The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-25 00:00:00

DECEMBER 25, 1535 Unquestionable honour, of excellent business habits, and a fit and proper person to discharge the duties of any office under the new corporation. He is a large.ship owner, gives employment to vast numbers of persons in Liverpool, and on that score alone, apart from his other qualifications, may be considered to have strong claims upon the suffrages of the electors. Mr. John. Nelson Wood is the third candidate for this ward. He is an extensive shipowner, is deeply interested in the prosperity of Liverpool, an old freeman, having served his apprenticeship to the late William Ewart, and is, by the character he bears, ~the _talents he possesses, and his staunch attachment to the clinrsh of England, as worthy of support as any nfthe candidates oil' the list. The radicals are as-follows,. Air. Thomas Bolton, who is now a burgess, but 'who had, the singulir assurance of calling himself one some :few, weeks before he Was a burgess. He is well known in the town of Liverpool .and in the 'courts of law.., He. is an. UNITARIAN I He has been put forward, or he has . unfortunately put himself forward, as. -the champion of Civil and religions liberty, upon . Which.-Ale : tramples with scorn in his own person, inasmuch as being a narrow and . bigoteil secta rian, he would level all .persuasions to his own, and if possible take possession, of the established churches, as his friends, who dishonestly call themselves presbyterians, have taken possession of some hundred chapels in En- - gland, and have converted ,them into places of desola tion. From his litigious habits, from his sour temper, from his disagreeable disposition, Ile is the most danger ous and exceptionable person who appears upon the list of candidates.. If there he any sense or spirit among the electors, Mr. Thomas Bolton must be rejected. Mr. ,Walrnsley is only known as a corn-broker, and that not much. beyond ,the Corn Exchange. What his qualifications are for a seat in the council are totally un known tons, and we believe to the burgesses generally. Mr. Charles Birch is one of ttre-proprietors_ef:a weekly paper called The Albion, and, to give him his due, is a very reSPeciable . man. 7th Ward.—(St. Peter's.) The conservative candi dates are three of the most influential and respectable merchants and shipowners of the town, who are deeply interested in its prosperity, and upon whose enterprise a very large number of tradesmen and artisans are depen dant. Mr. Thomas Tobin is: connected with several mercantile establishments, and is otherwise so well known and so highly esteemed- that no further notice need - be made of him. Mr. William Potter is-a native of Liver-, pool," a partner in the extensive mercantile house of Taylor, Potter, and Co., is a gentleman of superior acquirements, and of unblemished -honour and repu, tation. . • - These gentlemen are Apposed by Mi;TlfOri: Blackburne, who we understand is a,surgeon, residing in some part of the town, but where. we cannot exactly tell. If he have any practice his time 'ought to be better employed than in playing leech to the corporation—if he have but an indif ferent practice we would earnestly recommend him to study the best practical and rational means of increasing it. 'The corporation has been sufficiently reformed al ready, and does not require the use of the lancet or any more physic, unless administered by more skilful hands. The second radical _is Mr: Joseph Langton, brother-in law of Mr. Wm. Earle, candidate for Abercrombv ward, cousin of Mr. Joseph Hornby, candidate for Everton ward, and : cousin of Mr. Hugh Hornby, , candidate for Pitt-street ward—all in the family wa y , according to the strict. principles, of. reform. Mr. Langton'e family we understand wgeall noted for their loyalty and their attachment to, tory:principles ; where and When the pre- sent candidate wa,slaten, and imbibed his new ideas, we do not preten4 to know. Mr. Robert Roskell is a Roman catholic, but we make this distinction in his favour, he is an English'iloman catholic, and a vet respectable and wealthy man. 13th Ward.(St. Anne's.) The radical candidates are, Ist, Mr. Richard Alison, jun., son of the deeply la mented and excessively benevolent Richard Alison, Esq. Whether his lamented father left him a legacy of intellec tual qualities equal to the money he bequeathed him we have no means of ascertaining; but this we will say, that if in his intercourse with the world he has picked up a sufficiency of- ideas to qualify him for the office to which he aspires, he has done more than those who know him best gire him credit for, We have only to add, and the word is enough—he is an UNITARIAN 2d, Mr. Edward Cropper, brother to Mr. John Crop per, jun., candidate for South Toxteth Ward, is a mer chant, and was a Quaker; what he is now we cannot tell. 3d, Mr. Thomas Coglan, the inventor and proprietor, at least in part, ,of that magnifint thing, the pride of Liverpool -and the admiration of all strangers, which adorns the fair bosom of 'the river Mersey, and is called by the profane the floating tub,",where old men smoke their pipes and are delighted with the gambols of aquatic bipeds—drink beer in summer by day and something. stronger than beer by night. He is, besides, an auc tioneer and an UNITARIAN! These certainly, be yond all denial, are splendid qualifications for a common councillor ! ! ! Mr. Nathan Lithetlancl is also a native of Liverpool, is an extensive - West India merchant of the firm of Heyes, Litherland, and Co., and is intimately connected with, and deeply interested in the town, and trade of Liverpool. The above candidates are. all firm and sin orre members of the Church,of 'England Opposed to these valuable members of this community are tc'o shopkeeperfi, and one that was a shopkeeper. The two first (Mr. Woollwright and Mr. Bright) sel loot tops and ' silks by retail, the one in 80ld -street, and the other we do not exactly know where. Our recollections of the last (Mr. Rushton) begin and end with his shop in Pool-lane. They can have no practical interest or influ ence except behind their counters, and they give employ ment to few persons besides those who attend upon their customers. What pretensions, then, we ask, have such men to seats in the Common Council of Liverpool? Bth Ward.—(Pitt-street.) The radicals are William Rathbone, Hugh Hornhy, and W. R. Preston—the first and last are-;--UNITARIANSI. Mr. Hugh Hornby is brother of Mr. Joseph 'Hornby, candidate for Evertor), ward, upon the old reform principle that two (too) many members of the same family ought not to be in the same council. Mr. Win. Rathhone is. particularly esteemed for his courteous demeanour towards our late respected representative, General GascOyne. He is in the Ameri can trade, and his manners as well as his principles are purely republican: W.-Preston is, we believe, an iron founder—a young man of no experience, and very little known.- ; Apposed. by three conservatives, Mr. John Bibby, Mr: Aldernian Peter Bourne,' and M. Thomas C. Molyneuicair sta - rotch members and supporters of the church of England. Mr. Bibby has been a resident in Liverpool for upwards of thirty years, and h 4 been engaged, and still is 'engaged in mercantile paeuits, which give employment to;vast numbers of worlimen, and promote the prosperitYoNhis town. He is also a large shipowner, and is Otherwise a gentleman of great enterprise, of much pia6tical' knoWledge, of unspotted eputation, and unquestionable independence. Mr: Alderman Peter' Bourne and Mr. T. C.Molyneux, are both natives of Liverpool, the former having served with great credit the office of mayor, and devoted his time to the ardtions duties of a magistrate for many yeati-L—the latter is an independent man, and well qua lified to fill the honourable office to which he aspires. .9th Ward.---(Great - George's.)—The conservative The conservatives for the above ward, in opposition to the two UNITARIANS and the candidate who was a Qualimr, are Mr. Richard Jones, of the firth of Jones, Mann, and FoSter, Mr. Edward Gibbon, of St. Anne street, who has devOted many Of the most anxious years Of his life to the maintenance of the public charities, and, lastly; Mr. John Davies, a well-known and universally esteemed merchant. All of these gentlemen possess qualifications that admirably • fit them to discharge the duties of the Office to which they aspire. They are all true and sincere members of the Church of England! 14th Ward:—(West Derby.)—The conservative can didates are, Ist,.,Mr. John Shaw Leigh, a gentleman of immense property, who, with his family, have rendered eminent services. to 'the town of Liverpool, who is a mem ber of the corporation, and who has, by the urbanity of his manner and the kindness of his disposition, endeared himself to all classes'of his fellow-toatnsmen. 2d, Mr. Joseph Sandars, is well known as one of the original projec4ers of tho Liverpool and Manchester Railway---a gentleman of acknowledged talents, of candidates are; Ist; Mr. Alderman Lawrence, a gentle• man whOse character is above saspiciod, who has long served in the town as an able and efficient magistrate, and who, as a large shipowner and extensive merchant, employs numerous tradesmen, anti is considerably iden tified with the prosperity of Liverpool. 2d, is Mr. James Lawrence, who is extensively engaged in trade, is gene rally esteemed, and would malip a very useful member of the council. The 3d, is Mr. Joseph Cooper, a most respectable tradesman, who has served on the select vestry for many. years, and : has accordingly rendered gratuitous and invaluable benefits to this community. These three candidates, we are glad to say, are all mem bers of the established church'! By a singular and rather comical coincidence these three gentlemen are. only oPposed by two reformers. The one Mr. JaMes Aikin, a merchant, who has the extensive liberality to . build :all his ships in the Isle of Man, no doubt ferthe purpbse of advancing the inter ests of the shipwrifhts of Liverpool. 'He is a Scotch- , man, but we belieV'e,: nOt'a unitarian. The other is Mr. Wellwood Maxwell, a respectable man, who is, we un derstand, about to return to hiS 'native country, as soon As the nevi house he ishoildiUg there is prOPerly warmed. In that case it will be exceedingly inconvenient for Mr. Maxwell to be in Dumfrieshire, and in the Common Council Room of LiverpoOlatthe'Sanie time. 10th Ward - .—(lfodney-Street) - The whig candidates ire Mr. Thomas Holt'-an UNITARIAN!—Mr. Eyre Evans who is a merchant and shipowner, of good family connexions, but who, unfortunately,- has .mixed. himself up with a political sect to the great disparagement of his acknowledged talents—and the third, Mr. Lasscll, swine merchant, a respectable' enough person in his way, but of no standing whatever to entitle him to a seat in the new corporation. Mr. Thomas Holt, we beg to observe, is related by marriage to Mr. Thomas Bolton, the candi date for the Castle-street ward. The electors of Liver pool know little, and care less, about Mr. Thomas Holt— the Excise know a great deal about him ! • Opposed to these, .on the . .conservative side, are Dr. Brandreth; Mr. Henry - Lawrence, and Mr. J. H. Turner tnembers of the Church of England! The merits of these three gentlemen are so well known, that to dwell Upon them would be superfluous. The eminent talents of the son of one of .the most distinguished of our English physicians give him high claims upon ,the suffrages of the electors. . 11th Ward.-L(Abereromby.) The conservative candi dates are Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. William Ripley, and Mr. Thomas Kaye. We need hardly remind the electors that Mr. Robertson Gladstone is a partner in one of the most eminent mercantile firms in Liverpool, served the gratuitous and laborious office of bailiff and coroner, aiid acquitted himself during the whole of "his connection with thecOrporation in a manner which gave 'the hiohett titisfaction an.' reflected upon him great credit. • Mr. Win. Ripley, is a gi ntleman of. private fortune and independence, was a m !mber of the common coun assidudas in the discharg e of his official duties, is a native of Liverpool, and of Unblemished reputation. M. thcithas Kaye is paqprieior of the Liverpod/ *idtr i trt lewd moderate. prititiples, is esteemed assiduous business habits, and extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits. Mr..l\ri f ,ir. Bushby, is an extensive genenil brol:er,.he is of unblemished integrity, is universally re spected, is a gaeital man of, business, and in every way qualified, to reesent the• town in the new corporati6n7 The above candidates, we are delighted to say, are all members ofthe church of England ! And we do hope that the electors-uf West Derby will study their own in terest by returning men so well qualified to the new town council. They are opppsed to the following radical candidates -Ist, William . I3lain is a Quaker! 2d, Mr. George Holt is an UNITARIAN!!, and 3.1, Mr. W. P. Frame is, we understand, in,the . corn trade, and is also an UNITA RIAN ! ! Quaker, when elected, can, according to bis ..conscien,tious scruples, make the solemn declara tion that is.re,quixed by law, we shall then be enabled to cangratulate_bini upon the new reform which has taken', place in the ilsinciples of his particular sect. As to Mr. .Frerne, he is entirely beneath our notice. Of Mr. George Holt, we have Said quite enough already. 15th and 16th Wards.—(North and South Toxteth six. radical candidates are, Mr. W. M. Duncan, Mr. W. W. Currie, Mr. W. Sharples, an English Roman catholic ; Mr. John Cropper, jun., a Quaker; Mr. .Francis Jordan, and Mr:. Charles Tay leure —the last .two being decidedly UNITARIANS! ! The whole of the above have uniformly supported radi cal, democratical, and church-levelling principles; and the only one of the number who has been placed officially before the public, is Mr. W. W. Currie, whose principles and factious politics are too sufficiently known to require any comment. . , The six conigyatives opposed to the above, are Mr. Alderman Nichplas Robinson, Mr. AleXander Smith, ju nior, =Mr, John. :Fletcher,. Mr. John Troughton, Mr: James Dempsey,,, n and Mr. Joseph Gibbons. The Ist is Mr. Alderman Robinson who has had the honour of being mayor of Liverpool, and who served that office to the entire satisfaction of all classes of the community ; b6isn gentleman of considerable opulence,. and undoubted independence, and. there is no one better qualified to discharge the duties of a common touncil man. The 2d is Mr. Alexander Smith, junior, son of Mr. Wm. Smith, of Fulwood Lodge, a gentleman who from the most meritorious motives embarked a considera ble fortune in the trade and commerce of Liverpool, and' who,-by the urbanity of .his manners and the integrity of his character,Starids eminently high in the estimation of all who know him: The candidate, Mr. A. Smith, junr., is a partner with his father, and a true representative of bis ftrifie',4 Character and principles, and we are sure Elias§,9oll/ hiteth Ward cannot have a better advocate in ifiS R' Oirporation.. The 3,1 is Mr. John Fletcher; i 4 d &UitleThati Of property; intelligenCe, and inde- Kiiiii6EE6; • ale fit and proper person' to represent the -- . who know him, is of competent fortune, and a man of ward in the common council. The 4th is Mr. John undoubted integrity. , •• .: Troughton, a highly respectable master tradesman, who These are opposed by the following ultra radieals and e!nploys. a large number of Wdikmeri, and is of irre- A mem b e r o f th e proachable character,' .•: . ' levellers, viz., Mn William Earle, jun., corporation, a county magistrate, recently created by the Tlie above four gentlemen, we' are glad to announce, are all members of the Churchi. Of England ! The fifth whip, and vilio distinguished himself .at the last election by a declaration of his principles, which we hope he will candidate' is . Mr. James Dempsey. well knoWn for his live to repent—Dr. Carspp, a Scotchman, who is chiefly extensive commercial operations, partiinlarly - in• the known in Liverpool for his violent and factious politics, timber trade-I t s man of ample fortune and undoubted independenCe. . . and who would discharge a worthier duty to himself and the public by attending to his professional duties, instead The sixth candidate is Mr. Jose p h Gibbons, a native • of troubling himself with the affairs of the common coon- of Liverpool, and a member of the Church of England! We rejoice` at the opportunity of stating, that no man cii, which he cannot' possibly understand — and by Mr . h Thomas Brocklebank, a merchant, who is so excessively has higher claims upon the electors of Liverpool than attached to the interest's of the burgesses of Liverpool, this truly esteemed and much benevolent gentleman. In him the poor of Liverpool have found a generous friend, never dreaming of his oWnythat - he builds and repairs all his ships in his own ship.buildingyard, in the convenient who has not spared his own comforts under any circurn town of Whitehaven, which, we believe, is in Cumber- stances in administering to their wants and comforts. Mr. Gibbons is well. known to have devoted many years• land. He has occasionally figured' on the balcony in of his . life to the regulation and direction of the Work came there i Clayton square; withontwbeing able to explain how or house of Liverpool, in which he has laboured with almost why lie . ; 'fie certainly is not shaped; even unprecedented diligence in rendering the situation of in Whitehaven fashi4n; for an orator, and the sooner he confines himself to (alkir r' than to speaking he those there placed by misfortune or indigence in a condi g-rathe will have fewer absurdities to do penance for. • Th e tion as agreeable to_ their habits of life as the rules of Roman catholic Priest Who lives nearest to him will charity and beneficence could dictate. Almost every day perhaps explain what we - mean—gratis! , . of his life for a series otyears has been directed to the 12thi Ward. (Lime-street.) The conservatives are development of every remedy calculated to render the . inmates of the workhouse morreconcileable with the Mr. Ambrose Lace, present bailiff in the corporation, domestic comforts of an Englishman's own fireside. Mr. J. Todd Naylor, and Mr. Robert Rigby. They are And, in addition to all this, we have great pleasure in all members of the Church of England! Mr. Lace, stating, that Mr. Gibbons, in his capacity of corn mer having been for some time before the public, requires no chant, has with the utmost diligence and circumspection recommendation at our 'hands. Mr. J. Todd Naylor is purchased, without any.charge of commission whatever, an extensive and highly honourable merchant in the all the corn and flour required by the consumption of that South American trade. He is .a man of independent most benevolent institution under circumstances which principles, of sound judgment, and every way.qualified have, in an economical point of. view, saved a considera to perform the duties of a councillor. Mr. Robert Rigby ble expenditure to the parish fund of Liverpool. We is a Most respectable tradesman and timber-merchant, is have `only to add,'that Mr. Gibbons, having by his zeal of good business habits, and is greatly esteemed- by all and industry attended ft? strictly to the administratiOn of who know him- _ a •nrkll le fund, hai been the means of reducing the le workliou& • e, rates - levied upon' d - inhabitantd of Liverpokfor the relief of the poor' to an extent that must commanTilie" thanis and the grail - tilde of every honest and respectable ratepayer in the parish of Liverpool. • '• Having submitted these most : undeniable facts, we honourable to Mr. Gibbons, to the electorS of North Toxteth ward, we feel confident that every burgess of the slightest pretensions to respectability will consider it his duty to press forward to the poll and tender his vote for this truly conservative candidate, and return him tri umpliantly ! These, electors of Livei pool, under the new municipal bill, are your candidates ! Be pleased,. therefore, to take into your serious deration the claims which bind you and the obligations which:conned you in interest•with the conservative can . didates. • On the other hand, contrast the'talents, the principles, and the respectability, if any such they have, with those to whom they are opposed. We see virtue, integrity, responsibility, and a sincere attachment to religion and to the institutions of our country on the one hand; and on the other, the, shallow pretensions, the hollow and deceit ful principles, the infuriate doctrines, and the downright impudence of the radical candidates.. Here we have integrity and principle—there we have impertinence, presumption, ignorance, and faction. We see on the one side men properly qualified to do their duty in an honest, an upright way, for the good of the town of Liverpool—men who, regardless of all party connexions, seek nothinz but the welfare and prosperity of this large commercial community—men who are pre pared to make every sacrifice that private interest can ren der, and personal comfort can offer, on the shrine of public duty. The elect Ors of Liverpool must therefore see that they have . character and integrity on the one side, and empty bombast, shallow philosophers, and heartless pro fessors of falSe political principles on the other. It would be a false concession on the side of liberality were we to deny that the grand conflict of all parties in this country is `tiii'lae sustained and resifted to the Ultimate issue of victory between the' Church of:l4,:ngland and her determined and unprincipled enemies.. • • -We have arrived at a juncture when men's minds . have for the first time for the last fifty years been fairly awak • ened all the -deceitfal_autLappar.ently unprestnnilax en croachments of Popery, on the one hand, and Unitarian.: ism and_ infidelity on the other. The .time has come when every sensible and really re ligicus man in England must prepare himself either to vindicate, at all hazar4 and under every extremity, the truth and justice of th e principles he inherited from his forefathers, who sleep in our sacred churchyards, and over whose remains, although the tombstone may be mouldered and unlettered, there are still under that cold stone all the spirit, and all the honour, and all the remains of courage and principle which belonged to our noble ancestors. With a ministry which has no claims upon any but the sacrilegious and unprincipled part of the community, who care nothing for England but every thing for place, who have made an Irish ruffian and a rebel the arbiter of their councils, and who have shewn a strong disposition to make the protestants of England the handmaids a nd slaves of popery in Ireland—with such a government impelled by so reckless a disposition, we .have no middle course, we must_ either in the spirit that animates the veins of us all, crush it, or be its victims. These sentiments we particularly address to those who .are the .candidates in the election of to-morrow ; for, de- ny it as we may, what are the principles which regulate public opinion in the empire at large, is the opinion af~;a•inatr.which►in our own behalf ilie electors of Liverpool • are called upon by their oath of allegiance to suppress, and utterly eradicate. In conclUsion, we 'trust that the 'electors of Liverpool, seeing the important game 'which' they are called upon to play, the violence of the principles of .those who are in the field, and the dead seethat is.made by'radical aspirants to power, in uhom the creditors of the corporation of Liverpool can have no Confidence—under those circum stances, we confidently trust that every churchman, that every loyal and independent man who has a stake in his country, who has any thingito lose, or respects the place of his birth, or the pure religion in which he has been educated, will take care to be first at the poll, to tender his vote in favour of the sacred institutions of his Country. THEE ii-VO,RiootstAiOiA.4lls'. LONDON LATEST NEWS. • - City, Wednesday Evening. Half-past Seven o'clock. There is an - evident symptom of a break-up, and that an early one,.in the cabinet; and MT. Daniel O'Connell, as we, and all who took the tronble to look upon the matter iu a common sense way, predieted, has swamped the popish cabinet. There arc meetings and re-meetings here, summonses and couriers, tribu lation, long faces, and all those other evidences of alarm in the camp of disagreement, not perhaps the less potent when the visi the satisfaction evinced in certain high quarters is admitted intol ble scale. No one here thinks for a minute that the ministers wit meet the parliament, from the "untoward" predicament they would• be in were they to do so. They must, then, either avow their coalition with O'Connell, or they must disown him—both - would be fatal to them. They must either support the Carlow inquiry, or oppose it—either course is destruction. They will have to answer for the lives offered up by the employment of rotten ships to transport human beings who the law has sen tenced to banishment and to death—carelessness or corruption must result from such inquiry; and, more than these, there is question upon question of shame, of incapacity, of disgrace, to be met, and how answered? We give the present cabinet credit for a pretty considerable quantity of assurance; but, • hang it, even they cannot stand against the monstrous cata logue of . mis-government arrayed against them. .• T'he prospectus of the Calcutta and Saugur Railway and Har bour Company, to which we briefly alluded in our last, has been • issued this day, and places•the project fairly before the puhlit. : it-is, as it ought, to be, a plain matter of fact statement, depend ing alone upon the evident facility with which the undertaking can•be effected, and the undoubted advantages to be derived from it. The capital is to be raised by 10,000 bonds of £5O each, the first instalinent•being payable on the Ist of February, and the remainder at fixed intervals. It appears that Thacke ry's•Creek, at which it. is proposed to make the harbour. is sheltered by high land on either side ; the station is healthy, there is every facility of access, and the course projected by the , new route . sbowi such .a contrast, when compared with- that now, adopted, as to put it beyond the slightest scepticism, that, both as regards Use preServation of life and property, -as well as of facility of access„ expedition, comfort, security, and ecdnotny, the undertaking is worthy of the support of all connected, with our communication with. India, or interested.inthe promotion of the prosperity °Lour possessions there. In the c,iisol.niarket.very little has been done since our last, and 91-4- fis the price for the account. Money has been tattier scarcer during the last day or tso; but, considering the period of the year, there has been nothing worth calling a pressure', the readiness with which the •flank of England continues to make its advances on slack and• approved securities, having • prevented anything of the kind. There has been great speculatilin Edict a considerable advance On Spanish bonds. The price to-day has been as Ugh as 49a, . and left off at 491 1 1. Portuguese bonds, on the contrary, ate fiat, parties here having been selling these Sediiiities and pur Chasing SPanish'stock. The Portuguese 5 per cents: are at 84 the 3 per cents. are at 551.- • MUNICIPAL ELECTION-WARD MEETINGS. NoRTa AND SOUTH TOtirgrli WARDS. Oti WedneSchti evening the candid4tei for thee wards vtcre invized to meet the electors at seven e'cl,ick. at Miss Maxwell's. the King's Arius, Toxteth-[lark. Mr. Itnlpli Clay, the chair :inan of one of the conaniitlees, took the chair, and introduced the candidates to the meeting. Mr NICHOLAS ROBINSON first presented himself. He must, itathe first place, return the electors his sincere thanks for the lionositethey had done him in expressing their wish that he should be put in nomination as a candidate fur South Toxteth, to eepresenethemein the new town council. lie would assure theta that, if . he slieuld. have the honour of being sent there by thesis, he would, to the utmost of his power, zealously and fear lessly support the hest• interests of this great commercial and rising town, (Cheers.) At his time of life he had no parti cular wish or ambition to be elected on the council, but if it was their wish to send him there he would do his 'duty. (Hear.) He had been 21 e•ears a member of the corporation of Liver-. pool, and he challenged any man . to say that for favour or affection, or for party purposes, he ever gave a vote. (Cheers.) He bad ever conscientiously discharged his duty. He was iu expectation, in the early part of the election, that it would not have been made a party question—that geutlemen who were thought the most fit would have been chosen. But their oppo nents said "No, it shall he a political question; the tories are down, and they must he kept down." (Cries of " No, no.") It was for them to say whether this should be the ease. (Cheers.) lie had been brought up in the doctrines of the established church, and he venerated those doctrines (loud cheers)_; at the Same time he allowed to every man that liberty of expressing and exercising his conscientious feelings which he hoped to hate allowed for himself. lie was a conservative. and he be lieved the conservatives would be found the best pillars of sup port to the church and the state. (Cheers.) If they looked. retina they would perceive that • the conservatives were those who supported those religious and civil institutions which h ad raised this great nation to its present state and prosperity—who preserved the constitution with its limited monarchy, and ho noured the king, respected the peers, and protected the. people. (Loud cheering.) The time was arrived when the conserva tives ought Warouse themselves to counteract the republican efforts of the Irish agitator; and if they did not wia• - one voice and with alacrity come forwardi to support the con itution and their cause, their opponewts would say as they had said before, " the tories are down, and they shall be kept down." Mr. ALEXANDER SMITH then came forward. He felt happy that this opportunity had been afforded him of returning them his most grateful acknowledgments for the very handsome manner iu which they had tendered him their support, and par ticularly to return his thauks to those gentlemen who had acted on the committee with such zeal and determination to do their duty as must ensure to them the good •wishes and - thanks of the conservatives at large. He could assure theta that it had been far from his wish , c 0 come forteard on that occasion as a can didate.. They were probably aware that his father had been noini ' neted in the first instance in conjunction with Mr. Robinson and Mr. Flatcheeto represent the South Toxteth ward. It .would have been mach auore gratifying to himself had circumstances permitted his father' to reniain et candidate. Buteie so . happened that, owing to thewording of the municipal hill, be was debarred froai beeothing one. That teeing. the case, the partiality of his { Mr, Alex. Smith's) friends had induced them to call him for wards in his father's stead; and. he must ackno..vledge, himself a very unworthy representative. (Cries of " No, no.") But, though .he had not his experience, he had throughout life held no senti ments dissitnilar to.his father's; he had brought him up to tear God, honour the king, and respect his superiors. (Cheers.) 'Chose, he trusted, would always be his sentiments. He pro fessed himself a conservative; and, in saving that, he did net adroit that the wort conservative would bear the interpretation which their opponents wished to put upon it. In canvassing the district he heard one man say; " I am fur the reformers," another " I am for the liberals;" he would say that, though he was a conservative, he was also a reformer and a liberal, to a certain extent. (Cheers.) But there must be a stop put to the liberality, or rather the false liberality, of their opponents. He would mantain that the liberality which they boasted of was no liberality at all. (Cheats.) He would teke, - for instance, the two pledges which they demanded from the candidates they brought forward. What were they ? They bound those can didates, in the first place, to •turn out every servant in the cur peration who is at present engaged in conducting its affairs: Was that liberality ? Was an old servant of the corporation 4 who had faithfully discharged his duties, to be turned out mere ly because he was a servant of that corporation? The second pledge extorted from the liberal candidates was of an equally Illiberal character, namely, the selection of aldermen, for whicFt office none were to be selected whose principles were not of the most radical, unconstitutional, and levelling character. (Loud cheers, "It is so.") They inquire not what the duties Of the old corporation have been, or how they have been per formed ; 'but they'say . at once, " because they have been em ployed by the old corporation they are unfit to serve the new!" He would ask if that were liberality ? Was that the conduct they would wish to see pursued towards their private or confi dential servants? The very first act of their opponents in this election proved they were anything but liberals. If the public or private conduct of those supposed tyrants, the conservatives, were compared with that of the self-styled liberals, the former would have nothing to fear from the comparison:- (Cheers.) They might rest assured, notwithstanding the professions of their opponents, that su far from having the interest of the lower orders of the people at heart, there was nothing they so much cared for as their own interests. All they aimed at was to get into power and to grind all they durst under them. :(Cheers, and cries of Hear, hear.") He would ask them to compare the list of candidates put forward by either party, -'They would find those on the conservative side for the most part men of moderate principles. Those which the other side had brought forward were the must ultra of their party: there was scarcely one of them who was nut of that character, and some among them, it was said, actually avowed infidel principles. Would infidelity be of any benefit to the country? Men hold ing those opinions were, as a matter of course, republicans, who sought to subvert everything that was dear to Englishmen, and every thing which they held in honour—to do away with the House of Peer's, which he trusted in God would itever be de , relived Of its' ptivileges and of its righti. To them we owed much: He spoke not of the present day alone, but he referred to history to bear out his assertion. They were now sought to be got rid of because they stood forward to stem the torrent of revolution which was pouring over this country, he might say principally from Ireland. Let them look at_ the exertions .which- were iueking. to subvert the church and every thing which they held dear etteyearritieteth ern steepsfeerweekt and manfully do their duty its upholding those institutions.— (Loud cheers.) It was not the simple vote they gave; but every matt has some influence in his oe'n sphere, and it should •be their duty, as it was their interest, to urge on ail to stand forward manfull y to support the glorious constitution which - had been handed down to their by their forefathers. Mr. ' Smith then alluded to the state of Ireland, and the effect that catholic emancipation had produced there. lie had signed the petition for that measure, and, so far as England was concerted, be was perfectly satisfied. In order to obviate the mental dark ness and wretchedness of the sister isle, let religious education he diffused amongst the lower orders. lie had to apologize for having trespassed so long on their time. - If elected as a coun cilman, he should do all in his power to promote the good of the town. They had seen the rapid strides in improvement the town of Liverpool had made under the old corporation Within the last twenty years. They had done their duty; anti he trust ed that the improvements of the next twenty years under the new corporation would keep pace with the last, and that the town would advance in prosperity until it equalled (and who can say that it will not surpass ?) that great emporium of com merce—London itself. Mr. Smith sat down amidst loud and continued cheers. Mr. Joste FLETCHER then stepped forward. He expressed his gratitude to the electors for the honour they had done him in thinking him worthy to represent their interests in the new town council. I'o a man like himself, in the middle station of life, risen as he had done by his own exertions, it was s greet honour, and he felt it as such. He was then fairly before theft, and it should be their pleasure to elect him to reps ascot them in the new town council, he was ewe those who knew him would do him the credit to believe that he would do his duty there firmly, conscientiously, and honestly. He asked no favoeir of any man, he did riot want any. Let his past actions he the pledge of his future conduct; on that ground he would assert his' claim to their confidence. They were all in sump degree actuated by political feelings, a circumstance. which be re gretted; for he would contend that the town council ought to tie composed of all parties. But the ()dime of making this elec s lion a party question did not rest with them, their opponents alone had 'the credit of it. There were gentlemen . opposed to him in politics whom he should be glad to meet in the council; Matt let the council be fairly divided, and hot all their way. Their opponents said, "if you are nut with us ytiu are against us," and they (the conservatives) were, in consequence of the conduct of their opponents, obliged to snake it a party question. if elected, he should to the utmost of his power do his duty to his constituents. If the reverse should be the case, he should even in defeat still carry with him the pleasing remembrance of their support and good opinion. (Loud cheers.) Mr. JOHN TROUG HTON said he was not a speaker, but he thanked the electors sincerely for the honour they had done him in nominating him as alit and proper person to represent them in the new town council, and also the canvassers for the zeal and industry with which they had exerted themselves fur hie]. Ile had been canvassing personally that day, and he had, not found a house at which they had not called. Like the gentlemen who had just addressed them, he would assure thene if elected, he would Ileitis duty honourably and fearlessly. (Cheers.) . Mr. Joseph Gibbons being unable to attend, Mr. NICHOLAS ROBINSON addressed the ereetors on his be half. -He would say that a more conscientious and zealous suppotter of the conservative interest did no exist... If they - should return him fur the north ward, he was sure he would do his duty as well as any man who should be sent to represent it. Mr. Gibbons had been a long time before the public as a polish etlicer, and he could say the public were under great obliga tions to him. A 'more zealous, active man in promoting the welfare of the public did not exist, and no man would snore zealously support the welfare of the borough than Mr. Gibbons, if they should think proper to elect him. Mr. PETER W is I GHT deprecated the conduct of the reformers. so called, in making the election a party question. As a test of the literality of the two parties, he appealed to them to examine the list of candidates put forth by either party. Many put for- Wards by the conservatives professed liberal opinions, or were moderate in their political bias; but where'Could they find such men amongst those put forwards by the reformers. lie strongly urged the electors to exert themselves manfully till the victory .should be won. They had the cards in their hands, let them play them well, and they would win the odd trick. (Cheers.) The town had been .placated with very large placards, headed "Intimidation," and underneath was publ ishedehe clause against bribery; another placard was published headed " Municipal Election," calling on the reformers to come forwards and pub lish all cases of iistimidation, undue influence, and all tlicse clap-trap terms of which they are in the habit of snaking use. He would ask them if ever they knew the members of the cor poration of Liverpool use their influence to turn a patty ques tion? 'Why then was this placard posted? It could be for pis other reason than—having been so much in the habit of intimi dating themselves—to warn their own. party lest they should commit those acts which they wanted the tories to commit, and thereby incur the penalty. M NIES DEM PSEY, who had been before absent, now en tered the room. After apologizing for being so late , he said he felt honourediry the complitnent paid him in nominating him as is 'fit person to represent them in the new town council. The, might rest assured that it should be his pride as well as his duty, if he should he so fortunate as to be elected, to render a due return for their support. (Cheers.) He had always been a supporter of the conservative interest, and he should - feel great 'pleasure in uniting with his colleagues, if elected, in upholding the institutious of the country. He begged to thank the com mittee .for the very great exertions they had used in hie behalf. He trusted, nay, be felt confident, that the conservative cause would be triumithant. (Cheers.) Mr. Ingram, Mr. Knapper, Mr. T. M. Gladstone, and Mr. Duncan Gibb, on , being called for, severally addressed the theeting. Mt. SllA PPA RD,. on being loudly called for, addressed the Meeting. No individual its that room could be snore unxiotts than he twos forthe cause. Some short time ego, in going round the wards, he had seen, what 'was not quite satisfactory to him, thet their opponents were geining the flay by, be roust observe, supineness on the part or the conservatives. But. that, by in creased exertion, had since been obviattel. It wee a good way to begin a businesi by striking the nail on the head, and ham mering it till it was clinched. (Cheers.) He hoped tbef,would come forward on Saturday next, and finish the good work they . had so welt begun. He had taken the liberty some timeago, dor ing one of Lord Saudon's elections, to draw their attentio t.? wiiat a small organized portion of the House of Commons %night accomplish. Recent events had proved his fOreliodings then were not lightly founded. The late - acts of this section of the House of Commoas ought to 131 a warning to all good and loyal men to use their best e'xrtions to obtain in the new town coon= cil, about to be formed in Liverpool, such a majority of causer va tives.as will enable them to carry on the affairs of this great and growing, town in an honourable and efficient manner. Mr.' Shappard then bestowed high encomiums seriatim,on the con servative candidates of his ward, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Fletcher, which were received with enthusiastic cheers. A vote of thanks was then• proposed by Mr. Robinson to the chairman; and also to Mr. Thomas Tinley, the chairman of the. North Toxteth Ward Committee, which were carried by accla mation, and responded to by those gentlemen. The meeting then separated. - I.:ME-STREET WARD. On Wednesday evening, a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the conservative burgesses of this ward, was held at the Star Inn. Williamson-square, for the purpose of introducing Messrs. Ambrose Lace, Todd Naylor, and .13.igby, to the electors of that district. Mr. Josiesow on taking the chair, and after having briefly explained the object of, the meeting, called on Mr. ASIB ROSE LACE, who spoke to the following effect. It gave him, he said, great pleasure to find so large a portion of the. respectable constituency of that ward iu attendance, and more especially as this was the last time they would have an opportu nity of _ineetiog before their cause was decided, or they had either lost or won the battle. It was an extraordinary fact, that they had Pit:each of the sixteen wards into which the bo rough was divided six candidates. Their opponents profess to have no other object in view than the future good government of the town—that object was also theirs, the conservatives ; indeed, if a judgment were only to be formed from the prof-s -sions of both parties, he was at a loss to discover any difference of ,principle or opinion between them, except that the votes on the one side were printed on a piece of red paper, and those of the other on white. (Laughter.) There was, however. a dif ference which the efforts of the liberals sufficiently explained. They were the first to put forth their candidates, and to make this election one of a purely political character, and to base upon it the controul of the future parliamentary elections for Liverpool: (Cheers.) As a member of the corporation, he had paid particular attention to the leasing clause of the muni— cipal reform bill. That clause would, if passed in its - original form, have jeopardized some millions of property in this borough, and reduced to want many families dependent upon that property. (Cheers.) He was not opposed to the correction of any abases proved to exist that could he corrected—but the other party never stopped to consider what might be judiciously altered, or the evils they might create in their alterations. Th'e principle that the corporation property was to be made public, had been boldly advanced; this, to his mind, ear fraught with great danger, because they could easily bring the public mind to the endurance of attacks upon private, if the rights of all pro perty were not duly respected. (Loud cheers.) Muth had been- said about the rights of the people, by _their opponents, but , he would ask whether "dishes of polities" mast do any good to the lower orders ? (Cheers.) It had been - said, re specting the general politics of the conservative candidates, that they were opposed to all changes however tiecessary, or called for by the altered state of the times. This, .however, was not the case. They were willing, he repeated, to correct any proved abuses that may exist, but not endanger what had been proved by the test of experience to be advantageous to the best interests of the community and the country at large. In be coming a candidate he had no private ends to gain, or ambition to gratify. If is cause was theirs, and he. theretore, threw him self Upon them for support in fighting their own battle. (Cheers.) As he should not have an opportunity of again meeting the electors before the contest was decided, he would recommend them, as they valued the' success of their common enterprise. not to slacken their exertions—they must get by all foie means —and-he trusted that none but fair means would be used—their friends to come forward, so that they might know their strength; or, if they were to be beaten; that they might be fairly beaten. (Cheers.) Mr. Lace coneletied by expressing hfedeep grati tude to the bargeSses for the attention be had been honoured with, and sat doWn amidst the inotit enthusiastic cheers of the meeting. Mr. To DD NAtt.Ott then shortly addreSSed the meeting. He commenced by saying that Mr. Lace had so well and so fully ekoiained his sentiments that he hied but little to say except that he fiilly concurred in them. As far as hiS Polities were concerned in the present contest, he would Say that be was an unflinching supporter of King, Lords, and Commons. He had lived abroad for fifteen years, and, therefore, could form an opinion of the value of the British constitution (rem actual oh .servation—he had beery enabled twdrew a comparison between the liberty and protecticin enjoyed be the people under that constitution in this country, and the misgovernment he had been an eye witness to in the countries he had yisited. (Cheers.) What he had thus seen elsewhere Made him the more anxious to hand down to his descendants, unimpaired, tbpse institutions from the existence of which England had derived her present greatness. (Loud and enthusiastic cheering.) If teturned by their votes a member of the common council, he would perform the duties devolving upon him faithfully, uninfluenced by any party otpolitical considerations whatever. (Loud cheers, and That's what we want," ) Mr. Rielly said his politics and opinions were those of his colleagues. If returned, they would find in him a icor/deg common councilman, as talking was not hisfiirte.; but if some of the gentlemen of the opposite side were elected, they would have talkers enough. (Cheers and laughter.). Should be be coine one of their representatives, he would endeavour to do his duty honestly, zealously, and fearlessly. (Cheers.) It would he his pride to follow in the steps of his friend Mr. Lace. (Loud cheers.) Mr. OWEN, of Linden- road, congratulated the meeting on the prospects held out by the result of the canvass of the ward, which, at one time, was thought to be the most radical of the whole, and had been spoken et by the liberals - as one in which a conservative would not dare to show his face. (Cheers and laughter.) Things were now changed, even in Lime street ward, owing to what had been chine by .the canvassers. Mr. Owen concluded an energetic appeal by exhorting the burgesses to be. at the polling places at least one hour before the business commenced, and not to sufier any other considerations to pre vent them from seeing that their own and their friends' votes were duly recorded. ,was then called fur and addrmffi the meeting at some length, and was followed by M.r. L t DWARD WILKiaSO?, Mr. SAMUEL. Hewer., and Mr. FIZOOSH AM. air. CARSON then explained the arrangements which would be made for taking the votes in two pieces instead of tine, as originally intended. The first would take all the names from the letters Ato K; the second, to the end of the alphabet. The voting papers would be prepared and distributed in due time. He impressed upon the meeting the necessity of increased and continued individual as well as general exertion. , The progress of the canvass had satisfied him that, by a great and simulta neous effort, they would succeed iu returning three good con servatives for that ward. • (Cheers.) Mr. LACE then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman. which was seconded by Mr. Tenn NAYLOR, and after a Jew observations was carried by acclamation. As the room was required for the 'use of•the committee, all who were not committee-men were then requested to retire. Much ridicule has been attempted to be thrown on the enthu siasm of the conservative meetings at Newton; but that of the assembly whose proceedings we have been obliged to condense, fully equals anything we have ever witnessed at the former, or, indeed, at any other place. This we notice with the greater pleasure, as the majority of the persons present were trades men, who have been falsely considered as opposed to the exist ing institutions of the country. Judging from the feeling mani fested at this place on Wednesday night, we should say that radicatisni is at a discount .even in the ward of Lime-street. EVERTON WARD. On Wednesday evening a meeting of the electors of this ward was held at Mrs. Stretch's public-house, in Kirkdale Mr. T. F. Roskell in the chair. The. Chairman. in a few appropriate observations, introduced Mr. Adam Hodgson to the meeting as a proper person to re present the interests of the burgesses of this:-ward in the new council. Mr. Horie sow said that he felt particularly gled of the oppor tunity of meeting the electors. He was glad,en the first place, because he wished for an opportunity of expressing his dee, sense of the honour conferred upon him by nominating' him one of the three candidates whom they wished to represent them in the town council. He aas the more gratifiedeny the nomina tion because it emanated from the neighbourhood in which he lived, and from many to whom he was personally known. And, if he had not undertaken a personal canvass, he could assure them that it was from no disrespect to them, or any_ want of zeal and activity, but because he did not very highly approve of a personal canvass, and did not wish to be sent to the council un less he was sent by the cordial and unbiassed suffrages of a majority of the ward. Indeed, it was well known .to many uroundhim that if he had consulted his private inclination he should have declined to stand, and should have reserved for othe - i lines of public usefulness, more congenial to his taste and feelings, such time as he could devote to the public service.. He was glad to meet the electors on another account. isle was glad of the opportunity of stating, to them his views of the daties he was proposing to undertake. He considered that if he were elected into the town council-it would be his duty to watch over the interests of that ward and the town at large in every point that could be effected by municipal jurisdiction, and to decide with an unshackled judgment on evers topic of local er national interest that might come before him. (Hear, hear.) This ditty he would cheerfully pledge himself zealously and faithfully to fullik (Cheers.) He wishedto add a few words withereepectto his politi cal sentiments. lie had been an advhcate for parliamentary reform —he had been an advocate for municipal reform—for the suloti tution in the place of self-election, the principle of which be 'con demned, of that right which they were preparing to exercise fur the first time, and which enabled them to choose to whom they would entrust t administration of their affairs, Ile had been tin early and unhesitating advocate for church reform, and at his house was partly framed by the rector of the most valuable, or almost the most valuable, living in this country, one of the earliest petitions for church reform, and which was presented hv the Archbishop of Centerbuty to the Home Secretary, Lord Mel bourne, and by Lord Mellieurne to the King. The opinions which led him to advocate these various measures of reform re mained unchanged; but when he saw the appetite for change which pervaded the country ; the tendency to pi eeipitate legisla tion, and to a theoretical and speculative system of goveroMent, often little connected with practical caution, or with any refer ence to remote and Contingent results—when he sawn state of things in which many seemed to think that it was impossible to go too fast, or too far—he did think those were the truest friends to the permanent liberties of their country who, while correcting abuses and advocating safe and salutary reforms, endeavoured manfully to resist the attacks tv hicb were made. ou theinstitu tier s of the country, from whatever quarter they might proceed. (Loud cheese.) Warm tv and el'ectionaielyattacheil to the Bri tish constitution, to King, Lords, and Cone/ions-4.01e protestant episcopal church established in their! realms, (atol in this attach ment he would yield to n o man,) he was anxiousettetransmit to Lis children and his children's children the blessings via consiitu lion which he firmly believed to be more favours-hie to national liberty, to human happiness, and to human chsritab:eness, than ally form of government which the world had yet seen. (Cheers.) Those were the views and feelings which be waild vasty with hint into the council if they did him the honour to elect him. - Those were the views and feelings which had fed him, at the sacrifice of personal wishes, to respond to their call at this must critical period in the -history of the country. He was sorry to have detained them so longee-(n0,n0,)--ebut he *as very anxious that they should have as accurate an impression as he could convey to them of the principles that would guide his conduct if they succeeded in electing him. Ile would never be connnected with any public body without the consciousness that he was prepared to act independently, according to the did tates of his judgment, and it was right, therefore; that they should know the principles that would direct him, . Whatever might be the issue .of the contest, be should ever look back with pleasure on having beeu requested to become a candidate, and with gratitude to those who had been so indefatigable In the cause. After thanking the burgesses present for the cordial man ner in which they had received his observations, hO &included his speech amidst the applause of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN uunounced that one of the candidates, Mr. Ilorsfall, was unavoidably absent; but Mr. T. B. Horgan was present, and would no doubt explain the cause of his absenee. Mr. T. 13, IIonsPALL, having been celled npon by the chair= luau, apologized for the absence of triS Whir, who was in London. Mid was not aware of the ,resit. Meeting. With many of the seutiment.4 of Mr. Hedgsolj his father (Mr. liorsfall) agreed, and would, he had no &Asko!, elected, do hid utmost to ifromote the interests of the town. (Cheers.) • Mr. W. C: Mot.VNEUX,, having been btit.dlo. introduced by the chairman, begged to think the meeting forlhe henorir done him, lippuiting him in nornirie.tion with his resiected crilleagues as a candidate for Everton ward. (Cheers.) Ile Trgrelied that their opponents had Made the municipal rights now conferred political question, 6s he thought no elector on , ,zlit to,haie made the political opinsoris Of the candidates a prisnarV consideration. (Hear, hear.) Since, however, it had in some - degree Li - 4:0111C one, he had no hesitation in declaring himself a conservative. (Cheers:) He would, if sent . to the town council,, protect and. .proniete she interests of the town. In the management of the municipal funds he Wbuld have in view their distritortion Witti judgment and, economy, but not parsimoniously. He. walla :never agree, froth factious motives, to any surpluS being.appro priated until it was proved inch a surplus existed. (Laughter and cheers.) • • Thanks having been *oted to the chairman, and three cheers given for the nandidates or Evertors ward, and three for the c ons e rvative candidatei of the other wards, the Meeting sepa• ECU • ITALIAN OPERA. , - We briefly noticed in the STAN oARIj of Tuesday last, the. fact, that Signor De Begnii had engaged the Theatre Royal, ot .Liverpool, which he intended opening in about a fortnight, with au Italian company, now performir.g in Edinburgh under hiS management. • To give our local, readers some idea of the esti mation in which Signor De Begniew operatic corps ie held in the modern Athens, we transcribe the following , notice fl'om the Edbiburgs Observer of Fridav last. , Ou Monday evening, iitissini'S grand serious opera of " Tancredi," was produced ter the first time in this city, and repeated on Wedriesday night, ou both occasions to crowded and brilliant audiences. 'I his opera ha* perhaps created a. greater seniation than either "11 Barbiere", or " Centrentola,", and this is not surprising. The two. laSt operas Ponrtray the softest emotions of joy, love, and pity, or the fight and fanciful effusions of gaiety and humour; but in '"Tanererit" the own,. poser has e.isayed a bolder strain, and mi:ailed the sterner passions of revenge, jealousy, the pangs of agitated, love ; and, thestill more inspiring theme of war, and all toe dazzling glory of chivalrous devotion and heroic enterprise. - The opera was performed in the Most spirliedsi vie. and was in the highest de; grec exciting, especially when the combined force of the instru, meats and voices burst forth in the martial airs. "Tancredi," the hero, was sustained by Sigtirira. Degli Antonj, in a style that gave us a still higher idea of heryihvers that her previous pearan c e as " Ceuerentola." It was altogether ouc of the fittest operatic efforts that we have witneistl site not only gave the music with admirable truth and expreSSior4 but in the mote agi tating scenes there was an animation bah o tone and gesture, that denoted rare dramatic talent; indeed ive dii not recollect a. more impassioned or finished representation Sitio.; (I Medea of Pasta. Her first effort was in,that beautiful Sentirncnial " Oh Patna," succeeded by the charming. " Di .Tatiti This last air was sutra with such inimitable tenderneii and ,grace, that the audience exp,rested their delight kiy a lotid and rapturous encore.- She waA StleceSsiei in that Spirit.; stirring appeal "Ecco le troinbe Nor shalt we soon forget the soil tender melancholy expression She gave to " Ove sou io," and particularly the pasaltinate straid with which ate delivered the passage=-- Ah: else scordar non so Colei the tot tratt.i. THE LATE SHIPWRECKS. WRECK OP THE ST. DAVID.-1n the Stondard of the 154 instant, we gave an acconnt of the wrack of the barque St. David, from Quebec, bound for Plymouth. For the last fort night., six of the men who were rescued from destruction Ly the Christiana, have been receiving medical attendance at the, Infirmary. One poor fellow, we regret to say, will lose both his. legs, another, three toes from the left toot, and tWo more wilt remain lame for some time to come. We understand the clew cannot recover any part of their pay from the owners of the vessel, she being merely loaded with ballast at the time of the disaster. We, therefore, trust the well-known generosity of ship-owners and merchants of Liverpool will not allow these unfortunate men to leave the town in a stale of destitution. WRECK OF THE BRITANNIA.—Five of the crew who were brought to our Infirmary on Sunday-week in a pitiable state of. suffering from the wreck of this vessel, have received the tin:- wearied attention of the officers of that institution. One of thq crew, a Frenchman, will suffer the loss of hotk his legs, .ant pert of one of his hands, another, the whole ofitis toes from. both feet, and a third, three toes from one Foot. The two re-. maining men are doing well. The privations and sufferings of these poor men were of the most dreadful nature. For the lad four days before they were picked up by the Rialto, as men tioned in our paper of the 15th instant, they supported existencsi by feeding upon the entrails of out of the crew who had died frail cold nd tinnier. CHARITY SERMON AT ST. PETER's.—His worship the mayor has signified his intention of proceeding in state from the ToWn: hall to St. Peter's Church, on Sunday morning, on which occa: sion the service will be read by the Rev. Augustus Campbell, and a sermon willhe preached by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, the senior rector of Liverpool. After the service there will be a collection at the church doors in aid of the funds of the Blue Coat Hospital, of which institution the mayor is the treasurer As this will be the lltst appearance in public of 101 r. Aspinall as mayor of Liverpool, indeed almost tho last act,of his official life, we would suggest to all the respectable inhabitants of the town the propriety:of being in attendance to accompany hia worship to and from the church. This would at once he the most delicate, and at the same time the most appropriate way of mai king the sense entertained of the valuable services of our chief to the hospital, for whose benefit the col lection will be made, as well as to the otheripublic institutions of the town, and of his ability, zeal, industry, and humadhy in tire discharge of his magisterial duties. ' DEsr aTeri.—Thea Brit ish.. ship Enchantress. of, thisjaart , Captain Black, arrived , here last. Friday from Charlesioradir. charged a large eargo of cotton, has reloaded, and sails this day for Savannah, hating been only seven days. in. We port; beteg an instance of almost unprecedented despatch. "CRUTCHING" IT.-- On Tueaday, at the Dock Po:iee-ofQ.ce, two old cripples, apparently beggars, leach kfaanished tdith crutches, were brought up byg the watch before Mr. Alderanatt Sandbrich, charged with being drunk and disorderly, earrefe ring in a public-house, and fighting. ." What are you ?" said th e magistrate to one of them, a lusty, big fellow,favith one eye completely • bunged up.' as the watch said, by a blow from the other's crutch.—" I'm a sailor, yer ltenour-1 belong,toLiver pool, and lost my leg abodrd a Liverpool ship.r , Got woili/d tip rather too taught with a sup a grog teat uight, yer honotra; hope you'll forgive us this tinie."— Magistrate. " How do you get your living ?"—By selling braces, yer honour."--Magis trate, (addressiug the other,) " Well; and what have you to say for yourself?"—"l don't know mold& about this man at all, ver honour; I never saw 'ins before in my life, barrio' last night, whin I stumbled on 'im quite concidentally in a public hotte ; an' I'll tell yer honour how it was, all about it. As we was e lemin' bout of the public-house this big spalpeen, bad luck • to 'im, tumbled agin' me and' bhroke the crutch, and I fell down; an', to make it avin, whin I got up agin I knocked 'ins down wid the other half of it, air' rather bothered ' Put that in your pocket, a rick inachree.' aays. Whisper, a bonchal,' says he; an' up he gets all 'in qnensequence, an' ludleers Me. That's all about it, yet' honour."—Magistrate. "Where are you froma-whefa do you Wong. to?" "It's 28 years I bin in South America, air' I wait there frint.Collamore,, in Ireland, yer hononr."—Mtigistrate. " How do you get your living? do you beg ?"—" Beg! Ganini ! is it beg gin' ye ;ay? No, yer honour, it isn't 'Leggin' I'm abhor. I sells laces an' ribbius, and gets a honest livelyhood.".—Magistrate. "'Welt, have you settled your quarrel ? will you keep the peace to mar another if 1 let you go ?"—Prisoners. Wo have, yer honour ; and 'thank ye." The two then hobbled out of court to cement their new friendship and acquaintance at the first tap. EVADING THE Dom( Duas.—On Wednesday, at the. Dock-: police office, before Mr. Alderman Sanclhaeha George Owen, • master of a vessel called the Unity, Was fined £5 for evading the dock dues on '24 sacks of beans. The vessel was loaded' in bulk, with the exception of the twenty-four sacks of which' he did not make any entry for the purpose of evading the dock duties. There was also another infoimation against him to evading the duty on eight sacks of retches, for which he was ala i fined £5. lisroittravioNa.—On Wednesday last, ThiorniA Thainev. the driver of car, No. 92, was brought before Alderliatu Sir t..i . eorge Drinkwater, and fined lite costs, for demanding more than the legal fare.' Adarti Eg,giusau, butcher, was in formed against by Holden, the market•inspector, for exposing fur sale on gaturdai teat, 15011 is. of meat, unfit fur the use of man. was stated to be his second offence. Ile was fiutak ten shillings and costs. \Via. Erchell's driver, of near Chat Moss, - was fin- d five shillings, and four shillings and sixpence costs for cal tiug night soil, on Wednesday las . , between eight and nine o'clock iu the morning, that Lieiva+. later than the hour allowed. 'lnc•i FOG. —Owing to the density' of the fog on .Weduesday . evening, the letter bags sent from oar postotlice, at Nix o'clock, to be taken from. thence by the Ilotyheail and Bristol mails were not landed on the other sideof the river until eight o'clock at night; It being low water, the passage boat got aground in Vt ailasey Pool, aria the - guards, together with the. captain of the boat., and the coach passengers were obliged to take the small boat laud make the best of their way to the shore. The • pe. • rson who arrived at Woodside by the London. and Chelten' ham coaches, on Wednesday evening were unable to cross the rivertill yesterday morning. FAILURE. AT BUENOS Ataaaa--The house of Messrs. Sebas tian Lezica and Brothers, in Buenos Ayres, leas failed, in con-. sequence of a oiscovery that fargeries of weal - billet() an immense amount had been committed by the person is ho had the manage ment of its atiaira, and which • he most have carried on for a considerable time. It is presumed that the aniutint of his for geries' will reach 1,51A),00t1 dollars currency, and that the failure will exceed 3,000,U0) dollars, trio-thirds of rattich will tall upon' the merchants, private inditidtatls, surd fanatics of that Lay; het principally open itte natives: The atatlier of,this ralamic l has fled; his name is F. If ortiina, a Ilaneverian. was completely at a stand still. Exclumge on England, quoted n o minally, fit per dollar; per cella; 60 per cent. irouilualaa- Meaning Herald. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND Nkit• YEAU'S Gleas. - ---All the juvenile part of the cantata:luny are leokieg forward with Wears . - beating expectation of the pleasures which they are - to Cain). at at the approacbing period of festivity. Preaents pour iii upon the happy pai ties hem Ivlatives and iliends—mirth is tiVe toiler of the day! and delightfUl hilarity pervades every parental Alan ' siou. It mday be requisite to reinur k,• that parents etieact make ioore applopriate mamas than RoWI.ANO'S Mscss.ssnOtLfor the Bair, ItirtVLA N sKa LS forthc Pace iota akin, aid their much admired ODoN TO, or PEAL;L I)l..NTti 11 , Jur the Teeth, which infallibly tend to the augineutatimi of that imeemin: exterior, and which Lord Chesterfield itially obsurvt •• a caul' of reauelarrendatiou.—See adrt. The following uflicial communication has been reccited Lloyd's:— Admiralty, De0.,11, Sttr,—l am commanded -. by my Lordi Comibisbionris oh the Admiralty to acquaint you, Ito* the infoimatiuu of the Caw_ nattee fur the nristragieg toe affair of Lloyd's that any L a rds have been inkonitcl iltat Ike ship Baltic, Irvin Quebeta• after suffering in a heavy gale en the !cid of last saourti, wee at acniy on the 11th *rib only 'hB gallons of eater air beard: and that other vessels from Notch America alight alambe expected to be at no great distance from the kept e ut by the easterly winds ;• their. Lordatripp hattf givetter dere tor *curia iug out two vessels, with as niticll wafer and previsions as tan be conveniently put on board, to' Its!, Mie' of those 1' am, Sir, your inost obedient &risible grant, " W. Dobson, Esq., Secattaly of Lloyd's." " G. liVvow.,-