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_ .APRIL 14, 1835. lug who are his real friends--who are hollow, who sincere —who profess to support him—who honestly and zealously support him. He could not have expected—he had no right to expect—that manifestations of regard so une quivocal—that declarations of confidence so general as in fact to be national—would have proceeded so spon taneously from all ranks and classes of men. In short, the people deeply sympathise with the right honourable baronet, and their sympathy is only exceeded by the dis: gust they feel at the conduct of the hybrid factions by whom this extraordinary if not fatal crisis has been pro duced. Lord GREY, it is said, has had, since the resignation, More than one interview with the KING. Lord MEL BOURNE and Lord LANsnowNEhave also been consulted. But what can these noble lords do ? If Lord MEL BOURNE were unfit to carry on the government in No vember last, when he had a House of Commons which idolized Lord ALTHORP, it is not likely that he would undertake the task with the House of Commons very differently, and, as far as he is concerned, very adversely constructed. As to Lord LANSDOWNE being placed at the head of any adminiitration, we take that to be. en tirely out of the question. We have no objections to Lord GREY, provided that Lord GREY remain true to his declared principles. But we do ;.he noble earl wrong _,in imagining for a single moment - that he would palter with his faith or violate his pledges. He is the last man in England to bend before the influence of the popish demagogues of Ireland. His opinion of O'CONNELL and his fellow conspirators is upon record: He holds them in abhorrence—he considers any correspondence with them to be little less than contamination—he treats them as rebels, for such they really are. How, then, can Lord GREY form an administration ? The old, proud, and constitutional whig party is literally broken up. Nothing now remains of it but fragments. Lord JOHN RUSSELL hashad the honour of dragging them through the kennel of pollution. He has for ever de stroyed a once powerful party. The "RUSSELL whig" is new a - term' of rei:ow:11. It means a than who is content to play second fiddle to the Irish beggar. Lord JOHN'S majorities were all Irish. He would have been beaten on every question had he not sought the genial aid of the "tail." The " tail" elected the speaker ; the "tail" carried the amendment to the address ; the "tail" gave the majority of thirty-three against the protestant church in Ireland ; but is this creditable to Lord JOHN RUSSELL ? We contend that it is quite the reverse, and that it is not only tantamount to defeat, but that it inflicts upon the noble lord a sentence of irredeemable degradation. Lord Jour: never stood high with the people of England, but he had until recently a recognizable and respectable status in the political world. That, however, whatever it was, he has lost for ever. He has fairly flung himself into the rank embraces of the Irish faction,and his conduct shows him to be.. what he really is—a very shabby jesuit. He once had some credit with the dissenters ; they now know and thoroughly despise the mau. He is mean in intellect, poor in spirit,- captious in argument, a mere jobbing tailor in legislation, and as unlike the Lord Rus- SELL who was beheaded as JOSEPH HUNTON, the quaker, who was hanged, was to the gallant MoNTRosE. But let us brush the wasp away in order to reach no bler game. Hang him ? No, he is unworthy of it; the treadmill alone could do him justice. We are not quite certain if the country would feel perfect confidence in any administration formed by Lord GREY, particularly after it has given its cordial approbation to the measures proposed by Sir ROBERT PEEL. But assuming that it would, how could Lord GREY form a cabinet from the ranks of the whigs ? Where is he to find his Lord AL THORP ? il7r. SPRING RICE voted with Lord JOHN—he, therefore, cannot meet Lord GREY on the subject. Lord STANLEY'S section and that of the RUSSELL party are in deadly enmity, and never can be united. Of all men living O'CONNELL fears and bates Lord STANLEY the most. Sir JAMES GRAHAM is in the same predicamenj. lie has taken his stand against the principle of church robbery, which is so much admired at Woburn and Derrynane Abbeys. Here, then, we are entirely at a stand-still. The materials for a whig administration are wanting, and what contributes to the embarrasment as much as any thing else is the fact that the Irish pa pists distrust Lord GREY quite as much as they do Sir ROBERT PEEL. 'Nay; their journals have treated the right lion. baronet with comparative courtesy and re spect, if we may judge from the vituperation they have inflicted upon the noble earl. A Dublin paper, called the Freeman's Journal, the recognised organ of the po pish faction, attacks the bare presumption of Lord GREY'S I restoration to office in the following terms:— "We will take leave to say that our information leads us to the conclusion that Lord Grey will not be Premier, or at all officially connected with the new administration. The noble earl's re-accession to power would be the signal fOr an universal outbreak in Ireland. Let the truth be spoken out at voce—Lord Grey is hated in Ireland. • Ills very name is abhorred by the coerced people of this country, whom he ruled with a rod of iron— and in forging new chains for whom he broke up his cabinet. No, no; we have hail enough of the tyrant in friend's garb; and if oppression is still to be our lot, let us, in resistance—FOß IN THAT pass RESIST WE wit.l.—have at least an open foe to en counter. What! submit again to Draco's rule ?—never. !la ther let every man, woman, and child in Ireland perish. Why did Lord Grey resign ? Was it not because he found that some of his colleagues, and the majority of the House of Commons, were determined to clip the iron tangs of his tiger proposition ? Did he not fling up office because he could not obtain the con sent of the representatives of the people to the hell-born clauses of his atrocious coercion act ? Let Lord Grey conic into office once more, and the union which now exists between the several sections of the liberal party will be dissolved, and to harmony will instantly succeed discord dire. "If we could tender a word of friendly advice to Lord Grey's advocates and admirers, either here or in England, we would tell them to leave the noble earl in his old age to the peace of domestic retirement, and riot to force upon the public the con - aideration of his ministerial conduct, under circumstances that do not bear a strict analysis or a close observation. They are injudicious and indiscreet friends who thrust before .the public gale a character which tetter bark'd about, Most lazarlike, with vile end loathsome crust.' " We like_ to hear a patriot or a papist, in a state of fe ver or inebriety,. come out loudly with all the latent feel ings of his soul. Here we have the truth ! Why,should not all the men, women, and children of Ireland be mur dered rather than that Lord GREY should become prime minister ? We pity the blockhead who talks in this manner, because his fate is a voluntary one; if hanged he will be his own executioner. But the people of Ire• land are to resist, in other words, rebel, fight, massacre each other, if the noble earl should accept the office of premier. Now we, being peaceable persons, are not much enamoured of civil war ; we dread it nearly as much as the Duke of WELLINGTON ; burning, stabbing, pillaging, and the other concomitant enormities, are not exactly to our taste ; but if we could be induced to believe that the popish orgah of Dublin is in earnest, and that the followers . of O'CoNNELL would carry these threats into effect, much as we dread so terrible a con flict, we should be the first to consider it a happy experi ment, the hazards of which being decidedly against those who provoke ft. The popish faction in Ireland is purely a tolerated one. It has been nursed in the bosom of whiggery. It never had any power which it did not de rive from a party in England. Had it been left to itself it would have perished long ago. CHARLES GREY in the Commons was one of its earliest advocates and patrons --the same CHARLES GREY, now a ven,erable nobleman, being the first person whom the faction he cherished would tear to pieces. What a lesson to the whigs ! All their loving kindness, all their sweet philanthropy, all their genercus struggles in the cause of emancipation, is now forgotten, and they are denounced as tyrants in the garb of friends. It is an axiom proved by experience, and consecrated by time, that the hatred engendered bv disunited friendship, or misplaced affection, is more _fierce and cruel than that of the most exasperated of he reditary enemies. Here we have the feeling directed against Lord GREY. The Irish savages, unmindful of past favours, would spring like tigers upon a defenceless nobleman in the decline of life, and simply because he conscientiously performed his duty to his royal master at a season of extraordinary excitement. With fiendlike madness they would prefer all the horrors of war, and run all the hazards of crime and murder, rather than :submit to be governed by one of their oldest and most sincere friends. What a lesson, we say again, to the Whigs! How can they hope to govern Ireland with such menaces and maledictions ringing in their ears ? They are plainly told by the popish priests, (for it is the priests who speak here,) that unless they change their principles and adopt the views of O'CONNELL and his confederates, they will be opposed to the utmost by all the joints of the »' tad. Is Lord JOHN RUSSELL prepared to go this length, and to legislate, not according to his conviction, but as he may be instructed or ordered by O'CONNELL ? Perhaps he is ; but will any whig of the old school, or any man of independence, support him ?' It is easy to carry an abstract question in the House of commons, where there are so many persons utterly reckless as to what they say or do ; but it is quite another thing to carry such party propositions into law. There is still a House of Lords to be consulted, and that alone . would render nugatory all the measures emanating from an Administration actuated by the spirit and the new fledged principles of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. In short, the whole difficulty resolves itself into this. Is the King to yield to Lord JouN's views of policy, or is Lord JOHN'S party to yield to the King and the conservatives ? It the former, then is the revolution not only- begun, but actually complete. That is the only barrier to be pulled down, and then comes the rush of anarchy, con fusion, and civil war. If the King must yield, he might as well surrender—if he must forego the exercise of his prerogatives, he might as well abdicate. Better reign quietly in Hanover than be the slave of a tyrant mob in England. Our reading of the case is, that the King WILL NOT YIELD ! His Majesty knows that it would require a creation of at least one hundred peers to put the Rus- SELL administration into working and executive order, and this his Majesty is well aware would be -a death-blow to the constitution and the monarchy. The King re fused to have recourse to such a measure at a period of far greater embarrassment than the present, and he is not likely to hazard its effects at present. What, then, is to be done ? Why this—the commons must either yield now, as the Lords did in 1831,, or his Majesty will be compelled to appeal once more to the sense of his people, and the sooner the better. Sir ROBERT PEEL cannot be expected to take any subordinate place under any administration, and unless he can be enabled to carry on the governmentiaccording to the principles he has laid down; without any factious opposition in parlia ment, the King, we take it, has no choice but either to dissolve the House of Commons or confide the govern ment to those who can command, no matter at what sacrifice, a majority in that assembly.. The popish journals in France, Belgium, and in Ger many are exulting over the discomfiture of Sir ROBERT PEEL and the expected and long-desired downfal of the protestant church of England. We do not wonder at this, considering who are the parties who still flutter in the wake of the exiled BOLRBONS, count their beads, prostrate themselves before a wafer, sprinkle themselves with holy water, and repeat some nonsensical jargon to a piece`of wood, supposed to represent a saint, who is supposed to be in heaven, and able to hear and answer the prayers of the faithful over the whole earth. • These are the sort of people who rejoice at the attacks made upon the protestant establishment by the papists and the sectarians of England and Ireland. Poor old blockheads! They have contributed largely to bring their own beloved BOURBONS into contempt—they were the advisers of the measures which excited the wcond revolution, and expelled CHARLES X. from the throne of his ancestors—and yet the drivellers cannot see that the very popery which they still cling to was the besettini, sin and the crowning error in that unfortunate sovereign. If CHARLES at the- begining of his reign had swept his couit of the moody priests, the narrow-minded bigots, and the slavish devotees who crowded it, and taken to his councils men of talent and intelligence, the revolution of the three days. would not have happened, and he would have been the reigning sovereign at this very hour: It was, however, ordered otherwise. The curse of popery was upon him, and CHARLES X. fell as JAMES H. of England fell before him. These antiquated dotards of France flatter themselves that the church of England has as slight a hold in the minds of' the people of this country as the Romish church had in the minds of the people of France. This is a mistake. Four.fifths of the people of England are ardently attached to our religious establishments; and, what .is more, our countrymen understand what religion is, which is more than can be said for nine tenths'of-the population of France. 'For this ignorance they are indebted to popery. It is true that our institutions are at this crisis exposed to considerable danger. They have been so for the last six years. Revolution is contagious, and we have suf fered from that which broke out in France in 1830, and raged in England in 1831 and MI We still suffer from the recoil, as it were, of the convulsion, and it will take some time before we are entirely safe from its effects ; but we beg to assure the popish gentlemen con nected with the journals of Paris that the church of England is not yet fallen, and there is little fear that WILLIAM IV. will be driven from his throne by the mob of London, as the rabble of Paris drove CHARLES. At any rate we can hold out no hope to them of the revival of popery in England. That day is gone by for ever. What may happen in Ireland is quite .another thing. The Roman catholic population there constitutes a large majority. But numbers do not always give strength. If that had' been the case the Duke of WELLINGTON could not have driven the French out of Portugal and Spain, nor could NELSON have cleared the seas of all the fleets of all the powers of Europe. We, therefore, do not estimate strength by numbers in Ireland. If the British government, would leave Ireland to itself for a few " short years," as Mr. EWART expresses, we should have no fear as to the issue. The protestants would very speedily restore order, and give a good account of O'CONNELL and his agitators. This perhaps would be the very best way of settling the question. LONDON NE WS.-SATURDAY. City, Half-past Seven o'clock, Saturday Evening. We continue without a government. The Marquis of Lans downe, Lord Melbourne, and Eatl Grey have had repeated au diences with the King; but great difficulty exists, as his Ma jesty.declines delivering up the protestant church to the tender mercies of Mr. Daniel O'Connell. Sir Robert Peel has been at the palace to-dav,, and we have a report that Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham have both been sent for. We can say, from what we deem good authority, that King William the Fourth remains firm upon the question .of the church, and that, although the Irish members upon the motion of Lord John Rus sell displayed their idea of the value of an 4ath, our gracious monarch regards as sacred the solemn compact he entered into to protect the church at his coronation. There is, therefore, yet hope; and doubtless great efforts will be used to form a coali tion ministry, in order that the pressure of thedestructives may be successfully resisted. The iirmnesa of the King has pro duced a firmness in our money market, and Consols for Money are 921 and for the Account 92% A. Money is very abun dant here, and discounts are easily effected. The intelligence from Columbia has been of a very satisfac tory nature, and the Bonds have risen to 47% 48 , 4. Chilian Stock is also firm, at 57 to 58, and Mexican Bonds are 461 47. The Portuguese Bonds have rallied from.the decline they un derwent on the demise of Prince Augustus of Portugal, and they closed this afternoon at 97i 94 Spanish Bonds are at 6758 g, and the Scrip is at 8% Anew Portuguese 3per Cent. Loan has been brought into the market, for the purpose of pav ing off the 6 per Cent. Stock. It. was taken by Alr. Rothschild at 68, was done at. 70% 71 in the morning, and closed at 72173. We have later advices from Para, which state that that place remained in a state of the greatest agitation. The new Presi dent had been thrown into prison; no vessels were allowed to leave the place, nor would any passports be granted to foreign ers. The French consul had been carried on board a govern ment corvette and detained there two days, during which period his house had been pillaged. . We have accounts from India to-day, bearing date from Cal cutta the 28th November. They state that the Privy Council had at length turned their attention to the advances of Russia towards the east, and that a new line of frontier was about to be drawn on the banks of the Indus, and also that the Indian ca valry was about to be increased by four regiments of European dragoons. SENATORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. The following letter and reply, we understand, passed the other day between the two ex-senators undermentioned, who, for the happiness of the nation, have been sent into their ori ginal and appropriate obscurity : " Dear O'Dwyer,— " Wid ye be afthur givin' the barer of this a frank ?—as it's a little inconvanient for meself to do that same jist now, the blick gards hav'n' turned me out of the house. Yours sincerely, "JOHN BliowN, alias Dr. BEAUVOIR. "Nota Bane. I'm jist at prisint mighty ill, undher a bid in a kip, but I hope soon to be able to lave the [loupe." The reply sent by the dismissed of Drogheda was to the fol lowing purport : " Dear Sir John,— Rat's Castle, Sint Giles's. "Troth an it's I dat wud do vees the favur wid all me hart, bud de spalpeens have sarved deself de same thrick, bad loock to dem. Yures, waping, C. O'DWYER. " Nota Bene. I'm going back to ins ould thrade in the gal lery—divil's cure to dem, dey can't kape me out o' dat. Arrah blur and ouns! what does yees mane by bein' able to lave the House ? Arn't yees out of it, man alive ?" Who will deny that this correspondence ought to be bound up with Walpole's,..Bulingbroke's, ur Cowper's ?—Age. LONDON LATEST NEWS. Sunday Afternoon, Two o'clock. Nothing positive has transpired with respect to the new ministry, although at the clubs it is said that Lord Melbourne will be the premier, Mr. Spring Rice chan cellor of the exchequer, Lord John Russell foreign secretary, and that Earls Grey and Spencer, as well as the Marquis of Lansdowne, will also form part of the cabinet. Such is the rumour here, but we understand that obstacles of such a nature exist as tend almost to render the formation of a whig ministry impossible, and that, thinks to that coalition—that descent from old whig gery to ultra-radicalism by which Sir Robert Peel was bullied out of office—more than one of the above list find, - in their own recent revolutionary declarations, a stum bling-block to carrying on the government on any other principle than that of subversion of the constitution, without recanting their scarcely unechoed opinions, 'and adopting those they have so lustily deprecated. Besides, all these parties have already been weighed and found wanting—have but recently mismanaged the affairs of state, and rendered us absurd at home and contemptible abroad; and what new light—what fresh ray of intellec tual power has dawned upon them since, is matter of perfect riddle. Lord John Russell, as successor to the Duke of Wellington, would be matter for mirth were not the interests of the country the stake at issue. The com parison between the two is as the light of the sun to that of the rushlight in Mr. Hume's save-all. We hear, from good authority, that this feeble-minded and factious scion of the house of Bedford had absolutely an idea that, on the dissolution of the late administration, he would be sent for by the King to form a cabinet. The vanity of some individuals is truly most extraordinary ; we remem ber to have heard of one Phaeton, who some few years ago overturned the sun and set the clouds on fire, but he was a paragon of modesty when placed cheek by jowl with Lord John Russell. We are also told that Mr. O'Con. nell ha§ " 11.9 anxiety to take office." After this it is impossible to say a word further on the subject. WILLIAM HULTON, ESQ. , ,The circumstances which induced. Mr. Hulton to request that his name might be withdrawn from the list of magistrates for the county of Lancaster, and also to decline acting in that ca pacity, are too fresh in the recollection of the public to require recapitulation from us. The neighbours of this gentleman, justly appreciating his talents, and anxious to secure his active services as a magistrate, have recently presented him with an address which, together with his answer, we subjoin : "To William Hulton, Esq., of Hutton Park.—We, the un dersigned gentry ; merchants, tradesmen, and others, resident in the borough of Bolton, highly approving the honourable and independent course which has ever characterised your public and private conduct, venture most respectfully to express our deep and unfeigned regret at the existence of any cause which should have occasioned a withdrawal of your valuable services as a magistrate of the county of Lancaster.—Without further allusion to that cause, we may be allowed to express our appro bation of the prompt and manly course which the conscious rectitude of your own mind suggested, in demanding the erasure of your name from his Majesty's commission of the peace; and we feel the proudest satisfaction that the services of one, whom we have the honour to rank as a neighbour and a friend, were too highly appreciated even be the members of his Ma jetsy's government at that period, tole dispensed with, and that your name remained on the commission.—Recent changes in his Majesty's councils having taken place, we now anxiously and most earnestly hope and entreat that your invaluable ser vices as a magistrate, equally honourable to yourself and bene ficial to the public, may be restored to the community." [Here follow the signatures.] Richard Daly, Esq., Borougbreevc of Great Bolton, received a letter from William Hutton, Esq., on Friday week, of which the following is a copy " Hulton Park, April 3d, 1835. My dear Sir,—When you and other gentlemen did me the honour to deliver to me on Tuesday last a memorial from the gentry, merchants, tradesmen, and others resident in the borough of. Bolton and its neighbourhood, requesting me to resume the active duties of a magistrate, you kindly permitted me to post pone my reply until 1 had given the subject mature considera tion. 1 now beg leave to repeat by letter what I endeavoured to express in words, that I received this unexpected testimony of affectionate regard from my neighbours and friends with that exquisite delight which is the concomitant of pleasure after pain. Though I have known by experience that solace with which conscious rectitude of intention softens the stamp of un merited accusation, yet I will admit that there was a slight im pression still •remaining, which the warmth of my friends' approval has totally obliterated. After more than twenty years devotion of my time and zeal to the service of my native county, in the important and often harassing office of a magistrate, I did not retire because his Majesty's councils were conducted on principles which I thought dangerous to the state. This would have evinced no less presumption than that of an bumble coun try gentleman setting uR his own opinion against the judgment .and prerogative of the King.• But I demanded the erasure.of -my name from the commission of the peace on the ground of insulted honour—a ground, on which lam gratified beyond .measure to have the sympathy of those, whose praisur censure is in my mind far more important, because consequent iipon closer observation, than that of any minister of the crown.. After this faithful delineation of my feelings, a resistance to an appli cation so kindly made by you and my other friends, and so gratefully received by myself, might seem to carry with it a spirit of contradiction. Far otherwise are the motives which forbid toy acquiescence. The interests of this populous district are so deeply involved in the execution of the trust, that I should not dare to undertake the great responsibility of protecting pro perty and repressing crime, unless I feel that I could success fully bring to the task alt the willing energy of former days. Exertions, in which I participated, saved from destruction one emporium of commerce. I have lived to see another sacrificed by supineness to riot and flames. Then, as to a further essen tial part of a magistrate's duty, the mitigation of the miseries Of poverty and sickness. This, I believe I was enabled to ac complished under the mild though not faultless code whi c h was once my guide. I should now be bound by enactments which though compulsory by the law of man, are, in my humble opinion, quite contrary to the, law of God. Trusting that the legislature will correct this grievous error, it will be my en.; deavour to prevail on my son to give up to the public service the best years of his manhood, if life should be spared him; and though I ain convinced he already prizes too highly the good opinion of his neighbours to require any stimulus, yet the me morial which has laid his father under such deep obligation cannot fail to excite in him an ardent desire to aid in repaying the debt.—Pray assure the beloved ministers of our revered re ligion, and my other friends, by whose signatures I have been. honoured, how indelibly their kindness is fixed in my heart. I know not how I can render my acknowledgments more ac ceptable than by seeking, as a channel of communication, orie who is now filling an important local office with honour to him self and satisfaction to the borough of Bolton.-1 remain, my dear sir, your obliged and faithful servant, • "W. Ht:l.Tors." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. COMMISSIONERS OF WATCH MEETING. On Friday last these commissioners met in their Board-room, at the Parish-office, for the purpose of transacting public busi ness. On the subject of the half-yearly accounts, it appeared that a sub-committee was some time ago appointed to prepare the accounts for the half year ending 25th March, in a detailed and explicit form, and to publish these accounts for the inspec-• tion of the parishioners fourteen days prior to the annual meet-- ink, which takes place on Wednesday, the 29th instant. They were submitted to the board, and 500 copies were ordered to be printed for the use of the parishioners. MR. WIIITTY'S SALARY. Mr. WiLLIAMS brought forward a motion of which notice had been given, for rendering permanent the present arrangements for the management of the Fire Police. Mr. Williams said that the establishment was now so well managed, compared with its former state, that he thought the commissioners, before ►oing out .of office, should confirm the appointment of Mr. Whitty, as superintendent; Mr. Whitty's salary way now 250 guineas, while that of Mr. Parlour was £4OO, and of Mr. Dow ling £5OO. Mr. Whitty's responsibility - was equal to their's, and though he was not an advocate for over-paying any public servant, he thought they ought to he sufficiently remunerated. 'The salary of the late superintendent was £l5O, besides a free house and other emoluments, amounting in all to nearly £2OO. Se proposed that a salary of £lOO should be appropriated to Mr. Whitty, by which the parish would effect a saving of the other £lOO, not. to mention the increased security of property. Mr. JACKSON seconded the motion., and bore testimony to the superior state of efficiency which the establishment now exhi bited. Mr. SANTLEY acknowledged the efficiency of Mr. Whitty as superintendent of the Fire Police, but objected to any increase of his salary, and he intimated his intention of attending at the annual vestry meeting and proposing that the board should be deprived of the power of granting salaries at all. Mr. KEET said that with every confidence in Mr. Whitty's ability, he must observe that there had been no large fires since his appointment, by which his efficiency could be brought to the lest; and he thought that if his appointment were tendered permanent, a deputy should be appointed to assist him in super intending the watch. The (MAN expressed a doubt whether, in the event of large fires occurring, Mr. Whitty would be able to discharge both situations with perfect satisfaction to himself and the public. He would recommend the appointment therefore to be. extended, as a further expeiituent, fur six Mouths longer; and he was sure that if Mr. Whitty felt himself in any degree in competent to discharge the duties of both situations, he would himself be the first to suggest the propriety of his resigning one of them. With regard to the salary of £5OO, enjoyed by Mr. ,Dowling, he was very doubtful if that. sum would be continued under a reformed corporation. Mr. Whitty, however, was well entitled to whatever the board could do fur him, consistently withtheir duty to the pudic. Mr. H 'NOW , : bore testimony to Mr. Whitty's efficiency, and had no doubt the otext board would - render his appointment per manent. The establishment hitherto had been a very expens►ve one, and the utmost economy should be observed; at the same time they could not impose additional duties on the superintend ent without a proper remuneration. Mr. TAYLOR said that the addition of £loowas not too much. Mr. Parlour had a salary of £4OO, and his emoluments amounted to £4OO more. The establishment was now almost perfect, for an engine and water cart could be got out of the yard within four minutes after an alarm was given. Mr. SANTLEY said the establishment altogether was highly unpopular, and he was sure that the parish would not sanction its continuance. The salary was excessive, as a fire might not occur for a whole year, and Mr. Whitty would thus get £lOO for nothing. The CHAIRMAN.7 - Then it will be the cheapest £lOO the parish ever paid.—With regard to the popularity of the establishment, he believed if the parish were pulled on the question, nine out of every ten among the respectable householders, would vote for its continuance. Mr. WILLIAMS remarked that in Manchester, before a fire police was established, the average loss by fire was £50,000 pet annum; it was now only £10,006. Mr. Abraham, Mr. Jones, Mr. Rowlandson, Mr. Ross, and Mr. Hartley, severally expressed themselves favourable to the motion, which was then put and carried.. THE LIVERPOOL ADDRESS TO THE KING In another part of our paper will be found the copy of• au address to his Majesty from the magistrates, clergy, bankers, merchants, and other inhabitants of the town of Liverpool, on the subject of the resignation of Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues in office. The address was agreed to en Friday morning; and the necessary prepara tions for taking signatures to it were not completed until after twelve o'clock on that day. Between that hour and eight on the following evening it. was spontaneously signed by FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE PERSONS. This, it should be observed, was accomplished in the short space of about twenty hours, (for the public had not access to this do cument for a longer period,) without any of • the excite ment usuallT produced by a "great public meeting," or any other appeal to the feelings of the people than the mere publiCation of the address in the form of a hand-bill. As a copy was given to every man who signed the origi nal document, it must be regarded as a clear and une quivocal expression of the sentiments of all those per- sons, "That the continuance in office of Sir Robert Peel, and the rest of his Majesty's' ministers, is at the present crisis the only means of preserving the peace, prosperity, and happiness of this great empire." The address was despatched to town on Saturday even ing, and was, we presume, presented to his Majesty, Yesterday, by Lord Skeltnersdale. ADDRESSES TO HIS MAJESTY AND SIR R. PEEL. The following, we believe, is a correct list of the addresses presented to his Majesty and Sir R. Peel : London, Canterbury, Rochester, Exeter, Harwich, Ipswich; Great Hallingbury, Essex; Fonthillßishop, Teffout EVMS and Chilmark, Wilts; Suffolk, undersigned inhabitants • Rumford. Hun tiugdonshire .— Gentry, clergy, yeomen, and others re siding iu the county of Hants. Tamworth, Cheltenham and vicinity. Birmingham.=-Magistrates, clergy, bankers, merchants, and others. Lichfield.—Magistrates, clergy, and other inhabitants of the city and close of the cathedral. Oxford. —.Signed within a few hours by the mayor, . three aldermen, seven assistants, one bailiff, and "between ;Wand 80t) of the most respectable inhabitants. Chester.—Mayor, geutry, clergy, and tradesmen. 'Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.—lnhabitants and, visitors. St. Alban's ; Brome and Oakley, Suffolk ; Newmarket, Dartford, Ramsgate, Clifton, Winchester, Deal, two addresses, Grantham, Stamford, Bury St. Edmunds, Ripon ; Walton, Herts; Rickmansworth, clergy of Ripon, Hemel Hampstead, Baldock; Walken, Herts; Brighton, Cambridge Town, Cam bridge County, Southampton, Dudley, Hagley, Clifton ; St. George, Stapleton Iron Acton, Frampton Cotterell, Redland, Mangutsfield, Horlield, Stoke Gifford, flenbory, Westbury, and Almoudsbury, Somersetshire; seventeen parishes in the county of Lincoln; Kingswiuford, Staffordshire ; town of Hunting don, Andover, King's Langley, Haworth, Melton, Great Mun den, Berkhemstean and Northehwich, Gravely, Borringddri Village, foreman and grand jury of Hertfordshire quarter sessions, Boston, Droitwich, Chelmsford, Hertford, Windsor, Lewes, from sixteen parishes in Hants, through Mr. Fleming, Wolverhampton, Perry Barr, city of Gloucester, Ludlow, Wilton, Sidinouth, Preston, Marylebone, Hereford, Colchester, Margate, Guildford, South Shields, East Kent, Hamlet Grove, Spalding, Swinesbead , Bicker, Alford, Knaresborough, Bo roughbrulge, Aldborough, Rochdale, Sheffield, Maidstone. Hereford—Letter. W. H. Bellamy, Esq. to Sir IL Peel. Great Marlow—First signature. Rev. J. T. Coxwell, ditto. Hudderstield—First signature. Joseph Walker, ditto. Weymouth—Letter., Lieutenant-Colonel Howard, one to his Majesty and one to Sir R. Peel. Derby—To be answered to Sir Roger Griesly and Sir George Crewe, to Sir R. Peel: Newark-upon-Trent—By Mr. Gladstone. Salisbury,--Letter. Wadham Wyndham, Esq. Devonport. York—From Mr. Lowther.. Beverley—By J. W. Hogg, Esq., M.P. Tyneinouth—M. Bell, Esq., M.P. Framlingham 7 -Lord H eniker. Sandwich—Letter. Sir William R. P. Geary, Bart, M.P. Caine—Hon. Sidney Herbert. Bristol—Sir R. Vyvyan, M.P. Madresfield and Newland—First signature. .1. T. Allen, Esq. Giavesend—Letter. Sir W. R. P. Geary Bart, M.P. ditto. Bedminster—Wm. Miles, Esq., M.P, ditto. Great Yarmouth—First signature. Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart. Letter. W. N. Praed, Esq., M.P., ditto. Bilston—Letter. John ason, Esq., ditto. Louth—First signature. George Chaplin, Esq. Tathwell, ditto. Ringwood—To be answered to Lord Normantown. Truro—By J. E. Vivian, Esq., M.P. Eccleshalt—Letter. Thomas Salt, Esq. Old lionsford—First signature. R. Hickman, Esq. Ippolitts—Rev. W. Lax, St. Ibba. Stanstead—Daniel nankin, Esq. Ivy Bridge—Letter. Rev. Thomas Brown, Walsall—Charles J. Forster, Esq., M.P. Royston—First signature. Rev. Samuel Cautherley. Leith—Letter. John David Hope, Esq. Leigh—First.signature. Henry Carter, Esq., Surrey Lodge. Broxbourn—Letter. Lewis Roers, Esq. Lamborne—Henry Hippisley, Esq., Lamborne-place. Redbowin—Fras. S. Osbaldiston, Esq., St. Alban's. Handon and . Berwick—Thomas Salt, Esq., Weeping Cross, Stafford. Derby—liev..L.thunilton -Gr q Belsover Castle, near Chesterfield, ditto. StaffordL-F. Hughes; Esq., mayor, ditto. Parish of St. Augustin, Bristol—Through Sir R. Vlvyan, M.P., ditto. Daventry—Letter. E. S. Burton, Esq., ditto. Parishes of St. Philip and Jacob, St. James, and St. James and St. Paul, Bristol—Through Sir R. Vvvvan, M.P. Parishes of All Saints, Christchurch, St. • Walnyb, St. Mary Redcliff, Temple, and St. Nicholas, lristol—Through Sir IL V y vyan, M.P. Thrapstone--First signature, Rev. W. Greenwood. Magistrates of quarter sessions of the county of Hereford= Per L. T. Foley, Esq. Tewkesbury—Per W. Dowdeswell. Esq., M.P. Withycombe Rawleigh—Letter. Rev. F. Trevor, Exmouth. Upton-upon-Severn — First signature,SkAuthony Lechtnere, Bart.; lion. Col. Lygon. Devonport—Additional letter. John Beer, Esq. Stafford county—Parishes. Stevenage—Rev. B. Bloomfield Exmouth—Letter. Rev. Joseph Gatley. Ilitchin—First signature, F. P. D. Radcliffe, Esq., Priory. Mayor and Chamber of Exeter—Win. Edward Gattey, Esq. Isle of An hohne, Lincoln—First signature, Wm. Rhodes, Esq. Ditto—Letter. W. B. Stonehouse, Esq. Little Gadsden—Rev. David Jenks. King's Lynn—Letter. Rev. John Bransbv. Hastield, Ashworth, Cone, and Firby, 'Gloucester—First signatnre, Thomas Fulljames. Stafford—Letter. Ralph Sneyd, Esq. East Budleigh by Humton—Letter. J. Dart, Esq. Southampton -1 bree additional signatures. Richard Evans. Warrington and its vicinity—Mr. J. Blackburn. Macclesfield—Mr. Ryle. Woodbridge, Worcester, Bury, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Dor chester, Kirkby Lonsdale, Weldon, Poulton -in-the-Fvlde, Isle of Axholme (3d,) Welwyn, Great Hortnead, parish of Santlon (Staffordshire,) Wheathamstead, Blithfield and Newton, Isle Of Axholtne (4th,) Banff, Porto-Bello, Exminster, Harford, Stavetton, Little Berkhamstead, Falmouth, Durham, Somerton, Aisholt, Bath, Abingdon, Glasgow, Stratford-upon-Avon, Orliugbury, Wetherby, Paisley, Branswick, New Wood stock, Wednesbury, Falmouth, Uticuline, Lincoln, Barnstaple, The Pelhanis, Halifax, Bridgewater, and Barton-on-);lumber. LONDON ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. We, your Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the un dersigned attorneys and solicitors of the metropolis, venture to approach your Majesty with an assurance that we share in the universally prevalent feeling of fervent and.affectionate loyalty to your Majesty, and firm attachment to the institutions of the country. Though hitherto carefully abstaining from interference, as a body, in political subjects, we cannot, at the present crisis of public affairs, hesitate to come forward with an expression of our sentiments. We feel the deepest regret at the retirement from your Ma jesty's councils, of your late most 'able, experienced, and con sciensious advisers, who, though overruled by a small majority of the House of Commons, possessed, unquestionably, .the confidence of a great majority of the loyalty, respectability, and property of the country. • We deprecate that excess of party zeal which has combined together persons of the most opposite political principles, in personal opposition to the ministers lately chosen by your Ma jesty, thereby obstructing the ordinary course of public business, anal preventing the intr.duction of those measures of salutary reform recommended by your Majesty for the consideration of parliament. We experience the greatest anxiety and alarm at the increas ing boldness of those who have openly avowed opinions hostile to the best interests of the country and to the stability of property. We feel, however, the fullest reliance upon your Majesty's firm determination to uphold those interests, however great may be the dangers which threaten them. We humbly pray your Majesty not to call to your councils any ministers whose known principles do not afford a guarantee for the maintenance and protection of those sacred and valued institutions in church and state, which your Majesty has de clared to be the birthright of your people. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.INDARD. Sia,—Your paper, which has already done so much substan tial good, is perhaps the best medium through which to inquire how it happens that so little attention is paid to the regulation of the public markets, especially St. Johns ? Can there be a greater nuisance than for ladies and gentle min, more especially on crowded market days, to be annoyed, and have their clothes destroyed by the wet and dirty baskets of the carrier women, who are there constantly saluting them with, "Please do you want a carrier ?" In many other and all well-regulated markets, carriers are required to station them selves outside till wanted and sent for. And were the police or market superintendents of SL John's commanded to enforce-so wholesome a regulation, It would be the most complete thing of the kind in this or any other kingdom. • The attendance of some Out-of-door police officers, too, is much wanted. On Saturday last, and on previous market-days, great confusion and squabbling was to be seen in great Char lotte-street, and both ladies and gentlemen abused, insulted, and even struck by some bullies who provoked and even in sisted on fighting them.—Yours, &c. CORRECTOR. 13th April, 1835. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Ste,—l beg through the medium of your spirited coluMns, to request the board of highway surveyors to explain the reason of the delay in watering the streets; a heavy rate is laid upon the inhabitants to secure the accommodation, yet, notwithstand ing, some weeks have elapsed since the board was memorialized by a number of highly respectable shopkeepers in Castle-street, Lord-street.and Church-street, and who are daily suffering much pecuniary loss, and the passengers in the streets are incom moded by the excessive nuisance. I question the propriety of erecting such "gigantic.pumim," arul having so many tanks and carts unused, if the inhabitants are to be neglecled in the shameful manner they have been.—Yonrs, &c. Church-street, .. 4 .7.a 13th. A t6I-10PKEEPER. WM! SACRED ORAToRIO.—THE SEVEN TRUMPETS. The sublimity and grandeur of the music of Haydn and Flanders sacred oratorio's has, perhaps, from having been for so long ,a period considered to possess an almost unapproach able degree of perfection, prevented the attempt to produce other compositions of the same kind. Signor Panorruo, un deterred by the fear of having his works judged by these stan dards of excellence, has enterred on the laborious task of writing an oratorio, which was performed, for the first time, last night at the Royal Amphitheatre. The subject is from the Apocalypse, and the opening recitative is taken from this passage—" There was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour, an' I saw seven angels which stood before God, and to them were given seven trumpets." Exceptions will pro bably be taken by some persons to this passage as being an improper subject for musical composition; but these excep tions must fall to the ground, when it is considered that "The Creation" of Haydn and "The Messiah" of Handel are the most admired and popular works of these great masters. We have, therefore, only to consider the merit 'of "The Seven Trumpets" of Sigoor Panormo as a musical composition, and we regret to add, that to a very great degree it is a failure. Some of his music is almost impracticable, his symphonies are too long, and do nut embody the subject sufficiently to enlist the attention of the audience, Ivbile some of the solos are not well adapted to the words. .The air, " The dread volcano hurls its fire," is excellent, and was sung in line style by Mr. Davies. This air was encored. " Dark night is o'er" was very well executed by Mr. Pemberton. The concluding grand chorus contained some very beautiful passages, and is highly creditable to Signor Panormo's talents as a. musician. The opening is borrowed from the Coronation Anthem. The orchestra was well filled with instrumental and vocal performers, -and con tained seine of the best musical talent of both descriptions to be found in Liverpool. Au organ was wanting to give a richness to the whole. With some judicious curtailments the oratorio would be improved. The Miscellaneous Act was admirably selected. The oratorio will be repeated this night, and we have no doubt with much better success. BOROUGH SESSIONS. Yesterday the quarter sessions of the peace for this borough commenced in the Court House, Chapel-street, before James Aspinall, Esq. Mayor, James Clarke, sq. Ilecorder, Ambrose Lace and James Puwnall, Esqs. Bailiffs, and a bench of alder men, amongst whom we noticed Sir George Drinkwat er , Si r Thomas Brancker, Charles Ilorsfa.ll, Esq. John Bourne ,Esq. and Peter Bourne, Esq. The grand jury having been sworn in, and the usual formali ties gone through, The learned RECORDER, in adverting to the state of the calendar, said that although it was by no means a light one, he had not discovered that the cases - which would come before the grand jury were encumbered with legal difficulties, so as to render it necessary for him to detain them by pelilting them out. Under these circumstances, so far. as. he had an oppor tunity of judging, they would find Tittle difficulty in arriviug at a proper conclusion • He was sorry to obsarve that the greater portion of the crimes committed since the last sessions was by Juvenile delinquents ; more than one-half of the felons in the calendar being under twenty years of age. He also considered it right to draw their attention to the lar g e number of feloni es committed in the streets during the day. In a mercantile town ' like Liverpool, where the transit of property front oue part to the other was so extensive, it was natural to expect crimes of this description, but, in his opinion, a great deal might be pre vented by an efficient day police, which he hoped shortly to see established, as the present system, from its want of strength, was certainly defective. The number of robberies committed by day, and especially in the article of cotton, were so great as almost to exceed belief, and he was afraid that in many in stances the class of persons termed marine store keepers were in close counexion with the thieves, and gave every facility for the disposal of stolen goods. These receivers asked no questions from persons offering property for sale, but gave small and trifling sums for articles of value. He thought that the time had arrived when it was necessary to place the marine store-keepers under a more strict surveillance. A clause might very easily be introduced giving the power to ,magistrates to send police-officers more frequently to search the premises of these people, and by that means the dishonest. traffic could, in a great measure be put a stop to. He observed one case in the calendar where a large quantity of cotton (three bales) were stolen, and the thief disposed of them to a marine store-keeper without the least difficulty. There was another class of persons (the pawnbrokers) to whom he might allude, at whose establish ments it was easy for thieves to dispose of stolen property, but he was happy to say he had frequently observed that instead of encouraging the commission of crime they were generally ready to lead to the detection of it by giving up stolen articles pledged with them, and they evinced every disposition to aid and assist the magistrates. The learned gentleman concluded by dis missing the jury to their lab Ours, and by expressing his fullest confidence of their acquitting . themselves iu a manner consist ent with the pure and dispassionate administration of justice. The following gentlemen composed the grand jury :—Joseph Need Walker, Esq., foreman; Miles Barton ; Thomas Booth; Samuel Beckwith ; Thomas Comber; William Dowson; Ri chard Dobson; Edward Griffin, the younger; Thomas Berry Horsfall ; David Hodgson ; Isaac "Hadwen ' the younger; Richard Heywood Jones; illiam Nichols Moore; Patrick Francis M`Kenna ; John Naylor; John Orrell ; Henry Porter; John Troughton ; George Hawkes Gilbert Tarlton; Samuel Thompson, the younger; Thomas Wilson; William White house, and George Winstanley, Esquires. PLATE Roe BER r.—John Jones, a man of respectable appear ance, Was indicted for stealing three silver spoons, the property of Benjamin Kay, and one silver cream jug, one pair of silver sugar tongs, and three silver spoons, the property of Ellen Sil verwood The prisoner was further indicted for stealing a cloak, the property of Benjamin Thompson, a pawnbroker. '1 he indictment embraced three counts, to each of which the prisoner pleaded guilty. From the .evidence adduced it appeared that the prisoner had made a _practice of going to public-houses and engaging a bed for the night; and, at the same time, - Seizing his opportunity to steal anything valuable which might lie in his way. On the 29th of December last, after sleeping at the house of one of the prosecutors (Mrs. Silverwood's, of SWeeting-street, Dale street,) he stole the articles mentioned above. A similar trick was played by the prisoner upon Mr. Benjamin Kay, of the Cross Keys, Sir .Thomas's-buildings, when the silver spoons were missing. - The privotier had alsaerireredtEnitati of Mr. Thompson, a pawnbroker, and stole therefrom a travelling cloak. The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to seven years transportation. William Hughes, a determined young thief, apparently not more than thirteen years of age, was indicted for stealing a quantity of silver plate, consisting of tea, dessert, and gravy spoons, creaurjug, &c. It appeared from the evidence of Mary Kirk, a servant woman employed by Miss Bathgate, a lady re• siding in Rodney-street, that on the 4th of February last she observed the prisoner hastening from her mistress's pantry with something in his hat. Suspecting he had committed a robbery she ran and endeavoured to secure him, when he let the hat fall and escaped into the street. The hat, on examination, proved to be full of silver spoons and forks, sonic the property of Miss Bath ate, and the rest belonging to Mr. Hogan and Dr. Phil lips, lodgers in the house. The witness followed the prisoner into the street, and pursued him as far as Copperas-hill, when he was stopped by a man named David Aspey, a watchmaker, and conveyed by hint and two police-officers to Duncan-street Bridewell. On searching him at Bridewell a crearnjug and silver spoon, which were identified by Mary Kirk, were found in his pockets. The prisoner was found guilty, and being proved to be an old offender, was sentenced to seven years' transport ation. There were no other cases tried possessing the least interest. The following were the sentences: — Michael Gardner, for stealing a tea-caddy, 3 months-Matthew Johnson, for stealing a pair of boots, 3 months—Jonathan Gris dale, fur stealing three rigging -blocks, 1 year in Lancaster Castle—G eorge W a t son an d John Harrison, for breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr. Win. Dalziel, and stealing wearing apparel unclothes articles, 14 years' transportation each, Petet Seddon, an accomplice, was sentenced to 12 months in Lan caster Castle—William Barton, for picking pockets, 6 months' imprisonment—lsabella Hazeiciine, for stealing wearing appa rel, 1 month—Thomas Evans, for stealing two flutes, 1 month —William Brown, for stealing one silver spoon, 4 months— T imoth y Sullivan, for robbing his lodgings, 1 month—Thomas Graham, fur stealing a coat and shawl', 2 months-James Kel shaw and Thomas 111‘Vale, for stealing a gown, 3 months— Anne Murphy, for stealing 10s. ' the property of h er mas t er , fi months—Bridget M`Namara and Sarah Ferguson, for rob bipg a sailor of seven sovereigns. 7 years—William Medley and William Lloyd, for stealing 40 ducks, the property of Mr. John Foster, 14 years each—Walter Holden, for stealing a gold pin and a sovereign, 1 year in Lancaster Castle—Peter Lyons, for-Stealing 201bs weight of tobacco, 1 year in Lancas ter Castle--Catherine Mitchell, for stealing two sheets and a tinsel, 1 year in Lancaster Castle—Agnes Riley, for stealing one towel from the Bull Hotel, 1 month—Anne Connolly, for stealing calico fents from the shop of Mr. Shaw, Dale -street, 1 year in Lancaster ,Castle—Win. Western, for stealing 68 sovereigns front Richard Mogridge, the boots of the King's Arms, seven years transportation—Wm. Owens, for stealing ducks, the property of Mr. John Foster, 9 mouths imprison merit. BIRTH OF AN HEIR TO THE BELGIAN THRONE. We copy front a second edition of the Times the following an nouncement of the birth of a Crown Prince of Belgium : "Bausstms, APRIL 9, HALF-PAST Ili, P.M.--nis evening at a quarter after 10, the Queen of the Belgians was delivered of kanale-child. This event was quite unexpected. It was not" expected to have taken place before the end of the month: - The Queen of the French was to be in Brussels only on the . 15th of April. "The delivery has been a most happy one. Both the Queen and the child are doing well. "The following bulletin has been sent to all the papers for publication to-morrow. " The Queen was delivered of a Prince at a quarter after ten. " Her Majesty and the newly born Prince are doing quite well. The labour was short and most satisfactory. (Signed) " 'Dr. SctioNt.m:v " Dr. Sommmts, "'Dr. LESEAU, " ' Dr. CIiANTRAIN.'" Sens of BEER LTCENSES.—An account of the number of licenses gr anted under the sale of beer act during the years 1833 and 1834 : 1833. 1834. Licenses granted to retailers of beer, cider, and perry Retailers of cider and perry only 653 1,054 Retailers of beer, ale, or porter, to be drunk on the premises . — 13,654 Retailers of beer, ale, or porter, not to be drunk on the premises. — 1,752 Totals 3.5,629 38,435 MALT.—An account of the number of bushels of malt.con sumed by com m o n brewers in each o f th e t h ree years en di ng, January 5, 1832, 3,4, distinguishing the quantities separately consumed in England, Scotlapl,and Ireland : ..... - 1832. - ---- 183.:3. 1834. England 14,176,309 13,832,851 14,413,391 Scotland 818,208 885,038 934,390 Irelitud The United Kingd0m....16,487,909 16,261,154 17,061,C66 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—The punctuality of his the Duke of Wellington in answering letters or applications that are made to him has often been noticed, not only in the English journals, but a l so i n t h e f ore i gn papers . His grace is frequently known to be u p as ear ly as fi ve o ' c l oc k in the morn ing, answering, in his own hand-writing, upwards of one hundred letters, attending his official duties at the Foreiun Office, as Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign epartment, after at a cabinet co unc il o f m i n i s t ers , t h en a t a levee to present b the foreign ambassadors to his Majesty; in the House of Lords to answer any questions that may be put to him by any noble peer respecting our foreign relations' a ft er wards at a diplomatic dinner, and very oft en a t a seco nd cabinet council, ail in one day, taking on an average not more than four hour's rest. DUBLIN MID KINGSTOWN 11111,WAY.—This railway, which is only a distance of five miles, similar to that from London to GrenriVich, has been • open three months, and has carried upwards of 200,000 persons. The shares have advanced from £5O to £75 each. LGCA L NE IWS, DAY Ponca.--A day police is very much required in the upper part of the town. On Saturday last a voting - lady walk , ing in St. Anne' s - s tr ee t h a d her reticule cut and a purse ex. tracted, containing two sove r e i gns. Thi s was dole by some fellows tolerably well dressed, who committed the robbery in a very 'dexterous manner. THE STEAMER MANCHESTER.-This splendid and swift steamer, which is quite a favourite ou the Liverpool and (alas , gow line, has just been fitted up with new boilers and othet pointineuts in the first style:. She will resume plying on &third day next, the 18th instant. ADDRESS TO SIR ROBERT l l tui.—The letter of Mr. Alder , man Robinson, which accompanied the address to Sir Robert Peel, together With the right bon-. baronet's answer thereto, will be found in our advertising columns, and will be read with interest. ' STATE OF THE STREETS.—The dirty state of the streets of late has led to numerous complaints from the inhabitants, and scarcely a day passes that his worship the Mayor is not an noyed by anonymous letters being sent to hint on the subject, The fault of not watering the principal thoroughfares does not lie with the Mayor or the Corporation, but with the board whor impose a rate for the repair and the keeping in order of the highways, and if that body neglect so wholesome' and desirable a regulation it is the business of the parishioners to appoint others who will better attend to the health and comfort of the town. The Mayor has no jurisdiction whatever in the matter. SHIP LA UNCH.—A very fine vessel, htirthen 450 tons, will be launched this morning at half-past ten o'clock, front the build ing yard of Mess& Wilson and Sons, Trentham-street. - . AFFAIR OF HONOUR.--'Phis morning, a few minutes after six o'clock, a hostile meeting took place, on Old Oak Common, between Captain B-, an officer on half-pay, and Mr: A-, a Liverpool merchant. The cause of the hostile meeting is alleged to have been the utterance by Captain $. of language disrespectful to Si r R o b er t P ee l, a t a club-house, which was resented by Mr. A. The parties having arrived on the ground, an attempt was mule by the seconds to procure an amicable arrangement, but their intercession did not succeed: At the first discharge the captain received his - Antagonist's ball in his pistol arm. Mr. A. then advanced to the captain ; who' cordially shook him by the hand. The wound is not of a dangerous de scriptio n urier, Saturday. THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILROAD.—We have ob served in the Mechanics' Mayazine, No: 605, a letter relating to the proposed line of railroad between London and Birmingham, which we consider interesting to those concerned in this great undertaking. The letter is intended to draW . the attention of the public to a survey which was Made by the late Mr. John Grantham and his brother, in the years 1.825-G, at the expense of the original company. We have reason to know that this sur vey was made with the greatest care and accuracy, and, although the undulations of the road were not in any case more than an in clination of fourteen feet to the mile, the line did not much ex ceed the present one in length—would be turf& less expensive in the execution, besides entirely avoiding tunnels, of ahich the present has ten, and some of great length. The estimates ac companying these surveys were taken from data which the dearly bought experience of the Liverpool and Manchester and other railway companies have since proved to be insufficient; bat, by comparing the two lines, the greater difficulties of the present one are very apparent. As the company are now applying to parliament for some amendments to their line, we think these observations may prove useful iu directing the puhlie attention to the subject—that if the former surveys did possess any ad vantages over the present, they may not be overlooked, as we believe it is not too late even now to make alterations, if any such advantages should exist. PUBLIC CHARACTERS OF LivEnPool., No. IV., PART Since the publication of the fourth number of Tovey's " Public Characters," four magistrates of the ancient and loyal " body corporate" of Liverpool, to wit, th e M ayor, M r . Ald erm an Robinson, Mr. Aid. Peter Bourne, and Mr. Bailiff Pownall, are on sale, either in one lot or separately. We live in strange times; for, until Mr. Tovey commenced selling them, these gentlemen were above even the bare suspicion,or imputation of ever having been either bought or sold. As these officials of the borough find ready purchasers, M r.Tovey will possibly endeavour in like manner to sell the whole corporation ! The last portrait, that of Mr. Pownall, is decidedly the best of the four; com pared with this, Mr. Alderman Robinson's is a failure. Mn. G. WOOD AND THE PUBLICAN.—It is probably in the recollection of our readers that about six weeks ago Mr. G. W. Wood, ex-member for South Lancashire, broughtforward a motion,. at a meeting of the commissioners of police, for a com mittee to inquire by what means a resolution, proposed by him self in a committee appointed in 1827, to prepare a bill for the enfranchisement of Manchester, and which had been converted into an election squib, had got into circulation. The followinz is a copy of the resolution in question :—" Moved by Mr. G. W. Wood, and seconded by Mr. R. H. Greg,—That on the principles that govern the exclusion of persons engaged in the customs and excise, it would be desirable that the franchise should not extend to publicans, and that this , point be sobusitted to Lord John Russell for his consideration.' It will be seen by , our report of the proceedings of police on Wednesday, that the squib was again the subject of discussion on the presenta tion of the report of the committee appointed to make the in quiries alluded to above. The subject was taken up with much spirit by Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Sharpe, and others; and Mr. Wood and his friends were completely baffled and defeated. We said, when we last noticed the matter, that Mr. Wood would gain nothing by his motion; and lie has had the mortification of see ing his complaint treated in a manner which must make him regret that he had brought it forward.—Manchester paper. BoRouGH OF MANCHESTER.—The whig-radical-dissenting friends of Mr. Poulett Thomson, in contemplation of his holding office iu the new ministry, are taking measures to secure his re-election. The friends of Mr. Braidley are also on the alert, that gentleman having consented to be again put in nomination, in the event of a vacancy occurriug; so that we arc probably on the eve of a contested election. From what we have lately witnessed of public feeling in this town, parti cularly since there was a probability of the return of a wbig radical administration—witness the long list of names obtained in three days in support of Sir Robert Peel's ministry—we are warranted in believing that with due exertion on the part of the conservatives, Mr. Braidley will be triumphantly returned. By their votes on this occasion, the electors willoasgy. whether they prefersiieli an administration as that . o? Sir ,Iobert Peel, anxi ous to amend whilst resolute to maintain the institutions of the country—or one acting under the direction, , f ind existing only by the will of Daniel O'Connell. Are the Oleetors of Man chester prepared to surrender the revenues . nf the protestant church to the enemies of the protestant faith I-. If they are not, they will not vote for the man who has tecordsd his vote in fa vour of such a surrender. With respect to the, personal quali fications cf the twiy candidates, we have no hesitation in saying that Mr. Braidiey Was much superior to Mr. j'oulett Thomson in talent, as he is in principle; and we are ((infidel:lt that by electing our worthy and respected townsman for their repre sentative, the electors will not only do honour , to' their own judgment, but confer a benefit upon the community.—Manches ter COM ler. SlENTiric ExPEDITION. — A brig is to start at the end of April, from France, toexplore the coasts of Iceland and Green land. Dr Gaimard, who is already known as a learned traveller, is to accompany the present enterprise. Mr. W. Hockley, of Berners Hall. Berners Roothing, Essex, was found dead in one of his fields last week, having shot himself with a gun which he had taken out to shoot reeks. A report having been spread at Sta.nsted Mount Fitclret, that an illegitimate - child, about eleven months old, had been murdered by Mary Miller, its mother, by whom and the grand mother, the child was kept, a desire was expressed that the body should be opened. he grandmother streuuosly resisting this proposal, an inquest was held on the body. The report in the village was, that syrup of poppies had been administered in improper quantities; but Mr. Welch, surgeon, upon opening the stomach, found therein a small piece of wood, and in the colon three pieces of sponge ; a pin also was sticking in the liver. The effects of these substances were evidently the cause of the death of the child. The jury were in consequence induced to return a verdict cf " Wilful," against the mother and grandmother, who have been commmitted fur trial. The general surveying officers of excise have within these last ten days made two seizures to a considerable extent in a distillery in the western suburbs of London; but it is suspected to be the result of a conspirae3 on the part of their informant, or some one acting in concert with him, to ruin the credit of the house.—Globe. The enhanced price of teas in China, produced by the open ing of the English trade, it may safely be predicted, will be of very short duration. Less tea will be sent to the Continent of Europe and to America uutil the stocks there are diminished, and in the meantime the Chinese will be stimulated to plant more tea, and the new plantations will yield their first crop in so short a period as from two to three years. The land in which tea is cultivated consists of hills, or mountains of no remarkable fertility, and not suited for the production of corn; and as there is much land of this description in China unoccupied, the fear of that country being unable to furnish an increased supply of tea is only au idle chimera, originating in the ignorance of fraudulent representations of monopolists.— Westminster Review. A LUCKY HIT.—On Sunday morning last a grave-digger, named Ward, residing in Globe-lane, 111ile-end-road,„ quar relled with his wife and struck her a blow which sent her reeling against the mantle-piece," when smut fell two sovereigns and rolled on the ,floor. A cessation of hostilities took place directly and an inquiry as to the soureefrom whence the gold came, When the Mantle-piece was examined and removed, and 170 sovereigns were found. The man and his wife have been keeping holiday ever since, and the old woman jocularly tells her neighbours it was the luckiest hit she had in her life. Much curiosity appears to be excited in the neighbourhood as to whom the hoard originally belonged, but it is weltknown that a foreman of excavators, a saving thrifty fellow, livediu the same room about six months ago. He met with an accident in the impart something course of his employment an d was taken to the L o ndon i s o Hospital, where he died after hi e thi g h had been am putated. to I th o se n i last a. bi:uotmbeinntss, buthe a p p e a r ed son, who has been seen to be g in the streets since his father's was unable o x puesatko . He left an only death. THE CRIME OF POISONING.—Tbe French chemists make the following proposition, in order to render less f re quent the crime of poisoning. au . d to put on their guard those who maw be marked out as the victims of revenge, jealously, or the like, From 1824 to 1832, the number of individuals accused of poison ing was 273, and it appeared that in many instances. the intended victims bad been saved by the bad taste communicated to the food by t he poisonous substance. It is, th e ref o re, recom it - mended that should be rendered compulsory to eialour or give a flavour to all poisonous substances which would not dete riorate by the admixture_ For the latter purpose aloes have been sue ested and of this many English as well as French chemists g I Lave approved. It is also recommended to scent all poisons with the same odour—musk for instance. It is not perhaps generally known that Mr. Pitt was called to the bar, and went the Western Circuit, where, as well as /11 Westminster Hall, his success was any thing but encouraging. He is represented by his biographer as having "dangled seven days with a junior brief and a single gniuea - fee, waiting till a cause of no sort of importance could come on in the Common Pleas." IieMoNERATION OF APOTHECARTES.—A paragraph fins re cently gone the round of the newspapers, to the effect that by the previsions of Mr. Warburton's bill aizothecaries - will be pie vented from dispe n sing medicines. Considerable uneasiness has been excited by this announcement, and we belie received various inquiries upon the subject, from parties 'anxious to as certain the truth. We are able to state, on what We regard as competent authority, that the rumour alluded to.has originated in mistake;, no such provision being c ontemplated. --Medical Gazette. NEW ORDERS I N 13ANKRUPTCY.---Tbe CornmiSsiOnerB hay e, issued the following new ordere—"That in all eases of e.r party examinations no persons shalt repeat the answers given by the parties examined, nor shall any person speak to the party so ex- , amiued during such examiwatioe, except the person examining him, 'That in all cases of proofs of debts, or expunging proofs, no person shall repeat the answer given by the witoesses, or speak to the person examining. That the answers €i 'en by the party examined shall be read over to him, and he shall say whether right or wrong, but no other person shall interfere. That in all cases where counsel are employed the solicitor shall L not in any manner interfere i n the pr oceedin gs i n Court,emeyt w instruct his counsel:' ~~ ~4