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FE Bt UA R Y 1 834. /~►~. Lord Grey and his adherents having a great majority, thought it right to elect the Right Hun. Gentleman whom the same Party uow oppose. You had the power, then, to enforce your opinions, for you then had a majority, and why did you depart from the principle you now lay down The first decision of the refoi tiled parliament carries the conclusion that the Muse did not feel itself called upon to elect a Speaker whose opinions were in accordance with the majority of the house—( Hear, hear, hear.) ,The noble loid says "we wanted to avail our selves of the advantages of the Right Hon. Gentleman's cha racter, abilities, and experience, and therefore we elected him. Hut that man has served us; he has done his work; he has • answered his object; and, with signal gratitude, I must say,— (loud and repeated cheering,)—we will .now dismiss him, after we had established the principle of electing a speaker not s of our own opinions,'when we had the power to reject him. After we have availed ourselves of his services, and after he has co operated with us in establishing the character of the first reformed parliament,for decorum, we will unfairly take the very first opportunity to embject him to disgrace. , (Cries of " No, nu.") No, no, indeed; for no disg race can be heaped upon a tnan who has done his duty. It is beyond the reach of a ma jority to do that ; but it is not beyond the reach of a majori'y to injure the character of that house. (Hear, hear, hear.) The honourable gentleman who seconded the motion with so tnuch ability and candour has remarked, that it is of great importance, as there is a probability of two or three stormy debates likely to arise in reference to the present government and the dismissal of the last, that we should have an imartial Speaker, look then, who hash • proposed ?—(Laud cries of " Hear.") 1 took down the words—" It is of importance to have an impartial mediator to still the raging storm which may be raised by the con . Suits which are likely to ensue between exasperated parties." And who have you selected? Oar who was a distinguished member of the very government whose principles and removal are to come under • discussion. If impartiality is the object, select whom you please, but i•vertainly not one of those whose cnniluct is to be canvassed.—(Hear.) "There are two candidates—one who has served the office eighteen .years during seven parliaments, and who declined office on theground that he thoueht it would have a tendency to lower the authority of the chair. The other candidate is a member of the Fate government, • of whom I will not utter one word of disrespect, but of whose impar . ttalit y we_ have had no opportunity to judge in this house. Can you •.• , doubt of the preference you ought to give to either ? The house has a most important duty to perform, and should be as careful not to do injustice to any individual, as not to lesson its own character and hi '. fluence. I shall resist the motion, then, of the hon. gentleman (Mr. •• Denison) en individual and perional grounds; and as this is the only office which the house has the power of conferring, let us avail our . selves in the selection we may make of the example which reformed and unreformed parliaments have afforded us. 'the only . objection - made to the appointment of the right hon. gentleman (Sir C. Sutton) is, that he atteneed certain councils which were instrumental in dismiss ing the old government and in forming a new one. All the testimo nies. that have been given of his tri e d imparti a lity and his a biliti es re , main quite unimpeachech But if he is to he blamed far acting in the capacity of a hrivy councillor, the house should make a rule disqua c.2 (Zvi that office. A great.. mistake pervades the public mind as to the duties of a ,privy councillor;/it consists not merely of . , the inembers.of government ; others besides are called on to attend the counciL No advice iii given in it. But if the Speaker is in town • 0 - when a privy council is convened, and his advice is asked, what right = ' . has he to refuse such advice? It is erroneous, however, to say that , the right honourable gentleman contributed to the formation of the .present government, on the dismissal of the former one. I shall vete • for the hon. gentleman, because I think that the precincts of the chair • of that house ought not to be invaded to try the strength of political ;.parties. 'Hear, hear.) I shall resist the motion to appoint the right honourable member for Edinburgh, on the ground that the member for the University of Cambridge possesses superior qualifications • from his long practice in the duties of Speaker, and because his re . • jectioti, for the reasons advanced against his appointment, would tend • to disparage as well the character of the o ffi ce of Speaker as of the • Douse of Commons itself. The right hon. baronet sat down, and was ' loudly cheered for some minutes. Mr. CORBETT rose amid loud cries of "Question, question." The .hon. member stated that the last he had heard of his constituents was . an address to his Majesty, thanking him fur having dismissed the late ministers. (Laughter,) lie would do n o thi ng which had. a tendency to bring them back again. There were a great many reasons why.he would not rote for Mr. Abere.romby, and one was, that the right hon. - gentleman, the member for Edinbairgh, for whom, personally, lie had great respect, was one of those who clandestinely pushed forward and carried the inhuman poor law bill. (Laughter.) Lard MORPETII then rose, amidst loud cries of " Question, ques tion." Ile said he would limit'his observations to what seemed to him to be peculiar to his own position. (Hear.) Ills noble friend who had opened the discussion of the day so ably had reminded the lhouse that at the election of the Speaker of the last parliament, he Lord M.) had had the distinguished honour of proposin g the success ful candidate for that high appointment ; an d t r u e it was, that he rostra his recommendation of the appointment of Sir Charles Man ners Sutton on his eminent fitness for the discharge of the duties and dignities of his office. (Hear.) Not one syllable of what he had then stated did he now repent or retract. On the. contrary, if the oppon ents of Sir Charles M. Sutton sh •uld fail in their object, they would . at least have the consolation of yielding to no unworthy toe, and of knowing that the high functions of that office would he entrusted to a skilful guardianship. His limited task at the present moment was merely to claim for himself as full a share of even and strict literal emiaistency as could he assumed by any other member ; for, upon looking at the fullest records of their proceedings, he found that iu the - very art of proposing' the right hon. gentleman, before he came to any mention of his name he used this expression, arid he should certainly state what that was, because when his noble friend had paid him the compliment of quoting Some expressions of his he did not happen to include this. He had stated that, in approaching the oh ject for Which lie had risen, he had felt that it was due to himself to mention, and he was sure the pencil' whom lie was about to propose +for the.ehoice of the house, would he the last to complain of it. l'tett there were circumstances which, at one time, induced him to Contemplate a different arrangement ; but those circumstances to which he had but slightly alluded had not arisen. These circum stances, as was known to many, had not arisen in consequence of the absence front place of the right hon. gentleman, the member for Edinburgh. The estimate he then held of Sir C. Sutton, and the . respect for the abilities—the character and the career of his right hon. friend remained the same. (Loud cheers.) • 'Lord DUDLEY &rum arose amidst the loudest cries of " Question, question." " Divide, divide," and said that he should certainly vote for Sir Charles Manners Sutton, becelise, however painful it might be to vote in opposition to those with whom be actually acted, he con • sidcred that nothing had been stated that could justify any man in supposing that Sir Charles Manns•rs Sutton had forfeited the con& deuce of the House. • ' There was then a constant cry of " Divide, divide," amidst which Mr. Rom sisort rose and said, they would he doing an act of injus tice to the right hon. gentleman-4" No, no",—He deemed that it . was a question of public principle ;—if the chair was vacant, he knew no gentleman for whom he would vote with more pleasure, than the 'hon. member for Edinburgh. The speaker was interrupted by loud cries of " Divide," and " Withdraw," which were kept up without intermission after he sat down. Sir it. Peet, said a few words, hut not one was heard. The house then divided. when there appeared-- For Mr. Abel - C.l'ol7oly • fitti For Air C. M. Sutton 3416 Majority for Mr. Abercromby... .-.-Adjourncd. HOUSE OF LOIZDS.-Fttzuty, FEB. 20. The Lord Chancellor took the , woolPack at half-past two. A great number of peers took the oaths, amongst whom we ;observed the Dukes of Richmond, Gordon, and Portland, Earls Itipon, Mansfield, Carlisle and Munster, and Lord Farnborough. The following new peers haVing been introduced in the usual form, took the oaths and their seats : Lord Camden (son of Marquis Camden), introduced by Lord . Elleuborougli and Lord - ; Lords Fitzgerald and V'esey, Jut rod uced by Lord Elienborough and Lord flay (Earl of Kin :nowt); Lord Abingrr, introduced by Lord Ellenhorough and Lord Kenyon ; Lords De Lisle and Dudley, introduced by Lord Penshurst (Viscount Strangforcl), and Lord -• • THE SPEAKER. At three o'clock the lords commissioners—namely, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earls of Jersey and ltosslyn,,and Lord Wharncliffe, toulZ their seats on a form between the throne and the woolsack. The LOUD CHANCELLOR directed the gentleman usher of the black rod (Sir Augustus Clifford) to inform the Commons that the lords commissioners desire the immediate attendance of the Commons in this house." Mr. Abercronsby, accompanied by a numerous assemblage of commoners, appeared below the bar immediately afterwards. Mr. Abercromby said—My lords, I am to acquaint your lord ships that, in obedience to his Majesty's commands, his Ma jesty's faithful Commons have proceeded to exercise their undoubted right and privilege in the election of a Speaker. I have now to acquaint your lordships that their choice, however unworthy, has billets upon me; and I now humbly submit my self to his Majesty's royal will and pleasure. The Lotto CH A Nrk:l-LOH.—Mr. Abercrombv, we have it in command from his Majesty to assure you that his Majesty is fully satisfied of your zeal for the public service, and that it 'is imply sufficient for the discharge of 'the arduous duty imposed. on you ; and his Majesty therefore does most readily and fully approve of the choice of his faithful Commons, and confirms you as their Speaker. The SPEAKER.— My lords, with - all-humility and gratitude I -Submit myself to his Majesty's i oyal will and pleasure. ; and now it is my duty, in the name and on behalf of the Commons of the taited Kingdom, to lay claim, by humble petition, to the free exercise of all their ancient and undoubted rights and privi leges • and more especially to those of freedom of debate, free , dons from arrest for their persons and their servants,free access to his Majesty whenever occasion may require it, and that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to put the most favourable construction on all their proceedings; and, for myself, I am anxious, and most anxiously intrest, tat whenever 1 shall fall into error, the blame may be imputed to sue, and not to his Alkqesty's faithful COROUOUS. the Loan CO ANGALLou.—Mr. Speaker, we have it further in command to inform you, that his Majesty doth most readily confirm all the rights and privileges which have ever been granted to, or conferred on, the commons. by any of his royal predecessors. With respect to yourself, sir, though his Majesty . s:srensilsle that you stand in uo need of ends assurance, hi s ...Mujesty will ever put the most favourable construction upon !;our vords and actions. '('he Speaker and attending commons then retired. A. , eonsiderdble number of peers afterwards took the oaths, and their lordships adjourned at four o'cluck until Monday at two o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY, FEB. 20. Mr. Abercrnmhy entered the house at a few minutes before . three. The right lion. gentleman was attired in a pl a in c o u r t dress, hut (us the royal approbation of his election had not yet 'wen signified.) without the official rube; he took his seat at the able. Soon after which, Sir A. Clifford, the gentleman usher of the black rod, ap vared et the table and summoned the house to the house of Mr. Ahricromlry, attended by his proposer.and seconder, and ivccoinpataied by a large body of his political friends,.proceeded forthwith to the noose of Peers (for which see lords'.reyort). Oa the SPEA ER'S return, haying taken his seat in the chair. be informed the house of what took place in the liolltiC ofeeers (which it is unnecessary here to repeat), and added, th•it tad once more to express to the house his unfeigned thanks for the distinguished honour which it had conferred upon him, and for the great pro if it had shown of its confidence in hon. He i;ris well aware that if he did not possess the full confidence of 4)le-housp,.it would be tiseless for him to ,hope' that he could • 4 404Phiteky'diseirprite the iipportant duties of his station. it shomd, however, be his cop.staut endeavour :to gain .that confi dence by fidelitY and zeal, and by pursuing a just and impar tial course in support of tne 'rights and privAszes of that house. (Ilear, hear.) 'flip right hon. gentleman was then sworn, after which the clerk prikeeded to administer the oaths to the members present, in the alphabetical brder of the cOunties (or }daces in such coun -1 mil) from which they were returned. About seventy membe . rs bad taken the oaths tit four o'clock, when the house adjourned till the following day (Saturday) at twelve o'clock. HOUSE diCONINIONS.—SATURnAr. The Spetike;, - sreSsed iu his full-bottomed wig and gown, entered the house at twe:ve o'clock ; and, prayers having been Tend. the clerks in oreeded to swear in the new members. There Wer e about 200 members present. The sweating in continued 'until four o'clock, when they adjourned to yesterday (Monday). Pe\IAIE EMIGRATION.—Extract of a letter from Hobart Town, Van Di.tmen's Land, dated 2fitth September, .1834. "I'he Soot/air/bays, with female emigrants, arrived here on the 13th ultitno, in 104 dais from Gravesend. All the passen gers landed in good - health and spirits, only one death having pecurred on the voFage—a child named Mosely. By the end df the first week 150 were in situations; and there is not now one individual without occupation, and that too under favoura ble circumstances, the average wages being £l2 per annum. There are two who are engaged at the theatre here, receiving (75 each; one £4O, as housekeeper to Mrs. Arthur, (the go vernor's l a dy.) an d a f ew a t sc h oo l s , & e ., rece i v i ng £3O a year: ho that they have no cause to regret ,having. - emigrated on this genre, n or a. I find that any have expressed this feeling, hut, on the contrary, great satisfaction. ' 1 must, too, mention, that the colonists are much pleased with this system of emigration, speaking of it as highly advantageous to themselves; and like,ly t4,94lyeßce the interests and welfare of the young women," THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL, ITALIAN OPERA. The MARQUIS DE MUTT PAPAZURRI, Proprietor. MO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 25th instant, will by Li performed, for the first time this season, Rossini's eete• brated Opera of LA SEMIRAMIDE Semiramide—Madaine Kyntherland Orsace..SignoraCesa • Tobrenu....Signor Decal I Assure ....Signor Buisra Oroe ....Signor Marani Mitrane Sig,norTru . • o. Umbra di Ninu Signor Cervallo The other most celebrated and favouril eras which will be performed during the season are II Cor inn, and La Giu- Herta e Romeo, which Operas will be pro uced under the im mediate superintendence orthe Marquis de MUTI PAPszutial. Nights of Performance, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Prices of Admission. —Lowerßoxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6a.: Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. - Books, with the words of the Opera, in Italian and English, may be bad at the Theatre, price Is. 6d. each. Subscription Tickets (transferable) for a Season of One Month, 12 Reeresentatives each month, £2 2s. The Bux-othee is open daily from Eleven till Fivd o'clock, where the Subscribers are respectfUlly requested to secure their places, and receive their Subscription Tickets, from Signor CAMPI, Box-office Keeper. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance will commence at Eight precisely. THEATRE-ROYAL. Under the Patronage-of the MAYOR and BAILIFFS. ITALIAN OPERA. .SIGNOR MARANI'S BENEFIT. IGNO It MA RANI respectfully informs tb obilitv, 0 Gentry, and the Public of Liverpool, that on ' U RSDAY next, the 26th instant, will be performed, for Benefit, Ros sini's celebrated Opera LA CENERENTO . Cenerentola Madame Kyntherland. Don Ramiro Signor lieval. Don Magnifico Signor Martini. Daudini Signor Boisragon. Cloriuda Signora Castelli. Tisbe Signora Campi. Alidoro Signor Galli. lletween , the Ai•ts wiirbe performed (on this-night only) . ' A GRAND OVERTURE . , Composed expressly'for the occasion, by Signor Decal. Also, Scena e lltictio (in character) A qaattr o cebri, from the cele brated Opera " It Nuovo Figaro," by Ricci. Barouc Walter, Sig. Boisragon—Leporello. Sig. Marani. - By particular desire, the favourite air, "Vivi to," from Donizetti's celebrated Opera of "Anna Bolena," by Signor Deval. Duetto Buffo (in character) " Non temer ratio bel Cadelto," from Mercadante's Opera, "11 Poste Abbandonato." Frederic° Cesari. - Sarrente Mezra Gauaba Signor Marani. Subscriber's Tickets are not admitted on this erening. Tickets to be hid of Signor MAIiANI, No. 19, Williamson square; of all the principal Music Sellers; and at the Box office of the Theatre, where places may be taken. Prices of Admission:—Lower Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes an I Pit, 2s. 6(1.; Gallery, is. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance will commence at Eight precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. MilE Public are respectfully informed, that in consevenlie J. of the unexampled success which has attended-the Per formance of LIFE 1N LIVERPOOL, and whit< still con tinues to meet with a degree of approbation a support before unknown in a . provincial theatre, havin een received up to Saturday last. its 42d representation ith undiminished ap plause, iu order to afford an oppo y of witnessing this local and successful Drama to those have not yet been enabled to do so, it will be Repeated, at ALF PRICE, every Evening during the week, when it must positively be withdrawn, to give place to the usual course of Benefits. This present TUESDAY EVENING, the 23d instant, and following Evenings, HAMLET TRAVESTIE. Hamlet Mr. Carter l'Ophelia. Mr. W. J. Hammond. ' After which, BLUNDERING. Rose..;.th a popular Song)....Miss E. Hamilton. Barneyl3 Mr. Raymond. To conclude with LIFE IN LIVERPOOL, 430, 44TH, 45TH, 46rH, 47TH, AND 48TH TIMES Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till 'three o'clock. Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'clock, Performance to commence at Seven. Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s.—Gallery, Gd. Second Price—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—No Second Price to the Gallery. Se - cond Price at Half-past' Eight. LIVER THEATRE. FOR THE BENEF IT OF' MRS. RAYMOND. (IN MONDAY next, March the 2d, on which occasion will ll .be performed the popular Drama called THE CARAVAN; OR,•THE DRIVER AND HIS DOG. _ . In which Mr. Raymond's Newfoundland Dog will appear. Cornelius... Mr. Raymond.—Rose....M r s. Raymond. To y%hieli. will he added, for_the first time these two years, the laughable - Interlude called .- • WOOING A WIDOW; Or, Love tinder a Lamp-post.-- John ;fr. . Hammond. Ellen Bloondie t 1 . Raymond. After which the u , arce of TRICKS AND 'RAVELS. To conclude with (by particular desire) THE MASQUERADE SUENE, From "Life in Liverpool," being the 49ih night of its repre sentation ; in the course of which additional novelty will be given. A variety of Singing by Miss R. Hamilton. Mrs. Ray mond, Mr. W. J. Hammond; with Dancing by Mr., Mrs., and Miss F. Le Cfercq. Mad'les. Georgette and Eloise, and the Brothers Jackson, &c. &c. Tickets to be had of Mrs. RSYMONP, 30, Norton-street; at the Box-office, and the Music-shops, &c. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We thank a CONSERVATIVE fur his facts, which shall be trea sured up. We know nothing of the "curious circumstance" to which P. alludes. Mr. James Brancker's elegant letters will not lose any of their terseness by remaining upon the table until Friday. We wish he would write a few more such letters. We lung for an opportunity. We have only partially overhauled the poll book; but when w•e have dissected the whole, the results shall appear. iliberpool Ztanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1835 The blundering policy of the late government in send ing Lord NAPIEti to. China, without instructions or cre dentials, without even a naval force to protect himself,' has for the present ended in the death of that - nobleman —the second martyr to an ill-judged and useless mis sion t - We are not in full possession of all the facts, but it appears that.his lordship, after being refused an entrance into Canton, or rather after being driven from it, although labouring under a severe attack of fever, died at Macao, on the 14th October last. This important intelligence is brought by the schooner Hellax, which arrived in Dublin bay, on Saturday last, direct fronkCanion, she having forced the passage of the river despitd the impediments thrown in her way by the Chinese thorities,...The intercourse was. renetwed about the : l.7th Octpher, although it does not appear how the dispute had been adjusted. Sotne,collision had certainly taken place' between one of our frigates and some of the ships or batteries of the Chinese, in which several of our sailors were killed and wounded. But it is probable. that Lord NAt'LER, from his extreme ill health, and withbut formal instructions on the subject, eithc felt himself unable, or did not deem it prudent to follow up his hostile operations, and was, therefore, con tent to accept the humiliating and insolent terms offered him by the Governor of Canton. At any rate, his lord ship had ordered his two frigates from the vicinity of Canton, and had written home to England for instruc tions, about a week or ten days before he died. The following is the letter received at our LLOYD'S, on Sun day from Dublin : Stn,—We beg to advise you that the schooner Hellas, Capt. Scanlan, arrived here from Canton direct this morning, which place she left on the 22d October last. Lord Napier died on the 14th October at Macao, and the British ships-of-war had left Canton, but not before some fighting had taken place with the natives, and souse lives lost du board our frigate. Annexed you have particulars of the vessels spoken with on this voyage. It is reported that the Chinese aut hot ities had treated Lord Napier with great indignity prior to his leaving Canton.—We are, &e. GEORGE DUNCAN and SONS, Dublin, Feb. 21, 1835. Agents for Lloyd's. Now, that we have obtained an intelligent govern ment, we sincerely trust that the error committed in the case of Lord NAPIER will be corrected in the ap pointment of his successor, if a successor be considered necessary. His lordship had a salary of £lO,OOO, which was to be paid out of the proceeds of a tax of ss. per ton on British shipping trading to China, and 10s. per cent, ad valorem, on British manufactures. The effect 'of this unjust tax was to place all British ships in the China trade in a disadvantageous condition compared with the ships of other nations. Fur instance, if a ma nufacturer had goods to export to Canton, he was en couraged, by this nefarious measure, to export them in an American vessel in preference to a British one. The iiPpoPitign Ur War a tax, too, was in direct coutraven- ~ , ~.=a~s_r. r lion of Mr. CANNING'S Consular Act, which provided t;lat all British consuls accredited to foreign states should be paid out of the civil list. Nothing but the grossest folly and ignorance on the part of the govern ment, and the most unpardonable carelessness on the part of the House of Commons, particularly when there, were so many mercantile reformers and commercial phi losophers in that House, could have allowed such a mea sure, in express violation of an act of parliament, to pass into a law. All this, however, we hope, will be amended and re formed without delay. By the Ann WKenzie, which sailed on the 18th Ja nuary; we have files of Demerara papers to that date. The Guiana Chronicle says—". We find it our duty still to characterise this, colony as being very far removed frOm that state of peace, tranquillity, and good order whichithe executive, and its minions would fain have us to believe." After noticing some special instances of insubordination on the part of the apprentices, and stating, wit 4 reference to the east coast, that " it is the expressed opinion of several proprietors in that section of the colony that stead of any improvement being evinced on the part of-the labourers, they are now in a more mutinous, discontented, and disobedient state than they were imme diately after August last," the Chronicle proceeds to show the effects of the new measure by the comparative decrease in the quantity of produce raised in the last six months of 1834. It is as follows : " But what stronger proofs can we adduce of the unsuccess ful working of the present system than by giving a correct 're turn of the produce made since its operation, and contrasting it with the products of former times. In the last six months of 1833, there was manufactured of sugar 31,325 hogsheads, 1-168 tierces, 2466 barrels,-while, during • that length of tittle in the following year of 1831, the quantity of the same article was, 22,293 tiogsheads,,l274 tierces, .1694 barrels, which makes the very large deficiency of nine thousand and thirty-two h"gaheads. one hundred and hinetv-f o ur tie rc es, a nd sev e n hundred and seventy-two barrels, with of course a corresponding diininution in the quantity' of molasses; while of coffee, during ttis period, • the deficiency has been one million five hundred and eighty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty pounds. " Now, when we reflect upon this very greatdeficiency, when we remember the very favourable season in which it occurred, and likewise add the extra cost, on many estates, of £5O per month, by which even that diminished quantity has been ob taMed, how can we, with these data to go upon, come to any other conclusion than one highly unfavourable to the present state of the colony, and its future prospects ?" The following extract from a Letter in the same journal ‘l, ill be read with painful interest. The gentleman styled " Sir JAMES" is the governor, Sir JAMES CARMICHAEL SMYT FIE : • • " There are, at this present moment, hundreds l of free children on the coast without any visible means of support, and some dead and others now dying in the negro houses, destitute of medicine and medical advice; and this state .of things is daily. increasing, in consequence of the progressive indisposition of the labourers to work. Masters who, at the cormaieneement of the new sera, voluntarily supplied the free children with medi cine and medical attendance, and provided them, as formerly, with food and clothing, on condition only that they should as siduously work during the 71 hours, have, in consequence of what Sir James thanks them for, declined to give any farther allowance to these ingrates' children, and are now now left to the mercy of ll eaven. Really, Sir J., by his proclamations and approval of blacky's behaviour, has done more harm than he was aware of. Even his last short letter of thanks has entailed more misery on. his poor, deluded, sable friends, than years of sympathy will compensate for. Let him nu longer be blinded by prejudice, or persuaded by evil counsellors, whose aim seems evidently to lead him astray, and to pander to his vanity ; let him shake himself of these parasites, see with his own eyes, hear with his own ears, and judge with his own judgment ; let him compare the state of the count ry,. after each proclamation, with what it was before, and he must be convinced that his well meant addresses were productive of much evil. If he were more conversant with the habits and feeling of the negroes he' would not be so - easily imposed upon. The best servants, the best negroes, cannot bear to be praised. From the magisterial reports he even cannot judge of the state of the country. Ma nagers now begin to find out that more labour is lost than gained by the punishments at present inflicted; confinement for any number of days is only prejudicial to the master, the labourer considering it as a cessation fioni his daily toil, and a permis sion to indulge in his natural propensity, sle,p and idleness ; thus, then, the cause of the flattering reports of the magistrates, who judge of the state of the country by the number of cases broughtliefore them, which is no deubt much diminiShed on account of the causes already assigned." Our latest advices from New York are to the 3d Fe bruary. There had been a tremendous fire in that city, in which thirteen houses were destroyed, acrd the loss estimated at 150,000 dollars. One of the journals, in its own quaint style, remarks—" Never was the want of water utpre fully .144.sted. s On the 30th January, in Washington, an attempt had been made by a man armed with a brace of brass bar relled percussion pistols to shoot the President, Mr. Ge neral JACKSON. The pistols missed fire, and the man, who is said to be a maniac, was seized, examined, and held to bail ! It appears that, by the laws of the United States, an attempt to commit murder is a bailable offence. The particulars will be found elsewhere. We understand that the policy which Sir ROBERT PEEL intends to pursue, notwithstanding the triumph which a faction has obtained in the election of Mr. ABER CROMBY, is to bring before parliament, first by direct allusion in'the royal speecit, and next in due and formal course, all those important measures which he considers necessary for the peace, the security, and the prosperity of the country. In the first instance, he will appeal to the intelligence and justice of the House of Commons, but should he appeal in vain, he will next address him self to the people. If the commons should think fit to reject his measures, the nation will not thereby be in a worse position than it is at present. Should the com mons force upon him objectionable measures, he will leave these to the consideration of the House of Lords; but if, contrary to his expectations, the lower house shall endeavour to obstruct his measures by factious pro ceedings, and embarrass the government by Means of Sir JouN CAMPBELL'S specific, viz. stopping the sup plies, he will then immediately counsel the King to dis solve the parliament, in order that he may make another 'appeal to the people at large. This will do. Faction has triumphed in the first movement of the second reformed parliament, and ministers have been beaten by a majority of ten. It would be senseless af fectation to deny that this defeatis of serious importance, or that we view it with deep conceid. It is exceedingly ominous that the first wound inflicted u; on Sir ROBERT PEEL'S administration is inflicted by the vampire brood of united Irish papists whom the right honourable baronet endeavoured to conciliate in. 1829, by admitting them to seats in the Wash parliament. We have no desire to rake up old grievances, but it is impossible to shut - our eyes to a fact so glaring, and which basproduced circumstances alike melanchely and degrading. " It is melancholy to see a great country like this placed at the mercy of a handful of unprincipled demagogues ; and it is degrading inasmuch as it`demonstrates a want of feel ing and gratitude . on the part of those whom the minister of 1829 made such extraordinary sacrifices to conciliate. It is plain that the beggar O'CONNELL now commands the majorities in the House of Commons.: He can, by holding up his hand, decide whether the minister is to succeed or be beaten. By leading his obedient slaves to the aid of the treasury he can vanqu i s h t h e w hi g oppo sition ; and by supporting the whips he can defeat the government. This is abundantly and painfully proved by the division on Thu rsday last. The majority in fa vour of Mr. AuEttcaostuY is only ten. O'CONNELL can command at least thirty votes. No man in the empire— not even the crown. itself —possesses so. much power. Of these thirty there is not a single member who dares vote contrary to the will and pleasure of their heartless leader. They are all as much under his curb, and •as much sub jected to his caprice, as are the animals who drag a stage coach or a coal-waggon. They speak or are silent—they vote or absent themselves—precisely as he directs; and they would just as soon think of co n t ra di ct i ng or oppos i ng him as would a gang of Guinea negroes, chained to the deck, think of insulting the commander of the vessel— the man who bought them in order to sell them, and who if he thinks proper can throw- them overboard, making them free in a watery grave, and putting an ehd to their sufferings in a moment of passion, or in a fit of drunken- Such are the popish representatives of Ireland in the hands of O'CONNELL, and such are the slaves whoni the parliament of 1829 admitted into the sanctuary of the British constitution—admitted, as the facts testify, to POLLUTE AND DESTROY IT ! But the more degrading confession has yet to be made. Such are the men who have placed Air. JAMES ABER CROMBY in.the chair of the House of Commons ! It is a triumph to them ; it is the triumph of. brute force over intellect and intelligence ; it is the triumph of a disdp- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. pointed party over the friends of order and good govern ment; it is the triumph of the ejected placeman, the sturdy mendicant, the Irish incendiary, and the English infidel,• over the loyal subjects of the King, and the faithful ad herents of 'our national church ; but is it a triumph that Mi. JAMES ABERCROMBY has auy cause to be proud of ? He must feel, if he have feeling, that he is Mr. O'CONNELL'S speaker. Every time he looks beyond the wooden box where be sits he will see the man, the despicable man, the " unprincipled ruffian," as the Times calls him, whu placed bin, in it, and who would kick him out of it to-morrow, and send the. whigs to their father • land, where the first. Whig still reigns, if he could thereby advance his own selfish pur poses, fill more readily his long deep purse, extort more alms from the miserable serfs whom he robs and betrays, and promote the objects of the most depraved priest hood on the face of the earth. It can he no gratificatiOn to Mr. ABERCROMBY to reflect that he is indebted for his honours to the pernicious influence of such a demagogue. He must feel that he is not the representative of the gen denten of England. He knows that he is not the repre: sentative of the gentlemen of Scotland; he must know that, filling the Speaker's chair, he has for his patron DANIEL O'CONNELL, for his attorney Lord JOHN RUS SELL, and that he represents the scum of the seditious priests of Ireland. But if Mr. ABERCRoMBY be thus placed in a position alike unenviable and mortifying, what must be the posi • Lion of the House of Commons ? The majority of tlia: house have proclaimed by their votes that they have rro regard either fur public principle or private reputation. As far as our means of judging extend, we can answer for it that the conduct of the whigs and their stipporters, Lord JOHN RUSSELL being their admitted •leader, has excited the clepest disgust in all paks of the country. The very friends of the party are vexed and annoyed be yond all description. The respectable whigs of Liver pool heard the ,news with astonishment, and saw the nature of the coalition with dismay. Whatever degree of respect might have been entertained for, the rather equivocal character of Lord Joint, disappeared under the frown of resentment and the surprise of conscious self abasement. To see Mr. WAKLEY and the son of the Marchi•rness of CON YNGILAM --Dr. LUSHINGTON and Lord HOWICK— DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY and Lord SEymouß—Sax BUCKINGHAM and Sir GEORGE GREY— Mr. PEASE the quaker, arid JOHN GULLY the boxer— Mr. LITTLETON and Lord HOwicK—Sir R. LOPEZ and THOMAS DuNcomEE—M r. THOMAS ArTwooD and PADDY RUTFIVEN (both bankers)—the Hon. H. T. STANLEY and Mr. O'DwYEß—the HOWARDS and the WlLDEs—the chairman of the Bank of England, and—and—swindlers and insolvents—to see all this, we say, is not only edis tressing spectacle, it is one which places human infirmity in the most humiliating light, and shows to what depths of:vileness the whigs will descend for factious purposes, or to avenge the obloquy of dismissal from place, even though that dismissal was caused by their own incom petency, and the avowed inability of their chief to carry on the government of the country.. They have nOw, however, made their election, but dearly must they pay for this imaginary triumph. When En office they talked of the "pressure from without ; " now that they are out of office they factiously avail them selves of that pressure. During the last session theirs was a constant conflict with the ultra-radical party. O'CONNELL, who is now their chief support, was thAN , their open and avowed enemy. He poured forth his vulgar and savage invectives upon them in every fulsome Ginn. He called Lord GREY a hypocritical Lord ALTPORP a consummate blockhead—Mr. SPRING RICE a low-bred ignorant guager—Mr. LITTLETON a something—a word so odious that we dare not print it— and at a radical meeting in London he gave a deep plunge to . his scurrility by asserting that the House of Commons contained some six hundred right honourable and honourable scoundrels; and yet the very whigs, whom he called " base whigs" are now so mean and so bass as to seek his assistance in ousting the long tried, tle amiable, the cOnsistent; and the aCCoMplislied Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON Can any thing be more heartless, more profligate, or more odious than this ? It would be bad enough if Lord JOHN RUSSELL alone Came within the embrace or. Mr. O'CONNELL. But how sickening, to think that the son, the brother, the son-in law, and other near relations of Lord GREY, - are the sup- porters of Mr. O'CONNELL on this occasion. How dis graceful to see SPRING Rms., the leading opponent of re peal, associating with its despicable advocate. How pitiful to see Mr. LITTLETON, branded as he has been, seeking the aid of one whom he must mortally hate. How atrocious to see the destructive% the infidels, and the whigs making a coalition war against the •conserva tives—against the very men who kept them in office for more than twelve months, and but for whom they would have been beaten by the WHALLEYS, the PATTBONS, the Goons, the BUCKINGHAMS, the HUMES, and the %YAK LEYS—the last being persons who never - set the Thames on fire. All this is melancholy, but we should not consider it so. The triumph, as the silly people of the Whig press chgose to call it, is anything but a triumph. It is the death knell of the whigs. Lord JOHNNY has indeed " upset the coach." He has dragged his party through the mire and left thetii covered with defilement. He has shown - - the people of England that no .confidence can be. reposed i n hi s party—that they are utterly devoid of principle, --that they are at heart vicious and- rotten—mean and dishonest. It has fallen to the lot of a scion of the House of Bedford to make the Ivltigs utterly con temptible in the eyes of the people of England. He first made shipwi - eck of his own character in his controversy With the Bishop of EXETER ; and having made, rather involuntarily, that self-sacrifice, he has thought proper, in a moment of desperation, to drag his party down to the same low level. They 'have found it—they cannot possibly sink deeper—they are at the extreme' confines of execration—and the:e we leave them. It is instructive, how•ev~er, to remark that one of the charges- 7 a false one of course—brought by Lard JOHN was, that Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON had counselled the KING to dissolve the late parliament. It. is curious that upon this charge the radicals voted against. Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON. It is strange that the very men who advocate annual parliaments made the dissolution of a biennial parliament a gi ound of charge against the late speaker ! What say the ultra radicals to this ? HUME, WHALLEY, LUSIIINGTo7 , 4 BUCKINGHAM, ROEBUCK, Sir TLLIAM \VALLACE, and others, are the avowed advo cates of .annual parliaments, and yet, even on false grounds, Sir CHAALEs MANNERS SUTTON is opposed for having advised the dissolution of a parliament which, amid the universal derision of the nation, had existed fur twp years ! The assumption of the Whigs was a no torious fiction, ani, knowing it to be a fiction, they are guilty , of countenancing a deliberate falsehood ; but what are we to. think of the radicals who, knowing the quality of the lie, still pack their votes in revenge against the supposed adviser of a dissolution at the end of two - sessions ? What iay the political unions to this? What say the nailors of L3irtninghaw, the weavers of Manchester, and the worthy persons who subscribed their Money to aocotnplish a wilder for which Garside and •Mosley were . hanged ? Annua'. parliaments must be come to a low condition indeed when those who pretend to be favourable to them complain of a speaker, even on Use pretences, for having counselled the dissolution of one which the whip cum inued a whole year longer than the prescribA period ! However, that is their concern, not ours. The other pretext adopted by the wings, which rnuq greatly disgust the country, is t.is.—They alleged that Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON, as belonging to a poli- tical party, the tory party, was on the ground of partizan ship,. a most unfit person to preside °ter the House of Commons. Lord STANLEY and Sir•RoBEST PEEL laid bare the hollowness and the superficiality of this pretext. It was the most rotten and contemptible of all the argu ments used by Lord JOHN RUSSELL; and the absurdity Of the argument, and the factious fully of Lord JOHN !n using it, must fur ever degrade him in the estimation of an intelligent people. Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON had the misfortune to e a tory. He had presided over the House of Com mons for seventeen years. He was Speaker under the first term of Lord GREY'S administration ; and when the reform bill passed, he was called by Lord GREY, Lord -BROUGHAM, Lord ALTHORp, and all the Whigs then in power, to preside over the first reformed parliament. These are facts; but when the Whigs were discarded from office they found —but not till then—that this tory Speaker was a very objectionable personage. ,• Admit thik, reader, for the sake of the argument. Admit that Sir CHARLES Was a tore- -a tory supported and recommended by the whigs in 1832—Land admit also that, being a tory, he was a party man to such an extent_ as was incompatible with his professional duties. Ad mit this, we say, to the fullest extent—what comes next ? 'Fite whig party in 1835 propose Mr. ABERCROMBY to fill the chair in place of Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON. Who is Mr. ABERERoMBT ? Is he a party man? Is he uninfluenced by any party 'predilections? Is he a neu tral who stands well with both sides, never having taken a decided part with' either ? Ble;s your simple heart, reader, whether tory or radical, Mr. ABERCROMBY was a member of the late administration! He held office and received pay under the MELBOURNE ministry. He was placed on the pension list by the whigs, and voted £2OOO a-year for life, although he never did anything to entitle him to as many farthings. He has for a quarter of a century been identified with the whigs in all their visionary and fallacious view's of state policki . and lie has gone the round of faction with them in all itslintizes and turnings. He never occupied any station„ in society which he could possibly have acquired by his talents. Ile owes every thing to the cciincidenc of his, .father having been born before hirit. He made'his way to par liament through a whig rotten borough, as a jitbaltern in the political lumber troop of the Duke of DEVONSHIRE and Lord LANsnowNE—and he was the warming. pan re presentative for Caine until Lord XERRY. carne-of age. En short, Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBY has been A minion of. the aristocratic whigs and the coaenient tool ofhls party ever since he appeared in public life. And yet this man is preferred to Sir CHARLES MAN-. NERS SUTTON, on the .ground that be is a more im partial, and a less party candidate ! Absurdity and Logy cannot go beyond this. It is the, tine of effrontery. But as concerns the ultra radicals, the question of the - speakership has disclosed proceedings which place the 'representative and his constituents, in a very dishonour ing light. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, fur instance, in tended to vote for Sir CHARLES SUTTON, but on the day previous . to the election he .was waited upon by some six persons, .calling themselves his constituents, who be sought the honourable baronet to vote for Mr. Anart- CROMBY. This he refused to do. They then requested that he should not vote at all, and this Sir FRANCIS BUR DETT consented to do! Now, who were the people who had influence enough to intimidate the member for West minster—who dared 'thus interfere with the indepen dence of their representative—and dikate the vote he should give in a 'natter in which they could not be con cerned? Sir FRAlNfers BURDETT, if we mistake nut, is the representative of some twelve or twenty thousand electors; but by his own showidg he is only the repre sentative of five or six delegates of the tap-room—men of mean intellect, and contemptible station, who have no more stake in the country than a water rat is sup posed to possess which takes up its abode in the hanks of a canal. If Sir FRANCIS fell disposed to surrender his indvendence to the majority of his constituents, he should have called them together at a public meeting. At any rate, three tailors and as many cobblers do not constitute the electors of Westminster. But this is the way which the ginshopocracy of Lon don treat their representatives. Even WAKLEv, despite his vapouring, was compelled to vote with the " base whigs" whom he professes to despise. Mr. TENNY ,SON, of Lambeth, was led by the nose in the same way, and so were all the London members.- Even CORBETT and FIELDEN had to absent themselves, in duced thereto by —sortie unseen' -but poreerful in fluence. The political unions, we understand, were working with all their engines in favour of Mr.' ABERCROMBY. They never were more active during any election; but whether they were in direct corres pondence. with Lord JouN RUSSELL on this occasion, as they once were with Lord ALTHORP and Lord Gary's son in-law, we cannot tell. At any rate their power has been exerted to a most pernicious extent—to an extent which strikes at the very vitals of the constitution—which de prives the representative of the right of private judg ment—which destroys every line and trace of indepen dence—which interposes with the emanations of friend ship, and makes the man of their choice, not a reasoning being to decide upon what is most conducive to the wel fare of the community, but simply a sort of speaking trumpet, or the aperture of a postoiliee through which the sealed letter of instructions is. conveyed. klimo would be a member of parliament on these servile and humiliating conditions? No moan who has any pm ide, or any spark of patriotism. or independence—no man who; being thus hampered and restrained, would not betray the very electots who thus degrade him. If a few dele gates from the pothouses of London are to control their representatives whenever they think fit, why have any representatives at all? They are of no use whatever. A printed card, countersigued by the . pethOuse - Sulons, could be sent every night to the House of Commons, containing their decision on time questions before it. This would be economy and wisd o m itself com p are d w i t h t h e present system ; for a farthing's worth of foolscap per week, and twopence, worth of ink per annuni, would do all the business of HUME, BURDETT, WAKLEY, and Dr. LUSFUNOToN in the Luperial Parliament. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Ralf-past Seven o'clock, Saturday Evening. We do not remember any political event of late 'years that has caused such general despondency as the result.of the elec tion of,the speaker of the House of Commons. 'that one of the must talented, most impartial, and . must excellent men that ever entered the d mrs of•parhament, should be •ejected from that office he has for seventeen vears tilled with honour to hie'. self and advantage to the couUtrv, that he shutild.be ejected, too, through the miserable, underhanded, sneaking machina tions of faction, and be the victim of one of the most unnatural alliances ever funned, adds to the rngret. Dismay, indeed, is at the Moment of writing this ruling suprethe in the metropolis. Our capitalists have taken the alarm, the funds of every de scription have declined, and eieu the whigAtestetictive faction seem absolutely thunderstruds at the mischief , they have . wrought. The new speaker appears as uncomfortable as any one, and tills the chair like ; but this is a breach of pia •vilege, and the.whigs being likerat, we mast-be excused saying anymore on tins matter. The real bearing upon this fearful event, and the opinion of all who have aught to lost, is made evident by the peat depreciation of funded- property. When the late ministry were dismissed, the consol market declined per cent., alai even this was recovered so spun as, it was found that they not only were out, but that it was4robabl e they would keep out. But the division - of Thutsdav nittht has cawed a decline of near per cent., the price which on Thursday was 92i for consuls, having fallen to 91-h to-day, and -closing tit this price sellers. exchequer bithi have declined to-38 to 39; and India bonds IS. But the deterioration in the foreign market has been to a still greater extent. Colombian bonds from 39 have fallen to 361. Chilian from 451 to 43. Brazilian frum 85 to 831. Dutch 5 per cents. font io n to 102. Belgian from 103,t0 102. Rus sian front 1104 to 114 Spanish bo . uds fro m 59.t 0 57k . Th e scrip from 6 prin. to 4.1. These are the fruits of "the triumph." I , b this. anic among our t apitaiists is recorded the real view the moisied interests take tit the advance of revolution. We are informed that the agitator, on the division being made known to him, threw up his hat with an exclamation that he would have the repeat of the union yet. To this we only titler a fervent prayer that he may he successful. Let one rook at the list of (reonnors, t e vi wouldl, a u n d o t th b e e o b t e h t e te r r c that viih e t h r s o e f O'Connells, U'Lou ghlius, y Nhether i t i h i e n u i l v i e n i ° •e i s t e Y t ' it a b n a d ck sa tt the place from whence they came, a cauu try which natal e, in the minute wisdom of her justice, reudered flee from poisonous reptiles, in consequence of the yellowed souls of her inhabitants. It were better surely that England shined be separated for ever (r um t h e a l l i ance she now has with Irelaud, if, mu ddilition to the other burdens it imposes upon her, she is tam have the curse of seeing that a knot of Irishmeu can find a sufficiency of Eug:ish legislators to join them in any attempt to. destroy the government, insult the King, overthrow the altar, prostrate the constitution, and that from the loath some alliance, that knot of agitators hold, as it were, the cast ing'vote upon the most vital measures. By accounts from Brake, we learn that that port, which is situated on the W ear , had been deciated "a free p utt by the governineut of Oldeuhurg. The advices from Hanover state that steam navigation had been established on the Weser. Our accounts from Belgium mention that the proceedings for formiug a Belgium Batik were already in a great measure completed. The amount of the subscription on the 15th inst. was 10,00J,000 francs, and it was understood that M. Roths chint had engaged to take the tlrnaining 8,f0,O(X), and that one of that - family had set out for Brussels to dually arrange this important matter. Bank Stock 224 3 per Cent. Red 9'2h I 3 per Cent. Consols 91 31 per Cent. Red.... 991 s h New 31 per Cent 99 h Long Annuities l7 1-16 Brazilian X II 41 4 31 Chilido 4il - 4:i Culumbiao 363i 361 Dutch 5 per Cuts ..104 1 2 Dutch 22 per Cents 551 61 Mexican 421 4 4 1 Portuguese —9l l i9O 11 WI Russian llOl Spanish ..... . 57i 8 / 7 i, 5 1 4 1 a I Scrip I wii7i Bonds • x ) 18 Exchequer bills 3839 Consols for Acct ..91 a 91i Belgian Bonds lin; 102 CHINESE INTELLIGENCE. ( Frurs the Cant;ni Register Extraordinary, Oct. 13, .1834.) Died, at Macoa, at half-past l / 4 ten o'clock on the nigt.t of Sa . tarday, the llth of October, the Right Hon. John William Lord 'Napier, of Merchiston ' a Baronet o f N ova S cot i a, C apta i n • R.N., and his Britannic Majesty's chief. Superintendent•in China. fits lordship expired after a lingering illness, brought on by the arduous performance of his duties at Canton, aggra vated by the treatment he received from the Chinese govern- Anent when on his passage in a sick state from Marv) His lordship was born on the 13th October, 1786, and would this day have completed his 48th year. We cannot trust ourselves at this moment with the expression of our feelings on the truly mournful and distressing event an nounced in the annexed reprint of the Cmiton fleyister Extraor ithiary of yesterday- s -than which nothing could have given a orearer s ho c k to the sensibilities of the foreign community at Canton. I tumediatelyon receiving the sad news several British subjects proceeded to Macoa. for the purpose of paying the last tribute of respect to Lord Napier's memory, by attending his funeral ; and the principal. British ineichants have closed their cintutiug-housep fur this day in testimony of thtit grief on the occasion. About eleven o'clock on Sunday night a very alarming fire broke out a short distance above the foreign factories, and con tinued to burn with great violence for nearly five hours; for tunately, however, the wind was nut so strong,, or in such a direction as to occasion much uueasiness for the safety of our dwellings. The damage sustained must have been very consi derable, but we do not near of any lives having been lost. H.M. ship Androma c h e was to sail fr o m M acao R oa d . , f or Madr as on Sunday, the 12th instant, at daylight. ship Imogene will, it is said, proceed ou a cruise to Manilla. - The arrivals during the week are of greater variety and in terest than the register has had to record for some time past. We enumerate the Griffin,- from Mexico and the Sandwich !deeds ; the Novo Viajante, from Lisbon. 4th June; the Hebe, from Liverpool, 25th May; the Orissa, from Sincapore;.• the Charles Grant, from Bombay; the American ships Italy, from New York, and Sachem, ftuni Boston, both via Bata, - bringing Americn' news to June. In the Novo Viajante a new jndge has come out to -iu succession to Dr. Joze Fellippe Fires de Costa, whose 't of service has expired ; and this vessel brings the pleasing iu- . te!ligence of the civil war in Portugal being at an end. We forthy learn that Mr. 13arnaido Fires, a native of Goa, has been apointed; under th e t i tl e o f pre f ect , t o succee d D on Manse( de Portugal as viceroy and captain-general of Portu guese India , which designations are now abolished.' Bums!' Ctrs Nor YET A LIAJW-E1) TAk , ENTEIt•THE Although sixteen days have now elapsed since the British trade was resumed at Canton, it is remarkable that no inward bound British vessels have yet been able to obtain pilots for entering the port from the Chinese authorities at Macua. Some of them have been consequently. detained outside of the Bogue since the latter end of August, suhjeat to all the hazards which would have been experienced had we been visited with any of the severe typhoons, which are usual at this season, and which, cumuli: on vessels lying in unsheltered situations, waiting for pilots; might have been attended with dreadful loss. Had the Chinese -aullo , rities been candid, this risk would have been avoided,' as vessels expecting to remain fur any period outside would have taken shelter in Cap-sing•moen, ortuin-sing-moon, But, thank God, the elements have not concurred to bring on the ruin and destruction of British property, which might have been apprehended from the unjustifiable conduct of the petty Chinese °dicers, who have presumed to fly in the face of the • viceroy's orders, by continuing the s'uspension of so large a portion of the trade, after being formally reopened by his excellency's edict. The Macoa officers give out that pilots will nut be granted until the frigates have left China! '1 he Hong merchants, on the contrary, allege that the delay is entirely attributable te . an atteinin of the aforesaid petty Aims to exact some illegal extortions prom the pilots. The following extracts from the Canton Register appeared in the Duolin Evening Post, of Saturday:— CANTON, Sept. 30, 1834.—A1l the foreign trade, excepting 2-1 the English, w as reopene d on Tuesday, the 1, and the big list' trade was also reopened on Saturday, the 27th instant; we beg to offer our sincere congratulations to the whole of the commercial community of Canton on the speedy and satisfac tory return to theii importaut avocations under the acknow ledged protection of the Chinese Meal government. The Chinese embargo was - infringed - mi Thursday, the 25th instant, by Captain Scanlan, o f t h e H el l as, who, in company with Captain Penrice, of the Ann, had the merit of forcing his passage to Canton before any regular permission was given. The defences of the . river at Hewqua's fort, about which so much has been said and such absurd apprehensions enter tained, prove to be not only weak and utterly inefficient, but even contemptible and ridiculous when considered as obstacles to the progress of heavy armed English boats. '1 he raft, a short distance above Howqua's fort. forming these defences, consists of three ties of spars, tending right across the river, exCept in:: a passage of about 3/yards open in the middle, across which - was a chain that used to be drawn. at night; •the raft. which is about 15 foet wide, is fixed to piles driven into the bed of the river at certain distances. Of the two branches into which the river divides itself above the raft, the tower mouth of the right, which is said to have deep water, is strogly blockaded with piles and junks sunk in the channel, the masts of which appear sti&king out of the water. Lord Napier did not reach Macao till Friday morning. being as is conjectured, detained on the way till hi s c on d uc t ors s h ou ld hear of the frigates having passed out of the ricer. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. - The funeral of the late lamented Warren R. Davis, of South Carolina, took place on Friday last from the Capitol, accord ing to previous arrangement. The gloom of the day rendered the occasion yet more gloomy. Neither House of Congress transacted business afterwards; the Senate adjourning over to Monday. An occurrence took place at the close of the ceremony at the Capitol, which produced naturally a great sensationat-the time, which can be heard.by no one without shuddering, and which, if the consequence had been equal to the apparent purpose, would have signalized the day by a horrible catastrophe. We were not witnesses of it, and ill our account of it, speak from information, but from information entirely to he relied on. As the President of the United States, who was present at the solemn ceremony of the funeral came into the portico of the Capitol from the R;itunda, a person stepped forward from the crowd into the space in front of the President, and snapped a pistol at hint, the percussion -cop of which exploded without ig niting the charge! This person was struck down by Lieut. tiedney, of the navy, who happene , l to be near; he also re ceived a blow promptly ai►ned at him by Mr. Secietary 'Wood bury; but before receiving either blow, snapped a second pistol ut the President. The cap of that lock also exploded without igniting the charge! The perpetrator of this daring outrage was of course immediately seized and taken in custody by the marshal of the district, by whom he was carried to the City Mill, where he underwent an examination before Chief Justice Crunch. Flis name, it appears, is Richard Lawrence, by trade a painter, a resident for two or three years in the first ward of this city, and formerly of Georgetowu.—Daily Adver tiser, Feb. 2. The gentlemen whose testimony was taken before the judge were 111 r. Secretary Woodbury, Mr. Secretary Dickerson, Mr. Hurd, representative from Pensvivaula, Mr. Randolph, ser geant-it-arms of the house, Mr. kingman, one of the reporters for the Notional lotelliyencer, and Lieut. Gedney. The pistol, which had been secured by Mr. Burd, was of brass, and, ou ex amination in the court, were found to be well loaded with pow der and ball, which our readers could hardly suppose, until Bu fact is stated, could hardly have been possible. How extraordinary (and oh. how fortunate !) the failure of the evi dent design of the miserable maniac, (for so h. mit be con sidered, under all circumstances,) against the life of the Presi dent ! We say he is a maniac because the act shows him to be insane, and not because any evidence of his insanity was pro duced ou his examination; though we have heard that be has heretofore - lieen confined for acts of violence indicating au unsound mind._ _ _ On his examination, the unhappy man declined making any explanation or cross-examining the witnesses. We have heard no rational motive even conjectured for his crime. The offence being a bailable one, and excessive bail being forbidden, bail was deinanued to the amount of a thousand dollars, for want of which the prisoner was committed for trial, the judge intimating that . -if he had been awe. to Kive bail, suf ficient securities woubt , havesbeen required, in addition, to insure his good behaviour. Ile will be tried, of course, at the next term of the court. The second edition or the LIVERPOOL STANDS-ED .of Friday last contained the important debate in the House of Commons, ou the election of speaker, which we repuldish to-day under our parliamentary head. Some few verbal inaccuracies, unavoid able from the hasty manner in which the report was originally got up and re-primed at our office, have been corrected. The public is indebted to the seirit, liberality, and extraordinary in dustry of the proprietors of the Sun fur an express edition of that paper. coutaining tins intelligence. The , express arrived here at half-past two o'clock. The distribution of the copies of the Sun forwarded to Liverpool was entrusted to Messrs. Wilmer and Smith. . . IkISH'I'CA sulP.—The Hellas, the ves , el which brought the intelligence of the death of 'Lord Napie 'from Canton to Dubin), is the first ship chartered fruur uhliu - to Canton da ted. By Exengss—Tire KING'S Seers an nounces that he will•receive by expt .s,- in fifteen hours after its delivery, the King's speech Outhe petting of the new , parlia ment, whi c h he expects will re. • his °dice early to-morrow (Wednesday) morning, the' ' instant 'No copy. of the paper can be had containing this document unless ordered this day. ACTION FOR Lruer..—The jury, in the action against the pro prietors of the Liverp , o l Journal, noticed last week, gave a plaintiff—damagesver 40s. W e regret to say, that the defendants, ar e expecte d to exceed d 6 i , c s t ts, fur w the hic h the LIVERPOOL LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL IN 'STITUTION.—A general meeting of the above. institution took 'place at Paris' Rooms. Hardinan-street, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose, as the handbills expressed it, of taking into con sideration the constitution, laws, and objects of this society. There were from four to five hundred respectable young men present, who appeared to t a k e a great i nterest in the whole of the proceedings; and whose remarks anti corrections of the dif ferent clauses connected with the proposed laws were charac terized by an acuteness and intellect that reflected the highest degree of credit upon their talent and powers of reflection. The chair was ably filled by Mr. Black, to whom, and the secretary, 31z. H. T. Atkinson, a vote of thanks was passed for their zea l an d labour in the cause of the wellbeing of the institution. Several gratuitous courses of lectures were placed at the dis- Dasal of the, committee, among wh i ch were the names of Messrs. e Lara and Black; and, altogether, an enthusiasm was dis played which giye•a must encouraging augury of future success. —Chronicle. ' • • QUICK PASSAGE OF THE LINTIN PROM SAVANNAH TO Ll vEltFooL.—The liiitish ship Liutin made her passage from _ Savannah to Li verpoo l i n twenty-one days. . The tollowing has been publish e d as h er rate of sailing on e.trti day:— 1 day. January 22 238 miles. 2 3 2 2- 3 l3l . 25 4 167 2 • 2i 6 209 28 7 l5B 29 ,: 243 30 9 2lB 31 io lOO -- February 1 11 165 2 - 12 3 13 266 4 14 236 5 15 6 16 '23l 7 17 2,19 18 241 9 19 .221 • .. 1U 20 11. 21 ut Liverpool. • ' 38.59- miles. Average rate of s,iliug for nineteen (4314%4 wiles per day. ~' f , a.