. And now Yates and the leading members of his company are playing to very meagre houses indeed, with all the novelties from the me tropolis. It cannot be said that it is " novelty" that is wanting.—On Monday night the Boleno family made their first appearance, representing classical groups of statues; and on Wednesday a new ballet was brought out, in which a Miss and Master Webster made their debut before a Li verpool audience. The classical groups are exceedingly beautiful : that representing " Beneficence" was particularly dmired. In the ballet the Boleno family exhibited the most .inarkable agility we ever saw, in leaping and tumbling. 'he ballet is extremely laughable. Miss Webster is a harming dancer—very light, graceful, and modest. She as a first-rate manilre, and can " snatch a grace beyond he reach of art." We have not seen such excellent dancing )r some time in Liverpool. Master Webster shows great Victorine," on Wednesday evening, was very Mrs. Yates's Victorine is one of her best romise capitally played The last scene, in which she awakes from er dream, we have always looked upon as the most natural, Duching, and true picture of life on the stage. Yates as Alex ndre, Wright as Blaise, Baker as Manassas, and Bedford as Mantaloupe, were all extremely droll. Madame Simon did rather too boisterously, but it was neverthe- npersonations In. Bona* less clever. Miss Herbert, the new aspirant to fame, played _Elise with a great deal of humour. This lady, " for a second appearance on any stage," exhibits a knowledge of the art which induces us to believe she has either been extremely well taught, or come from a good stock. She has evidently much talent. The " Beggars' Opera" reversed introduced Mr. Paul Bedford as Polly, Mr. Geo. Horncastle as Lucy, and Mr. Wright as Mrs. Peackem. Three such fascinating monsters never yet were seen on " any stage." Mr. Bed ford sang Polly's songs capitally, especially " Cease your funning." Madame Simon's Peachenz was very fairly played ; but Miss Honner looked the wickedest little Capt. Macheath since the days of Vestris. She sang her songs very sweetly, with excellent spirit, and in dashing style. The melodrama of " Valsha" has been well got up. To night the ballet will be repeated, with " Sir Roger de Co- verley," and " Half an Hour from Master Humphrey's Clock,"—being for the benefit of Mr. Wright, an actor of much humour originality and eccentricity.—A pantomime %via be produced on Monday ; report speaks highly of it. LIVERPOOL SESSIONS. FORGERY George Farrell was indicted for having, in March last, feloniously forged and uttered a request note for the delivery of goods, with intent to defraud Mr. William Wainwright, sugar-refiner, of Batchelor-street. Mr. Cottingham conducted the prosecution. Mr. Richard Maberley stated, that he was a bookkeeper in Mr. Wainwright's service. Mr. Wilson Morgan, a gro cer, in Dale-street, was a customer at times. On the 31st of March last, a man called and presented an order for teu lumps of sugar, purporting to have come from Mr. Morgan. This order witness indorsed to the warehouseman, on the faith of the order being genuine. Joseph Southern states, that he was Mr. Wainwright's warehouseman. On the 31st of March last, the prisoner presented him the order indorsed by the bookkeeper. Wit ness delivered to the prisoner the ten lumps of fine sugar. The sugar was placed in a hand-cart, and taken away by the prisoner. William Morgan deposed, that he was a grocer in Dale street. About three years ago the prisoner was in his ser vice as a porter. The prisoner had formerly had orders under his hand at that time to receive goods. The order produced was not in his handwriting, nor had he authorised ony one to give such an order. lie had never received the lumps of sugar specified. When the prisoner was in his service he dealt with Mr. Wainwright. The prisoner addressed the jury. - He said lie was not in the town on the 31st of March. He received a letter at the latter end of March, to say that his uncle was dead. He then lodged with Mr. Leonard, in Eldon-place. The letter arrived on Saturday, the 27th of March, and he went away to Dublin on Monday, the 29th. He called Elizabeth Farrell, his sister. She stated that the prisoner left her at the Clarence Dock on the 29th of March, to go to Dublin. He went on board the packet, and she left him there. He returned on the 4th of April. Cross-examined by Mr. COTTIN GH AM.—I live in Chaucer street with my mother. I get my living by sewing. I some times take it in, and sometimes I go out. I go to service sometimes. I lived in service at West Derby, and also at Leonard's, in Eldon-place. Nothing was elicited against the character of the witness. Catharine Farrell, the prisoner's mother, stated, that on the 29th of March, she got him ready to go to Dublin, and accompanied him to the vessel. She did not see him again for seven or eight days afterwards. Mr. COTTEN7GIIAIII said the defence which was set up was either the very best or the very worst that could be brought forward. If the prisoner was in Dublin on the day when this offence was alleged to have been committed, it was plain that he could not be the guilty person. There was one very extraordinary feature in the case which would induce the jury to doubt the accuracy of the statements made by the mother and sister. When he was accused and brought before the magistrates, if it were as had been alleged, he would naturally have said, " Why you say I have got this sugar in the name of Mr. Morgan, on the 31st March, I was at that very time in Dublin, and if you will send for my mother and sister, they will prove it." He, however, said no such thing. The prisoner said it had been alleged, that he did not bring the fact before Mr. Rushton. He wished to do so, but he was hurried out of the dock, and missed the opportunity. He had another witness in the court who was not present when his mother and sister were heard. James Lynch having been sworn, said bluntly, he was with me on the 21st March, in Dublin. He left me on the:4th April. Cross-examined by Mr. COTTINGHAM.—I am a labourer, I have not known the prisoner long. I became acquainted with him last winter. It was before Christmas. Mr. COTTINGHAM.—What day of the month is Christmas day on ? Witnesi (looking puzzled).—Yon have put me to a stand now, sir. I met him in Dublin, however. Mr. COTTINGHAM .— DO you know when Easter was ? Witness.—Yes. Mr. COTTINGHAM.—When was it ? Witness.—lt was this year. (Laughter.) Oh, if you in tend to come that you know—l have not much learning. Mr. COTTINGHAM.—When did you go to Ireland ? Witness.—Some time after Christmas. Mr. COTTINGHAM.—Was it after Easter ? Witness.—l can't tell—l am a man of no learning. Mr. COTTINGHAM.—Where did you go to when you went to Ireland ? Witness.—l went to Dublin. Mr. COTTINGHAM.—HOW long did you stay there ? Witness.—l have not learning enough to tell that. The witness said he met the prisoner first at a public house in Vauxhall-ruad, and had known him ever since. Mr. COTTINGHAM made a few remarks on the testimony of the witness. The prisoner said it was very hard to be accused of what he was not guilty of. The last witness swore that he was in Dublin with him on the 31st of March, and that he left him on the 4th of April. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. LARCENY. John Ray; aged 34, was charged with having stolen a copper measuring-can, the property of John Sixsmith. It appeared that on the 21st of March last, police-officer Hitchmough met the prisoner in Victoria-road, carrying a copper measuring -can. The prisoner was stupidly drunk. The officer stopped him, and soon after discovered that the can had been stolen from Mr. Norman, a publican. The prisoner pleaded that he was so drunk, that he did not know anything of the matter. As the prisoner - had been in gaol since the 22d March, he was sentenced to one week's imprisonment. STEALING A COAT. Mary M`Nalty, aged 48, was charged with having, in March last, stolen a coat, the property of Thomas Higgiuson, a pawnbroker. It appeared that, on the day in question, the prisoner went into Mr. lligginson's shop, and, after having finished the business which took her there, she walked off with a new coat. The assistant followed her and took her into custody. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Recorder passed sentence of three months' imprison ment. SHADES mu THE EYES. —Although it is improper to exclude the light and air from the eye to so great an extent as is often done, care must be taken not to fall into the oppo site error of leaving the eyes exposed to the full glare of the sun, or the action of the wind. Bonnets with small fronts and narrow-brimmed hats are therefore unfit for those whos . e . sight is weak, and ind ee d f or any one. I have mys e l f remarked the effect produced on my own eyes by'wearir„a hat with a nar rower b rim than usual. Children especially should have a broad front to their caps, and yet it is i fashion for the m t o wear caps turned up i n f ron t.. C urtis ag on the Preservation of Sight. I PUBLIC MEETING OF THE OWNERS OF HOUSE AND COTTAGE PROPERTY. Last evening, a public meeting of the members of the Cottage Owners' Association, and of persons interested in was held at the Swan Inn, London-road. for the purpose of adopting measures to secure the exemi tion of this borough from the operation of two bills n before the House of Commons, and which have reading in the House of Lords, the one ent for regulating Buildings in large Towns Act for the better Drainage of 1 The notice convening the meeting added—" As eit-(': these measures must, If they should 1 affect both the owners and occupiers erected, or hereafter to be built land will be materially deteriorated, it is that efficient means, to prevent the thre immediately adopted." meeting was numerousl attended Mr. EDWARD FORD was called to the cl stated the objects of the meeting, and expressed some regre that the bills referred to had originated in the House G. Lords, whereby they went into the Commons robed and sanctioned by the authority of the upper house, he observed that it had become the duty of owners, now that the legis lature was about to inflict restrictions upon and interfere with their property, to represent their case to the House of Commous. The chairman then proceeded to describe the operation and effect of each bill, should they become the law. The drainage bill, in the first clause, compelled the draining of land upon which any house should be erected, previous to the commencement of building, and even authorized the razing of houses built without such drainage. Then the drains were to be of such a depth and width, and of such a size, as the commissioners under the act might require —a provision which he considered both arbitrary and unnecessary. For instance, in case of houses whose foundations were suffici ently dry, instead of being a convenience and an improve ment, it would be a nuisance, and the buildings would become the haunts of rats and vermin. The second clause gave a discretionary power to the commissioners to order and direct that every house now built, or hereafter to be built, should be drained in the same manner as required by the last clause. Haviu This was a very great discretionary power. The they thought proper, enforce the drainage of eve y might, if y street in the town and althOugh the commissioners might not this clause into operation, it was still ver not be suffered to pass without defining in what cases drai age should be authorised. The twenty-fifth clause reauir owners to pay for sewering opposite to their in every street, certainly, however, not in of in five yearly instalments. By the 27th clause that any cost or outlay under th( property rate upon lands and tenements ; i should pay, but he presumed the owners were to pay, for be found in clause 29, a power to distrain either upon the owner or occupier for the rate. It was desirable, therefore, that the commissioners should be restrained in the power of dis training upon the goods of owners, for an outlay which was & tenants altogether unnecessary, hear.) The chairman then referred to the . build... b The fourth clause of this bill enforced from the bi arbitrm. the payment of certain fees to the surveyor — appointed by the commissioners. To some parties these feed would amount to a serious sum. For a first-rate hous £3 10s; second rate, £3 ; third rate, ; fifth rate, £1 10s, and sixth rate alteration one-half of the above fees we would be most obnoxious, as and fourth rate Id for every system buildings were surveyed only by the corporation surveyor, who was paid out of the public money. Clause 14 enacted that houses should not be built above the level of the streets without an area—and, as they all knew, it woul with considerable expense to make areas both and back. The benefit arising from this enactment the front not be commensurate with the outlay it would recidri. The 16th clause, by imposing upon the owner the necessity of making areas to the front of cellars, would at once shut up every cellar habitation in Liverpool. Clause 17 imposed a fine of £1 a-day for every day that a cellar was let not in accordance with the act ; and by the 18th clause, houses in courts were not to be built back to back, but there must be a clear space of 20 feet between them ; a very unjust and improper infliction upon owners. The 19th and 20th clauses enacted, that no courts should be of less width than 20 feet, and no street of less width than 10 yards. These dimensions he considered unnecessary, and their enactments most unwarrantable interference with the owners of ground. In fact, there were many points in these bills which shewed that the legislature wanted information upon the subject from practical men. This bill transferred the powers of our local commissioners for paving and sewering to central com missioners, a change to which he strongly objected ; but the local commissioners might be authorised to carry the bill into effect with the additional power of putting it into force all over the borough. He ought to inform the meeting that un der the direction of the town council, there was a bill now in. the House of Commons, emanating from the Health Com mittee, undertaking all the respousibilty of sewerage, the same as imposed by Lord Normanby's bill, but in a milder degree, inasmuch as the Commissioners were not to enforce the act except when they might deem it as quite necessary. If the power were transferred to the corporation instead of to the commissioners, there would only be one surveyor to consult instead of two, as there must be if this act came into operation, and the fewer men owners had to deal with in this matter the better.—The chairman, after a few further remarks, said the meeting would not object to the bill brought in by the town-council, but that they could not avoid feeling a strong repugnance to Lord Normanby. Mr. E. KN APPER, in a speech of considerable length, moved the 'first resolution, which, with the rest, will be found advertised. He had no doubt that when Lord Nor manby brought in his bill for the regulation of buildings he had the good of the community at heart, but instead of bet tering the condition of the poorer classes by such legislation as this, he would deteriorate it.—Having referred to the re port of the Health Committee of the Council to prove that both bill,wo old be impracticable and inexpedient if practicable, the speaker further objected to them, because they would be retrospective in their operation, entail an unjustifiable ex penditure upon owners, which would materially affect the security of mortgagees, cause a cessation to all buildings in cottages, thus compelling two or three families of the poorer classes to inhabit one house, reducing the value of large houses, thereby increasing the danger of cont gious maladies and reducing the standard of morality. Mr. JOHN JONES seconded the motion, and after a fe words from Mr. THoMPsoN, it was carried. Mr. DUCKWORTH proposed the second resolution, and supported, by an excellent speech, full of practical knowledge, the views of these two bills taken by the chairman. He strongly condemned general legislation upon such a subject. Mr. 'l'. C. BEw seconded the motion, and it was adop'te On the motion of Mr. DUCKWORTH, seconded by M KNAPPER, a petition against the two bills was agreed . to be presented to the /louse of Commons. By the next resolution, the meeting agreed to enter into subscriptions to defray the charges of entering into this op position. Mr. GIBSON, in an excellent speech, for which we regret our inability to find room, proposed that the resolutions be advertised. Mr. KNAPPER seconded the motion.—Carried unafti- mously - - Thanks were then voted to Mr. Ford for his able conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. LONDON MONEY MARKET, WEDNESDAY EVENING. — For some days past there has been a difficulty i❑ money affairs, that is in raising money, which has been severely felt in many quarters. This morn ing the rates of money were as high on accredited securities as - seven to eight per cent. But - towards the close of thk Stock Market there was a greater easinessin money matters, although money was still scarce and not to be had under s& per cent. in the best quarters and on good securities. is great complaint, both in the Stock Market and the City generally that, through the act of the ministry, and ap parently with no view but to perpetuate agitation, public measures should be brought forward which tend to the in terruption of all business and confidence. There never was a time when, in addition to the ordinary causes which cause a stagnation of trade, so much wanton and entirely unexpected confusion has been introduced in mercantile affairs by the proposition of measures causing an entire revolution in the trading and economical interests of the country, Under such circumstances the steadiness of the funds is really extraordinary, for Consols have declined a shade only, the last prices being 971 sellers for money and 89i to 90 for account. Bank Stock 168 to 9. India Stock 250} to 11. Exchequer Bills 4s. to Gs. premium. LONDON COMMERCIAL REPORT WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The leading auctions in prc duce, to-day, were those of East India Sugar, which went c rather heavily. The public sales of Tea were continued brought to a close. Of 22,122 packages offered, 11,700 packages were actually sold. There was a good deal of dul ness in the biddings, and prices were /d to id per lb lower to-day on Congou as compared with the rates we gave yes terday, and on Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, as much as ld to 2d per lb. ongou ranged from is 71 for coarse new and mixed leaf, up to 2s 2d for Pekoe flavour. Pouchong brought is 64c1 to Is 9ld. Sou:7.liong, middling mixed leaf is 7d to is 94, and fine blackish 3s Old to 3s 7/. Pekoe, Is lid to 3s lld ; orange Pekoe 2s 2d for good, to 2s 9.4 for fine. Twankay, yellowish leaf, is 7l to is Ild for Hyson kind. Hyson 2s Old for coarse to 4s 6d; for finest bright leaf, young Hyson, 2s to 3s Old; Imperial mid coarse 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; and good mid brightish 2s Ild to 3s ; mid coarse Gunpowder 2s 6d to 2s 8d; and good mid to good bright 3s 2d to 4s lid per lb. Commercial advices from St. Petersburgh, under date of May 4, give the sales of produce as follows :-200 casks Yel low Candle Tallow on the spot at at 38 roubles per berkowez cash on delivery ; also 250 poods Seschka Hemp, first quality , at 31 3-7 roubles per berkowez. ain to-d, Lord Palmerston has communicated through Mr. Bu chanan, the British consul at New York, the thanks of her Majesty's government, to Captains Wotten, of the ship Rhone, Thompson, of the Stephen Whitney, Cropper, of the Columbus, and Depeyster, of the Sheridan, for their praise worthy conduct in saving the crews of four English vessels, and also has signified to them that it is the intention of her Majesty's government to present t o eac h o f them a gold medal, as soon as the die, which is now in preparation, shall be finished. GRETA BRIDGE.—AWFTTL OCCURRENCE. —On Thersday evening (13th inst.), between five and six, the villages o' Londonderry, near Bedale, was thrown into the utmost stat of alarm by a female running out of the house of one Robir son, a gardener, covered with blood, and fainting - road, who turned out to be the gardener': husband had nearly killed. On some persons going up to the house, a most shocking spectacle presented itself. The son of the unfortunate man lying dead, murdered by the hands of his father; the father himself pacing the room with a gun in his hands, no one daring to approach the house ; bnt in a few min u t es th e report of a gun was heard, and on entering the house, the maniac (for what else can we eall him) was found weltering in his blood, with his head nearly blown off. But faint hopes are entertained of the recovery of his wife, whom he had mutilated to a shocking degree. The two corpses of the father and sou were interred on a turday last. Th e rumour i s that the cause o f t h e melan choly aff a i r was t h e l oss o f h i s place, com bi ne d with a of misfortunes . . a m s i t s a fo te rt o u f n p es ov t e h r a t t y h .— ad T r y e n d e uc 2i e f d er h c i u m ry .._ _or was likely tod series o so, wife, wt A SLIGHT MISTAKE AT COURT.—The Marquis of Downshire, accompanied by the Marquis of Abercorn, the members for Down, Antrim, Derry, Belfast, and other northern counties and towns, with Dr. Cooke, the great champion of anti-repeal, attended her Majesty's levee on Wednesday last, for the purpose of presenting - an address agreed upon at the great Ulster meeting, when Lord Polti more, the lord in waiting, in an audible voice announced— " The Marquis of Downshire, to present an address in favour of the repeal of the union." Her Majesty was pleased to receive the same most graciously. " In favour"— "in favour, was muttered through the ranks of the asto nished northerns ; and the noble marquis, deviating a little from the cold formality of such occasions, proceeded to read a f e w words of " the pith" of the address, with an emphatic energy more calculated to correct the error than was, per haps, consistent with courtly etiquette, and which was no t quite so graciously received. Wh e th er , i n the commence ment, " the wish was father to the thought" with this Po lonius, we know not; but he certainly should have known the pros and cons better, and we trust he may soon be relieved from the arduous duties of his office by a successor from that school whose motto is " No mistake." —.llOrtrll • Post. .9'