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APRIL 21,4833* AMERICAN CLAIMS ON FRANCE. ( From a correspondent of the Standard.) M. BERRYER. To analyse the speech of M. Berryer, would be to me impos sible. Still there are a few points to which I can just refer. The first was, that America being a neutral power, in the quarrel bietween America and France, did not act as a neutral State, and is, therefore, not entitled to the Indemnity she 'de mands as a neutral state. The second objection which be raised was, that the empire and the restoration had never acknowledged any debt. to be due ; and that, it , was false that either Napoleon, Louis the Eighteenth, or -Charles the Tenth had ever agreed to pay any claim whatever. His eulogy of the policy of the empire was so traartendantly eloquent that the whole assembly thrilled , with emotion. The third objection was, that the Americans had acted with great disloyalty towards France, and that 'they had shown such a total want of honesty in all their demands and negociatious on the subject as to renderit-impossible, if the chamber acted honestly, that it should vote any money. On this part of the aulleet, M. Berryer had. all the chamber with him, and when M. rhiers - ventured on laughing, and raising his shoulders, M. Eerryer turned round • and so effectually flagillated him, that from that moment he was as silent as th( grave. His atiack on the Yankees, and their avarice, was really terrific. The fourth objection was, that the cession of Louisiana had abundantly recompensed America for any' supposed or teal _ injuries. • The fifth objection was, that the cession of the Floridas by Spain had reimbursed America for the sums of money claimed by her on account of the vessels seized at St. Sebastian, and in other Spanish ports. These were the points argued and urged, with such irresistible eloquence in his speech of Wednesday. Hut the question now arrives, "-What will the Chamber of Deputies do ?" Will it vote the whole of the money ? Will it vote an adjournment ? Will it vote twelve millions on ac count ? Or will it vote that the twenty-five millions shall be paid when the President of the United. States shall have apolo gised for his speech to the Congress ? lam disposed to think that, by a small majority, it will vote the twenty-five millions Without restriction. This almost appears impossible; but, as the Bons Sees says, "what can-you expect from a chamber in *Welt, out of 459'members, there ape 160 public functionaries?" Towards the close of Wednesday's sitting M. Mauguin de manded that the original documents, treaties, decrees, &c. Should be deposited on the table of the house for examination. He gave it to be understood that the commission had been de ceived—that inaccutate copies had been supplied them—and that the production of the originals was essential M. de Broglie refused to do so, but admitted that originals bad not been consulted—and that the copies of the documents supplied to the commission had - been- madelrom the American...journals. This declaration greatly astonished the chamber, and- in the midst of the general surprise the sitting closed. On Thursday M. Mauguin as to mike some disclosures of great importance. The result of theSe debates must be soooner or later exceed , ingly serious for the French dynasty, as well as for the French ministers. • ROMAN CATHOLIC LEGISLATORS. The following is the oath taken by all Roman catholic peers, or the Roman catholic members of the House of Commons, on taking their seats inparliament : " I do swear that.l will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property within the realm as established by the , laws; and.l do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present church establishment as settled by law within the realm• and I do solemnly swear that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may be come entitled, to disturb or weaken the protestant religion or protestant government in the United Kingdom: and I do so lemnly., in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration and every part thereof in the plain and ordinary sense of the words of this oath, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatever. So help me God." The above oath is in the 7th chap. and 2d section of the 10th Geo. IV. in acts of parliament, and is the only security offered to protestantism by the Roman citholic emancipation bill. On the 30th March, 1835, Lord John Russell moved in the House of Common* the following resolution : " That this house resolve itself inta* committee of the whole house, in order to consider the present state of the church esta blishment in Ireland, with the new of applying any surplus of the revenues, not required for the spiritual care of its members, to the general education of all classes of the people, without dis tinction of religious persuasion." The Roman catholic members of parliament whose names are here- given, did on the above occasion vote for the motion, thereby laying a foundation "to subvert the present church esta bliAnzent," ,and to cause its revenues to be appropriated to other purposes than those of the church : Lord Surrey, 'l'. Wise, M. O'Loughlin, W. F. Finn, H. W. Barron, John O'Connell, D. O'Connell, • G. S: Barry, M. O'Connell, J. Meaghar, J. H. Talbot, A. 11. Lynch, Christopher Fitzsimon„ R. Sullivan, Richard L. Shell, R. M. O'Ferrall, • P. Howard, , It. M. Bellew, Sir P. Bellew, P. Power, D. C. Brady, N. Fitzsimon, '•H. Bridgeman, Morgan O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, J. J. Bodkin, O'Conor Don, D. Rouavne, W. Roche, Sir R. Nagle, C. O'Brien, J. Power, A. C. O'Dwyer, M. J. Blake. E. R. C. Sheldon, By a decree of Pope Gregory IX. and Innocent 111. alt oaths taken contrary to the interests of the church of Rome, ate net to be considered as oaths, but as perjuries. THE WESLEYAN METHODIST ELECTORS OF DEVONSHIRE AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL. We have 'read in the _limes and Morning Herald the following notice respectingthe contest for South. Devonshire, should Lord John Russell, by taking office, be compelled to face his present constituents; viz.:—" 'hough the Vv esleyans have received Orders froni their London Conference to support Lord John Russell, it is expected that the contest will be a severe one." That " the contest will be`a severe one," and terminate dis astrously for Lord John, we have no doubt; but as to the orders said to have been Sent to the Wesleyans of South Devonshire from their London Conference, we must declare our opinion that such orders have never been given; or if they have, that they were given by the Conference in utter ignorance of the opinions entertained by Lord John Russell, both of their faith and of their morality. For the instruction, therefore, of those who are unaware of the noble lord's favourable regard for their doctrines and practice, we will give a quotation or two from a book written and published a very few years ago (though, we confess, it has not been much read) by Lord John Russell, en titled " Memoirs of the History of Europe," 2 vols. 4to:— " They Ci e. the Wesleyans) multiply miracles beyond the regular and limited practice of the Rotnish church. • It' a metho dist preacher wants a dinner, a suit of clothes, or a few pence to pay a turnpike he puts up a prayer, and his want is miracu lously supplied. Thus, between forger' and fanaticism, sober and genuine christianity is utterly lost."—Mernoies, 4.c., vol. ii, page 581, Again, a few pages previously, his lordship says:— . Another defect of methodism is, that by the confession of V esley.hivaself,it borders close on doctrines destructive of all orality."--Memoirs, vol. ii. page 579. • We recommend the above passages to the c3lm consideration of the 'Wesleyan methodist electors of South Devonshire ; and we ask them to recollect that they were not uttered in the heat and impulse of a debate, when some excuse may be made for excitement, but that they were written deliberately and calmly in the quiet seelusion . of the study—that they were published to he world as-the conclusions of the noble lord's reflection upon the subject, rand as indicatory of the opinions which he enter tained respecting 'Wesleyan methodist - la—not hurriedly, but soberly and seriously formed. It is rumoured that Lord - John dares not face South Devon shire, but intends to try Middlesex, Mr. Byng being made a peer to cause a vacancy. If so, we call upon the Wesleyans of the metropolitan county to consider also whether they ought to support, or he represented by, a man who professes to hold opi nions of their faith and morality such as those we have quoted,— opieions which are in print, and which Lord John Russell has never attempted to explain or to retract. We have the highest possible opinion both of the purity of the doctrines and the excellence of the lives of the Wesleyan Methodists; and we very much mistake their character, if they do not prove the fast friends of the church of England. One thing we do know—that they.will never all themselves to the church of lime. If, then, the London Conference has given the orders alluded to, they must have been in ignorance, which we now dissipate ; and we do not doubt but that, whether in Devonshire, favi stock, or Middlesex, Lord J. Russell will meet with a befitting reception from those - whose doctrines he has vilified, and whose morality he has traduced.—Age. IRISH TITHES' BILL The clergy or the diocese have had a meeting mid petitioned.- both llquses of Parliament against the Irish tithes' bill. In their petition'. to the House of Commons they protest against its adoption, as' being " deeply injurious to the interests and pro perty of the. Irish branch of the established church." After !cpresentingto the house the situation which the act 2tl and 3d WILLIAM IV. has placed them in, they proceed to say:— " We think it right furthei to press do your attention that the helpless and'as a body unrepresented clergy, who are thus to be deprived of so large a portion of their property, are persons who previously to entering on their profession were subjected • to the costs of an expensive education. That possessing merely a life income, many of them have effected insurances and con tracted other fixed engagements, in full confidence that the rights of property would continue to be respected. That they are besides liable to various charges imposed by law, which were regulated by and proportn.aed to the amount of income • hitherto enjoyed. We have to remark also, that while so great a'sacrifice of income is required from the incumbents, they are still for a time at least to be exposed to the difficulties of collec tion. While, however, we deeply feel and warmly remonstrate against the grievance and injustice of the proposed measures as they affect ourselves, much more strongly do we deprecate them as utterly, ruinous to our successors and to the future interests of the established church. Although it is proved that the un taxed yearly tithe income of the present incumbents averages only £278, out of which curate? salaries and other charges are to be defrayed, the measures proposed by one party, with the, tax already laid on by the church temporalities act, would re duce to one-half of that small amount the income of their sue _ cessors, while the resolution of the majority of your honourable house go to the length of undefined and unlimited confiscation.. We shall not farther advert to the contemplated plan than to, remark on the injustice of that part of it by which a direct pre ',ilium is given to insubordination and outrage, while the honest and well-disposed are taught to regret an obedience to the law, by which they have suffered a pecuniary loss." StAlOnN DEATH.—We have to record an awful'instance of sudden. death, which occurred on Tuesday afternoon to Mr, T. It. Gillet, jun., a passenger by the Retalliator, Exeter t and Bristol .coach. Mr. Gillet, with several other passengers, had descended from the coach, about a mile on the Bristol side-of . Weds,. in order to walk up a hill, and, on the coachman draw ing tip he perceived Mr. Gillet in the road, supported by one of• the passengers, apparently very ill, The coachman went to him, and asked him the cause of his Indisposition, when he •answered it- was a fit of asthma, and that he was dreadfully ill. It was then suggested that be should get on the coach, to which he assented but in endeavouring to do so it is supposed the un fortunate gentleman's sight failed, he reeled forward into the arms of a bystander, sunk to the ground, and expired, A medi cal gentleman, who was promptly on the spot. gave it as his Opinion that his death was caused by spasmodic attach of the heart. Mr. Gillet was the proprietar of the . rorrotalli Gazette, published at Truro, and was, we betkve, a IPeit s Vitd , goal that place to. Bristol.--Bath Clmorisfe• TO CORRESPONDENTS. We thank B. for his information; but we know all about it Some blockheads cannot keep their own secrets. We heard of the correspondence even before it reached America. We see the same correspondence in a London newspaper btt we ,do not combat with shopmen; we hold his masters re sponsible, and we bide our time. "JusTuriA" is unfortunately a day behind the fair. We wish Ot P. would call, or favour us with his name. Ebt Elba:pool g:tanDarD. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1835. We have late dates from New York and Canada, but we have no room for extracts. Canada, thanks to Jos - wit HUME, is as , near as possible on the eve of re bellion. One of the New York papers, the Journal of Commiirce, decidedly the best written paper in America, contains an adMirable article on the machinations and tyranny of popery in the. United States. We shall, if possible, give it at full length on Friday. One of the best traits in the character of the American people is that they will not submit to the influence of the Roniish bigots. On this question we may expect an out-break soon, and a wholsesome one. A movement cabinet has been formed, and Lord MEL BOURNE, for the sake of appearances, ,is placed at its head. The prime minister, however, is Lord JOHN RUS SELL, and the master of Lord JOHN iS DANIEL O'CON NELL. The agitator has counted his beads fa — some ad vantage, and it would be well for the protestants of Ire land to prepare for the consequences. They are now at the mercy of a " Death's Head and Cross Bones" ad ministration'. How far the King has yielded we are unable to say— w.hat are liii - Mitiesty's prospects we cannot conjecture. The most remarkable feature in the case is, that the same men have been. recalled to "office whom the King dis missed in November last, with the exception of Lord BROUGHAM, Mr. LITTLETON, and Lord SPENCER. The present is, in every sense, a weaker and more in competent ministry than that which was turned adrift in November. How, then, can such men hope to carry on the govern ment ? They have not the influence, nor the moral force, nor the majorities which they had in the last parliament. They are completely at the mercy of O'CONNELL ; and they can only hope to forward their measures through the House of Commons under the convoy and by the strength of the "tail." Disguise it as we may, the protestant people of these realms have no -overruling voice in the British Parliament! Lament it as' we may, still this is the deplorable and humiliating fact; Our church, our lands, our houses, our goods and chattels, our LIVES AND LIBERTIES, are at the disposal of a rapacious, dishonest, and sacrilegious knot of Irish papists. The same class of bigots and levellers whose schemes of fraud JAMES 11. encouraged, have now supretne power in the popular at sembly of the nation. They require no aid from the crown—they actually posseis more power than the crown can confer—tney are OUR MASTERS ! ! Do not suppose reader that we are drawing upon the imagination in order to arouse your apprehensions. The case is plain enough. Why is it that the same men now deem themselves strong enough to conduct public affairs ? Simply because they have changed their principles, and have resolved to purchase the support of the popish fac tion by consigning Ireland, and the protestant church in Ireland, to their uncontrolled and exclusive management. Take it, says Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and do with II eland what you please. Give us power and place, and we in return will give you Ireland. These are obviously the terms of the unhallowed compact. The church, the cor porations, the law offices, and the patronage of the sister island, are given over to O'CONNELL in recompence for 01CONNELCS support in the,House of Commons. All the villany of the compact, which the Times so ably ex posed within the last ten days, has come to pass.— O'CONNELL'S nominee to the high office of viceroy is ac cepted by the King. WILLIAM the FOURTH has signified his assept to the nomination, by the beggar demagog,ue, of two gentlemen--BOTH PAPISTS—tO fill the offices - of attorney and solicitor-general. The mine is complete— the train is laid—the match is ready—and the word has only to be given; and we shall see scenes of blood and atrocity in Ireland, such as the eye has not beheld nor the mind conceived in modern times. We can fancy the yell of triumph which will be raised by the popish priests and their millions of ignorant and slavish 'dives when the intelligence of a cabinet so con- . structed, and so fettered by O'CONNELL, shall reach the shores of Ireland. We can imagine too the look of de spondency,, the tone of despair, the stamp of rage and in dignation, which it will excite among the protestants.— All is lost! will be the exclamation•-of some. Emigra tion is our only resource ! will be the cry of others; while with the, bolder and more courageous of our protestant cot patriots the rallying word will Iie—PREPARE FOR THE FIGHT ! Perhaps all this fear and all this indignation wilt work for good. We have this consolation in the midst of ca lamity. An over confiding people are generally the first to be betrayed. This is the situation of the protestants of Ireland. They have placed too much dependance' upon the people of England. They will °now see that . in themselves, under the blessing of PROVIDENCE, is their only security. The lion when roused from his lair will make short work with the wolves. We have always been of opinion that Ireland cannot be placed in an, ad vanced or improved , position until her condition shall have been made worse. She must endure the crisis o f the political fever before she can hope for convalescence. The crisis is now at hand. It is a crisis involving life or death—religious liberty, or idolatrous and debasing sla very. The dreamer must now awaken—the indolent must now exert himself—the sechided must now come from his retreat in the warm vale—the trifler must now burn his hobby-horse and toys, arm himself in proof, and meet the enemy, as OSSIAN says, " upon the hill or storms." It is a contest between the bible and the mass=' bookbetween the word of GOD and a .ribald abortiOn of monk filth in dog Latin. In short it is a contest be t Ween reason and divine revelation on the one hand, and disgusting fraud, superstition, and absurdity on • the other. • Tli,is is beginning to be 'understood. We takeJligl*r: grounds than these afforded by a mere question of pro perty. Property is at stake, we admit ; and property and power, by tyranny and robbery, are what O'CONNELL .and the popish priests aim at. But there is more than property to be contended' for. The protestants of Ireland are now called upon to vindicate their principleS at all hazards, assert the rights they have inherited, and prove their attachment to the pure unadulterated gospelS.which their fathers made doubly sacred by their blood, and left them to their protection as a blessed legacy. • But it will be asked IS the son of GEORGE aware of the consequences, especially in a spiritual sense, which must follow his giving power—alas, absolute power !—and patronage to the papists of Ireland ?" We believe his Majesty is fully convinced of the awfully respOnsible position in which he is placed ; and 'w* can state, upon- the most unqUestionable authority, that he anxiously seeks the advice and throws himself upon the protectiOn of the people. :Why then, say some, if this be his • Majesty's disposition—why does not the King dissolve parliament ? Stop a bit. There is an eastern proverb which says— , it is better to .destroy the locust before von plant the shrub. It is a good proverb. Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his faction, the tail included as' his principal prop,: must be tried according to the forms sand usages of law, before they can be condemned. It is a case between our sove reign lord the King and Lord Jour, his subject. The people are the jury. If they condemn Lord JOHN the sheriff will do his duty. If they returnhiin innocent their verdict will virtually accuse the accuser, not of the specified crime, but of oppression and persecution. Let us therefore not do anything hastily. The de scendant of HENRY the EIGHTH'S favourite is on his trial. His father's lands are at stake. He professes to pillage . tin church; the people object to pillage; but they con-. .... ~`.ev-a THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. tend that if plun3er is to be the order of the day, the fair lands,'.not obtained vecy fairly,"of -.Wobarn,,Tavistock, and Ponvent :Oarden should be subjected to the first ordeal of division and spoliation. We quite agree with the people. Give us the abbey, monastic, and convent lands, and the poor rates would be reduced fifty per cent. —a consummation most devoutly to be wished. Give back. to the poor the property lavished upon panders, quaaks, services, and loose persons—give us back the dishonestly acquired lands of the Whig nobilityand gentry —give 113 back the corn fields of the monks, the tithings of the abeyant priests—the broad acres of the souls in purgatory--the le acies of the pious devised to profligates. —the.charities litncled by the orthodox and now appro priated to-infidel purposes—give us back from the - grasp of rapacity, dishonesty, and profanation all that we have a right to claim, and all that justice would award, .and there would be little to seek at the hands of the overseer and churchwarden. We ask in vain. We knock fruitlessly at the door of justice, No redress is to be obtained, in the whig su preme court. Nothing will be yielded by the patriots who hold the largest share of the stolen or mal•appropri ated property to the poor of England. No; if that were surrendered we should then have an' wholesome revolu-- lution. But, as we cannot compel them to make restitu tion, we mast do our best to prevent them from doing further mischief, by stopping their career of meditated •and avowed spoliation. The formation of the new. cabinet has unavoidably given the people a right of interference with O'CoNt , TELL'a ministerial subalterns. There 'are near a score of them who must, before they can re-enter parliament, run the gauntlet of a popular elec. tion. Lord PALmEnsTow, it is true, (lucky chance for him,) is to be saved the scandal of a second defeat by being hayforked up into the lords. 'Mr. CHARLES GRANT is to be spared and elevated in the same manner. But in Manchester, Devonshire, Penryn, Cambridge, Edintiurg,h, Leith, Stirling, Northumberland, and many other places, contests must take place, and there the first battle must be fought. We Wait the - result with some interest. The new minister for the Home Department, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, has addressed himself to the electors of South Devonshire, and in that important county, before many days, the question will be tried, namely, Is THE Cuunell OF ENGLAND TO STAND on FALL It will be observed by those who take the trouble to read the document, that Lord JoHN particularly, if not exclusively, addresses himself to the dissenters. He does not condescend to acknowledge that there are any other class of christians in that portion of the country who are entitled to his respect. His promises to the dissenters are large and liberal. He is to give a charter to the joint-stock school called the London University. He is to amend the bill brought in by Sir ROBERT PEEL, in reference to dissenters' marriages.' He is to remove all the "well-founded grievances" of the dissenters ; and he is to establish a "civil register of births and deaths" for the benefit of the dissenters. All this civility-and fawning towards one portion of the King's subjects has a meaning; but what erect it will hav - e upon the constituency of Devonshire remains to be seen. What interest they take in a London school, ma= naged by jobbing unitarians, we cannot conjecture_; but we mistake much if they do not, at this crisis, look to mat- ters nearer home, and to that church to which the majo rity of them are affectionately attached, and which is now, by Lord JOHN RUSSELL and certain popish conspirators, threatened with destruction. On this subject we have reason to know that the inhabitants of the county of De vOn feel keenly. They manfully opposed the popish bill of 1829 ; Mr. BASTARD•was retnrned by the electors on pure protestant principles; Lord EBRINGTON was de feated by the same parties on the same grounds ; Sir THOMAS ACLAND lost his influence because he was known to be favourable to .the popish claims; and we deceive ourselves greatly if that old spirit be not revived on the present occasion and made to bear most powerfully against the pretensions of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. At any rate the noble lord has plainly avowed his principles and his intentions. The appropriation clause bf the House' of- Commons-440 .be .4:14 rried effect by the new administration. The revenues of the.pro testant church in Ireland, are to be taken from the church and expended in the education of the Roman catholics. The first step in the march of spoliation is to be made in Ireland. The principle of church robbery is defended for the first time by a minister of the crown—by a ser vant of that gracious prince who has sworn to maintain inviolate the protestant church as established by law in these realms. The son of the good king, GEORGE 111., has been compelled, by a most unnatural alliance, to re ceive as his advisers a set of men who assert the right to appropriate the revenues of the church in any way they please, thereby condemning the principles of our holy religion, and saying to the spirit of protestantism, THUS FAR •SHALT THOU GO AND NO FARTHER The object of the minister is to restore the Romish religion in Ireland, and extirpate that which was esta blished at the reformation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL says that where there is no protestant congregation there should be no church and no endowed pastor. The mean- ing of this is—there shall for the future be no pro- 1 testants in that particular place. The very name of our religion is to be blotted out. The ensigns of our church are to be torn down; the emblems of our faith obliterated; the records of our protestant fathers destroyed, and the house of prayer converted into a gin-palace, a ma ss ... house for mummery, or a den for thieves. This is the meaning of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S appropriation clause, It is in effect a sweeping and unhallowed PROSCRIPTION of the protestant religion in Ireland. What right has Lord Jowl, or any other man, to assume, that because There are at present but a few protestants in a particula district, there never will be any increase of their number'? He not only passes judgment on the existing generation, but be also dives into futurity, and condemns the unborn, preventing those who may live hereafter from partici pating in the blessings of our reformed religion. The Church was established for all generations.. It was founded for the worship of those who now live, or may live after we of the present day are in our graves. The appropriation clause, however, robs those who have not yet come into the . world. It deprives our children, and our children's children, of their rightful inheritance, and it gives popery a power and a cradling place whiCh it had not before. We `. have said that Lord JOHN RUSSELL restricts the 'operation of his spoliation experiment to Ireland. 'Why to Ireland ? Simply because any scheme of fraud prac tised against her is less loudly condemned than it would be if committed in England. But the minister's princi ple is as applicable to England as it is to Ireland---to Devon as to Down. The clergy and the. electors of De vonshire must think of this. The children of unitarians, independents, anabaptists, and other sectarians in De vonshire, are as much entitled to be educated at the ex pense of the church of England as the children of Roman Catholics and similar dissenters are in Ireland. It Would not be robbery more in the one case than the other i i And to this it will come, from one end of England to, the other, and from one end of Scotland to the other like wise, if Lord JOIPT RUSSELL'S administration (for it is absurd to call it Lord MELBOURNE'S) are suffered to re main many months in office. We throw out these hints as hard nuts for the elector's of Devonshire to crack at their leisure. If they return Lord JOHN RUSSELL they will strike a blow at the church of England, the-effects of which will be felt when perhaps they bitterly regret it. We say the same to the electors of Cambridge. If they support the plundering principle in the person of Mr. SPRING RICE, they will commit foul murder on themselves. The universities cannot survive the downfall of the church. The revenues of the col leges would be a rich bone for some future poodle of the house of Bedford. Once rob the university and 'what would become of the town of Cambridge? The ruined tailor would be in its gaol ; the broken down cobbler in his last shoes; the once jolly landlord would be a lean man, living upon the parish and his recollections ; in short it would be a town with empty shops and uninha bited houses. If the electors, therefore, have any pot- (ion of sense beyond that belonging to the inferior animals, they will not lose a moment in exchequering the rejected of Limerick. What is to be done in Manchester? Mr. I:!OUI,ETT THOMSON has been appointed to the office of President of theßoard of Trade, and the probability is.that he will be required to condescend to exhibit himself before the electors of Manchester, at a time when his name andper son are not in the sweetest odour. We'have no Wish•tdunderrate the pretensions of Mr. POULETT THOXSON, but we never could consider him as anything else than a presuming, but at the same time a very contemptible, quack. If the word quack should give offerreeto Mr. ADY, or any other equally respectable per son, we have no objection to explain and withdraw it, as they do in the House of Commons,,and substitute words more delicate, and of course more agreeable. Mr. Pou- LETT I C HomsoN, then, is only a political economist, who understands, by the " liberal intercourse of nations," the line of policy which most conduces to the interest of foreigners, and the honest importers of Baltic timber from . Canada, at the expense of the merchants of his own country. , What claims Mr. POULETT THOMSON has - on the great body iof the electors of Manchester, we never could cor rectly ascertain. He conferred some small favours on a few cottop dealers, dyers, and cotton printers of tha t town ; but - we are not_aware that he ever, in the slightest degree, did anything for the welfare• of the community, or ever sympathized with the popular feelings. As a proof that he has done quite the reverse, we print his letteiovhich he wrote in reply to an application for his mite of contribution to an unhappy and desolate family— in behalf of the widow and orphans of an useful and meritorious officer well known in Manchester. Let; us premise, however, by stating that a Mr.. 'BAILEY, an officer, we believe, connected with the police, in attempting to save a boy who had fallen into the rivet: tartar-a flood, was drowned. He left behind bjm widow and several ehildren. When the accident hap pened, Mrs. BAILEY was in that helpless state whfcill Pre . - cedes confinement, and the intelligence of her husband's fate plunged her into delirium, over-mastered by which calamity her mind still remains. The, inhabitants of Manchester immediately commenced a subscription for the relief and support of the hapless family ; 'and as Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, Mr. BOOTLE WILBRAHAM, and many others had subscribed, it was deemed proper to apply to Mr. POULETT THOMSON. He. was applied to by one of his own supporters, who very naturally conceived he was doing his right honour able, friend a particular service. Not so thought Mr. POULETT Tftg*soN, the President of the Board of Trade. He sent the following answer : "13, South Audley-street, April 2d, 1835. "My dear Sir,—l have received yours of the 301 h ult. I as sure you it would give me great pleasure to affix my name to the list of subscribers to the fund raised for the family of Mr. Bai lev, and to add my mite, if I could do so without violating the rule which my friend's laid down 'for me with respect to all local subscriptions in Manchester; but Ido not think I can onsist ently with that arrangement, and as my only reply to solicitations has been that I can make no exceptions, I find myself here obliged to abstain. I trust that the division which will take place this evening will be a death-blow to the government. We shall hare a majority of from twenty to thirty, and they cannot remain after that is over; however, if they were to persevere and endeavour to drag on their exi,tence a few days longer, their ultimate defeat is;cbrtain.—Believe me, dear sir, most truly yours, "C. POULETT THOMSON." Match me this for meanness in all the annals of libe rality. Mr. Tnomsort had no thoughts or money to spare upon Mrs. BAILEY. His head was full of the hopes of place. He was planning schemes for quarter-day; he was, in anticipatiou, counting his salary, not one farthing of which could be alloWed to fructify in any pocket but his own. Mark, too, electors of Manchester! the shabby excuse, His committee would.not permit him to subscribe to any of the local charities of the town ! It would be a viola tion of the compact if he were to subscribe to the fund for Mrs. BAILEY! Why was not the application made by a member of his committee ? The unfortunate woman's case did not come under the head of " local charities." These are institutions ; and Mr. TnomsoN never was asked to contribute towards them. Mrs. BAILEY'S case was an accident, which did not come under the rule; but even if it had, Mr. THOMSON, one would think, if there had been an atom of benevolence in his disposition, would •-have auhs.cribed„ anonymously or otherwise, no matter what private rule he might violate. Such, however, is the man who was the member for Manchester, and is again a candidate for its representa tion. If the electors return him they will forever degrade themselves —hut public spirit, justice, charity forbid. Some of the Manchester journals are making a. fuss as to the way in which Mr. TnomsoN's letter was conveyed to the newspapers. What does it signify how it was procured ? Such 'a letter deserved publication. The facts speak for themselves. CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. In the present most unfortunate and alarming state of the country it is the duty of every man who has any regard for the land in which he lives, the church in Which he worships, the liberty which he enjoys, to become a membe,r of the CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION formed in his own immediate vicinity. It is with no smail degree of pleasure we perceive that these valuable and important institutions are spreading far and wide, taking for their model the principle on , which the SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIA TION has been established. Character, intelligence, pro perty, respectability, and true loyalty are combined for one great end—the support and preservation of ".the best interests, and the sacred and venerable institutions of the empire. The object of these societies is of the purest and noblest kind. Their members are the faithful adherents of the monarchy, and the unbending enemies of all those who seek the destruction of the church of England and the protestant religion. There is no secresy in their proceedings; they entertain no opinions which they do not boldly avow; they uphold peace, order, and the laws. In a word—"THE MONARCHY AND THE CHURCH, THE HONOUR, INDEPENDENCE, AND WEL FARE OP ENGLAND" is their motto., LONDON NEWS. City, Half Seven o'clock, Saturday Evening. Accounts from Alexandria to the 16th ult. state :that the plague was making the most fearful progress there, and.the deaths were estimated at 250 daily. The streets were encum bered with the cardaverous bodies of the dead. and dying. Commerce was very much affected by the virulence : of this dreadful disease. There is nothing of any importance doing in' the money market. -I',lonpy has been scarce within the last daypx tvqo, and this has caused a decline in both India bonds 'and Ex chequer bills. In the foreign . securities thegeneral tendency is in favour of an advance. The settling d 4 p - asseitoviiy on the 16th without defalcation, notwithstanding the ettitordimiry advance in the transatlantic bonds. The rise in Chilian,stock during the fortnight has not been less than 13 per. cent., in Coluiubia.n 11 per cent., iu Mexican 6 per cent., in. Peruvian 9 per cent., Portuguese bonds have also risen,' and all our northern bonds are firm. • Bank Stock 2164 3 per Cents. Cousols 921 3 per Cents. Reduced ..91i 1 31 per Ceuts. 9Bl New 3'2 per Cents 100 99i 100 India Bonds l7 1 Exchequer Bills 35 37 35 Consuls fur Account ... .92 1 1 Belgian lO3l tO4 Brazilian 874 61 71 i I Columbian . , 5I 50' Chi Han 584 7. 8 Danish 77 76• 4 Dutch 5 per Cents Dutch 2& per Cents "..57 61 Mexican ... 1504. 491 50 Portuguese ........9 81 98: 9 Russian IOS Spanish 67 1 4 3 1 Scrip B} LONDON LA7'.E,S7' NEWS. Sunday, Two . o'clock. It will be seen by the report of the debates iu the house last night, that, on Monday parliament will be adjourned .to . the 12th May, so that faction will have accomplished the suspen sion of public business fur nearly another month. Lord 'Mel bourne has denied that he has enteredinto any treaty with Mr. O'Connell; but when we see two of the tail, albeit perchance the two most respectable ones included in the new aditieistra, Lion, it is "very like a whale:" Moreover, our -readers will probably have on their minds a remembrance of : the-old habit of the whips , to individually negotiate—will )4'o have : for gotten the famous Littleton intrigue, when the right arm of the administration took care not to let the left know what it was doing. Lord Melbourne may consequently be, de facie, perfectly innocent of any treaty or . "terms"- with that despe rate band, whose silent votes have again consigned the country to Whig misrule. But is Lord John Russell equallyirt.e from • having touched the pitch? Has he had no communion with the united "tail?" Nous verronsw We understand the most strenuous exertions were used to wrest from Ldrd Hill the command of the army, but that the King would not yield. This is an On dil here, and is the sub ject of much gratulation. There is something most contemptible in the return of 'the present cabinet to power. Kicked out with the disgust they so well merited, they avail themselves of mob alliance to force themselves into the councils of their sovereign, pocket the pre vious indignity, and as complacently proceed to calculate the amount of their salaries, as though they had been entreated- to , earn them. We venture a prophecy which has found many an echo here, that the cabinet will uut exist for six months 4'i'';':177777 7 ! ~~- .a~rszr~e4z~•rs•.n+a¢~.s~•s..l~gxt~ta~rw.. ~z:±~s:c~tmarrc:~c' BOROUGH SESSIONS. John Thomas Huntington, aged 35, lately a clerk employed in the office of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, was indicted for hav ing feloniously embezzled the sum of £l. 2s. fid., which he had received for and on account of his empigyer, Richard. Paulsson, Mr. HENDERSON stated the case on the'part of the proieou tion. The learned gentleman said that the prisener at the bar was a young man lately in the employment of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD as a clerk. A gentleman, of the name of Claypole, who-keeps a woollen-draper's shop in Great Charlotte-street, and who is also a shipowner, some time since had occasion to avail himself of the columns of the 14YERPOOL STANDARD to advertiie some ships. In the month Of 'February last the pri soner called for the account due to the STANDARD for those ad vertisements, and, having - been paid by -Mt. Claypole, it was his diity to hate handed over such moneys ter his master, Mr::loat T tison, which from the evidence they would see had not been done. He was Subsequently dismissed froni the service of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, and it was then discovered that he had appropriated the money so received to his own use. He should produce evidence to prove the charge, and it would he for the jury to say whether he had embezzled the money of his em ployer. The learned counsel then called • . Mr. Henry Krebs Claypole, who stated that he was in part nership with his father as tailor and woollen-draper in Great Charlotte-street. His father was also concerned in business as a ship-owner. Ile had an account with the LIVERPOOL STAN , DARD for advertising some of his ships, ,and in February last there was money due to the STA N DA4ED for those,ad.vertise ments. Saw the prisoner at their office in Great Charlotte-street on the 11th February last, who said he had called for the ac count for advertiiing in the STANDARD. After looking at the account, he found there was an error, and the prisoner left the house, as he (witness) supposed, to get it corrected., The pri soner returned , the same day, and he paidhim £l. 2s. 6d., for which he (the prisoner) gave a receipt . . The witness here pro duced the receipt, and identified 'the signature of the prisoner. Witness' paid the money on account of his father. . Cross-examined by Mr. HALL on behalf of the prisoner:— Had known prisoner before ; he. was a long time collecting clerk for the Mercury; witness had had no transactions with him. before on account of the STANDARD. Witness and his father were in partnership only iu the business of woollen drapers and tailors, but not as shipowners. • Mr. Richard Pattisson was then called.—Witness succeeded Mr. Samuel Franceys as publisher of the LivEaPooL STAN D ARD ; the prisoner was advertising-clerk in February last, and had never accounted for the £1 2s. 6d. received from the last witness; prisoner was not now in the employ of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, as witness discharged him on the 12th February. The witness was here cross-examined at considerable length by the counsel for the prisoner,- in order to ascertain from him whether any individuals were connected with 'him in the manage ment and proprietorship of the paper. Mr. HEsrustisoiN, on behalf of the prosecution, objected to this line of examination .4.8 irrelevant to the case, in which the Recorder concurred. Re-examined.—Witness rents the premises in Castle-street --trout iho.limsees of Mr- Rigby Wav:.‘n • the ,D:isorisr was em ployed in the advertising department an d' had no pou'ei- to re ceive money without witness's authority; ,he had occasionally received money with witness's permission, but it was under peculiar circumstances, where advertisers leaving town were desirous of paying for their advertisements 'previously to their insertion ; in such a ease it was the duty of the prisoner to have given witness the amoivit. This being the case for the prosecution, Mr. HALL, for the prisoner, took an objection on the grouud that .the indictment was not sustainable in law. In the iiist place it had been proved by the witness Pattisson that he had not authorised the prisoner to receive money on his account, and he therefore submitted to the court that they could not support p. charge of embezzlement unless it had been shown lie had a general or specific authority to do, so. He would refer them to the case of the King v. Thorley, tried before Mr. Justice Parke at Warwick, where the prisoner was indicted for receiv .. iug ES 4s. 10d, The prisoner in that case was the servant of a carrier at Birmingham, and a party supposing him to be trclerk authorised to receive money on account of the carrier paid hint that sum, fur which the prisoner gave a receipt, and appropriated the money to his own use. The iearned judge, who tried the case under the 7th and Bth George I V., wouldla.ve directed an acquittal ; but on conferring with Mr. Baron Bayley they con sioered the point ought to be left to the decision of all the judges. It was so left, and they were of opinion that as the servant had no authority to receive the, money the case did not come within the mean ing of those statutes, and that the convic tion was wrong. The present he contended was a similar case, and he was convinced thatthe court would decide that as no ge neral or specific authority had been given to the prisoner he was entitled to an acquittal. Mr. Pattisson re-examined by the Recorder.—Witness gave no authorityto receive this money ; the prisoner has occasionally received money as previously stated; Mr. Claypole is a trades man of the town of Liverpool. The REOOKOER.—In that case he considered that the indict ment did not come within the meaning of the act under which it had been laid. Mr. HENDERSON thought that a question for the jury to de cide as the prisoner had received the money in questiop by virtue of his situation, and referred to a case wliere a conviction had taken place: a clerk having not received orders from, his master to receive money, but one of his partners. Mr. HALL.—Here there was no authority froin the master's partner; and the act stated that there must be general or spe cific instructions to receive money to support a charge of em bezzlement. _ After some conversation, the Rsconota said that the indict ment had not been sustained. Mr. HEN !JERSON concurred with ' the learned Recorder in his view of the law of the case, and the prisoner was discharged. CONVICTION OF AN ATTORNEY FOR FELONY. Charles ill'Hardy, a shabby-genteel looking man, aged 30, and John Fairclough, aged 24, were indicted for stealing a cop per tea-kettle, the property of. an ironnionpr, named Jones. M'ElArdy pleaded guilty. - ft appeared from the evide,ice.that the prisoner, on the 2d of March last, went to the shop of the prosecutor, in Dale-street, and bargained for a copper tea-kettle of the value of Us. lie requested the prosecutof to send a per son with him to his house in Grosvenor-street with the kettle and he would there receive the money. A shop lad was sent accordingly and Mg-lardy took him to the house, knocked at the door, and Fairclough opened it. M`liairly then took the kettle from the lad and handed it to Fairclough, when the door was shut. M'llardy then told the lad that his wife was not in but he would go and fetch the money. As tb.cy were going along, the prisoner said that if the boy would go back"fiahe house again his mistress rronbl, by thattilae, beat Imam au.sihe would get the money. The lad returned, and on his way meet ing with Thursby, the officer, they went to the house together, and having got in at the back door found it quite empty. Thursby watched the house the night following and appre hended both prisoners just as they were playing a similar trick with a boy who had brought some decanters according to M'Hardy's order. Fairclough then acknowledged that the kettle had been pawned the night it was stolen at Perry's, a pawnbroker, which, on inquiry, proved to be cot rect. These facts being proved Fairclough was found guilty of receiving. Mr. RA INCOCK, the barrister, who appeared for. the prosecu tion, said that there was another indictment against the -pri soners for stealing the decanters. The RECOItDER thought that the justice of the case would be met without going into the second charge. Mr. R A iNcocK coincided in opinion, but at the same time was bound to inform the court that the two cases were 'selected amongst numerous others of •fraud and swindling against the prisoners. M'ilardy was an attorney of the common pleas, re sident in the town, who served his time with a Mr. Green, and there was every reason to suppose that the prisoner Fairclough had been his dupe. The prisoner, Mg - lardy, here said, that he felt it his duty to say that Fairclough was entirely innocent; he had sent him to pledge the kettle, and other things, but Fairclough was not aware how he becanie possessed of them. The Recorder then sentenced Wllardy to seven years trans portation, and Fairclough to four months imprisonment. THE NEW MINISTRY. The King arrived in town on Saturday, at one o'clock, from Windsor, and held a counc il, a t w hi c h the' members of the late administration, with the exception of Lor&Wharneliffe, and it is said of Lord Ellenborough, attended, and delivered up their seals of office. The following is an official list of the statesmen c o mposing the new cabi ne t : — First Lord of the Treasury ...... Lord Melbourne. President of the Council First Lord of the Admiralty Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Lord Holland. Woods, Works, and P riv y S ea l. L or d D uncannon . Home Secretary • • Lord J. Russell. Foreign Secretary Colonial Secretary i Mr. CParles Grant. India Board Secretary at. War ... Board of Trade - Mr. Poulett Thomson. Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Spring Rice. NoT IN THE CABINET. Joint Secretaries of the Treasury S Mr. Francis Baring. " ?Mr. E. J. Stanley. • Attorney General Sir J. CamPhell. Solicitor-General • Mr. Rolfe. Judge Advocate-General Mr. Cedar Fergusson. 'Postmaster-General Paymaster General and Tres. of Navy Sir H. Parnell. Clerk of the Ordnance Col. Leith Flay. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Chancellor of Ireland Lard Plunkett. Attorney-General lot Ireland Mr. Perrin. Solicitor-General for Ireland Air. O'Loughlin. Lord Advocate of Scotland Mr, John Arch. Murray. Solicitor-General for Scotland The Great Seal is to be put in Conarmalieu. • Lord Seymour and Mr. W. H. Orditaye been appointed Lords of the Treasury. Lord Dalmenv and Admiral Adtm have been appointed Lords of the Admiralty. It is understood that Mr. Fox Mettle will he appointed Under- Secretary of State for the Home Department, and Lord F.ord wich Under-Secretary for the Foreign Department, iu the place of Lord Mahon. The appointments in the Household, with the exception of that of Lord Chamberlain, which has been conferred upon the Marquess of Conyngham, have not yet been declared, and we believe it is still uncertain who the Secretary for Ireland is to be.. The general opinion, however, is, that Lord Morpeth will ' be the Irish Secretary, and that Sir George Grey, who had also been mentioned for that important office, will resume his former situation of Under-Secretary in the Colonial Department. The offices of Secretary of the AOmiralty, Secretary to the Board of Control, and some other offices, are still vacant, but it is expected that they will be filled up by Monday and among the gentlemen named as likely to be appointed to. diem ace M.r., Charles Wood, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Robert (* . don and other well-known reformers. SUPPLEMENT TO ME LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, APRIL 17. r SATURDAY APRIL DI 4 the Court of St. James's, the 18th d a y o f April—Present, -the King's. Most Excellent MajestrinCouncil— This day .the. Right .1 - IPnourabie Henry Grey (commonly called Viscount Howick) . was, by . his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's .Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at - the Board accordingly. At the Court, at St. James's, the iBth ,day of April—Present, the King's Must Excellent M a j est y i n C ounc il — His Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare the Right Honourable Henry Marquis of Lausd4rwneLord Presi ' dent of his- Majesty's Most liOnottrahle Privy Council, and his Lordship took his place at the Board according - Ir . - His Majesty having been pleased to. tippeint . ihe Right Ho nourable Henry John. Viscount Palmerston, the Right Ho nourable John Russell (commonly called Lord John Russell), and the Right Honourable Charles Grant, to be three of his • Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, they vera this day, by his Majesty's command, sworn three of his .Iylaj;:sty's Princi pal Secretaries of State accordingly. His Majesty in Council was this. day pleaSed to appoint the Right Honor' rable..Cnarles Porilete ThomsOn. President of the Committee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and ForeignPlautatious. -WILLMER'S NEWS-ROOMS TO THE EDITOR OF TEE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sta,—Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha, be ! Ha, ha, ha, be, he,lseq. —he, he, he have laughed till my sides ache; the joke hat saved mo twomeals already, fur I could take neither dinnei nor tea": fur laughter! What do you think I Some wag has put Mr. Willmer's address to Lord John RUsselt into his fob! L-what an adVeuture! it is worth anything for the Mercury;-- poor Butt! he will rave on Friday next,—as for Mr. Wilimet himself he is in a great pet aboueit, for he requests (in a note posted on the news-room wall) the "impudent. gen tl ema n" t o be so polite as to return the same, and he requests the gentle men who signed the flitted sheet to sign a second, which is nailed down to the desk for safety. However, they seem to "augur" ill of the exit of the first, and up to - this present time there is Only a "Rev. J: Parry" who has found suflieient courage to head the docuMent. This gentleman's name at tracted some notice in the lost sheet, and many anxious in quiries were made as to who the rev. gentleman could be.. One said that he is a pri e r) of the holy mother; another said that. he is a " teacher and preacher" of the new light, &'c. As fer the poor devil who acted as eonveyancir in the pidsent instance, I hope that he will take care of his prize, now that lie has got it; it is a precious document to look at;--det .bd framed and posted up in the new market!--Yours, Sze. A TORY. EXECUTIONS MARY Bua l tiiicx, the Woman whose trial for .the murder of her lodger, Mrs. Smith, we gave at considerable length in the STANDARD s of Friday and Tuesday last, was executed at Brtstol on Wednesday morning. la her last moments she neither admitted nor denied her guilt. Ems IN J EFFERY was executed on the same day at Gloucester, for the murder of Mr. Bens, at Stow. This malefactor, it will be remembered, confessed his guilt on his first apprehension for the crime for which he suffered death. The circumstances attending both these cases were very extraordinary ones, as r - gards the detection of the guilt of the parties. LOCAL NEWS'. CHARITY SERMON.—A sermon will be preached on Sunday next, at. St. Paul's Church, by , the Rev J. W. Stafford, after which a collection will be made in aid of the funds belonging td the schools of St. Paul's and St. Matthews' churches. The Mayor and several members of the corporation have expressed their intention of being present. THE LIVERPOOL ADDRESS TO LORD JOHNI.---"The, literary, gander, or servaut of all-work to the Journal, who cooks up a Saturdsly's hash, composed of the broken victuals and trencher scrapings of the _week, for that intellectual periodical, has, it ap pears, given us au awful scolding. Why the poor thing should have worked itself into such an hyeterical.', tit .of passion, we are entirely at a loss to guess. As the local historians of pass inis events, coming immeoietety under eux-eleservation, we no ticed iu our last STANDAR D the attempt making to get tip an address to Lord John, the little political 'pttechinello, whose wires have been so dexterously moved - by its showman O'Con nell. In order to give something like publicity to' the address. we transcribed it, and that the world might have an upPortunitv of estimating its importance as expressing the feelings of tills people of this town, generally, we extracted some half dozen names appended to it, and' among them that of "Godfrey Barnsley, of India Buildings and Brougham Terrace," never once dreaming that these gentlemen were not proud of noto riety—never once imagining that they were ashamed of their opinions as Unitarians, or of their political principles as radical levellers. For doing, this, the scullion of the -Journal has belched forth against us its whole stock of " words vituperative." The solemn gravity of the poor creature is exceedingly comis cal. How the address gets on we know not, this being, like all radical movements, kept as profound a secret as the mysteries of free-masonry. We have more important matters to attend to, so we shall dismiss the cackle of the Journal and the address to • Lord John as things alike of no earthly consequence whatever. VESTRY MEETINGS —The annual general vestry will be held this day at the usual place for the purpose of electing church wardens, sidesmen, and the select vestry of the parish of Liver pool for the ensuing year. Another vestry will also be held on Wednesday for the purpose of electin g "eighte en o f th e mos t substantial inhabitants of the town" to form, together with the Mayor, Recorder, and other justices of the borough, the board known as the commissioners of lighting, watching, &c. On both these occasions we would earnestly impress upon the minds of those who occupy the property, and, consequently, pay nearly the whole of the sums levied upon the parish. the necessity of being present, and not permitting their officers to he elected by persons who either pay no parochial taxes at all, or but a very inconsiderable portion of them; by persons who never enter the church but on these occasions. BUt we more especially recoin mend their attendance on Wednesday, when the " eighteen of the most substantial inhabitants of the town" are to be elected. We would ask them into whose hands has their supineness de legated this trust ? Do they come under the description of " the most substantial ?" Is the now-existing board of " teen"—for by these men the whole business of the board has been transacted—composed of persons who possess the con& dence of the town generally ? The question will, we think, be answered unaniosously—" No, it is not." If this be the case, sweep them out of office at once, and give us others with whom gentlerhen can act. The old " eighteen" hate held office and performed the part of commissioners quite long enough to prove their incompetence as men of business. THROWING VlTRion.—On Saturday night about eight o'clock. a. gentleman walking along Castle-street was accosted by a woman who, we have heard, lived in his service, and who, for some robbery committed while in it, had been tried, convicted, and imprisoned. She asked him for money. He said that he would give her some, if she would promise to change her way of life. Ile had scarcely spoken when the woman threw a quantitv'of vitriol, which she had in a cup, in his face. The vitriol caused temporary blindness and pain. He was Mime- - diately taken to Mr. Butler, the druggist's shop, where suitable remedies were applied, and which, in a short time, removed the pain and the smarting from his face and eyes. The woman was seized by a spectator of the assault, and conveyed iu custody to Bridewell. . NORTHERN HOSPITAL—We understand that the Rev. Jona than Brooks, the senior rector, has undertaken to preach a cha rity sermon on behalf of this very valuable institution. The sermon will be preached on Sunday morning next, at St. Pe ter's church. Situated in a densely populated district of thd town and in the immediate neighbourhood of-tlittAreatlinsiiiutis docks, this hospital has, since it was opened, beee the means of affording prompt assistance in numerous cases of accidents. The applications for admission to it ale daily increasing in number; but the trustees are compelled to turn matey applicants away for want of accommodation for more than a very limited number of in-door patients. To increase the accommodation, funds are required; and it is with a view of iricreesjng the pre-' sent-income that the rector has undertaken to plead the cause of the hospital before his congregation. Tile NEW CHANNEL.—We saw, the other day, a striking proof of the immense importance of this comparatively new discovery. As usual, during spring tides, the Rock Channel was, at low water, nearly dry. At the same time, the Post-office steamer, with the Dublin Mail, was sailing down the Formby Channel and getting to sea through the New Channel. Before the discovery of this channel, the packet, when low water hap pened early in the evening, used to drop down with the tide, and anchor off Wallasey, the mail and passengers being conveyed thither by another conveyance, causing both expense and delay. NEW PLERAGES.—II is said that Lord Palmerston, Mr. Charles Grant, and Mr. Littleton are to be raised to the peer-. age. The first because he has been appointed to the office of Secretary for Foreign Affairs without having, or the slightest chance of gaining, a seal in the House of Commons ; the second because his re-election for Inverness is something more than doubtful; and the third as the reward for his moderation in the scramble for the power and emoluments of' office. In these promotions to the up _per house it it strange that Dr: Bowling and Sir John Key, Baronet, :should - be overlooked. On Monday last, the large steam vessel Commerce arrived here from Liverpool, laden with rigging and other materials for the new ship Orleana, then on the stocks, and intended to be At the appointed time the launch tla.,kricphleadceo,nbtuhtetdhaeyslhoilpli:ain thogu.g h aided by the powerful assistance of the steamer, could he moved only a short distance from the place where she was built. Wednesday, about mid-day, the attempt was again made, but with no better success; when a stone, or piece of timber, supposed to have been thrown:, by someinischievous boy, was discovered under the ship's bottom, and had occasioned the unlucky failure in the launch. Yester- - day, however, the obstruction having been removed, the vessel went off in floe style, in the presence of an immense concourse of spectators, and being taken in tow by the Commerce, Captaiu Church, was safely moored in our harbour. The Orleaua me a . - sures 648 tons register, and is the largest ship ever built at this port. In the evening, Mr. J. Aitken, of Liverpool, accom panied by a slumber of gentlemen and friends iu this town, sat down to an excellent dinner, provided by Mrs. Dixon, of the British Hotel, !:z her usual good style - . Many excellent and appropriate toasts were given on the occasion , and the company themselves until a late hour.---ilfan.r Paper. PRESTON AnnnEss TO SIR R. PEEL.—We mentioned in our last, that at a very short notice an address, to which were at tached the names of between .three and four hundred persons. had been sent to Sir R. Peel, echoing the like sentiments of esteem and confidence that characterise the nitinberless ones which are being presented to that distinguished statesman ; we are now enabled to say that the meneuriel has bceu acknow-: !edged in the most grateful manner, • with au assurance to the subscribers that their expression of respect for his person, and satisfaction with his measures, has afforded the highest reward which the services of any public: man can receive.—Preston. Pilot. DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THESOLTON AND LEIGH RAIL-: w y.—A woman, named Ahn Wotitf,, the wife of a farmer at Westhought on, and her infant daughter, about nine months old, lost their lives ou the Bolton aria on Saturday last, in the following 'melancholy -manner :—Tbe unfortunate woman was going, with her child. in her arms, to fetch the cows from a field which is separated froin . the rest of the farm by the railway, and as she stood at the fehi of the style leading to the' railway, one of the cows attempted to force its way thrhugh the fence on the opposite side in ortler7to get to h er . A tra i n o f f our carriages, filled with ashes for the 'repair of the ro a d, was at that moment descending the inclined plane, at th e ra t e o f twenty five miles in the hour , a nd she fearimt as is supposed, that the cow might - be killed by the tra i n 'should it attempt to cross the' road, ran across herself for the purpose of driving it back. The engineer, who was in the thi r d w agger, saw her cross the road; but . it, was utterly impossible for him to stop the train; and when he had passed the spot lie slw her lying on the rails, and the child at sonic distance from her, the train having knocked her doWn and guile over her. The son of th e un f ortuna t e woman * who was working in an a d joining field, saw her at the style and also observed the train of waggons Corning ,lowu the incline; and missing his mother after they had passed, he immediately ran to see what had happened to her. lie found her lying ou the road almost dead, with an arm and a leg literally cut off. by the w h e els of the carriages; and the blood Bowing from her wounda in the greatest profession = The child was lying at a short (Us.: tance from her, must dreadfully crushed. Struck with horror at the shocking sight, the boy proceeded as quickly as ho eoulct to inform his father and brothers of the melancholy event, and although they were not many . seCoMis before they reached thu spot . , the unfortunate Womaneitpirectitiet us they got up'to her. tier body was Conveyed i n t o t he tl e ld fOrtlywith, together with the child, and the latter died about five rnruutei after, An in quest was held on the bodies before 111 r ., W. d. Hatter, on Mon-: day last, when it was clearly proved that the engineer was not to blame, as the incline is one mile and a quarter long, with a -fall of from one inch to one inch and a quarter in the yard; and the train was therefore necessarily proceeding at such a- Speed that he could not have stopped it. 'the jury returned ar verdict of Accidental Deal h —2llcinclielteir Co'oritr. At St George's church, Bloomsbury, on Sunday last, Bishop' Maltby preached a sermon in favour of .the• radical university in the presence of the ex-efiittroellor : - (Brougham). This ec centric gentleman attracted great notice on account f.F the sin-' gularity of his attire—a frock-coat of the fashionable colour, light ACri...ide brown, a brilliant embroidered velvet vest, and trowsers of Scotch plaid, very broad pattern; a black silk stock, too small for his neck; a maJsive gold chain, crossing , from ono pocket to the other,