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' • . . , . SHIP BREAD BAKERY, 33, STRAND-STREET. ruHOMAS LENOX, Successor to Messy .1 sin, respectfully informs the Merck &c. S. Gorst and s, Sbipwxners, , , of Liverptiol, thaehe has taken the Pre lately occupied hs Messrs. S. Gorst and Son, No. 33, STR 0-STREET, Canning, Duck, where be intends to conduct the 1111' BREAD and and SAIL MAKING BUSINESS, and respectfully solicits a continuance of the favours conferred uppn.his predecessors as Ship Bread Bakers. REMOVAL. OHN CLISSOLD, HAIR CUTTER and P t iRFUSIER, begs to ',acquaint his kind Friends and Patron. bat he has left his .hld Shop 77, Cuuttcu-sTnEBT, and has moved to No. 48, nearly opposite the Liver Theatra, wh he hopes to have a continuation of their favours. He has tied up separate and convenient apartments for Ladies add Gentlemen, and he firmly believes that every comfort and convenience will befound in his new Establishment. He takes the liberty of acquainting his Friends that the Person who has opened his Old Shop has no connexion with him in any way whatever. Twu APPRENTICES wanted immediately. etIiTHBERT CLARK, AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER, and Houss and LAND Aostsr, 49, Great Crosshall-street, and 2, Moodields. begs to return his most heartfelt thanks to his numerous Friends and the Public, for the liberal encourage ment he has received during his residence in Liverpool. The advantage of an Establishment for supplying Strangers, Visitors, and others, (without any charge whatever) with the Addresses, Terms, and every intf)rmation elative to the dis- Lposing of Public and Private Houses Property, Letting otb•-ings, with or without Board, Apa ents and Furnished Hod.es, so that persons on their arrivat in this great Commer cial Town mav, without any expense far the information, be acquainted with the object they have in view, and avoid the expense and trouble of looking for tke same, is too obvious to need a comment. r. hr- ken an Office, C. C, has the honour to announce that he has ta. No. 2, Moot-fields, opposite the Railway Of known by the name of the STRANUERS' OFFICE, established for supply ing Strangers with the requisite information before-mentioned, free of expense. Persons having any description of Property to dispose of, Public or Private Houses, Apartments or Lodgings to Let, will find it to their advantage to rerister the same at 2, Moorfields. Appraisements for Letters of Administration, Valuation of Houses. Plate, Books, Furniture, and every description of Property. Attendance from Ten to Five o'clock. General Agency. Rents Collected. Money advanced on Property intended for immediate Sale. Enourance Notirto. AHIGHLY-RESPECTABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, itt London, is desirous of Establishing AGENCIES is the Principal Towns of/England, who will be allowed a Liber..lCommission on all Business they may procure. Gentlemen wishing such an 'appointtpent will please mention their Profession, with satisfactory refirences as to their respec tability to some Person in London, addressing their applica tions ( post-pail) to Mr. W. 11. Mauve, Nationer, No.l, Trump street, Cheapside, London. BRITISH FIRE OFFICE, 429, STRAND, and 21, CORNRILL, LONDON. [minuted, 1799. PERSONS Instovl at this Old-established Office, whose Premiums fall d'ue at LADY DAT; are respectfully re quested to renew the same within fif)een days from the 25th instant. AGENTS. FOR I.IIrERPOOT.. • GEItALI) ATON4ON and TOWNLEY, • No. 5, Water-street, adjoining the Bank. ogitk- Receipts for Policies effected through the late Agencies of Mr. B. H. DOWNING and Mr. J. C. Manna Lt. respectively, lying as above, of which those concerned will please take Notice: A large dry CELLAR to be LET, fit for the WINE and SPIRIT "'RAWL ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, , 9, Thrivrnorton-street, London;- 63, King-street. Manchester ; Eachange-street Bail, Liverpool. CAPITAL, L:300,000, IN THREE THOUSAND SHARES OF ElOO EACH. Ar UCH LOWER RATES of ASS ..k.V1..,0f any other Office will be found i lensively varied Tables of this Compa EXTRACT PROM THE Whole Tenn of Life, I'UANC.T. than those the original and ex- 'ABLES. One Year. Seven Years - - - Quarterly Illalf-pearly Annual Annual Premium. Premium. Premium. Premium. Premium. • £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. a. d. £ s. d. 16 0 7 3 -0 14 4 1 8 4 0 15 2 0 16 9 20 0 711 0 15 9 1 11 2 0 17 .4 0 18. 8 3U, 010 2 1 0 2 1 19 10 , I 1 3 I 2 1 40 013 9 1 7 4 2. 13 .9 1 4 6 1 6 2 50 1 0 4• 2 •0 - 4 3 19 2 1 13 5 1 19 0 A Board of Directors meet daily, by whom policies may be A Board of Directors effected in a few hours. Premiums may be paid Half-yearly or Quarterly. Tables of increasing and decreasing Premiums, peculiarly adapted to the circumstances and convenience of parties propos ing to assure. Distinct Tables, at very Moderate rates for all c:iinates, in cluding sea risk, for military and naval officers, and for persons alilicted with disorders not attended with immediate danger to life. Prospectuses, with full particulars and Tables, may be ob tained of the Agents at the following places : LIVERPOOL - Mr...IONA. FLOUNDERS. Manchester Mr. William Swindells. Chester M r. William Hope. Birmingham ...Mr, George Paulson Wragge. York Mr. George Bulmer. Hull Mr. H. F. Skeet. Leeds Mr. Booth. 'Sheffield ........Mr. T. M. Bardswell. Derby REDUCTION OF FIRE PREMIUMS. YORK AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ASSURANCE COMPANY, 14, HIGH OUSEGATE, YORK. CAPITAL.. Z5(X),000. WILIJAM COOPER, Esq, . THOMAS thiuGußY, Esc' Jou?! AGAR, Esq. JAMES MIDI:S, ES3. JOHN BARsTow, Esq. MATTHEW CARR, F',Bq. II RNRY CUGrKR , Esq. J hiES GkI)SDEN,.I 4 :Sq. I{OBERTWARUGLEADO4,ESII. CHAS. JAME. thriidri. Ks q. EDMUN.I7I3AttI, ~ Alderman, Chairman. . Deputy Chairman. • WILLIAM FIARGILOVE, Esq. .ROBliliT HUDSON, Esq. THOMAS MASON. Esq. WILLIAM MarrEasos, Esq. JOHN ORO,. Esq, RALPH 011 b, Esq. CUTIIRERT RI PON, Esq. GI3OllGli W u mr.t., Esq. 'OW, Actuary nd Secretary._ coboArrrEu FOR LivEitp, James Bftteson, Esq. Thothas Bolton, Esq. James Jackson, Esq. VICINITY. enkinson, Esq. Prenon, En. ainw right, Esq. ims. Ann I; Thotni ltiehd 'Geo. N FIRE INSURANCES. E Directors of this Office taking into consideration the 1, strong and well-directed Engine and Fire Police Esta blishment which has heat brought into operation in Liverpool, and the great attention which is paid , in the construction. of new Warehouses, to security against Fire; have determined to adopt the following reduced rate of Premium : On - Floating Policies swilic Insurances, with warranty against haous trades and hazardous goods Warranty against hazardous trades omitted is. Warranty against hazardous goods also omitted . 84. „ No werranty against plurality of occupation required. Policies fir short periods will be charged the usual propor tions of the abode rates. SPittelA I, RISKS on the most moderate terms. The following Rates of Premium are charged for ordinary Risks : ',,isks. Quality. Pe? Cent First Not Hazardous.. I Is. 6d. Bmmi Hazardous Third... .'... Dvaly llazardo u I •ls. Od. FARMING STOCK. rooked by this Company in' the First Class of Risks, and the Premium is therefore only per cent. LIFE ASSURANCE. The following are the .Rates per Cent, upon the life of a healthy person, of the un - dertuentioned ages;—' Aye. Prem. per Ann. Aye. 'rem. per. Ann. . £1 13s. 9d. £4 Os. 7d. 2 3 0 60. 6 3 11 41,) - 3 67..... 812 0 Joint Lives and Survivorships also Assured by this Company. the Rates fur which are equallr favourable to the Assured. All further information can to obtained on application at the Agent for Liverpool M %VOIR ERSPOON, ludia-buildings, Fenwick-street. SOCIETY FOR THE RESTORATION OF HEALTH. LIFARVEY'S VEGETABLE ANTI-DRAS'T'IC PILL is JL fast superseding every other aperient and stomachic me dicine. Its success has been most decided in Indigestion. ob stinate and habitual Costiveness,. Bilious and Nervous Head ache, Giddin ess , or Overflow of Blood to the Head. Rheumatic Fever, LiYer Complaints, and all disorders incident to'the Stomach and B owe l s. In Complaints peculiar to Females and Children, these Pills will be found one of the best and most efiectu , l'i'entedia.t agents that can be used ; they may be taken by the Meat delicate females and children with perfect safety. As a Family Medicine, to keep in the boils for all primary Symptoms of indi s p os i t i on, they stand unric• ed. No confine ment or chang e o f di et requisite. Pric s. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. Gd. per box. HARVEY'S RESTORATIVE RDIAL, in Nervous - Affectinns, Loss of Appetite, Lan, or, and Debility, arising from illness, early imermience, excesses, res:t:ence in tropical climates. seminal weakness, sedentary habits, &c., is infallible. To piing and elderly females it affords relief and support, that nd other tonic has given; it mitigates, often totally - prevents. sea-sickness. All pers ons of sedentary habits and tradesmen pinch confined to their shops will find ' a table sp.. Ifni taken One hour before dinner of the greatest serylce. Price 4s. 6d. and l Is. per bottle. HARVEY'S EMBROCATION effectually and speedily cures Rheumatism, Sprains, Bruises, and Glandular Swellings, and restores Relaxed 'Muscles to their tone, Price 2s. 9d. per bottle. HARVEY'S LOTION OP BEAUTY removes Pimples, Freckles. Eruptions, 'and all Cutaneous Disorders of the Face and Neck, cures Chapped Hands, postpones Wrinkles, pre serves the Complexion to a great age, and, used b e f ore Shay in„cr, imparts. comfort hitherto unknown. Price 3e. 6u. and 7s. 6d. per bottle. " As a safe and effectual aperient, • we fearlessly assert that HARVEY'S ANTI-DRASTIC PILL has no equal in this country. • It is not only in some degree superseding other Fa mily Medicines, bust many distinguished Physician s are con stantly recommcning the formula to their patients as being the safest aperient pill made known."—Oise e of for Jan. 29th, a weekly medical journal. HARVEY'. S VALUA BLE M FDIC IN ES are SOld Whole sale, by J. BOddineton, Resident Director to the Society for the Restoration of Health, 90, Charlotte-street, Ilathbone-place, London; C. Mawnoon, 2U, South John-street. near the New Custornhonse, t Priestley, Aspinall, J. D. ilutler, Scholefield, Fisher, Wagstaff, Swift, Hobson, and Lloyd, Liverpool ; Scowcroft, Whom • ,~:. %RP Mi;ss* imptriat Varitament. HOUSE - OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25. (Continued from the STANDARD of Friday.) , ' NAVY ESTIMATES. In a committee of supply— • Lord ASHLEY moved that the sum of £819,115 be granted to his Majesty for the half-pay officers of the Royal Marines and Navy up to the 31st of March, 1836.—Agreed to. Ldrd ASHLEY moved that £522.635 be granted for military pensions and allowances up to the 31st of March, 1836.—Agreed to. Lord As litEY moved, that £219,625 be granted . to his Ma jesty to defray the allowances of civil pensions (and other pur poses), up to (he - 31st of March, 1836.—Agreed to. SABBATII-DAY'S OBSERVANCE BILL. Mr. Po oLTER moved the orOor of the day for the second read= ing of a bill for the better observance of the Lord's-day. After a short discussion the second reading of the bill was carried by a majority of 76, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday (to-morrow). The witnesses' indemnity bill wont through a committee, and the report was brought up; but from the tone of voice in which the proceeuing was conducted between the Chairman and the Speaker, it was impossible to hear a single word. The highways bill was read a second time, but we could not hear the day appointed for the next stage. ' REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. The second reading of the registration of voters bill having been moved, as we presume, by Lord J. Russell, Mr. WARBURTON deprecated the enormous expense attend ant upon opening up the lists before committees, who, under that bill, if it should pass into a law, would have the power of doing so. Lord J. Russer.t. was understood to say that he would not press the clause to which the hon. member for Bridport objected, if the sense of the house were against him. Mr. H. BcrAvEtt thought there were some regulations in the present measure more unfair than in the former. A conversation then ensued, in the course of which, while all agreed in thanking the noble lord for the trouble he had taken about the bill, Mr. C. Buller and Mr. Aglionby recommended that it should be referred to a committee up-stairs. Mr. Foster, Mr. Williams, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Baines, Mr. Rolfe, Mr. Sheil, Mr. M. Philips, and severaLliun. members whose names could not be ascertained in the gallery took part in this con-, yersation. TITHE CaIIitUTATION (ENGLAND.) The report of the committee of the whole house on this sub ject was brought up. The resolution was agreed to, and a bill ordered to b e brought in pursuant thereto. TIMBER DUTIES. The report of the committee on the timber duties was brought up and agreed to, and a bill ordered to be brought in pursuant -thereto. The illegal securities bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. CRUELTY TO CATTLE AND OTHER ANIAIALS, ' Mr. PE. moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill to consolidate and amend acts relating• to the cruel treatment of cattle and other animals. LIGHTHOUSIi§. Mr. Hying called the attention of the house to the report of the select committee on lighthouses, with the view to their con solidation under one management. After going into a detail of the expenses which these establishments entailed upon the mer cantile marine of the country, and stating a variety of alleged mismanagement, the hon. gentleman proceeded to say that he thought the expenses of the lighthouses of the country ought to be placed on the same footing as the consular charges, and those expenses ought to be defrayed as part of the public burdens out of the public purse; and he was the snore induced to that opinion because his Majesty's ships deriving equal advantages from the lighthouses as the commercial traders, were excluded from the charges. (Hear.) The committee appointed by the house had obtained, through the intervention of the noble lord then at the nead of the foreign department, (Lord Palmerston,) the ordinances of France, and the regulations of other coun tries; and with respect to the information contained in the ap pendix to the report, he must say that the example of France should be followed by levying a similar tonnage duty for the maintenance of the lighthouses. By such a course he believed that in this country alt objects in this respect would be accom plished for £40,000, instead of £250,000, as was now collected. (clear, hear.) The expenditure might also he considerably lessened by an alteration in the mode of keeping the accounts, and in the manner of their collection. Mr. Hume - Concluded by moving for leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the consolida tion of lighthouses under one management:—Leave given. . Mr. Biityritaaron moved that the house do adjourn. Mr. gti...w made some remark which we did not hear. • Mr. Gis BORNII presented an election petition from Leicester, stating that the agent had delivered a wrong christian name. The hon. member gave notice of a motion for this day, (Tues day,) in accordance with the prayer of the petition. Mr. WYr.mobserved that the house could not grant the in dulgence asked. The petition eras brought up. Dr. Bow ni NG moved that the house do adjourn. The motion was net put. Mr. Lavaov presented a petition relative to the election for the county of Cork, to supply a defect in a f ormer p e titi on respecting a mistake in a Christian name. lie observed, that the objection to the petition just presented did not apply to this. Mr. Re-riivaN, jun.. who had risen once or twice before to move the adjournment of the house, and was met with cries of "order," rose again, and, persevering in his motion, the house adjourned at one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY. The Marquis of BUTE presented petitions for the extension of church accommodation in Scoland, and in favour of the church establishment in that country, from the Gaelic church, Edin burgh, from the parish of St. Mary, in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, and from places in the counties of Ayr and Roxburgh. The Earl of 11 ,, SEBERY presented a petition in favour of the established church of Scotland from the borough of Queensferrv. Lord Bliour; HA at said that in presenting the petition he held in his hand, he - should take the same course that was adopted on w former night by a noble friend of his, and merely state its contents, because he did not wish to commit himself to any of the allegations of the petitioner. According to the new regime of that house, it appeared that au individual, if he spoke on a petition, was held in some degree responsible for its allegations; but he, in miler to get rid of that supposed responsibility, would merely read the petition. The noble and learned lord then read the petition. It was front, a pers, n named Charles Hayman, who stated that he had been for six years an inmate of the work house of Stapleton, near Bristol; and he complained that be had been prevented from receiving. spiritual assistance from the Rev. White, alio resided near Bristol, and who was (as we understood) a regular dissenting minister. The petitioner stated that he felt notch aggrieved by not being able to avail himself of the visits of the ltcv. Mr. White. The Lou oditAzdetcrit.tut presented a petition from Radford Roe, Esq., barrister-at-iaw, complaining of the high and unjust legal chaiges that had been imposed upon him. A person from the office of the pour law commissioners pre sented copies of the correspondence of the commissioners on the subject of the Stoke Po es union. On the motion of Lord ELLEN BO ROVG 14, the finance accounts of the united kingdom for the last year were ordered to be printed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY:: CANTERBURY ELECTION. Mr. Our; DA LK, as chairman of the Canterbury election com mittee, 'who have decided that S. R. Lushington, Esq., ought to have been returned as member for the city of Canterbury, moved the house that the late member, F. Villiers, Esq., might be at liberty, by petition, to question the validity of the return for the city of Canterbury within the next fourteen days. LEICESTER BOROUGH ELECTION. Mr. Giseolore presented a petition from Mr. Joseph Parkes, praying to be allowed to amend a clerical error committed by I.ie t with respect to the name of one of the sureties furnished by the' petitioners against the return for the borough of Leicester. - Mr. Parkes was called to the bar of the housr, and examined respecting the error, after which the motion was carried on a division by a majority of nine. CORK COUNTY RLEcTION PETITION. Dr. LEsaioe then moved for leave to rectify a mistake in the Christian name of one of the 'sureties proposed."in the case of this -" petition —to substitute "Wiiliuoi Manna" instead of Hem y Maunix," and that the time fur perfecting the surety-be en larged for ten days. Mr. John Jackson, agent for the petitioner, was called in and examined, for the purpose of proving that the error was merely Clerical and altogether unintentional. On this motion the house dividetL It was curried by a majority of 27. LONDON lINIVERsrry. Mr. Toot; it, in bringing forward his motion for "an address to his Majesty, beseeching him to grant his royal charter of in corporation to the University of London, as approved in. the year 1831, by the then law officers of the crown, and containing no other restriction than against conferring degrees in divinity and in medicine," observed, in th e course o f hi s speech, that the University did not prefer to have any chair oftheology, be cause it was considered the pupils might he instructed in their religious tenets and duties at home; nor did it &elite to have the power of conferring degrees in divinity or in me di c i ne . ( Hear.) All it wanted was the right to grant degrees in arts and in law, with probably the same initials as in the Univer sities at present. recognised. These degrees they looked for in the expectation that they would be received by the public with that respect to which they were entitled from the value of the instrieetion therein. The London University was not a joint 'stock aiontruercial company in the ordinary sense of the word, because four per cent. was the highest interest the share holders Could-receive for their money. The claims of the University to a charter were daily increasing. There were now 400 pupils, and the medical board was unsurpassed by that of any other in stitution. Mr. GournceN objected to the motion on the ground that the proceedings before the privy council, respecting the Kraut of a charter to the University were not before the house. He con cluded by moving as an amendment an address to the. Crown for a copy of the memorials, in this case to the privy council, and a statement of its proceedings. Sir ROSKIIT INGLIS did nut mean to say anything disrespect ful of the London University; but thought the motion an in fringement upon the prerogatives of the Crown. The question had been well argued, and could not have been brought before the privy council under more favourable circumstances for the institution than last year. With respect to the value of the de grees they were claiming the right of bestowing, honours con ferred by tutors were never considered to be of any particular value. Th e value of honours at the Universities consisted in their being given, not by college tutors in their respective col leges, but by a class of examiners selected from the University at large. In granting a charter to the London University, it would be only, as it were, conferring one on a particular col lege, and the degree would be of no more value than a college certificate. It was not denied that the London University was to a certain extent a money speculation. • Shares were sub - scribed for, and might be sold or transferred like shares in a gas ' company, or any ether speculation of the kind. Was this, then, he would ask, the kind of institution for which a charter ought to be granted, with such powers as were sought for? The hon. gentleman tMr. Tooke) hail sail that he did not claim the power for the London University of conferring degrees in-divi mie. but what was the eNaent of that power us now exercised by the * Universities? -He found that in the year 1831 the Univer sity of Oxford conferred 268 degrees of bachelor of arts, 168 de grees of master of arts, and only 12 degrees in divinity. Dr. LUSHINGToN supported the motion on the broad ground that it was the duty of a governm en t to g i ve encouragement to the cultivation of 'those talents which God had given to man, and which were not intended to be left untnliiyated. Lott! F. EGERTON agreed in much of what had been said by the hon. and learned nicruber who last addressed the house, but as be intended to vote for the amendment of the right hon. gentle un , - co uld not consent to give a sile n t vote, l est he should be considered be as intending to quash the original motion. With the highest respect for the hon. baronet (the member for the University of Oxford), he must say, that if his vote on this occa sion were to he guided by his (Sir R. Inglis's) speech; and that of the hon. rind learued member for the Tower Hamlets ( Dr. Lushington), without reference to other considerations, he must vote for the latter. For his own part, he did not think' that the interests of sound education would suffer by the incorporation of the University of London: Ile could not • object to the este!). THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. lishment of an University for the education of dissenters if placed under proper regulations. It was his misfortune to have scruples al to the admission of dissenters to the two Universities, but having those scruples, he wi s h,d to see the means afforded of giving the soundest education given in other institutions to. the members of that body . ,- h o d indeed he regretted that this ono of the London University was'not better supported by the dissen ters than it had been. But his reason for supporting the amend ment in picference to the original motion was, that though he had nothing on bis mind which was not favoiirable - to the gene ral proposition of the bon. member for Truro (Mr. Tooke), he was still anxious for further information tin the subject, and it was only his desire to obtain that information which induced, -him to vote for the amendment. Indeed, so strongly was he disposed in 'favour of the London University that, as a suiiscrib , ing, member to it, he dal not assent to the exclulPieres which the hon. meniher (Mr. Tooke) had consentedlo wake in asking for the charter... On ail these grounds he. would at present oppose the original motion, but not because he concurred M the reit 'sons stated by the hon. baronet (Sir It. Inglis.) Mr. WxanuaroN would, if the p res ent administration would bring forward a . proposition for uniting the King's College and the London University as one general university endowed with powers of granting de;,;rees, consent to the withdrawal of the motion. Mr. BA RING thought the real question before the house was, whether it would be useful to confer upon the London Univer sity the power of granting degrees. Much had been said about the monopoly of the two universities by the gentlemen on the liberal side of the house (a laugh), but he would ask, if they were prepared to critter a'monopoiy on the London University over other institutions already established fur academic and literary instruction? He hoped the matter would be postponed until the report of the privy council was laid before the impose. (Cries of " Divide.") Sir Romer PEEL took for granted that those who were so anxious for an immediate division without any discussion, were fully acquainted with the nature of the motion before the house. He thought that those who had not read the report of the laiv officers were not the hest qualified to plaee the restriction con tained in the latter part of the motion upon the required act of the crown. There might Le reasons good for restricting the proposed charter iu respect of degrees of divinity, but be should like to know why any restriction should be proposed with refer ence to medicine? lie was the more anxious for a reply to this inquiry, inasmuch as he had an account of the state of the London University in the year 1833, from which it appeared that there were in th a t y e a r •180 students attending that institu tion; of these 293 were students in medicine, 113 studeuts in the arts, and 74 students at law. (Hear, hear.) It reqUired explanation why to-night th e h ouse s h ou ld be called upon to address the crown to give the - privilege to this institution of con (erring degrees to about 191) students in the arts and law, and at the same time advise a restriction which went to exclude from degrees 293 students in medicine. (Hear, hear.) He could not sec the justice of this-proposition even upon the showing of its supporters. The question had already been before the house, and had been by the crown referred to the privy council. Ought the crown, then, now to be called_ upon to disparage the autho• rity of the privy council, and to grant a charter, without refer ence to the opinions of that body referred to? (Hear.) The committee of the privy council had consisted of the then Lord Chancellor (Lord Brougham), the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York., the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Ripon, the Duke of Richmond, Earl Grey, the Earl of Eldon, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord John Russell, the Bishop of London, Lord Holland, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Lord Melbourne, and Lord Stanley. (Hear, hear.] He (Sir li. Peel) could not conceive•a committee more fairly Chosen than that thus appointed by the late govern ment. The committee, thus composed, met on the 26th of April, and again on the 3d of May last, and though the late e l) . vernmeut did not leave office until the 15th of November follow ing,' yet not a single step further was taken beyond a consider ation of the inciter. He could not understand why this should have been the case, unless some difficulties, legal or other wise, had presented themselves against the grant. Be that as it might, what course was the crown to pursue? Surely not to refer the matter again to the privy council, who had already been possessed of all that informapon of which the house was ignorant. Not even the report of 18.31 had been produced. The proposal of his right hon. friend, as contained in the amend ment, would lay before the house all the information sulnnitted to the privy council in the matter of the London University. Possessed of this, the house would then be able to decide whk course it ought to pursue. He would not, for the purpose of evading any temporary difficulty, now give to the house any assurance as to the future. If the house was prepared to decide the question to-night, it might pursue its own course; he, how ever, should still think the course proposed most reasonable, while, on the other hand, the mere calling for the production of the memorials and other information would he more satisfac tory, and would not in the least prejudice any future proceed ing. (Hear, hear.) . He would, however, say on ' that occasion he would rather be in a minority, and throw the responsibility of au unjust and unwise proceeding upon the majority against him, than acquiesce in it for the purpose of es c api ng f rom occasional or temporary defeat. (Hear, hear.) He believed the presentation of the address would not accomplish its object. He however pledged himself to nothin g , though th us muc h. h e would say, that he felt the position of that portion of his ma jesty's subjects who did not conform to the church establish ment, and who by tests - were excluded from the Universities, was deserving of attention, and that their claim to academic education was not without foundation. (Cheers.) What might be the proper mode of relief in this respect he was not prepared to say, and he would not interrupt the house in its course by any pledge in this respect. The house might follow in this instance, without reference to any declaration on his part, but it was right he should state that he saw no objection to the principle that there should be made some provision for the ad mission -.f dissenters to academic honours. (Cheers.) Lord John Russell and Mr. Estcourt then addressed the house. On - a division the numbers were For the motion 246 Against it 136 Majority in favour of the motion —llO Mr. O‘LoGn LIN brought in a bill for the appointment of convenient places for holding the assizes in Ireland. Colonel VERNER was about to submit a motion, but in con sequence of loud cries of " Adjourn," resumed his seat. `Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the house should adjourn. Colonel VERNER said he would avail himself of the opportu nity afforded by . that motion to allude to a matter personal to himself. Having been objected to by the hon. member for Tipperary as an improper person to be placed on the committee appointed to inquire into Orange lodges, be felt himself called upon—conscious as he was in the purity and integrity of his intentions—to declare that there was not the slightest ground for casting the imputation upon his character which was im plied in the hon. member's objection. Last session lie was a member of the committtee appointed to inquire into a charge affecting the character of the bon. member for Tipperary, and he was sure that the hon. member had no reason to complain of his conduct then, for he heartily concurred in the report, which acquitted the hon. member of all blame in the transac tion referred to. At all events, gentlemen who made objections to other people themselves ought to come forward with clean hands. Now, any one who took the trouble to examine the constitu tion of the committee must see that it was anything but an impartial one. (Hear.) The hon. member then read extracts from speeches delivered in Ireland by some members of the committee, in which Orangemen were denounced in the most unmeasured language. Mr. Snapp. begged to assure the hon. and gallant member, that when he objected to his being appointed a member of the committee, nothing was more remote from his intention than to cast the least iniputatiou on his character. If he had given the hon. and gallant colonel the slightest pain, he most unequivo cally begged his pardon. (Hear, hear.) Setting his politics aside, the hon. and gallant member was a man of unimpeach able character. The house then adjourned eta quarter past one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. NEW PARLIAMENT tiOtisEs. The Marquis of- WESTMINSTER, after some observations. which were not heard in the gallery, said that he wished to ask a question of the noble lords opposite on the subject of a rumour which had just reached him relative to the rebuilding of the two houses of _parliament. That, it should be recollected, was a great national undertaking, which should be open to the competi tion of all the architects of talent and intelligence in the country ; but the rumour which he had heard was that one architect alone had been selected for the purpose, and that his plans were not only to be adopted by the government but by the committee of both houses which sat upon the subject. For his part hecould not conceive on what possible ground such a course could have been taken, more especially by a committee of their lordships' house, and therefore it was that be desired to know if the rumour bad any foundation in fact. The Duke of WELLINGTON.--It is perfectly true that the government have directed a particular architect to prepare plans and estimates for the re-building of the two looses of parlia ment. These plans and estimates have been laid before the committee* of both houses of parliament; but I do not believe that the committee of your lordship? house has as yet decided either on that plan or any other, or whether or not any other plan should be called for. As far as I know this is the state of the matter at the present moment. (Lord Wharncliffe here communicated something to the noble duke in a whisper.) Yes, I am right, I find, in saying that no decision has been conic to in respect to this plan, or whether or not it shall be adhered to, or whether or not the plan of some other architect may not be adopted. The Marquis of LANseoWNE rose for the purpose of confirm ing the statement of the noble duke. So far front the committee of their lordship? house having determined to exclude all other plans they expressly stated that they received this plan for the purpose of considering it only, and not with a view-to prevent , other architects from tendering theirs. (Hear, hear.) Lord Burin; sr presented a petition from a congregation of unitarian dissenters at Hull, praying to be placed on the some footing with respect to civil liberty as any other class of his ma jesty's subjects. SCOTCH LAW OP ENTAIL. The Earl of Roskagav moved that the report of the lord s o f session on the Scotch law of entail, which had been placed u p on the table, should be printed, in order that it might he ieferrett to a select committee, for which he intended to move, for the pur pose of cbusidering it.--Agreed to. THE CHURCH OR SCOTLAND. The Earl of of 1108 .-- LYN presented several petitions from places in Scotland in support of the church establishment of that country, and fur an extension of church accommodation. The Duke of Aiinvi.t. presented several petition s to the same effect front the island of Mull and other parts of Scotland. The Marquis of Bum presented similar petitions from Greenock; and a number of places in Porfarshire. AGKICULTURE. Lord KENYON presented a petition fro • the agriculturists of Orniskirk and e.s vicinity, complaining of distress, and praying for relief and the repeal of the malt tax. The noble lord thoughl it was idle of the petitioners to indulge such a hope as that this tax could he done without. ( Hear, hear.) The Duke of NORTHUMOKIMAND presented a petiticn to the same effect from South Durham. The Earl of Fsr.siourit presented a petition from Truro against the taking of unnecessary oaths. The equity practice (Ireland) bill and the equity contempt., (Ireland) bill were severally read a third time and passed:- Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. After some petitions had been presented the Clerk of the Crown attended to amend the return for the city of Canterbury, after which Mr. Lushington took the oaths and his seat. The SPEAKER informed the house that the petitions ag u in,t, the returns for the counties of Cork, Waterford, and Monaghan, and for the boroughs of Belfast, Newry, and Bandon had been abandoned. Mr. R irt,Ey COLBURNE brought up the report of the com mittee on the Rochester election petition, continuing the return of Mr. Law 'lodges. Lotto JOHN RUSSEL'S MOTION FOR MONDAY. Lord intiNlit:S;:tl,who had preyiously retired I;ehind the Speaker's chair, in company with Lord Stanley, having re turned,• addressed the house. He said the right hon. baronet opposite (Sir Peel) asked him the other day to state the out lines orthe motion he intended to make to the house on Mon day next. What might be the particular course he meant to pursue on that occasion he was'not prepared to say.. He would, however, say that he intended to move that the house resolve itself into a committee fur the purpose of considering the expe. diency of applying the surplus revenue of the Irish church, after provi,ling tot the necessary wants of the estabitshinent, to pro mote the moral and religious instruction or the Irish people. (Heim hear.) Sir R. PEEL rose—Was the noble lord prepared to tell the house ivilether, if the 'thine acceded to his reselutions and went into committee, he was ready go so far as to propose any prac ti:al plan for carrying those resolutions into eilect? (Cheers front the minister ial side.) Lord J. ltussuLi. 'said he was not prepared for that rinestien, and could not therefore tell what might be done. (clear, hear, from.the ministerial side.) But if the house went into committee on the motion then it would be followed up by some other pro position. (Hear, hear, from the opposition.) Mr. FINCH begged to ask of the noble lord _whether he in tended to apply this surplus, if any there was to be, to the reli giou4 instruction of the Roman Catholics? (Cheers.) Lord J. Russura. was silent. WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA. Colonel EvA Ns said, having seen a statement in the papers that the government recognised the independence of Wallachia and Moldavia, he begged to ask of the noble lord (Mahon) whe ther that statement was correct? • In consequence of the policy lately pursued by this country in regard to Russia, our trade in the Black Sea was greatly ditnini,lied,ltud our genet al interests greatly impai re d. Would the noble lord lay before the house a copy of the' regulations that led to that independence, and a copy of the correspondence between this country and Turkey relative to Russia's claim on those provinces ? It was a point on which the earliest information ought to be furnished to par liament. Lord M A nom said if the hon. member had consulted him be fore on the subject he might have been prepared to give him an answer; but at present he would best consult his public duty by postponing his answer to a titter opportunity. Alt 61Y ESTI SI A TE& Mr. Hantrias after briefly observing that that was the only day on which the estimates could be entered upon ou account of the other business before the house, and further, that the mu tiny bill would expire on the 23th April, and that great em barrassment to the public service would arise if these estimates were auy longer delayed, moved the order of ,the day for the house going into a committee of supply'on the army estimates. Mr. HUME had always found Chancellors of the Exchequer and gentlemen connected with the government anxious to get the supplies with the least possible delay. The course he (Mr. Hume) had adopted he admitted was not the usual one, but un less they adopted it there was no chance of redeeming the 'economical pledges which most of the members had given to their constituents. It was their duty to refuse the supplies un til the financial scheme for the coining year was laid before them. No harm could, at all events, result front such an in quiry as would satisfy the people that they did their duty. After adverting to several items of expenditure Mr. Hume concluded, by moving as an amendment that the army and ordnance esti mates be referred to a select committee to consider of the expe diency and practicability of consolidating some of the military and civil departments of the army and ordnance, with a view to diminish the expense of those establishments and to provide a more efficient control over military expense. Lord JOHN Itussatn was ready to vote for the motion of the hon. gentleman so far as its object was to appoint a select corn inittce to consider the expediency of consolidating the civil de partments of the army and the ordnance. He (Lord J. IL) thought the war departments of the commander-in-chief, the secretary at war, and the ordnance office in seine respects in terfered with each other, and had no objection to refer that sub ject to a select committee, if the hon. member for Middlesex would confine his motion to that object. He, therefore, took the liberty of suggesting to the hon.:rent. that it was not advis aßle for him to press his motion that evening (hear, hear), oa account of the statements made by the right hem gentleman the secretary at war. The cou rse o f their present proceedings was certainly no fault of this parliament—(cheers)—it was not their fault that they were getting somewhat too neat to the period when the mutiny bill would expire for them at present to enter into the discussion of any other subject. He should have no objection to going into a committee of supply, and take the vote of a certain number of men. If the hon. gent. persisted in his motion be should vote for it, but he begged to suggest to the hon. gent. that it would always be iu his power to bring forward his motion, which was another reason why he hoped the hon. gent. would feel no objection to withdraw it on the present oc casion. ( Hear, hear.) Lord STANLEir said that he concurred in almost everything that had fallen front his noble friend, and he mainly rose to urge on the hon. member for Middlesex to withdraw his motion for the present, after what had fallen from the right hon. secretary at war. He differed with his noble friend in this—that if the hoa. member pressed his motion, then he would .vote against him; whereas his noble friend had said he would vote in favour of it at that moment. If the hon. member would postpone it and bring it forward in some shape hereafter, in which it would not have the effect of stopping the supplies, or of the passing of the mutiny bill, then he should certainly think it welt merited the consideration of the house, and a plan through which great and extensive reductions might be made not only without injury, but with great advantage to the country. (Cheers.) He - re gretted that the labours of the commission which had . been re ferred to had not been brought to a conclusion, because he felt that this was a question that would be much better left in the hands of the executive than it could be to a committee. He should, therefore, be extremely glad to hear from government that they would be ready to follow up the inquiries which had been commenced by the last government, and that they would not lose sight of the plans then proposed of the practicability of consolidating the military and civil departments of the army and ordnance, some of which were highly calculated to lead to such reductions as had been made by his right hon. friend (Sir J. Graham) near him in another branch of the service. (Hear, hear.) He should b e g l a d t o h ear if government was prepared . to act on that view; but if not, and the hon. member would bring forward his motion at a subsequent period, he would not only give hi - m no opposition, but, as far as he could, be ready to give him every assistance in his power. Sir ROBERT Pe.sa. thought that on all for Mer occasions the house had shown that consideration which was but just to the circumstances under which a government was called upon to administer the affairs of the public. 'When the present admi nistration took office in December they found many questions unsettled. Among them he enumerated the English tithes, the Irish tithes, and the dissenters' marriages, as questions that were unsettled, and the state of Canada as untouched. Having had all these questiOns pressing upon them for consideration, the house ought not to be surprised if others had not as yet been approached. Two notices of motions as amendments had been given for that very day. The hon. member opposite (Mr. Ward) had given notice of a motion for to-day for postponing_ the vote on 'the army estimates till after the vote on Monday night. He hoped the hon. member would persevere with that motion ; he believed it stood for to-night. Was it to cue on after the hon. member for Middlesex's motion had beh dis posed of? (A pause.) He would take for granted that it was; he hoped it was, because he thought that that would be a fair and legitimate course by which the house could signify whether they would or would not permit the government to conti nue i n the conduct of public affairs. He had never had greater anxiety than he had had with respect to these repeated notices. Notice was given on one day that the navy estimates should be post poned on the express ground that the house had no confidence in the ministers; on the other, that the army estimates should be postponed for the same reason ; and when last night he saw the notice of the motion that the army estimates should be post poned till a vote was taken -on the noble lord's motion, he did not then entertain a doubt that at last a decision would be irre vocably come to, and that the house would come fairly to the question whether it would allow a vote tube taken for the num her of men, or whether it would insist on the postponement of the business of the horse from want of confidence in govern ment. Ile did hope that a notice so recently, so deliberately given, as that of last night,—given too by one who had taken, as he was entitled to take, so prominent a part in connexion with the Irish church—on the question whether or not they were prepared to postpone voting the number of men required till after the decision of Monday next—he did hope that, consider ing the position in which they stood, that hon. member having deliberately given that notice, was prepared fairly to bring it , under the consideration of the house. (Hear, hear.) The tune had at length arrived when it was necessary for the house to de. , •termine whether or no they would allow further obstructions to be thrown in the way of the public service. On the 25th of April the mutiny act would expire. They had, therefore, the pover either .by direct motion, or by factions obstructions (hear, hear,) of preventing the public business from being pro ceeded with. the hoped, from a regard to the character of the House of Commons, the course they would take would be a manly and straightforward course. (Cheers.) If they brought. forward irrelevant motions for the sake of postponing the neces sary business of the country, it became them to consider how far that was compatible With the dignity of the house, and the advant?.genf the public service (hear, hear;) and if they were determined to submit a motion of want of confidence, let the house know the pounds on which they proposed it. (Hear, hear.) To waste the time of the house by long and tedious de bates and frivolous Motions was note fair and legiiimate course of opposition. ( Loud cheers.) It was a fair and legitimate course of hostility for the House of Coinnsons to declare " We have no confidence in your government, and we will not intrust you with any vote or control of money," "and never," said the right hon baronet, "did I punt for any motion as I do for that (loud cheers,) and I am careless of what the issue of it may be." (Great and continued cheers.) With respect to referring the army estimates to a select committee, Sir Robert Peel said that he never would consent to the precedent of withdrawing those estimates from the annual revision of the house and trans ferring them to u committee up stairs, where, as Sir James Graham had said, " if a government wanted to slur over an objectionable vote, or make an imperfect explanation, they would have a much better opportunity of doingitia a committee, where the public scrutiny was not let in (hear, hear,) where there was no irregular perhaps, but still very coercive, report of debates. (Hear, hear.) If a governmeot, he said, wanted to screen objectionable votes from inquiry, let them send them up to a select committee, exercising an influence in its formation, and establish theteby the fatal precedent of withdrawing those votes for ever front the jurisdiction of the committee of the whole house." There was no office of which it might not be said, where is the objection to refer an examination of it to a coin mittee ? But the real question was, whether there should not be made out a sufficient prima facie case. In the present in stance no case had been made out. After some remarks on the business of the Commander-in-Chief's and War-offices. Sit Robert continued as follows :—The remaining question was this —whether he (Sir R. Peel) would undertake, on the part of the crown, to consent to a committee of the House 'bf Commons to inquire into the amalgamation of the civil departments of the army and the ordnance, or to the appointment of a commission for the purpose. He believed that he might now refer to what he bait hitherto not thought himself entitled to refer to—the communication which the noble lord (Russell) had been good enough to make with respect to the result of an inquiry insti tuted by the late government. ' He did not think that he should have been called on to discuss that question, and the reason why he had alluded to the multifarious duties which had been devolved on the preseut government was this—that considering the early meeting of parliament after their appointment, many matters must have escaped that serious and attentive considera tion to which they were entitled. It was only last ,might that the noble lord (Russell) c'omplained that he (Sir R. Peel) was universities,not prei to proposered,hayingoprehem edth e e b a y dmission of dissenters to the prin ciple, admittin g th e reasona bl eness of‘tvhheiicrhep admittinga c t n s and the other cou ld b e carr i e d practically into effect. He ad mitted the principle, he said, but could not pledge himself to a measure with respect to the details of which he had had no op ! poi tuuity of deliberately making up his mind. Nose, he had no hesitation or shame in admitting that he had not given to that subject that full consideration which it deserved. But he did not see any necessary connexion which it had with ihe'vote of the alloy and ordanee estimates. (Cheers.) The honourable gentleman ought to give notice for a future day of his intention to move for the appointment of - a committee for the purpose of making the preliminary inquiries ; that Would not at all inter fere with the progress of the army estimates, or with the general public business. (Hear, hear.) If on considering the evidence adduced before the commission alluded to by the noble lord, for the purpose of determining whether, on the pa i t of the executive goverment, they should pursue that inquiry through the agency of their own Members, or through the agency of a commission constituted as the last had been, tie had afterwards to state, that having read that evidence ' he was of opinion that no' such change should be made, amid that it was not necessary such an inquiry should take place; the hon. gentleman would be et perfect liberty to submit his proposition to the house. (Hear.) Stich was the course which, as a Man oT GuiinetS'and a Minister, ►►e was . resolved to pursue on •the present o ccasion, not hav►ng given the subject doe consideration, and hein firmly resolved that he never would, as a minister, consent to establish a bad prec;edent for t he purpose of escaping froui a temporary diilicu,tv. ((Theists.) That was all the promise he was able to give. lie would consider the subject, and state on a future day the course which government would pursue. The hon. gentleman would then have an opportunity of bringing forward his motion fur a Committee ou the subject with every advantage, and without in the slightest degree interfering with the public service. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ELLics, after adverting to the dismissal of the late go vernment, soil the dissolution of the late parliament, conclutteil by saying that the state of his health had not permitted him to attend that house.lately, but from what he had seen government were reduced to such a condition that they could carry no mea snre whatever, and if any opposition on the part of government was started to a question brought forward by the Opposition, it was sufficient toansure, its success. (Hear, bear.) How long government was yet to remain in that htimiliating position was a problem which the right hou. bert. only could solve. But they would soon have au opportunity of testing tho..question an the state of tho Irish church, which would come before them on Monday next, a n d w hi c h ca ll e d f or an immediate decision. Probably the right hon. hart. would then see What confidence the house and the country had in the principles and policy to which he had attached hiniself. ( Hear.) Mr. Hums consented to withdraw his motion for the present, without abandoning his intention of resuming it. on a future occasion, as he still thought that the estitna.es should be re ferred to a select committee. INIT WARD also abandoned his intended opposition to the house going into committee. The house then resolved itself into a committee. • Mr. liqunics having previously gone into some explanations respecting the redUctions Made by the late government, and the intention of the present to pay every possible attention to the changes contemplated by them, moved •` That it.was the opinion of tht►t committee that a number of men not less than 81, 288, be employed as his Majesty's land forces during the year 18:35.'t Major BEAUCLERK moved, as an amendment, that the num ber should be reduced to 75,(X/) men. On . toil amendinent the committee divided. The numbers were For the amendment .. Against it Majority for the original motion --172 The following votes were passed :- 137,431 Os. 10d. for allowances to the principal of the public departments of the army. £9,440 for the Royal Military Asylum. £1,275,675 to pay soldiers' pensions. The house then resnmed. Mr. Ewn KT moved that the house do adjourn. ' The motion W:l9 not put, and tho house proceeded to other orders of the day. Mr. RUTHVEN, jun. moved that the house do adjourn. The motion was not put, and the hon. member repeated it. The question was then put from the chair (ai we believe)but Mr. PEAsu brought up a bill, the title of which we could not hear. Mr. RUTHVEN, sen. rose and called the attention of the chair to the circumstance of the question of adjournment having been moved, and, as he understood, put, notwithstanding which other business was proceeded with. A good deal of mirth was excited in the house by the Speaker continuing to dispose of the question immediately before it, whilst Mr. Rutbven was endeavouring to gain a hearing. At length the question of adjournment was put from the chair, and the house adjourned (amidst loud laughter) at a quarter to one o'clock. LONDON LAW REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY.-WEDNESDAY. JUDGMENT—WARRRN V. BURTON.-The Lord Chancellor gave a very elaborate judgment in this appeal this-morning, stating that he was of the same opinion as his honour the V ice- Chancellor, that this was not a case Of trifling importance; indeed no questiowin which the inlerest of so large and respect able a bod_y as the society of 'Wesleyan methodists were in vOlVid Could be considered as of a minor . importance. His lordship said the question to be decided embraced only two points; the first was, whether the district committee ha'd the power to suspend a minister;' and if they had such power whe ther they had properly exercised it in this particular instance in suspending Dr. Warren. In order to arrive at a just conclusion on these points he would abstain from making any comment on the conduct of either party in this transaction, and merely go through the whole of the regulations by which this society had been governed from the death of the Rev. John Wesley up to the present time. His lordship then proceeded to go through all the rules, commencing with the year 1791, and comment ing at considerable length on the dill: rent bearings each had to the other, and after again expressiug his deep regret that this unfortunate dispute had arisen, concluded by saying be was perfectly satisfied that the district committee had the power to suspend preachers, and that it had legally exercised that power in the present instance. He was, therefore, of opinion that the Vice-Chancellor's judgment ought to be affirmed.—Judgment aflirmot 'no crowd which assembled to hear this decision was un exampled in the history of courts of justice--it was with great difficulty that the officers could preserve order, and the interior of Lincoln's Inn-hall resembled the bustle of the Royal Ex change more than a court of justice. _:~~_1_ CITY OF DUBLIN ELECTION PETITION. The annals of blackguardism afford no parallel in their re cords analogous to the lengths to which the parties are going, in their efforts to stiEe all inquiry into the details of the late Dublin election, and to -smother all investigation as to the materials of which the pure and patriotic constituency is com posed. Knowing, as we do, what disgraceful and disreputable facts that inquiry must of necessity elicit—knowing the scenes of flagrant perjury which it must bring to light, and the system of atrocious intimidation which it must expose—we are by no means astonished at the efforts making to prevent the develop ment. And yet we will confess, that we were not - prepared for the atrocious attempts made to libel the characters and destroy the credit of the gentlemen who happened' to' be the securities for the prosecution of the petition, , By the regulations of the house, officers are specially appointed to investigate the solvency and circumstanees , .of those who enter into recognizances—befote thia tribunal are objections to be raised, and allegations sustained, and the decision of these examiners is final, and conclusive. And yet after that decision had been come to—after every pettyfogging cavil had been overruled, and every paltry argument defeated—after distinct and positive evidence had been given that the gentlemen who had gone security for .£SOQ, were each worth 11.20,000 at least— a libellous and infamous petition is presented to the Louse, impugning the solvency of the parties—solely with a view of injuring the characters of individuals, and of endeavouring to protract the commencement of the inquiry. But of so nefarious a nature was the joetition, that the house rejected it with in scorn. We greatly regret that the rules of parliament die not admit of its reception, or that the energetic appeal of Mr. Shaw for an investigation as to the truth or falsehood of its assertions could - not, agreeably with the usuages of parliament, be complied with—for then its atrocity who have been made apparent, and the persons aggrieved been afforded the means of legal redress against their unprincipled slanderers and cliabnlical uialigners. But all this ruffianism will not be without its good results in the end. It is true that rho delay is heaping immense expense upon the petitioners, whose witnesses have been for the last ten days in London ; but the cause is not so much theirs as it is the country's : and we emphatically call now_upou out friends in every part of Ireland to contribute towards the fund for prose cuting this petition, which will have the effsct, not only of depriving. Messrs. O'Connell and Ruthven of their seats, but of exposing to the legislature and the empire a system of fraud and perjury, unequalled in the history of political base ness and turpitude.—Dublin livening Mail. PRIZE CHRONOMETERS. In consequence of the appearance of an article in the STAN , DARD of Friday last, on the subject of prize chronometers, we have been requested by Messrs. Litherland, Davies, and Co. to republish the following letter, relative to the performance of the chronometers sent by them to the Royal Observatory; Greenwich; for public trial. Front this letter it will be seen that the. award of the admiralty prize did not solely depend upon the merit of the chronometers : TO THE EDITOR 01 , THE MORNING Sirt,—Noticing„a paragraph in your paper of on the subject of chronometers on the lute till - calls for some observations; in consequenc following extract from the paragraph in que " On the determination of the late an meters, at the Royal Observatory, G ree prize was again awarded to Mr. Joho Tooley street, for the very great supe No. 144, being the only citron e entitled to any reward." From this statement, the publ might infer that Mr. Carter was entitled to the premium fo his chronometer No. 144, for its superior performance. The plain facts are as follow. • On the termination of the trial, the prize number of our chrono meter No. 315 (according to the formula l a id d o w n by th e Board of Longitude), was 3.62 sec. Mr. Carter's, by the same rule, 4.27 sec. On this occasion, an affidavit was tendered to us by the Lords - Commissioners of the Admiralty, to the effect, " that the springing and adjusting of the chronometrical parts of the chronometer must be entirely and solely our own, without com bining the talent or assistance of any other person for those purposes," and stating that without this declaration was made before a magistrate, we were not entitled to the ;premium.Upon mature consideration, we declined taking this oath, and consequently lost the premium. Mr. Carter took this affidavit, which was followed by his being awarded the premium, without any reference to the merits of a chronometer infinitel y superior. From the slight acquaintance we have with Mr. Carter, we presume that the paragraph quoted was inserted without his knowledge; and we trust he will do us the justice to acknow ledge the superiority of the going of our chronometer, and that we were fairly entitled to the premium, only for the oath tendered to us, which oath is•without precedent on former trials, and entirely unknown to us on depositing our chronometer for trial. _ .. , ith inst., 'consider it 'e make the. 41 trial of chrono rich, the government Carter, of No. 207, Arity of his chronometer, :r on the late public trial In conclusion, we have to remark, that our attention has been solely directed to the production of good chronometers, by the combination of talent in the different branches of chronometer making', under our own immediate inspection, being ourselves practically acquainted with all the mechanical operations re quired to form a good chronometer : the truth of which will!, borne out by the fact, that out of five c'nronotneters, deposited, by us on the last three public trials, four have remained vithin the limits, the fifth not exceeding them before the 10th month, Your humble servants, LITHERLAND, DAVIS, and 1, March 21st, 1835. iwing is the rate of going of the prize chronometer Litherland, Davies, and Co., N 0.315 : Mean daily Ext..crne rate. variation See. sec. minus 0 01, 1 3 minus() 36 1 8 minus() 10 1 4 minus() 08 " 1 4 • 0 (►U 1 1 plus, 0 16 1 2 phis 0 06 - 1 8 plus 0 19 •- 1 3 . plus 0 .49 1 1 • plus 0 57 1 plus 0 77 1 1 plus 0 61 1 7 EXAM PL, 'Rate for February—slow Ditto November—fast Licarpoo, The folli of Messrs. 1831. January .. February March.... April .... May June .... The Trial Number is found by taking th 4 differ. once of the greater and les ser mean ir.tinady rate, and multiplying the same by 'A, it'd adding thereto the mean of the monthly extreme va riation. July August September October .. November December sec. 0 3t; 0 77 Difference 1 13 Difference multiplied by 2 2 26 Mean extreme of variation 1 36 Trial number ..3 62 MA it cn 31, 1535. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. 1-N consequen c e o f th e O ver fl ow t o a ll parts of the house last A night fur Mr. RAYMOND'S BENEFIT, the saute enter tainments will be repeated this present TUESDAY the 31st instant. THE PARIA ; , OR, TIIR JUDGMENT or TIPPOO. • Serjeant Delany Mr.' Raymond. Dickey Mr. W. J. Hammond. Susan.. Mrs. Raymond. 1 Emily.. Miss Hamilton. To which will be added the laughable Vaudeville, railed THE FOUR SISTERS. Mr. Beauchamp.... Mr. Melville. Caroline.... Mrs. Ra - nd. Diana Mrs. ymond. Eugenia Mrs taymond. Ellen After which a new aree, called PADDY KELLY S BUDGET. Major Hastings Mr. Melville. . Paddy Kelly Mr. Raymond. Mary - Miss Hamilton,. . SINGING, by Miss Hamilton, Mrs. Raymond, Mr. W. J- Hammond, Mr. Raymond, &c. DANCING, by Mad'lles Juliette and Elloise, Miss Fanny Leclereq and the Brothers Jackson. Thu whole to conclude with a new Faroe, called 110 W TO GAIN £3OOO. - Charles Kelso Mr. Melville. i Muzzy...„ Mr. W. J. Hammond. Charlotte Mrs. Raymond. Fanny . Mrs. W. J. Hammond. Tickets to be had at the Box-office, and at the usual places. r illE MARQUIS DE MUTt PAPAZURIiI has the honour to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liverpool and its Vicinity that, under the Patronage and Superintend ence of a Committee of Gentlemen, w have kindly offered pile their countenance and support, intends giving TWO CONC I'S, At the WELLINGTON Rooms, the first on TUESDAY next, the 7th of April; the second on FRIDAY, the 10th Of April. The names a th 4 Performers will be announced in a future advertisement. .Books of Subscription are open at Mr. DANsON'S, and at the Newspaper Offices, where Tickets will be ready ter delivery iix a few days. Subszription for the Two Concerts 1-Is. Os. Single Ticket GRAND ORATORIO, AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS. rutiE Nobility, Gent r y, an d th e P a ic are respectfully in _l formed that THREE SPIRITUA ONCERTS will take place iu Passtors WEEK, when the Grand Oratorio of THE SEVEN TRUMPETS, composed by Signor H. J. I'ANOeMO, will be performed, and "a MISCELLANEOUS ACT, selected from the Works of Haydn, Handel, eruct others. The whole will be conducted by Signor H. J. PAKoRSIO, assisted by. nearly all the COMBINED MUSICAL TALENT in Liverpool. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We regret that we cannot make room for any part of the extra ordinary exposure of Dr. Arnold in the Northampton Herald relative to the Rugby school. Vie tibrrpool ,E• taiibai'l. TUESDAY itrofiNlNG, MARCH 31, 1835. The Liverpool American packets have, during the late northerly and easteily winds, been considerably longer on their passage than those of London. We,have re ceived our regular files from New York, but they con tain nothing later than what appeared in the Lon , lon journals of nearly - a week ago. The letters of Mr. Lt- VINGEITON, the representative of the United States of .the French Court, to the Minister at Washington, are .perfectly unique as specimens of diplothatic correspon dence. The subject of the correspondence is, of course r the five millions of dollars alleged to be due to America .by France. Indeed, what else could he' have written about? It has been the only topic of discussion in the political world of the republic for the last four months. There is not a single letter which comes from New York which has not a word to spare for, if not a considerable slap at, the dollars. "Are the dollars to be paid ?" asks an anxious correspondent who in general confines his inquiries to cotton. "What about our claims?" asks another, who never had a claim upon England for any thing but tobacco. "Must we go to war about the five millions r inquires a third, in an important postscript, which he had broken the first seal of his letter to write. In short, this dollar war of the imagination is the only subject of interest or conversation. We are not surprised, then, at seeing the correspon dence of the American envoy engrossed with it. But notwithstanding his natural anxiety on so important a question, involving one of peace or war; the honour and interests of America, and an expenditure, in `bard dol lars, of a sum of money an hundred times the amount of the sum in dispute, still we are glad to observe that Mr. LIVINGSTON has a thought to spare on national economy and other domestic matters. In his letter to the Secre tary of State, and which is published for the benefit of the nation, he writes as follows, e%ery word of which is worth a king's ransom, and which Mr. JOSEPH HuarE ought to have engraved on brass and suspended from the walls of his breakfast parlour : Mr. Livingston to Mr. Forsyth. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. Paris, llth January, 1835. . . Hon. John Forsyth: Sir,—Believing that it would be important fur me to receive the dispatches you might think it necessary to send with the' president's message, .1 ventured on incurring the expenv of a courier to bring it to me as soon as it should arrive at Havre- Only think of that; Master JOSEPH HUME! " Ventured on incurring the expense of a courier" Let us see — h o w much mi i ght be the important outlay ? An ostler, mounted on a Norman cob, changed seven times on the journey, might trot from Havre to Paris in 'ten hours, and gallop in six hours, the expense thereof, in either' case, not exceeding three-pounds fifteen shillings, English money, including ten fralies to the garcon. We c an understand frohl this how 'extensive was the risk whicir tire ambassador ventured upon. No wonder that due mention is made of the circumstance in his official despatches, because how else could his extraordinary ex penditure have been accounted for ? It is of first rate concernment that the citizens of America should know that their Paris envoy, entrusted with the negociations relative to the five millions of dollars, had gone tire extreme length of spending three pounds fifteen shillings upon a courier These despatches, the same letter in fact, contain some other curious and extremely delightful episodes, Tlia following is one-4 " The only letter I have received from home is one from my family. This, to my great - satisfaction, informs me that 'tie president wilt be supported by all parties, and Lain told that this is the language of some of the opposition papers, but as they are not sent to the legation 1 cannot tell in tchai- digree this sup port can be depended upon." The dignity and the easy familiarity displayed in the above passage are inimitable. The solemn grandeur and the monotonous gravity 'of a state paper anti an official document are relieved by -the interesting allusion to family affairs. It evinces refined taste, and the GIOIA admirable condescension, when the envoy informs hi* government that he has received a letter from aunt SuklN EN or uncle B, and that site or he assure hint that the President will he "supported by all parties:' But it possesses diplomatic virtues- of another kind- The ambassador complains that none of the opposition papers are forwarded to the legation at Park Does. this arise from negligence or spleen, or -is it simply economy? h is, at any rate, extremely illiberal on .thg part of General JACKSON'S executive, and 'x hope, n ow that Mr. LIVINGSTON has called attention to it in hi* iniportatit despatches, that the evil will be remedied. The question to be debated, if not decided, last night in- the House of Commons involves principles of far greater importance than is discernible at a single glance- Lord JOHN RUSSELL was to move that the house re, solve itself into committee, " for the purpose of consider ing the expediency of applying any surplus revenue of the Church of Ireland, which may not be required for the spiritual wants •of the members of that church, to the religious and MORAL instruction of ail classes of 145 community." . The tortuous and disingenuous mode by which it Is proposed to lead the house to the adoption of this. mo tion is worthy only of its propounder and his party. It is framed for the purpose of netting as many votes a" possible upon a subject of paramount, interest, and the object , of it is to try the strength, of parties, and eta' barrass his majesty's ministers: It`the house be induce d to. place a resolution of .this nature on its .-books, Si t ROBERT PEEL Will be placed in this dilemma—he muse either carry on the government with a millstone aboqt his neck, under the weight of which helnust sink event ually, or he must recognise a principle which he and his party, including Lord STANLEY and his adherents, 4 ‘