The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-08 00:00:00

R h~ St, A. ace VP ball l ent 1r it he DECEMBER 8, 1835 provocative of laughter. The modesty of DAVID is only exceeded by his drollery. His is indeed a new light, for It springs out of THOM, is confined to THOM, and expires in Thom. His views are not only peculiar, they are also sublimely original ' — flashes of celestial fire from an in• spired bosom, and that bosom belonging to one man, who, with singular diffidenee, considers himself the only true and authorised interpreter of the divine will. DA VID Tnom, of Bold-street Chapel ! why were MOSES, the prophets, and the apostles, born before thee ? For the sake of philosophy it should have been ruled other- Vvise ! The poet of the fairies, our wayward shepherd of bor derland, the " gudeman of Ettrick," has, we grieve to say, been gathered to his fathers; but he, in his inimita b!e Queen's Wake, tells us that— " Little wee spirits of mortal birth Come out of the wormholes of the earth." and, if it be not profane, or calculated to bring the said "spirits" into obloquy, we feel tempted to believe that DAVID of .the above pamphlet is one of them who has tome out of the " wormholes of the earth." He does not tell us—cunning wee spirit I—under what 'flag he fights—he does not announce to what communion he belongs—he does not exhibit his ticket as a licensed carrier of notions in the mart of christianity—he uses a .variety of general phrases, which pass current at a vari able value s but he condescends not to inform us whether he is or inclines to be a papist—whether he was and is not a Sco►ch presbyterian—whether he reads the real or the fraudulently translated bible; on these important points he says not one word; but it is impossible to read the first half-dozen pages of his pamphlet without seeing, as clearly as anything can he seen, that the author is one of those limed birds convicted, of error, expelled from the Church of Scotland, and placing himself, for protection, and, if pot for fame at least for bread, under the free en sign of the socinians. In this CharacterD4vin MOM', not exactly a PArt JoNas isfar' as - talent and courage-go, but a sort of cast from the pale of christianity, endeavours to write thavvn the wisdom of ages, and prove that the holy scrip: tures have been misunderstood, and the blessings of sal vation misinterpreted and misapplied, for the last eight een hundred.years, and that they never received any pro per, consistent, or spiritual elucidation until he DAVID was born, and called, by r special POOVIDENCE, to let loose their effulgence upon ? benighted world. Some men, of more ardent temperament than we, would call this impudence; some would even use harsher language, and, in a deriding tone, sneer at the ;om-iit lecturing the eagle; but we, or milder disposiiion, de precate all hard words applied to individuals. We have our own soft way of meeting and silencing such persons. The crow professes to be -musical—we ask him to sing. DAVID professes to be a prophet and a teacher—we ask him to preach. We judge of our bird by his notes. Dawn thus opens his chanson ; and bear it, ye peo ple:— " At a time when " the pulpit, drum ecclesiastic," is being beat' throughout the land, and the various sects and denomi nations of protestants are called on by their respective leaders to place themselves in battle array against the threatening pha lanx of the church of Rome, one, who for many years past has kept himself aloof from the turmoils of religious strife, and who, as a mere spectator of the game of words which theologians are engaged in playing, is perhaps thereby Leiter qualified to judge of its issue than the parties themselves, would desire to throw his mite into the treasury of truth, in the shape of a few tbonAli;s respecting the existing state of things. "It is impossible for any well informed and discerning person not to be ?ware, and for any candid person not to adroit, that for the last twenty or thirty years popery has been ad rancing in this country wills g‘yantic strides. The amazing number of cha- Pels erected by the professors of the Roman Catholic faith, sod the vast increase of their body which has taken place, within the period just mentioned, put the fact beyond the possibi:;iyof a doubt: In vain shall we • lay the flattering uni;:cn to our souls,' and say, that this is to be accounted for chiEfly on the ground of the ;lent imm'gratior of the lower dosses of Irish, and ~he steadfast adherence - of them end their descend ants to' the religion of their forefathers. Statistical enquiries, if duly prosecuted, would, I am convinced, chew, that, if some thing is to be alloWed for the influx of our Irish Roman Catho lic brethren,Zhe grand cause of the :n yueslion must be sought for in circumstances connected with our r a‘ire pepulai;'on itself." Thinking reader ! does..not this-prove to your-entite satisfaction that DAvin `From has come out of the "wormholes of the earth," and that, as JAMES liouG would have said, he is a very " wee spirit ?" He assumes that poPery iti gaining- ground in these realms. lie st oh bornly:denieg that the increase of the Irish families lo cated in England and Ireland is the cause. He assetis, lint shows no proof, statistical or otherwise, that ibis is the fact. He adopts an error, and imagines he reasons upon it. Worm ! not poetically but in reality. We deny, and will undertake to prove, not only the silliness, but the absurdity and the downright disregard of truth which are evinced in this his fundamental and elementary hypo thesis. But before we do this let us look at the modest and nn presuming language of Davin. The defence now of fered for protestant doctrines he calls a "game of words"! He presses into the 'controversy, in Ms own fa vour, all "well informed, discerning, and candid persons," and then he denies, in terms sufliciently peremptory nod dogmatical, that ibis augmentation of papists in England is caused by the influx of the Irish peasantry. One denial is as good as anot her in the absence or evi dence, even although the first negative come from a pro phet and philosopher. Tie deny that popery is on the increase either in England or Scotland, as far as the native population of the two countries is concerned. The desire to read, and the means of reading, are, we admit, greatly increased. Information of a general kind is more extended than it ever was; but surely a unitarian not contend that extended reading and cheap publi cations are the auxiliaries of popery ? Popery has in creased in England, we. admit ; but how ? Simply be• cause England, the richer country—the most prosperous country in the world—attracts to her shores, by means of steam navigation, millions of the most empoverished, de graded, ignorant, enslaved, and destitute race of human beings that ever inhabited the face of the earth. The increase of popery in England, from this-cause, is there fore easily explained. Within the last thirty or forty years Ireland has deported some forty thousand of her .:dative papists, in their native rags, to Liverpool ; as .many to Glasgow ; ten thousand perhaps to Bristol ; fifty thousand to Manchester as many more to the scat- Airedlowns in the west of Scotland ; one hundred thou-' sand . to London; and three hundred thousand at least to the various manufacturing towns of England. Let us look at this for a single moment. For these nearly six hundred thousand of enslaved and destitute people, the victims of popery, not more civil ized, though calling themselves christians, than the aborigines of Van Dieman's Land, and certainly, in point of morals, not so exalted as the red Indians of America, whom ." respectable citizens" persecute and extirpate by fire and sword,--for these people chapels have to be built, masses have to be said, dog latin mut tered, priests provided, alms and gifts extorted, and the stale mummery practiced as in the dark ages. But is this any proof of the retrogradation of protestant prin cinles ? Where are the increased numbers of English and Scotch papists ? Where is the link which connects the bible-reading portion of our population with the po pish chain—with the thraldom of priest-craft, or the su perstitious ignorance of Irish papists ? • Be it recollected, too, that the chapels to accommo date the Irish emigrants have for the most part been built within the last twenty years. Half a century ago it would have been, in many parts of the country, an hazardous experiment to erect a mass house. The Irish catholics had become numerous before they ventured to build chapels; and as they have been tolerated without a murmur during late years, they have made more rapid pi'ogress in studding the country with convents and con secrated theatreS in the ratio of their increased popula tion. But this. proves nothing against the fidelity, the con stancy, or the conviction of the protestants of Great Britain. We thank GOD that apathy is not rebellion—that toleration is not opposed to charity aril a sense of true religion ! We tolerate the Jews. Why not? They are JEHOVAH'S Ciio(ell but erring people—they have the mark of confu- sion stamped upon them—and so conspicuously marked too, that it is only necessary to look a Jew in the faCe to see that he is labouring like a slave at the oar, in fulfilling his own prophesies—'working otit awful and perhaps in]; penetrable destinies—confirming, our faith, and bearing evidence, as 4, living witness at the bar of public opi nion, that what the great- laxtiver:wrote he• does not conipreliena,'and what the successors of the lawgiver de clared is true. If, then, we tolerate the Jew, apart from all considerations of the deep and thrilling interest we take in his history,• why should we not tolerate the Ro man Catholics? They are tolerated—they are, in the closer relations of life, respected, and cordially received where the amity of social converse very properly recog tlises no distinction of creeds. But is this truly christian interchange of the civilities of good society any proof that popery is making inroads upon protestantism ? Because chapels are built in Lan cashire. for the people who came from Munster and Con . naught, is that a plod that the English protestants, in the teeth of cheap literature and the Penny Magazine, are sinking into the slough of Irish superstition, and praying for holy spittal to initiate them into the body of the church of Rome,, and for the unction of holy oil to frank them from this the vile abode of mortality to the mansions of bliss ? The whole thing is a gross delusion. DAVID Tnom may be a spirit, but he is nevertheless simply a block head. He obviously knows nothing of the people or the doctrines about which he writes. He borrows his nar row notions from the ministerial newspapers; he retails the novelties of his order which, have again . and again, been proved to be fictions ; and knowing just as much of English society, and the principles of the religious peo ple of England, as alforlorn sea-mew driven from the At lantic to the German. Ocean by the force of .a tempest, he only sees England through the mist of an unfortu nate elevation, like a ballooner.passing over Jerusalem , . and consequently in the intensity of bis distance, and. .the rarity of his atmosphere, he clings to a theory of his own fancy, and gives'to it all the importance and au thority which ignorance, disappointment, and a con tracted mid can give to folly as a subsidy to ambition. We shall not quote any more of DAVID Tnom's pam phlet. kI e have a conviction that we have attached too much importance to so very silly a person. It is con ceit, vanity; insolence, and impertinence from begin ning to end. DAVID, in his own opinion, and by his public admissions, knows much more of christianity than -TEstis CHRIST. iJe .has the vulgar impertinence to say that be, DAvin, is called by Gon to preach the pure gospel. Nothing is pure which this DAVID does not teach. The world is running to weed, merely, because DAVID Thom, of Bold-street Chapel is not employed as head gardener. Cabbages are not cabbages because DAVID TROIKAd not plant them. He says in beautiful rhyme : • " Different men have different opinions, Sooxe love apples, and some love ingins." DAVID considers his onions to be apples. He was ex pelled from the kirk of Scctland, and that to him is suffi cient for decreeing that his errors are truths, and that the church is wrong, because Davin thinks himself right. We pity this poor creature—we do not wish to collect evidence against him ; therefore with our usual feelings of benevolence, we order as follows. "ABRA HAM ! take that pamphlet and push it between the lower ribs of the kitchen fire." " 1. - es, Sir." " ADRAHAM! is the book burnt ?" " Yes, Sir." " What is the hour ?" " Half-past three, Sir." " Very well,—go to bed." This day, we understand, a meeting is to be held in Liverpool, for the purpose of recommending and com mencing a subscription for the relief of our suffering and shamefully persecuted brethren the protestant clergy in Ireland. This is all that need be said to induce our wealthy townsmen to be present at the meeting, and throw their mites into the treasury of Christian benevolence. Our most gracious sovereign the King, and her Majesty the Queen, -sire-at the head of - the subscription, and although not one of his Majesty's ministers, or of the hundreds of whig vampires who suck the vitals of this misruled coun try, has contributed a single farthing, We are still happy to say that all the great and the good and the wise in the land have come forward in the most prompt and liberal manner. Liverpool, we feel confident, will clo its duty upon this occasion ; but we confess that it is to us a source of deep sorrow that all the crimes, outrages, machinations, and rebellious proceedings of the popish priests of the sister island, are,, allowed to be committed at the expense of the people of England. Why, in the name of justice and common sense, do we profess to govern Ireland, or call Ireland a dependency of the British crown, if we cannot enforce the due execu tion of the laws, and protect the clergy in the recover y of their just and unquestionable rights ? Ireland is a t this moment, and has been for a long time, a heavy bur den to England. Ilf_‘r revenue does not provide for much more than the half of her cost; and unless some extraor_ dinary change for good can be effected the people of Eng land will speedily inquire what is the use of Ireland ? why should she be a dead weight around the neck o f Great Britain? In every respect she is much less taxed than England. As regards the vast majority cf her inhabitants she can hardly be said to be taxed at all. She rules our majori ties in the House of Commons—her popish factions dic tate to the British government—she curses England with her pestilent and demoralized peasantry—she has not a harbour, or a postoflice, or a dock, or a modern church, which has not been erected at the cost of the people of England, and yet we are called upon to suffer all this, to bear this reproach, to bear her taunts, her threats, and her marked insults, and provide for the ministers of the gospel whom she has robbed at the same time This cannot—this must not be endured much longer. Ireland must be taxed in the ratio of her expenditure, and on an equality with that of England. She must be called'upon to pay for the forces which keep her tranquil, and maintain, as far as they can, the sovereignty of the laws. She must be taxed to provide for the pecuniary advances which are made on this side of the water to• give bread to the protestant clergy whom she has spoli ated, and secure an ample fund for their future support ; and more than all, she must be heavily taxed to provide an asylum and bread for her wretched and destitute pau pers. This must be done, or the sooner we sell Ireland to America, or the black government of St. DomingO, the better. Mr. THOMAS BOLTON—Mr. Burgess BOLTON, by the way—had as he fondly imagined two strings to his old fiddle, upon which lie has so long played revolutionary airs, but the only remaining string snapped on Satur day last, and on the principle of "no song no supper," the lawyers haVe seized his stringless fiddle for debt! What a catastrophe ! We pity the sorrows of this old buffoon. He failed in his injunction against the corpo ration on the endowment question, and was only called upon to pay his own costs; but he failed on Saturday last in turning over the endowment fund to the account ant-general, and was called upon to pay the costs on both sides. This is paying dearly for his fiddle. What he will do next we cannot conjecture. Ws radical friends, of whom be is merely the tool, have led him a sad dance, but whether they will assist him in paying the piperthe piper being THOMAS BorxoN —remains to be seen. We would advise him to retire into some un known corner of Wales, consult the Domestic Medicine, read ABERNETHY on Indigestion, drink asses milk, and remain quiet until the elections are over. It is a 4:lle gerous thing in a man of his class to meddle wish law I The Duke of Bedford's pet corporation of bit once p e t bor ough of Bedfod, has, thanks to his son Lord John Russell's wise bill, end Mr. Russell the recorder's sage inter pretation of it,' cOmtnitted sulfide, by the mayet Nating adopted their adviee, and omitted to be sworn in. Like Lynn and other places, this omission voids the charter. We may az well hint to the EVoburn-bound minnbers of this corporation, that all those who by virtue of their corporate offices were trustees of the.Har par charity are so lio.longer ; the diSsulut ion of the corporation fairly puts an end to their trusteeship.. We'congratuiate them roue h.,--.l4ge: • Tit LiVE44.Poot :7-4TAtkibAiiii. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Saturday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. It has been stated this afternoon that a treaty of alliance offensive 'and defensive, is about to be entered into betiveen the British government and France. This Measure it is asserted is to be resorted to in consequence of some alleged indirect inter ference having been discovered on the part of Russia and Aus tria in'the affairs of Spain. The naval preparations by France it is thought may have a more direct reference to the object of such a treaty than front any apprehension that a war with Attie rica is at all probable. It is also `stated that the navaldepart ments of the Czar are in a state iif much activity, and that in the Spring he will have a large force ready for sea. This is the rumour of the chy. The whigs are exceedingly anxious to per suade the world that there will be no war between France and America and that Old Hickory will apologize. But the best informed Americans on 'Change say that he will not, and calcu late upon a war of reprisals. The Consol Market has been very heavy to-day. They were sold at one period of the day very currently at 91 for the account, lant . at four o'clock advanced to 91i Excheper Bills remain at froln 12s. to 145., and India Bonds 2s. to 4s. premium. Re duced Annuities 89i. 3i per Cents Reduced 9Sf. New Ditto 99X. There has been a slight improvement in the demand for Poreign Bonds to-day. Spanish Stock rallied from 43% to 44, Portuguese 5 per Cents from 83 to 831, and the 3 per Cents from, 531 to 54k. Dutch and Belgian Stock are on the de cline. SHARES.—Brazilian Imperial, 27i; Colombian, 9i; Unre cognized Real Del Monte, 18; Great Western Railway, 111; London and Brighton, 8; London and Blackwall, 41; London and Birmingham, 914; Danube and Maine, ei; General Steam Navigation, 21i. THEATRICAL BENEFITS.-THE ADVANTAGES OF A BESPEAK. Of late we have but very rarely touched on things theatrical for reasons totally unconnected with our opinion of the stage, as exercising a very important influence on, by exhibiting national manners, and, in many instances, correcting national follies; and, moreover, as being, when conducted as all patent or Theatres-Royal \fere intended to be, and therefore should be conducted, the most intellectual and least exceptinnable , places 'of public atansesneut that.can, perhaps, be devised. I:LA*OM, on the present occasion, it is not our intention to discuss th6se matters, or to inquire whether the objects contemplated by the grant of a patent monopoly have been attained in this place by the performances of the royal company of actors and actresses belonging to our Theatre-Royal. On this subject we shall have something to say when we a:e more at leisure. To some of our readers it may, perhaps, be known that Mrs. Stanley has, during the present season, been sustaining the first parts on our stage in matronly characters in tragedy and in genteel comedy. Having seen this lady's performances else where, we were prepared to expect that she would be very favourably received here, and the accounts which have casually reached us confirm our pre-conceived opinions that she would become a general favourite, and also would prove a valuable addition to our stock of histrionic talent; in short, Mrs. Stan ley's professional abilities have been duly estimated, and she has "established herself"—to use a theatrico-critico-stereotyped-o phrase—"as a decided favourite with the public." Thus established, and we believe deservedly established, as a favourite, Mrs. Stanley, who we learn has other claims to pub lic consideration as the mother of a large family dependent upon her professional exertions for support, together with Miss Stanley, her daughter, who is also engaged at our theatre, took the house for their benefit on Friday last. In an evil hour, imagining perhaps that his name would prove a tower ,of strength, and, as she has found by woeful experience, ignorant of his influence, she was unfortunately induced to announce her benefit as about to take place UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF W. EWA RT, ES Q., M.P. Well, the night, nay, the very hour of the night arrived, pre cisely at the moment predicted by Francis Moore, physician, and indicated by one of Roskell's instruments for dividing days into hours, minntes, seconds, and sixtieth parts of seconds, but with it came No AUDIENCE! The curtain drew up for the per formance of "Every one has his fault," when Mrs. Stanley discovered the fault she had committed by putting herself "uncle!' the patronage of W. Ewart, Esq., M.P. ;" the farce of "The invincibles" followed; but the gentry of Liverpool had an invincible dislike to witness the performance of it "under the patronage of W. Ewart, Esq„"r our invincible M.P.; even "the highly successful drama of Gustavus III.," failed in its wonted attractions, for the public could not and would not swallow "under the patronage of W. Ewart, Esq., M.P.;" in fine, the house, void of visitors, had the appearance of a cold, dreary waste, and Mrs. Stanley, we say it with the most un feigned regret, will probably be a loser by a night's perform ances, to which she had most likely looked forciard as the one on which she would, be liberally rewarded for her labours during the season. • W 6 ask, in the language-of -ft L.elebrated-riadfcal 'bat 631;4, "does this prove nothing?" or, to vary the phrase, does it not prove the disinclination of the people of Liverpool to take part even in a good work 'if Mr. Wm. Ewart chance to meddle therewith ? If further proof that Mrs. Stanley's failure was occasioned by the unfortunate choice of a patron be necessary, we refer to Mr. Stuart's and the other benefit nights of the season. Mr. Stuart and Mrs. Stanley joined the Liverp4l theatre about the same period, and hold about the same rank in the estimation of the public. Mr. Stuart on his "benefit night got a full house, and received above £100*; the receipts on Mr. and Mrs. Baker's night exceeded £150; and Mr. Andrews and other unpatronised petformers have been equally fortunate. Thus have the ladies and gentlemen of the sock and buskin been taught the value of the patronage of a little great man. We repeat with all sincerity that we regret exceedingly Mrs. Stanley's disappointment, and should be heaftily rejoiced to hear that the rules of the establishment would admit of her making another appeal to the public, founded only upon her merits as an actress of considerable talents and great expe rience. Such an appeal would, we have no doubt, be answered with a greater degree of kindness and liberality. UNWHOLESOME MEAT.—On Friday last, on the information of Mr. Holding Barnard M'Avny was fined 10s. and costs for exposing for sale, the day before, in St. John's market, a turkey unfit for use. • CAUTION TO CARMEN.--On Friday, the driver of one of Breckon's cabs was brought before the Mayor for charging a gentleman more than the legal fare, and also for making use of abusive language on being accused of so doing. He was order ed to return the amount of fare overcharged, and was fined Ws. and costs for the offence. Nathan Fairburn, a car-driver, and Peter Daly, a car-driver, and Arthur Hobbs, owner of car No. 44, were severally fined ss. and costs for allowing their cars to Ply .with broken windows. Thomas llebbs, car-driver, was lined ss. and costs for plying for hire in Dale-street on Tuesday night last, no stand.heing allowed there. INFORMATIONS UNDFR THE NEW LOCAL ACT.-011 Friday, Mr. G. Blake, of Kitchen-street and Blundell-street, Mr. Rus sell, of Blundell-street, Mr. H. Steel, who occupies a yard and warehouse, No. 7, King's Dock, John Williams and Mr. Molh neux, of Salthouse-lane, and Mr. Richard Griffiths, the occu pier of a warehouse and premises in Salthouse-lane, were seve rally summoned before the Mayor by Roberts, one of the dis trict head constables, for not liavine , their frontages swept on Tuesday morning last before the hour of nine o'clock. Lach party was severally fined in the mitigated penalty of -ss. and costs, except Mr. Blake, who did not answer to his summons, and was fined 10s. and costs. Mr. Steel remarked that his pre mises extended eighty yards, and that it would cost him, in men's wages, 10s. a-week to keep the front clean. The Mayor said it would cost him a 4reat deal more if he did not keep it clean, as the act was explicit. EDUCATION.—It will he seen by an advertisement which will appear in another part of our paper, that M. Cunningham has arrived in Liverpool, for the purpose of delivering Lectures on Professor Von Feinagler's.system of instruction. . GOUGH'S PATENT STEAM ENGINE,' R F4CILITATOR.—We refer our readers to an advertisement under the head of-?oo logical Gardens," respecting an exhibition of this invention on Thursday next. If the Facilitator be as portable as it is said to be, Nathan Gough has effected the greatest improvement hi therto made in the application of steam power. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton havejust arrived to increase the winter circle of fashionables in Paris. The Duke of Argyll has taken up his residence there for the winter. Duke Ferdi nand and his father, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, were expected shortly to pass through Paris on their way to England, but will remain only one day. Viscount and Viscountess Syd ney are expected to winter in Paris, and will proceed early in the spring to Italy. MeeTter; IN LONDON FOR THE RELIEF OF THE IRISH CLERG Y.—A meeting was held on Thursday last at Freemason's Hall, London, to take into consideration the lamentable and appalling distress of the Irish clergy. The chair was taken by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who entered into a very long and melancholy detail of the unmerited sufferings of the mi nisters of the gospel in Ireland, for the relief of which they were then assembled. The speakers were Lord Radstock, Sir It. H. Inglis, the Rev. H. Melville, and the Bishops of London and Jamaica. At the close of the meeting the following muni ficent donations were announced :—His Majesty the King £500; her Majesty the Queen £100; the University of Oxford £2,300; the University of Cambridge £1,100; the Archbishops of Canterbury and Armagh and the Bishop of London 1.:200 each; the Bishops of Ossory and Elphin, and the Marqnis of Bath, and the Earl of Lonsaale, 1:1(1) each. The sums receiv ed in the course of the day amounted to about £12,000. WRECK OF ANOTHER CONVICT SH (P.—lll another part of our paper will be found a melancholy account of the shipwreck of the Neva, a female convict ship, and . the loss of 226 lives! This is the third vessel hired by government for the conveyance of criminals to New South Wales lost within the last two ) , eais. The questions naturally suggested by these successive calamities are :—Were these vessels sufficiently sea worthy for so long a voyage ?—in what class were they entered at Lloyd's ?—were they . properly surveyed ? e --and, lastly, have we sacrificed, or are we in the habit of unnecessarily hazarding, human life for the sake of saving a few pounds in the hire of a ship? These questions, we take for granted, will be asked in parliament, and we hope will be satisfactorily answered. If all the persons actually transported under the sentences passed upon them at the a4sites held on the northern circuit, and, at the different qiiarter sessions held within the same district were sent from Liverpool instead of London, they might be sent mit in the finest shipt sailifig from this port at a - less expense than is now incurred In their conveyance, first to the place of embarkation, and from thence to the penal colony of New South Wales. The produce of a single root. of potatoes was dug up a few days ago at Adainton near Ross; consisting of no less than 8 potatoes, weighing in al} 2lbs., fifteen• of which weigh 12Ibs: REVISING BARRISTERS! COURT. Th 6 liat Of objectionS Was got through in this court ctn Satur day tight, and the. result; though nearly balanced, haS proved On the whole in favour Of the conservative party. The total number of objections oil the list was 1;818, Of which a. great number were duplicate objections, that is, against persons appear 'log more than once on the burgess-list. Time radicals, out of the bona . fide objections raised by - I hem, sustained 153; the con servatives sustained, out of the seine class of objections raised My them, 147. The total result was on the whole number of objections a balance in favour of the self-styled liberal party of six votes out of nearly one hundred more objections raised. The result yesterday in the revision of the claimants' list was decidedly, so far as it went, in favour of the conservatives. It is, however, early as yet to form an opinion. The list was pro ceeded in as far as the end of letter C, and it. is calculated that, if &should eroceed at this rate, it will occupy at least ten dayti in the revision. The only cases Of interest which occurred on Saturday was an objection raised to the qualification of Mr. Wm. Potter, who had taken a dwelling-house in Evertou in December, 1832, and had placed his servants in it, and sent his furniture there, but ,had not himself slept there until April, 1833. The question was raised by Mr. Atherton on behalf of the reformers, that the three years' inhabitancy had not been fully proved. After a very lengthy discussion, which. occupied upwards of an hour, •and in which Mr. Carson, in support of Mr. Potter's claim, quoted several cases on election law to show that where there was a bona, fide intention to reside, committees of the House of Commons had always considered that that was -sufficient to constitute a person an inhabitant householder, and also cases of burglary to show that, if a person's servants occupied his house, it had always been considered the dwelling-house of such per son. The vote was allowed b the barristers. • - The other was the case of Mr. Richard Vaughan Yates, a candidate for Toxteth-park on the refcirm interest, who had let his house and furniture, reserving only two rooms in which be had locked up his wine and valuables, and had gone to reside on the continent, where he had remaine d for a period of six months before he returned. It was attempted by the Reform Associa tion to prove that, by reserving those two rooms to his own use, his inhabitancy had never ceased, and that his tenants were merely tenants by sufferance, liable to be turned out at any time on his return. After upwards of an hour's discussion, the vote was disallowed by the barristers. On Messrs. Abrahall and Turner opening the court yesterday morning for the purpose of examining the overseers list of claimants, Mr. Forwood requested that before the business of the day proceeded he might be allowed to make a few remarks respecting the list : On the publication of the overseers' burgess list mitch vitupe ration and abase was thrown upon the overseers, and reports were circulated that they had omitted a great number of persons from their list, from party and political motives. He begged to state that he was the person to whom the overseers entrusted the arrangement and getting up of the burgess list,' and he stood forward then berme the court and declared upon his oath that • not one individual had been left out by him from design nor frii . tri any party - or political bias; indeed he felt that he sllould be unworthy of the sitnation he held were he to allow any party considerations to influence him in the discharge of his public duty. Ile called hpon the solicitors to the Reform and the Conservative Associations to say whether he had held, directly or indirectly, any communication with them. [Mr. Wright, on the part of the Conservative, and Mr. Curry, of the Reform As sociations, denied that any communications had taken place.] Mr. Forwood hoped that what he had said, and this acknow ledgment, would convince all parties that the omissions did not arise from any party bias. Mr. Forwood further stated that he had examined the list of claimants with much care and attention, and the result was as follows. The list contains 1816 claims -271 claim who are already on the original list. 405 belong to the out townships, Everton, West Derby, and Toxteth-park 250 have not paid their rates. 56 paid their rates after the 31st August, the time allowed by the act. 142 are not rated. 51 claim by descent, having married females who are rated. 1178 Leaving 668, of which number 360 are persons who have changed their residence twice, thrice, four, and even five times in the time required by the act. And here he would beg to remark that it wss almost impossible to follow persons through their changes of occupation in a parish like this, containing upwards of 36,000 assessments. The cases that were heard the last week proved the overseers had a very difficult task in ascer taining Whether the parties had been housekeepers during the tune required by the act, as in the case of Mr. Potter and Mr. Yates, decided on Saturday. Tee word building occurred fre quently in the original list: in these cases the party is rated for premises other than .a house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop, as stated in the act, and, if the strict letter of the act bad been complied with, they would all have been left out. The reinaining 308 persons who claimed and hah paid their rates, were left out because it could not be ascertained that they were housekeepers during the time required by the act. It had been said that these omissions had occurred in consequence of a want of attention on his part. And it had been said he was away when'his presence was most required. The fact was, he was married the early part of October, and was absent for one week ; and he was sure there was no gentleman there who would say that a week is too long to enjoy the society of his wife on such an occasion; but he must distinctly deny that he did not pay nreper attention in making up the register, and the Town clerk would tell them that the list was given in several days be lore the time allowed. the overseers by the act. He made these few remarks wishing to clear himself from the charges that had been made against him. Mr. Abeahall stated that every public servant must expect to be animadverted upon, and both Mr. Turner and himself con sidered the list to be very perfect, considering the difficulty in making it up. The first case of interest which occurred was that of Wm. Clayton Adlington, who claimed for a house in Juvenal-street. His name appeared on the original list for East-street, where he had recently lived, and from whence he had removed to Juvenal-street. No objection having been taken against him, he still remains on the original list for East-street, and now proved his qualification to vote also for Juyenal-street. Mr. Wright, on the part of the conservatives, submitted that his name should be struck out of the original list. The Barfistera_said no objection having been taken against him, they had uo polder to strike his flame off the original list. Having proved his qualification he must stand for Fenwick street also. Mr. Wright.--I submit that he has no right to be on both lists, that being on the original list it disqualifies him from being admitted op the present. The Barrister.—What is the oath to be administered to the party before giving his vote? Mr. Atherton.— f hat be has not voted.—Mr. Atherton here read the questions to be put to an elector previous to voting, on oath, the last of which is, "Have you already voted at the pre sent election." Thus precluding the possibility of an elector voting twice. Mr. Wright submitted that the qualification was not proved The Barrister to claimant.—Have you any premises in East street now ? --- Mr. Adlington.—None whatever. Mr. Atherton.—No objection having been made, we cannot now interfere with the original list. The Barrister.—Certaiiily not. Mr. Atherton.—Then I apprehend we must look at this hat independent of the original list? The Barrister.-1 don't know that. Mr. Atherton.—The question simply is this. Has claimant proved to your satisfaction that he has a qualification in Juve-, nal-street Having done that, I apprehend he is entitled to be on the list of claimants. Mr. Wright. —His object has not been for the purpose of having his name inserted in two places; but he has made his claim to protect himself. If an objection had been made very late against him, and he had made no claim, he would have been struck off the list. As his name is already on the original list, this being a part of the list which we are now revising, submit that the qualification be rectified. The Barrister.—No, this is not the original list. It is for additions to be made on the original list. Mr. Wright.—As he is on that original list, I submit that he has no right to be ou the claimants' list: being on the original list already, he has no right to be twice placed there. I fear you will find many in the same situation before the list is gone through. The Barrister.—l don't think we can interfere at all in this. Mr. Wright . —Don't you think it a good opportunity on ' which to exercise your discretion. If You do not, next year you will have a number of claims for the express purpose of having a double qualification. Mr. Atherton.—lt comes under the double qualification clause. •• Mr. Carson.—No, no; this would be a double right. The Barrister.—Are East-street and Juvenal-street in dif ferent wards ? Mr. Carson.—Yes. An evil might arise to a great extent. After the Barristers had conferred together some time Mr. Turner said, this it was c lear was not a case of double qua lification. It was not a case in which a party was entitled to have two votes on the Burgess List. It was a case of suc cessive occupation; and therefore the question was whether the party had proved to the satisfaction of the court, that he was .entitled to be inserted on the Burgess List. He bad proved a successive occupation in different premises, and that he was entitled to vote ; that being the case he claimed to be inserted on the list. Now then, it appeared that . he was already on the Burgess List for East-street. Therefore, unquestionably it cannot be interfered with in respect of his ‘po s ition au the list, and that entitles him to vote. -Now, Then, if they found in tracing him that he had a qualification, and a qualification in respect of which he had a vote, he confessed that he had'not provej, to his satisfaction that he was entitled to be laced on the ,- laine list again in respect of his residence in J u venal-street. Because in that case he might be called on to allow live or six different votes in respect of one qualification, which was not in accordance with the spirit of the act. For himself, therefore, he thought that this was not a claim which could.be allowed. But if the party who was there wished the original list to be corrected because there was a mistake iu that list, he thought they had authority to grant that request. Mr. Atherton perfectly agreed in the barrister's decision; but he thought he could show that the party had • no choice whether he would appear on the list for East-street or for Juvenal-street. He would refer to the third column, "that the vote should be for the property for which he is.now rated." Nbw there was no vote for East-street. A. long discussion followed, when the barrister said they were not called upon to decide that question then, and the qualifica tion was, according to the wish of the claimant, altered to Juve nal-street on the list. The next case of interest which occurred was that of Mr. William Barclay, solicitor, who claimed to vote in respect of a counting-house. Mr. Carson.—l would ask you if you are a solicitor, and . if these are your offices ? Mr. Barclay.-1 am of various businesses. Mr. Carson to the barristers.—l apprehend that this is an office used by Mr. Barclay, who is a solicitor, and as such does not come within the letter of the act. The barrister.—What businesses are you Mr. Barclay ? Mr. Barclay.—l am a solicitor, a lirickmaker, a builder, a buyer of land, and other businesses. I have been a solicitor for some years; I have likewise been attending to my other businesses some time. I build houses for myself and sell them. Mr. Atherton. , --And sell bricks to other builders ? Mr. Barclay.—l do. By Mr. Carson.—l settle for those brick-malting accounts at my office. The Barrister. —This gentleman is bona fide a person in trade, and this is his counting-house as well as his office, and I cannot see how his vote can be affected, though he is a solicitor. Vote allowed. Henry Barrett claimed to be placed on the list for a house in East-street. It appeared that he had tWice removed during the last three years, and that for one residence the whole amount of rate had not been paid. The rate being laid for a „year, and hut seven months the time of his Occupancy being paid. ft was urged by Mr. Atherton that claimant hail paid tatea for the time he was occupyiem. It Was urged by Mr:Carson, that, there was no legal authority to remit the remaining portion of the Year's rate laid; end till that authoi ity could be shown, it was clear that the claimant must be liable for the whole of the rate whitti was still due. He had only paid fur seven months instead of twelve.:. There was no hardship in the case.. for &a party , rented a house and was rated at two pounda, and left that house at the expiration of four mouths and was compelled to pay the whole two. pounds, the pro bability-vras.he was going to ti house where the last tenant was subjected to,exactly the same circumstances. The barrister decided the vote should be admitted; fir amen might _be rated fur ,six or seven .Years for a house, and, though only living there one or two, might be compelled to pay the whole amount. • This fi nished the cases of intereat.fOryesterday. During -- the revision we were much struck by the copduct of the party who claim for themselves the title of exclusive liberality. Whenever a trivial advantage was gained by the advocates of the Reform Association, or a point failed urged by the conservative advo cates, it was immediately follOvied by the 4iberals in court with a coarse distinguishing laugh or a goose-like hiss. We would recommend to these boasters a little more liberality in deed and less in profession. The list was revised as far as D, with which lettet the court will proceed this morning at ten o'clock. - ,-3- ..Y~.;. '. _~~~_ _._ 'y~ r . ~ ~. ~. LIVERPOOL POLICE. PRlDAY.—( . Before the MAYOR.) ROBBERY.—James Campbell, a Scotchman, appeared to lay a complaint against Eliza Morris. for having robbed him of his purse containing thirty sovereigns. He was "rather drunk" the night before, betwixt eight and nine o'clock, and was pass ing through the Royal Exchange, and wanted to find the thea tre. He asked the prisoner to show him where it was, and she consented; hut, instead of that, she took him to a house, Which he afterwards found was in Leather-lane, where " he believed he fell asleep." When he awoke, he found his purse contain ing his money, which he had placed in his watch-pocket, gone. The defendant was the only person who had been with him. One of the constables who apprehended the woman said, that, when first shown to complainant, he was unable to identify her. The woman was accordingly discharged. The Scotch man left the court with a melancholy aspect: his loss will doubtless teach him to support better his country's national character for wariness in future. A LADY Cross, a stout-looking fellow, possessed of almost feminine volubility, appeare.l to complain that he had been robbed of a bundle containing a new coat, which he had only just got from his tailor's, all the particulars of which he described with the utmost minuteness, at the house of a Mr. Syers, a publican. He went into the house and ordered a glass of ale, and two ladies' came in and sat near him. A friend called upon him, and he went out to speak to him, and left his bundle besides " the ladies." The Mayor.—Which lady Complainant. —This lady in the white shawl at the bar. When he went in again from talking to his friend, he found his bundle gone, and the lady gone with it. He said to Mr. Syers direttly,'" Says I, have you got my bundle?" "No," says he, " I'se never seed it." "'Well, says I, it's gone." " So, save he, nobody has left but the lady, :aid I saw her go out myself, and I'll go show you where she used to live." Well, your nor: Ship,' we went to the house as where this lady used to live; bUt she hadn't lived there of along while. Well; we then The Mayor.—Well, this is along story about nothing,: Did you trace the bundle to the prisoner? Complainant. —Well, I'll tell your worship. We found this lady at the - top of the street talking to a gentleman, and Mr. Syers says to me, says he, "This is the lady." But I didn't find my coat. . Bradford, the constable, said the prisoner had been in the street with two young men of bad character; but he had been able to find no trace of the coat. Mr. Syers had seen the wo man go out of his house, but had not seen her carry any thing with her. There being no evidence to connect the lady with the robbery, she was discharged. A TASTE POR CORRECTION.—Catherine WiISOYI was brought up by needy, a watchman, charged with behaving disorderly in the streets the night before, and when ordered " to move on," using the most abusive language to him. The Mayor.--Well, Catherine, what have you to say to this? Gather* made a low curtsey, and looked as demure and as modest as a moat " beautiful" black eye and a tattered muddy bonnet would permit. The Mayor.—Where did you get that black eye? Prisoner (curtseying.) Please your worship, it was the watchman as abused use shamefully, and struck me on the eye with his•staff. • The Superintendent of the Watch said he had seen her with that black eye a week ago whilst under his charge. The Mayor, referring to his notes an f addressing the prison er,—You have appeared at this bar thirty-one times, and ate perfectly incorrigible. I find you were here only three days ago charged with felony. You are committed to the House of Correction for three months. BLACK SHEEP.—Ashton, a workman in the employment of Mr. Haskayne, the baker, appeared to levy a complaint against a lad named Murphy, also a baker, for abusing hint on various occasions, and otherwise annoying him for being what is termed a " black sheep." Mr. Atkinson appeared on the part of Ashton, and stated the case. It appeared that there had been a " turn out" of the jour neymen bakers, which Ashton had refused to join, and that in consequence, whenever he went to and returned front his work, he had been subjected to the grossest abuse, and on one occa sion had been struck. The parties had, however, immediately run away, and he had only been able to identify the prisoner at the bar. Since then a stone had been thrown in at the window where complainant worked, and, on looking out to see who had thrown the stone, complainant saw the prisoner Murphy rim ning away. The night before the last this Murphy, along with some other lads, had•threatened " to knock complainant's -head off some night." Murphy, in defence, said he had never "offended" complain ant" only calling him names." He was ordered to find hail to keep the peace, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £2.5 each. FELONY.--Thomas Parry wai charged by Mr. Walker, agent to Mr. Jones, bone-merchant, who has a yard for keeping bones near the canal, for entering the yard on the previous night along with two o h. ro , who had made their escape, with intent to commit a ftt . It appeared from the evidence of Thomas Pattison - e. of Mr. Walker's men, that he had seen prisoner climb oveethe gate of the yard early that morning, and open the gate to admit his companions. He saw them then proceed to fill some sacks which they had with them with bones. On being alarmed, they ran away, and prisoner's associates jumped into the canal and swam across and escaped ; put the prison e r was secured._ It ap.pearedfrona the 2e,eitlgtioe_of .11r. 'Walker, that large quantities of bones had been missed at vari ous times, he shonld think to the value of .C2OO. Prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the sessions. 64- PA NES" AND PENA LTIES.—MiChael Carlan, a man of re spectable exterior; having been placed in the dock, a shopkeeper in the witness-box said, "Please your worship, last night, about half-past nine, as me and my wife were a sitting eating our sup pers off as fine a knuckle of veal and kidney tams as ever ,you seed, your worship, we hears all of a sudden - a crack. W hat's that ?' says my wife, being much frustrated. ' What's that?' says I; why it's some of them young imps of Belzebub whot broke the panes the other day and booked away the stockings:' So off I goes into the street, and finds this gentleman with his elbow through one of the panes. ' Hullo , my friend.' says I. Beg pardon,' says he. `That won't do,' says I, 'without the 2s. 4d. for the pane.' 4 The pain,' says be, feeling his elbow, I don't mind the 2s. 4d.' Ile then promised to pay, bat after wards changed his mind, and would net, so, with the advice of my wife, we sent him off to liridewell." The Mayon—What do you say to this? Prisoner.—l am very sorry. The Mayor.—Yes, but sorry won't pay either the pane or the penally. Laughter.)—To the watchntan.—Was he drunk? Watchman.—Yes, -your worship. The Mayor.— Let him pay 2s. 4d. for the pane, and ss. for being drunk. ,The money was forthcoming, and the prisoner discharged. AN ODD MISTAKE.—TWO sailors appeared before the Mayor, one in the dock, and the other in the witness-box. '• What charge have you against this man ?" said the Mayor, address ing the sailor in the witness-box. " I've this to say," replied be, in a gruff voice, " I thought this chap had stole my watch, but I finds now it wasn't him, but another inessmate." (Laugh ter.) Then you have no charge against him' Sailur.—No. To the prisoner—Come along Bill.—Exeunt sailors arm in arm. SATURDAY. —(Before Mr. Alderman LAwnENcE.) YOUTHFUL DEPRAVITY.—WiIIiain Spencer, a lad apparently about ten years of age, was charged by Mrs. Lydia Lnnt, of Scotland-road, with having, on k riday night last, robbed her passage of a cloak, and with afterwards violently assaulting her and cutting her hand in her endeavours to detain him. • It ap peared from the evidence of Mrs. Lunt that her suspicions were aroused by the back-door other house clapping to, and on her going into the passage she missed a cloak which had been hung up'there. She called her servant and they, having pro cured a light, went in search over some •new bitildinp.:s in the neighbourhood to see if they could discover the thief. They found the boy at the bar on the premises, whom they seized, and the cloak was afterwards found by the servant, where he had been. The lad was. exceedingly rough, and, she thought, scratched her hands violently; on coining to the light, however, she found the back of her left hand cut right across in several places, as with a knife, and bleeding profusely, and she had since been under the care of a surgeon. The bo was drunk at the time, and, on searching him, a clasp knif e ' WAS found on him. She gave him into the custody of the watchman. This statement was fully corroborated by the servant a n d the watch • man, and the lad was committed to take his trial at the sessions for the offence. Thomas Elison, Charles Langdale, and John Cloves were ordered to find bail to keep the peace for being drunk in the streets on Friday night, fighting, and otherwise creating a disturbance. It appeared from the evidence of Sands, the watt-hulas, tl. iltiee ps;.ouers weir ttglititt- w g cther early in the morning; he knocked with his stick, and they ran awtiN. On his alarm Murphy, another watchman, came up, and rin after them; on coming up with them he was knocked down and had his hand severely wrenched. The magistrate deprecated the interference of the watchman after they had given over fighting. R on BERL—Michael Medley, a lad about seventeen, but who evidently appeared to have been " brought up to the bar," and " an old hand," was charged. by Barton, the constable, with having stolen a bundle on the previous morning from the shop of Mr. Paviour, tailor, in 80ld -street, containing a quantity of waistcoatings, &c. Barton saw prisoner and another lad named Harris running out of Mr. Paviour's shop with the bundle; he pursued them, and caught Harris, who said to prisoner " Ned!ey then ran away and escaped. Prisoner.—Why, genlemen, he's swearing false, he never seed me in all his life before. I dont know as I knows anybody they. calls Harris. _ _ . Ainsworth the constable, however, deposed that they .had both the prisoner and Harris in custody together a day or two before, and Mr. Batcheldor said he was welt known as a reputed thief. • _ ....... Prisoner.—Why, gentlemen, fetch Harris to me, and he speak for. me, (laughter,) they will swear one's life away for a penny. The information was then drawn up and read over. The prisoner, on being asked if he had anything to say to the charge, replied, " What's t'use o' my saying anything when you wont believe what I say." He was committed to take his trial at the session. REsPoNSIBILITY OF PAWNBROKERS.—Mr. Saver, pri-;tn broker, was summoned before the magistrates by .rohn 'nem. who had pledged a coat there in September, IS3-1. and on ap plying for the coat before the year had expired, in the last Sep tember, he had not been able to obtain it. Mrs. Sayer appear ed, and, in answer to the charge, said thet had cudeavonied to find the coat bet could not. A robbery had been committed at their house last year, and she supposed the Coat must have been amongst the missing articles. 'I he Magistrate's Clerk suggest ed that if the coat had been stolen, as described, the magistrates had no power to order any recompense; bet it must he proved to their satisfaction that the coat was stolen The case was re manded until Tuesday, in order to afford ,time for ascertaining whether any information had been given of such robbery having taken place. ASSAULT.—Mary King, of dibialfat-road, who keeps a beer house, was charged by Mrs. TUrner, of Great Howard-street, Who also keeps a beer-house, With having violently assaulted her and knocked her down, at Prince's Dock, on Tuesday last. It appeared that Mrs. Turner tad been to see the Captain of the Emperor in order to obtain, if she could, the crew to be quarter ed at her house, in which She succeeded, when, as she was going swat', Mrs. King came behind her unperceived, and, without speaking a word, knocked her down. Defendant was fined 20s. and.costs, or to he committed for one month. Scieral cab-drivers were fined 55.-' and costs for leaving their 'cabs - Standing at •the Railway station whilst they were run ning after passengers, • THE CAP DID' FIT, TO Tile EDITOR•OP THE LIFENPOOL S7'.dii7Distita Stit,—Nfrs. Twaddle, the yonngeriady of the two resideptrd, Lora -street, has been-extremely ana.verliosely pungent ;xi her: luedbrations of S a t ur da y l ast. l'oor.dear creature; she aPpears determined to annihilate every thing' , bearing a conservative stamp; and to this end she has declared, in,her and select langliage, that if the humble subscriber barks at her again, The will, "tie a pan t o hi s ta il ,; " & c. • I m u st, however , be caught pretithis to unciergoin;:; so interesting an operation at her delicate hands.; ami really in .the event of the dam e being fleeter ri-font than myself, and of hei Consequently being successful iu laying; violent hands on my Unfortunate carcass, I would wish it, my dear sir, to be clearly understood that your . correspondent will not be liabl e f or th e result, inasmuch as hist' teeth being unified, he is capable of impressing such ti mark on his assailant as may possibly serve as an unpleaSant reminis cence for the period of their natural lives.• • . " Nem.° rte lacessit.7 This, howeVer, niy elide friend may be entirely confident of, that as long as she escheweth any physical' development of her wrath, so long shall I, possessing, as I hope I do, a "guantani ruff„'.' of g ood breeding and gallantry, shall always abstain froni the.cominission of any act towards her derogatory to the cha racter to which I aspire. But the "milk of hunian kindne ss ". may possibly by indiscr e et u s e become curdled: Of this let the gentleinan ,(who, seeks to represent the ward in WhiCh I have had the honour to reside, and in Which, I have the SatiSfaction to say, I have bred a .few good and conservative te rr i ers ) b e aware. Although I can only pity the poor creature who has so gratuitously (?) taken,np the cudgels in hit . behalf, yet i s h e fair, public, unprecerved game, an d, as such, is liable to indi vidual capture. He;. by persisting in the reckless utterance of slanderous expressions rektive to characters in Liverpool, "the latchet of whose shoe he i 3 unworthy to loese " shall feel th e full force of my warm denthiCiation.„ When 1 lip Thy - foot, he will find the effect on his body, .ed)porate curiously edifOng; and it will be a matter of unimportance to the whether he bear, the infliction on high 'Change in Brunswick-street. or in the the other place, "where merchants Most . corigre ,, ate." It is to be hoped that the pop gUri batteries of,7LOrd-street will shortly be silenced, after the emission of art impotent sbot or two, —in that case you shall hear no more !tom ypur cynical friend _ "A SCOTCII TEHRIEit." lirest Derby, Dec. 7, 1533. New ORGAN. AT HUDDERSTIF.I.D.—On Thursday last two performances of sacred music were given in St. Paul's Church; Huddersfield, on the completion of a new organ erected by Messrs. Robson and Son, St. Martin's-lane, London. It is a powerful instrument, and the most unqualified praise was be= stowed upon it. Mr. Perratt, the organist of the parish church; presided . all the first titleift of Huddersfield was engaged, to ,give effect to some of the finest Selections from the Messiah. The 'collection in the morning was upward 4 of £lO, that Of the even inganore than £3O. Sir John Rantsilen, Bart.. BYrain, con tributed.4:so towards the expense. About £BOO has been col. ! lecte4Arbieli-will be. suflicient th,pay for the organ-and provide a permanent salary fur the organist. 'ACTION ItETWEEN A MEXICAN AND AN AMERICAN SCHOON E n.—The MaiteLoni4e, arrived at Bourdeaux, brings letterS from Vera Cruz, dated September lti. which • state, On the au thority of the journal of Mexico of the 3d of September, that art action had taken place at sea between the ilfAntezuma schooner, nelonging to the Mexican Republic, with a crew of 50 men and .1 guns, and the American schooner Ingham, likewise of 4 guns., butt with a crew of only 24 men. The Anieritait schooner. after a dreadful combat, was oblidged to rmt on shdre. The battle was commenced by the American vessel. SCHISMS TN THE 1111.,LBOURICE CAITTNET.—We have heard from an authentic source, that the schisms which have been so rife in the cabinet for the lost fortnight, are not likely to be healed—that Burdett's letter to O'Connell hits confirmed many a wavering Whig that Melbourne and company have gone too far; that they cannot disprove the coalition ;—that O'Connell will not be shaken off without exposing them ;—that brief epistle from D errvnane, c h arg i ng B ur d ett w i t h madness or fatuity, has so disgusted numbers of BrOokes'ti club, that they have declared themselves against the ministers unless they denounce him again from the throne ;—all these concurring circumstances have led to a breach, which cannot he healed, and to the ascertainment, moreover, that if Sir R. Peel is again made minister, he will command a majority in the [louse without resorting to a dissolution of parliament:—Felix Parl e y's Bristol Jouraal.—ln corroboration of these sentiments, We cannot hut think that the concluding sentenCe-of O'Connell's letter is full of ominous import—he says—" the present mi nistry virulently assailed by powerful enemies, and insidiously, and therefore most basely, betrayed .by pretended friends, throw cue moment of blessed light and salutary heat, upon the gloom of an unfortunate country • BUT IT SLAY BE, lik e th e li g h tn i ng S ()late, TRANSITORY, arid only making the darknesS more 1 ideous."—Dan tvill prove a true prophet—the ministry, as is said in our last Journal, will not last till the parliament meet. The Bath conservative dinner is announced to take place at the A.Fsembly Rooms on. Thursday, the 10th instant. About (10 tickets have been disposed of: LORD LIEUTENANT Op GLOUCRiTERSHIRE.—The Cheltenhani .fouisiia/ says, " We have been assured that the Lord Lieu tenancy of Gloucestershire was offered to Lord Sherborue, but declined by tiis lordship ; and will, it is understood, be con ferred upon Lord DuCie," Lord Segrate's Conduct on the corporation bill, 14 said to have put him out of favour at head= quarters.—Felix Fai•iey. MR. SHRRIFF SALOMONS:—OD Thursday, a cotirt of alder.: men was held at the Guildhall, London, for the purPnie of rea ceiving the return of David,Salomons, Esq., as alderman of the ward of Altigate. The tewn clerk inlormed the court that the opinion of the attorney-general., the solicitor-general, the. recorder, and common sergeant, of London. Sir \Villiain Fol lett, and Mr. Sergeant Mere Weather, .had been taken, as the declaration required to be made under the 9th Geo. IV. cap. 17, (the repeal of the test act) by all persons on their admis sion to corporate offices. These learned personages had given. it as their opinion that this deelaratiiin should be signed either within one month before, or on admiSsion to office; and that if Mr. Salomons had not or would not sign it, it would be the duty of the court to proceed as upon a void election. As Mr. Salomons could, not, being a jetv, sign a declaration open hii faith as a true Christian-"-th e_elect avasadeeliried void, and the lord mayor was required to issue a precept for a new elec tion. It will be recollected that Sir John Campbell, the attor ney-general, brought in a bill, under which Mr: Salomoisi holdi the office he now fills. As that bill only referred to the Office of high sheriff of counties, the sheriff must at least. for the pre-: sent, rest content with being the first Yew raised to that inipor-, tant judicial office in England, and we believe in any other country in Christendom. • - HINTS TO JOHN BULL—We should very mach like to knor; if his Majesty's ships of war and the government steamers are destined for no other service than that of conveying here anti there the wives and daughters of connectiena of the cabinet? It was but the other day a Grey stripling bumped in the bottom of a new frigate :when conveying his relative, Lady Durham, to St. Petersburgh, while her lord %vita putting the nation to hea 7 yen knows what expence by capriciously choosing to take the longest and most extravagant round to the capital of, the Czar: If ladies do not choose to travel with th e i r l or d s , we do net see why, because they happen to be relatives of . economical whigs, they are to put J'ohn,Bull to a thundering extra expence. But this is not all. The Firebrand goverinneot steamer, we perceive,. was ordered the other day to Waterford, for the purpose of con veying Lady Fanny Poirsonby (daughter of Lord Durham) to England. Now we should like to tisk the Hon. Mr. Ponionby; why the deuce could he not put his hand in his_ purse and pay. for his wife's passage in th e rea di er steamer? Was Lady Fan. - - ny Ponsonbr ticketed as "bn his Majesty's service," in order to ensure het free passage in a gov er nment steamer? These, people of England ; be instances of whist patriotism and economy. COCKERMOUTH TO WIT.—ME. Dykes, M.P. for Cocker mouth, has intimated to his constituents his intention of re; linquishing the representation of that borough. We sincerer hope that the vacancy will he filled by an honeit conservative; and so carol the following stave: — Who's for Cockermouth ? Parliament would-be men; Dykes won't stand it, and so cuts his stiels Up, co n s ervatives! go it like goodly men, And die whig radicals surely You'll lick. Let each wife of Cockermouth, now lend unlock hertnoitth; And speak to her spongy as loud as she can, That there's no one so fitting, the House for to sit in, Than an honest COMM' tire Parliament taunt—Age. MARlUS:D.—Captain Buck, of Hartland Abbey, to . the Larlt" Elizabeth O'Brien, fourth .daughter of the Marquis of Thomond; That the bride and the bridegrooni are surely in luck s Must to every mind be most clear; . To her the bold Captain is nought but a flack, While to hint she's most certainly deer. The dinner to .1. ardy, Esq., M.P. for Bradford, given by hii constituents on the 27th ult. is deserving of notice. Mr. Hardy came forward at the last general election as a reformer, was su ported as a reformer, and elected as a reformer. Ile subsequently opposed the present government. At this dinner he accounted . for his change of opinions, indignantly denounced the coalition with O'Connell, the contemplated spOliation of the Church in Ireland, the great facilities given by ministers to the increase of Popery, and the injustice to which Protestants in Ireland aro exposed, as the causes of his abandoning the government party His constituents applauded him for so doing; which we suppose. the Chronicle will say proves no re-action. RUSSIAN NAVIA 1. AIIMAMENTS.—Our Amsterdam enrroprnn. 7 ; eat writes to us, under Cate tee 2Sth of November, as follows —" Arrivals from the Baltic; and intelligefice received by the Russian mail, induce us to believe what hitherto we have not been disposed to give credit to, that .a RUSiian squadron will Shortly arrive in the Texei. A vessel bound from Riga to Hard burg states that serious preparation-,are being made in the im perial navy—that several detachiotints of sailors have been sent to Bevel, as well as vessels laden with military stores. Thet even pretend to know here that the Said squadron will consist of six 'ships of' the line and Cs mane frigates, or m,-Et seventy-fours; not including smaller veSsels; and what inh.caseg thiS presump tion is that the best-informed persons at the Hague speak of au advance upon insmances s of a fall in foreign stocks, and even of war; which has tint, however ; met with general belief. But as the official press offerS no eiplanation, we must wait for some thing confirnung this milltifaritois news. One fact is certain-- that our government is on terms of great intimacy with Russia; and that it has been solicited to be still more so, which would be scarcely prudent. We are williag to admit that government may u pon our porta to the squadron and undertake to revictual it. hut nit unite our forces with if, as many persons hope."— Couirrier Francais. TYR AN N Y OF TiT W lc s.— The liberal whip understand thus method of producing a sensation as profoundly as any body of statesrni.* that ever existed. Their continental policy prodireed a sensation in Poland—their transatlantic policy has produced a sensation in the present rational republics of south America. and their domestic policy has caused se - molting like a sensation aiming the protestants of Ireland and the poor of England. They are now producing en amazing sensation among the pal ochial authorities; and the " one-and-threepenny" *Poor Laws Amendment act is managed With such dexterity, that it promises - in a short time to•beceme a complete local Dr. Fran cia.. At the vestry meeting of St. Saviour's,. held On Monday last, for the purpose of opposing the introductien of the -bill into thatparish, tbs• local authorities were nbsoltrtely frightened at the idea of,Vrending the commissioners-if they spoke dis respectfully asithe commissioners, or Of the inhumanity of the bill, it was,ihey said, Most likely that they would enter' the parish immediately, for indeed the e ommissiovers had said that the noisy vestry meeting ofLambeth—in which it will bi recol lected the cne-and-threepenny" dieting was severely com mented upon—had induced them to enter that.parish inmordi ately. They were to forego the right, which Englishmen had hitherto possessed of manfully delivering their opinions upon a measure Intimately affecting their rights, lest they. Aright irritate the sensitive whig commissioners of SoMerset Douse. If the. commissioners did, as it is stated, hastily enter the parish of Lambeth flees: use the " one-and-threepenny" and unconstite . tioual act was severely c ommented upon, what an admirable specimen does it afford of whip deliberation and liberality ! In fact, this centeralising Measure hag placed _three-furlhs of the warkrtig portion of the parochial authorities of England corn: pletelv under the power Of the the disinterested whigs.—/Iforn; iny Fretald; * The weekly expense of a pauper by, the dietary of St. George's, Hanover-square, so much earned - by the poor lay? cOnimisaidners: ,~:._. -~ --. isb, s to of Ig by 9rt ue at r la- i t th 19