The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-10 00:00:00

LITERATURE. We have received a copy of Baines's History of Ike Cotton Manufacture, a massive volume, which it will take a week to read with any attention. Not having ac complished this, we cannot, of course, pronounce any opinion on the merits of the work; we have no doubt, however, but that it contains much valuable information on a subject very little understood by the world, beyond the factories and the potteries. At. any rate, a compre hensive history of the cotton manufacture was a desider atum which we hope the author has supplied; and if he has done justice to his subject, which we are bound to believe until we can ascertain the contrary by our own researches, he has confet red a lasting obligation on man kind. In the meantime, we borrow a few extracts ta ken at random. ESTIMATED YEARLT VALUE OF THE BRITISH COTTON MANUFACTURE. WAGES OP 237,000 Operatives engaged in spinning and power loom weaving........... • 6,044,000 250,000 hand-loom weavers, at 7s. per week each 4,375,000 45,000 Calico printers, at 10s. per week each 1,170,000 159,300 Lace-workers (including 100,000. employed in embroidering, and - 30,000 in mending, pearlin", drawing, and finishing) 1,000,000 .33,000 Makers of cotton hosiery 5J5,000 Bleachers, dyers, calenderers, fustian cut ters, machine-makers, makers of steam engines, cards, rollers, spindles, shuttles, looms, and reeds: smiths, joiners, build ers, (of all classes,) millwrights, carriers, warehousemen, &c. &c. &c. say 4,000,000 Raw material (spun in 183.3) 282.675,2001b5. at 7d• per lb . Profits of capital, sums paid Cor materials of machin ery, coals, tlour fur dressing, and other • outgoings 8,244,693 Total £31,338,693 EXTENT AND VALVE OF THE BRITISH COTTON MANUFAC- TeIIII IN 1833, Cott3tt wool imported cousumed in the manufacture, lbs. Yarn spun (deducting l oz. per lb. for loss,) lbs. Number of hanks spun (averaging 40 to the lb.) hanks 10,246,976,000 Length of yarn spun (810 yards to the • hank) Value of the cotton wool consumed, at 7d. per lb. £ 8,2-14,693 Value of the cotton exports—goods £13,754,992 yam.. 4 701.008 303,656,837 28 . 2,675.20 U 2.56,174,40() 18,459,000 Value of cotton manufactures c,,rl-?.. 12 879,693 sutned at home ) Total value of the manufacture £31,338,693 Capital employed in thi manufacture 31,000,000 Quantity of cotton goods exported (in 1832) — White or plain cottons , yards' 59,493,006 Printed or dyed cottons 201,5j2,407 yds 461,015,503 Number of persons supported by the manufacture, 1,500,000 Number of operatives ►n the spinn►ng and weaving factories In Suotland 32,000 In Ireland 5,000 237,000 Wages earned by the factory operatives Power moving the actories—Stewu..3,o4.Xl horses Water-11;000 horse power 44,000 Number of spindles Number of power-looms 100,000 Number of hand-loom weavers Wages earned by do It may assist to form a conception of the immense extent of the British cotton manufacture when it is stated, that the yarn spun in this country in a year would, in a single thread, pass round the globe's circumference 203,775 times; it would reach 51timesfrom the earth t o th e sun • an d i t wou ld enc i rc l e t h e earth's orbit eight and a half tnnes! The wrought fabrics of cotton exported in. one year would form a girdle for the globe, passing eleven times round the equator! This manufacture furnishes nearly one-half of the exports of British produce and manufactures: it supports more than one eleventh part of the population of Great Britain; and it .sup plies almost every nation of the world with some portion of its clothing. None of the kingdoms of Hanover, Wirtemherg, or Saxony, has a population exceeding that engaged in the manufacture of cotton in this island. The receipts of our manufacturers and merchants for this one production of the national industry are equal to two-thirds of the whole public revenue of the kingdom. To complete the wonder—this manufacture is the creation of the genius of a few humble mechanics; it, has sprung up (ruin insignificance to its present magnitude within little more than half a century; and it is still advancing with a rapidity of increase that defies all cal culation of what it shall be in future ages. PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF Allt. WATKINS TOTTLE. (Front the Monthly Magazine.) " The first coach has not come in yet, has it Torn ?" inquired Mr. Gabriel Parsons, as he very complacently paced up and down the fourteen feet of gravel - which bordered the "lawn," on the Saturday morning which had been fixed upon for the Beulah Spa jaunt. " No, sir ; I haven't seen it," replied a gardener in a blue apron, who let himself out to do the ornamental for half-a-crown a-day and his "keep." " Time Tottle was down," said Mr. Gabriel Parsons, rumi nating—" Oh, here he is, no doubt," added Gabriel, as a cab drove rapidly up the hill ; and he buttoned his dressing-gown, and opened the gate to receive the expected visitor. The cab stopped, and out jumped a man in a coarse Petersham great coat, whitey-brown neckerchief, faded black suit, gamboge coloured top-boots, and one of those large crowned hats, ins-- molly seldom met with, but now very generally patronised by gentlemen and costermongers. " Mr. Parsons ?" said the man, looking at the superscription of a note he held in his hand, and addressing Gabriel with au inquiring air. My name is Parsons," responded the sugar-baker. " I've brought this here note," replied the individual in the painted tops, in a hoarse whisper, " I've brought this here note from a genlin'n as come t o our house this mornin'." " I expected the gentleman at Inv house," said Parsons, as he broke the seal, which bore the impression of his Majesty's pro file, as it is seen on a sixpence. " I've 110 doubt the gen'ltren would ha' been here," replied the stranger, .* if he hadn't happened to call at our house first; but we nev•n- trusts no gen'ineo furrier nor we can sec him—no mistake about that there"—atided the unknown, with a facetious grin; "beg ye pardon, sir, no of meant, only —once in, and I wish you may—catch the idea, sir ?" Mr. Gabriel Parsons was not remarkable . for catching any thing suddenly, but a cold. lie therefore only bestowed a glance of, profound astonishment on his mysterious companion, and proceeded to unfold the note of which he bad been the bearer. Once opened, and the idea was caught with very little difficulty. Mr. Watkins Tuttle had been suddenly arrested for £3.3 los. 41., and dated his communication from a iuck-up house in the vicinity of Chancery-lane. " Unfortunate affair this !" said Parsons, refolding the note. " Nothin' ven you're used to it," coolly observed the man in the Petersham. Tons !" exclaimed Parsons, after a few minutes' considera tion, " just put the horse in, will you ?--fell the gentleman that I shall be there almost as soon as you : are," he continued, addressing the sheriff's officer's Mercury. " Werry well, sir," replied that important functionary; add ing in a confidential manner, "I'd adwise the gen'lm'n's friends to settle. You see it's a mere trifle; and, unless the gen'lin'n means to go up afore the court, it's hardly worth while waiting for detainers, you know. Our governor's wide awake, he is; Pa never say agiu him; nor - no man ;"but he knows what's o'clock, he does, uncommon." Having delivered this eloquent, and, to Parsons, particularly intelligible harangue, the meaning of which was eked out by divers nods and winks, the geotleinau in the boots reseated hirnself in the cab, which went rapidly off, and was soon out of sight. Mr. Gabriel Parsons continued to pace up and down the pathway for some minutes, apparently absorbed in deep meditation. The result of his cogitations ap peared to be perfectly satisfactory to himself, for he rail briskly into the house; said that business had suddenly summoned him to town; that he had desired his messenger. to inform Mr. Watkins Tottle of the fact ; and that they would return together to dinner. He then hastily equipped himself for a drive, and mounting his gig was aeon on his way to the establishment of Mr. Solomorr Jacobs, situate (as Mr. Watkins Tuttle had in formed him) in Cursitor-street, Chaueery-lane. When a man is in a violent hurry to get on, and has a spe cific object-in view, the attainment of which depends on the completion of his journey, the diffieulties which interpose them selves in his way appear not only to be innumerable, but to have been called into existence especially for the occasion. The re mark is by no means a new one, and Mr. Gabriel Parsons had practical and painful experience of its justice in the course of his drive. There are three classics of animated objects which prevent your driving with any degree of comfort or celerity through streets which are but little frequented—they arc pigs, children, and old women. On the (secession We are describing, ' the pigs were luxuriating on cabbage-stalks, and the shuttle cocks fluttered from the little deal battledores, and the children played in the road; and women, with a basket in one hand and the street-door ke y iu the other,' irould cross just bef o r e th e horse's h ea d,. un til Mr. Gabriel Parsons was perfectly savage with vexation, and quite hoarse with hoi-ing and imprecating. Then, when he got into Fleet-street, there was " a stoppage," in which people its vehicles have the satisfaction of remaining stationary for half an hour, and envying the slowest pedestrians; and where poli c e men rus h a b out, an d se i ze hold of horses bri dles, awl haek them into shop windows, by way of clearing the road and preventing confesion. At length Mr. Grab; iet Parsons turned into Chancery-lane, and having inquired fur, and been directed to, Cursitor-street (for it was a locality of which he was quite ignorant,) he soon found himself opposite the house of Mr. Solomon -Jacobs. Confiding his horse and gig to the care of owe of the fourteen buys who. had followed him from the other side of Blackfriars-bridge on the chance of his requiting their services, Mr. Gabriel Parsons crossed the road, and knocked at en inner door, the upper part of which was glass, grated like the windows of this inviting mansion with iron bars, paiuted white, to look comfortable. The knock was answered by a sallow-faced, red-haired, sulky boy, who, after surveying Mr. Gibriel Parsons through the glass, applied a large key to an immense wooden exeresence, which was in reality a luck, but which, taken in conjunction with the iron nails with which the panels were studded, gave the door the appearance of being subject to warts. " I want to see Mr. Watkins Tottl6," said P arsons . " It's the gentleman that came in this morning, Jem," screamed a voice from the top of the kitchen-stairs, which be longed to a dirty woman who had just brought her. t hin to a level with the passage-floor. " The gentleman's in the ccffee room." stairs, sir," said the boy, just opening the door wide enough to let 'Parsons in without &queuing him, and double. locking it the moment . he had made his way through the aper ture—"• First. floor.•- . -door on the right." Gabriel Parsons thus instructed, ascended the unearpeted and staircase, and after giving several subdued taps at the before-mentioned " door on the right," which were /To ttered inaudible by the hum of voices within the room, and the hissing 'attendant on some frying operations which were carrying on below stairs, turned the handle, and entered the apartment. Being informed that the unfoitunate object of hi s visit had just gone up stairs to write a letter, he had leisure to sit down and observe the scone before him._ . . The roam—which wds a email, confined dcn—wax pertitirined off into boxes, like the common room of an inferior eating house. The dirty floor had evidently been as long a stranger to the scrubbing--brush as to carpet or - fl-cloth ; and the ceil ing Was completely blackened by the flare of the oil-lamp by which the room was lighted at night. The grey ashes on the edges of the tables, and the cigar ends which were plentifully scattered about the dusty grate, fully accounted for th 3 intolera ble smell of tobacco which pervaded the place; and the empty glasses, and half-saturated slices of lemon on the tables, together with the porter pots beneath them, bore testimony to the fre quent libations in which the individuals who honoured Mr. Solomon Jacobs by a temporary residence in his house indulged. Over the mantel-shelf was a paltry looking-glass, extending about half the width of the chimney-piece; but, by way of a counterpoise, the ashes were confined by a rusty fender, about twice as long as the hearth. From this cheerful room itself the attention of Mr. Gabriel Parsons was naturally directed to its inmates. In one of the boxes two men were playing at cribbage with a very dirty pack of cards, some with blue, some with green, and sonic with red backs—selectionsfrom decayed packs. The cribbage-board had beets long ago formed orr the table by some ingenious visitor, with the assistance of a pocket knife and a two-pronged fork, with which the necessary number of holes had been made io the table at the proper distances for the reception of the - wooden pegs. In another box a stout, hearty-looking man, of about forty, was eating some dinner, which his wife—an (vaulty com fortable-looking personage—had brought him in a basket; and in a third, a genteel-looking young man was talking earnestly and in a low tone• to a young female, whose face was concealed by a thick veil, but whom Mr. Gabriel Parsons immediately set down in his own mind as the debtor's wife. A Young fellow of vulgar manners, dressed in the very extremity of the prevai dim fashion, was pacing up and down the room, with .a lighted cigar in his mouth, and his hands in his pockets, ever and anon puffing forth volumes of smoke, and occasionally applying with much apparent relish to a pint pot, the cuutents of which were " chilling" on the hob. " Fourpence more, by G—d !" exclaimed one of the cribbage players, lighting a pipe, and addressing his adversary at the. close of the game ; " one 'ud think you'd got luck in a pepper cruet, and shook it out when you wanted it." " Well, that a'n't a bad 'un," replied the other, who was a horse-dealer from Islington. " No; I'm blessed if it is," interposed the jolly-lboking fel low, who, having finished his dinner, was drinking out of the same glass as his wife. iu truly conjugal harmony, some hot Till and-water. The faithful partner of his cares had brought a plentiful supply of the anti-temperance fluid in a large fiat stone bottle, whites looked like a half-gallon jar that had been success fully tapped for the dropsy.. "You're a rum chap you are, Mr. Walker—will you dip your beak into this, sir?" " Thank'ee, sir," replied Mr. Walker, leaving his box, and advancing to the other to accept the proffered glass. " Here's your health, sir, and your good 'ootnan's here. Gentlemen all —your's, and better hick still. Well, Mr. Willis," continued the facetious prisoner, addressing the young man with the cigar, " you seem rather down to-day—floored, as one may say.— What's the matter, sir ? Never say die, you know." "Oh ! I'm all right," rep!icd the smoker. " I shall be bailed out to-morrow." " Shall you though ?" inquired the other. " Damme, I wish I could say the same. I am as regularly over head and ears as the Royal George; and stand about as much chance of being Galled out. Ila ! ha! ha!" " Why," said the young man, stopping short, and speaking in a very loud key, 4 . ‘1..e,0k at me. What d'ye ye think I've stopped here two days for ?" ‘• 'Cause you couldn't get out, I suppose," interrupted Mr. Walker, winking to the company. " Not that You're exactly obliged to stop here, Only yon can't help it. Nro compulsion, you know, only you must—eh ?" " A'n't he a rum 'tt ?"inquired the delighted individual, who had offered the gin-and-;cater, of his wife. " Oh, he just is!" replied the lady, who was quite overcome by these flashes of imagination. " Why, my case," frowned the victim, throwine the end of his cigar into the tire, and illustrating his argutnent by knocking the bottom of the pot on the table, at intervals—" my case is a very singular one : my father's a man of large property, and I am his son." • " That's a very strange circumstance," interrupted the jocose Mr. Walker, en pasxant. "—I am his son, and' have received a liberal education. I don't owe no man nothing—not the value of a farthing, but I was induced, you see, to put my name to some bills for a friend —hills to a large amount. I may say a very large amount, for which I didn't receive no consideration. What's the conse quence ?" " Why, I suppose the bills went out, and you came in. The acceptances weren't taken up, and you were, eh ?" inquired Walker. " Ta be sure," replied the liberally-educated young gentle man. "To be sure ; and so here' I am, locked up for a matter of twelve hundred pound." " Why don't you ask your old governor to stump up ?" in quired Walker, with a somewhat sceptical air. " Oh ! bless you, he'd never do it," replied the other, in a tone of expostulation—" Never !" " Well, it is very odd to—be—sure," interposed the owner of the flat bottle, mixing another glass, '' but I've been in difficul ties, as AMC may sav, now for thirty year.' I went to pieces when I was in a milk walk, thirty year ago; arterwards, when I was fruiterer, and kept a spring wan ; and airier that again in the coat and 'tatur line—but all that time, I never see a youngish chap come into a place of this kind, who wasn't going out again directly, and who hadn't been arrested on bins which he'd given a friend, and for which he'd received nothing whatsomever—not a fraction " "Oh ! it's always the cry," said Walker. " I can't see the use on it; that's what makes me so wild. Why, I should have a much better opinion of an individual, if he'd say at once, in an honourable and gentlemanly manner, as he'd done every body he possibly could." " Ay, to be sure," interposed the horse•dealer, with whose notions of bargain and sale the axiom perfectly coincided, " so should I," The young gentleman, who had given rise to these observa tions, was on the point of offering a rather angry reply to these sneers, but the rising of the young man before noticed, and of the female who had been sitting by him, to leave the room, interrupted the conversation. She had been weeping bitterly, and the noxious atmoephereof the room acting upon her excited feelings and delicate frame, rendered the support of her com panion necessary as they quitted together. There was an air of superiority about them both, and some thing in their appearance so unusual in such a place, that a respectful silence was observed until the whirr—r—bang of the spring door announced that they were out of hearing. It was broken by the wife of the ex-fruiterer. "Poor creetur !" said she, quenching a sigh in a rivulet of gin and water. " She's very young." " She's a nice-looking 'ooman, too," added the horse-dealer. " What's he in fur, 'key?" inquired Walker, of an individual who was spreading a cloth, with numerous blotches of mustard upon it, on one of the tables, and whom Mr. Gabriel Parsons had nu difficulty in recognizing as the man who had called upon him in the morning. " Vy," responded the factotum, "it's one of the rummest rigs you ever heard 011. lie come in here last Veusday. which, by the o ye, he's a going over the water to night—hows'ever that's neither here nor there. You see I've been going hack'ards and fer'ards about his husiuess, and ha' managed to pick up some of his story from the servants and them; and so far as I can make it out, it apdears to be summat to this here effect--" " Cut it short, old fellow," interrupted Walker, who knew from farmer experience that he of the top-boots was neither very concise nor intelligible in his narrative. " Let me - alone," replied Iker, " and I'll ha' vonnd up, and made my lucky in five seconds. This here young gen'lm's father—so I'm told, mind ye—and the fattier o' the young vo man, have always been on very bad, out-and-out, rig'lar knock- me-down sort o' terms; but somehow or another when he was a wisitin' at seine gentlefolk's house, as he know'd at college, he come into contact with the young lady. He send her several times ; and then he up and said he'd keep company with her, if so be as she cos agreeable. Yell she vos as sweet upon him as he vos upon her, and so I s'pose they made it all right : fOr they got married 'bout six months arteruards, unbeknown mind ye to the two fathers—leastways so I'm told. When they heard on. it—my eyes there was sitch a combustion ! Starvation vos the very least that vos to be done to 'em. The young gen'lm'u's father cut him off vitt, a bob 'cos he'd cut himself off vith a wife ; and the young lady's father he behaved even wnrser and more unnarral, for he not only blow'd her up dreadful, and swore he'd never see her again, but he employed a chap as 1 knows—and as you knOws, Mr. Valker, a precious sight too well—to go about and buy up the bills and them things, on which the young husband, thinking his governor 'ud come round agin, had raised the wind just to blow himself on vith for a time; besides vich, he made all the interest he could to set other peo ple agin him. Consequence vos, that he paid as long as he could ; but things he never expected to have to meet till he'd had time to turn himself round, come fast upon him, and he vos nabbed. Ile vos brought here, as I said before, last Vensday, and I think there's about—ah half-a-dozen detainers agin him down stairs now. I have been," added I key, "in the profession these fifteen year, and I never met vith such vindictiveness afore !" " Poor creeturs !" exclaimed the coal-dealer's wife once more, again resorting to the same excellent prescription for nipping a sigh in the bud; " Ah ! when they've seen as much trouble as 1 and toy old man here, they'll be as comfortable under it as we are." "The young lady's a pretty creature," said Walker, " only she's a little too delicate for my taste—th e se an 't enoug h of her. As to the young cove, he may be very respectable and what not, but he's too down in the mouth for me—he mil game." " Game!" exclaimed lkev, who had been altering the position of a green-handledlnife and fork at least a dozen times in order that he might remain in the room, under the pretext of h av i ng something to do. '•lie's game enough yen there's anything to he fierce about; but who could be game as you call it. 111 r. Walker, with a pale young erector like that hanging about bin, ? It's enough to drive any man's heart into his boots to see 'em together—and no mistake at all about it. I never shall forget her first einnin' here; he wrote to her on the Thursday to come • —I know he did 'cos I took the letter. Uncommon lidgetty he was all day to be sure, and in the evening he goes down into the .office, and he says to Jacobs, says he, 'Sir, can I have the loan of a private room for a few minutes this eveuiug : without in curring any additional expense—just to see my wife iu ?' says he. Jacobs looked as much to say—' Strike me bountiful if you an't one of the modest sort;' but as the geu'lm'n who had been in the back parlour had just gone out, and had paid for it for that day, he says— werry grave —' Si r ,' sa y s h e , it's agin our rules to let privat e rooms to our l o d gers ou gra t is terms, but,' says he, ' for a gentleman, I don't niiud breaking through them for once.' So then he turns round to me and says, ' lkey, put two mould candles in the back parlour, and charge 'cat to this gen'lm'n's account,' which I did. Veil, by-and-by a hackney coach conies up to the door, and there, sure enough, was the young lady wrapped up in a hoperacloak, as it might be, and all alone.. I opened the gate that night, so I went up when the coach came, anti he vos a watin' at the parlour-door—wasu'l he a trembling neither ? The poor creetur see him, and could hardly wa,ic to meet him. Oh Harry she says, 'that •it should have come to this ! and all for my sake,' says she, putting her hand upon his shoulder. So he puts his area round her pretty little waist, and leading her gently a little way into the room, so that be might be able to shut the door, he says, so kind and soft like—' Why Kate,' sass he ." " Here's the gentl eman ym i want, sir, " said Ikey, a b rupt l y breaking off in Ins story, and introducing Mr. Gabriel Parsons to the crest-fallen Watkins Tottle, who at that moment entered the room. 'Watkins advanced with a wooden expression of passive endurance, and accepted the hand which Mr. Gabriel Parsons held out. POST OFFICE NOTICE. The following notice was issued, on Thursday, from the Post office, London " General Postoffice, Feb. 4, 1835. "SHIP LETTERS TO INDIA via ALEXANDRIA. " Letters for India will be forwarded by the General Post office in sealed boxes by private ships to Alexandria, at the same rates of postage as are taken upon such letters going by the way of the Cape of Good flope, provided th e y are specia l ly addressed via Alexandria; or via . Egypt, Lot not otherwise. This regulation will not in any way affect the present practice of sending letters for India, &e. by the route of the Cape of Good Hope. F. FREELING." " By conamand, LO_VDON LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-THURSDAT. PT K E V. 11AR7.113R. Sir J. Campbell (with whom was Mr. Busby) stated that this was an action brought to decide a claim for a sum of £3OO due to the plaintiff for having negotiated a partnership between the defendant and three other persons. The plaintiff was a law agent, residing in Chancery-lane, and his business was to nego tiate these partnerships. and for such negotiations he was usually paid at the rate of £5 per cent.; but in difficult cases he received £lO per cent. The defendant was Mr. Alderman Harmer, who, after having acquired au ample fortune, was very deservedly e l eva t e d t o th e di g nity o f an alderman ; and who, then' wishing to devote more tone to the discharge of the im portant public duties he had undertaken, and perhaps also de siring to enjoy some degree of rest from the labours which he had long undergone, applied to the plaintiff to negotiate a part nership for him. The plaintiff did so very successfully, and in troduced to him Messrs. Flower, llolt, and Sandell, who now with him formed the partnership. The premium which these gentlemen had paid Air Harmer for their three shares in the business amounted to £6,000, and on that the plaintiff claimed a commission of £5 per cent. This was the case on the part of the plaintiff. His labour; and the benefit the defendant had derived from it, could not be denied, and he did not understand on what ground it was that the defendant meant to deny his liability. Two witnesses, one who had been,a clerk in the plaintiff's employment, and a n o th er , w h o was th e so n o f the plaintiff, and his attorney, were called to make out this statement. From their evidence it appeared that the . plaintiff was the only person in Loudon who carried on this business of nevtiating partner ships between attorneys; that he was usually paid live per cent. on the amount of the premium finally settled between the par ties. and that he usually received commission from both sides. Defendant had previously called at plaintiff's office on this bu siness, and said that he should like to get £:3,000, but would accept a premium of £2,000. After the business was over he expressed himself extremely well satisfied with the premium, and likewise with his new partners. In cross-examination - they said that the plaintiff had received a commission from the other parties for his trouble, and Mr. Harmer had paid him a sum of £lOO. There was no agreement whatever between Mr. Harmer and the plaintiff that the latter should receive only £3 per cent. Mr. Thessiger (with whom was Mr. Platt) addressed the jury for the defendant. _ Lord Denman summed up the evidonce to the jury, and left it to them to say whether they thou;rht that in fact the plaintiff had established any olaim against Mr. Harmer. The jury consulted for some little time. and then retired for about half an hoar. when they returned a verdict for the plain tiff—Damages £5O. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-THURSDAY. THE CASK OF PALMER. THE POLICEMA N.—The grand jui7, at halttpast ten o'cick last night, entered the Old Court and returned several hilts, when it appeared that they had ignored three bills against Palmer, the policeman, for felony, and one for misdemeanour. Mr. Hammond, one of the Kentish magistrates, who was roretnan of the grand jury, addressing the recorder, said, "We reel that we ought to do justice to the prisoner Palmer, whose vharaeter has been that of. an honest mau, and he appears to Dare been very assiduous in the-late fires at Rot herhithe." A Grand itirdr.—Not one of the witnesses has thrown any impeachment upon his character. Mr. Donne, counsel for the prisoner, said he was instructed to apply for the immediate discharge of Palmer, as there was no other bill or charge against him. The Recorder said it would be most inconvenient at that late hour to order the prisoner to he liberated; besides,.t here was a private reason, which had just been mentioned to him, for not doing so. He therefore recommended the learned counsel to resume his application to-morrow. The grand jury . were then discharged, the court thanking them for their services. LONDON POLICE REPORT THAMES POLICE OFFICE.—FHIDAY. SEVERITY or THE EiCISE LANVS.—A HARD CASE.—Yes terday an elderly man named James Davison, a porter employed about the Scotch wharfs, was brought before Mr. Brolerip, on a charge of carrying a gallon and a half of whisky without a per mit, by which he bad rendere i himself liable under the Excise Laws to a penalty not exceeding £3OO, and impriSonment and hard labour for three or six months, William Judge, a Thames police surveyor, said he was pass ing by Downe's wharf, Lower East Smithfield, when he met the prisoner with a basket in his hand, which he was about to carry into the shop of Mr. Yates, a grocer opposite, when he stopped him, and asked him what it -contained. He said it was a stone bottle which had been given him by Peter M'Kenzie, the cook of the Caledonia, lying alongside the wharf, to carry to Mr. Yates's shop. He took the prisoner on board the Cale donia, and M'Kenzie admitted that he had given the bottle to the prisoner, and told him to take it to the grocer's over the way. He then opened the bottle, and found it to contain a gallon and a half of Scotch whisky. He asked the prisoner and M'Kenzie for a permit, but they could not produce one, and he took both into custody. Another officer confirmed Judge's evidence. The prisoner, iu defence, repeated what he had stated to the officers, and said he was a jobbing porter, and had no know ledge of the contents of the bottle until he was stopped. M'Kenzie, the cook of the Caledonia, employed him to carry the basket across the road to the grocer's shop, and he was quite unconscious of having done wrong. Mr. Brodei ip said the person who employed the prisoner ought to get him out of the scrape; but he was sorry to tell him the law was imperative, and that any person carrying whisky ex ceeding in quantity one gallon; without being able to produce an excise permit, was liable to the penalty. The prisoner said he was a poor man, and unable to pay any fine, and he appealed to the officers whether he did not imme diately tell them where he obtained his load and where he was going to carry it. The officers admitted that he did. Mr. Broderip said that would not avail the defendant, and if such a plea was to be made an excuse for carrying smuggled whisky, the law would be set at defiance. The statute gave him the power of mitigating the penalty to £25. He convicted him in that sum, and in default of payment he was to be imprisoned three mouths, and kept to hard labour. The prisoner was accordingly committed to the house of Correction. Peter M'Kenzie, the conk, was next put to the bar, and Mr. Broderip, addressing him, said there was no case agaiust him. The words of the act were " carry or convey," and there was no proof he had carried or conveyed the whisky. The cook had been the means of causing the unfortunate man who had just gone out to he punished ; but he was not punishable in that place, though liable to penalties elsewhere. The cook was then discharged. THE COURT. Their Majesties still continue at the Marine Pavilion in the enjoyment, we are happy to say, of perfect health. The King will go to town for the purpose of opening parliament on h u rs day week. At a Council held on Saturday, at Brighton, the sheriffs for the present year were appointed. We hesitated for some time to publish what we were told of a "ceitain interesting event," though we knew of it long ago; hut, other newspapers not having the same delicacy, we think that there is nothing wrung in our saving that we hope, before the King's birth-day, to be able to drink the hea lth of ".the Prince of Wales."—Aye. On Monday afternoon, when the Queen - went to the chain pier, the wheels of the carriage came in contact with one of the gates at the entrance of the esplanade, and literally shivered it to pieces, locking the carriage so fast that it was with some diffi culty extricated. The Queen and her attendants immediately •alighted, and, although the shock must have been severe, pur sued their walk. The accident occurred through the postilion making to short a turn.—Brighton Gazette. HEALTH OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.—THE HAGUE. Fun. 3, EIGHT, A.M.—The health of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange continues to improve;'. his speedy recovery may be expected. No more bulletins will be issued. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria has lately again given audiences in person. For a quarter of a year past his Majesty had commissioned his brother, the Archduke Louis, to take his place. Both their imperial Majesties are in excellent health. LORD DE DUNSTAN'S:II LE.—His lordship departed this life on Thursday evening, after a long indisposition, at his mansion at Kensington Gore. The late Countess of Fingal] was sister to the late Malachy Douelan, Esq., of Ballydouelau, one of the most ancient Catho lic families in the county of Galway. lier ladyship was in her 69th year, and the venerable and afflicted earl has exceeded 74 years. He will, indeed, have to sustain an irreparable loss, their happy union having existed upwards of forty years. Her lady ship's remains are to be conveyed to Ireland for interment at Killeen Castle, county Meath, in the vault of the I'lunket fa mily, of which the venerable survivor is the head. - • .• Tua DUKE OP SUTIIERLAND.—In our last we stated that the Dukes of Sutherland and Hamilton had sent in their adhesion to the present government. We first saw the annonneetnentin a London paper, and our own information loom a private source led us to believe that it was correct. We have, hou ever, this week received the following note from his Grace the Duke of Sutherland The Duke of Sutherland, having observed statement in the York Chronicle, that he had sent in his adhesion to the present administration, thinks it right to acquaint the editor of that respectable journal, that he is tint aware of any , ci t einn. stance authorising such a statement.—Feb. 1, 1830. Chronicle. THE SAPPHIRE CROSS. On the declaration, a sealed packet was given by an unknown hand to .the lion. James Stuart 'Wortley. It contained a small but elegant sapphire cross, strung on a blue riband, with a few words Written in a beautiful female hand, expressing the good wishes of the fair, but unknown, donor. Thi s in teresting and chivalrous incident gave the su4gestion of the following lines. ( From the Halifax Guardian.) Why waves the blue banner so bright hi the sun?-- It floats o'er the brave who the battle have won ; They have conquer'd for Wortley, the loyal and true, • And therefore they wave the bright banner of blue. They have fought fur their country, their church, and their king, • And the chief of their choice to the record they bring; The seals are broken open—the charter is spread, And the herald the name of the victor has read. Bring forth the young patriot, the noble, the just, Whom ye thus with the cause of his country entrust: His glorious commission to England proclaim, And enroll in the senate the Wortley's bright name. For throne, hearth, and altar—by voice and by deed— For this thrice hallowed cause the young patriot shall plead Send him forth to the senate with blessing and prater ; But sign him and seal him, to prosper him there. 0 what shall the sign be, and where is the seal? Shall the hand of the holy his forehead aneal?— Shall the bright sword of knighthood descend on his neck, And the belt, and gold spur your elected one deck ? -No! The cross is the sign for the faithful and true— The cross, whose pure sapphires beam heaven's own blue; And the band that on Wortley this seal shall bestow, Shall be her's whose pure breast is Heaven's emblem below. Q Lady ! thy name is unknown, but thy token Is a spell on the Wortley that ne'er shall be broken ; Thy bright sapphire cross he has bound on his breast, And his heart with its pure emanations is blest. If e'er, in the contest of faction o'erwrought, Ills sword-arm should droop ere the battle is fought— 'lly that cross shall his soul with fresh power he endued, From all that is noble, and lovely, and good! F. W. C. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, FEB. 4.—1 really cannot longer refrain from noticing the alteration iu public op,nion in France during the last two mouths. When first the news of the appointment of the Dukeof Wellington to the post of Premier pro ten pore reached France, the merchants, bankers, and manufacturers hung down their heads, and said his nomination amounted to war against France,. and the re-establishment of a holy alliance. The funds went down, public confidence was shaken (I speak of Paris and . France,) and real fears were entertained by capitalists and wealthy men over the whole country. But all this has now disappeared. The much dreaded tories are now much loved— much confided in—and much praised. Now, the duke "is the only man whocan settle all the questions which agitate Europe." Now, " the duke is the only man who is capable of bringing to a speedy termination the Spanish and the Belgian affairs ;" and finally, now, " the duke is just the man required in the present state of Europe to cause the Continent to return to a state of repose, peace, and prosperity." I supply you in these phrases with the very words of our Rothschilds, Foulds, Oppeuheitns, Hagermaruns, Deiesserts, and indeed of all who may be said to have :influence, capital, and weight in this country. What is the consequence of this? Money is abundant, the public funds are all rising, bills of exchange are discounted at two and two-and-a-half per cent., the manufactories are all alive, and even the Parisian National Guards, who belong to the middling classes, are finding out " that the tories are not such dangerous and violent men" as they had stupidly imagined. Of course the mass of the French shopkeepers lavish their praises on Sir Rob er t Peel. They will not praise the Duke of Wellington, because of the battle of Waterloo; but they can not find words strong enough to express their admiration of Sir Robert Peel, and of his speech at Tamworth Fria. s.—'The Gazette de France says, that the French minis try is in a state of dissolution. This 1. know to be an exaggera tion on the part of the Gazette, though it is a fact that ars in a most unsettled and wretched state. _ _ The Natiunal says, that it is reported that M. Sebastiani has positively refused to become President of the Council. This well-informed journal still thinks, that when the claims of Ame rica shall be disposed of, M. Sebastiani may be disposed to alter his mind. The Coast;tutionnel is much more circumstantial in its narra tive of what has passed, and is passing, by way of negociatious for a chan g e in the French ministry. It says, that the first plan was proposed hy'M. Guizitt, and that his plin was simply that the Duke de Broglie should be President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs; and that M. de Rigny should be Minister of War: The second plan proposed was, that Duperre, the Minister of Marine, should be President of the Council; De Broglie Minister of Public Instruction; and the other portfolios be distributed differently among the present ministers. The third plan was, that M. Thiers should be Minister of Foreign Affairs, and General Guilleminot Minister of War. _ There is a fourth rumour afloat more likely than either—and that is, that M. llumann will consent to be President of the Council, on condition—let that Marshal Gerard shall be Mi nister of War ; and 2d, that a general amnesty shall be granted. NEWS FROM SPAIN, A letter written by a friend 01 the Queen to the Memorial Bordelais, dated Bayonne, 31st of January, states— " The operations of the Carlists iu Old Castile are much more active aud quick than we had imagined. We have just received intelligence of the occupation of Reynosa by the forces of Erasu alone, while Zumalacarreguy keeks in check the whole army of General Mina assembled in the environs of Puenta de la Reiaa. Reynosa is the chief town of the province of Valen tia, and has a population of 15,000 souls. It is seated near the Ebro, on the high road from Santander to Madrid. Its garri son of 350 men surrendered without a blow, and the greater part of the men have entered the ranks of the rebels." The Memorial des Pyrenees states that defections have taken place in the army of the Queen, and that many of her soldiers have joined the army of Don Carlos.—" Two mule urivers coming from the environs of Vittoria inform us, that two bat talions of troops of the Queen were reported to. have gone over to the side of Zumalacarreguy. They also state that another powder magazine, viz., that of Santesteban has been blown up, aud that twenty Christinos perished in the ruins." The defection of troops on the side of the Queen is thought to be that of two battalions of the regiment of Bkanzos. The army ofslina is reported to be iu a sad state of disorganization. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. TRIBUNAL DE PREMIERE INSTANCR. At the sitting of the above court at Paris, on the 26th of January, a process was instituted by the Duke of Cambridge against Charles, ex Duke of Brunswick, for the purpose of having all the property of the latter placed in his hands, ac cording to arrangementEto that effect which were represented to have been made between his Majesty William IV., the reigning Duke of Brunswick, the Duke of Cambridge, and other members of the family, and by which the Duke of Bruns wick was also placed under the tutelage of the Duke of Cam bridge, who now sought, through the medium of the French Courts of Law, to obtain possession of the Duke's property in France. Duke Charles appeared in person to plead his cause. M. Duvergicr, advocate for the Duke of Cambridge, addre.ied the court. He said th e co u r t h a d not to put i n execut i on a judgment delivered in a foreign country, between two foreigners, but one of the fundamentat laws of the kingdom of France, which acknowledged individual rights. The Duke of Cam bridge was entitled in his capacity of guardian to demand of that court a restitution of all the property which had been taken from Duke Charles, and which he was at present possessed of. I n th e month of September, 1830, the Duke was expelled from his kingdom. • The Duke.—That is not true; I was not expelled; I left it voluntarily. M. De Bellerne (President).—Do not interrupt the counsel. If he states anything which is not true, you will have an oppor tunity of making an answer to it. The Duke.—l cannot patiently listen to such false statements. M. Duvergier then proceedea. Duke Charles was expelled in the month of September, 1830, from his kingdom. An insur rection had previously taken place, which led to this result. His castle was burnt to the ground. A committee of the dif ferent states was convoked, and his brother, Duke William, was 'placed at the head of the provisional government. The German Diet confirmed this step, and application was made to the other members of the family for their approval of it . likewise. In consequence of this the King of England, his three brothers, the Dukcs of Sussex, Cumberland, and Cambridge, and Duke William of Brunswick met, and held a deliberation on the sub ject, and decided b-y declaring the throne of Brunswick vacant through the incapacity of its legitimate owner to retain it, and Duke Wiliam of Brunswick Luneburg eels, being the next heir to the throne, was called upon to take possession of it. In consequence of this act, which was approved by the German Diet, Duke William mounted the throne. After this Duke Charles went into Englantl, Austria, and Spain, where he took all possible means to possess himself of his kingdom, by the purchase of arms, ammunition, &c., which, however, led to no other result but to place his name before the public in such a manner as to cause great grief to his family. This induced them to eadeavour to put a stop to -his prodigal expendi ture and waste and to prevent him from dissipating a fortune which should have enabled him to support a station suitable to his rank,-and in order to effect this object, they placed hint under the guardianship of the Duks of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover. This deed was transmitted to the minister of Foreign Affairs in France, by whom it was sent to the Procureur du Roi, and by him dcliveied to Duke Charles. By virtue of this deed, or act, the Duke of Cambridge now demanded that the whole of the property belonging to Duke Cbarles in France should be placed in his hands. He had a right to make this demand, and was authorised to do so by article 3 of the civil code. At the conclusion of the address of the advocate for the Duke of Cambrid ge , Duke Charles ro se and p rocee d e d t o answer hi m. He said the King of England, his uncle, and Prince William of Brunswick, had cited hitn before that court. Ile did not, however, appear there in ackni4ledgment of their right to do so, but by his own free will, as by his birth he was amenable to no other judge than God. The Duke then proceeded to observe, that his relations had no right to act towards him as they had done; the King of England could mt . /save acted in such a man ner towards one of his own subjects, much less to a Prince of a foreign kingdom. It would appear as though that branch of his family Which was seated upon the throne of England were I not satisfied with the scandal occasioned by the trial of his aunt, Queen Caroline, but wished to make him a fiesh object of scandal. 'fbey had alleged, as a ground for placing him under guardianship, the fact of the pretended preparations made by him to regaiu possession of his kingdom; but if that were au offence, they might have taken a similar step in the case of Don Carlos and the Duchess of Berri ; and a still stronger ease for their interference would be the conduct of his uncle the King of Holland, who, more than any one else, would require to be placed under a guardian for having resisted the combined forct' of France and England, for it must be acknowledged that lie tun a much greater risk of destroying his fortune than he (the Duke of Brunswick,) for the preparations that he had made were purely imaginary on the part of his enemi es , an d were brought forward- for the purpose of injuring him. His uncle had told him more than a hundred times that if he did not act in every' respect as he wished, he would retain him all his life in captivity, and perhaps get hint to be pronounced mad, and he knew for a tact that his private physician had been applied to, to prove that he was attacked with mental alienation. He went on to state that lie owed his present freedom to the intervention of the Au,strian.cabinet. During the time he had occupied the throne of his ancestors. he had given general satisfaction in his kingdom; but his uncle was anxious by every means in his power to . possess himself of his achy, - which severed, as it were, into two portions of the kingdom of Hanover, and thus to gratify that family. hatred against him, which had been greatly augmented by the Princess Caroline of B runsw i c k, Queen of England. The Duke th e n went on to relate th e injuries which he alleged bad been inflicted upon him by his family. Athong other grievancei, he st a t e d th a t they had circulated a repot that he hail 'abjured his religion, and had made a compact with his Satanic Majesty. He likewise stated that his family . had deprived him of noless than 100,000,000 f , and they now wished to possess themselves of the little property which remained in France belonging to him. The Duke concluded a long address by entreating the court to protect him, and not to suffer him to be deprived of his fortune. The Tribunal, according to the directions of M. Glaudaz, Avocate du Roi, decided that it had no power to interfere as prayed for, and authorised the Duke of Brunswick to retain possession of all property belonging, to him in France, and con demned the plaintiff to pay the costs of the present suit. THEATRE-ROYAL. Under the Patronage of the MAYOR and BAILIFFS. ITALIAN OPERA ISHE Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Liverpool and its 1 Vicinity are respectfully informed that TO-MORROW, ( Wednesday,) the 11th instant. will be represented, for the first time, Rossini's celebrated and favourite Opera of LA GAZZA LADRA. Ninetta Madame Kyntherland. Giannetto Signor D val. Podesta....Signor Marani. I Fernando. .Signor Boisragon. Lucia Madam astelli. Fabrizio..Signor Gaili. I Pippo.. demoiselle Campi. Isacco Signor Troyano. I Anto Signor Cervalos. The other most celebrated and f ourite Operas which will be performed during the se,son I Corradino, Tancredi, La Giulietta e Romeo, and La etniramide."- Which Operas will be produced under th e i mme di ate super i nten d ence of t h e Marquis de Muti Papazurri. Prices of Admission :—Lower Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes an I Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Books, with the words of the Opera, in Italian and English, may he had at the Theatre, price ls. 6d. Subscription Ticket - (transferrable) for a Season of Two Months, 12 Representations each month, £4 4s. The Box-office is open daily front Eleven o'clock till Four, where the Subscribers are respectfully requested to secure their places, and receive their Subscription Tickets, from Signor Cmitpi, Box-office Keeper: Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance will commence at Eight precisely. STATE OP TRADE. --- BRADFORD MARKET. —The stuff trade continues steady, though there was not quite so much business transacted in ails market on Thursday, as on the previous market day. There has, however, been considerable bustle in the warehouses duriug the week. Prices remain pretty much the same as on previous market days; yarns are rather firmer, though the demand for wool has rather slackened. HALIFAX MARKKT.—There was another good market on Saturday last. Lastings were as much in demand as ever, and in some cases higher prices were paid, the manufacturers having been obliged to pay rather more for their yarns, and also to increase the remuneration of their weavers. Yarns met ready sale on improved terms. litorEttsvmt, o MARKET, on Tuesday, was much brisker than on several previous market days, but there was no im provement in prices. Sanoi.awonTii.—The woollen cloth business is reviving a little in this district. Towards the close of the last week the manufacturers had several good sales, but all their hands are not as yet fully employed, though they are somewhat better in that respect than they were a month ago. BARNSLEY LINEN TKADE.—The new year has realised our expectations. The demand for our manufacture is almost as breat as ever. Th e d r ill trade i s becoming a most i mportant ranch of business, and the number of looms employed in weav ing that article is rapidly on the increase. itocitoa Le FLANNEL MAIIKET, MONDAY, Feb. 2.—Less business was done than last week. though the market was well attend..d. Low whites were scarcely inquired after, but good greys for dyeing were in some request, let inferior sorts would hardly sell'at any price. Middle qualities of white were duller than last week, but pieces of finer reeds were brisk sale. The wool market was active, but of low qualities was most in request. COTTON lIAND-I.OOM WFAVING IN LANCASHIRE.—WC re 'gret to hear that the cotton hand-loom weaving has within the last three weeks become very slack. Ebe lttbcrpooL TUESDAY MORNING. _FEBRUARY 10, 1835. In our opinion a great deal too much has been said and written about the speakership. The discussion, we ad- Mit, has been forced on by a certain coterie, or rather by a fragment of the wings; and, as the most bitter feelings have been brought into the contest, we are con tent that the public should decide, according to the best of their judgment, as - to the merit of the facts, allega tions, and arguments, as well as the conflicting claims, of the respective candidates. • We confess, however, that a great mistake has oc curred in giving so much importance to the factious pro ceedings of - Lotd JOHN RUSSELL. We should have im agined that the pretensions of this very conceited and superficial personage had sunk far below zero since his unfortunate controversy with the Bishop Of• Exeter, in which the gross misrepresentations of Lord JOHN, after being detected and exposed, were humbly confessed by himself. This exposure, we condeived, had settled his character for ever as a public man, and we, in that conviction, looked upon him as holding merely an equal situation in society to that of Mr. LITTLETON, Mr. DEVONPORT HILL, Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON, and others. The con fident tone with which he began his last canvass for South Devon was considerably lowered before its close, while the controversy which be had provoked told his con stituents that the illustrious godfather of the reform bill, though a member of the cabinet, and an important per son in his own estimation, was held in such poor repute by his whig colleagues that they did not even consult him on matters of any public interest, or entrust him with state secrets. At his first election for Devonshire, fresh from the honours of robbing Dartmouth and defending Tavistock—of destroying the influence of the noble houses of Newcastle and Rutland, and extending that of the more illustrious aristocrats, the BEDFORDS and the DURHAMS—fresh from these honours, we say, and deco rated with the laurels of the reform bill, Lord Jon Rus- SELL threatened the electors of Devonshire with the bal lot. At his recent , election, however, the noble ex• pay , master of the forces thought proper to draw in his horns. He then declared himself an enemy of the ballot, and, in stead of riding over the county like a conqueror, he deemed it prudent to court its suffrages like a mendi cant. We cannot tell what his former friends of the ra dical school now think of Lord JoitN 'limn'. In the 4 opinion of those who know him best he is reckoned A very shallow, prating, busy-body, in whom artificial grr vity and flippant pedantry pass for wit. Such people are always digging pits and tumbling into them. Lord STANLEY touched off his character and de scribed his meddling propensities in five words-- "Yohnny," said he, "has upset the coach !" He built a house of snow, but he was silly enough to put a chimney and a fire in it. He endeavoured to consolidate the ci• binet, but, in ousting Lord GREY, he forgot that without a head the arms, legs, and tail were useless I What $ comical statesman it is ! It was, therefore, with some concern, as well as sur prise, that we saw Lord JOHN, after he had secured his return for Devonshire, coming forward once more, in leading part on the political stage, and looking as much like a star as does the reflection of a farthing candle in a tub of water. In the dress of lago he condescends.to patronise Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBIE as Roderigo. I have professed me thy. friend," says the former to the latter, (quoting Sliakspeare, not Don Carlos, of course, . ) " and I confess me knit to thy desert ing with cables of perdurable toughness; I could never better stead thee than now. Put\money in thy purse ! Follow these wars ; defeat thy 'favour with an usurped beard ; I say, put money in thy purse!" This is the character to a hair. Lord JOHN says to Mr. ABERCROMBIE, "I am thy friend; wouldst thou be speaker ?—I am knit to thee ; wouldst thou have £6OOO instead of £2OOO a year ? If so, go to ; put money in thy purse!" The mock generosity and special pleading displayed in the dialogue are excessively comic and true to life ; es pecially so when we consider that they are addressed to an Edinburgh lawyer. Mr. ABERCROMBIE is taken on his weak side ; for who ever heard of a whig, particu larly a whig attorney, refusing to " put money in his purse," when offered him ? Lord JOHN says " I can stead you now—only say the word, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL ' can and will make his friend Mr. JAMES ABErtertomets Speaker of the House of Commons, with a retiring pen sion of £4OOO instead of £2OOO a year—the last beings beggarly reward which would not have been worth the accepting had anything been done for it." But let us place the matter in a more sober light. The judge is compelled sometimes to smile at the ludicrous vagaries of the culprit, whom, ere the day is done, he transports for life. - That is our case. Lord JOHN RUS SELL'S conduct towers into arrogance, and Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBIE'S is that of. a. miserly buffoon in the hands of a quack. In the whole of these proceedings, as far as England and Scotland are concesned, we see no other performers than Lord JOHN and Mr. ABERCROMBIE. The former calls upon the latter to consent to be put in no mination for the speakership. The latter consents—at whose, solicitation ?—Lord JOHN'S .In other words, Lord JOHN RUSSELL presumes to represent all the whip reform, and destructive members of the House of Com mons, and Mr. ABERCROMBIE recognises him as such. We know not what the ultra reformers mean to do, but we ask the great body of the Whigs, particularly the mo derate whigs, is Lord JOHN -RUSSELL YOUR LEADER ? Have you, gentlemen pf the whig party, given Lord , JOHN a carte blanche to use your united influence in any way he pleases ?.,—to attach your names to any document he thinks fit to publish ?—to command your vote in the case of the speaker without any reservation on your part, and to drag your suffrages, as the representatives of the people, through bog and mire, through every kennel of faction, for the dirtiest of all personal and selfish pur poses, and in order to gratify his malice and his vanity at the same time ?.. We do not believe it t There is a point in the path downwards at which the most reckless draw breath and pause. There is a point beyond which even the most forlorn will not pass; and we do not believe that the whigs, fallen though they be, have fallen so far as to al low themselves to be dragged at the chariot wheels of such a man as Lord Jour; RUSSELL. The respectable whigs, we know, disavow the leadership of Lord JonN, and feel indignant at his presumption. The important and honourable section at the head of which are the Duke of RICHMOND, Lord GREY, Lord HOLLAND, Lord LANSDOWNE, Lord STANLEY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Sir MATTHEW RIDLEY, and many others, disclaim all parti zanship with the consequential and inflated patron of Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBIE. The Duke of HAMILTON we are assured will not submit to be made a tool of by this suck- r , „ ring o f tne Mouse of BEDFORD. Lord HowicK will vote against him; and we are not quite sure if Lord Jon can rely upon the countenance of the near relations of the Earl of DURHAM. The Duke of SUTHERLAND has, not yet declared his adhesion to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S ad ministration; but we learn in the best quarters that he is not unfavourably disposed towards them, and that he is decidedly opposed to the factious proceedings of the despicable clique who do homage to Lord JOHN. But the prep os t erous f o ll y an d arrogance o f the ex paymaster would have been glaring enough without the aid of Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL. We have said that in Great Britain Lord JOHN RUSSELL was the only declared patron of Mr. ABERCROMBIE. This is quite true; but, as mischance would have it, he has another distin guished. supporter in the person of the spoliator of the poor, the priest-fed pauper, who lives upon pence ex torted by the flames of purgatory, whose buoyancy is the peasant's life-breath, and who dips the wings by which he soars in their blood—we mean the agitator of Ireland. Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL has formally an nounced to his tail and his slaves that Lord JOHN Rus- SELL has "s officially" declared Mr. ABERCROMBIE to be Speaker. We make every allowance for the bombast of a hedge orator in Irel a nd. But stripping it of its vulgar ; adornments it means this—" We, O'CONNELL and our tail, are resolved to support ABERCROMBIE." This is rather bold in a man whose seat for Dublin, he well knows, is not worth a month's purchase. But we pass by that which it would be folly to quarrel with. The moral is worth a Jew's eye. Are the whigs disposed to coalesce with O'CONNELL in opposition to the claims of Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON ? Are they willing to run all the consequences of offering a studied insult to the King, by coming arm in arm on Thursday-week to the House of Commons, and giving their voices on the side of a man who is the declared enemy of the protest ant church and the Blitish monarchy ? Will Lord STAN LEY be found in the minority— for a majority is out of the question—with Mr. O'CoNNELL'? Will Sir JAMES GRAIIAM mingle in theierray with an Irish rebel ? Will any man, no matter what is the colour of his coat, but . who has a character to lose, he found on the same side with him whose name is contamination—whose history is dishonour—whose friendship is pollution ? No, io.. We have a better opinion of human nature. We think too highly of our countrymen to believe that fifty of them,. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, JOSEPH HUME, Surgeon WAXLEY,. SILK BUCKINGHAM, WHITTLE HARVEY, Dr. BOWRINO. and Dr. LUSHINGTON included, could be found to vote with tYCONNELL on this question. Whatever may be their private feelings on subjects intimately connected with the liberty of the subject, the diminution of taxa tion, the extension of trade, and the favourite but falla cious maxims of the political economists—quacks who are now fast sinking into oblivion—still the spirit of Eng lishmen survives, as demonstrated at the recent election, and those who might go a certain length are, on calm reflection, deterred from moving a single inch, simply because they cannot, as honest men, shut thekr eyes to the dangers which they see before them. At the same time we should be imprudent advisers if by evincing any excessive confidence, we should deter, those from marching to the van whose aid might be re quired. It is bad policy to make too sure of victory. The antagonist ranks are powerless and would be easily dispersed, if we had the benefit of a drawn battle ; but many a victory is lost through indifference, and by treat ing the enemy too lightly. It is not enough for the re presentatives of England and Scotland to beat Lord Jons RUSSELL and Mr. O'CONNELL—they must be beaten by' a majority which shall give confidence to the whole elec.- tive body of the people. The pretensions of selfishness on the one part, and ofia dismembering faction on the other, must be put down and silenced for ever. The first %ow of O'CoNNELL must be his last fur the city of Dublin. Fiuud %lilt bare its triutnph at the first hour, LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. SIXTH WELK OF LIFE IN LIVERPOOL. THE Public are respectfully info rme d, t h a t as thi s L oca l Drama continues to be received with a degree of appro bationl/ and support unprecedented in any pr vincial Theatre, and nightly bailed with the must enthusiast applause, it will be repeated this present TUESDAY, t 10th instant,. and every evening during the week, the 31st, 2d, 33d, 34th, 35th, and Mth nights of its representation. Principal characters—Mr. Ray , Mr. Hammond, Mr. Melville, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Simpson, Miss HAMILTON, having been ret, ived with the warmest ap probation, will sing two of her most popular Songs each evening. The Brothers JACKSON will also appear. . To conclude with RAYMOND AND AGNES ; OR, THE BLEEDING NUN. Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till Three o'clock. Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'clock, Performance to commence at Seven. Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s.—Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Boxes, 25.---Pit, ls.—No Second Price to the Gallery. Second Price at Half-past Eight. BATTY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. ADDITIONAL ATTRACTION. Second Week of the grand Eastern Spectacle. Second Night of the celebrated Dog Hector, the property of _ _ Mr. C. Thornhill. . _ Master BicicerstTiii;;laTc;irit Dance. A new Act in the Arena taken fr Shakspeare. HIS present TUESDAY, the 1 , and TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 11th insta , the Performances will commence with a new Oriental Sp acle, called AN ARAB' OATH; • OR, THE CAY OP TOMBS. Mahomet (Sultan of the east, disguised as the Arab) Mr. Stirling. Iman (a Moslem Chief) Mr. Neville. Liska Mrs. Stirling. SCENES IN THE CIRCLE Will commence with the representation of the Walls of Troy, on the backs of three Horses. After which, Mr. Powel will go through an act of Horseman ship, in the old English style, without saddle or bridle. To be followed by a Military picture, introducing the Infant Prodigy as the Liliputian Napoleon 'Bonaparte and his War Horse. Mr. Hicken will appear in a classical act, in which he will pouttray some of the most celebrated personations of the Im mortal bard. The characters are as follows:—Sir John Fal staff, from Henry the Fourth; Shylock, in the Merchant of Venice; King Richard the Third at Bosworth Field. To terminate with a splendid Equestrian Scene called the Flight of the Greeks. The conclude with a Pantomimic Melo-Drama, called THE RED INDIAN ; • OR, THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR AND HIS DOG. On THURSEAT next a Change of Performances. Boxes, 2.—Pit, ls.—Gallery, 6d. Children under Ten Half-price to the Boxes and Pit. Half price to the Boxes at Nine o'clock. Doors open at Six, and commence at Seven. HOLLOWAY'S SANSPAREIL, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET. Last Two Nights of Mr. CARTLITCH'S Engagemen In consequence of the immense Overflow at this Theatre Last Night, and unprecedented success of the Performances, the whole of the Entertainments will be repeated IIHIS present TUESDAY Evening, the 11th, and TO MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 11th insta. The New Legendery Tale of Enchantru, • t, called ALASTOR, THE SORCER t ; Or, Wake not the Dead After which, the favourite Piece of, I ' MAN TIGER. . To conclude with the popular t• ,tical Drama of THE SEA! TH 4 4 "-EA ! Walter, and Jack Neptune, Mr. CARTLITCH. The celebrated Mr. CONY, and his Wonderful DOGS are engaged. Due notice will be given of their appearance. The Public is respectfully informed that an entirely new Piece, replete with Songs, Glees, and Choruses, written and produced solely by Mr. 'flmmox. Stage-manager, expressly for this Theatre, called LIFE IN 'LIVERPOOL, is in active preparation, and will be produced on MONDAY, the ]Bth inst., with new and appropriate Scenery, Painted by Mr. Charles Parker, extensive Machinery by Mr. Campbell and Assistants, Dresses and Decorations under the superintendence of Mrs. Holloway. L ife in Liverpool's' the rage, 1 f you'd.see it on the stage, F rolic in its gayest mood, E very night (yet nothing rude.) I ti the Sanspareil you'll view it, N othing loth, you'll never rue it. L ogic famous, Tom, and Jerry, I n their . turns to make you merry, V cry funnyJernmy Green E very evening may be be seen; R iver Mersey, (I'm not joking,) P assing ships, and steamers smoking, 0 ver on the Cheshire side— () r on this—they steam and glide, L ike a "flying bridge" they're plied. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We beg pardon for not noticing sooner, and as it well deserves, an interesting and instructive work on the Fine Arts, by Mr. Winstanley of this town. We shall endeavour to make room for a few extracts in our next next. The Rev. Edward Denison's pamphlet " On the Admission of Dissenters to the Universities" has been received, and will be early attended to. The communication relative to merchants' clerks and appren tices is an adveitisement. We cannot insert quack advertisements which are indelicate, inasmuch as it is impossible for any parent to allow the paper in'which they appear to be laid on his breakfast table. THE 'LIVERPOOL STANDARD. FEBRUARY 10, 1835