The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-18 00:00:00

DECEMBER, 18, JB3 for Poland its effects were almost electrical upon her vola tile, vain, and unscrupulous population. Unmindful Of the pecuniary obligations due to the Russians—forgetful of the paternal kindness of the emperor—reckless of the consequences of bearding a lion on the confines of his own jungles and who had been for fifteen years their pro tector—laughing to scorn the most saaed of obligations, and recollecting, or seeming to recollect nothing but the resentments which former calamities had inspired them with, they flew to arms, assaulted and endeavoured to as sassinate their, temporary viceroy, committed. excesses of various kinds, refused to pay taxes like thepatriotic gin bibbers of Mary-bone beaded by a washerwoman, con tested the payment of their just debts, disarmed the po lice, and bade defiance to NICHOLAS We will do them the justice to say that they . were en • eouraged in these mad and lawless proceedings by the heroes of the Barricades. The French professed to be immense admirers of these acts of Polish treachery and villainy. They even talked of marching to tile aid of the brave Poles." They proclaimed to the world that the battle of freedom should be fought in Poland, and that their further limits from France should be the northern confines of the empire of liberty and intelligence—that a free press should thunder, under the protection of can non, at the very gates of the autocrat, until his native Goths might be able to appreciate the blessings of Parisian civilization 1 It is true the heroes of the barricades did not march to Warsaw, but they collected francs for the Poles in thou sands. The ladies of France went round weeping and begging in their behalf. The theatres, and the gods in the gallery, sighed, and sometimes_ blubbered, for Po land. Sous flowed in from unwashed bumpkins who had few sous to spare. Barbers clipped hair ala Pole. Mil liners invented frills in ,their behalf; and charwomen smoked pipes which wereir tieritethanufactured - by btai.e but reduced Polish generals. This trashy and polluted sen timentality was permitted to invade the shores of Eng land. The begging-box went round here for the he roes," as it still goes round for the ruffian rebel in Ireland. Ladies admired, and lauded for youth and loveliness, al though in ripe years for the exercise of a better discre tion, canvassed, and even importuned for pounds and shillings in the cause. Sometimes an itinerant swindler, in a fantastic dress, was impressed into the cause of liberty and philanthropy, and exhibited as a living specimen of a polish hero, if not with twenty mortal gashes on his head, with at least double that number upon his well con cealed reputation. In short, the ladies of England — our fair, retiring, beautiful, generous, religious, and unsophisticated countrywomen—did not display much sense, nor much superiority of taste on that occasion. But vve pass it all by. The effects of this western sympathy in favour of the Poles were of a very disastrous kind. A vain people, never, in their best condition, overburthened by pru dence or judgment, looked to France and England for aid; and they calculated that as the francs and shillings came to their relief, something of much more value in the shape of physical force would follow. They were deceived. France would not move. England, under the tory-whig-radical, and now O'CONNELL-PALMERS - T6N, dared not march. The Russians, despising all menaces, and treating the mites of liberal ladies with the cold contempt of unsunned vandalism, came down upon the heroes of Poland like a torrent, in the winter of 1831 and 1832. They'were repulsed at first, but they soon after scattered the pretensions of Polish bravery to the four winds of heaven ; dismembered Poland a second time; punished her dishonest landowners by seizing their possessions, curbed the pretensions of manufacturers by protesting their bills and blowing up their factories, and by sending the sons of the nobility who had rebelled to.stotiy a new system of philosophy in the mechanics' institutes of the mines of Siberia. This unfortunate affair being ended, which we consi der, taking it in relation with the second revolutionary movement in France, which seated Louts PHILIPPE upon the throne, to be the main cause of the present dis tracted state of Europe, we are next led to its cense- Sorne_ people.putunlain of the disturbedequi librium of the balance power in Europe, caused by the encroachments of the Ciar of Russia.in Poland, in Tur key, in Persia, and on the high road to India. No one laments more than we do the terrible punishment and the galling retribution which the Poles have brought upon themselves, nor the aggrandizing spirit of Russian 'di plomacy in the East, having the Sultan under her feet, Greece fettered by her intrigues, and the passage of the Bosphorus at her command. No man can look at the strides of NICHOLAS without being convinced that Eng land is the craven dupe. the contemptible and pluckless victim of his able and unopposed policy. He desires to have, and he has, the Black Sea for his harbour; he de sires, and we fear lie will obtain, the upper Mediterranean for his outward basin. His engineers direct the works on the southern side of the passage of the Dardanelles. He has Persia firmly in his grasp. Egypt is his byplay, and die Pasha his partizan. He may not, perhaps he dare not, invade India ; but he has a colony of Russians on our frontier, and the road to the Indus is as open and accessible to him, and much more so, than that of BONA PARTE was to Italy. over the Alps. These are facts; and we concede they are matter of complaint to gingerbread politicians, who, with a pi geon feather stuck •in their caps, are mighty puissant in then pages of waning and discreditable periodicals, and who, like schoolboys throwing snowballs at the Emperor of all the Russias, dun us from morning to night with the cry—" the balance of Europe is disturbed —the Em peror NrcuoLas has infringed, .violated, and trampled upon the treaty of Vienna"! Those who allow prejudice to take such liberties with their better powers of discernment are not of that class to whom we are most anxious to address our arguMents. But it is necessary to inform all objectors that Russia did not make the first inroad upon the treaty of Vienna. It was perpetrated by the barricade heroes of France—by the very men who placed LOUIS PHILIPPE on his throne, and who now 611 his dungeons. England might in 1828 have preserved the integrity of the Ottoman Empire; but, in the slang Of the day, she trusted to the "magnani mity of the Emperor." She might in 1831 have pre served the integrity of the Netherlands as fixed 'by the treaty of Vienna, but she trusted in the "honour of France." The very moment in which the territorial rights of WILLIAM of Holland were invaded, and ins - tided' by the consent of the cabinet of England, the treaty of Vienna fell a dead letter to the ground. To gratify the ambition of barricade France, the fortresses built at the expense of England on the borders of France and the Netherlands, were dismantled and razed. This was not an ordinary violation of the treaty—it was an open and premeditated insult to England. France, which has been the curse of Europe for the last half century, and the metropolis of which ought to have been levelled to the earth in 1815, has been permitted by the imbecile minis ters of England not only to outrage all treaties, but to interfere with the commerce of England, particularlj , as regards Spain and Portugal, in a way offensive to reagon and justice, and dishonouring as regards our obligations to other nations. Belgium is at this moment a province of France. The boundary of the Rhine has been recog ttised by Lord GREY'S puppet king in Brussels. An English pensioner, whose patriotism does not stand in high repute, is made the cover for designs which he his not talent to penetrate ; but which must end in his ex pulsion from his mushroom throne, and ultimate disgrace. The battle which shall forerun these events will most probably be fought in Belgium—by whom ? By the Russians, in vindication of the rightful claims of WILLIAM, King of the Netherlands. Let us therefore hear no more about the violation of the treaty of Vienna. The consequences of that breach of solemn engagements will, we fear, be grievously felt by all the western powers of Europe. But upon England the largest share of the blame rests. She was a consent ing party to injustice. She held back, and shut her eyes like a hypocrite singing psalms, while Holland was robbed, and in which robbery she was a confederate. She must therefore pay dearly, and with compound interest, for this iniquity. But for the treacherous conduct of England and France there would have been no rebellion In Poland ; for,. unsupported by the connivance and the ~ .~ ~•. a ~. encouragement of such powerful states,. the beggari of Warsaw would not have risen against their masters, nor the debtors have made war against their creditors. But the treaty being violated by ourselves, we have no laws of settlement to appeal to. We have not only set: the example of trampling upon national covenants, but we have pursued a course of interference with the affairs of independent states which will sooner or later be fol lowed to our prejudice. _ _ _ For instance, England is not at war with Spain, or any party in Spain. We have, as respects that beautiful blit unfortunate country, no complaints to make—no injuries to redress. Don CARLOS has not molested the trade cr commerce of Great Britain. He has not courted the good offices nor in any hostile manner defied ihe power of England. He is prudently, calmly, and quietly, but courageously, asserting his right to the tkrone of Spain. But what is the British cabinet doing ? It is openly aiding' and subsidizing the opposite party in Spain. Our ships of war guard the coasts—our countrymen are em ployed as mercenary soldiers—our steamers carry troops and provisions and arms for the service of Donna IsA BELLA. We are, in fact, in a mean, cowardly, and dis graceful manner, shedding the blood of British subjects and spending the money of the British nation, and prosecuting a dishonourable war in favour of a Spanish faction—a fac tion composed of money-jobbers and cheats, of desperate adventurers, of gambling Jews, of jaded levanters as piring to be statesmen, and of needy and unprincipled rogues, who, if justice were done them, would be work ing double tides in the hulks: Is Lord PALMERSTON so stupid as to imagine that Russia does not see all this ? Are the shrewd people of the north so blind that they cannot penetrate the motives of the shallow turnspit who presides at the wheel in Downing. street ? The Russians have as good a tight to interfere in the affairs of Spain as the English have ; .and while the latter send succours to the Queen Regent, why should the former be prevented from assisting Don CARLOS ? Lord PALMERSTON boasts that he. will prevent the Russians from interfering. Indeed 1 This of itself would be a ground for war, and we much mistake if it be not made on the part of the emperor a justifiable excuse for disturbing the peace of Europe. Let the reader bear these facts in his mind, and fol low us for a moment to the United States of America. Here we find a quarrel between JONATHAN and Louis PHILIPPE about a few handsful of dollars. The osten sible ground of quarrel is a small sum of money—a sum so small, indeed, that it would be better for the New York ship-owners to pay it at once, than run the hazard of an interrupted commerce. But does any man, with even half an eye open, believe that the dollars are the bone of contention ? Is it not more probable that LOUIS PHILIPPE and ANDREW JACKSON understand each other, that the RussianS are deep in the game, that Holland is interested, and that England—degraded England in the hands of the whigs—is to be the devoted pigeon in the Contest ? Mind, each and all of these powers, either are the natural rivals of this country, or they have wrongs to avenge. Holland has been grievously in jured by protestant England—Russia is the ally of Hal hind. America wants the Canadas—Russia wants Greece. LOUIS PHILIPPE cares not one straw for LEO. FOLD, his daughter, or the "brave Beiges," provided he can secure his Family upon the throne of France. This last indemnity we have no doubt is given; and all the parties, under the pretext of fighting for a few thou sand dollars, will be united in an onset upon England be fore many months are over, or unless an entire change takes place in the councils of his Majesty. But this ar ticle' is already too long, although far from being ex hausted, and we stop for the present. Our attention has been directed to a bit of genuine twaddle and natural silliness in the Mercury of Friday last. It is there recommended that the tradesmen of Li verpool should shut their shops on the day of the election, which happens to be the day after Christmas—that all workmen should have an holiday, and that business of every kind should be suspended. There, shopkeepers, what drink you of your liberal candidate.?-- The shopS are shut on Christmas Day, and so are they on 'Sunday,but the ingenious Mercury, not content with this, is for having them shut on Saturday also, making three consecutive days when no silks, cottons, broad cloth, or shoes are to be sold in the streets, and no poultry, pork, turnips, or cabbages in St. John's Market ! The shopkeepers must be very much obliged to the Mercury for this great regard for their interests 1 As for the farmers who come to market on Saturday with produce to sell, and many things to buy, they are utterly beneath the consideration of so single-hearted a philanthropist. The operatives too, how thankful must they be ! They receive their wages on Saturday, and they generally contrive to purchase something for dinner on Sunday, and articles of dress for themselves or families; but the shops being shut, and thti markets closed, they will have the delight of saving their money at the expense of fasting till Monday. Poor Mercury I it is the source of much mirth in these dull times. The design of the man is to collect a mob about the polling booths to interrupt the proceedings of the election, as was successfully done on a recent occa sion ;, but lie has overshot his mark, and has been unspa ringly severe on his neighbours, who have better articles to soil on Saturday than he has on Friday. LONDON LAT A'S 7' NA WS. City, Wednesday li:coning, Hal./:past Seven o'clock, Money is easy here, and the facility with which the Bank.of England makes - its advances- on stock and other approved se curities seems likely to prevent any pressure. Consols wear an improved appearance, the price for the account being at 911 a. Exchequer Bills arc at 15 to 17, and India Bonds are at 3 to 5 premium. The refusal of M. Carbonell to accept the bills drawn by the Portuguese government on him, and sent by the last packet, has given some shock to Portuguese credit, and the 5 per cents. are b4l, and the 32 per cents. 55, which is about 11- per cent. above-theirextreine depression. Spanish Bends have been on the advance, and this afternoon they left off at 46i, afteehaving been as high as 46i. The uncertainty with regard to the termination of the matter in discussion between France and America operated towards the close of last week so as to cause some depreciation in the Northern Bonds, but, both yesterday and to-day, the market tas rallied, Belgian closing at 9% Dutch 5 'per cents., at 100 i 4; the 2i per cents., at 54i to 55k. '1 here has been considerable speculation to-day in Colombian Bonds, which have advanced to 32 W, notwithstanding the un settled state of Venezuela. Mexican stock has been as high as 3E31-, but has fallen to :37 shortly prior to the close of business. Chili an Bonds ate firm at 441, but Peruvian continue flat at 2,1''5, a matter little to be wondered at when the state of that wretched country is considered: The accounts received. to-day state-that-General SalaverY, (the usurping pregident) 'had 'de clared a war of extermination against the republic of Bolivia; for the part General'Santa Cruz, the president of that republic.. had taken against hint. Santa Crux and Obregesto had con centrated their forces against. Salavery, who had been joined by General Gamadvra. Ile had also issued a decree ordaining that all vessels touclii4ig at. Arica and Islay must pay when th e y arrive at Islay an additional duty of 40 per cent. over the cur rent duties, which increase of impost, as may be expected, amounts to an entire prohibition. THE WHALE SHIPS. •, The owners of the whale ships, which it is supposed are encircled by the ice in the Arctic Seas, had a meeting at the Mansion-house, Hull, in the early part of the last week, at which a second memorial was agreed to. and.tiansmitted to the lords of the Admiralty, praying their lordships to take the sub ject into further consideration. Mr. C. Wood, in answer to this communication, informed the memorialists that the Admi ralty Board had sent Captain James Ross to Hull, for the pur pose of ascertaining what assistance could be sent to these ves sels. We have been favoured with the sight of a letter from Hull to a house in this town, the subjoined extract from which will explain the preparations making for the relief of the suf ferers : " Hull, December 16th, 1835. By the annexed copy of resolutions you will find that. it has been determined to send out an expedition to Davis' Straits, to relieve the vessels beset in that sea, The Core has been select ed for the pnrpose, and she will sail as soon as she can be got ready, under the command of Captain James Ross, accompani ed by Captain ilnuiphreys, a very active and intelligent man, and of great experience in tae attic regions. The cure wilt have a crew- of sixty picked men; her equipments, being found by government, under the superintendence of Captain Ross, who is now here, will be .of the most extensive description. The circumstance of Captain Ross having selected the Core is tY proof of her good state of repair and general eligibility." NEW PATENTS.-1 . 040hU -Chanter, of Earl-street, London, • and John Gray; of Liverpool, in :the county of Lancaster, engineer, for their invention of. a new cotubmation of parts forming an improved furnace for consuming smoke and econo mising tuel applicable to loComotive carriages, steamboats, and other usefillpurpi;Sei. Sealed . 2d November; six months.—To Tho Mai, Earl of Diiiidoland, of Regent's Park, Middlesex, for his invention of improveMents in machinery, and apparatus ap plicable to lin rposesof locomotion. Sealed sth November; six months.—l o Thos. Greig, of RoSe Bank, Bury, in the county of Lancaster, calico printer, for his inventi,n of a mode of em: bossing and printing; at one and' the same tithe, by means of cylinder roller. on ,goods or, fabrice made of or from cotton, silk, flax, hemp, and wool; or any one ormore qthese materials, or ou paper. Sealed Rlth'Niivembei• Six tilouths.Office Patents; Chaneerv-lan'e, Leman.. THE VIVERP, MUNICIPAL ELECTION. PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVES. . . . Yesterday a public meeting of the Conservatives was held in the Large. Hoorn, at the Golden Lion Inn, Dale-street, in order ‘• to make such further arrangments as might be (leeched expe dient fur securipg the election of fit and proper persons to to re present the several wards in the new town council." About a thousand persons were present, and the room was nearly full. Wm. Smith, Esq., took the chair. The CHAIRMAN, iu opening the business of the meeting, said, —Gentlemen, as the chairman under whose directien the mu nicipal election, on the part of the conservatives, has hitherto been conducted, I feel it my duty at this crisis, and in the strug gle which is about to take place, to lay before yon a brief ac count of the proceedings which have been adopted in order to return fit and proper persons to the new council for this borough. (Loud cheers ) I need not remind the meeting I believe, that the committee to which I have alluded was ap pointed at a most important and spirited meeting which took place on the 26th October last. It is only necessary to run over the list of the committee to satisfy this meeting that it em bodied no inconsiderable portion of intelligence and energy united in one common object to promote the good of this town,—of the merchants, and of the tradesmen. (Cheers.) Mr. Wright will read over to you the list of the Committee, and afterwards the report of the proceedings. (Cheers.) . Mr. PETER Walcriir then read over the names of the Com mittee, and also the report of the proceedings of that Com mittee, as follows: " REPORT. " The committee, in making their report to this meeting, have to inform them that the first step which they considered it ad visable to adopt was to issue an address te the inhabitants of this town, calling upon them in moderate, and, they trust, re spectful language, to dismiss from their minds all rancorous and party feeling, aud to look only to the character aud fitness of the individual in selecting him as a candidate for the office of councillor. They need scarcely say, that this address roused the anger of the reform party in this town, and produced some intemperate invectives from that portion of the press which ad vocates their views. Determined, if possible, to make the pre= sent contest a struggle between political parties, and seeing that their best hope of success existed in that line of policy, they considered the address which the committee issued as an un called for interference with their plan of agitation. " Upon the announcement of the division of the wards which was immediately followed by the appearance in the field as can didates, of some of the most decided political characters in the reform interest,• the committee considered it advisable that meetings should be held in the several, wards. These meetings, in consequence of the course adopted by the opposite party, consisted of conservatives only, or nearly so, and the condi - elutes-chosen by them, the committee believe, profess the po litical. principles of that party; but a comparison of the two lists will satisfy any impartial mind that the individuals selected by the conservative party are most of themgentlemen of much more moderate views, in their line of politics, than those on the reform interest; and, in point of respectability and intelligence, the committee feel assured that they need not fear to be put in competition with the opposite candidates. "The next step which was taken was the formation of com mittees in the several wards, which have now for some time been actively engaged in conducting the canvass, and have rendered the most important service in this respect, and also in givireg that information to the solicitors which has enabled them with much greater facility and success to conduct their la borious and protracted duties in the revision of the burgess list. "Having now stated to the meeting the course which the committee have pursued, and which they trust will beet with the approbation of this meeting, the committee most earnestly call upon the inhabitants of this borough, ar.d upon the gentle men now assembled in particular, to use their best exertions in assisting the several ward committees during the ensuing week, and promoting the election of the candidates, whose names will be communicated to the meeting. The committee most parti cularly call upon the mercantile portion of the community who have hitherto taken perhaps too little interest in this election. To the tradesmen they return their most cordial thanks; the zeal and indefatigable exertions of that body are above all praise." The reading of the report was received with loud cheers. After this, Mr. WRIGHT read over a list of the candidates for the different wards, both conservative and liberal. The an nouncement of the names of the conservative candidates for each ward was received with great cheering and applause, while many of the names of the liberal candidates met with a hiss of disapprobation or a laugh of derision. Mr. C. T. DUNLEvIR then rose and said he had been en trusted with a resolution to propose, which he regretted had not been given to some other gentleman better qualified. He con gratulated the town of Liverpool that the selection of candi dates—fit and proper to represent this great town in the new council—as selected by the conservative committees, and ap proved. of by the wards—were men of character,, of intel ligence, of respectability, and energy, and were individuals properly qualified to protect the interests of this greatly in creased and greatlyincreasing town. (Cheers.) There were trusts of great moment to be reposed in the new town council— there were trusts for widows and orphans, and he had very great pleasure in moving this resolution because the gentlemen• no nominated by the different wards were men calculated to uphold those interests and worthy of guarding those trusts—men who had been the mainspring iu improving the town and in raising it to its present progyerity. (Cheers.) He begged to move the first resolution. Tor this and the following resolutions, see adver tisement.' Mr. JAMES IRVING had great pleasure in seconding the reso lution which had just been proposed by his friend, and he hoped every exertion would be made by the parties present to secure the return of the gentlemen whom the conservative committee had brought forwards. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, who unani mously adopted it amidst loud applause. Mr. RICHARD DAWSON rose to move the second resolution, " That the list of candidates which bad just been read should be those to whom the electors should give their support," and it was with much satisfaction that he looked over the selection, for be was convinced that there was no election of greater iins pittance in the kingdom than the one which was about to take place in Liverpool. Had. it not been fur the exertions of their opponents, with regard -to-Liverpool, he believed they, ahould not have had any municipal elections in the corporations of this kingdorti. Fur years their opponents had been striving to un dermine the corporation of the town of Liverpool. lie, how ever, only hoped that the gentlemen whO were to be selected to compose the new town council would as faithfully discharge the duties that will be imposed on them, and with, the stone regard to honour and inte re erity which they have seen for so many years.. (Cheers.) He begged to propose the second resolution. Mr. SAMUEL llocsie then came forward, and said he had been requested to second the resolution which had been just , proposed by his friend Mr. Dawson. Although politics was not the atmosphere which he delighted to breathe, yet he must say, that an imperative sense of what he conceived to be a public duty induced him to give utterance to his sentiments in regard to the gentlemen proposed to constitute the new town coun cil. He should be exceedingly sorry, and tie hoped he should be the first to apologise, if in the first observations be was about to make, one word should be ascribed to any thing like an attack on individuals of any party, or indivi duals of any creed ; but he claimed for himself the same liberty of thought which he conceded to every political opponent. — (Applause.) Ile believed that the resolution which had been put by Mr. Dawson, resolved itself into two propositions. The first was, the qualification of the candidates, and the other, the interest and support they ought to receive. Now, in regard to the qualification of the candidates, if he had not seen men of moderate politics, of high respectability, and of great influence in the town put forward, and if he bad nut seen them mixed likewise with some of the tradesmen of Liverpool, he honestly confessed he would not have come formard to support them. But he was compelled to believe that the selection which had been made was a judicious one, and he trusted they would not go into the council for party purposes alone, but for the purpose of forwarding their local interests. But he did say that their political opponents—and in speaking of them he begged to observe, that he numbered among them some of his most ex cellent personal friends, and it was to him exceedingly painful to differ with some of them, but he hoped that, in opposing them, he did it with sincerity and honesty, which he trust ed, on public grounds alone, would be as strong as his private friendship for them would be sincere and, lasting (loud cheering) their- political opponents, he feared, had no minated a great many individuals for the purpose of getting into the town council to forward the political interests of their party rather than the local interests of the town, (cheers,) and knowing, or rather suspecting, that some of those gentle men were inoculated with a spirit of republicanism—a spirit which he believed to fie detrimental to the best interests of any country under heaven. Seeing before him what was the effect of republicanisth in America, where freedom of thought has been riot, and where the liberty of the press has descended into licentiousness; where men are left to the tender mercies of " Lynch-law;" and seeing what was the working of republican ism there, he would ask them if they would wish to live under its shade? (Cheers.) If he turned his eye to France, where every kind of government that the ingenuity of wan could de vise had been in their turn adopted, what did they see there? Did they see a man living under "his own vine and fig-tree— none daring to make him afraid?" No. They saw property unstable, and at the present moment the liberty of the press was trodden despotically under foot. (Cheers.) Believing, there fore, that a great number of their opponents were favourable to democracy, however respectable they might be, and candour compelled him to confess they were respectable, they ought to look on them with a jealous eye. Fault had been found with the preSeut council that they had admitted too many persons of one religious creed; but he aced scarcely remind that meeting, -that there were sixteen or 'seventeen persons nominated by their opponents who were of one religious creed, and the mem bers of a sect not by far the most numerous in the town. He would ask, why in the name sit consistency such a majority ought to be placed there ? He had some conversation the other -clay with a gentleman of Whig principles, an inhabitant of the town, and a merchant of considerable influence, and he had de clared to him that if the friends of his party had striven their utmost to injure their cause they could not "have done so more effectually than by the selection they had made. But, believ ing himself in conservative principles, he did not mean to stand up for abuses, if there were an abuse in God's name let it be reformed, but let us not destroy; let us reform just as the skil ful gardener, by pruning, cuts away the rotten branch, but not, • alter the manlier of the wayward urchin who, to cut himself a walking-stick, would destroy the whole tree. (Cheers.) Hav ing stated his opinion with regard to anythin approaching to abuses, he would now say he believed it was for the purpose of hastening forward the movement principle that polities had been introduced into this question, fur no man cpuld tell where this movement would stop, it was progressing with railway I speed, and whilst there was a propelling power he thought it hut right that they should have something like a controlling power lest they go onward down the inclined plane with too great a velocity—lest the carriage be upset.and the passengers' lives en dangered. (Applause.) He would not wish to injure his ma jesty's ministers ; by their own acts let them be tried, and by their own acts let them stand or fall. There was one party with whom those ministers had formed an unholy connexion, dis guise it as they please, who would, if lie had the power, put the extinguisher on the scriptures, on education, and on the estab lished church of the country, (cheers,) an establishment which it was unnecessary fur him to say had been one of the great est blessings to the country in which they lived. Ile believed they were incited to this conduct by that satyr who alternately blows hot and cold, and who, whilst he is tightening the rope which will eventually strangle the present ministry, screens himself behind a shield, of vshich no man could say whether - it was the gold or silver shield, save those wretched people whose last farthing he wrung from their starving offspring. (A pplati;;e.) Believing that some of their political opponents would further views such as these, he thought he was entitled—speaking,, as he then did, the sentiments of a great number of his fellow-trades men—thus to express his opinion, and be thought he was justi fied in opposing them •, but, in doing go, he gave theiri the saute measure of thought which he claimed for himself, and Ire did sin cerely regret that party politics' had been made the test of fitness m: on doccasion ; it would have been much better if t hey h'ad serer been brought forward ; but now that they were so brought forward they had no alternative but to pursue tlie samecotirie ;Jet Greek Meet Greek,_ ?lid let the tug u'f war commence. He, for 6* Was dispoied to admit that no human institution could be psi: fect, He at once was disposed inaufully to admit, that theriiwere dome thingi in the Church of England, whicli at a onSlifenit v.'6 l / 4 114 tCY ifintnt'dt tintetnlikh. o rYik.9.l I§T ... .ijkk'fi. degree irrelevant, he thought he strouldbe permitted to make a remark on'the p-res - etit ailmininiitration of church property, to which in some respecti he objected: Ile objected to non-resi dence and pluralities, and he objected to one or two other minor points; and he wished the meeting to take this into their consideration, that'though the Church of England has provided for both the rich and for the poor, she has not provided for the hundreds and thousands of the middle classes; and he believed that the high rate of pew rents had contributed greatly to the calumnies with which she teas now tissailecl—had driven num bers to dissenting chapels, who were favourable to her coin munien, and then, after a few rears bad elapsed, they wondered at their disloyalty. Convinced as he was that that was a point which could nu longer he overlooked, he did hope that the members of their new town-council, whoever they might be, would - take the subject of church patronage into their hands, and. by timely reform save that church from spoliation and de struction. (Cheers.) The other point to which he would now turn his attention, was the support which it was their duty to give to the new town-council. He had, he regretted to say, to bring a serious charge against the great body of the merchants of Liverpool. He did so at the desire of a great number of that body with whom he had the honour to be associated—he meant the tradesmen of Liverpool. The onus probandi was thrown too heavily upon them ; and he regretted that the merchants of Liverpool had with unpardonable apathy, for the most part slunk into hiding places, and thrown the great burden of the struggle on the tradesmen. They were willing, to do their utmost, .yet knowing the great weight which the mer chants of Liverpool carried with them he hoped they would shake off the love of ease with which they had Invested them selves, and feel it their duty to come forwards and aid the King, the Lords; and the Commons. (Cheers.) He believed it was their duty, in ,a peculiar manner, to stand by the House of Peers at the present moment. If any man talked of -making the House of Peers elective, it would be infinitely better for him to talk of sweeping it away at once, for it was fat better to be attacked openly ;—it was better for them to have to contend with an open foe, who attacked them openly, than With one who secretly undermined the edifice until he brought it about their ears. (Applause.) He called on the merchants of Liver pool to-stand by the House of Peers in protecting their heredi tary rights, which they only enjoyed for the good of the whole community, and he called on them as members of this com munity to send into their town-council such men as would sup port the institutions of the country—would preserve them from the ruthless hands of agitators, and use the influence of their situations for the general good; he would tell them if they did not do so an extinguisher would be put on their own political in fluence for ever in this town. (Cheers.) They had not on this occasion the old burgesses to assist them. To him it was mat -ter of regret, moving as he did between the rich and the poor; and knowing by experience the soundness and honesty that really exists in the heart of a poor Englishman, he would say pe thought it an unjust measure for those who were the advo t atm - of-universal suffrage—for those who were.the advocates a vote by ballot—to endeavour to deprive the poor bUrgesses of this town of their municipal 'rights. (Cheers.) If they are qualified to vote for members of parliament, surely they are qualified to vote for members of the town-council, and he would remind them that many of the individuals who were most active in endeavouring to obtain seats in their town-council were most active in extinguishing the municipal ,privileges of the poor. He begged to thank them for their patient attention, and he would again say if he had unfortunately given any of fence to any man breathing he hoped he should be the first in dividual to make au apology. (Loud Cheers.) Ile seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, and every band appeared to he held up in its favour. Mr. Alderman WRIGHT was then loudly called for, and on rising was rapturously cheered. He commenced by saying, Gentlemen, the feeling you have j ust shown towards -me has so far overpowered me that, I declare on my honour 1 scarce ly know how to thank you. The reason of my not rising to re turn you my thanks immediately after the resolution had passed did not proceed front any want of gratitude on my part, but from a feeling that there were many other gentlemen present, who are..caudidates for the new town council, far more able to thank you for the resolu:ion you have just - passed than I can be. But as I azt on my legs 1 must thank you on two grounds; I thank you on one hand, for favours past, and on the other, I request you to receive my thanks for those which your kindness may give to me It has been stated by my friend Mr. Dawson, that the old council did their duty, 1 believe firmly that every one of them endeavoured to do his duty to the best of his abs lity. For myself I can conscientiously and sincerely say, I never gave a vote influenced either by the desire of emolument, power, place, or any other consideration, except the good •of the town. I may say this, and, perhaps, not with such credit as others can, because it so happens that Providence has not given me any one of my own relations for whom I could ask 'sewer and place. Therefore, it gives me an opportunity of speaking for others as well as myself. Gentlemen,• I have been before this town twenty-four years. .I am willing at all times to own that I may be wrong; 1 have no doubt of having been wrong in many of my votes in the council ; but I again express my feeling that I voted to the best of my judgment, and, though succeeding times have shown that those votes have not many of them been what I hoped they would have been, yet I assure you that they were given with the earnest desire to do right. (Loud cheers.) As one of the candidates for the new town council, I am willing to abide by the past; for I always hold it wiser rather to judge of a man by what he does than by what he says. So far of myself. Now; then, let me, as one of the candidates,-return you my most grateful thanks in their name for the kind feeling you have shown us. To those gentlemen who may be here who are members ,of the several committees of the different wards, who have canvassed, I am quite sure we are ail greatly obliged, as on my own part I feel to those who have can vassed for me. tut I would turn to the committees them selves, and I.would say to them that there is undoubtediy very great ground for the complaint which Mr. Holme has made - with regard to the merchants of Liverpool. I must say there is a foolish dislike to canvassing on their part in the various wards. I think if those gentlemen will only look back a little and consider what great men have gone round the town at various periods, and canvassed for the station of member of parliament for this town, they will think it rather unadvised iu themselves not canvassing for the situation of counnou-coun cilineu. I, for one, shall du the utmost in my power. To show -you the benefit of this—l now address myself more particularly to, the candidates—l know three gentlemen who went round esttlrday and- the day -before, and•they-have•undoubtedly de rived great benefit to their cause by canvassing, by bringing over many of those who were, when they addressed them, dis posed to vote for our opponents, For myself, gentlemen, I must throw myself on your kindness, and lay my excuse for not canvassing, in having beets within the last fortnight or three weeks closely engaged every day in the select committee, for the. benefit of the candidates generally. I, however, will say to those gentlemen—to my friends the candidates—that, if from their engagements they cannot go round and canvass, at least they can go to their several committees, and if their committees then would point out to them any gentleman that they ought to call on themselYes, I do contend that it is not only their duty, but it should be their endeavour to do so. There is another thing,. perhaps, I might say, that they ought to do. They who have it not in their power to go to all persons in their own wards, might yet greatly advantage their other friends by pushing their interests among those voters by whom they are more particularly known. These are merely hints that I would throw out to try friends who are candidates. o those who may be l i elected, holding opposite political opinions to my-self, as mem bers of the new town-council, if.l should there meet them, if they have anything to say against me I shall be willing to hear it, and shall endeavour to explain my conduct in such a way as I trust wilt be satisfactory to them. ( Loud cheer.) I hope, gen tlemen, your exertions will be crowned with such success as may be of advantage to this town. • (Great cheering.) Mr. KN APYER begged to propose as a resolution, that circu lars be sent to the merchants of Liverpool, particularly request ing that they would take a part in the canvass of the wards in which they resided. He thought there ought to be some de gree of influence connected with the canvassers, as well as the 'activity which had been displayed by the young men who had hitherto canvassed, and he would urge that every influence and exertion should be used at this particular crisis, and at this the eleventh hour. Mr. PETER WRIGHT suggested to Mr. Knapper that his re solution would, perhaps, be better if embodied in the form of a suggestion to the various committees than as a resolution for that meeting, to which Mr. Knapper agreed. Mr. SANDS, being loudly called for, rose and said, that he regretted being called on thus unexpectedly to address them. He regretted it not because he did not feel deeply interested in the cause which had called them together, but becausl be was quite sure that there were a number of gentlemen around him who would much better occupy their tune, and give greater efficiency to the objects of that meeting. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") He was sure he need not state to theia that the cause which had called them together deserved not only their support, their concurrence, and countenance, but it deserved their utmost exertions. (Cheers.) As had been stated by Mr. Wright, in cases like the present, every man ought to be at his post. He should not occupy their time further than to state, that he most sincerely congratulated them on the unanimity Of feeling and sentiment which appeared to prevail among them, and he was quite sure that if they gave further evidence of the sincerity of those feelings by reducing them to active operation the cause would be won. (Loud cheering.) Mr. TURNER, on being loudly called for, said it was with much satisfaction that he took this opportunity of thanking his fellow-townsmen for the honour they had conferred on him in selecting hint as one - of the candidates for the new town council of Liverpool. For this mark of their confidence, unsought for as it was, on his part, he begged to offer there his most sincere and heartfelt acknowledgments. Ile was not ashamed to con fess that he felt it a very great compliment that he had been se lected• by this vast community as a fit and proper person for one of the town council for this borough ; It was also peculiarly 'gratifying to him that it had not been thought necessary to de• mend of him any pledges fair his future conduct. If be should .he returned as one of their representatives . , he should go into .the council unfettered, and bound only by what his own con science might suggest in the discharge of his public duty. (CheerS.) But, though he was a decided enemy to pledges—he believed that professions were generally objectionable, as they weremore readily made than they were afterwards attended to— yet, he would nut hesitate to give them some idea of what his views were on some of the leading subjects likely to be brought before them. Ile gloried in saying he was what was termed a conservative. (Cheers.) Ile was also a warm friend of civil and religious liberty. lie rejoiced in seeing emancipation granted to the catholics, and he hoped to live to 'see the day when a silesilar emancipation might be conceded to the Jews. Ile did not think this would at all impair the British constitu tion. They would ever find in him a warm and ucomproinising advocate of that constitution. (Cheers.) He considered the establishment of the church in connexion with the state neces sary to the prosperity of the empire. Yet he was willing to render his humble assent to any rational reform, or correcting any real abuses which might be proved to exist iu that estab lishment. Ile thought the correction of those abuses would only strengthen its stability instead of weakening it. With re gard to local politics, he would not detain them long. He was a warns friend of retrenchment and economy in any public body. At the same time, he thought every public servant should receive a liberal reward for his services, as an incentive for the office, and to ensure the strict discharge of his duties. He thought the funds of the corporation could not be better employed than in promoting education and in providing re lief fur the iudigenf. He was also glad to see that the funds of the corporation might he applied to several local objects, such as lighting and paving the town, and for the establishment of a sufficient day police. (Cheers.) To the furtherance of such objects as these, his best attention should at all times be devoted. He would not longer detain them, but begged sincerely to thank them for the attention they had given hint, and to assure them if he should be elected to serve his fellow townsineu they might depend on his best exertions on their behalf. Mr. GRANT was then called for. He was sure that theist who knew him best would believe that he bad not come for ward as a candidate to gratify any private object of his own. But he took it to be the duty or every man, on occasion# like the preieht, to place himself at the disposal of his fellow townsmen, notwithstanding the liability to censure' and trouble with which the discharge of his public duties might be attetded.. Influenced by feelings like these, though having ttaluieh greater inclination for private life; he had collie forward; influenced by the samu feeliegs whiclf had been so ably eep}•essed by Mr. Wright and Mr. Turner, he•Shiild not at that Moment allude NOre pa'rticularly to the subject, as he should Breve the honour wen( iii the el /thing befere the electors of his wm., , 4 ward, when he should endeavour to express his sentiments more .dearly, and with a little more preparation. (Loud cheers.) He agreed entirely with Mr. Turner in what. he had uttered with regaid to the established institutions of the country, and was also anXioti4 that every think bordering on abuse should be rectified, lie would be guided by nu other motives if eleeted as a couticilmen, but what in his conscience he believed to be beSt calculated to promote the good of the : public, and if it were their pleasure to place him in that situation, they might depend upon his best exertions in their behalf. Mr. HENRY LAWRENCE, being called upon for Soule expres sion of his sentiments, must say, with sonic diffidence, that he Was not in the habit of public speaking. (Cheers and laughter.) For a lawyer this might at first appear ridiculous; but lie did assure them that this was the firSt time he had ever addressed any public meeting except on professional bUsiness: On all other occasions he had been accustomed to advocate.the . ,cause of others, and not his own. (Cheers and laughter;) On the present occasion he was called on to speak on his own account, and, therefore, he could not do it without some considerable hesitation. When some of his neighboUrs of Rodney-Street ward called on him to come forward as a candidate, he confessed he hesitated some time about accepting their proposal; but, con s ceiving it to be the duty of every person who has the welfare of his country at heart to come forward when his fellow-townsmen should deem him worthy of their notice, be had consented to come forward at their request. Having once fairly embarked in the cause, he did feel great anxiety in his success. He felt highly indebted to those gentlemen who had advocated .his . Cause and canvassed for him. After the short address which himself and friends had put out together, they had been charged with a degree of egotism which did not belong to them. A very worthy gentleman had said they had praised theinielves so much in it, that they had nut left anything for their best friends to say in their behalf. (Laughter.) What he had said was, that they hoped to be supported on account of their past con duct. to the observations which had been made by Mr. Holme and by some others of the worthy candidates, he perfectly agreed. The only difference between Mr. Turner and him Self was, that he was one of the old despised constitutional wings. (Laughter.) 'He had always professed himself an advocate for reform and. for civil and religious liberty. When, however, he found that the best men who had constituted the administration of Earl Grey were deserting one after the other, and to use the able simile of Mr. Holine, that the remainder were going with railroad velocity down an inclined plane, without a check on the wheel, in a course which he did not - .approve, lie was obliged to desert also. He would now say, however, that theysvere the tree reformers; to use the language of his friend—"they wished to prune the excrescences froin.the tree of the constitution, and not to destroy it altogether." He begged to thank the meeting fin- the attention which they had paid to him. Mr. Asrenose Lace then Caine tbrivard. As much had been said of what ought to be the conduct of those who got into the new town-council he should not trouble them with any remarks oji that subject. One thing, however, he must say, he thought this question irid very impr6perly - beeu Made .a - The very object sought to be. avoided -in the muatcipal reform - bill was to prevent corporations from being made political - engines. Now, if this conduct is to be adopted, they Will be as much political engines as they ever have been. They had heard it said that those candidates whi. Were supported by the reformers—and he confessed that to a certain extent he was a reformer—were the only 'gentlemen to whom they could look for good and efficient government in the new council. He con fessed that if this were true he should be ashamed to stand there. He hoped that he and every other candidate who was in that room were as much opposed to misgovernment and extrava gance as any one among their opponents. He did not know why any party should arrogate to themselves alone economy and pod government. They were men alike, and he trusted they should all do their duty, looking only to the advantage of the town. He cared not with what party any measure might originate, haviug that end in view, for it he would vote. (Great cheering, and cries of .‘ Bravo.") No other gentleman coining forward, the Chairman said the business of the day being finished, the meeting was dissolved. Mr. Alderman WRIGHT then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his able conduct in the chair, which was se conded by Mr. KNA PPER, and unanimously carried amidst loud approbation, and the meeting separated, having first given three enthusiastic cheers for the success of the conservative cause. THE KING'S FERRY ON THE DES.—We are authorised by his worship the Mayor, to state, that the corporation of Liver pool have from the commencement taken a deep interest in the completion of the King's Ferry, according to the ingenious and admirably adapted plans of Mr. 'James Boydell, jun. The corporation at an early stage of the undertaking, and at the re quest of Lord Mostyn, sent their surveyor, who reported of it in the most favourable terms, and in consequence of this they Ten , dered all the aid in their power to carry the bill through parlia ment. The ferry is, indeed, by means of Mr, Boydell's appa ratus, one of the greatest improvements in this part of the coun try, and reflects the highest credit on the inventor of submarine endless chains. The contrivance, we venture to 'say, is the simplest, the safest, the most expeditious, and the most effective that ever was constructed orapplied to rapid rivers. , "young gentlemen ROTA INSTITUTION.—Yesterday tne young gentlemen of this institution underwent a public examination in the hall of the institution, before a number of ladies and gentlemen. Several of the young gentlemen gave very pleas ing evidence of their ability and attainments in oratorical de livery, by reciting chosen pieces of considerable length. Master Fletcher delivered, in very good style, and with appropriate emphasis, "Cataline's exhortations to the conspirators," in Latin; and Master Foreshaw displayed great effirt of memory in reciting Cambridge's prize poem, " Venice." Prizes are, we understand, to be awarded to the pupils according to merit. EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—The Barque Barbadian, Jer. Nagle, master, belonging to Messrs. Heves, Litherlaud and Co., arrived here on Tuesday evening from Barbados, .after having completed her twelfth voyage in the space of three years, ten months, and seven days; the lest four voyages have been made in thirteen months and seven days—dispatch which is without a parallel in the annals of naval history. . CRUELTY—CAUTION TO CART DRIVERS.—On Wednesday, at the Dock Police-ollice, an information was laid before Mr. Alderman Sandbuch, by Foster, Esq., surveyor to the cur poration, against Isaac Litley, the driver of one of Mr. Robert Emery's carts. .Mr. Foster stated that he was driving in his gig-past the end . of Duke-streetovlien . he could not get on for defendaut's cart, which obstructed the road. On loi.iking at it," he found it heavily laden with earthenware, and but one horse in it, which was unable to move it any further, and the per spiration was actually running down the poor animal; he told the man he should inform against him, and afterwards it ap peared he had yoked another horse to the cart and proceeded. A constable stated that, on being sent to the carter, he found him in the act of borrowing another horse. His own had been down from fatigue, and was most shamefully abused. ,The carter was find 10s. and costs. THE INJUNCTION.—We understand that a full detail of the proceedings before the master of the rolls, on the clergy endow ment question, will be speedily published in the form ut a pamphlet. Passengers per Barbadian, from Barbados, Mrs. Lovell, Miss Austin, Miss White, Mr. Major. Miss Major, Master C. Major, Master it. Major, Mr. Applewhaite, Mr. Grant, Mr. 'amiss, Mr. Jones, and a servant. . STREETS.—A correspondent requeits us to call the at tention of the parish authorities to the dangerous state of Upper Oakes-street, a considerable thoroughfare near St. Jude's Church. A child, six years of age, was nearly killed on Monday by a cart being upset owing to the almost impassable state of the road in this street. INFoassazioNs.—Ou Wednesday, Michael M'Kinnon was fined by Mr. Alderman Robinson, 12 and costs, for having his beer-house open after the hours allowed by law.—Jane Murphy was fined £2 and costs, for allowing beer to be drunk in her house on Sunday last, during the hours of divine service.— Elizabeth Meadowcroft, who keeps a beer-house in Peter street, was tined dOs. and costs, for allowing card playing in her house on Saturday night last.—Thonias Stockdale, soap-manu facturer, of Canning-street, Vauxhall-road, was fined ss. and costs, for allowing his cart to stand in the street without any one near it, for upwards of half au hour, on Monday afternoon last.—Thomas Stockdale, the younger, soap manufacturer, of Canning-street, was fined ss. and 3s. lid. costs, for allowing his cart to obstruct the thoroughfare on Monday afternoon last.— William Garner, of London-road, tobacconist, was fined ss. and 3s. 641. costs, " for exercising, his worldly calling on the sabbath day;" he having been charged with retailing some snuff on the afternoon of Sunday last.—Michael Cunningham and Owen Mellin, who keep provision cellars, were each fined ss. and 3s. 6d. costs ; for selling potatoes during the hours of divine service, on Sunday last.--Catherine Thomas, who keeps a :hop in Kaye -street, was fined ss. and costs, for selling flour at her shop on Sunday morning last, during the hours of divine service.—John Smith, of Burlington-street, was fined ss. and 3s. 6d. costs, for allowing his chimney to get so foul as to take fire on Sunday evening last, to the great danger of the sur rounding neighbourhood.—John Camden, the driver ; of Mr. Wainwright's cart, was tined ss. and costs, for driving his cart full gallop down Park-lane, on Sunday afternoon about three o'clock, to the great danger of the passengers. FUNERAL OF SIR H. P. HoGnroN, BART.—The remains of this lamented gentleman were interred in the family sepulchre at Walton, near Preston. The funeral, by particular desire of the family, was strictly private, and was attended solely by the relatives of the deceased, the medical gentlemen who ba - d at tended him, and the stewards. The procession consisted of a hearse, three private carriages—in which rode Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, Batt., (son and successor of the deceased, It. T. Parker, Esq. and J. Clegg, Esq.—and three mouruing coaches. About half-past ten the train reached Walton church, where a considerable number of persons had assembled to witness the ceremony. The funeral set vice was read in a most impressive manner by the Rey. H. W. M'Grath. Sir H. P. Hoghtou, who was much esteemed as a private gentleman, but from bodily infirmities had mingled but rarely in public life. *as chosen one of the members for the borough of Preston (conjointly With Lord Stanley)lu 1796, and served a short session in parliament. WIGAN MurnCirAL Avyants.—(From our own correspon dent.)—The appearance of matters in this old corporation borough indicates a severe trial of strength on the 26th , The radicals here, like Most places, have made the nomination of town council a party question, and, therefore, out of 30 they placed in their list 21 Roman catholics and dissenters, and of the other nine professing churchmen, nothingtonians ' not more than j hree hold opinions favourable to tho viistence of a church establishment.. But we have the satisfaction of statiag, from the best information, that the government of this borough is not likely to fall into the hands of such men. The - conservatives have now been roused to a state of activity, and no doubt remains of the result being favourable to their cause.,,' THE IRISH CLERGY.—MILETING AT WA RRINGTON:—A meeting was held on 'Thursday, in the Sessions'-icnn, War riogton, fur the purpose of taking into consideration the case of .the Irish clergy, and of entering into a subscription for their relief. The chair was taken by John Clare, Esq., constable of thefborough, and several resolutions for the above purpose were passed, and a subscription entered into iu the room. A coin. milieu was appointed to solicit further donations from the in habitants. • The meeting was addressed by J. W. Patten, Esq.; M.P., J. I. Blackburne, Esq., M.P., the Rev. 'l'. 0. Boyne, and the Chairman. • Lord Dinorben and the llon. Misses Hughes are in Paris, and will probably remain there for the winter. The family wilt not visit Kimmill Park before the spt lug of the next year. - - • APPOINTM RNT.—Mr. S. Burridge, principal officer of the Customs at Poulton, has been appointed by the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral receiver of the droits, rights, and perquisites of admiralty for Ptesten, Lytham, and the coast to R“ssall and Pilling, including the waters of the Ribble and the Wyre. CENTRAL AGRICULTUE /IL MSOCIATION.—On Tuesday a meeting of landholders, eigriculturisq, and deputies from the several associations throughout the country, was held at the Freemason's Tavern, Louden. Mr. Ormsby Gore, fur Shropshire, was called to the Chair. The object of the meeting was tire formation of a central agricultural association, in order to bring into one focus the strength and influence of that in terest, with a view to obtain a parliamentary inquiry into the causes of the present distressed state of the agriculturists, and the best means - of obtaining relief.' The necessary resolution, for the formation of the society Were proposed and carried una nimously. On Sunday, the 6th instant„, five respectable Roman Catho. lies received the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in St. Audoen'ti Church, Dnblin ; and we have beard that eighteen others intend . to eonfortn in the same manner on Christmas • MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF CASTLE STREET WARD. th 0 uesday a meeting of th e conServae - electera •of 0, ward was held in the large re on of the Golden Lion Inn, for the purpose of fixing on a proper person as a candidate to re-. present the ward, in the roost of Mr. Wm. Brown,. who had de dined standing. Mr. Wilkinson was c a ll e d te , th e chair, and shortlyopened - the business of the meeting. .Mr. Brown had the day pre.vionsly declined standing for either parti, and it remained with the electors then assembled to- fi,r on another• He did not think Mr. Brown had. behaved well to them. Mr_ Wilkinson then read a letter received froth - Mr. BrOwn,.whereiti he declined standing. The following is a eopy. "Richmond-kill, December 14; - 1835. " Wth. Smith Esq. "Dear reply to yourself and the other gentlenteti, who did me the honour to call on rue.tei-day, with reference tO the appointrhent of councilmen, I Can only repeat what I de, Glared from the first—,that .1 would not be a party to a.contested election. The more 1 think of it, the. mole I ani satisfied with niv determination. You must therefore not consider me a can didate. My note to a . gentle Man. who called on me. from your committee was, I considered, sufficiently explicit tin this point. "1 remain very respeCtfullY, " Your friend and obedient Servant: ' " WM. BROWN." • The chairmtiti continuing—lf there is any elector here pr& sent who will propose a candidate, I shall be glad to hear hint ,; .Mr: Praaca.—l propose Mr. Johia Nelson Wood as a fit and proper person to represent this ward: (Applause.). Mr. JEN rtn , is.-1 beg to second the nomination. (Continued applause.) - No other candidate being prOpOSed, the chairman then put the question to the Meeting, whether or trot Mr. Wood should be nominated, which was unanimously received amidst loud ap platise.. The Cti AIRMAN then said Mr. Wired. would be waited-upon andhe had no doubt he Would stand fur the ward when their choice was represented to him. They should now. be obliged to any gentlemen who would put down their names to canvas the ward Well; as the time of election was drawing near, Mr. Prf.NirsoToN also spoke . to the same effect, and several gentlemen subscribi.d their names accordingly. . The CHAIRMAN then announced that the present conserva tive candidates for this Ward were Sir Thos. Brancker, George Grant, Esq., and John Nelson \Vood, Esq., and that on Thurs day evening there would he a Oldie meeting' of the electors of the ward called in that,room, when the candidates would attend: The meeting then separated. • Last evening, as was announced, a meeting of the electors of this ward Was held=Mr. Wilkinson in the chair—When the several candidates addressed - the meeting. which was numer ously and highly respectably attended. The candidates were loudly applauded on their eutranf•e and diiring their addresses, LIVERPOOL POLICE. TUESDA Y.—(Before Mr. Alderman ROB INiON.I - 1 ' Ronnuitv.—Thomas Jones, one of •tt gang -of young ruffians who nightly infest our streets, was charged by a laity with. rush ing'suddenly out of Jervis-street, as she was walking tip Cop peras-hill,. and snattiling her bag out of her hand and-then running away. 'She shouted after him, and a gentleman stopped him at the bottom aSevmdur-street and gave him into custody, Prisoner. in defence, in order to account for running away atd, having the bag in his possession, said he saw a boy running with the bag in his hand ; he ran after him and took it from him, and was himself immediately afterwardS seized by a gen tleman. l3atcheilor said he had had the prisoner in his custody many times. He was committed to the House of COrrectiou for three months. OBSTRUCTING FOOTPATAS.—Robert Western, Who keeps second-hand furniture shop in Scotland-road, was charged by Cochran with obstructing the footway on Saturday la, , t with . . articles of furniture. This being his first off enc e, an d on pro mising not again to be guilty of it, he was excused. William Owrowm, who also keeps a second-hatid furniture shop in Bey ington-bush, was charged with making similar obstructions. Having Often b_en warned before, and still persisting in it, he was fined ss. and costs. ROBBEItY.—John Belt, a lad, was charged by. Mr. Finlaysmi, with steaiiug, about a fortnight ago, a child's crib which - was exposed for sale at his door. On the afterneion before, he had seen the crib exposed fur sale in Lawrence -street, and Goff, the market constable, took it into his possessiab. It appeared that the prisoner, along with twa other lads, had been hanging about Mr, Finlayson's premises the whole of the afternoon the crib, was stolen, and towards dusk two of theta, watching their op.: portunity, seized it and ran away with it. Mrs.. Mary Limon; of Lawrence-street, depOsed to prisoner offering the crib: for sale to her for 65., and she bought it of him for ss. The crib was worth about £2. He was fully committed to take his trial at the sessions. _ . „ _ P“,:ASANT NElGneourts.—Mrs. Macrooney; a vender of oranges, a genuine daughter of the emerald isle, appeared to lay a complaint against Ann Hoye, a dirty awkward blubbering, girl, for breaking her windoWs, "Slutching" her, and otherwise abusing her. - Mrs. Macrooney.—Gintl'men, on Saturday avenin' afther had had a comfortable cup o' la's, and was jilt a coming hunt of me howe house to pursoo the avecations, this Ann Hoye, that ye see standing there, corned up to me an' shockingly used me in a horrid manner, broke me windies, an' ever since I've had, two pains in me back. But that wasn't all, gititPmen ; she says sli'll nave me life, and its but meSelf and me husband there is; an' she has bbfok into the house an' boxed me up on a night, and d—d me orange blow!. an' I don't know, gintl'inen, how it's to live quiet and paceiblv at hoMe Ann Hoye.—Pleaze yer honour, - on Saturday noyt, Shoe got a lad to lick my cattier, shoe did, and shoe called me a red.:. bearded b—h, Shoe did, and said I lied been in Kirkdale, shoe (lid, and I couldn't stolid it. • • Mrs. Macrooney.—No sich a thing; girillsmen, no sich thing; I knows a dale ;niter than that: Mr. Alderman Robiasori.—What do yOu say,'Hoye, to break ing the windows and sluchiug Mrs. Macrooney; you had no right to do that. Anti Hoye.—Pleaze stir, I did ud witch bike a thing; Mr. Alderman Robinson.—l suplaiSe you all live togethet.; and this is a quarrel amongst yourselves. Mrs. Maeroonev i —Opposite witch other, yer honciur. 11 r. Alderman atolainson_--- base had a_quarrel, I sup; pose, and this is the continuation of it? Mrs. Macrooney.—Och, yer honour, she'll murther me. some day. I have got her bout of 114.Ued-room, where it's no' business that she had, an' have had thins stolen by her; an',: shore enough, its a gavel shilling she sthole from me the other day. Poster, the constable, said they had been qoarrellihg together in this way for the last six months. The mother of Ann Hoye here stepped fifrward and begun— " Pleaze, gentlemen, they abused rimy Burl as no bard-workiug woman's gill ought to Le abused." [Here Mrs. M:followed immediately by the prisoner, began vociferating together at the top of their voices, prisoner'S mother still steadily holding on her fire against Mrs. Maerboney. and, all talking together, produced a noise we cannot desc ibe, save by comparing it to a concert of half a doien cats caterwauling together.] Mr. Alderman Robinson.—llold your tongues, all of you! I cannot hear a word you say. One woman talking at a time; is, in all conscience, quite enough. Mrs. Macrooney, dancing with passion.—ThiS woman, sir; as has th' impudence to sthand there was put down for pee for the bail. (Laughter.) Mr. Alderman Robinson, to the mother.—l suppose you sat this woman is worse than you. But you should not allow your daughter to behave in this Way ; she fiad no basinesi to stitch Mrs. Macrooney. The Mother.—She called thy gurl a red headed and said she had been in Kirkdale, and .it Was what no could stand. Mrs. Macrooney.—Och no, I niver uses efich language as that. Mr. Alderman Robinson.—Well, Hoye, will you Pi:nise not - to molest this woman again? Ann Hoye.—l never did mislest bur, stir, and I never will misiesthur. Mr. Alderman Robinson.—Well, then. mind you dent; and understand that if you dont keep the peace to one auother in future you shall both of you find bail. Mrs. Macrooney.—Pleaze, stir, isn't it the windies you'll make her pay for ? A witness was examined who ptoi7ed that Bole broke the windows, when she was ordered to pay the (Manage., and as • discharged on her promite to behave peaceablY in fuiitre: SELLING oN SUNDAyS.—Patrick Hussey, of Preston-street; ' - and James Ferrari', of Preston-street, who keep small provisiod shops, were fined ss. and costs each, for having their shops opert and selling on Sunday last. WEDNESDAY.—(Before Mr. Alderman ROBINSON.) . GAMING HoUsEs.—A man named Langan, who was last week bound over to keep the peace in order to preVent him - fighting a match with another professor of " the noble art of self-defence," appared to lav a complaint againSt Richard Chit= cott, who keeps the George Canning Coffee-house, in Richmond- . street, for robbing him of his money and watch at cards. It appeared Chilcott was stakeholder for the intended battle, and, on its being stopped by the magistrates. Langan went to his house to draw the stakes. Chilcutt would, however, only. give him LIP of it, and, alter getting him nearly drunk, would not • let him rest till he would play eit. cards with him, which he did; • • when Chilcott iron £0 of his money from him and his watch. One of the constables had applied to Chilcott to refund the money, which he had refused, 'but had given up the watch. Chilcott hod told the officer that he would play anybody who come to his house, and 'get' as tuneh money from them as lie . could; end he should do as he liked in his own • house. The magistratet fined him 'l:5 and coits - for' allowing. gambling in his • hoitse, and made a minute 10 the books of the transaction, against the next licensing dal: - . • •• , - AN AccinswrAi. Roeesai.—Margaret Henry, Mary Po land, Hugh Poland, and James Moutague, were charged oy an old woman who sells fruit in St. John's Market, with breaking open her cellar during her absence, and Stealing therefrom a red cloak, eight yards of muslin, two silk sfiailli.,aud oth,r articles: Complainant stated that she went out the night, before about seven o'clock, leCking her cellar door after her, and returned again in about an hour, when she liand the 'doer broken almost to pieces and the ar;icles in question gone. A little led was put into the ivitness box, who Said that he had been at a raffle; where he had won a roast goose for his mother, and was return-• ing home when he saw - one of the prisoner's slip down, as if • accidentally into complainant's cellar; be Soon after got up, and he heard him calla young woman, to whom he gate a bundle: Mary Poland was the woman lie called. He did not see the ' prisoner Montague at all; the prisoner Mary Poland afterwards' . joined the other woman. The beadle was found in the posses- sion of Margaret Henry. Henry in defence said she hid the.- bundle given to her by a Man she did not know to pledge. and' • was taking it for tbat purpose when she v% as apprehended by the officer. Mary Poland said, "She knew u 6 inure about it thad • the day." Hugh Poland expressed his Surprise that he should • be taken up; he bad accidentally fallen into the Cellar to bts' sure, but he knew nothing whatever of the robbery. No evi dence appearing, against Montague • he was discharged ; the . other three prisoners were rertlandd to alio* tiine for further inquiry. . Sc§eactEn Ttit#T. —Catherine Stuart, an Trigh girl, lately impoited, was brought up on suspicion of having stolen a va luable gold watch. Mr. Cohen,. watchmaker, of Poid-lane, statedthat the defendant came into his shop the day before and Wanted to sell lint a valuable gold Watch, for which she wanted, £2O. Her ontivard appearance not at all agreeing with the possession of so valuable an article, and as she could not. give a very satisfactory atcodnt of the manner in Which, she tecatiie possessed of it, he detained her and gave he r into cust o d y . On being asked, the prisoner said she came from, Killarney, from which. Place she bad lately arrived; that the avatch did belong to her father, who, dying, left it to her brother, who got drowned, and the captain of the ship be was in gave it to her: . The weteh, is an old-fashioned plain gold one, it was detained ;in order that the officers might write to Ireland to ascerfain.if her tale' was correct; RAILWAY FROIII L O NDO N TO GLAS6OW AND EDINBUEGII: EY WAY OF PRESTON ANT) CARLISLE.—Vi e understand it is id contemplation to establish a railway communication . between. the above places: Engineers from Liverpool and Glasgow . have already been engaged to survey the line ; and their re ports, as far as they have been received, are must (avowable 16' the undertaking.