The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-08 00:00:00

1 ~~ SEPTEMERR 6, 1535. it is impossible to describe. The slave owners.are arming themselves in all directions, and every man who is sus pected of 'being favourable to emancipation is shot or hu ng- The " Reign of Terror" began about the end of J ul!'. On the 29th of that month, saysilhe Charleston Courier, "a conversation was overheard by two gentle men of an intended insurrection. Upon examination of the report it was deemed alarming, and ttvo negroes were examined on the Ist July, but the evidence being 1 'efficient to satisfy the people of their guilt, they were remanded to prison. On the 2d, many of the citizens be coming sensible of their great danger and guilt of the two w ho were first examined, seized and hung them without, further ceremony ! ! , The Courier then continues to inform us, that a com mittee was appointed to watch over the public safety. T hey act as follows : "The first two white men brought before the committee were b ra. Joshua Cotton and Sanders, ( steam doctors,) who were, on rte 4th A ugus t ; t r i e d, conv i c t e d, and executed. Cotton con islsed (not on the gallows, for there was none, and they were "ailed on th e a id e of an obi gaol, ruspendcd frOin-the grating 7 1 ) the window), his guilt, and implicated many white men and h atid said .that there were 'many negroes attached to the Peole to 'beware o to,night, ;a-in/avow, and next night.' attics p of horsemen were f then despatehed to arrest white men ," negroes. On the 6th, Gregory, aged 72 years, was Feu to 50 lashes, and to leave the state in 48 hours. Terre!, ' a l e( ' 5 0, .received 150 lairfies,' and to leave in •48 hours. This P u nishment is called slicking, 'and is performed in the following P a lmeri—The prisoner is stripped naked; laid on his belly, his " , ads and feet Listened to four pegs, vilien, from a culeman, be receives the stripes from different hands. The younger was I .t. M sli cked with a V en geance, his back teas ei-ally:flayed.' Lee rriith was ordered 'Out • of the State in 45 hours, but was after , f a 7 (ls ar t e s t e d his net of Hinder County, and slicked! . p ;wo more white men, Dean, of Connecticut, and Dunovan, of - ntucky, were convicted; and, on the.Bth, expiated their crime's "der a rude gallows erected in the centre of the village f! !" While these proceedings are going on in Charleston, and a dre4dful. fire ravablog Yoik, Baltimore is 41 s° m'reine of rie,t,,s-plunder, .a;wl mur-. `ter• About the Bth Of AngUst placards appeared in the streets of Baltimore, calling upon the " respectable citi7 zene. to avenge.thernselves of. some real or imaginary wrongs inflicted upon them by certain other citzens who ar e called "Bank Robbers." It would appear that a bank in the town had stopped payment, and as some of the leading inhabitants were proprietors or shareholders it was deemed expedient, in the cause of liberty, to burn their houses . and . . ElestrOy their property. The New rork looting Courier, of the 13th August, has the fol lowing letter. - • "BA LTIMORE, Aun. 10, 1835.—Sir --I gave you by the last 11 ?1 a h as t y account o f th e r i o t s i n this' city, and brought it, I puieve up to the destruction of the house and furniture of na Glenn. The mayor yesterday resigned his trust into the ha nds of Mr. Sanderson, the sheriff, who used every exertion f r aise osse of citizens, but failed in his efforts, on account the gen p eral disapprobation of the citizens at large of the ' v ne on Saturday night. It is a hard thing to level the deadly f :aPpuat tbe breast of a fellosv . citizen ; and such is tbemixedcon - Csion in cases of mobs, that many an unoffending citizen may e the suff erer . Th e sheriff finding his power at an end, sur rendered the city to the military; but the officers were unable a rciev their men to duty, there being no existing militia law w , the state. Free scope was consequently given to the mob, 1 ," - rvere solely bent on . destroying the property of the 'Bank lubbers: as they - are Clubbed. "At an early . hour. in, the evening, (divine service wee sus 4oded,) th ey assem bl e d hi M onumen t- square , in front of the se of Revert's, Johnson, Esq., a beautiful edifice , with a splendid Italian 'portico, and highly finished exterior and inte rior. Theywent to work quite systematically—bursting i n t h e C °4 and windows—throwing the rich furniture out—piling it il l'. in the middle of the square, and applying fire to it—every 1: In g was consumed—the portico was thrown down, and the Wrase now stands a heap of ruins! The crowd of spectators ci s , immense, a great portion of whom were ladies! The in ,_°"iligable labourers were cheered on by. a majority of the 11 , 1. " 4 ' 11, and every loud crash was accompanied by wild yells and ay..N of h a ndke r chiefs from the windows. .„%tri mil the house of R. Johnson they proceeded to that of Mr. th .r• Willi one of the trusteei of - the Bank of Maryland— ls shared the same fate, and a vast quantity of rich furniture .7`" committed to the flames. They then attacked the house, of ease Hunt, the mayor of the city ; this too shared a like fate, th o „; nith some.of the furniture was preserved by the fire compa- W e s- From thence a detachment went to the house of Captain e.atzinge, who was conspicuous as one of the - Mounted guard. Hl5 family fled, and hisfuraiiture was consumed. p Anottier detachmenyient to the house of Mr. Ellicott, in r att-street. The furniture was partially destroyed . , but the hOr en respected, it being the property of a widow lady. t l'oultney, who figures so conspicuously in the Bank eon trovesy. lives next door to Mr. Ellicott; his house and furni :re were not touched, and they (it is said) even cleaned the ';'l l s of his door which they had muddied with their feet! I • I nsa - understood that the house of Lawyer Grill-was assailed, and . the furnit ure d es t roye d. The gove rnor o f t h e sta te h as arr i ve d i n town—a . public meeting 'r is now being held in the Exchange; what they intend 10 ilig know not. A great portion of the mob have gone to 1 ' janklin, about six miles from the city. to tear down the house v._ Win- Freeman of the Susquehanna. Bridge -m ud Rankine: \'''vrinipany—and, as sonre say; to tai wharfe Capt.assicre, •" is residing there. 'The lumber of Hugh M'Eldery IS threatened for to-night; the house of Mr. .Sandersou, the *.fie tiff, and houses of several others. "This is the most populq i r mob Vhave ever witnessed, and I have seen several- 7 many.of%ur most esteemed citizens' wink at 1 1 , -- the poor have suffered; they . coold not get redress through "e law, and so they have sought it in their own way, as ruinous •it may eto th interesof our city—the c -r Phans are loud, e and they will be answered.ries of widows and k. ."NticE O'CLOCK.—The city. is under martitl law • General . • lel Smith h as comman d of the Wizen troops, which amount nearly to a thousand. The mob are armed and toganiied—the "P ftr e , and houses closed-LnoWiftid then:a shot may be heard; 0 Pitched battle as ye . W i • Where, when, or boas all this is to end . we do not pre to conieettire. . - There'does not appear . -fo be aO , "Ord paid to law or authority, to reason or justice, in • Y Part of the republic. The right of free-thinking, f ar less of free-speaking, is denied to white men in the' • dof liberty. It is not deemed a crime to hang men on 6l ispicton, and without the form of a trial ; but it is a "taus offence to think that . the slave in Charleston has as much right to be free as the slave in Jamaica. It is -an unpardonable outrage to issue a - bank note and not l'aY the said note to the people on demand; but it is mere Vort to shoot and hang gamblers, and capital diversion i n Plunder the insolvent or the unfortunate'. It is the land of strange liberty and ferocious freedom with a yen c4tlce ! bit RcisttT NEL dined with his constituents and a bui netous party rof gentlemen of the county of Stafford, 4t 'r aßlNVOrth, on Friday last. 'f he demand .fir tickets 'as quite unexampled, hundreds Of persons being unable f 1 any terms . to. procure admission to the Town-hall. , 1v e have given as full a report of the proceedings and of the speech of the right honourable baronet as our limits tve 'lld permit, 'and we invite our readers to an attentive• Perusal of the latter. • I t is gratifying to ob s erve that every opportunity is I ' 4 er' to render to Sir ROBERT PEEL those marks of re gard which he merits,- and which , he has won from all . '' h isses Of his countrymen. The temperate,.the judici ''tts, and th e i n d e p e ndent course he pursued during his d'art administration, when contending against a faction %ti lt: 4 e majority consisted of Irish papists, will long be. , re membered, and will ensure for the right honourable 4e ntletnan such support at the next election as must give , co mplete triumph to his principles. He was defeated, but not disgraced; he was discomfited, not subdued... With " v ery desire to improve and amend the laws and institu 'Otis of his conntry,he will notstiffer any one sacred prin- Ple of the church or the monarchy to beassailed. He and the Party to Which he belongs have never objected to re -I"ye abuses or remedy . grievances ; but they sternly and ‘`'etisistently oppose all experiniental measures which they '"Osider inapplicable to a limited monarchy, and all 'measures whatsoever of a revolutionary' natin e which are 'calculated, and by some men intended, to produce that sta le of anarchy in this country which has led to f right . ill tyranny an d bl o od s hed in France, and which is at this moment convnlsing the whole of the great American t'ePublie. Sir ROBERT was extremely happy in that part of his : P e ech where he showed, in language borrowed from "emselves, what the whigs think of O'CONNELL, and li.h at he thinks concerning them. During the adminis tration of Lord GREY, when Lord MELBOURNE was oloe Secretary, the following paragraph was intrqduced into the king's speech : I have seen with feelings of deep regret and just indigna tion the Continuance of attempts to excite the people of England to d e nland a repeal of the legislativeunion. To the practices which have been used to produce disaffection to the state, and mutual 'trust and ani m osity between the people of the two countries, are chie fl y to be attributed the spirit qf i th o nsubord•ination, which, ugh for th e p resen t in a g reat degree controlled by the power , 3 1„ (p k the law has been but too perceptible in many places. —ue ers ) . ,. In thi • s paragraph, which his Majesty read in the most P; ) irted and emphatic manner, O'CoNNEI.I. is denounced almost by name. There could be no mistake as to whom 1 1 te King had been advised by the whigs, and by Lord j'zELBOURNE among the rest, t o brand thus openly as t he chi e f instigator of crime and instilaordinationio he' la n d• The w hi gs cons id ere d O'C ossr m in the Jigbt of a outlaw —a man of desperate guilt, who , Onwpd, the 'deers of justice, and agaiPpi whom it wafilfettarrt°' issue a proclamation, not, indeed, puffing a price upon his head, but warning allsthe loyal subjects of the King to avoid his society, and prevent the execution of his designs. But O'CONNELL had his answer, and two or three weeks after the delivery of the speech by the King in person a letter was addressed by the outlaw to Lord DuNcANsoN, in which were the following words:— " You belong to the whigs, and after four years of the most emaciating experience, we ought indeed to have known that Ireland had nothing to expect from the whigs* but intolerant contempt, and malignant but treacheronshostility. In plain truth, my lord, it is quite Manifest that Lord Melbourne is quite incom petent to the high ggice he holds. (Loud cheers and laughter)." It is necessary to state that Lord MELBOURNE had just then•been raised to the office of premier. At that time he and his colleagues treated O'CoNNELL with the ut most severity and harshness; not more so, we admit, than he deserved,'but remarkable as forming a strange con trast to the tone now expressed towards him, and furnishing a curious comment upon the union or " holy alliance" which has recently taken place between them They then denounced him—he in return snapped his filthy fingers at them; they called him thief —he retorted by calling them ;contemptible, but malignant and trea cherous bkickguards. This is the real meaning of their reciprocal abuse , hen 'translated into intelligible Eng lish ; and, after'4ll,; how few men are there who will not believe that both wereriotht and. correct in the: estimate of each Other's Character ? Those Opini6ns - of those parties," says SiriRoBERT. PEEL, " are. now upon record, and are'beeome Matter of history; In January last, as I have shown, one of the parties was not content with the others; yet now he is in close anddreetionate .union with them. (Cheers and laughter.) • However;all I can say is," continued the right honourable baronet; " that they have sactificedon.the altar of their cot' mtry hostili Het; iiC4,;thAt"ifoi6U has givgri.tto title party torprct; and to the other POWER."' • The people of England 'cannot fail to learn keit this into whose bands :they have fallen, and for what selfish and piratical pbriioses the two factions have embraced each other. The fable of the monkey-justice is reduced to practice; Lord4orm RUSSELL being the one, and O'CONNELL the other—the cheese is JOHN BULL, and a soft cheese it is. The vvhigs have been lifted into office by the beggar, and they receive their salaries, the only thing they.care about; while the beggar has for his re ward the honour of legislating for Ireland, of aggran dizing his power in- that country, and at the same time directing all his energies against the protestant popula tion and our 'religious establishments. Has he succeeded as he expected ?, : No. Will he succeed ? No.- He hap been allowed to dictate the measures whiCh he deems well calculated to promote hig ambitious and detestable views—he 'has had_ the ready support of a subservient and degraded ministry—he haa had the liberal support of an obedient, enslaved, and unprincipled majority in the House of Commons; and with their consent he passed the' church robbery bill, the corporation robbery bill, the police patronage bill, and Various. other bills alike in iquitous, all of which the lords have kicked down stairs in the most unceremonious but praiseworthy manner; O'CONNELL, therefore, 'has only played a losing game. Great were the hopes held out to him, and most tempt ing- the ministerial bribe; but the realization of the one -and the value of the, other depended upon circumstances over which he had no control, while the session being nearly at an end; he is left in the ken nel, not a fouler...lna certainly a more. disappointed =n il= lie' nt' its commencement. And this is not all. His registration bill, too, has been thrown out. What a calamity ! pn this he relied as his only chance of secur ing his seat at-the next election for Dublin. His present seat is not only in' peril—t is actually do's:med. O'CoN NELL knows that. at this moment be is not the member for Dublin. He knOWs that he is actually in a minority of votes exceeding seven hundred, and. that befOre the end of the inquiry he- will. be upwards of a thousand. Had he been able toaalatain a qualification for the lowest. rah• ble of the popish . towineherd of Dublin, as he strove hard to obtain, be might:have succeeded on anew trial. But as the law stands lie has no more chance of being again , , the 'member- for .tue,tristr. metropolis than Vathe; MA. avian has of Inle. Archbishop of Canterbury. In fine, , so grievously is he t ' disappointed—so cruel have the lords been. in their conduct towards him—so false have been • the lights by which he has .steered, and so delusive the professionsmade him by his whig friends, that it would not surprise if lie should in a violent tit of rage, sometime before Christmas, apply his lash to the backs of those Who have betrayed him, expose the cheat played upon him, and castigate the " base whips " with his usual severity and natural -savage ness. We lOok • forward to this "'meeting of the •waters - with no..)ittle anxiety. O'CONNELL is not a man to bear tampering with, far less disappointment coming in the' form of ingratitude, without receiving, like a thief's' attorney, the quid pro quo. He has been shockingly ill used,. Next to Lord BROUGHAM, he is.tbe worst used roan in the king's doini,niOns. • The poor whig chanCellor was tosSed . overboard by Lord kiwi and the .ministry as a "free citizen of the states," the captain of an American slasier on the " middle passage" would a poor African, on sight of a British man-of-war. The , noble.and learned lord has raved a good -deal since, try. i ng hard to laugh off his suffering and his indignation, and. professing to support the very m e n who have treated him 'with so much indignity ; but, alas there is in his tone and gestures that which speaks the rankling and the writhing of the spirit within. O'CONNELL has:been served by the " base Whigs," as lie has called them fifty times over, in a similar way. 'They have actually Made sport of him for the most piti ful and selfish purposes. " ISACUAR," says the law giver, " is a strong ass bowed down between two. bur. .thens." O'CONNELL, we admit, is not quite respectable enough to be called an ass. That appellation is .more applicable to the t` roaring RUSHTON" school of poli ticians. Still he is treated, as if lie 'were; and, as lie must he conscious of it, we reckon- upon his kicking most fiercely as aeon as he sets foot upon the "gem of the sea." And why should he not kick ? What haw It got •in - reparation, or in so lutium, as . the Scotch lawyers. say, for all the reproaches he has borne—all the cull's he has takenall theaffronts lie has received Nothing at all. He has been the go vernment, .the whole government, :and nothing but the government. He hishad all the hard work of the session to perforin, and not a tdnpenr&y is lie the richer.- He has kept the ministry in . nflitCe`froi# the first daY:of April last until the present moment; and lie can keep them in or turn them out just when he pleases. 'He has put at least one huh . dred thousand patinas into their pockets,- and twice as much' more into the pockets of their dependents ; and vet, I foh shame I he has.Aot been allowed to carry a police bill, or his ownpartictrilit patronage, nor a registration bill to save his own seat', nor an appropriation bill to benefit the "poor derv' of .the ould church." Is not this too had ? They have nnt - only :rejected all his betutiful and patriotic measures, but what is worse, the Premier himaelf has actually *carped and snubbed at him in the House of Lords, looking dam upon him contemptuously as if he were the dust at his. feet, denying, oh St. Louis !--denying that lie knew any thing about him, disclaiming his sup port., and telling the world, in a bold and barefaced man ner, that lie (O'CONNELL) was a. mop too vile for Lori MELBOURNE to scrape his aristocratic boots upon at the doors of the TreasarY . • Will O'CONNELL 'submit to this one short month longer? ..Will be thus suffer himself, without fee or re ward, to he trampled "upon by a whig Saxon ? The whole world knows that. he has been the main-stay of the will?. administration. No man ,knows better than Lord MELBOURNE that but for the support of O'Cotsim, his ministry could not'have held together for a single week. Why, then, so openly, so ostentatibusly, so insultingly kick away the sole prop of the session ? If O'CONNELL be paid for this abject submission—if his silence be a matter of purchase per contract—.if he has been the turnspit bought to be beaten—that will alter the case ; but until we are assured that such is the fact, we shall continue to expect an explosion of secrets and of violated pledges at the.. next meeting in the Corn-market .CI Dublin. It is generally believed that, before we can ?gain lizive the. pleavure of adilressing" our readers, the municipal reforth bill will either be finally 'arnetid - erl arid - passed, or whily tejected.by the Hoitse.,of (30orisiioni..: Ai. we THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. . . have said before, we are indifferent as to what mar its fate. The lords hare reinserted in the-bill .one of the amendments which had been altered by the 'Com mons,• that one which had reference td the appointment of justices. The Commons insisted that the councils of boroughs should have the power to present three persons to the king', who should have the right to nominate one of them as his majesty's justice of the peace. Lord LYNDHURST, on the other hand, argued that as the king could not be compelled to appoint any man a - justice whom he might disapprove of, the presentation would be an invasion of the royal prerogative. Other lords were of the same opinion, and on the motion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH, their lordshipi'. rejected amendment was replaced in its original form. By the bill, therefore, as it now stands, the king is to have the sole power of nominating justice s of the peace for the reformed boroughs.' If the Commons agree. to this, the bill will probably pass both horses in the course of to-morrow at furthest. If they refuse. their consent, the bill, the sole .work of an entire session,. will be con signed to the archives of the antiquarian society. • The most.important clause of the bill witieh has been amended and i re-atnended, is that which relates to the.. disposal of church presentations by municipal corp ora- . _ _ tions. Both houses have agreed that these shall be sold, as distrained goods'are, by auction, to the highest bidder., Churches, 'or rather church patr9nage at the disposal of corporations, is to be vended, so that THOMAS STYLES, or PHTER JENKINS, the one being a quaver and the-other an ,unitarian, may purchase a churCh and present it to a clergyman who may have a particular, twist towards themselves. What say the bishops to this ?, But what, for instance, will the corporation of Li.yer- Pool .dO.with their churches ? These churches are not endovtied. rew, if any..of, them are chargeable upon 'the fundsof the corpOrifion,"Abe stipends of the most of : them being annual grants from the parish. If they are sold, under the provisions of the bill, which make their sale compulsory, the parish is not bound to continue the grant, and the corporation are not empowered to appro priate any portion of their income ta.the maintenance of the clergy. What, then, is to be done? The bill is a mystery from beginning to end, and even in its present form is totally impracticable. But wedefer any further • remarks upon it until we see it. GRAND DINNER TO SIR ROBERT PEEL, AT TAMWORTH. •, A grand dinner was given to Sir Robert Peel at the Town-hall, Tamworth, on Friday, by the most influential gentlemen of that and the principal towns . of the adja cent counties ; of these 'about two hundred were present, and had there been room five hundred would have at tended. So great was the desire to' obtain tickets in Birmingham, that one hundred ~ p ounds was offered by some gentlemen of that'place for. ten admissions: The chair was taken by W. Inge, Esq., of Thorp. The toast "Health and long life to •Sir Robert. Peel" having been drank with an extraordinary degree of en• thusiasni, • Sir Robert Peel spoke as follows : On the last time that I addressed you I was in the situation of the First Minister of the monarch of this country. (Cheers.) I their stood in the highest and most honourable situation tha humid ambition can attain or aspire to. (Cheers.) I was then. honoured with the confidence of a beloved sovereign—l. then presided over the councils of one of the most celebrated and powerful nations on eartb. lam now in a different situa tion. lam descended from the proud eminence upon which 1. was placed, and find myself now , in the rank of my fellow citizens. When last I appeared amongst you, I entered into the details of my election,, and I told you that I had risen to the eminence alluded to by no base artifice or intrigue, and I now think Lean say I have descended from it with no discredit or ,dishonour to myself. .(Cheers.) I accepted the appointment on the call 'of the sovereign of thhi country, who, by his Fero.* gative, has the right of choosing ministers to advise with, and are reSponsible for that advice. I resigned office when I law that I could'not conduct the affairs of the country consist tently with the acknowledged principles of the constitution , My colleagues and myself avowed that principles against ,the . established practice of the constitution were not tenable, and We assented to the other principle, that opposition to a'majority of the House; - of Commons would estbhoh - tt dithgerulf prei c. dent. I and my colleagues had no wish to have our names. connected with the establishment of such a precedent; we, therefore, properly resolved on resigning, the offices our sove reign had been pleased to confer upon us. When I 1a5t.041 7 dressed you in this room, I entertained the confident expectation, and though that expectation has been disappointed, I would still entertain it, midi believe that we• have still prospects of sue eyes. (Loud and continued cheers.) My b elief that we shall still be successful, and that we should have been so, is founded on the honour, integrity, and' my experience in public life of the men with whom r had the honour of being in colleague. However, jie expectation of being enabled to carry measures which Mould be practically useful and satisfactory to the public was founded on the belief that the oppositio n in the. House of Commons was not found connected by any bend of public opi nion, by any bond of similar' principles, or by any bond of p s i. 'lode attachment to each other ja laugh) which could put me on . My guard, or make me conceive that they would afterwards unite in opposition to the government. over which I presided.. (Hear, hear.) I have since found that I . g ave them great er credit for sincerity than they deserved. (A laugh.) I now find 'that I .have relted . too much as to the truth of the language with which'they have spoken of each other. (Hear, hear.) I really thought :•fiom what I had seen that they had staple means of knowing eaeh`other, and that, therefore, I was . iright in trusting to the acooracy of their information. (Cheers and laughter.) 'But it appears that 1. have been deceived, and I beg to refer yo u ,to a former. speech from the throne_ as to what was stated then by the. government of his majesty, which was composed of many of, the individuals now in office, and who thus ad vised his ma jetty to make the following declaration : — " B ut I have se en with feelings of deep regret and just indignation the continu ance of attempts to excite the people of Ireland to demand ,repeal of the legislative union. To the practices which have been used to produce disaffection to the state, and mutual disL trust and animosity between the people of the two countries, are chiefly to he• attributed the. spirit. of insubordination which,. thongs for the present in a great degree controlled by th e power of the law, has been but too perceptible iu many places." (Cheers.) The party to whom this applied was not more com plimentary than those who had thus described him. (Hear, hear.) One month before this party came into Office he ad dressed this letter to Lord Duncannon :—" You: belong to the whigs, and; after four years of the most emaciating experience, we ought indeed to have known that Ireland had nothing to expect from the whigs but intolerant contempt and malignant and treacherous hostility.. .In plain truth, my lord, it is. quite manifest that Lord Melbourne is quite incompetent to the high office he holds. ('Loud cheers and laughter ) It is lamentable to inn to think that the destinies of the Irish people should, in any degree, depend on so inefficient a person. Gentlemen, confess that this statement is none of mine, but those opinions of those parties are now upon record; and are become matter of history. In January last one of the parties--was, as I have 'shown; not content with the others, yet now he is in: close and affectionate union with them. (Lund cheers.) However, all 1 can say is, that they have sacrificed on the altar of their country their ancient hostilities, and the union has given to one party office, and to the other power. '.(Cheers.) Gentle men, the third source of confidence I entertained when I entered office was that it was my intention to propose'those measures which bad been proposed to parliament by the former govern-. 'ment, and 1 thought that 1 should have the approbation of that government. 'I had. not undertaken to govern on ultra princi ples. I was aware, and so must - all of you, that great changes had taken:,plre in the institutions of the country, arid that it was expected that the' coursi,ady government wouhl pursue would be to.liceemmodate.itseltto those changes. 1 meautto do so, (hoar ' hear,) and I do Say that whatever had been MY opinions with.respect to the reform bill, ho must be a madman who should forget that it bad passed. (Cheers.) . If I Were al. lowed to continue, I firmly believe that the measures I intended to:propose would be calculated to satisfy the great majority of the reasonable portion of the community. intended to pro pose naeastirei of extensive reform. I did not intend to do this, merely for the sake of conciliating popular opinion, but in order to adjust measures that hail been eft by former governments ill such a state that it. was absolutely necessary that they should be finally settled. I stated in general terms what those measures would be, without entering into the details of them, for I was not permitted to do so; and I trusted that when those details were laid before the country, and maturely deliberated upon, they would not 'fall short of the expectations of the , people. ( Hear, hear.). I:will now again repeat smite of the 'measures it was my intention to propose for the sanction of parliament: In the first place, .1 should nave proposed a safe and practical mea sure for the commutation of tithes in England; and I should have proposed that measure on equitable principles, and on voluntary adjustment. But if voluntary adjustment failed me, it was not my intention to exclude a compulsory princiiiie. (Hear, hear.) But when I say this, I beg that it may not he understood theta was not my intentiou.that a fair equivalent should not be given for the property that was to be taken away. (Cheers.) There was another measure, which on entering office I found unsettled, and which I considered to be a fertile source of dissensions throughout the country, and particularly in large towns. I Mean the payment of church rates by the dis senters. I believe that the church of England would gain—l believe that its institutions would be rendered more stable by the settlement of this question. Though I am in favour of the principle, that the church should depend .on the public .for its support, at the same time I am anxious 'for. relieving . dissenters as much as possible from some of its demands. It was my wish also to adjust other questions, which were still unsettled, to the satisfaction of all, except of those—and I trust they are few in nutOber—who wish to disturb the harmony that ought to prevail between the dissenters and the members .of the church of England. I did.wisb in whatever I did to consult the members of the church of England, which is always an object of pars mount importauce to me. (Loud cheers.) 1 intended to give advantages with respect to marriage and batitism, woold relieve the dissenters from conforming even in appearance with the forms prescribed by those from whose doctrines they seceded. I also intended, in conjunction with my colleagues, to proceed with the improvements that.had been suggested by ineml,ers of the; goiernment that preceded me, and which had been left un settlect-1 mean those improvements which regaidour eeclesias ticalli;Ms. With respect to economy, I intended to insist ttpon it as far as.mould not be dangerous, and as far as would not be . likely to disturb. tile tranquillity of the country. (Cheers.) . I intended to make. every' fedtiCtite it( the egitiiiditute of the country that was concietent with public -faith and public safety . 11leas, hear.) The estimates of the government over which I 'had the honour to preside was loner by £4100,000 than any esti mate produced:since the time of the war.. For this reduction the credit, I avow it, does not belong exChisively to the government at the bead of which I was. Those estimates were in.part pre pared by my predecessori, and I am the last man in the world tp detract from their merits, or from what they have done with respect to economy. Gentlemen, I think those measures, if .I had been allowed an opportunity of proposing them in detail. and the House of Commons had maturely deliberated upon them in a fair spirit, I think I may say they would have been brought to a successful issue, awl that the_labours of that ses sion would have satisfied those who' were the loudest in their complaints and in their cries for a redress of grievances. Ido not pretend to say, however, that the measures passed in such a session would . have given universal satisfaction; but I know that there are persons fonder of greivances, for the sake of the grievances themselves", than of having them redressed, and that such persons do not wish to be deprived of having them to com plain of. (Cheers.) There were two ether questions which I meant in proper time to legislate upon—the first is that which relates to the municipal corporations of England and Wales, A na the second that which regards the settlement of the tithe question in Ireland, and the removal of the abuses that exist in 'that establishment. (Cheers.) I certainly . did refuse, when called upon in the Houseef Commons, to give any promise as to the measures which I intended to propose with respect to the reform.of the municipal corporations. I was justified in refusing thie . promise, or of giving any detailed explanation on the sub ject, 'on the ground that I had not as yet read the evidence nor seeu - the report of the •commissioners. I thought it best, be.: fore I gave a promise to wait for that information, which I •eonsidered necessary to enable me so to legislate as to finally 'settle the _cpiestion. ( Heat, hear.) After I had seen and perused the evidence and the report of. the corporation corn miisioners. I immediately admitted the necessity of corpora tion reform; hut when I say this it is not to be understood that 'l, lent Myself to measures which were not fiiuuded in justice, and which would crrry changes into the institutions of the country toi great length. (Hear.) Gentlemen, on this point s and in making this confession, permit me to tell vou that I saerificed, find to no small extent, my own private - feelings, for. - when I Made the admission that corporation reform was necessary, 1 did nut consent to interfere with the established rights.ofa corpo ration (hear, hear), which never in any one instance abused its powers, but whose conduct was always founded in justice, ia honour, and in integrity; and whose every act was distinguished be the moat irreproachable propriety. (Loud cheers.) I will now state the immediate con-rse I intended to oorsue with re spect to the settlerneat of the other question—l allude-to that of the Irish Church. I proposed to reform the abuses that had ' •crept,in hi consequence of time, in consequence of the conduct _ef--pri4rate individuals, and,of other circumstances, s hut wassile 'stern:tined:to resist, and did resist to the utmest-of, my power,. the principle of the approp . riation of the revenues of the Irish C hush than strictly to ecclesrast iced purposes, (Cheers.) I res -- (d that appropriation, first, because it contained a principle that .was fraught with danger, and secondly, because I knew from accurate calculations that if there was a new distribution of the revenues of the Irish Church, it would be found that they were not more than sufficient fur the decorous maintenance of the clergy belonging to that church. (Hear, hear.) This question was the immediate ground upon which the existence of the late administration terminated. I have perceived that.upon recent oecasions, and by high authority, the measures I projected have been denominated (the terms is very expressive) "clap-trap." If they were " clap-trep" measures they were 'the recent ones of my predecessors. (Laughter and cheers.) . Every one of their measures were undertaken, and then left in such a state that it was necessary for their successors to attempt a practical : Adjustment of every one of them. (Loud and continued cheer ing.) I really think that those who introduced those measures, andleft them unsettled, were more liable to the charge of " clap trap" than those who in good earnest set abaut attempting to settle them. I believe that those measures, if they had been undertaken by the government to which I belonged, might have been settled, if I had only the good fortune to have possessed sn. much of - the confidence of the House of Commons as to induce hem to enter into practical delibe ration of those measures; and *hen I was telling you that I had in the house a majority of the members of England, Ido not think that my attempt to govern was so rash as some people have considered, nor that my hopes to settle those questions were so remote as many people thought. (Cheers.) Far be it franc me to place the members of these realMs beneath the other. Far be it from me to rank the re presentatives of Ireland:in the scale. lower than those of Eng `,land. (Hear, hear.) But still I will say that I bad the good. fortune of having on my side a majority of the representatives of '• the English people.. (Cheers.) 1 had, therefore, reason to hope _that I should have been able to have settled all these questions according—mind, according to the principles of opr ancient constitution. (Loud cheers.) What I mean by this is, that I should have carried them with the cordial good-will of the three branches of the legislature. (Hear, hear.) I for one think -abet no measure can be satisfactory to the people in which the consent of the House of. Lords has been obtained by menace or violence (tremendous cheering); and I believe that the pee plc of this country would find measures passed with the eanction, of the three branches of the legislature snore in harmony with our constitution, and our institutions, than if they had been passed by one branch of the legislature, whilst the consent of the other was excluded. (Cheers.) Gentlemen,„you are probably -aware that of late great hostility has been shown to the House of LordS (hear, hear), that notice has been given by an hon. member, that he would, at an early period of next session, move for leave 'to bring in a bill to reform the House of Lords.— 'Wear, hear.) By reforming the House of Lords I understand nothing more than that they should be deprived of having a voice, and by it is•meant the establishment of a popular asaein .bly, free from all control. (Cheers.) It is my opinion that such an assembly, investing itself with absolute power of legis lation, would soon' attack She prerogatives ef the crown, and destroy the constitution. (Hear.) Ido not hesitate to say that wish a usurpation on the part of one branch of the legislature would end in the most intolerable tyranny. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I ash, and 1 hope you are, for the maintenance of the British constitution. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I hope that you will not pass such e. libel ou the Reform Bill as to declare it inconsistent with the maintenance of the British con atitution,. I for one . canuot do so, and I will strive to the utmost 4iastnY POstsr to urevsnt the I.srauuy that would arise from that assembly which should be elected solely by the public yoke. (Cheers.) The history of all countries, at leapt the h'istnry of - every country in Europe, that have tried the experiment—that • have adopted the establishment of such au assembly, proved that it was net compatible With the liberty or happiness of any of those countries. Why the very history of our own country, as well as the history of France and other countries, showed what were the results of being governed solely by an assembly elected by the public voice. (Hear, hear.) Such an assembly generally ends in the assurnptiou of supreme power by souse successful military com mander, to whom the people revert, thinking it better to submit to one tyrant, rather than bow to the many-headed one to which they had been before subject in the shape of one popular assem bly. If they should risk trying such an experiment, they would find that the results would always be the same; that they did not striae from anything like mere accidental circumstances, but proceeded in causes inherent in human nature. (Hear, hear.) When I consider the feelings of the people of this country—when sl. consider the way property is distribubed—when I consider the rights of that property—when I consider the ancient laws by which every thing connected with this country is bound together, it is my belief that if one assembly should legislate singly, call it the House of Commons , or by any other name you p lease, the same results would follow which 1 have already pointed out. -In such an assembly you would have the civil power usurped by -some military commander, and you would be glad, like the people of France, after pouring a deluge of blood, to revert to the ancientorder of things, and to estaislish monarchy once more. - (Cheers.) Gentlemen, knowing your good sense, it is scarcely necessary for me to warn you, and to tell you that a popular assembly would not be a meeting consisting of philosophers and cages (laughter,) entirely intent on the promoting of the public good, and tompletely forgetful of their own interest-s-(cheers and laughter)—the sole object would be to benefit the public and to promote' the public order. Do not believe that such would be the case, but rather believe that amongst the majority of such an assembly you would find a nucleus of designing and cunning-men, who, whilst ,prating aliout public liberty and order, would be, in the meantime, doing everything to Obtain the fur therance of their own ends. As I said before, our own country and France have shown that such would be the result of those 'principles. These resultsal repeat, are not accidental —they are as certain as that cause produces effect—as immutable a 4 ttie laws by which the world is governed, which are so certain that all that happens by the operation of those laws within our sphere as that comet now appearing within our men system after the lepers of an- idterval of half a century. (Immense cheering.)' Well—if hostility pre veils agent st the House of Lords, lam glad that those who profess it have given indications of it, and of the :plans they mean to pursue. For it will put the people of Eng land upon their guard, or if they feel such inconvenience, it will show that they wish to change the present system of go vernment for one of a more democratic form. It rc ight be said that I am cautiously avoiding to take any reference to America, but that I confined myself solely to the countries of Europe. It might be said—and I know it will be contended that the demo cratic principle has been successful in America. It will be said that under this government the people enjoy civil and other rights almost to equality, arid yet that 'counsel- is able to defend itself from, and even to punish aggression from abroad. I shall be told if I look to the States of Americal shall linden adoption of the popular principle has been successful there. Very well, I to the States of South America, where the popularprin- ' ciple has been incorporated, anal can I acknowledge that it has .been successful in these states, when almost every newspaper 4114 reaches me talks of insturection arming them ? (Hear, he r.L Whatjaos prevented:the establishment of a regular go .oninent" in those states if the form of the popular one was so rely good ? (Hear, hear.) If the principle is correct by which we are told that we govern ourselves, and that there is no ad vantage to be derived from out ancient institutions, and from . obedience to authority, how happens it that revolutions in the states I have just mentioned do not form exceptireus, but rather • a general rule? The real reVolut ion that will happen in South America will be that by which a regular and permanent govern ment will be established in that country. (Hear, hear.) I have admitted that the popular form of government has been.. successful in the North American States, but I deny the general position that, because it has succeeded then', it will suit this country. North America is a wide and most extensive country. It contains a vast tract of land unoccupied, to which the dis- I Contented and disaffected can be sent ; and its position alone makes it widely different trom England. The republican in- stitutions that will suit a new country may not on that account suit a ; country which contains men educated as we are—subject lostich laws as we are—and holding property by such rights as ' we 4w, o nil having prejudices (you may call them prejudices if von will) that connect us with the ancient monarchy of Eng land. ; ( Loud cheers.) Let it not be understood that from what, I have said I bear any ill-will towards the Americans. No. On the cistrarv, I wish them ell possible success to themselves as well as to their government. Let them believe me when I asV .• that I would rather see thent happy under their republican in stitutions than see any form of government. even monarchy, to which I am so attached, confirm the unhappiness of the people.. Thongh we received accounts of the happiness of the people of the United States, I do not see' that is any reason why this . country Should adopt a republican form of government. (Hear, hear.) 'But I happened to read in a paper which 1 shall Tinos —and I quote it as an authority. I allude to an article which I read in it on the 25th of August, 18.35. Mind, the paper I am quoting from is not a conservative journal, but one that strenu ously espouses the cause of the present government—l quote the extract, not that I have a wish to' show the unhappiness of . the people of the . United States, but when I was told of the hap piness of the people of that country, I was rather startled at the article in question, and it gave me much reason to doubt of the vaunted happiness of the iuhabitants of the U ts ited States, when I ~ find the following article inserted in a journal that professes to be the organ of the present government. "The news contained in the New York papers which have been brought over.by the Philtre delphia are full of melancholy intereit. - An insurrection amongst the slaves of Havana, the spread of the summary mode of punish . went, called ' Lynch law,' (bar LytiCh law is meant, banging a person without trial,)—:(a linign,) and the hanging of five gamblers at Vieksburah without trial—acts of aggression on the part of the authorities of Michigan upon the inhabitants of Toledo, Ohio, and the seizure at Livingstone; Mississipi, of two abolition preachers, and of some negroes, who appear to have been hanged in the streets by the exasperated inhabitants with a small form of trial, scarcely constitute a hare catalogue of the enormities which thee() purrs contain!" Gentlemen. this is tbe testimony of the Enelish paper l alluded to, and the following is , . frum the Neu: York Eveaing Post :—"The account which we pub lish in another -eolumo from au extract of the...Tatediaa,V4lo.) Gazette, will he perused by our readers with regret. What' with civil feuds in the north, tumultuous proceedings of anasehical arictfatal character in the west, and a servile war in tli south, to say nothing of the factious and incendiary spirit which has lately broken out in the various parts ()four Atlantic border, the country does in truth exhibit a t p r esent a spectacle to the Euro pedu nations which we fear will be commented upon in a way not "calculated to recomtnend the example of a popular govern ment"- Now, gentlemen, if yon. will only bear in mind what hat been the issue of similar experiments, you will nut very much indulge with a popular government. Even the expecte tioni which it was hoped in a cause from the "three gloridui days of JulY," were somewhat abated in this country, and the acts of the present government were the theme of every conver sation. For my:part, I do not complain of the French king, who, I believe, is desirous of promoting the welfare of his peo ple. It is not his fault that he is obliged . to have recoerse to the proceedings agitating the chambers. - It is the fault of those few who are teaching the "people to employ resistance, that the French legislature is obliged to adopt severe laws. It is not the fault of the government:that the people of that country are made to submit to a greater tyranny than that to whichlhey were subject under the ancient laws of the country.. I think I ,may say that the French now enjoy less liberty than we enjoy in this country under our ancient laws, 'and the mixed and balanced government under which we live. Now, after the threats that I have heard uttered against the House of Lords, and against the bishops, and about depriving the members of that house of their right of veto, I think it k time for the people of this country to makeup their minds and to say whether they are friendly to the redress of their just grievances, or whether they are dissatisfied with the institutions of . their country, and are ready to suffer an organic change in it for the purpose of substituting an uncontrolled popular assembly. ((heers.) I am not one to advise a pertinacious adherence in any branch of the legislature tit its own principles. (Hear, hear.) I sawlately advised a compromise, Kitt it is a compromise wo rthy of the dignity of each branch of the legislature. It is my wish to. avoid collision between the two houses of parlia ment, aucll believe that the welfare of this Country consists in that the people of• it should be able to apply themselves to the holiest pursuit or industry, without being constantly harre.ssect by dissensions of the-legislature. But I assert that whilst ad vise a virtuous and dignified compromise, I will never convent to any species of comprothise that will tend to destroy 'any one, branch of the legislature. (Loud cheers.) Gentfemen, I feel that I have .detained .you too long. (Cries' of "No, no ;: go on.") le conclusimi; I will say that it is in earnest 'hope that you and the, people of this centitry=that all - those'to whom any frauchiie has given power, willcori.pare their country . to any that now exists, or that has been recorded' in history. title() hope that you i will tr. , .e into COptideratiOrt the Meat "dig last fsr years; .hive tskett place the iirke , -ittiat certain civil qiialifications hive been taken ahoy that a reform has taken place in the House of Commons, and that all this has been done with the Consent of the House of Lords. (Hear, hear.) I trust the people of Fdigland will com pare their condition with that of the most favoured people of the globe; though they have riot all the advantages which, they might have, still they have considerisote ones; in enjOyilig to such an extent is they do the liberty of action and the rieeiintn . of epeechin not being trainTelleil in thetrindustry and ex• pansion of wealth, and in having the free intercourse they have with all parts of the couotr! . . Look to those advantages. and then reflect on the consequences of the interruption of in . - dnstry for even a single week in this country ! [ ask You whether the republican institutions can now, or are likel; , to find favour in this country? I ask vent whether the popular voice, represented through proper chinnels alone, is sufficient' for you ? Dont you think yourselves fairly represented, and that von are in a state ,of obtaining a fair redress of your grievances? I trust that you will not be insane enough to - countenance in the slightest degree the wild and baneful pro- 1 iects of a few. I trust, I hope, indeed lam almost Al* that the people of this enlightened land will not deprive themselves of the advantages they now enjoy—that they will discharge their I duty to their posterity by handing down to them those rights which we all have in the constitution, .and which, as we our selves have inherited them, we ought to transmit them intact to he inherited by our children and our children'achildren.—The right hon. baronet resumed his seat amidst loud and general cheering. Several other toasts and speeches were afterwards delivered, but, the very _long distance we had to perform, and the short space of time we had to do it in time for this morning's publication, compels its to withhold them.—Times. MR. II ENSTJ ALL'S CONCEIiT.-Mr. Henshall, whose musical compositions and instrumental performances have been so much admired in Liverpool, has announced his intention of giving a grand miscellaneous concert, at the Adelplai Hotel, on Wednesday (to-morrow week.) Miss Hamilton and Miss M. Hamilton, of the 'Theatre-Ro7al, Dublin, are engaged, together with an effective quintette band. As this is the first concert given by Mr. Henshall, and as we have every reason to believe that the sehenie will be found to contain a great variety of ex cellent music. we recommend it the inure readily to the atten tion of the public. Mr. Henshall will preside at the piano forte. LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOC rP.TY.--This useful and flou rishing society propose• to hold their annual meeting•and cattle show on l'hursday, the let October, (and not on the 21th 'Sep tember, as previously fixed.) The dinner is to be provided by Mr. Horn, of the Mersey Coffee-house, and will take place in the large loom adjoining Mr. Lucas's Repository, Great Char lotte-street, which is liberally lent by him to the'society. We observe by the advertisement, that Lord Stanley will preside oh the occas►on, and we hear that arrangements are making to ac commodate 700 persons to dinner. BURGLA ity.—Yemterdav morning or early on Sunday night_ the house of Mr. John Leyland, No. 2, Camden-street, Lon f don-road, was entered by seine thief or thieves, by means o cutting through the panes cfglass of the front window, and robbed of a rose-wood writing desk, containing a large gold seal, bearing the initials J. L., a gold ring, and sunctiy papers and memoran dums, of no value to any but the owner. A. reward for the re cover• of the papers has been offered. The police have also dis tributed amongst the pawnbrokers, handbills describing the pro perty stolen. and it is hoped ere lung . the thieyes,_ wt.+) ke appre-, headed: The burglary taking place in so public ai street, and by opening the front window, says very little for the vigilance of the watchmen. STEAM NAVIGATION To DUMFRIES.—We beg to refer our readers to an advertisement in another column. announcing that anew and powerful steam,packet called the Nithsdale has commenced running between this port and Dumfries. The advantages of thCsconveyance'to persons Unveiling to the north o f Scotland must, upon perusal of the advertiNement, be al once obvious. THE EX-KING oil SPAIN.--The Count Surveiltiers (Joseph Buonaparte).tind his brother Lucien, Prince of Canine, and their suites, arrived at _the .Adelphi Hotel on Thursday. The count will embark this morning, between nine and tear o'clock, on .board the American picket-ship Monongahela, Captain Brown, for Philadelphia. He has engaired the state cabins of this vessel for the exclusive accommodation of hintAelf and suite, consisting of M. Malliard and fourteen other. persons. Since his arrival here the count and his brother have been visited by the Mayor of Liverpool, the American Consul, Mr. Baring Voung, Mr..Evre Evans, and several other merchants of Liverpool. After the embarkation of his brother the Prince of Canino will return to London , Mr. Lloyd, late of Liverpool, has• been appointed Landing Surveyor, attd Mr. G. G. Steger, Searcher and First Class Landing Waiter of the Customs at the port of Gloucester. FATA I AccinExT.-1t is with deep regret we record the fol' lowing sad catastrophe which occured at Corsock on Wednesday last. It appears that two men engaged in working a quarry, had, in the coarse of the day, made arrangements for blasting in the usual manner. The shot, however, unfortunately took effect sooner than had been calculated on, when melancholy to say, one of the workmen, a fine young man of the name John M . ‘Lellatr, was killed, it may almost be 'laid, on the spot, and the head and thigh of the other 'so - dretreollv lacerated, that after enduring the pain of amputation, he died on Sunday last at five o'clock. It is very singular, that M`Lellan, after the powder had exploded, and scattered about large pieces of rock; should have jumped from the quarry, to all appearance as free from pain as if the effects oft he shot had passed by him unharmed. This we are assured he not only did, but took off his neckcloth, tied it round the bleeding limb of his companion, Whom he far ther helped out, of the quarry, and, these humane daties.perform cd,.fell down and almost instantly expired. A circamstatice so melancholy has excited a deep sensation in the neighbourhood. —Dumfries Couriet. ' 11 tc k.—A. farmer of Bcume, who kept his corn on an unboard ed floor, found it constantly devoured by mice. To remedy this he plunged a number of earthen pots into the earth, all round the corn; he filled them half full of water, and, being varnished . withinside,, when the mice came to think they slipped in and were drowned. In the space of two months he thus destroyed 11.500.--Dundee Courier. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE.—On Sunday evening, about five o'clock, as Boothby, one of the officers of police, Was conveying a prisoner to Bridewell, on a charge of felony, he was &neared. when passing the Adelphicby a number of persons. many of whom were respectably attired, who, without inquiring the . ofs fence the prisoner had committed, reveled him front BoOthby's . 'custody, Probably the affair was manaved by:serne'ef the pri soner's friends, but whoever the parties were who lent them their assistance; the proceeding was highly disgraceful to them. Boothby received considerable personal injury in the affray. A COINCIDENCE OF NAMES.-011 Friday kit.: Ser Mr. Mori- . day, head constable of the tovru of Northwich, Wia'pasaing John's Market, he felt a tug at his pocket, and, turning round, saw an urchin running off in a way which excited Kis suspicion. Ile immediately discovered that his pocket had beeti picked of his handkerchief, upon which he pursued the thief, who took re fuge in a cellar. He searched him on spot, and discovered the stolen handkerchief on his person. Mr. Monday delivered his . plisontrAnto the custody of Police-officer Thursday, yrtio - 'happened to be at hand. The prisoner, who gave his name:as . - Robert Gardiner, was produced befOre the maj.,ristrotes on Sant t day. It turned nut on investigation, however, that he had given in a false name, his real cognomen being Seeley, so that the case stood thui liked MI6 custody by Mo-nday, deli. vered over to thieharge'tif 117 ifirsdaY,'brciught Ifore the-enagis trates on Saturday, for having on Friday picked the pocket of Monday. Here we have only five day s , n otwi hstanding:which it was a weak case: - The prisoner was, however, committed to Kirkdale Gaol for three months P s a vagrant. I tsciors'r.—ati inquest was held on Friday before Arrihrose Lace, Esq., coroner, to inquire touching the death of Ellen Shaw, an infant aged six weeks. Margaret Shaw deposed that the deceased was her only child, and was of delicate health. On Monday night, during a visit • to a neighbour, the latter had remarked to her that the child was in a fit. She had taken it to hed with her that eight, and in the morning when she awoke she had discovered that it was dead. Philip (;leave, a hair dress'er, deposed that• the parents of deceased dwelt in a cellar adjoining his shop. At about seven o'clock on Monday he was itanding at the door, when he saw lifargaret Sinks', with her in •fant in her arms, pass .up the Street in a state of intoxication. • In going down the steps into her cellar, the head of the deceased struck with great force . against the iron rails of the cellar en trance. Sarah Seeger deposed'to having seen the mother in a state of inoxicatioe on the Monday evening, and to having ob obseried the deceased in a convulsion fit. Surgeon Lockwood was of opinion, that the deceased had died by suffocation. Ver dict—Accidental death. MELANCHOLY AcutilaNT.---On Friday afternoon, at about five o'clock, as a labourer named Arthur Williams, was passing through Vine-street, he observed several lots playing on the ground-floors of some unfinished houses. He stopped for a short time to observe them, when, after a few minutes, all. of them, except two, quitted the building, and continued their sport outride. The two above alluded to had mounted the joists of the first floor, and were playing them. Williams, who had his infant in bis arms, had by tliis time advanced to the threshold of one of the houses, and was about to enter, when he heard one of the boys call out, in an alarming tune, t' You are done! " He instantly started back, when, to his great consternation, he beheld the walls totterin, and the next instant the whole build ing fell in with a horrib le crash. On the first note of alarm. one of the boys had thrown himself from the window, and ha,d thus escaped being killed. The other, however, a fine little aged eleven years, named John Carroll, was buried in (hernias, By dint of great exertion his body was found is about half an hour after the accident had happened, It was shockingly mu tilated, and qnite dead. tig;: -.-, . . rCi~ t lIELANCHOLI SUICIDE AT THE BIRIiENI - ILALT :kI01'1;4 On Saturday last an intittisition was taken at the Birkeuheal Hotel, Cheshire, un v;ew of the body of F.yton, 'Esq., a part ner in the firm of Beck, Dodson, and )Eton, BAukers, Shrews.' bury, aged 38, who destroyed himself in the aboie Aotel un Saturday morning last. 'lt appeared from the evidence that fbe. deceased had .recently been l a bourin g uud er a d e p re s s i on of spirits, and his brother-in-law, Lieutenant Ward, bad brought bins from Shrewsbury to Birkeuheaid, in. order to try a change of air for his malady. They arrived on Friday uight, by- the Hirondelle Cheltenham coach, and occupied a double-, bedded room in the hotel. About half-past six or near seven. the following morning Lieutenant Ward was awakened by a: noise in his brother:in•law's bed, and on goingto him to ascer tain the cause, found the unfortunate gentleman With his throat cut in adreadful manner, and weltering in his blood. lie imp , mediately sprang to the• door to give the alarm, and found, it. - locked and bolted, and before he could undo the fasteniugs - hi 4. cries brought the inmates of the house to his aid, who burst openi the door. 'Mr. Stephenson, surgeon, of Birkenhead, was' promptly in attendance, and sewed utt the wounds; but the un-' fortunate gentleman died from loss of blood in afew hours, having. breathed his last at half-past 9. Mr. Bickersteth, of Liverpool, was also sent for, but the deceased died five minutes previous to his Arrival. It did not appear from whence the deceased pro; cured the razor with which he committed the khocking deed, as his clothes were taken by his servant from his room after going to bed. Having heard the whole of the evidence, the jury re turned a verdict uf " Temporary insanity." The body was removed in a hearse, at five o'clock yesterday morning, with the intention of conveying it to Shrewsbury; when, however, it reached Wrexham it was met bY two gentlemen in a post-' Chaise, and they ordered it 'to he brought back to Birkenhead , for interment. The funeral will, we understand, •take there this day. Mr. Eyton has, left a wife and large family to deplore their loss. SPRING RICE AND HIS BUDGET. ( From a correspondent.) -Mr. Spring Rice in his budget makes a long paragraph upon olive oil, and attempts to prove the wisdom of Mr. P. Thum son's measures, by stating the consumption to be doubled this Year by their magical effect. It is to-be hoped he is much bet ter acquainted with other parts of his calculations than this sub-, ject; if he is not, little reliance can be placednpon his accounts. Of yourse, what he calls going into consumption is a calcula tion of the quantity up o n which duty was paid. Last year, when the duty was reduced, a notable design was formed for forcing the Neapolitan government •to : reduce' their import chilies upon British iron and fish, and.the - . - Customs' bill came afit duty of £4 4e: pin► ton, except from the kingdom of the two Sicilies,,or the produce thereof, which.was fixed at £gBs., and if in Sicilian vessels,-et 1.:10.10s. Many cargoes being on the passage, and contracts,made for delivery in Naples, upon representation to the board of trade, an order was issued to admit all the Neapolitan oils (which was proved to have been prepared for shipment before this act passed) at XI 4s. duty:. .As these shipments at ri`;edi, the duty was paid under an apprehension of some new freak; but a large portion still remains in the hands of the importers, and is not gone into consumption with the additional disadvantage to them of being deprived of any export demand, there being nn drawback of duty Lace paid. An illustration upon this point occurred lately,---a merchant received an order for a particular descrip tion of Sicilian oil, he found plenty duty paid, but not a cask su bond which could be shipped without: a sacrifice of the duty, which could not be made. It is almost useless to add that the proposed coercion of the Neapolitan goyernment has totally failed. Iron and fish remain in state quo, and Ali that remains to be seen is, what will be the amount-of consumption next year, unless this absurd piece of legislation is repealed. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL. AccinENT.—On Wednesday af ternoon last, as one of the keepers of the Zoological Gardens, named Wood, was driving a covered cart belonging to his em ployer along Derby-road, - he unfortunately fell, in consequence of the reins giving way, and the wheel passing over him Pinks several of his ribs, the points of which, as appeared afte .rds on the examination of the body, perforated his lungs. He' lingered till about half-past eight on Thursday morning, when he expired in consequence of the injuries he had received. Many .of our readers will, no doubt, remember the deceased as the person who was in the habit of attending the beasts in the menagerie, and of entering the dens of the lion, tiger, and other animals. He was a decent, respectable, and obliging man, and had been in the employ of Mr. Atkins for about twenty-three years. He bas left a wife and seven young children, almost destitute of support. Any contributions towards their relief which the charitable may be disposed to offer, will be thankfully received by the widow, or at Mrs. H ughes's, Strawberry-gardens, Hygeia-street. . • • MEETING OF THE WATCH .130AR11.—At the weekly meeting of the Commissioners held on Friday last, the Chairman read the names of the different candidates for the sitri?tion of Law_ clerk. It appeared that.the following gentlemen had sent in their applications for the vacant office :—Mr. Charles Woods, Mr. Thomas Morrow, Mr. J. H. Hindle, Mr. Pennington, Mr. James Moss, Mr. J. H. Parke,. and Mr. Matthew Taylor.— Mr. Smith moved that Mr. Charles Woods, •the' son of their late Law-clerk, receive the appointment.. The late Mt. Woods had been an old and faithful servant to the trust, and had dis charged the duties of his situation with satisfaction to 811 pi n -ties. Hut there was another consideration, which he hoped would have weight with the Commissioners, thatof Mr;Woods having left a family behind him which were not 'adequately provided for, and to which the 93n was called upon to render Ina sußort. He hoped that there would be but one feeling on the subject,' and that he would be unanimously elected to the office which he sought.—Mr. Thornhill seconded Mr. Smith's motion. He had spoken to Mr. Curry, who had asked his support to Mr. Woods' application, and informed him that he should not pledge himself to do so without he had an assurance from Mr. Woods, that he meant to look tolhe late Mr. Woods' family. In answer he had received a note from Mr. Charles Woods, which he would: read. Mr. Thornhill read the note, which was to the effect, that Whether he (Mr Woo s_l was.suceessfatiir site A tine which he - SOught or not, it wee his intention to take care of the family of his late father.—The Chairman than put the ques tion, whether any Commissioner had ally other person to pro pose in opposition to Mr. Woods, when none appealing, the. President declared Mr. Charles Woods to be duly elected to the office of Law-clerk. THIS MANCHESTER POST OvricE.—The following alteration' has been recently made in the Nlanchester-ptiffice. In ad dition to the bag to London the . morning r one is now made up at eight o'clock every evening, except Saturday, and sent by Knutsford, to be forwarded by the Livei pool mail. It is to con tain only the foreign l e tter s , an d th ose w hi c h h ave to pass through London. These will reach London in time to go for ward the same evening, as the Liverpool mail is to be accele rated so as to reach London in time for the departure of the evening mails.—Munche.ter Chi onicle. Sir Thomas Clavering, the head of one of the most ancient families in the county of Durham, and who has hitherto sup ported the Whigs, having be( otne justly alarmed at the inroads , made upon our institutions, has resolved to go over to the Cou stitutional cause, with all his interest aud intluence. MODERN ,DISSENNERS.—IS it not most extraordinary to see: the dissenters calling themselves the descendants of - the old nonconformists. and yet clamouring for a divorce of church and state? Why, Baxter, and the ocher great leaders, would have thought a man an atheist who had proposed such a tbing. They were rather for merging the state in the church. But these our modern gentlemen, who Ire blinded b . ,; political pas sion, give the ki ss o f a lli a n ce t o tbe harlot of Rome, and walk. arm in arm with those who deny the God who redeemed them,. if so they may but wreak their insane antipathies on the . national church Weil! I huepese they have counted the cost, and know what it is they would have, and can keep. . THR KING'S ADMONITION TO PRINCE GEORGE OF" CAS4-, nal rmE.—We call deep, earnest, and grateful attention to the words of the admonition addressed to Prince George of Cam bridge, by our protestant monarch William IV., on the instal lation o f the young prince as knight of the garter. The Duke bf Cumberland repeated the words at the grand lodge of the. orange institution held at Lord Kenyoo's, on..Tuestlay; and. we repeat them to the empire at large, feeling, well, assured that they will be received with enthusiasm by protestant s of every tapk and degiee.—" Young man, (said otit king). you are now Of. an age to know right from strong; you have recently been confirmed; you must understand those principles which have been icculcated into . our mind. Remember that OUR FAMILY is a PROTESTANT FAMILY Remember also that you are 'called upon to defend the ESTABLISHED CHURCH, and to main tain inviolate the rights, properties, and privileges of the peo ple." We will not weaken the effect of these words by any comments or any eulngy : we recommend the admonition of. 'illiam IV. to all who love their country, fear their God, and honour their king MR. CI7THRERT mppoN AND LORD JOHN Russart..—The • pugnacious member for Gateshead, in reply to Lord John Rus-. sell's "earnest and particular" desire, that he would repair to, ,London a few days ego, wrote in a style which Lis friend, Mr. John Gully, might-envy. He told Lord John - that be seat pant-' ing to join in a conflict with the House of LOrds,. hut added "the battle must not he brayed? unless Leril Jahn had sufficient resolution to fight it out, and that any thirig shtirt of this would, : he . " too great a farce flr his patience;" in sliort if there was to be any flinching on the part Of ministers, he an inch from Stanhope Castle, to saVe lueli'lk . Fontemptiblao and pluckless set. Such were the terrrls of Mr. Rippon'S pri,- - vateletter to the leader of the House of Coinnions, a . enp 'which; has been furnished to an expiring ranical print: Anil what was , result? Why, a crouching answer from Lord. John, which induced Mr. Itippon to buckle on his armour, and rep.iir to Lon-• don forthwith. \% bat the honourable gentleman's feelings might he when he discovered that there Would be tto collision, and that the " farce," as he called it, of considering the lords' amend ments was to be gone through, we know not.. Neither are we competent judges as to whether the greatest credit is due to Lord JOhn Russell for deceiving Mr. Rippon, or to Mr. Rip pon for his treachery to Lord John in publishing a letter strictly private. Verily they are both "honourable men."—Netpcustle Journal. HERRING FISHERT.—WICK , 26TH AUGIINT.—Upon Monday night the fishing spas not successful; some bums - had from two to fifteen crane, but the general part blank. The boats along the coast to llnnheath we a re en e e q r u a s i d ; ly; n r i t e ns b u o c a c t eLft r i e l. ba A d t a T h u ig n i; rihselothrtlvh-four flelmsdale the success was still bet ter, the fish having taken a southern direction, Lest night the boats put to sea, tin" towards midnight a gale from, E. S..E. set tip, which obliged the whole to endeavour to retUtn to their re spective ports_; the tide being - low water, it was With difficulty that so many boats could be conducted tee theliaelame, and con siderable damage was' m10;141.41. During this time; the sloop (packet) of Kirkwall, 'with about forty horses and ten cows, frolo.Kirkwall, anchored near the hat hour , but cmfortu naleiy she dragged and came in at the •h ac k o f the south quay. where she remains stranded, but there are holies of getting her off. 'Unfortunately while landing the crew by tneans of a rope conveyed ou hoard, one of the hands dropped from his hold and was drowned; his body was soon after found, hat too late to re store life. There was also drowned alroa , d eight horses and one cow. About two o'clock a.m_the sloop Suqft of Lerwick, laded with herrings, from ‘Zetland, having three horses on board, Tont:a from her anchor also. and lodged aloagsillelff the' for ,naer ; two of the horses wt re drou ned. She has becoute,a total wreck, but from the. protflpt exertions of the numerous .fisher:- men and others, the cargf)es and materials are all Arr.; ther vessel, a deep sea fisher of Bonlogne_after having lode out a considerable time, under tremendocis se a s, also parted from her anchors, but fortunately in this state wade .for the, river or Wick; the tide being still back; Ftit lodged upon the sands, when the crew, to lighten her, thleu overboard a quail tity of cured herrings and cod. By the prompt exertions of -many of the natives (rinsed with Frenchmen fiorti other French ships in harbour), and at the risk of their own lives, they succeeded in saviOg the crew. !hopes are entertained or getting her oftif the gale moderates. Four boats are missinr k : but are supposed to baye i proceeded for Crnroarty; hopes aryl entertained of their safe arrival at some of the southern ports. Upon the authority of Mr. Landale and Mr. Bald, it appears that in Fifesbire there are 29 beds of coal of the united thick ness of 119 feet; and that in the Edinburgh district there are from 26 to 29 beds of the thickness of/09 feet. I