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, ~..P ~ THE LIVERPOOL ADDRESS TO THE KING TO THE ICING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. iour Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the under signed Magistrates, Clergy, Bankers, Merchants, and others of the Town of Liverpool, beg to approach your Majesty with the expression of our unfeigned gratitude for the repeated assurances of your Majesty's firm determination to uphold the national church, as by law established, in these realms. We view with feelings of the deepest concern and regret the progress of that unnatural alliance which has been formed in the House of Commons for the purpose of frustrating the wise and conciliatory measures of your Majesty's Ministers, and of forcing upon the country the adoption of a resolution - which, if carried into effect, we are firmly persuaded, wo),it'd establish a principle which would lead not only to the eutfre subversion of the Church in Ireland, but infallibly ttill Tine the security of all property whatever. We, therefore, assure your Majesty th t we have heard with the utmost alarm and dismay of the resignation of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, and the rest of your Majesty's Ministers; and whilst we would shrink from any attempt to dictate to your Majisty in the choice of your Majesty's Ministers, we cannot withhold the expression of our confident belief that the con tinuance in of fi ce of those ministers, at the present crisis, is the only means of preserving, under the blessing of God, the peace, prosperity, and happiness of this great empire. THE LIVERPOOL ADDRESS TO SIR. ROBT. PEEL. THE following are Copies of the Letter of Mr. MAN ROBINSON. transmitted with the LIT' ADDRESS to Sir ROBERT PEEL, and ti Baronet's answer thereto : .r,eiPOOL Right Hon. " Litters of ill April, 1835. " Sin,—l have great pleasure in tran ting to you an Ad dress adapted at a numerous Meeting the Friends of the Monarchy, the Church, and the Institutions of the State, (over which I had the honour to preside, on Saturday, the 4th instant,) expressive of the confidence which a numerous portion of the Inhabitants of Liverpool repose in you as the first adviser of the Crown. " I have merely to remark that in the short space of scarcely three days this address has received the signatures of 6669 indi viduals, the bulk of whom are men of character, property, and intelligence " I. have the honour to remain, "Ste, "Your no;t obedient servant, "NICHOLAS ROBINSON. '" Th• Right Hon. Sir. Robert Peel, Bart., &e., &e." " Whitehall Gardens, April 11th, 1835. " have had the honour to receive the address from Liverpool which you transmitted to me on the 7th April. " I cannot acknowledge the receipt of an address signed by Ito numerous, and so respectable a body of my fell Ow-subjects without expressing the proud satisfaction I have derived from the assurances of esteem and confidence which it conveys, and an earnest hope that those who are parties to it will believe that I was actuated in finally relinquishing the great contest in which I was engaged by the same sense of public duty, the same re gard for the permanent interests of the crown and the country, which induced me to persevere so long in that contest under circumstances so embarrassing. • " I have the honour to be, " Sin t __ __ ." Your faithful servant, " ROBERT PEEL.. " Nicholas Robinsnu, Esq., Liverpool." HUMPHREYS and ROBINSON beg leave announce the completion of extensive Alte o in their Pre mises, and the arrival of several Packa of SPRIN G GOODS, which are now ready for inspection. IRISH LINENS direct from the Bleachers; TABLE LI NEN, SHEETING, BLANKETS, QUILTS, &c. 19, Bold-street, April 10, 1835. CHOLERA AT MARTINIQUE. Considerable anxiety has been felt by those connected with our West India colonies at the reported appearance of the Asiatic cholera, and notwithstanding that such has been offi cially announced by the French governor, much doubt of the accuracy of the statement exists. We subjoin the governor's despatch to the Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica, announcing the breaking out of this dreadful epidemic, to which we add the statement of Captain Forsyth, of the mail-boat Lady Lyon, addressed to Messrs. E. B. and J. Baly, of Barbados, denying the existence of the disease. The former document is given in the Barbados paper of the 2d of March, the latter in that of the 6th. "Government of Martinique, Fort-Royal, Feb. 20, 1835. " MosstEutt as GiivseNevß,—lt is with regret that I have to inform you, that within these few days the cholera has ap peared in St. Pierre, and that three individuals, two soldiers and n'Aitifaring man, who were first attacked, were quickly car= tied Off. Since that four persons have evinced symptoms of this disease, although apparently of a less alarming character. I feel it my duty not to delay giving your excellency the infor mation of the existence of this scourge at a place so little dis tant from the colony, the government of which is confided to you. "The cholera has appeared in St. Pierre without any appar ent introduction from abroad; its appearance and its progress do not at present give reason to suppose that it will be of any serious extent. " I am. with high consideration, &e., "The Vice-Admiral Counsellor of State, "C. HALGAN. "To his Excellency the Governor of Dominica." The following is the extract from Captain Forsyth's letter, as above alluded to On my arrival at Antigua, on the 25th of February, under standing that the cholera had made its appearance at Mar tinique I resolved not to land the mail there until I bad further accounts, but on arriving. at Guadaloupe I made inquiry there respecting it, and was informed that it was false, but that three soldiers had - died there of dysentery. The same information was confirmed at Dominica, and also by Captain Stevens, whom I boarded off Sdetrs - Head. He applied to your agent at Mar tinique, who waited on the hospital physician, and was told by him that no such thing as Asiatic cholera had taken place there. I also called on him and he assured rue it was not the case. On my arrival at St. Lucia there was not any quarantine regula tion there. The F overnor would not establish it when he heard the partieulars. our agent told me I might confidently make an affidavit that no such thing existed, as he is a member of the hoard who visited the hospital. They would not grant any bills of health, be told me, as it would then be thought that such a disease existed there." The following has been received at Lloyd's : " British Consulate, Vera 'Cruz, Feb. 1, 1835. " Sir;-1 beg leave to transmit you herewith a copy of a notice given by me to the merchants of this city; its object is to protect the body of underwriters in England from undue claims, and I trust you will deem it proper to give the notice in question publicity at Lloyd's. "To the chairman, &c. (Signed) "F. GIFFARD." " British Consulate, Vera Cruz, Feb. 1, 1835. " Notice is hereby given, that in future no documents relat ing to the survey, valuation, or sale of damaged goods can be legalized at this office, unless the undersigned has been previ ously cited to attend such survey. valuation, or sale. (Signed) "F. GIFFARD, Vice-Consul." LIBERALITY OF A "LIBERAL" WHIG 51. P. The electors of Manchester are probably not aware that amongst other obligations and engagements entered into be tween the Right Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson and the clique who contrived to secure his return for this borough, it was stipu lated that he should enact the character of "The Friend of Humanity." so ably delineated by the late Mr. Canning—a character for which he has since shewn that he possesses every qualification. "L give thee sixpence," (exclaims the lover of his species to the "needy knife-grinder" upon whom his touch ing appeal en the tyranny of the upper classes produces no other erect than a desire "to drink his honour's health in a pot of beer,")—" I give thee sixpence !—I vviil see thee damned first!" Upon the political wrongs of the "knife-grinder" the " Friend of Humanity" is all eloquence and 'sympathy— " Drops of compassion tremble on his eyelids, Ready to fall as soon as he has heard the Pitiful story; " hut when an appeal is made to his pocket, his sympathy evaporates,and he resists the attack with all the ardour of au injured man. Just so with Mr. Thomson. A gentleman, one of his supporters, wrote to him to solicit c ontribution to the fund for the s upp or t o f th e l a t e Mr. Bailey's family, and in the • true spirit of the " Friend of Humanity," the right hon. M.P. returned the following answer : " 13, South Audley-street, April 2d, 1835. "My dear Sir,—l have received yours of the 30th ult. I assure you it would give me great pleasure to affix my name to the list of subscribers to the fund raised for the family of Mr. Bailey, and to add my mite, if I could do so without violating the rule which my friends laid down for me with respect to all local subscriptions in Manchester; but I do not think I can consistently with that arrangement, and as my only reply to solicitations has been that I can make no exceptions, I find my self here obliged to abstain. I trust that the division which will take place t hi s evening will ,e a death-blow to the government. 1V shall have a majority of frow twenty to thirty, and they can not revidin after that is over; hoverer if they were to persevere and entliavour to dray on their existence a few days longer, their ultimate defeat is certain. —Believe me, dear sir, mosttrulv yours, "C. POULETT THOMSON." - *- Lit ascatimst with this specimen of whig liberality, we; would • point to the conduct •of a tory, Lord Francis Egerton. • Ile was applied to on the same subject. by a whig, and requested to urge upon government the propriety of granting Mrs. Bailey a • pension. His reply was that he could not make the request, as be thotight it was improper to apply the public money to such a purpose; but to shewhis sympathy with the unfortunate family, he enclosed an order on his banker for £lo.—Manchester Paper. SUMMARY JUSTICE.—A baker at Tunis, having been accused of selling bread short a weight, the Kaed or Alayor, on repair ing to his shop, having found the charge to be well-founded, im mediately, without further trial, ordered the culprit to be thrown Into his own oven; adding, "I have done great good—bakers will, in future, deem it preferable to heat their ovens for bread of a proper weight than to bake themselves, of whatever weight they may chance to be." ANSTRUTHER EASTER.—The election of a member to the general assembly from this burgh took place here on the Ist in stant, tinder the following novel circumstances:—" The town council consists of nineteen, of which ten are dissenters and nine are churchmen. At the hour appointed, the churchmen assembled in the Town hall, but the dissenters failed to attend, and hence, as there were not a quorum or majority present, the meeting could not proceed to business. After waittuF a while, however, one of the party made. his appearance in tne Town hall, and signified that although he could not con scientiously vote for Mr. Bruce of K ennet, t h e gent l eman pro p ose d to be older, because he did not go far enough in his views of church reform, yet he would not by his wilful absence prevent others from doing what they conceived to be their duty. The diffi culty of want of quorum being thus removed, Mr. Bruce was elected to he ruling elder for this burgh, by the unanimous voice of the magistrates and councillors assembled, except that of the individual referred to, who declined to vote."—Scottish Guardian. A CHILD NURTURED AND TRNDED BY A BEAR.—An ex traordinary occurrence has recently taken place in Hungary. At a late bear bunt the hunters succeeded, after much difficulty, in killing a very savage old she bear. She was scarcely brought to the ground w h en a young gi r l, a b out twelve years of age, rushed from a thicket and threw herself on the (lying animal, making the deepest lamentations. With considerable trouble 'the huntsmen contrived, by means of cords with running knots, to capture the little savage. Inquiry being set on foot, it was "aadertained that a country-woman had lost her child about tware - years since, and had never been able to discover what had become of it. The girl has been placed under the care of Countess Erdodi, who has commenced her treatment by fe e di n ,, her on roots, honey, and raw meat. Much - Curiosity is evinced to see, when she has received certain instruction, and the deve lopernent of intellect has taken place, whether she remembered her former situation, and what details she will furnish eau the subject. --Gazette des de Frankfort. • upc Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, Mr. BERNAL, and others from the Commons, preseuted the report of the commission appointed in 1830 to inquire into the best mode of giving efficiency to secondary punishments, to gether•with the minutes of evidence taken before them. Ou the motion of the Duke of Richmond, the report was or dered to be printed, and to be referred to the select committee on prison discipline. Mr. Bernal, and others from the commons, brought up the mutiny bill and the marine mutiny bill, which, on the motion of the Duke of Wellington, were severally read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. _ Mr. Kennedy and others in-ought upa message from the com mons, requesting that their lordships would be pleased to grant them a copy of the report of the lords of session on the subject of Scotch entails. Answer to be returned lyy messengers from the lords. Petitions in favour of a grant of public money for additional church accommodation in Scotland were presented from many parishes in that country, by the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Oxford, and the Marquis of Bute. • Viscount DUNCANNON requested the right rev. prelate oppo site to postpone the presentation of the petition from the Rev. Mr. Stoney, complaining of the conduct of certain of the com missioners of public instruction, until he had received an an swer from Ireland on the subject. The Bishop of EXETER said, that though he was very anxious to present the petition, still he found it impossible to resist the application of the noble lord. The reason which the noble lord had given was sufficient to induce him to postpone the present ation of the petition till Monday next, on which day he should bring it forward. In the mean tune he hoped there would be no objection to his moving an address to his Majesty, praying that his Majesty would be graciously pleased to order that there should be laid before the house a copy of any instructions that had been given to his Majesty's commissioners for inquiring into the state of religious and other education in Ireland, and the warrant under which Craig, Esq., was appointed to be a commissioner. There was a reference in the petition which,he had to present to the appointment of that gentleman, whose name did not appear in the list of persons originally nominated to act as commissioners. He supposed, however, that the ap pointment was regular. Viscount DUNG ANNON was understood to say that after the first commission had issued, it was found necessary to increase the number of the commissioners, which was done in the second commission. He thought that government would have no ob jection to produce the documents called for. Perhaps the right rev. prelate had better call for all the names inserted in the original commission, and those inserted in the second cora. mission, together with the instructions given to the commis sioners. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that so far as he was con cei ned he had no objection to the production of the, information called for, but he did not know whether it would be quite regular to grant the motion in the absence of the legal and iesponsiule advisers of the crown. Lord Biroboriara said this was undoubtedly a mere matter of form, and he believed that nobody would object to the motion. Still, though it was a matter of form, it was necessary that there should be a responsible adviser. It was possible that the name of the gentleman alluded to might have been inserted in the second commission. It was not in the first commission ; of that he was quite confident. With respect to the individual al luded to, he was the son of a very old and distinguished friend of his, Sir Jurne4 Gibson Craig, a descendant of Sir Thomas Craig, an eminent lawyer, and connected with one of the oldest families in Scotland. Of that gentleman he would say that he was of unexceptionable character in point of integrity, and that he possessed much ability. The Bishop of ExETEi said that what had fallen from the noble viscount and the noble and learned lord made him more anxious to acquire the information which he sought for; but, after what the noble duke had said, he felt that it would be proper to postpone his motion. He learned from what had fallen from the noble and learned lord that the name of the individual to whom allusion had been made was not in the first commission, and that it was doubted whether it appeared in the second. Lord BROUGH A M Said he was not certain upon that point. Here the conversation ended. OATHS' A UOLITION AILS . The Duke of RICHMOND moved the third reading of the above bill. - The Earl of Wicimow observed that he could have wished the bill to have been of a more extended nature •, and, bad the bill been in an earlier stage, he should have moved as anamend inent, that the oaths takeu from time to time by the directors of fever hospitals, and by the keepers of gaols in Ireland, should be included within its provisions. He, however, thanked the noble duke for introducing the measure, because it would estab lish a precedent for future legislation on this subject. When the provisions of the bill were generally known, complaints, he was convinced, would be made, tlfat the alteration proposed iu the existing system was not more extensive. He trusted that in the next session of parliament the government of the country would take the subject, as it ought to do, into its own hands. As the bill was meant to be extended to Ireland, he would sug gest the insertion of a single word in the eighth clause, relative to the abolition of oaths now taken with reference to acts for regulating " any highway or any turnpike road." As there were roads in Ireland which belonged to neither of these classes, and yet were under the control of trustees, he would add, " or any other road." After a few words from Lord Brougham, The Bishop of LONDON said the subject was one of very serious importance; and he hoped that next session the legisla ture would take the whole question into consideration. It was, in truth, a question that involved, to a great extent, the interests of morality and religion. The Duke of RICHMOND said this, he hoped, was but the commencement of legislation on the subject. The bill, hdwever, which their lordships were now called on to read a third time would abolish a great variety of unnecessary oaths. The bill was then read a third time and passed. Bill [IRBY WITNESSES' INDEMNITY BILL. The Earl of 111unoaays, in moving that the house should go into committee on the above bill, observed, that it was unne cessary for him to say anything on the principle of 'the. bill, which had been recognized by their lordships when they agreed to the second reading. The Earl of WicKnow said that undoubtedly the second reading of the bill was the proper time at which be should have stated his objections to it. But he should take that opportunity to express his surprise that such a measure' should have been introduced by the noble earl without some prefatory -observa tions. Perhaps the noble earl had thought it unnecessary . to explain the nature - of the measure, because bills of this descrip tion had, of late years, been so often brought forward, that their lordships felt perfectly indifferent whether the present was passed or not. But there was this distinction to be made between the two cases—namely, that with reference to the bills formerly passed, reasons were assigned in each particular instance for introducing the measure proposed to their lordships. In former times their lordships viewed with greater jealousy the introduc tion of a bill of this nature—anindemnity bill. This might be seen by a reference to the history of that party to which the noble earl belonged. The first bill of this kind was introduced in 1742, when the previously contending parties of that day, laying aside their hostile principles, united for the purpose of removing one of the ablest ministers this country ever saw from office — nay, they united to persecute him even in _private life. He alliided, he need scarcely add, to Sir Robert Walpole. A com mittee was appointed to inquire into his conduct. But some of those who had been with him in office refused to give any infor mation, tearful that they might implicate themselves. Then a bill for indemnifying them was introduced into the Hnuse of Commons. What was the consequence ? A whig historian told them that that bill passed through the House of Commons, but not without a severe struggle. It was •:rongly opposed in the House of Commons, and was carried by only a majority of 12. The question was then argued in their lordships' house, and the hill was rejected by a majority of 57; the contents being 52, the non-contents 109. The Earl of Cardigan opposed the bill, and it vvas,also opposed. by Lord Hardwieke. who declared that the principle of the measure was founded in gross injustice. Was it not, then, surprising that not one of their lordships had raised his voice against the principle of the present measure, which had been introd uce d w i t h out statement or explanation ? He did not mean to take the sense of their lordships on the bill, but humble individual as he was, he felt himself called on, though he stood alone, to raise his voice against a bill the prin ciple of which was founded in injustice. Tl.' LORD CHANCELLOR suggested that the bill should be allowed to go through committee, in which amendments might be made, after which it might with the amendments be printed. Lord BROUGH A l'et coincided in the suggestion of hi s noble and learned friend on the woolsack, that the bill should be allowed to go through committee. With respect to what the noble earl hail said, he must observe, that a similar bill had been very much discussed last year in a committee upstairs—that the principle had been particularly debated, and that much fault had been found with the measure as then brought forward; the conse quence of which was, that such alterations had been made as almost amounted to a new bill. The noble earl had thought proper to quote history, but had not, he believed, quoted it cor rectly. The noble earl had not only amended history, but he had made, it would appear, a little history of his own; for there was not any such extraordinary combination of parties now (though the noble earl seem e d to i ns i nua t e t h at t h ere was) as occurred at the time to which the noble earl had alluded. The days to which the noble earl rererred were those in which 1:1‘alli • .had very little principle of any sort. Th e reason w h y es he supposed the history of the noble earl, as well as its apparent application, not to be correct, was, because in the days to which he had called their attention the whigs and tories differed froth those of the present day in this respect—that they were divided into different sections, all of them contending as to the manner in:whiclLpower was Wise distributed, andas to the mode in which great families were to be provided for. If, therefore, the noble earl intended to apply the case which he had cited to the present time, he could not apply it correctly. Had the noble earl always thought as he did now, he should have come for ward some time ago and stated it, and their lordships could not say what might have happened. The Earl of WICKLOW said, the difference between the whigs of former and the present times was this—they were formerly called disaffected whigs, they were now Called radical whigs. By what motives they were guided he could not say, but he re collected an observation of the Earl of Bath, who had said, that the heads of parties were like the heads of snakes, impelled by heir tails. (Loud laughter.) Lord BROUGHAM said the anecdote was new to him; but, though it was applicable to the language of the day, he had no knowledge that it was applicable to the fact. (Hear.) The Earl of :VI ULGE Avs said, his Sole reason fur not intro ducing, this bill in a more formal manner was, because he did not wish to trouble their lordships unnecessarily. As the noble earl felt such forcible objections to this measure, it would have been as well if he had offered them when the bill was about to be read a second time. The bill then went through committee, with some *amend ments, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY. This day having been appointed for the ballot for the Cork city election committee, the gallet} , was not opened till twenty minutes past four o'clock. CANTERBUR Y ELECTION. A petition was presented from the city of Canterbury, and another, as we understood, from the late sitting member, Mr. Villiers, against the return of Mr. Lushington. After a short discussion as to the appointment of the day, they were ordered to be taken into consideration on the 30th of May. Mr. Gocl.B JUN moved that the house, at its rising, do adjourn to Monday.—Agreed to. ColonelEVANS said he observed, from the newspapers, that an address was said to have been presented to his Majesty from the inhabitants of Westminster, relative to alleged attacks upon the established church. He begged to say distinctly, that no such address from. the inhabitants of Westminster had been presented. (Cries of "Order, order," and "Hear, hear.") Mr. GOVLBURN was understood to object to the introduction of such matters this evening, it having been the understanding that no public business was to be transacted. (Heir.) CHARGRS AGAINST LORD GOSFORD. Mr. S. RICE said. that without ent er i ng i nto the merits of a motion which stood in the notice-book yesterday, or the part of a noble lord (Lord Mandeville,) he could not but complain, on the part of his noble friend (Lord Gosford,) again s t whom that motion was directed, of the manner in which. it had been again - Nstprined, and that to a distant day. He and other hon. mein hers hat come down yesterday for the purpose of discussing that motion, and he must enter his protest against the mode in which the noble lord (Mandeville,) without giving any one the slight est intimation of his intention, and without, in the usual way, appearing at the table to move its postponement, had postpOned this motion. (Hear.) The noble lord, he repeated, without .the knowledge of any of Lord Gosford's friends, postponed the notion to a distant day, and he believed that the noble lord had since left town for Ireland. His noble friend (Lord Gosford) was fully prepared to meet the charges contained in that notice, and he (Mr. S. Rice) wished it to be understood by the house and the country that his noble friend suffered great injustice in consequence of not having had au early opportudity afforded to him for that put pose. (Hear.) Mr. GOULEURN said a few words, but in so low atone that he was almost perf e ctly ina u dibl e . We believe he stated that the postponement of the motion last night on the part of Lord Mandeville was quite unavoidable. Mr. S. RICE would appeal to the candour and fairness of the right hon. gentleman whether it had been postponed in a pro per manner. Mr. SHAW said that he knew his noble friend (Lord Man deville) had postponed it with great regret and reluctance. The fact was, that he uaderstood it would be impossible to bring on any public matter l as t night,and he postponed the motion aceordinly. His impression on that point was shared by him (Mr. Shaw) and many other members. He (Mr. Shaw) was extremely sorry that owing to circumstances of that kind the matter had not been already broughton and explained. He was sure that the effect of a mutual explanation on the subject would be to do away with a great deal of the angry feeling that seemed to be entertained respecting it by the gentlemen opposite. It was hopeless to fix it for any day be fore the holydays. As to his noble friend's having left town, he could assure the right hon. gentleman, that it was in conse quence of having made his arrangements previously, as he fully expected to have the matter discussed and settled last night. Lord ACIIESON said he felt he had a right to complain of 'an accusation of this sort being brought forward against his noble relative in that house, where he was not present to answer it, and being thus, with ou t any notice, postponed,from day to day, and kept hedging over his noble friend's head. The noble lord (Mandeville), in fact, left town without giving any one notice of his having postponed this motion, and it appeared from the notice-paper of that day that it stood now for the 7th of May. With regard to the explanation alluded to by the hon. member, he begged to say, that the only explanation his noble friend had to give would be the flattest contradiction possible to the charges in question. (Hear.) Colonel VERNER said that no one was more anxious than his noble friend (Lord Mandeville) that the matter should be explained, and he would, if it had been possible, have brought on the motion last night, when no doubt that explanation would have been given. His noble friend had waited to the last moment to see if he could bring forward the motion, and finding that impracticable, he, had left town in consequence of previous arrangements. He (Colonel Verner), had .men timed the circumstance to the noble lord (Acheson) yesterday, 'and he had expressed himself satisfied. ' Lord Actitsort said that the sort of satisfaction he had expressed was simply, this,—that as the noble lord had left town for Ireland, he (Lord Acheson) could not help being satisfied. ( H ear.) The house then adjournad, at five o'clock, to Monday next. • .-, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY. Petitions praying for additional church accommodation in Scotland were presented from parisheq in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire, by the Duke of Gordon, the Earl of Kinnoull, the Duke of Richmond, and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Duke of Wi LLINGTON moved the second reading of. the mutiny bill. Lord TEYNH AM took that occasion to express a hope that in any new code thdt be devised for the discipline of the army, the infliction of Corporal punishment might be abolished. He also wished that the constitutional force of the country—the militia—should be placed on a more eligible footing, in case of its being called out. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the subject to which the noble lord had alluded had been debated elsewhere; but he,was happy to say that it had never, since the noble lord was a mem ber of that house, been introduced there on any one occasion. (Hear, hear.) That subject was nom under the consideration of a commission appointed by his Majesty, and it appeared to him perfectly unnecessary for the noble lord to advert to it in any way whatever. Hear, hear.) Lord TIcYNtSAM said he did nbt know why he should receive that reprimand from the noble duke. He had merely thrown out a sugv,estion. The bill was then read a second time, and (the standing older being suspended) committed.—Third reading to-morrow. On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, the marine mutiny bill was read a second time, and (the standing order being suspended) committed : —Third reading to-morrow. ESTABLISHED CHUBCH. The Earl of MA IMESBURY said he hdd to present a consider able number of petitions, which were well worthy of their lord ships' serious consideration at the present moment. The 'first was signed by many of the inhabitants of Portsmouth; and the petitioners stated that they were willing to share with their Rowan catholic fellow-subjects all. constitutional rights and privileges, but at the same time they deprecated any measure that was calculated in any way to compromise the safety or the interests of the established church of England and Ireland. They therefore most earnestly prayed their lordships to oppose any measure that had a tendency to subvert the rights of the church of England, or that was calculated to lead to the spolia tion of the protestant church of Ireland. Many of the peti tioners, he could state, differed in their political feelings on other matters; but on this point they were unanimous: they were determined to preserve in full integrity the rights of the established church. The noble earl then, without preface, pre sented petitions containing the same sentiments from Portsea, Gosport, Alverstoke, Lym►ngton, Fordingbridge, WarblingtOn, Stockbridge, Titchfield, Havant, Middlemarsh, Romsey (infra and cans), and Ringwood; the last signed by 500 respectable persons, who differed on other political questions, but were united on this. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from the operative spinners of Preston against the factory bill. "- Lord BROUGHAM said he had given notice of a motion on the subject of education for Tuesday next, but as he did not think that there would be a sufficient attendance of peers for the dis cussion of so important a question, and as he understood that the education committee of the House of Commons bad yester day adjourned till' after the holydays, he thought it would be better that he should postpone his motion to the first convenient day after the recess.—Adjourned. DISSENTER'S MARRIAGE BILL. It has rarely been our lot to encounter an instance of per versity more gross than is to be met with in a pamphlet which has lately fallen into our hands from the pen of William Howitt, of Nottingham, on the new marriage bill. It proves to demon stration that, legislate for them as you will, you can never sa tisfy "the dissenters." Remove from them a pretended griev ance and they are more indignant with you than ever, seeing that it is upon such pabulum that they live. If you deprive them of it they must sink at once into god, every-day acquiescing people ; and this is a " consummation" which they devoutly hope it may never be their lot to achieve. In his plain re marks on the proposed measure, Mr. Howitt sets out with de claring, as one of his peculiar qualifications for the task he has taken upon himself, that the class of dissenters to which he be longs enjoy all the immunities they desire in regard to mar riages; and that, therefore, the new bill will not affect them prejudicially. His avowed motive for complaining is, according to his own statement, suggested by the absence of all reason able ground of complaint, as far as he and his sect are con cerned. He comes, therefore, as the volunteer champion of a class of persons who really stand in no need of his chivalry. There is something so insolent and overbearing in the dogmati cal interference of Mr. Ilowitt on this occasion as to injure rather than uphold the cause he professes to have at heart, that we can find no terms adequate to express our sense of the fully and impertinence of his conduct. He and his clamorous elan of nonconforming agitators have raised, from time to time, .the most violent outcries against the recognition of the ceremony of marriage as a religious ordinance; but no sooner is the means suggested of putting an end to this fruitful source of contention, than he turns round on his benefactors, and asserts that,,as there happen to be many dissenters who may not he disposed to re gard marriage as a civil contract, the proposed bill will violate the consciences and outrage the feelings of all such persons. He studiously conceals the fact that, although it admits of persons doing as they , please in the matter, it enjoins nothing which need compel them to do any violence to their consciences by regarding it in that light. lie is like a sulky urchin who attempts to revenge himself upon his nurse by quarrelling with his bread and batter. According to this Solon the compulsion to go before a magistrate is a restraint upon the conscience of a dissenter, who ought to be left to take that step or not, as he may happen to be disposed. His next ground of complaint is. that it leaves the quakers, of which body be is a member, wholly unmelested,with full liberty to celebrate their marriages according to their own taste, and that this affords them an immunity which is withheld from other dissenters. Ilere is a man who writes a pain phletaccusing parliament in general,and his majesty's minis ters in particular, of " injustice and illiberality," because they have shown a greater disposition to humour the pig-headedness of his own class of dissenters than they have manifested towards those of other denominations. Instead of being thanWul to theta for the concession, he actually abuses them for their kind nesses, on the ground that they want to behave more civilly to him than to his neighbours. " Either (says he) these privi leges ought to be withdrawn from friends, or they ought to be granted to the whole body of dissenters." Quakers must be in a happy condition, truly, when the chief fault they have to find 'ith a lfgislitifie enactment is, that it treats them_. WettlerVian their neighbours. What would they have said if it had treated them worse? Mr. II owitt's objections to take the oath which is recNired to be taken before the magistrate, 'and which he and his brethren are not called upon to take, are equally gra tuitous. But the whole of his remarks are dictated by a rancor ous hatred to the church, and a fierce and savage intolerance of the simplest and least objectionable of its forms, worthy the liberality of a bigoted, still-necked non-conformist. It is not surprising that Sir IL Peel's legislation in their behalf should fail to satisfy dissenters, for such an achievement could not be accomplished by an angel from Heaven - , much less by a mortal and a minister.—Old England. A BUTCHER LEARNED IN THE LAW. MANCHESTER POLICE, TUESDAY.—A man named Corson, rotund in person, rubicund in countenance, having a pair of eyes which kept up a cross-fire, and looked in every direction bia the right, was brought up charged with an assault upon Fawcett, an officer of the Salford police. lie carried a huge white bat with brims like a Chinese umbrella, and when brought to the bar was employed in leisurely scavenging his teeth with a in. Fawcett stated that he was out on duty in the morning, when be met two men in Broughton-road who were hawking meat which he supposed to be bad, and therefore seized it. He had conveyed it to the police-office with a view to its being in spected bi Mr. niggles, and was on his way for the purpose of fetching - the latter individual, when he met with the prisoner, who forthwith knocked him down 'and abused him severely. The prisoner (attempting to look at the policeman, who stood directly opposite to him,) If I knocked you down, where'4 your mark ? (No answer being given lie turned to the magistrate,) I bought that 'ere meat in Manchester market, and if it's good for one town it's good for another. I never struck no man this (lay ' nor I never went out nowhere to injure nobody. The Magistrate.—You have committed a very shameful as sault upon the officer. Prisoner.—,Has he done speaking, sir, because if he has I've summut more to tell you. He took me by the throat and nearly throttled me, and I thinks as how any man's a right in such a salivation to turn again. The Magistrate.—You must pay 50s. or be committed for a month. Prisoner, in a huff.—Then I'll lie here for a month. (He was accordingly turning towards the dock, but recollecting him self. he resumed.) But, Mr. Foster, it's a bailable offence Magistrate.—lake him down. Prisoner.—Give me the liberty of a Ilinglishman to spake. Mr. Milne. —lt's . not bailable, man. Prisoner.—But I say it is. Anything's bailable in this free country but murder and forgery. ( Laughter.) The lawyer was then removed, vi et armii. LONDON LAW REPORT. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-FRIDAY Mr. Thomas John Dibdin, the dramatic writer, and author of a recently published work, entitled "The Lays of the last of the three Dibdins," made his appearance, praying to be dis charged. He was not opposed by his creditors. The veteran of literature had, it appeared, been an inmate of Horsemonger-lane Gaol ever since May, 18.31, near!) , twelve months. He was discharged under the act as an insolvent debtor in the year 1822; he again petitioned in 18.31, but was discharged out of custody by his then detaining creditor. Mr. Commissioner Il4rris put a few interrogatories to the petitioner. He was questioned as to the residence of his wife, some works in the possession of a party, and the time he had been in prison. The schedule exhibits debts to the amount of £1,319 6s. 5d., extending from the year 1826, and he claimed from the late Mr. Episton the sum of £2OO, which was marked in the schedule as a "doubtful" debt. Mr. Dibdin ascribed the cause of his in solvency to losses and law expenses. In the last year he stated his returns at only Ear,. _ _ Mr. Commissioirer Harris said be perceived that a person had a lien on some books in his possession. The discharge might issue without giving them up. It was discovered that one of the notices was incomplete in the service, subject to which Mr. Dibdin will be discharged. The court adjourned till Monday. LONDON POLICE REPORT. UNION-HALL. On Friday last a very respectable-looking man, named Neal was brought up in custody, charged with stealing a watch, a quantity of flannel, some pieces of calico, and a. few other trifling articles, the property of a person named Bond, an in mate of the King's Bench Prison. An inventory of the alleged stolen property having been laid before the magistrate (Mr. Jeremy), lie was informed that the complainant was not in at tendance to substantiate the charge, and in fact the prisoner's wife had absconded from him, and was then living with Bond in the above prison. The prisoner declared that the charge of felony alleged against him by Bond was trumped up for the purpose of having him taken into custody, and brought to this office, in order that he might be arrested at the suit of a person named Ainsworth. Bond had given intimation that he (the prisoner) was in cus tody on a charge of felony at this office, and the Marshalsea officers were now in attendance to arrest him the moment he was out of custody. The prisoner added that Mrs. Bond would prove that the property he was charged with stealing was in her own possession, and that so far from Bond having any grounds for making such a charge against him that person owed him upwards of £2OO. Mrs. Bond was called in, and she stated that her husband abandoned her, and that some of the articles which the prisoner was charged with stealing she found' in a box belonging to her husband at the time he left her. She added that she was con vinced her husband had no grounds for making such.an accusa tion against the prisoner, whose wife bad abandoned him, and was then living under the protection of her (witness's) husband. Mr. Jeremy said that it was a very gross proceeding on the part of Bond if he had had an innocent man brought up in custody on a charge of felony merely with a view to have him convicted on a civil process. The magistrate then directed that if a Marshalsea officer were in attendance he might be called forward, in order to ascertain whether it was at Bond's suggestion he attended to arrest the prisoner. Robert Coker, a Marshalsea officer, stated that Bond sent over a message to him that morning from the King's Bench Prison, to the effect that Neal was in custody at Union-hall on the charge of felony, and that if witness attended there he would have an opportunity of arresting him before he left the office, on the writ which lay out against him. Another Marshalsea officer confirmed .the above statement, and, addressing the magistrate with a writ in his hand, said, " I hope your worship wont let Mr. Neal go ; I have.come over here to `grab' him, and here is the writ I hold against him." The accused shrunk from contact with the Marshalsea officers, and inspector Hack stood between the parties, so that the writ could not be executed on the spot. Mr. Jeremy, on hearing the Marshalsea officers, said that there was no doubt the charge of felony against the prisoner was without the slightest foundation, and trumped up for the purpose of bringing him to the office, that he might be arrested. If Bond had really a charge of felony against the accused, or grounds for such an accusation, he could easily have sent a verbal request that he might be remanded, but ibis he did not do, and no sooner had he given him into custody on a most serious charge than he immediately sent over to acquaint the officers of the fact of his being at that office. This very cir cuinstance plainly showed that Bond, when he gave thayharge,. must have known that the accused would have been discharged, and that then the officers could have arrested him upon the writ. The accused said that Bond had acted in the manner de scribed to prevent him from following up some proceedings relative to his (the accused's) wife, who was then l►vin; with Bond. Mr. Jeremy said that the accused was discharged, and added that it was a gross case of conspiracy to get possession of his person, and that such schemes would never be recognized .at that office • and that the a ccuse d h a d amp l e groun ds for an action for false imprisonment against Bond. The accused here left the office without the writ having been served upon him, taking advantage of the time occupied by the Marshalsea officers in giving their evidence, which, at the re quest of the magistrate, was taken down in writing. MANSION HOUSE.—FRIDAY. On Friday an aged man, named Brown, who was some time ago brought before Alderman Pirie, at the Mansion-house, by an officer, charged with having been .i,ii the streets without a farthing in his pockets, appeared before the lord mayor to com plain against the officers of two parishes. Upon the former occasion the unfortunate old man stated, and his statement was found to be correct, that he had for many years carried on the trade of a hairdresser in the city, of Lon doit, had waited upon Deputy Whitby fur a considerable time. He had, however, had serious reverses of fortune, and was obliged to apply for parochial relief to the overseers of the parish of St. Mary . Mounthaw. For three years he received relief from that parish, but having had the misfortune to be con fined in the hospital with a desperate illness, his landlord dis posed of hit room, and upon being discharged he had no place on earth to go to, and at the age and with the infirmities of 70 years, he was obliged to lay his - head upon a stone pillow. Al derman Pirie greatly compassionated the poor man, gave him money, and sent to the parish officers a request that they would take his case into consideration, and give him an asylum in the Workhouse. The request, it appears, has not been attended to, although Alderman Cowan, before whom the old man was sub sequently brought for having committed a like offence, also re commended the case to the humanity of the parish officers. The Lord Mayor.—Why, it must have been for poor helpless men like you Workhouses were made. How can you account for this refusal by the parish authorities? Blown said he believed there was a dispute between the parishes of St. Mary Mounthaw and All Hallows-the. Great, in Dowgate, as to which of them he belonged. The first of these parishes now and then gave him a few pence, but although his extreme distress was well known, be was refused the Work house. The consequence was that he was obliged to go from watchhouse to watchhouse to beg to lay his weary bones under any shed; to creep into any nook for protectiou from the wea ther, and now, in the last stage of existence, he was denied a place in which be might die in peace. The tears ran down the furrowed cheeks of the wretched peti tioner as he gave this melancholy account of his friendless and deoslate condition. The lord mayor said that he was ashamed to hear of a case of such inhumanity. The power to compel the . parochial autho rities to render assistance, however, did not exist with the ►magis trates. If it did, he should not hesitate to exercise his authority in a very peremptory manner. Brown.—l have slept in every watchhouse in London, and often in the Asylum for the Houseless. I have been assisted by Mr. Deputy Whitby, Alderman Pirie, and Alderman Cowan, who have, I may truly say, saved my life; but how can I expect to be supported by gentlemen who have real claimants, upon whom I have no claim at all? What on earth to do I know not. The Lord Mayor.—l don't know how any one who has not a stone in his bosom instead of a heart could know these things, and have the power to help you, without helping you. I dare say those who have authority in cases of this kind" will hear of the statement you have made. I shall, at all events, take care not to make any secret of it. lordship then gave some silver to the unfortunate old man, and desired him to apply in a day or two again at the justice-room. _ _ _ Alderman Cowan entered during the conversation, and stated that he had used whatever influence he possessed in favour of the old'man with the parochial authorities (as we understood him), but ineffectually. It appeared that there was a doubt existing as to which of the two parishes Brown belonged, so that he might perish during the contest about his claim. Mr. Hobler said that the case might come on for desision at the quarter sessions, if one parish would pass him to the other. The lord mayor thought that really a calculation had been made that the poor old creature would save the trouble and ex pense of a contest by perishing in the streets. :-:~• , BANK OF ENGLAND. Average of the liabilities and assets of the Banlc of England from the 13th January, to the 7th of April, 1835, inclusive published pursuant to the act 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98, sec. 8 LIABIEJTiEs. ASSETS., Circulation • £18,591,000 S e4u ri ti es . ' £29,228,000 Deposits. 11,289,000 Bullion £29.880,000 I Downing-street, April 9, 1835. £32,557,000 L. S. D. ! If - your minister, catechising you, ask what is the one thing needful, reply, " Money, now-a-days."--Specirrens (j . Jain Bullism: Go search the lore of ancient times, And the glowing tales of Eastern climes ; Go turn the page of each wild romance Of Moorish Spain or chivalrous France; But neither in Eastern nor Southern land, Can Aladdin's lamp, or Merlin's wand, Compare with the great talismanic three, The great, all-powerful L. S. D. ! Do you think that a man, in seeking a wife, Looks only f or l ove an d a peaceful life, Like romantic people, in days of old, Ere Cupid's darts were aimed at gold ? Oh, no! he seeks in hii better half, For an animated golden calf; Like the Israelites, he bends the knee To it—or its symbol—L'. S. D. ! Time was, I belieied in a thoughtless hour. With the sage of old, that" Knowledge is Power;" But now I see, 'tie moonshine aud gammon— The onlypower I see is Mammon. For it rules us all, it rules us all— The rich and the poor, the great and the small: Do we honour the Garter or K. C. B. So much as the order of L. S. D. ? Does your draper cheat an inch in the yard ? Is the butter you pay for just one half lard? Do you buy sloe leaves instead of tea? Or,Tor coffee, purchase chiccory ? Doth your tailor presume (as no doubt he dot h) To try your temper and cabbage your cloth'? All this, and all similar trickery, Is wrought by the spirit of L. S. D.! Whenever you hear a patriot elf Pity his country, and laud—himself— , In short, whenever you hear or see Cant, deceit, or hypocrisy, Or villany, under vile pretence, Assuming the garb of innocence— Scorn not the truth unfolded by me— The agents of mischief are L. S. D. .~ _ ,~ -. , - ,sa IZNI;C;; • FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Extract of a letter from Cape Town, dated Feb. 9.—" The whole colony is in great distress at present, which arises from two causes —first, the total loss (for•the time being) of the value of all the slave property, which, according to the appraisement 'made under the act otparliament, and transmitted to England within these few days, amounts to upwards of £3,000,000, of which I suppose in due time we shall probably receive one-third from Great Britain, but when we cannot say, and delay and uncertainty on this point will go a ,„neat way to ruin the colony. In the second place, from the horde of barbarous and savage enemies which have recently burst in upon the whole line of the eastern division of the colony, business of all kinds is at a stand still, and none can be done with safety in this. country fora long time to come:' VIENNA, March 28.—Letters from Corfu say that much dis content prevails on board the Egyptian fleet, because the pay is in arrear ; it was therefore believed that Mehemet Ali must have recourse to a loan. The prices of cotton are likely to be very high this year, unless the stock ih hand is considerable, for there is reason to fear that the crops will not be good. This would be a very unwelcome circumstance for the Egyptian go vernment, and might the more induce the viceroy to contract a foreign loan. The French ambassador, Count St. Aulaire, who arrived yesterday, has had to-day an audience of the Emperor. The Prussian State Gazette of the 2d instant states, that on the 28th ult. the King received in private audience Prince Schwart zenburg, who communicated officially the death of the late Emperor Francis 1., and the accessioti to the throne of his son Ferdinand. On the 31st his Majesty received in private audience Count Von Trautsmansdorff Weinsberg, who delivered his credentials as extraordinary ambassador and plenipotentiary of Austria to the court of Prussia. The Augsburg Gazette of the 4th inst. has the following from Belgrade of the 23d tilt::—" A disturbance has broken out with in these few days ou the Servian frontiers, near Nisch and Lescowacz, between the christian inhabitants and the Turkish proprietors, the latter of whom had been guilty of acts of vio lence against the former. The Turks had the worst of the fray. Prince Milosch, who had transferred the seat of government from Kragogeva to this capital, has arrived."—'The Gazelle quotes the funds at Vienna on the 30th ult.,—Metallics 5 per Cent. 1011, 4 per Cent. ditto 95k, Bank Actions 1,327. The Suabian Mercury has the folloiving from Berlin of the 30th ult:—"Negociations are in progress for a general disarm ing, and especially with regard to Holland and Belgium. A subject of much conversation with us is the intended: reduction of our military force, both as to the number of the regiments and as to furloughs granted without pay. The number of tin der functionaries in the government offices will also be dimin ished. It is confidently asserted that a monarchical congress will take place, in order to renew the alliance of 1815, which will not be held this time in the Castle of Furstenstien, but in the city of Kalisch, where the Emperors of Russia and Austria and the King of Prussia will meet after the 'manceuvres in Si lesia. Invitations to the same effect„ have been received by the Members of the Germanic Confederation.. The failure in the potato crops, especially in the Lithuaniin. circle, has caused great distress among the poor, .whp are reduced in a great dc greelo eat acorns. 'Associations are being formed all over the country for the relief of the sufferers." A letter from Brunswick, under date of the 31st of March, states that on the previous day the meeting of the states-gene ral for a ten days' session had• been ultimately decided upon by the following decree :—" William, &c.—The actual business connected with the functions of the chambers requires an im mediate settlement. We, therefore, direct our faithful states shall assemble on the 6th of April next, in order to resume and conclude the public business; we have further determined that the session shall close on Thursday, the 16th of the same month." BERLIN, March 28.—1 t is said that the king will not go to Topaz this year, but to some bath in Silesia. The intended grand review makes this probable. The magnificent castle of Furtenstien is already preparing for the reception of a very great number of distinguished guests, as it will be the head quarters and the centralpoint.of the whole. It is supposed that a great number of staff officers will be put on the retired list this year, on the ground of economy. P. is reported that the long-cherished wish of the provinces to have a prince of the royal family resident in them will shortly be gratified. Prince Frederick, now at Dusseldorf, will be governor-general of Po merania. and be succeeded at Dusseldorf by Prince Albert. Prince Charles will go to Prussia. EXECUTION AT YORK. On Monday week, at noon, the awful sentence of the law was carried into execution upon the persons of the three unfortunate malefactors who had been condemned to die on the Friday and Saturday in the previous week, namely, Ursula Lofthouse, aged 26, for the wilful murder of her husband, Robert Lofthouse, of Kirby Malzem d, by poison ; William Allott, 33, for the murder of Martha Hardwick, his mistress, at Upper Healey, near Shef field, by kicking and otherwise ill-treating her; and Joseph Heeley, 29, for the murder of James Lee, at Kirkburton, by stabbing him in the neck with a knife. A vast assemblage of persons had congregated to Witness the melancholy sight pre sented by three unfortunate culprits having to suffer death at once for murder, a circumstance which has not occurred in this county for a long time previously. After their conviction the prisoners devoted themselves zealously to the advancement of their spiritual interests, in which they were assisted by, the Rev. Wm. Flower, jun., the chaplain K the gaol. .Prom the first Heeley admitted the justice of his sentenoe, and Allott did not deny that he was about to suffer righteously, but said that if he had caused the death of his mistress, it was at a time when he was so much intoxicated that he knew not wha., he was doing. The female prisoner was most reluctant to confess hez guilt, and insisted for a long titne.that she had bought the poison y com mand of her husband, and that when he took some in his tea in her presence, he threatened that if she gave: any alarm he would say she had administered it to him. Eventually, however, she tacitly admitted her g uilt. In the forenoon of Monday the pri soners received the holy sacrament, and precisely at twelve o'clock they were conducted to the scaffold which had been erected that moining in the garden behind the castle. Allott went first, followed by Ileeley, each being very tightly pinioned. \Vhen they had knelt down with their backs towards the spec tators, Ursula Lofthouse was led to her appointed place between them,-end was supported by two officers till the fatal preparations were completed. On her way to the scaffold she covered. her face with a handkerchief. She was dressed in decent Mourning, with a red and spotted handkerchief over her neck. All the prisoners appeared to be engaged in mental•prayer, but in other respects the two male prisoners appeared to stand unmoved.— After the necessary preparations the bolt of the drop was with drawn, and the n4.lefactors were launched. into eternity. The Woman Was soon dead ; Allott suffered very little, but an expiring. shudder was long observable in his strong muscular frame. Heeley was occasionally much convulsed, and was considered to be longer in dying than usual. After hanging an hour the bodies were cut down and buried within the walls of the castle. EFFECTS OF POPISH ASCENDANCY. It was out of the bounds of possibility that we could know any thing of the demise of the Duke de Leuchtenberg last week, and therefore have no apology to make f o r the. remar ks about him, or the bit of fun about Donna Maria. We regret to hear of the death of the Prince, but we cannot dispossess ourselves of the belief that he was poisoned. The notorious frequency of the crime in Portugal casts a horrible blot upon the national cha racter of the Portuguese. At the time of Don Pedro's demise it was shrewdly suspected that the event was compassed by foul means. The eggs he ate were raid to have been previously steeped in a solution highly impregnated with arsenic. A body of Jesuit friars at Lisbon are mysteriously hinted at as being far from improbable agents in transactions that would almost blanch the cheek of Satan to execute. One thing is certain ;—that the accursed creed of the Church of Rome making the end -hallow the means—that creed which is now powerfully endeavoured to be reared dominant in England over the ruins of prostrate Protestantism —that creed is the .creed of the Portuguese em poisoner, the Italian hired bravo, the Spanish assassin (whose stilettos are purchaseable for a ducat,) and the savage murder er of Ireland. The melancholy event in Lisbon has wrung from us these re marks; and we call upon our countrymen to look to history, and mark the scenes that have occurred; - and are occurring, in every country in the world where Popery is .in the ascendant. Let them look to these things, and then ask themselves, are they willing it should be the dominant religion of Englishmen. —Age.. GRANDMAMA'S GOBEMOUCHING. Grandmama, on Wednesday last, was quite at home—she abounded in the marvellous, in which elderly gentlewomen de light. The following are amongst a few of the stories with which the old lady indulged her readers : " On the sth instant, as the wife of E. Fearnley. at Btitterly Lees, was sealing up the cows, a favourite, which always ap peared very quiet, turned her head, and dreadfully lacerated the left eye of the unfortunate woman. The sight of this eye Mrs. Fearnley had lost by the small-pox in her childhood; but the obstruction being removed by the cow , she ha s ac t ua lly re covered the sight of her eye, which has long been closed."— This, we suppose, Grandmama will term a new principle of couching. We protest, however, against the woman being termed "unfortunate"—the animal did her a sight of good. We never recollect an instance of a cow's hbrn going into a lady's left eye with so satisfactory a result: No. 2. "A young man of the name of Pippen fell over the chalk cliffs at Charton near Axouth; and, after pitching a depth of 150 feet, he ro lled in thirty feet snore , and escaped with out material injury. He is now alto ;walk about as well as ever."=-Go it, my Pippens t Wafk !—to be sure; the fellow who could perform this feat we would back,•at any odds, to hop up one side of the Andes, and throw flip-flap somersets down the other.—Aye. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—No particular alteration in our markets. Business pretty steady, and a fair quantity doing; prices are also more fixed. BRAPFORD.—NO change in the piece market on Thursday. Wools are in demand, especially hog wool, which gets up, but lower qualities, generally, are giving way. The yarn market is somewhat uneasy : as the prices are too low for the price of woo)., Stocks of this article have of late considerably reduced ;. but the manufacturers stand out against the advance which allthe spin ners say ought to take place. HALlFAX.—Lasting warps have advanced five shillings: in all other respects prices are stationary li•th for goods and yarns. Goods go off as fast as they are made; and some manufacturers are busily engaged with considerable orders. Hog wool is scarce, and very high. HUDDERSFIIILD.---liVith the exception of coarse cloths for padding, and some kinds of fancy goods, the market on Tuesday was slack. Wool steady. HIICKMONDWIKE.—The blanket markets are fully employed with orders for the American market, which will probably keep busy for six weeks, or two months to come. Rock DALE, A PRIL 7TH.—Our market this week has not been brisk—the buyers were not at all anxious to purchase, and it was with difficulty that prices could be upheld. The stock of goods is rather accumulating, and this operates against the manufacture r , and ma k es h im less indep en d en t. The wool trade too was not lively, and prices could scarcely be main tained. MURDER.—On Friday week, a young mason lad belongingto Biggar, travelling in the neighbouring parish of Carmichael, went into an ale-house at Ridgeside colliery and had some liquor. Four suspicious-looking strangers came in awl had some drink also. Iu the course of the evening the mason happened to make an uncalled for display of a parcel of bank notes, b.it nothing further of a particular nature took place, and he soon left the house to proceed on his journey. Next morning, when the colliers went to begin their work, they were surprised and shocked at finding the mangled and lifeless body of the mason lying at the bottom of the pit. An alarm having been given through the neighbourhood, and an examination made by the authorities, it was found that the money was missing from the lad's pocket, as was also his watch; and the four strangers, ap parently Englishmen, have been apprehended and lodged in Lanark gaol, on suspicion of being guilty of both robbery and. mnrder.—Scotti4h Guardian. • • • APiir, 14, 1865. GRAND NEW ITALIAN OPERA AND BALLET rink-1E Original Proprietors and Founders of tile Liverpool and Manchestet ITALIAN OPERA, having assured th4taselves that the hoes which they had entertained establishing OPERATIC ENTERTAINMENTS in this town have since been realized by the enthusiastic encouragement of its inhabitants, are anxious, if possible, to gratify the refined taste fur ITALIAN MUSIC, which they had the honor of forming , and propose to unfurl once more their banners, provided a suffi cient number of Friends and Supporters can be obtained to unite with them in so perilous and splendid an enterprise. They hope that the manner in which the Establishment was conducted , to the year 1834, gave satisfaction to the Public, considering the disadyantages under which it laboured, and can only promise the present occasion that their future effirts will be unreinittingr in order to f orm an e ff ec ti ve OPERA COMPANY anti GRAND BALLET, such as may be worthy the patronage__ the second town in E ng l an d. The time proposed is the early part of the near, and th e Subscriptions for th e Season, which will Ist of Thi7ty-tif Representations of the MOST POPULAR ERN OPERAS, wit' be SEVEN Gormtas—the Tickets to be Transferable. The price of Single Tickets for the Boxes will lie raised ttr Five Shillings, in consequence of the enormous expense, attend' ing the undertaking. Families who intend favouring the list with their names Will have the kindness to apply to Messrs. ROCKLIFF and Dew WORTH, Stationers, Castle-street, to Mr. WEi ss , Musk' seller, Church-street, or to Messrs. /TIME and SUN, Music sellers, Church -street and Castle-street, on or before the 20 April instant. TO CORRESPONDENTS. There is much wholesome truth in every sentence 0 1 the letter signed "TRUE BLUE," but it is rather tea personal. The mode in which the boards in question are elected and conducted is a disgrace to the town• The newspaper and newsroom question is under re' view in another quarter. •„" Our next publication day happening to be Good Friday, we beg to inform our Subscribers and the Public that the STANDARD OFFICE will be closed ir the early hour of HALF-PAST TEN in the morning• The paper will be on sale all day at the news-offices ( i Mr. Arnold, Postoffice-place, and Messrs. Willmer 80 6 Smith, Church-street. fiat itibtrpool gtanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1835. We have received a file of Jamaica papers to the 7th March, but. the accounts they furnish as to the conduct of the apprentices are exceedingly contradictory. Fo r instance, the Kingston Advertiser of the 6th March contains as follows : The accounts received by post yesterday from the countrY were of the most pleasing character. The apprentices are per' forming their acc u s t ome d duties, with a few exceptions, with ll' e greatest cheerfulness, and it is generally expected that the crop , will be taken off as early as usual. It is however feared that delay will take pl ace i n sen di ng th e pro d uce to th e sever* Barquidiers, as the roads, particularly on the north side, hay! been much cut up by the recent heavy rains. In St. Mall they are almost impassable. By private letters we also 'earl} with pleasure that m an y o f th e mos t em i nen t p l anters are a, opinion the falling off i n quant ity o f sugar, rum, &c. occasion eu b 7 the recent chan ge i n soc i ety, w ill no t be more than a sixtlf 1. hat these expectations may be realized we sincerely hope. they be, Jamaica will yet flourish. The Jamaica Despatch tells a very different tale, ag . under:— We extract the following sample of the " working of the neW system" on Hazelympth Estate, in Hanover, from the Monier Bay Standard of Saturday last : ' As a gentleman of a neighbouring parish was passing 011.01 1 0, Hazelyruph Estate yesterd a y wee k, h e o b serve d t h e d r i ve rs that property standing in the road. On inquiry he learnt from them that they were waiting for the negroes who had not Ye t come to work, and that they were not in the habit of turniall out earlier. It 'was then ten minutes past seven. He pr e ' ceeded, and soon met the negroesthey were walkiug as slow,' as they could, and, at that r a te, would not reach the held und er an hour. On arriving at the works he saw Mr-Groves, tl4, attorney, to whom he mentioned the circumstance. Mr. " said it was their usual practice ; that he had endeavoured rectify it through the proper authorities, but had tailed ; and A he were to say anything to the negroes about it, it would only ha v e the effect of making them turn out still later afterwards. drivers, who were suspected of conniving at their conduct, wer e ' however, directed to appear before Mr. Farrer; but when t h,, rest of the people heard this the greater part of them started en to that gentleman. No proof was adduced that the driver s were connected with these proceedings ; but the ringlead eri were convicted and ordered to be punished in a summary 01°1 '; ner. After this the whole of the party who bad left the field above described, especially the women, became exceedingl outrageoes. Some of them took hold of the man who had been punished, and turu,ng round with his face to the ) 3 1; Rushed him onwards, saying, they would go with him to t Bay to the magistrate,—" to their omen magistrate," and that had nothing to do with Mr. Ferrer. On Monday evening spell-gang lett the mill-yard at six o'clock, and refused to WO any longer, or even to stop the water-mill previous to their !it duce, parture. Mr. Groves wrote to Mr. Farrer to revest his assolce, and received an answer s t a ti ng that Mr. F. would go to -- him as soon as he could, but that there were nine or ten no tes of a similar nature before him, and that he must attend to WO first. On Tuasday the same thing occurred again. It will b , d remembered by many, that Mr. Gro ves after havingrepeated .) ; and ineffectually applied to Messrs. Noreott and Hillto the indolent and unruly conduct of the azelvierh negrees. at length obliged to address a' 'Memorial to the Marquis ° Sligo, in which he des c ribed th e p rocee di ngs o f the pegged' and the ruinous inattention of th ese stipendiaries. his 1 ship's,answer may also be remembered : the conduct of parties-complained of, at Hazelymph, continued unrestrain ed ' I'he disregard which was .shown to Mr. Groves's represenT s tions, and the assurance in the minds of the negroes tha t e n ra would be fined where lie ta'attempt to check them, gave additional encouragement to set the law at defiance ; and "l'a Farrer will now find it a very arduous task to manage them 3u , bring this district into order after so long a period of un r e, strained and unheeded misconduct. But how could it be ether wise, since, as we confidently believe, the negroes are systematically under the advice of ..agitators ' who are als private and confidential" correspondent of the King's hour In addition, there is a magistrate who encourages the negro% to come to him from all pa r t s of th e p ar i s h w ith com plaints, a lt o receives from them every week poultry and vegetables. D well known that a negr o n ever b es t ows hi s g ift s un l e ss be r 'pests some extraordinary benefit in return, and there is netil s so gratifying to him as th e p erm i ss i on t o i u d u l ge in his a habits and discontented feelings. The Despatch is filled day after day, with similar re' piesentations from all parts of the island, and it stat e° , that the negroes do not supply more than two thirds °` the quantity of labour which they were accustomed to ( 1 ° most cheerfully under the old system. The Advertis er states that the decrease of p ro d uce , i n consequence o f emancipation, will not exceed one sixth—the DesPai c contends that it will amont to one third ! When those_ who must possess the be s t informati on diff e r so widely 1 : is difficult to form any opinion ; but perhaps the saf es , rule is to adopt the medium, and assume the deficieoq to amount to one fourth, or 25 per cent—which is a se' ous less indeed I The Jamaica Advertiser of the 6th March says t His lordship the Bishop will leave this island in the 04 1_ packet. His lordship's absence will be only for a short tiOl e or it is altogether unconnected with the ministerial changes, n iv has he been summoned home. His visit to England is rner e ,_4 private, although we believe he will render some service ia i y y official capacity to the Jamaica church, during his stay England. The latest news from London is from our nOrrf t pondent, and reaches to two o'clock on Sunday: At time the rumour in the clubs was, that Lord Manntril; had been authorised to form a new.administration. I tl3 may or may not be true, but we can hardly think that noble lord can command the materials requisite for o ° B ing an efficient ministry. If the conservatives are to to one another—if principle is not made subservient expediency—those in whom, the country reposes c° lll ' dence must shortly be metaled to office: • • -• io In the meantime the add resses w hi c h a re pouring " j upon-Sir ROBERT PEEL are in point of number ° P io .respectability quite unp rec ede n t e d in the history f country. Addresses nearly as numerous have been IT f. sented, or are preparing for presentation, to his Mal eg . t h Tha King will by this means be made acquainted 111 4 the sentiments of his loyal subjects, and they will ni a serious impression on the mind of the Sovereign• whe the people will but persevere all may yet be well. 'L . , man, no matter who be is, who does not sign thee a ir dresses is no friend to the church, to the monarchy' to the peace and prosperity of his country. O We do not believe that, since the days of „I,Aor PITT, any minister ever occupied a more dignifie° enviable situation than that in which Sir RonEuT P ll O is now placed. He is at this moment by far the ii : 4o popular man in England. Addresses pour in uPee from every city, town, village, and hamlet in the e ett o try. There are thousands of men who hitherto hav e P , entertained any favourable opinion of the right hoeellort able baronet, but who now.loudly condemn the trea tele t o he has received, and openly declare themselves read, bo support him. We find in the list of signatures wee, ! id , have passed for whigs all their lifetime—men vi11e 1 7 45 ally profess moderate radicalism —men who voted for 0 , EwAtcr at the last election—riow joining w ith the Wit servatives, signing the addresses to the KING " d „ ROBERT PEEL, and deprecating the, factions proceewp' which have deprived the country of a government t o If it were not for the confusion which it creates We °.,. almost rejoice at the unanimity of sentiment which th e cm di duct of the opposition has provoked. Sir R. PUL sta ,',o higher in public estimation than he ever did in the w" io , course of his life. He has now an opportunity of ascertain ~~ "i ~~~: ~ ,~_ ~ •'M.