The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-14 00:00:00

- kx-ruNsivE CARPET AND FURNITURE -WAREHOUSE. • • BRANCH and SON • " Respectfully inform the Public that they have . ON SALE, RY PRIVATE CONTRACT, At the HANOVER ROOMS, An extensive and Valuable Assemblage of FASHIONABLE CABINET FURNITURE Ur' every description, Including. DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, Of real and Imitation Rosewood, . In Card, Console, Loo, Work, Flower, and Sofa , Tables, Chairs, Couches, Sofas, Tea Poys, Ladies' Escrutoires, Cheffoniers, Canterburies, and Skreens; Elegant LOUNGING and LIBRARY CHAIRS; FOLDING, CHAIR, and SOFA BEDS ; MAHOGANY ARTICLES, n Bookcases, Secretaires, Pedestal and Cellaret • eboards, Cheval Skreens, Single and Double Wardrobe Trafalgar Chairs, Dining, Card, Library, Loo, Sofa, Pei roke, Snap, Work, and Skreeu Tables, Couches, Sofas, C • dren's Chairs, Cots, Cribs, Chests of Drawers, Night Comm es, Bedsteps, Bi dets, Hat Stands, Boot Racks, Music Stan usic Stools, &c JAPANNED, STAINED, and FA C f CHAIRS, In the greatest variety ; Four post, Cottage, Canopy, French , Nursery, and Press BEDSTEADS; FEATHER BEDS; HAIR and STRAW MATTRESSES; PAINTED CHAMBER REQUISITES, W all descriptions; Ele;zant CHIMNEY and DRESSING-GLASSES; BATH or GOUT CILURS; CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES; &c. TOGETHER WITH A very diversified and. extensive Assortment of BRUSSELS, DAMASK, VENETIAN, and KIDDERMINSTER CARPETING, Of the best manufacture and newest patterns'; DRUGGE'ri'S ; HEARTH RUGS ; FIGURED FLOOR and LOBBY CLOTHS, Of all dimensions, Fo cutting to fit Room?, Hails, Shops, Ships' Cabins, liv.; HAIR SEATTNGS; • And a very superior Assortment of REAL TURKEY RUGS. ru- - IH P. PROPRIETOR of COMPTON HOUSE ,bcgs re spectfully to announce to the Ladies of Livery and the Public generally, that he has purchased THE ENTIRE STOCK OF MR. P E PLES, Of , BOLD•STRRET, (Who is declining the Drapery siness.) Value, £8750. in consequence of the purchases made last month for the Estab lishment in Church-street being so excessively great, he will be obliged to sell off this Stock iti 80ld -street, commencing 'flits DAY. Those Ladies who are desirous of obtaining bargains will find the mist decided among the SILKS, French and German MERINOS, Swiss, French, and British PRINTED MUS LIN S. COTTON HOSIERY, LINEN SHEETINGS, NAPKINS, DOILEYS, Coloured Worsted and Linen TABLE CLOTHS, IRISH LINENS, PARASOLS, and * SHAWLS, these departments being together at least three fourths of the whole. The French and German Merinos will be found in three Lots. 100, ss. 9d., and 6s. 6d. the yard, worth, and regularly sold at, 6s. 9d., Bs. 6d.,, and 12s. 6,1. TEN ASSISTANTS WANTED. lAND A. FOWNES, 85, L ORD - STREET , LOVERS, . 110SIRRS, SHIRT, and STOCK -MAKERS, be to call the attention of Gentlemen to their STOCK of ADY-MADE SHIRTS, consisting of the newest and mos select Patterns, cut in the most approved style, also made to measure, no pattern shirt required, and the size always kept. An extensive assortment of the newest and most fashionable Cravats. 13ttbitr Zo ST. HELEN'S AND RUNCORN GAP RAI A.Y. •TN conformity with the provisions of an act ss ed in the eleventh year of the reign of his laic Majest 'nig George the Fourth, imitated "An act for making • ilway from the Cowley-hill Colliery, in the parish of Fresco o Runcorn Gap, in the same parish, (with several branches herefrom,) all in ihe county palatine of Lancaster, and for constructing a Wet Duck at the termination of the said Railway at Runcorn Gap aforesaid," a GENERAL MEETING of the COMPANY, incorporated by such act, will be held at the Clarendon Rooms, in Singh John-street, Liverpool, on Moxusv, the 27th day of July instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. Dated this 13th day (411110835. JOHN WHITLEY, Clerk of the said Conyany. THE. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER ILWAY COMPANY. 11100TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the LI RPOOL and MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPAN will be held at the COTTON SALES -ROOM, in the Excii GE-BUILDINGS, in • Liverpool. on WEDNESDAY, the • 'instant, at One • o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of declaring a Divi dend or any separate Dividends out of the clear Profits of the - said undertaking, or any part or parts thereof; and also to au thorise the Directors.to make and complete a Contract for the use of the said• Railway and Works, and for the Carriage of ThAsengers and Goods upon the same by the Grand Junction Railway Company, and to confirm the Resolution passed at a Meeting of this Company on the 2.3 d July, 1831, relating there • to. and the Arrangements made by the Directors, in pursuance thereof, and on other special affairs. Dated the Bth day of July, 1835. C. W. CLAY, Clerk of the Company. ANNIVERSARY OF 'nt LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SOCIETY OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS VICINITY, THE Committee of the above Institution take this o . trinity of returning thanks for the flattering enc , meet they have received from the Members and the -- their previous Annual Days, and beg to inform th next ANNIVERSARY DINNER is fixed to WEDNESDAY, the 22d of July, at , 11r. PARR SEACOMBE, on which occasion they earnest) port of their numerous Friends. GEORGE GURDEN, Esq., I esidenr. ROBERT HARDMAN, EA., Vice-President. rage- Sblic on that the Icelace on "SHOTEL, solicit the sup- STEWA RDS. Mr. Patrick Brennan, Parliament-street. Mr. Thomas Clarke, Crosshall-street. Mr. George Entwistle, Summer-seat. Mr. John Hodson, Islington. Mr. William Lewis, Copperas-hill. Mr. Henry Morris, London-road. Mr. James M'Keverigan, Lime-street. Mr. George Rogers, Dale-street. • Mr. Richard Rigby, Maryboue. Mr. Stephen Langley, Copperas-hill. Mr. Henry Buxton, Hill-street, Harrington. Mr. Thomas Griffiths, Mount-pleasant. Mr. John Hughes, London-road. Mr. William James, Mann Island. Mr. James Loblev, Great Crosshall-street. Mr. Hobert NPCliye, London-road. Mr. William Penn, Moor-place. Mr. Thomas R awlinson, auxhall-road. Mi. George Wright, Minshull-street. Mr. Robert Rothery, Great Howard-street. TICKETS ss. EACH. To be had of the above Stewards, and following Gentlemen of the Committee : Mr. J. H. MORGAN, Chairman, Fenwick-street. Mr. John Atkinson, Basuett-street. r.. John Corry, Mersey-street. Mr. William Hickson, ~7, Wood-street. Mr. WO ham Mathews, Queen-street. Mr. Patrick M'Nolty, Redcross-street. Mr. Charles Stewart, Robert-street North. Mr. John Wqier, Denison-street. Mr. Robert W illicolt, Burlington-street, and of Mr. ROBERT BRYDEN, the Secretary. Dinner og the Table at Two o'clock precisely. The Stewards beg to give notice, that they have engaged Mr. PARRY'S PACKETS for the accommodation of their Friends, which will convey them to and from Seacombe free of expense. *** A BA LL'will take place in the Evening.—Dancing to . commence at Seven o'clock precisely. JO FFE'S Military and Quadrille BAND is engaged for the occasion. • Committee-room, Royal Hotel, Jane I, 1833. KELLEWERRIS CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPAN Y. CAPITAL, £60,000, In 12,000 Shares of £5 each.—'-£1 Deposit, • ntaaicToits. John Buckingham, Es q., -Truro.. • • W. Millett Thomas, Esq.—John Waller, Esq. London Bankers.—Sir John Lubbock, Bart., and Co, Truro 13%nkers.—Messrs. Willyams and Co. • Secretary.—Mr. Henry 'Tribe. A - London Offices of the Company, No. 55, Old Broad-street. I - UWE above MINES are situated in the • Sh of Kea, near Truro, Cornwall. in the .centre e most productive ~- Mines, now at work. From the rich 4 l es discovered within rtbo last fortnight, it is confidently expect that this Mine will prove as beneficial as any that has hitherto been explored, and that no further cull will be made on the Shareholders after the .first deposit, Applications for Prospectuses, Reports, Shares, and to view the specimens of the Ores, to Le made to HENRY LUCAS, Agent of the Company for Liverpool and Manchester. Xi, Cann big-place. Extract from tha Report of the Mine, dated 29th June, 1835. —" I don't hesitate to say, that Kelh•werris is now the largest - ••and best set in the County of Cot nwal!. No doubt we shall have • a seeond Tresavean, which never looked so kindly at the same level as Kellewerris is at the present moment." W EST TRESAV EAN MINI NG COM PA NY. CAPITAL, £W,OOO, In 12,0(X/ Shales of L 5 each.—Ll Deposit. nitiEcToK S. John Buckingham, Fsq., Truro. • W. Millets Thomas, Esq.—John Waller, Esq. Lontlon Bankers.—Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 0. Truro Bankers.—Messrs. Willvains a 0. Secretary.--Mr. Henry - Trih London Offices of the Company, 55, Broad-street. rl\1 -11S MINE is situated two mil's w pf the Great Tie:a . rean Mine, in the parish of Carnborie, Cornwall, which has been paying for the lase fl ee years about £&4O per annum on each £lOO share! From the forwardness of the Woiks, and the richness of the Lodes in the West Tresavean, it is confi dently expected no further call will be made? and by nractical men it is considered that the Lodes are a continuation of those in the Great Tresavean. For Prospectuses, Shares, B,:c. apply to HENRY LUCAS, Agent of the Company for Liverpool and Manchester. 33; Canning-place. . . Mrs. dnlia Bull, an . old lady of 76, died very suddenly at St. Peter's-bill, Stamford, .on 'Saturday. Her sister was reading aloud from a newspaper the account of a sudden death, when the deceased remarked, " that will - be my case some time; " the words had scarcely been uttered ere'tilie fell from her chair, and in leis than five minutes was a-corpse. WooneN llooks.—A singular library exists at Warsenstein, near Cassel, the books composing it, or rather the substitutes for them, being made of wood, and each of them is a specimen of some different tree. The hack is formed of its bark, and the bides are coast meted of polished pieces of the sanie stock. When put together the whole forms a box; and inside of it are stored the fru►t, seed, and leaves, together with the moss which gru►cs ' oa the trunk, and the insects which feed upon the tree; every volume corresponds in sizp, and the cuducti,n altogether Imam excellent effect. Emperfal Varliaturnt. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY The Irisiip;Or:las;s biII;;;;;;11;setOaiime, and ordered \ to be committed:. The assizes removal (Ireland) hill was, on the motion of the Irish Solicitor-General, passed through a committee of the whole house. The entailed estates (Scotland) bill was lost in committee. The Lord Advocate's motion that it should be read this dal three months being carried. sEASIEN ENLISTMENT BILL. Mr. CHARLES Woo!) moved that - the house resolve itself into a committee on this hill. In explaining its objects the honour able gentleman said of late years the condition of seamen em ployed in the fleet had been materially improved, and in many respects the pay whkh_they nowreceived was, he believed. equal to that of seamen engaged in the merchant service. The bill now before the committee provided that the service of men on board the fleet should be limited to a period of live years, at the end of which they would be entitled to their discharge . . This would remove the ground for the complaint which *seamen had always made,—namely, that they were never able to get home to see their wives and families, because when they were paid off from one ship they were immediately impressed on board another. That complaint was, unfortunately, but too well founded, and there were instances of men, on returning from ten years' service in the East Indies, having been immediately sent out again. Under such circumstances it was not unnatural that there should exist a strong desire on the part of seamen servinf , in the navy to desert, in order to guarl against which it had generally been the practice not to allow them to put foot ashore. It was provided by the bill that after the expiration of the five years service seamen should enjoy a protection against impressment for two years. In the event of a seaman's period of service expiring on a foreign station the commander on that station would be at liberty to retain him in service for six mouths longer, but in that case he would be entitled to one fourth additional pay. Seamen volunteering into the fleet on the breaking out of the war would receive the usual bounty. The bill left the question of impressment precisely as it stood at present, dependent upon the exercise of the prerogative of the crown. He hoped that the measure would prove satisfactory to seamen, by removing that which they had always considered a great grievance—namely, the unlimited period of service, which prevented them from seeing their wives and families. Captain ALSAGER said that having been engaged in the mer chant service for thirty years of his life he might presume to say that lie knew sorrtething of the feelings of British sailors, and he begged to exiatess their gratitude for the benefits which the bill held out to them. At the same time he could not but regret that the power of impressment had not been entirely abolished. He had known instances in which that power had been harshly exercised. Upon one occasion when he entered the channel, homeward bound, after a long voyage, he.was boarded by a King's ship. who took from him four men. When off the Lizard another man.of-war boarded him and took away four more men; and when off Beechy-road he was boarded for the third time by a King's ship, who took from him every man capable of serving in the navy, and the captain, on leaving him, advised him (as we understood) to make the best of his way into port. Thus was he left with a crew consisting of only a few men and some boys to conduct into port a vessel worth 1:150,000. It would be most desirable to introduce, if possible, some provision into the bill to prevent the recurrence of such a proceeding as that which he had described. Some conversation arose on the bill, after which it was agreed The further consideration of the Stafford disfranchisement bill was postponed fur a week. The inns, alehouses, &c. bill was read in committee and passed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. Lord Dyrisvon presented a petition from Carmarthen in favour of pour laws for Ireland. The Earl of LIMERICK directed the attention of the house to a gross personal attack which had been made upon him in the Morning Herald, and which he conceived to be a breach of the privileges of their lordships' house, although he did not mean to institute any proceedings against the printer of that paper. The noble earl then read the article, which attributed to him indifference to the sufferings of those who resided on his pro perty in . Ireland. A man was said to have died of starvation. The Morning Herald had quoted a paragraph from the Limerick Star, which, in speaking of the death of this person, and of what he (Lord Limerick) had said in that place, namely, that there was no case of real distress in Ireland that did nut meet instant relief, said—" This occurred within a few weeks; and, as our object is at present to confine ourselves to this one fact, though hundreds of similar instances might be adduced, we shall, if its correctness be for a moment doubted, give the name of the un happy sufferer. It may be asked why allow such scenes to occur on his property without applying to the Earl of Limerick, who. it might be supposed, would relieve this case of 'real distress?' We answer, that, whenever such applications were made, the humane earl has not had the condescension even to answer let ters, however respectable the medium might have been through which such applications were made." He had he admitted re ceived a communication from the parish priest of this particular district, which was of so daring a nature that he treated it, as he would treat all such applications, with the contempt it deserved. The Morning Herald thus commented on' the paragraph so quoted:—" Can this, we ask; be tine of the nobleman who would have us believe that no case of real distress occurs in Ireland that is not immediately' relieved'?- 'We will at once place the noble earl on the horns rf a•dilemma, from which there is no escape. He either is or is not aware of the state of things on his own estate. If be is aware of it, we can only hope, looking at his conduct as a landlord and a legislator, that in the wide dominions of his majesty ah imitator, or defender, or even apologist for it, cannot be found." His lordship concluded by intimating his intention of leaving the matter in the hands of his legal advisers. THE ISLINGTON MARKET BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved that the report of the judges on cer tain questions put to them with reference to thelslington market bill should be now received. The opinion was delivered by Sir J. A. Park. The judges decided that parliament could not, consistently with the charter of the city of Louden, establish a market on the mere hypothesis that it would be beneficial to the public. After a few observations from Lord BROUGHAM, who sug gested that the report, together with the questions put to the judges, and their opinion, should he referred back to the com mittee, The Marquis of Ssi.tssuriv said he should give notice of a motion on a future day, if it were necessary, that the report should be taken into further consideration. At present he should only move that the questions put to the judges and their answers should be entered on the journals.—Ordered. The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition from Padstow complaining of the present state of the timber duties. The Duke of SUTHEHLANn presented petitions from parishes in Scotland in favour of additional church accommod'ation in that country. On the motion of Lord B ROUGHAM, the letters patent amend ment bill went through a committee, with amendments.—Report to-morrow. The Duke of RICHMOND presented the fourth report of tile select committee on prison discipline. The report related to prisons in Scotland. It set forth that the prisons in Scotland, generally speaking, were in a most unsatisfactory state, and, front peculiar circumstances, in a much worse condition than those of England. The committee recommended the appoint ment of prison inspectors for that country.—Ordered to be printed. In the committee on the prisons' regulation bill, the Duke of Rictratortn moved the insertion of a clause, iu conformity with the recommendation of the select committee, authorizing the appointment of prison inspectors for Scotland.—Motion agreed to—bill went through committee—report tomorrow. CERTIORARI BILL. Lord BROUGHAM, in the absence of Lord Denman, moved the second reading of this bill. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted to=morrow. The Soap Duties Drawback bill weutthrough a committee.— Report to-morrow. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY. The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock, but the re porters were unable to obtain admittance to the gallery until twenty minutes past twelve, in consequence of. the key of the door leading to the reporters' gallery being mislaid. On entering the gallery we found the house engaged in dis• cussion on the third reading of the MANURE TOLL EXEMPTION BILL. Some amendments were proposed to this measure which were negatived on a division. PRISONERS' COUNSEL. MI.!. The third reading of this bill was carried by a majority of one. Forty voting against and forty-oue for the motion "that this bill be passed." FIVE O'CLOCK SITTING. PENRYN ELECTION. Mr. Wicxs, chairman of the Peurvu Election Committee, reported that Sir U. M. Rolfe was duly elected. CoRPoRATIoN it6:VO(3l BILL. Lord Sons Russial. moved the adoption of certain sche dules which he proposed, respecting the boundaries and coun cils of the corporations therein named, - which, - after-a long .dis 7 eussion, was agreed to. The noble lord then moved that the bill' be reported, 'and that the report be received, and re-com mitted pro form& in orddr to have it printed with all the amend. nients. He hoped it would be ready for delivery to hon. mem bers on Monday, (yesterday) and in that case the debate on the report might take place on Tuesday, (this clay) agreed to. POST OFFICE. Mr. WA LLACK moved fora select committee to inquire into the management of the Pustoffice department. -Mr. LABOUCHERE quite agreed with the hon. member that with respect to the Post-office, while many of its departments were admirably conducted, yet there were many branches of it which required the most serious investigation which could be bestowed upon their management. He thought the subject one that would he better investigated by a commission composed of a few pei3ons, than by a committee of that house. About a year since a commission had been appointed, and notwithstand in„ the changes in the government, in consequence.of the re commendation of the commissioners, the mail coach contract one of the most extravagunt that was eve' entered into, would expire on the sth January next. Lord Lowther, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Hume, and Lord Ho nick, severally addressed the house: after which Mr. WALLACE. said he still was of opinion that a commitee would investigate the matter better than a commission, but lest it might be thought that be mistrusted the promises of the pre sent government, to whom he desired to show respect, be should not press his motion to a division. At the same time . he hoped that the suggestions which he had thrown out would meet with attention from the commissioners.—The motion was then with drawn. SEEJEANT-AT-A RMS. Mr. S. Rica said that at that late hour (one o'clock) he should ,not trespess on the attention of the house, if he anticipated that any objection would be made to the motion with which he was about to conclude, and which was founded on the treasury mi nute presented to that house, relative to the office of serjeant at-arms. It appeared by that document, that the hon. gentle man who had so long performed the duties of that office, and whom it was unnecessary for him to recommend to the favour able consideration of the house, because all who knew him were well aware that the gentlemanly manner in which he maintained the dignity belonging to his office peculiarly fitted him for the situation be held, addressed the speaker on the 6th of June last, and informed him that, owing to the ill-state of his health, it was no longer in his power to discharge the duties of sergeant;- at-arms. The hon. gentleman then mentioned the length of time during which he bad serves the house, and concluded by making a proposition with respect to a retired allowance, which, in his (Mr. Rice's) opinion, was a very moderate one; for, ac cording to the Q rdinary rules by which the amount of retired allowaoces was regulated, Mr. Seymour was entitled to a larger sum than he asked for The motion which he (Mr. Rice) was about to propose, without entailing any expense whatever on the public, would mike a provision for Mr. Seymour during his' lifetime, and would enable the house to pay his successor a re duced salary; it would also ultimately secure a saying to the pubiic. The commissioners of the fee fund, appointed by act of parliament, had authority to order that the provision applied for by Mr. Seymour should be granted; but they thought it right to leave to that house the gratifying duty of remunerating one of its own officers. The suggestion had come rpm Colonel Seymour himself, and it was only upon the receipt of his lette thafgovernment had been apprised of it for the first time. The proposition he had now to make to the house was, following the precedent adopted on the retirement of Mr. Coleman, that an humble address be presented to his Majesty, stating the change that was eh:mt to take place, and praying that - his m a jesty would be pleased to authorise the treasury to pay to• Colonel Seymour such a pension as his Majesty should think fit. Mr. H UAlNsaid, that as one of those wi) had laid before the house the plan of the new salaries for the officers of the house, be could not but think that the proposition of the right hon. gentleman would meet with the entire approbation of the house, because the gentleman who had retired had entitled himself to the good wishes of every member of that house. He was en titled to receive £2,:3(X0 a-year, and all that he asked was, his successor being to be appoißted at a salary of £1,500, the sum fixed by the a:A passed last session, he might receive as a pension in future the difference between what he received and that which was now to be paid to the successor, than which nothing could be more honourable en his part. ( Hear, hear.) Sir M. W. RIDLEY most cordially concurred in the proposi tion made by the right hon. gentleman, and expressed a sincere feeling orgratitude fur the services which had been rendered by Colonel Seymour. He had held the situation for nearly 30 years, his father had filled it for nearly the same period, and it was impossible that the duties could have been more ably dis charged. t Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER then put ,the motion for the address to the crown, which was agreed to. EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. Mr. S. MACKENZIE rose to move that a select committee might be appointed to inquire into the present state of educa tion in Scotland. Mr. BitoritEßTON moved that the house do now adjourn. Mr. S. MACKENZIE said, that if that motion was persisted in he certainly could not oppose it;—(cries of "Orders of the day," " Orders of the day "))—but as the subject of his motion was of the very deepest importance, he could not be satisfied with having merely mentioned it. He had endeavoured to bring it on many times, hut had always been disappointed. He should only nqw adjourn his motion till the house met again. G-LASGQW UNiVERSITY. Mr.' OSWALD obtained leave to bring in a bill for the regula tion of the University of Glasgow. The bill was b•rought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time this day fortnight. S ASIZES' REMOVAL (IREI.ANn) _ _ _ _ The bill for the appointment of convenient places for the as sizes in Ireland was read- a third time and passed. i • SEAMEN'S ENLISTMENT BILL. The report on the seamen's enlistment bill was brought up, and agreca to. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned at twenty minutes past one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The Earl of R*nNor postponed to Tuesday (this clay) the second reading of the University's admission bill. • On the motion of the Duke of Richmond the loan society's bill was read a second time. The letters patent amendment bill, and the certiorari bill were each furthered a stage. The Duke of ItictistoND gave notice of a motion for some postoffice returns in order to show the inaccuracy of certain statements made in the other house of parliament respecting that establishment. On bringing up the report of the prisop' regulation bill, the Duke of Richmond moved the insertion of a clause, providing that prisoners whose term of confinement expired on the Sun day should, after the passing of this act, be liberated on the pre. ceding day.—Clause added; report agreed to. Third reading on Monday, to which day the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. The llery was opened at ten minutes to. four o'clock. The Medway navigation bill was withdrawn. Mr. 'l'. Duticom BE presented a petition from Colonel Bradley respecting the treatment he experienced some years since from Colonel Arthur. He gave notice that on the 21st instant he would move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the case. THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY. Mr. WA LTE R, moved for "a copy of any document under the authority of which the advance of the sum of £30,000 has been made to the Thames tunnel company'; and for copies of the reports, if any, of professional persons, made before the money was advanced, respecting the existing state of the tunnel, the estimated cost of completing the have, and the probability of future repayment." Mr. WA LTh It subsequently withdrew his motion, on an un derstanding that the documents which he required would be given to him. LAY PATRONAGE IN THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Mr. A. JOHNSTONE withdrew his mntion uu this subject. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. In answer to a question from Nil. M. kawooo, Mr. S. IlicE said that he was not prepared to say when he should be able to make his financial statement. The right hon. gentleman in formed the house that his Majesty had placed Marlborough House at the command of the House of Commons for the tem porary accommodation of their Speaker. The committee was engaged till a late hour in voting the miscellaneous estimates. On the resolution that a sum of money be granted to defray the expenses of legal prosecutions by the government, some remarks were made on-the unnecessary expense incurred iu the mint prosecutions by engaging four counsel against the prisoners. In the midst of it, Mr. KEARSLEY rose up and addressed the chairman nearly as follows :—" It has often been said in this house and else where, that the hon. member for Middlesex is an useful and salutary cheek upon the extravagance of ministers. But after what I have witnessed with my own eyes this night, I put down his conduct as perfect humbug. (Roars of laughter, and some cries of " Hear.") Without meaning any personal unkindness to the hon. member, 1 must say that, when a vote was put to the house for granting some secret service money—it was 30 some thing (a laugh)—.£3o,ooo odd, I believe—l saw an hon. gentle man connected with the noble lord opposite go up to him and give him a check for coming forward. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) I saw it. sir. (Laughter.) Yes, with my own eyes I saw it. (" Bear, hear," and laughter.) It's a perfect hum bug, sir—a perfect humbug, and nothing else." (Confusion and laughter.) Mr. am afraid that the hon. member's optics to night are not in a good state. (Laughter.) The hc•n. member, I think, sees double. (Laughter continued.) I certainly did protest against voting £36,000 as secret service money; but I am glad that we have reduced the grant so low—for we formerly voted £60,000 and upwards to the same purpose. (Hear, hear.) If we could only get rid of the pensions conferred by former governments, and still paid out of this grant, we should be able to reduce it much lower. (Hear, hear.) I say again that I should be glad to get rid of this grant altogether. As to the hon. member's charge against me, I tell him that no person whatever spoke to mite on the subject, or endeavoured to change my opinion. No man has ever attempted to coo trout or check me in my public conduct, and I tell the hon. member that of all men least of all shall he coutroul use. (Hear.) Mr. KEARSLEY (starting up with great animation.)—And I tell the hon. member for Middlesex in return, that he of all men shall not controul nie. (Hear, hear.) If I have any in firmity of sight and cannot see, it is not quite civil of the hon. member to tell me of it. (" Hear," and a laugh.) It's not what I call politeness. (" Order," and laughter.) I tell the hon. member that if my sight is not good, neither is his head as clear as it ought to be. (Cheers and laughter.) I tell him that I can see to count up the " tnttcl of the whole" as well as he can. (Convulsions of laughter.) No, I'll not be put clown by the hon. member for Middlesex. (Cries of " Order.") No, nor by any man who supports him either on his right hand or his left. (" Hear, hear," laughter, and some confusion.) The eyes of the country are upon us all, and they'll soon judge who's rightand who's wrong, who's a humbug, and who is not. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Mr. H timE rose to reply, but immediately on rising was met with loud cries of " No, no—say nothing." He said, however, " I beg the hon. gentleman not to mistake me. I said nothing about the infirmity of his eyes. 1 did not accuse him of not seeing. (Hear, hear.) I only accused him of seeing too much. (Great laughter.) Mr. KEAIISLEY.—The hon. member is out of his reckoning again. (A laugh.) He then added some other observation, which the confusion and laughter prevented us from hearing. MUNICIPAL REVISING BARRISTERS. The house having again resolved into committee, Lord J. Russizt,t. moved a resolution empowering the lords commissioners of the Treasury . to grant remuneration to, and to pay the expenses of, the revis►ng barristers employed under the mun►cipal corporations bill. The resolution was agreed to. ELECTION EXPENSES AND QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS BILL. Mr. Hume moved the second reading of this bill; he stated that he should propose that the bill be committed on Thursday next in the morning sitting, in order that the house might have au opportunity of fully discussing its provisions. - Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the second reading of so im portant a bill being agreed to as a mere matter of form at that late hour of the night (a quarter to one o'clock.) He should move as an amendment that the second reading be postponed till Thursday next. Mr. A. TREVOR supported the amendment. Mr. S. Rice said that as the bill was founded on the recom mendation of a committee he had no objection to allow the seconirreading7to pass. By doing so, however, he by no means pledged himself to support all the provisions of urrnn4.. he might as well state at that moment that he could uoi_upprove. of the qualification clause. Mr. it. Coi.aueNe also objected to the qualification clause, but would offer no opposition to the second reading. After a short conversation, the house divided on Colonel Sib thorp's amendment, when there appeared— Ayes . _ 6 Noes. 59 Majority against the amendment 53 During our exclusion from the gallery we understood that Mr. A. TREVOR moved a second amendment, to the effect that the bill be read a second time that day three mouths. Colonel SIBTHORP supported the amendment, and the house again divided— For the amehdinent. 5 Against it. Majority in favour of the second reading.. 53 The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be corn miaed on Thursday next. The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the house adjourned at haltpast (our. MELANCHOLY CASE or HYDROPHOBIA.— An inquest was held at Feenagh, county of Limerick, on Friday last, by John Cox, coroner, assisted by Captain Shelton. and attended by Doctor Graham, 111.C.5., ot, the body of Barrett Nagle, who died the previous night from the effects of the bite of a mad dog. The circumstances attending this case were truly fright ful and melancholy. The deceased was a lad about twenty years of age. He was working on the repairs of a road about three weeks since, and was bitten in the band by a small dog. From that time until last Thursday afternoon, no effects were apparent, when he complained of drowsiness and headache. He left off work and came home, when his mother prepared some mulled porter for him. At tht:sight of the liquid he evinced a very great uneasiness, and wTen it was ',tiered to hint he became delirious, and shortly afterwards raging mad. The intervali bets n the violent paroxyisms were never more than three or fo minutes, at which time he was perfectly in his senses, a talked most rationally. He was secured and tied to a be . y two - policemen (his relatives and friends, as well as all th eighbours, having run away from hint), but he broke the bindings and the bedstead to pieces, and was at his own re quest (during one of the lucid intervals) ban knifed by the po lice, to prevent his injuring himself and those who were about him. He continued in the most excruciating torments for about sixteen hours, when the unfortunate being was released by death from his agony about one o'clfick on Friday morning. The jury found a verdiN—"That deceased came by his death from the bite of a mad dog."—Limerick Chronicle. NUMBER 01 , BIBLES PRINTED.—IL has been estimated that only 25,000,000, of .Bibles were published from the discovery of the art. of printing to the year 18t:6; that since that time not more than 10,000,000, have been issued; and at the present rate of issue, it must be 500 years before all the families of .the earth can possess a copy. FATHER DENS"XHEOLOGY, A second protestant meeting was held at the Exeter Hall, on Saturday. The meeting was advertised fur eleven o'clock, but by half-past ten the. room, which • holds 5,000 persons was- corn_ pletely filled. Among the noblemen and gentlemen presen t were Lord Kenyon, the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Ashley, Si r Andrew Agnew, M.P., Sir D. Jackson, M.P., Mr. Hardy M.P., Mr. Plumptre, M.P., Mr. Horace Twiss, M.P., Captain Alsager, M.P., Mr. J. E. Gordon, M.P. Sir Peter Laurie, th e Rev. Drs. Holloway and Niblock, the Rev. - Messrs. Melville _Martin, Driscol, Ayres, 'l'. Less ey, J. W. Cunningham, H. Beatnish, J. Hannah, B:.c. &e. Lord Kenyon took the chair. In stating the regulations by which the speakers must abide, the noble lord said he had been informed that a number of pet sons were present for the purpose of interrupting the proceedings of the meeting, but he could not believe such was the case. He hoped and trusted it was a calumny. It would, in such a case, be his duty as chairman to preserve order in the meeting. But he repeated that he did not believe the statement; he was sure that those even of his Roman catholic brethren—for so he must.call them as belonging to the same country—who had got into that meeting by courtesy would not violate the confidence reposed in them. lie then proceeded to read the regulations, when Mr. Thomas Murphy, one of the candidates for Marylebone, attempted to address the meeting, but was silenced. The regulations, governing the proceedings of the meeting, having been read, The Rev. Mr. M Ghee proceeded to address the meeting. He commenced by referring to a letter which he hail addressed to the Roman catholic Archbishop of Dublin, inviting him to attend or appoint some person to be present to dispute the positions which might be advanced against the catholic religion. the rev. gentleman then went into a lengthened statement to prove that Dens' fheology was the accredited standard of the Roman Catholic faith. This had been proved at the last Meet• 'ing at Exeter Hall, and then, thouch„ never denied before, the Roman catholics came forward and repudiated the opinions of Dens, calling the publisher of his book a liar, because he stated that the book was published by authority, and excommunicating Dens ;—(loud cheers)—and then they proceeded to call the gentlemen who spoke at the last meeting fools and fanatics. (Ironical cheers from a number of catholics in the room.) The rev. gentleman then proceeded to animadvert on the letter of Dr. Murray which has appeared in all the papers, denying that Dens' Theology is received by the catholics as the standard of their 'faith. The same publisher, Mr. Coyne, published notes on the Bible in 1829, by Dr. Troy, Archbishop of Dublin ; and so intolerant were the doctrines there inculcated, that Mr. O'Connell said, in a public meeting, that if those doctrines were entertained by the Roman catholics be would not continue a catholic one hour longer. The book was then disclaimed by the Roman catholic bishops, and the publisher in that case, as in the present, was accused of stating au untruth its sayiug it was published with the concurrence of the catholics. But he addressed a letter to the present archbishop, in which he proved to demonstration the truth of his statements. (Loud cheers.) He met the statement, that Dr. Murray did not make Dens Theology a conference-book, with the most determined, explicit, and decided contradiction. (Cheeriug, with hisses.) The rev. gentleman here paused for a moment, and, addressing the part of the meeting from whence the hissing proceeded, said, in a very emphatic manner—"To those who hiss, I would say, hiss me, if you please—revile me, if you please; nay, I would say with the Athenian, strike me, if you please—but hear me." (Loud cheers.) The rev. gentleman then proceeded to prove from Dr. Murray's own written admission, as well us from his evidence before a committee of the House of Commons in 1829, that he recognized Deus' Theology as the standard of the ca tholic faith.—When the rev. gentleman came to that part of Dens which asserts that the Roman catholics hold the doctrine that protestants should be put to death, there was a shout of "No, no!" from several parts of the meeting,and various per sons rose and assumed the most violent attitudes and manner. The police interfered in several instances, when some of the persons disturbing the meeting attempted to strike them. In the course of the confusion, Captain Gordon, who sat on the platform, advanced to the front of it, and addressing the Chairman, said—" My lord, I think it my duty to inform you, that some of the disturbers of the meeting say that you are to be a marked man." This announcement created a feeling of horror among those by whom it was heard. Mr. M•Ghee then resumed his argument. He proved that Dr. Murray stated on his oath, before a committee of the House of Commons, that the bull Euuigenitus was in force in Ireland, While in his letter, ten days ago, to Lord Melbourne, he so lemnly says it isnot in force in Ireland. (Loud cheers.) The rev. gentleman then adverted to the alarming progress which the Roman catholic religion is making in •England, which he showed by an uncommonly large map. drawn up and exhibited • from the platform for the purpose. Ile told•the lord bishop of the church of England, that it was not by penal statutes, not by statesmen. but by the active exertions of the clergy and pious men that the progress of catholicism could be arrested. (Loud cheese.) lie prayed for his Roman catholic friends as he prayed for himself, and his prayer was, that they might be found on the last day where he hoped to be found—at the right hand of their Redeemer, and washed in the regenerating blood of the Lamb of God. (Universal cheering.) The Chairman said, that in conformity with the regulations of the meeting, he now called upon any gentleman, authorised by the Roman catholic prelates of either England or Ireland, Who had given the required notice of his wish to speak, tocome forward for the purpose. No one, however, who had not inti matett his intention of addressing the meeting prior to Thurs day last could he heard. When the chairman called on the Rev. Mortimer O'Sulli van, Mr. Murphy again attempted to gain a bearing, without effect, and a gentleman on the platform required Mr. O'Sulli van to produce the authority which entitled him to speak. The Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan replied that he appeared at the meeting by the universal call of the protestants of• England, and of those who now did him the honour to listen to him. Or der being restored, the rev. gentleman proceeded to address the meeting. His rev. frieni who had preceded him had ,expati ated with such ability and eloquence on the character of the hooks which were used by the Roman catholic clergy as text books, that little remained for him to say. He mild not, how ever, abstain frouvadtling his testimony to that of his reverend friend as to the baneful tendency of these books. Ile main tained that the doctriete laid down in Dens was the doctrine of the Roman catholic priesthood of Ireland, and that in spite of the contradiction given to the fact by the right rev, Doctor Murray, this book was published by Mr. Coyne with the full sanction of the heads of the Roman catholic church of that country. Now was it likely that Mr. Coyne—who,, be it re membered, was the bookseller of the Roman catholic college ofMaynooth—would have published this book without the au thurityof the Romati catholic clergy ? In deciding this ques tion they were bound to appeal to the canons of the church of Rome, for by those canons it was highly penal for any printer to publish a theological work without the sanction of the heads of that church. This being the case, then, was it. likely that Mr. Coyne would have sent forth to the world an unauthorised book of this kind ? Had Mr. Coyne done so, was it likely that he would still retain the appointment of bookseller to the college of Maynooth? Could any one doubt that he would not ? (cheers)—aud when they found not only that the book had never been disavowed, but - that Mr. Coyne was, down to the present time, the authorised catholic bookseller of Ire r land, had they not a right to conclude, notwithstanding Dr. Murray's letter—in which he exhibited such accurate knowledge of the mind of the prime ininistet of England—(loud cheers)—that Mr. Coyne never would have published a book that deserved perpetual oblivion without the sanction of the heads of his church? (Renewed cheers.) It hail been denied that the questions put by the Roman catholic bishops to the con ferences had anything to do with matters of faith ; but be insist ed that they had. Not only Dens', but every other book relating to the confessional, were replete with abominations too obscene to be noticed in such a place. Was it to be tolerated that young females, with innocent minds, should be obliged to disclose, not only the most delicate secrets of the heart, but he might even al most say,to discuss unknown secrets with men who were acquaint ed with all the abscenities and abominations in which their books abound in every part—obscenities and abominations, be it remembered, which ill-comported with either the duties or the relation in which those men stood with respect to the other members of the community. (A few cries of "Oh !" and " Not true!") He asserted that the doctrines of the church of Rome, as they were preached and practised by the Roman catholic clergy, were opposed to liberty of conscience ; and in proof of the perfect despotism of their iloctrines,•he had only to refer to the address of the clergy of the church of Rome in Belgium to the King of Holland, in the year 1823. further evidence of this would also he found in the Irish Laity's Directory for 1833; and, indeed, no one who knew anything of the doctrines and practices of the Romish church could doubt that it was a religion which was essentially intolerant in its nature. (Cheers.) By that religion the rights of heretics were wholly disregarded; and this, he was sorry to say, was the principle on which the parlia ment of' Great Britain—he had nearly said—was now acting ; but, at all events, it wee on this principle that one set of men had been hurled from power because they respected these rights, and another set of men had been thrust into the government of the country because they repudiated and stigmatised them.— (Tremendous and long continued cheering.) The property of the church of England was as much entitled to the protection of the law as any other species of property, and be denied that ally pertions of that propetty could be taken away from the protestant establishment in liclancl,• not only without rank injustice, but without violating every principle of the law of the land. They were mocked, however, by the word " appropriation," when spoliation was the intention; but he would put it to the good sense of every one present, whether any direct attack had been made upon the tithe system until after the Roman - catholic relief bill had passed. Before then no attempt whatever had been made to divert the revenues of the church from ecclesias tical purposes; and such being the fact, and seeing that the established clergy of Ireland had now no representatives in the legislature—had no friends except in one branch of the great council of the nation, which was now treated as nothing—it was, he maintained, their bounden duty to step forward not only in sell'-defence, but as the assertors of the pre-einiuence of the religion which they professed. (Great cheering.) The .provi sions of the catholic relief bill furnished the most convincing evidence that the parliament by whom it was passed never in. • tended to allow Roman catholics to interfere with the property of the protestant church. But had not the law us laid down by that great measure: been evaded, and had not the Roman catholic members of the legislature of the country become, notwithstand ing their oath—an oath which would be bindieg on the con sciences of ail other men save Roman catholics—the bitterest assailants of the rights and privileges of the church of Ireland. which was one and identical with the church of England, (Tremendous cheering.) They had given some proofs of the dangerous doctrines of the church of Rome, and they could have given many more if time- permitted. But he asked whether, with the accumulation of facts they haul submitted, their case was not made out ? (Loud cheers.) The rev. gentleman then referred to the interruptions which had that day been given to the proceedings of the meeting by Roman catholics, and con tendeththat the circumstance was a proof that all the worst and most venemous doctrines of pope: y were still entertained. (Loud cheers and hisses.) They had undertaken a task—in trying to assert doctrines which they could not defend, though invited to do se—which he had thought none but ruffians would have engaged to perform. (Loud cheers, mingled with hisses.) After soree other observations, the rev. gentleman concluded, amidst deafening cheers, by reading a resolution to the effect that it had been satisfactorily proved that Dens' Theology was the recognised standard of authority in matters of religion by the Roman catholic bishops of Ireland. The Rev. Robert Daly seconded the resolution, which was put and carried by ucclaination, together with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MOTHER WIT.—" We:l, John," said a laird to his tenant the other dav, " what's your-opinion of this voluntary business ? " " Deed, - sir, I'm a nee dout,tfu' about it; it seems to me that it's the black coats themsels that are making a' the stir; us puir folks are no fashin' ourselves muckle i't." " You are quite .tight, John, it's certainly the ministers that are leading the movement." "Then, sir, you may be sure that the ministers hae a drift o' their sin to drive; for my mother used to say to me—' Jock.' said she, 'whenever ye see a flock o' craws fleeing a' ae way, depend upon it there's craws' business on hand.' " Laird of Lotion. THIRD CENTENARY OF THE REFORMATION. 4. have been reminded by a correspondent that Friday, the ea day of Octobi: * r next, i 4 the anniversary of the third cen tenary of the reformation. The recurrence of this remarkable epoch should nut be allowed to pass without notice by thote who prize the enjoyment of the inestimable blessings of the pure light of the gospel. We, therefore, hone that on the following Sunday, thee - 25th October next, besides observing the -usual ordinances of the Sabbath,. proteitaiits of all denominations throughout the empire will celebrate the third centenary of the reformation. by praise. and thanksgivings to the Almighty for their deliverance from the.thraldom of the church of Roipe. It would no doubt be highly consolatory to the members of the 'established church were our archbishops and bishops to prepare an appropriate service fur that occasion. While we redact on the reports, we may add the arrogant !Masts, whicbdaily reach us of the successful efforts making by the catholic hierarchy to regain that position which they usurped in our hind during the dark ages; we cannot but feel impressed with the necessity which now exists for the publication.. of a. short Manual in a popular form of the principal reasons for our re jection of the corrupt church of Rome, embracing the following points :- Ist.—That the authority over the christian world assumed by the Pope as the successor of St. Peter is founded on an impos ture, inasmuch as St. Peter, according to the sacred writings, never received or claimed any acknowledgment of superiority from the other apostles. In the second chapter of the epistle to the Galatians it is recorded, that when St. Peter, at Antioch, " walked not uprightly according to the truths of the gospel," St. Paul " withstood him to the face;" also that the gospel of the uncircnmcisiou was committed to St. Pau!, and the gospel of the circumcision to St. Peter. There is no evidence iu his tory, sacred or profane, that St. Peter ever visited Rome. 2dly.—That the church of Rome has invaded the civil rights of its votaries by burthensome exactions of a personal kind af fecting solely their animal nature, fur which there is no precept or precedent in the scriptures. idly.—That it has degraded the minds of its votaries by its impure rites and corrupt creed, at variance with the divine com munications recorded in the sacred scriptures. Mthly. —That it has sinned against the Holy Ghost by its false and debasing tenets of the nature and attributes of the Deity. sthly.—That the prophecies and awfdl deuuneiatious of the scriptures against " the mystery of iniquity that has made her self drunk with the blood of the saints' are alone applicable to the religiously impure and the civilly intolerant church of Rome. LORD MORPETH'S IRISH TITHE BILL The following is an abstract of this measure:- Ist. All the compositions under Goulburn's act, and the bill introduced by Lord Stanley, should at once cease and deter mine. 2. With the arrears of 1831-32-33, it did not propose to med dle. The parties had the power of taking the money if they chose. With the suits now pending nothing was to be done. With regard to the arrears of 1831, in many parts of Ireland, but particularly in the north, several landlords had undertaken to pay the clergy the amount of th ,, ir compositions, subject to a bonus of 15 per cent., and about £102,000 had been thus under taken. It was proposed to keep the landlords to their liability. It was also proposed to empower the privy council to recover the arrears of 1831, subject to the deduction or 25 per cent., from the landlords who had a real estate in the land. In addi tion to these two amounts, it was proposed to dpply the residue of the £1,000,000; and it further contemplated asking leave of a committee of the house to introduce a clause to remit all sums due from the protestant clergy of Ireland under the million act. 3d. It proposed to convert the existing tithe composition into a rent-charge upon the first estate of inheritance. This rent .charge would be equal to seven-tenths of the amount of compo sition ; in other words, £7O out of £lOO. This would be sub jected to a charge of 6d. in the pound for the cost of collection, which would reduce the actual amount of the rent-charge to £6B ss. 4th. The clerical proprietor of tithes would receive £73 ss. per cent., which would be /but a temporary charge. The dif ference of 5 per cent. to be placed in the perpetuity purchase fund. ' sth. It meant to indemnify the country incumbents to the amount of £75, to be paid from the perpetuity indemnity fund. 6th. After the amount of the rent-charge was fixed, it was to be liable to no future variation except ou the couiposition now made, and except by the price of corn at certain stated periods It was also intended to provide that Lord Tenterden's act should be extended to Ireland, as it was included in the bill o last year. 7th. In parishes where there was neither church nor church men, the cure of souls should be committed to the neighbouring minister with a stipend of £3 per annum. Bth. In ally parish where there is no member of the church of England, or in which there is less than 50, the presentation to the living should be suspended; and then the ecclesiastical commissioners, subject to the consent and approbation of the lord-lieutenant and privy council, were empowered either to assign that parish to the care of the neighbouring minister or appoint a separate curate. 9th. They can in all cases provide a new church and appoint a resident and separate curate, who should in such case have a salary of not more than £75 a year. 10th. Where there is a separate curate, the use of the glebe house and so much of the glebe land was to be allowed to him. In every parish where the cure of souls was committed to the neighbouring minister, and that his own church was so situate as not to afford accommodation to the spiritual wants or the perfect worship of the members of the established church in the auxiliary parish—in these auxiliary parishes, and also in those parishes where a separate curate is appointed, means should be taken to erect or establish a place of worship. In all such cases they shall be built for a sum not exceeding £lOO, or hired yearly at a cost not exceeding £l5 a year. 11th. 'Wherever provision was made to establish a place of public worship, the archbishop of the province or the bishop of the diocese would be associated with the commissioners pro /lac vice. in such cases the commissioners would be authorized to dissolve a, parish from the union to which -it might have be longed, but always with the consent and approbation of the lord-lieutenant and council. They could assign it to a neigh bouring minister. In any other parishes not within those pro visions, after deducting 30 per cent. train the tithe commutation the ecclesiastical commissioners were required, when the benefice exceeded £3OO, to report the circumstance to the lord-lieutenant, and they would be enabled to make such deductions as the extent of the congregation and the duties to be performed re_ quired. 12th. The total number of parishes affected by the operation of the bill would be 860, from which a revenue of £58,076 per annum would arise; the surplus arising from which was to be appropriated to the purposes of general education. ISLINGTON MARKET. The following are the questions put to the judges, and their answers. They are referred to in our parliamentary report:— " QUESTIONS: "A chaster was granted by King Edward 111. to the corpora tion of the borough of A, with these words (inter alia) 'quod nullenn rnercatunt infra septein leucas iu circuitu buryi preedicti per nos I el lueredes nostras alicui concedatur: "The corporation path continued to hold, as before it had been holden by prescription, a market in Blackacre, and to take the profits thereof. "A charter is now granted to B by the crown of a market to be holden in Whiteacre, within less than seven miles distance from Blackacre. "I. Is this second grant contrary to the first, and may it be repealed by rd./a, as contrary thereto? "2. The same question—Whitacre being less than seven miles distant frothithe borough of A? "3. In either of the said cases can it be pleaded, or in any way taken into consideration, that the benefit of the public re quired a new market to be holden, other than markets hoiden by the corporation of A, and within less than seven miles from these markets or from said borough ? " OPINION. " I am to acquaint }our lordships that my learned brethren and myself, in c onsidering• the questions propouuded to us by your lordships, assume that it is proposed to ask the first and second question with reference to holding the new market at the.same times with the old. " The judges are agreed, that if this clause adds any prohibi tion other than that which is attached by the common law to the grant of a market, it is void; for there is no consideration for such restriction, nor any additional benefit conferred upon the subject;. that it is a prohibition imposed in respect of an old right, without a new consideration. " The establishment of a new market to be holden at the same times within the common law distance of an old market, prima facie is injurious to the old market, and therefore void. "Tho judges also state to their lordships, that they are of opinion that the 'circumstances mentioned in the third question —viz., that the benefit of the public required a new market to be holden other than markets already holden by the first grantee, would not of itself warrant the grant of such new market." DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN A COAL MINE AT 1.117 LE LEVER, NEAR BOLTON. SEVEN TEEN LI vEs LOST.—We have this week the melan choly task of recording another of those dreadful and over whehning calamities which have of late years been so frequent in mining districts, and which seize on the sympathies of the community, not as common misfortunes, but with the, force of w Ne-lop real! an d irreparable desolation. From the information we have obtained, it appears - that at , seven o'clock yesterday morning a number of fresh hands (the night-workers having done their allotment) entered a coal mice belonging to the fa mily of the late Colonel Fletcher, situate at a place called Oulert hole, in Little Lever, and proceeded to get coal. According to accounts they were in number 38, men and boys. At one part of the works, a di s tant one from the shaft, the coal had been got until it nearly cropped out, that is, come to the surface of the ground, and this part was unilatonately in the channel of the river Irwell, swollen at the time by the previous night's rain, and the waters of which burst upon them, and, cutting off seven men and ten boys from every possibility of access to the shaft, drowned them in the works. Twenty•one men and boys es caped by reaching the shaft, which they climbed by a ladder . fastened to the side, and gave information of the dreadful and certain fate of their fellow workmen. • None of the bodies have yet been recovered, the works reing full of watt r, Which it must take a very considerable time to displace. Tt were a vain task to attempt even a faint description of the• affliction which this calamity has caused in the neighbourhood where it happened. Let us hope that the Being who permitted the awful visitation would in mercy abridge their mortal pang., and accept them where the weary find an everlasting rest. —Manchester Chronicle. THE CROPS. Weirear the hest accounts of the crops in general in this dis trit t. A great deal of hay has been cut and housed, which is good both in bulk and condition, but the heavy showers there have been this week have seriously interrupted the hay harvest. The grain crops, upon the whole, are extremely promising, and in a forward state. The smut is found to prevail in some places, particularly among barley, but we trust it is only partial. furnips are in a very luxuriant state generally speaking, to Which the late rains have •greatly contributed. Potatoes are now doing well: there is a failing here and there to some ex tent ; but, on an average, the crop promises fairly. In the western parts of Cumberland the hay harvest is pro ceeding with great rapidity. A large portion of the crop is in excellent condition, and will generally he superior both in quantity nod quality. The aspect of the country is generally encouraging. Potatoes and turnips are very good, and the wheats in particular are almost of unexampled luxuriance. In Westmoreland, generally speaking, hay-harvest is in full operation this week, and a good deal has been secured in prime condition. The crops are considered good. Wheat promises well, and should the season of harvest prove faveinable, a crop tar above an average may be expected. Oats and barley look well upon tl.e whole, but certain places have suffered a little fiom drought. The fly has made sad havoc amongst the tur nips on some farms, and few crops have escaped uninjured from this destructive insect. The potutoe crop in several places has partially failed ; but in some instances the farmers ha'. e planted the ground a second time, and with every prospect of success. The corn of all kinds has seldom in any year looked better in the north part of the North-Hiding of - Vol kshire.—Cur lisle Patriot. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. BAZAAR AND FANCY FAIR. I‘,l - R. , ATKINS, Proprietor of the Liverpool Zoological Gardens, most respectfully begs 19se toinform the Nobility, Gentry, and other Inhabitants of - hverpool and;44o-..--- • Vicinity, that, at the request of numerous parties who were dis appointed by the state of the weather on former occasi7 of the k . 2 kind during the present ye a r, h e h as b een i n d uce d t o nnounce that a ' BAZAAR AND FANCY FAIR, The proceeds of which will be divided am gst the PUBLIC CHARITIES Of the the Town, will be held at the rdens, THIS DAY, (Tuu.snAy,) the 14th instan should the state of • the weather permit. In the Evening there will be an . EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS, Under the Superintendence of Mr. HENGLER, of Vauxhall _Gar.dens,,..London, and the GROUNDS will be SPLEN , DIDLY ILLUMINATED. Non-subscribers admitted till Two o'clock, on the production of a Subscriber's Order, and Payment of Two SHILLINGS:; after that hour, at the usual charge of ONE SHILLING. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. QIGNOR BLITZ, the celebrated Professor of the Art of 175 Magic, Slight of Hand, Ventriloquism, &c., will have the honour of displaying his extraordinary powers at this Theatre THIS EVENING, the 14th instant, and every Evening during the Races, previous to his departure f r America, (his second appearance these five years.) The Amusements of the Rvening will c sist of New and Extraordinary METAMORPHOSES, nt er vet exhibited is Liverpool; ILLUSIONS, both pleasit and -astomshingi MAGICAL COINS; PROLIFIC 1-1 T; TRANSFOR MATIONS ; V ENTR I LOQUISM ; LEGERDEMAIN ; FEATS OF DEXTERITY ; DANCING OF FIVE DIN.- NER PLATES;—forming Waltzes, Quadrilles, Reels, and Country Dances, with various others too numerous to mention. To conclude with the Wonderful GUN TRICK. Signor BLITZ will suffer any Gentleman in the Theatre to fire at him with a Gun loaded with powder and two balls, (pre viously marked,) and immediately after its discharge will exhibit the same balls iu his hand, warm and smelling of gunpowder ! ! ! Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d.—Half-price to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock; and Children admitted to the Boxes at Half-price from the beginning. Doors to be open at Half-past Seven, Performance to begin at Eight exactly. TO CORRESPONDENTS, The letter signed "Bible Christian" is ably and powerfully written; but we regret it is so lung that we cannot make room for it. We have sent the letter about the beer shops on Sunday to the proper quarter. In answer to "An Elector," we beg to state that for all borough voters one shilling fur registration must be paid in erery year along with the rates and taxes, on or before the 2Uth of the present month July. COE Eiberpool ,Stanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1835. If England, holding as she does the key of the Medi terranean, from being in possession of Gibraltar, were to enter into a treaty with Spain that no ships of any nation should be allowed to pass that strait except those of the contracting parties, or those who might obtain permission from the British government, what would the other na tions of Europe say to such a treaty? The answer may be guessed. In a state of peace the other European nations would contend that the gut of Gibraltar was as open to the flags of all states as the straits of Dover, and that there would be as much reason and justice in closing, taxing, or tolling the one, as in closing the other. What, then, is to be said with respect to the Pole, under Russian constraint, shutting up the passage into the Euxine, and interdicting the entrance of all vessels other than Turkish or Russian into that sea ? The Euxine is to Turkey, Russia, Persia, and the east, what the Mediterranean is to France, Austria, Sardinia, Eng land, and Northern Africa. The Sultan of Constantino ple has no more command over the passage of the Bosphorus than the King of England, in his fortress of Gibraltar, has over the entrance of the Mediterranean. Through the gross mismanagement of the whigs, how ever, the one passage is shut, and the other remains open ! There was a time when the honour of England would not submit to the indignity of being questioned. There was a time, in better day*, when the trade of England would not have been.left to the mercy oaeini 7 barharians —when the slightest insult to our flag would have been avenged in a voice of thunder—when a commercial treaty formed against her interests or without her consent would have been torn to rags at the muzzle of our guns, and the conspirators punished in a manner that would have furnished a wholesome example to the whole world. Alas I these times are gone by ! Since Lord PALMER STON has had the control of the foreign department in the government every half barbarian, as well as every civiliied state in Europe, has deemed it safe to treat England with contempt, and interrupt the advancement of British commerce by the most insulting, arbitrary, in vidious, and unjust measures. For many ages the Ottoman Porte had, in England, her best and truest ally. She looked to us for succour in the hour of danger. We maintained, as in duty bound, the integrity of her rights, because we were parties to treaties, the violation of which would have been injurious to our commercial privileges. In 1829 the Duke of WELLINGTON, then prime minister, trusting to the high honour of the Emperor of Russia, allowed the conflict he then waged against the Porte to take its course. The noble duke, at that period, made a grand mistake.. He permitted the Russians to pass the Balkan. He grati fied their ambitious vision with a sight of the fair fields which gleamed in the sunshine of the south. They saw from the mountains, what they had never seen before, the isles of Greece. He, fatally fur the interests of British commerce, allowed the Russians to dictate their own terms to the humbled and deserted Sultan, and trusting to the high honour of the emperor, be suffered the belligerents to patch up a peace in the way most agreeable to - the conquering party, and without reference to the ancient rights of this country. In short, the Duke of WELLINGTON instructed his subalterns in the foreign office to state that he (the noble duke) had perfect confi dence in the " magnanimity" of the Emperor of all the Russias. At that time we reposed no confidence in this magnani mous security. We did not believe that Russia was sincere, or that Turkey, or British interests in Turkey, were safe. Events have proved that our suspicions were well founded. It is true, that had the Duke of WELLINGTON remained in office be would most unquestionably have been a party to the treaty of peace, or at least he would have taken care that no secret articles were framed injurious to British honour or trade. The noble .duke never would have consented that Russia should possess any control . over the passage of the Bosphorus, or any veto uporf ships of war, or otherwise, entering the Black Sea. The Duke of WELLINGTON, however, was not a minister of the crown when the articles of amity between the Porte and Russia were under discussion, and, consequently, he was no party to the disgraceful treaty which was after wards entered into and ratified. It was Lord PALMER STON, the immortal prince of the protocols, who had the high honour to be secretary for foreign atThirs when the treaty was executed. By that treaty the Russians agreed to evacuate Adrianople and the territory of the Porte the Sultan paving the Emperor the costs of the invasion, and consenting that, for the future, no vessels of war, belonging to any foreign power, in amity or otherwise with the contracting parties, should be allowed to pass the Bosphorus without permission first obtained from the cabinet of St. Petersburgh It will be said, perhaps, that Lord PALMERSTON is not responsible for these ignominious and insulting comb dons, because the noble secretary was not aware of their existence. This may be so; we are not combating Lord PALMERSTON'S good intentions, but his ignorance. We blame hitu for not knowing that which every merchant's clerk in Constantinople knew perfectly Well. A corre spondent of the Morning Herald wrote a foil account of the whole transaction, in which the exact terms of the treaty and the secret articles were given to the letter. 'Phis intelligence was in possession of the public gene rally long before Lord PALMERSTON had received any ad vices from his diplomatic agents at the Porte; for when asked in the House of Cemmons whether he knew any thing of the treaty, his lordship, with remarkable cool ness, replied, that he had received no despatches orr time subject ; that he neither could admit nor deny the truth of the statements published by the Herald, and that all he THI LIVERPOOL STANDARD. JULY 14, 1835.